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Brexit poses a potential threat to environmental policies, according to a parliamentary inquiry.
MPs on the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) said in a probe of the Government's future policy: "We believe that leaving the EU poses a potential threat to delivering the goals set out in the Government's 25-Year Plan for the Environment in terms of the risk of reduced standards, lower enforcement powers, the threats to common frameworks and regulatory oversight."
Their report The Government's 25-Year Plan for the Environment called for the creation a new independent oversight body, named the Environmental Enforcement and Audit Office (EEAO), which would be modelled on spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO).
It said this would be vital to ensure that the governance, enforcement, oversight and policy functions currently carried out by the European Commission and European Court of Justice would not be lost after the UK leaves the EU.
Defra is currently running a consultation on a post-Brexit environmental watchdog to provide "independent scrutiny and advice on existing and future Government environmental law and policy". It will also respond to complaints about the Whitehall's delivery of environmental law.
The EAC said there was "a worrying lack of detail" in the 25-year plan and legally binding targets should be introduced on key environmental indicators.
Among its roles, the EEAO would oversee all public authorities, and have powers to take them and the Government to court where standards were breached. Like the NAO, it would be accountable to Parliament rather the Government to ensure its independence.
EAC chair Mary Creagh (pictured) said: "If we want a world-leading environment we need a world-leading environmental watchdog.
"The Government's 25-year plan is high on ambitions, but low on milestones. The Government has more experience of getting rid of environmental watchdogs than of setting them up.
"We want an Environmental Governance and Principles Act that sets legally binding targets and creates a new environment office to measure progress and enforce this new law."
A Defra spokesperson said: "Our environment plan sets out in detail how we will improve our environment for the next generation, and we have already taken significant steps to deliver this pledge.
"We are bringing forward the first Environment Bill in more than 20 years, and are now consulting on a world-leading body to hold the Government to account on environmental standards."
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Setting these attributes to your character's current attributes sets the skill points per hour in the various skill group tables below, under the Burn Rate column.
New characters tend to do well with high Perception and Intelligence scores. This is because Perception and Intelligence are primary skills for the essential combat and piloting skills. When starting a trade-focused character, then there is value in starting with high Charisma and medium Willpower and Memory.
Perception-Related Core Skills
|Burn Rate
|Gunnery Skills
|Uses Perception and Willpower.
|Missile Skills
|Uses Perception and Willpower.
|Drone Skills
|Uses Perception and Memory.
|Navigation Skills
|Uses Intelligence and Perception.
Intelligence/Memory-Related Core Skills
|Burn Rate
|Fitting Skills
|Uses Intelligence and Memory.
|Capacitor Skills
|Uses Intelligence and Memory.
|Armor Tanking Skills
|Uses Intelligence and Memory.
|Shield Tanking Skills
|Uses Intelligence and Memory.
|Tackling Skills
|Uses Intelligence and Memory.
|EWAR Skills
|Uses Intelligence and Memory.
Other Skill/Attributes Mapped
Charisma is often considered a less important skill. In combat, nobody cares if you're polite or well-groomed. In interactions between players, its your own Charisma that matters. When you hover over Charisma in the table below, it will show the other skill group areas that involve Charisma.
|Burn Rate
|Corporation Management
|Memory / Charisma
|Memory / Perception
|Intelligence / Memory
|Intelligence / Memory
|Perception / Willpower
|Memory / Intelligence
|Charisma / Willpower
|Intelligence / Memory
|Missile Launcher Operation
|Perception / Willpower
|Intelligence / Perception
|Intelligence / Memory
|Charisma / Intelligence
|Spaceship Command
|Perception / Willpower
|Charisma/ Memory
Accelerating Skill Learning
You can compress the time required train these skills by investing in implants for Intelligence, Memory, Perception and Willpower. The minimum level if implants you should install are +3 . This will keep skill training times reasonable. You need only a bit of Cybernetics to be able to use these. If you plan in going to low-sec or nullsec, then better go cheap. For this reason, some players advise waiting six months before going to those areas…so you have some skills under your belt and are better able to afford losing your implants.
Armor Tanking Skills
If you want to fit armor buffer tanks or active armor tanks you'll want to train armor support skills and be able to fit T2 armor tanking modules. Armor tanking is popular for PvP.
To fit T2 modules, train Mechanic and Hull Upgrades to level V. This is the Armor Tanking Certification-Improved.
Amarr. Because most Amarr ships favor an armor tanking approach, Amarr pilots must become proficient at armor taking skills. Specifically, Amarr pilots should train as quickly as possible to fit Tech II armor tanking modules. A Tech II tank is more than 40% more effective than a Tech I tank a huge competitive advantage.
Gallente. Because most Gallente ships favor an armor tanking approach, Gallente pilots must become proficient at armor taking skills. Specifically, Gallente pilots should train as quickly as possible to fit Tech II armor tanking modules. A Tech II tank is more than 40% more effective than a Tech I tank a huge competitive advantage.
Uses Intelligence and Memory.
|Burn Rate
|Mechanic (V)
|Fit Armor Repairers.
|Hull Upgrades (V)
|+5% armor hit points; fit Active Armor Hardeners and Plates.
|Repair Systems (IV for T2 or V)
|-5% repair systems duration; fit effective Armor Repairers
Train these skills to Level III as required.
|Burn Rate
|EM Armor Compensation (III)
|+3% Active Module; +5% Passive Module; Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane effectiveness
|Explosive Armor Compensation (III)
|+3% Active Module; +5% Passive Module; Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane effectiveness
|Kinetic Armor Compensation (III)
|+3% Active Module; +5% Passive Module; Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane effectiveness
|Thermic Armor Compensation (III)
|+3% Active Module; +5% Passive Module; Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane effectiveness
Have Astrometrics to level 4 and all of the other three scanning support skills to level 3. To be certain, have Astrometric Rangefinding, Astrometric Pinpointing and Astrometric Acquisition to level 3 each. You are not looking for the ability to just scan, you need to be able to scan quickly too. There is more to be said about these skills in the "Scanning Your Ass Off" section.
There are only 4 scanning skills in the game. To evaluate a character's ability to scan use a simple rule of thumb.
