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AB-1081 Education finance: local control funding formula: base grant add-on: pupil mental health.(2021-2022)
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
Introduced by Assembly Member Cunningham
An act to amend Section 42238.02 of the Education Code, relating to education finance.
AB 1081, as introduced, Cunningham. Education finance: local control funding formula: base grant add-on: pupil mental health.
Existing law establishes a public school financing system that requires state funding for county superintendents of schools, school districts, and charter schools to be calculated pursuant to a local control funding formula, as specified. Existing law requires the state funding apportioned to school districts and charter schools to be based on a base grant, as specified, and requires, among other things, the base grant for grades 9 to 12, inclusive, to be adjusted by an additional 2.6%, as adjusted for inflation.
Commencing with the 2021–22 fiscal year, this bill would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction to additionally adjust each grade span adjusted base grant by a certain amount, as provided, and would condition eligibility of those funds on a school district or charter school annually electing to receive the funds and documenting in its annual audit that certain requirements relating to pupil mental health services have been met for the corresponding fiscal year.
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Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
Section 42238.02 of the Education Code is amended to read:
42238.02.
(a) The amount computed pursuant to this section shall be known as the school district and charter school local control funding formula.
(b) (1) For purposes of this section "unduplicated pupil" means a pupil enrolled in a school district or a charter school who is either classified as an English learner, eligible for a free or reduced-price meal, or is a foster youth. A pupil shall be counted only once for purposes of this section if any of the following apply:
(A) The pupil is classified as an English learner and is eligible for a free or reduced-price meal.
(B) The pupil is classified as an English learner and is a foster youth.
(C) The pupil is eligible for a free or reduced-price meal and is classified as a foster youth.
(D) The pupil is classified as an English learner, is eligible for a free or reduced-price meal, and is a foster youth.
(2) Under procedures and timeframes established by the Superintendent, commencing with the 2013–14 fiscal year, a school district or charter school shall annually submit its enrolled free and reduced-price meal eligibility, foster youth, and English learner pupil-level records for enrolled pupils to the Superintendent using the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System.
(3) (A) Commencing with the 2013–14 fiscal year, a county office of education shall review and validate certified aggregate English learner, foster youth, and free or reduced-price meal eligible pupil data for school districts and charter schools under its jurisdiction to ensure the data is reported accurately. The Superintendent shall provide each county office of education with appropriate access to school district and charter school data reports in the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System for purposes of ensuring data reporting accuracy.
(B) The Controller shall include the instructions necessary to enforce paragraph (2) in the audit guide required by Section 14502.1. The instructions shall include, but are not necessarily limited to, procedures for determining if the English learner, foster youth, and free or reduced-price meal eligible pupil counts are consistent with the school district's or charter school's English learner, foster youth, and free or reduced-price meal eligible pupil records.
(4) The Superintendent shall make the calculations pursuant to this section using the data submitted by local educational agencies, including charter schools, through the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System. Under timeframes and procedures established by the Superintendent, school districts and charter schools may review and revise their submitted data on English learner, foster youth, and free or reduced-price meal eligible pupil counts to ensure the accuracy of data reflected in the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System.
(5) The Superintendent shall annually compute the percentage of unduplicated pupils for each school district and charter school by dividing the enrollment of unduplicated pupils in a school district or charter school by the total enrollment in that school district or charter school pursuant to all of the following:
(A) For the 2013–14 fiscal year, divide the sum of unduplicated pupils for the 2013–14 fiscal year by the sum of the total pupil enrollment for the 2013–14 fiscal year.
(B) For the 2014–15 fiscal year, divide the sum of unduplicated pupils for the 2013–14 and 2014–15 fiscal years by the sum of the total pupil enrollment for the 2013–14 and 2014–15 fiscal years.
(C) For the 2015–16 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, divide the sum of unduplicated pupils for the current fiscal year and the two prior fiscal years by the sum of the total pupil enrollment for the current fiscal year and the two prior fiscal years.
(D) (i) For purposes of the quotients determined pursuant to subparagraphs (B) and (C), the Superintendent shall use a school district's or charter school's enrollment of unduplicated pupils and total pupil enrollment in the 2014–15 fiscal year instead of the enrollment of unduplicated pupils and total pupil enrollment in the 2013–14 fiscal year if doing so would yield an overall greater percentage of unduplicated pupils.
(ii) It is the intent of the Legislature to review each school district and charter school's enrollment of unduplicated pupils for the 2013–14 and 2014–15 fiscal years and provide one-time funding, if necessary, for a school district or charter school with higher enrollment of unduplicated pupils in the 2014–15 fiscal year as compared to the 2013–14 fiscal year.
(E) (i) Notwithstanding any other law, for purposes of subparagraph (C), the unduplicated pupils and total pupil enrollment in prior fiscal years shall be the following:
(I) For a transferred charter school, the counts shall be equal to the counts reported for the original charter school.
(II) For an acquiring charter school, the counts shall be equal to the counts reported for the original charter school. This subclause shall become inoperative on July 1, 2023, unless its operation is extended by the Legislature.
(III) For the restructured portions of a divided charter school, the counts shall be zero.
(IV) For the remaining portion of a divided charter school, the counts shall be equal to the counts reported for the original charter school.
(ii) The definitions in Section 47654 apply for purposes of this subparagraph.
(6) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 14002, the data used to determine the percentage of unduplicated pupils shall be final once that data is no longer used in the current fiscal year calculation of the percentage of unduplicated pupils. This paragraph does not apply to a change that is the result of an audit exception, as described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 41341.
(c) Commencing with the 2013–14 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the Superintendent shall annually calculate a local control funding formula grant for each school district and charter school in the state pursuant to this section.
(d) The Superintendent shall compute a grade span adjusted base grant equal to the total of the following amounts:
(1) For the 2013–14 fiscal year, a base grant of:
(A) Six thousand eight hundred forty-five dollars ($6,845) for average daily attendance in kindergarten and grades 1 to 3, inclusive.
(B) Six thousand nine hundred forty-seven dollars ($6,947) for average daily attendance in grades 4 to 6, inclusive.
(C) Seven thousand one hundred fifty-four dollars ($7,154) for average daily attendance in grades 7 and 8.
(D) Eight thousand two hundred eighty-nine dollars ($8,289) for average daily attendance in grades 9 to 12, inclusive.
(2) In each year the grade span adjusted base grants in paragraph (1) shall be adjusted by the percentage change in the annual average value of the Implicit Price Deflator for State and Local Government Purchases of Goods and Services for the United States, as published by the United States Department of Commerce for the 12-month period ending in the third quarter of the prior fiscal year. This percentage change shall be determined using the latest data available as of May 10 of the preceding fiscal year compared with the annual average value of the same deflator for the 12-month period ending in the third quarter of the second preceding fiscal year, using the latest data available as of May 10 of the preceding fiscal year, as reported by the Department of Finance.
(3) (A) The Superintendent shall compute an additional adjustment to the kindergarten and grades 1 to 3, inclusive, base grant as adjusted for inflation pursuant to paragraph (2) equal to 10.4 percent. The additional grant shall be calculated by multiplying the kindergarten and grades 1 to 3, inclusive, base grant, as adjusted by paragraph (2), by 10.4 percent.
(B) Until paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 42238.03 is effective, as a condition of the receipt of funds in this paragraph, a school district shall make progress toward maintaining an average class enrollment of not more than 24 pupils for each schoolsite in kindergarten and grades 1 to 3, inclusive, unless a collectively bargained alternative annual average class enrollment for each schoolsite in those grades is agreed to by the school district, pursuant to the following calculation:
(i) Determine a school district's average class enrollment for each schoolsite for kindergarten and grades 1 to 3, inclusive, in the prior year. For the 2013–14 fiscal year, this amount shall be the average class enrollment for each schoolsite for kindergarten and grades 1 to 3, inclusive, in the 2012–13 fiscal year.
(ii) Determine a school district's proportion of total need pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 42238.03.
(iii) Determine the percentage of the need calculated in clause (ii) that is met by funding provided to the school district pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 42238.03.
(iv) Determine the difference between the amount computed pursuant to clause (i) and an average class enrollment of not more than 24 pupils.
(v) Calculate a current year average class enrollment adjustment for each schoolsite for kindergarten and grades 1 to 3, inclusive, equal to the adjustment calculated in clause (iv) multiplied by the percentage determined pursuant to clause (iii).
(C) School districts that have an average class enrollment for each schoolsite for kindergarten and grades 1 to 3, inclusive, of 24 pupils or less for each schoolsite in the 2012–13 fiscal year, shall be exempt from the requirements of subparagraph (B) so long as the school district continues to maintain an average class enrollment for each schoolsite for kindergarten and grades 1 to 3, inclusive, of not more than 24 pupils, unless a collectively bargained alternative ratio is agreed to by the school district.
(D) Upon full implementation of the local control funding formula, as a condition of the receipt of funds in this paragraph, all school districts shall maintain an average class enrollment for each schoolsite for kindergarten and grades 1 to 3, inclusive, of not more than 24 pupils for each schoolsite in kindergarten and grades 1 to 3, inclusive, unless a collectively bargained alternative ratio is agreed to by the school district.
(E) The average class enrollment requirement for each schoolsite for kindergarten and grades 1 to 3, inclusive, established pursuant to this paragraph shall not be subject to waiver by the state board pursuant to Section 33050 or by the Superintendent.
(F) The Controller shall include the instructions necessary to enforce this paragraph in the audit guide required by Section 14502.1. The instructions shall include, but are not necessarily limited to, procedures for determining if the average class enrollment for each schoolsite for kindergarten and grades 1 to 3, inclusive, exceeds 24 pupils, or an alternative average class enrollment for each schoolsite pursuant to a collectively bargained alternative ratio. The procedures for determining average class enrollment for each schoolsite shall include criteria for employing sampling.
(4) The Superintendent shall compute an additional adjustment to the base grant for grades 9 to 12, inclusive, as adjusted for inflation pursuant to paragraph (2), equal to 2.6 percent. The additional grant shall be calculated by multiplying the base grant for grades 9 to 12, inclusive, as adjusted by paragraph (2), by 2.6 percent.
(5) (A) Commencing with the 2021–22 fiscal year, the Superintendent shall compute an additional adjustment to each of the grade span adjusted base grants in paragraph (1). The additional grant shall be equal to the amount allocated per unit of average daily attendance for the 2019–20 fiscal year, pursuant to Section 56836.07, as adjusted for inflation pursuant to paragraph (2).
(B) Eligibility for the funds in this paragraph shall be conditioned upon a school district or charter school annually electing to receive the funds and documenting in its annual audit that the following requirements have been met for the corresponding fiscal year:
(i) Demonstrated partnership with a local mental health agency, including dedicated resources provided under the Mental Health Services Act, enacted by the voters at the November 2, 2004, statewide general election as Proposition 63, to promote integrated services, federal reimbursements, positive school climate, and pupil success, including, but not limited to, peer-led, strengths-based, and wellness-oriented services and supports.
(ii) Alignment between the local control and accountability plan of the school district or charter school and the prevention and early intervention plan of the local mental health agency.
(iii) Documented service access with at least one mental health professional for every 500 pupils of the school district or charter school.
(e) The Superintendent shall compute a supplemental grant add-on equal to 20 percent of the base grants as specified in subparagraphs (A) to (D), inclusive, of paragraph (1) of subdivision (d), as adjusted by paragraphs (2) to (4), inclusive, of subdivision (d), for each school district's or charter school's percentage of unduplicated pupils calculated pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (b). The supplemental grant shall be calculated by multiplying the base grants as specified in subparagraphs (A) to (D), inclusive, of paragraph (1), as adjusted by paragraphs (2) to (4), inclusive, of subdivision (d), by 20 percent and by the percentage of unduplicated pupils calculated pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (b) in that school district or charter school. The supplemental grant shall be expended in accordance with the regulations adopted pursuant to Section 42238.07.
(f) (1) The Superintendent shall compute a concentration grant add-on equal to 50 percent of the base grants as specified in subparagraphs (A) to (D), inclusive, of paragraph (1) of subdivision (d), as adjusted by paragraphs (2) to (4), inclusive, of subdivision (d), for each school district's or charter school's percentage of unduplicated pupils calculated pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (b) in excess of 55 percent of the school district's or charter school's total enrollment. The concentration grant shall be calculated by multiplying the base grants as specified in subparagraphs (A) to (D), inclusive, of paragraph (1) of subdivision (d), as adjusted by paragraphs (2) to (4), inclusive, of subdivision (d), by 50 percent and by the percentage of unduplicated pupils calculated pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (b) in excess of 55 percent of the total enrollment in that school district or charter school.
(2) (A) For a charter school physically located in only one school district, the percentage of unduplicated pupils calculated pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (b) in excess of 55 percent used to calculate concentration grants shall not exceed the percentage of unduplicated pupils calculated pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (b) in excess of 55 percent of the school district in which the charter school is physically located. For a charter school physically located in more than one school district, the charter school's percentage of unduplicated pupils calculated pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (b) in excess of 55 percent used to calculate concentration grants shall not exceed that of the school district with the highest percentage of unduplicated pupils calculated pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (b) in excess of 55 percent of the school districts in which the charter school has a school facility. The concentration grant shall be expended in accordance with the regulations adopted pursuant to Section 42238.07.
(B) For purposes of this paragraph and subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (f) of Section 42238.03, a charter school shall report its physical location to the department under timeframes established by the department. For a charter school authorized by a school district, the department shall include the authorizing school district in the department's determination of physical location. For a charter school authorized on appeal pursuant to subdivision (k) of Section 47605, the department shall include the school district that initially denied the petition in the department's determination of physical location. Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 14002, the reported physical location of the charter school shall be considered final as of the second principal apportionment for that fiscal year, and, for purposes of this paragraph, the percentage of unduplicated pupils of the school district associated with the charter school pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be considered final as of the second principal apportionment for that fiscal year.
(g) The Superintendent shall compute an add-on to the total sum of a school district's or charter school's base, supplemental, and concentration grants equal to the amount of funding a school district or charter school received from funds allocated pursuant to the Targeted Instructional Improvement Block Grant program, as set forth in Article 6 (commencing with Section 41540) of Chapter 3.2, for the 2012–13 fiscal year, as that article read on January 1, 2013. A school district or charter school shall not receive a total funding amount from this add-on greater than the total amount of funding received by the school district or charter school from that program in the 2012–13 fiscal year. The amount computed pursuant to this subdivision shall reflect the reduction specified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 42238.03.
(h) (1) The Superintendent shall compute an add-on to the total sum of a school district's or charter school's base, supplemental, and concentration grants equal to the amount of funding a school district or charter school received from funds allocated pursuant to the Home-to-School Transportation program, as set forth in former Article 2 (commencing with Section 39820) of Chapter 1 of Part 23.5, former Article 10 (commencing with Section 41850) of Chapter 5, and the Small School District Transportation program, as set forth in former Article 4.5 (commencing with Section 42290), as those articles read on January 1, 2013, for the 2012–13 fiscal year. A school district or charter school shall not receive a total funding amount from this add-on greater than the total amount received by the school district or charter school for those programs in the 2012–13 fiscal year. The amount computed pursuant to this subdivision shall reflect the reduction specified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 42238.03.
(2) If a home-to-school transportation joint powers agency, established pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code for purposes of providing pupil transportation, received an apportionment directly from the Superintendent from any of the funding sources specified in paragraph (1) for the 2012–13 fiscal year, the joint powers agency may identify the member local educational agencies and transfer entitlement to that funding to any of those member local educational agencies by reporting to the Superintendent, on or before September 30, 2015, the reassignment of a specified amount of the joint powers agency's 2012–13 fiscal year entitlement to the member local educational agency. Commencing with the 2015–16 fiscal year, the Superintendent shall compute an add-on to the total sum of a school district's or charter school's base, supplemental, and concentration grants equal to the amount of the entitlement to funding transferred by the joint powers agency to the member school district or charter school.
(i) (1) The sum of the local control funding formula rates computed pursuant to subdivisions (c) to (f), inclusive, shall be multiplied by:
(A) For school districts, the average daily attendance of the school district in the corresponding grade level ranges computed pursuant to Section 42238.05, excluding the average daily attendance computed pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 42238.05 for purposes of the computation specified in subdivision (d).
(B) For charter schools, the total current year average daily attendance in the corresponding grade level ranges.
(2) The amount computed pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 42280) shall be added to the amount computed pursuant to paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, of subdivision (d), as multiplied by subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1), as appropriate.
(j) The Superintendent shall adjust the sum of each school district's or charter school's amount determined in subdivisions (g) to (i), inclusive, pursuant to the calculation specified in Section 42238.03, less the sum of the following:
(1) (A) For school districts, the property tax revenue received pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 75) and Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 95) of Part 0.5 of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
(B) For charter schools, the in-lieu property tax amount provided to a charter school pursuant to Section 47635.
(2) The amount, if any, received pursuant to Part 18.5 (commencing with Section 38101) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
(3) The amount, if any, received pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 16140) of Part 1 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
(4) Prior years' taxes and taxes on the unsecured roll.
(5) Fifty percent of the amount received pursuant to Section 41603.
(6) The amount, if any, received pursuant to the Community Redevelopment Law (Part 1 (commencing with Section 33000) of Division 24 of the Health and Safety Code), less any amount received pursuant to Section 33401 or 33676 of the Health and Safety Code that is used for land acquisition, facility construction, reconstruction, or remodeling, or deferred maintenance and that is not an amount received pursuant to Section 33492.15, or paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 33607.5, or Section 33607.7 of the Health and Safety Code that is allocated exclusively for educational facilities.
(7) The amount, if any, received pursuant to Sections 34177, 34179.5, 34179.6, 34183, and 34188 of the Health and Safety Code.
(8) Revenue received pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (e) of Section 36 of Article XIII of the California Constitution.
(k) A school district shall annually transfer to each of its charter schools funding in lieu of property taxes pursuant to Section 47635.
(l) (1) This section does not authorize a school district that receives funding on behalf of a charter school pursuant to Section 47651 to redirect this funding for another purpose unless otherwise authorized in law pursuant to paragraph (2) or pursuant to an agreement between the charter school and its chartering authority.
(2) A school district that received funding on behalf of a locally funded charter school in the 2012–13 fiscal year pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 42605, Section 42606, and subdivision (b) of Section 47634.1, as those sections read on January 1, 2013, or a school district that was required to pass through funding to a conversion charter school in the 2012–13 fiscal year pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 42606, as that section read on January 1, 2013, may annually redirect for another purpose a percentage of the amount of the funding received on behalf of that charter school. The percentage of funding that may be redirected shall be determined pursuant to the following computation:
(A) (i) Determine the sum of the need fulfilled for that charter school pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 42238.03 in the then current fiscal year for the charter school.
(ii) Determine the sum of the need fulfilled in every fiscal year before the then current fiscal year pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 42238.03 adjusted for changes in average daily attendance pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 42238.03 for the charter school.
(iii) Subtract the amount computed pursuant to paragraphs (1) to (3), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 42238.03 from the amount computed for that charter school under the local control funding formula entitlement computed pursuant to subdivision (i) of this section.
(iv) Compute a percentage by dividing the sum of the amounts computed pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) by the amount computed pursuant to clause (iii).
(B) Multiply the percentage computed pursuant to subparagraph (A) by the amount of funding the school district received on behalf of the charter school in the 2012–13 fiscal year pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 42605, Section 42606, and subdivision (b) of Section 47634.1, as those sections read on January 1, 2013.
(C) The maximum amount that may be redirected shall be the lesser of the amount of funding the school district received on behalf of the charter school in the 2012–13 fiscal year pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 42605, Section 42606, and subdivision (b) of Section 47634.1, as those sections read on January 1, 2013, or the amount computed pursuant to subparagraph (B).
(3) Commencing with the 2013–14 fiscal year, a school district operating one or more affiliated charter schools shall provide each affiliated charter school schoolsite with no less than the amount of funding the schoolsite received pursuant to the charter school block grant in the 2012–13 fiscal year.
(m) Any calculations in law that are used for purposes of determining if a local educational agency is an excess tax school entity or basic aid school district, including, but not limited to, this section and Sections 41544, 42238.03, 47632, 47660, 47663, 48310, and 48359.5, and Section 95 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, shall exclude the revenue received pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (e) of Section 36 of Article XIII of the California Constitution.
(n) The funds apportioned pursuant to this section and Section 42238.03 shall be available to implement the activities required pursuant to Article 4.5 (commencing with Section 52059.5) of Chapter 6.1 of Part 28 of Division 4.
(o) A school district that does not receive an apportionment of state funds pursuant to this section, as implemented pursuant to Section 42238.03, excluding funds apportioned pursuant to the requirements of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (e) of Section 42238.03, shall be considered a "basic aid school district" or an "excess tax entity."


