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The Toastmasters Club at the Indian School of Business (ISB) helps members to develop, practice and enhance their communication and leadership skills.
The club is affiliated to Toastmasters International, a non-profit organization, which is a world leader in communication and leadership development. The 270,000-member international organization, spread across the world in the form of more than 13,000 clubs, embraces the motto "Where Leaders Are Made". The ISB Toastmasters Club was initiated in 2008 to further this vision of grooming future leaders by improving their communication, public speaking and leadership skills. Today, the club proudly boasts over 80 members comprising students and staff members. It is the only club at ISB which is affiliated to an organization outside the school.
The Toastmasters Club follows the hierarchy shown above. The club at ISB operates in close conjunction with those in Microsoft and Infosys in Hyderabad.
The club offers its members a chance to don multiple hats, from that of speakers to evaluators and grammarians to masters of ceremonies, in order for them to equip themselves with a plethora of skills that will be indispensible to them as leaders of the future. The club provides a highly supportive and encouraging environment for members to overcome their inhibitions and develop their communication and leadership skills.
It allows the members to grow in two tracks, the Communication Track and the Leadership Track. The former allows one to enhance one's oration and the latter to accentuate one's personality and speaking skills to be a good leader. There are multiple stages of achievement in these tracks and both finally converge to the level of a District Toastmaster.
The ISB Toastmasters Club has received multiple recognitions such as the "Smedley Award," the "President's Distinguished Award" and has established itself as one of the most prolific club in the area. In the year 2010-2011, the ISB Toastmasters Club was awarded the "Best Club in the World" by Toastmasters International and felicitated with the highly-coveted "Golden Gavel Award".


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There are still a lot of people who live too far from the TV transmitters to get free broadcast TV using an antenna. If you are one of them, here are some ideas. Note, many of these require Internet access.
The Totally Free Options
The options below are completely free. Some require high-speed Internet access and a device (phone, tablet, or computer) to view them on.
1. Pluto TV
Pluto TV is an Internet streaming service that offers live streaming TV and on-demand movies It's available as a website or on streaming devices like Roku. No, it doesn't offer the same channels as cable TV, but it does have a pretty good assortment of movie channels, news, comedy, food shows, and other content. The movies are old, but pretty good classics like "Blade Runner". It's totally free, although there are commercial interruptions.
2. The Network Websites
I often watch "The Big Bang Theory" for free on the CBS.com website the day after it airs on broadcast TV. The major networks have lots of shows available for free on their websites, if you're willing to wait a bit.
Check out my Internet Remote Control for links to all of these sites and more. Or, you can use the CBS iOS or Android app.
If you want to watch these sites on your TV, you can do it using a Google Chromecast and a computer.
The bad news is that more and more of these sites are starting to require you to sign in using a cable provider login.
3. YouTube
Along with viewing broadcast TV using an antenna, I personally watch a lot of content on YouTube for free. Check out this article on how to find professional content on YouTube.
You can watch YouTube on your TV using almost all of the set-top boxes and Chromecast (although searching on some of these devices is cumbersome).
4. Sony Crackle
SonyCrackle.com is a website that offers free older movies. Yes, these are mostly "B" or "C"-level (or lower) movies, but there are a few gems in there.
Most of the set-top boxes have a channel for Crackle as well, so you can watch shows on your TV that way.
5. Your Local Library
Did you know that many libraries have free DVD rentals? Here is the video section of the Rogers Free Library in Bristol, RI:
Not bad, eh? This library also shows free very recent movies (just a few months old) every week in their community room! Check your local library for events like that.
6. Borrow or Swap DVDs
A lot of people are phasing out their DVD collections and have many old movies sitting around in their garages and closets. Ask friends if you can borrow or exchange movies to watch. Many of them will be so eager to get rid of them, they might just give them to you outright.
7. Social Viewing
I used to live in an apartment complex where we'd have a potluck and watch "Friends" together every Wednesday night in one of our apartments. More recently, I met up with hard-core "Breaking Bad" fans to watch the finale.
Find other hard-core fans of shows you like, like "Game of Thrones", "Walking Dead", and so forth, then see if they'd be willing to have you over for mini viewing parties. Do the same thing for big sporting events like the World Series, Superbowl, Stanley Cup, etc.
Offer to make dinner or provide snacks in exchange for being able to watch special shows with friends or family. Make TV viewing a social activity!
Non-Free Options (But Still Cheaper than Cable)
These options are not free, but are cheaper than cable TV in most cases. Most of these require a high-speed Internet connection.
1. Sling TV ($25 per month and up)
Sling TV costs $25/month and gets you many cable channels including ESPN, AMC, A&E, History Channel, etc. all streaming live just like cable or broadcast TV.
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2. Netflix/Hulu ($8 per month and up)
These subscription services do not stream live TV, but rather have a library of movies and TV shows to watch at your convenience.
Netflix is great for movies and original programming like "Game of Thrones". Hulu is best for TV shows but has some movies as well. Both start at $8 per month and go up from there.
If you want to view these services on your TV, you'll need a set-top-box like an Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, or Chromecast, or a "smart" TV or DVD player with Internet capabilities.
3. Amazon Prime ($119 per year)
Amazon Prime gives you access to a library of TV shows and movies, as well as free shipping on Amazon.com for $99 per year. The selection of movies and TV shows is not as extensive as Netflix' or Hulu's, but there are some good ones in their library. You get other perks like access to thousands of songs and books, and free online photo storage.
4. Amazon Video Rental or Purchase (Starting at $6 per rental)
Of course, you can also buy or rent movies and TV shows à la carte on Amazon.com. Typical cost to rent a recently released movie is $6 while cost to buy is around $20.
5. YouTube TV ($50/month)
Confusingly, YouTube TV is different from regular YouTube. For $35 per month, YouTube TV will let you stream live TV from over 40 cable channels including the major networks, AMC, ESPN, Fox News, MSNBC and FX. It's a good deal. Internet connection is required of course.
YouTube TV available in many major cities but unfortunately not smaller towns and rural areas where broadcast TV reception is usually the poorest. So, although I think this is a good deal, it's not available where it's needed the most.
6. Thrift Stores and Used CD Stores
Don't forget about thrift stores and used CD stores – you can find some good DVD's at these places, if you don't mind watching older movies and TV shows.
I go to Second Spin, both to look for stuff, and to sell my old CDs back for cash.
Once you view DVDs, you can trade them with friends.
7. Sports bars
If you want sports, why not watch the occasional game at your local sports bar? It's true that you have to spend money on food or drink at a sports bar, but if you don't go too often, the extra money you spend won't be nearly as much as your monthly cable bill.
What else?
Okay, these are the ways that I could think of to watch TV and movies if you are far from broadcast TV stations and don't have cable or satellite TV. Many of these require high-speed Internet. Here are some tips to reduce the cost of your Internet access.
Can you think of any other ideas? Please share below! – Brian
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With this in mind, and in keeping with the odd river carping session I've had on the river dee recently, I thought I'd take a little look back at the time I spent fishing the river weaver for carp a few years back.
I first fished the river weaver back in July 1998, I'd chosen to fish the winsford stretch of the river at an area that is now known as the sunken boat, this area of the river weaver was just outside winsford town centre. I well remember my first night on the river, it was a Friday night, I'd been down to the river the night before and put in 5 kilos of hemp/groats and 400 boilies around the sunken boat and down the near margin. When I settled down for that first night I didn't quite know what to expect, I love that 'not knowing' feeling in my fishing, the saying 'who dares wins' springs to mind, walking onto a water you have no prior knowledge of and not knowing if your onto a winner or completely wasting your time!. It's so much more rewarding than sitting on a lake fishing for a named carp that has been caught many times before.
That Friday night I topped up my swim with a little more hemp and a light scattering of boilies, at the time I was using nutrabaits pineapple and banana readymades and these proved to be a real winner on the river weaver. I actually only waited 40 minutes for my first run from a river carp, a blistering take from the rod fished tight to the upstream end of the boat, I remember that particular carp being very stubborn, it seemed to take an age before I finally slipped the net under it. Much to my delight my first river weaver carp actually turned out to be a twenty, 21lb 4oz and a common to boot. That was quite a start to my first river carping campaign, a twenty within the first hour was more than I could have hoped for. I also had another carp that first night, a high single of 9lb+. I was hooked after that and what turned out as a break from my fishing at capesthorne hall eventually turned into my next north west carp venue.
I fished the winsford stretch of the river weaver for a few months and caught very well, funnily enough that twenty I had first night actually turned out to be the only twenty I caught from that particular section of river. I believe I had my baiting tactics spot on for the river, I eventually settled on fishing upstream of the boat, which was a good feature. Heavy baiting with hemp, groats and boilies proved to be perfect baiting tactics on the river, the hemp and groats had massive attraction and were superb at holding carp that would travel the river during the night looking for food. The nutrabaits pineapple and banana boilies worked a treat fished over the hemp/groats and carp could literally home in on my heavily baited spot as the attraction leaking off the bait was carried downstream.
Unknown to me at the time, night fishing wasn't allowed on the winsford stretch of the river weaver and a chance meeting with another angler put me right regarding the fishing in that particular area. I had no intention of continuing to fish this section of river knowing I wasn't supposed to be night fishing so I called it a day after a couple of months and left the river alone. At the time I was still fishing the stoke on trent anglers water capesthorne hall and I continued on there for another couple of years before accepting my time on there had run it's course.
I wanted legal night fishing on the river weaver and when the time came I joined northwich angling association and moved my weaver campaign further down river and below hulse's island. I've decided to split this river weaver piece into two parts, moving downstream to fish northwich waters turned out to be a good move and it began a superb summers fishing in which I didn't see a single blank session, I night fished the northwich sections of the river from June until the very end of October, I never missed a Friday night and I never failed to catch at least one carp on each trip, multiple carp captures where the norm with the odd twenty cropping up too.
There's also the winter carp fishing on the river, my winter carping on the weaver turned out to be a real eye opener and I found the carp easy to catch especially during periods of high pressure and sharp frosts which you would normally associate with poor fishing conditions.
I'll talk more of my river weaver carping next time as the northwich sections of the river and the baiting tactics I used on there deserve a page all of their own.
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Or, perhaps, why they hate what we hope to become. For as we hope to become true imitators of Christ, it is not us but Him Who they condemn. The reading from yesterday's Mass:
For they reasoned unsoundly, saying to themselves, "Short and sorrowful is our life, and there is no remedy when a man comes to his end, and no one has been known to return from Hades.
"Let us lie in wait for the righteous man, because he is inconvenient to us and opposes our actions; he reproaches us for sins against the law, and accuses us of sins against our training. He professes to have knowledge of God, and calls himself a child of the Lord. He became to us a reproof of our thoughts; the very sight of him is a burden to us, because his manner of life is unlike that of others, and his ways are strange. We are considered by him as something base, and he avoids our ways as unclean; he calls the last end of the righteous happy, and boasts that God is his father.
Let us see if his words are true, and let us test what will happen at the end of his life; for if the righteous man is God's son, he will help him, and will deliver him from the hand of his adversaries. Let us test him with insult and torture, that we may find out how gentle he is, and make trial of his forbearance. Let us condemn him to a shameful death, for, according to what he says, he will be protected."
Thus they reasoned, but they were led astray, for their wickedness blinded them, and they did not know the secret purposes of God, nor hope for the wages of holiness, nor discern the prize for blameless souls.
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Each week, C-VILLE's Green Scene page takes a look at local environmental news. The section's bulletin board has information on local green events and keeps you up to date on statewide happenings. Got an event or a tip you'd like to see here and in the paper? Write us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Lit lecture: Head t0 the Ivy Creek Natural Area's Education Building at 1pm Thursday, March 21 for a lecture from author and Dickinson College English professor Ashton Nichols, who will offer a talk on his most recent work, Beyond Romantic Ecocriticism: Toward Urbanatural Roosting. The book chronicles shifting views about nature in 20th and 21st century thought, and is on a special environmental panel at the 2013 Festival of the Book.
Testing the waters: The Rivanna Conservation Society (RCS) will hold a noon talk on bacteria monitoring in the Rivanna River on Thursday, March 21 at the Jefferson Madison Regional Library on East Market Street. Rose Brown of StreamWatch, Leslie Middleton of the Rivanna River Basin Commission, and Robbi Savage of RCS will speak.
Deer under threat: The National Park Service is gathering public input as it develops a plan to manage the threat of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in deer populations in Shenandoah National Park. The prion disease—similar to Mad Cow, but known to appear only in deer—hasn't been found in the park yet, but has been observed in Franklin County south of Roanoke. Learn more and add your voice at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/shen.


