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Maharashtra Board Class 8 History Solutions Chapter 10 Armed Revolutionary Movement
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Balbharti Maharashtra State Board Class 8 History Solutions Chapter 10 Armed Revolutionary Movement Notes, Textbook Exercise Important Questions and Answers.
Maharashtra State Board Class 8 History Solutions Chapter 10 Armed Revolutionary Movement
Class 8 History Chapter 10 Armed Revolutionary Movement Textbook Questions and Answers
1. Rewrite the statements by choosing the appropriate options:
(Pandit Shyamji Krishna Varma, Mitramela, Ramsingh Kuka, Anant Laxman Kanhere, Birsa Munda)
Swatantryaveer Savarkar started a secret organization of revolutionaries named …………. .
Mitramela
In Punjab, ………………. organised an uprising against the Government.
Ramsinh Kuka
……………… founded the India House.
Pandit Shyamji Krishna Varma
2. Complete the following table:
Revolutionary Organisation
1. Swatantryaveer Savarkar Abhinav Bharat
2. Barindrakumar Ghosh Anushilan Samiti
3. Chandrashekhar Azad Hindustan Socialist Republican Army
4. Lala Hardayal Gadar
3. Explain the following statements with reasons:
Chafekar brothers killed Rand.
The Plague epidemic broke out in 1897 in Pune.
Commissioner Rand was appointed to manage the Plague epidemic.
In course of curtailing the epidemic, he resorted to tyranny and force.
As a revenge, the Chafekar brothers Damodar and Balkrishna shot him dead on 22 June, 1897.
Khudiram Bose was hanged to death.
Anushilan Samiti worked with the objective to overthrow the British rule with armed rebellion.
Prafulla Chaki and Khudiram Bose were the members of Anushilan Samiti.
They planned to kill a judge named Kingsford.
They threw a bomb at a vehicle, assuming it to be of Kingsford but the vehicle was not the one carrying him.
However, two English women were killed in this attack Khudiram Bose was caught by the police and was hanged.
Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutta threw bombs in the Central Legislative Assembly.
The Government had introduced two bills in the Central Legislature.
The Bills curtailed civil rights of the people.
To protest against these bills, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutta threw bombs in the Central Legislative Assembly.
4. Answer the following in brief:
Write a detail description of the attack on Chittagong Armoury.
Surya Sen drew a plan to attack the armoury at Chittagong.
He and his associates raided two government armouries on the 18th April, 1930.
They seized arms and ammunition from the two armouries.
He took revolutionaries like Anant Singh, Ganesh Ghosh, Kalpana Datta and Pritilata Waddedar with him.
They cut off the telephone and telegraph connections and succeeded in paralysing the communication.
Give information about the work of India House.
India House, founded by Pandit Shyamji Krishna Verma in London, was the centre of revolutionary activities outside India.
It provided assistance to the revolutionaries staying abroad.
It gave scholarships to the Indian students studying in England.
Swatantryaveer Savarkar received such scholarship.
Literary and Social work of Swatantryaveer Savarkar:
In his autobiography, 'Majhi Janmathep' he wrote about his experience of the terrible days in Andaman.
After 10 years, he was taken to Ratnagiri and detained there.
There Savarkar started many social movements such as removal of caste differences, removal of untouchability, common dining, purification of language, etc.
In 1938, he presided over the Marathi Sahitya Sammelan at Mumbai.
He wrote two books one The Indian War of Independence 1857′ and other biography of Joseph Mazzini, an Italian revolutionary.
Watch a movie or drama based on the life of revolutionaries and enact your favourite incident in the class.
Prepare a manual based on the saga of revolutionaries.
Class 8 History Chapter 10 Armed Revolutionary Movement Additional Important Questions and Answers
Rewrite the statements by choosing the appropriate options:
A youth named ………….. killed Jackson, the collector of Nashik.
Anant Laxman Kanhere
Munda tribe in Bihar revolted under the leadership of ………….. .
Birsa Munda.
Killed Rand
1. Balkrishna Chafekar
2. Damodar Chafekar
Planned to kill Judge Kingsford and threw bomb on his vehicle
1. Khudiram Bose
2. Prafulla Chaki
Leaders of Gadar organization
1. Bhai Parmanand
2. Dr. Pandurang Sadashiv Khankhoje
Threw bomb in Central Legislative Assembly
1. Bhagat Singh ?
2. Batukeshwar Dutta
Killed the District Judge
1. Shanti Ghosh
2. Suniti Choudhary.
Vasudev Balwant Phadke took the training of arms from ………….. .
(a) Damodar Chafekar
(b) Vastad Lahuji Salve
(c) Swatantryaveer Savarkar
(d) Babarao Savarkar
Anushilan Samiti' received counsel and guidance from ……………. .
(a) Aurobindo Ghosh
(b) Barindrakumar Ghosh
(c) Khudiram Bose
(d) Rash Behari Bose
……………. raised the issue of India's independence at the World Socialist Conference.
(a) Pritilata Waddedar
(b) Kalpana Dutta
(c) Madam Cama
(d) Shanti Ghosh
……………. , a young girl shot dead the Governor during the convocation ceremony of Kolkata University.
(a) Shanti Ghosh
(b) Pritilata Waddedar
(c) Suniti Choudhary
(d) Bina Das
……………. died in an encounter with police at Alfred Park in Allahabad.
(a) Bhagat Singh
(b) Chandrashekhar Azad
(c) Madanlal Dhingra
(d) Khudiram Bose
In his autobiography, ……………. wrote about his experience of the terrible days in Andaman jail.
(b) Vasudev Balwant Phadke
(d) Baba Savarkar
The Anushilan Samiti had a bomb manufacturing unit at ……………. .
(a) Kolkata
(b) Dhaka
(c) Maniktala
(d) Chittagong
The young men of Hindustan Socialist Republic were influenced by ……………. ideology.
(a) capitalistic
(b) imperialistic
(c) religious
(d) socialist
After the British traced the plan of revolt by Gadar Organisation ……………. escaped to Japan and continued his revolutionary work.
(a) Vishnu Shastri Pingle
(b) Khudiram Bose
(c) Rash Behari Bose
(d) Chandrashekhar Azad
……………. was the chief of revolutionary group in Bengal.
(a) Anant Singh
(b) Ganesh Ghosh
(d) Surya Sen
Identify the wrong pair, correct it and rewrite:
1. Threw bomb on Lord Hardinge – Khudiram Bose
2. Killed British officer Ash – Vanchhi Iyyer
3. Assassinated Curzon Wylie – Bhagat Singh
4. Killed Dyer in London – Sardar Udham Singh
Wrong pair:
Assassinated Curzon Wylie – Bhagat Singh
Corrected pair:
Assassinated Curzon Wylie – Madanlal Dhingra.
Answer the following in one sentence each:
Who spread the network of revolutionary work outside Bengal?
Rash Behari Bose and Sachindranath Sanyal spread the network of revolutionary organisation outside Bengal.
What was the objective in establishing India House?
The revolutionary work in India received assistance from India House in London and Indian youth were given scholarships for higher education in England.
Who prepared anti-British plans with the help of German Foreign ministry?
Veerendra Nath Chattopadhyay, Bhupen Dutta and Hardayal prepared anti-British plans with the help of German foreign ministry.
Who established Provincial Government of free India in Kabul?
Mahendra Pratap, Barkatullah and Obaidullah Sindhi established Provincial Government of free India in Kabul.
What work was entrusted to a separate wing of 'Hindustan Socialist Republican Army'?
The work of gathering arms and execution of programmes was entrusted to a separate wing of Hindustan Socialist Republican Army.
How was the death of Lala Lajpat Rai avenged?
Bhagat Singh and Rajguru fired bullets and killed officer Saunders to avenge death of Lala Lajpat Rai.
Complete the graphical presentation:
Vasudev Balwant Phadke:
Vasudev Baiwant Phadke gave an armed struggle against the British in Maharashtra.
He was of the opinion that there should be armed struggle to fight against the British.
Vastad Lahuji Salve gave him training of arms.
He organized Ramoshis and led armed struggle in Maharashtra, but was unsuccessful.
He was sent to Eden Jail by the British Government where he died in 1883.
When Swatantryaveer Savarkar was detained in the Ratnagiri jail, he started many social movements such as removal of caste differences, removal of untouchability, common dining, purification of language, etc.
in his autobiography, 'Majhi Janmathep' he wrote about his experiences of the terrible days in Andaman where he spent ten years.
He wrote the book 'The Indian War of Independence 1857' in which he stated 1857 rebellion as the first war of independence.
He wrote an inspiring biography of Joseph Mazzini.
Savarkar was a great writer, social worker and revolutionary.
Kakori Conspiracy:
After Gandhiji suspended Civil Disobedience, many youngsters like Chandrashekhar Azad, Ram Prasad Bismil, Yogesh Chatterjee, Sachindra Nath f Sanyal got diverted to revolutionary ways.
On 9th August, 1925 they looted the Government treasury that was on a train near Kakori railway station in Uttar Pradesh.
