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|About ACS >> History
1906 – The Cottage School is Founded
Seeking to expand the educational opportunities for her four-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, Queene Ferry Coonley establishes The Cottage School on her estate in Riverside, IL. Lucia Burton Morse and Charlotte Krum work with Mrs. Coonley; all three women are proponents of Froebel's kindergarten principles and the precepts of Progressive Education. As Elizabeth grows, more classes and teachers are added.
1912 – New Buildings, New Schools
Frank Lloyd Wright finishes the now-famous Coonley Playhouse to accommodate the growth of The Cottage School. Mrs. Coonley also helps to establish kindergartens in other Chicago suburbs, including the new Kindergarten Extension Association School in Downers Grove. Miss Morse moves to Downers Grove to direct the school.
1915 -- Mrs. Coonley's Work is Well-known
John Dewey and his daughter Evelyn publish Schools of To-morrow, which describes the successful implementation of new educational theories. The Cottage School is highlighted in the Deweys' book. The next year, in response to increased local interest, a first-grade class is added to the Downers Grove school, which then changes its name to the Junior Elementary School. Several additional grades are added in subsequent years.
1929 – An Educational Landmark
With space at the Junior Elementary School severely limited, Mrs. Coonley purchases an 11 acre tract of land next to a forest preserve for a new school setting. Waldron Faulkner, her son-in-law, designs the building, and Jens Jensen, one of the country's greatest landscape architects, plans the grounds. Together they create an open, flexible, comfortable learning environment that is in harmony with its natural setting. The school is renamed The Avery Coonley School in honor of Mrs. Coonley's late husband, and over one hundred students attend opening day, September 30, 1929.
1938 – Finding Wisdom is Published
Gertrude Hartman's Finding Wisdom: Chronicles of a School of Today details life at ACS, and becomes a classic in the education field. Hundreds tour the school during its first decade to see Progressive Education in action.
1960 – A New Direction
With Mrs. Coonley's passing in 1958, and John Malach's assumption of the role of headmaster in 1960, a symbolic torch is passed. During the next decade, Mr. Malach leads the school's transition to gifted education. The new mission is a logical and successful next step, building on the traditions, passions, and educational theories that have been present since the school's inception.
1980 – Fine Arts Wing and Early Childhood Program Added
Recognizing the central role that drama, music, and the visual arts have always played in the school's curriculum, a wing dedicated primarily to the fine arts is added. With the additional space ACS is also able to add an Early Childhood program for three-year-olds; true to the vision of Mrs. Coonley and Miss Morse, the new program is designed to be a comfortable bridge between home and school.
1993 – Further Expansion
A full-sized gymnasium, a state-of-the-art performing arts center, a new library, and an expanded lunchroom (or commons) are added. The new spaces provide increased comfort and opportunities for students, and highlight the fact that much of the learning at ACS takes place outside the classroom, through independent and group research, student performances, and interactions with peers. Classroom size is expanded to thirty-two students per group.
2006 – An Historic Past, A Bright Future
The school has much to celebrate—the centennial of Mrs. Coonley's first educational endeavor, the opening of a brand-new Middle School wing, and the addition of a full-day kindergarten program. And, as part of the centennial celebration, archival and historical research documents the school's rich past, and ACS is placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The factors that make the school historically significant— the educational principles, the building and grounds, the traditions, and the wisdom and passion of the people who brought these things to life—continue to be the heart of The Avery Coonley School.
Today – The Dawn of a Second Century
ACS continues to guide children onward and upward by encouraging intellectual curiosity, fostering individual talents, and providing a strong foundation to meet the challenges and opportunities of the future. Much has changed since Mrs. Coonley first began this journey, but we continue to follow her ideas and her ideals, and remain steadfast in the effort to provide the best possible education for each student.
We are confident that our second century will bring with it the same level of commitment, excellence, and innovation that has characterized our first hundred years. As we enter this new chapter in our history, we invite you to be part of our story.


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One of the most important things for your tank is the Nitrogen cycle. A closed environment gets dirty very quickly. The only thing keeping your tank clean is bacteria. Like anything else in life, bacteria eat and produce waste. Then other bacteria eat that waste and produce their own. That is how your tank functions. In nature the ocean is so much larger than the amount of waste that there is no worry of build up. In your tank however, things can get dicey quickly. Once established things will run nice and smooth with the occasional water change. No system is perfect and eventually your tank will get build up. Weekly partial water changes take care of this problem.
First step:
Your fish and dying plants produce ammonia in their wast. Too much ammonia is toxic to fish and will burn, and eventually kill them. To get rid of the harmful ammonia you need nitrifying bacteria. Certain nitrifying bacteria eat the ammonia. Their waste product is called nitrite. Nitrite is also poisonous to fish.
Second step:
Nitrifiying bacteria (not the ammonia eating ones, another type) come in and eat the nitrite. They produce nitrate. Nitrate is not poisonous fish in small quantities. High nitrate levels suggest that you might be overfeeding your fish (the left over food producing extra food for the bacteria, which then produce more waste). It can also suggest you have too many fish for your size tank. If you nitrates are always high, try feeding less, and if that doesn't work, consider buying a bigger tank, or moving fish out of that tank.
Third step:
In nature the nitrate would be recycled by something else. In your tank it just builds up. Once it builds up you change the water and replace it to remove the nitrates.
Here's a diagram from Petco's website.
Your goal is to create a perfect balance of producers and consumers in your tank. This process can take up to 8 weeks. I'm no chemist so instead I'll link you to two different sites. The first site is very clear and provides pictures and a video at the end. The second site is a little more complicated and provides a little more info. These sites provide info on fishless cycling, the safest way to establish your tank.
Now I took the other route, cycling with a fish in the tank. I didn't know better. Doing a cycle with a fish can cause fish death or illness. I listed everything I used in my blog here.
It was really a stressful process. I tested the water everyday and in the beginning did water changes everyday. The ammonia was my biggest problem in the beginning. The levels were always high. I purchased an ammonia detoxifier a little ways into the process. It makes the ammonia safe, but provides false ammonia readings with most water tests. It took my tank around 4 weeks to cycle. I added beneficial bacteria, but I'm not sure if that helped, or the fact that I have a small tank resulted in the quick cycle.
I was really worried that I had hurt my fish when I noticed black dots all over her tail fin.
I wish I had taken a picture of her the first day I got her. I have no way to compare. I think that the spots were naturally on her. They are very symmetric and haven't faded. Ammonia burns can fade over time with proper treatment. I used stress coat+ to help heal her.
I'm glad it's over. Doing water changes every other day was very time consuming and everything got wet every time. I treated the replacement water every time and also allowed it to sit out a few hours so it would reach room temp. If you don't have a tap dechlorinator you must allow 24 hours to pass before you put that water in the tank. I use Top Fin dechlorinator.
Either way, it's a time consuming process that takes determination. It'll all be worth it in the end I promise!
Also, I have ordered some new decorations off Petsmart as they were having a 20% off everything black Friday promotion. I can do a blog unboxing once it comes and tell what I think of the products so check back soon!

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Empire students' math feat honored
Adding enthusiasm to an affinity for math equalled success for Empire Elementary School students in a national competition.
"I wanted to test my brain so I could get prizes," said Logan Oris, 7. "I actually felt like I got smarter."
First-grade teacher Adrienne Wiggins selected students in second through fifth grades who scored the highest on the standardized math test issued by the school district, offering them the opportunity to compete in the Noetic Learning Math Contest.
"The contests is a lot of problem-solving skills; they're not just simple computation," Wiggins said. "These are our top math students. I wanted them to be challenged."
Students met for study sessions before school. Although the class didn't start until 7:45 a.m,, Wiggins said, students were often waiting at her door by 7:15.
"It's kind of fun to do tests," explained Cole Williams, 10.
Students also studied on their own.
