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Lake Oroville Community Update - December 18
DWR Opens Lake Oroville Low Water Launch Ramp
The Department of Water Resources (DWR) opened a temporary low water boat launch site at the Oroville Dam Spillway Boat Ramp area. This facility is currently the only way to launch trailered boats until 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 24.
Declining water levels at Lake Oroville have temporarily placed the Loafer Creek, Lime Saddle, and Spillway boat ramps out of service. DWR construction at the Bidwell Canyon Boat Ramp area has temporarily prevented access to the lake at this location and the Spillway low water launch facility was opened to provide for boat launching and recovery until construction is completed at Bidwell Canyon.
This gravel launch site will be available for use only by 4-wheel drive vehicles with experienced drivers. Signage will be placed to direct drivers to the appropriate launch and parking facilities. The Bidwell Canyon boat ramp is anticipated to open at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 24, however construction-related complications could delay this schedule. Launching conditions are subject to change due to weather, changing lake levels, or other variables. For information, contact DWR at 916-213-5205.
For more information on Lake Oroville's water elevations, visit the California Data Exchange Center at https://cdec.water.ca.gov/, select the Reservoirs tab, and then Daily Reservoir Storage Summary. Lake Oroville is listed in the Feather River section.
Photo: Workers prepare to pour concrete at Bidwell Canyon Stage II boat ramp access road Dec. 17. New paved parking lot in background.
Oroville Recreation
Visit the California Parks Lake Oroville State Recreation Area (LOSRA) webpage for information on facility status as well as requirements to protect public health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many area trails offer hiking, biking, and horseback riding opportunities for viewing wildlife and the vistas of the Valley, Table Mountain, and the Diversion Pool. Information on trail restrictions and access status can be found on DWR's interactive map on the Lake Oroville Recreation webpage.
For information about the Oroville Wildlife Area, including the Thermalito Afterbay, visit the California Department of Fish and Wildlife webpage. The Enterprise, Stringtown, and Foreman Creek boat ramp areas, LOSRA campgrounds, and Lake Oroville Visitor Center remain closed.
Photo: Equestrian trails offer outdoor exercise for both horse and rider.
Tour the Feather River Fish Hatchery
The Chinook salmon spawning season is over and thousands of students, along with many adults, missed their annual visit to the Feather River Fish Hatchery which remains closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. DWR Lake Oroville Visitors Center Tour Guides conduct well over one hundred tours between September and November for elementary and junior high school classes. To continue this valuable education for 2020, DWR developed a virtual tour teachers can share with their students.
The "tour" begins at the hatchery fish barrier dam and moves throughout the hatchery as it follows the route of a real-world tour, including a visit to the processing room where hatchery technicians remove the eggs and milt from the salmon and move the fertilized eggs to the incubator room.
The video also shows the technicians as they take scale samples and measurements. The virtual tour concludes with a visit to the rearing channels where nearly half a million steelhead fry are kept until they are big enough to be released back into the river. The video has been distributed to teachers in the greater Butte County area and is available on DWR's YouTube channel.
Photo: Feather River Fish Hatchery 'raceways' where juvenile fish continue their growth before being released.
DWR Fuel Load Management Program
DWR has resumed Fuel Load Management Plan (FLMP) projects to reduce wildfire risk, increase public safety, and enhance forest and watershed health around Lake Oroville. Projects include work at Loafer Creek State Recreation Area to remove ladder fuels, dead and dying vegetation, thin unhealthy overstocked trees, and overgrown vegetation which increases the intensity of wildfires. Previous FLMP projects in the Loafer Creek Recreation area have been identified as contributing to the slowing of the North Complex Fire as it approached Kelly Ridge, increasing firefighters' ability to establish a secure fire line and preventing the fire from spreading forward.
With help from area partners, approximately 660 acres have been manually thinned, re-thinned, grazed, and/or treated with prescribed fire since November 2012. DWR's goal is to treat an additional 1,000 acres over the next five years.
Photo: Grazing goats reduce vegetation at Lake Oroville's Parrish Cove in 2019
Fire Impacts to Lake Oroville
DWR is a member of the "Watershed Working Group" (WWG), a multi-agency team led by the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (CalOES), evaluating and identifying areas of concern in the Feather River watershed affected by recent wildfires.
DWR's partnership with the National Weather Service informs DWR preparations when precipitation events are forecast. In concert with our partners in the "Watershed Working Group", DWR is actively monitoring area forecasts and burn scar conditions for potential impacts to Lake Oroville.
DWR's water quality experts have expanded water sampling activities at Lake Oroville to monitor for algal blooms and other environmental concerns. The clearing of debris entering Lake Oroville is part of ongoing DWR maintenance of Lake Oroville. Additional work is planned to protect boaters and ensure safe operation of dam facilities.
Photo: DWR water scientists take samples from Lake Oroville for testing
The elevation of Oroville's reservoir is about 700 feet and storage is about 1.25 million acre-feet. Currently, in the Northern Sierra Basin, rainfall is below average, at 38 percent of normal for this time of year and snowpack is also below average at 50 percent of normal. This weekend and early in the week of Dec. 21, there is a slight chance of lingering rain and snow in the higher elevations in the Feather River Basin.
On Dec. 18, total releases to the Feather River were reduced to conserve storage and remain at 1,550 cfs to meet downstream Bay-Delta water quality and flow standards. The Feather River flows consist of 800 cfs through the Low Flow Channel adjacent to the City of Oroville, and 750 cfs from the Thermalito Afterbay Outlet (Outlet) for a total of 1,550 cfs for the Feather River's high flow channel downstream of the Outlet.
All data as of midnight 12/17/2020
Your completion of a short online survey (only six questions) will help DWR enhance current communication tools and develop new ones to ensure more comprehensive and transparent communication to the public. And you can always email comments to oroville@water.ca.gov. Your participation is very much appreciated!
The Department of Water Resources (DWR), in conjunction with the California Department of Parks and Recreation (CA Parks) and the California Highway Patrol (CHP), has opened a temporary low water boat launch site at the Oroville Dam Spillway Boat Ramp area. This facility will be the only way to launch trailered boats starting Dec. 14.
Declining water levels at Lake Oroville have temporarily placed the Loafer Creek and Lime Saddle boat ramps out of service, and by Monday, Dec. 14, the paved Spillway Boat Ramp will also be unavailable. Current DWR construction at the Bidwell Canyon Boat Ramp area will temporarily prevent access to the lake at this location starting Monday, Dec. 14. Bidwell Canyon's Stage II boat ramp will be available from 4 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11 to midnight Sunday, Dec. 13.
Starting Dec. 14, the Spillway low water launch facility will be opened to provide for boat launching and recovery until construction is completed at the Bidwell Canyon boat ramp. This gravel launch site will be available for use only by 4-wheel drive vehicles with experienced drivers. Signage will be placed to direct drivers to the appropriate launch and parking facilities. The Bidwell Canyon boat ramp is anticipated to open between Dec. 24 and Dec. 27, however inclement weather could cause delays to this schedule. Launching conditions are subject to change due to weather, changing lake levels, or other variables. For information, contact DWR at 916-213-5205.
Photo: Spillway low water boat launch access.
All campgrounds in the Lake Oroville State Recreation Area have closed to comply with the recent 'stay-at-home' order for the Greater Sacramento COVID-19 region from Governor Gavin Newsom due to exceeding the 15 percent ICU capacity. Visit the California Parks Lake Oroville State Recreation Area (LOSRA) webpage for current information on facility status as well as current requirements to protect public health during the COVID-19 pandemic.
While the Potter's Ravine and North Fork trails near the Oroville Dam Spillway boat launch area are closed to repair fire damage, all of the Loafer Creek Recreation Area trails and day use areas are open. They and many other area trails offer hiking, biking, and horseback riding opportunities for viewing fall colors and vistas of the Valley, Table Mountain, and the Diversion Pool. Information on trail restrictions and access status can be found in DWR's interactive map on the Lake Oroville Recreation webpage.
For information about the Oroville Wildlife Area, including the Thermalito Afterbay, visit the California Department of Fish and Wildlife webpage. The Enterprise, Stringtown, and Foreman Creek boat ramp areas, the Loafer Creek Recreation Area, and Lake Oroville Visitor Center remain closed.
DWR has resumed Fuel Load Management Plan (FLMP) projects to reduce wildfire risk, increase public safety, and enhance forest and watershed health around Lake Oroville. Projects include work at Loafer Creek State Recreation Area to remove ladder fuels and dead and dying vegetation and thin unhealthy overstocked trees and overgrown vegetation which increases the intensity of wildfires. Previous work done in the Loafer Creek area has been identified as contributing to the slowing of the North Complex Fire as it approached Kelly Ridge, increasing firefighters' ability to establish a secure fire line and preventing the fire from spreading forward.