However, due to the immediate action of the government the revolutionaries were arrested and put on trial.
Ashfaqulla Khan, Ram Prasad Bismil, Roshan Singh, Rajendra Lahiri were hanged.
Chandrashekhar Azad managed to escape.
Explain the following statements with reasons:
Swatantryaveer Savarkar was sentenced to fifty years of rigorous imprisonment.
On knowing the activities of Abhinav Bharat, the government arrested Babarao Savarkar and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Anant Laxman Kanhere killed Jackson, collector of Nashik in retaliation.
The government linked Abhinav Bharat and Savarkar with his murder.
He was arrested and put on trial. So, the court sentenced him to fifty years of rigorous imprisonment.
Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru were hanged.
Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutta threw a bomb in Central Legislative Assembly.
The British Government started arresting the revolutionaries. They immediately raided the centres of 'Hindustan Socialist Republican Army' and got clues related to the killing of Saunders.
Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev were tried under the charge of sedition.
They were hanged in the Lahore jail on 23 March 1931.
Madanlal Dhingra was hanged to death.
India House was an important centre which provided assistance to Indian revolutionaries staying abroad.
Madanlal Dhingra was a youth associated with India House.
He killed Curzon Wylie, a British Officer, therefore he was hanged to death.
Answer the following in brief:
State the aims and objectives of the 'Hindustan Socialist Republican Association.
The main objective of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association was to free India from British exploitation.
It also aimed at overthrowing the unjust socio-economic order which exploited the farmers and workers.
It aimed at creation of a society based on social justice and equality.
Question 2..
Explain the work of Madam Cama.
1. Madam Cama was related with the revolutionary work of India House.
2. She raised the issue of India's independence at the World Socialist Conference held at Stuttgart in Germany.
3. She unfurled the flag of India at this conference.
Answer the following in detail:
Explain the contribution of Swatantryaveer Savarkar in the armed revolutionary movement.
Swatantryaveer Savarkar founded 'Mitramela' in 1900 at Nashik and renamed it as 'Abhinav Bharat' in 1904.
He went to England for higher studies, despatched revolutionary literature, guns to the members of Abhinav Bharat in India.
The government linked murder of Jackson to Swatantryaveer Savarkar and arrested him.
He was put under trial. The court ordered rigorous punishment for 50 years in Andaman jail.
His contribution is great in the armed revolution of India.
Give a brief account of the 'Anushilan Samiti'.
After the partition of Bengal, the outrage against the British became more severe.
In Bengal, a revolutionary organisation called 'Anushilan Samiti' was active.
This organisation received counsel and guidance from Aurobindo Ghosh.
Barindrakumar Ghosh was chief of this organisation.
In 1908, members of Anushilan Samiti, Prafulla Chaki and Khudiram Bose made an unsuccessful attempt to kill a judge Kingsford.
During the investigation, police got information about the work of Anushilan Samiti.
So, the government started arresting members of Anushilan Samiti.
The government was unsuccessful in linking Aurobindo Ghosh to the manufacturing of bombs.
Other members were sentenced to jail for longer period.
Write about the activities of Gadar Organisation.
The Indians settled in America and Canada established the Gadar Organisation.
The word Gadar means revolt. The objective of the organisation was to revolt against the British and free India from British rule.
Lala Hardayal, Bhai Parmanand, Dr. Pandurang Sadashiv Khankhoje were the important revolutionaries of the organisation.
Gadar' Journal, the mouthpiece of the organisation voiced the evil effects of the British rule on India and published the news regarding the heroic deeds of the Indian revolutionaries.
It conveyed the message of patriotism and armed rebellion to the Indian people.
During the British rule, the Gadar Organisation decided to take advantage of the discontent against the British rule.
It incited the Indian soldiers to revolt against the government.
Rash Behari Bose and Vishnu Ganesh Pingle were entrusted the responsibility to lead the revolt.
However, the plan could not materialise due to treachery.
Pingle was arrested and hanged.
Rash Behari Bose managed to escape to Japan.
What difference have you noted between the Moderates, Extremists and Revolutionary.
The struggle against the British was fought in three ways. The difference in the way is as follows:
1. The moderates advocated peaceful and constitutional means. They believed in appeals and petitions. They tried to disrupt the working of the government from within. After their demands were met, they would put forth new demands. Thus, they believed in constitutional methods.
2. The approach of extremists was severe. They were of the opinion that if lakhs of people take part in the freedom movement and challenge the British government only then success could be achieved.
3. Revolutionary wanted to fight the British in armed way. According to them, there should be armed struggle against the British. They adopted methods like killing the British officers, raiding the government treasury, disrupting transport and communication, etc.
All the three ways are different but had one objective of achieving Independence for India.
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Section 1 NAME
The name of the club shall be "Sonoran Desert Corvettes Tucson" hereinafter referred to as "SDCT".
Section 2 PURPOSE
In order to promote interest in Corvette automobile ownership, operation, and to that end to collect, receive, learn, disseminate, and publish information thereto and further establish an organized effort to encourage others to participate in the ownership and enjoyment connected with the use of Corvettes and to that end hold meetings, affairs, rendezvous, and other gatherings, public or private, in furtherance of said purpose. Additionally, and in recognition of its civic responsibility to the community, SDCT fosters safe and responsible driving behavior of its members. SDCT will participate in community events such as parades and contribute to worthy community causes. SDCT, a non-profit organization, hereby adopts these By-Laws as hereinafter set forth.
Section 1 MEMBERSHIP
Admittance to Membership
An application form must be filed with the Membership Director. This form will contain all the information necessary for membership in the Club as stated in this Article, Section 2.
Section 2 MEMBERSHIP CLASSIFICATION AND REQUIREMENTS
The SDCT membership shall consist of Regular Members, Associate Members and Honorary Members. If a current member buys or sells a Corvette that would result in a change in classification, the reclassification will not occur until the next renewal.
A. Owner/Lessee of a Corvette
B. Minimum eighteen (18) years of age
C. Advanced payment of annual dues
D. Membership in National Council of Corvette Clubs (NCCC)
A. Must first have been a regular member
B. Express deep interest in the Corvette
C. Minimum eighteen (18) years of age
D. Advanced payment of annual dues
E. Membership in National Council of Corvette Clubs (NCCC)
Any SDCT member can nominate a person or corporation for Honorary Membership. Honorary Membership
election will be by a majority vote of Board of Directors (Board) present at any Board meeting.
FUTURE CORVETTE OWNER ASSOCIATE
Any person under the age of 16 who is related to an SDCT member is eligible to become a member of FCOA.
Section 3 MEMBERSHIP DUES
Honorary – None
Regular and Associate members shall pay both SDCT and NCCC dues.
Payment of Dues: The annual membership renewal dues are payable by October 15th of each year for the following year, and shall be considered delinquent as of midnight, November 1st.
Section 4 MEMBERSHIP PRIVILEGES
Regular members are entitled to all Club privileges.
Associate members are entitled to all Club privileges except they may NOT hold any Board position.
Section 5 EXPULSION/SUSPENSION
Membership will automatically lapse for non-payment of dues. Any member may be suspended or expelled for infraction of SDCT rules, as outlined in these By-Laws, or such other causes as may be determined by the majority of the Board as being in the best interests of SDCT. Before such action is taken, the member shall have the opportunity of submitting in writing, or in person, their position on charges of which they have been notified.
The following are examples (but not limited to) of infractions that could lead to expulsion or suspension:
A. False information entered on membership application.
B. Convictions for DUI (driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs), reckless driving, or other actions
that would be detrimental to SDCT.
C. Public display causing embarrassment to self or our Club.
D. Other infractions as deemed by the majority of the Board.
Section 6 RESIGNATION
Any member may resign by sending a letter of resignation to the Secretary. The member's resignation shall be effective upon receipt. If the member resigns within sixty (60) days of initial membership, only the SDCT portion of the dues shall be refunded if requested by the member.
Section 1 ANNUAL MEETING
The Annual Membership Meeting of SDCT members shall be held on the third (3rd) Thursday in October of each year for nomination Officers and Directors, and such other business as lawfully may come before the meeting.
Section 2 MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS
Regular meetings may be held on the third (3rd) Thursday of each month, at the discretion of the Board.
Section 3 BOARD MEETINGS
The Board may meet on the second (2nd) Thursday of each month at its discretion. The meeting shall be open to all members, but only the Board will have a vote on business matters discussed during the meeting.
Section 4 AD HOC MEETINGS
In addition to any provisions of these By-Laws, special open meetings of the members may be called by a majority vote of the Board.
Section 5 NOTICE OF MEETINGS
The Secretary shall give notice of meetings, stating the place, day, hour, and purpose of any meeting(s) of the members, including special meeting(s). There shall be no closed meeting(s) with the exception of the Impeachment Board meeting(s).
Section 6 QUORUMS
A. Quorum for General Membership Meeting: The quorum is established annually, for the next business
year, at the Annual Membership Meeting. The quorum number will be equal to the average attendance
for the previous January through October General Membership Meetings.
