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by Andy Bell | May 27, 2013 | Movies | 0 comments
It's hard to describe Arrested Development's 4th season. It's even harder to describe it without an abundance of spoilers. Here's my best effort:
Arrested Development has become a different show in the seven (7!) years it's been off the air. Some of this is from the story, and some of this is from the harsh realities of Arrested Development having launched several cast members' careers, making scheduling for this fourth season a nightmare.Without wading too far into spoiler territory, after the events of the original series finale, the Bluth family has fallen apart. While their paths cross often, everybody's off living their own lives. This forces a completely different storytelling structure. Gone are the manic, laugh-a-minute interactions between the Bluths. In its place, we have a vastly different way of telling the story of this family, and it's a little off-putting at first. Each episode largely follows one character, with little deviation from their path through the episode. We start with Michael, and return to him several times in the course of the series.
This relative isolation reduces the frequency of laughs significantly, but in its place we get something that was largely absent from the original series: character growth. Yes, the Bluths are largely still lying, scheming people who will do anything to get their own way by the end of Season 4. But they're learning things about themselves, and their mistakes catch up to them. They each have to learn to fend for themselves and, in doing so, they (and we) learn about themselves in a much deeper way than has ever been on display before.
Don't get me wrong. There are still laughs in there, but you won't be laughing out loud as often as you did during seasons 1-3. Ultimately, this new season feels less like a comedy than it does a tragedy. Their lives have turned to shambles in the last seven years, and we see that play out on-screen. This makes season four far more quiet and introspective: the characters are starting to reflect on their mistakes and are actually seeing the consequences of their decisions. Another factor that contributes to this slower feeling is the new running time. Unshackled from the restraints of network television, the show has more room to work with in its running times. Each of the 15 episodes varies in length, ranging from 28 minutes (about 6 minutes longer than the old series' episodes) to 37 minutes long (about 5 minutes shy of an hour-long network TV show with the commercials removed).
I think there will be a number of fans disappointed with season four, but I think it serves as the perfect example of how to take advantage of the new format opportunities that services like Netflix provide. Season four was created for Netflix, not just in a money sense, but in a format sense too. This season begs to be watched more than once. Throughout the course of the episodes, we see several scenes repeated with almost every character's perspective, gaining additional insights into what really happened. It's only after watching the entire season that you know what really happened during those repeated scenes. This is the kind of stuff that just wouldn't work on normal broadcast/cable television, but it can work perfectly on Netflix. And if we get nothing more out of season four than seeing a new format work, I'd be happy.
The bottom line: watch season four of Arrested Development. It may not be what you were hoping for, and it certainly won't be what you were expecting, but it's what the show needed.
From here on out, I'll give some additional thoughts with SPOILERS. BEWARE THE SPOILERS: THERE'S SOME SURPRISING STUFF IN SEASON FOUR YOU DON'T WANT TO BE SPOILED FOR!
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Риджвей () — селище () в США, в окрузі Айова штату Вісконсин. Населення — 653 особи (2010).

Географія
Риджвей розташований за координатами  (42.998521, -89.993242).  За даними Бюро перепису населення США в 2010 році селище мало площу 3,25 км², уся площа — суходіл.

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Згідно з переписом 2010 року, у селищі мешкали 653 особи в 267 домогосподарствах у складі 164 родин. Густота населення становила 201 особа/км².  Було 293 помешкання (90/км²).

Расовий склад населення:

До двох чи більше рас належало 0,3 %. Частка іспаномовних становила 5,1 % від усіх жителів.

За віковим діапазоном населення розподілялося таким чином: 23,3 % — особи молодші 18 років, 66,0 % — особи у віці 18—64 років, 10,7 % — особи у віці 65 років та старші. Медіана віку мешканця становила 35,8 року. На 100 осіб жіночої статі у селищі припадало 117,7 чоловіків;  на 100 жінок у віці від 18 років та старших — 109,6 чоловіків також старших 18 років.

Середній дохід на одне домашнє господарство  становив  доларів США (медіана — ), а середній дохід на одну сім'ю —  долари (медіана — ). Медіана доходів становила  доларів для чоловіків та  доларів для жінок. За межею бідності перебувало 7,8 % осіб, у тому числі 3,4 % дітей у віці до 18 років та 25,0 % осіб у віці 65 років та старших.

Цивільне працевлаштоване населення становило 350 осіб. Основні галузі зайнятості: освіта, охорона здоров'я та соціальна допомога — 19,4 %, роздрібна торгівля — 19,1 %, виробництво — 16,6 %.

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1. Titanic (1997)
PG-13 | 194 min | Drama, Romance
A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.
Director: James Cameron | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates
2. Baywatch (1989–2001)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
At a Los Angeles beach, a team of lifeguards led by Lieutenant Mitch Buchannon save lives, deal with personal dramas, fight crime and participate in over the top adventures on a daily basis.
Stars: David Hasselhoff, Pamela Anderson, Yasmine Bleeth, Jeremy Jackson
3. The Terminator (1984)
R | 107 min | Action, Sci-Fi
A seemingly indestructible robot is sent from 2029 to 1984 to assassinate a young waitress, whose unborn son will lead humanity in a war against sentient machines, while a human soldier from the same war is sent to protect her at all costs.
Director: James Cameron | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn, Paul Winfield
4. Doomsday (2008)
R | 105 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A futuristic action thriller where a team of people work to prevent a disaster threatening the future of the human race.
Director: Neil Marshall | Stars: Rhona Mitra, Bob Hoskins, Alexander Siddig, Caryn Peterson
5. Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Family, Romance
The life and adventures of the Ingalls family in the nineteenth century American Midwest.
Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Rachel Lindsay Greenbush
6. Scream (1996)
R | 111 min | Horror, Mystery
A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a new killer, who targets the girl and her friends by using horror films as part of a deadly game.
Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Skeet Ulrich
7. Easy Rider (1969)
Through the open country and desert lands, two bikers head from L.A to New Orleans, and along the way, meet a man who bridges a counter-culture gap they are unaware of.
Director: Dennis Hopper | Stars: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson, Antonio Mendoza
8. Rush Hour 2 (2001)
PG-13 | 90 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Carter and Lee head to Hong Kong for a vacation, but become embroiled in a counterfeit money scam.
Director: Brett Ratner | Stars: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, John Lone, Ziyi Zhang
9. Crash (I) (2004)
R | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Los Angeles citizens with vastly separate lives collide in interweaving stories of race, loss and redemption.
