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Washington More Worried About The Sequester Than The American People
Doug Mataconis · Thursday, February 28, 2013 · 19 comments
Sean Sullivan and Aaron Blake note that, despite the constant fearmongering that has been coming out of Washington about the sequester, the American people don't really seem to be all that worried:
In Washington, Republicans and Democrats have been at loggerheads over how best to avert sequestration. In the rest of the country, a remarkably high percentage of Americans take a different view: Bring it on.
Thirty-seven percent of Americans said they would tell their member of Congress to let the deep federal spending cuts known as sequestration go into effect as scheduled, according to a Gallup poll released on Wednesday, while nearly one in five had no opinion. A plurality (45 percent) said they would like to see Congress pass a measure to avert the cuts, but that's hardly a decisive figure that reflects the alarm bells the Obama administration has been sounding the last couple of weeks.
The public was similarly divided in a Pew Research Center/USA Today poll released last week. Four in 10 Americans said President Obama and Congress should let the cuts go into effect if they cannot reach a deal to avoid them by March 1. Forty-nine percent said the cuts should be delayed.
What gives? For starters, many Americans simply haven't tuned into the debate over the deep cuts set to hit the federal government on Friday. In the Gallup poll, 38 percent said they were not following the story too closely or at all closely. An even higher percentage of Americans — 48 percent — said the same thing in a Washington Post-Pew poll released earlier this week. It's hard to strongly oppose cuts you don't really know that much about.
In an effort to ratchet up pressure on congressional Republicans to agree to Democratic calls for a mixture of new tax revenue and alternate spending cuts as a means of avoiding the sequester, the Obama administration has launched a full-scale effort to warn the public of the dire consequences of inaction. The more Americans know about sequestration, the thinking goes, the greater pressure they will exert on their representative to act to avert it.
The Gallup poll backs this notion up. Among those following the issue very or somewhat closely, 50 percent want to see it averted. Among those following it less closely, that number drops to 39 percent. (Of course, this could be a self-selecting sample; if you think the cuts are going to be bad, you are more likely to pay close attention.)
The reality is that, with just a day left until the cuts begin kicking in, that message that the sequester is a true emergency simply hasn't sunk in for most Americans. Further complicating the administration's pitch is that fact that the cuts affect different communities in strikingly different ways. What is dire in some places is a non-issue in others.
Of course, it's possible that public opinion will change after the cuts kick in and that the Republicans will begin to feel pressure to undue the cuts and replace them with something else. However, for that to happen it would have to be the case that the cuts will indeed be as bad as the White House has been saying. As I've noted previously, there's plenty of reason to believe that this will not be the case. If that happens, then the pressure on the GOP to revisit the cuts will be much less, and we just may find that these sequester cuts will be far more permanent than people in Washington seem to think they will be.
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wr says:
Thursday, February 28, 2013 at 11:20
Actually, I think the American people is the last thing that House Republicans worry about.
Or am I misreading your headline?
Sequestration is obviously a very big deal in the D. C. metro, which stands to get hit really hard when contracts don't get funded and both contractors and Federal employees get furloughed or laid off.
But what I hear from people in other places is basically "Now the D. C. fat-cats get to experience what the rest of the country has been going through the last five years" and a distinct lack of sympathy that a region largely insulated from economic fluctuations is about to have some.
An Interested Party says:
Of course we can add to this headline that libertarians are more worried about themselves than the American people and the sequester…
Rob in CT says:
I think it's a combo of a few things:
1) "The New Normal" – the economy has been mediocre for some time now.
2) "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" effect. There have been a string of manufactured crises with doomsday reporting about them. Eventually, people just check out. Even when the issues are real.
3) Of course DC cares more about Federal budgetting than the rest of the nation.
I would rather see these cuts than no cuts-problem is that this is mostly posturing anyway.
I think Obama's doom and gloom over the cuts will likely back fire. I am not convinced they will in the end be all that noticeable to anyone outside of DC.
I think what would be better would be a real compromise with regards to cuts but I don't particularly see either party compromising when both seem to be hung up on winning battles against the other side than governing.
john personna says:
@Just Me:
Just note though that "Obama's doom and gloom" isn't about "these cuts or no cuts."
He's asking for better, smarter, cuts. It's hard to fault that.
@john personna: funny, when do you actually "fault" obama for anything btw?
the cuts are happening and nobody (aside from gov't hacks who will always "need" more money) is all that concerned.
SKI says:
@bill: Wonder if they will be concerned if airlines cut flights due to lack of Air Traffic Controllers?
Or they have problems getting into see a doctor because of the cuts in reimbursement (the MGMA boards are rife with practices who will be closing their practice to new patients if the 2% cuts happen tomorrow)?
Or the price of meat goes up because the number/hours of meat inspectors get cut?
Or a zillion other impacts to daily life they aren't thinking about now.
stonetools says:
All the kool right wing kids, starting with Doug, are certain that the sequester will have little or no effect, based on their right wing idealogical conclusion that gobvernment spending is EEEVUL and should be cut, no matter what. What do the experts say?
Getting economists to agree with each other isn't easy. But Congress and the White House have managed to unite them.
More than 95 percent of top U.S. economists believe growth is "likely to be negatively affected" by the automatic federal spending cuts that are scheduled to kick in Friday, according to the latest survey by the National Association for Business Economics.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke joined the economists' chorus Tuesday, telling Congress that the spending cuts' harm will be "significant," with "adverse effects on jobs and incomes."
But then what do the economists know, with their Phds and data and math and stuff? Let's look at another poll of real Murikans:
Americans nodded in agreement. A poll by the Pew Research Center and The Washington Post finds that by a margin of 62 percent to 18 percent, people think the sequester will have a mostly negative impact on the economy.
So maybe Americans don't believe that the sequester will be all rainbows and lollipops, as the right wingers and the House Republicans believe.One thing is certain: if the cuts go through and the economy tanks, there will be no doubt about who will be wrong and who will be to blame about this.
The elected officials got what they voted for – unless of course they didn't read the legislation.
refn says:
Jeez. There are NOT CUTS. The sequestration does nothing more than minimally reduce the projected INCREASE in spending. Spending will still increase. We should be engaging in REAL CUTS. For example, the Department of Homeland Security should be abolished and all of its workers/officials/bureaucrats laid off and forced to get real jobs. The Defense Budget should be cut IN HALF. That would be a good start.
While I'd like to see that sort of thing happen over time, refn, enacting that sort of drastic cut *right this moment* would have negative consequences.
Which is why you do it over time, and why if you can you do it by restaining spending growth. Especially with a fragile economic situation.
My understanding is that the sequester will have something like a -.5% GDP growth impact. That's not catastrophic. It's not nothing, either. It is also my understanding that the sequester was deliberately engineered to be "dumb" so that the parties each had reason to work on a compromise agreement to replace the sequester with something better. They haven't done that, so the Sword of Damocles they set up (perhaps a Dagger of Damocles is a better way of putting it?) is set to fall.
– See more at: https://www.outsidethebeltway.com/washington-more-worried-about-the-sequester-than-the-american-people/#sthash.KoNqBW2J.dpuf
Price of meat and food are already going up and far more due to the increase in the cost of gas, which is unlikely to go down anytime soon given the main issue are regulations that meant refineries shutting down and no new refineries.
I think other policies are going to affect the cost of meat far more than a reduction in the budget for meat inspectors.
Seems that the president and congress just want to keep putting the problems off for another four years. What happened to that Bowles Commission ? I thought they had some good ideas. Maybe that is the problem. Their ideas made too much sense for the politicians and there was not something in it for them.
What should and can be done:
tax reform: plenty of good ideas out there.
budget reform: how about a 2% cut across every program, agency, and department? This could easily be done by cutting administration costs and use of more technology. The military could save that much by buying their hammers and coffee makers at Sears or Home Depot instead of paying $300 for a hammer and $900 for a coffee maker for airplanes.
How about Congressional costs? You can't tell me that they can't find 2% to cut from their budgets.
How about all of those university grants? I mean the crazy ones like $400, 000 for a study of twitter and that infamous study on why kids fall off of tricycles. Just search top ridiculous government grants. You will find millions there.
This "both sides do it" bullshit is no more convincing from you than it is from Doug…
…the increase in the cost of gas, which is unlikely to go down anytime soon given the main issue are regulations that meant refineries shutting down and no new refineries.
Umm, care to provide any proof that higher gas prices are because of regulations and refineries? Or perhaps you are just spewing more bullshit…
Timothy Watson says:
@Just Me: Gas prices are going up because the cartel that controls the price of oil, OPEC, decided to cut production in response to increase American production.
The United States will never be able to reduce the price of gasoline nor oil as long as oil cartel gets to set the price.
Tsar Nicholas says:
Zombieland has far more pressing things about which to worry. Their jobs, for one. Their underwater houses. Paying the bills.
Skyrocketing costs of health insurance coverage. Massive hikes in utilities bills. Casualties of Obamacare and the war on coal.
Higher taxes. Layoffs. RIFs.
Plus have you filled up your gas tank recently? Gas prices are skyrocketing. Cheap and loose money have real world consequences. Shit, by the time Bernanke is done with us we'll be lucky to avoid 1970's-style inflation. It could go hyper.
So it's not at all surprising that Zombieland is not paying all that much attention to the sequestermageddon dog & pony show. There are major differences between the liberal and loopy (BIRM) chattering classes and Main Street. The former have all day to obsess over minutiae and wouldn't have a clue in any event. The latter quite legitimately are worried sick about making ends meet.
Friday, March 1, 2013 at 12:44
Skyrocketing costs of health insurance coverage
A problem we have had for a long time now. A very serious problem. One that, based on the data I've seen, has actually slowed down a bit recently (possibly due to the aftereffects of the recession more than anything else).
Massive hikes in utilities bills
Huh. Not around here, anyway. Utility rates here spiked in ~2003-04, leveled off and then began dropping. They've dropped repeatedly over the last several years. Natural Gas, I assume. Neither credit nor blame to Obama or Bush. Funny, that.
Perhaps nation-wide data tells a different story?
Plus have you filled up your gas tank recently? Gas prices are skyrocketing.
I love how this comes up each time the price goes up a bit, and then there is dead silence when it falls back. If you look at a chart of prices, you will see it's been bouncing around between ~$3.50-$4.00/gallon for years.
Shit, by the time Bernanke is done with us we'll be lucky to avoid 1970′s-style inflation. It could go hyper.
Funny stuff. Hyperinflation. From the guy who talks about "Zombieland" as he sneers at "loopy" people.
If Tsar was a stock…
Saturday, March 2, 2013 at 11:21
Perhaps the American people are "comfortably numb"?
They have no idea what's going on.
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Status of freshwater catfish (Tandanus tandanus) populations in Gunbower Creek 2009
Rehwinkel, Rohan
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Status of freshwater catfish (Tandanus tandanus) populations in Gunbower Creek - M/BUS/321
In May 2009 The North Central Catchment Management Authority (CMA) engaged The Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre (MDFRC) to establish the status of freshwater catfish Tandanus tandanus (T. tandanus) populations within selected lagoons associated with the Gunbower Creek. Seven sites were examined: Turner, Cockatoo, Phyland, Longmore, Gum, and Upper Gunbower Lagoons, as well as the 4km reach of the Gunbower Creek between Turner and Phyland Lagoons. Habitat character of each lagoon was established following AUSRIVAS habitat assessment protocols and the fish assemblage from each lagoon was surveyed utilising large and small fyke nets during July and August 2009. Patterns in fish assemblage structure (species present and species abundance) and habitat characteristics among wetlands were related to the presence/absence of T. tandanus, to determine if fish assemblage structure, habitat character or a combination of fish assemblage/habitat characteristics influenced the structure of T. tandanus populations within sites surveyed during this investigation. A total of 24 T. tandanus were captured from the seven wetland sites sampled; Turner Lagoon (n = 21), Phyland Lagoon (n = 2) and Cockatoo Lagoon (n = 1). T. tandanus was not recorded in Upper Gunbower, Longmore or Gum Lagoons, or at Gunbower Creek survey sites. An additional 28,920 fish were captured from 8 native and 5 exotic species from the seven wetlands sampled. The fish assemblages and habitat characteristics from wetlands where T. tandanus were encountered were more than 75% and 80% similar (respectively), with exception of Phyland Lagoon which exhibited a markedly different suite of habitat characteristics to other wetlands. As such, habitat character was not considered to significantly influence the distribution of T. tandanus at those sites examined: however, the structure of fish assemblages, particularly the relative abundance of redfin and carp, may have been of significant influence.
The status of the T. tandanus population in Turner Lagoon may be considered robust, as individuals from young of the year (0+) and a variety of year classes through to mature adults (based upon size-at age information) were represented within the population. Furthermore, the timing (winter) of sampling conducted here was considered to result in significantly fewer individual T. tandanus being encountered as might be expected from spring or summer sampling: As such, the status of the Turner Lagoon population may reflect other robust T. tandanus populations elsewhere in the Murray River system. Conversely, the status of T. tandanus populations within Cockatoo and Phyland Lagoons were not considered robust, even when considering the effects of sampling season. As T. tandanus is listed as threatened under Victoria's Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act (1988), are patchily distributed throughout Victoria, and a robust population was detected within Turner Lagoon, we recommend that the recent (past decades) hydrological regime of Turner Lagoon be determined and then a similar hydrological regime be maintained in order to sustain the T. tandanus population there. Consideration of this recommendation is especially important in regard to the proposed changes to the delivery of water throughout the Gunbower anabranch system via NVIRP. Furthermore, rehabilitation of fish passage (conducive to the requirements of small and large T. tandanus) between Turner Lagoon and the Gunbower Creek may stimulate the re-colonisation of adjacent wetlands within the Gunbower system by T. tandanus.
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School District Opposes Use of Listening Device for Autistic Student
The Clark County School District in Nevada is investigating whether or not an autistic student should be allowed to wear the AngelSense device in the classroom. A Las Vegas parent made the request on behalf of his son, a six-year-old student who suffered physical abuse in the classroom in 2018.
J.J. Wahrer was attending Harmon Elementary at the time. His teacher was Melody Carter, and she was fired from the school district and prosecuted in the courts in connection with using a wooden pointer to beat J.J.
Like others with his condition, J.J. is non-verbal. This means that he was unable to communicate the abuse to his parents when it occurred. It was only when an investigation was launched that J.J.'s parents learned of the beating.
J.J. now attends classes at Ferron Elementary School, but the effects of the abuse are reverberating. His parents say that J.J. is prone to running away from school because he's afraid to be there. The Wahrers say that they are worried that J.J. could be hit by a car or kidnapped if he is able to escape from the school grounds.
The Wahrers and their attorneys argue that the AngelSense device would help to protect J.J. with its GPS capabilities. A warning system would alert the parents when J.J. wanders away from school. Moreover, a microphone would let them listen in on what's happening in the classroom, something that the Warhrers say is necessary because the school district is not reporting incidents to them.