B Quorum for Board Meetings: The quorum is a number equal to one-half of the authorized positions, plus
C. Quorum for Standing and Ad Hoc Committees: The quorum for all committees shall be equal to the
number of committee members present unless the Chair deems an insufficient number to do committee
D. Quorum for By-Laws Amendments or Revisions: The quorum is established annually, for the next
business year, at the conclusion of the election for the Board to serve in that year.
The quorum number is equal to the number of members who voted in the Board election.
Section 7 VOTING
General Membership Meeting: Votes on motions shall be governed by majority rule of those members present and qualified to vote provided the quorum requirement has been met.
Board Meetings: Votes on motions shall be governed by majority rule of those members present or by proxy delivered to the Secretary prior to the scheduled meeting, provided the quorum requirement has been met.
Standing and Ad Hoc Committee Meetings: Votes on motions shall be governed by majority rule of those members qualified to vote providing the quorum requirement has been met.
By-Laws Amendments: By-Law changes require an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the By-Law quorum.
Section 1 BOARD
The membership shall elect from its body a Board consisting of Officers ( President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer), and Directors (NCCC Governor, Membership Director, Activities Director, Communications / Public Relations Director, and National Corvette Museum Ambassador) who are Regular Members and have been Regular Members for at least six months and will endeavor to attend all required meetings. The candidate for President must have served one year as a member of the Board. All Board positions shall serve a one-year term. One additional member of the Board NOT elected shall be the Officer at Large who is a Regular Member appointed by the President, approved by the Board and who has been a past Board Member of SDCT.
Section 2 BOARD NOMINATIONS
Nominations for Board positions shall be held at the Annual October meeting. The Vice President shall act as the Chairman of the Election Committee and poll all SDCT Members for candidates wishing to run for the Board prior to the annual October General Membership Meeting.
Section 3 ELECTION OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
The annual Election of the Board shall be held by e-mail, postal mail or written ballot delivered to the Secretary prior to the completion of the regular November membership meeting. The Board election results shall be announced as soon as practicable after the results are known. The newly elected Board shall assume its duties on January 1st of each new year.
Section 4 VACANT POSITIONS
The President, with the approval of the Board, shall appoint a replacement for any vacant Board position for the remainder of the current fiscal year.
Section 1 DUTIES OF THE PRESIDENT
The President shall endeavor to preside at all meetings of the membership and the Board and shall perform all other duties pertaining to the office. The President shall endeavor to represent SDCT at all club activities. When the President is not available, the Vice President shall endeavor to represent SDCT.
Section 2 DUTIES OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
In the absence of the President, the Vice-President shall perform the duties pertaining to that office. The Vice President shall serve as the chairperson of the SDCT By-Laws Committee, when convened by the Board, and the chairperson of the SDCT Election Committee.
Section 3 DUTIES OF THE OFFICER AT LARGE
The Officer at Large shall act as an advisor to both the President and the Board of Directors. The Officer at Large shall have all the rights and privileges of an Officer of the Board. In the event that either the President and the Vice President are unable to fulfill their duties, the Officer at Large will assume their duties and responsibilities. The Officer at large will also act as SDCT Parliamentarian and Sergeant at Arms.
Section 4 DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY
The Secretary shall endeavor to attend all meetings of the membership and the Board and shall record all minutes. The Secretary shall keep Membership Meeting attendance records. The Secretary shall give notice of all meetings of members required by the By-Laws and shall perform all duties incident to this office, required by law or by a majority vote of the Board. The Secretary shall have the responsibility for the SDCT records. In the absence of the Secretary from any of the said meetings, the presiding officer shall choose a Secretary pro-tem.
Section 5 DUTIES OF THE TREASURER
The Treasurer shall, subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be made by the Board, have custody of all moneys, debts, and obligations belonging to SDCT. The Treasurer shall make all payments of SDCT debts upon approval of the Board. The Treasurer, or the President or Vice-President shall sign all contracts, checks, drafts, note or other orders for payment of money in the name of SDCT. The Treasurer shall give bond, at SDCT expense, if required by the Board. The Treasurer shall give a report on the financial status of SDCT at the Annual Meeting and monthly meetings, and if so requested at any other meeting of the Board. The Treasurer without the specific approval of the Board shall incur no obligation, debt or other liability. The Treasurer shall complete and file the Annual Report required by the Arizona Corporation Commission.
Section 6 DUTIES OF THE NCCC GOVERNOR
The NCCC Governor shall serve as the SDCT representative to meetings of the National Council of Corvette Clubs, (NCCC). The NCCC Governor shall inform the members of all pertinent issues being decided upon and changes, which are taking, place within the rulebook. The NCCC Governor shall keep members advised of events being held within the Roadrunner Region and should encourage members to attend other clubs' events, as well as sponsor various events for the club. The NCCC Governor shall also remind members of the renewal date for NCCC membership. The NCCC Governor should process all renewal forms as per Membership Director Guidelines and be responsible for registering new NCCC members within SDCT.
Section 7 DUTIES OF THE MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR
The Membership Director shall serve as the Chairperson of the Membership Committee. The Membership Director shall maintain a list of guests attending the Membership Meeting. The Membership Director shall provide membership information to prospective members, maintain current dated membership roster, and provide a report to the Board and Membership on the state of SDCT membership.
Section 8 DUTIES OF THE ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR
The Activities Director shall serve as the Chairperson of the Activities Committee. The Activities Director shall keep the Board and Membership informed as to activities and functions of SDCT and any other events or functions that would be of interest to the general membership of SDCT. The Activities Director shall submit proposals for SDCT activities and/or functions to the Board, and shall coordinate the social functions and activities and coordinate open and closed events within SDCT and with other Corvette clubs. The Activities Director shall maintain an event calendar of local and regional Corvette activities and other events of potential interest to the members. The Activities Director shall provide an event packet to all event chairpersons prior to scheduled event including at a minimum a sign-in sheet and release form as appropriate; the packet may also include other items such as an event budget sheet, information sheet for attendees and public announcement flyers for the event.
Section 9 DUTIES OF THE COMMUNICATIONS/PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR
The Communications/Public Relations Director shall insure timely and accurate official communications relevant to the promotion of SDCT and its activities. The Communications Director shall maintain and ensure that SDCT web site is current, accurate, and accessible to all current and future club members of SDCT. This includes helping new and current members gain access to the SDCT web site for the purpose of adding and updating their personal information on this web site. The Communications Director shall perform in the interests of the club as the primary interface and liaison to all activities related to public relations to outside vendors or individuals that provide goods or services to SDCT. This includes writing thank you letters to individuals or corporations, Corvette related articles for publication locally or nationally, and other communications documents necessary to support SDCT.
Section 10 DUTIES OF THE NATIONAL CORVETTE MUSEUM (NCM) AMBASSADOR
The NCM Ambassador shall perform in the interests of the club as the primary interface and liaison to the NCM and be responsible for ensuring the club is represented at the National Corvette Museum. The Ambassador shall ensure the club is listed on the NCM club-listing site and the Ambassador is listed on the NCM Ambassador website. Keep the Board and the membership informed concerning NCM matters and events and advise prospective members as to the opportunities with, purpose and direction of the NCM. The Ambassador shall encourage and promote NCM memberships, gift opportunities, NCM brick purchases, NCM raffle ticket sales, and shopping at the NCM store. The Ambassador shall encourage club membership in the NCM and coordinate NCM merchandise availability for club events when directed by the Board of Directors.
Section 1 APPOINTMENT OF AD HOC COMMITTEES
The Board will solicit volunteers from the Membership to serve on committees from time to time. The Board shall outline their duties, responsibilities, and duration of task. The Board shall appoint the Chairperson of the committee. The Chairperson shall notify members of their selection for the appointed task. The committee Chair shall report status, progress, recommendations and previously authorized actions to the Board at the next scheduled Board meeting.
Section 2 COMMITTEES
All minutes, reports or actions taken by a committee must be voted and approved by a quorum of the entire committee. Minutes of the committee meeting(s) shall be recorded and submitted to the Board. The Chairperson of the committee shall be responsible to the Board. The committee chair shall endeavor to attend all relevant meetings.
Section 1 FISCAL YEAR
The fiscal year of SDCT shall be from January 1st to December 31st.
Section 2 EXPENDITURES
The Board shall have the authority to spend up to five hundred dollars ($500.00) without consent of the membership. All other disbursements shall be submitted to the membership for approval. SDCT members must get Board approval prior to spending SDCT monies for events, socials or other SDCT happenings.
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Section 1 RATIFICATION AND AMENDMENTS
These By-Laws shall become effective when ratified by an affirmative vote of the membership per Article III.7.D.
Any member of SDCT may propose language to change the By-Laws, and accept appointment to the By-Laws committee. Members will forward their suggested change in writing to the presiding officer. The presiding officer will place the suggested change on the agenda for the next scheduled Board meeting. If the Board rejects the proposal, the presiding officer will advise the member of that decision and the reason.