Director: Paul Haggis | Stars: Don Cheadle, Sandra Bullock, Thandie Newton, Karina Arroyave
10. Bonanza (1959–1973)
TV-PG | 49 min | Western
The adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.
Stars: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Pernell Roberts
11. Sling Blade (1996)
R | 135 min | Drama
Karl Childers, a simple man hospitalized since his childhood murder of his mother and her lover, is released to start a new life in a small town.
Director: Billy Bob Thornton | Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, J.T. Walsh, John Ritter
12. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
R | 83 min | Horror
Two siblings and three of their friends en route to visit their grandfather's grave in Texas end up falling victim to a family of cannibalistic psychopaths And must survive the terrors of leatherface and his family.
Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: Marilyn Burns, Edwin Neal, Allen Danziger, Paul A. Partain
13. Reality Bites (1994)
PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A documentary filmmaker and her fellow Gen X graduates face life after college, looking for work and love in Houston.
Director: Ben Stiller | Stars: Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke, Janeane Garofalo, Steve Zahn
14. Spy Kids (2001)
The children of secret-agent parents must save them from danger.
Director: Robert Rodriguez | Stars: Alexa PenaVega, Daryl Sabara, Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino
15. The Wedding Singer (1998)
PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Robbie, a singer, and Julia, a waitress, are both engaged, but to the wrong people. Fortune intervenes to help them discover each other.
Director: Frank Coraci | Stars: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Christine Taylor, Allen Covert
16. Watership Down (1978)
PG | 91 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
A group of rabbits flee their doomed warren and face many dangers to find and protect their new home.
Director: Martin Rosen | Stars: John Hurt, Richard Briers, Ralph Richardson, Michael Graham Cox
17. Erin Brockovich (2000)
R | 131 min | Biography, Drama
An unemployed single mother becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings down a California power company accused of polluting a city's water supply.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, David Brisbin, Dawn Didawick
18. Wild at Heart (1990)
R | 125 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Young lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Willem Dafoe, J.E. Freeman
19. Better Off Dead... (1985)
PG | 97 min | Comedy, Romance
A teenager has to deal with his girlfriend dumping him among family crises, homicidal paper boys, and a rival skier.
Director: Savage Steve Holland | Stars: John Cusack, David Ogden Stiers, Kim Darby, Demian Slade
20. Brick (2005)
R | 110 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend.
Director: Rian Johnson | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lukas Haas, Emilie de Ravin, Meagan Good
Votes: 95,108 | Gross: $2.06M
21. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
R | 134 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A young FBI agent disappears while investigating a murder miles from Twin Peaks that may be related to the future murder of Laura Palmer; the last week of the life of Laura Palmer is chronicled.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook
22. The Illusionist (2006)
PG-13 | 110 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
In turn-of-the-century Vienna, a magician uses his abilities to secure the love of a woman far above his social standing.
Director: Neil Burger | Stars: Edward Norton, Jessica Biel, Paul Giamatti, Rufus Sewell
23. The Howling (1981)
After a bizarre and near deadly encounter with a serial killer, a television newswoman is sent to a remote mountain resort whose residents may not be what they seem.
Director: Joe Dante | Stars: Dee Wallace, Patrick Macnee, Dennis Dugan, Christopher Stone
24. Heavy Metal (1981)
R | 86 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
A glowing green orb - which embodies ultimate evil - terrorizes a young girl with an anthology of bizarre and fantastic stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.
Directors: Gerald Potterton, John Bruno, John Halas, Julian Harris, Jimmy T. Murakami, Barrie Nelson, Paul Sabella, Jack Stokes, Pino Van Lamsweerde, Harold Whitaker | Stars: Richard Romanus, John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Don Francks
25. Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Janey is new in town and soon meets Lynne, who shares her passion for dancing in general and "Dance TV" in particular.
Director: Alan Metter | Stars: Biff Yeager, Kristi Somers, Richard Blade, Ian Michael Giatti
Votes: 9,142 | Gross: $6.33M
26. Hot Shots! (1991)
PG-13 | 84 min | Action, Comedy
A parody of Top Gun (1986) in which a talented but unstable fighter pilot must overcome the ghosts of his father and save a mission sabotaged by greedy weapons manufacturers.
Director: Jim Abrahams | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Cary Elwes, Valeria Golino, Lloyd Bridges
27. I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)
The murderous fisherman with a hook is back to once again stalk the two surviving teens, Julie and Ray, who had left him for dead, as well as cause even more murder and mayhem, this time at a posh island resort.
Director: Danny Cannon | Stars: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Freddie Prinze Jr., Brandy Norwood, Mekhi Phifer
28. Mac and Me (1988)
PG | 95 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
An alien trying to escape from NASA is befriended by a wheelchair-bound boy.
Director: Stewart Raffill | Stars: Christine Ebersole, Jonathan Ward, Tina Caspary, Lauren Stanley
29. Capricorn One (1977)
PG | 123 min | Action, Thriller
A NASA Mars mission won't work, and its funding is endangered, so they decide to fake it just this once. But then they have to keep the secret.
Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: Elliott Gould, James Brolin, Brenda Vaccaro, Sam Waterston
30. Bottle Rocket (1996)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Three friends plan to pull off a simple robbery and go on the run.
Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson, Ned Dowd, Shea Fowler
31. Leprechaun (1993)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
An evil, sadistic Leprechaun goes on a killing rampage in search of his beloved pot of gold.
Director: Mark Jones | Stars: Warwick Davis, Jennifer Aniston, Ken Olandt, Mark Holton
32. One Crazy Summer (1986)
An aspiring teenage cartoonist and his friends come to the aid of a singer trying to save her family property from developers.
Director: Savage Steve Holland | Stars: John Cusack, Demi Moore, Linda Warren, Joel Murray
33. Badlands (1973)
PG | 94 min | Crime, Drama
An impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town and her older greaser boyfriend embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota badlands.
Director: Terrence Malick | Stars: Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates, Ramon Bieri
34. Two Moon Junction (1988)
R | 104 min | Drama, Romance
A young Southern débutante temporarily abandons her posh lifestyle and upcoming, semi-arranged marriage to have a lustful and erotic fling with a rugged drifter who works at a local carnival.
Director: Zalman King | Stars: Sherilyn Fenn, Richard Tyson, Louise Fletcher, Burl Ives
35. The Amazing Spider-Man (1977–1979)
With the powers given by the bite of a radioactive spider, a young man fights crime as a wall-crawling superhero.