The Clark County School District is balking at the listening device, which they say raises privacy concerns. Officials are open to a GPS tracker that would help everyone to keep tabs on J.J. to ensure his safety.
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An Impartial Due Process Hearing is being conducted to decide the issue, and the school district has declined to make any statements.
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Jury Awards Former Students $540,000 in Nevada Lawsuit
The Clark County School District in Nevada has been ordered by a jury to pay some former students $540,000 because of an attack that happened on school property in 2013. Plaintiffs in the case say that Canyon Springs High School, Principal Ronnie Guerzon and the district did not adequately protect the victims of the attack.
Three high school students were attending the "Senior Sunrise" breakfast at Canyon Springs High School in August 2013. As incoming seniors, they had been invited to the event. A text message that encouraged attendees to "bring their friends" had received wide distribution in the prior weeks. This may have helped three non-student attackers, who were all 18, to hear about the event and to decide to drop by. The intruders remained at the breakfast for about an hour with the approximately 150 other attendees.
As the event was winding down, the intruders started a food fight that had them spitting on the students. The three victims were then severely beaten. One victim was diagnosed with a skull fracture that including bleeding in the brain and another was robbed. Ultimately, the three intruders were charged with numerous crimes including battery with a deadly weapon, possession of a dangerous weapon on school property, robbery and challenges to fight. All three were convicted.
The three victims in the attack later sued the district and the school's former principal, alleging that not enough was done to protect them from the intruders. Among the charges, the plaintiffs claim that security cameras were not operational, that identification was not being checked at the entrance and that there was not enough staff on site to provide adequate security. Court documents say that similar incidents had occurred at the same high school in the past.
For now, the school district is facing a sizable payment to the three victims of the attack. It seems likely that they will appeal the decision, though no announcement has been made. The plaintiffs' attorney says she hopes that the district will "do more to keep kids safe," and this is a cautionary tale for school administrators everywhere.
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Ninth Circuit Decision Helps to Close Gender Wage Gap
The Ninth Circuit Court has acted to further eliminate the wage gap. In fact, it reversed a decision that the judge now views as unjust. The ruling sets precedent for female employees who allege that they are paid less than similarly qualified male counterparts for the same work.
The case in question is Rizo v. Yovino. Aileen Rizo is a math consultant employed with Fresno County Public Schools. When she learned that male colleagues in her department were being paid significantly more than she was, Rizo began investigating. What she learned eventually led her to sue her employer. Basically, Rizo was earning less because she had been paid less in her previous positions with other employers. Fresno County Public Schools used her wage history as justification for paying her less than male counterparts with similar experience.
The Ninth Circuit agreed with this pay history reasoning last year, aligning themselves with the defendant because the pay differential was based on "a factor other than sex." The recent reversal of this finding means that a worker's pay history cannot be construed as "a factor other than sex" under the auspices of the Equal Pay Act. This decision effectively wipes out 30 years of precedent, and activists say that it strikes a major blow to the wage gap situation.
In the decision, Judge Reinhardt wrote that "'any factor other than sex' is limited to legitimate, job-related factors such as a prospective employee's experience, educational background, ability, or prior job performance." The judge went on to argue that using the Equal Pay Act to perpetuate the gender wage gap runs contrary to the very purpose of the Act.
The decision is an echo of several state-level decisions that are prohibiting employers from gathering data relating to the salary history of prospective employees. Accordingly, it is critical for employers to update their hiring processes to reflect these changes. It also is sensible to review current salary data for all existing employees to ensure that any pay disparities between male and female colleagues with similar qualifications are supported by the provisions of the Equal Pay Act.
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Accused Bully's Father Sues School
In a new twist on the classic school bully story, one dad in New Jersey is suing his son's school after the boy was disciplined for bullying.
The story began two years ago when Robert E. Taylor's son was in the third grade. Identified only as "H.T.," the boy was in the cafeteria when another boy tried to remove his sweatshirt. The t-shirt he was wearing underneath stuck to the sweatshirt, exposing the boy's abdomen. Witnesses claimed that H.T. and at least one of his friends laughed at the other boy. The friend also drew a caricature of the boy without a shirt, and H.T. allegedly encouraged his friend to post the picture on Facebook.
The picture was never posted, but the trouble had begun. The school's vice principal spoke to H.T. in an interview in which H.T. denied laughing at the other boy or encouraging his friend to post the picture on Facebook. Not satisfied, the vice principal kept digging, discovering that the other boy was frequently called names by students, though no one could remember H.T. ever being among the name callers.
The vice principal concluded that H.T. must be involved. In a later interview, H.T. told the principal that he had laughed at the boy and encouraged his friend to post the picture online. However, H.T. maintained that he had not participated in any other bullying activity against the other boy.
H.T. was punished for his behavior by having to miss one day of recess, but his father was not satisfied with the outcome. He appealed the punishment to the school board, eventually taking the case to the Commissioner of Education for the state. The commissioner passed the case on to the Office of Administrative Law, but Taylor doubted that he would get the results he was hoping for from that entity.
Now, he has filed a lawsuit that argues that his son's free speech and due process rights were violated. The suit also claims racial discrimination, detailing harsher punishments for black students at the school. It remains to be seen how this case will be decided.
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Former Teacher Wins Due Process Lawsuit Against School District
A former teacher in Illinois has prevailed over his erstwhile employer in court. Bruce Vukadinovich sued the Hanover Community School Corp. for age discrimination, retaliation and violation of due process. Although the court rejected the discrimination and retaliation claims, Vukadinovich was awarded more than $200,000 for the due process claim.
The story began years ago in a different school district. Back then, Vukadinovich was working for Hammond Schools when he filed a lawsuit against his employer for age discrimination. That lawsuit was settled, and the plaintiff went on to Hanover Central High School. He worked there for eight years until his contract was terminated in a workforce reduction. Vukadinovich sought answers from the district about why he was fired, but couldn't get a straight answer. That's when he filed the lawsuit against the Hanover Community School Corp.
The wrinkle is that a school district official who worked for Hammond Schools when Vukadinovich sued that district had recently transferred over to the Hanover Community School Corp. Vukadinovich believed that his firing was an act of retaliation over his earlier successful suit against Hammond Schools.
Several years of litigation followed, with Vukadinovich representing himself against his former employer. A jury and a judge ultimately agreed with the plaintiff that he was denied due process. In his decision, Judge Philip Simon wrote: "To put it bluntly, after several years of presiding over this litigation, including a five day jury trial, I cannot tell you why Vukadinovich was terminated." The judge went on to say that the jury sympathized with Vukadinovich's desire to receive a "straight-forward explanation" for his firing.
The judge also took issue with the school district's claim that they didn't tell Vukadinovich why he was terminated because he didn't ask. Arguing that the situation was "not a game of 'Guess the Reason You're Being Fired,'" Simon pointed out that the reason should have been disclosed up front so that Vukadinovich could have defended himself.
This case demonstrates the importance of keeping documentation citing all of the reasons for an adverse employment action. Doing so may prevent a lawsuit from being filed.
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Published on: February 3, 2017
California Student Forced to Urinate in Bucket Awarded $1.25 Million By Jury
A former student in San Diego has been awarded more than $1.25 million stemming from an incident in which she was forced to relieve herself in a bucket.
Back in 2012, the 14 year-old student was in a 25-minute advisory class at Patrick Henry High School when she felt the urgent need to urinate. The short class was designed so students could study. This particular session was being presided over by art teacher Gonja Wolf. Teachers had been told that frequent bathroom breaks would undermine the efficacy of the class. Wolf believed that the school did not allow any bathroom breaks during the advisory class, so she searched for an alternative.
As it happens, Wolf had already invested in a bucket that was intended to provide an alternative to using the bathroom in the case of a lockdown. The teacher admitted to having used the bucket herself when she was working late. Accordingly, she took the student to an adjacent supply closet where she gave her the bucket and instructed her to flush the contents down the sink when she was done.
It wasn't long before word got out about the incident. Local media had a field day, and the result was that the student was teased relentlessly. An excess of gossip and lewd texts drove the student into depression. An eventual suicide attempt drove her to seek ongoing medical care. Between the media glare and the unwanted attention from fellow students, she was forced to switch schools twice before finally graduating from a charter school.
The girl and her family initially asked the district for $25,000 in compensation, a request that was denied. Nonetheless, officials offered an apology and help for the anguished student. It's unlikely they imagined that the case would one day be settled in the courtroom, leaving them without $1.25 million in damages plus $41,000 for medical expenses.
District officials say that they may appeal the jury's decision. Testimony at trial indicated that the district's teachers are now told to allow bathroom breaks during all periods. Nonetheless, this has been an embarrassing chapter for everyone concerned.
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Updated: February 3, 2017 11:36 am
More SROs May Not Guarantee Better Outcomes in Public Schools
The ACLU recently reported a disturbing trend in American public schools. Teachers are more frequently turning to student resource officers when it comes to matters of classroom discipline. That's true when there is a violent threat, but also true when a student is being disruptive or engaging in bullying behavior.
Unfortunately, the growing reliance on other authority figures to mete out punishment is having drastic and far-reaching consequences. Many of the kids who are subjected to interaction with a student resource officer soon see their grades begin to plummet, and they are far more likely to drop out of school.
Many school districts now employ a police officer to help provide discipline and security on campus. These student resource officers, or SROs, used to be rare. Only one percent of U.S. schools had an SRO in 1975, but in recent years that number has surged to a police presence that amounts to 24 percent in elementary schools. A full 42 percent of high schools also have at least one SRO on campus.
In California alone during the 2013-2014 school year, 20,000 students received some form of discipline from an SRO. Most of these cases involved minor disruptions and rule infractions, things that teachers might have handled themselves some years ago. Of those 20,000 cases, 9,500 resulted in an arrest. Instead of going through some kind of disciplinary program at the school, these kids ended up in the criminal justice system, doubling their chances of dropping out.
The study also showed that a disproportionate number of students who have police interactions in schools are minorities, have disabilities or come from low-income neighborhoods. This suggests that the use of SROs in the classroom may be unfairly focused on these communities.
Most schools give teachers complete latitude regarding when to request SRO assistance. The ACLU suggests that schools write comprehensive guidelines regarding the circumstances under which SROs should get involved. Moreover, it is recommended that funds be diverted from SROs to the recruitment of counselors and mental health professionals so schools can better deal with disciplinary issues and the causes that underlie them.
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Updated: November 4, 2016 2:55 pm
ACLU Sues School District Over Handcuffing of Seven Year-Old
A lawsuit has been launched by the ACLU against Kansas City Public Schools. In the complaint, the plaintiff alleges that a seven year-old child, who weighed less than 50 pounds and was not even four feet tall, was handcuffed before being led to the principal's office after a classroom disturbance.
The incident occurred in April 2014. Kalyb Primm, a student with a slight hearing impediment, was asked by his teacher to move to another seat in their classroom at George Melcher Elementary School. Primm alleges in the lawsuit that he was being teased and bullied, which led him to cry and yell. A school resource officer named Brandon Craddock was passing by and heard the disturbance.
Entering the classroom, Craddock tried to join the teacher's efforts to quiet Primm. When these efforts didn't succeed he asked Primm twice to accompany him to the office of the school's principal Anne Wallace. The complaint says that Primm became frightened once outside the classroom, crying again and trying to walk away. Craddock attempted to lead Primm to the principal's office by the arm, but the child grasped a railing with his free hand. Allegedly without trying to find a way to de-escalate the situation, Craddock handcuffed the boy, taking him to the office where he sat quietly for 10 to 15 minutes while waiting for his father to arrive.
The ACLU lawsuit argues that Primm's Constitutional rights were violated by the actions of the school resource officer. Among the allegations, the complaint says that Primm was unlawfully seized and restrained. ACLU legal director Tony Rothert remarked that, "Gratuitously handcuffing children is cowardly and violates the constitution." Moreover, the action may have been a violation of state law. Plaintiffs are requesting attorney's fees and compensation for damages. Additionally, the complaint asks for enhanced training regarding constitutional rights for school resource officers in the region.
This lawsuit is still in its early stages. Nonetheless, it demonstrates the pressing need for law enforcement, security officials, schools and businesses to be aware of the constitutional rights of every citizen, and to actively work to support those rights.
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Located on the first floor of Padre Arrupe Hall, the Office of the Registrar is responsible for registration, academic record-keeping and distributing transcripts at Saint Louis University - Madrid Campus.
Registrar staff members Patricia Blockmon and William Enriquez.
Services offered include enrollment certification, veterans' certification, degree validation and publication of class schedules, catalogs and related academic materials.
Students use the online database Banner Self-Service to access their class schedules, transcripts and grades.
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA), as amended, is a federal law giving certain rights to parents or students regarding education records at schools of every level receiving funding from the U.S. Department of Education.
At the postsecondary-school level, the rights afforded by FERPA pertain, in general, to the student rather than the parent.
The form below allows students to give consent for SLU to release their information to parents or others.
Born in California and raised in Madrid, Patricia Blockmon studied one semester at SLU-Madrid before transferring to the University of Maryland, where she obtained a master's degree in computer systems management. After working in the computer department of the International Monetary Fund, in Washington, D.C., for six years, she moved back to Spain. She continued working in IT at a translation company here in Madrid until 2006, when she came on board at SLU-Madrid. Initially part of the admissions team, she managed the content of SLU-Madrid's website, and later became the Registrar.
M.Sc., computer systems management, University of Maryland, U.S.
B.Sc., information systems management, University of Maryland, U.S.
1995-2001 Network Administrator, International Monetary Fund, Washington D.C., U.S.
2002-2006 IT specialist, Tek Translation International, Madrid, Spain.
William Enriquez earned his associate of science degree in business administration from Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, California, where he worked as a group coordinator and scheduler for an event management company. He then transferred to SLU-Madrid, where he received his undergraduate degree in business administration with a concentration in international business. As a student at SLU-Madrid, he collaborated in the registrar's office and interned at Volvo and Veritia Consultancy. After graduating, he worked as an executive business coach with Técnicas Reunidas and then returned to SLU-Madrid where he assists faculty, staff, students and alumni in the registrar's office.
Mondays through Thursdays: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Fridays: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.


