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Xu Yangyi was somewhat spellbound. He was only accustomed to listening to information he was more or less was aware of, screens of the past. His yesterday had already been three years for everyone else...
In his mind, it was as if the savage scene of Vermilion Snow causing great chaos to the crowds in the Unrivaled Beneath the Heavens Arena was before his eyes. The battle where he had made his first showing and became famous was still vivid and fresh in his mind.
"What realm is he?" He looked calmly at the computer screen and asked.
"The middle stage!" Zhou Tingting's face was flushed. "He's simply a genius! In thirteen years, he cultivated to the middle stage! Cultivators who can presently rise a small boundary in two or three decades are a dime a dozen…"
Was that so?
Xu Yangyi suddenly laughed. Had he not dreamed for three years, he himself would've been at the middle stage three years ago.
"Sir might be unaware, but last year he came out of seclusion from the Featherwood Guard, and single-handedly went to Yuyangy City and killed all the demons with a criminal record. Some were even ten years his senior… S-Sir, this?"
She looked puzzledly at Xu Yangyi, but the other had already silently closed out of the page and opened the industry news tab.
She was quite confused.
Obviously, this… Huh? Well, this cultivator she still didn't know the name of seemed to hold quite an interested expression towards Chu Zhaonan, so how could his interest disappear just as quickly?
She couldn't have known, but just from this familiar name, Xu Yangyi was fondly recalling his own past. Yet it was only this and nothing more.
On Chinacultivation.com's news page, Xu Yangyi took a quick glimpse at the stickied post.
In 2016, in the first major case to occur in China in fifty years, Vermilion Snow massacred the Fengyi City branch. Afterwards, at the end of last year, the four major powers: Heavens Law, the CSIB, the Featherwood Guard, and the Bountiful Treasures Pavilion, formally took charge of full responsibility for the incident together.
Three years ago on August 21st, Heavens Law's Nantong Province branch held the quinquennial graduation ceremony. In total, 12,342 people participated. Among them was Nantong Province's 130 cultivation families, in total 342 people. In addition, there were 12,000 guests. The number of Heavens Law graduates numbered 62. Each city's champion totaled thirteen people. After the end of the Qualifier, Vermilion Snow suddenly killed her way in. This has led to an unprecedented, overwhelming incident in China's past five decades.
Firecloud, Shadowslay, Wang Buzhi, The Three Friends in Winter, Moonchaser, and Tigersplitter, these eight Foundation Establishment cultivators, acted to allow the survivors to evacuate and sacrificed their lives in honor and glory. They did so without qualm as true cultivators. Through the Chinese government's Deputy Energy Minister, Mr. Chu Tianyi's, suggestion, they were posthumously recognized as martyrs, and the families of these eight cultivators were arranged for by the government. Those who had families were automatically upgraded a level. Their children and younger generations will get to enjoy a tuition-free education at Heavens Law and will moreover have the privilege to select an occupation among the Big Three. Fengyi City's Heavens Law branch has already erected a heroes monument.
A tide of sorrow rushed over Xu Yangyi's heart. He was now looking at the already black-and-white figures, but they had still been before him yesterday, not drawing back a single step as if they were sharp swords.
The boiling killing intent within his heart suddenly flared, yet it noiselessly fizzled away. Strength, only strength was number one. Even now, a burning expectation had arose in his heart regarding the Eternal Alchemy Canon.
He continued to read.
Demonkind's greatest organization, the Myriad Demons Palace has already stated their responsibility for this matter. As one of their authorities, Vermilion Snow had ranked early on as one of the Myriad Demons Palace's elders. Moreover, Old Demon Blackmount specially declared during a news conference last year on New Year's Day: he wouldn't cover up this event by any means, and they would even search for her. Daomaster Mountainruler revealed himself for the first time in two centuries and furthermore expressed his own attitude: 'the Age of Cultivation Civilization is absolutely not the olden days of imperial autocracy. A civilized system is unable to tolerate such a provocation, and even further, the modern civilized system cannot be allowed to collapse'. At the same time he stated that If he discovered Vermilion Snow's hiding place, even if she was separated by a distance of 5,000 kilometers, he would definitely put her to death.
Daomaster Droughtbringer didn't make an appearance, but he entrusted his Majordomo Senior Farcloud to pass on: the era of ancient cultivation when the strongest fist reigned supreme is already a thing of the past. If anyone dares to provoke modern-day Earth's sphere of culture, in my capacity as one of the Myriad Demons Palace's three forebearers, she must comply with the decisions of the greater tide.
To date, there has been no word of Vermilion Snow. The Yixue Clan and the Zhou Clan have calculated the divination three times, but are unable to find her whereabouts. Mr. Tao Hongzhi, an expert on the study of Demon Society and Modern Civilization has suggested that if Vermilion Snow hid in her own private secret realm that she discovered among Earth's numerous secret ancient cultivation realms, almost nothing could be hardly accomplished within the next several decades. However, a majority of human cultivators suspect the Myriad Demons Palace of deliberate asylum. This Spring Festival, Nantong Province's 4,000 surviving cultivators will stage a sit-in at Shennong Forestry, Daomaster Blackmount's Dao sanctum, drawing widespread attention. Several of the Chinese government's high officials have appeared to temporarily settle this matter.
As of now, Vermilion Snow's bounty is 12 billion, and she ranks as number one on the Heavenly Demon Ranking.
It's certain that this tremendous incident's effect will be far-reaching for the next decade. Still, it will become the target of everyone's attention. This incident in itself cannot be considered a change in peace and security of what things in the future will be like, as brought by the path between humanity and demons. We'll have to request everyone to wait and see.
Below, there were all kinds of comments that nearly flipped the heavens of the red sticked message.
Bullshit! There's no question that the demons are shielding her! Apart from the Myriad Demons Palace, where else could she hide?! Humanity should take a hard line! Force the Myriad Demons Palace to hand her over! This is really fuckin' indulgent! If there was a first time, there's gonna be a second! It's hard to say the next time will be a second Vermilion Snow! To transgress against my human race, even though I am inadequate, she must be put to death! Don't tell me we're scared of those pack of demons?! - ID: Eyes Obscured by a Single Leaf.
Comment above, you're too excited; force them? You really believe demonkind's three great Dao Masters are vegetarians? Their amicable replies are already sufficient face. The Myriad Demons Palace has also stated they would take responsibility. You still want an even greater disturbance? So disturbing that China's government nukes their Core Formation cultivators? Will you only be happy once a provincial capital has been leveled to the ground? Have you thought about the ordinary people? - ID: My Buddha is Merciful.
Well, I'll say! The present era of Cultivation Civilization is really too weak! I read in a web novel that they wouldn't accept and ignore something like this, that the greatest fist is the big boss. THAT is a cultivator! - ID: Huainanzi
Comment above, are you ill? Is that era of small clans and powers still alive and well? Aren't there even mortals around? There's no reason to be worried every day that you'll be killed off by someone with an unseen blade! You know that's just a novel, too! Even in the ancient cultivation era, things weren't like that! Even the State of Qin still needed to pay attention for a good reason to send out troops! Any time period has a civilized ground work! These days, a guided missile can threaten a Foundation Establishment cultivator and a nuclear warhead can pose a threat to a Core Formation cultivator. This is society's balance of standards. You're not taking into account that ordinary people have invented all kinds of things; things that you can't use! - ID: My Name is MT.
That's right! If you're not going to make a web call, are you going to use a paper crane? A call takes a second! It's not the quarter-hour of a paper crane! A quarter of an hour is enough time for a Foundation Establishment senior to kill you ten times! Moreover, unless you're a Foundation Establishment cultivator, the cars and airplanes of ordinary people are convenient! Don't tell me it's like the ancient cultivation era, and I'd still be required to ask my senior to sit on his flying sword if I left the sect? Isn't that funny? - ID: Glutton.
Ordinary people use both their hands to change the world. This is worthy of respect.
Without them, it would be impossible to have satellites scan every one of Earth's nooks and crannies, so that cultivators could find spirit veins and secret realms.
Mortals have used their own knowledge to stand at equal height with cultivators. At the very least, I can't keep myself away from the items of ordinary people every day. From clothing, food, home, and transportation, which one can be parted from?
"They're just deviating from the topic…" Zhou Tingting looked on in high spirits. "Sir, don't pay any mind. That's just how it is. It's just troll posting. In my opinion, they're even more nationalistic than mortal internet trolls."
Xu Yangyi calmly closed out of the web page. The more he read, the more he felt the killing intent in his heart become stronger. Even if he somehow restrained it, it would soon come breaking through from the bottom of his heart.
These people that were commenting were doing so in a lackadaisical and uncaring manner, treating this incident with the attitude of a spectator. As for him, he truly remembered that day vividly, and how desperate it was.
That day caused him to become enlightened as to what was his truth, his own Dao.
"Let me borrow your cultivation area." He stood up expressionlessly. "After I leave seclusion, you can come to me if you have questions."
"Sir! Do as you please! No, I'll take you there!" An excited flush suddenly appeared on Zhou Tingting's face. He wasn't leaving! This cultivator wasn't leaving! This was the acceptance of her friendship. Moreover, he appeared to be quite easy-going. In half a year, she could ask several cultivation questions that had long nagged at her!
Xu Yangyi's gaze seemed to hardly ripple as he looked at Zhou Tingting leading the way ahead of him. The fire in his heart gradually calmed down. Merely, calmness was sometimes a kind of soundless perseverance.
Right now, what he had to do the most was cultivate. With Chu Zhaonan at the middle stage, there was no reason for him to still be at the initial stage! He would walk step by step, Qi Condensation… Foundation Establishment, until there was ultimately a day where could use his hand to pinch Vermilion Snow by the neck, chop off her head, and place it at the center of the Unrivaled Beneath the Heavens Arena, so she could repent day and night.
"There's also you…" Xu Yangyi stroked the pendant on his chest, his gaze staunchly resolute like a boulder. For his blood hatred of thirteen years, he had finally set foot in the true world. There would inevitably be a day where he would stand before his nightmare, and personally smash apart this thirteen-year-old nightmare by his own hand.
The duo walked down to the first floor from the fifth and stopped before a large door. Zhou Tingting turned around and bowed respectfully. "Sir, the basement downstairs… is one of several places in Bai County that is pretty rich with qi. Inside, there is a small Spirit Drawing Formation. Would you like me to call for you once every week?"
"Sure." Xu Yangyi inhaled deeply and prepared to step in, yet he suddenly paused in step. "Have you ever heard of… the Eternal Alchemy Canon?"
"The Eternal Alchemy Canon?" Zhou Tingting tilted her head as she pondered it over, yet her answer went against Xu Yangyi's expectations. "Of course, I know."
"I'm just asking." Xu Yangyi replied without so much as batting an eyelid, and his gaze gently swept over the other. "You actually know what that is with your status?"
"The news forums!" Zhou Tingting awkwardly laughed. "It's on there… also… also, you would even know about the Eternal Alchemy Canon if you Baidu'd it…"
Xu Yangyi's brows slightly stirred, and he raised his chin, hinting to the girl to continue speaking.
"Sir, you should know that the Tang dynasty was one of the most flourishing eras in China for Daoism, right? It was because their emperors, of the Li lineage, all had a weakness among all of China's emperors, and that was to demonstrate the legitimacy of their throne by using the relationships they'd obtained with celestial immortals. This was to prove they had received the Mandate of Heaven, and their lives would be eternal and prosperous. The immortal that the Tang won over was the Old Master, Lao Er."
"However, the reason why Daoism thrived was because in the Han dynasty before the Tang, an extraordinarily famous scholar appeared. Wei Boyang of the Eastern Han wrote a text that could even be said to be the basis of Daoism…" She pursed her lips and looked towards Xu Yangyi. "Its name is The Harmony of the Trium, but it has another name, and that's The Eternal Alchemy Canon!"
1. Lao Er is Laozi. Laozi means Old Master. In his life, it is believed Laozi's real name was Li Er. Laozi is considered the coolest dude in Daoism.
2. The Harmony of the Trium is my personal spin on the various translated titles of "周易参同契", which has been translated by other as "The Kinship of Three" and " The Kinship of Three in Accordance with the Book of Changes". In case you are unaware, the Book of Changes is considered one of THE Daoist text. I thought about using the title "The Trinity" but as you may know, this is a term used in Christianity. The three components of the unities can be considered: the Dao, cosmology, and alchemy.
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Women are at least 12 years from financial equality
Economic equality is unlikely to be achieved until at least 2031 despite women making record progress in the March quarter, according to the latest Financy Women's Index.
The Women's Index, which measures the economic progress of Australian women on a quarterly basis, rose 1.9 points to 122.7 points in the March quarter, up from a revised 120.8 points in December 2018.
The result reflects the fastest pace of women's quarterly progress in two years, helped by record female full-time employment, workforce participation, improved educational enrolments and earnings growth relative to men as reflected in a record low of the gender pay gap.
Key results Financy Women's Index March Quarter
- The March Financy Women's Index rose 1.9 points to 122.7 points.
- The result was helped by record full-time employment, participation, tertiary enrolments and a record low gender pay gap.
- Little improvement in women on ASX 200 boards and a lagging gender gap in superannuation weighed on the results.
- Australian women are 34% short or on current trends, 12 years away –at the current rate of improvement – from achieving financial equality.
But when the March result is compared against the aspirational guide on economic equality, the FWX Progress Target of 161.6 points, it shows that women are 34% short or 12 years away from achieving financial equality.
"We still have too many Australian women unable to realise their economic potential," said the Founder of the Financy Women's Index, Bianca Hartge-Hazelman.
"Surprisingly, in a time of rising employment, there are women who are still underpaid and underemployment is worse than a decade ago."
More women than men are enrolling in tertiary studies to better their qualifications but the overall gender gap in undergraduate salaries widened in 4.8% in 2018, from 1.8% in 2017.
Technical course areas, such as Information Technology, Mining and Engineering, which remain male dominated and generally higher paying, are becoming increasingly sought after by women.
"Its great to see that the latest issue of the Financy Women's Index shows that women are continuing to make ongoing progress towards achieving financial equality with men," said AMP Capital Head of Investment Strategy and Chief Economist Shane Oliver.
"Progress in educational attainment is a particularly good sign for the future but there is still a long way to go notably in terms of the pay and superannuation gaps to men and in underemployment," he said.
The number of women in full-time employment hit a new high of 3.23 million in the March quarter, just as the female underemployment rate declined by 0.2% to 10.5% in January (versus 6.3% for males), from 10.7% in January 2018.
However, the level of underemployment is worse today than it was in 2009 when the underemployment rate for women stood at 8.8% compared to 5.2% for men.
The number of women occupying ASX 200 board positions rose to 29.7% in February after a dip to 29.6% in January. However a disappointing end to 2018 appears to have affected the momentum seen earlier in support of gender board diversity.
Connie McKeage CEO of Australian listed fintech company OneVue said more needs to be done to support women who want to work, particularly those with children or caring for loved ones.
"I would encourage all employed persons considering starting a family, or who have started a family to stay engaged in the workforce. Even if this means you are only available to work a few hours one day a week.
"As an employer for those employees unable to continue working for a period of time, particularly during maternity or paternity leave there is no reason these employees cannot be invited to log into staff updates, key presentations etc so that they continue to feel like a valuable team member."
The sectors that recorded the biggest drop in their gender pay gaps in the March quarter are male-dominated and include Construction and Transport, Postal and Warehousing with respective declines of 2.6 percentage points to 12.5% and 2.1 percentage points to 15.7%.
Financial and Insurance Services and Health Care and Social Assistance, which is the most female dominated, continue to be the worst performing industries for the gender pay gap, which rose by 0.2 percentage points to 26.9% and 0.8 percentage points to 25.8% respectively in November.
"The financial sector holds the unenviable title of the least equitable for its mean pay gap of 26.9%," said AFA Inspire National Chair Kate McCallum.
"This is not a woman's problem. This is a system problem. There are inherited systems and structures in financial organisations that simply don't support women to thrive. Most companies acknowledge this and are already doing some great stuff. The challenge is, we've been trying to eliminate the pay gap for years and it's not budging. It's time for bold moves."
A lagging lifetime superannuation gender gap also held back the progress score. The average account balance for women is 34% less than that of the average man.
AMP Financial Planning adviser Dianne Charman said the Financy Women's Index was an excellent tool to remind women of how important taking a proactive stance with their superannuation was for their retirement.
"Whether your retirement is close or quite a few decades ahead of you, everything you do today to be proactive about improving your financial position will mean you'll forever thank your younger self," she said.
Ms Charman said key super issues women should be thinking about were: salary sacrificing and after-tax contributions, exploiting the new rules around catch-up contributions and understanding the impact of different investment options within super.
Download the March 2019 Financy Women's Index report.
By Bianca Hartge-Hazelman, Founder
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Sam Malik, who is standing for the Conservatives in the London Assembly constituency which includes Chingford, has called for TfL to think again about installing more Oyster gates at the station to reduce over-crowding when peak trains arrive in the evening. Sam, who met Iain Duncan Smith at the station recently to discuss the problem, said,
"Passengers used to be able to exit the station off platform 3 and go straight out to Beresford Road, but now they can only exit through the four gates at the main entrance. When trains arrive in the peak there can be a dangerous crush and people delayed. I'd like people to complete my survey and tell me what they think about this and any other ways the service from Chingford could be improved."
A copy of the survey is available to download below
The London Assembly elections take place on 5 May 2015. The North East London Assembly constituency, comprising Hackney, Islington & Waltham Forest is currently represented by Jennette Arnold for the Labour Party.