- Weak: Skills @ III
- Average: Skills @ IV
- Good: @ V
|Burn Rate
|Astrometrics (IV)
|1x probe per level
|Astrometrics Acquisition (III)
|-10% Scan Time
|Astrometrics Rangefinding (III)
|+10% Scan Distance
|Astrometrics Pinpointing (III)
|-10% Deviation
|Racial Frigate (V)
|Access T2 scanning ships
Capacitor Skills
Caldari and Minmatar. These pilots don't depend on capacitor power as much as other races do, but it's still very important, especially for active tanks, for running propulsion modules and for capacitor warfare. You'll want Energy Systems Operation at level V and Energy Management to level IV at least. Cap Boosters are useful in some PvP fits, so you'll want to be able to fit the best with Energy Grid Upgrades IV.
Amarr and Gallente. Capacitor is life without energy in your capacitor, you cant run active modules, your defenses degrade, and you end up stripped of your ship, floating in space in a pod. Amarr pilots depend on capacitor energy to run active armor tanks and to fire lasers, and as a result, they must develop several capacitor management skills. You'll want Energy Systems Operation at level 5 and Energy Management to level 4 at least. Cap Rechargers or Cap Boosters are prevalent in most PvP fittings, so you'll want to be able to fit the best with good Energy Grid Upgrade skills, 4.
Uses Intelligence and Memory.
These are all the skills you need to optimize the size, recharge rate and efficiency of your capacitor:
|Burn Rate
|Energy Systems Operation (V)
|-5% capacitor recharge time; fit Capacitor Boosters.
|Energy Management (IV+)
|5% capacitor capacity
|Energy Grid Upgrades (IV)
|-5% some components; fit Cap Rechargers and Power Diagnostic Systems.
|Energy Emission Systems
|-5% capacitor need of energy emission weapons; fit Nosferatu energy weapons.
Drone Skills
If you fly any ship bigger than a frigate you will want drone skills. To be most effective, you will need to get Tech II drones, which means investing even more time and effort in drone skill development. T2 light drones are a great help in Level 4 missions, where they make short work of frigates which scramble your valuable battleship, stopping you from warping out if the mission goes wrong.
If you plan to fly the skill-intensive Typhoon you will want T1 heavy drones, and good drone support skills—and T2 heavy drones in the long term.
Uses Perception and Memory.
|Burn Rate
|Drone (V)
|number of drones you can operate; Key for almost all pilots that want to fly a cruiser or larger. Gateway skill for other neat drone skills. No excuses!
|Scout Drone Operation (V)
|+5km range
|Combat Drone Operation (IV)
|+5% dmg for small/medium drones
|Drone Durability (IV)
|+5% shield, armor, hull
|Drone Interfacing (IV)
|+20% drone damage/mining yield; every level is like another drone
|Drone Navigation (IV)
|+5% Microdrive
|Drone Sharpshooting (IV)
|Drone Optimal Range
|EW Drone Interfacing (I+)
|Increases range of all drones
|Electronic Warfare (IV)
|-5% ECM needs
To get Tech 2 drones, youll need some of the four racial 'Drone Specialization' skills. Minmatar and Gallente are the most important (Small, Medium, Heavy):
- Minmatar drones (Warrior, Valkyrie and Berserker) are very fast, and so are popular in PvP; they also do well against the Angels which you fight in many missions from Minmatar agents
- Gallente drones (Hobgoblin, Hammerhead and Ogre) do tons of damage, and so are also popular in PvP; they also do well against most types of NPC rat
- ECM drones can be a useful tool if you're flying solo or in a small gang with no dedicated ECM ship.
Try to use small (S) drones against frigates, medium (M) against cruisers and heavy (H) or sentry (L) drones against battleships.
|Dmg Type
|Speed/ Track
|Names (S, M, H, L)
|2nd (Fast)
|4th (Lowest)
|Acolyte, Infiltrator, Praetor, Curator
|3rd (Slow)
|2nd (High)
|Hornet, Vespa, Wasp, Warden
|4th (Slowest)
|1st (Highest)
|Hobgoblin, Hammerhead, Ogre, Garde
|1st (Fastest)
|3rd (Low)
|Warrior, Valkrie, Beserker, Bouncer
EWAR Skills
Electronic Warfare is a major part of fleet and small gang combat operations, especially in the UNI. Because most of our opponents have higher skill levels than the typical Eve University pilot, we must neutralize their natural advantage and EWAR is an effective way to do this. An experienced pilot, even with tens of millions of skill points and a host of powerful faction ship modules, can do nothing if they cant target anything. With the right combination of EWAR, you can practically turn off an opponent's ship. Combined tackling and Electronic Warfare can render even the sturdiest tank and most ominous firepower absolutely useless.
The Crucifier and Arbitrator are the two Tech 1 ewar ships in the Amarr lineup. Both rely on tracking disruption, which shuts down turret-based targets rather effectively, but are useless against missile-wielding enemies (i.e. most Caldari Pilots)
Uses Intelligence and Memory.
|Burn Rate
|Weapon Disruption (IV)
|-5% capacitor need for tracking disruptors per level, and allows you to fit different TD's.
|Long Distance Jamming (IV)
|-10% bonus to optimal range of TD's.
|Turret Destabilization (IV)
|-5% to strength of TD's per skill level.
|Frequency Modulation (IV)
|-10% to falloff range for TDs per skill level.
|Electronics Upgrades (III)
|Fit Signal Amplifier module; increases the range at which they can target and damp enemy ships.
Fitting Skills
|Burn Rate
|5% powergrid output
|+5% CPU output
|Weapon Upgrades
|-5% CPU needs of weapon turrets and launchers. Also gets you T2 gyrostabilizers.
|Advanced Weapon Upgrades (to level III)
|-2% powergrid needs of weapon turrets and launchers.
Gunnery Skills
There are several skills key for using your weapons effectively. Minmatar should master projectile. Gallente should master hybrid turrets. Amarr should master energy turrets. Caldari players should improve their turret (hybrid) skills, just to be safe, as they are primarily missileers.
Uses Perception and Willpower.
To maximize your the effectiveness from your guns, train the following to Level IV or V:
|Burn Rate
|+2% ROF (required for T2)
|Small Turret (Hybrid/Projectile/Energy)
|+5% Small Turret damage
|Medium Turret (Hybrid/Projectile/Energy)
|+5% Medium Turret damage
|Large Turret (Hybrid/Projectile/Energy)
|+5% Large Turret damage
|Motion Prediction
|+5% Turret Tracking Speed
|Rapid Firing
|+4% Rate of Fire
|+5% Optimal Range
|Surgical Strike
|+3% Damage
|Trajectory Analysis
|+5% Accuracy Falloff
|Controlled Bursts*
|-5% Capacitor Requirement
* Minmatar can ignore Controlled Bursts. Projectile turrets have negligible capacitor requirements. Controlled bursts is critical for Amarr, who culturally view their energy weapons as a means of keeping units on the front lines longer when fighting inferior races.
