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Baltimore Sun: 16-year-old held without bail in death of Crofton boy, 14
By LeesburgSkinFan
June 2, 2009 in The Tailgate
LeesburgSkinFan
He was the son of a police officer...I wonder if that had anything to do with this:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/annearundel/bal-crofton0601,0,4056611.story
16-year-old held without bail in death of Crofton boy, 14
By Andrea F. Siegel and Nicole Fuller | andrea.siegel@baltsun.com and nicole.fuller@baltsun.com
2:26 PM EDT, June 1, 2009
An Anne Arundel County judge on Monday ordered a teenager held without bail in the death of a 14-year-old Crofton boy, who a witness says fell off his bike after being beaten up Saturday.
Christopher David Jones of the 2400 block of Old Mystic Court died Saturday after he was found injured about 4:15 p.m. at Nantucket Drive and Wellfleet Lane in Crofton, about a half-mile from his home.
District Court Judge Thomas Pryal ordered that Javel M. George, 16, who is charged as an adult with manslaughter, second-degree assault and reckless endangerment, be held without bail.
Another suspect -- a 14-year-old boy -- has been charged with the same offenses as a juvenile and is being held at Cheltenham Juvenile Facility.
Police received multiple 911 calls about an injured boy in the street. Several witnesses had followed the assailants, who are accused of punching Christopher's head and face, and provided physical descriptions of the suspects. At least one person gave an eyewitness statement.
"The eyewitness states that after both of the suspects struck the victim, the victim tried to flee the area on his bicycle, pedaling a very short distance, eventually falling to the ground, striking his head," documents say.
After the suspects were located and brought in for questioning, both admitted to striking Christopher's head and face with their fists before he fell, the documents say.
Christopher, a freshman at South River High School, had transferred to the school in late April from Arundel High School.
"It was not a school-imposed transfer," said Bob Mosier, a school system spokesman. "I don't know if they moved. I don't know the reason."
George, 16, is a freshman at Arundel High School. It was not immediately clear which school the 14-year-old attends.
Mosier said he was unsure if the students knew one another and could not comment on whether any of them had previous discipline issues, citing student privacy laws.
"We're working with the police to establish any ties that may have existed between all these people," Mosier said. Monday morning, at both of the high schools touched by the tragedy, there was an "additional presence" of police, Mosier said, to "get the school day off to a positive start."
Mosier said grief counselors had been dispatched to both schools to talk to students and teachers. He said a "sizable" number of students and teachers had taken advantage of the service At Arundel High, while the number at South River was smaller.
"They'll be there as long as they're needed, talking them through their feelings, dealing with their grief and pain," Mosier said.
Mosier said the schools are sending home notes to parents and guardians with students so that they can "cope with their feelings and process and relay any feelings."
Edward R. Reilly, chairman of the Anne Arundel County Council and a Crofton resident, called the situation "heartbreaking."
"Crofton is susceptible to the ills of society just like any other area," Reilly said, listing several crimes that have occurred over the years in the middle-class suburban community. "I've lived in Crofton for 32 years and would never change where I live. I just hope and pray that people find a way to respect each other and their neighbors. What happened is just absolutely horrible."
Reilly added, "Families need to work hard at providing a good environment, and good values and good friends for their kids. I don't know these families, but my heart goes out to them something awful."
ccsl2
Fixed that for you.
It is sad...some kids just don't understand the value of life.
KingGibbs
I read about this yesterday and it made me pretty angry. Nothing like a group of cowards beating up on a poor innocent kid. A least the 16 year old will be charged as an adult and I hope the little **** get's sodomized over and over in prison. No bleeding hearts need apply to this thread like the one that involved the pharmacist "murdering" a would be robber and possible murderer.
willmb5
Didn't read the whole thing....Did the 14 year old die from the beating he took, or or did he die from striking his head when he fell off the bike as he fled the scene? I'd say that makes a pretty big difference in the case. Either way, very tragic.
G.A.C.O.L.B.
Someone got picked on as a teen.
Teenagers fight and sometimes really bad things happen. The fact that the teens are being charged with manslaughter and not murder says a lot to me. And it doesn't say anything about these two kids picking some random kid off the street and attacking him. Maybe you read a different article with more information. I don't know.
It doesn't diminish the tragedy of a family burying their teen son though and the other kids will be punished accordingly.
The Sir
Same thing I was thinking. If that's the case, I don't think it's any different than someone getting in a fight, fleeing in their car, and getting in a car crash and dying.
bch89
On the news they said the attackers were regulars in the gang community. Are there really gangs in Anne Arundel County? I have cousins who live there and go to Arundel and it doesn't seem like 'gang-like' behavior is occuring there, nonethless, having 'gangs' that are prevalent in the communities there. Feel free to correct me.
It truly is a tragedy and my thoughts and prayers go out to the victim and his family/friends.
If you were listening to 101.1 you'd know that yes, these kids were picking people at random. Someone elses child was beat up by these same kids, randomly. They were trying to make a name for themselves as a "gang." Unlikely you'd get that information if you were not listening in though.
Burgundy Burner
A sixteen year old freshman? That says a lot already.
mbws
If they hit him in the head to the point where he was disoriented, and lost his balance because of it, it's different.
Slacky McSlackAss
One problem I've noticed is a lot of younger kids hanging out with older kids. When I was coming up, we were all within 1 year of each other. Now you have 14 and 15 year olds that routinely hang out with 17 and 18 year olds.
So were they commiting the acts as part of a 'gang initiation' or did they just want the title of being a gang? (As in no relationship with MS-13/Bloods/Crips/etc.)
That's true but you can still hang out with kids older than you and not resolve to commiting acts of violence. I would often be around kids that were 2-3 years older than me, especially now, and it did not cause me to go around beating random kids senseless or anything of that nature.
I noticed the same thing.