"I had these flash cards at my house, and my cousin would help me," said Alexis Lovett, 9. "She would give me word problems to solve."
Students competed against 25,166 other students from 556 schools in 45 states. Eleven Empire Elementary School students earned National Honorable Mention, scoring in the top half.
Wiggins said she was pleased with their performance for their first time competing, and for the joy they find in math.
"I'm a math geek myself, so I try to rub that off on my students," she said.
And it helped Sarai Jauregui, 10, affirm her sense of self.
"This is my opportunity to show everyone my talent that is usually overlooked," she said.


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Wows audience with culinary fireworks
by Myra Saturen and Katherine Noll,
With unassuming gait, celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse entered the Foundry Room at the Sands Hotel, but as soon as he got talking and cooking, the "BAM!" quality of his personality and culinary expertise flared, captivating his audience of culinary and hospitality students and members of the community.
Emeril's cooking demonstration kicked off the three-day Lehigh Valley Food and Wine Festival, from June 2 - 4. Hosted by the Sands Bethlehem, in partnership with Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits, the festival features multiple restaurants, vineyards and distilleries that offer samples of their wares throughout the Sands Event Center. Sponsorship proceeds from the event go to the Northampton Community College (NCC) Foundation, which provides scholarships to students throughout the region.
The dishes included close versions of popular treats at Emeril's restaurants...seared sesame crusted tuna lettuce wraps, garnished with carrot-jalapeña and fried wontons, an aromatic grouper chowder, and spaghetti carbonara made special with fresh duck eggs.
"Cooking is a building process," Emeril said. "You construct the dish from the ingredients, adding layers of amazing flavors," he said. "And, as in building a house, you must have a good foundation."
Everything Emeril does has a reason: He uses lemon or lime because their natural acidity "wakes up the flavor." He removes and places lids on pots to effect evaporation or add liquid depending on the desired result. Lids are removed when Emeril seeks evaporation and intensification of the tastes.
Grinding fresh pepper into the grouper chowder, he said, "there's a lot of love in there."
Clearly, Emeril loves passing on the art of cooking to new culinarians and hospitality providers. He is dedicated to developing new talent as well as hiring many of the NCC program's graduates. After the demo, Emeril announced the winners of the NCC culinary competition held this spring:
Jacob Watson
Samantha Lee
Julissa Graziano
Keanith Quinones
Kadija Fran
Isabel Da Costa
And the delicious prize? An all-expenses-paid externship in New Orleans, cooking and working in one of Emeril's restaurants! Check out all the pictures in this photo gallery.
The next two days, more than three thousand people flocked to the Sands Event Center to sample food from some of the finest restaurants in the Lehigh Valley and experience fine wines, sumptuous spirits, and seminars and demonstrations. As they ate and drank, a lively soundtrack was provided by The Craig Thatcher Band. View all of the fun in this photo gallery.
"Congratulations to all of the people who helped make the 8th Annual Lehigh Valley Food and Wine Festival a spectacular event," Mark Juliano, president of Sands Bethlehem said. "It's become a signature event not only for the Lehigh Valley, but also very quickly becoming a signature event for food and wine festivals throughout the country. The real magic of it is that it not only allows Sands Bethlehem to host an event for the community to enjoy, but also for the opportunities it creates for the culinary and hospitality students at NCC."
The festival annually raises about $250,000 a year for the Northampton Community College Foundation, which goes towards student scholarships, NCC President Dr. Mark Erickson said. "Scholarships that quite honestly change lives. We have great food, great wine, and a lot of fun that goes on at the festival. But there is more to it than that. It's also about our students. We love to get our students involved."
NCC culinary and hospitality students are paired with different restaurants to help as needed, giving them first-hand experience working with some of the best chefs in the Lehigh Valley.
Each day of the Grand Tastings, "Best of the Fest" winners were announced. They are: Saturday:
First place: Sodexho
Second place: Broadway Social
Third place: Emeril's Fish House
First place: The Dime
Second place: Emeril's Chop House
Third place: Aunt Wendy's Kiffles
The 8th Annual Food and Wine Festival featured:
Participating Restaurants:
187 Rue Principale
Aunt Wendy's Kiffles
The Bayou
Bell Hall
The Broadway Social
Buddy V's Ristorante
Burgers and More by Emeril
Carlo's Bakery Carnegie Deli
Chocolate Works
Emeril's Chop House
The Dime
Emeril's Fish House
Fiesta Olé
Hampton Winds
Hellertown Bakery
Kingfish American Bistro and Wine Bar
Maxim's 22
Mitzi's Table
Paxos Restaurants (Blue, Torre, Melt and Top Cut)
QCB (Queen City BBQ)
Sette Luna
Spinnerstown Hotel
Steelworks Buffet & Grill
Twisted Olive
The Vineyard Restaurant
Yianni's Tavern & The Euro Lounge
Demonstrations and Seminars by:
Jay Nee: Wines and the Personalities Behind Them
Chef Victor Bock, Executive Chef Food and Beverages, Sands Bethlehem
Chef Tyler Baxter, Chef de Cuisine, Emeril's Chop House
Chef Shawn Doyle, Co-owner, Savory Grille
Chef Lee Chizmar, Co-owner, Bolete and Mr. Lee's Noodles
A very special thank you to the festival sponsors, without whom this event would not be possible. View more Food & Wine pics in this photo gallery.
About the Lehigh Valley Food & Wine Festival
The Lehigh Valley Food & Wine Festival has grown from its humble beginnings as a one-day tented event to a full-weekend experience. The largest event of its kind in the region, the festival showcases cuisine from the area's top restaurants and wine from around the world to approximately 5,000 guests over two days. Hosted by Northampton Community College and the Sands Bethlehem, the Festival began in 2010 to provide hands-on experience to Northampton's Culinary and Hospitality Management students, raise money for the NCC Foundation, and celebrate the tantalizing dining experiences available in the Lehigh Valley.
About Northampton Community College
With an enduring commitment to the regional community it serves and a focus on student success, Northampton Community College has developed a reputation as an institution of extraordinary distinction, earning accolades at the state and national levels for innovative programs, outstanding faculty and impressive student achievements. It counts among its successful alumni a 4-time Pulitzer Prize winner and an Academy Award winning director as well as a host of CEOs, presidents, and leaders of business and industry. Today, Northampton Community College has locations in Bethlehem, Southside Bethlehem, and Monroe County, serving more than 30,000 students each year from 53 counties, 48 countries and 25 states.
About Sands Bethlehem
Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem opened May of 2009 in Eastern Pennsylvania. It is situated on the site of the historic Bethlehem Steel plant and located approximately 60 minutes from Philadelphia and the northern New Jersey suburbs and 90 minutes from New York City. Sands Bethlehem offers over 3,000 state-of the-art slot machines and over 200 table games including a 30 table poker room, as well as a 282-room hotel and over 12,000 sq. ft. of meeting space. Culinary offerings include Buddy V's Ristorante, of TLC's Cake Boss, and three signature restaurants from celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse - Emeril's Chop House, Burgers And More by Emeril and Emeril's Fish House. The casino also features the Carnegie Deli, Chopstick Asian Cuisine, Steelworks Buffet & Grill, Croissanterie and the varied offerings and cuisines of The Market Gourmet Express. It is also home to the Coil Bar and Molten Lounge, which features live entertainment 7 nights a week. The Outlets at Sands Bethlehem launched at the property in November 2011. The Sands Bethlehem Event Center, which opened at the property in May 2012 and includes over 14,000 sq. ft. of flexible multipurpose space, accommodates meetings, conventions and a variety of entertainment events.


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Missouri Estate Planning
Our licensed attorneys can help you finally get "estate planning" checked off of your to-do list. Our law firm has several attorneys, all of whom have experience in estate planning, wills, and trusts. Thus, we understand the importance of planning your estate, and sometimes just as importantly, we also understand why people might procrastinate when it comes to wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and estate planning.