In the medium term pilots should look towards training T2 guns for more DPS. In the case of the Minmatar autocannon, an extra tactical option with T2 Barrage ammo.
Missile Skills
Missiles are probably the signature Caldari weapon.
Besides the skills which let you use missiles and their launchers themselves, Eve has a number of support skills which make your missiles more effective. Any pilot serious about using missiles should train these skills to IV in the long run.
Uses Perception and Willpower.
|Burn Rate
|Missile Launcher Operation (MLO)
|+2% ROF; makes other skills available
|Missile Bombardment
|+10% flight time for all missiles (range).
|Rapid Launch (needs MLO II)
|-3% re-fire time (DPS increase).
|Target Navigation Prediction (needs MLO II)
|-10% influence of target's velocity on damage, for all missiles (guided and unguided). Also great for hurting smaller ships.
|Missile Projection (needs MLO III)
|+10% missile speed (range)
|Warhead Upgrades (needs MLO IV)
|+2% more damage per level. Another useful DPS increase.
|Guided Missile Precision Target (needs MLO V)
|-5% less Sig radius influence damage of guided (light, heavy and cruise) missiles per level. Great when you want to hurt smaller ships.
Given the long range of most Caldari PvE missile fits, missile users also benefit from training Long Range Targeting
|Rocket Launcher
|Light Missile
|Standard Missile Launcher or Assault Missile Launcher
|FOF Light Missile
|Standard Missile Launcher or Assault Missile Launcher
|Heavy Missile
|Heavy Missile Launcher
|FOF Heavy Missile
|Heavy Missile Launcher
|Heavy Assault Missile
|Heavy Assault Missile Launcher
|Cruise Missile
|Cruise Missile Launcher
|FOF Cruise Missile
|Cruise Missile Launcher
|Siege Missile Launcher
|Citadel Cruise Missile
|Citadel Cruise Launcher
|Citadel Torpedo
|Citadel Torpedo Launcher
Navigation Skills
Caldari. These are essential skills, even though Caldari ships aren't the nimblest around. Even if you stick to the bigger ships, having a more agile/quicker than expected battleship can save your life.
Amarr. Amarr pilots neglect navigation skills since armor buffer tanks tend to hurt mobility, they are rather important, particularly if you want to fly any tech 2 frigates. Even if you stick to the bigger ships, having a more agile/quicker than expected battleship can save your life.
Uses Intelligence and Perception.
|Burn Rate
|+5% sub-warp ship velocity
|Acceleration Control
|+5% Afterburner and MicroWarpdrive speed boost; key to skirmish/kiting tactics in PvP
|key for T2 afterburners's
|Fuel Conservation
|-10% Afterburner Capacitor usage: PvP combat frigate fits & deadspace mission fits
|High Speed Maneuvering
|-5% MWD capacitor usage; key to skirmish/kiting tactics in PvP
|Evasive Maneuvering
|+5% Agility
|Spaceship Command
|+2% Agility
Shield Tanking Skills
If you want to fit shield tanks—either buffer tanks, passive regen tanks or active tanks—you'll want to train good shield support skills and be able to fit T2 shield tanking modules. The 'X Shield Compensation' (Explosive Shield Compensation, Thermic Shield Compensation &c) skills aren't as useful as their armor counterparts and you can leave them.
Uses Intelligence and Memory.
|Burn Rate
|Shield Operation (V)
|-5% shield recharge; helps passive tanks; biggest T2 shield boosters
|Shield Upgrades (IV)
|-5% powergrid need for some shield modules; easier fitting; for T2 Large Shield Extenders
|Tactical Shield Manipulation (IV)
|-5% pass-through damage when shields <25%; T2 shield hardeners
|Shield Management (IV+)
|+5% shield HP; V for T2 Shield Boost Amplifiers, but level V may be a long-term rather than a short-term goal.
|Energy Grid Upgrades (IV)
|for passive regen tanks; lets you use T2 Shield Power Relays
|Shield Compensation (IV+)
|-2% capacitor use by shield boosters; a must for active shield tanking
Tackling Skills
All PvP combat pilots need to train up on tackling skills. These are the skills you need to prevent a target from escaping. These are usually the first combat skills learned by new pilots, because they are easy to master, and because they are highly valued, especially in fleet.
|Burn Rate
|Energy Emission Systems(IV+)
|Fit energy neutralizers. This is particularly valuable for Amarr pilots looking at the T2 Curse, Pilgrim, and Sentinel. (Also in Capacitor and Shield Tanking, above.)
|Propulsion Jamming (IV+)
|-5% capacitor needs for Warp Scrambler and Stasis Web. Needed to fit effective scramblers, disruptors and webbers
If you ever plan to venture into 0.0 space, you might also consider training Anchoring to Level II or more. This skill is used to deploy various items in space, including mobile warp disruptors youll need this to set up warp disruption bubbles in null-sec space. By the way, Anchoring is also useful for setting storage containers in space, which is helpful if you plan to make some ISK as a miner.

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The prosecution of Speeding is triable only summarily, this means that a trial or any hearing in connection with a prosecution for exceeding the speed limit would only take place in a Magistrates' Court.
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If you are facing a prosecution for an offence which occurred a significant distance from where you live or work, in certain circumstances our lawyers can make an application to the Court to have the case listed in a local Magistrates' Court, this will avoid the inconvenience of having to attend a Court in a distant part of England or Wales.
Sentencing Powers on Speeding Offences
If a motorist is convicted or pleads guilty, the court can impose 3 to 6 penalty points or disqualify the motorist from driving for up to 56 days. In addition to the penalty points or disqualification, the court will impose a level 3 fine (level 4 fine if the speeding occurred on a motorway).
A speeding conviction can also result in a 'totting up disqualification' (penalty points disqualification) and this could result in a driving disqualification of six months or more. An example of where 'totting up' would occur is if a defendant already has 6 active penalty points on a driving licence and then is prosecuted for driving too fast (51mph on a road restricted to 30mph). The conviction would result in a further 6 points being endorsed onto the driving licence, resulting in a total of 12 penalty points. In these circumstances, the defendant would be facing a driving disqualification of at least 6 months. If a motorist is facing penalty points driving ban then specialist legal advice should be obtained as soon as possible. This is to assess the prospects of making an exceptional hardship application to avoid a driving ban for exceeding the speed limit.
Do I need to appoint a Speeding Offence Solicitor?
