First it was offering a wide range of products, then it was all about which ecommerce company provides the best product shipping or delivery options. Now, believe it or not, the ecommerce industry has turned its focus towards the packaging of its products. In fact, with online marketplaces diversifying the types of products they offer, this was simply inevitable.
When the online shopping bug had just arrived in India, everyone was talking about how Flipkart's books or CDs would arrive in the most tamper-proof packaging. In fact, their impeccable packaging had become Flipkart's signature for some time. Now, with several other ecommerce players in the market, it seems like everyone wants to leave no stone unturned to better the other. The 'packaging' industry is now preparing itself for an impending boom as a side-effect from competitive ecommerce.
Along with the more seasoned companies, smaller ecommerce companies are focusing on good packaging as it can give them a special USP and also an identity and edge over other ecommerce players. "Packaging can be a great branding tool when used well. As a result, LimeRoad innovated on packaging by using colour effectively on very lightweight packaging. The colour reflects the lime in our brand, and is instantaneously recognisable, while meeting safety and quality packaging requirements," said Suchi Mukherjee, founder and CEO of online apparel portal LimeRoad.
According to a Pricewaterhouse Coopers report, about 25,000 people are currently employed in online retail warehousing and logistics, including packaging and delivery. The report also predicts that the demand for packaging staff would triple by 2017, with an additional demand of about 75,000 people in packaging and delivery functions in the ecommerce. It is no wonder that youngsters are opting to complete educational courses training them in packaging skills. About 200 students graduate each year from The Indian Institute of Packaging (IIP), an autonomous institute under the Ministry of Commerce. Ecommerce companies are willing to snap these graduates up, as the packaging of a product is now entering the limelight. "Flipkart has so far hired five of our students and we have enquiries from other ecommerce companies for the placement season," said NC Saha, IIP's director.
It seems like packaging can be used as a handy tool to increase customer loyalty and brand recognition. With several packaging players entering the market as well, it is possible for online sellers to compare various companies and strike better and more profitable deals for packaging.
"Every ecommerce company wants packaging that will prevent damage, breakage and theft of its products, between the warehouse and the last mile customer. Along with this, aesthetics too is playing an important role in packaging. While big companies design in-house and outsource manufacturing, smaller startups outsource both designing and manufacturing to us with requirements," said Vaibhav Sheth, founder of Ahmedabad-based Securement Packaging.
However, we think that the packaging industry at the moment focuses only on non-perishable and largely unbreakable items. There is still the unexplored area of packaging for online grocery/ food orders as well as fool-proof packaging for liquids or perfumes in breakable bottles. If packaging companies can find a trustworthy way to ensure proper packaging of these products, we could probably be a step closer towards further diversifying the types of products sold through ecommerce in India.


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Q: Make a layout in xml that can be changed programatically adding items I want to make a layout in xml for a Fragment class. This layout have to be match_parent width and height.
Picture 1

In picture 1, the layout has four items added programatically...
Picture 2

In picture 2 is the same layout but with 6 items.
none of these layouts examples are scrollable, so if i add 8 items, all items has to fit to
the screen size.
how can i do this?

A: You can uses ScrollView.
if you use GridView now, ScrollView is contain GridView.
Or
You use over scroll mode if ifContentScrolls mode.

A: You can do this using layout_weight attribute in LinearLayout as below...
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="0dip"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:orientation="horizontal" >

        <TextView
            android:layout_width="0dip"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:background="#000000"
            android:text="Menu 1" />

        <TextView
            android:layout_width="0dip"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:background="#FFFFFF"
            android:text="Menu 2" />
    </LinearLayout>

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="0dip"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:orientation="horizontal" >

        <TextView
            android:layout_width="0dip"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:background="#FFFFFF"
            android:text="Menu 1" />

        <TextView
            android:layout_width="0dip"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:background="#000000"
            android:text="Menu 2" />
    </LinearLayout>

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="0dip"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:orientation="horizontal" >

        <TextView
            android:layout_width="0dip"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:background="#000000"
            android:text="Menu 3" />

        <TextView
            android:layout_width="0dip"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:background="#FFFFFF"
            android:text="Menu 4" />
    </LinearLayout>

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="0dip"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:orientation="horizontal" >

        <TextView
            android:layout_width="0dip"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:background="#FFFFFF"
            android:text="Menu 5" />

        <TextView
            android:layout_width="0dip"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:background="#000000"
            android:text="Menu 6" />
    </LinearLayout>

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="0dip"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:orientation="horizontal" >

        <TextView
            android:layout_width="0dip"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:background="#000000"
            android:text="Menu 7" />

        <TextView
            android:layout_width="0dip"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_weight="1"
            android:background="#FFFFFF"
            android:text="Menu 8" />
    </LinearLayout>

</LinearLayout>

A: You can do it simply: refer to the LinearLayout by id, and add children programatically. If you want its children to have the same height, set their height to 0px and their weight to the same, 1 for instance. Since its children will be Linearlayouts as well, you can add the items manu1, menu2, etc to them without problem. I don't know you exact usage, but it's a start.

