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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Here's a dime go make a friend
That's what my grandmother used to tell my sister. Later I think it went up to a quarter. It was never the right incentive though.
Here's Molly watching her neighbor friend Sabin eat his morning scoop. (Isn't Sabin a weird name for a dog?) Early every morning he ventures over and taps insistently on the glass till I come down. If I don't come fast enough Molly lets out a fearsome moan. I wonder if Sabin will keep tapping all winter. We leave on Thursday morning, back to L.A. As soon as he finishes eating on the porch, he goes on, probably to another plate glass window to tap tap.
Molly had a romp with John McCain a few minutes ago. They play so hard you have to grab hold of a tree when they go by so you won't get slamdanced.
3 comments:
- Namowal said...
Between the Oliver Twist antics of Sabin (yes, odd name!) and the more bold exploits of John McCain, I'm surprised there's any left for Molly.
At least he was thoughtful enough to play with her.
Have a safe trip back to Los Angles.
- Nov 25, 2008, 8:05:00 PM
- Linda said...
Pretty funnny! How does Sabin actually TAP?? His paw? Teeth?
Will Molly miss all her friends there? Her coat is so shiny.
- Nov 25, 2008, 10:45:00 PM
- Sally said...
He taps with his paws. He didn't come by today, but a storm is coming and I think he has some arthritis.
- Nov 26, 2008, 3:07:00 PM
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SEATTLE — It's been 30 years since a team from Washington state has won the Little League World Series, but now a gritty gang of 11- and 12-year-olds from Sammamish are getting their shot at history. On Thursday, the Eastlake Little League All Stars will take the field in Williamsport, Pa., and try to come out on top of the 16-team tournament.
After losing their first game in the state tournament, the Eastlake All-Stars came back to win eight straight, adding on six more at the Northwest Regional tournament to get here.
"It's been great because I've got to experience a great team. We've got to go super far and it's been super fun with all my friends, said Jack Matheson.
"It's how we came together. At the beginning of the season, we weren't really a team, we were molding, we had like different players this year and later on in the season we just kind of came apart and we played good baseball," said Austin Oh. "When people go up (to the plate), we say stuff that makes them laugh and have fun at the plate, just keep the pressure low."
While they've put the time in on the field with their training, and have tremendous depth on the roster, what sets this squad apart is its ability to have fun. The funny man responsible is Adam Carper. "He just like pops jokes when nobodies expecting it and stuff," said Nathan Fitzgibbons.
"I make a lot of jokes around them; they don't always make sense and they just say I'm funny and I don't know why," said Carper.
And what's a winning team without a little superstition?
"I have a superstition of freaking out in the dugout to make our team better, playing," said Jack Rud, while other players neglect to wash their socks.
"They're pretty dirty, cause mojo, you can't mess with the mojo," said Jacob Dahlstream.
"It's good to have fun and stuff and to be loose instead of being serious all the time," said Cameron Bowers.
That's not to say these young men don't have their share of commitment and drive. "Just to compete, you know, it's just like inning after inning, you got to compete, win that inning, lose or win that inning you still have a couple more to win the game," said Zach Olsen.
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Mental illness can be a lonely, isolating condition even at the best of times. However many friends or family you have to support you, at times you're just stuck with your own mixed-up head for company. This is even tougher if the condition you have is Schizotypal Personality Disorder (SPD).
Schizotypal Personality Disorder affects around 4% of the population and is, as some research has suggested, a form of mild schizophrenia. It does share some similar symptoms (but not all) and they're not completely identical.
People with SPD may experience brief delusions or hallucinations, but they will be much less frequent, less intense and shorter than those with schizophrenia. They can also be made aware that there is a difference between what they think and the reality of the situation, unlike schizophrenics who can't be dissuaded. We'll talk more on the symptoms of the condition below.
People with Schizotypal Personality Disorder will have a very hard time forming and maintaining relationships with other people, even sometimes with those in their immediate family. As such they will have very few close friends, if any at all. For some, even the basic understanding of how friendships work can seem alien to them. Can you imagine how lonely that must be?
Often the behaviour of those with SPD will also seem quite odd, even eccentric, by 'normal' standards. They will also talk using unusual phrases or terminology. This kind of behaviour will make other people feel uncomfortable, but they tend not to understand why or how their behaviour impacts them.
In social situations, those with schizotypal personality disorder will become extremely anxious, which can make them act inappropriately. They will also believe that other people are ridiculing, gossiping or criticising them. This leads to distrust and they begin to feel the world is isolating them, so they do the same.
As we mentioned above, schizotypal personality disorder does share some symptoms with schizophrenia. If you want to know more about those, please take a look at our page here. Still with us? Good.
Schizotypal personality disorder is usually diagnosed in the latter stages of the teenage years or early stages of adulthood. They can include:
Lack of friends or people they can confide in.
Acute discomfort with any close relationships.
An appearance or behaviour that would appear 'odd' to most people.
A belief in the supernatural, clairvoyance, telepathy or superstition that may also influence their behaviour.
Suspicious and paranoid thinking.
Social anxiety that doesn't lessen with increase familiarity.
Like many personality disorders, symptoms may not start to be noticeable until the early part of adulthood. It can be diagnosed in younger people but, as their personalities are still evolving, it's more difficult. Even then, the symptoms must have been present for a year or more to be diagnosed.
People living with schizotypal personality disorder may notice that their symptoms will be begin to less as they approach middle-age.
If you've read any of our other guides to personality disorders (you should, they're great!) you won't be too shocked to learn that the cause of SPD is unclear.
Most research points towards it being a mixture of social, psychological and biological factors. Social refers to how people interacts with others during their formative years; psychological comprises their own personality and temperament and biological are those damn genetics you can't do anything about.
Schizotypal Personality Disorder is a long-term condition and, as such, needs long-term psychotherapy to help it. It will benefit those living with it especially if the therapist has experience in this field (bear in mind it's 'this field' not 'a field'). Medication will doubtless play a part in your treatment plan too.
If you live with Schizotypal Personality Disorder, there may be some organisations on our Where To Turn pages that can help you. If not, and you know of one, please let us know and we'll look into it.
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Join us on a journey into the Linyanti Wildlife Reserve in Botswana. These Linyanti safari tours offers you the opportunity to indulge in an unforgettable game lodge stay, and a safari experience with professional safari guides.
Linyanti Safari and Lodging in Botswana
Your two hour flight from Johannesburg or Cape Town will land you in Maun, for your charter flight into Linyanti.
The Linyanti region is formed by the Kwando River rising in the highlands of Angola, and flowing through Zambia and the Caprivi Strip of Namibia before becoming the Linyanti River. Here it forms an Okavango-type wetland along the border of Namibia and Botswana.
This focal point attracts seasonal game that migrate to the River during dry winter months as well as diverse bird species.
Best Time to Visit LinyantiiThis pristine wilderness situated north of the Okavango, and fed by the Kwando River, is home to one of Botswana's large Elephant populations, especially during the dry season, from May to October when waterholes dry out and animals congregate in large numbers closer to the river.
