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The psychology of color plays a seriously important role in marketing and advertising, so in this post we will explore how to choose the colors you use wisely, based on your specific marketing and advertising goals.
Tech startup founders and small business owners—and in fact anyone who needs to advertise or market their products or services—needs to master this design area. If you're doing your own design work it's essential to understand the basics, but even if you're working with a professional designer, it helps to have a sense of what you need in terms of color.
By the end of this post, you will understand the basics of the psychology of color, see how it intersects with marketing and advertising and feel comfortable using color to further your own specific marketing and advertising goals.
Your brain on color
Color and the way humans perceive it plays a crucial role in marketing and advertising. There's an entire field of research dedicated to it, in fact! Color psychology is the study of how colors influence human emotions and behaviors. Our reactions to color are based on a complex series of interactions between our cultural background, our family upbringing and our personal tastes.
Color can affect our perceptions in both obvious and subtle ways. The hue of a product can convince us that it tastes fresher and can even enhance the effectiveness of medication (and placebos). Blue is used to tint pills that calm or induce sleep, while yellow or red are usually the colors of choice for stimulants.
Every brand and business uses colors deliberately in their product designs, packaging, advertisements and websites. High-level marketing and advertising rely in part on the ability to select colors that support the brand and the company's mission. The psychology of color can and must be used to trigger the right responses from consumers if you want to ensure that your advertising and marketing materials will have the impact you want.
How colors get us to buy stuff
Among consumers, colors are closely connected to buying decisions. Color is the primary reason 85 percent of consumers give for choosing what they buy and up to 90 percent of impulse decisions about products are based solely on color. Researchers have also found that 42% of consumers form an opinion of a website based on the site's design, including color, more than any other factor. And 52% of the time inferior design and the poor use of color will influence a consumer's decision to avoid returning to a particular site.
Consumer research has found numerous links between consumers' purchasing decisions and specific colors—connections you can use as you make branding choices.
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Orange, red, royal blue and black appeal to impulse buyers.
Teal and navy blue are the comfort zone for bargain hunters.
When it comes to clothing, softer colors like pink, sky blue and rose are the sweet spot for traditional shoppers.
Consumers have emotional reactions to colors they see in marketing, and those reactions come with specific expectations. Part of those expectations have to do with how appropriate the "fit" between the color and the brand seems to be. We expect to see red and yellow on a sign for Denny's or McDonalds. But how would we feel if we pulled up to a restaurant for a meal we knew would be hundreds of dollars—the most exclusive dining establishment in the city—and saw a similar red and yellow sign? Cheated in advance, right? That's a bad fit!
The same reasons cause Americans to mistrust a bank with a bright yellow and orange sign. We also find brown paper packaging super appealing when it's wrapped around high-end organic coffee or soap. Yet the same paper is totally unappealing when covering bottles of fresh-squeezed juices that look best when they show off their own flashy colors through a clear, unobtrusive label.
And how well do you think a cure for baldness would sell in a lavender box? About as well as a feminine hygiene product in a black and gray box, probably—or worse, a brown one.
These preferences aren't because we're insecure about our own gender or because we don't like brown in packaging. Our connection to color is actually evolutionary! We are programmed to avoid brown produce which could be rotten and so can be hesitant about brown hues. We implement survival strategies, which have trained our brains to prefer certain colors in certain situations. For example, there is research that suggests men really do prefer blondes—probably because blonde hair is a sign of youth and because fair-skinned individuals show age quicker, making it easier to tell if they're too old to mate. Similarly, there's a reason people find red appealing, especially in the context of food. Back in our primate days, the ability to spot ripe, red fruits was a serious advantage, and that programming is still in there.
So, now that you're aware that you can exploit eons of biological programming on behalf of your brand, are you on board?
Cultural colors
Successful marketing and advertising also anticipates cultural differences in color perception. The same color can mean very different things to different audiences. Take yellow. In most European and North American cultures yellow has a playful, bright, cheerful meaning, making it a common choice for things having to do with families and children. Germany is the European exception, where you go yellow, not green, with envy.
For the rest of the world, yellow is all over the map. In China, yellow can have vulgar connotations. In many Asian and Middle Eastern cultures, yellow is imperial and sacred (not purple, which is associated with royalty in European cultures) often worn by members of the ruling or royal classes. In Japan, yellow is the color of courage, so telling a Japanese person that they have a "yellow streak a mile wide" wouldn't be as insulting as it would in Texas.
Many cultures associate yellow with gold, and therefore with success, quality and money. In India yellow is the color of commerce, and in many African nations yellow is reserved for those of higher social rank. Conversely, in many Latin American cultures yellow is associated with mourning and death. Egypt shares this morbid association, but in general yellow is connected with prosperity and happiness in the Middle East.
As a citizen of the marketing world, you owe it to yourself and your brand to design to your target user's culture associations.
Action-oriented colors that will inspire anyone
The best color for call-to-action buttons has spawned extensive research, yet the results are not entirely clear. What we do know is that context is important to buying decisions, and sometimes the optimal button color depends on overall design and the specific brand and product. That said, there are a few rules of thumb that are good to follow. First, your call-to-action button color must be easy to see, but not an eyesore; it should complement the website's overall design yet contrast with it enough to eliminate any searching for it. Second, call-to-action buttons generally, and checkout buttons in particular, should be big, clean, and simple, set against plain backgrounds that aren't distracting.
General research has found that there are three colors that tend to perform best for call-to-action buttons. Red is easy to see, stands out against most designs, and suggests urgency and excitement. Green is a more calming color, but sometimes it helps to soothe certain shoppers into a decision, especially if your service or product is in any way connected to relaxation, peace, psychology or the environment. Finally, the orange/yellow range is associated with warmth, happiness and action. Seen Amazon.com lately? Lots of that orangey-yellowy color.
Testing, testing, testing: are your colors working for you?
Testing is really the only way to make sure you've nailed your marketing color strategy. Multiple iterations of A/B or split testing might be needed before you can determine which colors are working best, and remember, you can really only test one at a time. First, eliminate any colors that have negative connotations in any of your cultural markets. (After all, why test them if you already know the answer?) Then, whittle down your list of possibilities, which should all support your brand while contrasting with each other well.
Now you're ready for your "bracket tournament." Really, that's all that split testing is; you're just testing one color against another allowing the better candidate to move forward until you determine the optimal color. Meanwhile, maintain the rest of your strategy, keeping your calls to action big and above the fold.
