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Answer: Yes, they get the same bonuses just replace the damage increase with protection to show how much more it adds.
Answer: That is correct; the mage cannot fire through the Energy Field without himself damaging it.
Answer: Loosing a single limb and replacing it with a bionic will reduce will reduce every aspect of magical powers from P.P.E. to spell strength, damage and duration, by half. If any more are gotten all magical powers are lost. The limb can also be replaced with a bio-system as described in Siege on Tolkeen 1 page 32 and that will not hinder magical powers.
Answer: Deliberately T-porting something into a solid object as an attack should be extremely difficult. The target will get a Saving Throw vs Magic. A strike roll without any bonuses should also apply.
Answer: A TW Flaming Sword will harm a vampire. A character's P.S. damage bonus is added.
Answer: Yes, that is the correct amount.
Answer: Mages (and magical creatures) can absorb up to three times their normal limit in P.P.E. Most borrowed P.P.E. can only be held for a short period (the mage's P.E. attribute in minutes) before dissipating.
Answer: The Sense P.P.E. spell from Nightbane may be used. There are no major differences. Sense P.P.E. can also be found in Rifts Sourcebook One.
Answer: There are several ways to increase ones supply of P.P.E. for a spell, apart from being on a ley line during peak time.
The section on magic details these methods of gathering P.P.E.
Answer: No, as the helmet is still part of the armor and any enchantments count toward the maximum of four.
Answer: If it requires a specific spell to be used it will say so in the description otherwise all that is needed is P.P.E.
Answer: One minute per every 10 points of PPE. If the TW device is one that is activated by pumping P.P.E. into then it will take one action.
Answer: Yes to both questions
Answer: Yes
Answer: No, the realm isn't affected.
Answer: Each "tiny" realm would be separate from the others. They cannot be combined together into a larger realm without paying a P.P.E. cost.
Answer: No, specific spells or psionic powers most be bought as part of the creation of the realm to get this ability. It does not mean the creators get to use the powers of the others.
Answer: Yes, they can heal those types of injuries. It cannot however restore destroyed bones, severed limbs, etc or heal permanent injuries like arthritis.
Answer: Yes, One at a time, the medallion needs 24 hours to recharge after 3 uses.
Answer: It requires an action to turn invisible. The being remains invisible while attacking, and their opponents are -8 to strike them. On the other hand, Superior Invisibility cancels itself out when used for combat. In either case, the invisible character is totally invisible and does NOT shimmer (like the Predator did). Supernatural creatures have simple invisibility. Superior invisibility will block infrared and regular video but not stop PPE scent.
Answer: They are in "Through the Glass Darkly" (Cat. No. 733) staring on page 36. This is for the Nightbane system but they can be easily used for all Palladium systems.
Answer: It would be a combination of a Summon Animal circle and Summon Lesser Demon/Deevil circle
Answer: The P.E. bonus is vs. ALL types of magic.
Answer: Mages that do not have spell strength bonuses listed do not get such bonuses.
Answer: Bio-Wizardry is not meant for player-characters and was originally intended for NPC's.
Answer: Whichever tattoo was first activated.
Answer: Some elemental spells (such as Blinding Flash, Call Lightning, etc.) are already available to non-Warlocks. The elemental spells that are not already listed in the Wizard Spell sections are NOT available to wizards.
Answer: The -10% penalty is correct.
Answer: Yes, the dragon would be frozen in place. As for pulling a person out it would only work if the person made no contact with the wall or they would be frozen to.
Answer: The area around a pyramid is not affected by a ley line power drain
Answer: The most comprehensive description about Bio-Wizardry is on pages 106-125 of Rifts: Atlantis. More details can be found in Splynn Dimensional Market, and in Rifter #9.
Answer: None that are known.
Answer: Yes (but it will have to save vs. magic).
Answer: The spell Energy Field as of the Rifts Book of Magic (page 101) no longer has an AR at all when used in Rifts.
Answer: Wards would still affect the time slipped individual.
Answer: Yes, it will render radar useless.
Answer: The food will be filling, but not provide any nutrition unless the P.P.E. is spent for permanency.
Answer: They can, since they are a special case partial reconstruction borg. Their Psynetic M.O.M. Implants, allow some degree of manipulation of Psionic powers, though expressed differently from normal psionics.
Answer: The P.S. is the same as the character on whom the spell is cast.
Answer: If a spell gives a bonus to strength is is cumulative with other spells that give bonuses. If it gives a fixed level, it is not cumulative. Since strength of the Whale doubles the characters normal strength and makes it supernatual it is not cumulative with other strength style spells.
Answer: Yes it would work on anybody, but if they are capable of flight through magic or otherwise the effect is minimal
Answer: No, to both questions. They can be used to guard a area, or possessions, so they would need to be set, with a area to protect.
Answer: You must concentrate on recharging it,, generally Holding it works best.
Answer: Reading a scroll requires at least two melee actions. The higher level spells (7 or higher) may require up to four melee actions. It requires at least a 55% literacy in the language that the scroll is inscribed in to use it.
Answer: Some OCC's like the smith druid in England, the Mystic Smith in Russia can make standard magic items. Some magic items are covered in the Rifts Conversion Book. For a good reference on Magic Items in Rifts, consult Palladium Fantasy. At this point there is not set creation system for making magic items.
Answer: For a wizard, a Cloud of Slumber spell is 1st level and costs 4 PPE to cast but the spell's duration is only half that of his warlock counterpart.
Answer: PPE clips could be akin to the Talisman spell, one form of which allows it to be used as a PPE battery. They would store about the same amount as the talisman spell (50 PPE) on average. Some devices could hold more or less. A wizard must know the spell talisman to be able recharge these e-clips. Other TW could create them but would have to get the secrets of their design from Stormspire and that would not be very easy. If you want the player to know it recommend some great task for Stormspire that would earn them the secret of there construction.
Answer: 12 P.P.E.
Answer: No, its still a weapon and handled frequently and both are listed as baring wards from working.
Answer: No, that would be the same as putting them on fabric and that is specfically a no. Yes, ward materials can be salvaged and reused.
Answer: You must be able to touch, or be a short distance away (but within touching distance)
Answer: PPE costs remain the same, but turn all MDC direct to SDC (so 4D6 MD becomes 4D6 SDC). Those spells that create armour would have a AR between 14-18. Duration and saving throws remain unchanged.
Answer: A kinetic attack, like a TK round from a TW weapon so it would do damage.
Answer: Since they are anchored they cannot be knocked off their feet. Doors can be blown open, vehicles rocked etc.
Answer: No you do not get hurt crossing or traveling within a Ley Line.
Answer: You should use the TW conversion damage.
Answer: Yes it does, though some effects would not work in space.
Answer: The spell itself takes 1/2 a melee round to cast, and then only one restrain or lock can be undone with each invocation (one per melee is possible), so escaping a magic net taking 1/2 melee round is correct.
Answer: All the weapons listed are TW weapons. and the Ensorcel is just part of their construction. It is probably used to control the TW item in question as they do not have obvious and mechanical means of operation like switches, levers, buttons triggers etc, but are trigged by command.
Answer: Exhale Poison Cloud: The area of effect is pretty much filled straight away.
Answer: Exhale Electrostatic Energy: Yes it can effect Robots, and bionic systems.
Answer: Yes, such spells could be developed, rules are presented in Through the Glass Darkly for spell creation. Normally range is reduced and PPE cost is doubled.
Answer: This spell is in 1st edition Palladium Fantasy and was not reprinted in 2nd edition. The spell lasts for 2 melees per level of the caster and provides the following bonuses.
+5 to all saving throws
+6 damage
+5 dodge.
P.E. and Spd raised to 24, P.S. raised to 21
+1 attack
Can be cast on self, or one person up to 30 feet away. It is a level 5 spell.
Answer: Yes you could have a magic medallion that could open dimensional portals, and similar travel magic.
Answer: Extrapolation would be best. Generally magic and cybernetics/bionics cannot be combined.
Answer: No, making them on a Nexus or Ley Line has no effect.
Answer: Only if they can be harmed by magic
Answer: His body may age, and the bio-comp systems may be able to adjust to partially compensate, so death would not be instantaneous (it may take several hours or days though).
Answer: They are not natural parts of the body, and as such would interfere with metamorphosis (unable to shape shift).
Answer: 1 minute per level of the caster would be an appropriate duration for both of these spells.
Answer: Chameleon only alters color and patterns. Scent and IR/Thermal devices would still work in spotting the character. Detect concealment works on Concealment spells.
Answer: It does not, since it is a bolt of force not energy.
Answer: If the created item has a duration it will radiate magic. Even items created through magic that have no duration will have a residue of magic associated with them (though it does not count as a magical item).
Answer: The 60 PPE and 24 Hit Points are correct.
Answer: It cannot be converted to TW.
Answer: It a rule that has been added to the system and can be found in the Rifts Book of Magic on page 21.
Answer: No, they use different principles, however the Amaki in South America have the ability to use psionics in techno-wizard style devices.
Answer: Since Children have such a High PPE level (6D6 as a young child), they can use TW items, but as they grow up they lose the ability to use them, unless the develop psionic powers, or learn magic.
