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And while others in the Senate have been proposing bad IP bills over the past few years, Hatch is now back with a proposal to create a special US Ambassador position solely focused on expanding intellectual property around the globe. The so-called Innovation Through Trade Act (S.660) would create a "Chief Innovation and Intellectual Property Negotiator" who would have the official rank of Ambassador.
Incredibly, Hatch claims that IP issues aren't getting enough attention when it comes to trade policy.
"Intellectual property and innovation are the cornerstones of American competitiveness and job creation. Yet in recent years, they are all too often relegated to second tier status in our trade policy," said Hatch. "With our economic competitors getting more sophisticated by the day, finding more ways to steal, expropriate or otherwise undermine the value of U.S. innovation, negotiating strong intellectual property agreements and enforcing them is a necessity, not an option. The establishment of a Chief Innovation and Intellectual Property Negotiator will give intellectual property and innovation the stature they deserve. The Office will help guarantee that America remains at the forefront of innovation policy, that our trade agreements reflect the critical importance of intellectual property to our economy and that the preservation of high-standard IP protection and enforcement are at the forefront of every trade debate."Of course, all this really shows is how incredibly out of touch or corrupt Senator Hatch is. First, as we've seen from ACTA to TPP to TAFTA and a variety of other trade agreements in between, "IP" issues have been front and center for the USTR negotiating team. To claim that they have been relegated to "second tier status" is laughable -- especially if you're familiar with the history of such agreements. For years, IP wasn't even considered a major issue for trade negotiations, until a few decades ago when the entertainment industry realized this was a good way to force Congress (and legislatures around the world) to adopt laws they wanted. And then it quickly became a key piece of every trade agreement.
It further shows just how incredibly out of touch Hatch is, because just as he's proposing this bill, tons of public interest and civil service groups and organizations have explicitly called for the end to the practice of lumping patents, trademarks and copyrights into free trade agreements, since they really have no place there.
Finally, the idea that stronger IP laws will "guarantee that America remains at the forefront of innovation policy," isn't just wrong, it's downright dangerous. Other countries have properly recognized that there is no link between IP and actual innovation, and that IP laws are really just a tool for protectionism against American companies.
Hatch fashions himself a "professional musician," and so every so often he feels the need to throw off a favor or two to the RIAA -- but this is ridiculous. Patents, trademarks and copyrights shouldn't be international trade issues at all, and they already have way too much prominence in such discussions. Claiming they need to be elevated is the exact incorrect stance to take.

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For the last 25 years in the United States, victims of crime and victim advocates have
tried to make the criminal justice system more responsive to the needs and interests of
victims. Victims have worked hard, first to be informed, and then to be able to
participate. Over time, community-based organizations, police, prosecutors, courts, and
corrections departments all began to provide victim advocates to help guide victims
through the system-- to advise them of their rights to be present and to participate in
These days, in the United States, it is far more common for victims to hear about a
plea negotiation, to speak at sentencing or parole hearings, or to learn about an
offender's release from prison. Still, many victims feel ignored, excluded, and profoundly
disrespected by the system. There is no meaningful interaction with offenders, and
victims' emotional, physical, and financial needs are rarely fully addressed, if addressed
at all. As a result, victims often feel further alienated and unsatisfied.
On the other hand, restorative justice holds great promise as a set of values which
promote healing and strengthen the social bonds which serve as the foundation of our
communities. Empathy, mutual understanding, restitution and accountability are key
principles of restorative justice. A high priority is placed on maintaining or restoring
individual dignity. Crime is not depersonalized. It is viewed as an experience between
individuals, in the midst of a community. All three - victims, offenders, and communities
- should recognize how the crime has harmed each, and all three should attempt to rebuild
social ties and recreate "right relationships."
Sounds like everything victims' advocates have been asking for. Right? Not quite.
Let me explain how restorative justice falls short.
Most victims do not participate in any formal process to resolve the issues surrounding
their victimization. In the traditional criminal justice system, there are many reasons
for this. The victim may not report the crime to the police, the police may not find the
offender, the offender may not be arrested, the prosecutor may not pursue the case, or the
case may never make it to trial. As a result, only a small percentage of victims in this
country ever make it to court. To the extent that restorative justice models depend upon
an arrest or some other official complaint to trigger the process, they will suffer from
the same limitations and the vast majority of victims will not be able to take advantage
of their benefits.
Furthermore, as I understand it, restorative justice typically requires an offender who
has admitted culpability and wants to participate in the process. Consequently, the number
of cases eligible for restorative justice processes is even smaller. At its best,
restorative justice, as currently applied, is able to help only a very small number of
victims of crime. Please do not misunderstand me. It could be that for those few victims
and offenders, restorative justice may present a far more appealing option than the
traditional criminal justice system. But for those who talk about restorative justice as a
preferred approach, and one which could replace traditional systems, it is important to
remember that the doors to restorative justice do not yet open as wide as the doors to the
Unlike the traditional criminal justice system, restorative justice offers victims a
highly participatory process. Restorative justice focuses on victims' need:
Repairing the harm is often far more complicated than apologies and restitution and
relationship-building. It can require long-term sophisticated counseling, assistance with
safety planning, relocation and any number of services required to rebuild a
life--emergency day care for the parent who needs to get a job to handle new crime-related
expenses, substance abuse treatment for the traumatized victim who has turned to drugs, an
escort service for the victim now too afraid to leave home or go to the store alone,
employment counseling or training for the victim who no longer can perform their old
job--or even something as simple as new locks or windows for their home.
Many of victims' needs cannot be met by individual offenders or small communities
because there is only so much they can do. The "restoration" that restorative
justice programs offer seems limited to the resources that an offender and a community of
stakeholders bring to the table. From a victim's point of view, then, it is disappointing
that a new paradigm that uses the word "restorative" does not address critical
crime-related needs. Harm caused by an offender in a moment can change a life forever.
Reparation can have very little to do with an ongoing relationship with an offender or a
The extent to which a victim can be "restored" is limited by the capacity of
the offender and the community. As long as victims' needs are addressed only with the
resources of offenders and communities, restorative justice will ultimately be
unsatisfying. To the extent victims need more than empathy, restitution and relationship
building, restorative justice, like the traditional criminal justice system, will fall far
short. Again, this is not to say that restorative justice does not offer something of
value. Often it is simply of limited value.
I would like to see restorative justice take another big step. As I understand it,
restorative justice is still very offender-oriented, even though we often refer to it as
victim-centered. As I outlined above, the offender orientation significantly limits the
application of restorative principles-- first, the process is limited to those cases with
an offender who admits culpability and wants to participate, and second, the remedies are
limited to what the offender and, secondarily, the community can provide.
If we were really asking what do victims need to repair the harm caused by crime, we
would not be so constrained. If the process and the remedies were more victim-oriented,
restorative justice procedures would be triggered by the occurrence of a crime and would
attend to the needs of all victims. The community would be asked to help victims rebuild
their lives -- to help with physical repair of the crime scene, to provide the support and
counseling victims need, and to overcome victims' isolation and fear and reintegrate them
back into productive community life.
If the offenders are apprehended, acknowledge responsibility for the crime, and want to
participate in a restorative process, all the better. They can contribute enormously and
in a way nobody else can. They can offer apologies, remorse, and empathy. They can give
victims a more complete understanding of the events. I have often read that restorative
justice processes can occur with or without the victim as long as you have some form of
representation. I actually agree with this--my hope would be that some day restorative
justice can also take place with or without offenders.
A final observation. I believe that there is a role for society at large, represented
by the state, in repairing the harm done to victims. Currently, only the state has the
authority to marshal the resources necessary to address some of victims' long-term,
complicated problems. The day care, the employment counseling, the substance abuse
treatment, or the long range housing needs of victims, usually cannot be adequately
addressed by offenders and communities alone. In such cases, society as a whole should be
asked to play a role. From a victims' perspective, one of the reasons the traditional
criminal justice system is inadequate is that it does not have authority to call upon the
full range of governmental resources necessary to meet the needs of victims. I fear that
restorative justice practitioners, in a commendable effort to humanize the justice system
and keep the state in the background, will make the same mistake. Therefore, I have come
to believe we need to create a parallel system of justice for victims. The state must be
My hope would be that someday, when a crime occurs, in addition to holding offenders
accountable, we would also ask, "What do victims need?" and "How can
offenders, communities and society at large help victims rebuild their
lives?" From a victim's point of view, that would be justice.
