This past year epitomized the significant importance of a bank like Piscataqua Savings to its community. Few times in history has the public been as angry at the "big banks." Most consumers may not understand the specifics of what happened to cause the financial crisis, but they have become much more aware that local banks operate in their best interest and bring economic stability to their community.
During this past year of distress in the financial services industry, Piscataqua Savings was the beneficiary of unprecedented growth in every area of services that we provide to our customers: deposits, loans, trust services, and investment management. While most institutions were focused on problem loans and investments, Piscataqua Savings was able to concentrate on establishing relationships with new customers and providing a greater variety of services to our existing customers. These new and renewed customer relationships are very important to the future strength of the Bank.
The Bank's performance and accomplishments during 2009 were truly outstanding. I hope you will take the opportunity to read the following summaries by our senior officers of the positive results we experienced in each of their respective areas of the Bank.
Total assets increased by over $13 million from year-end 2008. Most significantly, the loan portfolio increased by $20 million. This growth was funded by increased deposits from new and existing customers moving their money to a safe, locally owned and operated community bank. Total deposits increased during the year by $13.2 million. The securities portfolio decreased by $6.5 million and cash decreased by $647 thousand from year-end 2008 to further support the Bank's extraordinary loan growth.
The Bank held no securities which required any valuation write-down. The investment portfolio consists almost exclusively of non-callable US Government Agency bonds with stated maturities of three years or less.
The Bank's capital position remains one of the strongest among all banks in New Hampshire. As a mutual bank, we do not have the obligation of a stock-owned bank to provide a return to stockholders; but rather, we can utilize this strong capital position to reinforce our business model in providing very personal banking services to local individuals and families. The Bank's capital by year-end had increased by more than $1 million.
The Bank's net interest margin increased over the prior year as a result of the significant increase in the loan portfolio as well as by having the expense for interest on deposits decline faster than the decreasing yields on the loan and security portfolios. The level of net earnings produced by the Bank is proportionate to the strength of the net interest margin. Net interest income surpassed 2008's level by $879 thousand.
Non-interest income of $1.4 million in 2009 was behind 2008 by only $41 thousand. These results are much better than anticipated as the Trust Department was successful in growing their account base to offset prior declines in market value.
Overhead expenses increased from $4.8 million in 2008 to $5.3 million in 2009. This increase was proportionate to the increased size of the Bank. Salaries, employee benefits, data processing, and other administrative expenses, including $218,000 of expensed FDIC assessments represented the most significant percentage of the increase. Included in this report is a new graph showing the trend of the Bank's net income and its efficiency ratio. The efficiency ratio measures the cost to generate each dollar earned. The Bank's ratio for 2009 was 75.21% meaning it cost the Bank $0.7521 for each dollar of net income earned. This metric has been a key factor in the Bank's financial stability achieved primarily due to the lower cost of having a single-office location and having efficient and experienced employees.
After-tax net profit increased from $889 thousand in 2008 to $1.09 million in 2009. These earnings exceeded the Bank's rate of growth and continue to further strengthen the Bank's strong capital position.
During 2009 US banks experienced the largest decline in lending since 1942. According to the FDIC, US lending volume declined by 7.4%, eclipsing even the results during the 1991 recession. The decline in lending was, in part, due to the effects of the economy on banks, businesses and consumers. Some banks were forced to reduce lending to address problem loans and to increase their capital positions. Many needed to strengthen loan underwriting standards making it more difficult for borrowers to qualify for new loans. Business borrowing demands were reduced during a time of economic uncertainty and weak sales volumes.
Consumer confidence was at the lowest point in decades postponing the purchases of automobiles and other consumer goods; therefore, reducing the demand for loans and credit cards. Consumer confidence was largely affected by the loss of jobs during 2009. Unemployment increased throughout the year resulting in fewer households and businesses that could qualify for loans. The national unemployment rate was 10.6% at year-end 2009. New Hampshire's rate was less severe at 6.7%.
Despite the national decline in lending activity, Piscataqua Savings was actively generating the largest loan volume for any year in the history of the Bank. Last year's mortgage originations totaled $80.6 million. To put this in perspective, the 2009 mortgage loan volume was more than for 2006 and 2007 combined, and $23.6 million more than the record volume of loans originated in 2008. By the end of 2009 the Bank's loan portfolio had grown by 15%. Piscataqua Saving's lending directly impacted our local economy. Those dollars went directly to Seacoast residents to purchase new and existing homes or to refinance their mortgage loans making home ownership more affordable.
According to Real Data Corporation, Piscataqua Savings Bank was the eighth largest mortgage lender in the eight communities of Greenland, Hampton, North Hampton, New Castle, Newington, Portsmouth, Rye, and Stratham. The Bank had a 2.77% market share of the dollar volume of mortgages made in 2009, surpassing all other local lenders. The Bank's ranking and market share was very strong considering there were literally hundreds of institutional lenders that provided mortgages in our market area.
In addition to record mortgage lending, the Bank also originated an unprecedented number of home equity lines of credit. Originations of home equity lines of credit totaled $9 million. Many borrowers use this type of financing for home improvements, financing purchases such as automobiles or children's education. During the latter part of 2008 and into 2009, borrowers also used home equity lines of credit to supplement retirement income. Many retired individuals had experienced significant losses in their retirement investments, such as IRA's and 401k's in 2008. Retirees, wanting to allow their investments to recover, decided to use the flexibility of a home equity line of credit as a cash management tool allowing time for some recovery in the stock market.
While nationally the number of foreclosures increased during 2009, NH foreclosures actually declined by 3% as tracked by the NH Housing Finance Authority (NHHFA). NHHFA reported there were 3,467 foreclosure deeds recorded in NH in 2009 while there were 3,563 recorded in 2008. NHHFA speculates that this decline was due to mortgage lenders' continuation of loan restructuring and forbearance with borrowers. NHHFA surveyed those homeowners that received foreclosure auction notices to determine the main causes for the high level in mortgage delinquencies. Of the 788 surveys 65% of these homeowners had purchased their homes since 2000 and the rest prior to that year. Not surprisingly, the major causes of the delinquency problems were job loss or reduction of household income (29.5%) and decline in property value (16.7%). Foreclosure rates will remain at these high levels until delinquencies are brought under control. We are pleased to report that Piscataqua Savings had no foreclosures during 2009.
Delinquency rates (thirty days or more past due) for residential mortgage loans skyrocketed nationally to 10.80% of total mortgage loans. This rate of delinquency was up by 3.75% over the previous year and by 7.49% over 2007. Piscataqua Savings Bank's delinquency rate at year-end had increased minimally from 1.11% to 1.24%. This very low level of delinquencies presented a unique opportunity for the Bank's lending staff to focus its efforts on new loan origination.
A significant contribution to the Bank's success in last year's loan originations was the addition of two new loan officers to our loan department team. MaryEllen McKenney comes from a banking background and had been a Senior Loan Officer for GMAC Mortgage. MaryEllen also has an extensive background in the real estate industry having worked in real estate sales and as the Finance Director for The Housing Partnership. Rick Page also comes to us with an excellent reputation and an extensive history of home mortgage lending in New Hampshire. Rick previously worked for Ocean Bank and its predecessors as a Mortgage Loan Officer. MaryEllen and Rick bring a wealth of experience to our Loan Department.
The effects of the financial crisis in 2008 carried over into 2009 and customers continued the "Flight to Safety" primarily seeking security rather than higher interest rates. Many consumers realized the value of community banks for their adherence to safe and sound banking practices as well as the commitment to the area in which they are located. Piscataqua Savings benefited from this trend and the impact on deposits was favorable. Over 299 new customer relationships were built in 2009. This compares with 280 in 2008. Total deposits grew from $159 million as of December 2008 to $172 million by year-end 2009 representing 8.31% growth. The growth was primarily in money market and savings account deposits. Total money market accounts increased by $5.3 million or 19.77% and savings accounts increased by $4.2 million or 18.37%. Total certificates of deposit increased by almost $2 million or 2.30%.
The Bank experienced growth in all electronic banking services. In December we connected our 1000th customer to our online banking system. Customers conveniently and safely monitor account activity, transfer funds and pay bills. During 2009 we averaged 15,500 account inquiries each month. Additionally, online banking customers transferred funds between Piscataqua accounts over 800 times per month. More than one third of the online banking users take advantage of online bill payment services as a very quick, safe and easy way to pay bills.
While online banking is quick, convenient, and safe, we still value the personal face-to-face contact with our customers. In 2010 we plan to improve our customer service experience by adding another customer service area at the parking lot entrance to the Bank.
The crisis in the financial industry has increased the focus on consumer protection regulations. While Congress debates the issues to determine the most effective way to protect consumers, we already devote substantial amounts of time and resources to ensure compliance with current regulations. In July, the FDIC completed Compliance and Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) examinations at the Bank. The compliance exam covered three major components: board and management oversight, our compliance program and compliance audit. Although FDIC regulations prohibit publication of our actual ratings, the Bank had no significant issues of compliance which needed to be addressed. The CRA segment evaluated the Bank's record of meeting the credit needs of our community, including low and moderate income individuals and families. The FDIC publicly rates the results of all CRA examinations, as follows: Outstanding, Satisfactory or Needs Improvement. The FDIC rated the Bank as "Outstanding." At the time of	reporting the Bank's examination results, the FDIC announced that nationally there were 89 examinations during this period. Piscataqua Savings was one of only two banks in the country to receive an "Outstanding" rating.
Piscataqua Savings supports the ongoing educational efforts of our employees. Assistant VP/Information Technology Officer Antone Cabral is currently attending the New England School of Financial Studies. During the School's twelve month schedule there are two one-week sessions held at Babson College in Wellesley, MA and five written assignments. The first session was an intense week focused on asset/liability management, interest rate forecasting and strategic planning. Other sessions include lending, marketing, and the human resource function.
The Trust Department's results for 2009 were better than anticipated or expected. At the beginning of the year we projected that 2009 would be an extremely difficult year, not only for the U.S. economy, but also for global economies and their equity, bond and money markets alike. Throughout 2009 we continued to see deleveraging of the housing, financial and credit markets which had begun as far back as mid 2006. During the first nine weeks of 2009, our projections held true as the virtual disappearance of liquidity in the markets and investor's continued aversion to risk drove all markets downward. However, after March 9th when the markets bottomed (capitulated), the economy and investor's confidence started to turn around due in part to the massive injection of fiscal and monetary stimulus that had been provided during 2008 and early 2009 by the US Treasury and the Federal Reserve. As a result, capital markets started to thaw and positive earnings projections were being announced for the first time in a year. Large money center banks and brokerage firms were able to tap into the capital markets to shore up their balance sheets and began repayment of TARP funds. Although in March we were still deeply amidst the recession, investors decided to reenter the markets and take on greater levels of risk. From March until the end of December we saw strong advances in both the equity and fixed income markets with the S&P 500 returning 26.4%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average 22.6%, the NASDAQ 45.3%, and the MSCI Emerging Markets returning 78.5%. In the fixed income markets, Treasuries fared poorly during the year with negative returns on short and long bonds (-2.2% and -12.19%, respectively) while very strong positive performances came from longer maturity/lower quality issues of corporate high yield bonds (junk bonds) at 58.2%, and commercial mortgage-backed assets at 28.4%.
Robust performance in the markets and very strong new business development procurement stepped up the total market value of assets managed by the Trust Department to a new year-end high of $154.1 million, a $19.7 million or 14.6% increase over the end of 2008. Of this increase, $5.2 million or 26.5% was a result of the markets' rebounding after March 9th and $14.5 million or 73.5% was attributable to new business growth. The total number of accounts managed grew to 374 from 350, a 6.9% increase.
The significant growth in new business was due to solid referrals from existing clients, Bank Trustees and officers, as well as local attorneys, CPA's and other professionals.
Increased market value impacted the Department's income positively as revenues were $1.12 million, 18.5% over budget and slightly higher than 2008. Expenses for the Department were $30,863 or 3.0% less than budget. After-tax net profit was $90,037; down $24,590 from 2008.
During 2009 we activated Portfolio Account Link platform (PAL) to our trust accounting system allowing our clients the ability to view their account's portfolio and transactions online. This not only affords our clients greater convenience, but in many instances also lowers our costs by eliminating the preparation, handling and mailing of paper statements.
We believe that in 2010 the economy (GDP) will continue to grow at 2½% to 3%, inflation will be benign and the Federal Reserve will continue their accommodative monetary stance by keeping short-term interest rates low until, perhaps, the end of the year. New business development, albeit not as robust as 2009, should continue at a solid pace as prospective clients seek the advantages of a locally operated bank and trust department and as a result of further consolidation in the banking and trust and wealth management arena.
There will continue to be great opportunity for the Bank to differentiate itself from other banks and financial service providers. Local individuals have an increased appreciation for the Bank's commitment to its customers and the community. The Board of Trustees and management's role will be to identify those risks which might jeopardize the future viability of the Bank. Anticipated legislation to be passed by Congress may unintentionally create undesired results in various ways: a) by imposing the same regulatory environment on small banks as on large which disproportionately burdens a bank like ours – even though banks like Piscataqua Savings did not participate in the activities that put the stability of the entire financial industry at risk; b) by not adequately addressing the "Too Big to Fail" concept that benefits large institutions and lowers their cost of doing business; c) by continuing to allow credit unions to operate at an overwhelming competitive advantage of offering almost all of the sophisticated consumer financial services as a bank yet, remarkably, remain exempt from payment of any federal income taxes (unlike other businesses or you and I!).


