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A vision quest is a Native American rite of passage.

Vision Quest may also refer to:

 Vision Quest (novel), a 1979 novel by Terry Davis
 Vision Quest (film), a 1985 American drama film based on the novel
 Vision Quest (TV series), an upcoming series in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
 "Vision Quest", a comic storyline in West Coast Avengers by Marvel Comics

Music
 Vision Quest Records, a Japanese record label
 Vision Quest (album), a 2001 album by jazz flautist Nicole Mitchell
 "Vision Quest", a song by Clutch from the 2018 album Book of Bad Decisions


GriffinWorx – TIE – eBay Foundation: New Learning for Mentors.
This past weekend, I have been through an experience most fascinating, rewarding and humbling.
I was asked by my cycling buddy Kumar, to come in and be one amongst several Mentors in a program called "Start Up Cup Challenge Extreme – Build – A – Business Weekend".
This is a first in India, and is a partnership between TIE (www.tiemumbai.org), eBay Foundation and GriffinWorx. This was such a privilege, especially because, for the last couple of years, I've grown a bit tired of the routine around the corporate world (bring me something challenging), and find myself inclined to teach, to coach, to mentor, and participate in causes that have social and environmental impact. My role as strategic advisor to the Smart Commute Foundation, does give me such a sense of fulfillment. Give me more.
The Startup Cup Challenge, was a two-day event, very intense and fast paced. This is how it panned out. TIE invited applications from startups from almost any field or domain, but its special emphasis was on the "underserved" startup community. This is a community of underprivileged, not affluent, but hardworking people and groups, who have novel ideas to do business, some commercially, some socially inclined. Therefore there was a very diverse mix of applicants, somewhere 200+ in number, of which 105 were selected to participate. Rather than steal their thunder, I had best reproduce verbatim, what the program is all about.
The ebay.StartUpCup.com Challenge is open to anyone, with any type of business idea and from any background. This internationally recognized seven-month acceleration program is proven to grow businesses and accelerate the development of revenue. Through a highly experiential and mentor driven process.
Select business teams will be invited to an Extreme Build-A-Business Weekend, which will take place on 27-28 May, where the Top 25 business teams will be selected to advance into the competitive process.
The rather intense weekend started off on Saturday at 8. 30 am, when we were given the lay of the land by Sean Griffin of GriffinWorx.
He's a fantastic, charismatic fellow, and has oodles of experience at this, having run such programs in some 60 odd countries. Turns out we have both worked in several common locations globally, and had some amazing stories of our escapades to compare over dinner.
Now despite having been quite a successful mentor myself, I have never really used a standard methodology and Sean exposed us to and trained us on his patented methodology. Fascinating, to say the least. I really benefited from this approach, and all my skills, tools and techniques, saw themselves falling into various buckets within Sean's methodology, and I even picked up some cool new tips and tricks along the way. Just when you think you know a lot, someone comes along and teaches you something new!
So this went on until 10 am on Day 1, and then we were let loose to play our mentor roles to about 105 startups. Some merely at an idea stage, some a little beyond, some with a little business already in flight, some more advanced. In the mix, were technology startups, most notable amongst them an enterprising young man, who is on the cusp of launching a ring, a wearable device that can do much more than just payments. Then there is this For Profit Social Enterprise founded by 3 charming and dedicated girls providing consultancy in the CSR space. There were housewives too with small businesses, all catering to the underserved market. Did I not mention the waste based manure business, others in analytics, and what have you. One even planned to hire eunuchs in their workforce, to serve those underprivileged human beings.
Mentoring such a diverse set up people (some unable to communicate in English), diverse business models, was quite a task, and a clear case of overload. But what was really exciting was the level of energy in the room and the sheer enthusiasm amongst the mentors, the mentee, Sean and Erin, and the TIE team who provided such superb facilitation. I came away with quite a few learnings, especially as this was the perfect opportunity to compare attitudes, behaviours, business, technical and marketing acumen at one go. I found some promoters simply full of themselves, some so glued to their ideas and ways of doing things, others who was a bit overwhelmed (and that's an understatement), some simply unable to give responses to pretty basic questions. Yet I found others, willing to be mentored, to learn, to listen and move forward.
The challenge then, was to navigate all these attitudes, etc, cut to the chase, and compel self discovery based on the methodology, not with a view to run anybody down, or undermine them or their ideas, but to urge them to think things through based on a tested model.
What was really neat was that we put our votes basis several parameters into an application, and thank God for that! Imagine remembering the interaction with so many groups in such a short span of time! Actually, that may have been fun, come to think of it, come up with unique business models, by mixing up stuff amongst several businesses 🙂 I think I mentored about 40 participants, on day one itself, and added a few on day two.
Day 2 started off with some advanced techniques, basis the experiences from our Day 1 interactions, and we were let loose once again. A bit more relaxed, a bit more structured, both the Mentors and the Mentees, and at around 3 pm, we were ready to wind down.
Votes all case, now it was time to collate, score, debate and discuss on the final shortlist of 25 business builders who would go through the next steps.
That done, the next item on the agenda was to break the news to the participants, issue certificates to the participants, the shortlisted business builders, the Mentors and do the photo sessions. The outcome was joyful faces of the ones who made the cut, and disappointment from those who didn't.
And with that the festivities came to an end, and we all parted ways….two intense days, well spent, several new connections, some new friends, and promise of more interactions in the days to come.
I came away particularly pleased when asked to play the role of Judge in future interactions, since the program will run till September. I hope to write about how things pan out as we go through the rounds of eliminations, and arrive at the three final winners, and log further experiences as we go along this journey.
I've been fortunate to have some great mentors, some international luminaries…the then Deputy Managing Director of State Bank of India – P V Subba Rao (God Bless His Soul), Rumi – my Boss and CEO of HSBC's Global Technology Centers and his successor and my next Boss – Ignacio Vera from Argentina. On the personal front, I've been extremely fortunate to be blessed by my Spiritual Master (now departed) His Holiness Sridhar Swami, and receive mentorship at the hands of my father, a most noble, kind and patient teacher.
This experience has only served to add to lifelong learning, and yet, my insatiable appetite, leaves me yearning for more…..
Next Post: Startups: Not for Everyone – Part 1, My First.


What the Heck are Your Witnesses Saying?!?
When I think of horses, I typically think of Kentucky and the Kentucky Derby. But did you know that the official "Horse Capital of the World" isn't located in Kentucky? Surprisingly, it's located just an hour or two north of where I live, in Marion County, Florida. Marion County is filled with tall oaks, rolling hills, and LOTS of horses. In fact, according to census figures, there are more horses in this county than any other county in America.
Earlier this week I was teaching a trial advocacy program in the middle of horse country, and that's where I met Buddy.
Buddy is a horse. More specifically, he's a Clydesdale, and he lives on a large paddock behind the Ocala Hilton hotel where I was staying. I went outside to pet him and was amazed at how big he was. I've been around horses before (remind me to tell you about the cattle drive in Montana that I did with my brother a few years ago), but Clydesdale horses always amaze me. They're magnificent animals, and they're absolutely HUGE.
I was curious how big he was, so I went inside the hotel to ask. The lady at the front desk told me, "Oh, he's pretty big — about 16 hands or so." I smiled and told her "thank you," but there was one slight problem: I had absolutely no idea what she meant. I wanted to say, "16 hands?!? What the heck are you talking about?" Instead, I decided I didn't want to look dumb, so I simply said, "Thank you," and left the building.
I learned an important lesson from that exchange.
Regardless of whether your witnesses are horsemen, doctors, police officers, etc., they're going to have their own language. As the trial lawyer, you'll invest the effort to learn their language so you can communicate with your witness. Before long, you'll become so fluent that you won't even notice when a few foreign terms casually creep into their testimony.
Here's the problem: Your jurors don't speak that foreign language, and they're not going to understand what's being said. Like me, they'll probably be afraid of looking dumb, so they won't speak up and say, "Excuse me, I have no idea what you're talking about." Instead, they'll quietly sit in the jury box, pretending to understand, and completely miss the most important evidence in your case.
When these foreign terms sneak into a witness's testimony, you need to ask the witness, "Could you please tell us what [FOREIGN TERM] means?" Your job is to ensure that your jurors understand the courtroom testimony. Train yourself to listen with a layman's ear, and these foreign terms will leap out at you. Translate them for your jurors, and you'll never again have to worry about them missing an important piece of evidence because they didn't speak the witness's language.
hi, its very much helpful for a lawyer who is a kid inthis field.