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model.A <- brm(distance ~ time + (1|sid), data = r01,
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Baber et al. (1987), Ward et al. (1994)
Audit quality Quality studies usually rely on evidence from monitoring programs.
National: Existing studies use GAO or PCIE data, but we are not aware of current availability of such data.
State: Various state programs for addressing local government audit quality Copley and Doucet (1993), Brown and Raghunandan (1995)
Deis and Giroux (1992),
O'Keefe et al. (1994)
Single audit Research has examined the relationship between Single Audit variables and audit fees, but little research has been performed on Single Audit outcomes. Data is available from the Federal Audit Clearinghouse at http://www.census.gov/econ/overview/go1400.html
Auditor decisions Comparatively little research has been performed in this area, usually emphasizing materiality judgments. Research approach usually requires human subjects or data extracted from work papers. Berry et al. (1987)
Listed papers are meant only to serve as examples and are not intended to be inclusive. Please accept our apologies for any significant research not cited.
Related constructs include concepts such as auditor choice and audit delay. These dependent variables are often analyzed using simultaneous equations addressing other constructs such as audit quality.
B. Financial:
Topic Sources and Comments Examples
Disclosure Studies relate disclosure to regulation and other incentives.
Sources include participation in the Certificate of Excellence (COE) program and disclosure indices constructed from financial reports. The Government Finance Officers Association (Chicago), http://www.gfoa.org/ has information (no charge) concerning COE participation. Evans and Patton (1983), Copley (1991), Ingram and DeJong (1987)
Gore (2000)
Financial data Studies examine the effect of financial information on creditor and voter decisions, and trends in financial data.
Sources include Census Bureau County and City Data Book and Survey of Government: Annual Financial Statistics. Some of this data is now available on Cd-rom and also from the U.S. Bureau of census website http://www.census.gov/ Ingram and Copeland (1981)
Marks and Raman (1985)
Copley and Seay (1999)
Service Efforts The complexity of government accounting and reporting has resulted in calls for more useful information in the form of service efforts and accomplishments, and popular financial reports. Parry et al. (1994)
II. Charitable Organizations, Colleges and Universities, and other Not for Profits
Mary L. Fischer
University of Texas at Tyler
mfischer@mail.uttyl.edu
903.566.7433 Janet S. Greenlee
greenlee@udayton.edu
Karen Taranto
ktaranto@pipeline.com
202.994.1289 William R. Baber
baber@gwu.edu
A. National Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS) 990 database. Information on the databases and how to obtain the data can be found at the following URL: http://nccs.urban.org
Comments: The NCCS does not charge for academic purposes or for nonprofit use. NCCS is a data repository for all charitable organizations, and the database is designed for researchers. The data are reliable, fairly extensive in terms of the number of data items available, and go through error checks by the NCCS staff. The data are available through FTP once permission is granted. The nice thing about the NCCS data is that it is available in many different file formats: SAS, SPSS, MS Access, ASCII, and Excel. They are currently working on a project where 990s will be scanned and immediately converted to SAS format data files. This will allow up-to-the-minute data availability. It is anticipated that this feature will become available over the next few months.
B. Philanthropic Research, Inc. (Guidestar). Also publishes 990 data for all not-for-profits, private colleges and universities, accessed on a search form and available in pdf format: http://www.guidestar.org/rxg/products/index.aspx.
Comments: The Guidestar pdf forms are available free of charge on the Internet. They are simply scanned images of the actual 990 tax form. They do, however, offer data in other forms at a charge. The website is user friendly, data appears reliable, and data can be obtained using the name of the organization.
C. The Federal Audit Clearing House for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Provides data on Circular A-133 audit reports for nonprofits receiving significant federal funding and can be accessed at: http://harvester.census.gov/sac/dissem/accessoptions.html. Extensive audit data is available from approximately 1998 onwards till 2001. The data source / files are however, voluminous and need extensive editing and cleaning.
D. National Association for College and University Business Officers (NACUBO). The website for this organization http://www.nacubo.org/ has linkages for financial information for Colleges and Public Universities. NACUBO also sells at nominal charge a dataset on two-year schools, the data going back up to 25 years. In addition NACUBO also sells data relating to endowments. This data is proprietary and information is "blind," i.e., it may not be possible to identify the organization for which the data pertains to.
E. The U.S. Department of Education — National Center for Educational Statistics. This center collects data from the Integrated Post-Secondary Educational Statistics (IPED) forms. The data while permitting downloads into EXCEL, is however not very user friendly.
III. Federal Government
James M. Patton
jpatton@katz.pitt.edu
The following websites contain information relating to Federal Government Accounts and Finances.
A. http://www.firstgov.gov/ (a broad-based portal to federal and other government data)
B. http://www.fasab.gov/ (the FASAB homepage)
C. http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/financial (Office of Management and Budget)
D. http://www.gao.gov/ (the general accounting office)
E. http://www.treasury.gov/ (the US department of treasury); Treasury also prepares the Consolidated Financial Report of the US Government
F. http://www.cbo.gov/ (the congressional budget office)
Experience with getting hard copies of federal agency financial reports is not good....most agencies don't print very many copies.
IV. Healthcare
Dana A. Forgione
The University of Texas at San Antonio
dana.forgione@utsa.edu
210.458.6319 Kathryn J. Jervis
Kjervis@rwu.edu
A. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) "Health Data 2002." The website is: http://www.oecd.org/.
Comments: Format is CD-ROM that comes out annually . Contains more than 1,000 variables on 29 countries around the world. The variables include a wide variety of financial information and several alternative monetary conversion indexes dating from 1960-2001. The data is very high quality, probably among the best available in the world. The more recent years tend to have more complete data coverage than the older years.
The cost is about $200 per year.
B. Medicare http://www.cms.gov/
Comments: Voluminous data useful for healthcare research. The data includes detailed hospital cost report information, including financial statements, for 5,500+ hospitals. There is also data for at least 80,000 other providers, a large (masked) physician database, a large (masked) beneficiary database, a hospital case mix index file, and more. Costs range from free downloads, to a few dollars for a floppy disk or CD-ROM, to more than $1,000 for tapes, depending on the size of the database. The early years tended to have frequent data errors.
C. The World Health Organization (WHO): http://www.who.org/
Comments: Broad based data for health policy analysis in their Statistical Information System (WHOSIS). It offers a guide to health and health-related epidemiological and statistical information available from the WHO and provides links to many other major data sources. Most WHO technical programs make statistical information available that are linked from the website at: www.who.org. Cost, quality or format of the data available from this, or linked, sources is however, not known to the contact persons at this point.
D. National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO) http://www.nahdo.org/.