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TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
When a twenty-something computer geek inadvertently downloads critical government secrets into his brain, the C.I.A. and the N.S.A. assign two agents to protect him and exploit such knowledge, turning his life upside down.
Stars: Zachary Levi, Yvonne Strahovski, Joshua Gomez, Vik Sahay
22. Incredibles 2 (2018)
PG | 118 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The Incredibles hero family takes on a new mission, which involves a change in family roles: Bob Parr (Mr Incredible) must manage the house while his wife Helen (Elastigirl) goes out to save the world.
Director: Brad Bird | Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell, Huck Milner
23. Desperate Housewives (2004–2012)
TV-14 | 45 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Secrets and truths unfold through the lives of female friends in one suburban neighborhood, after the mysterious suicide of a neighbor.
Stars: Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross, Eva Longoria
24. Doctor Strange (2016)
PG-13 | 115 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
While on a journey of physical and spiritual healing, a brilliant neurosurgeon is drawn into the world of the mystic arts.
Director: Scott Derrickson | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Benedict Wong
25. Kong: Skull Island (2017)
After the Vietnam war, a team of scientists explores an uncharted island in the Pacific, venturing into the domain of the mighty Kong, and must fight to escape a primal Eden.
Director: Jordan Vogt-Roberts | Stars: Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, Brie Larson, John C. Reilly
26. Moana (I) (2016)
In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by the Demigod Maui reaches Moana's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out the Demigod to set things right.
Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker, Don Hall, Chris Williams | Stars: Auli'i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House, Temuera Morrison
27. Saw (2004)
R | 103 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Two strangers, who awaken in a room with no recollection of how they got there, soon discover they're pawns in a deadly game perpetrated by a notorious serial killer.
Director: James Wan | Stars: Cary Elwes, Leigh Whannell, Danny Glover, Ken Leung
28. Fringe (2008–2013)
An F.B.I. agent is forced to work with an institutionalized scientist and his son in order to rationalize a brewing storm of unexplained phenomena.
Stars: Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, John Noble, Jasika Nicole
29. Sing (2016)
PG | 108 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
In a city of humanoid animals, a hustling theater impresario's attempt to save his theater with a singing competition becomes grander than he anticipates even as its finalists find that their lives will never be the same.
Directors: Garth Jennings, Christophe Lourdelet | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane, Scarlett Johansson
30. Hart of Dixie (2011–2015)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
New Yorker and new doctor Zoe Hart accepts an offer from a stranger, Dr. Harley Wilkes, to work in his medical practice in Bluebell, Alabama. She arrives to find he has died and left half the practice to her in his will.
Stars: Rachel Bilson, Jaime King, Cress Williams, Wilson Bethel
31. Spring Breakers (2012)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Four college girls hold up a restaurant in order to fund their spring break vacation. While partying, drinking, and taking drugs, they are arrested, only to be bailed out by a drug and arms dealer.
Director: Harmony Korine | Stars: Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, Ashley Benson, Rachel Korine
32. The Newsroom (2012–2014)
TV-MA | 55 min | Drama
A newsroom undergoes some changes in its workings and morals as a new team is brought in, bringing unexpected results for its existing news anchor.
Stars: Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, John Gallagher Jr., Alison Pill
33. The Hangover Part III (2013)
R | 100 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
When one of their own is kidnapped by an angry gangster, the Wolf Pack must track down Mr. Chow, who has escaped from prison and is on the run.
Director: Todd Phillips | Stars: Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms, Justin Bartha
34. Finding Dory (2016)
The friendly but forgetful blue tang fish, Dory, begins a search for her long-lost parents, and everyone learns a few things about the real meaning of family along the way.
Directors: Andrew Stanton, Angus MacLane | Stars: Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Ed O'Neill, Kaitlin Olson
35. Ugly Betty (2006–2010)
Smart but wholesome Betty embraces her unique appearance and independent attitude in the cutthroat world of New York fashion.
Stars: America Ferrera, Eric Mabius, Tony Plana, Ana Ortiz
36. Star Trek Beyond (2016)
The crew of the USS Enterprise explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a new ruthless enemy, who puts them, and everything the Federation stands for, to the test.
Director: Justin Lin | Stars: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana
Gru meets his long-lost charming, cheerful, and more successful twin brother Dru who wants to team up with him for one last criminal heist.
Directors: Kyle Balda, Pierre Coffin, Eric Guillon | Stars: Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Trey Parker, Miranda Cosgrove
38. Allied (2016)
R | 124 min | Action, Drama, Romance
In 1942, a Canadian intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Jared Harris, Vincent Ebrahim
39. The Blind Side (2009)
PG-13 | 129 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All American football player and first round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.
Director: John Lee Hancock | Stars: Quinton Aaron, Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Jae Head
40. Numb3rs (2005–2010)
43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Working for the F.B.I., a mathematician uses equations to help solve various crimes.
Stars: Rob Morrow, David Krumholtz, Judd Hirsch, Alimi Ballard
41. Ferdinand (2017)
After Ferdinand, a bull with a big heart, is mistaken for a dangerous beast, he is captured and torn from his home. Determined to return to his family, he rallies a misfit team on the ultimate adventure.
Director: Carlos Saldanha | Stars: John Cena, Kate McKinnon, Bobby Cannavale, Jack Gore
42. Seventh Son (I) (2014)
When Mother Malkin, the queen of evil witches, escapes the pit she was imprisoned in by professional monster hunter Spook decades ago and kills his apprentice, he recruits young Tom, the seventh son of the seventh son, to help him.
Director: Sergei Bodrov | Stars: Ben Barnes, Julianne Moore, Jeff Bridges, Alicia Vikander
43. Up in the Air (I) (2009)
R | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Ryan Bingham enjoys living out of a suitcase for his job, travelling around the country firing people, but finds that lifestyle threatened by the presence of a potential love interest, and a new hire.
Director: Jason Reitman | Stars: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman
44. Gangster Squad (2013)
R | 113 min | Action, Crime, Drama
It's 1949 Los Angeles, the city is run by gangsters and a malicious mobster, Mickey Cohen. Determined to end the corruption, John O'Mara assembles a team of cops, ready to take down the ruthless leader and restore peace to the city.
Director: Ruben Fleischer | Stars: Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Giovanni Ribisi
45. V (2009–2011)
TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
An extraterrestrial race arrives on Earth with seemingly good intentions, only to slowly reveal their true machinations the more ingrained into society they become.
Stars: Elizabeth Mitchell, Morris Chestnut, Joel Gretsch, Logan Huffman
46. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008–2009)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Set after the events in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Sarah Connor and her son, John, try to stay under-the-radar from the government, as they plot to destroy the computer network, Skynet, in hopes of preventing Armageddon.
Stars: Lena Headey, Thomas Dekker, Summer Glau, Richard T. Jones
47. Unicorn Store (2017)
TV-PG | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A woman named Kit receives a mysterious invitation that would fulfill her childhood dreams.
Director: Brie Larson | Stars: Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Joan Cusack, Bradley Whitford
48. In Plain Sight (2008–2012)
U.S. Marshall Mary Shannon must hunt down witnesses for federal cases in the witness protection program while also managing rather dysfunctional family and her own personal life.
Stars: Mary McCormack, Frederick Weller, Paul Ben-Victor, Nichole Hiltz
49. Cats (2018)
A cat named Blanket has long been living in a high-rise apartment in the city with his son, Cape. One day, curious about the outside world, Cape decides to leave home and embarks on an ... See full summary »
Director: Gary Wang
50. Brick (2005)
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