The FLMP projects occur within the Oroville Facilities Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Project boundary. The FLMP was developed and is carried out in coordination with federal, state, and local fire and resources management agencies. Since the Plan's launch in November 2012, approximately 660 acres within the FERC project boundary have been manually thinned, re-thinned, grazed, and/or treated with prescribed fire.
DWR is in the planning stage for several fuels reduction projects in various areas within the FERC project boundary including: the Hyatt Power Plant area, Bidwell Canyon Recreation area, Canyon Drive, Lime Saddle Recreation area, Feather River Fish Hatchery, and areas within the North Complex Fire burn scar. DWR's goal is to treat an additional 1,000 acres over the next five years.
Photo: DWR and CalFIRE conduct a control burn at Loafer Creek
Construction of Loafer Point Stage II Boat Ramps
Construction continues on the Loafer Point Stage 2 boat ramp project to build six new boat launch lanes and 180 trailered parking spaces, allowing boaters to enter the lake when lake elevations are below 805 feet and providing access to 695 feet if water levels allow that construction this winter. Constructing low water access boat ramp lanes in a reservoir presents unique challenges as contractors face rising water levels from winter precipitation.
The Loafer Point Stage 2 project will be adjacent to an existing Loafer Creek Recreation Day Use Area and Campground, rounding out a full-service recreation destination with nearby trails, campgrounds, boating, and marina store. Additionally, immediate access to the wide-open waters of Lake Oroville will make Loafer Point a popular boat launching location. The recently completed Loafer Point Stage 1 boat launch added three new boat launch lanes to 799 feet, a new Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant parking area, and new restroom facilities. The Loafer Creek Recreation Area remains closed to the public for fire recovery work.
Photo: Construction of Loafer Point Stage II boat ramp project. Bidwell Canyon marina is in the background.
The Department of Water Resources (DWR) is a member of the "Watershed Working Group" led by the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (CalOES). The working group is a multi-agency team evaluating and identifying areas of concern in the Feather River watershed affected by recent wildfires.
DWR's Division of Flood Management is assisting California Conservation Corps members to install erosion control measures in areas of concern and DWR water quality experts have expanded water sampling activities at Lake Oroville to monitor for algal blooms and other environmental concerns.
The clearing of debris entering Lake Oroville is part of ongoing DWR maintenance of Lake Oroville. Additional work is planned to protect boaters and ensure safe operation of dam facilities.
Photo: DWR water scientists take water samples from the upper reaches of Lake Oroville's Middle Fork.
The elevation of Oroville's reservoir is about 701 feet and storage is about 1.26 million acre-feet. Currently, in the Northern Sierra Basin, rainfall is below average, at 28 percent of normal for this time of year and snowpack is also below average at 37 percent of normal. Up to 1.5 inches of rain is forecasted this weekend in the Feather River Basin with continued chances of rain during the week of Dec. 14.
During the week of Nov. 30 to Dec. 4, total releases to the Feather River were reduced to conserve storage and remain at 1,650 cfs to meet downstream Bay-Delta water quality and flow standards. The Feather River flows consist of 800 cfs through the Low Flow Channel adjacent to the City of Oroville, and 850 cfs from the Thermalito Afterbay Outlet (Outlet) for a total of 1,650 cfs for the Feather River's high flow channel downstream of the Outlet.
DWR is looking for your help to improve how the Department communicates with the Oroville community and persons interested in receiving information about DWR's operations at the Oroville-Thermalito Complex. Your feedback through this online survey will help DWR enhance current communication tools and develop new ones to ensure more comprehensive and transparent communication to the public. Comments can also be shared by emailing DWR at oroville@water.ca.gov. Your participation is very much appreciated!
Lake Oroville Community Update - December 4
The Lime Saddle boat ramp is now closed as water deliveries to meet river flow requirements and California's State Water Project needs this dry fall have caused lake levels to fall below the end of the Lime Saddle boat ramp. Shuttle services for houseboat owners remains open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The Oroville Dam Spillway boat ramp is open along with Bidwell Canyon's boat ramp with restricted hours of operation (see section below). Loafer Creek Recreation Area remains closed for fire recovery and its boat ramps are also out of the water.
While the Potter's Ravine and North Fork trails near the Oroville Dam Spillway boat launch area and trails east of the entrance road to the Loafer Creek Recreation Area are closed to repair fire damage, many other area trails offer hiking, biking, and horseback riding opportunities for viewing fall colors and vistas of the Valley, Table Mountain, and the Diversion Pool. Information on trail restrictions and access status can be found in DWR's interactive map on the Lake Oroville Recreation webpage.
Visit the California Parks Lake Oroville State Recreation Area (LOSRA) webpage for current information on facility status as well as current requirements to protect public health during the COVID-19 pandemic. For information about the Oroville Wildlife Area, including the Thermalito Afterbay, visit the California Department of Fish and Wildlife webpage. The Enterprise, Stringtown, and Foreman Creek boat ramp areas, the Loafer Creek Recreation Area, and Lake Oroville Visitor Center remain closed.
Bidwell Canyon Boat Ramp Construction Nears Completion
Recent deliveries of concrete have allowed the Bidwell Canyon boat ramp project to make progress in expanding the parking area and providing two additional boat ramp lanes to allow launching when the lake drops as low as 700 feet elevation (above sea level). To achieve the project's anticipated completion date in December, in addition to being closed weekdays, the boat ramp will be closed the weekend of Dec. 19-20. The boat ramps will be open 5 a.m. Saturday to midnight Sunday on the weekends of Dec. 5-6 and Dec. 11-12. Kelly Ridge and Arroyo Drive residents should anticipate large construction equipment and material deliveries in the area for the next couple of weeks. Photo: Boat ramp at Bidwell Canyon boat ramp ready for concrete
DWR Conducting Salmon Carcass Survey
DWR environmental scientists have been boating up and down the Feather River from Oroville to Gridley over the past couple of months performing their annual count of chinook salmon carcasses. Formally titled the Chinook Salmon Escapement Survey, these counts are very important in estimating how many fish have returned to the Feather River for spawning.
As salmon return to the Feather River to spawn, or reproduce, it marks the end of their life cycle. But that is not the end of information they can provide. Carcasses missing their adipose fin (near the tail), means they were born at the Feather River Fish Hatchery, which also implants a coded wire tag with data that can be retrieved by the scientists. For more information on DWR's Feather River Program's carcass survey, as well as an informational video, visit the DWR Updates webpage. Photo: DWR scientist prepares to perform salmon carcass survey
Construction started on the Loafer Point Stage 2 boat ramp project to build six new boat launch lanes and 180 trailered parking spaces, allowing boaters to enter the lake when lake elevations are below 805 feet and providing access to as low as 640 feet. Constructing low water access boat ramp lanes in a reservoir presents unique challenges as water deliveries (decreasing lake levels) and inflows from precipitation (increasing lake levels) both impact construction schedules.
The Loafer Point Stage 2 project will be adjacent to an existing Loafer Creek Recreation Day Use Area and Campground, rounding out a full-service recreation destination with nearby trails, campgrounds, boating, and marina store. Additionally, immediate access to the wide-open waters of Lake Oroville will make Loafer Point a popular boat launching location. The recently completed Loafer Point Stage 1 boat launch added three new boat launch lanes to 799 feet, a new Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant parking area, and new restroom facilities. The Loafer Creek Recreation Area remains closed to the public for fire recovery work. Photo: Construction of Loafer Point Stage II boat ramp project. Bidwell Canyon marina is in the background.
The clearing of debris entering Lake Oroville is part of ongoing DWR maintenance of Lake Oroville. Additional work is planned to protect boaters and ensure safe operation of dam facilities. Photo: DWR water scientists take water samples from the upper reaches of Lake Oroville's Middle Fork.
The elevation of Oroville's reservoir is about 705 feet and storage is about 1.29 million acre-feet. Currently, in the Northern Sierra Basin, rainfall is below average, at 33 percent of normal for this time of year and snowpack is also below average at 45 percent of normal. Continued dry and cool temperatures are forecasted to continue this weekend and into next week.
During the week of Nov. 30 to Dec. 4, the total releases to the Feather River have been reduced to conserve storage. By Friday, Dec. 4, total releases will be 1,650 cfs to meet downstream Bay-Delta water quality and flow standards. The Feather River flows consist of 800 cfs through the Low Flow Channel adjacent to the City of Oroville, and 850 cfs from the Thermalito Afterbay Outlet (Outlet) for a total of 1,650 cfs for the Feather River's high flow channel downstream of the Outlet.
All data as of midnight 12/3/2020


