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In 2007, the partnership evolved to develop new tools and practices to encourage and facilitate more sustainable coffee cultivation practices, while linking together the consumer, buyer, and producer dimensions of the supply chain.
In collaboration with Coopetarrazú, a 2,500-farmer cooperative in the Los Santos region of Costa Rica, Earthwatch and Starbucks have worked with farmers to increase the use of practices and tools that benefit both the farmers and the natural environment.
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The Invention of Liberty, 1700-1789 (Art Ideas History)
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Welcome to PWInsider.com's live coverage of DGUSA Mercury Rising 2013!
Note from Stu: I apologize for the late start to the coverage, I had some issues with the internet connection in the building but we're good now.
Tony Nese vs Soldier Ant
They do some quick mat work to start off, Nese gets a knee to the midsection and starts to unload with the hard hitting offense, but Soldier outmaneuvers Nese and knocks him out to the floor. Nese is not amused, coming right back in and turning Soldier inside out with a hard clothesline. Soldier tries rolling out to the floor to get some space, but Nese wipes him out with a dive and then rolls him back inside and covers for 2. Nese hits a Lionsault for 2, then drills his man with some hard right hands and covers for 2. Nese counters a hiptoss by landing on his feet and then rolling him into a seated octopus hold. Solder lays in some chops and gets a series of lucha armdrags and a flying headscissors. They trade forearms, Soldier tries to get a triangle choke, but Nese just lifts him up with one arm and powerbombs him, then hits a running kick and a 450 splash for the win.
Winner: Tony Nese
Solid opener. Nese gets a microphone and reminds us that he said he was going to build a support staff, and he's got his new Director of Brand Imaging, Mr. A with him. Mr. A chokeslams Fire Ant as he's checking on Soldier and then flattens him with a top rope splash. Obviously Nese wants a truly hands on staff.
Scott Reed vs Caleb Konley
Konley nails Larry Dallas as soon as he gets in the ring, and then he and Reed start pounding the snot out of each other. Konley gets a boot to the midsection and a scissor kick for 2, but Dallas distracts Konley and Reed nails him with a forearm from behind. Konley goes out to the floor and chases Dallas around the ring, but Reed blindsides him again with another hard shot. Reed puts Konley on the ring apron and hammers him with a forearm and then makes a cover for 2. Reed whips Konley hard into the corner, then takes him out with a nice dropkick that gets 2. Reed tries to skee ball Konley out to the floor, but dumps him into the bottom rope and Konley sort of bounces off it and to the floor. Konley allows himself to be distracted by Trina Michaels and Reed gets him with a baseball slide, then brings him back inside and goes for a delayed vertical suplex. Konley slips out and gets an O'Connor roll for 2, then plants Reed with a spinebuster and drills him with a couple of hard forearms. Dallas interjects himself again, but this time Konley keeps his concentration on Reed and dumps him out to the floor, wipes him out with a dive, then picks Reed up and drops him on the barricade. Reed goes back in and Konley catches him with a missile dropkick, a sliding lariat, and a bridging German suplex for 2. Reed blocks a shot and hits a pump handle slam, followed by a powerbomb for 2. Reed sits Konley on the top rope and goes for a superplex, Konley blocks and picks Reed up in a fireman's carry, but Reed slips out and hits a sweet top rope Frankensteiner. Konley is right back up, Reed drills him with a lariat, Konley picks reed up and dumps him onto the top rope with Reed landing on his head, then Konley hits a springboard moonsault for 2. Dallas gets in the ring and Konley nails him and goes for a fireman's carry move, but Reed nails Konley and hits Smashmouth for the win.
Winner: Scott Reed
This was really good, I felt like they really weren't standing out as a team but reminded us how good they are now that they're back to singles and wrestling each other. I'd like to see them face off again.
Sami Callihan & Arik Cannon vs Super Smash Brothers
They go at it as soon as the SSB get in the ring, and a short but furious brawl breaks out before it settles down and the DUFs trap Player Uno on their side of the ring. Callihan slams Uno hard and then goes for a modified abdominal stretch, but Uno escapes and gets a neckbreaker for 2. Uno tries to charge Callihan in the corner, Callihan moves and hits a leaping enziguiri to the back of Uno's head, then tags in Cannon to dish out some punishment of his own. Cannon and Uno trade forearms until Uno shows his agility with a leaping enziguiri, Cannon responds with one of his own, then they trade blows until they both tumble out to the floor. Dos and Callihan come in and briefly stare at each other before hitting dives through the ropes onto one another's partners. They come back in and take turns laying each other out with clotheslines until Callihan hits a Death Valley Driver for 2. Cannon and Uno come back inside and trade more heavy shots, Callihan comes in and briefly gets caught in the SSB corner, but Cannon comes in and now all heck breaks loose as they throw spot after spot at each other. The DUFs hit a double team powerbomb on Uno for 2, then Callihan gets Uno in the stretch muffler as Cannon and Dos fight out on the floor. Dos takes care of Cannon and they go for the Fatality, but Callihan slips out, so Dos hits a top rope splash instead and gets the win.
Winners: Super Smash Brothers
A bit on the short side, but another solid win by the SSB as they have built some serious momentum this weekend.
Chuck Taylor vs Brian Kendrick
Taylor and Kendrick have an extended feeling out process at the start, Taylor tries a back suplex but Kendrick rolls through and lays in a couple of chops and a Frankensteiner before getting Kendrick in a short armscissors. Taylor uses his long body to scoot over to the ropes, but Kendrick slaps the taste out of his mouth and knocks him on his butt. Taylor gets back to his feet and uses his height advantage to get a top wristlock, but Kendrick uses his agility to escape and baseball slides the Swamp Monster, but Orange Cassidy trips Kendrick from the floor and gives Taylor an opening to slip in and get a couple of bodyslams and a kneedrop for 2. He gets Kendrick in a headscissors, but Kendrick makes it to the ropes so Taylor takes him to the corner and unloads with a series of chops. Kendrick fires back a couple of shots and gets thumbed in the eye by Taylor, who then whips Kendrick to the ropes and drills him with a dropkick for 2. Taylor hits Sole Food, but instead of going for the cover he stops to mess with the crowd and gets backdropped out to the floor, then Kendrick takes Taylor and Cassidy out with a dive and puts the Swamp Monster on the homeless veteran guy's wheelchair and wheels them into Taylor. They go back inside and go up top, Kendrick blocks a superplex and hits a tornado DDT for 2, then plants Taylor with a Burning Hammer for 2. Taylor backdrops Kendrick to the apron, boots him in the chest and hits a neckbreaker over the middle rope for 2. Kendrick blocks the half crab, Taylor drills him with a kneelift and a Yakuza kick for 2, then gets Kendrick in the half crab. Kendrick's trapped in the middle of the ring, but reverses to a cradle for 2, he tries another cradle but Taylor counters back into the half crab. Kendrick drags himself to the corner and uses the ropes to climb back to his feet as Taylor makes the break, then he superkicks Taylor in the face and hits Sliced Bread #2. The homeless crippled veteran suddenly pops up on the apron and Kendrick superkicks him, allowing Taylor to come back in and roll Kendrick up for 2, then hit a uranage and a kick to the chest. Taylor goes for Sliced Bread #2, but Kendrick shoves him off, superkicks him, and hits Sliced Bread #2 again for the win.