Whether you should take expert advice and representation will depend upon the number of active points on your licence, whether you have any previous disqualifications, the circumstances of the current prosecution and whether you have the available funds to appoint expert legal representation for your case.
This is a very technical area of law and specialist lawyers will charge a premium for their legal advice, knowledge and Court advocacy skills.
As a general overview, motorist that are more likely to benefit from appointing legal representation are those that have active points on their licence or those caught well in excess of the speed limit, these motorists are at a high risk of receiving a driving ban due to totting-up or because of the serious nature of the offence, and appointing a lawyer in such circumstances will significantly increase their chances of keeping them on the road.
Drivers that have a clean licence that are facing prosecution for driving only a few MPH over the limit are unlikely to receive a disqualification and their case may be suitable to be dealt with via a fixed penalty notice. Instructing a solicitor in these circumstances may not provide a significant advantage as the risk of a driving ban would be low.
If you would like to know whether your particular case would benefit from expert advice from speeding offence solicitors, please complete our Contact Form at the bottom of the page or call us on 0345 222 9955 and we will provide you with an Initial Telephone Assessment and whether we can make a difference to the outcome
How Our Speeding Lawyers Can Help You
Each case, and each client our specialist lawyers represent are individual and therefore the approach we take for every client is individual and based on the specific circumstances of the alleged offence.
Once you have appointed our experienced and skilled lawyers to represent you for your speeding charge, we will undertake a full case assessment and will advise you of the best option available.
We have successfully defended and avoided driving disqualifications for many of our clients in a variety of different methods, this may include:
- Identifying that the prosecution did not comply with procedural requirements;
- Convincing the Court that you were not the driver;
- That your vehicle had been incorrectly identified as speeding;
- You were driving an exempted vehicle and attending a genuine emergency;
We have also successfully raised 'Special Reasons' arguments which have resulted in zero penalty points being endorsed onto our clients driving licences. These 'Special Reasons' arguments will usually be on one of the following grounds:
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Could I go to Prison for Speeding?
A person pleading guilty or convicted following trial will only receive penalty points or a disqualification and will be required to pay the Court fine, the victim surcharge and prosecution costs. The Court cannot impose a custodial sentence (prison sentence) for speeding.
If you are potentially facing a prosecution for driving at a speed significantly over the limit, then you are at risk of being prosecuted for dangerous driving, which can result in a prison sentence of up to 2 years.
Are there any Loopholes to avoid a Speeding Ban?
There are no 'legal loopholes' as such however, if the Police has not complied with the procedural requirements, then a prosecution can be challenged and is likely to result in the Police case failing. For this to be successfully argued in Court, you will require legal representation as appropriate legislation and case law will need to be referred to in establishing that the prosecution has not complied with deadlines and requirements.
In certain circumstances, a ban can be avoided by advancing compelling mitigation to the Court and a successful exceptional hardship argument would also avoid a ban.
Speed Awareness Courses
For offences which are slightly over the limit, the police have a discretion to offer a 'Speed Awareness Course' as an alternative to a Fixed Penalty Notice or a Court prosecution.
Financial Penalties for Speeding
A conviction dealt with via a Fixed Penalty Notice will incur a financial penalty of £100.00 along with the endorsement of 3 penalty points.
If the speeding offence is not suitable for a Fixed Penalty Notice and therefore prosecuted before a Magistrates' Court, the financial penalty for speeding is a maximum fine of £1000.00 however, the maximum fine is £2,500.00 if the contravention occurred on a motorway, in addition to this the Court will impose 3 to 6 penalty points or a driving ban.
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20 Years Ago In CED History: September 15, 1982: * Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, who became foreign minister of Iran shortly after U.S. hostages were seized in Tehran in November 1979, is executed by firing squad. He had been convicted of plotting to assassinate Ayatollah Khomeini and attempting to overthrow the government. As official spokesperson for Iran, Ghotbzadeh appeared on U.S. television many times during the hostage crisis. * Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos arrives in the U.S. for an official state visit, his first in 16 years. Two days earlier five Democratic senators had sent President Reagan a letter protesting the visit, saying it could be interpreted "as a sign that your administration condones the repression of the Marcos government." During an appearance before a group of congressmen, Marcos asserts that "there was no such thing as human rights" in the Philippines until he imposed martial law. * PLO leader Yasir Arafat meets at the Vatican with Pope John Paul II and in Rome with Italian government leaders. September 16, 1982: * Christian militiamen begin a day-long slaughter of Palestinians in the Sabra and Chatila refugee camps in West Beirut. Worldwide condemnation of the atrocity is accompanied by anger directed against Israel for permitting the militiamen, whose hatred of the Palestinians is common knowledge, to enter the camps. September 17, 1982: * British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher arrives in Japan on the first leg of her first official visit to Asia. After her arrival in China, Thatcher and Chinese officials discuss a wide range of topics, but none so pressing as the future of the British crown colony of Hong Kong. China seems certain to claim sovereignty over Hong Kong but appears willing to make certain concessions to ensure its continued prosperity. * Future CED title in widespread theatrical release: Tempest. September 18, 1982: * It is revealed that as many as 600 refugees may have died in the massacre that took place two days earlier in Lebanon. September 19, 1982: * Sweden's Social Democratic Party (SD) picks up 12 additional seats in elections for Parliament, enough to give it control of the government. * The New York Cosmos defeat the Seattle Sounders 1-0 in Soccer Bowl '82. * At the 34th annual Emmy awards, "Hill Street Blues" is chosen as the outstanding drama series and "Barney Miller" is voted the outstanding comedy series. "A Woman Called Golda," based on the life of the late Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, is voted the year's outstanding drama special. Ingrid Bergman, who starred in it, is posthumously named outstanding lead actress in a limited series or special. September 20, 1982: * Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi begins a week-long visit to the Soviet Union. Gandhi thanks the Soviet Union for "standing by" India but also, according to reports, makes it clear that her country counts itself among the nonaligned nations. September 21, 1982: * Players in the National Football League (NFL) go on strike against all the league's 28 teams. It is the first in-season strike in the history of the NFL. * Amin Gemayel is elected president of Lebanon by Parliament. He is the elder brother of Bashir Gemayel, who was president-elect until being assassinated on September 14. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To: email@example.com Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 02:59:09 -0700 Subject: VBT-200 From: hbo3 >With the sad stories we'll be hearing about 9/11 this week, I thought >I'd relate a story about a happy event that took place at the Twin >Towers 25 years ago. This was the introduction of the VBT200, the >first retail SelectaVision product, and the first VHS Video Cassette >Recorder marketed in the United States. RCA announced the VBT200 VCR >on August 23, 1977, and from that date until it went on sale in >October, the company had a road show demonstrating VHS to the >technology press and RCA dealers. >A picture of the cover of the bimonthly RCA magazine "Communicate" >with Daly, Sauter, and Pollack along with the VBT200 VCR can be seen >on this page: > >http://www.cedmagic.com/history/vbt200.html To the members: A *NIB* VBT-200 just went on eBay today (Sept 8th) for only $100.00 bux. I wish I had the money, I'd have purchased it. The VCR was actually manufactured by Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. (Panasonic, Technics, Quasar). I have the Panasonic Version here now, completely restored by me from my old TV/VCR repairman days. The darned thing records a better picture than *ANY* non S-VHS vcr I've seen in today's times. Awesome stuff.... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 18:47:50 -0700 From: "Robert M. Johnson, Jr." <robtjohn> To: email@example.com Subject: Why is there no trading in our community??? Hello All, In my twenty years of CED collecting, I have discovered that most of my fellow CED collectors share three things in common: (1) an appreciation for the format, (2) many duplicate titles in their collections, and (3) some holes to fill in their collections. Rather than turning to eBay, pawn shops, thrift stores, or other similar sources to secure wanted titles for our collections and to dispose of our duplicate titles, I propose we begin to trade our duplicate titles within our CED Magic community to secure those duplicate titles others may own in order to round out our own CED collections. The cost of the trades would involve only the rather reasonable disc Media Mail shipping rates and allow us to circumvent the actual auction purchase costs of individual discs involved and avoid listing our own discs on auction sites such as eBay or running ads in our local newspapers. And they would be packaged properly for shipping! Doing this would allow us to circumvent many of the problems we have all experienced in collecting CED's. No more eBay "sold as is because I do not have a player to test them with." No more incorrect titles in caddies. No more empty caddies. No more discs which look like they were used to fingerprint every resident of a medium sized town inside of pristine caddies. No more securing a CED title to replace a bad one we own only to have delivered a worse copy of the title we were trying to replace. No more paying inflated shipping costs (up to $7.95) in order to get a single disc delivered. No more cracked caddies or broken discs. And on and on ad infinitim. My pockets are not deep. I'm just as sure yours are not either! Seems like a viable solution, doesn't it? Anyone actively collecting CED's and interested in trading some of your duplicate CED titles for some of mine (or someone else's, for that matter), please e-mail me or some other members of our CED Magic community so we may all start this process. I am an active American Flyer S Gauge collector and trading is done often in the model railroader community. Why not begin it in the CED community? Thank you for your time and happy collecting! Robert Johnson Hayward, California ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2002 18:13:57 -0800 To: firstname.lastname@example.com From: Tom Howe <email@example.com> Subject: VHD Discs and Players Galore! Hello All: Earlier this Summer I added three pages to the history section concerning the Victor VHD VideoDisc system, which uses grooveless capacitively-encoded discs housed in caddies and was marketed primarily in Japan. I soon started getting queries from people desperately looking for VHD stuff and wanting to know where they could locate it. I've had a VHD player and a small collection of discs for some time, more or less picked up by accident here in the USA, but I hadn't made any effort to locate additional items:
http://www.cedmagic.com/history/vhd-1983.html I've had modest success locating PAL/UK CED's at the eBay UK auction site, so I thought the Yahoo Japan auction site might be a good place to look for VHD's, and sure enough, a simple search on "VHD" brought up close to 200 auctions for VHD discs and players. Here are a couple links to the VHD search results at Yahoo/Japan. The first link is directed through makeashorterlink.com to Yahoo and returns thumbnail image results, while the second goes directly to Yahoo and returns text results: http://makeashorterlink.com/?T268653C1 http://search.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/search/auc?p=vhd&alocale=0jp&acc=jp But two problems will immediately be apparent when you start looking at these auctions. Although a lot can be learned from the pictures, most of the text will be in Japanese, which will either look like gobbledygook or Kanji depending upon what fonts are installed on your computer. And nearly all the auctions will state (in English) "Seller will not ship internationally." Fortunately, AltaVista and Rinkya offer solutions to both problems. AltaVista has a free Babelfish translation service for various languages including Japanese-to-English where you simply paste the URL of the Japanese auction page into a box and are returned a page with it translated into English: http://babel.altavista.com/ Although these translations are in English, they leave something to be desired in the way of comprehension owing to the difficulty in making grammatically coherent translations from Japanese to English. So examine both the picture and text carefully. For instance, there's a VHS/DVD combo player that also happens to have the letters "VHD" in its model number, so the auctions that have pictures of players could be this DVD unit if the seller happens to specify the model number in the auction. The AltaVista site also allows a block of text to be copied and pasted for translation purposes. This is not required on the active auction pages, but may be needed on pages that require a cookie to be set, as the URL translation does not allow that process. For this block paste to work you will need Japanese fonts installed and may have to set your operating system to display in those fonts. On my Macintosh OS X machine this is done with the International System Preferences pane, but I haven't attempted the procedure under Windows or Linux. If you do change the OS language, make sure you know how to go back to English "by feel" as the pull down menus and icon names will be in Japanese. The Rinkya Auction Service allows you to bid on all auctions at the Yahoo Japan site regardless of what the seller's international shipping policies are: http://www.rinkya.com/ They accomplish this by actually purchasing the item themselves in Japan, and upon getting it from the original seller, shipping it to you in the United States. Of course, they charge rather hefty fees for this service to make such a business venture profitable. Here is a summary of their charges for a VHD demo disc that I got for the minimum bid of 500 Yen (seems no one in Japan is interested in demo discs): Price on YJ: 500 yen ($4.23) Runnerup Rinkya bidder: None/Not Rinkya Runnerup Rinkya bid: 0 yen Commission: $20.00 (fee based on YJ price and runner up bid) Bank fee: $5 Shipping/handling: $10 (YJ to Rinkya) -------------------------------------------------- Total due: $39.23 (excludes S/H to USA) Rinkya ships purchased items in batches at roughly monthly intervals and they use Global Priority or Global Express Mail, which run from about $5 to $10 per pound depending on the package weight. So if you want to get just one VHD disc through their service, plan on spending about $70 on it, but the service does have a Back-to-School sale going on right now that eliminates the commission fee on purchases of 1000 Yen or less. Rinkya has an