Members of the Somerville DisAbilities Rights Commission conducted an Access and Barriers Community Satisfaction Survey in 2007. This Final Report for the Disabilities Access Report & Evaluation (D.A.R.E.) Project, 2007 has been edited and posted for community access advocacy ad disabilities rights purposes only. This Project was funded, in part, by a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Entitlement Community Public Service Agency (PSA) grant for program year 06/07 (PY06/07). Posted 2/08 Somerville, MA USA.
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The Olmstead case was decided under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a comprehensive piece of legislation signed into law in 1990 to make society more accessible to people with disabilities.
How has MS spent its disaster recovery CDBG funds? What percentage has gone towards lower-income storm victims? What would need to happen to meet Congressional goal?
The Olmstead case was decided under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a comprehensive piece of legislation signed into law in 1990 to make society more accessible to people with disabilities.
How has MS spent its disaster recovery CDBG funds? What percentage has gone towards lower-income storm victims? What would need to happen to meet Congressional goal?
Linked data is a mature technology to integrate data from different sources. This slidedeck shows how to use linked data and semantic web technolgies in the enterprise context. Use cases are semantic search, business intelligence, text mining and 360 degrees views on data sources
Foreign companies continue to be attracted by the opportunities offered by China’s large and rapidly growing economy. As those companies look to enter China’s market, they are eager to learn about how the corporate tax system works and what restrictions they may encounter. This practical guide to corporate taxation in China will give you an introductory guide to understanding and complying with China’s corporate taxation system.
Infrastructure Financing Options for Transit-Oriented DevelopmentJesse Budlong
Transit-oriented development (TOD) is development near a transit station that offers a mix of housing, employment, shopping, and transportation choices. Putting homes, jobs, and stores close to transit can give people less expensive, less polluting transportation options while improving their access to more job opportunities throughout the region. TOD is generally compact development, which uses land more efficiently and can help preserve undeveloped land, which can protect water quality. Yet the infrastructure required to create TOD is expensive, and funding for infrastructure for new TOD might be difficult to obtain.
This report provides communities with a comprehensive guide of tools and strategies that are available for financing and funding for TOD infrastructure. It provides examples of how some communities are using specific tools for individual infrastructure components, as well as strategies for combining and bundling tools to create plans that address construction phasing and market growth over time.
Infrastructure Financing Options for Transit-Oriented Development focuses on four areas related to infrastructure finance for TOD. The report:
Identifies dozens of financing mechanisms and strategies that communities can use.
Showcases how 11 communities are using finance tools and funding sources to implement TOD.
Introduces four innovative models communities could consider for their TOD planning.
Explains how community context and market factors affect the types of financing tools or funding strategies that communities can use.
Hampton Roads Center for Civic Engagement's "Batten Surveys": A Regional Civic Capital Assessment 2008 - 2009 "Civic engagement is more than just attending a meeting or a public hearing. It's not a passive concept; it's an active concept. It's when people actively engage in their neighborhood or community either by doing something or really engaging in the thinking around doing something that allows them to create some positive change." -Chris Gates, Executive Director, Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement
Dominic Campbell speaking at solace conference Cardiff, October 2010Dominic Campbell
Lessons for the future of local government and the web. Presentation given to 200 local government leaders in Cardiff, October 2010.
For more information see:
http://www.solaceconference.org.uk/2010
Breathitt County KY Small Business Digital Marketing Case Studies: EPG Explor...Berea College
This presentation before the Breathitt County civic leadership illustrates the value of small business digital marketing through a number of case studies executed over a five year period in the Kentucky River Area Development District (KRADD). The final case studies were developed after faculty and student travels and observations of the HandMade in America trails in Western North Carolina to advance travel and tourism through a series of “persona travelers” based on Kentucky tourism research of how and where to spend 36 hours in the KRADD region. This presentation was presented to the Jackson Kiwanis Club on November 20th, 2012.
