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Your location: Home > > National Communications (Non-Annex I) > Financial & Technical support
NCs: The GEFcan provide up to US$ 500,000
to each non-Annex I Party for the financing of NCs.
GEF Operational Procedures for financing (NCs)
Application and Instructions for direct access
funding (NCs and BURs)
BURs: As per the GEF policy guidelines, non-Annex I Parties can access up to US$352,000
through a GEF Agency or via direct access for the preparation of BURs.
Implementing GEF Agencies: The GEF has a number of implementing agencies, please visit the
following GEF web page for a complete list. Of these, the UNDP and UNEP are agencies that are
activiely involved in the support of non-Annex I national reports.
SBI 44, Bonn, May 2016
1. The Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) welcomed the information provided by the
secretariat of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) on the financial support provided by the GEF for the
preparation of biennial update reports (BURs) by Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention (non-Annex
I Parties).1
2. The SBI invited the GEF to continue to provide detailed information on its activities
relating to the preparation of BURs, including the dates of requests for funding, approval of funding and
disbursement of funds and the approximate date of submission of BURs to the secretariat, for consideration at
SBI 45 (November 2016).
3. The SBI noted that, as at 16 May 2016, 32 non-Annex I Parties had submitted their first BUR
and that a further 11 non-Annex I Parties are expected to submit their first BUR by 31 December 2016.
4. It also noted that, as at 16 May 2016, the GEF secretariat had received and processed a
total of 92 requests for funding from non-Annex I Parties to prepare their first BUR. Five of those requests
were received after the initial deadline for submission of the first BURs in December 2014. The GEF has also
received 12 requests from non-Annex I Parties for funding for the preparation of their second BUR; four such
BURs are expected to be submitted by 31 December 2016.
5. The SBI further noted that, as at 24 May 2016, there were many outstanding
submissions of BURs from non-Annex I Parties, while recognizing the challenges that non-Annex I Parties face
in submitting their BURs in a timely manner. It recalled decision 2/CP.17, paragraph 41(a), which states that
non-Annex I Parties, consistent with their capabilities and the level of support provided for reporting,
should submit their first BUR
by December 2014. It encouraged non-Annex I Parties that have not yet completed and submitted their first BUR
to do so as soon as possible.
6. Recalling decision 2/CP.17, the SBI reiterated its urging2 of the non-Annex I Parties that have yet to submit their request
to the GEF for support for the preparation of their first BUR to do so in a timely manner. In addition, it
encouraged the GEF agencies to continue to facilitate the preparation and submission of project proposals by
non-Annex I Parties for the preparation of their BURs and to respond to the project proposals.
7. The SBI recalled the information provided by the GEF in its report to the
Conference of the Parties (COP) at its twenty-first session3
on the procedures available to facilitate access by non-Annex I Parties to funding for the
preparation of their national communications and multiple BURs within one application. Noting that 13 Parties
have successfully utilized that facilitated procedure, the SBI encouraged all non-Annex I Parties to consider
applying for funding for the preparation of multiple reports within one application, and requested the GEF
agencies to respond to such requests in a timely manner.
8. The SBI welcomed the information provided by the GEF on its Global Support
Programme for National Communications and Biennial Update Reports,4 especially regarding the development and implementation of its
2016 work programme. The SBI encouraged non-Annex I Parties to take advantage of the opportunities for
technical assistance and support available under the Global Support Programme.
9. The SBI noted with appreciation that the GEF had made good progress on the
establishment of the Capacity-building Initiative on Transparency as requested at COP 21.5 It reiterated its request to the GEF to provide further
information on this matter in its report to COP 22 (November 2016).
10. The SBI recognized the contribution made by the Consultative Group of
Experts on National Communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention (CGE) in providing
technical support to non-Annex I Parties, and urged developed country Parties included in Annex II to the
Convention and other developed country Parties in a position to do so to provide financial resources for the
implementation of the CGE work programme.6
11. The SBI, recalling the request7 of non-Annex I Parties for further technical support aimed at
improving their domestic capacity to facilitate continuity in meeting their reporting requirements, also
urged developed country Parties included in Annex II to the Convention and other developed country Parties in
a position to do so to provide financial resources for the secretariat to implement the activities referred
to in the conclusions of SBI 42.8 It noted that such
activities support non-Annex I Parties in building their transparency-related capacity, and requested the
secretariat to report at SBI 45 on the progress made in this regard, including on relevant regional workshops
held in 2016.
2 FCCC/SBI/2012/15, paragraph 53.
3 FCCC/CP/2015/4, page 12.
4 A project administered jointly by the United Nations Development Programme and the
United Nations Environment Programme with the objective of enhancing the support provided to non-Annex I
Parties for the timely preparation of their national communications and BURs.
5 Decision 1/CP.21, paragraph 86.
6 Details of the work programme of the CGE are available at:
work programme
7 FCCC/SBI/2015/10, paragraph 29.
8 As footnote 7 above.
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Shady Oak Cine
7630 Forsyth Boulevard,
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By looking at this theater, you wonder how it got the name of Shady Oak. It is surrounded by nothing but concrete and steel buildings, but it started as an airdome shaded by oak trees, thus giving the airdome its name.
An indoor theater opened next to the now long-gone airdome on May 3, 1933.
The Shady Oak Theatre, located in the St. Louis suburb of Clayton at the intersection of Forsyth Boulevard and Hanley Road, has the warmth of an intimate cozy theater. It has always shown movies up it's closing.
It was part of the Arthur Theatre chain until they went out of business, and then operated until its closing in 2000 by the Wehrenberg Theatre chain.
The theater was a rectangular shape with some Art Deco style touches, mainly the wall lights. The lobby was sectioned into two parts, the main entrance plus the concesssion stand. The lobby originally had concrete walls but was paneled in a 1973 remodel. The ceiling holds mirrors and cube modern lights. The lobby's second section is down a flight of stairs. The concession stand attracts attention as the main focal point.
The Colonial-style brick facade has three doors with arches and a small potico which stretches over the ticket booth. Although the front gives the appearance the theater is only one story it is not. The lobby has one story and further back stands the auditorium with it's balcony. The balcony held a major advantage for the Shady Oak of the 1980's. Many celebrities attended the theater because people wouldn't bother them and they could sit in the small balcony. Many St. Louis Cardinals players would attend the Shady Oak because of the privacy.