Why have you been putting off your estate plan?
Does the process seem complicated and time consuming? Do you find that your eventual demise is not the most exhilarating topic to think or talk about? Do you assume it will be expensive to pay an hourly attorney to handle all of this? In our experience, most people do put off estate planning to some extent, usually for some or all of the above reasons.
Please allow us to respond to the above concerns.
First of all, the estate planning process does not have to be complicated or time consuming. Most in-person estate plans (in which you visit us here at the firm) only require two meetings, unless you desire additional meetings.
That process typically works as follows:
First, we send you an informational packet to review and fill out, and we will ask you to bring it with you to the initial consultation. At the first meeting, we will review the packet, address your concerns, and answer your questions about estate planning (concerning wills, revocable living trusts, powers of attorney, health care directives, etc). Once you hire our firm to proceed with your estate plan, we will prepare the rough drafts of the necessary agreements and then send you the drafts by email or regular mail, whichever you prefer.
Upon reviewing the drafts, you can either set up a time for your second meeting (the signing session) or call our office with questions, changes, or concerns. If there are multiple concerns, you are also welcome to set up an additional review session meeting. When the documents are in final form and ready to be signed, we will set up a signing session, during which the documents will be witnessed, signed, and notarized as necessary.
So as you can see, the estate planning process does not have to be time consuming, complicated, or confusing. In most cases, it is fairly straightforward. Should you decide to take advantage of having this done by phone, email, or regular mail, the process is very similar, except it does not include in-person meetings; our meetings would be over the phone.
As for the subject matter – we understand that it is not fun to talk about death. However, we think it is important to tell you that there are two comments (or some variation thereof) that we commonly hear after completing a signing session:
"It is such a relief to get this done . . . I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders. I am so happy to get this done and over with!"
"That's it? We're done? If I had known that it was this easy, I would have gotten this done years ago."
While not every Missouri estate planning case goes this smoothly, most are pretty straightforward. As for any complicated issues, we can usually spot problems in the first meeting and discuss them with you. There is no rule that cases must be simple; we can help with cases of all sizes and types.
Finally, as for the cost, most of our estate planning cases are not completed by the hour. Instead, they are accomplished with one reasonable, flat fee. We will typically meet with you for the initial consultation to better understand your goals and what you want to accomplish. If you choose to do this by phone or email, it will work the same way, but we will talk by phone. Once we understand your estate planning goals, we are able to quote you a reasonable, flat fee to handle the entire case. Our licensed Missouri attorneys can often offer a payment plan, and sometimes we can give you a reduced rate in exchange for an upfront payment in full.
So as you can see, the process does not have to be intimidating, convoluted, or time consuming. Planning your estate is like exercise: you may not look forward to it, but you sure do feel great when it is done. Plus, since most of our estate planning cases are done on a flat fee, you will know exactly what the services cost before you decide to hire us.
If our method of estate planning sounds like a good fit for your family or if you have additional questions, please call us or email us anytime to speak with one of our Missouri attorneys. What better time is there than today? Why not just take the first step and contact us? We appreciate your time and thank you for visiting our site.
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Carving names on monument: $4,400
A Minnesota man who carved the names of himself and his wife near the 1806 signature of explorer William Clark on a national monument in Montana has agreed to pay $4,400 in restitution and fines, the Bureau of Land Management said Monday. The fine came after the U.S. Attorney's Office filed a misdemeanor vandalism charge against Cole Randall of Plymouth, Minn., for the carving in sandstone at Pompey's Pillar that reads "Cole + Shpresa 10/10/2013." The carving also included a heart.
Museum in Poland tells pope's story
A new museum in Poland telling the life story of Polish-born Pope John Paul II will open Wednesday in the southern city of Wadowice, just weeks before he is made a saint. The multimedia museum is at the house where the pope was born. He is to be canonized in a Vatican ceremony April 27. The director, the Rev. Dariusz Ras, said Monday that the museum documents John Paul's life from birth to when he was elected pope in 1978 and his 26-year papacy.
Eating poorly adds fat, saps energy
An unhealthful diet can make you fat, and new research suggests it also can sap motivation. In a study published in the journal Physiology & Behavior, researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles found that rats fed a diet low in fat but high in simple sugars and refined flour were not only more obese than rats that had a better diet, but also less willing to work for a reward.
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Colony Collapse Disorder – Mills Lawn PBL
Bing helped students at Mills Lawn elementary school produce a website on "Colony Collapse Disorder", a phenomenon when bees disappear either by sickness due to pesticides, or other human and environmental factors, impacting the growth and pollination of trees and plants. This Project-based Learning (PBL) effort was a significant part of their grades for the school year.
Student groups included researchers, photographers, videographers (really!), illustrators, copywriters, web team: Killer Bees (the web team working with Bing), Bumble Bees, Leafcutters, Masons, Carpenter Bees, and Honey Bees.
This timeline shows the involvement and actions by the kids, volunteers, Mrs. Shelton, and my role (Roger Starnes) as representative from Bing Design…
February 11 – Met "Killer Bees" team Owen, Max, and Hanna and discussed website options and plans to use Wix.com for source for website. Talked to Mrs. Shelton's class from about my role at Bing Design as a print/web designer and developer and how the things in their PBL would be similar to the kinds of things I do at Bing. We sectioned out the main pages of the site HOME (Hannah), ABOUT (Owen), SPECIES (Max) + ACTION and CONTACT. Then the group discussed ideas for photos, links, and research by other groups.
February 21 – I gave the team more info on using Wix.com and we set up a Google document with login info to the site so they could edit when I was not there. I shared a printout of some of the types of sites that we do at Bing Design, and how the work is similar to what they were doing.
February 25 – The computer network at the school was not cooperating with us this day, so we had to work old-school… on PAPER! We sketched out the content we wanted to use, talked more about the content for each page of the site, and asked the Killer Bees to start getting material from other teams to be shared via Google Docs. After most sessions with the students, I helped write up goals and accomplishments by the team and set goals for next meeting.
March 4 – Started getting content from other groups, including the bee art for the home page of the site! Set timeline for PBL completion. Mrs. Shelton provided a Google Doc for parent and community volunteers to keep tabs on the project. More internet issues to deal with that day.
March 12 – More art and content from other groups. The Killer Bee team were given laptops to work on the site individually! Working with Mr. Zopf (volunteer) and Mr. Hurwitz (librarian) to get content saved for kids. Students had some other things to take part in so our time was cut short, but we did get comics added to the site, charts added, and a map as well as other scanned imagery.
March 18 – CONTENT DAY!! Goal to get BG art done, text and images in site, and all 3 Killer Bees working on loading content. Had a discussion with the 'robot bee' group. We had a 'share session' by some of the other team members on what they'd come to learn from the project so far: Camryn talked about helpers, Ava talked about revising objectives, Maliah discussed changes to content, Miss Lori noted the problem solvers, C.J. talked about bees in America, Bobby talked about graphs, Max discussed what was involved with the site work. We needed to add video to the Wix.com site, but had to set-up a Vimeo account to share videos, and learned that even Vimeo is seen by school servers as a risky video source…
March 25 – Goal was for all left-over content to be added to the site, and remove all the old content that was part of the copied "Reptiles" Wix.com theme. The Bumble Bees team gave us their video. A new honeycomb background image was drawn by one of the kids and was added to site. Bee photos added to the Home page, with additional content added to About and Bee Species pages. Still lacking some content.
April 4 – Bonus day with the kids to help with adding videos to site, publishing saved content, working on their Contact info, and sharing. Max, Owen, and Hannah all were helping with getting content from other groups (via Google docs) copied over to the site!
April 23 – Hannah was very productive and was selected by Mrs. Shelton and I to complete the project. We added the remainder of the files and images in her Google docs files to the site, and positioned it all. Then saved and published the site.
