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Hello, my name is Geoff, and I'm a Facebook addict. That's how I recently began the process of assessing my participation on Facebook — the most popular social networking site in the world.
Some of you know that I've been a regular contributor of commentaries and letters to the editor here for more than a decade and that I've published a blog, A Bubbling Cauldron, that addresses mostly local political issues for more than seven years. I joined Facebook to expand the market awareness of my blog activities by posting links to individual entries. It served that objective well, with the readership increasing dramatically since I became a "Facebookian," a term my nephew uses to describe those of us who participate. Of course, much of that increase was also probably due to the contentious nature of our local politics for the past couple of years, and the frequency of my posts covering it.
I also found Facebook to be a useful tool for staying in touch with friends and relatives, some of whom are in remote locations and use the social network as their only means of communication. As time passed and I accumulated more "friends" — folks I wouldn't know if I tripped over them — I found myself learning way, way too much about the minutia of their lives. And, during the past couple of years, Facebook has been a forum for much political discourse — some of it pretty darn heated at times. I became hooked.
However, the intrusive downside of Facebook has finally become too much of an ordeal for me. When this fine newspaper and the Orange County Register finally threw in the towel in the battle of editing comments on their articles this year and chose to require every commenter to be on Facebook, it became the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back. By doing so, they abdicated any control over the comments that appear on these pages online to Facebook. No longer do the editors of these newspapers get a vote — beyond that of any other Facebook user, who can block someone and prohibit their participation.
Now, if someone claims a comment has somehow "abused" them, an algorithm in a Facebook server farm decides if an "abuse" has actually occurred, and what the punishment might be. Facebook controls the game, decides who gets to play, and for how long. Facebook decides if your comment will be deleted, whether you'll be required to "stand in the corner" for a day, or whether you'll be banished for life.
The result has been that some commenters with particularly thin skin, and perhaps others with a more sinister plan, have begun using the Facebook algorithm as a way to quash criticism in the online pages. That's a real shame. Not that some of us have not stepped over the line from time to time and deserve a word of caution — we have, and do. However, the big algorithm in the sky is a soulless, heavy-handed entity that appears to be easily manipulated.
So, on Jan. 1, without the benefit of a 12-step program, I decided to cease participation on Facebook, knowing full well that I will be losing a lot by doing so. I, for example, will no longer be able to comment online on any article in the Daily Pilot or Orange County Register — even those I authored. If someone posts a critical comment on this commentary, for example, I will not be able to rebut it here. Nor will I have that conduit of communication to real friends. And I will probably never forgive Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his cronies for devaluing the word "friend" in our society.
Now my problem will be finding ways to fill the hours I spent plowing through my Facebook page every day. I'm confident I'll find something constructive to do with that time. And I suspect there will be cheers around Newport-Mesa because, thanks to Facebook, the voice of a critic has been muted. That's a real shame.
GEOFF WEST, publisher of the A Bubbling Cauldron blog, lives in Costa Mesa.


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Statistics tell a troubling story for the U.S. ethanol industry. In its Dec. 11 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates, USDA projected lower U.S. corn use mostly due to reductions in ethanol use and corn exports. Ethanol use was projected 300 million bushels lower (7.5 percent) as prospects for blending above federally mandated levels decline, the report said.
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Despite reductions in expected meat production, corn feed and residual use was raised 50 million bushels as lower ethanol production reduced the availability of distiller grains.
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Domestic mill use was reduced 100,000 bales, reflecting a marginal decline from the level of recent months. Exports were reduced 750,000 bales, as sharply lower world consumption is anticipated to limit demand for U.S. cotton. U.S. ending stocks were raised nearly 15 percent from November to 7.1 million bales.
World production was reduced 1.4 million bales from November's estimate. World consumption was reduced sharply for the second consecutive month, as deteriorating economic conditions continue to fade demand prospects. World stocks were raised 2.4 percent.
Sorghum exports were reduced 10 million bushels based on the slow pace of sales and shipments. Sorghum feeding was raised an offsetting 10 million bushels.
Projected U.S. rice exports were lowered 1 million hundredweight to 106 million hundredweight, all in long-grain. Rough rice exports were raised 1 million hundredweight to 39 million hundredweight, while combined milled and brown exports (on a rough-equivalent basis) were lowered 2 million hundredweight to 67 million hundredweight. Rice ending stocks were projected at 23.4 million hundredweight, 2 million hundredweight below November, with the reduction all in long-grain.
USDA raised projected global rice production slightly. Global ending stocks for 2008-09 were projected at 80.8 million tons, up slightly from November.
Although global rice prices have trended downward since the beginning of the marketing year, they are declining at a slower-than-expected rate, according to USDA. Government policies in Thailand (intervention program) combined with continued export bans by India and Egypt are affecting global prices.
U.S. soybean exports were raised 30 million bushels to 1.05 billion bushels reflecting strong early season shipments and sales, especially to China. Projected soybean ending stocks are unchanged at 205 million bushels.
Projected soybean production for India increased 500,000 tons from November to a record 9.7 million tons. Brazil soybean production was reduced 1 million tons to 59 million tons due to lower projected area.
Projected U.S. wheat ending stocks for 2008-09 were raised 20 million bushels in December on higher imports and lower food use. Global 2008-09 wheat production is projected at 684 million tons, up 1.6 million from November. Brazil's production was raised 400,000 tons based on recent government estimates.
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Texas court says stranger OK to photograph kids in swimsuits
A man who investigators said photographed children in 2011 at a San Antonio water park should not face an improper photography charge because the Texas law is unconstitutional, the Fourth Court of Appeals has ruled.
Ronald Thompson, 50, was arrested in July 2011 at Sea World of Texas after concerned parents reported him swimming with and taking pictures of children ages 3 to 11, according to a statement from Bexar County District Attorney Susan D. Reed.
"When approached by park security, Thompson attempted to delete the photographs on his camera before it was seized," Reed said in the statement. "Police examination of the camera revealed 73 photographs of children in swimsuits, with most of the photographs targeting the children's breast and buttocks areas."
Thompson was indicted by a grand jury on 26 felony counts of violating the Texas Improper Photography statute.
The statute protects people from being recorded without their consent for the sexual purposes of others, Reed stated. The law is frequently applied where covert cameras are placed in bedrooms to record or broadcast sexual activity without the knowledge of a participant.
It also protects women from offenders who crouch behind them to take "up-skirt" pictures in public places, and "protects children from child predators who would use them as the subjects of their sexual fantasies," Reed stated.
Thompson applied for a writ of habeas corpus, challenging the statute as unconstitutional. A Bexar County judge denied the request, but the Fourth Court of Appeals in San Antonio reversed the decision on Aug. 30.
"The statute not only restricts an individual's right to photograph, a form of speech protected by the First Amendment ... but the statute also restricts a person's thoughts, which the U.S. Supreme Court has held is 'wholly inconsistent with the philosophy of the First Amendment,' " Justice Marialyn Barnard wrote for the three-panel appeals court.