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I think it's fair to say that I don't usually feel much in common with Donald Trump. On the contrary, merely the feel of his name on my tongue arouses a visceral loathing and makes me want to go wash my mouth out with some kind of astringent fluid. Like a lot of people, I've been making myself sick with anxiety watching every little twitch and spasm of the graphs on FiveThirtyEight, not merely with the horror that something could happen to make him president, but that so many people think that he's a legitimate candidate at all.
In short, I don't like Donald Trump.


I know I've mentioned several times before that I've been blogging for ten years. I started my first blog, Everything Happens For a Reason in July 2009 and then shut it down in January 2015. I walked away from the blogging world completely, until May 2016.
Many of you reading my blog here, may or may not know that I also run another blog, called Fabulous In Fayette, which is a local blog about my city and state. The tagline I created for Fabulous In Fayette is "Celebrating the fabulous city of Lexington, the great state of Kentucky, and Southern living." My blog, Fabulous In Fayette is strictly about my city and state. It isn't a personal lifestyle blog like many others out there or like this blog, Grits and Glam. Fabulous In Fayette is celebrating all that Lexington and Kentucky, as well as the surrounding states have to offer. I heavily focus on food, bourbon, events, local businesses, things to do, and state pride.
Lexington is city that has many accolades and has many reasons why people from all over the country and world come to visit. Lexington is the Horse Capital of the World, the Best Place in America to Grab a Drink, and the Birthplace of Bourbon. No really, we are responsible for 95% of the world's bourbon in the world. Yes, in the WORLD! Southern Living named it one of the "Top 5 Places to Live," and USA TODAY named it "Top 10 Bucket List Destination." Those are just a few of the ways it has been nationally recognized.
In Kentucky, there is a HUGE Shop Local and Kentucky Proud movement. Lexington is known for its cuisine. Throughout the year, you'll find endless events, experiences and ways to enjoy the diverse, ever-changing food scene that continues to shape my beloved city. There are countless annual food festivals and monthly dinner series to weeklong celebrations of burger and pizzas, as well as beers and restaurants. We, Lexingtonians, love our local food. Many of our restaurants are farm-to-table and source all of their ingredients locally. Our Farmer's Market is consistently ranked one of the best in the state, and in years past has ranked nationally. Not only that, Lexington has more than 30 food trucks in the city.
If you haven't ate in one of Lexington's local restaurants than you are truly missing out. Our cuisine is top notch and some of the best out there. I mean, hello, the South is known for its food. Lexington was even on Zagat's list for "30 Most Exciting Foodie City" and Top Chef: Season 16 decided to film here. You can't top that. Top Chef producer, Diana A. Schmedeman said that her team tries to pick locations that vary by size and culture, as well as cities that are generating national buzz. Judges Tom Colicchio and Graham Elliot both visited Louisville separately last year and were impressed with the talent. Obviously, Kentucky is perfect.
Top Chef: Kentucky premieres on Bravo on Thursday, December 6 at 9pm EST. You'll be able to see Kentucky culinary scenes in Louisville, Lexington, and Lake Cumberland. I actually got to be in the audience when they filmed the episode at Rupp Arena!
Remember how I said we are the birthplace of bourbon? In Lexington, every bar is a bourbon bar. Well, there are fourteen world-famous bourbon distilleries just 45 miles from the center of downtown Lexington. There are 7.5 million bourbon barrels currently aging in Kentucky, which means we have significantly more bourbon barrels than people!
Why You Should Localize Your Blog?
Some people may think that no one will care about their city because they don't live in a major city like New York City or Chicago or Los Angeles. I'm here to tell you that simply isn't true. While I can't speak for every city out there, because every city is unique with its culture and people and mindset of how they do things. Some cities are more hip than others and embrace social media whereas others may not be up on the trends in terms of this kind of marketing. However, I'd like to think every city would love to have publicity on their city, because that increases tourism.
Your city doesn't need to be well known or have many accolades. If you love your city and state, then write about it. People can tell when you are passionate. It's infectious!
The topics are also never-ending. You will never run out of ideas to write about.
My hope with my hyperlocal blog was to inspire others, no matter where they may live, to get out and explore their city and to try new foods and experience different things. Also, I wanted to encourage people to stop staying in their comfort zone and get out there and live life!
By promoting local businesses on my own accord, it's allowed me to partner and work with many local businesses because my work is seen and shared on social media. I'm extremely passionate about shopping local and eating local, so that whole mindset has gotten the attention of other local business owners, because I share and celebrate what I love. I love sharing with others what I love about my city and state, whether it's the food, place, event, or activity. I heavily focus on food and bourbon, so I get invited and get to collaborate with restaurants and private foodie events on a pretty regular basis.
I've worked with Kentucky Tourism on their Better in the Bluegrass campaign earlier this year. There are nine state parks participating in the Culinary Trail and each park will feature unique, signature dishes of that area, which include, an appetizer, entree, sides, a dessert, and beverage. The launch of this campaign was in early May 2018 at Lake Cumberland in Jamestown, Kentucky. Lake Cumberland is one of the top vacation destinations in the eastern United States and is considered the nation's number one house boating destination. Lake Cumberland is also one of the ten largest man-made lakes in the country.
I've also worked with other tourism departments within the state, such as an overnight trip that I did with Shelby County back this summer.
I've even appeared on one of the local news stations in a live segment representing a brand by demonstrating a recipe. At the end of the segment, I got to discuss my blog and blog's mission which was huge for me considering I was able to reach a new audience – those watching the morning news.
Even though my blog is centered primarily on Lexington and Kentucky, I've also had opportunities to branch out and work with businesses in Ohio. I've worked with USA Today's Food and Wine Experience two years in a row; in 2017 I went to it in Louisville, Kentucky and last year I went to it in Cincinnati, Ohio. Both times I got to meet Graham Eliiot from Top Chef!
When naming my blog, I wanted something easy to remember. Since I'm a fan of alliteration, I decided to pair a word with Fayette, which is the county that Lexington is located in. Enter: Fabulous In Fayette. People may not know my name is Whitney, but they do know me as Fabulous In Fayette, which is good enough for me! I've been recognized out while in Lexington, because of my blog and Instagram.
Because of my social media presence, I'm had people from other states (as well as other locals) contact me through email and through twitter about their upcoming trips. They wanted my suggestions on what to do, where to go, what I thought of their itinerary, etc.
It makes me feel good that not only am I able to reach a local audience, but an audience from other states that are traveling to my fabulous city. Over the weekend, I was taking pictures of my food and a couple from out of state asked me if I wrote a column. I mentioned that I had a blog all about Lexington and Kentucky and handed them a business card, which brings me to my next point.
Business Cards are a Must!
If your blog is hyperlocal or even just a smidgen, you 1000% need business cards. I don't care if so-and-so expert says they are outdated. Throw that piece of advice away like they are telling you they are doing with your business cards.
Remember how people always say, "Think of who you are writing for? Who's your target audience?" The thing about a hyperlocal blog: EVERYONE IS A POTENTIAL READER! This is just for the simple fact that they live in your city. Also, the businesses that you patron could possibly be future collaborations. You never know who you might meet or run into that could eventually develop into a partnership. There's nothing like face-to-face networking.
So many "gurus" say to do your research to make sure it hasn't been done before or see if it is a saturated market. Can you cue the eye roll? That is some really horrendous advice. No one would ever start anything or ever be successful, because someone before them has already done it.
