Attorney Thomas W. Teixeira started thinking about courthouse
security while sitting in a Norwich courtroom during a recent murder
trial.
Two factions of young people were watching the case,
which involved local residents with colorful street names, and the
tension was palpable. Teixeira wondered how he would escape the
second-floor courtroom if violence erupted.
It was around the
same time that 20 children and six adults were shot and killed by a lone
gunman at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, raising questions
about security in all public buildings.
Teixeira got to thinking
about whether judicial marshals, who carry only a baton and pepper
spray, are adequately equipped to keep the state's courthouses safe.
He
wrote a letter calling on the Judicial Branch to arm at least one
marshal in each state courthouse and to provide training and guns to
those who transport prisoners.
In Hartford, top judicial officials said they were already reviewing existing security policies and procedures.
"Clearly
it was precipitated in large part by the Sandy Hook tragedy," Judge
Patrick L. Carroll III, the state's deputy chief court administrator,
said in a recent phone interview.
Security at the state's 42
courts and 30 other offices has been a priority for Chief Justice Chase
Rodgers since she was sworn in nearly six years ago, according to
Carroll.
"She has said it's the one thing that keeps her awake at night," he said.
That
was before Monday's news reports that a man involved in a custody
dispute walked into the public lobby of a Wilmington, Del., courthouse
and opened fire, killing his ex-wife and one other person. The man
exchanged gunfire with police, then shot himself. According to reports,
the Delaware state court system uses armed police officers, roaming
court bailiffs and a police dog to protect the 12-story courthouse.
Back
in Connecticut, all security measures are on the table for discussion
and review, including arming some of the state's judicial marshals,
Carroll said. The marshals have not had guns since the Judicial Branch
assumed the duties of the high sheriffs in 2000.
"We've talked
about that in the past," Carroll said. "Obviously times change, needs
change, and it's something we are going to consider."
Teixeira
hesitated to call attention to what he considers weaknesses in
courthouse security but said he decided to make his letter public
because he would feel terrible if something happened and he had said
nothing.
"Many want to place an armed officer in every school to
prevent the extremely rare occurrence when a violent, unstable person
approaches or enters a school building," he wrote. "Yet every day across
this state, violent, unstable people line up in numbers to enter our
courthouses. They do so under extreme duress, usually facing dire
consequences and often with their enemies or victims standing just a few
feet away.Have a look at all our custom bobbleheads
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charged with protecting everyone in this most pressure-packed
environment lack the means to protect even themselves."
More
than 7 million people enter state judicial facilities through metal
detectors each year, according to Joseph D. D'Alesio, executive director
of Superior Court operations.Basics, technical terms and advantages and
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The facility entrances also are equipped with X-ray scanners to show
the contents of purses, briefcases and other items. Marshals use
hand-held metal detectors to double-check those who set off the
walk-through units.
Judge Carroll said staffing the courthouse
entryways is perhaps the most important duty that marshals perform. He
said he has been surprised at some of the items - knives and other sharp
objects - that marshals have seized from visitors.
Though courthouses are predominately gun-free,We have become one of the worlds most recognised Ventilation system
brands. there are a few exceptions. The inspectors who work in the
state's attorney's offices are sworn law-enforcement personnel who are
allowed to carry concealed weapons. Police officers in plain clothes can
carry concealed guns into courthouses. Uniformed police can carry guns
into court, and even into a courtroom, with a judge's permission.
Connecticut's
judicial marshals transport an average of 584 prisoners between
courthouses and correctional facilities each day. Teixeira fears the
unarmed judicial marshals would be unable to protect themselves, their
prisoners and the public should something happen on a roadway.
The
marshals also staff courthouse-holding facilities and are stationed
inside courtrooms to maintain order. While Carroll said he would like to
have a marshal stationed in every courtroom, including those where
family and civil cases are heard, there are not enough marshals for
that. Criminal courtrooms, lockup areas and prisoner transportation take
priority, he said.
The Office of Policy and Management
initially recommended that there be 1,080 judicial marshals statewide,
but funded only 920, according to D'Alesio.
"With the budget the
way it is, we feel the optimal number for us is 820," he said. "We're
at 741 right now, including a class in session."
New marshals
complete a 14-week training program covering topics such as management
of aggressive behavior, CPR and crisis intervention, before they are
accredited, D'Alesio said. They all undergo semi-annual training.
Superior
Court Judge Kevin P. McMahon said he would feel better if there were
armed marshals or former police officers in courthouses, provided they
were well-trained.
"Do I think it's urgent? No," he said. "But would we kick ourselves if we didn't do something and something happened? Yes."
McMahon,
who has presided over criminal cases for 20 years, says at some point
in every courtroom he has ever sat in, he has thought, "How would I get
out of here if something happened?"
In 2003, McMahon was
presiding over a sexual assault trial in New London when a frustrated
juror burst into a courtroom and shouted, "Don't shoot! I've got a gun."
People fled the courtroom in panic. Marshals detained the man, who was
not armed, and McMahon declared a mistrial.
So-called "panic
buttons" that summon marshals are placed strategically in courthouses,
but some wonder whether unarmed marshals would be able to respond
appropriately to a shooting.
"If you hear shots fired and you're a marshal, are you going to go running in there to get yourself shot?" McMahon asked.
State
police have jurisdiction over courthouses, and in the event troopers
are not nearby, local departments may be called as backup.
"We
have a good relationship with the Connecticut State Police, and when we
know we have a potentially volatile situation, the chief judicial
marshal will contact them and let them know," Carroll said.
McMahon
said criminals tend to "play the game" in court as they try to get
deals in their cases,Solar Sister is a network of women who sell solar lamp to communities that don't have access to electricity. but occasionally someone acts out.
The
last court-related shooting in Connecticut was in June 2005, when
retired state trooper Michael Bochicchio, in the midst of divorce and
custody proceedings, fatally shot his estranged wife and critically
wounded her lawyer before turning the gun on himself on the top deck of a
Middletown parking garage used by the court.
Closer to home,
another divorce case ended violently in 1984, when Kenneth Spargo of
East Lyme walked into a crowded courtroom in Norwich, pulled a 9 mm
pistol from his coat pocket and fatally shot his estranged wife. He
surrendered at the scene and was sentenced a year later to 20 years in
prison, suspended after 12 years served, and five years probation. A
jury had found that he acted under "extreme emotional distress."
New
London attorney Edward B. O'Connell, representing the victim's estate,
brought a lawsuit against the manufacturer of the court's metal
detector,Don't make another silicone mold without these invaluable Mold Making supplies and accessories! using as evidence Spargo's testimony that he had carried the gun through the metal detector.
2013年2月17日星期日
My new teenager is sweet, smart, lovable - now
Having a freshly minted teenager does feel pretty lucky,
surprisingly. My oldest is the whole package: intelligent, hardworking,
exceptionally kind, artistic, beautiful, athletic and really, really
good at math. All parents say this, but in my case it's the swear-to-God
truth. These amazing traits all come from me, of course. Well, except
for the math ability. Must be a rogue gene.
At one time - 13 years ago, to be exact - the thought of having a teenager in the house would have sent me straight to the computer to Google boarding schools. Teenagers! They're sullen! They're mean! They don't speak! (Is it bad that I was actually kinda rooting for that last one?)
Not so. But before all you parents of hormonal, perpetually grumpy teens start to hate me, allow me to offer some back story. Truth be told, I did, um,Solar Sister is a network of women who sell solar lamp to communities that don't have access to electricity. look into boarding schools when No. 1 was much, much younger. They don't actually take preschoolers, though.
The exceedingly polite, lovable daughter I have today started off as quite the pistol. Ah, the burden of being first.
Napping was not in her vocabulary. She learned to talk early - and sassily. Part of family legend: As a toddler, she yelled at her father, "Don't tell me how to live my life!" She was 2 1/2. His sin: gently suggesting that she might want to reconsider wearing a turtleneck sweater in the middle of summer since it was 120 degrees outside.
Terrible twos indeed. Then came the treacherous threes. I won't tell you what "f" adjective came in front of 4. Hint: It wasn't fabulous.
As mother and daughter, we were oil and water. Eye-rolling and back-talking were so rampant - at 5 and 6 and 7 and 8 - that I started clamping down with penalties, charging quarters for bad behaviors. She breezily told me she didn't care about money. In a brilliant parenting move, I switched to a punishment I knew she'd hate: 10 minutes of backrub for every indiscretion. It worked, and I got the kinks worked out of my neck.
Years ago,Don't make another silicone mold without these invaluable Mold Making supplies and accessories! this mother,We have become one of the worlds most recognised Ventilation system brands. who had two much older children along with a kindergartner, told me that she loved each and every stage, that teenagedom wasn't bad at all. To answer your obvious question,Basics, technical terms and advantages and disadvantages of Laser engraver. no, she did not have alcohol on her breath.
Back then, I thought she was crazy. Now, I see what she means.
I love having these earnest conversations and helping No. 1 navigate life. I marvel at how she's starting to share my interests, like shopping, and that she never holds a grudge, even against someone who may have forgotten to pick her up at school on a few occasions.Have a look at all our custom bobbleheads models starting at 59.90US$ with free proofing. My oldest has blossomed into this incredibly sweet, caring person who worries too much and who's quick to hand-make a heartfelt card for a friend who's sad - or a grumpy, feeling-put-upon mom.
I have this card on my dresser that she made a year ago, proclaiming me amazing. It goes on to spell out why, at great length. The card wasn't even for Mother's Day. It was just because.