Once you've tested, you can confidently implement your color choices for each element of your design, from calls to action to backgrounds to text.
How to use colors precisely to further your specific marketing and advertising goals
Take a closer look at each type of color and individual color to get a better sense of how to use them:
Warm colors
Red, orange, yellow and all of their variations are the warm colors. In general they are energizing, enthusiastic, happy, passionate, playful and positive.
Red (primary color)
Positive associations we commonly have with red include comfort, confidence, excitement, love, passion, strong emotions and warmth.
Negative associations that can come along for the ride with the color red include anger, danger, fire, violence and warfare. Sometimes these "negative" associations are exactly what will sell your product!
Some designs use both the positive and negative connotations of red to support the product, like this movie poster that exudes confidence and passion and danger and violence.
Red's known physical effects on the body include a rise in blood pressure and respiration rate, and enhanced metabolism. Common design uses for the color in the U.S. include bright red as an accent color, and darker red or maroon, in combination with black, or black and white for a more elegant, sophisticated look:
Or in combination with navy blue or gray and white to create a more traditional or professional tone.
Positive associations that typically come along with orange include affordability, beauty, earthiness, energy, enthusiasm, excitement, friendliness, health and vitality, humor, playfulness, seasonal changes and warmth.
Let's break those down a bit as that's a lot of associations!
Health and vitality:
Orange is an interesting color in the U.S. in that there aren't many negative associations with it; maybe prison togs, but that's about it, and that's maybe not a strong enough association to affect your branding. A known physical effect that is associated with orange is appetite stimulation, so you'll see a lot of orange in food and drink branding.
Orange also appears frequently on discount sites.
Yellow (primary)
Positive associations commonly felt with yellow include attention-grabbing, cheerfulness, energizing, happiness, hope, playfulness and warmth.
Negative associations for yellow include anger, caution, cowardice, danger, deceit and frustration. Just like with red, sometimes these negative associations can be powerful marketing tools in their own right:
Yellow is known to brighten the mood in the short-term, so this physical effect should be on your mind as you plan to use it. Common design uses for soft yellows include branding for products and services involving children (like the birthing service from the introduction). Bright yellows are often used for foods or for "fun" or playful products.
Darker yellows and golds are typically used for an antique look and the feeling it provides of permanence or long-lasting appeal.
Cool colors
Green, blue, purple, and every variation in between them are the cool colors. They are generally perceived are more calming, professional, relaxed, and reserved than the warm colors.
Green (secondary)
Positive associations that are inherent to our perception of the color green are abundance, balance, calm, fertility, good luck, growth, harmony, health, money, nature, new beginnings, renewal and soothing.
Negative associations that come along with green include envy, greed, jealousy and lack of experience. Known physical effects attributable to green are lowered heart rate and blood pressure. Common design uses for green include suggestions of nature, stability, renewal, and wealth. Brighter greens are frequently used for energizing and vibrant design concepts:
Whereas more natural looking avocado and olive greens are often used to suggest the natural world.
Darker forest greens are best used to signal wealth and stability.
Blue (primary)
The positive associations typically associated with blue include calm, authority, masculinity, conservative in the broader sense (but in a narrower political sense can also mean liberal), peace, non-threatening, reliability, refreshing, serenity, responsibility, strength, stability, and tranquility.
Peace, and Tranquility:
Calm and Reliability:
Authority, Reliability:
Negative associations for blue include depression, distance, sadness, and to a much lesser extent, adult themes and vulgarity. Blue is known to calm and relax the body. Some common design uses include baby blues for children's services and products and pastel blues for relaxing and calming effects.
Bright blues tend to be used to suggest an energizing, refreshing feel:
While teals and turquoises are used for creative, imaginative, or progressive ventures.
Finally, dark blues are frequently used for financial services, corporate designs, medical services and other places where strength, trust and reliability are important.
Purple (secondary)
Positive associations we make with purple here in the U.S. include creativity, imagination, individuality, luxury, magic, military honor, mystery, romance, royalty, spirituality and wealth.
Magic, Spirituality:
Imagination, Magic, Spirituality:
Like orange, its opposite color, we don't have any real negative associations with purple (other than the obvious residual sadness we feel after the death of Prince, which is in line with the cultural associations with mourning that purple holds in India, Brazil and Thailand).
Common design uses for lavender or light purples are for beauty and pampering brands and services:
And sometimes passion and romance:
Dark purples are commonly used for wealth and luxury branding.
Neutral colors may seem less exciting, but they are central to branding because they are what you use to balance focus and accent colors to create the effects you're looking for. Neutrals also have their own meanings, so it's good to be aware of what they are.
Positive associations with white include brides, cleanliness, goodness, health, innocence, peace, purity, simplicity, virginity and youth.
Health and Purity:
Cleanliness and Purity:
Brides, Virginity:
Goodness, Peace:
Negative associations with white include blandness, cold, dullness, impersonality, sterility and lack of inspiration. Known physical effects of white are a cooling sensation. White is commonly used in design as a backdrop, typically for a high energy contrast:
Or to allow other colors or pure design elements to stand out:
White can also be used in large quantities of negative space to create minimalist designs or to communicate both winter and summer, oddly enough.
Positive associations and negative associations with black have a lot of overlap, but in general the positive tend to include elegance, fashion, formality, Halloween, magic, mystery, power, sexuality and wealth. Elegance:
More purely negative associations include bad luck, control, evil, death, mourning, intimidation and the occult. Black is sometimes linked to feelings of depression. It is commonly used in design to convey an elegant, mysterious, or edgy mood, or to suggest high quality.
Black and white together can be used to striking effect.
Positive associations with gray include formality, professionalism and sophistication. Negative associations are as you'd guess: moodiness, dullness and depression. Common design uses of gray are in corporate designs:
But gray can also be creative and fun in the right hands:
Brown and beige
Positive associations for the poor, under-appreciated and misunderstood color brown are comfort, dependability, down-to-earth sensibility, earthiness, family, handiness, masculinity, reliability, steadfastness and warmth.
Old-Fashioned Values and Earthiness:
Handiness and Masculinity:
Family and Warmth:
Negative associations are dullness, dirtiness and lack of freshness. Common design uses for browns are to suggest natural, earthy or organic qualities:
To suggest vintage appeal:
Or to connote a masculine, rugged set of qualities.
