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The Lakeland Police Department may be violating Florida's public records law by refusing to provide The Ledger documents requested on seven teenagers, according to Tampa lawyer Gregg Thomas, who represents the newspaper.
LAKELAND | The Lakeland Police Department may be violating Florida's public records law by refusing to provide The Ledger documents requested on seven teenagers, according to Tampa lawyer Gregg Thomas, who represents the newspaper.
Thomas reviewed emails between LPD's lawyer, Roger Mallory, and The Ledger, which on Dec. 6 requested "all Lakeland police reports, complaint affidavits, charging documents and any other official records" relating to Bernardo Copeland Jr., charged with the Nov. 24 shooting and robbery of Ralph Harper, and six other teens charged in that case. The Ledger is seeking records involving the teens' criminal histories before the shooting of Harper at the Lakeland Farmers' Market.
Mallory has provided some documents but also has denied some of the records requested, citing exemptions in the cases involving juveniles and ongoing investigations.
But the law states that records regarding juveniles charged with a felony or three misdemeanors, as the seven teens have been, are to be released to the public. In addition, some of the records The Ledger asked for were already made public.
Lakeland Police Chief Lisa Womack said the case remains active because two witnesses are still being sought.
Before requesting records involving the teens and charges against them, The Ledger already had received two documents that charged Copeland with aggravated battery and grand theft in two incidents before the Farmers' Market shooting.
But it still has not received detailed documents on the cases from LPD.
One incident, a shooting, occurred Sept. 30. LPD sent The Ledger a "cover sheet" that included just Copeland's name and the charge against him, along with the name of Devin Reed, who had been shot in the incident. The cover sheet included no information on what led to the charge of aggravated battery with a firearm against Copeland.
The second incident, a case of grand theft of an electric guitar and a box of gun ammunition, occurred just hours after the Farmers' Market shooting Nov. 24. Copeland was charged in the robbery.
Detectives signed off on the arrest report Nov. 30.
But Mallory said Copeland's name didn't show up in reports until a fourth supplemental report in the case was filled out and approved by supervisors Dec. 19, nearly three weeks later.
He still did not send the report, citing more exemptions.
"That investigation is 'active' and the information it contains is exempt 'criminal investigative information' under Sections 119.011(3) and 119.071(2)(c)1 of the Fla. Statutes," Mallory wrote.
But Thomas, the newspaper's lawyer, said, "You are always entitled to the incident report."
Mallory first said the case number the newspaper cited for the grand theft report had nothing to do with Copeland. It wasn't until The Ledger sent a photo of the report's cover sheet with Copeland's name and a charge of grand theft on it that the department acknowledged the case involved him.
"Either they are totally incompetent in handling the records, or are refusing to abide by the law," Thomas said. "The public has a constitutional right to this information."
Womack said Friday that her department has given everything it is required to do under Florida law and that the newspaper isn't entitled to review the description of the crime in the arrest report.
"We wouldn't give you that because it's still open," she said. "I don't have any reason to believe Roger is giving you the run-around.
"I believe we are doing this (withholding the records) for the right reason. I don't think we're breaking the law."
Thomas said there is a process in the court system that law enforcement agencies can pursue if they think releasing information could bring harm to a witness or jeopardize the investigation.
"They can go to court and ask for a cessation," Thomas said. "They can't make that decision on their own."
But Thomas said it is rare those requests are granted by a judge.
Mallory provided the following explanation on how the department differentiates records it searches:
"Our employees understand the concept 'police reports' as a separate and distinct class of documents from 'arrest affidavits,'" Mallory wrote. "They do not understand the phrase 'police reports' in its generic sense; i.e., all reports or records created by police officers. Employees of LPD understand 'police reports' as reports written by a police officer; either the 'initial report,' or a 'supplemental report.' There is only one initial report and can by many supplemental reports written at any time after the initial report; but which stem from the matter initially investigated and referenced in the initial report. Arrest affidavits, for LPD, are a separate and distinct class of records than 'police reports' and are not integrated with 'police reports' as that class of records is defined above."
When first questioned about the complaint affidavit regarding the shooting involving Copeland, Assistant Chief of Police Mike Link said he wasn't able to view the report in the department's system because it was part of the detective's case file.
He also said LPD's records department wouldn't be able to search for that either, even though it had been submitted at the Polk County Jail.
Womack said she admits her agency will sometimes play a "cat-and-mouse" type game with the media when LPD doesn't want to release sensitive records but said that isn't the case this time.
"This is not one of the cases when we would do that," Womack said. "Our attorney has made the determination that he has released everything we are required to by law."
Womack said she wasn't aware some records couldn't be seen by LPD's records department and said she would look into seeing whether there are problems with the records system.
Thomas disagreed with Womack's assessment of the department's compliance with the law.
"I think you have a constitutional and statutory right to the documents," he said. "There should be no cat and mouse, and the fact that she said that is incredible."


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Fukushima School in Limbo, Two Years After Nuclear Disaster
(NAMIE, Japan) -- Two years since taking over at Ukedo Elementary School in the town of Namie, the 54-year-old school principal Michie Niikawa has yet to welcome her first class of students, greet teachers or visit classrooms.
Most days, she works in a cramped corner on the second floor of a prefabricated structure that houses city hall, 50 miles from the town.
The school's structure still stands along Namie's waterfront, inside the government mandated nuclear exclusion zone.
