Porter said softball did too well in attendance and global television ratings in Atlanta in 1996 and in Sydney in 2000 to be eliminated.
Two sightseeing expeditions are included, as well as attendance at a papal audience on a Wednesday, a papal blessing on a Sunday and a Jubilee event.
"Education is given through lectures, case studies and visits to historic areas, as well as attendance at court trials and talks with people who have been imprisoned for corruption," China Daily reported in its story about the party circular.
Drug testing, desisting from alcohol, as well as attendance at rehabilitation programs and mandatory job training programs have become all-too-familiar requirements of pretrial release, even for cases, like Mr. Zimmerman's, that are unrelated to substance abuse.
Other records taken from the jail included videotapes of people entering the wing where federal prisoners were held as well as attendance sheets and personnel files for Mr. Budnick and the three corrections officers he supervised as head of the jail's gang-intelligence unit.
In addition to guidance, health and discipline, he oversees all of the city's alternative schools and high school equivalency programs as well as attendance and anti-truancy efforts, after-school programs, substance abuse prevention, child abuse and domestic violence prevention and even a counseling program for children and families affected by the Sept. 11 terrorist attack.
The new system will use exam performance data in key subjects, as well as attendance levels.
Public pressure may well stimulate attendance by key actors, such as President Obama, who are still undecided about attending.
Student and teacher biometric scanners are used as both entry control devices as well as attendance and proximity detection devices.
Larger donors also like to look to membership – as well as attendance -- to help gauge institutional health.