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How to get rid of mental negativity By: Sohaib Mirza
How to get rid of mental negativity ?
If you don't want a mess regarding any relation in your life, simply don't assume or expect it in your mind.The real problem ignites when you start scripting a story in your mind. In which you create questions and come up with negative answers on your own. While the person, might not have thought like that about you.
Most of the time, our anger, jealousy or fear is linked to being dumped or cheated by our partner, friend or spouse. It compels us to think negative, regarding things that actual do not exist. It becomes a cause of your sickness.
First you have to figure out the problem and resolve it. But for that you need to address the word "misunderstanding". By adopting some simple tips, you can free your mind from depression.
To get rid of a disease, you first need to accept that you are sick. And have to take medicine as per doctor's prescription. Similarly if you want peace in your life, you need to accept that there might be misunderstanding and negativity (assuming answers of your on questions) from your side too. Write down all what you think you might be misunderstanding, and try to find the solution. Once discovered and admitting you
r wrong side means you are half done with the problem.
Don't be Judgmental
*If your friend cannot answer your phone call doesn't mean that he/she is ignoring you,
*if someone cannot give you time means he/she might be busy in their life instead of avoiding you.
For example if anyone is actually avoiding you or not giving time, you try to figure that problem out realistically, rather than taking depression and damaging your nervous system. This will only harm you but no one else. And you will provide the chance for others to tag you with mental illness
Being victim isn't your fate
Thinking all the time that you are been victimized by everyone won't change the situation. But will make you mentally more disturbed. Adopting this mindset in routine will harm you causing "depression addiction".
Depression addiction is one of most dangerous mental diseases in which a person unconsciously enjoys the depression and being oppressed. The worst thing about it is that mind stops working and thinking about all other things. And person who is an addict spends hours in that state.
Choice of words
Write down all the concerns regarding the problem you are facing. And list the issues you think are making you depress. Try finding the answers of all questions by negotiation with the related person. And then ask even more details if you are confused with any answer. But be very careful while choosing the words and tone for questions. Your questions must be very clear and easy to understand for the others that what exactly you want to ask and should not give an impact of being aggressive.
After you get the whole story clear from other side you can easily take a decision which you won't regret in future.
Living in the past
Another problem that usually causes depression is that you always recall the bad memories consisting of tension and your humiliation. It boasts your anger and blood pressure. The high blood pressure damages your nervous system by building pressure on it.
The easiest way to avoid all this is to think of your joy full memories full of happiness, laughter, love and a positive you.
This surely will help you improve your mental health also to progress in your life. After all a healthy mind is a healthy body.Share
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very informative and helpful for closing the doors of negativity in our life. well done 🙂