Working with the students of Mills Lawn for the second school year in a row, has been a treat to me. You see the kids' focus, interests, disinterests, and what makes them more interested in working. In the end, these Project Based Learning assignments can be an education for students, teachers, and volunteers alike. The kids get real, measurable results, and not just grades – but then so do the teachers and volunteers.


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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A study released this week by the non-profit Thriving Communities Institute concludes that the epidemic of foreclosure, abandonment and blight in Cleveland and five inner-ring suburbs is responsible for a nearly $45 million shift in the tax burden to Cuyahoga County's other 53 communities.
The study, which was the the subject of discussion at Cleveland City Council's Development, Planning and Sustainability Committee hearing Monday, is based on an examination of assessed valuations on residential property since 2000, as well as tax rates.
According to the analysis of data from the Ohio Department of Taxation, the assessed value for residential property in Cleveland and five inner-ring suburbs considered to be "distressed" -- East Cleveland, Maple Heights, Garfield Heights, Euclid and Newburgh Heights -- fell 33 percent between 2006 and 2012.
Values declined about 12 percent in the rest of Cuyahoga County.
Yet, suburban residents paid a disproportionately higher percentage of countywide taxes for the general fund, bond issues and social programs, as well as for the Cleveland Metroparks, Cuyahoga Community College and the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority, the study states.
As property values rose before the recession, revenues from the countywide levies rose 63 percent. Conversely, when values dropped between 2006 and 2012, charges from countywide levies dropped four percent, too.
But voters continued to pass requests for new property tax increases to support countywide services -- as thousands of properties in Cleveland and the inner-ring suburbs became abandoned.
As a result, according to the report's analysis of tax records, charges assessed to property owners in Cleveland and the distressed inner-ring dropped 24 percent, while the outer-ring experienced a one percent increase.
Jim Rokakis, director of the Thriving Communities Institute told members of council Monday that widespread demolition and strategic rehabilitation are the best solutions to the problem. But he said that the city has done all it can to fund demolition and now must aggressively pursue state, federal and county resources.
He called for Cuyahoga County Council to support County Executive Ed FitzGerald's pledge to borrow $50 million to pay for demolition.


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It has been revealed to Times Media this afternoon that Springboks coach Allister Coetzee has managed to get another shot with the South Africa side, as he has been kept on for this years campaign.
The 53 year old Springbok legend had a shocker of a year in 2016, winning only a few games all year; but has been given another lifeline after his coaching conditions for last year were poor; as he did not even get the chance to choose his staff. Although this year he will be able to choose his own assistants, should he even be given another chance?
The standard of Springbok Rugby has always been top notch and should never fall under anything less; making last years show unacceptable. Although, this year there is only one option for Coetzee; to agree with the SARU to let new Italy coaching staff member Brendan Venter have a larger input on the team, but this situation is yet to be confirmed.
With his own staff and the help of Venter, will Coetzee will be the right man to redeem South Africa's pride this year?


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Echoes of the Coleman Report
With little fanfare, President Lyndon B. Johnson's administration released a two-volume report on July 2, 1966. That report, On Equality of Educational Opportunity, is now widely regarded as the most important education study of the 20th century.
"I don't think there's anything close to it," says Albert Beaton, who helped analyze the report and its surveys of 570,000 students and 60,000 teachers as a researcher for the Educational Testing Service. "It changed the way we thought about the whole issue of equality of educational opportunity," says Beaton, a professor of education at Boston College and the director of its Center on Testing.
Instead of proving that the quality of schools is the most important factor in a student's academic success--as its sponsors had expected--the report written by the sociologist James S. Coleman of Johns Hopkins University found that a child's family background and the school's socioeconomic makeup are the best predictors.
Vol. 18, Issue 28, Page 33Published in Print: March 24, 1999, as Echoes of the Coleman Report
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Arquipelago Contemporary Arts Center by Menos e Mais and João Mendes Ribeiro
February 13, 2018
Today we discover the winner of the BigMat '17 International Architecture Award Restoration Category Prize: the leading art museum and exhibition center in the Azores housed in a late-19th century former alcohol factory, located in the town of Ribeira Grande.
In words of Paulo David (Portuguese member of the panel of judges): "How can one re-inscribe the value of a factory and prolong its physical morphology? By finding a space between the new volumes to which character is given and a new design is defined for this place. By adjusting the scaling and gently touching the preexistence, and not surpassing its limits. By expressing the will to lay bare the weight of the volcanic materialization of this place, with new bodies built with apparent, smooth and dark concrete. By prolonging the mineral positioning and showing a differential tactile datum. By investing and allowing the materiality to respond in a contrary way to its exterior, smooth and docile, seeking to accommodate a program for the unpredictability of the arts. The BigMat International Architecture Award, through these three winning projects, shows by way of example the different fields of work of Portuguese architects with a persistent and rigorous posture of "building on the built-up".
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Arquipélago Contemporary Arts Centre in Ribeira Grande, Portugal
by João Mendes Ribeiro Arquitecto and Menos É Mais.
BigMat '17 Restoration Category Prize
Project title. Arquipélago Contemporary Arts Centre
Location: Riveira grande, Azores, Portugal
Completion: 2015
Office: João Mendes Ribeiro Arquitecto Lda
Menos é Mais
Authors: João Mendes Ribeiro, architect (Joao Mendes Ribeiro Arq), Cristina Guedes, architect (Menos é Mais), Francisco Vieira de Campos, architect (Menos é Mais)
Collaborators: Adalgisa Lopes, Jorge Teixeira Dias, Ines Mesquita, Filipe Catarino (Project Managers) Rita Martins, António Ferreira da Silva, Cláudia Santos, Joana Figueiredo, João Branco (JMR) Cristina Maximino, João Pontes, Luís Campos, Ana Leite Fernandes, Mariana Sendas, Pedro Costa, Inés Ferreira, João Fernandes, Diogo Laje, Óscar Ribas, Ricardo Cardoso (Estudio GOMA)
Type of work. Public
Photographs: José Campos
According to the panel of judges chairman, Jesús Aparicio, "[…] a contemporary arts centre located in the Azores. Here the panel was impressed with the sensitivity shown in the design, which combines restoration with new construction work, leading, respectively, to a dark construction and another clad in white."
The Arquipélago – Contemporary Arts Centre seeks to unite the different scales and times of its parts. It is a transdisciplinary project whose mission is to disseminate, create and produce emerging culture: a space of exchange and interface for people, knowledge and events. The design of Arquipélago maintains the industrial character of the whole and highlights the dialogue between an existing building (former alcohol/tobacco factory) and the new construction (arts and culture center, storage facilities, multipurpose hall/performing arts, laboratories, artist studios). The Arquipélago project acquires its identity through the quiet variation between the preexisting buildings and the two new ones.
The containment strategy of the facilities' implementation enhances the spatial efficiency and hierarchical functionality of the different areas of the existing factory complex. The new buildings absorb the required functionalities, with special conditions that are not compatible with the spatiality of the preexisting buildings.
The project does not exaggerate the differences between the old and the new buildings. On the contrary, it seeks to unite the different scales and times of its parts throughout a pictorial manipulation of the form and materiality of the buildings – the existing constructions are marked by the volcanic stone masonry and the new buildings are characterized by an abstract form, without reference or allusion to any language, built in concrete with local basalt inert material continuously working with the variation of surfaces, textures and roughness, complementing the mass of the buildings with the emptiness of the patios.
The design is committed to the quality of what exists, showing the typological variations – new buildings are placed next to the existing ones in a serene manner – underlining the architectonical memory of a given period and the new addition, without damaging or subverting the spatial and constructive structures of the whole. Context and contiguity contribute to the autonomy of the object.