Now, I'm not delusional. I know there will be conflicts ahead. But so far, 13's good. Of course, it's only been one day.
Too many commuters are frustrated with the new Jerusalem smart card system for payment on the city’s buses and light rail. The process of placing the cards in the digital reader is time consuming, resulting in lines that exceed anything seen in the old days when one had a ticket punched or simply showed the driver a monthly pass as one walked by. Particularly time consuming is when one wishes to fill one’s card.
Seeking to resolve the situation and improve service, Jerusalem official Kobi Mamalia has given the order to the company contracted to carry out the Geula neighborhood improvement program to run electric lines under the new sidewalks to protrude adjacent to bus stops. The hope is that in the future, after the bus stops are set in place, alongside will be digital smart card readers that will permit filling a smart card outside of the bus, similar to the machines at stops along the Jerusalem light rail route.
Mamalia hopes to have these units placed at bus stops in other areas of the city as well. Behind the plan stands Councilman Shlomo Rubinstein, who explains that in the next phase of the program, he hopes passengers will be able to pay for a ride prior to boarding a bus, which would be a major time save for passengers. This however is also contingent on the approval of the Ministry of Transportation.
At one time - 13 years ago, to be exact - the thought of having a teenager in the house would have sent me straight to the computer to Google boarding schools. Teenagers! They're sullen! They're mean! They don't speak! (Is it bad that I was actually kinda rooting for that last one?)
Not so. But before all you parents of hormonal, perpetually grumpy teens start to hate me, allow me to offer some back story. Truth be told, I did, um,Solar Sister is a network of women who sell solar lamp to communities that don't have access to electricity. look into boarding schools when No. 1 was much, much younger. They don't actually take preschoolers, though.
The exceedingly polite, lovable daughter I have today started off as quite the pistol. Ah, the burden of being first.
Napping was not in her vocabulary. She learned to talk early - and sassily. Part of family legend: As a toddler, she yelled at her father, "Don't tell me how to live my life!" She was 2 1/2. His sin: gently suggesting that she might want to reconsider wearing a turtleneck sweater in the middle of summer since it was 120 degrees outside.
Terrible twos indeed. Then came the treacherous threes. I won't tell you what "f" adjective came in front of 4. Hint: It wasn't fabulous.
As mother and daughter, we were oil and water. Eye-rolling and back-talking were so rampant - at 5 and 6 and 7 and 8 - that I started clamping down with penalties, charging quarters for bad behaviors. She breezily told me she didn't care about money. In a brilliant parenting move, I switched to a punishment I knew she'd hate: 10 minutes of backrub for every indiscretion. It worked, and I got the kinks worked out of my neck.
Years ago,Don't make another silicone mold without these invaluable Mold Making supplies and accessories! this mother,We have become one of the worlds most recognised Ventilation system brands. who had two much older children along with a kindergartner, told me that she loved each and every stage, that teenagedom wasn't bad at all. To answer your obvious question,Basics, technical terms and advantages and disadvantages of Laser engraver. no, she did not have alcohol on her breath.
Back then, I thought she was crazy. Now, I see what she means.
I love having these earnest conversations and helping No. 1 navigate life. I marvel at how she's starting to share my interests, like shopping, and that she never holds a grudge, even against someone who may have forgotten to pick her up at school on a few occasions.Have a look at all our custom bobbleheads models starting at 59.90US$ with free proofing. My oldest has blossomed into this incredibly sweet, caring person who worries too much and who's quick to hand-make a heartfelt card for a friend who's sad - or a grumpy, feeling-put-upon mom.
I have this card on my dresser that she made a year ago, proclaiming me amazing. It goes on to spell out why, at great length. The card wasn't even for Mother's Day. It was just because.
Now, I'm not delusional. I know there will be conflicts ahead. But so far, 13's good. Of course, it's only been one day.
Too many commuters are frustrated with the new Jerusalem smart card system for payment on the city’s buses and light rail. The process of placing the cards in the digital reader is time consuming, resulting in lines that exceed anything seen in the old days when one had a ticket punched or simply showed the driver a monthly pass as one walked by. Particularly time consuming is when one wishes to fill one’s card.
Seeking to resolve the situation and improve service, Jerusalem official Kobi Mamalia has given the order to the company contracted to carry out the Geula neighborhood improvement program to run electric lines under the new sidewalks to protrude adjacent to bus stops. The hope is that in the future, after the bus stops are set in place, alongside will be digital smart card readers that will permit filling a smart card outside of the bus, similar to the machines at stops along the Jerusalem light rail route.
Mamalia hopes to have these units placed at bus stops in other areas of the city as well. Behind the plan stands Councilman Shlomo Rubinstein, who explains that in the next phase of the program, he hopes passengers will be able to pay for a ride prior to boarding a bus, which would be a major time save for passengers. This however is also contingent on the approval of the Ministry of Transportation.
Pembagian E-KTP di Jawa Barat Kacau
Pemerintah daerah di Jawa Barat membagikan kartu tanda penduduk
elektronik (e-KTP) belum lama ini. Namun, pembagian KTP yang berlaku
secara nasional itu bermasalah karena dinilai terlambat, tidak merata,
dan ada yang ditarik biaya.
Padahal Menteri Dalam Negeri Gamawan Fauzi menegaskan, pembuatan dan pengambilan e-KTP tanpa dipungut biaya.
Lilis (30), bukan nama sebenarnya, warga Kampung Pasirtukul, Desa Cileunyi Wetan, Kecamatan Cileunyi, Kabupaten Bandung, mengaku kesal saat pengambilan e-KTP di tempatnya. Untuk mengambil dan mengaktifkan e-KTP itu ia harus mengeluarkan biaya Rp 6.000.
"Waktu membuat saja sudah membayar Rp 3.000. Dan sekarang masih diminta Rp 6.000. Katanya buat e-KTP itu gratis. Di tempat suami saya di Kabupaten Sumedang saja tidak dipungut biaya waktu mengambilnya. Hanya pas membuatnya membayar Rp 2.000," kata Lilis kepada Tribun melalui ponselnya, Minggu (17/2) pagi.
Hal serupa dialami Melisa, juga bukan nama sebenarnya, warga Kecamatan Jatiwangi,We have become one of the worlds most recognised Ventilation system brands. Kabupaten Majalengka. Menurut dia, pengambilan e-KTP tidak gratis walaupun itu memang bukan biaya wajib. "Mereka minta seridonya aja," ujarnya ketika dihubungi Tribun melalui ponselnya, kemarin.
Adiknya, yang lebih dulu mengambil e-KTP, sempat memenuhi permintaan itu meski hanya bernilai Rp 5.Basics, technical terms and advantages and disadvantages of Laser engraver.000. Namun, kata Melisa, permintaan "seridonya" tidak hanya tertuju kepada adiknya,Solar Sister is a network of women who sell solar lamp to communities that don't have access to electricity. tapi hampir ke setiap orang yang mengambil e-KTP.
Uang itu, ucapnya, masuk ke kantong sang pegawai pengurus e-KTP alias bukan biaya administrasi resmi. Ia pun menilai permintaan "seridonya" itu sebagai bentuk pungutan liar. "Mau enggak mau kan pasti orang ngasih," kata Melisa.
Melisa juga mengeluh lantaran pembuatan e-KTP memakan waktu terlalu lama. Melisa memasukkan data e-KTP pada Desember 2011, tapi baru jadi pekan lalu. Itu pun setelah perempuan itu menulis surat pembaca.
"Saya diberi tahu keluarga bahwa e-KTP saya jadi," ujarnya. Keluarganya tahu tentang e-KTP itu melalui pengumuman yang ditempelkan pada tembok-tembok di sekitar tempat tinggalnya.
Ia tak sendirian saat mendaftarkan data-data e-KTP pada akhir tahun 2011,We specializes in rapid plastic injection mould and molding of parts for prototypes and production. tapi bersama keluarga satu rumahnya. Namun, anggota keluarganya yang lain lebih dulu menerima e-KTP. Awalnya, Melisa sabar menunggu, tetapi ia sangat membutuhkan e-KTP ketika KTP reguler yang ia miliki kedaluwarsa.
Perempuan yang bekerja di Bandung itu mengaku, awalnya, untuk mengetahui nasib e-KTP miliknya, ia mengorbankan pekerjaannya untuk datang ke Majalengka. "Saya mencoba konfirmasi ke Kadus (kepala dusun), tapi jawabannya 'yang lain juga banyak yang belum jadi, tunggu aja," kata Melisa.
Kemudian, ia meminta bantuan keluarganya untuk mencari kabar soal e-KTP-nya agar tak banyak meninggalkan pekerjaan. Melisa enggan membuat KTP sementara dan memilih tetap menunggu e-KTP. "Saya tunggu e-KTP karena untuk membuat KTP sementara cukup mahal biayanya," katanya.
Biaya pembuatan KTP sementara itu, kata dia, senilai Rp 40.000. Ia mengetahui angka itu dari adiknya yang ingin membuat KTP sementara.
Di Garut, sejumlah warga mengeluh karena tidak kunjung menerima e-KTP. Padahal, data diri mereka telah direkam untuk pembuatan e-KTP tahun lalu. Sejumlah warga pun mengeluhkan kesalahan peneraan data pada e-KTP yang diterimanya.
