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"They just said you're not allowed to drink around us, so I just said, 'Fine,'" Greg Foley recalled. "I just didn't let them know that I was drinking because it would upset them." He just closed the door to his room when he drank.
Greg, 56, said that his mother Beverly Foley, 81, asked him to come live with them because his father, Milford Foley, 86, never wanted to go anywhere. They enjoyed a comfortable home on Milano Way in Oceanside, about six miles from the beach. Greg liked the arrangement. He didn't have to pay for rent or food. "That was part of the deal." Beverly wanted her son, a self-employed handy man, to be able to save some money.
The arrangement ended less than a year later with two injured parents and an incarcerated son.
Greg claimed his father always had bruises on his arms. "And, like, cuts." Milford got those from Beverly, according to Greg. "She would grab him by the arms and shake him."
But three months after moving into his parents' house in January 2013, it was Greg, not his mom, who was arrested and accused of elder abuse. Greg made a quick guilty plea — to protect his mother, he said — and was immediately released on unsupervised probation.
Five months later, on September 1, Oceanside police came to the home on Milano Way again.
Greg said the day had begun normally. "I got up around 8 o' clock." The same as his parents. They all had breakfast and then Beverly and Milford watched the news and read the newspaper. And then, "They start arguing like they always do."
Greg said he went to his room upstairs and closed the door and watched a golf tournament on television. "I was drinking 7 Up and rum." Sometime in the afternoon he heard his parents arguing in the backyard. Beverly was telling Milford he had to clean up the backyard. Greg knew, "This is punishment for my father." The arguing got louder and louder. "I decided to go downstairs and mediate again."
Greg said he went into the backyard and offered to do the yardwork, but his mother insisted Milford had to do it, so he went back upstairs.
Prosecutors tell a different story. They say that, before leaving the backyard that day, Greg attacked his parents with a hammer, wounding his mother in the face and his father in the back.
The 911 call recording played in court featured a frightened woman's voice begging for police to come. Then a man's voice is heard saying, "You're dead. You're fucking dead," and then the line is disconnected.
"I got mad and I did say that on the tape," Greg later admitted from the witness stand. "I did say, 'You're fucking dead' because I was upset, because now she's blaming me. It's a figure of speech. People say it all the time.... I was upset. I shouldn't have said that. But, you know...."
In Greg's version of the story, he claimed that when he came downstairs from his room a second time, he found his parents in the kitchen "struggling with a knife." He said he demanded the knife, and "I pushed her on the shoulder because she wouldn't give me the knife." He said his mother's face became bruised and bloodied when she fell against the kitchen counter.
"I said, let me help you, because you're bleeding," Greg alleged. "She said, 'Let me alone, because I'm calling the police....' She's talking to the police. And I'm standing there, and I'm holding the knife so it's secure. And the conversation turns that I'm attacking her."
Oceanside police arriving at the scene fired rubber bullets at Greg. "It's more painful than you can imagine," he told the jury later. But he didn't drop the knife. Instead, he ran into his room and looked in a mirror and "I stuck the knife in my throat." But his stab attempt failed. The puncture was only superficial. "It's not like in the movies. The knife is so dull. I'm trying to do it. It wasn't working."
The blood on the knife was later found to match Greg's.
Eventually, Oceanside police fired one .223 caliber round that passed through a small wall inside the home, through Greg's shoulder, and then into the ceiling of the two-story townhome. Greg was running at the top of a stairwell at the time.
At the hospital, Greg's blood-alcohol level tested at .23 percent, nearly three times the legal limit for driving.
Back at the house on Milano Way, police found Beverly and Milford badly injured. A bloodstained hammer was found on the scene.
Investigators later found bloody handprints and droplets leading from a puddle of blood in the backyard into the kitchen, where the white phone resting on the kitchen counter had thick red smears on the numbers nine and one. Blood on the phone and on the hammer matched Milford's and Beverly's.
Milford passed away a little more than a month after the incident. Beverly survived her injuries and was the first to testify at trial in late July 2014.
The jury found Gregory Foley guilty of two counts of elder abuse when he attacked both his parents using a hammer and knife as deadly weapons, plus one count of violently resisting arrest. Foley is next due in court on August 21, when the prosecutor will decide if he wants to pursue one count of attempted murder on Beverly, because the jury did not come to a unanimous decision on that one count.
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With this description and time line, we can wonder why the DA didn't charge him with murder in his father's death. I'd think there could have been a causal link between the injuries and the old man's death only a month later.
So, what is the max sentence he can get for the counts? How much more would he get for attempted murder?
Visduh, will let you know what happens at the sentencing hearing. Gregory's siblings may choose to speak to the court. It is difficult to guess what factors the judge may consider before he makes his decision. Fondly, Eva
After the hearing on August 21, prosecutor Ryan Saunders decided not to pursue the one charge of attempted murder for the attack on Beverly Foley. The prosecutor said the jury was hung on that one count, 10 for guilty and 2 for not-guilty, after the first trial.
Gregory Foley will next be in court on September 9, for sentencing by the same judge who heard trial, the Honorable Richard R. Monroy.
Eva, what was the outcome of the sentencing? Thanks.


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This is my setup to ride the CO Trail in 5 separate 4-day sections with my first ride later this week. I just started mountain biking this Spring, and this is my first bikepacking trip, though I have a lot of experience lightweight backpacking. I did not want to spend a lot of money on specialized gear, so the only piece of bikepacking specific gear that I have is a Revelate Designs seat bag. Depending on how this weekend goes, I may purchase a custom frame bag to help distribute some of the weight on my bike better. Everything was a tight fit to get in to my two bags, so I am sure that if I was to plan anything longer than 4 days at a time, I would need some more storage space. As I am very new to bikepacking, any recommendations on what to take for bike maintenance or spare parts is much appreciated. The only other piece of cycling gear that I feel would be good to have is a spare chain, but with only being out for 4 days at a time, this is weight I feel I can do without.
My bike is a Motobecane Fantom 29er. Everything on my bike is stock except my Ergon GS2 grips, and my rear wheel (someone stole my rear wheel, and I upgraded to a Stans Notubes ZTR Arch EX rim when I replaced it).
In the seat bag:
1 spare tube
Set of tire wrenches
patch kit
Black Diamond Mega Light Shelter w/ lightweight Nano stakes
7′ x 2.5′ piece of Tyvek ground sheet
Marmot 15 Degree Down Bag
Long underwear top and bottom
Camp Socks
In the backpack (Osprey Talon 22):
REI inflatable sleeping pad
rain jacket
camp shorts, Patagonia hooded down sweater, and a Patagonia wind jacket in a light weight 15L dry bag
100 oz water reservoir
Mega Light carbon pole
Bike Tool
Small First Aid Kit – bandages, ibuprofen, sewing kit, moleskin, etc.
Aquamira water treatment
Light toiletry kit
GSI Minimalist Cook Pot
MSR Pocket Rocket Stove w lighter
1 8oz can of Isoprol fuel
Snow Peak Titanium French Press (The one luxury I cannot live without!)
Bike pump
Garmin etrex 20 (On my bike)
Food (6-8 lbs for 4 days)
Flipflops for camp
Cell phone

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I wrote this poem in response to the ICE raid in Postville, Iowa back in May of 2008. It just seemed like such a blatantly unjust attack on people who were simply trying to make a living. This kind of stuff happens all the time, but this raid was just such a big, clear example of the wrong-headedness of U.S. immigration policy that it made a very
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This week we are attending 3 Trade Shows, beginning with 2 SAIL-FORCE MARINE TRADE DAYS at the Royal Harwich Yacht Club in Woolverstone, Ipswich on Tuesday 16th followed by a 2nd event at the Royal Southern Yacht Club in Hamble, SOUTHAMPTON on Weds 17th March.