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AUSA's position on sequestration and the damaging effect it is having was the main thrust of testimony given by AUSA's president in a hearing on Capitol Hill this week.
Sequestration has "created an atmosphere of fiscal desperation that leads to false arguments and false choices when it comes to the compensation and benefits provided to the service members and families who make up the All-Volunteer Force," Sullivan added.
Earlier in the hearing, a panel comprised of the Chairman and members of the Joint Chiefs testified that pay and compensation are only one part of a broader challenge to the Defense Department to maintain the balance the military needs to fight the nation's wars.
It's unclear whether or not Congress will heed the Chairman's plea. They have remained steadfast in their reluctance to make sweeping changes to military pay and compensation. During this hearing season, many lawmakers have said they would rather wait for the report from the congressionally-mandated Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission, due to be released in Feb. 2015.
If the House Armed Services Committee has anything to say about it, many of the proposals outlined in the president's budget request for fiscal 2015 are dead on arrival. Despite heavy lobbying from DoD officials on the proposals, committee members were not sold. Instead, it is apparent that they, too, will wait for the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission report before making any hard decisions.
In a marathon markup session, the committee completed their work on the $600.7 billion 2015 defense authorization bill (HR 4435). Overall, the legislation would authorize $521.3 billion in defense funding and would authorize for $79.4 billion for overseas contingency operations.
What's next: It is expected that the measure will go to the House floor for a full vote later this month. The Senate is expected to write its version in June.