"The First Amendment prohibits laws that abridge freedom of speech," Reed stated in the 12-page opinion. "Thompson argues the statute has a substantial impact on free speech because there is no careful delimitation of criminal conduct, but rather anyone who takes photographs of non-consenting persons is at risk of violating the law. We agree."
The Bexar County DA's Office plans to appeal the appeals court's decision.
"Three other courts of appeals in Texas have held the Improper Photography statute to be constitutional," according to the statement from the DA's office. "The Fourth Court of Appeals is the only court to have ever held otherwise. District Attorney Reed intends to appeal the case to the Court of Criminal of Appeals, the highest court of criminal review in Texas."


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Level 2 "Apartment"
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Review: BMW 2-Series Active Tourer
I spy a five-seat people carrier. Hardly the sort of car where image and excitement reign.
No this is a sector of the market sorely lacking in The Fizz. But hang on. You're witnessing a moment in history. It's the arrival of the first front-drive BMW. (OK, BMW engineered the Minis and the Rover 75, but they aren't actual BMWs). Not to mention this is the first BMW people-carrier.
I wonder why BMW is bothering. But I'll come to them later. First, is this, to paraphrase the car rental guy in Get Shorty, "the BMW of minivans?"
Amazingly, it is. It's tall and the windscreen is miles ahead of you, bounded by huge pillars that block the view in tight bends. You can't see the bonnet of the stubby nose. Your feet are below you rather than ahead. All the static signals are that it's going to drive like any other family box. But guess what: the steering doesn't have mild dementia, the body control isn't vaguely drunk, the performance isn't wheezing. No, the 2-series Active Tourer closely approaches the dynamics of an actual car.
OK, a car. But a BMW?
We're talking about the Bavarian Motor Works, so let's start with the brand-new engine. The 218d uses the modular diesel powerplant that's part of the same family of three-and four-cylinder petrols and diesels first seen in the new Mini and i8. Eventually they'll roll out, in longitudinal as well as transverse installations, across a vast swathe of BMW models.
In the 218d this two-litre four-cylinder makes 150bhp. For a four-banger transverse diesel it's amazingly quiet, smooth and free-revving. The economy and CO2 figures are competitive of course, but not startling. There's also a new six-speed manual gearbox, which needs development work on the shift: the narrow gate and inconsistent weight are a bit of a lottery.
And the handling? No powerslides surely?
No powerslides, absolutely. But that doesn't mean it's not a BMW. You can't powerslide an X5 or 318d or i3 or even an i8. And yet the Active Tourer engineers were so obsessed with making it 'dynamic' that they've gone further than surely 99 percent of people-carrier buyers would want.
The steering, in pursuit of impressively vivid feel, also transmits a fair bit of torque kickback. The ride, because it controls roll and understeer so well, is pretty firm and sometimes thumpy. And oh lordy when you semi-deactivate the stability control and get to the cornering limit, you can lift-off and nudge out the tail like a lairy hot hatch. It's remarkable fun, even if it's an irrelevant quality in a family van. And of even less relevance, the engineers say the more powerful petrol version will lap the N*rb?rgr!ng in under nine minutes. They just can't help themselves.
Family van then. Any good at that?
The rear room is decent for the class, but no better than that. The seats slide forward to make the boot bigger, and the backrests recline a little, and flop forward at the touch of a switch in the boot, and the boot itself has an underfloor bin. But really that's about the extent of the MPV trickery. In French MPVs, kids enjoy the territorial aspect of each having an individual seat to themselves. But this one isn't like that - it's a conventional 2/3 and 1/3 split. And the seat backrests simply drop down - they don't tumble-fold.
And in front?
Good support from the seats, and decent dash quality. You can of course tick off a big menu of the normal connected drive systems, driver aids and power-assist options. There are some pretty out-there options for colour schemes too. Our test car had red stitching on the dash and deck-chair striped seats.
I'm not convinced by the exterior design.
Nor us. It's certainly the most dynamic-looking of MPVs and it rocks all the usual BMW cues. But maybe an MPV shouldn't try so hard to disguise what it is.
Not too assaulting at first. It starts at £22,125 for the base spec 218i with a 150bhp three-cylinder petrol. The tester, a 218d Sport, would have been £25,455. But there's always the sting of extras.
Very well. It's the BMW of people carriers. But rivalling the Citroen Picasso is a pretty random thing for BMW to be doing, surely?
Well, five years ago BMW decided it would gain a lot of sales by expanding its range downwards. So it conceived this front-drive architecture because smaller cars need to be space-efficient. The architecture was designed to support up to 12 different body styles of BMW, though they won't all necessarily be built. We do know this five-seat Active Tourer will be followed by a stretched seven-seat version - even more off-brand perhaps. And XDrive will come later. After that we expect hatchbacks, a small crossover, and a saloon. For clues, just look at what Audi does with the A3 (3dr, 5dr, cabrio, saloon) and S3 and Q3. And of course the FWD BMWs share many ideas - though not a lot of parts because they are different sizes - with the new Mini.
So if BMW makes this FWD people carrier drive satisfactorily, there's hope for all those future cars?
Quite so. And yes, it turns out that this dynamic feat has been accomplished.
But you didn't answer the question before last. Sure, BMW has made a decent MPV, but just because BMW could doesn't mean BMW should have, does it?
Three things here. For a start, you can argue that however 'premium' and 'dynamic' BMW's people carrier is, it's still a people carrier, and the wider public will think that's a brand dilution. But then, Mercedes makes Unimogs and trucks and that doesn't dilute the allure of the S-class.
Second point. While some people buy BMWs because they're good cars, some buy them purely for the image and badge. People in the MPV market aren't image-conscious, surely, because while MPVs are clever and useful they aren't image cars. So I think few buyers in a non-image sector will pay for an image badge. If they want image, they'll get a BMW X1.
And finally, mention of the X1 brings us onto a significant market shift. Because so many people have bought crossovers - see the Qashqai, Kuga, etc - the MPV segment is the fastest-shrinking segment of all. In the past, when BMW has gone into new segments it's been into growing ones. The first X5. The Z3. The Mini. Then the Countryman. The 6-series Gran Coupe. The i3. They all launched into sectors that were new and small but growing (crossovers, roadsters, premium little cars, small baby crossovers, four-door coupes, EVs).
It's possible that the 2-series Active Tourer has arrived fashionably late at the MPV party. But it's also possible it's arrived so late everyone else is getting their coats and phoning a minicab home.
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Early Wednesday morning, police in Orange arrested a man who was pleading with them to be taken to jail.
According to a police report from OPD, officers arrested 29-year-old Michael Wayne White for class B possession of synthetic marijuana after receiving a report that the man was making threatening calls to a family member from a pay phone at 3709 N. 16th Street in Orange at approximately 1:26 a.m. on May 29. OPD Officer Tim Pruitt responded to the call and arrived at the scene "in less than a minute," according to the report. Pruitt reported that when he arrived, he saw White sitting on a park bench nearby with an open pocket knife in his hand. According to the officer, White said, "I am going to kill someone."
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No. 93,7791
1. The provisions of K.S.A. 38-1681(c)(2)(B) do not preclude appellate jurisdiction to consider whether the district court properly denied credit for time served.
