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"This school is a beacon of professionalism among UK Steiner schools and the children who emerge are confident, articulate, international, open-minded and grounded, lucky them!"
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"This school is a beacon of professionalism among UK Steiner schools and the children who emerge are confident, articulate, international, open-minded and grounded, lucky them!"
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Notes from a talk at Michael Hall School 14th October 2014
How is it with childhood now? My international work helps me to see tendencies developing. 15 years ago the different parts of the world were more local and distinct, but world development subsequently has made for more similarities;
- 50% of children are now born in large cities with no access to nature;
- The structure of the family has changed; there are fewer children, less shared knowledge and agreed rules, less support for parents. City people are often alone, away from grandparents and other family members.
- As a child, I went out and grew up on the streets; if something was wrong, mother was at home, otherwise we only came home for food. Now the home environment and the outside spaces are not the same.
- Small families make children much more central, the focus of attention.
We love our children so much and we want to make their lives happy and free of worry; but children need to experience the blows and joys of life, to feel the world around them, in order to grow up.
I started my initiative at Nokken 30 years ago because I wanted children to experience the outdoor life, to have access to mud and worms, to know that all weather is good weather. The biggest change I have seen is that I see so few people in nature, even in places like Australia where there is so much! The outdoors is related so strongly to the senses; it goes very deep with a child to listen to birdsong, or a flowing river, to see how the light is different in the mornings from the afternoons and to feel how our own activity is different too. Playgrounds cannot replace this and activity there is often sitting too, like with sandpits, with the child being brought there by car.
Children need to use their bodies, to penetrate them properly. Walking is especially good, with the crossing movements which are known to help brain development, for lack of movement damages the development of intelligence. In Nokken they walk 3km each day, and some of the boys who can be problematic in class probably could do with 10km! This 50 minutes of walking allows them to get into their bodies; they are not running or observing things, but walking. Do adults normally do enough walking? The children need role models.
We must trust our children and give them the time they need. Wait until they have the strength to climb into the tree rather than putting them into it and then having to be there to hold them or get them down as they are not ready. Children grow into these things at their own pace, and it is a huge challenge for parents to hold back; if we focus too strongly on our children we may deprive them of the time to experience.
We can also learn so much from the children by listening to them and NOT giving them explanations all the time. They need to develop their rich imaginative inner space as this is essential for dealing with setbacks in life as an adult.
Parental anxiety about "how will my child do in life" is relatively new and parents need to grow their own inner space, to be clear about who I am and where I am going. Then we will be less likely to ask the children; do you like this or that, what do you want? These questions give the children too much responsibility. Rather than being democratic co decision-makers, they need us to be role models, where the adults know what we want and where we are going (eg of shopping). This gives the child security, as do regular bed times, eating together etc. The adults may be tired of the routine but children love it and feel safe. The children don't need to go to music lessons, ballet, gym, scouts, or to always be going to new places.
If they feel secure, then the children can make their world grow as they are ready. Regular domestic chores are wonderful and they should help with cooking, cleaning, washing, they need to be invited into the daily life of the family. Even if later they are going to be doctors etc they need to know how to change the bed and sew a button on!
I often see parents defending their children now; eg of a toy taken from the kindergarten where the parent was defensive, or telling teachers off. Children have to learn morality by parents role modelling it, and they need to learn from life's lessons. This is especially hard for modern parents surrounded by the media. They must have the freedom to find themselves to become who they will become.
On walking;
- There is something about just walking, allowing deep regular breathing to develop. Don't talk all the time!
- There are clear boundaries on the Nokken walks and regular stop places where the little ones catch up.
- Cycling with children is fine; but it's not walking!
3 days is not enough for the children to get into the rhythm of kindergarten, it is better with 4 or 5 days. Rhythm is healing, especially in the first three years.
Days without stress for young children are essential; the 6 hour days at Nokken go fast, surrounded by the same adults and routines, all related to the seasons. It is important that there are not too many transitions during the day.
Mixed age groups are essential in kindergarten; how else can the older ones learn to care for the younger ones?
Nokken food is porridge and rye bread; no dairy or sugar. Good sustaining food.
Information on Helle's http://parentandthepro.com
Notes unrevised by Helle Heckmann, taken by Simon Gillman
Every year Class 4 parents will take on the role of organising the Advent Fair, each year bringing their own wonderful ideas and creativity, helping to keep it traditional and yet different each year.
Enjoy live music throughout the day, delicious food available in many different places to cater for every palate. There will be the nostalgic taste of roasted chestnuts as well as warming drinks.
Watch a Puppet Show, beautiful and gentle stories for little children and adults alike, make a Gingerbread House (please book in advance for this, check the Friday Flier to see when tickets will be available). Take your little ones through an enchanted wood and find the Gnomes, enjoy the living crafts, things to do for all ages and plenty of wonderful gifts to be purchased.
11am Opening Ceremony, near bonfire in the Food Court. Class 4 children will make a joyful start to the day with their singing.
