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242 F. 3d 219 - Mary Cash v. Granville County Board of Education North Carolina Association of Educators
Federal Reporter, Third Series
242 F.3d
242 F3d 219 Mary Cash v. Granville County Board of Education North Carolina Association of Educators
MARY CASH, Plaintiff-Appellant,
GRANVILLE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, Defendant-Appellee
NORTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATORS; AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NORTH CAROLINA LEGAL FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED; NORTH CAROLINA ACADEMY OF TRIAL LAWYERS; NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION, Amici Curiae.
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS, FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT.
Argued: December 6, 2000.
Decided: March 1, 2001.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Raleigh.
W. Earl Britt, Senior District Judge. (CA-99-408)
COUNSEL: ARGUED: Susan Ashley Osment, MCSURELY & OSMENT, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, for Appellant. Kenneth Alexander Soo, THARRINGTON SMITH, L.L.P., Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Lisa Lukasik, THARRINGTON SMITH, L.L.P., Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee. S. Luke Largess, FERGUSON, STEIN, WALLAS, ADKINS, GRESHAM & SUMTER, P.A., Charlotte, North Carolina, for Amicus Curiae Educators. Martha A. Geer, PATTERSON, HARKAVY & LAWRENCE, L.L.P., Raleigh, North Carolina, for Amici Curiae ACLU and Trial Lawyers. Allison B. Schafer, NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION, Raleigh, North Carolina; Christopher Zemp Campbell, ROBERTS & STEVENS, P.A., Asheville, North Carolina, for Amicus Curiae School Boards.
Before NIEMEYER, MICHAEL, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.
Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge Niemeyer wrote the opinion, in which Judge Michael and Judge Motz joined.
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:
We are required to determine in this case whether the Granville County (North Carolina) Board of Education enjoys Eleventh Amendment immunity in a suit brought by an employee against it under the Fair Labor Standards Act for overtime pay. The district court, finding that the Board was "an arm of the State" and that any monetary award "would affect the State," held the Board immune. Because we conclude, for the reasons that follow, that the Board is more like a county than an arm of the State, we reverse.
* Mary Cash has, since 1975, been employed as a "Lead Secretary/Bookkeeper (Secretary V)" at J. F. Webb High School in Oxford, North Carolina. She alleges that during the period between 1996 and 1999 she often worked more than 40 hours per week and was not compensated with overtime pay. She commenced this action against the Granville County Board of Education (sometimes"School Board") under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. SS 201-219, to recover compensatory and liquidated damages, interest, costs, and attorneys fees.
The School Board asserted a defense of sovereign immunity under the Eleventh Amendment. On the School Board's motion for summary judgment, the district court dismissed the action. In doing so, the court assumed that Harter v. Vernon, 101 F.3d 334 (4th Cir. 1996), our most recent opinion on whether particular governmental entities are "arms of the State" for Eleventh Amendment purposes, "is no longer salient and [was] effectively overruled" by McMillian v. Monroe County, 520 U.S. 781 (1997), and Regents of the University of California v. Doe, 519 U.S. 425 (1997). The district court read Regents' requirement that an analysis of Eleventh Amendment immunity consider "the provisions of State law that define the agency's character" to be in conflict with Harter's holding that the "most important consideration is whether the State treasury will be affected." Similarly, it noted that the McMillian Court relied on "the character of the [sheriff's] office, rather than the impact of the judgment on the State treasury."1 The district court then concluded: Thus, while the question of funding and who would pay for any monetary award is not the central question to be answered in evaluating immunity, it must be evaluated. It is clear that local school boards receive funds from the state and local governments. However, the ability of local boards to use those funds remains controlled by the state. Thus, it appears that any monetary award to plaintiff would affect the state.
Therefore, combining an analysis of the organizational and financial structure of the local school boards, in light of relevant case and statutory law, defendant is an arm of the state of North Carolina for purposes of this suit seeking FLSA damages. As such, it is entitled to sovereign immunity from a suit for monetary relief.
From the district court's judgment dismissing her claim, Cash noticed this appeal.
Even though the language of the Eleventh Amendment preserves sovereign immunity of only the States of the Union,2 it is settled that this protection extends also to "state agents and state instrumentalities," Regents, 519 U.S. at 429, or stated otherwise, to "arm[s] of the State" and State officials, Mt. Healthy City Sch. Dist. Bd. of Educ. v. Doyle, 429 U.S. 274, 280 (1977). But Eleventh Amendment immunity "does not extend to counties and similar municipal corporations." Id. This is so, even if the counties and municipalities exercise a "slice of State power." Lake Country Estates, Inc. v. Tahoe Reg'l Planning Agency, 440 U.S. 391, 401 (1979) (citing Mt. Healthy). In Mt. Healthy, the Supreme Court held that a local school board, as constituted by Ohio law, is "more like a county or city than it is like an arm of the State." 429 U.S. at 280. Accordingly, the Court denied the local school board Eleventh Amendment immunity.
The issue before us, as articulated by the Supreme Court, therefore turns on whether the Granville County Board of Education "is to be treated as an arm of the State partaking of the State's Eleventh Amendment immunity, or is instead to be treated as a municipal corporation or other political subdivision to which the Eleventh Amendment does not extend." Mt. Healthy, 429 U.S. at 280. Stated otherwise, we must determine whether a North Carolina county school board "has the same kind of independent status as a county or is instead an arm of the State, and therefore `one of the United States' within the meaning of the Eleventh Amendment." Regents, 519 U.S. at 429 n.5. Because this question requires interpretation of the Eleventh Amendment, it is a federal question that we decide de novo, even though State law must be considered in defining the School Board's "character." See id.
Before elucidating the factors necessary to resolve this question, it is worthwhile to recognize that the immunity in question derives from the original sovereignty of the states and not from the Eleventh Amendment. "The Eleventh Amendment confirmed, rather than established, sovereign immunity as a constitutional principle." Alden v. Maine, 527 U.S. 706, 728-29 (1999). And,"it follows that the scope of the States' immunity from suit is demarcated not by the text of the Amendment alone but by fundamental postulates implicit in the constitutional design." Id. at 729. That design reserves to States "a substantial portion of the Nation's primary sovereignty, together with the dignity and essential attributes inhering in that status," id. at 714, and preserves "a system in which the State and Federal Governments would exercise concurrent authority over the people," id. (quoting Printz v. United States, 521 U.S. 898, 919-20 (1997)). The States thus "retain the dignity, though not the full authority, of sovereignty." Id. at 715. Central to the dignity of a State's sovereignty is the proposition that the State not be amenable to suit without its consent. At the time the federal Constitution was proposed, the fear expressed during the debates was that adoption of the new Constitution would strip States of their sovereign immunity, thereby exposing them to lawsuits for collection of Revolutionary War debts. Id . at 716-17.
Even with a clear understanding of the source and nature of a State's sovereign immunity, no bright line of demarcation can be drawn separating "state agents and state instrumentalities," which partake of the State's Eleventh Amendment immunity, from local governmental entities, which do not. But when the factors for resolving whether a governmental entity is an arm of the State or more like a county or municipality point in different directions, our inquiry seeks guidance in the "twin reasons" for the Eleventh Amendment: (1) "the States' fears that `federal courts would force them to pay their Revolutionary War debts, leading to their financial ruin,'" and (2) "the integrity retained by each State in our federal system," including the States' sovereign immunity from suit. Hess v. Port Auth. TransHudson Corp., 513 U.S. 30, 39 (1994) (quoting Pennhurst State Sch. & Hosp. v. Halderman, 465 U.S. 89, 151 (1984)). Indeed, these twin reasons must "dominate" any analysis of whether a governmental entity is to be accorded Eleventh Amendment immunity. See Gray v. Laws, 51 F.3d 426, 432 (4th Cir. 1995).
Consistent with the twin purposes of the Eleventh Amendment, when we have asked the question of whether a governmental entity within a State is an arm of the State, various factors have been identified for consideration. The principal factor, upon which courts have virtually always relied, is whether a judgment against the governmental entity would have to be paid from the State's treasury. See Regents, 519 U.S. at 430 (pointing out that"whether a money judgment against a state instrumentality or official would be enforceable against the State is of considerable importance"); Hess, 513 U.S. at 49 (agreeing with "the vast majority of Circuits" that "the State treasury factor is the most important factor to be considered" (internal quotation marks omitted)); Harter v. Vernon, 101 F.3d 334, 338 (4th Cir. 1996) (noting that the "state treasury factor is the most important"); Gray, 51 F.3d at 434 (noting that the State treasury factor "is generally the most important consideration" (internal quotation marks omitted)); Ram Ditta v. Md. Nat'l Park & Planning Comm'n, 822 F.2d 456, 457 (4th Cir. 1987) (concluding that the State treasury factor generally is "most important consideration"). Indeed, it is because the State treasury factor may be dispositive that it is primary. Consequently, if the State treasury will be called upon to pay a judgment against a governmental entity, then Eleventh Amendment immunity applies to that entity, and consideration of any other factor becomes unnecessary. See Hess, 513 U.S. at 50 ("Where an agency is so structured that . . . a judgment must expend itself against state treasuries, common sense and the rationale of the eleventh amendment require that sovereign immunity attach to the agency" (internal quotation marks omitted)); Harter, 101 F.3d at 340 (holding that once the court concludes that the State's treasury is affected by a law suit, the officer or entity is immune); Gray, 51 F.3d at 434 (observing that if "the state's treasury will not be affected by a judgment in the action, then the availability of immunity . . . must be determined by resort to the other relevant considerations" affecting the integrity retained by a State within the federal system); Bockes v. Fields, 999 F.2d 788, 791 (4th Cir. 1993) ("When the action seeks damages that would be satisfied by state funds, however, no further inquiry is necessary").
