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Levy Advisory Board Members
Program director is Wendy Pabich. Please send any questions to Wendy directly at email@example.com.
Current Members
Lili Simpson
Former member of the Blaine County Planning and Zoning Commission, consultant for the BLM helping to organize public focus groups for the Travel and Recreation Plan, GPS expert and an avid conservationist.
Jim Phillips
Local attorney since 1973, has extensive experience reviewing projects with ecological resources, public access and open space. Jim was previously City Attorney for municipalities here. He is involved in local issues and enjoys many recreational activities.
Abby Rivin
An associate planner and the floodplain administrator for the City of Sun Valley. During an internship for the Mono Lake Committee in California, Abby "witnessed the necessity of achieving a balance between the imperatives of modern life and the conservation of a unique ecosystem and saw what was possible."
Rob Santa
Was the owner/operator of Sturtevant's for 30 years. He is a lifelong outdoor enthusiast and currently sits on the Board of Directors of the Idaho Fish & Wildlife Foundation.
Nancy Linscott
Has over 20 years of environmental geologic consulting experience, focused on environmental impact analysis and remedial investigations of properties affected by mining and other industrial uses. She is an avid conservationist, with particular interest in issues related to healthy river systems and preservation of wildlife migration corridors. Nancy has been a City of Hailey Planning and Zoning Commissioner, a volunteer for the city's Parks and Lands board, and started on the Levy Advisory Board in early 2019. She currently works at The Sage School and volunteers as a faculty liaison for the Wood River Land Trust's Student Conservation Council.
Kristy Pigeon
The founder of the valley's non-profit therapeutic riding program, now called Swiftsure Ranch. With an educational background in wildlife biology, her focus for the past 20 years has been on constructing wetland and upland wildlife restoration projects and developing a sustainable ranching operation. She is an avid bird hunter and outdoors woman.
Former Members
Alan Reynolds, Former Blaine County planner and County Commissioner and a real estate broker in Blaine County. Alan is an avid recreational user and has extensive knowledge of land issues and land values.
Kurt Eggers, A practicing landscape architecture for over 25 years and is currently president of Eggers Associates. Mr. Eggers has completed many public and private projects. The wide-open spaces and access to wild lands are one of the major reasons he and his family choose to live here. Kurt previously served on the Board of the Sawtooth Botanical Garden.
Denise Ford, A licensed landscape architect and a master gardener, having established Altitude Landscape Architecture and Land Planning, LLC from 2000 to 2015. Ms. Ford worked for the Sawtooth National Recreation Area of the U.S. Forest Service as a landscape architect and member of the Plan Revision Team, and as assistant to the Blaine County Commissioners. In 2018, she volunteers on the Blaine County Soil Conservation Service, Blaine County Historical Society and is Vice-President of the Wood River Middle School Parents Association.
Mary Austin Crofts, former Executive Director of the Blaine County Recreation District where she served the public for 20 years and is credited with helping to create the Wood River Trail System, public access easements and numerous recreational amenities in the County.
Time spent on the Land Advisory Board – 2009 to 2012.
Trent Jones, a partner with Hall and Hall Ranch Brokers and former employee of The Nature Conservancy where he specialized in conservation real estate transactions. Trent is a board member of the Wood River Land Trust and a former Hailey planning and zoning commissioner.
Time spent on the Land Advisory Board – 2009 to 2012.
Trent Stumph, of Sawtooth Environmental consulting with over 17 years experience working in environmental conservation, riparian/wetland restoration, erosion control and habitat enhancement projects.
Time spent on the Land Advisory Board – 2009 to 2014.
Barb Acker has worked with the Hailey Parks and Lands Board, the Wood River Land Trust, Blaine County's 2025 plan and numerous other conservation groups in Blaine County. Barb is an Orthodontic Technician for Payne and Howell Orthodontics.
Time spent on the Land Advisory Board – 2009 -2014
Wendy Pabich, President of Water Futures, Inc. a company providing technical and policy consulting services related to water, wastewater and waste-to-energy issues. Wendy received her PhD in Environmental Engineering from MIT. She has served the LAB till 2015.
Time spent on the Land Advisory Board 2009-2015.
Will Miller has 30 years' experience consulting on land development and conservation matters. He currently provides environmental planning and regulatory compliance services for large land development and conservation projects. He also co-founded the Environmental New Network.
Time spent on the Land Advisory Board 2013– 2016.
Tom Page, a resident of Hailey, has worked on land conservation, water quality, river recreation, access planning for a land trust in Eagle County, Colorado and for the Eagle River Watershed Council. Tom is currently a Board member of the Idaho Conservation League and member of numerous local conservation organizations.
Time spent on the Land Advisory Board 2009 – 2015.
Ben Sinnamon is a Hailey resident and an attorney whose practice includes transactional, environmental and land-use matters. He is the Secretary of the Board of the Friends of the Sawtooth Avalanche Center Board and an active outdoor recreationalist.
Time Spent on the Land Advisory Board 2009 – 2016.
Allison Marks has worked locally in land conservation and environmental education for the past twelve years at the Wood River Land Trust, Sawtooth Botanical Garden, and the Environmental Resource Center. She is a certified wetland delineator and has formal education in regional planning.
Time spent on the Land Advisory Board 2015 - 2017.
Bruce Collier is a long-time resident of Blaine County and self-employed lawyer whose practice includes land use matters in the private and public sectors. Bruce is an outdoors enthusiast with strong interest in natural resources.
Time spent on the Land Advisory Board 2013 - 2018


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Truffaut, François
|François Roland Truffaut
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|6 February 1932 at 06:00 (= 06:00 AM )
|Paris, France, 48n52, 2e20
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|16°15' 11°58 Asc. 18°06'
French film director, screenwriter, critic, actor, producer. Influential film critic and heir to the humanistic cinematic tradition of Jean Renoir. François Truffaut made films that reflected his three professed passions: a love of cinema, an interest in male-female relationships and a fascination with children. He was an exuberant key figure in New Wave films. Some of his most noted films include, "Jules and Jim," "Day for Night," "The Man Who Loved Women" and "The Last Metro."
The son of an architect, he was raised in Paris during the German occupation. With a troubled childhood, he was a school dropout at 14, taking odd jobs and spending a brief stint in the reformatory for theft. Truffaut joined the French army, deserted and was sentenced to a prison term. Critic André Bazin helped secure his release and encouraged his interest in film.
He was addicted to movies from the time he was a kid, escaping the grim reality of life in the magic of cinema. Before entering production, he worked as a journalist and film critic for six years. His vitriolic attacks on the most respected French movies made him notorious in the business. In 1954, Cahiers du Cinema published Truffaut's "A Certain Tendency of the French Cinema," a diatribe so abusive that the magazine's editors prefaced it with a disclaimer.
It was his chance meeting with Madeleine Morgenstern in 1956, the daughter of a prominent French film distributor, that set into motion future events that included both their marriage and his first feature film. He was 27 when he directed "The 400 Blows," shot on a low budget with an obscure cast, in cramped apartments and on the street. The film was animated by his restless lyricism and intense sympathies even as it demolished the cinematic clichés of childhood. His own miserable childhood supplied him with the story line. Truffaut had been put out to a wet nurse at birth, taken in by his grandmom at three and returned to his parents when she became ill. He endured uncaring parents, cruel teachers, the shock of dubious paternity, theft and reform school. He had his 17th birthday in juvenile detention, and his youth contained two suicide attempts.
Truffaut married Madeleine Morgenstern in 1957 and had two children, Laura Truffaut in 1959 and Eva Truffaut in 1961, both of whom appeared in their father's film "L'Argent de Poche," 1975. They later divorced.