Children's activities: Visit the gnomes in the Gnome Home; create Christmas gifts and Advent Gardens in the Elves' Workshop; build and
decorate a Gingerbread House (if you haven't bought your ticket there will be some tickets available on the door at 11am and some more at 1pm - first come first served!); enjoy the quiet and fragrant magic of Candle dipping to the background of gentle harp music; remember Mary's journey and ride a donkey in the Lower School playground; let off steam in the Jungle Gym (until 2.30pm); take some time out in the Quiet Room (ssshhhh!), next door to the Tuck Shop café in the Lower School; have a dip in the Lucky Dip in the Dick Chester studio; enjoy some storytelling in the Middle School building or a puppet show in the Lower School building. Round off the day beautifully in the Theatre by watching Class 12 perform an Indian fairytale at 4:15pm (tickets available from the Info Stall at the back of the Dick Chester Studio).
Craft Workshops: Local craftspeople will be demonstrating their work and running workshops in the craft huts. Come and watch a demonstration or even have a go at traditional crafts such as whittling, felting, spinning or working with clay.
Food: Sandwich lunches and afternoon teas in the Mansion Café; hot soup in the Canteen; jacket potatoes and BBQ outside in the Food Court; hot chestnuts in the Lower School playground; snacks, cakes and chai in the Tuck Shop café in the Lower School; hot drinks and mince pies near the tunnel between the Food Court and the Lower School playground.
Shopping: Don't miss the Christmas Shop, back in the Dick Chester studio, selling homemade jams, biscuits and other deli goodies, Christmas decorations, handmade seasonal table items, handprinted wrapping paper, exquisite window stars, dressing up clothes, wooden toys and more! Support our Sister Steiner Schools who are in the Middle School building selling a range of handmade goods together with a carefully picked group of Artisan stallholders whose wares include knitwear, jewellery, leather goods, pottery, papercrafts and metalwork.
Music: Buskers young and old will entertain throughout the day in the Mansion café and around the school. Go candledipping to hear the magical harpists in the Eurythmy Studio!
3:45pm Closing Ceremony: All good things must come to end! Let's make it a joyful end with some carol singing around the bonfire. Come and join the singalong! We wish you a very merry Christmas.
With thanks to Richard Dean for his kind donation of our Christmas Tree.
Next year's Advent Fair is on 28th November, 2015!
From 7 – 9 October most of Class 11 joined forces with the St Michael's School (London) Class 11 to visit CERN, home of the Large Hadron Collider and Higgs particle fame, in Geneva Switzerland. Although only two of our students had the opportunity to descend 100 metres underground to see the huge CMS detector, much learning took place from the lectures, demonstrations, and exhibits on offer. We also visited the University of Geneva for two workshops in Electricity/ Magnetism and Colour/ Environmental Chemistry and participated in the second annual Geneva treasure hunt, as well as enjoying a genuine Swiss fondue supper. This was our last possible visit to the detector area for the next 5 years or so as the proton beam is due to be switched on early next year.
Glenn Metzner, Physics teacher
Being an Individual in a Community: The Importance of Balance in a Waldorf School.
The world we live in today increasingly focuses upon individual success in a material society. Young people can easily get lost in their personal profiles on Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites. In a Waldorf Upper School, we place importance upon encouraging students to look out into the world around them and seek their place within the community. Through self awareness comes the ability to take responsibility for one's own actions and to understand the consequences of these for the community at large. At Michael Hall, as students enter Class 9, they traditionally embark upon a week long Earth Stewardship Camp, where they build shelters, learn to create fire using ancient techniques, and experience bushcraft skills. Most importantly, they develop a mindfulness in their approach to others in their class and nature itself. Over the years, students have reaped the benefits of this experience, especially when they come to meet the world directly with external exams at the end of Class 10.
This year, a group of 40 students took this journey and came back enthused, engaged and ready to take on the challenges of the years ahead. In the words of some parents, the trip was clearly a success:
I was concerned about taking a week out of my child's learning in their GCSE years and what I have seen has confirmed that you know exactly what you are doing! My child came back transformed - full of gratitude for what life brings and its opportunities for the future - brimming with life and enthusiasm.
We had to go into the garden and light a fire and he sat down and talked to me for several hours about his experiences, feelings and hopes. What a gift this brings in parental - child communications and what confidence and new awareness he has about himself and the world – fantastic.
She talked for the entire journey home, telling me of the events of each day, and overall says she had a really good time. She says that after the first day she wanted to come home, but only because she wanted to tell me all about what she had been doing!!!!!!
I thank you for your welcome, for the structure and boundaries, for the consequences and guidance on behaviour, for the high expectations, for all the effort you (and the Lower School Class teachers, and the parents) have put into shaping this group of youngsters up to this point.
This group of students will have the opportunity to take this further, by taking up the Earth Steward Apprenticeship over the next two years; we hope many will embark on this journey, as our experience is that it strengthens their ability to cope with the pressures of exams and take responsibility for their learning. Most importantly, such courses help to maintain a balance in life itself. Whilst we need to 'measure up' to the rigours of academic study, and work hard to reach our individual potential, we also need to function effectively as part of a community and learn to value practical and environmental skills too. We set up our future through these formative years, and not just through the achievements we can put on our CVs. If we can promote an understanding of the need for a healthy balance in our young people now, we can avoid burnout, stress fatigue and anxiety in the future. We can also reap the benefits of a society that looks out for each individual's needs rather than each individual looking out for him / herself.
In the words of a student on returning from the Camp; I've never felt so belonging. Isn't that what we would all hope for our children?