The school itself is a skeleton of the structure Niikawa remembers. Windows are smashed, classrooms cleared out. A graduation sign from March 11, the day the tsunami hit, still hangs above badly cracked floors in the school gym.
Like so many towns inside the 12-mile no-go zone, Namie was struck by a tragic trifecta: earthquake, tsunami, and radiation leak.
Ukedo Elementary's 92 students evacuated thinking they would return once the massive waves receded. But two years on, radiation fallout from the nuclear disaster has left them in perpetual limbo.
Town officials say there are some hot spots that are still four times the legal limit for nuclear workers in the United States. The officials have imposed a 10-year deadline to bring Namie back, but red tape has already stalled the nuclear decontamination process, delaying reconstruction.
Across Fukushima Prefecture, more than 8,000 students have moved outside the region, concerned about potential health risks, and frustrated by the slow pace of recovery, according to the board of education.
Niikawa is aware that declining enrollment could lead to the consolidation of schools and the loss of Ukedo Elementary school.
"If we just say good luck, you're on your own, they will never come back," she says. "If we continue to remind them of their hometown, maybe they will consider returning to Namie, one day."
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Anti-government protestors in Egypt continued to defy a ban on demonstrations on Thursday, clashing with police in several cities. The unrest follows similar protests in Tunisia that toppled the 23-year rule of President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, who fled the country January 14th.
Observers say the protests against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who has led the country for nearly 30 years, are unprecedented. But Amin Saikal, director of Arab and Islamic Studies at the Australian National University in Canberra told VOA?s Victor Beattie, there are key differences between what happened in Tunisia and what is currently unfolding in Egypt.
?Egypt had serious riots in 1977, but that was some four years before President Mubarak came to power. And this is the first time that there has been a very popular uprising against President Mubarak?s Egypt, and for that matter, my feeling is that this uprising is significant, and I think it could mean the beginning of the end for President Mubarak and the possibility of his son succeeding him. I think now the time has come for urgent reformation of the Egyptian political and economic system, and that is something that also the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called for."
Who is behind the unrest and what are the reasons? There are some indications that it?s primarily young people who are involved and they?re frustrated by the lack of economic opportunity.
?Uprisings or demonstrations have been very much inspired by the success of the Tunisian people and overthrowing their authoritarian ruler, Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, who fled the country to Saudi Arabia.
But, at the same time, Egypt shares a number of conditions which led Tunisians to rise against their rulers, and that is poverty, corruption, malfunctioning of the administration as well as political repression, and I think it?s come to the point that the Egyptian people want to take their destiny [into their] own hands, but, at the same time, it has to be pointed out that Mubarak?s regime is still very strong. And in some ways, Egypt is very different from Tunisia.
In Egypt, the level of education is not as widespread and as high as has been the case with Tunisia, and also, the level of social and political consciousness is somewhat limited in Egypt than has been the case with Tunisians. Of course, these factors could have an important role in terms of enabling the regime to regain control but, at the same time, the demonstrations have sent a clear signal that his era may be over.?
Is there a threat that Islamist radicals in North Africa may take advantage of what?s occurring in Tunisia and Egypt?
?I don?t think there is a strong possibility of Islamists taking over in Egypt. I think what could transpire in Tunisia is more of a semi-secular government rather than an Islamist government in the sense which came to power in Iran in the wake of the Iranian revolution in 1978-79.
But in the case of Egypt, there is a strong Islamist movement that is the Muslim Brotherhood, which has been a banned opposition under President Mubarak and, for that matter, under his predecessors. They, of course, could take advantage of the situation in order to regain their strength.
But I think the Egyptian people on the whole probably would like to have a government which would not really push them in the direction that Iran has been led to and, therefore, they may want to opt for a government which is going to be democratic, reformist and capable of delivering the necessary services and commodities that the Egyptian public requires very badly.?


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Attend our monthly events and activities for Victoria expatriates to get to know like-minded expatriates in real life.
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As the capital of British Colombia, Victoria has a number of thriving industries, including banking, government administration, education, pharmaceuticals, and food products. The two major industries are tourism and technology, with a number of high-tech firms providing employment in engineering, architecture, and telecommunications. A number of theaters and opera houses in Victoria will keep culture-loving expats happy, along with a variety of music and arts festivals through the year. Several sports are well represented, with ice hockey, baseball, box lacrosse, soccer, and Canadian football keeping sports fans busy.
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If you see your company's CEO today, put a few coins in his empty change cup. His bank account is probably hurting.
According to a new survey, the average base salary of the highest-paid execs in publicly held U.S. companies decreased by about 24 percent in the past 12 months. That's according to a study released by the Economic Research Institute.
The average top exec is now trying to get by on a paltry $16.6 million per year. Oh, corporate greed, we miss you so...
But don't think the corporate
whor leaders are going to be lining up second jobs at McDonald's any time soon, though.
While the base salary has gone down about 24 percent, their total compensation has only dropped 3.3 percent.
So where did they make up most of the difference? Not in stock options or pension, which both dropped 6 percent. No, they made it up in a category called "All Other," which increased 15.4 percent.
We're guessing that's corporate speak for "large bonuses for each employee laid off," but we could be wrong...


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The history of Liko starts with at two separate dates, with 50 years in between. In 1929 William A. Hillenbrand founded Hill-Rom with a dream of bringing the home into the hospital; patients should feel comfortable and secure in a hospital. 50 years later, in 1979, Liko was founded by Gunnar Liljedahl, who wanted to show the world how to lift and transfer people in a safe and easy way.