Funding cuts to our schools is an issue Tracy cares deeply about and has fought vociferously since she became an MP. Schools across Batley and Spen will have lost almost £4.5 million in real terms funding by 2020.
Tracy Brabin MP said: "Here in Batley and Spen we have some fantastic schools who are working incredibly hard to deliver against this backdrop of cuts – but there is only so much they can take.
"These cuts are putting unbelievable pressure on teachers, headteachers and support staff and putting our children's futures at risk.
"Increased funding for schools is desperately needed to relieve this pressure and to safeguard our children's education.
"Shrinking budgets, increasing costs and demands, reduced staffing and a flawed funding formula are leading us towards a crisis in our schools – and this Government is sleepwalking straight into it.
Tracy has spoken out about the issue in Parliament many times, written to the Secretary of State for Education based on feedback received from local headteachers and has campaigned for fairer funding for our schools throughout her time as an MP.
Ms Brabin regularly visits schools and nurseries across the constituency and, almost without fail, is told by staff that cuts are having a real impact.
As the Shadow Minister for Early Years, Tracy Brabin also does a lot of work in the early years sector and has been a vocal critic of the underfunding of the Government's 30 hours 'free' childcare policy.
Ms Brabin also campaigned successfully for the 30 hours childcare scheme to be extended to foster carers.