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I hope this gives you a sense of how the psychology of color works, and the ways it intersects with marketing and advertising. Once you've got a grip on that, it's easier to see how to use color precisely to further your own specific marketing and advertising goals. Using colors strategically to produce specific, desired branding effects is more than just choosing what looks good to you. After all, there are people walking around out there today who think olive green and fuschia are a match made in heaven—and for some businesses, maybe they are!


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acne dress, repetto jazz shoes?
it takes a very secure woman to dress like that, and she totally pulls it off
Acne-jeans dress maybe?
I don't know if I like that dress that much, I wouldn't buy it, that's a fact.
She works at Weekday, she always has a great sense of style.
I love that she's got short sleeves, and the shoes are perfect.
Wow, she's pretty. But I honestly don't appreciate what the shape of the dress does to her silhouette.
Keep up the great work, Sart.
Great look! Confortable and cool!
Great shape dress, and interesting contrast between the 3 leathers: matte, patent, and suede.
First thought: HOT! Not as in "yowza!" but more like moisture running down your lower back. Second: she just popped out of Supercuts mid-color to replenish the meter. Then: what would one call those shoes? They remind me of the girl in 6th grade who drew horses all over her binder. Finally: I'm sure her outfit was very expensive, and this girl is gorgeous.
Amazing! And its all about the casual pose, expression and shoes, as if wearing a rumpled, short, sack-like – yet totally chic – black leather dress is the most normal thing in the world.
Something is quite lost in this picture.It isn´t the girl,who looks ok,but I think the leather dress is not suitable for summer and the shoes just spoil the whole photo. Sorry.
Are there any ugly people in Stockholm??
To me this is true style. Man, she looks great and in a look that is all her own.
Have to say that the Stockholm photos have been the best in the year that I have been visiting your blog. Sodermalm, Ostermalm, wherever. Just such unique pairings and personal style.
Lovely! Spare and totally textural equals perfect.
You'd have to be really daring to try all this leather and risk looking like an evil hairdresser (Sweeney Todd?) But somehow, I get it.
i think the shoes may be destroying the look. but, at least she is trying something different.
The dress is amazing. What is it that makes leather look so cool again!
Simple and beautiful.
I am now really amazed by Stockholm..
The flat jazz-dance shoes are key to keeping this outfit grounded.
Wearing heels would push it all toward costume and be too serious.
She's created an impossibly carefree summer look with a black leather dress!
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She is beautiful, but the dress…..well….not so much. Although I think she would've looked better coupling it with some killer heels. It'd give the whole outfit a bit more attitude, which it deserves. But I guess she wanted to be more comfortable.
It's amazing to see ppl in Stockholm dressed on the street as if they were on a catwalk ..
I am seeing a lot of this Black Leather Dress and I do not like it at all. I have approached it from every angle and I can not wrap my head around this item.
I do however like the shoes and this seasona Jil Sanders does it best.
a trapeze leather dress, a long patent clutch and jazz shoes, probably Repetto, this girl is a styling maven. again, bravo to confidence and individuality.
Beautiful. Love the fold of the neckline.
I love everything except the patent clutch. For me, the buttery dress makes the clutch look cheaper than it probably is.
People with this skin tone can almost always pull off chunkier black shoes with a mini–so they get to be chic AND comfortable. So jealous.
cool. I esp. like how she kept everything else simple
I am intrigued with the material/fabric. I think it's brilliant to use something like this for a simple, delicate dress. What a contrast!!
That dress looks like the vinyl cape they put on you at the salon. She's beautiful so it looks okay. I'm not crazy about it at all.
ITA Belinda.
Some heels would make this ensemble fierce. I think that the jazz shoes fall "flat."
Gorgeous girl though.
i loved this look!
wow, she rules.
wonderful photo.
Pretty and sexi. That's enough!


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Greta Article!
I agree that we need to push ourselves to create truly unique experiences, instead of copying the latest trends out of dribbble and onto our site. Unfortunately, most clients dont not share this vision and request that we build a site that looks and feels like everything else. That is a hard choice some of us have to make, do it or turn it down. I vote to turn it down. By turning it down you will find that it weeds out clientele you dont want and therefore will bring you the work you love doing.
I also agree with Dan that you should do more write ups like this Mike. People need this commentary.


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Louisville-born Dale Romans has pulled from many sources through the years while crafting his philosophy and style training Thoroughbreds, and has enjoyed enormous success over the past decade or so.
But he has never enjoyed a year quite like 2012, and more than four months remain on the calendar.
Romans celebrated two milestones last week. On Tuesday, he celebrated his 46th birthday and, on Saturday, Romans saddled Little Mike to score an upset victory in the Grade I Arlington Million at Chicago's Arlington Park.
The Million, run at 1 ¼ miles on the grass, has been one of America's top turf tests since it was introduced back in 1981, when a $1 million purse was truly spectacular. The legendary John Henry, piloted by the equally legendary Bill Shoemaker, took its inaugural running when the young Romans was only 15.
Saturday's front-running romp was the first victory in the Arlington Million for Romans, who also scored a surprise victory with Little Mike in the Woodford Reserve Turf Classic on Kentucky Derby Day.
Little Mike's exploits in Chicago provide the latest evidence that Romans is compiling a body of work in 2012 that should have him in the discussion at the year of the season for the Eclipse Award that goes to America's leading trainer.
Romans has not been a serious part of that debate despite fabulous success in recent years at his home base at Churchill Downs, where he now trails only Hall of Famer Bill Mott in the category of all-time victories, and other major tracks in the East, Southeast and Midwest.
And that conversation is a long way from his days of learning about Thoroughbreds on the Churchill Downs backside with his late father, trainer Jerry Romans. The elder Romans enjoyed success on the Kentucky racing circuit, but his primary focus was on claiming horses, with occasional success in allowance races and minor stakes events.
After notching his first victory in a Triple Crown race in 2011 with Shackleford and earning a Breeders' Cup upset when longshot Court Vision won the Mile, Romans' 2012 has been even more memorable. The Million was added to a roster of impressive wins on the year that includes triumphs by Shackleford in Belmont Park's prestigious Grade I Metropolitan Handicap and the Churchill Downs on Derby Day; a victory Tapitsfly, owned and bred by longtime client Frank Jones Jr., in the Grade I Just A Game for fillies and mares on turf at Belmont Park; a win in Keeneland's Grade I Toyota Blue Grass by Donegal Racing's Dullahan, a half-brother to 2009 Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird finished a charging third to I'll Have Another in this year's "Run for the Rosesâ€; and a string of turf triumphs by the 3-year-old Silver Max, who finished third as the favorite in last Saturday's Grade I Secretariat on the Arlington grass to snap a six-race win streak.