Comments: This is the single most comprehensive source for healthcare databases. This organization can link users to hundreds of healthcare data sources, including governmental, Nonprofit and proprietary sources.
E. National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/hus/01husdes.htm
Comments: Data available in Excel spreadsheet or Adobe Acrobat format. No charge. Contains national trends in health statistics on such topics as birth and death rates, infant mortality, life expectancy, risk factors, health personnel and facilities, financing of health care, health insurance and managed care, and other health topics.
F. State Health Information
California Office of Statewide health Planning and Development http://www.oshpd.gov
Data available in Excel spreadsheet or Adobe Acrobat format. No charge. Contains hospital and other medical facilities annual disclosure reports
Texas Department of Health http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/
Data available in Excel spreadsheet or Adobe Acrobat format. No charge. Annual survey of hospitals, hospital financial data, utilization data, and much more.
Virginia health Information http://www.vhi.org/
Data available in Excel spreadsheet or Adobe Acrobat format. Low cost for financial and administrative data (about $100). Other data such as inpatient level discharge, hospital and nursing facility cost and utilization, and facility demographic databases are available free.
V. Municipal Bonds / Public Finance
Jacqueline L. Reck
jreck@coba.usf.edu
813.974.6721 Jayaraman Vijayakumar
jvijayak@vcu.edu
A. Thomson Financial TM3 Website: http://www.tm3.com/. Thomson Financial Municipals Group, P.O. Box 95968, Chicago, IL 60694 (however, I would make contact through the Internet Website - http://www.tm3.com. They will allow a free trial.)
Comments: $150 - $200 per month (this was negotiable). Provides new issue information for municipal bonds. Data extend from the current period back at least 10 years. Information is provided on issuer, type of debt issue, underwriter, interest cost, insurance, size of issue, number of bidders, size of the issuer, call provision. Some cusip availability.
There are only crude search mechanisms, which allow for the researcher to narrow times and type of offering for which the search is being conducted. Greater data availability occurs for more recent issues. Older issues do not have the same number of data fields available.
B. Bloomberg's Wire Service http://www.bloomberg.com/
Comments: Very expensive! $1,000–$1,200 per month (est.). This allows you to look for a specific municipal issue. It will provide CUSIPs for government bonds. It also provides some of the same information as TM3. This was so expensive, however, many brokers or financial service firms have this wire. Search is somewhat cumbersome. You must buy the full service, they won't sell just a portion related to bonds (or at least they wouldn't).
C. U.S. Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/
Comments: Free. Pdf files. Provides financial data for states, counties (over 200,000 population) and municipalities (over 100,000 population). Currently data are available for 1991–1999. This is the census data that has been used in prior government research. Pdf files require manual data collection.
D. SDC Platinum Municipal New Issues Data base. Available from Thomson Financial Services.
Comments: Expensive. Will cost about $5000–6000 for one year subscription. However, if the university already subscribes to some other SDC data base, then municipal database is only about $1000–1500. Data for the last 15 years at least is fairly comprehensive. Lists practically every new municipal bond issue during this period and provides issue, market, and some issuer characteristics. However, no accounting data is provided. Easy to use and large volume of data can easily be downloaded fairly quickly. Data may require further cleaning / editing before use. Search features also available.
Sub-committee members / Area of Expertise
Laurence E. Johnson (Colorado State University) and Randal J. Elder (Syracuse University) — Governmental Auditing and Accounting
Mary L. Fischer (University of Texas at Tyler), and Janet S. Greenlee (Dayton University) — Colleges and Universities, Charitable Organizations, and other Not for Profits.*
James M. Patton (University of Pittsburgh) — Federal Government
Dana A. Forgione (The University of Texas at San Antonio) and Kathryn J. Jervis (Roger Williams University) — Health Care / Hospitals
Jacqueline Reck (University of South Florida) and Jayaraman Vijayakumar (Virginia Commonwealth University) — Municipal Bonds and State and Local Government Finance / Accounting (We will also be talking with Gary Gireaux and Earl Wilson about this)
Marc A. Rubin (Miami University) and William R. Baber (George Washington University) — Public Choice / Political Economy
Jayaraman Vijayakumar (Virginia Commonwealth University) and Randal J. Elder (Syracuse University) — All other areas not elsewhere specified
* - Karen Taranto - George Washington University, also provided useful input for this area.
Sub-committee chair / co-chair: Jayaraman Vijayakumar (Virginia Commonwealth University) and Laurence E. Johnson (Colorado State University)
Dear GNP Colleagues,
Thank you for allowing me to serve as your president this year. I look forward to working with all of you and to seeing many of you at the semi-annual meetings. This section consists of members who are not only GNP scholars and educators but also some of the nicest people I know. I fondly remember presenting a paper at my first midyear meeting at Harvard University in 2005. Even though I was new to the group and only a doctoral student at the time, I was warmly welcomed by all. If you are new to the section, I hope that you attend our 2022 midyear meeting and enjoy the same experiences as me and many of our GNP colleagues when first attending our midyear meetings.
2022 Government and Nonprofit Section Midyear Meeting
The 2022 Government and Nonprofit Section Midyear Meeting will be held Friday, March 11-12, 2022 at the Grand Hyatt Washington in Washington, DC.
The meeting will provide an opportunity to:
Network and collaborate with colleagues
Remain current on issues in the GNP area
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Present your research, case or teaching paper
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See old friends in the friendliest section of the AAA
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GASB Gil Crain Grant
Since its formation in 1984, the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) has encouraged academics and other researchers to conduct studies that would be relevant to the GASB's standards-setting activities. Over the past 30 years, such research efforts have resulted in publishing their research in research briefs, journal articles, and occasionally in GASB research reports.
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Meyer's Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament
Heinrich Meyer
Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer (10 January 1800 - 21 June 1873), was a German Protestant divine. He wrote commentaries on the New Testament and published an edition of that book.
Meyer was born in Gotha. He studied theology at Jena, was pastor at Harste, Hoye and Neustadt, and eventually became (1841) pastor, member of the consistory, and superintendent at Hanover.
He is chiefly noted for his valuable Kritischexegetischer Kommentar zum Neuen Testament (16 vols.), which began to appear in 1832, was completed in 1859 with the assistance of Johann Eduard Huther, Friedrich D�ieck and Gottlieb L�n, and has been translated into English. New editions have been undertaken by such scholars as A. B. Ritschl, Bernhard Weiss, Hans Hinrich Wendt, Karl Friedrich, Georg Heinrici, Willibald Beyschlag and Friedrich A. E. Sieffert. The English translation in Clark's series is in 20 volumes (1873-82), and there is an American edition in 11 volumes (1884-88).
Meyer also published an edition of the New Testament, with a translation (1829) and a Latin version of the symbolical books of the Lutheran Church (1830).