What You'll be Doing in LinyantiVarious activities provide you with the full African experience within the Linyanti eco-system. These optional activities include amazing sunset or sunrise cruises, morning or evening game drives and bush walks with abundant game viewing making for an unforgettable African experience.
Linyanti HighlightsLinyanti will leave you with experiences that will last a lifetime. Highlights include meandering through waterways and riverine forests, walking across the vast dry woodlands and open grasslands, and unforgettable game viewing experiences.
Rare Wild Dogs of LinyantiThese "painted" hunting dogs are the high-light of any Linyanti safari because of their rarity. Botswana holds 50% of the worlds Wild Dog population, and is one of just four African countries where Wild Dogs still exist.
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Hello I'm Sarah and I've been public schooled and homeschooled. For me homeschooling was the best decision my parents made for me because I got the one on one learning that I needed. In this essay I'm going to be talking about and describing the differences between public schools and homeschools, and many of the challenges each of them have.
Being homeschooled can be great for a kid that has trouble learning or fitting in. The teaching that a homeschooler receives is usually from a parent, and that's the best part, your parents know you. They know what your strengths and weaknesses are so it's easier for you to learn from them. Another great thing is that you don't care what you like or how you act; you can act as goofy as you want because there is no nobody around to judge you.
Now don't get me wrong there are many good qualities that public schools have too. Public schools have a more disciplined learning environment to teach you how to be responsible, such as being to school on time and turning in assignments when they are due. One other good quality would have to be that you get to learn in a big classroom with other kids, so it's easier to make and have friends.
Some of the challenges that public schools have is that they just don't care anymore. The teachers don't care they're like "if you pass, you pass", and that's wrong for the kids that really need help; the teachers of the public schools are failing our future. Homeschoolers have challenges as well. Some homeschoolers are very shy and because of this they are labeled as anti-social. Other homeschoolers are very outgoing and goofy; they labeled as weird and annoying. So if we're shy we're weird, if we're outgoing we're weird, so basically we can't win in society because let's just face it, homeschooling isn't normal.
What I would like to see in the future is that public schools will hire better teachers that are involved with their students. As far as homeschoolers in the future, I would like to see that they are no longer outcasts and that they are accepted for who they are and where they go to school. They way to do this is to stop stereotyping people, being kind to one another, and not letting society tell you what to do when you know what's right.
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A quick search showed I'm hardly the first person to wonder how to pronounce some of the emerging Portmanteau words of the technology era. The word I had in mind was "favicon," a blend of "favorite" as in URL and "icon," which of course is what that little character is– the graphic that appears alongside visited URLs and in the page tabs in your browser.
Everyone has their own rationale, and many times what comes out is based not on the "favorite-icon" etymology but on cultural or cognitive influences, different for each person. To make this chaos less awkward, I propose that we take the pronunciation pattern from another analog, the river Rubicon, as in "Caesar crossing the Rubicon." So we have:
- For favicon, the sense and sound of "fave" inserted into {rube´}ih-con
- For emoticon, the sense and sound of "emote" inserted into {rube´}ih-con
- And the same pattern for any new combinations as they appear.
After all, you don't usually say "Sill Icon Valley" (or do you?)
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We have a long and proud tradition of both strong belief and solid practice of shared governance at CSUSB. We have a history of highly collegial, productive relations with all the constituent units of the University. We are committed to representing the interests and concerns of the faculty. To that end, please feel free to contact me or any Faculty Senator with concerns, ideas, or suggestions.
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Mastercard is partnering with General Motors and IBM to integrate payments into OnStar Go, a new AI-powered version of GM's OnStar system.
The system is designed to learn from users' behavior and then bring them personalized offers from third-party partners. Mastercard is one such partner, and the integration of Masterpass technology into OnStar Go means that users will be able to purchase and pay from affiliated merchants directly in the OnStar Go platform. The system will be available with all new GM vehicles beginning in 2017.
Mastercard is entering the space as connected cars are on the rise, which could grow demand for in-car payments. BI Intelligence expects that 381 million connected cars will be on the road in 2021, up from 34 million this year. It's likely that in-car payments will follow — 20% of executives that they believe people will pay for things through their cars in two years. Mastercard jumping onboard via the OnStar partnership, which will expose in-car payments and Masterpass to over 7 million OnStar customers, could help them get an early mover advantage in a fast-growing space.
It could ultimately help increase engagement and volume for Mastercard in several ways.
- The platform could bring some of the benefits of mobile order-ahead apps to the car. When a customer wants to order from a partner restaurant, OnStar Go will prompt the driver to order based on past history, offer personalized options, and make special offers. Making it easier for users to order seamlessly, customize orders, and suggesting added items help companies see higher average order values from in-app payments compared to in-store. Higher order value could increase volume processed on Mastercard products or through Masterpass, which could help grow fee-based revenue for the firm.
- And it could expose customers to Masterpass, which might grow adoption of the product across the board. Mobile wallet adoption in the US has been low across the board, likely because users often forget or aren't sure where they can pay via a given wallet. Now, OnStar Go users that want to make payments will likely input their information into Masterpass, which means that population might then use the wallet product elsewhere.
Over the past year, there has been a significant uptick in the number of connected cars on the road. And as internet integration (such as MasterCard's entry into the car) becomes more commonplace, the automobile as we know it will transform.
Over the next five to 10 years, this internet integration is expected to change the car ownership model, create a new platform for consumers to access content, lead to fully autonomous vehicles, and revolutionize the auto industry.
The market position of the car today is similar to where the smartphone was in 2010 — it's just taken off and is ready to explode.
John Greenough, senior research analyst for BI Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service, has compiled a detailed report on the transformation of the automobile that examines the transformation of the automobile. It also analyzes all areas of the changing automotive market, including the market size for connected cars, automakers benefits and connection strategies, market leaders, consumer demand, and more.
Here are some of the key takeaways from the report:
- Over 380 million connected cars will be on the road by 2021. The market has seen a significant increase in automakers plans to connect the majority of the vehicles they sell and as a result, we've increased our 2015 forecast.
- Automakers are connecting the vehicles they sell because the connection offers clear business opportunities.
- Consumers are adopting the connected car faster than expected. We identify the 3 factors that causing the increase in demand.
- Tech companies will play a major role in the future of the automotive market. The big question is whether tech companies will eventually manufacture cars?
- Fully autonomous cars are only a few years away. Technological, regulatory, and consumer adoption hurdles still remain, but there have been many strides towards a car that can drive itself from point A to point B with little to no human interaction.
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- Forecasts connected car shipments
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We would like to hear your views on a proposed programme of renewal for Alsager United Reformed Church
The Alsager United Reformed Church commenced its life of witness and service in the nineteenth century as the Alsager Congregational Church. In 1972 it became part of the United Reformed Church under a wider process of bringing together various non-conformist churches.
Members of the Alsager Congregational Church initially met in each other's houses whilst funds for the new church building were raised. Our Victorian predecessors were eventually able to erect the present church building in Brookhouse Road in 1876.
Generations of Alsager folk have met and worshipped in the building and celebrated the major moments of their lives here.
However, a programme of renewal is now required if both the building and the Church itself are to continue to provide for the needs of witness to God and service to the community.
Before embarking on such a programme we would like to hear your views on our proposals.
