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The Difference between Equality and Identity Operators (in D)
My latest pet project (as of late of last year) is a .NET back-end for Walter Bright's D programming language compiler. It is a great way to learn and evangelize the inner workings of .NET and the CLR and I get to understand D's subtleties like never before.
My latest pet project (as of late of last year) is a .NET back-end for Walter Bright's D programming language compiler. It is a great way to learn and evangelize the inner workings of .NET and the CLR and I get to understand D's subtleties like never before.
D provides two ways of comparing objects: the equality operator and identity operator (actually we should say operators – plural, since each comes with its negated counterpart). Testing objects for equality is done with the familiar (at least to C/C++ and C# programmers) "==" and "!=" operators. Testing for identity is the realm of the "is" and "!is" operators.
As you may suspect already, equality and identity are not the same.
To better understand the difference, let's consider an example:
import std.stdio;
class Pet
string name;
public override bool opEquals(Object other)
return name == (cast(Pet)other).name;
void main()
Pet dog = new Pet();
Pet cat = new Pet();
writefln(dog is cat);
writefln(dog == cat);
Puzzling enough, this code prints:
Naturally, a dog is not a cat and there is no surprise that the result of the "dog is cat" expression is false. But why is the dog equal to a cat (at least according to our code)? The short answer: identity tests if the object references are the same; equality results in a call to operator opEquals. In the code above, the name (the string member datum of the Pet class) is null in both the cat and the dog instances and opEquals correctly sees them as equal.
Like in C# (and unlike C++) D class objects are really references under the wraps.
Occasionally, D programmers may need to compare such references (very much like
they would compare pointers in C, without comparing the entities that are
pointed to). In the "dog is cat"
expression above, dog and cat refer to different class objects. So
they are not identical. That explains
the need for the "is" operator (aka
identity operator). In Java, identity versus equality is an either-or deal, as
suggested by the online docs at http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/java/IandI/objectclass.html:
equals() method provided in the
Object class uses
the identity operator (
==) to determine whether two objects are equal
[...]To test whether two objects are equal in the sense of equivalency (containing the same
information), you must override the
equals() method."
The == operator is simply a shorthand for invoking opEquals; the line writefln(dog == cat), although not identical with writefln(dog.opEquals(cat)), generates the same syntax tree. D source code looks more intuitive and natural when "==" is used instead of the verbose opEquals function call.
Please note that because all classes in D inherit off a root Object class, which provides a base implementation for opEquals, every class will always have opEquals defined (whether it does what the programmer wants or it should be overridden is a different question).
In addition to class objects (i.e. instances of classes) D has other data type families: scalars (such as integers and floating point numbers), structs and arrays. For scalars, equality and identity are the same, as demonstrated by this program:
int i = 2;
int j = 1;
writefln(i is ++j); // prints true
writefln(i == j); // also prints true
For struct objects, identity is defined as the bits in the struct being identical. The same as equality then (you may conclude); well, not quite. Structs in D have value type semantics. If in the example above we re-declare Pet as a struct rather than a class, like this:
struct Pet
string name;
The equality and identity tests will yield the same result (that is, the dog and cat will bizzarrely appear as both equal and identical, because their respective name fields are null). The compiler generates code to compare the bits in the structs: the null name fields are compared bit-by-bit as being equal.
Structs however are more interesting than that: they have value type semantics, like scalars, but are a bit like classes too, in the sense that some operators can be re-defined by the programmers. Note that we did not say "overridden", to avoid confusion with the polymorphic behavior of classes. Some text books on object-oriented languages call this "operator overloading".
Classes have a slot in their virtual tables for opEquals: when the programmers writes her own, the base class operator is overriden. Structs do not have virtual tables, and hence no polymorphic behavior is possible. But programmers can re-define the behavior of certain operators, such as opEqual. The compiler will statically determine if such an operator should be called in lieu of the default behavior.
For example, we can decide (in a counter-Orwellian spur) that no pets are equal, ever:
struct Pet
string name;
public bool opEquals(Pet other)
return false;
Note that the argument type is Pet (and not Object, as in the case of the overridden class operator); there is no overridden attribute, either.
The code
writefln(dog is cat);
writefln(dog == cat);
now prints:
This is because the identity operation for structs always results in a bit-by-bit comparison, and cannot be overridden, or re-defined, by the user; the equality operation has been re-defined to always return false. And by the way, the identity operator cannot be overriden for classes either: for class instances, the identity operator always compares the two object references.
Now that we have seen how identity and equality operators work for structs, lets see how they apply to arrays. Lets assume we have two arrays of Pet objects:
Pet[] myPets;
Pet[] herPets;
// … populate the arrays…
if (myPets == herPets) { // calls opEquals for each object
// …
if (myPets is herPets) { // tests if object references are the same
// …
We can say that testing arrays for equality is a deep operation (opEquals is called on each pair of array elements), whereas an identity test simply checks that 1) the number of elements in the two arrays is the same, and 2) that the object references are the same; it is a shallow operation.
In conclusion, equality and identity operators work the same for scalars, but not for classes, structs, and arrays. The identity operator cannot be overloaded. In the cases where we need to know if two object references (or the references to objects in two arrays) are the same, the identity operator should be used. The identity operator is faster than the equality operator because it does not do a "deep" comparison of the two objects.
There is a difference between the signature of opEquals for class objects versus struct objects. For structs, we have the straightforward:
public bool opEquals(StructName other);
For class objects we have two choices: declare opEquals as above:
public bool opEquals(ClassName other);
or (the more verbose):
public override bool opEquals(Object other);
The difference is in how
the operator== is invoked. If it needs to be used in a polymorphic fashion (say
you have an array of Objects) then the signature must be:
public override bool opEquals(Object);
For use cases when the final type of the class objects being compared is known, the first form may be used. The first form hides the base class' opEquals rather than overriding it. There's no need to worry about incorrect uses though: the compiler will catch them for you and either issue a compile-time error (if the "-w" flag is given to the command line) or insert code that detects the error at runtime (and throws an error):
version (D_NET)
import System;
alias Console.WriteLine print;
import std.stdio;
alias writefln print;
class Test
int i;
public bool opEquals(Test t)
return i == t.i;
this(int j)
i = j;
void main()
//this causes either a compile-time error or a runtime exception
//core.exception.HiddenFuncError: Hidden method called for test.Test
Object t1 = new Test(1);
Object t2 = new Test(1);
//this works (non-polymorphic behavior):
Test t1 = new Test(1);
Test t2 = new Test(1);
print (t1 == t2);
catch (Exception e)
print (e);
One last note: unlike in C#, where operators == and != can be overloaded separately, in D you only need to worry about the == (opEquals) operator: when the compiler sees != it simply calls opEquals, then logically negates the result.
Frankly, I never understood why C++ and C# allow the equals operator and the negated counterpart to be overloaded separately, only for text books to recommend that you should always overload them together: it seems like a lot of unncessary work that the designers of D avoided altogether.
Thanks to Walter Bright, Bartosz Milewski and Andrei Alexandrescu for reviewing this article.


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|2007-04-19, 21:07
|Link #1
cho~ kakkoii
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: 3rd Planet
Lucky Star music discussion (OP/ED & OST, etc.)