The early '60s were a high-water mark in Truffaut's life. His first backer, his father-in-law, encourage him to set up a production company and he used it to develop New Wave films. It was his first three films in which his vision flowed most naturally. After then, financial considerations had to be observed more stringently and there were some major disasters: "The Soft Skin," 1964, was, in the director's own words, "a complete fiasco," and it took four years to film "Fahrenheit 451," 1966.
Truffaut customarily had an affair with his lead actress, and he had a child, Josephine, in 1983, with his lover, Fanny Ardant.
He died of a cancerous brain tumor 10/21/1984, 6:30 AM, Neuilly, France.
Though Truffaut himself became a self-conscious purveyor of nostalgic wistfulness, with his films becoming less a matter of self-revelation than of self-exploitation, the French New Wave might never have existed without his political genius and tactical boldness.
- associate relationship with Dani (born 1 October 1944)
- associate relationship with Dubois, Marie (born 12 January 1937)
- associate relationship with Godard, Jean-Luc (born 3 December 1930)
- associate relationship with Pisier, Marie-France (born 10 May 1944)
- business associate/partner relationship with Coutard, Raoul (born 16 September 1924)
- friend relationship with Doniol-Valcroze, Jacques (born 15 March 1920)
- lover relationship with Ardant, Fanny (born 22 March 1949)
- (has as) worker relationship with Léaud, Jean-Pierre (born 28 May 1944)
Source Notes
Didier Geslain archive, file Cinema Realisateurs, pdf p. 180.
Mark Penfield quotes a biography, "Truffaut," by Antoine le Beque, 1999. (Lescaut gives the same data as B.C., not confirmed.)
Sy Scholfield checked the biography by le Beque which states 6 AM (p. 3), citing "Birth certificate, town hall of the seventeenth arrondissement, number BL/178" (p. 395).
Biography: Antoine de Baecque and Serge Toubiana, "Truffaut," Knopt, translated from the French by Catherine Temerson.
- Traits : Mind : Education limited (School dropout at 14)
- Traits : Personality : Aggressive/ brash (Critical, caustic)
- Traits : Personality : Perfectionist
- Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Cancer (Brain tumor)
- Family : Childhood : Abuse - Neglect
- Family : Childhood : Memories Bad
- Family : Relationship : Mate - Noted (Fanny Ardant, lover)
- Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3 (Three, one illigimate)
- Lifestyle : Work : Loves job (Loves film)
- Lifestyle : Work : Start young less than 16 (Work from age 14)
- Passions : Criminal Perpetrator : Social crime/ delinquent (Thief as a kid)
- Personal : Death : Suicide Attempt (Two attempts in youth)
- Vocation : Entertain/Business : Director
- Vocation : Military : Pacifist/ Objector
- Vocation : Writers : Columnist/ journalist (Film critic)
- Vocation : Writers : Critic
- 1932 births
- Birthday 6 February
- Birthplace Paris, FR
- Sun 16 Aquarius
- Moon 11 Aquarius
- Asc 18 Capricorn
- 1984 deaths
- Traits : Mind : Education limited
- Traits : Personality : Aggressive/ brash
- Traits : Personality : Perfectionist
- Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Cancer
- Family : Childhood : Abuse - Neglect
- Family : Childhood : Memories Bad
- Family : Relationship : Mate - Noted
- Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3
- Lifestyle : Work : Loves job
- Lifestyle : Work : Start young less than 16
- Passions : Criminal Perpetrator : Social crime/ delinquent
- Personal : Death : Suicide Attempt
- Vocation : Entertain/Business : Director
- Vocation : Military : Pacifist/ Objector
- Vocation : Writers : Columnist/ journalist
- Vocation : Writers : Critic

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - The Pentagon is readying more intense and longer attacks on Syria than originally planned, set to last three days, the Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday.
War planners now aim to unleash a heavy barrage of missile strikes to be followed swiftly by additional attacks on targets that may have been missed or remain standing after the initial launch, the Times cited officials as saying.
Two US officers told the newspaper that the White House has asked for an expanded target list to include "many more" than the initial list of around 50 targets.
The move is part of an effort to obtain additional firepower to damage Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's dispersed forces.
Pentagon planners are now considering using Air Force bombers, as well as five US missile destroyers currently patrolling the eastern Mediterranean Sea, to launch cruise missiles and air-to-surface missiles from far out of range of Syrian air defenses, according to the report.
The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier strike group with one cruiser and three destroyers positioned in the Read Sea can also fire cruise missiles at Syria.
"There will be several volleys and an assessment after each volley, but all within 72 hours and a clear indication when we are done," an officer familiar with the planning told the Times.
The intensified military planning comes as President Barack Obama prepares to personally make his case to the American people and further press reluctant lawmakers on the need for action after Assad allegedly used chemical weapons on his own people last month.
Mr Obama is scheduled to tape interviews on Monday with anchors of the three major broadcast networks, as well as with PBS, CNN and Fox News.
The interviews, to air that night, will precede Mr Obama's address to the nation on Tuesday ahead of an expected full Senate vote.
The president favours a limited attack with only a reduced number of warplanes to drop bombs over Syria, according to the Times.
Amid doubts that a limited US offensive would sufficiently hamper Assad's military capabilities, one officer told the newspaper that the planned operation would amount to a "show of force" over several days that would not fundamentally change the situation on the ground.
The planned US strike "will not strategically impact the current situation in the war, which the Syrians have well in hand, though fighting could go on for another two years," another US officer said.


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November 8, 2001
Homeland Security - Every American Can Help
Today's Presidential Action
- Americans are looking for ways to get involved in the war against terrorism on the home front. The President announced two new initiatives today to give citizens new opportunities to support Homeland Security efforts, and to help every American better prepare to respond to terrorist attacks.
- The President announced that the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) will support homeland security in the coming year in three major areas: public safety; public health; and disaster mitigation and preparedness. CNCS proposes to mobilize more than 20,000 Senior Corps and AmeriCorps participants in FY 2002 to support these efforts.
- President Bush also created the Presidential Task Force on Citizen Preparedness in the War Against Terrorism. Within 40 days, the Task Force will make recommendations to help prepare Americans in their homes, neighborhoods, schools, workplaces, places of worship and public places from the potential consequences of terrorist attacks. The Task Force will also recommend ways for Americans to support local officials, including in police departments, fire departments and community health centers, who are often the first to respond to a terrorist attack. The Task Force will be co-chaired by the President's Homeland Security and Domestic Policy advisers and will consist of the relevant Federal agency heads.
Background on New Service Options to Support Homeland Security
- Supporting Public Safety: CNCS proposes to provide more than 10,000 additional Senior Corps and AmeriCorps participants to support police departments, fire departments, and other local agencies such as parks and recreation departments. These participants would free up local personnel to meet their front line responsibilities by performing administrative tasks and other functions that can be performed by non-commissioned officers.
- Supporting Public Healh: CNCS proposes to provide more than 5,000 additional Senior Corps and AmeriCorps members to support public health agencies in outreach and information dissemination and administrative support. Resources will be targeted at low-income communities.
- Supporting Disaster Preparedness: CNCS proposes to provide more than 5,000 additional Senior Corps and AmeriCorps participants in disaster preparedness and mitigation. AmeriCorps and Senior Corps volunteers have a long track record of working with FEMA and other relief agencies in helping communities to respond to disasters.


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Qualcomm's current 1GHz Snapdragon is the muscle that makes the Nexus One so fantastically speedy, but Qualcomm isn't sitting on their laurels—they just announced two new chips that are going to power the next great mobile devices.