Renewal for Alsager United Reformed Church
A three phase programme of works to the fabric of the building is proposed;
The gas boiler and heating controls have already been replaced by modern energy efficient models.
The main roof of the church building now requires replacement to keep it weatherproof for another century of service. The new roof would be fully insulated to reduce the church's carbon emissions.
With the integrity of the building fabric ensured thoughts turn to the interior facilities. For example does the sanctuary facilitate the church's vision and does the space provide a useful amenity for the local community.
The Church now has to decide whether it is called to spend large sums of money to ensure it is able to continue as a worship centre and community resource for future generations.
We would like to hear your views on Alsager URC's proposed Renewal Programme.


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Lina Medina was born to a poor Peruvian family in 1933 and only 5 years old when doctors found what they believed to be a large stomach tumor. After a series of tests, it turned out Lina had a condition called "precocious puberty" and had actually been pregnant for seven months. She gave birth to a healthy, six-pound son just weeks later, by Caesarean section, as her pelvis was too small for a natural birth. The boy was named Gerardo, after the doctor who delivered him.
Police suspected young Lina had been raped by her father, so he was arrested but later released due to lack of evidence. Gerardo grew up without health problems, but died at the age of 40 due to a bone disease. Lina is now 85, but she has never talked about the pregnancy. She gave birth to a second son in the 1970s, conceived with her husband, Raul. While some believe the case is a hoax, doctors claim to have X-rays and biopsies proving it was a real pregnancy. For more on her sad and improbable story, watch the video below.
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The Rides:
Universal has by far a lot more thrilling rides. You've got Hollywood Rip Ride and Rock-It, Hulk, and Dragon Challenge as 3 solid performing Rollercoasters. Dragon Challenge should really count as 2. Then you've got your slightly less vomit worthy, Transformers, Escape From Gringotts, Forbidden Journey, Revenge of the Mummy, Doctor Doom's Fearfall, River Adventure, and Ripsaw Falls. That's 11 pee-your-pants exciting points for Universal.
Disney is less exciting on this front. While there are technically "roller-coasters" at Magic Kingdom I wouldn't classify any of them as thrilling. They all have small drops and none of that weightless feeling I'm such a junkie for. Although, The Barnstormer, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, Space Mountain and Splash Mountain are listed on their site as thrilling I don't give any of them that title. Epcot has the audacity to call Mission:SPACE a thrill ride. Which for those of you who haven't been is a flight similar straight out of the 1980s. They also list Test Track, which I'll give the devil his do IS a great ride. I don't know that I'd classify it as thrilling but definitely a great ride. We'll give it half a point. Hollywood Studios is definitely where you want to be if you're a Disney thrill seeker not only do you have the Rockin Roller Coaster but it is also the home of the Tower of Terror. On top of that Hollywood also boasts Star Tours, which while it is another flight simulator is much more updated and exciting than Mission:SPACE. That's 3 points for them. You wouldn't expect Animal Kingdom to be the thrill capital of the world but I'll give it half a point for trying with DINOSAUR and a full point for Expedition Everest. Kali River Rapids gets another point since I allotted one to Jurassic Park's River Adventure and they're essentially the same ride. Totalling up to 6 points for Disney on the thrill front.
Consensus: Universal wins for thrill seekers of all ages (who meet height restrictions)
For the younger crowd:
Universal has Despicable Me Minion Mayhem, which admittedly we never went to because the line was always a mile long. (I assume that means it's good?) ET Adventure although it does have height restrictions is a mild ride appropriate for any kid that's tall enough to sit on a bike, Kang & Kodos Twirl and Hurl, Men in Black Alien Attack (I'm giving it 2 points because I can), Shek 4-D, The Simpsons Ride, Terminator 2 3D, and Woody Woodpeckers Nuthouse Coaster. The Studios side racks up 9 points. On the Islands of Adventure side you have The Amazing Adventures of Spiderman, Caro-Seuss-el, The Cat in the Hat, High in the Sky trolley, One Fish Two Fish, and Storm Force Accelerator. Gaining them 6 more points. That's 15 mild kid-like attraction points for Universal.
Disney starts to really excel here. Animal Kingdom has A wildlife express train, Triceratop Spin, the kilimanjaro safaris (double points cuz I can), and Its tough to be a bug. 5 points. Hollywood Studios has the Great Movie Ride, Muppet Vision 3-D, Midway Mania, and One Man's Dream. 4 more points. Epcot has The American Adventure, Captain EO, The Circle of Life, Gran Fiesta Tour, Journey into Imagination, Living with the Land, Nemo and Friends, Soarin, Spaceship Earth, and Turtletalk with crush. That's 10 points just at Epcot. Magic Kingdom has Astro-Orbiter, Barnstormer, Buzz Lightyears Space Ranger Spin, Dumbo, Haunted Mansion, Its a small world, Jungle Cruise, Mad Tea Party, Magic Carpets of Aladdin, Main St Vehicles, Winnie The Pooh Adventures, Monster's Inc Laugh Floor, Peter Pans Flight, Pirates of the Carribean, Prince Charmings carrousel, Stitch's great escape, tomorrowland speedway, under the sea, carousel of progress, and the disney railroad. That's 20 points for Magic Kingdom. Totaling 39 points for Disney.
Consensus: Disney is the better choice if you have young kids who won't enjoy thrilling coasters.
Extra Points to Disney for having lots of Rides I can take my Toddler on like: Jungle Cruises, Kilimanjara Safari, Under The Sea etc. I think there are 8 of them. Where as Universal only has 2 that I'm aware of.
Places to Sit:
This is not a cut and dry subject like Rides that I can provide details and a map of. All I can tell you is that Universal has a lot more shade, air conditioning, and sitting areas per visitor than Disney and that is super important to me, old people, and people with young children. For that I award them 20 points.
Play Areas:
Disney has the Swiss Family Tree House, Advanced Training Lab, The Boneyard, Casey Jr Splash N Soak, Conservation Station, Fossil Fun Games, Shootin Arcade, Movie Set Adventure, Innoventions, KidCot, Treasure of the Seven Seas, Project Tomorrow, SeaBase, and Wilderness Explorers. 14 points
Universal has 4 themed Arcades, camp jurassic, if I ran the zoo, discovery center, me ship the olive, Curious George goes to town, Fievels Playland, and A day in the park with Barney. I'd like to throw in some bonus points here, because these are ALL easy places to supervise your kids with a single entrance and tons of space for the kids to run around safely. 4 bonus points bring them to 15 points.
Consensus: I like Universal's Play Areas better, but both parks have plenty of space for your kids to play. They just might get trampled or lost at Disney.
Universal has Sinbad, Stories You'll hear, Poseidon's Fury, animal actors, Beetlejuice, Blues Brothers, Barney, Fear Factor Live and Horror Makeup. I'll throw in 2 extra because it's rare that nothing is happening at CityWalk on your way in. 11 points.
Disney has approximately 30 shows going on on any given day. So yeah, I'm not even going to try and list them all. 30 points.