More chances for 2012 glory for Romans come this weekend when Dullahan tackles older foes over synthetic Polytrack in the Grade I Pacific Classic at Del Mar. That 3-year-old star loves the dirt surface at Churchill Downs, but struggles over the natural footing elsewhere. But his two career wins – in the Toyota Blue Grass and Dixiana Breeders' Futurity, both Grade I races – came over the Keeneland version of that synthetic surface.
That run of success at racing's highest level is a good distance from the days when the younger Romans absorbed the basics of training Thoroughbreds from his father, whom he lists as his greatest influence. He also benefited from the wealth of training knowledge collected from working around Churchill Downs veterans like Angel Montano and Don Winfree, whose barns are located just steps away from the one that housed Jerry Romans' stable.
Regardless of what happens between now and New Year's Eve, it's been a fantastic year for a Kentucky product who, by training standards, is still a very young man. For fans of Kentucky racing, watching Romans' success beyond Kentucky's borders has been one of the joys of the summer.
Another reason for summer smiles has been strong showings from Kentucky-based horses in big events at other U.S. tracks. Along with Little Mike, wins by Fort Larned in the Grade I Whitney, Wise Dan's romp in the Fourstardave, and the upset of champion Hansen by Macho Macho in the West Virginia Derby have provided ample evidence that, despite the dangers posed by an ever-shrinking horse population and field size issues at Kentucky tracks, considerable talent remains in the state's equine ranks.
Then there's Lady of Shamrock, the John Shirreffs-trained winner of last week's Del Mar Oaks. The rising 3-year-olkd filly star launched her career last fall in Kentucky for trainer Ronny Werner before a private purchase sent her to Southern California.
Look for another Kentucky-based horse to step forward this weekend. Neck 'n Neck is a late-developing 3-year-old who has a wonderful opportunity to win Saturday's Grade I Travers Stakes, the historic "Midsummer Derby†at Saratoga.
Like Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another, he's a son of the beautifully-bred Flower Alley and is coming off a good runner-up finish to resurgent Kentucky Derby also-ran Alpha in the Jim Dandy, Saratoga's main Travers prep. His chances were compromised that day when Alpha got away to an uncontested lead, but the winner of Churchill Downs' Matt Winn Stakes should enjoy a better set-up in the Travers.
Neck 'n Neck is trained by Ian Wilkes, who sent Fort Larned out to win the Whitney earlier in the Saratoga meet. Wilkes' summer recalls a remarkable 2007 Saratoga summer for his mentor, two-time Kentucky Derby-winning trainer Carl Nafzger, who notched a pair of stakes wins at the famed Spa when Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense took the Travers and Lady Joanne won the Alabama.
Wilkes still has to win that second one, of course. But Neck 'n Neck appears to be ready for a career-best effort. And, if you like to wager a dollar or two, the price should be right.
REED PALMER PHOTOGRAPHY | Churchill Downs


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"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal..."
— Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
In daily life, as we maneuver through society, nothing is more important yet taken for granted more often than access. For millions of people with disabilities, the access that most of us take for granted is difficult, impossible, or achievable only with the intervention of a third party. We live in what is considered an independent society, yet independent access to programs, facilities, and employment is not easily achievable by many. Physical access is historically the arbiter of success and the source of opportunity in education, employment, and social freedom. Thus, accessibility is a civil rights issue for many people with disabilities and for our society. See the History of Accessible Facility Design to learn more.
Definition and Goals of Accessible Design
ADA and ABA Accessibility Guidelines
The U.S. Access Board issues accessibility guidelines under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Architectural Barriers Act (ABA). The Board's guidelines are the mandatory baseline for accessibility standards issued by other Federal agencies authorized to establish accessibility standards under the ADA or the ABA. Until the Board's guidelines are adopted by one or more of these standard-setting agencies, they are not enforceable.
In 2004, the Access Board updated its ADA and ABA Accessibility Guidelines and published them in a single document containing three parts. Part 1 contains application and scoping for ADA covered facilities; Part 2 contains application and scoping for ABA covered facilities; and, Part 3 contains technical requirements common to both the ADA and ABA.
ABA Standards
Federally owned and leased buildings are subject to the ABA. Other buildings that are designed, constructed, altered, or leased with federal construction dollars may also be subject to the ABA. The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), U.S. Postal Service (USPS), and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) are the ABA standard-setting agencies. DOD, GSA, and USPS adopted Parts 2 and 3 of the Access Board's guidelines, making them enforceable ABA Standards. HUD has not yet adopted the guidelines; consequently, non-military housing subject to the ABA must still comply with the Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards first issued in 1984. All currently applicable ABA standards are available online.
ADA Standards
The ADA Standards govern the construction and alteration of places of public accommodation, commercial facilities, state and local government facilities, and transportation facilities. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) establish the ADA Standards. Both agencies have adopted Parts 1 and 3 of the Access Board's guidelines. In their regulations DOJ and DOT included some additional requirements unique to facilities within their jurisdiction. DOJ's 2010 ADA Standards replaced the original 1991 ADA Standards and became effective on March 15, 2012. DOT's revised ADA Standards became effective in November, 2006. Both ADA Standards are available online.
For more information, contact the U.S. Access Board for guidance on the ABA or ADA standards currently in effect.
Housing Accessibility Guidelines
The Fair Housing Act
The Fair Housing Act (FHA) was passed in 1968 as Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale and rental of housing as well as other housing-related transactions. The Fair Housing Act was amended in 1988 to include protections for people with disabilities, requiring certain housing projects to meet a basic level of accessibility. In response, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) adopted accessible design and construction guidelines to implement the accessibility requirements of the FHA. The guidelines apply to "covered" multifamily dwellings with four or more units designed and constructed for first occupancy after March 13, 1991.
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504) is a federal accessibility law which seeks to prevent discrimination, based on disability, under any program or activity receiving financial assistance from any federal agency, including the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Section 504 requires newly constructed multifamily dwellings with five or more units, and alterations of housing facilities in HUD-assisted programs to meet the Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards (UFAS). The UFAS Standards are available online.
