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Q: NHibernate - is there a tool to generate POCOs? I'm looking into using NHibernate and all looks good. Is there a tool that I can use to generate POCOs from the current database? This will speed up developer time rapidly as opposed to creating them.

A: The NHibernate mapping generator project ( http://nmg.codeplex.com/ ) can create both the entity classes and all forms of mappings (XML, fluent nhibernate etc).

A: The Entity Framework Power Tools can generate POCOs for you, from a database. See this article for some information. You might need to tweak the process a bit though; a bit of tweaking can produce very good results:

If everything lines up then we don't generate any mapping at all:

Of course, if everything doesn't line up then you get Entity Framework-specific attributes applied that you'll need to remove. But you'll still have a good starting point.
Personal Opinion Alert! Another possibility would be simply to keep the attributes and use the Entity Framework. I would recommend it if you make heavy use of LINQ. I find NHibernate's LINQ provider works for the most part but bombs out with 1) extremely trivial LINQ expressions and 2) extremely complex LINQ expressions. But ta.speot.is! It's getting better all the time! Each to their own, but right now the Entity Framework's LINQ provider is extremely consistent.

A: Here is a quick SQL script to create both the poco and map.  Feel free to adjust as needed.
    begin

    declare @tablename varchar(200)
    set @tablename = 'tablename'

    declare @outputTable table ( id int identity(1,1), rowType varchar(4), outputString varchar(5000))
    declare @columnname varchar(200)
    declare @isNullable bit
    declare @xtype tinyint
    declare @xtypeString varchar(200)
    declare @outputString varchar(5000)

    declare c1 cursor for
        select name, isnullable, xtype from syscolumns
            where id in (select id  from sysobjects where name = @tablename)
            order by colorder

    open c1

    set @outputString = 'Table("' +  Upper(@tablename) + '");'

    insert into @outputTable (rowType, outputString) values('map',@outputString)

    fetch next from c1 into @columnName, @isNullable, @xtype
    while(@@FETCH_STATUS=0)
    begin

    print @columnname
    print @isnullable
    print @xtype

    set @outputString = ''
    set @xtypeString = ''

    if (@xtype = 104)
        set @xtypeString = 'bool'

    if (@xtype = 60)
        set @xtypeString = 'double'

    if (@xtype = 62)
        set @xtypeString = 'double'

    if (@xtype = 175)
        set @xtypeString = 'string'

    if (@xtype = 56)
        set @xtypeString = 'int'

    if (@xtype = 48)
        set @xtypeString = 'int'

    if (@xtype = 167)
        set @xtypeString = 'string'

    if (@xtype = 61)
        set @xtypeString = 'DateTime'

    if (@isnullable = 1 and len(@xtypeString) > 0 and @xtypeString <> 'string')
        set @xtypeString = @xtypeString + '?'

    if @xtypeString=''
        set @xtypeString = cast(@xtype as varchar)

    set @outputString = 'public virtual ' + @xtypeString + '   ' +  @columnName + '  {get;set;}          //  ' + @columnname

    insert into @outputTable (rowType, outputString)    values('poco', @outputString)

    set @outputString = 'Map(x => x.'+ @columnname+').Column("' + @columnname+'");'

    insert into @outputTable (rowType, outputString)    values('map', @outputString)

    fetch next from c1 into @columnName, @isNullable, @xtype
    end

    close c1
    deallocate c1

    select * from @outputTable where rowType = 'poco' order by id
    select * from @outputTable where rowType = 'map' order by id
end


