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As a registered dietitian and lover of fresh fruits and veggies, I'm very excited about the Virginia Farm Market Fresh for Seniors program, a partnership of the Virginia Department of Aging, the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, 10 local Area Agencies on Aging, including Senior Services of Southeastern Virginia, and one city government. Funded by the US Department of Agriculture, the program distributes $40 in farmers' market vouchers to be distributed to income-qualified seniors, 60 years and over just in time for National Farmers Market Week, Aug. 6-12. These vouchers or checks allow individuals seniors the opportunity to buy locally grown, fresh and nutritious fruits and vegetables that are in-season, to make delicious, healthy meals and snacks. SSSEVA distributed their allotment of vouchers during the month of July in locations throughout South Hampton Roads and Western Tidewater.
Senior Services of Southeastern Virginia is committed to ensuring that no person is excluded from participation in or denied the benefits of its services on the basis of race, color or national origin, as provided by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. For more information or to file a complaint, call us at 757-461-9481 or write SSSEVA c/o: Human Resource Director, 6350 Center Drive, Bldg. 5, #101, Norfolk, VA 23502. All complaints must be filed within 180 days of the alleged act.
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What's The Dumbest Thing You Could Say To A Congresswoman Who Lost Her Legs In Battle? Um, THIS.
Honestly that should be a criminal charge. Real veterans are suffering and this guy who never saw a second of combat is claiming and getting support for a football injury?
Now don't get me wrong I don't agree with the last few wars the US began nor can I see the merit of such action. Not only were these people forced to fight an unnecessary war but a country full of citizens perpetually boasting about America's superiority could not be bothered to take care of the people who are sacrificing life and limb to protect them.
This is a damn shame.

