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If you have any questions, please contact us and someone will respond to you within 24 hours. Alternatively, call Rebecca Talbot, senior recruitment officer on 01225 713180.
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Whether your aspirations lie in children's services or adult care, you can build a life that has real balance at Wiltshire Council. We've become a positive place to be and bring a genuine can-do approach to everything we do. We have simplified our structures to ensure that our decisions are focussed on our communities. And, we'll make you feel empowered to find new answers to old problems, by harnessing the latest technology and collaborating with our communities, partners and colleagues. As flexible working is welcome, it means you'll be free to create better outcomes and enjoy a work-life balance like never before.
"Fewer cases, better outcomes", find out how we are enabling our social workers to spend more time with children and their families from our associate director for operational children's services Terence Herbert
I've held the position of associate director in Wiltshire since November 2013.
I came into this role after a period of improvement following an 'inadequate' rating by Ofsted inspectors in 2012 - within just 16 months we had improved the services enough to achieve an 'adequate' rating. My challenge now is to ensure we continue on this improvement journey.
We give our social workers the tools, the space and the environment to focus on enhancing the lives of children and families; with a promise that each social worker will have a caseload of no more than 18 children this means that we have a service which is really focused on outcomes
Our aim is to become 'outstanding'. So I am looking for people with a 'can-do' attitude, people who represent all the communities we work with and people who share our passion for improving young lives.
Watch the film to understand how I want Wiltshire to become a respected leader in children's social care.
Find out more about a career in adult
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Carolyn Hamblett
I am currently the acting associate director and have worked for Wiltshire Council since 2002.
We are very forward thinking in how we deliver our adult social care services. We already have developed an outcome based approach to social care through our Help to Live at Home Service, and are an exemplar of best practice (one of only five local authority areas chosen by the Government) for our Better Care Plan, which will help to develop integrated health and social care for the people of Wiltshire.
Our team structures provide staff with variety and the opportunity to work across and within many teams and specialist areas, and for this reason I am very committed to staff development. To support this we have a really good teamworking ethos which provides excellent support for staff and managers.
Watch our film if you would like to hear more about my vision
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We are innovating to create stronger, more resilient communities - we will empower you to share your ideas, to make suggestions and to help us find new solutions to old problems.


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The next meeting will take place on 10 February 2017, at NICE London.
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- Contact us on-line: Register here for a consultation.
- Schedule an appointment that suits you. Once you register, you will then receive a brief questionnaire and a list of a few documents to bring with you. We will send those by mail, email or have our New Business Representative call you on the phone for answers, whichever method suits you best.That's it!
- Hold a Video Conference: If you can't come to the office or have co-decision makers who cannot come to the office, we will set up a Skype account for you and a meeting time to video consult.We have developed this system because we want to stay in contact with our 'snowbird' clients; and help family caregivers who are assisting older loved ones. But, it's great for executives and business people that travel frequently.
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- Caregivers and fiduciaries of older adults
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Our favoured destination to explore is a beautiful and remote island just south of Hong Kong Island called Lamma Island. It is a very popular destination for expats living in Hong Kong because of the fresh air, clean water, white sand beaches, hikes and beautiful views. Yung Shue Wan, the northern ferry terminal is regarded as Hong Kong's hippy capital. The bohemian atmosphere is a charming contrast to hustle and bustle of Hong Kong city, just 30 minutes away by ferry.
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The northern half of Lamma Island is full of contrasts.
Departing Lo So Shing village we pass through an ancient fishing village and have a close up look at a traditional Hong Kong fish farm. Heading north into the East Lamma Channel we have small traditional sampans and the forest clad Lamma Island coast on our left but 500m on our right are huge container ships and the skyrise that is Hong Kong Island.


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Can you say upset?
On Doyon Field 1, the Institution For Savings (6-18) came into this week's match-up against the top seeded Carrolton Club 498 (15-9). The Bankers took the 498 down in two games with the sweep.
Bruhm's Tire beat SCL Home Services in a third and deciding game to move on to Sunday's final against IFS.
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Can you say upset?
On Doyon Field 1, the Institution For Savings (6-18) came into this week's match-up against the top seeded Carrolton Club 498 (15-9). The Bankers took the 498 down in two games with the sweep.
The Institution had a little help in Game 1 with homeruns on the board, including one from Jeff Putur. They also had strong at-bats from Putur, going 3-5, Tim Galanis 5-5, Barry Eaton 4-5 and Pat Kelley 4-4.
In the end, the Institution for Savings beat the 498 by a score of 19-11. Leading hitters for the Carrolton Club were Pete Garand (3-4, homerun) and Paul Poirier (3-4).
In Game 2, the Institution took down the 498 by a score of 18-13, with four homeruns hit in the game by IFS including one each from Putur and Galanis. Putur went 4-4 and Dave Breen went 3-3 in the game, while for the 498, Pete Garand went 3-4, Mike Blake went 4-4 and Mike Powers was 3-3.
Over on the Stephen Grimes Field, Bruhm's Tire (15-9) was battling SCL Home Service (12 wins, 12 losses). SCL jumped on top with the lead and never looked back, beating Bruhm's, 9-4.
Leading hitters for SCL were Paul James 3-4, Steve Lombara 3-4 and Craig Dupray 3-4. Bruhm's notables were Jay Vitale, 2-4, including a homerun. Kane Mosteller went 2-3, and Dominic Baraiolo 2-3. Dave Moore also drilled a home a run, but Bruhm's still fell short.
In Game 2, Bruhm's destroyed SCL with a little payback, putting 16 players across the plate, to beat SCL by a score of 16-3, forcing a Game 3. Leading the charge for Bruhm's was Dave Moore 3-4, Joe Dube 3-4 and a HR, Kane Mosteller 3-4 and Travis Doty 3-4. Leading hitter for SCL was Mike Dupray going 3-3.
In Game 3, both teams couldn't get anything started offensively due to some great defense, until the fifth inning when Bruhm's jumped out to a 6-2 lead, only to be chased down by SCL.
SCL came back to within one in the sixth. Bruhm's countered with four more runs when in the bottom of the seventh.
SCL had runners on first and third (tying run on third) with Dick Merry up at the plate, and hits into a double play to end the game, ending SCL's season. Bruhm's advanced to the championship.
Leading hitters for Bruhm's Dave Moore, 2-3, Joe Dube 2-3 and a homer, Brian Story 2-3 and Mike Stasiuk 2-3.
Leading the charge for SCL was Charlie Michaud 2-4, Mike Dupray 2-4, Steve Lombara 2-4, and Craig Dupray 2-3.
Congratulations to the Institution For Savings and Bruhm's Tire for making it the championship. Game time is at 9 a.m., Sunday, Aug. 25. Come down for a great day of softball and to root on the guys.


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Police in India have arrested four men after seeing the footage
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NEW DELHI — Police in India say they have arrested four men after cameras installed at a traffic signal taped them beating a man to death on a busy street in southern India.
Senior police official S. Nizamuddin said Wednesday the beating happened Sunday in Coimbatore in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
The footage showed two men on a motorcycle and two others on foot hit Santosh Kumar as he walked down a street. They dragged him to the roadside and smashed a large stone on his head and kicked him several times. Television stations aired the video on Wednesday.
Nizamuddin said the attackers and Kumar had been drinking and got into a fight earlier. Police are looking to charge the attackers with murder once evidence testing is complete.
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This study explores the effects of small perturbations in the Coriolis and centrifugal forces, radiation pressures and triaxiality of the two stars (primaries) on the position and stability of an infinitesimal mass (third body) in the framework of the planar circular restricted three-body problem (R3BP). it is observed that the positions of the usual five (three collinear and two triangular) equilibrium points are affected by the radiation, triaxiality and a small perturbation in the centrifugal force, but are unaffected by that of the Coriolis force. The collinear points are found to remain unstable, while the triangular points are seen to be stable for 0< μ< μ and unstable for $\mu_{c} \le\mu\le\frac{1}{2}$, where μ is the critical mass ratio influenced by the small perturbations in the Coriolis and centrifugal forces, radiation and triaxiality. It is also noticed that the former one and all the latter three posses stabilizing and destabilizing behavior respectively. Therefore, the overall effect is that the size of the region of stability decreases with increase in the values of the parameters involved.


