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- Dec 15:
- Feds inaugurate new Texas immigration detention center
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- US to grant refugee status to some Central American children
- Oct 15:
- Mayor: More immigrants at Artesia center freed than deported
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- Artesia, N.M., immigration lockup draws criticism
- Sep 25:
- US: Immigrant families fail to report to agents
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- Bid withdrawn for proposed immigration shelter near Clint
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- Mexican president condemns Texas' National Guard deployment
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- Federal officials propose Texas immigration lockup
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- Obama administration seeks $1.2 billion for border
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- Lawsuit filed over immigrants' access to lawyers at Artesia detention center
AUSTIN >> With thousands of unaccompanied children pouring across the U.S.-Mexico border, state Rep. Joe Pickett, D-El Paso, will hold a legislative hearing today in an attempt to learn the dimensions of the crisis.
On Monday, Pickett, chairman of the House Homeland Security and Public Safety Committee, said Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw and Texas Health Commissioner David Lakey will testify. Pickett said that while many lawmakers and other officials have made public statements about the crisis, today's hearing would feature the first formal testimony before the Legislature about the problem.
An estimated 52,000 unaccompanied children have crossed the Mexican border since October — nearly twice last year's total, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday. Most are from the Central American countries of Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, and most are crossing the Rio Grande in South Texas, the paper said.
Last week, McCraw traveled to the border in South Texas with Republican officials, who blamed the crisis on the Obama administration, which in 2012 granted temporary legal status to undocumented immigrants who had spent most of their lives in the United States.
But on Sunday, ABC News reported that a more likely culprit is a 2008 law passed unanimously by the Democratically controlled Congress and signed by then-President George W. Bush, a Republican.
Under it, unaccompanied children from Central America can't immediately be sent back, the network reported. Instead, they must be held by the government until relatives in the United States can be found.
The children are to stay with relatives as they await appearances in immigration courts whose dockets are overwhelmed, ABC reported.
Widespread rumors that unaccompanied minors can stay in the United States indefinitely have gained currency in Central America, according to news reports. At the same time, rampant violence in some of those countries seems to have motivated families to send children on the hazardous journey north through Mexico.
Thousands of the children now are housed in makeshift shelters in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and elsewhere.
The problem, which President Obama has called a "humanitarian crisis," intersects with the divisive issue of border security. Last week, at a congressional hearing about the crisis, politics crowded out substantive discussion about what's causing the problem and how best to deal with it, said U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, a Democrat from El Paso.
O'Rourke is a member of the U.S. Homeland Security Committee, which held last week's hearing. The El Paso congressmen said he left it knowing little more about the causes of the surge of children from Central America than he did going in.
For example, he said, Honduras has the highest murder rate in the world, but that was also true a year ago, before the surge seems to have started.
Pickett said he hopes to minimize political posturing at his hearing today.
He said he wants McCraw, the Texas public-safety director, to explain what he knows about the crisis.
Pickett said he wants Lakey, the health commissioner, to describe the condition of the children coming across the border, and explain whether they're being adequately cared for and whether they pose any public-health risks.
In El Paso, the U.S. Border Patrol has been sending recent detainees associated with the influx of Central American immigrants to area hospitals for medical evaluations, University Medical Center officials said.
On Sunday, University Medical Center evaluated 11 detainees, including seven children, said spokeswoman Margaret Althoff-Olivas in an email. None of the people who were evaluated needed to be admitted into the hospital and, they were turned back over to Border Patrol, Althoff-Olivas said.
One of only two Democrats on the committee, Pickett said he hopes to lead a sober discussion.
"I think the members need to be discreet," he said. "This is not the town-hall meeting where they're jazzing up the local bloggers."


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The entire plot of the dramedy could be written on a sticky note, but writer Diablo Cody and director Jonathan Demme — and a cast that includes Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline and Audra McDonald — all elevate the material into something offbeat and affecting. Streep plays an aging never-was rocker who returns to the husband and kids she abandoned, but only after she hears that her daughter (played by Streep's own kid, Mamie Gummer) is going through a tough time. A lot of exasperated bickering ensues, but the actors and filmmakers keep it from feeling too shrill. This is a movie that...


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Bath Rugby Academy's Max Clark and ex-Beechen Cliff schoolboy Lucas Slowik dot down as England under-18s thrash Wales
Posted: March 24, 2014|
Bath Rugby Academy player Max Clark and former Beechen Cliff schoolboy Lucas Slowik both touched down as England under-18s put six tries past Wales in a 43-12 victory.
George Perkins scored a first-half hat-trick, while Henry Cheeseman, Clark and Slowik – now at Bristol – also crossed the whitewash. Gloucester ten Lloyd Evans added 13 points with the boot at Neath, while Bath's Will Homer started at scrum-half.
Head coach John Fletcher said: "Overall we are pleased with the way we played. We attacked with real intent and scored some good tries. The forwards created a strong platform for our backs and some of the interplay was good. We improved defensively as the game went on.
"We lacked consistency and accuracy at times which will improve the more the players train and play together. We'll reflect on the game when we meet up on Thursday and then switch our focus to France on Friday, which will be another big challenge."
England made the perfect start and were 14-0 up after ten minutes. Both came from Perkins as the Saracens winger displayed good strength and pace to dive over.
Good pressure from the pack preluded England's third try, which saw a quick tap-and-go penalty from Homer given to Cheeseman, who touched down.
Perkins completed his hat-trick minutes later, picking the ball up in midfield before smashing through two tackles to touch down between the sticks.
Wales did give the home fans something to cheer just before the break, finally breaching the resilient English defence after a spell of heavy pressure.
Evans broke the deadlock with an easy penalty in the second period before Clark scored England's fifth try and Slowik added the sixth.
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You settle on the price, and then, when the inspector says the roof is pretty much done, you adjust the price accordingly.
The roof, 10 meters above him, started cracking and falling to the floor.
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On the roof of the carriage was the more substantial luggage.
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The roof of the mouth, consisting of the hard and soft palate.
Old English hrof "roof, ceiling, top, summit; heaven, sky," also figuratively, "highest point of something," from Proto-Germanic *khrofam (cf. Old Frisian rhoof "roof," Middle Dutch roof, rouf "cover, roof," Dutch roef "deckhouse, cabin, coffin-lid," Middle High German rof "penthouse," Old Norse hrof "boat shed").
No apparent connections outside Germanic. "English alone has retained the word in a general sense, for which the other languages use forms corresponding to OE. þæc thatch" [OED]. Roof of the mouth is from late Old English. Raise the roof "create an uproar" is attested from 1860, originally in U.S. Southern dialect.