Wouldn't it be cool if we could make our camera do ________ ?
Patching issues and other general help requests here please.
2 - Is there any other possible hack to improve image quality of this camera? (already implemented or not).
the compression used is (mostly) lossless, so there is no gain to uncompressed, it's less CPU used, as there is the saving of doing the compression, but this is lost, on increased IO as the larger file is written.


Original oil painting of the Red Arrows, unframed. Overall dimensions approximately 32" x 12" (80cm x 30cm). Painted on all four edges, 1.5" (3.5cm) deep, so does not require framing. Price includes FREE First Class UK postage.
Another crowd-pleasing display by the Red Arrows, the much-loved RAF display team. This picture depicts the heart-stopping moment when the synchro pair pass within feet of one another at the centre of the crowd line.
The original is painted on all sides (3.5 cm deep) and does not require framing.


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Zinio Systems, Inc., a provider of digital magazine production, distribution, and circulation services, was selected by Popular Science, a science and technology magazine, to digitally produce and deliver its magazine globally. Digital subscriptions and single copies to Popular Science are available at www.zinio.com. Zinio has delivered digital titles such as Business Week, MotorTrend, PC Magazine, and Technology Review. Zinio offers readers 80 titles from 30 publishers. Major partners include IDG, McGraw-Hill, Primedia, Reed Business Information, Technology Review Inc., Time Inc., VNU and Ziff-Davis.


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Q: WP7 TextBlock to visible on button press I have 1 TextBox, 1 TextBlock and 1 Button.
When button is pressed, I want the TextBlock to be visible only is there is no data within the TextBox. If there is data within the TextBox, then I want it to continue to the next page (Page1).
When I run the code and click on the button; regardless of if there is data in the TextBox or not, the button will send me to the next Page1 where it is only supposed to go if there is text in the TextBox (I test this without any text in the TextBox).
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*Try changing your check for text to string.IsNullOrEmpty()

*What does the value show when you debug it?

*Your logic doesn't match your statement "I want the TextBlock to be visible only is there is no data within the TextBox." From your code, you are hiding the textbox when there is no data...

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Ecology conducted a public comment period (Sept. 17 – Oct. 16, 2018) on an amendment to a legal agreement (Agreed Order) with the Port of Bellingham and the City of Bellingham. The amendment requires development of a Cleanup Action Plan to address contamination at the Central Waterfront site on the Bellingham waterfront.
Ecology did not receive any comments and has finalized the Agreed Order Amendment and Scope of Work and Schedule.
In March 2018, under the existing legal agreement, the Port and City completed a report (Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study) describing the results of environmental investigations and evaluating cleanup options. The next step in the cleanup process is to develop a Cleanup Action Plan.
El Departamento de Ecología le invita a comentar sobre un reporte ambiental para el sitio que está contaminado Central Waterfront en Bellingham.
2019: Public comment on a draft Cleanup Action Plan and begin cleanup design step.
The Central Waterfront cleanup site is made up of about 51 acres on Bellingham's downtown waterfront, between I & J Waterway and Whatcom Waterway, and between Roeder Avenue and the former Georgia-Pacific industrial wastewater treatment lagoon. Property within the site is owned primarily by the Port of Bellingham or City of Bellingham. Beginning in the early 1900s, the site and surrounding tidelands were filled for various industrial uses.
Investigations to date have found contaminants in soil and groundwater associated with these historical industrial uses.
Contaminant levels are present at potentially harmful levels and must be addressed under Washington's toxics cleanup law, the Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA).
The Central Waterfront site is one of 12 sites coordinated through the Bellingham Bay Demonstration Pilot. The Pilot is a bay-wide multi-agency effort to clean up contaminated sediment, control sources of sediment contamination, and restore habitat, with consideration for land and water uses. In 2000, participants in this initiative developed the Bellingham Bay Comprehensive Strategy.
The interim action reports linked below contain appendices with large volumes of laboratory data. Please contact the site manager for file download.


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Silver Heritage says finalising Nepal casino resort funding
Apr 12, 2017 Newsdesk Latest News, Rest of Asia, Top of the deck
Asian casino operator and developer Silver Heritage Group Ltd says it is finalising details of the capital-raising exercise to complete construction of its new Nepal casino resort. The company anticipates making an announcement "within approximately three weeks," Silver Heritage said on Tuesday in a filing to the Australian Securities Exchange.
Silver Heritage has increased by one-third the budget for Tiger Palace Resort Bhairahawa (pictured in an artist's rendering), a scheme being built near Nepal's border with India. The firm said in March that it would need to raise US$14.8 million in new capital to complete the project, including US$1 million as working capital.
In Tuesday's filing, Silver Heritage said it is in discussions with equity providers, brokers and holders of its senior secured bonds regarding the capital raising. "The company intends that the capital to be raised will fully fund the completion of Tiger Palace, enabling the opening of the hotel and casino within the revised time frame," it said.
The firm has pushed back the completion timetable for the project to later in 2017. The firm said in March that the opening of Tiger Palace would be done in stages, with the hotel operative from August 2017, followed by a "grand opening in November 2017" for the resort and casino.
The company's shares will remain in voluntary suspension on the Australian Securities Exchange until the details of the capital raising are announced, added Tuesday's filing.
Casino op Silver Heritage to issue...
Nagasaki January start on casino RFP,...

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How to Wear the Military Rope on the Uniform
By Lesa Storms ; Updated October 04, 2017
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United States military uniforms have a specific way to be worn. This includes the size and placement of nametags, unit insignia and any awards and ribbons. When it comes to ropes or cords on a service member's uniform, the color of the cord and how it is worn tells you about why you are seeing it. The oldest cord worn by a service member is the blue worn by Army infantry soldiers. The color was designated by George Washington at the end of Revolutionary War.
Different Cords for Different Soldiers
Loop the infantry cord under the right shoulder. On U.S. Army green, blue and white uniform coats, infantry soldiers wear a blue cord on the right shoulder. It is looped under the arm and "over the right shoulder under the loop and secured to the button on the shoulder loop," according to Army Regulation 670-1, "Wear and Appearance of Army Uniforms."
Pin the cord onto shoulder of the Air Force dress uniform coat. Loop it around left shoulder and together, hiding the pin under the cord, according to Air Force Junior ROTC Uniform and Awards Guide, CA-092.
Loop the fourragere under the sleeve of the left shoulder and attach it to the "shoulder loop on the coat of the green and white uniforms and on the enlisted blue uniforms," according to AR 670-1. A fourragere is a shoulder cord with a metal tip.
['Shoulder cord', 'Dress uniform']
Check with your chain of command to verify that you qualified to wear cords on your uniform before purchasing them.
Never wear anything on your uniform without checking regulations first.
USAMilitaryMedals.com: Shoulder Cords
CA-092 Air Force Junior ROTC Uniform and Awards Guide
Lesa Storms has been a professional writer since 1998. Her publications include numerous regional newspapers as both an on-staff and freelance reporter, for which she earned several writing awards from the Michigan Associated Press. Storms has a Bachelor of Arts in journalism and a Master of Arts in education, both from Michigan State University.