If the Board agrees that the proposed change is valid, the Vice President will convene a By-Laws Committee pursuant to Article VI to refine the proposal and return a final draft to the Board. The Board will review the work of the By-Laws Committee and submit the proposed change to the membership for review and comment. The final draft By-Law document will be submitted for approval by the Membership pursuant to Article III.7.D.
Revisions to the By-Laws are to be collected and submitted to the Membership at the discretion of the Board.
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The only acceptable grounds for a motion toward impeachment shall be a violation of the SDCT By-Laws as they now stand or as they may be revised or amended in the future. Such violation may be explicit or a violation of principles or intent. All elected or appointed members are obligated to conform to these By-Laws and as such are therefore subject to a charge of violation and a motion for impeachment.
Any active member may call for a motion to impeach at any general membership meeting. In that motion the member must specify the elected or appointed member(s) against whom the charges are being made and what specific article, section, and subsection He/She believes have been violated. The member making such a motion must provide a specific description of the incident(s) that have precipitated these charges and the impeachment motion being placed.
After a motion to impeach has been placed, the charges read aloud and a description of the incident verbally provided to the general membership present, the motion must be ratified. Not less than five active members in addition to the member who placed the original motion must ratify such a motion. If five active members have not supported the motion the motion shall be denied and no mention shall be included in any official records including the general membership meeting minutes.
If five active members have shown support for the motion to impeach, the motion shall be considered as sanctioned and recorded in the official records including the general membership meeting minutes. A written copy of any and all charges must be presented to the Secretary and the elected or appointed member(s) against whom the charges are placed at the general membership meeting where the impeachment motion was made. If the elected or appointed member is not present at the general membership meeting, the Secretary shall mail a copy of the charges to them. Five additional copies of the charges must be provided for the members of the Impeachment Board. The elected or appointed member(s) being charged may resign; however, the Impeachment Board will still meet and arrive at a decision.
The Board of Directors will select the Impeachment Board consisting of five (5) active members. Elected or appointed member(s) against whom the impeachment charges are placed may not participate in this selection process. None of the Impeachment Board shall be any of the minimum of five (5) who ratified and sanctioned the original motion. None of the Impeachment Board members may be related to the elected or appointed member(s) being charged or placing the charges. None of the Board of Directors may participate on the Impeachment Board. No active member if selected and found to be mutually agreeable may refuse service on the Impeachment Board. Each member of the Impeachment Board will have equal authority. The Impeachment Board shall schedule their meeting no later than two calendar weeks from the date of their selection by the Board of Directors. The elected or appointed member(s) being charged will be allowed a reasonable period of time, not to exceed the scheduled date of the Impeachment Board meeting, to gather and prepare any information prior to the meeting of the Impeachment Board.
The Impeachment Board shall be a closed meeting and not be open to the general membership. Present at this meeting will be the (5) members of the Impeachment Board, the elected or appointed member(s) being charged, the member placing these charges, a written copy of the charges and a copy of the SDCT By-Laws as amended and/or revised at that time. Present also at this meeting will be any active member(s) who can provide information regarding the incident as required by either the elected or the appointed member(s) being charged or by the member placing the motion. One member of the Impeachment Board shall read aloud each of the written charges.
The members of the Impeachment Board will then review the article, section and sub-section(s) of the By-Laws that the elected or appointed member(s) have been charged with violating. The Impeachment Board will then determine if the letter of the By-Laws or the intent of the By-Laws has been violated by the actions taken as stated in the written charges. If the Impeachment Board determines that in their opinion neither the letter of, nor the intention of the By-Laws has been breached that charge will be so noted and removed from any further action. If the Impeachment Board determines that there has been a violation they may then question the elected or appointed member(s) as to the cause of or reason for this violation. To this end, the elected or appointed member(s) under investigation may provide any documentation or may provide testimony of any active member of SDCT on his/her behalf.
In like manner the active member who placed the motion may present documentation or testimony him/herself or from any other active member of SDCT.
After considering the arguments brought forth on both sides, the Impeachment Board shall determine whether the reason or cause for the violation was in their opinion justified. If the Impeachment Board determines that the elected or appointed member(s) in question acted, although in violation of SDCT By-Laws, in the best interest of the majority of the general membership within the given circumstances, the Impeachment Board shall have the right to dismiss that charge. Each of the individual charges will be reviewed in this manner. After reviewing all charge, the Impeachment Board will determine if there are grounds for an impeachment vote. In their review they may determine that the violation(s) was not of a significant enough nature to warrant a general impeachment vote. In such a case the Impeachment Board will prepare a statement of official reprimand which will be read aloud at the next general membership meeting and the motion toward impeachment shall be considered satisfied. However, the elected or appointed member(s) shall retain his/her office and all rights and privileges normally associated there to.
If the Impeachment Board determines that based upon the specific circumstances the grounds for impeachment are not valid; they will prepare a statement of official apology to the elected or appointed member(s) against whom the impeachment motion was made. The Impeachment Board will read the statement aloud at the next general business meeting and the impeachment motion shall be considered unfounded.
If the Impeachment Board finds that the charges as they appear are indeed valid and are in violation of SDCT By-Laws and are in their determination without justifiable cause for said violation, the Impeachment Board will prepare a statement to be read aloud at the next general business meeting in which shall be, in their own words, the charges placed, the articles, sections, subsections of SDCT By-Laws which have been violated, and any comment or recommendations they may wish to include. In such a case, the Impeachment Board will notify the Secretary to prepare impeachment ballots and to have these ready for the next general business meeting.
Should the Impeachment Board find the charges placed do indeed have a valid basis, the elected or appointed member(s) charged will have from that point forward, any and all rights normally associated with his/her office suspended. Impeachment Board findings will be final and binding.
At the next monthly general business meeting the members of the Impeachment Board will as the first order of business, read their prepared statement. After the statement has been read members of the Impeachment Board will answer any questions from any active member pertaining to the material covered in their statement. Questions will be limited only to the material as contained in the statement and will not be an open discussion. No questions shall be asked of or by the elected or appointed member(s) against whom the motion was placed. Nor will any questions be asked of or by the member placing the motion. All questions shall be directed to and answered solely by the members of the Impeachment Board. The members of the Impeachment Board shall not be required to justify their decisions. After a reasonable period for any questions, not to exceed 30 minutes, the Impeachment Board will instruct the Secretary to issue the ballots for the impeachment vote. These ballots are to be issued to active members only and will allow active members to vote for or against impeachment. Should any ballot appear to contain more than one of these two options that ballot would not be included in any count. Any ballot returned which has neither of these two options indicated will not be included in the count. One of the members of the Impeachment Board will collect the ballots. The ballots will then be tallied into one of two categories as follows: for impeachment, or against impeachment. For either outcome, the result of the count of votes on the motion for impeachment shall be entered into the official records. The Impeachment Board will count the total number of votes cast and if 51 percent or higher of these votes are for impeachment then the motion shall be carried.
No individual shall loose any rights and/or privileges that are accorded to any active member as a result of being removed from an elected or appointed position. If the elected or appointed member(s) impeached was the President, the Vice-President must assume that position. Prior to the next general membership meeting the Board of Directors may at its option appoint a suitable replacement for the vacated position or at its option determine that a new election be held to provide a replacement for the vacated position. This replacement must be approved by a quorum of the general membership.
Section 1 OTHER MATTERS
Any circumstance not covered by SDCT By-Laws or NCCC By-Laws may utilize the latest edition of Roberts Rules of Order as a reference guide. The member(s) citing Roberts Rules of Order shall make written submission to the SDCT Secretary including references to the applicable section of Robert's Rules of Order for the circumstance. The SDCT Board shall make the final determination as to the applicability of the Roberts Rules of Order for the circumstance.
Section 2 PROCEDURES MANUAL
The purpose of the Procedures Manual (PM) is to provide guidance and clarity to the members of SDCT as they participate in the activities and the governance of the organization. It is intended as a quick reference "how to" source of current and reliable information.
The information provided in the PM is consistent with the Articles of Incorporation and the By-Laws of SDCT.
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Corporations are People, My Friend, and So are States, Say GOPers
Submitted by Wendell Potter on August 15, 2011 - 1:28pm
While on the campaign trail in Iowa, former corporate executive and Republican governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney shot back at hecklers who were challenging his stance that it would be unfair and unwise to raise taxes on wealthy individuals and corporations to reduce the deficit.
"Corporations are people, my friend," Romney said. "Everything corporations earn ultimately goes to the people. Where do you think it goes? Whose pockets? People's pockets! Human beings, my friend."
Democrats were quick to pounce.
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida, chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, said of Romney's remarks: "It is a shocking admission from a candidate -- and a party -- that shamelessly puts forward policies to help large corporations and the wealthiest Americans at the expense of the middle class, seniors and students."
It's fair to say that not everyone in Florida shares Wasserman Schultz's point of view, certainly not her Republican governor, Rick Scott, and the folks who work for him at the state's Department of Management Services (DMS).
