We seek to create a learning environment where the safety of children comes first. We value the help and contributions of volunteers and want to see your service to the children of this community continue. Please review the information below and speak directly with your building principal if you need help with the process.
Volunteer packets with forms are available in your school building office. Ask the building secretary for assistance.
The district strongly supports the involvement of parents/guardians and community volunteers to enhance the educational, co-curricular and extracurricular programs of the school district. Accordingly, the Board encourages the use of and the schools are encouraged to provide a variety of opportunities for parent/guardian and community volunteers subject to certain requirements and procedures set forth in this policy.
Direct Contact with Children – as part of the volunteer position, the individual has regular, ongoing, contact with children or the possibility of care, supervision or guidance. This is not to be interpreted as incidental contact as part of the school setting.
Volunteer – adult who provides a service without compensation, remuneration or other consideration for an educational, co-curricular or extracurricular program.
Adult – individual eighteen (18) years of age or older.
Volunteer "Helper" – An adult who volunteers for a single event, a consecutive series of days, or several nonconsecutive days, in one or more positions during the school term, where no one position is more than ten (10) days total.
Volunteer "Assistant" – An adult who volunteers for more than ten (10) school days per school term in the same position, or any adult who accompanies students on overnight field trips.
Volunteer "Helper" – Prior to providing services as a volunteer, the Helper shall be required to sign Volunteer Responsibility Statement (916-1) and Request for Wavier (916-2) that they have not perpetrated or been convicted of any offense that would preclude their volunteer status by the school district under Act 34, Act 114, and/or Act 151.
Helpers may be required to complete, submit for approval, and file an Act 34 Criminal History Report, an Act 151 Child Abuse Clearance Statement, Act 114 FBI Criminal Background Check, and the results of a tuberculosis examination (i.e. Tine Test) in accordance with state law and regulations at the request of the Superintendent.
Volunteer Helpers must receive approval from the building administrator prior to providing services.
Volunteer "Assistant" – Prior to providing services as a volunteer, the Assistant must complete, submit for approval, and file an Act 34 Criminal History Report, an Act 151 Child Abuse Clearance Statement, Volunteer Responsibility Statement (916-1), and the results of a tuberculosis examination (i.e. Tine Test) in accordance with state law and regulations.
Volunteer Assistants must receive board approval prior to providing services.
No person who is required to submit clearances will be permitted to volunteer if the criminal history or child abuse reports/clearances required by this policy evidence an offense which would preclude such individual from providing services under the Child Protective Services Law (see Disqualifying Offenses).
Volunteering is a privilege, not a right. Even if a volunteer has obtained the required background clearances, the district retains the right to exercise discretion in permitting the individual to serve as a volunteer.
The costs of obtaining the required clearances and/or TB Tine Test, shall be the responsibility of the volunteer, but will be reimbursed by the district once submitted.
When first submitted, the clearances cannot be more than twelve (12) months old.
After the first submission, clearances must be updated every sixty (60) months from the oldest date on the clearances.
Acknowledgment of Volunteer Responsibility Form available online as 916-1.
Volunteers, at their own discretion, can delete personal identification numbers from the clearance record on file, such as their social security number, once accepted by the district.
If, after the date of the clearances, the volunteer is arrested or convicted of a Disqualifying Offense, or named as a perpetrator of a founded report of child abuse, the volunteer must provide written notice to the office of the district Superintendent within seventy-two (72) hours of the arrest or conviction.
Anyone failing to disclose information required under this policy commits a misdemeanor of the third degree and will be reported to law enforcement.
If the district has a reasonable belief that a volunteer has been arrested or convicted of a Disqualifying Offense or was named a perpetrator in a founded report of child abuse or the volunteer has given notice of an arrest or conviction of a Disqualifying Offense, the district, at its expense, shall immediately require the volunteer to submit updated clearances.
No volunteer shall be permitted to access, review, disclose or use confidential student information (written or verbal); or participate in conversations in which confidential student information is discussed. Examples of such information include, but are not limited to, the following: grades or other measures of academic performance; class standing; standardized or other test scores; attendance records; disciplinary history; intelligence test scores; personality and interest test scores; individualized education plans; health data; family background information; teacher or counselor ratings and observations; and any other verified or unverified information contained in a student's file maintained by the teachers, administrators or schools within the school district.
Each volunteer shall keep strictly confidential all information s/he may learn about students in the school district during the course of performing services. Volunteers may be required to sign a confidentiality agreement prior to providing services.
The role of a volunteer is to assist, but not replace or assume the responsibilities or authority of the district staff.
All volunteers providing service during the time that school is in session will be required to sign in at the appropriate building with a statement of their volunteer purpose and wear and display an identification tag/badge at all times and return the tag/badge to the office at the end of the volunteer period.
Under no circumstances shall a volunteer be considered an employee or an independent contractor of the district. A volunteer shall receive no wages or other valuable consideration for the performance of his/her volunteer services.
Except as specifically authorized by superintendent, on a case-by-case basis, volunteers shall not be permitted to operate any motor vehicles owned or leased by the school district. Volunteers shall not transport students, other than their own children, to or from any school event, without approval from the building administer.
The building administrator or designee shall assume general authority and responsibility over all volunteers serving at that site. The Athletic Director will assume general authority and responsibility over all athletic volunteers.
Volunteers will not be permitted to directly administer student discipline.
Volunteer activities will be provided only as requested by the teacher or supervisor.
All School Board approved volunteers must obtain a tuberculosis (TB) test as required by the Department of Health.