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To celebrate Desmond's first trip around the sun we wanted his party to reflect his personality. So what kind of party do you give to a baby that can move a solid wood kitchen table?
Mama's little strongman got a Strongman themed party!
Mama's little strongman got a Strongman themed party!
This theme involved a lot of diy on my part and I was so happy to do it. Allow me to give you a tour of my party crafting skills in no particular order.
Let's begin with the striped party hats with furry mustache stickers. I had 8 hats and 6 stickers so I did some quick trace and cut using my two favorite mustache shaped sticker backs on black felt, no one knew the difference.
We ended up with a lot of balloons and I grabbed these vintage sewing weights from the studio to split them up and hold them down. They looked very dumbbell-esque to me.
Remember when I diy-ed the invites in this post? Here is what those popcorn bags look like with popcorn in them. They were about three inches taller but I gave them a haircut with my old pinking shears (not the ones I currently use for sewing) because that was just too much popcorn per person.
I was right on that, by the way, I'm still eating it.
I was right on that, by the way, I'm still eating it.
You knew I wouldn't let my dollar-store-ticket-find go to waste. I sprinkled them all over the treat table like a tent floor littered with tickets, only cleaner.
Party banner for the treat table! I had the striped fabric and bias tape in my stash. I used the banner pattern from Sewing with Oilcloth by Kelly McCants and layered my pieces to feel tent-like.
Full disclosure: I know Kelly and you can catch a couple of glimpses of me modeling in this book.
Speaking of treats...
Between Desmond's dairy allergy and the gross amounts of sugar in store bought cakes, oh my, we don't go that route, ever. So I whipped up our family favorite, Vegan Oreo Cupcakes. Those actually aren't Oreo's, they are a Whole Foods knock-off that have less bad stuff and taste so much better. If you didn't know already, Oreo's are vegan, and so are these.
Desmond's first taste of anything sweeter than an apple. Of course he ate the whole cupcake, didn't share any with the dog, and I only half watched through parted fingers like it was a horror movie.
I can't let the circus bib go unnoticed, it was part of the stash I made back here.
I can't let the circus bib go unnoticed, it was part of the stash I made back here.
Time for presents!!! Desmond's only handmade by mama present was Sal but note the red striped craft paper in the bottom right corner, I got super hi-tech crafty on this one.
Yep, it took me all of 15 minutes to draw stripes on the entire roll. After wrapping packages I had enough left over to cover the present table and the buffet.
Ignore the fact that my husband and his brother look slightly deranged in this photo and let's talk t-shirts.
The most expensive birthday project was Dana's t-shirt because I had to buy a new (re: clean) one and we went Made in USA with American Apparel. I had some iron-on transfer paper and printed out our strongman from the invites, remember him.
Ah! And there he is again! I made this quicky flag for our front porch using the same iron-on transfer technique. Our neighborhood is big on porch flags, and we aren't, but the hardware was already on our house and this added a great side-show feel. Nothing says step right up like a strongman flag.
Yes, it's still on display.
Yes, it's still on display.
It wasn't just Dada who got to wear a strongman tee. We picked up this guy by Pinecone and Chickadee at Crafty Bastards last year when we were vending with a 6-week-old Desmond. He had already earned his nickname.
I know parents can get pretty crazy and spend a lot of money on a first birthday. I'm happy to report that we spent WAY more on feeding our family good food instead of the decorations.
And it all looked pretty fantastic, if I do say so myself.
Oh, happy day!!!
And it all looked pretty fantastic, if I do say so myself.
Oh, happy day!!!