Because the State treasury factor is "the most salient factor in Eleventh Amendment determinations," Hess, 513 U.S. at 48, a finding that the State treasury will not be affected by a judgment against the governmental entity weighs against finding that entity immune. Nonetheless, the entity may still enjoy sovereign immunity if the judgment would adversely affect the dignity of the State as a sovereign and as one of the United States. To satisfy this further inquiry, the relationship between the governmental entity and the State must be sufficiently close to make the entity an arm of the State. Under this inquiry, factors formed largely to determine the"relationship between the State and the entity in question," Regents, 519 U.S. at 429, as well as "the nature of the entity created by state law," Mt. Healthy, 429 U.S. at 280, become relevant. To examine the nature of the entity and its relationship with the State, we keep the State treasury factor in the calculus and look to three additional factors: (1) the degree of control that the State exercises over the entity or the degree of autonomy from the State that the entity enjoys; (2) the scope of the entity's concerns -whether local or statewide -with which the entity is involved; and (3) the manner in which State law treats the entity. See Harter, 101 F.3d at 337; Gray, 51 F.3d at 434; Ram Ditta, 822 F.2d at 45758. Under this "sovereign dignity" inquiry, a court must, in the end, determine whether the governmental entity is so connected to the State that the legal action against the entity would, despite the fact that the judgment will not be paid from the State treasury, amount to "the indignity of subjecting a State to the coercive process of judicial tribunals at the instance of private parties." Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida, 517 U.S. 44, 58 (1996) (internal quotation marks omitted); see also Hess, 513 U.S. at 39-40 (noting that Eleventh Amendment secures to the States "the respect" due them).
With these principles in hand, we turn first to the question of whether a judgment in this case against the Granville County Board of Education will affect the North Carolina State treasury. Only if this question is answered in the negative do we proceed to inquire whether a judgment would otherwise affront the sovereign dignity of North Carolina by demeaning its right not to be sued without its consent. And this second inquiry raises the subsidiary question of whether, under North Carolina law, the School Board functions more like a county or municipality than like an arm of the State itself.
The parties agree that the State would not be legally obligated to pay any judgment rendered against the School Board in this case. The School Board is a corporate entity that can sue and be sued, and no State law indicates that a judgment against it can be enforced against the State. See N.C. Gen. Stat. S 115C-40. Indeed, the School Board is unable to identify a provision in State law that would authorize it even to use, for the purposes of satisfying an adverse judgment, funds allocated by the State for specific educational purposes. Similarly, the School Board admits that the record "does not demonstrate that the State's allocation of funds would increase to cover a judgment in a FLSA suit." The School Board's only argument on the State treasury factor is that Mary Cash's salary, which might be affected by a judgment in this case, might prospectively be the subject of "a specific annual state appropriation from the state's general fund." We find this effect too indirect and ancillary, however, because any such appropriation would be brought about by the State's obligation to comply with federal law. See Alden, 527 U.S. at 755 (noting that Eleventh Amendment immunity does not include the "right to disregard . . . valid federal law"); Edelman v. Jordan, 415 U.S. 651, 667-68 (1974) (noting that when State officials, in order to comply with a decree of federal court, must spend State funds, the effect on the State treasury is "ancillary" and thus permissible). Moreover, even such an indirect and ancillary effect is not inevitable. The School Board itself could just as well supplement wages of noninstructional support personnel out of local funds. Indeed, under North Carolina law, counties have the power to raise funds on behalf of local school boards to enable them to discharge their duties, and local school boards are authorized to bring suit to enforce a county's obligation to raise funds. See N.C. Gen. Stat. S 115C-431. In addition, local school boards are authorized to spend their local funds for unforeseen emergencies with the approval of the county. See id. S 115C-433(d). The speculative, indirect, and ancillary impact on the State treasury that a judgment against the School Board in this case would have does not give rise to Eleventh Amendment protection.
Because the North Carolina treasury will not be affected by a judgment against the School Board in this case, the question of whether the School Board is entitled to Eleventh Amendment immunity will turn on whether Mary Cash's suit against the School Board would nonetheless impinge upon the sovereign dignity of North Carolina as a State within our federal system. This question may be resolved by consideration of the other three factors identified above, see Gray, 51 F.3d at 434, keeping in mind that the most important factor -"the vulnerability of the State's purse" -counsels against a finding of immunity. Hess, 513 U.S. at 48.
The first of these remaining factors addresses the degree of control that the State has over the Board and, correspondingly, the degree of autonomy exercised by the School Board. As the parties acknowledge, school boards in North Carolina are independent corporate bodies within each county that may sue and be sued, and, to respond to the risk of being sued, they are authorized to purchase liability insurance to answer for any judgments against them. See N.C. Gen. Stat. SS 115C-40, 115C-42. This independent will of local school boards is further confirmed by provisions in North Carolina law authorizing school boards to retain private counsel without permission of the State's Attorney General. See id.S 114-2.3. Indeed, in this case, the School board is represented by its private counsel, and not by the Attorney General. Local school boards are capable of holding "all school property and . . . capable of purchasing and holding real and personal property, of building and repairing school houses, of selling and transferring the same for school purposes, and of prosecuting and defending suits for or against the corporation." Id. S 115C-40. North Carolina statute defines local school boards to be"unit[s] of local government" authorized to enter into interlocal cooperative agreements. See id. SS 160A-460(2), 460A-461. The statutes also authorize local school boards to declare bankruptcy under federal law. See id. S 23-48. Moreover, North Carolina law provides that local school boards "shall have general control and supervision of all matters pertaining to the public schools in their respective administrative units and they shall enforce the school law in their respective units." Id. S 115C-36. Members of the local school boards are locally elected, not appointed by the State, see id. S 115C-35; and vacancies can be filled locally, see id. S 115C-37(c). Although local school boards must comply with certain statewide rules for the certification of teachers, see id. S 115C-296, and core curriculum rules, id. S 115C-81(a1), these general statewide criteria are enforced by the local board. Moreover, these State-imposed requirements involve only the substance of the educational program and not the local school board's prerogatives in administration. The fact that in limited circumstances the State Board of Education can suspend the powers of the local board, see id. SS 115C-39(b), 115C-105.39(d), does not mean that, in the matters of administration and employee relations, the local school boards are not autonomous. Indeed, "the State may destroy or reshape any unit it creates. . . . [Y]et cities and counties do not enjoy Eleventh Amendment immunity." Hess, 513 U.S. at 47. In short, North Carolina law establishes local school boards with a sufficient degree of autonomy and independence that any judgment rendered against a local school board would not, in our judgment, affront the dignity of the State.
The second of the factors directs us to consider whether the School Board is involved with local or statewide concerns. The evidence relevant to this factor clearly points to local concerns as the School Board's jurisdiction is limited to Granville County. The fact that education is a statewide concern does not indicate otherwise. Just as law enforcement can be thought of as a statewide concern, we have nevertheless concluded that a county sheriff's duties in North Carolina can be primarily local. See Harter, 101 F.3d at 342.
The final factor directs us to consider how North Carolina law characterizes its local school boards -an inquiry that overlaps with our analysis of State control versus local autonomy. It appears almost without exception that State law treats local school boards as local entities, that is, more as counties than as arms of the State. Unlike the State Board of Education, whose immunity to suit is waived in a limited sense by the North Carolina Tort Claims Act, N.C. Gen. Stat. S 143-291 et seq., local school boards remain immune until they procure liability insurance, see id. S 115C-42. The School Board is the "governing board of a county administrative unit," which in turn is denominated as a "local board." Id.S 115C-5. Finally, in the chapter of North Carolina General Statutes dealing with State departments, local school boards are expressly excluded from the definition of a State agency. See id. S 143-336.
In addition to these statutory provisions, North Carolina Supreme Court decisions have recognized school boards as local entities that are autonomous from the State. See Turner v. Gastonia Bd. of Educ., 109 S.E.2d 211, 216-17 (N.C. 1959) (holding that local school boards are not subject to suit under the North Carolina Tort Claims Act which, by its terms, applies only to "tort claims against the State Board of Education, the Board of Transportation, and all other departments, institutions and agencies of the State"); see also Leandro v. North Carolina, 480 S.E.2d 249 (N.C. 1997) (deciding a case in which a local school board sued the State in its own name in a school funding case under the North Carolina constitution).
In short, we conclude that upon our consideration of each of the factors identified for determining whether a governmental entity is an arm of the State and therefore one of the United States within the meaning of the Eleventh Amendment, the Granville County Board of Education appears much more akin to a county in North Carolina than to an arm of the State. See Regents, 519 U.S. at 429 & n.5; Mt. Healthy, 429 U.S. at 280. Indeed, it is a part of the county's governmental structure that can look to the county for part of its funding. The Supreme Court "has consistently refused to construe the [Eleventh] Amendment to afford protection to political subdivisions such as counties and municipalities, even though such entities exercise a `slice of State power.'" Lake Country Estates, 440 U.S. at 401. The circumstances presented here are similar to those presented in Mt. Healthy, where the Supreme Court denied a local school board sovereign immunity.
In reaching our conclusion in this case, we continue to follow our jurisprudence, as stated in Harter, Gray , Bockes, and Ram Ditta, and in doing so, we believe that we are faithfully applying the relevant Eleventh Amendment jurisprudence announced by the Supreme Court in Regents, Hess, Lake Country Estates, and Mt. Healthy. We therefore reject the district court's view that the Supreme Court's recent decisions in Regents and McMillian overruled our decisions in Harter, Gray, Bockes, and Ram Ditta. Accordingly, for the reasons given, the judgment of the district court is reversed, and the case is remanded for further proceedings.
REVERSED AND REMANDED
In McMillian, the Supreme Court held that because the County Sheriff was acting, in the particular circumstances of the case, as a policymaker of the State and not the County, the plaintiff could not sue the County as a person liable under 42 U.S.C. S 1983. See 520 U.S. at 783. And in Regents, the Court held that the fact that a judgment against the State would be covered by the voluntary indemnification agreement of a third party did not strip away the State's Eleventh Amendment immunity because the State still bore the legal "risk of an adverse judgment." 519 U.S. at 431.
The Eleventh Amendment provides:"The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State." (Emphasis added).


