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So this morning we left Antalya of which I got to see very little. Sleeping on the bus is very exhausting and I was too tired to do the walk around the city! It was a very nice hotel though and a big room and a lovely meal with some nice local wine.
First stop today was Aspendos, where the largest best preseverved roman amphitheatre is located. It is very impressive. There has been some reconstruction and they do ...
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We stayed last night outside Antalya near to the airport. It's a district of big monstrosities of hotels each trying to outdo the other in gaudyness. The picture is the view from our hotel room of the next hotel along. It's design is that of the Chrysler building in New York, which has a beautiful elegant tower, but they couldn't just copy it. This hotel has four of ...
It's raining, but at least the rain's warm! Before it started we walked around a bit and realised that the hotel isn't in Antalya at all, it's on the coast where the road turns inland to go over the mountains to Cappadocia, a place called Alara and in fact is over half way to Alanya, which is where we stayed when we first came to Turkey some 40 years ago. I think it's changed a ...
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I'm going to go ahead and accept this as an answer to the question I posed earlier. Why, yes, it was indeed insane to think that ObamaCare would be a boon to Democrats in the midterms.
This one's for you, Missouri!
Key White House allies are dramatically shifting their attempts to defend health care legislation, abandoning claims that it will reduce costs and deficit, and instead stressing a promise to "improve it."…
The confidential presentation, available in full here and provided to POLITICO by a source on the call, suggests that Democrats are acknowledging the failure of their predictions that the health care legislation would grow more popular after its passage, as its benefits became clear and rhetoric cooled. Instead, the presentation is designed to win over a skeptical public, and to defend the legislation — and in particular the individual mandate — from a push for repeal…
The presentation also concedes that the fiscal and economic arguments that were the White House's first and most aggressive sales pitch have essentially failed…
The presentation's final page of "Don'ts" counsels against claiming "the law will reduce costs and deficit."
The powerpoint comes from a lefty shop called the Herndon Alliance, which "partners" with ObamaCare shills like the AFL-CIO, SEIU, MoveOn, etc. I'm not sure how much of this is revelatory: Two weeks ago Claire McCaskill responded to the anti-mandate vote in Missouri by saying there's still plenty of work to do on the provisions of the law, which is vague enough to mean virtually anything. For instance, no doubt plenty of House progressives want to "improve" it by passing a public option. But even so, the fact that they're now so far in retreat that they're willing to make rhetorical concessions even on their idiotic core plank about bending the cost curve shows just how worried they are that the GOP (a) will be making big, big gains in November and (b) might just have the public support needed to get a serious pro-repeal movement going among the electorate. This is pure defense. Flashback exit quotation via Jim Geraghty: "If Republicans want to campaign against what we've done… that is a fight I want to have."
Update: From Ace, a plea on turnout:
Either way, liberals will be taught a lesson this year.
But they can learn one of two lessons:
1, America doesn't mind a little socialism and the electoral condquences for pushing it are minor and livable, or
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We need the lesson to be 2.
If it's 1, we lose something forever.
Update: From the comments: "So, their big argument for why they should be re-elelected is that they promise to fix the horrible legislation they lied to us about and passed over the public's very vocal objections. Good luck with that."
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Hebron is a Palestinian city located in the southern West Bank, 30 km south of Jerusalem. Nestled in the Judaean Mountains, it lies 930 meters above sea level. It is the largest city in the West Bank, and the second largest in the Palestinian territories after Gaza, and home to approximately 250,000 Palestinians, and between 500 and 850 Jewish settlers concentrated in Otniel settlement and around the old quarter. The city is divided into two sectors: H1, controlled by the Palestinian Authority and H2, roughly 20% of the city, administered by Israel. The settlers are governed by their own municipal body, the Committee of the Jewish Community of Hebron. The city is most notable for containing the traditional burial site of the biblical Patriarchs and Matriarchs and is therefore considered the second-holiest city in Judaism after Jerusalem. The city is also venerated by Muslims for its association with Abraham and was traditionally viewed as one of the "four holy cities of Islam."
Hebron, Palestine, 2012.
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Man praying at the wailing wall.
Jerusalem, Israel, 2012.
Jewish boys dressed up for the Purim celebrations.
Jerusalem, Israel, 2012.
Hasim 18 is a resident of Aida camp. Aida is a Palestinian refugee camp situated 2 kilometers North of Bethlehem. The camp had a population of approximately 3,260 refugees. In the distance the settlement of Gilo sits on top of the hill. Gilo is an Israeli settlement with a population of 40,000, mostly Jewish. It is one of the five ring neighborhoods of Jerusalem and is built on land in the West Bank that was annexed to Israel in 1980 under the Jerusalem Law. The international community regards it as an Israeli settlement that is illegal under international law, although Israel disputes this. A tall concrete wall prevents Hasim from getting to Gilo. the Israelis argue that the number of suicide bombers have dropped dramatically sine the creation of the wall. Hasim speaks little English but manages to communicate that his only desire is to keep his job as a waiter in the Intercontinental Hotel outside the camps wall.
Aida Camp, Palestine, 2012.
The church of the Nativity is occupied by three religions: Roman Catholics, Greek Orthodox and Armenian Orthodox. Unfortunately they provide a very poor example of Christian behavior since each one jealously guards their slice of territory and even have lines drawn on the floor to differentiate their area of control. They all also lay claim to controlling the "Key to the sculls". The sculls being the remains of the children which King Herod ordered to be killed shortly after Jesus was born, in an attempt to kill Jesus.
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The Jewish community has been subject to attacks by Palestinian militants, especially during the periods of the Intifadas; which saw 3 fatal stabbings and 9 fatal shootings in between the first and second Intifada and 17 fatal shootings (9 soldiers and 8 settlers) and 2 fatalities from a bombing during the second Intifada, and thousands of rounds fired on it from the hills above the Abu-Sneina and Harat al-Sheikh neighbourhoods. 12 Israeli soldiers were killed in an ambush. Two Temporary International Presence in Hebron observers were killed by Palestinian gunmen in a shooting attack on the road to Hebron.
