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First Amendment Watch: November 2016
Trump Ditched His Press Pool And Repeatedly Bashed NY Times And CNN On Twitter
Research ››› ››› ZACHARY PLEAT
During his 2016 campaign for president, Donald Trump launched an unprecedented war on the press. Since his election, Media Matters has tracked his and his team’s continuing attacks on the media as well as his breaking of presidential norms regarding press access, a dangerous threat to our First Amendment freedoms. Following is a list of President-elect Donald Trump’s attacks on the media -- and demonstrations of disregard for the press -- from Election Day through the end of November.
Trump Broke Protocol By Not Bringing Press Pool To Historic Meeting With President Obama. The Associated Press reported that “Trump departed New York Thursday morning, breaking protocol by not bringing journalists in his motorcade or on his plane to document his historic visit to the White House.” [The Associated Press, 11/10/16]
Trump Accused Media Of Inciting Opposition Protesters After The Election.
Trump Repeatedly Attacked NY Times On Twitter. Trump sent a flurry of tweets on November 13 attacking The New York Times as “dishonest” and falsely claiming that the Times was “losing thousands of subscribers because of their very poor and highly inaccurate coverage.” In fact, the Times has been adding subscribers since the election. [Media Matters, 11/16/16]
Trump Blamed Media For Making Minority Groups Fear His Presidency. According to The New York Times, Trump was asked during his 60 Minutes interview “why African-Americans, immigrants and Muslims have expressed fear of his presidency.” Instead of addressing his own rhetoric during his presidential campaign, Trump responded by saying, “I think it’s built up by the press.” [The New York Times, 11/22/16]
Trump Ditched Press Pool For Dinner At New York Restaurant. The Hill reported that Trump “left Trump Tower without his press pool on Tuesday to have dinner with his family, according to reporters. The president-elect reportedly received a standing ovation and cheers upon arriving at 21 Club, a New York City restaurant, an hour after his spokeswoman had called a ‘lid,’ signaling to the reporters following him that he was in for the night.” [The Hill, 11/15/16]
Trump Again Bashed NY Times, Media In General On Twitter Over Transition Reporting. Trump continued his crusade against the “failing” Times on November 16 with a series of tweets that claimed the paper was “so totally wrong” in its reporting on his transition and argued that the Times was “just upset that they looked like fools in their coverage of me.”
Trump Refused Press Access To Meeting With Japanese Prime Minister. CNN’s Dylan Byers reported that the press wasn’t given access to Trump’s November 17 meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe:
Video and images of President-elect Donald Trump's meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday will not be seen on most major U.S. news outlets.
The reason? Trump and Abe did not give the press access to the meeting. Instead, the Japanese government provided a video of the meeting, which in the eyes of the press corps amounts to government propaganda.
"A handout photo amounts to a visual press release and is not a substitute for independent coverage of the president-elect," Jeff Mason, the Reuters White House correspondent and president of the White House Correspondents Association, said in a statement. "We will continue to push for full coverage of the president-elect to ensure the public has access to information about his meetings and whereabouts." [CNN Money, 11/18/16]
Trump Blasted Television Media Outlets For Their Coverage Of Him During The Campaign. In a meeting with executives and top anchors from multiple broadcast and cable news networks, Trump reportedly blasted television news coverage of him during the campaign, particularly targeting CNN and NBC. According to The New Yorker, Trump unleashed an “astonishing aria of invective and resentment aimed at the media” during the meeting and “railed about ‘outrageous’ and ‘dishonest’ coverage” for more than 20 minutes. From The New Yorker’s November 21 article:
First came the obsessive Twitter rants directed at “Hamilton” and “Saturday Night Live.” Then came Monday’s astonishing aria of invective and resentment aimed at the media, delivered in a conference room on the twenty-fifth floor of Trump Tower. In the presence of television executives and anchors, Trump whined about everything from NBC News reporter Katy Tur’s coverage of him to a photograph the news network has used that shows him with a double chin. Why didn’t they use “nicer” pictures?
For more than twenty minutes, Trump railed about “outrageous” and “dishonest” coverage. When he was asked about the sort of “fake news” that now clogs social media, Trump replied that it was the networks that were guilty of spreading fake news. The “worst,” he said, were CNN (“liars!”) and NBC.
Participants said that Trump did not raise his voice, but that he went on steadily at the start of the meeting about how he had been treated poorly. “It was all so Trump,” one said. “He is like this all the time. He’ll freeze you out and then be nice and humble and sort of want you to like him.”
“But he truly doesn’t seem to understand the First Amendment,” the source continued. “He doesn’t. He thinks we are supposed to say what he says and that’s it.” [The New Yorker, 11/22/16]
Trump Decried “Crooked Media” Investigating His Business Conflicts Of Interest.
Trump Canceled Meeting With NY Times With A Tweet, Falsely Claiming The Paper Changed The Terms And Conditions. Trump announced he was canceling his meeting with The New York Times, claiming the paper had changed “the terms and conditions of the meeting … at the last moment,” adding “not nice,” and accusing the paper of covering him “inaccurately and with a nasty tone.” Hours later Trump reversed his decision; it was reported that Trump’s chief of staff, Reince Priebus, had “erroneously” told the president-elect that the Times had changed the conditions. [The New York Times, 11/22/16]
Trump Complained About “Very Rough” Treatment by NY Times And Wash. Post In Times Interview. Trump went to The New York Times on November 22 for an interview with select reporters, editors, and opinion columnists from the newspaper. During the interview, he complained about coverage from both the Times and The Washington Post, and he singled out columnist Maureen Dowd because “she treats me too rough.” From The New York Times’ transcript of the interview:
TRUMP: O.K. Well, I just appreciate the meeting and I have great respect for The New York Times. Tremendous respect. It’s very special. Always has been very special. I think I’ve been treated very rough. It’s well out there that I’ve been treated extremely unfairly in a sense, in a true sense. I wouldn’t only complain about The Times. I would say The Times was about the roughest of all. You could make the case The Washington Post was bad, but every once in a while I’d actually get a good article. Not often, Dean, but every once in awhile.
TRUMP: And by the way, if you see something or get something where you feel that I’m wrong, and you have some info — I would love to hear it. You can call me, Arthur can call me, I would love to hear. The only one who can’t call me is Maureen [Dowd, opinion columnist]. She treats me too rough.
I don’t know what happened to Maureen! She was so good, Gail [Collins, opinion columnist]. For years she was so good. [The New York Times, 11/23/16]
Wash. Post Debuted Timer Chronicling Trump’s Failure To Hold A Press Conference: 126 Days And Counting. The Washington Post on November 22 created a timer showing how long it has been since Trump held a press conference. On November 30, the timer had reached 126 days.
[The Washington Post, 11/22/16]
Trump Claimed “Serious Bias” In Media For Not Reporting On Non-Existent “Serious Voter Fraud” In States He Lost.
Trump Retweeted Attacks On CNN And Its Senior Washington Correspondent Jeff Zeleny For Questioning Trump’s Unsubstantiated Claims Of Voter Fraud. As noted by Politico, Trump “lashed out on Twitter … over a CNN report refuting his unsubstantiated claims of mass voter fraud on Election Day.” Trump quoted other tweets directed at CNN’s Jeff Zeleny, including one from “a 16-year-old Twitter user who cast Zeleny as a ‘bad reporter.’” [Politico, 11/28/16]
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For Immediate Release
EPA Regulations, 20 Years in Coming, Will Not Result in Blackouts
Public Health Benefits Far Outweigh the Costs
WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced final rules today to regulate emissions of mercury, lead and other toxic pollutants from coal and oil-fired power plants—regulations the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) called “more than reasonable, even if too long in coming.”
The Mercury and Air Toxics regulations will limit hazardous pollutants that contaminate the air and water and cause severe health problems such as cancer, heart disease, neurological damage, birth defects, asthma attacks, and even premature death.
“Congress ordered the EPA to regulate toxic air pollution more than 20 years ago when it passed the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990,” said Rachel Cleetus, senior climate economist at UCS. “The EPA has been regulating most industries, up until now, except for the biggest polluters—coal and oil-fired power plants.
“The public health benefits far outweigh the costs,” said Cleetus. “And contrary to the doomsday predictions of industry and their allies in Congress, the lights will stay on.”
The emissions limits are already being met by the best performing power plants. Utilities will have a sufficient time to comply by installing existing, cost-effective pollution controls. The rules—as with other EPA rules—allow for case-by-case extensions where necessary to ensure that reliability is maintained.
“In some instances, power companies will make the economic choice to retire the oldest, dirtiest, and least efficient power plants, most of which were built before the Beatles announced their breakup in 1970,” said Cleetus.
There is enough excess capacity in the system, mainly from natural gas plants that are currently being run at less than full capacity, to meet immediate U.S. energy needs and keep the lights on. New natural gas plants, greater deployment of demand-side management and energy efficiency, and the continued rapid growth of renewable energy technologies can also affordably replace coal plants over time and contribute to a cleaner, reliable energy system.
UCS supports a timely independent system-by-system analysis to identify and address any reliability impacts that may occur.
“We already have the systems, tools and institutions in place to deal with any isolated reliability problems that might arise,” said Ellen Vancko, a former North American Electric Reliability Corporation official and reliability expert at UCS. “EPA rules have never caused the lights to go out and these rules will be no exception.”
According to studies by the U.S. Department of Energy, the Congressional Research Service, and the Bipartisan Policy Center, along with leading industry experts, such as MJ Bradley & Associates and the Analysis Group, and the country’s largest regional transmission organization, PJM Interconnection, the rules do not threaten overall system reliability, and existing planning and coordination procedures can handle any localized concerns.
Forward-thinking companies already have taken steps to clean up their power plants and prepare for these rules. According to the MJ Bradley report, “Companies representing half of the nation’s coal-fired generating capacity—11 out of the top 15 largest coal fleet owners in the United States—have indicated that they are well positioned to comply with EPA’s clean air rules because of early investments in their generating fleets.”
“It’s time for companies that have delayed cleaning up their coal plants to stop hiding behind a reliability smoke screen,” said Vancko. “The industry knows how to do this. EPA has repeatedly stated that it will work with industry stakeholders and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to ensure grid stability.”
The commission has already initiated a process to elicit views from power companies, regional reliability organizations, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, state regulators, and others to identify any areas of specific concern and develop a plan to address them. If such challenges emerge, the Clean Air Act gives the EPA the flexibility to bring sources into compliance while maintaining electric reliability.
“The bottom line is that the sky-is-falling narrative is just not credible,” said Cleetus. “We don’t have to choose between public health and a reliable electric system.”
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Welcome to Tai Chi Qi Gong Oxford
We are continuing practice with our live online classes via zoom (running on zoom since March 2020).
Join class as a zoom beginner, first with a one-to-one free trial session, and then in a small, cosy and friendly class of 2-6 students.
This gives you plenty of time to learn in your own time, ask questions and share this new experience.
Join as an improver, first with a one-to-one free zoom trial session, then four beginners classes to get you settled in a few new forms, and then you will have three improvers classes to choose from every week!
To go to the live online page, click here.
Tai Chi and Qi Gong are excellent tools for lockdown:
gentle, physical exercise that promotes circulation, and deep breathing, as well as stress relief, and mental and emotional strengthening through meditation practices used during movement, standing or sitting. Getting your 'qi' (vital energy) moving smoothly through your system to improve your health and immune system.
"The Perfect Antidote to the Digital Age"
That is how the Guardian described Tai chi several years ago. If you are looking for a holistic approach to relaxation, movement and meditation, or a gentle way to get healthy, this is for you.
Here are a few of the benefits:
To check out more information about this exercise and meditation practice, click here.
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The Diocese of Youngstown Offices of Religious Education & Youth Ministry hosted an awesome networking session today about engaging families between Baptism and first Holy Communion.
A lot of fantastic brainstorms, resources, and activities were shared.
One of the biggest take-aways was suggestions for families to make Easter season as engaging to young children as the Christmas season.
Folks recommended Empty Tomb Sets in addition to Nativity Sets.
Another active discussion was about Resurrection Eggs. This is an activity my boys really enjoyed as pre-schoolers.
You can easily make a set at home! Start with an empty egg carton.
Next you can print and cut up this document with 12 scripture verses that tell the story of Easter:
Each of the 12 verses corresponds with an object in a plastic Easter egg (not color coded).
- Cotton ball or puff with perfume
- Piece of palm (from Palm Sunday)
- Piece of bread
- Knot of rope
- Cotton ball or puff (cloud)
- Miniature cross, no corpus
- Miniature nail or cross with corpus
- Candy hearts or other sweet item (paradise)
- Small strip of cloth or linen
- Empty (tomb)
Because the strips are numbered, you can hide the eggs for kids to find and then put in order.
Kids will quickly eat up the candy and bread, so for full effect you might want to write a number on the outside of the egg.
Or you can just open them in order within the carton.
You will have to replace the bread, candy, and perfumed cotton each year or use. Olive oil or other natural smelly substance can be used for families with scent sensitivies.
Another activity to explore for Elementary age kids are “Stations of the Resurrection” with a similar format of pictures and prayer continuing the story after the “Stations of the Cross.”
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Insanely Simple Wedding Flower Tips
Don’t be afraid to take this on just recruit help to put together your own flowers for the big day.
Buy your flowers at a local flower mart or at local shopping stores like Costco.
Have a dry run before the big day you plan on putting them all together.
Put together all your flowers the day before the wedding (except for boutonnieres they need to be done the day of the wedding)
Remember to have all the necessary supplies: Floral tape, floral scissors, floral foam and pins.
Store flowers in a fridge or cool basement
When you pick out of season flowers your cost will be much more than seasonal flowers. Also stay away from rare flowers to save even more.
Silk flowers can be beautiful and will last way past the day of your wedding and as a added bonus you don’t have to worry about them wilting.
If you decide to go with a florist think about going smaller on your arrangements. A cascading bouquet will cost a lot more than a simple smaller one. Also consider who really needs flowers at your wedding. Cut down on centerpieces and floral arrangements but substituting candles, photo’s and lights.
Some of the best bouquets I’ve seen are not made of flowers but other objects like vintage jewelry, buttons, silk roses and fabric flowers. What is it that you love? Can you make a bouquet out of it? Think unique and you’ll have a bouquet people will talk about long after your wedding. | <urn:uuid:1a8b66e6-24e8-49b5-9281-d20380454951> | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | http://theinspirededge.com/category/wedding-tips/ | 2018-05-24T08:16:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794866107.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20180524073324-20180524093324-00290.warc.gz | en | 0.923952 | 324 |
Willert, C. (2004) Proposal for NetCDF (re)implementation for use with Planar Velocimetry Data. In: Particle Image Velocimetry: Recent Improvements, pp. 251-260. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. EUROPIV 2 Workshop, Zaragoza, Spain, 31.03.- 01.04.2003. ISBN 3-540-21423-2.
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In order to efficiently share PIV data between research groups in Europe it was decided at a very early stage (1994) to use a self-describing, platform-independent data format. The netCDF software library was chosen to implement this data format. This library was originally developed at the UNIDATA Program Center (UCAR, http://www.unidata.ucar.edu ) in Boulder, Colorado, to suit exactly these types of data exchange requirements. Its source code and associated utilities is freely available. Since the first PIV-specific netCDF implementation the PIV technique has undergone significant changes that make it necessary to revise the original format. The open structure of the netCDF format makes it possible to retain older variable names and data structures (for backward compatibility) while adding new ones. In principle it would be possible to generate data files that suit both the original as well as the proposed implementation. Feedback collected from up-coming PIV-related workshops as well as experiences gained by current users guarantees the success of this (re)implementation. Once the revised implementation is accepted, both a C/C++ interface and ASCII-to-netCDF conversion tools can be provided on a suited internet-based server (e.g. http://pivnet.dlr.de/ ).
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|Publisher:||Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg|
|Keywords:||PIV, DGV, data handling, NETCDF|
|Event Title:||EUROPIV 2 Workshop, Zaragoza, Spain, 31.03.- 01.04.2003|
|Organizer:||University of Zaragoza|
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When it comes to flooring options, one that should be considered carefully is the Epoxy Floor. Often considered more of a commercial solution than something suitable for the home, it is possible to utilize this approach in a number of settings. Here are a few examples of when the installation of this type of flooring makes sense.
In a Factory
One of the more common settings for this type of floor is a manufacturing facility. The combination of resins and hardeners creates a floor that is durable and much easier to keep clean. This makes it a lot easier to keep the floor free of any type of debris that could contaminate the production process or lead to an employee injury. Along with being easy to maintain, the fact that and Epoxy Floor will hold up well for years makes it a cost-effective choice for such a high traffic area.
There is no doubt that warehouses are busy places. Raw and finished goods are routinely carried in and out of this type of storage space. That means the use of everything from sets of hand trucks to forklifts. All of that activity can create a lot of wear on a floor. Thanks to the nature of the epoxy, damage from the activity will not appear for many years.
Labs of all types involve the use of equipment and materials that can cause a great deal of damage to flooring. By choosing to install a floor made with epoxy, it will be much easier to avoid much of that damage. If something is spilled, the properties of the floor make it possible to clean up the mess before any permanent damage is done. In situations where the environment in a lab must be controlled carefully, epoxy is a wise flooring choice.
Epoxy is a great option for a home garage. The material resists staining, something that comes in handy when the car develops some type of leak. The material will also support the weight of the family car with no problems.
If the idea of using this type of flooring sounds appealing, contact the team at Hoffman Floor Covering Corporation and arrange to speak with an expert. In no time at all, it will be possible to determine if epoxy is the best choice, select the color, and arrange for the installation. You can connect with them on Google+ for more updates! | <urn:uuid:c26ed4dc-c054-4bf4-b857-d8a1d9b37a0e> | CC-MAIN-2020-45 | https://www.infohomeimprovement.com/when-is-the-installation-of-an-epoxy-floor-a-good-idea/ | 2020-10-29T11:50:09Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107904039.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20201029095029-20201029125029-00292.warc.gz | en | 0.94662 | 464 |
A medical license is required for a doctor to practice medicine in a particular state. Requirements vary by state but most require, at a minimum, post-graduate training in the doctor’s specific specialty. An NPI number is a national identifier unique to an individual health care provider and is managed by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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There have been times in history when a man could ask for a woman’s hand in marriage by offering her father a half-dozen stocky goats and a flagon of mead. Later on in the twentieth century, a moonlit canoe ride and a ukulele ballad usually sealed the deal, especially if the fella was lucky enough to be shipping off to a World War the following week. Between those simple and idyllic proposals and those of modern times, however, it has become custom to create an engagement experience filled with unforgettable happy tears and frequently lots of witnessing and adoring eyes.
What’s a well-intentioned man to do? Try one of these five creative—not to mention romantic—brand-new ways to ask that age-old question and you’ll create the kind of unforgettable experience that you’re both looking for.
One of the easiest ways to propose is to share the history by recreating a similar experience of a celebrated past proposal from a close friend or family member. Find out what date her father proposed to her mother, and propose on that same day of the year, letting your girlfriend know that you wanted to choose a day that was special in her family to be special for the family the two of you are forming.
You can share the date with other relatives, too—even of great-great grandparents who are not around anymore—or perhaps of a couple you two are best friends with. You’ll be showing your wife-to-be that you care about her and the people she loves, and that you want your love to be a continuation of that warmth and tradition. Similarly, you can’t go wrong with proposing on a holiday. If you propose to your girlfriend on New Year’s Eve, for example, you can celebrate the memory every year with champagne, fireworks and laughter. Plus, you’re guaranteed to have friends and relatives around to watch the event! Valentine’s Day is great, too, because it allows you to invite her to a romantic setting, and yet still catch her by surprise when you spring the ring on her.
For guys with bad memories for dates, picking a holiday is great! You’ll never forget the anniversary of the day you proposed, because every store-bought calendar will have it listed. If you’re an extrovert and want everyone, including hundreds of strangers, to know how much you love your soon-to-be-fiancée, you can’t go wrong with a public spectacle.
Of course you can always spring the money to spell out “LUANNE – LUV YA – MARRY ME?” on the Jumbotron at your local baseball diamond. But you can also have the football players at your local high school game do the proposing for you, as eHarmony’s dream date winner Chip did when he proposed to his now-wife Rachel. As a bonus, the cheerleaders would probably be willing to do the work for you as well.
Other unexpected public places work just as well, like the subway or a daily bus line. If you’re more the rock-and-roll type, you might make the next KISS concert special for everyone by seeing if you can get the band to propose for you (well, maybe that’s more of a Ben Folds Five thing, but a lot of bands will be happy to do this for you if you can just get in contact with them before the show).
If you want to propose publicly but efficiently, do it at an actual wedding reception! Clink a glass, give a toast to the bride and groom, and then give a toast to the woman you love. All the friends and family will be there, and in this case, your girlfriend will already be pumped up by all the positive marriage energy in the room. She’ll definitely say yes, as long as the timing is right—but one important note: don’t do it too soon after the wedding cake has been cut (you want to let the married couple have their special moment) but not so late that people are passing out from too much champagne. If your girlfriend loves surprises, there are plenty of ways to get creative and have fun with your proposal.
You can have an Easter Egg hunt, and direct her to the egg she’ll “find” that has a ring in it when she opens it. You can hide your ring box behind a tree stump, or buried in the snow, and “discover” it while you both are on a walk. Make sure there’s a landmark to help you remember where it is! If you’re good at sleight of hand, you can put a lump of coal in your hand, pretend to pressurize it, and reveal the diamond ring that the coal created with your manly strength. And if you want to go for a classic surprise, your ring can always be the prize at the bottom of your girlfriend’s Cracker Jack® box—just make sure that she doesn’t accidentally eat it.
If your girlfriend loves a practical joke, you can have an exciting proposal by doing a fake out, where you present a lousy and definitely disappointing proposal, then reveal yourself to be truly thoughtful and romantic by delivering the real thing. First you’ll want to get down on your knee and offer her the cheapest, tawdriest tin ring you can find—then, when she’s about to fume at you but instead tries to hide her disappointment, pull out the big 14-karat beauty. Or start to mumble a scattered, unromantic proposal to her in an elevator as you’re going up. Make sure when the elevator finally opens, and you pop the question, all her friends and family are there at the top floor with streamers and balloons!
Of course, there’s nothing wrong with a classic, simple and romantic gesture to make your proposal magical. If she’s a hard worker, show up at her work with roses, wearing a tuxedo, and get down on one knee in front of the whole staff. Or leave a note on her car as it sits in her parking garage, with a flower and instructions to meet you at a special location. This way you can arrange to have all the special people in her life there, and set everything up to make the proposal perfect!
If you find more romance in a setting for two, there’s nothing more classically romantic than proposing in front of a natural wonder or a famous historical icon. Whether you’re at the Grand Canyon, a Hawaiian beach, or the Eiffel Tower (as long as you avoid gusty winds and tidal waves), she’s sure to be dazzled and at ease, the best state of mind for a well-received proposal. And for the rest of your lives, this place will be a special memory, a place to buy picture books of to commemorate your special moment, a place from where people can send you postcards, and a destination you can return to that will renew your vows and celebrate the relationship bonds that you will develop through the years.
If you want to harness the power of memory right now in a more personal way take her to the place where you had your first date, or where you first met, and tell her how much she has changed your life for the better. Tell her that the first time you were there with her, you left as merely friends, but this time, you want to leave with her as your fiancée. No matter what your proposal plan, go the extra mile to make the moment memorable and special for both of you.
And don’t worry, nervousness and slight awkwardness is par for the course when it comes to creating this particular good memory, but so long that you’ve employed planning and cool determination to pull it off, have you’ve chosen the right girl, you’ll get the excited “Yes!” answer you are looking for. | <urn:uuid:4f0360f5-fdcd-4db1-84a8-8463c5146883> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.eharmony.com/dating-advice/relationships/5-engaging-ways-to-propose/ | 2017-01-21T21:43:24Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281226.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00069-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954334 | 1,680 |
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Lawyer Róger Carvajal, husband of Vice-President Lineth Saborío, was handed a prestigious new job last week and with it, a storm of controversy surrounding his qualifications for the post. Opponents claim he rode his wife s proverbial coattails in becoming the new General Manager of Radiográfica Costarricense, S.A. (RACSA), the state telegram and Internet company.
President of the National Training Institute (INA) until his resignation this week to take the RACSA post, Carvajal was named manager of the company over the objections of 206 RACSA employees. According to the daily La Nación, these workers signed a letter in October expressing their concern about Carvajal s possible appointment, saying he does not have the necessary expertise in telecommunications.
The Union of Private-Sector Chambers and Associations (UCCAEP) also criticized the appointment, as well as recent managerial appointments at the National Oil Refinery (RECOPE). Spokeswoman Emma Lizano told The Tico Times the organization s concerns are not related to appointees qualifications, but rather the system through which people are named.
The statement isn t against the people themselves, she said. It s a question of ethics.
According to the statement, the recent hiring of Carvajal and new managers of International Trade and Finance Administration at RECOPE are, though legally proper, ethically questionable The political piñata keeps being used through last-minute appointments to public posts.
Jack Lieberman, president of the Chamber of Industries and a UCCAEP executive committee member, told The Tico Times that the real problems are the timing just a few months before the end of President Abel Pacheco s administration and the fact that at least some of the managers were granted six-year appointments.
If leaders in the next presidential administration, which will begin May 8, wish to fill these positions with candidates of their own choice, the government will have to provide the fired managers with millions of colones in severance pay. This is an unacceptable expenditure given the country s fiscal problems, Lieberman said.
They should have done what they ve done before at RACSA named an interim director, he said. Then, when the next administration comes, the positions can be filled for the appropriate time frame.
The RECOPE managers were granted six-year terms, while Carvajal s appointment was made for an indefinite period, La Nación reported.
Lieberman said this practice has also taken place at the end of previous administrations and must come to an end.
Facing a barrage of questions about Carvajal following President Abel Pacheco s press conference on Tuesday, Saborío said only the Board of Directors of RACSA can explain why they chose her husband but defended both herself and Carvajal against accusations that the naming was less than impartial.
Roger Carvajal is a person who has spent 25 years, maybe more, in a very clean career in public administration, she said. He has never needed to be the husband of the vicepresident to occupy those posts He s just another citizen.
She said all inquiries regarding Carvajal s qualifications for the job should be directed to the RACSA Board of Directors. Both Saborío and Pacheco emphasized that the Executive Branch did not play any role in the appointment other than endorsing it after the board made its decision.
Lieberman agreed, saying the boards of RACSA and RECOPE are responsible for changing the hiring system.
RACSA spokesman Mario Zaragoza told The Tico Times only Pablo Cob, president of the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) which oversees RACSA could comment on Carvajal s appointment. Cob did not respond to Tico Times phone calls by press time. He told La Nación, however, that he had not acted in response to instructions from Casa Presidencial.
Pacheco said the departing institute director has worked miracles in INA. He said one of Carvajal s outstanding achievements in the post he occupied since the beginning of Pacheco s administration in 2002 was increasing the institute s student body by leaps and bounds. Of the 2.33 million students to whom INA has offered job training, English courses and other educational services since it was founded in 1965, 27.5% studied at the institute since 2002 (TT, Jan. 6).