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Giles ducks allegations, Electoral Commission refuses probe
Chief Minister Adam Giles has still not confirmed nor denied whether during his 2012 election campaign for Braitling he received campaign donations – worth an estimated $15,000 – which he did not declare to the NT Electoral Commission.
And the Electoral Commissioner, Iain Loganathan, has said he would not take the matter further without, unconditionally, being given a copy of a statutory declaration from a whistleblower upon whom the Alice Springs News Online relied for its report.
The declaration states that Mr Giles was given a 4WD (similar to the one pictured) for two months in the lead-up to the 2012 Assembly election for a total of $400.
We asked a hire car firm what the hire cost for such a vehicle would be in July next year and we were told $7891 for 30 days with an excess for damage of $3500.
According to the whistleblower and other people we have spoken to, who have seen the vehicle used by Mr Giles, it was covered in election texts and images.
The whistleblower is a former staff member of the job and training organisation formerly managed by Mr Giles, Enterprise Management Group, which is now called My Pathway.
He/she had access to invoices and statements, and he/she saw the invoice for the car use by Mr Giles. The invoice had been faxed or emailed from the firm's headoffice in Cairns.
The whistleblower gave the Alice Springs News Online substantial additional information which, if published, would identify him/her.
The whistleblower has offered to collaborate fully with an examination of the matter by the Electoral Commission, and agreed to disclose his/her identity to the commission and to other persons, should that be necessary for the purpose of such an examination.
He/she has accepted that court action – should it come to that – could involve him/her, but the court could possibly grant an application for the name to be suppressed.
The News, which has an obligation to protect its sources, has put to Mr Loganathan that the informant, who works in Alice Springs and is active as a volunteer in a major community group, wants to be protected from victimisation.
Mr Loganathan told us that the issues raised are covered by Part 10 of the Electoral Act. We asked him to point out what stipulation of the Act prevented him from investigating whilst offering partial anonymity.
Mr Loganathan did not respond directly, except to say: "In accordance with the established practise of this office in dealing with disclosure matters, I am unable to provide the requested undertaking."
Greg Stehle, Public Awareness Manager of the commission, told us: "The initial step in dealing with all disclosure complaints is to forward a copy of the complaint to the person whom the allegations have been made against and provide them with an opportunity to respond."
We pointed out that the allegations made in the statutory declaration would be made available to the commission, and – in essence – had in fact already been put to Mr Giles by the News.
We put to Mr Stehle: "It is surely reasonable to offer [the whistleblower] a guarantee of anonymity at least while the matter is initially examined and a decision is made about whether to proceed further."
This was rejected.
We asked Mr Loganathan what difference it would make for people outside the investigation to know the identity of the informant – other than exposing him/her to victimisation.
He did not respond to that.
The whistleblower had contacted the Alice Springs News Online after reading our report about a work for the dole scheme at the Alice Springs Golf Club, and told us the Federally funded job and training industry needs to be reformed.
Posted: October 21, 2014 at 7:45 am ⋅ ⋅ Post a comment
Who cares!!!!!!!!
@ Erwin Chlanda
Yes, I appreciate that the issue is not the receiving but the failing to declare.
The reason the words tempest and teacup spring to mind, and still do even in light of your clarification, is that the strange sub-species of human we know as politicians spend their working lives getting in our faces so they can get in our pockets. This behaviour is common to all stripes of the critter and in all tiers of government.
A perhaps undeclared reduced rate on a motokar for a month or so? So sad. So cheap.
By all means report, investigate and, if possible, nail their sorry carcases to the wall. And as usual your distinctive brand of local investigative reporting has my full respect and support.
Erwin Chlanda
@ Hal Duell, October 21, 2014 at 8:56 am
The issue is not about receiving a donation, it is about an alleged failure to declare a donation which, if proven, carries a maximum penalty of 12 months imprisonment.
It sounds like Chief Minister Adam Giles may or may not have been offered the use of a motokar at reduced rates during the 2012 NT election. If that's the extent of skulduggery unearthed, then "tempest" and "teacup" spring to mind.