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Q: Parsing timestamp with value and plot by gnuplot I have these data.txt:
[1384395497218,679],[1384399097218,679],[1384402697218,679]...

[timestamp,value]

Where first is timestamp 1384395497218 -> 1384395497.218 -> Thu, 14 Nov 2013 02:18:17 GMT.
The second is count of something
I would like to plot lines graph with dates on the x-axis and count on the y-axis. How can I do this?
Example:
x-axis = "14 November" y-axis = "679"..

A: That is a quite strange input format. If you can, you should choose one which is better suited. Gnuplot cannot handle this, you must preprocess your data file before plotting it. That can be done e.g. with perl and regular expressions as follows:
If you have a data file test.txt with the values
[1384395497218,679],[1384399097218,679],[1384402697218,679]

and use the following call on the command line:
perl -pe 's/\[(\d+)([\d]{3}),(\d+)\],?/\1.\2 \3\n/g' test.txt

you get your data formatted as
1384395497.218 679
1384399097.218 679
1384402697.218 679

which can be plotted with gnuplot. To have the preprocessing done on-the-fly, use the syntax
plot '< perl ...'

A short script for you data is e.g.:
set timefmt '%s'
set xdata time
set format x '%d %B'
set xtics 24*60*60
getdata = '< perl -pe ''s/\[(\d+)([\d]{3}),(\d+)\],?/\1.\2 \3\n/g'' test.txt'
plot getdata using 1:2 with linespoints notitle

Some more notes:

*

*The time format %s reads in a timestamp, which can also have decimal digits (You could also drop them.

*set xtics 24*60*60 sets one major tic at every day

*With set format x '%d %B' you can set a different format for the output formatting of the time on the x-axis.

Result with 4.6.4 is:

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I needed an audio book to listen to on a recent drive to Atlanta. I've never read any books by Ellen DeGeneres, but I love her talk shoe, so Seriously…I'm Kidding sounded like a good choice. It was perfect. It's a short book (or listen) at just about 4 hours. I was able to listen to the whole book on my roundtrip.
Ellen is so nice. This book is so nice. It's little stories and essays about things Ellen feels like writing about. Ellen is narrating the book and that makes it even more enjoyable. There are special features that she includes just for the audio book. She also tells you what things you might be missing from the print book. This is not a laugh out loud book, it's more of a smile book. It was enjoyable and entertaining, nothing earth shattering, just nice.
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Flexible, Stick-On Tags Attach Laser Beams to Eyeballs
Ultra-thin organic lasers could improve biometric security and anti-counterfeiting
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Laser beams shooting out of cows' eyes could be a step toward better biometric security, less easily forged banknotes, and improved sensors, according to a team of Scottish scientists.
Researchers at the Organic Semiconductor Center located at the University of St. Andrews have developed extremely thin, bendable lasers. They've done this by stamping gratings into a polymer that can be grown on a glass substrate, removed from the glass and applied to other surfaces, then stimulated by an external, low-power laser so that it emits a beam. To demonstrate the concept, the Scottish researchers attached one of their flexible membrane lasers to a contact lens applied to an eyeball that had been removed from a cow. The researchers describe their work in today's issue of
Nature Communications.
Lead researcher Malte Gather promises he's not planning to build an army of cows with laser beam eyes. His idea is that if a low-power, eye-safe laser could be applied to a contact lens, it could be used to encode a security tag that would add a second layer of authentication to an iris scan. The same could be done with fingerprint scanners; the team also attached one of its lasers to a person's thumbnail as a demonstration.
Several such lasers with slightly different emission wavelengths could be stacked onto a banknote, providing a sort of spectral barcode to guard against counterfeiting. "It would be very difficult for someone else to make a laser that had exactly the same wavelength," Gather says. The lasers might also make good biosensors that could be immersed in a fluid sample and change wavelengths when they come in contact with a particular substance.
The researchers started with a glass substrate and deposited a layer of PEDOT, a common polymer. They then added another layer of polymer and used a nano-imprint process to stamp a distributed feedback grating into it. On top of that, they placed a layer made from one of several organic semiconducting polymers. They used ultraviolet light to cure the grating layer, then placed the whole contraption into water. The PEDOT dissolved, leaving the rest of the structure to float to the surface, where they could easily pick it off.
The device is approximately 200 nanometers thick. When illuminated by another laser, it emits its own laser light at a wavelength between 420 and 700 nm, determined by the spacing in the grating. The emission is very low power, Gather says, on the order of a nanowatt.
Gather got the idea of laser eyes in 2011, when he made a laser based on a single living cell. Reporters asked him if this would allow the creation of comic book superheroes with heat vision, which started him thinking about the question. This work won't turn a human into the comic book hero Cyclops of the X-Men, with his laser beam eyes, or let Elsie the cow lay waste to Wisconsin's dairy industry, but pondering the idea could give rise to practical applications. "Sometimes 'fun' leads to 'useful,'" Gather says.
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Keolis accelerates its development in autonomous mobility with new shuttles launched in France and Australia
In Rennes (France), Keolis, which already operates two Navya electric autonomous shuttles in the University of Rennes, further pursues its trials with two new shuttles made by EasyMile. On the same occasion, Easymile inaugurates its new-generation shuttle. In Lyon (France), the Group has reached a new milestone in autonomous vehicle deployment with the entry into service of two new Navya automated shuttles fully integrated into traffic, a first in the country. In Newcastle (Australia), Keolis will start to operate autonomous shuttles running on public roads by the end of the year.In Gothenburg (Sweden), in partnership with Volvo, Keolis unveiled a 12-metre long electric bus in its depot.
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Keolis starts operating a new real-time on-demand transport service in Newcastle, Australia
Keolis' Australian subsidiary, Keolis Downer, has started operating a new real-time on-demand transport service in Newcastle, as part of its Smart City Program. This new service builds on the success of existing on-demand services in Lake Macquarie, Newcastle, where ridership continues to grow by over 5% each month. It provides the local community and visitors a better access to public transport and aims to shift from private cars to public transport
With 'Keolis new energies tour', the Group supports transport authorities in their energy transition
From 29 October to 3 December 2019, Keolis will be embarking on a tour of seven cities throughout France – Le Mans, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Salon-de-Provence, Prenois, Bouxières-aux-Dames and Comines – to promote more sustainable forms of mobility across the country. The group's alternative energy experts will be presenting their vision of various clean energies (bio NGV , electric and hydrogen) as well as existing rolling stock to public transport authorities in order to feed their reflection on the challenges of climate change within their territory. Following launches of fully electric bus rapid transit (BRT) services in Amiens and Bayonne-Biarritz in 2019, this initiative is further evidence of the group's desire to make mobility more environmentally friendly.
Keolis renewed to operate the public transport network of the Epinal conurbation authority
On 8 July 2019, elected officials of the Epinal conurbation authority (CAE ‒Communauté d'Agglomération d'Epinal), renewed their confidence in Keolis Group to operate the public transport network Imagine. This new 6-year public service concession begins on 1 January 2020. It will generate cumulative revenues of approximately 30 million euros. Keolis, which has operated the network since 2012, will be tasked with developing the transport offer in the region, notably by setting up evening transport services and developing a passenger information system. By the end of the contract, Keolis is committed to increasing the number of network users by 12% and revenues by 11% across the entire network.
Keolis launches the first mobility coach on a French transport network in Dijon
The first of its kind in France, this virtual mobility assistant provides an end-to-end conversational, voice-assisted experience via a mobile app. It leverages the power of artificial intelligence, smart data and voice assistance to provide passengers with an inclusive experience, supporting them with their essential mobility requirements (itineraries, service, traffic situation, etc.).
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Lifestyles, travel habits, diverse passenger profiles and expectations at different moments of a journey, service quality, accessibility and barriers to using public transport ... These are just a few of the topics the Group investigates. Understanding passengers in all their diversity, including those who prefer to use their car, is key to Keolis' ambition to develop a service offering designed for passengers, with passengers.
A broader view of mobility today… and tomorrow
Over the last few decades, major developments have transformed the way we live, and today each region faces its own specific challenges in terms of mobility. Since 2007, Keoscopie, Keolis' mobility trends observatory, has provided the Group with a unique tool to decipher socio-demographic changes and their impact on mobility. The digital revolution has accelerated this change, and in 2015 Keolis partnered with Netexplo to launch the first international observatory of digital trends (lien vers Observatoire des mobilités digitales) to imagine mobility tomorrow.
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A Far Cry is proud to announce that Andrew Dezmelyk, a violin student at the New England Conservatory Preparatory School, will be joining A Far Cry in concert later this month, as a winner of A Far Cry's Young Artist Competition. Buy tickets to see Andrew perform in Jordan Hall!
Fourteen-year-old violinist Andrew Dezmelyk is currently in his 4th year at New England Conservatory Preparatory School. He is a member of the Youth Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Steven Karidoyanes. He loves chamber music, and has played in a string quartet as well as in a unique duo with a harpist. He has also enjoyed playing in the 10:00 Baroque Chamber Orchestra with Aldo Abreu. So, when given the opportunity to play with A Far Cry, he quickly jumped at the chance.
He is very grateful to his teachers, Maciek and Jorunn Kaczmarek, for their patience and dedication.
A 9th grader, his favorite academic subjects are writing, geometry and advanced algebra.
When not practicing, he can be found trying his hand at composing. He creates stop-motion animation synchronized to music by his favorite composers, such as Dvorák, Prokofiev, Saint-Saëns, and Beethoven. He has been known to build extensive Rube Goldberg contraptions and draw comic strips. If there's snow on the ground, sledding is his forte.


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Assassin's Creed Valhalla: its new content will surprise players, according to Ubisoft
Ubisoft Montreal is preparing even more content for Assassin's Creed Valhalla, the hit title in the assassin saga. Eivor has already conquered England, dethroned kings in Irish lands and fought terrible enemies. His story will continue to unfold in The Siege of Paris, the expansion that will close the season pass. However, as the company itself announced at Ubisoft Forward, we will have more story content in the future. According to the French, these novelties will surprise players.
Frédérick Duguet, Ubisoft's chief financial officer, made these statements during the shareholders' meeting at which the results for the first quarter of the new fiscal year were presented. "We will continue to release powerful Assassin's Creed content for months and years to come, starting with the ambitious post-launch plan for Valhalla. This includes the Siege of Paris expansion coming out this summer, the launch of Discovery Tour: Viking Age and a very ambitious and amazing second year of content for the first time in the history of the saga ".
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According to Duguet, they are following a game-as-a-service model that has allowed Valhalla to become the best-performing series title on the market. "There will be surprising new news (announcements) "related to the video game. Of course, he has not specified anything in particular, so we will have to wait for future communications.
Assassin's Creed Valhalla went on sale last November on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, PC, and Google Stadia. The game is set in medieval England from the ninth century ac, a time of anxiety in which the Christian kings star in internal struggles to achieve power.
Meanwhile, the future of the saga passes through Assassin's Creed Infinity, a joint project between Ubisoft Monreal and Quebec that will take the game-as-a-service model even further, as it will function as a platform. Under that same umbrella, different settings, games and content will be introduced.
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Abandoned wells present a serious safety hazard for children and may contaminate the water supply. We have brochures available detailing the proper methods of sealing a well.
Regular inspections of body art establishments are conducted throughout Schuyler County. Body Art establishments must meet state requirements in order to receive approval from the State of Illinois. Annual fees: $500.00 for initial work station; $50.00 for each additional work station within the establishment.
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Regular inspections are made of food service establishments throughout the county. We check for temperature, cleanliness of facility, storage practices, and disposal of waste products. Inspections are required at mobile and temporary establishments as well.
Most lenders will require an evaluation of the existing septic and water supply systems on a property before closing a loan for the purchase of a home. For a nominal fee, we will evaluate and test your system and provide a report to the lender. Permits are issued as follows: Sewage only $80.00; Well/Water only $20.00; or all for $100.00.
Regular inspections of tanning salons and beds are conducted throughout Schuyler County. Tanning salons must meet state requirements in order to receive approval from the State of Illinois. Tanning Permits: $250.00 for initial permit; $150.00 for annual permit.
Test bottles are available for residents to collect their own samples. The samples are tested for bacterial contamination. Our staff sanitarians will interpret the results and suggest corrective methods. Home visits are a possible option. Testing is free.
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Ozer, as well as other executives and founders of the global crypto exchange Thodex, have been wanted by Turkish authorities for allegedly defrauding users on the exchange and establishing a criminal organization in the process.
The accusation is that Ozer engaged in a "rug pull," a term that refers to when a crypto project pumps a new token, convinces unassuming investors to buy into it, and then disappears with the money.
In the current crypto landscape, allegations of fraud are pretty much run of the mill. What sets this one apart is the sentence Ozer may be facing: an astonishing maximum of over 40,000 years behind bars, according to reporting by Bloomberg.
If the indictment is to be believed, Thodex's subsequent collapse resulted in some $24 million in losses — a sizeable plunder. And the figure may be even way higher, depending on whose estimate you side with. A 2021 report by crypto analysis firm Chainalysis, for example, puts the sum as high as $2.6 billion, noting that "roughly 90 percent of the total value lost to rug pulls in 2021" can be attributed to Thodex.
It's not surprising the estimates vary so drastically, given the volatile nature of crypto and the opaque processes sometimes used in offloading it. But regardless of the valuation, walking away with either amount of stolen money is a serious crime.
So serious, in fact, that prosecutors are seeking 40,564 years in prison for Ozer and the other defendants involved in the case. Whether it remains that high is anyone's guess. But it's clear that Turkish officials aren't messing around, as the process for Ozer's extradition is already underway, according to an Interior Ministry statement also reported by Bloomberg.
Thodex was founded in Turkey in 2017, quickly amassing 700,000 users amidst an ongoing spell of national inflation. At the time, crypto was seen as a way to protect against that inflation, but with Thodex's spectacular collapse and the Turkish government's crackdown on the crypto market, that sentiment may be long gone.
Regardless of the shocking worth of taken digital currency, not all things are about money. There were various…