Wildan Fadillah (25), warga Kampung Sanding, Kelurahan Muarasanding, Kecamatan Garutkota, mengaku telah melakukan perekaman data e-KTP Oktober 2012. Wildan dijanjikan akan menerima e-KTP pada Desember 2012.
"Tapi sampai Februari ini e-KTP belum saya terima. Padahal, ibu dan kakak saya sudah menerima e-KTP, Januari 2013. Kenapa tidak bareng menerimanya. Padahal difotonya juga bareng," kata Wildan saat ditemui di rumahnya, Rabu (13/2).
Hal itu pun dialami istri Wildan, Mutia Dwi (23), yang masih tercatat sebagai warga Kampung Nagrakkulon, Desa Mangkurakyat, Kecamatan Cilawu. Mutia belum menerima e-KTP miliknya walaupun telah direkam datanya pada April 2012.
"Hampir setahun ya saya belum terima e-KTP. Di keluarga, ibu dan kakak saya yang sudah menerima. Sedangkan saya dan bapak saya belum menerima.Have a look at all our custom bobbleheads models starting at 59.90US$ with free proofing. Kami bikin e-KTP-nya barengan padahal," kata Mutia.
Walaupun kakaknya telah menerima e-KTP, ujarnya, peneraan tanggal lahir kakaknya pada e-KTP salah. Dalam kartu tersebut tertulis kakaknya lahir pada 8 Februari. Padahal, seharusnya 28 Februari. Saat bertanya kepada aparat desa, ucapnya, Mutia tidak mendapat jawaban yang memuaskan.
Camat Garutkota, Nurdin Yana, mengatakan terdapat sekitar 700 warga yang mengembalikan e-KTP-nya ke kantor kecamatan. Sebab, terdapat kesalahan data pada e-KTP yang diterima warga.
"Ada yang salah nama, alamat, tanggal lahir, tertukar fotonya, bahkan ada yang salah agama. Kami baru bisa mengumpulkannya karena belum ada alat untuk merevisinya. Perintahnya pun belum jelas," kata Nurdin.
Kerusakan pun dialami e-KTP milik Nurdin. Saat dimasukkan ke dalam smartcard, kata Nurdin, e-KTP miliknya tidak bisa memunculkan data dirinya. Sedangkan, penyerahan e-KTP kepada warga masih dalam proses sampai akhir Oktober 2013.
Ketua Badan Permusyawaratan Desa (BPD) Cileunyi Wetan, Ahmad Sobar, membantah bahwa pengambilan dan pengaktifan e-KTP dipungut biaya. "Tidak ada dasar dari pemerintah untuk memungut biaya kepada warga yang akan mengatifkan e-KTP dan membuat e-KTP. Semuanya itu gratis," ujar Ahmad kemarin.
Di Ciamis, sejak dicanangkan perekaman e-KTP pada 28 Oktober 2011 sampai Rabu (13/2) tercatat 1.046.724 warga yang sudah melakukan perekaman. Sebanyak 1.003.362 lembar e-KTP sudah dicetak. Hasil penyortiran, ditemukan 2.746 e-KTP yang rusak dan sudah dikembalikan ke Kemendagri, tapi belum ada penggantinya.
Sekdis Dinas Kependudukan dan Catatan Sipil Ciamis, Drs Hendar Suhendar, mengatakan, 102.704 lembar e-KTP yang belum diambil pemiliknya adalah e-KTP hasil perekaman massal sampai 31 April 2012 lalu. E-KTP yang belum diambil tersebut sudah didistribusikan ke kantor desa/kelurahan atau ada yang masih disimpan di kantor kecamatan.
Padahal Menteri Dalam Negeri Gamawan Fauzi menegaskan, pembuatan dan pengambilan e-KTP tanpa dipungut biaya.
Lilis (30), bukan nama sebenarnya, warga Kampung Pasirtukul, Desa Cileunyi Wetan, Kecamatan Cileunyi, Kabupaten Bandung, mengaku kesal saat pengambilan e-KTP di tempatnya. Untuk mengambil dan mengaktifkan e-KTP itu ia harus mengeluarkan biaya Rp 6.000.
"Waktu membuat saja sudah membayar Rp 3.000. Dan sekarang masih diminta Rp 6.000. Katanya buat e-KTP itu gratis. Di tempat suami saya di Kabupaten Sumedang saja tidak dipungut biaya waktu mengambilnya. Hanya pas membuatnya membayar Rp 2.000," kata Lilis kepada Tribun melalui ponselnya, Minggu (17/2) pagi.
Hal serupa dialami Melisa, juga bukan nama sebenarnya, warga Kecamatan Jatiwangi,We have become one of the worlds most recognised Ventilation system brands. Kabupaten Majalengka. Menurut dia, pengambilan e-KTP tidak gratis walaupun itu memang bukan biaya wajib. "Mereka minta seridonya aja," ujarnya ketika dihubungi Tribun melalui ponselnya, kemarin.
Adiknya, yang lebih dulu mengambil e-KTP, sempat memenuhi permintaan itu meski hanya bernilai Rp 5.Basics, technical terms and advantages and disadvantages of Laser engraver.000. Namun, kata Melisa, permintaan "seridonya" tidak hanya tertuju kepada adiknya,Solar Sister is a network of women who sell solar lamp to communities that don't have access to electricity. tapi hampir ke setiap orang yang mengambil e-KTP.
Uang itu, ucapnya, masuk ke kantong sang pegawai pengurus e-KTP alias bukan biaya administrasi resmi. Ia pun menilai permintaan "seridonya" itu sebagai bentuk pungutan liar. "Mau enggak mau kan pasti orang ngasih," kata Melisa.
Melisa juga mengeluh lantaran pembuatan e-KTP memakan waktu terlalu lama. Melisa memasukkan data e-KTP pada Desember 2011, tapi baru jadi pekan lalu. Itu pun setelah perempuan itu menulis surat pembaca.
"Saya diberi tahu keluarga bahwa e-KTP saya jadi," ujarnya. Keluarganya tahu tentang e-KTP itu melalui pengumuman yang ditempelkan pada tembok-tembok di sekitar tempat tinggalnya.
Ia tak sendirian saat mendaftarkan data-data e-KTP pada akhir tahun 2011,We specializes in rapid plastic injection mould and molding of parts for prototypes and production. tapi bersama keluarga satu rumahnya. Namun, anggota keluarganya yang lain lebih dulu menerima e-KTP. Awalnya, Melisa sabar menunggu, tetapi ia sangat membutuhkan e-KTP ketika KTP reguler yang ia miliki kedaluwarsa.
Perempuan yang bekerja di Bandung itu mengaku, awalnya, untuk mengetahui nasib e-KTP miliknya, ia mengorbankan pekerjaannya untuk datang ke Majalengka. "Saya mencoba konfirmasi ke Kadus (kepala dusun), tapi jawabannya 'yang lain juga banyak yang belum jadi, tunggu aja," kata Melisa.
Kemudian, ia meminta bantuan keluarganya untuk mencari kabar soal e-KTP-nya agar tak banyak meninggalkan pekerjaan. Melisa enggan membuat KTP sementara dan memilih tetap menunggu e-KTP. "Saya tunggu e-KTP karena untuk membuat KTP sementara cukup mahal biayanya," katanya.
Biaya pembuatan KTP sementara itu, kata dia, senilai Rp 40.000. Ia mengetahui angka itu dari adiknya yang ingin membuat KTP sementara.
Di Garut, sejumlah warga mengeluh karena tidak kunjung menerima e-KTP. Padahal, data diri mereka telah direkam untuk pembuatan e-KTP tahun lalu. Sejumlah warga pun mengeluhkan kesalahan peneraan data pada e-KTP yang diterimanya.
Wildan Fadillah (25), warga Kampung Sanding, Kelurahan Muarasanding, Kecamatan Garutkota, mengaku telah melakukan perekaman data e-KTP Oktober 2012. Wildan dijanjikan akan menerima e-KTP pada Desember 2012.
"Tapi sampai Februari ini e-KTP belum saya terima. Padahal, ibu dan kakak saya sudah menerima e-KTP, Januari 2013. Kenapa tidak bareng menerimanya. Padahal difotonya juga bareng," kata Wildan saat ditemui di rumahnya, Rabu (13/2).
Hal itu pun dialami istri Wildan, Mutia Dwi (23), yang masih tercatat sebagai warga Kampung Nagrakkulon, Desa Mangkurakyat, Kecamatan Cilawu. Mutia belum menerima e-KTP miliknya walaupun telah direkam datanya pada April 2012.
"Hampir setahun ya saya belum terima e-KTP. Di keluarga, ibu dan kakak saya yang sudah menerima. Sedangkan saya dan bapak saya belum menerima.Have a look at all our custom bobbleheads models starting at 59.90US$ with free proofing. Kami bikin e-KTP-nya barengan padahal," kata Mutia.
Walaupun kakaknya telah menerima e-KTP, ujarnya, peneraan tanggal lahir kakaknya pada e-KTP salah. Dalam kartu tersebut tertulis kakaknya lahir pada 8 Februari. Padahal, seharusnya 28 Februari. Saat bertanya kepada aparat desa, ucapnya, Mutia tidak mendapat jawaban yang memuaskan.
Camat Garutkota, Nurdin Yana, mengatakan terdapat sekitar 700 warga yang mengembalikan e-KTP-nya ke kantor kecamatan. Sebab, terdapat kesalahan data pada e-KTP yang diterima warga.