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GENERAL COURTNEY H. HODGES - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 348926 - HFSID 348926
GENERAL COURTNEY H. HODGES Photograph signed in 1946 by the Commanding Army General that was first to enter Paris in World War II! Autographed Photograph Signed: " Courtney H. Hodges/Gen. U.S. Army/Dec. 1, 1946.", 8x10. Reverse bears a Signal Corps credit stamp. Hodges (1887-1966) was the Commanding General of the Third U.S. Army from February 16, 1943 to January 25, 1944, when he turned it over to Lieutenant General Patton. First Army soldiers commanded by Hodges were the first Americans to enter Paris on their way across Northern France and through the Ardennes Forest. They were also the first to cross the Siegfried Line into Germany in September 1944 and reach the Rhine in March 1945. Minor surface creasing and slightly creased and worn at corners and edges. Ink stamps and notes (unknown hand) on verso. Fine condition. Accompanied by PSA/DNA LOA.
GENERAL JOSEPH W. "VINEGAR JOE" STILWELL - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 348931 - HFSID 348931
JOSEPH STILWELL Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of General Stilwell wearing his four-star uniform Photograph signed: "Joseph W. Stilwell/Gen., U.S.A.", 8x10. Collector's notations to reverse date the autograph to May 28, 1946. Joseph Warren Stilwell (1883-1946) was a tactically skilled US Army officer who, at the date of this letter, was training the newly formed US Seventh Division. If assigned to the European or Pacific Theaters when World War II commenced, Stilwell might have been remembered as a gifted corps commander. Instead, President Roosevelt sent him in 1942 to the China-Burma-India Theater, where he led British and Chinese forces in combat and served as Chief of Staff to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek. Stilwell, who reveled in the nickname "Vinegar Joe," was not a talented diplomat. Although he led British troops on foot in a daring escape from Burma, he soon antagonized British commanders and Chiang himself.(Stilwell came to believe, not unreasonably,
CHAIRMAN JOSEPH STALIN - DOCUMENT SIGNED 07/14/1938 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 285996
JOSEPH STALIN, KLIMENT VOROSHILOV, and KIRILL MERETSKOVWith war looming in 1938, Stalin signs a key document reorganizing a Red Army recently beset by his devastating purges! Extremely rare! Document signed (in Cyrillic alphabet): "S", "K. Voroshilov", "K. Meretskov", 3 pages, 7½x12. Moscow, 1938 July 14. Initialed by Stalin on p1, countersigned by Voroshilov and Meretskov (as Secretary) on p3. Headed: "Top Secret Copy No 1 Protocol No 12 of the meeting of the Chief Council of War of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army". In Cyrillic script, with accompanying English translation. Decisions of a meeting held that day, attended by Stalin, Voroshilov, [Foreign Minister Vyacheslav] Molotov, and by five high-ranking army generals: [Efim] Shchadenko, [Boris] Shaposhnikov, [Aleksandr] Loktionov, [Dimitrii] Pavlov, and [Kirill] Meretskov (who also signed the document as Secretary). The document provides detailed instructions for reorganizing Soviet military commands in the Kiev Special Military Region and Byelorussian Special Military Region (the Western Republics of the USSR, which would bear the brunt of any German invasion).
KING GEORGE VI (GREAT BRITAIN) - RECORD ALBUM COVER SIGNED 04/21/1942 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 348150
THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY: KING GEORGE VI, QUEEN ELIZABETH, ELIZABETH II, and MARGARETAll four members of the family signed this album cover specially made for recordings that commemorated Elizabeth II's 16th birthday Album Cover Signed: "George R.I.", "Elizabeth R.", "Elizabeth", and "Margaret". A rare set of six BBC records, pressed after a Royal Command Performance of the radio show It's That Man Again (1939-1949). The show was the first Royal Command Performance of a radio show ever. The show was done on April 21, 1942, the day of Elizabeth II's 16th birthday. The signed album was given to star of the show Tommy Handley after the performance at Windsor Castle, the two princesses' home for five years during WWII. It's That Man Again satirized the rule of Adolf Hitler and boosted morale of the British home front during the war. A Royal Command Performance is when the reigning monarch specifically requests a show. Before this instance, it was typically theatrical or orchestral in medium. Includes six records that are of the performance on that date. Album cover toned and lightly worn. Frame lightly chipped.
EMPEROR HIROHITO (JAPAN) - DOCUMENT SIGNED 12/21/1965 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 280265
EMPEROR HIROHITO, CO-SIGNED BY: EISAKU SATO and SHIINA ETSUSABUROIn this very rare and important 1965 document, Emperor Hirohito notified Bolivian President René Barrientos that he was recalling Japan's ambassador to Bolivia. Also signed by Prime Minister Eisaku Sato and Foreign Minister Shiina Etsusaburo Document signed "Hirohito", "Eisaku Sato" and "Shiina Etsusaburo", with red ink seals. 2 pages, 9¾x13¼, 1 sheet folded, front and verso, on cardstock, with embossed Imperial Seal of Japan at top edge of page 1. With two binder holes at left edge. Dec. 21, 1965. Addressed to René Barrientos, President of Bolivia. In Japanese, partially translated: "The important mission of Mr. Eiji Kawasaki is at an end, the Japanese government having recalled him, whom it had accredited Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary…" Lightly toned. Light impressions on letter (do not touch sigangures). Show-through from seals on page 2. Otherwise in fine condition. Accompanied by: Untranslated Japanese language letter of transmittal. Lightly toned and creased. Irregular right edge.
PRESIDENT DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 12/13/1950 - HFSID 220 - HFSID 220
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERAs President of Columbia University, he signs a typed letter to Robert Cutler concerning University projects to be funded by the Harriman brothers, framed with an unsigned photo in the Gallery of History style. TLS: "Ike" as President of Columbia, with ALS: "DE" on first page of 1½ pages (separate sheets) typed letter, 7¼x9½. Columbia University, New York, 1950 December 13.To Robert Cutler, Old Colony Trust Company, Boston,about planning and financing The American Assembly, an affiliate of Columbia University founded by Eisenhower in 1950 "to illuminate issues of public policy". The ALS on the first typed page,in full: "Dear Bobby-This formal dissertation was, as is obvious, prepared by a staff assistant. If you knew how pressed I am, almost to the point of panic, you'd forgive me for not re-writing it. So far as meaning goes, it expresses my sentiments very well indeed!" The typed letter,in part: "Since our delightful Boston visit, we have gone ahead rapidly with the plans for The American Assembly…Mr. W.
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KING GEORGE VI (GREAT BRITAIN) - CORONATION RECORD ALBUM SIGNED CIRCA 1937 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 112563
KING GEORGE VI, CO-SIGNED BY: QUEEN ELIZABETH (THE QUEEN MOTHER) This exquisite presentation album - signed by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth as King and Emperor and as Queen Consort - contains an historic 78-RPM recording of the BBC radio broadcast of George VI's coronation and an address by him as king. It comes framed, Gallery of History Style, in a presentation case with a UV-resistant UF-3 Plex lid. Two items: 1) Album signed "George R I" by King George VI and "Elizabeth R" by Queen Elizabeth on vellum inside front cover. "14¼x12½x3¾. On cover: "The Coronation/of/The Majesties/King George VI and Queen Elizabeth/in/Westminster Abbey/and/H.M. The King's Broadcast Message/May 12th, 1937" in gilt. "R.I" stands for "Rex Imperator" (King Emperor), a title used from 1877, when Queen Victoria became Empress of India, to 1948, following Indian independence. Album has purple satiny-fabric endpapers. Contains 15 78-RPM records, 11¾ inches in diameter each by the Gramophone Co., Ltd. of Hayes, Middlesex, England, in paper sleeves.
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT - SKETCH SIGNED CIRCA 1941 - HFSID 348029 - HFSID 348029
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTThis large 14½x18¼ sketch of the President who was elected to four terms in office is signed by him! Sketch Signed: "Franklin D. Roosevelt" in pencil. Also signed by the artist and dated circa 1941. Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945) is one of the best-known Presidents in United States history. Before his tenure in the Oval Office, he served as Governor of New York. This position gave him valuable experience working with progressive-minded individuals to improve the economy. He served in the position for just over 12 years, dying 11 weeks into his fourth term. Roosevelt oversaw the U.S. during the Great Depression and World War II. His progressive platform introduced Social Security and the first national minimum wage. During his first term as Commander-in-Chief, he ended Prohibition. This decision is largely credited with helping him to a landslide 1936 election victory. Frame slightly chipped at corners. Otherwise, fine condition. Framed in the Gallery of History style: 26¾x37.
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT - DOCUMENT SIGNED 04/27/1931 - HFSID 348039 - HFSID 348039
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTAs Governor of New York, he used this red, silver-tipped pen to sign a railroad bill creating the Board of Transit Control in 1931 Document Signed: "Franklin D Roosevelt", 1 page, 9x14½. Albany, New York. April 27, 1931.Certificate authenticating that FDR used the attached pen to sign Senate Bill 12, the railroad unification bill. In full: "THIS IS TO CERTIFY that the pen hereunto affixed was used by me in signing Senate Bill Introductory Number 12, Printed Number 2455, entitled: 'AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to the plan of readjustment provided for in article seven thereof, to authorize the creation of the board of transit control and subsidiary corporations, to prescribe its and their duties and powers, to exempt its and their properties, income and securities from taxation and to make such securities legal investments, and to authorize the acquisition and operation of railroads and other transportation facilities, and otherwise.' and which became a law by my signature April 23, 1931, being Chapter 689 of the Laws of 1931.
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH 01/20/1941 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 299290
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT'S THIRD INAUGURATION Oversize black and white photograph showing FDR being inaugurated for his third term, signed by the President, his Vice President and Secretary of State, Chief Supreme Court Justice Charles E. Hughes and Supreme Court ClerkCharles Elmore Cropley, who held the President's family bible while the oath was administered. Handsomely framed to 17½x15. Photograph signed: "Franklin D Roosevelt", "Charles E. Hughes, Jan. 20, 1941", "Charles Elmore Cropley/January 20, 1941.", "Cordell Hull" and "H.A. Wallace", B/w 13¼x10¼, framed to 17½x15. On Monday, January 20, 1941, Franklin Delano Roosevelt became the nation's first and only president to be inaugurated to a third term in office. FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT (1882-1945, born in Hyde Park, New York) is an American politician who served as president during two of the most difficult times in world history, the Great Depression and World War II. He also served as president for four terms (1933-1945), longer than any other president in history.