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New sign marks Cedar Fairmount as a unique destination
The Cedar Fairmount Special Improvement District (CFSID) unveiled a new sign in the traffic island where Cedar Road and Fairmount Boulevard meet. The sign, which had been a long time in the making, was unveiled just before the opening of the annual Discover Cedar Fairmount Festival on Aug. 12.
"The sign is the fourth phase of a project that began in 1999 when we completed a streetscape plan for the district," said Kaye Lowe, executive director of CFSID. "In 2007, we hired Raymond Bugelski to create a logo for the district. We worked with Peggy Spaeth and Heights Arts to initiate a public arts project to mark the district as a unique destination."
Bugelski designed a logo, incorporating the district's English-style architecture, which is used on all the signage. The first phase consisted of signs to mark the entrance points to the commercial district. Next came street signs and overhead signs. The final phase is a large metal sign that sits on a stone base in the center of a landscaped traffic island. The sign is illuminated from within.
"Heights Arts is elated to finally have this place-making sign installed," said Peggy Spaeth, executive director of Heights Arts. "It culminates our collaboration with CFSID to emphasize that Cedar Fairmount is not someplace to drive through on the way home, but that it is home to a unique neighborhood built up around a historic commercial district." Heights Arts also worked with CFSID to install murals painted by local artist Jesse Rhinehart in 2004 and 2008 on the Heights Center Building.
"Members of a traffic island sign committee worked for years to raise funds and create a capstone design that would really showcase the district," said Lowe. Committee members included property owner Sal Russo, Sr.; Bruce Farkas of Signature Sign, the company that produced the sign; Lee Cavendar, a CFSID trustee; Rich Bozic of Blanchford Architects; Peggy Spaeth of Heights Arts; Kaye Lowe; and Richard Wong, planning director for the City of Cleveland Heights.
CFSID, which has financed a large part of the construction costs, is continuing to raise money for the final phase of the project, which is estimated to be $20,000. "We don't know what the final cost will be as we don't have the electrical finalized yet," said Lowe. "Citizens, businesses, property owners and neighbors have helped with the previous phases and we hope they will continue to be supportive."
CFSID is holding a benefit to raise money for the sign and future streetscape projects. On Friday, Oct. 12, two-time Grammy award-winner Rita Coolidge will perform a special benefit concert at Nighttown. The event begins at 7 p.m. Tickets are $150 each, $60 of which is tax deductible, and include cocktails, gold circle seating and a silent auction. To purchase tickets, call Nighttown at 216-795-0550.
"There have been so many people who have worked to make this happen," said Lowe. "Neighbor Jan Kious created the landscaping [for the island], and she and her husband, Gus, are the honorary chairs of the benefit."
Contributions for the project can be made to the Cedar Fairmount SID, at 2460 Fairmount Boulevard, Suite 311, Cleveland Heights, OH 44106. For more information, call 216-791-3172.
Deanna Bremer Fisher
Deanna Bremer Fisher is executive director of FutureHeights and publisher of the Heights Observer.


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A rich Upper East Side thug who beat up two women after his own impotence left him unable to rape them refused to apologize to his victims yesterday – and was sentenced to more than three years in prison.
"No, your honor," was Eric Lewenstein's only response when Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Herbert Altman offered him the chance to speak before his sentencing on two counts of attempted rape.
The limp lothario's lawyer, John Carman, said afterward that his client, the son of a noted doctor and grandson of a wealthy financier, didn't mean any further offense.
"It wasn't an appropriate time for him to make a statement," he said. "Eric and I felt it was really the proper time for the two women to speak."
Lewenstein, 27, pleaded guilty to the sex attacks two days into his trial in June, after both victims had to recount the nightmarish assaults when they took the witness stand.
During her victim-impact statement, his second victim, a petite 25-year-old, said that was an added insult.
"You've always known you were guilty. You've always known what you did to me," she choked through her tears. "I don't think you care."
Lewenstein had attacked the woman, a longtime friend of his twin brother, inside a bathroom at L'Express restaurant in February 2001, slamming her head into the wall after he found he was too impotent to rape her.
Lewenstein went after his first victim, a Norwegian actress, inside the bar Merchants NY in 1997, forcing her into a rest room, bashing her head on a toilet and trying to rape her after she'd rebuffed his advances.
He'll now serve 3 ½ to 4 ½ years.
The second victim said that while she got some comfort from knowing he was going to prison, "I think it's pathetic to only sentence him to 3 ½ to 4 ½ years in prison after what he put me through – living hell."
Staying true to form, Lewenstein couldn't get up the nerve to look at his victims as they tearfully described the effects his brutality had on their lives.
Prosecutor Kerry O'Connell told Altman she'd spoken to other women who claimed they'd been sexually assaulted by the flaccid fiend, but that they were too "humiliated" and "scared" to press charges against the thug.
The judge praised the two victims who did speak out for "the courage they showed coming forward."
Lewenstein, who'd been free on $25,000 bail, looked as if he'd spent the past few months trying to bulk up for his prison stint.
Carman said his client is "glad it's all over. We're glad everybody involved in the case can put everything behind them."


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that she shares with a group of other Waikato creatives
You can buy sticker packs of these motivational ladies and dudes on Loryn's Etsy store.
Guys, meet Loryn Engelsman. Loryn is 24, and a full-time illustrator. From a old Victorian-era commercial building in Hamilton (a studio she shares with a crew of other young freelance creatives), she creates hand-drawn type and character illos for brands, organisations and NZ magazines. Let's just hand the rest over to Loryn, shall we?
What's been your journey to becoming a full-time illustrator?
I am lucky enough to be able to say that drawing has always been a passion of mine – from a really young age I was an avid sketchbooker. Inspired by the illustrations of Quentin Blake, particularly his illustrations for Roald Dahl's – The Twits, I only wanted to draw hideous people because they were so interesting to draw! This passion filtered throughout my schooling and I loved the way that I could draw something and get a laugh out of people or get an 'ah-ha I can relate to that' response.
I applied to The School of Media Arts at Wintec, not quite knowing what direction I would go – just knowing that I wanted to be a visual artist of some description. I ended up majoring in painting and throughout my studies I focused all my assignments on illustration.
During this time I was following other artists from all over the world, and I came to realise that most illustrators were freelancers and that this was the creative career I wanted to pursue.
I was lucky enough to receive a few design and illustration commissions while I was studying. Just before I graduated, I took a part time job to supplement my income while I started in the freelance game. I then spent the next few years working part time and taking on whatever freelance illustration and design jobs I could get.
In the early days I had massive doubts about whether or not this illustration career would ever work out. I then came to know Angela and Jayden Keoghan from illustration studio The Picture Garden. They helped me so much in these early years with advice, encouragement and answering the million questions I had about freelancing. I have been so lucky over time to have met more and more illustrators working as freelancers to get advice from, be inspired by and now call good friends.
Now, over time (with a lot of hard work) I have entered the realms of being a full-time creative.
What challenges have you pushed through on this career journey?
Working hard, but not overdoing it. I would send myself into burn out all too often because I didn't know when to stop working and take a break.
Learning how to organise myself and use my time working efficiently so that I could have a life outside of work was a great lesson to learn. For me, using some apps (mostly free) apps online such as Toggl, Trello, Xero and Slack to keep track of my work and finances has helped so much in achieving the elusive work/life balance.
What have been some of the working highlights of the last year in terms of projects?
Early 2016 I was in Wellington visiting some friends and I had an afternoon to myself so I ended up filling a whole page in my sketchbook on how I saw Wellington city and posted it on Instagram, and it proved to be hugely popular. I then carried on making these based on different situations, topics or things that I have seen and putting them on the gram. A happy discovery that has opened up some new doors in my work already. I hope to make many more of these in the year to come!
What are you working on at the moment/what's coming up for you in 2017?
First off this year I will be carrying on with my collaboration with the Live For Tomorrow project with Zeal where I will be creating a whole lot of illustrated content to increase awareness, encourage and inform young people of mental health issues.
Also, I am wanting to set aside more time to develop a range of products such a tees, patches, prints for my online store. And I have started working with some very talented design friends on some super exciting branding projects that I can't wait to share with everyone!
So much to look forward to already this year!
What does a typical working day look like for you?
Up early, coffee, cycle into my shared studio space in town, set up for the day, check the news, prioritise tasks for the day, send emails and do some suuuper fun admin work, more coffee, get hyped from second coffee and get distracted by memes, distract studio mates with memes I have found, then launch into working on projects for the day, stop for lunch with studio mates, work all afternoon and into the evening on projects before a cycle home and spend the evening cooking and browsing the interweb.
What helps you be at your best creatively?
For me it's all about keeping my eyes open to find inspiration everywhere. Sometimes brilliant ideas seem to just seem to strike as I am just watching the world happens, so carry a sketchbook and pencil case with me everywhere I go. I also try to regularly set aside some time where I can experiment, this involves having a slightly cynical attitude, my sketchbook, all my drawing tools close at hand and no pressure of coming up with any necessarily 'good' ideas.
What advice would you give to any one dreaming of becoming a career illustrator?
The way that you communicate ideas is totally unique to you so figure out early on exactly what your voice is and own it. For a long time when I started out I would try approaching briefs in the way I imagined some of my favourite other illustrators would. I would start sketching out all these super serious illustrations that would look fine, and do the job, but was not authentically my voice. Once I had identified and owned my voice as an artist I could approach new projects with confidence. For me figuring this out was a matter of getting some portfolio critique from peoples whose opinion I trusted and taking on board their advice.
Also, keep reminding yourself how lucky you are to be drawing what you love for a living! It's amazing.
Finally, some quickies – what are you currently…
Listening to:
My Spotify mix of top songs from 2016, it's mostly a tasty mix of D'Angelo, Tame Impala, James Blake, Last Shadow Puppets and Kendrick. Also, the new Leon Bridges, Coming Home album is really good!
Clicking on:
ItsNiceThat.com – everrryday.
Reading or watching:
Reading – The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton. Watching – Brooklyn Nine Nine and Last Man On Earth.
Sriracha sauce on everything, always.
Stretching more, sweating in the summer sun, getting sunburnt, watering plants, swimming, creating unrealistic wish lists on The Book Depository, trying to stay off Pinterest.
Daydreaming about:
A trip to America this year. Also, being irresponsible with my finances and purchasing the unnecessary amount of books on my book depository list.
Loryn's website / portfolio ~ Loryn's Instagram
Photography by Hamilton-based Dan Hilson for Fancy – we're big fans, Dan