Winner: Brian Kendrick
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NU's Crick: Henery's 2008 kick might have been 1-in-10 chance
During a phone interview I had this week with Nebraska junior defensive lineman Jared Crick in advance of today's game against Colorado in Lincoln, I found it interesting the sure-fire All-American admitted that the school-record 57-yard field goal by teammate Alex Henery that beat CU in 2008 might have been a 1-in-10 chance effort.
Of course, when I stood on the sideline, directly in line with the crossbar, I thought the odds might be 1-in-50 — or worse. In a game, Henery had never booted a 50-yarder.
"It was definitely iffy," Crick recalled. "We knew Alex has the leg and could do it. We'd seen him make them in practice. But this was under pressure. I was just hoping he could get it there (from that distance), to have a chance. I listened for the sound and I could tell he hit it really good.
"Maybe it was a 1-in-10 chance, but who cares? It was good. And it was for us."
In another phone interview, Nebraska senior nickel back Eric Hagg told me: "Right before Alex's kick, I was thinking, 'I can't believe this is happening.' Then when it was in the air, I thought, 'He might just make it." It just kept sailing through the air."


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The new PointClouds.org web site is now online! \o/
This is hopefully going to be the new home to PCL and related projects for a very long time. We would like to take a moment and thank our colleagues from ROS.org for all their help, as we got born and spent our first year as a baby library in our old pcl.ros.org home. As we have grown tremendously since then, it was time to move to a new, more "dedicated" house, that will support our explosive 3D development. So, welcome to PointClouds.org!
Together with the new web site, we launch a collection of sister web sites, that will best serve our great development team and user base:
- http://dev.pointclouds.org - will now serve as the main hub for development, with dedicated issue ticket tracking and repository management;
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- http://docs.pointclouds.org - contains the PCL API documentation (and more).
Thanks to everyone that made this happen. We are excited to be part of this new flourishing 3D processing community, and we hope to work together for a long time to help solve 3D perception problems.
It's also time to say good bye to our old logo/flier, which served us well in the past year. As you might have noticed, we have a new professional logo now (thanks Rich)!
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This weekend my wife, son and I had the opportunity to stay at one of the nicest Bed and Breakfasts on the Big Island, The Waianuhea Inn, on the slopes of Honoka'a.
I was stoked to learn that they were putting us up in the suite called Kalauna Akea as it had it's own private entrance and was away from the main house so I wouldn't have to worry about my son making loud noises and bothering other house guests.
The suite itself had a living room and a separate bedroom
We took a quick tour of the place and realized this place was a lot larger in person then it looked on the website!
Just be careful on these steps and stay to the outside if your walking on them as I almost missed a step!
This place is really classy and everywhere we looked we were impressed with the details of the place.
The cool thing about this place, is that it's totally eco-friendly and gets all of it's power through solar panels located on the property and on the roof of the buildings.
We received the full package and on Saturday evening they gave us a three-course-meal in their "Great Room". I forgot my camera, but dinner consisted of fresh local green salad with this awesome vinaigrette dressing, fresh organic Waimea corn, Mashed Sweet Purple Potatoes and a nice slice of mahi mahi covered in some sort of special dressing. Dessert consisted of a Strawberry Icecream and Mango sorbet type of dish… All I can say is it was awesome!
It was nice being up in the slopes of Honoka'a as there weren't any coqui frogs to be heard of. The only thing was that it was a bit cold up in the hills at least for someone who is local and they had the solution for that.
Unfortunately for us, they had just installed it and it wasn't ready to use. However, the Manager Randy was kind enough to bring us a couple of space heaters that kept the place more then toasty!
We were getting ready to wind down so we checked out some complimentary DVD's from their stocked DVD Library and settled in for the night.
In the morning, we had breakfast next to the kitchen along with some of the other guests that were staying there.
Breakfast consisted of an array of fresh local fruits, juices and a special spinach like combination that was like a cross between a quiche and an omelet (and of course I forgot my camera for breakfast as well)
It's really a great place and I like to thank the organizer of the Peace Day Parade for setting up these accommodations for me, as The Waianuhea Inn was an official sponsor of the Peace Day Parade Poster contest.
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Premier League: Newcastle boss Alan Pardew plans future talks with Yohan Cabaye
Newcastle boss Alan Pardew plans to hold talks with Yohan Cabaye to resolve his future.
By Pete O'Rourke - Follow me: @skysportspeteo
Last Updated: 05/09/13 12:02pm
The Gunners saw a bid rejected for Cabaye last month and he sat out the Magpies' first two games of the new season as speculation continued over a possible move to the Emirates.
Cabaye returned to the side for last weekend's win over Fulham and was jeered by some supporters after coming off the bench for the final 25 minutes at St James' Park.
Pardew admits he will talk with Cabaye and his representatives to try and get the midfielder back on track now the transfer window has closed.
"It was important to get him out there on Saturday, it will make it easier to move on although there is a lot of talking to be done between now and Aston Villa," Pardew told reporters.
"We will speak with Yohan and with his representatives to make sure that we go forward hand-in-hand."
Cabaye has been left out of France's squad for this week's World Cup qualifiers in the wake of missing two games at the start of the season and Pardew admits the omission has come as a surprise to the midfielder.