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Bystrzyca (niem. Wiesenthal) – wieś w Polsce położona w województwie dolnośląskim, w powiecie lwóweckim, w gminie Wleń, na pograniczu Pogórza Kaczawskiego i Gór Kaczawskich w Sudetach.

Podział administracyjny
W latach 1945–1954 siedziba gminy Bystrzyca. W latach 1975–1998 miejscowość należała administracyjnie do województwa jeleniogórskiego.

Nazwa
W dokumencie z 1217 roku wydanym przez biskupa wrocławskiego Lorenza miejscowość wymieniona jest w zlatynizowanej, staropolskiej formie "Bistric"
Nazwa została zgermanizowana na Wiesenthal i utraciła swoje pierwotne znaczenie.

Przyroda
We wsi rośnie drugi pod względem wieku cis pospolity w Polsce - cis z Bystrzycy.

Zabytki
Do wojewódzkiego rejestru zabytków wpisane są:
 kościół ewangelicki, obecnie rzymskokatolicki filialny pw. Matki Boskiej z Lourdes, z XVI w., 1772 r.
 dwór, obecnie dom nr 31A, Z XVII w., z drugiej połowy XIX w.
 spichrz w dawnym folwarku "Nieder Hof", z drugiej połowy XVIII w.

Przypisy

Bibliografia

 Słownik geografii turystycznej Sudetów, tom 7, Pogórze Kaczawskie, red. Marek Staffa, Wydawnictwo I-BiS, Wrocław 2002,

Linki zewnętrzne
 Gmina Wleń - Historia i Turystyka

Bystrzyca (powiat lwówecki)

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Harrison Ford Reportedly Suffers Broken Ankle
Last week, Harrison Ford was hospitalized after being crushed by a hydraulic door on the set of Star Wars: Episode VII, and now several news outlets, including The New York Post, are reporting that the 71-year-old actor has indeed broken his ankle. According to at least one insider, he has also sustained pelvis injuries.
Disney initially stated that Ford's injury would not affect filming, but it seems unlikely that the production will run smoothly with a hobbled Han Solo. Stay tuned.
Labels: Han Solo, Harrison Ford, Star Wars Episode VII
Harrison Ford Injured on 'Star Wars: Episode VII' Set
Don't let anyone tell you that making movies isn't a dangerous business. Variety reports that Harrison Ford — Han Solo himself — sustained an ankle injury while filming Star Wars: Episode VII at Pinewood Studios in England.
The 71-year-old actor was airlifted to a local hospital after the incident, which The Hollywood Reporter sources claim was caused by the hydraulic door of the Millennium Falcon. In a statement, Disney affirmed that shooting will continue as scheduled while Mr. Ford recovers.
Labels: Disney, Han Solo, Harrison Ford, Star Wars
New 'Sin City' Trailer Full of Neo-Noir Goodness
If you weren't feeling old this week, wrap your head around this: Sin City was released nine years ago. Since then, we've gotten an entire Christopher Nolan Dark Knight trilogy, three Spider-Man films, four X-Men flicks and nine movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. So yeah, comic book movies have come a long way since Robert Rodriguez's adaptation of the iconic Frank Miller comic book series.
The anticipated Sin City sequel, A Dame to Kill for, hits U.S. theaters August 22, and the new trailer for the hard-boiled anthology film shows that Rodriguez and Miller haven't lost their mutual lust for guns, girls, explosions and grit. Lots of grit.
The all-star cast includes such returning Sin City stars as Mickey Rourke, Bruce Willis, Powers Boothe, Jessica Alba and Rosario Dawson, and brings such luminaries as Eva Green, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Josh Brolin — Thanos himself — into the monochromatic fold.
Check out the latest trailer for Sin City: A Dame to Kill for below.
Labels: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez, Sin City
Why the New 'Star Wars: Battlefront' is Essential
With the exception of the pretty-alright The Force Unleashed, released way back in 2008, we've pretty much gone an entire console generation without a decent Star Wars video game. As someone raised on the Super Star Wars series, Rogue Squadron and the X-Wing PC titles, it's mind-boggling to me that a universe tailor-made for interactive battles — whether they be with lightsabers, blasters or starships — could lay mostly dormant in the video game realm for so long. And with the burgeoning popularity of online console multiplayer gaming, it's equally maddening that the Star Wars: Battlefront series has been stagnant for nearly nine years now. I'm an increasingly casual gamer, and I'm constantly in search of pick-up-and play games that don't require a huge time commitment. As such, I've been craving Star Wars: Battlefront III ever since I got an Xbox 360. Unfortunately, that sequel never saw the light of day.
However, following some LucasArts shakeups and Disney's 2012 acquisition of George Lucas' vast multimedia empire, Electronic Arts is now preparing to unleash an all-new Battlefront on the geeky masses in 2015, and this thing already looks amazing based on the E3 trailer released this week. EA's in-house developer Digital Illusions Creative Entertainment (DICE) actually visited the Lucas archives to study film props and models for the game, and even went so far as to visit the films' shooting locations to accurately recreate the frosty landscapes of Hoth and the verdant Forest Moon of Endor for the saga's most memorable battles. Take note: EA's official trailer for Star Wars: Battlefront, embedded below, is prequel free. Fancy that.
Labels: DICE, Electronic Arts, Star Wars Battlefront


GENESEE — Deckerville was too much for Genesee, earning a 62-22 North Central Thumb League Stars win, Friday night.
It was all Eagles from the start, as they led 23-3 after the first quarter.
Addison Williamson turned in a game-high 16 points for Deckerville.
Claire Watson added 14 points and 10 rebounds, while her twin sister Ella filled up the stat line, with 12 points, 14 boards, four steals and three assists.
Morgan Armstead chipped in 10 points.
UP NEXT: Deckerville (7-3, 3-1) is back in action, Monday, when it hosts Capac in a non-conference game.


