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The Public Policy Process
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University of Limerick
Limerick, Ireland
Area of Study
Public Policy Studies
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Taught In English
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ECTS Credits6
Recommended U.S. Semester Credits3
Recommended U.S. Quarter Units4
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OverviewPolicy-making in an organisational society; an overview of organisation theory; organisation theory and the public sector; inter-organisational networks, models of decision-making in government; theories of the state; the state, social forces and the distribution of political power in Ireland; agenda setting and the emergence of issues; the public policy process in Ireland; public management; planning, co-ordination and management on the public policy process.
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John Power
John Power
Breezy Point, Long Island, New York
NYCTHA Creator, Founding Member
John has worked tirelessly promoting table hockey, developing the NYCTHA and building bridges to other players, would-be players, tournament organizers, and has participated in numerous leagues and tournaments.
In September 2006, he held the "Original Six" tournament at his home, where thirteen players participated, to include the creme of today's and yesterday's nationally and internationally ranked players such as Kenny Dubois, Lou Marinoff, Roger Owens and Len Mecca.
From that springboard, he began the NYCTHA with the intention of creating multiple leagues based on different table hockey boards, e.g. Benej, Coleco and Stiga. The one league, or division, that gained momentum and popularity was and is the custom Coleco Division (aka Classic Division).
The custom Coleco league used both Labelle and LeClerc-Bossio hand-crafted game boards, which are tournament quality boards.
The league used a round robin format on each play date, and players earned points for how well that did all total at each day's end, plus additional points for attendance. These two variables were used at season's end to determine playoff seeding.
The reason why this format was used was based on the reality that not all of the players could meet each month (play date). This gave players the flexibilty and incentive and enabled the league operations to not be derailed waiting for players to make up games if there was a set schedule, i.e. set number of games that had to be played during the season.
NYCTHA Regular Season, 2006-07
During the regular season, John never had a play date where he finished below .500%. He is the only player besides Lou Marinoff that can claim this achievement.
NYCTHA Playoffs, 2006-07
NYCTHA "Original Six" September 2006
Las Vegas
* John had one tie and the most number of one goal losses without a victory against Lou Marinoff. The day this was brought to his attention was at the US Open in Chicago, July XX, 2007. Later, John was placed in a round robin grouping with Lou Marinoff and for the first time in an official competition, whether league or tournament, defeated Lou by a score of XX - XX.


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A short note this time, because of the usual juggling of my rôles as video producer, supermarket checkout clerk, assistant housekeeper on behalf of two retired parents, and webmaster for the late Diane Wolkstein (I will stay on as webmaster for the storyteller's daughter, Rachel Zucker, who is now the keeper of her mother's incredible legacy).
To this you can now add the title of "remedial Spanish student." That's right, I am returning to the language I studied when I was a junior high school / high school / community college / university student — and which, thanks to what became the New York / New Jersey affiliates of Univisión and Comcast–owned Telemundo, was the first foreign language I was able to grasp while growing up.
For those wondering, my deficit areas are: verb tenses, finer grammatical points, vocabulary, and — I wish we covered this in junior high — idioms. As in, the sort of Spanish you hear and speak on the street as opposed to the classroom.
(Just for the record, I am not abandoning Esperanto. On the contrary, it stays with me, because it still helps remind me how word and sentence structure work. Moreover, those who study Esperanto are far better prepared when they decide to tackle another language.)
As for Just One Story...: I've decided that it deserves a better title, and it will be Do Tell! (That should put some much needed kick into the show.) It will also be losing the Diane Wolkstein episodes — only because I want to put my late friend's work into its own separate showcase, honoring her memory and her legacy.
The re–titling will begin in June — partially because I won't be able to afford a lot of trips to Central Park this summer. And I am still waiting for the 2014 storytelling schedule, so I can decide which dates we will settle on. That schedule still has not been made public, so I am still hanging.
Lately, I've been replaying Xenon Pictures' DVD edition of Perry Henzell's 1972 cult feature The Harder They Come (in no small part because his tale about a Jamaican "rude boy" who straddles the fused career of famous singer and infamous criminal keeps me hooked). The Region 1 DVD came bundled with Universal–Island's soundtrack CD, and lately the Jimmy Cliff tracking "Sitting in Limbo" has been haunting my sleep. Given what's up in the air for my summer, you might understand. And not just from the song's title, mind you.
[UPDATE 2014.07.18: The 2014 Central Park schedule did eventually come, along with a request from artistic director Laura Simms not to bring the camera this year. A real pity — but it's her show now, you might say. My show stays, with apologies to Mr. Cliff, in limbo until I can convince enough Long Islanders and outside tellers to help me do a re–boot. As for the Spanish self–study… I'm giving it a breather, for lack of study partners from within my own Unitarian Universalist congregation. Hopefully not forever.]