Meet Microsoft's New Surface Laptops
First up is the single-core Snapdragon 8X50A, a 45nm chip that's essentially the next version of the 1GHz chip in the Nexus One. It's clocked at 1.3GHz. But what we're really excited about is the dual-core 8X72, which uses two Scorpion cores to achieve 1.5GHz. Luis Pineda, Senior VP at Qualcomm, assures that the 8X72 is suitable for smartphones (not just smartbooks or netbooks) and can handle 1080p video. Both the 8X50A and 8X72 will be out this year, going head to head with the Tegra 2. [Hexus via Slashgear]


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Distant Crackling is a Constellation in Genshin Impact. This constellation is exclusive to Traveler. Constellations upgrade the playable character's talents/skills by altering its effects or by further increasing its stats, effects, and passive buffs. In order to unlock a constellation, you will need to collect certain materials that are mainly used for unlocking or upgrading constellations.
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- In order to unlock each constellation of a character, players must consume a Stella Fortuna Material for a certain playable character.
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GE believes the MHI 2.4MW turbine infringes its intellectual property rights on a number of counts. On January 8, it suffered a setback in its case when the ITC sided with MHI. Now further facts about the judgement a coming to light.
In its final decision, the full commission found that MHI did not steal GE's disputed variable-speed technology -- the so-called '039 patent -- or the technology in the US company's '221 patent for low-voltage ride-through (LVRT).
That reverses the preliminary finding by ITC administrative law judge Carl Charneski, who also recommended banning imports of MHI's turbine. GE had alleged that MHI's turbine infringed the patents.
The ITC did not, however, address whether MHI violated the '985, the basic LVRT patent Charneski claimed is co-owned by Thomas Wilkins, a California engineer who does not work for GE. This is because ITC does not have the authority to correct to decide to who invented a design, said the commissioners. MHI had argued that the case should be tossed out because GE may not fully own the patent.
The reasoning behind the commission's final decision in January, to terminate its probe, has only recently come to light in an article in a legal newswire, Law360. A spokesman for GE declined to comment on the accuracy of the article.
The fight has wide ramifications and could shape the US wind market. GE licences its wind patents to more than a dozen companies. While MHI wants to increase its modest market share in the lucrative US market and is looking at investing $100m in a factory in Arkansas.
GE expects to challenge the ruling, which means the dispute moves to an appeals court with expertise in intellectual property, in Washington.
"Our initial reading of the commission decision indicates errors that provide grounds for an appeal," said Frank Landgraff, a GE senior intellectual property counsel.
He did not specify the errors. Resolution of the appeal might take 18 months or two years. In addition, GE is trying to block US use of Mitsubishi's 2.4 MW turbine in two federal courts in Texas.


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Yes, It Could Happen Here
Why Saudi Arabia is ripe for revolution.
In the age of Arab revolutions, will Saudis dare to honor Facebook calls for anti-government demonstrations on March 11? Will they protest at one of Jeddah's main roundabouts? Or will they start in Qatif, the eastern region where a substantial Shiite majority has had more experience in real protest? Will Riyadh remain cocooned in its cloak of pomp and power, hidden from public gaze in its mighty sand castles?
In the age of Arab revolutions, will Saudis dare to honor Facebook calls for anti-government demonstrations on March 11? Will they protest at one of Jeddah's main roundabouts? Or will they start in Qatif, the eastern region where a substantial Shiite majority has had more experience in real protest? Will Riyadh remain cocooned in its cloak of pomp and power, hidden from public gaze in its mighty sand castles?
Saudi Arabia is ripe for change. Despite its image as a fabulously wealthy realm with a quiescent, apolitical population, it has similar economic, demographic, social, and political conditions as those prevailing in its neighboring Arab countries. There is no reason to believe Saudis are immune to the protest fever sweeping the region.
Saudi Arabia is indeed wealthy, but most of its young population cannot find jobs in either the public or private sector. The expansion of its $430 billion economy has benefited a substantial section of the entrepreneurial elite — particularly those well connected with the ruling family — but has failed to produce jobs for thousands of college graduates every year. This same elite has resisted employing expensive Saudis and contributed to the rise in local unemployment by hiring foreign labor. Rising oil prices since 2003 and the expansion of state investment in education, infrastructure, and welfare, meanwhile, have produced an explosive economy of desires.
Like their neighbors, Saudis want jobs, houses, and education, but they also desire something else. Since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq in 2003, they have expressed their political demands in their own way, through petitions that circulated and were signed by hundreds of activists and professionals, men and women, Sunnis, Shiites, and Ismailis. Reformers petitioned King Abdullah to establish an elected consultative assembly to replace the 120-member appointed Consultative Council Saudis inherited from King Fahd. Political organizers were jailed and some banned from travel to this day. The "Riyadh spring" that many reformers anticipated upon King Abdullah's accession in 2005 was put on hold while torrential rain swept away decaying infrastructure and people in major cities. Rising unemployment pushed the youth toward antisocial behavior, marriages collapsed, the number of bachelors soared, and the number of people under the poverty line increased in one of the wealthiest states of the Arab world. Today, nearly 40 percent of Saudis ages 20 to 24 are unemployed.
Meanwhile, scandal after scandal exposed the level of corruption and nepotism in state institutions. Princes promised to establish investigative committees, yet culprits were left unpunished. Criticism of the king and top ruling princes remained taboo, and few crossed the red line surrounding the substantial sacrosanct clique that monopolizes government posts from defense to sports. The number of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience swelled Saudi prisons. Under the pretext of the war on terror, the Saudi regime enjoyed a free hand. The interior minister, Prince Nayef, and his son and deputy, Prince Mohammed, rounded up peaceful activists, bloggers, lawyers, and academics and jailed them for extended periods. Saudis watched in silence while the outside world either remained oblivious to abuses of human rights or turned a blind eye in the interests of oil, arms, and investment.
"We are not Tunisia," "We are not Egypt," "We are not Libya," (and perhaps in a month's time, "We are not the Arab world") have become well-rehearsed refrains of official Saudi political rhetoric in recent weeks. There is some truth in this: Carrots are often the currency of loyalty in oil-rich countries, including its wealthiest kingdom. But the Saudi royal family uses plenty of sticks, too. Public relations firms in Riyadh, Washington, and London ensure that news of the carrots travels as far as possible, masking unpleasant realities in one of the least transparent and most authoritarian regimes in the Persian Gulf. What cannot be hidden anymore is the political, economic, and social problems that oil has so far failed to address.
When Saudis were poor and lagged behind the world in education, aspirations, and infrastructure, oil was the balm that healed all social wounds. The wave of coups d'état that swept the Arab world in the 1950s and 1960s did not make much impression on Saudis, despite some agitation here and there. Few Saudis were impressed by the effervescence of Arab revolutionary or liberation movements. At the time, most Saudis lacked the education or inclination to question their government, apart from a handful of activists and agitators, including a couple of princes. By the 1970s, oil wealth was developing their taste for the consumer economy and the pleasures of cars, planes, running water, air-conditioning, and sunglasses. Political participation wasn't part of the package.
Today, oil remains abundant, but Saudis are different. They enjoy more consumption and liquidity than others in the Arab world, but less than those in neighboring Qatar, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates. Saudis are today looking for something else. They are young — youth under 30 account for two-thirds of the Saudi population — educated, connected, and articulate. Above all, they are familiar with the global discourse of democracy, freedom, entitlement, empowerment, transparency, accountability, and human rights that has exploded in the face of authoritarian regimes in the Arab world since January. They watch satellite channels like Al Jazeera and eagerly consume news from uprisings around the region.
So far young Saudis have occupied their own "Liberation Square" on a virtual map. In the 1990s their exiled Islamist opposition used the fax machine to bombard the country with messages denouncing the leadership and calling for a return to pristine Islam. Later, a wider circle of politicized and nonpoliticized young Saudis ventured into Internet discussion boards, chat rooms, blogs, and more recently Facebook and Twitter to express themselves, mobilize, and share grievances. These virtual spaces have become natural homes for both dissenting voices and government propaganda. Recently the king's private secretary and chief of the royal court, Khaled al-Tuwaijri, launched his own Facebook page.