HUD issued a Notice, effective May 23, 2014, that permits HUD recipients to use the 2010 Standards for Accessible Design (2010 Standards) as an alternative to UFAS to comply with the accessibility requirements of Section 504. However, HUD has deemed certain provisions of the 2010 Standards to provide less accessibility than is currently required by UFAS. There are a list of exceptions that exist for HUD recipients that elect to use the 2010 Standards to ensure the project meets at least the same degree of accessibility as is currently required under Section 504 and UFAS. HUD's Notice remains in effect until the agency formally adopts an updated accessibility standard for compliance with Section 504.
For more information, contact HUD for guidance on the FHA or Section 504 and 508 standards currently in effect.
Principles and a process that support accessible design include:
Laws, Codes, and Standards
- Know what laws apply and which standards they reference:
- Project developer (government vs. private entity)
- Project use (residential, retail, office, etc.)
- Funding sources (public vs. private)
- Building type (new construction vs. renovation)
- Housing type (Single family vs. multifamily)
- Housing ownership (Condo vs. rental)
Planning for Access
Successful integration of accessible design into the whole design process requires careful consideration of potentially conflicting goals for a project at its earliest stages. The design team must identify conflicts as well as synergies in order to meet project challenges. Sustainability, historic preservation, safety/security, and aesthetics can be problematic for accessibility. The following are a few examples:
A new city courthouse has lowered office and corridor lighting power density levels (mandated by local energy code requirements to reduce energy consumption). Persons with low vision, public and staff, are adversely affected by the requirements because they require brighter lighting to facilitate functioning in the spaces.
A parking lot for a new state office building is designed with pervious pavers to meet sustainability goals. The pavers have openings of 5/8". The pavers located along the accessible route to the building violate the accessibility standard, which requires a maximum opening of 1/2".
A historic Federal building has a monumental entrance raised 5'–0" above grade and accessed only by stairs. The State Historic Preservation Officer has determined that altering the entrance to include a wheelchair ramp would destroy historic fabric and irreparably damage the building. GSA's accessibility standard provides an exception that allows the use of an alternative entrance in this case in order to provide access, although persons with disabilities will not be able to enter the building through the main entrance.
A new Federal courthouse has 4'–0" x 4'–0" security planters installed at the perimeter of the site. The planters are spaced 2'-10" apart and cross the accessible route into the building. The planters are in violation of GSA's accessibility standard, which requires a minimum clearance of 3'-0" between the planters crossing the accessible route.
An architect has designed a performing arts center on a steeply sloping site. The entrance location requires persons on foot to negotiate a 10'-0' downhill change in level from the street, where there is public transportation available. The architect has designed a series of landscaped terraces and stairs to get from street level to the plaza in front of the entrance, but has not included ramps because they would "compromise" his design. Instead, he uses an enclosed elevator for disabled persons. Two months after the center opens, the elevator has mechanical problems and is out of service.
Identifying potential conflicts at the conceptual level of a project in an integrated design team environment can avoid problems and conflicts such the examples cited and result in a thoughtful and successful project for all of the stakeholders.
- Planning for access into the facility
- Plan the location of accessible entrances and facility access points when positioning buildings on sites to:
- Limit travel distances for people with disabilities from site arrival points, such as public sidewalks, public transportation stops, and parking, to accessible building and facility entrances.
- Provide accessible routes which require low-effort. Where ever possible, provide walks with no more than 1:20 running slope over ramps. When ramps are required design ramps with lower running slopes and not at the maximum permitted 1:12 permitted.
- Provide equivalent access and travel options to those provided for people without disabilities.
- Provide equivalent, safe, easy, and compliant access into the facility while maximizing security.
- Plan the location of accessible entrances and facility access points when positioning buildings on sites to:
- Planning for access to spaces within the facility
- Plan the layout of facility spaces to best accommodate all persons, including people with disabilities, such as:
- Layout spaces whenever possible to limit travel distance between elements within the space.
- Group and centralize spaces to limit the amount of travel required between the spaces. For instance, in a residential garden style apartment complex, centrally locating the swimming pool and associated amenities is preferred to locating the swimming pool and amenities at one end of the site.
- Limit the need for travel between levels and the reliance on elevators and lifts, if possible. Although, obviously not an option between stories of high-rise buildings, limiting the need for vertical access on sites and within one and two story facilities and between intermediate levels of high-rise facilities reduces the likelihood of interruptions in the accessible routes, due to elevator/lift malfunctions, and limits the need to install ramps. Where vertical access is required between two levels, ramps designed at low grade, are an option to permit guaranteed access. Ramps can often be creatively integrated into designs without negatively impacting the aesthetics. For instance, integrating ramped access into a swimming pool can avoid the need to install an industrial looking pool lift which can clearly stand out from the overall design.
- Choose lighting options which accommodate people with low-vision.
- Plan the layout of facility spaces to best accommodate all persons, including people with disabilities, such as:
Provide Equal Access and Flexibility
Accessible design benefits all of us at some point in our lives. The goal of accessible design is to provide equal use of the built environment for all people.
Beyond Accessibility to Universal Design
Being proactive by planning for flexible design features and products will increase the likelihood of providing equal access over the life cycle of the facility.
Universal Design and Health
An integral part of designing high performance spaces for people with disabilities is incorporating health and wellness into the built environment.
Best Practices for Accessibility Compliance
Overall best practices to achieve compliance with accessibility regulations should be considered through the entire project cycle, including concept design through construction completion.
Note: Information in these Accessible pages must be considered together with other design objectives and within a total project context in order to achieve quality, high-performance buildings.
Emerging Issues
Accessibility Standards
The following standard-setting agencies have published their new ADA standards, consistent with the updated ADA guidelines:
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) published the "ADA Standards for Transportation Facilities" in the Federal Register in October 2006, effective for all new design, construction and alterations on November 29, 2006.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) published the "2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design" in the Federal Register in September 2010, effective for all new design, construction and alterations except transportation facilities on March 15, 2012.
The following three standard-setting agencies* have published their new ABA standards, consistent with the updated ABA guidelines:
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) published the "USPS Standards for Facility Accessibility" in the Federal Register in May 2005, effective for all owned and leased facilities on October 1, 2005.
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) published the "ABA Accessibility Standard" in the Federal Register in November 2005, effective for all new design, construction and alterations of GSA owned buildings on May 9, 2006, all lease-construction on June 30, 2006 and all other leases on February 7, 2007.
The Department of Defense (DOD) adopted the "ABA Accessibility Standard for Department of Defense Facilities" by memorandum dated October 31, 2008, effective for all new design, construction and alterations on October 31, 2008.