"Ada yang salah nama, alamat, tanggal lahir, tertukar fotonya, bahkan ada yang salah agama. Kami baru bisa mengumpulkannya karena belum ada alat untuk merevisinya. Perintahnya pun belum jelas," kata Nurdin.
Kerusakan pun dialami e-KTP milik Nurdin. Saat dimasukkan ke dalam smartcard, kata Nurdin, e-KTP miliknya tidak bisa memunculkan data dirinya. Sedangkan, penyerahan e-KTP kepada warga masih dalam proses sampai akhir Oktober 2013.
Ketua Badan Permusyawaratan Desa (BPD) Cileunyi Wetan, Ahmad Sobar, membantah bahwa pengambilan dan pengaktifan e-KTP dipungut biaya. "Tidak ada dasar dari pemerintah untuk memungut biaya kepada warga yang akan mengatifkan e-KTP dan membuat e-KTP. Semuanya itu gratis," ujar Ahmad kemarin.
Di Ciamis, sejak dicanangkan perekaman e-KTP pada 28 Oktober 2011 sampai Rabu (13/2) tercatat 1.046.724 warga yang sudah melakukan perekaman. Sebanyak 1.003.362 lembar e-KTP sudah dicetak. Hasil penyortiran, ditemukan 2.746 e-KTP yang rusak dan sudah dikembalikan ke Kemendagri, tapi belum ada penggantinya.
Sekdis Dinas Kependudukan dan Catatan Sipil Ciamis, Drs Hendar Suhendar, mengatakan, 102.704 lembar e-KTP yang belum diambil pemiliknya adalah e-KTP hasil perekaman massal sampai 31 April 2012 lalu. E-KTP yang belum diambil tersebut sudah didistribusikan ke kantor desa/kelurahan atau ada yang masih disimpan di kantor kecamatan.
Beachwood will realize up to $850,000 per year in payroll taxes
The large Eaton Center Campus at Chagrin Highlands, off Richmond Road, is now occupied.
About 700 employees from Eaton’s facilities in downtown Cleveland, its learning and technology center in Willoughby Hills, and its telecommunications center in Eastlake moved to the 53-acre site beginning the week of Feb.We have become one of the worlds most recognised Ventilation system brands. 4.
“Our new Eaton Center reflects our commitment to the continued growth of our global power management business, to our people and to northeast Ohio,” said Eaton Chairman and CEO Alexander M. Cutler in a release.
The aerospace, electrical, hydraulics and vehicle business has approximately 1,800 employees at 10 Cleveland-area locations.
It was in 2009 that Eaton purchased the Beachwood site on land that was owned by the city of Cleveland. The two cities will split municipal tax revenue from the facility as Eaton Center was built in a joint economic development district.
Beachwood Finance Director David Pfaff said the exact figure is not yet known, but that Beachwood will realize $600,000-$850,000 in annual payroll tax money from Eaton. In accordance with that job creation tax deal, Beachwood will get more money once the total tax monies accumulate to $10 million, or the 15-year deal limit is reached.
“I suspect we’ll reach $10 million before we reach 15 years,” Pfaff said.
Economic Development Director James Doutt said it is not precisely known the impact that the influx of Eaton’s employees will have on the local economy.
“We’ve been working for a number of years to make the Eaton Center a reality,” Doutt said. “We welcome them. It will be a positive impact they have on our city and economy.”
Doutt said it is not known whether Eaton Center will eventually house more employees, but added, “Part of their plan was to have room to grow.”
Eaton Center had been at 1111 Superior Ave. in Cleveland since 1984. According to a release, Eaton sought a new location that would provide a highly interactive,Basics, technical terms and advantages and disadvantages of Laser engraver. energy-efficient campus environment that allows the company to attract and retain a quality workforce.
“I want to thank the state leaders, Beachwood officials and the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority for their involvement and insights in the construction of our new facility,” Cutler stated. “The new Eaton Center campus underlines the pride in our heritage and the confidence in our future.”
Since 2009, Eaton has grown from an $11.9-billion company, to one valued at the close of 2012 at $16.3 billion. Its employee roster has grown in that time from 70,000, to 103,000. The company sells products to customers in 175 countries.
The new Eaton Center was designed to consume 40 percent less energy and 40 percent less water than a conventional building of its scale.
None of the three leading candidates in the race offer any real solutions to traffic and transport problems, the experts told a Bangkok Post special forum.
Three experts were invited to appraise the campaign pledges of Pheu Thai candidate Pongsapat Pongcharoen, Democrat candidate Sukhumbhand Paribatra and independent candidate Pol Gen Sereepisuth Temeeyaves _ particularly those relating to traffic, transport, city planning and the environment.
Saksit Chalermpong, an assistant professor at Chulalongkorn University, said the Pheu Thai candidate has made promises he is unlikely to deliver.
He said several proposals by Pol Gen Pongsapat do not fall under the authority of the governor's office, such as the candidate's pledge to ensure stricter enforcement of traffic regulations. Traffic police do not report to City Hall, but to the Royal Thai Police.Solar Sister is a network of women who sell solar lamp to communities that don't have access to electricity.
Mr Saksit said the candidates have been reluctant to tackle problems head-on. Some have floated fanciful ideas such as building a skywalk to substitute for pavements which are crowded due to the presence of street vendors.
The collective feeling of many of those who work for or receive funding from the federal government can be summed up in one word: Ouch.
Whether it's the military, Las Cruces Public Schools, New Mexico State University or even small business owners who count on government-backed loans, a lot of people are keeping their eyes on what the White House and Congress do or don't do by March 1. That's when steep federal budget cuts — known as sequestration — are set to take place if no deal is reached to delay or amend them.We specializes in rapid plastic injection mould and molding of parts for prototypes and production.
NMSU could see a cut of as much as $13 million; LCPS could see a step back in federal funding of about $2 million; the city of Las Cruces could potentially lose $1 million or more.
Those are estimates based on federal funding levels and the proposed cuts. Still, no one knows for sure what the hit would be, or if the cuts even take place.
"It is not possible to know until the various federal agencies decide exactly how they are going to implement the cuts," said Jim Peach, economist at NMSU.
Non-defense discretionary spending is scheduled to be cut 8.Have a look at all our custom bobbleheads models starting at 59.90US$ with free proofing.2 percent, Peach's colleague at NMSU, Chris Erickson. But exactly how that impacts specific institutions is difficult to predict.
About 700 employees from Eaton’s facilities in downtown Cleveland, its learning and technology center in Willoughby Hills, and its telecommunications center in Eastlake moved to the 53-acre site beginning the week of Feb.We have become one of the worlds most recognised Ventilation system brands. 4.
“Our new Eaton Center reflects our commitment to the continued growth of our global power management business, to our people and to northeast Ohio,” said Eaton Chairman and CEO Alexander M. Cutler in a release.
The aerospace, electrical, hydraulics and vehicle business has approximately 1,800 employees at 10 Cleveland-area locations.
It was in 2009 that Eaton purchased the Beachwood site on land that was owned by the city of Cleveland. The two cities will split municipal tax revenue from the facility as Eaton Center was built in a joint economic development district.
Beachwood Finance Director David Pfaff said the exact figure is not yet known, but that Beachwood will realize $600,000-$850,000 in annual payroll tax money from Eaton. In accordance with that job creation tax deal, Beachwood will get more money once the total tax monies accumulate to $10 million, or the 15-year deal limit is reached.
“I suspect we’ll reach $10 million before we reach 15 years,” Pfaff said.
Economic Development Director James Doutt said it is not precisely known the impact that the influx of Eaton’s employees will have on the local economy.
“We’ve been working for a number of years to make the Eaton Center a reality,” Doutt said. “We welcome them. It will be a positive impact they have on our city and economy.”
Doutt said it is not known whether Eaton Center will eventually house more employees, but added, “Part of their plan was to have room to grow.”
Eaton Center had been at 1111 Superior Ave. in Cleveland since 1984. According to a release, Eaton sought a new location that would provide a highly interactive,Basics, technical terms and advantages and disadvantages of Laser engraver. energy-efficient campus environment that allows the company to attract and retain a quality workforce.
“I want to thank the state leaders, Beachwood officials and the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority for their involvement and insights in the construction of our new facility,” Cutler stated. “The new Eaton Center campus underlines the pride in our heritage and the confidence in our future.”
Since 2009, Eaton has grown from an $11.9-billion company, to one valued at the close of 2012 at $16.3 billion. Its employee roster has grown in that time from 70,000, to 103,000. The company sells products to customers in 175 countries.
The new Eaton Center was designed to consume 40 percent less energy and 40 percent less water than a conventional building of its scale.
None of the three leading candidates in the race offer any real solutions to traffic and transport problems, the experts told a Bangkok Post special forum.
Three experts were invited to appraise the campaign pledges of Pheu Thai candidate Pongsapat Pongcharoen, Democrat candidate Sukhumbhand Paribatra and independent candidate Pol Gen Sereepisuth Temeeyaves _ particularly those relating to traffic, transport, city planning and the environment.
Saksit Chalermpong, an assistant professor at Chulalongkorn University, said the Pheu Thai candidate has made promises he is unlikely to deliver.
He said several proposals by Pol Gen Pongsapat do not fall under the authority of the governor's office, such as the candidate's pledge to ensure stricter enforcement of traffic regulations. Traffic police do not report to City Hall, but to the Royal Thai Police.Solar Sister is a network of women who sell solar lamp to communities that don't have access to electricity.