Feel free to discuss any music related subjects for Lucky Star here (OP/ED & OST, etc.). As the usual rule, NO POSTING LINKS TO MP3s OR ASKING FOR THEM. You may buy them at the usual place such as cdjapan and what not, but DO NOT ask for or post links to any music downloads. This includes, but isn't limited to:
|2007-04-20, 07:12
|Link #2
Nya? ^_^
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Australia
I really like the OP for this series. Not only is it crazy, lyrically, but the animation is great, too. I'm not generally a fan of OP/ED sequences, usually either the music or the animation puts me off, however with Lucky Star... KyoAni did good.
It disappoints me a little that there's no real ED, since so far it's just been that karaoke stuff, but that's pretty neat in its own right.
Still a little too early to give much comment on the general OST, but I doubt I'll be disappointed in how it pans out, unless it's like Haruhi and there's a million character albums and no apparent/obvious real OST released. -.-
|2007-04-20, 09:27
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Beautiful fighter.
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Location: England, UK
Age: 32
|2007-04-20, 12:13
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Rank-and-file poster
Join Date: Oct 2006
Age: 34
Is it just me or do these lines from the start of the opening make anyone else go
Hopefully I'm just reading a little too into this...
|2007-04-20, 12:33
|Link #6
Rank-and-file poster
Join Date: Oct 2006
Age: 34
It probably is just me then, I dunno I guess the "Catch and release part" after the first two lyrics made me think of all those idiots/jerks in highschool who'd work their way into the pants of the girls and then immediately dump em. *shrug*
|2007-04-20, 16:27
|Link #7
Evil Little Pixie
The "catch and release part".. that really is weird, but I really can't think it to mean what you're saying. After all, the entire OP lyrics are random and crazy, just sort of thrown together to make a really catchy song. Hmm... Make that extremely catchy. *thinks about how I play it 500+ times a day*
|2007-04-20, 19:36
|Link #8
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: New Zealand
And maybe this belongs in the merchandise thread, but the OP single is out May 23rd: CDJapan - Amazon JP
It's currently Amazon's third top seller in music
|2007-04-20, 19:43
|Link #9
Jag äter idioter
Graphic Designer
IMO the a.f.k. translation and setup are just unappealing. But that still doesn't deter me from enjoying the song any, and I agree with Simon on the whole PoV on the "catch and release" part. Can't wait for the official OP CD release so I can buy it.
|2007-04-20, 23:27
|Link #10
Pink bug make Amu angry!
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Somewhere between Omaha and Minsk
So I've been working on my karaoke to the OP. Which as a non-native speaker of Japanese is... interesting. In order to learn to speak all the words properly I hadta transcribe the lyrics. I mostly used AFK's translation, with some alterations from other sites as well as some googling. This is the current results:
Spoiler for for keepinz ur page shorter:
There are a few places where I disagree with AFK's translation. The "catch and release" phrase is actually missing a syllable, the word tokkya blends into "catch" so that it's tokkyatch. Near the end of the first section it makes more sense for the word to be "ase!" (sweat) rather than "I say!", given the suggestive nature of the first stanza. Finally there's the big beast, the first line of the last stanza. I don't hear a fu or a ku in that line, it's just two syllables. seihin means products or goods (stuff), sanpi literally means a request for approval or rejection, but I think is simultaneously short for san pi-su, or three piece. So the item description and the question are inherent in the same words... nice trick that.
Seems like the whole first stanza is a jab at the industrywide practice of having romantic OPs to shows where it's really inappropriate, as well as mockingly throwing up some fanservice before getting to the parts of the song that actually tell us something about the characters. KyoAni is basically saying "We know we'll get the attention of all you otaku out there by putting pics of lolis in short skirts in front of you along with lyrics talking about sex, so here's some over the top naughtiness. Now let's move on to something that the show is actually about." The "catch and release" line, as someone noted before, is just way overboard. Heh.
Two RFI's here. First, can anyone who's read the manga identify the policewoman onscreen at the "cherry pie" line? She reminds me of Konata, both the mouth and the eyes. Secondly, I'd reeeeally like the original words for the bridge section, where only their legs are visible. In particular, Miyuki's lines about looking for her glasses. Romanization pleez, I can't read Japanese.
|2007-04-20, 23:46
|Link #11
Pink bug make Amu angry!
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Somewhere between Omaha and Minsk
Somewhere in the original thread it's noted that "catch and release" means to take a fish out of water, then put it back in before it, um, dries out. Any way you look at it, it's a terribly suggestive line. too suggestive really, like KyoAni is deliberaly starting the song with something crude in order to mock all the OPs out there that are coyly suggestive and cutesy. As well as mocking all the pervs hoping for fanservice.
I disagree that the rest of the OP is all that random, if you look over the lines sung by the individual girls in the middle sections they actually say a good bit about the characters. Konata screws up her line (with an acdcidental H-game line?), and says she messed upsie-up in a close parallel to the "mixy-wixie" line in Ep. 1. Tsukasa says weirdish stuff, and the other girls tell her to cut it out. Miyuki is excited about ehr food, which leads to being overrun by Konata's uber-excitement. And later on the bit with scattering asteroids that crash and burn, reminds us that we're walking straight into a bunch of otaku-friendly material.
|2007-04-20, 23:57
|Link #12
Not the kind of song I'd have on a playlist or a loop, but it doesn't have me scramblings for the fast forward key either. I let it play out before the episode and I like the cheerleading sequence very much big time (Konata's Magical Hair Growth Sequence).
|2007-04-21, 01:14
|Link #13
Gregory House
IT Support
I *think* I can hear some of Konata's rumblings, but I'd need to edit the sound to hear more. I also hear Tsukasa saying "Atashi ne,...", like she's starting a sentence.
|2007-04-21, 17:57
|Link #15
Kona-chan, of course, would know all about both these examples. And has probably written ecchi fanfics about both.
|2007-04-21, 18:01
|Link #16
~ You're dead ^__^* ~
Graphic Designer
the OP song is just awesome the pace is fast but surprisingly the movemnts are being kept up with O.o i just love those sharp crisp moves of the dance and the way kona points up 3 fingers is just epix :3
as for the ED song...erm is there even one? (completely ignoring the karaoke)
the first line/statement of the song translated by a.f.k is unique tho...not everday i read slang and it works surprisingly :3
|2007-04-21, 19:40
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Osana-Najimi Shipper
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Mt. Ordeals
If there is one non-tokatsu song one would like Konata to sing for her third song, what would it be? I personally would like her to sing Macross OP just because I love Macross, but considering Kona's exhuberance I think Voltes V's OP would be best.
I mean the beginning of the chorus (Borutesu Faibu ni) and the end of the chorus (mou chikai) would be awesome to hear in Konata's screeching yelling voice. XD
|2007-04-22, 12:53
|Link #19
On the FMP one. I'm willing to bet if she had done the normal mangling of the FMP: Fumoffu opening there would have been riots. I get the feeling that the more otakuish fans of shows Kyoto Animation has been involved in have less of a sense of humour about matters than Kyoto Animation itself seems to have. It's alright if they do it with old songs that nobody remembers, but if its a series that involved Kyoto Animation (Even if the song is licensed out from Flight Master for this episode) there'd be hell to pay from the fans. As strong as Kyoto Animation has been made by its specific fanbase I get the sense they could turn on the company at the drop of a hat (which they almost did with the Kanon ending apparently).
|2007-04-22, 15:57
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Yuuki Aoi
Join Date: Jul 2004
I've said it before in the episode thread, but I love Aaya's singing in the ep3 ED. Her voice is thin, but expressive and in tune. Check this blog for some shocking but amusing news about which singer Aaya likes (hint: it's Avril), with photos and text from Aaya's blog.