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Public Records FAQ 8
How should a records custodian determine whether a request for a public record should be granted or denied?
Wisconsin strongly favors the public's right to access public records. Assuming a records request is sufficiently specific (see Wis. Stat. § 19.35(1)(h)) and involves a public record (see Wis. Stat. § 19.32(2)), a copy of the requested record must be provided to the requester unless: (1) a state or federal law exempts the record from disclosure; (2) Wisconsin case law exempts the record from disclosure; or (3) a "balancing test" analysis determines the public interest in nondisclosure outweighs the strong presumption in favor of the public interest in disclosure.
Accordingly, when a custodian is faced with a sufficiently specific request for a public record s/he should first determine whether a statute or court decision limits access to the requested record. Some examples of records that are exempt from disclosure pursuant to state statute include patient health care records, computer programs, trade secrets, personal property tax returns, and real estate transfer returns. Additionally, court decisions have determined that the public records law disclosure requirements do not apply to the names of the ultimate purchasers of municipal bonds issued by the municipality or to documents in district attorneys' files relating to the prosecution of a case. If it is unclear whether a statute or court decision applies to a particular record or what procedures should be followed, the custodian should consult with the municipal attorney.
Typically, access to the requested record is not limited or prohibited by any statute or court decision and the custodian must engage in the above-referenced balancing test. This requires the custodian to weigh the competing interests involved and determine whether disclosure would result in sufficient harm to the public interest that outweighs the recognized public interest in allowing access to public records (note, it is the public interest in nondisclosure/disclosure, not the interest of a particular individual who may be the subject of the public record). In performing the balancing test, closed session exemptions to the open meetings law under § 19.85(1) are indicative of public policy and can be considered as balancing factors favoring nondisclosure but are not dispositive and do not relieve the custodian of the duty to engage in the balancing test. Merely referencing an open meetings law exemption or asserting, in general terms, that disclosure would be contrary to the public interest is insufficient evidence that the custodian engaged in the balancing test. Instead, while a custodian is not required to provide a detailed analysis of a record and why public policy directs that a record be withheld, s/he must provide a specific public policy reason if the request is to be denied. If a custodian cannot articulate a specific public policy reason for denying access to a record, then the record must be released.
Finally, if a record contains both information that should be released and information that should not be released, the custodian must release the information that can be disclosed and redact the information that should not. Any redacted information constitutes a partial denial of the public records request and an explanation for the redaction must be provided. In addition, before releasing a record pertaining to a public employee that falls within § 19.356(2)(a), the custodian must give the employee notice of a decision to release the record and an opportunity to obtain a court order restraining the proposed release. (rev. 8/20)
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Approach and Priorities
Home / Approach and Priorities
I am a strong believer in data. As a management consultant at Bain & Company, I developed a strong appreciation for research and analysis. But I also recognize that data is the plural of anecdote – and to truly understand the situation behind the numbers, one needs to spend time in the schools intensely listening – talking with parents, community members, teachers, administrators and children. Only through building a full picture of the situation, can I help make the best decisions for the District.
I have worked hard to be an effective bridge builder on the board. Divisions between adults only hurt kids. I pledge to continue to do everything in my power to foster and maintain positive working relationships on the board and within the administration based on mutual respect and trust. I will nurture these relationships by being a respectful listener and a sensitive communicator who is attentive to the needs of ALL DISD kids.
My Priorities
Improving Student Outcomes
Educating our students well is the primary job of Dallas ISD. During my tenure in office, Dallas ISD has excelled in this vital responsibility.
Across the education spectrum, from lower to upper grades, Dallas ISD has seen strong and consistent gains for our students, with a 14-percentage point increase in achievement during my tenure on the Board of Trustees. Since 2015, 35,000 additional students are performing on grade level and being prepared to succeed in life.
This massive growth did not happen by chance. Thanks to interventions such as the expansion of PreK, 3rd grade reading scores alone have rocketed up 12 points. Additionally, while the vast majority of urban ISD's are seeing declining enrollment, Dallas ISD has managed to grow its PreK program by more than 3,000 students. This creates additional revenue for the district from the state, and more importantly, provides Dallas ISD students with a much-needed head start on their education.
As result of the efforts of my colleagues and myself, as well as the administration, Dallas ISD has been recognized as the fastest growing/improving school district in Texas, outpacing the growth in Austin, Houston, El Paso, and across the state of Texas.
In fact, during my tenure, we shrunk the gap between Dallas ISD and the State by 50%!
At this rate, Dallas ISD will be one of the best school districts in the entire state of Texas within the next 5 years – surpassing Austin ISD in the next 6 years. My next term will be focused on continuing to provide the leadership necessary to sustain that trajectory.
District 2 specifically has seen tremendous improvements, especially with respect to narrowing racial and socioeconomic achievement gaps.
In District 2, 3rd grade reading has increased 8 points while simultaneously decreasing the achievement gap between economically disadvantaged students and their more wealthy counterparts by 5% (or shrinking the size of the achievement gap by 13%, while it was growing in other parts of the district.)
The achievement gap between Caucasian and African American students has decreased by 5 percentage points, or 11%, and between Caucasian and Hispanic/LatinX students by 8 percentage points, or 20%.
Continuing to increase outcomes for students within Dallas ISD is my highest priority. While Dallas ISD has made remarkable gains in recent years, there is still significant work for the Board of Trustees to ensure our teachers and principals have the tools necessary to continue their inspiring work changing and shaping the lives of our children.
Rewarding our Teachers
I am passionate about providing our best teachers with significantly increased compensation. Identifying and rewarding our best teachers enables our students to benefit from their continued presence in our classrooms, rather than leaving the industry or moving to administration in order to earn better pay.
1. The Teacher Excellence Initiative (TEI) is one of the most advanced teacher compensation systems in the country. Created in 2014 with significant input from teachers in the district, TEI has transformed our district by identifying our great teachers and allowing them to earn higher pay faster.
2. With TEI, Dallas ISD knows exactly which teachers are most effective in the classroom. Among those high-performing teachers, increased compensation and autonomy has enabled the district to retrain more of our best teachers. Now, Dallas ISD is retaining 89% of its Proficient I and above teachers, 91% of our Distinguished teachers, and 100% of our Master teachers. Since 2014, Dallas' teacher turnover ratio has decreased across all bands.
3. Traditionally, teachers have been paid based on years of service, regardless of outcomes, and while starting salaries were often competitive, the small raises they received each year meant that after an entire career in the classroom they would end up making a relatively small amount more than where they started. With TEI, great teachers can earn more and faster. TEI aims to retain our top talent and does so by offering a clear path for high-performing teachers to make more than $90,000 within six years.
4. TEI is the foundation of Dallas ISD's success over the last few years. With this system, Dallas ISD has become an acclaimed model for school district's throughout the country. Last year, the Texas Legislature passed sweeping public education legislation geared towards incentivizing every district in the state to model Dallas ISD's systems of accountability and compensation. The legislation, which I helped fight for in Austin, infused $11.6 billion dollars into the Texas public education system and raised the amount of money that DISD and all districts receive to educate every child.
Supporting Choice Schools
I support the continued expansion of our magnet and choice schools to help families throughout the district find the 'best fit' school for their children. These schools continue to draw a significant amount of families back to Dallas ISD and offer a variety of options including Montessori, single-gender, Talent and Gifted, dual language, leadership, International Baccalaureate and more.
1. Each of our choice schools is thoughtfully designed to provide their students with a specialized experience and area of knowledge. Attendance is often designed to provide a socio-economic mix of economically disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged students. Studies show that diverse experiences and backgrounds enhance the overall learning and benefits all students.
2. DISD is home to numerous successful and highly desirable choice schools.
3. Dallas ISD data shows that roughly 30% of attendance at each choice school is comprised of students who were not previously enrolled in a Dallas ISD school. Dallas ISD's brand and reputation in the community continues to improve as a result of increasing student outcomes and the growing variety of school models that continue to bring families back into the district. We are bringing more students back into our schools which means a more enriching environment for all students and additional funding for our schools as a result of this increased attendance. School choice programs are essential to the continued growth and improvement within Dallas ISD.
Investing in Facilities
I know that investing in our schools and facilities is an investment in our children. Dallas ISD has strategically planned the allocation of available funds for improvements throughout District 2, with many complete and others on the near horizon.
Through the 2015 Bond, my colleagues and I invested $1.6 billion dollars in our highest needs facilities including:
$465 million to construct nine new and replacement schools
$195 million for expanded facilities and 326 classrooms
$233 million for educational adequacy improvements
$92 million for new educational programs
$500 million for capital improvements
$105 million for land acquisition for new schools and demolition of vacant buildings.
My colleagues and I recognize that while this was a good start, our schools still have additional needs that are not being met. That is why we will likely be giving voters the opportunity to approve another bond program on the November 2020 ballot. This would be an opportunity – without a tax increase – to invest in further upgrades to our facilities.
The current proposal has improvements at every District 2 campus. Click on a school below to see the current 2020 Bond proposal for that campus.
Mockingbird Elementary
Preston Hollow Elementary School
Transforming Special Education
I have led the district through major reforms to better support our students with special needs and improve communication and trust with parents. Our most vulnerable students deserve the most dedicated, compassionate and enriching experience. To ensure I was an effective advocate for this community, I convened a Special Education Advisory Committee of advocates, parents, teachers, and SpEd experts in mid-2018. The group came up with several recommendations, and I have been working to implement many of these ideas:
1. Improved communication is the foundation for the reforms underway in Special Education. Parents of students with limited or no communication abilities deserve to know and understand the days and activities of their children just as much as any other. Continuous feedback and parental involvement only benefit the students and program and is essential for Dallas ISD's renewed vision for Special Education. The new SpEd department leadership has already set up 11 events for Parents in the month of January alone. Find more information on that here.
2. I was able to successfully get a pilot test pushed through in the 2019-2020 budget to test the creation of a new District position. This position is a Campus Level SpEd expert and ARD Facilitator. I believe every school in the District needs this position, but to make sure that the new role is effective, DISD launched a pilot to hire this position at 10 high need campuses in 2019 and evaluate the results in preparation for a possible broader rollout for the 2020-2021 school year.
3. Following a recommendation from my Advisory Committee, I have proposed a Board Policy amendment that will allow Parents to audio record their ARD meetings so that those families who may have communication barriers can listen to the audio from those meetings multiple times and request additional help in translation as needed. This will help to ensure that the parents and the various members of the school community are aligned about how best to intervene in a child's educational journey.
4. Following a recommendation from my Advisory Committee, I have proposed a Board Policy amendment that will require Video Cameras in all Special Ed. contained classrooms. State Law already requires that the district must place a camera in any SpEd classroom when it is requested by a parent. My policy recommendation preempts the requirement for a parent to make this request. These cameras will help to protect our most vulnerable children, will help build trust with parents, will protect teachers against wrongful accusations, and will ensure that every adult who comes in contact with a child has that child's best interest at heart.
5. At my recommendation, the District has begun the process of creating a District-Wide Special Education Advisory Committee to provide suggestions for improvement to the Administration. Each Trustee will be making appointments to this Committee.
We are always looking for volunteers to help spread the word. Contact us for more information or to get started today!
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Marcabru On Medieval Conscription Of Men And Women's Response
By Author Douglas Galbi: Men have long been socially regarded as disposable persons. Despite a recent court decision condemning sexist U.S. Selective Service registration, that injustice continues with little public notice. In late-medieval Europe, men's life expectancy was about nine years less than that of women. In the ancient Mediterranean world, celebrated sayings of Spartan mothers urged men to die in battle. Cross-species and cross-cultural evidence indicates that disproportionate violence against men is constructed through social effects of sex. In poetry he wrote in the twelfth century in southern France, the man trobairitz Marcabru dared to suggest that part of the problem is women's lack of concern for men's lives.
World War Bibi
Despite Bibi 'The Baby Butcher' Netanyahu's latest Iran hyperbole no one seemed to take him seriously: the Jewish Israeli press was amused by the desperate election stunt. His political rivals mocked the Jewish Israel regime PM and a few hours after Bibi's press conference his best ally, President Trump, expressed his wish to meet President Hassan Rouhani. Somehow, world leaders were entertained by seeing the Jewish Regime PM, who threatens the entire region with his country's nuclear arsenal, performing his victim spiel over Iran's nuclear enthusiasms.
By Gilad Atzmon: Yesterday Netanyahu claimed he'd identified a third secret nuclear site in Iran where Iran allegedly "conducted experiments to develop nuclear weapons." Yet, despite the hyperbole no one seemed to take Netanyahu seriously: the Israeli press was amused by the desperate election stunt.
"Financial Vandals"
"Financial repression is just
a euphemism for steeling."
Max and Stacy's no holds barred look at the shocking scandals behind the global financial headlines
This Week Sick Jews Kill, Injure, Abduct More Gentiles, Destroy More Gentile Homes & Farmland
During the first week of September 2019,
Jewish Israeli death forces IDF in the Palestinian Occupied Territories killed Palestinian children,
destroyed Palestinian property, stormed a Palestinian village, stole Palestinian land, and assaulted,
detained, and abducted more Palestinians…
In other words: it was pretty much
like every other week.
An Israeli Death Force merc stands guard during a protest against the closure of the entrance of the West Bank concentration camp Beta section entrance, near Nablus.
By Mohamad Torokman:
Jewish death Forces IDF Kill 2 more Gentile Children and Injure 37 more in Gaza Concentration Camp
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It seems quite possible that President Trump will be impeached. Concerns about connections with Russia's attack on our elections, obstruction of justice, illicit business deals, and compromised classified intelligence dominate the news. Robert Mueller's fast-moving investigation has already resulted in arrests, indictments, guilty pleas, and high-level cooperating witnesses. Anything can happen.
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Illustrated throughout with historical engravings, photographs, and other impeachment documentation, Impeaching the President does not advocate for any particular course of action, nor make any predictions about Trump's future. Rather, this concise, timely, and accessible analysis offers historical lessons and a perspective on how the Constitution provides stability during times of political uncertainty and crisis.
Alan Hirsch received his BA from Amherst College and JD from Yale Law School. He is the chair of the Justice and Law Studies program at Williams College. Alan has authored several books, including For The People: What the Constitution Really Says About Your Rights (coauthored with Akhil Amar) and A Citizen's Guide to Impeachment, The Duke of Wellington, Kidnapped!. His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Washington Times, Newsday among many other places.