Liko and Hill-Rom have a common background as family companies with a mission of improving the quality of the care for both caregivers and patients. In October 2008 Hill-Rom acquired Liko, the cultural and historical similarities in combination with the complementing product portfolios made the integration of he two companies a natural fit.
You can read more on the history of Hill-Rom here.
Liko's history started in the 1970's when Gunnar Liljedahl worked as an engineer and designer of special assistive devices at the Norrbotten County Council. There he developed innovative aids to help individual patients. Gunnar was happy with his job, but wanted more people to be able to profit from his innovations. This is the way the thought of having his own company Liko was born.
The production was located in the village of Alvik outside Luleå, where Gunnar had inherited a patch of land from his father. Here he built a small red garage where all of the development, production and sales were managed in the beginning. The first product that Liko produced was the furniture riser Liljan, which is still going strong.
But it didn't take long before the company started focusing more and more on lifting and transferring patients.Already in 1980 Liko could introduce its first overhead lift, the Liko MasterLift. Success was not long in coming.Soon the company started to grow and employ several people. One of the first who came to the company was Gunnar's wife, Barbro Liljedahl. She had worked as an occupational therapist in the County Council, and brought with her even more functional knowledge to the company.Soon the next innovation came, the world's first all-textile sling.
As the company continued to grow and develop new products, the garage was extended successively.When Liko had become a well-known and established brand within Swedish borders, international expansion plans started to take form.The 90's were the period when Liko became more and more known outside Sweden and the Nordic countries. By the establishment of its own companies and cooperation with exclusive distributors in different countries, Liko become one of the big international players.From the end of the 90's and up to today, the expansion has continued with unabated speed. Thanks to the fact that the company has grown faster than the market for assistive devices, Liko has constantly taken market shares.The red garage, which fast grew too small and was joined by big production, storage and office buildings, is still there as a humble reminder of the quick journey.
In October 2008 it was announced that Liko had become a part of the world-leading medical technology group Hill-Rom. With this merger Liko's products could be offered to more customers globally, and, together, the two companies could offer their customers a complete solution for patient care and transfers, with a focus on improving the care quality and the caregiver productivity.
Today Liko develops, produces and markets patient lifts, slings, transfer aids and accessories.Our business concept is a question of making a difference in the everyday life of our customers:"Every day we make a positive difference in the lives of patients, and those who care for them."
1979: Liko AB is registered – one employee1979: Furniture Riser Liljan1980: Liko MasterLift, mechanical emergency lowering, aluminium rails, support-leg installation1980: Liko OriginalSling – the first all-textile sling1983: Green slings – a characteristic Liko feature1983: LikoStretch Mod 300, Mod 18001984: Liko Original HighBack Sling1984: Liko OctoStretch1984: Safety latches on sling bars – the first manufacturer ever1985: Liko HygieneSling1985: Liko MasterVest1986: Golvo, the world's first mobile lift capable of lifting from the floor1987: Liko AmputeeSling1988: Liko HygieneVest1988: Extra small – slings for small children1990: Liko LiftPants1991: Liko UniversalSling1992: Uno, a mobile lift for the home1992: Liko SilhouetteSling1994: Liko UK – sales company opened1994: Likorall 240 battery-powered overhead lift1997: Quality management system certification, in accordance with ISO 9002 (later ISO 9001)1997: Sales company in the USA1997: Sabina sit-to-stand lift1999: Environmental management system certification, in accordance with ISO 140011999: Likorall 242 lift motor – 200 kg (440 lbs.)1999: LikoLight – folding and easy to transport light-weight lift2000: Liko GmbH – sales company opened in Germany2000: Multirall lift motor2001: FreeSpan – freestanding lift system2001: Sabina II sit-to-stand lift2002: Ultra – System for lifting up to 400 kg (880 lbs.)2002: Viking 300 – mobile lift for 300 kg (660 lbs.)2002: Solo Disposable Sling2003: Liko on the year's Marathon list2003: FreeSpan Traverse – free-standing traverse system2003: Liko Service Centre in Karlskrona, Sweden2004: Viking - the new generation of mobile lifts2004: Liko celebrates 25 years!2005: Likorall 250 = 250 kg (550 lbs) with an overhead lift2005: The repositioning sheet RepoSheet™2006: RollOn – a unique raising aid2006: FreeStand – freestanding lift system2007: Solo SupportVest2008: Liko Diagnostic System™ – intelligent electronics box2008: HandySheet™ and HandyTube™2008: Liko Norge – sales company opened in Norway2008: Liko, a Hill-Rom Company2009: Liko 30 years!
Desde nuestros comienzos, nuestro objetivo principal ha sido siempre pensar en las personas para las que desarrollamos nuestros productos . Nuestro concepto refleja nuestra visión de las actividades cotidianas: mejorar siempre la calidad de vida de los pacientes y del personal asistencial.
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How to Keep Garbage Out of Your Access Database
If the data that goes into your database through tables and forms is garbage, then any output or analysis you do with queries and reports will give you garbage too. Fortunately, Access offers lots of tools to help you make sure that the data that goes in each field is the data that's supposed to go in that field. You can find many of the tools to keep garbage out in Table Design view:
Data type: Use the correct data type to prevent data of the wrong type from being entered.
Field Size: Limits the number of characters. For instance, if you know that a field should never exceed four characters, set the field size to 4 characters.
Format: Makes the data look right. For instance, you can change text to all caps or all lowercase. Input masks, for example, work with the Format field property.