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Lagos-Ibadan Expressway: Traffic Diversion On 'Kara' Bridge Begins On Tuesday
Written by Smooth FM on January 13, 2020
Traffic diversion for construction works to continue on the 600- metre 'Kara' Bridge section on the Lagos outbound corridor of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway will begin on Tuesday, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
Mr Kayode Ibrahim, Federal Ministry of Works and Housing engineer supervising the project, told NAN on telephone in Lagos on Sunday that the decision was reached after a meeting of the relevant stakeholders.
"We might need to effect the diversion on Tuesday morning so as to avoid the Monday morning rush. There is usually heavy traffic on Monday morning, so we feel it is better to make it Tuesday morning.
"All the stakeholders are involved in reaching this decision. They are : the Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC) and the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA).
Others include : the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), the Police, Julius Berger Construction Plc., and the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing.
"We have been working together and we are on ground to minimise gridlock. It is nothing special, it is just a normal diversion.
"All the agencies are on ground, all hands are on deck, we have tow trucks, emergency response units. Julius Berger has a 24-hour emergency response unit that responds to all emergencies alongside other agencies.
"FRSC and Julius Berger have their tow trucks deployed, sometimes when we need NEMA and Fire Service we call them and they quickly respond to our calls,'' he said.
Ibrahim who appealed for the cooperation of road users, added that the traffic regulatory agencies also would be deploying power bikes to monitor and control breakdowns on the highway.
"LASTMA and FRSC are also deploying power bikes to go round to check traffic issues. We are very prepared, we are only appealing to the road users to be patient.
"Vehicles that are not road worthy should please stay away. People should use good vehicles to avert breakdowns on diversion areas,'' Ibrahim told NAN.
The senior engineer explained that most crashes on the highway were usually at night and the emergency response units had always cleared all impediments before daybreak.
He said that the contractor would be seizing opportunity of the dry season to speed up construction on various sections of the highway.
Ibrahim added that the same kind of diversion around Mowe, Car Park C and Magboro areas were going to be replicated at the 'Kara' bridge end with adequate traffic management architecture to avert gridlock.
"If you go to 'Kara' bridge now, the crash barriers are already lined for the diversion. As soon as we are set, we will just shift the traffic to all the places the barriers had been set.
"We can divert at this moment if we want to because everything is set but we are diverting on Tuesday.
"The whole essence of the diversion at the various sections is to expedite the completion of the project. Now that we are in the dry season, when we can do earth works, we can move faster than during the raining season.
"So, it is better that we open more work areas now that we are in the dry season so as to be able to complete the job in good time.
"We have always worked on three work areas simultaneously, this diversion is not special at all,'' he said.
Diversion on the section began with the partial closure of the inbound Lagos portion on the 'Kara' Bridge on Sept. 2, 2019 resulting in traffic diversion.
On Dec. 1, 2019, construction on the inbound Lagos was completed but work on the outbound Lagos was suspended due to the Yuletide, hence, the opening of the entire highway to traffic.
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Excerpt from Mile Marker 139 (WIP) – Chapter Four
Previous chapters: one, two, and three.
Chapter Four: Mike Popkins
He's out of breath. Mike rests his hands on his thighs as he leans forward a bit, trying to calm his heart and get some oxygen. He glares at the treadmill next to him. Ten minutes. Ten lousy minutes and the thing whooped his backside. Barb used to walk on the damn thing at least thirty minutes every morning, even before breakfast or a cup of coffee. And look where that got her. For all her commitment to regular exercise and eating healthy, she'd died of an unexpected heart attack.
When Mike finally catches his breath, he heads into the kitchen and grabs a beer and a bag of chips. Right to his favorite, well-worn recliner it is. He plops down with a grunt and flicks on the TV, mindlessly clicking through the channels. There's nothing but talk shows, infomercials, news, and soap operas on in the mid-afternoon.
"I pay how much every month for how many channels, and there's nothing good on?" Mike mutters to himself.
He sighs and opens the beer, taking a long drag. The potato chips are calling him, so he spends the next fifteen minutes eating through half of the bag and finishing his beer while a lady on TV goes on about buying "the special woman in your life a dazzling gold charm bracelet." And "If you order in now, there's guaranteed delivery just in time for Christmas."
The ringing of the phone shakes Mike out of his dream. He was just about to kiss Barb and give her one of those silly bracelets. Not realizing he'd fallen asleep, he momentarily panics as he reaches in his pocket for his phone. It's already 7:30, but there's still time before he needs to leave for work. Seeing his daughter-in-law's name on the screen, he sighs. Let it go to voicemail or pick up?
"Hi, Annie."
"Hi, Mike." Annie sounds cheerful, like always, but Mike isn't fooled. She wears her smiles like they're painted on and is that forced kind of happy you find in Disney World workers. "I was hoping I'd reach you."
"Well, you have. What's going on?" Mike asks the question, even though he knows the answer. Annie tries too hard to play the peacemaker between his son and him.
"Well, we missed you at Thanksgiving. We were hoping to see you for Christmas. The boys would love to see you."
Mike's heart clenches. "By 'boys,' I'm sure you mean my grandkids, not my son."
"Come on, Mike. We've got an extra bed."
He knows it's petty, but Mike wants to know why his son's family doesn't come visit him. He's the old man. The kids aren't that little anymore.
"I'll think about it. Might be hard to get the time off work. Lots of people traveling, you know. Gotta keep the rest stop clean." Yeah, lots of people traveling but you, Mike, he thinks sourly. Still, his pride won't step aside long enough for him to give his poor daughter-in-law a straight answer.
"All right. Just give me a call, all right?"
"Sure thing, Annie. Thanks."
The line goes dead. Bless Annie. She was the one who'd really invited him for Thanksgiving, not Calvin. Ever since Barb died, Mike and Calvin have been at odds. They couldn't be the same room without someone starting an argument. Mike knew what Calvin thought of him — that he was lazy, that he hadn't honored his mom's wishes that he take care of himself, that he wouldn't make the effort to keep the family together without her.
What did Calvin know?
"Your mother was the picture of perfect health, young man, and she's gone now. Ain't nothing gonna change that. Not I've gotta figure out how to do things on my own."
Mike knew grief. Hell, Barb and he had known it together for years. He often wished he would have had a daughter. Maybe she would've understood what his stubborn son didn't. Annie didn't need the burden of trying to fix a broken family. But Mike and Barb were lucky to have the one child they did. Years of miscarriages or not conceiving at all nearly drove them apart, but then Barb became pregnant with Calvin.
Mike shakes his head, trying to push the thoughts of the past away. He stands, leaving crumbs on the chair and the empty beer can and half-empty chip bag on the tray next to the chair. After a quick shower, he puts on his uniform of a light blue shirt and black pants that are getting too tight.
As Mike gets in his car, he marvels at how mild it's been so far for December. Besides that snowstorm right before Thanksgiving, the white stuff hasn't been back. On the drive to work, he knows he'd be smart to wrestle it out with that damn treadmill again come tomorrow.
When he arrives, he is greeted by several people who work in the restaurants and by Gloria, who's working in the gift shop. Mike nods and waves to them. They're nice enough people, but he's not much of a talker. He sidles up to the burger joint and orders some food. There's still a half-hour until his shift starts.
"The usual?" asks Wayne from behind the counter.
"Yep, two doubles, a large fry, and a Coke, Wayne, young man."
Wayne smiles. "One of these days, it should be on the house, Mike."
Mike waves him off and forks over the cash. He doesn't carry credit cards, much to the younger generations' shock. He adds the change to his other pocket. It'll go in the change jar that sits on the kitchen counter when he gets home, a leftover from when Barb was alive. "Fun money," as she liked to call it.
Ten minutes later, Mike is done with his dinner. He can hear Calvin's whiney voice saying, "Dad, this is exactly the sort of thing Mom would've hated. What, you couldn't take a few minutes to cook yourself dinner at home?"
But cooking for one lonely old man isn't practical, and Mike doesn't cook. He eyes the clock. Still fifteen minutes. Clocking in early isn't okay with the boss, so Mike steps outside to smoke. He grumbles at himself for eating so quickly as the indigestion hits him.
Lighting up, he scans the outside in the dark. Of course, she's not there yet. It's too early. A few minutes later, Mike puts out his cigarette and goes inside to begin his shift: 9:00 to 6:00 every day but Wednesdays and Sundays.
Several hours later, Mike takes a break and reaches for another cigarette. This time, he sees her, sitting in her usual spot, that crazy lady. Mike isn't sure what propels him, but he walks over to her.
"Hey, you mind if I join you?" he asks, offering a cigarette.
"What?" She seems snapped out of a daze. Removing her sunglasses, her eyes settle on Mike. Recognition stirs in them and she even smiles slightly as she takes the cigarette. "Thanks."
Mike sits down slowly on the seat. "You know, you're lucky winter hasn't really started yet. Are you still gonna sit out here then?"
The woman takes a couple of drags from her cigarette. "I haven't thought about it yet."
"It's warmer inside." Mike finishes his cigarette, stands, and crushes it in the cigarette disposal. "Gotta get back to work, but think about what I said. Warmer inside."
He leaves her gaping at his back as he walks away.
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Two Traverse City Shows at Streeters on Biggest Bar Night of the Year
By Ross Boissoneau on November 15, 2016
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MyNorth's entertainment writer, Ross Boissoneau, fills us in on two upcoming Traverse City shows at Streeters on the biggest bar night of the year, Thanksgiving Eve.
How it got its start
Not the band, but the holiday. It's not a religious holiday, the anniversary of a special event or a day invented by marketing firms and ad agencies to sell consumer goods. Nope, the Wednesday before Thanksgiving pretty much organically developed its reputation as the biggest night of the year to head to the local nightspots. There's not a lot of hard evidence to back up the statement that Thanksgiving Eve is the biggest bar night, but there's plenty of anecdotal information floating around to support it. There are a number of reasons for its popularity:
Nearly everybody has Thanksgiving off.
No one wants to host a big gathering the night before.
Everyone is home for the holiday, so it's a great time to see old friends.
To help out, Streeters in Traverse City has invited in a couple of wildly different acts: Psychedelic jam band Ultraviolet Hippopotamus and hair metal rocker Bret Michaels.
About Artist #1: Bret Michaels
Bret Michaels formed Poison in 1984. The group played up its glammy, androgynous image and began playing shows in Los Angeles. Radio hits soon followed, as did a descent for members of the group into drugs, leading to numerous firings and rehirings. Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Poison became one of the biggest hair metal bands in the world, with its multi-platinum selling Open Up and Say…Ahh! Its third album, Flesh & Blood, also enjoyed the multi-platinum sales. Michaels subsequently enjoyed a solo career, not only in music but reality TV (the dating show Rock of Love with Bret Michaels, Celebrity Apprentice). Today he balances his solo career with Poison shows and recordings. He's even developed a line of home décor and furnishings and one of pet products. Michaels has also been involved in numerous charitable events, including tours of U.S. bases in Iraq in support of Armed Forces Entertainment and with Operation Homefront, a charity that provides emergency financial and other assistance to the families of service members and wounded warriors. He earned $640,000 for the American Diabetes Association for competing in and ultimately winning the Celebrity Apprentice 3.
Influences and Inspirations
Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Cheap Trick, Slade, New York Dolls
"As the reigning rock & roll survivor in 2010, weathering everything from dating shows to a brain hemorrhage, Bret Michaels was in need of new product for the marketplace, so he served up Custom Built in the summer of 2010. Custom Built is odds-and-ends masquerading as a new album, rounding up brand-new cuts and leftovers from Michaels' unheralded pre-Rock of Love 2000s." – The All Music Guide
About Artist #2: Ultraviolet Hippopotamus
Ultraviolet Hippopotamus is an explosive five-piece improvisational band with a rapidly growing fan base across the U.S. and, more recently, Europe. Based in Grand Rapids, UV Hippo mixes psychedelic rock, progressive rock, jazz, even bluegrass stylings with new dance beats, heartfelt lyrics, eccentric effects and a vibrant light show. The band performs an eclectic selection of its original technically demanding compositions and improvised material, along with unconventional and fun covers. Funk? Check. Space rock? Got it. Reggae, prog, metal? Yep. The group deftly journeys between all those styles within a single show, sometimes within a single song. UV Hippos's third album, Square Pegs, Round Holes, reached No. 3 and spent much of the year in the top 25 of the Relix Magazine/Jambands.com National Radio Chart and was voted "2011 Studio Album of the Year" at the Home Grown Music Network. It also received similar nominations from several radio programs, among other acclaim. It's one of five releases for the band.
Psychedelic jam band rock
Umphrey's McGee, Pink Floyd, Phish, The String Cheese Incident, Genesis, Frank Zappa, Garaj Mahal, Yes, Rush
"This Grand Rapids band does the groovy, experimental, jam-rock thing in a way that would make Frank Zappa proud." – Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press
Streeters Nightclub (two separate shows in separate rooms), Traverse City
Wednesday, November 23: Bret Michaels is at 8 p.m., Ultraviolet Hippopotamus at 9 p.m.
Tickets for Bret Michaels are $33; for Ultraviolet Hippopotamus, $12. Go to GroundZeroOnline.com.
BretMichaels.com, UVHippoMusic.com
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Since Relics is a compilation and not a regular studio album, it tends to be overlooked when thought of as one of Pink Floyd's better releases. It might not be regarded as a classic psychedelic masterpiece in the manner of The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, and it certainly won't ever achieve the multiple platinum status of Dark Side of the Moon, but it's a pretty good place to start with the band's early catalog. Originally issued in 1971, Relics culls from the band's first five singles (two A-sides and three B-sides, including the non-album pop classics "See Emily Play" and "Arnold Layne") and picks album material that capitalizes on the band's versatility while making it a thoroughly palatable listen. From Piper, you get the goofy childishness of "Bike" and the mesmerizing "Interstellar Overdrive," one of the band's trademark instrumental freak-outs; "The Nile Song," taken from the More soundtrack, is one of the heaviest songs the band recorded. A little bit of everything that made early Pink Floyd can be found here. Without a doubt, the disc is an essential part of the band's discography, not to be disregarded due to its overlap with studio album material. © Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Although I probably have too many bibles in my house, I had read just enough of Brennan Manning's writing to pique my curiosity about this new bible. Manning, who died last year, is best known for "The Ragamuffin Gospel", which is but one of many Manning books from which quotes, paragraphs, and statements were pulled for this devotional bible.
The selected writings are, in many cases, perfect for each passage they accompany. Manning had a rare gift, and this bible is a perfect introduction to those who have never read his work before. This devotional accomplishes its purpose of providing excellent commentary alongside scripture.
The closest thing to a negative, and it's a small one, is that the Ragamuffin Bible only comes in one translation: the NIV.
The Booksneeze book review program provided a copy of this book to me in exchange for an honest review.