2. A juvenile respondent may voluntarily request and agree to certain restrictions in order to be in the custody of the Juvenile Justice Authority rather than a juvenile correctional facility. If the Juvenile Justice Authority places the respondent in a treatment facility, the respondent is not in the facility pursuant to a court order and would not be subject to an escape charge if he or she left the facility. Such a respondent is not "incarcerated" as that term is used in K.S.A. 38-16,133 and may not receive credit for time spent in the treatment facility.
Appeal from Chase District Court; MERLIN G. WHEELER, judge. Opinion filed October 21, 2005. Affirmed.
Kevin W. Babbit, of Kansas Legal Services of Emporia, for appellant.
William T. North, county attorney, and Phill Kline, attorney general, for appellee.
Before RULON, C.J., GREENE and BUSER, JJ.
BUSER, J.: T.G., a juvenile, appeals the district court's denial of credit for time served while in a residential juvenile sexual misconduct program prior and subsequent to his sentencing. We affirm.
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T.G. was charged with one count of rape on April 30, 2003. He was placed in a juvenile detention center, and a detention hearing was set for May 2, 2003. The journal entry of the detention hearing indicates T.G. was placed in the custody of the Juvenile Justice Authority (JJA) with the "recommendation he remain in detention until placement is available." On May 20, 2003, the JJA placed T.G. at the Marillac Center, where he was enrolled in a juvenile sexual misconduct program.
T.G. filed an "ADMISSION TO CHARGE" in the juvenile case on September 22, 2003. The document, signed by T.G. and witnessed by his counsel, contained the following agreement:
"The State will amend the sole count of the complaint to aggravated indecent solicitation of a child, a violation of K.S.A. 21-3511, a severity level 6 person felony. [T.G.] will stipulate to the amended charge. The parties agree to a 24 month underlying sentence in a juvenile correctional facility, to be stayed for a period of 36 months for placement in JJA custody with authority for out of home placement. Both parties will recommend that [T.G.] receive residential treatment focused on sexual behavior problems."
The district court accepted T.G.'s plea on the same day. The district court maintained custody with the JJA and ordered a juvenile presentence investigation report (PSI).
The court services officer recommended a minimum term of 18 months in a juvenile correctional facility and 12 months of aftercare. He recommended that the sentence be stayed, that T.G. be kept in JJA custody with authority for out of home placement, and that T.G. be ordered "to complete an approved Sexual Offender treatment program prior to his release from JJA and follow all recommendations of treating physicians and therapists while in custody."
At sentencing on November 3, 2003, the district court sentenced T.G. "to a term of incarceration in Juvenile Correctional Facility for a period of 18 months," with 24 months of aftercare. The district court further ordered "that the term of incarceration previously imposed herein be stayed and that [T.G.] remain [in] the care, custody and control of the [JJA] with authority for placement." The district court recommended placement at Marillac. The district court also ordered "that [T.G.] complete the Sexual Offenders Program and follow all the recommendations for treatment and aftercare."
T.G. made initial progress at Marillac, but on November 5, 2004, the State filed a motion to "revoke the placement of [T.G.] with the [JJA], that [T.G.] be ordered to serve the sentence previously imposed herein and that [T.G.] be ordered to complete all Sexual Offender counseling available while incarcerated in the Juvenile Correctional Facility." At a hearing November 15, 2004, T.G.'s counsel stipulated that his client had failed to complete the sexual offender treatment program at Marillac. Based on this stipulation, the district court found "no question . . . that [T.G.] is in violation of the order of this Court which had directed the completion of a sex offender treatment program." The district court said the only remaining issue was "what disposition order can or should be made."
T.G.'s counsel argued his client should receive credit for the time at Marillac because "that placement did occur as a result of a Court order," and that T.G. "was in fact in custody for purposes of the statute and should receive full credit for time served." The district court rejected T.G.'s argument, however, holding T.G. was not incarcerated because Marillac is a treatment facility. The district court also noted that T.G., as a juvenile, would be in placement somewhere, and "it would work against the terms of the intended meaning of this statute to allow someone that has been in an alternative placement to get credit for that placement."
Prior to oral arguments, we issued a show cause order requesting that the parties brief whether we had jurisdiction pursuant to K.S.A. 38-1681(c)(2)(B). In particular, we raised the issue of whether T.G. was attempting to impermissibly appeal from a sentence that was the result of an agreement between the State and the defendant which was approved on the record by the sentencing court.
The State argues that "K.S.A. 38-1681(c)(2)(B) specifically states that the appellate court cannot review any sentence resulting from an agreement between the state and the defendant which the sentencing court approves on the record."
T.G. asserts a two-fold argument. First, K.S.A. 38-1681(c)(2)(B) "does not state, however, whether it is referring to agreements as to a specific sentence or simply to agreements regarding a specific offense." Second, even if the statute applies, "its provisions do not extend to the determination of credit for time served because that determination is a separate and distinct issue having no impact on the sentence imposed."
We are persuaded that the crux of T.G.'s appeal is not to review the propriety of the sentence imposed in this case, but simply to consider whether the district court properly denied T.G. credit for time served prior and subsequent to the sentence imposed. As a result, the provisions of K.S.A. 38-1681(c)(2)(B) do not preclude appellate jurisdiction and we may consider the sole issue of credit for time served.
Credit for Time Served
T.G. maintains the district court was required under K.S.A. 38-16,133 to provide credit for the time he spent at Marillac against the term of his commitment to a juvenile correctional facility. Interpretation of a statute is a question of law subject to unlimited review. State v. Maass, 275 Kan. 328, 330, 64 P.3d 382 (2003).
K.S.A. 38-16,133 states in part:
"In any action pursuant to the Kansas juvenile justice code . . . the judge, if sentencing the respondent to confinement, shall direct that, for the purpose of computing respondent's sentence and release, eligibility and conditional release dates thereunder, that such sentence is to be computed from a date, to be specifically designated by the court in the sentencing order. Such date shall be established to reflect and shall be computed as an allowance for the time which the respondent has spent incarcerated pending the disposition of the respondent's case." (Emphasis added.)
Although the Juvenile Justice Code does not define the word "incarcerated," the statutes which authorized T.G.'s eventual placement at Marillac provide some definitional guidance. Under K.S.A. 38-1663(a)(4), placement in the custody of the JJA must be accomplished "as provided in K.S.A. 38-1664." Pursuant to that statute, "[t]he court shall have no power to direct a specific placement by the commissioner, but may make recommendations to the commissioner." K.S.A. 38-1664(b). The JJA has the power to place a juvenile offender in "a community mental health center," among other options. K.S.A. 38-1664(b).
Regardless of the restrictive life at Marillac, T.G. was not there pursuant to a court order. In the ADMISSION TO CHARGE, T.G. voluntarily requested placement in "residential treatment focused on sexual behavior problems," and the JJA, which had custody of T.G. after his removal from home, determined the appropriate placement of T.G. was at Marillac. These facts are important to the determination of whether T.G. may be considered to have been incarcerated while at Marillac.