"The guy has a World Cup at the end of the year and he is a big part of France's plans. He hasn't been picked this week and I think that was a bit of a shock to him," added Pardew.
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Even when clients aren't sure what they want or need, Bella Villa has the experience to help them discover a style with which they are comfortable.
Founded by Stephanie Villavicencio, Bella Villa offers clients a greater range of ideas and inspiration than a conventional design firm. Stephanie's experience in residential, hospitality and corporate design allows Bella Villa to make corporate spaces more cozy and residential spaces more durable. Whether they are planning a luxurious living room or making a pediatrician's office cheerful and bright, Bella Villa works to create great solutions that meet clients' needs and exceed their expectations.
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Dan Cote, Cash Flow Strategist
New brand image for a Cash Flow Strategist needed in a BIG way! We're looking for someone to knock one out of the park with us on this mission.
What do I do?
Simply, I work closely with my clients to assist them in their cash flow management structure and accounting needs. I'm a Cash Flow Strategist who is stepping away from my corporate umbrella, which is more of a conservative CPA-type structure (which is NOT me!)
Presidents or CEOs of medium-sized businesses with $1 to $15 Million in annual revenues. Basically, people that need to be impressed by this logo are the key decision-makers at manufacturing, construction and service-related industries.
These people are highly strategic and linear in their thought process.
PLEASE READ this entire brief, thanks!
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- Needs to have some POP to it, simply!
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Airstrikes began earlier this morning, and the Israeli Defense Force said it killed Hamas' top military leader, Ahmed Al-Jabari.
Bloomberg says Channel Two shows columns of smoke rising over the Gaza strip now, and that Aribiya is reporting nine dead in the strip.
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Glucosamine, most commonly used in the form glucosamine sulfate, is a simple molecule derived from glucose, the principal sugar found in blood. In glucosamine, one oxygen atom in glucose is replaced by a nitrogen atom. The chemical term for this modified form of glucose is amino sugar .
Glucosamine is produced naturally in the body, where it is a key building block for making cartilage.
There is no US Dietary Reference Intake for glucosamine. Your body makes all the glucosamine it needs from building blocks found in foods.
Glucosamine is not usually obtained directly from food. Glucosamine supplements are derived from chitin, a substance found in the shells of shrimp, lobsters, and crabs.
Therapeutic Dosages
Osteoarthritis is a disease in which cartilage in joints becomes stiffer and may wear away. Glucosamine is used to treat this condition. A typical dosage of glucosamine is 500 mg 3 times daily. A 1,500-mg dose taken once daily is another option. 6
Glucosamine is available in three forms: glucosamine sulfate, glucosamine hydrochloride, and N-acetyl glucosamine. All three forms are sold as tablets or capsules. There is some dispute over which form is best. One study provides some evidence that glucosamine hydrochloride and glucosamine sulfate are equally effective. 53
Glucosamine is often sold in combination with chondroitin . It is not known whether this combination treatment is better than glucosamine alone, although animal studies suggest that this may be the case. 7,8
Therapeutic Uses
Glucosamine is widely accepted as a treatment for osteoarthritis . However, the current evidence from double-blind studies is highly inconsistent, with many of the most recent and best-designed studies failing to find significant benefit. 9-15,23,24,32,41-45,54,70,72 According to the positive studies, glucosamine acts more slowly than conventional treatments, such as ibuprofen, but eventually produces approximately equivalent benefits. In addition, unlike conventional treatments, glucosamine might also help prevent progressive joint damage, thereby slowing the course of the disease. 15,42,50 However, both these potential benefits remain controversial in light of the most recent trials.
Glucosamine has also shown some promise for osteochondritis of the knee, a cartilage disease related to osteoarthritis. 46
Some athletes use glucosamine, in the (unproven) belief that it can prevent muscle and tendon injuries . It has also been suggested as a treatment for tendonitis . However, there is no meaningful scientific evidence to support these potential uses. Exercise can also produce short-term muscle soreness. In one study, use of glucosamine not only failed to prove effective for reducing this type of pain, it actually increased it. 63 However, one study found somewhat inconsistent evidence hinting that glucosamine might aid recovery from acute knee injuries experienced by competitive athletes. 66
Glucosamine might also be helpful for rheumatoid arthritis , according to a double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 51 people. 59 In this study, use of glucosamine at a dose of 1,500 mg daily significantly improved symptoms. It did not, however, alter measures of inflammation as determined through blood tests.
What Is the Scientific Evidence for Glucosamine?
Relieving Osteoarthritis Symptoms
Inconsistent evidence suggests that glucosamine supplements might relieve pain and other symptoms of osteoarthritis. Two types of studies have been performed, those that compared glucosamine against placebo and those that compared it against standard medications.
In the placebo-controlled category, one of the best trials was a 3-year, double-blind study of 212 people with osteoarthritis of the knee. 15 Participants receiving glucosamine showed reduced symptoms as compared to those receiving placebo.
Benefits were also seen in other double-blind, placebo-controlled studies, enrolling a total of more than 1,000 people and ranging in length from 4 weeks to 3 years. 16,32, 42,44-45,61
Other double-blind studies, enrolling a total of more than 400 people, compared glucosamine against ibuprofen. These studies found glucosamine equally effective as the drug. 19-21 Furthermore, one of the placebo-controlled trials noted above (unfortunately, only reported in abstract form) also included people given the drug piroxicam, and again found equivalent benefits. 17,18
However, most recent studies have been less promising. In four studies involving a total of about 500 people, use of glucosamine failed to provide any meaningful improvement in symptoms. 23,24,41,55 And the list goes on. In a study involving 222 participants with hip osteoarthritis, 2 years of treatment with glucosamine was no better than placebo for pain, function, or x-ray findings. 70 Another trial involving 147 women with osteoarthritis found glucosamine to be no more effective than home exercises over an 18-month period. 71
In a double-blind trial, researchers evaluated the effects of stopping glucosamine after taking it for 6 months. Involving 137 people with osteoarthritis of the knee, the study found that participants who stopped using glucosamine (and, unbeknownst to them, took placebo instead) did no worse than people who stayed on glucosamine. 56
In another, very large (1,583-participant) study, neither glucosamine (as glucosamine hydrochloride) nor glucosamine plus chondroitin was more effective than placebo. 57 Another trial failed to find benefit with glucosamine plus chondroitin. 65 And finally, in a systematic review including 10 randomized trials involving 3,803 patients with osteoarthritis of hip or knee, researchers found that glucosamine alone or with chondroitin did not improve pain. 72 It appears that most of the positive studies were funded by manufacturers of glucosamine products, and most of the studies performed by neutral researchers failed to find benefit. 67
Many popular glucosamine products combine this supplement with methylsulfonylmethane (MSM). One study published in India reported that both MSM and glucosamine improve arthritis symptoms as compared to placebo, but that the combination of MSM and glucosamine was even more effective than either supplement separately. 64 However, India has not yet achieved a reputation for conducting reliable medical trials.