What I have gathered from projects like this, is that people really love them or they think that they're some sort of abomination. I for one absolutely love the whole juxtaposition thing. The mate black structure siting against the old patina brick is a fantastic combination. Graux & Baeyens has some other very cool projects in their book, maybe my new favorite?
I'm with you — the combination and juxtaposition of the very modern with the original structure is exciting and invigorating. Thanks for discovering and posting this one.


5 Stone Games: So What the Heck is Midrea?
I've mentioned my game word a time or two on this blog. Its not in my or my players opinion that special, it doesn't really have an edge over any other game world. It is however mine and I suppose theirs too.
What it does do is bring home the fun in several systems which is about all anyone could ask for.
When I bring new players in, here is the sheet I offer them. Its not exactly concise or an elevator pitch but its no so long as to get the TL;DR glazed eye look either.
Take a look at Appendix N and the map and you'll have a good idea about what drives the design.
Until then, lets toss some dies, eats some snack and play.


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After soaking 3/4 of a gallon of oats during the week, I save about 5 cups worth for a breakfast cake on Sundays. This makes for quick preparation and I can go get dressed and ready for the day while it's baking. Plus, I do like special breakfasts on the weekends. We have pancakes on Saturday and usually some sort of "coffee" cake on Sundays. This is my revised version of a coffee cake to be a healthy and filling breakfast. Sometimes I add the crumbled toppings, sometimes not. It's great either way.
The night before or prior, soak 5 cups of rolled oats with 1 cup buttermilk and enough water to dampen the oats, but not so much that they're swimming. Mix well and let sit with a towel over at least 12 hours.
The next day add oats, coconut oil and eggs to the mixer bowl. Mix thoroughly.
Pour into 9 x 13 (or slightly larger) greased pan and spread the batter around evenly.
For the topping, melt the butter, add to it chopped nuts, sugar and cinnamon.
Stir it well and pour as evenly as possible over the top of the cake.
Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for about 30-35 minutes.
It will be done when your knife is mostly clean.
If you like a lighter cake, you can add some cream or coconut milk to the batter to thin it a little. Either way, it's quite moist. While it's baking, feel free to finish up your morning routine. Best with a good glass of fresh milk, hot herbal tea, or a good fruit smoothie. Enjoy!


PVC (polyvinyl chloride) is a tough and chemical resistant thermoplastic. Raw PVC has very high hardness and is typically sold in powder form. The addition of plasticizers will transform PVC into a soft pliable material that is often used as a synthetic leather. The softer grades are typically sold in pellet form.
PVC is the third largest selling plastic in the world. It is commonly used in its rigid form for residential window frames, drain piping and siding. Flexible PVC is used for automotive interior parts and as a synthetic leather for furniture and automotive seating.
Midwest Resins supplies flexible and rigid PVC in a variety of durometers and custom colors and can provide UV stable grades for exterior applications.