Adding Social Media to Your Marketing Plan4Good.org
Around every corner you turn these days we hear about social media, bloggers, social networking. The list goes on and on. Using social media is just one tool for developing your organization’s fundraising and marketing strategies. Social media is an entry point and can be used as part of a larger plan to help you achieve your funding goals. Learn from existing success models about how organizations can raise tens of thousands and even millions of dollars through social media. Social media is here to stay. Taking some time to learn more about the multi-channel use of marketing your organization can have a long-term impact on the knowledge about and success of your mission.
Linked data is a mature technology to integrate data from different sources. This slidedeck shows how to use linked data and semantic web technolgies in the enterprise context. Use cases are semantic search, business intelligence, text mining and 360 degrees views on data sources
Foreign companies continue to be attracted by the opportunities offered by China’s large and rapidly growing economy. As those companies look to enter China’s market, they are eager to learn about how the corporate tax system works and what restrictions they may encounter. This practical guide to corporate taxation in China will give you an introductory guide to understanding and complying with China’s corporate taxation system.
Infrastructure Financing Options for Transit-Oriented DevelopmentJesse Budlong
Transit-oriented development (TOD) is development near a transit station that offers a mix of housing, employment, shopping, and transportation choices. Putting homes, jobs, and stores close to transit can give people less expensive, less polluting transportation options while improving their access to more job opportunities throughout the region. TOD is generally compact development, which uses land more efficiently and can help preserve undeveloped land, which can protect water quality. Yet the infrastructure required to create TOD is expensive, and funding for infrastructure for new TOD might be difficult to obtain.
This report provides communities with a comprehensive guide of tools and strategies that are available for financing and funding for TOD infrastructure. It provides examples of how some communities are using specific tools for individual infrastructure components, as well as strategies for combining and bundling tools to create plans that address construction phasing and market growth over time.
Infrastructure Financing Options for Transit-Oriented Development focuses on four areas related to infrastructure finance for TOD. The report:
Identifies dozens of financing mechanisms and strategies that communities can use.
Showcases how 11 communities are using finance tools and funding sources to implement TOD.
Introduces four innovative models communities could consider for their TOD planning.
Explains how community context and market factors affect the types of financing tools or funding strategies that communities can use.
Hampton Roads Center for Civic Engagement's "Batten Surveys": A Regional Civic Capital Assessment 2008 - 2009 "Civic engagement is more than just attending a meeting or a public hearing. It's not a passive concept; it's an active concept. It's when people actively engage in their neighborhood or community either by doing something or really engaging in the thinking around doing something that allows them to create some positive change." -Chris Gates, Executive Director, Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement
Dominic Campbell speaking at solace conference Cardiff, October 2010Dominic Campbell
Lessons for the future of local government and the web. Presentation given to 200 local government leaders in Cardiff, October 2010.
For more information see:
http://www.solaceconference.org.uk/2010
Breathitt County KY Small Business Digital Marketing Case Studies: EPG Explor...Berea College
This presentation before the Breathitt County civic leadership illustrates the value of small business digital marketing through a number of case studies executed over a five year period in the Kentucky River Area Development District (KRADD). The final case studies were developed after faculty and student travels and observations of the HandMade in America trails in Western North Carolina to advance travel and tourism through a series of “persona travelers” based on Kentucky tourism research of how and where to spend 36 hours in the KRADD region. This presentation was presented to the Jackson Kiwanis Club on November 20th, 2012.
Adding Social Media to Your Marketing Plan4Good.org
Around every corner you turn these days we hear about social media, bloggers, social networking. The list goes on and on. Using social media is just one tool for developing your organization’s fundraising and marketing strategies. Social media is an entry point and can be used as part of a larger plan to help you achieve your funding goals. Learn from existing success models about how organizations can raise tens of thousands and even millions of dollars through social media. Social media is here to stay. Taking some time to learn more about the multi-channel use of marketing your organization can have a long-term impact on the knowledge about and success of your mission.