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Ellao – Were Were
Ellao ( HOD ) dishes a vegetable bang, releases a brand new single titled: "Were Were".
This his first single of the year and he delivers it very well,
"Were were" is a Las-gidi talk. He has learned so much that can't be taught in any class room.
Believing that he can make more good songs. we also believe in his Rap skill.
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November 23, 2010
23 November 2010
Dharamshala: His Holiness the Dalai Lama has said the spirit of Tibetans living inside Tibet and the Diaspora is very strong to face challenges in the struggle for Tibet's right.
"The spirit of Tibetans living inside Tibet is very strong, and the Tibetans in exile have put in place a healthy democratic institution in both temporal and spiritual fields. So we are very much prepared," His Holiness told Karan Thapar on CNN-IBN's Devil's Advocate programme on Sunday.
On being asked if he is serious about his retirement plans, His Holiness said: "Oh yes, of course. Since 2001 we have put in place a political leadership in exile. So theoretically the more than 400-year-old tradition of the Dalai Lama institution as head of both the temporal and spirituality has ended. Since then my position is something like a semi-retired position. The major decisions are taken by the elected political leadership. So in order to utilise fully democracy, I felt better not to involve myself in any sort of these works. Of course, I can devote my efforts in other fields like in the promotion of human values and religious harmony. So I am thinking about retirement."
When asked if he has set any date of retirement, His Holiness said: "No. Firstly, I have to discuss with the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile. I want to inform them about my intention (retirement), although I had already briefly mentioned to them about this."
On the question of the continuation of the Dalai Lama institution, His Holiness said: "If my death comes in the next few years, then I think most probably the concerned people, including the Mongolian people and the Buddhists living in the Himalayan range, will keep this institution. Then the 15th Dalai Lama will come."
The key question is how your successor will be chosen. At the moment Tibet is Chinese control and the Chinese (government) are not sympathetic to the institution of the Dalai Lama, said Kathar Thapar. In his reply, His Holiness said: "I think Chinese are very much concerned about the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama. They are more concerned about the next Dalai Lama than me."
Do you the think the next Dalai Lama should be chosen in the traditional way or do you need to make changes in the process or the rules? His Holiness said: "I have made it clear many years before that if the majority of Tibetan people want to keep this institution then the next question would be how to choose the successor whether through the traditional or a modern way. I have expressed this openly more than 20 or 30 years ago."
Given the present critical circumstances are you to prepare to nominate the next Dalai Lama in your life time? His Holiness said: "I think for the moment the issue of Dalai Lama is in no hurry. I am quite healthy, so we can wait for another 15 to 20 years. As far as leadership in temporal field is concerned, we have elected leadership through elections after every five years as long as we remain in exile. In the spiritual field, all the different Tibetan spiritual traditions are being carried by a very healthy younger generation. So I have no worry."
"If the Tibetan people really want to keep the Dalai Lama institution, when the time of my old age there is possibility to have a deputy Dalai Lama to carry forward my work of promotion of religious harmony and human values," His Holiness said.
If the next Dalai Lama is to be chosen in the traditional way, should he be discovered only from within the territory of Tibet or can you also permit Tibetans in the Diaspora living outside Tibet to be considered? His Holiness replied: "Since many years ago I have it made very clear that if my death occurred while we remain outside Tibet then logically the new reincarnation's purpose to succeed the works started in the previous life. My reincarnation should be someone to carry continuously my struggle. Therefore, logically the reincarnation will appear outside Tibet. Of course the Chinese (government) may choose a Dalai Lama like the present two Panchen Lamas. One official Panchen Lama and another Panchen Lama. But I think over 80 - 90 percent of Tibetans don't believe the official Panchen Lama and many Chinese also usually call him as false Panchen Lama."
On being asked if he hopes to see again in his lifetime, His Holiness said: "Yes. It would be difficult if the Tibetan problem was a result of civil war which is the not the case. The actual problem came from the Chinese government and not its people. Within the Chinese government there are different sorts of opinions. The hardliners' way of thinking changes and the Tibet's problem will find a solution within a few days." On being further asked if he is confident to see Tibet, His Holiness said: Yes.
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Are you confident it will not succeed? No I don't think, His Holiness replied.
So China will fail and Tibet will survive culturally and in religious and linguistic terms?
Certainly, His Holiness said.
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We believe protecting your pet's health is vitally important and we want to partner with you to be sure we are doing all that we can. Each life stage requires something a little different and we are with you each step of the way. Wellness care includes exams, vaccinations, parasite control and diagnostic testing, if indicated. These are all uniquely created with your pet's health, age, lifestyle and history in mind.
Although not all pets follow these life stage guidelines exactly, they can be very helpful in planning for wellness and preventative care.
During an exam we check the following:
- Body condition and weight
- Temperature, pulse, respiratory rate
- Eyes, Ears-looking for any abnormalities, infections, etc.
- Heart/Cardiovascular-listen to the heart to be sure no murmurs or rhythm problems exist.
- Lungs-Listen to the lungs for any abnormal sounds such as crackles or wheezes.
- Lymph nodes/thyroid gland-external lymph nodes are checked as well as the thyroid gland-especially important in older cats.
- Gastrointestinal/abdominal-feel the belly to see if there are any masses, lumps, organ abnormalities.
- Mouth and teeth-evaluate mucous membranes, look for broken or diseased teeth and gums that could be a source of pain and infection.
- Musculoskeletal-Evaluate for muscle condition, evidence of arthritis, limping.
- Neurological-Look for any observable defects of nerves, spinal cord or brain function.
- Nose/Throat-Be sure air flows freely through nostril, no discharge and no difficulties vocalizing or swallowing.
- Skin/Haircoat-check for any signs of parasites, inflammation, hair loss, infection'
- Urinary/Reproductive- Check to be sure these system appear normal.
Each life stage requires something a little different…
Puppies and kittens: Pets in this age group are seen a bit more often just like young children are. They are typically seen every 3-4 week until they are past 16 weeks of age. In these visits, we will perform a thorough exam, give appropriate vaccines, discuss parasite control, review training, and address any concerns you may have.
Young Adults-1-2 years: Dogs and cats in this age group are still growing and maturing. At this stage a yearly physical exam is recommended and a stool sample should be checked for internal parasites. During the visit, we will also review any concerns you may have and discuss any challenges you are facing with behavior or training.
As a young adult, we recommend:
- Annual exam
- Nutritional evaluation
- Vaccinations or vaccine titers, as needed
- Stool testing for parasites
Prime of life 2-7 years: Your pet is now in the prime of their life. In addition to an annual physical exams and vaccinations, a stool sample should continue to be checked for parasitism. We will continue monitor for any changes in weight, skin, behavior, etc. At this stage, we will typically do a teeth cleaning.
At a prime of life exam, we recommend:
- Annual or biannual exam-dependent upon the unique needs of your pet
- Vaccinations or vaccine titers, as needed
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The Golden Years-Over 7 years: Early detection is key to a long, healthy life. As pets age, regular testing is more important. Unlike people that can communicate their aches and pains, we can only make assumptions based on how a pet is acting at home and the finding of a physical exam. Without further diagnostic testing such as x-rays and lab work, we are often more likely to be in the dark. Aging is associated with changes in body function, susceptibility disease and immune suppression. Common issues include diabetes, kidney failure, liver disease, hormonal disease, arthritis, and dental disease.
At a senior pet exam, we recommend:
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About Our Sommelier Guides
Max Roher and Evan Rothrock
Max was born in Michigan, but had an international upbringing, growing up in Italy, Canada, Arizona, and the United Kingdom. Wine was always a topic at the dinner table, and Max grew up thinking that all eight-year-olds knew the good years of Bordeaux! After finishing college in February 2004, Max moved to San Francisco to work as an architect, and immediately became fascinated with California's wine country.
A Chance Meeting…
"After working as an architect in downtown San Francisco for about a year, I decided that it was time for a change, although I had no idea what that change might be. I left the firm, and on my last day a couple of work buddies took me out to a nearby bar for some drinks. A conversation about the wine regions of the world with a stranger sitting next to me led to a job offer as a guide doing wine tours! I was jobless for under an hour…
I decided that I would take him up on it (at least temporarily until I found another architecture position). All of a sudden a year had gone by, and I realized how much I loved what I did. Being outside in vineyards everyday became my new office. I enjoyed pairing people to wineries – the way that a sommelier pairs wine to your meal. Being in business for myself seemed like the next logical step…"
And so Max Napa Tours was founded by December, 2004.
Max became a Certified Wine Professional (CWP) in 2010, a Certified Specialist of Wine (CSW) in 2011, a Certified Sommelier in 2012, obtained the Wine and Spirits Education Trust (WSET) Advanced Certificate in 2013, and is one of the first Italian Wine Scholars in the USA. Max is currently finishing up his WSET Diploma (one more test to go!). He also makes wine at home.
Evan was born and raised in Arizona and the wine he was exposed to growing up was his parents' grocery store Merlot. However, during his time working in the restaurant industry through college at Arizona State, he began to recognize the vast worlds corked up in wine. His appreciation of wine culture is the result of years of fundamentally self-taught knowledge and an adventurous palate.
Lucky enough to be taken under the wing of two budding sommeliers at one of the first wine-focused establishments he worked for, wine was elevated to a new level of esteem for Evan. He eventually followed their path, passing the first level exam for the Court of Master Sommeliers in 2007. "Once I finished my degree in mathematics, I realized I was at a crossroads in my career. Every life lesson I had received to that point seemed to boil down to doing what makes yourself and those in your life happy.
Learning about wine has certainly done that for me and I love sharing my experiences with others, because like wine, experiences are meant to be shared. So, based on the logic and reasoning skills I had acquired in my education, I made the "obvious" decision to move to San Francisco and give wine tours."
Evan passed his Certified Sommelier exam in 2013, and obtained the Wine Spirit Education Trust (WSET) Advanced Certificate in 2015.