The new program reinvents the existing building, making it a meaningful space in a peripheral region in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. It also adds meaning to the social and cultural context where it is built. A new public space is materialized in a central square/patio where art feels comfortable and blurs the frontiers between private and public spheres, leisure and work, art and life.
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Publication details for Dr Angela WoodsWoods, A. (2012). Mathematics <> Masculinity <>Madness. In Madness in Context: Historical, Poetic and Artistic Narratives. Araoz, G. Oxford.: Interdisciplinary Press.
- Publication type: Chapter in book
- Keywords: Schizophrenia, Louis A Sass, mathematics, masculinity, rationality, creativity, Pi, A Beautiful Mind.
- Further publication details on publisher web site
- Durham Research Online (DRO) - may include full text
Author(s) from Durham
According to phenomenological psychologist Louis Sass, conventional psychiatric, psychoanalytic and avant-garde accounts of schizophrenia "share the assumption that schizophrenic pathology must involve a loss of what, in the West, has long been assumed to be the most essential characteristics of mind or subjectivity: the capacities for logic and abstract thinking, for self-reflection, and for the exercise of free will." Against these models, Sass advances an original account of schizophrenia as exigent introspection, a compulsive hyper-reflexivity that is "an alienation not from reason but from the emotions, instincts and the body." On this view, rationality itself becomes the site of madness.
This paper uses Sass's account of schizophrenia to critically interrogate one of cinema's enduring tropes – the figure of the mad mathematician. Looking beyond clichéd images of the endearing eccentric, I offer a close reading of two films where mathematical genius is associated with a psychic disturbance that is anything but benign.
Despite significant aesthetic and political differences, the portraits of schizophrenia presented in Darren Aronofsky's Pi and Ron Howard's A Beautiful Mind at first glance appear to be the apotheosis of Sass's model. In both films, a crisis in knowing precipitates a crisis of being; schizophrenia is coextensive with a breakdown in the coherence of mathematical language. It is, however, the affective male body that registers and responds to this breakdown. To what extent, then, do Pi and A Beautiful Mind consolidate or unsettle Western culture's association of rationality, masculinity, logic and the mind, as distinct from a madness located in the body, passion and the feminine? Analysing the way in which gender figures in these films' portrayals of schizophrenia and mathematical genius, we can see the limitations, but also the future possibilities, of Sass's account of a quintessentially modern madness.


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The lack of updates lately is generally due to one of two reasons: not much fishing, or masses of it. For once it has been the latter, as I have been off fishing all over the north of Scotland. There are really too many lochs to write about, for the sake of boredom on the part of the author and any readers, so over the next wee while I'll put up a few posts about some of the more memorable days.
Now there are literally thousands of lochs in Scotland, from minute peaty cess-pits to grand limestone beauties. I personally love to fish pretty much anywhere that's wild (which is almost all of it), and preferably out of the way, at least in terms of distance from cities (ditto). But, for the average fly angler there are a few lochs that stand out, and we were no different. I won't go into too many details of precicely where (as usual) because that would spoil the fun. Doesn't matter really, there's so much good fishing to be had.
The loch this post is about managed to leave a very strong impression on us. It wasn't always easy, but when things were on, they were seriously on. We caught some lovely fish, almost all of which came to sedges fished from mid to late evening. Now I am really a riverman at heart, but there were a few nights where the fishing experience rivalled any I've ever done anywhere. In some ways it's like fishing the tail of a nice pool, where the water is glassy and rises look big and inviting.
Never before have I come into the company of fish of such quality rising all around. A good percentage of the fish I usually catch do well to reach half a pound, which is absolutely fine by me. But just occasionally to get a few larger fish can really make your day.
Most nights I used just one fly, a size 14 DHS with a dark black/claret body. One evening there was a bit of a buzzer hatch, and a wee Shipmans buzzer did some good work for me. During the day, DHE's were often very useful. The key was good presentation and accurate casting. I think in this respect hard learnt skills from river dry fly fishing stand you in very good stead on a loch during a rise. The goal was to land the sedge right in the middle of the rise, or better, a meter or two in the direction that the fish appeared to be moving when it rose. A little patience was sometimes needed, but very often a good cast brought a good fish.
I remember there was a post not long ago about fishing a spinner fall on a river. These nights were the loch version, but brought no less of a banana-grin to the cheeks. Casting a fly at rises on a pink loch surface at 10pm in August.. difficult to describe how fantastic it felt.
Oddly enough my best fish came during a difficult day on the boat. The conditions in the morning had been flat calm, warm, bright. Mid afternoon and a sudden norwester picked up and within seconds there were splashy rises. A good drift was quickly set up, and it wasn't too long before a savage take to the sedgehog signalled a cracking fight with a beautiful two pounder. I find almost any trout to be pretty, but I have to say this fish was the healthiest, most athletic and wonderfully conditioned fish I've ever seen. Looked a dead ringer for those outragous New Zealand brownies with prominent kypes and charcoal spots. A special fish. Shame about the photo which does so little justice I'm not sure it's worth posting.
The brother did really well too, taking a enviable string of cracking fishing throughout the week. Of course he needed my deadly flies, but who doesn't..
Fishing the lochs up there is something to be savoured and enjoyed. Day to day work life definitely concentrates the mind when on a proper fishing break and makes all the experiences memorable. Plans are already formulating for next year..
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Great report! Love the photos.
That's very kind of you. Thanks for stopping by 🙂
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fantastic stuff….it really sounds like fun, great fish, great settings..your report makes me realize I need to focus more on wild lochs.
See you soon on our "other river"
Cheers emanuele, hope you're keeping well 🙂
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Doctors & Staff
Meet the experienced and friendly doctors and staff who make Insight Optometry the leading provider of vision care products and services in Suttons Bay.
Andrea S. Becker, O.D.
Dr. Andrea Becker has practiced optometry since graduating Summa Cum Laude from the Ohio State University School of Optometry in 1991. Prior to that she graduated with highest distinction from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Science in Cellular & Molecular Biology and French. She is a graduate of Traverse City High School.
Dr. Becker has been active in Rotary, serving as the President of the Suttons Bay Rotary Club in 1999-2000, and currently serving as the Outbound Youth Exchange Coordinator and chairing the Life Leadership Committee. She is also a member of the Michigan and American Optometric Association. Every year she travels to the national Vision Source Meeting with Dr. U'Ren and Debra in order to learn about the very newest technology, bringing the most important of those technologies back to Insight Optometry.
Dr. Becker has a general practice for all ages; however, much of her patient base is geriatric – glaucoma, cataracts, diabetic retinopathy, dry eye and macular degeneration. Also, as an amateur computer IT person, she appreciates the eyestrain patients experience at the computer and enjoys the challenge of finding visual solutions for computer use.
Dr. Becker loves to knit and travel, bike and hike. You will also often find her behind the scoring table at Robotics competitions. She has three grown children: Emily (chemist in Washington state), Charlotte (Package Engineer in Grand Rapids) and Spencer (Mechanical Engineering student at Michigan Tech).
Randy S. U'Ren, O.D.
Dr. Randy U'Ren has been practicing optometry since graduating from the Michigan College of Optometry at Ferris State University in 2003. He received his Bachelor of Science from Alma College, with honors in 1999. He is a graduate of Waverly High School of Lansing.
Dr. U'Ren is a member the American and Michigan Optometric Associations, as well as a participant in the Northwest Lower Michigan Optometric Society. He is currently on the Village of Suttons Bay Planning Commission, and also provides eye care to many nursing homes throughout Northern Michigan. Dr. U'Ren, an Alma Scots soccer alumni, enjoyed coaching the Suttons Bay High School Boys Varsity soccer team from 2006-2011. Now he loves coaching both his daughters in the Leelanau Youth Soccer League.
