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Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology
Business Process and Factory Management
An enterprise is composed of a variety of different processes. From ordering a pen to planning the entire production – nothing is possible without them. Only those who know and are able to manage their processes, have their enterprises under control. Processes are the connection between production plants, manpower, organizations and IT-systems. A fast and efficient coordination between them will determine the company's success in view of the constantly changing requirements of technology, marketplaces and society.
The department "Enterprise Logistics and Processes" develops methods, technologies and tools for the analyses, the design, implementation and operation of processes and their management with a focus on the manufacturing industry. On the basis of a shared modelling platform, we are able to synergize our expertise for each client concerning the following subjects:
- Process-oriented management system and their application for business planning and control
- Holistic production systems, including detailed planning for material flows and layouts
- Cooperation- and innovation management especially for small and medium sized enterprises' networks
Therefore, we are able to present you the newest outcomes of industrial research. In order to do so, we emphasize on the creativity and strength of communities so that our clients are able to exchange their views concerning model-based process management systems and to benefit from Best Practices in the day-to-day business.
For us, sustainability is not an empty slogan. On the basis of enterprise models, we are working on extending the economic transparency of process decisions to social and ecological criteria and help the employee as well as the manager to maintain an overview and to concentrate on what is most important for the respective tasks in the company. The solutions for contextual modelling developed during the last years are one step in the right direction and have successfully been used by our industry clients.


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United Nations Global Compact
Lead Organization Name
- Standards
- Capacity Building
- Non-resource specific
Lead by
- Donor
To mainstream the ten principles in business activities around the world and catalyze actions in support of broader UN goals, including the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Value Chain Focus
- Sustainable Development
- - Human Rights
- - Environmental impacts
- - Other:
Have a mix of stakeholders such as public, private and civil society sectors contributed to the design of the initiative?
Geographical Focus
- Global
In-country work
Who is it for?
industrial extractives companies, small-scale extractives companies, host country national governments, local civil society, international civil society
How does the initiative try to reach its objective?
The UN Global Compact asks companies to enhance, support and enact, within their sphere of influence, a set of core values in the areas of human rights, labor standards, the environment, and anti-corruption. Participants are expected to publish in their annual report or similar corporate report a description of the ways in which they are supporting the Global Compact and its 10 principles.


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It's my first crossbow I didn't have any problem putting it together or Stringing it Shot one Arrow from it seems pretty good as a first crossbow I would recommend it
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This is great for first crossbow. First shot is worth it. Price is amazing for what your getting. It is a 80LB Crossbow but the product shows it as a 70LB Crossbow. You'll need a second pair of hands to string this as well. Great buy all around.
This is more powerful than I thought which is awesome
If you must get your gear on a tight budget, this no frills type of weapon is the way to go. Without the many extra cables and pulleys, and complex systems of more expensive crossbows, it is my opinion there is less to go wrong on a weapon of this sort. Heck, in a real dire situation, replacement strings, even replacement bow limbs could be improvised to replace broken equipment. This is just a good solid, basic functioning weapon, with no frills, with surprisingly good quality for the very attractive price.
This crossbow is extremely strong and reliable but setting it up is honestly the most frustrating thing in the world if you do not have a stringing string it took a good 2 hours just to put the string on. Other thatn those first two hours I love this crossbow and will go hunting with it
At first when i opened it i was happy to see that it was not as bulky as my neighbors and was a higher pounds and was lighter to. He got his out and shot it at a tool shed and his arrow went only a few inches in and he had weighted arrow and a hunting tip and my new smaller non compound crossbow went to the feathers and the practice tip fell off of the end. though the power is amazing it also helps make it harder to find the arrows that miss or the ones that ricochet and also the sights and the trigger are off. but this is a good weapon and it did show up a 400$ compound crossbow.
mine only came with the standard iron sights which i actually could not sight in properly... i flattened the rear sight and it was still not enough. so i bought a $15 baraska scope and now this thing is dead on.you will also need a rope cocker and more bolts... all available on amazon. mine came with these 2 14" black alum bolts... i would buy more of the same cuz they seem to be the best 14" darts i can find... i will probably try to cut down some carbon bolts for this bow when i feel like spending the money
It is what it is, it's a cross bow under a 100$. TBH I really didn't expect much but for the price it's pretty good for home defense. The sight mount was junk and broke off easily. You'll have difficulty trying to find a shoulder strap that will fit that. The stock is made out of solid aluminum so trying to drill holes in it to screw in a shoulder strap is impossible without special tools. You'll need to have it stringed professionally too; even with a stringer it's impossible. The two plastic ends that attached to the prod or limb should really be glued on with some form of epoxy. But it's cheap and it gets the job done, make no mistake this thing is a killer.
Man I have to start by saying I love budk everytime I get some money I go shoping here..... now what that said I will talk about this crossbow, I just got it today and I like it a lot. When I orederd it I knew I would need more bolts so I got 2 more packs of 5 so I had 12 because it comes with 2 and I used a tiedown strap and made short work of stringing the crossbow by myself went outside and broke the frist bolt by not knowing how strong it was going to be and that is why you get more bolts for it......this will make a great crossbow for my zombie killing kit.......lol.....so be safe, have fun, and keep calm and kill zombies


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I read a lot about the torque android car scanner program available for tablets and phones. I own several hand-held scan tools, but thought it would be fun to use a Nexus 7 to fix some cars.I convinced my wife the purchase of a Google Nexus seven tablet along with the Torque android app and a BAFX products Bluetooth OBD II adapter was a necessary purchase. This way we could continue to diagnose car problems and pay the bills. It was hard to argue with my logic.
To review some costs, I got a Google Nexus seven for $200. I went to the android apps store and got the torque Pro app for $4.95. I grabbed the BAFX products Bluetooth Elm 327 scanner for 23.95 on Amazon bringing my total investment to $230. Just a couple of years ago setting up one of these devices to scan automobiles wasn't easy.
With the advancements in the Bluetooth adapters and the android operating system, coupled with improvements to the torque pro diagnostic program, it was a breeze to set up. You can find videos that walk you through the steps to get it working, but I wouldn't bother. When you plug in the OBD 2 adapter and start the Torque app it connects and turns on the tablets Bluetooth automatically.
You could be diagnosing check engine lights with a tablet or phone in a few minutes. I opted for the BAFX products adapter because of the positive reviews it's received on Amazon. You can get cheaper ones, but I would be careful about paying less than $20 for a Bluetooth OBD adapter. After reading some reviews a lot of the $15 pieces of plastic are just that. A piece of plastic that wouldn't connect to a vehicle. Another thing I would stress is, there is a free version of the torque android program. Spend the extra 5 bucks and get the Pro version. It's easier to connect and set up plus there are more options and plug ins available on the diagnosis side that can help fix complex check engine light problems.
Using Android Auto Scan Tools
The first car I fixed set a check engine light code P0171. This is an oxygen sensor Bank one detected lean code. I was able to quickly connect to the vehicle and I shot a video of this that I will make available on YouTube. My channel is at MGittelman. I have about 15 auto repair videos posted. Now back to the story on the torque application.
I ran a test on the oxygen sensors, the buttons are clearly marked. Bank one sensor one was highlighted in red to show a problem. I went to the graphing data function and selected that sensor from the drop down menu. I started the vehicle and let it run to start logging data for the problem sensor. The 02 cross counts never went below 500 mV. Showing in 02 cross count of zero and this is why the code set.
Here comes the meat and potatoes of this short story. The car did not have a bad O2 sensor. It had a vacuum leak that was causing the lean condition on bank one.
I was able to diagnose this by going into the real-time data tracker and selecting fuel trim from the drop down menus. I noticed the fuel trim was pegged and not varying. This meant the computer was trying to compensate by going full rich, because the exhaust stream was to lean.In the end there was a broken vacuum line adding air the computer did not measure. I fixed the hard plastic line with a rubber junction and went for a ride. The check engine light didn't reset. I pulled the oxygen sensors out, because sometimes they get damaged by the high heat generated from a lean running condition. A very lean air fuel mixture can raise exhaust temperatures enough to melt an o2 sensor. In this case we apparently caught it soon enough and no replacement was needed.
Expensive Bluetooth Adapters also Work
After doing some research on the different kinds of OBD Bluetooth adapters I found this MX OBD scan Link model 426101 Interface for $100. I was interested, because it was so expensive compared to the others. I decided to check it out to see why.
The claim is this thing is compatible with more cars and software than other OBD interfaces on the market. It's secured in some way in case you want to leave it connected all the time. You can't do that with other devices because whenever you plug in one of these things it lights up to show an active connection! This can drain the battery.
The MX has what they call drain saver technology, so you can leave it plugged in without danger of draining the battery. The other advantage is the physical size compared to the one I bought. The MX is very compact and the included software and firmware is upgradeable. You don't have to use the Torque app, but you can if you want.
It comes with it's own app and the premium OBD 2 Wiz Program. To me this is a big deal. Who knows what the future will bring as far as on-board diagnostic protocols? The Bluetooth adapter I have isn't upgradable in any way. The last big difference between this expensive model and the cheap one is, what you can connect to it.
The BAFX product is mainly designed and built to be used as an android car scanner working with the torque app. The MX comes with a full software package and can be used on a laptop or PC as well as any android device from version 2.12 – lollipop 5.0.1.
However, I don't think it does MAC. It's nice having it connected all the time and jumping on a PC in the warm house to review diagnostics in comfort. The device I bought has a limited range. You need to be close to perform testing operations.
If you need support on the android app visit the torque pro forum. I have a lot of pages about fixing check engine lights on the You fix cars.com website. Head back to my check engine light section to read more in-depth articles about specific common problems. Why not find out more and see if you can fix it yourself?