For many years the Arthur Chain operated the Shady Oak as an art theater but when the Wehrenberg chain took over they changed to format to first run.
The Shady Oak Theatre sat among high-rise office buildings and condos in downtown Clayton and was somewhat of a landmark. Parking was a problem since the Shady Oak Theatre didn't have it's own parking lot. They had arrangements with some of the office buildings around the theater for parking.
The building with its quaint and warm atmosphere was closed in 2000, and sat unused collecting dust for several years until it was demolished in November 2008.
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"Oldtheatermanager" – You are nearly right on the story. How do I know, I was one of the five owners. I was the only person who tried to buy everyone out so I could keep the theater running. (It did not matter that Wehrenberg filed for bankruptcy, they rented from us.) Some could not agree on what to do. Others were just greedy. And not one of the four wanted me to buy the building even though it was going to be sold. My husband and I hoped to buy her, move to St. Louis (my home town), give the girl a face lift and keep her going. I tried as hard as I could but 4 people out voted me and I have been sick about it to this very day.
This is a little late, but I wanted to commend Wintermute on her apparent valiant efforts to buy her hometown theatre, and keep it operating as such. It's a shame her efforts met with such resistance by her business partners.
I used to love the Shady Oak in the days when I was a grad student at Wash U from 1988-91. My girlfriend, who later became my wife, and I saw saw a lot of great movies there during study breaks. I have not thought about it in years. Today, during a divorce mediation session with that same woman, I pulled out a line from a movie we have often quoted to each other over the years — When Harry Met Salley — to lighten the sadness of the end of a twenty year relationship with the woman I love… .
… So it is just amazing how the internet works to connect us with lost memories and tie up loose ends. Today, one of the saddest days of my life, I think of an old movie line (Marie to Jess: "I want you to know that I will never want that wagon wheel coffee table"), then remember that I first saw that movie 20 years ago with the very woman I quoted it to today, then remembered that we saw it on a study break date at the Shady Oak, then found out through this search that the Shady Oak — like my marriage — now exists only in memory. I guess it proves what the wise man said: "It all rolls into one and nothing comes for free there's nothing you can hold for very long."
Does anyone know the story about the ghost that supposedly haunted this theatre?
The Shady Oak Theatre was a Fanchon & Marco operation when it got a new manager named Howard Albertson in 1952. Three years later, Boxoffice Magazine ran a two-page spread about the Shady Oak and the unusual policies Albertson had established at the house. A photo of the theater was featured on the cover of that issue of Boxoffice as well.
The Howard Albertson article should be cut and pasted into the "Commentary" section as he had some good things to say about running a movie house.
Continuing the line of bittersweet experiences at this theatre, on my last visit to this theatre in Christmas 1984 my father and I saw "Beverly Hills Cop" on a Saturday night. It was the last movie I saw with my dad. He was killed in September 1985.
I seem to recall posting this info on this page before but I guess it got deleted (hopefully unintentionally).
Here are updated links for the Boxoffice Magazine items mentioned in my earlier comment:
Photo of the Shady Oak Theatre on the cover of Boxoffice, September 24, 1955.
The article abouttheater manager Howard Albertson begins on this page of the same issue.
They should probably have called the Shady Oak the Melancholy since it seems to hold both happy and sad memories for quite a few of us, it seems.
I remember going here with one of my life's two unrequited loves for "Children of a Lesser God" in 1986. I was also there for a movie with one of my former girlfriends in the early 1990's.
This was a pretty straight-forward cinema, but low on frills. No sophisticated projection or sound. So, what you got was pretty basic. The design of the place was what you most remembered.
Other films I remember here were "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" and "Face/Off."
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(Feb. 7, 2005)--The UTSA Department of Music hosts a free concert by the I Can Quintet at 5 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 8 in the Arts Building Recital Hall on the UTSA 1604 Campus. The event is open to the public.
The a capella vocal group from Soweto, South Africa, organized in 1991 by motivational speaker David Molapo, spreads a message of hope through gospel music. The men of the quintet are part of the I Can Foundation, a nongovernmental organization dedicated to promoting democracy, social justice and community development.
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New PAUSD Bullying Policy Still Not Approved by Federal Government
Original post made by Curious, Fairmeadow, on May 1, 2013
Based on draft versions, the problem is probably that the district is refusing to comply with the settlement agreement's provisions (and California state law) regarding the use of the Uniform Complaint Procedure, because it conflicts with "site-based control."
The new bullying policy is scheduled to be discussed at the May 7 Board of Education meeting, but if it is not approved by OCR it will likely be pulled from the board agenda, for the second time.
Board members on the board policy review committee (Melissa Caswell and Camille Townsend) met on April 24 to discuss the issue and doubtless have more detailed information, but they are not sharing that with the public, and there has been no public discussion at school board meetings of the OCR review process. A closed session discussion of the OCR investigations by the school board that was scheduled for April 23 was cancelled "on advice of counsel," presumably because it would have violated the open meetings provisions of the Brown Act.
The Weekly has also complained to the Superintendent that public records requests regarding bullying have not been fully complied with, despite district assurances to the contrary (see Web Link).
In addition to the bullying item, the next board agenda will includes the new PAUSD Strategic Plan, which reaffirms the board's full commitment to transparency and public accountability.
a resident of Gunn High School
on May 1, 2013 at 8:22 am
Thanks Curious! Nice DIY journalism.
a resident of South of Midtown
on May 1, 2013 at 9:46 am
Skelly is managing the board rather than vice versa.
a resident of Jordan Middle School
on May 1, 2013 at 12:20 pm
Just more evidence that Kevin Skelly is unsuitable for the job of superintendent.