Mr Saksit said the candidates have been reluctant to tackle problems head-on. Some have floated fanciful ideas such as building a skywalk to substitute for pavements which are crowded due to the presence of street vendors.
The collective feeling of many of those who work for or receive funding from the federal government can be summed up in one word: Ouch.
Whether it's the military, Las Cruces Public Schools, New Mexico State University or even small business owners who count on government-backed loans, a lot of people are keeping their eyes on what the White House and Congress do or don't do by March 1. That's when steep federal budget cuts — known as sequestration — are set to take place if no deal is reached to delay or amend them.We specializes in rapid plastic injection mould and molding of parts for prototypes and production.
NMSU could see a cut of as much as $13 million; LCPS could see a step back in federal funding of about $2 million; the city of Las Cruces could potentially lose $1 million or more.
Those are estimates based on federal funding levels and the proposed cuts. Still, no one knows for sure what the hit would be, or if the cuts even take place.
"It is not possible to know until the various federal agencies decide exactly how they are going to implement the cuts," said Jim Peach, economist at NMSU.
Non-defense discretionary spending is scheduled to be cut 8.Have a look at all our custom bobbleheads models starting at 59.90US$ with free proofing.2 percent, Peach's colleague at NMSU, Chris Erickson. But exactly how that impacts specific institutions is difficult to predict.
2013年2月16日星期六
The unavoidable solitude: dealing with loneliness at university
Undoubtedly university is one of the best opportunities people can
get at meeting new people. It is full of people from all walks of life,
all backgrounds, different interests and different beliefs. It is also
one of the easiest environments to meet people. Everyone converging on
one location all in the same situation, wanting to make new friends and
so naturally it takes much less effort to meet new people especially if
you are in first year.We are one of the leading manufacturers of solar street light in Chennai India.
Even for second and third years, there are a wealth of opportunities to meet new people through societies and clubs. However, even when surrounded by all these different people all of the time, all of us will feel lonely at some point. It’s the strangest kind of loneliness because it is hard to explain and hard to describe but nevertheless it is there.
For me, university has been one of the best things to happen to me. It has given me confidence in myself, it has given me some incredible friends, helped me discover interests I didn’t know I had and allowed my old interests a chance to flourish. Despite this, there have been moments of feeling very isolated for all sorts of reasons, be they relationships, friendships, work or any of the other massive stresses university life puts on people.
University, for most people, is their first real taste of independence and being in control of oneself. It is exciting, yet terrifying. So when things go wrong, it is so easy just to blame yourself and isolate yourself which is when the loneliness kicks in. Then when people ask what’s wrong and the answer is “I feel lonely”, it can be difficult to explain. These pressures can become so overwhelming that it is easy to get swallowed up in them. Sometimes they can be dealt with and other times you may just want to hide away. It’s not a feeling that can be ignored, because it can spread and consume even more of your life.
So how do you deal with a feeling that is so difficult to explain? It is tough, but everyone goes through it at some point; everyone will feel either lonely or homesick in some way whilst they are university. This means they can sympathise, and so it’s best just to explain as much as is possible and talk it out, no matter how ridiculous or unfounded the feelings may seem. There are multitudes of reasons why people can feel lonely outside of the obvious ones of relationships and friends. A person can have all the friends in the world, but still feel like something is missing.
Talking about it helps to identify what it is that is missing, or at the very least it can be cathartic and release some of the pent-up stress. Smaller, simpler ways can also be found. Sometimes, it is the little things that make the difference: going for a run, watching a film, listening to music or pretty much anything you enjoy. Talking may not always help for some people; instead,Shop for bobblehead dolls from the official NBC Universal Store and build a fun collection for your home or office. it is better just to be distracted by interests and even work (if that is not the source of the problem). The best healer of all is time – be distracted for a few days and spend time with people, and eventually it will go away or calm down.
If this is not the case, then the university has a massive array of support that goes beyond loneliness and can help with more serious cases. This is university, the best time to meet people, and an experience that should not be regretted.
The academic conversation on MOOCs is starting to polarise in exactly the talking-past-one-another way that so many complex conversations evolve: with very smart points on either side, but not a lot of recognition that the validity of certain key points on one side does not undermine the validity of certain key points on the other.
I regret this flattening of online learning into a simple binary of ‘politically and financially motivated greed’ on the one hand and ‘an opportunity to find out more about learning’ on the other. Some of both in different situations can be true.
It's always hard to be able to hold two complex and even contradictory ideas in one's mind at once but, well, that's life. Both can be true. And there is so much to be gained from a sustained conversation on every side and from each side's learning from the other, without assuming the other side is being naive or callous in its concerns.
Here's a case in point: although I've not done a data count, I would say that, about a year ago, the majority of articles on higher education in the mass media in the US ran the gamut from snide to extremely negative, often spring-boarding off entrepreneur Peter Thiel's offering cash rewards to students choosing not to go to college.
The rhetoric of so many articles seemed to be "is higher education really worth it?" These articles (I bet there were dozens if not hundreds) were often filled with hard data about the soaring costs of higher education and horrific student debt pitted against anecdotes of unemployment among the college educated.
It was virtually a meme; that if you are fool enough to go to college, you end up deeper in debt and unemployed and therefore college isn't worth it. The tone in the press emphasised that latter point, demeaning the importance of higher education, laughing slyly at anyone who thinks higher education is a worthy goal.
Enter massive open online courses: MOOCs. Whatever else one may think about MOOCS, their vast popularity proves,Laser engraving and laser laser cutting machine for materials like metal, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that very many people want – really, really want – more not less higher learning.
Has anyone else noticed that the tone of the conversation has now shifted from "is college worth it?" to "how can we make necessary, important, invaluable learning available to the widest number of people for the lowest cost?" I certainly have.
Those who hate MOOCs and reduce them solely to a device of the neoliberal rich to diminish the role of the tenured professor,Learn how an embedded microprocessor in a smart card can authenticate your computer usage and data. should at least be using the vast popularity of online courses to argue the value of a college education. It's demonstrable.Like most of you, I'd seen the broken china mosaic decorated pieces. It's massive.
And those same people who see MOOCs as a way to diminish the role of the tenured professor (from both sides) should also be thinking about who is actually taking MOOCs.
Often, they are not the same students who sit in the classrooms of tenured professors, themselves a constantly diminishing percentage of all those who teach in higher education – a situation that existed long before MOOCs.
There is no evidence that students are dropping out of brick-and-mortar universities in droves in order to enrol in online courses. On the contrary, the typical online course student is someone who would not otherwise have access to higher education.
The ridiculous (and pernicious) University of Virginia trustees who forced a president to resign because she wasn't moving fast enough on MOOCs, as if that would drive down the tuition costs for the university’s elite public cadre of students, simply didn't know the numbers.
Even for second and third years, there are a wealth of opportunities to meet new people through societies and clubs. However, even when surrounded by all these different people all of the time, all of us will feel lonely at some point. It’s the strangest kind of loneliness because it is hard to explain and hard to describe but nevertheless it is there.
For me, university has been one of the best things to happen to me. It has given me confidence in myself, it has given me some incredible friends, helped me discover interests I didn’t know I had and allowed my old interests a chance to flourish. Despite this, there have been moments of feeling very isolated for all sorts of reasons, be they relationships, friendships, work or any of the other massive stresses university life puts on people.
University, for most people, is their first real taste of independence and being in control of oneself. It is exciting, yet terrifying. So when things go wrong, it is so easy just to blame yourself and isolate yourself which is when the loneliness kicks in. Then when people ask what’s wrong and the answer is “I feel lonely”, it can be difficult to explain. These pressures can become so overwhelming that it is easy to get swallowed up in them. Sometimes they can be dealt with and other times you may just want to hide away. It’s not a feeling that can be ignored, because it can spread and consume even more of your life.
So how do you deal with a feeling that is so difficult to explain? It is tough, but everyone goes through it at some point; everyone will feel either lonely or homesick in some way whilst they are university. This means they can sympathise, and so it’s best just to explain as much as is possible and talk it out, no matter how ridiculous or unfounded the feelings may seem. There are multitudes of reasons why people can feel lonely outside of the obvious ones of relationships and friends. A person can have all the friends in the world, but still feel like something is missing.
Talking about it helps to identify what it is that is missing, or at the very least it can be cathartic and release some of the pent-up stress. Smaller, simpler ways can also be found. Sometimes, it is the little things that make the difference: going for a run, watching a film, listening to music or pretty much anything you enjoy. Talking may not always help for some people; instead,Shop for bobblehead dolls from the official NBC Universal Store and build a fun collection for your home or office. it is better just to be distracted by interests and even work (if that is not the source of the problem). The best healer of all is time – be distracted for a few days and spend time with people, and eventually it will go away or calm down.
If this is not the case, then the university has a massive array of support that goes beyond loneliness and can help with more serious cases. This is university, the best time to meet people, and an experience that should not be regretted.
The academic conversation on MOOCs is starting to polarise in exactly the talking-past-one-another way that so many complex conversations evolve: with very smart points on either side, but not a lot of recognition that the validity of certain key points on one side does not undermine the validity of certain key points on the other.
I regret this flattening of online learning into a simple binary of ‘politically and financially motivated greed’ on the one hand and ‘an opportunity to find out more about learning’ on the other. Some of both in different situations can be true.
It's always hard to be able to hold two complex and even contradictory ideas in one's mind at once but, well, that's life. Both can be true. And there is so much to be gained from a sustained conversation on every side and from each side's learning from the other, without assuming the other side is being naive or callous in its concerns.