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Adoboloco Hamajang Hawaiian Smoked Ghost Hot Sauce
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HAMAJANG in Pidgin English means "messed up". The sauce is Kiawe (K-AH-VEE – relative to Mesquite) smoked Ghost Pepper and Habanero. So you're asking what's messed up about it? It's not the sauce that's messed up but it could mess you up if you decide to eat too much of it at once.
It's VERY HOT, but you'll be able to enjoy the flavours and some really, really good heat. We suggest you take it slow because Ghost Pepper heat builds over 20-30 minutes and will catch some people off guard.
Hamajang is exceptional on hearty meals, grilled/bbq meats, EGGS, vegetables, beef or lengua tacos and burritos and pretty much anything else you want to add serious flavour and kick to.
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Ebetsu, City in Japan
General Information about Ebetsu
Ebetsu (Ebetsu) is a city within Hokkaidō prefecture in the Hokkaidō region. Sister city of Ebetsu is Gresham in the USA.
You can easily reach the suburbs of Ebetsu by local rail services in 5 stations.
Travel tips for Ebetsu
Top Ebetsu destinations for your sightseeing are the Tonden-farm (トンデンファーム) throughout the year, the Choson-nojo Milk Garden (町村農場 Milk Garden) throughout the year and the Ceramics art center (セラミックアートセンター) throughout the year.
The Ebetsu brick (江別のれんが), another great attraction.
Culture and History
The oldest building in the city was constructed in the year 1886 and is named Ex-legionary third battalion headquarters powder keg (屯田兵第三大隊本部火薬庫).
You want to eat well and enjoy a drink in Ebetsu? The Lamprey meal (ヤツメウナギ料理) is recommended by locals. The Lamprey meal Kojima (ヤツメ料理こじま) in Nopporo-cho 66-11 (野幌町66-11) is popular. Another recommendation for gourmets: The Ezo Tajima-beef grilled meat (えぞ但馬牛の焼肉). The Charcoal grilled meat Sho (炭火焼肉 翔) offers this. Where? In the Nopporo-cho 66-11 (野幌町66-11).
Do you already own a souvenir from Ebetsu? You could buy for example Brick-mochi, available in the Yamasa brick-mochi main store.
Flowers and Foliage
Discover the cherry blossom in Ebetsu from 04/21 to 05/10, best in the Izumi-no-numa park (泉の沼公園). The maple trees changing colour in Ebetsu is the highlight in the romantic autumn. Discover in the Yukawa-park (湯川公園), how the leaves turn from golden yellow to shining red. Start is around the 09/21 and the foliage lasts until 10/20.
Economy and Industry in Ebetsu
Further Industry
Of further importance for Ebetsu is farming, as wheat is offered here. Moreover Ceramics is through the Brick production essential for the city.


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Whether you're running your first marathon ever, getting back in the race, or you're a seasoned runner, NYC Parks are the best places to train for your next marathon. From trails and running tracks to cross-training programs, here's our Parks roadmap to going the extra mile!
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The SDS Fundraising Program is a creative and innovative effort to raise organizational awareness and funding at the same time for non-profit organizations, community-based programs and academic institutions. Fran Allen uses the sale of every E-Book, product and presentation created by her company Self Development Success (SDS) to generate an income stream for a Baltimore based non-profit organization, community-based program or academic institution working with Fran to raise their quality of life and organizational awareness.
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As Innovation manager in a corporate, I nurture a hacking mindset within a group of "champions". Why is hacking mindset so important within an innovation culture?
What is a Coporate hacker?
A hacker is someone smart but with creativity. Thinking from a different point of view at a given problem gives new original solutions.
Hackers are smart. That's the starting point. However they leverage the self-learning to establish a new standard that puts the creativity at its highest level. Engineering is not the only way to develop things and necessary qualities are not necessary learned at school.
The Hacker principles
- Do it, even imperfectly
Don't try to deliver something perfect the first time. First iteration are always unfinished. At that point we can connect that to Lean Start-up with its very fast iteration and feedback from the customers. It is really important to see things, to test things to validate.
As Corporate workers we have learned to plan everything. To be sure that everything will be delivered and established as planned. If we failed then we are not good at delivering. That's something that is inverted by the Corporate Hacker mindset. Corporate Hackers should be allowed to deliver incomplete product, test it and learn from feedback to iterate and reengineer their product. As Project and Product manager, I have developed Human Interface mainly on card box thanks to Bill Baxton method of sketching User Interface. Is it imperfect? Definitely. Does it give you more info than weeks of coding? For sure. What is the best solution in terms of ROI and OTD? I let you decide.
- Deliver quickly
That's the second point of Corporate hackers. They have to deliver quick and often. One can understand that concept in the field of IT but be sure that it is not only IT related. I have myself experimented that kind of methodology in a B2B electronic device development project with a great success. If you are able to deliver quickly, then you are able to sustain the effort to test functionalities o your product, iterate, learn from customers feedbacks etc…
- Break your work
If you do things imperfectly, if you did it fast, you will break you product often. It is easier to throw away a day of work than a week. So admitting that you can look ridiculous at a first glance is key. Accept that your work can be criticize.
Pasteur is a hacker, Dyson is a hacker, Edisson is a hacker. We all know what all their stories are about today. They all did something complicated with limited resources.
Hackers are that kind of people. Be sure that you can do things, wonderful things without any resources. At that point you can connect it to the popular concept of Jugaad Innovation. If you have the appropriate mindset, you can be a hacker and find an innovative solution to a given goal. Not only each problem has a solution, but each problem has many solutions.
A Corporate Hacker?
In a corporate, you have hopefully smart people. So you have the basics. However it is a duty for you to allow your team to stop asking permission to do things. If you want a corporate hacker culture, then allow your team to stop playing with your corporate rules. Asking about permission is the good way to never deliver.
This is a very important fact and step to establish an area within your company where teams can play their rules: A sandbox, within a special HR process to recognize their efforts and results. This is really important to set a frame where your hackers will work. Establishing this frame will free their mind and develop the consciousness of your management of the initiative. Call it whatever you want. Some call it "Corporate Incubator", come call it "Corporate Accelerator". In a way you don't care, adopt the hacker philosophy and create it. You will be learning by doing yourself.
Hacks for you
- A very important step not to underestimate is to identify the potential hackers within your company to create and aggregate organically a community. If you can, establish a communication tool among you on Slack or Yammer or whatever tool you have. Connect your community, encourage people to help other. It will first create a real mindset of intrapreneurship and also it will create "virtual" debt among your hackers that will unlock situation later.
- Let the things go. Meaning that as manager you have to admit that some projects will succeed without your help. Your job as innovation manager is to establish the environment that will allow your hackers to success.
- Read the Lean Start-up (by Eric Ries) and Sketching user experience (by Bill Baxton).
Are Corporate Hackers a special kind of Intrapreneur? Are they intrapreneur?
Do you see more hacks to share? Want to share your comments? Let's go!


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Sossusvlei Day Trip
Archaeological Trail
Bulls Head Trail
Scenic Farm & Game Drive
Kudu Trail
Ridge trail
Zebra trail - extension of ridge trail-
Rock Arch Trail
Quiver Tree Gorge
Namibian Wildlife Resort
Rates Low Season 15.01.- 31.03.2019 and 01.05.- 30.06.2019
Olive Trail
Waterkloof Trail
A hike through the Quiver Tree Gorge
adventurous and breathtakingly
For many guests of BuellsPort the farm is especially interesting, because it is still a "working farm". On the 10.000 ha area, about 170 cattle are raised for their meat and horses are bred for jumping and dressage riding. In addition, wild animals such as Kudus, Oryx, Warthog, and Mountain Zebra, Klipspringer antelope or Springbok live all over the fields in free nature. The interaction between the livestock and the wild animals requires a lot of organizational skills and a continuing review and redesign of grazing management and water supply.
During the farm drive you will get to know BuellsPort's different fields and areas and see livestock and wild animals, thus you will experience how a Namibian farm works. You will stop at windmills and water points and get an insight into everyday farm life and its challenges.