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I Am Ms. Fuller and I Am…
– A licensed English teacher in Ohio
– Passionate about teaching
– An avid reader
– An amateur nature photographer
– A native Clevelander (and proud of it!)
– A tree-hugger
– A Xavier Musketeer
– and so much more…
In 2009-2010 I taught 9-12 grade English at an alternative high school as a sub for a woman on maternity leave. Currently I work with emotionally disturbed and cognitively delayed students in grades 8-11. As the security of my position is unsure I am looking for other teaching positions and while I'm at it I am busy acquainting myself with the world of YA Literature one book at a time.
I love to read YA literature and realized that I had no way of remembering what I liked/didn't like about a book and whether I would ever want to use it in the future, so I decided to review them here on this blog. I will be putting each review into different categories in order to aid you in finding books specific to your needs. These categories will revolve around intended audience and content matter.
Please comment and let me know whether my format is useful or not, and what else would be helpful. I will continue evolving the way that I review these books, and would love for this to be a useful tool for teachers/parents and maybe students to pick out quality books.
I have some links going to Amazon through their affiliate program, and some from the indiebound affiliates program because it supports local/independent book stores. Any money made from these links will be used to continue building my classroom library. So if you feel inclined to buy one of the books reviewed, feel free to do so by linking through my site. If you choose not to order online I encourage you to find an independent bookstore in your area.
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An airline has warned people who point green lasers at planes that it is "an extremely dangerous act".
Easyjet spoke out following the latest incident as a plane came in to land at Edinburgh Airport.
The Easyjet aircraft was flying from Belfast when its captain reported a green laser being shone at his plane from [...]


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Paradox Interactive is hosting an event for their newest title, The Showdown Effect, on their Twitch.TV stream Thursday March 7th at 11AM PST (7pm GMT).
The 2.5D sidescrolling multiplayer combat title, complete with terrible one-liners and over-the-top explosions, features built-in Twitch integration so that anyone running and gunning in-game as their favorite action hero stereotype can stream all the explosive action and guitar riffs with just the simple click of a button.
But hey — this is a video game — we should just show you what it's about, right? Paradox Interactive will host a live stream extravaganza of The Showdown Effect this Thursday, and they'll have special guests The GD Studio with them! Who is The GD Studio you ask? Befitting of a cheesy action movie plot..
Ten years ago, in 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they did not commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortunes. They are… The GD Studio!
The GD Studio will take on Paradox Interactive and Arrowhead Game Studios in a winner-take-all team-based competition, pitting the best of the best against a special forces unit of action hero specialists at Paradox including a team of Paradox producers, the QA team, and Arrowhead Game Studios' own ninja squad. Producer Shams Jorjani and Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt will be moderating the action, barefoot and with glass strewn all over the floor, from atop Paradox Tower.
Four teams. One survivor. All chaos. Way too many clichés.
Tune into the Paradox Interactive channel on Twitch this Thursday and watch these teams Face Off and Die Hard as they try to draw First Blood with their Lethal Weapon of choice.
Fight to the death, or die trying.
Be sure to check out the event on Paradox Interactive's Official Twitch page and let us know down in the comments whether you are looking forward to some old school action.


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New Dropbox for Business features aim to get skeptical IT on board
More IT-centric features are realized in a revamped Dropbox for Business. But will it whet the whistle of IT in a competitive cloud storage market?
Dropbox continues to be viewed as a consumer product and struggles to make headway in the enterprise file-sync and -share market, but the company took steps recently to entice IT with some important Dropbox for Business administration features.
The most significant update for users, of which the company says there are 275 million worldwide, is the ability to access a Dropbox for personal use and a Dropbox for enterprise use from any device. Users can link each Dropbox to view the files in a more consistent fashion.
Doing this required a rebuild of not just Dropbox for Business, but of Dropbox itself, said Drew Houston, CEO, at a press event where the new features were unveiled last week.
If there's one misstep and a million usernames are stolen, obviously no enterprise is going to take you seriously.
Michael Oh,
IT consultant, Tech Superpowers
Administrators now have the ability to remove and reassign Dropbox for Business user files when an employee leaves. IT can also conduct a remote wipe of a Dropbox for Business folder if data is compromised and sharing audit logs show where the data is accessed.
Dropbox also gave information about an anticipated collaboration feature, dubbed "Project Harmony," that lets users edit the same file in other native applications, engage in conversations and sync wherever it resides. The company expects the feature to be available later this year.
Project Harmony will start with Microsoft Office product compatibility. At last week's event, Dropbox demonstrated Project Harmony on Microsoft PowerPoint. The feature is expected to extend to other applications in the future, according to the company.
And Dropbox didn't stop with the product updates; the company came to an agreement this week to acquire document-editing and collaboration startup Hackpad. Hackpad specializes in collaborative note-taking, file sharing and synchronized commenting on documents, similar to what Dropbox presented with Project Harmony.
Whether the new features can attract IT buyers is an open question, given years of concerns over Dropbox's security capabilities, especially in a hot market like cloud storage and file sync and share. But any company that boasts 275 million users will have an enterprise impact, whether IT administrators want it or not.
Comparisons can be drawn between the IT impact of Dropbox and that of Apple several years ago when iOS devices began to dominate the business landscape, according to Michael Oh, president and founder of Tech Superpowers, an IT managed service provider based in Boston.
More iOS devices handling company data meant administrators had to react by implementing mobile device management controls on the devices, and now those same administrators must react to data traveling through something like Dropbox.
"If you have hundreds of people that have Dropbox accounts, which really is the case within a large organization, then companies really need to seriously look at Dropbox for Business or something similar to that," Oh said.
Dropbox is also showing an enterprise commitment with several new hires, bringing in Ross Piper, a former senior vice president at Salesforce.com, and more recently, Robert Baesman, a former senior director of product management at VMware.
Dropbox has more ground to make up
But what Dropbox offers for business has to be up to snuff for IT. A lack of focus on the enterprise has caused Dropbox to fall behind competitors like Box and Citrix's ShareFile, according to Matt Kosht, IT director for a utility company in Alaska.
An important aspect for IT is holding control over the data that may be stored in the cloud, and without that, the proposition can be a tough sell, Kosht said.
"If I stuck trade secrets up in a cloud, I'm going to want to encrypt that with my own keys," Kosht said.
Dropbox encrypts files at rest using 256-bit Advanced Encryption Standard protection and the Secure Sockets Layer protocol during data transfer. But the company was one of many impacted by the "Heartbleed" bug, and was criticized for posting an update on its blog rather than alerting users directly and immediately.
In today's IT environment, a company like Dropbox can't be careful enough when it comes to security and vulnerabilities, Oh said.
"If there's one misstep and a million usernames are stolen, obviously no enterprise is going to take you seriously," he said.
Box, generally viewed as Dropbox's top competitor, recently introduced several enterprise-centric features including Box View, a cloud-based document viewer for PDFs and Microsoft Office documents that also converts files into HTML for Web and mobile viewing.
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Cloud file-sharing services features, price comparison
Box invested time over the last several years into its product features to make it more appealing to enterprises, Kosht said.
"[The new Dropbox for Business] can give you an audit trail and remote wipe, but otherwise it's still pretty much Dropbox," he said.
Numerous other companies are vying for this market, including mobility management vendors like AirWatch by VMware's Secure Content Locker and MobileIron's Docs@Work. Other companies like Accellion, Acronis, AppSense, Soonr, WatchDox, FilesAnywhere, Biscom and Novell, among many others, offer alternatives to Dropbox. Microsoft recently updated its similar product, OneDrive.
Dropbox for Business is available for a 14-day free trial or in two pricing models: $15 per user per month for a minimum of five users, or $795 per year for a five-user team; an additional $125 per user per year is charged for additional users. Plans start with 1,000 Gb of space.
Dropbox did not provide comment.