A Lee County deputy was arrested early Monday morning received a $2,500 bail, according to the Lee County Sheriff's Office.
Adam Beissmann was arrested around 1:28 a.m. and is facing a battery charge, according to a sheriff's office booking sheet. He was arrested by police in Cape Coral.
A verbal fight broke out between Beissmann and the victim, who was angered and pushed the victim to the ground and left a mark on his or her knee, according to reports.
Beissmann was accused of participating in a second fight later that evening, and the victim fell once again, according to reports.
Beissmann is prohibited from having contact with the victim and cannot return to the home.
Neighbors Chris Kemp and Randy McCracken described Beissmann as a "nice guy," but are pleased he's being held accountable.
"If that's what he's capable of doing it's unfortunate but I'm glad it's taken care of," Kemp said.
The circumstances leading up to his arrest were unclear.
Beissmann was placed on administrative leave. His next court appearance is scheduled for June 5.


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package com.benromberg.cordonbleu.main.permission;

import static java.util.Collections.emptyList;
import static java.util.stream.Collectors.toSet;
import com.benromberg.cordonbleu.data.model.Team;
import com.benromberg.cordonbleu.data.model.User;
import com.benromberg.cordonbleu.data.model.UserTeam;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Optional;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.stream.Stream;

public class UserWithPermissions {
    private final Optional<User> user;
    private final List<UserTeam> teams;
    private final boolean admin;

    public UserWithPermissions(User user) {
        this.user = Optional.of(user);
        this.teams = user.getTeams();
        this.admin = user.isAdmin();
    }

    private UserWithPermissions() {
        this.user = Optional.empty();
        this.teams = emptyList();
        this.admin = false;
    }

    public static UserWithPermissions forAnonymousUser() {
        return new UserWithPermissions();
    }

    public User getUser() {
        return user.get();
    }

    public boolean isKnown() {
        return user.isPresent();
    }

    public boolean hasGlobalPermission(GlobalPermission permission) {
        return permission.grantTo(this);
    }

    public boolean hasTeamPermission(TeamPermission permission, Team team) {
        return permission.grantTo(this, team);
    }

    public Optional<UserTeam> hasTeamPermission(TeamPermission permission, String teamId) {
        return teams.stream().filter(userTeam -> userTeam.getTeam().getId().equals(teamId)).findAny()
                .filter(userTeam -> permission.grantTo(this, userTeam.getTeam()));
    }

    public Set<GlobalPermission> getGlobalPermissions() {
        return Stream.of(GlobalPermission.values()).filter(permission -> permission.grantTo(this)).collect(toSet());
    }

    public Set<TeamPermission> getTeamPermissions(Team team) {
        return Stream.of(TeamPermission.values()).filter(permission -> permission.grantTo(this, team)).collect(toSet());
    }

    public boolean belongsTo(Team team) {
        return teams.stream().map(UserTeam::getTeam).anyMatch(userTeam -> userTeam.equals(team));
    }

    public Optional<UserTeam> getTeam(Team team) {
        return teams.stream().filter(userTeam -> userTeam.getTeam().equals(team)).findFirst();
    }

    public List<UserTeam> getTeams() {
        return teams;
    }

    public boolean isAdmin() {
        return admin;
    }
}

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Far, far, far more beautiful than Glyndebourne and so much nicer than Garsington, with patron Lord Ashburton and his impresario Wasfi Kani on stage before curtain up, fundraising for the next season. No tax payers money is used in these productions.
Wormsley doesn't even come close.


PokerMambo is one of the best rakeback sites to play at because they offer a large number of interesting races every month. One of these races is the monthly Sit and Go Leaderboard, and as you may have guessed, this race offers lots of money to the top PokerMambo SNG players.
In fact, €30,000 is given to SNG players on a monthly basis, and the money is spread out over Low, Medium, and High Stakes Leaderboards. The Low Leaderboard isn't really so low because it offers the top 20 online poker players a share of €30,000. Every tournament with a buy-in of €1-€10 offers points towards the Low Leaderboard.
The Medium Leaderboard offers the top 20 players a total of €10,000 in prizes, and all tournaments with buy-ins between €10-€50 count towards this leaderboard. Finally, the High Leaderboard counts all points earned with €50 buy-in tournaments or higher, and €15,000 will be distributed to the top 20 players in this race.
As you can see, even the low limit SNG players will be receiving a nice bonus if they finish in the top 20 of the Low Leaderboard. The prizes only get bigger as you move to the Medium and High Leaderboard, where the winners receive €2,000 and €3,000.
– 2-player SNG: 1st place gets 2 points, 2nd place gets 1 point.
– 5-player SNG: 1st place gets 7 points, 2nd gets 6 points, 3rd receives 4 points, and the points drop by one for subsequent places.
– 10-player SNG: 1st place gets 10 points, 2nd place receives 8 points, 3rd place gets 6 points, and the points drop by one for subsequent places.
Remember that you'll be receiving 30% rakeback on all of the SNG buy-ins too, so this definitely sweetens the deal!