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The basic skills for arts and crafts are presented to children when they start at the Montessori Language Academy. These skills include pasting, painting, coloring, folding, molding and cutting. Children have freedom to use prepared materials on art shelves to express themselves. Through creative art, children learn to express their thoughts and feelings that their language skills cannot yet realize. They also learn that through their creations, they can communicate with others to recieve support and feedback. These are some important experiences that young children use to develop their language, social and emotional skills. Creative art also helps children learn how to concentrate and gain confidence in themselves. Arts and crafts are integrated in all areas of the Montessori Curriculum such as geography, science and language.
In addition to daily art activities, children who stay after lunch and who are older than 4 years old have Matisse, Monet, and Me Art Class without any extra charge, twice a month. The director of Matisse Monet and Me, Ms. Dena Maloy, teaches art classes to children of primary and elementary levels, and specializes in Montessori schools and their philosophy. With Ms. Dena, children explore art through the eyes of an artist, and are introduced to different art materials and techniques. Ms. Dena is the mother of a Montessori child, a designer, and has taught Art at Harper College, IADT, and Columbia College.


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Payday 2 Has Been Broken On Xbox One For Three Weeks
Patrick Klepek
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If you bought Payday 2: Crimewave Edition on Xbox One, it's been a frustrating couple of weeks. The game was released on June 16, yet many players continue to report it's impossible to play the game with strangers. A patch has been promised for a long time.
The official Twitter account has sent apologies for weeks, but those don't fix a game.
Publisher 505 Games told me there's a patch they "hope" to release in the "coming days."
"We're aware there's a number of users on XBO who are having connectivity issues on Crime.net," said the company in a statement. "We're testing the patch now and hope to have it released in the coming days! We identified three issues on connectivity on the XBO platform (which only impacts a small number of players)—to which the patch should correct any freezes and server drops in crime.net. We're currently working with MSFT on testing the patch!
There are two major problems, though they seem related to one another. When trying to load up an online mission, the game constantly hitches for several seconds, and usually fails to connect you anyone to play with. If you're playing with friends, it seems to work, but randoms? Nah.
Check out this video from Hades 343 to see how frustrating this has been since day one:
He's not alone. You don't have to look very far to find lots of folks upset about these issues.
As I poked around for this story, it became clear the Payday series has a complicated relationship with the console versions. How else do you explain a whole Facebook group dedicated to calling out the game's developer for not supporting the console version enough?
And Kotaku has received several tips from readers understandably upset at Payday 2. One had a frustrating experience with Xbox customer support, who refused his request for a refund.
"We cannot issue a refund for the game as the issue is not directly caused by the Xbox Live Gold service but by the developer, Overkill Studios," said the rep. "Please find the contact number or e-mail address from the website where you can send a complaint regarding the game. "
They were eventually able to get a refund from another customer support rep, thankfully.
Fingers crossed that Payday 2 fans on Xbox One can be properly heisting in the days ahead.
You can reach the author of this post at patrick.klepek@kotaku.com or on Twitter at @patrickklepek.
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FAA Women in Aviation Advisory Board makes room for drones
May 16, 2020 Sally French 0 News,
The Federal Aviation Administration has named the members of its newly formed FAA Women in Aviation Advisory Board. And though none of its members represent a drone company or organization specifically, the new group is made up of multiple women who've had their hands in the drone industry.
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao on Friday announced the names of the 30 women who were appointment to the board, which will be chaired by former U.S. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson. Dr. Wilson currently serves as President of The University of Texas at El Paso.
The 30 women were selected through nominations solicited via a Federal Register Notice last October. Nearly 200 applications were submitted, according to the FAA.
And among the women with ties to the drone industry: Patricia Gilbert and Lindsey Dreiling.
Patricia Gilbert
Patricia Gilbert is perhaps best known for having served over the past 10 years as Executive Vice President for the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (she worked for 21 years as an air traffic controller at the Houston Air Route Traffic Control Center).
And Gilbert knows a thing or two about drones. She currently sits on the FAA's Drone Advisory Committee, which was designed as a "broad-based, long-term federal advisory committee that provides the FAA advice" on drone-related integration issues. Her air-traffic-control expertise is vital to the committee, as the drone industry currently grapples with establishing UTM systems (essentially air traffic control for drones).
Lindsey Dreiling
Lindsey Dreiling serves as Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus's first-ever executive director of aviation strategy, as the school has been on a tear trying to better position itself as a global leader not just in drones but all aspects of the aviation industry. Specific to drones, Kansas State Polytechnic was the first university approved for commercial drone flight training, and they're the first university to offer beyond visual line of sight training to students. They also hosts drone summer camps for younger students.
Previously Dreiling served as deputy director of aviation and unmanned aircraft systems for the Kansas Department of Transportation. At KDOT, she served as chief of unmanned aircraft systems, helping lead the first statewide unmanned air traffic safety program and taking part in the U.S. Department of Transportation's UAS Integration Pilot Program.
And yes, Dreiling has a Remote Pilot Certificate.
The full roster of all women on the FAA Women in Aviation Advisory Board can be found here.
The Women in Aviation Advisory Board was established last October as part of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 in an effort to develop strategies and recommendations that would encourage women and girls to enter aviation. Women are underrepresented not just drones, but nearly all arms of aviation, and the group is intended to develop solutions like improved education, training, mentorship, outreach, and recruitment of women in the aviation industry that might bridge that gap.
As of Sept. 1, 2018, just 5,946 Remote Pilot Certificates (that's 5.8% of all Remote Pilot Certificates) were issued to women, according to a study done by Women and Drones based on FAA registration data.
That's roughly in line with the same percent of female pilots of manned aircraft. About 5% of manned aircraft pilots are women (but hey, that' up from 3.5% in the 1960s). Across the entire aviation industry, women make up a much stronger (but still minority of) nearly 30% of non-pilot jobs, which includes roles like aerospace engineer or air traffic controller.
Members will be appointed to the women's advisory board for the duration of its existence, which the FAA said they expect will be at least two years. The board will meet up to two times per year.