When searching for some final words on the effectiveness of such camps, this message was passed on to me:
"Wilderness rites of passage reveal each person's life as a story being written each moment, and they remind us deeply that each story is magnificent …
Alone, we seek support.
Hungry, we seek nourishment. Vulnerable, we seek openness,
Cold, we seek the warmth of an inner flame.
Empty, we seek vision.
Human, we seek not to be different but to be ourselves,
Not to find another world, but to live fully in ours.
Most of all, we pray for a gift to bring back to our People and our Place."
Jane Morris-Brown 7.10.2014
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'Following completion of the Post-Results Enquiry phase, we are delighted to announce that our GCSE results have been positively revised. 67% of our Pupils gained a grade A*-B in the Summer 2014 Examinations Series and 41% of our exam grades were pitched at the A*/A grade standard.'


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Published on 10 April 2011 02:02 PM EDT
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Project Bossanova has high hopes to develop "the first 3D game built especially with Linux as the first priority. It will set the standard in gameplay, graphics, compatibility, community integration and more." In addition, they plan to have the game, now announced as RunServer's MMT, to be open-source. This is an MMOPRG game and it's being built using the Unigine Engine.
Project Bossanova
itself is not a game but they're simply trying to focus on and sponsor a game who's primary focus is on Linux support. The game they chose is
RunServer's MMT
, which was first shown off at the Game Developers' Conference 2009 in Moscow. It's built using our favorite game engine, the Unigine Engine. RunServer also integrates their own middle-ware code.
This past week they've announced the a playable demo of this game for Linux users who promise to pledge for the cause. They're not collecting money yet, but if you promise to give money in the future, they'll grant you access to this early demo.
Reality though has now set in that has dampened the project's original ideals. While the project seeks to make this game open, the Unigine Engine itself is proprietary and will not be opened up as part of this initiative. The RunServer software that's used for online server development, server geometry, RDBMS, etc will also remain closed-up by the Russian developers. They will just be opening up their top layer of the game client.
The MMORPG game itself when complete will be offered on a subscription basis. The project also began to be a Linux-only game, but that exclusiveness has now been dropped and there will also be a Windows version (there was in fact a MMT Windows demo previously for Russian gamers).
It appears though they hope the free software community can contribute though to make this game comparable to other triple-A titles, which is a massive feat by itself. "We are confident that the game we eventually release will not only be on par with current offerings in terms of graphics, gameplay, stability and compatibility."
Due to the Unigine Engine's impressive but demanding OpenGL renderer, it's also unlikely you will find this "open" game running anytime soon on open-source graphics drivers on Linux. It's possible to
run the Unigine Engine on ATI Gallium3D
when using out-of-tree S3TC and floating-point support, etc but that's just for R300g. And the performance is certainly less than desirable with even older game engines often wreaking havoc on Mesa / Gallium3D.
Sean McNamara, the Phoronix reader writing in to tell us about Project Bossanova, does mention "If you do an article on it, it'd be nice if you could mention the current non-working state of Unigine on the open source graphics stack. Maybe Unigine can apply some of the cut-downs they made for Android to a lower-spec OpenGL alternative renderer that will work swimmingly with Mesa and lower-end GPUs?"
While it's a nice thought, it's not that easy in reality and doesn't address the underlying issue of the open-source drivers being well behind their proprietary brethren. The Unigine Engine port to Android (and now Apple iOS too) does make some visual sacrifices, but heavily relies upon OpenGL ES 2.0, which is supported by Mesa / Gallium3D but still leaves a lot to be desired.
The Unigine Corp developers also aren't interested in cutting down the graphical richness of their engine for traditional PCs to satisfy those who wish to use open-source GPU drivers. It's effectively the same reason why they don't offer engine licenses to indie developers at no cost or next to nothing: they don't want titles based upon their engine looking like crap. Such community games tend to not have the best artwork and other assets, which Unigine Corp doesn't want representing their engine. It's just a crippling experience; it'd be like going to Oktoberfest and drinking Bud Light or any other American Scheiße out of an Augustiner Maß.
It's also not a problem specific to Unigine. Well known Ryan "Icculus" Gordon previously commented on
how the current open-source GPU drivers are the problem
with the lack of S3TC support, among other features, that leave them to provide an OpenGL 2.1 experience with slow performance. It's the drivers that need to be improved.
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, among other triple-A titles from years past, still struggle running under Linux with the latest -- mainline -- open-source graphics drivers. Windows games running under Wine on Linux are also often problematic with the various Mesa / Gallium3D options. The Source Engine on Linux with such drivers is also a nightmare.
Besides the
OilRush game
that's currently in beta and will be officially released this summer, there's also
three other forthcoming Unigine games
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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - A walk through the cavernous banquet room at the Fontainebleau Hotel offers a clear indication that this is not your typical South Florida convention. For starters, not everyone wears a name tag. And among the convention materials is the slogan "You can't play the game if you don't know the rules." The game is money laundering. And, this week, the Fontainebleau became a headquarters of sorts for those who do it and those who want to catch those who do it.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Call it quartermania. Rep. Michael Castle's proposal to mint quarters commemorating the 50 states is picking up steam. It won the crucial, if reluctant, support of Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin on Friday. Congress still must pass legislation, but already there's talk in Illinois of putting Chicago Bull Michael Jordan on the back of the two-bits, opposite George Washington. The Chicago Tribune speculated on its front page about immortalizing the basketball hero in coin.