Saudis thought that they were safe in their virtual world, but the regime has been determined to trace each and every word and whisper that challenges its version of reality. Young bloggers, writers, and essayists have been jailed for asking simple questions like: Who is going to be king after Abdullah? Where is oil wealth going? Who is responsible for corruption scandals associated with arms deals? Why do the king and crown prince take turns leaving the country? Why are Abdullah's so-called reforms thwarted by his brother Prince Nayef? And who is the real ruler of Saudi Arabia? All unanswered taboo questions.
On Feb. 23, King Abdullah, 87 and frail, having spent three months abroad undergoing from two operations in New York and recuperating in Morocco, was brought back to Riyadh amid a package of welfare promises worth $36 billion. These were for the most part a rather transparent attempt to appease the burgeoning youth population and deflect it from the lure of revolution — public-sector salary increases, unemployment benefits, and subsidies for housing, education, and culture.
In years past, such handouts have been welcomed by a population that has grown used to royal largesse, but now the economy of unmet desires is raising the bar. The king, too old and too weak, may have misread the level of disappointment among many Saudis of all political persuasions, who are voicing their complaints on the Internet. The common thread is a demand for genuine political reform. All signs suggest that Saudis are in a rush to seize this unprecedented opportunity to press for serious political change. The response to King Abdullah's handouts on Saudi Facebook sites is the refrain "Man cannot live by bread alone."
Of course, it's not just liberals who are demanding change. A couple of weeks before the king's return, a group of Saudi academics and professionals announced the establishment of a Salafi Islamic Ummah Party and launched a web site. Reformist Salafists are calling for democracy, elections, and respect for human rights. Five of the founding members were immediately put in jail. The king's brother, Prince Talal, disenchanted and politically marginalized but extremely wealthy, went on BBC Arabic television to praise the king and criticize other powerful royal players, the so-called Sudairi Seven (including Crown Prince Sultan, the defense minister; Prince Nayef, the interior minister; and Prince Salman, the governor of Riyadh) without naming them. He revived his 1960s call for constitutional monarchy, which is now being endorsed by some Saudi activists. To date, 119 activists have signed the petition calling for constitutional monarchy. More petitions signed by a cross section of Saudi professionals, academics, and journalists are circulating on the Internet. A broad swatch of Saudi society is now demanding political change.
If Saudis do respond to calls for demonstrations and rise above the old petition syndrome, the majority will be young freethinkers who have had enough of the polarization of Saudi Arabia into two camps: a liberal and an Islamist one, with the Al-Saud family presiding over the widening gap between the two. They want political representation and economic opportunities. An elected parliament is demanded by all.
So far, Saudi Shiites have remained relatively silent, with only minor protests in the Eastern Province. Having watched the Feb. 14 massacre in Bahrain's Pearl Roundabout, they may hesitate to act alone. If they do, it would be quite easy for the regime to mobilize the Sunni majority and crush their protest, exactly as it did in 1979. In fact, the Shiites would do the regime a great favor at a critical moment when its legitimacy among the majority of Sunnis in the country cannot be taken for granted.
The Shiites may have to wait until they form solid coalitions with mainstream Saudi society to remove any sectarian dimension to their demands. The Hijazis along the western coast would be natural allies, as their complaints about the poor infrastructure of their main city Jeddah may act as a catalyst to push for more political rights and autonomy. A liberal constituency there would be more receptive to overtures from the Shiites of the Eastern Province. If Jeddah and Qatif were to unite in their demands, Riyadh would look more isolated than at any other time. It has many supporters among its historical Najdi constituency, but even they are flirting with the global discourse of freedom. And now some Salafists, the puritanical literal interpreters of Islam, are calling for a real shura, in other words democracy.
It seems that the kingdom is at a crossroads. It must either formulate a serious political reform agenda that will assuage an agitated young population or face serious upheavals over the coming months. To respond to public demands, the agenda should above all start with a written constitution, limit the rule of the multiple royal circles of power within the state, regulate royal succession, inaugurate an elected parliament, and open up the political sphere to civil society organizations. Hiding behind Islamic rhetoric such as "Our constitution is the Quran" is no longer a viable escape route. Many Saudis are disenchanted with both official and dissident Islam. They want a new political system that matches their aspirations, education, and abilities, while meeting their basic human, civil, and political rights.
Like other falling Arab regimes before them, the ruling Al-Saud will inevitably seek to scare the population by raising the spectre of al Qaeda and warning against tribal, regional, and sectarian disintegration. They will try to thwart political change before it starts. Saudis may not believe the scaremongers. The command centers of the Arab revolutions today are not the caves of Tora Bora or Riyadh's shabby al-Suwaidi neighborhood, where jihadists shot BBC journalist Frank Gardner and his cameraman in 2004. They are the laptops of a young, connected, knowledgeable, but frustrated generation that is rising against the authoritarian public and private families that have been crushing the individual in the pursuit of illusions and control.
Yes, Egypt was key to the coming change, but when Saudis rise they will change the face of the Arab world and its relations with the West forever. Now is the time for the United States and its allies to understand that the future does not lie with the old clique that they have tolerated, supported, and indulged in return for oil, security, and investment. At a time of shifting Arabian sands, it is in the interest of America and the rest of the world to side with the future not the past.
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Welcome to Blackboys Church of England Primary School
Perseverance, Thankfulness, Fellowship, Respect, Courage, Understanding
Our Vision is to raise the aspiration of all pupils to "Be the Very Best they can Be", through providing an engaging and Christian environment alongside an exciting broad and balanced curriculum striving to develop the skills, attitudes and Christian values of the whole Federation Community to face the new challenges of the 21st century with confidence.
Blackboys Church of England Primary is a small, high-achieving school situated at the heart of an East Sussex village. We have close, positive relationships with all areas of our community, including the parish church, and have a very supportive governing body.
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The ambitions of such upstarts might bring a smile to the sceptics, but they still recognise that Google has transformed access to information, Facebook has connected more than a billion people, and human DNA analysis services are now available for a few hundred dollars. The success stories are rife.
Should traditional businesses worry? Appearing across numerous sectors, these start-ups share outsized ambition and care little about traditional business models or management theories. Since 2000, 50% of enterprises listed in the Forbes 500 have disappeared. Not only are new companies disrupting traditional value chains and threatening dominant market players, they are causing a rethink in business-to-consumer relationships.
So how are these organisations achieving market-dominant positions in such a short period of time? The ability to grow a client base rapidly without undermining service quality requires considerable execution speed (for example, Uber covered six towns in two months). Unlike existing post-industrial organisations, the operational models and processes of digital organisations enable considerable responsiveness and 'scalability'.
Meanwhile, the costs of entry continue to fall for a number of reasons:
However, traditional weapons to respond to competitive pressure (barriers to entry, competitive advantage) are proving useless. In the old days, organisations would use their size to control distribution. Today, e-commerce enables direct access to the market, with the Web as a low-cost marketing tool. Digitalisation reduces variable costs so digital-first organisations can operate at the same (or indeed greater) scale as traditional, capital-intensive organisations.
Furthermore, big businesses are not very good at being disrupted. Even if they have recognised R&D competences, innovation is generally focused on optimisation of existing products and processes rather than higher-risk, more disruptive goals. In addition, an organisation's internal operations can be difficult to change for a host of reasons, including corporate inertia and workforce obligations. It is often easier therefore, for a start-up to deliver a proposition of greater value, more quickly, to a broader audience.
New market entrants have been accused of not respecting competition rules, legal or regulatory frameworks (as illustrated by taxi operators' reactions to the arrival of Uber). Yet traditional organisations have been equally guilty of using regulation as a barrier to hide behind. This strategy is proving ineffective, not least because it encourages a protectionist attitude rather than one of innovation. In addition, legal frameworks are not keeping pace with technological development, as the music industry is well aware. Regulatory and ethical lines are moving, and the laws of yesterday are not necessarily those of tomorrow.