Slowing the Course of Osteoarthritis
Conventional treatments for osteoarthritis reduce the symptoms, but don't slow the actual progress of the disease. In fact, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as indomethacin, might actually speed the progression of osteoarthritis by interfering with cartilage repair and promoting cartilage destruction (though the evidence for this is weak). 1-5 In contrast, two studies reported that glucosamine can slow the progression of osteoarthritis.
A 3-year, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 212 people found indications that glucosamine may protect joints from further damage. 25 Over the course of the study, individuals given glucosamine showed some actual improvement in pain and mobility, while those given placebo worsened steadily. Perhaps even more importantly, x-rays showed that glucosamine treatment prevented progressive damage to the knee joint. Another large, 3-year study enrolling 202 people found similar results. 42 Furthermore, a follow-up analysis, done 5 years after the conclusion of these two studies, found suggestive evidence that use of glucosamine reduced the need for knee replacement surgery. 68
Note: As with the positive studies of glucosamine for reducing symptoms, all of these studies were funded by a major glucosamine manufacturer.
Relieving Knee Pain Due to Osteochondritis
A 12-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled study examined the effectiveness of glucosamine at 2,000 mg daily in 50 people with continuing knee pain, mostly caused by osteochondritis (damage to the articular cartilage of the knee) rather than osteoarthritis. 46 The results were somewhat equivocal, but appeared to indicate that glucosamine could improve symptoms. Some participants may have also had osteoarthritis, so the results of this study are a bit difficult to interpret.
Safety Issues
Glucosamine appears to be a generally safe treatment and has not been associated with significant side effects. A few case reports and animal studies raised concerns that glucosamine might raise blood sugar in people with diabetes, but subsequent studies have tended to lay these concerns to rest. 34-39,48,49,52,58,60,69 Glucosamine does not appear to affect cholesterol levels either. 62
There is one case report of an allergic reaction to a glucosamine/chondroitin product, causing exacerbation of asthma . 49
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Abril 2015
Some rain-related Galician sayings
Some time ago I wrote a post about some popular sayings in the English language. Today it's time to talk about a couple of funny sayings in the Galician language.
As you may know, I'm from Spain, but when I tell people I always specify that I'm from the part of Spain where it's rarely sunny and people aren't particularly fond of flamenco. Then people often say "oh, Basque?" and I explain that the Basque Country is in the North, while I'm from Galicia, in the North-West. In Galicia we have our own language, fittingly called "Galician", which is related to Portuguese (they were one and the same language until the 14th century, though there are many people who claim they still are.)
Galicia is notorious in Spain because it's way rainier than the rest of the country. Its capital is Santiago de Compostela, my hometown, which is notorious in Galicia because it's way rainier than the rest of the region. So I assume it wouldn't surprise you if rain featured heavily in our popular sayings. This post, in fact, is about three of those sayings.
The first one is a proverb: "nunca choveu que non escampara", which means "it's never rained for so long that it didn't eventually stop". For my region, that's quite an uncharacteristically optimistic saying that means that bad things don't last forever, so there's no need to despair. Or perhaps it's just that it rains so relentlessly that people need to be reminded that it will stop.
The second one is something you say to someone who's acting foolish or making little sense. "A ti chóveche", literally means "it's raining on/in you". You can say it too of a third person: "a ese home chóvelle" ("it's raining in that man"). I'm guessing it's short for "a ti chóveche na cabeza" ("it's raining inside your head"), which to me is quite evocative. It's basically saying that this person's head is so empty there's enough room for water to evaporate, gather into clouds, condensate and precipitate in the form of free-falling drops of water. That's quite a lot of emptiness.
The third and final one for today is "xa choveu", which means "it has rained [quite a bit since then]". You say it to express that quite a long time has elapsed since something. For example, you show someone a photo of your childhood, and this conversation ensues:
"Mira que delgado estaba nesta foto." ("Look how thin I was in this photo.")
"Xa choveu." ("It's been quite a while since.")
"Vai tomar polo cu." ("I resent that remark.")
The last sentence is not translated literally, because I've often observed that English speakers have a lower tolerance for profanity than Galician speakers :-)
For now, that's it for rain-related Galician language sayings. I should probably write a post about Galician language profanity, since we have quite a bit of it, and it's quite creative even for rest-of-Spain standards :-)
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Microsoft and Cisco ready to demo NAP/NAC
There is harmony at last between two high-tech elephants. At a Boston security conference, Microsoft and Cisco will demonstrate how their competing security technologies will co-exist.
IT managers who have wondered whether competing security technologies from Microsoft and Cisco Systems Inc. will work together don't have to wonder any more.
Executives from Microsoft and Cisco will demonstrate at a security conference in Boston next month how Microsoft's Network Access Protection (NAP) policy enforcement and Cisco's Network Admission Control (NAC) will work together to protect networks from unauthorized or infected users, said those familiar with each company's plan.
This is a big step forward for a partnership struck between Cisco and Microsoft in October 2004. Cisco had already developed products based on NAC. Microsoft said in July 2004 it was developing NAP. Cisco is already shipping its products. NAP requires Microsoft's next-generation desktop OS Vista and server OS code-named Longhorn to work.
"We have clients who are begging to get NAC in place, but they stumble around issues involving [vendor] roadmaps," said Robert Whiteley, an analyst at Forrester Research Inc. in Cambridge, Mass. "Who will be the main policy server? Who will be the main enforcement mechanism? Will the vendors play nicely together?"
Now, IT managers can make local decisions. "You may choose to go with all Microsoft because [a particular installation] doesn't warrant a Cisco investment," Whiteley said.