Israeli organization B'Tselem states that there have been "grave violations" of Palestinian human rights in Hebron because of the "presence of the settlers within the city." The organization cites regular incidents of "almost daily physical violence and property damage by settlers in the city", curfews and restrictions of movement that are "among the harshest in the Occupied Territories", and violence and by Israeli border policemen and the IDF against Palestinians who live in the city's H2 sector. According to Human Rights Watch, Palestinian areas of Hebron are frequently subject to indiscriminate firing by the IDF, leading to many casualties. One former IDF soldier, with experience in policing Hebron, has testified to Breaking the Silence, that on the briefing wall of his unit a sign describing their mission aim was hung that read:"To disrupt the routine of the inhabitants of the neighbourhood.
Hebron, Palestine, 2012.
Young man carrying a gun whilst enjoying a walk along one of Jerusalem's busiest streets.
Civilians are allowed to carry guns in Israel for protection in case of a terrorist attack.
Jerusalem, Israel, 2012.
Children running along the streets of Mea Shearim.
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Jerusalem, Israel, 2012.
Antonius is a Greek orthodox monk serving in the church of the nativity. The church is divided between three religious groups. The Greek orthodox, the Armenian and the Catholic. During the centuries they have had their fair share of arguments and disagreements but none as mysterious as who holds the key to the sculls of the children. Antonius opens the gate with his key, then leads me down some stairs and as I am faced with a few dozen small sculls he explains. These are the sculls of the children whom King Herod killed in an attempt to kill the newly born Jesus Christ. Sounds like an episode of Indiana Jones? Probably to you and me. But to Antonius this is as real as anything, and as the hordes of tourists trample the floor of the church above us, down here in the Catacombs bible stories just gain a totally different meaning.
Bethlehem, Palestine, 2012.
Supporters argue that the barrier is necessary to protect Israeli civilians from Palestinian terrorism, including the suicide bombing attacks that increased significantly during the Second Intifada There has been a reduced number of incidents of suicide bombings since the construction of the barrier.
Opponents of the barrier object that the route substantially deviates from the Green Line into the occupied territories captured by Israel in the Six-Day War of 1967. They argue that the barrier is an illegal attempt to annex Palestinian land under the guise of security.
Aida refugee camp, Bethlehem, Palestine, 2012.
People praying at the wailing wall.
Jerusalem, Israel, 2012.
And they compelled one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.
Mark 15:21
Jesus fell to the ground under the weight of the heavy cross, but before he did he leaned against the wall with his hand creating an indentation. A reminder of Jesus suffering for millions of Christians
Palestinian Muslim children today walk past it on their way to school without giving it a second thought.
Via Dolorosa, Jerusalem, Israel, 2012.
A Hasidim Jew looks through some holy books at a street stall in the ultra-Orthodox neighbourhood of Mea Shearim,
For more on the Hasidim please visit "the people of Mea Shaerim" under the "meet the people" gallery.
Jerusalem,Israel, 2012.
An angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. Get up, he said, take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him. So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, where he stayed until the death of Herod. when Herod realised that he had been outwitted, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under. Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: "A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more."
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The skulls of the children killed by Herod resting in a celler under lock and key below the church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Bethlehem, Palestine, 2012.
Son consoles his drunken father with the use of the Torah at a synagogue during the festival of Purim.
For more on drinking during Purim please visit "the people of Mea Shaerim" under the "meet the people" gallery.
Mea Shaerim, Jerusalem,Israel, 2012
With no TV, radio or internet the residents of Mea Shearim rely on street advertising for local news and events mostly of a religious nature.
Mea Shearim, Jerusalem, Israel, 2012.
The Rabbis of the Talmud said, "A person is obligated to drink on Purim until he can no longer distinguish between "cursed is Haman and blessed is Mordachai." This statement of the early rabbis who lived during the Talmud (about 1700-1800 years ago) had caused much concern by the later rabbis.
For more on drinking during Purim please visit "the people of Mea Shaerim" under the "meet the people" gallery.
Drunk Haredim at a synagogue in the district of Mea Shaerim during the Purim celebrations, Jerusalem, Israel, 2012.
Soldiers of the IDF on security duties in the Muslim quarter protecting the Jews as they make there way to the wailing wall.
Jerusalem, Israel, 2012.
Jewish family during the festival of Purim.
Jerusalem, Israel, 2012.
Jewish youth gather in a building site to watch the Purim celebrations in the street below.
For more on Purim please visit "the people of Mea Shaerim" under the "meet the people" gallery.
Mea Shearim, Jerusalem, Israel, 2012.
Ajdot 18 is currently doing her military service with the IDF. She waits for the bus early in the morning at the bus station in the Arab town of Akko. From here she will travel buy public bus to the border with Lebanon where she will carry out observation duties on the hostile neighbor. Although she is required to do a minimum of two years service, Ajdot would like to go for promotion and serve for an extra two years.
Akko, Israel, 2012.
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Will Michael Chasse, the inmate who allegedly held two people hostage on June 30 at the Maine State Prison, now be tortured by Governor John Baldacci's administration, much as President George W. Bush's administration has tortured prisoners at Guantánamo?
That was the question implicit in a recent e-mail "action alert" sent out by the Portland-based anti-torture group known as the Black Bird Collective. Believing that Chasse's many years in solitary confinement may have driven him to what the prison says he did, prisoner-rights activists from around New England have in response called and e-mailed state officials, urging the state Department of Corrections not to isolate him again as punishment.
But at the moment solitary may be only one of Chasse's problems.
A number of prison sources have told the Phoenix that prison personnel treated Chasse roughly after he surrendered. One source said he suffered a broken arm. Corrections refused to provide information on his condition or let him be interviewed.
Chasse, 33, of Lewiston, is in isolation at the 100-man Supermax or Special Management Unit inside the Warren prison. He had already spent the better part of a decade there. He is in prison for robbery, assault, escape, and other offenses, with his release scheduled for 2029, but now he will likely face new charges. He had been allowed into the general population a few months prior to allegedly seizing a prison employee and an inmate and holding them at knife-point for seven hours.
The hostages reportedly suffered minor injuries. Corrections would not identify them, but prison sources said they were inmate Ryan Currier and librarian Jacqueline Weddle of Thomaston. Weddle did not respond to attempts to reach her on the phone, and Corrections would not let Currier be interviewed.
In a 2005 Phoenix interview, Chasse told of the psychological effects of being isolated for 23 hours a day for years: "There is a noise that comes from the air vents. The sounds start to seem like voices. I have built imaginary relationships with those white noises." (See "Torture in Maine's Prison," by Lance Tapley, November 11, 2005.)