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Sober Curious Sundays: Tea Ceremony with Bibi McGIll
Like yoga, tea is a medicine that opens up the body's energy channels. Through the ancient practice of a Chinese tea ceremony, we learn to be present and listen. The first 90 minutes are silent and meditative, as we savor high-quality, aged pu-erh and oolong teas sourced from biodiverse regions of China and Taiwan. These teas encourage grounding, heart-opening, third eye and crown opening, and are sourced from trees and bushes up to 2,000 years old, harvested by generations of families with the highest integrity. The last 30 minutes is opened up for sharing and questions about the teas. What better way to connect with the local yoga community than by connecting with the plants of the Earth?


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The last entries are in for the contest that could actually flip your life round 360 degrees whilst feeding you copious amounts of fun and alcohol should you win it. Unfortunately if you haven't already entered it's like that time you turned up late for the flight to Spring Break in Cancun – you're late for the biggest party around and there's no chance for a rebuke. For now you will just have to watch on as the final three contestants take their places.
Three hopefuls have thrown their hats raucous bullring that is the CalvinAyre.com Reporter Contest, and with one entry already receiving an unprecedented number of votes already, the last few days of voting are sure to be just as eventful, if not more, than the weeks that have preceded it.
It's girl power this week as three more persons of the female variety have entered the contest that promises to send you around the world to all the iGaming party locations and even pay you for the privilege.
At 32, LA's JJ Snyder is the eldest entrant that the contest has so far thrown up. Although, age brings with it considerable experience which Snyder has in bucket loads. In the past she has enjoyed a career that has involved plenty of showbiz reporting, intertwined with stints on the FOX News Channel as well as working for the NFL Network on programming such as Total Access. If you add this to a past that has also included conference coverage and her bubbly personality then there's no reason she can't be right up there.
Kerryn or "Kezz" Cooper is young at the age of 22, but with 84 votes already cast for the Vancouver native she'll be there in the shake-up come the end of the contest. Any fans of the film Napoleon Dynamite will be fans of her video (if you don't know what we mean, have a look. She won't bite!), and the fact that she's a part of the Redhead nation shouldn't put you off voting for Canada's latest entrant to the competition.
Today's last entry is, so to speak, the right side of 30 and comes out of the Steel City, Pittsburgh, Kelly Kapron. Having done most of her work in the Colorado town of Vail, she's used to changing conditions you will have to cope with on the road with the CalvinAyre.com team. Working on a popular wine and spirit festival won't have done her any harm either.
As far as those already in the contest, it looks like working for the tablog team in the past is the way to go – if the latest set of standings is anything to go by. Being the only Brit on the list has done Lucy Anne Brooks' hopes no harm at all. She has built up quite the lead with 213 votes, previous leader Stephanie Gergeres shunted into second place on 133 votes. Third goes to another face you'll have recognised, Dana Workman, with 100 votes.
The three finalists will be announced on December 6, so keep voting for your favourites and early next year you might become even more familiar with their face on the tablog.
When you've voted go out and have some alcohol related fun, or as we would categorise it – GAMBLIN' DRINKIN' & CARRYIN' ON.


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A blog on Margate's architecture, life & landscape since 2007 by Louise Oldfield
Sunday, 17 January 2010
Munro Cobb Building
Part of TDC's Window of Opportunity project that organises colourful shop window displays and hoardings has moved to Cliftonville. Here is the artist Dan Bass and the 140ft work at the old Munro Cobb building on Northdown Road.
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Just round the corner from where I used to work. OK, so its colourful, but it needs to be be re-used. Who knows when that will ever happen.ReplyDelete
A couple of years ago there seemed to be a flurry of work going on, what happened I was hoping that by now the building would have provided new luxury apartments and improved the area, what happened?ReplyDelete
I assume the money must have run out, its a pity that when TDC give permission for planning applications that finance is not part of that decision, it would have saved some that blight around Sea bathing
- Anonymous18 January 2010 at 18:50
Who was developing this site? The signs have come off. If I remember rightly it was Jim Ward's Ward and Partners. Why take the signs off the development? Good point, Tony. Why has the development stopped midflow?ReplyDelete
Does anyone know what all the aerials on top of the building are for?ReplyDelete
I assume the money must have run out, its a pity that when TDC give permission for planningReplyDelete
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KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 1 – The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has strongly refuted the statements by Sarawak Report in its blog and Facebook posting today. In a statement today, EPF said, its has never had any dealings nor entered into any agreements of any sort with Limage Holdings SA, Limage Southwest Holdings, the individual known as Matrai nor any parties as stated by the Sarawak Report.
"As such, no transfer of bonds nor funds of any kind to any of the aforementioned companies, parties or individual could have occurred as alleged," it said. According to EPF, a fake 'Letter of Indemnity' dated Aug 20, 2015 addressed to Gyorgy Matrai of Limage Holding S. A. alleging an agreement between the EPF and Limage Holdings S.A. was made known to the EPF on Oct 26, 2015.
"As this was clearly a falsified document, the EPF lodged a police report on Oct 28, 2015. A 'Letter of Award' (LOA), titled 'Development and Construction of Integrated Medical City Project For EPF' from TripleNiceTales Sdn Bhd dated May 18, 2015 was made known to EPF on Feb 24, 2016," it said.
As there were third parties misusing EPF's name and suspicion of fraud was involved, EPF said, it lodged a police report on Feb 26, 2016 stating that it has no knowledge nor involvement in the transaction referred to in the LOA. "The involvement of Ladylaw Securities Pte Ltd and Nic Manikis was made known to EPF on Jan 20, 2017, and a police report was made on Jan 23, 2017 stating that EPF has no knowledge nor was involved in any investment transaction with Ladylaw Securities nor Nic Manikis," EPF said.
The fund said any schemes of these nature would not pass its strong and robust governance framework. "Before any investment decisions are made, our governance process requires all proposals to be subjected to stringent risk assessment and due diligence by the management. All approvals must go through the Management Investment Committee for endorsement before being put up to the Investment Panel for final approval," it said.
The Investment Panel comprised industry professionals, senior members of EPF's management, Bank Negara Malaysia and the government. "We remain steadfast in fulfilling our mandate to protect and safeguard our members' savings," EPF said. — Bernama


