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1978 – 1982 Postdoctoral Research Associate in the project HAM-RPM at the University of Hamburg (Principal Investigator: Prof. W. v.Hahn)
1982 – 1993 Project Leader and Principal Investigator of the project HAM-ANS at the University of Hamburg
1982 Tenured Associate Professor of Computer Science at Saarland University, Saarbrücken
1984 Full Professorship at the University of Karlsruhe offered, declined
1985 Full Professorship at the University of Hamburg offered, declined
1985 – 2018 Tenured Full Professor of Computer Science at Saarland University, Chair of Artificial Intelligence, Saarbrücken
1985 – 1995 Member of the Executive Board of the Collaborative Research Center (SFB 314) "Artificial Intelligence Knowledge-based Systems" of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
1987 Visiting Professor at the University of California, Berkeley and first visitor of the International Computer Science Institute (ICSI), Berkeley
1988 – present Scientific Director of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI GmbH) in Saarbrücken
1992 – 2000 Member of the Executive Board of the Post-Graduate College on Cognitive Science of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
1993 – 2000 Scientific Director and Principal Investigator of the Verbmobil Project on speech-to-speech translation
1996 – present Director and CEO of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI GmbH) in Saarbrücken and Kaiserslautern
1996 – 2007 Member of the Executive Board of the Collaborative Research Center (SFB 378) "Resource-adaptive Cognitive Processes" of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
1999 – 2003 Scientific Director and Principal Investigator of the SmartKom Project Consortium on intelligent multimodal dialog systems
2000 – 2018 Joint Appointment as a Professor in the Department of Computational Linguistics at Saarland University, Saarbrücken
2001 – 2007 Member of the Executive Board of the International Post-Graduate College in Language Technology and Cognitive Systems as a cooperation between Saarland University (Departments of Computational Linguistics, Phonetics, and Computer Science) and the University of Edinburgh (School of Informatics) of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
2004 – present Scientific Director of the SmartWeb Consortium on mobile multimodal access to semantic web services
2007 – present Member of the Board of the Cluster of Excellence on Multimodal Computing and Interaction, Saarbrücken, Germany
2009 – present German Academic Representative on the Executive Steering Board of the European Institute for Innovation and Technology (EIT) ICT Labs, Brussels, Belgium
2009 – present Member of the Strategy Board of the Leading-Edge Cluster Software Innovations for Digital Enterprises


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Q: UITextField is not working in IOS8 UITextField is not working in iOS8, I am unable to see keyboard when clicking on text box and not see any crash. But it is working fine in iOS7 devices.
I am using following code:
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    myAlert.alertViewStyle = UIAlertViewStylePlainTextInput;
    txBookmarkName = [myAlert textFieldAtIndex:0];
  }
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    [txBookmarkName setText:nameLabel.text];
    myAlert.tag=TF_TAG_TEXT_FIELD_RENAME;
    [txBookmarkName setBorderStyle:UITextBorderStyleRoundedRect];
    [txBookmarkName becomeFirstResponder];
    [txBookmarkName setAutocorrectionType:UITextAutocorrectionTypeNo];
    txBookmarkName.tag=TF_TAG_TEXTFIELD;
    [myAlert addSubview: txBookmarkName];
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    IF_PRE_IOS4 (
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  if ([[UIDevice currentDevice].systemVersion floatValue] < 7.0)
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Please help me.
Thanks in Advance.

A: check this:
Open Simulator.
Go to Hardware.
Then select Keyboard.
Then choose iOS Users Same Layout As OS X
Simulator -> Hardware -> Keyboard -> iOS Users Same Layout As OS X

it's working :)

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Fairway villa overlooking Oyster Bay Golf Links One bedroom/one full bath, 2 Queen beds, color cable television (2 TVs), central heat & air, washer/dryer. Villa features an open floor plan with adjoining kitchen, dining and living areas. Kitchen is fully-equipped with dishwasher, microwave, coffee maker, blender, toaster, full-size refrigerator and range. Private deck is accessible from the living room and bedroom areas. Community pool, hot tub, charcoal grills and tennis courts on site Complimentary linens, towels and departure maid service.


What will your class look like?
A common age for students to begin the TTRS course is between 7 - 10 years old.
However, age is no barrier, and many students make the commitment to the program further on into their schooling.
TTRS is also an appropriate solution for adults.
Can someone by too young or too old?
TTRS is age neutral. The significant characteristic for how early to begin is that the hands are mature enough to sit comfortably on the keyboard – usually by age seven.
Our oldest successful users have been in their eighties and nineties, having never lost their hope for improved literacy. This gives teachers and tutors a very large target market from which to draw.
Students work through the TTRS course at their own pace, and can share classroom sessions very successfully with other individuals who are at different stages within the course. However, unless you are running a family literacy programme, many adults feel embarrassed to share a class with children.
In a classroom, it is recommended that the learning ratio does not exceed 10 x students for every 1 x teacher.
In terms of classroom set-up, the best layout is one where you can see all the workstations from a single central position.
Student accounts can be grouped as classes within the teacher administration console.
Adult learners can benefit enormously from the TTRS course. However, some adults who have spent many years 2-finger typing by the good old "hunt and peck" approach may feel temporarily frustrated by being slowed down as they learn this new method that discourages looking down at the keyboard, so patience is required.
It may help to remind your student that mastering touch typing at whatever age frees up brain power for other things, and sets up learners with a skill for life - so it's well worth persisting.


We are all dream to see to have our own business platform for IT with our current business line. Most of the company fail to do that after investing in Oracle, Sap, Microsoft, Open ERP(Odoo), Openbravo. All the company asking for different type of procedure as example Gold Partner, Silver Partner, Certified Partner, Associated etc. Now the days is changed for the Investment. Most of the company thinking about the process of company automation.
We have completed following modules under a cloud open-source Enterprise Resource Planning.


This album is violinist Arabella Steinbacher's tribute to the favourite composer of her family household. The music of Richard Strauss has played a crucial role throughout her life. As great Strauss lovers, her parents named her after the main character of Strauss' opera Arabella, and the family house was filled with Strauss melodies, often sung live by famous singers accompanied by Steinbacher's father, who was a solo-répétiteur at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich.
The album starts with a piece that Strauss originally conceived for violin and orchestra, the rarely-performed Violin Concerto in D minor, composed when he was still a teenager. Two other early instrumental works – the Romanze (usually performed by cello and orchestra) and Scherzino (an arrangement of an early piano piece) – are also featured on this album. The rest of the repertoire consists of famous Strauss songs (Zueignung, Wiegenlied, Traum durch die Dämmerung, Cäcilie), "sung" on Steinbacher's violin. The apotheosis of this highly personal programme is Steinbacher's rendition of "Aber der Richtige…", the celestial duet from Arabella. Arabella Steinbacher, a multiple award-winner with an extensive PENTATONE discography, is accompanied by the WDR Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Lawrence Foster.
"... Arabella Steinbacher plays it [Concerto] with great conviction and receives powerful support from Lawrence Foster and the WDR Symphony Orchestra ..."