Last week I wrote that DMS, on orders from Scott, planned to eliminate state workers' choice of HMOs from two or three to just one. By doing so, DMS says the state will save $400 million over two years.
The irony -- or hypocrisy, if you will -- of this decision is that Scott was one of the most vocal opponents of federal health care reform. The front group he set up and funded, Conservatives for Patients' Rights, claimed in TV ads that the legislation favored by Democrats would effectively end "choice and competition" in health care, resulting in people losing the ability to choose their own doctors and health plans.
The folks at DMS were not happy with the way I characterized their decision to effectively end choice and competition in health care for Florida state workers.
John P. (Jack) Miles, who, like me, used to be a CIGNA executive, sent me a terse note via LinkedIn accusing me of engaging in "disappointing spin."
He wrote: "The statements you made and the latitude you took on the HMO procurement outcome in the State of Florida might make interesting reading but is inaccurate and does not represent the facts; very unfortunate."
What was my sin? How had I erred?
Well, as it turns out, I apparently was confused about who the real consumer is in Florida. Not only are corporations people, as Romney asserts, the State of Florida is a person, according to the DMS PR guy. To be precise, the word he used was "consumer." I had foolishly thought that state workers and their dependents, the people who actually need and occasionally use health care services, were the consumers.
"As I said in our phone conversation," Kristopher Purcell, the DMS director of communications wrote me in an email, "the State of Florida is the consumer."
As for the elimination of competition, Purcell noted that competition had once existed and had served a useful purpose for said consumer (the State of Florida), but was no longer necessary. Here's how he described it: "It was the robust and open competition between HMO bidders that was a major factor in achieving cost savings in the State."
Purcell also said I was inaccurate when I wrote that the four HMOs selected by DMS to serve state workers would not compete with each other in any single county in Florida. I should have written, he said, that the four companies had competed for the real consumer, the State of Florida, and the State of Florida had decided that one HMO per county was quite enough.
"The 4 companies already have competed with each other for state employees in the same county," he wrote. "And the winner, if you will, from the competition was awarded the contract for a given county."
Purcell also said that no state employee who wants to stay in an HMO will see any changes in his or her benefits. I had not said there would be changes in benefits, only that the employees might have to find a new doctor if their current doctor was not in the network of the HMO that DMS has chosen for them. Purcell did not dispute that.
"The only difference for an employee who moves to a new HMO carrier is the provider network," he wrote.
Of course, that is a very big difference in my book. Remember, it was Scott who warned us that federal reform would lead to Americans losing their ability to choose their own doctors. Starting in January, thousands of Florida state workers and their dependents will face the possibility that the doctors they have been seeing for years will not be available to them because the HMO the State of Florida has chosen for them might not have those doctors in its provider network.
Purcell told me he believes the chosen HMOs will expand their provider networks to include more doctors, but where's the guarantee that will happen? There isn't one.
Oh, well. At least we have all learned something important over the past few days. In the eyes of Republicans candidates, governors and their bureaucrats, corporations are people, just like you and me, and so are our state governments. That is important to remember. Now, and in November 2012.
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Mutternich replied on August 15, 2011 - 1:57pm Permalink
You should have guessed it, Wendell!
After all, isn't it in a doctor's contract with an HMO that his customer is not the patient but the HMO? How could you have forgotten? :-(
John Mullins replied on August 15, 2011 - 4:57pm Permalink
Florida makes choices for its tax-paying voting public employees
if the four companies had bid for contracts in each of Floridas counties and from what i understand is that the sole company of the four came in the lowest bidder in every county...!!! come on..!! that is impossible unless the DMS gave bid information to the sole company that the state of Florida picked for its employees..
Tony Isaacs replied on August 16, 2011 - 12:11am Permalink
Not ALL GOPers - at least not Ron Paul
Ron Paul specifically said that corporations are not people. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Ds7-1Nemrng But then Ron Paul is pretty much GOP in name only.
Anonymous replied on August 16, 2011 - 4:25am Permalink
If corporations are people, they should pay taxes like them
If corporations are people, they should pay taxes like them.
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Does the DNA in a Bacterium Infringe the Copyright in James Joyce's "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man"?
I admit that initially I didn't have the foggiest idea what Mike was talking about. But when I read the link in his tweet it all became clear.
And that…that thing…can grow and divide. It's hard to say whether this is "life from scratch," because the boundary between such a thing and ordinary life (and non-life) is actually blurry . . .
carries a line from James Joyce, inscribed in its DNA: "To live, to err, to fall, to triumph, to recreate life out of life." . . . The scientists who produced the new synthetic cell copied the genome of a microbe, letter for letter, and then inserted the synthetic version into a host cell. To determine that their experiment worked, they needed a way to tell the genomes of their synthetic cells from the natural genomes that were their model. So they inserted "watermarks" into the artificial genome. These sequences of DNA (which spelled out the work of Joyce and others through the genetic code) sit in non-coding regions of the microbe's DNA.
Venter explained his team received a cease and desist letter from Joyce's estate, saying that he'd used the Irish writer's work without permission. "We thought it fell under fair use," said Venter.
The first question is whether Portrait of the Artist is copyright-protected at all. Joyce's novel was first published in 1916. It is therefore in the public domain in the United States, as are all works first published in 1922 or before. (See this earlier post on copyright duration.) Thus, as long as the literary bacterium was bioengineered in America and not distributed abroad, it would not be an infringing microbe. Indeed, you can read the entirety of the book on the Project Gutenberg site. (It is, to say the least, quite wonderful.) But keep in mind that the United Kingdom and the European Union calculate the duration of copyright in older works differently. Copyright there (at least for works first published during an author's lifetime) endures for seventy years after the death of the author. Since Joyce died in 1941, Portrait of the Artist is copyright-protected in those jurisdictions until January 1, 2012. So if the creation and replication of the microbe took place in the UK in 2010, the Estate at least has a copyrighted work on which to base its claim.
By the way, this webpage maintained by Ohio State University and The International James Joyce Foundation tells you everything you could possibly want to know about the duration of Joyce's copyrights in various countries throughout the world. Among the contributors to page are Robert Spoo and Carol Loeb Shloss. I will come back to Spoo and Shloss in a minute.
I do not know where Venter's bacterium was created, but he is an American and his Institute is based in Maryland and California. So odds are the copying occurred in a jurisdiction where Portrait of the Artist is in the public domain. Don't sweat this, Dr. Venter.
But what if the new life form had been born in London? There would still be a long line of hoops that the Estate would have to jump through to prove copyright infringement. We will take it as a given that the microbe does in some sense "copy" a small portion of Joyce's novel, even though the copying cannot be seen by looking at the microbe under a microscope, but only in the print-out produced by the laboratory equipment that analyzes its genetic sequencing. I am no authority on "fair dealing" -- the British equivalent of "fair use" (I leave any UK analysis to Emily Goodhand @CopyrightGirl) -- but under U.S. law, any claim of copyright infringement would, of course, be patently ridiculous. The 14-word phrase from Joyce is so short that it would likely qualify as de mimimis copying -- i.e., too insignificant even to bother with applying the fair use analysis. If the fair use factors under Section 107 of the Copyright Act were examined, Venter should surely win on at least three of the four. In particular, a court would almost certainly find that Venter's use of Joyce's words was highly "transformative," which strongly favors a finding of fair use. The "amount and substantiality of the portion used [by Venter] in relation to the copyrighted work" is trivial, to say the least. The effect of Venter's use on the market for Portrait of the Artist is non-existent. Point, game, match -- Venter.
By the way, from what I read, as the bacteria replicate, the Joyce "quote" is gradually becoming more and more garbled, as mutation alters the gene sequencing.
But there is a serious point lurking here. This is by no means the first time that the Joyce Estate has aggressively rattled its copyright sabres. See this long and fascinating New Yorker article. And see this summary by Kim Dian Gainer, which describes the "forced the excision of material from Brenda Maddox's biography of Nora Joyce," the blocking of a "performance based upon a short story by Joyce that, ironically, was itself based upon a folk tale," the blocking of "live readings of Ulysses on the internet," and, in 2004, the threat of legal action to "derail exhibits and readings intended to be a part of the ReJoyce Dublin 2004 festival."
Most famously, the Estate objected to Carol Shloss's plans to quote from certain letters and other materials in her biography of Joyce's daughter, Lucia. In response, Shloss filed a landmark declaratory judgment and "copyright misuse" lawsuit, in which she argued, among other things, that the Estate misused its copyrights in an effort to influence scholarly treatment of Joyce's works and life. Robert Spoo was one of the attorneys who represented her. (I told you I would return to Shloss and Spoo.) Ultimately, Shloss obtained a highly favorable settlement, and the Estate ended up paying $240,000 in attorneys' fees to Shloss and her counsel.
Based upon the letter accusing Venter of creating an infringing bacterium, the Estate does not appear to have been chastened by the outcome of the Shloss case.