As I was driving through the pasture looking for a big axis buck I had heard my phone receive several emails. Like so many of us these days I'm pretty much attached to my smartphone and as I drove to the top of the biggest hill on the ranch I decided to pull over, glass the valley below me, and check my emails. I opened my email and noticed I had an email asking about if I could do bison hunts and turkey on the same hunt. Spring Turkey season in Texas runs from about mid-March through the end of April and I knew that was really pushing it, weather wise, to try and kill a bison and I knew the reply needed to address those issues was going to be too lengthy to deal with in the middle of a hunt so I went back to glassing the valley below.
When I got back to the house that evening I replied to the email and explained my concerns for killing a bison in March or April. I sent the email and headed to bed thinking I had just talked myself out of a hunt.
Needless to say I was very surprised to get a call in March from Arden and Rhonda, two coonass' from Louisiana (their description, not mine) to start discussing details about pulling off a bison and turkey hunt on the same trip. After numerous phone calls to get all the logistics in place to make the hunt happen, and all the details worked out, we picked out dates and made plans to meet at the ranch out in West TX.
A few weeks later I was packing up and heading west. I was really hoping for some cool weather, but it looked like it was going to be fairly typical weather for early April. Lows in the high 40's or low 50's with highs in the low 80's. I knew I was going to need some help getting it skinned and cooling off so I had arranged for Ruben Ramos, maker of Ramos Knives, to come help. He's helped me with several aoudad and bison hunts in the past and I knew with his help and his knives we weren't going to have any trouble getting it skinned and cooling off.
I arrived at the ranch a couple of days before Arden and Rhonda and went about scouting for a big bison bull. As I mentioned in a previous blog, finding these big bulls is the hardest part. Once you get them located the actual hunt for them isn't all that difficult. I'm always amazed at how well a 2,000+ pound animal can hide in such sparse vegetation. After a day or so of scouting I had a real big bison bull located and was ready for Ruben, Arden and Rhonda to show up.
I had dinner waiting on them when they showed up….
We had planned on going after the bison early the next morning, but since everyone got to the ranch a little early, we had a big bison bull located and we were done with dinner we decided to go out that afternoon and see if we could get him on the ground tonight. Plus if we were lucky enough to get him on the ground tonight Ruben and I could get him skinned, put the head and cape in the freezer and let the meat hang over night so it could chill before we put it in the freezer. If we put the head, cape, and meat in the freezer while it was still warm there would be no way the freezer could get everything cold and we would probably loose the cape and quite possibly the meat.
As we headed out into the pasture the wind was blowing like crazy, which is fairly common in west TX in the spring. Winds were sustained over 20mph with gusts approaching 30mph. That helped cover our noise, but Rhonda would be shooting her 1885 Uberti replica chambered in 45-70 and shooting a 325gr bullet in this wind would be a challenge. We were going to have to get inside of 150 yards, which is pretty close on an animal of this size.
The bull had moved quite a ways from where we had spotted him earlier in the afternoon, but luckily he was a little more out in the open and not held up in the thick cover like where he was earlier. We circled around to get closer and just as we got into position the bull started thrashing cactus and tearing up bushes just to remind us who was the boss!!
We got out of the ranger and began our stalk. There was one bush between us and the big bison bull and as long as we kept that between us and the bull I thought we could get to about 120 yards. The wind once again helped us get close but when Rhonda eased around the bush and set up on shooting sticks it made it pretty difficult to steady her rifle. When she would get steady the big bison wouldn't be in the correct position and when he would be in the correct position Rhonda wasn't steady. Since we eased around the bush the bull could easily see us and since we were so close I knew there was nowhere to run if the big bison bull decided to charge. Luckily he wasn't very interested in us and after a few tense moments he turned broadside and Rhonda had enough time to get steady for the shot.
She made a perfect shot and the bison ran about 30 yards but didn't go down. Rhonda quickly reloaded and when the bull turned and presented a quartering away shot she put another round in him. This shot once again hit it's mark and the big bison trotted about 60 yards and began to wobble. As I turned and looked at Rhonda I realized the bull wasn't the only one wobbling. Rhonda had held he composure very well…..until after the second shot. That's when "bison fever" took over and she had to take a knee, catch her breath and gather her composure.
Rhonda quickly gathered herself and as we walked up to where the bison had been standing we saw a good blood trail confirming that both of the first two shots had hit their mark.
The bull had laid down, but we didn't want to take any chances, plus we wanted to finish him off to keep him from suffering, so we eased in for one final shot. We got to about 50 yards and Rhonda put one final round in him, he jumped up and ran about 15 yards and was down for good.
As we walked up to the huge bison bull laying there we were all amazed at his size. I've seen quite a few bison over the years, but I'm always amazed at their size and this big bull was no exception. It took a little while to convince Rhonda that the big bull was dead, but once I did she finally got her hands on him.
This hunt had been in the works for Arden and Rhonda for a long time. These two coonass', as they proudly referred to themselves, had done their homework, had been researching hunts for 9+ months, and had traveled a long way from Louisiana out to West Texas.
It had been Rhonda's lifelong dream to go out West and kill a bison with her 1885 replica and she had just done it!
After pictures and congratulations it was time to get to work. Daylight was fading and Ruben and I had our work cut out for us. We needed to get the big bison bull skinned and cooling so we didn't loose the cape and the meat. As Ruben and I got to work on the bison, Arden and Rhonda held lights for us and kept us entertained with stories from the Louisiana swamps. It didn't take us long to get the bison skinned and the head and cape in the freezer to start cooling. We left the carcass hanging overnight to cool and early the next morning we quartered the bison and got the meat in the freezer.
We had a pretty good drive back to Central Texas to drop off the head for the mount, the meat to the processor, and a Rio Grande Turkey for Arden so we loaded up and hit the road.
Thanks for joining me on another hunt and thanks for reading. But if reading is no longer enough for you, you can book your own bison hunts right here!