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Q: indentation problem in my python program I am using the following code and geting some indentation problem
from django.db import models

class Poll(models.Model):
    question = models.CharField(max_length=200)
    pub_date = models.DateTimeField('date published')

    def __unicode__(self):
        return self.question

I am geting following error
File "E:\Softwares\Django-1.1.1.tar\.py", line 7
    def __unicode__(self):
    ^
IndentationError: unexpected indent

A: Most likely you're using a mix of tabs and spaces in your indentation... Use all spaces / all tabs instead. (The most widely adopted style is to use 4 spaces per level of indent.)
To fix this particular instance of the problem, check make the def __unicode__(self): line start with the same indent as the pub_date = ... line. Use the same indent + four extra spaces for the return ... line.

A: agree with the others, and you can use editor that can visualize the space to check. e.g.
vim set list listchars=tab:»·,trail:· (gedit also has such plugins, i think).

A: I'm taking a wild guess here, and the fact that there's a filename* in your traceback speaks against my guess, but hey…
Since your tabs/spaces seem more or less okay (assuming a verbatim copy/paste), is it possible that you pasted the code into the interactive interpreter?
The newline after the field definitions would make the interpreter think that the class definition is done, and thus assume being back at global scope. That would mean that the def is indeed falsely indented.
* .py is not exactly a great filename for a python script, btw