Answer: They know the fundamentals of how magic works, and the can read runes, and all mystic symbols (normally restricted knowledge), recognize all wards and circles as magic, and the knowledge of all common magic spells equal to his experience level. They also get the knowledge and spells of both necromancy and temporal magic, but not the special abilities of those classes.
Answer: Normal power armour is only augmented by technowizardry, while the mystic power armour is a magical creation and is not augmented normal armour.
Answer: They have to work with the other spell caster involved, but it is possible.
Answer: It will not negate the magic, but if a saving throw can be made, they will get a +2 bonus to save.
Answer: The doppelganger would be in the casters normal form.
85. Would Stone to Flesh work on a Stone Golem, or similar creature, and if so would they get a save?
Answer: It would not work on magical stone (such as a stone golem).
Answer: The damage listing in Mystic Russia is correct. However, if you wish you could consider them two different versions of the same spell (one Living Fire Magic, the other Standard Magic).
Answer: It is a static field (does not move).
Answer: Yes, the results of such magic can be used, but the arts itself are not recommended for player characters (and as such no O.C.C.'s are provided). There is no difference between a rune mage/smith/master, just a matter of title, like calling a wizard a mage, sorcerer, ley line walker, spell thrower etc.
Answer: No to both.
Answer: No, there would be no bonus from making it on a Ley Line or Nexus.
Answer: The carpet is a layer of magical energy that bonds whatever passes through/touches it. The carpet, since it is energy is practically indestructible, though it can be buried, covered up. There is no MDC value for a carpet of adhesion.
Answer: One minute per every 10 points of PPE. at a nexus, twice as long at at Ley Line. Yes, anyone can do it. It has to be placed within the ley line or nexus point.
Answer: The spell when used correctly can be powerful (it is one of the most underrated spells in the game). To be caught in the spell one must land or walk over it, so those who can fly or hover are not affected by this spell. and even though the character is stuck, that does not stop them for returning fire. Spells like Anti-Magic Cloud, or Dispel Magic Barriers can be used to dispel/negate a carpet of adhesion as well.
Answer: Yes, since they are trained in using their P.P.E. they can use and charge T.W. Items.
Answer: The term entity specifically refers to the type of the supernatural beings known only as entities. I.e. Tectonic Entities, Possessing Entities, Poltergeists etc.
Answer: Yes since they are considered a magical effect, they can be negated by the negate magic spell.
Answer: Yes Psionic Abilities can be retained.
Answer: It refers to the area affect transformation, for cost.
Answer: Use the listing under Ward Components
Answer: It is the Heal Wounds Spell.
Answer: Treat it like the spell Paralysis: Lesser
Answer: Yes it is possible
Answer: They can get and receive fetishes
Answer: No they cannot, they must know the incantation to be placed into the talisman.
Answer: They are still classified as dragons and cannot be used as a monster tattoo.
Answer: It has no effect on vibro weapons, since the attack is physical in nature.
Answer: They can be, if they do not interfere with the armour (i.e. a ring with rubies on it, cannot be worn under gloves).
Answer: Both are correct. Basic colors etc may be added in days, while magic flaming swords may require months to construct.
Answer: You cannot dodge the Warlock version of the Call Lightning Spell. It says so in the description of the spell.
Answer: It is a spell, and will only be taught to other Harvesters and their apprentices.
Answer: Yes they can have tattoos if the are eligible to receive tattoos. However, they must use their own P.P.E. unless in the description of the Symbiote allows them to tap their P.P.E. or provides additional P.P.E. to the character. However Bio-Borg Transformation/transmutation will remove any potential to use tattoos.
Answer: Magic would protect the body from the stresses involved in traveling that fast.
Answer: It functions like normal armour/MDC, protecting against all attacks.
Answer: They cannot since they are no longer true human.
Answer: They count as energy
Answer: The Fire Whip (Rifts Conversion Book, pg. 78) is itself a 6th level Fire Elemental spell. However, a Baal-rog employs it at 7th level proficiency.
Answer: The thunderclap has a HF of 8 and is not altered by atmospheric conditions. There is no HF for the call lightning since the sound would come from the sky unlike thunder clap which is right next to the target.
Answer: Correct, it only affects SDC beings.
Answer: No he cannot use them to power his own spells.
Answer: Yes to all. Innate magical abilities are affected, though other special abilities and powers not magical in nature are not affected. Yes a Anti Magic Cloud could be cast over another Anti Magic Cloud Where the clouds overlap both would have to save, with the new cloud saving first. If it saves then the second cloud has to save vs magic. If both save, both will be at half effectiveness, if either one fails, that one would be canceled/negated. Spells of legend are affected by the Cloud.
Answer: They do not start with any wizard spells but can learn them.
Answer: The index is wrong, and the Call Lightning spell appears on p198.
Answer: If they were resisting they would have the +8 to save. Failing this save, or not resisting, will expel the Bio Comp systems, and purge the Juicer of their chemicals, sending them into detox. They will need to undergo reimplantation of the Bio-comp system etc to become juicers again.
Answer: The permanency ward does not do that, instead it makes the ward permanent (so every time it is touched/disturbed it will be activated, instead of being activated only once.
Answer: You still have to use components, as well as P.P.E.
Answer: Yes, most spell incantations require words, but other spells require gestures, or other requirements. The 3rd Rifts Novel uses this point, and Through the Glass Darkly for Nightbane goes into even more detail.
Answer: They generally remain M.D.C.
Answer: Those using See the Invisible will be able to see Nightbane using the Shroud Talent.
Answer: They are not vulnerable to EMP. TW items are powered by magic, Cybernetics and bionics are shielded.
Answer: Only those with a directed manifesting like energy bolt, or firebolt, exploding style magic or carpet of adhesion cannot be deflected.
Answer: Physical attributes should be rerolled. Mental attributes can remain the same.
Answer: Once S.D.C. is depleted, any attack will do damage direct to hit points.
Answer: Any attempt at scroll conversion will destroy the spell on the scroll.
Answer: It wouldn't work, since any such cure would be temporary, unless the implants are removed at this time.
Answer: No, that is not a possible TW enhancement.
Answer: It takes a round to cast the spell, then a single word to trigger the effects of the spell on a target.
Answer: Anyone could use it, and one action is all it takes to release the magic within.
Answer: 6 P.P.E.
Answer: It is possible, probably a Bazooka/anti tank rocket size, or larger.
Answer: Yes, it is possible.
Answer: Melee attack.
Answer: Yes, but it is very painful, and the hand may be unsteady, so it is best to let others do the job.
Answer: It will last the full 3 weeks.
Answer: Vampires and the Sanctum Spell is a special case.
Answer: The arrow tattoos are only a recent development by the Splugorth, and were not developed by the Chiang-ku (with whom the Splugorth stole the secrets from). So Chiang-Ku dragons do not know power arrows, unless they themselves steal/acquire the knowledge from the Splugorth.
Answer: It affects a 10 foot area.
Answer: It is not a general ability and is designed for ocean magic. Different spells have different requirements, some may not use words, but concentration and movements of the eyebrows. Traditional spell casting though requires words, and in most cases gestures/props.
Answer: It is not a joke. In medieval times it was common practice to drink wine, or watered down wine, since alcohol has antiseptic qualities and the quality of the water was not very good at times.
Answer: It would count as one (since it is one tattoo, and the costs are just added together), you cannot activate just part of a single tattoo.
Answer: Yes, there is no reason not and in a combat zone its also just a good idea.
Answer: It means the starting distance at level 1, + the bonus per each additional level. In your case that would be 20 feet at level 1, 25 feet at level 2 and so on.
Answer: It is a magical translation, you speak and listen in your native tongue, and it translates your speech, and sounds coming in.
Answer: They must be thrown.
Answer: A bonus to spell strength acts a modifier to other peoples saving throws vs. magic (your magic is stronger). With a +4 bonus to spell strength, people would need a 16 or better to save vs. spell magic instead of a 12 or better.
Answer: No to all.
Answer: The caster can move off. Yes the cone is from the casters hand. 40ft is the length of the cone.
Answer: No, this type of magic is already geared towards being used on Ley Lines and Nexus so gain no special abilities from being used on a Nexus unless the spell specifically says so.
Answer: No, the number of starting spells does not increase but they can use there usual spell selections to pick the ones from Federation of Magic if that is one they can normally learn.
Answer: Low 1-6, Med 7-10, High 11-15
Answer: If it a different technique, but it may be possible.
Answer: Unless the power is on all the time it requires a action to activate and only one can be activated at a time.
Answer: They could use TW weapons since they have supernatural abilities.
Answer: 2 days per level of the spell being taught. So a 1st level spell takes 2 days to learn from another spell caster, while a 5th level spell takes 10 days to learn.
Answer: They cannot since it is attached to the rest of the Skull Smasher.
Answer: It generates at the same rate as the minor armor fetish.
Answer: From any level. Though the individual G.M. may place any restrictions on what spells may be selected though.
Answer: There is no limit, however pumping in too much can leave the character vulnerable to negative chi attacks, or low on chi if they use it up prematurely.
Answer: Only if they are prepared for it.
Answer: It keeps going even if the M.D.C. protection is destroyed so the additional effects of the spell continue. As of the Rifts Book of Magic (page 116) it now gives 50 M.D.C..
Answer: It must be made life-size.
