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Ford is helping to make its vision of driverless parallel parking and pedestrian avoidance realities. The automaker demonstrated the two technologies to journalists earlier this week at its proving grounds in Lommel, Belgium.
This SAE Aerospace Recommended Practice (ARP) establishes safety recommendations for lavatories in transport category airplanes.
This SAE Aerospace Recommended Practice (ARP) lists the lamps in Table 1 that are recommended for the type of service indicated. This list is not intended as a catalog and does not include many types that are now in use. This specification is not applicable to Solid State Lighting Lamp Assemblies (Based LED lamps). It does, however, reflect current practice.
Even though a number of developed countries enjoy a high level of vehicle safety, more than 1.2 million fatalities still occur each year on roadways worldwide. There remains a need to continue improving vehicle and road safety. New technologies in sensors and electronic control units, and the growing knowledge of car-to-car and car-to-infrastructure technologies have led to a fusion of the previously separated areas of accident avoidance (popularly known as active safety) and mitigation of injuries (popularly known as passive safety) into the newer concept of integrated vehicle safety. This new approach represents a further step toward lowering accident rates. This book, written by two of the foremost automotive engineering safety experts, takes a unique and comprehensive approach to describing all areas of vehicle safety: accident avoidance, pre-crash, mitigation of injuries, and post-crash technologies, providing a solutions-based perspective of integrated vehicle safety.
Development of a Methodology Focused on the Improvement of Both: Ergonomics and Comfort of Commercial Vehicle Seats
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Safety, Ergonomics and comfort are inseparable concepts and of greater relevance to the full exercise of professional drivers, being the seat, one of the most important components to be considered, when designing their workplace. This work presents initiatives taken by Mercedes-Benz do Brasil Ltda. (MBBras) in partnership with GRAMMER do Brasil Ltda. (Grammer) and Oficio Ergonomia e Design Ltda. concerning the improvement of a SAE Class 8 Heavy-truck Driver Seat. Proposals involved seat design improvement at driver reach and posture, design and constructive characteristics (seat-bottom foam and frame) Upholstery, seat-controls ergonomics and the vibration response, due to the introduction of independent shock-absorbers.
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This paper involves the application of an analytical model of a passenger vehicle with 7 degrees of freedom, considering the irregularities of the road as the main source of excitation. Verifying the influence of suspension, the tire/wheel and sprung mass on the comfort of the driver and dynamic behavior of the vehicle as a whole. For this will be necessary to vary constants values of spring constant and tire stiffness, the damping coefficient and mass of the wheel and sprung mass.
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By using telecommunications, Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) improve traffic safety and efficiency, facilitating an integral transport of people and goods. Even with the benefits obtained through ITS Systems nowadays, significant innovations will take place in the following years such as the ubiquitous and integral use of computer vision, or the development and future implementation of Cooperative ITS (C-ITS) that will allow a direct communication between vehicles (Vehicle-to-Vehicle, V2V) and with the roadside elements (Vehicle-to-Infrastructure, V2I) by means of mobile and wireless communication. In this context, the INTELVIA project was implemented, with the clear objective of developing ITS technologies and Intelligent Human-Machine Interfaces (HMI) to obtain the advantages of using information and communication technologies in the field of road transport and traffic management.
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From simple collisions to major tragedies, car accidents happen every day. Automobile industry has been investing a lot in security systems (e.g., airbags, ABS brakes, vehicle proximity warning systems). However, drivers are still the ones who have to act in order to avoid collisions, by using the brakes or maneuvering the car. The purpose of this project is to develop an anti-collision logic that can be used on automobile vehicles to avoid collisions with both static and moving objects by interfering on the vehicle behavior. The control system is based on a fuzzy modeled controller using the MATLAB and Simulink tools from Math Works. The prototype chosen to test the logic was the Robotino, a mobile robot system made by Festo Didactic, and used for educational, training and research purposes. Robotino is able to integrate to Simulink tool natively, and provides out-of-the-box sensors and actuators, so the developers are able to focus the efforts on the software itself.
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The interaction between human operator and equipment in general can be made easier or harder depending on the effectiveness of the interface used for this interaction. The present work focuses on this interface - the so called 'Human-Machine-Interface' (HMI) for a specific set of equipments: the vehicles (passenger cars and commercial road vehicles). Vehicles need to be driven by professional and amateur drivers. The HMI of the vehicle needs, thus, to be adequate to a wide variety of drivers, allowing for a safe and enjoyable ride. The design of such an HMI must then consider several aspects that are human centered (physiological, psychological, sociological…) and machine centered (technological). The present work discusses briefly these aspects, their dynamics. The analysis of both vehicles and some other technology products are analyzed, and the trend of vehicle HMI's is drawn on a broad sense.
NH Research Inc. offers a 40-V model as a part of its 9200 family of high-power battery charge/discharge test systems.
This SAE Aerospace Recommended Practice (ARP) covers the requirements for the types of glass to be utilized in the fabrication of cover glasses and lighting wedges used in aerospace instruments. It defines the maximum extent of physical defects and recommends standard methods of inspection and evaluation. Definitions of terminology used in this document are covered in 2.2.
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The purpose of the recommended practice is to define a list of operator precautions that should be stressed in operator training and in the preparation of operator manuals. These general operator precautions apply to off-road work machines as defined in SAE J1116 JUN85, Categories one, two, four and five and agricultural tractors in Category three. These should not be considered as all inclusive for all specific uses and unique features of each particular machine. Other more specific operator precautions not mentioned herein should be covered by users of this recommended practice for each particular machine application.
The company's driver-assistance programs range from safer passage through road works and trailer reversing, to bundling emergency assist, advanced lane assist, and partial vehicle piloting systems to help control the outcome of a medical emergency and the effect of driver fatigue.
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This SAE Recommended Practice establishes a uniform test procedure for determining performance levels of operator enclosure panel type air filters on off-road, self-propelled work machines used in construction, general-purpose industrial, agriculture, and forestry as defined in SAE J1116 and equipped with an operator enclosure with a powered fresh air system.
Vehicle-to-pedestrian accident prevention gets a research-assist from smartphones as Honda engineers study the practicality of using advanced technology to reduce the risk of collision.
WIP Standard
The purpose of this document is to establish air conditioning design guidelines that will apply to most systems rather than the specific design of any particular system. Operating conditions and characteristics of the equipment will determine the design of any successful system, and since these characteristics and conditions vary greatly from one application to another, the designer must determine the goals expected to be reached under the conditions encountered. To determine the capacity of such items as blowers, condenser fans, condenser coils, evaporator coils, filters, compressors, etc., will require the adherence to several guidelines, some of which are outlined in this document.
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Shift quality of a manual transmission is a critical characteristic that requires utmost care while structuring the transmission. Shift quality is affected by many factors viz. synchronizer design, shifter design, gear design, transmission oil selection etc. This paper presents a correlation between stiffness of the shift fork in manual transmission with the gear shift quality using a gear shift quality assessment setup. Stiffness of shifter fork is optimized using contact pattern analysis and stiffness analysis on MSC Nastran. All the subsystem (i.e. synchronizer and the shift system component) are constrained to optimize the shift fork stiffness. A-5-speed manual transmission is used as an example to illustrate the same. A direct correlation of gear shift fork stiffness with the shift force experienced by the driver is established. The shift system was modeled in the UG NX 6.0 software to collate the synchronization force, shift system gap etc with the constraint on the shift fork.
Characterization of Driver Steering Control of Articulated Freight Vehicles Based on a Two-Stage Preview Strategy
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A two-stage preview strategy is proposed to characterize steering control properties of commercial vehicle drivers. The strategy includes a near and a far preview points to describe the driver control of lateral path deviation and vehicle orientation. A human driver model comprising path error compensation and dynamic motions of the limb is subsequently formulated and integrated to a yaw-plane model of an articulated vehicle. The coupled driver-vehicle model is analyzed under an evasive steering maneuver to identify limiting values of the driver control parameters through minimization of a generalized performance index comprising driver's steering effort, path deviations and selected vehicle states. The performance index is further analyzed to identify relative contributions of different sensory feedbacks, which may provide important guidance for designs of driver-assist systems (DAS).