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Once Upon a Time: An Analysis of the 2014-15 General Assembly Approved Budget
Posted by PA Budget and Policy Center on July 22, 2014
Tax and Budget
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The $29.0 billion 2014-15 state General Fund budget enacted earlier this month fails to confront Pennsylvania's serious revenue problems. Lawmakers pretended that the half billion dollar revenue shortfall in 2013-14 did not exist and "balanced" the 2014-15 budget with one-time transfers, accounting tricks, and phantom revenues.
The budget relies on a myriad of dubious revenue sources including an increase in collections well above what the Independent Fiscal Office projected, revenue from a proposed casino that does not yet have a gaming license, and federal approval of the governor's "Healthy Pennsylvania" alternative to Medicaid expansion. If these revenues fail to materialize, it is quite likely that Pennsylvania will face a mid-year budget crisis.
Already, there are signs that revenue collections will head off course. On July 18, in response to a lawsuit challenging the governor's plan to expand gas drilling in state forests and parks, the Corbett administration agreed not to lease any more state land for drilling until the court makes a ruling. The budget assumes that $95 million will be raised from these leases, however this revenue will be delayed if it arrives at all.
The final budget provides less than half of the education funding increase proposed in February, leaving many school districts to, once again, reduce programs for students. While there are some welcome increases in certain programs, they may be illusory, as the commonwealth may have to scale back spending before the end of the year.
The General Assembly and Governor Corbett could have put the Commonwealth on a responsible path by enacting a severance tax on natural gas drilling, imposing taxes on smokeless tobacco and e-cigarettes, and closing corporate tax loopholes. Instead they deepened the Commonwealth's financial problems by making additional corporate tax cuts.
Status: The General Assembly passed Appropriations bill (HB 2328),[1] which contains line-item funding for most of the commonwealth's programs, just hours before the start of the fiscal year on July 1st. Governor Corbett initially withheld his signature, calling on legislators to make changes to the state pension program. Over the next few days, the legislature approved an amended version of the Fiscal Code bill (HB 278),[2] which is necessary to implement the 2014-15 budget plan. Governor Corbett approved both the budget and the Fiscal Code on July 10, but vetoed several line items worth $72.4 million (0.25% of the General Assembly budget), including $53 million of the General Assembly's budget.
This analysis is based on the current version of both the Appropriations and Fiscal Code bills, after the Governor's vetoes, and is subject to change as the General Assembly could attempt to override the Governor's veto.
State General Fund spending for 2014-15 increases by $469 million from the total available in 2013-14, an increase of 1.6%. This is $393 million less than the Governor's budget proposal in February 2014. The lower spending number is due in part to General Fund revenue collections that fell well below estimates during the second half of 2013-14, and the General Assembly's failure to adopt new revenue measures that were on the table as late as the last week in June. In a reversal from prior years, the budget does include small increases for a number of programs; however the promised funding increases may not materialize.
Table 1. 2014-15 General Fund Summary (in $ thousands)
2013-14 Available
2014-15 Enacted Budget
Change from 2013-14
Total State
To balance the 2014-15 budget a number of questionable assumptions and legislative actions may make it difficult to generate the $30.2 billion in revenue that is required to fully fund this budget plan. If revenues fall short, program freezes or cuts are likely.
Magical Revenue Plan Clouds Budget Forecast
General Fund revenue collections are supposed to total $30.2 billion in 2014-15, a healthy increase of $1 billion, or 3.6% from 2013-14 collections. The tax estimates lawmakers used to balance the budget are $240 million higher than those most recently forecasted by the Independent Fiscal Office. [3] Meeting these estimates may prove difficult to reach for several reasons, enumerated later.
This relatively bullish forecast comes off a year when Pennsylvania's General Fund collections decreased by $40 million from the prior year, falling over half a billion dollars short of yearly revenue targets despite the continued, but slow expansion of the U.S. economy and a decline in the jobless rate. Pennsylvania's revenue decline is largely a result of business tax rate cuts enacted over the past 8 years.
More business tax cuts are scheduled for 2014-15, even though they were not specifically adopted in this year's budget.
These cuts include:
Another cut in the capital stock and franchise tax (from 0.67 mills to 0.45 mills in 2015);
Increases in loss deductions for corporate net income tax;
New tax credits coming online.
Total corporate tax revenues are now declining from year to year, putting more pressure on the state's other taxes, largely sales and income taxes, to grow robustly to hit overall revenue targets. This proved problematic in 2013-14. The 2014-15 budget plan requires personal income tax growth of 5.2%, rebounding for 0.6% growth in 2013-14, while sales tax revenue growth is projected to increase from 2.7% in 2013-14 to 3.8% in 2014-15.
Table 2. General Fund Revenue Growth in 2014-15 (in $ thousands)
2013-14 Actual
Dollar Growth in 2014-15
2014-15 Forecast
Total General Fund Revenue
General Fund Taxes
Corporate Net Income Tax
Capital Stock and Franchise Tax
Cigarette Tax
Liquor Tax
Non-Tax Revenue
Heartier revenue growth than was seen in 2013-14 is forecasted for nearly every tax type, with the exception of corporate net income tax, in 2014-15.
2014-15 Marked by Uncertain and One-time Revenues
There are revenue sources counted on to balance the budget that could be problematic in 2014-15. $95 million is expected to be transferred from the Oil and Gas Lease Fund, but the additional drilling on state lands required to generate this revenue has been challenged in court, and a judge temporarily halted new leasing. License fees totaling $75 million from the yet-to-be built casino in Philadelphia are also counted on in the budget. Lastly, a $40 million "fix" for lost revenues from the 2013-14 budget's bank tax reform (which caused bank taxes to fall short of estimate by $49 million, or 13% in 2013-14) is presumed, although a provision to help do so was stripped out of the Fiscal Code bill by the House.
The revenue plan also includes $247 million of transfers from other state funds, a $150 million one-time windfall from a change in the state's unclaimed property law and $40 million from stepped up tax enforcement.
The budget is balanced using one-time revenue sources totaling $1.5 billion or 6% of total 2014-15 revenue.
While using the one-time revenue sources is convenient for balancing 2014-15, it makes the process of balancing the 2015-16 budget more difficult as revenue sources will need to be developed to cover not only the regular growth in the budget, but to also offset the loss of the one-time revenues used in 2014-15. If expenses are expected to increase by 3% in 2015-16 and the entire budget is to be paid for using recurring sources, regular General Fund revenues would have to grow by over 8% to make up the difference.
Personal Income Tax: $12.0 billion
The 2014-15 forecast for personal income tax (PIT), the largest single revenue source in the General Fund, is $595 million, or 5.2%, higher than 2013-14 PIT collections. This growth is based on the expectation that the economy will continue to expand, the number of unemployed continues to decrease, and that investment gains will bounce back in tax year 2014.[4]
Sales Tax: $9.5 billion
For several years in a row, the budget's revenue projections have assumed robust increases in sales tax collections, and 2014-15 is no different – predicting growth of $348 million, or 3.8%. Unfortunately, the growth in sales tax revenue has failed to meet expectations in 2011-12, 2012-13, and 2013-14, falling short of estimate by $99 million last fiscal year. Unless there is strong improvement in the economy in 2014-15, meeting the sales tax collections target may prove difficult.
Corporate Taxes: $4.9 billion
Corporate taxes in total are predicted to decline by $21 million, or 0.4%, in 2014-15 due to reductions in the capital stock and franchise tax (CSFT) collections and other tax cuts. The 2013-14 budget cut the CSFT rate in tax years 2014 and 2015, which will lower CSFT payments by $51 million in 2014-15 as compared to the prior year. The CSFT collections totaled $830 million in 2011-12, by 2014-15 revenue will fall to $269 million. The repeated cut in the CSFT rate without a replacement of the revenue is one of the primary reasons for the commonwealth's growing structural deficit.
Corporate net income tax (CNIT), the largest corporate tax source, is expected to decline by $1 million in 2014-15. This is due to an expected moderation in the growth of corporate profits and the net impact of corporate tax changes, including increases in the net operating loss deduction allowance in tax years 2014 and 2015.
The corporate loans tax was eliminated in the 2013-14 budget, effective for tax year 2014. This had a smaller effect on "other corporate" tax collections in 2013-14, but will become more evident in 2014-15 as the tax is no longer being paid.
The budget predicts bank taxes will increase by $6 million to $324 million in 2014-15 despite the lack of any type of lasting "fix" of the 2013-14 tax reform that caused bank taxes to fall by $34 million, or 9.6%. The tax reform expanded the tax base to largely out-of-state banks, but cut the tax rate by 29% for all banks. News reports indicate that PNC Bank, likely the largest bank taxpayer, saw a windfall from the change. [5] The Fiscal Code initially contained a $20 million bank tax surcharge to help make sure the shortfall of 2013-14 was not repeated, but it was removed by the House before enacted. This lack of action makes the estimated bank tax growth less likely.
Other Taxes: $2.7 billion
Cigarette taxes are predicted to fall by $25 million from 2013-14, a decrease of 2.5%. In 2012-13 and 2013-14, cigarette taxes fell more than 4% each year, so the decline in 2014-15 could be understated. The House and Senate have passed different versions of a proposal to increase the local Philadelphia cigarette tax to $2 per pack. If enacted when the House returns to session in August, the decline in state tax revenue would likely be larger than is currently predicted as consumption will decrease.
Non-Tax Revenue: $1.1 billion
To balance the budget, lawmakers transferred money from several other state-owned funds in 2014-15. This causes non-tax revenue to more than double, from $509 million in 2013-14 to $1.1 billion in 2014-15. Over $300 million in fund transfers are built into the 2014-15 budget plan including $100 million from the Machinery and Equipment Loan Fund, $100 million from the Small Business First Loan Fund, $95 million from the Oil and Gas Lease Fund (to be generated by new gas drilling on state land), $30 million from Volunteer Companies Loan Fund, $8 million from money set aside by the Gaming Control Board for local law enforcement grants, $6.2 million from a restricted account for alternative fuel use, and $2.355 million from a restricted account set up to pay Johns-Manville asbestos claims.
Non-tax revenue also includes $150 million from the change in unclaimed property holding period and $75 million in license revenue from a proposed Philadelphia casino project, both of which are one-time in nature.
Recurring non-tax revenue includes $80 million in liquor store profits and an assortment of fees, licenses, and interest earnings.
Table 3. 2014-15 Education Summary (in $ thousands)
Classroom Funding
-$579,597
State Pension Payment
