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A. Combination of vehicles with Gross Combination Weight Rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds provided the GVWR of the vehicle(s) being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds. B. Single vehicle with GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing a vehicle not in excess of 10,000 pounds. C. Single vehicle less that 26,001 pounds GVWR, or any such vehicle towing a vehicle not in excess of 10,000 pounds GVWR, comprising of vehicles required to be placarded for hazardous materials or any bus designed to transport 16 or more passengers including the driver.
Effective May 1, 2007, driving records will be checked annually for all drivers holding commercial drivers licenses.
Annually, all drivers of vehicles requiring a CDL must have submitted their first last name, date of birth, divers' license number or a photo copy of their drivers' license and the employing departments cost object to Transportation Services. Note: The department employing the driver is responsible for all fees required to obtain driving records. Student drivers who are not UNL employees are responsible for all fees required to obtain driving records.
(The following is an excerpt from UNL Human Resources policy concerning Random Drug Testing for drivers required to hold a CDL)
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Testing for Alcohol and Controlled Substances for Employees Required to Hold a Commercial Driver's License
IntroductionEffective January 1, 1995, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln was required by the United State Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish a policy and process which provides testing for alcohol and controlled substances of all employees required to hold a Commercial Driver's License (CDL) as a function of their UNL employment.
Description of Drivers Covered
This policy applies to all employees of UNL who are required to hold a CDL as a condition of employment. For purposes of this policy covered employees will be referred to as "drivers".
This policy applies to applicants selected for a position, current employees, and current employees applying to move into a position requiring a CDL as a condition of employment.
Drivers must submit to testing for alcohol and controlled substances, including but not limited to urinalysis and breath testing. Upon instructing a driver to report for such testing, the supervisor must notify the driver that testing is being performed as required by DOT regulations. Drivers will be tested under the following circumstances:
Circumstances for Testing
A driver-applicant must be tested for controlled substance use as a condition of employment. Employment offers will be conditional until two requirements are met: 1) the applicant must sign consent forms for testing as required by policy, and 2) the applicant must have negative results from required testing.
Exception: Drivers who can document previous participation in testing for alcohol and controlled substances have possibly fulfilled pre-employment testing requirements. Questions should be directed to Human Resources.
Reasonable Suspicion
Drivers must be tested when conduct or appearance gives reasonable suspicion of alcohol or controlled substance use. The driver's behavior must be witnessed by a supervisor or other unit manager (two if reasonably possible) trained in the detection of alcohol and controlled substance use. The supervisor must escort the driver to the testing site.
Reasonable suspicion must be based on specific, contemporaneous, articulable observations concerning the appearance, behavior, speech, or body odors of the employee. The supervisor observing such behavior must make a written record of the behavior within 24 hours of the observed behavior or before results of tests are released, whichever is earlier. Random
Under a scientifically valid selection method, drivers must be chosen at random for unannounced testing. Random testing must be reasonably spaced throughout the year and must result in alcohol-testing of at least 25% of the total number of the average number of University of Nebraska driver positions. Random testing for controlled substances must result in testing of at least 50% of the average number of the University of Nebraska driver positions.
Tests for alcohol and controlled substances must be administered to any driver who is involved in an accident if the accident results in loss of human life or if the driver receives a citation under state or local law for a moving traffic violation. At the discretion of the driver's supervisor and Human Resources, tests may be administered to a driver involved in any accident. Drivers must report the accident immediately, and they must immediately thereafter report for testing to a previously identified laboratory approved by the Department of Health and Human Services. Drivers must be provided necessary post-accident information, procedures, and instructions prior to beginning employment duties.
Tests must be administered as soon as practicable. An alcohol test must be administered within two hours (and no later than eight hours) following the accident. A controlled substance test must be administered within 32 hours following the accident. If tests are not administered within established time frames, efforts to test must stop, and a report must be filed with the DOT to explain why tests were not promptly administered. A driver who is subject to post-accident testing must remain readily available for the testing or may be deemed to have refused to submit to testing.
A driver who has positive results from a test for alcohol or controlled substances must submit to retesting and test negative prior to resuming driving responsibilities.
A driver who has positive results from a test for alcohol or controlled substances and who is identified by a substance abuse professional as needing assistance in resolving problems with alcohol abuse or controlled substances must submit to a minimum of six follow-up tests within the first twelve months following return to duty.
Testing Procedures
Testing procedures at UNL will comply in every respect with DOT requirements. Careful attention will be given to insuring the integrity of the process with a high priority placed on the confidentiality of the employee.
For controlled substances
Collection sites will be designated by UNL. Sites will have all necessary equipment and supervision to provide for the completion of split samples, security, temporary storage, and shipping of the specimens to a drug testing laboratory certified by the Department of Health and Human Services. The split sample method of collection will be used. Collection of the urine samples will allow privacy unless there is reason to believe that a particular employee may alter or substitute the specimen. Test results will be sent to UNL in a manner that will protect the confidentiality of the employee.
For alcohol
Testing sites will be designated by UNL, where tests will be conducted by a certified Breath Alcohol Technician. After the employee provides an adequate amount of breath for testing, the results will be attached to and recorded on the breath alcohol test form and shown to the employee. The form will then be signed by both the technician and the employee. If the result is negative, no further testing will be required and the results will be transmitted to UNL in a confidential manner. If the result is positive, a confirmation test will be performed. Results of the confirmation test will then be attached to and recorded on test forms. Forms will be signed by both the technician and the employee and will then be sent to UNL in a manner that protects the confidentiality of the employee.
Blood alcohol testing is authorized only: 1) when a post-accident or reasonable suspicion test is required and an evidential breath testing device is not readily available; 2) when a post-accident or reasonable suspicion test is required and an evidential breath testing device suitable for confirmation testing is not readily available; or 3) when the covered employee attempts and fails to provide an adequate amount of breath.