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So i got to the 7-11 to discover i could only afford 1 round of vacuum cleaning. All of a sudden, my entire plan of attack took a vastly different turn. In order to maximize my 90 seconds of power-vac, i had to quickly triage the vehicle. Top priority: driver's seat car mats. 2nd: passenger side and a quick race through the back seat floor. Who cares about the crevices. Bye bye back seat.
With all that racing against the clock, i somehow managed to get the vacuum cleaner wrapped around my arm and it snaked away and starting sucking my shirt.
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Bhanawase, Shivaji ; Yadav, Ganapati (2017) Hydrotalcite as active and selective catalyst for synthesis of dehydrozingerone from vanillin and acetone: effect of catalyst composition and calcination temperature on activity and selectivity Current Catalysis, 6 (2). pp. 105-114. ISSN 2211-5447
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Background: Dehydrozingerone is a biosynthetic intermediate and structural analog of curcumin. It is a flavoring ingredient and has antioxidant and antimutagenic properties. Dehydrozingerone can be efficiently synthesized from vanillin and acetone by cross-aldol (or Claisen-Schmidt) condensation using heterogeneous base catalysts. Vanillin can be sourced from the valorization of biomass. Green chemistry aspects such as 100 % atom economy and low E factor are very important in any synthesis which could be achieved by use of heterogeneous catalysis. Methods: Hydrotalcites with different Mg: Al ratio were synthesized and calcined in air at 450 ºC and 500 ºC to understand the effect of catalyst composition and calcination temperature on activity and selectivity in the synthesis of dehydrozingerone from vanillin and acetone. All catalysts were characterized by different techniques such as XRD, FTIR, ASAP, TPD, TEM and SEM-EDXS. Effects of various process parameters were studied to establish reaction mechanism and kinetics. The kinetic model was validated by experimental data. The product was confirmed by GC-MS and 1H NMR. Results: Among all catalysts, hydrotalcite of Mg: Al of mole ratio 3:1, calcined at 500 ºC for 6 h (31CHT500) was found active, selective and reusable. Hydrotalcite calcined at 500 ºC gave mixed Mg- Al metal oxides. Dehydrozingerone was efficiently obtained with 100 % selectivity at vanillin conversion of 88 % over 31CHT500 at 130 ºC after 4 h. A pseudo first order kinetics was found to fit the data well. Conclusion: Catalyst composition and calcination temperature were affecting the activity of catalysts. Temperature, catalyst loading and vanillin to acetone mole ratio were influencing the reaction rate. Maximum yield of dehydrozingerone was obtained at following reaction conditions: temperature, 130 ºC; amount of catalyst, 0.015 g mL−1; mole ratio of vanillin: acetone, 1:15; autogenous pressure, 10 atm. All species were weakly adsorbed on catalytic sites. The reaction was pseudo first order with apparent activation energy of 9.4 kcal mol-1. Dehydrozingerone was synthesized from vanillin and acetone by a green process.
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The Little Sisters of the Poor & the Fight for Freedom
By Tom Purcell
God bless the Little Sisters of the Poor. They just put our overzealous federal government back in its constitutional place.
The Little Sisters of the Poor is an international congregation of Roman Catholic nuns who have devoted their lives to caring for the elderly poor. Since the order's 1839 founding in France, its mission has been to give dignity and love to the frail and weak in the very last stage of their lives.
When ObamaCare became the law of the land, it demanded that the sisters purchase insurance policies for the order's employees that cover the cost of contraception, abortive drugs and sterilization. But the nuns could never do so because their vow is to advance the dignity of life for every person, including the unborn.
The Little Sisters sought a religious exemption from the rules, but, according to the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, a legal group that defended the sisters in court, the government said the nuns were not religious enough to be exempt. The government insisted that the ObamaCare exemption applied only to churches and church-controlled ministries.
The government threatened massive fines against the 27 retirement homes that the sisters operate in the United States — at a cost of $100 per employee per day or $70 million in fines per year. This amount represents one-third of the Little Sisters' operating budget and would have severely hampered the sisters ability to care for the elderly poor.
So, in 2013, the good sisters sued the government.
They argued that their constitutional right to freely practice their faith was being obstructed by our ever-growing government. The federal district court in Denver, Colo., ruled against them.
Thankfully, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued an injunction siding with the sisters. Her injunction temporarily stopped the fines as the case worked its way through the legal process.
The sisters appealed the district court ruling. They lost again in 2015 when the 10th Circuit Court ruled against them and sided with ObamaCare.
The Little Sisters filed a petition to the Supreme Court. Finally, last week, the Supreme Court gave the sisters a huge win.
According to the Becket Fund, "The Supreme Court unanimously overturned the lower court rulings against the Little Sisters, ordered the government not to fine the Little Sisters, and said the lower courts should provide the government an opportunity 'to arrive at an approach going forward that accommodates the petitioner's religious beliefs.'"
What is most puzzling about the whole situation, however, is that none of this was necessary.
The sisters "never sought to prevent the government from providing these (contraception) services, but have simply asked that the government pick a way that doesn't force them to deliver services — like the week-after pill — that violate their faith."
President Obama himself acknowledged that "the government can continue to provide these services without the Little Sisters and their health plan," according to the Becket Fund.
So why did our government attack the wonderful sisters who have dedicated their lives to caring for the elderly poor?
It beats me, but it is a textbook case of why I and others worry about the erosion of our country's most basic freedoms as our overzealous government extends its tentacles more deeply into every aspect of our everyday lives.
In our current state, it takes the incredible fortitude of a group of selfless nuns to protect and restore our freedoms.
They fought the good fight against a mighty foe so that they may continue to practice their faith freely in what is supposed to be the freest nation on Earth.
God bless the Little Sisters of the Poor.
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Gear up for Enterprise Mobility
Enterprises are looking for all the opportunities to sustain in today's competitive markets by adapting latest technologies. Enterprise applications helped enterprises to perform key enterprise functions like order processing, procurement, production scheduling, customer information management, energy management, and accounting easily by providing a single solution to support all business processes. Such applications were typically hosted on servers and provided simultaneous services to a large number of users, typically over a computer network. In today's era, the number of mobile devices has grown exponentially and smartphone shipments are growing at a staggering rate. Businesses are now looking at how best to harness this mobility and leverage it to maximum benefit to avail competitive advantage. Instead of an opportunistic approach, businesses today need to look strategically at how mobility can support the enterprise and how it can be integrated to optimize key business processes.
Enterprises Mobility programs can offer following key benefits to enterprises:
Formulate Enterprise Mobility Strategy
Enterprise mobility avails new ways for enterprises to achieve their goals. It is very easy to understand the need and advantages of enterprise mobility program but adapting a perfect mobility strategy is a challenging task. Various factors need to be considered to develop an appropriate mobility strategy which suits your enterprise and covers your needs without affecting other focus areas. Following are some of the important aspects that should be considered while working on the enterprise mobility strategy formulation.
Developing a winning mobility strategy needs mapping organization's business goals & IT requirements. While deriving the mobility requirements from business needs, existing infrastructure, systems & processes should be mapped with envisioned mobility solution. To control the cost of implementing mobile strategy, mobility should be seen as mobile enabling service to become another access channel and not something independent & distinct from existing organization infrastructure. In case of defining a completely new IT strategy, mobility should be considered at each stage of design & optimization for best results.
Mobility solutions should be optimized on an ongoing basis based on the measured results. Optimizing the mobility strategy should be a part of feedback control loop, where your mobile strategy should include prioritizing enterprise applications that need to be mobile-enabled. Once a particular solution has been successfully deployed, newer applications can be rolled out.


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What is your current job (position) and what do you do specifically?
I was a Classics and Biochemistry Major at Bowdoin, and after graduation worked for two years doing research at Dana Farber Cancer Institute. From there, I went on to University of Massachusetts Medical School. I found that my background in Classics was surprisingly helpful in the medical world many of the names for body parts and diseases are directly based on Latin and Greek. Studying for anatomy tests seemed easier because I was able to connect the words I had learned in Classics to the words and structures I needed to memorize. After graduating from medical school, I completed my residency training in Family Medicine at the Lawrence Family Medicine Residency in Lawrence, MA. The community in Lawrence is majority Latino immigrants, and the clinic population is about 80% Spanish-speakers. I did not speak Spanish prior to my arrival, but again found that my background in Latin was extremely helpful. After the first year my Spanish was passable, and now I consider myself quite good at Spanish (especially in a medical setting). Last year I studied for and passed the American Board of Addiction Medicine certification exam, and so am now double-board certified in Family and Addiction Medicine. I work at the Greater Lawrence Family Health Center as a busy primary-care doctor who also provides office-based addiction treatment, and also work at a methadone clinic one day a week fighting the opioid addiction crisis in Massachusetts.


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India's economy became fastest growing in the world under Modi rule: Amit Shah
He said that recognising the potential of the youth of the country, the government has launched schemes like Start-Up India, Stand-Up India and Skill India to provide forum to them.
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BHOPAL: BJP president Amit Shah today said India's economy has become the fastest growing in the world since Prime Minister Narendra Modi took over and that it was in a state of paralysis during the previous UPA rule.
He said that recognising the potential of the youth of the country, the government has launched schemes like Start-Up India, Stand-Up India and Skill India to provide forum to them.
After Modi came to power in 2014, the country started developing rapidly, while in the 10 years prior to the NDA rule, it (development) was stranded and the economic system had got paralysed, Shah said addressing a function here to distribute certificates to meritorious students.
"Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the country's economy has become the fastest growing economy in the world," Shah said. He said it was the responsibility of the youth to ensure development of the country as they comprise 65 per cent of the total young population.
"Therefore, it is the duty of the government to provide a forum to the youth-power and their immense potential so that they can stand up to ensure the country's development at the world level," he said.
The Modi-led government at the Centre has focused on skill development and started the 'Skill India' scheme, he said.
Besides, to give wings to the youth potential, the government also launched Start-Up India and Stand-Up India schemes so that they get associated with the country's development process, the BJP chief said.
By taking advantage of these schemes, the youth of the country would be in a position to offer jobs rather than seeking it, he said.
Shah said he sees immense potential in Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's meritorious students' scheme and that it will give boost to the state's development. "Shivraj's government has framed schemes for the welfare of all sections of the society and ensured that its benefits reach to the bottom level. Because of this only, Madhya Pradesh had come out of the BIMARU (laggard) state category and is standing among the developed states," he said.
On the occasion, Chouhan said his government wants to create industrialists like Tata, Birla and Ambanis in the state and that is why his government is providing guarantee to the banks for providing loans to youth.
The prime minister wants to make India a "vishwa guru" (world leader), he said, adding that his government is also making all possible efforts for it.
Later, Shah and Chouhan distributed the certificates to the meritorious students.


