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But the dictated working hours of the school day during the rest of the year often conflict with their own children’s drop-offs and pick-ups, parent-teacher conferences, back-to-school nights, PTA meetings and other school events.

The company said the situation was “frustrating” because government regulations dictated it must use the radio-wave technology to provide a signal to Dr Battu’s meter - and that it was not permitted to access the local 3G signal instead.

"I'm going to reserve judgement on this until ticket day," concluded the top-rated comment, "where my opinion will be dictated by whether I got a ticket or not."

"In that sense, he was a rebel. He wanted to paint as it pleased him, not as someone dictated to him."

California and other states receive most federal wildfire aid through the Federal Emergency Management Agency in a process dictated by the federal Stafford Act and a regulatory framework that implements the law.