So, what to do? The digital groundswell is a reality that established businesses need to confront, changing the behaviours of employees and clients, transforming value chains, and driving a rethink in business models. Neither is it enough to recognise this fact and undertake mere initiatives: transformation isn't the sum of several projects around client relationships, but should impact all aspects of the organisation.
It is time for concrete action. In a future blog, we examine the six ways that organisations can surf the digital wave, but for now we recommend:
Clearly, size matters for both traditional enterprises and digital upstarts, but while the former look to achieve a critical mass and economies of scale, the latter look to reach the largest possible number of people. This hyper-centricity, with the consumer in the middle, should be taken into account by even the largest enterprises.
Digital-first businesses are driven by a shared a spirit of conquest, the ability to question themselves and a positive attitude to seek out new horizons. Such a spirit is open to organisations of all sizes, if they choose to adopt it from the board-level and throughout.


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The Secret Beyond Matter
In the Name of Allah, the All-merciful and Most Merciful
Everything has been Created for a Good Purpose
Say, 'O Allah, Master of the Kingdom! You give sovereignty to whoever You will and take sovereignty from whoever You will. You exalt whoever You will and abase whoever You will.
Everyone suffddddrs hardship and anxiety. Most people who live apart from the Qur'an's moral teachings go through difficult times feeling discontented, sad, and anxious. They think they can pass through this earthly life without being tested, and do not believe in Allah or in the destiny that He created for them. Therefore, they regard whatever happens to them as having no meaning and suffer even deeper pain. Allah states in the Qur'an that He will test Muslims and distinguish between those who are good and those who are not:
Or did you imagine that you were going to enter the Garden without Allah knowing those among you who had struggled and knowing the steadfast? (Surah Al 'Imran, 142)
Allah will only leave the believers in the position you now are in so that He can sift out the rotten from the good. Allah has not given you access to the Unseen. But Allah chooses those of His Messengers whom He wills. So believe in Allah and His Messengers. If you believe and guard against evil, you will have an immense reward. (Surah Al 'Imran, 179)
In this regard, the Qur'an gives us the example of something that happened during our Prophet's (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) lifetime:
What assailed you on the day the two armies met was by Allah's permission, so that He would know the believers, and so that He would know the hypocrites.
Believers know that everything happens according to destiny and treat every event as an opportunity to show their faithfulness, attachment, and submission to Allah. As a result, He turns what appear to be evil or difficult events to the advantage of His sincere believers, for He wants them to follow the straight path and attain the endless rewards of Paradise. Thus, times of difficulty are very valuable times of which believers must take advantage.
Unbelievers do their best to avoid making mistakes, for such people are mocked by their own people, or may be denied an important opportunity. However, the Qur'anic morality teaches something quite different:
Believers know that Allah creates everything for a good purpose and that everything is a grace from the All Merciful and Most Merciful; that believers do not judge others on the basis of their mistakes; that believers feel a sense of compassion and mercy, for they understand that whatever occurs is destined.
Therefore, they will feel regret and do their best to reform themselves by repenting and then abandoning that particular sin completely. When they make a mistake, the sorrow that they feel also turns out to be for their good, for it contains the determination not to continue making this mistake. It is very important that believers show trust and submission in such times and that they act with the knowledge that everything happens in a way designed to bring them closer to Allah.
According to 216th verse of Surat al-Baqara, Allah can turn things that appear bad into good for human beings, and that people may like what is bad for them. One example of this is miserly rich people who do not believe. It is a great mistake for unbelievers to think that miserliness is something clever and that not using their wealth in His path will somehow benefit them. In fact, the Qur'an reveals that such wealth will be worse for its possessors and bring them great pain in the Afterlife:
Those who are miserly with the bounty that Allah has given them should not suppose that that is better for them. No indeed, it is worse for them! What they were miserly with will be hung around their necks on the Day of Rising. (Surah Al 'Imran, 180)
Or did you imagine that you were going to enter the Garden without Allah knowing those among you who had struggled and knowing the steadfast?
Believers have a totally different understanding of wealth and possessions. First of all, it is not so important to have possessions, because believers devote themselves to earning His good pleasure by using what they have in His path, instead of amassing possessions for themselves, as the unbelievers do. Believers never pursue worldly gain, but always direct themselves toward whatever will earn them eternal life and an exalted status in Allah's sight. Allah announces these good tidings to them in the Qur'an:
Allah has bought from the believers their selves and their wealth in return for the Garden. They fight in His Way, kill and are killed. It is a promise binding on Him in the Torah, the Gospel, and the Qur'an. And who is truer to his [or her] contract than Allah? Rejoice, then, in the bargain you have made. That is the great victory. (Surat at-Tawba, 111)
All prophets, messengers, and sincere believers who were aware of this truth acted with the knowledge that their possessions actually belonged to Allah, and so used them to earn His good pleasure. For example, the Qur'an says that believers who possess a moral character and mercy will give "…; those who honor their contracts when they make them, and are steadfast in poverty and illness and in battle" (Surat al-Baqara, 177). And, unlike some people, believers spend of their wealth not for show, but "spend their wealth, desiring the pleasure of Allah and strengthen their souls" (Surat al-Baqara, 265). Therefore, if they lose some of their possessions, they consider it a test from Allah and remain patient and optimistic:
Say: "O Allah! Master of the Kingdom! You give sovereignty to whoever You will and take sovereignty from whoever You will. You exalt whoever You will, and abase whoever You will. All good is in Your hands. You have power over all things." (Surah Al 'Imran, 26)
But as for those who believe and do right actions, We will not let the wage of those who do good go to waste.
The Qur'an tells us of the reward that Allah, in His generosity toward His servants, will give to those believers who spend their money and use their possessions in His Way: "Anything you expend will be replaced by Him" (Surah Saba', 39). It also reveals the reward that awaits those believers for whom earning Allah's good pleasure is more important than anything else, who are aware of this life's transitory nature, and hope only for the wonderful things of the Hereafter:
The metaphor of those who spend their wealth in His Way is that of a grain that produces seven ears; in every ear there are a hundred grains. Allah gives such a multiplied increase to whoever He wills. Allah is All-Encompassing, All-Knowing. (Surat al-Baqara, 261)
If you make a generous loan to Allah, He will multiply it for you and forgive you. Allah is All-Thankful, Most Forbearing. (Surat at-Taghabun, 17)
Say: "My Lord expands or restricts the provision of any of His servants He wills. But anything you expend will be replaced by Him. He is the Best of Providers." (Surah Saba, 39)
The Qur'an says that Muslims who give their possessions will have their reward multiplied by His endless generosity. And believers know very well that possessions are of no benefit in this world for those who reject Allah; on the contrary, they will lead to misery, for He states:
Do not let their wealth and children impress you. Allah merely wants to punish them by them during their life in this world, and for them to die while they are unbelievers. (Surat at-Tawba, 55)


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I have been hearing a lot of good things about EventStore 3 and am looking to upgrade my server event forwarding systems for PCI compliance next year and was wondering if anyone had looked at the possible uses of EventStore in a PCI logging scenario.
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Millions of borrowers who suffered financial losses from foreclosure abuse now have two ways of getting compensated.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Millions of borrowers who suffered financial losses because their mortgage lenders played fast and loose while processing their foreclosures now have two ways of getting a payback.
They can tap the $26 billion settlement between the state attorneys general and the nation's five biggest banks that was inked two weeks ago.
But there is also an earlier settlement that has been nearly forgotten -- and that could lead to an even bigger payoff, in some cases.