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R10 is working on transforming a little girl slipper pattern to an 18 inch doll slipper pattern. Her brother suggested finding the area of the shape and working from there…I believe we are working on "similar" shapes with this one.
So, we looked it up and decided the way to go was to divide the irregular shape into rectangles, squares and triangles and find the areas of those. So, she did and measured the sides. Then she got to practice:
- changing mixed numbers into improper fractions
- multiplying fractions
- changing fractions into mixed numbers
- reducing fractions
- area of a rectangle
- area of a triangle
- dividing fractions
- reciprocals
She got more than she bargained for, but she is still plugging away!
|The Pattern- divided into common shapes and measured out
|Our trusty Math on the Level manual for Geometry and Measurement- we reviewed the proper procedure here. I like the format of the quick reference for the teacher with MOTL.
|Area of a triangle
|I made this paper for her after showing her on scrap paper. I laid out the steps nicely so she could repeat it with each section. So much of what I am doing right now involves me quickly writing out an assignment for a child- not fancy but they are learning a TON!
|learning to divide fractions by multiplying by the reciprocal
Sewing math is continuing to be a HUGE motivator for R10. More proof that using math instead of just doing math all the time is really effective. I'll have to update you when the smaller pattern is finished.


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By Bikeke Saimon
The minister for local governments Col. Tom Butime has pledged to respond to the overdue demand for the split of Kasese district.
Col. Butime was the chief guest at a swearing in ceremony for the leadership of the newly Rugendabara-Kitoro town council a function that was held at Rugendabara primary school on Tuesday, 24th August.
Col. Butime says that he was convinced that there is consensus to have the district split and pledged to solve the issue while in Kampala.
His statement follows several demands from different dignitaries that attended this event.
Col Butime, who advised the leaders to transform the local economy and fight poverty through private partnership and ensure environment protection added that urbanization was the way to go as far as economic growth and transformation is concerned.
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When some ladders and planks will do the job just fine.
There's dodgy scaffolding and then there's whatever the heck is going on here in the Gympie gold mine. These blokes have rigged up a makeshift scaffolding system using strategically-placed ladders and a few planks. We're not sure if it was rigged up for the photo op, or if it was legitimately used by workers chipping away at the rock, but you have to marvel at how many men it was able to support. The photo was taken in about 1900, back when the Queensland town was still in the midst of a gold rush. Gold mining kicked off thanks to a discovery by James Nash in 1867 and sustained the town until 1925. It was because of this mining boom that Gympie became known as "the town that saved Queensland", employing roughly 25,000 miners in 1868 and producing 99 million grams of gold worth £14,538,328. Another thing you didn't know about Gympie: it was briefly named Nashville, after James Nash. This is a particularly fitting name for the town considering it turns into a hub of country music during the Gympie Muster each year. [State Library of Queensland]


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Positive Psychology is a relatively new branch of psychology as introduced in 1998 by Professor Martin Seligman, but it has quickly developed a large following amongst practitioners around the globe. It concentrates on studying and promoting positive human functioning, and developing effective interventions that help to support thriving individuals, families, and communities. Positive psychology aims to go beyond just treating mental illness, and pursues making everyday life happier and more fulfilling.
Psychotherapists, counsellors, coaches as well as various other psychological and medical professionals, are using methods and techniques derived from Positive Psychology to work with a wide variety of individuals and groups: whether they be clients with a range of psychological difficulties or those wishing to simply thrive within a work context or in their personal lives.
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The biggest event on all fours is back! The Puppy Bowl returns for its 12th consecutive year in 2017 with an all-star, all-adorable cast that's ready to mix it up on the grand gridiron of Animal Planet Stadium. Puppy Bowl XI brings viewers a lovable starting lineup that's itching to play in a winning combination of terrier tackles, touchdowns, puppy penalties, fumbles and Fido first downs.
This year's big game is sure to be a tail-wagger. For the first time in Puppy Bowl history, the pups will be battling it out on teams: Team Ruff and Team Fluff. And you can get in on the fun by drafting pups in our Fantasy Game and watching their points tally up during the game to see if you can get on the leaderboard.
From barking beagles and spunky spaniels to everything in between, we've got the cutest players taking the field on the most action-packed Sunday of the year. Plus, back for another year is the popular BISSELL Kitten Halftime Show, guaranteed to bring the house down! And, sideline reporter "Meep the Bird" will return to tweet live updates throughout the game. Follow @MeepTheBird on game day for the latest news, puppy penalties and behind-the-scenes moments from inside the stadium.


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A few needles a day keep surgery away
During the past five years, patients of all ages have visited my clinic, from newborns to 91-year-olds. Whether they were looking to treat muscle pain, reduce allergy symptoms or stop smoking, my acupuncture clinic was able to fill their needs. My treatments also helped mitigate their stress and anxiety problems.
By the means of acupuncture, muscle stretching or osteodynamics, I can treat pain-stricken areas of your body. Acupuncture may also help remediate many other issues associated with fatigue, menopause, weight loss, infertility, fibromyalgia and depression.
Some people wrongfully believe that acupuncture treatments are very painful because they involve needle insertions. Guillaume Levesque, owner of the Acupuncture Guillaume Levesque clinic, is determined to change this inaccurate perspective. Thanks to his extensive training in acupuncture at Cégep de Rosement in Montreal, he will help you get back on your feet in no time!
If you plan on treating a health problem through Chinese medicine, we recommend verifying your treatment provider's certifications with the Chinese Medical and Acupuncture Association of Canada (CMAAC).
Treatment Sequence
The client's first visit includes a thorough questioning by the acupuncturist who in turn presents a choice of appropriate treatments available to the client according to his or her situation. The acupuncturist goes on to assess the client's Chinese pulse and finishes the session by observing the client's tongue and palpating the affected area.
The first session is usually the longest, as it allows the acupuncturist to precisely assess the client's symptoms. The next stage consists of applying the needles. For maximum security, single-use disposable needles are used. They are applied for a period of 15 to 20 minutes.
Needles are slender and solid, for no substance is injected into the organism. Their stinging sensation upon entry is very faint and only lasts a fraction of a second. After the treatment, no marks are left on the body. The client might feel a certain heaviness or numbness. After their first session, patients usually feel revitalized, calm and serene. The number of sessions depends on the severity of the problem, the rate of improvement, and the patient's energy state.
Being a form of traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture takes into account the body on its whole. In fact, it not only studies the symptoms of a given condition, but it also considers the entire organism's functions. The acupuncturist establishes the relationship between each of the symptoms and manages to treat many conditions through a single course of personalized treatments. We have recently added lymphatic drainage therapy and light therapy to our line of services.
Our clinic serves Campbellton, Tracadie, Caraquet, Bathurst, Miramichi, Beresford and the surrounding areas. For high quality acupuncture services, Acupuncture Guillaume Levesque is the clinic for you!
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13 convincing reasons to unplug from social media
At this day and age, it's hard to come across someone who's totally unplugged from all things social media. This doesn't just mean that you're not on Tinder -- we're talking no Facebook, no Instagram, no GroupMe, no nothing! It may seem to many people that this is akin to leaving civilization and taking up residence in a remote cave somewhere, but lots of people would beg to differ.
Several people who have no social media affiliation took to Whisper, the popular app that provides an anonymous platform for people to share their most honest thoughts, to explain what it's really like to be so separate from the digital world.
1. When everyone around you is on social media, you might feel like the odd man out:
2. Sometimes disconnecting from one medium can help you connect better with another one:
3. Social media obsession begs the question -- which is the real you: The you on or offline?
4. It might be easy to lose sight of yourself when you're too involved with online communities:
5. Paranoia is real -- but is it valid?
6. You might not realize how much stress media is giving you until you disengage:
7. Sometimes, social deactivation is just a test of loyalty:
8. Some people don't feel like a digital relationship is a real one:
9. You might need to use a large-scale method to solve your small-scale problem:
10. Sometimes, people assign negative terms to the things they don't understand:
11. Although the Internet provides a community for some, not everyone feels connected through it:
12. When you're too wrapped up in one thing, you tend to forget the other things that matter to you:
13. Can you say 'TMI'?
Want to hear more from those without social media? Check out Whisper!
Interested in how social media got to be what it is today? Cruise through the video below:
More from Whisper:
12 confessions from male victims of domestic abuse will stop you in your tracks
10 things you didn't know about being a cosmetologist
11 obsessors who definitely love Amazon.com more than you