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Eva Longoria showed off her insane rock at the VH1 Big in '06 Awards. Tony really picked a beauty. Congrats to the happy couple.
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teddybear 7 years
WOW!!!!! Love it!
rubialala 7 years
I love the shape, but I'm not into the colored stones myself. I'm with bluejeanie and azucar, though, in that all engagement rings are personal, so if it suites Eva, then that's the most important thing!
BlondeSugar 7 years
I'm not the biggest fan of colored stones, (although I do LOVE Heidi Klum's ring. It's one of my favs) But if they like it and it makes them happy than why not? Her dress looks pretty. I wish we could see a full view of it.
bluejeanie 7 years
azucar, thank you. i don't have a diamond, i'm not a diamond kind of girl. i wear an opal ring and i HATE it when people say it looks kind of "cheap" or that it doesn't mean as much since it's not a diamond. engagement rings are special to those who wear them, why would we make fun of a symbol of love and enthusiasm?
cerberus-mum 7 years
congratulations but is that a diamond???
JustMe21 7 years
Very unique. I like it.
azucar_maddy 7 years
What I really find "tacky" is when women make fun of other women's engagement rings. All rings are beautiful in their own right -- as they are a gift from the heart and reflect the style of the couple.
MrsJigglesworth 7 years
what color is it? under specific lighting sometimes colorless diamonds can look almost blue esp. if they are fluorescent
vmruby 7 years
It's really not my taste, and neither is the color of the diamond, but do i think it's a beautiful ring. To me it looks more like a cocktail ring ........
bluejeanie 7 years
is it a diamond? i think it's very pretty! it makes her happy.
playsindirt 7 years
There's no such thing as a tacky diamond of that carat weight!
LeCorb 7 years
The shape, the colour TACKY just like her, and I am surprised that somebody who grew up in France (Tony) has such bad taste! The ring looks plastic and she obviously got that dress to match the colour of her ring DESPERATE!
Mme-Hart 7 years
If you want to blame coloured stones on a trend, go back to Princess Diana...or better yet, go back in history because the clear diamond "trend" is newer than the coloured stone one. I think her ring is beautiful.
Luna13 7 years
wowzer! its huge!!!! it looks like the ring she wears on DH!
jousy 7 years
not a fan of coloured stones but it's BEAUTIFUL all the same and matches her lovely dress too!
Littlemami911 7 years
I'm so jealous! But I'm happy for her. That's what every good girl deserves!
katie225 7 years
i absolutely love the color! and the shape is beautiful as well! i'm a sucker for emerald cuts. i want to just print out this picture, zoomed in on the ring, and just "leave" it "somewhere" for the bf to find. j/k
LaylaCams 7 years
Why does the color of her stone resemble the color of the dress she is wearing? Beautiful ring but I'm not feeling the color either.
MrsJigglesworth 7 years
amyfinke and sanD13- I LOVE Brady Quinn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I really LOVE LOVE LOVE him. My hubby is a HUGE ND fan and for our 1st Ann. I got him tix to the ND vs. NC game at ND. It was like a dream come true for him, but the best part for me was watching Brady walk from mass to the stadium :love:. I painted my face w/ I "heart" Brady. He's SO beautiful... OK OK, I'll stop :love:
infraspinatus 7 years
the ring is heavier than she is! haha...beautiful rock :)
shortsugar 7 years
she looks cute..love the pushup bra, eva :P
FB1977 7 years
I agree on the shape...I'm not liking that, nor the color. Looks fake to me, although I know it's not...just the look in general.
sanD13 7 years
amyfinke, I love your avatar. Brady Quinn's such a hottie :-)
Katharine 7 years
Is the stone the same color as her dress?
hotstuff 7 years
It's a nice rock but I'm so sick of the color stone trend. This is all Ben Affleck's fault! Ever since he gave JLO that colored ring everyones been a copycat.
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The bill to regulate industrial hemp if the federal government allows it to be grown in Kentucky will now land in the lap of the Democratic House Agriculture Committee chairman who has block past hemp-related measures.
Senate Bill 50, passed the full Senate chamber on Thursday with a 31-6 vote. Five out of those six 'no' votes came from Eastern Kentucky senators in the congressional district held by Republican U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers, who created UNITE – an anti-drug program that covers his district.
House Speaker Greg Stumbo, D-Prestonsburg, confirmed to reporters in Frankfort that the bill, which will create a regulatory framework if the federal government allows the product to be grown, will be sent to the House Agriculture Committee.
Stumbo said panel's chairman, Rep. Tom Mckee, D-Cynthiana, agreed with Stumbo that the bill should contain provisions calling for an economic impact study. The University of Kentucky already has been tasked by the Kentucky Industrial Hemp Commission with doing such a study, which is due this summer.
"I think he'll have a hearing on it. I think he agrees it ought to be studied and looked at," Stumbo said.
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Senate President Robert Stivers, R-Manchester, who is also from Eastern Kentucky, chose not vote on the hemp bill Thursday. He said he had an conflict between the two sides mainly because of state and federal level concerns.