Stars: Nicholas Hammond, Robert F. Simon, Chip Fields, Ellen Bry
36. Selena (1997)
PG | 127 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The true story of Selena Quintanilla-Perez, a Texas-born Tejano singer who rose from cult status to performing at the Astrodome, as well as having chart topping albums on the Latin music charts.
Director: Gregory Nava | Stars: Jennifer Lopez, Edward James Olmos, Jon Seda, Jackie Guerra
37. But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)
R | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A naive teenager is sent to rehab camp when her straitlaced parents and friends suspect her of being a lesbian.
Director: Jamie Babbit | Stars: Natasha Lyonne, Clea DuVall, Michelle Williams, Brandt Wille
38. The Pagemaster (1994)
A cowardly boy, who buries himself in accident statistics, enters a library to escape a storm, only to be transformed into an animated illustration by the Pagemaster. He has to work through obstacles from classic books to return to real-life.
Directors: Pixote Hunt, Joe Johnston | Stars: Macaulay Culkin, Christopher Lloyd, Kanin Howell, Alexis Kirschner
39. Rules of Engagement (2000)
R | 128 min | Drama, Thriller, War
An attorney defends an officer on trial for ordering his troops to fire on civilians after they stormed a U.S. embassy in a Middle Eastern country.
Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Guy Pearce, Ben Kingsley
40. The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)
R | 83 min | Comedy
A series of short, highly irreverent, and often tasteless skits.
Director: John Landis | Stars: Evan C. Kim, Bong Soo Han, Bill Bixby, George Lazenby
41. The Thirteenth Floor (1999)
R | 100 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A computer scientist running a virtual reality simulation of 1937 becomes the primary suspect when his colleague and mentor is murdered.
Director: Josef Rusnak | Stars: Craig Bierko, Gretchen Mol, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Vincent D'Onofrio
42. Modern Times (1936)
G | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman, Tiny Sandford
Votes: 192,840 | Gross: $0.16M
43. Bad Santa (2003)
A miserable conman and his partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. But they run into problems when the conman befriends a troubled kid.
Director: Terry Zwigoff | Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Bernie Mac, Lauren Graham, John Ritter
44. Saving Silverman (2001)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
A pair of buddies conspire to save their best friend from marrying the wrong woman.
Director: Dennis Dugan | Stars: Jason Biggs, Steve Zahn, Jack Black, Amanda Peet
45. Mysterious Skin (2004)
Unrated | 105 min | Drama
A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.
Director: Gregg Araki | Stars: Brady Corbet, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Elisabeth Shue, Chase Ellison
46. Very Bad Things (1998)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
A prostitute is killed during a bachelor party and the attendees turn on each other as the wedding approaches.
Director: Peter Berg | Stars: Christian Slater, Daniel Stern, Cameron Diaz, Jon Favreau
47. Inspector Gadget (1999)
A security guard's dreams come true when he is selected to be transformed into a cybernetic police officer.
Director: David Kellogg | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Rupert Everett, Joely Fisher, Michelle Trachtenberg
48. Made (2001)
Two aspiring boxers, lifelong friends, get involved in a money-laundering scheme through a low-level organized crime group.
Director: Jon Favreau | Stars: Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau, Joe Goossen, Famke Janssen
49. Soul Man (1986)
PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Romance
To achieve his dream of attending Harvard, a pampered teen poses as a young black man to receive a full scholarship.
Director: Steve Miner | Stars: C. Thomas Howell, Rae Dawn Chong, Arye Gross, James Earl Jones
50. Lone Wolf McQuade (1983)
PG | 107 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After helping the local police with some horse thieves, a Texas Ranger aims at a drug lord with arms trade as well. They're interested in the same woman and they're both into martial arts.
Director: Steve Carver | Stars: Chuck Norris, David Carradine, Barbara Carrera, Leon Isaac Kennedy


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Dr. Adams has been a member of the American Medical Association since 1994, and of the American Academy of Pediatrics since 1996. She received her certification by the American Board of Pediatrics in 2003 and is currently a Fellow in the American Academy of Pediatrics. In addition to being licensed by the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners, Dr. Adams is also certified in Basic Life Support and Pediatric Advanced Life Support. She is also a member of the Taylor-Jones-Haskell Medical Society.
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Most exercise science research occurs in a controlled environment.
Professors and students design a workout regime, find subjects to monitor, then track their improvements over time. This works for some tests, but what happens when participants are off their scheduled routine and back to their regular habits?
How do you get people to increase their physical activity and eat better on their own? This is the type of question Todd Bartee wants to answer.
As a health education specialist, Bartee is interested in projects that improve the public's well-being in a long-term, sustainable way.
He wants decision-makers to understand the value of healthy living and how it can benefit a business, school, organization or community. Then they can tackle the barriers that prevent people from pursuing healthier lifestyles.
"I really focus on partnerships and working together. That's one of the things that drew me to UNK," said Bartee, who is in his ninth year with the university.
Bartee brings a public health perspective to the exercise science program – something that shows up in his research.
The UNK professor is currently part of a two-year project in his hometown of Columbus that aims to build capacity among community members and ultimately reduce the risk for chronic diseases in residents there and surrounding communities.
Bartee, who graduated from Columbus High School in 1989, learned about the Platte County Lifestyle Coalition from a friend who also happens to be a school nurse in Columbus and member of the coalition.
After meeting with a couple other coalition members and discussing the group's goals and challenges, Bartee knew he wanted to get involved.
"It ended up being a good match," said Bartee, who scrambled to write a grant application and submit it to the University of Nebraska's Rural Futures Institute in a short three-week time frame. The funding was approved in May 2017.
The Platte County Lifestyle Coalition evolved from a community health needs assessment that showed a prevalence of chronic conditions such as obesity, diabetes and heart disease in the area.
That doesn't surprise Bartee, who has degrees in health education from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and University of Alabama.
The coalition's job is to counter this trend by coming up with strategies that prompt small changes in a large group and eventually lead to a reduction in chronic diseases and improved health throughout the county.
"It's those gentle nudges that we're really promoting," Bartee said.
The Rural Futures Institute-funded project launched in July 2017 with strong buy-in from community leaders. The coalition includes representatives from the Columbus hospital, health department, chamber of commerce, government and school districts.
On the academic side, Bartee is joined by associate professor Jennie Hill with the University of Nebraska Medical Center and faculty from the Center for Community Health and Development at the University of Kansas.
The coalition has already identified priorities and started implementing strategies targeting those areas.
Bartee's goal for the project is to ensure the coalition has the structure and leadership in place to continue addressing public health issues long after the grant funding is gone.
"We don't want this work to end when those external resources go away," Bartee said, adding that he'd like to see the coalition expand beyond Platte County.