I loathe Disney's fastpass+ system. Yes, it's free. But it's just a fancy name for a result of them over booking the park literally every day. They have to run the park that way or the wait time would be over an hour on EVERY ride. Universal's fast pass option will cost you extra BUT it actually cuts your wait time at ALL the rides. Worth it if you're only going for a day or 2. Universal gets 5 points
Food and Drinks:
Universal sells a refillable drink cup. 20 points. They have 13 restaurants at Studios and 12 at Islands of Adventure. 45 points total.
Disney sports 59 comparable restaurants. 59 points.
Bonus Points:
Disney: 2 water parks and downtown Disney. 30 points
Universal: CityWalk. 20 points
So points wise:
Disney scored: 186
Universal scored: 144
This may make Disney seem like the winner here, but let's examine price before we make that decision.
For my Family 2 adults, and 2 children:
4 days to do all 4 Disney parks will cost: $1640.12
186/$1640.12 points for value quotient of: .113
2 days to do 2 Universal parks will cost: $759.96
144/$759.96 points for value quotient of: .189
If you're doing annual passes:
Disney: $3318.56 for a value quotient of .056
Universal: $1119.96 for a value quotient of .129
If overall value is your game the winner is UNIVERSAL
In experience (especially for young kids): DISNEY


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Monday, March 28, 2016
German pavilion: A towering monolith built for the 1937 international expo in Paris.
Initially, Hitler wanted nothing to do with the 1937 world expo, but with Speer's reassurance that the German pavilion would leave spectators in awe, Hitler conceded.
The expo wasn't even meant to be a political standoff between the Germans and the Soviets, but on opening day those were the only two pavilions that were ready to go. The Soviet pavilion showed a statue called Comradeship, which featured two nude men joining hands.
Speer adorned his with Nazi symbols and perched an eagle on top, making the pavilion slightly taller than the Soviet one.
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Guidance for the use of propofol sedation for adult patients undergoing Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and other complex upper GI endoscopic procedures
April 2011
On behalf of the Joint Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA) and British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) Working Party.
Working Group:
Chair: Andy Tomlinson (RCoA)
Jonathan Green (BSG)
Stuart Cairns (BSG)
David Cressey (RCoA)
Ian Smith (RCoA)
John Peacock (AAGBI)
This guidance has been written because increasingly challenging diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures are being performed in adults and there is a need for more prolonged and satisfactory sedation to be administered; there is increasing evidence that this can be provided safely and appropriately by propofol when administered by those trained in its use. Sedation with propofol should be viewed as a completely separate entity from its use as a general anaesthetic.
These guidelines aim to cover UK practice in the use of propofol for sedation only in adult patients during endoscopic procedures, using ERCP as a specific example, as this group of patients can clearly benefit from the use of this drug administered by an appropriately trained anaesthetist or consultant anaesthetist supervised Physicians Assistant (Anaesthesia), so allowing the endoscopist to concentrate fully on the procedure. It is recognised that there are certain circumstances where general anaesthesia may be more appropriate, but these guidelines will not consider this further.
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Half a decade after mainstream audiences discovered Lucas Till in Hannah Montana: The Movie, the young actor is still keeping busy in Hollywood - and will soon star as the main character of the MacGyver reboot. Most recently, Till was seen in Bryan Singer's latest X-Men chapter, Apocalypse - reprising his role as the elder Summers sibling, Alex (aka Havok), the brother of future X-Men leader Cyclops. However, over a year before Till would return as Havok, the up-and-coming actor was hard at work on the set of his own starring vehicle - a family-friendly adventure tale, Monster Trucks.
Set to hit theaters in January 2017, Monster Trucks was helmed by veteran animation director Chris Wedge (Ice Age) and follows Tripp, a troubled teen who, through a chance encounter, befriends and joins forces with an orphaned creature from deep within the earth. We had a chance to catch up with Till on the set of Monster Trucks - during the film's Vancouver shoot - and the young actor made a strong case for why moviegoers shouldn't judge Monster Trucks solely on its title and cooky premise.
In case you're unfamiliar with Monster Trucks, check out a brief breakdown of the plot, from director Chris Wedge:
Tripp's town has been transformed by all this oil money. Friends sold land leases and their parents moved across town to bigger houses - and he doesn't have any of that wealth. He wants to get out of town, so he's been building a truck at a junkyard out of parts. He thinks he's about to finish it - and then this thing comes and it gets him into trouble. But he befriends this thing, the creature, and he hides it. The creatures in our world are like octopuses on a beach. This giant thing can hardly move, but once it gets into the truck, it's a super suit for the creature and it's a super car for Tripp.
What's it like coming into something like this that could be a potential franchise, as opposed to something like X-Men where you're playing a character that has iconography behind it that fans already have expectations for?
Lucas Till: Yeah, you don't really think about how high the stakes could be. I guess that's the only difference. (Laughs) Because they could be pretty high later on, but it's nice, because you get to create on your own and you don't really get very many opportunities like that - because usually movies that are made are something that have been made a million times before, or an existing property that's in the comic world or a novel or something. So it's really, really awesome to be a part of something like this, that has potential to be a franchise, but also it's mine, it's whatever I want to do with it. It's relaxing. Because X-Men, I was just nervous beforehand, nervous when I got it, nervous during the movie and nervous after it came out for a year until I talked to as many people as I could and got a good range of people to tell me whether or not I messed it up. (Laughs).
What is it like coming into this? Besides the script what do you get? Does Chris give you a backstory or any information?
Till: Yeah, I don't know if you guys get to watch him work, but he'll give you a backstory whether you want it or not. He'll sit there and tell you how everything works, but it's really helpful because I could be lazy and still get a job done. While we rehearsed for a couple weeks he would sit there and tell me everything that my high-school self, Tripp was going through at the time. Yeah, he likes to give a lot of backstory.
What is it like to get a script that says Monster Trucks? What is the initial reaction across the table?
Till: Yeah, not that I told anybody about this movie, but if you were to tell someone about it I think when you say Monster Trucks they don't think monsters inside trucks. It's funny to get the reaction of people, literally, "monster trucks." (Laughs) I actually hadn't read the script when I started auditioning for it, so I really didn't know what I was doing and I had to audition with a monster. I was auditioning with Jane Levy and I had to act like there was a monster in the scene with us, and I was pantomiming and doing all this ridiculous stuff. Not too different from what I had to do in the movie, too.
What did you picture when you were pantomiming, like what kind of monster were you picturing?
Till: Back then, well, it did say tentacles so I probably had some picture, but nothing… I don't know, I thought like a giant crab that somehow had tentacles. I think it was a crab that I imagined when I was auditioning, but now, obviously I know that's different.
What are the basics on your character? What's he doing, what's his goal?
Till: He is trying to get away from, in his mind, his crappy life. He wants to get find his dad and get away from his mom, his step-dad really, and then he goes to find out that what he's searching for isn't what he really thought it was going to be. But the whole time he's trying to get from point A to point B, he really wants an engine for his truck, then he finally gets one, it doesn't work out and then the monster turns out to be exactly what he needs. It starts out a little selfish, his intentions with the monster, and then when we get to point B he realizes that everything falls apart - and from B to C he has this very strong relationship with the monster. Then it's about saving the monster.
Does getting an engine for the truck mean something, like will he get the girl or something like that?