"Not having a strong opinion one way or another. I found it kind of appropriate for me to stay out of the fray," Stivers said. Stivers is a close ally of Rogers, who opposes industrial hemp, but is married to Regina Crawford, a field representative for U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, who announced his support of hemp last month. .
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Cryans was born & raised in Littleton & is lifelong Grafton County resident
To The Daily Sun,
Election Day is Tuesday, March 11, and I ask you to join me in voting for Mike Cryans to represent District 1 on the Executive Council.
Many folks are not quite sure what the Executive Council does and what they do not have the authority to do. The Executive Council manages the affairs of the state, alongside the governor, each acting as a check on the other. The Executive Council is not part of the legislative branch -- they do not make laws.
The best executive councilors, like Ray Burton, work in a non-partisan way and do what is best for the state of New Hampshire. For six years, as a member of the Grafton County delegation, I have worked with Mike Cryans in North Haverhill, our county seat, where he serves as county commissioner — a post that he shared with Ray Burton for 16 years. When it came time to elect the chairman of the Grafton County Commission in 2009, 2011 and 2013, Ray Burton nominated and supported Mike Cryans. Mike has worked for the people of Grafton County to provide services, improve facilities at the county and do it in a fiscally responsible way.
Whether visiting residents of the nursing home, dining with employees in the county cafeteria, or braving the elements on a blustery November day touring conservation lands in Grafton County, I have found Mike to be a person who is genuinely interested in the goings-on of the county and who connects with his constituents and truly cares about them.
Ray Burton's siblings have endorsed Mike Cryans, saying in their letter of endorsement, "I have no doubt that he (Mike) will put the needs of his constituents first and come to Concord to provide full services as a public servant for the people of District 1."
Join me on March 11 and elect Mike Cryans — born and raised in Littleton and a lifetime resident of Grafton County. He will fight for the North Country and the needs of all of District 1.
Rep. Suzanne Smith
NH House of Representatives, Grafton 8
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Does it make sense to put all administrative offices in 1 part of school?
To The Daily Sun,
I've been thinking about the taxpayers being asked to fund a $4 million project for the Alton Central School, with a large chunk of this money going to centralize the administration offices.
In the past few years all we've heard about is the safety of the children, which I agree should be a priority. However, with this latest request for millions, we'd model an elementary school after a corporate business, and put all the administration offices in one end of the building?
We've spent many thousands of dollars for cameras and special keyless entries because of the high level of safety concerns for the children. Wouldn't it make sense that the administrators should have their offices at each end and in the middle of the building, to further ensure the safety of those whom they are supposed to be responsible for, the children? It would seem that by having all the offices at one end of the building, it would leave three-quarters of the school unattended by an administrator.
I think this part of the request takes money away from the children, who should be the sole focus of any spending in this economic environment.
When you consider it was the superintendent and administrators who carefully controlled any, and all participation in the renovation planning, it's interesting that the administrative offices have become a priority. Evidently, the superintendent has control over our School Board, too, because they're in agreement.
Furthermore, under this plan, we'd be paying an architect who, I feel, is responsible for the $1 million warrant article for the High School roof repairs. Apparently the School Board agrees with me, as this architect is not involved in its repair.
Lastly, my husband suggested $4 million last year to prove the lack of planning for the amount of spending the School Board always wants to incur. The amount is getting more reasonable, but here we are again, asking if their plan is a viable one.
Barbara Howard
Last Updated on Tuesday, 04 March 2014 11:43
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All 3 of these petitioned warrant articles are bad deals for Alton
To The Daily Sun,
The Alton Town Warrant has three ill-conceived petition articles that should be rejected by the voters.
Article 42 would have the town not pay the approximate $7,000 membership fee to the Lakes Region Planning Commission (LRPC).
Of the 30 towns in the LRPC area, many have a similar mix of lakeshore versus non lakeshore land use as does Alton. It makes sense for our Planning Board to have easy access to data from all of these towns and knowledge of what approaches they have taken to similar problems. Your elected board members are responsible for using, or not using, such input to best meet Alton's needs. Why circle the wagons and operate in a vacuum?
The LRPC also sponsors the annual Hazard Household Waste (HHW) collections for member towns. For Alton and Wolfeboro, LRPC originally helped organize our successful two town HHW facility. LRPC also inventories and does traffic counts on area roads and provides the local prioritized input to the State's 10-year transportation plan.
In 2001, as chair of the Alton Planning Board, I spoke at the Town Meeting in favor of joining the LRPC, which passed. I just can't see how withdrawing now would be good for the town.
Article 43 would eliminate the employment position of Town Planner, replacing such with contracted hiring. I personally experienced periods on the Alton Planning Board with contracted planner support. Some were good, some less so. All were expensive, and their stays in the position limited in duration. Most never got to know the town and their approach to applications was never consistent from one contracted planner to the next. This makes life difficult both for applicants and board members. The Planning Board members are your elected officials, we should leave it to them to determine how best to meet their needs.