More proof that an applicant for a high position should not be hired without an in-person interview.
a resident of Charleston Meadows
on May 1, 2013 at 4:33 pm
Thanks for the last paragraph - gave me my chuckle for the day!
a resident of Palo Alto High School
on May 1, 2013 at 4:41 pm
Whoa. I am just shocked that more than a year after the finding against PAUSD by OCR we still do not have an approved policy. Ed Burke could have written it in an afternoon I bet. The problem is they don't take it seriously. It's just a big joke to them. This is downright pathetic saying its almost done over and over and then standing around with egg on their faces. It's all getting silly. Get the job done. Obviously Camille will never be able to do any technical writing. Lets ask OCR for a draft and use that with minimal changes, take out medicine and move on. Sheesh.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on May 1, 2013 at 6:45 pm
Might I be so bold to posit the question as to why Ken Dauber has not been asked for advice on how to write this policy? Or better yet, I am sure that he could do a beautiful job for the district. He has demonstrated time and time again that he has the knowledge, competence, skills and know how to get any job done. He did much work for the district analyzing data and presenting it to the public and well before the election and I would say that the parents of school aged children (including myself) are darned lucky to have a man with such talents who is so willing to jump in and get jobs done in a smart as well as heartful way. I just don't understand why we he lost to someone who is clearly not as competent as Ken would have been on the Board. It is a crying shame. Shame on Kevin for covering up so much as well. Come on Board......GET A SPINE for Pete's sake! Enough already.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on May 1, 2013 at 6:51 pm
oops.......almost forgot! @paly parent, can you ask Ed if he would be willing to contribute a few pointers on this policy writing task since he seems to be extremely well versed on such matters? I thought maybe you know him as this is the first time I have heard Edmund called Ed.
I agree with you that we just need to get the job done but, alas, I don't think we can accomplish this with Skelly at the helm and the current sitting board. What can we do?
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on May 1, 2013 at 7:32 pm
Edmund Burke: Web Link
I believe the Edmund Burke who posts here is using the name as a nom de
plume, or more likely given his tone, a nom de guerre. He seems to have quite an intimate knowledge of at least one of the cases and often assumes the emotional tone of a special pleader...perhaps an attorney involved in the case.
a resident of Barron Park
on May 1, 2013 at 8:10 pm
Curious is probably right. It's going to take a lot longer to get a policy approved if PAUSD is trying to get by with something. I bet we are not the most trusted district around the OCR office these days.
a resident of Leland Manor/Garland Drive
on May 2, 2013 at 10:34 am
I do indeed think that PAUSD is trying to get by with something and that really bothers me as I am one who likes to feel that the people we elect are honest and open. I also do not like to think that our very own school board officials want to continue to ignore the needs of our students. It is very shameful and must not be allowed to continue. Enough is enough.
Edmund Burke: can you please chime in here about some of these issues when you get some time as we have been missing your voice. I for one am extremely grateful for your ever present willingness to put the facts out there. Carry on Edmund but please don't abandon our ship. We need you!!!!
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on May 2, 2013 at 4:29 pm
The irony that no one is talking about? OCR didn't say that PAUSD needs a new bullying policy. They just want a statement that the district will follow their existing procedures. All of this is designed to distract from the fact that district staff simply ignored district rules and state and federal law.
a resident of Greenmeadow
on May 3, 2013 at 9:56 am
I just saw the ad for the session with OCR lawyers on May 16 at 6:30 pm at Ohlone. We Can Do Better and other patent groups are sponsoring it. Wow. Finally someone is going to tell the truth. Way to go We Can Do Better and Ken Dauber for caring. also CAC, SEAN, PASS, and the others. Why isn't the PTA bringing this? I guess they just support Skellly not parents. Thank goodness for other groups with courage.
a resident of South of Midtown
on May 5, 2013 at 11:53 am
I just looked at the school board agenda for Tuesday's meeting, at Web Link. The bullying policy does not appear on the agenda, as Curious predicted. Evidently the feds have not approved the policy, so staff had to pull it again.
There is a "study session" in the morning about a "safe and welcoming schools action plan" that (if you open the agenda and read carefully) includes a report on the OCR compliance. I bet the news isn't good, otherwise it would not be buried out of public sight.
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on May 5, 2013 at 12:41 pm
Thanks Observer for letting the public know about this meeting that will cover the ongoing response to the OCR investigations.
I pulled this from the board packet:
"The Safe and Welcoming School Action Plan outlines strategies to include schools, students, parents and the larger community in collective work to assess, guide and implement effective safe schools actions. The District believes that a community response to issues of school safety will have the best outcomes for children, and invites a collaborative approach to this work."
The agenda includes an update from Brenda Carillo in regards to the OCR and a report from Dr. Young on lessons learned.
If the district believes community engagement will have the best outcomes then why wasn't this presentation scheduled during a regular public board meeting?
I hope that the Weekly will cover this meeting since it is doubtful that members of the public are aware of the meeting or could even attend given the time. Special meetings are typically not taped by the Media Center. Let's give Dana Tom a gold star for scheduling this outside of the public purview.
a resident of Midtown
on May 5, 2013 at 12:58 pm
Eileen 1 is a registered user.
Kind of ironic that I posted "School District Makes it Difficult for Community to Participate" Web Link on Thursday afternoon and sometime late Friday afternoon the school board decided to schedule the OCR agenda item in an open "Special Meeting" to be held on Tuesday morning at 10 am, when it will be unexpected since the morning meetings are usually closed, and it will be difficult for working members of the community to attend.
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on May 5, 2013 at 1:47 pm
"I will work for collaboration, trust, and open discussion at all levels and greater transparency in decision making." from Dana Tom's campaign platform 2005 election see: Web Link
a resident of another community
on May 5, 2013 at 3:31 pm
@Eillen 1 - a bit off topic. Another possible example of - making things difficult: Few years ago it became well known that PAUSD's achievement gap was noted the Feds.
Web search of - achievement gap - did not produce much, then. A district doc subject from June 2010 is: "Disproportionality" (copied), STRATEGIC PLAN INITIATIVE.
"significant disproportionality" can be found dozens of times in this doc.
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on May 5, 2013 at 4:52 pm
@ John Dean
Don't blame Mr. Tom for scheduling this meeting outside of public view. He's just following the advice of district counsel. In an email to our superintendent that was forwarded to the board, distirct counsel said, " We are not rehashing this any more; we won't let it distract us from this important work."
That was on February 28th. No surpize that the next time a discussion of the OCR comes before the board it is buried in an agenda item that does mention OCR and in a special meeting scheduled at the last minute instead of during the normal board meeting.
In that same email district counsel said, "I've been rolling in my head how we break free of this tiresome, distracting, and unproductive loop". Guess they found a way.