Black Bird's David Bidler noted that prisoners are not sentenced by a judge to solitary confinement. He sees Supermax isolation as an extra-judicial in-house punishment system "in the shadows" — separate from the criminal-justice system.
It's a system similar to the United States military's, he said: "The cells and the type of treatment used at Guantánamo are all exports from American prisons, especially the supermaxes." There are several hundred prisoners at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, but there may be as many as 50,000 in domestic supermaxes.
Citing research showing that prolonged solitary confinement destroys minds — a topic frequently in the news because of the treatment of prisoners at the Guantánamo base and elsewhere — anti-supermax activists say it is illegal under the UN Convention Against Torture, which the US has ratified and which prohibits punishment by "severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental."
Bidler said his group is drafting a bill to be submitted to the next Legislature to end solitary confinement and other forms of torture in Maine's prisons. He said his group's goal is to shut down the Supermax. He wants Maine to become "a standard bearer for human rights."
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New, at least for me. I was dissatisfied witht he rigid plastic screens sold by all American bee supply companies. You throw them in the freezer and when you take them out to pop the proplis out you have to scrape them and is time consuming and if you flex the screens a bit too hard they break.
My goal is to do something that is flexible. It can be rolled flexed and beaten against the sidewall of a deep freezer (as per the French video I posted showing larger scale propolis harvest).
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I selected by viewing how much propolis was added to the top most bars of the of the colony. This was the same colony I used last year in the discussion and photos.
I stapled the screen material to a shim and placed it on the top of the colony. I placed the inner cover with a 3/4" lift on it (using standard entrance reducers) between it and the shim. The screen is on the bottom of the shim allowing almost no bee space between the tops of the frames and the bottom of the screen. A traditional telescoping outer cover is then placed on top.
The void created by the 3/4" spacers, I think, encourages the propolis use. More light and more air flow. The bees want to regulate all that so they apply propolis.
After 14 days exposed mesh between the frames and the corners of the super were heavily embedded with propolis of various types (a little wax too but not much). Spaces directly above the tops of the frames did not receive propolis.
Here are the photos:
Outer telescoping cover off showing spacing and shim with screen.
Postion of shim and screen
Holding the frame up to show propolis covering in terms of area of screen. Open areas were positioned directly above the top of the frames
Detail shot up close of the mesh and propolis
Next test is removal, roll up of mesh and reloval of propolis from mesh.
If successful I will simply cut slightly larger pieces of mesh and place without shim into the colony. I'll put thm on all of my colonies.


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After two and a half rounds of training, the fighters leave the cage. Allan straps a tow rope to his charge's waist and hands the other end to the sparring partner, who tries to hold the fighter back as he lumbers across the mats. "Still fighting, still fighting, still fighting . . ." chants Doomsday, barely audible from exhaustion. He finishes his last rep and crashes to the floor. For a few minutes, he lays motionless, breathing hard, drenched in sweat.
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John "Doomsday" Howard is a 25-year-old Boston-born Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter. During his four-year career, he has accumulated a 9-3 record, with his two most recent wins coming after he dropped from 185 pounds to the 170-pound welterweight class. One of those fights was a trial for the International Fight League, which he won in dramatic fashion. His next challenge, a fight for the Ring of Combat welterweight title, takes place this week, on June 27, in Atlantic City. While MMA is bogged down by the confusing number of competing organizations that govern it, Doomsday remains Boston's brightest hope in a brutal sport that, of late, has earned unprecedented levels of attention.
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Service quality suffers under PBR framework.
[Editor's note: Fortnightly published Part I of this article in the July 2009 issue. In that installment, the authors described how the Energy Competition Act in 1998 restructured Ontario's utilities and charged the Ontario Energy Board with implementing performance-based ratemaking (PBR) to maintain service quality. The author asserts that despite the board's intentions, however, service quality has declined in the province.]
The Ontario Energy Board's (OEB) experience with service quality regulation (SQR) of electric distributors has its origins in the OEB's 2000 Electricity Distribution Rate Handbook . In terms of SQR, this document largely was based on the Implementation Task Force Report's 1 recommendations.
Survey work by the task force found that more than 60 large and medium utilities covering over 80 percent of distribution customers had been collecting historical reliability data. However, a number of smaller utilities, some with only hundreds of customers, didn't have historical data. In the end, for a variety of reasons, the task force recommended that only minimum customer-service standards be applied to the LDCs during the first generation. The levels of the minimum standards were determined through a survey of the LDCs. For reliability, the "standards" actually are weaker: For those LDCs with historical data, those LDCs should keep their performance within the range of whatever it had been during the preceding three years. The task force noted: "The OEB will review the PBR submissions to ensure compliance with the established benchmarks." Those LDCs without reliability data should begin to collect it. The task force recommended that the latter utilities' benchmarks be set by using peer-group averages.
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Innovations in Education
Alain Locke Charter Academy
School Profile: Selected Variables a
|Year First Chartered
|Grades Served
|Student Ethnicity b
|94% African-American, 5% White, 1% Hispanic
|Special Education
|Free or Reduced-price Lunch b
|Annual Cost per Student
a Unless otherwise indicated, these data are reported by the school and are for the
school year 2006–07.
b These data are drawn from Alain Locke Charter Academy school report card for 2005–06 posted on the Illinois State Board of Education Web site.
Mission and Founding
On Chicago's West Side, families in neighborhoods including East Garfield Park, North Lawndale, and Austin now have access to a school where academic rigor and what staff refer to as "absolute excellence" are expected. Acting on the belief that all children, regardless of race, ethnicity, or socioeconomic background, can succeed if given quality educational opportunities, Patrick Ryan, Jr., founder of Inner-City Teaching Corp (ICTC), opened Alain Locke Charter Academy in 1999. Ryan maintains, "Equality is a hollow promise without equal access to quality education. Despite all the rhetoric, we are on the verge of leaving another generation of urban students behind."
Named in honor of the first African-American Rhodes scholar, Alain Locke is guided by the principle of absolute excellence and dedicated to producing globally competitive students. Students in this predominantly African-American community have historically been underserved by inadequate traditional public schools. Even after Alain Locke opened, students did not immediately show academic progress.