Article 44 would eliminate the employment position of Town Assessor, also replacing such with contracted hiring. I was a member of the Alton Board of Selectmen in 2004 when Tom Sargent was hired as full-time Town Assessor. Prior to that a revolving door of contracted "assessing agents" continually came and went, and they were expensive. None stayed long enough to get to know the town. None was able to get ahead enough to deal with town-wide imbalances. This often resulted in sudden revaluation changes and the ensuing long lines of irate taxpayers. Tom has gotten to know the town well and has stabilized the process with small annual changes based on prior-year sales. He also introduced on-line tax cards in Alton which vastly cut the office administration load.
I personally worked with Tom for several years when I was an Alton selectman, and I can vouch for his knowledge and integrity. Paying more money to return to the revolving door of expensive contract hires would be insane.
All three of these petition articles are bad deals for Alton and should be voted down.
Alan Sherwood
Last Updated on Tuesday, 04 March 2014 11:28
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We ask voters to approve new 2-year agreement with Alton teachers
To The Daily Sun,
The Alton Teachers' Association is a part of the community that values public schools and learning, despite the many obstacles to successful education. Some of these obstacles include a gridlocked political arena, perpetually constrained time, and the challenges of a global economy.
Another important challenge is the aging infrastructure of the Alton Central School campus. The Alton School Board has been relentless in its attempts to begin needed upgrades. The town needs to come together and support the renovation warrant article so we don't, for instance, have to send the students home again for fear of the roof collapsing due to some snow as we did a few years back. It is also disruptive (at best) to have to move classes around the building when sewage-type odors are released into the already-overcrowded building's atmosphere. These are but a few examples of the unpleasant – possibly dangerous – events over the last several years directly related to the aging physical plant.
Time and again, a majority of the voting citizenry has delayed fixing this problem. And in spite of it, the educators of SAU 72 have continued to work with professionalism and integrity. We ask voters to support the proposed renovation.
We also ask voters to approve the new, two-year agreement for teachers, as the current one expires in June. It is supported by both Alton's Budget Committee and School Board. It asserts positive and predictable working conditions while being fair to both Alton faculty and citizenry. The Alton Teachers' Association encourages all voters to participate on March 11. We ask for the community's support so we may surmount together the many obstacles to successful education.
Richard Brown, President
Alton Teachers' Association
Last Updated on Tuesday, 04 March 2014 11:24
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Let's not turn back the clock a decade on Gilmanton Fire Department
To The Daily Sun,
An open letter to Gilmanton voters:
Please vote "yes" on Article 30 which protects our current level of Fire Department services. Public safety matters. This warrant article is needed to stop the attacks by the selectmen on our Fire Department. We encourage you to send a strong message to keep our current mix of full- and part-time Fire Department staffing and not eliminate one of our full-time positions.
Here is what has happened. One selectman thinks he can run our Fire Department better than the fire chief. He has been relentless in attacking our chief about department scheduling. There have been no complaints about the chief's performance or the Fire Department.
We are fortunate to have a well run department. Even the selectmen said we have a good fire chief and department. Why do they want to micromanage our Fire Department when they don't have the training to do so?
How do we know their latest position is not sincere but an attempt to micromanage? On Jan. 3, behind closed doors, they passed a policy directing the fire chief to stop using part-time staff on Sundays. They put their recommended budget to bed and did not recommend cutting a full-time position to two part-time positions. A warrant article was submitted by the voters to support current staffing. In reaction to the petitioned warrant article, the selectmen all of a sudden do not have a problem with "part-timers" filling even more shifts, since they are now proposing to eliminate one full-time position.
The voters in 2004 added a full-time position. Let's not turn back the clock a decade on our Fire Department services. This is not an increase in spending, but level-funding.
Please protect public safety by voting "yes" on Warrant Article 30.
Bill & Terri Donovan
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Is Islamic Finance a failure?
More often than you think, people think Islamic finance is a sham, says Oliver Agha, founding partner of a shari'ah-compliant law firm. But Agha says it's all borne from ignorance.
January 28, 2012 2:16 by Reuters
Islamic finance, a faith-based system of ethical finance, is growing while it continues to struggle for its identity; it is torn between the market success of emulating conventional structures and developing genuinely Islamic structures that reflect its spiritual ethos. This article reveals the struggle and highlights the endemic and extraneous pressures that threaten Islamic finance — and then notes specific remedial actions that must be taken for its redemption.
The Islamic finance industry is reported to be valued at over $1 trillion, with an estimated annual growth rate of 10 percent (Global Islamic Finance Report, 34 (Humayon Dar et al eds., BMB Islamic ed. 2011)). The industry is continuing to grow despite its inherent problems, and some market analysts project it will be valued at anywhere from $3 to $5 trillion by 2016.
Islamic finance should serve as a stabilising force in the global economic order because deposits in Islamic banks (which are not loans but true investment deposits on a mudaraba basis) are reinvested in the real economy for goods/services without any artificial money expansion. In the conventional system, banks increase credit in good times on the fractional reserve banking system principle — for each dollar deposited (loaned) to a bank, the bank may loan out many more. The "choking" of such credit, in a downturn, can wreak havoc as evidenced by the financial crises, and therefore the equity-based constructs inherent in the Islamic system are likely to serve as a stable pillar of the economic system particularly in these times.
While the spiritual precepts behind Islamic finance espouse risk sharing and partnerships, many products in the market reflect risk profiles of conventional structures. As disputes in such products/structures develop, the judgments (if out of line with Shari'ah precepts in the absence of regulatory and legal frameworks) could threaten the future of the industry. From where we sit, stakeholders need reliability and clarity on laws governing the Islamic finance industry and adjudication of their disputes; in the absence of such clarity the industry will suffer from structural problems risking an exodus.