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on May 5, 2013 at 5:06 pm
@ John Dean
Don't blame Mr. Tom for scheduling this meeting outside of public view. He's just following the advice of district counsel. In an email to our superintendent that was forwarded to the board, distirct counsel said, " We are not rehashing this any more; we won't let it distract us from this important work."
That was on February 28th. No surpize that the next time a discussion of the OCR comes before the board it is buried in an agenda item that does **NOT** mention OCR and in a special meeting scheduled at the last minute instead of during the normal board meeting.
In that same email district counsel said, "I've been rolling in my head how we break free of this tiresome, distracting, and unproductive loop". Guess they found a way.
a resident of Palo Alto Hills
on May 5, 2013 at 6:19 pm
There are more complaints that Dr. Skelly and the board have not disclosed. The district has a pattern and practice of discriminating against students with mental disabilities.
a resident of another community
on May 5, 2013 at 6:38 pm
@Deep Throat - Seems to me that, unfortunately, the OCR became the latest venue for complaints, possibly replacing "regular" best practices that would be expected in a public school system.
May I ask if the complaints you are referring to were addressed by the OCR? or were those "just" other complaints, ignored?
a resident of Palo Alto Hills
on May 5, 2013 at 6:54 pm
There are more investigations, resolution agreements, and settlements. The board has not told the public the truth.


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The Ten Best 'Batman: Black and White' Stories (So Far)
A new volume of Batman: Black and White kicked off last week, continuing the DC Comics anthology's tradition of high quality. Debuting in 1996, the original Batman: Black and White series quickly set the comics world ablaze with a collection of short, powerful tales told by some of the industry's finest. Edited by Mark Chiarello, the four issues gathered sixteen original eight-page black and white stories from a who's who of influential creators, including Archie Goodwin, Joe Kubert, Howard Chaykin, Brian Bolland, Bill Sienkiewicz, Neil Gaiman, and several more. It won the Eisner Awards for "Best Short Story" and "Best Anthology," inspired a ton of great statues (one of which you can win), and two follow-up volumes in 2002 and 2007, mostly made up of backup stories from the Batman: Gotham Knights series.
In celebration of the new series, I read all three volumes of Batman: Black and White (I also did other stuff, I have a life), and after poring over all 600-plus pages, I can confidently say that these are the ten best stories from the original volumes, presented here in chronological order.


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David Leaf's VH1 rock-doc treatment of James Brown's April 5, 1968, concert at Boston Garden aired last April, on the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King's assassination; now it's getting screenings at the MFA. Brown's concert, which took place the day after the murder, was televised on WGBH-TV, and it's been credited with helping Boston avoid the rioting that hit so many big US cities after King's death. The Night James Brown Saved Boston doesn't break any new ground, but it does situate the concert in a larger context. Kevin White recalls his 1968 campaign against anti-busing advocate Louise Day Hicks; ex-Bostonian Cornel West expounds on the spiritual impact of King's assassination; Al Sharpton explains the difference between Brown and artists like Sam Cooke and Nat King Cole. Brown became irate when he learned that White had arranged for WGBH to broadcast the show, and he agreed to perform only after, following some diplomatic maneuvering by then Boston city councilor Tom Atkins, the city agreed to guarantee $60,000 in projected lost revenues. And White's prompting of the WGBH broadcast stemmed from a desire to keep angry black youth out of the downtown area; Cornel West wonders whether he would have done the same if the concert had been slated for a black neighborhood. Thanks to VH1's admirable treatment, however, the memory of what Brown and White accomplished 40 years ago should endure. 66 minutes | MFA: August 8, 9, 10, 17, 24
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The rotten cop flick has become a mini-genre of sorts, a subset of noir, going back at least to Orson Welles's Touch of Evil. As such Oren Moverman's portrait of the decline and fall of Dave "Date Rape" Brown (Woody Harrelson) of the LAPD can be seen as not derivative so much as a variation on a template. Brown earned his moniker for doing a Dirty Harry on a perp suspected of that crime, just one of many extralegal activities that culminate with him videotaped beating the crap out of an unresisting Latino motorist. It being the height of the 1999 Rampart scandal in which many of Brown's fellow officers were accused of similar excesses, he seems the perfect scapegoat.
>> READ: "Interview: Woody Harrelson cops a plea for Rampart" by Ed Symkus <<
Not that he's not deserving; he's a malignant, lost soul, a sun-drenched LA version of Bad Lieutenant. He starts out cocky and bullying, from ordering a female trainee to eat a side of fries she had discarded to third-degreeing a prisoner into revealing the location of a meth factory. He's not so confident when it comes to his odd ménage, however; he lives with two ex-wives, who are also sisters, and his two daughters, and is both nurtured and befuddled by the overload of estrogen. On the other hand, he takes too much to heart the cynical advice of his crapulous, macho mentor, a retired, corrupt cop played with delightful unctuousness by Ned Beatty.
Moverman employs a deceptively episodic narrative in unfolding his morality tale, the tragic arc suggested by mood and atmosphere, underscored by the searing sunshine, in which Brown at first appears intimidating in his black uniform, but later takes on the look of an ant under a magnifying glass before he squirms into dissipation and darkness. Making the most of Moverman's expert screenplay, Harrelson humanizes the beast, showing his haplessness before his daughters and ex-wives, and his wily impotence in dealing with department bureaucracy, despite his hilarious outpourings of inspired, prolix legalese.
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We arrive at the bus station cum ferry terminal and haul our bags along the seafront to Viajero B&B our home for the next few days. This is a new B&B /hostel and is part of a Uruguayan chain. It is really nice and certainly one of the nicer places we have stayed at in South America.
The first thing we notice is how remarkably quiet this place is
Being on the circuit for day trippers from BA and, I suppose the cruise ships, the prices in the shops are a bit high but the quality of goods not so much so, rather than shopping for Xmas presents as we had expected, we spend the next few days just wandering around, soaking up the laid back atmosphere and visiting the many museums. Colonia is also famous for its sunsets over the River Plate and on a couple of evenings we wander down to the yacht club just to watch the sun go down aahhh.