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UB's student Fulbright scholars, from left: Farhana Hasan, Ashlee Hart, Michael Surrett, Antara Majumdar (alternate), Sushmita Gelda, Sarah Stanford, Lisa Gagnon and Jacob Caldwell. Photo: Douglas Levere
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"This year, UB has won more Fulbright awards and Boren awards than we ever have."
Elizabeth Colucci, director, Office of Fellowships and Scholarships
BUFFALO, N.Y. – The University at Buffalo's aspiration to become a "top-producing Fulbright institution" took another significant step forward this month when a record number of undergraduates were chosen as recipients of Fulbright awards.
This year's UB Fulbright honorees include seven winners, as well as one student chosen as an alternate. These winners include six students chosen for the prestigious Fulbright English Teacher Assistantship.
Also among the elite scholarships awarded to UB students this year are two Boren Scholarships, which support international study for undergraduate students with an emphasis on learning foreign languages.
"This year, UB has won more Fulbright awards and Boren awards than we ever have," says Elizabeth Colucci, director of the Office of Fellowships and Scholarships.
"The Fulbrights are significant in that we have students winning at both the undergraduate and graduate level," Colucci says. "In past years, UB has had between one and three Fulbright English Teaching Assistantships, and this year we have six."
UB's success in the Boren Scholarship competition is equally impressive, according to Colucci.
"We have two Boren scholars this year," she says. "UB has only had three in the past five years, so this, too, is significant.
Colucci credits Megan Stewart, fellowship adviser, and Colleen Culleton, assistant professor of Spanish and UB's Fulbright program administrator, with raising awareness of these awards among students and working with them to strengthen their applications.
She also acknowledged the contribution of Walt Hakala, assistant professor in the Department of English and the Asian Studies Program.
"His assistance can be seen in our Fulbright, Boren and Critical Language results," Colucci says. "Students become fascinated with East Asian history and languages as a result of Walt's classes. Our two Boren and Critical Language winners were mentored and encouraged to apply by Walt."
The roll call of UB's latest class of elite scholarship and fellowship recipients is as diverse as it is deep.
The seven Fulbright Scholars and their areas of study:
Lisa Gagnon, a graduating senior majoring in English and linguistics, will study and teach English in Latvia as part of a Fulbright's English Teaching Assistantship. Gagnon, who also studied music performance and plays the cello, says she wants to teach and enrich the lives of Latvian students through music and creative writing, while learning cross-cultural communication skills to bring back to Buffalo.
"I chose Latvia because of the Eastern European heritage of my late-grandmother and an interest in the countries of the former Soviet Union," Gagnon wrote in her Fulbright application.
"The creative arts are powerful. Music, literature, art and dance not only cross cultural and linguistic boundaries, but also represent the very best of one's own culture. During my English Teaching Assistantship experience, I hope to learn about and appreciate Latvian literature and music and my own heritage, as well as offer a new view of American culture to the students so they can better understand their own lives."
Gagnon is a native of Amherst and a graduate of Sweet Home High School. She is the daughter of Evelyn and Michael Gagnon of Amherst.
Sushmita Gelda, a graduating senior majoring in English, will study and teach in India, also on a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship. Gelda will lead a writing workshop that follows guidelines to motivate participants to take risks in their writing and reduce the vulnerability they may feel when sharing personal stories. Gelda plans to offer Indian students the chance to electronically exchange stories with students in Buffalo.
"I aspire to research how the English classroom can become a place for critically examining the social processes that inform language use," Gelda wrote in her application. "I plan to develop English curriculum that teaches students from diverse socioeconomic contexts to blend academic discourse with out-of-school literacy practice."
Gelda is a Syracuse native and graduate of Fayetteville-Manlius High School in the Syracuse suburb of Manlius. She is the daughter of Shailja and Rakesh Gelda of Tivoli.
Ashlee Hart, a PhD student studying archaeology and anthropology, will conduct an archeological examination of indigenous ceramics from late Iron Age sites in Thracian Bulgaria. She will classify the ceramics across several sites, conduct isotopic tests to source the clay and then use modern archaeological theory to draw conclusions about the results.
"I will travel around the country to excavate archaeological sites to create a digital, internationally available database, both in English and Bulgarian, for published archeological finds," Hart wrote in her Fulbright application. "This will allow archaeologists, students, local Bulgarians and the world at large to see what Bulgarian history has to offer."
Hart is a native of Boise, Idaho, and a graduate of Boise High School. She earned her undergraduate degree in anthropology and history from the University of Idaho, and a master's degree in anthropology and history from UB in 2016. Hart is the daughter of LeeAnn Lloyd and Robert Hart of Boise.
Farhana Hasan, a teacher of English as a second language in the Buffalo Public Schools who earned her bachelor's degree at UB in 2014, will serve as a Fulbright English teaching assistant in Malaysia. Hasan says she sees the diversity of Malaysia — and the integral role Malaysia plays in the lives of Buffalo's refugee population —as an opportunity to expand her international perspective.
"My specific civic engagement idea is to host a nature writing club," she wrote in her application. "I would like to host local excursions in the natural environment and have students of any age read and write descriptively about the setting. Not only will this club establish basic scientific knowledge of the student, but it will train the student to analyze, notice details and inspire creativity."
Hasan wrote that a visit to see her grandmother in Bangladesh when she was 10 changed her life's perspective. "It opened my eyes to the brutal reality of starving children, child labor and unsanitary environments," Hasan wrote. "But it also allowed me to discover and appreciate the diversity of my ancestry."
Hasan is a native of Brooklyn and earned her GED while living in Buffalo.
Sarah Stanford, who will receive a bachelor's degree in psychology and English this month, will serve as a Fulbright English teaching assistant in Malaysia. Stanford applied for the fellowship because of her "passion for empowering students, my interest in working with culturally and linguistically diverse populations, and my desire to learn and grow as an educator."
"With the large numbers of Muslim and Southeast Asian refugees coming into the United States, I hope to learn more about this religion and area of the world," Stanford wrote in her application. "I plan to engage the host community through a bilingual interview project. Students will interview their families in their native language about topics of their choice. They then will work in groups to present their experience in English and to explore classroom diversity. I also plan to create a class blog in which students will share the interesting events and thoughts in their lives."
Stanford, a native of Amherst and a graduate of Williamsville North High School, is the daughter of Sue and Martin Stanford of Williamsville.
Michael Surrett, a PhD candidate in anthropology, received a Fulbright award to study anthropology in Indonesia. Surrett plans to study the Papuans who have resettled in another part of Indonesia to increase their standard of living rather than waiting for development projects to come to their province.
"I propose to study how the Papuans who have resettled in Maluku re-established their communities, reinvented traditions and subsequently built new local identities advantageous to them for different purposes in a complex and growing Indonesia," he wrote in his application.
Surrett is a native of Enfield, Connecticut, and a graduate from the former Enrico Fermi High School in Enfield. He is the son of Diane and Gene Surrett of Enfield.
Jacob Caldwell, a graduating senior majoring in biomedical engineering and Spanish, has accepted a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to teach in an urban area in northern Spain.
"I will use American football to support health and learning at my placement," Caldwell wrote in his application. "An after-school flag football program requires little equipment while introducing a key piece of the U.S. identity. Showing football films and games will complement the physical activity. Introducing the variety of cities that host professional teams will display the variety of American society. Finally, I will play soccer as well, in order to ensure an equal exchange of culture."
Caldwell intends to pursue a PhD in biomedical engineering when he returns to the U.S.
Caldwell is a native of Frewsburg and a graduate of Frewsburg High School. He is the son of Amy and William Caldwell of Frewsburg.
Antara Majumdar, a graduating senior majoring in biomedical sciences, was chosen as a Fulbright alternate. Majumdar's Fulbright project proposed expanding the international education program Beyond the Block in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the United Kingdom.
"By working with students in a local secondary school, I would like to introduce to them the work that biomedical researchers are conducting in universities," Majumdar wrote in her application. "In turn, these students will engage in digital literacy projects in which they discuss issues in their communities with students in India and America."
Majumdar was born in West Bengal, India, She graduated from Bedford Stuyvesant Preparatory High School in Brooklyn. Majumdar is the daughter of Sangita and Ashoke Majumdar of Queens.
UB's two Boren Scholarships winners also will study abroad. They are:
Hanna Santanam, a rising junior majoring in English and anthropology, received a Boren Award for her proposal to study Hindi in Jaipur, India.
Santanam also received a Critical Language Scholarship to study in Jaipur. The CLS is a fully funded, summer overseas language and cultural immersion program designed to increase the number of American students mastering languages and building relationships between the U.S. and other key countries.