Juvenile proceedings are not part of the criminal code, but the operative clause in K.S.A. 2004 Supp. 21-4614, "time which the defendant has spent incarcerated pending the disposition of the defendant's case," is repeated in K.S.A. 38-16,133, with the substitution, in this instance, of "respondent" for "defendant." In the criminal context, the Kansas Supreme Court recently examined whether a defendant should receive jail time credit under K.S.A. 21-4614 for time spent under "house arrest, where he was electronically monitored and ordered to be 'locked down' 24 hours a day." State v. Guzman, 279 Kan. 812, 814, 112 P.3d 120 (2005).
In Guzman, our Supreme Court analyzed three cases cited by T.G. on appeal, State v. Palmer, 262 Kan. 745, 942 P.2d 19 (1997), State v. Mackley, 220 Kan. 518, 552 P.2d 628 (1976), and State v. Parks, 27 Kan. App. 2d 544, 6 P.3d 444 (2000), not in terms of the restrictions placed on the respective defendants, but on whether they were out of jail on bond. Guzman, 279 Kan. at 814-15. Where, as in Palmer and Parks, the defendants were out on bond, they received no jail time credit. In Mackley, by contrast, the defendant received jail time credit while in court-ordered custody at a state hospital to determine his competency to stand trial. Applying its analysis to the facts in Guzman, our Supreme Court held the defendant there was not entitled to jail time credit:
"Unlike Mackley, Guzman was free on bail, i.e., he had control over his place of custody inasmuch as he had a choice between (1) being released on bond to be in his own home under house arrest and (2) remaining in jail.
. . . .
"Guzman, choosing to be released on bail bond and accepting house arrest with 24-hour-a-day electronic monitoring as additional conditions of release, is not entitled to jail time credit for that period." 279 Kan. at 815.
Just as in the criminal context a defendant may accept certain restrictions to be out of jail on bond, in the juvenile context a respondent may voluntarily request and agree to certain restrictions to be in the custody of the JJA rather than at a juvenile correctional facility. Guzman suggests that, once a defendant or respondent accepts those restrictions as preferable to incarceration, that individual may not claim those restrictions rendered his or her situation equivalent to incarceration.
Finally, we note that a case similar to the present one was decided by this court in In the Interest of W.M., Case No. 90,277, unpublished opinion filed December 24, 2003. In that case, W.M. was a juvenile offender who stipulated to the commission of indecent liberties with a child. The issue before the court was whether W.M., upon his later commitment to a juvenile correctional facility was entitled to credit for time previously served while at Marillac.
In analyzing K.S.A. 38-16,133, Judge Lewis observed: "It is perfectly obvious from reading the statute that a juvenile offender is only entitled to jail time credit for time he or she has spent incarcerated pending the disposition of his or her case." Slip op. at 3. The determinative factor, the court reasoned, was whether the individual claiming the credit had been sent to that facility pursuant to court order. The court concluded that incarceration as used in K.S.A. 38-16,133 meant placement in a facility where the juvenile offender, if he or she escaped, would be subject to a charge of escape from custody in violation of K.S.A. 21-3809 or 21-3810. The critical factor to both statutes was whether the individual was placed at a facility pursuant to court order.
In In re W.M., the court held:
"W.M. was not placed in the treatment facilities by court order. The Juvenile Justice Authority placed him in those facilities in an effort to rehabilitate him. Since he was not in a treatment facility pursuant to court order, he would not be subject to an escape charge if he left the facility; therefore, he was not incarcerated per K.S.A. 38-16,133 and is not entitled to any credit for time spent in the treatment facilities." Slip op. at 4.
We are persuaded by the reasoning in In re W.M.
In the present case, T.G. willingly entered into a beneficial agreement by which he avoided incarceration by voluntarily seeking "residential treatment focused on sexual behavior problems." This residential treatment afforded by Marillac was not ordered pursuant to the court, but by the JJA. Whether employing our Supreme Court's analysis in Guzman or the rationale used in In re W.M., we hold that T.G. was not entitled to credit for time spent at Marillac prior and subsequent to his sentencing.
1REPORTER'S NOTE: Previously filed as an unpublished opinion, the Supreme Court granted a motion to publish pursuant to Rule 7.04 (2005 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 50). The published version was filed with the Clerk of the Appellate Courts on March 31, 2006.


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State Owned Vehicle Usage
Chapter 6420
Revised August 20, 2015
Table of Contents
.010 Introduction
.020 Use of State Owned or Leased Vehicle
.030 Responsibility for Operation
.040 University Motor Pool Vehicles
.050 Departmental Vehicles
.060 Permanent Assignments of State-Owned or leased Motor Vehicles
.070 Vehicle Travel Records and Expenses
.080 Expenses of Operation of State-Owned or Operated Vehicle
.090 Parking for and Return of State-Owned or Leased Motor Vehicles
.100 Insurance and Accident Reporting
.110 Questions
Related Content
.150 Motor Vehicle Request
.160 Vehicle Use Log (Sample)
.170 Record of Vehicle Expense Log (Sample)
.010 Introduction
This chapter outlines the policies, responsibilities and procedures for the use of all State motor vehicles owned, leased or operated by an agency, officer, or employee of the State when on official state business. The State regulations are defined in State Statutes 75-4601 through 75-4616 and Kansas Administrative Regulations 1-17-1 through 1-17-19
.020 Use of State Owned or Leased Vehicle
State-owned or leased motor vehicles are only to be used for official state business and only operated by a person who has a valid driver's license and who is an officer or employee of Kansas State University. Only employees of the State or a person reasonably engaged in official state business shall be allowed to ride in a state-owned or leased motor vehicle. The use of a 15-passenger van will sometimes be the most effective means of transportation for certain activities and events involving University employees and/or students. The operation and procedures relating to the 15-passenger vans are explained in PPM Chapter 6450, Van Policy on Usage of 15-Passenger Vans, http://www.ksu.edu/policies/ppm/6450.html.
A State-owned or leased motor vehicle is not to be used to commute between the employee's residence and the employee's official work station, except
when the vehicle is marked as a law enforcement vehicle and is used by an employee certified as a law enforcement officer under the provisions of K. S. A. 74-59601 et seq.
when the vehicle is used to commute an employee who is determined by the Secretary of Administration to be required to respond to reoccurring public safety emergencies under specified circumstances that make commuting in a state vehicle cost effective.
when the vehicle is assigned to the employee on a trip basis only and driving the vehicle to the employee's residence will not increase the total one-way trip mileage between the official workstation and the destination by more than 10 miles.
When the state-owned or leased motor vehicle is authorized to be used for travel to an employee's place of residence under paragraph 1 and 2 above, the reasonable distance one-way between the employee's official work station and residence shall not exceed 10 miles. For trip vehicles assigned to a traveler under paragraph 3 above, reasonable distance shall be based on determination that driving the vehicle home will not increase the total one-way trip mileage between the official work station and the destination by more than 10 miles.