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Swargadwari is a hilltop temple complex and pilgrimage site in Pyuthan District, Mid-West of Nepal commemorating the special role of cows in Hinduism. It is said to have been founded by one Guru Maharaj who spent most of his life in the vicinity herding and milking thousands of cows. According to traditional stories, some of his devotees followed him to see where he took the cows, but they never could find him.
Before he left physical body the Guru gave some of his powers to a few disciples. On the day he departed his physical body by his own wish, a number of people gathered around him at the place where he habitually meditated. The Guru left his body after bidding goodbye to his disciples and other followers. His favorite cow also died at the same instant, and then the rest of the cows miraculously disappeared within a few days. There are also accounts of cows emptying their milk by themselves every day at the same time, at the place where the Guru died.
Swargadwari is counted among Nepal's top pilgrimage sites and is listed in a national inventory of cultural and historic heritage sites.
As of 2009, a cable car to the temple complex is under construction.
Day 01: Arrival Kathmandu and Transfer to Hotel
Day 02: Kathmandu Sightseeing
Day 03 Kathmandu- Dang (Ghorahi)
Day 04 Ghorahi- MasinaGaun- Swargadwari
Day 05 Swargadwari- Ghorahi
Day 06 Drive Back to Kathmandu
Day 01: Arrival Kathmandu and Transfer to Hotel
It is a panoramic thrill flying into Kathmandu on a clear day. The views of snow-capped mountain peaks sprawling down below your flight before landing to the airport are almost ecstatic and memorable. Red Carpet representative will escort you from the airport to the hotel. In the evening at the hotel lobby you will be briefed about your next day program.
Day 02: Kathmandu Sightseeing
After breakfast at hotel, a guided sightseeing tour begins in Kathmandu valley which includes Pashupatinath, the most sacred Hindu shrine dedicated to Hindu God Shiva. Built before 400AD, it is the largest temple complex in Nepal. All the dying persons are brought here for cremation. It is believed by Hindus that dying and cremating in the temple complex will be released from the cycle of rebirths and attained Nirvana. Only the Hindus are allowed to go inside.
Day 03 Kathmandu- Dang (Ghorahi)
After having the breakfast, transfer from Kathmandu to Gorahi which takes about 7 to 8 hours driving distance to reach in Gorahi.Overnight stay in Gorahi.
Day 04 Ghorahi- MasinaGaun- Swargadwari
In the morning after the breakfast, walking up to the hills to Swargadawari temple will be fascinating experience for you. On the way is a beautiful village called "MasinaGaun "where you can enjoy the beautiful surroundings view of Himalayas while taking rest. After a lunch, walk up to the Swargadawari enjoying the views of the Dang valley. It takes about full day to reach swargadawari. Evening "Satsang Program" with the motivating experience and overnight stay at "Ashram"
Day 05 Swargadwari- Ghorahi
In the morning, you will be have a pray or do Special Puja. After a pray, back to Ghorahi. Fast Walker will see the Ghorahi Bazaar and all other places to visit in the same day. Overnight stay at hotel in Ghorahi.
Day 06 Drive Back to Kathmandu
After breakfast, drive back to Kathmandu .
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The rural landscape spreading north and east of the tiny, border-hugging town of Campo is caught in a time warp. Not much new has appeared hereabouts in the past half-century. Narrow two-lane ribbons of blacktop meander over rocky hills and grassy dales. Grazing cattle dot meadows filled with the most lush display of tender green shoots we've seen in years. A pungent-sweet fragrance rises from the thickets of chaparral and sage draping the hillsides. It's a perfect venue for road bicycling; by no other means of travel can you fully engage all of your five senses at the same time.
A good starting point is the spacious Buckman Springs freeway rest stop, less than one hour east of San Diego on Interstate 8. Park anywhere outside the rest area itself (technically, you're not allowed to leave your car unaccompanied in the rest area). Pedal south on Buckman Springs Road. You roll past table-flat Cottonwood Valley, aptly named for its cottonwood trees, bare at the moment but ready to sprout a fresh crop of shimmering green leaves with the arrival of the spring season. You cross woodsy Cottonwood Creek on a narrow bridge and climb moderately for another two miles to reach a Y-intersection on the right. Take the right fork, Oak Drive, for the side trip into the authentically quaint Morena Village. Morena Reservoir, recovering from years of drought, its water level steadily rising, lies just past the center of town.
From the middle of Lake Morena Village, follow Lake Morena Drive south and continue all the way (mostly downhill) to an intersection at Highway 94 called Cameron Corners. A short side trip south from there takes you to the small village of Campo, with three destinations of note: The first is the historic Campo stone store -- the site of a wild gun battle in 1875 that is said to have rivaled the shootout at the O.K. Corral. The second is the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum along the historic rail line connecting San Diego and the Imperial Valley. The third is a unique wooden monument marking the south terminus of the 2650-mile-long Pacific Crest Trail, the West's most famous footpath. The latter point of interest is 1.5 miles south of Campo by way of the mostly unpaved Forest Gate Road.
Our loop route continues east of Cameron Corners on Highway 94, past an old feldspar mill whose grounds are the site of a collection of old trucks known as the Motor Transport Museum. At 3.3 miles east of Cameron Corners, turn left onto La Posta Road and pedal north. Your whirring intrusion on this serene ribbon of pavement may startle and scatter jackrabbits and squirrels. On a promontory ahead stands a Navy-operated radio telescope, its gobletlike parabolic dish pointed straight up. After a long ascent you reach a summit, swoop downhill toward a glade of oaks, and finally arrive at a junction with the old U.S. Highway 80. Turn left and enjoy the last six mostly downhill miles on this once-busy but now lonely frontage road running parallel to Interstate 8.
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- Climb Morena Butte's three-peaked summit for great views of Lake Morena and the border region. — Oct. 18, 2001
- 1977 San Diego guide to overnight bike rides — Oct. 6, 1977


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I love summer especially for all of the color and fresh flowers in my yard. I bring it in and decorate my cozy home as often as I possibly can.
I bought this cute little vintage glass milk/cream bottle set and use it for my vase. It works anywhere I want it.
You can pick anything fresh from the outdoors and put it in a bouquet for some summertime freshness indoors. The weather in Nebraska has cooled down some. There is fall in the air. We are having one last blast of summertime heat today. I hope you're having a great week and bring the outdoors into your cottage, it will make you smile.
A Friend from the Heart :)