He also wants others to learn from the group's work, which is why the Platte County study research team is pursuing publication and presentation opportunities.
"As an academic field, we continue to improve our methods of working with communities to make changes at the population level," he said, noting that each community is different, just like each person is different.
To emphasize the importance of good health, Todd Bartee believes more research needs to focus on the outcomes schools, businesses and other entities are looking for.
That's one of the challenges of public health. Individuals and decision-makers must see the benefits of promoting a healthy lifestyle, whether that's more productive workers, better test scores for students or lower social costs.
A study conducted by Bartee, fellow UNK exercise science professor Kate Heelan and UNK associate professor of accounting and finance Bree Dority provides some insight.
The article, published this fall in the Journal of School Health, looks at the relationship between increased fitness and students' scores on standardized math and reading tests. Their results show students from Kearney elementary schools who improved their fitness levels also saw a 3-5 percentile jump in math scores.
To emphasize the importance of good health, Bartee believes more research needs to focus on the outcomes schools, businesses and other entities are looking for.
Heelan began collecting body mass index data for Kearney Public Schools students more than a decade ago to track trends and measure the success of programs. The district received a grant through the U.S. Department of Education to improve its physical education and wellness programs and gained national attention when the obesity rate for students in kindergarten through fifth grade declined by 15 percent from 2006 to 2012.
An article from Bartee, Heelan and Allison Nihiser and Bettylou Sherry from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention detailing this success was published in 2015 in Childhood Obesity journal.
Bartee's concern, though, is this progress will plateau unless Kearney Public Schools and other districts see additional benefits associated with student wellness. That's the motivation behind the Journal of School Health article.
The same is true for worksites, he added.
Bartee plans to conduct a future study that looks at school districts' and worksites' adoption of wellness initiatives and identifies the perceived barriers and benefits that might exist.
Community health is a relatively unknown concept for exercise science students, most of whom are looking at careers in areas such as physical and occupational therapy, personal training, fitness instruction and strength and conditioning – jobs focused primarily on one-on-one work with clients.
"It's challenging for students because it's not traditionally how you think about exercise science," Bartee said.
He combats this by bringing those real-world, off-campus experiences to the classroom.
"That's what brings the work to life," he said.
Bartee often involves undergraduate students in his research, and he gets entire classes out in the community when possible.
For instance, he worked with the Nebraska Children and Families Foundation and two Kearney elementary schools to start a wellness initiative supporting students' social and emotional health. Getting people in the schools together to support social and emotional health led them to do more to promote physical activity and nutrition, as well. As a result, UNK students from his public health aspects of physical activity course regularly visited an elementary school to walk and run with the young children.
A year after the program started, the elementary schools began taking ownership. UNK's involvement eventually ended, an unfortunate side effect of the program's success.
Back in the classroom, Bartee said the public health process – engage a group, assess their needs and strengths, set goals, develop an intervention plan and evaluate the results – is applicable for students pursuing a variety of careers.
"Even though we're talking about populations of people and not necessarily one-on-one, it's all relevant to where they're going in the future," he said.
That being said, Bartee is pretty pleased when students decide to pursue a master's degree in public health or career in health promotion.
"Those are the rewards that keep you coming back," said Bartee, who loves hearing about students accepted into graduate school or landing their first job.
Todd Bartee spent 10 years as an assistant and associate professor at the University of Wyoming, where his wife Jane was an assistant swimming coach. An All-American swimmer at Nebraska, Jane also competed for her native Australia in the 1995 Pan Pacific Championships.
How Bartee got started in health education is a different story. "I couldn't do a backflip. That's the short answer," he explained half-jokingly.
After graduating from Columbus High School, Bartee enrolled at UNL as a business major. That was OK, he said, but his mindset changed after returning to his hometown following a family illness.
While earning an Associate of Arts degree at Central Community College-Columbus, the 6-foot-4 forward played junior college basketball, took some wellness and fitness courses and gained interest in exercise science while assisting a physical therapist volunteering in the athletic training room for the Columbus High football team.
Bartee, who is color blind, saw that as a limitation for many health care professions, so he looked at a career in education instead.
When he returned to UNL, Bartee's future was a toss-up between teaching physical or community health education, then he heard you had to do a backflip to pass PE.
"There's absolutely no way I'm doing that," said Bartee, who went on to earn a Bachelor of Science in Education degree in community health education.
He completed a 20-hour practical with the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department, which led to an internship as an epidemiology assistant, then decided to pursue a master's degree at the University of Alabama, where he was part of a multiyear worksite health promotion initiative with Alabama Power, Gulf Power and Baptist Health System.
"It couldn't have been a better experience," said Bartee, who also earned a doctorate in health education and promotion from Alabama.
Scholarship that applies and creates new information continues to scratch that itch.
Bartee spent 10 years as an assistant and associate professor at the University of Wyoming, where his wife Jane was an assistant swimming coach. An All-American swimmer at Nebraska, Jane also competed for her native Australia in the 1995 Pan Pacific Championships.
In 2009, the family, which included three young children at that time, made the move to Kearney when Bartee joined UNK.
"It's been a good home for us," Bartee said while applauding his colleagues for recognizing the importance of public health education and its value within the kinesiology and sport sciences department.
The exercise science professor is happy to be back in Nebraska, helping the students and communities he shares a special bond with.
"It's really rewarding to give back to the state," Bartee said.
Education: Associate of Arts, Central Community College-Columbus, 1992; Bachelor of Science in Education, community health education, University of Nebraska, 1994; Master of Arts, health studies, University of Alabama, 1996; Ph.D., health education and promotion, University of Alabama, 2000.
Career: Epidemiology assistant, Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1994-95; Health promotion specialist, Health Enhancement Solutions, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1995-97; Graduate assistant, University of Alabama, 1995-1999; Associate director, Health Enhancement Solutions, 1997-99; Lecturer, University of Wyoming School of Physical and Health Education, 1999-2000; Assistant professor, University of Wyoming Division of Kinesiology and Health, 2000-06; Adjunct clinical faculty, University of Wyoming Division of Medical Education and Public Health, 2006-09; Associate professor, University of Wyoming Division of Kinesiology and Health, 2006-09; Associate professor, University of Nebraska at Kearney Kinesiology and Sport Sciences Department, 2009-12; professor, UNK Kinesiology and Sport Sciences Department, 2012-present.
Family: Wife, Jane; Children, Lucy, 15; Callie, 13; and Owen, 11.
Hobbies/Interests: Golf, reading, driving my kids around.
