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Poll register call to Wyre Forest EU citizens
9:00am Sunday 30th March 2014 in Local By William Tomaney, Reporter
CITIZENS of other European Union countries who are residents of Wyre Forest are being encouraged to register to vote.
Nearly 1,000 citizens from the rest of the EU are ready to vote in the district at either this year's local government or European Parliament elections, or both - the polls are due to be held on the same day, May 22.
Any UK resident who is a citizen of another EU member state can register to vote in local government elections. They are also entitled to choose whether to vote at a European parliamentary election in either Britain or their home country. Applications and declarations stating they will vote only in Britain election must be returned by May 6.
Wyre Forest electoral returning officer Ian Miller said: "The statistics are a vivid illustration of one aspect of diversity in Wyre Forest, with nationals of more than 20 other EU states registered to vote here in the local Government elections.
"If any of them wish to cast their vote in the UK in the forthcoming European Parliament elections and haven't already made a declaration, they need to submit it by May 6."
The largest group of electors registered to vote in Wyre Forest come from Poland, comprising 430. The next biggest is from Italy, with 142 voters. In contrast, there is just one voter each from Croatia, Cyprus and Estonia.
More than 200 of the voters have registered to vote in both Wyre Forest District Council and European Parliament elections.
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Paying taxes, as other EU citizens in Wyre Forest do, without representation is tyranny.
UKIP? Don't make me laugh. They seem to want to take GB out of the reality of the global economy, and remove immigrants. Will European nations want to trade with us if we are kicking their people out of GB? The EU is the world's largest free trade area and GB has instant access to the free movement of: people, capital and goods in that free trade area.
BNUKIP usually argue that we will still be in the European Free Trade Area (EFTA) and keep our same trade arrangements. The decision-making about the EFTA is done by the EU, so how could we influence developments in EFTA if we leave the EU? Also under BNUKIP's wishes we would have to leave NATO as the EU represents Europe in NATO.
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A Cleveland man accused of kidnapping three women and holding them at his home for about a decade has pleaded not guilty to 329 charges.
Ariel Castro, 52, appeared in court today for his arraignment, report ABC News and the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Among the charges against him are two counts of aggravated murder for allegedly causing the unlawful termination of a pregnancy, 139 counts of rape and 177 counts of kidnapping.
Castro didn't speak during the short proceeding and looked at the floor as a plea was entered on his behalf, ABC says.
Castro is being held on $8 million bond after the three women—Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight—escaped from his home in May along with a child he had fathered. The indictment said Castro sometimes chained the women to a pole in a basement or to a bedroom heater, or imprisoned them inside his van. He is accused of assaulting one woman with a vaccum cleaner cord around her neck after a previous escape attempt.
Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy McGinty announced the indictment on Friday, according to a prior Plain Dealer story. McGinty called Castro's home a "torture chamber" and said the indictment process is not yet over. After any additional charges are made, the prosecutor's office will decide whether to seek the death penalty.
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After two or three days of hiding in the metaphorical cellar, while the political and media hurricane raged about them, G4S have finally come out with the kind of response that they should have done a few days ago. That they chose to wait, hoping that it would blow away, is no surprise; I'm certain that is exactly what they were advised to do by their PR advisors.
Mind you, I'm sure the delay in their response, and their initial (underwhelming) announcements, have only added to the strength of feeling being voiced in the media, and across the social mediasphere.
For anyone watching BBC's Breakfast News this morning, they might have been surprised by the tough time that the normally mild-mannered Charlie Stayt and Louise Minchin were giving G4S CEO Nick Buckles, who duly explained that G4S is "disappointed, embarrassed, and sorry", which more or less echoes the company's latest statement released late yesterday.
Yesterday's statement (and Nick Buckles uneasy interview) go an awful lot further than the low key announcement the company made on Thursday, saying that it understood "the Government's decision to bring in additional resources", which clearly didn't go anywhere like far enough.
Regardless of how successful (or otherwise) G4S' media and crisis management strategy has been, as a recruitment, talent acquisition and employer branding professional, what I'm really interested in finding out is whether there are any lessons to be learnt from G4S' failure to deliver. (So, I suspect, is the board of G4S, given the £10m – £20m of contractual penalties they face on this contract, not to mention the likely impact on future potential contracts – Surrey and West Midlands Police forces have already shelved plans to outsource a large portion of their middle and back office functions since the furore began last week).
Not being funny, but with unemployment topping 2.6m, including record levels of student and graduate unemployment, how difficult could it have been exactly to have recruited 10,000 people or thereabouts, to be part of the 'greatest show on earth'?
Well, according to G4S, very.
Indeed, the company has described it as an "unprecedented and very complex security recruitment and deployment exercise", during which it has "encountered significant difficulties in processing applicants in sufficient numbers through the necessary training, vetting and accreditation procedures".
Except that G4S is the company that just 2 months ago, won the award for Best Global/International Recruitment Strategy at the 2012 Recruiter Awards for Excellence in HR. (No, I'm not kidding). In its press release, G4S credited the win on its highly innovative and effective direct resourcing strategy that "has been achieved through the application of innovative technological recruiting solutions which match our business requirements".
Oh dear.
Once the leadership team at G4S have finished wiping the egg off their faces, they will clearly turn their attention to finding out exactly what has gone wrong, along with the Commons Public Accounts Committee which has summoned G4S, two government departments and 2012 organiser LOCOG to answer questions in September.
When they do, I suspect they will find that all sorts of issues have contributed to the situation, including the decision by LOCOG to increase the number of required hires three fold, a year into the contract. But above all else, I suspect they will find that it's not been managed in a sufficiently robust and joined up way, and that the project has lacked clear pipeline management processes (in spite of those innovative technological recruiting solutions that G4S boasted about until so recently).
I hope that in due course, we can all learn and understand where it's gone wrong. That will be essential to the outsourcing and recruitment industry – in particular those organisations that work on large government contracts.
But in the meantime, I hope that we can all look forward to a fantastic, but above all safe, London 2012.