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Healthy and Ready to Work (HRTW)
Healthy and Ready To Work is a national resource center dedicated to facilitating the transition of children with special health care needs from pediatric to adult health care and to post secondary education and/or employment. It promotes a comprehensive system of family- centered, quality health care, and youth participation in decision making. HRTW provides resources and tools, such as Bright Future (www.brightfutures.org) that help youth, families and health providers in the transition process.Web site: http://www.hrtw.org
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Made this while making some guacamole.
Archive for the 'Food & Drink' Category
Guacamole FacePublished October 30, 2012 Food & Drink , Art 2 Comments
Tags: guacamole, guacamole face
You Can't Sleep On CactusPublished July 11, 2012 san francisco , Food & Drink Leave a Comment
Tags: Haight Street, Homeless, sit lie
Haight street has a lot of homeless. The upper Haight, where Haight street meets Golden Gate Park, tends to have the heaviest congregation of people living on the street – offering easy access to the park and a steady stream of tourists to panhandle. Directly across from this location is a fast food restaurant.
The parking lot of that fast food restaurant was a prime location for people who live on the street to sleep. It offered a small area of wood chip covered ground in between zipcars and neighboring houses. Until recently, (I guess a couple month back) the wood chips have been replaced, and boulders along with large pointy plants were added.
According to an SFGate article, this particular fast food place has a not so good history when it comes to homeless relations. In 2010 it was accused of raising the cost of items on its low priced menu to "reduce the numbers of poor and homeless people visiting the fast food chain restaurant."
Given that, and the fact that I don't know too many fast food places that care about what the outside of their buildings look like, it's hard to imagine the rocks and prickly plants are simply part of a beautification effort.
But who knows, maybe it is just an attempt to make a parking lot look better.
In any case, we will now return to our regularly scheduled programing of surfboards and animated gifs.
Craft Beer In Artsy Cans Make Perfect Road SodasPublished June 4, 2012 Food & Drink , Art 2 Comments
Tags: can beer, 21st amendment, anderson valley brewing company, IPA all day
Brew Free! Or Die IPA from 21st Amendment. Just because it's local, you might get popped for this one on the streets of San Francisco. However, I still feel like that would be highly unlikely.
Hop Ottin' IPA from Anderson Valley Brewing Company. It's grape soda for all anyone else knows.
Additional pluses: Friendly to the environment (light weight, easier to recycle). Better tasting beer (light can't get in). Beer koozies.
The Tubes Visits New Orleans And Leaves Its Mark At Lafitte's Blacksmith ShopPublished May 16, 2012 new orleans , Food & Drink , Architecture Leave a Comment
Tags: Graffiti, Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop Bar
If you find yourself walking along Bourbon Street in New Orleans, may we suggest stopping in Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop Bar. The whole Ice Tubes family passed through the bar this past weekend and left a reminder of our visit with a Sharpie.
Once owned by the "famous" pirate, Jean Lafitte, the bar is said to have been built in 1722 and may be the oldest structure used as a bar in the United States. Be that true or not, it's worth a stop inside for an Abita and to also write "rules" or "sucks" below Ice Tubes on the table. Whatever you decide to write, we'd love to see a pic of it.
"Lovin' It" Wherever You Damn Well PleasePublished March 25, 2012 Got jokes , Food & Drink Leave a Comment
Tags: fast food renegade, McDonalds vs In-N-Out
Irvine, California is home to some of our nation's most fearless fast food renegades.
[via Andrew "clappnasty" Clapp]
What's Better Than Riding MUNI?Published March 2, 2012 san francisco , Food & Drink , Frederick Knob 1 Comment
Tags: MUNI, Bacon Bacon
The answer is "pretty much anything," but a lift downtown on the Bacon Bacon truck would be swell!
TCB Courier Recognizes Frederick Knob As A NeighborhoodPublished March 1, 2012 bike , san francisco , Food & Drink , Frederick Knob 5 Comments
Tags: TCB Courier, FKnob
Granted they left the "K" off of Knob, but TCB Courier acknowledges Frederick Knob (FKnob) as a neighborhood on their delivery zones. That's all the proof I need to confirm that FKnob is a real neighborhood. I was iffy on Wikipedia. If you couldn't tell, I've been on a FKnob kick lately.
I know all I know about TCB Courier from MissionMission.
Budweiser Introduces Revolutionary Wide-Mouth CanPublished February 17, 2012 Got jokes , Food & Drink 2 Comments
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Beer now gets in your mouth faster than ever! Fantastic stuff.
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Liquid Japanese Mentos Commercial With San Francisco Bike MessengersPublished February 13, 2012 bike , san francisco , Food & Drink Leave a Comment
Tags: Mets, Gang of Mets, KIRIN, bike messenger
The drink is called Mets and it's made by KIRIN, and honestly, that's all I can really tell from the video. It appears to get you out of tough situations — like jumping though a cable car — when you're tearing up the streets of San Francisco on a bike.
Riding bikes. Slamming Mets. San Francisco.


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That playwriting sonuvagun Sonny Smith [1] is back in town. You can find him at 12 Galaxies [2] Tuesday, Dec. 5, opening for Bob Frank and John Murray.
Smith describes Frank as "a gifted Memphis singer-songwriter who landed a one-album deal with Vanguard Records" back in the '70s. Frank's subsequent eponymous album "earned critical comparisons to Gordon Lightfoot, Ian Tyson"; the songwriter is apparently back after hooking up with his old Memphis pal Jim Dickinson.
Smith also sends the above photo from his tour travels. It's a sign posted outside a ruined church in the lower ninth ward of New Orleans.
[1] http://www.sonnysmith.com
[2] http://www.12galaxies.com/flash.html


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Sixteen of the 20 competitors hail from the home nation of China in the Asian Championships as they reach the semi final stage, with a few forgotten names in the mix. Lu Lan has returned to her 2009 form and has shocked another seed on her route to the last 4.
The men's singles has turned into an all-Chinese competition, with 3rd seeded Boonsak Ponsana losing out to Bao Chunlai in two tight games followed soon after by Tien Minh Nguyen who was defeated by another higher seeded player in Du Pengyu. Lin Dan defeated the last of the non-Chinese players in his three game victory over Sho Sasaki to set up his semi final with the 6th seeded Du Pengyu. 2nd seeded Chen Long defeated Wang Zhengming to reach the last 4 where he will take on Bao Chunlai for a place in Sunday's final.
Cheng Shao Chieh is the remaining hope to defeat the Chinese stranglehold on the singles titles with her victory over Porntip Buranaprasertsuk. Her task to reach the final is a victory over the 2nd seeded Wang Yihan who has been impressive this week, without dropping a game to date. The other semi final is an all-Chinese matchup between the 5th seeded Jiang Yanjiao, who defeated Lin Xiu 23-21 in their deciding game in the quarter final and the unseeded Lu Lan who has returned to the form that seen her become world champion less than two years ago. Her closely fought two game victory over Li Xuerui was her second victory over a Chinese seeded player this week.