Here's a case in point: although I've not done a data count, I would say that, about a year ago, the majority of articles on higher education in the mass media in the US ran the gamut from snide to extremely negative, often spring-boarding off entrepreneur Peter Thiel's offering cash rewards to students choosing not to go to college.
The rhetoric of so many articles seemed to be "is higher education really worth it?" These articles (I bet there were dozens if not hundreds) were often filled with hard data about the soaring costs of higher education and horrific student debt pitted against anecdotes of unemployment among the college educated.
It was virtually a meme; that if you are fool enough to go to college, you end up deeper in debt and unemployed and therefore college isn't worth it. The tone in the press emphasised that latter point, demeaning the importance of higher education, laughing slyly at anyone who thinks higher education is a worthy goal.
Enter massive open online courses: MOOCs. Whatever else one may think about MOOCS, their vast popularity proves,Laser engraving and laser laser cutting machine for materials like metal, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that very many people want – really, really want – more not less higher learning.
Has anyone else noticed that the tone of the conversation has now shifted from "is college worth it?" to "how can we make necessary, important, invaluable learning available to the widest number of people for the lowest cost?" I certainly have.
Those who hate MOOCs and reduce them solely to a device of the neoliberal rich to diminish the role of the tenured professor,Learn how an embedded microprocessor in a smart card can authenticate your computer usage and data. should at least be using the vast popularity of online courses to argue the value of a college education. It's demonstrable.Like most of you, I'd seen the broken china mosaic decorated pieces. It's massive.
And those same people who see MOOCs as a way to diminish the role of the tenured professor (from both sides) should also be thinking about who is actually taking MOOCs.
Often, they are not the same students who sit in the classrooms of tenured professors, themselves a constantly diminishing percentage of all those who teach in higher education – a situation that existed long before MOOCs.
There is no evidence that students are dropping out of brick-and-mortar universities in droves in order to enrol in online courses. On the contrary, the typical online course student is someone who would not otherwise have access to higher education.
The ridiculous (and pernicious) University of Virginia trustees who forced a president to resign because she wasn't moving fast enough on MOOCs, as if that would drive down the tuition costs for the university’s elite public cadre of students, simply didn't know the numbers.
New York expanding nation’s biggest transit hub
Sixteen stories below Grand Central Terminal, an army of workers is
blasting through bedrock to create a new commuter rail concourse with
more floor space than New Orleans’ Superdome, just one of three
audacious projects going on beneath New York City’s streets to expand
what’s already the nation’s biggest mass transit system.
But even with blasting and machinery grinding through the rock day and night, most New Yorkers are blithely unaware of the construction or the eerie underworld that includes a massive, eight-story cavern, miles of tunnels and watery, gravel-filled pits.
“I look at it and I’m in wonder, I’m in awe,” says engineer Michael Horodniceanu, president of capital construction for the state Metropolitan Transportation Authority. “I feel like when I went to Rome and entered St. Peter’s Basilica for the first time. … I looked at it and said, ‘Wow, how did they do that?’”
In New York, they hauled out enough rocky debris from under Grand Central to cover Central Park almost a foot deep, Horodniceanu says.
Together, the three projects will cost an estimated $15 billion. And when they’re all completed, tentatively in 2019, they will bring subway and commuter rail service to vast, underserved stretches of the city, particularly the far East and West sides of Manhattan.
“They’ll be a game-changer for New Yorkers,” says Horodniceanu, an Israeli-educated native of Romania who lives in Queens.
The most dramatic project will result in a sort of 21st century, underground Grand Central Terminal mirroring the century-old Grand Central Terminal above —a 350,000-square-foot, $8.3 billion commuter rail concourse with six miles of new tunnels. It will accommodate Long Island Rail Road trains that now bypass Manhattan’s East Side as they roll east through Queens and straight to Pennsylvania Station on the island’s West Side.
This so-called East Side Access will bring about 160,000 passengers a day from Long Island to a new station in Queens’ Sunnyside neighborhood, then about five more miles to the new, eight-track Grand Central hub.
For now, the subterranean hub is a drippy, humid construction site. The raw, dark gray walls mark the dimensions of the future concourse — eight stories high, about 70 feet wide and 1,800 feet long, or about “five football fields, without the end zones,” Horodniceanu says.
The Federal Transit Administration is kicking in $2.7 billion toward the estimated $8.3 billion budget, with the MTA state agency covering the rest using mostly taxpayer money.
Also under construction is the Second Avenue Subway that eventually will serve Manhattan’s far East Side, from Harlem to the island’s southern tip. The planned eight miles of track will open Manhattan’s East Side to millions of people who now squeeze daily onto the Nos. 4, 5 and 6 subway trains running under Lexington Avenue.
The first phase — 1.7 miles with stations between East 63rd and East 96th streets — is to be completed in 2016 at a cost of $4.5 billion.
Finally, there’s the extension of the No. 7 subway line from Times Square to the huge new Hudson Yards real estate development on Manhattan’s Far West Side. The subway project will be financed through $2.1 billion worth of city-issued bonds.
The three mammoth projects require creative solutions and the latest technology.Like most of you, I'd seen the broken china mosaic decorated pieces. When crews prepared to drill the giant new cavity under Second Avenue, they first had to freeze the ground to about minus 20 degrees so as not to destabilize the buildings above as the boring machine cut through. For that, aluminum tubes were inserted from the street and a special chemical solution was poured into the ground and cooled by a refrigeration plant.
The Second Avenue tunnels hold a space-age surprise: The ceilings are coated with a material once used to fireproof the space shuttle.
The new line has another major improvement. Instead of ventilation grates that allow rainwater to pour in, the new stations will be aired using enclosed cooling plants. When Superstorm Sandy hit the city last October, floodwaters washing over the East Side did not penetrate subway construction sites.
“We’re using the best technology available today, but this is really people-intensive work,” says Horodniceanu, who supervises a team of thousands of workers on any given day.
“I feel I have the most exciting job in the world,” he says. “It’s an incredible feeling to be able to build a legacy project. I hope that one day, my grandchildren will be able to say their granddad built this!”
But again, what's most unique about the Surface Pro is its guts. The Surface Pro sports a dual-core 1.7GHz Intel Core i5 processor with integrated Intel HD 4000 graphics, 4GB of RAM, and either 64GB or 128GB of storage. This marks a significant boost over the RT, which is powered by an NVIDIA Tegra 3,Learn how an embedded microprocessor in a smart card can authenticate your computer usage and data. 2GB of RAM, and comes with 32GB or 64GB of storage. What's more, the screen is notably better, going from 1368x768 on the Surface RT to 1920x1080 on the Surface Pro — a 40-percent increase in pixel density.Shop for bobblehead dolls from the official NBC Universal Store and build a fun collection for your home or office.
The impact of the upgraded internals on performance and user experience is impressive. Seemingly gone are the frequently long load times, sluggish touchscreen responsiveness, and app freezes. While I have noticed some odd moments of slowdown in my early testing,Laser engraving and laser laser cutting machine for materials like metal, the Surface Pro is overall pretty stable and speedy.
As previously mentioned,We are one of the leading manufacturers of solar street light in Chennai India. the Surface Pro offers a full, unhindered build of Windows 8 and offers the full desktop experience found on a traditional PC. As a result, the Surface Pro is capable of accessing a wide range of PC titles through services like Steam and Origin. While certainly not intended as a gaming device, the integrated graphics processor allows the Surface Pro to run many games adeptly. While I've only just started stress-testing the system, I've found it can handle most Source Engine-based titles at max or high settings in native 1080p resolution at framerates well above 40fps. Naturally, it struggles with more taxing titles, like Saints Row: The Third or Dead Island, but I'll be providing a greater sense of its range of performance in the coming days.
But even with blasting and machinery grinding through the rock day and night, most New Yorkers are blithely unaware of the construction or the eerie underworld that includes a massive, eight-story cavern, miles of tunnels and watery, gravel-filled pits.
“I look at it and I’m in wonder, I’m in awe,” says engineer Michael Horodniceanu, president of capital construction for the state Metropolitan Transportation Authority. “I feel like when I went to Rome and entered St. Peter’s Basilica for the first time. … I looked at it and said, ‘Wow, how did they do that?’”
In New York, they hauled out enough rocky debris from under Grand Central to cover Central Park almost a foot deep, Horodniceanu says.
Together, the three projects will cost an estimated $15 billion. And when they’re all completed, tentatively in 2019, they will bring subway and commuter rail service to vast, underserved stretches of the city, particularly the far East and West sides of Manhattan.
“They’ll be a game-changer for New Yorkers,” says Horodniceanu, an Israeli-educated native of Romania who lives in Queens.
The most dramatic project will result in a sort of 21st century, underground Grand Central Terminal mirroring the century-old Grand Central Terminal above —a 350,000-square-foot, $8.3 billion commuter rail concourse with six miles of new tunnels. It will accommodate Long Island Rail Road trains that now bypass Manhattan’s East Side as they roll east through Queens and straight to Pennsylvania Station on the island’s West Side.
This so-called East Side Access will bring about 160,000 passengers a day from Long Island to a new station in Queens’ Sunnyside neighborhood, then about five more miles to the new, eight-track Grand Central hub.