This article is written, while uncompromisingly, with the intention to have the governmental authorities and stakeholders take serious notice of the issues and address them comprehensively through considered and comprehensive legislation while the industry is still in a nascent stage — a stitch in time will save nine. It is also a call to all to push for an alignment for the industry with its spiritual core — not focusing merely on market success. The article ought to be read with this background in mind.
Today, Islamic finance is beset with problems including those relating to credibility, regulatory, enforceability, uniformity (including Shari'ah issues), lack of scholarship/training and being fundamentally out of sync with its spiritual and ethical mandate.
More often than not, people have said to me, "Islamic finance is a sham." They don't see the difference between Islamic banking and conventional banking and cannot differentiate between conventional and Islamic products. Some of this criticism is unfair and due to a lack of understanding of the difference in the actual risk profiles between the two (e.g. in an Islamic ijara project/property finance transaction, the financier assumes the risk of loss of the asset, which is markedly different than a conventional mortgage situation where the mortgagee (bank), as lender rather than owner, does not assume such risk of loss).
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2013 is already off to a strong start for a certain attention-loving family.
Isn't that right, Rob Kardashian?
Just a day after the Kim Kardashian pregnant bombshell threatened to break the Internet forever, E! News caught up to Kim's brother in Miami, where he was hosting a New Year's Eve bash at STK.
"It's beautiful. It's a blessing," Kardashian said of the news. "The new year, we've got another child coming, so that's great. Kim's never had a baby, so it's going to be a beautiful blessing."
With a child on the way, does this mean Kim and Kanye will soon be walking down an aisle? (NOTE: She is still legally married to Kris Humphries.)
Rob says he has "no idea" about any nuptials, but: " I'm sure that will come down the road, but right now everyone's focusing on just the baby going on right now. I'm sure that's something in the future."
Or maybe not. Two kids and years into their relationship, Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick don't seem in a rush to wed.
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Marriage is not a necessity to having a couple raise a healthy family. Never has been, never will be, very overrated. It's simply a ritual where you tell your lover that you'll be together until death, but that's usually broken well before death. You don't need a piece of paper for a couple to stay together, nor to raise kids.
I BEG to differ with you.
Marriage is not just a ritual as you say, is a commitment with ourself and our significant other., that apparently low morality persons don't understand....
And morality it is a necessity to raise a healthy family..


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14 October 2014: We have uploaded the master's thesis abstract of Wanyoike Wamiti. See the news item from 19 August for more. He studied the ectoparasite loads of Speckled Mousebirds (Colius striatus) and Red-capped Larks (Calandrella cinerea) in different habitats in Kenya. Mousbirds have a lot of lice! The photo above is of a Speckled Mousebird in Malawi.
9 October 2014: Early in 2014, Curator John Bates was contacted by a man named Daniel Parelius. A retired postal carrier and child of missionaries, Dan had spent much of his high school years in the Ivory Coast. An interest in birds led him to contact then-curator Mel Traylor about collecting birds for the Field Museum. Mel responded with an enthusiastic "Yes, please!," an agreement was made to pay Dan $1.50 for each specimen, and several years later the Field Museum contained the entire Parelius collection, nearly 2,000 birds collected over 6 years in the Ivory Coast.
When Dan wrote John, his basic question was "Has anybody done anything with the birds I collected?" The answer: Not since 1967. So Josh Engel set out to see just what was in the Parelius collection, and, as it turned out, there were some interesting specimens, including a species of warbler that had never been recorded in the country. This resulted in a publication co-authored by Josh, John, and Dan in Malimbus, "The Parelius bird collection from Ivory Coast at the Field Museum of Natural History, and the first country record of Rufous Cisticola Cisticola rufus," which can be downloaded from the Publications page.
19 September 2014: Our colleague Holly Lutz, a doctoral student at Cornell University and long-time associate of the Field Museum, reports in from Kenya, where she's doing field work on bats (she studies birds too!): "Following up on discoveries I've made about the close relationships between avian and bat malaria parasites in Africa, I am collecting samples from bats in Kenya, with the help of Dr. Paul Webala, to further study the evolutionary history of these parasites. I am preparing blood samples from these bats on a special type of microscope slide that will allow me to dissect out individual parasites and sequence their genomes once I am back in the lab. What genetic changes are associated with transitions of malaria parasites from birds to mammals? How many times have these changes occurred, and are they similar or different among different parasite species? These are just a few of the questions I am trying to answer with my research. Very little is known about which Kenyan bats are carrying what parasites, so I am trying to sample as broadly as possible in terms of host species and habitats - including open savannah, tropical rainforest, volcanic caves and lava tubes, and abandoned diatomite mines." See Holly's website to learn more about her research.
19 August 2014: Congratulations to Wanyoike Wamiti on earning his master's degree from Kenyatta University in Nairobi, Kenya! Wamiti spent several months at the Field Museum working on his project, which you can read about on the Students page. We'll post the abstract of his thesis when it's fully finished. He was also just in the United States attending the 5th International Conference of Phthiraptera in Park City, Utah. Part of his trip was funded by the museum's Council of Africa.