Driver Refusal to Submit to Testing
Drivers who refuse to submit to testing or otherwise fail to cooperate in the testing for alcohol and/or controlled substances will be subject to corrective action up to and including dismissal.
Positive Test Results
Drivers who have a positive result from an alcohol and/or a controlled substance test will be subject to corrective action up to and including dismissal.
Drivers who have a positive result from an alcohol and/or a controlled substance test must be referred to UNL's Employee Assistance Program. Drivers must complete any treatment recommended by the EAP, subsequently test negative for alcohol and/or controlled substances, and submit to follow-up testing.
Referral to EAP does not necessarily mean that the driver will retain the position. The supervisor, working with the Department of Human Resources, will determine appropriate corrective action.
Other Requirements
Drivers may not perform driving responsibilities if they:
A driver who engages in any conduct described above may not operate a UNL commercial vehicle. The driver will be subject to corrective action up to and including dismissal.
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Descartes' justification for restricting the inherent qualities of matter to extension is its permanence, but his real criterion is not permanence (which equally applied to color and resistance), but his desire to use geometry to explain all material properties.
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I. In Focus This Week
A look back at 2011
"Off-year" provides many headlines in build-up to 2012
Just because 2011 was an "off-year" for elections doesn't mean lawmakers and elections officials sat back and enjoyed the lull.
From Alabama to Wyoming and everywhere in between, lawmakers and elections officials spent 2011 passing new election reform legislation, implementing new laws and ramping up for the 2012 election cycle. And in between all of that, many states held local elections well.
With the final days of the year upon us, we'll take a look back at some of the biggest stories of 2011. And like most year-end review stories, this in no way captures all the work that went into elections in 2011.
Voter ID
Like it or not, agree with it or not, there is no denying that requiring voters to show photo identification was one of the biggest, if not the biggest elections administration news story of the year.
Kansas, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin joined Indiana and Georgia in being the only states to exclusively require government-issued photo ID to cast a ballot.
Missouri, New Hampshire and North Carolina's state legislatures both approved voter photo ID legislation only to have those reforms overturned by their respective governors.
For South Carolina and Texas — which are both still awaiting preclearance from the U.S. Department of Justice for their laws — the passage of voter ID laws capped years of contentious debate in their respective state houses that included one ill Texas member having his bed moved into the state house so he could vote against the measure and in South Carolina, Democratic Senators walked out at one point in time.
Several civil rights groups have sued over Wisconsin's voter ID law and in Tennessee the governor recently expressed reservations over the new law.
In all the new voter photo ID states there have been reports of residents having difficulty in getting the required ID and state departments of motor vehicles offering additional service hours to fulfill the need.
With the pending lawsuits and several states pre-filing voter ID legislation for their upcoming sessions, voter ID looks to be one of the top news stories of 2012 as well.
Election reforms
Voter ID wasn't the only controversial election administration legislation making its way through statehouses in 2011.
In Ohio the state legislature approved House Bill 194 that cuts early voting from 35 days prior to the election to 21 days in person and 17 by mail. It also limits in-person early voting by not permitting voting on Saturday afternoons, Sundays and the three days prior to the election.
Although approved by the legislature and signed by the governor, a people's initiative to block the law prevents it from being implemented until after November 2012 should the initiative fail.
Maine was the first state to implement same-day registration almost forty years ago. In 2011, citing concerns of vote fraud the state legislature approved L.D. 1376 which eliminated same-day registration and banned absentee voting in the two business days before an election. The law was eventually repealed by voters (see below).
Like Ohio and Maine, Florida's Republican-lead legislature overwhelmingly approved an election reform package that is currently the subject of a lawsuit and being reviewed by the Department of Justice.
The legislation HB 1355 and SB 2086 limits the number of days residents may vote, prohibits voters from changing their name and/or address at the polls on election day and created strict limitations for third-party voter registrations that have already gotten some school teachers in trouble.
Power to the people
The people — voters — took matters into their own hands on several fronts this year.
In Mississippi voters overwhelmingly approved the state's new voter photo ID law.
Residents in Maine and Ohio put thousands of signatures on petitions to get new state voting laws on the ballot. In Ohio the ballot question will appear on the November 2012 ballot and in Maine the move to reinstate same-day registration was on the November 2011 ballot where it was approved by a large margin.
Fed up with the status quo, voters across the country worked to recall elected officials in dozens of states and counties. The recall process, especially in Wisconsin, proved challenging for election officials as well as costly, however based on current media reports appears set to be popular well into 2012.
Primary shuffle
Everyone in the elections world has November 6, 2012 circled on their calendars, but for elections officials in some states figuring out what date to circle for the primaries took a little bit longer.
More than 10 states and the District of Columbia had to move their primary in order to comply with the federal MOVE Act. For most states and the District the procedure involved a relatively quick legislative fix, but the process is ongoing in New York where a judge recently announced that he would rule sometime in January 2012 on when the state's primary would be held because he did not trust the state legislators to get the work done.
For Ohio and Texas the issue was redistricting. Last week legislators in Ohio struck a deal to hold one primary on March 3 instead of two separate primaries. And with county elections officials growing increasingly concerned about planning, this week a deal was reached to hold Texas' primaries on April 6.
And in South Carolina it wasn't so much when the presidential primary would be, but how the counties were going to pay for it. Several counties went to court in an effort to not hold the primary altogether. However a judge ruled that they must hold the primary. The state GOP had pledged to help cover costs to counties that the state did not, but recently indicated they would not be able to help. The state estimates it will coast $1.5 million to hold the primary and the state only has just offer $1 million available. It remains unclear where the additional money will come from.
Personnel News
This year saw a host of new faces in the top state elections spot. New secretaries of state were installed in Colorado, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, New Mexico, Ohio, South Dakota and Vermont.