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Ibagué is the capital city of the Tolima department. It is known as the musical city of Colombia, due to its famous conservatory. Ibagué is a starting point for travellers who wish to do the Nevado del Tolima trek. Apart from that, it's a small, safe friendly city, with a special charm, although there's not an awful lot to do here.
Get in
By plane
Aeropuerto Perales in Ibagué is located about 40 minutes outside the city, and has flights from Bogotá and various other cities in Colombia.
By bus
Ibagué is a 4 hour bus journey from Bogotá, a 3 hour bus journey from Armenia, and a 2 hour bus journey from Honda. Numerous companies serve these routes. The journey to Armenia involves going over the la linea and is nortorious for accidents, landslides and occasional guerrilla activity. Avoid doing this part of the journey at night or in a small minibus.
Get around
The old, crumbling conservatory alongside the new building (ask the guard to show you the views from the top). Just round the corner from Plaza Bolívar (Cra 2, Calle 9).
The botanical gardens (take a taxi as its quite a distance from the city centre).
If you're into orchids, Fundación las Orquideas has a really wide selection, including the national flower of Colombia, the endangered Cattleya trianae. Again, a taxi is best as it's some way from the centre.
Hang around Plaza Bolívar watching people.
Shalom serves good quality, inexpensive set meals (Cra 3 between Calle 8 and Calle 9).
Try the cakes and avena drink at Yel Coctel delicatessen (Calle 10 between Cra 4 and Cra5).
Try the delicious freshly baked bread from Mateus (Calle 10 between Cra 3 and Cra4).
Tertulia is a good indoor venue to enjoy a beer while listening to rock music (Cra 5 between Calle 10 and Calle 11).
Libro y Son has a nice setting to listen to salsa and enjoy a few beers, it's near the Universidad del Tolima away from the City centre.
Get out
Juntas is a nearby village, especially popular at weekends and holidays, where people go and eat almojabanas, bunuelos, sancocho soup and river trout in a peaceful mountain setting. There is also a mirador from which, if you are lucky and there are no clouds, can see the Nevado del Tolima (early morning is best). You can get to Juntas by taking a bus in Cra 1/Calle 14 from "La Ibaguerena" bus company.
From Juntas, you can walk up to El Rancho, some thermal springs in the cloud-forest at 2600 metres above sea-level; it's about a 4 hour leisurely walk uphill alongside the impressive canyon of the Combeima river, or you can take the morning lechero. El Rancho is the starting point for the trek up El Nevado del Tolima (5215 m). This is the mountain in Colombia wher most mountaineers have lost their lives, and to reach the summit a guide is essential. See the Latas route in this Summitpost entry for more details.
You can also walk to El Derrumbe de las Perlas from Juntas if you don't fancy an uphill struggle; when you cross over the river, turn right immediately instead on continuing towards the mirador. After a couple of hours of leisurely walking you'll reach an open valley with a river, an ideal picnic spot. If you continue along this route you can also reach the summit of the Nevado, but this is a quite a long way round. The route is known as Las Nieves', and is via some thermal springs at 3900m owned by a hermit known as Don Canon.


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You are going to fall in love with Ambergris... I also had a 10 day trip there, but since I scuba dive, I had something to do each morning from 08:30 till about 12:00... After that, it was lunch time, pool time, Palapa Bar and Grill time... I never looked into ruins trips simply because after seeing Tulum ~1989, I find ruins about as exciting as watching the grass grow - I don't think theres anything I could be less interested in to be honest.
To answer your questions:
1. I 2nd what Brian says - I wish we could get Belikin in the US. Even if you don't like it, you're gonna need to learn to like it... The cartel is really a monopoly run by the Bowen family... So, you can drink Belikin, Lighthouse, or Guinness. What Brian said about the bigger bars carrying carrying imported beers, I can't say I agree with because not a single restaurant on the island that I ate at had anything other than Belikin or Guinness.
Wikipedia states this, which I unsuccessfully tried to validate:
"Belikin currently exports its Beer and Premium to a distributor in
Los Angeles, California. The distributor ships to select high end
alcohol stores across the United States."
I highly recommend that you go to the duty free liquor at the BZE International Airport and buy the max you can buy because on the Caye, it literally doubles. The only cheap liquor on the island is One Barrel Rum (and yes its very good). Drinks at the restaurants are weak - take waterbottles with cointreau and one barrel in them to spike your margaritas and daquiris.
2. Bugs... What are the trip dates? I think the bugs depend on the time of day you're outside. Dawn and dusk you'll definitely feel the mosquitos... We took 2 bottles of "Off" and I packed my thermacell with 4 butane bottles and plenty of inserts... The way we did it to get the butane into Belize (and Cozumel) was to pack 2 butane bottles in my check in bag and 2 in my GFs bag... That way we'd at least maybe get 2 in in the event they were confiscated. One thing that drives me insane are mosquitos... And I can't stress it enough to protect yourself from them as the chances of contracting Dengue and Malaria are there. In fact, blood centers will not allow you to donate blood when you return if they discover you've traveled to Belize (Brother in law tried to donate last month). The closer we were to the beach, the less the mosquito problem was...
Other than "Pineapples" the restaurant at Ramones Village, every restaurant we ate at was open air. I recall eating at "El Patio" and the no-see-ums and mosquitos were eating us alive under the table... I carried Off with me everywhere I went.
3. I don't know if you read my TripAdvisor review, but I'll cut and paste in my restaurant list anyways:
We ate at Elvi's Kitchen, Blue Water Grill, Pineapples (@ Ramones), Wild Mangos, Blue Water Grill, El Patio (take bug spray), Wet Willys (very fun karaoke and great cheap food), Fido's (horrible live music) and Red Ginger. We did go to the Wahoo Bar once, but that was on Thursday night for the ceremonial "Chicken Drop..."
The best three meals were surprisingly not at any of the 'fancy' restaurants. Try a croissant egg n bacon sandwich and a hot coffee for breakfast at Geo's Hideaway Café – next door the Tradewinds – cheap and delicious.
The food n drink and fun at The Palapa Bar on North Ambergris was awesome. Three Hints: One, we took some Cointreau and One Barrel to spike the weak drinks (mainly daiquiris and margaritas). Two, it is too far to walk to Palapa from Tradewinds – u need a cart. Three, have Lelo the cab driver or Glenn get you a golf cart rental. We ended up paying $50 for ours and they got another guest a rental for $30. BTW, it is worth it to go all the way north on the island to Portofino
OK, so so the BEST meal we had all week? Seriously, it came from a street vendor that set up shop just outside the Caye Mart. For $5 US, you got a smoked chicken breast with wing, slaw, beans and 2 homemade tortillas. It was so good that we bought 4 meals and put two in the fridge back in the condo.
Can't wait to hear about your trip...
TXS, Did read your review and you have been very helpful. Trip is mid July. I feel like we will be better off know what I know from this thread. The Phoenix e maild a link to the view from our specific room, looks great.
"One foot in the grave, one foot on the pedal, I was born a rebel" Petty
BCs Beach Bar is another great little bar. They used to do Friday beach BBQ that was amazing but I think they have stopped doing it now and last I heard may be closing and or moving soon. Shame since they were a San Pedro icon. As I said before go to George's Kitchen. And I agree with the others Tx said.
Like Tx I went to dive. We spent all morning diving then ate and sat by the pool or bar, took a nap went to dinner had a few beers or a rum punch and turned in early to do it all again. Didn't do really any nightlife.
Island time. We always take that seriously and slow WAY down.
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I know I'm not sitting in Ambergris Caye tonight, but I did play on the beaches of Grand Cayman's 7 Mile Beach today...
Can't wait to get the scuba tank on in the morning
I went to placencia which is in the south end,the diving was great,2.5 hrs boat ride out to the barrier reef,avadon divers was the dive outfit.
What did you decide on for Ambergris?
Txs River Rat and others who commented and suggested. Belize was great. The resort Phoenix could not have been better. Arrival to a cold towel and rum punch and it just got better from there. After seeing where others were staying, I think the hotels on the island are mostly sub-par. We booked a 1 br./1bath and received a 2/2 with 3 flat screens and a 700 square foot veranda. I bet our unit was 1500 square feet. Service was equally as fine with top notch linens and turn down service. We ate at Elvi's Kitchen, Blue Water Grill (several times) Red Ginger (at the Phoenix) Wild Mango's (not the best, but o.k.) Waraguma (not mentioned by anybody and it is a whole in the wall but wow. Lobster burrito with two tails one inside and one on top for $9US ate that 2x for lunch), also went to Palapa (worst meal of the week). Palapa looks fun when rockin, but we were in off season so it was just an empty party spot. Mostly very happy with the restaurants food quality and $. Oh, forgot we went to Victoria House for my wife's B.D. dinner and it was very nice as well.