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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress–All Questions
Go to: Contact Information || About the Smarter Balanced Online Summative Assessments || Test Dates || Test Time and Scheduling || Technology || Training and Information || Test Administration || Performance Tasks || Universal Tools, Designated Supports, and Accommodations || California Alternate Assessments (CAAs) for ELA/Mathematics/Science
Click on or select a question to see its answer, or check the "Show all answers" box to see all answers.
Contact Information
- Who do I contact if I have general questions about the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP), specific questions related to uploading students and navigating the online delivery system, or questions about my school's participation in the CAASPP assessments?
Test administrators and test examiners should contact their CAASPP test site coordinator; CAASPP test site coordinators should contact their local educational agency (LEA) CAASPP coordinator; LEA CAASPP coordinators should contact Please contact the California Technical Assistance Center (CalTAC) either by using the Chat box in the right margin of all caaspp.org pages or by telephone or e-mail:
Phone: 800-955-2954 E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
About the Smarter Balanced Online Summative Assessments
- Which grade levels participate in the Smarter Balanced assessments?
- Students in grades three through eight and grade eleven participate in the Smarter Balanced assessments for English language arts/literacy and mathematics.
- What are the components of the Smarter Balanced assessments?
- The Smarter Balanced assessments comprise two components: the computer adaptive test and the performance tasks.
- What is the difference between a test segment and a test session?
- A test segment is an allocated preset group of items. A test session is a unit of time scheduled for a group of students to be in a room for testing. One test Session ID corresponds to each test session.
- What are performance tasks (PTs)?
- The Smarter Balanced assessments comprise two components: a performance task (PT) and computer adaptive testing items. A PT is a portion of the Smarter Balanced assessment that requires students to answer a set of questions that are centered on a common theme or problem.
Test Dates
- When will my local educational agency (LEA) need to complete administration of the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) assessments?
- Pursuant to the California Code of Regulations, Title 5 (5 CCR), sections 855 (a) (1), 855 (a) (2), 855 (a) (3), 855 (b), and 855 (c), the rules for the establishment of the testing windows for CAASPP testing are as follows:
- Grades Three through Eight and Grade Eleven English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics
- The available testing window shall begin on the day in which 66 percent of a school's or track's annual instructional days have been completed, but no earlier than the second Tuesday in January of each year;
- Testing may continue up to and including the last day of instruction for the regular school's or track's annual calendar, but no later than July 15 or the next weekday following the 15th;
- A local educational agency (LEA) may establish a selected testing window of no less than 25 days within their available testing window (taking into account that the CAAs will not be available until March 20, 2017); and
- An LEA may extend a selected testing period up to an additional 10 consecutive instructional days if still within the available testing window.
- Science in Grades Five, Eight, and Either Ten, Eleven, or Twelve
- The selected testing window also must provide 25 instructional days for administering the California Science Test (CAST) and California Alternate Assessment (CAA) for Science, which will be available on March 20, 2017.
- Standards-based Tests in Spanish
- Pursuant to 5 CCR, Section 855 (a) (3), the date on which a school (including an NPS), program, or track completes 85 percent of its instructional days will determine when the STS multiple-choice tests will be administered.
- Schools must complete all regular and makeup testing within a 25-day window comprised of 12 instructional days before and 12 instructional days after the date on which 85 percent of each school's, program's, or track's instructional days are completed.
- LEAs may use all or any part of the 25 days for testing but are encouraged to schedule testing over no more than a 10- to 15-day period.
- If a local educational agency's (LEA's) 25-day testing window goes to the last day of instruction, does the LEA have to test students who enroll the last week of school (or even the week before the last week of school)?
- Yes. If a student did not complete one or more of the content-area assessments at his or her previous school, he or she must take the tests for which he or she is eligible at the new school as long as the selected testing window is still open in the new LEA. For example, a student who completes an ELA test at a school and then transfers to a school in an LEA where the testing window is still open must take the mathematics test at the new school before the testing window closes for the new LEA.
- Is the 25-day test window optional or required?
- The 25-day test window is required.
Test Time and Scheduling
- Are there time limits for the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) assessments?
- No; all CAASPP assessments are untimed.
- How long will the Smarter Balanced assessments take?
The estimated amount of time individual students need will depend on the grade, content area, and type of items.
Content Area Grade(s) Computer Adaptive Test items
Performance Task (PT)
English Language Arts/Literacy
3–5 1:30 2:00 3:30 6–8 1:30 2:00 3:30 11 2:00 2:00 4:00
3–5 1:30 1:00 2:30 6–8 2:00 1:00 3:00 11 2:00 1:30 3:30
3–5 3:00 3:00 6:00 6–8 3:30 3:00 6:30 11 4:00 3:30 7:30
- How long will the online California Science Test (CAST) take?
- Administration of the CAST field test is estimated to take approximately two hours. Note that the CAST is an untimed test, but almost all students should complete it within one to two hours.
- Do time estimates refer to the total computer lab time, or does that time need to be multiplied by the number of classrooms?
- The time estimates do not reflect total computer lab time (including time needed to start computers, log students on, etc.); they are only an estimate of the time students will spend testing for each content area. The total test time will need to be adjusted to include those additional activities. To determine the number of students who may test simultaneously and, therefore, the total time that labs may be occupied, school personnel can use the bandwidth checker .
- How should schools sequence and schedule the components of the Smarter Balanced assessments?
- For the Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments, Smarter Balanced recommends that students take the performance task (PT) and the computer adaptive testing (CAT) portions on separate days. Smarter Balanced also recommends that students begin with the CAT portion and then the PT. Local educational agencies/Schools may opt to administer the assessments in a different order if needed.
- What advice can be provided for testing students in nonpublic, nonsectarian schools (NPSs)?
- Test administrators and test examiners at NPS schools should reach out to the LEA CAASPP coordinators who is responsible for placing the student at the NPS for information about testing windows and with their questions about CAASPP testing.
- When will the test results be populated in the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS)?
- Preliminary test results are populated in the Online Reporting System and final results are provided to local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools via printed Student Score Reports (SSRs). SSRs are also available for download on the Test Operations Management System (TOMS). Student assessment results are not available in CALPADS. LEAs and schools should monitor communication from the California Technical Assistance Center and/or the California Department of Education for information regarding the length of time test processing—from scoring submitted tests to the calculation of results—is expected to take.
- What is the online test settings deadline for the Test Operations Management System?
- The online test settings deadline can vary by test administration. For the current administration's deadline, see the LEA CAASPP Coordinator Checklist, which is available separately and also as part of the Online Test Administration Manual. Both are available on the Manuals and Instructions Web page on the CAASPP Portal. Please also monitor communication from the California Technical Assistance Center and/or the California Department of Education for information regarding upcoming deadlines.
- Will the scores for the online Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments available within three weeks of completion include student performance on the performance task (PT)?
- The Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments for English language arts/literacy and mathematics include both computer-scored components (scored immediately) and hand-scored components. Preliminary individual student performance data will be displayed in the Online Reporting System only after students have completed the computer-scored components and the hand-scoring portion of their results have been processed. Local educational agencies and schools should monitor communication from the California Technical Assistance Center and/or the California Department of Education for information regarding the length of time test processing—from scoring submitted tests to the calculation of results—is expected to take.
- When does the 20-day clock start for sending Student Score Reports to parents/guardians?
- Pursuant to California Code of Regulations, Title 5, Section 863 (a) and (b), Student Score Reports must be made available to each student's parent or guardian within 20 days of receipt of the report at the local educational agency (LEA). However, if the reports are received after the last day of the instructional year, the report must be made available within 20 working days of the next school year.
- What is the effect of the science tests on testing windows?
- [This item is reviewed in the Test Dates FAQ.]
- What are the technology requirements?
- Please refer to the Smarter Balanced Technology Strategy Framework and System Requirements specifications posted on the Smarter Balanced Technology Web page for information about supported technology and technology requirements.
- Can students use their mobile devices to complete the assessments?
Yes, students may test on any tablets that meet Smarter Balanced technology requirements. Please refer to the Smarter Balanced Technology Strategy Framework and System Requirements specifications located on the Smarter Balanced Technology Web page. See also the Technical Specifications Manual for Online Testing Web document. The following table lists currently supported tablets, operating systems, and browsers.
Operating System Supported Tablets Browsers for
TA Sites
Android 4.04 – 4.2 Google Nexus 10
Motorola Xoom
Samsung Galaxy Note (10.1)
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1)
Google Chrome Chrome OS 31 – 35 Chromebooks Google Chrome iOS 6.0 – 7.1 iPad 2, 3
4th generation (Retina Display)
iPad Air
- How do I access the secure browser for the online Smarter Balanced assessments?
- Instructions for downloading the secure browser can be found in the Secure Browser Installation Manual. Secure browsers can be downloaded directly from the Secure Browsers Web page (which is also linked on the CAASPP Portal).
- My school has already downloaded a secure browser for statewide testing. Do we need to download another secure browser?
- Yes, school personnel must annually download the secure browser for online testing.
- Are there special directions/requirements for the secure browser on Chromebooks, Android tablets, or iPads?
- Refer to the Secure Browser Installation Manual for information on downloading and using the secure browser on Chromebooks, Android tablets, and iPads.
Training and Information
- What training resources are available?
There are a variety of resources are available to help LEAs, schools, and students prepare for the 2014–15 CAASPP assessments:Online Training Modules:
Online training modules are forthcoming.The Training Test and Practice Tests:
It is highly recommended that all students access the Practice Tests and/or the Training Tests. Each resource offers students a unique opportunity to experience items similar to what they will see on the operational Smarter Balanced assessments.Manuals and User Guides:
There are a number of manuals and user guides posted on the Instructions and Manuals Web page that include topics such as Smarter Balanced policies, procedures for administering the CAASPP assessments, and step-by-step instructions on how to use the Test Operations Management System (TOMS), the Test Administrator Interface, and other features of the test delivery system.
- Are there tools available for Test Administrators (TAs) to practice monitoring student testing?
- The Test Administrator Practice and Training Site can be accessed through the CAASPP Portal. Through this Web site, TAs can practice administering Practice and Training Tests to students.
- What is the difference between Training Tests and Practice Tests?
- Training Tests are shorter, arranged by grade band, and include new item types (e.g., hot text and matching). Students are able to access and practice using all of the test tools, supports, and accommodations, which are not currently available on the Practice Tests. Training Tests do not include performance tasks (PTs). Practice Tests are longer and arranged by grade level. Practice Tests also includes PTs.
- Are rubrics available for the Practice Test?
- More information is forthcoming.
- Are there resources for parents/guardians? If so, are these resources translated into any additional languages?
- Yes; please refer to the California Department of Education (CDE) California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) System Web page.
Test Administration
- Can test administrators and examiners review test questions while students are completing the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) assessments?
For test administrators, the answer is no; only students should be viewing the test items. Staff who would like to become familiar with the types of items to be administered may review the Online Practice and Training Tests Site.
For test examiners, the answer is yes; because the California Alternate Assessments are administered one on one, the test examiner will see the test questions.
Note that items on the CAASPP assessments are secure test materials.
- A student begins testing in local educational agency (LEA)/School A and then moves to LEA/School B before completing the test. Can the test be moved to LEA/School B for the student to complete?
Yes; if a student starts a test event in one LEA/school and then moves to a different LEA/school, the test delivery system will retain that test for that student.
For example, if the student starts the computer adaptive testing section of the test, answers some questions, and then moves to a different LEA/school in the state, the student can begin, at the new school, where he or she left off on that section. The same situation applies for the performance task (PT)—once the student logs in and starts the test, the student can finish the test at the new LEA/school taking the same PT that was started.
Note, however, that updates to the student's information in the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS) may take between 24 and 48 business hours to process in the Test Operations Management System (TOMS), and another 24 business hours to process between TOMS and the test delivery system.
- Can more than one grade level test in the same room?
- While it is recommended that students be tested with their grade-level cohorts, students in different grade levels can test in the same room in a single test session. The test administrator must remember to select each grade and test within the Test Administrator Interface that he or she intends to administer during that session.
- What are the recommendations to distribute logon information to students? Can proctors log on to the test delivery system on students' behalf?
- Test administrators may distribute slips of paper containing a student's Statewide Student Identifier and first and last names for logon purposes. Any such materials must be kept secure at all times. Proctors may assist students with the logon process but should not log on to the test delivery system on behalf of students.
- Can test administrators help students use the test tools during testing?
- No; the directions for administration in the Directions for Administration for the Smarter Balanced Online Summative Assessments (PDF), available on the Instructions and Manuals Web page, specify the guidance test administrators can and cannot provide to students during testing. However, students do have the ability to view tutorials that are embedded in the test delivery system at any time during testing.
- Can students return to items that were flagged for review even after the segment is complete?
- No; once a student completes a test segment, he or she cannot return to the items within that segment.
- What data in the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS) are necessary for students to test?
The minimum data that need to be correct in CALPADS for a student to start testing are as follows:
- Name
- Grade
- School and LEA information
- CALPADS enrollment status of 10 or 30
- U.S. school entry data (if the student is an English learner)
- Parent/Guardian address (if the LEA wants the address printed on the Student Score Reports)
- Fields 3.13 (education program) and 3.21 (primary disability) (if the student is to take the California Alternate Assessments or receive designated supports, accommodations, and/or unlisted resources)
- All other demographic fields (if the LEA wants to view these fields in the final student data file that is downloadable from the Test Operations Management System [TOMS])
CALPADS documentation, including field names and field codes, and information about CALPADS support are available on the California Department of Education California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS) Web page.
- Given that the mathematics components of the Smarter Balanced Summative Assessment for Mathematics seem to involve quite a bit of language, can English learners (ELs) also be exempt from taking mathematics?
- All students must take the mathematics assessments. However, stacked translations in Spanish are available as an embedded designated support.
- Can exempt ELs take the Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments for English Language Arts/Literacy (ELA) components if they wish to?
- Yes, an exempt EL may take the ELA assessment upon request by the student's parent/guardian.
- Do LEAs have to upload student information to receive Pre-ID labels for paper-pencil tests or will the information be taken from CALPADS?
CALPADS is the authoritative source for student enrollment, demographic, and program information for the student test assignment system known as TOMS. The student-level data from CALPADS will be used for the Smarter Balanced assessments (summative and interim), California Alternate Assessments, California Science Tests, and the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) paper-pencil assessments. The use of CALPADS data for these assessments underscores the importance of keeping CALPADS up to date and accurate.
CALPADS documentation, including field names and field codes, and information about CALPADS support are available on the California Department of Education California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS) Web page.
- Can the Pre-ID information be printed directly on the answer documents and answer booklets rather than on labels?
- No; Pre-ID labels are used to allow LEAs the maximum amount of time to enter and update student information in CALPADS.
- Are there translated test directions for the Smarter Balanced ELA assessment?
- Yes. Translated test directions will be provided as PDFs by Smarter Balanced for both ELA and mathematics in the following languages: Spanish, Vietnamese, Arabic, Tagalog, Ilokano, Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean, Punjabi, Ukrainian, Russian, Dakota, French, Haitian-Creole, Hmong, Lakota, Japanese, Somali, and Yup'ik. These can be requested by an LEA CAASPP coordinator who contacts the California Technical Assistance Center.
- How long does the test administrator have between approving the students to test and having the students start the actual test?
- As a security measure, test administrators are automatically logged off of the Test Administrator Interface after 30 minutes of test administrator user inactivity and student inactivity in the test session, which will result in closing the test session. If this occurs, the test administrator will have to create a new session and the students will have to log on to the new session to resume testing. When starting a new session, the test administrators should give the students the new Session ID so they can log on and resume testing.
Performance Tasks
- What are performance tasks (PTs)?
The Smarter Balanced assessments comprise two components: a performance task (PT), which is comprised of an individually administered, computer-generated performance task; and computer adaptive testing (CAT) items. A PT is a portion of the Smarter Balanced assessment that requires students to answer a set of questions that are centered on a common theme or problem.
Universal Tools, Designated Supports, and Accommodations
- Where can I find guidelines related to Accessibility and Accommodations?
Smarter Balanced has developed a set of Usability, Accessibility and Accommodations Guidelines, which applies to all students. The Guidelines provide information for classroom teachers, English development educators, special education teachers, and related services personnel to use in selecting and administering universal tools, designated supports, and accommodations for those students who need them. The guidelines are also intended for assessment staff and administrators who oversee the decisions that are made in instruction and assessment.
In addition, there is a Usability, Accessibility, and Accommodations Guidelines Frequently Asked Questions Web document. These frequently asked questions address common inquiries from schools and districts about the delivery of universal tools, designated supports, and accommodations. This document supports the Consortium's Usability, Accessibility, and Accommodations Guidelines.
- Where text-to-speech is not available, can the Test Administrator (TA) read the assessment aloud?
- Read-aloud is only permitted in the following limited circumstances: as a non-embedded designated support for mathematics items and English language arts/literacy (ELA) items, as a non-embedded accommodation for ELA passages in grades 6–8 and 11, and for students with visual impairments in grades 3–8 and 11 who do not yet have adequate braille skills. For more information see the Usability, Accessibility and Accommodations Guidelines.
- Are headphones needed for this assessment?
- Yes; headphones are required for all ELA listening items and performance tasks, and for all students who require text-to-speech. Schools are responsible for ensuring that all students have headphones.
- Can the "Keyboard Commands for Students" be printed for students to use?
- Yes; the Keyboard Commands for Students Web document provides keyboard commands that students can use to navigate between test elements, features, and tools. Test Administrators (TAs) can print this document out for students to use as a tool during testing.
- May scratch paper or graph paper be retained between sessions?
Printed test items/stimuli, including embossed braille printouts, scratch paper, and graph paper must be collected and inventoried at the end of each test session and then immediately shredded. DO NOT keep printed test items/stimuli or scratch paper for future test sessions.
The only exception to this rule is when notes are used during the ELA and mathematics performance tasks. During the ELA PT, the notes on the embedded notepad ("Global Notes") are retained from Part 1 to Part 2 so the student may go back to the notes even though the student is not able to go back to specific items in Part 1. While the embedded notepad is the preferred mode for note taking, students may use scratch paper to make notes. To ensure that students using scratch paper for notes have the same allowance as students using the online notes, TAs should ensure that students write their names (or some other personal identifier) on the scratch paper, collect students' notes at the completion of Part 1 of the ELA PT, and then securely store the scratch paper. The scratch paper should be redistributed for students' use during Part 2 of the ELA PT.
Similarly, the mathematics PT may extend beyond one testing session. In this situation, TAs should ensure that students have written their names (or some other personal identifier) on the scratch paper or graph paper, collect them at the end of the first session, and securely store them for students' use in the subsequent testing session. The retention of scratch paper is only allowed for the PTs. Following the conclusion of the PT, all scratch paper and/or graph paper must be collected and securely destroyed to maintain test security.
- Why will local educational agencies (LEAs) need printers and how can LEAs determine whether that is an accommodation their students will need?
- LEAs may need printers for the students who have Print on Demand as an accommodation. This accommodation allows for paper copies of either passages/stimuli and/or items to be printed for students. Refer to the Usability, Accessibility and Accommodations Guidelines for direction on when this accommodation may be appropriate for a student.
- How soon can an LEA start uploading the accommodations and designated supports for students in the Test Operations Management System (TOMS)?
- LEAs can start uploading as soon as the students appear in TOMS. Designated supports and accommodations must be set by the responsible LEA in which the student is enrolled before the student begins testing.
- Will an LEA have to set designated supports and accommodations for late-enrolling students in TOMS?
- No; if a student's test settings have been properly set in TOMS, they will move with the student to whichever LEA he or she is next enrolled.
- What are accessibility supports?
- Accessibility supports are not universal tools, designated supports, or accommodations. Accessibility supports shall be available if specified in the eligible pupil's individualized education program (IEP) or Section 504 plan. Accessibility supports may or may not have been previously identified. An LEA shall submit a request to the CDE prior to the use of any accessibility support(s). For more information, please refer to the CDE Matrix One Web page. LEA CAASPP Coordinators may request an accessibility support from the CDE by using the downloadable Accessibility Support Request Form.
- Will an ELA test still be generated for English learners (ELs) identified in TOMS?
- More information is forthcoming.
- Who is able to set designated supports and accommodations for students in TOMS?
- The LEA CAASPP Coordinator and/or test site coordinator have the ability to designate supports and accommodations for students in TOMS. Test site coordinators can only set designated supports and accommodations for students within their test site.
California Alternate Assessments (CAAs) for ELA/Mathematics/Science
- What are the eligibility requirements for the California Alternate Assessments (CAAs)?
- Please refer to the California Department of Education California Alternate Assessments Web page for the definition of "eligible students" as it applies to students who take the CAAs. To be able to assign a student in the Test Operations Management System (TOMS) to take the CAAs, the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS) education program code (field 3.13) must be set to "special education" (value 144) and the primary disability category (field 3.21) must not be blank.
- Which grade levels participate in the CAAs?
- Eligible students in grades three through eight and grade eleven participate in the CAAs for English language arts/literacy (ELA) and mathematics. All students in grades five, eight and high school who are eligible to take the CAAs for ELA and mathematics also will take the second year of pilot for CAA for Science.
- In online training this year, will CAA test examiners be required to pass quizzes with a certain percentage and/or print a certificate of completion?
- Test examiners are required to view the test administration tutorial and/or attend a locally provided training. Upon completion of the tutorial or locally provided training, text examiners must present their resulting completion certificate to their California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) test site coordinator or local educational agency CAASPP coordinator.
- Can students take the CAA in mathematics only or ELA only, or must they take the CAAs in both subjects?
- If a student is eligible for the CAAs, he or she must take both the ELA and mathematics portions. Additionally, if a student takes the CAA for ELA and mathematics in grade five or eight, then he or she must also take the CAA for Science. If a student takes the CAAs for ELA and mathematics in grade eleven, and he or she is enrolled at a high school that has been assigned to take the CAA for Science in grade eleven, then he or she must take CAA for Science. However, if eligible students in grade ten or twelve at his or her high school are assigned to take the CAA for Science, then he or she will not need to take CAA for Science.
- Does a test examiner or the computer read the CAA for ELA and mathematics questions to the student, or must the student read the questions?
- The test examiner reads the CAA for ELA and mathematics questions to the student. The script contains the exact wording that must be read aloud to the student, except when general adaptations are given. Pictures or other visual material within the test may be described as needed for students with visual impairments using the alternative text provided in the Directions for Administration (DFA) for the California Alternate Assessments, available in TOMS (for operational DFAs) or on the CAA Web page on the CAASPP Portal (for practice and training test DFAs). Students should be encouraged to answer all questions in each content area test.
- What happens if a student is logged off after 30 minutes of inactivity while taking the CAAs for ELA and/or mathematics? Will the student be able to continue the test where he or she left off or change answers?
- The CAAs for ELA and mathematics are untimed and can be administered over as many sessions and days as needed. You may pause and resume the test as many times as necessary to elicit the student's best performance. The pause-and-resume feature can be used throughout the day, over several days, and at any time during the test administration window. Students will automatically be logged off the system after 30 minutes of inactivity. Logging back on to the test will return the student to the last unanswered question. The student will be able to return to previous questions in the stage of the test where the student last left off to change answers.
- Does a test examiner administer the CAA for Science online?
- The CAA for Science is an embedded performance task that will be available to test examiners in PDF form. The test examiner reads embedded performance tasks to students, uses a rubric to determine the student's score for that task, and then enters a score online. While the student survey will be administered through the test delivery system, the test itself is available to the test examiner via PDF.
- When can the CAA for Science embedded Performance Tasks (PTs) be administered?
- The 2017–18 CAA for Science pilot test consists of three embedded PTs each in grades five, eight, and high school that can be administered to a student in any sequence and at any time during the 2017–18 instructional year but prior to the end of the local educational agency's (LEA's) selected testing window.