FAQ at this URL that explains the details of their service: http://www.rinkya.com/faq_url.php I think Rinkya is OK if you want relatively few VHD items, but biding your time and dealing directly with sellers who can speak English and will ship internationally would be better to assemble a large collection. For example, if you find such a seller with 100 separate VHD disc auctions, you could bid directly on all those auctions yourself and save a lot by avoiding the fees Rinkya would charge on each and every auction. Another method is to wait for auctions that combine items you're looking for, as that will keep the Rinkya fees down. For instance, I found the Star Wars Trilogy (6 discs) in one auction and four Olivia Newton-John discs in another, which saved a lot over purchasing those items in single title auctions. Besides the above items, in little over a month, I found practically all the VHD items I wanted including a Victor HD-9500 3D player, an IF-D3S 3D goggle, some 3D discs, and a spare VDS-1100 stylus cartridge. The most expensive item was the apparently new-in-box 3D goggle with carrying case and sample disc, which went for 20,000 Yen (about $175). Many of the discs get no bids, even at a 500 Yen minimum, so it appears that VHD at Yahoo Japan is a buyer's market, much as it is with CED at eBay U.S.A. Since this message is going out to a lot of people, I'd recommend using restraint in your initial bidding, as this VHD stuff will probably be appearing at Yahoo Japan for a long time to come. For some time, Rinkya has been using a Yahoo User ID derived from a Japan anime character, but today they changed it vhd_link, possibly because I told them to expect an increase in the number of people buying VHD stuff through their service. You may be wondering how eBay fits in with Japan, since it's vastly larger than Yahoo in the US. Well, the situation was flip-flopped in Japan due to eBay's late arrival there. Ebay announced a few months ago that they were withdrawing from the Japan market: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/01_23/b3735075.htm In closing, I should mention that I have no plans to put a VHD player guide or title database on the CED Magic site. I have enough RCA CED content to keep me busy for many years to come. But there are a couple of other sites that have been started up to provide VHD information. Here are their URL's: http://disclord.tripod.com/ http://home.catv.ne.jp/nn/nsa/vhd.htm --Tom
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Of debt and deities
America's churches do battle with what Ambrose Bierce* once called "the god of the world's leading religion:"
Doug Sweeney, a police officer, watched his credit card balance grow to $13,000, thinking he would never be able to pay it off. Renée Santiago had $40,000 in student loans. Susan Hancock owed $14,000 in credit card debt and could not point to anything in her home to show for it.
"I saw it going up," Ms. Hancock said, "but I was numb. I thought, that's just the way of life."
When the debt got to be too much for them, instead of going to family members or financial professionals for help, they did what many Americans are doing: they turned to their church.
"You need a little help with motivation," said Mr. Sweeney, 47, who blamed years of impulsive spending for his debt. Recently, he joined two dozen others at Southeast Christian Church for Week 9 of a 13-week debt-
reduction program called Financial Peace University. Since joining, he had disposed of his credit cards.
"A big part of it is that it has a faith component," he said. "God wants you to be good stewards of your money. The money's all his."
In our house, it's all Wells Fargo's.
As Americans have run up nonmortgage debt of more than $2.4 trillion, churches and Christian radio stations are supplementing their spiritual counseling with financial counseling, often using programs developed by other Christian organizations and marketed in church circles or over the Internet. They offer a mix of basic budget planning, household cost-cutting and debt management, bolstered by Scripture and with tithing as a goal.
I'm guessing the key clause here is "with tithing as a goal." After all, how can a bankrupt Christian help keep her pastor's Porsche on the road?
More than 39,000 churches have used debt reduction programs created by Crown Financial Ministries, a group in Gainesville, Ga. About 3,000 churches have bought a $250 Good Sense program developed by Willow Creek Community Church in Barrington, Ill. Both are nonprofit organizations.
"Nothing in the Bible says you can't borrow," said Mike Graham, who provides free financial counseling at Southeast Christian Church, in a position he created 10 years ago after stepping down as the church's financial manager. "What you're not allowed to do is borrow and not pay it back."
The programs resemble secular plans, with two exceptions, said Dave Briggs, director of the Good Sense Stewardship Ministry at Willow Creek. "A secular adviser might say, it's O.K. to stiff your creditors through bankruptcy," Mr. Briggs said. "Biblically, bankruptcy is only an option if you need time and space to pay back what you owe."
"The other conflict is in the area of giving," he said. "We get a sense of devotion to God by being generous. Secular advice says, don't give until you can afford it."
Which of course makes a lot more sense, but hey, the money's all God's. And the quality of advice churches provide is beyond reproach… isn't it?
… At Southeast Christian Church, a video presentation featuring [Christian radio host, Dave] Ramsey was followed by an hour of discussion, mixing quotations from Proverbs with advice on buying used cars, time shares and generic drugs. The discussion was led by a retired police officer, Rusty Bittle, 43, who has no financial background but who paid $2,000 to take a 50-hour course to become a certified counselor for Mr. Ramsey's program.
"If you really start listening to the Scriptures we read each class," Mr. Bittle told the group, "you'll see that this isn't just a finance class, it's about how to live your life. And if you read the Scriptures you'll get a blessing out of it."
Mr. Sweeney said the program's use of Scripture helped with his overspending. "I realized that I blow a lot of money," he said. "It takes discipline to manage it, and prayer helps you have discipline. If you think you need something, before you buy it, go home and pray about it."
… When she went to see Mr. Graham, said [Mrs. Broster], he prayed with her and said he would help her draw up a household budget, which she said she wanted to include tithes to the church. "We don't give every week now, and I feel kind of guilty about it," she said.
Mr. Graham said, "We believe there's a mandate in Scripture that calls for people to give 10 percent to the church. Until they can get to a tithe, we encourage a sliding scale so they can get their blessing from God."
In the Financial Peace classroom, Mr. Bittle was finishing the lesson. "Remember," he told the group, "there's only one way to attain financial peace, and that's to walk with the Prince of Peace, Jesus Christ."
And stop tithing.
[*Look up "Mammon" in The Devil's Dictionary.]
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Palm Springs area real estate buyers whom we assist can benefit greatly from remarkable rental income with our leading in-house property management company. We have more than 500 clients in our vacation home property management program, and we have clients for whom we generate rental income from our in-house management and marketing company for whom we generate more than $50,000 to $200,000 and up annually.
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Our two companies, Palm Springs Realty and Vacation Palm Springs Real Estate Inc., offer full-service professional real estate services fully licensed by the State of California. And our property management services are best-of-class A+ rated by the BBB. We serve all the leading resort areas throughout the greater Palm Springs metro area - with buyer's agent real estate search and purchase and turn-key ease of professional property management.