Last week Matt Gonzalez–attorney of alleged gunman Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez–agreed with testimony that Lopez-Sanchez allegedly shot Kathryn Steinle but argued that it was the gun's fault.
Steinle was shot and killed with a stolen handgun on July 1 while walking on San Francisco's Pier 14 with her father.
According to the Associated Press, Lopez-Sanchez's defense to this point has been that he shot Steinle accidentally. The defense argued that Lopez-Sanchez found the gun wrapped in a t-shirt. He picked it up and it went off.
Prosecutor Diane Garcia countered this by suggesting that even if that were the case, Lopez-Sanchez "could have fired the gun anywhere, but he fired at Kate Steinle." She accused him of "[playing] his own version of Russian roulette" with Steinle's life.
It is interesting to note that Lopez-Sanchez reportedly told police at one point "that he was shooting at a seal or a black fish." He would need to put his finger on the trigger and pull it to do that.


Ironman 70.3 Philippines will be hosted by Cebu this August 5, 2012. The race route is quite extensive covering from the tip of Mactan Island, crossing the Marcelo Fernan Bridge, to Mandaue City via CICC and Parkmall leading to SRP and back.
1. The race route will be closed starting at 5 in the morning.
2. Right lane of the Marcelo Fernan (new) Bridge will be open to two way traffic while the old bridge will be closed from 5am to 12nn.
3. The run route (in dark blue) from Shangrila Mactan upto the tip of Punta Engano will be closed from 5 am to 330pm. Once the route is close, Shangri-la is only accessible through Portofino.
4. The bike route (in green) from Shangrila Mactan through Marcelo Fernan Bridge to Mandaue Highway, to Ouano Avenue passing through CICC and Parkmall leading to SRP will be closed from 5am to 12nn.
5. Alternate route to and from the airport is specified above in light blue.
If you're not keen on taking chances of getting stuck with traffic around Mactan, next best spot to watch the race should be where the bikes are expected to slow down and pass twice is at the CICC turnaround point (at the intersection of CICC and Parkmall along Ouano Avenue). Strong swimmers are expected to start their bike by 7am and end up in this junction fifteen to thirty minutes later.
All registered Ironman and Ironkids athletes will be issued one (1) set of complimentary companion wristband.
All wristbands are color coded daily and are valid only on the day specified.
*Please ensure your companion wears the proper color wristband per day.
As your and our guest safety and security is our primary concern, we are limiting the number of non in–house quest who may access the resort during this period. We are implementing a number of security measures which include the limited sale and issuance of wristbands (color–coded per day).
Who can buy the wristband?
Registered Ironman and Ironkids athletes who want to bring in more than one companion to the resort.
Non in–house Ironman and Ironkids participants.
To allow equal opportunity for all, a maximum of two (2) wristbands may be sold per person until August 4, 20:00nn. Remaining wristbands after this time may already be sold to anyone, without limitation on quantity.
What benefits do we enjoy with the purchase of a wristband?
Access to all Ironman-related venues within the resort.
Savings of 35% on regular treatments at CHI, The Spa at Shangri–La.
Children 11 years old and below will enjoy 50% savings.
All wristbands are color coded daily and we are valid only on the day specified.
A limited number of wristbands will be sold daily on a first come, first served basis.
Parking of vehicles inside the Resort will not be allowed from August 2–5 as parking areas will be utilized for the bicycle and run transition. The Resort and Ironman organizers have identified temporary parking areas nearby for this period.
Only car drop-offs will be allowed from August 2–4 while strictly "no vehicle access" policy will be implemented on Sunday, August 5.
The Resort main entrance will be accessible by foot for athletes and guests with proper wristbands on Sunday, August 5 until 5:00am only. Once the roads are closed, access to the Resort will be through Portofino.