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Ukraine: Russian Troops or Militia
I had an ex-US military friend disagree with me on if the troops active in Ukraine's Crimea could be substantiated as Russian or not.
His argument was that journalists confirmed that the men were from Russia, they carry modern Russian weapons only available to the Russian military, all the vehicles are painted the same color, their uniforms are new and uniformly colored, and they sport Russian license plates.
Another ex-US military friend said that, from what he saw, the uniforms were not uniform, the vehicles were not all the same, and many people own weapons they are not supposed to, even in the US. He wonders why would we think Russians and Ukrainians do not have such weapons, especially since we saw "protesters" on Maidan, and ultra-nationalists, with weapons.
I do not necessarily believe the troops are Russian. I have seen no real proof to be able to say they are, or they are not. Nobody really does.
My personal view is that it is quite plausible these are Russian Private Security Company (PSC) "mercenaries," much like the ones that were deployed in Syria. These Private Military Company (PMC) troops are often used worldwide, such as the ones that were used in Iraq on the US side (officially and unofficially) and the Balkans by NATO. These services are available worldwide. They are often used when governments want to influence matters "unofficially" and "legally."
They have been talking about forming such companies to use their retired military personnel for a while. Although not "officially allowed," they have been in existence for many years. Moran Company and Slavonic Company have both been identified in Syria, You will notice in the second picture, here, they look amazingly similar to the troops in Crimea.
We also have non-professional "troops" in Crimea sporting modern Russian weaponry, including US made holographic sights on the weapons. This picture is from a "takeover attempt" on the Crimean parliament.
I will also point out that Crimea is a retirement community for Russian and Ukrainian officers and troops. The militia they formed is well-trained, and likely well armed.
If these guys are PMC troops, I would assume any answer to a journalist's question about where they are from would be "Russia." Putin is a smart, ex-KGB, man. If he was going to sneak forces in, he would order the men to not speak to anyone, nor say where they are from (and would take Russian license plates from vehicles).
One last thought… US news continues to state that there is no proof of "radical ultra-nationalists" (city hall meeting in Vasilkov) as Putin claims, nor danger to Russians in Crimea (the photo above came from this French news video). As Posner said on CNN, "if they haven't been able to find Nazis in that government, I'll tell you frankly, they haven't looked very hard."
Maybe Mr. Putin is not as crazy as the West makes him to be, and maybe there are reasons Western Europe is not so quick to support America.
Me thinks there is propaganda at play on the US side again.


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Crowdfunding platforms have grabbed a lot of attention of late. This phenomenon first started in the US and then went to Europe and recently we see it in India. Many entrepreneurs now have access to capital from these platforms quite similar to the funding that they generally get from Angel investors or from other VCs.
Investors can now start investing sums from as little as £10! As one of the new investors on these crowdfunding platforms like Seedrs, Crowdcube, Funding Circle and many more, I started to get a feeling that this is indeed a great opportunity for individuals to become part of a great idea and a great team which is highly motivated and has resolved to do something different, something big. You might see that a team wants to build a product that resonates with you, something that you also wanted to do but never started.
If you have ever watched UK's famous BBC series Dragons Den then you must have aspired to sit along with other Dragons and watch entrepreneurs making a pitch in front of you, to impress you and get funding. How does it work? Entrepreneurs pitch their idea in the form of a 3-5 minute video, they talk about the founding team and their shareholding, their commitment after investment, the market they are targeting, monetization strategy, current valuation, equity that they are willing to share in exchange of funds that they want to raise. For those investors who want to know more, they provide Q&A section where you can ask questions publicly and privately. Individual investors can decide how much money they want to put in and the crowdfunding platform takes care of the rest, especially any formalities or compliances/ documentation requirements. Investors make money if that company is either acquired or goes public.
In the beginning to become part of such platforms one had to be a HNI (High Net worth Individual) but now it's open to all. All you have to do is answer a set of questions that highlights the risks associated with early stage investments and then you are good to go.
Such campaigns run from 30-60 days and most platforms expect campaigns to be fully funded, otherwise the money will be returned back to the investors. This is also regulated in UK and there are tax benefits for investing in early stage start-ups. Platforms make money by charging a fixed commission of 5-7% of the money raised by the entrepreneurs and they may also charge some commission from investors when they make money or in case of exiting the investment.
Interestingly Seedrs themselves have raised money two times on their platform, in the first round they raised £2,583,420 in exchange for 33.3% equity, valuing company at £5,174,171 and in second round they raised £2,500,008 in exchange for 8.33%, valuing company at £27,499,992.
There are many such success stories and we have a recent case where Brewdog raised £5m on crowdfunding platforms breaking all the past records!
Some experts argue that the current crowdfunding process is not fair for the crowd as many platforms themselves act as nominees, which means that the crowd does not have much say or many rights. Experts also say that the information available is not enough and investors do not properly scrutinise numbers before putting in their money as they are not professional investors. However, the fact is that this kind of investment which was only available to few selected individuals or some institutions in the past, is now available to almost everybody who is willing to take a punt.
What might happen in 2016?
I have no doubt that this trend will continue and many more such platforms will become available and more and more entrepreneurs will prefer to raise money from crowdfunding platforms.
One thing that really stands out is that there are no negotiations happening between the crowd and the entrepreneurs. Even if I am just putting in £200, and you have many such small investors, the overall amount raised is still quite large. From half a million to £5m, that is a lot of money. I believe as these platforms mature and individual investors start realizing that it is very high risk game, they will start questioning more and will want to negotiate even if the amount invested is small. Hopefully soon, these platforms will provide a way for the crowd to negotiate with entrepreneurs, and get a better deal and proper valuation of the company. I hope to see all this happening in 2016.