Carvajal s duties at RACSA began Wednesday.
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Below is a link to the election results for the May 16, 2017 election. Dallas Clinger and Susan Fletcher will be replaced on the school board by Travis Mills and Joel Beck. The hospital is heading toward a remodel, and Gilbert Hofmeister retained his seat on the Power County Highway District Board.
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Jay-Z’s “What’s Free” Verse Talks Kanye, Trump, Black Oppression
Meek Mill‘s newly released album Championships is currently shaking the f***ing table on Twitter right now. There are SO many well-crafted songs and powerful introspective bars that it’s hard to pick a favorite at this point. But one thing is for sure, that Jay-Z verse on foreboding “What’s Free” is one for the ages and Shawn Corey Carter doesn’t mince any words.
Right out the gate, Jay runs down some Black excellence numbers that don’t lie:
In the land of the free, where the blacks enslaved
Three-fifth’s of a man I believe’s the phrase
I’m 50% of D’usse and it’s debt free (Yeah)
100% of Ace of Spades, worth half a B (Uh)
Roc Nation, half of that, that’s my piece
Hunnid percent of Tidal to bust it up with my G’s, uh
Next, he addressed what is being called a “diss” by a lot of less-informed outlets, Kanye West:
No red hat, don’t Michael and Prince me and Ye
They separate you when you got Michael and Prince’s DNA, uh
I ain’t one of these house ni**as you bought
Hard to find where the “diss” is here. To us it sounds more like he’s saying “Despite the fact that Kanye is on some bulls#!t, I’m not going to rip him publicly for you all’s amusement and entertainment, he’s an icon (and friend?) and I won’t disrespect him despite his loathsome behavior.”
Jay spends the rest of his verse putting on a clinic of thought-provoking wordplay and stone cold truths that will make you wonder how a soon-to-be 49-year-old husband and father of 3 is still rapping this well.
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WWII vet cares for veterans' graves for decades
Clarence 'Code' Gomberg dedicates 65 years to replacing grave flags
Code Gomberg, formally known as Clarence, was a corporal in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was a combat medic during the Battle of the Bulge and some of the memories are still painful.
"One time I had to jump aboard and pull two guys out of a burning tank. Many nights I still..." Gomberg's voice breaks, and he can not continue.
But it is memories like these that spurred him 65 years ago to join his local Jewish War Veterans post, where the older veterans from World War I taught them how to put the flags on the graves of the county's Jewish cemeteries.
Years later, Gomberg and his wife often visited these cemeteries by themselves, sometimes placing dozens of new flags from Allegheny County on veterans' graves.
"It had to be done. If it hadn't nobody would have recognized these guys. If not for these flags, it would just be stones, that is all," Gomberg said.
Six years ago, Gomberg met Renee Abrams while they were both volunteering at a VA hospital. She helped him recruit people to spread out and help him place new flags at all the graves before Memorial Day. Now Gomberg says he has to stop physically putting the flags down.
"My nephew says, 'You are 91 years old. It is time to quit.' I am hurting. I have had three back surgeries. I can't do it anymore," Gomberg said.
But he will continue to visit schools to teach students about WW II history, including the surrender meeting of German and Allied generals at Reims, France. He even got a couple of photos of the gathering, before he was chased out.
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Whatcom County puts new unrefined fossil fuel exports on holdBy Samantha Wohlfeil, August 10, 2016
BELLINGHAM > No new applications to ship unrefined fossil fuel through Cherry Point can be approved for at least the next two months after Whatcom County Council passed an emergency moratorium Tuesday night, Aug. 9.
The council unanimously passed the moratorium to address concerns about potential public health and safety risks that could come with the increased transportation of unrefined fossil fuels, such as crude oil traveling by rail through the county to two refineries at Cherry Point.
The moratorium does not impact the current refining and shipment of products through the BP Cherry Point and Phillips 66 refineries.
In July, the council directed the Planning Commission to study changes to the county’s 20-year Comprehensive Plan that could prevent any future export of unrefined fossil fuels from Cherry Point.
The council gave the commission until January to take testimony, study the issue, and make a recommendation on whether the changes should be made.
Until Tuesday night, the question of whether new applications for exports might be submitted in the meantime, in order to get ahead of any ban, was still up in the air.
In December 2015, Congress lifted a 40-year ban on exporting domestic crude oil to other countries. That created a concern for some that local refineries could shift to shipping unrefined materials abroad, eliminating local refinery jobs.
Effective immediately, the emergency moratorium prohibits the filing and acceptance of applications for county permits for new or expanded facilities that would facilitate the increased shipment of unrefined fossil fuels out of Cherry Point.
It defines unrefined fossil fuels as including, but not limited to, “all forms of crude oil whether stabilized or not; raw bitumen, diluted bitumen, or syncrude; coal; methane, propane, butane and other ‘natural gas’ in liquid or gaseous formats; and condensate.”
Environmental groups lauded the council’s move.
“It shows bold leadership that protects our community and responds to concerns that have been expressed by thousands of people throughout this process about the dangerous risks that coal, crude oil and natural gas exports pose to public health and safety in Whatcom County,” said Matt Petryni, clean energy program manager for RE Sources for Sustainable Communities. RE Sources was one of several environmental organizations rallying people to comment on the proposed unrefined fossil fuel export ban.
Alex Ramel, field director for Stand’s Extreme Oil Campaign, said the moratorium showed Whatcom County was ahead of the curve in policy making.
“This is nation-leading and proactive that the council acted to protect the community from unrefined fossil fuel transport,” Ramel said.
Council members specifically wanted to ensure the moratorium and its wording recognize the positive impact existing industry and the refineries have on the community.
“I find the moratorium helpful. I particularly find it helpful because of the discussion that differentiates between raw materials like crude oil and finished products,” said Steve Garey, a former refinery worker and union president who represented workers at the refineries in Anacortes.
Earlier in the evening, when the council was taking public comment on the rest of the Comprehensive Plan update, Garey told the council that when refineries are converted into exporting facilities, most of the workers lose their jobs.
“It’s important to recognize that refineries need to move finished products, but none of us would be served if they were to shut those plants down and export crude oil,” Garey said in an interview after the moratorium was passed.
The council must hold a public hearing on the emergency moratorium within 60 days. After that, an interim emergency moratorium could be put in place for up to six months, which would allow enough time for the Planning Commission to make its recommendation in January, council member Carl Weimer said. Weimer is the member who first proposed the changes.
“That was key,” Weimer said. “I was scratching my head about whether I was going to support the whole comp plan because I felt we should support the Cherry Point amendments, but I’m fine with passing it while we have this protection in place.”
Brad Owens, president of the Northwest Jobs Alliance, said the moratorium was premature.
“The public deserves their due process through the Planning Commission, and pending the outcome of the Planning Commission’s evaluation, the council should respond accordingly,” Owens said.
The moratorium states that under the Washington State Constitution, the county has authority to provide regulation of land uses within the county.
The council also “recognizes the limits to its authority over transportation of certain goods imposed by federal statutes and the U.S. Constitution, and finds that this action is within its authority.”
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Finding an attorney can be a daunting process! Do you rely on personal recommendations from friends or family members? Select from the parade of lawyers advertising on late-night television? Search the internet for professional directories and performance reviews?
There are countless resources available to assist you with searching for legal representation. In this article, I’d like to recommend one simple starting point: consult your local state or county bar association. More than 300 lawyer referral programs are offered by area bar associations to direct legal consumers to appropriate counsel.
These programs were created to assist the public in selecting attorneys with experience tailored to meet specific legal consumer needs. To identify these needs, a referral clerk typically conducts a pre-screening interview to determine if an actual legal issue exists. If the matter can be resolved by a government or public service agency, the client will be directed to that resource.
Bar association referral staff can also direct consumers to other legal service providers, pro bono programs, and low-to-moderate income legal clinics. (For additional help locating legal resources and representation for impoverished clients, see next month’s blog post.)
The primary mission of the bar association referral programs is to provide consumers unbiased, qualified referrals based upon their specific legal needs. These programs presume an ability by the client to pay regular attorney fees (if the referred attorney is retained), but there is usually no fee for seeking a referral. Further, most initial referral meetings are offered at a free, discounted or capped rate ($0 dollars to $50 in the jurisdictions surveyed), so the consultation appointment is not prohibitively priced. Some lawyer referral offices provide up to three referrals at the same discounted rate, so you can seek a second or third opinion at a relatively affordable cost. Initial appointments average 30 minutes in length; confirm the maximum time allowed for the discounted rate when booking the appointment. You may also want to discuss the attorney’s fee schedule at the time of booking or during your meeting.
What type of attorneys are available through lawyer referral programs run by state and local bar associations? First, all are members in good standing and licensed to practice in the requested jurisdiction. They may be members of multiple state bars, or the federal bar (which may be important if your legal matter involves a multi-state conflict of laws issue, or a federal question). They may be sole practitioners or members of a firm, have general practices or very specialized areas of expertise.
How does the referral staff match your needs to an appropriate attorney? Is the selection process random, based on a simple rotation, or may you request legal representation reflective of your personal needs and preference?
First, all participating attorneys of a referral service provide extensive educational and professional backgrounds. Some attorneys pay to be on these services; others may participate by virtue of bar admission. It varies from state to state. You may wish to receive a referral to an attorney based upon years of practice or level of experience in a particular legal area.
You may prefer a female or male attorney (many referral services honor that request), or a practitioner who speaks a particular language or has translating services available. Perhaps you need an attorney who reads sign language, or who has experience representing physically or mentally challenged individuals. Some clients seek attorneys who are willing to take meetings on weekends or at their homes due to mobility issues. All these criteria can be included in a referral request.
Be sure to identify in your referral request (whether conducted by phone interview or completed online by screening application) the general nature of your legal issue, but also peripheral issues or factors that may be of significance or particular concern to you. For example, if seeking an estate lawyer to prepare your will, will you be able to provide future pet maintenance and care by establishing an animal trust? If you are facing a marital dissolution but your spouse is in another country, can you seek guidance for an international parenting plan? If incorporating a business, can the attorney advise you of tax incentives for “green” technology and design?
A lawyer referral service clerk can assist you in the proper categorization of your primary legal needs, but be sure to address those secondary factors to get the best “niche” referral. Express your preferences and desires, but refrain from asking for “the meanest pit bull divorce lawyer” in the area. (Author disclosure: I worked for a state bar association referral service and cannot count the number of times I received some variation on that request! Don’t ask. No subjective opinions will be offered.)
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Learning-by-doing is the hallmark of the University of Maine at Farmington Community Health Education program. Here, you’ll gain hands-on, real-world experience in health education specialties — such as our School Health Education concentration, Outdoor Recreation Programming concentration and Physical Activity and Nutrition concentration.
Our coursework gives you a unique skill set, allowing you to be recognized as professionals in the health industry and preparing you to become a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) upon graduation.
Here, you’ll participate in classroom-based research, on-campus work opportunities and service-learning projects led by faculty who have expertise in a broad range of topics: nutrition, stress management, human sexuality, environmental health, disease prevention and health promotion. At Farmington, you’ll gain practical experience in a variety of health-related fields.
We believe hands-on experience is so valuable, we require it … and you’ll love it!
At Farmington, you’ll participate in extensive outside the classroom fieldwork, including a required practicum and internship. Through your community placement (which we’ll do for you) you’ll work 600 contact hours over 15 weeks in the practice of health education. You’re actually going out into the workplace to apply the knowledge you’ve studied in the classroom.
You’ll get to assess individual and community needs for health education; plan, implement and administer health education strategies, interventions and programs; conduct evaluation and research related to health education; serve as a health education resource person; and communicate and advocate for health and health education. Your field experience will be under the co-supervision of UMF faculty and the participating agency’s staff.
Internships – Real-World Experience in Community Health Fields
At UMF you can find out, first-hand, what it’s like to work in the Community Health fields while you learn valuable career skills and develop a strong network of professional contacts.
Here’s a short list of where our Community Health Education students have recently interned:
- South Portland High School Athletics Dept
- Boys & Girls Club of Greater Waterville
- Healthy Community Coalition
- Franklin Health Internal Medicine
- Foxcroft Academy
- Healthy Communities of the Capital Area
- Somerset Public Health
- Mt. Blue High School Athletics Dept.
- River Valley Healthy Communities Coalition
- Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School
- UMF Alpine Ski Team
- Tri-Valley United Way
- Maine Behavioral Health
You can also choose one of our optional value-added concentrations, minors or certificates.
- School Health Education concentration
- Outdoor Recreation Programming concentration
- Physical Activity and Nutrition concentration
- Addiction Rehabilitation certificate
- Alpine Operations certificate
- Child and Adolescent Health minor
- Coaching minor
- Environmental Studies minor
- Health and Medicine minor
- Physical Fitness minor
- Nutrition Education minor
School Health concentration
Our School Health concentration is for those who want to teach in a school setting. If you’re interested in in having the option to teach in a school setting, our School Health concentration will certify you to teach in K-12 classrooms in Maine and many other states. This School Health / Community Health Ed combo has enabled many of our Community Health Education graduates to market themselves to prospective employers in both settings. It’s definitely a valuable career-focused option worth considering.
Students in the School Health Concentration have participated in regional and statewide professional education conferences, such as the Central Maine Educators Regional Conference. This is a wonderful networking opportunity where students get to present their scholarly work to education leaders from across the state.
This program qualifies for a tuition discount of nearly $5,000 for residents of Rhode Island and Vermont through the New England Regional Student Program.
Outdoor Recreation Programming concentration
The Outdoor Recreation Programming concentration is for those who want to pursue a career as a recreation professional, running and organizing outdoor activities such as snowsports, river activities, canoeing, camping, hiking, golf, inland fisheries activities, horseback riding and more. The concentration is designed to help you gain programming skills and may also lead to the education required to help you obtain professional certifications in areas such as Maine Guide, hunting and fishing, mountain first aid (outdoor emergency care), Professional Ski Instructors Association certifications, United States Ski Association certifications, canoeing certifications and others. Students in this concentration have found internships and future employment and at ski resorts, parks, summer camps, and other outdoor adventure establishments.
Physical Activity and Nutrition concentration
Our Physical Activity and Nutrition concentration is designed for those who wish to pursue graduate studies in the fields of nutrition, physical therapy, occupational therapy, Physician Assistant (PA) and athletic training, among other health fields. The concentration focuses on science courses and health content. This concentration is not something you have to declare when you’re accepted to UMF, instead it’s an option you can choose as your academic and career path becomes more clear as you take courses in our Community Health Education program.
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With the US closed it comes as no surprise that most markets are pretty steady today. We are seeing quite a bit of action in crude oil and CAD where bullish reversals are underway that suggest recent downtrends may be nearing an end. Similarly, GBP is starting to show signs of bottoming out relative to USD and EUR.
North American and European Indices
US 30 has leveled off near 16,030 a Fibonacci level trading between 15,970 and 16,130.
US NDAQ 100 is holding above 4,080 a Fibonacci level trading between 4,140 and 4,180.
US SPX 500 has stabilized in the 1,875 to 1,900 area.
Germany 30 is having an inside day consolidating Friday’s losses in the 9,430 to 9,630 range above 9,320 support near the September low and below 9,725 resistance. A higher low in the RSI suggests downward pressure starting to ease.
UK 100 continues to hold 5,760 support completing a big double bottom, while RSI rising toward 30 indicates downward pressure easing. Currently trading near 5,800 with initial resistance near 5,855 then 6,000.
Gold remains in an uptrend holding above $1,086 and trading between there and $1,092 digesting Friday’s rally below $1,100 resistance. RSI holding 50 confirms underlying uptrend intact.
Crude Oil WTI appears to be forming a bear trap bottom, having broken $29.00, diving toward $28.20 and rallying toward $29.70 overnight. An extremely oversold RSI indicates recent downtrend overextended and a rebound possible at some point.
US Dollar Index is sitting on 9.00 within a 98.00 to 99.60 trading range. RSI indicates momentum flat to slightly upward.
EURUSD continues to trend sideways between $1.0800 and $1.1000 with neutral momentum confirmed by RSI sitting on 50. Recently trading between $1.0880 and $1.0910.
EURGBP has slumped back toward 0.7600 after encountering resistance near 0.7700. RSI overbought suggests potential for a trading correction but it remains in an uptrend above the recent 0.7500 breakout point.
GBPUSD held Friday’s low near $1.4250 and has started to rebound, bouncing back toward the $1.4280 to $1.4310 area initially with next resistance possible near $1.4355 then $1.4440. RSI still quite oversold suggesting potential for a rebound.
USDCAD may be forming a bull trap top having short up toward $1.4625 overnight before slumping back toward $1.4500. Massively overbought RSI and a double top suggest we could be close to a buying climax with potential for a significant reversal. Next potential support near $1.4490 then $1.4400.
CADUSD has bounced back up toward $0.6900 after taking out $0.6800 and trading as low as $0.6845 in what looks like ti could be a bear trap bottom. Extremely oversold RSI and a double bottom suggests potential for a rebound but it needs to retake $0.7000 to call off its current downtrend. | <urn:uuid:5ea07579-ee19-4b11-b907-6a48f91a20c7> | CC-MAIN-2017-47 | https://www.cmcmarkets.com/en-au/news-and-analysis/chart-signals-oil-gbp-and-cad-on-the-rebound-indices-and-gold-consolidate | 2017-11-19T12:21:19Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-47/segments/1510934805578.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20171119115102-20171119135102-00114.warc.gz | en | 0.946624 | 695 |
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Have you missed me? Well, I've missed you! My little sis informed me that I've been sorely neglecting you all. Since I last posted, we moved, the kids all started school (and I somehow ended up as a room mom for the 3rd grader!), went through almost an entire season of soccer and lacrosse (2 more weeks, just 2 more weeks!), joined the gym (like 2 days ago. Yikes! I am SO sore! Wish me luck!), and I couldn't find my baby. For almost an entire half hour. Talk about near heart failure!! Luckily he just went to a little friends house and was playing on their way-super-awesome play set in the back yard. I went from I'm-so-mad-I'll-strangle-the-little-monkey-when-I-find-him to, when I finally found him, oh-my-precious-perfect-little-angel-I-just-want-to-kiss-your-sweet-little-face-until-you-scream!
I have to say, I've forgotten how much of an ordeal moving is! We were in our last place for 8 years. Seems like a lifetime sometimes. I guess it is for some people. We moved in with a 6 month old baby and had 2 more little ones while we were there. That's a lifetime for the 3 of them. All though moving is the pits, it sure was nice to have some of the kids old enough to really help. I think the actual moving part was the easy part. Changing the address on all the mail and transferring the kid's schools was probably more stressful. Not to mention the melt downs over leaving friends and the best. Schools. Ever. Luckily, we're in a pretty awesome neighborhood with lots of little kiddies.
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1 pound ground beef
1 packet taco seasoning
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My name is Justin, and I was one of the early members of the HHSL.
My memory is far too bad to remember all the events that took place way back then. I see that I left the Toronto Blue Jays on 7/24/2001 (game date)...then later returned to take the helm of the Pirates on 4/1/2009 (game date). Somewhere in there, I did my best to run the league (but eventually burnt out and abandoned the league...sorry).
Despite having left the league for good, I continued to maintain the domain name (HHSL.org) and web hosting. I got a lot from my time in the league, and I felt I owed it to Rudy and the owners to support their interests. A few times a year I would check in, take a look at the message board, see how things were going, etc.
I received an email a week or so ago that Web hosting was up for renewal again. It had been a while since I checked in, so I took a look at the message board. I came upon what appears to be the end of the excellent organization the HHSL became. I canceled the hosting plan, but I will continue to own the domain name as an asset. I set up a makeshift message board as well, to help the owners connect with each other.
I can't speak for Rudy in any way, it's been years since we last exchanged emails, so I have no further insight into the situation. I know he devoted a very large part of his life/free time/energy to the HHSL and all the fellow members over the years.
I wish Rudy all the best in wherever his life takes him, and I hope he finds happiness in his future endeavors.
For anyone that would like to reach out, I've set up a basic HHSL Message Board (you'll need to re-register).
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At least 22 takeover robberies of convenience stores and similar businesses in Oakland and Alameda have been linked to a team of men who have increased their ranks and grown more violent since they started their crime spree in April, police said Tuesday.
What started as a series of 7-Eleven holdups in April now includes robberies of convenience stores, fast-food restaurants, drug stores and grocery stores in the two cities, police say.
Police suspect the men have robbed 18 businesses in Oakland and four in Alameda.
At least three Oakland convenience stores have been robbed twice in recent months by the bandits.
The most recent robbery happened July 20 at a convenience store at 66 MacArthur Blvd. in Oakland, the second time that store has been targeted by the marauders.
Two days earlier, an AM PM Mini Mart in Alameda was robbed by the men and an employee was hit over the head with the butt of a shotgun, requiring eight stitches, police said.
Oakland robbery Sgt. George Phillips said the team had at first just two members, but recently added a third accomplice.
And the attack on the Alameda mini-market employee has police worried the men are becoming more violent.
“It’s getting more physical,” Alameda police Sgt. Don Owyang said. The men pistol-whipped a store employee in Oakland and shoved a shotgun into the ribs of a store manager in Alamedawhen they grew impatient with the amount of time he was taking to open his cash register, Owyang said.
He said the men — caught on security cameras during some of the robberies — appear to be growing more confident and are getting quicker — usually making it in and out of a store in less than two minutes.
Although the robbers are now hitting more than just convenience stores, police say their method has remained consistent.
Owyang said the men usually drive up to the business and enter with the hoods of their jackets or sweatshirts pulled over their heads and their faces covered “cowboy style” with either a blue or red bandanna. They quickly vault the counter, stick a weapon into the clerk’s side — in some cases at their head — and demand he or she open the register.
They grab cash and Marlboro cigarettes, Owyang said. Police have found the men’s getaway cars abandoned a few blocks from where they robbed the stores on several occasions, he said.
Most of the robberies happen late at night or early in the morning and the suspects generally wait until an employee is alone or there are few customers inside, police said. Police are not saying whether any leads have turned up from the cars.
The first suspect is believed to be white, in his 20s, about 5 feet 7 and 170 pounds; the second man is also white and in his 20s, about 5 feet 9 inches tall and 170 pounds, police said. The third accomplice is a black man in his 30s, about 6 feet tall and 200 pounds, with a light complexion.
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The element selenium exhibits several valence states. Selenate is the least reduced, followed by selenite, and elemental selenium. The valence state is an important factor to the toxicity of selenium. Selenate is the form required by organisms that need selenium as a micronutrient. These organisms have the ability to acquire, metabolize and excrete selenium. The level at which selenium becomes toxic varies from species to species and is related to other environmental factors like pH and alkalinity that influence the concentration of selenite over selenate.
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Ellen White (November 26, 1827 – July 16, 1915) was a prolific author, writing more than 40 books and 5000 periodical articles during her lifetime. Today there are over one hundred 50,000 manuscript pages of her writings. She was one of the founders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, believed by many readers to have the spiritual gift of prophecy described in the Bible.
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The CUPS diet is a practical weight loss program that is based on portion control by using cup measurements.
It was created by Iowa-based psychiatrist Dr. Jimmy R. Mascaro as an easy and commonsense way to lose weight.
This diet helps dieters release excess pounds at a healthy and safe rate while they can continue to enjoy all of their favorite foods.
CUPS Diet Basics
Dr. Mascaro realized that one of the major obstacles to weight loss is that people don’t want to drastically change what they eat. They simply aren’t willing to stop enjoying the foods they love to comply with the food restrictions of popular diets.
- The CUPS diet has been designed to overcome the flaws seen in many other diets.
- You can eat any of your favorite foods while simply controlling the amount that you eat each day.
- You will track your food intake over the day using measuring cup increments such as ¼ cup, ½ cup, ¾ cup and 1 cup.
Flexible Approach to Dieting
Based on your calorie requirements you will be allocated a number of cups for each day.
For each meal or snack you decide how many cups to eat. However, It is best to have at least 1 cup per meal, and at least ½ cup for each snack.
Special Category Foods
Certain foods are categorized in a different way. Some foods – like cheese, cakes and candy – have to be counted twice.
Other foods such as coffee, V8 juice, salsa and non-starchy vegetables don’t count at all towards your daily intake.
Drink Water to Reduce Appetite
Dieters are encouraged to drink one cup of water with each meal and snack for a minimum of five cups daily. It is helpful to consume water about 15 minutes before the meal because this causes a feeling of “fullness”. Consequently your appetite will be reduced and you will eat less food.
Adapt the CUPS Diet to Suit Your Lifestyle
As an example, if your daily cup allowance is 7 you can consume up to 49 cups in a week. You can split these cups over the week according to your lifestyle.
This allows you to eat more on days when you might have a special event like a dinner party. You simply consume less cups in the days before and after the event.
Some of the foods dieters will eat on The CUPS Diet:
Shrimp, fish, beef, pork, eggs, cheese, yogurt, peanut butter, cashews, walnuts, whole wheat bread, rice, oatmeal, baked potato, saltine crackers, popcorn, lettuce, tomato, peppers, apples, oranges, berries, banana, avocado, olive oil, salsa, coffee, tea.
A Likely Daily Meal Plan
8 oz water
8 oz water and tea or diet soda
8 oz water and tea or diet soda
8 oz water and tea
8 oz water plus coffee
Exercise For 30 Minutes Daily
To support weight loss The CUPS Diet recommends to do thirty minutes of moderate physical activity most days of the week.
Costs and Expenses
The CUPS diet is available as an online program with a monthly subscription of $9.99 with payment of $29.97 for the first 3 months.
- You can enjoy any of your favorite foods while still losing weight.
- Portion control is proven to be an effective weight loss method.
- Includes cup measurements for fast food menu items.
- Provides menu examples to make meal planning easier.
- Considers the psychological aspects of successful weight loss.
- Website offers a range of supportive resources.
- Requires calculating and monitoring your daily food intake in cup measurements.
- Some dieters may find the rules of the diet very complicated in the beginning.
- Does not adjust the dietary allowance in relation to physical activity.
- Only includes a few recipes.
Portion Control Has Proven Effective
The CUPS diet is an approach to weight loss based on measuring daily food intake in cup increments.
It offers an alternative to calorie counting that may be easier for some dieters to follow.
This method has been proven as an effective way to lose weight and is the theory behind such popular diets like Weight Watchers.
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Long-term attachment, which includes pair bonding with a sexual partner and parental bonding with offspring, are naturally rewarding behaviors in some species of mammals.
Much of the research on social attachment and mammalian pair bonding has been done using voles as the animal model. Voles are useful because there are closely related species that display considerably different reproductive behavior. The prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster) that is indigenous to central North America is an atypical rodent that displays highly social behavior, has monogamous relationships after mating, and will cohabitate and share parental duties such as mutual resource collections, nest building, and care for their young. The montane vole, on the other hand, has a slightly different geographical location and is a non-social species. They do not form pair bonds and only the female cares for the young.