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Global Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting (CINV) & Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting (PONV) Market: Industry Analysis & Outlook (2018-2022)
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Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting (CINV) is one of the devastating side effects for patients undergoing cancer treatment. It is caused when various types of poisonous substances such as chemotherapeutic agents enter in the human body and alert the digestive system during chemotherapy. Besides chemotherapy, there are various types of factors that puts a patient high risk for CINV including female sex, history of alcohol use, CINV & motion sickness and anxiety or depression.
Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting (PONV) is referred to as a situation in which an inpatient experiences nausea and/or vomiting within the first 24-48 hours after undergoing surgery with general anesthesia. The incidence of PONV is 30% in the all post-surgical patients and 80% in high-risk patients. PONV is caused due to various factors including anesthetic choices, patient and surgery-specific. Treatment of PONV is done through prophylaxis and rescue treatment.
The U.S. emerged as a major region for the CINV & PONV market due to rising healthcare concerns and expenditure of the U.S. populace and growing CINV & PONV patient population.
The global CINV & PONV market is expected to grow with increasing cancer incidence, growing female population, increasing pharmaceutical R&D spending, growing healthcare expenditure and accelerating economic growth. Key trends and developments of this market includes progressing drugs under pipeline, high demand for combination therapy and increasing preference for pressure point therapy. However, there are some factors which can hinder growth of the market including entry of generics, stringent regulations and treatment cost.
The report "Global Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting (CINV) & Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting (PONV) Market: Industry Analysis & Outlook (2018-2022)" by Koncept Analytics provides an extensive research and detailed analysis of the present market along with future outlook. The report discusses the major growth drivers, key tends & developments and challenges of the market, covering the U.S., Europe along with the global market. The report profiles the key players of the market including Merck & Co., Inc., Kirin Holding Company Limited (ProStrakan), Eisai Co., Ltd. and Helsinn Holding S.A.


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Haiiii! >.<! I told myself today, that I would focus on just one outfit but again it proved to be impossible. Then I decided I should make a 'cute dresses' post and then I've put some pants on. I just couldn't decide. I've had these two dresses for a while now but was too lazy to blog them, basically because they make the whole outfit and there's nothing we can really add to it without looking too 'busy'. So I've opted for 3 rather simple looks but that I'm actually in love with. Lately I've been obsessed with Mai's skins but today Maika spoiled me with new Mayden Couture's 'lilith' skin (which is out already) and I didn't resist wearing it for the middle outfit. Make sure you check them out, if you liked the previous ones you might enjoy this one. Now, let me go back to sort my closet..it's a mess!! :O ❤ Uma
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Hair – 'Sasha bun – platine' by (P-K)
Skin – 'Mia Sunrise Skin Vol.10' by ..::MAI::..
Dress – '(fid) – A-02 pink' by Fall into decay
Top (under) – 'Savoir turtleneck *rosedusk*' by Maitreya
Necklace – 'ball necklace white' by .+*AA*+.
Shoes – 'Bambee *Milky* Wedges' by Fuel
Pose – 'I'm in the middle of your picture' by {flowey}
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Hair – 'Mirella hair – natural brown' by [LeLutka]
Skin – 'LILITH N10' by *Mayden Couture*
Shirt – 'Jane Ruffel Sleeve – white" by Skin Flicks
Pants – 'Wide Leg jeans' by FTV
Belt – 'High Waisted Belt V.2 *Patent Yellow*' by M * A * ii * K * I
Shoes – 'Slinky Stilletos – white' by Maitreya
Necklace and earrings – 'Gold Pendant & pierce' by *::UM::*
Bag – 'Hobo Black and White' by Skin Flicks
Pose – *colamonico* Girls
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Hair – 'Gwen golden' by ETD
Skin – ' Mia Sunrise Skin Vol.10' by ..::MAI::..
Dress – '[yft] – brown' by Yui's favorite things
Shoes – ' "kahakai" gold' by R2 fashion
Poses – Beautiful dirty rick and wake up call by [Golden Delish]


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English Learners
English language learning opportunities in Spring Lake Park Schools prepare students identified as English Learners for success by honoring home language and culture, and providing equitable access and personalized experiences for each learner.
Spring Lake Park Schools has created a framework to provide instruction for students identified as English Learners. Our framework and instructional approach strives to foster students' academic language needs through developing the linguistic, academic, life and career skills needed to succeed. We believe in a shared responsibility, working to meet the needs of our students identified as English Learners. We offer a personalized system of support for students identified as English Learners as they work toward developing listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills.
Assumptions and Beliefs that Guide Our Work
- All children are language learners and are capable of learning more than one language (Lightbown & Spada, 2006).
- All teachers, regardless of content area, are language teachers and are responsible for teaching the language needed for students to access and fully engage with the course content and related classroom work (Harper & de Jong, 2004).
- Bilingual education options in Spring Lake Park Schools support an additive model, which promotes bilingualism and bi-literacy over the long term, as opposed to a subtractive model, which promotes monolingual learning in the dominant language resulting in loss or replacement of the heritage language (May, 2008; Steele et al., 2015; Valentino & Reardon, 2015).
- The linguistic abilities and cultural experiences of all students, particularly those with a first language other than English, will be regarded as assets to leverage as opposed to deficits to overcome.
- There is no "one way" to learn a language, and the process of learning an L1 cannot be equated to that of learning an L2, L3, etc. As such, we will use multiple ways to formatively and summatively assess all language learners, and we will make use of what we learn to personalize each child's language learning experience and create options that meet individual needs (Harper and de Jong, 2004).
- Language informs identity, provides power and is an asset; the developing and/or maintaining of a child's heritage language increases his or her ability to acquire new or additional languages. A solid academic base for students in their L1 facilitates the acquisition of literacy in L2 (Cummins, 2000).
- Observational data and quantitative research within immersion education indicates a trend toward positive academic achievement for students whose L1 is either English or the target immersion language; positive academic achievement for students whose L1 is neither English nor the target immersion language has also been evidenced, and is an area for further research (Steele et al., 2015; Valentino & Reardon, 2015).
- Acquisition of more than one language benefits learners cognitively, academically, socially, and economically (NEA Research, 2007).
- We will be informed and transparent with regards to bilingual education opportunities that exist in our district, including anticipated outcomes based upon current research. We will conduct outreach and actively inform families of these options so that each can make the best possible decision for their child.
- All stakeholders in this endeavor need more information on the benefits of multilingual education; as a result, we will consistently examine student outcomes data over time to continue to examine the impact of bilingual education programming in Spring Lake Park Schools.
- Cummins, J. (2000). Language, power, and pedagogy: Bilingual children in the crossfire. Bristol, United Kingdom: Multilingual Matters.
- Harper, C., & de Jong, E. (2004). Misconceptions about teaching English-language learners. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 48(2), 152-162.
- Lightbown, P. M. & Spada, N. (2006). Popular ideas about language learning revisited. In How Languages are Learned (pp.183-194). Oxford, NY: Oxford University Press.
- NEA Research (2007). The benefits of second language study: Research findings with citations.
- Pacific Policy Research Center (2010). Successful bilingual and immersion education models/programs. Honolulu: Kamehameha Schools, Research & Evaluation Division.
- Slavin, R. E., & Cheung, A. (2005). A synthesis of research on language of reading instruction for English language learners. Review of Educational Research, 75(2), 247-284.
- Slavin, R. E., Madden, N., Calderon, M., Chamberlain, A., & Hennessy, M. (2010). Reading and language outcomes of a five-year randomized evaluation of transitional bilingual education. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 33(1), 47-58.
- Steele, J. L., Slater, R.O., Zamarro, G., Miller, T., Li, J., Burkhauser, S., & Bacon, M. (2015). The effect of dual-language immersion on student achievement: Evidence from lottery data. Institute of Education Sciences.
- Thomas, W. P., & Collier, V. P. (2015). English learners in North Carolina dual language programs: Year 3 of this study: School year 2009-10. Click here to view the study.
- Valentino, R.A., & Reardon, S. F. (2015). Effectiveness of four instructional programs designed to serve English learners: Variations by ethnicity and initial English proficiency. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 37(4), 612-637.
More on English Learners
Click on the links below to access additional English Learners information on the district website:


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John.j.jeffery needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 83 designs submitted by 25 freelance designers.
Mineral Wealth
Mineral Wealth is a brand new business. We will provide retail investors (a pretty normal person, who typically puts aside money into shares or investment properties) with access to educational information and investment opportunities in small Australian resource / mining companies.
The main (but not exclusive) demographic: male 40-55. They usually already have some investments in property or shares and are quite interested in taking an active role in their investments, rather than let someone else do it for them. Obviously they have a bit of spare capital to invest so are slightly more affluent (but usually self made money). Mineral Wealth will connect mining firms who need capital to develop a mine, with average investors who are willing to take on a bit of risk, but would like to get into an investment at the ground floor (thus taking a bigger slice of any potential profits down to line).
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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Artist Matthew Ritchie discusses Matthew Ritchie: Proposition Player, an exhibition that transforms the FWM's galleries from floor to wall to ceiling. Ritchie invites viewers to step into his mythic universe where they are introduced to forty-nine characters, serving as an elaborate system for the extensive information he draws upon for his works. From rolling Ritchie's unique dice in a digital craps game to walking on a colorful floor sculpture, visitors are participants in the narratives and possibilities of Ritchie's world.
The intricate, colorful floor sculpture, The God Impersonator, featured as part of the larger installation and exhibition Proposition Player, was created in collaboration with the FWM as Ritchie's Artist-in-Residence project.
The exhibition also presents Ritchie's Clinamen, a single-channel animation projection that was co-produced by the FWM; The Two-Way Joint, a backlit lenticular print which carries an image that changes when viewed from different vantage points; and a variety of paintings and drawings, including a suite of drawings titled Five of a Kind.
Since 1995 Ritchie has explored the complex nature of the universe and the intricacies of the human experience, integrating science, philosophy, religion, fiction and mythology into multi-media installations to create elaborate systems of information that model internal and external worlds. These systems originate in simple and primitive units that increase in complexity as they are combined, essentially forming miniature universes.


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QA and Delivery Director
Sanjay Sawhney
Sanjay heads the Test Lab at Ingenuity and is responsible for implementing and streamlining the Testing & Compliance process. Sanjay ensures the team delivers a high volume of games with predictability across multiple technologies and platforms.
Sanjay has over 20 years of experience working in corporate leadership roles across organizations in India and the United States, managing teams of over 300 people. He has also helped implement various Automation Tools, ETL / DWBI Test Processes, designing and implementing frameworks and accelerators in e-Commerce, Banking and Manufacturing domains that include Oriflame, Nucleus Software Solutions and Birla Soft.


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In the past few months, I have had the chance to see music from Australia, France, and Canada, in addition to the Texas, New York, and LA-based acts that typically come through. That's been nice.
Gojira were very polite, which stood in contrast to their precise and pulverizing metal. Their French accents were cute. I don't know if Courtney Barnett spoke or sang or mumbled or what, but whatever it was I couldn't understand it but totally loved it (as always). Crystal Castles were Canadian, and I also saw Phantogram. Both were about as antiseptic as expected.
Along with Barnett, the Sound on Sound Fest one-day pass also provided close access to a rock legend (Bob Mould) and a local legend (Explosions in the Sky). The latter was the clear highlight of the fall for live music. These guys' near-telepathic chemistry and their mastery of dynamics was put over the top by the coolest light show I have ever seen (thanks, weather).
Personally, it has been a crushing few months, but discovering new music and seeing old favorites is a helpful tonic. Listen to some of what I have been listening to, if you d/care.


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Pamela Young Lee Named Associate Director of Rancho Los Alamitos Foundation
2016-11-30 · By Editor
Pamela Young Lee has been named Associate Director for the Rancho Los Alamitos Foundation by a unanimous and enthusiastic vote of the Board of Trustees effective October 1, 2016. Ms Lee will provide support for Pamela Seager, Executive Director, as the institution moves through Phase III of the seismic strengthening of the ranch house, organizational development and other projects. (Yes! There are two dynamic women named Pamela at the reins on the ranch!)
Pam Lee, who has been with the Rancho for more than twenty years, began her career as Curator of the Mission Inn in Riverside in 1982 where she organized and completed the very first inventory of their collections and implemented conservation of paintings and sculptures. She was one of the first employees hired by Ms Seager for the Rancho in 1986 where she played a key role in the Master Planning process. She was recruited away from the Rancho in 1995 to become Director of Creative Resources at Walt Disney Imagineering where she worked for six years before assuming the Chief Curator position at the California Historic Society in San Francisco. She rejoined the Rancho in January of 2005 as Site Curator at Rancho Los Alamitos Historic Ranch and Gardens.
Given her past experience both with the Rancho and beyond, the staff, board and volunteers are delighted that Ms. Lee has accepted the new position. She is well suited for the role and is very familiar with all aspects of Rancho operations.
About Rancho Los Alamitos
Rancho Los Alamitos (the Ranch of the Little Cottonwoods) is owned by the City and people of Long Beach and operated by Rancho Los Alamitos Foundation as a public/private cooperative venture. The site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the 1,500-year continuous occupancy of the land spans from the ancestral village site of Puvuu'ngna, through the Spanish and Mexican periods, and on to the ranching and urbanization times s that have shaped Southern California.
Rancho Los Alamitos includes four acres of historic gardens primarily designed by the Olmsted Brothers from the 1920s through the 1930s, the core of an adobe rancho house from about 1800, and an early 20th century barns area. The award-winning Rancho Center, with permanent exhibition space and the restored barns area, features the blending of regional culture and the natural environment through time, including the Native American, Spanish and Mexican periods, the ranching and farming era, and mid-20th-century life. A place for all time, today Rancho Los Alamitos speaks to Southern California, yesterday, today and tomorrow.
The site is open to the public free of charge Wednesday through Sunday from 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Guided tours of the Ranch House and Barns Area begin at the Rancho Center every thirty minutes, with the first tour at 1:00 p.m. and the last at 4:00 p.m.


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Weddings at Kenmure are all about you. We provide the full wedding experience, from the rehearsal dinner to the farewell brunch. With multiple venues for the ceremony and reception, as well as accommodations for all of your guests — and a round or two of golf mixed in — we make planning your big day a pleasure.Experience Kenmure
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Generations have sought the healing properties our clean mountain air and water. Nestled in the picturesque Blue Ridge Mountains, Kenmure has a storied history forever linked to this land and its legends. It has always been a place for renewal and new beginnings.The Kenmure Story
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With the plethora of social hookup apps and sexually transmitted diseases on the rise, some social scientists have proffered the Millennial generation ushered in a new era of free love.
But a new Florida Atlantic University study blows up that stereotype. In fact, Millennial appear to be as prudish as their great-grandparents.
The Boca Raton-based college found many Americans born in the 1990s in particular, are forgoing sex during young adulthood.
The FAU study, just published in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior, contradicts the widespread stereotype that Millennial are the "hookup" generation that use popular dating apps like Tinder and Grindr.
Millennials are no more promiscuous than their predecessors and are less likely to be having sex than young adults were 30 years ago, according to a survey of almost 27,000 people.
The generation did not report more sexual partners after the age of 18 than GenX'ers born in the late 1960s. In fact, 15 percent of 20- to 24-year-old Americans had no sexual partners since turning 18.
The only other generation that showed a higher rate of sexual inactivity were those born in the 1920s, said Ryne Sherman,, co-author of the study and associate professor of psychology in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science at FAU.
"Many of the differences between the groups in the recent generations were also significant," said Sherman. "For example, women were more likely to be sexually inactive compared to men, Whites more than Blacks, those who did not attend college more than those who did, and in the East more than the West."
So why are Millennials not doing the deed?
For one, as the Pew Research Center observed, nearly one-third of today's young adults are still living at home, largely because of economic factors like lower wages and social ones, like delayed age of first marriage.
"With more [millennials] living with their parents even post-recession, young adults may have fewer opportunities to have sex," according to a story in The Daily Beast.