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Former Kansas House Speaker Doug Mays, a Topeka lobbyist, said he entered the GOP contest after deciding the risk of surrendering the seat to a Democrat was too high. He's competing along with legislators Steve Fitzgerald, of Leavenworth; Kevin Jones, of Wellsville; Dennis Pyle, of Hiawatha; Caryn Tyson, of Parker; Vernon Fields, of Basehor; and Steve Watkins, of Topeka.
"This congressional district is targeted by the Democratic Party in Washington in an effort to tip the scales and hand control of the US House of Representatives to the far left. We cannot let that happen," Mays said.
In the 3rd District that includes Johnson and Wyandotte counties, Yoder has become a target of national Democrats. He has two GOP primary opponents. The six Democrats in the race: Sharice Davids and Brent Welder, both of Kansas City, Kan.; Jay Sidie, of Mission Woods; Mike McCamon and Sylvia Williams, both of Overland Park; and Tom Niermann, of Prairie Village.
The 1st District, which stretches from Colorado to Emporia, features Marshall, of Great Bend, against primary opponent Nick Reinecker, of Inman, and Democratic candidate Alan LaPolice, of Clyde.
LaPolice, who ran in 2016 as an independent and in 2014 as a Republican, said the United States was at risk from foreign threats and internal division. He said difficult times required someone to "be honorable, be ethical, be bold."
Tim Carpenter is a reporter for The Topeka (Kan.) Capital-Journal.


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I caught the HTPC bug sometime back and went about building one after receiving component recommendations from Sandy Bird, one of our Senior Editors. The installation went smoothly. Then, one day I encountered an issue I had not seen before. Switching the source input from the HTPC to some other source, such as my DVR, and then back to the HTPC would sometimes give a small 800×600 window centered on the display. The output was no longer 1080p, the resolution I started out with. Additionally, an attempt to restore the original setting through the display panel dialog was futile, since all the 16×9 aspect ratio options were absent. Only resolutions with a 4×3 aspect ratio were selectable. The cure for this ill was to reboot the system. I did figure out a workaround later on which did not require a reboot, but it is best to not have this issue altogether.
I hoped that this was a temporary problem, solvable by a future driver update. I was quick to update my system with new drivers when they became available. Some versions were better, while some were worse. Unfortunately, many updates later, the problem remained. I asked Sandy, who has the same motherboard, an ASUS P5E-VM HDMI, if he had ever come across this problem. His answer: no.
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The issue at hand appeared to be EDID (Extended display identification data) related. In a nutshell, a display uses the EDID to advertise its capabilities to a connected source. (For more details, visit this Wikipedia link.) On the HTPC, for example, the graphics driver uses this data to determine the list of resolutions and refresh rates supported by the display. When a display's EDID is not available, which happens when the display is switched to a different source or powered off, the HTPC may switch over to a default setting, which in the case of the driver I was using happened to be 800×[email protected] Re-connecting the display to the HTPC should have re-initiated a handshake to obtain the correct settings, but this did not happen reliably in my system.
Dealing with this oddity became tiresome after some time. Just when I was mulling a different graphics card option, I came across the HDMI Detective Plus, a nifty little accessory from Gefen meant to address this very issue.
The HDMI Detective Plus sits in the middle of the display and the source. Its job is to trick the source into thinking that it is always connected to the display. It does this by saving the display's EDID information into its internal memory, which it transmits continuously. As far as the source, the HTPC in my case, is concerned, the display is always connected.
Setting up the Detective is both quick and easy. The initial step requires programming the Detective to store the display's EDID information into its internal memory. Two options are provided: automatic and manual. In the automatic mode, the option I used, you power the Detective with the supplied power supply and connect it to your display. The DIP switches all need to be in the off position, and the write-protect switch needs to be in the E, write enabled, position. The EDID recording sequence is then initiated by holding down the program button. Once the LED starts to rapidly flash green, the program button can be released. A transition of the LED to a solid green color indicates a successful programming sequence. Once the programming is complete, the external power supply can be disconnected and put away. A red LED indicates an unsuccessful programming. If this happens, check the position of the DIP switches and the position of the write protect switch; then power-cycle and re-try. If programming is still unsuccessful or if you need to force a specific resolution and audio combination, use the manual option.
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In manual mode, DIP switches one through three are used to select from one of five pre-programmed EDIDs. The combination of the on/off position of each DIP switch determines which pre-programmed mode gets selected. Once the DIP switches are in their respective positions, the Detective can be programmed in the same way as the automatic mode.
DIP switch four controls the pass-through of HDCP. This DIP switch needs to be enabled, regardless of the programming mode, to enable HDCP pass-through.
The Detective comes with a locking HDMI cable. The locking mechanism adds to the height of the cable, which may make it unsuitable for some installs. In my case, the HDMI inputs on my display are tightly spaced and they are stacked vertically. With the supplied cable, adjacent inputs were not useable. I, therefore, resorted to a conventional non-locking HDMI cable in my install.
When I first powered on the unit, the green LED was on, which according to the manual indicates that the unit was already programmed. Since I was uncertain of the pre-programmed settings, I went ahead with the programming sequence to record my display's EDID into the Detective's internal memory.
Once programmed, the Detective worked without a hiccup in my system. The act of switching inputs or powering off the display no longer resulted in a resolution switch!
The HDMI Detective Plus has become a permanent fixture in my HTPC setup. The resolution issues are a thing of the past. It is easy to setup, it has a small footprint, and it works flawlessly. The Detective is an invaluable accessory for anyone who has been plagued by EDID loss related problems.


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Note: If the installation does not start automatically, choose Run from the Windows Start menu. Then enter "d:\autorun" (assuming the installation CD is in D drive) in the run dialog box. You can also double-click on "Setup.exe" file on the installation CD to being the installation.
Note: To optimize performance of the product and your computer, defragmenting the Hard Disk Drive (HDD) prior to installing honestech Stopmotion Studio™ 4.0 software is recommended. Also, if there is any security software on your PC that may block or interfere with the installation or removal of the software, please disable it or turn it off prior to installing or uninstalling the software.
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Electrotherapy was a popular treatment for a wide range of illnesses in the 1800s. William Hooper Halse, whose electrotherapy machine is advertised here, proclaimed himself a 'Professor of Medical Galvanism'. He worked in London at 22 Brunswick Square, the address on the dial, from 1846-1855.
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Francis Marion, known as the "Swamp Fox" (upon which the movie Patriot is very loosely based), was born near Georgetown, South Carolina, 26 February 1732. By 1775, he was a member of the South Carolina Provincial Congress and was commissioned in June of that year as a captain in the 2nd South Carolina Regiment. The Continental Congress commissioned him as a lieutenant-colonel the following year.