Input Mask: An input mask limits the information allowed in a field by specifying what characters you can enter. Use an input mask when you know the form the data should take — for instance, if an order number has two letters followed by four digits. Phone numbers and ZIP codes are other examples of fields where input masks are useful.
Default Value: Defines a value that appears by default if no other value is entered. The default value appears in the field until another value is entered.
Field or Record Validation Rule: A rule that data must pass before it is entered. This property works with the Validation Text property rule.
Required: Specifies that the field must have a value in order for you to save the record. When no value is entered, Access doesn't create a new record when Tab or Enter is pressed, and the New Record button is grayed out.
Allow Zero Length: Specifies whether a zero-length entry such as "" (quotes without a space between them) is allowed (only for Text, Memo, and Hyperlink fields). A zero-length field allows you to differentiate between information that doesn't exist, and a null value (blank) that is unknown or hasn't been entered. When this option is set, it allows a zero-length string in a required field. You may want to use an input mask to make a zero-length field look different from a null value when both are allowed.
Indexed: When you choose to index a field, you can specify that no duplicate values are allowed in the field. This property is also accessible from Datasheet view — it is a check box on the Datasheet tab of the Ribbon.
Lookup Fields: Allow the user to select a value for a field that is stored in another field. This eliminates many misspellings and standardizes the options for the field. Use the Lookup Wizard to create a Lookup field.


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THE SPORTS DOCTOR- Who love? Favorite sports reveal candidate truths
Sports and politics: most people are of the opinion that they shouldn't be mixed. In an ideal world, both sports and politics would be pure, and the Cubs would finally win a World Series. But we don't live in an ideal world. We live in America.
Hopefully, November 4 will find you at your polling place itching to participate in the democratic process. If you choose to exercise your voting privilege, on what will you base your decision? The war? The economy? Energy?
Yes, sports. This year we have presidential candidates for whom sports are not just entertainment but for whom sports figure heavily in their daily lives. Now that's American.
Is anything more telling than how someone feels about sports? If a guy has a "Fathead" on his bedroom wall, it speaks volumes. If a woman has a faux soccer ball smashed into her car window, it's not difficult to identify her priorities.
A bumper sticker of Calvin's urinating on # 88? You tell me.
Maybe you'd rather eat tofu than be friends with someone who flies a Jeff Gordon flag on his mailbox. Or cheer every time A-Rod pulls a muscle. Maybe you think the WNBA is a waste of time or that Ultimate Fighting is, well, the ultimate.
Show me your sports, and I'll show you who you are.
Take me: I love the Cubs, Lou Gehrig is my favorite baseball player, and I prefer Formula One to NASCAR. Just from that bit of information, you can determine a lot about who I am.
I believe in hard work and determination, personal integrity, and trying just a little harder. I want the underdog to succeed, but I like sophistication and elegance too.
That was easy, wasn't it?
In the next two months, we will be hearing all sorts of talk from John McCain and Barack Obama: some will be true, some will be ugly, and a lot will be spin. We voters may or may not believe the talk, but what the two men think about sports doesn't lie.
Both McCain and Obama list their hometown teams as their favorites, so firstly we can learn that they aren't idiots. How would Arizonans feel if McCain said the Yankees were his favorite baseball team? McCain is grateful for Steinbrenner III's $4,600 donation, but McCain can't offend his wife, who is a minority owner of the Diamondbacks.
Obama's favorite baseball team isn't as safe a choice as McCain's. With two teams in one town, Obama faced risk wherever he turned. Obama determined he couldn't go wrong choosing the Chicago White Sox. He lives on the Southside, after all. It was a risk that paid off.
Chicagoans are notoriously respectful of neighborhood loyalty, and Cubs first baseman, Derrek Lee, anted up $6,900.
Baseball isn't the favorite sport of McCain or Obama, so neither one of them is a true American. Just kidding. The two men have totally different tastes in sports, and we can learn a lot from their preferences and involvement.
McCain claims to love boxing, an ancient and individual sport with waning popularity. "I love the sport," he told ESPN in 2005. McCain wants to legislate a national commission to protect the boxers from financially exploitative managers and bookies but..."Look, [when] I go to Las Vegas and see a fight, as I did [for] Hopkins-Oscar de la Hoya, I contribute a couple hundred dollars to the ailing Las Vegas economy at the gambling table –."
Obama's love is basketball, a team sport that's both modern and exceedingly popular. He elaborated to HBO Sports: "I can't imagine more fun than having a good pickup basketball game... when people are passing the ball and you're actually hitting some shots." For Obama, who plays basketball regularly, the game is a lot like politics. "There's an aspect of improvisation within a discipline that I find very, very powerful," he said.
You can disregard a lot of political talk, but don't underestimate what you can learn about these candidates from their sporting lives. Can we learn how they see themselves? How they feel about people? How they will run the country?
You bet we can.


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Insurance Premium Auditor
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Passionate, caring people; solid reputation; a great company led by a superior management team. Our commitment to outstanding customer service for over 25 years has made us a top producer of quality premium audits in the western states that we serve, providing opportunities to hundreds of dedicated team members.
Lowry & Associates, Inc. is seeking insurance premium auditors with experience in auditing Workers Compensation and General Liability policies, for the Los Angeles, CA area. Strong sense of self-motivation, organization skills, and the ability to work independently from home are a must for consideration. We offer competitive rates and you will be making your own schedule.