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River monsters do exist, but they're disappearing
By Sydney Baum-Haines Updated 5 months ago on	 August 27, 2019
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Quick Notes:
Freshwater ecosystems are some of the most threatened in the world
Large freshwater animal populations declined by 88% worldwide between 1970 and 2012, largely because of overfishing and river damming
Megafish just aren't cute enough for the general public or scientists to care about as much as, say, polar bears
There are freshwater conservation success stories that prove these animals can be saved from extinction
Freshwater ecosystems are some of the most threatened on the planet
Have you ever dreamed of seeing a baiji river dolphin? Ever wanted to swim with one just to get a closer look at its odd snout or teeny-tiny eyes? Too bad, because they're probably extinct. But the bad news doesn't stop there: Large freshwater animals, like massive stingrays, giant river otters, and 600-pound catfish, are in trouble all over the world. A recent study has illuminated just how much their populations have suffered at human hands.
While rivers and lakes only cover about 1% of Earth's surface, they're home to one-third of all vertebrates. However, many of these animals are overlooked in popular culture, science, and conservation. They're paying dearly for it.
For example, look at the largest of all freshwater animals: the freshwater megafauna. They all weigh at least 66 pounds (as adults) and spend some part of their lives in rivers and lakes. This includes everything from river dolphins to crocodiles to giant salamanders. Between 1970 and 2012, their numbers around the world decreased by 88%. That's twice as much as land-based and marine ecosystems lost in the same time frame.
Amelia Guo via Wikimedia Commons
Between all the different kinds of freshwater megafauna, megafish are having it the worst. Their numbers declined by 94%. People generally see them as a source of food and not much else, despite the fact that some of these species have been swimming in rivers and lakes for millions of years.
While you couldn't count all the threats to freshwater megafauna on just your hand, two particular threats have done the most damage: overfishing and river damming.
Relentless overfishing has driven megafish to near-extinction, making them more valuable
Megafish are often killed for their meat, skin, and eggs. Take the sturgeon, for example. They are long fish with pointy snouts and have spent 200 million years looking just about the same. They're also the most threatened group of animal species on our planet. For decades, they've been exploited and overfished, especially for their highly coveted eggs.
Caviar — practically a synonym for luxury and wealth — is made of beluga sturgeon eggs. Its popularity has been ushering in the species' decline, because to harvest it, fishermen carve the sturgeon open for her unfertilized eggs.
Since beluga sturgeon are critically endangered, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service banned imports of wild-sourced beluga products in 2005. In fact, many sturgeon species are now legally protected from commercial fishing. However, plenty of them are still illegally caught and the new protection doesn't reverse the havoc that's been wreaked on them in the past.
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In some parts of the world, the rarity of particular megafish makes them all that much more enticing to eat. In Vietnam, some restaurants advertise critically endangered Mekong giant catfish and giant barbs on their menus, despite the fact that they're illegal to sell.
The problem is that people can make a lot of money from selling rare, huge fish and the government isn't enforcing the laws. But it's not just Vietnam's problem; most of these fish are coming from Cambodia, where even their cultural significance as godlike entities can't save them from being sold to support a struggling family.
"Freshwater fish aren't a priority in wildlife conservation circles," Zeb Hogan, a co-author on the recent study and expert on the Mekong River's giant fish, told National Geographic. "They're hard to study, not much is known about them, and there's not as much public empathy and support."
River damming is harming freshwater habitats
There are thousands of dams in rivers all across the world. They're reducing flooding, generating power, and completely interrupting the ecosystems around them.
In fact, dams produce nearly one-fifth of the world's electricity in the form of renewable hydropower. However, they also cut off migration routes for fish (including sturgeon and salmon) and interfere with their access to reproductive and feeding grounds. They change water flow and river temperatures, which can lead to invasive species flourishing in the new environment.
Around 3,700 new dams are in progress or planned for the world's rivers. These will certainly interfere with freshwater ecosystems even further. About 800 of them will be built in "biodiversity hot spots," like the Amazon, Mekong, Ganges, and Congo river basins. These hot spots are locations that are home to a lot of different species compared to the average freshwater ecosystem.
As if these threats weren't damning enough for freshwater animals, they're also facing pollution, climate change, and other forms of habitat degradation.
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The giant catfish's uncharismatic appearance isn't enough to save it from extinction
Many conservation programs are fueled by the public's support for saving adorable animals like the giant panda. Unfortunately for the gaping-mouthed, dead-eyed megafish, they simply aren't cute by society's standards. They also don't make somber, beautiful songs like whales. As a result, freshwater megafish have largely been forgotten by the public. The nearly extinct sturgeons are practically begging, "When will we get the freshwater version of Finding Nemo?" (Although that movie created its own conservation issues.)
For many of these species, it's unclear what role they play in their respective ecosystems. Freshwater species simply aren't studied as much as those living in terrestrial or marine environments. So if knowing an animal's exact ecological function isn't enough to make you care about its demise, consider this: It's an economic problem as well.
People make a living off of these threatened species. A fisherman in Cambodia can (illegally) sell a Mekong giant catfish and make more off that one fish than he'd normally make in a year. But at some point, these animals are going to be gone and that income will be too. The people who depend on these species for their livelihood are going to need alternate means of providing for themselves.
Not everything is doom and gloom; there are success stories
Overall, freshwater megafauna are losing their numbers, but there are a few success stories. For instance, in the same river that Mekong giant catfish are being fished into oblivion, the Irrawaddy river dolphins are making a come back.
The endangered freshwater dolphins live throughout Southeast Asia, in several different rivers, where they're facing habitat loss and inescapable fishing nets meant for other animals. In Cambodia, they once numbered in the thousands until people hunted them to just 100 individuals or fewer.
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So to save their local dolphins, the Cambodian government teamed up with the World Wildlife Fund. Fishermen had been using poisons and dynamite to catch their prey — like they were Wile E. Coyote after the Road Runner — so the government and WWF put a stop to that. They declared a section of the Mekong protected dolphin habitat, banned fishing there, and enforced it with 32 guards.