As it turns out, there will be a single agent in Vista that can be a NAP or NAC client, according to one expert who asked not to be identified. Microsoft will have update support for both agents, the expert said.
NAC products use a software agent that gathers information in Cisco's RADIUS server and sends it to Cisco's Secure Access Control Server, or ACS. The Cisco Secure ACS checks with third-party policy servers to see if the devices comply with security parameters and enforces network security policies when necessary.
Microsoft's NAP technology works through software agents as well, but the data is passed to Microsoft's Network Policy Server, which checks with a third-party server to ensure policy compliance.
Microsoft has said that NAP could be used only with its Longhorn server, which won't ship until late 2007. It can also run on Microsoft's XP SP2 as long as each device in the network receives a NAP update.
There is also a third technology being developed by a nonprofit industry group called the Trusted Computing Group. The group's proposed technology supports both Microsoft's and Cisco's technology but is based on more open standards.
Cisco and Microsoft have been running tests of the combined technology, said John Pescatore, a security analyst with the Gartner Inc., based in Stamford, Conn.
"They have made a lot of progress in a fairly short amount of time," Pescatore said. "After almost two years of badgering them, they have convinced me that the difficulties that lie ahead are mostly technical in nature, not political."
Pescatore said he has seen a beta of the combined technology operating on a live network, and it did what officials said it would do -- protect the network from unauthorized or potentially insecure or infected access from client machines. "It is simplistic, but it answers a lot of the questions about how the technologies will work together," he said.
This article originally appeared on SearchWinIT.com.


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A Beyond Pesticides/NCAMP Fact Sheet PRINT
A strong integrated pest management (IPM) definition and policy is one of the best ways to minimize or eliminate children's exposure to pesticides while at school. IPM is a term that is used loosely with many different definitions and methods of implementation. IPM can mean virtually anything the practitioner wants it to mean. Beware of chemical dependent programs masquerading as IPM.
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a program of prevention, monitoring, and control which offers the opportunity to eliminate or drastically reduce pesticides in schools, and to minimize the toxicity of and exposure to any products which are used. Education, in the form of workshops, training sessions and written materials, is an essential component of an IPM program - for everyone from administrators, maintenance personnel, cafeteria staff and nurses to parents and students.
Integrated Pest Management Defined
|IPM is a managed pest management system that: (a) eliminates or mitigates economic and health damage caused by pests; (b) minimizes the use of pesticides and the risk to human health and the environment associated with pesticide applications; and, (c) uses integrated methods, site or pest inspections, pest population monitoring, an evaluation of the need for pest control, and one or more pest control methods, including sanitation, structural repairs, mechanical and living biological controls, other non-chemical methods, and, if nontoxic options are unreasonable and have been exhausted, least toxic pesticides.
Least Toxic Pesticides Defined
Least Toxic Pesticides include:
The term 'least toxic pesticides' does not include a pesticide that is
Decision-making Process. Create an IPM decision-making process that draws on accurate, timely information to make pest prevention and management decisions. Determine the needs of the site, and set "action thresholds;" levels of pest populations at which remedial action is necessary. This will vary depending on the site - what type of structure it is, who is using it, and how it is being used. For instance, cafeterias will need to be more pests free than the equipment room. This decision should be made with someone knowledgeable about the pest needing control and the risks of pesticides, someone who does not have a financial interest in selling a pesticide product.
Monitor. Implement a monitoring program designed to provide accurate, timely information on pest activity - to establish whether there is in fact a pest problem and to identify its causes. Implement a schedule and a plan for monitoring pest populations and the success of pest control efforts. This will help determine acceptable pest population levels, effective reduction measures, and breach of the action threshold. The best way to monitor for many pests, like cockroaches, is with sticky traps. They should be placed throughout the school structures at many different levels. Set the traps for 24 hours, and then record your results. The traps should be used on a regular schedule, such as monthly.
Pest Prevention Practices. Use practices that eliminate the need for hazardous pesticides - changing the conditions to prevent problems, including occupant education, careful cleaning, pest-proof waste disposal, and structural maintenance. Learn about what the specific pest needing control needs to live - food, water, and habitat. Reduce the sources of food and water. For instance, always clean up food and food areas, place food in airtight, sealed containers, dispose of food and food wrappers in sealed garbage containers, repair leaky pipes and faucets, caulk up cracks and crevices, and eliminate clutter whenever possible. Remember that it can take some time for these methods to be effective.
Mechanical, Biological,
and Least Toxic Controls. If all other methods have failed, and monitoring
shows that your pest population is still above your action thresholds,
use mechanical traps, such as sticky traps, and biological controls, such
as pheromones and parasitic insects. Then, and only then, should you consider
spot treatment of the least toxic pesticides. You must weigh the risks
associated with the use of a pesticide against the problems caused by
the pest. Consider your options carefully, being mindful not to blindly
jump at a solution that may have risks without first collecting the facts.
If you must use a pesticide, you should the least toxic pesticide available. Boric acid, formulated from a natural mineral, is an effective ant and cockroach stomach poison. When properly applied, it has a relatively low toxicity compared to other pesticides. Further, it does not evaporate into the indoor air of the structure, unlike many other pesticides. Look for boric acid that has less than one percent of inert ingredients, therefore you have a better idea of what you are applying and its risks than with most other pesticides. While boric acid is somewhat slower acting than other materials, it is highly effective over a long period of time. But remember, all pesticides are poisons designed to kill, and should be handled carefully and with respect. Boric acid should be applied only in areas where it will not come in contact with people - cracks and crevices, behind counters, and in baseboards. Applicators should wear protective clothing, gloves, and a filter mask.
Also see our Resources Page on Strong Integrated Pest Management in Schools.


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Join NBC 5 at the BAPS Charities Health Fair and the Children's Health Fair and Safety Day on Saturday, October 6, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in Irving.
The BAPS Charities Health Fair will offer a range of services for children and adults, including health screenings to measure blood pressure, blood sugar levels, body mass index, dental, vision, hearing screens and dermatology. Other services include personal consultations with physicians specialized in cardiology, pediatrics, internal medicine, gynecology, endocrinology. The health fair will also feature informational sessions on diabetes, cholesterol, obesity, and exercise.