Our ideal candidate would possess the following qualifications:
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- Demonstrates a strong commitment to superior service
- Strong sense of self-motivation, self-discipline, and a willingness to learn
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The Coming of the Coal-Free Campus
When you think about the typical college campus, a towering coal plant belching pollutants like mercury and fly ash is probably not the first thing that comes to mind. At more than 60 colleges and universities across the country, though, that's just what you'll find. Virginia Tech's coal plant burns more than 43,000 tons of coal each year, for example, and students often wake to find ash coating their windows.
But college students across the United States are asking their schools to clean up their act. More than 30 campuses have teamed up with the Sierra Club's "Beyond Coal" campaign to move their schools toward 100 percent clean energy solutions. Already, 16 student groups have gotten commitments from their schools to become coal-free. According to coal campaign coordinator Kim Teplitzky, several more campuses look poised to join the ranks when the academic year begins in the fall.
Five-plus years of student organizing paid off in 2010, when Cornell University announced plans to become coal-free as early as this year. The school has already reduced coal usage by 80 percent. At Ball State University in Indiana, a switch from coal to geothermal power will soon completely eliminate the school's reliance on coal, cutting its carbon footprint in half and saving $2 million in the process.
Other schools have been more resistant to pressure from student activist groups. University of Iowa students have been working for the better part of a decade to move the school off coal. Graham Jordison, who now works for the Sierra Club as Iowa's campus organizer, got involved as a student when he realized the school's on-campus plant was dumping coal ash near the banks of the Des Moines River. Though Jordison cites small victories—such as getting schools to purchase renewable energy credits and increase energy efficiency—the fight is far from over. "It's not an easy path," he admits, "but on each campus we've made progress."
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In 1998, the expected time to make First class was extended to 12 months with the First Class-First Year program. Here is the current version of First Class-First Year
The current Boy Scout Handbook states on page 14: "Though you can advance at your own pace, active Scouts will usually earn First Class within a year of joining a troop." [1]
Through the 1960's the Scout Handbooks typically contained language like this from the 1968 Edition, p. 228:
"The early steps put you on the road-but it is only after you take step after step that you can expect to reach the goal that Scouting is aiming for."
"That's why you should strive to become a First Class Scout at the earliest possible moment."
The earliest possible moment to earn First Class that the Scout was to strive for was 3 months: [2]
- Tenderfoot - 0 months
- Second Class - 1 month
- First Class - 2 months
Effective September 1, 1972, the Scout Handbook removed Camping as an Eagle Required Merit Badge. For the only time in the history of the Boy Scouts, Eagle required 24 merit badge. The expanded Eagle Project requirement was added for the first time. Scouts no longer needed to be able to swim to earn First Class or even Eagle. Uniforms became optional. Pages 87-89 show the extended time as: [3]
- Tenderfoot - 2 months
- Second Class - 3 months
- First Class - 3 months
The 1976 Handbook continued to declare the uniform to be optional (p.14) and the 8-month time-frame for First Class. [4]
Since the 1960's, the expectation for earning First Class has gone from 3 months to 12 months. At the same time, the requirements have also been expanded.
- Scout Award: The Scout Award did not exist in the 1960's. [5] Today's Scout Award contains the same essential requriements as the Tenderfoot Rank did in the 1960's. [6]
- Tenderfoot: Today's Tenderfoot Rank has added requirements for physical fitness, camping, cooking, and first aid in addition to the 1960's requirements.
- Second Class: In the 1960's, Second Class had no requirements for camping or swimming. Today, Second Class requires participation in at least 5 activities outside of meetings as well as 2 campouts. Basic swimming skills and expanded first aid skills have also been added.
- First Class: Today's requirements double the the 1960's swimming requirements. Specific strokes are now required. Today's First Class camping requirement is 50% more than the 1960's requirement. In addition First Class now requires participation in at least 10 activities outside of meetings.
While the expected time to earn First Class has increased from 3 to 12 months, the requirements have also been expanded. Also since 2001, the requirements for almost every merit badge have been increased. Camping merit badge is now required again for Eagle and Swimming merit badge is now an option.
On to Eagle
(Quoted from: Advancement Policies #33088, page 25)
"It is important that the troop committee and the Scoutmaster set an advancement goal for the year. A basic goal should be for each Scout to advance a rank during the year. New Scouts should earn their First Class rank during their first year in the troop. By doing so, these new Scouts become net contributors to the troop and are able to care for themselves and others."
- First Class - 1 year (Age 12)
- Star - 1 year (Age 13)
- Life - 1 year (Age 14)
- Eagle - 1 year (Age 15)
Throught he 1960's, the Boy Scouts stated, "The average age at which Scouts attain Eagle is 14." [7] [8]
- ↑ Boy Scout Handbook, © 1998, Eleventh Edition, Eigth Printing, 2007
- ↑ Boy Scout Handbook © 1965, Seventh Edition, Fourth Printing, February, 1968
- ↑ Boy Scout Handbook, © 1972, Eigth Edition, First Printing, June, 1972
- ↑ Boy Scout Handbook © 1972, Eigth Edition, Fourth Printing, July, 1976
- ↑ Boy Scout Handbook © 1965, Seventh Edition, Fourth Printing, February, 1968
- ↑ Boy Scout Handbook, © 1998, Eleventh Edition, Eigth Printing, 2007
- ↑ Advancement in the Troop © 1950, 1962 Revision, p.27
- ↑ Advancement in the Troop © 1965, 1966 Revision, p.28


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It was open water for Brown junior Emily McNamara as the clock wound down under 30 seconds. The senior, isolated against Harvard goalie junior Ariel Dukes, put the game with her third goal of the night and the 13th of the night for the Brown's women's water polo team.