On our final day we rent a golf cart to explore a little further afield. Not exactly cool but cheap and effective. We head out along the coast road towards Sheraton resort and golf club and the beaches as we get to the Sheraton we get out and have a look at some of the houses that are for sale as part of the complex. These are really amazing places with some spectacular designs and by European standards, quite cheap. Anyway these not what we are looking for so we move on to a beach side bar for a beer. One of the odd things about the "beaches" around Colonia is that the water is brown rather than blue and is fresh water rather than salt as we are effectively in the estuary of the River Plate
It is late afternoon and as we sit with our beers listening for the umpteenth time to Dire Straits on the PA (why does everywhere in South America play music from the 80s??), the beach begins to fill up with the locals playing football soon the whole beach is covered with lots of different matches. What a great life these guys have - a few hours work in th morning, stop for lunch and a beer, then a siesta, get up another couple of hours work and then off to the beach for a game of football, a beer or two and then eventually dinner about 11.00pm.
Anyway, some of these guys are displaying a lot more talent for the game than others but it is easy to see why Uruguay is considered the most football crazy nation in the world. Until we came here, I didn't realise that Uruguay staged and won the very first world cup and is one of only two nations to have one it twice. Then again there is no reason that I should have known this as I am bored rigid by anything at all to do to do with football and I mention this for the benefit of my father in law who is not!
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|i can tell you how i lowered my 8ph tap water to 6-5.5 , if you like. the first thing to check is your substrate, some will buffer your ph and never let it go. get sand that will not alter or specific substrates that will not alter ph or better even lower it a little. you also have to mob the tank with driftwood, I have about 5 pieces in my 30g. I also filter with peat by putting sera peat balls in a pair of womens tights and putting it with the filter sponge (this is the least effective bit because i never change them, too expensive). I also use diy co2 which helps destabalise the water buffers allowing the bogwood etc to bring down the ph further, it also lowers the ph itself. last but not least 4-5 cattalpa leaves help a fair bit. Now two things to look out for, first buy an electric ph meter, you need to check a lot, so liquid testers are a waste of money. second you will need a ph down for water changes. you can alternatively use co2 tabs to bring the ph down in the bucket before adding. remember the ph meter is essential kit (£10 e-bay) for this weekly process. but after you succeed, you can include all those lovely apistogramma species that would usually fail= well worth it. I warn you I am no expert but my method does not harm the fish because i keep fairly sensitive apisto's with no problems (they even breed in the tank). RO water i imagine is a good investment but only for a fish room not one tank.
When the pH of the water is a concern the first questions ought to be:
What is the KH of the water?
Is the water company adding something to alter the pH?
Test the tap water:
GH, KH, TDS, pH right out of the tap, pH of some tap water that has sat out 24-48 hours.
Test the tank water:
GH, KH, TDS, pH.
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Carbonates are one of the most common buffers of pH in the water. If the KH is high then the pH will usually be high, and be difficult to alter. Adding the driftwood and seeing just a temporary result suggests the KH is high.
The proper way to alter the pH, when there are too many minerals in the water is to remove those minerals.
Fish are not actually looking for a particular pH, but the right mineral level. Almost always high pH is associated with high mineral levels that soft water fish do not like.
To keep or breed soft water fish, when your tap water is too hard, too high pH, do this:
Go buy a gallon of reverse osmosis water or distilled. From the aquarium point of view they are the same.
Test various blends of tap + RO.
25% tap + 75% RO
75% tap + 25% RO.
Test GH, KH, pH, TDS. Look first at the GH and TDS. Which is closest to what the fish want? (research the fish) Is the pH where you want it? You can now lower the pH by filtering that blend through peat moss. In this test you can add a handful of peat to a quart or a gallon of water and see where it gets you after 24 hours.
Whichever is close enough to what your fish want is what you will have to mix up each and every time. If you needed to use the peat moss, then that will have to be part of your water prep routine.
For initial set up and for water changes:
Run half a garbage can of RO, and top it off with tap water. Add dechlor.
Set up a pump to circulate the water.
Add peat moss. You could use a HOB or canister filter, if you have one, but I just put peat moss in a knee-hi stocking and use a fountain pump.
Add an aquarium heater.
Circulate the water for as long as needed until the peat moss has done its work. Overnight for sure, perhaps longer if you are reusing the peat moss. (I get several uses out of one stocking full of peat moss).
This can be a lot of work, and you might decide that keeping fish that are better suited to the tap water is a better idea.
Or you might find a system that works well for you and see this as not too much work to keep the fish that you like, but are not suited to your tap water.
Ok I will heed everyone's advice. I will not change anything.
Although the pH have been at 8+ from the start(two years ago), all the fish in my tank are perfectly fine. Even the neons are showing excellen coloration and very normal behavior.
Thank for all the help guys!
|Do yourself a favor and don't fight the water it will always win.
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Some substrate like ADA Amazonia helps lower PH (as I believe there's some peat in there) and driftwood helps as well.
I think most (all?) of the substrates that tend to lower pH will get exhausted eventually.
what tomfromstlouis said may be the cheapest/quickest option.
This is a dangerous direction to go - it is nearly always best to adapt your fish to your water than your water to your fish - but it can be done. A Reverse Osmosis gizmo allows you to reconstitute water to your own specs or mix with tap to reduce pH.
If you decide you must lower your pH and do not want to go the RO route, here is what I did. First, I put lots of peat into a second canister filter. This managed to bring the tank down to 7.0. So far, so good. But not far enough, so I bought a gallon of muriatic acid from the paint section of a big box store. This is nasty toxic hydrochloric acid that eats through carpets if just one drop gets on it <ahem>, so wear safety glasses and gloves when handling it. By experimentation I learned that I needed 10 ml of acid (I used an old medicine dropper to measure) to lower 20 gallons of tap water from 7.6 to under 6.0. Do this in a separate container at least two days before mixing the aged water into your tank. The reason for this separate container and not just adding acid to the tank is this: the acid immediately drops the pH like a stone but as the buffers in your harder water chemically interact with the acid, pH rises back up. These pH shifts can kill fish. The right amount of acid "uses up" the buffers to just the right degree, so you must experiment to learn how much to use. It was not much in my case. Agitate the water as it ages. Use it for your next water change.
|The main questions, is why do you want to lower it? If your fish/plants/shrimp are happy, messing with it and trying to balance it, is only going to create more problems that it solves.
Some substrate like ADA Amazonia helps lower PH (as I believe there's some peat in there) and driftwood helps as well.