Julia Unwin, Chief Executive of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, shares insights from the Foundation's 'climate change and social justice' programme and reflects on the role voluntary and community organisations can play to ensure reponses to climate change are effective and fair. This keynote presentation was delivered at the concluding workshop of NCVO's 'vulnerable people and climate change' project on 19 February 2013: www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/vulnerable-people-climate-change
You can listen to an audio-recording of this presentation online (starting on slide 5): http://archive.org/details/WhyWeNeedASociallyJustResponseToClimateChange
Similar to Disability Access Report Somerville MA 2007 (18)
Disability Rights expert Eileen Feldman submitted complaint to Federal Highway Administration #CivilRights division based on City of Somerville, MA noncompliance with ADA requirements on March 12, 2012. Result: City of Somerville agreed to hire a full time ADA Coordinator, to produce a current ADA Self Evaluation and to develop the subsequent ADA Transition Plan.
disAbility + human rights activist Eileen Feldman submits public comments on the Massachusetts 2013 draft, Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing (AI). The Massachusetts 2013 draft is here: http://www.mass.gov/hed/docs/dhcd/hd/fair/draft2013analysis.pdf
ACS 2012. Selected Economic Characteristics for the Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population By Disability Status, 1-Yr. Estimates, Table S1811.
Astonishing stats indicate that in 2012: 22.1% of Americans with Disabilities are below 100% of poverty level, compared with 12.7% of Americans without disabilities.
1 in 4 (25%) Americans with disabilities aged 25+ still don't have a high school diploma, compared with 11.1% of Americans without disabilities.
5.1% of the "Employed Population Age 16 and Over" are Americans living with disAbilities, compared to the 94.7% of the American workforce who still live without disabilities.
It doesn't make sense that Americans with disabilities are still not "presumed disadvantaged" for purposes of gaining advantages and resources in Federal SBA employment and entrepreneurship resources.
Congress needs to take note, show leadership and moral courage, and recognize that Americans with disAbilities are ready and waiting in the wings for a chance to shine.
Give us equal opportunities in education and employment, make much-needed infrastructure investments in accessibility in all public-service facilities (including the Capital and other GSA assets), and hire more ppl with disAbilities (PwD) in leadership positions at all Federal agencies, especially DOJ, HUD, DOL, and HHS.
The 2012 American Community Survey (ACS), Table B22010, shows that approx. 7 million of the approx. 16 million households receiving Food Stamps/SNAPS nationwide have 1 or more family member living with at least 1 disability. Yup- that's approx. 44% (43.7%)
H.97 is named ""An Act to promote employment for people with disabilities." My testimony summarized: Let's call it by its real name. This is a bill to promote subminimum-wage employment for a certain class called persons with disabilities (PwD), while promoting a situation in which a certain non-profit entity (to be designated by the Council proposed by this bill) would receive certain non-competitive lucrative state contracts while managing those low-wage workers in (generally) sheltered-workshop settings.
AAB complaint submitted in 2010. AAB sends First Notice approximately 1 year later, after reminder by FOIA. CAPS re-surveys portions of complaint in September 2011 and amends complaint to reflect certain corrections made by owner as a result of the complaint. As of 9/28/2013, no further correspondence from AAB on this docket.
House Bill no. 136, filed in January 2013, is a petition to increase the Commonwealth of Massachusett's compliance with federal law meeting requirements of the Amercians with DisAbilities Act. This written testimony explains that the US Dept. of Labor Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs announced a Final Rule on August 27, 2013, which made changes to the regs implementing Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Most important is the establishment of the 7 percent workforce utilization goal for individuals with disabilities (IWD). Massachusetts has an important opportunity at this time to develop into a Model Employer of Individuals with DisAbilities!
City of Somerville MA signed voluntary agreement with US Dept. of Education in May 2013. This is not a comprehensive list of Somerville's Library deficiencies
CAPS filed a Motion for Reconsideration with the MA Architectural Access Board on March 5, 2012 after the AAB's Compliance officer failed to track down certain details.
The AAB thereupon sent the City a copy of this Motion, requesting those details.