As part of an enforcement action by federal authorities last April, 14 mortgage servicers, including Bank of America (BAC, Fortune 500), Chase (JPM, Fortune 500), Citibank (C, Fortune 500), HSBC (HBC), MetLife Bank (MET, Fortune 500), PNC Mortgage (PNC, Fortune 500) and Wells Fargo (WFC, Fortune 500), agreed to hire independent consultants to investigate foreclosure abuses and compensate those who suffered financial harm.
As a result of the program, up to 4.3 million mortgage borrowers who were foreclosed on in 2009 and 2010 will have a chance to request an independent review of how their foreclosure was handled.
So far, only 90,000 eligible homeowners have submitted claims, prompting the feds to extend the deadline for applications by three months to July 31.
The exact amount of money borrowers will receive has yet to be determined. But if a review finds that "financial injury" occurred -- say a bank charged inappropriate fees or it went forward with a foreclosure without a valid claim to the property -- a homeowner could be repaid in full for their losses.
Borrowers who were improperly charged even just a single fee could be repaid for it, according to Bryan Hubbard, a spokesman for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, one of the federal regulatory agencies that negotiated the agreement.
And borrowers who suffered much larger losses could be in line for much bigger repayments than promised by the AG's settlement, which will pay up to $2,000 to the estimated 750,000 who lost their homes to foreclosure between 2008 and 2011.
The compensation could even repay the cost of regaining a wrongfully lost home if warranted by the facts of the case, according to Hubbard.
The Independent Foreclosure Review was sparked by the robo-signing scandal that exposed the bank's treatment of borrowers in the foreclosure process. The lenders lost documents and recreated them, had low-level employees with no knowledge of what they were attesting to sign legal papers and bent the rules requiring them to halt foreclosures if borrowers sought mortgage modifications.
Unlike the $26 billion settlement with the state attorneys general, borrowers didn't have to lose their homes in order to receive compensation, according to Hubbard.
"It could be anyone who suffered financial loss because of errors made in the foreclosure process," he said.
Since the settlements are completely independent of one another, claimants can double-dip, filing for compensation under both settlements. (To seek compensation under the state attorneys general settlement, contact your lender or servicer and ask them to review your case).
To make a claim for the Independent Foreclosure Review, borrowers have to fill out a five-page form that identifies some examples of situations that may have led to financial injury. Borrowers do not have to provide documentation. That will be handled by an independent agency.
No reviews have been completed yet, according to Hubbard. And individual cases may take months to come to decision.
For more information on the forms, go to the website set up by the servicers. And for a full list of the mortgage services involved in the Independent Foreclosure Review, go to the Federal Reserve website
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Invasive Forest Insects Cost Homeowners, Taxpayers Billions
Homeowners and taxpayers are picking up most of the tab for damages caused by invasive tree-feeding insects that are inadvertently imported along with packing materials, live plants, and other goods. That's the conclusion of a team of biologists and economists, whose research findings are reported in the journal PLoS One this week.
The authors explain that non-native, wood-boring insects such as the emerald ash borer and the Asian longhorned beetle exact an estimated $1.7 billion in local government expenditures, and approximately $830 million in lost residential property values each year.
"Once they become established, invasive species are very difficult to eradicate, and they result in billions of dollars in damages each year," said Juliann E. Aukema, first author and a scientist with UC Santa Barbara's National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS). The research team, composed of scientists from U.S. and Canadian universities and the U.S. Forest Service, focused on invasive insects that feed on trees in the U.S. They noted that other countries face the same problems with foreign species.
Aukema and her co-authors provide the most comprehensive estimates of costs due to forest invasion that are currently available for the U.S., according to the team. They also predict the probability of future costs and explain the benefits of reducing the rate of invasion.
The pests are a byproduct of global trade, according to Aukema. "Obviously, international trade has tremendous benefits, but it also has costs," she said. "The regulations we currently have aren't keeping the pests out. We need to strengthen regulations and enforcement of them to protect our forests and our economy."
Wood-boring insects are not the only insects that are causing economic impacts, according to the researchers. Foliage feeders and sap feeders cause an estimated $410 million and $260 million, respectively, in lost residential property value each year.
The researchers calculated the economic damages for five cost categories: federal governmental expenditures, local governmental expenditures, household expenditures, residential property value losses, and timber value losses to forest landowners.
The team also calculated a 32 percent risk that a new borer would invade in the next 10 years, causing even more damage than previous borers.
The study used detailed economic assessments of three highly damaging pests: emerald ash borer, gypsy moth, and hemlock woolly adelgid. The researchers also used an exhaustive database of established non-native forest insects, and a novel modeling approach. The authors have developed an analytical framework that can be used in any country where data are available. The framework can be easily adapted for estimating costs in other natural resource sectors, including fire, disease, and water quality, at scales from municipalities to nations.
The journal article resulted from a study by an NCEAS working group with support from the Nature Conservancy. Co-authors include Brian Leung, McGill University, Montreal; Ken Kovacs, University of Minnesota; Corey Chivers, McGill University, Montreal; Kerry O. Britton, U.S. Forest Service, Va.; Jeffrey Englin, Arizona State University; Susan J. Frankel, U.S. Forest Service, Calif.; Robert G. Haight, U.S. Forest Service, Minn.; Thomas P. Holmes, U.S. Forest Service, N. Carolina.; Andrew M. Liebhold, U.S. Forest Service, W.Va.; Deborah G. McCullough, Michigan State University; and Betsy Von Holle, University of Central Florida.
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The issue of whether local governments should post public notices on their own internet website is a question that was discussed more than once in the Senate State and Local Government Committee during the 107th General Assembly.
The issue is sure to come up in the 108th.
Local governments, looking for ways to reduce expenditures, are suggesting that they can save money by posting notices on their respective websites rather than posting the notice in a local newspaper.
Before coming to the Senate in 2009, I had the privilege to serve as a county executive for 24 years. My experience in local government gives me a greater appreciation for the importance of this issue.
The cost of running a public notice is an investment, not a mere expenditure. Using an independent agency – a local newspaper – builds integrity in the process.
To give even the appearance of manipulating mandatory public notices tarnishes the already tattered reputation of government because it undermines the concept of independence and transparency.
Tennessee law currently requires that many public notices be published in a newspaper of general circulation, a concept as old as the Republic itself. The precedent was set by the first Congress in 1789 and later in Tennessee's first Constitution.
For example, the legislature requires public notices be given on a variety of critically important subjects: government meetings, bid announcements, notice of parental termination, foreclosure notices, public sale of private property, back tax notices, estate notices and zoning changes, to name a few.
Although diverse, these examples and other notices have a common thread: the public's right to know on matters that significantly affect them.
Printing public notices in a local newspaper of general circulation creates a permanent record and, most importantly, preserves the integrity of the notices by requiring that an entity separate and apart from the government print the notice.
However well intentioned, shifting the responsibility for printing public notices to the government's own website raises the specter of manipulation further eroding public confidence.
Local governments struggle financially and understandably are looking for ways to decrease expenditures. But to suggest that shifting notices to their own website in lieu of a newspaper could have disastrous consequences adversely affecting the public's right to know.
But communications have changed. The Internet is becoming the source of information for many people. In a decade most homes will have access. Currently, however, only 40 percent of the populace has access to a computer in the rural areas of Tennessee.
In my district, less than a third of households in one county have access to broadband Internet. Moreover, a survey by the Fiscal Review Committee staff showed that more than a third of the 455 county and municipal governments in Tennessee do not have websites.
Rep. Ryan Haynes (R-Knoxville) and I have filed a bill that both will preserve the independence of the public notice and will recognize the growing use of computers. Senate Bill 461/House Bill 1001 will require Tennessee newspapers that print public notices to post them on their website as well.
The bill also requires that every newspaper will have to post on their website homepage a link to the public notice section and another link to a statewide website. This system will ensure the widest distribution of public notices.
But most importantly, notices will be published by those who are independent of government and who are responsible only to the people who read their news reports. And this measure comes with no extra cost to the local government.