Honors/Awards: Rural Futures Institute fellow, 2017-present; Future Leaders Academy member, American School Health Association, 2009-10; Jack Davis Professional Achievement Alumni Award, University of Alabama College of Human Environmental Sciences, 2009; Fellow, Physical Activity and Public Health Postgraduate Course on Research Directions and Strategies, University of South Carolina and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2008; Top Prof, University of Wyoming, 2005; New Investigator Award, University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences, 2004; Keynote speaker, AAHE Health Education Major of the Year Breakfast at AAHPERD/AAHE in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003; Mountain West Conference, Committee on Medical Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports, National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), 2001; Finalist, "Warming Up the Chill" Project, Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Wyoming, 2001.
Areas of research/specialization: Understanding the process of planning, implementing and evaluating effective and sustainable interventions that lead to lasting behavior change from a public/population-based perspective. While I'm most interested in change at the community or organizational level, I've done a lot of process evaluation work as part of funded intervention projects that focus on changes with individuals. The research addressed how well the intervention was implemented and why it did or didn't lead to expected outcomes. Research questions related to understanding an individual's behavior change include what factors lead to or influence changes in physical activity or nutrition, for example.
The social-ecological approach has been embraced by public health for some time and it also drives the lens for which I view how research can and should have an impact on communities, organizations and, ultimately, individuals. At any given time, there are many individuals who want to change and they need support and guidance to make those changes. We live in a society where the healthy choice is not the easy choice. How do we create healthier environments in communities, worksites, schools, communities of faith, etc. to reduce barriers and create opportunities for healthier choices to be made on a daily basis? There is growing research evidence on the benefits of living healthier lifestyles, but what does it take to get decision-makers of organizations and communities to invest in making changes to support healthier lifestyles?
Courses taught: Volunteer Practicum, Introduction to Health Promotion and Public Health Aspects of Physical Activity.
– "The Influence of Aerobic Fitness and Academic Ranking on the Association Between Improvements in Students' Aerobic Fitness and Academic Achievement," Journal of School Health, 2018.
– "Decreasing Childhood Obesity – The Kearney Nebraska Story," Childhood Obesity, 2015.
– "Applying the Process of Health Promotion in Schools," Journal of School Health, 2010.
– "Evaluation of School Transportation Patterns and the Associated Impact on BMI in Two Midwestern Communities," Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 2013.
– "Evaluation of a Policy to Integrate Physical Activity into the School Day," Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 2013.


We're totally sold by these pretty albums, and even though it's not always the case, it's also not entirely shallow to think that good products always come with great packaging. These albums all contain three elements: 1) Personalised, handmade details; 2) The photographers use only the best quality materials; 3) Beautiful layouts (only possible when the client doesn't insist on including too many photos). Read on to find out what you can learn from some of our favourite photographers' album packaging. We find it hard to believe that photographers who put so much effort into their albums won't do the same for your shoot.
That matchbox USB holder and an album handmade with recycled paper and printed on fine art rag matt paper tell us that this is a photographer who will not miss the little details.
His photos that never fail to capture our hearts are made complete by his beautiful album layouts. What an amazing ability to frame images both through his camera lens and through his layouts! A wonderful photographer we'd love to meet someday.
With photographers shifting to USB drives, Brian still likes the old-school DVD, which possibly explains why he also does film photography. Looking at his albums that are carefully printed on Hahnemühle fine art paper and handmade with quality materials by himself, you know instantly that this is a man who takes pride in his work. We have an exclusive interview with him in our magazine – read it to find out more.
If you know how much bespoke albums, with all those special folds and die-cut details, cost, you'll know it will cost you a fortune to make and print your own album of this quality. These are carefully thought through, designed and conceptualised for you, so really, there's no better time to do it.
They were one of the early adapters who started giving their clients wood-carved USB drives. Coupled with their great album layout designs, you know these guys are quick to learn and have a great eye for photos.
If he already puts so much effort into shooting his album design, you know he'll do even more for your photoshoot. We love this!
Simplicity has its beauty; we love the box packaging and carefully engraved names. And he's a nice guy too! If you follow him on social media, you'll know his life is an open book. A real fun photographer who will make you feel comfortable in front of the camera.
The fact that he lives on a sailboat makes him pretty kickass. Love the printed out photos that come with the box. This is a guy who knows it is those special moments that count.
Her continuous search for quality albums for her clients is a sign of her never-ending dedication to giving her clients the best. Her gentle touch serves her well, even in photoshoots.
Truly made to perfection, you know you have a pretty awesome album when it even comes with a note. This is surely someone who has a deep appreciation for quality and beauty.
@Sarah Lau It is pretty awesome isn't it? These photographers love their work!
Oh ~ that's really pretty !
Oh ~ that's really pretty !


Charla tans! You are so money genius.
Interesting article about selfie's by Jerry Saltz– Interesting to consider how we craft identity.
Hello #1850charla'ers! I found a nice tool for diagramming your (homicidal or otherwise) family. It's called "PeoplePlotr." They have various pay versions, but the free version seemed to do everything I wanted. It seems like a good way to organize the sprawl of humanity.
My lovely brother Francesco sanctioned the murder of not one, but two Medici princesses by their husbands. On 11 July 1576 my friend, cousin, and sister-in-law Lenora was murdered by her husband Pietro, and 5 days later on 16 July 1576 I was murdered by my husband Paolo. Good times.
For Ciara, Donnie and Oscar (and the other anthropormorphic forms interested).
Fantastic! It's excellent. Thank you, Molly!
Whaddya mean: "Fantastic! Excellent!" It's tragic! Woeful! THEY BURNED THE PUPPETS DAMMIT!! Was there a Medici patron of NBC?
Oh Donnie! I'm so relieved to see you! Or…well…part of you, at least…. What happened to your new body, Donnie?
Donnie, drink makes all of us philosophers! Good to have you back; although without a body, you're brain's in danger of getting wet even faster. You need filtration for the fire water!
Ossssar says he's gonna get me 'nother body. Dunno where he got the last pile o' bones from but I sure hope he's shoppin' somewhere else this time!
Get off the sauce Mr. Donnie. You are not a child anymore. You are a grown man. Well, a grown head anyway. Get off the sauce. It will be the end of you even swifter than my father's furnace. Consider yourself warned.
Back then I had everything, except freedom. Now I have nothing, save for freedom.
I like to think I have decayed with dignity.
What does an altered book (artists book) look like when books have become websites?