Voting has concluded on this trade: Trade #1107 has been completed between the New York Metros and the Chicago Cubbies. The Chicago Cubbies receive Roy Gerber from the New York Metros in exchange for Draft Pick - 1952 Round 1 (CHN).

Your league requires 66.0% to overturn a trade, and allows up to 72 hours to vote. 9 voted to reverse the trade. 2 voted to let the trade stand. 0 people abstained. 3 did not vote. That is enough votes to overturn the trade, so the trade has been reversed. If for some reason the trade failed to reverse, please post in Support so we can investigate.


The Partiologist: The Fifth Season!
I don't know about you, but around my house, we enjoy five seasons. With the fifth season being FOOTBALL SEASON! So for all the football fans out there, this ones for you!
Thankfully, I can hold my head high as my Broncos are WINNING!
And yes, I do know that not everyone cheers for the Broncos, but sprinkles come in ALL colors, so you can recreate these apples with your team colored sprinkles!
Of course, melt your caramels, insert the sticks in the center of granny smith apples.
Melt caramel (use less water than it calls for), dip apple, roll in chopped pecans. Melt chocolate and dip or drizzle around the caramel & pecans. Immediately sprinkle with TEAM colored jimmies. And if you like, tie on a tag~I'll even make you one for your team - today only!
Now, if you happen to not really care for football, but love caramel apples, I didn't forget about you. Here's a couple more ways to dress up your caramel apples.
And if you're really wanting to get creative and have candy melts on hand, go ahead and dip in the caramel, drizzle with three colors of candy melts, add a few black sprinkles and you'll have yourself a Halloween Caramel Apple in no time.
I am all for adding a fifth season! Especially one that inspires you to make these for us!!
Yum! adding caramel and goodies to apples is about the only way I like to eat them ;) Football is big around our house too and I hadn't thought of making caramel apples for it but I will now. Great tutorial as always.


Ford, the American automaker, has opened an Advanced Manufacturing Center in Redford, Detroit. At this Center, Ford is also 3D printing parts for the upcoming Ford Shelby Mustang GT500 sports car to save costs.
The recently opened Advanced Manufacturing Center has integrated 3D printing, collaborative robots (cobots), digital manufacturing and augmented reality to push the automotive industry into a new era.
The automotive industry continues to investigate the use of 3D printing. Some of the biggest names in the industry have employed the technology. For example, the German automotive corporation, Daimler, has used the technology for 25 years. Furthermore, BMW MINI has also explored car customization with 3D printing and Mercedes-Benz recently announced 3D printed parts for its classic models.
Ford itself is an early investor in 3D printing technology. The company has a significant 3D printing capability with approximately thirty facilities possessing 3D printers, including the Stratasys Infinite Build 3D printer. Furthermore, the automaker is partners with the 3D printer and materials manufacturer, Carbon.
The Advanced Manufacturing Center has twenty-three printers from 10 different additive manufacturing companies, including Stratasys, HP, and EOS.
Ford is putting the 3D printers to good use. The automaker has announced that the upcoming Ford Shelby Mustang GT500 will have 3D printed parts. The latest model will have two 3D printed brackets which hold the brake line, a part which supplies hydraulic pressure to the wheel brake on pressing of the brake pedal.
It is reported that the Ford Shelby Mustang GT500 will have a 700hp 5.2-litre V8 engine and will be the most powerful sports car made by Ford. It will be showcased at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, on 14 January 2019.
Last year, Ford announced a $4.5 billion five year plan for advanced manufacturing, and this seems to be bearing fruit.
The 135,000 sq of the $45 million Advanced Manufacturing Center is not solely for 3D printing parts. With augmented reality, digital manufacturing, cobots, and 3D printing, the Center is a model of advanced manufacturing methods, a factory of the future.
Augmented reality helps train workers at the facility to assemble complex parts. Using the virtual reality (VR) goggles workers can hold a real part while seeing the 3D model of the component.
Using VR technology, the company is also exploring ways to create the assembly line system for the 21st century.
For more news from the automotive industry subscribe to our 3D printing newsletter, or join us on Facebook and Twitter.
If you are looking for a job in the industry then visit our 3D Printing Jobs site.


What is gummy Smile reduction?
Each person's smile is different. Some people show more gum (pink) when they smile while there is nothing wrong with showing more gum biologically. However some feel that is aesthetically undesirable. At Bright Smile Design Dental we evaluate the amount of gum tissue (pink) showing compared to the your teeth and explain your option on how to reduce the amount of gum tissue showing using several techniques using a laser, as well as in conjunction with cosmetic dentistry to handcraft your smile design.
What Are The Steps Involved With Getting A Gummy Smile Reduction?
The first visit would be a consultation where X-rays pictures, and measurements would be taken in order to evaluate the options available to correct the gummy smile. This could involve laser gum recontouring, upper lip laser repositioning, cosmetic dentistry or a combination of procedures at Bright Smile Design Dental we perform all aspects of the procedure so we can tailor the needed treatment plan and preform all in one place.
Once the handcrafted treatment plan is decided on we will take molds of the mouth and design a special guide and prepare any temporary teeth needed and setup the appointment to get the procedure done.
On the day of the gummy smile reduction procedure we will use local anesthesia in order to numb the area, so you will not feel anything. Usually recovery time is a couple of days and the follow up appointment is in two weeks. On the follow up appointment we will make a final decision on whether or not any cosmetic dentistry is needed and then schedule an appointment for any cosmetic procedure needed. Most of the time if there are not any discolored, or misshapen teeth only the gum smile reduction procedure is needed.
Botox Treatment for Gummy Smile.
Botox is the least invasive treatment used to treat gummy smile, however temporary it is the first treatment that can be used if you are not ready for a bigger commitment of a surgery. Botox is injected above the lip area in order to relax the muscles of the lips, this way when you smile the lip does not raise up as high, therefore not showing as much teeth as it did before. This is also the least expensive treatment for gummy smile however to maintain the results the Botox will need to be repeated..This Treatment is perfect if you have a special event coming up and want to have a more aesthetically pleasing smile for pictures. It is best to schedule the appointment for Botox treatment at least 10 days before any event to get the maximum effect.