Our bill combines the best of both worlds. It keeps public notices in places where more people can and will find them. That promotes government transparency and public trust. You cannot put a dollar figure on it, but we cannot afford to lose it.
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Yesterday's budget confirmed Labour's intention to tax every phone line in the UK to the tune of 50 pence a month, providing funds for connecting the disconnected by 2017.
The tax was widely expected, and was part of the Digital Britain proposals, but yesterday's speech confirmed that it will come in once Labour gets past the minor detail of winning the next election. The plan is to connect 90 per cent of the country by 2017, but rural operators will need to find money for fibre if they're going to avoid being underminded by BT's ubiquitious copper.
For a long time Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs) were seen as the ideal way to connect rural communities - keeping infrastructure costs low and only relying on cables for aggregated backhaul. The problem is that once the company has got around the line-of-sight issues and licensed some frequency it's also proved there's a market. So BT comes along and upgrades the local telephone exchange so it can steal away most of the customers with cheaper ADSL.
The WISP goes out of business, customers too far from the exchange still don't have any broadband and BT makes money for its shareholders - which is, after all, what it should be doing.
All this was laid out for us last year by Malcolm Corbett of the Community Broadband Network, who explained that for rural broadband to work companies have to lay fibre optic to the home. That way BT can't come along and undercut the prices - it could lay more fibre, but that would be a huge investment which would only result in a comparable service, so BT is unlikely to bother.
Of course, laying fibre is much more expensive than setting up a WISP, which is where all those 50 pence pieces come in - unless the Conservatives win the next election in which case they'll be raiding the BBC's licence fee for the money.
Corbett, now of the Independent Networks Co-operative Association, reckons the money will help networks avoid the trap of providing a sub-standard service which can be easily superseded by BT - essential if every bothy and cow shed is going to be connected to "superfast broadband" as envisioned by Digital Britain. ®


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Doctorate in Physical Therapy (Online DPT Programs)
Earning a doctorate in physical therapy online may help you develop the skills and knowledge to assist patients in rehabilitative and preventative care from the convenience of your home. Physical therapists play an important role in the medical field because they help people improve their movement or manage their pain. Plus, they may help patients rehabilitate, treat, and prevent chronic conditions, illnesses, or injuries.[i]
Practicing Physical Therapists
However to practice and earn licensure, all physical therapists must first earn a doctorate of physical therapy degree.[ii] Online physical therapy programs may combine classwork, lab study, and clinical work to help you prepare to pursue a career as a physical therapist as it fits into your schedule.
Already a practicing physical therapist? Many online physical therapy degree programs are online tDPT programs, or Transitional Doctor of Physical Therapy. These programs may help you meet the updated standards of the APTA, while still treating your clients. Read on to learn more about how online tDPT and DPT programs might fit into your lifestyle and support your goals.
Did You Know?
APTA (American Physical Therapists Association) was originally the American Women's Physical Therapy Association because the field was so heavily female dominant.
Earning Your Doctorate in Physical Therapy Online
Most online Doctor of Physical (DPT) programs offer the tDPT, otherwise known as a Post-Professional Doctor of Physical Therapy. The tDPT was created to help current working physical therapists meet the standards set forth by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) and their Vision 2020. This vision standardized the physical therapy profession by stating that by the year 2020, all physical therapy will be performed by doctors of physical therapy .[iii]While that document has been replaced by the Vision Statement created in 2013, many of the principles remain the same.
The online tDPT could provide those who are already licensed and practicing physical therapists an option to pursue their DPT in an efficient manner. By entering a professional portfolio and tasks performed into the Physical Therapist Evaluation Tool (PTET), students may show their acquired knowledge through practice. This could help avoid taking courses in subjects they are already proficient in, saving time and money. Programs vary, so check with your preferred program to learn more about application requirements and course options.
While online tDPT programs aren't accredited by CAPTE (the accreditation agency for entry-level physical therapy), there are regional accreditations that are held to similar standards or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). Also, some institutions that offer a tDPT also offer a DPT accredited by CAPTE. Please check with your program of interest to see if it is accredited.
Whether you pursue your DPT or tDPT, there are many potential benefits to earning your doctorate of physical therapy degree online. One of the most cited is the freedom to contribute to class discussions and perform coursework on your schedule. This could be an especially useful option for those currently practicing. Additionally, many believe class discussions are more insightful online because people aren't as nervous to share their opinions. Finally, online DPT programs may also include more multimedia, such as videos, webinars, and infographics that are scientifically proven to improve memory by providing strong sensory cues.
What are Admission Requirements for Online DPT Programs?
Most doctorate in physical therapy online programs accept applications through the Physical Therapist Centralized Application Service (PTCAS). This is a centralized application process to make it easier on both the students and the schools. It allows students the ability to fill out one application that may be sent to multiple schools. Prospective students are required to provide:
- Completed PTCAS application
- Official transcripts from all accredited United States institution attended
- Payment of the PTCAS fee
Normally, before enrolling in online DPT programs, students have earned either a BS in physical therapy or a masters of physical therapy. Individual schools may have their own additional admission requirements. This may include courses with a minimum of a "C" grade, GRE scores, signed PT observation hours, TOEFL scores, references, and an essay. Required courses may include, but aren't limited to:
- Chemistry
- Physics
- Biology
- Human Anatomy
- Physiology
What is Common Coursework While Earning Your Doctorate of Physical Therapy Degree Online?
The curriculum of most online DPT programs combine classroom study and laboratory training with independent study and clinical experiences. This could provide students with the principles of physical therapy, as well as actual hands-on training. Students pursuing their doctorate of physical therapy degree online might take classes in a variety of different sciences to gain a complete understanding of the human body and modern medical practices and technology.
These courses may include:
- Physical Therapy Procedures: This course focuses on the basic principles and the development of psychomotor skills related to infection control, vital signs, clinical emergencies, and body mechanics.
- Kinesiology/ Pathomechanics: Students study human movement including anatomical, structural, and functional properties of the human body, which include connective tissues, muscular tissues, and skeletal structures.
- Pharmacology: This class is focused on providing students with extensive knowledge about medications grouped by general effects and the types of disorders they are routinely used to treat, as well as the effect drugs may have on rehabilitation.
- Diagnostic Imaging: Students are taught the various types of diagnostic imaging procedures. These include radiography, computerized tomography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and nuclear imaging.
- Case Analysis: During this course, students will develop a comprehensive case presentation based on a selected patient in their practice setting. This case analysis will focus on the clinical decision making process through the care of the patient, from examination through prognosis and planned interventions.
What are Accreditations for Online DPT Programs and Online tDPT Programs?
The Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE) is the only accreditation agency for entry-level physical therapy programs recognized by the United States Department of Education (USDE)and the Council on Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).[iv] For this reason, all states require physical therapists earn a DPT from an CAPTE accredited program for licensure.[v] Online tDPT programs aren't accredited by CAPTE because many online tDPT program students already have their physical therapy license, they may not need to attend an accredited school.
Their focus is to provide a standard of education to physical therapy students that meet or exceed the Vision 2020 put forth by APTA. Many are acquiring their doctorate of physical therapy online degree. Please research your intended program to make sure that it meets your requirements.
However, many institutions that offer a tDPT also offer a DPT. That means many of the courses, as well as faculty, may be the same between the two programs. Additionally, there are many regional accrediting bodies that hold tDPT programs to similar standards as CAPTE.[vi]In order to promote as much consistency and quality, the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), which is the governing body of CAPTE, provides all tDPT programs with two key documents and strategies. This is a consensus-based outcome competency document and a curricular.[vii] Regardless, it's still important for you to perform your own research to find a perfect school for your goals.