In Kentucky, former Secretary of State Trey Grayson resigned at the beginning of the year to work with Kennedy School of Government and Elaine Walker was appointed to fulfill his term. Walker did not have the easiest of times in office. She lost the Democratic primary and was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Long-time Louisiana Secretary of State Jay Dardenne stepped down in order to seek higher office and deputy Tom Schedler was appointed on an interim basis to fulfill the term. Schedler successfully sought election to the seat in November. He will officially fulfill the remainder of Dardenne's term as well as serve for four additional years.
Many of the new secretaries of state have been in the news for a variety of reasons. Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White will face trial on federal voter fraud charges in January 2012, Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler has butted heads on several occasions with county clerks and in Kansas, Secretary of State Kobach has been making a name for himself on the national level on immigration issues.
Also on the secretary of state front, two stalwarts of the elections business announced plans that they do not intend to run for re-election in 2012. Three-term Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed announced that he will retire at the end of his term in January 2012.
Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan announced in late September that she would not seek a third term in office. She has yet to indicate what her next steps will be other than a return to private life.
In Texas, long-time Elections Director Ann McGeehan has moved on after serving for early a quarter of a century and 13 different secretaries of state.
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It will debut on Feburary 16, 2013, and there is a good chance that it will include at least a glimpse of Blue Ivy, since the doc "captures … her family life including her return to the spotlight after the birth of her daughter." Also, Beyoncé says that "some of her favorite shows" are on HBO, which raises so many questions: Is Bey a Girls fan? Does she watch Boardwalk with Jay? Will she come to our Newsroom viewing party?!


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White House proposes insurance fix
The White House is proffering a healthcare reform compromise: allow consumers to hang on to insurance policies that do not meet the mandated upgrades. President Obama announced the initiative Thursday. The strategy is a backstop to the uproar over the perceived dissonance between the president's prior claim that healthcare reform would not force consumers to change their plans. The then-policy applied to plans that remained static between 2010 and 2013: if the plan changed and failed to meet healthcare reform coverage requirements, it could no longer be offered.
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Thursday's proposal would allow subscribers to continue with sub-requirement policies. Unlike a Republican proposal set to be debated in the House Friday, the administration's proposal would not allow these same insurance plans to take on new subscribers.
"I completely get how upsetting this can be for a lot of Americans, particularly after assurances they heard from me that if they had a plan that they liked they could keep it. And to those Americans, I hear you loud and clear. I said that I would do everything we can to fix this problem. And today I'm offering an idea that will help do it," Obama said Thursday.
The president acknowledged that the proposal is not going to please everyone, but said dissatisfaction is not a reason to overturn the law.
"It is important to understand, though, that the old individual market was not working well. And it's important that we don't pretend that somehow that's a place worth going back to," he said.
House speaker John Boehner said he doubts the change can be implemented, reports the Wall Street Journal. The Ohio republican decried the announcement on his website as "little more than a political response designed to shift blame rather than solve the problem."


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Hi! So we recently reviewed our credit report and found a $56 collection account for a medical debt. It is reported under the name of the collection agency and is the only negative on either of our files. Had absolutely no knowledge of this bill before.
So we contacted the OC and they were very supportive in our request to pay immediately, contingent on the entry being completely deleted. They even went as far as contacting the collection agency to request that this be done.
The next call we received was from the collection agency. They claim they are a 3rd party servicer of the debt for the OC and are unable to delete any entries they have made and that all they can do is update the status to "Paid".
I was a CA collector in a former life (before college) and handled hospital/physician collections exclusively. I was FDCPA certified and witnessed firsthand, and with regularity, negative entries being updated and/or deleted for all kinds of reasons.
However, that was 15+ years ago so I just don't know if anything has changed.
Is there any substance to the claim of this CA that they are not allowed to delete credit report entries unless they are found to be inaccurate? Is there anything in the current law that I can reference in dealing with them to at least establish that they can in fact do it. I understand if that's just the policy of the CA but they are telling us that they cannot do it even if they wanted to.
All over $56.
Hi, welcome to the forums!
No, they're lying like a rug. And they are risking a HIPAA violation by continuing to report when the OC pulled the collection back.
edit in an attempt to clarify: creditors and collection agencies can always delete negative info. They're just not supposed to, per their agreements with the CRA's. It's a decision that they are allowed to make. Front-line phone answerers might not be aware of this.
With medical collections, one interpretation of HIPAA says that medical collections can no longer be reported once the debt is paid, because there is no longer a business relationship (probably have the terminology wrong, but that's the underlying idea) between the healthcare provider and the CA, and so there is no allowable purpose in continuing to report the collection.
DXH once had a medical collection on two of his reports. We knew nothing about it. It resulted from the insurance company denying the original bill by an ER physician. Instead of fixing the bill and resubmitting it, the ER billers just turned it over to collections. All we knew was that we got several EOB's stating that the bill had been sent to insurance, and then nothing. I defy anyone to tell me with a straight face that a consumer/ patient can easily track the progress of medical insurance payments via mailed-out EOB's. I work in patient health information/ records, and I'm as baffled as anyone.
At any rate, we contacted the insurance company, who we no longer used, and they graciously agreed to pay the claim. Once it was paid, I contacted the CA. The collection was gone the next month.
It's certainly not always that smooth or easy, but it's certainly better than regular (non-medical) collections.
Thank you for the thoughtful reply!
I have been reading up on the HIPPA route and best I've determined is that there are differing interpretations of how that law is applied with medical collections and that it might work, might not. Certainly seems like something to try if nothing else works.
One of the frustrations we are having is determining who actually owns the debt. It shows under the name of the CA on our credit report. However, the CA says they are only a 3rd party servicer for the OC. But then the OC tells us that it's up to the CA and that all they can do is support our request.
Having a similar issue with a CA. All over a matter of a $55 parking ticket that was tacked onto a car no longer under my ownership. (My mistake for not having filed the DMV paperwork.)
I paid the fine almost two years ago. Unfortunately the DOFD was in 2007. I've mailed them a handful of GW letters asking if they'd remove it, never received a response. I just called the number and spoke to a front line phone person. They sounded uneducated and also mentioned "they only report updates" and that it cannot be deleted. Any way to get around the grunts?