Cai and Fu have been highly impressive in the men's doubles without losing a game to date this week, however they face their toughest task in their all-Chinese semi final against Xu and Zhang, seeded 6 who defeated the 4th seeded Chandra and Gunawan to book their place in the last 4. Chai and Guo, seeded 5 are the third of the Chinese pairs in the last 4 and take on the Japanese pairing of Hashimoto and Hirata, seeded 8 this week and also defeated the 2nd seeded Kido and Setiawan to reach the semi final stage.
Cheng and Chien's run ended today in the women's doubles, as the top seeds lost out to the 6th seeded Tian and Zhao in front of a partizan home crowd which ensured a third pair in the last 4 for China. Tian and Zhao's opponents in the last 4 are the sole non-Chinese pairing of Kim and Ha, seeded 5th who defeated the 3rd seeded Maeda and Suetsuna to reach the semi final. 8th seeded Bao and Zhong have the tough task of taking on the 2nd seeded Wang and Yu who again were impressive in their 21-6, 21-18 victory over the 7th seeded Matsuo and Naito of Japan.
Zhang and Zhao's run to date has not seen them take on a seed, with tomorrow's match being no different as they take on the unseeded pair of Hong and Pan, who defeated the Japanese qualifiers of Sato and Matsuo to set up the all-Chinese semi final. The 8th seeded Ma and Xu defeated the lower ranked Tao and Tian to reach the semi finals, with a three game victory over the 3rd seeds. Their reward is a semi final match against the 2nd seeded Prapakamol and Thoungthongkam of Thailand, who have failed to drop a game to date this week but were taken to a 29-27 game against the 6th seeded Lee and Chien in their quarter final match.
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2.8.11.D Demonstrate an understanding and apply properties of functions (domain, range, inverses) and characteristics of families of functions (linear, polynomial, rational, trigonometric, exponential, logarithmic).
Evaluate and simplify complex algebraic expressions, for example: sums of polynomials, products/quotients of exponential terms and product of a binomial times a trinomial;and solve and graph linear equations and inequalities
2.11.A2.B Analyze and interpret rates of growth/decay.
CC.2.1.HS.F.1 Apply and extend the properties of exponents to solve problems with rational exponents
CC.2.1.HS.F.2 Apply properties of rational and irrational numbers to solve real world or mathematical problems.
CC.2.1.HS.F.6 Extend the knowledge of arithmetic operations and apply to complex numbers.
CC.2.1.HS.F.7 Apply concepts of complex numbers in polynomial identities and quadratic equations to solve problems.
CC.2.2.HS.C.2 Graph and analyze functions and use their properties to make connections between the different representations.
CC.2.2.HS.C.3 Write functions or sequences that model relationships between two quantities.
CC.2.2.HS.C.4 Interpret the effects transformations have on functions and find the inverses of functions.
CC.2.2.HS.C.5 Construct and compare linear, quadratic and exponential models to solve problems.
CC.2.2.HS.C.6 Interpret functions in terms of the situation they model.
CC.2.2.HS.D.1 Interpret the structure of expressions to represent a quantity in terms of its context.
CC.2.2.HS.D.2 Write expressions in equivalent forms to solve problems.
CC.2.2.HS.D.3 Extend the knowledge of arithmetic operations and apply to polynomials.
CC.2.2.HS.D.5 Use polynomial identities to solve problems.
CC.2.2.HS.D.6 Extend the knowledge of rational functions to rewrite in equivalent forms.
CC.2.2.HS.D.7 Create and graph equations or inequalities to describe numbers or relationships.
CC.2.2.HS.D.8 Apply inverse operations to solve equations or formulas for a given variable.
CC.2.2.HS.D.9 Use reasoning to solve equations and justify the solution method.
CC.2.2.HS.D.10 Represent, solve and interpret equations/inequalities and systems of equations/inequalities algebraically and graphically.
Non-Linear Equations
This lesson is going to build on the concept of polynomials and their roots. Students will:
illustrate the relationship between roots and factors. [IS.3 - Struggling Learners]
use synthetic division to determine if a certain value is a root of a polynomial. [IS.4 - Struggling Learners]
How can we determine if a real-world situation should be represented as a quadratic, polynomial, or exponential function?
How do you explain the benefits of multiple methods of representing polynomial functions (tables, graphs, equations, and contextual situations)?
Factor: One of two or more expressions that are multiplied. [IS.1 - Struggling Learners]
Fundamental theorem of algebra: Every polynomial equation of degree n ≥ 1, with complex coefficients, has at least one root which is a complex number (real or imaginary).
Root: The solution to a given equation.
Synthetic division: A short way of dividing a polynomial by a binomial.
Remainder: In division, the difference of the dividend minus the product of the quotient times the divisor.
Zero of a function: The value of the argument for which the function is equal to zero; also the Root of the function and the Solution to the equation. [IS.2 - Struggling Learners]
90–120 minutes [IS.5 - All Students]
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Student results from the Extension activity will reflect how well they are able to generalize the principles of synthetic division. Using literal terms can cause students to be distracted by the need for discipline in notation. For students who encounter difficulty in the activity, suggest substituting trial values with small integers to obtain binomial results. [IS.8 - Struggling Learners]
The Lesson 2 Exit Ticket activity (M-A2-3-2_Lesson 2 Exit Ticket.doc and M-A2-3-2_Lesson 2 Exit Ticket KEY.doc) requires students to match the unique roots of the polynomial with the corresponding expression.
Explicit Instruction
Active Engagement
This lesson introduces students to synthetic division and models some techniques for testing whether or not a given term is a factor of a polynomial expression. The lesson also helps students to form their own representation of the relationship between the roots and the factors of polynomial expressions.
Divide, multiply, subtract, check, and bring down in the prescribed sequence outlines the operational steps for synthetic division and makes it possible for students to perform the operations with confidence.
In Activity 3 (pair activity), students have to create their own polynomials by beginning with numbers they select as roots. Recognizing the roots in factored form has to involve thinking backwards from procedures they have previously practiced. Students must also evaluate the work of another student through their own understanding of the procedure.
The Lesson 2 Exit Ticket helps students evaluate their individual understanding of synthetic division. Students must represent their understanding of the process by matching the unique roots to each polynomial.
Logical/Sequential/Visual Learners: It may be helpful for some students to see several written versions of the individual steps in synthetic division. Speak the name of the terms and operations appropriately while writing or pointing to them in each use.
This lesson opens with a simple activity that grabs students' attention because it illustrates the concept of shortcuts and easier processes, especially in math. This leads nicely into the topic of long and synthetic division. Concepts and vocabulary are explained and then students practice their skills. The class comes back together for more instruction and practices their skills in pair work. This lesson has a mixture of whole class, individual, and group work; it is designed so that each activity flows into the next.