She accepted the Critical Language Scholarship instead of the Boren, and will travel to Jaipur for 10 weeks this summer to study Hindi. She will return to UB for the fall semester.
Santanam plans to use her new language skills to access the archive of Hindi films in the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, which is the world's largest collection of contemporary Indian cinema held by a museum or film archive.
"I will be able to use my knowledge of Hindi to further my expertise of the history of Bollywood film as it pertains to political and cultural change in India," she wrote in her application.
Santanam is a native of Syracuse and a graduate of Fayetteville-Manlius High School. She is the daughter of Linda and Suresh Santanam of Manlius.
Kayleigh Hamernik, a rising junior majoring in environmental studies with a minor in Asian studies. Hamernik also received a Critical Language Scholarship, but chose to take the 12-month Boren Scholarship to India.
She will study Hindi at the American Institute of Indian Studies in Jaipur, Rajasthan. While there, her course study will focus on conversation, vocabulary, grammar and reading. She also will take part in such cultural activities as cooking, dance, photography and drama class throughout the rest of the week.
Hamernik plans to use her training in Hindi to supplement her interest in the effects of climate change.
"India's rapidly growing economy, coupled with its huge population of over 1.2 billion people, has created an alarming, yet predictable result: tons upon tons of waste," she wrote in her fellowship application. "The rate of garbage generation raises not only immediate health concerns for India's citizens, but environmental concerns for all global citizens."
Learning Hindi, Hamernik wrote, "is the first step toward a career that will allow me to do what I love. While I am in Jaipur for the semester, I will push myself to speak with as many locals as I can and conduct interviews with them on their experiences interacting with waste."
Hamernik is a native of Syracuse and a graduate of Jamesville-Dewitt High School. She is the daughter of Cathy and Marc Hamernik of Syracuse.
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The Dr. Bobbie Morrow Dietrich Scholarship in Communication was established by the Board of Regents of the University of Texas System on May 12, 2010, to benefit The University of Texas College of Communications. Gift funds were provided by Dr. Wilfred O. Dietrich and various donors.
Dr. Bobbie Morrow Dietrich
Dr. Bobbie Dietrich was born July 14, 1927, in Peeltown, Texas. Later the family moved to Kaufman, where she attended the First Baptist Church. She graduated from Kaufman High School in 1944. She earned a BA from Howard Payne University in 1948, in 1963 received her MA in Speech and Drama from The University of Texas, and in 1978 earned her Doctor of Education from Texas A&M University Commerce.
On Aug. 23, 1969, she married Dr. Wilfred O. Dietrich in the First Baptist Church of Kaufman. She devoted 40 years of her life to teaching. Eleven of those years were spent teaching for the American school system, which educated children of U.S. diplomats in foreign countries. She held teaching posts in Mannheim and Frankfurt, Germany; Hakata, Japan; Clark Air Force Base, Philippines; Ankara, Turkey; London; France; Preswick, Scotland; Peshawar, Pakistan; and Soesterberg, the Netherlands. She also taught for the University of Maryland in Pakistan. Her final 25 years of teaching were spent at Blinn College in Brenham, Texas, where she was director of Speech Communications and Theatre.
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She was active in the Daughters of the American Revolution, where she served as regent in 1983-84 and 1997-99. She served as president of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas in 1989-91, 2001-03, and 2003-05. She was the president of Fortnightly in 2002-04.
She published several books and articles in professional magazines. Her greatest writing project was the Daughters of the American Revolution-published article "Claude Phillipe de Richebourge: A Sense of Noblesse Oblige."
She was active in the First Baptist Church in Brenham, where she taught high schoolers and later the Joy Class from 1969 to 2008. She and others from the First Baptist Church in Kaufman worked with Bible schools in small churches across South Texas.
She was one of the organizers of the Brenham Heritage Museum and supported her husband by organizing exhibits, volunteering, and helping in every respect. The George Bush Presidential Library was her favorite place to volunteer. She earned more than 3,500 volunteer hours at the library. She attended nearly all of the special functions and programs at the library and was present for its opening in 1997.
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Jordan Belfort says traders need to flee from Dogecoin and Shiba Inu
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Dogecoin and Shiba Inu continues to perform well
In the last few years, holding onto some digital assets in the market was a sure way of bringing profits. Despite market factors being very much available, traders hold on to the assets because of their potential. While many people have seen meme coins like Shiba Inu and Dogecoin as new tokens with potential, others do not follow that school of thought. In a recent statement by famous Wolf of Wall Street, Jordan Belford, traders need to run away from the top two meme tokens in the market.
Belfort claims investors in Dogecoin and Shiba Inu will lose money
According to Belfort's statement, he mentioned that the lack of premium regulation on the part of the government is giving developers the ability to do what they want in the crypto sector. However, he believes that things like this will be eliminated once governments worldwide decide to take up the responsibility of regulating the space. Belfort gave his statement at an interview with The Sun, one of the leading media outlets in the country.
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In the interview, he was skeptical about the potential of tokens like Dogecoin and Shiba Inu while warning investors to stay away from them. In his opinion, Belfort claims that even though he believes and stands with crypto, developers are doing a terrible job of developing 'shit coins' for traders to invest in. He positioned that most new projects like Dogecoin and Shiba Inu drain funds from users and make them lose their investments without seeing any gain in the long run.
Meme tokens are doing well in the market
Belfort became very popular in the stock market after his story was made into a movie, 'The Wolf of Wall Street, where Leonardo DiCaprio acted played him. The story was adapted after his real-life story where he defrauded investors in the stock market in a pump and dump scheme around 1999. After a protracted court sitting and legal battle, Belfort pleaded guilty and confessed to the crime, and served a jail term of 22 months.
Years down the line, he is now in the motivation business as he continues to give insight into potentially risky investments. Talking about his exploits in 1999, Belfort blamed it on greed, one thing that investors and traders need to eliminate to succeed in the market. In his interview, Belfort said that we only hear of most people coming out to say they made millions in profits from SHIB and DOGE.
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Dillagard gets first victory
Salem started the 2011-12 season in record fashion, beating henry County 89-78 on Tuesday night.
It was the highest point total in school history.
The game was tight throughout with Salem slipping ahead by no more than three points in the third quarter, until a break-out fourth.
Salem outscored Henry County 36-20 in the final quarter, with Laneshe Green going 8 for 8 from the free-throw line.
"It feels good to get that win, especially the way we played that fourth quarter," Salem coach Darren Wilkins said.
Junior Bedrick Turner paced the Salem Seminoles with 33 points, and Green, a senior, chipped in 14. Juniors Jamal Garror and Jarred Brockman added 10 and nine points, respectively, for Salem.
Salem put up the most points in school history, thanks to a fast-paced style of play. The Salem Seminoles were aggressive from the outset, keeping up with a very athletic team.
"We were very aggressive," Wilkins said. "It was a high-scoring, fast-paced game with a lot of ups and downs."
Lady Seminoles 57, Henry County 23
The Salem Seminoles girls' basketball team got the Rachone Dillagard era off with a bang Tuesday night.
Salem defeated Henry County 57-23 behind a break-out night by Ayanna Mitchell and a stifling defense.
Mitchell, a freshman, scored 30 points, and Shaylon Tarver chipped in 10 points and four steals in the victory.
"She just reacted and took what they gave her," said Dillagard of Mitchell's performance.
Mitchell got plenty of help from her teammates, who helped create 38 turnovers by Henry County.
"We did a lot of good things defensively," Dillagard said. "If our defense is doing what it is supposed to do than good things will come."
It was the first win for Dillagard at Salem, after serving as an assistant coach at Eastside in 2010-11.
"I'm really proud of our effort," Dillagard said. "That should be 100 percent every night."
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Veteran's Story: Coming Home
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T H E R E S S
SER VING THE WAR WICK AREA FOR NEARLY A CENTUR Y
98th Year Estab lished April, 1877« as The Sunbeam
(Consolidated w ith The L ititz Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster County, Penna. 17543, Thursday, April 11,1974 10 cen ts a Copy; $4.00 per yea r by
w ithin ¡Lancaster County 24 PAGES — No. 3
Youth's Car
Plunges
Into Stream A 17-year old Lititz youth
miraculously escaped injury
Monday afternoon when his
car skidded down a four foot
embankment along Newport
Road, and then through a
field, ending nose down in a
stream after hitting an
electric pole and knocking
electrical wires down onto
trees across the stream..
Driver of the car was
Edward W. Rosensteel, Jr.,,
308 Front St.
Power in the area was
disrupted for almost two
hours, as electrical wires fell
on trees across the stream,
setting fire to some of the
trees and resulting in ex-i
plosions along the wires.
In spite of the dangerous;
conditions caused by the
wires, the youth walked
away uninjured from his
damaged car.
Police report that the
accident occurred at 4:10
p.m., about 100 feet from the
intersection of Newport and
Brunnerville Roads.
Rosensteel reportedly was
heading west on Newport
Road toward the intersection.
Rain had caused
slick roadways and the youth
apparently skidded when he
applied his brakes as he
approached the intersection,
police said.
Police said the car crossed
over into the eastbound lane
and went down a four foot
embankment, then traveled
another 50 feet through a
field, hitting the electric pole
on the way, and ended up in