I have gotten 3 collections agencies to delete the accounts after paying them in full. 1 just yesterday, 1 last Friday and 1 in July. These collections arose because I moved and didn't receive notice which is what I told them repeatedly. Thier first response is always to say that they cannot delete. I wrote very nice letters about 3 weeks apart explaining my situation and how terribly it was harming me in qualifying for good rates on a home. I never got a response. It's just a matter of being persistent. Afterwards, I began calling and probably spoke to 15 different people. Finally I was given the name of the person in the disputes department and began writing directly to him. The process took about 3 months but it is worth it in the end. Good luck to you. Don't give up.
This is a legal mailstrom!
Technically and procedurally, the CAs are totally correct in stating grounds for why they WONT delete. So any CA that tells you this is NOT being dishonest.
But what they dont tell you is that it is NOT a specific provision of law. So, no, it is NOT illegal for them to delete.
When a CA signs up with a CRA to do credit reporting with the CRA, they enter into a reporting contract. One of the major provisions in the reproting agreement between the credtitor/CA is that they agree to comply with the reporting guidlelines published jointly by the CRAs in a document know as the "Credit Reporting Resources Guide (c) 2006, CDIA."
They have legal contract with the CRAs to comply with these credit reporting standards. One standard that is repeatedly, and clearly stated under numerous sections of this agreement, is that anyone reporting information to them should not delete prior, accurate informtion based on the fact that payment of debt has occured.
But this apparently clear and express provision of the reporting agreement has absolutely no followup provisions, and thus NO teeth.. If a credtitor/CA does delete prior reporting based on payment offered to them, all the credtior/CA has to do is to report the deletion. They dont have to offfer an reasons. THe CRA must accept it, and never questions the underlying reasons. No CRA has EVER challenged, to my knowledge, the violation of the reporting agreement by even asking, yet alone requiring, the reporting party to supplement any reason for their deletion.
Bottom line, the credtitor/CA can properly invoke this is a legal reason for denial of a PFD/GW, but they can just as easily ignore it with NO peril.
Their incentive is fueled by greed, not compliance with the reporting guidelines.
If the OC still controls the debt and it sounds like it does. See if you can ask the OC to recall your account from the CA.
I have no idea what asking an OC to "recall" the account means.
If the OC still owns the debt, and they accept payment from you, they will notify the CA that the debt is now satisfied, which will require the CA to cease further collection activity, and to update the debt balance to $0. But this does not require the CA to delete ("recall?") their prior, and separate, reporting of the collection from your CR.
Some OCs and / or CAs see themselves as keepers of the holy grail and refuse to accept a PFD because they can, though they have no responsibility to refuse.
Each reporting entity is, basically, a subscriber to one or more of the CRAs. In their subscriber agreement they agree to accept industry guidelines as outlined in the Consumer Data Industry Association's 2009 version of the Credit Reporting Resource Guide. It is important to note that CRAs can rarely obligate subscribers -- only recommend.
CRRG Section 2-3:
Once information is reported accurately, it is important that data furnishers not ask for a subsequent change in the history payment record unless the payment history is inaccurate.
• Consumer credit history information will be reported in a factual, precise and objective manner.
• Only inaccurately reported accounts should be deleted. Paid derogatory accounts, such as collections or charge offs, should be reported as paid; they should not be deleted.
• Requests by consumers for reverification of challenged information must be processed promptly.
• Unless an error is discovered, the consumer will be advised that the factual credit history will continue to be reported.
Now, should you have encountered a recalcitrant CRA subscriber who refuses to accept a PFD, depending on how crucial it is to have this tradeline deleted and any time constraints you may be under, you do have various options some of which may serve to help the CA / OC find religion. Sometimes it takes something as simple as moving up higher in the food chain or persistence to the point of annoyance. My personal favorite, though, is to wait until the creditor can be found in flagrante delicto of some obscure yet actionable consumer statute such as the FCRA / FDCPA. You'd be surprised how many people see the light when served and facing a $1k or more slap upside the noggin.
Each reporting entity is, I agree, basically, a legal subscriber to one or more of the CRAs.
Each CRA has one uniform reporting in their contracts.
In their subscriber agreement they contractually agree to accept guidelines as outlined in the Consumer Data Industry Association's © 2009 version of the Credit Reporting Resource Guide. It is not a recommendation, it is a contract agreement.
I can only make brief quotes from the contract provisions in the credit reporting manual, due to copyright limitations:
"paid, derogatory accounts, such as collections, should be reported paid; they should not be deleted"
"data furnishers should not report subsequent deletion of an account history unless an actual error is reported. Paid derogatory accounts, such as collections, should be reported as paid; they should not be deleted.


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Section 43 of the Criminal Code is controversial in that it expressly offers parents and teachers a defence when they use reasonable force to discipline a child. Given an increased recognition of the rights and best interests of children, many have called for an end to any form of physical punishment of children and youth in Canada, which would necessarily include the repeal of s. 43. Others, while acknowledging that abuse itself is never justified, have argued that minor physical correction is acceptable in certain circumstances and that individuals should not risk criminal prosecution as a result of their parenting techniques.
This paper reviews the content of s. 43 and its relatively recent judicial interpretation by the Supreme Court of Canada, a majority of which upheld the provision in 2004. It then discusses past proposals to repeal the section, and the legal effects that such a repeal would have, given the definition of assault in Canada's Criminal Code and the availability of common law defences. Finally, public opinion on abolishing s. 43, research regarding the effects of physical punishment and international perspectives on the issue are briefly examined.
Section 43 of the Criminal Code(1) reads as follows:
Every schoolteacher, parent or person standing in the place of a parent is justified in using force by way of correction toward a pupil or child, as the case may be, who is under his care, if the force does not exceed what is reasonable under the circumstances.