Autoliv's adaptable seatbelt features improved safety for all occupants, especially children.
This Aerospace Recommended Practice provides design and installation criteria intended to enhance overall safety by mitigating exposure of cabin crew and passengers to risks from: a. Routine use of galley systems. b. Galley components or equipment becoming dislodged under routine or abnormal operating conditions and under survivable crash or ditching conditions. c. Malfunctions of, or defects in, a galley system or associated galley equipment. NOTE: It is not the purpose of this Aerospace Recommended Practice to specify the specific designs or design methods to be followed in the accomplishment of stated objectives.
The purpose of this SAE Aerospace Recommended Practice (ARP) is to provide recommendations which will lead to the standardization of passageway door operation in all transport aircraft, by providing in the design, features which will result in minimum exit passage blockage and jamming.
This SAE Aerospace Information Report (AIR) provides information demonstrating the need for establishing design and performance standards for aircraft crash axes.
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The aging of the world population, and call for greater equality in access to public environments has led to an increase in design for persons with reduced mobility (PRM). There are numerous physical and operational constraints and parameters to overcome when designing a successful and marketable PRM environment. Each program evaluates what is to be considered reasonable based on these guidelines (cost, weight, manufacturability, airframe curvature, footprint required, regulations, and usability). However, there are other less tangible parameters to address. For example, what level of dignity or level of privacy does the PRM environment allow? Does the design require additional assistance to access, or can those who are able make independent use of the environment? Most aircraft manufacturers and design entities have recognized the need to improve accessibility aboard single aisle commercial aircraft (Airbus 320 family, Boeing 737, Embraer 190, Bombardier CSERIES).
Human Engineering Considerations for Implementing Enhanced Synthetic Vision Systems in Vertical Flight Capable Platforms
The scope of this Vertical Flight document is limited to human behavioral technologies associated with design and/or implementation of Enhanced Synthetic Vision Systems (ESVS) in vertical flight aircraft. Any overlap into logic problems or hardware/software design shall be considered to be incidental to the human factors issues. Where the performance characteristics of specific technologies are relevant they will be identified, and where performance criteria are relevant to specific intended functions/use they will be identified. From a regulatory view, intended function (Full Flight Guidance or Information/Situation Awareness support) has a tremendous effect upon the design of an ESV System. However from a Human Engineering standpoint, the information on display must be discernible and comprehensible to the human operator in both cases and differences may be primarily in information content (required to support a specific task). The document is independent of candidate technologies and concentrates on human interface criteria.
At the Frankfurt IAA International Motor Show on Sept. 10, Continental and IBM announced an agreement to collaborate on fully connected mobile vehicle solutions for car manufacturers around the world.
Operators see bright screens in their future HMIs borrow from tablets, phones to help operators perform a broad range of tasks Small engine landscape Kubota engineers developed new small-displacement engines that adopt a common-rail system while optimizing the combustion system and injection characteristics. Sensitive to safety A growing number of digital sensors are among the tools being used to make sure failures are rare and injuries are even more infrequent.
TRW Automotive's new anchor seatbelt pretensioner in a rotary configuration features a lightweight design and compact packaging for easy integration in vehicle interiors.
"With the wave of a hand" may move from magicians' banter to car salesman's description within a few years. Many automakers and suppliers are racing to devise gesture recognition that lets drivers manage complex functions without being distracted.
Radar is expected to expand beyond its current role as a forward-looking sensor on luxury vehicles to a mainstream offering that also scans sides and possibly the rear of the vehicle. Freescale Semiconductor is hoping to cash in on this potential growth market with a specialized chipset that it says will lower pricing, simplify the design cycle, and save as much as 40% in board space.
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The scope of this document is to provide recommended practices for the development and implememtation of training programs for the issuance of a Multi-Crew Pilot License (MPL). The recommended practices contained within this documernt are intended primarily for the guidance of passenger and cargo air carriers, and training providers.
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New research data from CounterPoint Research reveals that the iPhone 5s, much like the iPhone in the US, is selling extremely well in China. During the month of October, Counterpoint found that iPhones accounted for 12 percent of all smartphone sales in the country. Of that, the iPhone 5s was by far the most popular model.
Beyond the apparent success, the data suggests that Chinese buyers were waiting for the 5s, which launched in October, above the 5c. The 5s was the top-selling phone in the nation in October, with the iPhone 5 in second place -- the cheaper 5c, possibly seen as a lower-status symbol, came in in fourth place.
iPhone sales in China are expected to boom once the device officially becomes available on China Mobile, a carrier with well more than 700 million subscribers. As it stands now, the iPhone in China is only available via China Telecom and China Unicom.
Earlier this fall, IDC issued a report suggesting that Apple's share of the smartphone market in China is poised to double in 2014.
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This second floor unit has spectacular water views from every room. 3/2 1830 sq ft luxury condo in a waterfront gated luxury condo located in Clearwater . Grand Venezia is a resort style waterfront community. .Furnished with exquisite furnishings and 5 tvs everthing you need to have a wonderful vacation.All you need is your tooth brush . Granite counters in baths and kitchen, includes washer/ Dryer in unit, gas stove and water heater and a beautiful gas fire place , and hair dryers in both baths.. Watch the dolphins and manatees from any room or the beautiful balcony. Close to shopping, movies, parks, musems, golf , resturants, bars, and beaches.will accept cash, and credit cards .
Located in the luxury style resort of Grand Venezia,
*24 Hour Security "manned" gated entrance .
Children's playground , and tennis courts. free kayaks
*Heated Pool
*Jacuzzi , and Sauna
* 2 Million dollar club house with Gym
*Outdoor grilling areas
* Free car wash center
*1.5 miles lighted walking promenade on the water
*Free Kayak rental
*Designated fishing areas
* Wii Fi
NO PETS Allowed
SMOKING is NOT permitted in the unit
Deposit: 50% of rent
$300 refundable damage/electronics keys deposit
Unit Cleaning Fee: $125.00
Taxes: 12%
CHECK-IN: 3:00pm
CHECK-OUT: 11:00am
* PAYMENT: We require a 50% deposit to hold a specific time frame with the balance due 30 days prior to arrival. A $300 for damage/keys deposit is required upon arrival and will be refunded on the day of check-out. We also collect 12% for state and local taxes, a $125.00 one-time cleaning fee.
* CANCELLATIONS: Should you cancel your stay with us, your payment (less a $300 cancellation fee) will be refunded only for the period of time that we are able to rebook to other visitors. Please purchase trip insurance if there is a chance you will have to cancel.
* Rates and policies are subject to change without notice.
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- 3 Queen Beds
- 1 Sofa Bed
- Air Conditioning
- Fireplace
- Kayak
- Patio
- Balcony
- Full Kitchen
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- Beach Chairs
- Game Room
- Linens Provided
- Porch
- Beach Towels
- Heating
- Oceanfront
- Sauna
- Beachfront
- High Speed Internet
- Outdoor Shower
- View (Ocean)
- Dock/Boat Slip
- Hot Tub
- Parking Included
- Waterfront
- Alarm Clock
- Computer
- Iron
- Stove
- Blender
- DVD Player
- Microwave
- TV (Cable/Satellite)
- CD Player
- Dishwasher
- Oven
- Toaster
- Ceiling Fan
- Fax Machine
- Radio
- Charcoal Grill
- Hair Dryer
- Refrigerator (Full)
- Washer/Dryer
- Coffee Maker
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- Stereo
- Bicycling
- Volleyball Court
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Melissa Proffitt Maynard
Oakland Township, MI
Beverly Morrow
January 27, 2013
Our Condo Was Spacious,with A Beautiful View Of The Bay. We Had Everything We Needed. Sunrise Every Day Was Spectacular. We Had Guests Every Week And Everyone Agreed That This Was Their Best Vacation. Everything About The Resort Is First Class. Other Residents Were Friendly. Nice To See People Walking Their Dogs, Fishing. Felt Very Safe Walking At Night. Loved The Pool And Hot Tub--very Clean. We Hope To Return Next Year.