Our upbeat and friendly staff are here to help you throughout your entire visit. We will assist you in scheduling appointments, visual field testing, OCT scans, Optomap photos and MiBO procedures. We will be happy to help you in ordering contact lenses, or often the case, help you select your new eyewear, selecting lenses and frames that are personalized to you.
Debra Blodgett
Debra joined the Insight Optometry team in August of 2015. She moved to the area in 2011 from southern Michigan, achieving her dream to move to the Leelanau Peninsula, which has been home to her family for several generations. Debra is a registered Medical Assistant (ARMA) with an emphasis in healthcare administration and is also a former adjunct instructor for Baker College.
Debra's role in the office is within several different areas, including: greeting you at the front desk, insurance billing, patient exam testing (including lensometry, retinal imaging and optical coherence tomography) and she can also be found in our optical dispensary assisting patients with eyewear selection and repairs. Debra is also the Vision Source Representative for our office! In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her husband Richard, daughters, Amanda and Samantha and her 5 grandchildren, Collin, Lucas, John, Nora, Nathan and Mia. She also loves boating, bicycling, volunteering and enjoying everything that Leelanau County has to offer. Debra looks forward to assisting the patients of Insight Optometry with all of their optical needs and is proud to call Leelanau home.
Deb Windemuller
Deb joined our team in September of 2015. She moved to the Suttons Bay community in 2006, from downstate. An alumnus of Michigan State University, she is an entrepreneur at heart and has dabbled in a few local businesses, including Deb's Dish (she is one talented baker!) and The Ice Cream Factory.
She is one of our dispensing opticians and is skilled in assisting our patients in selecting their new eyewear. She is also the marketing guru for our office! Deb enjoys spending time with her husband, Brent, and daughters Katelin, Amanda and Kendra and granddaughter, Toren. She also enjoys rock hunting, knitting, baking and cooking, and anything Leelanau County.
Staci Albrecht
Staci joined the team at Insight in July 2017. She grew up in Grand Ledge, Michigan and moved to Leelanau County in 2010. She is a graduate of Grand Valley State University, finishing her college education with a bachelor's degree in Accounting. Throughout college she worked as an Optician, later discovering her passion as a Ophthalmic Technician! Staci came to our office as a Certified Ophthalmic Assistant (COA) and previously focused her talents in pediatrics, glaucoma and also assisting with minor surgery procedures.
Staci's expertise in our office is patient testing (including OptoMap, Lensometry, Retinal imaging, and Optical Coherence Tomography), assisting both Dr. Becker and Dr. U'Ren with their examinations. Her attention to detail and knowledge will wow you at your next examination! She is also one of our Dry Eye Technicians, utilizing both MiBo and LidPro instruments to ease patients discomfort. Staci and her husband, Dustin, welcomed their first baby in 2017. In her spare time she enjoys all things outdoors, food, and crafting.
Ashley Denoyer
Ashley joined the team at Insight Optometry in October 2010. You might recognize her as she has lived in the Suttons Bay area since 1992 and is a graduate of Suttons Bay High School. Ashley continued her education at Northwestern Michigan College and finished her Bachelor's degree in Business Administration at Ferris State University, graduating with honors.
Over her more than 9 years at Insight, Ashley has done everything from greeting you at the front desk, to specialized patient testing, teaching contact lens classes and helping you select your new eyewear. Ashley is now part of our Administration team, supporting the rest of our staff behind the scenes. In her spare time, Ashley enjoys spending time with her family, husband Scott and their three daughters, exploring the great outdoors (in every season), swimming and creative arts.


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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's new business minister has signaled he will take a tough line on the country's largest lender Danske Bank, describing its admission of past failings in anti-money laundering controls in Estonia as "a disgrace and a scandal."
Rasmus Jarlov was appointed by Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen on Thursday, after his predecessor Brian Mikkelsen stepped down for a private sector job.
"Danske Bank's money laundering in Estonia is a disgrace and a scandal," he said in a tweet late on Sunday.
"I do not yet have an overview of what options I have as minister but I can guarantee I will not hold my hand over them."
Major flaws in the Danske Bank's DANSKE.CO money laundering controls in Estonia made it possible for its branch there to be used for criminal activity, and the bank reacted too slowly when it was made aware of the weaknesses, Denmark's Financial Supervisory Authority said last month.
Danske Bank has launched its own investigation into the Estonia case and will present its findings in the autumn.
The investigation has so far shown the problems in the Estonian branch were bigger than the bank first thought, chief executive Thomas Borgen said in an interview with broadcaster DR, aired late on Sunday.
Jarlov will be questioned about the authorities' response to the case at an open meeting in the Danish parliament's business committee later on Monday.
Danske Bank did no immediately respond to Reuters' request for a comment.
Reporting by Teis Jensen; Editing by Mark Potter
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I thought about spending some time revising this, but with the amount of essays I have coming up I decided to just post it for your viewing pleasure instead. Here's another free writing exercise I did for my writing class. We were supposed to write about a scene on a vacation and convey something through the setting. Hope you enjoy it!
Stormy Skies
The beach was under assault. Whenever Ashley had pictured Mexico, she'd thought of sun and sand and clear blue water. But today's forecast had chosen gray and windy with a chance of hurricane instead. She sat on a chair in her room looking out over the sea, watching the waves crash along the edge of the empty beach. Hotel workers along the strip of wild sea were hastily gathering up beach loungers to be put away until the sun returned. Ashley watched one of the large umbrellas topple down and begin a swirling run along the sand, moving further and further away from the original destination. A worker started chasing after it, shouting something in Spanish to the other men.
Ashley curled tighter under the blanket she'd dragged off the bed. What was there to do in Mexico with awful weather, she wondered. Well, perhaps if the internet was working it would prove a distraction for a few brief minutes. Grabbing for the computer she'd set on the desk Ashley pulled it onto her lap, glad for the warmth, drawing her legs off of the cold tile to meet the heat of the device. She typed in her password, fingers clacking against the keys and echoing in the small chamber.
Once online she scrolled through Facebook before flipping to her email. She let it load for a moment before scanning the ten new messages. It was the third from last that had her fingers pausing over the mouse.
Her brother had emailed her, a rare occurrence to be sure. She opened the little message, smile growing on her face, only to be dimmed as she scanned the actual words.
Dear Ashley,
I know you're on vacation, but I figured it was better if I told you this now. I hope it doesn't ruin things for you, but I knew you'd be upset if I didn't tell you.
Leila was found dead yesterday morning. Her boyfriend found her in the bathroom with her wrists slit. It was a real mess apparently. I guess she'd been off her meds again. I didn't realize. You probably didn't either.
I know we haven't been close for a long time, but I wanted to let you know I'm here for you.
Your brother,
Ashley stared at the words for a long moment. She was distracted by the clattering nearby as the chair on her porch blew over. She muttered a curse and stood, walking over to the door and opening it, staggering out into the storm, robe flapping. The wind whipped her dark hair into her eyes, blinding her momentarily, but she pushed it aside and hastened over to pull the chair up and tuck it in the porch corner. She grabbed the other one and stacked it on top, hoping the two wouldn't fly away.
After a long moment she turned to the railing of her hotel, placed her hands against the hard wood, raindrops cold beneath her fingers. The sea air filled her nose, salt and sand forcing their way towards her on the wind. She stared out at the sea, and wondered if this storm would ever end.


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Curated content: Southwood Home, Jan 2018 original post here
In the modern world of distractions, there is an art to creating the space and time for a rejuvenating deep sleep. Yes, we have all read the benefits of getting enough sleep such as improved memory, emotional stability, skin, weight and blood pressure. However, it doesn't always mean that we make sure we get those crucial 7 to 9 hours sleep per night. We can often stimulate ourselves with music or technology right up to the second we jump into our bed and then wonder why we are tossing and turning for hours. The Southwood team put their heads together to bring you 5 easy steps to make the perfect sleep sanctuary for you to unwind in!