I've been thinking about the idea of Cornell Boxes in cyberspace. Say in a 2D space like a website. Yes the "messy desk" blog themes are kind of contrived, remediation, and skeuomorphic… yet critiqueable as they are, they're also an attempt, no doubt at least sometimes successful, to give an embodied being a tactile experience in a 2D place. Do you think a compelling Cornell-like experience in cyberspace would look Cornell-like? Or entirely different? Is Pinterest not a Cornell Box because it has hard edges and is on a grid? Or does it depend on the depth of the investigation of the pinner?
Isabella! Fabulous questions and ideas to ponder. I'm always struck by cyberspace's ability to act as a portal–transporting me from my space to yours (or where ever you take me). You seem to be time traveling at the moment–see a portal from your time to our time! The thing about Cornell's boxes is that they too are portals into miniature worlds–that represent collections, thoughts, emotions, spaces, times. Pinterest is an obvious parallel but because the pinner (artist/maker/collector) has little control over the display (the site dictates the grid pattern, the colors of the page) you are right– it does not manifest in a way that is very "Cornell." I wonder how can you play with scale in the magical way the boxes do on a screen and in cyberspace–is that possible?
Yes Molly, Pinterest, like Facebook, demands that you pour your content into their template. vs. WordPress, Tumblr, etc, that allow you more flex in how your ideas are displayed. Do we care too much about surface? Do FB's 1B users care about aesthetics at all?
A Cornell Box does seem to be the nexus of form & content. The same ideas in a book by a French culture theorist certainly wouldn't have the quality of a Cornell Box. These "portals" (great word!) are remarkably tactile and fetishistic in their presence. Still, an awful lot of the general public might look at one and say "Old crap, so? Can we eat lunch now?" So I think the portalfulness is as dependent on the depth of investigation of the experiencer as the creator.
The rabbi Lawrence Kushner tells the story of Moses and the Burning Bush. He asks, "Why a burning bush?" He notes that a burning bush is a pretty cheap trick. That you're god, after all! Why not materialize the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, standing on the wing of a 747 Jumbo Jet, hovering over the mountain, as they sing the Hallelujah Chorus? Wouldn't that be a better way to get Moses attention?
Kushner notes that it takes 5-7 minutes for a piece of wood to combust. So if you see a burning bush, you can't know if it's "just a burning bush" or a divine presence, unless you stand there and watch it burn for more than 7 minutes. Kushner concludes that god was not trying to GET Moses attention, rather that she was trying to see if Moses was PAYING attention.
Is it not the skeuomorphic details like "sloppy desk" or "layers of detritus" but the depth of attention paid by the viewer that creates this immersive Portal/Cornell experience? And if so, is it impossible to have such an experience in our ADD age? In our vastly-more-websites-than-you-could-ever-see-in-a-human-lifetime-even-if-all-you-did-was-click-"next" age?
Or, as McCluhan said, when things become really important and ubiquitous, they become invisible. Almost everything we do is based on electricity, yet we rarely think of it. Is the entire Internet an infinite set of Nesting Dolls of Cornell Boxes that we don't even have to try to make because it is already the journey that all the web surfers take every day for however long they are "awake" in this place? Do we live our online lives in Virtual Cornell Boxes?
Cornell's boxes had layers, where things were seen on top of other things. At the Menil collection in Houston — where there was a great Cornell show in the mid 90s — there is a cabinet of curiosities, which seems to me what Cornell's boxes do — create the cabinet of curiosity writ small.
I think Molly's right in that it's a playing with scale and maybe layers issue. Holographs! Hey!
Geez, I woke up in this! Whered'it come from?…Oscar?…Meggie?
I quite agree with Oscar, Mr. Donnie. Now if only your comportment can match your attire, you may even be welcome in my court.
OMG Donnie Incarnate! PTL! PTL! IDK how it happened Donnie, but it's amazing! Can you feel your limbs? Can you walk? What do you want to do now? It's a true miracle from Deus ex Machina!
Will he give Ysidora a soul?
Hey Oscar! I hope your Paris Philosopher isn't the same Tree Surgeon you sent Donny to? That guy who kept running around "une mechanisme"? Not pretty.
What do you mean "Will Ysidora get a soul" Christa? Ysidora's the only person I'm sure has a soul!
Dear, Meg. You are truly kind. Ysidora blesses you!
The thing is–have you ever heard new age people or philosophers or theologians or recovering addicts say something along the lines of "you will become that which you fear" or "fear begets fear" or "Be careful what you fear, you just might get it" or something like that? Well, guess what Ysidora's greatest fear was? That she would lose her soul! And (you guessed it) she lost it.
She feared this because from a young age (let's say four), she was taught to fear it by the Fathers, the Frays, as in Fray Juniperro Serra, et. al. Because of these dudes (Franciscans), she lived in fear that her soul would perish, that it would not live on in the "promised" land, the paradise, the place named Heaven, where these guys assured her Suffering did not exist. And she suffered, a lot, so of course, she wanted to go to this place. But whether it was because of the dogma from the fathers or the repression of her desires or a combination of both, she ended up acting in ways that caused her soul to, indeed, perish. In short and in full, she lost her soul to the silence engendered by her shame.
In never sharing her story — her story did not fit with the governing narrative, which by the way, was guarded, albeit drunkenly and whimsically, by her brothers and (less drunkenly and whimsically) by her husband — her soul shriveled up; paradise was lost.
OMG Christa, that is so sad! You know what will cheer you up? I just read this amazing piece about a guy who was able to use "new media tools" (back in the 80's or so) to give voice to the voiceless. You should go read it right now!
Thinking about that Kenneth Hughes thing though, I think there's real hope there. If you think about it, the world we today take for granted, our Western Liberal Democracies, with human rights and civil rights, all that probably would have been impossible without the rise of The Novel. I think it was the novel that let people, really for kind of the first time, experience other people's lives.
In a way it's all about who has access and control of information. The novel created shared experience and empathy. The Franciscans you talk about used the power of knowledge and lack of knowledge to manipulate Ysidora. Today we have an amazing access to knowledge. Google can fetch any article. Wikipedia can explain any concept. YouTube can teach any skill. And with MOOCs you can learn, often for free, from some of the most amazing faculty the world has to offer.
So I guess we should seize this moment and use the Open Web to share and learn as much as possible… and… oh look! I guess that's what we're doing right now!
Maybe Ysidora2.0 can redress some of the injustices of the past. I hope so.
Coursera is adding another facet to its online learning opportunities — Specialized Learning, where they offer multi-layer curriculums rather than one-shot courses. I think it's a good development.
Wheress the kid? Whassis name? Oscar? Osssar?