Debbie Randolph Moggo
Cookeville, Tn
peaceful tranquility
September 3, 2012
Very nice and roomy condo. Beds were comfortable and amenities galore. Enjoyed fishing at the pier and walks around the pathway. Only thing at the time there was an issue with the internet so we couldn't use our laptop at all. I would very much recommend this condo for anyone that likes the room and extra space. It was a great place and convenient to Walmart, beach, shopping. Even though hurricane Isaac was a threat an we came down a bit early, we were accommadated. Loved sitting in the peaceful terrace watching for dolphins,although we didn't see any. Great area to visit. We were celebrating our 21st wedding anniversary and took an evening dinner cruise on the starlite majesty in Clearwater beach. Very much recommended. Watching the sunrise on the terrace was my most enjoyable part. The breeze off the water felt great, even though it was hot you couldn't tell it. Being in a gated community made us feel more safe and secure. Just a few minutes away from pier 60 in Clearwater beach which we went to almost daily.
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March 3, 2012
My husband and I enjoyed our stay immensely. We were quickly able to find everything we needed for a relaxing stay! The heated pool, exercise room, clubhouse with daily paper, backup wifi and car wash kept my husband happy. I quickly found the Long Aquatic Center, YmCA, Nail and Hair salon and Office Depot to keep me happy. TV, Wifi, breezy terrace where our grandchildren watched "Winter" the Dolphin, 1 mile of paved path, well equipped kitchen and bath were all wonderful. Getting a little confused in our "old age" we arrived a day early but were accommodated easily. A mail delivery problem was also solved very quickly. Plenty of room for family to visit. Great time!
Shawn Fryzel
Mi, USA
Harbor view Grande vacation
March 1, 2012
It was nice and roomy. Beautiful view from the balcony, and an ideal location. The third bedroom could use a dresser or other place to store clothes. I was a nice place to spend our vaction, very clean. Convient next to elevator.
Inez Mittchell Scrace
Holly Michigan
A Beautiful Place to Stay
February 10, 2012
We have been visiting Florida for 13 years and have never stayed at a more elegant place. We wish we had found this place sooner. Not only was the decor beautiful but the place was spacious and the surroundings around the complex were breath taking. Our stay was simply delightful. I got all thumbs up from my family for finding this place. We all agree that we have finally found our dream place for our annual trip. The owner was very helpful and made our stay a very pleasant experience.
Charles Piercy
Ontario, Canada
Great Stay!!
March 3, 2011
We had a wonderful stay at Via Capri. THe condo was spacious and clean with a great view of the bay. Saw the dolphins a few times! The gated, resort like community is safe, clean and a great palce to walk...dasy or night! Enjoyed the gym almost every day and the pool when the weather was warm. We understand the club house has gone through a change of ownership but is coming along very well. Next year should be even better. We hope to return next year...amybe a smaller unit as there will only be two of us, not four.
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we had a very nice trip weather was nice and hot our condo was clean and very quit was a really nce relaxing week
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nice clean condo, nice view
April 15, 2010
The condo was well furnished, nice comfy bed in master bedroom, and the condo was clean. The deck was furnished with table and chairs for outdoor fun. We were warned about the pool being unvailable and it was not available due to litigation. The condo is at the back where it is quiet. We really liked the brick path around the complex next to the water; great walking. We were 6.4 miles from the very nice Clearwater Beaches,(20 minute drive through some heavy traffic and 45 minutes on Saturday!). By the way 'Frenchy's Rockaway Grill' was way over bragged about. Try Backwater Grill for a much better meal and it has a view from the deck as well.
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Ceramic printing
Bristol University students in the United Kingdom have been experimenting with 3D printing, and have unveiled the first machine capable of printing out useful, reliable ceramic objects. The 3D ceramic tableware printer prints a porcelain material which is touted as "superior" to what other printers on the market can produce. Taken commercially, such inventions could bring down both manufacturing cost and time of production.
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The Gigabot
Size matters, at least to the makers of the Gigabot, a large format 3D printer capable of building objects 600mm x 600mm x 600mm, which is basically unheard of in today's desktop 3D printers.
After launching a Kickstarter campaign and reaching beyond $200,000 in funding, Gigabot creators re:3D hope to put a manufacturing-standard 3D printer in to the hands of small businesses worldwide.
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3D printed guns
While potentially placing guns in the unlicensed hands of the general public isn't the safest option, the development of weaponry using 3D printed parts is still innovative.
While Defense Distributed was the first to develop and release blueprints for 3D-printed parts focused on guns, a 3D-printed gun was later discovered on AR-15.com, showing the construction of a gun using the technology which successfully fired off 200 rounds without signs of complications.
The gun in question combined the normal body of a .22 caliber pistol with a printed lower receiver used in AR-15 assault rifles.
While innovative and potentially useful in the military, if everyone can print off their own guns, there's little point in gun control regulation.
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3 Bedrooms + Den, 2 Baths (Sleeps 6-8)
Great backyard for entertaining. This home is the perfect place to meet your getaway needs.This is the most relaxing place you will ever visit. You won't want to go home once you have stayed with us. 3 bedrooms, master bedroom has bathroom, walk-in closet and exit to patio. Living room and family room with fire place. Satellite, internet, horse shoe pit, fire pit, BBQ and pool. This home is centrally located so there is easy access to golf, boating, night life and much much more.
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- non smoking only
- pets considered
About owners/property managers
I moved from Homer Alaska to Lake Havasu City Arizona in 2001. The first time I visited was in October and I fell in love with the city and the lake.
owners/property managers purchased this house in 1996
Why owners/property managers chose Lake Havasu
Lake Havasu is a fun place to visit. Close to lake, golf courses, hospitals and shopping.
What makes this house unique
This property has a big backyard. It's very private and relaxing. Very centrally located, easy access to all activities. 15 minute walk from main street.
Guestbook comments from the owner
We were able to rent this home for a family gathering for a graduation. It was very comfortable. The back yard is very large so there was plenty of room to hold our celebration. The fence is high so there is a lot of privacy. We were able to sleep 8 very easily. I would recommend this property.


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Staff Profiles
Betsy Mitchell – Head of School
Betsy received her undergraduate degree in Elementary Education from George Washington University in 1971. She taught for several years in the Prince George's County Public School System before coming to MSNV as a classroom assistant to MSNV's first elementary teacher, Harvey Hallenberg. After several years of volunteer involvement as a parent and Board member at MSNV, Betsy was hired as our Head of School in 1985. Since then, Betsy has successfully expanded MSNV to a highly regarded Montessori school with two thriving campuses. The success of that growth is attributed to her ability to cultivate highly qualified and motivated teaching professionals, administration and support staff. Betsy has also been a driving force in the development of MSNV's outdoor curriculum and the designation of both campuses as certified wildlife habitats. Betsy has three grown children, all of whom attended Montessori.
Elizabeth Hickey – Valleybrook Campus Director and Associate Head of School
New this year to MSNV, Beth holds a Master's Degree in Public Policy from the University of Maryland College Park and a Bachelor's Degree in Business and Economics from Boston College. Beth's daughter pursued Montessori education through eighth grade and is now in college.
Prior to MSNV, she served as a teacher and Primary Level Coordinator at Oak Meadow Montessori School in Massachusetts. Beth, who earned her AMS Early Childhood credential from the Institute for Advanced Montessori Studies, also taught at the Primary level in several Maryland Montessori schools. Her professional background includes experience in the commercial and investment banking industry as well as focus on environmental issues as a founder and coordinator of the Environmental Finance Center at the University of Maryland.