Do you already have fauna in your tank and are they doing okay? If they are doing fine, I wouldn't change it or I would change it very slowly. If you've yet to add in any fauna, then I suggest changing your substrate to one that helps lower the PH.
|I do 10% weekly WC. Is there any other way to incorporate peat aside from pretreating water?
How often and how much of a water change do you do? And what is your current substrate?
Peat filtration can help. It might be worth setting up a tub with a small filter/airstone/circulation pump and using that to pretreat the water with peat, and then use that for water changes.
How to lower pH?
Hi folks,
My recent test shows that my pH is at 8.6! O_O And no, the test kit is not bad as it is only a year old and I did several test to confirm that it is still good.
Now, I'm looking for effective ways to lower this very high pH. Seven months ago, I added a fairly large piece of cured driftwood in my tank. It obviously stained the water and it did lower the pH to olny 8.2 for about a couple weeks and then it sprung back up.
Apparently, driftwood tannin does not work and my tank has a very good buffeting capacity though there are no sources of carbonates in the tank. Must be our local water. There are also visible buildups along the waterline.
What are some effective methods to lower the pH and hardness if possible except RO? Peat maybe but will it be enough? Please give me some suggestions.
I know that it's not really good to mess a stable pH but I want to try some softwater fish.
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What I've been doing for the past ten plus years is.... Trying to match what natural bee pollen is, ie, in the lab profiles.
Take "ash" , bee pollen avg at 2.46 so does that mean we should have sub made at that level ? I don't have the answer to that, but I wish I did.
What I do is I have different pollen sub's go on my bees and I look to see if there are any major changes over winter and spring. Now does this prove that I'm on the right track, no of coure not, but I have done some things that have shown MAJOR changes in the hive.
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After three motherboard replacements, I was hoping all my issues were all resolved, but a new bug has popped up. Here's the list of reasons for replacing the motherboards:
So after these replacements, I've got a relatively stable working system. However, I'm noticing that whenever I start up an application that uses the discrete GPU, the screen will flicker briefly and continue launching the program. I know the discrete GPU is being activated because of the notification icon in the tray.
Does this happen to anyone else? I can confirm it's not a driver issue as I've tried various versions of the Lenovo driver and the nVidia driver and this still happens. I don't recall it happening when I had the other motherboards previously.
Here's a video of a w520 launching a 3D program without flickering:
The flicker is similar to what happens when the machine starts up and shuts down.
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hi Stvwndr219,
Sorry to hear the series of problem that you faced with with your machine. I just imagine how breath taking the situation was. But in the end i'm really gald service had assisted you accordingly and system are running great. :-)
However in regards to the your graphics issues. Am not sure Enitrely what exactly is casing that flicker. I would sugget you checking your grapics in the bios settings just to make sure it is set correctly.
In the mean let dive into this further and let u know as soon as i can.
Do let me know how it goes with my suggestion. ;-)
Hi NINE,
The BIOS settings show that the video card is set to "Optimus" and that OS detection is enabled. Can I ask you if your W520 has the flickering symptoms when launching 3D applications?
05-09-2012 08:55 AM - edited 05-09-2012 08:56 AM
Try setting all of the NVIDIA services to manual startup.
Also uncheck all NVIDIA entries in startup using MSCONFIG.
FWIW, my screen flashes once at startup, and doesn't do it on application load or shutdown.
Hi ColonelONeill,
The only service I have in services.msc is the nVidia device driver - which I'm pretty sure I need to start up the system. No NVIDIA entries in startup of MSCONFIG.
Also, not to be obtuse or anything but when you say applications, you are talking about 3D applications correct? Games, rendering, etc?
Do you think Lenovo would replace it for the flickers? I just want it to be fixed once and for all. Also, has anyone had them fix the creaky wrist rests? After my last service at a local service technician, it came back with the area near the latch creaky and the left palm rest creaking.
Just tried disabling the services and it still flickers when launching a 3D application. UAC has been disabled from the beginning. Not sure what else I can try.
Also, the laptop did not exhibit this behavior with the previous motherboard. Any other options to test out if it truly is the motherboard?
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@ ColonelONeill
I am not sure about setting NVIDIA services to manual, I have tried it before and what I get is right-click at Desktop and the option appears 1-2 seconds slower.
@ Stvwndr219
How about updating with official GPU driver? It should work fine if you installed the latest OEM driver before updating with official driver. I have tried that with several different PC and it work well and sometimes official driver could resolve issues that persist in OEM driver.
Intel HD Graphic Driver 64-bit; NVIDIA Quadro ODE Driver
I would suggest updating Intel driver also as it is part of NVIDIA Optimus. NVIDIA ODE driver (296.70) is slight different from GeForce driver (296.10).
Hope this helps
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No luck, completely uninstalled Lenovo drivers and Intel drivers and installed the new ones you pointed me to.
Are you sure t his isn't a hardware issue?
Hi Stvwndr219
You do not need to uninstall Lenovo's Intel / NVIDIA driver, after the latest Lenovo's Intel / NVIDIA driver is installed, update the new ones I pointed you to (simply just overwrite) or update it.
By the way, right-click on Desktop and click Graphic Properties, choose either Basic or Advanced mode, ensure that the refresh rate is 60Hz and you are using the native resolution.
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Great recipes have one thing in common: quality ingredients. For example, take a quart of accountability for student achievement, a pint of long-term educational interventions, then mix in a little flexibility, and you have the recipe for the Seattle Public Schools' Local-Flexibility Demonstration Program.
The Local-Flex program, authorized under the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), allows up to 80 school districts across the country to spend federal education funding with fewer regulations to strengthen their own education programs, as long as the districts demonstrate that funds are contributing to improvements in student achievement. On November 6, 2003, the U.S. Department of Education granted Seattle local flexibility authority, making it the first district in the nation to participate in the Local-Flex pilot project under Title VI of NCLB.
Local-Flex enables local educational agencies to concentrate on the areas in their districts that need the most improvement, thus reflecting local needs. The program allows discrete, typically narrow, funding streams to be combined for different purposes. Under Local-Flex, districts can use all of the funds from the following federal formula grants to address any purpose under NCLB: Quality Teachers / Principals (Title II Part A), Enhancing Education Through Technology (Title II Part D), Safe and Drug-Free Schools (Title IV Part A), and Innovative Education (Title V Part A).