Answer: I consider it to be about basketball size, maybe a touch smaller. There is no blast radius with Fireball.
Answer: Yes, they can remember.
Answer: They can be ordered to cast spells (though it will take a extra melee action longer to cast).
Answer: You cannot double up on these magic's.
Answer: Each use would count as a separate action.
Answer: TW devices made of S.D.C. material are still S.D.C. unless magically augmented to provide M.D.C..
Answer: It blocks all other P.P.E. related abilities including spell casting, ritual magic (including circle magic) and creating wards and runes (magic). It does not affect psionic or chi abilities.
Answer: Treat the magic as if it was cast at level 4.
Answer: It is treated as normal armor for A.R. purposes not natural A.R.
Answer: Magic objects unless otherwise stated do not bond to any owner.
Answer: It is not possible.
Answer: The stats can be found under the Create Zombie spell which can be found on p59 of Through the Glass Darkly (Nightbane world book 3).
Answer: They disappear for the duration of the magic, then they reappear. They are not one use items.
Answer: Yes, they could use the spells Fragile Bone to M.D.C. bone with bone and joint bonding to create M.D.C. armor. No armor rating applies unless it is partial armor, but against M.D.C. attacks no AR should be used (strikes should strike the MDC component).
Answer: It will not.
Answer: Use the later printings.
Answer: At 7th level and higher when they do not need to touch the tattoo then yes they can use Tattoo magic while wearing their body armor, but until then they must touch the tattoo to activate it (thus preventing the use of armor over their tattoos). For this reason most posing as Sunaj assassins do not use tattoos or are experienced enough to use them without touching them.
Answer: Use Fire Fist instead.
Answer: Body armor yes, power armor no.
Answer: Probably several thousand P.P.E. capacity, but they have to absorb P.P.E. for one person for ages to build up to that level and they would generally be drained before they get that full.
Answer: No, the crystals must be natural, and not manufactured (by Technology or Magic).
Answer: It all depends on how much weight is applied, if the weight added exceeds the characters carrying capacity, then it cannot be used in combat, but it can be used to increase damage since more force is applied behind it, though penalties to Strike, and Parry as well as throw may be applied.
Answer: The affects are the same.
Answer: No, the organ damage for those who have died from life span ending is to great to be repaired.
Answer: It is a Palladium Fantasy spell. Its costs 15 P.P.E. has a range of 30 feet. It creates 2D6 loaves of bread and one gallon of milk in jugs that disappear when empty.
Answer: It only says it follows the target, each attack still requires a strike roll to hit (which can then be parried or dodged).
Answer: There are no bonuses.
Answer: No.
Answer: They would be considered supernatural creatures.
Answer: It will still take 2D6 rounds to get free and fly away.
Answer: Lantern Light is a low level light spell that can be found in Federation of Magic for Rifts. Federation of Magic also contains lots of new spells, and while many are designed for Rifts they can be easily used in Palladium Fantasy.
Answer: They must be present at the actual ritual (taking part in it, or in the middle etc).
Answer: He loses 1D6 P.P.E. permanently no matter what he creates that is permanent.
Answer: Since they are not there physically they will not be affected.
Answer: Body hardening is ok, but mystical powers would be outlawed.
Answer: Depending on how the spell is cast then they could ready the weapon, but cannot throw it while finishing the spell. So it will still take an extra action to throw the blade.
Answer: They are still subject to the rules for drawing P.P.E. from living creatures.
Answer: They will work.
Answer: Treat it as a void. As for temperature it would be 70% Fahrenheit and time would pass. As for air it will stay breathable.
Answer: The spell might provide the necessary conditions for life support but the blood is still required to carry the oxygen to the cells, the heart to pump blood etc, the kidneys and liver to remove toxins from the blood. Death will still result.
Answer: They would be destroyed.
Answer: Yes, it can be done at the range of the spell.
Answer: This spell can be found in the Heroes Unlimited GM's Guide.
Answer: Sorry, it was left out by mistake but can be found in the Rifts Book of Magic on page 198.
Answer: They cannot.
Answer: No, they cannot, Techno-wizardry is exclusive to the Techno-wizardry, and wizards are restricted by what the talisman and amulet spells can do. To do anything further they would have to become a techno-wizard, or Alchemist.
Answer: You would use the level of the caster.
Answer: Since you are aiming these spells, a strike roll is required, and the victim can attempt to dodge. And they are not instant kills, a character could still survive and be pinned underneath.
Answer: The damage would be converted to SDC, and then halved because it is a SDC attack on the Promethean.
Answer: It does not.
Answer: It does, if there is sufficient P.P.E. to cast the magic.
Answer: One for One works.
Answer: They have nightvision, and cannot see in total darkness, shadows will still affect them.
Answer: They will not cross over some threshold and become supernatural attributes.


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You're looking at a work-in-progress; our Redwood City remodel project began with ambitious plans & goals almost exactly a year ago, with little bits & pieces falling into place… until now. It's wholesale destruction and reconstruction, and through it all, we're attempting to remain open & functional.
The process is both lengthy and fast at the same time. It's amazing, given the scope of the project, that it will all be done by the end of next week. That's roughly a week longer than the initial timetable (two weeks of the "heavy" stuff will actually become three) but faster than any estimate I'd come up with on my own. Yes, little glitches here and there (like our vault door… what to do with it? The flooring won't fit underneath, and it weighs more than a big truck so it's not like we can lift it out!), but progress is sure and steady. That's from my perspective. I'm sure Tim, the guy from Trek Retail Services division who's in charge of things, sees things differently. He probably gets to spend far too much time focusing on things that aren't going according to plan and doesn't think about stepping back for a second and saying wow, this is pretty awesome. As a business owner, I can relate to that!
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In honor of Datsun's return to the South Pacific, let us tell the story of Fuji and Sakura, two Datsuns that entered the toughest rally in the world, Austrailia's 1958 Mobilgas Trial, and won. This video made by Nissan memorializes their beat-the-odds journey.
The team who started that effort, the team responsible for the legendary 510 and the 240Z, got their start taking two little Datsun 210s to the Mobilgas Trial, a rally all the way around Australia. You try and imagine yourself driving the whole length of the continental US in a 13-foot-long '50s econobox. Now imagine that at race pace and you'll begin to understand this trail.
Datsun just wanted to use the rally as an extended test, but they ended up coming first and fourth in their class. It was the first victory of a Japanese race car outside of Japan.
Nissan's video does a great job at telling the story of the two cars, and if you're wondering how these cars got back into such beautiful shape, you can watch Nissan's exhaustive restoration project here.


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CARE Corrections: Technology for Jail HIV/HCV Testing, Linkage, and Care (TLC) (CARE+)
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01721226
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : November 5, 2012
Results First Posted : February 10, 2017
Last Update Posted : February 10, 2017
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|Condition or disease
|Human Immunodeficiency Virus
|Device: Intervention Arm (computer-based CARE+ Corrections tool) Other: Educational video on opiate overdose prevention
|Not Applicable
The intervention is modeled after CARE, a technology based HIV-counseling tool used in other settings. The investigators have adapted CARE to create CARE+ Corrections, a tool designed specifically for incarcerated and recently-released populations. New and innovative information communication tools (ICT), including a cell phone/text messaging component delivered in the community after release from jail, will be included in the intervention.
The study is a randomized controlled trial. One half of the participants will receive the intervention either inside the jail, in addition to standard discharge planning services, or in the community right after release. The other half of the participants will view an educational video related to the prevention of drug overdose following release, in addition to standard discharge planning services, or in the community right after release. The investigators will follow all participants for 6 months post release/study enrollment and determine if the linkage to community care and adherence to HIV medications was higher in the intervention arm.
The study also has an evaluation component to it. The evaluation component consists in a series of qualitative interviews with the goal of gaining a better understanding of the barriers and facilitators involved in implementing the CARE+ Corrections intervention and to better assess the usability and participants' experiences with the CARE+ Corrections intervention. The semi-structured interviews are being conducted among the following groups: 1) managers and staff at local correctional facilities and agencies which have interaction with HIV+ individuals transitioning to the community; 2) leadership and selected staff at relevant and targeted community-based organizations; and 3) selected study participants from the intervention group of the RCT. the interviews elicit perspectives on the foreseen facilitators and challenges in implementing the CARE+ Corrections tool at their respective organizations as well as their perception on the acceptability of the tool. We also ask their views about the intervention and the post-release experiences of HIV-positive individuals who complete the CARE+ Corrections Tool and receive the text message plan.
No prisoners will be involved in this subsection of the study.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|112 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Supportive Care
|Official Title:
|CARE Corrections: Technology for Jail HIV/HCV Testing, Linkage, and Care (TLC)
|Study Start Date :
|August 2013
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|May 2015
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|December 2015
Sham Comparator: Control Arm
Participants in the Control Arm will receive standard discharge services according to the standards of care for that facility. In addition, participants in this arm will view an educational video on opiate overdose prevention. Study participants in the Control Arm will be followed after release/study enrollment, just like participants in the Intervention Arm, and Plasma Viral Loads will be collected from them at baseline and follow-up.
Other: Educational video on opiate overdose prevention
Participants in the Control Arm will view an educational video on opiate overdose prevention in jail prior to release. Control arm participants will be followed after release/study enrollment, just like participants in the Intervention Arm, and Plasma Viral Loads will be collected from them at baseline and follow-up.