Margaret Masters – Director of Accounting and Human Resources
Margaret earned her undergraduate degree in Economics from the University of Virginia and her Senior Professional in Human Resource Certification from HRCI. Margaret supervises the billing, financials, budgeting, payroll, health and safety, technology, and human resources issues at MSNV. She has three children, all of whom attended Montessori.
Anna Sipin – Accounting Clerk
Anna attended Jefferson Business College in Washington, D.C. for a Secretarial Diploma and took Computer-Assisted Bookkeeping with International Correspondence Schools. She joined MSNV in April 2012, bringing with her 19 years of administrative and accounting work experience. Anna assists in the business office with accounts payable, payroll, inventory, credit card and other accounting issues. Anna recently moved to Virginia from Alaska with her family.
Beth Bell-Leresche – Admissions Director and Elementary Drama Teacher
Beth earned her degree in International Relations from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and is in the middle of her master's degree in Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University. She worked for 20 years in the immigration and refugee fields before coming to MSNV in 2005 as the Admissions Director. Beth also co-taught summer theatre camp for years before coming on as MSNV's elementary drama teacher in 2011. Beth has two children, one of whom works at MSNV and the other who attended MSNV.
Ariadne Allan Autor – Director of Development and Alumni Relations
Ari graduated from Smith College with a bachelor's degree in Government and has continued her involvement with Smith as an alumnae class officer and annual fund representative. An award-winning investigative journalist, she produced television documentaries for PBS before joining MSNV's staff. Ari manages development and alumni relations for MSNV. A board member of Nadar Por Vida, she also was a founding instructor of the Falls Church Recreation and Parks Ballet Program and has appeared in Ballet Nova's Nutcracker. Ari enjoys sharing her love of dance and swimming with children. She has two sons who attended MSNV through the lower elementary program.
Christina Perucci – Assistant Admissions Director
Christina received her undergraduate degree in Sociology and Peace & Justice Studies from Tufts University and her master's degree in Applied Educational Psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University. She has worked as a Reading Specialist in schools and community centers in the Bronx and East Harlem and has also managed an after school reading program serving public schools across New York City. Originally from Northern Virginia, Christina has lived in Boston, San Francisco, New York and Germany. She has two children at MSNV, a son enrolled in the lower elementary program and a daughter enrolled in the primary program. She enjoys running, yoga, cooking, traveling and reading.
Catarina Cronquist – Director of Marketing and Communications
Catarina received her B.A. in International Affairs, with concentrations in International Economics and Development Anthropology, from The Elliot School of International Affairs at The George Washington University and her master's degree in Gender and Development from the Institute for Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK. She has worked with the Embassy of Sweden, the Crafts Center, Bread for the World, and, most recently served as lead contact for coordination and communications with the Program for Biosafety Systems at the International Food Policy Research Institute. She has lived on the west and east coasts of the US, as well as in Sweden, Jamaica and the UK, and has traveled and worked throughout East Africa and Southeast Asia. Catarina attended Montessori at the primary level and the eldest of her two children is currently a second year primary student at Valleybrook.
Oanh Tran – Office Manager
Having joined MSNV in 2003, Oanh earned her B.A. in Integrative Studies in Social Work from George Mason University. She was heavily involved in community outreach programs helping at-risk youth, mentoring at an advocacy center for people with disabilities, organizing workshops designed to help adolescents increase self-esteem and coordinated an annual cancer research event. Oanh also has previous experience as a Montessori teaching assistant and holds a Virginia Real Estate license. She is the mother of two MSNV alumni.
Diana Hwang – Office Manager
Diana joined MSNV in 2010 as the office manager. She supports the staff, families and students and works in a variety of ways to ensure MSNV operates smoothly and efficiently. She received her Bachelor's degree in English with a concentration in Film and Media Studies from George Mason University. She has taught preschool and school-age children, and was formerly a Preschool Assistant Director.
Ned Mitchell – Facilities Manager
Ned received his B.A. in Queer Studies from George Washington University in 2008, with a minor in Technical Theater. He managed a local theatrical rigging and drapery company for two years before he was hired at MSNV. He is responsible for ensuring that MSNV has a safe, effective, and beautiful learning environment for the students and staff. He has a particular interest in energy efficiency and sustainable design and practices. He attended MSNV from pre-primary through third grade.
Hillbrook Education Faculty
Tina Savage – Pre Primary Teacher
Tina graduated from George Washington University with a degree in Liberal Arts and Speech Communication. Having attended a Montessori school from age 2-12, Tina worked in many different capacities in Montessori schools since her teen years. She completed her Primary Montessori training at The Washington Montessori Institute in Washington, D.C. and has been teaching at MSNV since 1998. She has four children, all of whom attended Montessori, including one daughter who is the Upper Elementary teacher at MSNV.
Gina Moeller – Pre Primary Assistant
Gina has a Bachelor of Science degree from Penn State University. Gina has volunteered in numerous capacities since 1992, and worked as the Pre Primary assistant at MSNV before her third child was born. She and her family have fond memories of MSNV and she is happy to be back, sharing her love of arts and crafts with children. All three of Gina's children attended MSNV.
Jared Oerke – Primary Teacher
Jared studied Special Education at the University of Virginia and completed his Master's degree in Early Childhood Education at Loyola College, Maryland. He received his Montessori training at The Washington Montessori Institute at Loyola University. Before joining the staff at MSNV in 1998, Jared taught on the Pre Primary level at Family Montessori, in a Head Start School in Charlottesville, and in a high school in Kenya. Jared has also worked as a program assistant for the Discovery Museum in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Atim Obidegwu – Primary Teacher
Atim earned a Bachelor's degree in Anthropology and Sociology from York University in Toronto and a Master's degree in Anthropology from University of Toronto. Prior to becoming a teacher, Atim worked in the human resources field and health insurance industry. She received her Montessori certificate from the Washington Montessori Institute at Loyola University in Baltimore and served as a Primary teacher for 12 years prior to joining MSNV. She has four children, all who attended Montessori and are college graduates, two of whom now have earned post graduate degrees.
Heidi Bishop – Resource Teacher
Heidi received her BA in Elementary Education with a minor in Preschool Education from the University of Northern Colorado. She worked as a Montessori assistant for six years before obtaining her Montessori training from the National Center for Montessori Education in Bellevue, Washington. Since then, she taught in various capacities, including three years in Germany and two years in Japan prior to coming to MSNV in 2006 as a Primary Teacher. Heidi has three children.
Jean Carr – Primary Level Coordinator, Primary Teacher
Jean earned a Bachelor's degree from Whitman College in Washington and a Master of Education in Special Education from the University of Oregon. She taught special education in public school before she received her Primary Montessori training through Southwestern Texas Montessori Training Institute. She Jean developed and taught a state-accredited Montessori kindergarten program, developed and taught enrichment programs for students in kindergarten through grade 3 and has taught at the Center for Talented Youth at Johns Hopkins before coming to work at MSNV in 1993. Jean has six children and six grandchildren.
Rachel Romano – Primary Teacher
Rachel completed her Montessori training at the Institute for Advanced Montessori Studies at the Barrie School in Wheaton, Maryland. She has worked at MSNV since 1993 in many different capacities, including that of Extended Day teacher and summer camp Instructor. Rachel loves children and art and has one daughter who attended MSNV.
Sara Grossman – Lower Elementary Teacher
Sara received her Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Maryland, College Park in Physical Education, Recreation, and Health and her Masters of Education from the American University. She completed her Montessori Pre Primary credentials from the National Center for Montessori Education and her Elementary 1 & 2 level certification from the Institute for Advanced Montessori Studies. Sara joined MSNV's growing elementary program in 2012, while maintaining her job as a teacher trainer and consultant for IAMS. Both of Sara's children attended Montessori schools.