the stream with the front end
submerged.
Lititz Fire Company was
called to stand by until
PP&L workers arrived ¡atthe
scene to tend the fallen
wires. Traffic was tied up on
Newport Road for about one
and a half hours.
Officer Ray Lausch from
the Warwick Township
Police Department, who
investigated the accident,
charged Rosensteel with
failure to drive on the right
side of the highway.
He estimated damages at
$675 to the front end of the
car and $450 to the electric
pole.
Car above, driven by Edward
Rosensteel, Jr., ended nose down in a
stream Monday afternoon after
skidding across Newport Road, down
an embankment, and across a field,
hitting an electric pole on the way.
Easter Vacation
Easter Vacation in the
Warwick School District will
be held Friday, April 12 thru
Monday, April 15. School will
resume at the usual time, on
Tuesday, April 16.
A schedule of early
dismissal has been listed for
Thursday, April 11 as
follows: High School, 1:15
p.m.; Middle School, 1:20
p.m. and all elementary
schools at 2 p.m.
All offices in the district
will be open on Monday.
Banks Closing
The C om m o nw e a lth
National Bank, Lititz
Springs Branch, will be
closed all day Friday, April
12. They will open on Monday
The Farmers First
National Bank will remain
open all day Friday.
The First Federal Savings
and Loan Office, 69 E. Main
St., Lititz, will be closed on
First 'Streakers' Hit
Lititz Monday Night
Lititz had its first streakers this week—at least the first
ones picked up by the police.
The two streakers-a pair of young men from Lancaster-
-picked a cold rainy night for their nude journey past the
Highlander Laundromat on Rodney Lane.
Police received a complaint Monday at 11:05 p.m. from
a female customer at the laundromat that she saw two
male youths streak past the window of the laundromat,
and then rpake a return trip walking past the window.
The complainant was able to give the police a
description of the two individuals and of their vehicle,
parked nearby.
When Assistant Police Chief Jim Fritz and Officer
Charles Shenenberger arrived at the laundromat, the
streakers were gone, but the two officers later found a car
that fit the description on North Broad Street.
Upon stopping the car, they saw that the driver's shoes
and socks were lying on the floor, and his passenger's
clothing was "in disaray."
The pair was taken to the police station for questioning
and both were issued a citation for disorderly conduct.
Issued citations were Jerry J. Snyder, 18, 331 Lancaster
Ave., Lancaster, and 17 year old Lancaster youth whose
name police did not disclose.
He's Fooled Mother Nature for 25 Years When trout season opens
Saturday, you may find Ray
Rudy out there trying his
luck with all the other
fishermen. Then again, you
may find him at home in his
den, trying to tie the ultimate
fly to catch the ultimate
lunker.
In fact, many local
fishermen have been using
Rudy's flies for the past 20
years. He sells through the
mail and the Lititz Sports
Center, and has some
customers who come back
year after year. Many of the
flies are given away as gifts.
Rudy said he's been tying
flys for 25 years, ever since
he got a fly tying kit for his
12th birthday. And in that
quarter century, he has tied
" at least 50,000, maybe
One room at Rudy's 710 S.
Broad St., Lititz, home is
chock full of the fly tiers
materials. Tiny vises,
tweezers, scissors, glue,
lacquer, paint, and, of
course, barbless hooks.
Muskrat skins, deer skins,
and feathers from peacocks,
guineas, ducks, and several
varieties of pheasants are
stuffed into drawers and
lying on shelves.
How many different kinds
of flies are there? "There
are hundreds of patterns,"
Rudy said, "and I have
about 90 percent of them
committed to memory. I can
tie anywhere from a half
dozen to two dozen an hour,
depending on the type of fly.
It's a nice hobby, but, I'd
hate to have to make a living
tying flies." Rudy is a
supervisor at Warner-
Lambert, and fly-tying is
strictly a hobby.
"It's normally not even a
paying hobby," he said,
"because I usually sink all
Ray Rudy, Lititz's premiere tie flyer, has been busy
for the past several months tying flies for the opening
day of trout season. This Doctor Burke pattern here
isn't one you're likely to see on any trout fisherman's
line though, at least on Saturday. Rudy put it in the
vise so it would show up in the photograph.
the money I get back into
more materials." Some of
those materials are quite
exotic, like jungle cock
feathers and polar bear hair.
"Actually, there's hardly
any polar bear hair used
anymore. It's so hard to get,
and so expensive that very
few people bother with it. I
use this instead," Rudy said,
holding up a piece of shaggy
synthetic carpet.
The idea behind a fly, of
course, is to imitate nature
in an attempt to fool trout.
May flies are the most
imitated insects, and Rudy
showed us several dozen
May fly twins convincing
enough to fool most people.
Or at least the non-angling
reporter - the only thing
missing is the buzz. There
are even different sizes to
duplicate the many steps in
the May fly's life cycle.
Is fly tying his favorite
hobby, we asked Rudy. "Oh
no, no!" he replied.
"Fishing's more important
than tying flies. That's what
fly tying is all about. And if
you don't fish you might as
well not tie flies."
Well, then, how many fish
does he catch in a year?
"Well, if I told you how many
fish I catch in a year, most
people would think I was just
telling a fish story. I will say
this, though. I keep very few
of the fish I catch, maybe
only five percent. That's one
of the beauties of fly fishing.
You can have the sport
without hurting the fish."
lio n s Club E g g
Hunt Saturday
The annual Easter Egg
Hunt, sponsored by the Lititz
Lions Club, will he held on
Saturday, Apr. 13 at 2 p.m. at
Warwick High School
The Egg Hunt will be
divided into three groups by
ages and locations as
follows: ages 1 & 2, circle in
front of High School; ages 3
&4, baseball diamond; 5,6, &
7, football practice field and
8, 9 & 10, field east of the
Springs pool.
Parents are asked to let
the children do the hunting
and finding.
The rain date for the Egg
Hunt will be Monday, Apr. 15
at 4 p.m. at the same
locations.
Lions Club will hold its annual
Easter Egg Hunt for
children under 12 in the
township on Saturday, Apr.
13 at 1:30 p.m. at the Lions
building grounds, Rothsville.
Rain date will be Monday,
Apr. 15 at 6 p.m. at the same
faster Services to Be
Held in Area Churches Churches throughout the area will be observing Holy
Week with special services starting today (Holy Thursday)
and climaxing with Easter services on Sunday.
Many churches will hold sunrise services Easter morning,
and special programs Easter evening.
Sunrise services are scheduled at Brunnerville United
Methodist Church at 7 a.m., Coleman Memorial Chapel at
6:30 a.m., Hopeland United Methodist at 6:30 a.m.,
Moravian Church at 6 a.m., with Communion at 7 a.m.,
followed by a breakfast, Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran
Church at 5:45 a.m., St. Paul Lutheran at 7 a.m., Emmanuel
Lutheran in Brickerville at 6:30 a.m., followed by
refreshments, St. Luke United Church of Christ at Old
Zion Church, Brickerville at 5:25 a.m.
Young people will be taking part in many of the services,
with special programs planned by Sunday School
classes through the remainder of the week.
Today (Thursday) Maundy Thursday services and
Holy Communion will be held at the Moravian
Church at 4 and 7 p.m., at Trinity Evangelical Church at
7:30 p.m., at Lititz United Methodist at 7:30 p.m., at
Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran, at 7:30 p.m., at
Brunnerville United Methodist at 7 p.m., at Salem United
Methodist in Rothsville at 7:30 p.m., at St. Paul Lutheran
at 7:30 p.m., at St. Luke United Church of Christ at 7:30
Good Friday services are scheduled at the Moravian
Church at 2:15 p.m., at Coleman Chapel at 7:30 p.m., at
Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran at 7:30 p.m., and at
Trinity EC Church from 12:05 to 1:15 p.m.
The Moravian Great Sabbath Lovefeast will take place
Saturday at 3 p.m. St. John's Lutheran in Brickerville will
hold a Quiet Communion Saturday at 3 p.m.
An Easter cantata, "Hallelujah! What a Savior!" will
be presented on Easter at 7 p.m. at Hopeland United
Methodist Church.
L i t i t z R e c o rd E x p r e s s P h o to
The impact caused wires to fall on
tree s along the stream, resulting in a
power failure in the area for nearly
two hours. The 17-year-old driver
escaped injury in the accident.
Warwick Students Take
Honors at Science Fair Richard M. Busch again
took honors at the 1974
L an c a ste r City-County
Science Fair, with his
discovery of four previously
unknown prehistoric species
of Crustacea, found during
many hours of searching in
the hills and valleys of
Centre County.
Richard, a junior at
Warwick High School, won
the $100 third prize in overall
awards, as well as the
Eastman Kodak award, and
the Earth and Space Army
His award-winning study
was "Notice of a New Lower
Devonian Faunule from the
Dalmanites Zone at Curtin,
Pa. with Emphasis on the
Dalmanitacea."
Richard is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Richard P. Busch,
508 W. Marion St. Last year
he won the reserve champion
title for his comparative
fossil discovery.
See other photos
on page 10
His discovery of the fossils
is of great geologic interest
and also has value in oil
exploration. The major oil
supplies in the United States
come from Oriskany formations,
and his fossil
discoveries are related to
that group as a subdivision.
His discovery of the fossil
zone is expected to be
published and perhaps lead
to important oil and geologic
discoveries.
also took their share of
awards at the science fair.
Keith Bauchbaum won
third place in General
Science for his project: "The
Effect of Varying Soil
Compactnesses on Germination
of Bean Seeds."
Fourth place in this
category went to, Lois Lantz
for her project: "A Study of
Embryo Development in the
'Gallus Gallus.'"
Kim Ressler won sixth
place in General Science for
her project: "The Cooling of
Soup."
Linda Derek won
honorable mentions in both
General Science and Forest
Fire Crew for her study: "A
Measure of the Flamability
and Polluting Gases
Produced by the Burning of
Selected Clothing and
Building Materials."
John R. Hartenstine won
honorable mention in
General Science for his study
on "Hovercraft."
Carolyn Eberly won the
Dental Society award for her
project: "A Study of the Role
of Saliva and PH in the
Dental Decay Process and
the Formation of Plaque."
Ginny Seaman won the
Pharmaceutical award for
her project: " Does the
Tranquilizer Sparine Inhibit
the Metabolism of Rodents
and the Growth Rate of
Plants?"
Richard M. Busch, a junior at
Warwick High School, won three
awards, including third place in
overall awards, at the Lancaster City-
County Science Fair for his
description of new fossil species.
Coloring Contest Winners
Business Directory 19
Church News 20,21
Classified Ads 14,15
Editorial Page 4
Sports Section 6,7