He earned his nick-name during the Revolutionary War because he and his men traveled along swamp paths, striking British and Loyalist troops quickly, then withdrawing just as quickly to safety. Marion was commissioned a brigadier-general of state troops by exiled Governor John Rutledge.
On 3 September 1781, Brig. Gen. Marion reported his attempts to support Col. Hardin's troops several days earlier as they camped at Round O, SC. This report gives us great insight not only into his military prowess but also to his personality and character. Just prior to the copy of his report is a copy of the letter of commendation written by Maj. Gen. Nathanael Greene to the President of Congress. Click on the image to see the first page, then click on the film strip to continue. The report ends on page 287.


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Jan 18 (Reuters) - Enbridge Inc said on Saturday that it had shut down its 450,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Alberta Clipper pipeline, the largest source of U.S. oil imports, after an oil spill at a Saskatchewan pump station.
The estimated 125 barrel spill was mostly limited to the Rowatt pump station, located south of Regina, though some windborne oil sprayed onto the property of a nearby landowner, said Enbridge spokesman Graham White.
Enbridge is investigating the cause along with the National Energy Board, said White, noting that the estimated size of the spill is preliminary and could change.
Enbridge expects to complete the clean-up this weekend and is looking at start-up procedures to restart the pipeline, a key part of its Mainline system that connects Canada's tarsands to U.S. markets.
The Alberta Clipper line has a capacity of about 450,000 bpd and is currently being expanded to 570,000 bpd.


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ARLINGTON, Texas — Only nine minutes remained in the NCAA tournament championship when guard Ryan Boatright rolled his ankle.
His mother, Tanesha, watching from the AT&T Stadium stands, knew her son wouldn't budge. That's not how the Boatrights, from Aurora, operate. Apparently, not Connecticut either.
"I was screaming at him, 'Be tough,' " she said, pausing to sob as her son cut down nets. "My family was asking me, 'Is he going to keep going?' I knew he was going to keep going."
Said Boatright of his ankle: "It was hurting. But we worked too hard. We put in too much work. I wasn't going to let a little ankle sprain keep me from fighting for my brothers."
The No. 7-seeded Huskies proved themselves to be nothing but ever-marching survivors in the 60-54 victory against No. 8 seed Kentucky, bringing a fourth title to Storrs, Conn.
Just a season ago, the Huskies were banned from postseason play as a punishment for low academic scores. Instead of transferring before the season, the group of Huskies banded together.
Two seasons ago, legendary coach Jim Calhoun retired and former assistant Kevin Ollie took over.
This season, they lost to Louisville by 33 points, finished third in the American Athletic Conference and nearly were bounced in the first tournament game by St. Joseph's.
Connecticut players view the victory as validation for sitting out of the tournament last season as fires burned inside them. Senior guard Shabazz Napier predicted the championship run after the March loss to Louisville.
"We're hungry," said Napier, who scored 22 points. "When you prevent us from trying to go to the postseason and it wasn't our fault, we worked from that (point) on."
Boatright, an East Aurora graduate, added 14 points on 5-of-6 shooting with four rebounds, three assists and three steals.
The duo again was smothering on defense against Kentucky, which was playing for its second title in three seasons.
"One of our things was sprint it up the court so you attack (Boatright) and he's not attacking you," Kentucky coach John Calipari said. "We jogged."
The Wildcats also whiffed on their free throws, making only 13 of 24. Connecticut made all 10 of its attempts from the line.
"The way we started the game probably cost us the game," Calipari said. "Why do you think (we) started that way? They're all freshmen. They're scared to death again."
That never bothered the Wildcats before. They came back from deficits in every tournament game to advance to the championship, winning the previous three games on late 3-pointers by Aaron Harrison.
They fell behind by 15 points in the first half against Connecticut, the most they had trailed in a tournament game. The Huskies never trailed, although Kentucky made several runs to draw to within a point.
Forward James Young led Kentucky with 20 points, while Julius Randle added 10 points. Randle left the game for stretches in the first half with what appeared to be cramps.
Most of the 79,238 fans waited for the Wildcats to make their move.
They trailed by six points with 2:24 remaining. Kentucky missed two more free throws down the stretch and a layup by Napier with 1:33 left provided a buffer for UConn.
After trailing by 15 points in the first half, the Wildcats closed to within a point three times in the second half. Kentucky, which started the season ranked No. 1, could never kick down the door against the determined Huskies.
The Wildcats left the court with more questions. With seven freshmen who played regularly, many are expected to leave for the NBA. A tweet sent before the game from former Wildcat Rex Chapman said Calipari would leave for the Lakers after the season.
"The Lakers have a basketball coach," he said. "Kentucky has a basketball coach. I got the best job in the country. I'm not going to even dignify that stuff."
For Connecticut, the expectations were just raised back to the old standard.
"Someone called us Cinderella," said Ollie, flashing an incredulous expression. "No. We're UConn. This is what we do. We're born for this. We're bred to cut down nets."
Ollie became just the fourth African-American coach to win the championship and the first since Tubby Smith in 1998.
The Huskies bonded through their personal adversity.
Ollie hugged his mother, who has breast cancer, and his wife on the court. Napier slung his arm around his mother's neck as they craned to watch "One Shining Moment" on the giant video board. Boatright, who struggled this year with the murder of his cousin, sought out his mother for a postgame embrace.
The victory was a validation for the Boatrights, who were often criticized when Ryan initially accepted a scholarship in junior high to USC and later missed games as a freshman because of an NCAA investigation into improper benefits received by his family.
"It's about going after what your desires and a goal you set yourself to," Tanesha Boatright said. "And he accomplished it. The distractions, the investigation, coaches retiring, naysayers, it didn't matter. He's just a warrior. He's just a fighter. Even at times when I didn't understand, he'd tell me, 'Mom, I got it.'"
For Boatright, the victory was confirmed his determination.
"I'm going to enjoy this as much as I can," he said, noting he hasn't made a decision about leaving for the NBA. "I'm just blessed to be here."
Few saw Connecticut making this championship run. The players believed they were due.
"When you believe something so much you understand what may happen," Napier said.
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From July 1, as part of the IDA-17 Replenishment all new operations funded by the International Development Association, IDA, the World Bank's fund for the poorest countries, are to be screened for short and long-term climate and disaster risks (pdf) and, where risks exist, appropriate resilience measures are to be integrated.
Additionally, all IDA Country Partnership Frameworks are required to incorporate climate and disaster risk considerations into the analysis of a country's development challenges and priorities and, when agreed with the country, incorporate such considerations into the content of the programs and the results framework.This is a major step forward in helping the poor and most vulnerable, those most at risk from climate change, prepare for the impacts of our rapidly warming world.
Bank staff can now access a new suite of online tools to help them identify potential risks to the projects and country plans they're working on.
The new climate and disaster risk screening tools are exactly what they sound like: they provide due diligence at the early stages of project design to ensure that climate and disaster risks are flagged. Screening is a first, but essential, step to make sure that these risks are assessed and managed as we work on climate and disaster-resilient development.
It's increasing clear that to end extreme poverty, we have to build resilient communities and mitigate shocks, like climate and natural disasters.
Over the last 30 years, the world has lost more than 2.5 million people and almost $4 trillion to natural disasters.