Whass this place? A saloon? A salon? Whose runnin' this joint? Can no one give a thirsty vent a drink round here?
Firewood my friend! Firewood! Best sober up that tongue! My father would have had you swiftly in the furnace. Actually, beheaded first, and then in the furnace!
Harsh much? OMG Izzy! Lighten up! Donnie had a few drinks. Who hasn't? He seems like a nice Irish boy.
I'm doin pretty good Donnie, how's it with you?
Except I'm not in Potsdam anymore. I'm in Sydney where you can't even get a real beer. What do you like to drink, Donnie?
Er…Donnie…Izzy's from Florence, not Rome.
All roads lead to Rome, kid.
Thank you for coming to my assistance Oscar dear.
Mr. Donnie, Oscar is correct. I certainly am not from that vulgar city! I am a Fiorentini, thank you.
Perhaps you are confused because my psychopathic ex-husband Paolo lived in Rome (another good reason not to visit) Perhaps you and Paolo should commiserate, Mr. Donnie. I'm confident your ilk would have much in common.
Or perhaps you are confused simply because of your continual state of intoxication. Either way, it is of little consequence to me.
(sings): Meg O'Ryan, O' Meg Ryan…Meg…Meggie.
What do I drink? Anything, kid. Anything. My jaw aches. If Miss High-n-mighty Medici crawled out of The Five Points like I gone dun, reckon she'd understand better, eh, Meg. Meggie, eh!?
So, Sydney, kid, Syndey. I dunno if I should even know where that is…Keep on doin' fine, kid. Don't fall for the devil drink.
4 of us walked the whole way, 9 more joined in for part!
Vanessa, Merriam, Izzy & Caitlyn during Mile 1 of NH Rebellion Canterbury to Concord walk!


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NHS car parks making minimum £110m a year in charges
The £110m a year minimum the NHS collects in car-parking charges has been defended by health chiefs as being in the best interests of taxpayers.
The full amount will be even higher because 68 trusts declined to provide details to the Department of Health, which released the data in response to parliamentary questions.
They show that patients, families and friends pay more than £83m, staff pay £27m, and that three trusts made more than £2m from visitors alone in 2007/08.
They are Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust (£2,469,978, plus £573,095 from staff), Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (£2,022,546 plus £1,055,045), and University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (£2,166,346 plus £758,406).
Worthing & Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust in Sussex charges the highest average hourly rate for visitors at £3.20. The rate at Yeovil and Southampton is £3.
A Department of Health spokesman said: "We do not think it a sensible use of taxpayers' money to subsidise free car-parking for anyone who wants to use it.
"Our priority is the speed and quality of healthcare. Waiting times in England are shorter than in Scotland or Wales."
Copyright © Press Association 2009


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ICANN Will Release 2-Character New gTLD Domain Names
Konstantinos Zournas October 20, 2014	Domain Name News, New gTLDs 1 Comment
During ICANN 51 in Los Angeles on the 16th of October the ICANN Board decided the introduction of 2-character domain names in the New gTLD namespace.
ICANN decided that the proposed registry service for the release of two-character domains in the gTLD namespace does not create a reasonable risk of a meaningful adverse effect on security and stability, and the Board authorizes the President and CEO, or his designee(s), to develop and implement an efficient procedure for the release of two-character domains currently required to be reserved in the New gTLD Registry Agreement, taking into account the GAC's advice in the Los Angeles Communiqué.
It is not clear if all 2-character domains will be released.
Why is the Board addressing the issue?
Section 2 of Specification 5 (Schedule of Reserved Names) of the New gTLD Registry Agreement addresses reservations of two-character labels as follows:
All two-character ASCII labels shall be withheld from registration or allocated to Registry Operator at the second level within the TLD. Such labels may not be activated in the DNS, and may not be released for registration to any person or entity other than Registry Operator, provided that such two-character label strings may be released to the extent that Registry Operator reaches agreement with the related government and country-code manager of the string as specified in the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 standard. The Registry Operator may also propose the release of these reservations based on its implementation of measures to avoid confusion with the corresponding country codes, subject to approval by ICANN.
In January 2014, New gTLD Registry Operators began submitting requests to ICANN through the Registry Services Evaluation Policy (RSEP) process proposing to implement a new registry service to release certain two-character domain names required to be reserved by the New gTLD Registry Agreement. The implementation of the proposals would require an amendment to the Exhibit A of the respective Registry Agreements. The proposed amendments to implement the new registry service were the subject of public comment periods over the past several months. In total, ICANN has posted 28 RSEP proposals and amendments, which concern a total of 203 New gTLDs. ICANN continues to receive additional RSEP requests on a weekly basis for the same Registry Service.
Pursuant to Section 2.4.D of the RSEP and the RSEP Implementation Notes, if the implementation of a proposed service requires a material change to the Registry Agreement, the preliminary determination will be referred to the ICANN Board for consideration.
What is the proposal being considered?
The Board is taking action at this time to direct the President and CEO to develop and implement an efficient process to permit the release of two-characters names in New gTLDs, taking into account the GAC's advice in the Los Angeles Communiqué.
Which stakeholders or others were consulted?
As of 24 September 2014, ICANN staff initiated five (5) public comment forums to obtain feedback from the community on the amendments to implement the proposed new registry service: 12 June 2014 <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/two-char-new-gtld-2014-06-12-en>; 8 July 2014 <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/two-char-new-gtld-2014-07-08-en>; 23 July 2014 <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/two-char-new-gtld-2014-07-23-en>; 19 August 2014 <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/two-char-new-gtld-2014-08-19-en>; and 12 September 2014 <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/two-char-new-gtld-2014-09-12-en>. Various members of the community submitted comments, including the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) and registry operators.
In addition, ICANN notified the GAC when each request from a registry operator was posted for public comment.
What concerns or issues were raised by the community?
There were several comments received during the public comment period indicating a series of arguments in favor of, or in opposition to, the general release of certain two-character names in the new gTLD namespace. The majority of the comments received were in favor for the release of the two character domain names.
The arguments made in opposition to the release of the two character domain names expressed two general concerns. The first concern is related to the general recognition and associated use of the two character domain names leading to user confusion or abuse. The second concern is how to specifically protect ccTLDs when country and territory names are newly formed.
Public comments received so far are overwhelmingly in favor of the introduction of two-character domain names in the new gTLD namespace. The arguments made in favor to the release of the two-character domain names were as follows:
The introduction of two character domain names would increase competition since the current restrictions hinder competition, in particular for the New gTLDs which are competing with legacy TLDs (delegated prior to the 2012 New gTLD application round) who are allowed to offer such registrations. The current restrictions to the New gTLD Registry Operators create a discriminatory situation which is contrary to the ICANN Bylaws Article II, Section 3 which provide for Non-Discriminatory Treatment of ICANN stakeholders.