Let's get this straight. YOU are YOU. YOU are unique. Even though there may be hundreds of other bloggers in your city doing the same thing, you all are different. You all bring a different voice to the table. Your photographic style will be different. The way you tell a story? Different. Even though we all are different, developing your OWN voice will help you stand out, regardless if there are countless others doing the very same thing.
I'm sure we all have heard the saying, "Community Over Competition." You are better off living by that motto and developing relationships with fellow bloggers in your city. There have been many times when a group of bloggers, including myself, worked on campaigns and have partnered with local businesses to get the word out about their business.
Since many of us are friends, we go out to eat with one another on a semi-regular basis. We've even organized fancy meet-ups ourselves where we all can get together to enjoy each other's company and to continue building our relationships with one another (See: Most Epic Blogger Brunch at The Barn at Springhouse, Wreath Making Workshop at The Barn at Springhouse, and Sip + Brunch With Local Kentucky Bloggers). We even have one planned for this weekend!
When you search in Google for "Lexington Kentucky Blogger," my blog, Fabulous In Fayette is the first hit on the first page. If you search "Kentucky Blogger" or "Lexington Blogger," my blog is on the first page and one of the first five results that pops up. I use all the tricks I know to optimize my site by using SEO, so that it is found in Google. This has paid off, because I get contacted by brands on a regular basis, if not a weekly basis.
Tip: If you want to search for your posts using key words, be sure to use incognito mode on your browser – this is extremely important and absolute must!
Last year I was contacted by The Cooking Channel to be a judge on one of their shows (it was just for an episode!). Sadly, it didn't work out, but nevertheless they found me through my blog and contacted me. I was also contacted by a producer for a TV show on Bravo that wanted to know more information about the area, because they were possibly considering filming a season of one of their shows here in Lexington. Again, they found me through my blog on Google.
Using Instagram is a great way to get your content out to a new audience. Not everyone is a blogger and may read blogs, so it's important to have a presence on Instagram. A blog and Instagram account work better when they are in conjunction with one another.
I've discovered many new local restaurants, local businesses, and other bloggers/Instagrammers just by being active. Local businesses have also reached out to me via Instagram versus my blog (With that said, the majority of my collaborations I do are from where I was emailed by the brand).
Have your location in your profile: If you want people to know where you are from, this is simply the best way and easiest way to let future followers know!
Geotag your photos: Whenever you post your photo to your feed, be sure you add the location to the photo. By doing this, whoever clicks on that location can see all of the photos that have been geotagged with that same location. This can allow people to see your photo and in return follow you.
Tag relevant businesses: If you are eating at a local restaurant, tag them! If you got a cute dress from a local boutique, tag them! Also, be sure to tag any tourism accounts as well (Like in my case; #visitlex and #travelky). This can also get you reposted, which can possibly get you more followers from your area.
Do stories: I love watching stories and seeing what people are doing. This is also a fun way to connect with your followers, so they can get a small glimpse at your life. I do admit I usually don't talk in my stories, but instead I show people what I'm doing or use boomerangs. Whenever I use stories, I make sure to use hashtags and a location tag.
Tip: If you are worried about posting stories and people not knowing you are home, you can video your stories and save them to your phone. Once you are home, you can upload them to your account and no one is none the wiser.
Luckily for Lexington, we really didn't have to create a hashtag to use on social media.
Back in 2013, The Lexington Convention and Visitors Bureau launched a genius campaign. They launched a YouTube video that featured "Daniel Boone," which was played by actor George Dixon. Within the video, there were also many Lexingtonians urging city residents to share what's great about the city. The goal was to encourage visitors to Lexington to sample more varied venues in the city and provide them with a more authentic experience. From this video, #sharethelex was born, and it is one of the well known hashtags that Lexingtonians use to share the ins and outs of the city. This is the hashtag that you want to use and follow to get eyes on your account, as well as connect with other local businesses and other Lexingtonians.
Other popular hashtags that are used are: #visitlex, #lexingtonky, #travelky, #tasteky, and #betterinthebluegrass.
Since the majority of you probably don't live in Lexington, I would check out local businesses and even local bloggers on Instagram and notice what hashtags they are using. If you are unsure of if there are bloggers in your city, which I'm 100% there are (bloggers are everywhere, no matter the size of the city), you can check out #YOURSTATEblogger.
You can also try a hashtag that is a combination of your city and state, such as; #YOURCITYSTATEABBREVIATION or #YOURCITYYOURSTATE (For example, #lexingtonky or #lexingtonkentucky).
Another great place to check if there are any known hashtags are through the tourism department of your city and/or state. Many tourism departments (if not all) have a social media presence, so it will specify whether they do on their accounts or on their website or both.
Whether someone wants to be a local blogger or not, I've noticed a trend of people focusing on their Instagram and letting their blogs go to the wayside. I just want to shake those people and say, "STOP!" That is one of the biggest mistakes you can make. That is an incredibly careless thing to do, because with your blog you own your content. Instagram could be gone tomorrow, and then what would you have? Nothing. Having a blog is also important, because Instagram doesn't have SEO the same way a blog does. If you optimize your site and blog posts with SEO, they will likely be found on Google (or even Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter, if you choose to post them there). With an Instagram picture, once it's posted, it will immediately get buried amongst other pictures posted to the same hashtags. Instagram pictures have a severely limited shelf life. Blog posts are what you want to focus on first and foremost, and then social media secondary.
A hyperlocal blog may not be as profitable as a blog that is strictly about fashion or home decor or DIY or money, but it shouldn't be about the money (in fact, I wrote a whole post on why you shouldn't start a blog for money). I love where I live and I love supporting local businesses. It's what I'm passionate about.
Traffic may be diminished in comparison to another niche because the focus is so narrow, but you might be surprised with how many people are reading it and where they are located.
One of the most important things I can tell you is to whether your blog is hyperlocal or you are wanting to create locally based content: Be a customer first. You don't want to look like you are constantly asking for a freebie (I'm not saying that anyone in particular does that, but you don't want to be perceived like that to others). I am always frequenting my favorite local businesses, writing about them on my blog, and sharing photos and videos on my Instagram. By being a supporter of local businesses and me making that point known, it's allowed other businesses to find me (and it's also allowed me to find out about places that I didn't know about).
With Fabulous In Fayette, I only share things I love. It's a place of positivity. You won't find a negative thing written on my blog (If I wanted to be negative, I'd start a Yelp account, but honestly 90-95% of the time, I have amazing experiences at all the businesses and restaurants I go to in Lexington. I'd have nothing negative to say in the first place).
Having a local blog or writing locally oriented content on your blog will cause you to grow as a person and to seek out new experiences and to try new things. It will force you to step out of your comfort zone, instead of playing it safe. Having a local blog and content is a great way to become a tourist in your own city. You'd be shocked on how many people never ever venture out in their city and they've lived there their entire lives. Don't be that person! While starting an entire blog dedicated to your city may not be for you, but I encourage you to start incorporating some local content onto your blog. You may be surprised with what you discover!
Do you include local content on your blog?
Any other questions about starting a hyperlocal blog or including local content onto your existing blog?