This regulation shall not apply to an employee whose residence has been designated as the official work station because over 50 % of the employee's work time involves direct travel from his or her residence; or state owned or leased motor vehicles acquired or assigned for use in the state vanpool program.
.030 Responsibility for Operation
The operator of a state-owned or operated motor vehicle shall be responsible for operating the vehicle in a safe and prudent manner and in accordance with all applicable county, township, city ordinances and state laws pertaining to the operation of motor vehicles. Any fines or penalties arising from the operation of a state-owned or operated motor vehicle in an unlawful manner are the responsibility and obligation of the operator.
Compliance with the provisions of these rules and regulations shall be a condition precedent to the right to operate or continue to operate a state-owned or operated motor vehicle on official state business or to be reimbursed for any expense that may, by law, or hereinafter in these rules and regulations be allowed.
.040 University Motor Pool Vehicles
Kansas State University Division of Facilities operates the University Motor Pool which provides vehicles for lease by University departments for transportation of employees and students. There are over 75 vehicles in the University Motor Pool, consisting of sedans, station wagons, pickups and vans. The shuttle van for services for physically limited is also a part of the University Motor Pool. The Procedure for leasing a University Motor Pool vehicle is explained in PPM Chapter 6430, University Motor Pool, http://www.ksu.edu/policies/ppm/6430.html.
.050 Departmental Vehicles
Any department which has a need for a permanently assigned vehicle is to submit a Motor Vehicle Request form to the Purchasing Office. Each section of the form must provide information in sufficient detail to permit those not familiar with our operations to easily understand our particular uses (Section 2) and needs (Section 3). Use clear, concise statements and a continuation sheet when necessary.
On "trade in" vehicles which have been driven less than 150,000 miles for passenger cars, 130,000 miles for trucks, or equal a 30% replacement, be sure to include a clear description of the vehicle condition in Section 3, an estimate of repair costs needed, and explain why the repairs are not economically feasible. The University Facilities Garage can help with cost estimates for a small fee. If such an explanation is not available, insert other justifiable reasons, such as become costly to maintain.
If requesting a vehicle that will be driven less than 1,250 miles per month, include the reasons for not using a University Motor Pool vehicle in Section 4. Be as specific as possible. Use only valid circumstances such as identifying special vehicle uses requiring specific non-standard equipment which makes it impractical to use the vehicle for general motor pool use. Another example might be a special purpose use, such as for hauling, towing, pick up and delivery, special transportation, etc.
All cars and trucks are to be white in color. Also, K-State has been authorized to place its standard logo on each front door of all of its state owned cars and trucks. University Facilities Garage will provide and install the standard K-State logo decals free. The uniform color and logo are designed to enhance the presence of Kansas State University in the local area and throughout the State.
Upon approval, the department is to follow appropriate University Purchasing Procedures in acquiring the vehicle which include: 1) Purchase from established contracts, 2) Submit a purchase requisition for bidding purposes or, 3) Submit a prior authorization form justifying special situation, e.g. a used vehicle. See PPM Chapter 6310, Purchasing Procedures.
.060 Permanent Assignments of State-Owned or leased Motor Vehicles
A state-owned or leased motor vehicle may be assigned to an employee on a permanent basis if the employee's duties require travel a majority of the time or the employee's duties necessitate a motor vehicle with special equipment, marking, or licensing. The necessity for such special equipment, marking, or licensing shall be approved by the department and the attachment of any special equipment, marking, or licensing will be done at the expense of the using department. Upon retirement of such motor vehicles, the department shall have the equipment removed and all damage repaired and the motor vehicle returned to a clean, sellable condition.
.070 Vehicle Travel Records and Expenses
Each operator of a state owned vehicle is to record on a Vehicle Use Log the destination and the purpose of trips taken that extend beyond the vicinity of the campus and/or work location of the vehicle. The entry should include the beginning and the ending mileage of the trip. The Vehicle Use Log is to be retained in the vehicle and upon completion of each log sheet; the form is to be kept on file in the department. Vicinity use miles do not need to be recorded on the vehicle use log. Departments may alter the Vehicle Use Log and Record of Vehicle Expense Log to meet their needs, as long as the log contains the basic elements in the samples provided.
Each state vehicle is to have routine service and maintenance. Repairs are to be made when needed to ensure the vehicle is safe to be operated and to extend its useful life. Service, maintenance, repairs, fuel and oil for each vehicle is to be recorded on a Record of Vehicle Expense Log sheet. Appropriate departmental personnel need to periodically review the log sheet of each vehicle to ensure it is being maintained accurately and the expenses are appropriate for the vehicle.
.080 Expenses of Operation of State-Owned or Operated Vehicle
Expenses for supplies, service, maintenance, repair, and storage of state-owned or leased motor vehicles shall be performed or arranged for under the supervision of the department head and pursuant to contracts for such supplies, services, maintenance, repair, and storage entered into by the Director of Purchases. The cost of such supplies, services, maintenance, repair, storage and the facilities therefore for state-owned or leased motor vehicles in a motor pool shall be included as part of the mileage charge made to the user departments. For state-owned or leased motor vehicles not assigned to the University motor pool, the actual cost of such supplies, services, maintenance, repairs, and storage shall be borne by the department incurring the same.
Expenses may be incurred in the operation of state-owned or leased motor vehicles while on official state business. The traveler may make purchases of operation or maintenance items for a state-owned or leased motor vehicle such as gasoline, oil, tire, repairs, and lubrication. Wherever open-end contracts for the discount purchase of gasoline, oil, or services are entered into by the Director of Purchases, the special credit cards issued for such contracts shall be used. Tires shall be purchased under the contract established by the Director of Purchases. Expenses such as charges for ferry, bridges, or toll roads will be allowed. Receipts covering all items of expenditures shall be submitted as permitted and in the manner required by the rules and regulations governing travel expenses.
Emergency repairs or purchases incurred for repairs or purchases of a major nature for state-owned or leased motor vehicle shall not be made without authorization from the department head. A major repair or purchase is defined as one that is $200 to $500. Purchases that exceed $5,000 require University Purchasing Office approval.
Towing charges resulting from failure of University Motor Pool vehicles shall be paid by the University Motor Pool. Towing charges for other state-owned or leased vehicles shall be the responsibility of the department. Towing and service charges incurred through improper parking of the motor vehicle by the operator shall be charged to the operator.
The State of Kansas provides only liability coverage, not comprehensive or collision coverage, for dispatched and permanently assigned vehicles. Per K.A.R. 1-17-7(a):
"...Any damage or loss to a rented or permanently assigned vehicle or loss of equipment and costs related thereto on the vehicle may be chargeable to the department to which the vehicle is rented or permanently assigned. Such recoveries of costs to repair damages or to replace losses of vehicle equipment, excluding ordinary wear and tear, is authorized by the State of Kansas..."
While the University Motor Pool is authorized to charge the department for any damages while the vehicle is rented or permanently assigned, traditionally the University Motor Pool has absorbed damages resulting from vandalism, hail, or damage as a result of mechanical failure. The University Motor Pool does, however, charge the department for damages resulting from their driver's error, thus holding the department responsible for their driver's actions.