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According to a police report, Jason Dalton told authorities after the shootings on 20 February in Kalamazoo that "it feels like it is coming from the phone itself", and talked about "an artificial presence".
Dalton told officers that when you "plug into" the Uber app, "you can actually feel the presence on you".
He claimed that the difference between the night of the shootings and other days was than an icon on the Uber app that is normally red "had changed to black".
He told investigators he did not "want to come across as a crazy person" and added he was sad for the people who were killed as well as for his family members, who "are going to have to hear all of this", according to the report.
The details about Dalton's comments were in documents released on Monday by the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety and Kalamazoo County sheriff's office.
When asked what was going through his mind during the shootings, he told investigators that "if we only knew, it would blow our mind", according to the report.
He claimed that when he opened the Uber app, "a devil head popped up on his screen and when he pressed the button the app, that is when all the problems started".
The "devil figure" would then "give you an assignment and it would literally take over your whole body", he said.
The report said Dalton told officers he did not shoot when he was pulled over because the app went from black to red and "he felt like he was no longer being guided".
His wife Carole Dalton has told police he warned her on the night of the shootings that they "couldn't go back to work anymore and the kids could not go back to school".
When she asked what he meant, Dalton replied that "she would see what he was talking about on the news".
Dalton, 45, has been ordered to undergo a mental competency exam.
He is charged with murder and attempted murder in the shootings, which took place outside an apartment complex, restaurant and car park.
Joe Sullivan, security chief at Uber, said last month that Dalton cleared a background check and was approved to be a driver on 25 January.