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US Justice: A Rotting Tree of Poisonous Fruit?
August 5, 2013 /13 Comments/in Cybersecurity, Drug War, FISA, Leak Investigations /by emptywheel
Saturday, the NYT reported that other agencies within government struggle to get NSA to share its intelligence with them.
Agencies working to curb drug trafficking, cyberattacks, money laundering, counterfeiting and even copyright infringement complain that their attempts to exploit the security agency's vast resources have often been turned down because their own investigations are not considered a high enough priority, current and former government officials say.
Of the 1,410 words in the article, 313 words are explicitly attributed to Tim Edgar, who used to work for ACLU but starting in 2006 worked first in the Office of Director of National Intelligence and then in the White House. Another 27 are attributed to "a former senior White House intelligence official," the same description used to introduce Edgar in the article.
The article ends with Edgar expressing relief that NSA succeeded in withholding material (earlier he made a distinction between sharing raw data and intelligence reports) from agencies executing key foreign policy initiatives in the age of cyberwar and Transnational Criminal Organizations, and in so doing avoid a "nightmare scenario."
As furious as the public criticism of the security agency's programs has been in the two months since Mr. Snowden's disclosures, "it could have been much, much worse, if we had let these other agencies loose and we had real abuses," Mr. Edgar said. "That was the nightmare scenario we were worried about, and that hasn't happened."
Today, San Francisco Chronicle reminds that NSA does hand over evidence of serious criminal activities if it finds it while conducting foreign intelligence surveillance, and prosecutors often hide the source of that original intelligence.
Current and former federal officials say the NSA limits non-terrorism referrals to serious criminal activity inadvertently detected during domestic and foreign surveillance. The NSA referrals apparently have included cases of suspected human trafficking, sexual abuse and overseas bribery by U.S.-based corporations or foreign corporate rivals that violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
"If the intelligence agency uncovers evidence of any crime ranging from sexual abuse to FCPA, they tend to turn that information over to the Department of Justice," Litt told an audience at the Brookings Institution recently. "But the Department of Justice cannot task the intelligence community to do that."
"The problem you have is that in many, if not most cases, the NSA doesn't tell DOJ prosecutors where or how they got the information, and won't respond to any discovery requests," said Haddon, the defense attorney. "It's a rare day when you get to find out what the genesis of the ultimate investigation is."
The former Justice Department official agreed: "A defense lawyer can try to follow the bouncing ball to see where the tip came from — but a prosecutor is not going to acknowledge that it came from intelligence."
And (as bmaz already noted) Reuters reminds that the DEA has long had its own electronic surveillance capability, and it often hides the source of intelligence as well.
Although these cases rarely involve national security issues, documents reviewed by Reuters show that law enforcement agents have been directed to conceal how such investigations truly begin – not only from defense lawyers but also sometimes from prosecutors and judges.
The undated documents show that federal agents are trained to "recreate" the investigative trail to effectively cover up where the information originated, a practice that some experts say violates a defendant's Constitutional right to a fair trial. If defendants don't know how an investigation began, they cannot know to ask to review potential sources of exculpatory evidence – information that could reveal entrapment, mistakes or biased witnesses.
As bmaz also noted, none of this was very secret or new. The FISA sharing is clearly permitted by the minimization procedures. Litigation on it 11 years ago suggested it may be even more abusive than laid out under the law. And bmaz has personally been bitching about the DEA stuff as long as I've known him.
These articles suggesting there may be more sharing than the NYT made out on Saturday, then, are primarily reminders that when the fruits of this intelligence get shared, the source of the intelligence often remains hidden from those it is used against.
Which brings me to this WSJ op-ed Edgar published last week. In some ways the op-ed makes a laudable case for more transparency.
What, then, accounts for the public mistrust? Intelligence officials forget that the public sees none of this. Where the government sees three branches of government working together in harmony, the public sees a disturbing pattern of secret law and secret government accompanied by demands to "trust us, we are keeping you safe." Secret checks and balances appear to be nothing more than a pale shadow of our constitutional design.
President Obama should go further, wresting control from the leakers and restoring trust with the public. He should ask Mr. Clapper to look across the intelligence community and disclose to the public the types of large databases it collects in bulk, under what legal powers or interpretations, and pursuant to what safeguards to protect Americans' privacy—while keeping necessary details secret.
Openness is a value in itself, but it is also a necessary precondition to the effective functioning of our three branches of government.
Though it seems to contradict itself as to whether the NSA is collecting everything.
'Big data" is one name for the insight that collecting all the information in a massive database will uncover facts that collecting only some of the information cannot. This is not news to Gen. Keith Alexander, director of the National Security Agency. Gen. Alexander is a zealous advocate of getting it all whenever practically and legally possible.
Despite what Americans see in the movies, the NSA doesn't actually collect everything.
But the truly bizarre part of this op-ed that endorses more transparency is this claim about Amnesty v. Clapper.
The ACLU has challenged the constitutionality of NSA surveillance programs for years, but that case never got to the issue of constitutional rights. The intelligence community argued, and the Supreme Court agreed, that the civil-liberties groups couldn't maintain their lawsuit. Civil-liberties advocates represented a variety of people with entirely reasonable fears of monitoring. Whether they were actually under surveillance was a secret (and properly so). The government argued vigorously that this secrecy meant the case could not go forward, and the court agreed. [my emphasis]
Remember, as a threshold matter, what we're talking about. Amnesty v. Clapper's plaintiffs included human rights organizations like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch; criminal defense attorneys including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Mohamedou Ould Salahi's attorneys by name, the Nation and Chris Hedges, and SEIU.
Since SCOTUS rejected the plaintiffs' case on standing, leaked minimization standards have made it clear Section 702 surveillance provides no protection for human rights workers, journalists, political organizations, or even attorneys representing people — like Salahi — who have not yet been criminally charged. While none of the plaintiffs in the case could be directly targeted, their communications with people they have every business to be talking to easily could be. And we'd never know whether these entities — whose work makes them adversaries to the government — were surveilled unless the government decided to charge them or their interlocutors and reveal that fact.
And Tim Edgar, civil libertarian, thinks it is "proper" that all these people, most of whose activities are protected under the Constitution, should never know if the government is surveilling their work.
Then there's the other problem with Edgar's endorsement of secrecy surrounding whether Amnesty v. Clapper plaintiffs have been surveilled: the government has reneged on the several promises it made over the course of that litigation to reveal when this surveillance is used on defendants (precisely the issue the SFChron and Reuters stories emphasize).
What we have learned since the Clapper decision, however, has revealed a yawning chasm between the government's words and actions. Faced with recent revelations about the FAA surveillance program, intelligence officials have raced to defend the controversial law. And, in doing so, they have touted at least four cases where warrantless FAA surveillance was purportedly critical to preempting terrorist plots. Yet not one of the defendants in these prosecutions was told that the government's evidence was obtained from FAA surveillance, and thus they had no opportunity to challenge the statute. This fact runs directly contrary to the arguments that lawyers for the government paraded before the Supreme Court just last fall.
Indeed, the government has openly departed from its previous position. Criminal defendants in Chicago and Florida have filed motions seeking to compel the government to provide notice of its intent to rely on evidence obtained from warrantless wiretapping under the FAA, yet the government is now arguing that it has no obligation to do so.
This extends to the program Edgar specifically defends in his op-ed, the Section 215 dragnet, where the government never told Basaaly Saaed Moalin it used the Section 215 dragnet — apparently accessed by claiming al-Shabaab's pre-terrorist designation effort to expel US-backed invaders of Somalia amounted to plotting against "the homeland" — to identify and justify wiretaps on him.
Given Edgar's enthusiasm for the surveillance of even protected activities to remain secret, taken in tandem with all the known examples where the government hides the source of this surveillance, there is no reason to believe an article based significantly on his claims that NSA's information (whether in raw data form or as intelligence reports) is not shared widely in the government. Maybe it's true.
But ultimately we have one way of testing such claims: in the courts. And if even defendants are never given an opportunity to challenge not just the constitutionality of the programs themselves, but also potentially dubious claims made to justify the surveillance, all the so-called transparency from those already caught in lies is of limited use.
Tags: Basaaly Saaed Moalin, DEA, Section 215, Ted Olson, Tim Edgar
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orionATL says:
well, there's this:
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/05/tor-deep-web-servers-offline-freedom-hosting
sounds like a victor bout case but involving largely electronic police work.
i believe this is the third (one in britain, two in the u.s.) case involving sexual abuse since the guardian first broke the news of the nsa spying.
child sexual abuse, because it is so repugnant, is the perfect vehicle for testing govt's questionable policing tactics and, now, for defending govt electronic spying.
P J Evans says:
This is one area where I've come to believe that if their lips are moving, they're lying. If they're providing written statements, the paper has singed edges.
greengiant says:
Even under Murdock the WSJ always takes the side of where the profit is or might be.
What Constitution says:
This will get really interesting when the NY Attorney General tries to get some Wall Street materials out of NSA. If nothing else, it's about whose ox is being gored, after all.
peasantparty says:
As I stated below in the post by Bmaz it may be Insurance Companies too.
Home, Auto, and Health insurers maybe requesting info to keep from paying out claims. Maybe you made a phone call to the spouse upon leaving the doctor's office and said a few of your thoughts. Maybe you said you were in a hurry to get somewhere on facebook. Maybe you tweeted you might have left something on the stove.
M.Black says:
This matter of the "poison fruit" can't help but put me in mind of your post a couple of days ago regarding the "pressure cooker" online searches that led to law enforcement visiting a family in New York. That same day there was an update to the story to the effect, "Move along, folks, nothing to see here — no NSA involvement": The local authorities claim the investigation was the result of a tip from some former employer who claimed the husband had searched for the term some time ago on a computer he had once used.
We now learn that this kind of thing is rather sweetly called "recreating the investigative trail." So who knows how that investigation got started?
Which brings us back to the point made by Julian Assange months ago, I believe in the context of the James Rosen and AP subpoenas: The NSA already has everything and these trappings which might be termed "investigative artifacts" are simply manufactured in order to create a more plausibly legal, conventional court case.
earlofhuntingdon says:
@M.Black: "Recreating"? That means lying about where the government developed information it seeks to use in a criminal matter in public court. Lying to the public, to defendants, to a federal judge. One would think that would be a felony; for the lawyers involved, it should lead to censure and disbarment.
@earlofhuntingdon: Agreed.
What Constitution? says:
@earlofhuntingdon: Yes, and don't forget that Scott Bloch, Esq. recently was sentenced to a full day in jail after pleading guilty to bringing in computer experts to wipe the OLC hard drives in his department after receiving a subpoena from Congress, as I recall. So it's clear, very clear, that hard time awaits government lawyers who might stoop so low as to manufacture false evidence trails and lie to courts and Congress to hide it. NO, no, that's not it: rather, a Federal judge recently rejected the effort by former OLC lawyer Scott Bloch and Washington lawyers from the DOJ to completely avoid jail time for Bloch on these facts, and instead levied a prison sentence that literally multiplied the proposed sentence by an infinite amount… to one whole day. Surely, with such a precedent now set, by the time someone in the government gets prosecuted for doing what is described as commonplace here, they'll be able to see their way clear to throw away the key for such a miscreant. Yes?
Francois T says:
If Tim Edgar want to be believed, he needs to explain why congressmen like Alan Grayson and Morgan Griffith have been systematically stymied and lied to when they requested information about the NSA programs from the House Intelligence Committee.
What, then, accounts for the public mistrust? Intelligence officials forget that the public sees none of this. Where the government sees three branches of government working together in harmony
You call that harmony Mr Edgar?? You must think everyone outside the intelligence community is congenitally stupid…or emoprog like obnoxious fuckwad extraordinaire John Schindler wrote after his appearance on Chris Hayes show.
This is true in one sense – I very much doubt they are seeing and then collecting NTP [Network Time Protocol] traffic, DNS traffic and so on. That said, the simplest, straight-forward way to intercept connections between people in the US and the rest of the world is simply to roll up all traffic (other than the above) or all traffic that crosses an international border. (Which would mean they would be dropping something like 25% of all traffic because it's redundant or useless, as above, and dropping maybe 10-20% of the rest (point to point traffic wholly inside the US). Given that they got rollback of comms on the Tsarnaev brothers, I am pretty sure they're also collectiong that other 10-20%, and just 'not looking at it'.
Which is apparently how they rationalize the collection.
'It's not like the movies' and 'we're collecting everything but not looking at it unless we can cough up a semi-plausible excuse' are pretty much exactly the same thing, but sound real different.
['Given that the Bushies essentially ordered them to tap all traffic illegally, I've got no reason to think they ever stopped.']
jawbone says:
For anyone concerned that the IRS has been left out of the NDS intel/info bonanza, worry no longer. They're in on, complete with "reconstructive investigation" trails.
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130807/17003624104/irs-also-secretly-got-intelligence-info-was-told-to-launder-it.shtml
Rule of law? (loud laughter)
NDS should be NSA…
earlofhuntingdon on Where's The Anger? Where Are The Consequences?
AndTheSlithyToves on The Mike Flynn Interviews (Updated)
About the Reuters DEA Special Operations Division Story More Lies to the FISA Court