Economic losses are rising – from $50 billion each year in the 1980s, to just under $200 billion each year in the last decade. Three quarters of those losses are a result of extreme weather.
As more and more people move to cities built on flood plains and along coastlines in search of jobs and opportunities these trends will continue to rise. While all countries are impacted, developing nations bear the brunt of mounting losses in lives and livelihoods from increasingly severe floods, droughts, and storms.
Last year, a global coalition of developed and developing countries committed a record $52 billion for the replenishment of IDA.
The climate and disaster risk tools are aligned with, and provide contributions to, the new operations risk management approach being introduced at the Bank. They have benefited during the design, internal piloting and testing from the involvement of regional and thematic specialists across the Bank. Also, IFC is piloting a climate risk management process that will be used to identify and manage climate risks related to investments' financial, environmental and social performance.
Consultation on the new screening tools has included outside stakeholders such as regional development banks and other development partners that are in the process of developing or deploying similar screening tools and resources.
Going forward, the tools will continue to be refined and enhanced to support risk assessment at the country level as new and improved data becomes available later over the coming year.
All of this will help us better predict and prepare for risk, allowing nations and communities to build the capacity they need to grow resilient, and to put in place response measures in a warming and more disruptive climate.
Update: The climate and disaster risk screen tools were released for public use in April 2015.
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This is a great development. The Pakistan CPF process concluded not so long ago could definitely have benefited from the use of these tools. How are we planning on incorporating these considerations into lending policy at national level outside of the CPF cycle?
Great! Yes, building on top of the allusions to the need for preparedness in country documents, these tools will definitely help push the case for incorporation of these considerations into planning at all levels of operation.
Pakistan is an IDA country, and as such all new IDA-17 supported investments that come for concept approval from July 1, 2014 will need to be screened for climate and disaster risks. Hence, there is an opportunity for teams to use these screening tools as part of this early stage due diligence. Good to see that the Pakistan recognizes the challenge posed by climate change, and that it includes a provision for some action on this front, including analytical work.
Welcome move. Many countries incl. East Africa have not genuinely taken up climate change resilience as part of development undertakings
Where is the link to the tools??
Dear Michael,
Thank you for your interest. The tools are in use right now within the World Bank Group and are being refined with additional data. We hope to have a version ready for public release in early 2015.
Following up to the last comment here: are these tools now available to the public? Where? Also, the links to the pages and documents in this article are now dead. Hoping for updates. Thanks!


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Athens Distributing Co. could add a 53,700-square-foot warehouse addition to its 905 James St. site. The wine and spirits wholesaler and distributor recently filed a building permit application with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement, listing Linkous Construction Co. Inc. as the contractor.
Athens' 905 James site already includes a 91,568-square-foot warehouse built in 1973 and improved in 1997. The property also includes a rail spur line.
The buildings are on a 9.4-acre parcel northeast of the corner of James Street and Ryder Avenue roughly bounded by Interstate 240 (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Expressway) to the west.
The Shelby County Assessor of Property's 2011 appraisal is $1.4 million.
Athens began in 1967 and has three market presences: Nashville, Chattanooga and Memphis. The local presence is Athens' third market and its largest, with 21 counties in its service area, according to the company's website.
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Glankler Brown PLLC has announced the 2012 members of its management committee. They are William Bomar, Charles Hill, Christopher Lamberson, John Houseal Jr., J. William Pierce Jr. and chief manager William Bradley.
The management committee addresses firm matters and advises other members and staff on administrative issues.
Glankler Brown is one of the largest law firms based in Memphis and has attorneys representing clients throughout the U.S. and abroad.
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Looney Ricks Kiss, also known as LRK Inc., has received three awards in the 2011 Best in American Living Awards by the National Association of Home Builders.
CA2 (Court Annex Two) received a gold in the Smarter Growth category. Facing Court Square Park in Downtown Memphis, CA2 is a 32,000-square-foot, five-story, mixed-use building with ground floor office and retail and 16 upper-story residences.
CA2 also achieved Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED) NC Gold, making it the first residential building in Memphis with gold certification. The project is fully leased.
The other projects were in Texas. Gables West Avenue in Houston was honored with a gold in the Mixed-Use category. Located in Houston's River Oaks neighborhood, Gables West Avenue is a seven-story, mixed-use building comprised of 397 luxury rental residences, offices, restaurants and shops. An eight-level parking deck has separate access for residents and retail customers. LRK earned a silver for the Neighborhood Design of The Belmont in Dallas. Five miles northeast of Downtown Dallas, The Belmont has 465 apartments in five buildings. The project recently received LEED Silver certification, making it the first Dallas-area apartment building with that designation.
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The Memphis chapter of the Social Media Club will host a meeting Thursday, Feb. 23, from noon to 1 p.m. in the Glankler Brown PLLC conference room, 6000 Poplar Ave., suite 400.
The theme is "Share What You Love," and everyone is welcome. Bring a lunch; drinks will be donated by Glankler Brown.
Social Media Club's primary mission is to expand digital media literacy, promote standard technologies, encourage ethical behavior and share best practices. It brings together journalists, publishers, communications professionals, artists, teachers, students and other interested collaborators.
Memphis City Council members approved on Tuesday, Feb. 21, the terms of a $20 million multiyear renovation of the Memphis Pink Palace Museum
The contract approved by the council with Memphis Museums Inc., a private nonprofit group, would require MMI to raise $10 million – half of the total – from private sources.
The Pink Palace renovation contract and city matching funding of $10 million met resistance from council member Lee Harris, who wanted as much as $1 million of the money diverted to renovate Victorian Village's Mallory-Neely House, which is in the process of being renovated.
Mallory-Neely and the Magevney House are also attractions maintained by MMI that have been closed for years.
Harris' amendment was voted down.
The council approved a contract between the city and Tri-State Youth Baseball Academy Inc. to manage and operate the baseball field at Jesse Turner-Bellevue Park in South Memphis. The council approved the contract earlier this year but reconsidered and added amendments to the contract that require the administration to monitor the effect of use fees Tri-State intends to charge for scheduling games on the diamond. The council also included a study due by May of city attempts to outsource other park services.
And the council approved on the first of three readings an ordinance that appears to be a reincarnation of the one-time-only, 18-cent schools tax hike the council approved last year for the current fiscal year. The council approved it on first reading Tuesday as part of its consent agenda with no discussion. The caption read before the vote included no specific amount.
It was added to the agenda the same day the Wharton administration told council members in committee sessions the city budget is $17 million in the red for the current fiscal year ending June 30, with a shortfall of $47 million projected for the new fiscal year beginning July 1.
– Bill Dries
EdR – a Memphis-based developer, owner and manager of collegiate housing – has announced the University of Kentucky board has approved a 50-year ground lease allowing EdR to proceed with the university's on-campus housing revitalization.
In Phase I, EdR will develop, construct and own a 601-bed, $25.8 million freshman honors housing community at Haggin Field that will include classroom and meeting space and will be available for occupancy by fall 2013. The company is anticipating a spring groundbreaking.
Simultaneously, EdR and UK are having formal discussions regarding Phase II, which is anticipated to include an expansion to 9,000 residence hall beds and EdR's management of UK's entire housing portfolio of 6,000 beds in the fall of 2013.