Total PreK-12
Classroom funding includes: Basic Education, Basic Education Formula Enhancements, ARRA, School Improvement Grants, Accountability Block Grants, Ready to Learn Block Grants, Education Assistance Program, and Charter School Reimbursements.
Total PreK-12 includes state and ARRA funding.
Higher Education funding includes: Dept. of Education higher education funding (including non-preferred appropriations for state-related schools, State System of Higher Education, Thaddeus Stevens, and PHEAA.
PreK-12 Education
The 2014-15 enacted budget will increase PreK-12 spending of $307 million, or 3.1% from 2013-14 funding levels. Half of this growth ($152 million) is traceable to the increase in the state's payments to the school employee pension system mandated under Act 120.
Funding going to classrooms increases by $101 million, or 1.8% in the final 2014-15 budget, but is still $580 million below 2010-11 classroom funding levels.
Governor Corbett did not propose an increase in the state's Basic Education Funding line, instead offering a $241 million Ready to Learn block grant, which would target additional student-focused classroom funds to schools to be spent on a defined set of programs. The final budget reduced the new funding to $100 million, and gave districts more flexibility in using the funds. The Basic Education Funding line remains at $5.526 billion, the same as in 2013-14.
The governor also proposed a $10 million Hybrid Learning competitive grant program to blend digital and traditional learning opportunities. This program was not included in the final budget.
Governor Corbett proposed increasing the PreK-Counts and Early Intervention programs to increase the state's investment in early learning programs. Funding for PreK Counts was increased by $10 million, or 11.5%, and Early Intervention received a $3.7 million increase, or 2%) in both the Governor's budget plan and the final budget agreement. The Head Start Supplemental program was funded at the same level as 2013-14, $39 million. These programs received wide-ranging support from education and business groups during budget negotiations.
After six years of flat funding, which pushed the increasing cost of special education services onto local school districts, the state's special education subsidy increased by $20 million, or 2%, in 2014-15, as was proposed by Governor Corbett. Most of the additional funds are to be distributed to school districts based on a new funding formula developed by the governor's Special Education Funding Commission.
The commonwealth's PlanCon program provides financial assistance to school districts for construction projects. The final budget included a $10 million, or 3%, increase in funding from the 2013-14 and the Governor's proposed funding levels. This program had not been increased in four previous budgets, causing a backlog of projects to fund. The budget agreement also ends a moratorium on state reimbursement for new district projects.
Libraries and Literacy
The state subsidy for local libraries is funded at the same level as 2013-14. The governor proposed increasing the subsidy by $500,000, to $54 million, but that was not included in the final agreement. Prior to the Great Recession, the library subsidy was over $75 million per year.
Adult and Family Literacy is funded at the same level as 2013-14. The governor's budget had proposed a $400,000 reduction, but this was rejected by the General Assembly.
Little changed in the 2014-15 budget for state support of higher education. In total, higher education programs received a $13 million, or 0.9%, increase from 2013-14, but this was limited to a handful of specific programs including:
$5 million for a new Ready to Succeed scholarship program for middle income families (Governor Corbett proposed $25 million for the program);
$3.5 million increase for community colleges;
$1.2 million in funding for a rural regional community college established in the Fiscal Code;
$2 million increase for Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology; and
$2 million of increased funding for Penn State's Penn College of Technology.
All other higher education programs, including general support to the State System of Higher Education and the state-related universities (Penn State, Pitt, Temple, and Lincoln) were held at 2013-14 levels. Compared to 2010-11 funding (including ARRA), higher education programs have been cut by $326 million, or 16.9%.
A recent Center on Budget and Policy Priorities report found that Pennsylvania had the eleventh largest cut in higher education funding since the recession – and is one of only eight states in the U.S. to not begin increasing its investment in higher education in the last few years. [6] This lack of investment has led to tuition increases and heavier student debt burdens.
Increasing state pension payments have been a contentious issue for the last several years and one of the central issues in the 2014-15 budget debate.
For school employees, the commonwealth pays roughly half of the "employer share" of contributions to the school employees' pension system, with the "employee share" coming out of school employee paychecks. The commonwealth pays the entire "employer share" for state workers.
Employer share payments, at both the state and school district level, have been increasing in a significant, but predictable manner to help decrease an unfunded liability in the pension systems caused by a combination of massive investment losses in the recession and a decade-long employer contribution "holiday."
In his February budget address, Governor Corbett called on the General Assembly to make pension reform a central issue in coming months. [7] The Governor did not offer a specific pension reform plan, but proposed again deferring a portion of the employer share in 2014-15, to provide temporary fiscal relief to both the state and school districts, which would have traded lower payments now for higher payments down the road. In addition, the governor proposed transferring $225 million from the Tobacco Settlement Fund to help make the required payment to the school employees' pension in 2014-15. This mirrors a move made by the Rendell administration during the depths of the Great Recession in 2010-11 when $121 million was moved to the pension system. The final budget agreement included the $225 million payment from the Tobacco Settlement Fund, with $1.158 billion being paid from the General Fund to complete the state's payment obligations to the school employees' pension system under Act 120. For state employees, the commonwealth's payment increases by $117 million to over $529 million in 2014-15.[8] This increase is contained within General Government Operations and other program line-items across the commonwealth's departments.
While Governor Corbett called for pension reform in his budget proposal the final budget did not reduce the 2014-15 pension debt payment.
Unhappy with the General Assembly's progress on pension issues, the Governor used his line-item veto power to reduce the 2014-15 funding of the legislature and legislative-directed programs by $72 million. As of this writing, the General Assembly has not attempted to override the governor's funding cuts, although they will return to session in August.
Public Welfare and Human Services
Table 4. 2014-15 Public Welfare General Fund Budget (in $ thousands)
Change from
Long-Term Living
Total General Fund DPW
The Department of Public Welfare (DPW) General Fund budget will increase by $129 million, or 1.2% in 2014-15. The growth rate in 2014-15 is kept artificially low using budgetary sleight of hand. One technique employed in 2014-15 is shifting a growing share of state costs for long-term and home and community based care out of the General Fund and into the state's Lottery and Tobacco Settlement Funds. The budget includes $125 million in savings from the Healthy PA waiver, which has not been approved. Finally, the 2014-15 budget "saves" close to $400 million by delaying payment to managed care organizations for health care services by a month (pushing it to the next fiscal year).
The budget also preserves funding increases proposed by Governor Corbett for disability services, child care services, and programs to help victims of rape and domestic violence. As was the case with the governor's original budget plan, the increases are predicated on funding sources that may fall short over the fiscal year.
Medical Assistance (MA), the commonwealth's Medicaid program, provides health care services for 2.2 million Pennsylvanians, primarily seniors, children, and adults with disabilities. The MA budget in the General Fund increases by $113 million, or 2.2%, from 2013-14 for a total of $5.2 billion.
The MA budget uses a combination of state and federal matching dollars to provide inpatient, outpatient and managed care services, payments to hospitals to help reimburse uncompensated care they provide, and specialized care for workers with disabilities.
Periodically, the federal government recalculates how much it pays to provide Medicaid services in each state based on a formula. The federal government updated its calculations and Pennsylvania federal match percentage (called FMAP) will fall from 53.52% to 51.82% in 2014-15. This means that the state share of Medicaid funding will grow by approximately $200 million in 2014-15.
Medicaid Expansion, Affordable Care Act and Healthy PA
The finalized budget includes the appropriations, and potential cost savings, from the implementation of the Governor's Healthy PA plan. The budget assumes an influx of an additional $2 billion in federal funds to help implement the program (which would provide funding for approximately 500,000 people using private insurance beginning in 2015). Pennsylvania submitted the Healthy PA plan in February and is still waiting for the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to approve or reject it. Pennsylvania's proposal included a number of controversial provisions that differed from the proposal to expand Medicaid enrollment from the federal government, and the two continue to be in negotiations regarding the Pennsylvania proposal. Had the state expanded Medicaid, coverage could already be in effect.
In addition to the $2 billion additional federal dollars, the MA budget assumes $125 million in other state cost savings from the Affordable Care Act and Healthy PA. Some of this savings comes from a revision of Medicaid benefits proposed under Healthy PA.[9]
Medical Assistance for Workers with Disabilities is ended under the budget at the end of 2014. Workers currently in the program will qualify for traditional Medicaid if they are very poor or will have to get coverage on the Exchange, which may be unaffordable.
The enacted budget modestly scales back the proposed increase in funding for County Assistance Offices necessary to administer the coverage expansion. It appears that funding remains to hire most of the 700 additional county assistance office workers that were to be added under the governor's plan as state funding increase by $39 million, or 14% from 2013-14.
To help balance the budget, state funding for long-term care services are shifted from the General Fund to Lottery and Tobacco Settlement funds. State General Fund dollars decrease by $85 million from 2013-14, offset by $25 million more in Lottery funding and a $144 million increase in Tobacco Settlement Fund resources ($80 million more than proposed by the governor).
The governor's budget had proposed expanding home and community-based services for people with disabilities, providing services for 400 people on the waiting list, 700 recent graduates of special education programs, and moving 50 individuals out of state facilities to community-based care. The final budget reduces state costs for these services in 2014-15, delaying the implementation.
Other Human Services
Rape Crisis and Domestic Violence Services both received a 10% funding increase in the 2014-15 budget, as was proposed by the governor. Legal services and homelessness assistance have remained flat-funded for the past several budgets.
Environmental Protection and Conservation
Table 5. General Fund: 2014-15 Environmental Funding (in $ thousands)