Consider the following steps with regard to vocabulary for struggling learners:
After this lesson, students will know what the factor theorem is and how it relates roots to factors. They will understand how synthetic division shows when a value is a root of a polynomial and that synthetic division produces the same results as long division but is much easier and quicker. This lesson builds on the basics of polynomials and introduces characteristics of a polynomial's graph. Students need to understand where roots come from and will use their knowledge of roots in the application of polynomial functions in real-world situations. Students will be able to use synthetic division to determine if a value is a root. They will be able to write polynomial equations knowing the roots and write polynomials in factored form.
Have students look at the graph of a parabola (for example: y = x2 + 2x − 3). Then have students answer the following questions:
"What is the degree and how many x-intercepts does the graph have? (Refer to the fundamental theorem of algebra)"
"What are the zeros or x-intercepts?"
"What is the equation of the parabola in factored form?"
"What connection is there between the factors and zeros?"
"Since x2 + 2x − 3 = (x + 3)(x − 1), that means = x − 1. We use division of polynomials to help determine the roots of the polynomials. How do we divide polynomials? We can use what we know from long division, or we can take the shortcut and use synthetic division."
Long Division:
Step 1: x2 divided by x = x (line up like terms) (x² / x) = x
Step 2: Multiply x by x + 3 and write the product underneath the dividend.
Step 3: Subtract the product by distributing the negative sign across all terms in the product.
Step 4: − x divided by x = − 1 or (−x / x) = −1
Step 5: Multiply − 1 by x + 3 and write the product underneath; then subtract.
[IS.6 - Struggling Learners]
"This process is like long division. We are going to use an easier process called synthetic division for dividing polynomials."
"There is one requirement in order to use synthetic division: The divisor has to be of the form x − a or x + a. Using the same example from above, divide x2 + 2x − 3 by x + 3."
The following notes should be displayed on the board for students to copy.
Step 1: Write the coefficients of the dividend (the numbers in front of the variables and the constant: 1, 2, − 3) and draw an "L" around the numbers as well as a dashed line in front of the constant (optional).
Step 2: Since the divisor is x + 3, because x + 3 = 0 and x = –3, we are going to use − 3 for synthetic division. Place − 3 on the left side of the 1 on the other side of the line.
Step 3: Bring down the 1. (Always bring down the first coefficient.)
Step 4: Multiply the 1 by the divisor − 3 and place the product under the 2.
Step 5: Add 2 + −3 and write the sum under the line.
Step 6: Multiply the − 1 by the divisor − 3 and place the product under the − 3.
Step 7: Add − 3 + 3 and write the sum under the line.
Step 8: Write out the quotient. The number on the right of the dashed line is the remainder. The first number to the left of the dashed line is the new constant, the next number is the coefficient in front of x, and if there were one more number, it would be the coefficient in front of x2 and so on. This process can be used with third, fourth, and larger degree polynomials as long as the divisor is of the form x ± a.
[IS.7 - Struggling Learners]
Note: In Step 2, explain that in synthetic division you use the opposite of the sign in the divisor. Remember that the sum of the constant term and its additive inverse must be zero. Our divisor was x + 3, so in synthetic division it needs to be − 3. If we had a divisor of x − 4, we would use + 4. Stop and see if anyone has any questions at this step.
Activity 1: Group Work
If the classroom has whiteboards on all four walls, write the following division problems on the boards. If the room doesn't have whiteboards all the way around, place the problems on poster paper and hang them around the room.
Long Division: 1.(x3 + x2 − 5x − 2) ÷ (x − 2)
2. (x2 + 2x + 1) ÷ (x + 1)
3. (x3 − 3x2 − 11x + 5) ÷ (x2 + 2x − 1)
4. (x4 + 4x3 + 6x2 + 4x + 1) ÷ (x + 1)
Answers: 1. x2 + 3x + 1
2. x + 1
3. (x – 5)
4. x3 + 3x2 + 3x + 1
Synthetic Division:
5. (9x3 − 6x2 − x +30) ÷ (x − 3)
6. (x2 − 3x − 28) ÷ (x + 4)
7. (x3 − x2 − 2x) ÷ (x + 1)
8. (x3 + 7x2 − 38x + 40) ÷ (x − 2)
9. (x4 + 3x3 − 25x2 + 33x + 72) ÷ (x + 6)
10. (x2 + x − 72) ÷ (x − 8)
Answers: 5. (9x2 + 21x + 62) + (216 / x – 3)
6. (x – 7)
7. (x3 – 2x)
8. (x2 + 9x – 20)
9. (x3 – 3x2 – 7x + 75) – (378 / x + 6)
10. (x + 9)
Split the class into groups of three to four and have each group go to a problem on the board. Have students work on the problem in front of them for one to two minutes. If they finish the problem in that time, they should raise their hands and have you check their work. If they are right, they should erase their work so the next group doesn't see it. If they do not finish the problem, that's okay. After time is up, have the class rotate clockwise. The groups then have to look at the next problem and see if the group in front of them was on the right track to solve the problem. The current group finishes the problem and gets the work checked. Repeat this process for 10 to 15 minutes, making sure each group has seen at least one long-division problem and about four to five synthetic-division problems.
Bring the class back together. Ask, "Which process did you like better and why?"
Most likely they will ask why synthetic division works. This is a good time to introduce the Factor Theorem. "Since polynomials can be used to model real-world applications, it is important to determine the x-intercepts for information about the real-world situation."
Put the following on the board for students to copy in their notes.
Factor theorem: If a is used to synthetically divide a polynomial and it produces a remainder of zero, then not only is x = a a root of the polynomial, but x − a is a factor of the polynomial.
In the previous example, −3 was used in synthetic division with the polynomial x2 + 2x − 3 and it produced a remainder of 0; therefore, x − (−3) or x + 3 is a factor of the polynomial.
"Synthetic division is a step-by-step process where each step gives information that is useful for the next step. In that way, it builds upon itself."
Example: Determine which of the following are roots of the polynomial x3 + 5x2 − x − 5: 1, − 1, 2, and − 5.
Example: (x3 – 5x– 4) ÷ (x – 3) 3 1 0 –5 –4 3 9 12 1 3 4 8
Answer: x2 + 3x + 4 + ( 8 / x – 3 )
Activity 2: Pairs
Place the following table on the board and discuss with the class the middle column.