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I had a lot more pictures but they all turned out blurry. We had a fun BBQ with everyone to celebrate Friday the 13th. The party was a day late because Jimmy & Amber celebrated their 17th anniversary. Also, Abbi had six teeth pulled. We were glad that Grandma and Alleson's family came too!
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The Saudi coalition has turned back on all the axes of the west coast of al-Hudaydah, announced the channel Al-Mayadeen.
A Yemeni military source said that during the fighting in recent hours, at least 50 pro-Riyadh elements were killed and 13 of their vehicles were destroyed in southern al-Hudaydah.
The same source claims that the Yemeni army and popular committees have currently besieged the forces of the Saud-Emirati coalition on the west coast of the country.
The aggressors are in a state of distress and distress; they did not manage to occupy the city of al-Hudaydah, the Yemeni fighters having nailed them to the ground.
Similarly, Yemeni aviation bombed the lairs of the pro-Riyadh coalition troops in al-Hudaydah.
The chairman of the Supreme Revolutionary Committee in Yemen, Mohamed Ali al-Houthi wrote on his Twitter page that the Yemeni Coast Guard had boarded a French ship.
"A foreign boat, probably French or American, was boarded. The important thing is that he is a stranger. We thank the men of the Coast Guard of al-Hudaydah, "he tweeted.
Sources on the ground indicate that Saudi aggressors are concentrating on the al-Duraihimi front near al-Hudaydah airport to take the victory photo and use it for media and advertising purposes. .
In this respect, Saudi fighter jets struck al-Hudaydah airport and surrounding areas.
In an interview with Al-Mayadeen, Ansarallah spokesman Mohammed Abdessalam said that the Saudi coalition placed great emphasis on media coverage of the al-Hudaydah front, as it failed to achieve anything. success in these clashes.
He promised the aggressors wear fights difficult to bear.
"Foreign forces of aggression have failed to take control of al-Hudaydah airport. However, they have retreated and are now besieged in the Duraihimi area, "he said.
The operation against the port province of al-Hudaydah was launched nearly a month ago under Saudi-Emirati command, with the support of the United States, Israel, France and Great Britain. . Fighting has intensified over the past three days, especially in the south of al-Hudaydah airport, which Yemeni forces are bravely defending.