An experimental test called the partner preference paradigm can be used to assess vole monogamy. Here, a three-chamber testing apparatus is used where a test vole is placed in a central chamber. In the other two chambers are voles who have been harnessed into their rooms, unable to leave. The test vole is then free to move between any of the three chambers. When a prairie vole has mated with one of the harnessed voles, they will choose to spend more time with their “partner” vole compared to the novel “stranger” vole, whereas a montane vole will choose to spend most of their time alone and spend very little time with any other animal. Differences in brain and behavior can be studied between these species to determine why they display these different reproductive behaviors.
Not only do mated prairie voles prefer the company of their partner, they also demonstrate behaviors similar to some human romantic relationships. For example, mated prairie voles living together display selective aggression against a stranger, “intruder” voles, a behavior called “mate-guarding”. They also spend significant time mutually caring for their young, their pair bonding can be modified by psychoactive substance use, and they show increased anxiety when they are separated from their partner vole.
Role of Oxytocin and Vasopressin in Pair Bonding
Comparing between monogamous and promiscuous species has allowed researchers to identify several neurotransmitter signals that are implicated in pair bonding. Oxytocin and vasopressin seem to play important roles in vole pair bonding, as inhibition of either of these signals decrease partner preference. Additionally, differences in dopamine receptor levels and corticotropin releasing factors are observed between vole species.
The hypothalamus is a critical region for the formation of social bonds. , the larger type of neurosecretory cell compared to parvocellular neurons, send axons from the hypothalamus down to pituitary stalk where they terminate on capillaries of the general circulation located within the posterior pituitary. Therefore, unlike the control of stress and gonadal hormones, where the hypothalamic neurons release hormones onto anterior pituitary endocrine cells, release of hormones from the posterior pituitary comes directly from hypothalamic neurons.
The magnocellular neurons synthesize and release oxytocin and vasopressin, two neuropeptides, into the blood. Oxytocin, often referred to as the love hormone, promotes social bonding. It is released during reproduction and also causes uterine contractions during labor and the milk letdown reflex after birth. Vasopressin, also called antidiuretic hormone, plays a role in regulating salt concentration in the blood by acting on the kidneys to promote water retention and decrease urine production. Further, it constricts blood vessels, raising blood pressure. Vasopressin has also been shown to be involved in bonding, parenting, territoriality, and mate-guarding in some animals. Biochemically, vasopressin is very similar to oxytocin, as they are both nine amino acid peptides differing by only two residues.
In the social prairie voles, oxytocin and vasopressin are released by the hypothalamus in response to mating and act on regions of the reward and limbic systems. Specifically, there are increases in oxytocin release in female prairie voles following mating. Female prairie voles express higher levels of oxytocin receptors in the nucleus accumbens compared to montane voles. Oxytocin binding to oxytocin receptors within the nucleus accumbens is necessary for females to form pair bonds and may reinforce the association of reward with a partner. This is supported by experimental evidence that when oxytocin is administered to females, there is an increase in pair bond formation. Female montane voles have decreased oxytocin receptors within the nucleus accumbens, and thus do not form pair bonds. Oxytocin does not have the same effects in male prairie voles.
Male prairie voles have an increase in vasopressin release following mating. The male prairie voles express higher levels of vasopressin receptors in the ventral pallidum compared to montane voles. When vasopressin is given to males, it increases pair bond formation, and when a vasopressin antagonist is administered prior to mating, pair bond formation is prevented. Vasopressin has no effect on female prairie voles. The nucleus accumbens and ventral pallidum are both located in the basal ganglia and are involved in the limbic loop, which is responsible for processing of emotions, rewards, and motivation.
An interesting experiment was done that overexpressed vasopressin receptors in the ventral pallidum of male montane voles. The simple manipulation of this one protein completely changed the behavior of the monogamous montane voles such that they now behaved like prairie voles by forming pair bonds and helping to take care of young.
Oxytocin, vasopressin, and the reward system also appear to be important for bonding in humans. When presented with pictures of either their own children or partners, subjects in an fMRI show increased activation in regions like the ventral tegmental area and striatum compared to when viewing pictures of friends. These regions are also known to express oxytocin and vasopressin receptors, and the hormones are released during times of bond formation, like breastfeeding and intercourse.
Love can be thought of as an intensely strong attachment towards a person (romantic love, lust), a thing (passion project), or concept (patriotism as a love for country, or altruism as a love for fellow humans). However, it is very difficult to put a strict biological definition on these varied concepts of love. This section focuses on interpersonal love, of which there are several unique forms, each resulting in different behavioral outcomes. For example, romantic love drives physical attraction, lust, and sexual activity. Parental love, on the other hand, encourages self-sacrifice and hyper-attentiveness towards a newborn. Some behaviors are shared between the two forms of love, such as respect.
Romantic love drives much of human behavior and has been documented thoroughly in the arts all the way from Homer’s Iliad, through Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, up to modern Taylor Swift.
The majority of human societies have embraced social monogamy, the romantic relationship characterized by a pair of people who share resources, parenting duties, and exhibit preferential mating. Outside of humans however, only 9% of mammalian species form socially monogamous pairs, while at least 75% of bird species maintain socially monogamous relationships (which may explain the origin of the phrase “love birds”).
Dr. Helen Fisher, an anthropologist and a leader in the field of love research, suggests that love can be divided into three closely interconnected components. These three are guided in part by different signaling pathways, and lead to somewhat different behavioral outcomes.
Lust (or libido) refers to a very strong desire for sexual gratification. These behaviors are largely driven by the actions of the sex hormones testosterone, estradiol, and progesterone, released downstream of activation of the HPG axis. Both testosterone and estradiol contribute to sex-seeking behaviors in men and women, where increasing testosterone levels drive up sexual desire. The amygdala also plays a significant role in mediating lust, and lesions may either result in hypersexuality (Kluver-Bucy syndrome) or a decrease in response to socially-derived sex cues.
Attraction is characterized by high energy-investment and preoccupation towards a small number of people. From an evolutionary perspective, attraction may have developed to discriminate between multiple reproductive partners, allowing the focusing of limited resources towards fewer partners. In Fisher’s theory, attraction is strongly related to the action of dopamine and norepinephrine. In humans, the reward circuitry is involved in feelings of love. Using fMRI, Fisher presented pictures of a patient’s romantic partner to them and identified increases in the blood flow to dopaminergic midbrain areas such as the ventral tegmental area and the striatum. This finding compares with imaging studies that observed increases in blood flow to insula, premotor, and hypothalamus as well as striatum in response to highly erotic, sexual imagery. These studies suggest that romantic love and lust have different driving neural structures underlying these behaviors. Norepinephrine functions to increase attention, alertness, and energy, which accounts for the exhilarated feeling you may feel when spending time with a potential partner.
Attachment is the long-term association with an individual accompanied by feelings of comfort and emotional stability. Attachment also contributes to behaviors that maximize offspring survivability, such as sharing parenthood responsibilities and protectiveness towards offspring. The major neurochemical drivers of this form of love are oxytocin and vasopressin.
Parental love refers to instinctive affection towards one’s offspring. Parental love behaviors include nurturing (collecting and sharing resources), protecting (promoting aggression against “intruders”), and preparing one’s young for their adult life (risk assessment training). In evolutionary theory, parental love serves to improve the odds of passing of one’s genes through the following generation. Most large mammals (humans included) are K-selected species, which benefit most from a small number of high-quality offspring that require substantial parental investment, as opposed to large numbers of offspring with little investment.
An extension of parental love is familial love or kinship, the protection and preferential support of one’s extended genetic relations. Because blood relatives share common genes, increasing the survivability of these family members has benefits for passing genes to the next generation. In the words of the geneticist Jack Haldane, “I’d gladly give my life for two brothers or eight cousins.”
Many behaviors related to mammalian motherhood are accompanied by changes in neural activity. Nursing, for instance, is feeding behavior that is regulated through a positive feedback cycle. Offspring suckling activates the mother’s somatosensory afferents. Through a series of oxytocin-dependent circuits across the hypothalamus, suckling ultimately increases lactation through the milk letdown reflex. Auditory sensory inputs, such as the sounds of a crying baby, can also trigger this reflex. Sometimes, just thinking about the baby can induce letdown. Some changes are dependent on neural plasticity. For example, after childbirth, the auditory areas of rodents rewire to become more sensitive to high frequency sounds. This adaptation allows the mothers to better detect the ultrasonic vocalizations that are emitted by offspring when they are distressed or hungry. Olfactory areas also change in order to become more sensitive to the particular odorants given off by their young, allowing them to better identify their offspring. In humans, these olfactory changes result in decreased aversion towards traditionally aversive stimuli (urine or fecal matter) when they originate from their children.
- Prairie voles are a socially monogamous species that forms pair bonds with their mating partners and display biparental care of young.
- Montane voles are a closely related species that display a promiscuous mating strategy, do not form pair bonds, and do not show biparental care of young.
- Female prairie voles have increased oxytocin receptors within the nucleus accumbens compared to montane voles.
- Male prairie voles have increased vasopressin receptors within the ventral pallidum compared to montane voles.
- Oxytocin and vasopressin are both neuropeptides released from the posterior pituitary.
- Human bonding and love (romantic and parental) has also been shown to involve oxytocin, vasopressin, and reward circuitry.
Portions of this chapter were remixed and revised from the following sources:
- Foundations of Neuroscience by Casey Henley. The original work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License
- Open Neuroscience Initiative by Austin Lim. The original work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
- Prairie Vole © Davi adapted by Valerie Hedges is licensed under a CC BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) license
- VolePreference © Casey Henley is licensed under a CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) license
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As always, here’s your humble journalist, delivering the 4-1-1 straight from the shit itself. We’re currently barreling down the 45 North outside of Houston, TX, on our way to a Guitar Center for supplies and to burn some time before the show tonight at the Warehouse Live. I have an expensive-ass cup of diner coffee sitting next to me and my belly is full with a croissant & scrambled egg sandwich topped with hot sauce and a side of grits. Real country grub is good for the soul, even if you’re traveling with a death metal band and you have to question whether or not you even have the damned thing.
Where did I leave off? Sacramento, right? Well, that was a few days ago, so I’ll do as much catching up as possible and dive right into the last few days.
After Sactown we drove through the night, trying to get as close to home as possible. Somewhere along the line we dropped Jesse off in Oakland so he could be with his lady, Lexi, who lives in the area.
I woke up in the parking lot of a Best Buy in Emeryville, had my morning cigarette, hacked up the day’s lung butter and walked with Oog to Panera Bread for some coffee and the toilet, not in that order. After everyone had their eats and morning ritual, we were hit up by some self-proclaimed, “totally normal” crackheads who were looking for “only $11 so I can buy my medicine,” and I knew we were back in the Bay.
San Francisco. Ooooohhhh San Francisco. You’re a helluva city, you know that, right? The air had a bite to it like no other. A real San Franciscan October night; fresh with the adventures of the sea, and as old as the ghosts that haunt it.
The tour was hitting the Regency Ballroom, an old dancehall built in 1909 and is a “fine example of Scottish Rite architecture” according to their website. The massive stage, hardwood floors and 22, turn-of-the-century teardrop chandeliers are clearly too nice for modern times, and one can imagine the Regency being a really swinging jazz hall at one time. But tonight, it was home for metal, blood, Orcs, and space aliens. Just another night in SF.
Hellbillies Representin’ at the Regency
Matt customizing a Gwar drumhead to be sold.
From the moment we arrived, it was a hustle to unload, organize, set-up the merch/instruments and the dreaded search for parking in a city built for horse-drawn carriages. Luckily, there was a spot directly across from the Regency, on the other side of Van Ness Blvd. With a little luck and a lot of time playing Frogger as a kid, I was able to maneuver everything into the venue just in time to eat.
By nightfall our friends began pouring in and it was a regular party inside the Regency. Friends, girlfriends, wives, family members and coworkers all showed up to support A Band of Orcs and be splattered in blood. Unfortunately as with every show so far, the ticket times and the actual doors were different and several of our friends missed the Orcs. C’est la vie.
Inside the Regency
Because the merch room is separate from the main hall, I spent the evening behind the booth, talking with Carlee (Iron Reagan’s merch girl for those of you just joining us) and Wyatt (Whitechapel merch guy), and hanging out with my Santa Cruz friends, Brian, Caroline, Rob & Chris. I was excited to be at the Regency from the crew side. Three years ago I had the chance to interview GWAR at the Regency for Rabid magazine, and while I can’t deny a backstage press pass, it was good to get the crew’s perspective. Truly immerse myself in the chaos, real gonzo journalism.
Outside the Regency
However, that’s not to say I didn’t see my fair share of entertainment because Will was there; the baldheaded, pill dealer who “swear to God knowns Oderus. Just ask him!”. Jesse and I got our first taste of Will In Sacto, when he walked up to our RV exclaiming, “I’m gonna draw on your vehicle.”
“Theeeeen, I’m gonna call the cops,” replied Jesse.
Will’s face turned as white as his goatee and his eyes grew huge partly out of exaggeration, partly out of real fear and the rest because of the drugs he was permanently on.
“Aaaaawwww, naawww, come on man. You wouldn’t do that, WOULD you??? Not the cops, I got pills and I know GWAR!”
He spent the next ten minutes explaining to us about all of the bands he’s worked with and how he’s more “one of [us]” than we realize. My first thought was, “Ye gods, I hope not.” The rest of the night in Sacramento was spent with Will running around in a drunken ball of chaos with his promises to show up the next day in San Francisco, even though I was a dick to him with every interaction.
He might be annoying as hell, but I guess he’s honest about his promises, “especially when there’s a free show and beer involved,” he later told me at some point in the Regency. I don’t remember if it was before or after he started running around the merch room, chasing after an equally drunk, looked like she was prone to a pill or six, middle-aged woman. She was yelling at him for something and as an apology, Will was throwing himself on the ground, proposing and begging for her forgiveness. She saw her opportunity and started shouting, “Well, as long as your down there,” spreading eagle about his shiny bald head and missing teeth smile. This went on for several minutes, with her running around the room in a circle, and Will throwing himself down every few feet with a pleading, “Naw, I’m sorry baby! Come on, let’s get a beer! You love beer! Naw, come on.” After 5 laps around the room, she exited and he followed, crawling on his knees with his hands in the air. I don’t normally say this, but sometimes drugs can be dangerous kids. Don’t be like Will.
Caroline has been Gwarified
Rob & Chris return bloody from battle
When the show was over and our friends were sufficiently drenched, I tried to pack up as quickly as possible so I could hang out, but was delayed first by the stage manager for merch pay out, and a second time after loading-in when I discovered my tour laminate had ripped off my key chain. After some frantic searching, I discovered it on Van Ness, but by then it was late and everyone was departing. Brian had agreed to take me back to Santa Cruz for the night and A Band of Orcs all agreed to meet at the RV rental place the next day in Newark at 11am. After a couple hours there, they’d go to SC, do laundry, empty things in the trailer we don’t need, pick me up, and hit the road in the early afternoon. Ho ho.
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Abortion Story: California
Submitted to Abort73 by a 15-year-old woman on June 6, 2011.
When I was 14, I got pregnant by my boyfriend and ran away so my parents wouldn't know. But I came back and was strongly pressured into abortion by my parents who told me I had no choice. I didn't have a say, so I went through with it. When I was in there alone, they took an ultrasound and told me I was at 7 weeks and 2 days. This touched my heart and I tried to stay unemotional as they took my blood and gave me an IV. The whole time I was on that operating table I wanted to scream and cry and say, "No please don't kill my baby." It was the most emotionally painful thing I've ever gone through. Me and my boyfriend cry about it everyday but are still together... But he doesn't know the heartbreak the mother feels when her child is no longer safe inside her and she is the one that let it happen in silence. I'll never stop missing my baby and wishing i had done more to protect him and love him. I'm so sorry, my baby. I love you. Forgive me.
Date: June 6, 2011
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Chieftain From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Posted (15 years 4 months 2 weeks 14 hours ago) and read 1489 times:
We have heard a lot in the last few days on this forum about the incredibly low levels of service on US Domestic routes, particularly with regard to food. Soggy pizza and BBQ Sandwiches, it would seem, are unacceptable items for a flight of 2-3 hours duration.
My motto has always been keep it simple but others demand a little more bang for their buck.
So let's have some suggestions on how US airlines can improve their food service. Remember the airlines are very cheap so any changes will have to be minor.
Should self-serve bags be eliminated? Do people deserve more than a sandwich + cookie? etc. etc
AA737-823 From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 6247 posts, RR: 9
Reply 1, posted (15 years 4 months 2 weeks 12 hours ago) and read 1402 times:
Yes, the carry on food bags are the most insulting thing I have come across in the aviation industry. American's BISTRO bag contains a sandwich, a banana, a cookie, and a bottle- like, four to six ounces at the most- of Ozarka water. That is insulting. I am paying more for tickets and getting less service than I did just five years ago. I remember my favorite AA meal- Dinner, Cajun chicken. It was absolutely delicious, airline food or not. My dad always ate lasagna. But now, this is a joke. I don't think they have to do much more. Just serve WARM food. It means so much to people. And food that is more interesting than a freakin' sandwich!
I also know that Delta uses the DeliBag thing, but have not flown DL in several years, so I have no first hand experience.
Chieftain From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 2, posted (15 years 4 months 2 weeks 12 hours ago) and read 1394 times:
Assuming the airlines are cheap and want to keep it simple...how can they make a snack that does not make the pax feel like K-mart shoppers yet filling/tasty?
I've found that WARM food is not a guarantee either. Delta's Chicken Brick is the most disgusting thing I've ever tasted and I was so surprised to be served something warm at all (of course ice cold on the inside).
CAN IT REALLY BE THAT EXPENSIVE TO SERVE A SMALL, FRESH SNACK!!!!
Mx5_boy From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 3, posted (15 years 4 months 2 weeks 11 hours ago) and read 1387 times:
You knew I couldn't help myself didn't you? Given that we are discussing full service carriers and not discount jobs, here is my opinion.
A lean cuisine in Australia is around $3.50 to purchase from a supermarket and is of reasonable quality, reasonably tasting, low in fat (they can't use cheap stuff) and microwavable or re-heatable quite easily.
Add to that an orange juice, a small side salad with dressing, some cheese and nice crackers and maybe a desert cup.
The above, if you take into account the economies of the amount of people flying, would at the most cost around $2.00 AUD a head. Serving the food is not an issue (as our flight attendants here can whip out a full lunch and get everyone drinks and take it all away in 50 minutes)..
You might have to add 50cents max per person for the loading and unloading. The preparation and cost of food served and prepared is included in the $2.00 a head.
It is the bean counters that are sitting in their corporate offices who say we'll cut 500,000 meals and that will save the company $2M USD (or whatever) that has caused a decline in service. They are not thinking of the customer they are thinking of the dollar.
So it's pretty simple. Even if the amount was $5.00 AUD per head, that is not an unreasonable.
Mx5_boy From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 6, posted (15 years 4 months 2 weeks 10 hours ago) and read 1371 times:
You'll have to excuse my typing I am waiting for my Limo to arrive for my surprise Olympic treat tonight, courtesy of my partner. I've had a couple of Chardys.
$249.00 flight? To where? I paid recently $240 AUD for a changeable AN flight from SYD to BNE (no charges to change the flight either). That flight includes a dinner and is for the first time for me a "coach" fare. What you get in coach / economy for a meal flight in Oz is basically what I described above. AN actually a few months earlier (and this our version of cost cutting) were offering a cake trolley and canape's on non meal time flights.
In reality though, it's awful that you guys are getting such bad service. Look in the Wall street Journal and see how much money the airlines are making?
AN & QF rely on a good business class and full fare economy income. They know that if they stop decent service that customers will go to Virgin or Impulse.
It does not cost the airlines to offer something pleansant for customers. However they are a business and need to get returns to their shareholders and directors. What I think you will see in the future in the US is customers sick to death of delays, bad service, bad food and things will improve.
I can remember in the 70's when I was a kid and you got a gift bag, that included a colouring in book, die-cast badge of wings, a model of the plane and some crayons.
LordOfTheFlys From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 79 posts, RR: 0
Reply 8, posted (15 years 4 months 2 weeks 10 hours ago) and read 1368 times:
When I was just a tot I remember flying SLC to ATL usually on an L-1011 (Detla) and being served a hot fudge sundae after your main course. It was the all nighter so everyone else was asleep. You just sit back and watch the movie with your seatbelt loosened and your chair reclined, a spoon in one hand, and a sundae in the other...Ah memories, sweet memories.
It has been downhill since then. Although as tacky as a sack lunch is, I thought the chicken burrito in the "Bistro" sack was scrumptious.
Jrebel From Sweden, joined Aug 2000, 174 posts, RR: 0
Reply 9, posted (15 years 4 months 2 weeks 10 hours ago) and read 1367 times:
The following article is from the archives of The Economist. It provides some interesting facts and figures.
Its hard being a supplier these days. Ask the firms that make airline food.
Customers and suppliers.
WHO has the toughest logistical job at JFK ? The New York airport’s traffic controllers handle around 40 flights an hour. In the same time, James Anderson, the general manager of LSG Sky Chefs’ kitchen at the airport, co-ordinates 7,000 pieces of food. Each day, his kitchen--the most modern of the 151 kitchens belonging to the world’s biggest airline caterer--turns a mountain of ingredients, including 400lbs of beef and 100lbs of shrimp, into 7,500 meals for customers such as British Airways, All Nippon Airways and South African Airways.
Despite the aroma of grilled salmon and the presence of 18 white-hatted chefs, the football-field sized facility still feels more like a Silicon Valley “fab” than a kitchen. The 275 employees all wear gloves and hospital-style haircovers. Using “cell” production methods, adopted from General Motors’ Saturn car factories, they take, on average, a minute-and-a-half to “build” a single meal.
The kitchen may be making potato chips, but it is as much a supplier of components as is Intel or Motorola. Nearly all of the world’s airlines used to make their own food--just as computer makers originally designed most of their own computer chips and car makers once thought they should smelt steel. Now many airlines, like the computer and car firms, are trying to be “virtual”, contracting out their food to specialist suppliers.
On the face of it, this has worked a treat. Costs have fallen and food is slightly better. (Though, because altitude dulls the taste buds, even the best airline food usually seems something of an oxymoron to diners.) Sky Chefs, just like other specialist suppliers, keeps on investing in its niche. Its new coolers at JFK can chill part-cooked food from 150°F (66°C) to 39°F in less than 15 minutes, rapidly sealing in juices before the final blast in aircraft ovens.
The caterers have grown into a sizeable industry. Six firms control nearly two-thirds of the US$ 9.5 billion world market. Sky Chefs, which is 23.5% owned by LSG , the services arm of the German airline, Lufthansa, has a fifth of the world market. On March 11th Sky Chefs announced that LSG is increasing its stake to 47%, and may eventually buy the entire firm. Because relatively little of LSG Sky Chef’s sales come from Lufthansa, it depends upon airlines’ willingness to outsource. Sky Chefs has grown at rates that its customers must envy, tripling revenues over the past five years to US$ 1.7 billion in 1998. And it may get bigger again. Sky Chefs’ chief executive, Michael Kay, hopes that most of Asia’s loss-making airlines will eventually outsource their own inefficient catering businesses.
However, Sky Chefs’ thin margins and dangerous dependence on large accounts (four-fifths of the business with the international kitchen at JFK is with British Airways) indicate who calls the shots in their business. With direct costs often hard to cut, the airlines have squeezed their suppliers. According to GKMG Consultants, the average meal on a domestic flight in America now costs just US$ 4.13 per passenger, compared with US$ 5.62 in 1992. Even on Concorde, food accounts for only US$ 45 on a US$ 5,620 transatlantic ticket. In the past two-and-half years, the “crate to plate” time for airline food at JFK has halved to 30 hours.
The squeeze is even beginning to tell on the plate. A Harvard Business School study at the end of 1997 noted that, on short-haul economy flights in America, “Sky Chefs was often forced to provide the food . . . beverages and service for under US$ 3.- a passenger.” South African Airways has swapped its meat and potatoes for fancier pasta dishes that cost less to produce, but for which it pays the same (US$ 10.- for an economy, long-haul flight). Some of the resulting shortcuts--replacing an “expensive” wedge of lemon with a little more cheap rice, for instance--are hard to notice, but they do not augur well.
Who ate the fish
This squeeze will seem familiar to every small supplier, from disk-drive makers to cheque-book printers. Behind all the talk about “partnerships” and “supply-chain management”, there is the simple fact that most suppliers are easy meat (or cheap rice) for their customers whenever the going gets hard. Is there a way for suppliers to strengthen their position?
Consolidation is an answer of sorts. Having seen a deal between Sky Chefs and LSG , the betting is on a merger between Gate Gourmet (a subsidiary of Swissair) and Dobbs (part of America’s Viad group), the number two and three, respectively. The hitch is that, even if the industry shrank to, say, three firms, an airline would still have enough of a choice to bully its suppliers. And in some businesses, including airline catering, there may even be the prospect of being cut out altogether. A few low-cost carriers, such as Britain’s easyJet, have done away with food altogether. On American domestic flights it is now unusual to be served anything more than some stale biscuits, a sandwich or a packet of nuts.
If scale is not the answer, what about diversification into related and, with luck, higher-margin businesses? Sky Chefs is branching out into convenience foods, while Britain’s Alpha Airports runs airport shops. Yet this risks blunting the great advantage of the specialist--that you know your industry inside out.
In the end, the only satisfactory answer is for suppliers to persuade their customers to value them more highly. The airline food industry’s best chance to improve its margins seems to lie in persuading the airlines that food is not a necessary evil whose cost should be minimised, but a way for them to differentiate themselves. Most airlines are now fairly good at delivering passengers safely and punctually to their destination for roughly the same price.
In a new book, Leonard Berry, a professor of marketing at Texas A&M University, claims that investment in food has helped turn Midwest Express Airlines into one of America’s two most consistently profitable airlines. Midwest is the only American carrier listed in the world’s top ten for service and food. It spends around US$ 10.- per head on food, twice as much as most domestic airlines. Though all seats are classed economy, chairs are leather and meals are served on china plates. Wine and champagne is free and cookies are baked on board. Attendants are taught to hold the wine bottles and coffee cups “as though they were serving in a fine restaurant”.
In 1997 Mr Kay offered US$ 1m to any airline prepared to launch a marketing campaign based on better food. United Airlines took him up. With bigger helpings and extras such as dips, muffins and bagels, UAL boosted traffic on the test routes by 2%, equal to US$ 2.4m in annual revenue. More important, 10% more passengers also said they would fly with UAL again. Bob Sobczewski, manager of UAL ’s on-board service, credits the process with “forcing us to develop a financial model to tell us when improved service leads to higher revenues”.
Still, it looks like a bumpy ride for the caterers. The airline industry remains obsessed with cutting costs, and suppliers remain the easiest place to look. Travellers facing meagre portions, limp lettuce and overcooked beef can only hope that this will change.
KROC From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 11, posted (15 years 4 months 2 weeks 9 hours ago) and read 1356 times:
I have a completely different view on airline meals. If i buy a plane ticket, its because I want to get from point A to point B as quickly as possible. I don't buy the plane ticket to get a 5 star meal. I'm just happy if the airline offers any type of meal service. Wether I am served on china, paper plates, in a box or in a bag, I could care less. For everyone who complains about the meals they get when flying should plan ahead, and bring whatever food will make you happy. Since most of my flying is in the domestic US, I usually have at least one stop before I get to my destination, and if needed, I just eat at the airport.