Experimental: CARE tool and cell phone/text messaging
The Intervention Arm will complete the CARE tool device, a technology based HIV-counseling tool, and will receive text message reminders about HIV medical appointments and the importance of taking HIV medications. Study participants in this arm will be followed after release/study enrollment, just like participants in the Control Arm, and Plasma Viral Loads will be collected from them at baseline and follow-up.
Device: Intervention Arm (computer-based CARE+ Corrections tool)
Study participants in the intervention arm will complete the computer-based CARE+ Corrections tool at baseline. The CARE tool provides tailored feedback based on the participants' responses to a series of questions included in the counseling session. Participants in this arm of the study recruited inside the DC DOC will receive typical discharge planning services as conducted by the correctional facility. Participants will be followed for six months after release/study enrollment. At the post-release baseline visit, participants in the intervention arm will receive a cell phone/SMS text messaging intervention consisting of using cell phone-delivered SMS text messages with the intent of improving linkage to community HIV care and adherence to ART (if prescribed.)
- Plasma Viral Load Suppression [ Time Frame: 24 weeks ]Plasma viral load at 24 weeks measured by viral load testing or medical chart abstraction
- Linkage to Community Care [ Time Frame: 24 weeks ]At least 1 visit to health care provider in past 24 weeks/6 months
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Currently detained in jail or released from the jail/prison 6 months ago or less
- 18 years of age or older
- English speaking
- Able to provide informed consent for research participation
- Anticipated release from the DOC to the community (or living in the community if recently released ex-detainee)
- Confirmed to be HIV-infected by self-report
- Live in metropolitan Washington, DC area
- Able to read at 8th grade level as assessed by brief literacy screen
Exclusion Criteria:
- Expected release to restricted setting (or currently living in a restricted setting if recruited in the community), including residential drug treatment, sober house, half-way house, or similar
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01721226
|United States, District of Columbia
|Family and Medical Counseling Services
|Washington DC, District of Columbia, United States, 20020
|Principal Investigator:
|Irene Kuo, PhD, MPH
|George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|George Washington University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01721226 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
R01DA030747-01 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|November 5, 2012 Key Record Dates
|Results First Posted:
|February 10, 2017
|Last Update Posted:
|February 10, 2017
|Last Verified:
|December 2016
Keywords provided by George Washington University:
Linkage to HIV care following release from prison
Anti-retroviral therapy adherence after release from prison
HIV loads after release from prison
information technology and ART adherence
information technology and linkage to HIV care
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
HIV Infections
Immune System Diseases
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Slow Virus Diseases
Opiate Alkaloids
Analgesics, Opioid
Central Nervous System Depressants
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Sensory System Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents


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Study: Parks Plans Should Reflect All Cultures
May 6, 2013 by RVBusiness · Comments Off on Study: Parks Plans Should Reflect All Cultures
ABC/Univision previously detailed some of the reasons minorities are reluctant to travel to parks, and they range from fears about safety to a lack of transportation.
Some of those concerns are difficult to tackle, and looming budget cuts don't help the situation either. But advocates of increasing the diversity of park visitors say there are steps the park service needs to take if they want a future, ABC News reported.
John Griffith, a supervisor with California Conservation Corps, an agency that gives young people who might not otherwise have the opportunity a chance to work outdoors, says simply adding more picnic tables at parks would be a good start.
"If you think about a typical white family, there are four people in that family and they need one picnic table," he said. "But when Latin American families come, they often come with grandma, grandpa, aunts and uncles and one table is not enough."
Why not just rent multiple campsites? Park planners might ask that question but if they included Latinos in the planning process, they'd have an answer before it became a problem.
Latino families don't want to be split up into different sites. They want a bunch of tables in one place where they can all be together. It might not sound like a huge drawback, but it contributes to the sense that their preferred style of vacationing is not considered and that is a big issue.
"If you have a Latino and black population, then you should make sure to include those user groups in the planning of parks," Griffith said. "If I was planning a park, I'd want the urban population to have access, so I'd run bus lines, and I would have multiple tables for extended family groups. If you're engaging user groups with the design, I think you have much higher engagement."
Spanish-language trail signs would also help, as would including stories about more than just the white settlers and native populations in park exhibits.
That sounds easy, right? Except it's not really happening.
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Friday, November 13, 2009
So Long Sally
Thanks to my friend, the noted animation historian Jim Korkis, I was alerted to this page. Sally Holmes was a Disney employee and when she left the studio, the artists she knew drew personalized farewells in her copy of the book on Fantasia.
Besides the fact that these drawings are great, they include work from lesser known Disney artists such as Cliff Nordberg (pictured above), Hal King, Jesse Marsh, Judge Whitaker, Marvin Woodward, George Kreisl as well as artists whose names weren't known to me. Of course, there are drawings by some of the heavyweights like Ward Kimball, Fred Moore, Eric Larson, Milt Kahl and Marc Davis.
Take a minute to look at some fun artwork and envy whoever it was who purchased the book recently on Ebay.
16 comments:
- Brubaker said...
I find it interesting that alot of those sketches done for the female staffer are sexual. I'd say it reflects the "boy's club" mentality very well.
Despite the sexism, alot of those sketches are pretty good.
- November 13, 2009 2:14 PM
- Pete Emslie said...
"Despite the sexism"? I like a lot of these sketches precisely because of the healthy dose of male machismo at play. The Bill Justice sketch of a sex-crazed Donald Duck is particularly fun, although I must admit that my favourite entry is the one of several pics of an inebriated Hal King in the Bacchus role. What a pleasure to see such brazen work unscathed by this silly political correctness we have today, where we all have to walk around on eggshells. Ugh!
It's quite interesting to see Ward Kimball's lecherous and wacky sketch of himself grappling Sally being turned around by Milt Kahl, with his own egotistical persona being the one sought after by Sally herself. Especially notable is Milt's tagline which seems to imply how little he thought of his fellow artists, particularly Kimball, whom he apparently loathed.
What an incredible collection of Disney legends' personal work all compiled in simple gift that was likely considered barely significant at the time. Lucky Sally!
- November 14, 2009 12:16 AM
- Weirdo said...
Those are great. Beautiful sketches. Thanks for putting these up.
- November 14, 2009 11:37 AM
- Steve Schnier said...
I agree with Pete Meslie on all his points. Oh, how I loathe to agree with Pete Emslie on anything. Sigh.
- November 14, 2009 1:33 PM
- Pete Emslie said...
That's it Schnier, you've obviously become dyslexic from too many hours spent ogling scantily clad pics of Julie Newmar. (You sly rascal, you!)
- November 14, 2009 3:19 PM
- Thad said...
What "eggshells"? I walk by crude illustrations of dripping genitals (and dirty prose) posted on walls on a daily basis. Then again, this in dorms and bars, not the workplace where such mentality doesn't belong. That said, the drawings are mostly great, though I'm not sure I'd think so if she was my wife.
- November 14, 2009 4:01 PM
- David Nethery said...
Popular girl that Sally !
(lot of plaid skirt jokes in there)
Wow, what a treasure. Who won the eBay bid ?
- November 14, 2009 6:05 PM
- David Nethery said...
I dunno, Pete (Meslie) , I don't think it was that Kahl "loathed" Kimball, but more like they had a friendly rivalry going in those days (sort of a Jack Benny - Fred Allen style "feud") . Maybe it turned into genuine dislike in later years, but to me the fact that Kahl chose Kimball's drawing to spoof speaks of some mutual (though grudging?) admiration.
- November 14, 2009 6:14 PM
- Floyd Norman said...
I nearly spit out my wine when I saw the sketch by Cliff Nordberg. Cliff was a wonderful animator, but a very quiet, gentle little guy. This rather provocative sketch is a real surprise for anybody who knew Cliffy.
- November 14, 2009 6:33 PM
- Pete Emslie said...
David - I could be wrong but I got the impression that Milt really didn't like Ward when I read Canemaker's book. He certainly didn't seem to have much respect for his talent as an animator due to Ward always getting to do the funny stuff, which Milt presumed to show a distinct limit to his ability. But maybe it was more of a friendly rivalry, as you suggest.
Floyd - I have a big request for you. Cliff Nordberg has always struck me as one of the greatest unsung talents at Disney, as I've long admired scenes and drawings attributed to him, yet I know absolutely nothing about the man. Since you knew him, would it be possible for you to write up some of your anecdotes and memories of Cliff from your Disney days, either on your own blog or on Jim Hill's? I'd really love to know more about this very talented guy who seems to have slipped through the cracks.
- November 14, 2009 9:19 PM
- Robert said...
I'm afraid to ask... what was Sally Holmes job description at Disney? The book page says "artist" but that could mean anything.
- November 15, 2009 1:14 AM
- Floyd Norman said...
This is for Pete Emslie-
Hey Pete, I'd love to write about Cliff Nordberg, and perhaps I'll do so on Jim Hill's site. Regretfully, it'll have to be pretty surface stuff because I know very little about Cliff's personal life. True, he was one heck of an animator, and I loved working on his stuff. Also true, he was a very quiet man - not aloof - just quiet. So, it was difficult to get to know him.
I will write about Cliff. I promise.