Excursions-Snorkel Hol Chan Marine Reserve and Shark Ray x2. Mexican Rocks snorkel. Skiped Shark Ray the second time as we were private tour and dove a ship wreck instead. Hol Chan was like being in an aquarium and worth the trip. Went fishing one morning by myself (thank god I left the wife at the resort). Had fun and caught a big Barracuda, Jacks, Snapper and 6-7 smaller Cuda's but was out in the boat in the rainstorm of a lifetime. Never saw rain like this it was filling the boat. I took turns w/ guide bailing and we gave up at one point and pulled the plug for equalization. You could not see 5 feet as it was so heavy. My wife would have thought she was going to die. I wondered myself and I am not easily scared. Great trip, not like anything we have ever done before. Won't go back anytime soon as there are to many other places to see in this world. Don't go for the beaches, as there are none. We knew that so we were not disappointed with the lack if beach.
Going to Playa in Jan. and will dive the other end of the reef. I am excited to see how it compares.
In Central America, Costa Rica is hard to beat. I will go there again, and hopefully in 2014.
Thanks to everyone who commented and helped me with expectations and recommendations, especially you Rat. BTW, Belikin is good, drank my body weight in the stuff. Also, good recommendation on the Duty Free booze we saved $ for sure. Drank a bunch of Rum too, have to in the Caribbean.
"One foot in the grave, one foot on the pedal, I was born a rebel" Petty
Glad you had a great time.
Can't wait to go back.
To me those "sub par" hotels are the charm of San Pedro. I don't like big resorts and all of the 10-20 room hotels on San Pedro are just my speed.
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Mishearing is an important source of eggcorns. Simple misspellings are not eggcorns, of course, although they can be interesting and transparent. The following were collected in a few days of listening closely to pronunciations from around the world on BBC World Service.
[Title] Yuge Python
[Description] My mate man handling a yuge python.
[Q] I want to ask… Which do you find more effective… Air chokes or blood chokes?
[A] We set in a large circle faceing outward. He went around behind us and applied an air type blockage until we tapped out(usually when ones vision started to narrow). After a break, he did the same thing with a carroted artory neck choke. The tap outs were much, much quicker with that technique.
Give 'em a bible and let them show where in the scripture homosectial marriage is condoned. Until then, it shouldn't be allwoed, period.
burred, you're a font of fun stuff.
Off the top of my head, I can remember that, when I worked in mental health, I and others were confused about "extrapyramidal symptoms" versus "extraparametal symptoms". I know there are other examples of phonetic misspelling I've encountered, but can't bring them to mind right now.
Oh, I just remembered this one: Some years ago I was conversing with a British woman and she used the word "Chooda". I said "What?", and she repeated it a couple of times, but I still couldn't figure out what she was trying to say. Finally, she spelled it out for me: "T – U – D – O – R"! Someone needs to teach these Brits to speak English ;^D
I don't think I've told the story that's similar to Dixon's "Chooda" story. When I was a corporate trainer, I would sometimes receive calls from companies offering to sell us training classes. One woman was asking me various questions about our set-up, and she asked, "Are there any treaches that you attend regularly?" Naturally, I asked her to repeat the question, and she did, exactly as before. I asked for another repetition, and received the question again, with absolutely no attempt to speak more clearly. Finally, I had to say, "I'm sorry, but I'm not understanding the word 'treaches'. Could you spell that for me, please?" She replied, "T-R-A-D-E S-H-O-W-S". In three repetitions, she didn't once make it sound anything like two words. It was "treaches" all three times.
"I always wanted to be somebody. I should have been more specific." – Lily Tomlin
To my ear though, chooda sounds no worse than toodrr, and besides I'm used to hearing tunes as choons, tuna as choona, a tutor as choota and a tuba, or tuber, as chooba. I've even heard chrain for train.
My non-rhotic Welsh friends would probably point out that Tudor should be pronounced more like Tidda, with that last vowel a short schwa.
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To my ear though, chooda sounds no worse than toodrr, and besides I'm used to hearing tunes as choons, tuna as choona, a tutor as choota and a tuba, or tuber, as chooba. I've even heard chrain for train.
My non-rhotic Welsh friends would probably point out that Tudor should be pronounced more like Tidda, with that last vowel a short schwa.
So apparently in England there's considerable danger that one might attempt to cook and eat a tuba or play music on a tuber, since they're indistinguishable ;^P
Oh yes, you might even encounter a piano tuna.
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Oh yes, you might even encounter a piano tuna.
Ha! I'm reminded of this joke: Did you hear that they had to recall a lot of Mercury automobiles? Traces of tuna were found in some of them.
And that reminds me of one of Lily Tomlin's old jokes:
"I went to six different stores trying to find a can of rat hairs and animal impurities, and every one I found had tuna fish in it."
"I always wanted to be somebody. I should have been more specific." – Lily Tomlin
Watching Olympic tennis on Saturday, I was puzzled to hear that a new term was being used for a tied game, a term which I heard as "gin", where I thought it should be "deuce". Listening very closely I discovered I'd got it wrong, it wasn't the Queen Mum's favourite drink that was being proclaimed, it was "juice".
And so, while the fab crowd stayed at the fabulous resorts where they rested and dined well and then whooped it up by night, lesser souls were having a juice of a time, just finding a rhythm, and luvs, this made for a lot of miserable would-be revellers.
Jamaica Gleaner social notes
All instances from Jamaica. They might all be due to one Perp Zero.


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March 8, 2005
W. Joseph Hatley, Esq.
Lathrop & Gage
Building 82, Suite 1000
10851 Mastin Boulevard
Overland Park, Kansas 62210-1669
Dear Mr. Hatley:
This responds to your letter of October 27, 2004, in which you asked for guidance regarding the disclosure of information by your client, Unified School District No. 229, Johnson County, Kansas (District), under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), 20 U.S.C. § 1232g. This Office administers FERPA and is responsible for providing technical assistance to ensure compliance with the statute and regulations codified at 34 CFR Part 99.
You asked whether the District could notify parents that a registered juvenile sex offender has enrolled in their children's high school. According to your letter, information about registered sex offenders, including juvenile offenders, is deemed an "open record" under Kansas law and may be posted on any Internet site sponsored by a sheriff's department or the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI). You indicated that KBI maintains a website devoted to publishing the names, addresses, pictures and other pertinent information concerning registrants. Since the student appears as a registered sex offender on the KBI website, you suggested that this information is not part of the student's "education records" and therefore not subject to FERPA. You also suggested that since a student's school falls within the definition of "directory information," the District could disclose the student's presence at a particular school in conjunction with public information not found in the student's education records (i.e., the fact that the student is a registered sex offender).
Under FERPA an educational agency or institution may not have a policy or practice of disclosing education records, or personally identifiable information from education records, without the prior written consent of the parents of students who are or who have been in attendance. 20 U.S.C. § 1232g(b)(1) and (b)(2); 34 CFR § 99.30. (Once a student reaches 18 years of age or attends a postsecondary institution, written consent must be obtained from the student. See 34 CFR §§ 99.3 "Eligible student" and 99.5.) "Education records" are defined as information that is 1) directly related to a student; and 2) maintained by an educational agency or institution, or by a party acting for the agency or institution. 34 CFR § 99.3 ("Education records").
There is no exclusion from the definition of "education records" for information that is available from another source, even if the information is publicly available. While your letter does not provide sufficient detail for us to determine whether the District, in fact, maintains information about the student's status as a registered sex offender, this information would be considered an "education record" under FERPA if it is maintained by the District, even if it was obtained from the public, KBI website.
You noted correctly that a student's enrollment at a particular school may be designated and disclosed without prior written consent as "directory information," subject to the notice and opt-out procedures in § 99.37, because it is information that generally would not be considered "harmful or an invasion of privacy" if disclosed. See 34 CFR § 99.3 ("Directory information"). However, in disclosing directory information under FERPA, an agency or institution must be careful not to link it to information that may not be disclosed as directory information. The fact that information may be available on a public website is not dispositive of whether it is the type of information that would be harmful or an invasion of privacy if disclosed. For example, we would consider a parent's real estate taxes and property values to be information that would be "harmful or an invasion of privacy" if disclosed by an educational agency or institution, even though this information is generally available from public websites maintained by most jurisdictions. We likewise view an individual's status as a registered sex offender as the type of information that would generally be considered harmful or an invasion of privacy if disclosed.