Postscript: Following up on the Joyce/Venter controversy, New Yorker blogger Jeannie Venasco located several other accounts of literary quotations that have been encoded into DNA (evidently without attracting cease and desist letters). She summarizes her research in this amusing post.
On January 25 of this year, lawyers for the Estate of J.R.R. Tolkien sent a cease and desist letter to author Steve Hillard claiming that his novel Mirkwood violates the Estate's right of publicity in Tolkien's persona because (among other reasons) Hillard depicts Tolkien as a character in his book. The Estate cited Texas and Kentucky as examples of jurisdictions with statutes that extend the right of publicity to the dead. Hillard responded by filing a preemptive lawsuit in federal court in Austin, Texas, seeking a declaration that his novel does not violate the Estate's rights. Hillard's filing cites several good examples of recent novels by well-regarded writers that made prominent use of dead celebrities as characters, including Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates, featuring Marilyn Monroe as a character, The Hours by Michael Cunningham, featuring Virginia Woolf, and Underworld by Don DeLillo, featuring Frank Sinatra, Jackie Gleason, and J. Edgar Hoover, among others. Early articles concerning the Mirkwood dispute appear here, here, and here.
I gather that the Estate may have other gripes about the allegedly "Tolkien-like" cover and the appearance of Tolkien's name in the subhead "A Novel About JRR Tolkien." But it's not my purpose here to express a view on the merits of this particular lawsuit. Instead, I'd like to voice my disaffection for the entire concept of a post-mortem right of publicity.
There has been a lot of debate over the years about what falls within the ambit of "purposes of trade." And there have been a fair number of lawsuits contending that "purposes of trade" include depicting an individual, without his consent (or the consent of his heirs), in a work of fiction, such as a novel or movie. After all (the plaintiffs argue), the writer or producer is expecting to make money from the fictional work. On the other hand, thankfully, many right of publicity statutes and court decisions explicitly recognize that there is a strong countervailing First Amendment interest in not curtailing all use of individuals' names in expressive works.
There has been a spate of recent right of publicity cases involving the use of real people in fictional works. (See this article from the American Bar Association summarizing recent developments.) When brought on behalf of living individuals, most cases, like this one involving the television series CSI recently dismissed by an appeals court in California, tend to be yoked with a claim for libel, on the theory that not only does the plaintiff have a property right in his persona, but he has been falsely and disparagingly portrayed in the fictional work. (This raises the separate but related question of libel in fiction, which is the subject of this earlier post.) However, when libel is not a factor, i.e., when the only claim is one based upon the right of publicity, in most cases -- but unfortunately not all -- the fiction writers have prevailed. Still, there is no denying that this can be an unpredictable area of the law, as illustrated by the Tony Twist case.
Back in the 1980s, I read the great baseball novel Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella. The title character is the ghost of Shoeless Joe Jackson, who was, of course, one of the greatest hitters of all time and the most famous member of the Chicago White Sox team (or the Black Sox, as they have come to be called) that fixed the 1919 World Series. The book also features a central character by the name of J.D. Salinger.
If you haven't read the book, you may know the story from the 1989 movie Field of Dreams, which is closely based on Kinsella's novel. When I saw the movie, I was immediately struck by the fact that J.D. Salinger had vanished from the story and had been replaced by a totally fictional character named Terrence Mann. I had a work-related reason to learn more about the reason for this dramatic change in the dramatis personae. So I called around and finally managed to locate W.P. Kinsella, who was living at the time in White Rock, British Columbia, writing more novels. (I must say he was uncommonly cordial and gracious to a young lawyer calling him completely out of the blue.) I asked him: "What happened to J.D. Salinger?" He told me that the lawyers had said that Salinger, who in 1989 was still very much alive, had to be cut out of the movie version of Shoeless Joe. The lawyers were worried that Salinger (who had recently pursued a highly publicized lawsuit to block publication of an unauthorized biography that quoted from his unpublished letters) might try to block the release of the movie as a violation of his right of publicity. The lawyers decided they couldn't take that chance.
Shoeless Joe Jackson died in 1961. If New York enacts a statute recognizing a descendible right for publicity for up to a half century after death, I'm afraid that lawyers will be telling the W.P. Kinsellas of this world that not only do you have to cut J.D. Salinger out of Shoeless Joe, but you have to cut Shoeless Joe out of Shoeless Joe.
Well, New York didn't enact a post-mortem right of publicity statute in 1989. But the legislators are still trying, and a similar bill was introduced for legislative consideration in 2010 and now has now been introduced again in 2011. At the same time, there is a movement afoot to enact a federal right of publicity statute that would include post-mortem protection.
This is an active, controversial, and (by the low standard of lawyers) interesting area of the law, and my opinion as to the imprudence of a descendible right of publicity may be in the minority is, of course, just that -- one person's opinion. The fact of the matter is that a post-mortem right of publicity is the law in many states. Writers should be aware that (as long as they don't falsely imply that their works are authorized or endorsed by the heirs of a dead celebrity) they have a strong argument that the depiction of the dead in works of fiction is protected by the First Amendment. Again, think of Oates, DeLillo, Cunningham -- and Kinsella. The statutes and the case law generally attempt to distinguish between conventionally commercial uses of a celebrity's name and likeness (such as use of images on tee-shirts) and more expressive, transformative uses (such as, one hopes, use in novels and films). But the scope of the post-mortem right of publicity is none-too-clear, and celebrities' estates may be well-funded, aggressive, and lawyered-up. It's a grey area, and it may make sense to seek out legal advice before launching on a major project. Like Steve Hillard, you could conceivably end up with a fight on your hands. If you do, it would be cheerful to have the support of an established publishing house.
Hilliard doesn't. He self-published his novel. About 900 copies had been sold prior to the filing of the lawsuit.
Postscript: The right of publicity is not the only arrow in the quiver of those who would seek to prevent the use of real people, living or dead, as characters in fictional works. Here, from lawyer Mark Litwak, is a good summary of the various legal theories that have been invoked, with greater or lesser success. See also this summary from UK attorney David Crocker comparing UK and US law on the descendible right of publicity. Finally, you might be interested in this account from The Hollywood Reporter of a federal judge recently holding the Washington State right of publicity statute unconstitutional in part.
Update: Writer Diana Stevan's comment reminded me that I should have mentioned the lawsuit recently filed against Kathryn Stockett, author of The Help. The plaintiff is a sixty year-old woman, who once worked as a maid for one of Stockett's relatives; she claims that she was used as the model for one of the principal characters in the book. As is typical of such cases involving living plaintiffs, the complaint alleges a hodgepodge of legal theories, including violation of the right of publicity, false light invasion of privacy, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Here is an article by Laura Miller of Salon about the case. A copy of the complaint is here on the Jackson Jambalaya blog. And here is a good discussion Susan Cushman and lawyer John Mason on Jane Friedman's Writer's Digest blog.
See Diana's fine blog at http://www.dianastevan.com/.


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Policy and procedures development process
Created: July 26, 2013 at 3:57 PM | Updated: September 20, 2018 | By Community Resource Kit
1. Set overall policy objectives
These are the overall objectives, or guiding principles, that underlie your policies and need to be kept in mind when developing the details of your policies. They link to the mission and values of the organisation.
For example, the objectives of Xxxx group's policies are:
Xxxx services are accessible and appropriate to its community
Xxxx supports the Treaty of Waitangi and the rights of Māori as tangata whenua
Xxxx is accountable and responsive to its community
Xxxx has effective management and governance arrangements
Xxxx has co-ordinated, planned and reliable services
Xxxx values the role of its various stakeholders, including staff, volunteers, clients, and community members
Xxxx will represent and, where appropriate, advocate on behalf of its community
Xxxx welcomes feedback, including complaints, which it will address in a timely, fair and equitable manner.
2. Develop detailed policies
1. Describe the issue the policy needs to address.
2. Consult key stakeholders, experts or conduct research as appropriate.
who will be/may be affected by the policy, or the issue? what do they have to say?
don't just consult the professional experts.
3. Identify the ranges of policy options.
keep this practical.
4. Consider the internal and external environment (e.g. vision statement, government rules).
consider legal requirements (such as health and safety) and any relevant standards (e.g. Child, Youth and Family (CYF) Standards for Approval).
5. Draft policy (in written form).
use clear, simple and unambiguous language
have a set format for your policies.
6. Present to board for consultation/adoption.
board (governing body) is responsible for approving the policies.
7. Set up systems to ensure policy is applied on an ongoing basis.
it is management's responsibility to make sure procedures are in place so that the policy is communicated, understood and followed
have an up-to-date policies and procedures manual
include policies for staff (including volunteer) and induction training.
8. Review at an agreed date.
set an achievable review cycle e.g. three years, unless circumstances change and an earlier review is required
some policies may need to be reviewed more frequently than others due to changes in the external environment.
3. Develop/review procedures
Procedures are the steps that put a policy into effect and let everyone in the organisation know how that should be done. In practice, the procedures are often developed at the same time as the policies and need to be reviewed at the same time as the policies. Management should be responsible for developing and circulating the procedures.