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Meatballs in Vegetable Tomato Sauce
Ground beef, garlic and onion powder, red pepper flakes, kosher salt, black pepper, dried basil, Italian seasonings, one egg, squirt of ketchup
Form 2oz balls, sauté in non stick pan until brown on all sides, drain grease.
Sautéed in EVOO green pepper, bag of frozen pepper/onion medley, two cloves garlic, spinach chopped fine, cilantro chopped fine. Add cans of organic diced (or stewed) tomatoes. Add S&P, garlic power, and Italian seasoning to taste. Let simmer for an hour if time allows. Add a bag of frozen Italian vegetables at the end and serve!


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Four fire engines and 21 firefighters and officers were called to a fire at a house converted into flats in Brecknock Road, Tufnell Park.
Part of the roof of the semi-detached property was damaged by the fire. Three people left the building before the Brigade arrived. There were no reports of any injuries.
The Brigade was called at 2031 and the fire was under control at 2137. Fire crews from Kentish Town, Holloway and Euston fire stations attended the scene.
The Brigade's fire investigators believe the cause of the fire was a halogen light overheating and igniting insulation, wiring and timber joists.


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Thousands of landlords will be forced to sell up over the next couple of years amid Chancellor George Osborne's tax hikes on the buy-to-let sector, new market analysis reveals.
The research by estate agents Maskells suggests that the changes to stamp duty, tax relief and new tougher mortgage application rules could make it harder to make a profit from letting property, which in turn will force many landlords to 'dramatically' increase rents to recoup their costs.
Aside from the extra 3% stamp duty surcharge which was introduced in April, the amount landlords can claim in mortgage interest relief will be limited from 2017, which will eat into landlords' rental returns, especially higher and additional rate taxpayers.
Additionally, the 10% Wear and Tear tax relief for landlords who rent out furnished homes was scrapped on 1 April, leaving landlords free to only now claim for the amount that they have spent, making buy-to-let a far less attractive proposition.
Maskells believe that Osborne's tax measures will result in an additional 163,000 homes on the market from landlord sales by 2017/18, which will result in an oversupply of homes for sale in parts of the country placing downward pressure on house prices.
Charles Curran, principal at Maskells, commented: "The buy-to-let market has provided so much of the rental stock the country depends on, but the government's tinkering could lead to a sell-off.
"This situation does seem akin to a slow motion train crash: buy-to-let landlords with mortgages are standing on the track in a game of chicken with regulatory locomotive, hoping to time their exit as best as possible. This high-risk game will almost undoubtedly leave casualties."


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Colorado Right-To-Die Bill Rejected By State Senate PanelA committee in Colorado's Republican-controlled Senate has rejected a right-to-die bill following hours of emotional testimony from dozens of citizens, many of whom want another option to end their lives on their own terms.
Colorado Takes On Right-To-Die Legislation Once MoreMichael Merrifield, a Democratic state senator from Colorado Springs, has wanted to sponsor right-to-die legislation since he became a Colorado lawmaker in 2003, two years after his father died an agonizing death from pancreatic cancer. He was discouraged from doing so by party leaders.
As Roe V. Wade Anniversary Approaches, Pro-Life Rally Held In DenverOpponents of abortion gathered in Denver for a rally this weekend at the state Capitol.
Denver Religious Leaders Want ISIS StoppedThe Catholic archbishop of Denver and other religious leaders in the city are asking President Obama to stop Iraqi militants threatening Christians in Iraq.
Denver Archbishop Praises Work Of Pope BenedictDenver's Roman Catholic archbishop says he's grateful for the service of Pope Benedict XVI and says his impact on the church will be felt for generations.
Catholic Hospital Takes Surprise Stance In Twin Fetus Death LawsuitIt was a startling assertion that seemed an about-face from church doctrine: A Catholic hospital arguing in a Colorado court that twin fetuses that died in its care were not, under state law, human beings.


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XON is a puzzle adventure game inspired by games like Myst and Riven.
Explore a unique world and reveal its mysteries…
You can find XON Episode Three here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.imagofx.XonEp3
XON Episode Two: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.imagoFX.xone2
and XON Episode One: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.imagofx.xonep01
NOTE: If you are stuck because of a bug, go to the game menu and tap 10 times on the XON logo. You will be teleported to the starting area so you can continue playing.
Need a hint? Go here: http://imagofx.com/games/xonep4.html
What's New
– Fixed a bug that causes some of the white crystals to show in the final pedestal.
– Fixed some other minor bugs.