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Table of Contents
"The Real Ebonics Debate: Power, Language, and the Education of African-American Children," is edited by Theresa Perry and Lisa Delpit. Based on a special issue of Rethinking Schools (Fall, 1997), it is published in collaboration with Beacon Press of Boston.
The Real Ebonics Debate: Power, Language, and the Education of African-American Children
A forward to the book, by the editors of Rethinking Schools.
An Introduction from the editors
Editors Theresa Perry and Lisa Delpit provide a brief history of the Ebonics controversy in Oakland and explain what they hope this collection of articles will accomplish.
"I 'on Know Why They Be Trippin'"
By Theresa Perry
An essay on the political furor that greeted the Oakland School Board's resolution on Ebonics, and some of the issues that were glossed over during the noisy national debate that followed.
Ebonics and Culturally Responsive Instruction
By Lisa Delpit
A closer look at some of the connections between language, teaching and cultural identity.
Black English/Ebonics: What It Be Like?
By Geneva Smitherman
Some of the history and technical specifics that define Ebonics.
If Ebonics Isn't a Language, Then Tell Me, What Is?
By Wayne O'Neil
A linguist addresses some of the more common questions about Ebonics and the Oakland School Board resolution, and some of the misconceptions about the resolution spread by the mainstream media.
Holding On To A Language of Our Own
An Interview with John Rickford
The noted scholar, who has studied the relation between language and culture for the past 25 years, answers questions about the development of African-American language and its connections to contemporary U.S. society.
What is Black English? What is Ebonics?
By Ernie Smith
Observations and reflections by one of the consultants to the Oakland School District's Standard English Proficiency program.
If Black English Isn't a Language, Then Tell Me, What Is?
By James Baldwin
The acclaimed writer speaks his mind on language, politics and power in this article, originally published as a letter to the editor of The New York Times in 1979.
Ebonics: Myths and Realities
By Mary Rhodes Hoover
A point-by-point rebuttal to some of the prevailing myths about Ebonics, literacy among African-American children and education.
Embracing Ebonics and Teaching Standard English: An Interview with Oakland Teacher Carrie Secret
This 31-year veteran of Oakland classrooms explains the effects of the Standard English Proficiency program, which recognizes the systematic, rule-governed nature of "Black English" while helping students learn Standard English, and how respect and cultural awareness can help teachers reach their students.
Literature from Children's Roots
By Terry Meier
Why books written by African-American authors are important to children's literacy development.
Using "Flossie and the Fox"
Some ways that teachers can use this spirited book, which features several characters who speak in "the rich and colorful dialect of the rural South," to increase the linguistic awareness of children.
Teaching Teachers About Black Communications
By Terry Meier
How teachers can prepare themselves to help African-American students embrace Standard English as well as — not instead of — their own dialect.
Removing the Mask: Roots of Oppression Through Omission
By Monique Brinson
An African-American teacher reflects on how to help children embrace Standard English without letting go of their own cultural identity, her own struggle to rebuild her self-image, and why this matters.
Ebonics Speakers and Cultural, Linguistic, and Political Test Bias
by Mary Rhodes Hoover
"Listen to Your Students"
An interview with Oakland High School English Teacher Hafeezah AdamaDavia Dalji
The Oakland Ebonics Resolution
The full text of the controversial resolution passed by the Oakland School Board on Dec. 18, 1996, including revisions made to the original version and a "policy statement" by the board which accompanied the resolution.
Recommendations of the Task Force on Educating African-American Students
The recommendations on cultural-linguistic literacy approved by the Oakland School Board on Jan. 21, 1997.
What is the Standard English Proficiency Program?
Explanations by the Oakland school district of this important program.
Oakland Superintendent Responds to Critics of the Ebonics Policy
By Carolyn Getridge
A defense and explanation of the Oakland school district's actions by the woman who was running the Oakland school district when the Ebonics furor erupted.
Linguistic Society of America's Resolution on Ebonics
The text of a resolution passed by the society on Jan. 3, 1997, which concludes that the Oakland resolution was "linguistically and pedagogically sound."
Opening Pandora's Box
An Interview with Oakland School Board member Toni Cook.
An Oakland Student Speaks Out
By Michael Lampkins
The testimony before Congress by the student member of the Oakland School Board.
Ebonics and the Role of Community
An interview with activist Isaac Taggert
Official Language; Unofficial Reality
By Joyce Hope Scott
One woman's experiences acquiring bilingual and bicultural fluency in a segregated Southern community.
Black English: Steppin Up? Lookin Back
By Beverly Jean Smith
Thoughts on the cultural disrespect inherent in much of the criticism of the Ebonics resolution in Oakland, and the struggles of African Americans to cope with such hostility.