FRITZ SAUCKEL - AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT SIGNED 07/15/1945 - HFSID 286032 - HFSID 286032
FRITZ SAUCKEL These incredibly rare documents are a handwritten, dated and signed account of Nazi Germany's forced labor and mass deportation operations by Germany's chief of slave labor recruitment. They were written by Sauckel for his lawyer during his trial before the International Military Tribunal in Nuremburg after World War II. They are important documentation of the 20th century's worst war and of some of the worst atrocities ever recorded in human history. They are also a typical example of the defense used by many defendants in the postwar Nuremberg trials: they were only following orders. This defense failed to sway Sauckel's tribunal; he was found guilty of war crimes and later hanged. Historically Important Autograph Manuscript signed twice (at top of first page and at bottom of last page): "Fritz Sauckel", in pencil, as war crimes defendant, 26 pages, 8x10½. IN GERMAN WITH 1945 ENGLISH TRANSLATION WITH FOOTNOTES AND COMMENTS. Nuremburg [Germany], 1945 July 15. This text was provided by Sauckel to his attorney as a means of fully describing the organization of the forced labor department, and Sauckel's duties and responsibilities.
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ANTHONY CHARLES BARTLEY - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 05/23/1955 - HFSID 345840
ANTHONY CHARLES BARTLEYThe WWII veteran and television show producer and writer signed this check paid in the amount of $500 to Les Ambassadeurs Check Signed: "A.C. Bartley" in ink. 6x2¾. Dated May 22, 1955. Paid to Les Ambassadeurs in the amount of $500.
ANTHONY CHARLES BARTLEYThe WWII veteran who shot down fifteen German planes and later become a television producer signed this check Check Signed: "A.C. Bartley" in ink. 8x3½. Dated December 25, 1952. Decorated in celebration of Christmas. Paid to Matty Anderson in the amount of $20.
BOCKSCAR CREW (MAJOR GENERAL CHARLES W. SWEENEY) - CHECK ENDORSED 04/10/1993 - HFSID 258611
BOCK'S CAR CREW: CHARLES W. SWEENEY. Check endorsed: "Dep to/Charles Sweeney/[account number]", 8¼x3. Madeira Beach, Florida, 1993 April 10. Check No. 2388, drawn on the account of J F F Company, Inc. at First Florida Bank, Madeira Beach, payable to Charles Sweeney for $210.
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GREGORY "PAPPY" BOYINGYON. Partly Printed Check filled out and signed: "Gregory Boyington", 6x2¾. Fresno, California, 1980 January 14. Drawn on his account at the First National Bank of Fresno, payable to Paul Gann, People's Advocate, Inc. for $25.00.
COLONEL GREGORY "PAPPY" BOYINGTON 1984 check for $489.98 signed by Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, leader of the United States Marines' Black Sheep Squadron during World War II Check signed "Gregory Boyington" in blue ink.
GENERAL OMAR N. BRADLEY - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 02/08/1952 - HFSID 292686
OMAR BRADLEY While serving as the first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, he wrote this check $15.00 to Financial World magazine. Check signed: "Omar N. Bradley", 6¼x2¾. Highland Falls, New York, 1952 February 8.
OMAR N. BRADLY Check for $8.25, written to Woodward & Lothrop department store near the end of his tenure as the first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Check signed: "Omar N. Bradley", 6¼x2¾. No place, but Washington, D.C. area, 1952 December 13.
RED BUTTONS - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 01/07/1974 - HFSID 253136
RED BUTTONSThe actor fills out and signs this check to Hound Dog for $4.98 Check signed: "Red Buttons" in blue ink, 6x2¾. January 7, 1974. Check no. 2390 drawn on his joint account with third wife Alicia Buttons (née Pratt) at the City National Bank, Beverly Hills, California.
RED BUTTONS The Academy Award-winning actor signs check for $75.00 in black ink Check signed: "Red Buttons" in black felt tip. 7½x3½. June 19, 1973. Check no. 379 drawn from the account of Red and Alicia Button at City National Bank in Beverly Hills, California. Payable for $75.
RED BUTTONSThe actor fills out and signs this check to Ultra Cleaners for $17.10 Check signed: "Red Buttons" in blue ink, 6x2¾. December 6, 1973. Check no. 2245 drawn on his joint account with third wife, Alicia Buttons (née Pratt) at the City National Bank, Beverly Hills, California.
RED BUTTONSThe comedian and actor who first came to fame as the host of his own show signed this check in blue ink Check Signed: "Red Buttons" in blue ink. 7½x3½. Dated December 26, 1973. Paid to the California Pension Administrators Incorporated in the amount of $100.
REAR ADMIRAL RICHARD E. BYRD - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 01/02/1931 - HFSID 79718
RICHARD E. BYRD The famed polar explorer signs his name on a check to an unknown family member, Mary A. Byrd, for the amount of $50.00 Check signed: "R E Byrd", in black ink, 6¾x2¾. Check no. 164 drawn on the account of R. E. Byrd at the Farmers & Merchants National Bank & Trust Co.
RICHARD E. BYRD The famed polar explorer signs his name on a check to his brother, Harry Byrd, for the amount of $367.62 Check signed: "R E Byrd", in black ink, 6¼x2¾. Check no. 115 drawn on the account of R. E. Byrd at the Farmers & Merchants National Bank & Trust Co., payable to Harry Byrd for $367.62.
RICHARD E. BYRD The famed polar explorer signs his name on a check for $10.00 to the American Geographical Society Check signed: "R E Byrd", in black ink, 6¼x2¾. No. 117, drawn on the account of R. E. Byrd at the Farmers & Merchants National Bank & Trust Co., payable to American Geographical Society for $10.
Byrd signed this $400 check to Fitzhugh Green in 1928, the year he began his first expedition to Antarctica. Green, an explorer in his own right, wrote an account of Byrd's flying over the North and South Poles
RICHARD E. BYRD The famed polar explorer signs his name on a check to Kidder Peabody & Co. for the amount of $9,016.05 Check signed: "R E Byrd", in faded black ink, 6½x2¾. Check no. 27 drawn on the account of R. E. Byrd at Liberty National Bank, payable to Kidder Peabody & Co. for $9,016.05. April 18, 1920.
RICHARD E. BYRD. Check signed: "RE Byrd", 6x2½. Winchester, Virginia, 1932 May 7. Check No. 361 (check number written in Byrd's hand), drawn on Farmers & Merchants National Bank & Trust Co., payable to Kidder Peabody Trust Co. for $500.
RICHARD E. BYRD. Check signed: "R E Byrd", 6¼x2¾. New York, 1928 May 28. Check No. 35, drawn on Liberty National Bank, payable to the order of Byrd Antarctic Expedition for $1,153.93. Signed the year Byrd was organizing his first Antarctic expedition.
RICHARD E. BYRD Byrd signed this check for over $7,000 to the "Byrd Antarctic Expedition" in 1928, the year he began his first expedition to Antarctica. Check signed "R E Byrd". 6¼x2¾, with perforated top, left and bottom edges. July 6, 1928. Un-numbered check for $7,370.
REAR ADMIRAL RICHARD E. BYRD - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 09/14/1931 - HFSID 268175
RICHARD E. BYRD. Partly Printed Check signed: "R. E.. Byrd", 6½x2¾. Winchester, Va., 1931 September 4. No. 261. Drawn on his personal account at the Farmers & Merchants National Bank, payable to Marie A. Byrd for $8,000. Endorsed on verso: "For deposit only/Marie A. Byrd".
RICHARD E. BYRD. Partly Printed Check signed: "for Byrd Antarctic Expedition/R.E. Byrd", 6½x2¾. Winchester, Va., 1927 October 15. Drawn on the account of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition at the Farmers & Merchants National Bank, payable to the Wright Aeronautical Corporation for $98.87.
REAR ADMIRAL RICHARD E. BYRD - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 11/27/1931 CO-SIGNED BY: CHARLES J.V. MURPHY - HFSID 79720
RICHARD E. BYRD The famed polar explorer writes a $1,000 check to Charles J. V. Murphy, who had written a flattering account of his exploits. Check signed: "R E Byrd", in black ink ink, 6½x2¾. Check no. 76 drawn on the account of R. E. Byrd at the Farmers & Merchants National Bank & Trust Co.
RICHARD E. BYRD Byrd signed this $10 check to Helen Washington in 1931. Check signed "R E Byrd". 6¼x2½, with perforated left and bottom edges. Dec. 24, 1931. Check no.
REAR ADMIRAL RICHARD E. BYRD - CHECK TRIPLE SIGNED 04/16/1928 - HFSID 79695
RICHARD E. BYRD. Check signed: "R.E. Byrd", 6¼x2½. New York, 1928 April 16. Check No. 26, drawn on the Liberty National Bank in New York, payable to R.E. Byrd for $1000. Endorsed: "R.E. Byrd" on verso. Signed the year Byrd was organizing his first Antarctic expedition.
GENERAL MARK W. CLARK - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 09/17/1971 - HFSID 24081
MARK W. CLARK Mark W. Clark signs a check to pay Eastern Air Lines $59.00. Partly Printed Check signed: "Mark W. Clark", 8¼x3. Charleston, S.C., 1971 September 17. Drawn on the First National Bank of South Carolina, payable to Eastern Air Lines for $59.00. Mark W.
BILLY CONN - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 01/25/1983 - HFSID 279709
BILLY CONN Check written for $25 cash in 1983, signed "William D. Conn" Check signed: William D. Conn", 6x2¾. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1983 January 25. Check filled out in Conn's hand, drawn on his account at the Pittsburgh National Bank for $25 cash.
LEON DAY - CHECK ENDORSED 12/07/1993 CO-SIGNED BY: G. RICHARD MCKELVEY - HFSID 290117
LEON DAY Day cashed a $17 check written by baseball author and historian G. Richard McKelvey Check Endorsed "Leon Day" 6x2¾. Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, Massachusetts, 1993 December 7. Check #331, drawn on the joint account of G. Richard McKelvey and Joan M.
ENOLA GAY CREW (COLONEL THOMAS W. FEREBEE) - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 04/10/1997 - HFSID 303462
THOMAS FEREBEE The Enola Gay bombardier fills out and signs a check to Orange Tree Country Club for $888.34. Check signed: "Thomas W. Ferebee", 6x2¾. Windermere, Florida, 1997 April 10. Drawn on his NationsBank account, San Antonio, Texas, payable to "Orange Tree Country Club" for $888.34.
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ENOLA GAY CREW: GEORGE R. CARONThis check is signed by the man who saw the atomic bomb explosion from the plane that dropped it! Check Signed: "George R. Caron". 6x2¾. Dated January 10, 1991. Drawn on his personal Bank Western account, payable to "Sylvania" for $59.95. George R.
ENOLA GAY CREW: GEORGE R. CARON. Partly Printed Check filled out and signed: "George R. Caron", 6x2¾. Denver, Colorado, 1990 February 21. Drawn on his personal Bank Western account, payable to "Brooklyn Tech Research Foundation Inc." for $10.00. George R.
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I have several years of experience working as a public speaker and I have preformed several presentations in different languages. In Finland, Sweden and Kuwait.
In September 2013, I published a book in Finnish with the title "Toisin: Minun Asperger-elämäni" (Finn Lectura). It has received a considerable amount of attention in Finland. In November 2013, the book also came out in Swedish with the title "På ett annat sätt: mina erfarenheter av Aspergers syndrom – ett autismspektrumtillstånd" . The book has received excellent reviews and enjoyed a lot of attention in media in both Finland and Sweden. In 2015, I will realease my book also in English with the title in "Another Way: My Life with Asperger's syndrome" (Kuwait center for autism).
– Asperger´s syndrome – what it is?
Please contact me by the contact form if you want to book me for a lecture.
Here you can watch a short video interview with me when I appeared in the swedish TV show Vardagspuls (in Swedish).