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New van technology – what's next?
With every year that passes, there are new advances in technology. Ten years ago, smartphones were less common, and mp3 players enjoyed huge popularity. Fast forward a decade and almost everybody has a smartphone, while the mp3 player has been replaced by streaming services. These advances are even in your new van.
The internet has had a big part to play. Devices of all kinds now have internet connectivity intended to enhance their convenience. Automation is becoming a huge part of our daily lives – vehicles included.
You'll have already heard about autonomous vehicles, various implementations that connect your van and smartphone as well as digital radio. Some of these technological advancements are already in use.
But what's next? We decided to look at some of the rumoured and upcoming technological implementations for motor vehicles.
You might be thinking, "Reversing camera? That's not new!" and you'd be right. However, this reversing camera is different. Created by three ex-Apple employees, Pearl RearVision is a rear view camera made up of three parts.
A camera frame that is attached to your number plate, a car adapter and finally an app to connect the system's components. The camera frame is wireless, solar powered and features two HD cameras for a greater field of vision. The car adapter, which is connected to your vehicles OBD port, analyses the video stream from the frame, detects any obstacles and then notifies you by sending audible and visual alerts to the app installed on your phone. The kit comes with a mount for your smartphone and allows you to control the view from the camera. It's currently only available in the US, however.
Google are always at the forefront of new technological developments, as we've seen with their autonomous vehicle project. Their Google Maps app receives constant updates, and the latest ones will make your journeys even simpler.
A small but significant change is the addition of multiple destinations. Until now, you've had to enter destinations one at a time, re-entering co-ordinates after every stop. Now, you can set multiple stops which is great for van users such as couriers.
Traffic light information system
Traffic lights. The bane of every motorist's life. Think about all those times you've sat patiently and waited for that red light to flick to green. Well, the frustration could soon be over.
Currently scheduled for implementation in a few select passenger cars, Audi's 'traffic light information system' will let you know exactly how long it will take for a red light to change. So, when you pull up for a red light you'll see a countdown in the instrument cluster (or other dedicated display). The vehicle will receive real-time data from the traffic signals at a specific location. Technology 1, Impatience 0.
Again, driver assistance technology is nothing new. Many vans already offer implementations like 'hill start assist' and 'emergency braking assist'. However, rumours persist that some of next year's new vehicles will already incorporate autonomous driving in some aspect.
One of the more intriguing developments is being called 'Traffic Jam Assist'. This feature allows the vehicle to take control of the steering wheel at speeds of up to 37mph. The aim of this is to negate the effects of the dreaded 'motorway jam', one of the worst jams a driver can experience. Just think, your vehicle driving itself through the carnage while you kick back and relax. Well, not totally – you still need to be ready to take the wheel at a moment's notice.
There have been incidents involving Tesla drivers (the company already have autonomous vehicles for sale) who have been climbing into the back of their vehicles while in 'auto-pilot' mode. It's claimed that an interior camera will monitor the driver to ensure they are alert and if not, hand back control of the vehicle.
New van technology
If you're a feature fiend, we have some vans you'll love! Check out the Citroen Berlingo Enterprise, including Euro 6 engines, the Vauxhall Vivaro Sportive, Peugeot Boxer Professional and the Ford Transit Trend. Each of these vans is the 'top-spec' version and as such, come with a range of great features normally specified as options.
New van on finance
Save big money on a new van from Vansdirect! You can call us on 0845 021 0444 or alternatively, enquire online.
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Trump flag fallout: Jordan HS team pulls out of game at Minneapolis Roosevelt
Backlash over Trump flag display leads team to pull out of MLK Day tourney.
By Paul Walsh Star Tribune
January 20, 2019 — 6:07pm
The fallout is continuing from last week's dispute over a Donald Trump re-election flag being displayed by fans of the Jordan High School boys basketball team during its game against visiting Minneapolis Roosevelt.
Jordan has pulled out of an invitational basketball event scheduled for Monday — Martin Luther King Jr. Day — being hosted by Minneapolis Roosevelt. Jordan was to have played Minneapolis Patrick Henry at 5 p.m.
"Given recent events, we believe the participation of our team in the event will detract from the hard work of the athletes and the upbeat focus of the MLK Showcase," Jordan School District Superintendent Matthew Helgerson said in an e-mailed statement Sunday.
"After discussion with the MLK Showcase event coordinator, a decision has been made to pull out of the MLK Showcase game on Monday, January 21st," the statement said. "We do not want our presence at the event to detract from the athletes. We will continue to work with the Minneapolis School District … to move forward in a positive direction."
Henry coach Jamil Jackson said event organizers had been told Jordan was fearful something might happen to the players if they came to Roosevelt to play, calling that "totally unjustifiable." In response to that, Helgerson said: "Fear was not our reason."
On Wednesday, Roosevelt coach Michael Walker questioned why young fans at his team's road game Tuesday in Jordan prominently displayed a flag promoting Trump re-election during the game.
Walker posted on Facebook a photograph of fans on the Jordan side of the gym with the flag draped over the legs of four front-row spectators. The message read: Trump 2020 Keep America Great!
"I coach a predominantly black inner city high school team," Walker wrote on his Facebook posting. "We go out to a rural area in Jordan, MN and this is there. Please explain how and why this is appropriate at a high school basketball game?"
Bridget Kahn commented on the Roosevelt coach's Facebook posting and wrote that the flag belonged to her and was used by students as part of a long-planned USA theme night. She later told the Star Tribune, "I don't see anything wrong with that."
Jackson said he feels badly for the Jordan players, who "will be thinking the entire day," when the slain civil rights leader is remembered, "about why they are not playing and every aspect of that, from black and white issues to basketball issues."
Since last week's dust-up over the Trump flag, the Roosevelt team has taken heat for its practice of remaining in the locker room during the pregame playing of the national anthem. In a statement issued Friday, the Roosevelt team said "we're coming from a place that recognizes a history of oppression for people of color in the U.S."
Jackson said his team also remains in the locker room during the national anthem for road games but is courtside for home games, where "Lift Every Voice and Sing," treated as the black national anthem, is played instead.
Paul Walsh is a general assignment reporter at the Star Tribune. He wants your news tips, especially in and near Minnesota.
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CMS Offers ERP Lite
Because enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementations in large corporate accounts have reached a point of saturation, ERP mainstays such as SAP America Inc. (www.sap.com) and PeopleSoft Inc. (www.peoplesoft.com) are attempting to exploit other revenue sources, such as a relatively untapped "middle market" of corporate accounts in small- to medium-sized businesses. CMS Manufacturing Systems Inc. (CMS, www.cms400.com) has been an ERP stalwart in this marketplace for years, but with the introduction of CMS/400 Entry -- a "lite" version of its flagship CMS/400 software -- CMS is looking to make its ERP solution available to a new class of enterprise customer.
Like its bigger brother, CMS/400 Entry includes more than 30 integrated modules and provides functions similar to the base CMS/400 product, but features a much more agreeable $69,000 price tag that sacrifices only the "unlimited user" policy that is standard with vanilla CMS/400.
Analysts estimate as many as 10,000 midsize manufacturing companies may exist in the United States alone. These organizations represent a big opportunity for ERP vendors anxious to increase their user bases by growing new markets. SAP, especially, has been aggressive in pursuing these midrange accounts, introducing a raft of new initiatives: the Accelerated SAP (ASAP) methodology, TeamSAP and Certified Business Solutions (CBS) programs, among others.
But these big-time ERP players are discovering that in order to properly place their products in midrange accounts, they must often provide refined implementation methodologies and drastically shorten the installation process of the ERP software and its associated modules. CMS, on the other hand, has been custom tailoring ERP applications for the small- to medium-sized marketplace since its inception, a factor which some industry watchers indicate could give it an advantage in this burgeoning space.
"The fastest growing market in 1999 is the 500 employee and under manufacturer," agrees John Herlihy, director of global ERP solutions for small- and medium-sized business with IBM Corp. "Many well-known ERP vendors have struggled with delivering affordable yet complete ERP solutions into this space while CMS has focused on these growing, niche companies for years."
As far as features are concerned, CMS/400 Entry includes integrated EDI/Release accounting and e-commerce processing capabilities, in addition to standard ERP amenities such as: customer relationship management, materials and logistics management, manufacturing planning and execution, advanced planning and scheduling, tooling and maintenance integration, and financial management modules. CMS/400 also provides a GUI for Windows client machines.


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209 Kearny Street, San Francisco, CA, USA
211 Kearny Street San Francisco California 94108 US
Third Plateau is an impact-oriented strategy firm that partners with the world's most passionate and daring changemakers to reimagine, expand, and realize their social impact.
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1375 Burlingame Ave, Burlingame, CA 94010
Veteran bookseller providing fiction & nonfiction, plus kids' titles. Some locations host events.
Book Passage has served the Bay Area for more than 40 years, providing the community with an array of author events, writing and language classes, and highly-respected annual conferences.