Both of these events are in support of our specialist Marine Distributors NAUTICALIA Ltd, who do a great job in selling a full range of COAST products to the Marine sector.
This weekend we will also attend a SERENCO TRADE DAY EVENT, taking place at their Head-Office in Sywell, NORTHAMPTON throughout Saturday 21st March.
SERENCO also do a fantastic job as a specialist wholesaler servicing van-based Independent Automotive Tool Distributors on a National basis, a decent number of whom will be attending their Trade Day on Saturday.
COAST has proven to be an instant hit with SERENCO's customer base and with the Auto Mechanics that they supply to!
Finally 'a few weeks rest' until we attend the TROY TOOLS EXHIBITION at SILVERSTONE on Thurs 23rd April, which is a members-only event attended by a high percentage of TROY'S National Tools/Industrial Distributor Membership.
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Conoco, Inc. v. Gardebring
ELR Citation: 11 ELR 20497
Nos. No. 79 C 3110, 503 F. Supp. 49/(N.D. Ill., 09/24/1980)
The court holds that alleged violators of Clean Air Act state implementation plans (SIPs) may obtain preenforcement judicial review of Notices of Violation. The notices were based on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) determination that plaintiffs' loading terminals were not in compliance with a provision of the Illinois SIP. The court first notes the presumption in favor of judicial review. Furthermore, plaintiffs are raising legal issues regarding the scope of the Administrator's authority in interpreting the SIP and his duty to remedy an inadequate plan, issues which are reviewable because they are not committed to agency discretion by law. In addition, EPA's failure to participate in hearings to clarify the rule and its ability to impose substantial penalties make this case appropriate for judicial review. Finally, the court holds that Notices of Violation are final agency action and thus subject to judicial review.
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Wildcats Wrap Up Sweep With 17-8 Win
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TUCSON, Ariz. - Arizona's Bill Rhinehart hit for the cycle with four RBI and C.J. Ziegler went 4-for-6 with six runs batted in as the 14th-ranked Wildcats completed a series sweep of the Washington baseball team with a 17-8 win Sunday at Kindal Field.
Arizona retained second place in the Pac-10 with the win, improving to 39-13 overall and 14-7 in the conference. Washington dropped to 27-26 overall and 9-12 in the league.
The Wildcats led 10-3 at one point before the Huskies scored four runs to get within three, but Rhinehart's two-run, two-out triple in the eighth put the game away. Rhinehart also homered and singled in the game, finishing a double away from the cycle.
Husky leadoff hitter Michael Burgher opened the game by reaching on an error by third baseman Brad Glenn. After moving to second on an errant pickoff attempt, he went on to score on a two-out single from Curt Rindal, giving the UW the early 1-0 lead.
However, Arizona answered in the bottom of the first. After a walk and a groundout, Ziegler doubled to drive in the tying run. Rhinehart then belted his 10th homer of the season over the right-field wall, giving the Wildcats a 3-1 lead.
Arizona added to its lead with three more in the third. After a double from Colt Sedbrook and an RBI single from Ziegler opened the inning, Harrison Bishop came on in relief of starter Jorden Merry. After getting two quick outs, Bishop hit a batter and walked another to load the bases. Catcher Dwight Childs followed with a bloop double to center, sending home two runs to make it a 6-1 game.
In the fourth, the Huskies cut down that lead with two as RBI singles from Bradley Boyer and Matt Stevens drove in runs. But Arizona got those two runs back in the bottom of the fourth as Rhinehart singled and Brad Glenn belted his ninth homer of the season to center, increasing the lead to 8-3.
Arizona's bats remained hot in the fifth as the fourth of four singles, a liner to center from Ziegler, drove in two more.
UW third baseman Brian Pearl drove in two runs with his second double of the day in the sixth, cutting the lead to 10-5. The Huskies got two more in the seventh without a base hit, using a walk, an error, a wild pitch and an RBI groundout to narrow the gap to 10-7.
But, Arizona got another big inning in the seventh, scoring three more runs, including two on a two-out triple from Rhinehart, to stretch the lead to 13-7. The Wildcats tacked on two more in the eighth when Jon Gaston hit an RBI triple and then scored on a sacrifice fly.
In the eighth, Ziegler finished his day with a two-run single and Rhinehart followed with a double to complete his 4-for-6 day and his cycle.
Starter Mike Colla (3-2) picked up the win for the `Cats. He allowed three runs (two earned) on six hits over five innings. Merry (6-8) took the loss, giving up five runs in his two-plus innings of work.
Rindal had three hits for the Huskies while Pearl was 2-for-4 with the two doubles.
The Huskies close out the regular season next weekend with a three-game series vs. California. Game on is Friday at 6:30 p.m. Game two follows Saturday at 2:00 p.m. and the season finale gets underway Sunday at 1:00 p.m. A live audio broadcast of Friday's game will be available on the internet only at gohuskies.com. Saturday and Sunday's games will both air live on KKNW AM-1150.
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Colorado State vs. Utah State (32,546) is Rams' first sellout in 10 years
AFTERNOON: The word has come down from Fort Collins: The Colorado State vs. Utah State game at 5 p.m. is a sellout. Athletic department officials are urging fans to arrive earlier than usual because of the potential backups in entering the stadium.
This is CSU's first sellout since Oct. 22, 2004. That day, the crowd was 30,108 in the then-30,000-seat stadium. The Rams beat Wyoming 30-7. CSU's most recent home crowd of 30,000-plus was 30,027 against Boise State on Oct. 15, 2011. Also, CSU said this was only the second advance sellout in school history, after the Sept. 14, 2002 game against Louisville that drew 31,607.
UPDATE: Man, they weren't kidding. There were pockets of stop and go from Longmont on up, but since Northern Colorado traffic has become Houston North, that wasn't surprising. I came across Prospect to access the north gate for the press parking … and crawled (if that) from Shields on. And this was over two hours before the game.
I know this is completely useless to anyone who anyone who isn't coming to the game, but perhaps you're coming to the game and can read this because someone else is driving OR YOU'RE STOPPED IN TRAFFIC.
See you at the stadium.
THIRD QUARTER: The official crowd count is 32,546.
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SUMMARY of CROP MOB on SKIPLEY FARM MAY 11, 2013
More than 20 people came out to Skipley Farm in Snohomish for a Tilth Producers and Washington Young Farmers Coalition–sponsored, hands-on, all day workshop on May 11, 2013. Drawn to the event to learn farming techniques and to collaborate with other farmers, participants also expressed a desire to help out the farm. On a warm day, a variety of folks joined the Skipley crew to learn about perennial and annual food production while putting their hands in the soil.
After introductions and learning that some people came from as far away as Royal City and Everson, and some had not yet farmed, experienced and new farmers joined in for a 'mob walk', where Gil described aspects of the farm and led us to areas needing attention. Then we dropped to our hands and knees to weed as a 'mob.' In short time, we covered great swaths, allowing perennial berries and rhubarb breathing room from the rapidly-approaching May weeds. He showed that leaving pulled weeds (without seed heads) around the plant bases serves as mulch to slow down weed growth, and trap in moisture. Intern Tesla Gift shared his appreciation and exclaimed a number of times throughout the day, "Thank you guys; this is SO helpful!"