Winter is the perfect time to visit the homes of rare and exotic species of plants and animals.
Zizina is located in a historically endowed, exotic place Mayong, Morigaon. For history buffs this is an ideal, calm getaway.
Tucked away beside the northern banks of the Brahmaputra, Tezpur is a quaint town dotted with hillocks, tea gardens and old planters clubs. Immersed in history, town in Assam is all about unwinding.
Tezpur, the culturally and historically gifted town in Assam, has a lot to offer when it comes to music, heritage, storytelling, movie-making, theatres and so on.
Amidst tranquil waterfalls and lush green slopes, Mizoram should definitely be your next travel getaway. Picturesque landscapes, and beautiful flora and fauna, make this Northeastern state an ideal destination to rejuvenate the mind and soul.
Arunachal Pradesh, with its scintillating landscapes, vibrant culture, lush forests and jovial hosts, is a pristine paradise in Northeast. Called as the land of the dawn-lit mountains, the state has a plenty to offer—to those with the spirit of adventure or to those looking for a quiet retreat.


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San Francisco in San Francisco City and County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
Portsmouth Plaza
An Historic Shrine
By Barry Swackhamer, February 10, 2014
1. Portsmouth Plaza Marker
Portsmouth Plaza. An Historic Shrine. Named for U.S.S. Portsmouth commanded by Capt. John B. Montgomery, after whom Montgomery Street was named. It was here on the plaza that Capt. Montgomery first raised the American flag near the Mexican adobe custom house on July 9, 1846. This plaza was the center of many early day activities among which were the following:- . . First public school building erected 1847, S.W. corner of plaza, where religious services and many public meetings were held. . . Dramatic and authoritative announcement of gold discovery made by Sam Brannan on May 11, 1848, who displayed glittering samples to crowds on plaza. . . Election of delegates to Monterey Constitutional Convention urged at mass meeting June 12, 1849. . . Served as place of refuge for citizens following conflagrations of 1849, 1850, 1851 and 1906. . . On July 16, 1849, crowd assembled to organize against depredations of lawless body called "The Hounds." . Memorial services held August 29, 1850, following death of President Zachary Taylor. . . First Admission Day celebration held October 29, 1850, following news brought by steamship Oregon that California, on September 9, had become 31st state. . . Indignation meeting organized June 1, 1852, to protest against purchase by City Council of Jenny Lind Theatre as City Hall. . . Commemorative service held for Henry Clay, August 10, 1852. . . Colonel E.D. Baker, September 18, 1859, delivered oration over body U.S. Senator David C. Broderick, killed in duel with Chief Justice David S. Terry. . . Robert Louis Stevenson spent many hours here during his visit to the city in 1879-1880. . This historical marker was erected in 1950 by California Centennial Commission. It is in San Francisco in San Francisco City and County California
Named for U.S.S. Portsmouth commanded by Capt. John B. Montgomery, after whom Montgomery Street was named. It was here on the plaza that Capt. Montgomery first raised the American flag near the Mexican adobe custom house on July 9, 1846. This plaza was the center of many early day activities among which were the following:-
First public school building erected 1847, S.W. corner of plaza, where religious services and many public meetings were held.
Dramatic and authoritative announcement of gold discovery made by Sam Brannan on May 11, 1848, who displayed glittering samples to crowds on plaza.
Election of delegates to Monterey Constitutional Convention urged at mass meeting June 12, 1849.
Served as place of refuge for citizens following conflagrations of 1849, 1850, 1851 and 1906.
On July 16, 1849, crowd assembled to organize against depredations of lawless body called "The Hounds."
Memorial services held August 29, 1850, following death of President Zachary Taylor.
First Admission Day celebration held October 29, 1850, following news brought by steamship Oregon that California,
on September 9, had become 31st state.
Indignation meeting organized June 1, 1852, to protest against purchase by City Council of Jenny Lind Theatre as City Hall.
Commemorative service held for Henry Clay, August 10, 1852.
Colonel E.D. Baker, September 18, 1859, delivered oration over body U.S. Senator David C. Broderick, killed in duel with Chief Justice David S. Terry.
Robert Louis Stevenson spent many hours here during his visit to the city in 1879-1880.
Erected 1950 by California Centennial Commission. (Marker Number 119.)
Marker series. This marker is included in the California Historical Landmark marker series.
Location. 37° 47.694′ N, 122° 24.321′ W. Marker is in San Francisco, California, in San Francisco City and County. Marker can be reached from Kearny Street near Washington Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 751 Kearny Street, San Francisco CA 94108, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Raising of the American Flag (within shouting distance of this marker); Andrew Smith Hallidie (within shouting distance of this marker); Site of the First Public School in California (within shouting distance of this marker); Site of San Francisco's First Book Store
By Barry Swackhamer, January 14, 2014
3. Robert Louis Stevenson Monument
To Remember
Robert Louis
To be honest to be
kind - to earn a little
to spend a little less -
to make upon the whole a
family happier for
his presence – to
renounce when that
shall be necessary
and not be embittered –
to keep a few
friends but these
without capitulation –
above all on
the same grim
condition to keep
friends with himself
here is a task for
all that a man has
of fortitude and
(within shouting distance of this marker); Site of the Jenny Lind Theatre and San Francisco City Hall (within shouting distance of this marker); California Star (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Birthplace of a Great City (about 300 feet away); Home of Benjamen Chinn (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in San Francisco.
More about this marker. This marker is located in Portsmouth Square, opposite the restrooms.
Also see . . . The Evolution of Portsmouth Square - San Francisco History. The formal christening of Portsmouth square took place July 8, 1846. Prior to that time it had figured only as a plaza, but it was the center of activity in the little town of Yerba Buena, which consisted of about fifty houses between the base of Telegraph Hill and Happy Valley. (Submitted on February 11, 2014, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.)
Categories. • Education • Government & Politics • War, Mexican-American •
More. Search the internet for Portsmouth Plaza.
Credits. This page was last revised on December 11, 2019. This page originally submitted on February 11, 2014, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 438 times since then. Last updated on December 11, 2019, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on February 11, 2014, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.


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A PortFringe 2019 SOLO FEST Production
Brett Johnson (Boston, MA)
Brett was a married, 21-year-old monogamous Evangelical. Then he became the opposite. Stand-up comic Brett Johnson's new solo show about non-monogamy, Jesus and combo KFC/Taco Bells hits the PortFringe: "A unique story" (Boston Globe) "The definition of more-than-meets-the-eye" (PGH in the Round)
Brett Johnson is a Boston-based actor and comedian. He co-founded the award-winning video team Brainfox and has performed stand-up all over, including as a featured performer in the Women in Comedy Festival, at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland and in a "bud pub" in Toronto. He's spry but bad at sports.
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This card has taken me a lot of time. October was a pretty busy month for me with my hasband being away for 3 weeks, so I missed stamping and the new stamps and other craft gifts my husband brought me from his trip to Nevada made me jump from joy and find time to create:) I enter this card into Bring on the Bling challenge. I colored my whole stamp with markers and double stamped Winter Town to create a wider background. For the snow hill I traced and extended it further, embossed with Swiss dots and added diamond stickles and used mounting tape for dimension. The quilt border is originally 6 blocks long, so it had to be elongated too.
The house was colored with Memento markers as well. I used glossy accents for the windows and Christmas lights, covered the roof snow with ice stickles.
The sentiment comes from a gorgeous Nativity set by Hero Arts called The Greatest Gift. I tried different inks and markers for the sentiment. I stamped the sentiment with Versamark, added snowflakes colored with a marker and them embossed with panel with Snowflakes embossing folder and made a slight mistake using the wrong side of the folder. But it was a happy accident, I loved that side too, it made it easy to fill the embossed dots with stickles.