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Where is Granbury – A Candlelight Tour?
Many of the sites for Granbury – A Candlelight Tour are centered around the Granbury Square. This is a self-guided tour to enjoy at your leisure. While many of the homes and sites are located just off the Granbury Square, this tour does require a good amount of walking. A map of the homes and sites included on the 2016 tour will be published on the website and in print before the event.
Where is Will Call?
Red on the Square
101 W. Pearl, Granbury, TX 76048
(817) 573-3300
How do I stay informed on event changes or details?
Please "Like" us on Facebook and you will be updated on all information regarding the Candlelight Tour. Also, we will ensure that the website is updated with the most current information.
When do tickets go on sale?
Ticket reservation sales are now open.
Where is the closest ATM?
First National Bank of Granbury
101 E. Bridge St.
Granbury, TX 76048
What are the options for parking?
There are spaces available in the Granbury Square around the courthouse. In addition…
Granbury City Hall 116 W Bridge St, Granbury, TX 76048
E. Pearl St. Parking- Just east of the square there is parking available on your right on E. Pearl St.
Remote Parking- This parking lot has 82 spaces available. It is free to the public. You will find it adjacent to Shanley Park. It is located on Rucker St., between Houston St. and Crockett St.
Overflow Parking – available across the street from the Granbury Convention Center adjacent to Hewlett Park on E. Pearl St.
What is the difference between the pre-sale price and the day of price?
Ticket reservations purchased online before midnight on November 30th sell for $20.00 (20% off the full price). Ticket reservations purchased after November 30th will sell for the full price, $25.00.
Where are ticket sales the weekend of the event? What about before the event?
Tickets can be purchased at the HGMA booth inside Red on the Square throughout the weekend of the event. If you would like to purchase tickets in-person before the weekend of the tour, you may purchase tickets at Red on the Square.
*All ticket sales are final.
**Granbury – A Candlelight Tour is rain or shine.