Conservation and Natural Resources
Note: Both departments receive significant funding from other sources other than the General Fund.
The Departments of Environmental Protection (DEP) and Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) are the state agencies responsible for protecting our commonwealth's air, water, land, and managing the state park and forest system. Over the last few years, less of the funding for these departments has been coming from the General Fund and more from other, special funds, including the Hazardous Sites Fund and Oil and Gas Lease Fund.
The final budget increased DEP's General Fund appropriation to $139 million. This marks an increase of $12 million, or 9%, over 2013-14 levels. This was a $1.5 million, or 1% increase over what the governor's budget had proposed. Before the recession, DEP's General Fund allocation was over $220 million, now less than one-third of state dollars used to fund DEP activities come from the General Fund.
General operations, environmental protection, and environmental program management see increases of 8% or more from 2013-14. One notable cut is reduction of funding for the Delaware River Basin Commission by $500,000. This represents a 53% funding cut. Funding for other similar commissions remains at 2013-14 levels.
The department is also anticipating an additional $4.7 million from an increase in gas well permit fees that went into effect on June 14.
The fiscal code contains language which would fundamentally change the way DEP regulates oil and gas drilling at conventional (non-Marcellus shale) gas wells. Some environmental organizations oppose this attempt at changing environmental regulations in a budget-related bill, rather than through the usual regulatory process.
The shift from General Fund dollars is even more significant in DCNR. 94%, of the budget for the operation and protection of the state park and forests comes from gas drilling on public forestland in 2014-15. The 2013-14 budget shifted $28 million of these operations to the Oil and Gas Lease Fund and the governor proposed modest additional shift in 2014-15. In the final budget, the General Assembly cut the governor's proposed General Fund appropriation in half, shifting costs to the Oil and Gas Lease Fund.
Governor Corbett lifted a moratorium on further leasing of state forestland for gas drilling that was imposed by a Governor Rendell executive order, and the fiscal code requires DCNR to bring in $95 million in additional revenue from expanded leasing of state forestland, and for the first time, state park land. The fiscal code language authorizing expanded leasing effectively alters DCNR's mission, placing other commonwealth interests on an equal footing with the conservation of natural resources. Environmental groups have sued to stop the leasing and the administration announced it would wait for the court decision before moving ahead with leases.
Public Safety and Corrections
The Department of Corrections, which operates the state prison system, will receive $2.06 billion in 2014-15, an increase of $98 million, or 4.9% over 2013-14. This is roughly $20 million more than what Governor Corbett was seeking in his budget proposal. The bulk of the department's funding is directed towards state correctional institutions, which were funding at $1.76 billion, or $99 million more than the 2013-14 spending level. The final budget allocates $21 million more for these institutions than Governor Corbett had initially proposed. Inmate medical care was funded at $229 million, a cut of $3 million, or 1.4%, from 2013-14. Governor Corbett had also sought a reduction in spending here, but at a more meager $1.1 million.
The Department of Corrections had 51,097 inmates under its control as of April 2014, about 150 fewer than a year before. [10] The estimated cost to house each inmate is $41,500, with $4,650 of that allotment covering medical costs.
The State Police funding from the General Fund increased by $11 million, or 5.2%, from 2013-14. This is $3.8 million over what Governor Corbett had allocated for the department, restoring funding for forensic lab support and adding to the increase in general government operations proposed by the governor. Most funding for the State Police now comes from the Motor License Fund. The general government operations funded by the Motor Fund increased by $46 million, or 8% from 2013-14.
Probation and Parole received a notable increase in funding, from $142 million in 2013-14 to $156 million in 2014-15, a 10.4% increase. The budget directs the majority of this funding to general government operations, which increase from $120 million in 2013-14 to $135 million in 2014-15, or 12.3 %.
The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) experiences a sizable cut in 2014-15, likely attributable to fewer natural disasters compared with previous years. The agency will receive $15 million from the General Fund, a 36.7% decrease over 2013-14. The General Assembly increased funding for the agency by $3.4 million from the governor's proposal, with the additional funding going to municipal emergency relief.
The Department of Agriculture will receive $127 million in FY 2014-15, a $3 million, or 2.5%, increase over 2013-14. Much of the increase went to general government operations, which increased by 11.3% over 2013-14. The final budget restores, and in some cases increases, funding for a number of agriculture programs the governor sought to eliminate, including Agricultural Excellence, Agricultural Research, and several promotion programs. The legislature returned funding for the State Food Purchase program to 2013-14 levels, rejecting a small reduction proposed by the governor.
The Department of Health receives $199 million in 2014-15, a $4 million increase from 2013-14. The General Assembly allocated $6 million to community-based health care practitioners, a 50% increase over the 2013-14 level, but 25% less than the $8 million Governor Corbett had proposed. Despite the governor's desire to eliminate it, the legislature approved $5.9 million for bio-technology research, an 11.3% increase over 2013-14. Primary health care practitioners received $4.67 million for 2014-15, a 27% increase over last year, but $3 million less than Governor Corbett had proposed. As in previous years, the General Assembly restored funding for a number of disease-specific and institutional support programs.
[1] http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billInfo/billInfo.cfm?sYear=2013&sIn...
[3] The IFO forecasted General Fund collections of $29.445 billion (not counting the unclaimed property change or the Oil and Gas Fund transfer, http://www.ifo.state.pa.us/download.cfm?file=/resources/PDF/Revenue_Esti....
[4] In April 2014, tax payments on investment and other non-withheld income fell significantly short of estimate. Many high income taxpayers recognized and paid tax on investments in tax year 2012 (largely collected in April 2013) rather than in 2013 to avoid a federal tax rate increase. It is expected that tax collected on investment earning will return to a more normal level in tax year 2014 (collected in April 2015).
[5] Joe DiStefano, "PhillyDeals: Failed tax overhaul aids a bank, opens Pa. budget hole," Philadelphia Inquirer, July 10, 2014, http://articles.philly.com/2014-07-10/business/51254891_1_lower-tax-bill....
[6] Michael Mitchell, Vincent Palacios, and Michael Leachman, States Are Still Funding Higher Education Below Pre-Recession Levels, Center on Budget Policy Priorities, May 1, 2014, http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=4135.
[7] http://www.pa.gov/Pages/NewsDetails.aspx?agency=Budget&item=15243#.U8fvh...
[8] Payment to the state employee pension system from the House Democratic Appropriations Committee, http://www.pahouse.com/HACD/series/2805/Budget_At_A_Glance_HB2328_PN3895...
[9] A brief description of proposed changes can be found here: http://pennbpc.org/governor-corbett%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98healthy-pa%E2%80%... .
[10] Number under DOC jurisdictional control taken from Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, Monthly Population Reports, http://www.cor.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/research___statist....
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Kherson, further and further away from the southern front line
The Ukrainian military authorities announce the withdrawal of Russian troops from the towns opposite Kherson on the southern bank of the Dnieper River
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REUTERS/VIACHESLAV RATYNSKYI - Ukrainian servicemen fire a 2S7 Pion self-propelled gun on a frontline in the Kherson region, Ukraine, in November 2022
More than nine months after its occupation, and only a few weeks after being abandoned by Russian troops, Kherson may cease to be - in the next few days - part of the main southern front line in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. According to the Reuters news agency, the Kiev military authorities have revealed the withdrawal of Russian troops from several towns on the south bank of the Dnieper river, opposite the city of Kherson, capital of the homonymous oblast.
This could be a major blow to the Russian offensive - since among the few major cities it has managed to control since the start of the war only Kherson stood out - but it does not come without resistance from Moscow. Although the Eurasian giant has decided to start sizing up its forces and picking its battles, its departure from Kherson and the surrounding cities does not come without some - it is hoped - final bombardment of the territory.
AFP/AFP - Map showing Russian attacks in Ukraine as of 9 November, as well as the control of Ukrainian national territory by Moscow's troops
Hundreds of missiles have hit the Kherson oblast in recent weeks, since 11 November, denounced Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelensky. In fact, according to The Kyiv Independent, according to statements by the territory's governor, Yaroslav Yanushevych, in the last 24 hours alone, Russian troops have hit civilian, military and administrative infrastructures 42 times, killing three people and injuring seven. This has been compounded by a further disruption of electricity and other services in Kherson and other Ukrainian territories - such as Lviv and Kiev, where a large part of the population is still suffering from power and water cuts. This only heightens fears that cold and hunger will be used as a weapon of war in the winter.
"We survived the occupation, we live much better now. But we have no water, no electricity, although we don't [have] Russians either", the online media El Debate quoted a Ukrainian woman and her daughter as saying, while many of her neighbours, unable to bear the living conditions in the city, are fleeing by train to a safer place.
PHOTO/FILE - Kherson administrative building without the Russian flag
The Ukrainian report, which could not be independently confirmed by Reuters, claims that "a decrease in the number of Russian soldiers and military equipment has been observed in the settlement of Oleshky. [...] Enemy troops withdrew from hundreds of settlements in Kherson oblast and dispersed in buffer strips along the section of the Oleshky road", a stretch of road about 25 kilometres long that runs through several villages on the banks of the Dnieper River.
In addition, the statement specified that most of the troops still in the territory were reservists believed to have been called up during the recent mobilisation of 300,000 troops, suggesting that Moscow's better-trained professional troops had already left the area days earlier.
Now the threat of a new general attack on Ukraine has prompted the country's border services to issue, via Telegram, "a general air raid alert", instructing Ukrainians to "immediately go to air shelters".
😡 Ворог продовжує обстрілювати українське прикордоння
👉🏼 https://t.co/JOQIcF9LMm pic.twitter.com/NXdKJZjmUj
— Держприкордонслужба (@DPSU_ua) December 1, 2022