Despite a strong first period, the Crimson (12-14, 1-1 CWPA) was unable to keep up with Brown (14-12, 2-0), losing to the Bears by a final score of 13-9.
"We didn't score enough goals," Harvard coach Ted Minnis said. "I thought we came out and played a good first quarter. We had a few defensive breakdowns in the last three quarters."
Both teams are coming off of California road trips, though with varying degrees of success. The Crimson finished 3-7 with victories against Cal Lutheran and Pomona-Pitzer, while the Bears finished 8-4 against its West Coast foes.
Since returning East, Harvard had been on a two-game win streak, defeating George Washington and James Madison. The Crimson notched 10 goals in each match as they earned its first victory in divisional play against the Colonials.
In the match against George Washington, sophomore Yoshi Andersen lead the way in scoring, and she did not let up against Brown. Andersen had five of the team's nine goals to bring her season total to 58. The first two of her five opened the match to give Harvard an early lead, but it would not be able to hold on.
Overall the Crimson outscored the Bears 3-1 in the first period. Andersen's first goal came off of a power play that ended with the ball in the back left corner of the Brown net. A little over two minutes later, she scored again to put the Crimson up 2-0. The Bears finally made it on to the board with 1:57 seconds left in the quarter.
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2012… what a moronic year it's been! This blog is now over two years old, and despite warnings from some that my base may be eroded by improving education and the global spread of information, worldwide moronic activity shows no sign of peaking. So attempting a comprehensive round-up of moronic events has proven to be way beyond my capabilities. Instead, here's a selection of my favourite moments from the year. Feel free to add yours in the comments section.
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And now, ladies and gentlemen, I present my moron selections for 2012! Spoiler for lazy people: my moron of the year is nominated at the end of this article.
GOP Madness: I've tried my best to maintain a global view, but as ever, the US has managed to punch above its weight, thanks in large part to the Republican Party. The Republicans have become MoronWatch favourites by adopting an unusual electoral strategy: represent only the interests of billionaires. This isn't a sure-fire way to win elections, as billionaires represent somewhat less than 0.01% of the US population. To make up the difference, the Republicans have embraced a diverse selection of moronic policies to attract the votes of nut-jobs ranging from creationists to lovers of hi-tech weaponry to good old-fashioned racists, and pretty much anyone with an IQ below 70. This is a fairly unruly group to control, which meant that no electable person could be selected to run for President in this year's elections. The result of that was that Mitt Romney was chosen, because he was the candidate that fewest Republicans hated (though few of them actually seemed to like him). And the result of that was that Barack Obama was cleanly elected to serve a second term. Special mentions must go to the crazies who failed to become Republican candidates, but provided me endless entertainment, including: Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, Herman Cain and perhaps the greatest moron of them all, Rick Santorum. Only the absence of Sarah Palin, who in her endless search for media attention endlessly hinted that she might run, detracted from an otherwise top-rank moron line-up.
Slutgate: Right-wing moron-jock Rush Limbaugh was outraged in March that contraception advocate Sandra Fluke, could dare call for public funding to be put into making contraception more easily available. So outraged, that he labelled her a slut; and then since that clearly wasn't extreme enough, he also called her a prostitute (reasoning that, if the public were paying for her pills, she was basically being paid to have sex).
Invisible Children: Kind-but-gullible people were convinced by Kony 2012, a viral video campaign, to donate to a non-profit organisation, Invisible Children, that was "raising awareness" about the horrendous Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda. The video, however, was deeply inaccurate, was pushing for US military involvement, and didn't make clear that the campaign's devil-figure, Joseph Kony, had already been chased out of Uganda. Furthermore, the video presented a complex situation as a simple good-vs-evil one, failing to point out the rapes and other human rights abuses of the "good guys", Uganda's moron President Museveni and his army. But it worked, and raised millions for a dubious cause. Some of these millions were apparently put to good use by the group's leader Jason Russell, who, just after the campaign peaked, was found naked in the street, masturbating and pounding his fists on the pavement. He later said his mind had "betrayed him". I guess a few million dollars buys a lot of… "mind betrayal".
Panicky in the UK: British fuel tanker drivers made a strike threat in Spring. Government ministers tried to win the propaganda battle against them… by warning of coming fuel shortages, and telling people to fill up their tanks, just in case. Francis Maude went even further, telling people to fill up jerrycans and keep them at home in their garages (presumably forgetting that widespread amateur storage of flammable substances may be considered a fire risk). British morons like nothing better than a good panic-buying spree, and quickly long queues developed at petrol stations around the country, with some suppliers running dry.
Tennessee Gateway Sex: It seems that runaway rates of Christian belief in Tennessee have failed to prevent runaway rates of teenage pregnancy (strange – how can you get pregnant while you're praying?) – so the state legislature passed a bill banning the "promotion of gateway sexual activity" by teachers. The bill was strangely lacking in detail, raising the concern that teachers may be sued for allowing kids to hug or hold hands.
Carolina Warming Denial: With global CO2 emissions reaching new records, it's looking increasingly likely that the targets set 15 years ago in Kyoto will be missed by a mile. Scientists are despondent about staying within the "safe" warming target of two degrees centigrade by 2100. It's even increasingly likely that the unthinkable "human civilisation might collapse" target of four degrees may be breached. Brave Republican lawmakers in North Carolina, a coastal US state that may see huge costs from sea level rise, seem to have found a solution: they outlawed the use of scientific projections that predict sea-level rising due to climate change. Now, let's just hope that the global climate respects North Carolina law.