7/13/12: CAPS has still not received any follow-up from the AAB on whether the City provided the requested information
The City of Somerville hired an outside consultant to deal with curb cut and sidewalk accessibility complaints. The Community Access Project, an all-volunteer group of disAbility rights experts, responds to that document, pointing out gaps and problems with 2011 "remediations". We also remind the Architectural Access Board why they should enforce the code that prohibits apex curb cuts where perpendicular or parallel curb cuts are feasible to construct. Curb cuts need to be adequately oriented to the crosswalks; and, the crosswalks need to be perpendicular to the curb line. It's a public safety issue in addition to a human rights issue. We deserve safe, accessible and integrated Complete Streets.
The Community Access Project, Somerville and the Boston Center for Independent Living have a partnership in analyzing and advocating for maximal accessibility in all public buildings, including residential project, in the Greater Boston area. this project involves 349 units located within Roxbury, Dorchester and Mattapan.
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what is the best method to sell pi coins in 2024DOT TECH
The best way to sell your pi coins safely is trading with an exchange..but since pi is not launched in any exchange, and second option is through a VERIFIED pi merchant.
Who is a pi merchant?
A pi merchant is someone who buys pi coins from miners and pioneers and resell them to Investors looking forward to hold massive amounts before mainnet launch in 2026.
I will leave the telegram contact of my personal pi merchant to trade pi coins with.
@Pi_vendor_247
If you are looking for a pi coin investor. Then look no further because I have the right one he is a pi vendor (he buy and resell to whales in China). I met him on a crypto conference and ever since I and my friends have sold more than 10k pi coins to him And he bought all and still want more. I will drop his telegram handle below just send him a message.
@Pi_vendor_247
How to get verified on Coinbase Account?_.docxBuy bitget
t's important to note that buying verified Coinbase accounts is not recommended and may violate Coinbase's terms of service. Instead of searching to "buy verified Coinbase accounts," follow the proper steps to verify your own account to ensure compliance and security.
Currently pi network is not tradable on binance or any other exchange because we are still in the enclosed mainnet.
Right now the only way to sell pi coins is by trading with a verified merchant.
What is a pi merchant?
A pi merchant is someone verified by pi network team and allowed to barter pi coins for goods and services.
Since pi network is not doing any pre-sale The only way exchanges like binance/huobi or crypto whales can get pi is by buying from miners. And a merchant stands in between the exchanges and the miners.
I will leave the telegram contact of my personal pi merchant. I and my friends has traded more than 6000pi coins successfully
Tele-gram
@Pi_vendor_247
how to sell pi coins in all Africa Countries.DOT TECH
Yes. You can sell your pi network for other cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, usdt , Ethereum and other currencies And this is done easily with the help from a pi merchant.
What is a pi merchant ?
Since pi is not launched yet in any exchange. The only way you can sell right now is through merchants.
A verified Pi merchant is someone who buys pi network coins from miners and resell them to investors looking forward to hold massive quantities of pi coins before mainnet launch in 2026.
I will leave the telegram contact of my personal pi merchant to trade with.
@Pi_vendor_247
The European Unemployment Puzzle: implications from population agingGRAPE
We study the link between the evolving age structure of the working population and unemployment. We build a large new Keynesian OLG model with a realistic age structure, labor market frictions, sticky prices, and aggregate shocks. Once calibrated to the European economy, we quantify the extent to which demographic changes over the last three decades have contributed to the decline of the unemployment rate. Our findings yield important implications for the future evolution of unemployment given the anticipated further aging of the working population in Europe. We also quantify the implications for optimal monetary policy: lowering inflation volatility becomes less costly in terms of GDP and unemployment volatility, which hints that optimal monetary policy may be more hawkish in an aging society. Finally, our results also propose a partial reversal of the European-US unemployment puzzle due to the fact that the share of young workers is expected to remain robust in the US.
how to sell pi coins effectively (from 50 - 100k pi)DOT TECH
Anywhere in the world, including Africa, America, and Europe, you can sell Pi Network Coins online and receive cash through online payment options.