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The Marrickville Council Tree Strategy Issues Paper was up for voting last night & what a doozey of a meeting it turned out to be. It's clear there are very strong & opposing views about public trees & the community cannot afford to be uninvolved when our turn comes to contribute.
Some good news before I report on this. Council unanimously & with much enthusiasm voted in favour of the creation of a new community garden in Denison Street Dulwich Hill. 3 residents spoke in favour of setting up a community garden citing the many benefits it will provide to the community. Council then went on to say that any resident can apply to have a community garden set up in any council owned disused space or reserve in the municipality. There is mention of this on council's web-site.
Now back to the Trees Strategy Issues Paper (TSIP). 3 residents addressed the meeting. While each speech addressed different issues, all of us were against the recommendation to remove 1,000 trees per year for the next 5 years. Although the TSIP says Council intends to plant replacement trees, their own report states a significant percentage of new tree plantings fail. Since 1972 Marrickville LGA has planted approximately 42,500 street trees. Today we have 20,000 street trees. The numbers speak for themselves.
Other points raised that I recall were:
- Essential that the councillors themselves be knowledgeable about the value & benefits of public trees & tree management before voting to remove 59% of trees within Marrickville LGA.
- The need for education, communication & consultation with the community about trees.
- Climate change, the heat island effect, the benefits of trees, the value of mature trees, strategies to look after trees to retain them, history & continuity that mature trees bring, the streetscape & character of Marrickville LGA, supporting increasing the tree canopy, better choice & placement of street trees & the need to care for this significant asset.
- The recommendation not to establish a Significant Tree Register was also very disappointing, as was the lack of a Tree Inventory. It is essential the Council knew what its only appreciating asset was & an inventory would serve to keep a record of our history even if trees were removed.
- The good points were acknowledged as was the work staff had done to prepare the TSIP.
With 3 minutes & a maximum of 6, all 3 of us felt pressed to cover everything needed in this time-frame. You should try it at least once in your life. Speaking at Council is much harder than I expected it to be. You can read my speech here – Speech-MC-9_2_10
Clr Thanos seemed to take affront at the residents' speeches saying that he was proud of Marrickville, proud of the tree planting that has happened, speaking at length about how we had misunderstood the TSIP. Well, all 3 of us read it, the Greens understood the same message, as did Labor's Clr O'Sullivan. He also said we were using the issue of trees to pursue our own agenda. For me this was true. I am trying to save public trees inappropriately earmarked for removal, yet somehow he made my motivation sound like I was scum & he did this from the safety of 'privilege.'
Clr Thanos needs to understand it is poor form to criticise residents after they have addressed Council suggesting they have no pride in their community & somehow want to take it down.
I will speak for myself, but I know the other speakers were taken aback with his comments. I also know they care deeply about this issue & have spent a great deal of their leisure time over the years working to help improve this locality.
Deciding to follow what is happening at Council, find documents on Council's packed web-site, download documents that are often large, read & analyse them, devote time to preparing a speech, spending the evening at Council, the nerves associated with this & putting opinions out in the public arena, are not small things. Public speaking is classified as the number 1 biggest fear people have, so I ask, why would we do all these things if we didn't have pride in our LGA & if we weren't trying to help bring improvements for the community?
Clr Thanos debated & debated. Clr O'Sullivan added some valid points in an amendment. She spoke of how she finds herself clinging to shade when she walks in her area because of the heat island effect. She also spoke about how climate change has become a significant issue & that there have been advancements in tree care & approaches to public trees since this report was last submitted in 2007. She cited other Councils & suggested that experts be brought in to educate about current trends.
Clr Hanna reasonably suggested that residents be consulted about what tree species to plant outside their houses & said if they had a choice in the matter they would more likely care for the tree.
The Greens spoke about their tree policy, done with consultation with some members of the community, but this was lost in the ensuing melee, which was again disappointing. Clr Peters reminded us that it has been 17 years since Council has reviewed its Tree Policy saying this current TSIP was not productive. Clr Olive & other members of the Greens tried many times to discuss certain points of the TSIP, but this was stopped by Clr Thanos with Clr Tsardoulias in the Chair ordering the Greens to stop for points of order.
The Greens suggested their amendment & Clr O'Sullivan's amendment were really saying the same thing. Eventually, this was passed. 1,000 trees get to live for another 6 months while a working party of councillors work on this TSIP.
It was unpleasant to be in the Gallery due to obstructionism from Clr Thanos & Clr Tsardoulias. I gather this is accepted as the culture of this kind of workplace. Just last week a Strathfield Council made the news due to a Councillor arguing with residents in the Gallery. Eventually, this argument was continued out in the street. To read the Inner West Courier article – http://inner-west-courier.whereilive.com.au/news/story/strathfield-council-in-chaos/
I was invited by Marrickville Greens to go to watch the magnificent Lemon Scented Gum street tree in Cambridge Street Stanmore being chopped down by Marrickville Council. For various reasons I declined, but I know I did not want this image imprinted on my memory. I have come to love this tree & I am distressed about its loss. To me, it was no ordinary street tree.
Marrickville LGA has some gorgeous trees, mostly in parks, though there are also good ones that are street trees. However, we have thousands of butchered, stumpy & not good-looking street trees all over the LGA & it is noticeable if you look.
I think many of us have become desensitised to the ugliness of our street trees because their disintegration happens over time & we just get used to seeing them in this poor condition. Leave the LGA & you immediately notice the differences.
The Lemon Scented Gum in Cambridge Street Stanmore was one of the better-looking street trees in the whole LGA & this is not an exaggeration. Do I think this because I like Gums? Yes & no. I do like Gum trees, but I also like most other trees. I am an all-round tree lover though I admit to preferring tall stature trees & especially trees which flower & provide food for insects, birds & animals.
I think it is necessary in an urban environment to think about wildlife when choosing trees to plant. I also think we have a duty to provide food for these creatures who are losing more & more food resources every year. If you don't believe me, put out a birdbath in a safe place in your garden & watch how long it takes for birds to arrive. They are short of water as well. When we built a fishpond, the rare frogs of the area arrived within 2 days & there wasn't other ponds around. Where did they come from, we wondered. If you plant flowering trees & shrubs that feed birds, they will come in droves & the air will be filled with birdcalls.
So for a tree of this magnitude to be cut down seems ridiculous to me. The tree provided refuge for both wildlife & humans because it was a flowering native tree & its canopy significantly cooled the air in the street. This is not a feeling I am used to when I walk the streets of my local area. Mostly I cannot walk during the day because the streets are so hot with the heat reflected by the road & concrete. I believe that as temperatures rise due to global warming, the heat island effect is going to get worse & we are going to bake. City of Sydney Council recognises this & intends to plant 10,000 more trees in the CBD this year to counteract the heat.
I am aware the residents who wanted the tree removed said it was causing cracking to their house & Council felt hamstrung because of the potential of litigation. However, because we do not have a Significant Tree Register, our public trees are vulnerable. Cracking to houses can always be repaired & it is something we should expect when we live in 100 year old houses, which are built on clay soils & with poor quality mortar. In fact, even renovated houses in the Inner West need regular work as they are always deteriorating. It comes with the territory. That's why many people prefer to live in modern units or project homes that are built on cement slabs. As a norm, tree roots are not strong enough to lift a concrete slab.
When we respect trees & fully appreciate their positive impact on our lives & vital role in our civilization's existence, if atmospheric levels of CO2 continue to rise as expected, then we will do everything we can to keep our mature trees that sequester large amounts of CO2.
The removal of this tree affects the whole community, not just the residents of Cambridge Street. First is it one tree, then another tree & so on. Before we know it, the whole streetscape is changed & not for the better. It took 40 years for that tree to grow a 2.5 metre girth & it had at least another 60 years of life left in it. Eucalypts often live 100 years or more. All it took was 4 ½ hours for it to be gone.
The Marrickville Greens tried to get a stay of execution to try other methods to repair the cracking & fix the problem at ground level. The Labor & Independent Councillors had to power to grant this so that amelioration could be tried to give the tree a chance to be saved. I would have conceded defeat if all avenues had been tried & agreed the tree needed be removed, but these avenues weren't given a chance. I am sure the Greens feel the same as I do. This tree was also worth a lot of money to the community & especially to Cambridge Street. Better to sell a house before a tree is cut down than after.
Our tree assets get voted out because of concrete, their particular species, because they are old, because, because, because. I have not yet seen tree saving strategies voted in during council meetings, only the opposite. Trees are seen as a nuisance & a liability. The reality is: not having trees is a liability.
I will work with Labor & the Independents as well as the Greens if they are pro-trees & the greening of Marrickville LGA. However, since I have started, I have noticed that support for my vision comes from the Greens & not from Labor or the Independents. To be fair, Labor did reverse their decision over the Mackey Park Figs, but not until after a community protest of 300 people & an even larger petition.
Once again, regarding the Cambridge Street tree, the Greens voted to keep the tree. Once again, the vote to remove the tree comes from the other counsellors. Is it a pattern? Saving Our Trees hasn't been alive long enough to be able to answer this question.
Frankly I was shocked when I read on the Greens website that: Independent Councillor Dimitrios Thanos recently emailed Councillors & staff saying: "I'll grab my chainsaw & meet the staff down there on the appointed day." I just know he & I are not on the same page when it comes to trees.
Getting back to my intro, I didn't want to go & watch the 'Elle McPherson of trees' be chopped down, but the Marrickville Greens did witness this. You can read their posts about this tree –http://marrickvillegreens.wordpress.com/2010/01/14/risk-averse-council-condemns-stanmore's-biggest-eucalypt-to-the-chainsaw/ & you can also view 2 photos taken today by the Greens at – http://yfrog.com/37y6 & http://yfrog.com/1ehcezj &
The Cambridge Street Stanmore Lemon Scented Gum tree is going to be chopped down soon. I feel very sad about this. During the Council meeting to decide the fate of this tree, the people who wanted this tree removed spoke about a large branch that fell on the street needing 2 people to carry it away. The danger the tree posed from falling branches would have been one of the major factors why their request was granted.
Gums trees do drop dead branches as a normal feature of their species. Unfortunately, I think this is the reason why Marrickville Council appears not to not regard Eucalypts favourably. Then include the fact that they grow tall & have a significant canopy. In comparison to the usual street trees Council plants, Eucalypts are an anomaly. I would guess the Gums are left over from the 1970s & before.
Suburbs like Petersham which have a lot of Eucalypts as street trees look fabulous as a result. Everyone I have spoken to in this area always mentions the trees, most saying they were a major reason why they chose to buy in Petersham. However, the Cambridge Street issue is likely to repeat itself for two reasons unless these are managed.
Firstly, building movement that causes cracking. The Inner West is mostly clay soils & when there is drought (we have had a long one which is still continuing) the clay soils shrink. This results in movement of buildings & cracks to the walls, porches & paths, especially as most of the housing is 100 years old & the mortar used then was of very poor quality.
Roots of mature trees would have stopped growing years, perhaps decades ago. Often the tree has nothing to do with movement. Arborists constantly have differing opinions about the impact of tree roots on house foundations. Personally, I think it is too easy to blame the tree.
Even buildings that do not have a street tree out front can suffer from movement & cracking, especially during drought. If your property is built on clay soil, removing most or all the trees on or around your property is unlikely to prevent further house movement. It is a fact of life in the Inner West.
To minimize cracking to your house during drought, you need to water thoroughly along the exterior walls on a regular basis. If you keep the soil moist, the clay will not shrink & your foundations are less likely to move. Many people have concreted their yards, so they will definitely have house movement & cracking, drought or no drought. If you already have cracking, you can assist by watering around the building to get the moisture back into the soil. Our front door, which had started sticking, returned to normal 2 months after I recommenced watering our front garden. I have written more fully about clay soils in the following post –
Managing dry clay soils does take time & patience.
Secondly, Eucalypts develop dead branches, which they shed as a normal feature of their development. This does not make the species dangerous. The process of the branch dying off until it eventually drops is not a quick one. I have been watching trees with dead branches for 12 months now. (It's been one of my 'must do posts' which hasn't happened until now.) However, Gums are called 'widow makers' for a reason. A falling branch can kill a person if they drop on their head, but then again, so can most things that drop from a height. I was young when I first heard the term 'widow maker' & I remember being told the following with much laughter:
The tree branch is dying over many months, sometimes years. The wife asks the husband to do something about it. Time moves on. She nags & nags, but he watches footy & says he will prune the branch later. Then, one day when he is mowing or something, the dirty big branch falls on his head & the wife is left a widow. The moral of the story is that men should do what their wife asks when she asks it to be done, husbands are lazy & her nagging is warranted.
Maybe you had to be there & times have changed. The story made a big impact on me because ever since I have a keen eye to notice these branches.
Whether or not Council should be responsible for checking trees for dying branches is not something I have an opinion about. However, I do think we see the street trees in our neighbourhood almost daily & if we notice a tree branch is dying, a quick call or e-mail to Council should have the branch pruned before it becomes a problem & drops.
If we leave it until the branch drops, Council is likely to say the tree is dangerous & needs to be removed. Then the community suffers another loss of a tree & eventually we lose all remaining Eucalypts & other tall trees. Our suburbs suffer as a result because we lose the beauty that tall trees offer. We also lose out on property values because great street trees have a surprising positive impact on local property values.
The street trees near our homes, especially the large ones, remove pollution & particulate matter which causes breathing problems. They collect CO2 & emit oxygen making the air cleaner & cooler. They lower temperature which helps lower our power bills, they slow down traffic, make the footpaths safer for pedestrians & generally make people feel happier. I have written more about the value of trees in the page 100 Tree Facts, which can be located on the left hand column of this site near the top.
Lastly, if Sydney's North Shore can have hundreds of thousands of Eucalypts as street trees, why can't Marrickville LGA? Let's look after & keep the ones we have left. They are necessary for our wildlife.


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Oyo State All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the reaction of Governor-elect Seyi Makinde to the implementation of the N30,000 min...
Oyo State All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the reaction of Governor-elect Seyi Makinde to the implementation of the N30,000 minimum wage law as a signal that he is being haunted by his electoral promises, even before receiving the baton of governance.
Makinde has faulted the fixing of the N30,000 minimum wage by the Federal Government, saying the individual state should have been allowed to determine what they could afford.
He said he planned to set up a committee to negotiate with labour unions as soon as he is sworn in despite ongoing labour's negotiation with the outgoing APC government.
But, the Oyo APC, in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Dr. AbdulAzeez Olatunde, said it was too early for Makinde to renege on his electoral promises.
He admonished the governor-elect to focus on the art of governance and work towards fulfilling his electoral promises.
The party was reacting to the statement credited to the governor-elect's spokesman, Prince Dotun Oyelade, who warned the APC against twisting Makinde's interview in Abuja on the N30,000 minimum wage.
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The statement reads in part: "Makinde said during his electoral campaign that Oyo workers deserved more than N30,000 as minimum wage. Now, he was quoted by the media in Abuja that he can't pay the N30,000 minimum wage. We (APC) decided not to comment on Makinde's electoral promise U-turn because we want the electorate and the people of Oyo State to judge him while the party would not hesitate to provide the necessary constructive criticisms when the need arises."
The party advised Makinde and Oyelade to be ready to face governance from May 29 instead of acting like the opposition continually.
The statement added: "The people of Oyo State deserve the best and we hope Makinde's PDP will try not to disappoint, which is doubtful. It is too early for Makinde to be reprimanding others for his mistakes. APC was not the media that reported what Makinde said in Abuja. We expected Makinde to rather clear the air on his statement instead of blame shifting. We wish him the best in his endeavours, but with a caution that it is too early to renege on his electoral promises.
"We want to urge him to tread softly on the issue of Hajj operations. He should by now know that pilgrimage is structured with timing for all, participating pilgrims throughout the world. It is not just about Oyo State pilgrims. We appeal to him to stop displaying his naivety about governance and remind him that not everything, especially pilgrimage is politicized."