Till: No, no, he'll just be able to drive away. He'll be able to leave all his problems behind, in his mind. Then he finds out he can't do that, like we all do at some point in our lives.
Is there anyone specific that you modeled your performance on? I notice you kind of have Patrick Swayze hair right now. (Laughs)
Till: Yes! Actually we've been talking about this a lot. It's funny, I've always wanted to grow my hair out and I always seemed to get a movie right before it was the right length, or right after, and the time's never right. And I really don't know what's going on with my hair right now, but we kept it this way the whole time and I'm having a good time with it. But, yes, everyday I sit in the make-up chair and I come up with some new 80's icon that I look like for that day. (Laughs). Well, let's see, I'm trying to think of who me and Chris talked about. I don't know, I guess he probably hired me because he didn't want to spend too much time creating things and just wanted to let me go, and make it easier on everybody. Tripp is written really well and it's easy, I don't want to try too hard to be anything that I'm not.
Is he written like a bad boy or a greaser? What is he?
Till: Well. you know, your classic bad boy, but nice guy underneath thing going on. He's a sweet guy - he cares for his monster. He just has daddy issues, which is weird - normally strippers have daddy issues. But anyway, his dad left him behind. He's got all these issues. In the beginning of the movie he's getting into a fight, but it's because he's defending a kid.
Is he an only child?
Till: Yes, yes. Yes. (Laughs)
You had to think about it! So we know, we talked to Jane Levy, Meredith has a huge crush on Tripp. Does Tripp reciprocate?
Till: It's funny. I really like, I've done a lot of movies, especially the past couple of years where there's a lot of generic or predictable outcomes with the girl and the guy, and I've really liked in this one he doesn't start out with any interest. There's actually another girl who kind of catches Tripp's attention and he's focused on her until about half way through. There's a moment in the script where you kind of realize that Tripp has fallen for her, but it doesn't start that way, which I think is funny. He's just got a lot going on in his life, too, at the same time. He doesn't get that she's winking at him, and he's like, "What is wrong with you?" (Laughs). Which I think is funny and entertaining, different. And then by the end, yes, not too much, but a little bit.
What makes him the right person to save the monster? Are there any parts of his personality or things he knows how to do that make him capable of that?
Till: Well, I think it's because he doesn't really - he hates the monster in the beginning because the monster has kind of broken the last straw of him being able to get away. But he doesn't have to listen to his stepdad and his disciplinary ideas for him, he doesn't have to give into those until this monster comes into town and makes him look like an idiot. He calls the cops and the monster squeezed out of a hole that he trapped him in, so he's not there anymore. So, then he's really angry about it. And Tripp actually tried to kill the monster in a car crusher, and I see, oh, he's really cute and I then I get up really close and I forget that he's there, he gets scared. He's about to get crushed by a crusher and I end up saving his life. No better reason than any to friend someone because they've saved your life. But, I think it's because they're not really, he's definitely not the quintessence of a caretaker at the beginning, and I think that's why it works.
It's not exactly Elliot and E.T.
Till: No, no, not at all. Especially at the beginning of their relationship, not at all.
Was there any kind of concerted effort to get away from that kind of sentimentality?
Till: I don't know that we ever talked about it. I don't know if it was conscious, if we did.
It's like sort of the typical boy and his dog relationship. We see that a lot and I think it can get kind of treacly.
Till: This is more like little brother and big brother who don't have the best relationship in the beginning, and then afterwards they certainly do by the end. He doesn't coddle him very much, he actually kind of cracks the whip on him, like get to work, you know, this is my truck, you're my engine now. Obviously, like I've said a million times, it develops much more than that.
Did you get to do many of your own stunts?
Till: Um, (Laughs) no. I just saw a rough cut of our final action sequence the other day and I'm really glad that I don't get to do a lot of my own stunts. I mean, I guess I was sitting there with a truck doing a wheelie, doing a donut around me, and if I misstepped once I could have hurt myself. But most of the stunts are so extreme there's not even those gray area stunts I get to do. I've certainly done anything that they've let me do.
Jane said that they're going to strap you guys into some harnesses and throw you around.
Till: I guess, yeah I think that's true. (Laughs) No, it's true. I just haven't seen it yet and I've heard about this mythical rig that apparently you can go ninety degrees to the ground with it. I'm looking forward to it, but I have not done that yet. I'm trying to think, we did something recently. Thomas Lennon almost killed himself because I told him that he should [do this one thing], it was like a joke where we redo the trucks so there's a switch instead of a handle to open the door, like a button. Thomas Lennon, if you know, he's a hilarious guy, and I felt proud because I told him, "you should do this" and he was like, "oh, that's it." So he did it and the truck is like seven feet off the ground, and he did it, and his butt hit the button and he started swinging out and he was trying to catch himself and he almost fell. You know how people die off of those six feet ladders? (Laughs) It was like that.
You get to do some driving, though, right?
Till: I thought I was, except either there's a stunt guy driving the car or there's a remote control driving the car - because it's either little movements and it has to move side to side and pick up a wheel, so that's all animatronics. I'm not controlling that. And then the only other times I drive, I'm driving really fast and there's a stunt driver where the engine would be. It's not like they wouldn't let me, I just haven't had any need to in the scenes. And then all the other scenes they're flipping over semis, so I'm definitely not driving those.
They're sending you to second unit on Friday, aren't they?
Till: There you go. I will be driving soon. I've been waiting this whole time. (Laughs) There's like six trucks. Yeah, Holt [McCallany] got to drive his own so I can't wait. I'm going to drive it eventually. I mean, they're huge. Have you seen them?
We saw some of them. We saw the one they can control.
Till: Oh yeah, my truck, I'm assuming.
And then we'll go over to the motion platform later and see Holt and his truck.
Till: Oh yeah, they've got really cool trucks. The truck guys are amazing.
What do they provide for you - so that you can have a reference for what the creature is going to look like and where he is at any moment?
Till: Yeah, early stage pre-visual stuff. It's really cool. They had a limited pre-vis video, it's only a couple seconds long, but those seconds are almost fully developed except for skin color. It's really cool because he's like an octopus walrus. (Laughs). He's got an octopus body and walrus legs. He can squeeze through a hole, just like actual octopi and squid can. They can squeeze through holes that are tiny, which Chris showed me. And that's a whole thing in the movie, where I trap him in something and he sneaks out of a hole. It's his thing that he does.
Do they move fast?
Till: No, not at all. That's why he needs my truck to move. And the only reason he gets to my junkyard is because he sneaks into a Terravex truck - which is smashed and they bring it to our junkyard. That's how he gets there but he can't get out of the car crusher, and that's why I save him, because he can't move and I pull him out from there. No, he can't move at all and that's why he enjoys the truck.
That's a cool symbiosis thing.
Till: Exactly!
We have a lot of questions about the monster because we haven't seen them.
Till: Yeah, neither have I!
You're still working it out a little bit, but that's helpful, to know that part too. It's not that these are monsters in a truck - these monsters need this truck.
Till: Exactly. Yeah, that's the whole point of the movie. That's the whole point, they cannot move on land without our trucks, really.