Compared with many lands, England has a comparative wealth of early cartographic material. This map was probably created at Canterbury between 1025 and 1050, but is probably ultimately based on a model dating from Roman times. It contains the earliest known, relatively realistic depiction of the British Isles, seen in the bottom left hand corner of this map. Like most early maps, this one has East at the top, nevertheless the British Isles is immediately recognizable, as are the surrounding islands (the Orkneys, Scillies, Channel Islands and the Isles of Man and Wight). The Cornish peninsula is exaggerated, but perhaps most interesting are the two fighting figures which may represent the conflict between the Saxons and the native Britons in the centuries following the departure of the Romans.


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Rules to Acquire By
by Bruce Nolop,
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This article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading.
When Bruce Nolop was an investment banker, he saw only the glamorous side of acquisitions. Since becoming executive vice president and chief financial officer of Pitney Bowes, however, he's learned how hard it is to pull them off. In this article, he shares the lessons his organization has learned throughout its successful six-year acquisition campaign, which comprised more than 70 deals: Stick to adjacent spaces, take a portfolio approach, have a business sponsor, know how to judge an acquisition, and don't shop when you're hungry. Pitney Bowes's management and board of directors now use these five basic rules to chart the company's growth course. For example, when evaluating a potential acquisition, Pitney Bowes distinguishes between "platform" and "bolt-on" acquisitions to set expectations and guide integration efforts; the company applies different criteria, depending on the type. According to Nolop, any company can improve its acquisition track record if it is able to learn from experience, and he suspects that Pitney Bowes's rules apply just as well to other organizations. Buying a company should be treated like any other business process, he maintains. It should be approached deliberately and reviewed and improved constantly. That means mapping a complex chain of actions; paying attention to what can go right or wrong at different stages; and using standard, constantly honed, approaches and tools.
Product #: R0709J-PDF-ENG
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Cisco Acquires Linksys
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Some turbo clones (such as the VTech Laser XT turbo according to its manual) seem to run the ISA bus at 4.77 MHz regardless of whether or not turbo is enabled for maximum compatibility. Others, of course, run the ISA bus clock at frequencies such as 8, 9.54, 10, or 12 MHz - whatever the 8088-compatible CPU is running at.
What I cant figure out is whether the turbo button also slows down the ISA bus clock to 4.77 MHz in machines that operate it faster than that speed. Does anyone know? Does it differ from card to card? I can't normally think of any situations where the ISA bus is clocked faster than the CPU, so I don't know if that's inherently unstable.
Back in the old days of the XT and XT clones, a DIY speedup was possible by using a simple XCO, piggy-backing it anywhere it would fit, and running the output into pin 14 (EFI) of the 8284 and then lifting pin 13 from ground and running a wire to what used to be the 8255 cassette motor control line on the 5150 (but unassigned in the 5160). Or you could take the pin 13 wire and run it to a SPDT switch between +5 and GND and have manual control. This was cheap and dirty and cost less than $10 to do to be able to use a higher-speed CPU (either 8088 or V20). Early XT Taiwanese clone builders incorporated this into their motherboards as a "feature"--most incorporate a little code into the keyboard interrupt handler to toggle the 8255 line.
But there were some big problems. The most obvious was that the 8254 PIT chip would run too fast and the time-of-day readings would be off. You could incorporate some code in the BIOS to compensate, but games and other programs that relied on the 55 msec. interrupt period did not suffer the changes well. Back then, also, there were some programs and the floppy BIOS code that used CPU loops for timing. One approach to fix the floppy thing was to kick the CPU clock back down during Int 13h processing.
Another huge problem was that the bus ran too fast. Some cards didn't tolerate the "relaxed" timing very well. And finally, if you had an original CGA card which used the 14MHz bus signal for a chroma reference, things just didn't look right.
So the design evolved to run the critical stuff such as the PIT, the bus and the reference clock from a separate 14MHz oscillator and let the CPU have its own switchable clock. These were all later clone designs, but worked far better.
When specialized LSI support chipsets came into the picture, you could select what speed the bus was to run at, independent of the 14MHz reference. You still had to provide support for the 4.77MHz CPU as some things (games and such) were written specifically for the slower speed. But most things would otherwise run just fine.


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Report to Members National Cotton Council action on behalf of the U.S. cotton industry is described in annual reports
Structure The National Cotton Council is a federation that works out common problems and develops programs of mutual benefit for its members.
Crop Info An abundance of information such as a profile of U.S. cotton's economic contributions and updated U.S. cotton acreage, production and export numbers
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Senator Chambliss Criticizes Washington Post Editorial
Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), ranking Republican member of the Senate agriculture committee, blasted a recent Washington Post editorial regarding domestic cotton production and the global market.
CHAMBLISS SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON DOMESTIC COTTON PRODUCTION
Audio of Sen. Chambliss' floor speech can be found at http://agriculture.senate.gov and video excerpts seen here.
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), Ranking Republican Member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today took to the Senate floor blasting a recent editorial published in The Washington Post regarding domestic cotton production and the global market. Sen. Chambliss noted that the author made numerous false claims and inaccurate statements in attempting to characterize the U.S. cotton program. The Senate is currently debating the bipartisan Food and Energy Security Act of 2007, which Sen. Chambliss coauthored.
"I want to set the record straight relative to one particular issue in the editorial that has been talked about over the last several years that is simply wrong," said Sen. Chambliss. "This editorial takes on the cotton program in the 2002 farm bill and says that this program has a very negative effect on cotton farmers in the West African countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, and Mali."
Senator Chambliss questioned the editorial's claim that U.S. cotton acreage has increased in response to U.S. subsidies at the expense of West Africa: data clearly demonstrates that U.S. cotton acreage has decreased 39 percent from 2002 to 2007, while cotton acreage in both China and Brazil has increased at least 50 percent over the same time period. During this same time period, China, India and Brazil have each experienced tremendous increases in cotton production. While the editorial cited economic studies by organizations with an anti-cotton agenda, Senator Chambliss pointed out that several independent analyses show minimal price impacts attributable to the U.S. cotton program on world prices.
Sen. Chambliss expressed frustration at the author's misunderstanding of the U.S. cotton program and the author's failure to communicate that the farm bill pending in the Senate provides reforms to the cotton program.
"We provided significant reforms in the cotton program to reduce amber box government expenditures," said Sen. Chambliss. "These reforms, including the administration of the marketing loan program, are intended to improve the efficiency of the program. The target price for cotton is the only target price in the Senate bill that is reduced, thereby saving $150 million over ten years. We also included a significantly reformed payment limitation provisions, resulting in $456 million in savings."
The editorial claims that the U.S. cotton program only benefits 20,000 American cotton producers. The economic benefits and impact of the U.S. cotton industry are not just received by cotton producers, but also processors and ginners, independent merchants and cooperative merchandisers, warehousers, cottonseed distributors and processors, textile mills, and others. Farms and businesses directly involved in the production, distribution and processing of cotton employ more that 230,000 people and result in direct business revenues of more that $27 billion. Throughout the broader economy, direct and indirect employment surpasses 520,000 workers with economic activity in excess of $120 billion.
"What has the U.S. actually done from the standpoint of impacting the West African countries? Well, here's exactly what we've done, another fact that's conveniently left out of this article: the U.S. has engaged in a number of outreach activities with the West African countries since 2004 which are aimed at helping raise their agricultural productivity, spur economic growth, and alleviate hunger and poverty. These efforts have been coordinated by the U.S. cotton industry, with US-AID, the Trade Representative's office, and the Millennium Challenge. I do not want that to go unnoticed," Sen. Chambliss said.
More information is available on Senator Chambliss' web site.
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U.S. Postal Service To Lose 50,000 People
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Last Updated: September 13, 2022 12:22 pm
Management of the U.S. Postal Services, bloated with too many employees to make money, plans to cut or lose 50,000 workers in the next few years. It is about time. Unfortunately, USPS also plans to hire additional workers.
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's plans were outlined by Route Fifty: "Right now, to get to break even, I think we may need to get 50,000 people out of the organization. But that's OK, because over the next two years, 200,000 people [will] leave the organization for retirement."
The USPS has more than 500,000 full-time workers and another 100,000 who are non-career workers.
DeJoy is the first postmaster general to address the problem in decades.
The Post Office has refused to deal with the fact that it is much too large for today's needs. Much of its benefit to the American population has been replaced by email, UPS, and FedEx. It continues to have more than 30,000 Post Office locations. And, it continues to deliver mail six days a week in almost the entire country.
ALSO READ: 10 Astonishing Facts About the Post Office
As electronic mail use continues to rise and UPS and FedEx are joined by Amazon.com in the delivery business, the Postal Service should shrink at an even faster rate than planned.
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Q: How to make model associations between two models in Ruby. Or How to take data from one model and use it in another model? So I create two models, one "Course" and one "Section" with scaffold and need Section to display Courses in a drop down menu that reflects any courses that were created in the course model and use it to create in section. I've been able to get the drop down menu displaying the courses created from "Course", but when I create the new section is displays the course as blank. Course has a Name, Department, Number, and Credit Hours. Section has Semester, Number, Course, and Room Number.
What I modified to make the drop down menu was ( in _form.html.erb of views of section )

  <%= form.label "Courses", class: 'courses'%>
  <%= form.collection_select(:section, Course.all, :id, :name) %>

This gives an error of "Courses must exist"
Previously I had:

  <%= form.label "Courses", class: 'courses'%>
  <%= form.collection_select(:course_ids, Course.all, :id, :name) %>

This did not give an error and allowed me to create a section, just without adding the selected course to the section database.
https://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/FormOptionsHelper.html#method-i-collection_select
From reading it appears :name should be defined in the models portion of Course, but when I try it gives an error. I also realize I do not have it set to record Course to a specific section ID which is why it isn't saving it when a new section is created. My question is, what do I add or modify to make that work? Is using collection select the wrong thing to do?
EDIT to include sections_controller.rb
class SectionsController < ApplicationController
  before_action :set_section, only: [:show, :edit, :update, :destroy]