Craft beer and breweries in Yellowstone Country Montana.
One of the poorest-kept secrets in Yellowstone Country is our impressive selection of microbrews. We don't just make beer, we craft it. From Big Sky to Red Lodge, you're rarely far from a local brewery or a barman who will talk your ear off about some hops, and probably invite you on a fishing trip. We set high standards for our brews, believing they should live up to our adventures. No slope-shred or river run is complete without a post-excursion pint at a local taproom for a taste of one of the things we do best and savor the most. Our beers win awards and our brewhouses are friendly. Pull up a barstool.


The snail vine is an attractive vine and features a flower that bears a resemblance to a snail, hence the name. Beyond that, there is a great possibility for confusion and mistaken purchases if you are considering buying one, if indeed that is what you want. There are two scientific names associated with the snail vine, and you should be aware of both so you have a better idea of the plant you are getting. Unfortunately, the scientific names tend to be used interchangeably, so you may not be sure about your plant until it begins to grow.
One of the scientific names for the snail vine is Vigna caracalla. Caracalla is related to caracol, the Spanish name for a snail. Other sources indicate that caracalla is a take off of Caracas, the capital of Venezuela. As far as the plant is concerned, it makes little difference. The plant is also called the snail bean by some as it is a legume, and the beans are edible. The other scientific name is Phaselous caracalla. This species is also called a snail vine, snail flower, or Corkscrew flower. It is also a legume and bears a close resemblance to pole bean varieties.
Where Descriptive Names Fail - The four keywords are the two aforementioned scientific names, snail vine, and corkscrew plant, and this is where the fun begins. Even though the snail vine (V. caracalla) is sometimes advertised as having fragrant blooms, it does not. The flowers are very attractive, as are the vines themselves, but the flowers are not fragrant. The flowers of the corkscrew plant, P. caracalla, are fragrant. The snail vine in some locations can be very aggressive, especially since if the vines are allowed to touch the ground, and that can easily happen with a rapid grower, they will more often than not set roots. Once established, the snail vine can be difficult to get rid of, and in a tropical or very warm climate, can take over your yard, and your neighbors as well. The corkscrew plant is also a very rapid grower, but much better behaved and seldom becomes invasive. Troubles arise however when visiting the nursery. V. caracalla is often used as a synonym for P. caracalla, so it is very easy to take home what you think is a corkscrew flower and later find you have a flourishing snail vine in your back yard instead!
This makes it sound like the corkscrew plant is the good guy and the snail vine is the villain. Both plants have their adherents, and both plants have much going for them. The snail vine has exceptionally attractive foliage, and the only problem with the flowers is that they are not fragrant. The biggest complaint seems to be that when people buy a plant expecting fragrance, and don't get it, they are naturally a little upset.
Planting Directions - Let's assume that it is the snail vine you are (or think you have) purchasing. You can plant it from seed, or use stem or leaf cuttings, either in the ground, in a container, or in a hanging basket. Planted in the ground or in a container you can allow it to get huge. In a hanging basket it may have to be trimmed occasionally, but can grow to a length of 12' to 15' if allowed to. The snail vine prefers a mildly acidic soil, and should be planted in full sun. If planted from seed, expect sprouts to appear in 10 to 20 days. Plant near a wall or trellis, where the vines will have support, and space the plants one to two feet apart. This plant is hardy in USDA zone 9 through 11. It is not frost tolerant, but in these zones will reemerge the following spring after dying back at first frost.
If you are hesitant to purchase seeds because of the confusion surrounding the snail vine and corkscrew vine, your best bet might be to find someone who has the right plant, and maybe has photographs to prove it, who can share seeds or cuttings with you.