Amanda Glithero – Elementary Teacher
Amanda has a Bachelor's degree in Montessori Education from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio and is certified in both upper and lower elementary education. She came to MSNV in 2008 after interning at two different schools near Cincinnati in their lower elementary programs.
Catharina Jacknow – Upper Elementary Teacher
Catharina graduated magna cum laude from George Mason University with a BA in English and Studio Art and received her 6-12 Elementary Montessori training at the Institute for Advanced Montessori Studies in Maryland. Her first experience in Montessori education began as a child, when she attended Montessori schools from the age of 18 months to seven years. Before joining MSNV, she worked for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as a writer, editor, and website designer. Catharina came to MSNV's elementary program in 2003, first as an assistant and then as a classroom teacher. Both of Catharina's children graduated from MSNV.
Elizabeth Kyvig – Elementary Teacher
Elizabeth received her Montessori training and Master's degree in education at the Center for Contemporary Montessori Programs at St. Catherine's University in St. Paul, MN. She came to MSNV in 2011 after teaching for six years in Lower Elementary at a Montessori charter school in Minnesota. Elizabeth is certified in Primary, Lower and Upper Elementary Montessori education.
Kim Thomason – Elementary Teacher
Kim received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia in Sociology. She completed her Montessori 6-9 credential from the Institute for Advanced Montessori Studies. Kim joined MSNV in 2014 after teaching for seven years at a Montessori school in South Carolina. She also previously taught for two years at a Montessori school in Fredericksburg, Virginia. In addition to her role as an elementary teacher, Kim works as support staff at the Institute for Advanced Montessori Studies.
Jackie Savage – Elementary Level Coordinator, Upper Elementary Teacher
Jackie attended Randolph Macon Woman's College, earning her BA in History in 2006. After spending a year as the Lower Elementary assistant at MSNV, she decided to pursue her elementary Montessori training. She attended the Washington Montessori Institute at Loyola University in Columbia, Maryland and earned her AMI diploma in Elementary Education and a Master's degree in Education in 2008. Jackie opened MSNV's Upper Elementary program in 2008.
Aaron Pierce – Elementary Assistant
Aaron earned a BA in Philosophy with a minor in Music from Washington College, in Chestertown, MD. He first came to MSNV as a parent in the spring of 2006, and by 2008 had begun work at the school, initially with the Extended Day program and now as an assistant teacher in the MSNV Elementary program. Aaron is pursuing his Montessori certification through the Center for Guided Montessori Studies. He is the father of two girls, both of whom attend(ed/s) MSNV, and plays a pretty good bass.
Thea Bartha – Learning Specialist
Thea has her undergraduate degree in Early Childhood and Special Education, and her master's degree in Reading Education from Boston University. She is a trained elementary Montessori teacher and has taught for many years. Thea has two children, one of whom currently attends MSNV.
Valleybrook Educational Faculty
Laura Portch – Pre Primary Teacher
Originally an art major, Laura has worked with children since 1986. She has been employed with MSNV since 1990, first as an assistant and teacher in the All Day Montessori Program, and then as a Primary teacher. She obtained her Montessori training at the Institute for Advanced Montessori Studies at the Barrie School in Wheaton, Maryland in 2000. She is a flautist and a Suzuki trained flute teacher and loves history and Irish culture. Laura has two children, both of whom are MSNV alumni.
Kimberly Jackson –Pre Primary Teacher
Kimberly completed her Bachelor of Arts degree in English at George Mason University and her Primary Montessori certification at The Advanced Institute for Montessori Studies. She began her career as a Montessorian in 1988 when she was hired by MSNV to work as a Primary assistant. Having initially taught in the San Francisco Bay area, followed by two years in Herndon, VA., Kimberly also ran her own small Montessori school in Harpers Ferry, WV. In 2008, she completed her 6-9 training from NAMC and returned to MSNV in 2011, because she says, "It is truly one of the best Montessori communities that I have experienced from the East to the West coast!" Kimberly has two children who attended MSNV.
Claudia Wright – Pre Primary Teacher
Claudia completed her Associates degree in Teacher Education as well as her Montessori training for infant/toddler certification. She is currently working towards her Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education at Liberty University. Claudia has worked with MSNV since 2002 in numerous capacities, including work in the Extended Day care and summer camp programs, before starting her teaching on the Pre Primary level. Claudia is fluent in both Spanish and English.
Jessica Meija – Pre Primary Assistant
Currently earning her associate degree in Early Childhood Development at Northern Virginia, Jessica aspires to transfer to George Mason and start her Montessori training. Entering her second year at MSNV, Jessica worked in the summer camp, extended day and PE program before becoming a Pre Primary Assistant. She is fluent in both Spanish and English.
Rachyl Chaney – Primary Assistant
Rachyl graduated in 2009 from Appalachian State University with degrees in Psychology and Spanish and is currently pursuing her M.A. in psychology at George Mason University. Rachyl has also spent time in Ecuador and China teaching English to young children. She started working at MSNV in 2011, initially in the Pre Primary class before moving into Primary.
Janine Labak – Primary Level Coordinator, Primary Teacher
Janine earned her undergraduate degree and her Masters in Social Work in California. She completed her Montessori Certificate at the New England Montessori Education Center in Boston. Before moving to Virginia, she taught at two different Montessori schools in Connecticut and then began working at MSNV in 1998 – first as Admissions Director, substitute teacher and summer camp teacher before returning to teaching in the Primary classroom. She has two children, both who attended Montessori through grade school.
Ingrid Fol – Primary Teacher
Ingrid obtained a Topography degree in her home country of Belgium and worked in that field for a number of years before moving to Argentina where she lived with her husband. After relocating to the U.S., Ingrid joined the MSNV faculty in 2006 as the school's Spanish teacher before going on to earn her Primary Montessori Certificate from the Northern Virginia Montessori Institute. She enjoys speaking different languages, and is fluent in Dutch, Spanish, English and French. Ingrid loves spending time outdoors with her husband and three children, all of whom are MSNV alumni.
Camilla Roberts – Primary Assistant
Camilla earned her Associate's Degree from Northern Virginia Community College and attended Marymount, majoring in psychology. She has taken the Montessori Fundamentals Course and began her Montessori Primary teacher training this year. Prior to working at MSNV, Camilla was a sports coach for children and a lead teacher in a preschool. Camilla started working at MSNV as an extended day program leader in 2010. She has also taught as a substitute in the Pre Primary and Primary classrooms, an assistant in MSNV's camp program, and the PE teacher for Elementary students at the Hillbrook campus.
Deepti Jain – Primary Teacher
Deepti has a Bachelor's Degree in Graphics and Marketing from George Mason University, as well as a Bachelor's Degree in Sociology from Bombay University. She began working at MSNV in 2010, having completed her Primary Montessori training certification from the Northern Virginia Montessori Institute. She enjoys cooking, traveling, and arts and crafts, and is fluent in Hindi. She is married with two children, including a daughter who attended MSNV.
Tracy Rigo – Primary Teacher
Starting as a Marine Biology major, Tracy completed her Montessori training course at the Northeast Montessori Institute in Ashburn and is in the process of earning her degree in early childhood education. Tracy has a background in management and customer service before beginning her work with MSNV in the Extended Day program in the fall of 2005 and now is a teacher in the Primary class. Tracy has two children, both of whom attended MSNV.
MSNV Enrichment Facility
Kofi Dennis – Primary Drama Teacher
Kofi is an early childhood education specialist who studied creative dramatics at the School of Performing Arts at the University of Ghana, and brings interactive storytelling, drama and creative movement to MSNV. As a master artist with the Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning through the Arts, Kofi trains new Institute teaching artists and offers workshops and professional development to child-care providers and pre-school teachers around the country. Kofi has been part of the duo, Anansegromma of Ghana, which has shared West African culture in area venues since 1995. Kofi has three daughters, all of whom attended MSNV.