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So guardianjobs.co.uk has broken the 2 million users-a-month barrier for the first time, and according to the press release it has sent out: "the continuing rise in traffic is attributed to the quality of jobs carried across a wide range of sectors and a strong pool of both passive and active job-seekers".
Hmm. I suspect it might be more about the active job seekers than anything else.
After all, as even the calmest and least sensational of commentators agree, the UK unemployment rate is about to smash through the 2 million barrier – it if hasn't already done so (http://tinyurl.com/bxd8e6).
In other words, there are more people out there looking for jobs than ever before (or at least, more than at any other time since the birth of digital recruiting). Is it just possible that more than anything else, it's the high number of job seekers out there that is fuelling guardianjobs.co.uk's traffic numbers?
The Guardian might argue that those job seekers come to guardianjobs.co.uk because they know they'll find that high "quality of jobs carried across a wide range of sectors". But the truth is, a quick glance at most job sites' ABCe (www.abce.org.uk) audit – assuming they are independently audited- will show a big jump in numbers. For example, TotalJobs saw the number of their monthly users increase between Dec 08 and Jan 09 by a massive 90%.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not criticising guardianjobs.co.uk – in fact I think it's a strong site in many areas and in some cases would always appear on the schedule. But let's not get carried away with some increases in audience and traffic numbers at the moment because right now, that is par for the course.
In any case, if we assume that guardianjobs.co.uk's press release "big-ing up" the numbers was the result of a slightly over enthusiastic sales effort, let's look at what resourcing professionals and advertisers really are interested in when they are formulating attraction strategies for their recruitment needs.
Are we interested in traffic and audience numbers? To a point. But it's not the be all and end all. Once upon a time those numbers might be a useful indicator of potential success (or otherwise) of a campaign, but these days, there are so many active job seekers out there (as we've discussed), that it's a little less relevant. People are more desperate so there'll be more applicants. But in that middle-to-senior management space that the Guardian and its sister job site occupy, employers want quality – not quantity.
The stuff that would really make us sit up and take notice is data on likely success – numbers of applications in similar roles, numbers of shortlisted candidates, and offers made, for example. In fact, the same kind of information that resourcers and advertisers have been asking for, for years. Except now, thanks to more joined-up technology, we do have the ability to capture, manage and share this information. The question is, are we (by which I mean media and site operators, advertisers and resourcing professionals) ready to really take advantage, by working in a more open and collaborative way?
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OK, this one may be sour grapes. It's definitely borne out of sheer frustration. But why, oh why do we still hear "we really like you, but we just want to go with a smaller agency" as a reason why we've lost the pitch? (Smaller, niche agencies presumably get the polar opposite from time to time: "we just want to go with a bigger agency").
Now I know that sometimes HR and resourcing teams are just too nice; they don't want to have to tell you that you were too expensive, the creative work was rubbish, the strategy had more holes than swiss cheese, or even that "we thought the MD was an idiot". But let's just put that thought to one side for the moment, can we?
Take today. My company has been doing some fantastic stuff in terms of new business (including a number of blue chip wins we'll be announcing very shortly), but we've also pitched to a medium sized manufacturing business with a global export business, based in the West Midlands, a month or so ago. Let's call them Company X.
We've been talking to Company X for months. We know them. They know us. From the first metaphorical shy, nervous smiles across the dancefloor, to the breathless, desperate throws of that first night together, to the pleasant routine of the comfortable, lived-in relationship. We know everything about each other.
So why did they wait, until we'd gone to the effort and expense of pitching for their business, before telling us (today) that actually, with hindsight, umm, you know, they really liked our pitch but well, the thing is, they realised they'd be better off with a smaller agency? But we'd really like to keep in touch, you know, just in case.
I completely understand that some organisations would feel more comfortable working with a smaller partner. But couldn't they have told us before we were ready to commit? It's not like we were pretending to be anything we're not, was it?
So you have to wonder, maybe getting jilted by Company X had nothing to do with our size. As I say, we never tried to hide our size and were completely open at the credentials stage months ago. So maybe we really were too expensive, or they didn't like the creative work, or the strategy, or even the MD?
In which case (and this is a plea to any HR or resourcing professionals who happen to stumble upon this blog), please give us honest feedback. You're not going to appoint us? OK, we can take it. We're big boys and girls. No-one expects to win every pitch (like I say, we've won a number of blue chip accounts already this year – our strike rate for January is 3 out 4). But every organisation (including my own) that pitches for your business will invest a huge amount (of time and money) into getting their pitch ready, and that represents a considerable commitment to you. The least you can do, is to give us honest and clear feedback – so we can properly understand where it went wrong and what we need to do next time, however hard that may seem (nothing wrong in aiming for 4 out 4, is there?). So if you thought we were too expensive, or you didn't like the creative work or the strategy, or even if you thought the MD was an idiot, please tell us. We can take it.
On second thoughts, maybe size is everything?!
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Soon to launch search.co.uk (http://jobs.search.co.uk) is touting itself as "a revolutionary new recruitment advertising site where you only pay for results".
But is that really true?
I'm happy to be proved wrong of course, but looking at the blurb for employers, I'm not sure if there's anything new or revolutionary about it, other than the pricing model of course. And that's hardly revolutionary – there are any number of on/offline recruitment services available that have some form of response-based pricing/pricing-by-results model, and search.co.uk seems to borrow from those.
The way it works is this. I post my vacancy for free, and only pay for the applications I receive. A rate card cost of £15 per application for the first 10 applications, and £10 a go after that. They'll even throw in a vacancy management system so I can easily post my jobs and an employer profile site. Which is good.
But it's hardly revolutionary; it takes a pricing model used by employment agencies, paid for search, and even some recruitment advertising agencies (who offer a joined up attraction plus screening and selection service) and puts it into a jobs board setting.
Which is hardly surprising, given that search.co.uk is part of Search Consultancy, a recruitment solutions business that (according to its site) offers a range of recruitment advertising, response management, temp and perm agency services, volume resourcing and on-site/outsourced recruitment.