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Crying with joy! Welcome back, dearest friend. I've missed you!!!
You will certainly lift many of us out of winter's gloom just by seeing your return here! Welcome back! Such a delight to see you again.
Such a nice, nice thing to say. Thank you.
How lovely to see your post here!
Hope you are doing well and of course, I know you are looking forward to Spring.
I LOVE the book about Lady Bird that I won in the giveaway, I LOVE it!
That's exactly how today felt.
I'll go look it up. I really do love poetry, and know far too little about Maritime poetry and fiction.
Lovely to see a post from you, Nan. Gorgeous poem, the seed catalogue bit is certainly true in this house. LOL.
Oh, thanks. In these internet shopping days, I still do love getting those catalogues in the mail.
And you. I had lost track of you in the past few years. Thanks for stopping by, and now I've added your blog to my list.
Nan- I'm so glad to see you back!
It's nice to see you back! It was a little bit of a surprise to realize how much I missed reading your posts, it felt like a friend was gone. It's funny, isn't it, the different ways you can touch lives . . .
Thank you, and is there a way to contact you?? I've got lynches in my life!
Welcome back! What a lovely way to start the weekend!
I am so delighted to see this lovely poem from you! What a nice surprise to find you in my Reader. God bless!
Oh Nan! what a lovely surprise - and thank you for the poem - so lovely to see you on my list of blogs when I switched on this morning.
Hello, Nan! I'm so happy to see you.
Thanks so much for the poem - very appropriate for our slowly changing season.
Thanks, and I do love that poem.
Nan and May and "listening for frogs" all at one time. What a lovely start to a day!
Love May Sarton, and loved seeing that you posted a blog. Hope you had a good winter. I'm finished with treatments and feeling stronger each week. We were just saying this morning that we can hardly wait to open the windows and doors to air out the house. We've had to stay in entirely too much this winter, but today the sun is shining and it is supposed to be up in the high 40s! Nan, I hope you are back for good but if not, I'll look forward to occasional posts. Good to hear from you.
I'm so very happy you are better. Airing out the house both physically and metaphorically.
Hello, Nan, lovely to see a post from again! Yours is one of the first blogs I read and when I think about book blogs, yours immediately comes to mind - welcome back! I hope you and yours are all keeping well.
Thank you. I am still not sure how or if I'll talk much about books. I did get weary of writing about them, but we'll see.
Nan! Welcome back! I love the poem too - I was checking out seed catalogues last week, in desperation as this winter seems so long. We promptly had a snow storm after. Today's it's all melting, and I am going out this afternoon in the hopes of hearing some returning birds, and lifting my face to the sunshine. I'm so happy you posted, and I hope all is well with you and yours.
Thank you. Any snow this time of year doesn't last long. Our spring birds aren't back yet, but the feeder ones have been sweet these winter months.
Big Smile, Nan! Welcome back!
Thanks for writing. And I adored your dog card email.
So glad you're back, Nan! You have been sorely missed. Knowing you're back and reading your post has made my day!
Do I remember right that you were going to move?? Email if you want and tell me all about it.
Adding my welcome back to the others'. Happy to see you here again!
Welcome back! I was so happy to see you pop up on my Google Reader (and thank heavens I left you there!).... you don't know how many times I've been tempted to write a comment just asking if you were OK. But I restrained myself, because you deserved the break...but so happy to see you back. And now I'll go back and read the poem, which I am sure is wonderful, because you picked it out.
Did I just read that google is ending its reader? I just use my sidebar bloglist so it won't matter to me, but I know a lot of people use it.
I am pleased to see you posting again.
What a perfect post to open up your blog with!!!
She is a wonderful poet/writer I think.
But how sad I am to read about the passing of Daisy.But 30 years is a good long life and as you say, she had a great one. That doesn't mean I'm not suddenly misty. I loved the idea of you having a donkey. I would have done the same if I'd been blessed with farmland. I do believe in the loving souls of animals.
Thanks, dear one. Margaret showed me your very nice Facebook note when I stopped writing. So kind.
Welcome back, dear Nan....Until you commented on my blog yesterday, I hadn't realized you were back....I missed you. And hope, if you ever decide to stop again you don't close comments. You don't ever have to read them, but I just think it would be kinder to your readers! I was so sad when you stopped, even though I think I understood.
I am most surprised. I was sure I would not blog again. I'm sorry you were upset by my closing comments. I felt it was best at the time. My email address was still on the blog, and I did get emails.
Nan, I am delighted to see you are back! I took a break from blogging, unannounced--just didn't feel like blogging. With the arrival of spring, I find I want to blog again. Go figure, really need to learn more about design, use of photographs, etc. so it will be a process but I'm back on the path ;-).
Nan, I"m so glad to see you back! I've missed you. Welcome home. I like May Sarton too.
Thanks. I clicked on your name and it came up 'blogless Sheila' - how I laughed. That's great.


Distance between Slough and Sedbergh. How many miles from Slough to Sedbergh.
The straight distance between Slough (England) and Sedbergh (England) is 210.37 mi, but the driving distance is 260.55 mi.
It takes to go from Slough to Sedbergh.


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Q: Making a loop in python I have to make a program that when I enter a box_size number it show the box. They user should then be able to put in another number and repeat the process. Only when they type 0 should the program stop.
I've tried adding While True, if, and else statements and breaks but none of them stop the program from running.
#Input
box_size=input("box_size:" )
box_size=int(box_size)
for row in range(box_size):
  for col in range(box_size*2):
    print('*', end='')
  print()
print()

#Output
box_size:6
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A: Put while True: around the code. Then if the user enters 0, break out of the loop.
while True:
    box_size=input("box_size:" )
    box_size=int(box_size)
    if box_size == 0:
        break
    for row in range(box_size):
      for col in range(box_size*2):
        print('*', end='')
      print()
    print()

A: Try this simpler one. The box_size is initiated 1, then use it in the while loop. As long as the box_size is more than 0, the loop will always be executed.
box_size = 1
while box_size > 0:
    box_size = int(input("box_size:" ))
    for row in range(box_size):
        for col in range(box_size*2):
            print('*', end='')
        print()
    print()

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Daniel Edward Lamb-Hunt (born 20 May 1987) is a New Zealand-German professional baseball player who plays as a utility infielder for the Auckland Tuatara in the Australian Baseball League and the Bonn Capitals in the German Bundesliga.