Take the Next Step to Find Online DPT Programs
Now may be a perfect time to explore doctorate of physical therapy degree programs online. According to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median annual wages for physical therapists in 2020 was $91,010. Plus, the BLS expects an increase of 21% of the number of physical therapists from the years 2020 to 2030. There are a number of reasons for this dramatic increase, including the baby-boomer generation remaining active in their elderly years and the potential increase in outpatient surgeries. With the updated APTA standards, practicing physical therapists may be required to return to school as well. (Source: BLS.gov)
Click on any of the sponsored listings on this page to learn more about individual doctorate of physical therapy degree online programs. This may include admission requirements, common curriculum, and faculty. From there, you can contact the online tDPT programs to request more information by filling out a simple form. We wish you success, both in your search and pursuit of a physical therapy career.
Sources:[i]bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/physical-therapists.htm | [ii]bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/physical-therapists.htm#tab-4 |[iii]apta.org/PTEducation/Overview/ |[iv]capteonline.org/WhatWeDo/|[v]bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/physical-therapists.htm#tab-4 |[vi]apta.org/PostprofessionalDegree/TransitionDPTFAQs/|[vii]apta.org/PostprofessionalDegree/TransitionDPTFAQs/ |[viii]bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/physical-therapists.htm#tab-5 | [ix]bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/physical-therapists.htm#tab-6
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The Strategy pattern works well to avoid huge if...else constructs and make it easier to add or replace functionality. However, it still leaves one flaw in my opinion. It seems like in every implementation there still needs to be a branching construct. It might be a factory or a data file. As an example take an ordering system.
// All of these classes implement OrderStrategy
switch (orderType) {
case NEW_ORDER: return new NewOrder();
case CANCELLATION: return new Cancellation();
case RETURN: return new Return();
The code after this doesn't need to worry, and there is only one place to add a new order type now, but this section of code still isn't extensible. Pulling it out into a data file helps readability somewhat (debatable, I know):
<order type="NEW_ORDER">com.company.NewOrder</order>
<order type="CANCELLATION">com.company.Cancellation</order>
<order type="RETURN">com.company.Return</order>
But this still adds boilerplate code to process the data file - granted, more easily unit testable and relatively stable code, but additional complexity nontheless.
Also, this sort of construct doesn't integration test well. Each individual strategy may be easier to test now, but every new strategy you add is addition complexity to test. It's less than you would have if you hadn't used the pattern, but it's still there.
Is there a way to implement the strategy pattern that mitigates this complexity? Or is this just as simple as it gets, and trying to go further would only add another layer of abstraction for little to no benefit?


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What is Hanukkah?
This evening we light the first candle on the Hanukkah menorah, for it's the first night of this minor eight-day Jewish holiday that's become a major one over the years. There are blessings to be recited, songs to be sung, latkes to be eaten … . But just what does Hanukkah celebrate?
Answer: A successful Jewish revolt against a Syrian empire ruled by the Seleucid dynasty of Greek kings some 2,200 years ago.
Well, not exactly. The revolt was not so much against the Syrian emperor, Antiochus Epiphanes, as against his attempt to impose Hellenistic culture on ancient Judaea.
Well, not exactly. It's not noised about, but this now-celebrated revolt against the Syrians was really something of a civil war between those Jews who proposed to adopt more of the fashionable Greek culture and those who rebelled against it. The rebels viewed its games and gods as a desecration, and fought for the old ways, the ancient practices and beliefs.
It may not be noised about in some politically correct circles, but this festival commemorates a military victory in a civil war – of tradition over assimilation, of fundamentalism over modernism.
Well, not exactly. The military aspects of the struggle are scarcely mentioned in today's celebration of Hanukkah. The focus has shifted over the centuries. The very name Hanukkah, or Dedication, now refers to the cleansing of the Temple in Jerusalem after it was defiled by pagan rites.
After all, the holiday isn't named for any particular battle or campaign or hero. It isn't the Feast of the Maccabees, who led the revolt. Therefore the real theme of Hanukkah is the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem.
Well, not exactly. The essential ritual of the holiday has become the blessing over the Hanukkah lights. A talmudic story tells how the liberators of the Temple found only enough consecrated oil to burn for one day, but it lasted for eight – enough time to prepare a new supply. We're really celebrating the miracle of the lights.
In the glow of the candles, the heroic feats of the Maccabees have become transmuted into acts of divine intervention. The blessing over the candles recited each night of the holiday goes: "Blessed art Thou, O Lord our God, King of the universe, who wrought miracles for our fathers in days of old." Miracles, not victories.
At Passover, the story of the Exodus from Egypt is told with the same moral attached: It is He who delivered us, not we who freed ourselves. Freedom is a gift from God, not men.
Hanukkah isn't mentioned in the Old Testament. The swashbuckling stories of battles and victories have been relegated to the Apocrypha. A mere military victory rates only a secondary place in the canon. The victory is to be celebrated not for its own sake, but for what it reveals.
One more violent confrontation has left history, and entered the realm of the sacred. A messy little guerrilla war in the dim past of a forgotten empire has become something else, something that partakes of the eternal.
The central metaphor of all religious belief – light – reduces all the imperial intrigue and internecine warfare of those tumultuous times to shadowy details. And that may be the greatest miracle of Hanukkah: the transformation of the oldest and darkest of human activities, war, into a feast of illumination.
There is more than a single theme to this minor but not simple holiday. One can almost trace the ebbs and flows of Jewish history, its yearnings and fulfillments, its wisdom and folly, its holiness and vainglory, by noting which themes of Hanukkah have been emphasized when.
History may say a good deal more about the time in which it is written than the time it describes. The message of Hanukkah changes from age to age because the past we choose to remember is the truest reflection of any present. When Hanukkah is celebrated with pride, a fall is sure to come. When it inspires humility, hope is kindled.
If there is one, unchanging message associated with this minor holiday magnified by changing times, it can be found in the portion of the Prophets designated to be read for the sabbath of Hanukkah. It is Zechariah 4:1-7, with its penultimate verse:
Not by might, nor by power, but by My spirit, saith the Lord of Hosts.
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By The Open Group Staff
The Open Group, a vendor- and technology-neutral consortium, which is represented locally by Real IRM, has approved the Exploration and Mining Business Reference Model (EM Model) as an Open Group Technical Standard. This is the first approved standard for the natural resources industry developed by the Exploration, Mining, Metals and Minerals (EMMM™) Forum, a Forum of The Open Group.
The development of the EM Model was overseen by The Open Group South Africa, and is the first step toward establishing a blueprint for organisations in the natural resources industry, providing standard operating practices and support for vendors delivering technical and business solutions to the industry.
"Designed to cater to business activities across a variety of different types of mining organisations, the model is helping companies align both their business and technical procedures to provide better measures for shared services, health, safety and environmental processes," says Sarina Viljoen, senior consultant at Real IRM and Forum Director of The Open Group EMMM Forum. "I can confirm that the business reference model was accepted as an Open Group standard and will now form part of the standards information base."
This is a significant development as the EMMM Forum aims to enable sustainable business value through collaboration around a common reference framework, and to support vendors in their delivery of technical and business solutions. Its outputs are common reference deliverables such as mining process, capability and information models. The first technical standard in the business space, the EM Model focuses on business processes within the exploration and mining sectors.
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Viljoen adds that Forum member organisations find the collaboration especially useful as it drives insight and clarity on shared challenges: "The Forum has built on the very significant endorsement of its first business process model by Gartner in its report 'Process for Defining Architecture in an Integrated Mining Enterprise, 2020.'
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Fonds · 1909 - 1971
The fonds is divided into eighteen series. Nine series include report cards, mementoes, receipts, permits, course notes, air raid literature, financial statements for the Rifle club, political correspondence, a statement of British Columbia Government policy, pamphlets, and school scribblers from his early life. Nine series include minutes and budgets from his Salmon Arm community involvement.Turner, Edward Charles