.090 Parking for and Return of State-Owned or Leased Motor Vehicle
A state-owned or leased motor vehicle assigned on a trip or daily basis shall be returned to the proper motor pool as soon as the state business for which the vehicle was used is completed. Any state car parked at a driver's domicile shall be kept in a garage or driveway, if available. No expense for parking a state-owned or leased motor vehicle at an employee's domicile shall be allowed or paid. Expenses for parking a motor vehicle at the employee's official station or at a duty post shall be reimbursed to the employee by the agency in accordance with established procedures governing, reporting, and claiming reimbursement for such travel expenses. On official travel, a state vehicle shall be kept in a hotel or motel parking lot if available, however, parking on the streets will be permitted when not in violation of a local ordinance. Valet parking is not an allowable travel expense.
.100 Insurance and Accident Reporting
The insurance and accident reporting for state-owned motor vehicles is explained in PPM Chapter 3040, Insurance for Self-Propelled Vehicles, http://www.ksu.edu/policies/ppm/3040.html.
.110 Questions
Questions relating to vehicles policies and procedures are to be referred to Division of Financial Services, Main Office, at (785) 532-6210.


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It's not every day that people get the chance to do something creative that they're not only passionate about, but also pays their bills.
Toes on the Nose window dresser Sydney Hensler says she got lucky.
"It's something I never expected to do, but it totally fits me in a weird way," the Newport Beach resident said. "I really enjoy doing it, and I really enjoy doing it in Laguna Beach because I feel like it's a community that appreciates it."
Hensler, 28, was working at Toes on the Nose in downtown Laguna about two years ago when she was asked to try her hand at the storefront windows that face South Coast Highway. She put her background in art and graphic design to work and came up with such an eye-catching display that the store ditched its normal mannequins for Hensler's monthly artistic creations.
"It's a lot of work, a lot of troubleshooting," Hensler said last month at the shop. "It can be frustrating, but I love doing it, and I love the end product."
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She went on to study art and graphic design at San Diego State University and graduated in 2006 with a bachelor's in the subject.
At Toes on the Nose, Hensler joined the company to teach surf lessons — she left Christmas Day to give lessons in Costa Rica — and soon after that she started working in the Laguna shop.
Hensler uses her artistic eyes to display merchandise, like clothes, hats, shoes, surfboards and any manner of accessories a grom would need. With her manager, the two recently found a small tree sans leaves to display the store's many hats, and Christmas tree branches are draped around clothes' displays interspersed with small pots of poinsettias.
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"I try to do things to put some emphasis on the ocean or some kind of surf theme, but not always," she said.
Since then, Hensler has changed the windows on a monthly basis.
Hensler said she tried to make each display fun, even a little crazy. She tries to create different patterns and pulls inspiration from her own life. When she went to Alaska, she created a moose head out of chicken wire and lunch bags.
Her displays have featured a wave out of aluminum dryer vents; jelly fish made from clear umbrellas and bubble wrap; and an ocean graveyard littered with pieces of broken surf boards supplied by her colleagues at Toes on the Nose.
Each display takes an average of 15 to 20 hours spread out over a few days, including the buying of items — although Hensler likes to reuse old items — constructing, designing and assembling.
She always has a vision in her mind, but it doesn't always go according to plan.
Problem solving and making a space aesthetically pleasing, though, are in her genes. Her father works in construction and her mother was an interior decorator.
"I look at it as a combination of my mom and dad," she said.
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Located in the heart of Gurgaon for easy access, it offers ample parking space with an exclusive access to our lawns. Surrounded by all the prominent Malls of Gurgaon the hotel is located in DLF Phase-1, and is stones throw away from Gurgaons Sikanderpur metro station.
Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi 14 km
New Delhi Railway Station 27 km
Shopping Malls , Hospital & Metro station , ATM / Banks etc 0 to 1 KM
Places of interest
Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary, Ambience Mall, Qutub Minar, Red Fort, Jama Masjid, Purana Quila (Old Fort), India Gate, Connaught Place, Lotus Temple The Bahais Temple, Humayuns Tomb, Safdarjangs Tomb, Chandni Chowk, Rashtrapati Bhavan,Mughal Gardens, National Museum, Birla Mandir, Taj Mahal, Agra- 5 hours by car, Jaipur- 4 hours by car.
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Ambience Mall
City Center Mall
Metropolitan Mall
Mega Mall
Sahara Mall
MGF Metropolis
Grand Mall
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As if the short days and dreary weather of January aren't depressing enough, it's time to think about filing your taxes.
Taxes are never as simple as we would like. But you can easily avoid a number of common missteps and make filing season a lot easier.
For starters, with tax identify theft on the rise, it's a mistake to file late or close to the April 15 deadline. That's because waiting gives criminals more of a chance to appropriate your Social Security number and submit a fraudulent file to receive your refund.
"The sad fact of the matter is it takes about six months to clean up an identity theft on a tax return," said Mark Steber, chief tax officer at Jackson Hewitt. "File your tax return as early as you can and lock out the thieves who may be planning to use your Social Security number or your dependents' Social Security number."
(Read more: Identity thieves gear up to steal your tax refund)
Electronic filing is optimal, according to Steber. "You get your money faster. It's safer; it's generally more accurate."


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Hi all, I am new to Lisp and am having troubles looping the following lisp. I am trying to select objects and then put them on a layer relating to their colour and linetype. For example I want to select an object that has BYLAYER = RED and DASHED and then put it on a layer called 1DASHED. I have got it to run using the following code but because I used NENTSEL I can only pick one object at a time (and it works) I need it to loop to run through every object in an entire drawing but every loop I try I get an error saying VARITYP or something similar (at home now and dont have CAD to regen the error) I looked it up and it means I am refering to a selection set instead of a LIST. Please help looping this. I am desperate.
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The original domain hosting Cava - www.cava.co.uk - is moving to a place in the sun. All existing links were changed to www.cavapackager.com some time ago along with all the published email addresses.
Cava packager will continue to be supported and published at www.cavapackager.com just as before. All that is changing is that the old domain name is going elsewhere.


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Author Notes: Kulfi is a popular frozen dairy dessert from the India. Kulfi has similarities to ice cream (as popularly understood) in appearance and taste, but is denser and creamier. It comes in various flavours, including cream, rose, mango, cardamom , saffron and pistachio, the more traditional flavors. Kulfi is also served with a drink made from vermicelli, basil seeds, rose syrup and milk. This recipe was originally submitted in maple contest, but with this contest in mind I have changes the name . The only difference is that once this base is prepared instead filling them into Popsicle mold churn it into ice cream maker and freeze it and enjoy as ice-cream. There is really no big difference in ice cream and Kulfi. —PistachioDoughnut
Food52 Review: This was my first attempt at making Kulfi, though I've eaten several variations at restaurants. The texture came out like a dense ice cream, and was less icy than I expected (a good thing!) The dates, orange, and maple turn it into a sweet but complex treat with the nuts adding some welcome texture. The recipe didn't specify a quantity for the nuts, so I used 1/2 cup of almonds. I think anywhere between 1/4 to 1/2 cup would work well. I recommend using a large, wide bottomed pan to cook the kulfi down to avoid boil over and speed up the reduction process. —Food52
Makes: 6 popsicle molds
cups Milk
cup Heavy Cream
cup Evaporated Milk
3 to 4
tablespoons Milk powder
tablespoons Sugar
cup Maple Syrup
cup Dates, pitted and chopped
Coarsely ground Nuts of your choice
Zest of one orange
- Take all the ingredients on medium heat in a heavy bottomed saucepan. And, keep stirring it till you get a thick and nice consistency of mixture.