In addition to finding you a home to purchase that suits your needs, we provide you the added convenience of generating income for your property. Benefit from our leading Palm Springs - Palm Desert area property management services, the best and most trusted property management company in the Desert Area, Vacation Palm Springs.
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The dynamics of the real estate market in the Palm Springs area are changing quickly. You can get a lot of real estate value for your dollar in both vacation homes, condos and real estate investments. But the supply of vacation homes available for sale has become tighter and prices are moving up and values are increasing as of November 2015.
The Palm Springs vacation home market is getting hot again - and has rebounded nicely from slower times. Yet our team continues to offer value in finding terrific opportunities for vacation homes for purchase - and excellent deals for buyers - with opportunities in all styles, sizes, all areas and all price ranges.
With the continued strong population growth for Palm Springs resort area cities, home values continue to be solid and in most cases maintaining and increasing in value. The great supply of available homes and condos for sale in and around Palm Springs, however, provides much more competition among home-sellers, resulting in more motivated sellers - and more reasonably priced homes and condos available - than in the most recent ten years.
For assistance in your Palm Springs home search, you can email us directly or call Palm Springs Real Estate Broker Brendan Lenihan's direct line at 760-799-7770 .
Palm Springs Real Estate - Home Prices - Overview - Trends
The Palm Springs area offers a tremendous variety of home styles and prices. On the high end, luxury homes and estates selling for $1 million to $2 million are increasingly common. However, the majority of sales of homes and condos sold in the Palm Springs area are in a very affordable range of $150,000 to $700,000.
The median price of homes in the Palm Springs area is in a range of approximately $200,000 to $400,000. The median sales price for Palm Springs area condos is approximately $200,000 and the median price for newly constructed and re-sale homes is about $300,000 to $400,000.
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We have many single family homes and condos available for purchase as fixers and foreclosures at prices considerably lower than the above mentioned prices, Palm Springs condos priced starting in the low to mid-$100,000 range. Palm Springs homes with pools starting at $350,000 and up. Call us today at 1-760-778-7832.
The bottom line in today's Palm Springs Real Estate market is that buyers of Palm Springs real estate still understand that you can get great value for your investment dollar or vacation home purchase with the splendid weather and natural beauty.
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Palm Springs California area real estate is our specialty. We understand the nuances and opportunities with the unique and fast growing Palm Springs Desert area cities and neighborhoods. That's our focus.
And sharing information about Palm Springs real estate opportunities is our pleasure. We listen carefully to what you seek as a home-buyer and create a customized search (or marketing plan for sellers) based on your wants and desires. Then we work quickly to find what you're looking for and follow through until you're satisfied.
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We offer insight and information with honesty and integrity that can help you make an informed buying decision that you'll value for years to come. But first we listen carefully to what you're looking for.
As part of marketing and managing Palm Springs area vacation homes, we gather first-hand insight and information about trends and opportunities from the front lines and front doors of homeowners and home-sellers ? and that extra insight and information can be helpful to homebuyers. We often are aware of homes that will soon be on the market even before they're listed because of our relationship with vacation homeowners.
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We look forward to assisting you in discovering the unique greater Palm Springs area cities and neighborhoods, seeing the trends in Palm Springs real estate and exploring the excellent lifestyle and investment opportunities here. You'll benefit from our market knowledge of homes and condos available for sale in all Palm Springs and its 8 surrounding communities. You'll benefit from our prompt and professional service, great follow through, our integrity and attention to detail in what you're looking for in Palm Springs real estate.
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Perhaps most importantly for buyers and sellers, we offer an energetic, knowledgeable and genuine approach that combines attentive listening with swift follow-through resulting in successful matching of homebuyers with Palm Springs area properties that match your style, your criteria and your budget.
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Real estate is a uniquely local proposition with unique market conditions, trends and opportunities specific to each area. In addition to bringing together homebuyers and home-sellers through smooth transactions as a Palm Springs Realtor and Broker, Brendan Lenihan is actively involved in investing in and managing residential real estate in the Palm Springs area. So Brendan and his team can provide you with first-hand knowledge about Palm Springs and Palm Desert area real estate trends, opportunities and great deals from a homeowner's and real estate investor's point of view as well as that of an active successful full time Realtor/Real Estate Broker. Email Brendan Lenihan, Palm Springs Realtor/Broker with questions or for assistance.
Palm Springs Realty Pays Referral Fees to Referring Realtors & Brokers
Yes, Vacation Palm Springs pays a 25% referral fee to out-of-market area licensed Realtors who refer a home-buyer or seller client to our real estate company who purchases or sell a home with our services.
For more information, or to refer a client to purchase or sell a home in the Greater Palm Spring Area, and receive a confirmation of our referal fee agreement, please Email Vacation Palm Springs, Brendan Lenihan/Broker or call our main office at 1-800-590-5110, ext 111. We're open 7 days a week.
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Originally known world-wide for its populatity as a seasonal resort town with Hollywood appeal, the Palm Springs metro area has more recently developed into a year-round destination with a growing number of full-time residents. Along with an increasing number of year-round residents has come greater business opportunities. Palm Springs is a filled with opportunities for small business and has become an increasingly productive job market for full and part time employees. The Palm Springs area is expected to double its population within the next 20 years. Yet, Palm Springs will still be a peaceful and manageable locale, with its amazing weather, natural beauty and small town qualities.
Many Palm Springs area Desert-dwellers first experience the Palm Springs area as seasonal or part-time residents and (sooner than expected) become full-time residents because of the amazing quality of life found in the Desert area.
Brendan experienced the lure of the Desert sunshine as a part-time resident before relocating to Palm Springs full time. Brendan formerly resided in Canada, Seattle and Coeur D'Alene. (Brendan is a native north-westerner, and found the sun and warmth of the Southern California Desert and business opportunities in the Palm Springs area particularly appealing.)
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We can help you quickly and effectively - begin a customized home search or for more information about Palm Springs real estate, Email us.
Or call Brendan Lenihan, Palm Springs Realtor, direct line: 760-799-7770 ,
or toll free office at 1-800-590-3110.
Real Estate Market Fact: Did you know that an estimated 25% of home purchases are for second homes, vacation homes or investment homes? Some real estate experts suggest that number is even higher in resort areas such as the Palm Springs Desert Resort area.
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We offer specially trained real estate sales and property management as a one-stop shop for properties for sale in the Greater Palm Springs Desert area plus, we provide the unique combination and peace of mind with the ultimate in convenience, knowledge and the expertise offering of the leading property management services.