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For the bulk of the day, we broke into smaller groups to rotate among 'action stations' including working in the nursery, managing strawberry beds, prepping planting areas for vegetable production, and tying up apples. Farmers Vince Caruso and Chris Homanics provided expertise and inspiration. Gil explained that the dwarf varieties of apples are ready to produce a crop for a good return on capital. Tying their branches into a horizontal position encourages more fruit production, utilizing the phenomenon of apical dominance.
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Strawberry farmer Deborah Lubbe came from Everson to see how Gil grows his berry varieties, and shared information on her crops and techniques. Petrina Fisher, a newer farmer from Snohomish came ready to learn about fruit production, as her farm moves into more perennial crops. Despite the heat, people plugged on and accomplished a great deal of working while learning. When we finished our work and settled into a delicious pot of soup cooked by Tea Lopez, farmer Gil was still climbing around his green house rafters. When I asked his intern Sam what Gil was doing, he said that Gil was so excited by the productivity in the day that he just had to keep on going. We shared dinner and stories around a bonfire and the falling darkness of night.
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ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- Lorraine Ercolino, of Englewood, died on Sunday, Jan. 29. She was 63.
Born in Jersey City, Ercolino was an accountant at Stepmar Construction, in Leonia, and she also worked at Waterford Towers, in Edgewater.
She is survived by her partner, Ray Testasecca; son Thomas and his wife Stephanie; and granddaughter Myla.
Visitation will be from 2-4 and 6-9 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 1, at the A.K. Macagna Funeral Home, 495 Anderson Ave., in Cliffside Park. The memorial service will be at 11 a.m. on Thursday at the funeral home.
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One of the healthy habits I was able to maintain during my crazy January was eating oatmeal every day for breakfast. Usually, I drink a green smoothie everyday for breakfast but during that month I wasn't going grocery shopping and definitely didn't have the time and patience for my usual green smoothie routine. It's a shame, but rather than dwell on the past I'm going to focus with this delicious oatmeal recipe I came up with as a result!
One morning when I was grabbing myself a ziplock baggie of oatmeal to take to work I decided to mix it up a little. Up until this point, I was usually grab about a cup of plain oatmeal from my large container and add a few shakes a cinnamon and call it a day. This particular morning, I decided to add in a scoop of Banana Bread granola from Nature Box (delicious – by the way!) and headed off to work. When I added hot water at work, the granola broke apart and mixed into the oatmeal but still had that awesome toasted flavor and the nuts/seeds/raisins in the granola mixed throughout the oatmeal. It was really delicious! While I love the idea of using the granola in my oatmeal, I decided to make a homemade version with all the same great flavors!
Banana Bread Oatmeal
Makes one bowl.
– 1 cup plain oatmeal
– 1 1/2 tablespoons dried bananas, chopped (I didn't chop mine out of laziness, but I think they'd be better chopped up)
– 2 tablespoons raisins
– 1 1/2 tablespoons walnuts, chopped
– 2 teaspoons cinnamon
– 1-2 teaspoons brown sugar (to your taste)
– Approx. 3/4 cup hot water or milk (to cook the oatmeal)
Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl. Add hot water or milk and allow to sit and cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes. Alternatively, add cold water or milk and cook in the microwave for 2 minutes, or until soft.
I'm pretty obsessed with this oatmeal blend and I've been eating it as an afternoon snack most days – it's perfect during this last spell of cold weather! 🙂 I love how the dried bananas soften up in the oatmeal – so delicious! I actually ended up making a huge batch of the dry ingredients for this oatmeal in a glass jar and I just scoop out what I need each time. 🙂


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Gladstone Director Warner C. Greene Named President of the Association of American Physicians
SAN FRANCISCO, CA—May 1, 2012—Warner C. Greene, MD, PhD, who directs virology and immunology research at the Gladstone Institutes, has been inducted as president of the Association of American Physicians (AAP).
The AAP is one of the oldest and most prestigious professional organizations of physicians. Dr. Greene, a senior investigator at Gladstone, was elected a member of the AAP in 1990. He became an AAP Councilor in 2005 and then president-elect for 2012.
"As a long-time member of the AAP, I am honored to represent my colleagues and help guide the association," said Dr. Greene, who is also a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), with which Gladstone is affiliated. "I look forward to promoting the AAP's mission of advancing science in medicine."
Under Dr. Greene's direction, virology and immunology research at Gladstone takes a multidisciplinary approach to fighting HIV/AIDS—which remains a global scourge, with more than 30 million people worldwide living with HIV. He studies the molecular mechanisms that underlie HIV infection, and recently his lab provided new insight into how the virus kills CD4 T cells and simultaneously triggers inflammation that promotes further disease progression. His laboratory and their collaborators have also identified human amyloid fibrils in semen that enhance the ability of HIV to infect new cells—a discovery that one day could help stem the global spread of this deadly pathogen.
"I am delighted that Dr. Greene is being acknowledged for his remarkable and continuing contributions to the scientific basis of medicine," stated Lloyd "Holly" Smith, Jr., MD, consultant to the president of the Gladstone Institutes and emeritus professor of medicine and associate dean of the University of California, San Francisco. "His selection as President of the Association of American Physicians is a testament to his standing as an international leader in the application of biological science for the advancement of healthcare."
A widely recognized expert in virology and immunology, Dr. Greene is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies and a fellow of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science. He is also the president of the Accordia Global Health Foundation, whose mission is to overcome the burden of infectious diseases in Africa by building centers of excellence, strengthening medical institutions and building health care capacity.
Dr. Greene also serves as co-director of the UCSF-GIVI Center for AIDS Research and is a member of the executive committees of the AIDS Research Institute and the Biomedical Sciences graduate program at UCSF. He is the author of more than 330 scientific papers and has been recognized as one of the 100 Most Cited Scientists in the world.
Before joining Gladstone in 1991 as the Founding Director of the Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology, Dr. Greene served as a Senior Investigator at the National Cancer Institute and a Professor of Medicine and Howard Hughes Investigator at Duke University Medical Center.
Dr. Greene earned a bachelor's degree at Stanford University and an MD/ PhD at the Washington University School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency training in Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital at Harvard. Other Gladstone colleagues who are also members of the AAP include Gladstone President, R. Sanders Williams, MD; Senior Investigator and President Emeritus Robert W. Mahley, MD, PhD; Senior Investigator Lennart Mucke, MD, who directs neurological research at Gladstone, and Senior Investigator Eric Verdin involved in virology and immunology research.
About the AAP
The AAP, a nonprofit, professional organization founded in 1885 is composed of over 1,900 active and honorary members dedicated to the pursuit of medical knowledge and the advancement through experimentation and discovery of basic and clinical science and their application to clinical medicine.
About the Gladstone Institutes
Gladstone is an independent and nonprofit biomedical-research organization dedicated to accelerating the pace of scientific discovery and innovation to prevent, treat and cure cardiovascular, viral and neurological diseases. Gladstone is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco.
About the Gladstone Institutes
To ensure our work does the greatest good, the Gladstone Institutes focuses on conditions with profound medical, economic, and social impact—unsolved diseases. Gladstone is an independent, nonprofit life science research organization that uses visionary science and technology to overcome disease. It has an academic affiliation with the University of California, San Francisco.