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← Wireless radiation turns our protons into radio transmitters
More email revelations: JP Morgan, Deutsche Bank, Citigroup, BoA, and UBS oppose CPUC reform, want continued "supportive" agency →
Effects of EMR on the brain, glands, and respiration. The links to obesity.
From Foods Matter
Two extracts from Dr Andrew Goldsworthy's much longer paper, The biological effects of weak electromagnetic fields – problems and solutions.
Electromagnetic radiation, obesity and chronic fatigue
Gland cells (thyroid, adrenal etc) may be particularly sensitive to radiation because their secretions are normally produced in internal membrane systems, which can also be damaged. Their secretions are usually released in vesicles (bubbles of membrane) that fuse with the external cell membrane and disgorge their contents to the outside (exocytosis). The vesicle membrane then becomes part of the external membrane. The resulting excess external membrane is counterbalanced by the reverse process (endocytosis) in which the external membrane buds off vesicles to the inside of the cell, which then fuse with the internal membranes.
In this way, an active gland cell may internalise the equivalent of its entire surface membrane about once every half an hour. This means that if the surface membrane is damaged directly by the fields or by electromagnetically conditioned blood, the damaged membrane will rapidly become part of the internal membrane system, upon which its normal glandular activity depends. If the damage is too severe, the cell concerned may lose its normal function. We are now seeing increasing evidence of this.
Electromagnetic effects on the thyroid gland and the endocrine system
Although electromagnetic fields frequently stimulate glandular activity in the short term, long term exposure is often harmful in that the gland ceases to work properly. This is particularly serious for the glands of the endocrine system (those that coordinate our bodily functions) since it can affect many aspects of metabolism and throw the whole body out of kilter.
An example of this is the thyroid gland, which is in an exposed position in the front of the neck. Rajkovic et al. (2003) showed that after three months exposure to power line frequencies, the thyroid glands of rats showed visible signs of deterioration. They also lost their ability to produce the thyroid hormones, which they did not recover even after the fields were switched off. Esmekaya et al. (2010) found a similar visible deterioration of the thyroid gland in rats exposed to simulated 2G cell phone radiation for 20 minutes a day for three weeks. Eskander et al. (2012) found that people living for six years within 100 metres of a cell phone base station showed a highly significant loss in their ability to produce thyroid hormones. The expected consequence of this is hypothyroidism, the most frequent symptoms of which are fatigue and obesity.
Cell phone-induced obesity can trigger many other illnesses
It may not be a coincidence that about a quarter of a million UK citizens are now suffering from what is being diagnosed as chronic fatigue syndrome, and about eight out of ten are either overweight or clinically obese. The consequences of obesity include diabetes, gangrene, high blood pressure, cardiac problems, renal failure and cancer. Between them, they cause a great deal of human suffering and cost the nation's economy a great deal of money. If just a fraction of this is due to microwave telecommunications, the cell phone companies will have a lot to answer for.
Electromagnetic effects on the adrenal gland
Augner et al. (2010) in a double blind study (where neither the subject nor the person recording the results knows whether the radiation is switched on or off) showed that short-term exposure to the radiation from a 2G (GSM) cell phone base station increased the cortisol level in the saliva of human volunteers. Cortisol is a stress hormone that is normally produced in the cortex of the adrenal glands and is controlled by the calcium level in its cells (Davies et al. 1985) so electromagnetically-induced membrane leakage letting more calcium into the cytosol should also have this effect.
Cortisol is part of a mechanism that puts the body into a "fight or flight" mode, in which more sugar is released into the blood, sensitivity to pain is reduced and the immune system is suppressed. In fact, cortisol and its relatives are used medicinally to relieve pain and also to suppress the immune system after transplant surgery. However, when exposure to base station radiation does it, it is not good news since the suppression of the immune system will also increase the risk of infection and of developing tumours from precancerous cells that might otherwise have been destroyed.
Buchner and Eger (2011) studied the effect of a newly installed 2G cell phone base station on villagers in Bavaria and found that it caused a long-lived increase in the production of adrenalin. This is an important neurotransmitter which acts on adrenergic receptors to increase the calcium concentration in the cytosol. It is also synthesised in the adrenal medulla in response to signals from the sympathetic nervous system. Adrenalin also puts the body into fight or flight mode by diverting resources from the smooth muscles of the gut to the heart muscle and the skeletal muscles needed for flight or combat. It addition, it stimulates the production of cortisol by the adrenal cortex, with all that that implies.
Some people get pleasure from the "adrenalin rush" caused by doing energetic or dangerous things, and this could be a contributory factor to the addictive nature of cell phones. However, on the down side, known effects of excess adrenalin include, headaches, cardiac arrhythmia, high blood pressure, tremors, anxiety and inability to sleep. These results confirm and explain some of the findings of Abdel-Rassoul et al. (2007) who found that people living near cell towers (masts) had significantly increases in headaches, memory loss, dizziness, tremors and poor sleep.
The effect of electromagnetic radiation on the body's tight brain, respiratory and skin junction barriers
Tight junction barriers are layers of cells where the gaps between them are sealed by tight-junctions to prevent materials leaking around their sides. They protect all of our body surfaces from the entry of unwanted materials and often protect one part of the body from being unduly influenced by the others. For example, the blood-brain barrier prevents toxins entering the brain from the bloodstream.
Normally, these barriers are closed but they are programmed to open if calcium ions enter their cells. This was demonstrated by Kan and Coleman (1988) who showed that the calcium ionophore A23187 (a substance that lets calcium ions leak into cells) opened tight junction barriers in the liver. The electromagnetic opening of the blood-liver barrier could be a contributory factor to the current outbreak of liver disease in the UK in the under forties (the cell phone generation), which is at present being blamed on alcohol abuse.
Since all tight junction barriers have basically the same design, unscheduled calcium entry resulting from electromagnetic exposure is likely to open all of them in much the same way. The opening of our tight junction barriers by electromagnetic fields can account for many modern illnesses, ranging from asthma to multiple allergies and Alzheimer's disease.
The blood-brain barrier and early dementia
The blood-brain barrier normally prevents possibly toxic large molecules from the bloodstream entering the brain. The radiation from cell phones, even at one hundredth of the permitted SAR value, can open the blood brain barrier in rats so that protein molecules as large as albumin could enter their brains (Persson et al. 1997). Later experiments by Salford et al. (2003) showed that this was associated with the death of neurons.
We would not expect an immediate effect because the brain has spare capacity, but prolonged or repeated exposure to cell phone or similar radiation would be expected to cause a progressive loss of functional neurons and result in early dementia and Alzheimer's disease in humans.
The extreme sensitivity of the blood-brain barrier to the radiation could mean that even sitting close to someone using a cell phone could affect you too. It may not be too surprising to find that early onset Alzheimer's disease is now on the increase in modern society.
The respiratory barrier and asthma
Di et al. (2011) showed that exposure to weak ELF electromagnetic fields during pregnancy increased the risk of asthma in the offspring (they did not test microwaves). This can be explained by the radiation removing structural calcium from the cells of the tight junction barrier lining the respiratory tract, which then opens.
This is supported by the findings of Chu et al. (2001) who showed that either low levels of external calcium or the addition of EGTA, both of which would remove structural calcium ions from cell surfaces, caused massive increases in its electrical conductance (a measure of its permeability to ions) and also to its permeability to much larger virus particles. We would therefore expect many allergens to enter by the same route and predispose the child to asthma.
The skin barrier, allergies and multiple chemical sensitivities
The skin tight junction barrier is in the stratum granulosum, which is the outermost layer of living skin cells just underneath the many layers of dead cells (Borgens et al. 1989). Also, Furuse et al. (2002) showed that mutant mice deficient in Claudin-1 (a vital component of the sealing mechanism) died within a day of birth and their skin barriers were permeable to molecules as large as 600D, which is enough to admit many unwanted foreign materials, including potential allergens.
In humans, this could be the basis of multiple chemical sensitivities, where people have become allergic to a wide range of chemicals, although they leave most of us unaffected. People suffering from multiple chemical sensitivities are often also electromagnetically intolerant and many of their symptoms are very similar.
Virtually all of our body surfaces are protected by cells with tight junctions, including the nasal mucosa (Hussar et al. 2002), the lungs (Weiss et al. 2003) and the lining of the gut (Arrieta et al. 2006). An electromagnetically-induced increase in the permeability of any of these would allow the more rapid entry into the body of a whole range of foreign materials, including allergens, toxins and carcinogens.
Loss of barrier tightness can trigger autoimmune diseases An electromagnetically-induced increase in the permeability of any of the tight- junction barriers has been linked to the occurrence of autoimmune diseases, in which lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell) of the immune system attack the body's own components as if they were foreign materials or pathogens.
The immune system is quite complicated but basically the lymphocytes are trained and selected before they mature to recognise the body's own cells, normally present in the bloodstream, by virtue of a chemical pattern on their surfaces (the major histocompatibility complex).
B-lymphocytes make specific antibodies that combine with foreign cells and materials that do not have this chemical pattern. This both inactivates them and marks them for ingestion and digestion by phagocytes (another type of white blood cell).
T-lymphocytes, on the other hand, kill the body's own cells if they are infected with a virus. In both cases, the presence of the foreign material or infected cell triggers the rapid multiplication of lymphocytes that have been selected to recognise them. They can then attack it in force.
However, if the substance concerned belongs to the body itself but is normally prevented from entering the bloodstream by a tight-junction barrier such as the blood- brain barrier, when that barrier opens, it increases the likelihood of its leaking unfamiliar materials into the bloodstream and triggering an autoimmune response.
For example, Grigoriev et al (2010) showed that 30 days exposure to unmodulated 2450MHz microwave radiation triggered a small but significant increase in anti-brain antibodies in the blood of rats. In other words, the radiation had sensitised the body's immune system to one or more components of its own brain, which could then result in an autoimmune attack on the brain and/or nervous system. An example of an autoimmune disease of the brain is Graves disease in which the pituitary gland (at the base of the brain) is affected.
In addition, an increase in the permeability of the gut barrier has been linked to several other autoimmune diseases, including type-1 diabetes, Crohn's disease, celiac disease, multiple sclerosis and irritable bowel syndrome (Arrieta et al. 2006).
For references see Dr Goldsworthy's main paper here.
Main paper first published in March 2012; extracts in May 2012
Click here for more articles on the health risks of ES
http://www.foodsmatter.com/es/health_risks/articles/goldsworthy-obesity-05-12.html
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Hvar is an island off the coast of southern Croatia. It is the longest island of more than 1200 Croatian islands and the one with the most hours of sunshine in Europe. Town Hvar is an ancient city and a port, situated in a bay on the southern coast of the island. It is a protected Cultural Heritage area. With its story, architecture, Mediterranean landscape, crystal clear sea, untouched bays with beautiful pebble and sand beaches Island and town Hvar will definitely enchant you. It is one of the most visited Croatian destinations. Hvar is a perfect holiday destination for couples, families and young people in search of active holidays and rich nightlife. Town Hvar is a popular destination for many international celebrities, sailors and active young people.
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Franciscan monastery, the Gallery of Modern Art and the town walls that date from the 13th century and embrace a part of the city. A must see is the fortress Fortica on the top of the hill from where you can enjoy wonderful views of the town and the little islands in front of Hvar. Every summer the Hvar Summer Festival takes place with its every day open air performances, concerts, exhibitions and lots of other cultural and artistic events.
There are numerous possibilities for those who want to be active during their holiday, from scuba diving and sailing clubs, tennis, parasailing, sea kayak, rock climbing, hiking and trekking.
In town Hvar, you can enjoy some traditional Dalmatian cuisine which is practically Mediterranean cuisine. Traditional Dalmatian meals are rich with herbs like rosemary, basil, sage and thyme and there is a great use of various spices, garlic and olive oil. The most common dishes are prepared with fish, mollusks, shells and lamb. Island Hvar is famous for its olive oil, wine and herbs cultivation and production. We advise you to try some of these dishes: Dalmatian smoked ham (Dalmatinski prsut) with olives and goat cheese as an appetizer. Seafood risotto, Black risotto, Gnocchi with goat cheese or fish soup as a first course. Hvarska gregada (fish and potato casserole), Dalmatian pasticada (stewed beef in wine with prunes and vegetables) or grilled fish with vegetables or local pesto made of honey, dried figs, almonds, goat cheese and herbs.
The nightlife in Hvar is one of the richest on the Adriatic. There are lots of restaurants, pubs, taverns, bars, beach bars and discotheques. Hvar's nightlife attracts lots of young people from all around the world. There are organized events during the whole summer, from concerts, parties in beach bars, the famous Ultra Europe After beach party in July and much more. Beach parties are very popular because you can enjoy your perfect day on the beach, swimming, dancing, listening to good music and drinking delicious cocktails till late at night. You can also run into some international stars.
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Q: Ambiguous `id` Field I have the following two tables:
system
- id
- systemName
- idOrganization