* The Department of Housing and Urban Development has not yet adopted its new ABA accessibility standard, and is still using the Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards (UFAS).
For more information, contact the U.S. Access Board for a guide to ADA and ABA Accessibility Guidelines and the online versions of the current ADA and ABA accessibility standards in effect for the standard-setting Federal agencies.
Building Information Modeling
A Building Information Model (BIM) is a digital representation of physical and functional characteristics of a facility. As such, it serves as a shared knowledge resource for information about a facility forming a reliable basis for decisions during its life cycle from inception onward. BIM has the potential to truly integrate accessibility into a project by considering accessibility early and throughout all phases of the project.
Wheeled Anthropometry
Anthropometry is the study of the dimensions and abilities of the human body. The IDeA Center in Buffalo started a major long-range program to establish a database on the anthropometry of wheeled mobility in 1999. This program was initiated as part of the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Universal Design at Buffalo. The U.S. Access Board also began supporting the effort in 2001. A final report on Anthropometry of Wheeled Mobility Project is now available. Click here to download document.
Accessible Design and the Relationship to Sustainable Design
Whole building design must consider the relationship between accessible and sustainable design. Simply put, buildings which are not designed to be accessible are not sustainable. A sustainable building is sensitive to the environment and to its users. Designing buildings for equitable use by the greatest number of people can be achieved by complying with regulatory accessibility requirements, incorporating Universal Design and Visitability concepts, and including adaptable design features.
For some time now, federal, state, and local laws and codes have required accessible design in most building types. When required accessibility is not incorporated at the onset of design or during construction, the risk of complaints of non-compliance and even litigation exists. The result could include required retrofits. Retrofitting buildings due to lack of accessibility compliance, which can create unnecessary waste and energy, is not consistent with the goals of sustainability.
Sustainability and accessibility are intrinsically linked in the design process. For example, when locating buildings on a site to optimize solar orientation, accessibility of the building entrance(s) must be taken into consideration. Will optimal solar orientation create a condition that results in building entrances which are located on a circuitous route from site arrival points? Accessibility must also be considered when selecting sustainable building materials. For example, pervious pavers may be specified to increase water infiltration, but if the installation of the pavers results in wide spaces between them or an unstable ground surface, then accessibility is not achieved.
Classroom Acoustics
Acoustical performance is an important consideration in the design of classrooms. Research indicates that levels of background noise and reverberation, little noticed by adults, adversely affect learning environments for young children, who require optimal conditions for hearing and comprehension. Poor classroom acoustics are an additional educational barrier for children who have hearing loss and those who use cochlear implants, since assistive technologies amplify both wanted and unwanted sound. Children who have temporary hearing loss, who may comprise up to 15% of the school age population according to the Centers for Disease Control, are also significantly affected, as are children who have speech impairments or learning disabilities. Kids whose home language is different than the teaching language are also at additional risk of educational delay and failure. For more information, see the U.S. Access Board's site on classroom acoustics.
Lighting Levels and Low Vision
The Low Vision Design Committee (LVDC) of NIBS recognizes that the needs of all occupants of the built environment, including those with low vision, should have adequate lighting levels. Through improvements in designs and operational procedures for new and existing facilities the committee is working to develop standards that will enhance the function, safety, and quality of life. The LVDP was formed to organize activities that would support four major needs identified.
- Designers need a better understanding low vision persons' needs
- Clinicians need a better understanding lighting and accessibility
- Everyone needs a common vocabulary
- Standards need to balance reduced energy consumption and adequate illumination for all building users.
21st Century Work Space
The high cost of office space in many urban areas, shrinking budgets for space, the use of telework, flexible work scheduling, hoteling and virtual work, and new technologies such as teleconferencing, web casting, telepresence, virtual phones, and Webex have moved designers to plan downsized office space where the number of work stations is significantly lower than the number of employees in order to maximize the use of space, whether owned or leased. In this arrangement, managers and employees share the same work space and there are no private offices. A docking station for a laptop computer and single or double monitors are provided at each work station. There are no desktop computers, so each person must bring their laptop computer with them on an office day. There are also no reception counters or spaces. Common "break rooms" contain cabinets, counters, refrigerators and microwave ovens that may be shared by multiple organizations. Common shared printers are kept to a minimum, and there are no individual printers. There are also communal coat closets adjacent to the work space for coats, umbrellas, etc.
GSA, a Federal agency, is using a system known as "Bookit" for employees to reserve work stations in this new type of work environment. Employees can reserve their work space for a maximum of two weeks in advance, and there is no guarantee that they will get the same work station even on two consecutive days. Work stations are reserved for an hour from the check-in time on each reservation day. When employees arrive, they notify the "Bookit " system so that the space cannot be taken by another person. Small individual lockers with electronic combination locks hold valuables and essential items. Common storage space such as lateral files are limited but available for program files and documents required for employees to do their jobs. There are also "touchdown stations" that are not subject to the "Bookit" system which can be used by employees who do not book their workstations in advance because of lack of availability or because they are only in the office for part of a work day. Private telephone conversations and small meetings are accommodated in small glass enclosed rooms with tables and three or four chairs, adjacent to the common work space. These rooms are used on an ad hoc basis. Larger conference rooms are also managed through the "Bookit" system and do not belong to any specific organizational entity, so it is possible that larger meetings may take place in other locations than where the specific organizational space is located.
Employees with disabilities who require special assistive technology, as well as certain employees who use a large amount of technology required for their jobs that is not portable require special consideration and exceptions to the general way the space is utilized, and are provided with dedicated work stations. However, because persons with certain disabilities require provisions such as higher light levels and significant glare reduction, audio amplification, etc., the commonly shared office space could prove to be an obstacle for them even though they have dedicated work stations. (See also Changing Nature of Organizations, Work, and Workplace.)
Relevant Codes, Standards, Laws, and Guidelines
ADA and ABA Accessibility Guidelines
The U.S. Access Board's guidelines issued under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Architectural Barriers Act (ABA) have been completely updated and revised. The updated guidelines were published as a final rule in the Federal Register in July of 2004. The guidelines under both laws have been combined into one document entitled Americans with Disabilities Act and Architectural Barriers Act Accessibility Guidelines that contains three parts: a scoping document for ADA facilities, a scoping document for ABA facilities, and a common set of technical criteria that the scoping sections reference. As a result, the requirements for both ADA and ABA facilities are now more consistent.