The introduction of two-character domain names poses a limited risk of confusion, or no risk at all, as demonstrated by prior use of two character domain names in existing TLDs.
The release of certain types of two character domain names to include at least one digit or number, would not cause concern and may be considered for release.
The release of two-character domain names would provide opportunities for companies and brands to have tailored segmented domain names to connect with the public as well as provide localized content, thus expanding consumer choice and driving economic growth, in particular in developing countries.
The proposed registry service does not conflict with the Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPM) requirements document.
There is uniform precedent regarding the release of two-character domain name in the history of relevant RSEP requests.
The release of country codes and names is allowed by the Applicant Guidebook.
The GAC has also raised some concerns about the release of certain two-character domain names (i.e. letter/letter combinations). In its 27 March 2014 Singapore Communiqué, the GAC discussed the Brand Registry Group proposal for a streamlined process under an addendum to the Registry Agreement for the approval of country names and two letter and character codes at the second level. The GAC stated, "While the GAC has no major concerns about brand owners seeking approval for such names, but that this approval should be done directly with the countries concerned rather than through a GAC level operational process." The GAC reported that individual GAC members could assist with proposals relevant to their particular country if requested. The GAC suggested that consideration be given to establishing a register of countries that do not require individual requests to be made.
Subsequently, in its Los Angeles Communiqué, the GAC noted it was "not in a position to offer consensus advice on the use of two-character second level domain names in new gTLD operations, including those combinations of letters that are also on the ISO 3166-1 alpha 2 list." The GAC also noted that, "[i]n considering these RSEP requests, and consistent with the Applicant Guidebook, the GAC considers that the public comment period is an important transparency mechanism, and in addition asks that relevant governments be alerted by ICANN about these requests as they arise." The Board's action today takes into account the GAC's input on the release of two-character domains.
What significant materials did the Board review? What factors did the Board find to be significant?
The Board reviewed several materials and also considered several significant factors during its deliberations about whether or not to approve the request. The significant materials and factors that the Board considered as part of its deliberations, included, but are not limited to the following:
Introduction of Two-Character Domain names in the New gTLD Namespace Public Comment Period
Introduction of Two-Character Domain Names for .DEALS, XN–FJQ720A, .CITY, .XYZ, .COLLEGE, .GOP, .TRADE, .WEBCAM, .BID, .HEALTHCARE, .WORLD, .BAND (8 July 2014)
Introduction of Two-Character Domain Names for .LUXURY, .WANG, XN–3BST00M, XN–6QQ986B3XL, XN–CZRU2D, XN–45Q11C, .BUILD, .REN, .PIZZA, .RESTAURANT, .GIFTS, .SARL, XN–55QX5D, XN–IO0A7I, and 20 TLDs associated with Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (23 July 2014)
Introduction of Two-Character Domain Names for .JETZT, .GLOBAL, .NEUSTAR, .KIWI, .BERLIN (12 September 2014)
Introduction of Two-Character Domain Names for .SOHU, .IMMO, .SAARLAND, .CLUB (19 August 2014)
RSETP Report on Internet Security and Stability Implications of the .name proposal for the Limited Release of Initially Reserved Two-Character Names [PDF, 784 KB] (4 December 2006)
GAC Singapore Communiqué (17 March 2014)
Letter from GAC Chair to ICANN Board (8 August 2014)
Letter from Stephen Crocker to Heather Dryden (2 September 2014)
Letter from Heather Dryden to Dr. Stephen Crocker (10 September 2014)
GAC Los Angeles Communiqué [PDF, 127 KB] (15 October 2014)
Are there positive or negative community impacts? Are there fiscal impacts or ramifications on ICANN (strategic plan, operating plan, budget); the community, and/or public? Are there any security, stability or resiliency issues relating to the DNS?
The overall impact on the community is anticipated to be positive as new opportunities for diversification and competition in the gTLD namespace are created, while no specific risk of user confusion has been identified.
The eventual implementation of this Registry Service may have a fiscal impact on ICANN, the community or the public, as there may be additional costs associated with the broader implications of this Registry Service.
As determined by the ICANN Registry Services Technical Evaluation Panel in a 4 December 2006 report on proposed release of two-character domains in the .name gTLD, such a service does not create a reasonable risk of a meaningful adverse effect on security and stability.
Is this either a defined policy process within ICANN's Supporting Organization or ICANN's Organizational Administrative Function decision requiring public comment or not requiring public comment?
The Registry Services Evaluation Policy is an ICANN consensus policy, effective as of 15 August 2006. Consistent with the policy, ICANN posted the Registry Agreement amendments for public comment as the implementation of the proposed service required what was then considered a material change to the Registry Agreement. Following today's resolution, future RSEP proposals requesting the release of two-characters names composed letter/number or number/number combinations will not be considered as requiring a material change to the Registry Agreement.
ICANN Will Soon Release (number/letter, letter/number, number/number) 2-Character New gTLD Domains
ICANN Updates Process for Release of 2-Character ASCII Domain Names
ICANN Asking For Comments On 2-Character Domain Names for .SOHU, .IMMO, .SAARLAND, .CLUB
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Enjoy a fine holiday and many amenities in a bungalow park in Horst aan de Maas. The bungalow parks in the region offer something for everyone: book a bungalow in a holiday park where peace and tranquility prevail or book midweek in a recreational park.
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Heffley headed back to Texas
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Colton Heffley STEVEN MAH/SOUTHWEST BOOSTER FILE PHOTO
Colton Heffley's hockey career will continue with the Allen Americans after the East Coast Hockey League affiliate of the Minnesota Wild announced that they had signed the Swift Current product to return to Texas for the 2020-21 season.
Heffley joined the Americans last season after his university career with the Dalhousie University Tigers ended. He registered one goal and two penalty minutes in eight games with the Americans.
The 6'4'', 220-pound forward played four seasons at Dalhousie. His best season came in 2017-18 when he registered 21 points in 26 games.
Heffley, 26, played parts of six seasons with the Kelowna Rockets before finishing his Western Hockey League career with the Prince Albert Raiders in 2015. He had come up through the Swift Current Minor Hockey System before being drafted by Kelowna in the second round of the 2009 WHL Bantam Draft.
He finished his WHL career with 27 goals, 65 assists, and 365 penalty minutes in 315 regular season games. Heffley added seven points in 39 playoff games.
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