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Obesity among adults and teenagers is considered to be one of the most common and disturbing problems globally, at least in economically-prosperous countries. Though food manufacturers notify customers about the nutritional value and the amounts of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates contained in most products, this does not contribute to decreasing the scope of the obesity issue. Nutritionists say that the origins of the problem lay not only in what people eat, but in how they eat. Consequently, it is essential to have knowledge about the most common eating habits and offer alternatives to each of them.
The general population's consensus in developed countries is that if they consume larger portions or high-calorie food, they will feel full longer; accordingly, during their lunch breaks, they eat as much as they can, and then return to their offices. While those who have active professions, such as construction workers or woodsmen, burn calories faster and thus are less exposed to obesity, many office workers can be categorized as being connected to risk, as they sit down at a desk for many hours after eating. Eating at night is even worse, as a person does not simply lie in bed, but processes in their body, including food digestion, slows down. An effective alternative is to eat more often, but in smaller portions, and to chew food thoroughly—in this case, satiety will occur sooner, and last longer, than if you were swallowing big bites.
Opposed to popular opinion, fats are useful and beneficial for the human body. At the same time, this does not mean you can eat all fatty food without limitation. Trans fats and saturated fats, taken excessively, increases the risk of heart disease and obesity, because one gram of fat has about twice as many calories per gram as carbohydrates and proteins (Web MD). On the other hand, a healthy diet should include monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats. Monounsaturated fats are contained in such products as oil, peanut oil, and olive oil, as well as avocados, nuts, and seeds. Polyunsaturated fats, including Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids, can be found in fatty fish such as salmon, herring, mackerel, anchovies, and sardines (Helpguide). One should also try different types of protein, simultaneously moving away from making it the center of your daily meals.
Many people who try to lose weight make excessive efforts involving personal will power, forbidding themselves from products that they want. When you recognize certain foods as prohibited, your body will start to want more of it. In this case, if you fall into temptation, you will most likely experience a strong feeling of guilt or failure. In most cases, reducing portions of "banned" products and eating them rarely rather than usually is a more effective measure: you do not feel like you have to sacrifice your favorite food in favor of healthy nutrition. And as time goes on, you will discover that your craving for such food decreases.
Though many people share the myth that healthy nutrition means counting calories and panicking about every sip of beer or chocolate, it is not true. The secret is not what people eat, but how they eat. Most often what they need is not a diet, but a revision of their eating habits. This includes split meals in smaller portions, a more balanced combination of fats, proteins, and carbohydrates, and reducing, not giving up, food which is favored but not exactly healthy.
Paul, Maya W., Melinda Smith, and Jeanne Segal. "Healthy Eating: Easy Tips for Planning a Healthy Diet & Sticking to It." Helpguide. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 July 2013.
"Healthy Eating for Weight Loss." Web MD. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 July 2013.
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When it comes to interface parts, saving weight by shifting to a composite is a challenge because of out-of-plane loading. To avoid increasing costs, function integration is a necessity.
SKF Solutions helps to achieve these goals, thanks to two major futuristic technologies – SKF Black Design and SKF bearing integration.
1. SKF Black Design is the capability of making high-performance, out-of-plane loaded parts from fiber-reinforced materials. Once the way of using the composite technology for an interface part is fully accomplished, it will open up a new field of opportunity, brought about by composite technology through function integration of such a bearing.
2 . SKF bearing integration efficiently embeds a bearing into a composite part by providing a strong interface to the outer ring of a rolling bearing or integrating a spherical plain bearing into a composite housing.
These composite technologies are able to address a very wide range of issues:
- reducing the weight of existing metallic parts by consolidating them into one composite solution
- enabling function integration of new features such as sensor solutions
- solving fatigue problems on cyclically loaded parts
- avoiding corrosion by using a material insensitive to a corrosive environment
- designing out noise and vibration by adding stiffness, shifting weight or embedding damping systems.
Focus 1: Development of composite structural parts with SKF Black Design
SKF Black Design challenges gravity
This technology provides the capability to design and build parts for structural interfaces in a composite material. Within the aircraft industry, the use of composite materials has soared, yet traditional design techniques provide only limited improvements in their structural performance. This has restricted the applications that composite solutions could be applied to. SKF has succeeded in meeting the technical challenge of turning metal structural interface parts into lightweight and high-performing composite parts. The result of years of research and development is called SKF Black Design. SKF achieved this exceptional result by changing the paradigm of composite-part engineering. Deploying conventional part designs in composite rather than metal ("Black Metal" approach) yields only modest improvements in performance, and the parts remain prone to unfolding and delamination. However, in SKF Black Design, the matrix (resin) material is used where it performs best: in compression. To make this happen, SKF engineers developed new forms, shapes and part geometries, designed to make sure that in areas subject to out-of-plane loading, the resin remains in compression through the laminate thickness. This leads to higher shear stress resistance and eliminates the unfolding effect. The use of hemispherical washers to avoid any tendency to punch through and, in addition, provide compression in the composite is an example of a clever solution that is proven to significantly increase the strength of the part.
The designs also incorporate sophisticated corrugations and the carefully balanced use of bulk and continuous reinforcing materials – all knowledge that the SKF Composite Centre uses to help its partners.
The goal of weight saving in aircraft is to reduce both fuel consumption and the impact on the environment. This has led to a 50% increase in the use of composite materials in the latest generation of commercial aircraft. Increased use of composite materials in aircraft, however, is limited by the structural performance obtained with the traditional design of composite parts. SKF Black Design provides the structural performance required by combining the use of existing carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) materials with innovative design techniques. SKF Black Design extends the scope of application of composite solutions to structural parts with a competitive mass-versus-cost ratio, compared with the current metallic solutions.
The composite materials most commonly used in the aerospace industry are made by stacking pre-impregnated plies of carbon fiber. The resin enables transmission of the load between fibers and ensures the cohesion between the plies. This technology fits well with fuselage, wing, frame and stringers as the laminate is primarily subjected to in-plane loads. For these geometries, the carbon fibers provide high strength and stiffness in the orientation of the fibers; however, in the direction normal to the plane of the fibres, the mechanical properties of the material are dominated by the resin. The resin is the bonding agent and has a poor strength compared with carbon fiber (about 50 times less). Therefore, use of composite materials is limited for structural parts with out-of-plane loading, such as structural interface parts such as T-shaped fittings and cleats (fig. 1). With traditional geometry, metallic fittings and cleats are subjected to folding/unfolding phenomena. In composite fittings of the same shape, the same loading pattern leads to the separation of the CFRP plies in the 90° corner due to interlaminar stresses in the resin. This phenomenon is called delamination and occurs at a very low level of loading, which results in a non-feasible part.


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"Serious or Fool?" is the title of Osaka Chicka's latest exhibition – which are you?
Osaka lets her imagination run riot in this exploration of fantastical illustration, with weird and wonderful characters drawn in her own individual style. Among the creatures waiting to make your acquaintance are a fish-man, and a turtle-woman who's staple diet is apparently cucumbers.
As a winner of several awards and one of Japan's premier female illustrators, this is a wonderful chance to be entranced by the work of Osaka Chika.
What: Osaka Chika @ Shirota gallery http://www.gaden.jp/shirota.html
When: 19th – 24th April 2010, 11am – 7pm (closed Sundays)
Where: 7-10-8 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061 (4 minutes walk from Ginza station)
How much: free


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Cutie Stix Cut and Create Station Review
Today on the blog we are doing something a little different…we are making our very own, customizable jewellery! And to help me out, I have my lovely niece with me. She is seven so this sort of thing is right up her street.
The Cutie Stix Cut & Create Station is aimed at kids over six years and has everything you need to make your own jewellery, nail art and figures. The kit retails for £29.99 and includes the following:
1 display unit, 1 cutting unit, 1 coring unit, 1 threader, 4 Mighty Stix, 14 Cutie Stix, 6 Teeny Stix, 2 spools of thread, 2 sets of clasp connectors, adhesive strips to stick the teeny stix to your fingernails and 18 figure connectors.
Let Your Imagination Run Wild!
The great thing about the Cutie Stix set is that you can make a range of things. You can make bracelets and necklaces, you can create cute nail art, or you can make tiny figures using the mighty Stix. The opportunities to customize, and mix and max are endless. There are so many cute Stix available in the refill packs too.
How to Make Your Own Jewellery
Making a bracelet or necklace is fairly easy using the cutting and coring units. I say fairly because although my niece is 7, she still needed a bit of help with the coring. It took us a while to work through the instructions to make sure we were doing everything right too!
First you want to pick out some Stix that you like. We found a mix of the Mighty and Cutie Stix work well for the bracelets.
First, use the cutting station to slice your Stix into small pieces. There are two settings which you select for either the large Mighty Stix or the smaller Cutie ones. You use a tool (supplied) to push the Stix into the cutting machine. You DO NOT need to use tiny fingers to do this!
Once the Stix are in place, you simply press down to cut and they pop out the other end. Sometimes we needed to give the unit a little shake 🙂
Take a look at our short video of us using the cutting station!
How to Core Your Pieces
Once you've cut your Stix, you need to "core" them using the coring unit.
There are two boxes which vary in size and allow you to cut the pieces vertically or horizontally. So you can see here, one is for the large Stix pieces, and one for the smaller ones.
Depending on where you want the hole to run through will determine which way into the unit you place these boxes. We found this part a little tricky, especially when trying to core the Mighty Stix.
The set comes with a little tool to help remove any rubber stuck inside. The instructions do state to push down twice but even I struggled a few times to get the unit to fully core the larger pieces!
Get Threading
Once you've cut and cored your pieces, it's time to thread them onto the spool and create your masterpiece. This piece is pretty easy but my niece still needed some assistance getting the threading right.
Once you're ready to pull your pieces off the spool, you attach one of the jewellery clasps.
What else can you make?!
Using the create station, you can also cut tiny motifs to decorate your finger and toenails with. The set comes with some adhesive stickers to attach the tiny pieces to your nails. Aren't they cute?!
You can also make little figures using the connector pieces:
Have you tried the Cutie Stix Cut and Create Station? It's perfect for children who want to let off some creative steam! My niece loved creating jewellery and tiny trinkets to give as gifts to her friends. The instructions were a bit daunting but once you get the hang of each bit, the options for creating cute stuff are endless!
Disclaimer: We received a copy of the Cutie Stix Cut and Create Station for the purpose of this review. All opinions are honest and my own! This post contains affiliate links.