Women's 22,23
Denise Hevener, 9,
daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Ted
Hevener, 145 E. New St.,
Lititz received Five Lititz
Shopping Dollars for the best
entry in the Easter Coloring
Contest being sponsored by
the Lititz Record-Express.
Awarded Five Lititz
Shopping Dollars by a
drawing from all the entries
received was Yvonne
Thomas, 5, daughter of Mr.
& Mrs. Wilmer Thomas,
Lititz, RD4.
The contest, open to all
youngsters four to 10 years of
age, continues this week.
Paint, watercolor or crayons
may be used to color the
Entries should be mailed
to the Lititz Record-Express
office and be received by
Monday of each week.
Judges for the contest will
be Mrs. Elspeth Brantley,
art instructor at Warwick
Middle School and A1 Taft,
local artist.
Contest rules and the
second picture to color can
be found on page 22.
Winners will be notified
and names published in
Record-Express.
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Denise Hevener, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ted
Hevener, 145 E. New St., Lititz, happily shows her
mother the Five Lititz Shopping Dollars she won for
the Best Entry in the Easter Coloring Contest being
sponsored by the Record-Express.
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Full Text T H E R E S S SER VING THE WAR WICK AREA FOR NEARLY A CENTUR Y 98th Year Estab lished April, 1877« as The Sunbeam (Consolidated w ith The L ititz Record, 1937) Lititz, Lancaster County, Penna. 17543, Thursday, April 11,1974 10 cen ts a Copy; $4.00 per yea r by w ithin ¡Lancaster County 24 PAGES — No. 3 Youth's Car Plunges Into Stream A 17-year old Lititz youth miraculously escaped injury Monday afternoon when his car skidded down a four foot embankment along Newport Road, and then through a field, ending nose down in a stream after hitting an electric pole and knocking electrical wires down onto trees across the stream.. Driver of the car was Edward W. Rosensteel, Jr.,, 308 Front St. Power in the area was disrupted for almost two hours, as electrical wires fell on trees across the stream, setting fire to some of the trees and resulting in ex-i plosions along the wires. In spite of the dangerous; conditions caused by the wires, the youth walked away uninjured from his damaged car. Police report that the accident occurred at 4:10 p.m., about 100 feet from the intersection of Newport and Brunnerville Roads. Rosensteel reportedly was heading west on Newport Road toward the intersection. Rain had caused slick roadways and the youth apparently skidded when he applied his brakes as he approached the intersection, police said. Police said the car crossed over into the eastbound lane and went down a four foot embankment, then traveled another 50 feet through a field, hitting the electric pole on the way, and ended up in the stream with the front end submerged. Lititz Fire Company was called to stand by until PP&L workers arrived ¡atthe scene to tend the fallen wires. Traffic was tied up on Newport Road for about one and a half hours. Officer Ray Lausch from the Warwick Township Police Department, who investigated the accident, charged Rosensteel with failure to drive on the right side of the highway. He estimated damages at $675 to the front end of the car and $450 to the electric pole. Car above, driven by Edward Rosensteel, Jr., ended nose down in a stream Monday afternoon after skidding across Newport Road, down an embankment, and across a field, hitting an electric pole on the way. Easter Vacation Easter Vacation in the Warwick School District will be held Friday, April 12 thru Monday, April 15. School will resume at the usual time, on Tuesday, April 16. A schedule of early dismissal has been listed for Thursday, April 11 as follows: High School, 1:15 p.m.; Middle School, 1:20 p.m. and all elementary schools at 2 p.m. All offices in the district will be open on Monday. Banks Closing The C om m o nw e a lth National Bank, Lititz Springs Branch, will be closed all day Friday, April 12. They will open on Monday morning. The Farmers First National Bank will remain open all day Friday. The First Federal Savings and Loan Office, 69 E. Main St., Lititz, will be closed on Friday, April 12. First 'Streakers' Hit Lititz Monday Night Lititz had its first streakers this week—at least the first ones picked up by the police. The two streakers-a pair of young men from Lancaster- -picked a cold rainy night for their nude journey past the Highlander Laundromat on Rodney Lane. Police received a complaint Monday at 11:05 p.m. from a female customer at the laundromat that she saw two male youths streak past the window of the laundromat, and then rpake a return trip walking past the window. The complainant was able to give the police a description of the two individuals and of their vehicle, parked nearby. When Assistant Police Chief Jim Fritz and Officer Charles Shenenberger arrived at the laundromat, the streakers were gone, but the two officers later found a car that fit the description on North Broad Street. Upon stopping the car, they saw that the driver's shoes and socks were lying on the floor, and his passenger's clothing was "in disaray." The pair was taken to the police station for questioning and both were issued a citation for disorderly conduct. Issued citations were Jerry J. Snyder, 18, 331 Lancaster Ave., Lancaster, and 17 year old Lancaster youth whose name police did not disclose. He's Fooled Mother Nature for 25 Years When trout season opens Saturday, you may find Ray Rudy out there trying his luck with all the other fishermen. Then again, you may find him at home in his den, trying to tie the ultimate fly to catch the ultimate lunker. In fact, many local fishermen have been using Rudy's flies for the past 20 years. He sells through the mail and the Lititz Sports Center, and has some customers who come back year after year. Many of the flies are given away as gifts. Rudy said he's been tying flys for 25 years, ever since he got a fly tying kit for his 12th birthday. And in that quarter century, he has tied " at least 50,000, maybe 100,000". One room at Rudy's 710 S. Broad St., Lititz, home is chock full of the fly tiers materials. Tiny vises, tweezers, scissors, glue, lacquer, paint, and, of course, barbless hooks. Muskrat skins, deer skins, and feathers from peacocks, guineas, ducks, and several varieties of pheasants are stuffed into drawers and lying on shelves. How many different kinds of flies are there? "There are hundreds of patterns," Rudy said, "and I have about 90 percent of them committed to memory. I can tie anywhere from a half dozen to two dozen an hour, depending on the type of fly. It's a nice hobby, but, I'd hate to have to make a living tying flies." Rudy is a supervisor at Warner- Lambert, and fly-tying is strictly a hobby. "It's normally not even a paying hobby," he said, "because I usually sink all Ray Rudy, Lititz's premiere tie flyer, has been busy for the past several months tying flies for the opening day of trout season. This Doctor Burke pattern here isn't one you're likely to see on any trout fisherman's line though, at least on Saturday. Rudy put it in the vise so it would show up in the photograph. the money I get back into more materials." Some of those materials are quite exotic, like jungle cock feathers and polar bear hair. "Actually, there's hardly any polar bear hair used anymore. It's so hard to get, and so expensive that very few people bother with it. I use this instead," Rudy said, holding up a piece of shaggy synthetic carpet. The idea behind a fly, of course, is to imitate nature in an attempt to fool trout. May flies are the most imitated insects, and Rudy showed us several dozen May fly twins convincing enough to fool most people. Or at least the non-angling reporter - the only thing missing is the buzz. There are even different sizes to duplicate the many steps in the May fly's life cycle. Is fly tying his favorite hobby, we asked Rudy. "Oh no, no!" he replied. "Fishing's more important than tying flies. That's what fly tying is all about. And if you don't fish you might as well not tie flies." Well, then, how many fish does he catch in a year? "Well, if I told you how many fish I catch in a year, most people would think I was just telling a fish story. I will say this, though. I keep very few of the fish I catch, maybe only five percent. That's one of the beauties of fly fishing. You can have the sport without hurting the fish." lio n s Club E g g Hunt Saturday The annual Easter Egg Hunt, sponsored by the Lititz Lions Club, will he held on Saturday, Apr. 13 at 2 p.m. at Warwick High School Age Groups The Egg Hunt will be divided into three groups by ages and locations as follows: ages 1 & 2, circle in front of High School; ages 3 &4, baseball diamond; 5,6, & 7, football practice field and 8, 9 & 10, field east of the Springs pool. Parents are asked to let the children do the hunting and finding. The rain date for the Egg Hunt will be Monday, Apr. 15 at 4 p.m. at the same locations. Easter Egg Hunt The Warwick Township Lions Club will hold its annual Easter Egg Hunt for children under 12 in the township on Saturday, Apr. 13 at 1:30 p.m. at the Lions building grounds, Rothsville. Rain date will be Monday, Apr. 15 at 6 p.m. at the same place. faster Services to Be Held in Area Churches Churches throughout the area will be observing Holy Week with special services starting today (Holy Thursday) and climaxing with Easter services on Sunday. Many churches will hold sunrise services Easter morning, and special programs Easter evening. Sunrise services are scheduled at Brunnerville United Methodist Church at 7 a.m., Coleman Memorial Chapel at 6:30 a.m., Hopeland United Methodist at 6:30 a.m., Moravian Church at 6 a.m., with Communion at 7 a.m., followed by a breakfast, Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church at 5:45 a.m., St. Paul Lutheran at 7 a.m., Emmanuel Lutheran in Brickerville at 6:30 a.m., followed by refreshments, St. Luke United Church of Christ at Old Zion Church, Brickerville at 5:25 a.m. Young people will be taking part in many of the services, with special programs planned by Sunday School classes through the remainder of the week. Today (Thursday) Maundy Thursday services and Holy Communion will be held at the Moravian Church at 4 and 7 p.m., at Trinity Evangelical Church at 7:30 p.m., at Lititz United Methodist at 7:30 p.m., at Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran, at 7:30 p.m., at Brunnerville United Methodist at 7 p.m., at Salem United Methodist in Rothsville at 7:30 p.m., at St. Paul Lutheran at 7:30 p.m., at St. Luke United Church of Christ at 7:30 p.m. Good Friday services are scheduled at the Moravian Church at 2:15 p.m., at Coleman Chapel at 7:30 p.m., at Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran at 7:30 p.m., and at Trinity EC Church from 12:05 to 1:15 p.m. The Moravian Great Sabbath Lovefeast will take place Saturday at 3 p.m. St. John's Lutheran in Brickerville will