This service and insight from our specially trained Palm Springs real estate experts provides you a tremendous advantage if you're looking for a property that you can use for your vacation enjoyment yet generate income from the property when you're not using the property for your vacation. Our property management company, Vacation Palm Springs, has strong demand from rental customers year-round if income from your property is appealing as a benefit of ownership.
For personal and prompt assistance,Email Brendan Lenihan, Palm Springs Realtor/Broker or call Brendan's direct phone: 760-799-7770 or call our offices at 1-760-778-7832, toll free 1-800-590-3110. (BRE# 01912185.)
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Welcome to C2
Firstly, welcome back to our Phoenix families. I hope you had a lovely Christmas break.
It was so nice to meet the families of the 6 new students in our class. I hope your child enjoyed their first day at Phoenix and is excited for our journey together.
We had a lovely first day. It was so nice to see our new students participating in our class discussions and making some friendships out in the playground. The remainder of the week will be spent doing some of our initial reading, spelling and writing assessments and getting to know the class procedures.
In regards to homework, I found that last year some families found it difficult to manage homework with different schedules and other commitments. Based on this, I have selected two websites I would like the students to log on to each week. I suggest 20 minutes Monday – Thursday. If you are having trouble finding time during the week then I will leave the website unlocked over the weekend as well. If you would rather paper copies of homework instead, please let me know as I have some homework booklets that I will give to you.
We were also very lucky to receive a $2100 grant from the P&C for books for our middle school students. I have purchased a range of take home readers. Each Monday, your child will need to choose a book from the purple boxes at the back of the room and read it for homework during the week. This will begin in Week 2. I encourage each child to be reading for at least 10-15 minutes before going to bed.
I am available each day after school for parent meetings (except for Tuesday when we have our whole staff meetings). I hope you feel comfortable to approach me with any feedback or questions you may have throughout the year. Please come and see me with any issues in the classroom or playground as soon as they happen, so I can ensure they are dealt with as soon as possible.
Looking forward to an amazing year in 2019! I have so much planned for us and I hope it is a year of learning, excitement and growth for your child.


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Last week I used a different format for our weekly AAR – – I think I like it much better. This week we played catch-up, finished a project and started a new Unit Study. Whew…..it was a busy week.
Art Appreciation – Information sheet, print and the quiz for Paul Cezanne from the Garden of Praise website.
Geography – Sent a postcard to Haapajarvi, Finland. Used Google Maps to locate the city and reviewed the location of Finland on the Globe.
History – Read "Cornilia's Jewels" from Fifty Famous Stories Retold.
Literature – Listened to "The Crab that Played with the Sea" from Just so Stories at Wired for Books.
Language Arts – Postcard Copy Work
Math – Miquon Math Pgs. C-35 and C-36
Poetry – Read "Singing" from A Child's Garden of Verses.
Science – Two informational pages: "Tides" and "Crabs" and a Quiz Worksheet on "Crabs"
Life Skills – Boo made dinner (all of it): Crab Alfredo with Lettuce Salad and Biscuits. (REALLY, REALLY GOOD!!! – There were NO leftovers!)
Today was Kansas Day" – – instead of our "regular schedule," we opted to study Kansas.
Art – Made a Kansas Flag (the only thing wrong with it was the letters were black instead of yellow – – Had NO yellow letters).
Geography – Map Work. Needed to look up the capital, the four largest cities and the Geographical Center of the US and provide the coordinates – – then, she had to use the coordinates to find them on the map.
History – We read about the Kansas Seal and what all of the items on it meant. We also read some "Quick Facts"
Literature – Read "The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse" from Aesop's Fable's.
Language Arts – Copy work: "The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse" from Aesop's Fable's.
Math – Miquin Math pg. D-17.
Reading – Quizzed Junie B. Jones: First Grader: Boss of Lunch
Poetry – "Looking Forward" from A Child's Garden of Verses.
Science – Worksheets on Kansas Animals: Meadowlark, Bison and Honey Bee.
Art – Decorate and Assemble the Brownie Lapbook ("Around the World")
Geography – Locate on Globe and Worksheets for: Sweden, Chile and Italy.
History – Read "Horatius at the Bridge" from Fifty Famous Stories Retold and researched two facts from Sweden, Chile and Italy.
Literature – Read "The Cock and the Jewel" from Aesop's Fable's.
Language Arts – Copy Work for "The Cock and the Jewel" from Aesop's Fable's.
Poetry – Read "A Good Play" from A Child's Garden of Verses.
Speech – Presented all requirements for Badge to the Brownie and Girl Scout Troop
Literature – Read "The Serpent and the Man" from Aesop's Fable's.
Language Arts – Copy Work for "The Serpent and the Man" from Aesop's Fable's.
Reading – Quizzed Forever Amber Brown
Poetry – Read "Where Go the Boats?" from A Child's Garden of Verses.
Science – Worksheet "Carolina Wren"
Chocolate Unit Study/Science – Watched the movie: "Tropical Rain Forest: IMAX"
Chocolate Unit Study/Geography – Tropical Rain Forests
Chocolate Unit Study/Science – Ecosystem Web Map
Chocolate Unit Study/Reading – Read the following books: At Home in the Rain Forest, Living on a Tropical Island, and Max's Chocolate Chicken
Here is our week in pictures…..
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text: Almost all young Swedish adults enroll in upper secondary education, but approximately one quarter of a cohort does not graduate. This paper focuses on the Swedish national setting and analyses how issues relating to upper secondary school completion is represented and addressed by the work of a particular policy actor, namely the Swedish Schools Inspectorate (SSI). The aim is to analyse and discuss the policy work of the SSI aiming at improving completion of upper secondary education and combatting problems such as dropout, early school leaving and/or not graduating from upper secondary education, in a policy context characterized by extensive marketization. The study will initially (a) map the activities of the SSI in this policy area and (b) analyze a selection of accounts by the SSI connected to these activities. The study has an overall analytical focus on researching the SSI as an actor that is "doing political work" (Ozga, 2016). Conceptually, governing is understood as activities and doings involving assemblages of places, people, policies, practices and power (Clarke, 2015, p. 21) and this stance directs the study towards the actual activities of the SSI, and to what inspectors, inspection officers and managers "do". In conclusion, SSI activities are addressing non-completion of upper secondary education more or less directly. In quality audits targeting upper secondary school completion, the inspectors tend to direct the problem solving responsibilities to teachers and school staff and urge for certain methods and approaches to be adopted. In this way, the SSI functions as an important relay, key broker and creator of policy, also in relation to dropout and school non-completion, and the SSI is "doing education governing" in an increasingly complex, marketised and multi-layered education policy field.