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5064 School Visitors and Access to Students
5064 School Visitors and Access to Students
The school district welcomes visitors during regular school hours and at the district's public events. However, school personnel may take reasonable measures to restrict access to students.
All visitors are required to check into the school office and provide appropriate identification before visiting students, classrooms, or other areas of the school. The school office shall issue a visitor's identification badge which the visitor is to wear while present in the building. Any person who comes to the school to talk to or to remove a student from school must obtain permission from the superintendent or his or her designee (referred to herein as the "administrator") prior to contacting the student.
Parents. Custodial and non-custodial parents' access to their student will not be restricted unless the district has been provided a copy of a court order that limits those rights or as otherwise provided in this policy.
Law Enforcement. Law enforcement officers will be provided access to students as provided in other school policy or as otherwise required by law.
Third Parties. Individuals other than parents, parent's designees, and law enforcement officers shall not be given access to students unless the person: (1) provides appropriate identification, (2) provides a clearly valid and proper reason for contacting the student, and (3) receives permission from the administrator. Third parties shall not be allowed to remove a student from school during school hours or during a supervised school activity without the permission of the student's parent or guardian except in the case of an emergency or as otherwise required by law.
Any administrator may limit or deny access to students to any person who:
- Disrupts the educational environment;
- Is unreasonably boisterous;
- Engages in violence, force, coercion, threats, intimidation, or similar conduct;
- Causes or attempts to cause damage to school property or to the property of any student or school employee;
- Causes or attempts to cause personal injury to any student, school employee or other person on school grounds or at a school activity on or off school grounds;
- Uses vulgar, profane, or demeaning language; or
- Uses fighting words;
- Poses a danger to the safety and well being of students.
Upon determining that a person has engaged in, or is engaging in conduct that constitutes grounds for exclusion under this policy, the administrator shall take such action as he or she determines appropriate, including denying access to a student, directing the person to cease engaging in the conduct, or directing the person to leave the school premises or activity immediately. The administrator may request assistance from law enforcement authorities to remove an offending person from the school grounds.
The administrator shall have the authority to fix the time when, and the conditions under which, the offending person may return to school premises. A person who enters school premises in violation of these conditions shall be deemed to be trespassing. The administrator may summon law enforcement authorities to remove the person and request that criminal proceedings be initiated.
Adopted on: June 8, 2015
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Fredericksburg Christian School
5.00 (6 reviews)
9400 Thornton Rolling Road
Fredericksburg, VA 22408
Fredericksburg, VA 22408
Tel: (540)373-5355
- Fredericksburg Christian Schools (FCS) is an evangelical, non-denominational school, dedicated to a strong academic program with Christian character and Biblical truths integrated into every area in order that students develop a lifelong Christian worldview. FCS has two campuses, Upper School (grades 6th-12th) located in Spotsylvania County and the Lower School (grades PK3-5th) located in the city of Fredericksburg.
- For over three decades at FCS, we have been producing skilled, intelligent, honest, sensitive leaders.
- God has placed in our hands the tools of excellent college-preparatory academics; instructors and mentors who are both capable and dedicated; an environment from which to unashamedly and powerfully proclaim the Truth; facilities that enable us to offer outstanding educational, fine arts, and athletic opportunities; and a strong commitment to growing world-class, culture-changing leaders.
Quick Stats (2019-20)
- Grades: Prekindergarten-12
- Students: 850 students
- Application Deadline: None / Rolling
Top Placements
Fredericksburg Christian School places among the top 20% of private schools in Virginia for:
- Category Attribute
- Student Body Largest student body
- Sports offered Most sports offered
School Overview
|School Membership(s)School Assoc.
|Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)
|Religious Affiliation
|Grades Offered
|Grades Prekindergarten-12
|Year Founded
Student Body
|Total Students
|850 students
|Student Body Type
|% Students of Color
State avg.: 24%
|Students by Grade
Academics and Faculty
|Total Classroom Teachers
|110 teachers
|Student : Teacher Ratio
National avg.: 13:1
|% Faculty w/Advanced Degree
|Number of AP Courses
|13 courses
|Advanced Courses
|Art History, Biology, Calculus AB & BC, Chemistry, Computer Science, DE Chemistry, DE English, English Language and Composition, English Literature and Composition, Government and Politics, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Studio ART 2D Design, U.S. History, World History
|Average SAT score
|Classroom Dress Code
(Casual Grades 9th through12th)
Finances and Admission
|Admission Deadline
|None / Rolling
|Tuition Notes
|Tuition varies by grade level
|Admissions Director
|Suzie Medina
|Admissions Associate
|Brian King
|Total Sports Offered
|14 sports
|Baseball, Basketball, Cheering, Cross Country, Field Hockey, Football, Golf, Lacrosse, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Track and Field, Volleyball, WeightliftingBaseball, Basketball,
Cheering, Cross Country,
Field Hockey, Football,
Golf, Lacrosse,
Soccer, Softball,
Swimming, Track and Field,
Volleyball, Weightlifting,
|Total ExtracurricularsTotal Extra-curric.
|9 extracurriculars
|Radio Club
Club or Organization:
Art Club, Care for Cancer Club, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Interact Club, International Club, Literary Club, National Honor Society, Student Council
Related Schools
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Show me:
- School Location Miles Grades Students
- Fredericksburg Grades: NS-12
4.7 miles
10800 Academy Drive
Fredericksburg, VA 22408
- Fredericksburg Grades: NS-12 | 88 students
2.6 miles
10713 Tidewater Trl
Fredericksburg, VA 22408
- Fredericksburg Grades: NS-12 | 390 students
7.9 miles
4105 Plank Rd
Fredericksburg, VA 22407
- Fredericksburg Grades: PK-8 | 210 students
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9151 Elys Ford Rd
Fredericksburg, VA 22407
- Colonial Beach Grades: 6-12 | 20 students
25.7 miles
903 Holly Vista Dr.
Colonial Beach, VA 22443
(804)224-9375 25.7 6-12
School Reviews
All four of my children have gone to FCS since they were in Preschool so we have been at FCS for the last 8 years. We have always been extremely pleased with the teachers and the academics at FCS. There is a strong support system and the teachers and administration really care about the students. LOVE FCS!
- Posted by Parent - Emily
We love FCS! We started looking at schools for Kindergarten a couple of years out, and knew after visiting FCS that it was the place for us. We were particularly impressed with the way teachers and staff maintained control of the classroom while also providing a warm, friendly, and fun environment for learning. We enrolled our son in Kindergarten and have been with the school ever since. FCS provides a solid academic program built on a firm biblical worldview, and the dedicated, highly-qualified faculty and staff are committed to Christian education. While it is large enough to offer a wide variety of classes and activities, FCS is small enough that teachers and coaches know their students individually, and every student is encouraged to grow academically, physically, and spiritually.Over the years, we have occasionally heard the criticism that Christian school shelters kids from the "real world," but I would counter that one of the main reasons we chose FCS is to help equip our son to make an positive impact on the world as a godly man. As he heads into his junior year, we are confident FCS has helped to prepare him to meet the challenges of the world with conviction and compassion.
- Posted by Parent - Tamra
FCS has been a great school for my 2 elementary school children. I have seen them learn, grow, and flourish! The staff are all so loving and nurturing, my kids really feel at home at FCS! I really can't say enough good things about the school!