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What can viewers expect from "Private Practice's" sixth season? "Brilliance and fireworks," says Brian Benben. But according to Benben, the 100th episode will contain "even more fireworks."Zap2it caught up with the cast and creative team of the show during filming of the season's second episode -- a.k.a. the lucky 100th -- over the summer. It airs Tuesday (Oct. 2).Mum's the word on the details, but Kate Walsh informs us, "It's very colorful, and I can predict that you will laugh and cry."Though "colorful" could mean a number of things, creator Shonda Rhimes tells us, "I think we're going to see the characters doing things that we've never seen them do before. We're trying to do very different episodes this season, and I think this episode is very different from our usual way of telling story."There's a little bit that takes place at the practice, but most of it takes place outside the practice, which... //blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2012/10/private-practice-100th-episode-its-very-colorful-says-kate-walsh.html
Private Practice Season 6 Episode 2 "Mourning Sickness"
Private Practice "Mourning Sickness" Season 6 episode 2 airs TUESDAY, Oct 2, 2012 (10:00-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. Episode Synopsis: he doctors join together for a celebration at Addison's house and to reminisce about the past. Meanwhile, Sheldon counsels a suicidal patient who comes forward with a shocking confession, on the 100th episode of "Private Practice," TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2 (10:00-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. Read More... //www.tvequals.com/2012/10/02/private-practice-season-6-episode-2-mourning-sickness/
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Isla Lang Fisher (judiskt tillnamn Ayala), född 3 februari 1976 i Muskat i Oman, av skotska föräldrar, är en australisk skådespelare, fotomodell samt författare.

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Fisher föddes i Oman i Mellanöstern av skotska föräldrar, då fadern arbetade internationellt för FN och modern är författare. Efter att ha återvänt några år till Skottland flyttade familjen till Perth i Australien, då hon var sex år och där växte hon upp med fyra bröder. Tre år senare skilde sig föräldrarna.

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Efter att ha varit framgångsrik i skolteater och medverkat i reklamfilmer fick hon 1993 mindre roller i två TV-serier, Bay Cove och Paradise Beach innan hon spelade rollen som Shannon Reed, en hetlevrad och åsiktsfylld tonåring, i den australiska mångåriga såpoperan Home and Away mellan 1994 och 1997.

Under denna tid gick hon även i moderns fotsteg och skrev två böcker, Seduced by Fame, om en ambitiös skådespelerska vars drömmar blir sanna när hon får en roll i sin favoritserie, samt Bewitched, om en naiv ballerina som letar efter sin far och blir förälskad för första gången. Hon spelade 2005 i den amerikanska filmen Wedding Chrashers mot Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Rachel McAdams samt Christopher Walken och blev hyllad för sitt komiska skådespeleri i filmen. 2006 spelade hon Becca, en festfixare från Manhattan, i relationsdramat London. I samma film spelade även Jessica Biel, Chris Evans och Jason Statham.

Hon blev officiellt korad som den tusende gästen på Ron Live, en populär australisk talkshow, den 2 augusti 2005. Hon gästade programmet för att marknadsföra sin film The Wedding Crashers tillsammans med Owen Wilson.

Fisher spelade 2009 Rebecca Bloomwood i filmatiseringen av Sophie Kinsellas bok En shopaholics bekännelser.

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2002 träffade hon på en fest i Australien sin blivande make, den brittiske komikern Sacha Baron Cohen, mer känd som Ali G och Borat Sagdijev. Tillsammans har de tre barn, två döttrar och en son. Dottern Olive är född 19 oktober 2007, dottern Elula, född i augusti 2010 och sonen Montgomery Moses Brian född 17 mars 2015 . De bor nu i England. På semester till Paris gifte sig Isla och Sacha och informerade sedan nära och kära via mejl. För att underlätta giftermålet med Cohen konverterade efter ett par års studier Fisher 2007 från sin bakgrund som metodist till dennes judiska religion och fick då det judiska namnet Ayala, som betyder hind.