- November 16, 2009 9:08 PM
- Jenny Lerew said...
Mark, this is fantastic(thanks to Jim Korkis, who found it)...I've done my own post just so that anyone reading my blog who's as remiss as I am in getting around the internet can get a look at it too.
Pete! I'd agree that relationships between the Nine Old changed over the years, but I truly have no doubt that Kimball and Kahl appreciated each other's talents at the time this was drawn(and probably later, too). It is a "tribute" of sorts and the self-referential line Milt added shows a wry and funny awareness of his rep...a guy who genuinely dislikes another artist wouldn't have done that, not in that way. I take it as all good-hearted fun.
This also reminds me of one birthday card I was given, drawn by the crew on my first animation job. It was a collection of 12 field-sized sketches bound between homemade covers...anyway, a certain BG layout artist drew a kind of earthy nude caricature, meant to be me. He was a talented artist( he drew realistic, serious studies of nudes all the time and I collected Elvgrens and other pinup art, and everyone knew it) and I'm sure it was meant in the nicest way, but when another artist saw that in the bunch, he said "WHAT? I'm not letting that go!" and proceeded to do a hilarious, devastating and also nude caricature-of the middle-aged layout artist.
So these kinds of one-ups have been going on forever. BTW the second artist was Bruce Timm, so this drawing-in color, no less-is the most accomplished and beautifully done drawing I literally can never show anyone but my closest friends. And never will!
- November 28, 2009 5:19 PM
- Jesse Hamm said...
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- November 29, 2009 1:54 AM
- Jesse Hamm said...
What a find!
As a Marsh fan, I'm especially fond of the Jesse Marsh piece.
The Kahl pic is also fun. He was probably tired of remarks to the effect that "technicians like you can't muster the spirit of creative fun found in less 'correct' work" -- a complaint still made by critics who seem to resent Kahl's skills.
I'll agree with Charles Brubaker about the sexism. It's creepy that these were depictions of Sally herself (and she a married woman!). She must have endured a lot of leering and innuendo over the years.
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- November 29, 2009 2:06 AM
My uncle was Cliff Nordberg. He was married to my mom's sister, Olive. I grew up in Burbank right up the street from Disney Studios. I always remember Uncle Cliff with all of his pencils and papers spread out over his coffee table. Every Christmas, he would paint on a large mirror over our couch-a cute animation with my brothers and I with Santa. I was very close with the Nordberg family and grew up with his sons almost as brothers.
- November 08, 2010 7:26 PM


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Proclaiming a rebounding housing market, President Barack Obama on Tuesday pressed Congress to help more Americans secure cheaper mortgages – or affordable rentals – and stressed a need to limit government involvement in the mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.
"It's been a long, slow process … it's taken longer than any of us would like," Obama said at a high school gymnasium in a city that he noted was "part of ground zero" during the housing collapse. But he said home sales are up, foreclosures are down and "millions of families have been able to come up for air."
After touring a company that builds prefabricated frames for homes, Obama said, "We've got to build on this progress."
The campaign style stop – the president spoke in front of a banner reading "A Better Bargain for the Middle Class, A Home to Call Your Own" – represented the latest in a series of speeches he is making outside the Beltway to pressure Congress to act on his proposals to boost a slowly recovering economy.
"If Washington will just end the gridlock and set aside the kind of slash-and-burn partisanship we've seen these past few years, our economy will be stronger a year from now," Obama said.
He focused on an effort that has attracted bipartisan support – for the concept, if not the details – arguing that the two big government-backed mortgage lenders need to be overhauled to prevent the risk of another collapse.
"As home prices rise, we can't just re-inflate a housing bubble," Obama said, contending private lending would create "a rock-solid foundation to make sure the kind of crisis we just went through never happens again. "
He also renewed a call for Congress to make it easier for homeowners to obtain or refinance loans, and included a pitch for revamping the nation's immigration laws, arguing that immigration helps boost the housing market. He noted that the state's two Republican senators, John McCain and Jeff Flake, voted for a Senate immigration overhaul and urged attendees to encourage Republicans in the House "to stop dragging their feet and get this done."
The president also called on the Senate to confirm Rep. Mel Watt, D-N.C., whom he nominated as the nation's top housing regulator.
Obama said Watt had "worked with banks and borrowers to protect consumers and help responsible lenders provide credit" and that the Senate "should give his nomination an up-or-down vote without any more obstruction or delay."
Much of what Obama outlined was not new, but a restating of principles he's been unable to get through the Republican-controlled House. That includes calls for more government support for refinancing of mortgages that are greater than the current value of a home.
"The mere fact that he's addressing it is refreshing," Gary Thomas, president of the influential National Association of Realtors, said in an interview. "I think finally he's letting people know that we need to get the housing industry on the right footing so the economy can move forward."
The Obama administration is now spelling out the parameters of what it wants in a revamp of mortgage-finance titans Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Both have been in government receivership since the summer of 2008, when their seizure, along with the failure of investment bank Lehman Brothers, caused a near meltdown of the U.S. financial system.
Fannie and Freddie purchase mortgages from banks, bundling them together into financial instruments called mortgage-backed securities, allowing banks to shed potential liabilities and keep lending to homebuyers.
The mortgage bonds have historically attracted investors because they carried an implicit government guarantee against failure, which is why in the crisis the government seized them to make that guarantee explicit.
Now almost five year later, competing bills are moving through the Senate and House to limit the government role in backstopping mortgages.
"For too long, these companies were allowed to make big profits buying mortgages, knowing that if their bets went bad, taxpayers would be left holding the bag," Obama said.
He used his support for a larger private role in the two lenders to tweak his critics, saying his support for private capital taking a bigger role "must sound confusing to the folks who call me a raging socialist every day."
A bipartisan bill being pushed by Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., would keep a role for the government as a guarantor of mortgages, but in a much more limited way. New private companies would bundle mortgages much in the way Fannie and Freddie do now, and the government would back them, but through fees charged on lenders, similar to how bank deposits are guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
The White House stopped short Tuesday of fully endorsing the Corker-Warner legislation, saying it was waiting to see details. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, who traveled with Obama, noted there were other Senate bills, including one co-sponsored by Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho.
Advisors said Obama wants to see additional provisions that guarantee adequate investment in home affordability for first-time homebuyers and down-payment assistance.
The Republican-controlled House may soon vote on a very different measure that would essentially privatize Fannie and Freddie over five years. The Realtors group opposes the measure.
Consumer advocates welcomed Obama's call for revamping Fannie and Freddie, but echoed the administration's concern that the major congressional proposals don't include access to affordable terms and rates of credit, and threaten bedrock rental programs for low-income Americans.
"I think the important message is he's very strongly in support of government engagement in the market and a government guarantee to make sure consumers have access to credit," said Barry Zigas, director of housing policy for the Consumer Federation of America.
As part of his housing push, Obama will answer questions from homeowners, renters and prospective buyers at 1 p.m. Wednesday EDT in a virtual housing roundtable with online home buying site, Zillow.
Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff will moderate the discussion; Obama will answer questions using the #AskObamaHousing hashtag.


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I feel your pain. I'm still trying to catalog the figures I have. It's just too many different versions of the same guy. I dare anyone to tell me the difference between all the releases of Vader over the last fifteen years.
Ha! You do NOT want to see my list of Vaders.
Ask AP - I hear he likes those questions. I'm kiddng...seems he's getting burnt out or we're burning him out.
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Dell Saga: An Analyst's Take
The Dell saga has more plot twists left in it, given a new bid price from Michael Dell and Silver Lake. But at what price is Dell a good deal? Morningstar equity analyst Carr Lanphier joins MoneyBeat. Photo: Dell.
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... ay ay mm mm ... Dell saw ... more plot twists let it soften this morning's ... New big price for Michael Dell ... but what price is this a good deal Morningstar equity analyst Karl Anthea joins us from Chicago talk about it ... when you make of this new bid for Michael Dell ... well it looks like he has ... succumbed to pressure had not increased its offer by ten cents ... but with the condition that they revise the voting rules such that ... most are not casted all are not alive counted against him ... for it ... do you think so they made the offer from thirteen sixty five to thirteen seventy five ... do you think that Dion is going to make a difference ... well ... it's a pretty nominal amount right boy it looks like it did this is an indication to shareholders that were voting no ... on bed this is in fact their best and final offer so it's kind of a way to ... put his foot down and say you know I'm not going beyond this yet ... the surprising thing really be on the share price the new offer was whenever ... that that that the one change the way the boat is going to be counted ... that to me was a big surprise ... party Shareholders react to that ... well it depends on what side of the deal you're on ... I wouldn't expect a very positive ... reaction from ... Icahn and Southeastern friend since ... on because obviously there are heading the carpet pulled up from her and ... pray ... I don't question the legality of than I think on the storm a straight line they can do this this does represent a new offer ... but I need ... to have to think that some really call I got some new isn't a voting is a steal ... veteran talking to their lawyers already ... I think Carl Icahn's probably I'm pretty consistent contact with this lawyer ... bright ... Seoul ... today in the special committee has to come up with the decision whether or not to accept this deal when you think will see today when people see over the next week or so to ... well I think we're in a sea of pretty outrageous response from our crawl Icahn ... is not to be happy and he tends to use fairly I inflammatory language and has ... letters to shareholders so I'm would be surprise to see something from them ... and then you'll probably see a ... fairly bought tepid response from the board today ... and then possibly something more definitive tomorrow because there's a lot of lawyers that have to get together and look this over yet ... what do you think is a good price for Dell ... what we had a fourteen dollar fair value estimate since before the buyout negotiation out details came out ... and we think that this is a reasonable price on ... or near to it ... because this is ... a has a huge potential ... further downward pressure on shares of the dire if the buyout ... was to fall through ... Arike ... coral and peer firm dough Morningstar in Chicago thank you very much ... appreciate the time thank you


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Philly Man Beats Philly Cop With His Own Baton & Then Gets Shot Up While Still Trying To Fight Back!