BAPS Charities is a nonprofit international charity organization that is committed to serving the world by caring for individuals, families, and communities. About 55,000 BAPS Charities volunteers networked in over 3,300 centers around the world provide over 12 million volunteer-hours of service annually.
Connecting NBC 5 to the community we serve.
BAPS Charities has amassed over 50 years of firsthand experience in initiating, managing, and sustaining 160 humanitarian operations throughout the world. These include medical services, environmental services, community services, tribal services, and disaster relief services.
Annual health fairs are at the core of BAPS Charities' medical services. Physicians and technicians regularly volunteer their expertise to provide medical care and advice to the increasing number of people who lack access to quality health care.
To pre-register for a screening, contact BAPS Charities at 972-243-8669.
BAPS Charities Health Fair
Saturday, October 6
8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir
4601 North State Highway 161
Irving, TX 75038


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Nouveau chez Ask / New release at Ask
"Sigmund" is the new 70's suit By Neferia Abel for ASK. It comes with 3 shirt's colors (combined with the jacket on the jacket layer) plus a jacket without shirt, allowing you to wear a shirt of your choice, or no shirt at all! The pack costs 150 Lindens. Yes, it's a bargain!
Take also a look at the new sculpted sneakers by Tekilah Elytis, the first really good sculpted shoes I've seen. They come in several colors for 199 Lindens, a very fair price!
Last but not least, you will find in this post a feast of usefull complements: The sleeves filler you already know if you read this blog regularly, and the bare foot socks and bare hand gloves by robin sojourner, which avoid you to show ugly flesh colored inner pants or sleeves, when you don't wear socks or have loose sleeves… Those socks and gloves are free, so run and take your pack asap! Elegance, like evil, hides in details
By the way, do you know what means "Ask", name of Neferia's shop? No, it's not the english verb "ask". Let's hear the explanation by Neferia herseilf : "I am norwegian and ask was the first man on earth in the viking mythology. Ask and Embla were the first humans created (by the god Odin and his brothers Ve and Vili). They were created by pieces of driftwood, ash and elm respectively. Odin breathed life into them, Ve gave them intelligence and emotion, and Vili bestowed them with senses and speech.
So there is the story behind the name of my shop :-)"
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Mannequin / Model : Ben Vanguard
• Coiffure / Hair:
"Ego" - Drift Wood,
by Lost Thereian,
@ Influence, Naughty (80, 112, 23)
• Skin:
FNKY! Antonio Medium - Stubble (Bald),
by Funk Schnook,
@ FNKY! & Cake, FNKY Cake (128, 45, 24)
• Yeux / Eyes:
! SLAB ICE (Light Purple),
by Pompo Bombacci,
@ SLAB Designs, Albata (174, 2, 26)
• Costume, Chemise / Suit, Shirt:
"Sigmund" beige jacket w/red shirt,
"Sigmund" beige pants,
by Neferia Abel,
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• Volume pour manches / Filler for sleeves:
[SLMEN.COM] Filler for sleeves (settings : Color RGB (109,73,82) / Sleeve Length 100 / Sleeve looseness 7)
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• Gants "mains nues", Chaussettes "Pieds nus" / Bare hand Gloves,
Bare Hand Gloves - 100% - 95% - setting : Color RGB (187,135,148)
Tintable Barefoot Socks - setting : Color RGB (144,124,119),
by Robin Sojourner,
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• Chaussures de sport / Sneakers:
Brown/Pink Sculpted Sneaker,
by Tekilah Elytis,
@ Tekilah's Store at the Arcolith Project, Baku (242, 72, 71)
• Collier / Necklace:
DMC Ring Tab Necklace,
by Dragontat Zagato,
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• Bague / Ring:
Platinum and Sapphire Ring,
by Mhaijik Guillaume,
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TIMBERWOOD 2.0 (the website) Coming this Year!
Timberwood 2.0 (the website) Coming this Year!
Timberwood 2.0 (the website) Coming this Year!
Hold your mouse over a special's name to see a description of that special. Click a special's name to go to our Specials page and see all the descriptions at once.
Thanks for checking out our dinner specials. They change every other Tuesday, and they're available every day after 4pm. We'd love to hear what you think about our specials! Use the feedback form below to let us know which specials you love. The more feedback we get on a special, the more likely it is to make our regular menu!
We've switched over to using Untappd for our beer menus! It offers a ton of advantages, including:
In any case, we're excited to make the switch and hope you will be too. Unfortunately, that means we're not quite ready to show you the quick at-a-glance menus on the front page that we used to have, but here's a link to our current menu:
Let us know what you think!


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Mooveo C6 Motorhome for hire in Consett, County Durham -Northumberland Border
Mooveo C6The Mooveo C6 represents true luxury in a 6 berth motorhome with everyone enjoying space and privacy. Enjoy real home from home comfort for all the family in our flagship motor home!
Equipped with
TV, DVD & CD player, cutlery, crockery,
oven/grill, refrigerator, fully integrated kitchen, luxury washroom with shower, hotel quality interiors and comfy beds. Fully winter proofed, insulated and double glazed, along with gas fired central heating.
Cab Air conditioning & bike rack fitted.
Self contained, the C6 motorhome incorporates bunk beds and a large locker for storing bulky items. Power assisted steering and powerful Fiat 2.2ltr Turbo diesel engine makes the C6 very easy to drive and park.