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Coughlin met with reporters prior to SU's game against Notre Dame
Coughlin met with reporters prior to SU's game against Notre Dame
Former Syracuse football star Tom Coughlin was on hand for the ceremonial coin flip, but questions from reporters immediately turned to the NFL job market.
Coughlin, a two-time Super Bowl champion with the New York Giants, was fired in the offseason. He confirmed that he had met with the Buffalo Bills in the spring, but wouldn't offer any more insight.
"[Spring] was the last time that I heard from them," Coughlin said. "All that stuff that's going on is a bunch of you know what."
Coughlin grew more ornery when pressed for more details.
"That's none of your business, okay?" he said.
As it relates to Syracuse, Coughlin met with Babers prior to the game and liked what he saw from Syracuse's new style of play.
"We talked about Syracuse football, getting Syracuse football back to where it belongs," Coughlin said. "He really is a good football coach, very sharp, very smart. To see particular style, and what his intentions are […] I hope it works."
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SPECIAL TEAMS STRUGGLES
Special teams hurt Syracuse during Saturday's 50-33 loss to Notre Dame at MetLife Stadium.
It started early in the first quarter after Syracuse had just scored a touchdown to pull within 7-6. But Cole Murphy's PAT was blocked, and Notre Dame defensive back Cole Luke scooped up the ball and ran the length of the field for two points.
"We lost special teams today," Syracuse head coach Dino Babers said. It's been one of our strengths. It was one of those things we knew we had to win today. I'm not throwing those guys under the bus. I think overall they've probably been our strongest unit, stronger than the offense, stronger than our defense the entire year, but obviously not today. We'll get better."
Instead of a 7-7 tie, the Orange was down 9-6.
Not even three minutes later, Justin Yoon took a kickoff return 93 yards to the house, giving the Irish a 30-20 lead with 10:06 left in the first quarter.
Cole Murphy then ended the half with a missed 40-yard field goal, which could have cut the lead to 33-30 heading into intermission. Instead, the score stayed at 33-27, and the Orange was never able to get closer than that.
"We just had some breakdowns. And then the things you have to remember is when we play teams like Notre Dame. We have guys on scholarship and non‐scholarship guys on our special teams," Babers said. "They have four‐star and five‐star guys on their special teams. It's going to happen when you're playing teams like that."
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SYRACUSE LACKS TALENT ACROSS THE BOARD
The talent disparity isn't limited to just special teams.
While Syracuse may have some talent at certain skill positions like quarterback and wide receiver, Babers lamented the fact that his defensive secondary has been decimated by injuries and he's playing more true freshman than he would like.
"It's not like basketball where you get Jordan and Pippen and one more guy," Babers said. "Everybody is looking for everybody's weaknesses. Everybody is attacking everybody's weaknesses. And you're only as strong as your weakest link."
Babers likened the talent gap to a boxer fighting with only one hand.
"As we continue to grow as a program, those weaker points will get stronger," Babers said. "We may get a chance one day in the future, if I'm lucky enough, to come out here and fight with everything I've got. It will be fun."
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Holy Week Services Will Still Be Held Maundy Thursday and Good Friday services will still be held at 7:00pm, regardless of the weather.
All children are invited to an Easter egg hunt on Sunday, April 5, at 10:00am. Each child should bring his or her own basket. Families should meet near the library outside Fellowship Hall.