But if we leave its ownership to one side (as an advertiser I'm always initially sceptical of a jobs board that is part of a wider recruitment advertising/employment agency: can they be entirely independent of their owners or am I being asked to support my competitors, and pay for the privilege?), the problem with search.co.uk's pricing model is all about timing.
After all, with official unemployment figures rising to 1.92m as at November (surely they must be well past the 2m mark by now?) there are record numbers of applicants for most roles, never mind that the quality is not necessarily there, and that is bound inflate the amount that employers using search.co.uk have to pay.
With search.co.uk, if I receive 10 applications for a role, I'll pay £150. Which sounds reasonable. But if get 100 applicants (and let's face it, lots of junior and middle tier roles are regularly attracting much higher levels of response), I'll pay £1,050.
Which is a lot more than I would pay if I was using a carefully selected combination of existing job boards, paid for search or social media options.
Search.co.uk would claim to have thought about that. You can 'cap' your budget and limit the number of applicants. Which is OK, but as an employer you want to select the best candidates from the total number of applicants received, not stop taking applications at some arbitarily set limit. So it's not an ideal solution.
But they do make a bold claim. "Guaranteed quality applications or you don't pay".
Well, that's good. They've solved the quality issue. Until you learn that "quality applications" is defined as someone who has the right to live and work in the UK and lives within 40 miles of the job.
Which clearly won't cut it for most employers.
Actually, on second thoughts, that makes me a qualified brain surgeon. Really, it's true. I have the right to live and work in the UK and there are any number of hospitals within a 40 mile radius of where I live. My mum will be so proud …
The problem with a response-based pricing model of this type, is that somewhere along the line you are going to have to limit the number of applications you accept, or costs will run out of control. And if you limit the size of the pool you're fishing from, it's bound to limit the number of quality applicants in that pool.
Maybe at another time, in those halcyon, pre-credit crunch days when we were still talking about rising employment and ever more acute skills shortages, this kind of model would have worked. But in today's high unemployment economy, getting the right balance between cost and the best candidates probably means sticking to the more established pricing models (including traditional job boards, social/professional networking sites and search).
As my wife is so fond of telling me, it's all about timing.
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When thinking back over the 20 year history of Monday Night Raw on USA, it's difficult to come up with a list of the greatest matches simply off the top of one's head. But there are a few matches that come to mind, like Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels for the world heavyweight championship on the last Raw of the year in 2003, or John Cena vs. Shawn Michaels in an impromptu one-hour barn burner in England in April 2007, or maybe even Ric Flair vs. Mr. Perfect in a Loser Leaves Town match all the way back in 1993.
Now, you can add John Cena vs. CM Punk in Feb. 2013 for the right to main event WrestleMania 29 against The Rock for the WWE championship to that list.
As it usually does, WWE has released the video to YouTube. Unfortunately, we're only getting the final 3:38 of a 20-minute showdown, though the end is still just as enjoyable without all the build. What's really interesting, though, is that despite Vince McMahon reportedly being furious at Punk's usage of a banned piledriver, that spot is not edited out of the footage.
You can see the piledriver -- and hear Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler's absolute disbelief at it -- at the 1:23 mark.
This was a fantastic match and one you should enjoy time and again. So do just that.
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yeah just looks like auto white balance tricked by the light source.
broadcast cameras and now prosumer cameras have whats called ATW or Auto Tracing White.. this "looks" for changes in degrees Kelvin and makes adjustments. This technique is used when a camera op will be "running and gunning.." meaning he or she will be moving about quickly and in different color temp locations (think "Cops" reality show and the like) and wont have time to stop and get a color temp reading and adjust.
any professional camera dude or dudette uses this in rare and extreme cases. PROs to this is you get pretty decent color reproduction however there may be a case or two when the right conditions fool the sensor and DSP and you produce video that's like the video attached here.
so while its not pleasing to the eye, its not really a bug. I suspect HTC CAN implement finer control over the DSP that controls the color mapping in these sensors.
agreed, its a good idea to submit this ticket to HTC. Great job the the user who posted. It would be also great if you can tell HTC the exact lightning conditions (what light sourced you used, wattage, incandescent, florescent, etc..)
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By Jason Alderman • Special to the Times
Parents, if this is your first time at the back-to-school rodeo, let me share a few lessons my wife and I have learned the hard way.
Chances are you'll be spending the next few weeks filling out piles of pre-enrollment paperwork, lining up carpools and, of course, taking the dreaded shopping excursions for clothes and school supplies.
If you're a first-timer or simply need a back-to-school refresher course, here are a few suggestions that can help you save time, money and sanity:
Get Organized
Maintain a correspondence file from your kid's school for things like registration requirements, report cards, permission slips, required vaccinations, school policies, teacher and parent contact information, etc.
Ask whether the school has a website, online calendar or email list you can join. Also, create a family master calendar.
Back-to-School Shopping
Between new clothes, classroom supplies and extracurricular activity fees and equipment, many parents end up spending hundreds of dollars per child. Ideally, you've been setting money aside all year. If not, you'll need to determine what you can afford to spend without blowing your overall budget.
Here are a few organizational and money-saving tips:
• Before you shop, make a comprehensive list for each child. Use previous years' expenses as a guide and compare notes with other parents and school officials.
• Engage kids in the budgeting process. Share how much money is available to spend and get them involved in prioritizing expenses between "needs" and "wants."
• Go through your kids' closets and have them try on everything. Make an inventory of items that fit and are in good shape, and take it when shopping so you don't accidentally buy duplicates. (While you're at it, share, sell or donate unneeded items.)
• Spread clothing purchases throughout the year so your kids don't outgrow everything at once. Many stores hold fall clearance sales to make room for holiday merchandise.
• Review the school's dress code so you don't waste money on inappropriate clothing.
• Although shopping online would seem to save money, time and gas, don't forget to factor in shipping and return costs, which could undo any net savings.