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Urban Citizens: Municipal Identification Cards (ID) For Inclusive And Safe Communities
New Haven Mayors Office
Proactive city government takes the lead nationally on recognizing the interests of all city residents
Going to a pharmacy to have a prescription filled, opening and accessing a local bank account, using any public service including getting a library card – all of these require identification – something that many immigrants don't have.
To overcome this hurdle, Mayor John DeStefano has led the initiative to have the City of New Haven approve a municipal ID card – the first of its kind in any American city. The card is universally available to all New Haven residents regardless of citizenship status.
The Elm City Residence Card (named for the trees that once dominated the regional landscape) was launched in July 2007. It was created to specifically address several specific areas of concern in the immigrant community specifically: public safety, access to financial services, access to government services, and knowledge about civil liberties and individual rights.
The card is not interchangeable with a drivers license or visa. However, what it does is validate its holders as full fledged participants in civil society.
The card In the city of New Haven, between 1990 and 2000 there was a 43 per cent increase in the foreign born population. Currently, there are 127,288 city residents, an estimated 17 percent of whom are foreign born. As with the rest of the state, residents from Latin America constitute the biggest group (38 per cent) of foreign born residents in the city. In addition, in New Haven there are an estimated 10,000 to 15,000 undocumented immigrants, which means that about 10 percent of the city's population is made up of residents without status.
A Practical Community Need
The rapid increase in the immigrant population in recent years presents the city with a number of challenges and opportunities, particularly as it relates to the undocumented population. These undocumented residents face the traditional obstacles confronted by immigrants (language barriers, cultural differences, barriers to educated attainment and low wage work) as well as additional problems uniquely tied to their lack of status, including difficulty accessing financial institutions, victimization, scams promising citizenship and other areas affecting quality of life.
Fear of authorities often dominates immigrant communities. John Jairo Lugo, president of the local immigrant rights group Unidad Latina en Accion said that lack of documentation deters immigrants from reporting crimes because they frequently become objects of suspicion if they are unable to prove their identities. "Our community has always been a target of attacks," Lugo said, "but it is difficult to prove your innocence without an English language ID. If you have an encounter with the police department they can detain you for days or months in jail until you can come up with valid identification."
Liam Brennan of the drafters of the Elm City ID proposal said that immigrants are disproportionately victimized by theft and home invasion, since they are frequently paid in cash but have nowhere to deposit their earning since local banks usually require a drivers license or social security number to set up an account – all documents that cannot be obtained by non-citizens. But Brennan said that many banks have agreed to accept the new municipal ID. With a possession of a bank account and a valid ID, it is hoped that immigrants will be simultaneously, "more likely to report crime and less likely to experience it themselves."
Nevertheless, one of the challenges of the cards is that immigrants are wary of obtaining one in case it makes them vulnerable to the immigration authorities. It is estimated that one out of every five immigrants will apply for the ID. Immigrants who decide to apply also face intimidation by protesters who are opposed to the program.
Selling the idea
The City of New Haven won broad based support for the municipal ID program by promoting its practical virtues instead of its ideological ones. According to Board of Alderman President Carl Goldfield, the Elm City ID, "is above all a pragmatic policy – and one that benefits the whole city." He continued, "From a public health and public safety standpoint, it just doesn't make any sense to have 10,000 members of a community afraid to get medical help or report crime, just because they are undocumented."
The other tactic that was used was that the creation of the ID cards was positioned as having broad based appeal. In addition to helping to create greater buy in for the initiative, it also would prevent undocumented immigrants from being easily identified by virtue of their cardholder status. Consequently, it was positioned as a useful form of ID for high school students (who have not yet qualified for a drivers license), seniors who may no longer have one and due to its "all in one" status).
About the Card
The ID card includes a resident's photo, names, address, date of birth, date of issue and expiration and the cardholders signature. Each card has an identifying nine digit number. It is also a library card that can be used in any of the city's six public library. The adult card has a debit chip in the reverse side that allows holders to load up to $150 that can be used to pay for city parking meters, garages and to purchase goods at about 50 participating stores. The card provides access to the Recycling Center and gives holders residential rates for the public beach and golf course. More recently it has been used to determine eligibility for a public works program to discard a large number of electronic products and for flu shots being dispensed at City Hall.
There is also a kids card. A separate children's card that given parents or guardians the option of listing both emergency contact and allergy information.
Going Forward
Public officials in New York and other major cities are monitoring New Haven's experiment and cautiously evaluating its suitability for their own communities.
However, Yale Law School Professor Michael Wishnie who is involved with the ID cards, adds that ultimately the municipal ID is only a short-term solution for a problem that demands "a federal fix." He believes that local debate in cities in like New haven could however eventually generate enough pressure to bring federal law makers back to the table. "The friction that we are seeing here in Connecticut is what will drive people back to their senators to demand comprehensive reform," Wishnie said. "Until that happens, communities will continue to govern themselves."
For a selection of library resources related to this Good Idea, see sidebar at right.
Making it Work for You:
- Municipal identity creates a sense of belonging, making social and economic integration easier.
- All city residents, regardless of immigration status, contribute to local commerce and other forms of civic engagement
- Making it possible for all residents to access public services, such as the use of a library or gaining access to parks, increases their ability to participate and become an integral part of the community.
Themes: connect, Access to services, Civic engagement, Political participation, Emergency services, Settlement, Social services, Democratic institutions, Service providers, Strategic Planning
For this Good Idea contact:
Sean Matteson, Chief of Staff
The Office of the Mayor
New Haven City Hall, 165 Church Street
New Haven, Connecticut, USA,
(203) 946-7802
For further reading :
- New Haven's Elm City resident cards: fact sheet
- The Elm City resident card: New Haven reaches out to immigrants
- Criteria for acceptable documents for municipal identification card
- A city to model: six proposals for protecting public safety and improving relationships between immigrant communities and the City of New Haven
- Immigration in Connecticut: a growing opportunity
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Because I need to write my birth story, it's going to be hard to write without talking about my daughter's birth. Her birth (and I did not give birth to her, she was extracted from my body) changed me forever. Here is how I recall it....
As with any VBAC birth story, this birth was ONLY the way it was because of my first "birth" story. Since I'm not really sure I've ever written my first birth story, I'll share the short version of it. I was induced at 39 weeks & 4 days with pre-eclampsia. My blood pressure had been creeping up. The weekend before my induction, I had a really bad headache. I knew the time was coming. I must also say during my pregnancy I was very unhealthy. I had a very stressful job (I was a manager of a busy busy nursing unit). I worked long hours. I took little time for myself. I ate what I wanted, when I wanted. My doctor did discuss my diet with me, but I thought it was because she was concerned about my weight. I thought she wanted me to limit my weight gain. So, I really ignored her advice (eat a high protein diet, nothing to drink except black coffee, unsweetened tea, milk, or water). I didn't exercise, except for the few prenatal yoga classes I took starting at about 32 weeks. According to my Bishop's score (I was 4 cm, 90% effaced, and minus 1 station), I had a favorable cervix. I should have had a "successful" induction. After discussing the plan with my doctor, we would use cytotec to induce. I know, I know. However, this was 4 years ago. The plan was for me to have 1 or 2 doses of cytotec and then labor on my own. Our plan was to not have to start pitocin. After my appointment, with my headache, high blood pressure, and protein in my urine, we were sent home to get our things. My husband & I went to eat some lunch then headed to the hospital. My mom was there before we were. We were all very excited!
At about 1:30pm, the first dose of cytotec was placed. I started contracting about every 5 minutes. My contractions were not painful at all. My doctor (and I) decided to break my water. Almost immediately the contractions became unbearable. Unfortunately, at the same time, I was placed on magnesium sulfate for my pre-eclampsia. I was stuck in bed. This was not in my plan. However, I moved a lot. I was constantly rolling from side-to-side. And, my cervix was changing. Then, the pain became unbearable. I first had a dose of Nubain. After about 3 hours, I was begging for my epidural. I think I was about 7 cm dilated and it was about 11 pm. The epidural was instant relief. My family & my husband's family came in to visit (they had been there the entire time). We really thought I'd have a baby soon.
But, with the epidural my movement stopped. When my movement stopped, my contractions stopped. My cervix stopped changing. At some point in the night, pitocin was started. Eventually, I was completely dilated, but with no urge to push. I think this was around 8 am. But, I pushed. I pushed in hands & knees, using the squatting bar, and on my back. I pushed with all my might. I pushed for 2 and a half hours. I did not move my daughter at all after 2 and a half hours. I was exhausted. I begged for a vacuum (she was too high...never got past 0 station). Finally, my doctor said it was up to me, but she didn't think I'd move her any more. She said I could go ahead & push for another hour or so, but I probably wouldn't get her any lower than where she was. At this point, I decided a c-section was what would be best. But, before we went to the OR, my doctor told me I would VBAC with my next baby. I didn't believe her. I didn't believe there would EVER be another baby.
My c-section was awful. While I did not feel pain, I had post-partum hemorrhage. I lost a lot of blood. That's what happens when you have magnesium, an epidural, pitocin, and you've pushed for 2.5 hours. Throughout my post-partum stay (over the next four days), I would receive Hespan (a starch that is supposed to thicken your blood...I think) and 4 units of blood. My hematocrit and hemoglobin dropped to dangerously low levels. It took me 48 hours to even get out of bed. I could not care for my daughter. I could not breastfeed. I couldn't use the bathroom by myself. I needed so much help.
As my doctor was discharging me, she told me again that I would VBAC with my next baby. Yeah, right. There won't be a next baby, is all I could think. She told me used 2 layers of sutures, just because she knew I'd want to VBAC.
I went home feeling awful. We had such a hard time caring for our precious daughter. I was having a horrible time breastfeeding (never really got that under control until she was about 2 months old). Then, I got depressed, really depressed. Not so much as in how some people have depression, but I was depressed about my birth. I knew very soon that I was not happy with my birth experience. I felt like I missed out on something, something very important, something very valuable.
At this point, I started searching for a c-section support group. I googled "c-section support group" and that's how I found ICAN. Of course, there wasn't an ICAN chapter nearby, but I found support immediately. This was a group of women who completely understood how I felt. They got it. I loved my daughter with all my heart and soul (although bonding was difficult), but I did not love the way she was brought into this world. I think it's very similar to having a horrible wedding day, but still loving your spouse. Just because the day doesn't go as planned, doesn't mean you don't love the outcome.
Slowly, I realized I would VBAC my next baby. Then, I started an ICAN chapter in my area. I became educated and empowered. I learned more about birth, c-sections, and VBAC during the next few years than some learn in their whole life. I was dedicated to having better birth outcomes.
I still do not feel completely healed from my c-section. I am sad beyond belief that I missed out on such an important time in my daughter's life. I am sad that I was not the relaxed parent that I am now. I really feel like I missed out on so much just because of my c-section.
Just me. And my life. My family. My job. My friends. Nothing exciting. I am just a mom getting crunchier as I go. I believe in birth rights, VBAC, extended breastfeeding, and baby wearing. I love my kiddos like nothing else.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Almost 4 years later...
Posted by Brooke at 8:35 AM
Labels: birth, c-section, Little Worm, VBAC
2 comments:
- Zoie @ TouchstoneZ said...
Thank you for sharing your beautiful and raw story. You are an amazing mama. Your words really show one of my favorite things about the birth of a mother-how it transforms us and leads us to empower ourselves, if/when we let it.
- May 13, 2011 at 10:23 PM
- Brooke said...
Thank you! My daughter's birth has really shaped me...not only as a mom, but as a person. It unfortunate it happened the way it did, but I really believe I'm a better person because of it.
- May 25, 2011 at 1:40 PM
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HONOLULU – Alanna Anderson singled home two runs in the bottom of the sixth to give BYU-Hawaii softball a 3-2 win in the second game with Azusa Pacific after losing the first game 18-9 Friday at Sand Island Softball field.
Anderson finished 3 for 6 with four RBI and one run to lead the Seasiders (9-16, 6-6 PacWest) at the plate. Lizabelle Talataina added a 4 for 7 performance at the plate with an RBI and four runs. Taiana Williamson moved to 3-7 on the year holding the Cougars (16-7, 8-2 PacWest) to two runs in the night cap.
Kayla Jimenez hit .500 with four RBI and four runs for Azusa Pacific on the day. Nicki Sprague had a fantastic first game with six RBI on 3 for 4 hitting, but was held in check by T. Williamson in the second game.
Game one
- Azusa Pacific broke things open in the first inning scoring 11 runs on eight hits spearheaded by Nicki Sprague who singled to the pitcher on a bunt bringing in the first runner and brought home two more runs with her second single of the inning.
- Jimenez came home in the third inning on Erinn Jaramillo's sacrifice fly to make it 12-0 in favor of the Cougars.
- In the bottom of the fourth Anderson singled home Talataina home to put the Seasiders on the board.
- Alexa Barrett singled on a blooper just over the first baseman's head to score another and Anderson came home on Roxane Dennis' ground out to third to make it 12-3.
- Makaela WIlliamson reached safely on an error with runners on first and second to allow one run to score and Talataina came home on a ground out to make it 12-5 and avoid the run rule ending in the fifth inning.
- In the next inning, Sprague doubled to center field to bring three runners in and then Jimenez followed up with a double to right center to bring Sprague in for the 16-5 lead.
- The Seasiders answered with four runs of their own. Barrett scored on a throwing error to begin the inning followed by Dennis stealing third and then scoring on a throwing error by the catcher.
- With two outs, Sarah Captain scored when two outfielders collided and M. Williamson then singled to left field to bring Talataina home to make it 16-9 and send the game to the seventh.
- Abry Moreno singled to bring in two more for Azusa Pacific in the seventh for the final runs of the game.