- Posted by Parent - sftay
My daughter has gone to Fredericksburg Christian since preschool. She was very shy and was difficult to get her to come out of her shell. A year ago she was the flower girl for a wedding with a 150 people. My daughter threw flowers in the air while walking down the aisle and was a joy. She stood infront of everyone didn't move and followed instructions from the minister. People couldn't believe the difference in our daughter that wouldn't come out from behind our legs now is an outgoing 2nd grader. Fredericksburg Christian has also exceeded our expectations in our daughter's learning. I speak to other parents and our daughter is doing more spelling, reading, math, phonetics and sentence structure than her friends and family members of the same age. WE love the school and will continue to send her there through high school.
- Posted by Parent - Alice
We love FCS! This is our 4th year at the school. We have a 3rd grader and a Pre-K 4 student. Everyone from the administration to the bus drivers has the heart of every student as their number one priority. In addition to an amazing education, starting in Pre-K3, they teach the importance of manners, obedience and self-control. They continue these lessons throughout the child's education. I love sending my children to a school where the teachers genuinely care about them! There is no other school in the area quite like FCS!
- Posted by Parent - karen
Our child has been at FCS for 13 years (starting in Pre-K), and it has been such a blessing to partner with such a loving and dedicated faculty, staff and administration. It makes our jobs as parents so much easier when there is consistency with the teaching that they are receiving at school and what we are trying to accomplish at home. The quality of our educational experience has been excellent, as well as high quality athletics and social/ministry opportunities. We are confident that our child will be more than prepared for the next level of education as well as adulthood, and a large part of the credit belongs to FCS.
- Posted by Parent - ibidj
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Horses jump out of the gate at Del Mar racecourse.
MUCH OF THE HYPE stemmed from the inauspicious fate of Barbaro during the 2006 Preakness at Pimlico in Maryland.
Apart from the running of the second leg of the Triple Crown, the meet itself was fraught with peril and delivered fatal sentences to no less than fourteen of these magnificent creatures as a result of training or racing accidents – one of the deadliest in the track's lengthy history. [1]
Soon thereafter, Richard Shapiro, at that time chairman of the California Horse Racing Board (CHRB), mandated that all major racetracks in the state of California convert to synthetic surfaces by the end of 2007. [2]
While horses were dropping like flies at Del Mar a similar story was playing out at Arlington Park in Chicago.
During the first two months of the season 14 horses were euthanized many laying blame on the condition of the track surface at both venues. [3] However not all in the racing world agreed with this conclusion.
"But this explanation is a dubious one. The construction and maintenance of racetracks today is much more sophisticated than it was decades ago - when breakdowns were rarer. Moreover, a look at the Del Mar casualty list casts doubt on the theory that dirt was the culprit. Three of the 12 horses injured themselves on the turf. Two or three were horses whose records contained red flags suggesting that something was wrong; one of them, Ugotadowhatugotado, had run well in $62,500 claiming company and was entered for the bargain-basement price of $16,000 on the last day of her life". [4]
Irrefutably it is all too common and convenient to hold accountable the surface for what many believe is the lack of accountability on the part of breeders and trainers.
Modern Thoroughbreds are bred for speed rather than soundness and durability; with each generation the gene pool narrows and fragility develops ever more insidiously. This inherent frailty together with the introduction of permissive medicine has all but ruined the breed.
One need only look at the declining number of starts the average American racehorse makes during their career over the last few decades – from a high of 11.3 in 1960 prior to the advent of liberal drug use to a trifling 6.1 in 2010. [5]
In any case, in no way was the Del Mar incident the only mitigating factor in the decision to switch. Over the course of three years prior to this sobering meet, California race tracks had experienced a 40% increase in equine fatalities which many in the racing industry thought attributable to dirt surfaces.
What further spurred this movement by the CHRB was the significant 85% reduction in catastrophic fatalities observed at Turfway Park in Northern Kentucky after the installation of a synthetic track in 2005. [6] Indeed these striking figures solicited legitimate consideration and categorically placed immense scrutiny and concerted focus on track surfaces with their inception in North America in the mid-2000s.
Undeniably the other incentive and reassuring justification for the conversion was the impressive success of these "all-weather" tracks in Europe and other international racing jurisdictions. By and large, as data will verify, fatal breakdowns in other parts of the world where horses compete on grass or synthetics are significantly lower than in North America.
Nonetheless a cautionary word is necessarily warranted.
In consigning such prominent emphasis on the type of track surface without accounting for the decline in soundness of the NA Thoroughbred as a result of inbreeding together with the ubiquitous and exploited use of race-day and other medications the issue is subject to uncertainty.
Even today there is only just enough data to statistically validate the positive trends associated with synthetic tracks. As data continues to be collected more information will emerge which ultimately will provide enhanced insight into the complex variables that interact to generate fatality risk.
Moreover, as a white paper published by the Jockey Club's Racing Surfaces Committee in June of 2011 clearly emphasizes:
"Injury, in particular catastrophic injury, is a multi‐factorial event that involves the complex interaction of a number of risk factors including but not limited to medication, genetics and training…. Given that the overwhelming majority of catastrophic injuries show clear evidence of preexisting disease, (Norddin et al. 1998, Stover 2003) improved racing surfaces have the potential to result in an improvement in the safety of horse racing for both riders and horses." [7]
In any case, despite the principled objective of what was intended to establish more forgiving track surfaces with the prospect of improving safety and reducing fatal breakdowns, to this day Shapiro is tagged a much maligned renegade of the NA horse racing world.
This objectionable perception is honored by breeders, owners, trainers, bettors and fans alike where intense controversy rages at the surface of the debate.
One may ask why such dissonance exists when ostensibly the underlying goal of synthetic surfaces is for the benefit of the horse, the racing world's star performer. Seemingly the answer is cloaked in tradition and resistance to change with undercurrents of monetary gain.
Racehorse MI REY, trained
by Doug O'Neill, is loaded into a truck behind curtains out of sight of the crowd
after he went down near the end of the third race on July 22, 2009, opening
day at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club. He was euthanized later
that day.
Photo Credit: Bill Wechter/North County Times.
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2006 (JULY 19-26) Main track surface: Dirt Fatalities: 8 Main track: Morning (workouts) 1, afternoon (racing) 5 Turf course: Morning 1, afternoon 1
2007 (JULY 18-29) Main track surface: Polytrack Fatalities: 4 Main track: Morning 0, afternoon 0 Turf course: Morning 1, afternoon 3
2008 (JULY 18-20) Main track surface: Polytrack Fatalities: 2 Main track: Morning 2, afternoon 0 Turf course: Morning 0, afternoon 0
2009 (JULY 19-30) Main track surface: Polytrack Fatalities: 7 Main track: Morning 4, afternoon 2 Turf course: Morning 0, afternoon 1
SOURCE: Del Mar Thoroughbred Club – HANK WESCH [8]
[1] http://www.calracing.com/pdf/ground-control.pdf
[2] Ibid.
[3] http://www.drf.com/news/no-lone-cause-breakdowns
[4] Ibid.
[5] http://www.jockeyclub.com/factbook.asp?section=10
[6] http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=17466
[7] http://grayson-jockeyclub.org/resources/White_Paper_final.pdf
[8] http://m.utsandiego.com/news/2009/aug/01/1n1horses232019-racehorse-breakdowns-big-concern-d/
Part 1: Weighing the Controversy ― Part 2: The North American Switch ― Part 3: Synthetics vs Dirt ― Part 4: Statistics and Safety ― Part 5: Opposing Forces ― Part 6: Today and Beyond


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Suddenly RSS feed stop working on my WordPress blog and showing error on line 2 at column 6. Google Webmasters did not notice error and everything was allright for it, but on different internet browsers we can see this error so it must be feed's bug for all browsers.
error on line 2 at column 6: XML declaration allowed only at the start of the document
Below is a rendering of the page up to the first error.