As you know, there are several exceptions to the prior written consent requirement in FERPA that are codified in § 99.31 of the regulations. In October 2000, Congress added a new exception in § 1601 of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-386), known as the Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act (CSCPA), which provides:
Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit an educational institution from disclosing information provided to the institution under section 170101 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, 42 U.S.C. 14071, concerning registered sex offenders who are required to register under such section.
20 U.S.C. § 1232g(b)(7)(A). The Secretary notified educational institutions that disclosure of this information is permitted under FERPA, without consent, in a letter dated October 24, 2002, that is posted on our website at http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/hottopics/ht10-24-02.html. As explained in this letter and more fully below, the CSCPA amendment to FERPA applies to both postsecondary and elementary and secondary institutions.
The minimum national standards for sex offender registration and community notification programs are contained in the Federal Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act, codified at 42 U.S.C. § 14071. Under the Wetterling Act, States must establish programs that require a sexually violent predator (and anyone convicted of specified criminal offenses against minors) to register their name and address with the appropriate authority where the offender lives, works, or is enrolled as a student. States are also required to release relevant information necessary to protect the public concerning persons required to register, excluding the identity of any victim. This community notification provision is commonly known as the "Megan's Law" amendment to the Wetterling Act. See 20 U.S.C. § 14071(e).
CSCPA supplemented the general standards for sex offender registration and community notification programs with provisions specifically designed for higher education campus communities. 20 U.S.C. § 14071(j). These include a requirement that States obtain information about a registered offender's enrollment or employment at an institution of higher education and make this information available promptly to a campus police department or other appropriate law enforcement agency having jurisdiction where the institution is located. (The Attorney General's Final Guidelines implementing this provision were issued on October 25, 2002, at 67 Fed. Reg. 65598.) CSCPA also amended the Higher Education Act of 1965 by requiring institutions of higher education to advise the campus community where it can obtain information about registered sex offenders provided by the State pursuant to the Wetterling Act, such as the campus law enforcement office, a local law enforcement agency, or a computer network address. 20 U.S.C. § 1092(f)(1)(I); 34 CFR § 668.46(b)(12).
While the FERPA amendment was made in the context of CSCPA's enhancements to registration and notification requirements applicable to the higher education community, the Department has determined that all educational institutions are covered by the FERPA amendment, including elementary and secondary schools, and not just postsecondary institutions. The registration and community notification requirements apply in the State where an offender lives, works, or is a student, defined as "a person who is enrolled on a full-time or part-time basis, in any public or private educational institution, including any secondary school, trade, or professional institution, or institution of higher education." See 42 U.S.C. § 14071(a)(3)(G). Because the sex offender registration and community notification requirements apply broadly to students enrolled in "any public or private educational institution," the Department likewise interprets the FERPA amendment to apply to all educational agencies and institutions subject to FERPA.
The Attorney General's Guidelines implementing the original and amended Wetterling Act standards for community notification programs, as noted above, govern the release of information about registered sex offenders by educational institutions. The Final Guidelines implementing CSCPA amendments explain that the general community notification requirement, 42 U.S.C. § 14072(e)(2), applies to registered sex offenders enrolled or employed at institutions of higher education, just as it applies to all other registered sex offenders. Subsection (e)(2) requires that relevant information be released concerning registrants as necessary to protect the public. See 67 Fed. Reg. at 65598. Final Guidelines for the community notification requirements explain that "there is no requirement under the [Wetterling] Act that registration information be treated as private or confidential to any greater extent than the State may wish" and that States "retain discretion to make judgments concerning the circumstances in which, and the extent to which, the disclosure of registration information to the public is necessary for public safety purposes and to specify standards and procedures for making these determinations." See 64 Fed. Reg. 572, 581-82 (Jan. 5, 1999).
As summarized in our October 2002 letter, nothing in FERPA prevents educational institutions from disclosing information concerning registered sex offenders provided under the Wetterling Act, including information made available under the CSCPA amendment to that Act and information otherwise made available under State sex offender registration and community notification programs. Further, the Department of Education will not take enforcement action against any school district that has a policy or practice of releasing information that a State (or any agency authorized by a State) provides to the district under the Wetterling Act on a registered sex offender enrolled in an educational institution of that district.
I trust that this responds to your inquiry and thank you for the opportunity to be of assistance.
LeRoy S. Rooker
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The Office of Career Services: QCC Parents Interested in Career Services
QCC Parents Interested in Career Services
Dear QCC Parent,
Welcome to the QCC Career Services Web site! The Office of Career Services addresses the career development needs of all Queensborough students and recent alumni. Our goal is to provide advisement about potential careers and majors and educate and guide students as they navigate the job search process and develop lifelong skills needed to begin their professional careers. Our Office posts full-time and part-time job and internship opportunities to the entire college population. We work closely with the departments of the College in bringing this information to all students. We focus on providing job and internship opportunity information that relates to the curricula of the college. Additionally, we post jobs that can assist students in meeting expenses while they attend classes. Job fairs and Internship/Cooperative Education Forums where many employers come to campus with job/internship opportunities for our students, are held once a year. We provide many powerful web-based tools students can use along with one-to-one assistance from career advisors. We know that career development is a crucial part of a college education and we encourage your son/daughter to take full advantage of the many services provided by our Office. Thank you for your interest.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Simon Felix of Embry-Riddle (Fla.) has been named the first NAIA Men's Tennis Player of the Week for the 2012 season, the national office announced Wednesday. Felix was selected based on his performances from March 12 – 18 and was chosen out of a pool of conference/independent/unaffiliated group player of the week selections.
The sophomore native of Geneva, Switzerland, claimed a pair of victories each in the No. 3 singles and No. 3 doubles categories on the week. Felix, ranked as the No. 14 singles player in the NAIA by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, posted a 6-1, 6-1 win over Kacper Buborykin of NCAA Division II Midwestern State on March 12 and then a 6-0, 6-0 domination of Ali Shabib of NCAA Division I Cleveland State on March 15.
The NAIA's 22nd-ranked doubles pair of Felix and Peter Francis notched an 8-2 win over Jay Henton and Luke Joyce of Midwestern State before an 8-6 triumph over Matt Kuelker and Jorg Van Der Vloet of Cleveland State. The No. 2 Eagles rolled to a 9-0 victory over Midwestern State and a 7-0 shutout of Cleveland State.
The next men's tennis Player of the Week will be announced on March 28.
Nominees: Zach Taylor, Xavier (La.); Jody Claassen, William Carey (Miss.); Juan de la Llera, Cumberlands (Ky.); Gustav Hollnagel, Morningside (Iowa); Pier Pieracciani, Oklahoma Christian; Patrick Frandji, Warner (Fla.); Eric Pell, Davenport (Mich.); Julien Chenneberg, Brescia (Ky.); Zinelabidine Jouini, Auburn Montgomery (Ala.); Luis Aispur, St. Thomas (Fla.); Fabricio Morales, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.); Peter Baca, Bethel (Tenn.); Jochem Hoefnagels, Azusa Pacific (Calif.); Kirill Sinitsyn, Fresno Pacific (Calif.).
2012 Composite Award Winners
Week 1: Simon Felix, Embry-Riddle (Fla.)


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SYDNEY, April 17 (UPI) -- An international team of researchers studied salt content in fast-food in six countries and found Canada had the saltiest fast-food.
Researchers at The University of Sydney, the University Versailles St-Quentin and A. Pare Hospital, Boulogne-Billancourt in France, McGill University in Montreal, University of London, The University of Auckland in New Zealand, the Center for Science in the Public Interest in Washington and The University of Calgary compared the the salt contained in food offered by six fast-food chains.
Mean salt contents were calculated and compared within and among Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States -- and Burger King, Domino's Pizza, Kentucky Fried Chicken, McDonald's, Pizza Hut and Subway.
The study, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, found the salt content of fast-food varies substantially, not only by type of food, but by company and country. Fast-food in Canada and the United States had higher sodium levels than in Britain and France.


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Indians recall RHP Carlos Carrasco from Columbus; option RHP Joe Martinez to AAA
The Cleveland Indians today announced the following roster moves relative to the Major League roster:
Recalled RHP CARLOS CARRASCO from AAA Columbus.
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Optioned RHP JOE MARTINEZ to AAA Columbus.
Carrasco (#59) begins his third stint with Cleveland today, making his 6th start/appearance vs. Detroit at 4:05 PM ET. So far with the Indians over his previous 5 starts he is 0-3 w/a 8.17 ERA (25.1IP, 37H, 23R/ER, 12BB, 13K).