• Ask which school supplies you're expected to buy. Go in with other families to take advantage of volume discounts and sales.
• Find out how much extracurricular activities (athletics, music, art, etc.) cost. Account for uniforms, membership dues, private lessons, field trips, snacks, etc.
• Rent or buy used sporting equipment or musical instruments until you're sure they'll stick with an activity.
• Know when to spend more for higher quality. Cheaper notebook paper shouldn't matter, but don't buy poorly made shoes that might hamper proper physical development.
• Before buying new clothing or accessories, look for "gently used" items in the closets of your older kids and friends, at garage sales, thrift and consignment stores and online.
• Clip newspaper and online coupons. Many stores will match competitors' prices even if their own items aren't on sale.
Bottom line: If you get organized before setting out on back-to-school shopping, you can save money, time and aggravation.
If you're feeling nervous about handing the car keys to your teenager for the first time, you're not alone. It's a common sentiment given some sobering statistics.
According to teendriversource.org, 20 percent of all 16-year-old drivers will be involved in an accident during their first year behind the wheel. But there are some things you can do to help keep your teenager from becoming a statistic.
Though auto accidents are a fact of life for most drivers, even a minor fender bender can impact insurance rates, costing parents and teens for years to come. The good news is research shows teen drivers who follow rules are half as likely to get in an accident.
Before your teen hits the road, consider establishing some simple guidelines to protect his or her safety and your wallet:
1. Set a driving curfew. More than 40 percent of teen auto deaths occur between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. Set a curfew to keep your teen off the road during these times.
2. Limit passengers. A teen's relative risk of being involved in a fatal crash increases with each additional passenger. More passengers equal more potential distractions.
3. Make the cell phone off limits while driving. Talking and texting can double the likelihood of an accident. If your teen must use the phone, instruct him or her to pull over before doing so and be sure to set a good example when you are behind the wheel.
4. Empower your teen to exercise his or her rights as a passenger. Only 44 percent of teens say they would speak up if someone were driving in a way that scared them. Remind your teens they are just as vulnerable in an accident as the driver, so they should speak up if they feel unsafe.
5. Be Prepared. Arm your teens with the knowledge of what they should do if they do get into an accident. Mobile apps such as WreckCheck can help take the guesswork out of a tense situation, guiding users through a step-by-step process to create an accident report and providing tips on how to file and follow up on a claim.
A Teen Driver Contract is a simple way to keep your teen accountable. It establishes basic driving ground rules and clearly lays out the consequences associated with driving privileges. The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has developed an online tool to guide parents through building a customized Teen Driver Contract. There's also a downloadable sample contract to help get you started.
Every day technology consumes our lives as the phone, computer, tablet and other high-tech devices have become not just an object, but also a close companion. And for those who are extremely connected to their devices, going without them, even for only a few minutes, can be an anxiety-filled experience.
A majority of American youth own smartphones, according to a recent study by the Pew Research Center. Having the ability to check your mail, play games and browse the internet right in your pocket is a leap forward for technology and staying connected to the workplace, but it may come at a cost.
The pathological fear of remaining out of touch with technology is a relatively modern affliction. It's basically a side effect from changes the mobile phone has made to human habits, behaviors and even the way we perceive reality.
Entire relationships are becoming defined through mobile texting and colorful little emoticons, from saying "I love you" to "I think we should move on."
So how did it come to this? Have smart-phones become an extension of Americans or is everyone simply becoming victims of a fast-paced, always-connected society? Chances are it's a little bit of both.
Dr. Chuck Howard, licensed psychologist at Argosy University in Denver, believes it can be more complex than simply stamping a label on this growing problem.
"It is a result of people becoming more and more electronically connected to the point that their technology-based network and relationships become their home community," says Howard. "Losing that connection is essentially a form of electronic banishment. They fear being tossed out of, or losing their 'social village.'"
"It can be a symptom of a potential addiction," says Howard. "Users who are happy and having a good time when on their device, then face great stress and anxiety without it. They may obsess about it. They can't put it down. This is when actual addiction becomes a threat."
When you see a behavior becoming destructive, and admit to having a problem, you can handle it in the same way as other types of addiction. "Develop strategies for meeting your social needs in other ways… without depending on an electronic platform," suggests Howard.
Start by resisting the urge to constantly check your phone. Try limiting your number of mobile social media networks and consider joining more in-person groups or clubs. Set aside some time to leave your phone alone, such as at dinner, with friends or going to sleep.
If it becomes an addiction and begins to strain your relationships, consider asking others around you what they think. And lastly, if you can't do it alone, then seek professional help.
For many kids, playing sports is an important part of growing up, and that's a good thing. Sports are a great way for children to develop lifelong exercise habits, build relationships, and learn teamwork.
"Parents can play a vital role in ensuring young athletes train and condition properly," says Dr. James Perrin, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics. "From staying hydrated to wearing safety gear, kids may need periodic reminders."
These tips will help your child avoid common sports hazards:
Athletes will reduce their risk of injury by strengthening muscles to protect vulnerable ligaments. This is especially important in certain sports — soccer, football, basketball, volleyball, gymnastics and lacrosse — in which athletes are prone to injuring their anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). Girls need to be especially careful. Adolescent girls are four to eight times more likely to suffer ACL injuries than boys.
Neuromuscular training programs that strengthen hips, the core muscles and hamstrings can significantly reduce one's risk for injury. This training will help athletes improve their form and have a greater awareness of how to safely pivot, jump and land.
Stay Hydrated
Water is the best way for kids to stay hydrated. Sports and energy drinks are heavily marketed to children and adolescents, but in most cases kids don't need them, and some of these products contain ingredients that could be harmful to children. Sports drinks which contain carbohydrates and electrolytes can be helpful for young athletes engaged in prolonged, vigorous exercise, but in most cases they're unnecessary. Plain water is usually best, as sports drinks contain extra calories and sugar.
Energy drinks, which contain stimulants like caffeine, are not healthy for children or teens. Read the label to know exactly what you're giving your child.