"A Philadelphia police officer's fight for life ended with him opening fire on a robbery suspect, and it was all caught on tape. Even after getting shot several times, the suspect didn't stay down. This incredible video captured earlier this month on a cell phone camera shows a suspect attacking an officer with his own baton. You can see in the video recorded at the corner of North 52nd and West Jefferson streets that a robbery suspect, later identified by police as Sydney Clayton, starts attacking a patrol officer next to stopped traffic. Clayton manages to grab the officer's baton and starts beating him over the head with it repeatedly. The officer manages to break free from Clayton's hold, but the suspect makes a quick run to the baton on the ground and appears to back away from the scene. Seconds later, the suspect begins to approach the officer again. But this time the officer pulls out his gun and opens fire. Many of the shots fired caused people nearby, including the man shooting the video, to take cover. Still, after being shot several times, the suspect continues to approach the officer until other officers come in to help. Clayton and the officer were both taken to the hospital for their injuries. Police say they believe the man was high on drugs at the time of the attack, " - Philly News
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Pension Suecia
Pension Suecia is at the foot of Assabica Hill, where the Alhambra sits. We have free Wi-Fi and a terrace with views of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
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Pension Suecia has a small garden with a table and chairs, and a roof terrace from which there are panoramic views of the Alhambra and the mountains.
The Cathedral and main touristic places are just 800 metres away. There is a bus stop 1 minute's walk away from the hotel, which provides transport links to the districts of Sacromonte and Albaicín.
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Calvert County, Maryland Genealogy
United States Maryland Calvert County
Guide to Calvert County Maryland genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
|Calvert County, Maryland
Location in the state of Maryland
Location of Maryland in the U.S.
|July 30, 1650
|County Seat
|Prince Frederick
| Calvert County Courthouse
175 Main Street
Prince Frederick, MD 20678
Phone: 410-535-1600
Calvert County Website
- 1 Calvert County Maryland Courthouse
- 2 Calvert County Maryland History
- 3 Calvert County Maryland Places/Localities
- 4 Calvert County Maryland Genealogy Resources
- 5 Calvert County Maryland Genealogy Societies and Libraries
- 6 Calvert County Maryland Genealogy Websites
- 7 Calvert County Maryland Genealogy References
Calvert County Maryland Courthouse
Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, divorce, court and land records from 1882.
Register of Wills has probate recordfrom 1882,
earlier records available at State Hall of Records. [1]
Calvert County Maryland History
- Originally named Patuxent County.
- Renamed 22 October 1669 for the Calvert family, the Lords Baltimore, the proprietors of Maryland.
Parent County
- 1650--Calvert County was created 30 July 1650 from the old Charles County which was created 3 October 1850 and discontinued 28 September 1653. The new Charles County which is located west was created 13 April 1658.
County seat: Frederick.[1]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
1882 Courthouse fire destroyed most of the records.[2] Some deeds from 1840-1882 were re-recorded, also abstracts at Annapolis 1784-1882, and provincial court and land office records were used to reconstruct lost deeds.
- Lost censuses: 1790, 1890
Calvert County Maryland Places/Localities
Populated Places
Census Districts
Neighboring Counties
Calvert County Maryland Genealogy Resources
CemeteriesLDS Cemetery Records
US Vol. 24 page 89 - Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery
Interment.net Cemetery Listings for Calvert County, MD. Includes contact information for many cemetaries in the county and volunteer contributed index lists for many of them.
Find A Grave Cemetery Listings for Calvert County, MD. Includes volunteer contributed interment listings. Individuals may be searched by name and location using the main search page.
Federal Census reports available 1800-1930 including slave and veterans schedules. For tips on accessing Calvert County, Maryland Genealogy census records online, see: Maryland Census.
Maryland State Archives' Guide to Maryland Religious Institutions identifies all churches known to have existed in Calvert County, Maryland. It covers all denominations and includes record descriptions.
Church of England
See also All Saints Parish
See also Christ Church Parish
It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:
- Locate publications about direct ancestors
- Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family
- Identify publications, to quote Elizabeth Shown Mills, about an ancestor's "FAN Club" [Friends, Associates, and Neighbors]
- [Abington] Berkley, Henry J. "The Abingtons of St. Mary's and Calvert Counties," Maryland Historical Magazine, Vol. 25 (1930):251-255. FHL Book 975.2 H25m v. 25 (1930).
- [A'Gambra] Russell, George Ely. "Portuguese and Spanish Colonists in Seventeenth-Century Maryland," The American Genealogist, Vol. 76, No. 1 (January 2001):50-60; Vol. 77, No. 1 (Apr. 2001):138-147. FHL 973 D25aga v. 76
- [Allnutt] Allnutt, Ernest C. "William Allnutt and Wife Sarah (Mears) Talbott, Widow of John Talbott of Calvert County, Maryland: The Progenitors of the American Colonial Family of Allnutt with One Line of Their Descendants in Montgomery County, Maryland," Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol. 33, No. 4 (Fall 1992):712-766. FHL CD-ROM no. 9 pt. 208.
- [Barbery] Russell, George Ely. "Portuguese and Spanish Colonists in Seventeenth-Century Maryland," The American Genealogist, Vol. 76, No. 1 (January 2001):50-60; Vol. 77, No. 1 (Apr. 2001):138-147. FHL 973 D25aga v. 76
- [Boteler] Russell, Donna Valley. "The Boteler Family of Maryland," The American Genealogist, Vol. 70, No. 1 (Jan. 1995):9-17. FHL 973 D25aga v. 70
- [Butler] Hoff, Henry B. "Alexander de Hinojosa and His Descendants in Maryland," The American Genealogist, Vol. 79, No. 4 (Oct. 2004):260-273. FHL 973 D25aga v. 79
- [Duke] Brandenberger, Evelyn Duke. The Duke Family. 2 vols. [Houston, Texas]: E.D. Brandenberger, 1979-1995. FHL Book 929.273 D885b v. 1-v. 2.
- [Hickman] Fay, Mary Smith. "The Three James Hickmans: Identifying Revolutionary War Veterans," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 41, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1997):52-54. Digital version at American Ancestors ($). FHL Book 975.5 B2vg.
- [Hiller] Russell, George Ely. "Hiller and Rosier Families of Virginia," The American Genealogist, Vol. 85, No. 1 (Jan. 2011):9-21.
- [Lamar] Lamar, William Harmong, "Thomas Lamar of the Province of Maryland, and a Part of His Descendants," Publications of the Southern History Association, Vol. 1, No. 3 (Jul. 1897):203-210. Digitized by Internet Archive - free.
- [Lamar] Crozier, William Armstrong. Virginia Heraldica: Being a Registry of Virginia Gentry Entitled to Coat Armor, With Genealogical Notes of the Families. New York: The Genealogical Association, 1908. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
- [Martin] Russell, George Ely. "Portuguese and Spanish Colonists in Seventeenth-Century Maryland," The American Genealogist, Vol. 76, No. 1 (January 2001):50-60; Vol. 77, No. 1 (Apr. 2001):138-147. FHL 973 D25aga v. 76
- [Parker] Russell, Donna Valley. "The Maternal Ancestry of Mary Bates, Wife of Lingan Wilson of Prince George's County, Maryland," The American Genealogist, Vol. 68, No. 2 (Apr. 1993):72-76. FHL 973 D25aga v. 68
- [Skinner] See Storer.
- [Smith] Russell, Donna Valley. "Nathan and Thomas Smith of Maryland," The American Genealogist, Vol. 65, No. 4 (Oct. 1990):230-232. Available at FHL.
- [Sprigg] Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5. 3 vols. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2005. See Volume 2. FHL Book 975.5 H2j v. 2.
- [Storer] Trabue, James D. "Ann and Arthur Storer of Calvert County, Maryland, Friends of Sir Isaac Newton, With the Descendants of Clarke Skinner of Calvert County," The American Genealogist, Vol. 79, Nos. 1-2 (Jan.-Apr. 2004):13-27. FHL 973 D25aga v. 79
- [Tasker] Kennedy, Mary Selden. Seldens of Virginia and Allied Families. New York: Frank Allaben Genealogical Co., c1911. Digital versions of Vol. 1 at Google Books; Internet Archive | Vol. 2 at FamilySearch Books Online;Internet Archive; FHL Book 929.273 Se48k.