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Earlier this week, thirteen of our talented musicians attended a Philharmonic Orchestra Workshop, held at the University of Birmingham. Our students were taken on a musical journey, where they were able to experience the sights and sounds of a live orchestral performance. This wonderful event was held in the beautiful Elgar Concert Hall.
"This event was valuable, as I was given the opportunity to listen to classical music" Freya Smith 8KRW
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+Congratulations! It's May – the home stretch. When I was in the classroom, this was always the time of year I integrated the most technology. For starters, it was one of the few things that kept students engaged after state testing. But I also saw it as a time for trying out new tools and ideas. I'd take what worked and spend the summer figuring out how I'd integrate it into my daily teaching, and I'd leave what didn't work behind.
But for the average teacher without extensive technology experience, the ed-tech world can be overwhelming. Even if you're convinced of the need to integrate technology into your curriculum, where do you start?
Below, I present a four-step starter guide for us digital immigrants who are trying to become fluent in 21st century technologies. All of these tools will work at any grade level, in any subject area. (And don't worry – all the applications I suggest here are available completely for FREE.) I tried to order these suggestions in a way to build technology scaffolding – the first step is the simplest to integrate, while each successive step is a bit more demanding.
With state testing, district guidelines, time constraints, and everything else teachers have to balance, it might not be possible for you to integrate all four suggestions into your teaching. No worries – collectively, these tools can take your class to a new dimension, but each one, individually, can help transform your classroom. Pick and choose what you're most comfortable with. In a month, 6 months, or a year, when you're more comfortable and ready for a new challenge, you can add a new trick to your repertoire.
1.) Create an interactive classroom web site.
To start with, create a space for your classroom online. There are two main reasons for this: first, it will give students a place to showcase their ideas and their work for the world (or at least their peers and parents) to see.
Second, it allows you to extend your classroom into students' lives after dismissal, into parents' computers, and into the community. Your students are no longer performing simply for you – they are sharing their knowledge with the world.
When it comes to creating this space, you've got a few options, depending on your goal and technology comfort level.
The simplest option is to start a blog where you're the sole author. Much like this blog, you can create different pages – one for homework, one for upcoming events, one for each subject. You can post questions or information on this blog. Unlike a web 1.0 site, though, your students will be able to interact on a blog. They can post questions and comments, respond to each other, and even post their multi-media projects within comments.
Although a class blog is a great starter space, it has its drawbacks. Most notably, just like in the classroom, the teacher is the center of this type of blog. He or she posts information and, like raising their hands in class, students respond, question, or share. There's nothing wrong with this system, but after you get comfortable with blogging, why not give each of your students their own blog? There are several web sites where you can set up student blogs, all of which are connected to a single, main teacher blog.
This allows students to each have their own space to share their ideas and work, and research shows it can increase kids' writing performance. For specifics on starting a teacher or classroom blog, check out Use FREE Blogging to Increase Your Students' Writing Scores 20 Percent.
Edmodo is a much more robust approach, but it also offers a lot more benefits. Imagine Facebook, but only your students and you are on it. Students can have on-topic discussions, post and answer each others' questions, and share their work. You can post assignments, and students can complete and post them all on the site. There's even an option to help you organize your grading.
Students using social networking sites, like Facebook, to bully and make fun of kids has gotten a lot of attention recently. One of the greatest benefits of using Edmodo in the classroom, though, is that it allows you to teach students how to use social networking appropriately.
Everyone can see everything, and the author of every comment is displayed. Your closed, monitored community can be as small or large as you like. You can make it school-wide or even district-wide. You can invite parents and community members to become part of your network. Or you can keep it within your classroom and private – as the network's creator, you've got the power.
Harness the Power of Social Networking in Your Classroom Safely and for FREE offers more specifics on how to use Edmodo within the classroom, as well as information on how to start an account.
2.) Start a classroom collaborative wiki.
A wiki is basically a web site that several users can edit. Think of a Word document that all your students can edit. First, Annie opens it and adds some information. Next, Jack edits Annie's work and adds his own. Then Gus takes a look at it. Annie then goes back to the document, and adds a few more edits.
So why would a wiki be better than a simple Word document? Well, wikis save a history. That means every single time a kid has hit "save," that version is saved and never replaced. That means if Jack accidentally deleted everything that Annie wrote, anyone can still retrieve Annie's work in the history. Plus, as a teacher, you can compare every saved version of a wiki. That means you'll know exactly who added what.
Wikis are wonderful collaboration tools, especially when students are working on group projects. Each group can create its own page on the classroom wiki. Then, the students can work together to create a rough draft of their paper or presentation. (They don't even have to be in the same city to collaborate on this paper, meaning they can collaborate from home for homework.) You, other teachers, or even invited community members can offer suggestions or edits, if and when they're needed rather than after the final copy has been turned in.
There are hundreds of uses for a classroom wiki. For more information on sites where you can start one and ideas on how to use it, check out Wiki Wiki What?!?
3.) Become familiar with (but not an expert on) a variety of web 2.0 presentation tools.
There are a ton of web 2.0 tools out there that work really well in the classroom. Many teachers have their favorites, but I suggest that you don't limit yourself (or your kids) to just one or two.
Most students in the third-grade and beyond are able to figure out technology tools pretty well on their own. They're used to it – they're digital natives who were born into a world with video games, Google, and the Internet. Many used a mouse before they used a pencil. My point? You don't have to teach them the ins-and-outs of every single technology tool out there.
Instead, expose kids to a few strong, easy-to-use presentation tools, and then let them choose where to go from there. Does every child in your class really need to complete a PowerPoint on the Civil War? Couldn't they get the same information across if they created a short film, a digital poster, or a cartoon?
There might be kids in your class who love PowerPoint, but there are other students who learn better through different mediums. Show them a few tools, and let them pick the one that speaks to them. In the end, they'll learn more, and presentations will be a lot more interesting.
As far as grading goes, you can use the same rubric for any presentation, no matter the medium. Students can still be expected to communicate the same information.
Here are the presentation tools I'd offer to kids:
- Go!animate allows students to create drag-and-drop cartoons (domo animate is a more child-friendly version for younger students).
- Glogster is a wonderful tool for creating digital posters in class. What's a digital poster? Imagine your average student's presentation poster. Now, add links, videos, images, moving graphics, and music. That's a digital poster. And glogster has a site dedicated specifically to education. (NOTE: Remind your students to "save and publish" regularly so they don't lose their work.)
- Prezi is my personal favorite. It's a lot like PowerPoint, only much, much cooler. Rather than everything in linear slides, in Prezi, everything is laid out on one giant canvas. Throughout your presentation, you can zoom in on specific details or zoom out to give the audience a big-picture view. This really comes in handy with things like flowcharts and timelines, where students can show the whole thing, and then zoom in on each step or point for added details.
- Blabberize lets students take any image and make it talk. Doing a report on a clownfish? Students can upload an image and then, in a clownfish voice, record a first-person talk about what clownfish eat, where they live, etc.
- Pixton is a basic comic creation tool. A lot of students really respond to comic books, and Pixton gives them a drag-and-drop interface where they can create their own. Imagine a student creating a comic book version of Number the Stars for a book report. Can't you see other kids actually wanting to read it? Think about how much they'd, in turn, learn, not to mention the confidence boost it would give the author.
Find more detail about each of these tools, as well as lesson integration ideas, at Powerpoint Schmowerpoint: Teach Kids to Create Really Engaging Presentations.
4.) Integrate digital storytelling into your curriculum.
If you feel ready for it, digital storytelling can do a lot to transform your classroom, the way you teach, and the way your students learn. Digital storytelling, in its simplest form, just means communicating ideas through multi-media. So rather than writing a story, a report, or a paper that only their teacher will see, students create slideshows, short films, or podcasts to express themselves to the world.
The beauty of digital storytelling projects is that they can be as in-depth or as simple as you'd like. When I taught fourth-grade, I had students work for several weeks to create in-depth climate change films. For presentations about winter holidays around the world, my students created podcasts in just an hour. And after a unit on Native American tribes, groups made narrated slideshows about specific tribes in two class periods.
- Podcasts
Audio podcasts are simple projects that students can use to express their ideas easily and, better yet, quickly. A podcast is basically just a single radio show. Some teachers have students create them as summation activities, and others have their class produce regular, weekly episodes about everything they're learning.
You have a couple of options when podcasting. If you've got access to Macs, Garageband is a wonderful tool for podcast creation. With PCs, you can download the FREE Audacity program, which is extremely similar to Garageband.
If you're not as interested in background music or editing, you can also have your students record podcasts via phones. The FREE web site iPadio allows people to podcast directly from any phone (including land lines) simply by calling a designated number and talking.
When you're done, your phlog, or phone blog, is posted on your iPadio page, and you're given the option to embed it into a Web site, download it, or copy the URL so other people can listen to it online.
- Videos
I used to have students record short films using the built-in web cameras on our school's Macbooks. But students can also create videos using camcorders, cell phones, or the $150 easy-to-use Flip cameras. Kids can then edit the files using video editing software like iMovie, MovieMaker, or OpenShot.
If you're looking for some written guides for your students, the Mobile Learning Institute offers some good handouts on creating mobile video shorts.
- Slideshows
Students can easily add flare to presentations using photos. They can photograph things they see on field trips, during in-class science experiments, at home, or even their own illustrations. They can then use these photos to create engaging slideshow presentations. (If you don't have access to cameras at school, think about the possibility of using cell phone cameras for these assignments.)
Students can transfer their photos to computers and then create captioned or audio slideshows using FREE Picasa software, iPhoto, Photo Story, or DigiKam. But the editing process doesn't have to take long. This video, which was made for the Green Cup Challenge, is a simple slideshow of students' illustrations, set to music:
Where's the Beef?
Some teachers are wary of digital storytelling because they worry that students won't acquire basic writing skills. However, when done right, students actually hone their writing as well as their presentation skills. You can't just hand a student a camera and have them create a digital story – it requires planning and, often, research.
In fact, I used digital storytelling in every subject in large part because my students were English-language learners, and it gave them opportunities to practice their writing as well as their speaking.
The University of Houston has an in-depth digital storytelling Web site, with information and resources you can use to help your students create strong stories. (Be sure to check out the page on storyboarding.)