EdR has selected Sherman Carter Barnhart of Lexington, Ky., as the architect of record for Phase I. EdR is a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust that owns or manages 60 communities in 23 states with more than 34,200 beds within more than 11,100 units.
The NBA has selected Tony Payne, an athlete with Special Olympics Greater Memphis, to play alongside NBA and WNBA players and legends in the NBA Cares/Special Olympics Unity Sports Basketball Game Sunday, Feb. 26, during the 2012 NBA All-Star Weekend.
Payne, with the help of Special Olympics Greater Memphis and his cousin, former Memphis Tiger basketball player Elliot Perry, was selected as one of 12 Special Olympics athletes to participate.
– Aisling Maki
The Wolf River Conservancy will hold its seventh Tree Planting March 17 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Shelby Farms Park.
The WRC is recruiting more than 100 volunteers to plant about 2,000 trees, assisting Shelby Farms Park in achieving its goal of planting 1 million trees within the park and surrounding neighborhoods. Volunteers should bring a lunch, drinks, gloves and shovels.
Those who would like to contribute but are unable to volunteer can make a monetary donation to the Wolf River Conservancy for the tree-planting.
Visit www.wolfriver.org to register.
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If you're having problems with multiplayer gaming or matchmaking in Halo 5: Guardians, here are some areas that you can check to see what the problem may be.
Depending on the issue, the following game play features may be affected:
You may see one of the following messages when you're trying to join or set up a multiplayer session.
This error means that no dedicated servers could be found that meet the network requirements of your entire fireteam. This may occur if you play with geographically dispersed friends. If you encounter this error while playing with friends in the same region, restart the game and try again.
This error occurs if there aren't enough players suitably close to your skill rank to start a match. You can research the playlist or select a new playlist to search.
This error occurs if one or more players in your fireteam (including yourself) is currently banned from playing Halo 5: Guardians. Players can receive bans automatically by leaving games in-progress, killing allied players, and more. Players with bans should wait and retry at a later time when their ban has been cleared.
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Every now and then people ask me for advise about some fine object that they have bought on ebay, and usually it makes me glad that my job does not pay me enough to develop an ebay habit. But just in case any of my more affluent readers are tempted to start collecting antique Chinese or Tibetan seals, I thought that it might be useful to take a look at three seals that I have recently seen for sale :
- Wonderful Amazing Old Tibet Carved Wooden Ivory Seal NR by east-online @ $399
- Very Lg. Chinese Imperial Seal(Chop)- Yuan -1279-1368AD by JJ Oriental @ $950
- Very Rare!Yuan Dyn. Phags-pa & Chinese script Seal XF by Only Linda @ $1,200
Not the Seal of the Imperial Preceptor of the the Great Yuan Dynasty
The first seal is described as an old carved wooden and ivory seal that the seller acquired directly from a Tibetan family in the Ali region of Tibet. The image of the seal face on the seller's site shows the inscription to be in the Tibetan style of Phags-pa script (hor yig) with one line of Tibetan script below (image has been mirrored to make it easier to read) :
The quality of both the Phags-pa inscription and the Tibetan inscription is quite poor, and several of the letters appear to be corrupt. The Phags-pa inscription reads mkhan po --m (rim ?) pa'i las tham [kha ?] bkra shis "Seal of the Abbot ..., good luck" (I'm not quite sure what the first letter of the second column is, and the symbol at the bottom of the third column is perhaps a corruption of kha). The Tibetan text is much the same, reading mkhan po rim pa'i tham ga མཁན་པོ་རིམ་པའི་ཐམ་ག (the letters kha and ga are both corrupt).
It is a little suspect, but this is not actually the seal I want to talk about, so we'll say no more. The strange thing is that when the person who bought this seal opened up the package he found that the seal sent to him (on the left) was not quite the same as the advertised seal (on the right) :
Although the bodies of the two seals are both made of wood and are stylistically very similar, and the seal faces are both (supposedly) made of ivory, their inscriptions are very different indeed. As we have seen, the inscription on the advertised seal is in Tibetan written in the Tibetan style of Phags-pa script, which is found on seals dating from the late 16th century up to the present day. However, the inscription on the seal that the buyer actually received is in Chinese written in the "seal script" style of the Phags-pa script that is found on seals dating from the Yuan (1271-1368) and and Northern Yuan (1368-1402) periods, but rarely any later (image has been mirrored to make it easier to read) :
The inscription is very clear and reads thung ling shi gyaw tay 'wen guė shhi, which can be interpreted as a phonetic representation of the Chinese tongling shijiao dayuan guoshi 統領釋教大元國師, meaning "Leader of the Buddhist Faith and Imperial Preceptor of the the Great Yuan dynasty". This is a well-known title that was bestowed by Khublai Khan (reigned 1260-1294) on the Phags-pa Lama (c.1239-1280) and his successors, so if it were genuine it would be a very important historical artefact and extremely valuable.
Unfortunately there are several reasons why it must be a fake, and not worth a penny :
- the lettering, although calligraphically acurate, is extremely crude
- the wooden body of the seal is typical of recent Tibetan seals, but not of seals dating to the Yuan dynasty
- seals bestowed on religious leaders by emperors of the Mongol empire were generally made of precious materials such as gold, silver or jade, and not made from wood
In fact, at least two genuine examples of jade seals dating to the Yuan dynasty, with exactly the same Phags-pa inscription, are known. This one is held at the Tibet Museum in Lhasa (image of seal face has been mirrored to make it easier to read) :
However, our seal most closely matches a seal that is held at the Norbulinka Palace in Lhasa :
The letterforms on our seal exactly match those on the above seal imprint, but are very crudely carved, and we can only conclude that it is a poor imitation of the real thing.
Seal of the Assistant Military Commander
The second seal I want to look at today is a very fine-looking bronze seal that is advertised by the seller as dating to the Yuan dynasty (1271-1368), with a four-character inscription in Chinese "nine-fold" seal script (九叠篆) characters (image of seal face has been mirrored to make it easier to read) :
Well, it certainly does look good to me, although if it is genuine it actually dates to the Jin dynasty (1115-1234) not the Yuan dynasty (1271-1368). The key to dating is the inscription, which reads futongzhiyin 副統之印 "seal of the assistant military commander". The post of assistant military commander (副統) was established in 1215, near the end of the Jin dynasty, and several bronze seals dating to the late Jin dynasty have exactly this inscription (but no Yuan dynasty seals as far as I know) :
- one held at the Palace Museum in Beijing
- one held at Jinzhou City Museum in Liaoning
- one discovered in Dalian in Liaoning
- one discovered in Changle in Shandong in 1984
- one held at the Gaomi Museum in Shandong, with an inscription on the back of it dated Zhenyou 4 (1216)
- two discovered near Harbin in Heilongjiang in 1971 and 1984, both with an inscription on the back dated the Year of the Pig (i.e. 1218 or 1223)
- one discovered near Harbin in Heilongjiang in 1976
- one unearthed at Russian Far East
Although the above list may give the impression that this is a common seal, Jin dynasty bronze seals like this are very rare, and especially hard for the private collector to acquire. In my opinion, the price asked for this seal ($950) is very reasonable if it is genuine, and from the pictures of the seal on the seller's site it does look genuine to me.