Are There Lessons for Canadian Foresters Lurking South of the Border?
Why would I say that  and why should you care?
I think that a review of the history of forestry  and natural resources management in general  in the United States reveals a general pattern that can provide Canadian foresters some insights as to what might be in their future. It seems that the same patterns emerge in both countries  but, for some unknown reason, they frequently first emerge in the United States. Those who have a preview of what might be the future can, to some degree, determine the ultimate validity of that preview.
My message for today is to ask you to look south and study what has happened in the United States in terms of the management of forested lands in public ownership. The changes over the past two decades have been dramatic. Some of those events are already unfolding in Canada with others, I think, well on the way. It might be well for you to ask why those changes took place south of the border. Then, consider if you wish to court a similar situation in Canada. If your answer is "yes," continue on course. If the answer is "no," consider the changes in the status quo that can be made which might alter the course of events to one more to your liking and, more importantly, to the liking of the majority of the citizens of your great Nation.
Though there are significant differences between the forms of government in the United States and Canada, there are also significant similarities. It is well to note three political adages that foresters in the U.S. should have known and heeded. Foresters were too certain of their positions of prestige and authority and, evidently, felt themselves above the messy realities of functioning over the long term in a democracy.
3.) Then, in the democratic process, decisions are determined by those who show up.
Consider this. Twenty or so years ago, foresters were among the most respected and trusted professionals in the United States. Sadly, that is no longer so.
Foremost among these was the increasing practice of even-aged forest management embodying clear-cutting, seed-tree, and shelter-wood regeneration cuts as harvesting techniques. The negative aesthetic effects of these practices were magnified by the desire for maximum economic efficiency of road construction and timber harvesting that led to larger and larger cutting units. A view from the sky revealed an ever-increasing network of roads connecting a patchwork of clear cuts. I have concluded that only a forester or a wildlife biologist can see the beauty and potential in a clear cut  particularly a clear cut that is large and square and on steep ground within sight of towns and roadways.
This was coupled with the decision, driven by considerations of economic efficiency and the specter of an impending "timber famine" to convert "decadent, stagnate, biological deserts" of late-successional ("old-growth") forests to young, vigorous, fast-growing, forests  often of selected single species. These stands  or at least many of them  were, then, to be managed in a semi-agricultural fashion to maximize growth on selected trees to yield maximal economic benefits. In turn, these forests would be managed, on a sustainable basis, to provide economic and social stability for resource extractive communities, and provide the raw materials for a nation growing in both numbers and affluence. The "health" of these forests‹ i.e., the protection of investments in forestry and the assurance of the desired outcome  would be assured by techniques prescribed by well-trained foresters such as applications of pesticides and fertilizers, sanitation cutting, fire control, and thinning to remove less desirable trees and assure appropriate spacing to maximize growth on the remaining trees.
Further, so far as wildlife and fish were concerned, the forester's mantra was, far too often, that "good forestry is good wildlife management." That chant  repeated over and over  was widely accepted. Foresters clung tenaciously to that adage long after the emerging science clearly showed otherwise and the definition of wildlife extended beyond species avidly sought by hunters to include all species. Retention of biodiversity became a concern and foresters were forced to modify their objectives, and management, to deal with threatened or endangered species.
So long as these intensive practices were confined to private lands, there was comparatively little outcry from the public. It was, when after decades of custodial management, the public lands were brought on-line as major producers of timber (circa 1950) that problems between foresters and other resource professionals and the public began to appear full blown in the public arena. But, foresters and the Forest Service paid little attention to the more and more frequently expressed concerns. We were, after all, the professionals  foresters at that  and we had marching orders from the political system to, at long last, put what Gifford Pinchot called "practical forestry"  i.e., forestry that made money  into practice.
By the 1970s, the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management, were increasingly applying "industrial strength forestry" to the public lands  low elevation high site stands first. The annual cut built rapidly toward 13.5 billion board feet per year from the national forests alone. Throughout the 1970s, at least partially stimulated by the public's aversion to accumulating acreage of pristine forests that had been subject to roading and clearcutting, one environmental law after another was placed on the books including: National Environmental Policy Act; Federal Advisory Committee Act; Endangered Species Act; Forest and Rangelands Renewable Resources Planning; Freedom of Information Act; Federal Land Policy and Management Act; National Forest Management Act; and 42 other Acts relating to public land management.
It is well to understand that it takes a considerable time for public will to be translated into law. Then, there is a considerable lag time between enactment of law and the impact of that law, especially in the interactions of law, to become obvious in terms of management actions.
In spite of the growing body of law that clearly indicated a building public and political concern with the environment  and dissatisfaction with what foresters were doing  public land management agencies continued on course. The focus was on the enhanced production of wood using the most economically efficient models to guide management  particularly in terms of harvesting and stand regeneration. The agency professionals, in spite of the building body of environmental law that were aimed at prescribing a more ecologically sensitive approach, were pressed by their politically appointed overseers toward higher levels of wood production.
One wonders what the public reaction (which was already building to a vigorous backlash) would have been if the Reagan Administration had achieved what it really desired. Forest Service officials were brought "on the carpet" and read to from the Bible about being "slothful servants" and given the target for the ongoing planning operations to designate an "annual sale quantity" of 25 billion board feet per year of wood from the national forests, essentially double the 13.5 billion board feet/year that finally emerged from the planning process.
A potential annual sale quantity of 12-14 billion board feet per year emerged from the planning process after continuous pressure from elected officials on planners to reconsider draft forest plans to increase the potential annual cut. And, many Forest Service professionals believed that though it might be possible to produce that much timber in a sustainable fashion through intensive silvicultural practices, it was equally clear that conflict with the environmental laws and citizens increasingly concerned about the environment was inevitable.
When, in order to boost potential timber harvest, commercial forestland was defined as land capable producing a minimum of 20 cubic feet of wood per acre per year, it was obvious that significant environmental effects and deficit timber sales lay just over the horizon. And, clearly, that conflict would preclude meeting the planned targets for wood yields over the longer term.
The plans simply promised too much in terms of wood to be harvested and underestimated the political/legal ramifications of associated environmental impacts. Most significantly, it was assumed that activities required to meet those harvesting goals would be socially acceptable, possible under applicable law(s) and fully funded by Congress. Those assumptions were to prove, individually, to be wrong, wrong, and really wrong.
And, contrary to common belief (which lays the disintegration of the wood yield from the national forests at the feet of the Clinton administration), the cut from the national forests dropped from 13.5 billion board feet per year to approximately 3.5 billion board feet per year during the Presidencies of Ronald Reagan and George Herbert Walker Bush  a decline approaching 80 per cent. From then until now, the annual harvest has dropped another 1.5 billion board feet per year. The plethora of laws and regulations, agency turf wars, and a barrage of court cases  and money losses, the costs of taking any management action soared, making more and more timber sales into "deficit sales." At this point there are questions, serious questions, being asked if there should be a timber program on the public lands in the United States. Or, perhaps, the public lands should be turned over to the States or sold into private ownership.
There are lessons here. Once the citizens of a democracy realize that they  in the final analysis  are the owners of the public lands, they will seek an increasing role in the management of those lands. Further, if the concerns of these citizens are "blown off" by professional land managers and politicians, they will respond by organizing to magnify their political impact through educational efforts and direct political involvement.
Now, given their victories related to public land management both federal and state, those of the environmentalist persuasion are increasing their focus on private lands through such avenues as state-by-state "forest practices acts" which are becoming more prevalent and ever more restrictive as time passes.
The lesson is that there is a rise in environmental movements that seems pervasive in western democracies  most noticeably in the United States. The building swell in environmentalism in Canada is well underway and is under-girded by a full understanding of the rise of the environmental movement in the United States and even involving some of the moxie veterans of those conflicts. It is likely that foresters in Canada have two choices in dealing with this emerging fact of life in the realm of natural resources management  try to ignore the environmentalists, or, or at least, marginalize their impact through political machination or accept the legitimacy of their concerns and their rights to be concerned and politically active.
In the first course of action lies an increasingly contentious battle with significant defeat, with related loss of prestige and authority, a distinct possibility even a probability. In the second course of action lies some opportunity to heed the age-old admonition, "Come, let us reason together" and come to reasoned adjustments in management practices thereby heading off intensified conflict and increased government intervention.
It is my understanding that in Canada it is not a prerogative of citizens to sue the Crown to compel government agencies to comply with applicable laws. However, all of the other avenues delineated above are already taking root in Canada and are growing. My bet is that environmental concern and citizen involvement in forestland management will continue to grow, and quite rapidly. I would guess that the environmental movement in Canada has just reached the point on a sigmoid growth curve that forecasts significant growth in the next decade.
The growth of the environmental movement in the United States has centered in urban areas  i.e., where the people, and certainly the relatively affluent and educated, are concentrated. Such concentration in urban areas is even more pronounced in Canada. Environmental activists in urban areas have, by and large, no roots in rural areas and are relatively insensitive to the human consequences of alterations in traditional levels and kinds of resource extraction. As urban populations and concentrations of wealth and influence increasing dwarf those in rural populations and connections with rural life styles diminish, the political "clout" of and general political interest in rural areas declines even faster. It is well to remember that, in the United States, the Federal Government has a far stronger role vis a vis States (Provinces) than it does in Canada. Public lands are under the control of the Federal Government. States have essentially no role in their management outside of setting regulations for hunting and fishing. This effect is magnified by the concentration of public lands in the western states that have relatively low populations. Elected representatives from those States are more sensitive to declines in resource extraction than their counterparts from other more populous States. But, after the dust settles, these elected officials are without much influence in the arena of the management of public lands. And, growth in these western states is double the national rate. Further, growth in counties that contain national forests is twice the rate of the western states as a whole. One can safely bet that these demographic shifts are not the result of potential for enhanced production of wood from the national forests. These shifts are, more likely, related to quality of life issues.
In Canada, where the Crown's Lands are managed by the Provinces, it seems likely that the management of those lands will  as influenced by environmental concerns  play out on a Province by Province basis. The relatively densely populated Provinces with more urban populations that are more affluent per capita and less dependent on natural resource extraction and processing will feel the surge in environmental concerns first and most intensely. Those Provinces will likely respond to environmental concerns first, and most significantly, with alterations to "industrial strength forestry" and with establishment of "reserves" for various purposes. The impacts on timber yields and employment in the forestry segment of the economy will be significant and will increase with time. That already seems to be playing out. That will, in turn, likely reduce the amount of wood surplus to internal needs and reduce the amount of wood available for export.
In the United States, efforts by natural resources professionals, including foresters, to educate or inform the public relative to natural resources issues were directed primarily to those who were active in natural resources management or those who worked and lived in rural areas. Lesser, much lesser, efforts were directed to urban populations where the vast majority of the people had no direct connection with forests or forest management activities and even less understanding.
Environmentalists, in contrast, astutely directed educational, organizational, and fund raising activities toward people in urban areas and focused their actions on resource management activities in rural areas. In other words, concerned citizens in urban areas could be relatively easily enticed to help engender adjustments in forest management in rural areas as they were essentially very confident (which was unjustified) in their understanding of the situation, and immune from the consequences of their actions. This immunity, even in the price of wood related products, was assured when Canada stepped forward to supply the needed raw materials at the same or lower prices. Predicted economic consequences of curtailing wood production from national forests never occurred due to importation of cheap wood, mostly from Canada. Evidently, the U.S. was rich enough to export both environmental and economic opportunities and costs  again, largely to Canada.
The moral or ethical ramifications of shifting both environmental consequences of forest harvesting and the economic opportunities from less affluent areas of the United States to another nation have yet to become a significant national political issue. The impact is related to scale with only rural areas absorbing a significant impact. That may change with the advent of serious, prolonged recession and war.
The lesson to be learned is that educational and informational activities related to forestry matters should be inclusive of citizens who reside in urban areas and whose interests may be more in water quantity and quality, recreation, fish and wildlife, and aesthetic values than in the production of wood and wood fiber. If it can be expected that, ultimately, in a democracy, the majority will likely have its way on the management of public lands, it is important that the majority have some real understanding of the situation at hand if intelligent decisions are to result.
The plethora of laws, and regulations issued pursuant to those laws, that bear upon public land management in the United States have evolved to become in combination a significant barrier to expedient management action. These laws have interacted with an ongoing series of court decisions to produce incredibly complex and burdensome processes that must precede completion of planning and institution of specific management actions. In combination, these ever more elaborate processes have essentially brought management of those lands to a standstill  particularly in terms of silviculture and timber harvest.
In addition, these processes are both increasingly time-consuming and expensive to execute. These laws and regulations, and associated processes and legal challenges, resulted from the efforts of an organized minority who were and are deeply concerned with the intensification of the management of the public lands and the associated environmental and aesthetic costs, and who felt excluded from the inner circles that influenced management decisions. Foresters were stunned when they emerged from this conflict with a "bunch of amateurs" with their reputations, and professional prerogatives, much depleted.
There is a lesson here. Foresters need to adopt management approaches that are more sensitive to such objectives to maintenance of biodiversity, fish and wildlife, sustainability of ecologically functional forests, and aesthetic values. Then, foresters need to assure that their enhanced sensitivity to these concerns and objectives and their achievements in addressing them is known and appreciated. More than that, foresters must go beyond reluctant concessions and become leaders in surfacing and meeting these objectives. Accelerated voluntary acceptance of "green certification" programs by government, corporations, and foresters could serve as a means to demonstrate that sensitivity and sincere dedication to achievement of those goals. Such could forestall realization of the forester's nightmare of a tangle of environmental legislation and the rules issued pursuant to that legislation (and enforced) by an array of agencies. In order to make those new approaches function well enough to forestall legislation, it will be essential for foresters to broaden both their views of what good forestry entails and to consider those concerned about "environmental effects" as constituents and allies as opposed to antagonists.
A the traditional policy of public land management agencies in the United States has been the establishment and maintenance of economic and social stability of resource dependent communities  particularly of those that are geographically isolated. Part of that effort included 50-year timber sale contracts with corporations in Alaska and the establishment of "Sustained Yield Units" which melded national forest and private lands into self-contained working circles in the Pacific Northwest.
In the United States, the political acceptability of industry/government (both formal and informal) partnerships in management of public forestlands has declined steadily over the past 50 years – and precipitously over the past decade. Long-term arrangements between the Forest Service and Corporations for management of extensive tracts of land have been terminated – sometimes by mutual consent. These arrangements, though instituted for what seemed to be good and sufficient reasons, came to a point where they were, almost universally, considered odious by both the citizenry and elected representatives as a whole. These arrangements have, one after the other, been terminated. Those that remain in place are under increasing attack.
It seems likely that the long-term management arrangements between corporations and government entities for the management of Crown Lands in Canada will be increasingly questioned on both environmental and economic/ethical/philosophical grounds. The on-going and rapidly evolving "flap" over the imposition of significant tariffs and taxes on wood products imported into the United States from Canada seems to be clearly related to the corporate/government land management relationships common in Canada.
The issue is camouflaged in rhetoric that plays on such words as "unfair subsidy" of the wood products industry by the government in Canada resulting in "unfair competition" for U.S. producers. Oddly, this was much less of an issue when 13.5 billion board feet a year was being cut on national forests in the United States. Environmentalists considered those timber sales as a subsidy to the wood products industry in the United States. These tariffs and taxes are significant in both amount and impact. The initial duty was imposed in August at 19.3 per cent and boosted last week by an additional 12.6 per cent for a total of 31.9 per cent! And, it could get worse.
The U.S. National Association of Home Builders has estimated that these actions will add about $1,500 to the price of a new home in the United States. The Canadian wood products industry estimated that the first tariff imposed would cost 15,000 jobs and the second would have an even higher cost – a total of over 30,000 jobs.
Justified or not, whether politically motivated or not, this action from Canada's number one trading partner may stimulate reconsideration of the relationship between corporations and government in the long-term management of Crown lands. "Subsidies" are a very tricky question in public policy, related to natural resource extraction from public lands. To the extent that subsidies exist, the operative question becomes that of evaluation of the consequences of the subsidy. Clearly, the efficiency of "subsidies" in providing jobs in the wood products industry has nose-dived over the past several decades due to dramatic improvements in technology that have routinely replaced people with machines. Obviously, over the past decade in the United States, such arguments for maintaining timber production from public lands have lost political effectiveness as the amount of raw material required per job provided has continued to climb and even accelerate. That trend in continuing.
Elections; Court Cases; Budgets; Loss of management options (e.g., Chlorinated Hydrocarbons, for insect control, clearcutting, and harvest of old-growth forests); Insect and disease outbreaks; Fires; Technology developments; Hurricanes; Markets; New Products; Wars; Recessions and depressions; Listing of threatened or endangered species; Water quality; Air quality; New scientific information; Legislation; Changes in public opinion; Demographic shifts.
And, even worse, these factors do not come to bear one at a time. They can and do come in bunches  much like bananas.
The accumulation of effects of adjusting plans to accommodate "recovery plans" for a sequence of species determined to be threatened or endangered have forced a shift to ecosystem management approaches which is inclusive of these factors for use in assessment and planning: 1. Dramatic increase in scale; 2. Use of longer times frames and consideration of the dynamic nature of ecosystems; 3. Proposed management to be framed within the confines of the range of natural variability; 4. Considerations across ownership and political boundaries; 5. Consideration of the satisfaction of human needs and desires.
Oddly, it took a very long time for foresters in the United States to come to grips with the stated purpose of the Endangered Species Act, which is  "the purpose of this Act the preservation of ecosystems upon which threatened or endangered species depend." I.e., "ecosystem sustenance" was the intent of the act.
An ecosystem management approach is likely to prove far superior and less chaotic than a series of individual recovery plans for species determined to be "threatened" or "endangered," imposed at varying intervals, one over the top of the other. A general goal of the preservation of biodiversity over very long time periods in full recognition of the dynamic nature of ecosystems is apt to be more productive in the long term and much less expensive.
In the United States, the demand for "good science" to be applied to forest planning and management has skyrocketed to the point that significant numbers of research scientists are being diverted to planning and assessment activities to deal with regional problems. Clearly, this points to a future need for qualified persons to handle these synthesis tasks. Such will be expensive and force reconsideration of how such practitioners are trained. This will be an expensive proposition but, likely, an inevitable one.
But, let us be clear about what science is and is not. Science is the development of new knowledge using the scientific method. This can be likened to the production of individual bricks that are tossed on the brick pile of knowledge. Such bricks are accumulating at an ever-increasing rate.
Using these bricks to construct a sturdy platform upon which to base management has become increasingly essential work, requiring specialists of various backgrounds to work together in teams. Synthesizers of knowledge -brick masons in this analogy are and will be increasingly in demand. As of this moment, the only training ground for endeavors in synthesis is in the arena.
I do not believe, however, that is any quick and easy salvation in science  at least in the biological sciences  to political/social disagreements. Professionals can propose alternative courses of action based on "science." Yet, in the end, administrators and politicians will dispose on the basis of laws and social/economic/political grounds. I think that is the way it should be in a democracy. Just how life and social sciences are melded in the management of forests is a work in progress. That is apt to be a perennial process.
In summary, I offer this possible lesson for foresters that may be lurking south of the border: 1. Forester¹s reputations have declined as result of hanging on too long to models of management predicated on the application of "industrial strength forestry" on both public and private lands.
2. The myth of the omniscient forester as the complete natural resource manager is obsolete.
3. Forcing the application of economics based models to the exclusion of interests in biodiversity preservation, aesthetics, fish and wildlife, etc., will produce a backlash from the public.
4. Concerned citizens, if ignored, will push cures to the perceived foibles of foresters in the form of laws and regulations.
5. Close relationships, if perceived of as too close, between industry and government related to exploitation of public lands can engender resentment and backlash.
6. Perceived subsidies of industry¹s extraction of wood from public lands will be increasingly questioned by an increasingly sensitive public.
7. As populations become more urbanized, "better" educated, and affluent, they will be less sympathetic to the necessity of natural resource extraction.
8. Trading partners will be increasingly sensitive to questions of perceived government subsidies of natural resource extraction.
9. Stability of extractive industries is very difficult  probably impossible  to assure.
10. There is a rising "green movement" in all western democracies that is likely to grow as we come more and more to face with a finite land base and a growing human population.
11. Canadian foresters will be well served, along with the people of Canada, if they look south to see what may  and likely does  lie ahead.
12. One definition of insanity is doing the same things over and over and expecting to get a different result. Such is to be avoided.