Against this backdrop, Russia continues to prepare militarily, as confirmed by a Defence Ministry statement that noted the success of the Russian Aerospace Forces in testing a new missile for an air defence system at the Sary Shagan test range in Kazakhstan. "A combat team of the Air and Missile Defence Forces of the Russian Aerospace Forces successfully completed the test launch [...] and fulfilled the task of hitting a target with the desired accuracy," the document said.
However, in the context of all these military activities, Russian authorities have made public through the Ria Novosti news agency the crash of a MiG31 fighter in the Nadejdinsky region of Primorye province, near the border with China and North Korea. In the east of the Eurasian country.
Russian Far East: MiG-31 crashed in Primorsky Krai, pilots ejected https://t.co/Ihto93LjBw pic.twitter.com/A3tGdLAtHL
— Liveuamap (@Liveuamap) December 2, 2022
Ukraine, for its part, has continued to call for international cooperation. In particular, it is sending the 'Patriot' missile defence system, which has sparked controversy among NATO allies and members. "We have to separate the discussion about the offer made to Poland from aid to Ukraine," said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg during a joint appearance with German leader Olaf Scholz. "We are in dialogue with Poland [about sending such weapons]," Scholz said, noting that Germany had "no extension of the offer" to Ukraine.
"This is a purely defensive system", was the argument of the Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleba, in an attempt to convince the German representative. He claimed that the deployment of Patriot missiles in western Ukraine - to protect the country's electricity grid - would not lead to an escalation of the conflict due to the entry of a NATO member. This, however, did not seem to convince Alliance members.
PHOTO/AP - US Patriot missile defence system
The two-day summit of OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe) Foreign Ministers, held in the Polish city of Lodz and deeply marked by the war in Ukraine, also served as an arena for discussing the next moves against Russia. Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was unable to attend the meeting because he is on the list of people banned from entering the EU.
"If accountability for the crime of aggression against Ukraine is not ensured, there will be no lasting peace and security in the OSCE. That is why a special court must be set up to deal with the crime of aggression," was Dmytro Kuleba's diplomatic and legal plea to those present.
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Nevada designated "Silver State Fanfare" by Gerald Willis as the official state march in 2001 (Nevada also recognizes an official state song). All State Songs
Gerald Willis composed the march specifically to represent Nevada (silver is the state metal, and Nevada's nickname is "The Silver State"), and to be performed by over 100 students of the Proctor R. Hug High School Marching Band and Dance Team (from Reno, Nevada) in the 1997 Inaugural Parade for the U.S. President. Nevada formally resolved that "the pride and enthusiasm demonstrated by this extraordinary group of young people and their director serves as an inspiration to all residents of the State of Nevada:"
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 11
Congratulating the members of the Procter R. Hug High School Marching Band and Dance Team for their participation in the Inaugural Parade for the President of the United States.
WHEREAS, The members of the 69th Session of the Nevada Legislature and the residents of the State of Nevada were filled with pride upon learning that the Procter R. Hug High School Marching Band and Dance Team participated in the Inaugural Parade for the President of the United States; and
WHEREAS, With the full support of the parents, community, private parties, Harrah's Hotel and Casino (Procter R. Hug High School's "Partners in Education") and Reno Air, a dream was fulfilled for over 100 students who marched proudly in Washington, D.C., as the official representatives of the State of Nevada; and
WHEREAS, This was the first Northern Nevada band to receive such a prestigious invitation, and credit must be given to the band's Director, Gerald Willis, who conceived the idea and pursued this dream with enthusiasm and determination; and
WHEREAS, While in Washington, D.C., the students found time during their week-long visit to do extensive sight-seeing, including taking tours of the White House and Congress, greeting Governor Bob Miller at Union Square, and visiting Ford's Theatre, where President Lincoln was assassinated, Mount Vernon, several of the Smithsonian Institution museums, the Botanical Gardens, the National Postal Museum, National Geographic, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Iwo Jima Marine, Korean and Vietnam Memorials and Arlington National Cemetery; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Nevada, the Assembly Concurring,That the Nevada Legislature hereby congratulates the members of the Procter R. Hug High School Marching Band and Dance Team, which include the band's Director, Gerald Willis, Dance Team Director, Gina Pullin, Teacher's Aide, Roger West, and students John Albertson, Anafe Arenas, Catherine Armer, Andy Bacher, Tim Bean, Jennifer Beauchamp, Rachel Beggs, Kenny Bell, Tonia Biank, Austin Bishop, Jared Bliese, Aimee Booth, Chad Bradfield, David Bradfield, Sheila Brausey, Stephan Burten, Connie Cadigan, Carolyn Carsey, Lynnsey Cheatham, Fred Christopherson, Cameron Clarke, Reanna Cone, Jessica Cooper, Rebekah Couper, Chris Cozzi, Marshé Craine, Samantha Crosthwaite, Poet DeHart, Vanessa Delacruz, Chris Dills, Karen Donathan, Rai Downey, Hannah Dyer, Torrey Eldridge, Jeremiah Ferguson, Ben Flood, Lucas Gerlach, Harry Geyer, Paula Geyer, Katie Goodman, Heather Green, Boyd Grimshaw, Sheri Groves, Christie Heaphy, Erin Howard, Sean Inman, Jon Jackson, Kelly Johnson, Brandon Kersey, Niklaus Kliman, Erin Lassen, Megan Lee, Kevin Lessard, Elizabeth Levitt, Stephen Levitt, Christie Long, Steven Lundstrom, Jessica MacBeath, Rachael Mackowich, Laura Madera, Mike Mahoney, Matt Martino, Marquel McCauley, Jennifer McCord, Stephanie McCormac, Stephen McCoy, Zack Mendelson, Randy Meyer, Ryan Meyer, April Miller, Machelle Miller, Andy Mills, Ryan Mitchell, Mike Morello, Patrick Nava, Chris Neves, Nick Neves, John Packer, C. Shea Past, Marcela Patino, Dawn Patterson, James Penner, Isaiah Pierce, Robyn Powell, Adam Pruitt, Chantal Rapp, Michelle Reeder, Amber Reese, Naomi Regalado, Katie Robertson, Michael Robison, Judi Rought, Amy Schneck, Nicole Scollard, Lacey Scott, Rhonda Serr, Wes Sheaffer, Cathy Sherman, Stephanie Sherman, Amber Shuey, Trent Shuey, Kelly Shurley, Jason Silverhardt, Eric Tinajero, Jennifer Todd, Jessica Troup, Mike Vidal, Abby Walkington, Jonathan Walkington, David Wallace, Jarod Weaver, Jeaneen Welsh, Amberina Wilson, Chris Wood, Martha Wood, Chris Wright, David Wright and JoAnn Yeager; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the pride and enthusiasm demonstrated by this extraordinary group of young people and their director serves as an inspiration to all residents of the State of Nevada; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the Senate prepare and transmit a copy of this resolution to the Director of Procter R. Hug High School Marching Band, Gerald Willis.
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Channelling the Italian philosophy to always look your best (be it via a dramatic dab of scarlet lipstick, or a slick sweep of the palest pink), this bellissima edition of our signature tutorial series with Kay Montano celebrates letting loose, the luxurious way.
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As the forty second anniversary of the abominable days of the two-phased Turkish invasion (20 July – 16 August 1974) of Cyprus is only a breath away it is our duty to recall the long lasting wounds effected on the island courtesy of … the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) Attila I and Attila II operation. It is important to remember historical facts that bear a direct impact on today's political events; for thus we draw conclusions and guard ourselves.
As these lines are dawn the TAF are pounding Kurdish civilian areas in Turkey itself in an apparent effort to deny the right of existence to an entire people: the stateless Kurdish nation.
International peace is built upon respect of norms: charters, conventions, treaties that constitute international law. Respect of international law forms the sound foundation for peace, respect and tolerance between nations. Make no mistake: Turkey resigned to any title and right to the island of Cyprus by the Treaty of Lausanne (1923, Articles 20-21). Ankara has not respected the Treaty. Aided and abetted by Great Britain in the mid-fifties (London Conference 1955) Turkey has ever since re-entered forcefully the Cyprus frame. The core of the Cyprus problem is the denial of the unadulterated implementation of the right of self-determination of the people of Cyprus at the end of World War II, which would have meant the cession of the island to Greece in accordance with the crystal clear political will of the majority of Cypriots. (For a detailed account see the author's book: Cyprus: The Struggle for Self-Determination in the 1940s, Peter Lang, Frankfurt, 2002). The solution of vassal state independence struck Zurich and finalized in London (February 1959) did nothing more than to exacerbate the feeling of injustice and frustration among the Greek majority on the island forming eighty per cent of the Cypriot population. More so, if it is taken into account that the Cypriots were, however indirectly, promised Enosis at the end of the anti-Nazi war effort. The Greeks of Cyprus fought heroically within the ranks of the British Imperial Army. Ten per cent of the Cypriot population were involved in the war effort. Naturally, the Cypriot war veterans felt bitterly betrayed as London refused to proceed with the cession of their island to mother country Greece. Some of them rebelled while in duty service (see above book).
The constitutional order established in the stillborn Republic of Cyprus was a recipe for disaster: the prerogatives granted to the small Turkish minority were such that rekindled the deep rooted Greek Cypriot majority feeling of injustice. The Greeks offered tombs of sacrifices in the defeat of Nazism and in the consequent armed campaign for Enosis (1955-58), only to be denied their inalienable UN Charter endorsed right of self-determination! Makarios had little other option than propose through a political process the amendment of the unworkable constitution. The Turkish answer was the insurgency, the arming of Turkish Cypriot militants by Ankara and their hot headed drive for geographical segregation. When the freshly formed Greek National Guard engaged in self-defence purging operations to protect the Greek civilians from the indiscriminate attacks of Turkish Cypriot militants Ankara answered sending its Air Force dropping napalm bombs on Greek villages (August 1964).
Incidentally, let us make no mistake: the only time napalm bombs were used in the annals of modern military history before the TAF dropped them in Tylliria Cyprus, was by the US Air Force in their effort to eliminate the Greek Communist guerillas (Aug 1949). Ironically, it looks fatal for the Greeks to be on the side of the winners in both World Wars only to be … 'awarded' the extensive destruction and loss of innocent human life caused by the impact of napalm and other cluster bombs on the population dropped by their Allies (remember also RAF's notorious pounding of the poor neighbourhoods of Athens in the early stages of the Greek civil war: December 1944: a direct consequence of Winston Churchill's order to the British military commander to rule Athens as an occupied city)!
37% of the total area of the island occupied in a country where 83% of private land is Greek owned.
What sort of logic is that? Is that part of a new policy of appeasement of Recep Tayyip Erdogan? Are we standing here in this 3000 year old Greek island just to appease the neo-Sultan lest he unleashes an unprecedented and ferocity blitzkrieg on the remaining Greeks of Cyprus?