hold a Quiet Communion Saturday at 3 p.m. An Easter cantata, "Hallelujah! What a Savior!" will be presented on Easter at 7 p.m. at Hopeland United Methodist Church. L i t i t z R e c o rd E x p r e s s P h o to The impact caused wires to fall on tree s along the stream, resulting in a power failure in the area for nearly two hours. The 17-year-old driver escaped injury in the accident. Warwick Students Take Honors at Science Fair Richard M. Busch again took honors at the 1974 L an c a ste r City-County Science Fair, with his discovery of four previously unknown prehistoric species of Crustacea, found during many hours of searching in the hills and valleys of Centre County. Richard, a junior at Warwick High School, won the $100 third prize in overall awards, as well as the Eastman Kodak award, and the Earth and Space Army Award. His award-winning study was "Notice of a New Lower Devonian Faunule from the Dalmanites Zone at Curtin, Pa. with Emphasis on the Dalmanitacea." Richard is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Busch, 508 W. Marion St. Last year he won the reserve champion title for his comparative fossil discovery. See other photos on page 10 His discovery of the fossils is of great geologic interest and also has value in oil exploration. The major oil supplies in the United States come from Oriskany formations, and his fossil discoveries are related to that group as a subdivision. His discovery of the fossil zone is expected to be published and perhaps lead to important oil and geologic discoveries. Middle School students also took their share of awards at the science fair. Keith Bauchbaum won third place in General Science for his project: "The Effect of Varying Soil Compactnesses on Germination of Bean Seeds." Fourth place in this category went to, Lois Lantz for her project: "A Study of Embryo Development in the 'Gallus Gallus.'" Kim Ressler won sixth place in General Science for her project: "The Cooling of Soup." Linda Derek won honorable mentions in both General Science and Forest Fire Crew for her study: "A Measure of the Flamability and Polluting Gases Produced by the Burning of Selected Clothing and Building Materials." John R. Hartenstine won honorable mention in General Science for his study on "Hovercraft." Carolyn Eberly won the Dental Society award for her project: "A Study of the Role of Saliva and PH in the Dental Decay Process and the Formation of Plaque." Ginny Seaman won the Pharmaceutical award for her project: " Does the Tranquilizer Sparine Inhibit the Metabolism of Rodents and the Growth Rate of Plants?" In This Issue Richard M. Busch, a junior at Warwick High School, won three awards, including third place in overall awards, at the Lancaster City- County Science Fair for his description of new fossil species. Coloring Contest Winners Business Directory 19 Church News 20,21 Classified Ads 14,15 Editorial Page 4 Sports Section 6,7 Women's 22,23 Denise Hevener, 9, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Ted Hevener, 145 E. New St., Lititz received Five Lititz Shopping Dollars for the best entry in the Easter Coloring Contest being sponsored by the Lititz Record-Express. Awarded Five Lititz Shopping Dollars by a drawing from all the entries received was Yvonne Thomas, 5, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Wilmer Thomas, Lititz, RD4. The contest, open to all youngsters four to 10 years of age, continues this week. Paint, watercolor or crayons may be used to color the pictures. Entries should be mailed to the Lititz Record-Express office and be received by Monday of each week. Judges for the contest will be Mrs. Elspeth Brantley, art instructor at Warwick Middle School and A1 Taft, local artist. Contest rules and the second picture to color can be found on page 22. 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U.S. Election Assistance Commission Releases 'Disability, the Voting Process, and the Digital Divide' Study
Tuesday, Jul 26, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) in partnership with Rutgers University released a new study titled "Disability, the Voting Process, and the Digital Divide." This study was conducted through a national survey in March and April of 2022 to identify both the advancements and gaps in accessibility for voters with disabilities. The EAC worked with Professors Dr. Lisa Schur and Dr. Douglas Kruse, Co-Directors of the Program for Disability Research at the School of Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers University, and Dr. Mason Ameri, Associate Professor of Professional Practice at the Rutgers Business School to conduct the study.
The study was conducted with a focus on computer and internet use, sources of information on the voting process used in 2020, accessibility of information sources, preferred ways of receiving information about the voting process, trust in information sources, expectations about voting and information sources in 2022, and knowledge of rights for accessible information. Access to this data is critical for election officials who are continuously working to communicate and meet the needs of their jurisdictions. Understanding how to better communicate with voters with disabilities – regardless of access to the internet – is crucial to making elections more accessible. A copy of the full report can be found here.
"The 2020 elections were extremely successful and gave election offices across the country a lot of momentum to build on – especially around accessibility for voters with disabilities. Research has shown the continued progress election officials have made but there is still work to be done. Effective communications are a critical part of making elections accessible," said EAC Chairman Thomas Hicks. "The findings from this study are invaluable both for the EAC and the thousands of election officials across the U.S. who rely on this information to inform planning for programming designed for the disability community."
"Improving access to elections for all qualified voters is of vital importance to the Election Assistance Commission. Studies like this allow the EAC to highlight areas for improvement, success, and development. The EAC will continue to support election officials as they serve voters with disabilities and use this study to develop resources, guidance, and best practices so voters have the information they need in the ways they need it," said EAC Vice Chair Christy McCormick.
"The internet is of large and growing importance in social and political life, but we find that 7.5 million eligible voters with disabilities do not have internet access," said Professor Lisa Schur, Co-Director of the Rutgers Program for Disability Research. "The internet provides access to election information and social networks that mobilize voting, and the reduced internet access of people with disabilities contributes to their lower levels of voter turnout as found our 2021 report with the EAC. It is essential to provide election information in multiple formats so that all citizens are able to exercise the right to vote."
Key findings from "Disability and the Digital Divide in the Voting Process" include:
People with disabilities are less likely than those without disabilities to use computers or related devices and less likely to have access to a printer.
Close to six out of seven (86%) of people with disabilities use some form of computing device, compared to nineteen of twenty (95%) of people without disabilities. One-third (33%) of people with disabilities do not have a printer at home or easy access to one, compared to only 18% of people without disabilities.
People with disabilities were more likely than those without disabilities to use non-internet-based sources to obtain information on the voting process and less likely to use internet-based sources.
Almost three-fourths (71%) of people with disabilities said they received information on the voting process and where to vote from non-internet-based sources, compared to three-fifths (61%) of people without disabilities. People with disabilities were slightly less likely to use internet-based sources (34%) than were people without disabilities (37%).
Election office websites are the most preferred source of information on the voting process and where to vote, followed by talking to family members, friends, neighbors, and colleagues.
Two-fifths of respondents would prefer to get information on the voting process and where to vote from election office websites. However, this figure is slightly lower among people with disabilities (38% compared to 44% for people without disabilities) who are more likely than those without disabilities to prefer talking to family members, friends, neighbors, or colleagues (32% compared to 24% for people without disabilities) or receiving printed mailings from the election office (28% compared to 18%) or receiving the information from television (24% compared to 12%).
The results of the study illuminate the longstanding and critical consequences of the digital divide between people with and without disabilities. To bridge the gap, election officials should prioritize providing voting information in multiple formats, to help ensure citizens with disabilities are able to obtain the information they need to fully participate in elections. Long-term efforts should also be made to reduce the digital divide by expanding internet access for people with disabilities – particularly those who have low incomes or live in rural areas.
Through the Help America Vote Act of 2002, the EAC is tasked with maintaining a clearinghouse of election administration information. To fulfill this mission, the EAC provides best practices recommendations, training materials, and other resources for election officials. By enhancing our work with voters with disabilities and the election officials who serve them, the EAC aims to improve accessibility and to ensure an independent and private vote for all. The EAC plans to develop more resources addressing the findings of this study in the near future.
The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) was established by the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA). It is an independent, bipartisan commission charged with ensuring secure, accurate and accessible elections by developing guidance to meet HAVA requirements, adopting voluntary voting system guidelines, and serving as a national clearinghouse of information on election administration. The EAC also accredits testing laboratories and certifies voting systems, as well as administers the use of HAVA funds. For more information, visit www.eac.gov.
The Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations (SMLR) is the world's leading source of expertise on managing and representing workers, designing effective organizations, and building strong employment relationships. SMLR's Program for Disability Research studies the economic, social, and political inclusion of people with disabilities.