So what happens when the monsters come up, are they pulled up with the oil? Do you know how they get up to the surface?
Till: I don't fully understand that either. There's a vent that we go to, which is where they were drilling. They live in a subterranean lake, I know that much. I think they feed off of oil. I think they drill into something and it explodes and pushes pressure up through the surface, and because they can fit through a small hole they kind of end up through it. Or maybe one ends up and the others go through searching for him. I'm not really sure, actually.
Those are some notes you can give them on the script, to make sure this is cleared up! (Laughs)
Till: There have been a couple of times. Jane had a really good point one day and then they fixed it really quick. They were like, "Ah, that doesn't make any sense."
In this movie it seems to be all about you helping Creatch get back to his family. Where do you see your relationship with him kind of evolving in hypothetical sequels?
Till: Right. Hypothetical later installments. I've been thinking about this and I was thinking when you understand how he moves the car, I was talking to Chris and I was like, "Why don't we have boat ones, why don't we have ones moving propeller jets, propeller planes and stuff like that?" And I think it's still in the script, they talk about what these creatures can do, and because they're prehistoric they have things you would never find on other creatures. Their teeth are made of diamonds or something like that. And they can metabolize oil and gasoline. So, then once people find out they exist they're going to be harvested, they're going to be used like that. That will be their role in the next movie, discussing what you do with creatures like that, should you test on them or should you leave them alone, which of course they're going to use them or exploit them.
Try to create a hybrid electric-oil…
Till: Something, I don't know. Or breed them so everyone has engines for trucks and stuff.
You could totally get one and put it inside an exoskeleton like the Iron Man suit they're making for the military. Then you can militarize them.
Till: Jot it all down. (Laughs) You can be paid for a script revision on the next one! I just really like the idea of those things in the air flying. I don't know what the role would be, because Tripp has got to be in a lot of financial trouble after the end of this movie. Once you see it, I don't know how he's going to get out of it: "Oops, just a kid in high school, sorry guys." (Laughs). It will be interesting to see a lot of different things in the next one, how they wrap that up.
So Tripp' is trying to get away from his mom and his step-dad and go to his dad. Is it because his dad's like the cool dad or is his dad just mythical to him?
Till: He left him when he was young. Tripp had an idea of him. Any problems you have at home, it's just easier to put the solution elsewhere, like most people do. So when he finds his dad he realizes, "Oh, it was always a pretty crappy situation, I just wanted an excuse to blame it on my mom, it wasn't really the case."
It's not like his dad is Tony Stark, and he's going to live a life of leisure...
Till: Right, no. In fact, just the most extreme opposite.
So the father has a pretty small role to play outside of his impact on Tripp?
Till: I mean, yeah, but he also is the reason it all happens, that I leave. But, especially in screen time, he plays a small role.
He's not working for the evil corporation?
Till: At the beginning of the movie there's this whole thing: I'm talking to my mom, having a fight with mom about how Terravex, this oil company, ruined our town and everyone got oil leases. We didn't, who cares? And then I find my dad, my dad obviously always said Terravex ruined our lives. Really, he was an alcoholic and a mess. And then I go to see him and he's working for Terravex, but way at the bottom as an oil rigger. I see him on the news because he was part of the explosion. I find out where he is and I go find him. He turns out just to be this deadbeat and sells me out, actually, to the people trying to find me. So then that messes me up, but allows for growth in the second half of the movie.
Are you a big car guy?
Till: No. I wish I could say I was and I knew all about cars. My uncle is a mechanic and I wish I had paid more attention, but I never did. I don't know, though, after this movie I might start spending a little more time looking at cars because it's fascinating what they can do with them.
Have you learned anything about fixing them and building them?
Till: Yeah, for sure. Well, I've learned a lot about customizing them. I don't know about actually doing real, productive work on my own car.
But you learned to make it larger so you can fit an alien inside? You're going to expect a car that can go up on three wheels!
Till: Yeah, I can't fix my Chevy Malibu alternator, but I can make it a lot bigger.
Can you put some sweet flames on it?
Till: I can actually cut them in the side. (Laughs)
Meredith's riding a horse at some point. Are you ever with the horses, or are you just with the cars?
Till: I'm never with the horses. We have a scene and I'm riding a truck, she's riding the horse and we're competing. Did she tell you about her life jacket she has to wear on the horse? Apparently when you fall, you know how when you're running on a treadmill you put that magnetic thing on that detaches and it shuts off? Well, it's kind of like the same thing except it expands, like this, so she's like the blueberry from Willy Wonka. (Laughs)
Is that for the movie?
Till: No, that's for real life.
That's so if she gets hurt? It's an air bag for horses?
Till: Yeah!
Well, I knew she came from this sort of a pristine family in the movie. So I didn't know if maybe they made her wear it.
Till: No, that would have been funny though. I wish they had that in the movie.
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Salinity Test on Driscoll's Raspberries. Driscoll Strawberry Associates, Inc. Field on the left was not treated and was typical of fields being impacted by the increasing salinity levels of the farm water and soil.
by Michael Martin Meléndrez
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Tuesday, 18 March 2014
I just love this sketch
15 comments:
- Karen Letchworth said...
Super cute! Yes, I can see why you love this sketch, and you sure did an amazing job with it.
Have a blessed week, and thanks so much for sharing with us.
Word Art Wednesday
- 5:06 pm, March 18, 2014
- Marylee Azzopardi said...
Love it! this is so cute! But unfortunately we changed to another challenge over at Digi Sketch. This forth week's challenge is fantasy. We would he happy if you join us with another entry.
Thank you for joining us.
Marylee DT
- 9:03 pm, March 18, 2014
- Hazel said...
Thank you so much for joining my Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge for March with your lovely creation - hope to see you again soon. x
- 5:46 am, March 19, 2014
- NanaConnie said...
Darling card, Susan! Great use of that sketch. Thanks for playing in our "Anything Goes" challenge this fortnight at Scribble & Scrap. Please come back and play in our challenges again soon. Good Luck in the draw.
NanaConnie DT
- 6:09 am, March 19, 2014
- crafty-stamper said...
Beautiful CAS card love the image and heart balloons-thanks for joining us at Crafty Girls
Carol DT x
- 7:39 am, March 19, 2014
- mags said...
A lovely creation. Thanks for sharing with us at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges and good luck.
- 7:44 am, March 19, 2014
- Angelique said...
Lovely card
Thank you for joining us at Oddball Art Stamp Co. Challenge
Huggsss, Angelique
- 7:13 pm, March 19, 2014
- Kay said...
I love your take on the sketch and it's a lovely card. Thank you for joining us at the Just for Fun Challenge. Kay XX
- 9:39 pm, March 19, 2014
- Jennifer Scull said...
oh my goodness, that image is as sweet as can be! I'll be singing right along with you! :) love the way you have the balloons flying off the card.
thank you so much for joining our 'use a digi' challenge over at the Oddball Art Stamp Co. Challenge Blog! it's great to have you join us for our very first challenge! :)
- 4:31 am, March 20, 2014
- Kandy's Krafts said...
Really cute card. Thank you for sharing at my craft creations
- 5:36 am, March 20, 2014
- Ellie said...