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How to Boost Sales This Holiday Season
With a shorter shopping season and weak economic forecasts, small businesses need to go the extra mile to attract customers.
By Jill Krasny, Freelance writer@jillkrasny
Most customers know Dashed as a food delivery service. But CEO Phil Dumontet believes its core competency is delivery. This year, he's unveiling a white glove delivery service for Christmas trees, just in time for the holidays.
"It's an opportunity for us to tap into our hundreds of carriers across our cities, who are already making deliveries," he says, "and to offer a new service that's special this season."
All orders are taken on Foodler.com: Users select various trees, garlands, lights, and stands. Dumonet's employees deliver the tree and set it up. "The only thing we won't do is decorate it for you," he says.
Dashed isn't the only company (and Inc. 500 alum) putting its personal stamp on holiday promotions. Last year, Trendy Minds, an ad agency based in Illinois, launched an annual tradition, designing its own holiday cookbook for clients. Each staffer submits a recipe with a description, and a few are photographed.
"This allows us to show off our photography, writing, and design skills," says president and CEO Trevor Yaeger. "We're also big foodies and our clients are as well."
Julie Bauer, the founder and CEO of Grok, another ad agency based in New York, says these sorts of promotions are smart moves. "I think one of the things that small companies are doing is what big companies have always done, and that is really taking a step back and saying, 'What business am I in?'" she says. "Like Dashed--they're not in the food business, they're in the delivery business."
She adds that small businesses who win the promotion game will rely less on tried-and-true social media campaigns and instead turn to more creative tactics that help them stand out. The only question is, Will the economy make it harder?
Projections for consumer spending over the holidays look bleak, despite booming sales of cars and houses. Even big box retailers are reportedly shaking in their boots. Walmart recently cut profit forecasts for the year and warned investors that "shoppers remain stretched," as Shelly Banjo put it in The Wall Street Journal. Worse still, the National Retail Federation predicts that the short holiday shopping season--which will only last 26 days because Thanksgiving falls late, on November 28--will be a challenge for retailers.
So it's especially important that companies provide personal touch to stand out in a crowded market, says Scott Steinberg, CEO of TechSavvy Global, a consulting and market research firm. Some of the ways companies can do that, he says, is by offering personal extras like free monogramming or engraving--a favorite at Neiman Marcus this time of year, especially at the beauty counter, where Estee Lauder compacts are engraved free of charge--or partnering with social deals like Groupon to offer coveted promotions that go hand-in-hand with what shoppers want: free food.
"People are more frugal, I don't think that's any secret," says Steinberg, in reference to the sluggish economy. "What people are really looking for is convenience, value and trust."
Along those lines, another way he expects small businesses to attract customers over the holidays is by offering special events, such as cooking classes, VIP lectures, or opportunities to meet a famed author or expert.
"The way these companies will compete is on loyalty," adds Steinberg. "It's about building up a local awareness and really positive word of mouth, which has become the most positive currency of all."