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Human-induced eutrophication is a serious environmental problem that constrains visual communication and influences the mate choice process in fishes. Eutrophication also changes the chemical environment and the pH of the water, which could influence the use of olfactory cues in mate choice. Here, we show that an increase in pH enhances the use of male olfactory cues in mate choice in three-spined sticklebacks, Gasterosteus aculeatus. In a laboratory choice experiment, gravid females were more attracted to male olfactory cues when pH was raised. This could compensate for impaired visual communication in eutrophied waters and facilitate adaptive mate choice.
Recent research shows that anthropogenic disturbances can influence evolutionary processes through effects on sexual selection (Weatherhead 2005; Rankin & Kokko 2006). A serious human-induced problem in aquatic habitats is eutrophication, which promotes excessive plant growth and phytoplankton blooms (Smith 2003). This reduces visibility (Utne-Palm 2002) and influences the mate choice process of fishes (Candolin 2004; Järvenpää & Lindström 2004; Candolin et al. 2007; Wong et al. in press). This could have serious consequences for population viability by increasing the cost of sexual selection (Kokko & Brooks 2003).
Cues other than visual ones, such as olfactory cues, could increase in importance when visibility deteriorates. The value of olfactory cues depends, however, on environmental factors, such as water turbulence (Weissburg et al. 2002) and the pH value of the water (Brown et al. 2002). Since increased photosynthesis augments pH by reducing the amount of dissolved carbon dioxide (Reddy 1981; Stumm & Morgan 1981), eutrophication could influence olfactory communication.
Here, we investigated if an increase in pH value influences the use of olfactory cues in mate choice in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Sticklebacks in the Baltic Sea are spawning in an increasingly eutrophied environment where visibility is reduced. This has decreased the honesty of visual cues as indicators of mate quality (Wong et al. in press) and diminished their use in mate choice (Candolin et al. 2007; Engström-Öst & Candolin 2007). A pH-dependent use of olfactory cues could have a major impact on sexual selection, since the pH of eutrophied waters can increase to over 9 during daytime (Reddy 1981; Perus & Bonsdorff 2004; Olsonen 2007), and olfactory cues play a crucial role in MHC-dependent mate choice (Reusch et al. 2001; Milinski et al. 2005) and in species recognition (Rafferty & Boughman 2006).
Adult three-spined sticklebacks were caught with minnow traps from the shores of the Baltic Sea (59°50′N, 23°15′E). Males were housed in individual flow-through aquaria (10l) under natural light conditions. They were given a nesting dish (11cm in diameter) filled with sand and filamentous algae (Chladophora sp.) for nest construction. A gravid female enclosed in a transparent Plexiglas cylinder was presented daily to each male for 30min to initiate nest building and courtship behaviour.
Two days after the male had finished nest building (Reusch et al. 2001), the water flow was stopped and a female was presented to the male as described above. Three litres of water was carefully extracted within 5cm of the male, filtered through a plankton net (mesh size 62μm) and bottled. The pH of the water was either left at its natural level of 8.0±0.2s.d. (male) or increased to 9.5 (male pH+) by carefully adding a 0.025M NaOH (figure 1). The pH value rises from 8 to over 9 under high primary production in brackish water (J. Heuschele 2006, personal observation). To test whether an increased pH level alone triggers a difference in female behaviour, filtered water (62μm plankton net) from a holding aquarium without a male was extracted and manipulated according to the above procedures, resulting in water containing no male olfactory cues and either increased (pH+) or natural (C) pH levels. An equimolar solution of dissolved NaCl (1461gl−1M=58.44gmol−1) was added to the natural pH treatments (male and C), matching the amount of added Na+ ions in high pH treatments (male pH+ and pH+), to keep the ion activity constant in all treatments.
The three treatments (male pH+, male, pH+) were tested against the control (C), one at a time. An experimental aquarium (50l) was divided intro three sections with the help of two marks on the outside of the aquarium; a neutral section in the middle (18×30cm) and two choice sections on each side (16×30cm). A gravid female was placed in the neutral section. After 10min of habituation, the stimulus and the control seawater (C) were simultaneously dripped into the aquarium at a rate of 1.5 drops per second (figure 1).
The aquarium was video recorded from the front side and the video tapes analysed using the software JWatcher v. 1.0. Preliminary tests with coloured water showed that water dripping into the aquarium formed a clear upper layer in the water column; therefore recordings of activity were restricted to the upper 8cm. The time spent in each section, treatment tT, control tC and neutral tN, was recorded over a 10min period. The relative time spent with the treatment was calculated as tT/(tT+tC), where tT is time spent in the treatment section and tC in the control section. Odour preferences of gravid females have been found reliable to predict mate preferences (Milinski et al. 2005).
Each female, in turn, was subjected to all the three treatments within a 4h period, in random order to control potential order effects. After each run, the tank was cleaned using dissolved hydrogen peroxide (McLennan 2005). To avoid observer bias, the bottles with the stimulus water were coded by a third person. The mean pH value of the water in the test aquarium and in the holding aquaria was 8.0 (±0.2s.d.).
A total of 20 females were tested. The odour cues used were produced by 12 males. The data were checked for normality and homogeneity of variance before analyses.
The proportion of time that females were associated with the treatment water compared to the control water varied among the three treatments (figure 2; linear mixed model ANOVA with treatment as fixed factor and male as random factor; F=4.846, p=0.012). Pair-wise comparisons of the treatments showed that females spent more time in the section with both male olfactory cues and increased pH (male pH+) than in the sections containing only male olfactory cues (male) (Fisher test; p=0.024) or only having an increased pH value (pH+) (p=0.005).
An increase in pH enhanced the signal value of male scent. Females were more attracted to male olfactory cues when pH was raised. This was not due to females being attracted to water with increased pH, since pure water with increased pH did not attract females. Since odour preferences of gravid females have been demonstrated to reflect mate preferences (Milinski et al. 2005), the results suggest that an increased pH of the water facilitates odour-based mate assessment.
The enhanced interest in male scent under increased pH levels could be due to either an improvement of the transmission of the chemical cue or an increase in olfactory sensitivity towards the cue. Male scent consists of different compounds, like hormones, MHC peptides and amino acids (Sorensen & Stacey 2004; Milinski et al. 2005; Sorensen et al. 2005; Yambe et al. 2006). An increase in pH could facilitate the binding or transportation of olfactory cues to olfactory receptors, for example by changing the three-dimensional structure of the peptides involved. This occurs, for example, in pheromone-binding proteins in a moth (Zubkov et al. 2005). Alternatively, changed pH could influence the chemical cues themselves. Low pH values cause irreversible disruptions of fish alarm cues, through alterations in the structure of the transmitting molecules (Brown et al. 2002; Leduc et al. 2004). It is possible that an increase in pH could prevent the disruption of chemical cues.
Low pH has been found to have a negative effect on olfactory communication in salmon (Salmo salar L.) by hampering the detection of pheromones released by females (Moore 1994). Humic acids, again, bind pheromones in water and leave them undetectable to chemoreceptors (Hubbard et al. 2002), which hinders intraspecific communication based on olfactory cues in the swordtail fish (Xiphophorus birchmanni; Fisher et al. 2006). This suggests that high pH could have the opposite positive effect on olfactory communication.
Regardless of the exact mechanisms behind the pH-related enhancement of olfactory cues, eutrophication-related pH increases could enhance the importance of olfaction in mate search and mate choice, and compensate for impaired visual communication (Candolin et al. 2007; Engström-Öst & Candolin 2007). The honesty of visual displays is reduced in turbid water, since male–male competition that promotes honesty is relaxed under poor visibility (Candolin 1999; Wong et al. in press). An increased use of olfactory cues in eutrophied waters could facilitate adaptive mate choice, particularly since olfactory cues give information on the allele diversity at MHC genes and indirect genetic benefits (Reusch et al. 2001).
This study suggests that human-induced environmental change may affect organisms in ways that are not immediately apparent. Besides the obvious effect on sexual selection through impaired visibility, eutrophication may also affect olfactory communication. The consequences that this may have at the population level, through effects on adaptive mate choice, remains to be determined.
The experimental procedures were approved by the Animal Care Committee of the University of Helsinki (86–06).
We thank J. Airola, E. Kaartinen, U. Tuomainen and M. Mannerla for their help with the experiments and Tvärminne Zoological Station for providing working facilities. B. Wong, J. Jeschke, M. Järvenpää, M. Järvi-Laturi, B. Diaz-Pauli, L. Vlieger and M. Ruff are thanked for their helpful discussions or comments on the paper. The study was funded by the Academy of Finland (to U.C.).
PubMed Central Canada is a service of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) working in partnership with the National Research Council's national science library in cooperation with the National Center for Biotechnology Information at the U.S. National Library of Medicine(NCBI/NLM). It includes content provided to the PubMed Central International archive by participating publishers.