  # GET /sections
  # GET /sections.json
  def index
    @sections = Section.all
  end

  # GET /sections/1
  # GET /sections/1.json
  def show
  end

  # GET /sections/new
  def new
    @section = Section.new
  end

  # GET /sections/1/edit
  def edit
  end

  # POST /sections
  # POST /sections.json
  def create
    @section = Section.new(section_params)

    respond_to do |format|
      if @section.save
        format.html { redirect_to @section, notice: 'Section was successfully created.' }
        format.json { render :show, status: :created, location: @section }
      else
        format.html { render :new }
        format.json { render json: @section.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
      end
    end
  end

  # PATCH/PUT /sections/1
  # PATCH/PUT /sections/1.json
  def update
    respond_to do |format|
      if @section.update(section_params)
        format.html { redirect_to @section, notice: 'Section was successfully updated.' }
        format.json { render :show, status: :ok, location: @section }
      else
        format.html { render :edit }
        format.json { render json: @section.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
      end
    end
  end

  # DELETE /sections/1
  # DELETE /sections/1.json
  def destroy
    @section.destroy
    respond_to do |format|
      format.html { redirect_to sections_url, notice: 'Section was successfully destroyed.' }
      format.json { head :no_content }
    end
  end

  private
    # Use callbacks to share common setup or constraints between actions.
    def set_section
      @section = Section.find(params[:id])
    end

    # Never trust parameters from the scary internet, only allow the white list through.
    def section_params
      params.require(:section).permit(:semester, :number, :course, :room_number)
    end
end

I believe I need to relate them somehow with the last part:
 def section_params
          params.require(:section).permit(:semester, :number, :course, :room_number)

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A: First, you should change courses to course in the Section model. The association name for the belongs_to should always be singular
class Section < ApplicationRecord
  belongs_to :course #singular name
end

Second, you should have course_id column instead of course in the sections table. You can generate a migration which will reflect these changes in the table
rails g migration modify_sections

The above command should generate a file like xxxxxxxmodify_sections.rb under db/migrate folder. Open the file and add
def change
  add_column :sections, :course_id, :integer
  remove_column :sections, :course, :integer
end

and do rake db:migrate
Now change the collection_select like the below
<%= form.collection_select(:course_id, Course.all, :id, :name) %>

And in the sections_controller#create, add
@section.course_id = params[:section][:course_id]

before the respond_to do |format|
Finally, change course to course_id in the section_params method.
def section_params
  params.require(:section).permit(:semester, :number, :course_id, :room_number)
end

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President Obama using his iPad2 OUTSIDE!
Discussion in 'iPad' started by aohus, May 5, 2011.
When President Obama is not out killing the most wanted terrorist in the world, he gets a bit of R&R on his iPad2. Crazy, he uses that device outdoors too!
Bet you he's looking for the number 2 most wanted terrorist on the iPad 2!
Still, i think this should be in the iPad forum.
1. This isn't iPhone related, put it in the iPad forum.
2. Who really cares what devices he uses?
3. He is probably just browsing the web doing personal stuff (emailing friends etc) and not top-secret confidential government files, he has a secret bunker for that.
4. He's allowed to go outside.
Sorry about my rant, I just don't think it's that big of a deal.
when did i ever insinuate that he ever shouldn't use the iPad2?
yes, obviously he is most likely checking news, unclassified emails, etc.
when did i ever insinuate he was NOT allowed to go outside?
why are you even ranting?
Nice catch. It's a cool photo. But it's not really that big of a deal.
Agreed. Although, it must be nice for him to get a moment alone for some peace and quiet.
How can he see the screen in the sun??
He's not alone if someone is taking a picture from which look like he's only a few feet away.
I bet he's playing Angry Birds. He looks ticked.
What favor did Jobs do for Obama that is worth all this free advertising?
That is most likely the "most alone" he'll ever get as President.
He uses it outside, in bright sunlight? ...Maybe he should get a Kindle.
Isn't this the iPad forum?
It was originally posted in the iPhone forum, but the mods must have moved it.
Thread was originally posted in the iPhone forum, then moved here after people complained.
Hey, Steve, how's that terrorist-finder app coming along? Any idea how long before my team and I can start using it, to facilitate future captures?
Soooooo that's what he does all day.
Hey, the man deserves it, now that he has neutralised bin Laden.
Clever. That made me have my first chuckle of the day.
I bet he doesn't have any screen bleed or dead pixels on his ipad.


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Both directions of Ina Road are set to close from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. nightly from Monday, Jan. 21, through Thursday, Jan. 24.
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Federal and State Laws Related to Exceptional Student Education
IDEA 2004 (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004)
Florida Statutes and Rules
Leon County Schools Policies and Procedures (SP&P)
There are two other laws governing the educational rights of students with disabilities the Family Educational Rights And Privacy Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-380), and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, (P.L. 93-112).
In brief, the Family Educational Rights And Privacy Act (FERPA) protects the privacy of a student's educational records and outlines inspection and release of information. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act protects the civil rights of persons with disabilities. It prohibits discrimination against a person with a disability by an agency receiving federal funds. Further elaboration on FERPA, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act is included later in this package.
THE REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973, P.L. 93-112
This law is critical, because it addresses discrimination against persons with disabilities. The law has different sections which refer to different areas of discrimination, as follows:
Section 501: Employment of Handicapped Individuals
Section 502: Architectural and Transportation Board Compliance
Section 503: Employment under Federal Contracts
Section 504: Non-discrimination under Federal Grants
To this day, Section 504 provides individuals with disabilities with basic civil rights protection against discrimination in federal programs. The law states that
no otherwise qualified handicapped individual in the United States shall, solely by reason of his (or her) handicap, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.
To be eligible for the protection under Section 504, an individual must meet the definition of a handicapped person. This definition is:
Any person who (i) has a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more of such person's major life activities, (ii) has a record of such an impairment, or (iii) is regarded as having such an impairment.
Major life activities include self-care, performing manual tasks, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning, and walking. Section 504 covers only those persons with a disability who would otherwise be qualified to participate and benefit from the programs or other activities receiving federal financial assistance. All ESE students fall under Section 504 and necessary accomodations are specified in the IEP.
Section 504 assures equal opportunities for children and youth with disabilities in schools receiving federal funds-pre-schools, elementary and secondary schools, and postsecondary institutions. Agencies that persist in acts of discrimination face the loss of federal funds. Along with school districts, this includes colleges and universities, vocational education and adult education programs, state and local governments, places of employment, hospitals and clinics, and public and private groups of all kinds which receive federal financial assistance.
Public Law 93-112 has been amended several times. In 1983, P.L. 98-221, the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1983, authorized several demonstration projects regarding the transition of youth with disabilities from school to work. In 1986, P.L. 99-506, the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1986, provided for programs in supported employment services for individuals with disabilities.
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974
This law was passed by Congress in 1974 to protect the privacy of student education records, and applies to all schools that receive money from the U.S. Department of Education.
The Act gives certain rights to parents regarding their child's education records. These rights transfer to the student or former student who has reached the age of 18 or is attending any school beyond the high school level. Students and former students to whom the rights have transferred are called eligible students.
The right to inspect nad review the student's records maintained by the school;
The right to request that a school amend the student's education records;
The right to consent in writing to the disclosure of personally identifiable information for the student's education record, except under certain permitted situation; and
The right to file a complaint with the Family Policy Compliance Office (FPCO) regarding an alleged violation under FERPA.
If you wish to see your child's education records, or if you are over 18 or are attending college and would like to see your records, you should contact the school to find out the procedure to follow.
If there are questions the school cannot answer, or, if you have problems in securing your rights under this Act, please contact the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Office.