Lock Up The Gays: Staying in North Carolina, Pastor Charles Worley thinks he's found a sensible way to deal with the "lesbians and queers": lock them up behind an electric fence and wait for them to die. That would work.
South Carolina Rape Victims Don't Matter: While the Republicans fight tooth and nail to maintain tax cuts for the wealthy, Nikki Haley, the Governor of South Carolina, vetoed $450,000 of spending to help rape and sexual assault victims, explaining that this money went only to help a small minority of people in the state. Apparently rape is only an issue when above 50% of the population have fallen victim.
Israel's "Infiltrators": Israel's drift to racist nationalism gained global attention when mobs turned on African immigrants and their businesses. The politicians, including Israel's moron leader, Netanyahu, just stoked the anger, and said that African "infiltrators" would be sent home. The irony of Nazi-style language and tactics being used in Israel was apparently lost on many Israelis.
Boy Band Jihadis: top British boy band One Direction ruffled the feathers of right-wing moron blogger Debbie Schlussel when Muslim band member Zayn Malik tweeted about Ramadan. One Direction, she decided, are an insidious plot to "pimp Islam" to gullible teenage American girls.
Economics For Morons: George W Bush, the President who inherited a budget surplus and left office leaving a huge debt and a burst housing bubble that stalled the global economy (but richer billionaires), launched a book on Economics. No, really.
World's Most Moronic Sheriff: In 2011, Barack Obama neatly handed Donald Trump his ass by publishing his long-form birth certificate just as Trump was getting into full-blown birther mode. Realising that birther morons are still looking for a hero, Arizona's Sheriff Joe Arpaio took up the baton this year, announcing that his investigators had proven Obama's birth certificate to be a forgery. Such conspiracies are largely met with a yawn these days, but apparently not to Arpaio's devoted supporters.
Homophobic Fried Chicken: Dan Cathy, CEO of US "Christian fast food chain" Chick-Fil-A (yes, apparently even junk food is religious in America) decided to speak out against gay marriage. It would be nice to be able to say this hurt Chick-Fil-A's profits, but Republicans such as Mike Huckabee stepped in to support the deep-fried morons, declaring a "Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day", which saw morons lining up to eat gay-hating poultry.
Jobbik Jew: Nationalism is Europe's nasty little secret, and it's back with a vengeance – no more so than in Hungary, where the far-right Jobbik party is rising in popularity. So it was with great amusement that we watched outspoken anti-Semite Jobbik MP Csanad Szegedi get unmasked as a Jew, whose grandmother had been in Auschwitz. Reportedly, this hasn't done wonders for his political career.
Legitimate Rape: Tea Party-backed Senate Candidate Todd Akin made global headlines when, during an interview about abortion, he claimed that pregnancy from rape was rare, because women's bodies have the magical ability to prevent conception in the case of rape. This even upset some in the Republican Party – presumably because it implied that God carries out abortions on behalf of rape victims. Thankfully, the people of Missouri decided that Akin wasn't for them, and he lost his election bid on November 6, along with a number of other Tea Party morons.
The Joy Of Slavery: Yet more crazy Republicans… Jon Hubbard of Arkansas published a book in which he claimed that "slavery was a blessing" because it gave Africans the chance to live in "the greatest nation ever established". He apparently didn't notice that Europeans and Asians were given the same chance – but without being raped, forced to work, beaten, killed and separated from their loved ones.
BNP Fail: Conscious that his far-right British National Party (BNP) is losing support, Nick Griffin decided to play the homophobia card, apparently not realising that British attitudes had changed. When a gay couple won their court case against a hotel owner who refused to let them stay, Griffin tweeted their address, with the threat that a "British justice team" would be visiting them. The BNP then followed up with a poll on their web site, asking: "Would you leave a gay couple to babysit your child? Vote now!" – the result? 98% voted yes, which probably wasn't the answer the fascists were expecting.
Moronissimi! Europe's most conservative country showed its disdain for science when seven Italian scientists were convicted of manslaughter for saying that an earthquake was unlikely in Aquila, shortly before the quake in 2009 that killed 300 people. The undoubted effect will be to push scientists out of Italy, and frighten many of the remainder into silence. Meanwhile, a Rome-based fraudster who claims to be God's representative on Earth, but also failed to predict the quake, was not charged with any offence.
Kentucky Lends God a Hand: God, apparently, isn't powerful enough to speak for himself – luckily, he has the Kentucky state legislature on his side, which passed a law mandating the state Homeland Security building to post a plaque outside recognising the "power of almighty God". Never mind that this law blatantly breaches the first amendment to the US Constitution – anyone breaching it faces 12 months in jail.
O Canada… WTF!? Remember when Canada were the good guys? The sensible ones who had the misfortune of having all those nut-jobs located south of their border? Not any more: all that tar-sands oil seems to have gone to their heads. Flush with all the new cash, Canadians elected a hideously right-wing government in 2011. This year, the UN General Assembly held a historic vote to finally recognise the battered and bruised state of Palestine, which was passed resoundingly. Only nine states of 193 voted against, including (predictably) Israel and the US. The other seven included world giants like Palau and Micronesia. And Canada. Not only did the Canadians feel comfortable belonging to such a bizarre little club, but their moron Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird then threatened to retaliate – presumably by cutting off Palestinian aid.