For now, the subterranean hub is a drippy, humid construction site. The raw, dark gray walls mark the dimensions of the future concourse — eight stories high, about 70 feet wide and 1,800 feet long, or about “five football fields, without the end zones,” Horodniceanu says.
The Federal Transit Administration is kicking in $2.7 billion toward the estimated $8.3 billion budget, with the MTA state agency covering the rest using mostly taxpayer money.
Also under construction is the Second Avenue Subway that eventually will serve Manhattan’s far East Side, from Harlem to the island’s southern tip. The planned eight miles of track will open Manhattan’s East Side to millions of people who now squeeze daily onto the Nos. 4, 5 and 6 subway trains running under Lexington Avenue.
The first phase — 1.7 miles with stations between East 63rd and East 96th streets — is to be completed in 2016 at a cost of $4.5 billion.
Finally, there’s the extension of the No. 7 subway line from Times Square to the huge new Hudson Yards real estate development on Manhattan’s Far West Side. The subway project will be financed through $2.1 billion worth of city-issued bonds.
The three mammoth projects require creative solutions and the latest technology.Like most of you, I'd seen the broken china mosaic decorated pieces. When crews prepared to drill the giant new cavity under Second Avenue, they first had to freeze the ground to about minus 20 degrees so as not to destabilize the buildings above as the boring machine cut through. For that, aluminum tubes were inserted from the street and a special chemical solution was poured into the ground and cooled by a refrigeration plant.
The Second Avenue tunnels hold a space-age surprise: The ceilings are coated with a material once used to fireproof the space shuttle.
The new line has another major improvement. Instead of ventilation grates that allow rainwater to pour in, the new stations will be aired using enclosed cooling plants. When Superstorm Sandy hit the city last October, floodwaters washing over the East Side did not penetrate subway construction sites.
“We’re using the best technology available today, but this is really people-intensive work,” says Horodniceanu, who supervises a team of thousands of workers on any given day.
“I feel I have the most exciting job in the world,” he says. “It’s an incredible feeling to be able to build a legacy project. I hope that one day, my grandchildren will be able to say their granddad built this!”
But again, what's most unique about the Surface Pro is its guts. The Surface Pro sports a dual-core 1.7GHz Intel Core i5 processor with integrated Intel HD 4000 graphics, 4GB of RAM, and either 64GB or 128GB of storage. This marks a significant boost over the RT, which is powered by an NVIDIA Tegra 3,Learn how an embedded microprocessor in a smart card can authenticate your computer usage and data. 2GB of RAM, and comes with 32GB or 64GB of storage. What's more, the screen is notably better, going from 1368x768 on the Surface RT to 1920x1080 on the Surface Pro — a 40-percent increase in pixel density.Shop for bobblehead dolls from the official NBC Universal Store and build a fun collection for your home or office.
The impact of the upgraded internals on performance and user experience is impressive. Seemingly gone are the frequently long load times, sluggish touchscreen responsiveness, and app freezes. While I have noticed some odd moments of slowdown in my early testing,Laser engraving and laser laser cutting machine for materials like metal, the Surface Pro is overall pretty stable and speedy.
As previously mentioned,We are one of the leading manufacturers of solar street light in Chennai India. the Surface Pro offers a full, unhindered build of Windows 8 and offers the full desktop experience found on a traditional PC. As a result, the Surface Pro is capable of accessing a wide range of PC titles through services like Steam and Origin. While certainly not intended as a gaming device, the integrated graphics processor allows the Surface Pro to run many games adeptly. While I've only just started stress-testing the system, I've found it can handle most Source Engine-based titles at max or high settings in native 1080p resolution at framerates well above 40fps. Naturally, it struggles with more taxing titles, like Saints Row: The Third or Dead Island, but I'll be providing a greater sense of its range of performance in the coming days.
Sales record set at Hallettsville Livestock Show
The 2013 Hallettsville Junior Livestock Show set a record with
$288,000 in sales, said Hallettsville High School agriculture science
teacher Terry Wick.
Tait Woytek led the way with the grand champion steer, selling it for $9,500 to Peoples State Bank, Carl Bozka, Pesek-Hermes Memorials, Kelly Mudd Equipment, Frank and Elrose Migl, Terrell Mullins, Ehler's Furniture & Appliance, Morton's Drive-in, Bohuslav Feed Mill, Jim Fairman, H&P Cattle Co., Hallettsville Livestock Commission, Janak Packing, Texan Motors, H-E-B, B&B Auto Works, Alfred's Produce, Brookshire Brothers, Simplot Grower Solutions and Shannon Haskell State Farm Insurance.A car parking system is a mechanical device that multiplies parking capacity inside a parking lot.
Cullen Mikes showed the grand champion hog. It sold for $3,700 to Brookshire Brothers Pharmacy, Georgia Bujnoch, Capital Farm Credit, Chuck Brown Ford, Colorado County Propane, Crimson Exploration,We are one of the leading manufacturers of solar street light in Chennai India. City Motors of Edna, Bill and Diane Mettlach, D-A-M Services, Diversified Business Systems of Victoria, Billy and Amy Gerke, Glaze Backhoe Services, Doug and Sheri Grahmann, Hermes & Steffek, Hochheim Prairie Insurance Branch No. 12, James Evans, Jo's Greenhut & Nursery, K&R Energy, Kirk Landman and kids, Lone Star Bank of Shiner, Frank Marek Trucking, McAda Drilling Fluids, Perez Painting of Moulton, Everett Ranger, Robert and Carol Rother, Dean and Brenda Schmidt, Splashway Family Waterpark,Like most of you, I'd seen the broken china mosaic decorated pieces. Stevens Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Texas Irrigation & Pipe, Tex Propane Co., The Inside Story, United Ag, Bill and Sue Walker and Whitley Lumber Co.
Kelsey Bohuslav had the grand champion lamb. It sold for $3,500 to Bohuslav Farm & Ranch, N.S. Petroleum Consulting, Jessie and Bethal Allen, Harvey and Karen Renger, Pesek-Hermes Memorials and Mortons' Drive-in.
The grand champion pen of broilers, exhibited by Kayla Valigura, sold for $3,000 to Gonzales Industrial Insulation.
Kelsey Steffek showed the reserve champion steer. It sold for $7,250 to Ainsworth Trucking, Alfred's Produce, Allen Machicek Service, Auto Brite Carwash, Bill and Dianna Mettlach, Boedeker Ag Supply, Bootsie and Barbara Grahmann, Chandler's Drilling, Clinton Lenzy Trucking, Clinton Hollas, Cole Theatre, Columbus Livestock Co., Curt's Carpeting & Design Center, Wilbert and Charlotte Dornak, Dale Nedeau Oil & Gas, David Kolacny Construction, 5-M Septic, E-Bar Feeds, Fehner & Sons Grain, Forrest Kroschel, Frontier Development, GeoSouthern Energy Corp., H-E-B - Yoakum, Hammer Auto Repair, Hallettsville Knights of Columbus No. 2433, Hallettsville Livestock Commission, Glen's Packing, Havenbrook Homes, Hallettsville Veterinary Hospital, Jared Long Land & Cattle Co., Jeff Matula Construction, Joyce and Mike Jackson, Jaeger's Inc. - John Deere, Jalisco Cafe & Bar, Lavaca Farm Equipment, Lyssy & Eckel Feeds, M&M Ranch, Paul's Supply, Rainosek's True Value, Ronnie Kolacny Surveying, Rudolph's - Yoakum, Sitka Cattle Co. and Victoria Oliver Co. - Kubota.
Allison Etzler showed the reserve champion hog. It sold for $3,699 to Bohuslav Farm & Ranch, Enterprise Hydrocarbons, GeoSouthern Energy Corp., Farmers Insurance,Parkeasy Electronics are dedicated to provide Car park management system. Lavaca County Propane, James Fenner and family, Dietze & Reese Attorneys, Barnes-Osborn & Associates, Bludau Fabrication, Brookshire Brothers, Chovanetz Insurance, Georgia Bujnoch, Glen's Packing, Hallettsville Lions Club, Hoffer's Drive-in, Lavaca County Propane, Lavaca Feed & Fertilizer, Leopold Insurance Agency, Jansky Sand & Gravel, Pats Service Center, UAS Resources, Wells Fargo Bank, Hallettsville Livestock Commission, Victor Roeber, Sacred Heart Federal Credit Union and Stevens Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.
The reserve champion lamb was exhibited by Olivia Bohuslav. It sold for $3,499. Buyers included Chovanetz Insurance Agency, Wayne and LeAnn Freytag, Grafe Chevrolet, Hallettsville Lumber Co., Brookshire Brothers Pharmacy, Bohuslav Farm & Ranch,Shop for bobblehead dolls from the official NBC Universal Store and build a fun collection for your home or office. Edward and Sandra Pustka, S Bar Ranch, Schulenburg Printing and Office Supply, Kolacny Surveying, Town & Country Appliance & Air Conditioning, Helping Hearts Sitter Service, Carleton and Judy Thompson, J.A. Loredo Properties, Tramer and Tammy Woytek, Hallettsville Communications, Chovanetz Brangus Ranch, All Out Ranch Improvements, Patek's Liquor, Tieken Charolais, Patrick and Rhonda Clemons, Williamsburg House, Morgan Portable Buildings & Spas and Advocare by Carol and Justin Powell.
Wendy has been a member of Kappa Zeta for three and a half years and came to the chapter when she and her husband moved to Lafayette in 2008. Prior to their move, they resided in Thibodeaux, where Wendy was a founding member of the Alpha Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi in Houma. While attending the 2009 District Convention in Lafayette, Wendy met the ladies of Kappa Zeta and transferred her Beta Sigma Phi membership to the local chapter in September of that year.