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The day is a difficult yoga session writ large. I hold poses through tasks required of me: grocery shopping, lawn mowing, parenting. When time allows, I sit eyes closed and meditate. There is an alchemy in this working-through, this processing of desire. The day is the site where one practices care for an absent other. Come afternoon and suddenly it's a pool day, world redeemed by popsicles and coconut bars. I rise up onto the surface of the pool and float there, big happy smile on my face as I imagine the act shared with another. My friend at The Alchemist's Studio reminds me of a saying attributed to Vincent Van Gogh: "Yellow is capable of charming God." The charm of that rhymes later in the day with "Charm (Over 'Burundi Cloud')," the 21:24 B-side to Jon Hassell and Brian Eno's Fourth World Vol. 1: Possible Musics.
Hassell passed away yesterday at the age of 84. After listening and giving thanks, I receive J.R.R. Tolkien's St. Andrews lecture, "On Fairy-Stories." For this is what we wish to write, is it not? A story about Faerie, "the realm or state in which fairies have their being." As Tolkien emphasizes early on, "Faerie contains many things besides elves and fays, and besides dwarfs, witches, trolls, giants, or dragons: it holds the seas, the sun, the moon, the sky; and the earth, and all things that are in it: tree and bird, water and stone, wine and bread, and ourselves, mortal men, when we are enchanted." Tolkien also calls Faerie "the Perilous Realm" — the source of peril, I presume, having something to do with the realm's magic. Faerie's virtue lies in its capacity to satisfy various desires: "to survey the depths of space and time," for instance, and "to hold communion with other living things."
Author trancescriptsPosted on January 3, 2022 Categories UncategorizedTags Alchemy, Charm, Desire, Enchantment, Faerie, Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Fourth World, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jon Hassell, Literature, Magic, music, Parenting, Pools, Vincent Van Gogh, Work, YogaLeave a comment on Sunday June 27, 2021
Friday June 18, 2021
I stare up at, gather attention toward a set of newly mounted tape racks. We've been busy with various projects around the house: repairing the AC unit, installing a shelf in Frankie's closet. Frankie resents the distinction between meum and tuum, a distinction learned via conflicts over toys at the pool. But the pool works its magic: sun shines down, conflicts are forgotten, and baby is happy, happy, happy.
Author trancescriptsPosted on December 27, 2021 Categories UncategorizedTags Happiness, Home, Home Improvement, Parenthood, Parenting, PoolsLeave a comment on Friday June 18, 2021
My eyes travel across spines of books, searching, seeking ways to proceed. Parenting, though, leaves little time to read. As Mark Fisher notes in Postcapitalist Desire, "In order to raise consciousness, you need time" (265). Time is the terrain of struggle. Time is what capitalists steal from those who labor. Stolen time equals stolen consciousness.
Author trancescriptsPosted on November 1, 2021 Categories UncategorizedTags Books, consciousness, Mark Fisher, Parenting, Postcapitalist Desire, Time, Time-PovertyLeave a comment on Thursday April 22, 2021
We rejoice upon word of the rapid, successful birth of our niece. My sister FaceTimes with us: she and baby are well. We care for her boys until her return, while teaching and caring for each other. The boys are into lightsabers and Fortnite. I race after them, pushing Frankie in a stroller, as they bike to the neighborhood park on the bay. They request "Lava Monster," where I roar and give chase.
Author trancescriptsPosted on October 10, 2021 Categories UncategorizedTags Birth, Family, Parenting, PlayLeave a comment on Thursday April 1, 2021
Kids and I play in my brother-in-law's back yard.
Geese swim up and greet Frankie and I on the canal, splashing, squawking loudly.
I build the kids a fort.
I drive my nephew to preschool.
Sarah and I see his brothers to the bus stop, send them to school.
It's a day of many moving parts.
Sicilian pizza for lunch from my favorite pizzeria.
I return home with slices for Sarah and Frankie.
L. attends the same preschool I attended forty years ago.
Clear skies, sunlit afternoon.
I man the grill and prepare dinner.
A day of actions rather than words.
Author trancescriptsPosted on October 1, 2021 Categories UncategorizedTags Family, Parenthood, Parenting, Play, Poetry, travelLeave a comment on Tuesday March 23, 2021
Sunday March 7, 2021
Grieving as I wander in sadness amid old records in my basement, or, while kneeling, I collect Crayola crayons and plastic mixers off the dining room floor. Frankie enjoys tossing these from boxes and jars. She also likes to make us pick up after her with her sippy cups. These she chucks from her high chair, big grin on her face, squealing with delight. I listen to Charlie Parker's The Verve Years (1950-51) in the basement after she falls asleep. This has been my pattern of late. While listening, I read statements by a group called The Unseen Hand. On their website, the group offers retreats for those in need of its care. "The Songs of Creation," they write, "are to humans what migration pathways are to monarchs or whales, warblers or the continents. They return us to true: true sound, true north, the position of prayer." The group seems to be the work of alchemist-acupuncturist Laura Clarke Stelmok. Her words appear on the liner notes to Battle Trance's Blade of Love, an album of tenor saxophones as opposed to Parker's alto. Searching the stacks, I happen upon Jan Hammer's The First Seven Days. I awaken to the album's mid-1970s synthesizer wizardry by about Day 3, amid a track called "Oceans and Continents."
Bored by what follows, though, I wander off into the stacks and peek at Kenneth Burke's Language as Symbolic Action, interest piqued by the latter's chapter on "Kubla Khan."
Author trancescriptsPosted on September 7, 2021 Categories UncategorizedTags Battle Trance, Charlie Parker, Fatherhood, Grief, Jan Hammer, Jazz, Kenneth Burke, Kubla Khan, Laura Clarke Stelmok, music, Parenthood, Parenting, Sadness, The Unseen HandLeave a comment on Sunday March 7, 2021
The remains of a stone retaining wall run like a spine through the yard. "Think of how we might relate to it when we plant our garden," I tell myself as I admire the wall's mosses and walk its length. I picture suddenly an amphitheater, and with it, some fantasy of community that would use it. Perhaps it's time again for some Movement. Tomorrow we join Frankie on her first trip to the zoo.
Author trancescriptsPosted on August 22, 2021 Categories UncategorizedTags Gardens, ParentingLeave a comment on Monday February 22, 2021
Rereading Freud's Civilization and Its Discontents, the parent in me wants instantly to refute it. I want for my daughter something other than the Oedipus complex. I imagine a succession of heroines and goddesses. Why among all the characters of mythology does Freud opt for Oedipus and Electra? The latter, of course, has been reinvented in our time as a Marvel superhero. No longer daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, she wields a pair of sai. Electras loom large in the minds of at least two hideous men: Freud and Frank Miller. What if instead we imagine Oedipa Mass, the heroine in Thomas Pynchon's novel The Crying of Lot 49? While imagining Oedipa, imagine too the women in "Bordando el Manto Terrestre ("Embroided Earth's Mantle")," the Remedios Varo painting (middle part of a triptych, in fact) viewed by Oedipa at a key point in the novel.
The figures in each case are all still figures trapped in another's tapestry. "Such a captive maiden," writes Pynchon, "having plenty of time to think, soon realizes that her tower, its height and architecture, are like her ego only incidental: that what really keeps her where she is is magic, anonymous and malignant, visited on her from outside and for no reason at all. Having no apparatus except gut fear and female cunning to examine this formless magic, to understand how it works, how to measure its field strength, count its lines of force, she may fall back on superstition, or take up a useful hobby like embroidery, or go mad, or marry a disk jockey. If the tower is everywhere and the knight of deliverance no proof against its magic, what else?" This, too, is the dilemma faced by Melba Zuzzo, the heroine of Joanna Ruocco's novel Dan. Next thing I know, I'm sending myself "Playing the Post Card: On Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49" while scanning my shelves for H.D.'s book Tribute to Freud. Having seen the Varo painting in an exhibit a year prior to writing the novel, Pynchon recalls it from memory. Oedipa sees in the painting what Pynchon wants her to see. If she'd looked closely, she'd have seen "La Huida (The Escape)," the third part of the triptych, where the girl and her lover flee to the mountains.
And at the center of the triptych, reading from a spell book and stirring a cauldron, a sorceress. Such figures of power and liberation are occulted by Pynchon's imagining of a feminized Oedipus — a character "hailed," "interpellated" as Althusser would say, in the novel's opening sentence when named executor of the estate of her former lover, Pierce Inverarity. Principle among the items of Pierce's estate is a stamp collection. LSD is a plot point in Pynchon's novel. Perhaps we could read Pierce's stamp collection as the equivalent of "blotter art." It's described as containing "thousands of little colored windows into deep vistas of space and time," and is delivered to Oedipa by "somebody named Metzger." Readers might be forgiven for confusing "Metzger" with "Metzner," as in the logic of a dream. As in "Ralph Metzner," editor of Psychedelic Review and co-author, along with Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert, of The Psychedelic Experience.
Author trancescriptsPosted on August 21, 2021 Categories UncategorizedTags Art, Books, Electra, Frank Miller, Gender, Joanna Ruocco, Magic, Marvel, Mythology, Oedipus, Oedipus Complex, Parenting, Psychedelics, Psychoanalysis, psychology, Ralph Metzner, Remedios Varo, Sexuality, Sigmund Freud, The Crying of Lot 49, Thomas PynchonLeave a comment on Sunday February 21, 2021
Sarah retrieves my grandmother's bracelets from a storage bin. Large colored plastics — the "costume jewelry" equivalent of the donuts from our daughter Frankie's Fisher-Price donut toys. Frankie plays with these bracelets that belonged to my Nani. She holds them, admires them one by one. The persistence of Nani's spirit in our lives gives me joy. A friend calls these final weeks of each semester "grading jail," days busied reading students' essays and assigning final grades. If it's a sentence, let us bear it lightly. Such has been my motto. "Grade fairly and kindly, as would a 'sharer' — so that we may enjoy our well-earned break." The break, of course, is not truly a break. One continues to work, plotting the semester ahead. And perhaps, too, beyond that, a new course for next school-year, on "portal fantasies" and magic. A former student who majored in game design complains that Cyberpunk 2077 was released too soon. "Despite seven years in production, and 'patches' to improve textures," say the players, "the game is a disappointment." "Well okay then," replies my alias, the "Uncle Matt" character from Fraggle Rock. "By alternate paths," he says, "we've arrived to an agreement. Shitty cyberpunk is what capitalist realism gets us. Let us try our hand, then, at something else." I imagine that means authoring a program or script other than the capitalist-realist one we've been given. At the very least it means "shaping change," as Lauren Oya Olamina counsels in her Earthseed religion's "Books of the Living." Weave fate toward a near-future other than the ones imagined by the cyberpunks.
Author trancescriptsPosted on June 16, 2021 Categories UncategorizedTags Ancestors, Capitalist Realism, Cyberpunk, Cyberpunk 2077, Parenting, The Future, videogames, WorkLeave a comment on Friday December 11, 2020
I recovered a shoe of Frankie's while out walking this afternoon. It had fallen yesterday along her walk with Aunt Jojo. There it was beside an odd property: a house set back in a patch of woods with an American flag and "private property" signs out front. Further along down the road past several other houses stands a weird Republican-seeming neighborhood of ugly stone-faced McMansions around a private lake. Not one of my preferred places to walk — though I admit enjoying it, particularly when a beautiful heron flew overhead. The bird appeared shortly after my recovery of the shoe. I paused and admired the bird as it flew past, sensing in its appearance a sign of good luck. Greetings, friend! My cosmology permits perception and experience of a many-voiced cosmos. Sarah and Frankie sit beside me, for instance, as I write. They play a game involving a toy sword in a toy stone. Frankie retrieves the sword and Sarah declares her a Queen.
Author trancescriptsPosted on May 29, 2021 Categories UncategorizedTags Birds, Cosmology, Language of the Birds, Neighbors, Parenthood, Parenting, Space, WalkingLeave a comment on Tuesday November 17, 2020