This sums up what seems to be Charles Kadushin's (2012) view on the notion that "the entire world is connected as a network" (p. 44) – that, while this is a valid and intuitive rationale, it's just not a practical way of looking at networks through an analytical, scientific lens. Through the readings, it seemed to me that the only reason this more holistic perspective is not seen as "practical" is because it would be difficult to adequately or realistically measure. To accommodate the desire for analysis and measurement seems to demand a simplistic view on networks and the members that make them up. The rule that "a person can be a member of only one clique" (p. 47) is a very binary approach, leaving no room for the peculiarities of everyday life. However, I get the dilemma – a complete network would be too unwieldy to analyze and, therefore, "cutting up large networks into separate non-overlapping pieces for analysis is very useful for statistical analysis" (p. 48). But aren't we missing out on major chunks of information if we choose to only analyze what can easily be defined? It creates a result, I guess.
This blog is, for now, a placeholder for my perceptions and reflections on the readings undertaken in my current grad studies class – Using & Managing Communications Networks. Comment, critique, share!


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Electronic media are media that use electronics or electromechanical audience to access the content.
A multiplex is a movie theater complex with multiple screens within a single complex. They are usually housed in a specially designed building.
FM broadcasting is a method of radio broadcasting using frequency modulation (FM) technology. (11:14:14 AM) FM broadcasting is capable of better sound quality than AM broadcasting, the chief competing radio broadcasting technology, so it is used for most music broadcasts.