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The minimum allowable age of residents is 55, physical therapy can be done without leaving the community by a visiting physical therapist, the property has a nurse that is able to administer injectable medicine, aging in place allows residents to remain in one location as their care needs change, and this community was built in 1989.
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The minimum allowable age of residents is 55, an on-call physician is available to help, Pacifica Senior Living Fort Myers has the skill to resolve any aggression that residents may present, full tubs are available, and the community is licensed for 70 residents.
Physical therapy is handled by the physical therapist that makes regular visits to this property, the Clare Bridge of Fort Myers at the Colony is specifically equipped to handle memory care and behavioral issues, this community has been built specifically for memory and dementia care, wheelchair accessible showers are available at this location, and this community was built in 1998.
Residents have vegetarian food as a dietary option, caring nurses are on staff to help you, a visiting podiatrist helps keep your feet healthy, residents can arrange for a room at this community that will allow them to live in this location whatever their healthcare needs are and become, and the staff speaks Portuguese in the community.
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Residents have Kosher food as a dietary option, a podiatrist visits the community to address any issues related to your feet, this community administers patient medications, residents who drive will find parking available to them, and wheelchair accessible showers are available at this location.
The minimum allowable age of residents is 60, speech therapy is offered via a speech therapist who comes to the community regularly, caregiver staff can deal with any wandering issues residents may have, the staff speaks French in the community, and the community is licensed for 105 residents.
Healthy meals are provided to residents, the minimum allowable age of residents is 55, complimentary transportation is at the disposal of residents, hospice is an option available at this location, and respite care is offered.
An on-call doctor is available to help, the community is secured for the safety of memory care residents that might be prone to wander, full-service medication administration is available, transportation at cost can be arranged, and Bayshore Memory Care is close to major busses.
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The minimum allowable age of residents is 62, a visiting podiatrist helps keep your feet healthy, speech therapy is offered via a speech therapist who comes to the community regularly, American House Bonita Springs Senior Living has the capacity to resolve any aggressive behavior that residents may have, and resident parking is available to residents who drive.
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PM May chose the Mail on Sunday (but of course she did) to deliver a seething Brexit ultimatum to her own Party Ministers and MPs, still to be sold on the benefits of her masterful new Brexit 'All Bells And Whistles Max Fac' Plan.
It's her 'Third Way Plan' on Brexit or No Brexit At All.
Hard-line Brexiteers, she says, have yet to offer a "workable alternative" to her proposals.
It's all very John Major 'Back Me or Sack Me' for those of you mature enough in years to remember that.


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H.l. Lubker Elementary School serves 524 students in grades Prekindergarten-5.
The percentage of students achieving proficiency in math is 59% (which is higher than the Arkansas state average of 47%) for the 2017-18 school year. The percentage of students achieving proficiency in reading/language arts is 36% (which is lower than the Arkansas state average of 44%) for the 2017-18 school year.
H.l. Lubker Elementary School placed in the top 50% of all schools in Arkansas for overall test scores (math proficiency is top 30%, and reading proficiency is bottom 50%) for the 2017-18 school year.
Minority enrollment is 13% of the student body (majority Hispanic), which is lower than the Arkansas state average of 39% (majority Black).
H.l. Lubker Elementary School's student population of 524 students has declined by 5% over five school years.
Grades Offered Grades Prekindergarten-5
H.l. Lubker Elementary School is ranked within the top 50% of all 1,008 schools in Arkansas (based off of combined math and reading proficiency testing data) for the 2017-18 school year.
The diversity score of H.l. Lubker Elementary School is 0.24, which is less than the diversity score at state average of 0.58. The school's diversity has stayed relatively flat over five school years.
School District Name Bald Knob School District
The nearest high school to H.l. Lubker Elementary School is Bald Knob High School (0.9 miles away)
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Facebook's Internet.org is now Free Basics, and critics should love it.
After activists criticized the social network's Internet project for the developing world, Facebook listened.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi applauds as Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks onstage at Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, California, Sept. 27, 2015.
Facebook's announcement last week that it is rebranding its Internet.org initiative—a bundle of free Internet services that has been rolled out, step by step, in developing countries over the last couple of years—is the company's most recent, broadest effort to answer the project's critics.
Internet Dot Org neither offers the Internet to its users—nor is a dot org, denoting a charitable organisation. It just seems to be a cloaked proxy for the Facebook Economically Disadvantaged User Acquisition Department.
But Facebook's renamed bundle—it's now called "Free Basics"—isn't the same as the original Internet.org project. The biggest change since the original? Facebook has made it official that the renewed platform is open to all developers, not just websites and services it chooses. If you meet the platform's technical standards, you can get any new service included in the Free Basics program. It's even adopting the Web security protocol HTTPS, which offers users better security. Facebook has listened to its critics—and it may even turn some skeptics into supporters.
The key question now is whether activists around the world who've fought Internet.org (and similar services) will recognize that, as of last week, it's time for them to declare victory and embrace what Facebook and allied companies are trying to do.
Free Basics could be the major turning point for Facebook's efforts to promote Internet adoption in developing countries. What's plagued Facebook's efforts until now has been an emerging conflict between two longstanding goals of Internet activism. On the one hand, activists concerned about the digital divide have been working internationally, sometimes for decades, to promote laws and policies that ensure poorer citizens have access to digital tools and the rich informational resources of the Internet. At the same time, net-neutrality activists have labored to preserve one of the Internet's original design features—its character as a neutral, open platform that allows anyone to provide new services and apps.
The digital-divide problem has been a particularly difficult nut to crack. Internet access in developing countries has been throttled by limits on the infrastructure needed to support online services. It's a three-stage problem: 1) a country with little telecom infrastructure generally has to promote capital investment to build the capacity to support meaningful mobile Internet access; 2) even the cheapest means to build towers and allocate frequencies for mobile phone networks (the primary way these countries will get online) are costly; and 3) in low-per-capita-income countries, only a minority of citizens can afford mobile service beyond the most basic, usually just voice telephony and texting.
Take a country like Myanmar, where mobile providers target low-hanging, relatively affluent markets like the urban populations of Yangon and Naypyitaw. If you live in a rural area, there's a good chance you don't even have mobile access yet—but if you do, your yearly income may be too low to afford much beyond a basic-feature phone. As any international traveler knows, mobile data plans can be superexpensive. For rural users in developing countries, the prices are stratospherically out of reach.
What's worse for Internet companies is that these underserved populations may not realize what they're missing (e.g., free encyclopedic resources like Wikipedia or health care and agriculture-development resources—stuff you can't get through voice or texting). If there's no market for richer, more diverse Internet resources, it's difficult to persuade infrastructure providers, whether foreign telecoms or homegrown ones, to invest in reaching poor users. That makes it difficult for Internet companies to open up new online marketplaces that could ultimately serve poor users (as well as the rest of us).
The strategy behind Facebook's original initiative with other companies in the Internet.org project had been to change all that. At first, they would provide a suite of free, low-overhead services and Internet resources (like Wikipedia Zero) in collaboration with local telecom providers in developing countries. The difficulty for this original version of Internet.org was that the project had to decide at the outset what websites and services to include. The only services that would work adequately in low-bandwidth environments in South Asia, the Asian Pacific, and Africa are services that don't require much bandwidth. Textcentric offerings like Wikipedia can manage these limitations reasonably well; graphics- and video-heavy sites, not so much.
This left Facebook vulnerable to charges that it has been deliberately "picking winners" when it selects services to be included in the free bundle of Internet.org offerings. The criticism stung—the company already had been criticized for its independent zero-rated offering, Facebook Zero, which it launched in 2010. Chile's telecom regulator later decided that Facebook Zero violated the country's net-neutrality principles. But Facebook and its founder, Mark Zuckerberg, hoped that the nonprofit partnership Internet.org would change all that.
In India, the sixth country in which Internet.org partnered with a local telecom provider to offer free services, Facebook ran into a bigger problem. Just as Internet.org services were being rolled out to the estimated 75 percent of Indians who don't have any Internet access at all, the company faced a public-policy storm not of its own making. As Indian journalist Manu Joseph wrote in the New York Times, "[w]eeks after the initiative emerged, an Indian telecom operator tried to introduce a service that would make it free or cheap or faster for people to gain access to some applications that have a commercial agreement with the operator." That commercial initiative, Joseph wrote, drew generalized opposition from India's net-neutrality activists. As a result, the noncommercial partnership Internet.org found itself in the crosshairs.
Facebook does not charge for any application that wishes to be on Internet.org, and it does not post ads on the Facebook pages of the users. Also, the company does not pay Reliance [the first telecom partner in India] to provide the free service. Mr. Zuckerberg has said that any telecom operator would be allowed to carry Internet.org.
That defense is compelling, not least because Joseph himself has been a skeptic of Internet.org only a few months ago.
As announced, Zuckerberg's service prohibited all use of the secure Web protocol HTTPS (the one that lights up the little lock image on the status bar of your browser). HTTPS, and its authentication mechanism, are the only reasons that online banking and e-commerce are safe for consumers. So not only were the Indian poor to lose all chance of anonymity on the Net with respect to Zuckerberg, but they were also to abandon any possibility of common safety in the Net.
My admiration for Moglen and Choudhary is unbounded—their previous work for Internet freedom has been exceptional—but I think they have Facebook wrong here. And even if they're right that Free Basics is implementing Web security inadequately, it's a big leap to imply, as they do, that Facebook is deliberately choosing to undermine security at the outset. I simply don't find that implication credible. More importantly, I have yet to see a credible alternative plan from net-neutrality absolutists that gets India's poor (and the rest of the world's poor) on the Internet in a hurry.
As a former staff member and ongoing supporter of Wikipedia, I care about this a lot. And independent think tanks like the Brookings Institution agree with me about the potential value of zero-rated services. At long last, I believe, getting the developing world online, as fast as possible, is the most important priority. If the poor are being exploited, democratic engagement through the Internet should serve as a corrective over time. And if you have faith in Internet democracy the way I do, we at least ought to allow for the possibility that even people at big Internet companies share that faith.