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Motorhome specification:
- Overall length cm 650
- Overall width cm 230
- Internal width cm 212
- Overall height cm 309
- Engine 2.2i Litre Diesel
- Mass in running order 3020kg
- Maximum permitted mass 3500kg
- Passengers 6
- Berths 6
- Forward bed approx.200 x 105 cm
- Middle bed 200 x 135 cm
- Bunk Beds 220 x 79 cm
- Cab Air conditioning
- Oven/Grill
- Cooker rings 3
- TV, DVD & CD player
- Forced air heating
- Fresh water supply 130 litres
- Waste water tank 80 litres
- Living room battery Ah (20 h) K 20 (6)
- Sockets 12-V x 2
- Sockets 230-V x 3
- Bike rack (4)
- 6 Seatbelts (4 x3pt, 2 x 2pt)
- Engine Power 127PS (93KW)


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We are in a time of increased tensions, uncertainties and changes in the Catholic Church . Particularly troubling is the loss of moral authority resulting from the continuing sexual abuse crisis and evidence of institutional coverup. The purpose of this site is to examine what is happening by linking to worldwide news stories, particularly from the English speaking church and the new breath of fresh air blowing through the church with the pontificate of Pope Francis. Romans 8:38
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Pondering a pope and the gender divide
Lisa Wangness Boston Globe March 10,2013 Masculine authority has been on vivid display at the Vatican during the last week, as the princes of the Roman Catholic Church gather to elect a replacement for Pope Benedict XVI. The world has watched the all-male college of cardinals lining up to say goodbye to the retiring Benedict, sweeping past hordes of television cameras to enter the cardinals' pre-conclave discussions, and gathering in the Basilica of St. Peter to pray for the church. Three men, all priests, serve as the multilingual media team at the Vatican's daily press conferences. At briefings last week, they showed clips of conclave preparations under way — men marring the seal in the papal garden with rakes and hoes to signify the papal vacancy, men hauling the cast-iron stove for ballot burning into the Sistine Chapel. A reporter, noting that one video clip showed a woman appearing to sew a tablecloth for the event, asked if there were any other women involved in the conclave. A Vatican spokesman replied: "There could be other women involved in the whole preparation of the conclave, in serving the fathers working with" the cardinals at their Vatican hotel. It is against this backdrop that some leading cardinals, including Boston's Sean P. O'Malley, have expressed a desire to open new leadership opportunities for women in the Roman Catholic Church, saying the matter will be an important concern for the next pope. There is a sense among some prelates that some movement on the gender front is essential; less evident are what steps could win the approval of the pope who will be elected in the days ahead. The reflections by O'Malley and others come at a dramatic moment in the life of the church, and although the cardinals are not suggesting radical change, they offer a striking contrast in tone from the Vatican's censure of American nuns last spring. O'Malley, Boston's archbishop, made clear in an interview at the Pontifical North American College here last week that he did not believe women could become priests. But he said women should be able to run some Vatican departments traditionally led by clergy. "Given the fact that the church is not going to ordain women, we have to make sure we are using their talents and gifts to the maximum," O'Malley said. Cardinal Leonardo Sandri of Argentina, who heads a Vatican department, also suggested women could hold major positions in the Vatican. And two German cardinals last month spoke of creating a deaconlike role for laywomen. Deacons are ordained ministers who can preach and perform some sacraments, such as baptism. As women have taken on larger roles in the world, Sandri told Reuters last week that offering them more opportunities in the church "is something the church has to ask itself about." Whether the next pope will agree remains a question. But the prelates' remarks seem to suggest a change in the dynamic between the male-dominated church hierarchy and women who are asking for more authority in the church. It could also presage an alternative, if temporary, route forward that does not involve seemingly intractable arguments about ordination of women. Ashley McGuire, a traditionalist Catholic who is in Rome this week on behalf of the Catholic Association, an advocacy group, said she and a group of female friends, some of whom work at the Vatican, talked about the cardinals' remarks over coffee the other day. "It's a great thing," said McGuire, a 27-year-old Tufts University graduate who now lives in Washington and blogs on faith and gender at AltCatholicah. "There are a lot of Catholic women who really love the church and want to participate and want to be involved, and who are not hung up on the issue of female ordination." Sister Christine Schenk of FutureChurch, which advocates for women's ordination, is disappointed the German bishops stopped well short of considering whether to allow women into the diaconate. But Schenk, who will be in Rome this week delivering postcards to Vatican officials asking for the restoration of married priesthood and women deacons, said "it is a good thing" that cardinals are discussing the role of women. The debate about that role has often played out as a battle between Catholics who support women's ordination and a hierarchy that considers that out of the question. Supporters of women's ordination say Jesus considered Mary Magdalene a disciple and that evidence points to women occupying leadership roles in the early church. But church teaching holds that because Jesus was a man, and because he chose male disciples, priests must be men as well. The church appears unlikely to change its stance anytime soon. In 1994, Pope John Paul II wrote that the matter was closed for debate, and Pope Benedict XVI agreed, making it a sin punishable by excommunication to participate in women's ordination. The cardinals' remarks may indicate that prelates are trying to respond to the obvious challenge confronting the church, as an institution struggling to remain relevant in secularized, modernized societies where women take for granted a right to equality with men. "If you look at the last 50 years in this country, the transformation for women in American society has been dizzying, and the church has changed really not at all on this particular issue," said Kathleen Sprows Cummings, professor of American studies and director of the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism at the University of Notre Dame. Women, she said, "look at this all-male priesthood, and the farther you go up the chain of command in the Catholic Church, the more male it becomes. It just doesn't square with their experience, and all they've been taught about what is possible for them." ................ Outside of its bureaucracy, the Catholic church has a rich tradition of women leaders. Long before management roles and advanced degrees were common among women in American society, nuns and religious sisters were running major hospitals, educational systems, and social service organizations. Today, women executives lead Catholic Relief Services, the international aid organization for the US church; the Catholic Health Association of the United States; and Catholic colleges and universities. US dioceses are beginning to make strides toward including women in leadership roles; in Boston, men still hold many of the top jobs, but O'Malley hired former Boston and Milton school administrator Mary Grassa O'Neill to run the Catholic schools and supported the appointment of two successive female heads of Catholic Charities of Boston. For years, one of his top advisers on sexual abuse was also a woman. ........ But O'Malley's traditionalist sensibility, like that of the church he loves, upset women in a couple of episodes early in his tenure. In his first year in Boston, he drew criticism from Catholic women for including feminism in a list of societal ills, in a homily. Shortly thereafter, he excluded women from the ritual of foot-washing on Holy Thursday. He later apologized for the upset he had caused, praising Christian feminists and, during Holy Week the next year, washing the feet of women as well as men. The Vatican's crackdown last year on the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, the major confederation of nuns in the United States, underscored the vast disparity in power between the Vatican's male hierarchy and religious women within the church. And many laity found the tone of the Vatican's rebuke insulting to religious sisters. Laypeople held hundreds of vigils across the United States on their behalf. The Vatican upbraided the women's conference for doctrinal problems, saying it failed to speak out strenuously enough against abortion, allowed speakers with unacceptable viewpoints, and seemed to embrace "radical feminism." Several bishops were assigned to oversee the organization. The president of the sisters' leadership conference told the Daily Beast after Benedict's resignation last month that the nuns hope to start fresh with a new pope. ....... Full article at Boston Globe
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Saturday, August 05, 2006
A New Year Has Begun
The school year is here, however, whether we want it or not.