La Pista is the the Spanish word for 'runway'. Located at the Airport Landing Strip, this is a great place to pass time waiting for a flight or to watch the activity of Golfito's national and charter flights from the outdoor dining area. Great home-style cooks prepare traditional local plates and bar favorites.  As a popular locals 'party spot', weekends can be quite lively-especially during high season. Full service bar.    Snacks, Lunch and dinner.


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A Man's Man – amerykańska niema komedia z 1929 w reżyserii Jamesa Cruze. Scenariusz autorstwa Forresta Halseya i Patricka Kearneya został oparty na broadwayowskim spektaklu o tej samej nazwie z 1925. Fabuła koncentrowała się na romansie sprzedawcy wody sodowej z hollywoodzką aktorką. W rolach głównych wystąpili William Haines, Josephine Dunn i Sam Hardy. Film uznawany jest za zaginiony.

W A Man's Man, w roli samych siebie, wystąpili Greta Garbo i John Gilbert. Pojawili się w scenie premiery filmu w towarzystwie Freda Niblo. Angaż dwójki aktorów miał na celu utwierdzenie w przekonaniu opinii publicznej, że Garbo i Gilbert wciąż są parą (w owym czasie w prasie pojawiały się spekulacje, sugerujące, że Garbo spotyka się z Lilyan Tashman).

Zdjęcia do filmu realizowano m.in. jesienią 1928. Cruze, na potrzeby jednej ze scen, przekształcił studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer w Hollywood Boulevard. Był to także ostatni niemy film, w którym wystąpił Haines.

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Opracowano na podstawie materiału źródłowego:
 William Haines – Mel
 Josephine Dunn – Peggy
 Sam Hardy – Charlie
 Mae Busch – Violet
 Greta Garbo – ona sama
 John Gilbert – on sam
 Fred Niblo – on sam