Number of Roots the Polynomial Should Have
Possible Roots
x3 + 3x2 − 6x − 8
2, 1, − 4, − 1
x4 − 34x2 + 225
−5, 5, 3, − 3, 2
x2 + 3x − 28
4, − 7, 6
x2 + 2x
0, − 2, 3
"With your partner, you are going to determine which numbers are roots and which numbers are not roots. You should use synthetic division as in the previous example. In the second polynomial, you will need to use a coefficient of 0 for the x3 and x terms."
x3 + 6x2 + 5x G
x2 − 7x + 6 E
x4 − 7x3 − 7x2 + 43x + 42 F
x2 − 10x + 16 B
x4 + 4x3 − 53x2 − 168x C
x5 + x4 − 51x3 + 31x2 + 538x − 840 H
x2 + 10x + 24 A
x3 − 15x2 + 74x − 120 D
−4, −6
2, 8
−3, −8, 0, 7
4, 5, 6
1, 6
−2, 7, −1, 3
−5, −1, 0
3, −7, 2, −4, 5
Walk around and check students' work. Have students who are catching on quickly write the polynomials in factored form. From the previous example, if they determine that −1, 1, and −5 are roots of the polynomial x3 + 5x2 − x − 5, then they can write the roots as factors: x3 + 5x2 − x − 5 = (x + 1)(x − 1)(x + 5). Choose a couple of groups to write their work on the board. This is a good way for students to check their work and ask questions.
Activity 3:
"Individually come up with your own polynomials by following these steps:
Think of three to five numbers to be the roots of a polynomial.
Write those roots in factored form.
Multiply all the factors together to create a polynomial in standard form."
Next, have students pass their polynomial to the student behind them along with two of the roots and a number that is not a root. Students then have to determine the roots and the nonroots. When everyone is finished, students pass their work back to the person in front of them to check for errors.
Another example: (x + 7)(x – 6)(x – 11)
x3–10x2–53x + 462 possible roots, –2, –1, 1, 2
Use the Lesson 2 Exit Ticket (see M-A2-3-2_Lesson 2 Exit Ticket and M-A2-3-2_Lesson 2 Exit Ticket KEY in the Resources folder) to evaluate students' understanding.
Use synthetic division to match the polynomials on the left with their roots on the right.
If x = a is a root of each polynomial, then find the other binomial factor of the following trinomials.
x2 – ax + 3x – 3a (x + 3)
x2 – ax – 5x + 5a (x – 5)
x2 – ax + bx – ab (x + b)
x2 – ax – bcx + abc (x – bc)
6x3 – x2 – 13x + 3 (2x + 3)
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Let's come down to brass tacks. The 2008 Broadway production of "The Little Mermaid" was an intense disappointment. It received all of two Tony nominations - neither of which was for Best Musical.
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|By 3pm. Technical Equipment must be returned by 3pm to where it was picked up, AV Services Desk (Art Tech Center) or Exhibitions (Fox 011). Your student security deposit will be assessed if tech equipment is not returned by this deadline. Pedestals will be picked up by Exhibitions Department from your exhibition space.
Commencement Day Timeline (Monday, May 18)
|If you did get them on Friday, pick up gowns and berets in Bunting B110.
|Arrive at Mt. Royal Station parking lot-do not bring purses, backpacks, etc.
(In case of rain, please still come to the Mount Royal Station parking lot.)
|Pick up your "Commencement Name Card." Tables on Frost Plaza, Mt. Royal Station
**You need this card! You will hand this card to the "Name Reader" on stage to announce your name as you walk across the stage. Write the phonetic pronunciation of your name on the card if you think that will assist the "Name Reader" to correctly pronounce your name.
|2015 CLASS PHOTO - in front of the Mt. Royal Station portico With berets and gowns on!
|Assemble for the Commencement Processional in the Mt. Royal Station parking lot.
Line up in pairs by your Department sign. No need to line up in any order.
|COMMENCEMENT PROCESSION begins from the Station lot
Please let your family and friends know that the Procession will enter the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall exactly at 1:00 p.m for the ceremony. They need to be seated before then.
Immediately following Commencement there is a reception in the Cohen Plaza Celebration Tent honoring you, the MICA class of 2014. This is the place to meet up with your faculty, family and friends...and photo ops!
|By 4PM
|Return Gown & Beret to B110 and Diploma Pick-up
Graduates must return their gowns and return berets that you are not purchasing.
You will receive a receipt when you return the regalia. You will exchange this receipt for your diploma from MICA Enrollment Services on the 2nd floor of Bunting.
|Sales of Exhibition artwork through the MICA College Store will continue until 5pm.
After 5pm you may deinstall and remove your artwork.
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Dear Rev. Graham: I'm in the hospital (broken hip), and the doctor says I can't live on my own any more but must go into a nursing home. I can't face it. I've been independent all my life. My children live in other cities, and I can't go live with them. Why is God doing this to me? -- Mrs. E. McD.
Rev. Graham: Losing our independence as we grow older is hard -- and it's especially hard if we've been used to doing almost anything we wanted to do. But no matter who we are or how self-reliant we've been, eventually we'll lose our independence if we live long enough.
Do you remember Peter, who was one of Jesus' closest disciples? Before he met Jesus, Peter was a fisherman on the Sea of Galilee -- strong, independent, willing to take risks, used to running his own business. And that independent streak never completely left him, even as a disciple. Often, for example, Peter was the first to speak out, and when Jesus was arrested Peter impetuously drew his sword and cut off the ear of the high priest's servant (see John 18:10). But one day, Jesus warned, Peter would grow old and lose his independence. He said, "When you are old you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you" (John 21:18).
Don't be angry at God because you're facing problems; they are part of life, and God has not abandoned you. Instead, be thankful for every day He gives you, and ask Him to help you adjust to your situation -- and even be a blessing to others.
Most of all, fix your eyes on heaven. Life is brief -- but eternity is forever. Put your life into Christ's hands, and thank Him for the hope we have of heaven because of His death and resurrection for us.
Send your queries to "My Answer," c/o Billy Graham, Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, 1 Billy Graham Parkway, Charlotte, N.C., 28201; call 1-(877) 2-GRAHAM, or visit the Web site for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association: www.billygraham.org.


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Hi, i've just finished updating the Winamp MAD input plugin 0.14.1b with,
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I'd like some other people to try it, and possible fix any remaining bugs etc. that I've probably missed.
I've included source code, it was compiled in Dev-C++ using the MinGW tools. Thanks for any and all feedback in advance.
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Wow, I LOVE the way you show the original tagfield-names. Can these be implemented in the Title Formatting pleeeeeaaase?
Edit: Oh crap, it doesn't read recursive tags (from Helium). Only shows TXXX: #Helium Featured Artist. Can this be fixed in any way? I'd really like being able to format the title using my Helium tags
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Since 1998, he has served as rabbi for the small Jewish community of Humble, Texas. Temple Beth Torah in Humble is his primary congregation. He has been a fixture in the Jewish community of Houston since 1990, and has also served as part-time rabbi for the Jewish Community of Jackson Hole, Wyoming.


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More than 300 celebrate — the fifth anniversary of the Cape Cod chapter of the motorcycle club.
BOURNE - With 50 police officers looking on, more than 300 motorcycle aficionados helped the Cape Cod Chapter of the Hell's Angels celebrate its fifth anniversary yesterday.