Career
After growing up in Auckland and attending Mount Albert Grammar School, Lamb-Hunt began his career studying at the Major League Baseball Australian Academy Program and relocated to the Gold Coast, Queensland.

He was the first player of New Zealand heritage to play in the Australian Baseball League and is often credited as a rapidly progressing player, getting a relatively late start in baseball at age 17. In 2005, Lamb-Hunt was signed by the Atlanta Braves before being released. Like many New Zealand players, Lamb-Hunt made the crossover from softball.

He made his debut for the Brisbane Bandits on 19 November 2010 against the Sydney Blue Sox as the designated hitter, grounding out for an RBI before being pinch-hit for by Shayne Watson. Lamb-Hunt competed for the coveted Claxton Shield and played for the Bandits for two seasons.

In 2010 Lamb-Hunt concluded the season leading Germany's Baseball-Bundesliga 1st division. The utility infielder batted .411 with seven home runs, three triples, five doubles, 29 runs and 22 RBI in 28 games with the Pulheim Gophers, who re-signed him in 2011. In a repeat stellar performance, Lam-Hunt walked away from his second season, again, with best batter honours.

Lamb-Hunt has secured a following in Germany following his success in the Northern League, where he currently resides, playing now for the Bonn Capitals.

In 2018, Lamb-Hunt signed with the Auckland Tuatara of the Australian Baseball League, an expansion team based in his hometown of Auckland, New Zealand. Lamb-Hunt didn't join the team until January in the 2019–20 Australian Baseball League season staying in Germany to apply for citizenship.

International career
He was selected to the New Zealand national baseball team at the 2013 World Baseball Classic Qualifier, 2017 World Baseball Classic Qualifier, and 2021 World Baseball Classic Qualifier.

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Anyways, so I made some minor improvements to TextPage:findText in poppler/TextOutputDev.cc.
If a block is past what we've already found, then break.
When searching within a line, instead of searching according to backward, search via searchBackwards which takes line rotation into account, thus allowing us to break once the first match in a line is found.
I've also got an implementation of KMP ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knuth%E2%80%93Morris%E2%80%93Pratt_algorithm ) with caching of failure functions since most programs do find-as-you-type, but I need to make sure the (minor) extra complexity incurred doesn't outweigh the O() improvement. Probably will attach that in a couple days.