CV990 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 12, posted (15 years 4 months 2 weeks 8 hours ago) and read 1349 times:
For those that just fly in USA please come to Europe and you'll see how is a true air transportation business!!!
In August I flew from FAO to ZRH with Edelweiss, it was my first charter flight in 20 years!!!! I didn't expect much but in the other way I was curious to see. Well my flight was about 2:30 hours and we had a full course lunch, it was not refined cuisine but we had a salad, mail meal ( chicken with rice and erbs ), desert, cofee, beverages ( non alchoolic ones! ) and finally a small swiss cake just before we landed. What do you think? Not bad for a charter!
Now if I fly in a regular airline, let's see.... summer 1998 from FAO to LHR with BA, about the same time flight ( 2:30 hours ), we started with peanuts and aperitifs ( 2 X Gordon's gin tonics! ) then we got the main course with steack, salad, desert - all served with 2 bottles of good french wine, coffee with digestifs ( 2 X Grants! ) and that was it. In USA a did a one month tour flying with UNITED: Albany/Chicago/Denver/Seattle/LAX/Fresno/LAX/JFK and I didn't even close to......Edelweiss!!!
SMcC From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 48 posts, RR: 0
Reply 13, posted (15 years 4 months 2 weeks 5 hours ago) and read 1336 times:
When I saw the words "gloves off." I had to take a look. I know the question specified US domestic, but I have to say the best meal I've had on an airline was a restaurant quality, filet mignon. It was on Alitalia ORD to FCO a few years ago. It was delicious, and that was coach!
Domestically speaking, the flying public shouldn't expect much more than a snack on a flight of less than 2 - 3 hours. Also if there is a rough ride sometimes the crew will hold off on the service for safety reasons, and if it is a short flight they may not get a chance at all.
The airlines have streamlined their product over the years, and depending on how you look at it, meal service has suffered. When anyone gets on a plane what they really want is to get somewhere. I have never been disappointed by the peanuts on Southwest, but it would get old if I had booked a ticket on them, involving a bunch of stops.
Ilyushin96M From United States of America, joined Sep 1999, 2609 posts, RR: 11
Reply 14, posted (15 years 4 months 2 weeks 2 hours ago) and read 1319 times:
One of the reasons I mostly avoid flying the main carriers in the US - AA and DL in particular - is that their ticket costs are usually highest and the value-per-dollar is the lowest. I can't justify paying $435 for a return ticket on MKE-SAN on Delta and getting nothing more than a bistro bag on at least one leg of the flight going and coming. However, for $349 on MKE-LAX-SAN return via Midwest Express, I get a full business-class meal, all the wine or champagne I can drink, and a comfortable, wide leather seat. Plus the flight is one long non-stop on MKE-LAX, and a short hop via American Eagle on LAX-SAN, not two 2.5 - 3 hour legs and a layover in some airport. The choice is pretty obvious to me!
I tend to wonder where airlines are cutting their costs if service is minimal and ticket prices are so high. It's true MKE isn't a prime destination, which is probably why AA, DL and CO charge so much for tickets from here. I haven't flown with Delta since 1995, nor AA since 1992 (just American Eagle), and haven't been on CO since 1985. My last flight with UAL was in 1996. Pretty consistently, NWA and YX are my choices from MKE because their fares are so low. This is not to say I have no idea about the service on UA, AA, DL or CO, because I've friends who fly them frequently, and I ask about these things.
I don't expect alot for a low airfare, but if I have a choice between paying a reasonable price for a ticket with a carrier that consistently provides superb service and a rather high price for the same with a carrier that provides less, I want value for my money. YX is the way to go!
Exusair From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 684 posts, RR: 0
Reply 15, posted (15 years 4 months 2 weeks ago) and read 1303 times:
Excuse me, but this is not a 7-11, it's a 757....Oh, and for all of our European contributors who brag about the levels of service on their state flag carriers who are propped up by tax dollars, deregulation hasn't matured yet in Europe. Ryanair is packing in their flights, and nobody seems to care that steak dinners are not being served. In the early 1980's, airlines on the Northeast to Florida markets used to brag about their service...staek and lobster with $99 fares. Eastern, Pan Am, Delta and the whole lot used to offer these services. With the growth of Southwest, Valujet (now AirTran), the former Kiwi, and others, nobody seems to want to pay for better service, they just want the absolute cheapest ticket that they can get. Look out Europe, you're going to look and act more and more like American carriers within the next few years.
Ab.400 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 16, posted (15 years 4 months 2 weeks ago) and read 1296 times:
I like how Buzz does it. When you book your ticket online you can add a meal for your flight for just 7,- GBP extra. You can choose between a warm breakfast for the morning flights or a lunch/dinner for other times. The quality is ok.
Avilitigator From United States of America, joined Aug 2000, 214 posts, RR: 0
Reply 17, posted (15 years 4 months 2 weeks ago) and read 1291 times:
Someone mentioned earlier that we should feel luck to be served warm food at all. Well, I was served a still FROZEN entree on a UTA flight from Lilongwe, Malawi to CDG about ten years ago, as I mention in another post re: UTA. I tapped the solid mass with my knife, the F/A looked at it with an embarassed grin, and brought me a piping hot one right after that. It was the best scallops I've ever had on a plane, let me tell you, so I just laughed off the experience.
Jaysit From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 18, posted (15 years 4 months 1 week 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 1283 times:
A choice of deli sandwiches, fruit, juice.
Or a burrito, or a grilled chicken sandwich with a salad.
Stuff that reflects the way Americans live and eat today, especially when we are a culture on the run, and into fitness. You do NOT need more than a good, filling sandwich, fruit, and a beverage on a 2-3 hour flight. If nothing else, serving food that at least looks fresh and healthy such as this will give Airline food a new image.
Something simple that looks edible as opposed to a tiny tray filled with stuff wrapped up in celophane or covered that vaguely resembles meat with blue tin foil .
Avion From Bouvet Island, joined May 1999, 2205 posts, RR: 6
Reply 19, posted (15 years 4 months 1 week 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 1280 times:
Well Lufthansa, BA, Austrain, Swissair or British Midland are not state owned and they still always manage to serve you meal! And on a european trans-con flight like LHR-ATH that takes about 3 hours 30 minutes you can expect a nice big meal.
Mx5_boy From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 21, posted (15 years 4 months 1 week 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 1236 times:
You get some peanuts today. You carp on about European carriers being state subsidised? Aussie carriers haven't for years and we still manage something decent.
More peanuts to you for your banal contribution. My god, McDonalds on aircraft? Could you not pick the lowest common denomenator of food? TWA you need help! lol (*grin*)
I think a few people lost the plot of the thread. Some tried to contribute, but the concensus reached should be that full service carriers in the USA have absolutely no excuse not to provide a reasonable meal or snack.
The fact that someone pointed out that a certain airline worked out they could save x amount of dollars on cutting an olive out of their meals only proves my point that your carriers are ripping you off.
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KARACHI, Oct 24: “I am not a fisherman. I was never meant to be here,” said 17-year-old Kishan Babu before being released from the Malir district prison here on Wednesday.
The young Indian from Gujarat said that he was only on an outing at sea with his fisherman uncle when they found themselves in Pakistani waters where they were taken into custody and their boat seized.
That was in November 2011. And Kishan’s uncle, Dana Bhai, has also been released in the meantime while Kishan himself was declared unfit for travel by doctors despite his name being in the list of prisoners for release as many as four times.
The boy was being treated for brain abscess at the Civil Hospital Karachi with other Indian fishermen confirming the fact that he had water coming out of his ears while on the boat last year.
Kishan’s name first came up for release on May 17, 2012, but it was only now that he was considered well enough to travel in the coach that would take the seven fishermen to Lahore from where they would be handed over to the Indian authorities at Wagah on Thursday morning.
About his impression of the people of Pakistan and their attitude towards him, Kishan, who still looked frail, said that everyone had been very kind to him. “I wasn’t very clear about my future after passing class 10, but now I want to become a doctor like the doctors and surgeons who took care of me here,” Kishan told Dawn.
The other fishermen have been here for six months. Among them was Krishan Soma Saraniya. “I have a wife and six children back home. They hadn’t a clue as to what had happened to me until I sent them a message through another fisherman who was released from here three months ago.
Now my family writes to me. They call, too, but I prefer letters to phone calls because I can’t handle their crying. They always cry when they call,” he said with eyes brimming with tears.
“Now it’s my turn to cry,” he said looking slightly embarrassed at getting emotional on being released.
“There are nine more fishermen who were arrested around the same time as we, but their names didn’t come up this time,” said 22-year-old Vipul. He said he would still be catching fish after retuning to India, but would be more careful next time.
“I have two younger sisters and two younger brothers back home and with them still in school, and me not there, my poor father is finding it very hard to make both ends meet,” he said. “Fishing is what I know. It is what I do.”
All the other men — Ramesh Sagal Chawda, Amrit Lal Badiya, Harshit and Bhagal Bhagvan — were glad to be leaving, too, finally, their bags neatly packed and lined up by a wall in the prison.
A polythene bag on one of the bags had a few juice boxes and biscuit packets.
“They are for Kishan,” said Amrit Lal Badiya. “He has completed his medicine courses but has been advised to take plenty of juices and biscuits to get his strength back,” he added while lending his recuperating friend a shoulder to lean on.
Meanwhile, a few Indian fishermen inmates also came to say goodbye to the seven who were leaving. They also wanted to see them off outside where the wagon arranged by Legal Aid Office, headed by retired Justice Nasir Aslam Zahid, stood waiting for them.
“Where do you think you all are off to? Back to your barracks please now. Don’t think you can fool us into getting out. You are in jail. Not even a fly gets out of here without being noticed,” said a jail staffer wagging a finger at the Indian inmates jokingly as the others were allowed to leave. | <urn:uuid:33d40dde-1324-4d77-ae09-b41d5c1fb05d> | CC-MAIN-2013-48 | http://www.dawn.com/news/759306/ailing-boy-among-seven-indian-fishermen-released | 2013-12-10T14:37:12Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-48/segments/1386164020864/warc/CC-MAIN-20131204133340-00043-ip-10-33-133-15.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.992427 | 855 |
After a whirlwind of support of their collaborative performance of their song “Take What You Want” on the 2019 American Music Awards, which seen artists like Carrie Underwood singing along to their single together. Ozzy Osbourne and Post Malone have officially unveiled a new live music video the single which was filmed at Malone’s final concert of 2019 in Los Angeles at The Forum.
The American Music Awards live television performance marked Osbourne’s debut performance on the show and his first television performance in more than 10 years.
“Take What You Want” is a very unique but incredible collaboration, with Osbourne and Malone’s vocals flawlessly blending together on the track, which is probably why the song is Top 10 Billboard hit.
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It’s no secret to those who pay attention to the world of raw powerlifting that it is a sport dominated by lifters who are or who look like bodybuilders. And I’m referring to the “absolutely jacked” quality of these lifters, not the propensity for wearing shimmery thongs and fake tanning (had to take at least one shot). The point being that carrying around a ton of muscle and then doing so without a lot of body fat is part of the formula for high caliber lifting.
Gaining this muscle mass can be very beneficial, and is by no means a new concept. As lifters we must train for strength first and foremost, but there are times when it is helpful to train some extra lifts “like a bodybuilder.” Packing on muscle in the right places to compliment what is left lacking by the main lifts will ensure that you give yourself a chance to later strengthen some of your weak areas—which likely negatively affect your technique on the main exercise or limit your ability to execute it under progressively heavier weights. Additionally some bodybuilding training can be used to build up the stabilizing musculature or antagonist musculature in a region of the body to keep the body in balance.
Check out these tips from Dan on how bodybuilding can make you a better lifter…
Generally each lift has a few body parts that can be effectively built up to help out the lift directly or lay the foundation for future strength gains. What follows will be my take on assistance lifting and which lifts I find beneficial to the three big lifts.
- Hack Squats – Hack squats are a classic bodybuilding exercise and are my preferred exercise for building up larger quad size. I prefer the hack squats because they place very little stress on the back and isolate the quads I feel better than leg pressing. They also allow you to practice driving your hips forward as you would if you are a quad dominant squatter who also engages the hips well. Like any exercise I will try to push these so the rep and weight combinations are difficult to complete, but shooting for 1-2 very hard sets of 20 is ideal here.
- Weighted Straight-Leg Situps – I perform these on a GHR and hold a dumbbell behind my head for added resistance. The keys for execution on these are extending all the way OUT (not back) so that your body is as horizontal as possible. I also lock the hips at full extension by squeezing the glutes as you would during a deadlift lockout. I try to do these for 2 sets of 15-20 reps. These will be felt heavily in the lower abs and hip flexors but will absolutely benefit the torso strength.
- Dumbell Bench or Incline – Pressing a high volume with dumbells is a tried and true winner for chest, delt, triceps and even forearm development. Bodybuilders love them because the effect the dumbells have on the stabilizing musculature builds mass AND carries over to the barbell bench. For these… The more the better! The more weight, sets and reps performed the better. I’d recommend starting with a target number of 50 and accumulate 50 total reps. That could be 5 sets of 10 or 4×12. Again the more the better because these pack on mass. These can be done also as the lifter nears a competition for the strength they build by lowering the volume lifted and focusing more on the weight lifted.
- Military Press – Raw lifters need big delts! If not show me a 600 bencher with mini delts…The delts help to drive the weights from over the sternum into the lifters groove or sweet spot. Military Pressing is a great way to build both usable strength in the bench and huge traps and delts. A very simple program to follow is my method of building up to a 1-5 rep max first and then lowering the weight and following a simple rep scheme of 3-4 sets of 7-10 reps. This is a high enough volume of pressing to build mass and the heavy sets build strength and make progression attainable. My preference in technique is to keep the back arched and the chest up. I flare the elbows out when I press and lock the weight out directly overhead, not behind as is common in Olympic lifting training. This technique utilizes the delts and clavicular segment of the pecs along with all the musculature encasing the shoulder blades which is needed for stabilization and shoulder health. These are a must!
- Rowing – For the deadlift I like all varieties of rows, but my favorites are chest supported rows and one arm dumbbell rows. For rows I like high reps: 15-20 per set. This allows the lifter to use a full range of motion to allow the shoulder blades to fully protract and abduct when the weight is lowered in front as well as achieving a full contraction at the top of the row. Moving the shoulder blades through a full range of motion AND your thoracic spine will not only load up the lats, but the traps and upper spinal erectors as well. Doing 3-4 sets of 15-20 reps will pack on tons of mass to the upper body’s biggest muscle group. If your lat strength is lagging you will struggle to pull big weights through to lockout.
- Stiff Leg Deads – Stiff Leg Deads put mass on all the pulling muscles as well. But they really teach how to control the lower back, hips and abs. They slow down the lift so the lifter can feel the lats kicking in to help pull the weight to lockout. These will absolutely fry the lower back, glutes and hamstrings. I like to stand on a 3-4” box to increase the range of motion. Reps fall in the 5-10 range here. | <urn:uuid:3303765a-7989-444b-9c84-f6b0da1870e2> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.jtsstrength.com/articles/2013/05/06/raw-powerlifting-and-bodybuilding/ | 2017-01-19T15:04:47Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280718.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00495-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943556 | 1,200 |
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As part of my Night VFR training I’m due a night flight from Bankstown to Scone via Richmond. This is to practise using navigation aids such as the NDB at Richmond, VOR at Maitland, and the Garmin GTN 650 GNSS in the Cherokee I’m currently flying.
So I thought I’d do a test run of the flight during the daytime. Which seemed like a good idea at the time, but as is sometimes the case in aviation, the weather had other ideas.
I requested a CTA departure via Richmond to cut the corner and get to Scone a bit quicker. You can depart Bankstown and track via Parramatta up the Northbound lane of entry to Patonga, then turn inland towards Scone. But it’s far more efficient (and a lot more fun) to request a clearance to track direct to Scone via Richmond which is what I did.
The departure out of Sydney was a little delayed as I waited for a clearance but otherwise uneventful. The early morning haze was being blown away to the South by the strong Northerly that was blowing between 20-25 knots and apart from some high cloud the skies were mostly CAVOK and blue. After tracking direct to Richmond, ATC requested I take a slight deviation around the main runway which gave me some good views of the airport out of my window.
After passing the runway ATC asked if I could continue under my own navigation to which I replied yes, so I changed heading to pick up my track direct to Scone and headed out towards the edge of the 4500′ CTA step at which point I departed controlled airspace, squawked 1200 and continued on my way.
It was at this point that I noted the skies ahead were looking rather unfriendly, the cloud base seemed to give me hardly any options to get over the higher terrain I knew lay between myself and my next waypoint. Also I could clearly see a few hilltops in cloud away to my left, and quickly realised I was unlikely to be able to find a way to my intended destination.
I opted to turn right and track towards the Hunter Valley for a cake and coffee at the cafe at Cessnock (awesome caramel slice, I recommend you try it). But not long after deviating the rain started to fall on the windshield and I could see most of the Hunter was shrouded in rain showers. Now I like a caramel slice as much as the next pilot, but despite the lure of sweet treats I did not want to end up inside a rain cloud. So I put the thought of cake out of my mind, decided to call it a day and turned South to head back to base.
The strong tailwinds got me back to Brooklyn Bridge very quickly, and after tracking down the Southbound lane of entry I headed back to Bankstown via Prospect. A short video of my landing on runway 29R is below.
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What I Learned Freshman Year
Written by Paige Morrison, a member of Zeta Tau Alpha.
Before going to college you’re warned a million times that with leaving home there would be mountains to climb, peaks to celebrate, and that you would lose yourself while in the process of finding yourself more times than you could count. But what they don’t tell you is that while in the midst of life going on around you, home quickly transforms from a place that you live to the people you surround yourself with. College has taught me that a home is not a place rooted in a destination or defined by where you grow up; rather home is anywhere with the people you invest your love in. Home is visiting your best friends from high school and knowing in your heart that they’ll always be cheering you on no matter where they are, home is a shoebox sized dorm filled with a roommate who leaves you good luck notes for your tests in the morning, and home is north campus at 2am when the bell is ringing and you’re soaking wet from jumping in the fountain. Home is looking around at those surrounding you and feeling that feeling of overwhelming gratitude in your heart that cannot be forged by places, but can only be created by people. During a time of such confusion and lack of a concrete “home”, we rather have millions of homes in moments and in people who fill our hearts with joy and our lives with laughter. I am thankful for freshman year because it gave me the many places I now get to call my home and the people who have taught me to live for the moments that you cannot put into words. | <urn:uuid:5eac5587-b6f8-4362-9072-3e34176a570e> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://www.ugapanhellenicblog.com/single-post/2017/05/04/what-i-learned-freshman-year | 2023-09-28T21:32:04Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510454.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20230928194838-20230928224838-00728.warc.gz | en | 0.977009 | 336 |
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In Spies by Michael Frayn, the description of Keith as Stephen’s ‘best friend’ does not suit him nearly as much as the ‘officer corps in [their] two man army. Keith is very obviously depicted as pushy, bossy, dominant and a bully on some... | <urn:uuid:ca0f650f-cea5-4a3f-a21b-7fe3a87f52f2> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://www.gradesaver.com/spies/essays | 2017-05-23T15:08:11Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463607647.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20170523143045-20170523163045-00253.warc.gz | en | 0.960008 | 158 |
Shows like Homeland, the Killing, Mad Men, and other past greats like The Wire or The Sopranos tell complicated stories with dramatic themes like: you can never go home, you can’t deny your true nature, or the past will always catch up with you.
If the writers have done their job well, the theme of the show is reflected in the main and secondary storylines all the way through until the televised narrative comes to a dramatic end.
I’d say that if my life was a series, this season has been full of wonderful narrative twists and turns—some expected and others completely unanticipated. The season in my life and on Foodwoolf.com has been about big changes that began with small actions and events.
By aligning my personal and professional goals with my internal compass I saw how the incremental turns could lead to entirely new vistas.
The theme of 2014: Actively live in the paradoxes.
Give in order to get
Get comfortable being uncomfortable
Go slow to move faster
Get small to go big
Whenever I made leaning into a paradox a priority throughout my days in 2014 I saw extraordinary things happen. When I actively chose to do the opposite of easy—picking up the phone when I wanted to not call back, sending a generous email to a stranger rather than ignoring their request—I found success, generosity, abundance, and work that I have always wanted. | <urn:uuid:b9499364-2813-497e-87e1-ac56dec0ba7a> | CC-MAIN-2017-47 | http://www.foodwoolf.com/author/food-woolf | 2017-11-20T02:05:40Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-47/segments/1510934805894.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20171120013853-20171120033853-00085.warc.gz | en | 0.949474 | 292 |
Irene E.S. Cohen, MS, CCC-SLP
Irene has worked for more than 20 years in medical speech pathology in a variety of settings, including acute care hospitals, acute rehabilitation, outpatient services, home care and skilled nursing facilities. She has a wide variety of experience with medically complex disorders which enables her to have a “big picture” view in treating the whole person as the disorder affects their lives. She has extensive experience with disorders of voice, swallowing, and adult neurological disorders.
Irene was on staff as adjunct faculty in the Speech Pathology Assistant Program at Nashua Community College for 9 years and taught courses on advanced topics in speech pathology and clinical procedures.
Irene has also had performance experience in community and professional theatre in Massachusetts and New Hampshire and has had advanced training as a singer and performer.
Irene maintains certification through the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) and is licensed as a Speech Pathologist in the states of New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
Laura Bauman, MS, CCC-SLP
Laura is a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist in both New Hampshire and Massachusetts and holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence through the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA). She has over 4 years’ experience as a voice specialist in outpatient, hospital settings, diagnosing and treating a wide range of patient populations in the areas of voice, language, fluency, and upper airway disorders. Laura also holds an undergraduate degree in Information Sciences and Technology.
Laura has extensive experience performing both flexible and rigid laryngeal videostroboscopic examinations and has had the opportunity to work alongside fellowship-trained laryngologists, assisting with in-office laryngology procedures. She has worked extensively with professional voice users and has a great interest in the transgendered voice population and has attended continuing education in this area. Laura also has clinical competencies performing bed-side swallow evaluations.
Through her previous experiences as a graduate clinician at Johns Hopkins Hospital and a clinical fellow at the University of Wisconsin Hospital, she has also gained experience in the areas of adult and pediatric voice disorders, head and neck cancer, craniofacial abnormalities, dysphagia, and alaryngeal speech restoration.
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The star’s family confirms she and Justin will tie the knot this year, on Crete.
She’s kept the showbiz world guessing for months, but finally, multiple sources confirm Jennifer Aniston will marry boyfriend Justin Theroux in Greece this year. The nuptials will take place in Chania, a picturesque seaside town on the island of Crete, where Jen’s father, Days Of Our Lives actor John Aniston, was born.
“It’s very exciting,” says her cousin Antonis Anastassakis, who is helping Jen’s personal assistant plan the wedding. “All of the family is waiting for her to come back to Greece.” Antonis tells Woman’s Day that the event will be a huge affair, with hundreds of guests expected to attend. “We are a very large family,” he says. “We’re already preparing for the wedding celebration. We will have a blast, for sure. I want Jen to have a good time with her husband.”
The guest list is heavy on celebrities, adds an insider, with Jen’s girlfriends Sheryl Crow, Courteney Cox, Laura Dern and Chelsea Handler all expected to attend. Courteney’s daughter Coco will be the flower girl. Jen’s Just Go With It co-stars Nicole Kidman and Adam Sandler are also set to receive invites, as will Jake Gyllenhaal, and Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson, who Jen had dinner with earlier this month.
“Jennifer feels Crete is the ideal setting for her nuptials,” another close source tells US magazine National Enquirer. “Her father always made sure that she appreciated her Greek roots.” Jen herself has spoken at length about her heritage, saying, “I lived there for a year when I was five and six. My family had a beautiful farm. It would be a refreshing thing to be out of this [Hollywood] bubble.”
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Chrysler has recalled more than 142,000 pickup trucks and SUVs worldwide because of software glitches that could affect instrument cluster lighting and braking systems. Around 132,000 Jeep Grand Cherokee SUVs and 10,800 Ram pickup trucks from the 2014 model year are affected. Chrysler said the Jeep’s warning lights may randomly illuminate and its instrument cluster may black out. Since the same electronic module controls anti-lock braking and electronic stability control, those systems may also be affected. The company said it hasn’t had any reports of accidents or injuries due to the problem. In the pickup trucks, Chrysler quality-control personnel noticed that the backlighting on the instrument panel may work only intermittently. Dealers will reprogram the software at no cost.
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Visitors say that the UK is a wonderful place to explore, but no visitor likes the inconvenience of getting to and from UK airports. That all changes if you hire a personal transfer service.
You’ll find that a service such as Cars Exec offers chauffeured taxi airport transfers all through the UK. And at a cost that is competitive with a taxi. Their driver arrives in a perfectly presented luxury chauffeured auto. You’ll be offered a full meet and greet service, which ensures your transfer to and from the airport is prompt, relaxed and a trouble-free experience.
The best taxi services is able to provide first-class taxis and chauffeurs for all UK airports including Glasgow International, Humberside, London Heathrow, London Luton, London Gatwick, Bristol International, Doncaster and others.
Cars Exec can offer a selection of cars to match your particular airport transfer requirements for luxury, comfort and style. Regardless of whether there are only two people or a group, this chauffeur service has the best executive driven taxi for your needs. All executive drivers are knowledgeable and will always ensure you get to your destination quickly and safely.
A full service ride company should offer a welcoming, expert and prompt airport transfer service to all UK airports, including all major London Airports. Using chauffeur airport transfers, one will not be concerned regarding traveling in traffic, making an attempt to find a parking spot in the airport or using the shuttle buses. A service’s main concern will be to get you to your expected location entirely stress free.
With certain transport businesses it’s standard procedure to offer a helpful, qualified chauffeur in addition to a high end vehicle. This sort of a company caters to each of your needs and requirements, thus taking the anxiety entirely off of you.
You can pick a vehicle for almost any situation, whether it’s venturing to your preferred diner, gathering up with associates for drinks or going into the City Centre to shop. When choosing chauffeured transportation, you know you will receive prompt, trusted service in complete comfort.
A private taxi can offer you complete executive vehicle service for countless events and situations.
A private taxi business will give riders pleasant excursions in style with their high-class car hire. Their stylish auto hire will ensure your outing goes without problems and is enjoyable. No matter if it’s for an evening at the races or for a show, your event ride is pleasant, deluxe and always professional. Just settle in and de-stress as you drive in class in a personal chauffeur driven car.
Some taxi services provide a distinguished driver hire seaport transfer service. The service can drop you off and pick you up from your desired seaport, or their meet and greet service can gives you the sense of being welcome and provide you with a relaxing ride to any location. When your vacation includes a cruise, begin in style. A chauffeur driven hire guarantees you show up at your terminal on time.
When taking a cruise, you are often expected to board during specific times, as well as at specific locations (Dover and Harwich are two examples). Arriving at these locations can be another stress on your vacation. For seaport transfers you should let a car service handle things for you.