Indira Bustillos – Primary and Elementary Spanish Teacher
Indira started working at MSNV in 2012 in the after school Spanish classes and now teaches Spanish for all of MSNV's Primary and Elementary children. She has a BA in Spanish and Latin American Studies, and has taught in the Fairfax and Arlington County FLEX programs. Senora Indira will be assisted by Beca Sandoval during elementary enrichments. Her son Guido currently attends MSNV.
Suzy Scollon – Art Teacher
Suzy earned her Master's degree in Studio Art from Virginia Commonwealth University and her Bachelor's degree from Michigan State University where she studied Art Education and Piano Performance. She was also awarded a Certificate of Sculpture from the Corcoran College of Art and Design. Suzy has taught art in elementary, middle and junior high schools in D.C., Alexandria, and Arlington Public Schools. She also taught children's art classes at the Corcoran. While living in Japan, she studied Ikebana (Japanese flower arranging), which she continues to study and teach. Suzy creates relief tile installations and figurative sculpture. Suzy's three boys attend MSNV.
Peter Leresche – Technical Theatre Teacher
Peter earned his Bachelor's degree in Religion from Shenandoah University, with a minor in Technical Theatre. He has worked at MSNV since 2011, initially in the Extended Day program and PE classes. With years of experience working as a technician in area theatres and churches and having won several awards for his theatrical designs, Peter co-taught MSNV's summer theatre camps for the last 8 years. Outside MSNV, Peter works as lead technician for the Keith Elgin Band, is the Worship Technology Manager at the Vine Church, and is the Technical Director for the TV show Arriba Juventud and its producing company Danny Entertainment.
Claudia Rohaly – PE Teacher
Claudia has a BA in Child Psychology from Wesleyan College. She retired from the US Navy after 20 years and, before coming to MSNV, taught, coached, and directed camps for tennis lovers for 30 years. Claudia has educated students of all ages and loves working with children.
Other MSNV staff includes Extended Day teachers and assistants and a bus driver.


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Winnipeg Free Press - PRINT EDITION
Big winger's rollin' like an 18-Wheeler
Named NHL's second star with 8 points in four games
Take a bow, Blake Wheeler.
The NHL named the Winnipeg Jets winger one of its three stars of the week after he led all scorers with eight points (one goal, seven assists) over the last four games, three of them wins. Wheeler was named the second star after Anaheim Ducks goaltender Jonas Hiller, while Ottawa Senators centre Jason Spezza was the third star.
"He deserves it, he's playing well," said Jets coach Claude Noel. "He's had some big impact on games and he had a big night (Sunday) with four assists. It's nice to see him get some recognition."
Wheeler's four points in Sunday's 5-1 win over Colorado eclipsed a career high. He now has 46 on 11 goals and 35 helpers.
"I really am not wrapped up in the individual statistics thing, man," Wheeler said. "Our whole line's playing really well. When we were put together after the all-star break we made a conscious effort to try and make this thing work, similar to how we did last year in Atlanta. I think we're going really well right now. We're trying to win puck battles and keep things simple and it's turning into some good chances for us and translating into some big goals."
Asked if he is doing anything different -- remember, Wheeler went 18 games without scoring to open the season -- Noel downplayed any dramatic shift in the big winger's approach.
"Not really," Noel said. "I think his game has changed from the early going, but I don't think that's by design. It's maturity. He's enjoying playing, he's enjoying having success."
WORRY WART? Here's Noel on the Jets' recent offensive boom: "We've had a couple games where we've scored some more goals. That's good. That's more fun. But what you have to be careful of is you start thinking you're a five- six-goal team every night. You're always fearful of overconfidence.
"It seems every time I feel good about things, I'm fearful about something else. Now we score goals and I'm fearful we're going to be playing another 8-5 game (like the loss to Pittsburgh on Feb. 11). It's no rest for the wicked."
SICK BAY UPDATE: Defenceman Zach Bogosian has been skating, but has yet to practise with the club and will not be in the lineup against the Flyers.
"It's longer than we figured," Noel said. "It's maintenance stuff and we're just trying to get him through therapy. I'm shooting for Thursday (against Tampa). It depends on how he feels. Every day it seems he's a little bit better."
GOALTENDER ALERT: True North Sports unveiled their new goalie training centre, the MTS IceLab, at the MTS Iceplex on Monday. It features the biggest ice surface for goalie training in the province and includes the latest hockey technology, like bio-mechanical analysis software, a high-def camera and 63-inch monitors. The IceLab offers an overall score after each session and each lesson is archived and provided to students at the end of five sessions. For more info, visit
JUICY NUMBERS: Evander Kane is one of six NHL players with more than 20 goals and 120 hits this season. The list includes Kane (22, 125), Ryan Callahan (23, 203), Alex Ovechkin (24, 146), Erik Cole (22, 146), Milan Lucic (20, 131) and David Clarkson (22, 129)... Bryan Little's first goal against the Avs was his team-leading sixth game winner... Dustin Byfuglien has nine points (2G, 7A) over the past six games... Mark Stuart leads the Jets with 139 blocked shots, which ties him for fifth in the NHL.
QUOTABLE: "Unfortunately, I can't report any major improvement. It's very disheartening... he's not himself, and it's not in a good way. We're just hoping to have a couple good days in a row and see him back to his normal self again. I know he wants that, too. It's very frightening for him as well." -- Lauren Pronger, wife of Flyers defenceman Chris Pronger, on his battles with post-concussion syndrome.
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Nigel Slack, who I got to know through the Occupy Sheffield camp in 2011, has just launched a crowd-funder for a very interesting idea that my muse has apparently decided needs several hundred words writing about it in the early hours of the morning. My muse has the best timing. >_>
Slack is looking to do something which I've not heard about before, but which could be an interesting evolution of media and political engagement. He is asking for funds to spend the next year investigating and asking questions of local government. As far as I can tell, he is hoping to, on a local and direct basis, be sort of an investigative journalist, sort of a local advocate, and sort of a local advocate not affiliated to a party, ward or in hock to procedure.
If you go to his crowd-funding page, you can see that he has already made quite a name for himself in the local area through persistently asking questions and tracking down facts to find out what is being done in our name by our local representatives, and to bring to light things that they seem to want us not to know. He is particularly dogged with outsourcing, a growing feature of all levels of government, and one which both obscures what is happening, and to a large extent removes control of day to day operations from elected representatives to the machinations of lawyers and contracts. I don't want to say that outsourcing is never a good idea (please Capita, don't sue me!) but if you pay attention to the news, you don't have to think very hard to call to mind an example of outsourcing going, let's say, according to the letter rather than the spirit of the contract.
So yeah. My mate's doing this thing. I think he's awesome, and will be putting some cash in as soon as I've got some to spare. I think it will increase transparency in Sheffield, and that he will ask questions that should be asked.
But obviously I've got questions, and some thoughts as a result of both this idea, and some of the other stuff that's been floating around both my head and online.
So yeah. Isn't this what you would expect a local newspaper to be doing?
Well, I would. Except that the coverage in the local press is really not that good, and the online versions of all local papers are so awful that I actively avoid them. If either the paper or online offerings were better, I might give them pageviews / cash, but at the moment, that's just not happening. And even if I did give them money, I'm only really interested in supporting the political coverage.
I hear about all my local plays through social networks. Charity events in the city are publicised to me by friends taking part. I don't follow football, and I get the Sheffield Steelers news sent directly to my inbox. I have Gumtree, MySheffieldJobs, Freecycle, SpareRoom.com, Yell.com, Zoopla, eBay, JustEat and all those other classified websites. I don't really need a local newspaper.
Local newspapers have been dwindling around the country, and print media in general is in a total flap on how to deal with the disruptive force of the internet. Many of the functions of a local newspaper are filled by social media, online classifieds websites and by organisations that send out their own news by email and blog post. In the age of the search engine, when you can find out anything by asking your phone (nd with Siri, you don't even have to type it) what is left as the unique selling point of the local paper?