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Q: Как разделить папку с 100к TXT файлами на 10 папок по 10к TXT файлов? Подскажите простой JavaScript/bat скрипт или другой способ, как разделить папку с 100к TXT файлами на 10 папок по 10к TXT файлов?
Вот иллюстрация на примере разбиения массива уникальных 100к текстовиков по 10 штук текстовиков - "попапочно"

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Использование:
node script.js                    # разделить текущую директорию на 10 папок
node script.js some_folder        # разделить some_folder на 10 папок
node script.js some_folder 123    # разделить some_folder на 123 папок
node script.js some_folder 100 15 # разделить some_folder на 123 папок по 15 файлов

Код(Node.js)
const fs = require('fs');
const path = require('path');

// Получаем название директории и колчество папок
let [dir, dir_count, per_dir_count] = process.argv.slice(2);
dir = path.format({base: dir || '.'});
dir_count = Number(dir_count) || 10;
per_dir_count = Number(per_dir_count) || 0;

// Получем содержимое директории
let list = fs.readdirSync(dir);

// Отсеиваем всё, кроме файлов
list = list.filter(item => fs.lstatSync(path.join(dir, item)).isFile());

// Сортируем
list.sort((a, b) => a.localeCompare(b, undefined, {
    numeric: true
}));

// Cколько должно быть файлов в каждой директории
let files_per_dir = per_dir_count || Math.ceil(list.length / dir_count);

(async () => {
    // Создаём директории
    let creating_dirs = [];
    for (let i = 1; i <= dir_count; i++) {
        let folder = path.join(dir, i.toString());
        // Проверяем существование директории
        let promise = fs.promises
            .access(folder)
            .catch(() => {
                // Если нет, то создаём
                fs.mkdirSync(folder);
            });
        creating_dirs.push(promise);
    }
    // Ждём пока создания
    await Promise.all(creating_dirs);

    // Перемещаем файлы
    let moving_files = [];
    for (var i = 0; i < list.length; i++) {
        let file = list[i];
        // Выбираем нужную папку
        let folder = path.join(
            dir,
            Math.floor((i / files_per_dir) + 1).toString()
        );

        let promise = fs.promises.rename(
            path.join(dir, file),
            path.join(folder, file)
        );
    }
    // Дожидаемся перемещения
    await Promise.all(moving_files);
})();

A: REM включим расширенную обработку переменных,
REM чтобы можно было обращаться к ним в цикле
@setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

REM зададим текущим путем каталог обработки
cd /d C:\App\trash

REM зададим начальное значение для номера файла
set /a a=0

REM Запускаем наш цикл, обрабатывая листинг всех не-каталогов файлов.
REM Значение текущего имени файла помещаем в переменную %%i
for /f "tokens=*" %%i in ('dir /a-d /b') do (

REM Увеличиваем порядковый номер файла,
REM а в переменной !b! храним номер каталога
set /a "a+=1", b=!a!/10

REM создаем каталог, игнорируя все сообщения
md !b! 2>nul

REM перемещаем текущий файл (по имени) в текущий каталог
move "%%i" !b!

REM конец цикла
)

REM выключаем расширенную обработку
@endlocal

P.S. Скрытые и системные файлы в листинг не попадут. Если работать с UNC-путем, то проще "замапить" его в логический диск, чтобы не усложнять скрипт (который должен уложиться в 10-минутную обработку заявленного количества файлов).
P.S.S. Проверка прав доступа к ресурсу и наличия блокировок файла (мешающих перемещению) - все это ложится на плечи пользователя скрипта.