The defence of reasonable correction appeared in Canada's first Criminal Code in 1892. The content has remained virtually unchanged since that time, with the exception of the removal of masters and apprentices from among the relationships covered by the defence.(2)
On 30 January 2004, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in the case of Canadian Foundation for Children, Youth and the Law v. Canada (Attorney General).(3) The issue was whether s. 43 is unconstitutional. Six of nine justices concluded that the provision does not violate the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms,(4) as it does not infringe a child's rights to security of the person or a child's right to equality, and it does not constitute cruel and unusual treatment or punishment. Three justices dissented in three different respects.
The majority of justices in Canadian Foundation for Children, Youth and the Law upheld s. 43 on the basis that it protects only parents, schoolteachers and persons who have assumed all of the obligations of parenthood. Further, it maintains a risk of criminal sanction if force is used for non-educative or non-corrective purposes, and limits the type and degree of force that may be used. The words "by way of correction" in s. 43 mean that the use of force must be sober and reasoned, address actual behaviour, and be intended to restrain, control, or express symbolic disapproval. The child must have the capacity to understand and benefit from the correction, so that s. 43 does not justify force against children under two or those with particular disabilities.
The words "reasonable under the circumstances" in s. 43 mean that the force must be transitory and trifling, must not harm or degrade the child, and must not be based on the gravity of the wrongdoing. Reasonableness further implies that force may not be administered to teenagers, as it can induce aggressive or antisocial behaviour, may not involve objects such as rulers or belts, and may not be applied to the head. While corporal punishment itself is not reasonable in the school context, a majority of the Supreme Court concluded that teachers may use force to remove children from classrooms or secure compliance with instructions.
In a first dissenting opinion, Binnie J. concluded that s. 43 violates children's equality under s. 15 of the Charter. However, the infringement is justified under s. 1 as reasonable in a free and democratic society, although only with respect to parents and persons standing in their place. Because the justification rests on respecting the family environment where only limited corrective force is used to carry out important parental responsibilities, Binnie J. concluded that the defence in s. 43 should not be available to teachers.
Arbour J., also dissenting, found s. 43 unconstitutionally vague and therefore a violation of children's security that is not in accordance with fundamental principles of justice under s. 7 of the Charter. Citing a lack of judicial consensus on what constitutes force that is "reasonable under the circumstances," she found s. 43 to be incapable of providing clear guidance to parents, teachers and law enforcers.
In a third dissenting opinion, Deschamps J. determined that s. 43 violates s. 15 of the Charter because it "encourages a view of children as less worthy of protection and respect for their bodily integrity based on outdated notions of their inferior personhood."(5) Although reasonable flexibility in child-rearing is a valid objective, a law that permits more than only very minor applications of force unjustifiably impairs the rights of children. Deschamps J. would therefore have struck down s. 43 for both parents and teachers.
In 1984, the Law Reform Commission of Canada recommended the repeal of s. 43 as a defence for teachers.(6) A majority of the Commission suggested that s. 43 be maintained for parents, primarily out of concern that the criminal law would otherwise unduly encroach on family life for every trivial slap or spanking.(7)
There have been several legislative attempts to abolish corporal punishment over the past decade, all in the form of private members' bills introduced in the Senate or House of Commons.(8) The most recent one was introduced in the Senate in October 2007 and received third reading in June 2008. The bill received first reading in the House of Commons on 20 June 2008.(9)
If s. 43 were repealed, the general assault provisions of the Criminal Code would apply to a parent, teacher or guardian who uses force against a child without the latter's consent. A statutory defence based on "reasonable correction" would no longer be available. Because s. 265 of the Criminal Code prohibits the non-consensual application of force and s. 279 prohibits forcible confinement of another person without lawful authority, there is concern that the abolition of the defence in s. 43 would criminalize parental conduct short of what is usually considered corporal punishment, such as restraining an uncooperative child in a car seat or physically putting a child to bed.
Possible responses are that such actions could be defended under common law doctrines, which are discussed below, or on the basis of a child's implied consent to allow a parent to care for and nurture him or her. Alternatively, law enforcers may, in practice, exercise discretion not to prosecute. Comparisons might be made to various types of unwanted contact between adults that legally constitute assault but are addressed through other measures, such as public education and workplace policies, or not addressed at all. Varying degrees of culpability, depending on the severity of the physical force used, may also be addressed through sentencing.
If the defence of reasonable correction in s. 43 were repealed, common law defences would remain.(10) The common law defence of necessity precludes criminal responsibility in emergency situations for involuntary conduct aimed at protecting oneself or others. As it is based on true involuntariness of an action, the defence has been interpreted narrowly.(11) Three elements must be present: imminent peril or danger, the absence of a reasonable legal alternative, and proportionality between the harm inflicted and the harm avoided. While the defence might be available, for example, to a parent preventing a child from running into the street, it would not be available to a parent who, with or without thinking, strikes a child who is misbehaving.
The defence of de minimus(12) is an alternative common law defence that precludes punishment for a trivial or technical violation of the law. Compared to that of necessity, this defence is more likely to relieve parents and guardians of criminal convictions resulting from minor forms of physical punishment. However, it may not be as available to teachers, given society's growing lack of acceptance of the use of corporal punishment in schools. The de minimus defence depends on whether the offence may be viewed as not serious, and the offender not deserving of criminal sanction.
Under their legislative authority over education and child protection, some provinces and territories have already prohibited corporal punishment in schools and childcare facilities.(13) Quebec removed references to a "right of correction" from its Civil Code in 1994.(14) However, legislation is inconsistent across the country. Should Parliament repeal s. 43 under its criminal law power, physical punishment of children would become unlawful in all Canadian jurisdictions. Any provincial or territorial law that remained inconsistent would yield to the paramount federal statute. The repeal of s. 43 would therefore create legal consistency across Canada.