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One of the most notable modern Pink films
Photographer Minori Kijima is at a vital turning point in her life. Thirty and single, she finds solace in an affair with her editor, Kushida. In Kushida, she finds she can lose herself and live in a sort of non-identity, a place where she can easily pass judgment on those around her without worrying about how she will be perceived.
Veteran cinematographer Masahide Iioka, who picked up an award for his work on the film at the 2005 "Pink Grand Prix", creates sharp visuals in both the exterior and interior shots, resulting in a film that is a constant pleasure to view. The movie is well written, leaving delightful subtleties in the dialogue that allow the viewer to form their own analysis of Minori and her struggle to find her own identity. The music underlines the mood of the film, with a soundtrack that varies in genre to accentuate the tone of a given scene.
Yumeka Sasaki, who also won an award at the Pink Grand Prix for her role, gives a phenomenal performance as Minori. She breathes a certain sense of realism into the role and I felt quite enamored to the character because of it. Mikiya Sanada as Shinichi is a bit of a dud by comparison, with a rather unstimulating performance, but this is forgivable as he acts as a catalyst in the film to add depth to Yumeka Sasaki's character. The rest of the cast plays their roles out competently, but none are truly memorable.
Within the short runtime of 63 minutes, which has its fair share of sex scenes, the film manages to add a lot of depth by utilizing great performances, cinematography, music score and directing. In particular, Yumeka Sasaki's performance elevates the film, making it noteworthy to fans of the genre who favor a strong female lead. With so many positives and a lot of nice soft touches throughout, "Twitch: You Are My Toy", is one of the most notable modern Pink films I have had the pleasure of watching. My only real complaint about the film would be in its title, which I believe to be misleading, making the content sound as if it could be comedic or devious, as opposed to the competent character piece that it is.


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Despite what you might see when you look outside your window, according to our calendars, it's Spring. Estee Lauder have launched their latest new season must-have product - Pure Colour Cello Shots. Their collection of bright and sheer cheek stains, lip glosses and lipsticks are perfect for light sunny weather.
Estée Lauder's creative makeup director Tom Pecheux said the products give "a gentle, watery look with just a touch of bright, vibrant color."
The latest makeup staple costs between €22-26 and will be available at Estée Lauder counters beginning in early April.
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Finally some attorneys who are not afraid to speak out and help families who have had their children stolen for profit by Child Protective Services. Now if we can get one of them to step up to the plate in Jackson County Ga.
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W-B attorney says he will file lawsuit on behalf of 25 parents against Luzerne County Children and Youth.
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WILKES-BARRE – A local attorney said he plans to file a federal lawsuit today on behalf of approximately 25 parents who allege Luzerne County Children and Youth violated their constitutional rights in placing their children in foster care.
Theresa Orgowski and her daughter Brandy Fullerton, both of Wilkes-Barre, gather with other parents outside the Children and Youth Building on Pennsylvania Avenue in Wilkes-Barre to voice complaints against the agency on Wednesday.
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Times Leader Photo StoreJames Hayward of Wilkes-Barre said the lawsuit will be a wide-ranging indictment of Children and Youth that will rival the egregiousness of the allegations contained in the "kids-for-cash" lawsuits involving former county Judge Mark Ciavarella's placement of juveniles in detention centers.
"It's just like the 'kids-for-cash' case again," Hayward said. "Everyone knew what Ciavarella was doing and didn't do anything about it. Well, they all know what Children and Youth is doing and they're not doing anything about it."
What Children and Youth is doing, Hayward said, is routinely Children and Youth violated their constitutional rights regarding court hearings that determine whether their children will remain in foster care or be returned home.
The suit revolves around dependency court, which involves children who have been removed from their homes based on allegations of abuse or neglect. It is separate from delinquency court, which involves the placement of juveniles accused of crimes.
Under state law, Children and Youth can take immediate custody of a child only if it can be shown there is an imminent threat to the child's safety or health. A shelter care hearing must then be held to review that determination.
Hayward said he has interviewed numerous parents who say they were never given a hearing, or were given such short notice that they could not present a meaningful rebuttal to the agency's allegations.
"I have four clients whose shelter care hearing was either scheduled while they were in the hospital, or they never had a shelter care hearing and they took the kids off them," he said.
Hayward said that in one case, his client had just given birth via caesarian section. Children and Youth sought to place the child. A shelter care hearing was scheduled just after she gave birth, which precluded her from attending.
Hayward said he went to the hearing on her behalf and obtained a continuance. But that did not stop the agency from taking the child anyway.
"They went that night or the night after and took the baby out of the hospital and put it in foster care," Hayward said.
Another issue, Hayward said, is the agency's practice of taking a newborn from the biological parents based solely on the fact the parents have other children who are currently in foster care.
Hayward said the law says agencies can do that only if a parent has previously had his or her parental rights to other children terminated. Luzerne County is doing so even when that is not the case, he said.
"If you have a child in the system, as far as they are concerned, every child is in the system. That's not the law," he said. "They can do whatever they want and get away with it, and no one is challenging them."
Joe DeVizia, director of human services for the county, said he was advised Wednesday that Hayward planned on filing a lawsuit. DeVizia said he did not know what the specific allegations are, but insisted Children and Youth is working for the best interest of children.
"There are a lot of issues surrounding why kids are in placement," DeVizia said. "Our number one concern is always the safety and welfare of children."
More than two dozen parents, some of whom are plaintiffs in the pending suit, gathered at the Luzerne County Courthouse on Wednesday for an impromptu rally.
DeVizia said he and Children and Youth Director Frank Castano spent nearly five hours meeting with 15 to 20 parents. He said he would ensure their concerns were addressed.
Hayward said the suit will name Children and Youth as a defendant, as well as individual agency employees, the county and its human services department. The suit will not name judges who presided over dependency court, he said.
Terrie Morgan-Besecker, a Times Leader staff writer, may be reached at 570-829-7179.
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Safeguarding little Abdul: Prevent and Muslim schoolchildren
by Yahya Birt (2015)
There are a lot of things that could be said about the new statutory guidance on Channel under Prevent issued in April for local authorities, nurseries, schools, universities, social services, health care services, the criminal justice system and the police. There are many hot-button issues here, but I want to focus on the impact of all this on under-18s. Half of our community is under the age of 25 and, according to Census figures, something in the order of 800,000 Muslims under 18 potentially fall within the remit of these policies. From the official guidance (pp.16-17, Paras 77-79) it seems that informed parental consent for under-18s referred under a counter-radicalisation scheme called Channel comes very late in the process. The mainstay of Prevent after 2010, Channel is a multiagency approach to identify and then support individuals being drawn into terrorism, in which the police play a central role. And Channel is not a low impact policy. The trend line for referrals presently is upwards from seven in Channel's pilot year (2006-7) to 748 in 2012-13. Under an FOI request to the Association of Chief Police Officers, there have been 2653 referrals under Prevent up to April 2013. For ages 13-16, there were 645 referrals, and for 12 and under there were 113. In one case, a child as young as three was referred as part of a whole family. Where religious affiliation data was collected, from 2007-10, 67% of those referred were Muslim and in 2012-13, 57% were Muslim (their percentage in the population being 5%).
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I quote these mostly because of their timely juxtaposition and because timely juxtapositions are sometimes at the very heart of our existence.
Jack Baruth writes today in The Truth About Cars:
The notion of the crossroads as a sacred place is older than Robert Johnson, older than the blues, older than the automobile or the Romans who laid the first large-scale transportation network. The crossroads contains possibilities, changes, choices. It is where the gods live and the demons dwell.
And Sprocket writes in today's "Help! My Heart is Full of Pony!" at DHN:
Regardless of whether or not you believe in fate, we all stumble into crossroads in our lives every now and again, and every now and again, there are moments in history when we, as an entire species, hit similar moments of truth. That's when opportunities come along to make a difference in a big big way. If you read up on the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, you'll find dozens of stories of everyday people who tipped the balance of a very delicate situation and almost caused a nuclear war, and dozens of other stories of everyday people who just barely tipped it back. We are all alive, here on this planet, enjoying My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic right now because of those who succeeded.
Now Baruth is talking about something concrete, or at least something set in concrete: the controllers for future "driverless" vehicles. Sprocket is talking about something abstract: the choices that face us, and the factors we must take into account. But both, ultimately, deal with the same problem: making decisions on the basis of the information we have, whether or not we have all of it.
I have several intersections to cross as my life begins to wind down. I hope to be carrying the proper tools to guide me, whether they're somewhere on the ground or somewhere in the sky.