Around his stints in Cleveland he has gone 2-0-1 with a 3.10 ERA in 11 games/9 starts (49.1IP, 41H, 19R/17ER, 15BB, 52K, .223AVG) for Triple-A Columbus.
His most recent outing for the Clippers came in relief on July 3 at Toledo (1.2IP, 1H, 1BB, 2K).
Martinez appeared in 2 games with Cleveland since his June 29 promotion (1.80ERA, 5.0IP, 4H, 1R/ER).
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if i buy the IXUS 255 is a best camera ? nice photos and videos?
and some questions about this nice camera:
1) what is the problem to have the FullHD video only at 24 ft/s ?
is a big prolem or ?
2) there is a solution to eliminate the limit at ONLY 10 minutes
of record an movie ? if yes in how mode ?
I see in this site:
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Hat tip right off the bat to my old pal Drew Fairservice at theScore.com for giving me the idea of ranking athletes who share names. I don't know why, but I've decided to start this silly offseason theme with Andre. Pro Football Reference tells us that 106 men named Andre or Andre' have played NFL football. Here are the top 10.
1. Andre Reed: A Pro Football Hall of Famer with seven Pro Bowls and 951 catches, which ranks 11th all time.
2. Andre Tippett: Another Hall of Famer and a two-time All-Pro. With exactly 100 career sacks, he's the only Andre to hit the triple digits in that category.
3. Andre Johnson: A seven-time Pro Bowler and two-time first-team All-Pro, his numbers are already in Reed's range. Johnson is a productive season or two away from leapfrogging Reed and Tippett.
4. Andre Rison: The five-time Pro Bowler is one of only 40 players with 10,000 receiving yards. He also had 84 touchdowns, ranking 18th on the all-time list.
5. Andre Carter: He's only been to one Pro Bowl, but this Andre has 80.5 career sacks and 18 forced fumbles in 147 starts.
6. Andre Gurode: The five-time Pro Bowler was one of the best centers in the game for nearly a decade.
7. Andre Smith: Year in and year out, Smith is graded by Pro Football Focus as one of the best offensive tackles in the game. We're projecting a bit here, because he hasn't been to a Pro Bowl, but he's only 27.
8. Andre Collins: A superb all-around linebacker who deserved a Pro Bowl nod or two during a five-year span with the Redskins in which he had eight picks, 18.5 sacks and 579 tackles.
9. Andre Dyson: No Andre has as many interceptions as Dyson's 22. He also scored four touchdowns in 80 starts over seven seasons.
10. Andre' Goodman: Never anything special, but Goodman had 19 picks in 95 starts over a 10-year span.
Honorable mentions: Andre Ellington and Andre Roberts — One solid rookie season just isn't enough, but Ellington did average 5.5 yards per carry in Arizona in 2013, so look for him to break onto this list when we never do it again. Roberts, who coincidentally also played for the Cardinals last season, needs a couple more solid campaigns before being considered.


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if you want to rent anything, do it at lensrentals.com. they have D800E and Schneider, but the Schneider has not gotten great reviews.
I would investigate the less well sort after longer Leica R lenses. I have a funncy feeling you will be ahead of the curve. In 6-12m time prices will firm up here and you can sell on with some profit ont he back ont he new M
Some of their Telephoto R lenses have MTF's and build quality to die for
It looks like the 50mm and 90mm Schneider lenses are available for Nikon. Are they significantly better than the Nikon T/S lenses, though? If not I'll stick with my 5D III, but I'd love to rent a new toy. But it looks like about a $1500 rental for a month. Could be fun.
Anyone used them?
Hi from Diglloyd's tests I got the impression 90 Schneider is very good 50 mm less so.
You could use Hasselblad or Mamiya MF lenses with a Mirex TS adapter, http://www.mirex-adapter.de/tilt_shift_adapter.htm .
Elder Hasselblad lenses for V-system can be found cheap, having just bought a Sonnar 15/4 for 350.
Check also: http://www.hartblei.de/en/sr40if.htm
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i'd use the 5d3 with 90 TS and 24 TS, stitching as required for larger images - and perhaps adding a Zeiss 50 makro planar
Are any of them tilt/shift? I need tilt shift lenses in the 45mm and 90mm focal length range.
Those look very interesting, but maybe too esoteric for my needs. I think I'll just rent for now and maybe purchase a 45mm TS-E II if one is released later this year as planned.
It seems as though all the 90mm range tilt shift lenses are reasonably good, but few of the 45mm range ones are. The 40mm Hartblei looks fantastic (and I prefer that slightly wider focal length), but for $3500 I'd only consider renting. If I were wealthier and owned a D800E and it was truly great, then sure.
I'll look into the Hasselblad lenses, but I might just rent and be done with it. As for stitching, it's just not my style. I like to compose at a specific focal length with perspective correction and final composition all accounted for, and I like long exposures, which present problems with stitching. I don't know... it's more fun this way.
I'm certainly I'll eat my words and stitch some panoramas.
The Samyang could be interesting. I think the rumored 45mm TS-E II will be my preference, though.
I am a focus-stacking booster and a T/S skeptic. Would recommend some experiments with Helicon Focus (http://www.heliconsoft.com/heliconfocus.html) while waiting for that Samyang lens to be available. It's usually pitched for closeups, but 4 or 5 focus brackets on a landscape will give a stunningly crisp image from here to there, even when there are nearby objects on all sides of the frame. I particularly like it because there is no setup or uncertainty in the field, even at night. You just hit the focus marks, that's all you need and it works every time.
Lots of threads on these subjects on this forum.
I read the Samyang 24/3.5TS will be delayed. I have one on preorder without price or delivery date.
I am very interested in the Samyang TS. I have the Canon 17 TS-E and love it. I use it occasionally with a 1.4 TC and the quality is superb but it is tedious.
I would also be interested in a 90TS from a good manufacturer though the Canon is not too pricey at this juncture compared to the inevitable new version.


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Grapes Galore! Hollywood, California
We're seeing so many varieties of grapes at the Hollywood farmers' market right now, from Burhart Farms' crisp Autumn Royals to the tiny, intensely-flavored Cabernet Sauvignon grapes grown by Mill Road Orchard. Whether you're here in Los Angeles or not, check out some of our cooking suggestions and let us know how you're enjoying grapes this season.
Grapes aren't just for snacking! Last week, we baked Goat Cheese and Grape Galettes with rosemary and pine nuts – a great dessert as we make the transition from juicy summer fruits to savory fall flavors. Here are some other recipe ideas from the Kitchn archives:
• Grapes Roasted with Walnut Oil
• Manet's Almond Cake with Grapes and Peaches
• Pie of the Vine
• Quinoa Salad with Grapes
• Stuffed Chicken Breasts with Grapes, Hazelnuts, and Parmesan
• Wine-Marinated Grapes
• For more information on the Hollywood farmers' market and other Los Angeles area markets, visit Farmernet.com
In Season: Muscadines and Scuppernongs
Seasonal Spotlight: Local Grape Varieties (New York)
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Viking golfers fifth at Rochester Invitational
Monday, April 29, 2013 12:52 PM
The Huntington North High School boys' varsity golf team fired a 355 to finish fifth out of 16 teams at the Rochester Invitational on Saturday, April 27.
Grant Meese was the Vikings' low scorer, carding an 81 for 18 holes to tie for seventh place overall.
Zac Tackett finished two strokes behind his teammate with an 83, giving him a share of 13th.
Dakota Wibel submitted a 91, Sebastian Eckert tallied a 100 and Conner Hoke finished with a 110 to complete Huntington North's scoring.
"We just didn't have an entire team score to put together today," said Coach Scott Winter. "We had played well the previous two matches this week and we expected a lot out of everyone coming into the Rochester Invite. We had perfect weather conditions and the course was in great shape.
"We had a couple guys fight hard for decent scores but we have to get a lot more out of the three, four and five spots. If we want to contend at sectional we can't afford 90s and 100s."
Columbus North won the invitational with a score of 323. Lewis Cass was runner-up with 326, followed by Culver Military Academy with 327 and Peru with 348.


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plotting the eigenstate energies as a function of occurrance
The piece-wise constant barrier tool has the capability to plot the energy of resonance states as a function of their occurrance. That enables a simple understanding of the formation of bands and bandstructure.
This tool could benefit from the ability to have a similar plot, but within a single band. This plot would then expose the effects of confinement and the underlying bandstructure – square wells have (almost) parabolic separatios of states – parabolic wells have constant separations of states – linear curve – triangular wells have …. ????
Deviations from the ideal behavior could then be easily be interpreted as non-parabolic bandstructure effects du to the finite lattice size. Changing the effective mass or the lattice spacing in the code would expose that further.