I recently change graphics template on my blog and after than RSS feed stop working. First I try to use WordPress plugin Fix My Feed RSS Repair and of course empty cache, but it did not work for me ( feed cache was disable).
The problem is in empty space in code for template. First look in functions.php, especially last row, if it's ok, than look in all other php files of template and remove empty lines. For me it was empty last line in single.php.
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The World Series of Music 2011
You're all aware of the World Series of Baseball, but some of you music fanatics may be more interested in the first inagural World Series of Music. Entertainment29 in conjunction with Whitestone Studios is thrilled to present this enticing contest designed for unsigned artists and bands to showcase their music and garner fans. From now until February 28th, 2011, bands can submit their music for review. Out of all the entries, a panel of music industry insiders will select the the top sixty-four artists and bands who will go on to compete in an online live "real time" tournament. The tournament begins Tuesday, March 1st, and there will be a five-day voting period for each round of the tournament. The final eight artists and bands will compete at a one-day live event to be announced at a later date. The winner receives a production contract to record with top producer Noel Golden (Edwin McCain, Matchbox 20, Guns 'n Roses). The recording process gives Entertainment29 the opportunity to shop the band or artist to major and independent record labels alike. The World Series of Music gets a full year of management and a whole list of other prizes. There is a $15 entrance fee.
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Behind the Scenes with Rocky Loves Emily
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Conference Details
Date: April 26th, 2019
Start Time: 7:30am
End Time: 7:00pm
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Save the Date! The 2019 AgileIndy conference will be Friday, April 26, 2019.
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I love travelling, discovering new places and seeing new things. But most of all I love meeting new people. The more I travel the more I meet bad ass women, who are breaking stereotypes and smashing the glass ceiling into pieces. I want to surround myself with these women because they push me to be better and they show me that anything is possible. The inspiration and strength rubs off on me and makes me want to work harder. These women are following their dreams, chasing their passions and doing exactly what they want to be doing. So, when I attended a drink and draw night at Abraham Hostel Tel Aviv the instructor Arianna was no exception. She is a model, talented artist and entrepreneur. Arianna is a women of vision. She had a dream and built it from the ground up in a country that was not her own. In doing so she has help other artist pursue their passions and dreams, so without further ado below is her interview. I hope you can draw some inspiration from it as well.
Tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do?
I have spent all of my life in the world of arts. I grew up in my fathers art gallery in Italy, and had the opportunity to watch him and the artists that he represents work together in the more business side. As I grew up, I started to study fine arts and developed my own voice as a painter and got a new more personal perspective of what it means to create. Recently I have turned my focus to teaching; I find that act of helping others to be the most rewarding. Right now I am knee-deep in my latest venture, Beit Kandinof which is a a combination of bar, residency program, and art education center. The concept behind Beit Kandinof is internationally unique, creating an environment that helps art become more accessible to all.
Why did you choose to start Beit Kandinof?
The reason that I took on this enormous project was because I wanted to create a new model for enjoying, creating, collecting, and appreciating art. I wanted to create a location that helped the arts become more accessible to all.
What inspires you?
What inspires me most is seeing others achieve; whether this is students learning how to paint the first time, or watching an artist create a new body of work. Helping others facilitate their own artwork is one of the greatest feelings I could imagine.
What is your personal mantra or mission statement?
Try, do again, and again, and again. Follow your dream and work each day to better develop it, and myself. Through this process I am more and more realizing that the secret to success is steady climb, not a quick jump.
What does happiness mean to you?
Fulfillment. What I want more than happiness, is contentment. I want to know that what I am working on is worthwhile and that I am creating a better place for those around me.
What are your hobbies?
I have always been the person with too many hobbies, but now with my new business I have put everything aside for it. Whenever I do have a chance, outside of work I love doing anything meditative and personal such as reading, painting, or going for a run.
What are a few things you do every single day to keep yourself on track?
I love any moment that I can just be quiet and calm. What keeps me most on track is walking to work. I use these ten minutes to relax, clear my mind, enjoy my neighborhood, and prepare for the day ahead. I have learned that being this busy means you have to find all of those small moments that help keep your body and mind relaxed and content.
If you could give advice to someone looking to get into your field what would it be and why?
The most important thing to remember when starting your own business, especially something that is unique, is that you have to be willing to work harder than you could have ever thought you could, be willing to sacrifice your social life, and most importantly be kind to yourself. There are so many mistakes to be made, hurdles to jump over, and problems to solve that I have learned I need to be patient and kind to myself.
What has been your most rewarding experience so far? Work or personal
The most rewarding experience I have had so far with this business was the opening night. Seeing my students, our resident artist, our teachers, and our guests all coming together to enjoy the location almost brought me to tears!
What is the biggest challenge you've overcome in your life thus far? What did you learn? Are you thankful for what it taught you?
The biggest challenge I face every day is learning how to be kind to myself. Every day I face a new challenge, and many times I fail. It is hard to remember that failure is not the biggest threat to achieving your goals, the real threat is giving up on them. I have a very hard time being patient with myself, but without this patience and kindness I know that I would not have the strength to keep pushing forward.
Who is your role model/ who has been the most influential person in your life?
I have many role models but I would say that the two most influental people in my life are my mother and my sister. They both have shown me how to remain strong, be independence and listen to unabashedly follow my dreams.
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Facebook: /beitkandinofyaffo
Instagram: @arianna_fornaciai


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Had fun reacquainting myself with watercolour for this piece. Charles Reid's book 'Portrait Painting in Watercolor' really helped a lot. What I need is a lot more practice of course, so I'll definitely be doing more till I stop feeling it in my bones and inevitably switch mediums once again.
This piece has a beautiful deckled edge and is painted on 300gsm cold pressed (textured) watercolour paper.
Long Haired Tellurian Watercolour
'Glass Reflections 3' Alla Prima
This is the 3rd and last of this series of ACEO's.. Also painted alla prima, I went for a little more refined look for this final piece compared to the 2nd of the series.
'Glass Reflections 2' Alla Prima
Went for a much looser technique in this the 2nd of this 3 part series. Whereas the 1st was painted with a size 4 flat synthetic brush, this piece was painted completely with a relatively large Size 9 flat hog bristle. No preliminary underpainting or drawing was done either, rather I started blocking in with colour straight away on just a toned background, placing each block of colour as accurately as possible straight away and thus building the whole painting in this straightforward manner alone.
This piece was really a joy to create!.. :)
Glass Reflections Alla Prima
Loved the light reflections that this wine glass created on my olive green wall and decided to design the composition so as to have an almost abstract feel to it.
Painted alla prima and measuring just 2.5" x 3.5", this piece would make an ideal dinner table display piece :)
1 Minute Gesture Drawing
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Over time, we have expanded our business lines and have specialised in four areas: financial institutions, economic consulting, strategic advice and macroeconomic analysis.
We are a team of economists with a strong academic background, extensive experience in our areas of expertise, acquired both in the company and through government positions, and who are committed to their work.
Our offices are located in Madrid and, depending on the needs of each project, our team moves to the regions where we are active: Spain, Europe and Latin America.