Codes and Standards
- ASME A17.1/CSA B44 Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators
- ASME A18.1 Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts
- International Code Council (ICC)—ICC is the secretariat for the
- National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
- Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards
- Americans with Disabilities Act and Architectural Barriers Act Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities
- Fair Housing Accessibility Guidelines
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): The ADA prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in employment, State and local government, public accommodations, commercial facilities, transportation, and telecommunications. It also applies to the United States Congress.
- Architectural Barriers Act (ABA): The Architectural Barriers Act (ABA) requires that buildings and facilities that are designed, constructed, or altered with Federal funds, or leased by a Federal agency, comply with Federal standards for physical accessibility. ABA requirements are limited to architectural standards in new and altered buildings and in newly leased facilities. They do not address the activities conducted in those buildings and facilities. Facilities of the U.S. Postal Service are covered by the ABA.
- Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 (FHA): The Fair Housing Act, as amended in 1988, prohibits housing discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, and national origin. Its coverage includes private housing, housing that receives Federal financial assistance, and State and local government housing. It is unlawful to discriminate in any aspect of selling or renting housing or to deny a dwelling to a buyer or renter because of the disability of that individual, an individual associated with the buyer or renter, or an individual who intends to live in the residence. Other covered activities include, for example, financing, zoning practices, new construction design, and advertising.
- Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 504 & Section 508: The Rehabilitation Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs conducted by Federal agencies, in programs receiving Federal financial assistance, in Federal employment, and in the employment practices of Federal contractors. The standards for determining employment discrimination under the Rehabilitation Act are the same as those used in title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Additional Resources
Aesthetics, Cost-Effective, Functional / Operational, Historic Preservation—Provide Accessibility for Historic Buildings, Productive, Secure / Safe, Sustainable
Federal Mandates, Legislation, etc.
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Architectural Barriers Act (ABA)
- Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 (FHAA)
- Fair Housing Accessibility Guidelines
- Help America Vote Act
- Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
- ADA&IT Technical Assistance Centers
- ADA National Network
- Disability.gov
- U.S. Green Building Council LEED for Neighborhood Development
Federal Agencies
The major resource for guidance on accessible design is the U.S. Access Board (Access Board). The Access Board is an independent federal agency devoted to accessibility for people with disabilities. Key responsibilities of the Board include developing and maintaining accessibility requirements for the built environment, transit vehicles, telecommunications equipment, and electronic and information technology; providing technical assistance and training on these guidelines; and enforcing accessibility standards for federally funded facilities. For additional resources, see the Access Board's Links Page. Animations of many accessibility solutions can be found on the Animations page.
- Department of Defense—ABA Accessibility Standard for DOD Facilities
- Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO)—HUD enforces the Fair Housing Act under regulations to the ABA and has issued guidelines under this law (the Fair Housing Accessibility Guidelines) which cover multi-family housing. Information is also available on how to file a complaint with HUD under the Fair Housing Act. HUD's website also addresses access under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. See also HUD's Accessibility Requirements for Buildings.
- Department of Justice (DOJ)—DOJ offers technical assistance on the ADA Standards for Accessible Design and other ADA provisions applying to public accommodations and commercial facilities, including businesses, nonprofit service agencies, and state and local government programs and services; also provides information on how to file ADA complaints. Many of its technical assistance letters are available online.
- ADA Information Line for documents, questions, and referrals:
(800) 514-0301 (voice)
- ADA Information Line for documents, questions, and referrals:
- Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)—Accessibility Program
- General Services Administration (GSA)—Accessible Facility Design
- U.S. Navy—Accessibility Requirements for Navy and Marine Corps Facilities
- U.S. Park Service—Director's Order #42: Accessibility for Visitors with Disabilities in National Park Service Programs and Services
- U.S. Department of Transportation
- U.S. Postal Service
- The 1995 Accessible Building Product Guide by John P.S. Salmen and Julie Quarve-Peterson. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1995.
- Access by Design by George A. Covington and Bruce Hannah. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1996.
- The Accessibility Checklist—User's Guide by Susan Goltsman, ASLA, Timothy A. Gilbert, ASLA and Wohlford, Steven D. Berkeley, CA: MIG Communications, 1992.
- The Accessible Housing Design File by Barrier Free Environments, Inc. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010.
- The ADA Answer Book by Building Owners and Managers Association International (BOMA). 1992.
- Building Research Information Knowledgebase (BRIK)—an interactive portal offering online access to peer-reviewed research projects and case studies in all facets of building, from predesign, design, and construction through occupancy and reuse.


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The following example application starts with the example provided in Chapter 3, WSIT Example Using a Web Container and NetBeans IDE and demonstrates adding security to both the web service and to the web service client.
For this example, the security mechanism of Mutual Certificates Security is used to secure the application. To add security to the service part of the example, follow these steps.
If you haven't already done so, update the GlassFish keystore and truststore files as described in To Update GlassFish Certificates.
Create the CalculatorApplication example by following the steps described in the following sections of Chapter 3, WSIT Example Using a Web Container and NetBeans IDE.
Skip the section on adding Reliable Messaging.
Deploying and Testing a Web Service (first two steps only, do not run the project yet)
Expand CalculatorApplication->Web Services, then right-click the node for the web service, CalculatorWS, and select Edit Web Service Attributes.
Deselect Reliable Messaging if it is selected.
Select Secure Service.
From the drop-down list for Security Mechanism, select Mutual Certificates Security.
Click the Keystore button, then click the Load Aliases button and select xws-security-server. Click OK to close the dialog.
Click OK to close the WSIT Configuration dialog.
A new file is added to the project. To view the WSIT configuration file, expand Web Pages->WEB-INF, then double-click the file wsit-org.me.calculator.CalculatorWS.xml. This file contains the sc:KeyStore element.
Right-click the CalculatorApplication node and select Run Project.
A browser will open and display the WSDL file for the application.
Verify that the WSDL file contains the AsymmetricBinding element.
Follow the steps to secure the client application as described in To Secure the Example Web Service Client Application (MCS).


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So Nasty: Police Arrest 19-Year-Old Caught On Camera Having Sex With His Neighbor / Boss's Dogs!