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Ladies and gents, please meet Violet (pronounced Vee-oh-lay). She and Toulouse enjoy eating sweets, and decorating wigs with ribbons, bows, and anything else peculiar they can find.
Both original paintings have been sold, and hopefully I will have some limited edition, hand embellished prints available soon. ^^
I recorded the process of painting Violet, so after I edit the video and do a little bit of voice over, it'll be ready to share with you all. ^_^


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Discussion in 'Linea 1.4 T-Jet' started by yoko89, Feb 14, 2012.
It was illegal racing and no way to race this car with my mobile in my hand
yesterday i reached more than 240km/h i was feeling that i am flying and yes i am was flying the car was not stable at all
I have a Corolla 1.6GLI in Kuwait, Which does a Max of 205 kmph. and i was like flying with the Tin sheet
Thats a scary speed. Indian highways are best suited for speed of upto 100kmph at max. Legal speed is 90kmph on most highways.
The speedometer reads a max. of 220kmph on our cars.
Egypt is exactly the same except for few road legal speed up to 120km/h
my car speed is exactly as yours my car do 200km/h on 5000rpm that day I crossed the 6200rpm by calculations I crossed the 240km/h
I was racing a Mercedes C300 it was almost neck to neck from 20 to 200km/h then i de-accelerated a little due to a curve in the road (i am not that brave to take it with this high speed) then passed him will i was 240+ km/h (his car top speed is 240km/h)
That's a scary speed! Are you sure you're tyres are capable of handling those speeds?
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they just are (v rated 240km/h) next time i will change them with better speed rating and better traction rating
I got to my baby a new inter-cooler from renault megane RS 2.0L turbo it is bigger than t-jet stock intercooler by 60% in the total volume and 40% in the frontal face
this is something even i was thinking of and thanks for doing this.
Now questions..
1.) Is the turbo your using the same as the one that comes in the 90HP punto in India?
2.) how much did it cost for the megane's turbo?
3.) how much was the new/bigger intercooler cost?
4.) Ideally when you change the turbo you will have to get a remap done on the ECU to accommodate the changes. Did you do anything like this?
1&2) my new turbo is garret td04 came out from a Mitsubishi lancer engine and my stock one is as the linea t-jet 110hp ihi vl37 and i bouught it used and costed me 700 EGP (it used to cost 1000EGP)
3) the inter cooler was from megane RS it costed me 400 EGP (it used to cost 700EGP)
4) remap was done by etuners and costed me 4000 EGP
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The Wichita Daily Beacon, Monday, Feb. 3, 1908
Died: Feb. 2, 1908
William Antes Reed died Sunday morning, February 2, at his home in Wichita, age 63 years.
William A. Reed was born in Canandaigua, Ontario county, New York, March 4, 1844. As a rollicking lad of fine physique, light hearted and happy, generous almost to a fault, he passed his boyhood days at home among the woods and hills and beautiful lakes of western New York. At the age of 19 he offered his services to his country and became a member of the 126th regiment New York volunteer infantry, company K. with a patriotic heart and the enthusiasm of youth he marched away to taste the glory of a soldier's life. Soon followed the routine duties of camp, the daily drill, the order to the front, and engagement with the forces of the opposing enemy at Harpers' Ferry. In which the regiment suffered severely, and especially his own company, a large per cent of the officers and comrades being either killed or wounded, and our young soldier receiving a wound which made him a helpless sufferer for many months and from which he never fully recovered.
After the close of the war he returned to Canandaigua and established himself in business, and later married Emma L. Hoff, of Syracuse, N. Y. Subsequently Mr. Reed entered the government service with headquarters at Toledo, Ohio, where by his energy, efficiency and strict integrity under the most trying circumstances he made himself popular with his business associates and received commendation from the department at Washington. From Toledo he removed to Kewanee, Ill., for a few years, later removing to Wichita where he engaged in real estate and insurance business, and for nearly twenty years had been closely identified with business interests and development of this city.
About four years ago a dark shadow crossed the threshold of his home, and a deep sorrow fell upon his heart, when his amiable and faithful wife, was called to her reward, since which time Mr. Reed had not participated actively in business affairs. About two months ago lurking disease assumed a serious form, confirming him to his room and bed, until Sunday morning when he peacefully passed away. Mr. Reed was for many years a member of St. John's Episcopal church of this city, and a worker in Masonic orders. He was a master of Wichita Lodge No. 99 in 1894 and high priest of the chapter the same year. He was thrice illustrious master of the council in 1897. He was an active worker in Mt. Olivet commandry; also 32 degree Mason in the Scottish Rite and an active worker in a number of degrees.
The deceased leaves surviving him two daughters, Mrs. Calvin H. Hettinger, of Kansas City, Mo., and Florence B. Reed, of this city; also two sisters, Miss Elizabeth E. Reed and Mrs. Wm. C. Little, of Wichita.
The funeral services will be held at the residence, 321 North Lawrence avenue, at 2:30 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon. Internment will take place at Maple Grove cemetery, Blue Lodge No. 99 will have charge of the services at the house.
Pall bearers will be chosen from the community and his commandry will act as escort. So has passed the father, brother, citizen, soldier and friend. The day's march is ended, arms have been stacked, the tents pitched, taps sounded, and the weary soldier lies peacefully at rest, awaiting the trumpet call which shall awaken him to the duties of the morrow.