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Who profits from 'crimmigration'? Not America or its ideals
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The world watched in horror last year as the Trump administration's zero tolerance policy left thousands of children separated from their parents with many held in cages at the border. But what was lost in the outrage was that while unconscionable and inhumane, the family separation policy was just a grotesque extension of a decadeslong shift to criminalizing immigration, a practice known as "crimmigration."
Crimmigration — advanced by both Democratic and Republican administrations — is the intersection of immigration and criminal law, and while most alive today don't remember any other way, it is a relatively new phenomenon in the U.S. It can be traced back to the early 1980s when "crime" became used as a surrogate for race as a more socially acceptable rationale for "get tough" policies that disproportionately targeted Black and Latino people and led to the explosion of mass incarceration.
Under the crimmigration system, migrants are incarcerated for trying to come to the United States, over 100,000 in 2018 alone. A multitude of offenses large and small are increasingly deemed "aggravated felonies" to create a rationale for detaining undocumented immigrants. Asylum seekers are imprisoned for following the law and showing up in person to make their claim for safe harbor. This, against a backdrop of an immigration process that is prohibitively difficult to successfully navigate under "legal" processes.
University of Denver law professor César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández, author of the new book "Migrating to Prison," said it's critical to understand this approach is not just the natural order. García Hernández will speak at Town Hall Seattle on Dec. 9.
"We now think of immigration prisons as essential to a functioning immigration law enforcement system," García Hernández said. "But the reality is that between the mid-1950s and the late 1970s, we didn't really lock people up. For 25 years or so … the United States got really close to shutting down its immigration prison system. And the country did not come tumbling down."
César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández
The author of 'Migrating to Prison' will speak at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 9, Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Ave., Seattle; townhallseattle.org.
Today, the U.S. has the world's largest immigrant detention system, according to the Global Detention Project, holding over 50,000 people a day in a network of jails and private detention centers.
U.S. immigration policy has always been underpinned by racism and xenophobia — manifested in policies like the white-male-only citizenship act of 1790 or the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 — but the current immigrant mass detention system brought on by crimmigration is nothing like we have seen before.
How does crimmigration align with a vision of a United States where immigrants are welcome? What would you do if your family was fleeing war or poverty?"
One reason for this move to mass detention is that there are a multitude of entities making money off the industry. Private detention companies like GEO Group and CoreCivic (formerly Corrections Corporation of America/CCA) treat humans confined in their detention centers as commodities. Profiting from lucrative government contracts, they make money backward and forward: first, from contracts to hold 71% of the country's immigrant detainees and then from having detainees do the center's basic labor for $1 a day. Many rural towns and counties vie fiercely for detention centers for the jobs and taxes they bring.
While much is made about Seattle and other cities' sanctuary policies, our neighbor to the south, Tacoma, is home to the Northwest Detention Center, which ICE has now renamed the Northwest ICE Processing Center.
One of the GEO Group's private detention centers, the facility holds up to 1,575 immigrants and was the subject of a detainee hunger strike last year as well as a state lawsuit over the detention center wages.
Maru Mora-Villalpando is an undocumented activist with the group La Resistencia, which supports the efforts of those detained at the center for better conditions and to stop deportations. She and La Resistencia want to see the detention center shut down and are joined by 140 organizations and counting who support that effort.
Today's immigration detention system is just an extension of the overall criminal justice system, Mora-Villalpando said. "Once we understand that the prison system is already a system of oppression against people of color, then you'll understand why [immigration] was criminalized. Because it was really easy then to excuse having people detained."
It's long past time to challenge our policymakers about our crimmigration system and shift our thinking as a society. Whose interests does it serve to detain hundreds of thousands of people at a financial price tag of $3 billion a year and incalculable human cost? How does it increase public safety? How does it align with a vision of a United States where immigrants are welcome? What would you do if your family was fleeing war or poverty?
What García Hernández calls the "invisible giant" of immigrant detention that grew to historic levels under President Barack Obama, is now fueled by the Trump and Fox News rhetoric of dangerous and criminal "illegal aliens" as well as policies crafted by white nationalist-linked Stephen Miller.
But with public attention and calls for change, García Hernández said, this does not have to be our future. "We've gone from almost no immigration prisoners to almost half a million immigration prisoners [a year]," he said. "If we can do that in my lifetime, I'm hopeful that we can undo that in my lifetime."
Naomi Ishisaka: nishisaka@seattletimes.com; Naomi Ishisaka writes about race, culture and equity, through a social-justice lens. Her column appears weekly on Mondays.
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JOE WEBBER snatched a dramatic victory for the hosts and defending champions in Wellington New Zealand, a 24-21 win over South Africa, in the third round of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series at the Westpac Stadium.
The All Blacks Sevens came from 14-0 and 21-7 behind to dramatically beat South Africa 24-21 in the Cup final of the HSBC Wellington Sevens.
The win sees Sir Gordon Tietjens' move from seventh to third in the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series standings with 47 points, five behind Fiji who finished third at the Westpac Stadium and seven behind the Blitzboks who moved ahead of Fiji for the first time this season.
There were enthralling scenes in Wellington as the hosts snatched victory at the death to claim a hat-trick of Wellington titles and a fifth in six years thanks to a match-winning try from Joe Webber. New Zealand kept the ball and their composure after the buzzer had sounded to cap a remarkable comeback, similar to that of their 17-14 pool victory over Neil Powell's side at the end of day.
"All week we talked about how we needed a lot of heart and a lot of ticker," said captain Tim Mikkelson."Liam Messam came back from Japan and talked about putting the pride back in the jersey after the last couple of tournaments, and that's what we did. We talked about securing the kick-offs and we bumbled a few and put ourselves under pressure but we knew if we could keep the ball in hand we could win."
In the semi finals Cheslin Kolbe scored two tries to help Neil Powell's side cruise to a 31-0 win over Fiji, while Ben Lam also scored two as the hosts New Zealand booked their place in the final with a win over England. Sydney hosts Australia won the Plate with a 21-5 win over Argentina.
Samoa dispatched Scotland without too much trouble to win the Bowl final. Samoa's Phoenix Hunapo-Nofoa turned Scotland's Mark Robertson inside and out with another trademark step to score the opening try. Samoa scored two turnover tries in the second half with Tomasi Alosio the first to scoot over from the base of the ruck on the 10-minute mark. Danny Tusitala followed his lead a few minutes later after the Pacific Islanders turned defence into attack. Scotland had the last say however when Gavin Lowe dotted down with the clock in red.
France won the Shield after beating Russia 14-7. Captain Steve Barry got the French off to a great start, picking the ball up at the base of the ruck after a good weaving run from Julien Candelon to score the game's first try. Moments later, 35-year-old Candelon crossed the line himself with Arthur Retiere supplying the extras. Russia almost got back into the game after half time but Vladimir Sozonov failed to ground the ball properly. Vladimir Lazarenko's score three minutes later was too little too late.
HOSTS and defending champions New Zealand won all three of their matches on day one of the HSBC Wellington Sevens to march into the quarter-finals after dramatically beating South Africa 19-14 in the last match of the day.
HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series leaders Fiji and Australia also maintained 100% records with impressive displays at the Westpac Stadium, as the third round of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series continued to entertain.
The All Blacks Sevens, who have won four of their last five home tournaments, came from 7-0 behind to beat Cape Town Sevens champions South Africa 19-14. Two Akira Ioane breaks, the first to set up Sam Dickson, gave New Zealand a 12-7 lead before Cheslin Kolbe looked to have given the Blitzboks the win. But a trademark Sonny Bill Williams offload gave Joe Webber the chance to dot down under the posts for the home side to finish top of Pool A.
On a day where Williams made his international sevens debut and scored a try with his first touch, Sir Gordon Tietjens' side will now meet Kenya in the quarter-finals, a repeat of the dramatic semi-final from two years ago in which Oscar Ouma scored in sudden-death extra-time to put the African side into the final.
"Hopefully I can grow into the tournament and just keep learning," said Williams "It was a sneaky scab try, I was just backing up, but like I said I just want to learn. I am grateful to be playing amongst such talented players.
"It is always good to play at home, and in the All Blacks jersey, in Wellington, from an NZ perspective I'm not sure it gets much bigger than this."
Ben Ryan's Fiji scored 17 tries, including four from Savenaca Rawaca to take his tally for the season to 14, and will face USA in a mouth-watering quarter-final, while Australia will meet South Africa in their quarter-final after Sam Myers scored at the death to beat Kenya 17-12 in the Pool D decider, adding to two earlier tries from Greg Jeloudev.
Despite a defeat to Samoa, England were the other side to finish top of their pool. Finishing ahead of Mike Friday's USA having beaten them in their second match of the day, England will play Cape Town runners-up Argentina. Simon Amor's side return to the quarter-finals having missed out in Cape Town, in the only change from the final eight in South Africa.
USA booked their place with a 29-21 win over France with two tries from Carlin Isles, finishing second to England in their pool having lost to Amor's side in their earlier match.
THE draw for the HSBC Wellington Sevens was made before the Cup final at the second round of the series in Cape Town, with winners South Africa heading Pool A at the Westpac Stadium after a 29-14 over Los Pumas in their home tournament.
Neil Powell's side will come face to face with New Zealand, Scotland and Russia, while the runners-up Argentina compete against series leaders Fiji, Wales and the only non-core side in Wellington Japan.
Having finished third in Cape Town with a last-minute try from Julien Candelon and conversion from Terry Bouhraoua, France will play Mike Friday's USA, England and Samoa.
Benjamin Ayimba's Kenya complete the top four seeds and await Australia, Canada and Portugal.
AHEAD of the HSBC Wellington Sevens the 16 captains joined for the official launch of the third round of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series.
The HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series rolls into Wellington this weekend with anything possible after an enthralling opening two rounds to the series.
After Dubai and Cape Town, where eight different teams made the semi-finals and Fiji and South Africa won the Cup tournaments, all eyes are now on the Westpac Stadium this weekend.
South Africa are the form team heading into the tournament having won the second round of the series on home soil in Cape Town, but with New Zealand the defending champions naming a strong squad, Fiji ahead of them in the standing by points difference and the likes of USA, Kenya, Australia, England, France and Argentina all snapping at the heels more thrills and spills are expected.
Philip Snyman, who is captaining the Blitzboks in Kyle Brown's absence and for the first time, said: "It's my first time being captain and I have got some pretty big shoes to fill. We've had some really good preparation since Cape Town and the week so far in Wellington has been good. We're hoping to build on our win from Cape Town and produce some great rugby in Wellington."
England captain Tom Mitchell, who won the Wellington Sevens in 2013 with victory over Kenya, added: "We've had a good run in this week and have been able to relax a bit in Wellington in the build up. We've had a good couple of training sessions and a gym session to get the body going and the atmosphere in the camp is good. It's all about focusing now on the job at hand and we're excited about the challenge ahead."
THE final squads of 12 for the 16 competing teams at the third round of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series have been announced. Sonny Bill Williams is set to make his international sevens debut, while Nicolas Bruzzone is set for his 50th cap, and there is a return for Semi Kunatani in Fiji's squad.
With the series continuing after two pulsating events in Dubai and Cape Town in December all 16 teams will be looking to deliver a strong start in the year of rugby sevens' debut at the Olympic Games and less than 200 days until Rio.
Despite a shaky start and heading into their home tournament seventh on the series standings, defending HSBC Wellington Sevens champions New Zealand have named a strong squad even in the absence of the likes of captain Scott Curry and DJ Forbes.
Rugby World Cup 2015 winner Sonny Bill Williams will make his debut, with Rieko and Akira Ioane returning to play in a series event together for the first time and Ardie Savea, brother of Julian, Ben Lam and Kurt Baker are set for their first appearances this season. The All Blacks Sevens head into the tournament having won four of the last five HSBC Wellington Sevens tournaments.
Elsewhere, Semi Kunatani returns to Ben Ryan's series leading Fiji and needs just one try to reach 50, with second place South Africa without the sevens player of the year Werner Kok, captain Kyle Brown, Cecil Afrika and Ryno Benjamin who was injured in training this week.
Kenya are the most experienced side with 316 tournaments and Humphrey Kayange returns to appear in his 60th tournament, just two tries from 150. Biko Adema will make his 50th sevens appearance, as will Argentina's Nicolas Bruzzone. Another milestone to keep an eye on at the weekend is Portugal's Aderito Esteves, who is two tries away from 100.


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Northbound I-83 reopens after tractor-trailer fire at Market Street exit
Both lanes of Interstate 83 North reopened about 30 minutes after a tractor-trailer fire forced first responders to close the interstate.
Northbound I-83 reopens after tractor-trailer fire at Market Street exit Both lanes of Interstate 83 North reopened about 30 minutes after a tractor-trailer fire forced first responders to close the interstate. Check out this story on yorkdispatch.com: https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/traffic/2017/12/12/tractor-trailer-fire-closes-83-north-near-york-city/944066001/
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UPDATE: Both lanes of Interstate 83 North reopened about 30 minutes after a tractor-trailer fire forced first responders to close the interstate.
Reported earlier: A tractor-trailer caught fire on Interstate 83 North this morning, forcing first responders to shut down both northbound lanes of traffic.
The fire was first reported about 10:35 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 12 at the Market Street exit, according to a York County 911 supervisor.
No injuries were reported at the scene of the fire.
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