While the school had the bedrock of a spacious and well-maintained facility, missing in its early years were the necessary focus, discipline, and leadership to establish a stable and learning-focused environment. The need for change became evident in 2002, when Alain Locke's pioneer class reached third grade and first took Illinois' standardized tests. The percentage of students reaching proficient levels was in the single digits. Soon thereafter, the school's board hired a new principal. Under the leadership of Lennie Jones, the school blossomed. By 2005, over three-quarters of Alain Locke students were meeting or exceeding standards on the Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT), scoring 74 percent proficient or above in reading and 84 percent proficient or above in mathematics.
Alain Locke's transformation from a struggling school into a success story is testament to ICTC's dedication and mission "to transform education in underserved communities and to empower children in urban schools." All students, parents, and staff sign a contract that focuses on excellence as an expectation for all members of the school community. According to Claire Hartfield, the ICTC chief of staff, this expectation is a statement "that our students will not only be among the best in our community, but they will be excellent absolutely, across the board, and able to compete citywide, statewide, nationally."
School Operations and Educational Program
Alain Locke opened in 1999 with prekindergarten through first-grade classes and has expanded one grade level per year, with the original cohort completing eighth grade in 2007. In 2006–07, the school served 505 students. Each grade level has two classes of 25 students. Eighty-nine percent of the students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and admission to the school is based on a lottery. Alain Locke operates with an extended school day, which starts at 8:30 a.m. and ends at 5 p.m. Initially, the school also adopted an extended-year calendar in which the school operated from September through July. In 2005, the school switched to a year-round schedule, with four 10-week quarters separated by three-week intersession breaks. That change was made, in part, to reduce teacher burnout associated with the school's longer teaching days and, in part, to minimize the learning loss that typically occurs over a long summer break.
When principal Jones arrived at Alain Locke in 2001, her first challenge was to create an environment in which academic excellence was taken seriously. She determined that more structure was needed if the school was to develop a culture in which, as Jones puts it, "It's cool to be an academic achiever." Today, school staff encourage students to carry their independent reading books with them while they walk around the school, which enables Jones to chat with students about their chosen texts. The safe and welcoming school climate allows students to focus on academics and helps them develop a strong work ethic. As evidenced by the school's 93 percent attendance rate, students look forward to coming to school.
Character education, based on the seven principles of Nguzo Saba from the Kwanza tradition, is embedded in the curriculum. Ninety-nine percent of the student body is African-American, and choosing culturally relevant practices is part of Alain Locke's success. Every week there is an all-school harambee (i.e., a Swahili term for "pulling together all at once") meeting, at which students, dressed in their uniform of white shirts and navy pants, line up in a double circle to sing and celebrate achievements. Meetings begin with student renditions of the "Pledge of Allegiance," "The Star-Spangled Banner," and "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing," and they conclude with the traditional harambee call to unity.
To help them see the connection between behavior and the ability to do their best work, students receive citizenship grades along with academic grades. To maintain an orderly learning environment, every classroom adheres to the school's clear and consistent discipline system of warnings, removal of privileges and, then, communication with parents.
Since 2002, Alain Locke has successfully established a standards-based curriculum in five core areas: reading, writing, mathematics, social studies, and science. The school's extended day allows regular instruction in art, music, Spanish, PE, and technology. In addition, Friday afternoon enrichment clubs give students the opportunity to partake in activities ranging from additional language classes (including Swahili and Japanese) and performing arts to sports and games (such as word play and chess).
Starting in first grade, students use the computer-based Accelerated Reader program. Students who perform well on Accelerated Reader tests receive a congratulatory reading certificate. Jones, whose office is lined with picture books, maintains an open-door policy that allows students to interrupt her during any meeting in order to get a reading certificate signed. The assistant principal, Gloria Woodson, runs a club called Reading Angels, in which fourth- to eighth-graders read to younger students and run the school's bookstore. Literacy instruction is not limited to formal instruction in core classes. For example, in an art class during which students work with clay, the teacher infuses the lesson with topically appropriate vocabulary words, such as slab, score, and slip.
Alain Locke's mathematics goal is for all eighth-graders to graduate proficient in algebra 1, a high school gatekeeper course. In K–6 classrooms, teachers supplement the Everyday Math curriculum and basic skills review with Accelerated Math computer lessons. In seventh grade, students take pre-algebra, moving on to algebra in eighth grade.
Experience-based learning is another element of Alain Locke's curriculum. The school encourages teachers to take their students off campus to have meaningful learning experiences, and it provides transportation and other funds to do so. Hartfield describes a trip to the Argonne Laboratory as "inspiring. … At least one of the kids came out of it saying 'I know what I want to do now. I want to be a scientist.' " Says Jones, "We feel that if children have rich exposure at an early age and continue to have that exposure, they're going to make the connections they need to perform well on things like standard[ized] tests, as well as in their classes."
Explicit teacher training on standards-based lesson planning for heterogeneous classes and the availability of self-paced computer programs for students eliminate the need for Alain Locke to operate a separate gifted program. The school also helps connect students in need of more advanced learning opportunities to a fast-paced algebra course offered by the University of Illinois, which several seventh-graders take for high school credit. There are also special programs for students who need additional support (approximately 10 percent of the students have individualized education plans). In pre–K through third grade, a teacher associate in each classroom provides students with personalized help during class, and in the older grades community volunteers tutor students. Additionally, Alain Locke has created a buddy system, in which every staff member adopts a student who is experiencing challenges and works one-on-one with that student to reach specific goals.
The use of both formal and informal assessments helps teachers develop the capacity to maximize learning for individual students. Alain Locke employs Learning First, a district-approved assessment system that provides feedback three times a year. Teachers write progress reports every five weeks and send home report cards at the end of each 10-week quarter. The year-round calendar also allows teachers time to reflect on their practice and modify lessons based on analyzed data to help students master specific skills or content areas. Jones says a year-round schedule, with every 10 weeks of school followed by three weeks of vacation, sends the message to students, "When it's time to work, work hard, and then you can relax and regroup."
External Partnerships
Although Alain Locke now serves multiple neigborhoods, it was conceived to focus on the needs of East Garfield Park. As such, it was, and remains, part of a network of organizations working to positively affect this particular neighborhood. Another ICTC-sponsored organization in that network is the Family Resource and Learning Center, which operates within the Alain Locke facility to provide a variety of family-oriented programming, including parent- and-child-together classes and GED preparation classes for adults. Offered four days a week for both Alain Locke families and those from the broader community, these programs reflect ICTC's mission to provide "seamless educational opportunities for families" in a "onestop education source."