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Amerykańskie filmy nieme
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Filmy wytwórni Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Home » Admissions for the academic year 2022-23
Ashlyns School is a co-educational, all-ability school for children aged 11-18.
The published admission number for Year 7 is 240.
All applicants must complete the Common Application Form of their home Local Authority. Hertfordshire residents should apply online to Hertfordshire County Council (www.hertfordshire.gov/uk/admissions). Families resident in other authorities must complete the form provided by the authority in which they live. Applicants for Ashlyns School do not need to complete a Supplementary Information Form (SIF).
If the School receives more applications than it has places available, the following oversubscription criteria will be used to allocated places, applied in the order they are printed below.
Section 324 of the Education Act 1996 requires the governing bodies of all maintained schools to admit a child with an EHC (Education, Health and Care) Plan that names the school. These children will be admitted as part of the school's published admission number but before the oversubscription criteria are used.
Rule 1: Children looked after and children who were previously looked after, including those who appear (to the admission authority) to have been in state care outside of England, and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted or became subject to a child arrangements order1 or a special guardianship order2.
Rule 2: Children for whom it can be demonstrated that they have a particular medical or social need to go to Ashlyns School. A panel of HCC officers will hear all Rule 2 applications.
Rule 3: Children who have a sibling at the school in Year 7 to 12 at the time of application.
Rule 4: Children of staff
Rule 5: Children who live in the priority area and for whom it is their nearest Hertfordshire maintained, non-faith, co-educational, non-partially selective school or academy.
Rule 6: Children who live in the priority area on the basis of distance, with those living nearest to the school given priority.
Rule 7: Children living outside the priority area on the basis of distance, with those living nearest to the school given priority.
Note: Non-partially selective means that the school does not offer any places based on academic ability.
Tie-Break
If more children qualify under a particular rule than there are places available, a tiebreak will be used by applying the next rule to those children. In the case of two applicants with exactly the same priority under the admissions rules, but only one place being available, the Governing Body will offer places to both families.
If there are fewer applications than places available all applicants will be offered a place.
Notes on the Admission Arrangements
Children with Special Education Needs and/or Disabilities
Where the school is named in an Education, Health & Care Plan (EHCP), the school has a duty to admit the child who names the school. In the case of applicants with special educational needs but without an EHCP, or of applicants with a disability, the oversubscription criteria will be applied as fairly to them as to all other applicants.
Children Looked After
Places are allocated to children in public care according to Chapter 7, Section 2 of the School Admissions (Admission Arrangements and Co-ordination of Admission Arrangements) (England) Regulations 2012.
These children will be prioritised under rule 1.
Highest priority will also be given to children who were previously looked after, including those looked after outside England, but ceased to be so because they were adopted, or became subject to a child arrangements order or a special guardianship order.
A "child looked after" is a child who is:
In the care of a local authority, or
being provided with accommodation by a local authority in the exercise of their social services functions (section 22(1) of The Children Act 1989).
All children adopted from care who are of compulsory school age are eligible for admission under rule 1.
Children in the process of being placed for adoption are classified by law as children looked after providing there is a Placement Order and the application would be prioritised under rule 1.
Children who were not "looked after" immediately before being adopted, or made the subject of a child arrangement order or special guardianship order, will not be prioritised under rule 1. Applications made for these children, with suitable supporting professional evidence, can be considered under rule 2.
1Child arrangements order – under the provisions of the Children and Families Act 2014, which amend Section 8 of the Children Act 1989, residence orders have now been replaced by child arrangements orders which settle the arrangements to be made as to the person with whom the child is to live.
2Special guardianship order – under 14A of The Children Act 1989, an order appointing one or more individuals to be a child's special guardian or guardians.
Children previously looked after abroad and subsequently adopted will be prioritised under Rule 1 if the child's previously looked after status and adoption is confirmed by Hertfordshire's "Virtual School".
The child's previously looked after status will be decided in accordance with the definition outlined in The Children & Social Work Act 2017:
i. to have been in state care in a place outside England and Wales because he or she would not otherwise have been cared for adequately, and
ii. to have ceased to be in that state care as a result of being adopted.
A child is in "state care" if he or she is in the care of, or accommodated by –
(a) a public authority,
(b) a religious organisation, or
(c) any other organisation the sole or main purpose of which is to benefit society.
Medical or Social Need
Children for whom it can be demonstrated that they have a particular medical or social need to attend Ashlyns School.
Rule 2 applications will only be considered at the time of the initial application, unless there has been a significant and exceptional change of circumstances within the family since the initial application was submitted.
All schools in Hertfordshire have experience in dealing with children with diverse social and medical needs. However, in a few very exceptional cases, there are reasons why a child has to go to one specific school.
Few applications under rule 2 are agreed.
Applications for children adopted but previously looked after abroad will be considered under this rule and accepted if the child's previously looked after status and adoption is confirmed. Hertfordshire's "Virtual School" will be asked to verify all such applications.
All applications are considered individually but a successful application should include the following:
a. Specific recent professional evidence that justifies why only one school can meet a child's individual needs, and/or
b. Professional evidence that outlines exceptional family circumstances making clear why only one school can meet the child's needs.
c. If the requested school is not the nearest school to the child's home address clear reasons why the nearest school is not appropriate.
d. For medical cases – a clear explanation of why the child's severity of illness or disability makes attendance at only a specific school essential.
Evidence should make clear why only one school is appropriate. A rule 2 application will generally not be upheld in cases where more than one school could meet the child's need.
In exceptional cases relating to a disability, where more than one school in the county can meet the child's specific needs, a clear and compelling case can be made for the "nearest" school with the relevant facilities, environment or location. You must clearly explain why attendance at the "nearest" school with these facilities is essential.
Applications under rule 2 can only be considered when supported by a recent letter from a professional involved with the child or family, for example a doctor, psychologist or police officer. The supporting evidence needs to demonstrate why only one named school can meet the social/medical needs of the child.
Applications for children who were not "looked after" immediately before being adopted or made the subject of a child arrangement order or special guardianship order may be made under this rule.
Further details on the Rule 2 process can be found in the Rule 2 protocol.
A sibling is defined as the sister, brother, half brother or sister, adopted brother or sister, child of the parent/carer or partner or a child looked after or previously looked after1 and in every case living permanently2 in a placement within the same home (as the child for whom the application is being made) as part of the family household from Monday to Friday at the time of this application.
A sibling must be on the roll of the named school at the time the younger child starts or have been offered and accepted a place.
If a place is obtained for an older child using fraudulent information, there will be no sibling connection available to subsequent children from that family.
1 Children previously looked after are those children adopted or with a special guardianship order or child arrangements order. This definition was amended following a determination by the OSA in August 2014.
2 A sibling link will not be recognised for children living temporarily in the same house, for example a child who usually lives with one parent but has temporarily moved or a looked after child in a respite placement or very short term or bridging foster placement.
Multiple Births
If you have more than one child going through the secondary transfer process at the same time, you must make a separate application for each of them. If one of your children is offered the last place available at the school and you have applied for the same school for the other child(ren), the Governing Body will offer a place to the other child(ren).
Children of Staff
The school will admit a child of a member of staff provided that the member of staff has been employed by the school for two or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made or where the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
The staff member must be:
– the child's parent by blood or adoption, or have legal parental responsibility for the child, or
– cohabiting with one of the child's parents;
have been living with the child in the same house, Monday to Friday, for a minimum of two years.
For the purposes of satisfying these criteria, a member of staff is defined as a permanent member of the teaching staff, or a permanent member of the non-teaching staff. This definition does not include contract staff or peripatetic staff employed by HCC.
The child must be living permanently with the member of staff.
'Children who live in the priority area', referred to in rules 5, 6 and 7, includes families living in the Priority Area for Ashlyns School, which comprises of the following towns and parishes: Abbots Langley, Aldbury, Ashley Green, Berkhamsted, Bovingdon, Chipperfield, Chorleywood, Croxley Green, Flaunden, Great Gaddesden, Hemel Hempstead, Kings Langley, Little Gaddesden, Nash Mills, Nettleden with Potten End, Northchurch, Rickmansworth (part) / Maple Cross, Sarratt, Tring, Tring Rural, Watford, Wigginton. A map showing the priority area is attached.
Distance Measuring and Home Addresses
Hertfordshire County Council's 'straight line' distance measurement is used for all home to school distance measurements. Distances are measured using a computerised mapping system to two decimal places. The measurement is taken from the AddressBase Premium address point of your child's house to the address point of the school. AddressBase Premium data is a nationally recognised method of identifying the location of schools and individual residences.
The address provided must be the child's current permanent address at the time of application. "At the time of application" means the closing date for applications. "Permanent" means that the child has lived at that address for at least a year and/or the family own the property or have a tenancy agreement for a minimum of 12 months.
The application can only be processed using one address. If a child lives at more than one address (for example due to a separation) the address used will be the one which the child lives at for the majority of the time. If a child lives at two addresses equally, the address of the parent/carer that claims Child Benefit/Child Tax Credit will be considered as the child's main residence.
If a family is not in receipt of Child Benefit/Tax Credit alternative documentation will be requested.
If a child's residence is in dispute, parents/carers should provide court documentation to evidence the address that should be used for admission allocation purposes.
If the main address has changed temporarily, for example where a family is renting a property on a Short Term Tenancy Agreement (12 months or under), then the parental address remains that at which the parent was resident before the period of temporary residence began unless it can be shown that all ties to the previous address have been relinquished, or that the move is not easily reversible. The Governors may refuse to base an allocation on an address which might be considered only a temporary address.