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5 Great Tips To Learn Korean In A Month!
Home / Articles / 5 Great Tips To Learn Korean In A Month!
Learning to speak Korean may seem like an enormous task. However, this is not the case. Many people regard Korean as the sibling of Chinese or Japanese. On the contrary, it is much simpler than either.
The key lies in its alphabet, known as Hangul. It was invented solely for the purpose of making the learning curve of Korean language shallower. You heard it right! It was invented. Also, it only has 24 alphabets, and all of them are phonetic – It means that they each have a distinct sound.
So stop worrying about learning Korean and read on to get some tips to learn Korean much faster.
If you want to learn Korean in a month, joining korean lessons in singapore might be helpful. A class has a formal setting. Moreover, you'll be able to get the basics which are pertinent to learning the Korean language.
In a formal course, you'll also be able to communicate with other people who are learning to speak Korean. You'll get to know the basic grammar and structure of the Korean language and also identify the big no-nos of Korean.
Flash cards are considered to be one of the best memory tricks. In a month you can only realistically aim to be able to communicate at a basic level. For this purpose, you need the required vocabulary.
This can be achieved through the use of flashcards. Write all the important words and those you learn on a daily basis on flashcards and carry them with you at all times. Revise whenever you get the chance.
Practice is the key to learning anything and languages are no different. You need to practice it often to retain and perfect what you learn.
If you're enrolled in a Korean language class, then you'll have ample opportunities to practice communicating with your classmates. If you are not, then find someone who speaks Korean and polish your skills by frequently practising with him or her.
This depends on what you like. It can be movies, dramas or news. Whatever it is, make sure to watch Korean media and note how natives speakers talk. After all, it is their language, and you need to speak it like them.
Try to get your hands on some primary level Korean stories and hone your skills through them. Literature is a great way to learn any language. If you're able to read simple stories, then rest assured that you have at least acquired the basic know-how for the Korean language.


The desire and anticipation of growing in faith filled the Kashiwa Bunka Kaikan as the brethren from the local churches of Eastern Japan District gathered for the Eastern Area Fellowship held last March 26, 2017.
Pastor Maya Cruz delivered the offertory message that encouraged the congregation into faithful and fruitful giving.
As the guest speaker, Bishop Domingo Ferriol, compellingly and persuasively ministered the word of God making the congregation more eager and enthusiastic in receiving it. Prayer for peace and healing can only be effective if we receive the Lord Jesus Christ as our personal Savior through the message brought by the apostles.
As the result of the gathering, many visitors accepted the salvation that was given to them and they went home filled with the freedom they received through the apostolic mission.
Eastern Japan District is composed of the local churches of Tokyo, Gunma, Hamura, and Saitama.


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using MatterHackers.Agg;
using MatterHackers.Agg.Image;
using MatterHackers.Agg.UI;
using System;
using System.Drawing;
#if !__ANDROID__
using System.Drawing.Imaging;
#endif

namespace MatterHackers.GuiAutomation
{
#if !__ANDROID__
	public class WindowsInputMethods : IInputMethod
	{
		public bool LeftButtonDown { get; private set; }

		public int ClickCount { get; } = 1;

		public void CreateMouseEvent(int dwFlags, int dx, int dy, int cButtons, int dwExtraInfo)
		{
			this.LeftButtonDown = (dwFlags == MouseConsts.MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTDOWN);

			NativeMethods.mouse_event(dwFlags, dx, dy, cButtons, dwExtraInfo);
		}

		public void SetCursorPosition(int x, int y)
		{
			NativeMethods.SetCursorPos(x, y);
		}

		public Point2D CurrentMousePosition()
		{
			Point2D mousePos = new Point2D(System.Windows.Forms.Control.MousePosition.X, System.Windows.Forms.Control.MousePosition.Y);
			return mousePos;
		}

		public void Dispose()
		{
		}

		public int GetCurrentScreenHeight()
		{
			Size sz = new Size();
			return sz.Height;
		}

		public ImageBuffer GetCurrentScreen()
		{
			ImageBuffer screenCapture = new ImageBuffer();

			Size sz = System.Windows.Forms.Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Size;
			IntPtr hDesk = NativeMethods.GetDesktopWindow();
			IntPtr hSrce = NativeMethods.GetWindowDC(hDesk);
			IntPtr hDest = NativeMethods.CreateCompatibleDC(hSrce);
			IntPtr hBmp = NativeMethods.CreateCompatibleBitmap(hSrce, sz.Width, sz.Height);
			IntPtr hOldBmp = NativeMethods.SelectObject(hDest, hBmp);
			throw new NotImplementedException();
			//bool b = NativeMethods.BitBlt(hDest, 0, 0, sz.Width, sz.Height, hSrce, 0, 0, CopyPixelOperation.SourceCopy | CopyPixelOperation.CaptureBlt);
			Bitmap bmpScreenCapture = Bitmap.FromHbitmap(hBmp);
			NativeMethods.SelectObject(hDest, hOldBmp);
			NativeMethods.DeleteObject(hBmp);
			NativeMethods.DeleteDC(hDest);
			NativeMethods.ReleaseDC(hDesk, hSrce);

			//bmpScreenCapture.Save("bitmapsave.png");

			screenCapture = new ImageBuffer(bmpScreenCapture.Width, bmpScreenCapture.Height);
			BitmapData bitmapData = bmpScreenCapture.LockBits(new Rectangle(0, 0, bmpScreenCapture.Width, bmpScreenCapture.Height), System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageLockMode.ReadWrite, bmpScreenCapture.PixelFormat);

			int offset;
			byte[] buffer = screenCapture.GetBuffer(out offset);
			int bitmapDataStride = bitmapData.Stride;
			int backBufferStrideInBytes = screenCapture.StrideInBytes();
			int backBufferHeight = screenCapture.Height;
			int backBufferHeightMinusOne = backBufferHeight - 1;

			unsafe
			{
				byte* bitmapDataScan0 = (byte*)bitmapData.Scan0;
				fixed (byte* pSourceFixed = &buffer[offset])
				{
					byte* pSource = bitmapDataScan0 + bitmapDataStride * backBufferHeightMinusOne;
					byte* pDestBuffer = pSourceFixed;
					for (int y = 0; y < screenCapture.Height; y++)
					{
						int* pSourceInt = (int*)pSource;
						pSourceInt -= (bitmapDataStride * y / 4);

						int* pDestBufferInt = (int*)pDestBuffer;
						pDestBufferInt += (backBufferStrideInBytes * y / 4);

						for (int x = 0; x < screenCapture.Width; x++)
						{
							pDestBufferInt[x] = pSourceInt[x];
						}
					}
				}
			}

			bmpScreenCapture.UnlockBits(bitmapData);

			bmpScreenCapture.Dispose();

			return screenCapture;
		}

		public void Type(string textToType)
		{
			System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys.SendWait(textToType);
		}

		private const uint shiftMask = (uint)Keys.ShiftKey | (uint)Keys.Shift;
		private const uint controlMask = (uint)Keys.ControlKey | (uint)Keys.Control;
		private const uint altMask = (uint)Keys.Menu | (uint)Keys.Alt;

		public void PressModifierKeys(Keys modifierKeys)
		{
			var mods = (uint)modifierKeys;
			if ((mods & shiftMask) == shiftMask)
			{
				NativeMethods.keybd_event(0x10, 0, 0, 0);
			}
			if ((mods & controlMask) == controlMask)
			{
				NativeMethods.keybd_event(0x11, 0, 0, 0);
			}
			if ((mods & altMask) == altMask)
			{
				NativeMethods.keybd_event(0x12, 0, 0, 0);
			}
		}

		public void ReleaseModifierKeys(Keys modifierKeys)
		{
			var mods = (uint)modifierKeys;
			if ((mods & shiftMask) == shiftMask)
			{
				NativeMethods.keybd_event(0x10, 0, 0x2, 0);
			}
			if ((mods & controlMask) == controlMask)
			{
				NativeMethods.keybd_event(0x11, 0, 0x2, 0);
			}
			if ((mods & altMask) == altMask)
			{
				NativeMethods.keybd_event(0x12, 0, 0x2, 0);
			}
		}
	}
#endif
}

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The field of stochastic partial differential equations is of growing interest not only within various branches of probability theory but also in mathematical and theoretical physics and in the engineering sciences. Therefore, books on this topic are welcome. This volume represents the proceedings of a conference at the Oberwolfach Research Institute, Germany. The subjects treated include the foundations of stochastic differential equations, the theory of stochastic processes, and different applications where a variety of analytical and probabilistic tools are used. Numerical methods are scarcely described, thus it seems somewhat inappropriate to include these proceedings into a series of numerical mathematics.
The book contains 13 papers of very different length which represent more or less original contributions. There is neither an introduction into the field of random partial differential equations nor some review article, and a red thread is missing. Nevertheless, the expert can find valuable information on topics such as stochastic evolution equations in Hilbert space, nonlinear partial differential equations with white noise, martingale problems, Feynman-Kac semigroups, and Nelson diffusion. Partly, the representation is perhaps too short. An over-all index is missing. The volume is camera read from the original typescripts.
These proceedings with specialized material on a professional level can be of interest for libraries and for researchers in the fields of probability theory, functional analysis, mathematical physics, mechanics and fluid dynamics.