You could argue that one of the few things that they have which you can't get elsewhere, is someone not tied to party politics who has the time and the inclination to dig through the evidence, ask the questions, and get the Council to 'fess up to the stuff it doesn't want to talk about.
Freedom of information legislation is no good if there is no one with the time and expertise to ask the right questions and make sense of the answers. Data on it's own doesn't really mean anything. As any information manager will tell you, data needs processing into information before it can be acted upon.
I suppose you could argue that there are other ways to access this information. But are there? I can't find any really. There are the Council web pages, but that's by it's very nature selective reporting in the best interests of the Council.
I suppose there are other people asking the Council questions, but most people tend to be motivated by a single issue or set of issues that affect them, rather than being committed to uncovering things full time, and doing so across the board, regardless of their personal stake in the matter. There are also, of course, those who are seeking to advance themselves within political parties, who will of course have motives and views that are at least partly in line with at least some of the Councillors.
There is the Sheffield Politics site, who don't really seem to be that clear on their purpose. Also, to save you the trouble of looking, they last tweeted 2 months ago, their last news story was in August, and the last blog post was mid-September. The tumbleweed. It blows.
The chance to have a regular update on the position of local politics in Sheffield, from someone without a stake other than to keep receiving public contributions, would be really interesting. Maybe he might consider moving to a structure more like Patreon if things go well.
Which brings up the sticky question of funding. All funding has to come from somewhere and it all comes with strings, whether explicit or implied. Will this mean he is influenced by the source of his funding?
Well, yes, but so is pretty much everyone. We live under capitalism. It sucks and this is one of the ways it sucks. This kind of relates to my last post on a citizen's income, actually. Currently we are none of us free. Almost all of us are tethered to whatever pays the bills and puts food on the table. For most people that is waged labour. Those who aren't employed are dependent on a shrinking welfare state, a fickle market or supported by savings which are dependent on the vagaries of the international banking system.
We do not live in a perfect world. This is as good a work around as any to get this kind of oversight for local government, if that's a thing you want.
It does raise the issue of class and privilege though. The sort of people who most need the Council to be held to account for their decisions are those who have the most to lose, and by definition, the least to spare on crowd-funding for someone to ask questions. How can one individual ensure that they are asking the most pressing questions? How can one ensure one doesn't end up just pursuing one issue to the exclusion of all other issues, regardless of their urgency?
I don't have an answer for this, and I'll be interested to see if this is an issue Slack has to confront, and if it's possible for him to continue to ask the questions on behalf of the most vulnerable, whilst necessarily receiving funding from people who are better off.
One of the interesting things that might happen is that the coverage of Sheffield politics in the national press may improve due to essentially having a full time freelance journalist attached directly to the Council. I hope that Slack continues to find newsworthy material that, with the oxygen of publicity, changes things for the better in Sheffield. But I hope, and would suggest if he hasn't already, that Slack work out some sort of financial template for allowing journalists to access his research and re-print his stories.
There you go Nigel. There's an idea for you. For free. Also, if anyone else wants to set something like this up elsewhere, srsly, get a Patreon and blog at least once a week, ask people to subscribe for access to a well-curated online filing system for background documents and have rates for publications wanting to re-post your stories. The whole media environment is evolving fast at the moment. This idea may be one whose time has come.
I did have a whole bit here about representation and the way society and institutions are structured and blah blah blah, but then it was 3am and it was making less and less sense with every draft, so it'll have to wait for another time. Suffice it to say that there's nothing truly revolutionary about what Slack is trying to do, but within the limitations of the current system, it can't hurt, and may well do some good.
This isn't going to be very polished. As much as I'd love to turn out perfectly crafted posts one after the other, I don't really have the energy.
Which is sort of what I want to talk about.
There are so many things I would like to be able to devote time and energy to. So many causes I would like to be furthering. Campaigns I could see myself learning from and contributing to.
But I don't have the energy.
Over the last two years I have been forced to confront the fact that I am, and have been for some time, quite severely disabled.
I sleep on average 10 to 18 hours a day. I run an Etsy shop and while I love it, I would love for it to be something that I do in addition to an office job. Seriously – I love keeping a tidy database, an immaculate calendar and a tiny filing pile. Genuinely. I know that is rare.
Once upon a time, I did a full day job, went out straight from work to do rock climbing or bouldering in the Peaks, then came home, cooked dinner and got in a good few hours of book / internet reading and maybe some crafting as well before going to bed and doing it all again the next day. (This was before I caught the politics bug.)
I could not even begin thinking of doing that now.
As I said above, there are so many things I would like to be able to get involved in. So many things I would like to be doing. But all my energy at the moment is sucked up by the task of survival. And I'm not even doing particularly well at that.
I've applied for PIP, but predictably it's taking ages. If I had any independent income, I would not be reliant on my partners for literally everything.
I try to not feel guilty for eating when my partner frequently has to work overtime to make the household budget work. I want to be able to employ a cleaner so that at least once a week the floor is clean of dog hair. I want to be able to afford to get more pre-prepared or easy to cook meals so my partners don't have to come home from long days, look after me, clean the house and then cook. I want to ease the load a bit. I want to carry my weight in the home.
I want to relieve the weight of this guilt and do something more productive with all that mental energy.
Something like make a fuss about the bullshit that's still going on in Ferguson.
Something like supporting women in gaming in the other 'why the fuck is this still a thing' subject of #GamerGate.
Something like doing more reading, thinking, talking and blogging on the subject of queer and feminist anarchy. I've found everything I've read on the subject so far to be fascinating, but I can't honestly say I have enough knowledge to claim anything but a passing interest so far. This is A Problem for me. A problem I don't currently have the resources to solve.
Something like manage to hit the most basic of targets that I set for myself, like being able to do a single online food order for delivery each week. You wouldn't think that would be that hard, but honestly, some weeks it feels like climbing a rope ladder to the moon.
Something like being able to read all the politics that lands in my inbox and decide whether I want to do what the writer is asking. At the moment it pretty much all gets archived straight off.
Something like help my friend Peter Garbutt unseat Nick Clegg in next May's general election. (Seriously, the Greens have a decent chance in Sheffield Hallam, and Peter is an awesome dude who would make a great MP. Dear The Green Party, why is Hallam not a target seat? If I had more time and resources, I would be fighting for this.)
Something like reading newspapers again, so I was even vaguely up on what else I could find interesting and be working on right now were I not forced into survival mode.
With a citizen's income, I would be able to participate more in politics. Helen Lewis may not be everyone's favourite journalist, but she hit the nail on the head when she asked the other day How do we get questions of care up the political agenda, when carers are too knackered to complain? The same question can obviously be asked for those who need care and would love to be able to adequately compensate those who provide it for them, like me. Aaron Bastani made the point in a recent radio show that the Tory party feel able to ignore and stamp on the poor as much as they please because they are so desperately scrabbling to live that they do not have time to campaign against the political violence being directed at them.
I know that there are a lot of people who don't want us to have a real democracy. Also that there are many criticisms of our current democracy. I would love to read them. I really would. So would many other people whose energy is currently uselessly expended on surviving within and perpetuating our broken system. A universal unconditional basic income, for adults and children, with disability allowances on top, would free up so much energy. The case seems to be in the process of being made for this idea.
I've joined the Greens on the basis of their support for the policy. I mention the idea when it seems relevant. I've written this. What else can I do, given my physical limitations?
It's the worst kind of Catch 22.
Poly Means Many: There are many aspects of polyamory. Each month, the PMM bloggers will write about their views on one of them. Links to all posts will be found at http://www.polymeansmany.com from tomorrow. This month, our topic is "the little things".
The big things will always be there. They are obvious.
The little things are what keep us going every day, with hearts full of love and faces shining with smiles.
Laughing with my metamour at our boyfriend's wedding reception.
Watching my partners cuddle each other on the sofa.
Having three sets of wonderful partners parents instead of just one, and being able to call the non-legally binding ones out-laws instead of in-laws.