Protect Your Head
Because young athletes' brains are still developing, it's important to take head injuries seriously. Adolescent concussions can cause long-term brain injury.
If your young athlete sustains a concussion, they should be evaluated by a physician and receive medical clearance before returning to play. While concussion symptoms usually resolve in seven to 10 days, some may take weeks or months to recover, and some students may need accommodations at school during this recovery.
Don't Overdo It
The most common type of sports injury is from overuse. Ignoring pain can worsen the injury and cause long-term damage.
"The best way for parents to prevent overuse injuries is to pay attention to their child's training schedule," Perrin says.
Limit your child to a single sport or team per season, and the training schedule to no more than five days per week.
More safety tips can be found at www.HealthyChildren.org.
— StatePoint
Unfortunately, the pace of classroom learning can't be tailored to every student's individual needs — particularly these days, as class sizes are growing and funding for special enrichment programs becomes limited.
Many children will need to spend some time outside the classroom going beyond their regular homework to keep up or get ahead in school. No matter what your child's education goals are, there are great ways you can help make this school year the best one yet.
• Math practice: Square roots, polynomials, quadrilaterals. Learning these terms and concepts can get dicey quickly. Keeping up at home is important, and sometimes requires more than just doing the day's take-home assignment.
Consider supplementing homework with online tools. For example, programs like Shmoop, an online learning and test prep provider, provides free study guides for review and courses for remedial work in many academic topics, including social science, arts and music, science, and English.
• Read the classics: Kids who read for pleasure can improve their grades. Not only will the exposure to literary giants like John Steinbeck, Mark Twain and Harriet Beecher Stowe build vocabulary and improve reading comprehension, there is much to be learned about history and culture from picking up a great book.
Be sure to use tools that can help clarify some of the denser material. Online learning guides can be a great place to get synopses and analysis.
• Use flashcards: It may sound quaint, but there is really no substitute for quizzing yourself with a flash card. Even the act of creating the flashcard can help reinforce concepts and facts.
• Extra Help: A little extra academic help after school can sometimes mean the difference between struggle and success. But between school and soccer practice, ballet lessons and getting dinner on the table, adding a tutor or after-school class to the list might be a logistical impossibility.
Consider online courses that can be completed from the comfort of home and are common core aligned. For those students taking Advanced Placement courses this fall, check out their AP test prep courses. These courses help students nail the important, for-credit, year-end exam.
Before leaving for summer vacation, the students in St. Felicitas School's second grade dressed up for career day. The kids wore outfits to represent the jobs they would like to have in the future, including athletes, teachers, doctors, and more.
By Poppy Richie • Special to the Times
This spring the San Leandro Principled Academy treated their first through eighth grade students to a week of assemblies about careers.
Parent Ms. Cherrie Garay organized a group of parents to talk about their jobs, and to emphasize the education it took to achieve their career goals.
The parent presenters defined the qualities that were necessary for them to achieve their career goals. Dr. Rosa Sanchez-Rosen talked about her 18 years of education to become a specialist in her field. She treats blood related diseases in children.
Others spoke about what they love about their job, and the challenges they faced. Deputy Chief Jan Davis of the BART police force talked about how it was difficult for her to enter this line of work because she is a petite woman, and most officers, when she joined, were taller than her and male. One student asked if she ever felt like giving up. She told about one training week that was almost unbearable, and she wanted to quit, but she persevered and did not give up.
Each speaker brought a career "show and tell." Mr. Jason Rittenbach, a licensed contractor, brought his tool kit and wore a hard hat. He also demonstrated a fascinating tool that measures with a laser pointer.
Officer Shaunte Barnes, a BART police officer, came in full uniform with a police vehicle that students were allowed to sit in for a few seconds. Ms. Lisa Randon, a Registered Nurse who specializes in caring for premature babies, brought a tiny diaper that would fit on a wrist to demonstrate the size of babies under her care.
Mr. Larry Collins, a chef for Carlton Plaza in San Leandro, wore his chef's hat, brought some of his tools, and talked about how he studied all about nutrition in order to serve his clients healthy food. Mrs. Teresa Goodlow, a lawyer, brought a heavy thick law book, and emphasized the importance of developing reading and writing skills if you want to become a lawyer. She encouraged anyone who likes to argue to look into her career.
Students had lots of questions for the speakers, and they learned about the value of getting a good education in order to get the job of their dreams.
Poppy Richie is a second grade teacher at The Principled Academy, 2305 Washington Avenue, San Leandro. For a school tour, call 351-6400, or email
CAPTION 1: Allied Services Construction Owner Jason Rittenbach wears his hard hat with his children.
CAPTION 2: BART Deputy Chief Jan Davis with daughter Destiny.
The San Leandro High yearbook for this past year was inspired by the musical, "The Wiz."
In the coming-of-age message, the freshmen seek courage, the sophomores wisdom, the juniors look for love and the seniors discover the power to make their dreams come true lies within them. And the school staff gets to play the wizards and witches.
The yearbook got a good reception, said yearbook advisor and journalism teacher Linda Thurston.
This year is the 75th anniversary of the MGM movie, "The Wizard of Oz," on which "The Wiz" is based.
"Oz is probably the most collectible theme of all time," Thurston said. "But we believe after diligent internet research and asking several yearbook reps that we are the first school anywhere to use it as a theme."
CAPTION: The San Leandro High yearbook staff created a design this year by incorporating "The Wiz" as their theme.
On May 28, 35 students, were recognized at an awards ceremony at the Marina Community Center in San Leandro.
Thirty-five students were recognized at an awards ceremony at the Marina Community Center in San Leandro on May 28, as they showcased their knowledge of recycling in the 20th Annual Oro Loma/Waste Management of Alameda County Earth Day Poster Contest.
Nearly 250 family, friends and guests were in attendance and a total of $25,000 was awarded to students and schools within Oro Loma Sanitary District.