If you’re interested, you’ll find that there are a few personal taxi firms that offer you sightseeing tours all about the UK. Such a provider takes and your associates on a sightseeing tour in comfort and ease with a private hired car. Maybe you would like to take a look at London for the first time, or have always thought about going to see Stonehenge. A few taxi services are glad to schedule flexible travels in the UK.
If you have planned a lovely group trip away or are thinking of going on holiday with a group of friends, a reputable car service will provide a vehicle for a medium to large group booking. The big advantage of a group transfer is that you will get personal service without being forced to share with strangers or have to use public transport.
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WOOF is made using only the highest quality ingredients aimed at nourishing your pet's health. We combine the nutrition and taste of fresh, raw food and put it through a gentle freeze-drying process which protects all the natural enzymes and nutrients, so none of the wholesome goodness is cooked out.
Key Features/ Benefits:
- Raw, Natural, and Delicious
- Gluten Free, Grain Free, GMO Free, Corn, Soy, & Wheat Free
- Can be fed as a meal, topper or mixer
- For Dogs of All life stages
- Made in New Zealand
- Comes in 3 Sizes: 50g, 320g & 1.2kg
Lamb, Lamb Green Tripe, Lamb Liver, Lamb Heart, Broccoli, Carrot, Apple, Kale,Chia Seeds, Kelp, NZ Green Lipped Mussels, NZ Manuka Honey, Rosemary, Organic Virgin Coconut Oil, Hoki Liver Oil
- Crude Protein (min.): 34%
- Crude Fat (min.): 32%
- Crude Fiber (max.): 4%
- Moisture (max.): 5%
- Omega-3 Fatty Acids (min.): 0.9%
Calorie Content: 5,300 kcal/kg (309 kcal/cup)
- Treat: Feed as a treat to reward your dog or use as a healthy topper.
- Meal: Serve WOOF as is or for a meatier texture rehydrate. To rehydrate, soak for 10 mins before serving.
- Mixer: Replace some of your normal dog food with WOOF, mix, and serve!
- Topper: Crumble WOOF over your pet's meal and serve! 6 WOOF nuggets (approx) per 10kgs body weight, per meal.
Make sure fresh water is available to your dog at all times. Feeding recommendations are a guide only.
If your pet is new to WOOF, transition gradually over 7-10 days. Individual requirements may vary due to age, breed, environment, and activity levels.
Ask your vet if unsure. when rehydrated, refrigerate for up to 3 days.
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Went to a friends house after school and turned on his PS3 for the first time in 18 hours to be greeted by this... (He hasn't played Black Ops 2 in over 2 weeks)
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Pierce – The American College of Greece has a history that traces back to 1875 in Smyrna, Asia Minor. From these early days in Smyrna, the motto «Non ministrari sed ministrare» (to serve and not to be served) has been part of the long and rich history of the college, and has acted as a guiding light of the school, its students, and alumni, for over 140 years.
After the 1922 Asia Minor catastrophe, the school relocated to downtown Athens at the invitation of Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos. Throughout the years, the school also moved to Palaio Faliro and Hellenikon, before until 1965 when it finally settled in its own, permanent location in the Athenian suburb of Aghia Paraskevi, sheltered by the slopes of Mt. Hymettus.
Today, Pierce has 1,340 students in its 7th through 12th grades. Pierce is renowned for its outstanding English program. The school also offers a plethora of extracurricular activities and state-of-the-art facilities, to ensure that students have all the necessary resources to develop their personality, talents, and interests.
As of 2016, Pierce has become an IB World School, with the initiation of the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program, opening a new chapter in the school’s long and proud history.
Pierce is the secondary educational unit of The American College of Greece, an educational institution that also includes Deree – offering undergraduate and graduate programs – and Alba Graduate Business School at The American College of Greece.
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The Climbing Station
The Climbing Academy offers state of the art indoor bouldering centres in Glasgow and Bristol We have great walls, fantastic food and a good atmosphere. Beacon Climbing has been creating climbing holds for over 20 years and our shapes are attempted and tested on climbing walls all through the UK. These years of accumulated knowledge and know-how as each manufacturer and end user through the operation of Beacon Climbing Centre has permitted us to exactly recognize the course of action behind developing premium climbing holds.
The big climbing arena added benefits from lots of organic light from the atrium’s glass roof tiles and plenty of area in among and around climbs. Following an OIA reorganization the Climbing Wall Association was incorporated as an independent 501(c)(06) in Might of 2003 by founding board members Bob Richards, Rich Johnston, and Nate Postma. If you have by no means attempted indoor climbing ahead of, you will will need to book onto one particular of our Taster Sessions or Intro Courses.
This climbing clinic is created to enable transition gym climbers to the outdoors in an environmentally and socially conscious way. Members stick to our in-home Monquays Rewards Scheme which tracks climbers progress in three core areas: climbing method safety and threat awareness and climbing graded routes. If you nonetheless feel like your climbing shoes just are not fairly correct, perhaps this write-up will support you uncover anything new! For these who have been climbing on rope and want to practical experience the sharp end, this class is for you!
Rattan, yantok in Filipino term, is a lengthy and slender climbing plant, whose sheaths are protected by its spines that play a key function in supporting the rattan as it grows on other plants in the forests. We provide excellent applications for beginners to sophisticated climbers and present a uniquely inventive climbing knowledge. Beacon Climbing Centre is situated on the Cibyn Industrial Estate off the A4086 in between Caernarfon and Llanrug in Gwynedd, North Wales.
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Beyond Bionic Extreme Encounters is an original action adventure game created by Playerthree for the Beyond Bionic television series. Featuring the star of the show Andy Torbet, you must guide Andy around twelve different extreme environments taking on twenty-four animal challenges to earn some super cool kit and upgrades. You can then explore further and faster.
The game is built entirely in 3D and implemented using PlayCanvas. The BBC’s gel button layer is integrated into the game to provide accessibility for CBBC’s broad young audience.
The game features simple gameplay challenges designed to work across desktop and some very old devices so is heavily optimised to run as smoothly as possible, despite having so many large environments, 3D models and animations for Andy, his kit and all the animals you encounter.
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This post as been a long time coming and I am so glad to be able to finally review all three of Jonathan Coe’s novels from his accidental trilogy, The Rotters’ Club. When his novel Middle England was published in 2018 it received worldwide literary praise. Despite it popularity many readers didn’t know that it was actually the third and final book in a series by Coe that followed the lives of several high school students to present-day. I was intrigued by Coe’s Middle England but I wanted to read the trilogy together before doing a review, which is why this took a little while to prepare.
I don’t think you need to read all three books, however, I do think that it helps enrich the understanding of the main characters, particularly Benjamin and Doug who I believe are the two main central characters of the series. Furthermore, Middle England does not always give a proper back story to everything that is mentioned in the novel. So if you are curious about how and why certain characters disappear or have the relationships they have with others, then reading the previous two books helps a lot.
Middle England is essentially an attempt to explain the events that led up to Brexit in the U.K., however, the other two novels also aid in explaining how the U.K. got to where it is today. In this regard, the The Rotters’ Club and The Closed Circle are extremely important as they chronicle the rise and fall of unionism in England as well as the fear that gripped England as factory after factory closed leaving ‘hands-on’ workers without a future. The Closed Circle seems to ask the question, if England is no longer capable of ‘in-house’ production that has been the staple of industrialisation and capitalism, then what does it make? This is subtly answered in Middle England as Coe describes the covert nature of financialisation – a shift from production capital to finance capital. This fear of losing the ‘old ways’ and uncertainty of the financial market has seemed to have left a lot of older U.K. citizens with a fear that gets directed towards foreigners instead of the real culprits – Thatcherism and the rise of finance. The fear of losing the ‘Great British Empire’ upon which the sun never sets, is also played out in the race relations between British people of colour and whites. Although, Coe’s novels also highlight the insidious nature of whiteness, whereby it seems to be a cancer that eats itself in the form of discrimination against other ‘white’ Eastern Europeans in the novels.
Throughout the three novels, it closely follows the life of Benjamin Trotter (Rotter). Benjamin is a man who is caught up in nostalgia, his lost love Cicely, and he doesn’t really do much with his life until he is in his 50s. His life, much like the history and culture of England seem to be intertwined. The love of living in the past does nothing for Ben’s future, and it seems to be the same for England. The final novel, Middle England also foregrounds the story of Sophie, Lois’ daughter (Ben’s sister). It seems to address Sophie’s life in relation to what Brexit will give and take away from the younger generations.
A plot that gets lost after the second book is the anti-Irish nationalists that kill Miriam, the older sister of Claire (one of Benjamin’s school colleagues). This dark and complicated history is dropped by Coe in Middle England. I wonder if this too is a reflection on Britain’s inability to remember its sordid past.
If you have felt flummoxed over Brexit and anti-EU culture in the U.K. Coe’s trilogy offers an interesting perspective. As a word of warning, the last chapter of The Rotters’ Club is terrible and honestly, you could skip it and be totally fine. I hated it because it is a free form stream of consciousness section that has no punctuation. It was, stressful to say the least. As always, share the reading love. | <urn:uuid:342906ff-3bc8-4a5f-8e22-29a5f0096e48> | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | https://bound2books.co/2020/07/01/brexit-literature-a-complete-review-of-jonathan-coes-the-rotters-club-trilogy-including-middle-england/ | 2021-03-07T21:46:49Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178378872.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20210307200746-20210307230746-00351.warc.gz | en | 0.9742 | 883 |
Well it finaly arrived and plunged the whole of the british isles into a mini ice age with record low temperatures! The ice and snow are only now loosening their grip in the the far north and in the hills and the mountains! Minus 16 degrees was recorded not far from where I live and we had a huge dollup of snow that was as deep as it was beautiful. Large flocks of winter thrushes descended on my patch and I was priviledged enough to see Fieldfares, Redwings and Mistle Thrushes in abundance. They provided excellent entertainment and superb sketching and photographic opportunities. I visited an ice-bound Rye Meads and got great views of a Bittern and several Common Snipe while the garden feeders were well and truly ravaged by flocks of finches. I just love the juxtaposition of shapes and forms that some birds make when feeding and so I have indulged myself unashamedly in my interpretation of a group of Redwings among crabapple trees. I hope you approve?
The Bittern showed itself well in the exceptional circumstances and was forced to seek out more open, ice free water. Not that those lucky enough to see it were complaining?
Of course, where there are flocks forced together they always attract the attention of predators and I witnessed a spectacular kill by a female Sparrowhawk right outside my living room window! She came in like a lightning bolt and took out a Collared dove that was sitting on the fence! Then disappeared! The kill was instantaneous and the victim stood no chance! A blood-stained heap of feathers lay on the ground, twitching it's last life's gasp! The death of one provided a meal for another! Such are the nature of things in the wild and I stood in awe as the beautiful huntress glided into view to claim her prize. The pitiful calls of a collared dove's mate were heart renching and went on for some time! I suppose I watched for about half an hour as the breast was plucked and consumed and then the Sparrowhawk took off, carrying her prize with her. Without sentiment and silent!
I want to leave you with a sketch of some Curlews that I am including in my display this coming June at Rye Meads from my exhibition titled 'Wonderful Wetlands'. The exhibition runs from 2nd to the 10th June 2012. Full details will be published in a future blog! Cheers for now!
Friday, 3 February 2012
As I write this, the snow is once again upon us! The temperatures across northern europe have plummeted to more than minus 30 degrees? At the moment where I live it is a balmy minus 8! Recently I was able to get some sketching in before the cold had strengthened it's grip and was rewarded with the sight of carpets of winter aconites stretching along the edge of an ancient ditch that borders our local golf course. A song thrush was busying itself amongst the leaf litter and melting frost and it emerged from time to time with a snail or two. Nuthatches were noisily chasing each other through the naked branches and woodpeckers rattled and drummed from high in the canopy. Once again I find myself in a paradox of winter sounds with yet just a hint of spring in the air? Have the birds changed their tune a little too early or are the long cold fingers of siberia stretching out towards us once more? Don't discard your thermals just yet!
There are Larch and yew trees on my walk some of which are of great antiquity and I often see Goldcrests scrambling among the needles in search of insects. How these tiny birds manage to survive our winters is a miracle but even after the most severe weather they always seem to bounce back? If you stand perfectly still they will pay no attention to you and carry on regardless.
I have some exciting news to announce? The RSPB have invited me to exhibit some of my paintings and sketches at their RYE MEADS reserve to coincide with the Springwatch events taking place around the country. It will be held on the weekend of June 2nd/3rd and I hope to have my work on show through to the following weekend? I will give more details in a future blog and I hope to have lots of new sketches done by then? I am also extremely pleased to tell you that Lynn has responded well to her cancer treatment and is at last gaining confidence enough to ditch the headgear and show off her gorgeous new hairstyle! I will sign off this current episode of my blog with a coulple of winter birds. A Kingfisher from the river Lea and a Goldeneye seen at Amwell nature reserve. I dedicate these to winter birders everywhere. | <urn:uuid:d10926e7-9566-4955-afe8-5d9379bf25f9> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://stevekershawswildlifeblog.blogspot.com/2012_02_01_archive.html | 2017-06-24T05:24:22Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320226.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20170624050312-20170624070312-00612.warc.gz | en | 0.978402 | 973 |
Matrix approach to land carbon cycle modeling: A case study with the Community Land Model
The terrestrial carbon (C) cycle has been commonly represented by a series of C balance equations to track C influxes into and effluxes out of individual pools in earth system models (ESMs). This representation matches our understanding of C cycle processes well but makes it difficult to track model behaviors. It is also computationally expensive, limiting the ability to conduct comprehensive parametric sensitivity analyses. To overcome these challenges, we have developed a matrix approach, which reorganizes the C balance equations in the original ESM into one matrix equation without changing any modeled C cycle processes and mechanisms. We applied the matrix approach to the Community Land Model (CLM4.5) with vertically‐resolved biogeochemistry. The matrix equation exactly reproduces litter and soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics of the standard CLM4.5 across different spatial‐temporal scales. The matrix approach enables effective diagnosis of system properties such as C residence time and attribution of global change impacts to relevant processes. We illustrated, for example, the impacts of CO2 fertilization on litter and SOC dynamics can be easily decomposed into the relative contributions from C input, allocation of external C into different C pools, nitrogen regulation, altered soil environmental conditions, and vertical mixing along the soil profile. In addition, the matrix tool can accelerate model spin‐up, permit thorough parametric sensitivity tests, enable pool‐based data assimilation, and facilitate tracking and benchmarking of model behaviors. Overall, the matrix approach can make a broad range of future modeling activities more efficient and effective. | <urn:uuid:ad91a67b-e033-4051-a025-0fd7493b5a4d> | CC-MAIN-2020-45 | https://ecoss.nau.edu/publication/matrix-approach-to-land-carbon-cycle-modeling-a-case-study-with-the-community-land-model/ | 2020-10-20T23:16:20Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107874340.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20201020221156-20201021011156-00331.warc.gz | en | 0.898519 | 327 |
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Pandemic doesn’t muffle the music
Summer Concert Series 2021—Bardstown
As summer temperatures climb, music enthusiasts know where to find the coolest bands around: at Bardstown Community Park. Every Friday night at 7 p.m., semi-local, regional and some out-of-state bands take the stage to entertain the crowd at the free Summer Concert Series.
“The Concert Series is an affordable, family friendly evening out,” says Daniel Jeffries, director of Bardstown’s Parks & Recreation and a Nolin RECC consumer-member. “There are different genres scheduled throughout the season to satisfy most everyone’s taste.”
The upcoming lineup for the series, now in its 19th season, includes rock ’n’ roll artists The Vinyl Kings, Wulfe Bros., and Frontier Band; the bluegrass Ida Claire Band; Bardstown-based funk and soul dance band Big Black Cadillac; blues group Da Mudcats; and classic country crooners Wildfire.
Although COVID-19 guidelines are in place, there’s plenty of room to spread out. Guests can bring a blanket or lawn chair, or grab a spot on the tiered, amphitheater-style seating to enjoy a show.
“Before the concert, you can sample the history and industry that makes Bardstown the ‘Most beautiful small town in America’ and ‘The Bourbon Capital of the World,’” says Jeffries. “You can fill up a day trip with activities and top it off with a relaxing concert.”
Israel David performs with Hotel California—A Salute to the Eagles during the kickoff of Bardstown’s 2019 Live at the Park Summer Concert Series. Photo: Kacie Goode/The Kentucky Standard
Summer Nights Concert Series—Franklin
For over 20 years, concertgoers have flocked to downtown Franklin’s historic square to enjoy the Summer Nights Concert Series. There, attendees enjoy the musical talents of home-grown and regional entertainers, while enjoying an evening under the stars in the open-air concert venue, complete with an outdoor bandstand on the courthouse lawn.
Summer Nights showcases a variety of genres, featuring everything from Southern rock and country to R&B groups. This season kicks off with The Brandon Harris Band and Bueler’s Day Off in June. Jimmy Church and Andy and the Rockers are scheduled to perform in July. Rounding out the series in August are The Sidewinders, with a season-finale performance by Tyrone Dunn & Kin-Foke.
The free Friday night event gives families a place to hang out, while boosting local tourism. Franklin-Simpson Renaissance Executive Director Kim Roberts says, “We try to draw attention to our downtown merchants and our downtown restaurants.” On-site food trucks offer even more menu options.
Franklin’s Summer Nights Concert Series is the perfect way to wrap up the work week and welcome the weekend. “It’s always shady,” says Roberts, a Warren RECC consumer-member. “Bring your own chair and sit and enjoy the beauty of our downtown.”
Levitt AMP Music Series
The Levitt AMP Music Series is enriching lives by bringing free, live music to small and medium-sized communities across the country. This matching grant program by the Levitt Foundation is currently spreading the joy of music to three Kentucky towns—Berea, Middlesboro and Whitesburg.
Berea has hosted the Levitt AMP Music Series since 2014 and offers 10 shows each season. Ali Blair, Levitt AMP Berea Music Series project lead, says introducing folks to different cultures and genres is a grant requirement. “We have a very diverse lineup. We have everything from Afro-funk to bluegrass to rock music to Celtic music— all kinds of different genres,” she says.
Because of COVID-19, this year’s roster will focus on Kentucky performers. “We’re supporting local musicians and keeping money going to those artists who are definitely hurting as a result of the pandemic,” explains Blair. “We’re excited to showcase a lot of different cultures and genres of music right here in Kentucky.”
Whitesburg is set to kick off its third Levitt AMP Music Series season this summer with 10 concerts, running from mid-July through September. Past entertainers have included Grammy Award winners and nominees, members of various halls of fame, and even the country of Jordan’s musical ambassador.
“We bring the best musicians in the world to Whitesburg,” says Steve Ruth, Levitt AMP Whitesburg Music Series coordinator. “The whole idea of Levitt AMP is to try to bring music into your area that people can’t normally see.” This year, however, Ruth expects the lineup to feature American acts.
Should larger gatherings not be possible, both cities have a pandemic back-up plan. Berea’s concerts will be livestreamed, while Whitesburg will offer drive-in concerts, much like a drive-in movie theater. “We did a couple of them last summer to sort of take the place of not being able to do the big series,” says Ruth. “They turned out to be very popular. We had a great turnout.”
Live at the Park Concert Series—Bardstown
After a season without music last summer due to COVID-19, Bardstown’s Live at the Park Concert Series is again bringing a wide range of musical styles to the outdoor amphitheater stage on the grounds of My Old Kentucky Home State Park.
“We hope that by having this, we’ll be part of that re-cranking of the engine of tourism and activity and a little bit of normalcy for Kentucky,” says Johnny Warren, executive artistic director of The Stephen Foster Drama Association.
Though this year’s schedule is still being planned, past popular shows have included country, classic rock and tribute groups like Creedence Revived (an homage to Creedence Clearwater Revival). And another fan favorite, Kentucky-based band The Monarchs, is expected to perform this summer. The group has a long-standing tradition of performing at Live in the Park, entertaining fans with their old-time rock ’n’ roll sound, plus chart-topping hits.
Live at the Park’s venue seats 1,100, so Warren believes it’s large enough to present a show that will keep visitors safe, while also giving them the opportunity to enjoy live music again.
“To experience a Kentucky night outside under the stars with your favorite songs being played is just a fantastic way to end a day visiting Bardstown,” he says.
Friday After 5—Owensboro
One mile of music on the riverfront featuring seven venues of free, live entertainment—that’s what Owensboro’s Friday After 5 summer concert series offers guests. What began in 1997 with four concerts has grown into a 16- week family friendly festival, hosting more than 70,000 visitors each year. The 2021 season marks the event’s 25th anniversary.
“This year’s going to be a very special year,” says Francine Marseille, Friday After 5 executive director. “We’re trying to not only bring in some great, fresh bands, but we do have fresh venues, as well.”
The season kicks off May 21 with performances by Gaslight Boys and Aaron Goodvin, plus Gospel on the River, including Living by Faith, Firm Foundation and Conquerors. The festival runs every Friday through September 2, Labor Day weekend.
New to this year’s series is Christmas in July. “Many people missed Christmas this year, so we’re going to transform the Friday After 5 concert series into a little bit of Christmas,” explains Marseille. The festivities include Santa and Mrs. Claus, holiday decorations, carolers, a boat parade and some Christmas tunes from the bands on stage.
For the first time, Friday After 5 will coincide with Owensboro’s HydroFair, a hydroplane racing event, plus the popular Air Show—both scheduled for August. Marseille says these events will give Friday After 5 guests some unique opportunities, such as a pier meet-and-greet with the boat drivers. For the Air Show, she adds, “We’re working on a flyover for the riverfront.”
Friday After 5’s signature Toast to the Sunset will take place on the riverfront. This season, the backdrop will feature new programmed dancing lights on the downtown Blue Bridge. During Christmas in July, the lights will flash red and green.
Marseille, who also is a COVID-19 compliance officer, notes Friday After 5 is being planned according to guidelines to provide a safe, yet fun environment for families to enjoy the entertainment.
“We really encourage people to come and celebrate with us for our 25th anniversary,” Marseille says.
Can’t wait for Owensboro’s fun, family-friendly Friday After 5 summer concert series to kick off? Then reminisce right now with this video throwback to the 2017 season.
Levitt AMP Berea presents Kaleta & Super Yamba Band.
Levitt AMP Berea presents Ben Sollee.
Levitt AMP Berea presents Cheick Hamala Diabate.
Cue the music. But before heading out to hear your favorite band, be sure to check the concert venue’s website, FB page, or call for the most up-to-date information.
BB&T Concerts in the Park
Circus Square Park—601 State St. (across from SKyPac)
Downtown Frankfort Incorporated “Summer Concert Series” sponsored by WesBanco
Old State Capitol on Broadway St.
Friday After 5
Downtown Owensboro riverfront, stretching from RiverPark Center (101 Daviess St.) to Holiday Inn (701 West 1st St.) on the Riverwalk
FB: Friday After 5
Levitt AMP Berea Music Series
Berea City Park Expansion
400 North Broadway, Berea
Levitt AMP Middlesboro Music Series
2005 Cumberland Ave., Middlesboro
Levitt AMP Whitesburg Music Series
Mountain Heritage Village in downtown Whitesburg
Live at the Park Concert Series
My Old Kentucky Home State Park
411 E. Stephen Foster Ave., Bardstown
(502) 348-5971 or 1-800-626-1563
840 Stanford Rd., Danville
Downtown Paducah on the corner of Broadway St. and 2nd St. (in the gazebo)
Summer Concert Series 2021
Bardstown Community Park
429 East Halstead Ave., Bardstown
1152 Monarch St., Lexington
Summer Nights Concert Series
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“I’m fragile not precious. There’s a difference”. I stop where Lulu is concerned. Walking on eggshells versus pushing for more dialogue. I’m going to start gently nudging in times where “I’m fine or it’s fine” doesn’t ring true.
It feels so cliché to even write about this…
How often do we say it? How often does someone ask, “How are you?” Barely a day goes past without these social niceties. The attendant at the service station, the telemarketer on the telephone, colleagues at work, friends on Facebook, my kids, husband, father. Everybody asks. They all get the same answer.
Except when they know I’m not. Then I say,
They want something concrete. Something to clarify what’s going on. A sentence or two to explain the exhaustion in my eyes and the sadness in my voice. But I don’t know how to say it. I don’t even know the answer myself.
How do you sum up a sense of despair or hopelessness in just a few words ? How do you tell those that love and care for you, right now you’d rather go…
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According to OSHA, in November 2014, Marreo Travis, the father of a young daughter, was testing transformers when he was electrocuted. He was rushed to the hospital, but did not survive.
OSHA investigators found that Travis’ death might have been prevented if his employer, Ferro Magnetics Corp., had supplied adequate personal protective equipment, followed safety procedures and provided training.
“In seconds, a family was altered forever, and a young girl is now fatherless,” said Bill McDonald, OSHA’s area director in St. Louis. “Companies that operate with high-voltage electricity must train workers to recognize hazards and use proper procedures to prevent electrical shock. No one should die on-the-job.”
Ferro Magnetics was cited for one willful and 14 serious safety violations. In its inspection, OSHA found multiple electrical safety hazards; machines with moving parts without safety guards; and inadequate protections to stop machine starts during service and maintenance. Inspectors also found that appropriate personal protective equipment was not supplied by the company. Additionally, hazardous chemicals were stored improperly and employees were allowed to use damaged powered industrial trucks.
In 2013, there were 71 worker fatalities due to electrocution, and 29 CFR 1910.305, OSHA’s electrical standard, is one of the top ten most frequently violated OSHA standards. In one of the citations against Ferro Magnetics, OSHA noted, “The employer did not assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE).”
OSHA also said that Ferro Magnetics “did not establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment was not isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative.”
Said McDonald: “Ferro Magnetics must act now to train its workers, so that another family does not suffer.”
The company faces penalties of $106,400.
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Stretching helped me a lot. Every night whenever I feel uncomfortable, I'll do simple stretches. Hope it helps you too.
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A commenter on the Seattle School Community Forum blog just posted that Whitman MS just announced they aren't continuing to support spectrum. Not sure what that means. Has anyone else heard anything?
Pretty darn frustrating that the change is announced after open enrollment. For those that chose Spectrum over APP, and are now told Spectrum is no longer being supported, well, what do they do? Hamilton would probably have a waitlist for APP.How can a school make this choice, when the district considers it a Spectrum site? It does not bode well for the future of AL. It feels like an experiment, done out of convenience, rather than part of a thoughtful, planned change for delivery of AL services.
I was at the meeting at Whitman last night about this change. The change came about because of the change in the Spectrum Program for this year that requires all Spectrum qualified students to receive a seat in a Spectrum Class in their assigned school. There are a little over 100 spectrum students in some of the grades and that would mean that Spectrum would have 4 teachers with 25 students each. This would overload the rest of the teachers. And that would cost more money, because teachers get additional pay when they teach more than a full class of students.To save the extra money, clusters of advanced learners will be placed in classes with all other students. This would allow kids that haven't been tested for spectrum but are advanced students, to benefit from more challenge and be placed with their peers. This would start next year for 7th and 8th grade LA/SS classes. Each class would be taught using differentiated instruction per the Readers & Writers Workshop program.The teachers stressed they have all been trained in Readers & Writers Workshop method and have been using it for 10 years and that it is geared to a cluster differentiated teaching model like this. I can see that it could work well if done right. But it will require care in the placement of kids and could also turn out not so good. The teachers did say they haven't had training in a consistent way to identify advanced learners. It would be nice if Whitman could provide a communication about this change to the entire school. Also, if the district could provide some communication to our school about the change. Are they trying this program out at Whitman Middle School with the intention of rolling it out to all the middle schools if it works well? Or is Whitman just doing this because they weren't provided any funding to support the Spectrum program?