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The Elliott Hills () are a group of low hills and nunataks,  long, that mark the northwest end of the Gutenko Mountains, in central Palmer Land, Antarctica. They were mapped by the United States Geological Survey in 1974, and were named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Commander David J. Elliott, U.S. Navy, Commander of LC-130 aircraft in aerial photographic and ice-sensing flights over extensive areas of the Antarctic continent during Operation Deep Freeze, 1970 and 1971.

References

Hills of Palmer Land
Nunataks of Palmer Land

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Home Technology Did Kylie Jenner cause Snapchat to lose more than $1 billion in...
Did Kylie Jenner cause Snapchat to lose more than $1 billion in a day? Probably not.
Since it launched in 2011, Snapchat has been seen as the most likely challenger to Instagram's throne when it comes to photo-based social media. This has been in no small part due to the tremendous lure of Kylie Jenner, whose account is reportedly the most-viewed one on the platform.
But Jenner's huge social influence seems to have suddenly backfired for the app — via a tweet she posted on Wednesday that suggested her opinion of Snapchat has soured:
Jenner's ambivalence regarding the app appeared to have an immediate effect on Snapchat investors. By Thursday at the close of trading, Snapchat's stock had dropped 6 percent — an estimated loss of between $1.3 billion and $1.6 billion in market value.
As a result, Jenner made headlines for her seeming ability to singlehandedly deal a huge financial blow to a tech industry giant, all with a casual tweet. But there are plenty of factors in play that could have contributed to Snapchat's stock collapse, and Jenner's tweet was most likely a tipping point rather than the cause.
Snapchat recently launched a redesign that many of its users hate
Jenner's tweet follows several months of backlash over a Snapchat update that essentially amounted to a complete redesign of the app's features and navigation. The redesign started rolling out to users in late November and was fully deployed by mid-January. Jenner had previously complained about the redesign on Twitter, alongside thousands of her followers and other Snapchat users.
Many users complained loudly that Snapchat had made it harder to locate and use many of the app's most popular features — mainly by moving all their friends' messages and stories to a different location in the app and reordering them.
Some users hated the update so much that a Change.org petition to revert it snagged 1.2 million signees. A response from Snapchat indicated that the company had heard the complaints and that it would ultimately roll out an update to the update — even while making it clear that users would simply need to adapt to the biggest changes.
Snapchat maintained that its goal in redesigning its app "was to make it easier to connect with the people you care about most." It repeated that sentiment this week in press statements issued after the stock drop. But a recent internal leak of Snapchat's metrics revealed that the changes probably had more to do with usage than community-building.
More specifically, it seems likely that the redesign's emphasis on the app's chat feature was implemented because of how much more popular the app's chat feature is than many of its other features; conversely, the redesign also emphasized underused aspects of the app in order to make them more palatable to users. (And, presumably, to advertisers and brands.)
Snapchat was floundering before the update
Snapchat has had an uneven fiscal year — mainly because of Instagram. Instagram has directly targeted Snapchat's predominantly teen user base by mirroring several of its features, most notably by creating Instagram Stories, a feature of Instagram that is extremely similar to Snapchat Stories and now boasts more users than Snapchat's entire user base.
Snapchat went public in March 2017 despite warning investors that it might never turn a profit. Then it saw a decline in new users — a trend broadly attributable to the belief held by many that people were using Instagram Stories instead.
By August 2017, predictions loomed that Facebook, which owns Instagram, would ultimately put Snapchat out of business. Then Snapchat suffered three quarters in a row where profits were lower than expected, followed by year-end predictions of ongoing financial gloom.
Snapchat's final quarter earnings last year were actually better than expected for the first time ever, and the company's stock was up 25 percent. But that's partly because investors were reacting with optimism to the redesign — which users turned out to despise.
So all these factors, exacerbated by the groundswell of user outrage throughout the start of 2018, were probably what investors were thinking about when they read Jenner's tweet. Those who sold their shares probably weren't reacting specifically to Jenner talking about her Snapchat habits, or worried that she might singlehandedly devalue the app. Instead, they probably saw the tweet as the cap-off to a trend of overall decline.
After all, when a member of the Kardashian family writes off a whole app in public, it's a message that's hard to deny.
Still, there are plenty of reason to be enthusiastic about Snapchat's future. The introduction of its Bitmoji Deluxe feature in January seemed to go over well. Snapchat's investment in augmented reality (its Lenses feature) seems to be attracting brands left and right. And in the battle between Facebook and Snapchat — where the latter might well stand in for any smaller tech company that dares to cut into Facebook's market share — investment researchers are betting on Snapchat because of its younger user demographic.
So if you're thinking about investing in Snapchat, maybe now is the perfect time to dive in. Who knows? Jenner's tweet could be a blessing in disguise.
Vox has reached out to Snapchat for comment and will update with any response.
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Q: TreeView - Saving changes to a database table I have a C# winforms app form with a TreeView on it. Populating the TreeView is done using a stored proc and view (not table) from database.
This works fine as it puts the information into the TreeView as all root nodes. I have drag and drop available to the users for the TreeView so they can move nodes and have a parent/child/grandchild/etc. However, many are needed. This also works fine.
What I am struggling with (more like getting frustrated with) is saving the users' TreeView changes back to the database table. I considered making the change with each move but decided to use a button click event when all is done being moved.
I am providing what code I have so far. Just remember that this is not final look of the click event since button is not named plus a few other cleanups needed as well and the sqlUpdate will actually become a stored proc.
In the sqlUpdate there are 2 parameters listed; @parentid and @industryid.  If I was to hard code those with a number (ex: 1 and 4) the update works and makes the changes in the table to the correct industry id.  When the TreeView is populated it uses three (3) fields from the table; IndustryID, ParentID, IndustryItem.  These go into a datatable and to the TreeView.
What I am getting frustrated over is getting the @parentid and @industryid which is why I am posting here for help. I've done updates, deletes, inserts many times but for some reason this is making draw a blank.
I do realize I need to specify the parameters in the code but I'm thinking that is where the issue is.  Here are the 2 lines;
command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@parentid", ?????);
command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@industryid", ?????);

And here is the click handler:
private void button6_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    using (SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(connStr))
    {
        SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand();
        {
            string sqlUpdate = "UPDATE tblIndustry SET IndustryItemParentID = @parentid WHERE IndustryID = @industryid";

            try
            {
                conn.Open();
                command.Connection = conn;

                command.CommandType = CommandType.Text;
                command.CommandText = sqlUpdate;
                command.ExecuteNonQuery();

                MessageBox.Show("Done");
            }

            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                MessageBox.Show("There is an error." + '\r' + '\n' + '\r' + '\n' + ex.ToString(), "NOTICE", MessageBoxButtons.OK);
            }

            finally
            {
                conn.Close();
            }
        }
    }
}

A: Here's one way to do it:
For @industryid, use an auto-incremented id column in the database. Assign that value to the treeview node tags when you populate the treeview. Then use the value of treeview.parent.tag for @parentid.


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require 'serverspec'
require 'net/ssh'
require 'net/ssh/proxy/command'
require 'json'

terraform = JSON.parse(`terraform output -json`)
jumpbox_host = terraform['jumpbox_address']['value']
jumpbox_user = terraform['jumpbox_user']['value']
private_key  = terraform['private_key']['value']

proxy = Net::SSH::Proxy::Command.new("ssh -o 'StrictHostKeyChecking no' -i #{private_key} #{jumpbox_user}@#{jumpbox_host} nc %h %p")

set :backend, :ssh
set :sudo_password, ENV['SUDO_PASSWORD']

host = ENV['TARGET_HOST']

options = Net::SSH::Config.for(host)

options[:proxy] = proxy
options[:user]  = jumpbox_user
options[:keys]  = private_key

set :host,        options[:host_name] || host
set :ssh_options, options

set :request_pty, true

# Disable sudo
# set :disable_sudo, true

# Set environment variables
# set :env, :LANG => 'C', :LC_MESSAGES => 'C'

# Set PATH
# set :path, '/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:$PATH'


A bird of prey that eats corpses (அகநானூறு 3). It could also be a kind of kite or eagle. The poets might be describing more than one kind of vulture. They describe the vulture as having a red ears – which are actually fleshy lobes on both sides of its face (செஞ்செவி எருவை) in in Akam 3, 51, 77, 111, 161, and 193. The word எருவை also means reed (கொறுக்கச்சி) in Sangam Tamil. This bird might be the King Vulture (also called Black Vulture), according to Dr. Salim Ali's book, 'The Book of Indian Birds'. This is the only vulture that has a red head.
There is also the description of a vulture with a spotted neck – புள்ளி எருத்தின் புன்புற எருவைப் (பதிற்றுப்பத்து 36). This could be the White-backed Vulture which has a spotted neck.