"It's amazing to see the level of artistic talent in these students," said Jason Warner, Oro Loma Sanitary District General Manager. "Every year, we are even more impressed with their knowledge and understanding of recycling."
Winners in six grade groups, from first through twelfth grades, were selected based on (1) how well the poster expressed this year's theme of "Recycling A through Z," (2) creativity, and (3) artistic expression on an 11" x 17" poster. Five Recycling Star winners were selected from the Kindergarten entries.
The 2014 first place winners are as follows: grade 1-2, Sky Poon, from Chinese Christian Schools; grade 3-4, Izabella Ramirez, from Dayton Elementary School; grade 5-6, Edwin Kwong, from Chinese Christian Schools; grade 7-8, Phoebe Lawton, from Assumption School; grade 9-10, Leslie Morales, from Arroyo High School; grade 11-12, Rachel Yu, from San Leandro High School.
The California Retired Teachers Southern Alameda County Division 59 awarded four $2,000 scholarships to students enrolled in the teacher credentialing program at California State University East Bay.
Members Mary Jardine, Geraldine Osborne, Wilda Colbert and Yvonne Thrower introduced each recipient.
The scholarship recipients are Courtney Bracke, Robert Hubbard and Lindway Steinfeld all majoring in Special Education and Jaime Fordyce majoring in General Science and Biology.
Division 59 which represents Castro Valley, Hayward, San Leandro and San Lorenzo Unified School Districts awards the Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment program Teachers Gift Cards. This year San Lorenzo's fifty-one BTSA first and second year teachers received a $25 gift card to purchase classroom supplies.
Aztec warriors, Italian artists and victims of the Black Plague all showed up at the Bancroft Middle School gym on May 29 for the annual Civilizations of the World Faire.
Bancroft seventh graders researched life in the Middle Ages and then built a visual project to put on display. They each chose a subject from all the corners of the world – Africa, China, Japan, Europe and the Maya, Aztec and Inca cultures.
The student research project, now in its 13th year, involves the whole school – the history and English departments, library staff, art program, counselors, resource specialists, E.L.D. staff, and the administrative and building staff, and parent volunteers.
The Ollin Anahuac Aztec Dance Troupe performed on stage, followed by the Temple of Poi fire dancers.
CAPTION: Bancroft students Eva Aranguren and Samantha Ferrante dressed in Peruvian style.
The San Leandro High choir, The Notables, sang for the audience at the Performing Arts Center.
San Leandro High students hit the stage last Thursday for a presentation of how they're tackling some of life's toughest problems.
The program, called "Season of Sharing, Period of Peace," brought together several campus academies united by the desire to work for peace and a just society – both on the campus and in the world at large.
Students recited their own poems, read works from Cesar Chavez and Martin Luther King, and showed videos on themes such as bullying and depression among teens.
Working on peaceful solutions to problems began after incidents at the high school in 2007 and what the students called a culture of violence. From there, students and teachers began the programs that address the root of the problems high school students face.
The students in the SLHS Social Justice Academy saw a problem for students who haven't yet reached high school. They told the audience about their project this year to re-open the libraries at the elementary schools, which were closed a few years ago in a budget-cutting move.
The students went to the elementary schools, read to the kids and brought them books. In a video that accompanied their presentation, teachers said the grade school students are inspired by the interest in reading displayed by the high school students.
The students also got their wish. Superintendent Michael McLaughlin stepped up on stage at the end of the program and announced that the elementary school libraries will be open again next school year.
The program was sponsored by the San Leandro Education Foundation (SLED), a group that raises funds to support San Leandro public schools.
– By Jim Knowles
CAPTION 2: San Leandro High student Hugo Medina reads his poem, "Unity."
CAPTION 3: School Superintendent Michael McLaughin said the elementary school libraries will re-open next year.


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Story:My Story of September 11th, 2001
My alarm clock went off the morning of September 11th, 2001 just as it always had. It was time for me to go to school. My first class of the day was at 11:00am. So I proceeded down stairs around 9:45 to brush my teeth. With my toothbrush in hand, I said good morning to my boyfriend?s mother, whom I had been living with at this time. It seemed like any other morning. Then the phone rang.
I heard her saying ?No way? as she frantically flipped through the channels on the television. I assumed that her husband had called her to tell her that someone they knew was on TV, this happened often because they are entertainers. I waited there behind her to see what she was looking for. Then she turned to me, and I will never forget her words, ? We are being attacked?. I sat on the coach, and was glued to the TV, and we saw the first tower in flames. As we watched in horror, not thinking that anything could get any worse, we saw the second building get struck. It was hard for me to watch, but even harder for me to turn away. I sat with my head in my hands crying my eyes out. How could a human being do something like this? I called my mother, and we just cried to each other on the phone. She told me to try to stay calm, and that if anything were to happen here that she would get to me no matter what. Needless to say, I didn?t go to school that day. I sat there watching TV all day. Watching those horrible videos over and over again. I felt like I was there. I have a lot of family up in New York, and all I could think about was where were they while all of this was happening? Were they amongst all of the people scurrying across the Washington Bridge?
Everything closed here in Orlando, even the theme parks. That is everywhere except for the place I worked. Its called Wonder Works. I was sure that they would be closed, but around 4:00pm I called my manager, and she told me that we would still have to work. I figured by this time, that maybe it would be a good idea to get away from the TV, and try to do something. I think that the only reason why I thought this way was because of something my mother told me. ? We have to keep on living our everyday lives. If we don?t, then and only then will they have won this fight.?
I got dressed, and made my way into work that day. I thought that I would be fine. However, this event was all that anyone could speak of. It was so hard to see tourists inside of this playhouse, having fun. I don?t know why it bothered me so much, but I thought that if I was so depressed, and so hurt that they should have been too. Someone asked me what was wrong? I gave them an evil look, and ran into the restroom. What is wrong? How could someone be so careless, and stupid to ask such a question? I quickly cleaned the tears from my face, and returned to work. The night dragged on forever, but I made it through till the end of my shift. That night, my eyes continued to be glued to the TV even though the same things were just being repeated over and over again. There wasn?t anything new being said yet.