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Q: Exchange 2010 multidomain I have 1 exchange server and I am using multiple domains on it. I want to separate each domain user.
The MS Exchange and Active Directory domain is  example.com and I have added another accepted domain example.org.
When I create a user mailbox on example.com then user should only be able to login using username@example.com but my problem is that a user on example.com can also login using domain example.org i.e. user1@example.org can login using both user1@example.org and user1@example.com. when I create a mailbox using UPN suffix example.org, then the user should only be able to signin using username@example.org.
user1@example.org is still accepting mails which user sents to user1@example.com although I have removed the smtp address. How to fix this?

A: This can be done, but you have a lot of reading ahead of you.  You're probably going to need to reinstall exchange, and setup a new active directory forest.
You don't mention what service pack you are using.  In SP1 there was the /hosting mode which enabled multi tenant mode.  This was quickly depreciated and no longer recommended.  It still exists in SP2, but is not recommended for new installs.
There are several different guides for setting up Exchange 2010 SP2 for multiple tenants.  It's not nearly as simple as setting up regular exchange, but it can be done.
If you don't want to do ALL the work yourself, Microsoft also lists some validated third party solutions that help manage exchange for multiple tenants.


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The 2014 NCTA Denver Conference is quickly approaching. Scheduled for September 3-6 this year, this is the perfect opportunity to expand your knowledge of fair and objective testing procedures while interacting with others instructors from across the nation.
This year's National College Testing Association Mining for Success Keynote Speaker is Jack Buckley. Buckley serves as the head of College Board's research department and had an important role in redesigning the SAT.
A number of sponsor workshops, including sessions with Castle Worldwide, ProctorU, and Scantron will also be offered.
Denver Marriott City Center will serve as the official conference hotel, with rooms priced at $145 per night, plus taxes.
You can register on the day of the conference for a total of $280 per NCTA member, or $330 per non-member.
Registration will be held from 2:00 – 6:00 pm on September 2nd, with the 2014 NCTA Denver Conference officially commencing at 8:00 am the next morning.
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CRAMPTON, Robert (Bob). April 11, 1940 – June 15, 2013. Survived by his wife Nina, daughter Christine, son Blair (Diane), daughter-in-law Sabine and his beloved grandkids, Mason, Miranda, and Haydon. Predeceased by son Jay.


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Apple's squid emoji has been anatomically incorrect for years, Monterey Bay Aquarium points out
If Apple can quickly change a bagel emoji, maybe it can get this fixed, too.
By Leif Johnson
Contributing Writer, Macworld	 Dec 5, 2018 8:13 am PST
dmasaoka@idgcommunications.com
Apple recently changed its bagel emoji in response to criticisms that it didn't look delicious enough, and soon we may see it revise its squid emoji in order to make it more anatomically correct. Earlier on Wednesday, the Twitter account of the Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey, California produced a series of tweets explaining the inaccuracy alongside a photo of a real squid.
The issue lies with the squid emoji's siphon—a valve that lets a squid breathe and release waste. You'll find this valve on the underside of a squid in real life, but in Apple's emoji it looks like a "weirdo nose," to use the aquarium's tweeted words. The aquarium also said that this means the emoji is effectively "upside down."
The Monterey Bay Aquarium has known about this error ever since the squid emoji first appeared on iPhones since December of 2016, but didn't bother bringing it up.
"I first noticed the error when the emoji came out, but we had some pressing ocean issues prioritized ahead of it," a member of the aquarium's social media team told me in a Twitter direct message. "This morning though, a meme template with a penchant for biologically accurate emoji asked to use our Twitter feed for a quick PSA, and we obliged."
Something like this happens often. The Monterey Bay Aquarium has amassed a following of more than 151,000 people partly thanks to its habit of repurposing trendy memes in order to educate followers about ocean life, and this was but another example of that practice. Considering that this inaccuracy survived for two years without most users noticing, it's rather clear there needs to be more awareness.
Plenty of other accounts try to harness the viral potential of memes in this way, but few manage to pull it off with such effectiveness and charm. Last week, for instance, the aquarium garnered over 27,000 faves by harnessing the seemingly unrelated "Ladies, if he…" meme to explain how porpoise teeth differ from those of dolphins.
It's hard to say if Apple will change the emoji in response. We've seen how quickly it took action with the bagel, after all, although—more to the point—the Cupertino company still hasn't altered the octopus emoji to make it look as though it has eight appendages rather than four.
All things considered, we'd say an anatomically incorrect squid warrants a change more than a bagel without cream cheese.
Leif is a San Francisco-based tech journalist. He's a big fan of fantasy RPGs, and you can find his previous work on IGN, Rolling Stone, VICE, PC Gamer, Playboy, Mac|Life, TechRadar, and numerous other publications.


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The LS6100 is the first dual-frequency sonar range Furuno. Equipped with a new black and white display specially designed for outdoor use, you will be surprised by its quality display.
The dual frequency synthesizers 50 and 200 kHz associated with an output power of 300 watts rms offer comfort detection in small and large funds.
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