" When you see Dr. Cathryn Lafayette interacting with her four pit bull dogs, it's clear she loves them and they love her. Lafayette said she was inside her home taking a nap on Saturday when someone knocked on her door. When she stepped outside, several Newton County deputies were in her yard. "I'm thinking, 'Oh my God, don't tell me that the dogs got out,'" she said. She was worried her dogs got out and attacked someone. "A deputy told me I didn't do anything wrong, I was the victim. I said, 'Victim!' I'm thinking, 'Wait a minute, did someone kill my dog?' He said, 'No the neighbor behind you, they saw the teenager having sex with your female dogs.' I said, 'Having sex with my female dogs?' I think they must have got it wrong," said Lafayette. Lafayette didn't believe them until they showed her the video her neighbors recorded. "And it showed him on his knees inside the kennel with my dog. He was on his knees like he was a dog," said Lafayette. Police arrested 19-year old Bernard Archer and charged him with two counts of bestiality" - Atlanta News. Submitted by @AJ904
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Shimla, April 10 :
The political game over non-allocation of Indian Premier League (IPL) matches to Himachal Pradesh is turning intense with both the ruling Congress and the opposition BJP trying to bowl each other out with a flurry of bouncers in the midst of the parliamentary election season.
The Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA), led by BJP MP Anurag Thakur, had hosted nine IPL matches at its Dharamsala stadium, the home ground of Kings XI Punjab, in the lap of the snowcapped Dhauladhar range.
Thakur, who is re-contesting the election for the Hamirpur seat, is firing potshots at the Virbhadra Singh government during his political rallies for not giving its consent to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to host IPL matches in Dharamsala, 250 km from here.
"The BCCI wanted to hold two to five IPL matches in Dharamsala – two between May 10 and 14 and the rest of the matches after May 17," Thakur, a BCCI joint secretary, told IANS Wednesday.
The matches were shifted to other venues due to the deliberate delay in giving security clearance to the BCCI, he added. (While the IPL kicks off April 16, the initial matches will be played in the UAE. The tournament returns to India May 2, when the bulk of the 10-phased Lok Sabha elections will be over.)
"The shifting of matches has led to a revenue loss of Rs.500 crore ($83 million) to the state exchequer," he added.
Organisers believe over 20,000 tourists, mainly from the plains of northern India, visit Dharamsala during a match.
They say the local hospitality industry gets a major boost as a galaxy of Bollywood stars and corporate honchos descend to witness the matches.
Getting on the front foot and attacking the bowling, Industries Minister Mukesh Agnihotri blamed Thakur for robbing the state of IPL matches.
The state proposed to hold the matches but the state lost out due to the lackluster approach of Thakur, who was contesting the elections, Agnihotri claimed.
"The government was serious about hosting the matches but the HPCA president misguided the BCCI that the state was not able to provide the required security," Agnihotri said in a statement.
Batting for the HPCA, its press secretary Mohit Sood said the Board wrote to the state director general of police (DGP) March 14 to which he did not reply nor express his inability to provide security.
Even the HPCA president wrote to the DGP March 18 and April 8 but did not get any response.
"It was due to this non-committal and non-cooperative attitude of the government that ultimately Dharamsala has been left out as an IPL venue," Sood added.
Defending the government, state Congress chief Sukhvinder Sukhu questioned the BJP for defending the "misdeeds" of the HPCA, which he said was a "private company".
"Is it not true that the HPCA was a society when it got the land on lease from the government? Then how could it convert itself to a company and transfer the entire government land in the name of the company, and that too without the government's knowledge," he asked while speaking to reporters here.
Sukhu said the Congress would go to the people with this issue during the elections and ask of Thakur that if the HPCA was to be converted into a company and was to run a hotel, why had it not bought the land like any other private company.
The state Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau had last August filed a case of cheating and misappropriation case against the HPCA over alleged wrongdoing in the allotment of land to it for constructing a residential complex for players near the Dharamsala stadium.
The state April 2 got the sanction to initiate proceedings against BJP leader and former chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal for allotting the land during his regime to the HPCA, led by his son Thakur.
Polling in the four Lok Sabha constituences in Himachal Pradesh will be held May 7.
In the 2009 elections, the BJP won Shimla (reserved), Kangra and Hamirpur, while the Congress bagged Mandi through Virbhadra Singh. He went on to become a minister at the centre but quit in 2012 after a corruption case was registered against him in 2012. He quit the seat the same year and his wife won the byelection held in May 2012.
Virbhadra Singh became chief minister after the Congress ousted the BJP in the December 2012 assembly elections.


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(1) The regular monthly meeting of the Wood County, Texas Genealogical Society next Monday (March 21) at 7 p.m. at the Quitman Public Library will feature voting on revisions of the Constitution and Bylaws. Those who might not have seen the previous notices of the voting may view the proposed revisions at this link: http://wcgs.posterous.com.
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(3) The Holly Lake Genealogy Club is collecting five-generation pedigree charts and will be sharing them with the public in our Genealogy Research Room at the Quitman Public Library and at the Hawkins and Holly Lake public libraries. A resource pointed out at their meeting this week was FREE downloadable genealogy forms from the Midwest Genealogy Center at this link: http://www.mymcpl.org/genealogy/resources-genealogy-family-history.
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James McDonald had an impressive Pirates debut last night: 6 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, and 8 K's/ Exactly the sort of thing Neal Huntington had in mind when he acquired him. Garret Jones and Ronny Cedeno hit homeruns and Chris Resop pitched a scoreless ninth in his Pirates debut. Pirates won 5-1.
And I didn't see a pitch of it.
The 2010 SABR convention is in town and I was out at dinner with Larry from Wezen-ball and his fantastic girlfriend. Larry presented earlier in the day about Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts gang's lifetime baseball stats. Its worth a watch if you've ever read the comic.
I'm looking forward to seeing them again tonight at the Braves/Giants game along with whoever else is around from SABR. If you're in town come on out and say hi!
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We're closer to unity on birth control for pets than on who should be president
Anne Arundel County agrees more on spaying and neutering than who the next president should be according the Anne Arundel Community College Center for the Study of Local Issues survey.
Seventy-one percent of 510 respondents support the creation of a low-cost spaying and neutering program. How it was paid for was up for debate. Adding a penny or two to the price of dog food had the most votes and 23 percent of the supporters. The least popular idea was to add a dollar or two to your state income tax, with only 13 percent voting for another new tax.
Respondents weren't so like-minded on whom they would vote for president. Forty-seven percent said that if the election were today they would vote for Republican challenger Mitt Romney, while 42 percent chose President Barack Obama.
The Study of Local Issues surveys the county twice a year to teach students about civic engagement and to learn what the community is thinking.
Look at more survey results at www2.aacc.edu/csli.