Wendy is married to Jonah Fuselier and is the mother of two children, Ian and Megan, and the stepmother of Katelyn Fuselier of Zachary. Originally from Lafayette, she is the daughter of Mike and Mikki McFaul of Breaux Bridge and is currently employed as an executive administrative assistant for an oil and gas geologist in Lafayette.
In addition to being a member of Beta Sigma Phi, Wendy serves as the Treasurer for Boy Scout Troop 162 at St. Edmond’s Catholic Church and is an active “Dance mom.” She is an excellent artist and enjoys oil painting and sewing.
Sue became an active member of Xi Delta Beta, the Erath Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi, in November 1979. After moving in 1989 and living out of state for 23, she retired in January of 2012 from Prairie Life Fitness of Omaha, Nebraska, as Accounting Manager for three health clubs and moved back to Erath. In February of 2012, she immediately accepted the invitation to again become an active member of Xi Delta Beta, the Erath Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi.
In May of this year she will have been married to Marshall Thibodeaux for 42 years. Marshall retired from USDA-FSIS in 2012 after 24 years of service. They have three children: a daughter, Jeanne, married to Mark Roberts and they have three children, Liam and Logan, their “Angels in Heaven” and Rita Maryn who is seven years old; a daughter, Kimmon Halloran, who lives in Kansas City, Missouri with her daughter, 13-year-old Teryn Ann; and a son, Jonathan, and his wife, Jessica, live in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma with their one-year-old daughter MacKenzie Sloane.
Sue and her husband, Marshall, are members of the Erath Backers Club, 12 and Go, and America the Beautiful. They are enjoying retirement and travelling in their Fifth Wheel especially with their granddaughters. They enjoy being back home in Erath with their Louisiana and Zi Delta Beta family and friends.
Tait Woytek led the way with the grand champion steer, selling it for $9,500 to Peoples State Bank, Carl Bozka, Pesek-Hermes Memorials, Kelly Mudd Equipment, Frank and Elrose Migl, Terrell Mullins, Ehler's Furniture & Appliance, Morton's Drive-in, Bohuslav Feed Mill, Jim Fairman, H&P Cattle Co., Hallettsville Livestock Commission, Janak Packing, Texan Motors, H-E-B, B&B Auto Works, Alfred's Produce, Brookshire Brothers, Simplot Grower Solutions and Shannon Haskell State Farm Insurance.A car parking system is a mechanical device that multiplies parking capacity inside a parking lot.
Cullen Mikes showed the grand champion hog. It sold for $3,700 to Brookshire Brothers Pharmacy, Georgia Bujnoch, Capital Farm Credit, Chuck Brown Ford, Colorado County Propane, Crimson Exploration,We are one of the leading manufacturers of solar street light in Chennai India. City Motors of Edna, Bill and Diane Mettlach, D-A-M Services, Diversified Business Systems of Victoria, Billy and Amy Gerke, Glaze Backhoe Services, Doug and Sheri Grahmann, Hermes & Steffek, Hochheim Prairie Insurance Branch No. 12, James Evans, Jo's Greenhut & Nursery, K&R Energy, Kirk Landman and kids, Lone Star Bank of Shiner, Frank Marek Trucking, McAda Drilling Fluids, Perez Painting of Moulton, Everett Ranger, Robert and Carol Rother, Dean and Brenda Schmidt, Splashway Family Waterpark,Like most of you, I'd seen the broken china mosaic decorated pieces. Stevens Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Texas Irrigation & Pipe, Tex Propane Co., The Inside Story, United Ag, Bill and Sue Walker and Whitley Lumber Co.
Kelsey Bohuslav had the grand champion lamb. It sold for $3,500 to Bohuslav Farm & Ranch, N.S. Petroleum Consulting, Jessie and Bethal Allen, Harvey and Karen Renger, Pesek-Hermes Memorials and Mortons' Drive-in.
The grand champion pen of broilers, exhibited by Kayla Valigura, sold for $3,000 to Gonzales Industrial Insulation.
Kelsey Steffek showed the reserve champion steer. It sold for $7,250 to Ainsworth Trucking, Alfred's Produce, Allen Machicek Service, Auto Brite Carwash, Bill and Dianna Mettlach, Boedeker Ag Supply, Bootsie and Barbara Grahmann, Chandler's Drilling, Clinton Lenzy Trucking, Clinton Hollas, Cole Theatre, Columbus Livestock Co., Curt's Carpeting & Design Center, Wilbert and Charlotte Dornak, Dale Nedeau Oil & Gas, David Kolacny Construction, 5-M Septic, E-Bar Feeds, Fehner & Sons Grain, Forrest Kroschel, Frontier Development, GeoSouthern Energy Corp., H-E-B - Yoakum, Hammer Auto Repair, Hallettsville Knights of Columbus No. 2433, Hallettsville Livestock Commission, Glen's Packing, Havenbrook Homes, Hallettsville Veterinary Hospital, Jared Long Land & Cattle Co., Jeff Matula Construction, Joyce and Mike Jackson, Jaeger's Inc. - John Deere, Jalisco Cafe & Bar, Lavaca Farm Equipment, Lyssy & Eckel Feeds, M&M Ranch, Paul's Supply, Rainosek's True Value, Ronnie Kolacny Surveying, Rudolph's - Yoakum, Sitka Cattle Co. and Victoria Oliver Co. - Kubota.
Allison Etzler showed the reserve champion hog. It sold for $3,699 to Bohuslav Farm & Ranch, Enterprise Hydrocarbons, GeoSouthern Energy Corp., Farmers Insurance,Parkeasy Electronics are dedicated to provide Car park management system. Lavaca County Propane, James Fenner and family, Dietze & Reese Attorneys, Barnes-Osborn & Associates, Bludau Fabrication, Brookshire Brothers, Chovanetz Insurance, Georgia Bujnoch, Glen's Packing, Hallettsville Lions Club, Hoffer's Drive-in, Lavaca County Propane, Lavaca Feed & Fertilizer, Leopold Insurance Agency, Jansky Sand & Gravel, Pats Service Center, UAS Resources, Wells Fargo Bank, Hallettsville Livestock Commission, Victor Roeber, Sacred Heart Federal Credit Union and Stevens Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.
The reserve champion lamb was exhibited by Olivia Bohuslav. It sold for $3,499. Buyers included Chovanetz Insurance Agency, Wayne and LeAnn Freytag, Grafe Chevrolet, Hallettsville Lumber Co., Brookshire Brothers Pharmacy, Bohuslav Farm & Ranch,Shop for bobblehead dolls from the official NBC Universal Store and build a fun collection for your home or office. Edward and Sandra Pustka, S Bar Ranch, Schulenburg Printing and Office Supply, Kolacny Surveying, Town & Country Appliance & Air Conditioning, Helping Hearts Sitter Service, Carleton and Judy Thompson, J.A. Loredo Properties, Tramer and Tammy Woytek, Hallettsville Communications, Chovanetz Brangus Ranch, All Out Ranch Improvements, Patek's Liquor, Tieken Charolais, Patrick and Rhonda Clemons, Williamsburg House, Morgan Portable Buildings & Spas and Advocare by Carol and Justin Powell.
Wendy has been a member of Kappa Zeta for three and a half years and came to the chapter when she and her husband moved to Lafayette in 2008. Prior to their move, they resided in Thibodeaux, where Wendy was a founding member of the Alpha Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi in Houma. While attending the 2009 District Convention in Lafayette, Wendy met the ladies of Kappa Zeta and transferred her Beta Sigma Phi membership to the local chapter in September of that year.
Wendy is married to Jonah Fuselier and is the mother of two children, Ian and Megan, and the stepmother of Katelyn Fuselier of Zachary. Originally from Lafayette, she is the daughter of Mike and Mikki McFaul of Breaux Bridge and is currently employed as an executive administrative assistant for an oil and gas geologist in Lafayette.
In addition to being a member of Beta Sigma Phi, Wendy serves as the Treasurer for Boy Scout Troop 162 at St. Edmond’s Catholic Church and is an active “Dance mom.” She is an excellent artist and enjoys oil painting and sewing.
Sue became an active member of Xi Delta Beta, the Erath Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi, in November 1979. After moving in 1989 and living out of state for 23, she retired in January of 2012 from Prairie Life Fitness of Omaha, Nebraska, as Accounting Manager for three health clubs and moved back to Erath. In February of 2012, she immediately accepted the invitation to again become an active member of Xi Delta Beta, the Erath Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi.
In May of this year she will have been married to Marshall Thibodeaux for 42 years. Marshall retired from USDA-FSIS in 2012 after 24 years of service. They have three children: a daughter, Jeanne, married to Mark Roberts and they have three children, Liam and Logan, their “Angels in Heaven” and Rita Maryn who is seven years old; a daughter, Kimmon Halloran, who lives in Kansas City, Missouri with her daughter, 13-year-old Teryn Ann; and a son, Jonathan, and his wife, Jessica, live in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma with their one-year-old daughter MacKenzie Sloane.
Sue and her husband, Marshall, are members of the Erath Backers Club, 12 and Go, and America the Beautiful. They are enjoying retirement and travelling in their Fifth Wheel especially with their granddaughters. They enjoy being back home in Erath with their Louisiana and Zi Delta Beta family and friends.
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