The school may check the authenticity of your address and proof of residence or further information may be requested following the offer of a place. The Governing Body will withdraw the offer of a place where they believe a fraudulent address has been given.
Fraudulent Applications
Hertfordshire County Council, in liaison with the school, will do as much as possible to prevent applications being made from fraudulent addresses, including referring cases to the Shared Anti-Fraud service for further investigation as necessary.
Address evidence is frequently requested, monitored and checked and school places will be withdrawn when false information is deliberately provided. Hertfordshire County Council will take action in the following circumstances:
When a child's application address does not match the address of that child at their current school;
When a child lives at a different address to the applicant;
When the applicant does not have parental responsibility;
When a family move shortly after the closing date of applications when one or more of the following applies:
The family has moved to a property from which their application was less likely to be successful;
The family has returned to an existing property;
The family lived in rented accommodation for a short period of time (anything less than a year) over the application period;
Official/public records show an alternative address at the time of the application
When a child starts at the allocated school and their address is different from the address used at the time of application.
Parents/carers will need to show that they have relinquished residency ties with their previous property and they, and their child(ren) are permanently residing at the address given on the application form.
Applications from children* from overseas
All children of compulsory school age (5 to 16 years) in England have a right of access to education. However, where a child is in England for a short period only, for example less than half a term, it may be reasonable to refuse admission to a school.
An application for a school place will only be accepted for such children currently overseas if, for In Year applications, proof is provided that the child will be resident in Hertfordshire within two weeks. In Year allocations are made on the assumption that the child will accept the school place and be on roll within that timescale.
For the Secondary transfer process, applications will not normally be accepted from, nor places allocated to, an overseas address. The exception to this (for both In Year and transfer processes) is for children of UK service personnel and crown servants (and from military families who are residents of countries with a Memorandum of Understanding with the UK). In these cases, HCC will allocate a place in advance of the family arriving in the area provided the application is accompanied by an official letter that declares a relocation date and a HCC Unit postal address or quartering area address, for consideration of the application against oversubscription criteria.
Applications will also be considered, and places offered in advance for these families, if the application is accompanied by an official letter that declares a relocation date but does not provide a quartering or unit address because the family will be residing in private accommodation. In these cases, if the family does not already have a permanent private address in Hertfordshire, the military base or alternative "work" address in Herfordshire will be used for allocation purposes. If the family already has an established alternative private address, that address will be used for admission purposes.
The Governing Body will also consider accepting applications from children* whose family can evidence intent to return to and/or permanently reside in Hertfordshire prior to the start of the new academic year. These applications, if accepted, will be processed from the overseas address until sufficient evidence is received to show the child is permanently resident in Hertfordshire. Evidence must be submitted at the time of application.
Evidence submitted after the date for late applications cannot be taken into account before National Allocation Day. Decisions on these applications will be made by a panel of senior officers and communicated with parents within 6 weeks of the closing date for applications.
If an applicant owns a property in Hertfordshire but is not living in it, perhaps because they are working abroad at the time of application, the Hertfordshire address will not be accepted for the purposes of admission until the child is resident at that address.
Children, other than those mentioned above, from overseas do not generally have automatic right of entry to the UK. An application for a school place will not therefore be accepted until they are permanently resident in Hertfordshire. Proof of residency such as an endorsed passport or entry visa will be required with the application, in addition to proof of Hertfordshire address, for example a council tax bill or 12 month rental agreement.
*Children who hold full British Citizen passports (not British Dependent Territories or British Overseas passports), or have a UK passport describing them as a British citizen or British subject with the right of abode normally have unrestricted entry to the UK.
Children Seeking Admission outside their Chronological Year Group
The school's policy is for children to be educated within their correct chronological year group, with the curriculum differentiated as necessary to meet the needs of individual children. This is in line with DfE guidance which states that "in general, children should be educated in their normal age group".
Only in exceptional circumstances will a child younger than 11 years of age or older than 12 years of age on 1 September of the year in which he/she is due to transfer to secondary school be considered for admission.
If parents/carers believe their child(ren) should be educated in a different year group they should, at the time of application, submit supporting evidence from relevant professionals working with the child and family stating why the child must be placed outside their normal age appropriate cohort. DfE guidance makes clear that "it is reasonable for admission authorities to expect parents to provide them with information in support of their request – since without it they are unlikely to be able to make a decision on the basis of the circumstances of the case".
The Governing Body will make a decision based on the circumstances of each case including the view of parents, the relevant headteacher(s), the child's social, academic and emotional development and whether the child has been previously educated out of year group. There is no guarantee that an application will be accepted on this basis. If the application is not accepted this does not constitute a refusal of a place and there is no right to an independent statutory appeal. Similarly there is no right of appeal for a place in a specific year group at a school. The internal management and organisation of a school, including the placement of pupils in classes, is a matter for the Headteacher and senior leadership of individual schools.
Continuing Interest (CI) (Waiting List)
After places have been offered, Hertfordshire County Council will maintain a continuing interest (waiting) list for all community and voluntary controlled schools. A child's position on a CI list will be determined by the admission criteria outlined above and a child's place on the list can change as other children join or leave it. The county council will contact parents/carers if a vacancy becomes available and it can be offered to a child. Continuing interest lists will be maintained for every year group until the summer term (date to be specified and confirmed to parents at the time of allocation). To remain on the CI (waiting) list after this time, parents must confirm they are still interested in a place by completing an In Year application online at www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/admissions.
All unsuccessful applicants have the right to appeal to an independent panel for a place to be made available for their child.
Parents wishing to appeal who applied through Hertfordshire's online system should log in to their online application and click on the link "register an appeal". Out of county residents and paper applicants should call the Customer Service Centre on 0300 123 4043 to request their registration details, log into www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/schoolappeals and click on the link "log into the appeals system".
For In Year applications, the county council will write to you with the outcome of your application and, if you have been unsuccessful, will include registration details to enable you to login and appeal online at www.hertfordshire.gov/schoolappeals.
Late Applications
Any online or paper application received after the statutory deadline, 31 October, will be treated as a late application. Late applications are not dealt with until all on-time applications have been considered. You are much less likely to be offered a place at one of your preferred schools if you apply late. If there are exceptional circumstances why you were unable to make your application by the closing date, you should contact your Local Authority giving your reasons and supplying support evidence where appropriate.
The school will remain part of the County Council's coordinated In Year admissions scheme. The online application form and process can be accessed via www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/admissions.
To retain a place on Continued Interest families must, at the end of the academic year, confirm their continuing interest by making an In Year application online at www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/admissions.
Admission to the Sixth Form will be for any student who meets the minimum academic standards expected.
Sixth Form courses require a high level of intellectual ability and commitment to work, which is why advanced courses will necessitate students achieving at least a Grade 4 in English and Mathematics and an average of Grade 4 in six other GCSEs. Students must also meet the minimum entry requirements specified for the subjects they wish to study, as set out in the Sixth Form prospectus/information pack.
Students who achieve 7+ APS and Grade 7 in English and Maths may be considered for a fourth subject, if appropriate.
These entry standards apply equally to existing Year 11 and external students.
Applicants should submit a completed application form to the school by 30 November 2021.
We can continue to accept applications from students after the application deadline, up until the start of the autumn term. If students apply late, or change their options after the application deadline, their applications to any oversubscribed courses will be considered after those students who applied for the courses on time.
The PAN for external admissions for the school year commencing September 2022 is 20. In the event of oversubscription, the following tie-break will be used:
Children looked after and children who were previously looked after, including those who appear (to the admission authority) to have been in state care outside of England, and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted or became subject to a child arrangement order1 or a special guardianship order2).Children previously looked after outside England and subsequently adopted
Children previously looked after outside England and subsequently adopted
Home to school distance.
If two or more students have equal priority after applying all the criteria, then each will be admitted.
Continuing Interest procedure is the same as that stated above.
Fair Access
The school participates in the County Council's Fair Access Protocol and will admit children under this protocol before children on continuing interest. The school may admit over the Published Admission Number (PAN) if required.
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The NAEP Data Explorer is a web-based system that provides the user with tables of detailed results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) national and state assessments. It is hosted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and accessible at http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nde. The data are based on information gathered from the students, teachers, and schools that participated in NAEP.
The NAEP Data Explorer evolved from a series of web-based presentation models of NAEP results. Prior to the introduction of the NAEP Data Explorer, the presentation of the NAEP results were referred to as the Summary Data Tables or SDTs and were available in portable document file (PDF) format only. The current tool draws on a large database of student- and school-level responses to compute statistics in real time for every response variable in all main assessments since 1990. It delivers dynamic, customizable tabular summaries that can be extracted to other software products, including word-processing, spreadsheet, presentation, and statistical applications. Another important attribute is the ease it provides users to compare a state's results to those of the nation, the region, and other participating states in NAEP's assessments.