I can't believe I haven't posted in almost a week. Since Monday I have been in meetings, and have frantically attempted to clean and arrange my classroom for the best learning environment I can. My team has worked well together attempting to shuffle resources around so they are in the proper room.
A colleage of mine, our music teacher, told me Thursday he felt like a gerbil on one of those exercise wheels. Spinning, spinning, spinning, and not really getting anywhere. I have to agree with him. By the time I had gotten home after Open House Thursday night I had been at school for a total of thirteen hours( just that one day). I couldn't even put together a coherent sentence I was so tired.
This is a view of my room from the hallway door as I began to put my room back together.
This is the same view minutes before parents and students arrived for Open House.
This view is also from the hallway door, but it looks towards the back of my classroom where I have a very extensive classroom library for students. I have over 500 books that I have brought from home as my children tired of them or that I have bought myself.
Here is the same view after I worked my tail off. I placed all three of my computers along the wall to make more space to move above the room.
This view is looking towards the hallway door and is taken from behind my desk. All of my individual units are packed within the plastic tubs you see. The binder that holds my lesson plans, extra copies that didin't get used the last time I taught the unit, accompanying teacher resource books, tradebooks, etc. all fit nicely in the tubs. Each tub is labeled with the unit name such as "Civil War/Reconstruction", "Native American Regions", or "American Revolution". Some units are so large I use two or three tubs to hold everything.
Here is the after picture.
The teachers on my hall were all making these cute little hallway displays to welcome new students and place student names outside their doors. Elementaryhistoryteacher is not into cute little cutesies. I admire them, but just don't seem to do them myself.
The last year I taught fifth grade my teaching partner from across the hall had the language arts students write letters to teachers who had impacted their elementary years. Several chose me and this colleage took the letters and the student's self-portraits and laminated them onto construction paper. The group of students presented these to me the last few days of school. I treasure them and make it a tradition to haul them out from the protective case stacked on top of my classroom closet and display them for Open House. Occaisionly one of the students show up with a younger brother or sister and they are surprised to see their work on the wall. I place a caption with them that states "Elementaryhistoryteacher is kid-tested and board approved!". It fills up the wall along with my new homeroom list.
The mother of this particular student who wrote me a letter teaches in the lower grades at my school. I told her she needed to come to my end of the campus to see her child's work. She said she would and advised that her young man has just gotten his learner's permit. Wow! I'm old.
Yesterday morning another colleage of mine who works with our special education students brought her son in before taking him to the middle school to start his eighth grade year. I gave him a good squeeze and realized he could now see the top of my head with gray hairs scattered here and there. I didn't have my glasses on and had to stand on tip-toe to see the shadow that stretched along his upper lip. My new view confirmed it for me. It was no shadow, but the faint beginnings of a mustache.
It was the perfect beginning for a new year. Brand new students making the transformation from third graders to fourth graders, and a reminder that time marches on for former students after they have left me.
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- Unknown said...
Thanks for sharing your room pictures. Very cool. Love the "before" and "after". Also, I love-love-love your idea for the welcome outside the classroom. Past kids praise of you is a great idea -- let's the new kids know that maybe there's hope this year that they'll feel that good about you by the end of the year. Very cool. And, the added value of letting former students and parents of former students reminisce about the good old days. Very cool idea!
- CaliforniaTeacherGuy said...
The proof is in the photos: You were working all week! Nice job, EHT. The parents and students have no idea what goes on behind the scenes. Pat yourself on the back and squeeze in some rest over what's left of the weekend: Monday's comin' quicker than you think!
- Butterfly Angel said...
I was beginning to wonder about you! What CTG said is true, folks don't have a clue. Your photos have given me some ideas on how to set up my room for the new year. Monday is just around the bend for you and me.
- EHT said...
Thanks llm for visiting and a huge thanks for your comments.
Yes, CTG, Monday is coming sooner than we think but I did manage to go have a nice dinner with hubby tonight.
Butterfly Angel, I normally have kids in rows all facing the same direction, but with the push in my my state for more differentiated instruction I wanted to go towards various types of grouping activities and thought this would work better. The jury is still out, however, as I had to take conduct cuts THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. Can you believe it!?
- NYC Educator said...
Cute little cuteness is a major requirement for elementary teachers in NYC, for whom bulletin boards are more crucial than certain minor deities.
Living in the South sounds very good, except for the part about going back to work in the beginning of August. We're going back on the 31st, due to an awful new notract, but previously cshool has never begun before Labor Day.
- HappyChyck said...
Your before and after picts are so wonderful! I'm so happy to meet non-cute elementary teacher. When I taught high school I was too cute because I actually put up colorful posters on my walls. Now that I am in middle school, teaching with many elementary trained teachers, I am such a decorating dud in comparison.
- Q's Personal Legend said...
I swear we MUST be in the same county!!
Best of luck on the new year!!
- Andrew Pass said...
I hope you have a great year. Remember to have fun!! I also wanted to let you know that I'm trying something new with my blog. I'm posting a different teaching idea every day. These teaching ideas all revolve around a newspaper article. On Saturday I posted about the winner of the Tour De France and suggested several ideas that could be done in classes. Today I posted about a series run in the L.A. Times about pollution. I'm hoping that teachers find these posts useful and comment to make them even better. I figured as yoiu begin the year, you might be interested in taking a look at it.
Andrew Pass
- Meredith said...
Hooray for you, getting so much done so quickly! I know how hard it is to get a room up and going. Things look beautiful the way you have them; I always tell my kids, "A clean job site is a happy job site."
p.s. The bulletin board is awesome. I love your heading!
- EHT said...
Thanks for all the great complements. Andrew, I will stop by for a visit, and Q here's a hint....there are two r's in my system name.
- Q's Personal Legend said...
Nope, no r's in mine, but I think we are within an hour of each other!
- Duez said...
Great post. I'll be doing something similar tomorrow when I post pictures of my newly constructed classroom.
School begins for us on Monday. And it is time for the new 3 R's: Rigor, Relevance and Relationships. Ye haw!


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