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Cursed Legacy: The Tragic Life of Klaus Mann
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What do you do if your son, who has grown up with privileges you have enabled, behaves in a way that threatens not only his own wellbeing but also that of your family? This question lurks behind Frederic Spotts's febrile, compulsive account of the career of Thomas Mann's talented, wayward and depressive eldest son, Klaus, the author of numerous novels, essays, lectures and plays during the period when Nazism stalked Europe. Spotts subscribes to a fashionable thesis that the way Thomas Mann brought him up was a prime cause of his son's demise, aged forty-two, in the aftermath of the Second World War. Klaus's fatal overdose, whether accidental or intended, stemmed from a Todessehnsucht that may be ascribed to genes – Thomas's sisters both took their own lives – or to a variant strain of the German Romantic disease. It is also the type of finale pathétique that the author of a biographical novel about Tchaikovsky had long been honing.


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Opening Reception July 14 - TRAHC's 29th Annual Juried Exhibition
Join us for TRAHC's 29th Annual Juried Exhibition opening reception Friday, July 14 from 6:30 - 8:00 pm. Awards will be presented at 7:00PM.
The reception is free and open to the public. Drinks, wine and light hors d'oeuvres will be served. Business attire requested.
Thank you to E-Z Mart Inc., our generous sponsor who makes this exhibition possible!
Opening Reception:
6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Awards Announced at 7 pm
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TRAHCs 29th Annual Juried Exhibition is a juried exhibition celebrating local, regional, and national artists. The competition is hosted by the Texarkana Regional Arts and Humanities Council, an arts council located in Texarkana, Texas, and generously sponsored by E-Z Mart, Inc. $3750 in prizes!
Accepted work will be exhibited at TRAHC from July 14 - August 12, 2017.
Yates Collection Purchase Award…..$1000
Best of Show………………………….$1000
First Place………………………………$750
Second Place………………………..…$500
Third Place……………………………..$300
Fourth Place……………………………$200
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Adjunct Professor and Interdisciplinary Art and Design Studies Lecturer at University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Lauren Cross is an artist, curator, and scholar living in Fort Worth, Texas. She earned her BA in Art, Design, and Media from Richmond, The American International University in London, England, MFA in Visual Arts from Lesley University in Cambridge, MA, and PhD from Texas Woman's University in Denton, TX. Her artistic work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally and she frequently facilitates curatorial and art projects both in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and beyond.
Cross is the Founder/Curator of non-profit arts organization in Fort Worth, WoCA Projects, and has received many awards for her creative work, including an official selection for the 2010 International Black Women's Film Festival in Berkeley, CA for her first documentary, The Skin Quilt Project; The Fort Worth Weekly's Third Annual Visionary Award in 2013; named #32 of 100 Top Dallas Creatives by the Dallas Observer in 2014-2015, and featured in the 2015 Edinburgh Art Festival. She is a Lecturer in the Department of Art Education + Art History at the University of North Texas' College of Visual Arts & Design (CVAD) where she serves as a core faculty member for the Interdisciplinary Art and Design Studies program.
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At last, you no longer need a reservation to order a Model 3 -- if you meet the right conditions. Tesla has opened its ordering system for the 'starter' EV to everyone in North America, letting anyone walk through the process whether they're ready to buy or just curious. Don't expect to buy the exact configuration you were looking for, though. While the worst of Tesla's production problems may be over, it's not yet ready to sell the $35,000 car it promised long ago.
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You currently have to buy a car with the long-range battery and premium interior, pushing the minimum price up to $49,000 before tax breaks. Just about everything else is up to you, however, including the choice of rear- or all-wheel drive, the Performance option, styling and Autopilot.
Reservation holders still get first dibs, as Electrek observed, so you'll still be waiting a while if you make your move. Tesla estimates deliveries within three to five months as we write this, and the wait could get longer if enough people jump in. With that said, the very fact that Tesla is willing to make regular orders available shows just how far its Model 3 output has come in the space of the past several months.