The first time my father wrote a card to all four of us, instead of just me and my legal spouse.
Having someone to talk to about your frustrations with a partner, whilst knowing that the person you're talking to loves them just as much as you do.
Being about to share joy about a partner's strengths and successes with someone who is just as proud of them as you are.
Being able to plot with two partners to do awesome things for the third.
I watch Star Trek with one. We've watched all the movies and everything post TNG except Enterprise.
I watch ice hockey with another. We went to Latvia together to watch Team GB in the Olympic qualifying matches.
I watch Supernatural with the third. We swop fan fiction, theories and pictures by email and tumblr.
With my most recent ex, I played Mass Effect. They had the controller for the Mako sections, because I cannot make that thing drive in a straight line, no matter what I do.
We all watch Star Wars together.
The different ways they kiss you.How funny it is to have three partners simultaneously express that they can't believe that you really haven't seen this movie yet. And then they fix that.
With four to divide between, a cheesecake for pudding almost never feels like too much. And hey, any excuse for cheesecake is a win in my book.
The different ways they hug you.
The different pet names they have for you.
The different interests they have.
The different smiles they have that light up their faces and souls.
The different ways they respond to problems and requests for help, giving you multiple perspectives and ideas for every problem, and helping you to choose the best way forward.
The sharing.
All the little things that add up to a surety of love. The little things that add up to a life together.
Content note: low self-esteem, anxiety, disordered thinking. None of these are the focus of this post, but are mentioned or referenced.
I'm going to take a bit of a weird direction here and write about something which I'm currently struggling with. I know how to get from here to being okay again, but there's a bit of work to do between here and there.
As well as being poly, I'm actually a whole person! Part of being a whole person, for me, is that I suffer from mental health problems which, from time to time, mean that I need more hugs and talking than normal. One of these funks arrived about three weeks ago and has yet to let me up. I am hugely fortunate to live with three fabulous partners who have made me feel wonderfully supported while my brain takes a holiday from being able to do useful stuff.
So, I hear you ask, where's the poly bit of the wobble?
It's in the way I'm responding and the sort of support I'm asking for.
Our family started out as two couples, and in times of crisis, I turn primarily to the person I've been with the longest, my legal husband, Tom. He has brought me tea. In pint mugs. He has made me laugh by telling me stupid dad jokes and coming up with wonder/awful puns. He has listened as I've talked myself dry with tears falling on his shoulders. He makes sure I keep eating.
And there is a horrid little voice in the back of my head that keeps telling me that this means that I'm not really poly. That my relationships with my other two partners can't be real. That I'm somehow letting down my partners and the poly community be leaning on my partners in the different ways that I am.
I suspect that much of this is just the natural fall out of my brain's holiday, and that if I didn't have more than one partner, it would be telling me I was currently being too much of a burden for any one person, or inventing any number of other things to get worked up about.
But that aside, it makes no sense for me to worry about this. We have chosen to be a family, not a separate pair of couples, but every relationship is unique. The fact is that one of my relationships has about twice as much history as my other two. And as for somehow letting down the community? Our family is ours, and the most important thing is that it works for us. After all, isn't that why we're poly in the first place? There's no point rejecting one set of relationships norms just to adopt or create another. (If you want a long read on this, I can thoroughly recommend Andrea Zanin's post on polynormativity at her Sex Geek blog.)
Being part of a non-standard relationship can give us wobbles about our roles and how we 'ought' to be relating to our partners. We have fewer role models than those in standard monogamous relationships, and it can be hard to truly understand that it is okay for our relationships to look like nothing we've seen before, as long as it works for everyone involved. It can also be daunting to have such a sea of possibilities. But the most important thing for us to remember is that the only audience that really matters is our partner(s), and the only metric by which success can truly be measured is whether it works, not how closely it conforms to any given model.
Now, if anyone has a sure fire way of getting that message into my brain past my current batch of brainweasels, I would love to hear from you!
So, if you've been paying attention to anything welfare related, you'll have seen stories like this: http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27796739 The government is seriously backed up on disability benefit applications.
How could they be fucking this up this badly?
Having just completed a PIP application form, I don't think this is in any way accidental. The form bears a passing resemblance to the qualifying criteria, but is hard to fill in, and helps neither applicant nor assessor to see clearly whether a certain symptom should be mentioned or contributes points towards receiving the benefit.
The government stated that they wanted to discontinue IB and DLA to save money, and I believe them, because the form I just filled in did everything it could to make me feel uncomfortable. The boxes you can tick don't match the criteria for receiving qualification points, and you're left with what's actually quite a small space to try and condense complex and interconnected behaviours, symptoms and challenges to try and say, without being able to say so, "I fit the criteria for 4 points in this section".
It will probably be a very long time before I hear about the outcome of my application. And I am very lucky. For me and my family, me being awarded PIP takes us from 'getting by' to 'actually doing alright and the back payments mean we can do up the bathroom so I can wash even when I can't stand up for long'.
We are lucky. I have paid in to the system and am now working towards collecting on my insurance. We are in the lucky position that we don't absolutely need it to live. Many are not so lucky, and these delays are causing massive suffering.
Just found this in my drafts folder and can't for the life of me think why I didn't publish it earlier. It's not polished, but hey. Originally drafted 11 June.
As you probably know by now, Facebook have been manipulating user's newsfeeds in an effort to study and affect their moods.
There are a whole load of hooks in this story, but one I haven't seen so far is asking the question, if Facebook have been manipulating what people see in an effort to make them sad, might this be a precedent or excuse for them hiding sad people altogether?
I am a sad person. I struggle with anxiety and depression, and my body is limited in several ways that would make anyone sad to have to deal with. I draw great comfort and strength from the ways in which I engage with my friends over social media. I also like the fact that, although I am not around often in physical locations, and hardly ever bump into people by accident (all my interactions are planned), I can, through social media, spot if someone is having a rough time and offer them support.
This research proves that you can filter out the sad posts from people in your social group, but what does that do to the people making those posts?
I wasn't born yesterday. I know that there are times when the sadness of others is overwhelming. I know that, from inside my own body, there seems so little I can do to make things better, so it must be hard for others to read that too. I limit the posts I make regarding my disabilities for exactly that reason. I know that there are only so many times someone you haven't managed to have a pint with in two years can say 'That sucks' to you over Facebook before they wonder if they even know the person they are offering sympathy to anymore.
Being sad sucks. Needing support from other people because you are so sad you can't just pull yourself up sucks more. But asking for support and being met with silence because the platform you are using to do so has decided that it wants its users happy and spending money? That would suck the worst.
So, the first time I put my Snapchat name out on my Twitter feed, I asked for dick pics. I did this mostly as a joke, because I didn't really believe that people would honestly send pictures of their reproductive organs to me, a complete stranger on the internet, for no other reason than they could. Also, I figured that if anyone WAS going to send me dick pics, they would do so regardless of what I said, merely by virtue of me having given out my Snapchat name on an unprotected Twitter profile. At least if I asked for it, I reasoned, then it wasn't actually sexual harassment, just a joke.
That time, I got sent three dicks. And it was kinda funny. At least until one of these dicks kept making itself known for a further month, once the joke had gotten really very stale indeed. Much like their cock cheese.
Today, I was Snapchatting away and thought to myself that I'd quite like to have more people to chat with. I sent out another tweet, this time asking for 'people to Snapchat my face, dog and yarn to'.
First pic was a dick. It arrived within 3 mins.
This time, I didn't ask.
My Snapchat name is fearlessknits. I would love to send you pics of my face, dog and yarn, and see bits of your life that you'd like to share.
But no dicks.
If you send me a picture of your penis, I will tweet out your Snapchat name, comments on the pic, and a grade, from A to D. If I can be bothered.
Please don't send me dick pics. I'm far more interested in your craft projects, pretty faces, and whether the weather is being particularly beautiful round your way.


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