- Once, simmered well and reduced , it should take more than half an hour to bring down the desired rich consistency. Let it cool down. now, to make this into ice cream simply, churn it out into ice cream maker and let it freeze for about 4 hours atleast before serving. Garnish it with date or orange zest or may be nuts.
- This step is to make pops or Kulfi's . And, fill this liquid mixture onto Popsicle mold, or if you do not have one in a ziploc tight container. And, freeze it overnight or preferably about 6 hours atleast.
- Remove from the refrigerator and serve chilled, enjoy it with good laughs with family and friends..
- This recipe is a Community Pick!
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Frozen Dessert
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Ice Cream
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Maple Recipe
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Recipe with Dates
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Press Release
Administration Unveils National HIV/AIDS Strategy
July 13, 2010
Washington, D.C. -- The National AIDS Housing Coalition (NAHC) is encouraged by today's release of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS). NAHC member organizations and supporters were among the hundreds from across the country who elevated housing as a critical need in community focus groups conducted by the Office of National AIDS Policy the past 15 months.
Housing is prominently featured in the goal of "Increasing Access to Care and Improving Health Outcomes." Step 3 of this goal is: "Support people living with HIV with co-occurring health conditions and those who have challenges meeting their basic needs, such as housing." The anticipated result of Step 3 is that by 2015 the percentage of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program clients with permanent housing will increase from 82 percent to 86 percent (from 434,000 to 455,800 people). This serves as a measurable proxy of efforts to expand access to HUD and other housing supports to all needy people living with HIV (page 23 of the Strategy).
The Strategy also directs HUD to "work with Congress to develop a plan (including seeking statutory changes if necessary) to shift to HIV/AIDS case reporting as a basis for formula grants for HOPWA funding" in order to increase coordination among federal agencies under the goal of "Achieving a More Coordinated National Response to the HIV Epidemic" (page 27 of the Implementation Plan).
The Strategy cites evidence featured in the Housing & HIV/AIDS Research Summit Series and refers to the US Interagency Council on Homelessness' new federal plan as a point of collaboration between housing and health agencies: "Access to housing is an important precursor to getting many people into a stable treatment regimen. Individuals living with HIV who lack stable housing are more likely to delay HIV care, have poorer access to regular care, are less likely to receive optimal antiretroviral therapy, and are less likely to adhere to therapy. A large-scale study from 2007 comparing the health of homeless and stably housed people living with HIV found that housing status was more significant than individual characteristics as a predictor of health care access and outcomes. A long-term study of people living with HIV in New York City found that over a 12-year period, receipt of housing assistance was one of the strongest predictors of accessing HIV primary care, maintaining continuous care, receiving care that meets clinical practice standards, and entry into HIV care. Receipt of housing assistance had a direct impact on improved medical care, regardless of demographics, drug use, health and mental health status, or receipt of other services. Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness focuses efforts to reduce homelessness and increase housing security. Planning efforts will be undertaken in collaboration with community partners to address the housing needs of vulnerable Americans who are in homeless situations or present risks of homelessness" (page 28 of the Strategy).
"Housing is essential to the ability of people with HIV/AIDS to enter into and remain in care and to preventing the spread of the virus," said NAHC Executive Director Nancy Bernstine. "PWAs and AIDS housing and healthcare providers are guardedly optimistic that the NHAS not only acknowledges this critical need but offers solutions for identifying and expanding housing options and ending homelessness and housing instability for folks coping with the debilitating and impoverishing affects of HIV/AIDS."
NAHC encourages its partners to read The National HIV/AIDS Strategy, the Implementation Plan, and the President's Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Agencies and Departments for more information.
This article was provided by National AIDS Housing Coalition. Visit NAHC's website to find out more about their activities and publications.
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Sept. 8, 2007
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. - Junior Jake Ruzevick looked in mid-season form as he paced a convincing victory for MIT at the Smith College Invitational. Also serving as the annual race for the Engineer's Cup, Saturday's season-opener was handled easily by the Cardinal and Gray, which placed all five of its scorers among the top nine finishers.
Coast Guard battled with MIT up top and showed that it will serve as a stiff test as the Engineers look to defend its nine consecutive NEWMAC Championships. The Bears had three runners among the top nine and placed their five scorers within the first 11. WPI finished a distant third and RPI finished fourth against the eight-team field.
Ruzevick split a modest 26:58.07, but the junior finished the race by himself as Coast Guard's second-place finisher Zach Henninghausen crossed the line 20 seconds back. Fellow third-year harrier Yermie Cohen posted a time of 27:44 to finish third, while freshman Paul Welle and sophomore Hemu Arumugam crossed the finish sixth and seventh, respectively. Sophomore Bill Phipps capped Tech's scoring contingent with a ninth-place finish that ended with a clip of 28:42.
While the times in Saturday's race were relatively slow, the performance against seven other teams in the region showed that MIT will have the ability to contend for an NCAA berth later in the season.
Senior Chris Wong (13th) and rookie Richard Prevost (15th) rounded out MIT's top seven.


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What began as a project helmed by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students in Stanford University's Ph.D. program, is now one of the most influential companies on the World Wide Web: Google. At first, the students' goal was to make an efficient search engine that gave users relevant links in response to search requests. While that's still Google's core purpose today, the company now provides services ranging from e-mail and document storage to productivity software and mobile phone operating systems. In less than a decade, Google evolved from a two-man enterprise to a multibillion-dollar corporation.
Today, Google's popularity continues to grow. In 2007, the company surpassed Microsoft as the most visited site on the Web [source: Kopytoff]. The company's influence on the Web is undeniable. Practically every webmaster wants his or her site listed high on Google's search engine results pages (SERPs), because it almost always translates into more traffic on the corresponding Web site. Google has also acquired other Internet companies, ranging from blogging services to the video-sharing site YouTube. For a while, the company's search technology even powered rival companies' search engines -- Yahoo! relied on Google searches for nearly four years until developing its own search engine technologies in 2004 [sources: Google; Hu and Olsen].
Google's influence isn't limited to just the Web. In 2007, company executives announced their intention to enter the FCC's auction of the wireless spectrum in the 700 megahertz (MHz) band. That part of the wireless spectrum previously belonged to analog television broadcasters. Google representatives said the company entered the auction to foster competition within the wireless service industry. Google supported an open technology approach to wireless service in which consumers could use any device with any provider rather than face limited choices determined by the provider and its preferred vendors. In order to participate in the auction, Google had to prove it was ready to meet the reserve price for the spectrum: $4.6 billion. Ultimately, Google didn't win the auction. But the company still achieved its main goal -- Verizon, which won the bid, must follow the open technology approach Google wanted.