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An old lady walked into my traditional Chinese medicine clinic surrounded by the laughter of her children and grandchildren. When the old granny told me about her severe foot pain, the youngsters chorused together: "Cut it off and get a new one!" Granny smiled and said: "I would if I could".
In spite of the granny's optimistic expression, her frown lines and deep wrinkles reflected her innermost worries and miseries. I tried to comfort her by saying: "There's no remedy in the world if you don't have an open mind."
There are two concepts in traditional Chinese medicine: Jian disease and Jia disease
Jian disease is similar to having a complication in Western medicine. Once the primary disease (Jia disease) is cured, the Jian disease will be gone simultaneously.
From a clinical point of view, all we need to do is identify the primary disease and its complications. As for Jia disease, there is no such concept in Western pathology. It means a patient's inherent disease or symptom, which is incurable no matter what medicines are given.
Jia disease refers to many kinds of manifestations, which include a person's emotions and desires. It could be sputum or summer-heat triggered by fear, grief, or anger. When hearing that they have an incurable disease, many patients can't relax, making the symptoms even worse.
Whenever I see these kinds of patients, I try to put them at ease by saying: "It's not a big deal, it's only a tiny problem." If they can take it easy, the sickness will improve sooner. For those who are suspicious and fear the worst, however, the disease becomes more obstinate and the results of the treatment are poor too.
In fact, it's not difficult for Jia disease patients to get rid of their illnesses — just a few remediations are all they need to be healed.
If such a patient can manage to look in at themselves, instead of going to a fortune-teller or so-called "healer," and if that person would try to clarify or reconsider their relationships with others and give up their stubborn thinking, the predicament could change substantially after a little medication.
Depression results in blocking meridians, qi and blood
Later, I learned that the old granny became a widow in her middle age. She strived to raise her seven children on her own. However, two of her sons were irresponsible according to Chinese filial piety traditions and did not share their livelihoods with her.
Therefore, the old granny needed to work until the age of 70 to make a supplementary income. Living under this anxiety and indignation for so long, the old granny had depressed qi inside her chest under her breast and thoracic vertebrae. After my clinical treatment, she was in too much pain to stand. She could not sleep and suffered chest pain while breathing.
After a while, things began to turn around for the old granny, and her family witnessed a change in her physical appearance. Her frown lines and wrinkles were reduced, and she did not suffer so much pain as before. Finally, the symptoms were well controlled and relieved through cupping-bloodletting therapy. This therapy continued for several sessions.
The old granny then told me that she would never have let herself get so angry if she had known excessive anger and worries would make her sick. I asked her: "Do you believe in fate?" "Of course!" was her reply. "We're miserable people without tails." Not knowing her implication, I asked what she meant. She answered:
"People like me have been hard-working like cows. But that's my destiny, and I can do nothing."
Any human emotions will leave trails in the body, not only anger and worry. Sentiments such as missing someone, loving, blaming, hating, grief, fear, and so on are all emotions that affect the body. Their manifestation combines with body fluids and transforms into sputum.
The sputum will lead to diseases in the end because accumulating sputum blocks the meridians, qi, and blood. Thus, there is an old saying in traditional Chinese medicine: "Rare diseases are mostly derived from sputum."
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just bought car a couple of days ago,ran fine washed it,cleaned engine,noticed when i stated it and let it run,tuned rear wiper on,and it wouldnt turn off.i pulled fuse for rear wiper and left it out.wife cleaned carpets and in that time battery went dead about 1.5 hrs.so i jumped it let it run,took it for about a 45 min, drive.shut it off, restarted just fine.next morning it was dead, this has happened 4 times,i noticed that alternator gets hot while running pretty quickly. i have a charger that checks the alt,and also the battery separately both came back good, there is a porcelain resister on passenger fender well also getting hot.please help me figure this out,wife needs car for work,im off of work from injury and low on finances. thank you so much
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Playing computer games can be a great little hobby, that comes with many benefits. It helps your brain think strategically, can improve your memory, and sharpen your reflex times, amongst
Google recently released its so-called "Fred" update – an unannounced change in the way that the company's ranking algorithms work. For some it was good news: their sites got boosted
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Abad says Malacañang can't go vs Congress power of the purse
The Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) will remain in the budget proposal for 2014 and will be totally scrapped only the following year, Malacañang said on Sunday.
However, it said lawmakers could still identify their pet projects in whatever form or shape the PDAF, or pork barrel, takes.
When the executive department starts preparing the 2015 budget as early as December this year, there won't be an item for the PDAF, according to Budget Secretary Florencio Abad.
"In 2015, there's no more PDAF. There's no need to put a block of money there," he said in an interview by phone. "There won't be any other name for it because it won't be there."
While the President announced the abolition of the PDAF on Friday, the executive department retained the P25.2-billion allocation for the PDAF in the proposed P2.268-trillion national budget for 2014 because this had been programmed for social services and infrastructure.
Malacañang, however, indicated that the lawmakers' discretion in "nominating" projects to line agencies crafting the national expenditure program would not be clipped. After all, Congress has the "power over the purse," Abad said.
He advised strident proponents of the complete removal of such discretion to talk this out with the lawmakers themselves. Congress is a coequal branch of government, he said.
"They want to exclude the congressmen. How can you do that when Congress is there to perform that function?" he said.
Power of the purse
Such power includes "determining what projects to fund, whether there's pork barrel or not," he said. "The power over the purse is a constitutional obligation. It's not as if they can forgo it."
Abad observed that the "distrust" caused by the P10-billion pork barrel scam had "clouded" this power.
The President's announcement on the PDAF abolition had been met with skepticism by many who observed that he missed the point when he continued to grant lawmakers' discretion to identify projects.
In a turnaround from an earlier stand, Aquino declared on Friday that it was time to abolish the PDAF, admitting that its "scandalous" misuse persisted despite the reforms he instituted.
The President asked Senate President Franklin Drilon and Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. to devise a mechanism to address the needs of constituents in a "transparent, methodical and rational" manner.
From now on, Aquino said the lawmakers could identify and suggest projects in their districts but this had to go through the budgetary process. If approved, the projects would be earmarked as "line items" in the national budget.
2 options
Abad said the challenge facing senators and representatives was to figure out how to allocate the P25.2-billion allocation for the PDAF after some lawmakers indicated they would forgo it.
If all 24 senators would abandon their pork, that would be P4.8 billion less. Apart from them, representatives had indicated the same intention, Abad said.
"We really don't know where it will lead. We need to talk to the legislators and figure out how to configure this. This is going to be a much reduced budget. Are they going to pursue this? What if civil society wants to participate in identifying projects?" he said.
"I think it's an opportunity for us in the DBM (Department of Budget and Management) to get people to understand the budget process and once they are able to do this, find ways by which they can participate in the process," he said.
Abad admitted that there were two options on the PDAF: Keep it intact and use it for line budgeting, or completely do away with the P25.2 billion.
The first is unacceptable while the second is not practical since reelected legislators are still supporting students. The middle ground is a reduced P25.2 billion, Abad said. "So where are we going to put the balance? That's the question that will face Congress."
'Reasonable discourse'
In an exclusive interview with the Inquirer last week, Aquino explained how his government was handling the alleged pork barrel scam.
"The first step is to find out exactly what transpired, who were involved, what loopholes were exploited, what are the actional instances for us," he said. "Then, where to bring charges, against whom. The prioritization. Do we scrap it or introduce reforms? How about those who manage to put it to good use, will they still have the ability [to access such funds], as opposed to those with bad intentions and shouldn't be able to [access]."
Asked if he felt public outrage against the elected officials' misuse of the people's money, he said, "yes," adding, "but also, you're after a reasonable discourse."
Asked about Monday's rally, he replied: "They are free to rally, [to decry] the abuse. I agree with that and support that. But at the end of the day, I cannot stop at sloganeering. Our function as the executive is to execute the laws… toward that, to find the quantity and quality of evidence to warrant conviction."—With a report from Thelma S. San Juan
Originally posted: 7:14 pm | Sunday, August 25th, 2013
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British gas is the UK's largest gas and electricity supplier. Estimated to be in operation for close to 200 years to date, British Gas has been at the forefront in the supply, installation, fitting, insulation and maintenance of gas and electricity related needs for most households in the UK. In addition, the company has made its name in both commercial and industrial energy supply and installation as well. Irrespective of the type of premises, the energy giant offers its services seamlessly with the free of charge guarantee for follow up, maintenance and repairs for all customers. All that customers need to do is call British Gas contact number as shown on the installation invoices or on its website. Their toll free number to speak to customer service personnel is 0843 455 0157 for those calling within the UK.
British Gas offers various services, namely; gas, electricity, roof insulations, central heating, meters, among other energy related services. What's more, customers who have any queries can book an appointment with its personnel and take advantage of their free-of-charge maintenance tasks, such as; meter upgrades, equipment repairs, assessment of gas and power fixtures and fitting of gas and electricity appliances. Seeing that the company handles a huge customer database, it has gone a step further and made available other extension numbers directing you to the right department specificly for deailing with your query.
It is important to note, however, that there are higher charge for calls from outside the UK and that it varies depending on the network the customer is using. In addition. This 0845 number incurs a maximum charge of 5 pence per minute for BT customers and a slightly higher charge for other networks. Call charges from other telephone operators vary as well as calls from mobile phones.
The most important British Gas helpline is 0843 455 0157. This number is the main switchboard number and an outomated response will put you through to the correct department to deal with your enquiry, and can also be used for any of the following, gas leaks, fumes containing carbon monoxide from gas appliances, power outage, gas smells, flames or suspicious sparks from appliances, etc. The emergency hotline number goes directly to the emergency crew of British Gas, known to respond within minutes of receiving any such reports.
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