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One of the many questions surrounding Osama bin Laden's killing is whether the United States should consider Pakistan a friend or foe.
The country is considered a key ally when it comes to fighting terror, but ultimately, Pakistan is where the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks sought safe haven for years.
Now, some lawmakers are calling for foreign aid to be cut off to the nuclear-armed nation.
When former President George W. Bush declared a war on terror in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, Pakistan pledged its support. But there has always been tension in the air for the mostly Muslim nation and little love for the U.S.
The fact that Osama bin Laden was found hiding in a million-dollar fortified compound just north of the capital has strained the relationship even more.
"I think that the Pakistani army and intelligence have a lot of questions to answer," said Sen. Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
In Washington, a growing chorus of lawmakers question if Pakistan knowingly provided safe harbor to al Qaeda's top man.
"We have a lot of reason to believe that elements of their intelligence community continue to be very closely in touch with -- and perhaps supportive with -- terrorist groups that are fighting us and Afghans in Afghanistan," said Sen Joe Lieberman, I-Conn.
"Like President Bush said, you're either with us or you're against us," said Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas.
"And if you're harboring terrorists, then you're our enemy, and I don't think it can be any clearer than that," he continued. "They were harboring enemies who were orchestrating killing Americans. How is that our friend?"
In a letter addressed to a House Subcommittee on Foreign Affairs, Congressman Allen West wrote, "Unless we get a clear explanation of what the government of Pakistan knew about the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden, all foreign aid from American taxpayers to this nation needs to cease."
Texas Rep. Ted Poe also drafted a bill that would change the way Congress votes on foreign aid.
Instead of one bill that funds every nation receiving money, his proposal would let lawmakers vote country by country, keeping money from going to foreign governments that have interests counter to the United States.
"Why do we give money to Lebanon, a country that now is controlled by Hezbollah, a terrorist organization that's firing missiles into Israel? Why do we do that?" Poe asked.
"And why do we give money to China? They own most of our debt, but yet they get some type of aid from the United States," he said. "This is absurd. It's a waste of taxpayer money."
Defending his budget, President Barack Obama said foreign aid only accounts for 1 percent of the entire federal budget.
And some say a country-by-country vote would also hamper the way the administration conducts foreign policy.
But Poe believes if the goal of foreign aid is to get other countries to like the United States -- it's not working.
He added that this is about making tough choices for the future and what's in the best interests of America.
"Maybe some of the motivation of this foreign aid is wholesome. Maybe it's a good idea. But we don't have the money. The United States is broke," Poe said.
Pakistan officials insist the country did not know where bin Laden was and blames the lapse in locating him on worldwide intelligence failures.
Still, that excuse won't cut it for some U.S. lawmakers, especially after the Obama administration requested nearly $3 billion in foreign aid for Pakistan in its 2012 budget.
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Brunswick County's Small Business Advisory Committee will shuffle organizers, but the same group will still promote ideas for improving the county's business climate.
New SBAC officers for 2014 were elected at the Dec. 10 meeting.
The new chairman is Steve Candler, executive vice president and director of governmental affairs at Brunswick County Association of Realtors.
Former chair, Shannon Viera, President/CEO of the Brunswick County Chamber of Commerce will move into the vice chair.
Brunswick Community College's business incubator expansion plan for the Leland campus has reached the design stage.
The BCC board met at the Leland building to receive an update on the incubator Dec. 12.
The new business project, which was announced in September, included renovating a 2,800 square foot existing space in the campus extension building and will add a new 2,100 square foot building to the campus.
Billy and Reba Lefler, and their son Terry have lived at the corner of Brookhollow Drive SW and Bricklanding Road SW for 13 years.
Their home is easy to spot, it's the one with all the Christmas lights.
For anyone who hasn't had a chance to see them, the family wants everyone to know they are welcome to stop by.
"We want a lot of people who don't know we are here to know they can come and drive through," Billy said.
The Leflers have about 2.5 acres in one block to spread out their light show.
SHALLOTTE — Billy and Reba Lefler, and their son Terry have lived at the corner of Brookhollow Drive SW and Bricklanding Road SW for 13 years.
Their home is easy to spot. It's the one with all the Christmas lights.
The Brunswick County Sheriff's Office now has an armored vehicle, and it's already been put to use.
The 38,000-pound vehicle that responded to a New Hanover County sheriff's detective shooting Oct. 11 was acquired through military surplus. It will serve as protection for the SWAT members during emergencies.
The MRAP, or mine-resistant armored personnel carrier, will be used as a tool to protect officers in Brunswick and surrounding counties during shootings, standoffs, or natural disasters.
Crews on Thursday morning, Dec. 19, pulled a beached ferry from a sandbar in the Southport Channel then moved it to Wilmington for inspection, a Coast Guard official said.
The 64-foot pedestrian ferry called "The Adeventure" and owned by Bald Head Island Transportation slammed into a sandbar near Battery Island just after 9 a.m. Dec. 17.
According to the Coast Guard, the ferry was outside the marked channel that runs between Deep Point Marina in Southport and Bald Head Island when it hit the sandbar.
SHALLOTTE — With key pieces of land in place, Shallotte will make plans for their use, including a riverwalk, at the beginning of 2014, Mayor Walt Eccard said.
Shallotte has core parcels on each side of Main Street, and the town board must determine what to do with them, Eccard said.
A Shallotte man is accused of stealing a pickup from an Ocean Isle Beach business Dec. 14.
Deputies arrested Christopher Edward Mullinax, 48, of Rounding Run Road, on Wednesday, Dec. 18, according to a Brunswick County Sheriff's Office news release.
Mullinax is accused of taking a Chevrolet pickup and is contents from Coastal Vinyl and Aluminum.
Commissioners will try to expedite planning matters by cutting out lag time between public hearings.
At the Dec. 16 county board meeting, Mike Hargett, Director of Planning & Community Development, requested commissioners modify the procedure for scheduling public hearings of planning related items.
Under the current procedure, planning related public hearings are read at a first meeting, then scheduled and conducted a month later.
Commissioners voted unanimously Monday to leave Brunswick County's sales tax distribution method as is.
North Carolina state statute allows county commissioners to chose to distribute sales taxes using per capita – by the population of the county and municipalities, or ad valorem – based on the tax levy methods.
Since 1989, Brunswick County has based its seals tax distribution on town population.