organization
- id
- officeSymbol

I am running the following query and receiving an id is ambiguous error:
SELECT system.systemName, organization.officeSymbol
FROM system
LEFT JOIN (organization)
ON (system.idOrganization = organization.id)

As you can see, I'm not selecting the id column. If I place system.id within the list of fields to select, I no longer receive this error. Unfortunately, the manner in which this data is handled I can't return the id - we don't want it displayed to the user.
Also, if I add GROUP BY system.systemName I no longer get the error - but this just doesn't seem like the optimal solution.
Note: The LEFT JOIN is intentional as not all systems will be assigned to an Organization.
SELECT VERSION()
--> 5.0.77-community-log

CREATE TABLE system (
  `id` INT(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `systemName` VARCHAR(45) DEFAULT NULL,
  `idOrganization` INT(11) DEFAULT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
  KEY `fk_system_organization` (`idOrganization`),
  CONSTRAINT `fk_system_organization`
    FOREIGN KEY (`idOrganization`)
    REFERENCES `organization` (`id`)
    ON DELETE NO ACTION ON UPDATE NO ACTION
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;

CREATE TABLE organization (
  `id` INT(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `officeSymbol` VARCHAR(45) DEFAULT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;

A: Tested on 5.0.77:

SELECT  VERSION();

VERSION()
5.0.77

CREATE TABLE organization (
  `id` INT(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `officeSymbol` VARCHAR(45) DEFAULT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
CREATE TABLE system (
  `id` INT(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `systemName` VARCHAR(45) DEFAULT NULL,
  `idOrganization` INT(11) DEFAULT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
  KEY `fk_system_organization` (`idOrganization`),
  CONSTRAINT `fk_system_organization`
    FOREIGN KEY (`idOrganization`)
    REFERENCES `organization` (`id`)
    ON DELETE NO ACTION ON UPDATE NO ACTION
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;

INSERT
INTO   organization
VALUES
        (1, 'Organization 1'),
        (2, 'Organization 2');
INSERT
INTO     system
VALUES  (1, 'System 1', 1),
        (2, 'System 2', 2);
SELECT  system.systemName, organization.officeSymbol
FROM    system
LEFT JOIN
        (organization)
ON      (system.idOrganization = organization.id);

systemName      officeSymbol
System 1        Organization 1
System 2        Organization 2

Everything works fine.
Note that LEFT JOIN is useless here, since you have a FOREIGN KEY to organization, and there will always be an organization for every given system.
In your comment to @Artem Barger's post you said:

I'm only selecting on 5 of the 42 fields shared between these 2 tables

Is it that there are other fields in the tables and/or query?
Since you have a syntactic error, every comma may matter.

A: Im not sure what is happening, since I'm not familiar enough with mySql, but I always prefer to name columns like SystemID and OrganizationID and not gernically like "ID".
Naming your columns this way, would result in PK-FK combinations that have the same name:
bad PK-FK names       good PK-FK names
system                system
  id                    SystemID
  systemName            systemName
  idOrganization        OrganizationID  <--

organization          organization
  id                    OrganizationID  <--
  officeSymbol          officeSymbol

A: Not sure why your query would be generating that: normally you get that error message when you do:
SELECT id /* This should have been qualified with system. or organization. */
FROM system
LEFT JOIN (organization)
ON (system.idOrganization = organization.id)

Are you sure that query is exactly giving you that error? If you trimmed it down for SO, you might have cut out the bug.

A: I don't really know mysql, only sqlserver, however, when using field names like "id" and table names like "system" i'd be sure to square bracket all of the table and columns names like so. Might be worth a shot?
SELECT
    [system].[systemName],
    [organization].[officeSymbol]
FROM
    [system]
LEFT OUTER JOIN
    [organization]
ON
    [system].[idOrganization] = [organization].[id]

A: Michael, would placing the id in single quotes (`) (or square brackets like in SQL Server, or whatever works for mysql) help fixing the issue?
...
ON (system.`idOrganization` = organization.`id`)

A: Have you tried:
SELECT system.systemName, organization.officeSymbol
FROM system, organization
WHERE system.idOrganization = organization.id

This should join the tables together properly, even if not all systems are assigned to an organization.

A: It seems very bizarre to me that you'd be getting that error (though my main experience isn't with mysql). I'd try with aliasing your tables.
SELECT s.systemName, o.officeSymbol
FROM system as s
LEFT JOIN (organization as o)
ON (s.idOrganization = o.id)


Paul on trial before Agrippa (Acts 26), as pictured by Nikolai Bodarevsky, 1875.
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Q: Sum of the series $1^2-2^2+3^2-4^2+......2001^2-2002^2+2003^2$ Sum of the series $1^2-2^2+3^2-4^2+......2001^2-2002^2+2003^2$
How to solve this series?
$(1^2+3^2+5^2+ \cdots +2003^2)-(2^2+4^2+6^2+ \cdots +2002^2)$
Now what to do next?