- [Waring] Coddington, John Insley. "Ancestors and Siblings of Sampson Waring of Shrewsbury, Co. Salop, England, and Calvert County, Maryland," The American Genealogist, Vol. 53, No. 4 (Oct. 1977):207-209. FHL 973 D25aga v. 53
- [Wilson] Rowland, Ralph Shearer and Star Wilson Rowland. Wilsons and Burchells and Related Families, 1608-1976. Fairfax, Va.: R. and S. Rowland, 1976. FHL Book 929.273 W691a.
The New Early Settlers of Maryland database is a great place to start searching for immigrants who had arrived in the colony by the 1680s. The database "comprises 34,326 entries from Gust Skordas' Early Settlers of Maryland and Carson Gibb's Supplement to the Early Settlers of Maryland." Available online, courtesy: Maryland State Archives.
Other Calvert County immigration resources include:
- List of imported servants and convicts from Europe who served labor terms in Colonial Calvert County, Maryland (work in progress), courtesy: Immigrant Servants Database. [Includes Richard J. Cox's abstracts of Maryland Gazette runaways.]
Early deed books of Calvert County, Maryland were destroyed.
Through a Joint eGovernment Service of the Maryland Judiciary and the Maryland State Archives, free images and indexes of the surviving Calvert County Deed Books (1812-present) have been uploaded to their website: MDLandRec.Net: A Digital Image Retrieval System for Land Records in Maryland. (Requires free registration.)
Local Histories
Revolutionary War
The 1778 Oath of Fidelity lists for Calvert County have been published in:
- Brumbaugh, Gaius Marcus. Revolutionary Records of Maryland. Washington, D.C.: R.H. Darby Print., 1924. Digital version at FamilySearch Books Online - free.
War of 1812
- List of Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883; Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for Why Pensioned, the Post-Office Address, the Rate of Pension Per Month, and the Date of Original Allowance... Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1883. FHL Collection 973 M2Lp v. 5; digital versions at Google Books and Internet Archive. [See Vol. 5, Maryland, Calvert County, p. 139. Identifies War of 1812 veterans living in this county in 1883.]
- Calvert County newspapers are identified in "Guide to Maryland Newspapers," available online, courtesy: Special Collections, Maryland State Archives.
- Probate Records, Colonial Index, 1634-1777 online at Maryland State Archives website - free
- [1732-1733] "Calvert County, Maryland, Tax Lists, 1732-1733," The Maryland and Delaware Genealogist, Vol. 30, No. 3 (Summer 1989):90-91; Vol. 30, No. 4 (Fall 1989):128-129; Vol. 31, No. 1 (Winter 1990):8-9; Vol. 31, No. 2 (Spring 1990):48-49. FHL US/CAN Book 975 B2m.
- [1783] Calvert County Tax List of 1783: This is an alphabetical index to names to all property owners assessed. The index cards at the Maryland State Archives include county, hundred, names of tracts of land and whether individuals were paupers or single males as provided in the law.
Vital Records
- Maryland Death Certificate Index 1898-1944, available online, courtesy: Vital Records Indexing Project, Maryland State Archives.
Calvert County Maryland Genealogy Societies and Libraries
Family History Centers
Calvert County Maryland Genealogy Websites
- The Calvert County MDGenWeb Project, a member of The MDGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project
- "Calvert Co.," in Genealogical Sources in Periodicals at The Maryland State Archives.
- The USGenWeb Archives Project for Calvert County.
- The USGenWeb Archives Project for Calvert County. (Mirror site)
- FamilySearch.org Family History Library Catalog for Calvert County.
Calvert County Maryland Genealogy References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Calvert, Maryland page 317, At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002. Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ "Maryland Destroyed Courthouses" in My Maryland Genealogy [Internet site] at http://mymarylandgenealogy.com/index.htm#facts2 (accessed 21 October 2008).


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Small Businesses and Congregations Improve Energy Efficiency and Fight Climate Change / EPA names nine Energy Star small business and congregation award winners
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WASHINGTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is recognizing nine small businesses and congregations for their achievements in the fight against climate change. Through effective energy management practices and innovative efficiency solutions, all nine organizations demonstrate that no matter the size, it is possible to save money and use significantly less energy and to power the buildings where Americans work, play, and learn.
The nine organizations all used different tactics to save energy in their buildings. Examples include installing programmable thermostats, lighting sensors, insulation, and a white roof; upgrading to more efficient LED and compact fluorescent lighting and Energy Star qualified equipment; and supporting employee energy-conscious behaviors. Together, these award-winning organizations reduced annual greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those from the annual electricity use of more than 650 homes, while saving more than $850,000 on their energy bills.
The 2010 Energy Star Small Business and Congregations Award winners used tools and resources provided by EPA's Energy Star program to develop their plans and measure and track their accomplishments. By strategically managing the energy performance of their facilities, these small businesses and congregations cut utility costs without sacrificing features, convenience, style, or comfort while making significant contributions to a cleaner environment.
The small business award winners are AutoFair Companies (Manchester, N.H.), Dagher Engineering (New York, N.Y.), Engineering Excellence (Cincinnati, Ohio), and Patriot Subaru (Saco, Maine).
The congregations award winners are First Baptist Church of Orlando (Orlando, Fla.), First Parish Needham (Needham, Mass.), Lakewood Church (Houston, Texas), Saint Alban's Episcopal Church (Monroe, Ga.), and Swarthmore Presbyterian Church (Swarthmore, Pa.).
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ABT member convicted for 2009 shooting
A member of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas (ABT) was convicted on Dec. 1, of racketeering and firearms charges related to his role in the 2009 shooting of a man in Jefferson County.
John Oliver Manning, aka "Fish," 52, of Pasadena, was charged by a federal grand jury on March 17, 2011, with violent crimes in aid of racketeering activity. The activities include conspiracy to commit assault with a dangerous weapon, assault with a dangerous weapon, using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Co-defendant Joshua Mark Bodine, aka "Desperado," 32, of Vidor, had previously pleaded guilty Oct. 11, to assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering activity. Bodine has been in custody since his arrest on Feb. 24, 2011, and Manning has been in custody since his arrest on Sept. 9, 2009.
According to the indictment, the ABT is a race-based, state-wide organization that operates inside and outside of state and federal prisons throughout Texas and the United States. The ABT was established in the early 1980s within the Texas prison system. It modeled itself after and adopted many of the precepts and writings of the Aryan Brotherhood, a California-based prison gang that was formed in the California prison system during the 1960s. According to the indictment, previously, the ABT was primarily concerned with the protection of white inmates and white supremacy/separatism. Over time, the ABT expanded its focus to create a criminal enterprise that includes illegal activities for profit.
According to evidence presented at trial, the ABT enforces its rules and promotes discipline among its members, prospects and associates through murder, attempted murder, conspiracy to murder, assault, robbery and threats against those who violate the rules or pose a threat to the enterprise. Members, and oftentimes associates, are required to follow the orders of higher-ranking members, often referred to as "direct orders."
The evidence at trial established that on Sept. 7, 2009, Manning shot and wounded ABT associate Matthew Fails in Nederland on the orders of Bodine. Specifically, Manning approached Fails with a firearm and a pair of handcuffs in an attempt to collect a debt on Bodine's behalf, and ultimately shot Fails. Fails was declared brain-dead, but later regained consciousness after emergency surgery. A surgeon testified that the wound Fails received caused "agonizing pain" and that Fails "would not ever be the same."
At sentencing, Manning faces up to life in prison and a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years in prison. Sentencing dates have not been scheduled for Manning and Bodine.


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When I started doing my genealogy we didn't have personal computers or genealogy programs to keep track of the information. A couple of file folders or a three-ring binder quickly evolved into file cabinets and shelves of notebooks. Even now, with all your research, family members, and photographs scanned and filed into a database or other program it is still important to keep track of those papers.
I have always filed my information by surname and then by family. For example; my great grandparents William Albert Martin and Nellie Grace Keith would have a folder with all their information and that of all their children; except for Jennie Viola Martin who married Harold Cecil Covey and became my grandmother.
You may ask why it is important to track all those children. The oldest son's descendants may have the family bible or photographs your own side of the family doesn't have. ALWAYS write down anything you find on all relatives and even some of their associates and be sure to make a complete note of the source.
Genealogy programs are a great boon; but only if the information is kept up to date and put into the files correctly. Some genealogy programs let you take information right off the Internet and put it in your file. If not you can keep separate file folders on your computer for bookmarks for each family or area.
Part of one of the hand printed charts I have on my own research.
I still prefer having these charts spread out to trying to follow them from screen
to screen on the computer.
Some of my genealogy reference books. The Keith genealogy and Union County,
Tennessee histories with information on my families from that area.
The same applies for your writing research. Keep track of the file folders. Don't just dump all the information in a folder named "My Novel" or something. Break them down further. If you have trouble keeping track of all those folders keep a physical file of folders and what is in each one. Whatever it takes to get you back to that particular bit of information.
One of the archival boxes holding my photographs. I order them from Light Impressions.
This all leads to a word of caution. Operating systems change, computers crash, even storage formats change. Keep your records in different formats. Keep backups. Store old photos in archival boxes. Keep the actual records in paper form. If you have papers that are a hundred years old it should be obvious that paper is often more stable than anything on a computer.
Don't wait until next year or when you retire to identify your photos and make those files. Start today. Even thirty minutes a day will lead to better files and more productive research. Keep track of all your notes and be sure to cite your sources. If you start out right you will be a far happier researcher later on.