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Q: What is residual distortion in a THD analyzer? Im a bit confused about the concept of residual distortion in audio THD analyzers, for example I have a Keithley 2015 analyzer, the data sheet shows that it has a minimum resolution to measure distortion of 0.0001%, but the residual distortion is 0.004%, What exactly is the residual distortion figure?
From what I understand its like the distortion of the instrument itself, so even if the instrument has a minimum resolution of 0.0001% doesnt that mean that the minimum distortion that can be measured is 0.004%? however I tried connecting the output of my SG505 low distortion oscillator to the meter and it reads 0.0008% which is on spec for the oscillator, so what exactly is going on? I've tried looking for this on Google with no luck.

A: The residual distortion is basically the analyzer's internal noise floor - you can't measure anything less than that, because all you'd be measuring is the analyzer's internally-generated noise.  (Your measurement of .0008% says that their specs are fairly conservative, meaning that .004% is likely a worst-case number).
Think of resolution as being like the number of digits on the display.  In the simplest case, .0001% resolution means that you could (theoretically) discern the difference between a .1000% reading and a .1001% reading.  It has nothing to do with how low you can measure, but only how many digits will be in the answer you get.  The expression "minimum" resolution probably means that this is the best-case resolution, probably available only on one of the lower ranges.
So, they'll guarantee you can read down to .004%, but with .0001% resolution, so the display should actually read .0040%.  And you'll be able to see the difference between that and .0041%.

A: *

*Measurement Input: Residual Distortion THD –65 dB  relative to full scale

*

*¹ Input at full scale.

*Display Resolution 100 dB

It is normal for THD to increase with signal level.
In this case the THD is defined at full scale.
It means -65dB is a worst case value, not the best case.
The resolution is -100dB of full scale.
Also slightly lower THD is possible with input signals less than than full scale, which also reduces the dynamic display range.

A: The Keithley 2015 is not an ordinary DMM, rather it has an ultralinear front end with a DSP that can measure SINAD and Harmonic distortion like an Audio Spectrum Analyzer.
So it has high performance specs of;
THD –65 dB   (residual, relative to full scale)
Resolution -100 dB ( relative to 0dB being full scale)
Noise 100 µV rms