The issue of whether parents should be permitted to use physical punishment on their children is divisive in Canada. A national survey in 2003(15) indicated that a large majority (69%) of Canadians were in favour of repealing s. 43 of the Criminal Code with respect to teachers. However, this majority was less supportive (51%) with respect to ending the provision for parents. The same survey found that respondents were more inclined to support the removal of s. 43 if guidelines were developed to prevent prosecutions of minor slaps or spanks (60%), research demonstrated that physical punishment is ineffective and potentially harmful (61%), or research showed that ending s. 43 would decrease abuse (71%).
Over 100 organizations and individuals in Canada have endorsed a position stating that physical punishment of children and youth plays no useful role in their upbringing, and calling for the same protection from assault as that given to Canadian adults.(16) Other groups, conversely, support the parental protection offered by s. 43 and argue that parents should be free to decide how to discipline their children, provided that it is fair, reasonable and never abusive.(17)
There is a growing body of research indicating that corporal punishment has detrimental effects on children.(18) It places children at risk of physical injury, physical abuse, impaired mental health, a poor parent/child relationship, and increased childhood and adolescent aggression and antisocial behaviour.(19) However, other researchers dispute these findings. The two main criticisms are that research on the negative effects of corporal punishment does not adequately distinguish between physical punishment and physical abuse, and research cannot determine whether the negative outcomes attributed to physical punishment are actually caused by the punishment.(20)
In 1991, Canada ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, article 19 of which mandates the protection of children from all forms of physical or mental violence, injury or abuse.(21) In response to reports from Canada regarding the action it has taken to meet the requirements of the Convention, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child recommended that physical punishment of children in schools and families be prohibited and that s. 43 be removed.(22) At the same time, international covenants recognize the integrity of the family unit and indicate that parents have the primary responsibility for the upbringing and development of the child.(23) Further, in Canadian Foundation for Children, Youth and the Law, a majority of the Supreme Court of Canada considered the Convention on the Rights of the Child and concluded that it did not explicitly require state parties to ban all corporal punishment of children.(24)
At least 19 countries have legislated bans on corporal punishment in both the home and school.(25) Other countries, or jurisdictions within them, have passed laws prohibiting force of certain types or in certain contexts. Although many countries have legislated against corporal punishment, most of the 193 parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child have not. Further, those that have, including Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway and Austria, have apparently instituted non-criminal measures and reserve assault only for more serious conduct.(26) Because the definition of assault in Canada's Criminal Code is based on the non-consensual nature of the contact, there may be greater risk in Canada in extending the criminal law. It may be important to ensure that other defences are available so that parents are not criminally convicted for minor forms of physical punishment.
In general, nobody disagrees with the proposition that children should be free from physical abuse and injury, and this is clearly not what the debate surrounding s. 43 of the Criminal Code is about. Rather, the debate is about the effects of minor forms of physical punishment and the appropriateness of using the criminal law to enforce a particular view of what constitutes proper parenting. Some are confident that prosecutorial discretion and existing common law defences will continue to prevent individuals from being charged or convicted for trivial slaps and spanks. Others fear that parents may face intervention from neighbours or passersby, investigations by police and even imprisonment for limited punishment of their children, or for a momentary but arguably human lapse of judgment.
Child welfare and protection laws go some distance in the prevention and detection of child abuse, and public education campaigns exist to encourage parents not to use even minor forms of physical punishment on their children. Given these developments, advocates for the repeal of s. 43 say that the provision sends the mixed message that it may be acceptable to strike a child. But those against the removal of s. 43 from the Criminal Code worry about an inverse message if the provision is repealed: criminal prosecution and conviction may result from any physical contact or restraint that is used against a child. As with most social issues, it is clear that there is no Canadian consensus, which is all the more understandable, given that even the Supreme Court of Canada and the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child have expressed divergent views on the acceptability of s. 43.


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Theresa L. Agosti
Theresa L. Agosti, 93, of Pine Avenue, Force, died Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at Christ the King Manor, DuBois, following an illness over the past year.She was born Oct. 12, 1917 in Force, daughter of the late Charles and Josephine (Andresak) Michuck. On Feb. 3, 1940, she married George A. Agosti, who preceded her in death on Feb. 24, 1972.She lived all her life in Force. At age 16, she graduated as the Valedictorian of Weedville High School, Class of 1933, and was recognized for perfect attendance. She worked at Keystone Carbon and retired from Stackpole Carbon. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church of Force, where she enjoyed volunteering her time for many years. She was awarded a plaque from the Voters Hall of Fame for voting in every election. She was an avid fan of Penn State football, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Pittsburgh Pirates. She enjoyed bingo, an occasional trip to a casino and spending time with her family and friends.She is survived by four children, Kenneth Agosti and his wife Carol of Jeanette; Enrico "Ricky" Agosti and his wife Jozefina of Indiana; Nancee and her husband Michael Martin of St. Marys; and Donna and her husband Larry Foster of Brockway; a sister, Louise Bauer of St. Marys; seven grandchildren, Melissa and her husband Matthew Nicklas, Mallory Martin, Kristen and her husband Jason Rigone, Bryan Agosti, Michael Foster and his fiancé Melinda Mattivi, Andrea Foster and Samantha Foster; two step-grandchildren, Erika and Natalia Dragunova; eight great-grandchildren, Rylee and Mason Nicklas, Nicholas, Emma and Alexander Rigone, Maddox and Monroe Dorward and Owen Agosti; numerous nieces and nephews; and many dear friends.In addition to her parents and husband, she was predeceased by three sisters, Helen Agosti, Martha Ciami and Mary Beltly; two brothers, Joseph and Sonny Michuck; and a granddaughter, grandson and two great-grandsons at birth.A Mass of Christian Burial for Theresa L. Agosti will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday at St. Joseph Catholic Church of Force, with Father Thomas Tyler officiating. Burial will take place at St. Joseph Church Cemetery in Force. Visitation will be held Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. and Saturday from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the Ralph M. Geer Funeral Home in Penfield. The family suggests donations to St. Joseph Church.