So cute! Loving the sketch!
Thanks so much for playing along in my March wordplay saturday challenge.
- 8:10 am, March 20, 2014
- Saints Rule! said...
Love your take on the sketch! Thanks for joining us at Word Art Wednesday!
- 6:09 am, March 26, 2014
- Sandy said...
Sweet card, love the colours and love how the balloons reach over the top of the card too.
Thanks for sharing with us at Aud Sentiments Challenge this fortnight.
- 10:43 pm, March 26, 2014
- Amy Andrade said...
What a fun card and a great design! Thank you for sharing with us at 613 Avenue Create. Amy A.,DT
- 9:54 am, March 27, 2014
- Eiglas said...
What a refreshing project Suz! Lovely clean lines and a simple but effective image - less is more in this case!
Thank you so much for popping over to LOC and joining in the fun!
Eiglas (DT)
- 10:53 am, April 01, 2014


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African Americans don't hate black conservatives.By George L. Cook III.
If you have watched right wing/ conservative media recently you have been spoon fed the idea that the average African American doesn't like black conservatives. You would get the idea that the black community cast out black conservatives simply because of their beliefs. That's not true at all.
Now while many don't understand how a black person can support this current group of conservatives regardless of their color I have yet to be at any type of social gathering and see someone thrown out because they were republican or conservative. I have heard friends argue and eventually agree to disagree over a few beers.
I think a distinction needs to be made about who we in the black community have issues with. We have issues people who:
* Use the phrase democratic plantation. I mean really?
* Demean their own community and act as if anything "black" is bad.
* Have an issue with the term African American. How much nerve does it take to tell someone what they can call themselves?
* Think that they are better than everyone else just because they are conservative. They are somehow more enlightened.
* Who blame everything on President Obama and help spread misinformation. There are things to criticize our president about without making stuff up.
* Who don't speak out when other conservatives say something racist or very insensitive.
* Allow themselves to be used to make disparaging remarks about President Obama or in support of a conservative ideas that white conservatives can't say without severe blow back.
Now if you are a conservative that does not fall into those categories I don't believe anyone would have an issue with you. If you can articulate your ideas without insulting others and simply make a compelling argument about your views no one would have a problem with you. Quite simply we don't have problems with people who know how to talk respectfully to others.
You see African Americans don't hate black conservatives, they dislike nasty and rude people.
George L. Cook III AfricanAmericanReports.com.


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Expeditionary Learning: What is it and Why Does it Work?
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I began my journey with Expeditionary Learning (EL) in 2004 after being approached about an opportunity to start a new school in my district. The concern was that our district had too many students not completing high school, or who were otherwise not being successful at the large comprehensive high school for various reasons. Our mission was to create a new type of learning environment for these students who struggled in school or who just needed something different in order to find their success. Expeditionary Learning was a key part of the solution.
Creating our new EL school was hard, definitely the hardest work I've ever done. However, it was also the most rewarding and most worthwhile endeavor of my professional career. The thing is, we set out to create a school that didn't fit into the mainstream box of what a school should be or how kids should spend their time. We were in the business of creating learners, not students. Although these may sound interchangeable to people outside (and unfortunately to some inside) the field of education, they are not at all.
Growing up I was a self-described "good student." The vast majority of my learning processes consisted of listening to the teacher talk at me, occasionally talking to a partner when given permission, filling out worksheets or answering questions out of the book for homework, and, if I was lucky, completing a project. So, I listened dutifully, talked when appropriate, filled in every line, answered every question, and met every deadline. In short, I did well at these tasks and received good grades as a result. I was a good student. However, I couldn't have described what I had learned, although I must have learned something. Being able to articulate what I learned from a teacher, activity or course wasn't even on my radar. That wasn't my purpose. I was there to put in the time, check off the things I'd completed, make a positive impression on the teacher, and get a grade I felt that I (and my parents) could live with. Learning was the byproduct of being compliant and doing all of the things a good student should.
In contrast to my experiences, students at our EL school learn through projects and inquiry. They develop essential questions that lead to deeper learning and identify people in the community who can help them discover answers. Our students have spoken with people at the Department of Natural Resources, interviewed people with spinal cord and brain injuries, worked alongside farmers in fields, met with nutritionists, visited museums and worked with curators, interviewed dignitaries of other nations and monitored the local river for water quality (just to name a few). One class wrote, edited, and published an anthology as 7th graders. They created illustrations and poetry that they published and sold in calendars in the 8th grade. They organized, moderated, and produced the Rwandan genocide reconciliation memorial for the Midwest region as 9th graders. They participated in public debates on issues such as abortion and environmental regulation as 10th graders. They started community gardens and farmers markets while educating the public about food sources and nutritional choices as 11th graders. And they designed, revised, and implemented their own year-long standards-based passion project with community partners as 12th graders.
Our students keep portfolios of their learning, track their progress towards mastery of standards, and hold their own conferences with their parents to talk about their development each semester. They look at expert projects, revise and grade their own work, write self-reflections and receive teacher feedback on their development as mathematicians, historians, scientists, writers, musicians, citizens, etc. They organized community meetings to address bullying at the school and repainted the cafeteria to reflect the design principles of Expeditionary Learning. They present their learning and reflect on their journey as learners and self-advocates to panels of community members and content experts at key points in their 8th, 10th and 12th grade years.
Every structure and every conversation is intended to get students to think about and reflect on their development as learners, people, and citizens. If they miss a deadline, they apologize to the people they let down. Our students think, solve problems, make connections in the world around them, interact with each other, and engage in processes for producing high quality, meaningful work. They are curious, they advocate for their own development, and are metacognitive about what they don't understand and why. They enjoy learning for the sake of learning and are better students for it.
In creating an EL school, we were tasked with molding young people into the opposite of me in the best possible sense. When they came to us, our students weren't "good students" so they struggled to learn. Our mission, and the mission of all EL schools, is to make learning central; to create good students as a byproduct of being good learners and citizens. This is the essence of Expeditionary Learning.
What are your thoughts on expeditionary learning? Are there other types of learning environments we should explore? Share with us in the comments below, and on social media using #AmGradIndy.
Sarah Weimer was a public school teacher in Indianapolis Public Schools and MSD Decatur Township for over ten years; six of which were spent starting up, teaching, and coaching at an Expeditionary Learning school. She is currently the Head of Curriculum and Instruction for the Christel House network of schools in Indianapolis.
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The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 requires Employers to undertake "suitable and sufficient" Risk Assessments of their operations to quantify the risk to Employees and other people affected by the operations (such as Employees, Contractors, Visitors, General Public etc.).
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It is important to ensure that Substances used by the Company do not present unacceptable risks to Employees and to identify reasonable methods by which unavoidable exposures can be controlled.
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In conjunction with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) publication EH40 - Workplace Exposure Limits, the MD Safety Management library and each Substance's Materials Safety Data Sheet (MSDS), we review and produces the necessary "suitable and sufficient" Assessments for those Substances used.
Initially MD Safety Management ensures that current copies of Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) for ALL Substances are obtained. We then liaise with Clients to ensure the creation of an inventory of Hazardous Substances believed to be in use prior to undertaking the Assessments.