The Spectrum label really needs to be put out of its misery because it's a nothing program now. We will continue to see a push into APP from the NE. Starting even in kindergarten. (which, incidentally, no longer will need achievement scores for APP entry. this is another quiet change.)2nd gr and preschool APP mom
Enrollment for first grade in Spectrum doesn't require achievement testing - but APP does. It's just that cognitive testing comes first for kindergarten students.Lynn
It's pretty telling that Whitman noted the class size issue first. Whitman is not changing the way kids are grouped to improve academics; they are dismantling Spectrum to better manage class sizes. It sucks.
To tie in with the other current thread here, this is something Bob Vaughan should be up in arms about. This is HIS department, HIS program, he should be making damn sure that this building doesn't get to dissolve Spectrum based on their own whims of balancing class loads. Spectrum has almost completely died on Bob Vaughan's watch, it's gut-wrenching. Why don't they just push for 2-seat overloads and make do with 3 classes. Whitman parents, would you rather have 3 classes of 34 kids (for just this year) or the loss of your program?!Bob, where are you, what are you doing about this??
Bob is retiring
Bob is retiringYeah, that's the tie into the other thread.My point is, at this point he has no reason to worry about losing his job. He should be very public and loud in his support of Advanced Learning programs, and call out whoever is making these really stupid decisions behind the scenes. He could be ignored, of course, as a lame duck. But lame duck status has its own power, since you're beholden to no one!Why not come out and publicly shame Chris Cronas for what he's done at Wedgwood? Why not stop this ridiculous mess at Whitman right now while it's still possible? Why not go public with a plan for 6th grade algebra placement that makes sense? Why not come out and publicly state (with some authority, as the most experienced voice of AL within SPS) that the destruction of Spectrum and the neglect of ALO have had adverse effects on APP: severe growth, scattering/splitting of experienced teachers, watering down in general, potential of more splits and public backlash. Yes, some of this might reflect poorly on his office, but it could also call attention to the fact that they haven't had the resources to take on something like ALO across the city.This is a one-time opportunity. I doubt Bob is reading this blog, but if anyone here has his ear, maybe you could bend it a little.
Hi everyone,I have decided to run for School Board Director in District IV (Ballard/Magnolia/Queen Anne) and would value your support.As some readers of this blog may know, I am the parent of two in SPS and have nine years of direct experience with the school district. One of the issues I will address in my campaign is the direction and future of advanced learning in SPS. A solid replacement for Bob Vaughan and a genuine commitment to and plan for AL (APP, Spectrum, AP, ALO) need to be established. Please send me your thoughts and recommendations.And if anyone would like to help with the campaign or contribute, please contact us at: suepeters4SPS@yahoo.comSincerely,Sue Peters
Can anyone provide comments on 8th grade Biology? The book, BSCS: A Human Approach, is described as nontraditional and inquiry-based, based on reviews posted elsewhere. There is less emphasis on vocabulary, etc. Is it the Discovering Algebra equivalent for biology?
The horrific scenes of destruction involving those elementary schools in Oklahoma got me thinking (and worrying) about potential disasters closer to home. Experts say it is just a matter of time before the next really big earthquake hits. So I've been wondering about emergency preparedness and more importantly about the structural safety of our schools (in particular, the really old ones). Lincoln for instance is around 100 years old and is mostly an unreinforced masonry structures that will do really poorly in event the of a quake. I actually went looking for the seismic reports on the SPS website and found the 2009 one for Lincoln - I have attached the link. I was under the impression that at Lincoln some parts of building had had seismic upgrade and turns out it did have some done in 1997; however there are significant deficiencies and a large amount of seismic work recommended in this 2009 report to make the building safe/bring it up to standard. The 'summary of deficiencies' runs over 4 pages; scary! I don't believe any of this has been corrected and that makes me very concerned for our kids who are now assigned permanently to this school for the forseeable future. I hate to think we could be putting kids in harms way by sending them to school in a building that is a potential deathtrap in the event of a quake. Please take the time to read this report.I really want to do something about this but i am not sure how to proceed, so I'd appreciate hearing from any other concerned parents, or anyone with knowledge in this field. Here is the link (if it doesn' t work search SPS facilities condition reports... seismic mitigation... http://district.seattleschools.org/modules/groups/homepagefiles/cms/1583136/File/Departmental%20Content/facilities/Seismic%20Report/lincoln.pdf?sessionid=a72e8ea986fc18ffc797c3bc44391bccDisaster aware
Many buildings need seismic upgrades. According to the Lowell reports, there is potential for the library to tip over in an earthquake, because the dividing wall does not have a positive connection to the floor above. And that's just one of the needed upgrades. www.seattleschools.org/modules/cms/pages.phtml?sessionid=&pageid=223515
There are many, many schools that will get seismic work done through BEXIV (meaning, there are many, many that need that and other basic safety work). It’s hard to find the most updated list of projects and buildings on the District’s website (imagine?!) and changes can still be made to the list. However, I noticed Lincoln wasn’t on a seismic upgrade list (again, not sure the list I saw was the most recent). We have another child at Bagley and Bagley wasn't on the seismic list, either. Both Lincoln and Bagley are scheduled to be remodeled or replaced, so I wonder if they don’t want to invest in the buildings now. The problem is that Bagley is slated for 2020 and Lincoln for 2019. Sure doesn’t help much now. Disaster Aware, you could start by emailing the Board and related staff asking how the BEXIV, with it's partial focus on building safety, will be utilized for students in that building before 2020.ugh
Lincoln is a historical landmark, therefore any upgrades will be expensive and takes longer. Also, the next earthquake is expected to be from the Seattle Fault which is several decades overdue for one, which means that it would be >10 in magnitude, may be even >11. The last earthquake we had was only around 7+ and that was the San Andreas Fault which is further out along the continental shelf. The Seattle Fault runs right under Seattle, an earthquake there is going to level everything, no upgrade will be enough to keep any building from falling down. Just pray that the kids are outside when it happens. There are things we can mitigate and there are things we can't, no matter how much money we throw at it. Lincoln will get upgraded so it meets the new codes put in after the last earthquake, which will help for earthquakes 8 or maybe 9 in magnitude, but not for a 10 or 11 earthquake.CCA
CCA - I would be happy to know Lincoln would be getting "upgraded so it meets the new codes put in after the last earthquake" even if that doesn't make it safe in the event of a super-big quake. We should do the best we can to make things safe even if it won't always be enough. What concerns me is that there does not actually appear to be anything in the works as far as seismic upgrades at Lincoln and it needs a lot (have you seen the 2009 report - 4 pages of deficiencies that need correcting: compare with Bryant elementary for example, rebuilt in 2000 so has predictably spotless seismic report). Lincoln is not mentioned in the latest round of BEX funding as far as seismic upgrades yet it will be a full house (600ish APP plus another yet to be announced school community ) for the next 4-5 years until it is rebuilt as a high school. Sounds like we are supposed to just cross our fingers and hope a big one doesn't hit during school hours over this time! Why are no seismic updates planned - is it because of the planned remodel/rebuilt for 2019? Can nothing be done in the meantime to make it safer for the kids and staff in this building. I mean this is a seriously old, 4 story unreinforced masonry building - the worst place to be in a quake.Disaster Aware
Welcome to the world of deferred maintenance. The situation at Lincoln is not atypical for the district. There are multiple school buildings in Seattle that have been slowly receiving seismic upgrades over multiple years and the entire community has always accepted the trade-off a small but not insignificant risk. However, there is not enough money to do everything all at once. I doubt a letter campaign will change the hard realities. Basically, without a new source of significant funding being found, you're really asking that something else be traded off to get this done.
Totally understand about the financial reality but I firmly believe that the district needs to ensure basic modern building safety standards are met in all our schools -eg, sprinklers (apparently not all schools have them) and seismic upgrades, before they budget for the multi-million dollar lunchroom renovations, fancy auditoriums, play fields etc. Those are luxuries - school buildings that safe according to basic modern standards should be the fundamental and most important area the building budget is allocated. The Seattle Times has a front page story about the schools in Oklahoma lack of tornado shelter - the one that was most damaged and had fatalities was an older building that had not had tornado upgrades after the 1999 one. Imagine the handwringing here if a big quake destroyed Lincoln for example -people would be asking why didn't the district take those basic measures outlined in the seismic reports to make the school safer. Why are we not making them accountable to do so now, before a tragedy occurs?Disaster Aware
I'm not on facebook but I would really appreciate it if someone could copy/post about this on the SNAPP facebook page. I'm not sure how many Lincoln parents read this but I think it's really important for more parents to be aware that of the issues being raised here - that the building is potentially unsafe in a major earthquake, unreinforced masonary structures such as this are likely to suffer major damage/collapse in a quake, and that the 2009 seismic report (available on SPS website) lists 4 pages of deficiencies that need upgrading to meet current safety standards and none of this has been done. This seems far more important than our lack of playground space, play structures etc
Lincoln did get some seismic upgrades, yes? I was under the impression that the district did this for part of Lincoln, and that is the part that is being used by students. And the other 2/3 of the building that has not had improvements are not being used. Do you know if any of the 4 pages of needed improvements are for the area that is in use? They could be a list of things that are needed to bring the unused areas up to code. Lincoln also has two smaller buildings separated from the main building, they could also be part of this list.Many schools in SPS are in bad shape, especially the ones in the South end. Which to choose? And while Lincoln is an old brick building, it was very well built, I do not remember hearing of any damage to the structure during the last earthquake. So it very likely would fare better in an earthquake than many other SPS schools which were built later with interior materials (many of our elementary schools). There are kids in all of them, which one do we put first?CCA
@CCA Not saying Lincoln should go ahead of others, it's just the one I got personally caught my attention because my kids go there and I don't want them crushed! But it must be one of the older building (100 years approx). is 4 levels, and is one of the worst kinds of constructions for quake risk. The 1997 upgrades were done in limited areas - not sure how related to areas in current use. The 2009 report listing 4 pages made notes that it had 1997 upgrades but obviously needs more. The report lays out all of the issues by part of building, many are in the parts now used. It also concludes "primary concern in the overall anticipated seismic performance of the building and the masonry partition wall construction" . The recommendations suggested in the report are only in order to meet MINIMUM seismic safety standards (which still fall below compliance with current code standards).I think it is appalling that the district spends a lot of money on renovations for these fancy lunchrooms/gynmnasiums etc but neglects the minimum safety upgrades needed in earthquake vunerable buildings.
I think that instead of demanding that SPS do upgrades with money the district does not have (by the way, where are they planning to build the multi mil lunchrooms and auditoriums etc?, I must have missed that memo), it would be more productive for us to advocate for new sources of funding. We need to write legislators and demand full funding for ed; ask that they bring a bill for state income tax up for a vote again, it might pass if they couple the income tax with a reduction in sales tax; demand that they end the corporate tax subsidies and close all the loop holes that allow huge companies like Boeing or Microsoft to pay almost no taxes. Or we can also advocate for a county or even a city income tax. Seattle (and I think also King County) voted for the state income tax last time, a city or county income tax would pass here. Then the school district would have money to do what is needed and not have to rely on all the levies, which cost a bunch of money to put on the ballot each time, and which may fail if the district actually ask for the real amount that is needed instead of just a fraction of it. People must understand that if they want services, they must pay for them through a steady source of taxes. The government cannot spin gold out of straw!CCA
Does Lincoln have an AED?
On the 'save seattle schools' blog are reader posted the link to the "Oregon parents for quake safe schools" website (http://quakesafeschools.blogspot.com/) There were some useful info and links about earthquake risk and what other Oregon and other states are doing. Obviously the costs of seismic mitigation exceed what we can expect our school district to accomplish with the limited funds they have (though I believe they should prioritize the use of their funds to place safety first).In Oregon the state government has committed to fix vulnerable public schools - and the advocacy group has petitioned the "state government to accelerate and expand their commitment to fix the more than 1,000 public school buildings that are considered to be at high risk of collapse in a major Cascadia earthquake."Other things the Oregon parent advocates have been doing include:"At annual meeting of Earthquake Engineering Research Institute in Seattle, OPQRS participated in a panel on school earthquake safety advocacy for several hundred engineers and other seismic specialists." (Were any Seattle school representatives involved?)"Working with local school district, Portland Public Schools, and helped to pass a successful school bond that will bring seismic safety repairs to more than three dozen Portland schools and fully rebuild three unreinforced masonry (URM) high schools." (We need this in Seattle, should be the focus of BEX!)"Working with Oregon Emergency Management to instigate a school-based event to celebrate the achievements of the state’s Seismic Rehabilitation Grants Program, and to engage the governor and the state’s education leaders." (is there any thing like the seismic rehabilitation grant program in Washington?)Eric B also mentions that in British Columbia, they spent approx. 2.8 billion dollars to make their ~600 schools in high seismic hazard zones safe (about 300 needed work). Why does Washington state/Seattle seem to lack any impetus to do the same? Are grants available for the district to apply to earthquake risk mitigation? Do we need a petition to the state government to urge them to make Washington Schools Quake Resistant? The state mandates K-12 school attendance; so shouldn't the state have an obligation to ensure children are safe in their public schools?It's not enough to have school disaster kits or earthquake drills. What is the point of practicing earthquake drills in classrooms that will pancake the day an actual earthquake strikes along one of our dangerous faults.Disaster Aware
"What is the point of practicing earthquake drills in classrooms that will pancake the day an actual earthquake strikes along one of our dangerous faults."Where does it say that classrooms will pancake? Seriously...this is a bit of a hyperbole, no? The schools and most buildings managed pretty well under the Nisqually. Yes, there were some cracks (not uncommon or a huge deal), but not a lot of significant structural damage. Many older buildings are probably better built and have steel sturctures. In addition, buildings, even 100 year buildings were built to withstand earthquakes. In the US, the danger in an earthquake is not going to be from the building collapsing on you but of things falling and hitting your head (like bricks or ceiling tiles and lights). We should make sure doorways aren't going to be blocked by tipped over bookshelves or that kids and teachers have places to duck and cover until the shaking stops to get out of the building without tripping on things. Kids are much better trained to know what to do in the event. They drill all the time. How many times do you drill at your place of work? Is your house seismically upgraded? That's why after the duck and cover (30 seconds? 1 minute? Earthquakes don't last long), you evacuate. There should be a protocol to check the building before anyone is allowed to enter. Even if the structure slips off the foundation during the event, what is the likelihood that the building is going to collapse in 30 seconds during the actual event? I don't necessarily know the answer but our imagination is running wild here thinking that we're going to be like Oklahoma and tornadoes and earthquakes are not the same thing. Let's all take a breath and not overdramatize. I'm not saying there is no risk or that there aren't seismic upgrades to be had. But, I am fairly confident that our children will be able to withstand an earthquake in any of our buildings. Now, will there be a school to return to? Maybe not if it suffered such damage that it can't be reopened but during an actual event, not so worried. Mildly concerned
The "lunchroom" money is mis-stated. There is a $4M project at Greenlake Elementary that is being designated as a lunchroom. This is actually an addition to Greenlake. Greenlake does not have any lunchroom currently so this is not a remodel. This is an expansion so that Greenlake will eventually be able to handle more students.Additionally a big chunk of that money is being used to bring the building up to code as upgrade work is required when an addition is added to an older building.
mildly concerned, the nisqually quake was a 6.8, not a severe quake. the epicenter was not so near seattle, it was near olympia. if that is the level of earthquake your home or school is prepared for, it would be smart to increase your preparedness. http://www.fema.gov/earthquakehttp://www.seattle.gov/emergency/prepare/
On a different subject, we got notice from the principal at Lincoln about a medically fragile population co-housing at Lincoln next year. This medically fragile population is 18-21 years old. I know nothing about what being a part of that group means and if there are any issues being co-housed with elementary students. Anyone have info or concerns, reassurances?
Yes, I feel a bit uneasy about that. 18-21 year olds are basically adults. They are beyond high school age. I do not know what sort of issues these young adults have or what sort of program they are attending. This is basically a group of un-vetted adults that will be housed in close-quarters with young kids. Maybe I am being alarmist and totally off-track but I wonder if they represent any issues for young children (yes, I'll go there - I'm thinking molestation, innapropriate behavior, drugs/weapons on campus) - that kind of thing). Has anyone heard of an elementary population being cohoused with that age group before? How will the populations be separated? Why does the whole thing seem cloaked in secrecy? What is the name of this 'school' or program and who/what needs to they serve exactly? How big is this population.Lincoln parents should be demanding transparency about these issues. This could be a whole different kettle of fish to cohousing with MacDonald Elem.WOuld like some answers
Sigh, did you both miss the Medically Fragile population part? Your healthy, high energy children pose more danger to these special ed students than vice versa.Is compassion no longer a virtue?
Although there is no universal definition of medically fragile in the education setting, it typically refers to those that have severe, or life threatening health issues, or require assistive technology, or tracheostomy, catheterization and the like. So from what we have been told it sounds like this provides transition services for these teens. Where was thh program previously housed? There are a number of transitional programs in this district, including those for some forms of special education needs, behavioral issues, medically fragile, no conventional educational settings etc. Though it's hard to find the specifics about the sites, or services, or populations on the SPS website. I'm not sure how I would feel about a population of older teens with behavioral special needs sharing the building, but the medically fragile population, if that's what it actually is, seems pretty benign. Sniffy
If I'm not mistaken, there has been a Special Education program co-located at Lincoln for the last two years whose students look to be older teens. They are co-located on the first floor in the south wing of the school, run completely independently of APP, and have I haven't heard a peep of any problems with our two programs utilizing the buildings. If people here aren't mentioning that they've seen these older students at Lincoln, then I would say that they've done a pretty good job of being completely independent of our students. I would venture to say that it has been a good situation for both programs.Instead of making assumptions, I would suggest that people talk with Rina to find out more about what program will be housed here and if it will be different than who has already been at Lincoln. Of course there are reasons to have questions/concerns if older teens are being co-located with an elementary school. But I guess I don't see the lack of transpacency here since this is being announced in May. The district does a very poor job of planning most things, so I'm surprised anything is being announced now. There is time to ask questions and make plans for both populations. More specifics from Rina would be helpful.
Any info on how Lincoln chose a new math program, which is different than TM's? Is APP curriculum becoming more and more site based?
Re: Lincoln math. From what I heard, Thurgood Marshall needed a math curriculum that would work for both the APP population and meet the needs of the general ed population (which I believe includes a number of kids for whom English is a second language). I know at Lincoln, the teachers piloted several different math curriculums (including the one used at T-M) this year in order to inform their decision about what would be the best curriculum for Lincoln. My impression is that Rina and the teachers had a pretty thoughtful approach which informed their decision.Jane
Re: co-housing populations at Lincoln. This is my family's first year at Lincoln. I didn't even realize that there was another school co-located at Lincoln until a couple weeks ago - so obviously it hasn't had any impact on my kid or our family. I'm not concerned about co-housing with the medically fragile population. I am curious if that's the same group that's been at Lincoln this year - or if it's been some other group.Jane
The math curriculum at TM is not an "APP curriculum." TM sought and received a waiver from the district to adopt a curriculum that would better serve all of its students in a school with diverse needs. The driving force behind the curriculum change was the need to serve its general education population, which has a high-FRL and high-ELL population. The curriculum ultimately selected was determine to serve both populations well. Lincoln is the only school in the district with the luxury of being able to focus on one narrow population when selecting curriculum. The reason many schools are opting for math waivers is because the district's current math curriculum isn't serving many different populations in the district. Instead if worrying about ensuring uniformity in curriculum across APP programs, I wish people on this blog were more focused on ensuring we get good, consistent curriculum across all schools in the district. Kids don't move from lincoln to TM but they do move from north-end elementaries to lincoln, so you should be more interested in curricular consistency among schools that have overlapping populations.The problem with everyday math and discovery math is a district-wide problem, not an APP problem. Listening to Lincoln families in this blog makes me conclude that the insularity of Lincoln's all-APP school has alot of downsides and results in a myopic view of the district. - TM's math program is not just "APP math"
You're right that math is a district wide problem, and yes, we need "good, consistent curriculum across all schools in the district." How does allowing individual schools to pick their own materials ensure consistency? It doesn't. If there can't even be uniformity in a program that is split among two sites, then what does that mean for the program as it splits again? The district needs to improve the curriculum in a more consistent manner. The school-by-school hodge podge of choices is not moving the district closer to better curriculum for everyone. If a school/PTA can buy different books, where is the incentive for the District to make wholesale improvements?
For those of you new to the APP program, the district promised an APP curriculum as part of the 2009 closures. It has never materialized. There is no such thing as "APP math" because there is no curriculum.-long-timer
Long timer -- I too am a long timer and I was there in that Lowell gym when the district promised an APP curriculum years ago. But right now APP = 2 years ahead, nothing more. If math curriculum is a problem district-wide, it should be fixed for all schools, not just Lincoln. Also, there are benefits to having the same math curriculum across programs. At TM, teachers collaborate across programs, for example. Lincoln parents on this blog often post as if they are in an APP bubble, which they are. The string about the medically fragile community at Lincoln strikes me as typical APP-centric commentary. It's embarrassing to be an APP reading comments like that.- TM's math program is not just "APP math.
Just because 2 or 3 people ask questions about the proposed cohoused community does not mean the APP community at Lincoln is in some kind of bubble. That is like 2-3 parents out of around 500 expressing some concern, and not even concern necessarily, just asking for more information. Wouldn't you expect that number of people (or more) at any school to be asking questions about a group that was going to be co-housed in their building, especially with such age disparity? And this is an APP blog, so of course it is APP-centric, and weighted toward issues that concern/affect APP families. Perhaps it does disproportionally cover concerns around Lincoln because this is a much less stable situation than at the other sites. Of course we should have the long-promised APP curriculum (including math), and we should have a district-wide overhaul of the current math curriculum. But the currently we have neither of those things, nor will we in the forseable future. Since other schools have successfully gone ahead and adopted math curricula that better serve the specific needs of their communities, I say kudos to Lincoln for doing the same. None of this is the fault of APP-centric families in an APP bubble - it is the fault of Seattle Public Schools and the Advanced Learning Dept.Sniffy
To "TM's math program is not just "APP math"I agree that the problems with everyday math and CDM are a district-wide problem. I'm a little surprised though by your leap from someone else's question about the Lincoln math curriculum to your statement that Lincoln parents are in an APP bubble.Is your belief that Lincoln shouldn't change math curriculums until the entire district changes curriculums? In which case, I assume you are equally upset that Thurgood Marshall already changed math curriculums? Or are you upset that Lincoln isn't changing to the math curriculum that Thurgood Marshall is using?I am genuinely interested in why you seem to be upset about Lincoln changing math curriculums - when it doesn't seem to bother you that TM, Mercer and many other schools have already changed math curriculums. Or maybe you are equally upset about those schools changing math curriculum as well (your criticism though seems to be specific to Lincoln).Jane
Jane - I have no problem with Lincoln choosing a different curriculum from TM. I just pointed out that TM's curriculum was not selected as an "APP math" curriculum, but as a school-wide curriculum. I do find the posts from Lincoln parents on this blog tiresome. Lincoln and Hamilton are 2 of 6 APP schools, yet over the last several years they have dominated discussions of APP on this blog, at the APP AC, on the ALPTF when it existed, and on FACMAC. Reading this blog you would think Lincoln and Hamilton are the only 2 schools with APP programs, or at least the only 2 with issues of curriculum, capacity, etc. (not true). Lincoln parents put up a big fuss when TM gave up EDM - claiming it should have the same math as TM. I had to laugh when it picked a different math curriculum than TM. Why did Lincoln make such a fuss about uniformity last year?-- TM math....
@TM mathLincoln 'kicked up a fuss' about wanting to change the curriculum like TM did in part because of the perception that almost anything would be better than EDM and in part because, in the absence of the promised APP curriculum, the unilateral change in curriculum at the TM site introduced inequity between the sites of what was once a single program. Lincoln folks would probably have been pretty happy to have what TM was having at that time but clearly there was no interest on the part of the Advanced Learning Dept or the principals involved in consultation/collaboration etc to come up with a math curriculum that would have served the TM general ed population as well as BOTH elementary APP locations. Why is it so funny to you that Lincoln has now assessed, piloted, and decided on a curriculum that happens to be different from TM now? It doesn't mean folks would not have been happy with the same curriculum TM has if that had ever been proposed/introduced back in the day- but since it wasn't and since there was time to explore the options they have come up with one an that may be an even better fit. Maybe the Lincoln and Hamilton parents are just entitled complainers as you seem to imply, or maybe it's because these 2 schools have the most uncertainty, instability, and churn of all them. Anyone can post with issues relating to any APP site on this forum, maybe the other sites just don't have so many issues and provoke so much anxiety among families as these 2 do.
...and this is why some decisions should be program based, and not site-based.