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By Brian Tashman | October 16, 2014 3:45 pm
Donald Trump appeared on "The Steve Deace Show" this week to discuss his upcoming fundraiser on behalf of Rep. Steve King, who is facing a tight re-election battle.
After lashing out at President Obama's fondness for golf, claiming that the president shows "a level of arrogance that's absolutely disgusting," Trump said that he was attracted to King's hardline anti-immigrant stance.
"He's opposed to amnesty, secure the border, which is another one that's like a no-brainer that I don't understand, there are certain things you don't even understand how the other side can fight it and yet there are people out there, believe it or not, that don't want to secure our border," he said. "Now especially with Ebola, how about when that starts happening down in that area and people just walk into the country."
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2 Movie Reviewers Pick This Year's Standout Films Noel King talks to Claudia Puig and April Wolfe of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association about their favorite films of 2018.
2 Movie Reviewers Pick This Year's Standout Films
December 31, 20185:06 AM ET
Noel King talks to Claudia Puig and April Wolfe of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association about their favorite films of 2018.
We are heading into movie awards season. 2018 was the year of "Black Panther," "Crazy Rich Asians," Ryan Gosling playing Neil Armstrong in "First Man." I asked the film critics April Wolfe and Claudia Puig of the LA Film Critics Association to try and pick their favorites from this year. Good morning, ladies. It's been a busy year for you both.
APRIL WOLFE: Oh, my God, we want to - I've written at least four different top 20 lists because there are...
WOLFE: I'm serious. I'm not even joking. And they're all different.
KING: Top 80.
WOLFE: They're all completely different.
CLAUDIA PUIG: There's so many lists that can be given to you right now. And I'm sorry to give you...
WOLFE: Yeah, this has been a great year.
PUIG: Yeah.
KING: But I want to talk about your favorites. And I know that, Claudia, one of yours is a 1970s period piece that was set in Mexico City. It's called "Roma." Tell us about that movie.
PUIG: This is one of the most beautiful films. It's enthralling. It's - people throw around the word masterpiece a little too lightly, but I'm going to throw it out there.
PUIG: It's such a powerful and intimate story. It's like cinematic poetry. Moments are allowed to unspool. The pacing is very different from what we normally see in American movies. And it's a portrayal of the middle class in Mexico, which is not something you see hardly ever in American films. You see, you know, of course poor and struggling immigrants, and you see wealthy drug lords leading decadent, violent lives in luxurious haciendas, but you don't see the middle class.
And it's told from the perspective of an indigenous woman who raised the director and writer, Alfonso Cuaron. And it's about the relationship between this woman and the family. She clearly loves the kids, and they love her. But she's - you know, there's definitely a class struggle here.
It really resonated for me on a personal level because I lived there in the 1970s in Mexico City. And the production designer, Eugenio Caballero, was just meticulous in his production design, recreating what the streets looked like the '70s.
KING: OK, I'm putting that one on my list. April Wolfe, one of your top picks of the year is "First Reformed," which starred Ethan Hawke. He played a minister who is going through kind of a crisis of faith and then found purpose in environmentalism. Not to be snarky, but not exactly blockbuster material. You loved it. What did you love?
WOLFE: Well, I think Claudia hits on something that I was going to bring up, which is the idea of poetry. And I think that American cinema embraced the idea of poetry this year, which is a...
KING: Wow.
WOLFE: ...Slower tone. And it's almost literary in a sense. And it's also a little bit more open. And "First Reformed" for me hits all of those points. It's a very slow film. Paul Schrader - if he doesn't make anything after this, he doesn't need to. This could be the capstone of a really great career. And the way that Ethan Hawke acts in this film is very restrained. And it's a really beautiful thing to behold and just to kind of lean in and feel like you're getting very close to these characters.
KING: Let's take a listen to a clip from "First Reformed."
(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "FIRST REFORMED")
CEDRIC THE ENTERTAINER: (As Pastor Jeffers) Jesus doesn't want our suffering. He suffered for us.
ETHAN HAWKE: (As Toller) And what of his creation? The heavens declare the glory of God. God is present everywhere, in every plant, every river, every tiny insect. The whole world is a manifestation of his holy presence. I think this is an issue where the church can lead. But they say nothing.
KING: So that's the poetry you're talking about.
WOLFE: Yeah, there's almost a literary quality to this. You know, the language of this is a very different film.
PUIG: April, I was just wondering. I think it's Ethan Hawke's best performance. What do you think?
WOLFE: Absolutely. And you can see when they talk together, Paul Schrader and Ethan Hawke, the kind of respect that they have for one another. And the way that they talk about process is very philosophical.
KING: Another quiet movie that made both of your lists - it's called "Leave No Trace." And it's about a father and his young daughter who are living in a park outside of Portland. Let's play a clip of that.
(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "LEAVE NO TRACE")
THOMASIN MCKENZIE: (As Tom) What if the kids at school think I'm strange because of the way we're living?
BEN FOSTER: (As Will) How important are their judgments?
MCKENZIE: (As Tom) Guess I'll find out.
KING: What is this movie about?
PUIG: It's exploring people who are living on the margins, people that you might not ordinarily even see or think about. And that's one of the things that the director, Debra Granik, does so well. She made "A Winter's Bone" (ph), which kind of launched the career of Jennifer Lawrence. And she just has a way of drawing fantastic performances. And the two actors here, Ben Foster and Thomasin McKenzie, are just amazing as father-daughter. I completely believed that they were parent and child.
WOLFE: Yeah. They - in fact, Debra Granik - she talks about this. She built into the budget of her movie at least a week for them, these two actors, to get together and to take a survival course. So they were actually living in the woods for a week together and bonded. And you can see that kind of familiarity in that film. And I quite love everything about this movie. And talk about a...
PUIG: I do, too.
WOLFE: ...Literary quality, too, you know? This is...
PUIG: Oh, yeah.
WOLFE: Gosh, this is a poem of a film as well. It makes you really think about things. And ask Debra Granik about her thinking about why she made it, and she'll immediately go into Henry David Thoreau and talk about stillness and the need for stillness right now.
KING: It's interesting. The three movies that you've highlighted - it sounds like realism is part of the point in many ways. And I don't know. That's interesting to me 'cause I guess I think about movies so much in this day and age as escapism, you know, as movies about superheroes, as "Black Panther," as, you know, movies about wildly wealthy people living lives, you know, most of us can't imagine - "Crazy Rich Asians." But what impressed you this year were the movies that felt like they could really happen to people we know.
PUIG: They could really happen. And I think they're also people that we maybe overlook in different ways - you know, a domestic worker, people, you know, living in a tent that we drive by perhaps or a minister who's - who we sort of see going about his business. We don't know what kind of interior life he's having and what struggles he's having. So I think it's, you know, realism and also just delving into lives that we might not be thinking about all the time and that we're fascinated by when, you know, they're presented to us so beautifully and poetically.
WOLFE: Yeah. And, you know, this is a very noisy year...
KING: Yeah. Yeah.
WOLFE: ...In terms of everything else that's going on. And so to me, there is a bit of escapism in something like "First Reformed," "Roma" and "Leave No Trace" because you get to go into this theater and escape from the noise for just an hour or two.
PUIG: Yeah, all of these films are very still. And they're quiet. And you have to listen and watch and - you know, as opposed to - sometimes with those big, noisy films - you know, some of them are great, but some of them you almost are inured to, or you're just - you know, it's just too much. It's like overload, sensory overload. This is a much gentler - these are gentler films.
KING: Quiet down and pay attention to people is kind of a nice message. I'm willing to take it in (laughter) 2018. Film critics April Wolfe and Claudia Puig of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, thank you both.
PUIG: Thank you.
WOLFE: Thank you.
(SOUNDBITE OF PRODUCTION MUSIC'S "ROMA (TRAILER THEME)")