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With a punishing winter behind them, employers added a sizzling 288,000 jobs in April, the government said Friday in a report that also saw a confusingly sharp drop in the unemployment rate to 6.3 percent.
The jobs report came days after the Commerce Department reported nearly flat-line annual growth of just 0.1 percent for the first three months of 2014. Most mainstream economists blamed that on the harsh winter weather, which weighed on hiring from December through February, and they predicted a comeback.
And there was ample evidence of that Friday. Powering the strong monthly growth was the white-collar professional and business services sector, adding 75,000 jobs in April. The hard-hit construction industry bounced back, adding 32,000 new jobs in the month. Retailers, also hit hard by the winter weather, increased payrolls by almost 35,000.
President Barack Obama, appearing with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the White House Rose Garden on Friday, briefly hailed the solid numbers and called on Congress to raise the minimum wage and help workers struggling in a difficult economy.
"All told, our businesses have now created 9.2 million new jobs over 50 consecutive months of job growth," Obama said. "The grit and determination of the American people are moving us forward, but we have to keep a relentless focus on job creation and creating more opportunities for working families."
Previous hiring estimates by the Labor Department for February and March were revised upward by a combined 36,000, furthering the view of an improving jobs market.
"The job market is kicking into a higher gear. It is still far from running at full speed, but the trend lines are good," said Mark Zandi, the chief economist for forecaster Moody's Analytics. "The gains are broad across industries, regions and pay scales. The job market feels better and better."
Because the job gains were solid across all major sectors covered in the government survey, it suggests that growth is coming along evenly across the economy.
The strong hiring also had economists boosting their growth forecasts for coming months.
"The report fits in nicely with our stronger growth outlook for the second quarter and over the balance of the year," said Scott Anderson, the chief economist for Bank of the West in San Francisco.
Usually a whopping four-tenths of a percentage point drop in the monthly unemployment rate would be cause for cheer. Instead, it prompted head-scratching Friday.
"Helpful headlines, but disappointing details," said the headline of an analysis by Bank of America Merrill Lynch economist Michelle Meyer.
Friday's drop in the jobless rate from 6.7 percent in March raised questions because participation in the labor force fell by about 807,000 workers in April, according to the monthly report. New entrants into the workforce, a number that usually offsets declines in the labor market at least partially, fell by 126,000 last month.
"The labor force participation rate has been on a downward trend during this recovery, and for the third time in the last seven months the rate is at an all-time low last seen in 1978," said Keith Hall, who headed the Bureau of Labor Statistics from 2008 to 2012 and is now a researcher at George Mason University in Virginia. "Although the labor-force participation rate can be volatile from month to month, this critical job market measure is failing to bounce back from the recession and represents a major concern."
It's why financial markets looked past the strong jobs numbers Friday and viewed the entire report with more caution.
"The headline number was strong, with healthy gains in non-farm payroll growth and a sharp decline in the unemployment rate," said Chad Moutray, the chief economist for the National Association of Manufacturers, noting that his sector continues to add jobs. "Yet the data also show that the participation rate remains at a 30-year low, and manufacturing hours and compensation were somewhat down for the month."
Even the Bureau of Labor Statistics weighed in, noting in the report that the "participation rate has shown no clear trend in recent months and currently is the same as it was this past October."
Here why there's so much confusion in the numbers: In March, the labor force grew by 503,000, roughly two-thirds of April's 807,000 drop.
Over the first four months of 2014, the labor force on average has grown by 484,000 a month, notwithstanding last month's drop in the participation rate, said Stuart Hoffman, the chief economist for PNC Financial in Pittsburgh. The number of discouraged workers laboring part time but in search of full-time work also fell.
"The decline in the official unemployment rate to 6.3 percent could be partly reversed in the next few months as the labor force rebounds, but the unemployment rate is on a clear downward path toward 6 percent late this year," Hoffman said, offering a more positive view.
The number of long-term unemployed who haven't held jobs in more than half a year fell by 287,000 in April, and it appears many of them were among the 807,000 who've left the workforce. With congressional Republicans opposing any further extensions of unemployment benefits, it looks as if many people have simply exited the workforce altogether.
In a statement, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, blasted the Obama administration for a shrinking workforce.
"Earlier this week, we learned that economic growth largely stalled at the start of the year. And while it's welcome news that more of our friends and neighbors found work in the past month, this report also indicates more than 800,000 Americans left the workforce last month, which is troubling," said Boehner.
The White House accentuated the positive. Appearing on the CNBC channel, Labor Secretary Thomas Perez touted the strong hiring in the professional and business services sector, which comprises middle-class and upper middle-class jobs.
"These jobs being created are good jobs," he said.


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State Report Card on Higher Education Supports North Dakota Policy Efforts
Posted on 12/3/2008
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Dec. 3, 2008
Debra A. Anderson, Director of Public Affairs
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Phone: 701.328.2962
State Report Card on Higher Education Supports North Dakota Policy Efforts
BISMARCK, N.D. - As state policy leaders work to address the affordability of public higher education in North Dakota, a state-by-state report card released today gives the state a letter grade "F" in affordability, thus supporting the need to address this issue. With the exception of California, all states received an "F" in affordability.
Measuring Up 2008
, a report by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, provides the organization's perspective on the progress of the nation and all 50 states in providing Americans education and training beyond high school and through the bachelor's degree level.
"This report underscores the urgency to address specific issues identified by the Interim Higher Education Committee, the Roundtable on Higher Education, the State Board of Higher Education and the P - 16 Education Task Force," said Richie Smith, president of the State Board of Higher Education. "Measuring Up' tells us that state higher education policy leaders are headed in the right direction, and it emphasizes the need to be even more diligent in our pursuit of improvement."
Measuring Up 2008
and other reports of this nature help state higher education policy leaders frame our discussions about the strengths and challenges of higher education in North Dakota," said Jon Backes, SBHE vice president. "The Measuring Up' findings tell us that we are focusing on the right issues, such as improving affordability and access to higher education by minority populations."
"The 2009-11 University System budget request approved by the State Board of Higher Education includes an additional $14 million for needs-based financial aid grants beyond the $6 million budgeted in the current biennium," said Bill Goetz, chancellor of the North Dakota University System. "Board and system officials are encouraged by Gov. Hoeven's ACT-ND plan, which budgets $40 million for needs-based financial aid, $20 million beyond the total requested by the board. The governor recognizes the seriousness of this situation, and we appreciate his aggressive response as a way to begin remedying this situation. Board and system officials also recognize higher education's responsibility to do everything we can to help keep college affordable."
Efforts to improve college access were stepped up in September 2008 when the NDUS launched the College Access Challenge Grant Program. Targeted at low-income and minority populations, this national program focuses on increasing the number of students prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary education.
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The Daily Word in pride, reproductive rights and North Valley peacockalypse
Oh! Susana, won't you try (to put aside your personal beliefs and simply lead) for us? Read her whole paragraph sidestep at Roundhouse Roundup.
ACLU adds three same-sex couples to its lawsuit against New Mexico. That brings the plaintiff total to five loving couples being denied equal rights.
Attorney General Gary King said, "I think the language in today's DOMA/Windsor ruling should be quite helpful to our courts in determining the constitutionality of New Mexico's statutes that prevent same sex marriage."
In reproductive rights news, Gov. Goodhair aka Rick Perry is recalling senators for a second special session starting July 1 to deal with abortion regulation, transportation funding and juvenile sentencing standards—and the world will be watching. (Editor's note: #fiveclinics #approx13point03milliontexaswomen #legalabortionsareatleastninetimessaferthanchildbirth)
There's a peacockalypse brewing in the North Valley, y'all.
Kirtland's jet fuel cleanup system is on the fritz.
Today is National HIV Testing Day, and New Mexico Aids Services is hosting a testing event—featuring free, onsite, anonymous oral and rapid testing—from noon to 6 p.m. at 625 Truman NE. Know your status.
Nelson Mandela's condition improved overnight, but it's still critical.
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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger will have to break the Gunners' transfer record if they want to sign Yann M'Vila.
The Telegraph are reporting that the Emirates Stadium boss is very interested in the combative midfielder, but his club Stade Rennes will not let him leave for anything less than £17million.
The France international was reportedly given assurances last summer that he would be allowed to leave the Ligue 1 side this year, should a suitable offer be made for him.
Wenger will likely have to compete with Real Madrid and Inter Milan for his signing, according to the report, but M'Vila admitted this week that the chance to work under a French coach like the Arsenal tactician would be difficult to turn down.