2 April 2014: We've added another recent publication by members of the Bird Division along with colleagues in Congo and Denmark. The study, published in the journal Ibis and titled "Genetic structure offers insights into the evolution of migration and the taxonomy of the Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx montanus species complex," got its start when a P-BEATRA training program in Congo collected particularly interesting Cercococcyx montanus specimens. They were clearly of the migrant subspecies, which had only been recorded twice previously in Congo. Using DNA samples from the Field Museum and the Zoological Museum of the University of Copenhagen, plus study skins from the Yale Peabody Museum and the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, we examined the differences in genetics, behavior, and plumage between the migratory subspecies of east and southeast Africa and resident subspecies in the Albertine Rift. The paper can be downloaded from the Publications page, and you can read more about the study at the blog of the British Ornithological Union.
13 March 2014: We were thrilled to recently receive an email from legendary birder Peter Kaestner with a superb photo of a bird near and dear to our Bird Divison hearts--Willard's Sooty Boubou. Its painting--by Tom Gnoske, who first noticed that it may be different from its close relatives--is the frontispiece to this website (see the bottom of the page). It was described to the world in 2010 by scientists from within the Bird Division and our colleagues elsewhere. It's also named after our long time collections manager, Dave Willard. You can read more about the African Birds team looking for the bird in the wild on John Bates' blog. The paper with the original description can be found on our Publications page. This is far and away the best photo of the species that we have seen--the photo can now be found here.
27 February 2014: Congratulations to Innocent Balagizi for succesfully defending his master's thesis. He graciously sent us the full document which is downloadable from the Publications page. See the news item from 28 January for more information.
20 February 2014: The Bird and Mammal Divisions are thrilled to welcome Sadic Waswa to The Field Museum. Sadic is a student at Makerere University in Uganda and is at the Field to collect data for his thesis. He's already been here for a few weeks acclimating to the cold and snow of a real Chicago winter and starting to collect data. You can read more about him and his project on the Students page.
12 February 2014: We're very excited to see some of the best biodiversity heat maps be made publicly available. They are based on a study originally published by Clinton Jenkins and colleagues in the prestigious PNAS journal in 2013. One thing that we love about them is how the Albertine Rift really stands out in many of the maps. For example, in Birds check out global bird diversity and non-passerines (the map labeled "non Passeriformes"). For Mammals check out global mammal diversity, rodents (Rodentia), and primates. Cool stuff!
28 January 2014: Our friend Innocent Balagizi wrote to let us know that he is defending is master's thesis this week. He sent us the abstract, which is posted in the Biodiversity and Conservation section on the Publications page. His research will have very important implications for plant conservation and biology education in eastern Congo, focusing on teaching about medicinal and wild food plants in the region's secondary schools. He writes, "We are working on medicinal and wild food plants of the eastern DRC for technology development and food security! Now we have a community outreach programme [based on] the experience of P-BEATRA." It's great to see the Field Museum's training programs in the region, like P-BEATRA, continuing to influence science and conservation in the Albertine Rift.
19 November 2013: Our Publications page continues to grow. Today we added two new papers from the Bonn zoological Bulletin by Field Museum and Roosevelt University mammalogist Julian C. Kerbis Peterhans and colleagues from DR Congo, Germany, and Uganda. These papers describe the mammal fauna of the poorly known southern Albertine Rift forests of Misotshi-Kabogo on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika and include the descriptions of four new species, two shrews and two insectivorous bats. The papers also suggest that other specimens collected may represent undescribed species. This clearly highlights the need for further biodiversity surveys in this region, one that has been difficult to access in recent years due to lack of infrastructure and civil strife. The papers can be downloaded in the Mammals section on the Publications page.
The Field Museum has a long history of ornithological research in Africa dating back to inventory work by collectors working for the museum and extensive field work by curators W. R. Boulton (West Africa and Angola) and Melvin Traylor (Zambia, Botswana, Egypt and Sudan). The museum also purchased important historical collections of F. J. Jackson and V. G. L. van Someren (Kenya and Uganda) and smaller collections made by Goode (Cameroon) and D. Parelius (Ivory Coast). Since 1990, we have worked in Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, and Madagascar. These efforts include collecting specimens, training and providing support to African graduate students and conservation specialists, and conducting scientific research useful for setting conservation priorities in the region. All of our recent work has been in concert with local institutions and colleagues. In Malawi, for example, we have worked with the National Museums of Malawi to make modern surveys of birds throughout the country to understand morphological and genetic diversity in both birds and their parasites/pathogens. This collection may be the most comprehensive modern collection of birds and parasites from any African country, something that will allow comparative work on Malawian birds to be conducted for generations to come.


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Make no mistake, Jerome Simpson's weekend visit with the Vikings in the Twin Cities went incredibly well. The talented wide receiver liked what he heard about his chances to flourish in a significant role here. The Vikings, meanwhile, felt more and more comfortable as they got to know Simpson better.
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Last year in Cincinnati, Simpson showed flashes of his potential. He had 50 catches for 725 yards and four touchdowns, including this gymnastic-style score against Arizona on Christmas Eve.
Simpson's best game was an eight-catch, 152-yard outburst in a 31-24 loss at Baltimore in November.
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