The Seal of Long Ying
The third seal is a Yuan dynasty bronze seal with a Chinese inscription in standard Yuan dynasty style Phags-pa script (image of seal face has been mirrored to make it easier to read) :
This is a good example of a Yuan dynasty personal signet seal, which were used by individuals to seal their name on documents. A large number of such seals are known, many of which have the name of their owner engraved in the Phags-pa script or jointly in Phags-pa letters and Chinese characters. The Phags-pa inscription on this particular example reads leung -ing, which is almost certainly a Chinese name, Long Ying (龍/隆 應/英). On the side of the seal are engraved the Chinese characters he tong 合同 "agreement", indicating that the seal was used in sealing agreements.
There is no doubt in my mind that this particular seal is genuine, although I am afraid that it is seriously overpriced.


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Disability Program Navigator (DPN) This was a joint project with the Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment and Training Administration to place DPNs in DOL's One-Stop Career Centers. The goals were to facilitate services for people with disabilities; improve access to programs and services; facilitate links with the employer community; develop strategies to meet employers' recruitment and retention needs; increase employment and self-sufficiency for people with disabilities; and develop ongoing partnerships to take full advantage of all resources. In June 2003, DOL awarded cooperative agreement funding to 14 States to establish the DPN positions. In June 2004, DOL added 3 new States. In June 2006, DOL awarded cooperative agreement funding to an additional 13 States and the District of Columbia, and in April 2007 they announced cooperative agreement funding to 15 additional States and Puerto Rico. Eventually, there were about 500 DPNs throughout local workforce investment areas in 45 States plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. DPNs trained One-Stop Career Center staff members to help individuals with disabilities access and navigate the programs and supports needed to maintain and gain employment. DPNs facilitated the transition of young people with disabilities to help them obtain employment and reach economic self-sufficiency. They conducted outreach to organizations that serve people with disabilities. DPNs focused on expanding the capacity of the One-Stop Career Centers to serve customers with disabilities. Many DPNs developed cross agency "integrated resource teams" to customize resources based on an individual job seeker's employment needs.
HOPE Congress provided $8 million annually in FY 2003, 2004, and 2005 directing the agency to use the appropriations to provide outreach and application assistance to "homeless and under-served populations." We used this earmarked funding to establish the HOPE program. The HOPE initiative focused on assisting eligible, chronically homeless individuals in applying for SSI and SSDI benefits. We developed the project to test the effectiveness of using skilled medical and social service providers to identify and engage homeless individuals with disabling conditions and assist them in filing for benefits within current policy.
We awarded $6.6 million in cooperative agreement funding to 34 public and private organizations in April 2004 and an additional $1.2 million in cooperative agreement funding to 7 organizations in November 2004. All HOPE projects closed as of October 2009.
SEE: https://www.ssa.gov/homelessness/ for our Service to the Homeless Activities and related policies.
The Pediatric Medical Unit (PMU) project offered additional pediatric medical expertise to assist State and Federal adjudicators in their development and review of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) child disability cases. In January 2006, we contracted with the Association of University Centers on Disabilities for the development, implementation, and evaluation of the PMU project. The Project established PMUs in seven locations across the nation staffed by personnel representing a range of medical disciplines. Sixteen Disability Determination Services (DDS) offices and several Hearing Offices (HO) were selected to participate in the PMU project through referral of selected cases to a designated PMU. Depending on the type of request received, the PMU would either provide a comprehensive case assessment based on the existing case record or conduct a face-to-face clinical assessment of the child. DDSs and HOs could then incorporate these PMU assessments into the case record as an additional basis for case decision-making.
By late 2007, SSA determined that the PMU project was no longer viable due to a number of significant operational and evaluative limitations, and we decided to cease all project operations by April 2008.
State Partnership Initiative We designed the State Partnership Initiative (SPI) to help Project States develop programs of employment support services for their residents with disabilities that would (1) increase job opportunities; (2) decrease dependence on Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits; and (3) foster the development of community resources. We provided five-year funding to twelve States (California, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Vermont, and Wisconsin) to develop innovative projects to assist individuals with disabilities in their efforts to reenter the workforce. These awards helped States develop statewide programs of services and support for their residents with disabilities that increased job opportunities for them and decreased their dependence on benefits. California, Vermont, New York, and Wisconsin implemented SSI waivers to test alternative rules. The SPI projects began in 1998 and ended in 2004.
To view this report, please go to SPI Evaluations and Conclusions Reports.TANF-SSI Disability Transition Project
Both welfare agencies and the Federal disability system seek to support people with disabilities and help them become more independent. However, the two systems often have differing missions and organization, definitions of disability, operational and financial issues, and work rules and incentives, making it challenging for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs to work together. TANF clients who apply for SSI may also encounter conflicting messages from TANF agencies regarding work requirements and benefit eligibility.
To help us understand the relationship between the TANF and SSI populations and programs better, we worked with the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to launch the TANF-SSI Disability Transition Project (TSDTP) in October 2008. The ACF, TANF agencies, and low-income individuals with disabilities and their families all benefit from effective and efficient services — moving toward employment when possible, making informed decisions about applying for SSI, receiving SSI as quickly as possible, and reducing administrative costs.
Working with ACF, TANF agencies in California, Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, and New York, select counties in these states, and the evaluation firm MDRC, we analyzed program data and pilot-testing several program interventions for TANF clients with disabilities.
Analysis of merged TANF and SSI administrative data and field assessments in seven sites identified the following findings:
- The overlap between the TANF and SSI populations is not large. Less than four percent of SSI applicants in FY 2007 received TANF at some point during the year prior to their SSI application.
- There is little formal coordination between TANF and SSA. It is often informal, locally based, and driven by personal relationships. Most TANF staff members know little about our disability determination process.
- There is no evidence that TANF agencies are inappropriately pushing TANF recipients to SSI. Despite the lack of coordination between TANF and SSA, TANF recipients who apply for SSI are equally likely to be awarded benefits when compared to SSI applicants who are not TANF recipients.
Three States pilot-tested programmatic innovations, with the following key findings:
- Providing an array of co-located services targeting TANF recipients with work impairments increased employment and earnings.
- Improving the level coordination and communication between a TANF agency and SSA did not result in substantial improvements of SSI applications.
On December 31, 2013, the project concluded with the following final reports on data analysis, program coordination, pilot test observations, and options for a larger demonstration project.
- The Intersection of Welfare and Disability: Early Findings from the TANF/SSI Disability Transition Project
- Assessing and Serving TANF Recipients with Disabilities
- Connections between TANF and SSI: Lessons from the TANF/SSI Disability Transition Project
- The TANF/SSI Disability Transition Project: Innovative Strategies for Serving TANF Recipients with Disabilities
- Understanding Supplemental Security Income: A Guide for TANF Staff Members
- Examining the Interaction Between Welfare and Disability: Lessons from an In-Depth Data Analysis
Vocational Expert Study Panel On January 11, 2006, we awarded a contract to SSDC Corporation to convene an expert panel of vocational and occupational medical experts and disability policy and program experts to study the agency's use of vocational and occupational medical expertise throughout the disability determination process, what changes can be made to improve case adjudication, and what qualifications we should require.