Plus, since the Irrawaddy dolphin is blessed with a cuter face than the giant catfish, the government and WWF marketed the animal as a tourist attraction.
In the last two years, the Cambodian Irrawaddy dolphin population has increased — by 20 or so dolphins. But they aren't out of the woods yet; a new dam is planned to go in their habitat that could still kill them all. On the bright side, that section of protected river benefits other endangered species that live there.
So far, conservation actions have positively impacted 13 freshwater megafauna species. Along with the Irrawaddy dolphin, the American beaver and green sturgeon populations are increasing. Plus, people reintroduced the Eurasian beaver into regions it used to live in.
But of course, those conservation efforts will only happen for our dear river monsters if people start to care about them as more than just a meal.
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Founded in 1929, the College of Natural Resources educates tomorrow's leaders and professionals working to address global challenges in natural resources management, sustainable manufacturing, and healthy and resilient communities. Award-winning faculty and staff work side-by-side with students to generate new knowledge and technology, leverage interdisciplinary partnerships, and strengthen both industries and communities. The College maintains a tradition of excellence in education, research, and extension and outreach, and aims to build on NC State's land-grant mission of creating economic, social and intellectual prosperity.
The College's 235 faculty and staff educate approximately 1,500 undergraduate and 435 graduate students per year in three academic departments: Forest Biomaterials; Forestry and Environmental Resources; and Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management. The Center for Geospatial Analytics also administers graduate programs. Overall, the College offers 10bachelor's degrees, 10 master's degrees, four distance education master's degrees and four doctoral degrees.
The College is a close-knit diverse and inclusive community where students enjoy reduced class size and direct access to faculty and staff support from application to graduation. Faculty and staff work to ensure that all graduates leave campus career ready. 100 percent of students in the College graduate with hands-on experience through internships, co-ops, in-the-field summer programs, or study abroad.
The College's outreach, extension and continuing education programs and. services spread knowledge throughout the state and the nation. Distance education, certificate programs, workshops and short courses are delivered to thousands of professionals each year. Because of these efforts, more than 100 county extension agents funnel forestry and tourism programming and resources to the communities that need them.
The interdisciplinary Coastal Resilience and Sustainability Initiative at NC State is bringing together faculty from all ten academic colleges to do engaged work to address the challenges of climate change, resilience, and sustainability in the coastal zone. You can learn more about the Coastal Resilience and Sustainability Initiative here: https://www.coastalresilience.ncsu.edu/.
The world is unprepared for the challenge of climate change, and in many ways, North Carolina is at the epicenter of this challenge. NC State University has internationally recognized expertise in the natural sciences, social sciences, engineering and technology, and a long and vibrant history of sustained engagement with communities, businesses, and policy-makers at all levels. Working together, NC State has an unprecedented opportunity to develop a clearer understanding of the forces that are reshaping our state and our world, and to create solutions to address them.
Six thematic areas are currently the focus of activities: (1) sustainable agriculture, forestry and natural resource-based economies, (2) water quantity and quality in the coastal zone, (3) sustainable energy and innovations in technology, (4) coupled human and natural systems, (5) mutually beneficial engagement that emphasizes social equity, and (6) education at NC State and beyond.
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NC State invites applications and nominations for the position of Goodnight Distinguished Professor of Coastal Resilience and Sustainability in the College of Natural Resources, and Director of the campus-wide Coastal Resilience and Sustainability Initiative. The university seeks a visionary leader and interdisciplinary scholar with demonstrated success and impact, who is internationally recognized as one of the best in the growing areas of resilience or sustainability science.
The Position:
The Goodnight Distinguished Professor and Director of the Coastal Resilience and Sustainability Initiative must be an experienced, innovative, creative and collaborative leader who has excelled in engaged, interdisciplinary and convergent team research to address the grand challenges of climate change mitigation and adaptation in the coastal plain. The successful candidate will have an exemplary record of working across disciplinary boundaries, thinking holistically about socio-ecological systems, and building successful teams that have included faculty and external partners in a variety of sponsored research endeavors.
The Goodnight Distinguished Professor will be appointed in one of the three departments of the College of Natural Resources (whichever is most appropriate to their background), but will be expected to engage with faculty across the campus to lead and conduct problem oriented, interdisciplinary and engaged research. The Director of the Coastal Resilience and Sustainability Initiative reports to the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, and these duties constitute 50% of the appointment.
The Goodnight Distinguished Professor will have the following responsibilities: Teach one course per year in area of focus that enhances the curricula of the College of Natural Resources;Advise and mentor graduate students and postdoctoral fellow towards successful careers, as evidenced by publication of jointly authored research articles in peer-reviewed journals and other products;Build and maintain an internationally competitive sponsored research program to support your endeavors; Be an active presence in the department, college, university, and appropriate professional communities;
The Director of the Coastal Resilience and Sustainability Initiative has the following responsibilities: Provide strong leadership and strategic direction for the Coastal Resilience and Sustainability Initiative, which currently includes over 200 faculty from all 10 Colleges at NC State; Foster and facilitate high-impact interdisciplinary collaboration across the University and with other academic institutions in the region and beyond;Build relationships and partnerships with public and private entities outside the University, including the State of NC, the communities of eastern NC, businesses, agricultural, forestry, and other natural resource constituencies, and not-for-profit organizations; Regularly meet and collaborate with partners and stakeholders to identify needs and follows up on progress towards agreed-upon goals and projects;Lead and support the development of sponsored research proposals that elevate the reputation of the University and contribute to solutions of the grand challenges of climate change, coastal resilience and sustainability.
Other Responsibilities
In addition to teaching responsibilities, 50% of your time will be dedicated to responsibilities as Coordinator of Coastal Resilience and Sustainability as directed by the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost.