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The Deep State
Talking about conspiracy theories, I often reminded of the situation that existed here in the United States during the Cold War, when I was a State Department official. Very few people believed that there was such thing as communist ideology. You can't call something a conspiracy when it is happening in a plain sight, when something is out in the open and all the moving parts are there. But it seems that a very few people want to put two and two together and get four, and see what is actually going on.
When we talk about what one gentleman named Mike Lofgren has called the "Deep State", or what Jeff Sessions, a Senator from Alabama calls "the Oligarchy, or what others call simply the Establishment," we're not talking about a conspiracy - were are talking about something that is happening in plain sight but people don't seem to interpret well. They look at the clash, for example, between the Republicans and the Democrats and say: "Ah, this is politics as normal!" But it's not really politics as normal when we see that this is almost a "Punch and Judy" show between two rivals within the same establishment. It's simply one side of scoundrels competing for privilege against another side of scoundrels, but on all the basics of policy, especially on questions of international affairs and war and peace, they all agree.
Some people say that this Deep State is simply Eisenhower's "Military Industrial Complex." But actually it's far broader than that. The Eisenhower-era "Military Industrial Complex" actually provided the historical core of the Deep State as it exists today, but now it's a much broader entity. It incorporates the intelligence services and the financial aspects of the government, in complex with a large part of Wall Street and Silicon Valley, the information technology industry. And it's really multifaceted, it involves the financial system and what is called waging "lawfair" through an extraterritorial reach of the U.S. Justice Department and Treasury Department, plus a huge part of private industry including the media themselves. It's a self-perpetuating nucleus of power with an awful lot of money involved. It also includes a lot of lobbyists, PR-specialists and other people, plus the "Demintern" (in analogy to the old communist Comintern) constituting the "democracy's promotion" and "regime change" aspects of the U.S. policy.
What is remarkable about this entity, the Deep State, is that it's really not amenable to democratic political control. Whether under Republicans or Democrats, policy continues to roll forward more or less unchanged.
When people elected Obama, they thought they were getting the "anti-Bush." But instead, what they got was "Bush-lite." So, now instead of torturing people we simply kill them with drones. It's essentially the same policy but simply adjusted in a very slight way.
I think the most significant thing that is going on this year, 2016, is that both parties, the Republicans and Democrats, experienced an insurgency. We saw Bernie Sanders within the Democratic Party and Donald Trump within the Republican Party. As we know from leaked emails, Bernie was actually cheated in favor of Hillary Clinton - the candidate of the Deep State. On the Republican side Donald Trump was able to beat the Deep State. That is why there is such terror on a part of the establishment that he might actually get elected. That is why so many Republican officials are endorsing Hillary in a hope that they can preserve the system. I think this is one of the rare political situations in the United States when voting may actually make a difference.


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Welcome to Woodlawn Christian Church, Disciples of Christ & American Baptist. We are a dually affiliated congregation with the 2017 merger of the First Baptist Church and Woodlawn Christian. We are proud of both faith traditions and embrace the great common threads between our two great heritages. We are located in Lake City, Iowa and we are a welcoming and friendly congregation of believers in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. If you live near Lake City and you're looking for a new church family or just visiting in the area and want to attend Sunday worship, please come and visit us at 10 am Sunday morning, or call or drop in and visit with Pastor Roy. Pastor Roy can be reached by phone at the office number 712-464-3290.
Pastor Roy joined us in ministry in April of 2015. Pastor Roy and his wife Gail were business owners in the Omaha, NE area for nearly 25 years, and during this time Roy felt the call to go into formal ministry. Through the guidance of his mentors the Reverend Doctor Jesse Brown, Doctor Susan Gillies, and Reverend Robert Molby, he completed the three-year "Educating Lay Ministry" training program offered by Cotner College in Lincoln, NE. In addition to this formal training, Roy also spent six years studying weekly with his dear friend and mentor Jesse Brown. Jesse was a retired minister and professor of Old Testament Theology at Duke University. Jesse's guidance and friendship greatly formed and influenced Roy's understanding of scripture and leadership style. Roy and Gail have two adult children, Creath who lives in Sioux Falls, SD, and Madeline who lives in Omaha, NE. His wife Gail owns and operates the "Paisley Pansie" a custom framing, gift shop, and boutique here in Lake City.
Mel Alcox
Church Council Chair
Mel has in years past been the 'Church Council Chair' for several terms. Then after a long break he returned to this familiar role of leadership in 2019. Mel brings a lifetime of dedication to Woodlawn and a lifetime of experiences that are crucial to the operation of the Church facilities and operations. There's literally nothing about this old building that Mel doesn't either know how to fix or knows who to call to get the job done. Woodlawn is very richly blessed to have Mel back in the role of "Devoted Leader" (a/k/a Church Council Chair) for our congregation. Thank you and God Bless you Mel for all you do!
Jeff Frank
Head Elder
Men's Group Vice President
Jeff and his wife Jodi are longtime members of Woodlawn (Jodi has been her whole life and Jeff has been since their marriage). In 2017 Jeff stepped down from a long stint as the "Church Council Chair" where he directed the business of the Church to take on the role of "Outreach Chair" on the Christian Council, there due to Jeff's great leadership skills he was elected by the remainder of the Christian Council to also fill the role of "Christian Council Chair". In his capacity as Christian Council Chair, Jeff is ultimately responsible for all of the Church's ministry efforts. Thank you Jeff for continuing to serve and seek new ways to utilize your talents for Christ!
Clyde Westcott
Property Chair
Men's Group President
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Scott Crandall
Christian Council Chair
Scott Crandall has been married to Roxy for 39 amazing years! They have 2 children and 4 grandchildren with another grandchild expected in March. Scott has been an insurance agent for Mutual of Omaha for 28 years.
Scott has been a member of the Woodlawn Christian Church since 1993. He has been a trustee, financial secretary, board member and held various other positions within the church.
Scott enjoys spending time with his family and he's an avid Iowa State Cyclone supporter.
Kim Anderson
Moderator of Women of Woodlawn (WOW)
Kim Anderson is married to Rick and he is employed at Decker Truckline Inc. They have 5 children and 14 grandchildren. Her parents are Darryl and Dorothy Bean of Lake City. She has been a lifelong member of the Woodlawn Christian Church. Kim enjoys doing volunteer work at the Church and she is a vital and energetic force here at Woodlawn. Thank you Kim for all of your crazy ideas and hard tireless work!
Brittanie Dusenberry
Church Secretary
Brittanie and her husband Tony reside in Lake City with their two children Deagan and Blakelyn. Brittanie has been with the Wooldawn Christian Church since November 2014.
We thank Brittanie for all of her skills that help us with our communications and thank you for figuring out how to build this website! You've done a great job putting it together!