Community partnerships make Alain Locke's experiential education programs possible and bring in much-needed resources. The school works with such external groups as the Chicago Children's Choir and the Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance. A relationship with the Chicagobased Aon Corporation provides the upper grades with tutors; the Mead Witter Foundation funded the construction of a state-of-the-art science lab; and Chicago Communities In Schools connects Alain Locke with such companies as LensCrafters, which provides glasses and vision care for students in need.
Parent and family involvement is a key contributor to student achievement at Alain Locke. A parent's role begins with signing the commitment to excellence contract, with which families pledge to maintain high expectations for their children, to help their children with daily homework, to make sure their children attend school regularly, and to communicate regularly with school staff. By signing the contract, parents agree to uphold the school's belief that, in collaboration with the school, parents are responsible for shaping the attitudes and behavior of their children. Alain Locke makes a concerted effort to educate parents about academic standards. At the school's open house, parents learn about each teacher's system for communication about homework and citizenship. The administration and teachers organize meetings to explain expectations for third and sixth grades, which are critical benchmark years evaluated by state exams, and to show parents sample test questions. Voynell Foster, the parent and community liaison, touches base with families every day at dismissal, runs an after-school Girl Scout program, and creates enrichment activities for families. Foster explains her own commitment when she says, "Every child deserves an opportunity to get the best education."
Governing for Accountability
Alain Locke's 11-member board of directors draws representatives from leaders in both the business and the education world. Originally its role was to bring resources into the school and lend credibility to the start-up venture at a time when the concept of charter schools was new to Illinois. Since then, the board has evolved to address the school's needs as it has grown and, now, is trying to institutionalize processes. Supportive of the school leadership, the board gives the principal and the assistant principal the autonomy to make education policy and enact decisions in line with the school's strategic plan. In 2004, Alain Locke completed the charter renewal process with the state of Illinois approving continuation of the school's program for another five years.
Since Jones has taken the helm, she has worked hard to rally staff behind a common mission. Prior to each new school year, she conducts a retreat that gives staff an opportunity to reexamine the mission and review procedures and policies. "We address all the issues together," says Assistant Principal Woodson. "I think that makes a big difference in terms of having a well-run organization where everybody is on the same page and working towards the same goal." Both Jones and Woodson taught for many years in Chicago prior to joining Alain Locke, and they work with teachers on a regular basis to improve instruction. Teachers recognize and appreciate the supportive environment in which they work. One teacher notes, "The staff is young and vibrant and nice to work with … everybody shares." Ongoing staff development time allows staff to analyze data from informal and formal assessments together and make plans accordingly. Teachers meet weekly for professional development.
When hiring, Jones looks for more than academic qualifications. "We look for intelligent people who have a heart for children and are looking to grow professionally," she says. Alain Locke teachers earn salaries that are on par with those paid by the local district, but school leaders would like to raise salaries to make them even more competitive. "The quality of your teachers is really the key, and by quality I don't just mean teachers' educational background, but a whole package," says Hartfield. In addition to competitive salaries, some important teacher perks include the use of teacher associates in the lower grades, a strong collaborative staff, and support for experience-based learning.
In the 2004–05 Chicago Public Schools Charter Schools Performance Report,19 Alain Locke earned "high" ratings for financial practices and compliance. The school receives about $6,000– $6,500 per student from public sources, including per-pupil state funds, Title I money, and other state aid for low-income populations. Private funds and donations contribute another $1,000 per student every year.


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Am truely sorry to here this news but its unfair to have such a life style,bad behavior nd d use of such weapons in school. Be that as it may,student should. Have moral conduct,good governance and a christian way of life that will suit people around them.once again its a pity and to console the guidian of the deseased,please take heart and let every mistake be a correction to you all..THANKS


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On screen, Kate Walsh has made a career of saving lives as a Los Angeles MD in the hit TV show Private Practice. But off screen, you'll find her working as an activist, championing the fight to save the world's sea turtles. The Northern California native is used to getting suited up and hopping in the sea herself: "I tend to be very active on the beach—snorkeling, playing sports, and swimming in the ocean and the pool." When she craves a little R&R, just what does the (TV) doctor order? Fresh salsa and guac over tortilla chips and ice-cold margaritas for a favorite beachside Mexi-fix.
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What is the ESB sequence & how did "we" determine it was right?
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What is the ESB sequence & how did "we" determine it was right?
Is the first sequence :)
The sequence in that link is what was provided to me for the chest display WAY back when (back when the board was still "As You Wish"). My understanding, and I apologize for not remembering names, is that a couple of members watched the Laser Disc version of the movies to find the sequence; as I recall, they zoomed in and watched it in slow-mo! :) Talk about dedication (or is it insanity?).
For my boards, I went with what was accepted by the masses as the correct sequence (which is what KaanE posted). I have watched ESB and ROTJ many, many times to check the sequence, but I cannot find a long enough on screen Boba presence to say it's correct or not. A lot of the time, I see it doesn't appear to be lighted at all. I'm not saying the sequence is correct, but it would be nice if someone could say 'I know a guy who knew a guy that worked in the FX department during filming, and here's the screen used sequence'. Anyone know that guy?
I don't know that guy, but I am the guy who headed up the current "accepted sequence." I am fairly confdent the "accepted sequence" is not the complete sequence. This sequence was put together from the carbon freezing chamber scene which is the only time you really can see it in a decent light. We simply took what we saw and put it together, but the problem is, in the scene, they cut away from and back to Fett several times, so there is no doubt this is not the complete sequence, it is just the best we were able to do based on the material we currently have available. I would love nothing more than for someone to fire up the display on one of the suits in the archive and give us something new! This was one of the reasons we had shackman make his boards with modular chips, so we could one day replace them with a more accurate sequence when it was found.
Here is why I ask
I have a reference pic that shows a completely different display.
I have cropped out the chest display section because I cannot post the entire pic.
Anyone else ever seen this?
Nop... But I want to see it :cry No, seriously, I never have seen this pic.