As with so many other parties the notorious motorcycle club has thrown since opening its clubhouse on Head of the Bay Road, yesterday's bash was without significant incident, according to police.
One of the main attractions for yesterday's party - at least for the bikers - was Sonny Barger, founding father of the original Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club in California some 45 years ago.
From noon until well into the evening, Barger held court at the Raven, a popular watering hole for motorcyclists in Wareham.
Neither he nor members of the Cape Cod Chapter of the Hell's Angels responded ' requests for interviews.
Barger has recently been on a world tour, visiting Hell's Angels chapters around the United States and overseas promoting his autobiography.
According to police, Hell's Angels from Massachusetts, New Jersey, Canada and Ohio were among the throng of leather-clad, tattoo-laden bikers dividing their time between the Raven and the motorcycle group's clubhouse in Bourne.
One would-be party-goer, a member of the Belgian Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club, was detained at Logan Airport after he was caught trying to bring hashish into the country, said state police Lt. John Allen.
The Hell's Angels have been a visible presence on Cape Cod since 1996, when they purchased and renovated a two-story house at 43 Head of the Bay Road.
Internationally, the club has been linked to illegal activity in drugs, prostitution and gang wars with rival clubs.
However, police admit that since the club opened on the Cape, there have been no untoward incidents and no known members of the club have been arrested here.
Uniformed and plain-clothes police from the state, and the towns of Falmouth, Bourne, Mashpee, Barnstable and Wareham cruised the neighborhoods surrounding the bar and the clubhouse yesterday as they have during other parties thrown by Hell's Angels from the Cape.
State police said the police presence was a precautionary measure.
"With that much traffic and that many bikers having a good time, it's better we're there just in case something happens, (rather) than trying to get there later," Allen said.
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|Spring Beauty may offer simple pleasures, but it's very genetically complex.
One of the greatest pleasures to be found during a visit with the Appalachian Trail is the opportunity to enjoy the grand parade of colors, shapes, sizes, and varieties of wildflowers as their procession of blooms starts in late winter, proceeds into the spring rains, continues throughout the hot summer months, and lingers long into the cooler temperatures of the fall. An amazingly large number of the wildflowers that grow throughout the eastern United States can be observed on even just one short walk along the trail. (Unless otherwise noted, all of the flowers in this article may be found ranging at least in small isolated spots in all of the states through which the AT passes from Georgia to Maine.)
Whenever hiking wildflower enthusiasts get together, it seems that one of their favorite topics of discussion is about which flower is actually the first to emerge as winter begins to lose its grip on the mountains. There is no one answer, of course. Elevation, latitude, the severity of the winter, and a myriad of other things all affect which flower you'll find first. Due to Virginia's overall lower elevation and resulting warmer temperatures, hikers on that portion of the AT may actually encounter some flowers earlier in the year than people afoot amid the mountains of Georgia, North Carolina, or Tennessee. Walkers sauntering along the shoreline of a low-lying lake in central Maine may enjoy the spring flowers sooner than trekkers traversing ridgelines in the White Mountains. No matter where you are, though, there are those harbingers of spring which do make their appearance year in and year out before any of the other flowers in a particular region.
One of the earliest plants to emerge from the ground (and also one of the most unique looking) is skunk cabbage, which grows in moist woods and meadows. If you want to find out how this plant received its name, just rub it a bit and bring your hand up to your nose. Although Native Americans inhaled the aroma as a cure for headaches, once you take a sniff you probably won't want to do so again! As a mechanism to withstand the cold (since it sometimes blooms while February snows are still on the ground), skunk cabbage produces its own heat by burning carbohydrates stored in its large root system. Temperatures inside its buds have been found to be as much as twenty-seven degrees higher than the surrounding air.
Also fighting winter's cold temperatures, the tiny white flowers of trailing arbutus can often be found buried beneath a late snowfall at about the same time that dogtooth violet like its western relative the glacier lily is pushing its way through and above the blanket of snow.
True to its name, the spring beauty emerges as the weather gets just a bit warmer. Lining the AT with flowers of pinkish white, the spring beauty is genetically quite interesting. We humans all have a stable number of chromosomes: forty-six. But the number of chromosomes in the spring beauty varies from plant to plant with more than fifty possible chromosomal combinations.
Making an appearance along with, or soon after the spring beauty, hepatica's white flowers are found up and down the trail. The blooms were once used by farmers as a sign that planting could safely begin.
Mayapple fruit may ripen in May, but it first pushes its way through the ground in March when its umbrella-like leaves form huge carpets spreading out across the forest or around the AT. In the past this plant was used as a treatment for warts, and even today two substances found in mayapple are used for medicinal purposes; podophyllin is a cathartic and peltatine has been used in experiments for the treatment of cancer.
Found at about the same time as mayapple, the dwarf iris was named by the Greeks for their goddess of the rainbow because of its multihued petals and sepals. Iris was the messenger of Juno and the rainbow was the bridge she utilized for her frequent errands between the heavens and earth.
While dwarf iris and other early flowers such as early saxifrage, periwinkle, and star chickweed (Georgia to New Jersey) are contributing to the interest to be found on the floor of the forest, two small trees or shrubs are adding large splashes of color to otherwise still winter-dull hillsides. Serviceberry's drooping clusters of white flowers are accentuated and set off nicely by the deep, rich purple blossoms covering almost every inch of the redbud tree's branches (Georgia to Connecticut).
The pace of the floral procession accelerates when the spring rains of April saturate the soil. Appearing at the same time or in quick succession, rue anemone, wild ginger, azalea, trillium, Solomon's seal (Georgia to southern New England), false Solomon's seal, Dutchman's-breeches, bloodroot, and fringed phacelia (Georgia to Virginia/West Virginia) turn wooded areas into palettes of color.
Since they emerge at the same time and share similar appearances, it can be difficult to distinguish Solomon's seal from false Solomon's seal. It's best done at either the flowering or fruit-bearing time. The little bell-shaped flowers of Solomon's seal hang down in pairs from the stem, while the tiny, starred blossoms of false Solomon's seal extend from the end of the stem. Later in the year, the fruit of Solomon's seal is a dark blue (almost black) berry, easily differentiated from the red berries of false Solomon's seal.
The name for bloodroot comes from the red or orange sap inside its root and stem. Another common name for the plant is red puccoon, derived from the Native American word pak, meaning "blood." These earliest inhabitants of North America used the sap as a dye for clothing and baskets. Because it must endure the cold temperatures of early spring, the leaves stay curled around the stem to conserve warmth and do not unfurl until pollination occurs.
There are some places in the woods where fringed phacelia is so copious that it seems like someone has spread confetti throughout the forest. A close look at the plant reveals tiny, but deep, fringes (known as fimbrations in botanical terms) around the flower's outer edges.