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We help our clients –both public and private institutions– to analyse complex issues and make informed decisions in all the relevant areas of their activity, as well. Solchaga Recio & asociados collaborates with its clients in their corporate and business unit strategy issues. We also advise governments and public institutions in public policies' design and development.
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The economic research department analyses the economic and institutional situation of the main economies in which our clients operate.


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Welcome to the Disability Resource Center (DRC) database! The DRC is a part of the Disability Services Division of Milwaukee County. On this page you will find the information you need to access community resources and services for adults with disabilities, their families, and caregivers, regardless of income. If you cannot find the information you are looking for or have additional questions, please contact us at 414-289-6660. Personal assistance is available at the resource center, over the telephone, or in visits to your home.
Just walk in: Someone is available to show you around and tell you about our programs and other community resources.
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Call for submissions - Szpilman Award - Berlin/Germany
The Szpilman Award is awarded to works that exist only for a moment or a short period of time. The purpose of the award is to promote such works whose forms consist of ephemeral situations.
Deadline : 30th September 2013
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Tony introduces the backward alternating thumb roll, which is another very useful picking pattern for improvising and an assortment of other uses. You'll come to recognize this pattern in many of the iconic Bluegrass tunes as you become familiar with the sound. This is another must have advanced roll to add to your collection of patterns for the right hand.
- We're gonna talk about the reverse or backward…alternating thumb roll, there's no official…term for this right now, we've certainly all played…a lot of alternating thumb rolls in Boiling Cabbage Down…Cripple Creek, et cetera, et cetera and a million…other places, but right now,…we're gonna talk about the reverse alternating thumb roll.…This comes in handy for all sorts of…improvisatory things.…I have specific things here on the tablature…and things that I'm gonna show you, but…this is something I want you to forage around for…and find all sorts of other uses for.…
I just wanted to get you in the door with this…and I'm sure you'll be able to find lots…of other things to do with the technique.…The basic move is this.…Those are the first two measures.…There's middle on the first, thumb on the third,…index on the second, thumb on the third…and then just repeating it.…So, just to get right into it here,…here's a nice little d-lick.…
Sorry.…Which you could use in Nine Pound Hammer,…but I'll demonstrate that in a moment.…
Note: This course was recorded and produced by ArtistWorks. We are honored to host this training in our library.
- Playing melodic-style scale patterns
- Playing single-string scales
- Using the backward-alternating thumb roll technique
- Advanced scale techniques


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As summer approaches, readers' advisory (RA) programs are ramping up. At PLA 2014, one of the liveliest panel discussions I attended was on reader advisory and social media.
While you probably already have your services and programming planned out, the librarians had some fantastic ideas on how to move the reading conversation online.


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2 days ago, Pete shared a pop-up book by Kit Lau that shows the very soul of Hong Kong.
I wondered… what does Malaysia mean to the outsiders? What does my home represent?
The first thing that striked my mind was Ipoh.. and boy am I proud to come from the land of chicken beansprouts and white coffee. I researched a little and thought that it would be nice to draw Nam Heong, which is what Ipoh is famous with – White Coffee. Then again, a true ipohrean will know the real story behind the original white coffee, which is at the opposite of nam heong;- Sin Yoon Loong and Suan Yoon Foong.
Quickly, i googled up some images and some prior drawings done by others and started drawing when i reach home. (The image that i drew above is not an original as i tried to draw the interpretation of SYL/F by an artist who painted a watercolour version. Though my version is more customized to what i remembered and how it should be) I pimped my highschool a little in this picture and yes.. that is me in my TCS tee and mum. (I have to say, my favourite food at Sin Yoon Loong/Foong is the caramel custard steam egg. The texture and sweetness as well as the caramelized skin is to-die-for!)
Well.. Old town is just part of a small town called Ipoh.
What i like most about it, is the people. Over the years… i realized that Ipohreans are the type of people who will say hello to you, help you and make sure you are happy and healthy even if they're just strangers to you.
What does your town represent? And what brings good memories to you?


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SPAR Catalogue 19 – 25 December 2018. Specials Week
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Through the SPAR online catalogue customers be on track of the week-by-week move of your favourite SPAR store and you will be updated with the SPAR weekly specials status of different products such as general grocery, foods, meat, bakery, snacks, liquors, and a whole lot more.
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When my kindergarten-aged son asked to invite a girl over after school I was intrigued. He typically played with only his older brother and the bunch of boys on our street, not girls! But this girl, he told me, could run faster than any boy, which I guess for him translated into her making a good playmate. Six years later these two are still great buddies. The start of their little friendship was the beginning of something bigger though – it served as my first introduction to a bi-racial family and what opened my eyes to the world of foster care and adoption.
This is because in addition to his friend being a girl, she is also black, rescued out of foster care and adopted into her white family. Her mother, who serves as the founder and executive director of Angels Foster Family Network in Oklahoma, is now one of my dear friends. Through she and her family I was given a face to foster care and adoption.
Although foster care is much more discussed now, before meeting this family I had no real knowledge of the foster care crises. I had no idea how many children were in the system or the statistical odds for those children's future. Realizing the stark reality for children growing up having never attached to a parental figure or having experienced love awoken me to the necessity and importance of foster families.
I am now well aware of the challenges a foster family faces when accepting a child into their home. It comes at a great expense to their own comfort and ease, but a sacrifice that brings with it the life-altering gift of identity for the child.
God created each of us with the innate desire to be loved, affirmed and accepted. We all want to know we matter and have purpose. Ultimately only God perfectly meets these deepest longings of our heart. But even when we know his love as his adopted children, we turn to countless other things looking to be satisfied in a way only he can fill. So we remain insecure and restless in our unfulfilled desires, struggling to know our infinite value and worth.
If this is the natural condition of our human heart, regardless of a relationship with God, or regardless of having an intact family unit and loving parents, imagine how much greater the struggle for a child who does not know the love and security of anyone.
When children have not had anyone reflect the image of God to them, the insatiable longing to be known and accepted leads them to act according to the only identity they know. An identity declaring them to be neglected, unwanted, unloved, rejected, losers and outcasts. And the more they believe this to be who they are, the more they will live according to those labels.
For those of you who are foster and adoptive parents, you know personally the heartache in seeing a child marred by their former identity and still rejecting the love you so desperately want them to embrace. So day in and day out you work hard to reorient your child's heart and mind so they will be able to bond with you and accept your love. Through this process you are literally reshaping their identity and instilling purpose and significance into the hole in their soul.
What a beautiful pointer to Christ. The One who left his heavenly home to enter into our fallen, sinful world in order to make all things right again. By accepting us in our brokenness and adopting us as his children he gave us a new identity and views us as his heirs - Sons and Daughters of the King.
It doesn't matter who we are or where we came from, none of us did anything to deserve such an inheritance from God. But he gave it anyway because of his great love and abundance of mercy. As parents, whether to foster, adopted or biological children, we have the opportunity everyday to mirror the unconditional love of Christ as we sacrificially pour out ourselves for our children. By God's grace they will rest in the security of our love and find their true identity firmly rooted in the bigger story of Christ.