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El Moro/Crystal Cove, Laguna Beach, California
This SoCal oceanside space offers something for everyone.
By Lisa Jhung
Trail Stats
17 miles of trails
3.2 miles of beach sand
Summed Up
Southern California's Pacific Coast Highway bustles just about every hour of the day, but there's a large slice of open space and natural seashore nestled between Laguna Beach and Corona Del Mar. El Moro, also known as Crystal Cove, serves up 17 miles of trails among 2,400 acres of wilderness in rugged mountains, plus over three miles of beach sand to challenge area runners.
Aside from running on the beach, the trails at El Moro climb into the preserved State Park on both wide and narrow trails, many with sweeping ocean views of the Pacific. Options for runners abound, from the wide, not-so-steep Moro Canyon Trail cutting through the middle of the park, to the steep singletrack of the trail called "No Dogs," to loops taking twists and turns from either the west or east side of the park. Bommer Ridge Trail on the eastern edge rolls along gently and connects to many singletrack canyon trails.
Coastal tundra, like black mustard and paintbrush wildflowers lining trails, and wildlife like deer, rabbits, and the less-seen coyote, bobcat, and rattlesnakes—plus whales and dolphins off-shore—create a natural experience for runners and other recreationalists here.
El Moro/Crystal Cove connects on the east side to the Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, and 40 more miles of trails that extend all the way east to the Nix Nature Center, south to the Alison and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, and down to trailheads on the busy commuter Laguna Canyon Road (SR 133) and the Corona del Mar Freeway/San Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor Toll Road (SR 73).
Official parking for El Moro/Crystal Cove State Park is right off of Pacific Coast Highway, at the base of Reef Point Drive. The cost is $15/vehicle for day-use, and trails are open 6 a.m. to sunset.
Locals head to the interior edges of El Moro/Crystal Cove—such as the Ridge Park entrance at the end of Ridge Park Road—to park for free on neighborhood streets.
Locals also know that El Moro is a great place to run on hot days, as the ocean breezes help keep the area cool.
And, know that May and June mornings are often covered in "June Gloom," a thick, foggy marine layer that tends to burn off mid-day.
Share the Trail
Mountain bikers in Orange County love these trails, as do equestrians, so keep your head up for both. Dogs aren't allowed on the beach or on the trails.
Fifty-eight seaside campgrounds and primitive camping 3.5 miles into the park bring campers, hikers, and naturalists, and day-hikers also frequent the park. The beach is popular for surfing, boogie boarding, scuba diving, and general beach-going.
Laguna Beach High School's cross-country team trains here and can be seen doing hard runs up the Moro Canyon trail and on No Dogs and Poles, and running up and down the sandy beach.
The Orange County Trail Runners also meet here for group runs, but tend to run from the Ridge Park entrance.
"El Moro provides a great mix of hills, singletrack, and sweeping ocean views. It's a gorgeous place to run, especially if you include the canyons by hitting the singletrack." – Jessica DeLine, San Marcos, California
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The Wetland Way, Week 1, Wednesday: The Anointing Makes the Difference
Date: 4 May 2022Author: Don Warrington 1 Comment
The next day was also fine except for a brief shower, which refreshed everything. The palace posted a statement that announced that Prince William and Terry were going to Serelia "to attend to business subsequent to the end of war and the Serelian recognition of our independence." Everyone connected with the palace—especially the travellers—were tight-lipped about the exact nature of the mission, although everyone figured out that, for these two to go to Serelia, it must be important.
That evening was time for mid-week service at the Barlin Pentecostal Church. The sanctuary was large enough for about two hundred fifty people. There were plans to construct a closed sanctuary but the resources of the church were first committed to the Bible school building, an ungainly concrete block structure cheered up by the hibiscus, melaleuca and ficus bushes that surrounded it, planted and maintained by the women of the church. The school building was busy with its various functions; with the end of the war, the Drahlan Fellowship of Pentecostal Churches was able to seriously pursue a broader agenda, which included proper training of its ministers and those from the neighbouring countries.
The service started just after sunset with songs and praise, led by the same band that played the country to its independence the day before. After this, though, the pastor, Vernon Calloway, took the wireless microphone, stood on the floor of the church in front of the pulpit, and faced the congregation. Prince Dennis had slipped out of his seat and stood next to Pastor Calloway.
"Before we receive the offering, we have an important piece of business we need to take care of," he began seriously. Looking at Terry, he said, "Sister Marlowe, would you come to the altar?" As Terry gingerly walked forward, Calloway resumed. "His Highness has informed me that she and Prince William are going to Serelia tomorrow on a very important mission. He is not at liberty to say much about it, but as you all know we have been at war with the Serelians for the last eight years. All of us here have lost fathers, husbands, sons and some of our daughters too in this war—it's been hard on all of us. Whatever they're going there for, it's important, and it's going to take a special anointing of God to make it work and his special protection on the both of them.
"We all know and love Sister Marlowe—she's this church's first pastor, and it wouldn't be the church it is today without her work. A lot of you are here because she reached out to you in Christ." Dennis and Andrea nodded at that statement. "She's also served this country faithfully as His Majesty's Royal Counsellor. She's shown that God's people can take their place in the highest places of this world." He paused for a few seconds, and then said, "I feel a special urging from the Lord that she needs Jesus to go with her like she's never needed him before." By that time she had reached the front and was standing in front of him. He reached for his little bottle of anointing oil, and holding it in one hand and the microphone in another, he said, "I need some prayer warriors to come and lay hands on Sister Marlowe, and touch God like you've never touched him before." At that about thirty people came forward and stood behind her. He looked at Terry and said, "Lift your hands to heaven," and she did so. He put the microphone down, took his bottle of anointing oil, dabbed his right index finger, and laid it on her forehead. By now the prayer warriors were laying hands on her shoulders, arms or upper back. If they could not reach her, they laid hands on someone who could. When Pastor Calloway started praying, the entire church began to pray in unison, a chorus that could be heard across the lake. Some were praying in English, others in tongues; virtually everyone was weeping. As the prayer went forward Terry, overwhelmed by the presence of God in the place, fell back, her fall caught by those praying behind her.
She laid on the floor praying for some time. When she returned to consciousness the crowd around her praying had thinned out somewhat; one of those still prevailing was Andrea, whom Terry had led to the Lord, baptized, married and whose children she had dedicated (and baby sat occasionally.) However, there were still a good number of people in the altar, and those who had started by praying for Terry were now praying for these.
"The Pastor's never gotten to preach—the Spirit fell and it's been like this for the last forty-five minutes," Andrea said as she helped Terry up. Terry's return, however, did as much to sidetrack the service as anything. People started coming up to her, hugging her, saying their farewells, praying again for and with her. This lasted for yet another hour or so. As the service faded away rather than ended, Terry made her way from the thin crowd that was left and headed back for her house to finalise her preparations for departure.
As she attempted to get some rest at home before departure, Terry had a lot to think about. Her experience at the altar was refreshing, but any potential contact with Verecunda brought up many memories and a good deal of anxiety. As she lay in bed trying to get some sleep, her mind went back to the days before she left Verecunda and ended up where she was now.
The Point Collina Yacht Club was more than a yacht club; it was one of Point Collina's—and by extension Verecunda's—significant social establishments. Overlooking the marina itself was the clubhouse; on the second story was the club's restaurant and bar. At a table next to the large picture window at the front, a young Terry sat with her mother Eleanor. It was a pleasant spring day, a good day to sit and watch the yachts at dock or coming in and out of the marina.
They were having a nice lunch until Eleanor changed the subject.
"Terry, when are you going to be experienced?" Eleanor asked.
"Mother, what are you talking about?"
"You know exactly what I'm talking about!" Eleanor snapped, and then tightened her lips.
"We've had this talk before," Terry responded plaintively.
"And we'll have it again until I get an adult answer out of you."
"I'm not ready for that yet."
"You're sixteen now—if not now, when? All of your friends are."
"A lot of them are, but some aren't."
"The more popular ones are."
Terry sat in embarrassed silence. Her mother then resumed, "Since you can't seem to read the tea leaves, I guess I'll have to spell it out for you. A sexually active life is a fulfilled life. You'll never be a real human being without it. You aren't now."
"What about the stuff we were raised with in church? Doesn't that mean anything?"
"Quit throwing that fuddy-duddy church thing at me—that's why I quit going. What do they know? Those priests never marry. But you can be sure they're doing it on the side—one way or another."
"I always wanted to keep myself for that special person."
"That special person won't show up unless you show him the goods first," Eleanor crudely observed. "You've got a prom coming up—you need to think about who you're going with. What about that Andrews boy? He looks nice."
"He has invited me—I'll probably go with him."
"Don't disappoint him—you've embarrassed me enough with your prude attitude." Eleanor abruptly changed the subject to something a little less controversial, but Terry was nervous and embarrassed and not much company for the rest of the meal.
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Kitchener Black Lives Matter rally helped raise $17,000 for local Black and Indigenous community programs
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Original Article: The Record JAMES JACKSON JUNE 22, 2020 KITCHENER — Organizers of a peaceful rally in solidarity with Black Lives Matter in downtown Kitchener earlier this month have raised thousands of dollars for local grassroots initiatives. They initially launched a fundraiser to help cover costs associated with the June 3 event but managed to collect $17,000 after expenses were paid. The money will support programming for Black and Indigenous you
Local activist skeptical of WRPS anti-racism initiatives
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Original Article: CBC News Posted: Jun 18, 2020 6:26 AM ET An internal advisory committee tasked with supporting equity and diversity and "challenging privilege internally" is in the works for the Waterloo Regional Police Service, Chief Bryan Larkin announced at a police services board meeting Wednesday. Toward the end of the meeting, Larkin spoke for more than 15 minutes about the police service's plans to address systemic racism. It was the fir
The African, Caribbean and Black Network say region and police have yet to reach out for meeting
Original Article: The Record ANAM LATIF JUNE 18, 2020 WATERLOO REGION — Black activists say they have yet to hear from regional politicians and police about a meeting to discuss their demands to defund police and invest in community-based social programs instead. It has been two weeks since thousands of people marched to protest systemic anti-Black racism and, as of Thursday, neither regional council nor Waterloo Regional Police Services had reach
Waterloo Regional Police making changes to address systemic racism
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Local Black, Indigenous communities have suffered, continue to suffer, says regional police chief
Original Article: The Record LIZ MONTEIRO JUNE 17, 2020 WATERLOO REGION — Waterloo Regional Police Chief Bryan Larkin says policing must change and modernize while delivering services differently, but he doesn't support defunding the police. In a statement to Waterloo Regional Police Services Board members on Wednesday, Larkin said he wants to listen and work with the community to build trust and would like to see "alternative service delivery." "Polic


Bulgaria's banking system is "stronger" now than it was before the crisis at collapsed Corporate Commercial Bank (Corpbank or KTB), Prof Steve Hanke has opined.
Further consolidation of the system should be expected, the Bulgarian National Radio quotes him as saying in an interview.
However, he has warned that stricter oversight on banks has also caused shrinkage in lending, and it has become "very difficult" to take out a loan in Bulgaria.
KTB, formerly Bulgaria's fourth-largest lender, was shut down and placed under supervision from central bank BNB after being exposed to a bank run in June of last year. Months later it was declared insolvent.
The professor has added that, severe as the crisis in Greece still is, it might have a positive effect on Bulgaria by making it a more attractive place for doing business compared to its southern neighbor.
Hanke is a Professor of Applied Economics at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore ant a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute in Washington.