Also blossoming in response to the nourishment of April showers are blue cohosh, jack-in-the-pulpit, spiderwort, ragwort (Georgia to southern New England), pussytoes, bellwort, buttercup, cinquefoil, meadow rue, and, growing in the moister areas along the trail, marsh marigold.
Many people think that the green, white, or purple sheath with a hood the pulpit which surrounds and covers "Jack" is the plant's flower. Actually, the sheath is just a leaf bract, and you need to lift up the hood and look inside in order to see the diminutive flowers clustered around Jack's base. When you return in the fall, the pulpit will have fallen away and red berries will have replaced the flowers. After putting the plant's roots through a rather elaborate cooking process, Native Americans pounded them into powder to be used as a type of flour. Hence, the other name for jack-in-the-pulpit Indian turnip. Don't try eating the root, though, as it is quite poisonous without the Native American's methods of cooking.
Among those joining the flowery pageant in late April and May are dogwood, bluet, wild geranium, flame azalea (Georgia to southern Pennsylvania), fire pink (Georgia to New Jersey/New York), bowman's root (Georgia to New York), galax (Georgia to Virginia/West Virginia), fly poison (Georgia to New Jersey), phlox (Georgia to southern New England), Indian cucumber root, columbine, bunchberry (Virginia/West Virginia to Maine), diapensia, lily of the valley, whorled pogonia, lady's slipper, gaywings, and sweet cicely.
Despite its name, the dogwood is not named for man's best friend. The tree was once called dagwood because its timber was so strong that it was carved into daggers. Studies of older civilizations show that the dogwood was as highly prized as horns were in the making of such weapons, hence the tree's Latin generic name, Cornus. Commonly mistaken for the flower, the pink and white that you see on the trees are actually leaf bracts encircling the petals of the dogwood's small blossom. Look inside the center of the bracts to see the tiny, greenish flower.
Although northbound AT thru-hikers become intimately acquainted with the tiny bluet as it lines the trail in long mats on the mountains along the North Carolina/Tennessee border, the flower grows well throughout the length of the AT. The genus and species name is Latin for sky blue, an obvious reference to the flower's delicately upturned petals which seem to reflect the cleanliness and simplicity of an unclouded sky. This also may account for one of its other common names, Quaker Lady.
After the pink and purplish petals of the wild geranium drop off, an elongated ovary becomes part of the seed pod, which resembles a bird's head with a long beak rising up from the stem. In fact, hundreds of years ago, inhabitants of the Old World named the plant cranesbill, and even the word geranium comes from the Greek geranos, which means "crane." Because all parts of the wild geranium contain tannin, it was once used as an astringent and its leaves were brewed to treat diarrhea and bleeding ulcers.
Indian cucumber root, a member of the lily family, is an intriguing-looking plant which rises on a single stem to a whorl of leaves about halfway up its length and continues on to a second whorl on top. The uppermost leaves can hide the small, dangling, yellow flower. The underground portion of the plant is edible.
At some time in the distant past, ornate and unusual flowers of columbine reminded people of flocks of hovering birds and the plant earned the name columba, Latin for dove. It was also in days gone by that the plant was used to treat numerous illnesses. The juice from a fresh plant was used to treat jaundice and to help reduce the size of a swollen liver. Columbine's leaves and flowers were also believed to be a cure for measles and smallpox. It may not have cured these ills, but since the plant does contain prussic acid, it may have had a narcotic and soothing effect to help ease sufferers' pains.
Like other orchids, the exotic structure of the pink lady's slipper is designed to attract certain pollinators. After insects work their way through the slit in the red-veined pouch, they deposit pollen from other plants by brushing against the stigma, a part of the female organ. Exiting the flower by way of the two openings at the rear of the slipper, the insects then pick up that plant's pollen by grazing the anthers, the pollen producing portion of the male organ. These plants need more than this process to reproduce, though. In common with other orchids, these lady's slippers will only grow when certain fungi are present in their roots. If soil and weather conditions are not conducive to the production of the fungi, the lady's slipper will not survive.
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What do you get when you combine fertile soil, rich compost, abundant Northwest rain and plenty of TLC? Delicious food the way nature intended. At Zestful Gardens our sustainable agricultural practices minimize our impact on earth and maintain delicious flavor and nutrients in our food. We practice biodynamic agriculture, a method of organic farming that emphasizes the holistic development and interrelationships of the soil, plants and animals as a self-sustaining system.
Farming 35 acres in the Puyallup Valley, mother and daughter (and sometimes granddaughters), Valerie and Holly, tend organic vegetables, small fruits and herbs, rotating cover crops, livestock, orchard and woodland.
Zestful Gardens CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) Members receive the freshest produce possible, develop a relationship with a local farmer, participate in events on the farm and support sustainable farming. A weekly share contains 6 -10 fresh items, harvested that morning and selected from over 80 different varieties grown on the farm. Our standard share is from June through October, but more options are available.
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EU said greenlighting Microsoft browser changes
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EU likes random browser ballot order
The European Commission has accepted a set of proposed browser ballot changes that would let Microsoft sell Windows 7 without penalty, a trio of sources said Monday. Officials at the European Union regulator are purportedly agreed on the previously leaked proposals, which include a random order for the choice of browsers and the absence of the Windows Explorer label, and barring complications could approve the measure as soon as next week. The implementation could be available soon afterwards.
The agency hasn't confirmed or denied its point of view to Reuters but was under pressure from Mozilla and Opera to mix up the order in which browsers appear in a list intended to give customers a choice on first boot. Initially, Microsoft had proposed a list that always started with Internet Explorer first. It quickly changed this but went with an alphabetical order that would always have favored Apple's Safari and punished both Firefox and Opera by pushing their entries towards the end of the list.
Opera CTO Hakon Wium Lie hasn't said if Opera will approve the final measure but has said that hte changes, if true, would be "helpful" in addressing complaints.
Versions of Windows 7 outside of EU member states won't be required to present the ballot, but companies can already setup a different web browser as a default on their PCs. Sony regularly installs Google Chrome on its VAIO PCs.


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Seventy Percent of African women lack a safe toilet increasing their risk of illness, shame, harassment and violence - Water Aid
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JOHANNESBURG–Seven in ten women in sub-Saharan Africa have no access to a safe toilet, threatening their health and exposing them to shame, fear and even violence. In this context as the world marks the World Toilet Day on 19 November, 297 million African women and girls lack safe and adequate sanitation and of those 107 million don't have a toilet at all.
A survey commissioned by WaterAid of women living across five slums in Lagos, Nigeria, showed that one in five had first or second hand experience of verbal harassment and intimidation, or had been threatened or physically assaulted in the last year when going to the toilet. Anecdotal evidence from other African countries suggests that the scale of the problem may be much larger than this.