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Cerebus is a misanthropic anthropomorphic 3-foot-tall (0.91 m) bipedal gray aardvark.[21] He refers to himself by name, in the third person, with occasional exceptions in the early issues. Sim has described Cerebus's voice as sounding like George C. Scott's.[citation needed] Although Cerebus considers himself male, and is treated as such, he is a hermaphrodite, possessing both sexes' genitalia and reproductive systems. Theoretically he is capable of impregnating himself; however, a childhood injury to his uterus makes this impossible. Cerebus is an amoral character.[22] He is often foul-mouthed and uncouth, has a vicious temper, and loves getting drunk. In the Guys story arc, Cerebus is described as having "a self-absorption that borders on the pathological."[citation needed] In Church and State, Cerebus, after becoming Pope, uses brutal methods to teach morality lessons.[citation needed] However, he is brave, crafty, and can show genuine affection to those he considers equals or those he has feelings for. He is a skilled tactician and strategist, is very proficient at hand to hand combat, and has a knack for improvisation and manipulation. He received training in magic as a child, but is depicted as being able to recognize magic and deal with it rather than use it.For most of the series' run, Cerebus possesses an innate "magnifier" ability. This ability, which he shows little (if any) conscious awareness of, is a tendency for events occurring around him to become unusually focused and ordered, with intensified actions and consequences and sometimes with paranormal effects, then fall out of place in his absence. This ability also affects the people around him to varying degrees, amplifying their personality traits and abilities, and also amplifies any magic that is present.A running gag in the early storylines was that when Cerebus' fur got wet it gave off a horrible stench, which even he could barely tolerate.[23]Cerebus is often considered to be one of the greatest comic book characters. Wizard magazine rated him as the 63rd greatest comic book character [24] while Empire magazine rated him as the 38th greatest comic book character describing him as a character born of bizarre brilliance.[25] IGN also placed Cerebus as the 91st greatest comic book hero of all time stating that a few names hold as much sway in the independent comics scene as Cerebus and that Cerebus' mark on the industry will be everlasting.[26]
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Feinstein on video: I packed heat
'If I could have gotten 51 votes for an outright ban, I would have done it'
WASHINGTON – A video has been uncovered in which Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., who has promised to introduce probably the most restrictive gun control legislative ever seen in the United States, reveals she was trained in firearms and carried a concealed weapon.
In the video of a U.S. Senate hearing on terrorism after the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, she told "a little anecdote" of how she carried concealed to protect herself after two assassination attempts by the New World Liberation Front, the NWLF.
She explained: "I know the sense of helplessness that people feel. I know the urge to arm yourself because that's what I did. I was trained in firearms. I walked to the hospital when my husband was sick. I carried a concealed weapon and I made the determination if somebody was going to try and take me out, I was going to take them with me."
The video has surfaced amid Feinstein's announcement of a proposal that would ban many types of weapons in response to the Newtown, Conn., school shooting. Twenty children and six adults were killed.
Michael Hammond, legislative counsel for Gun Owners of America, asked in an interview with WND, "Do we need any more proof that she is a hypocrite?"
Hammond said Feinstein "has no problem getting Congress to buy armed guards for Capitol Hill."
"Does she consider herself more precious and more valuable than our children?" he asked.
Hammond was optimistic her new assault weapons ban proposal would be defeated.
"The central reason is that it is going to ban most hunting rifles and will require hunters to be registered with the federal government," he said.
"This discredits the whole notion of gun control" due to the "extreme left-wing" nature of the bill, he said.
Hammond is confident that enough Democrats from GOP districts will stand against it, considering they are up for reelection. He cited as examples Max Baucus of Montana, Tim Johnson of South Dakota and Mark Pryor of Arkansas
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Feinstein reportedly no longer has her concealed carry permit.
She championed her private firearm ownership the same year that she called for banning "all" firearm ownership.
In an interview with "60 Minutes" in 1995 she said, "If I could have gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States, for an outright ban, picking up every one of them. Mr. and Mrs. America, turn 'em all in, I would have done it."
See her comments in the "60 Minutes" interview:
Another video shows Vice President Joe Biden in a 2008 campaign speech in Virginia opposing gun control.
"I guarantee ya, Barack Obama ain't taking my shotguns so don't buy that malarkey, [anti-gun Democrats] gonna start peddling that to you. I've got two if he tries to fool with my Baretta he's got a problem."
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However in 1989, as a senator, Biden introduced legislation for an assault weapons ban that was defeated but then revived by Feinstein.
Ironically, Feinstein serves in Congress with Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., who spoke once at a fundraiser for Kathleen Soliah, aka Sara Jane Olson, who was part of the NWLF, the group accused of attempting to bomb Feinstein's home.
WND previously reported on Feinstein's proposal for gun control.
She said it will be introduced soon.
"It [the bill] will ban the sale, the transfer, the transportation and the possession" of certain weapons, the California senator said on NBC's "Meet the Press." "Not retroactively, but prospectively. And it will ban the same for big clips, drums or strips of more than 10 bullets."
The senator describes the proposal as a version of the assault-weapons ban that expired in 2004.
Feinstein's legislation ban scores of firearms, including military-style "assault" weapons and high-capacity ammunition feeding devices. It also calls for the creation of a federal register that would require millions of gun owners to be fingerprinted and photographed.
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The following is a summary of the legislation posted on Feinstein's official senatorial website:
Bans the sale, transfer, importation, or manufacturing of:
- 120 specifically-named firearms
- Certain other semiautomatic rifles, handguns, shotguns that can accept a detachable magazine and have one military characteristic
- Semiautomatic rifles and handguns with a fixed magazine that can accept more than 10 rounds
Strengthens the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban and various state bans by:
- Moving from a 2-characteristic test to a 1-characteristic test
- Eliminating the easy-to-remove bayonet mounts and flash suppressors from the characteristics test
- Banning firearms with "thumbhole stocks" and "bullet buttons" to address attempts to "work around" prior bans
Bans large-capacity ammunition feeding devices capable of accepting more than 10 rounds.
Protects legitimate hunters and the rights of existing gun owners by:
- Grandfathering weapons legally possessed on the date of enactment
- Exempting over 900 specifically-named weapons used for hunting or sporting purposes and
- Exempting antique, manually-operated, and permanently disabled weapons
Requires that grandfathered weapons be registered under the National Firearms Act, to include:
- Background check of owner and any transferee;
- Type and serial number of the firearm;
- Positive identification, including photograph and fingerprint;
- Certification from local law enforcement of identity and that possession would not violate State or local law; and dedicated funding for ATF to implement registration
A pdf of the bill summary is available here.


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Research shows that children whose parents continue to be involved in their education
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• Pass their classes and be promoted
• Attend school regularly
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One way that you can be involved is to participate in the community planning process for our district's Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP). Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) is California's formula for determining the level of state funding provided to districts to provide for their state-supported general and supplemental programs. The Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) is LCFF's vehicle for transparency and engagement.
Our goal is to gather feedback on the design and implementation of the State and District's priorities. Your participation is critical in this decision-making process, and we appreciate your assistance by completing the Central Union LCAP 2016 Survey. The survey is available in English at http://goo.gl/forms/lB2IJej2ae or in Spanish at http://goo.gl/forms/DFkszO8Tfk and may be accessed on the District webpage. Digital devices can be utilized at the school site to complete this form or they may provide you with a paper copy if needed. Please submit your survey by March 15, 2016.
Thank you in advance for your participation.
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Then along came Lynn of Lily's Quilts and Fat Quarterly fame seeking quilts and quilters to make quilts for a charity called Siblings Together based in London who among other things run camps for siblings separated while in the social care and foster system to enable them to re-establish bonds and spend time together.
I know a lot of people who have gone through the social care system through no fault of their own and often been housed apart from brothers and sisters. It can be a traumatic experience for everyone but most of all for the children themselves. So this for me is a very necessary project.
Then a parcel arrived from America from Thomas Knauer (love him dearly) containing a FQB each of Pear Tree and Flock, his first two collections for Andover.
Flock yelled at me for a gender neutral quilt and with a combination of pinwheels and simple HST's, this quilt arrived. I had to cull out the pinks as that would have sent any small boy running for the hills. Two of the FQ's with judicious cutting made it into the final quilt!
I'm still petting the Pear Tree bundle - it is just so gorgeous. Simple, elegant and understated. Lovely designs in all of the collections and he is simply a lovely man.
I also applied for some more fabric as I'm a little short on it at the moment. Katy from Monkey Do sent me down a pile of Swoon by Melissa Averinos for Andover and an FQB of Meet me at Sunset by Dear Stella. MMaS is still being petted and awaiting solids before it gets transformed. I'd already done a quilt with Swoon and luckily the bulk of what was sent was the same teal colour as my leftovers. I pulled the pinks out and teamed the teal with Klona Candy Blue for an extravaganza of Flying Geese. Unfortunately, I've run out of blue solid and can't get anymore for a couple more weeks!
I think I've got enough wadding but I am frantically trying to find a source of inexpensive backing that I can afford from my ESA allowance. Then I have to simply label them, quilt and post off ready to be united with a child at camp next month.
I'm off to work out what to make with 7.5 yards of Tula Pink Prince Charming......