A world renowned community bookstore, we offer a wide variety of books ranging from children's literature to travel guides, from top-selling fiction to mystery novels, and we continue to work diligently with community and nonprofit organizations.
If you're looking for a pleasant place to peruse a lot of books, seek no further! Since 1992, Dog Eared Books has been supplying a book-hungry San Francisco with new, used, and remaindered books as well as magazines, calendars, and notebooks. We're a general interest store, so we have a little of everything, but we do specialize in Beat, off-beat, small press, and local literature. Our staff of is happy to help you locate specific titles or you can roam around discovering wondrous obscurities you never knew you couldn't live without.
2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA, USA
A literary landmark on Berkeley's famed Telegraph Avenue. Four floors of new, used, and sale books. A full schedule of readings and signings.
100 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA, USA
The San Francisco Public Library system is dedicated to free and equal access to information, knowledge, independent learning, and the joys of reading for our diverse community.
Black Bird Bookstore
4033 Judah St, San Francisco, CA 94122, USA
books@blackbirdbooks.com
https://www.blackbirdbooksf.com/
Perhaps the most stylish bookstore in the city, Black Bird Bookstore is nestled in the Outer Sunset. The bright and modern shop features custom, built-in shelving displaying carefully curated titles covering several genres and topics, and their focus is on quality of books over sheer quantity. They also offer a charming play area for kids and an outdoor garden and shed.
1 Ferry Building San Francisco, CA, USA 94111
A charming general interest bookstore on the Bay side of the Ferry Building, Book Passage serves visitors and locals, offering regional maps, guidebooks, and Bay Area literature, postcards and gifts. An extensive children's book selection in our "Kids' Corner" features books for the youngest readers through teens, and an array of activity books and games. New releases and classic fiction, staff picks, cookbooks with an emphasis on local cuisine, and books on current events fill the store. Like the other two Book Passage locations in the Bay Area (in Corte Madera and Sausalito) the Ferry Building venue hosts author signings and literary events several evenings a week. Visitors have included Chelsea Clinton, George Saunders, Dave Eggers, and Nigella Lawson.
Face in a Book is a neighborhood gathering place for readers of all ages seeking books on every subject. Located in the heart of Town Center in El Dorado Hills, California, Face in a Book aims to connect people with books and with their community. In addition to the thousands of titles to choose from, Face in a Book is your destination for fun and affordable gifts, greeting cards, and stationery.
Montgomery Village Store
775 Village Court, Santa Rosa, CA, USA
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Montgomery Village is a premier lifestyle shopping center.
300 Page Street, San Francisco, CA, USA
San Francisco Zen Center is a Soto Zen community where the offerings of zazen, study and work practice are available to a diverse population of students, visitors, lay people, priests, and monks. All are welcome.
2251 Chestnut St, San Francisco, CA 94123, USA
Anton Roman began selling books in 1851, but his legendary bookstore didn't become Books Inc. until 1946. From then on, their history has been defined by their indie character as they fought and survived the expansion of huge national book companies. Today, they operate 11 stores in San Francisco, East Bay and the Peninsula, and have become the West's oldest independent bookseller.
6120 La Salle Avenue, Oakland, CA, USA
GGP is an independent bookstore located in the Montclair Village neighborhood of Oakland. We specialize in personalized recommendations and literary fiction for all ages. Small but mighty!
1344 Park Street, Alameda, CA, USA
Folio Books is an independent neighborhood bookstore in San Francisco that welcomes visitors from near and far.
Mrs. Dalloway's is a vibrant, full-service, independent neighborhood bookstore located in the beautiful, historic Elmwood District of Berkeley. The store was founded in 2004 when longtime friends and residents of the Elmwood, Marion Abbott and Ann Leyhe, decided to pool their passions, talents, and resources.
50 2nd Street, San Francisco, CA, USA
Alexander's is centrally located in the heart of downtown San Francisco. Walking to our store is always a great option. We are a short walk from Union Square and the Moscone Convention Center (3 to 4 blocks) and just a half block off Market Street on Second Street. We are about a ten minute walk from the Embarcardaro waterfront, Chinatown, North Beach or AT&T ballpark, the home of the San Francisco Giants.


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Announcing the Principal Ambassador Fellowship
Cross-posted from the U.S. Department of Education blog.
Secretary Duncan listens to educators and staff members following a Principal Shadowing Day.
The Department of Education is proud to announce that the first-ever Principal Ambassador Fellowship has officially launched!
The Principal Ambassador Fellowship has been modeled after the Teacher Ambassador Fellowship that the Department has offered since 2008. Secretary Arne Duncan unveiled the program to the public at a National Association of Secondary School Principals conference on February 28 this year. The Secretary noted that after Department staff spent a day shadowing principals across the DC area, one of the participants highlighted the lack of principals' voices in dialogues surrounding education policy. The PAF program is meant to recognize the important impact that a principal has on instructional leadership, the school environment, and talent management.
Like the Department's Teaching Ambassador Fellows, Principal Ambassador Fellows will spend a year gaining greater knowledge of the content of key federal programs and policies, in addition to the context and process by which they are designed and implemented. Fellows will share their expertise with federal staff members; provide outreach and communication about federal initiatives to other educators on behalf of the Department; and facilitate the involvement and understanding of educators in developing and implementing these efforts at the federal, state and local levels, to improve the likelihood of their success.
The U.S. Department of Education believes that principals should have meaningful opportunities to both contribute to and understand the policies that impact their students, faculty and staff, and school communities. In order to implement needed reforms, all stakeholders, especially principals, must understand the intent of policy and be engaged in the outcomes.
As the Principal Ambassador Fellowship is just getting underway, ED is only consideringCampus Principal Ambassador Fellows for 2013-2014. The Campus Principal Ambassador Fellowship enables principals to participate on a part-time basis from their home locations for the Department, in addition to their regular school responsibilities, working in collaboration with the Department's Regional and Federal Offices.
We recognize that the two programs, the Principal Ambassador Fellowship and Teacher Ambassador Fellowship, will need to differ because of the different nature and responsibilities associated with each job. The first class of Fellows will therefore also be tasked with helping us design and shape the program for future years to be more beneficial for the role of principals.
We invite principals to apply for the 2013-2014 school year by July 16, 2013 at 11:59 PM EDT. To access the application and view eligibility requirements, please visitwww.usajobs.gov and apply for the Campus Principal Ambassador Fellowship.
We hope you consider applying, and encourage you to share this information with your colleagues! You can also sign up to receive further updates, and call 1-800-USA-LEARN or email us at PrincipalFellowship@ed.gov with questions.
Note: Some schools may use different terminology than "principal." A candidate is considered eligible despite titling differences, provided that s/he is the highest administrative official in the school building.
Joshua Klaris is the 2013- 2014 Resident Principal at the U.S. Department of Education
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Q: Python Sparql Quering A Local File I have the following code which I use to print whole of my ontology. However, how can i perform some sparql with it, query  and then print the resulting graph?
g = Graph()
g.parse('PLAYERS3.owl')
for s,p,o in g:
    print s

Thanks

A: This code should do the trick:
import rdflib
from rdflib import Graph

rdflib.plugin.register('sparql', rdflib.query.Processor,
                       'rdfextras.sparql.processor', 'Processor')
rdflib.plugin.register('sparql', rdflib.query.Result,
                       'rdfextras.sparql.query', 'SPARQLQueryResult')
g = Graph()
g.parse('PLAYERS3.owl')

query = """
SELECT * WHERE {
        ?s ?p ?o .
}
"""
for row in g.query(query):
    print row

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Modern gold ring WICKER 2 with cubic zirconia.
An unusual ring in the shape of twisting twigs. WICKER 2 is the name that suits it, because it is constructed on the basis of associations with wicker products. Such beautiful handicrafts refer to old Polish traditions and to what is close to all Poles. This ring arouses positive feelings and automatically brings joy to every person who observes him. Beautifully decorates the hand and intriguingly attracts attention. It is unique and beautiful. Although it has a delicate structure, it is durable and looks magnificent. All of our gold products are made in the 585 trial, including this ring. Intertwined in it delicacy, subtlety, beauty and elegance while maintaining solidity and durable construction. The sophisticated use of a traditional type of binding in the foot of many small zirconies adds even more charm to this jewelery product. A conscientious performance, a sensationally thorough polishing of each surface and the care with which it was created give an excellent effect of the subtlety of harmony and balance.
They are made with the utmost care taking into account the latest goldsmith technology. Attention to every detail and quality of the materials used gives 100% satisfaction. Everything has been done in Poland, examined and marked by the State Assay Office.
Most of the offer is available AT ONCE, so if you would like to receive our product within 72 hours, please contact us by phone or email.
The ring is examined by the State Assay Office and its gold test is confirmed by special micro stamp inside the ring.
The change of the ring size is guaranteed even 10 years after the date of purchase completely free of charge.
You receive it in an elegant package with a receipt or invoice.