1.Toxic chemicals – avoid them!
Did you know that many mattresses are filled with toxic chemicals that are incredibly harmful to your body? Considering how much time you spend on your mattress over your lifetime, this is pretty disturbing. It has been proven that some of these chemicals have been found to affect hormones, fertility, as well as our mechanisms for learning and memory. Avoid having your family sleep on a concoction of chemicals and opt for organic latex mattresses, which offer more support and last twice as long. We are proud to stock The Natural Bedding Company, who lead the way in natural bedding products. Come in at the end of your day and flop on the beds in our showroom to try them out.
2. Wrap yourself in luxury
Find the sheets that make bedtime feel luxurious and calming. Linen and bamboo sheets are both great for temperature control, are bacteria and anti-allergic, and are very breathable! Bemboka linen is unbelievably soft and durable. We have had loyal customer's continue to buy Bemboka for years. Another favourite with our customers are Mulberry Threads organic bamboo sheets. The Southwood team can confirm that these sheets are incredibly cooling and silky on the skin, as most of us have them! Beautiful sheets make such a difference during these hot summer nights!
3. Layer the nest for ultimate calm
You want your bedroom to help you unwind, so stay clear of stark lines and block colours. It's easy to create layers of texture through throws, plants, cushions and wall hangings. For balance and calm you can curate your bedroom layers into a colour scheme. Try and choose a colour scheme that is neutral with hints of your favourite colour, but keep in mind green, blue, blush, grey, white and creams are the most calming of the colour palette. If you have cushions on your bed, try varying the shape, size and texture of the cushions. Not only will this make the setting more interesting, but it will make the room seem bigger.
4. Say ciao to your clutter!
It has been said that many of the great artists find inspiration in the early hours of the morning. We do a lot of mental processing whilst we sleep, so to make the most of your waking clarity open your eyes in a clean, ordered and fresh space. Throw away the clutter! Or if that seems difficult, find clever storage solutions; Uashmama makes aesthetically pleasing yet practical laundry bags; DharmaDoor baskets look amazing filled with throws, books, or plants; or if you want mass storage opt for a natural wooden cube unit where your beloved clutter can be arranged and on display.
5. Impress yourself with mood lighting and aromas
Avoid bright white lighting in your room (including your phone just before you sleep). When we are under bright white or blue lighting our sleep hormones are at an all-time low. Encourage sleep with low, ambient lighting of warm hues in your bedroom.
Smell is so influential on our mood! Those smell cells in our nose (olfactory epithelium) are linked to the limbic system, which governs emotions, behaviour and long-term memory. We love Salus and The Seeke for their completely natural and fresh aromas which we constantly burn in our showroom (they last for up to 60 hours!). Start and finish your day with refreshing, calming smells around you.
We love to hear about your space and ideas for your home, so drop into our lovely showroom on Napier Street!
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Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase on 31 December 2029 Monday is Waning Crescent, 25 days old Moon is in Scorpio.Share this page: twitter facebook linkedin
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 17% and getting smaller. The 25 days old Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
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Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 3 days on 28 December 2029 at 09:49.
Moon rises after midnight to early morning and sets in the afternoon. It is visible in the early morning low to the east.
Moon is passing about ∠21° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Lunar disc appears visually 1.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1972" and ∠1951".
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2030 after 19 days on 19 January 2030 at 15:54.
There is low ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at big angle, so their combined tidal force is weak.
The Moon is 25 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 370 of Meeus index or 1323 from Brown series.
Length of current 370 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 57 minutes. It is 1 hour and 21 minutes shorter than next lunation 371 length.
Length of current synodic month is 47 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 22 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠19.9°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠39.8°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
14 days after point of apogee on 16 December 2029 at 13:58 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next perigee on 1 January 2030 at 15:33 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Moon is 363 465 km (225 847 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 364 250 km (226 334 mi).
10 days after its descending node on 20 December 2029 at 15:21 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 2 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 2 January 2030 at 20:31 in ♐ Sagittarius.
25 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
11 days after previous North standstill on 20 December 2029 at 00:22 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠23.577°. Next day the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-23.575° in the next southern standstill on 2 January 2030 at 08:17 in ♐ Sagittarius.
After 3 days on 4 January 2030 at 02:49 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.


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From Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Appleton, 5 July 1803
To Thomas Appleton
Washington July 5. 1803.
Having occasion to have a communication made to Madame Teresa Ceracchi at Rome, & no correspondent there, I take the liberty of asking leave to do it through you. she is the widow of Ceracchi the Sculptor from Rome who lived sometime in Vienna, came over to Philadelphia, returned to Paris, there engaged in a conspiracy against the first Consul & was executed. his wife & family returned to Rome from whence I have recieved two letters painting her distresses & praying relief from Congress. she says in these that Ceracchi had been charged with the execution of a national monument to perpetuate the foundation of our republic, that he had made all his models in terra cotta, that this work was suspended, & he not paid for his labours, and she prays an indemnity from Congress. she is entirely mistaken in the facts, which were strictly as follows. Ceracchi came over to Philadelphia of his own accord, bringing letters of introduction from the Van Staphorsts of Amsterdam. his first request was that General Washington would permit him to take his bust. Genl. Washington having been fatigued by numerous applications from painters to sit for their drawing, into a determination never to sit again, it was with great difficulty he could be prevailed on to yield to Ceracchi's request. he did so at length, & an excellent bust was made of clay. he then employed himself at his lodgings in forming the model of a monument in honor of General Washington which he proposed to be employed by Congress to erect. it was a work of great genius, but so enormously beyond our habits of employing public money, that he was advised at once not to expect it, by those who best knew the American way of thinking on matters of expence. he persevered however in solliciting the members. by way of disposing them favorably he asked leave to take the busts of many of them in clay & did so. it is not improbable that some of these gentlemen from mere good nature, may have avoided damping his hopes of inducing Congress to engage him in the work, but there were others who constantly & carefully warned him against the delusion. but not being able to persuade himself of the truth he brought over his family. this involved him in deep expence. his finances began to fail and [his?] hopes. despair drove him almost to insanity. he quitted the country abruptly [in] the highest disgust, leaving debts to a considerable amount, and giving his creditors orders on 4. or 5. particular individuals whose busts or medallions he had [made] in marble or Alabaster, and had sent to them unsolicited as presents. paiments however were made for these to his creditors: and so ended his visit [to this] country. nothing like an engagement, nor nothing like an intention to employ him ever was entered into by any public authority: and under these circumstances it is impossible that Congress should make any allowance. [th]is is the true state of facts. it is proper she should understand it, that she may not be kept under ill-founded hopes. it is not proper for me however [to] engage in this correspondence; & I have therefore thought I might ask of you [to] write to her, and to say that the above is known here to be a true statement [of] facts, & that therefore your government cannot think themselves justifiable [in] granting her the relief she desires.
I think Ceracchi took as many as 20. busts of members, but most of them [. . .] obscure. whether he destroyed them when he got angry, I do not know. it is [hardly] probable he took the trouble of carrying or sending them to Rome. if he did, they [. . .] be of no value to his family, as the names are unknown there, and perhaps it might [. . .] some relief to them to convert them into money at some price. I learn that a bust [in] plaister is taken at Rome for about 1½ or 2 guineas. if the converting them into money at that price would be a relief to them, I would take the busts, & give [them] the money. yet I would not have them purchased in my name lest [the] family should mistake my motive. perhaps you may have some acquaintance in Rome who could enquire first whether such busts exist, and next whether they can be bought for that price. I know they have the bust in clay of Genl. Washington. I should be willing to give 10. or 15 guineas for that, which is 6. or 8 [times] the price at Rome.