The next day, I felt the same pain. This lasted for weeks, even months. I couldn?t go a whole day without getting into a deep conversation with someone about the recent events. I cried almost everyday while driving in my car. It was always something that made me see a drastic change in my country. Like the growing patriotism. On my way to work the following day, I bought a window flag from a young man standing on the corner of an intersection, just to show my patriotism, and my pain for my country.
It is now September 11th, 2003, and I still think of this tragic day often. It seems as though it was yesterday still. And still whenever seeing pictures, or hearing people talk about this tragic day, I shed a tear, for the families, friends, and for my country, which will always be scared from this horrible day.


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Storms have not just been damaging people's homes but have also been tearing through the habitats of underwater creatures.
High tides and violent stormy waters mean animals such as the sea mouse are being washed up on Sussex beaches and dying.
Olle Akesson, marine officer for the Sussex Wildlife Trust, said: "Obviously it is a real shame that dead animals are being washed up."
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Last week a member of the public, Pip Rowe, found an odd looking creature on Eastbourne beach and posted the picture to Twitter.
The Sussex Wildlife Trust later identified it as a sea mouse, pictured above, a worm-like creature covered in setae or whisker type hairs and 10cm to 15cm in length.
Mr Akesson said: "Really it was quite unlikely that the animal was still alive."
He then found one of the creatures – alive and moving – on the coastline in Norfolk and videoed it moving in the silt.
The creatures are native to British waters, the North Sea, North Atlantic as well as the Mediterranean and are called sea mice because of their bedraggled nature when they are washed up on the shore.
They usually bury themselves head-first in the sea bed and can be found as deep as 2,000 metres.
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The ArcelorMittal Orbit is a bit like an explosion in a rollercoaster factory, part Tatlin, part Alton Towers. Self-consciously iconic, as all good quasi-permanent follies should be, it demonstrates the final evolution of the 'pavilion'. It was probably the Barcelona Pavilion that forever tarnished the idea of the pavilion as temporary structure, by being demolished (as planned) in 1930 and then eventually reconstructed in the 1980s as a Modernist fetish object. 'Pavilion' is now shorthand for structures that aspire to permanence, in the memory, if not in actual physical space. The Serpentine Pavilions are a case in point; crated up after their short spell in the limelight, for eventual reconstruction somewhere else, as something else. Perhaps a better term for this kind of architecture, from the ArcelorMittal (snappy name) back, would be 'folly', a term that has fallen out of favour but which seems to sum up so much contemporary architecture.
Exploring the Queen's Palace in Kabul, the ultimate urbex? Wikipedia and image / Ford and Microsoft announce Hohm electric vehicle charging partnership, plus the announcement of the Hohm Energy System, a sort of private sector Carbon Trust / Lebbeus Woods on the London Eight, a Peter Cook-curated show of architects and mentors currently on show at SCI-Arc / short films at The Office for Nonfiction Storytelling / Nokia N97 vs Real Life. We get a strong sense that Nokia has been left behind by the current generation of smartphones. Big companies must be a little bit like supertankers – they have to change direction very much in advance so they're in the right place when they need to be. Maybe 3 or 4 years ago, someone at the helm of Nokia wasn't thinking ahead.
As soon as we slate UFO and mystery sites for being not quite esoteric enough, along comes a little nugget via Further, 'Area 51's flying gorilla', tales from the early days of X-plane and jet testing and more at the Nevada Test Site Oral History Project. Related, the SR-71 flight manual. The U2, incidentally, first flew in 1955. And it's still going: U-2 Spy Plane Evades the Day of Retirement.
The National Historic Ships Register / Memories of Disintegration / Onomatopee, art publishers / Folksy, etsy, UK-style / the strangely familiar aesthetics of the daily painting: I, II / six seasons of son of a bitch / the Etherpad looks like a promising collaborative tool / Earth Art With Google Maps / related: map-based artworks by Matthew Picton.
The Past is a Mirror of the Future, more on As it is To-Day. Our copy arrived yesterday and it is a compelling argument for short-run print as a means of disseminating the vast amounts of information now available online ('the weight of previous thought') / The Thing is This, a mythogeographical trawl through various subjects, including ufology, paranoia and a return to things as carriers of meanings, rather than objects from which meaning can be extracted.
Some online intrigue on the concept of perpetual motion. Reidar Finsrud, a Norwegian artist and inventor, allegedly created 'a purported perpetual motion machine. According to the available online descriptions of this machine, it consists of a circular aluminum track about 25 inches in diameter. On this track rolls, perpetually, a steel ball. The ball is impulsed by magnets that swing in and out of its path under the control of three pendulums and a number of other mechanisms not clearly described.' (taken from The Rolling Ball Web: An Online Compendium of Rolling Ball Sculptures, Clocks, Etc.). There are videos online, including this one, which has a certain air of cloak and dagger about it. Besides being the executive desk toy to end all desk toys, what does the Finsrud machine actually do? It violates the second law of thermodynamics, for a start.
Finsrud doesn't get a mention on the wikipedia perpetual motion page. More information on the Finsrud Gravito-Magnetic Device (Perpetuum Mobile): 'So what makes this machine run. I don't think I am able to answer this, the vibration assembly certainly keeps movement going longer than otherwise but I keep coming back to the movement of the central pendulum. There is a subtlety and pureness to the movement that has a logic to it, I can only describe this as being like Pythagoras theory, when the solution is presented there is a naturalness which does not require a proof, it simply 'feels right'.'


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REPENTIGNY, QUEBEC, CANADA — A car detailing shop was the latest target in a brash of fire bombings in the Montreal suburb.
The detailing shop is the sixth business to be set ablaze, seemingly by Molotov cocktails. The first five attacks were on pizza shops.
"The firefighters got there and the fire was pretty intense so they had to go through the roof to be able to contain it," Repentigny police Sgt. Bruno Marier said in the CBC News story.