Minimum Education and Experience
A terminal degree in their field and qualifications for appointment as a distinguished full professor with tenure in at least one of the departments within the College. A distinguished professor must have achieved recognition and distinction well above the criteria for full professor.
Other Required Qualifications
The successful candidate will possess most, if not all, of the following qualities or experience: A distinguished record in research, teaching, and engagement; as documented by high achievement in all three areas;Ability to play a catalytic role in building the research and engagement portfolio of the campus in Coastal Resilience and Sustainability, as evidenced by a track record of team research as both participant and leader;A talent for, and evidence of working effectively and collaboratively with faculty, university administration, and other constituent groups and partners both within and outside the university; Demonstrated success in community engagement, including co-production of research questions and results that address multiple needs; Outstanding communication skills, including interpersonal, written, verbal, presentation and listening capabilities; A commitment to educating students who enter the university through diverse pathways, fostering a healthy and respectful community, and recruiting and supporting diverse faculty, staff, and students
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Valid NC Driver's License required
Commercial Driver's License required
Job Open Date
Anticipated Close Date
Open until filled.
Candidates should provide a curriculum vitae, cover letter, and the names and contact information of four references, including one from an external partner (these references will not be contacted without your knowledge and approval). The CV should begin with a short narrative statement (no more than one page) that succinctly highlights the novelty, significance and international impact of the achievements that follow, including specific references to high impact articles, significant external grant success, key invited presentations, and substantial engagement with community or other external partners.
Candidates must also include a separate short future-oriented research statement that (1) outlines the work you would undertake as the Goodnight Distinguished Professor, and (2) shares your initial vision of what the Coastal Resilience and Sustainability Initiative could grow to become under your leadership.
Finally, include a short statement that documents your commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), articulating what these concepts mean to you, and how you have encouraged or promoted DEI in your professional career. Please upload as other document (1).
Confidential review of applications will begin on December 1, 2021 and will continue until until the position is filled. General inquiries and nominations can be sent directly to NC State Executive Search Services: Frank Barragan, at (919) 515-4365 or [email protected] or Justin Lang, at (919) 513-1963 or [email protected] ncsu.edu
Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty
Full Time Equivalent (FTE) (1.0 = 40 hours/week)
9 Month Recurring
Mandatory Designation – Adverse Weather
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Is this position partially or fully funded on ARRA stimulus monies?
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NC State University is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, genetic information, status as an individual with a disability, or status as a protected veteran.
If you have general questions about the application process, you may contact Human Resources at (919) 515-2135 or [email protected] Individuals with disabilities requiring disability-related accommodations in the application and interview process, please call 919-515-3148.
Final candidates are subject to criminal & sex offender background checks. Some vacancies also require credit or motor vehicle checks. Degree(s) must be obtained prior to start date in order to meet qualifications and receive credit.
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Process for Recommending Uniform or Model Tax Statutes and Regulations
Promoting uniformity or compatibility in significant components of state tax systems is one of the four expressed purposes of the Multistate Tax Compact. (See Compact Art. I.) The Commission's Uniformity Committee is the body devoted to this work. The Committee studies aspects of state and local tax systems and develops proposals for increased uniformity and compatibility with a view toward encouraging the simplification and improvement of state and local tax law and administration. (See Compact Art. VI, Sec. 3.) All states may participate in the Uniformity Committee's deliberations and decision-making. States may also observe and provide input or comments on the Committee's work if they choose.
The Committee's Charter describes the process used by the Committee to perform its work. The Committee often studies state tax issues without undertaking the drafting of a model statute or regulation. But when the Committee does decide to draft a model, that work fits into a larger process used by the Commission for recommending such models to the states, which is described below. Note that the Committee's work is done publicly, in accordance with the Commission's Public Participation Policy.
Step One - Initiating a Drafting Project
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Step Two - Drafting a Model
The Uniformity Committee may direct staff or a work group, established for the purpose, to draft a model in accordance with the Committee's policy choices. The drafters will often seek input from states and from the public on the best, most workable approaches.
Step Three - Approving the Draft Model
The Uniformity Committee will determine whether to approve the draft model, with or without changes, and send it to the Executive Committee for its consideration.
Step Four - Consideration by the Executive Committee
The Executive Committee may consider any draft model sent to it by the Uniformity Committee and may take whatever action it deems appropriate. But before any draft model can be approved by the Commission for recommendation to the states, that model must be submitted to a public hearing. Therefore, the Executive Committee will often ask the Executive Director to hold a public hearing before making a final decision on whether to send the model to the Commission for its consideration.
Step Five - Public Hearing
A public hearing on a draft model may be held by the Commission or the Executive Committee or by a hearing officer (or other committee). Notice of at least 30 days must be given for the hearing and comments may be submitted orally or in writing. If the Executive Committee directs a hearing to be held, the report from that hearing must be submitted to the Executive Committee for its consideration. The Executive Committee may then take any action it deems appropriate, including sending the draft model to the Commission with a recommendation that the Commission adopt the model. (See Compact Art. VII and Commission Bylaw 7.)
Step Six - Survey of Compact and Sovereignty Members
Once a draft model is approved by the Executive Committee, but before it can be considered by the Commission, the Compact and Sovereignty Members must be surveyed to determine if a majority of these states would consider adopting the model. If a majority agree, then the Commission will consider approving the draft model for recommendation to the states. (See Compact Art. VII and Commission Bylaw 7.)
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Step Eight - Recommendation to the States
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