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NPR newgrass faves burn into Cotati
By Gabe Meline
A few years ago, when top-notch fiddler and all-around girl-about-town Odessa Jorgensen left the local group John Courage and, subsequently, the state of California, I'd prepared myself to never hear her pull a bow again. But soon after moving to Nashville, Jorgensen wandered into North Carolina and joined a hell of a group called the Biscuit Burners, who make possible Jorgensen's return to Sonoma County in a home-turf appearance this Sunday in Cotati.
Covering the gamut of bluegrass styles, the Biscuit Burners are as ferocious on shit-kickin', banjo-driven instrumentals like "Rockville" as they are tender on sweet laments like "Take Me Home." Jorgensen's vocals blend wonderfully with bassist Mary Lucey on duets reminiscent of Emmylou Harris and Gillian Welch's from O Brother, Where Art Thou?, and a left-field highlight of the band's current set is a long, Middle Eastern-flavored drone with Billy Cardine's resophonic guitar mimicking a sitar perfectly. Having been spotlighted on NPR, featured onstage at the Ryman Auditorium and booked at the world-famous Bonnaroo festival, the Biscuit Burners have accolades behind them and a bright future ahead--and a touring bus, filled with dogs, to take them there.
The Biscuit Burners perform this Sunday, Aug. 12, at a private house concert in Cotati. 7pm. $15. For directions and more info, call 707.795.6057.
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Cannabis ad goes live in Japan, Alibaba introduces food delivery drones: International round-up
Plus Amazon drives dinosaur-sized box around LA in Jurassic World marketing stunt and Syrian refugee children coin Australian slang in new aid campaign.
By Erin Lyons	 31 May 2018 2:34 pm
First outdoor advert for medicinal cannabis goes live in Japan
In a landmark move, an outdoor ad for medicinal cannabis has gone live in Japan with the help of an Australian-based health brand Elixinol .
The launch follows a drawn-out battle with Japanese regulators, therefore marking the first time a company has gained approval to advertise cannabidiol hemp oil – better known as CBD.
Created in partnership with Japanese agency Tsuge Production and Dentsu Tec, the billboard was installed in Tokyo's Omotesando train station in early May.
While lawmakers in Japan legalised medicinal marijuana in November 2016, Elixinol Japan CEO Makoto Matsumaru says brands hadn't been able to gain permission to market their products.
In a statement he explains Japan's "strong cultural connection with hemp" and that it has been commonly used by Japanese people dating back to ancient times.
"Approval to commercially advertise our Hemp Oil Drops is a major win for the hemp industry and comes after many months of working with the relevant authorities to gain authorisation," he says.
READ MORE: Australian brand launches first Japanese medicinal cannabis campaign
Amazon drives dinosaur-sized box around LA in marketing stunt
Is it a Tyrannosaurus, a Velociraptor, or a Triceratops?
While it's almost certainly none of those, that hasn't stopped Amazon from grabbing attention by driving a truck carrying a Jurassic-sized box around the streets of Los Angeles.
The box, which is promotes 'Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom' also contains air holes alongside the hashtag #AmazonFindsAWay which is a subtle reference to Jeff Goldblum's comments on dinosaur reproduction from the franchise's maiden film.
The shipping label is also addressed to Jurassic World protagonists Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) and Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard).
Passersby are able to scan the labels on the box via the company's SmileCode smartphone app, which will then allow them to purchase tickets to the movie.
The box also prompts consumers to ask Amazon Alexa, "what's in the box?".
READ MORE: Amazon is driving around a Jurassic-sized box, and you can ask Alexia what's inside
Alibaba introduces food delivery drones in China
Having your food delivered by car or motorbike might seem like a prehistoric means of transportation now Alibaba's online meal giant Ele.me was given permission to deliver food orders in Shanghai's Jinshan Industrial Park using drones.
While the drones won't deliver your order to your doorstep there will be two designated delivery points and 17 routes spanning 58 square kilometres. Drones will also pick up orders from more than 100 restaurants, meaning food should arrive within 20 minutes.
According to Ele.me, drone technology means drivers will only need to cover about 15% of routes. It works by having delivery personnel at each starting point: one is responsible for gathering all takeaway orders and placing those inside the cargo hold of the drone.
The other at the delivery point will then distribute the meals carried by each drone directly to the specified addresses of customers.
READ MORE: Alibaba's El.me starts food delivery by drone in Shanghai first
Russia piles pressure on Apple to remove Telegram from App Store
Russia and Apple are locked in a heated debate over popular messaging app, Telegram.
It is understood Russian telecoms provider Roskomnadzor has given the tech-giant one month to remove the app from the Russian version of the App Store. However, it is unclear what will happen if Apple fails to adhere to the request.
Telegram, one of the world's most popular messaging services, was developed in Russia and is available for download on tablets, computers and mobile. It provides end-to-end encryption meaning the the likes of the Russian government or third parties do not have access to the messages.
However, due to Russia's internet regulations the company has since moved its base to Dubai.
READ MORE: Apple and Russia face off over Telegram on App Store
Syrian refugees coin Aussie slang and eat Vegemite to promote fundraising initiative
Vegemite is an acquired taste and Syrian refugee children can vouch for that.
In a bid to promote the launch of international aid agency, Act for Peace's annual Ration Challenge, Syrian refugee children have been filmed tasting Vegemite for the first time while adopting Australian slang.
The Ration Challenge is a fundraising initiative where participants eat the same rations as a refugee for one week.
To promote the initiative, two short videos have been produced by an in-house team at Act for Peace.
In the first, Syrian refugee children can be heard using popular Australian phrases such as "no worries, "g'day mate" and "she'll be right". While the second video shows the kids trying Vegemite. And it's safe to say, they're not a fan.
The Ration Challenge co-founder and global marketing manager at Act for Peace, Karen McGrath, says the challenge is a practical, empowering and meaningful way in which Australians can raise funds for Syrian refugees living in Jordan and other parts of the world.
"The Vegemite video engages people in a light-hearted way, and shows kids simply being kids, with their different likes and dislikes, while using Vegemite to connect Syrian kids with Aussies. [The] 'Kids saying Aussie phrases' video is reflection of the fun we had with the kids trying out typical Aussie slang and sayings – some of them were easier than others," she says.
Funds raised from the challenge support Syrian refugees from disaster affected families across the world.
READ MORE: Syrian refugee kids try Vegemite and attempt Aussie slang to promote Ration Challenge
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The Tomorrow River area was first settled in the early 1850's. The Tomorrow River, Flume Creek, and Spring Creek provided power for the grist and saw mills in the area.
The first stockholders' meeting was held on January 6, 1893. It was decided that the name of the bank should be "The International Bank of Amherst." The articles of incorporation were signed and acknowledged before Justice H.H. Scott.
One hundred years is a long time for any business to survive, including banks. The bank remained strong through several "banking panics". There were two major crises that the bank successfully overcame. The first was a robbery in 1899 when over $5,000 was taken. A special stockholder meeting was held and the stockholders agreed to being assessed to cover the loss. The robbers were caught a few days later in Wausau and some of the money was recovered.
The second crisis was the great depression in the 1930's. The bank continued to operate with the exception of the National Bank Holiday. An editorial in the Stevens Point Journal on October 13, 1936 states "The International Bank serves an important territory. It has rendered a high type of service. Since the low point of the depression it has had marked gains in deposits. Having stood the test of the most severe crisis in the history of banking in this country, the International Bank is fully justified in viewing the future with confidence. And the community it serves can be thankful for the institution that set such a fine record."
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