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Sheboygan arts thrive, host renowned artists
One-third of the Lincoln Center Hall of Fame inductees have been here in the past 18 months.
Sheboygan arts thrive, host renowned artists One-third of the Lincoln Center Hall of Fame inductees have been here in the past 18 months. Check out this story on sheboyganpress.com: http://shebpr.es/1QFtRuE
Carolynn Lee, For USA TODAY NETWORK - Wisconsin Published 5:14 p.m. CT Feb. 24, 2016
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Last week New York's Lincoln Center announced the inaugural cohort of inductees into its new Performing Arts Hall of Fame.
The reason for creating "Legends at Lincoln Center: The Performing Arts Hall of Fame" was explained by Lincoln Center President Jed Bernstein in a January press release: "While athletes and rock stars have long had permanent homes honoring their top achievers, the performing arts had no singular location to pay tribute to its exceptional talent and inspire future generations - until now."
The first six performing artists to be inducted include some of the most celebrated talents of the past century - Louis Armstrong, Plácido Domingo, Yo-Yo Ma, Audra McDonald, Leontyne Price and Harold Prince.
Did you catch the significance of that list for Sheboygan County? Yo-Yo Ma and Audra McDonald recently performed in Kohler Foundation's Distinguished Guest Series. One-third of the Lincoln Center Hall of Fame inductees have been here - in our community - in the past 18 months. That's pretty impressive. And they are just the latest internationally renowned artists to visit Kohler as distinguished guests.
Itzhak Perlman, Maya Angelou, Wynton Marsalis, Marian Anderson, Burl Ives, Mary Martin - names like these could credibly be future inductees into the Lincoln Center Hall of Fame and they too performed in Kohler. The Distinguished Guest Series has been bringing world-class, once-in-a-lifetime performances to Sheboygan County for more than 70 years, and the Kohler Foundation will continue that tradition this spring with Gladys Knight.
A seven-time Grammy Award winner, The Empress of Soul will join our roster of distinguished guests and take her place in the history of our community. She also enriches the legacy of actors, singers, instrumentalists, acrobats, authors and explorers who have traveled to Kohler since 1944 to share their talent and insight with the people of Sheboygan County.
There are so many reasons Sheboygan County is well-known - world-class sporting facilities, gorgeous Lake Michigan shorelines, successful corporate headquarters and increasingly the caliber of our arts and culture scene.
Join Kohler Foundation on March 11 for another history-making performance from legendary singer Gladys Knight and be proud of the quality of performing arts events we have to choose from right here in our own back yard.
Find Sheboygan Performing Arts on Facebook for community-wide event updates and performing arts news.
Carolynn Lee is the Kohler Foundation program director and Sheboygan Performing Arts president
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VICTORIA — Premier John Horgan is apologizing for his government's missteps in handling email records, as the number of staffers under review for mass deleting of emails grows.
Horgan told the legislature Thursday he had failed to meet the high standards set for himself on transparency and Freedom of Information since taking power last July. Since then, his minister in charge of FOI has apologized for using her personal email to communicate with staff, several senior staff in Horgan's own office are under review for mass-deleting their emails, and Advanced Education Minister Melanie Mark was forced to backtrack on her explanations over her deleted records.
"I'm responsible for what is going on in this government," Horgan said during question period. "I take full responsibility for not meeting the test I set for us as a government when we were sworn in in July.
The apology came amid rising concerns about missing emails from staff and Cabinet ministers. The premier's office had been reviewing the email mass-deletion practices of five staffers earlier this week, but that grew Thursday to a total of seven staff.
The two additional names were not released due to privacy concerns. However, the Opposition Liberals, who have been requesting all the emails from Horgan's staff for several months, said they have received no records back from Amber Nash, the executive coordinator to the premier, and Marie Della Mattia, the premier's former special advisor.
Horgan said he has asked his deputy minister and head of the civil service, Don Wright, to investigate.
"If people aren't getting the gist of the program, we're going to have to find a better way to get through to them," he said.
As well, Mark, who had insisted Wednesday she did not have to release her emails under FOI because her important records were kept by her deputy minister, emerged in the legislature Thursday to say she was mistaken and had recovered at least three emails that should have been disclosed.
The NDP government is grappling with the same email problems experienced by the previous Liberal government, which was also accused of mass deleting emails in what was either sloppy record-keeping or an attempt to keep embarrassing records from becoming public. Although the FOI law allows ministers and staff to delete routine superfluous emails (called "transitory"), defining what is or isn't important has flummoxed governments of all stripes for years.
Horgan said his deputy's review should have some results later this month. Government also said it will begin a priority class of records management training sessions for ministers, parliamentary secretaries and political staff by mid-June at the latest.


Watch school teams test their software-enabled Lego robots via a live Internet program during the annual Southern California NASA Explorer Schools Robotics Competition.
Students in grades 4 through 12 will command their robots to complete tasks on a simulated Martian terrain.
The competition and related activities will be held at JPL on Tues., Mar. 9, from 12:15 to 3:30 p.m. Pacific time, with the awards ceremony at 3 p.m. Pacific time. The event can be seen live on this page, or at http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl .
All participating teams are part of the NASA Explorer Schools project, a partnership between NASA and about 200 elementary and middle schools nationwide. The project teaches and encourages students to pursue disciplines critical to NASA's future engineering, science and technical missions. JPL and NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif., are the local NASA partners for approximately 25 schools in Southern California.
More information can be found online at http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/fll/default.aspx .


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