In this article, we'll learn about the backbone of Google's business: its search engine. We'll also look at the other services Google offers to both average users and to commercial businesses. Then we'll take a quick peek at some of the tools Google has developed over the years. We'll also learn more about the equipment Google uses to keep its massive operation running. Finally, we'll take a closer look at Google the company.
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Excerpts and Sample Lessons from
The Sentence Sounds a Melody: Grammar for the Upper Grades
From Page 2
During a faculty meeting, Dr. Steiner had this to say to them:
If I may speak plainly, the grammar lessons are just horrible.
All the stuff which you find printed in [grammar] books
ought to be burnt. [Emphasis mine]
Something living must enter the torture of undigested terminology is being inflicted upon the children.
If the children have to occupy themselves distinguishing between what one calls subject, object, attribute, indicative, subjunctive, etc., all things in which they have only a half-hearted interest, then they are put in a state where their breakfasts are boiling in their organisms quite uninfluenced by their soul lives. Then one is cultivating real stomach trouble, for example, enteric illnesses in the child, though this may reveal itself some fifteen to twenty years later.
These are some of the leading thoughts that inspired the writing of this book: The Sentence Sounds a Melody.
From Pages 25-26
In the eleventh lecture of 1920 given to the teachers at Basle [The Renewal of Education] Dr. Steiner describes the inner melodic structure of a sentence:
You see, everybody knows what a melody is. Everybody knows what a sentence is. But that a sentence, consisting of a subject, predicate, and object, is really experienced in our unconscious depths as a kind of melody is known to only very, very few people. Just as we can call to mind that during sleep we become aware of the ebb and flow of our feelings rising up into the sphere of consciousness, wrapped in the garment of dreams, so we can also experience that in the depths of our being music lives in the sentence?
The child writes the sentence.
subject predicate object
In our depths this sentence is experienced as a triad. What we experience in our innermost depths is really a triad, a common chord. The chord comes into being through our projecting the first tone to the words "the child", the second tone to "writes" and the third tone to "the sentence." In our unconscious regions, these three tones are experienced as music, as a [chordal] melody before they are clothed into pictures which correspond to reality. In our upper consciousness, they now appear as the sentence. Only by realizing that, at the moment of passing from the sense-perceptible to the supersensible realm, we have to strip off the substance of the sense world in order to experience its transformation into a musical theme, do we have a picture of the whole human being.
The wild horses galloped swiftly over the plains.
The nimble frog jumped suddenly into the pond.
The furry little mice nibbled the wood beneath the floorboards.
That night, deep in the savannah, within a kilometer from our camp, the ravenous lions roared ferociously and continuously.
Now, our chordal melodies have become more embellished:
In the first sentence above the basic triad is still there: "horses" is the subject of the sentence, "galloped" the verb or predicate, and the prepositional phrase (over the plains) is functioning as the recipient, or object of the action. Those remain our basic G major triad (g-b-d).
But now we have added some additional notes creating a more involved melody:
The melody above, as written, has no indications for time, rhythm or length of the notes. But the teacher can simply allow the natural rhythms that are expressed when the sentence is spoken aloud to create the rhythm.
In this example the sentence has been written in standard notation, one possibility among many, of a melody inspired by the sentence.
From page 11
Lessons in Misused Words and Expressions
Irregardless is not a word, regardless of how many times you have heard it.
Neither are authored, critiqued or gifted (used as a verb) words. An author writes a book; he does not author it. A critic may write a critique of the book or offer criticism, but he does not critique the book. The author may have given the critic his book as a gift and the author may be a gifted writer, but the book was not gifted to the critic.
Iterate means to repeat. Re-iterate would then mean to repeat again.
Did you accidentally turn the volume down on your hearing aid?
If I reiterate that query, I will have to say it two more times.
If a woman gives birth to a pair of twins, then she is the proud mother of four infants.
Who has the bigger shoe size, Kobe or Shaq? Who on the team has the biggest feet?
May the better of these two players win the trophy, and may the best player on the team be elected captain. If two athletes are racing one another, only the better man can win. "May the best man win" refers to a competition with more than two participants.
Literally means actually. If some poor fellow was literally up to his ears in paperwork, then we might imagine a clerk locked in the file storage room during an earthquake. Figuratively, the busy office manager is up to his ears in orders.
"Do you have an extra hand you can spare for a moment?" "Let me check in the closet. I think I left one there with my extra leg!"
"Can you give me a hand with this task?" "I prefer to keep my hands attached to my arms, but I will give you some help."
From Pages 28-29
Lesson Activity
Now have the student complete the thoughts in the seven clauses above by creating full sentences. In order to do this, the student will instinctively attach an independent clause to these dependent clauses, and then, following the writing exercise, you can point out the difference. For example, using the fourth clause "after the first stone plunged into the waters", one might recall an episode from the story of Odysseus where he and his men are escaping from the blinded and enraged Cyclops, and finish the sentence in this way: After the first stone plunged into the waters, Odysseus and his men swiftly raised their sails.
Now we see that there are many sentences that have both a dependent clause as well as an independent clause. The two clauses make for an interesting and colorful sentence by taking a simple sentence "The men raised the sails" and embellishing it to convey a greater meaning and vividness to the picture it paints.
Let's recall that fateful moment in history when Julius Caesar pondered whether or not he should cross the Rubicon with his armies and seize control of Rome. We could state that moment directly by saying:
Julius Caesar pondered the destiny of Rome.
That would be the most direct route to stating the complete thought or basic idea of that moment. But let us add a dependent clause and a prepositional phrase before stating that thought:
While he paced the bank, beside the Rubicon's flowing waters,
Julius Caesar pondered the destiny of Rome.
What has happened? A more vivid picture has been painted by the sentence. We have taken the longer scenic route rather than the direct route to the next sentence in our story.
Lesson Activity
Have the student use color pencils to illustrate the sentence roadway, the direct route and the scenic route created by the dependent clause. Elaborate upon the simple sketch above and write sentences with and without a dependent clause.


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Disney's fun-loving chipmunks are reimagined as the leaders of a team of detectives/crime-fighters, rounding out the team are two mice, Gadget Hackwrench and Monterey Jack and Zipper, a fly.
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Sioux Falls Has Much To Offer Labor Day Weekend
You don't really intend to work this weekend do you? Come on, take a break.
I know you may have that end-of-the-quarter report to finish. Or that end-of-summer-project at home to take of. But really, you need to enjoy this Labor Day weekend with your family and friends.
If you're not traveling out of town we have plenty to keep you entertained right here in Sioux Falls. Like the LifeLight Festival through Sunday, Catfish Bay Water-ski Park has performances Friday and Monday, live music at the Queen Bee Mill Saturday night. And how about a movie under stars at Fawick Park Saturday night? Or a Canaries baseball game.
Yes, you'll be tied to your phone, iPad or laptop but give yourself a break sometime this weekend. There are more events on our calendar page.