We selected 21 vocational and occupational medical experts to serve on this panel including individuals with expertise in occupational medicine, psychiatry, psychology, social work, rehabilitation, occupational and physical therapy, nursing, case management, individuals with disabilities, and the disability community. In addition, we included disability determination services administrators and administrative law judges. After several discussions and reviews of distributed background materials, this expert panel met in July 2006 to prepare a report including recommendations for the Commissioner.
We received the Final Core Report from SSDC, "Use of Functional/Vocational Expertise", on March 27, 2007.


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I'm sorry but Taurog costs must be rised again, being his worshiper makes most dungeons a breeze with Rogues and such. The tradeoff between leaving magic and getting overpowered itemsis leaned in favour of Taurog. I've beaten most of the dungeons I've been in by just following the "Taurog path" and I never looked back, gotten the "Specialist" Badge every time. In some of the earlier dungeons I didn't even need potions.
You just need to step up your game and spend time playing. This is not Modern Warfare where you're taken by the hand, frustration kicks in because that's the way the game is played. Seriously, this trend in dumbing-down games (Diablo 3 the latest) for those people who OMGDONTHASTIMETOPLAY is making me angry. This game like many others like Civilization, Rogue, Super Meat Boy, Starcraft...requires time, thinking and skills, and other people can play it. If you can't you shouldn't have bought it in the first place because you had the alpha to try, if you did don't ask for a refound as it is your fault.


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Sorry for this kind of a long and unintentional break.
I have been busy with all sort of things and just didn't spend much time behind the computer.
I finished the babyquilt. It looks so sweet and it perfectly matches the crib.
I will show you some pictures soon.
And now..., now we just wait... and meanwhile enjoy summer!
See you all soon!


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The closest analogy to asking people to take up teaching because its a noble profession would be Anna Hazare supporters asking the corrupt to stop taking bribes because it is the ethically right thing to do.
I am the essence of overconfidence! I am speculation, adventure; the spirit of pursuit; the stag howling for its winsome yet anonymous mate. I am the love call of evolution; the perfume and color of the flowers as they offer their pollen to the gentle buzz of the bees. I am sex itself, gentlemen. I am life. I am appetite!
Monday, September 05, 2011
Teachers Day
The closest analogy to asking people to take up teaching because its a noble profession would be Anna Hazare supporters asking the corrupt to stop taking bribes because it is the ethically right thing to do.
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Soka sonna ba
- Monday, September 05, 2011 8:44:00 AM
It's been the case for a while now. Hence the mad rush for admissions at the few "posh" schools that pay for star teachers. Still I wonder how much PSBB/ VM / Lady Andal etc. pay their teachers.
PS: Do you know that in Tamil Nadu, an entry-level govt school teacher makes as much as a police inspector or a tashildar? (granted the latter have plenty of side-income)
- Idling
- Monday, September 05, 2011 8:49:00 AM
- karthick r said...
My Grandma insisted that my sister should take up teaching as a profession so that she would reach home early and can prepare snacks for her yet to be born kids with her yet to be married hubby :)
In a way, it made sense as far as spending quality time with kids and family is concerned.
- Monday, September 05, 2011 9:33:00 AM
- MaySan said...
Very very well said. Punithamaana thanmai of teaching profession is gone....
- Monday, September 05, 2011 11:56:00 AM
- elegantstroke said...
have you seen this?
I know you like to generalize ;), but I think education as we know it, is out-dated because the goal of it (which resembles a production assembly line these days) has become 'producing university professors'. There is a revolution that can happen in the field of education and teachers (who understand the need for creating an environment where a child's creativity can flourish) have a major role to play in that :).
- Monday, September 05, 2011 12:03:00 PM
- SathyaRam said...
If you walk past any 'convent' in Chennai, you could see that Teacher's Day is just another medium for parents to 'bribe' teachers in the hope that their kid is given better attention.
You should see the reminders parents (generally ladies) do to the kids outside the school gate on wishing the teachers and giving card/gift/flowers etc.
The whole business is commercialized and what is difference between Vijayadasami and Teachers day? Even on Vijayadasami we are expected to take blessings of teachers. So not sure whether every event makes any sense in modern India....
- Monday, September 05, 2011 8:22:00 PM
- Chatterbox said...
Probably convent school and actors' schools teachers get a decent pay. Most othe private schools have extremely pathetic payscales for teachers..
- Monday, September 05, 2011 10:13:00 PM
- Nikanth Karthikesan said...
But IMHO "people who could not be engineers or doctors and pretty much failed in every single attempt to get a corporate job that paid more" are not idiots. And most women who would have otherwise been housewives do an excellent job as teachers.
- Monday, September 05, 2011 11:25:00 PM
- aparna said...
I was an undergrad Biology teacher in the U.S for a short while. I guess I know what you mean, in terms of the dearth for real teachers. But in the U.S and India I was surprised to find out that some people do this for mere passion. But I think its the most satisfying job that I have ever done. If only they would pay more with better incentives. Money is important!
- Tuesday, September 06, 2011 5:37:00 AM
Dunno about school teachers, but university professors who make 5 figure salaries have actually seriously optimized their life in terms of risk-reward. For my 100k salary, I have to be at my desk between 8am to 5pm, work on usually boring soul-sucking tasks, sometimes super-boring. I can be laid off in a heartbeat, whether you call it recession or cutbacks or anything else. Whereas my math professor makes half my salary, puts in atmost 3 hours a day of actual work, out of which 2 hours are teaching the same multivariable calculus, abstract algebra class he has taught for past 20 years, cannot be laid off even if the entire state, federal govt, or president of usa tried to lay him off ( unless he does something genuinely criminal) , never published anything ( yes, in most US universities you are not mandatory required to publish, just optionally ), gets 4 full MONTHS of vacation per year (!!!!), gets to go to foreign countries on sabbaticals for free, and gets respected by society - afterall he is a professor! Even the grading is done by TAs, so exactly what is the downside ?
If you divide the measly salary a prof makes by the meager number of hours he actually works, it is a nice 2 digit number upwards of 50. Whereas the rest of us 6-figure tech/mgmt/other folk are actually working pathetic 1-digit/hour walmart wages by that metric.
So much for nobility.
- Tuesday, September 06, 2011 11:33:00 AM
- aparna said...
The downside is there is continuous pressure of grants and publishing unless you are in a small time oor per theriyatha college. The three hour work that you think of works only for community colleges. So its literally double the work for half the money.
- Tuesday, September 06, 2011 6:39:00 PM
It simply says, primary education is overrated. Millions of students need not be trained to be professors. All they need is just the required knowledge to go through their vocations. The rest can be picked up, if interested.
Educating a child is the most natural thing for humans and as a species we are doing a wonderful job at it.
So, even if part-time-mommies and many-time-failures do it, it need not be assumed to be bad.
- Tuesday, September 06, 2011 11:45:00 PM
- WWW.ChiCha.in said...
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Copyright 2011 Mallika Sanyal SOFTWARE ENGINEERING ETHICS IN GROUP PRACTICES by Mallika Sanyal A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC VITERBI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF SCIENCE (COMPUTER SCIENCE(SOFTWARE ENGINEERING)) August 2011
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