A: AP only:
$$(1^2-0^2) + (3^2-2^2)+\ldots + (2003^2-2002^2)$$
$$=1\cdot 1 + 1\cdot 5 + \ldots + 1\cdot 4005$$
$$=1+5+9+\ldots + 4005 $$
$$= \ldots$$

A: $$\sum_{n=0}^N (n+1) r^n = \dfrac{d}{dr} \sum_{n=0}^N r^{n+1}$$
$$\sum_{n=0}^N (n+1)^2 r^n = \dfrac{d}{dr} \sum_{n=0}^N (n+1) r^{n+1} = \dfrac{d}{dr} \left(r \sum_{n=0}^N (n+1) r^n \right)$$


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Council Chairmen Whetstone says he will seek reelection in 2020
Edmund, SC (Paul Kirby) – At a lunch on Thursday, Lexington County Council Chairmen Scott Whetstone says he plans to run for reelection in 2020. Whetstone has been the chairman of the council since January of 2019 and was first elected to the council in 2016. He represents the District One, the rural areas of Pelion, Swansea, Sandy Run, and some portions of the Fairview and the Gaston communities.
Whetstone said that the Lexington County Council is a great group to be associated with. He said although all nine members have different personalities and ideas, when they come together they hash things out and exist as a unified group. "We don't always agree," Whetstone said, "But we sometimes have to agree to disagree. It's not personal, we all have a job to do representing a very diverse county." Whetstone went on to say that Lexington County also has a great staff led by County Administrator Joe Mergo and they've been very efficient at implementing the council's vision.
Whetstone has said before that he sees the council focusing on core service in the future. These include EMS, the fire service, law enforcement, and public works. These are all essential to serving the needs of a county that's growing as fast as Lexington County is, according to Whetstone.
In closing, Whetstone said he has worked hard to serve the citizens and then lead the council. He said he'll continue to listen to his constituents and do what he can to help. "The citizens of this county deserve to have a representative that cares about them," Whetstone said. "I've known many of the people of my district for years, and I've met many more since I've been a part of the council. One of the most enjoyable parts of my job is getting to interact with the great people who live in District One and across the county."
Whetstone's contacts are in the council portion of the County of Lexington's website. You can find that by clicking this link – Lexington County Council.


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Add these to your list..
I guess if I'm going to go Old School... I might as well go authentically old school.
Fwiw, my mogul specific skis these days are the Stockli Laser SC.
It's like a short turn narrow carver, and it's the best bump ski I've ever skied.
Point is: consider skis like that in your search.
Legit 70s skis might last 100 days or might blow apart after the 3rd turn. Too many unknown variables like were they stored in a hot attic or shed that can impact wither or not they are still actually skiable.


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A hotshoe flashgun, for me, was just a grudgingly-used problem-solver when there simply wasn't the ambient light to make an acceptable image. Over time I became less reticent about using a hotshoe flashgun as I developed a set of techniques that could make its presence in the photo less obtrusive. I never use direct flash with the flashgun pointed directly at the subject but find surfaces to use to bounce flash to soften the blow.
Sometimes the flash is used to augment the natural light, slipped into the shot unnoticed. At other times, the light is so nasty or so non-existent that I decide the light the image entirely with the flash yet still want to produce a professional-looking image.
The resulting image certainly isn't marred by icky flash. It looks like it might have been taken with a studio-style flash head and softbox! And it´s on-camera.
Next is a shot from the same wedding taken in the lively 'disco area'. Here I've again used bounced flash but this time I've ensured the shutter speed and ISO combination is sufficient to bring in some of the funky lightshow as the best man gets down and boogies. Whether you're trying to eliminate the ambient or bring it into play, a bounced flash is still your friend.
The Joe Demb Flip-it in use again, with enough ambient light allowed in to show the colours of the disco.
When you bounce, the light source becomes as large as the bounce area you are using. A bigger light source offers softer, flattering light. Hard light increases contrast, makes shiny heads shinier, wrinkles deeper and more pronounced. There's a place for hard light but in the portrait setting more often than not we're looking for a softer light.
Next, let's look at a shot from a Burlesque evening held at a local restaurant where I've killed the ambient light, which was being providing by harsh little tungsten spotlights in the ceiling. With camera in portrait orientation and the the Joe Demb Flip-it off to the side with have directional light being kicked forward, softened by some light bouncing down from above. Bounced light is like turning a wall or ceiling into one great big umbrella. It's magic when you're forced to use flash. The aperture was a wide f/2.8 for shallow depth of field and, in the middle of a busy event, I've managed to a achieve a pretty studio-esque portrait with a hotshoe flashgun.
For this showgirl portrait I've eliminated the ambient light and used ceiling bounce and bounce from the Flip-it. For a portrait taken in the middle of a busy event, it's quite a studio-esque result.
When bouncing flash you have to be aware of changes to colour temperature brought about by bouncing off coloured surfaces. A white or pale grey wall or ceiling is pretty safe but, say, an orange wall with give an orange colour cast. A multi-coloured wall could give of a blend of different temperatures. Always shoot RAW files, where there's more scope to alter the white balance of your image after the event.
You also need to be aware of flash power. Generally, when killing the ambient entirely, you'll need to increase the 'flash exposure compensation' (FEC) on your flash gun to ensure a good exposure. If simply trying to sneak a little fill into the shot you may want to decrease FEC.
I often use the Joe Demb Flip-it to kick a little stronger flash forward, softened by the bounced light. But you can also use just the bounced light. A great technique if you find a white wall, stand between it and your subject and point the flashgun over your shoulder. Now you have the equivalent of a great big umbrella (without having to lug it with you on the shoot).