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Smart Objects live on... but how long can they hang on?
If you're a GoLive user (as I am), you have been worried ever since the merger about the future of the program. When Adobe finally announced the demise of FreeHand, hope was quickly draining. Well, take this little bit of info to the bank:
Adobe has released GoLive 9.
And would you believe it if I told you that the upgrade is actually quite a full one? The interface has been updated, the visual CSS stuff is pretty cool, and the look and feel actually match somewhat what you see in InDesign (for example, GoLive now has a Place function). And yes, it's Universal Binary and runs native on Intel-based Macs. It also supports Vista (although not the consumer versions). It's available via download only, and also has a free 30-day trial version.
For me, GoLive was always about the wonderful Smart Object integration with Illustrator (and Photoshop -- but mainly Illustrator). So I'm happy to see that I can at least stick to my Smart Object workflow for the time being.
But one look at Adobe's website and you'll see that every page that mentions GoLive 9 also features 3 or 4 links to documents or sites or resources on switching to Dreamweaver. I think it's odd how in one sentence you tout the new features of GoLive 9, and in the very next sentence, you offer reasons why you should switch from GoLive to Dreamweaver. Reminds me of when I was younger and when my parents tried to give me medicine (which of course I wouldn't want any part of). I would much rather have ice cream of course. And so my parents would say "fine, here's some ice cream" but of course, they would pour the medicine over the ice cream as if it were hot fudge. And we ate it.
Things haven't changed much since then, has it?
I used GoLive a while back, but moved to Dreamweaver because GL crashed far too often. Dreamweaver seemed overly restrictive as a design tool, so I compromised by designing templates in GoLive and maintaining sites in DW.
The latest trial version is a very substantial upgrade for a goodbye release ... and it contains an extension for exporting sites to DW. Having invested so much effort in GL, would it not make sense for Adobe to retain it as a prototyping tool for designers who hand work off to coders?
It is my understanding that Adobe is positioning GoLive as the "designer's" visual tool for web design, while Dreamweaver is obviously focused on delivering tools for developers and those looking for "more" in a web app.
I agree the upgrade is quite substantial and hope it will remain as a viable link in the designer/developer world.
638ways said...
My god. I didn't even know what there was a new version of GoLive - They haven't made much out of it. And I like some of the new features mentioned like the Indesign integration.
Strange Adobe
jimHere said...
GoLive at least does what it says.
Over the past couple years DreamWeaver's clunky UI and the limitations of a WYSIWYG web app not quite able to render to the real world moved me to making web pages in text, with css as the glue that makes it look good.
DreamWeaver has a lot of new CS3 features like translating an InDesign document to html, but the steps involved prove that it's easier to just do it from scratch with the InDesign file open for eye-balling.
Some features in Adobe's video tutorials also imply that developers, too, will use this instead of writing their own code in html-smart text apps.
Aside from students, the real web world is best derved with a combination of GoLive and Text.
How about Dreamweaver CS4 incoporate the new Golive interface that way it keeps all the programming advantages it currently has and graft on the new interface to make it a better design web app which is currently isn't. So basically a fusion of the best of Golive and Dreamweaver combined as Dreamweaver CS4.
JoeDrinker said...
I wish that they had bundled that with the new version of CS3. I've always been a GL user, and have been trying to get my head around the Dreamweaver interface since the upgrade, but still resort back to my GL work flow thinking.
Nice to know the old standby will still be there, albeit for a price.
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Velvet Sky
Autumn's sophomore album, "Velvet Sky" is a love letter to the moments in life that enliven our spirits, stir our dreams, and touch our souls. Marking a significant artistic stride, Autumn's eloquent performance and seasoned songwriting resonates wildly throughout, shining deep into the heart of life. Influenced by a mosaic of sounds, "Velvet Sky" is a medley of gospel-inspired balladry and Folk/Americana, masterfully fused together with Autumn's unique style and sensibility. Teaming up once again with producers Walt Wilkins and Tim Lorsch (Sugarcane, 2006), "Velvet Sky" combines uncluttered instrumentation with potent, expressive vocals, creating a sparse yet resounding musical experience. Along with seven new originals including "Rain Down", "Trees", and "Higher", Autumn enlists Walt Wilkin's songwriting dexterity, performing his tracks "Velvet Sky", "Lessons Never Learned", "Trains I Missed" and the Wilkin's and Liz Rose collaboration, "We Made the Spirits Move". A galvanizing version of Patty Griffin's "Nobody's Crying" compliments the vulnerable cadence of four other Autumn originals, "Sunny", "Cowgirl Confessions", "Eagles", and "Paint". Serving as the female sidekick for the #1 rated "JB and Sandy Morning Show" on Mix 94.7 KAMX Austin, Autumn's listening fanbase quickly bloomed throughout Texas with the release of her first album "Sugarcane". The Oklahoma native first took piano lessons at age 7, her repertoire soon expanding to voice, drums, flute, and guitar. With scholarship offers from across the country, Autumn chose the prestigious music program at the University of Texas in Austin, graduating in 2004 with a degree in Classical Piano. She attests that it was during these formative college years, she discovered and honed a talent and desire for songwriting. 'Velvet Sky' was recorded in Nashville, Tennesee at the Dog Den, engineered and mixed by Bill McDermott. Also recorded in Austin, Texas at Jumping Dog, engineered by Rob Flynt, with a live recording of piano/vocal on "Paint" at The Zone in Austin, Texas. In addition to Autumn on vocals and specific piano and organ tracks, she is joined by Sam Baker, Tina Mitchell Wilkins, Ryan Turner, Walt Wilkins, Josh and Christy Grider, Tim Lorsch, and renowned Texas hippietonkers, The Mystiqueros.
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Christy in Rochester
I love Velvet Sky. She does Walt's songs justice. And that alone is saying something. I never thought I could listen to anybody else sing "Trains" but Autumn does a great job with it.
Great album, strong lyrics, soulful tone and equally soulful songchoice. This girl is going to be a star. I have seen her play live, she can wail on the keys and sing her ass off with true conviction. Passionate and musical, she's got it. Get the album, its what TX music is all about.
Sandy Rivers
This sweet-baby-Autumn can croon with the best of 'em, and I recommend picking up this gem. This is the kind of music you make a playlist for in your iPod.
Fan of Autumn
Wonderful voice, great songs...a CD to have for sure.


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Maverick Viñales and Valentino Rossi had little time to rest after last weekend's Japanese Grand Prix. The Movistar Yamaha MotoGP teammates arrived in Victoria, Australia, just a few days later for the second race of the triple header.
Viñales continues to show great determination as he enters round 16 of the MotoGP World Championship on Phillip Island, one of his favourite circuits. Currently third in the championship standings, he aims to keep fighting to close in on the rider in second place, who is 30 points ahead of him.
The Spaniard got to lift a trophy after a race in Australia three times prior. He scored a Moto3 second place in 2013, secured a Moto2 win the year after, and stood on the premier class podium last year celebrating a third place.
Teammate Rossi is eager to bounce back from the misfortunes he experienced in Motegi last week by scoring a top result in Australia this weekend, in order to climb up from fifth place in the championship rankings.
After securing 250cc victories in 1998 and 1999 and a 500cc third place in 2000, the Doctor continued to work on an impressive résumé, enjoying a five-year winning streak from 2001 to 2005 in the premier class. This was followed by five more consecutive podium finishes, taking second place in 2008 and 2009, and third place in 2006, 2007 and 2010. The Italian revisited the Australian podium in 2013, 2014 and 2016, claiming a third, first and second place respectively.
Phillip Island began staging motorcycle races in 1931 and became a permanently constructed circuit in 1956. It continued to host motorcycle Grand Prix events until an extensive renovation took place in 1968. The circuit made an intermediate comeback in 1989-1990, to become a regular fixture once more from 1997 onwards. Thanks to its terrific location, right next to the ocean, and its flowing lay-out (featuring seven left and five right corners and a 900m longest straight), the Phillip Island track is a very popular destination for MotoGP fans, who travel from far and wide to cheer on their heroes.
Championship: 3rd – Points: 203
"We did our best in Japan, but unfortunately it wasn't enough. Now it's time to focus on Australia in order to make another important step for the championship. For me, Phillip Island is one of my favourite tracks, I like the lay-out a lot and I love being here, it's amazing. When I was here in February I was the fastest on my YZR-M1, so I'm really motivated for the race. The championship isn't over until all the points have been distributed, so anything is still possible and I can't wait to be on the bike again to give my 100%."
Championship: 5th – Points: 168
"I have arrived in Australia after a complicated race, but I'm in a good mood because I want to work in the best way possible with my team and fix the issues we had in Japan as quickly as possible to do nice races again. Phillip Island is a circuit I really like and I hope that the weather here will be good to start working straight away in dry conditions. After the crash in Japan I'm feeling pretty good, just a little bit of pain. Now I hope for good weather for the entire weekend!"
Massimo Meregalli
"The team has travelled straight to Australia after the race in Motegi. Last Sunday didn't go according to plan, but we have another race to look forward to this weekend. We will use the Japanese GP as a source of motivation to get good results at the Phillip Island circuit, which is one of the team's favourite tracks on the MotoGP calendar. Not only does the sweeping lay-out suit our bike more, but also the atmosphere there – with the track being so close to the shore – is really enjoyable. Earlier this year, we collected quite a lot of data during the pre-season test on Phillip Island and this week we will add on to it. We look forward to putting the free practice time to good use, and hope to hit the ground running on Friday."
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SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- An incident at a San Jose high school Wednesday afternoon is being blamed on pepper spray.
The fire department was called to Oak Grove High School around 3pm on reports that people in a biology class smelled something strange and were having trouble breathing.
Firefighters evacuated the classroom and created a "warm zone" on campus for the contaminated students and at least one teacher.
At the time, first responders did not know what caused the problem so those affected were not allowed to leave for fear they could contaminate others.
"I have two friends actually that were in the classroom and I think they were in the worst condition because they were coughing real bad and their skin was red," said sophomore Brandon Thompson.
A spokesperson for the San Jose Fire Department said 12 people were treated and decontaminated on campus.
Six of them were taken to the hospital. The other six were allowed to go home.
Firefighters were concerned for the unknown number of students, who had been in the biology class, who left campus before help arrived.
At first, those students were being asked to return to campus.
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The East Side Union High School District issued the following statement: Oak Grove High School notified EMS and San Jose Fire Department today around 3pm, at the end of 7th period, regarding a foreign smell in a biology class. Approximately ten students and the teacher developed teary eyes and itchiness and were immediately evacuated from class. One student was transported to the hospital due to tightness of breath. At first there was concern that there might be a gas leak. There is no evidence of a gas leak. It is believed to have been pepper spray.