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Recently, the board of directors at Gilead Sciences Inc. (GILD - Free Report) authorized a two-for-one stock split. The action, which will take shape through a stock dividend for stockholders as on record on January 7, 2013, is aimed at increasing the number of authorized shares at Gilead to about 1.52 billion from 759.3 million (as of November 30). The stock dividend is expected to be distributed to the relevant stockholders on or about January 25, 2013.
Following the stock split, every shareholder at Gilead (on record on January 7, 2013) will get an additional share for each share he/she currently holds. Gilead intends to commence trading at the NASDAQ at the post-split price from January 28, 2013. Gilead in its press release further stated that purchasers of its shares between January 7 and January 28, 2013 will get a due-bill. The due bill will make the buyer eligible for an additional share for each share bought.
We note that shares of Gilead Sciences have been on an uptrend since the beginning of the year driven by multiple positive catalysts, including the purchase of Pharmasset, targeting the lucrative hepatitis C virus (HCV) market and the approval of the high potential HIV therapy, Stribild. The stock is currently hovering around its 52-week high of $76.28, reached on November 23, 2012. We believe that the soaring stock price necessitated the 2-for-1 stock split.
Apart from the positive developments noted above, Gilead received further good news last month when it presented encouraging top-line data on its HCV candidate sofosbuvir from a phase III study. Sofosbuvir (formerly GS-7977) was added to Gilead's pipeline through its acquisition of Pharmasset in January 2012.
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According to the latest reports, the next-generation of the Honda Civic will be officially unveiled in 2010 and expected by the dealers in 2011. Like the current version, the new vehicle will be available in two versions, with 3 or 5 doors. The new generation will use petrol and diesel engines but will also offer a hybrid version, powered by a 1.5-liter petrol engine with 150 hp.
Later, the Type-R version will come showing more than 200 hp.For those who don't know, the current Honda Civic Hybrid is powered by a 1.3L i-VTEC 4-cylinder, mated to electric motors.
However, it appears that the next-generation will use the same hybrid powertrain found on the 2011 Honda CR-Z. The CR-Z uses a 1.5-liter i VTEC 4-cylinder engine which delivers 102 hp and an electric motor capable to deliver 20 hp.
The total output delivered by the car is 122 hp and 128 lb-ft. of torque at 1,000 to 1,500 rpm (123 lb-ft on CVT-equipped models).
The new Civic Hybrid could also be the first car in the Honda lineup to receive the rumored, next-generation lithium ion batteries.
Sources confirmed the fact that Honda is currently working on new lithium ion batteries, but we will know for sure after the Japanese manufacturer will release some official details regarding the new car.
Honda has made sure that each generation of the Civic continues to showcase improvements. This is because the brand follows a specific development theme. Its 2011 Civic for example follows the basic principle of creating a "futuristic and distinctive compact."
With this objective, the brand hopes to initiate new values that go beyond the present-day needs and advance the experience that the Civic has long symbolized. Significant changes include a number of improvements like increasing the fuel economy for all its models.
Interactive technologies were added to have better personalization and enhanced convenience. Improvements were also done to the performance and ride and even the interior packaging. Customers who choose the Civic are drivers who belong to a wide range of spectrum.
These can include those who just graduated from high school and college students, essentially people who are just starting their adult lives. It can also be families that have young children or babies. Civic customers are teachers, professors, soccer moms, young professionals, environmentalists, and driving fans.
As such they can be baby boomers, from the Generation Y, and even retirees. These same customers live in the Sunbelt states, Snow Belt states, the Midwest, Hawaii, and even as far as Alaska.
Regardless of where they are from or what age group they belong to, there is one thing that is common to all of them: everyone is young at heart. While the different characteristics like comfort, durability, safety, and style make the Civic the top choice, customers also choose it because it is fun to drive.


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Derbyshire has many stunning locations for wedding photography and Donington Park Farmhouse Hotel is certainly one of them.
This creative bride & groom portrait was taken across the road in the farmer's field with a single flash. I do generally like to keep it as simple as possible.
Naomi and Martin are such a friendly and gorgeous couple. I was honoured to have been part of their wedding day.
Location: Donington Park Farmhouse Hotel, Castle Donington, DE74 2RN.


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United Drug profits to hit €67m despite price cut
United Drug said yesterday that it's on track to deliver full-year profits "broadly in line" with the almost €67m generated in 2009, despite the Government slashing the price it pays for off-patent drugs by 40pc earlier this month.
Speaking at the group's annual general meeting in Dublin, chief executive Liam FitzGerald told shareholders that management is trying to shift United Drug's focus to mould a company that is more internationalised and less reliant on more stringently regulated businesses.
Speaking afterwards to journalists, Mr FitzGerald said that while there are no plans to reduce the United Drug's activities in Ireland, he had made it clear to the Government that the pharmaceutical distribution company which also owns a number of healthcare-related companies could not continue to shoulder significant cuts to the prices it can charge pharmacists for medicines.
"Our margins are impacted by these changes," he said. "In addition to that, we have a fixed cost that provides a service which in our view is a public service. We can't change the fixed costs in relation to what we do, except where we change the profile of the service and ultimately, therefore, patients may suffer." The introduction of the 40pc price cut came about seven months earlier than the Government had previously planned as it tackled a expanding budget deficit.
Mr FitzGerald denied the group had been making excessive profits for many years on its wholesaling activities, and said the price cuts just introduced will shave close to €2m from the group's profits this year.
"The only reason we're maintaining the guidance we have in the market is because we're doing well in other parts of the world," he added. "We make less than a 2pc margin on our wholesaling business which, by reference to any industry, is not excessive."
In an interim statement to coincide with the AGM, United Drug said profits in its packaging and specialty division were "well ahead" of the first quarter in 2009. Mr FitzGerald said the unit's business in the US, where United Drug currently generates 8pc of its trading profit, experienced a "much better performance" in the second half of 2009. He said that trend had continued into the first quarter.
United Drug's medical equipment supply business had a "challenging year" in 2009, while capital spending in the UK and Ireland remained slow, according to the company.
Shares in United Drug closed almost flat at €2.21 yesterday.
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Only one team looked like the European Champion in London on Wednesday night, and it wasn't Chelsea, says Reuters Mike Collett. Despite losing 3-2 thanks to a 94th minute header from Victor Moses, Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk played with a swagger, speed and intelligence that left an indelible impression on Stamford Bridge that this team has a right to not be afraid of anyone in the UEFA Champions League.
For long stretches of Wednesday's clash, Chelsea looked second-best, as Shakhtar's Brazilians Willian, Fernandinho, Luiz Adriano and Alex Texeira outshone Chelsea's Brazilians Ramires, Oscar and David Luiz (although Oscar did score a truly fantastic goal). In the end, Chelsea had to rely on a pair of goalkeeping errors from Andriy Pyatov for its first two goals before scoring the winner from a corner deep into stoppage time.
After the game, Shakhtar coach Mircea Lucescu lamented that his Brazilians have not been recognized by national team coach Mario Menezes. "It's a pity that our players are not recognized back in Brazil; Willian and Fernandinho are players of a very high level," Lucescu said. "For us Fernandinho is very important because he knows how to organize the game. Willian knows how to get in the spaces. And tonight he got the goals."