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He has an extensive background in both Opera and Musical Theater. Ian has made appearances in Light Opera of New Jersey's production of Così Fan Tutte Music Academy International's production of Alcina as Oronte, Montclair University's The Rape of Lucretia as the Male Chorus and L'Enfant et Sortelége as the Frog, Opera Theatre Montclair's Die Zauberföte, and The Martina Arroyo Foundation's Die Fledermaus.
Ian has been recognized by the Montclair States' Benjamin Wilkes Scholarship and the College of the Arts Advisory Board. He has also placed 1st in National Association of Teachers of Singing New York Division Competition.
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Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 59. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Wednesday Night: A slight chance of showers before 2am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 59. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
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I had such a hard time getting myself going today. I'm so glad it wasn't also raining.
I ate breakfast right at 8:30 and was checking out right at 9. I left a box with stuff I'm not carrying to the coast, and it does include my sleeping bag. I'm taking a bit of a risk, but I don't think it's a very big one. I'm confident I won't need it.
The camino Finisterre leaves right from the square in front of the church. It wasn't hard to find. It did feel very, very odd though, to be walking away from Santiago. Every step was an effort. I seriously probably spent most of the day thinking about getting a taxi. I hoped, though, that if I just got myself moving that I would eventually feel better. In a way, yes, but in a way, no. Going up the hills seemed more difficult. My legs felt stiff, and my feet hurt as much as ever. I would really, really like to spend a day walking without foot pain. I don't know if it's even possible. Will my feet ever be the same again?
Shortly after leaving Santiago I had an unfortunate experience. I was still kind of in "the suburbs" of Santiago. Maybe one or two little towns over. I met a little old man coming down the hill, so I said hello, just like always. He stopped, so it was obvious he wanted to talk. I stopped too, but told him I didn't know any Spanish. He asked if I was alone and if I was married, and he also tried to give me a piece of candy. I said no, then was trying to think of how to be polite and say goodbye. I waved, and he put out his hand, so I was thinking, ok, I'll shake his hand, that will be polite. And then once he had my hand, he wanted a kiss! I said no, and he reached out and touched my face with his other hand. I just left. No more trying to be polite.
Most little old men have been very nice, and not at all in a creepy kind of way. I will be more cautious of little old men, now, and I won't let them get within arms length!
It wasn't horribly disturbing, but it didn't help things either.
It seemed like there were an awful lot of hills today, and also a lot more road walking than I would have liked. When I felt like I was getting close to where I was going, I started having a shooting pain down the back of my leg, like a pinched nerve. I hope that's just temporary.
I was catching up to some pilgrims ahead, and it turned out to be Aldo and crew. The other 3, Monique, Len, and Aiya, had decided to go to the coast as well.
We stopped at the place I had decided to stay to get lunch. Walking, for me, tends to be an appetite suppressant, but then when I stop walking, I get very hungry. So when I'm walking, and I pass a grocery store, I tend to not stop, because I'm not hungry yet, even though I know I will be. I haven't done as well with carrying food with me in Spain.
They all got sandwiches, and I got one too, but I didn't realize how hungry I was until I started eating. I also felt a lot better after eating. I think one of the reasons why I had such a hard time walking today is because I didn't eat very well the day before. It really does make a difference.
They decided to go on to the next albergue on the way out of town, which is another 700m or so. Tomorrow is a long day, so they wanted to help make it as short as possible. I have to stay here, because this is where the private rooms are.
I went to the grocery and got some food for tomorrow. Hopefully if I have some food with me, tomorrow will be easier. It's also supposed to rain tomorrow.
Unfortunately the bed is pretty hard. I'd gotten used to having a decent bed again.
I am feeling better about tomorrow. If I can make it through tomorrow, then I just have one day to Muxia.
I went down for dinner at 7, and everyone was back again! They didn't have food, and this was one of the only places in town open.
There was a large group of 9, so it was rather fun. I got the spaghetti, salmon, and ice cream. The spaghetti was over cooked, but the salmon was divine.
After we'd been sitting for about 15 minutes, Nat and Barry walked in! I had been wondering if I would ever see them again. They were walking back from the coast. They had arrived in Santiago on Tuesday, and had already done Muxia and Finisterre. I definitely do not want to walk back to Santiago!! You could probably pay me to do it, but it would have to be enough.
It turned out to be a lovely night.
I'm so sorry you are having so much pain. Hopefully the chiropractor will be able to help. You might also want to soak in epsom salts when you get home too. It does sound like it's time to come home.
What a cool surprise to connect with so many friends at the end!


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Rohingyas not being forced to relocate to Bhasan Char: Bangladesh govt
30 December, 2020, 03:15 pm
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"The Government would like to make it unambiguously clear that the relocation process, which was commenced on 4 December 2020, in line with the GOB's efforts to decongest and de-risk the camps, strictly followed the principle of voluntariness and was conducted with utmost transparency"
Rohingyas on way to Bhasan Char. Photo/TBS
Bangladesh Government on Wednesday said that there was no question of the use of force, intimidation or the use of money to influence the decision of Rohingyas who are being relocated at Bhasan Char.
"The Government would like to make it unambiguously clear that the relocation process, which was commenced on 4 December 2020, in line with the GOB's efforts to decongest and de-risk the camps, strictly followed the principle of voluntariness and was conducted with utmost transparency," said a press release of Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA).
The Rohingyas, who were relocated, decided to be shifted there voluntarily, as was widely reported by the print and the electronic media. In fact, initially the authority arranged for the relocation of a lesser number of Rohingyas. However, due to increased interest and enthusiasm, eventually more Rohingyas volunteered and participated in the relocation process willingly, said the release.
The numerous challenges associated with the temporary hosting of persecuted Rohingyas from Myanmar has compelled the Government of Bangladesh to plan relocation of 100,000 Rohingyas to Bhashan Char.
Accordingly, 1642 Rohingyas were relocated to Bhashan Char on 4 December 2020. The second batch, comprising 1804 Rohingyas, has been transferred from Cox's Bazar to Bhashan Char today on 29 December 2020.
"The relocation took place in the presence of representatives of media, civil society and NGOs. None of them raised any question of coercion or use of force. Rather, when interviewed, the Rohingyas informed that they were encouraged by the positive reports on Bhashan Char that were shared with them by their relatives who were already in the island."
The Government would like to re-emphasize that Bhashan Char is completely safe and suitable for human habitation. The 30 years' old island has all the amenities including healthcare, drinking water, options for economic activities, cyclone shelters etc. The island offers enough space for the free movement of the Rohingyas. Bangladesh Inland water transport corporation (BIWTC) has already introduced regular sea-truck service between Bhashan Char and Noakhali, reads the release.
"It is a known fact that the geographic location of Bangladesh has exposed the country to regular natural disasters like cyclone and flood. However, the country's resilience in the face of natural disaster is well-acclaimed. Over the years, Bangladesh has developed effective disaster management system. For Bhashan Char, much better infrastructure has been put in place involving renowned international companies. The British firm HR Wallingford was involved in the stability survey of the island. In fact, the island was developed as per their recommendation and design. The flood and shore protection measures with 12.1 km long and sufficiently higher embankment designed by the HR Wallingford secures the island from massive tidal waves and cyclones. This is supplemented by the installation of modern hydrographic monitoring and warning system that can provide early warning on any natural hazards and enable prior evacuation. The efficacy and strength of the infrastructure of Bhashan Char and its disaster protection measures have been tested during the deadly cyclone Amphan. To address any extreme situation, there are arrangements for evacuation in a timely manner as per GOB's disaster response management framework."
The Government has also ensured sufficient safety measures for the Rohingyas in Bhashan Char. The island is under 24 hr CCTV coverage. Deployment of law enforcement agencies, female police personnel, hospitals and community clinics fully manned with trained health professionals including female health professionals, etc have ensured the security of the inhabitants of the island. Since the relocation of the first batch, three new births took place in Bhashan Char. All these three new-born along with their mothers are in good health, it said.
Efforts are also underway to involve the relocated Rohingyas in various activities such as fishing, agriculture and other livelihood activities. A high-level committee, under the direct supervision of the Principal Secretary, has been monitoring the activities in Bhashan Char, further said the release.
"The GOB wishes to thank the CSOs and the NGOs that are partnering with it in its relocation efforts. The Government welcomes and expects involvement of more CSOs to open their operations in Bhashan Char. At the same time, the GOB reiterates its stance on the involvement of the UN in the process and is ready to facilitate participation of the UN as per its mandate."
However, the Government is dismayed to see the generation of distorted and misinformation surrounding Bhashan Char and the relocation process. It is also disheartening that instead of appreciating the good intention of Bangladesh, some quarters have resorted to orchestrating misinformation to create confusion among the international community.
"As we repeatedly mentioned, the problem is created by Myanmar and its solution lies solely with Myanmar. Therefore, instead of mounting undue and unjustified pressure on Bangladesh, the international community including the UN/INGOs/international humanitarian and human rights organizations must focus on the egregious human rights violations that the Rohingyas have been facing for generations in Myanmar. The UN should send a technical and protection assessment team to Myanmar to assess the situation of the existing Rohingyas and also to see the preparation for repatriation on the ground."
"It should be remembered that Rohingyas are Myanmar nationals. Bangladesh has been hosting them on a temporary basis purely out of humanitarian gesture. Any arrangement in Bangladesh for Rohingyas is solely temporary in nature. Rohingyas want to return to their homeland- Myanmar and all need to work constructively to that end. Now that the election of Myanmar is over, we look forward to visible engagement of the international community with Myanmar for an urgent and early repatriation of these displaced and persecuted Myanmar nationals to their homeland," the release further added.
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