The process also includes an assessment of the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) currently issued to Employees in an attempt to control levels of risk presented although the first priority is to eliminate the use of Substances where possible or to reduce the volumes used.
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The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 require Employers to assess hazardous lifting operations for Employees. These are those activities where Employees are at risk of significant injury from Manual Handling.
We assist Clients in meeting the requirements of the Regulations by undertaking relevant assessments.
We assess the risk of injury to Employees during those moving and handling operations that cannot reasonably be avoided. Recommendations are then given to reduce the risk as far as is reasonably practicable.
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In undertaking the process, we gather data relating to the workstations, the people using them and the environment in which they are used. This is achieved using a combination of questionnaires, interviews and observation.
The resulting assessments identify any possible solutions to any identified particular problems. This is then presented in a detailed DSE Assessment Report.
Where possible the Assessments are also accompanied by annotated plans of the premises and the workstations.
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On the week of September 18, Isaac Nape, Nkosi Bhebe and I set out on a journey that felt a little like pioneering into the unknown with the goal of following physics wherever it might lead.
In this case it was to the less well-visited country of Iran in view of attending the recent "International Workshop on Structured Light and Matter: Concept and Applications" that took place there form the 17th -23rd September 2016 in Zanjan, Iran – a quaint, quieter town 5 hours' drive from the capital of Tehran. Jointly organised by the Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS) and the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), it was held at the IASBS campus, one of the more modern universities.
The fore-warned strict rules regarding ladies attire, staunch Islamic religious standing and governmental isolation accompanied us as we entered this journey. Subsequently, I dawned the required hijab, double checked nothing 'scandalous' was showing and stepped off the safe plane and into the unknown with my fellow visitors-in-arms.Met by friendly students from the university awaiting our arrival and directed to a well-informed (albeit not English-speaking) taxi-driver, we were in good hands and these ginger expectations were soon to abate as we became immersed in the culture. Humorously, as soon as we arrived we were met with some misconceptions of their own that were, almost without fail, to be repeated throughout the trip as they could not believe Caucasians lived in Africa too! Utter surprise was exclaimed at my South African residency and the many questions searching for an explanation would begin.
Confronted by the language difference (English is optional and Persian a must!), we felt the effects of being in a different country while nervously watching our Persian-speaking taxi driver navigate the traffic and wondering how there were no accidents!
There was nothing to fear though as they followed the Persian instructions handed to them on where to go and we comfortingly kept the emergency telephone number printed on our translated copy. Needless to say, the drivers seemed to have the art of weaving and dodging through traffic down and delivered us, after a good 5 hours of skilled navigation, safely to the university with a pre-arranged stop for refreshment and stretching.
The arid nature of the region we were visiting was apparent along the drive, but within it was a different kind of beauty where rolling hills, wide open spaces and beautifully designed mosques kept attention.
Upon arriving at the university in Zanjan, there was a happy contrast of lush, tall green trees lining the entrance, carpets of grass and arrays of brightly coloured flowers flourishing all over the campus. We were later told that the university founder, a pioneer in the development of basic science research in Iran, has a great love of flowers and so created the beautiful gardens to inspire the students of the university.
The next morning we woke bright and early for the first day of the workshop, starting the series of exciting lectures on singularities, light phenomena, how to describe them, structuring light and how to utilize the phenomena in different applications. We were privileged throughout the workshop to have opportunities to meet and learn from speakers such as Sir Micheal Berry, Lorenzo Marucci, Ebrahim Karimi and Andrew Forbes which populate many of the publications crucial to these fields and I must confess leaving the workshop a little star-struck at the end!
The day ended off wonderfully as a visit to a traditional Iranian restaurant was planned for the first evening. The cultural warmth quickly became apparent with the eagerness to show us – their guests as they put it – the local culture; so the first adventure began and all the workshop delegates climbed into a big bus and were transported into the town with popular Iranian songs filling the air from the taxi speakers, exciting much clapping and dancing from the local participants. Most of the restaurant had been booked up to accommodate us and we were introduced to the traditional way of eating out with beautifully designed alcoves lining the walls and distinctly Persian carpets and cushions padding these eating areas.
Accordingly, we removed our shoes and edged into the eating areas, happily awaiting the experience of trying traditional Iranian food. Most of it we could not identify and were told it was mainly different mixtures of beans and eggplant. What we could identify where some salad components and delicious chicken and beef sosaties. The rest, I'm afraid, will forever remain a mystery. The experience was halved between really delicious foods and – perhaps would be best described as – an interesting emprise in the culinary sector.
The festivities were accompanied by a band playing traditional instruments, serenading the different groups during the meal and a session of singing and dancing broke out afterwards amongst the locals.
Tuesday yielded a break from the workshop with a day trip to the ancient Takht-e Soleyman ("The Throne of Solomon") ruins! Apparently, a religious sanctuary built by the Sasanian rulers between the 3rd and 7th century A.D., it is set in a volcanic mountainous region and boasts a strong influence of Islamic architecture. Listed as a world heritage site by UNESCO, it promised to be quite an adventure (see http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1077 for info). Armed with sunscreen, cameras and an appropriate amount of tourist enthusiasm, we all boarded a bus again and set off in the early hours of the morning. Being grateful for curtains on the windows we braved the 3-hour drive in the heat and arrived mid-day, beginning the exploration in this history-rich place.
A main attraction of the ruins was a thermal lake, fed by natural springs and subsequently kept at 21 degrees all year round. We watched longingly as it shimmered in the heat, however, it is deemed a sacred lake by the locals, rumored to be where monsters were imprisoned by King Solomon. Apparently anyone who enters shall never return and yes, of course, there was also talk of a buried treasure hidden within its dangerous, mysterious depths. Alas, no swimming was allowed and we could but look on at the stunning view amidst the arid surroundings – no wonder they built a sanctuary there in ancient times!
The surrounding structures became quite engrossing once one started walking around, almost as if it was beckoning one to investigate every possible corner, all imprinted with the mysteries and secrets of a past civilization. Many of the structures were well intact and you could make out the halls, arches, protective walls and many of the different rooms of this ancient treasure of history.
Another evening, close to the end of the trip, we went gallivanting off to a traditional market close by to experience more of the local colour and undertake the noble pursuit for souvenirs. Our difference in ethnicity made us a bit of an attraction, receiving many curious glances, stares and photo requests, but alas, there was no fear as Habib, a PhD student who was graciously showing us around, played translator and guide; introducing us to many of their customs and traditional drinks – one of which we chanced a try – a neon colored liquid with little fun, squishy, round seeds floating around like a bubble party: utterly delicious!
The rest of our stay in Iran went by quickly as we enjoyed the different culture, learned more about the fascinating physics of structured light, met many people, enjoyed interesting discussions about this phenomena and made new friends.
The people, experiences, food and places will linger in our memories with a warm glow and when it was time to leave, we looked back at this country with its wonderful people, decided the visit was too short and hope to return again soon!


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Which one efficient techniques of insulating should we take into account?
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We all really good knows that our house is possibly the most important place in our day-to-day lives. Inside of homes we can easily forget about all issues that are created by job or community environment.
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