Local-Flex is a five-year initiative, with a renewal option for an additional five years, based on the district's performance. Seattle, the largest school district in the state of Washington, applied for Local-Flex to improve the quality of teaching and learning so that all students would meet or exceed Washington State Standards. After determining that the state would not be submitting a State-Flex application, the district submitted a Local-Flex application through its Office of Grant Services to the U.S. Department of Education. The application outlined Seattle's five-year plan and detailed how it would consolidate funds to improve student achievement and take steps toward reaching Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) goals defined by the state. The application also included academic achievement data, measurable annual goals, specific strategies that the district planned to use to meet those goals, and an assurance that its evaluation data would be submitted to the state's Office of Public Instruction.
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education implemented a peer review process to determine the merit of the application, and provided Seattle with extensive technical assistance during the application's development. One of the hallmarks of Seattle's Local-Flex planning process is that both private and public school officials participated in conference calls with the U.S. Department of Education, to ensure equitable services to all students in the area, regardless of whether they attend a public or a private institution.
Jay Iman, Seattle's Grant Manager, states, "The application process and the resulting program have proven to be a real partnership among the federal government, Seattle Public Schools, and our State Office of Public Instruction. Coordination has been relatively smooth; and given that this is a demonstration program, the district has been able to compromise little while sustaining its mission of improving education for all students."
Like many urban districts, Seattle serves a large population of economically disadvantaged students, approximately 40 percent of whom qualify for the federal free or reduced price lunch program. Additionally, Seattle students speak more than 80 languages. To overcome these barriers, the district consolidated $5.4 million of federal funding from the appropriate formula grants for the 2003-2004 academic year into programs for bilingual instruction, new teacher orientation and leadership development, as well as professional development for literacy, mathematics, science, and special education.
Seattle created two categories of schools to target. The first, called Tier One Schools, had not reached the state's definition of Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for two or more years. The second, called Tier Two Schools, had not made AYP for one year, or had made AYP only because there were fewer than 30 students in a subpopulation group, and these students were not counted for the purposes of measuring AYP.
Seattle initially laid out four measurable goals for these targeted schools, which were closely aligned to the goals that No Child Left Behind aims to achieve by the year 2014: 1.) all students would reach or exceed state and district standards in reading and math; 2.) the achievement gap between disadvantaged students and their more affluent peers would be eliminated; 3.) the unexcused absence rate for students in grades one through eight would decrease to one percent or less; and 4.) an 85 percent graduation rate would be established for students in grades nine through twelve.
To reach its goals, the district crafted five strategies that it believed would prove successful in meeting the academic needs of its students. These strategies included: 1.) improving teachers' knowledge, skill, and application of research-based practices for math, science, and literacy content and pedagogy; 2.) improving teachers' knowledge and skill in the use of data to inform instruction and the use of standards-based, culturally responsive teaching and differentiated instruction; 3.) improving beginning teacher quality and preparation; 4.) enhancing the integration of technology in classrooms; and 5.) providing intervention and support services for academic achievement, re-entry, and substance abuse issues for targeted student populations.
The flexibility provided by the demonstration program has allowed Seattle to integrate funds to better align its resources with its priorities and reform strategies, and to maintain a stable program regardless of changes in the district's senior leadership and school board composition. For example, the long-term, five-year focus on interventions, as opposed to the usual focus on annual plans, has the potential to increase the stability of programming and gives the district more flexibility to adapt to the changing needs of its students and schools. This five-year plan does have its challenges, since multiple priorities need to be addressed simultaneously. To this end, Seattle has used its resources to hire intervention specialists and expert coaches in reading and mathematics, has created a comprehensive professional development program for teachers in literacy instruction based on brain research and bi-lingual instruction, has increased support to student re-entry programs, and has strengthened a mentoring program for beginning teachers. Additionally, master technology teachers have been deployed to schools to assist their colleagues with integrating technology into daily lessons.
With these resources at their disposal, teams of school administrators, district staff, and representatives from teachers' organizations apply a three-phased approach to tailor interventions to each school. First, the school's current situation is analyzed. Then, research-based interventions are aligned with the school's specific needs. Finally, the school implements the interventions and monitors their impact on student performance.
The district also has improved relationships between its public and private schools. During the initial implementation of Local-Flex, the district's Office of Grant Services sponsored orientation sessions for private school administrators and staff in order to explain the parameters of the program. Since that time, Local-Flex has enabled private schools to consolidate funds to mount new and modified interventions for their students. Seattle has also hired a coordinator who acts as a single point of contact between the district and its private schools, which has improved and expedited communication among the entities. A Private School Coordination Newsletter informs private schools of the district's expectations and provides updates concerning federal funding.
Improved communication has led to a greater level of private school participation under Local-Flex as compared to the participation of a few years ago. For example, nine private schools participated in the Safe and Drug Free Schools program (Title IV) prior to 2003; now 34 schools participate in the program under Local-Flex. Additionally, no private schools were identified as having previously participated in the Enhancing Education Through Technology program (Title II Part D), but now 34 schools participate.
By taking part in Local-Flex, Seattle has traded a relaxation of federal funding requirements for strict accountability for results. All evaluation data from the project must be distributed to the local community, the State, and the U.S. Department of Education.