Pi has not yet been launched on any exchange because we are currently using the confined Mainnet. The planned launch date for Pi is June 28, 2026.
Reselling to investors who want to hold until the mainnet launch in 2026 is currently the sole way to sell.
Consequently, right now. All you need to do is select the right pi network provider.
Who is a pi merchant?
An individual who buys coins from miners on the pi network and resells them to investors hoping to hang onto them until the mainnet is launched is known as a pi merchant.
debuts.
I'll provide you the Telegram username
@Pi_vendor_247
how to sell pi coins in South Korea profitably.DOT TECH
Yes. You can sell your pi network coins in South Korea or any other country, by finding a verified pi merchant
What is a verified pi merchant?
Since pi network is not launched yet on any exchange, the only way you can sell pi coins is by selling to a verified pi merchant, and this is because pi network is not launched yet on any exchange and no pre-sale or ico offerings Is done on pi.
Since there is no pre-sale, the only way exchanges can get pi is by buying from miners. So a pi merchant facilitates these transactions by acting as a bridge for both transactions.
How can i find a pi vendor/merchant?
Well for those who haven't traded with a pi merchant or who don't already have one. I will leave the telegram id of my personal pi merchant who i trade pi with.
Tele gram: @Pi_vendor_247
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The secret way to sell pi coins effortlessly.DOT TECH
Well as we all know pi isn't launched yet. But you can still sell your pi coins effortlessly because some whales in China are interested in holding massive pi coins. And they are willing to pay good money for it. If you are interested in selling I will leave a contact for you. Just telegram this number below. I sold about 3000 pi coins to him and he paid me immediately.
Telegram: @Pi_vendor_247
What website can I sell pi coins securely.DOT TECH
Currently there are no website or exchange that allow buying or selling of pi coins..
But you can still easily sell pi coins, by reselling it to exchanges/crypto whales interested in holding thousands of pi coins before the mainnet launch.
Who is a pi merchant?
A pi merchant is someone who buys pi coins from miners and resell to these crypto whales and holders of pi..
This is because pi network is not doing any pre-sale. The only way exchanges can get pi is by buying from miners and pi merchants stands in between the miners and the exchanges.
How can I sell my pi coins?
Selling pi coins is really easy, but first you need to migrate to mainnet wallet before you can do that. I will leave the telegram contact of my personal pi merchant to trade with.
Tele-gram.
@Pi_vendor_247
Empowering the Unbanked: The Vital Role of NBFCs in Promoting Financial Inclu...Vighnesh Shashtri
In India, financial inclusion remains a critical challenge, with a significant portion of the population still unbanked. Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) have emerged as key players in bridging this gap by providing financial services to those often overlooked by traditional banking institutions. This article delves into how NBFCs are fostering financial inclusion and empowering the unbanked.
how to swap pi coins to foreign currency withdrawable.DOT TECH
As of my last update, Pi is still in the testing phase and is not tradable on any exchanges.
However, Pi Network has announced plans to launch its Testnet and Mainnet in the future, which may include listing Pi on exchanges.
The current method for selling pi coins involves exchanging them with a pi vendor who purchases pi coins for investment reasons.
If you want to sell your pi coins, reach out to a pi vendor and sell them to anyone looking to sell pi coins from any country around the globe.
Below is the contact information for my personal pi vendor.
Telegram: @Pi_vendor_247
What price will pi network be listed on exchangesDOT TECH
The rate at which pi will be listed is practically unknown. But due to speculations surrounding it the predicted rate is tends to be from 30$ — 50$.
So if you are interested in selling your pi network coins at a high rate tho. Or you can't wait till the mainnet launch in 2026. You can easily trade your pi coins with a merchant.
A merchant is someone who buys pi coins from miners and resell them to Investors looking forward to hold massive quantities till mainnet launch.
I will leave the telegram contact of my personal pi vendor to trade with.
@Pi_vendor_247