Kristen Hatton resides in Edmond, Oklahoma with her pastor husband and their three teenagers. Through leading a small group teen Bible study, she discovered her passion for teaching and writing about God's grace. Her first book Get Your Story Straight, a teen devotional, is being released this month. To learn more visit www.kristenhatton.com


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Alright, ladies, this is it – your chance to pick up the skills that'll leave you as seductive and spy-tastic as any of the Bond girls. The Stiletto Spy School, with training sessions in New York and Vegas, plus custom events if you're looking for a not-so-standard bachelorette do…
Their motto? Where the routine gets shaken and stirred. Their goal? To give women a confidence boost while giving them an exciting, non-spa escape from their regular, routine lives. Check out the website, which promises: "From Samurai sword skills to stunt driving; from Martini mixology to seductive dance, you'll master skills you didn't know you had."
Even if you don't plan on starting a covert life of sexpionage, it seems like participating women will pick up a few worthwhile life skills, especially from self-defense and snag-a-guy perspectives!
The organizers believe that every woman has a daring, confident and gorgeous secret agent inside (play along, it's fun), and it's the Stiletto Spy School's experts' job to help ladies discover their inner agent. With a wide array of classes, from "Elegance & Sophistication" and "Sizzling Argentine Tango" to "Knife Fighting Skills" and "Precision Shooting," this school is part finishing school, and part finishing-off-your-opponent school.
You'll be able to transfer the skills you pick up to real-life situations. As per the website, "Hitting targets at Spy School can help you hit targets in business. Survival skills will teach you to look for opportunities in unusual places. And while you may not need any stunt driving tips to park your car in the garage, they may just help you next time it snows. From poker to pool, from seduction to staying calm, you can learn almost anything at Spy School."
Instructors are experts in their fields and come from varied and accomplished backgrounds.
Seems pretty cool to us…
images courtesy of stilettospyschool.com
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PARIS - Haute couture shows are often celebrity circuses.
But rarely does the front row presence upstage a show, as reality TV star Kim Kardashian and her boyfriend, musician Kanye West, did during Stephane Rolland's rather predictable fall-winter 2012 offering.
The couple's entrance and exit triggered a crowd that spilled out into the street. A woman and a young girl were shoved to the side during the media mayhem.
But the celebrity presence at the show is no great surprise. The French designer — responsible for singer Cheryl Cole's red-and-white mermaid dress at the Cannes Film Festival — has been courting stars for several seasons now.
Last season, Yasmin Le Bon was Rolland's muse. In this show, he went east and chose Chinese actress Fan Bing-Bing.
With the celebrity hullabaloo, fashion insiders momentarily forgot the reason they came: the clothes.
Rolland repeated much of what he created last season, with long crepe de chine and satin evening dresses with heavy draping.
The main difference was that while last season he used vivid colours, this season his winter palette was muted in black, white and caramel.
The trains and long capes in many of the ensembles — again — floated past giving the models a Supergirl silhouette. But the lack of new ideas made the show feel more like a diluted superhero sequel.
Thomas Adamson can be followed at http://Twitter.com/ThomasAdamsonAP
Also on The Huffington Post Canada: Kim Kardashian's style evolution:


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Which girls will make the top 24 on American Idol? (NO SPOILERS)
Picking the Top 12 girls is a lot harder than the guys for two reasons – after Effie Passero and Amelia Hammer Harris, there isn't a slam dunk Top 10 girl. There's just an epic fuckton of talent that really hasn't dropped the mic on the competition. The second reason is trying to peg the girls into categories is nearly impossible because how they finish isn't nearly as formulaic as the guys. Every sub-genre of girl has performed well and without that holy shit vocalist, there's not a lot that stands out.
Bottom line, someone is gonna get screwed. There aren't enough spots for everyone so you have to create competition within the genres and take the best of the best, which means I'm sending some of my favorites home and that stinks out loud.
So here goes nothing. No spoilers, I promise, just me putting together a Top 12 based on what I've seen and after Idol tonight y'all can come back and tell me what a dumbass I am.
Six categories, 12 spots. Let's do this.
THE UNKNOWNS – 2 spots
Julia Cole, Kassy Levels, Kay Kay, Kourtney Smith, Kaitlann Runnels
Don't know, slightly remember from last year, girl from NH who randomly showed up, girl who showed up in group night for five seconds, random white girl. OK, let's get wild. Two of these five are making it. I don't think it's a coincidence Kay Kay, probably the only black singer in New Hampshire history, got shown quick during solo performances, so let's put her through. Kourtney? I heard two notes in group night and there's no fucking way you leave that voice at home.
THE PICKS: Kay Kay, Kourtney Smith
THE RINGER – 1 spot
Gabby Barrett
I've said it all season, she didn't try out for American Idol. They approached her. There's no way Idol won't go out of its way to put her through. Lock of all locks, gonna get a lot of support from the show to win this thing.
THE PICK – Gabby Barrett
COUNTRY – 1 spot
Layla Spring
This is gonna go one of two ways, one is where Layla is pegged against Gabby as the country girl and gets dumped or they just let her be the only country girl and she gets through. Because Gabby seems to be her own entity, Layla's working in the country genre solo so she should get through because you're gonna need at least one country girl to perform next week.
THE PICK – Layla Spring.
MUSICIANS – 3 spots
Amalia Watty, Amelia Hammer Harris, Effie Passero, Harper Grace, Maddie Poppe
This category is loaded. I can't see Idol taking Amelia and Amalia for the pure confusion it would cause among old white viewers and since Amelia is probably the most polished contestant on the girls side, she's definitely in. Effie is my darkhorse pick to win the show and she can't win if they send her home so let's go ahead and put her through. There is no way with the love they've been giving Maddie Poppe and the performances she's done that they're gonna send her home even though I have a real strong feeling Harper "Two First Names" Grace is gonna end up in the Top 24.
THE PICKS – Amelia Hammer Harris, Effie Passero, Maddie Poppe
WGWG – 2 spots
Carly Moffa, Catie Turner, Maddie Zahm, Shannon O'Hara
Basically two quirky girls and two quiet midwesterners and if that's not the case than STFU because it really plays to what I'm trying to do here. Catie has to be in because she's an electric factory and probably the most entertaining contestant since Heejun Han. Picking between the reserved Maddie Zahm and the reserved Shannon O'Hara is like picking which one of my kids I love more, but since the older one's been giving me shit and the younger one makes me laugh she's my favorite, so I guess I'm taking Maddie Zahm and hoping somehow Shannon gets through too.
THE PICKS – Catie Turner, Maddie Zahm
VOCALISTS – 3 spots
Ada Vox, Alyssa Raghu, Britney Holmes, Christina Jones, Jurnee, Lee Vasi, Mara Justine, Michelle Sussett, Victoria McQueen
Here's my problem with the female vocalists – they're all the same, except for Ada, who I'm categorizing with the girls because there's 25 guys and 24 girls and didn't know which side to throw her on so here she is and Ada definitely makes the Top 3 because she's got range and not because of the confusion it's going to cause with the whole guy/girl thing. LET'S GO ADA. There's eight girls left for two spots so we have to start cutting names. Britney Holmes, gone. Lee Vasi, barely saw ya. Mara Justine, bye bye. Michelle Sussett, no way. Alyssa Raghu? You made Katy's Top 10, that was pretty good. One spot left for Christina and Victoria so I'll take Victoria because of her pigtails and that leaves the last spot to married Jurnee and if you think I feel good about this, I just threw up on my floor from the stress of trying to pick them so ha.
THE PICKS: Ada Vox, Jurnee, Victoria McQueen
Kay Kay
Kourtney Smith
Gabby Barrett
Layla Spring
Amelia Hammer Harris
Effie Passero
Maddie Poppe
Catie Turner
Maddie Zahm
Ada Vox
Victoria McQueen


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