This could mean that we all need new displays... :S
That looks like a 2nd stage of this display as seen in the ESB Hallway promotional stills. I don't know if this is another chest display with a different sequence or if it is just a part of the sequence we never saw in the Carbon Freezing chamber. If you will notice, from what we got on screen the display in the freezing chamber had a 3 staged sequence: off, partial characters, then complete charcters. This appears to be the same but with different characters.
I don't know the guy responsible during filming of the originals, but I know the guy using it during the SE versions. Don Bies ran the archives, as well as wearing the suit (I believe for ROTJ?).
Anyway, years ago, I took a set to him and asked him if he thought it was correct. His response was that he (of course) didn't know the exact sequence, but it looked close enough for him. He also commented that they didn't run the lights in ROTJ, due to bright sunlight washing it out anyway.
In all the HD ESB Screencaps that I have seen Boba has the same sequence. Ok, in the postproduction pics you can see variations, but IN THE MOVIE you only can see this sequence.
EDIT: Sorry, I saw other sequences in the HD Screen Caps :o But in the 80% you can see this pic xD
Actually, I need to make a clarification. There are two parts to the display. The top section and the bottom. We used the carbon chamber scene mainly for the top sequencing. We did to verification for the bottom in that scene but we also pulled pics from other resources. Here is another pic from the hallyway photoshoot that shows one of the displays in the current sequence. I had forgotten about it but that would mean that both the pic posted by S1P and myself are from the same display... so you now have two additional steps in the bottom. Time for new chips shack old buddy!
I know this one isn't clear, but it is the second segment of the established sequence.
"My" pic is also from the hallway photoshoot.
I thought the lights might differ between this shoot and the carbon chamber scenes.
I just didn't know if the lights were the same or had been changed out inbetween the shoot & the scene
Upon looking at everything, I would say no, they weren't changed... just parts of the sequence that were missing or unclear until now. Pretty nice as it gives us a 5 sequence bottom display (inlcuding off). The top display has 6 sequences so it would seem we are getting closer to what might be considered a complete sequence and this actually might BE the complete sequence as it doesn't seem that the top and bottom line up, so ther might only be 5 total for the bottom.
:lol so I actually made a contribution to this hobby?
While we still have no idea what the sequence is of the lower section, I would suggest we go at it like this.
Old partial characters
Old complete characters
New partial characters (image I posted)
New complete characters (image S1P posted)
you could add another off to the end, but I think I would prefer to keep the bottom out of sync with the top.
Does it look to anyone else like the image slave1pilot posted only has 4 characters, and only room for four characters? Maybe it just the angle...
There are 5 numeric displays on the light board. However, the slots in the armor aren't large enough to accomodate all 5 lights. The last light on the right is partially cut off due to the armor. In the pics S1P and I posted, you see no 5th character... I don't know if that is a combination of the angle and the fact that it would already be partially cut off, or if there are only 4 characters lit for this part of the sequence. Since we see no hint of a 5th character in either pic, I would simply leave that one off.
You can see in these pics the 4 numbers and the 1/2 five:
Is there any more activity with this thread?
I thought I'd revive this thread to let y'all know I'm on the brink of getting my new chest light board design done. It will be a one board solution (as my other boards), but will have the ability to select the characters displayed on the seven segment portion as well as the top light sequence. I'll be using a 16F687 PIC micro controller, which is a step up from the 16F505 I use currently. I'll also be moving to a PCB since the circuit will be more complex and would be a nightmare to wire up by hand. This will also allow me to sell the board as a kit.
I'll keep all of you posted when they're ready to purchase (hopefully within a month or so).


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COCOCOZY: Cheerful Warm Dbl with TV – 5 min Stratford tube.
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Nice and cozy mid size room with double bed and own garden access 5 min walk from the Stratford station and less than 2 minutes walk from Maryland station and Morrisons supermarket.
Walking distance from tube stations, wine bars, cafes, five star restaurants, high-end boutiques, clubs, bars, movie theaters, casino and much more. The access to the highway and the airports is very easy and very convenient.
The house is fully furnished. Cable TV and Internet are included. There are two bedrooms on the ground floor, three bedrooms on the upper first floor, attic bedroom on the third floor.
I supply fresh towels for you to use, a hair dryer and bedding. I also, provide refreshments: tea (black and herbal), coffee (filter and instant), hot chocolate.
Facilities include: gas central heating, microwave, fridge/freezer, toaster, large kitchen table with 4 chairs. Baby cot provided. This is a NO SMOKING, NO PETS property. And NO COOKING. For more information please ask. No live-in host.
During your stay, you are invited to use the kitchen facilities for breakfast and light meals. Guests have use of the kitchen for making tea, coffee and preparing their own breakfast (cereal and toast). Also, you will have a shelve in the fridge. There are cafes which offers cooked breakfasts. There is a good mix of local shops and lots of take aways and within 3 minute walk there is a friendly pub with rear garden.
THE HOUSE is less than minutes walk from supermarkets, restaurants, casino, clubs, theaters, cinemas and public parks with number of sport and leisure facilities.
The largest mall in Europe – Westfield and Queen Elizabeth Park (The Olympic Park 2012) are the main attractions in the area. Westfield Mall is just a short walk away – 7 min to an unforgettable shopping experience: unique high street shops as well as exceptional places to eat and drink: wine bars, number of cafés, pizzas, breakfast bars and CASINO…
Neighborhood: STRATFORD CITY
This short term, vacation rental is located in Stratford – East London, zone 3. 2012 Olympics were held here and that cleared the way for а stunning upgrades and transformations in the area: The Largest Mall in Europe was open last year with over 300 high-end fashion shops within; casino, cinemas, exceptional places to eat and drink; Queen Elizabeth Park (The Olympic Park 2012) is now open for the public.
PARKING SITUATION. No free parking.
The house is conveniently located between two subway stations Stratford and Maryland. Stratford tube station is 3 min walk from the house; Maryland rail station is literally a minute walk away from the house. Central London is couple of sub stops away – 8-10 min to Bank, Liverpool Street, Holborn, Oxford Street, Bond Street, Piccadilly Circus & Leicester Square. There is 24 hours bus running to Oxford Street and night bus goes straight to Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square. Several tube lines link Stratford with other famous tourist, cultural and business destinations.