- Seattle Public Schools
- Local Flexibility Demonstration Program
- U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
What's New
From the White House
First Lady Laura Bush spoke at the Centre for the Book in Cape Town, South Africa, linking the idea that learning should be at the center of every culture with the empowerment of women through education. Mrs. Bush acknowledged that women in South Africa are finally able to work together and speak about the difficulties they face, such as violence and dealing with HIV and AIDS. She hailed organizations such as the Western Cape Network on Violence Against Women and the Mothers Program at Khayelitsha. (July 12)
From the U.S. Department of Education
The 2004 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Long-Term Trends in Academic Progress report (also known as the "Nation's Report Card") has been released. The same NAEP test in reading and mathematics has been used for over 30 years. The data show that gains in student achievement are being made. U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings noted that "more than half of the progress in reading for 9-year-olds during the Report Card's entire history has been made in the last five years." (July 14)
U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings answered questions from members of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), including the organization's president, Edward J. McElroy, at AFT's annual conference.The Secretary spoke about the No Child Left Behind Act and her intent to continue working with AFT on important educational issues. (July 8)
The U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences has created a new listserv, available free to the public. Subscribers interested in education research, evaluation, and statistics will automatically receive periodic notification of information available on the IES website via their email inboxes. The listserv will focus on such topics as funding and training, research, recent publications, and education facts and figures from the National Center for Education Statistics. (July 14)
From the Office of Innovation and Improvement (OII)
Assistant Deputy Secretary Nina S. Rees addressed the 2005 North American Annual Conference of the International Baccalaureate Organization on how "Rigorous Coursework Leads to Better Results." Ms. Rees will also speak to the annual Advanced Placement National Conference in Houston, Texas. The purpose of the conference is to provide strategies for middle and high school teachers and administrators to use when their schools are involved in the AP program and Pre-AP Community. (July 9)
The Educational Testing Service (ETS) issued a revision of The Evolution of Educational Assessment, the sixth William H. Angoff Memorial Lecture by Dr. James W. Pellegrino of the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Pellegrino explains how assessments need to be improved to meet the high demands of state and national expectations. He also illustrates how assessment will become part of the learning environment, because technology can produce immediate feedback regarding students' skill levels and understanding of content. (June 2005)
Quantum Simulations, a developer of artificial intelligence tutoring and assessment software, was recently awarded a grant from the National Eye Institute, a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in order to integrate accessibility for blind and visually impaired students into its Quantum Tutors program. The program will focus on mathematics and science. Demonstrations are available online. The project will be the first artificial intelligence tutoring program available to the blind. (July 14)
Innovations in the News
Charter Schools
The first class of students just graduated from Sisulu-Walker Charter School of Harlem, one of New York's first charter schools. Ninety percent of these fourth-grade graduates is reading at or above grade level, as compared to only 69 percent of fifth-graders who attended regular public schools. In math, 77 percent of Sisulu-Walker students performed at or above grade level, compared to 54 percent of their peers who performed that well in the district. Teachers and the principal are accountable to a board of directors, which contracts through Victory Schools, Inc. (see also Innovator, April 19, 2004) [More-The New York Daily News] (July 13)
What are "Kippsters?" Kippsters are the 74 students who will be attending a no-nonsense school that has opened its doors in Annapolis (MD). The county's first charter school, the KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) Harbor Academy, which opened this week, welcomed students for a three-week summer school session. The Harbor Academy's mission is to provide a rigorous curriculum to a student body that mainly consists of African-American and Latino students. At the orientation session in the Annapolis Area Christian School, Principal Jallon Brown told students that the mission to get every one of them into a great college "starts today." [More-The Capital] (July 13)
High School Reform
More than 25 schools across Tennessee are beginning to look like mini colleges. Students pick "majors" and have more freedom to choose which classes they take, and they focus more directly on future career plans. Schools that adhere to this model are part of an expanding national reform initiative, High Schools That Work. The program was created in 1987 by a consortium of states called the Southern Regional Education Board. This week over 8,000 educators from 45 states, including 400 from Tennessee, will converge in Nashville to study the initiative and discuss how it can impact improvements in student achievement. [More-The Tennessean] (July 13)
The Southern Regional Education Board has honored Springdale High School (AR) as one of 29 secondary schools across the country to receive a Gold Implementation Award. The award acknowledges schools that participate in the High Schools That Work initiative and rate the highest on 16 measures for implementing the program. These measures include classroom expectations; standards in science, literacy, and mathematics; and the number of students earning postsecondary credit. Springdale ranked number one in math and scored in the top ten for reading, writing, and science among the 1,300 high schools participating in the program. [More-The Morning News] (July 13)
School Leadership
More teachers and assistant principals in West Texas, who are interested in becoming full-fledged principals, will have the opportunity to do so, due to a School Leadership Program grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The grant was recently awarded to the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. The grant will include funds to provide tuition, fees, and books for 40 candidates in the Master of Arts in Education program with an emphasis on education leadership at UTPB. The grant also will be used to develop a regional training center for principals and assistant principals from the Ector County Independent School District and schools in Balmorhea, Big Spring, Fort Stockton, Pecos, Lamesa, Seminole, Stanton, and Snyder. [More-The Odessa American] (July 11)
Teacher Quality
What do you want to do when you grow up? Breakthrough Collaborative, a nationwide program, works with promising youth who are debating whether to enter the teaching profession. The group recruits high school and college students to teach in classrooms with younger students. Breakthrough works to address two issues facing the nation's teacher corps: the high burn-out rate and the shortage of minority teachers. Fifty-seven percent of its potential teachers are minority, compared with the nation's average of 13 percent, and more than 70 percent pursue internships or careers in education. [More-Minneapolis Star Tribune] (July 12)
A British program to recruit high-achieving, motivated individuals to teach in traditionally hard-to-staff schools recently graduated its first class. Over 150 participants in the Teach First program completed their two-year commitment, attaining teacher status and a certificate in foundations of leadership. Britain's government states that graduates have had a positive impact in some of London's most challenging schools. The program is loosely based on the Teach For America program in this country, which recruits teachers to work in inner-city and rural schools for two years. [More-BBC] (July 7)
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Free resources with open access to the job listings. Site serves both as an internet primer and an index to the better employment-related sites.
Mathematical Job Information [PDF, 166KB]
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Cabin Fever Vendor Fair slated Feb. 9 in Pequot Lakes
A Cabin Fever Vendor Fair will run from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, at the Trailside Center at the south end of the Pequot Lakes Business Park.
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The book sale will be a fundraiser for the Personal Ponies Organization. Anyone with hardback and paperback books as well as children's books to donate should bring them to the event.
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Members of the DUI squad may detect an impaired driver by simply enforcing traffic laws on their own, responding to collisions, or answering a request by a patrol officer who stops a driver they suspect might be impaired by alcohol and/or other drugs.
The shift hours are 7:30 PM to 4:30 AM, but each officer is on call 24/7 to respond to serious collisions to assist the Traffic Collision Investigation detectives to evaluate possible drug impairment of involved drivers. During the winter holidays the squad is augmented by patrol officers for an emphasis patrol known as "Drunk Net." DUI officers appear in court quite frequently, as impaired driving cases are the most litigated misdemeanor crime in the state.
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