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Actor Paul Walker died in November 2013 in a car crash in Valencia, California.
His close friend and Fast & Furious castmate, Vin Diesel, says that watching the actor in Fast & Furious 7, his final movie, is especially painful.
"I couldn't stop crying. The thing about Fast 7 is, you don't just cry after watching it. When you think about it later, you cry again," he says.
Members of the core cast are tight-knit, the bond between Diesel and Walker especially so.
Diesel talks about how, once, he and his mother were not seeing eye to eye on how much financial help he should be giving his relations.
His mother felt that her son should render help when asked. Diesel felt exploited.
Like him, Walker had come from modest beginnings. He could empathise with the emotional turmoil his friend was feeling.
Diesel says: "I asked him to come over to the house and then I asked him, 'Go talk to my mother.'"
Walker, after a chat with Diesel's mother, "made my mother understand how I felt".
The 40-year-old, blue-eyed heart- throb was the passenger in a Porsche owned and driven by a friend, Roger Rodas, when it hit a concrete lamp post and burst into flames. The car was said to have been travelling much faster than the allowed speed limit for that stretch of road.
Even though most of Walker's scenes had been shot for the latest instalment of the Fast & Furious franchise, the studio weighed the option of shutting down production, but decided to carry on with the help of computer graphics and stand-ins from Walker's younger brothers, Caleb and Cody.
With the help of director James Wan, the ending of the story was revised to ease Walker's character of Brian O'Conner out of the saga in a sensitive way, says Diesel.
He adds that the Malaysian-born Wan (Insidious, 2010), in taking the reins from previous director Justin Lin, found that Lin had in past movies prepared the groundwork for Brian's exit from the story.
Cop-turned-vagabond racer and thief Brian feels guilty for not being there for his children with Mia (Jordana Brewster) and in Fast 7, decides that his family comes first.
Diesel says: "Family is the most important thing in life. What better heaven for Brian O'Conner to go off to than commit to his own family?"