* DLR running through the beautiful Docklands and Canary Wharf, O2 Arena, ExCel Centre, historic Greenwich, Tower Bridge and Tower of London;
* JUBILEE LINE – Canary Wharf, O2Arena, London Bridge, Tate Modern, Waterloo, Wembley;
*STRATFORD INTERNATIONAL for Eurostar and high speed trains to Kings Cross St Pancras, Ashford International and Dover. MARYLAND STATION for Ilford, Romford, Shenfield, Liverpool St etc
SUPERMARKETS NEARBY: Morrisons and Sainsburry - just round the corner.
It's an amazing property and a brilliant location for absolutely everything you need during your stay.
In case this room is not available for your required dates, please also look at my other offered listings.
Thank you for your consideration
住宿规定Only If you are staying for a week and longer you will be able to use the washing machine, but please ask first.
I expect you to leave the room as you have found it.
Check In - after 1pm.
Check Out - before 12pm or noon/midday.
Late departures need to be arranged. You can leave your luggage with me if you have a late flight, but please ask if the room is available from check in's at 1pm.
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Hi, me and my daughter spent one week in Rosi's house in London. It was a good experience: nice place with an international atmosphere, like a hostel but with more privacy, facilities and cleaning.The double room on the ground floor was little, but colorful, clean and with a private access to the garden. Everything allright in the kitchen, ready for cooking, with a lot of windows in front of the garden, a dining room and a sitting room with sofa and tv. Maybe two bathrooms are not enough for five bedrooms, but nobody was killed for a shower. The Stratford area is safe, rebuilded for the Olympic games, full of stores, cinemas, students. Underground is 8 minutes walk; hundred of different stores in the same time; Morrison supermarket 3 minutes, overground station 2 minutes walk. Cheap, honest, clean. Thnx for all, Rosi. See you soon. Massimo and Marta.
The room was really nice and clean as you can see on the picture. The house was really nice and we enjoyed our stay. Rosi was nice and helpful :)
We really recommend this property!
Mia and Alek
Rosi has rooms in two different houses, the Victorian house near the Stratford town and a flat about half a mile away from the town. We stayed in both places for one week in each. While the flat is a bit far from the town center it is quieter than the Victorian house that seems to be a bit active often. The Victorian house has a living area and a large kitchen whereas the other has only a kitchen and no living area. Hence one needs to be alert when reserving the rooms.
The facilities of both these family-run places are clean, sufficient, well kept and the needs are constantly attended to. Common areas such as the kitchen and the living room have all basic amenities including a washing machine/drier.
Rosi showed flexibility and a high degree of personal attention to the needs of visitors especially when they come late in the night due to unavoidable circumstances such as late flights and being lost in town. Often the visitors, often from other countries have no immediate ability to contact her in case of any delay. She quickly responded to queries prior to arrival and during the stay.
Will I consider her facility again? Yes.
room was very clean ,quit and nice, rosi is very friendly, the house is in a very central area....thank for all, i will come again....
Gute Unterkunft, sehr gute Verbindung zur Innenstadt, nett Eingerichtet, proffesionelle Komunikation, etwas "muffig" da älteres Haus, ansonsten OK.
Wir hatten für 3 Tage in Rosis Unterkunft in der Nähe von Stratford Station gebucht.
Recht kurzfristig hatte sie aufgrund unserer späten Ankunft (gegen Mitternacht) mitgeteilt, dass sie uns um diese Zeit nicht in Empfang nehmen kann - sich gleichfalls aber um eine Ausweichunterkunft in dem Haus ihres Bruders gekümmert.
Damit möchte ich diese Unterkunft bewerten: Galin hat uns netterweise nachts mit seinem Privat-PKW von Stratford Station abgeholt und uns in sein Haus gebracht und uns noch schnell alles gezeigt und erklärt.
Das Zimmer liegt etwa 7-8 min Fußweg von der Tube-Station Plaistow entfernt und ist sauber, aufgeräumt und relativ groß. Die Betten sind frisch bezogen, es finden sich saubere Handtücher auf dem Bett.
Die Sanitäreinrichtungen sind in der unteren Etage und ebenfalls sauber. Leider gab es nur am Waschbecken warmes Wasser, Duschen war nur eiskalt möglich.
Es liegen im Zimmer und in der Wohnung einige Flyer von der Tube und diversen Sehenswürdigkeiten aus.
Zudem haben die Räume einen passwortgeschützten, im Preis inbegriffenen WLAN-Zugang.
Für einen kurzen Trip eignet sich Galins' Zimmer damit auf jeden Fall!
Viele Grüße aus Leipzig (Deutschland).
Unkompliziert und zuverlässig. Ein sauberes Zimmer und nette Atmosphäre im ganzen Haus. Tolle Möglichkeit auch im Garten zu sein. Danke
Der Raum und das Haus waren sauber und schön eingerichtet.
Alles was man brauchte war da.
Allerdings sollte man mit der Hausherrin nicht auf dem falschen fuß anfangen.
Ich bin mir sicher das sie sehr nett sein kann allerdings war mein erster eindruck nich der beste...
aber ich denke wir hatten einfach einen falschen start.
Dennoch hat mir mein Aufenthalt gut gefallen und ich würde es wieder buchen.
p,.s was nich genau aus dem Text hervor geht sondern nur angedeutet wird ist das man dort mir höchstens 6 anderen Personen wohnt, wenn alle Zimmer ausgebucht sind.
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Has anyone tried the 100% made in USA type AKs? Are they made to tighter tolerances or are they loose like their com-bloc cousins?
My guys are bugging me to get an AK or three. Y'all figure Romanian WASR10 is still the least expensive way to get into an AK? Or would a Yugo M70 type be less?


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Today I had to choose between going to vote or $20 and to be honest, I hesitated.
Technically speaking my choice was actually between a mandatory event at my campus or going to vote, as both fall into my only 2 hour span of free time, but only one is going to charge me for lack of attendance.
I can practically feel your judgement leaking through the computer screen, so before you think too poorly of me rest assured that my desire for representation outweighed my desire for extra grocery money.
There's a lot to be learned from an event that manages to bring around 400,000 people together. Getting to be a part of the People's Climate March was a sobering experience for me.
As a young woman growing up and watching my family be impacted by climate change in the coal fields, it was an absolute privilege to march along side other Appalachians in one common goal. As if marching for the place that I call 'Home' wasn't enough, I was marching with 400,000 other people who were also taking steps towards a common goal.