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Suitcases Quotes
Within 2 years Im predicting...that youre going to see a suitcase nuke in this country. Youre probably going to see a release in a few years of something communicable. & I am predicting that you will see a lot of conventional bombings...in the next year or so.
— Alex Jones
Most Powerful Suitcases quotations
My homeland is not a suitcase, and I am no traveller
— Mahmoud Darwish
Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs.
— J. D. Salinger
The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase.
— Yogi Berra
The greatest fear that haunts this city is a suitcase bomb, nuclear or germ.
Many people carry small gas masks. The masses here seem to be resigned to the inevitable, believing an attack of major proportions will happen.
— David Wilkerson
The technology is just so far gone. It's just like back in the day you needed a suitcase just to have a cell phone. The battery was so heavy, it was like carrying a gallon of soda around with you all day.
— Jam Master Jay
Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again;
we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.
— Jack Kerouac
But 17 years ago, I arrived at CNN with a suitcase, with my bicycle, and with about 100 dollars.
— Christiane Amanpour
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved.
My parents were European immigrants. They came to the States with $1,500, two suitcases, and me, and they managed to build a business, a family, and a future for their family. They didn't have any of the resources of people who have lived here for two or three generations.
— Stana Katic
All I really had was a suitcase and my drums. So I took them up to Seattle and hoped it would work.
— Dave Grohl
It's good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies
Because the only people for me are the mad ones.
Once when I was at Newark Mall, me, my friends, my cousin, and my bodyguard were shopping and looking for suitcases cuz we had all these clothes. On our way out, two girls started whispering. The next thing we know, we had at least 200-300 people walking behind us, like the whole mall!
— Lil Romeo
If I'm going away for longer than a week I take a suitcase and check it in but I'm good at packing light and quick - years of modelling, travelling and living out of a suitcase has trained me well.
— Lisa Snowdon
I'm a vagabond. I have a suitcase that is ready to go at a moment's notice. The thought of being in one place for a long time, or playing one character for a long time, is terrifying for me.
— Kevin Bacon
Money doesn't mean anything to me. I've made a lot of money, but I want to enjoy life and not stress myself building my bank account. I give lots away and live simply, mostly out of a suitcase in hotels. We all know that good health is much more important.
— Keanu Reeves
Before we can leave our parents, they stuff our heads like the suitcases which they jam-pack with homemade underwear.
— Maxine Hong Kingston
Every summer my husband and I pack our suitcases, load our kids into the car, and drive from tense, crowded New York City to my family's cottage in Maine. It's on an island, with stretches of sea and sandy beaches, rocky coasts, and pine trees. We barbecue, swim, lie around, and try to do nothing.
— Hope Davis
Everything I own can fit in two suitcases and a foot locker.
— GG Allin
The tempo is the suitcase. If the suitcase is too small, everything is completely wrinkled. If the tempo is too fast, everything becomes so scrambled you can't understand it.
— Daniel Barenboim
Why do we put suits in a garment bag and put garments in a suitcase?
— Steven Wright
We are not, however, a species that can choose the baggage with which we must travel. In spite of our best intentions, we always find that we have brought along a suitcase or two of darkness and despair.
— Dean Koontz
I'll tell you what I love doing more than anything: trying to pack myself in a small suitcase. I can hardly contain myself.
— Tim Vine
Treat yourself like a fat person with aches and pains and a suitcase full of excuses, and good luck-you'll stay exactly where you are. Train like an athlete and, though you may not look like one now, you will become one.
— Chalene Johnson
But that's how it is when you start wanting to have things.
Now, I just look at them, and when I go away I carry them in my head. Then my hands are always free, because I don't have to carry a suitcase.
— Tove Jansson
It's a battered old suitcase to a hotel someplace, and a wound that will never heal. No prima donna, the perfume is on an old shirt that is stained with blood and whiskey. Goodnight to the street sweepers, the night watchmen flame keepers and goodnight, Matilda, too.
— Tom Waits
I am Mother Jones. The Government can't take my life and you can't take my arm, but you can take my suitcase.
— Mary Harris Jones
It's a battered old suitcase and a hotel someplace and a wound that will never heal.
The golf swing is like a suitcase into which we are trying to pack one too many things.
— John Updike
They should tell you when you're born: have a suitcase heart, be ready to travel.
— Gabrielle Zevin
I hit a grand slam off Ron Herbel and when his manager Herman Franks came out to get him, he was bringing Herbel's suitcase.
— Bob Uecker
It's great to just disappear, grab a suitcase, switch the answering machine on and just go somewhere else.
— Dido Armstrong
I got cocky and I stopped taking my vitamins.
It was an inconvenience to have a suitcase full of vitamins with me on the road. About two years ago, it caught up with me.
— Mary Ann Mobley
In 1976, Jimmy Carter - peanut farmer;
carried his own suitcase, imagine that - somewhat tapped America's durable but shallow reservoir of populism. By 1980, ordinariness in high office had lost its allure.
— George Will
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The UIA has chosen the theme "Architecture… housing for all". It will focus on how architects can contribute to the realisation of affordable housing for all; the implementation of the New Urban Agenda; and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), specifically Goal 11, "to make cities and human settlements safe, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable".
Countries all over the globe will highlight the importance of architecture through events, exhibits, lectures and other activities, for the profession and the public.
The International Union of Architects (UIA)—the only global organisation representing the world's 3.2 million architects—is now launching a competition to design the poster for World Architecture Day 2019. The winning design will become the unifying visual identity for the programmes and activities organised throughout the world on 7 October this year.
Dana Whabira is a Zimbabwean artist, architect and cultural facilitator, who lives and works in Harare. An architect by training, she studied art and design at Central Saint Martin's College in London. Whabira has exhibited widely, she represented Zimbabwe at the 57th Venice Biennale (2017) and participated at the Dak'art Biennale (2018), in addition to taking up art residencies and giving talks locally and internationally. She is the founder Njelele Art Station, an urban laboratory that focuses on contemporary, experimental and public art practice.
Chris Ware is a contributor to The New Yorker, and was the first cartoonist chosen to inaugurate the New York Times Magazine's experimental comics section. His work has appeared in many national and international art exhibits, including solo exhibitions at the Gavle Kunstcentrum in Sweden, the MCA Chicago as well as appearing as part of The Masters of American Comics traveling exhibit. In 2014 The Art Institute of Chicago staged an exhibit of his work titled The Comic Art and Architecture of Chris Ware. His work is represented by the Adam Baumgold Gallery in New York and the Galerie Martel in Paris.
Sonya Dyakova is a Russian artistic director and graphic designer based in London. She studied and began her career in San Francisco and later founded Atelier Dyakova, a multidisciplinary agency, in London. Sonya has worked with some of the greatest names in architecture. Her approach, strongly rooted in conceptual and typographic experimentation, has earned her numerous international awards and recognitions.
The International Union of Architects (UIA) is an international non-governmental organisation based in Paris. Established in 1948, it is the only organisation representing architects across the globe working to unify architects, influence public policies on construction and development, and advance architecture in service to the needs of society.
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Carly Rae Jepsen's 'Call Me Maybe' reaches No. 1 on the Hot 100
By Grady Smith
Justin Bieber, you evil mastermind — you made it happen.
Four months after he blew up the Internet by having a dance party with Selena Gomez, Ashley Tisdale, and select members of Big Time Rush to a then-unknown song called "Call Me Maybe" by a then-unknown singer named Carly Rae Jepsen (who just happened to be signed to his label), the track has reached No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100. We are all your lemmings, Justin. You win.
That's right — after approximately two million lip-sync videos, "Call Me Maybe" has reached the summit of the chart, dethroning Gotye, who spent eight weeks at No. 1 with his smash "Somebody That I Used to Know." Gotye's hit previously ended the six-week reign of fun.'s "We Are Young," meaning that for the last 15 weeks, the artist on top of the Hot 100 is a first timer in that spot. (Although Katy Perry's "Wide Awake" just leaped from No. 19 to No. 9 on the chart. The California Gurl would like her throne back, please.)
You've probably heard the song at least 47 times today already, so treat yourself to this amazing "Call Me Maybe"/"Semi Charmed Life" mash-up for a (small) change:
What do you think? And how long until Carly Rae changes the lyrics to "Here's my No. 1 single/So dude of course you're going to call me"?
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Carly Rae Jepsen hosts wild Party for One with wigs, sex toys in new music video
Hear Whitney Houston and Kygo's dance-heavy cover of Steve Winwood's 'Higher Love'
Madonna cha-cha-chas to ninth No. 1 album with Madame X
BTS and Halsey's 'Boy With Luv' becomes highest Billboard Hot 100 debut for K-pop group
Jimmy Fallon and The Roots sing 'Call Me Maybe'
Queer Eye reveals season 3 premiere date — and a new Carly Rae Jepsen song
'Call Me Maybe': Inside Carly Rae Jepsen's instant classic video
Scooter Braun has reached out to Taylor Swift to have 'private conversation,' source says
Lady Gaga scores her first No. 1 song since 2011 with 'Shallow'
Your pop culture horoscope for May: Rocketman, Catch-22, and Carly Rae Jepsen
Watch the music video for Elton John and Taron Egerton duet '(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again'
Sophie Turner says she'd gladly play Boy George in biopic after singer calls her 'most interesting' choice
Ariana Grande sweeps the top three spots on Billboard Hot 100


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Serpent's Tail
Crime File: a deadly duo
Books July 6, 2017
Say Nothing By Brad Parks How far would you go to protect someone you love? Lie for them? Interfere with the course of justice? Kill someone? That's the premise at the heart of Say Nothing, a clever, pacy new thriller from American author Brad Parks best known for his award-winning books…
Alain Mabanckou's The Lights of Pointe-Noire is a dazzling journey back to childhood and home
Books July 21, 2015
One of the greatest benefits of literary competitions, the main of course being to spotlight and reward fine novels, is to introduce authors to readers who they might otherwise never have encountered. Alain Mabanckou, the Congolese author now living and teaching in Los Angeles, was shortlisted for the 2015 Man Booker International Award, awarded every two years for a body of work.
I had never heard of Mabanckou never mind having read one of his books. Yet baby steps of research revealed he's already received a collection of awards for books like Memoirs of a Porcupine and Blue-White-Red. The Economist called him "Africa's Samuel Beckett … a subversive." I tried several usually well-stocked independent bookshops and in the end snatched up the only book I could find, The Lights of Pointe-Noire. Which is a very long way of explaining how I came to spend last weekend, rugged up against the chill winds of a sunny Sydney, falling deeper and deeper in love with The Lights of Pointe-Noire and the writing of Alain Mabanckou. Which in turn led to ordering Tomorrow I'll be Twenty, a fictionalized account of his childhood in the Congo, but more on that when the book finally arrives.
A bumper crime spree with some new arresting new releases … and a chat with John Grisham
Books March 2, 2014
There are rich pickings on the crime scene with Graeme Blundell, one of my favourite followers of crime fiction, sleuthing out four new offerings (should that be a massacre of crime novels?) in his popular Crime File. The latest from Garry Disher, who has been producing literary thrillers for decades, is…