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↵The Opening Pitch: Where's Stephen Strasburg? ↵↵
↵I mean: I know he is in AAA, dominating hitters just as he has his entire pro career. Last night was just the latest example: 9 Ks and only 3 hits in a little more than 6 innings. Zero earned runs, obviously. ↵
↵No, when I ask "where's Strasburg?" I mean on Sporting News' list of the Top 50 players in baseball. ↵↵
↵Obviously, Albert Pujols is No. 1, for the second straight year. There were a couple of high-risers -- Mauer moved up 37 spots to No. 2, Ichiro moved up 22 spots to No. 8, King Felix moved up from "Not Ranked" to No. 12. ↵↵
↵But let's use as a proxy for "top" the relative concept of "Would you rather have ...?" Let's define it even more narrowly, removing long-term upside: Would you rather have them this season. ↵↵
↵Because if that is your standard, then it seems crazy that Strasburg isn't in the Top 50. ↵↵
↵Sure, you wouldn't take Strasburg over Pujols or Mauer. But how about A-Rod (No. 3)? Or Jeter (4)? Nos. 5 and 6 are where it gets interesting: Lincecum and Halladay, two proven aces, where Strasburg is entirely potential. ↵↵
↵But, say, Chris Carpenter is No. 20. I think the Cardinals would trade Strasburg for Carpenter in a nano-second -- not just for the decade of pitching Strasburg could give them, but if only for what he could deliver for them this season. ↵↵
↵I'm not ready to agree with Curt Schilling's hyperbole that Strasburg will be the best pitcher in MLB the minute he gets called up. But after yet another dominant start, I'm entirely comfortable saying he is a glaring omission from the Top 50. ↵↵
↵OK, enough dawdling. Let's get to Lance ... ↵↵
↵Scandal of the Day: Lance Armstrong implicated in PED use by admitted cheater Floyd Landis, whose evidence is entirely hearsay -- but not without its believability. Expect some strong denials from Lance. ↵↵
↵At this point, the entire sport of cycling is so rife with PED use -- especially in the early part of the decade -- that, on the one hand, it is impossible not to presume that everyone -- everyone -- was doing it. On the other hand, precisely because it was seemingly so widespread (and because cycling is a minor sport, even if its biggest name is a HUGE star), it just doesn't feel like a big deal. ↵↵
↵NBA Playoff Mania: The Lakers sliced up the Suns' D -- again -- and Pau Gasol (29 pts, 11/19 FG, 9 reb, 5 ast) proved why he is LA's non-Kobe MVP this offseason, in the process making Amare look silly on D. At least the Suns kept it closer this time -- and they get a respite from the road -- but the Lakers feel entirely in control. Could both conference finals series end in sweeps? Yikes. ↵↵
↵(Not sure why the NBA would leave the schedule entirely open tonight and tomorrow. The game-a-night rhythm of the playoffs is part of its charm. I guess at the current pace, it would end the conference finals by Sunday -- leaving a gaping hole between that and the hard-scheduled start of the NBA Finals.) ↵↵
↵LeBron Watch: He wins SN's player-voted Player of the Year award -- 2nd straight year for that -- but it feels a little hollow given that LeBron is watching the playoffs from home (and that his only intrigue is where he will take his talent). ↵↵
↵MLB Talking Points: ↵↵
↵• Hanley sorry: Can we move on? ↵↵
↵• Strasburg Watch: Dominates AAA again. ↵↵
↵• LA streak ends: Gonzo 6 RBI. ↵↵
↵• Injury Watch: Jorge Posada ↵↵
↵• Oddity: Mets' triple-play and ITP HR. ↵↵
↵NHL Playoffs: Home-ice advantage! Hot goalie theory! Momentum exists! The regular season matters! These playoffs have totally undermined some long-held theories about playoff hockey. (This is a very fun column.) ↵↵
↵NBA Draft Combine: The top players like Wall, Turner, Favors and Cousins won't do much more than some team interviews, basic measurements and non-competitive athleticism testing. But in a draft as deep as this one, players can get onto draft boards with surprisingly good showings. I like that Patrick Patterson is all in at the Combine, despite being a lock for the top half of the draft. He might not have the ridiculous upside of a Favors or Cousins, but he can contribute immediately and solidly. ↵↵
↵NFL Offseason: Lots of confusion and uncertainty about Brandon Marshall's hip surgery. The question, as always: What did the Dolphins know and when did they know it? ↵↵
↵Recruiting: ↵↵
↵• CFB: USC lands one of the (if not THE) top-ranked RBs of the 2011 class, De'Anthony Thomas of (where else?) L.A. There is every expectation that Lane Kiffin will pull together the nation's best class this cycle. ↵↵
↵• CBB: Kentucky gets a late recruiting snag, in Terrence Jones of Portland. That puts Calipari's class as "only" the 3rd-best in the country this season, which includes the best PG and the best foreign big man. Only 3rd? Well, Cal's GOTTA leave for the NBA now! ↵↵
↵Business: Mikhail Prokhorov, lousy Lottery luck aside, seems like an ideal NBA owner: Rich, knowledgeable, not too hands-on but with a clear sense of what he wants (a title). He also threw down the gauntlet that he plans to take market share from the Knicks in New York City. Once the Nets move to Brooklyn, that will absolutely happen. It would help if the Nets -- or whatever their new name will be -- could land a superstar or two over the next few summers. ↵↵
↵Pop Culture: Anyone else catch Kobe's cameo on "Modern Family" last night? Love that they worked the in-arena "Kiss Cam" into the plotline. ↵↵
↵The Last Word: "A lot of players are terrified." -- NFL union honcho DeMaurice Smith, on the looming lockout. ↵↵
↵Dan Shanoff writes The Wake-Up Call every weekday morning for SportingNews.com and blogs daily at DanShanoff.com. Got any comments, questions or feedback? Email Dan at shanofftsn-[at]-gmail-[dot]-com. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/danshanoff. ↵↵
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