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When I first received Yale Scott's message from the White House on Wednesday, Oct. 27, I thought it was a prank call, but after verifying its legitimacy, I called him back. He seemed OK. He interviewed me about my experiences as a volunteer, then told me that I had been chosen as one of the many people to be considered for the opportunity to be in the "Freedom Corps"—really just a fancy term for "greeter"—and that I would find out by Friday whether or not I had been selected to greet President George W. Bush on Monday evening, Nov. 1, as he made the rounds on his final day of campaigning. Over the next two days, I get a series of phone calls from several people associated with Scott and the White House, all of whom seem to ask the same questions. I feel like I'm being interrogated. When Friday rolls around, I am told that I have been selected as a "Freedom Corps" representative. I will greet the president at Kirtland Air Force Base, ride in the presidential motorcade and sit on stage at Journal Pavilion while President Bush gives his address. Oh, what to wear?
It's Monday now—the Big Day. My guest during the event will be my father. We are supposed to arrive at Kirtland Air Force Base by 5 p.m. My dad shows up at my house at 4 p.m. I do not live an hour away from Kirtland. Whatever.
4:05 p.m.: My dad decides to drive and I laugh as he tries to cram his tall frame into my tiny car.
4:30 p.m.: My father and I arrive at Kirtland Air force Base and it seems Brian (our contact person who is also Secret Service) has forgotten to put my dad on the access list. We get to sit and wait while he comes to verify that we are both OK to go inside. While waiting, my dad mentions how the female Secret Service agent is "good looking." I say nothing.
4:45 p.m.: We are taken to Hangar 333, where we are directed to a "lounge" and told we will probably have a two-hour wait.
5 p.m.: We wait. We talk with some Secret Service guys and continue to wait.
5:30 p.m.: We become restless and start searching for places to get some good photos. We take notice of the presidential limo and ask if we can take some pictures. We snap some cool ones.
5:45 p.m.: We are briefed on when and where we are supposed to be. I am told I will be "placed" once we get "out there," which I assume is code for "the tarmac." I get the feeling I'm a pawn.
6:15 p.m.: We all finally file out onto the tarmac and wait to be turned into Popsicles.
6:25 p.m.: Air Force One finally arrives. I am taken aback by its size. A group of people file out and down a small flight of stairs at the back of the giant plane, the president's stairs are driven up to the plane on a truck. I am finally "placed."
6:30 p.m.: President Bush walks off the plane and greets the Air Force personnel before finally coming over to be greeted by me. As I shake his hand, we chit chat a little. I ask how his trip was (as if it could have been anything less then wonderful considering he has his own plane) and he thanks me for being a volunteer. We agree that it's cold outside. Then I am swept into one of the motorcade vehicles, a large, white SUV, where my father is waiting.
The rest happens so quickly, I lose track of time. We ride in the motorcade to the Journal Pavilion on a secret road near the Manzanos that, were we caught driving on it at any other time, could result in our getting shot. On the way, a motorcycle officer goes down on his bike. We keep driving. The Secret Service guys tell us that crashes like that happen "weekly."
The motorcade arrives at Journal Pavilion and I am pulled out of the car by a woman with a heavy New York accent and directed to the side-stage, where I am handed-off. The man I am passed to begins to lead me onto the stage. He stops, but I think he is just sending me on from that point to fend for myself. So I keep walking as Congresswoman Heather Wilson is announced. My "handler" suddenly pulls me back to the side of the stage because I am walking out on Wilson's entrance cue. Finally, I get my seat on stage. My dad goes camera-happy snapping photos of everything: me, the crowd, even the press. Bush gives his speech.
Several times he calls for everyone to stand with him on many issues I am opposed to, so I remain seated. I am probably the only one. I now begin to feel hypocritical sitting at a Bush rally when I don't support his beliefs. The event ends, and we are left behind by the motorcade and have to hitch a ride with a stranger who happens to be in charge of booking bands for Journal Pavilion. Thanks, Mr. President. Nice to meet you.


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Boys' golf continues to win at Brockway
PUNXSUTAWNEY— The Punxsutawney Chucks continue to dominate the links.
No matter how hard you try, there is no other lede that can sum it up better.
With districts just 13 days away at Penn Hills Country Club, the Chucks wanted to continue that domination.
On Monday, the Chucks took on the Rovers of Brockway High School.
In a close match by the Chucks' standards, they were able to walk away with a 163-175 victory.
The Chucks had to battle adversity throughout the match, as Mother Nature didn't quite cooperate with the two schools.
Head coach Josh Conrad was proud of how his
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Leading the way for the Chucks, once again, was Brandon Mancuso.
Mancuso shot a team-low 39 on the day.
Helping Mancuso tie for the course-low score on the day was his birdie on the 113-yard, par-3 No. 8.
While Mancuso's score was impressive, the Chucks won Monday as a collective team.
Only 11 strokes separated first place from fifth place on the roster.
With the second-best score of the day, Eli Thompson posted a 40 on the afternoon.
Finishing with a 41, two shots back of Mancuso, was Logan Reed with a 41.
Kicking off his round in a major way, Reed was able to birdie the
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Both Nick Voris and Austin Milton contributed to the Chucks' win with their respective 43s.
Rounding out the scoring for Punxsy was Peyton Graham's 50.
"They just kept grinding away," Conrad said. "That's good to see as we move into tournaments and districts."
For Brockway, Brett Carr tied Mancuso with a 39 of
his own to lead the Rovers.
Braden Martini wasn't far behind, as he shot a 42 on the afternoon.
Sam Hawkins posted the third-best score for the Rovers, shooting a 46 over nine holes.
Seth Sugarts shot a 48 on the afternoon, while Cody Jose rounded out the Brockway effort that fell short.
Despite districts appearing in less than two weeks, the Chucks still have a plethora of matches on the schedule.
In fact, they will tee off six more times before traveling to Penn Hills Country Club.
Up next for Punxsy will be an away match against Indiana tomorrow.