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...the musings of Matthew Hall
I enjoy writing code (from embedded C in 32KB of memory to PHP with clustered MySQL servers) and have a wide knowledge and experience in IP networking and Linux server administration. I gain great satisfaction from achieving elegant solutions to previously unsolved problems, whether in a team or as an individual. Working with others to improve my own knowledge and offer the same back, and in doing so be increasingly able to "do a really good job" is what gets me up in the morning.
Having graduated with a 2:1 BSc Hons in Computer Science in 2008, I began work in a small start-up solving the prevalent "last-mile" ADSL issue through a bleeding edge "bonding" solution which launched internationally during 2009. After marriage and relocation I joined another start-up offering personal finance in the UK, which has been successfully bought by a prominent US finance company in Jan. 2011. Where appropriate, I like to leverage and promote free software (open source or otherwise). If possible, I like to contribute back in whatever way I can.
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stalk connect with me on LinkedIn: the evangelical Christian geek with a musical twist. According to my server's clock - I am 11,315 days old.
Monitoring and ensuring maximum uptime and availability of mission critical production systems, actively working to improve their stability. Regularly providing advice to others IT teams on how to make things better.
Interim role (3 months) as Application Operations manager, guiding the team responsible for the correct running of the three company products: sunny.co.uk, quid.co.uk and 1monthloan.co.uk
Daily technologies include Windows Server (2008+), RedHat and Debian Linux, Zabbix, Citrix XenServer, Percona SQL, Apache/PHP, Python.
Our team of 7 were responsible for moving the entire corporate (and some production) IT infrastructure form an inadequate Bury office building to dedicated London data centre.
Working initially in a team of 3 developers (later expanded to a team of 5); maintained, optimised, extended and supported a financial loan management system (customer, admin and back-end aspects) as the growing demands of the company required. (www.fortressuk.co.uk / 1monthloan.co.uk)
Major self achievements include complete rewriting of the customer application process, modularised decision engine for affiliate lead assessment, improved and revised OO database abstraction class (supporting read/write load-balancing across clustered MySQL servers), and the provisioning of a Trac/SVN server on a new virtualised development network – providing the company's first staging environment.
As a team it is acknowledged that we enabled the company to become a viable investment for several major US financial companies which led to a final sale in 2011. Our own analysis and the subsequent automation of many sub-optimal business processes has improved company revenues substantially.
Daily responsibilities include peer code reviews for PCI-DSS compliance, development of new site features and associated change control procedures, debugging and maintenance of poor legacy code and DB design, re-factoring and optimisation of both code and SQL to stabilise the application during an exponentially increasing load, ad-hoc reports for directors and investors, and maintenance of development resources (virtualised Trac and SVN server, and a small development network with staging environment).
Support, quality control and development of a bleeding edge solution to the prevalent "last-mile" ADSL issue using aggregation of multiple IP connections (whether ADSL, fibre, cable, ethernet or WiFi). (www.sharedband.com)
I joined the company as the product was first being launched by a prominent UK ISP – my role was to provide 3rd line technical support for the product and maintain our service in data-centres across the US and UK. I was later given opportunity to also help develop various features into the product (both the PHP front-end and the embedded C network devices), later also taking responsibility for implementing a software release cycle and overseeing QA testing between public releases.
During my time at Sharedband, I acquired an extensive knowledge of IP networking at byte-level, including a handful of the most popular IP related protocols (PPTP, IPSec, BGP, TCP, UDP, DNS etc). By nature many of the problems we encountered had never been seen or solved by anyone outside the company.
The team at Sharedband was exceptionally talented; of the problems I helped solve include: remotely identifying a damaged DSLAM at a BT exchange in London, implementation of software fail-over between data-centres across the globe, automated "flashing" and provisioning of many different router platforms for speedier delivery of orders to customers, and the debugging of a module found in the Linux kernel used by Netgear in a series of their routers – mistranslating PPTP headers in the presence of NAT.
2:1 BSc Hons in Computer Science at Essex University. I chose modules primarily in programming (C, C++, Java), embedded systems, computer vision, natural language engineering, robotics, web application programming and operating system theory. Other modules included project management and personal development. For my final year dissertation, I chose to explore using Computer Vision for Human-Computer Interaction. The result was something like the yet-to-be-announced Microsoft Kinetic. Unsurprisingly I have received no royalties to date.
I'm currently studying part time (as work and church life allows) for a BTh with King's Divinity (through Chester University). ETC is ~2018.


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On November 3rd 2014, me and my classmate set on what prove to be an unforgettable trip to Malacca, Malaysia. Highlights from the trip? The local food, friendly hospitality from the locals, and a lot of laughter with my dearest friends (sorry if I was too loud with my expressions :-P).
I love the food, well i love food in general, but the Malaysian food was very unique. There was a clear mix of original Malay and foreign cuisine due to imperialism and immigration of countries in the past. I am fan of spicy food, so it was like walking in paradise, although that was not the case for my friends.
The locals were extremely nice to us. At the Indian Orphanage, kids greeted us with smiles and handshake. At a Malaysian school that we visited, the students welcomed us like we were just one big family. It was an amazing experience.
My friends was what made the trip memorable. I get to share rooms with my best friends since forever Minh and Giang. I also get to talk to people that I would have never talked to in school. The friendship I made and strengthen, I would cherish forever.
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Around 4pm, Sunday January 8th
After about 20 minutes outside, Corben just broke down into a puddle and said "Mom...can we please just go inside and have dinner and go to BED?"
And with that, Christmas Holidays are officially over.
We moved to a valley. And we changed our life.
|Smiling and ready to roll!
|Doesn't look so windy from here, but trust me...
|See you tomorrow, Canoe Lake
|Back on dry land, wearing all of Jessica's (slightly too small clothes)
|Our Safe Haven for the night.
|Art, our roadside guardian angel
|Back at home with Simon's poor canoe...we found out afterwards that this happened to the other end of the canoe as well - screws from the gunnels pulled right though the Kevlar.
|Sunroof open, hanging onto the canoe for dear life, and still smiling!


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MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ General Audiences ] With the actor direction of Kevin Lim, Tom Usher leads the cast of this film of Australia, with script in English (with subtitles), whose presentation to the public was scheduled for 2013. You can watch The Pledge for Mister Bunny online on TV cable or theaters with original audio in English at different dates. This film premiered in theaters in 2013.
Rating: 5 by 8 users./
Runtime: 7 minutes
Tom Usher, Ellacoco Hammer-McIver, Christian Edwards, Hayley Magnus, Alex Moore, Charlie Fraser and Jack Leigh.
Short film.
7-minute film (full movie) directed by Kevin Lim.
The original audio of The Pledge for Mister Bunny has dialogues in Dolby Digital, it was produced in Australia.
It premiered in cinemas or television in 2013.
Screenplay written by Kevin Lim.
Aaron McLisky.
Kent Hau, April Tafe and Michelle Lim.
This film was produced and / or financed by Soda Honey Films.
Composed by Bruce Heald.
Without commercial breaks, the full movie The Pledge for Mister Bunny has a duration of 7 minutes; the official trailer can be watched in streaming on the Internet. You can watch this full movie free in EnglishDolby Digital in movie TV channels, renting the DVD or with VoD services (Video On Demand player, Hulu) and PPV (Pay Per View, Netflix).
See the page of this full movie, The Pledge for Mister Bunny in FULLTV Movies.