TM Math-To add to questions being posed to you: what is stopping anyone from TM, WMS, or either of the high schools from posting here? I don't believe there is any sort of fee or rule preventing their appearance.This is the same complaint I see on the Save Seattle School blog about APP families posting "too much." People can't not post and then complain that they are not represented.Both the APP blog and the Seattle Schools blog only have comments by those who choose to post there.-long-timer
I agree that it's embarrassing to read the posts from Lincoln parents on this thread. It is as if we have no idea about what's going on at any other school in the district, APP or otherwise. Take a deep breath, people, and get a grip. We have the APP-only elementary school that we as a group demanded and now we're getting a math curriculum determined to be the best for APP students. And yet we still come off at poor, poor martyrs to the cause when there are many other schools in the district in much worse shape facilities and curriculum-wise. Wish I could move south
Agree with you TM. There's a bubble, especially on this blog. Little less so on SSS. That's the thing about blogs. They gonna attract more like minded folks. You expressed an opinion that goes against the grain and Ouch! But good on you for saying your piece. I get what you are saying. My kids are looking forward to HS for more social/academic opportunities/variety. I am beginning to realize this cohort thing can be a bit of a double edge sword for me as well.51bites
I don't understand this bizarre belief that I associate solely with Seattle (I am a native of Seattle btw). We can't comment on something because others have it worse....?!?? Can someone explain to me how not saying anything improves things for anyone? I know the district would love it if everyone, in any school, would just shut up.Dare you complain about lunch food? Don't you care about the starving in China, you self-centered pig? You'd like safety improvements to your building? What about those children in Africa who don't have a school building at all, you self-centered pig? Want a decent math curriculum for your child? What about those other kids who still have the terrible curriculum you are trying to leave behind, you self-centered pig?So, those of you who believe in this line of thinking, how does keeping silent improve things for kids elsewhere in the city? This is some magical thinking that I don't understand. Maybe it's that we are supposed to be so grateful for the little we have that we aren't supposed to say anything. I would like to see education for every child, all over the district improved. I don't understand how not saying anything about my child's education, which is what I know best, hurts anyone. I would hope that yet another school dropping the horrible EDM and CMP would send a strong message to the district.-sheesh
Dear Hamilton International Middle School community,To meet the needs of our growing enrollment, Seattle Public Schools is considering boundary changes for the 2014-15 school year. We will not change any boundaries or assignments for the upcoming 2013-14 school year.In anticipation of these changes, we are having conversations about our current schools and programs with our stakeholders. On Wednesday, district staff will present several options to the School Board for early consideration, including for Hamilton International Middle School. We recommend increasing the number of highly capable (APP) elementary and middle school pathways, with guaranteed assignment, to increase access and bring services closer to where students live. If approved, this means APP services will be offered at additional sites – beyond Hamilton and Washington Middle School.Again, these are all preliminary conversations. We will host five community meetings this fall to consider boundary changes and get feedback from families, staff and community members. There will be plenty of time for review and community reaction. You can view the district’s initial presentation to the board here. This initial review of program placement will be presented from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 29 at the John Stanford Center for Educational Excellence. This will be a committee discussion. There is no public testimony at this meeting and no votes will be taken.Our goal at Seattle Public Schools is to ensure equity, access and opportunities for all students. We are planning for the future of our district, and any changes moving forward starting in the 2014-15 school year will help meet this goal. We also want to maximize walkability and minimize disruptions by aligning new boundaries with current attendance area boundaries, when feasible. The School Board will ultimately vote on the school assignment boundary changes on November 20, 2013.If you would like to give feedback on these early recommendations, please send an email to firstname.lastname@example.orgWe look forward to working with each of our school communities to make sure any changes are rolled out smoothly and to ensure we have a thoughtful, strategic and equitable plan for schools, programs and services.Sincerely,José BandaSuperintendentSeattle Public Schools
Amusingly, the link to the presentation in the email I got (sent to the APP @ Lincoln community) doesn't work. Does anyone have a link that does?- June Surprise
Of course you can voice your concerns out loud, but be prepared for the boomerang. People did with some suspicions about the older student population. Personally, I would suggest taking the concerns about juvies and molesters to the principal, not at this blog. Why? Because you still have to be aware of what you put out even anonymously. Can't be thin skin about it if some folks find it unkind and a bit NYMBYish. In truth, most of us chose to be anonymous here and what "facts" or opinions offered should be looked at with a jaundiced eye. And differing POVs only help to bust the bubble, insularity perception offered by some Posters. So have at it.51bites
Thanks, Anonymous. That is worth a full thread for itself. I just put one up, "APP services will be offered at additional sites".
Sheesh. -I don't think the issue is that you can't ever complain if someone has it worse. I think the issue is that it is very easy to get the impression, based on comments on this blog, that Lincoln APP only thinks of itself and demands better for itself without regard for any other program, school, population, etc. The comments are rarely thoughtful with respect to a broader perspective. It comes off as very me, me, me, me. Yes, we should complain. But we should also strive for solutions that would are broader and less self-serving. I get the very real impression that Lincoln would throw the rest of the district, APP and not APP, under the bus if it meant something better for LIncoln. I don't believe that's the opinion of most Lincoln parents, but it seems to be true of the most vocal.
Sheesh,A lot of your post seems to be setting up straw men to be knocked down, so perhaps you're not really interested in the other point of view-- but, just in case, here's mine!As a parent with one child in APP and one in general ed (yes, there are a few of us), I am perpetually amazed by the different culture and tenor of the parent groups in the two programs. The attitude of many APP parents strikes me as very entitled and, yes, in somewhat of a bubble. Despite the fact that APP is a world of real plenty compared to schools outside its gates, many in APP really speak as if they are the victims. Granted, SSD's notoriously poor planning, screwed up priorities, ridiculous mandates, etc. present all of us with much to struggle for on behalf of our kids. It's a bit wearying, however, when APP parents seem unwilling to admit what a privileged realm it exists in within our District and instead go overboard complaining about the raw deal APP gets.I would invite these parents to step out into the much more racially and economically diverse (ouch-- I said it!) general ed world, where it is obvious almost right away that most parents have far less to contribute in terms of time and money. There are lots of good things happening in those schools too though and, thankfully, very few people complaining that they are being victimized by the District.In brief: it's a matter of being tone deaf.-- There you have it
As someone whose son went from an extremely diverse, 50% FRL school to Lowell/Lincoln, I can appreciate that some people think that the Lincoln APP world is much more privileged and less diverse. However, many families at Lincoln come from some neighborhood schools and/or private schools that are much more privileged than the APP program and they experience the APP program as a "step down" in financial backing and parent involvement. It's good to remember that our perception about this is relative.Mom of 2
I have to second Mom of 2,I think it is time for many of the posters to stop vilifying APP parents and get down to the business of curriculum improvement. We have attended both Gen Ed and APP. We chose Gen Ed elementary school because the math program at our school (via waiver) was far superior to the APP district math. I have seen diverse and committed parents and teachers in both realms. In APP middle school (HIMS) we are finding the APP curricula lacking in rigor. This is mostly the fault of poorly chosen district curriculum - especially in math and science. It doesn't matter if your kid is working two grade levels above age level when the entire curriculum is weak. And the Gen Ed population suffers from similarly low expectations. We found the APP students who had attended APP elementary school to be less well prepared in math than our gen ed kid. That's pathetic - don't you think? So the APP parents are perfectly justified in demanding accountability from the district. Yet when HIMS APP parents lobby for some of the changes that other schools in the district are successfully implementing (such as waivers to teach rigorous curricula) - they are called entitled. I would be interested to hear if WMS APP parents have similar concerns as their program is more established. Are WMS parents as disappointed as many of the HIMS parents I have encountered?-Ready for curriculum changes
CCA...I want some of whatever you've been smoking! There has NEVER been a recorded earthquake >10 on the Richter scale. A quake greater the 11 would be at least 200 times more powerful than the Mag. 9.0 off Japan in 2011. A quick search on this suggests that it's physically impossible to have quakes over 10 due to the limiting strength of rocks. Can you cite any legitimate geologists who have published these "expected" predictions you're stating, or is this just all straight out of your can?No doubt a local quake is something we should worry about, but a good old Mag. 7 right under the city would be bad enough without resorting to kookery.
Also, you can't say we are overdue by "several decades." It's been 300 years since the last Big One. We could have a megaquake tomorrow, or not for a thousand years. The probabilities on any given day in that range don't change rapidly.That said, I have been meaning to upgrade my earthquake kits...
Scrawny Kayaker.My undergrad degree is in Geological Sciences, and grad degree in Earth Sciences. What I stated is what I was told by professors whose specialties are in Earthquakes and Volcanos. I did not google or quickly search anything. I said decades overdue because I do not know exactly when the last quake on the Seattle Fault was, I am not a Seismologist, just that it is long overdue for one. Each fault has a different interval for its frequency of earthquakes, for example, if a fault usually quakes every one hundred years, then any span of time LONGER than one hundred years means that much time overdue. The longer the fault is overdue for a quake, the more pressure is built up inside the earth requiring release, so the estimated power of the next quake there is revised upwards when more time has passed.Now I suppose it is possible that your "quick search" which I am assuming is from the web denizens, could be giving you more accurate info than what I was taught by people who have worked and done research in the field, and taught and published papers in scientific journals on the subject. They could all be wrong and Wikipedia is right. And it is also possible that all members of our House of Representatives will wake up tomorrow and agree to everything President Obama suggests, and all will hold hands and sing Kumbaya together. Anything is possible, right?CCA
Scrawny and CCA, that was funny. I want you guys on myth busters. Anyway here is the USGS link that my daughter went to after watching one of those über quake movie as she had questions I couldn't answer:http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/topics/megaquakes.phparmchair science
Our child's class had MAP testing on the same day as the EOC. Ugh. Is that an unavoidable consequence of high student numbers and limited computers?
Can we really call it a "june surprise" when it was known that Hamilton would be overcapacity with the incoming class for this September and that school can't take portables? The 4 neighbourhood schools that feed it can be redirected elsewhere-- this is their school; and besides, Eckstein and Whitman are both full and both have more than a dozen portables each. And, salmon bay is full too-- so there is no relief anywhere. Holding onto the 5th grade APP class is not good, fair, or appropriate, but, Lincoln is the only building with space. (it's not like West Woodland has any room to keep their 5th graders for an extra year).But, unlike BF Day, our 5th graders already get and have gotten plenty of chance to socially mix it up as there are already more than 100 of them, and, they'll ballon to probably 150 for next year. The kids for whom my heart truly breaks are the 5th grade SM4 children who can't get into Hamilton. The special education children were already told they have to go elsewhere, to middle schools that don't have an existing program for their highly specialized needs. Those parents are frantic. It is so sad. Those parents were told not to worry, that it would be built, that teachers would be hired... But it is worrisome for them as they work counting on going to the Hamilton program with its excellent teacher who has built up a really strong program for these special learners.So, maybe the APP six grade will get into Hamilton this September, maybe it won't, but to me, this isn't a surprise. We need to assess the near-term and long-term capacity realistically, and recognize that we all, meaning everybody in the district, whether you're at the Jane ADdam's campus in the next couple of years or at the Boren building in West Seattle or in the shambles that is Arbour Heights, we all have to make due with the facilities component of the district but advocate for the educational content and experience regardless of the building.-it sucks but...In the north, the district is out of middle school seats. And, it is only going to get worse until Jane Addams is truly available as a comprehensive and Wilson Pacific is built. So, it's years away, so the priority for Lincoln APP should have been to build a consensus around strategy of these next few years. We should focus otow hat is possible and preferable given the limited options, and demand, like each community, the rigor and curriculum delivery and
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So I have been a cheater cheater pumpkin eater (sometimes literally...)
I have not been to a meeting in a month. I can tell you all of the excuses in the book, but I have none that are true other than I was afraid to go back, because I am a freak.
So I knew I had to find a different meeting, one that worked better for my schedule, and that would ALWAYS work for my schedule. I went to a meeting this morning at 7:30. It gets out at 8, and it takes 3 minutes to get to work from there, so I am only a few min late. I can make this work.
I don't know why I kept avoiding it because there is something about going to a meeting that makes you feel great. Its like church. I feel so motivated and lifted up that it really starts my day off right.
I was down 1.4 at my meeting, but up .2 at home. I am gonna call it a wash.
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- Pusher aces of World War 1
- Pusher fighters, designed with the engine at the rear and the machine gun at the front, may have looked ungainly, yet they were able to hold their own remarkably well against their German counterparts. This is the story of the unusual pusher and its many aces, including Lanoe Hawker VC, who formed and led Britain's first fighter squadron before dying in a ten-minute duel with Manfred von Richtofen, American 'cowboy' ace Frederick Libby, third-ranking French ace Charles Nungesser and the aggressive Belgian ace Fernand Jacquet. Packed with colourful artwork of a variety of pusher designs, paint.
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Whats going on at Chelsea? Willian, Higuain, Wilson and Hudson-Odoi all feature in transfer news and gossip
Here is the daily roundup of Chelsea news, gossip and transfer speculation from IcFootballnews.
Maurizio Sarri has admitted that Willian will not be leaving Chelsea this January transfer window, amid Barcelona links.
Willian has become an integral part of Sarri’s side this season after rejecting a move to Barcelona in the summer, as he was persuaded by the Italian to stay put and try to help the club get back into the Champions League places.
However, after a decent start to the new season, there has been speculation in the media over the past few days which have claimed Barcelona have made a £55 million offer to take Willian away from Stamford Bridge, and would even let Brazilian Malcom leave as part of the deal.
But Sarri has reacted very quickly and announced that it would be ‘impossible’ for him to let Willian leave the club this month, telling Sky Sports news: “I didn’t receive anything yesterday. I have no idea.
“You have to contact the club and ask about the market, because if you ask me about the market, you put me in trouble because I don’t know how to answer. As you know, Willian for us is very important.
“I think he can do better, he can do better because of his potential but he is really very important to us, so I think it is impossible to lose him in January.
Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri is keen to sign Gonzalo Higuain this month but the Italian insists he doesn’t know if a move will be made.
It is no secret that Chelsea are lacking a world class striker to lead the attack, as Alvaro Morata and Olivier Giroud have not been good enough in front of goal this season.
Sarri has even started using star man Eden Hazard as his main man up top over the past few weeks, having lost faith in his two forwards.
And that has led to a lot of speculation that Chelsea are closing in on a deal to land Higuain for a fee of around £50 million, with some suggestions that his agent has flown into London to get a January deal done.
Now Sarri, who is keen to add a few players to the squad this January, has admitted the club knows his opinion on possible deals.
He said on the Sky Sports website:“As you know very well I am not involved in the market. I spoke with the club and they know my opinion.
“In my opinion we need two players. It depends on the club’s decision but I don’t know anything about the market, day by day or minute by minute.”
Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe says the club will not entertain any interest in England striker and Chelsea target Callum Wilson this January.
Wilson has seen his reputation in the Premier League rise this season and has caught the attentions of Blues boss Maurizio Sarri, who is looking to acquire a new striker in the coming transfer windows.
Wilson has forced his way into the England set-up this season by scoring seven times and marked his first international cap with a goal in the win over the United States at Wembley in November.
But Howe says Bournemouth do not intend to sell any of their ‘best players’ this month.
“I’ve been told about the speculation, it’s not something I seek to read,” he said.
“It’s a waste of time for me to do so. It’s business as normal, Callum has been bright and bubbly this week so no problems there.
“In my opinion, and it’s just my opinion, I wouldn’t sell at any price but I’m the manager of the team trying to create the best team that I can.
“We desperately want to take the team forward and to do that we have got to keep our best players.
“He (Wilson) is a very important member of the team. He has unique attributes that really complement what we do here.
“He’s been a really good goal scorer for us this season, that’s the hardest things to do in the sport so he value him really highly.”
Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri says Bayern Munich have lacked respect over their approach for 18-year-old Callum Hudson-Odoi.
Odoi is now considered one of the best talents in England and his performances have caught the attentions of German Champions Bayern, who see him as the next Jadon Sancho.
Reports in the media over the last weeks have claimed Bayern have made four bids to try and seal a deal for Hudson-Odoi this January, all which have been rejected by Chelsea.
The Blues know the talented winger has eighteen months to go on his contract, but are keen to nail him down to a new contract and have no intention of letting him join the Germans.
And Sarri has opened up on the interest of Bayern, claiming they are being very unprofessional in the pursuit of Odoi.
He said on the Sky Sports website: “I think that it’s not professional because they are talking about a player under contract at Chelsea.
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Can anyone tell me what the difference is between a 2S and 3S body type for a 1990 Mustang Gt?
I have a 1990 Mustang Gt 5.0 that I just put a new motor trans and harness. Fuel pump will not prime. 12V to pump and it will run, Checked all ground connections, changed fp relay. only getting power to relay.
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I can't remember all the shit Obama promised as President. Just last night he promised a ton more shit. I believe I'm supposed to get laid more often and look a hint less like a beagle. I know Obama promised more openness and access for the Average Joe who can't pay fifty grand to shake the Presidential hand at Jeffrey Katzenberg's vegan-option soirees. Obama set up that idiotic White House petition process so that angry ethnic groups and black helicopter conspiracists and the other people who routinely bug the shit out of the White House operator could create online rants instead. If 100,000 people sign your petition, the President will look at them. Sort of like he looks at Malia's social science homework or the federal budget. A couple seconds of retinal fly by and a reassuring smile.
The Deport Justin Bieber people officially passed the 100,000 signature mark so Barack's going to need to check that one out. The Keep Bieber petitioners have set up a couple of their own to countermand the Deport Bieber people:
Instead of looking at all the horrible events that Justin Bieber has been through why not the good? People only look at his bad boy aura and not everything that he has done to help around the world. He has donated so much money to charity's but people over look that fact. Also, what about all these celebrity's that have done so much worse. For example, Chris Brown was charged for Women abuse but was let off the hook. Just because he's Justin Bieber and not some rapper doesn't mean he deserves this.For semi-literate middle schoolers, the Keep Bieber petitioners make an excellent point. We do completely omit Bieber's fine charity work. He falls into that smallish 99.8 percent of celebrities linked to good causes. It's a well known fact that he did something nice for someone with a horrible disease. Probably a kid. Shit, he probably hugged him and took photos. And what about that double standard accusation? Chris Brown did do lots of Women abuse and he gets to still live here. Why don't we deport him back to Virginia? This democracy thing really is the best way to decide stuff. Keep it rolling, Average Joe. | <urn:uuid:754ad908-ce24-4005-b9ef-b4436e70e724> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.wwtdd.com/2014/01/obama-to-address-justin-bieber-deportation/ | 2017-06-25T20:51:03Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320582.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20170625203122-20170625223122-00204.warc.gz | en | 0.968179 | 452 |
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As I write this Edinburgh is being dusted in snow, which if still lying may hinder your guessing today…
There are leader board points on offer for the first three correct answers if you can name the location above, and keep an eye on the facebook and twitter throughout the day for clues if they are needed. Answers to come later in the week.
If you would like to donate a prize for the quiz or indeed feature in the quiz, then get in touch HERE.
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We’ve all heard that meditation reduces stress. And who doesn’t know about meditation’s ability to clear the mind? But a new study out of the University of Oregon has found that as little as 20 minutes of meditation over 5 days shows greater improvement in attention and overall mood, as well as lower levels of anxiety, depression, anger and fatigue.
The study looked at 40 Chinese students, half getting instructed in integrative meditation, while the other half taken through relaxation training only. The meditation group showed greater increases when tested for attention, and they also showed improvements in mood, and lower reactions to mental stressors as measured by “stress-related cortisol levels”. According to the authors of the study, integrative meditation incorporates “several key components body and mind techniques including body relaxation, breathing adjustment, mental imagery, and mindfulness training.
Definitely thumbs up to this one, mostly because I’m pleased to see our nation’s universities giving this vital health practice some time and research money. And hats off to the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences which published the study–it’s high time we look deeper into the incredible power of the mind and investigate what other cultures have simply taken for granted. I speak at length about meditation in my upcoming book, The Six Keys to Optimal Health. I am convinced that everybody should be doing it. And as I tell my patients: even ten minutes a day will have profound effects on your life.
That reminds me…have you heard the one about the Buddhist who went into a Burger King? He said, “Make me one with everything.”
Here are some meditation resources if you’re interested:
Check out this cool site
The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh (a personl favorite)
Meditations for Manifesting by Wayne Dyer (good CD for beginners)
Creative Visualization by Shakti Gawain (the first book of this kind that I had ever read)
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Posted on 8th December 2016 by Fiona
For today’s giveaway, you could win a great hot / cold pack from Therapearl. Just like our page & share our post!
The Pearl Technology® contained in every THERA°PEARL pack is game changing innovation born of an age old therapy. Crafted by a doctor who knew she could offer her patients something better than a bag of frozen peas, THERA°PEARL was designed with you in mind. Whether chilled or heated, Pearl Technology conveniently holds its temperature for the doctor recommended time of 20 minutes and conforms to your body to deliver the perfect relief from your aches and pains.
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Optician 2020 demonstration activities carried out to assess the benefits of the new mini-factories based business model for the production and delivery of personalised spectacles have successfully finished this July.
The Optician 2020 novel paradigm has been demonstrated by means of two mini-factory networks close to the sell point, i.e. the optician. A first mini-factory cluster was set up in Southern Europe, with an optician in Portugal. Once this cluster was operating, a second Central-European cluster, with an optician in Switzerland, was added, demonstrating the potential for effective up-scaling the concept and the management platform performance for intelligent production planning and control.
The demonstrator in Southern Europe started in November 2015 whereas the demonstrator in Central Europe started a few months later, in February 2016. Since then, both demonstrators have been running until the end of July 2016. During a period of 7 months, the 2 clusters have generated 455 personalised spectacles that have fitted 240 users from the optic shop in Portugal and 215 from the second optic shop in Switzerland.
During the demonstration, the on-demand production chain started and finished at the optician shop. Opticians selected proper volunteers amongst their customers. Personalisation design was enabled by the scanning of the face-head anatomy and by a co-design environment allowing the user to select frame and lens design, material and coatings from a large catalogue choice of spectacles, decoration and lenses. All this data was automatically processed and ingested to an ICT platform, in charge of the creation and management of manufacturing orders.
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Chapter Thirty – Georgia on my Mind
by Jannine Gallant
A mirrored silver ball lowered to the countdown on the TV in the corner of the room. Five, four, three, two, one… Happy New Year!
Mitch deepened the kiss, and Candy clung to him, breathless. Finally he released her, and she gasped for air. Longing for this man sizzled through her.
“We could have gone out. Could have joined the masses in Times Square,” he said, pointing at the TV. “It is our first official holiday together.”
She leaned against him and let out a sigh. “I’m pretty happy right where I am. I don’t need pizzazz and hoopla, Mitch. Some of the happiest moments of my life were spent in a cabin tucked away in the woods.”
Stroking the hair back from her brow, his hand paused. “Uh, about that cabin…” He cleared his throat. “I realize your life is here in Manhattan.”
Candy scooted around to face him and took both his hands in hers. “Yes, it is. My company is important to me. But it doesn’t have to be my whole life.” She pressed their twined fingers against her breast. “There’s room in here for more.”
He raised an eyebrow. “Yeah?”
A smile curved her lips. “Did you think I was going to make you give up everything for me?”
“Now that you mention it…”
She punched his arm. “Funny man. Feeling pretty cocky since I’ve said yes?”
He raised her hand to his lips and kissed it. “Just relieved.” He rolled his eyes. “You have no idea how relieved.”
“Oh, I think I do. I was so certain I’d blown it for good with you. I let hurt get in the way of our happiness.”
“I was a bigger idiot not to trust you.” He grinned. “Just ask Jeb. He’ll tell you.”
“Jeb is a wise man. He knew all along we’d work it out.” She grinned. “I’m actually looking forward to hearing I told you so and getting a big, sloppy dog kiss from Major.”
He bent his head and kissed her, his mouth claiming hers, stoking the fire inside her. When they broke apart, she let out a shuddering breath.
He pressed his forehead against hers. “It’s after midnight. Time for bed?”
She nodded. “It’s a new year. What better way to start it.”
“I can’t think of one.” Mitch lifted her into his arms and settled her across his lap, his hand sliding beneath her shirt. “A time for fresh beginnings.”
She quivered as his fingers trailed across her ribcage and traced the underside of her breast. “New Year’s resolutions?”
“I have two. The first is to make you happy. Always. The second is to stop hiding from my past. I need to build a life for myself here with you.”
Candy looked into his beautiful blue eyes and saw the glint of determination in them. “At Crawford Industries?”
He shook his head. “I want to go forward, not back.”
“The Wright Way is always looking for new talent.” She smiled. “I can vouch for your creativity.”
He ran his finger along her jaw. “I do want to get involved with your work, but I was thinking more along the lines of your charitable causes.”
Warmth flowed through her. “Really?”
“Yeah. I’d like to give something back. I think it’s about time.”
She framed his face in her hands. “I do love you.”
He rose to his feet with her in his arms, his eyes alight with teasing. “I’m going to let you show me how much.”
She scattered kisses across his face as he headed toward the back of the apartment. “Big of you.”
“Isn’t it?” He hugged her tight, his hand curving to her bottom.
“About your cabin,” she said on a breathless gasp.
He pushed open the bedroom door. “It’ll be our refuge, our place to go when we want to be alone together.”
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What Goes Around Comes Around for Hot New Pop Group Karma.
The Hit R&B Trio Lands 5 Artist Music Guild Award Nominations, Release a Classic New Holiday Song and Build a Fanbase Other Indie Artists Can Only Dream About.
NEW YORK, Nov. 1, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — For the Memphis based girl group, Karma, the selfless hard work they’ve put into their music over the last couple of years and their ongoing campaign to address one of the biggest social concerns of our time has earned them some much deserved recognition.
SPEND THE HOLIDAYS WITH GRAMMY NOMINATED & R&B ICON
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New York, NY (October 28, 2016) — Grammy Award-nominated singer, songwriter Kenny Lattimore celebrates the most wonderful time of the year with the release of his first Christmas album, “A Kenny Lattimore Christmas.”
Launches Pledge Music Campaign To Celebrate The Holiday Season With Special Offerings For Fans All Star Guests Include Jeff Lorber, Paul Brown, Steve Oliver, Michael Thompson, Maurice Smith, and more….
LOS ANGELES – Oct. 18, 2016 – PRLog — In her debut holiday recording, top contemporary/ Latin Jazz saxophonist Jessy J brings a California twist to the season with an upbeat, jazzy, bluesy tropical collection of her favorite Christmas songs with the Oct. 28th release of California Christmas on her Changi Records Label.
Diana Krall’s Classic Holiday Album Christmas Songs,
Featuring The Clayton/Hamilton Jazz Orchestra,
Released Back On Vinyl Today via Verve Records/UMe
#1 Jazz and Holiday Album Reissued As Double LP
Diana Krall‘s beloved holiday album, Christmas Songs, is now available back on vinyl as of today, Friday, October 14 via Verve/UMe.
Singer-songwriter-guitarist will release “Merry Christmas To You” on October 1st and embark upon the Dave Koz & Friends Christmas Tour this holiday season.
Sherman Oaks, Calif.: Santa Claus has a special treat to stuff in the stockings of all the good Jonathan Butler fans this Christmas: the first Christmas album by the two-time Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter-guitarist. Butler produced and arranged “Merry Christmas To You,” which will be released October 1 by Artistry Music.
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New Christmas Music by Kem
“What Christmas Means”
Good Morning, Afternoon and Evening T.U.M.S. Readers! Are you ready for Christmas???
Let us help some of you get into the mood. Perhaps also with assisting you with building a nice, relaxing, memorable Christmas music collection with this next pick…
by It’s almost Christmas Day! One mo’ day to go…and we want to add this to your holiday delight, straight from our ongoing list of ‘Our Christmas Dedications To You’: Chaka Khan helping to celebrate the holiday with “Do You Hear What I Hear” (LIVE). A classic by all means… …
by Good Day Folks and Welcome Back! It’s getting much closer to the big weekend – next weekend that is – as to which Christmas Day will soon be here. The team here at T.U.M.S. would like to express our sincere thanks for your visits to this site by showing …
by Ladies & Gentleman…This is how its done. Please pay close attention to the gentleman setting up the absolute playback of one of the greatest Christmas gems of all time – The Temptations!! Back in the day, they hooked it all up for your cup of ‘hot tati’ with “Silent … | <urn:uuid:f6f5ee13-fc37-424e-bae8-43c14d5a06c7> | CC-MAIN-2018-05 | http://news.theurbanmusicscene.com/tag/christmas-music/page/2/ | 2018-01-21T06:33:32Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084890314.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20180121060717-20180121080717-00105.warc.gz | en | 0.880037 | 825 |
Nov. 26 URI Honors Colloquium to feature discussion on University’s Talent Development Program
Dave Lavallee, 401-874-5862
KINGSTON, R.I. – November 19, 2013 – The University of Rhode Island Honors Colloquium will feature a panel discussion Tuesday, Nov. 26 at 7:30 p.m. on the University’s Talent Development Program, which helps Rhode Island high school graduates from disadvantaged backgrounds earn a URI degree.