The Gunners' current transfer record is £15million, which they paid Zenit St Petersburg in 2009 when they signed Russian international Andrey Arshavin.
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Sunset at Bass Harbor Light
A sunset at Bass Harbor Lighthouse in Acadia National Park along the coast of Maine.
Rockport Harbor at Dusk
The Rockport, MA harbor at dusk with many colorful boats docked in the safe enclosure.
Rockport Harbor Sunset
Sailboats sit quietly in the Rockport, MA harbor at sunset.
Motif No. 1 on Bearskin Neck
Sunset with the famous, Motif No. 1 on Bearskin Neck in Rockport, MA.
Cape Neddick Lighthouse
Cape Neddick Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Cape Neddick, York, Maine. It stands on Nubble Island so is often referred to as Nubble Light.
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The historic Portland Head Lighthouse on Cape Elizabeth near Portland, Maine.
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A very quaint lamp hanging on a building in Rockport, Massachusetts on Bearskin Neck.
Rockport Reflections
Rockport's iconic fishing shack on Bearskin Neck known as Motif No. 1
Two Red Rockers
Two red rockers sit on the porch of a home in Rockport, Massachusetts.
Golden Autumn Stream
A stream in southwestern Vermont glows with a golden hue from the reflection of all the colorful autumn leaves.
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A colorful beaver pond in a remote southwest Vermont location.
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The famous Jenne Farm in Reading, Vermont on a cloudy autumn afternoon.
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Autumn surrounds the Church on the Covered Bridge Green which is located in West Arlington, Vermont. Norman Rockwell lived just down the road from this quaint rural church and covered bridge for many years.
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The Odd Fellows Hall, United Methodist Church and town hall are reflected in the lily pond of the village of Marlow in Cheshire County, New Hampshire in autumn.
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Nauset Lighthouse
Nauset Lighthouse, officially known as Nauset Beach Light is a lighthouse in Eastham, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. This lighthouse is also the logo for Cape Cod potato chips and is featured on the chip bag.
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Nauset Beach Lighthouse, a lighthouse in Eastham, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. It was built and opened in 1838.
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RainXchange: Modular Underground Rainwater Cistern
Rainwater cisterns are a great way to collect large amount of water to reuse in your home are garden — unfortunately most cisterns are very big, have a large footprint and typically don't look very good... It's this problem that RainXchange is going to solve: underground rainwater collection. It easily integrates into landscaping and is perfect for those who don't like the look of a cistern or who are tight on space.
The Aquascape RainXchange is a subsurface rainwater harvesting system that filters and stores rainwater with zero-footprint. By using a fountain-like feature integrated into your landscape, the water is constantly recirculated to prevent stagnation and bacteria growth.
The RainXchange system works by connecting your downspouts to a collection tank, which is then directed to a series of modular underground basins where the water is filtered and stored. The basins are modular to accommodate a variety of site applications and sizes. To keep the water constantly moving it is recirculated through a decorative pond or water fountain that is run by a very high efficiency pump. The system can be installed under landscaped areas or even under permeable pavers as additional means of capturing stormwater. The RainXchange system can be used with a simple hand-held hose irrigation or even connected to more complex irrigation systems. Any water overflow or excess is simply redirected and absorbed by underground soil.
According to Aquascape 1-inch of rainfall on a 2,000 square-foot residential roof generates 1,250 gallons of water that can be reused; that same roof in a region receiving 30-inches of annual rainfall generates 41,000 gallons of reusable water. That's a lot of water to reuse!
The benefits are numerous: a decorative water feature instead of a large ugly cistern, and rainwater collection with no above-ground footprint. Collecting rainwater not only reduces the need for fresh potable water for landscaping and grey water uses, but it also reduces demand on municipal water systems.
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2012 Season (Freshman): Competed in the 800-, 1,500-, 3000-, 5,000- and 10,000-meters, mile and distance medley relay...Helped the men's team win the Northern Athletics Conference Indoor Championship...INDOOR: Began the season with a sixth place finish in the distance medley relay (11:19.07) at the Wisconsin Private College Invite (Jan. 13-14)...Took ninth in the mile (4:56.18) at the Rocky Rocco Invitational (Jan. 21)...Ran to a sixth place finish in the distance medley relay (11:35.79) at the NAC Indoor Championships (Feb. 25)...OUTDOOR: Was 11th in the 3,000-meters (11:17.00) at the Emory Invitational (Mar. 23-24)...Placed 11th in the 5,000-meters (17:18.66) at the Cougar Invitational (Apr. 19-20)...Finished 12th in the 10,000-meters (37:08.80) at the NAC Outdoor Championships.
High School (Kenosha St. Joseph): Was a three-year cross country letterwinner...Earned second team all-county honors...Was a member of the 2010 conference and sectional team championships...Member of the WIAA Division 3 State Championship squad...Earned varsity letters in track & field and cross country.
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Small Brewer Says Budweiser Is Bullying Him About Old Kegs
A small-time beer operation in Tennessee says it's the subject of some big-time hassling from Budweiser — all of it over a bunch of old empty beer kegs.
In a lengthy post on the Facebook page for Calfkiller Brewing Company, the company explains its side of the story, saying that — like many smaller businesses — it has to save money where it can. Part of that savings comes from buying used kegs that can then be filled up and shipped out full of beer-y goodness.
Calfkiller says it purchased kegs wherever it could: "unclaimed freight auctions, breweries that have closed, or keg companies that sell new, used, and refurbished kegs… Everything from website sales to store fronts in public with huge signs by the road for everyone to see. LEGIT businesses!"
But about a month ago, alleges Calfkiller, things went sour:
That's when the "Budweiser keg police" began trying to strong arm the little guy… So the big monopoly Budweiser has started walking in to accounts, and simply taking the little guys kegs! FLIRTING WITH SLANDER they have told business owners that Calfkiller had stole the kegs…
[Calfkiller] contacted distribution to try and resolve the issue, but were lied to, ignored, and simply not dealt with.
Budweiser has said they have never sold a keg. Really??? How can they be purchased from places by the truck load then??? They also informed Calfkiller that it had come down from corporate, and was out of the local distributions hands. Although Calfkiller found it flattering that the big dogs even knew who they were they also found it highly unlikely that the beer giant cared that Calfkiller had a few 20 year old kegs of theirs.
According to the post, when Calfkiller finally got a hold of someone in Budweiser HQ in St. Louis, it was told "we know nothing about this."
Regardless, we hope the buzz surrounding this story gets back to St. Louis and someone at HQ looks into whether or not its regional offices are using the company name to possibly intimidate smaller breweries.
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Thus, if you're interested in learning how to put this group of filters to work for you in a very short time, begin reading this series of articles, since in it you'll find the right pointers to get you started using the filter library in a true painless fashion.
However, if you already had the opportunity to read all of the preceding chapters of this series, it's possible that you now have a pretty solid background in utilizing this extension. In those tutorials I used several hands-on examples to explain how to validate integers and float numbers, and to check Boolean values by means of a couple of intuitive PHP functions and simple constants.
Now, speaking more specifically, in the previous article I explained how to use the "filter_var()" function in conjunction with the FILTER_VALIDATE_FLOAT filter to validate floating numbers assigned to a single scalar variable and stored in arrays, which speaks for itself about the versatility of the filter in question.
Nonetheless, this instructive journey on which we're exploring the capabilities offered by the filter extension doesn't stop there. In this fifth part of the series, I'm going to discuss the usage of the extension for checking if the value that has been assigned to a given variable follows a specified regular expression pattern.
That sounds pretty interesting, right? Therefore, if I've caught your attention, then it's time to continue discovering many other handy validation features provided by the PHP 5 filter library. Let's get going!
{mospagebreak title=Review: validating floating numbers with the filter extension}
In case you still haven't read the previous installment of this series, where I discussed the usage of the FILTER_VALIDATE_FLOAT filter for checking float numbers, here's the group of code samples I developed in that article. They demonstrate how to work with it, in conjunction with the already familiar "filter_var()" function. Take a look at them, please:
(basic example on validating float numbers)
$floatValue = 1.23456;
if(filter_var($floatValue, FILTER_VALIDATE_FLOAT) === FALSE) // displays Input is a valid float number.
echo 'Input is not a valid float number.';
echo 'Input is a valid float number.';
(example on validating float numbers using an array of values)
$values= array(10.75, '10.75', -1234.5678, 'This is a string', array());
$filteredValues = filter_var($values, FILTER_VALIDATE_FLOAT, FILTER_REQUIRE_ARRAY);
displays the following
0 => float 10.75
1 => float 10.75
2 => float -1234.5678
3 => boolean false
4 =>
(example on validating float numbers using a separator)
$values= array(10.75 => '.', '10,75' => ',');
foreach ($values as $value => $separator)
$filteredValue = filter_var($value, FILTER_VALIDATE_FLOAT, array('options' => array('decimal' => $separator)));
/* displays the following
float 10
float 10.75
As depicted by the above examples, the filter extension makes it really easy to validate float numbers using the FILTER_VALIDATE_FLOAT filter. As you can see, the first case shows how to use the filter to check a single float number, while the second code sample is a bit more complex, since it demonstrates how to check floating numbers stored in a trivial array.