Israel's Moronic Expansion: Israel then decided to "retaliate" against the vote for Palestinian statehood by announcing a huge expansion of illegal home building in East Jerusalem (which doesn't actually belong to Israel) – this new development is hugely significant because it cuts Palestinian East Jerusalem off from the Palestinian West Bank, effectively annexing all of Jerusalem for a future invasion and occupation by Israel. Middle East watchers will have noticed a pattern here: Israel "retaliates" against almost anything, from Palestinian rocket fire to the sun rising, by building new homes in Palestinian territory. Palestinians know that new home building is an inevitability, regardless of what does or doesn't happen. The only thing that could stop this endless theft of land is for the international community to show some guts in backing international law – but the US (and its poodles) won't allow that to happen.
Guns Don't Kill People, X-Boxes Do: The year ended with yet another school shooting in the United States: 20 children were gunned down by yet another crazy with easy access to automatic weaponry. The US then went into its carefully prepared response to such events: a debate – incomprehensible to international observers – on whether the problem in America is caused by too many weapons or too few. I'm one of those who agrees that these kinds of events aren't driven by gun availability alone – there are deeper problems. But a recent event in China proved the point: a madman attacked 22 schoolchildren with a weapon; none died. His weapon? A knife; the parents of those children can at least be thankful that a gun wasn't available. Moronic gun lobby group the NRA were silent for a few days after the massacre, and then broke their silence with a press conference hosted by Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre. A low-key, compromising stance had been expected; but LaPierre failed to deliver this, instead delivering a speech described by the New York Times as a "mendacious, delusional, almost deranged rant". He blamed pretty much everything and everyone – except the guns. He called for armed police in every school (funded by the taxpayer, not the gun industry, of course). In a fair world, LaPierre would have been gunned down by a crazy during his speech – but alas, he lives to spew bile another day. Wayne LaPierre, well done: you are our Moron of the Year, 2012!


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Mar 06, 2014
EUGENE, Ore. – Change is coming in the way homeowners pay for flood insurance.
FEMA will be releasing new flood zone maps in the next year or two.
If your house falls in that zone, you may have to start shelling out.
Likewise, if your home is currently listed in a flood zone, it potentially may not, decreasing your rates substantially.
Why is FEMA re-zoning and mapping flood zones?
According to local realtor and broker Jeanette Underwood of Windermere Real Estate in Lane County, FEMA is adjusting flood zones because the country has been taking the brunt of paying for natural disasters.
"You may not be paying flood insurance right now, or you may be paying flood insurance right now," Underwood said. "When the new rates and the new flood maps come out, things could change."
How does FEMA determine flood zone rates?
FEMA's "Flood Insurance Rate Map" or FIRM is an official map of a community that's on a floodplain or Special Flood Hazard Area. FEMA marks the Base Flood Elevations and the risk premium zones. FIRM is used to determine who must buy flood insurance and where floodplain development regulations apply.
Once approved, maps will be
available online through the FEMA Maps Service Center
Underwood says FEMA will decide how far above flood stage your base-floor living area will need to be.
"How far above flood stage they decide, whether it's a foot or four feet, that's going to affect whether you pay flood insurance."
Will I be affected?
Amy Graham, President of Oregon's Association of Realtors for 2014, says flood insurance is mandatory if you have a government-backed loan. Just about every loan is government-backed, especially if your lender is through a bank.
Graham says the maps have not been released yet, but it will likely affect people across the country.
"It affects all coastal areas and any flood zones, or river front properties throughout the state and nation."
Underwood says major rivers like the Willamette and Mckenzie are controlled by sophisticated dams, but areas along smaller rivers like Long Tom River, Mohawk River, Row River and even smaller creeks and streams will be affected.
Does this affect current homeowners or buyers?
Yes. It will affect buyers, sellers and current homeowners with government-backed mortgages.
Amy Graham recently sold a beachfront property for upward of $600,000. The seller was originally quoted $64,000 for flood insurance per year. Graham said he shopped around and found a quote for $1,300 per year.
Marie Due, principal broker at Barnhardt Associates, said lenders are anticipating the maps and are starting to raise rates.
It has already affected the housing market.
Underwood had buyers ready to close on a $100,000 home in Marcola until they saw their new rates.
"Flood insurance under the new rates for a $100,000 home would have been $186 per month, and that made it impossible for them to afford it."
The home was declared 4 feet below flood level.
The house is still on the market.
The neighbor's home is not affected. Underwood said the home's first floor is lifted above the current flooding level.
How can you protect yourself?
Graham said your insurance agent is your first line of protection.
"Maps can't be changed. They will have the information. You can't do this alone," Graham said.
She also said to shop around. The Lincoln City buyer was quoted upwards of $60,000 per year for flood insurance. "He was pretty savvy and found a much lower quote," she said.
Graham said on January 30, the Senate passed the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014.
"That bill, if passed by the House," she said, "will delay flood insurance rate increases for four years to give FEMA time to do affordability studies. And time for more accurate mapping to be completed."
What's next?
This doesn't only apply to residential homes.
"Some businesses downtown may be affected, they're right on the flood plain," Graham said. "Buildings with basements or underground structures may not be affected, but ones that are base-level may have to pay higher rates."
Realtors said no one really knows what will happen when the maps are released.
"Anywhere it rains," Graham said, "it can flood."
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