What really moved me was that within this commonality, there were hundreds of different reasons people were passionately marching for. Things climate change affects that I had never even thought of, and even if I had thought about it, I hadn't really given them much consideration.
Crossposted from Greenpeace.
Here's a nice, shot, submitted to Democracy Now! by an anonymous pilot of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV - a.k.a. "drone").
This morning, 1000s of people flooded Wall Street (with youth showing up strong!), creating a human sea to match the rising waters that Wall Street funds with their massive investments in fossil fuel industry.
We showed up at #FloodWallStreet, expressing opposition to tar sands exploitation in Minnesota, demanding justice and safety from rising waters in the Rockaways of New York, and visioning for a just transition to clean energy in the Southeast -- and we recognize that these fights are all united through the capitalist, oppressive system that dominates our society.
As I write this, people are still everywhere in the financial district after 5+ hours of occupying several blocks of Wall Street. Check out a few of the amazing photos and visit floodwallstreet.net for more!
And we're off! Start of our trek from Battery Park to Wall Street. Photo by Flood Wall Street / Flickr.
Check out this great blog from Lucy West, fresh off the bus from her trip with YEA! MN to the People's Climate March:
The Kentucky Student Environmental Coalition is gearing up for the 2014-2015 school year, and it's shaping up to be as strong as ever. In a few weeks, we are hosting our Fall Summit, which will be a great opportunity for Kentucky youth to learn about our work and get plugged in. Plus, we'll be camping, eatin good food, and having lots of fun. Until then, here's a recap of our already busy semester!
Part 1 of a blog series - taken from our full report
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There is a spirit of pipeline resistance spreading across our continent. Ranchers in Nebraska have united to protect their land from the Keystone XL pipeline, while college kids a thousand miles away pulled together XL Dissent, the largest act of youth civil disobedience since the Civil Rights movement to defend their future. Texas Tar Sands Blockade fiercely resisted pipeline construction to the South and, currently, in British Columbia, First Nations communities have formed an unbroken wall of resistance to bitumen bound for the Pacific.
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"Martin Weiss" <email@example.com>
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Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:46:10 +0100
How do these graphs come into being? In your example, you reuse the "a"
graph three times, but in reality I bet you have different ones. Note that
with the -by- option, you do get a nice placement for the -legend-:
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tw (scatter mpg price), by(, legend(on position(0) at(6))) by(rep78)
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I'm trying to automate a modification to -grc1leg-, to move the single
legend into a "hole" in the combined plot. There are two ways I can get
what I want:
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* Way One
grc1leg a a a , ring(0) pos(4) name(drag)
gr_edit .legend.DragBy 21 -15
* Way Two
grc1leg a a a , ring(0) pos(4) name(setmargin)
gr_edit .legend.style.editstyle boxmargin(0 15 20 0) editcopy
So my question is whether anyone can give me advice on automating
figuring out the amount to drag (method 1) or the size of margins needed
(method 2) to put the legend in the middle of an arbitrarily specified
hole in the grid of plots?
Ideally I'd like to be able to do something like:
grc1leg a a a a a, hole(5) putlegend(5)
Which I can achieve by trial and error with
grc1leg a a a a a, hole(5) ring(0)
gr_edit .legend.DragBy 21 0
which moves the legend to the middle of the hole created by the hole()
option. But to do that I need to figure out the size of the legend, and
the size of the hole, I'd guess.
Thanks for any thoughts.
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WCS Winter Fund Drive hits $21,000
The 2012/2013 Winter Fund Drive for Willits Community Services and Food Bank has reached a total of $21,325 toward its $30,000 goal.
The Winter Fund Drive is the premier annual fundraiser for WCS, which has provided crucial human services for people in need in the greater Willits area since 1981.
Donors of $125 or more can receive a "No Hunger" T-shirt in dark blue cotton as an incentive. T-shirts are available in sizes S, M, L, XL and XXL.
Donations for the Winter Fund Drive may be dropped off or mailed to Willits Community Services, 229 East San Francisco Street, Willits CA 95490. Checks should be made out to Willits Community Services.
WCS office hours are Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, from noon to 5 p.m. Food distribution hours are Wednesdays and Fridays, from 1 to 4:30 p.m. WCS is closed Mondays and Thursdays.
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Skye Buck, Clearwater Teacher's Body Found
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Crews have recovered the body of one of two teachers killed when their car plunged into the North Thompson river near Kamloops, B.C., on the weekend.
Skye Buck and his wife Courtney, who was seven months pregnant, taught at schools in the town of Clearwater.
Their car skidded off an icy patch of Highway 5 on Sunday and plunged 30 metres down an embankment into the river about 17 kilometres south of Clearwater.
Police drivers helped pull their car out of the river with Skye Buck's body still inside, but the body of his wife remains missing
The recovery effort has been hampered by snow and cold weather, but Const. Lesley Smith says crews will continue to search for the body of Courtney Buck.
She was a Grade 1 teacher at Raft River elementary in Clearwater, while Skye taught math and coached the basketball team at the community's only secondary school.


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These standards must be constantly updated to meet the changing needs and technology of the industry. NPGA relies upon and supports many institutes, societies, and associations whose sole purpose is to organize and develop these codes and standards.
However, if these standards and testing requirements are not enforced, they can easily lose their effectiveness. The job of enforcement is the responsibility of federal, state, and local governments and their departments. Part of NPGA's mission is to ensure that these standards and their enforcement are reasonable, cost-effective and safety-based.
Find details on the Hazard Communication Standard below
OSHA has made several revisions to its Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) to align it more completely with international (UN) regulations. The revised HCS requirements are more prescriptive than the previous requirements, which were more performance-oriented, meaning that chemical suppliers or employers had more flexibility in determining how to convey the hazard information than under the new requirements. The changes pertain mainly to labels and safety data sheets.
To facilitate a better understanding of the changes to the HCS and in response to requests by the membership, NPGA has developed this white paper. The paper is not meant to reflect legal advice, but to be used as a tool by NPGA members.
There are several compliance dates associated with OSHA's action. The first compliance date, December 1, 2013, only requires that employees be trained on the new label and safety data sheet requirements. The topics to be covered in this training are addressed in Section IV of the white paper. The compliance dates for actual, physical changes to the labels or safety data sheets are not scheduled to kick-in until June 1, 2015, at the earliest, as reflected in the white paper.
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The primary agencies within DOT that regulate the propane industry are the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA).
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