Supposing that you are connected in commerce with some house in America to whom paiment could be made for you for the preceding object or [. . .] other, I would ask the favor of you, if that be the case, to send me one or two gross of the best Florence wine. I think the Montepulciano is generally deemed the best. if addressed to any port from New York to Norfolk inclusive, to the care of the collector of the customs of the place, it will be forwarded safely to me; and I imagine there must be vessels coming sometimes from Florence to that part of the United States. I am not much acquainted with the Montepulciano, (which is meant here by the term of Florence wine;) but I know it is not a sweet wine. these (sweet wines) you know are not esteemed in America.
Mr. Lear took leave yesterday, on his departure for Boston, where he goes in the Constitution frigate, bound to the Mediterranean, as Consul general at Algiers, in place of mr Obrien who has resigned. the Philadelphia will also sail in a few days for the same destination, and will be followed by two or three 16. gun vessels. Accept my salutations and assurances of esteem.
Th: Jefferson
PrC (DLC); some text lost at edge of page; at foot of first page: "Thomas Appleton esq." Enclosed in TJ to George W. Erving, 10 July.
The two letters from Therese Ceracchi were dated 3 and 21 Dec. 1802.
As Madison noted in instructions dated 14 July, the position that Tobias lear was to occupy at Algiers was consul general rather than consul. Algiers had "influence" over Tunis and Tripoli, Madison explained, and Algiers also required the largest share of American expenditures. The consuls for Tripoli and Tunis were to report to the consul general as well as to the State Department. "In all cases of difficulty and urgency," Madison instructed, "they are to ask and follow your opinion, especially when the state of our affairs may require immediate decision" (Madison, Papers description begins William T. Hutchinson, Robert A. Rutland, J. C. A. Stagg, and others, eds., The Papers of James Madison, Chicago and Charlottesville, 1962- , 35 vols., Sec. of State Ser., 1986- , 9 vols., Pres. Ser., 1984- , 7 vols., Ret. Ser., 2009- , 2 vols. description ends , Sec. of State Ser., 5:175–9).


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Yoo hoo....laaaaaadies!!!!
Yes, believe it or not, "Peter Andre look-a-like" GK Machine will be spinning a smorgasbord of funk, disco and house music to get those young juices flowing at the Oasis shop opening on Friday 29 September in Princes Square. He will be simply oozing with funk from 4 til 7pm.
"Shop til you drop, buy til you die"
September 27, 2006
'Oasis', Princes Square, Friday 29 September
Yoo hoo....laaaaaadies!!!!
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September 18, 2006
Tonto's Expanding Head Band - Cybernaut (Atlantic)
Mia Doi Todd - Casa Nova (Tom Chasteen Instrumental Version)
Altz - Yell (Bear Funk)
African Head Charge - Healing Father (On-U Sound)
Jose Manuel - Crystal (Eskimo)
Herbert - The Movers & The Shakers (Green Velvet Remix) (Studio !K7)
Max Berlin - Elle Et Moi (Tigersushi)
Tonto - The Boatman (Polydor)
Little Annie - Songs From The Coal Mine Canary (Durtro Jnana)
David Toop - Pink Noir (Virgin)
Kebekelektrik - Wardance (Automan)
Jersey Devil Social Club - Magnifique (Environ)
Whomadewho - Manuelle Mittelwelle (Gomma)
Max Berlin - Dance For Me (Tigersushi)
Jean-Michel Jarre - Arpegiator (Supersound)
Little Annie - I Think Of You (On-U Sound)
Shaggy - Stand Up And Fight (Big Yard)
Hot Chocolate - Mindless Boogie (RAK)
Magnifique - Magnifique (Compost)
Ben Mono feat. Capital A - Transmission (Captain A'nd His Space Organ Orchestra Mix) (Compost)
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Written by Sophie
This workout requires no equipment whatsoever, but I've indicated where you can add in weights to make yourself work harder…if you want to.
1. Cardio – 15 minutes
My suggestion for this one is a 10 minute run (either on a treadmill or just around the block), then 5 minutes skipping (doing 20 seconds on and 10 off, 10 times). You an do anything else though, you can skip or run for the entire time, cycle, row or use the cross trainer.
2. Circuit 1 – 30 seconds of each S with a 10 second break, repeat the sequence 4 times
- Dynamic/jumping squats
- Sit ups
- Plank with alternate shoulder touches
3. Circuit 2 – repeat this circuit for 7 minutes
- Lunges x 10 each leg (20 in total) *can hold weights whilst you lunge to make it harder
- Tricep dips x 20
- Press-ups x 10
4. Circuit 3 – 30 seconds of each exercise with a 10 second break, repeat the sequence 3 times
- Plank to push-up
- Side plank threat the needle x 2 (each side counts as one exercise)
- High knees
- Lateral lunges (keep alternating the sides) *can use weights with this one – see below for explanation
- Cardio – 15 minutes
- Circuit 1 – 8 minutes
- Circuit 2 – 7 minutes
- Circuit 3 – 10 minutes
- TOTAL = 40 minutes
How-to guide (I haven't included all of them as some don't need any explanation)
Dynamic Squats – instead of rising up and down for the squat, you jump up to standing, with your feet together, then jump down to the squat position with your chest up. You can either hold your hands behind your head, or touch the floor when you jump into the squat.
Plank with alternate shoulder toucher – hold yourself in a plank position with fully extended arms, and holding your body in the same stable position, touch each shoulder with the opposite hand, alternate and continue to repeat.
Plank to push up: Start on your elbows and then press into the floor, one hand at a time until you have straight arms, then go back down onto your elbows. Make sure you alternate the hand that presses into the floor each time you go up onto straight arms.
Side plank – thread the needle: Get into the side plank position and start with the arm that isn't supporting you, up in the air. Bring this arm down and thread through the gap between your body and the floor, almost like you are giving yourself a hug, then stretch back up and keep repeating this movement.
Lateral lunges – I have borrowed a picture from WorkoutLabs to explain this one (not you do not have to use the weights)


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For consecutive years, data shows that the Chicago Police Department concentrates its bike enforcement codes in Black neighborhoods. It's no surprise that criticism in 2017 fell on deaf ears because using the pretext of a minor offense is an easy way to stop and search people.
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CPD issued about 56 percent of all bike tickets in African-American neighborhoods, according to the Chicago Tribune. In contrast, Latino communities received 24 percent of tickets, and White neighborhoods accounted for 18 percent of the citations.
The police claim that traffic safety is the reason behind the disproportionate law enforcement activity. Six out of the seven bike fatalities in 2017 happened on the South and West sides. But activists have said they believe there's another reason behind the higher ticketing rate in Black communities where most citations stem from biking on sidewalks.
"I guess technically they're breaking the law, but it seems like there's more to it than that — it seems like they're being harassed," said Leroy Ricks, who owns a bike shop in the Black community. Ricks added that customers told him that cops stop them frequently for riding on the sidewalks in an apparent attempt to move people off street corners.
In a city that's plagued by violence, fighting crime is essential. But the lack of sufficient biking infrastructure, such as the bike lanes that exists in White neighborhoods, forces bikers in Black communities to ride on sidewalks for their safety.
Harassing random Black people in the hope of finding crooks is not an effective way to police Black communities, where there's already a lack of trust in police officers. But it's a widespread law enforcement tactic. The Tampa, Florida police also use the same safety excuse to stop Black bike riders.
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On Hit the Lights' 2012 album, "Invicta," the Ohio pop punk band surged back after what seemed a frustrating mistake signing with a major label. The band ultimately worked with Razor & Tie Records for "Invicta," and Hit the Lights came out with its most mature release to date. The album pushes the pop anthem to new heights with swelling, epic instrumentation and the catchy vocal hooks that are needed to make the live show really stick out. The band is working on new material for the fall.
Hit the Lights, Major League, Light Years Brigade, July, and Camdin perform Tuesday, June 3, at Montage Music Hall, 50 Chestnut Street. 5:30 p.m. $13-$15. Themontagemusichall.com; Hitthelights.com