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Providing effective faculty workshops on the implementation of PER instructional methods is challenging. If we are to provide excellent educational experiences for the professoriate, we need meaningful, rigorous evaluation of these professional development experiences. Evaluation is not research, with distinct purposes and audiences. In this poster, I highlight the evaluation of the AAPT Workshop for New Physics and Astronomy Faculty as a "case study" in workshop evaluation methodology. I will focus on the purpose of the evaluation for multiple audiences – both as "voice" and advocate for workshop participants, and a "critical friend" for the workshop organizers. What are the intended workshop outcomes, how are those outcomes assessed, and how is data synthesized and communicated to the workshop organizers in a way that is both digestible and meaningful? The poster should be of interest to evaluators and implementers of professional development programs, as well as researchers in DBER.


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NBC describes their new 24/7 live competition series The Million Second Quiz as "electrifying" and "state-of-the-art" – I describe it as a series I'd never, ever voluntarily sign up for. The network is set to air the 12 day competition during primetime this fall.
According to NBC, the series will let viewers at home play the game in real time along with the contestants.
Announcing the series, Paul Telegdy, President of Alternative and Late Night Programming at NBC Entertainment, stated: "The Million Second Quiz is a genre-redefining spectacle. It is a game, a social experiment, and a live interactive event all wrapped into a uniquely sticky entertainment experience. What is exceptional about The Million Second Quiz is that it embraces technology's ability to allow everyone in America to actively participate and compete in a way that has never been done."
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The competition, where time equals money, will air in primetime, live from a gigantic hourglass shaped structure in the heart of Manhattan. This hourglass will also serve as the living quarters of the reigning champions – the four players who have remained in the game the longest. They will have the opportunity to play along with the game for up to two weeks as other contestants attempt to unseat them during the primetime show.
The show will be the first fully convergent television experience, where viewers will be able to play along at home in real time and sync to the live primetime broadcast.
The Million Second Quiz continues 24 hours a day. Contestants from all across America will be able to engage in the game with an unprecedented level of interactivity and win the chance to appear on the show in primetime.
The NBC affiliates will have the opportunity to interact live throughout the day and during the primetime show to be part of the action and showcase local contestants from their area.
The primetime show will feature nail-biting game play and a David vs. Goliath challenge to one of the reigning champions.
When the million seconds draw to a close, the champions will battle it out and the ultimate winner could claim an unprecedented cash prize of up to $10 million.
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There will be neurological effects for the children of Flint, Mich. The lead in their drinking water entered their bloodstreams and their developing brains and nervous systems, where it could impair their growth and intelligence.
But there will be other effects, too.
"Children very quickly absorb how they're seen in the world," says Marie Rudden, an assistant clinical professor in psychiatry at the Weill Cornell Medical College. She points to the famous studies conducted by Mamie and Kenneth Clark in the 1940s, later cited by the Supreme Court in Brown vs. Board of Education, in which black children prized dolls that more closely resembled white children than themselves. Even at a young age, it appeared as if they had internalized how society valued them.
In Flint, the children will grow up knowing that the government itself failed them, that people who were supposed to protect them did not intervene, that their health was jeopardized for financial savings, that cries from their parents were dismissed. They may know, eventually, that their own mayor believes this was allowed to happen because their community is poor and predominantly black.
That is a lot to take in for a child of any age. And in Flint we are talking about children who were already living with many disadvantages — high crime, poor-quality housing, the stress of poverty — before the water even began running out of the tap murky and foul-smelling.
"Children, as they grow up, if they're not seen as valuable, they pick that up very quickly," Rudden says. "And here, forget about the subtle messages that kids find in preschool or elementary school. You find out that, in fact, you were poisoned by your city water system. That's an almost unfathomable assault on one's sense of identity. How could that be?
"What does a child make of the fact that, in some way, he or she was disregarded in a fundamental way? Even more than picking up that you're not quite on the top of the pecking order, that you're not blond, that's an enormous piece of information to wrap your head around as you get older."
These children, in addition to suffering from a public-health catastrophe, were betrayed. And that brings psychological costs, too.
"That's a particularly bad kind of trauma," says Gilbert Kliman, the founder and medical director of the Children's Psychological Health Center in San Francisco. "There's a lot of evidence that betrayal is worse than, let's say, a natural catastrophe like an earthquake. I think it's because, ultimately, the victims realize that there were people involved who could have done better for them or who had real malevolence."
As betrayals go, this one was perpetrated by institutions of power more than individual people. And while government and race have been implicated in disasters before — consider Hurricane Katrina — this one is particularly personal to children, Rudden says. They were its biggest victims. The result, she fears, could be confusion, depression, anger and despair as the children age. And, she wonders, how they will become active citizens when they could not have faith in government as children.
In Flint, reminders of the betrayal are embedded in everyday life, in baths that are taken with bottled water, or visits to the grownups who give medical tests. Reminders flow out of the faucet.
Rudden is optimistic, though, that because this was a community tragedy and not a private one, the community can come together and create a sense of collective response. As that happens, Kliman says, children will need some "immunizing doses of truth." In his own research on childhood trauma, dating to the John F. Kennedy assassination, he has found that children respond with less anxiety and behavioral problems when adults help them understand what happened.
Central aspects of Flint's betrayal are not new for black children, says Mindy Fullilove, a professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia University. "This has been the condition of African American life since our ancestors were first brought here to be slaves," she says. "That was done by the government."
People for centuries have developed ways of living within societies and with institutions that don't value them, she says. They create counternarratives: "No, we're worthwhile people — they're the crazy ones."
This is why children walking into newly desegregated schools in an earlier era, past soldiers and protesters, maintained their dignity, Fullilove says, to the surprise of psychiatrists at the time.
"It's because they're living inside a collective counternarrative," Fullilove says. "You can't really understand any of it without understanding that people who are oppressed over time develop ways to manage oppression. Those exist, and black people in Flint know about this, and they do it. And they are doing it as we speak."
They are now forcefully saying -- as the mayor has -- that the problem lies not with the people in Flint, but wirh the callousness of the system around them.