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Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare
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Measure for Measure is an interesting play by William Shakespeare, where the principles of his comedies and tragedies mix together. Like in a classic tragedy, there is a hero - a strict judge Angelo - whose desire to obey the law becomes his fatal flaw and almost leads to his downfall. But, as in the comedies, everything ends good and no one suffers too much. The interesting plot turn is described by Shakespeare himself: "some rise by sin and some by virtue fall". The story plays with the classical dichotomy of Good vs Order, when what is right according to the law confronts the inner morals and the instinctive understanding of good and evil.
Like Judge Frollo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo, Judge Angelo also falls the victim of his lust. He is too self-righteous and too prone to purify the city of Venice that became sleazy and forgot about Christian virtues. Angelo was always detached from his true feelings and when they hit him they did it hard. The judge who was always trying to be fair, though strict, is ready to commit any atrocities, threaten and blackmail the innocent girl to satisfy his desire. Only when the Duke - the true ruler of the city who was pretending to leave temporarily - returns and calls Angelo out for his actions, the justice is restored in some way. The Duke still allows the people to indulge into sexual pleasures but obliges them to marry the seduced people to do it legally.
Interesting that Angelo isn't a villain to the full extent. The Duke, who wasn't able to set order in his own city and remind people about modesty and fidelity, just leaves, letting Angelo to enforce law and order - and fail. Later he appears and, as a "good policeman" solves all the problems. His way of ruling isn't the best still, but the people are glad to have the more moderate ruler again.
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A well kept, fruitful vineyard can be a thing of beauty. The meticulously dressed rows and the lush fruit require careful pruning and cultivation. It is no job for an amateur, that's for sure. Vineyards were common in the agriculture of the ancient Near East, Jesus used them as analogies for teaching spiritual truths.
What causes a branch to bear fruit? It's connection to the vine. If a branch is not bearing fruit, it is because it is dead. And Jesus makes a very strong point about fruit bearing. A branch will bear fruit, not by sheer will, but by staying connected to the vine. If we are not bearing fruit, it is a sign that we are no longer connected. Bearing fruit doesn't keep you connected; being connected produces fruit!
Another fact of life that Jesus draws attention to is that in a vineyard, there is a season where there is a whole lot of cutting going on! The dead branches are cut off because they take up space needed for the live branches. But even live branches get pruned so they can produce more fruit. Why is that? It's because fruit is only produced by new growth. The point is that we cannot rest on old fruit. Pruning keeps us from thinking that we are the ones producing the fruit. Apart from the vine, we can do nothing.
So what is this life giving flow that comes from the vine to produce spiritual fruit? His Words abiding in us! As we stay in Him, and His word keeps abiding in us, we WILL bear much fruit. I want to be clear in this. Just as we cannot bear fruit apart from Him, we cannot help but bear fruit if we are abiding in Him. Real fruit proves we are disciples, and a lack of fruit proves we are not disciples. How serious is this? Well Matthew 28 says our mission is to make disciples, and Acts 11 says the disciples were first called Christians at Antioch. If we have no fruit, we are not disciples, and thus are not Christians!
Again, this is not something you can accomplish by your own effort. You are either connected or you are not. And the proof is in the spiritual fruit. It is fruit from a divine source, because da' vine is divine!