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Jason Lansing and Austin Pomerantz
Jason Lansing (SM '21) and Austin Pomerantz (SM '21) launched a sports memorabilia company to help collegiate athletes.
Dan Tyrrell
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Megan Kahn
Megan Kahn (MVS '11) is a nurse midwife at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital and Michigan Medicine.
Jayde Riviere
Sophomore Jayde Riviere talks about her experience at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and what it meant for her to be a part of Canada's gold-medal-winning women's soccer team.
Joseph Shoemaker
Joseph Shoemaker is a junior studying Movement Science. We caught with him to talk about his internship with the Michigan Athletics Performance Nutrition program.
Kyle Patmore
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Diego Andrade-Cabrera
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Myles Amine
Sport Management master's student Myles Amine discussed his Olympic experience winning bronze in freestyle wresting and serving as his country's flag-bearer for the Opening Ceremony.
Elizabeth Lusk
Elizabeth Lusk (MVS '18) is pursuing her Master's of Health Services Administration at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.
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Alexander Phillips
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Ainsley McCallister
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My high school age son has a job at a local pizza place. One thing he and his friends agree upon is that "no-one likes customers". This is because when a customer comes in, work needs to be done and who wants to spend their time doing that? Nevertheless, all recognize that this is why they are there and all work together to produce the requested goods. One key advantage they have over most of my corporate clients in IT is that they actually get to see the customers and hear directly from the customers what they want.
I was thinking about this in the context of the now very well entrenched practice of thinking in terms of "Internal Customers", "running IT like a business", and OLAs/SLAs etc. Presumably, this is to improve performance of IT, increase job satisfaction, and ultimately increase overall company performance. Because, isn't it true that the ultimate customer sits at the end of a chain of internal customers? Hence, if all internal transactions are optimized, the end-result must be a good one. Is it?
In reality everyone is familiar with the drawbacks of this thinking. Particularly in IT, business/IT alignment has been a long standing issue with IT producing results for their "business customer" that are often frowned upon even if they meet SLAs or OLAs. At best, if everyone is busy meeting their SLAs and OLAs, the organization typically calcifies around yesterday's customer needs. At worst, they stop caring about the end-customer and make sure they "cannot be blamed" for bad results: they were just doing their jobs, and didn't the business "customers" sign off on the requirements that were just "delivered"? Most people in the organization have no trouble to point out what is not working when asked: There is too little cross-departmental collaboration, too much focus on internal process.
There are developments that point to new thinking away from the "internal customer". Agile is one. The business is embedded in the project team so that the voice of the actual customer is constantly represented. Micro-sourcing in lieu of grand outsourcing is another one. In micro-sourcing smaller functions of IT are sourced to providers, leaving more flexibility to the IT organization to respond to changing needs. Regardless, what is required is increased awareness from IT of the actual customers and working as a partner with the business solving business problems, instead of optimizing IT metrics and SLAs.
Kasper de Boer is a Vice President in Sogeti US, where he is currently responsible for the Infrastructure Practice. Kasper has 25 years experience in IT Consulting and is particularly interested in IT organizations and how to make these more efficient and effective. He advises clients on how to reduce the on-going maintenance burden of IT systems and technology, achieve better alignment between IT capabilities and business needs, increase speed-to-market of IT solutions, and increase the overall responsiveness of IT.
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Dr Arathi Sriprakash
BA(Melbourne), BTeach(Hons)(Melbourne), MPhil(Camb), PhD(Camb)
Educational systems: administration, management and leadership
International and comparative education
Social structures, inequalities and social justice
socio-cultural diversity, pro-poor development, policy translations, ethnographic methodologies
Arathi is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney and is based at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge.
Please see her Cambridge website for details about projects, roles, and publications.
https://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/people/staff/sriprakash/
Welch, A., Connell, R., Mockler, N., Sriprakash, A., Proctor, H., Hayes, D., Foley, D., Vickers, M., Bagnall, N., Burns, K., Low, R. & Groundwater-Smith, S. (Eds.). (2017). Education, Change and Society. (4th ed.), Oxford University Press: Melbourne.
Connell, R., Welch, A., Vickers, M., Foley, D., Bagnall, N., Hayes, D., Proctor, H., Sriprakash, A. & Campbell, C. (Eds.). (2013). Education, Change and Society. (3rd ed.), Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
Burns, K., Proctor, H. & Sriprakash, A. . (2018). Growing up. In A. Welch, R. Connell, N. Mockler, A. Sriprakash, H. Proctor, D. Hayes et al. (Ed.), Education, Change and Society (4th ed., pp. 21–42), Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
Sriprakash, A. & Possamai, A. (2013). Hindu normalization, nationalism, and consumer mobilization. In J. Barbalet, A. Possamai & B. S. Turner (Ed.), Religion and the State: A Comparative Sociology (pp. 207–224), London: Anthem Press.
Proctor, H. & Sriprakash, A. (2013). School Systems and School Choice. In R. Connell et al (Ed.), Education, Change and Society (3rd ed., pp. 213–233), Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
Sriprakash, A. & Proctor, H. (2013). Social Class and Inequality. In R. Connell et al (Ed.), Education, Change and Society (3rd ed., pp. 79–98), Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
Proctor, H. & Sriprakash, A. (2017). Race and legitimacy: Historical formations of academically selective schooling in Australia. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 43(14), 2378–2392. DOI:10.1080/1369183X.2017.1315859
Takayama, K., Sriprakash, A. & Connell, R. (2017). Toward a Postcolonial Comparative and International Education. Comparative Education Review, 61(s1), S1–S24. DOI:10.1086/690455
Sriprakash, A., Proctor, H. & Hu, B. (2016). Visible pedagogic work: Parenting, private tutoring and educational advantage in Australia. Discourse, 37(3), 426–441. DOI:10.1080/01596306.2015.1061976
Loughland, A. & Sriprakash, A. (2016). Bernstein revisited: The recontextualisation of equity in contemporary Australian school education. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 37(2), 230–247. DOI:10.1080/01425692.2014.916604
Sriprakash, A. & Mukhopadhyay, R. (2015). Reflexivity and the politics of knowledge: Researchers as 'brokers' and 'translators' of educational development. Comparative Education, 51(2), 231–246. DOI:10.1080/03050068.2014.996027
Turner, B. S., Halse, C. & Sriprakash, A. (2014). Cosmopolitanism: religion and kinship among young people in south-western Sydney. Journal of Sociology, 50(2), 83–98. DOI:10.1177/1440783311419052
Sriprakash, A., Possamai, A. & Brackenreg, E. (2014). Cosmopolitan tensions: Religious diversity in an Australian university . Australian Educational Researcher, 41(3), 227–242. DOI:10.1007/s13384-013-0123-y
Mukhopadhyay, R. & Sriprakash, A. (2013). Target-driven reforms: Education for All and the translations of equity and inclusion in India . Journal of Education Policy, 28(3), 306–321. DOI:10.1080/02680939.2012.718362
Sriprakash, A. (2013). New learner subjects? Reforming the rural child for a modern India. Discourse, 34(3), 325–337. DOI:10.1080/01596306.2012.717187
Proctor, H. & Sriprakash, A. (2017). Selective schools' long and tangled history with race and class, The Conversation, March 29.