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Utah Administrative Code
The Utah Administrative Code is the body of all effective administrative rules as compiled and organized by the Division of Administrative Rules (see Subsection 63G-3-102(5); see also Sections 63G-3-701 and 702).
NOTE: For a list of rules that have been made effective since January 1, 2020, please see the codification segue page.
NOTE TO RULEFILING AGENCIES: Use the RTF version for submitting rule changes.
R277. Education, Administration.
Rule R277-708. Enhancement for At-Risk Students.
As in effect on January 1, 2020
Table of Contents
- R277-708-1. Authority and Purpose.
- R277-708-2. Definitions.
- R277-708-3. Allocation of Enhancement for At-Risk Student Funds.
- R277-708-4. Fiscal Procedures.
- R277-708-5. Application Process.
- R277-708-6. Oversight: Monitoring, Evaluation and Reports.
- R277-708-7. Gang Prevention and Intervention Funds.
- Date of Enactment or Last Substantive Amendment
- Notice of Continuation
- Authorizing, Implemented, or Interpreted Law
R277-708-1. Authority and Purpose.
(1) This rule is authorized by:
(a) Utah Constitution Article X, Section 3, which vests general control and supervision over public education in the Board;
(b) Section 53F-2-410, which directs the Board to manage the Enhancement for At-Risk Students interventions by:
(i) developing a funding formula;
(ii) developing performance criteria;
(iii) supporting LEA implementation of evidence-based interventions;
(iv) distributing the appropriation; and
(v) monitoring and reporting the effectiveness of the evidence-based interventions; and
(c) Subsection 53E-3-401(4), which allows the Board to make rules to execute the Board's duties and responsibilities under the Utah Constitution and state law.
(2)(a) The purpose of this rule is to establish criteria and procedures for distributing Enhancement for At-Risk Students funds to LEAs.
(b) The intent of the rule and the legislative appropriation is to improve academic achievement of students who are at risk of academic failure.
R277-708-2. Definitions.
(1) "At-risk of academic failure" means a k-12 public school student who:
(a) scores below proficient on a Board or LEA approved assessment; or
(b) meets an LEA governing board's approved definition of at-risk of academic failure.
(2) "Available funds" means the total funds appropriated for the Enhancement for At-Risk Students interventions, less funding designated for gang prevention under Subsection 53F-2-410(1)(b)(i).
(3) "Chronic absenteeism" means the number of students within an LEA who:
(a) were enrolled in the LEA 60 calendar days or more; and
(b) missed 10% or more days of instruction, whether the absence was excused or not.
(4) "Homeless child" or "homeless youth" means the same as that term is defined in R277-616-2.
(5) "Homelessness" means the number of students within an LEA identified as homeless youth.
(6) "LEA governing board" means:
(a) a charter school governing board; or
(b) a district's local school board.
(7) "LEA share" means the percentage of k-12 students from an LEA who are at risk of academic failure compared to the total count for the state of Utah from the previous school year.
(8) "Limited English Proficiency" or "LEP" means the total number of English learner or "EL" students in an LEA from the October 1 count from the previous school year who received a score of 1-4 on the English language proficiency assessment.
(9) "Low performance on a statewide assessment" means the unduplicated count of k-12 students from an LEA scoring below proficient in Reading/Language, Math, and Science on one of the following exams from the previous school year:
(a) for students in grades 3 through 8, the Readiness Improvement Success Empowerment (RISE) standards assessment;
(b) for students in grades 9 and 10, Utah Aspire;
(c) the Special Education alternate assessment; or
(d) other Board approved assessment.
(10) "Mobility" means the number of k-12 students enrolled less than 160 days or its equivalent in one school within a school year, as determined by the prior year's year-end average daily membership submission.
(11) "Poverty" means the total number of k-12 students in an LEA reported as economically disadvantaged using federal child nutrition income eligibility guidelines for free or reduced-priced under the federal school lunch program from the official October 1 enrollment count from the previous school year.
(12) "Truancy" or "truant student" means a student absent without a valid excuse.
(13) "UTREx System" means the electronic data collection system used by the Superintendent to collect information required by law from LEAs about individual students at certain points throughout the school year to support the allocation of funds and accountability reporting.
(14) "Valid excuse" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53G-6-201.
R277-708-3. Allocation of Enhancement for At-Risk Student Funds.
(1) The Superintendent shall base an LEA's allocation on the certified data from the UTREx System using the most recent school year for which data is complete and available.
(2) The Superintendent shall use the following funding formula to determine an LEA base to distribute to LEAs:
(a) the Superintendent shall annually calculate 4% of the state appropriation of the Enhancement for At-Risk Students funding available for LEA grants to provide a base amount to LEAs.
(b) The Superintendent shall divide the base amount described in Subsection (2)(a) equally among all eligible LEAs.
(3) The Superintendent shall annually calculate 20% of the state appropriation of the Enhancement for At-Risk Students on a per school basis to provide a targeted amount to LEAs with traditional elementary schools, secondary schools, and alternative high schools with at least 75% poverty.
(4)(a) Subject to Subsection (4)(b), the Superintendent shall award remaining funds to an LEA based on the LEA's number of students who meet any of the following criteria:
(i) low performance on a Board approved assessment;
(ii) poverty;
(iii) mobility;
(iv) limited English Proficiency;
(v) chronic absenteeism; and
(vi) homelessness.
(b) When counting the number of students within an LEA who meet the criteria described in Subsection (4)(a), the Superintendent shall:
(i) for a student who meets one criterion, count the student once; and
(ii) for a student who meets more than one criterion, count the student for each criterion the student meets, up to three criteria.
(5) The Superintendent shall notify an LEA that qualifies for funding of the LEA's level of funding annually by May 1.
R277-708-4. Fiscal Procedures.
(1) An LEA shall submit its application to the Superintendent annually by November 1 through the Board's grant management system.
(2) The Superintendent shall distribute available funds to LEAs with an approved application monthly based on a one-twelfth distribution beginning on July 1.
(3) Except as provided in Subsection (5)(a), an LEA shall spend all allocated funds annually by June 30.
(4) An LEA that accepts funds for Enhancement for At-Risk Students intervention services shall be subject to Board accounting, auditing, and budgeting rules and policies.
(5)(a) With written approval from the Superintendent, an LEA may carry over and spend up to ten percent of state Enhancement for At-Risk Student funds in the next fiscal year.
(b) An LEA shall submit a request to carry over funds under Subsection (5)(a) to the Superintendent annually.
(c) An LEA shall detail approved carry over amounts in a revised budget submitted with the LEA's application described in Subsection (1) and through the Board's grant management system.
(d) The Superintendent shall review and approve a revised budget submitted under Subsection (5)(c) no later than December 1 in the year submitted.
R277-708-5. Application Process.
(1) An LEA may use funds for activities that support academic achievement of students who are at risk of academic failure, including addressing truancy.
(2) An LEA shall establish the following to include in the LEA's application for Enhancement for At-Risk Student money:
(a) supporting the specific measurable goals aligned to the growth goals in the state accountability system, including a baseline measurement, related to increased academic achievement of students at-risk of academic failure;
(b) a copy of the LEA's comprehensive plan for student and classroom management, and school discipline required in Section R277-609-4; and
(c) if the LEA establishes an LEA specific definition of a student at-risk of academic failure as described in Subsection R277-708-2(1)(b), the LEA governing board's approved definition of a student at-risk of academic failure.
(3) Annually, an LEA shall provide the following information to the Superintendent:
(a) a report of the LEA's use of funds through the annual financial reporting process;
(b) the LEA's outcome data related to the specific measurable goals included in the LEA's application; and
(c) a report of intervention effectiveness based on performance criteria defined by the Superintendent.
R277-708-6. Oversight: Monitoring, Evaluation and Reports.
(1)(a) The Superintendent shall conduct tri-annual intervention reviews of each LEA receiving Enhancement for At-Risk Students funding to ensure intervention compliance.
(b) In the Superintendent's discretion or for good cause, the Superintendent may conduct additional formal or informal:
(i) monitoring;
(ii) reviews; or
(iii) site visits.
(2) If the Superintendent identifies violations as a result of a review described in Subsection (1)(a), an LEA shall prepare and submit to the Superintendent a written corrective action plan for each finding made by the Superintendent.
(3) If an LEA fails to resolve findings identified by the Superintendent under Subsection (2), the Superintendent may implement corrective action as provided in R277-114.
R277-708-7. Gang Prevention and Intervention Funds.
(1) Consistent with Subsection 53F-2-410(1)(b), the Superintendent shall distribute funding to LEAs for gang prevention and intervention.
(2) An LEA desiring to receive gang prevention and intervention funds shall submit a proposal consistent with Rule R277-436.
students at risk
Date of Enactment or Last Substantive Amendment
November 7, 2018
Notice of Continuation
September 15, 2016
Authorizing, Implemented, or Interpreted Law
Art X Sec 3; 53F-2-410; 53E-3-401(4)
Additional Information
For questions regarding the content or application of rules under Title R277, please contact the promulgating agency (Education, Administration). A list of agencies with links to their homepages is available at http://www.utah.gov/government/agencylist.html or from http://www.rules.utah.gov/contact/agencycontacts.htm.


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