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Picture a sunny day in Oakland, California during the decade of peace and love. For white people, the city is a place that embodies the hippie, free love movement of the 1960's. For people of color, it was nothing but blatant harassment and violence from the police department that sought to target black people in Oakland with excessive consistency. From this violence comes a surge of resistance from empowered black people in Oakland who have had enough of the violence and band together to protect themselves. This group is known as the Black Panther Party and they became one of the most notorious black power movements in American history.
When forming an organization like the Black Panther Party, a sense of structure was necessary to get their message of resistance out to as many people as possible. The Panther's outlined a 10-point program which served as a guideline for members and citizens alike to understand what members code of ethics, morals and overall mission was. The formation of the Panther's was a direct response to the violence and harassment that black people have been dealing with in Oakland forever. Many of the demands were simple and basic human rights such as equal employment and the end to police brutality among the black community.
But it wouldn't be the Black Panther's without a bit of radical thrown into the mix. Alongside the more reasonable demands in the program were outlandish requests for control of all modern technology, the release of all black people from imprisonment and for black men to be exempt from military service. Regardless, the ten-point program served as an example of the many ways black people had been denied basic human and civil rights.
Another way the Panther's sought to reach out to black communities in Oakland and across the country was through the medium of a newsletter, The Black Panther, distributed to members of the black community. Just as any newsletter, the goal was to raise awareness to issues going on in their community. A quote in the newsletter explains a lot about the rhetoric used among the Panthers that posed a threat to the police and anyone else that threatened their freedom and equality.
"BLACK MEN!!! It is your duty to your women and children, to your mothers and sisters, to investigate the program of the PARTY. There is no other way. We have tried everything else. This is the movement in history when Black People have no choice but to move and move rapidly to gain their freedom, justice and all other ingredients of civilized living that have been denied to us. This is where it is at. Check it out, Black Brothers and Sister! This is our Day!!!!!"
When seeing this rhetoric and understanding the climate towards black people, especially black men, during the time it was printed, it's understandable why the Panther's raised eyebrows from regular Oakland citizens to the FBI. These "radical" declarations in their newsletters and in the ten-point program were seen as a violent and aggressive response to the decades of oppression black people in America have endured. The group was declared the "greatest threat to the internal security of the country" by FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover in 1969.
In reality, the organization coined the greatest "threat" to national security were running outreach programs from Oakland to Chicago to provide what had been historically denied from their black communities. From food pantries, free clothing and food drives, after school tutoring, health clinics to legal workshops– the Black Panthers did all they could to improve the lives of their black brothers and sisters.
For me, that is such a telling sign of the way many black power organizations in America are viewed throughout history. Community enrichment and empowerment are at the core of (most) of these organizations but all people want remember are the black berets and guns slinging from leather jackets.
We see the same national resistance toward the Black Lives Matter movement whose central goal is to gain freedom, justice and equality for black people. It would be wrong for me to say there weren't legitimate instances where both organizations, the Panthers and BLM, have rightfully been criticized for certain actions or language in their fight for equality. But we have to ask ourselves, what would we do if we were in their position?
Black Americans have had to deal with decades of systematic oppression and institutional racism in every area of life. From red lining to A seemingly never ending struggle for basic human rights in a country that claims all men are created equal. How far would you be willing to fight for the right to live where you want; have access to equal health care and educational opportunities; to not be followed every time you enter a grocery store; or to not fear for your life at a routine traffic stop?