More than a year ago, a letter of complaint was sent to Commissioner Bob Pickens, Vice-President of the Chicago Park District Board, and other commissioners complaining that Jesse Owens Park Advisory Council (87th & Jeffery) was operating as a "Private Club" and shutting out residents who wanted to become members of the Council.
Officers of the Council refused to let non-members participate in overall meetings and cranked up their efforts in this regard by closing out community participation through Executive Session, informing non-members verbally and in the meeting agenda that they had to leave the meeting room when Council goes into Executive Session. Obviously, it was a planned maneuver to keep non-members from hearing any substantial dialogue on what was being discussed. It was for members' ears only.
The CPD never responded to the letter of complaint and as of today the Jesse Owens Advisory Council continues to operate as a "Private Club", and have systematically closed out residents who applied for membership.
meeting in April 2010 at Jesse Owens Park.
I have read the "Park Advisory Council Guidelines" posted on the Internet several times over. And not once have I come across anything that states that Park District Advisory Councils are, or should be "Private Clubs", or even "Private Havens". Nor did I see anything that said Advisory Council Officers can use their "discretion" as to who can and cannot be a member of the Council. In other words, who they will let become a member of the Advisory Council and who they will deny membership to.
It is clear as day that the Jesse Owens Park Advisory Council is not open to the general community at large, but only to a small group of people they selectively choose as members – those who will work with them to maintain the status quo in representing their own interest – whatever that interest might be, and not so much the interest of the overall community. This "Private Club" has made it its business to shut out other residents in the community who are interested in being a member to help in the stabilization of the park and community structure.
Cooley made the statement after Johnny Acoff, a community resident for more than 40 years, asked why the Council hadn't acted on ten names he had submitted of persons who wanted to become members of the Council.
I have been a homeowner in the Calumet Heights area for almost 40 years (since November, 1970). My late husband, Neal A. Bratcher, was longtime President of the Jesse Owens Advisory Council. Under his leadership, anyone who wanted to be a member of the Council was welcomed with open arms to be involved in talks and strategies and participate in Advisory Council's meetings. No one was shut out, so there was never a problem as to disgruntled residents who wanted to be part of. Everyone who attended Advisory Council meetings had a voice…the way that it should be.
My husband (Neal A. Bratcher), along with so many other concerned and active residents in the community, including Johnny Acoff, pushed for, planted the seeds, and worked hard to get a Field House at Jesse Owens Park. Yet, for some reason, which is certainly beyond my perception, the current Advisory Council seems to think that they have some kind of entitlement to a public facility owned by taxpayers.
Let me make this very clear: I do not want to be a member or officer of the Jesse Owens Park Advisory Council nor do I have any inclinations to participate as a community resident under the current officer makeup of the board where origins are not known as to how they were selected for their positions. But I do know that when elections are held in an open process and one wins "fair and square," their win cannot be disputed. They won it whether you agree with the results or not. And you set aside differences and work together for the good of the community.
That said, now you might ask why I am on a mission for a "fair and open" process that is being denied to some of the residents in the area of the park. Pure and simple, because of complaints by some who wanted to be members and found the process shut out to some and open to others.
My dissatisfaction with the Jesse Owens Park Advisory Council board, as well as some others in the community, is that it is a "Private Club" where officers have shut out many in the community from participating. My goal is to shed light on the way it operates and the fact that it is shutting out people who want to be a part of. Take for instance, Mr. Acoff presented ten names to the Council of people who wanted to become members. That's when he was told that membership was by their discretion and they were not taking anymore members. Really? He received this response about three months after he had submitted the ten names.
Moreover, after some residents (not members of the Council) attended an April meeting and complained about their "Private Club" and shutting people out, they cranked up their efforts to keep the organization private by closing out community participation through Executive Sessions. Now outsiders must leave before any of the agenda is acted upon.
Sign in, Call to Order, Opening Prayer, Reading of Minutes and two minutes per speaker Community Input (on what?), and then they go into "Executive Session JOPAC members only". What can you say in the way of community input when you've been kept out of substantial dialogue that is discussed in Executive Sessions that you are barred from being part of? After that, everyone must leave with the exception of Council members. It is obvious that the Executive Sessions were put in place to bar or force non-members from hearing the main issues discussed at meetings.
Before I exited the July monthly meeting, I asked the president if after they discussed certain matters could those told to leave come back for the remaining part of the meeting. The answer was no, that the duration of issues on the agenda are discussed in Executive Session, which are many. Yet, all the serious subjects of discussion take place after non-members are told to leave. This certainly passes the "smell test" of making sure that outsiders do not have the least idea of what is going on regarding the Council and its undertakings.
Additionally, the Chicago Park District web site on Park District Advisory Councils states that only one Council will be recognized. I agree that there should only be one, but that one should be elected by the overall community and should represent the overall community – not a private group that has failed in its efforts or never wanted an open and fair forum on the part of all residents. That is not happening! And it has a lot to do with the effectiveness of activity at the park. One might also wonder are they using their "discretion" as to what activities will be held at the park as well.
In your 2008 guidelines of Registered Advisory Councils, Mr. Hal Bauswell was listed as President of the Jesse Owens Park Advisory Council – he is deceased – so how and when did Ms. Barbara Cooley take over the reins? And under what circumstances?
When was the election held to elect officers of the Council?
When will terms of present officers be up and when will a new election be held?
How many people were present and voted on the current officers?
Who were eligible to vote for officers?
Are you privy (Chicago Park District) to any bylaws the Jesse Owens Advisory Council may have in place?
Is the Jesse Owens Advisory Council following the Robert Rules of order and Open Meetings Act?
They say prospective members must be finger printed, is that within Chicago Park District guidelines or one they put into place themselves? And if so, why would a resident have to be fingerprinted to be a member of the Council? Is this a way to try to scare people off if they had a minor scrape with the law (parking tickets, etc.)?
Do new members come in only by discretion of sitting members, leading to the Private Club I so often talked about in this letter?
Was a sign posted on the Jesse Owens Park bulletin board informing residents that an election would be held?
If so, how many days in advance was the notice posted in advance of the election?
Were other public methods used in informing residents in the Jesse Owens Park area of an election prior to the election?
On this day, August 8, 2011, Commissioner Pickens we urge you and your Co-Commissioners to bring a swift resolution to this problem. We are still seeking an "open and fair" process in regards to the Jesse Owens Park District Council.
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