" When women don't have a safe, secure and private place to go to the toilet they are exposed and put in a vulnerable position and when they relieve themselves in the open they risk harassment. Women are reluctant to talk about it or complain, but the world cannot continue to ignore this," said Barbara Frost, Chief Executive of WaterAid.
She urged Governments to take action and invest in access to sanitation and water. In her statement she said adequate sanitation, coupled with access to clean, safe water to drink, transforms lives, improving health, safety and productivity.
Other studies from Uganda and Kenya show that such experiences of fear, indignity and violence appear to be common in Africa wherever women lack access to safe and adequate sanitation.
Security came out as a recurring concern in the poll of women from slums in Lagos, with 67% of respondents saying they feel unsafe even using shared or community toilets in a public place.
Poor hygiene has serious implications on health. Every day, over 1,000 African mothers lose a child to diarrhoeal diseases caused by a lack of adequate sanitation and clean water.
Lack of decent sanitation also affects productivity and livelihoods. Women and girls living in sub-Saharan Africa without toilet facilities spend 20 billion hours each year finding a place to go in the open, according to figures released in a WaterAid briefing.
"This World Toilet Day, WaterAid is joining the call of hundreds of organisations around the world, for governments to keep the promises they have made to get adequate sanitation and safe water to the world's poorest people," stated Barbara Frost.
WaterAid has also released a new film showing what it would be like for women in the western world if they also lacked sanitation. The film can be viewed online at www.wateraid.org/1in3.


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Ronald Reagan Documentary in Production for Public Television
July 14, 2010
New biography set to premiere in 2011, the 100th anniversary of Reagan's birth
(Johnston, Iowa) -- As the 100th anniversary of the birth of President Ronald Reagan approaches, The Duncan Group, Crouse Entertainment Group, and Iowa Public Television are joining forces to develop a presidential biography of the nation's 40th president.
One of America's most dynamic leaders, Reagan remains a guiding light for the Republican Party. Some historians and scholars believe Reagan re-shaped not just the political landscape, but the way many Americans view government – and each other. In this two-hour film, tentatively titled Watershed – A Portrait of President Ronald Reagan, the producers will focus on the eight years of the Reagan presidency. In addition to interviews with those who've spent years analyzing his policies and legacy, the producers will also interview key members of the Reagan team, as well as foreign leaders with whom the president interacted.
The documentary will be produced in a portrait style similar to the recent Duncan Group/Stamats Communications, Inc./Iowa Public Television production, Herbert Hoover: Landslide, which was broadcast nationwide on PBS last fall.
"Following the successful public television broadcast of Herbert Hoover: Landslide in October 2009, we're pleased to be back in production on another presidential portrait," said Chip Duncan, executive producer, writer, and director of the film. "Ronald Reagan's presidency has been called a 'watershed' moment in the 20th century. It's been almost 30 years since President Reagan's inauguration, ample time to explore the long-term impact of Reagan policies, strategies, successes, and failures. We're pleased to offer the program to public television stations during the same year as bi-partisan centennial celebrations marking President Reagan's birth."
The film is another of several collaborations between The Duncan Group and Iowa Public Television, and is slated for completion and broadcast in late 2011. Iowa Public Television will oversee production and present the completed film to public television stations across the country.
Duncan and David Crouse are executive producers, and Tracy Dorsey is the supervising producer. Duane Huey from Iowa Public Television is the executive in charge of production.
For more information about this documentary, contact Iowa Public Television at 515-242-3146.
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Iowa Public Television is Iowa's statewide public broadcasting network. IPTV provides quality, noncommercial programming to make a difference in the lives of Iowans. As one of the last locally controlled media enterprises in the state, IPTV is committed to telling Iowa's stories like no one else can. Our mission to educate, inform, enrich, and inspire Iowans enables IPTV to present an unequaled array of programs of lasting value to Iowans regardless of where they live or what they can afford. More than 1.4 million viewers a week turn to IPTV for programming that reflects a range of interests for Iowans in all demographic categories. Iowa Public Television stations include: Channel 11, Des Moines; Channel 12, Iowa City; Channel 21, Fort Dodge; Channel 24, Mason City; Channel 27, Sioux City; Channel 32, Waterloo; Channel 32, Council Bluffs; Channel 36, Davenport; Channel 36, Red Oak.
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How about a nice, relaxing massage to top off the day? It ís now available at The Inn — Circa 1864 in Dellroy.
How about a nice, relaxing massage to top off the day? It ís now available at The Inn — Circa 1864 in Dellroy. Doug and Jane Johnston, owners of the bed and breakfast, have teamed with Golden Pheasant Massage to provide the service to guests. Types of massages available are: calm, renew, immune, focus and radiant.
Oils include unscented, lavender, jasmine, patchouli, wintergreen, bay, citrus, eucalyptus-thyme and seasonal blends. Massages, including couples' massage, are offered for 60, 90 or 120 minutes.
Massages are scheduled by appointment only. For information, call The Inn at (877) 735-1864.
The annual appliance, scrap metal, electronics and tire collection will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at D&D TV and Appliance in Carrollton. The event is sponsored by the Carroll-Columbiana-Harrison Solid Waste District. Acceptable items include refrigerators, freezers, other appliances, scrap metal and electronics equipment.
No equipment or containers with hazardous materials will be accepted, including 55-gallon drums, sealed containers, gas tanks, propane tanks or paint cans. Up to four old passenger or small-truck tires will be collected free. Five to 10 tires are 50 cents each, and $2 each thereafter. Truck tires are $5 each, tractor tires $10, with a maximum of five semi-truck tires. Tires from businesses will not be accepted. Ohio law allows transport of only 10 tires at one time without a tire transport license.
For information, call (330) 627-7311, or visit www.recyclingmakessense.org
Or just need help on how to present yourself? Mark your calendar for Wednesday, 1-4 p.m., when the Connections One Stops in Carroll and Harrison counties hold their "Looking to the Future" job fair at the Scio Methodist Church at 117 Maple Ave., Scio.
Bring an updated résumé to hand out to prospective employers. You can get a résumé or update one by calling Connections One Stop at (330) 627-3804, ext. 250, where you also can get information on the job fair. There is no charge for the services or the job fair.
Voters in the Brown Local School District can cast an absentee ballot Saturday, said Christine Vernier, elections board director. The board, located in the basement of the Carroll County Courthouse, will be open from 9 a.m. to noon.
Ballots that were requested by mail or picked up in person must be returned by 7:30 p.m. May 5, Election Day.
Voters will decide the fate of a 4.5-mill, 10-year renewal levy that produces $523,000 annually to the district. As a renewal, it will cost no more than what homeowners already are paying.
Anyone know the whereabouts of Lelah Disbennett Hall, Shirley Frazier Heath or Robert Wise? The Carrollton High School Class of 1952 planning committee is looking for them so they can be invited to the 57th class reunion July 18 at the Dellroy Community Center.
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