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Actress Alexis Rhee to discuss challenges and the business of acting in Hollywood on CNN Headline News The Actress, who won a SAG Award for "Outstanding Performance by a Cast Member" for her work in the movie CRASH (2004) has just been cast in MATA LEAO - THE LION KILLER Los Angeles, CA – Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award-winning
Actress Alexis Rhee (CRASH, 2004) discusses the challenges of acting on CNN Headline News local edition at the Charter Cable TV studios, Los Angeles, CA. The interview will air from May 16 – 22, 2011, on Charter's CNN HLN channel 49 between midnight to 4 p.m. at 24 and 54 minutes to the hour check local TV Guide listings.) "My brother directed me in a play while I was learning to play the violin," Rhee told CNN Local Edition News Anchor Tracy Young in a record five minute news segment. "So then I got bitten by two bugs, music and acting." Rhee, who is also a classically trained accomplished violinist, a certified hypnotherapist, Microsoft Systems Engineer and a black belt in the Martial Arts and has also written a screen play entitled, "Hal." The screenplay is about an old jazz pianist, who's suffering from Alzheimer's in a nursing home. "My mother passed away a year and a half ago from the disease, and I know there are a lot of actors' parents who are currently suffering from Alzheimer's," explained Rhee, who is currently shopping her movie script. When asked has it been easy to succeed in Hollywood? She responded this way, "Very, very difficult. The industry concentrates on the things I don't do," explained Rhee. "For example, speaking English without an accent. They don't care about what I can do as an artist like playing the violin, martial arts and acting. These skills are all secondary. The first thing they ask is, 'do you have an America or Asian accent?'" she said. Rhee is of Korean descent. For the full story visit: http://www.mayocommunications.com/2011-NEWS%20RELEASES/NR-388.htm
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▐ DearDiary #5▐ Brave
23 October 2017
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I almost dropped my tears at work, when I read that you cried :") You remind me with my brace year when I was 16/17, which is 8-9 years ago. The pain was unbearable indeed and I couldn't understand why some people wear braces just fine. But in the end, it is all worth it. Jiayou Chanwon! Few months to go and then everything will be worth it! But must tell ourselves, we are pretty no matter what! Don't listen to anyone, they don't live in our body, they don't know! What we do is we do because we want to and we feel like it! You are such a great inspiration! I wish we can be friends x) I have been reading your posts for so long, I feel like I have known you for so long. Hugs!ReplyDeleteReplies
Yes dear. Exactly and thanks for leaving me such a nice comment. It feels like we are talking with each others since years ago. You comment always made my day and I hope I can wait until the day I take off my braces. Couldn't bear with the pain again. Love <3Delete
- AnonymousOctober 24, 2017 at 8:52 AM
throughout the years I watched you grow so much, although we are like 34902375845239 miles apart, you and daph are really like my faraway sisters. all these years you have overcome so many obstacles and also evolved into such mature independent leng lui and I am really really proud of you. love you lots xxReplyDelete
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- AnonymousOctober 24, 2017 at 12:00 PM
I started knowing you becoz u r a Japan loverXD and at first I was thinking why this girl so normal but so much followers de(sorry I judged XD) but I chose to follow you anyway becoz of JPN stuffs.ReplyDelete
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Tuesday, 28 June 2016
So long, and thanks for all the fish......
I think it would make an excellent sentiment for a Bon Voyage card, perhaps a retirement card for an office team to send to a colleague or, if the recipient is also a Douglas Adams fan, a 42nd birthday. However there doesn't appear to be a rubber stamp of it. So I made my own on the computer - the font, if you are interested in such things, is Mister Sirloin BTN Rare (which sounds rather more meaty than fishy).
I've teamed it with some papers from a Stampin Up pas called Going Places, a stamped dolphin image which uses a very old anonymous unmounted stamp I got in a grab bag, stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black and coloured with Promarkers, and a selection of stars and dolphin embellishments from my stash.
Sorry the photo's a bit skew-whiff, I must have been leaning to one side when I took it!
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Brilliant card, and yes I am a BIG Douglas Adams fan. Thanks for playing with the SoSS, Jo xReplyDelete
Yep, a perfect card for a meaning of life birthday! Love how you've put this card together and thanks for sharing the font details. Cara xReplyDelete
Oh how I love this. It really just needs a towel to make it complete. ;) Great design, and love those little dolphin embellishments. Thanks for joining the fun at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!ReplyDelete
I'm a major big Douglas Adams fan, so I AM LOVING THIS CARD!!!!! And now, I have that ear worm in my head (but not the critter that was shoved in Arthur Dent's ear so he could understand what the Vogons and other aliens were saying) Love the galaxy paper paired with the stars, and are those dolphin brads?!!!! Awesome! Thanks for joining us at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!ReplyDelete
Super card. Love the sentiment. Thanks for joining us at Sweet Stampin'ReplyDelete
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Super card. Love the sentiment. Thanks for joining us at Sweet Stampin'ReplyDelete
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Fab card! Love the sentiment.ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing at Sweet Stampin'.
Perfect! Love the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy reference!ReplyDelete
Thanks for joining the sisterhood of snarky stampers for O is for Outer Space.
This is absolutely fabulous! Thanks for joining the fun at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!ReplyDelete
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Perfect card for a reader. Thanks for spacing out with the sisterhood.ReplyDelete
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Friday, March 23, 2018
The Skills You Need to Make It as a Badass Blogger!
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These are awesome tips girl! Networking is super important so i'm really glad you mentioned that one. blogging is one of those things that you always have to do your best at. no rest for the wicked right? lolReplyDeleteReplies
Yes! Networking can be difficult but when done right can yield amazing results! I agree, if you want to be a top blogger you have to put your all in it! Thanks for reading :-)Delete
Great post! Photos are amazing! :)ReplyDelete
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Couldn't agree with you more on all of the above points! Photo editing is definitely a skill to hone in on when blogging, and you make some brilliant points about networking and following-up!ReplyDelete
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Photo editing is a skill I really am lacking in but am determined to improve on this year! Thanks, I am glad you found the points useful.Delete
Another great post, Madeline. Thank you. There is always room for improvement. Photo editing is an area I need to work on too.Delete
Thank you Nwamaka. You're most welcome dear. Let's set photo editing as a challenge for both of us this year!Delete
Its always so nive to read your post because you give so many good advices! Your blog is definetly one of my fav in my list!ReplyDelete
I am so honoured that you think that. What's the point if I can't help my fellow blogger, eh?Delete
These are all great tips sis. I definitely agree with them all. I haven't got there yet but learning. Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
Hi Missy! Thaks for reading. Me too I am learning everyday. It's one thing knowing what to do but implementing it is a totally new kettle of fish!Delete
Great post! I love posts like this. Part of my 'spring cleaning' routine for my blog is actually take note of great posts like this and applying tips where need be; taking stock and developing our skill. Thanks for this.ReplyDelete
Thank you Bubu. Thanks for the feedback - I'll definitely make a note to produce more posts like this. I am glad to hear that you are still spring cleaning (I am too!) We are all learning together . Believe it or not I am on my journey to being a badass blogger!Delete
Great points all around. I'm a part-time blogger and I can see why some people pursue blogging as a full-time job - it's a lot of work! It's enjoyable most of the time, but I'm definitely guilty of failing to do one or more of the things you mentioned once in a while (I think I've finally figured out the social networking bit but have a lot of work to do in terms of follow-up and networking especially...) || www.lorikemi.comReplyDeleteReplies
It's a he'll of a lot of work especially when you have to juggle so much! We are all guilty of falling short but we'll get there! Thanks for reading. XDelete
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So i have had a small aquaponic garden for about 4 months and it has been going great (i've already harvested green onions 3 times). I have 2 grow beds and about 30 gallons of water with 20 or so 3" talapia fingerlings (I haven't killed any fish or plants yet!) and i water manually twice a day.
I feed my fish live plants mostly, every few days i snap a leafy branch off of a nearby bush in my yard and put it in the water removing the old branch. This gives my fish somewhere to hide and something to eat, I've been having good luck with this but i want to ramp up the scale and go to a 275 gallon container with larger grow beds. My question is will i be able to do this in the big container with lots of fish or have i just been lucky letting my little fish graze all day? I thought i'd ask here before i go experimenting because 200+ gallons won't be as easy to dump out and start over.