As part of URI’s 51st annual lecture series, this year titled Great Public Schools, Everyone’s Right? Everyone’s responsibility?, a panel made up of Talent Development (TD) alumni will discuss The Pathways to Freedom, an in-depth discussion about the TD program.
Victor Capellan, deputy campaign manager for Providence Mayor Angel Taveras, will be among the five panelists.
The lecture will be held in Edwards Hall, 64 Upper College Road, Kingston.
Those unable to attend the lecture can watch it live online URI Live!
The panelists are:
• Dianna Ibarra-Sdoeung, who has worked in Providence public schools is a teacher at E-Cubed Academy.
• Victor Capellan, originally from the Dominican Republic, is deputy campaign manager for Providence Mayor Angel Taveras. He has served on numerous boards, is vice chair of the Rhode Island Kids Count board of directors, and has been heavily involved with Central Falls High School’s education reform efforts.
• Melissa Neal, who earned her doctorate at Syracuse University, is an instructional specialist for the District of Columbia Public Schools and an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Early Childhood Education at the University of Cincinnati.
• Keith A. Oliveria, a well-known education leader in Rhode Island, has been involved with the Providence School Board since 2011, serving as its president since 2012. He is also working with the Rhode Island Nurses Institute Middle College Charter School, which he helped fund.
• Antonio David, who has been an educator for 13 years, is an award-winning health and physical education teacher at the Robert L. Bailey IV Elementary School in Providence and is also working with URI as a cooperating teacher.
Edward Givens, assistant director of TD, and Earl N. Smith III, assistant dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, both URI graduates, and Michael Charles Obel-Omia, director of the Compass School in South Kingstown, will be the three moderators. Smith is also an adjunct professor of Africana Studies, and is now seeking his doctorate at Howard University. Obel-Omia earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Middlebury College and is an adjunct professor in URI’s School of Education.
The TD program, which started in 1968, consists of a Spring Preparatory Program and a Summer Program. Staff members also assist the students in the program throughout the academic year. The program recruits students with college potential, provides them with an assigned academic advisor, financial support and other assistance. About 1,600 participants from the University have graduated from the program since its inception.
The Honors Colloquium Coordinators are David Byrd, professor and director of URI’s School of Education and Diane Kern, associate professor, URI School of Education.
Major Sponsor: URI Honors Program
Sponsors: URI Office of the President; URI Office of the Provost; The Mark and Donna Ross Honors Colloquium Humanities Endowment; The Thomas Silvia and Shannon Chandley Honors Colloquium Endowment, as well as the following URI colleges, departments and offices, College of Human Sciences and Services, Talent Development, Multicultural Center, University College, WRIU’s The Beauty Salon, College of Arts and Sciences, The Harrington School of Communications and Media, John Hazen White, Sr. Center for Ethics and Public Service, Department of Gender and Women’s Studies, College of Pharmacy, College of Engineering, College of The Environment and Life Sciences, College of Business Administration, College of Nursing, Division of Student Affairs, Department of Marketing and Communications, Department of Publications and Creative Services, and Instructional Technology and Media Services. Rhode Island Public Radio is also a sponsor.
For more information on colloquium events contact Deborah Gardiner at 401-874-2381 or email@example.com
For information about ways to support the Honors Colloquium, contact URI professor Lynne Derbyshire, Honors Program director, at 401-874-4732. If you have a disability and need an accommodation, please call 401-874-2303 at least three business days in advance. For TTY assistance, please call R.I. Relay Service at 800-745-5555.
Ashley Henry, a University of Rhode Island communication studies major, wrote this release.
Earl N. Smith III
Michael Charles Obel-Omia
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M. Azraoui, M. Önen, R. Molva, “Framework for Searchable Encryption with SQL Databases”, Conference CLOSER 2018, 19-21 March 2018, Medeira, Portugal. [Conference website http://closer.scitevents.org/]
Unlocking an unexplored research lines on privacy and functionality preserving data splitting.
Within URV, the CRISES-Security and Privacy research group and the UNESCO Chair in Data Privacy (both led by Prof. Josep Domingo-Ferrer), is the top research group in security and privacy in Spain and one of the top groups in Europe for technologies conciliating privacy, security and functionality. The CRISES group has a very long track-record of scientific excellence, including publications at high quality venues and coordination of international research projects and scientific committees.
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Charlotte DSLR Class
I am excited to offer a Beginner’s DSLR class this year! I know there are so many of you out there with fancy DSLR cameras that only know how to shoot on Auto! While Auto is an improvement over your point and shoot camera or your iPhone there are some simple things you can do to take your photography to the next level.
The class will take place February 8 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. in my home studio. We’ll cover a variety of topics including Camera Modes, Aperture, Shutter Speed, ISO and general composition. We’ll take pictures during the class and upload them for viewing. You’ll leave with a reference guide covering everything we talked about in class with some sample images.
I only have a few spots still available. Email me at firstname.lastname@example.org or fill out the form under the “INQUIRE” button above. | <urn:uuid:8874cf44-bd7c-4419-80dc-e8f61f4ce142> | CC-MAIN-2018-13 | http://kmontgomeryphotography.com/charlotte-dslr-class/ | 2018-03-17T20:09:19Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-13/segments/1521257645310.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20180317194447-20180317214447-00486.warc.gz | en | 0.934634 | 204 |
Roland Grapow has called up his band mates?to re-record old songs from his Helloween era, giving them a new glow. With “PumpKings” they now present us with pleasure the result!
Release date 30th June 2017
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Philip and Lee Simon, of S2 Development, tell Washingtonian that they are in the design and planning phase of a residential building for 2101 Benning Road, NE, a location about six blocks east of the bars, restaurants, and retail of the H Street Corridor. The project would be the first new multifamily building constructed that far east of the development wave that has hit the area in recent years (for instance, the neighborhood is getting a Whole Foods in 2017, at 6th and H Streets, NE). The building is slated to include either 31 or 32 units, and is likely at least 16 to 18 months away from breaking ground. S2 is still determining whether the units will be rentals or for-sale.
The developers say the finally opened DC streetcar has helped make the location desirable: “There’s good value there,” says Philip Simon. “You can live five or six blocks from the heart of H Street, get on the trolley, and walk to everything on H Street for substantially less money.”
The Benning Road site is currently home to a tire shop. Though the design is in the early stages, as it’s planned now, it would include five stories and a basement level. It is the largest project to date for S2, which is working with architect Shawn Buehler of Bennett Frank McCarthy, and designer Anna Kahoe, co-owner of U Street vintage furniture shop, GoodWood. More on their partnership here. | <urn:uuid:a04144ef-ef76-4fc7-b6c2-ad1192923f07> | CC-MAIN-2023-06 | https://www.washingtonian.com/2016/09/27/new-condos-or-apartments-will-stretch-h-street-corridor-development-eastward/ | 2023-02-05T10:37:14Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764500251.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20230205094841-20230205124841-00300.warc.gz | en | 0.965401 | 306 |
Roadtrip with Alex! Alex and I are taking a Roadtrip this wknd! And I am soo excited! and now I am SUPER excited because we are stopping at the new In&Out Burger But then I realized We are going to be driving in the middle of nowhere, TX Some freak is gonna attack us!! I … Continue reading »
Look at what I made!!! Chocolately Marshmallow Dreams in a Jar! Yum Yum! So while making a list of Mexican candy I LOVE, I stumbled upon a BUBULUBU cake and I was like OMG! I WANT THAT, apparently all the bakeries in Mexico make them so I was able to get the key ingredients and … Continue reading »
Have you seen the Rugrats’ Mother’s Day Episode? Well, I remember watching it when I was younger but I definitely do not remember crying. It was just another Rugrats episode where the babies are trying to find Chuckie a mom, which gets pretty funny when Angelica decides to become his “Angelica Mom.” This morning, however, … Continue reading »
I WANT SOME ‘ZERTS!!! LOL! I <3 Parks & Recreation!
My Rant About Irresponsible & Ungrateful Parents This all started with my craving for some nutella and banana crepes, but of course, weird things happen to me so a normal HEB trip turned to a nightmare not only for me but for a child. As Alex and I were walking out, I noticed a child … Continue reading » | <urn:uuid:0ed24dd4-6719-4701-8858-5143f1001a09> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://helloally.com/page/3/ | 2013-05-23T03:47:17Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702777399/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516111257-00061-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950142 | 318 |
Alonzo v Safe Harbors of the Hudson Hous. Dev. Fund Co., Inc.
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.
Decided on March 12, 2013 Gonzalez, P.J., Mazzarelli, Acosta, Roman, JJ.
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Julia I. Rodriguez, J.), entered July 8, 2011, which, insofar as appealed from as limited by the briefs, denied defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing plaintiff's common-law negligence and Labor Law §§ 200, 240(1), and 241(6) claims, and denied plaintiff's cross motion for partial summary judgment on his §§ 240(1) and 241(6) claims, unanimously modified, on the law, to grant so much of defendants' motion as sought dismissal of plaintiff's common-law negligence and Labor Law § 200 claims, to grant plaintiff's cross motion as against defendant Mountco and the owner of the property, and to remand for a determination as to who the owner of the property was for purposes of liability under §§ 240(1) and 241(6), and otherwise affirmed, without costs.
Plaintiff worked as a carpenter's assistant in connection with the conversion of a hotel into a residential apartment building. Defendant Mountco was the general contractor. The "General Conditions" of Mountco's contract with the owner provided that Mountco, as general contractor, "shall be solely responsible for and have control over construction means, methods, techniques, sequences and procedures and for coordinating all portions of the Work under the Contract," including "initiating, maintaining and supervising all safety precautions and programs in connection with the performance of the Contract." Further, Mountco's superintendent conceded that he had the authority to stop work if he observed any unsafe condition. Mountco's contract identified defendant Cornerstone as the "owner." However, the deed to the property identified defendant Safe Harbors as the owner.
The accident occurred on the third story of the building. Plaintiff was walking towards a window through which insulation was being delivered, when he stepped on an eight-by-four-foot section of 3/4-inch-thick plywood, which unexpectedly "flipped up." The sheet of plywood had been covering an opening in the floor. Plaintiff fell through the hole, which to that point had been concealed, 10 or 12 feet to the story below.
Mountco's superintendent testified that on the morning of the accident, he had walked through the area where plaintiff later fell, and had observed the sheet of plywood covering the hole. According to the superintendent, the hole had been made to facilitate the passage of debris and materials from one floor to another. However, he stated that when he saw it that morning, the plywood was nailed down and had the word "Hole" written on it in orange spray paint. He further testified that he had been "advised" that plaintiff himself had removed the protective plywood from the opening before his fall.
Plaintiff asserted claims against all of the defendants for common-law negligence and for violations of Labor Law §§ 200, 240(1) and 241(6). Plaintiff filed a note of issue on October 19, 2010. By notice dated November 24, 2010, defendants moved for summary judgment dismissing the complaint in its entirety. They argued that they could not be held liable under Labor Law § 200, or under a theory of common-law negligence, because they did not direct, control, or supervise the work that plaintiff was doing at the time of his accident, and did not have notice of the dangerous condition. Defendants further argued that plaintiff had not pointed to any regulatory violations sufficient to support a cause of action under § 241(6). As for the Labor Law § 240(1) claim, defendants contended that plaintiff's fall through an opening in a level floor was not an elevation related accident. They further contended that plaintiff himself removed the plywood covering the opening, rendering him the sole proximate cause of his accident. Finally, defendant Safe Harbors asserted that it was not an owner, contractor, or owner's agent, and so could not be held liable under § 240(1).
By notice dated February 5, 2011, plaintiff opposed defendants' motion and cross-moved for summary judgment on the issue of defendants' liability under Labor Law §§ 240(1) and 241(6). In opposition to defendants' motion, plaintiff argued that issues of fact existed as to whether Mountco exercised supervisory control over his work and had notice of the dangerous condition that caused his accident, warranting denial of summary judgment on his negligence and Labor Law § 200 claims. Plaintiff asserted that Mountco's contractual authority to oversee safety gave it the requisite degree of supervision necessary for imposing liability on it. In support of summary judgment on his § 240(1) claim, plaintiff asserted that the "uncompleted" and "temporary" nature of the area of the floor through which he fell rendered it the functional equivalent of a scaffold, and that the unprotected opening constituted a violation of the statute. Plaintiff further contended there was no view of the evidence that would support a finding that he caused his own accident by removing the protective plywood.
Plaintiff claimed that defendants had violated several provisions of rule 23 of the Industrial Code (12 NYCRR), including requirements that "hazardous openings" "shall be guarded by a substantial cover fastened in place, or by a safety railing" (12 NYCRR 23-1.7[b][i]) or by a railing with a swinging gate (id. [b][ii]). Plaintiff argued that these violations warranted partial summary judgment in his favor on his claim under Labor Law § 241(6).
In reply, defendants asserted that plaintiff's cross motion for summary judgment should be denied because it was made after the motion court's deadline for dispositive motions.[*fn1] Supreme Court denied defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint and denied plaintiff's cross motion for partial summary judgment. The court held that issues of fact existed as to whether defendants exercised control over the work site and had actual or constructive notice of the dangerous condition that caused plaintiff's injuries, so that Labor Law § 200 liability could not be decided as a matter of law. As to plaintiff's claim under Labor Law § 240(1), the court held that issues of fact existed as to whether the floor opening was properly secured and whether defendants were on notice of the hazard and had time to take, or did take, any preventive measures. As to plaintiff's claim under Labor Law § 241(6), the court found that the Industrial Code sections relied upon were applicable, but that issues of fact as to how the accident happened precluded a finding that the provisions were violated as a matter of law. The court also held that evidence existed to suggest that both Cornerstone and Safe Harbors were "owners" of the building, but that there was insufficient proof to determine the issue as a matter of law.
Initially, we find that plaintiff's cross motion for summary judgment was timely. "A cross motion for summary judgment made after the expiration of the [deadline for making dispositive motions] may be considered by the court, even in the absence of good cause, where a timely motion for summary judgment was made seeking relief nearly identical' to that sought by the cross motion" (Filannino v Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Auth., 34 AD3d 280, 281 [1st Dept 2006]). Here, defendants timely moved for summary judgment dismissing, among other claims, plaintiff's claims under §§ 240(1) and 241(6). Supreme Court therefore properly considered plaintiff's mirror-image cross motion for partial summary judgment on his claims under those sections.
Where, as here, a construction accident arises out of the means and methods of the work, as opposed to a dangerous condition on the site, liability under Labor Law § 200 or for common law negligence may be imposed where the defendant "exercised control or supervision over the work and had actual or constructive notice of the purportedly unsafe condition" (Singh v Black Diamonds LLC, 24 AD3d 138, 140 [1st Dept 2005]). However, the mere fact that a general contractor "had overall responsibility for the safety of the work done by the subcontractors" is insufficient to demonstrate that it had the requisite degree of control and that it actually exercised that control (see O'Sullivan v IDI Constr. Co., Inc., 28 AD3d 225, 226 [1st Dept 2006], affd 7 NY3d 805 ). Here, plaintiff testified that he worked under the direction of his own employer's foreman, was not supervised by anyone else, and did not know who owned the building. While Mountco may have been responsible for ensuring that work was proceeding according to schedule, and its superintendent regularly inspected the work site for that purpose and had the authority to stop any work he observed to be unsafe, that general level of supervision is not enough to warrant holding it liable for plaintiff's injuries (see Burkoski v Structure Tone, Inc., 40 AD3d 378, 381 [1st Dept 2007]). Since no evidence in this record establishes that either Cornerstone or Safe Harbors had any supervisory role in the construction at issue, they too are entitled to summary judgment dismissing plaintiff's Labor Law § 200 and common-law negligence claims as against them.
Plaintiff's Labor Law § 240(1) claim does not depend on a finding that defendants were in control of the work site. All that plaintiff was required to establish was that defendants breached their non-delegable duty to furnish or erect, or cause to be furnished or erected, safety devices in a manner that gave him proper protection from gravity-related risks (see Gordon v Eastern Ry. Supply, 82 NY2d 555, 559 ). Here, the gravity-related risk was a sizable hole in the floor that had been made specifically to aid in the construction project. We have repeatedly held that § 240(1) is violated when workers fall through unprotected floor openings (see e.g. Burke v Hilton Resorts Corp., 85 AD3d 419 [1st Dept 2011]; Pichardo v Urban Renaissance Collaboration Ltd. Partnership, 51 AD3d 472 [1st Dept 2008]; O'Connor v Lincoln Metrocenter Partners, 266 AD2d 60 [1st Dept 1999]; Carpio v Tishman Constr. Corp. ... | <urn:uuid:8330c0ca-0235-4076-85dd-83012b4e1afb> | CC-MAIN-2018-09 | http://ny.findacase.com/research/wfrmDocViewer.aspx/xq/fac.20130312_0004902.NY.htm/qx | 2018-02-19T10:32:05Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891812579.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20180219091902-20180219111902-00153.warc.gz | en | 0.970108 | 2,159 |
Oooh boy. Here's a weird one! Early this morning at an Ibiza Cipriani filled with celebrities (it's apparently 2010 in Ibiza, because Lohan and Diddy were both there), TMZ reports Orlando Bloom took a swing at Justin Bieber after Biebs said something rude about Bloom's ex-wife, model Miranda Kerr. You see, Biebs and Kerr had "hung out," Biebs appeared to claim, after a 2012 Victoria's Secret fashion show. ("Bieber said something rude to Orlando, like, 'She was good,''" a source tells "Page Six.") Whether or not that had anything to do with it, Bloom and Kerr split soon after, in 2013. Even more ridiculous, Bloom also had a moment with Bieber's main ex: Selena Gomez — as evidenced by 2014's most loaded paparazzi photo. Yikes. Here's a video of part of the scuffle:
You can see the Bloom and Bieb entourages breaking the boys up. "Page Six" claims that you can hear Bieber yell “What’s up, bitch?” but that might be some wishful thinking on their part. There are also conflicting reports from sources (wait, unreliable TMZ and "Page Six" sources? Shocking!) that Biebs went for Bloom first and missed and that Bloom swung for Biebs and connected. A report we do believe? When Bloom went for Biebs, the crowd cheered. Two hours later, Bieber Instagrammed and then quickly deleted a photo of Miranda Kerr — but not before it racked up 94,000 likes TMZ got a screenshot. Now that's what I call petty. | <urn:uuid:930ed5a8-adc8-4953-9799-96af2e6f9f16> | CC-MAIN-2017-30 | http://www.vulture.com/2014/07/orlando-bloom-justin-bieber-got-into-a-fight.html?mid=imdb | 2017-07-28T09:25:14Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-30/segments/1500549448146.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20170728083322-20170728103322-00648.warc.gz | en | 0.968673 | 340 |
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Welcome home to this ranch style living! This home comes with a spacious Living area that has a wood burning fireplace for those cold winter nights! newer placed floors cover your home! Gorgeous remodeled bathrooms! Huge kitchen that has breakfast Dining area that's open and great for family dining!! The home has an enclosed wall to create a non conforming 4th bedroom! This wall could easily be taken down for your formal dining area. The backyard is entirely fenced and features a spacious covered patio, great for those family BBQ's!! This home is a MUST see!
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According to the MailOnline, Tottenham Hotspur are weighing up a summer swoop for Stuttgart striker Sasa Kalajdzic as they prepare to bid farewell to loanee backup striker Carlos Vinicius this summer.
The Mail report that Kalajdzic, who has scored 14 times and provided four assists in the Bundesliga this season, is valued at just £15m by Stuttgart, who he’s helped fire up to ninth in the German top-flight.
It’s added that Vinicius, who is on loan from Benfica and has cost Spurs a £2.7m loan fee per BBC Sport, is to return to the Portuguese giants at the end of the season, with his displays labelled ‘average’.
The Mail state that Kalajdzic would replace Vinicius’ role as the side’s second-choice striker, whilst they reiterate that leading frontman Harry Kane is considering his future at the sliding club.
It’s also claimed that Borussia Dortmund are eyeing 6ft7 giant Kalajdzic, as they are sounding out possible replacements should Erling Haaland leave this summer.
The ‘average’ tag to describe Vinicius’ short-term spell with Spurs is pretty harsh, the Brazilian has done a job when filling in for Kane for cup competitions, scoring 10 and assisting three in 22 appearances.
Vinicius may only have one goal to his name in the Premier League, but it’s worth remembering that only four of his nine outings in the top-flight have been for a meaningful number of minutes.
Kalajdzic would also resemble a very different style of striker for Spurs than someone like Vinicius, which is what makes these links fairly intriguing.
Nonetheless, the Austrian has played himself into contention for a big move, and at 23 years old there’s time for him to develop even more, he could be a fine option for any club at the price of £15m.
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Spain vs. Ghana: 5 Things We Learned from Under-20 World Cup Clash
Spain recorded a 1-0 win over 2009 champions Ghana to ensure their progress into the next phase of the Under 20 World Cup in Turkey.
With the USA and France having drawn earlier in the day, La Roja's youngsters knew a win would take them through having beaten USA 4-1 in their opening match on Friday.
Jese Rodriguez gave them the lead following wonderful work on the left from Denis Suarez—it was the forward's third goal of the tournament.
Ghana had chances to equalize, Joseph Duncan and Yiadom Boakye with especially good opportunities, while Gerard Deulofeu and Jairo could have added to Spain's lead.
Another goal wasn't forthcoming though, and Spain will be relieved to have ended with the three points.
Here are five things we learned from the Group A encounter...
Jese Rodriguez Is a Goalscorer
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Real Madrid's Jese Rodriguez was the top scorer as Spain won last season's Under 19 European Championships, and he's made another good start in Turkey.
The 20-year-old gave his side the lead against Ghana after 13 minutes on Monday night—it was his third of the competition already.
It looked like an easy goal, but the timing of the run and composure of the finish were that of a natural goalscorer.
He doesn't always play as an out-and-out forward for Julen Lopetegui's side, but that's where he mainly stayed against the Africans.
When he was substituted early in the second half, he hadn't done a great deal. All the stories about the match will be headlined by his goal though.
It's going to be interesting in the coming seasons to see how Los Blancos manage the progression of both Jese and Alvaro Morata together.
Clinical Sides Could Punish Spain
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First against the USA and now against Ghana, Spain's defense has shown signs that it may not cope well against more clinical teams.
Racing Santander's Daniel Sotres in goal, in place of Athletic Bilbao's injured Kepa Arrizabalaga, has hardly filled his back four with confidence at times.
In the middle of defense Derek Osede (Real Madrid) and Israel Puerto (Sevilla) are good, but once again they've shown frailties and are certainly not unbeatable.
Valencia's Juan Bernat has converted at left-back for the tournament, although, admittedly, right-back Javier Manquillo (Atletico Madrid) has been an impressive performer.
If Joseph Duncan, Yiadom Boakye and their teammates had been more successful in front of goal, Spain would have had few complaints.
Other teams, at a later stage, may not be so generous.
Ghana Won't Win the Competiton
Ghana had plenty to be positive about despite going down to Spain on Monday night.
For large periods, both before and after half-time, they looked equal to, if not better than La Rojita as they created chance after chance.
Joseph Duncan was a particular threat, and it was his corner which Frank Aceheampong headed into the side netting early in the second half.
Seconds later Yiadom Boakye's smart turn could only draw a shot which flew over the bar—arguably Ghana's best chance.
Unfortunately it all meant nothing as they ended up losing on the night.
They're not out yet—a win against the USA in their final match could possibly see them through as one of the four best third-place finishers—but repeating their 2009 heroics, and winning the competition, seems a long way away now.
Deulofeu Still Developing
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After his two goals and assist against the USA in the opening game, it's fair to say that a lot was expected from Gerard Deulofeu against Ghana.
The 19-year-old has long been tipped as the next star to emerge from La Masia, but it's extremely important to remember that he was born as recently as 1994.
When he was younger, attitude problems always raised doubts about how far he could go in the game.
As recently as last summer, at the Under 19 European Championships, questions were raised over his decision making and greediness.
This season he's developed a lot as a player though, and it was neither of those weaknesses which held him back in the win over the African side.
He was replaced by Racing Santander's Jairo—who's agreed to sign for Sevilla, via MARCA—after on off day.
But that's all it was; an off day.
His miss in the first half, when he placed it straight at the 'keeper, will irk him the most, but he didn't show that in his performance.
Deulofeu's not ready to produce the goods every week, but even in his worse performances, it seems, there continue to be signs of progression.
Technical Players of Rich Availability in Spain
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If it was ever in doubt, some of the players on show for Spain's Under 20 side at the World Cup proves that their conveyor belt is not slowing down any time soon.
While the first team are in Brazil for the Confederations Cup, the Under 21 side have been competing in their Under 21 European Championships and now this Under 20 side are showing their worth too.
Liverpool midfielder Suso has shown how much he has developed in the past year—probably due to his first team experience at Anfield—since playing a less commanding role at last summer's Under 19 European Championships.
Atletico Madrid's Oliver Torres is another with great technique and a fantastic array of passing, while Manchester City's Denis Suarez, Gerard Deulofeu and Jese Rodriguez have already been mentioned.
Even coming off the bench are players like Ruben Garcia. The 19-year-old has just come off the back of a wonderful season with Levante, competing admirably in both La Liga and the Europa League.
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My Dad and I were together on a Saturday morning in 1971, when we saw “the for sale sign.” He actually had me run across the road and take down the sign, no one else would beat him to it! Ten months later, my parents finished building the house in the old fruit orchard. It was a wonderful place to grow up: catching steelhead in the creek with my dog Josh, afternoons spent hiking with friends in the western hills, exploring the ruins of old farm houses abandoned long ago.
As the years passed, I married and moved away. In time, as my Dads health failed, we decided to buy the property from my parents and build a little house of our own so we could look after them. By then the fruit trees had grown old and tired and a friend suggested we plant a vineyard. I didn’t know the first thing about grape vines, but it sounded like a good idea. So in 2002, I cleared the land and with the help of a vineyard crew from a nearby winery, planted the vineyard. Like a new parent bringing a baby home, I then had to quickly figure out what came next. So I enrolled in the Viticulture program at Napa Valley College, taking classes as the vineyard grew.
Since the beginning I have done the vineyard work myself, the training, the pruning, the irrigation, the cover crop, leaf removal, thinning and sampling the fruit, managing and balancing the crop load throughout the season. I really love working with these amazing plants. I have come to know each of these vines personally. Some are stronger, some weaker, some a little unruly and others well behaved. Little did my Dad know then, when he had me “take down the sign” that this would be the first chapter in the One Acre and later the ACRE wine story. If not for my Dad that day, I would have never known that I was truly a farmer at heart. | <urn:uuid:b1e507d3-0c31-4eef-8986-f22f72e21fb1> | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | http://acrewines.com/about/daves-story/ | 2018-05-24T15:22:15Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794866511.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20180524151157-20180524171157-00410.warc.gz | en | 0.980691 | 420 |
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