The Chucks return home against Curwensville on Thursday.
As a precursor for districts, the Chucks will take part in the Bradford Invitational this Saturday, Sept. 14.


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Asian carp is a non-native, invasive species that could threaten the ecological balance of the Great Lakes.
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Story and Structure
Is plot dead?
I had a recent argument with a playwriting student who thought it was. It wasn't just plot that was dead. She told me that the whole concept of character-driven narrative structure in dramatic writing, the so-called "well-made story", was out-of-date, bourgeois and boring.
Actually, to say we were "arguing" is putting it strongly; I teach in a low-residency MFA program, and so our discussion was not only quite civil, it was quaintly epistolary, conducted via letters over several weeks. What's more, this student is no kid. She's also smart as a whip and has worked as a theater professional around the world. She's mulled about this kind of thing for years. And so I gave serious thought to what she had to say. In the end, I still disagreed.
By the end of the semester, we may not have seen things eye-to-eye. But she taught me a lot about postmodern theatre and I read a bunch of plays I hadn't read before, many of which I thought were terrific. I also like to hope I convinced her, even a little, of the continuing power of that ancient (I would actually say hardwired) form, the well-told story. Most important, because I had to defend my position, the exchange made me think hard about something I've spent years taking for granted: the importance of that strange thing we call narrative structure.
Every writer in the guild – screenwriters, TV writers, news writers – depends on structure. It's our go-to weapon, our primary tool of choice: kind of like our t-square/hammer/calculator/Singer sewing machine, all rolled into one. Without a solid structure, a story, any story, slowly collapses in on itself like an improvised Lego suspension bridge. I'd go so far as to paraphrase Thomas Edison and say that good writing is 1% inspiration and 99% structure. Sure, dialogue is important; but like everything, it serves the story. And story is basically all about structure.
Structure, of course, isn't some kind of rigid code, a one-size-fits-all Iron Maiden into which one must cram one's genius. Good writers are constantly tinkering with structure, which arises from specific characters, their situation, their wants, and their problems. Good story structure, after all, can be anything: it can be loopy and deconstructed; it can turn chronology inside out, shatter the fourth wall, break reality, and be as full of surprises, misdirections, and dead ends as a moonlit neighborhood in Venice, the kind you chase a murderous dwarf through because you're convinced it's a kid in a red raincoat. So what makes structure good? As has been said of music, if it sounds good, it is good. If the structure makes organic sense with the story that's being told, if it drives the action… then it's good. If you're riveted to your chair, if you keep your hand off the clicker, if the ending resonates so much that you're still talking about it weeks later… then whoever the writer is, she or he has earned that paycheck.
Recently, some WGAE colleagues and I were talking with a room full of producers/writers who work in non-fiction TV—(this means shows like The First 48, Steven Seagal: Lawman or Four Weddings) mostly for cable. One producer/writer was talking about a show she works on, which features a medical pathologist who performs autopsies. A colleague of mine said she was a fan of the show and that she was always delighted there was a surprise ending, a twist at the end she hadn't expected. The producer/writer gave a wry smile and said, "Yeah… because we put it there." Of course, it's something we all knew intellectually… and yet there it was a visceral reminder in a specific example. The producer/writers of nonfiction TV are masters of story structure, the same as the rest of us; and they deserve to join our ranks and get a union contract.


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a little gnome quilt.
12 comments:
- Terriaw said...
Adorable! I love it. In fact, you have inspired me to make a simple patchwork too. Love the colors and prints you put together. Happy to see you're still whipping up such fun quilts. Hope you're enjoying fall.
- October 8, 2011 at 9:16 PM
- Joanne Huffman said...
It's good to see you post again. I always love looking at your quilts. And, fall is my favorite season, so I'm definitely loving it.
- October 9, 2011 at 9:43 AM
- ayumills said...
Love this quilt! It's so nice to see your new post, erica!
- October 9, 2011 at 10:52 AM
- kristinp said...
I love this quilt...big and small. A great intro to fall. I am wondering what that fabric is on the back. It looks like something I could use for a project I am working on but can't locate it.
Thanks...welcome back!
- October 9, 2011 at 12:23 PM
- Brooke said...
Gnomes? And little hints of bright orange?
I'm dying.
Oh, just dying. TOO, too cute!!!!!
- October 9, 2011 at 5:01 PM
- Chris said...
I love those prints and colors! Thanks for sharing. Happy Fall!
- October 10, 2011 at 9:24 AM
very lovely natural colors!
- October 10, 2011 at 9:30 AM
- angela said...
That is FABULOUS!
- October 10, 2011 at 1:59 PM
- Newton Shades said...
I love those prints and colors! You are good!
- October 21, 2011 at 3:01 PM
- Bailey Martin said...
Absolutely Adorable!
- October 30, 2011 at 8:36 PM
- thesewingroomdiva said...
lovely, lovely eye candy :)
- May 4, 2012 at 3:16 AM
- Linda M. H. said...
Love your quilt! I posted the photo to pinterest and have had more people repin this than any other. Very beautiful colors!
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2 points
1) I think the Jester is RWD and just has a really well sorted chassis. I'll check in a short while though. 2) In the 'list of cars' the Jester is in 'Muscle Cars'. It's moreo f a sports car IMHO. As it's based on a Japanese import that has a straight 6, it's not really typical 'Muscle Car' material ;)
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When I entered the wheel arch angels jester, an alarm went off, earning me 1 wanted star. Can someone add this warning? --Montybrady 03:28, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
Most likley a glitch. Also please sign your comments. --Chimpso 03:27, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
I don't think it is a glitch everytime i enter the wheel arch angels jester the alarm goes off --Master-newport 08:20, September 12, 2009 (UTC)
Is the car called the Jester because it's "Fun to drive or a great laugh when powersliding in it. maybe that's why it's named after a Middle Ages Comedy EntertainerAndrew nicholson 22:34, September 9, 2010 (UTC)


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