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As religion grows, so does inter-faith conflicts in Africa
Friday February 17 2012
With both Muslim and Christian populations in sub-Saharan Africa growing rapidly, issues of inter-faith relations will become increasingly explosive if measures are not taken to address growing tensions between the two major faiths in countries across Africa.
The January 20 bombings and gun battles in Nigeria's second largest city of Kano have added urgency to efforts to seek a lasting solution to religious conflicts on the continent. The Boko Haram militant group, which claimed responsibility for the attacks in which up to 165 people were killed, has in the recent past gone for an all-out campaign of terror in its efforts to establish Sharia rule in Nigeria.
Last Christmas, the group was responsible for a wave of bombings that claimed over 80 lives.
But Nigeria is not an isolated case, though arguably the worst affected by religious animosity. Egypt has also experienced a wave of attacks on churches over the past year; sectarian violence between Muslims and Orthodox Christians protesting against the attacks claimed 24 lives last October, according to reports. Ivory Coast was effectively split along religious lines in the aftermath of its insurgency. In Kenya, Al Shabaab propagandists have attempted to portray Kenya's foray into Somalia as an attack on Islam.
Even in Tanzania, which enjoys a relatively high degree of religious harmony, tensions have occasionally run high; early last year, The Citizen newspaper reported that the Muslim Council of Tanzania (Bakwata) had asked the government to form a special commission comprising religious leaders to explore the increasing religious animosity in the country. This kind of scenario described in these examples is replicated to a lesser or greater extent in countries across Africa.
But Christians have not merely sat back as lambs waiting for slaughter. Christian leaders in Nigeria urged their followers to exercise restraint after the Christmas attacks. It remains to be seen how they will react following the latest attacks, with fears of reprisals gripping the nation.
Indeed, following attacks by Muslim Hausa cattle herders on Christian ethnic Taroks in 2004, the latter attacked Muslim cattle-herders in the town of Yelwa in central Nigeria's Plateau State. Wire agencies reported then that the Tarok ethnic group used machine guns mounted on jeeps, along with rifles and machetes, to attack the Muslim community. Three mosques were damaged and at least 67 people were killed, with hundreds more fleeing or unaccounted for.
A close look at the statistics shows that Africa could be headed for a conflagration of mammoth proportions unless national and religious leaders spearhead a sober, reasoned approach that will ensure the followers of the two faiths can live together in harmony.
Sub-Saharan Africa has more than 500 million Christians, which makes it the region with the third largest number of Christians worldwide, says a new report. The continent has 242.5 million Muslims.
The study, Global Christianity: A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World's Christian Population, was conducted by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life in the US.
An earlier study on Muslim populations released early last year and conducted by the same firm forecast that the Muslim population will grow at about twice the rate of the non-Muslim population over the next two decades – an average annual growth rate of 1.5 per cent for Muslims, compared with 0.7 per cent for non-Muslims.
According to the report, "The Future of the Global Muslim Population: Projections for 2010-2030," the Muslim population in Nigeria is projected to increase by more than 50 per cent in the next 20 years, from about 76 million in 2010 to about 117 million in 2030. If current trends continue, Nigeria – arguably the country worst affected by Africa's religious wars - will have a slight Muslim majority by 2030. Muslims are expected to make up 51.5 per cent of the population in 2030, up from 47.9 per cent in 2010.
The projected increase in Nigeria's Muslim population is primarily due to high fertility rates. Although the rates vary considerably throughout the country, the average fertility rate for Muslim women in Nigeria is between six and seven children per woman, compared with an average of five children per woman for non-Muslims. High fertility rates among Nigeria's Muslims are related to factors such as lower levels of education and lower use of birth control.
This sorry state among Nigeria's Muslims has exacerbated the conflicts in the country. The reasons are partly historical. According to Nigerian scholars Eghosa E. Osaghae and Rotimi T. Suberu, "British colonial policy fostered the uneven socioeconomic and political development and mal-integration of the various Nigerian peoples.
Historical genesis
The more damaging aspects of the British colonial policy of uneven development included the exclusion of Christian missionary activity and the highly prized mission-sponsored schools from the predominantly Muslim areas of the north, thereby creating a huge imbalance in westernisation between north and south, which continues to haunt the federation; the discouragement of any official political contact between north and south until 1947, when politicians from the two regions sat together for the first time in the central legislative council; the official promotion of segregated residential settlement patterns and inflexible land tenure systems, both of which reinforced discrimination against migrant communities; and, the lopsided recruitment of Nigerians into the army and police."
The Global Christianity report, which was released December 2011, makes comparisons of current figures with estimates of Christian populations a century ago. The fastest growth in the number of Christians over the past century has been in sub-Saharan Africa (a roughly 60-fold increase, from fewer than 9 million in 1910 to more than 516 million in 2010).
The report categorises Christians into Catholics, Protestants, Orthodox and Other Christians. The latter accounts for Mormons, Jehovah Witnesses and other minority groups that are often considered cults by the mainstream denominations.
The report does not capture the emergence of radical strands of Protestantism that would be expected to play a critical role in the igniting or perpetuation of religious conflict. It also fails to recognise the quiet emergence of restorationist groups and house churches, which are now growing rapidly across the continent.
While important differences exist between the various Christian and Muslim sects, violence between adherents of the two faiths does not discriminate along any such lines. The perpetrators, however, belong to the more militant sects of either faith.
Among Christians in Nigeria, for example, there has been a rapid growth of fundamentalist groups in recent years. Even among the so-called mainstream clergy, the tendency has been to lean toward conservative values. This played out prominently during the debate over ordination of gay clergy that virtually split the worldwide Anglican communion, with Nigeria taking a prominent role in the breakaway by Africa and other Third World countries from the Western churches that accepted the ordination of gays and lesbians.
The same fundamentalist streak is to be found in the growing Muslim population in Nigeria as elsewhere on the continent. Growing poverty, unemployment and economic desperation provide powerful fodder for messianic preachers of both faiths, who find multitudes all too eager to listen to their radical messages of a better tomorrow.
Often, these preachers are no more than conmen eager to take advantage of their gullible countrymen. Unfortunately, the almost total mind control exercised by these extremist leaders on their followers – whether in Pentecostal Christianity or Wahhabi Islam – ensures that there is always an army ready to wage war for ideals that show little of Christian love or Muslim charity.
In Africa, ethnic and religious conflicts are rarely a localised affair; they have a way of spilling over from their original theatres to cover whole regions of a country, or even other regions within the same country.
This is as true of the 2007 ethno-politio clashes in Kenya as it has been true of religious conflicts in Nigeria. And although ethnic conflicts have often spilled across international boundaries, this has largely been confined to areas near the affected countries. With the rapid growth of fundamentalist Christianity and jihadist Islam, the continent may soon have to contend with a new and dangerous prospect: the internationalisation of conflict.
The seeds for such a development have already been sown. Terrorist groups such as Al Qaeda and Al Shabaab do collaborate on an international scale. Unconfirmed reports say that Nigeria's Boko Haram militants share links with both of these groups. The growth of social media has made it possible for people to share ideas and information across borders within minutes. Technological advancement and liberalisation in countries with weak regulatory systems have made it relatively easy to move and hide funds across countries. Christian fundamentalist groups boast of diehard followers across nations, with income from tithes and offerings that would be the envy of many profitable private-sector enterprises.
But all is not lost and Africa does not have to look resignedly at the looming religious Armageddon. Inter-religious dialogue has been taking place, albeit feebly and intermittently. Because religion does not make headlines — except where there is conflict or some prediction for the end of the world — many of these efforts hardly receive the prominence they deserve.
Prophetic, non-sectarian leadership is not easy to come by; when this arises, their impact is blunted by inability to reach the masses through the mass media. Tackling fundamentalism head-on will cost loads of money and a steely resolve. Famous televangelists have the financial muscle to dominate Christian programmes on radio and television across various channels, hypnotising their followers with all sorts of empty promises. They face little opposition on the airwaves from concerned Christians, largely due to financial constraints. To break the hold of such preachers on the people will take a conscious, prolonged campaign to detoxify the minds of their followers. One way or the other, this will have to be done not just among Christians but across the religious divide if Africa is to be saved from religious wars.
While Muslim-Christian tensions are to be found in many countries across the world, Africa is in the unique position of having huge blocs of followers of both faiths across most countries. Moreover, while much of the Muslim population in the West is made up of migrants, in Africa these are indigenous peoples who share a common history of slavery, oppression and colonialism with their Christian counterparts.
If continent-wide efforts at inter-religious dialogue are not given the required impetus, together with conscious attempts to counter fundamentalism in all its aspects, religious conflict may well be Africa's undoing.
Isaac Mwangi is the immediate former chief sub-editor of the The EastAfrican
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