Finally, the last example is perhaps the most useful of all, because it illustrates the usage of the "options" argument. This arguments permits you to specify which decimal delimiter will be utilized when validating a given float number. That was really simple to grasp, wasn't it?
So far, everything should look pretty good to you; you've hopefully recalled how to work with the FILTER_VALIDATE_FLOAT filter in different cases. Considering this, it's time to explore other useful validation capabilities given by the PHP 5 filter extension.
So, in accordance with the concepts I deployed in the introduction, in the course of the following segment I'm going to explain how to use another filter that comes with this extension. As you'll see in a few moments, it's useful for determining if the value assigned to a variable follows a pattern defined through a regular expression.
This new topic will be covered in detail in the next section. So, to learn more about it, please click on the link shown below and keep reading.
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It's probable that during your life as PHP developer, you have used regular expressions on numerous occasions to validate well-formatted IP and email addresses, phone numbers, alphabetic data, and so forth, so I will assume that you're familiar with its most basic aspects.
The filter extension provides another filter called FILTER_VALIDATE_REGEXP, which permits you to determine if the value stored in a variable matches a specified regular expression pattern. To demonstrate more clearly how this filter does its thing, below I included a new code sample that simply checks if a given string begins with the uppercase A character. Here it is:
// example on working with basic regular expressions
$value = 'Alejandro Gervasio';
if(filter_var($value, FILTER_VALIDATE_REGEXP, array('options' => array('regexp' => "/^A(.+)/"))) === FALSE) // displays Match was found.
echo 'No match was found.';
echo 'Match was found.';
Here you have it. As shown above, the FILTER_VALIDATE_REGEXP filter comes in extremely handy for validating values according to a specific regular expression. Of course, in this particular case, I decided to keep the sample regular expression very simple, to help you grasp more quickly how this filter works; naturally, more complex expressions can be used to suit different requirements.
Below there's a similar example that uses the FILTER_VALIDATE_REGEXP filter, but this time for determining if the string being evaluated starts with the "G" letter. Look at it, please:
// example on working with basic regular expressions
$value = 'Alejandro Gervasio';
if(filter_var($value, FILTER_VALIDATE_REGEXP, array('options' => array('regexp' => "/^G(.+)/"))) === FALSE) // displays No match was found.
echo 'No match was found';
echo 'Match was found.';
Definitely, understanding the logic that drives the previous example is a pretty straightforward process that can be tackled with minor hassles. Again, it's valid to note how the regular expression is passed to the "filter_var()" function as an additional argument, which we already saw in the preceding code sample.
Well, at this stage I provided you with a quick overview of how to use the FILTER_VALIDATE_REGEXP filter to determine if the value assigned to a variable matches a given regular expression pattern. Next I will explain how to utilize the functionality of the filter extension for validating URLs.
As you might have guessed, this new task will be performed by way of yet another filter. Thus, to learn more about it, click on the link that appears below and read the next section.
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As I expressed in the previous section, the filter extension offers yet another handy filter that can be used for validating URLs in all sorts of clever ways. The filter utilized for performing this task is called simply FILTER_VALIDATE_URL, and one use of it has been illustrated below:
// validate URL
$url = 'http://www.devshed.com';
if(filter_var($url, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL) === FALSE) // displays The URL provided is valid.
echo 'The URL provided is not valid.';
echo 'The URL provided is valid.';
In its simplest version, the FILTER_VALIDATE_URL filter will merely check to see if a given URL is correctly formatted. In the above example, the filter will consider the incoming URL to be valid, since it indeed is properly formed — but now pay attention to the following code sample, which passes to the filter only the URL's protocol, and in consequence produces an error:
// validate URL
$url = 'http://';
if(filter_var($url, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL) === FALSE) // displays The URL provided is not valid.
echo 'The URL provided is not valid.';
echo 'The URL provided is valid.';
Even though the example is rather simplistic and trivial, it shows in a nutshell how to work with the FILTER_VALIDATE_URL filter to validate well-formatted URLs. Of course, this filter comes packed with a few other useful options that allow you to check the host, path and protocol sections of URLs, but these will be discussed in detail in the next article. Meanwhile, feel free to edit all of the code samples developed in this article so you can arm yourself with a more solid foundation in using the filter PHP 5 extension.Final thoughts
It's hard to believe, but we've come to the end of this fifth chapter of the series. The experience has been quite instructive, since you've learned the basic concepts that surround the utilization of the filter extension for working with a few simple regular expressions, and for validating basic URLs at a very basic level.
And speaking of checking URLs, the filter library provides PHP programmers with the ability to validate them in a decent variety of flavors, including the corresponding protocol, the host and path and a few other really handy options that will be discussed in depth in the upcoming tutorial.
Therefore, now that you've been warned about the juicy topics that will be covered in the next tutorial, you don't have any excuses to miss it!


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Hello all!
I just joined and I just have a quick question:
Does anyone know where a good place to buy bento boxes in Massachusetts or even online?
I have an old bento box that I got when I was about 8 and am looking for a new one to start off the school year with.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thank you!
Hmm, the MA area seems to be a bit poor in bento shopping sources, judging from the Japanese food shopping page and the Bento Store Locator on Lunch in a box (which seems a bit out of date, since Porter Exchange / Kotobukiya closed a couple of months ago). And the Korean groceries listed do not usually carry bento boxes. Unless someone can pipe in here, your best bet might be mailorder or a trip down to the NYC area, which has several sources.
The Big Onigiri.
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I was actually thinking of Porter Exchange and didn't even know it had closed until about a week ago!
Which is sort of sad, since I live like, 10 minutes from the place XD
I'm thinking a mailorder will be my best bet, as well.
Thank you for the help!
Thank you, everyone, for your help!!
There are some stores - Super 88 here in Mass near Boston.
I have found some stuff there, mostly ingredients-wise. I havent been to the larger store in Quincy but I hear there are bento things there!
Kam Man in Quincy. The department store has a whole shelf of them.
Kam Man in Quincy. The department store has a whole shelf of them.
This is true - I was just in there today. They had the blue Lube Sheep dot pattern box for $1.99!
I know this topic is two years old, but I stumbles across it now.
Ebisuya Japanese Market in Medford MA has a few boxes and accessories. I like this store, it's small, but the staff is friendly, and they get more stuff in each time I visit... this store opened just last year, so it is very new.
H Mart in Burlington MA is also very new, but they have a few bento boxes a well, More accessories and chopsticks too. Try the kitchen section first, the cuter stuff is sold in the front of the store for a lot more money, but there are good boxes for cheaper in the kitchen section with the accessories. If you go, check out the bakery or the food court. YUM!
And say hi to the only non-Asian guys working there (lol). They are friends of mine from school.
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10 Light & Fresh Dips for Spring Snacking
Now that it's spring it's time to change up your snack game. The promise of warm weather requires that you ditch your hearty snacks and try something fresh, something you could never get in a vending machine: dip! These lighter dip options like grilled guacamole and spicy hummus with lime and jalapeño will pair perfectly with cold, crunchy spring vegetables or your favorite tortilla chip.
If you're looking for something a little bit earthier, try the homemade baba ghanoush or creamy beet and tahini dip. If you'd rather have something on the sweeter end of things, try the fresh figs with cashew cream. Honestly, you can't go wrong.
What are your favorite fresh dips for snacking? Better yet –– are there any great veggie or chip combinations that you prefer with your dips?
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Caught On Camera: Girl Pulls Knife On Officer During Fight In South Carolina!
"Gaffney police say an officer was called to a fight at Broad and Kendrick streets on Tuesday. The officer said when he arrived he found a large group of people at the intersection and called for a supervisor. Police say another officer and a supervisor arrived at the scene. According to the police, as the officers were trying to move the group of people out of the road, they noticed a fight had started down the street and tried to break it up. Police say they were able to stop the fight, but during this time two other girls started assaulting one of the officers. Police say the two girls hit the officer"
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