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Few days back, we reported that Microsoft had sent an invite for a media event today. However, Microsoft didn't provide any other details about the event other than saying "This will be a major Microsoft announcement — you will not want to miss it".
It is being widely speculated that Microsoft is gearing up to launch its own Windows 8 tablet to take on Apple's iPad.
According to LiveSide.net who claim to have received specs sheet from a source, Microsoft will unveil a 7-inch tablet controller along with Xbox hardware, which could be called Xbox Surface.
The purported tech specs reveals that the 7-inch tablet will be powered by an ARM processor from Texas Instruments for "Kinect workloads," as well as custom IBM engine for "scale out." According to the leaked specs it would come with a 1280×720 resolution display.
Microsoft was rumored to launch a Smartglass tablet at E3 show, but that didn't turn out to be accurate as Microsoft unveiled the impressive SmartGlass software that will provide users with additional information about a TV show, game, or other Xbox content on a second screen, like a tablet or smartphone. Microsoft has announced that it will be also releasing apps for iOS and Android.
We're assuming that in addition to being a controller for the Xbox, Xbox Surface or whatever it is called will also work as a full-fledged tablet. Experts believe that Microsoft is developing its own tablet to be able to compete with Apple's tight integration rather than entering the booming tablet market only through its traditional hardware partners.
Check out the leaked specs of the 7-inch tablet controller below, they look quite impressive.
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Sony has unveiled a new version of its 505-series notebook computer that the company claims is the world's lightest and thinnest of its type. The laptop is one of two new members of Sony's Vaio personal computer family that will serve as the company's flagship models during the upcoming year-end sales period in Japan.
The PCG-X505, also dubbed the "505 Extreme" by Sony, is both small and stylish.
One of the first things noticeable about the computer is its thickness, which is .4 inches at the front growing to .8 inches at the back where the body and display are hinged together. Sony managed to cut down on the thickness of the machine by miniaturizing the motherboard so that it fits in a space between the keyboard, hard drive, battery, and PC Card slot, said Keiichiro Shimada, president of Sony's Vaio products research and development group.
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Usually the motherboard is much larger and overlaps other components requiring the machine to be thicker, but by shrinking the motherboard down in size--to roughly the size of a Mini Disc--the company has managed to cut the total thickness of the machine, he said.
Other space-saving measures include fitting the Memory Stick slot into the computer mouse and reducing the thickness of the keyboard backplane to .01 inches, Shimada said.
At the heart of the 505 Extreme is a 1-GHz version of Intel's Pentium M microprocessor. Standard memory is 512MB and the laptop includes a 20GB hard drive and a 10.4-inch TFT LCD with maximum resolution of 1,024 pixels by 768 pixels (XGA). Wireless LAN support is not built into the machine although Sony supplies a Wi-Fi card that can be inserted into the computer's single PC Card slot.
The computer measures 10.2 inches by 8.2 inches and weighs either 1.7 pounds or 1.8 pounds depending on whether a carbon fiber or nickel-strengthened carbon case is chosen. The former model will go on sale in Japan on November 19 and the latter on December 6 and they will be priced at $3230 and $2776, respectively.
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The second machine from Sony is the Vaio PCV-P101. The machine is aimed to fill a gap in the market between desktop computers, which are slowly falling out of favor with Japanese consumers, and notebook computers, which already make up more than half of all consumer PC purchases in Japan but which are often only used inside the home.
Sony is hoping the new computer will follow in the footsteps of the Vaio W, which was launched by the company at the beginning of last year and quickly became Japan's top-selling desktop computer. Like the Vaio W, the keyboard of the Vaio P covers the screen and protects it when not in use and folds down when in use. The screen is a 17-inch widescreen LCD panel.
Unlike the Vaio W however, which was reasonably thick, the Vaio P is thinner and flat on the rear. A metal frame runs around the monitor, joined to the monitor at each side but clear of the monitor at the top and bottom so that it forms a handle with which the computer can be carried, making the entire PC resemble something like a large notebook computer with metal carrying handle.
It has been designed with home users in mind, said Hiroaki Yokota, designer of the machine. Sony found that many notebook computer buyers don't ever take their machines outside of the house but favor notebooks because they are smaller, don't have a mess of wires and cables at the rear, can be used anywhere in the home and can be easily stored when not in use.
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The Vaio P attempts to match all of these expectations but beat conventional notebook computers with its large LCD panel that can also double as a television, said Yokota. Sony's GigaPocket software is also installed meaning the PC can be used to record and playback television programs.
Because it is not designed with the same level of portability as a notebook, there are some decidedly non-notebook specifications in addition to the large screen. Battery life is between 30 minutes and one hour and the machine weighs a hefty 17.2 pounds. The prime culprit in both cases is the LCD, says Sony, which is a monitor-class display that is around double the brightness of those typically installed on notebook computers.
The Vaio P is based on a 1.06-GHz version of Intel's Mobile Celeron processor, has 256MB of memory, a 40GB hard drive, and CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive. There is also a host of connectors, including four USB2.0 ports, a LAN port, and iLink S400 four-pin connector.
Sony plans to put the Vaio P on sale in Japan on November 22 for around $1665. Sony has not yet decided on plans to sell either machine outside of Japan.


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Name all the things you can see down by the sea in English and te reo Maori with this vibrant board book from award-winning illustrator Donovan Bixley.
What can you see on a day at the beach? A sandcastle (pa kirikiri), some waves (ngaru), or a lifeguard (kaikauhauora)? A DAY AT THE BEACH is a fun and engaging seaside excursion that is perfect for Kiwi kids!
Donovan Bixley has sold hundreds of thousands of copies of his books in 31 countries and 18 languages, including te reo Maori. He has won awards for both his illustrating and writing and won the Children's Choice award in 2013. Published in over 100 books, his unique style of illustration brings delight and joy to readers both young and old. He lives on the crater's edge of the greatest volcanic eruption in human history (also known as Lake Taupo, in New Zealand). Music fills his spare time alongside his wife and three daughters. www.donovanbixley.com


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What kind of mother would purposely enter her children into a life of crime and degradation? The kind of mom that joins ISIS, that's who.
A Dutch mother abducted her two children and fled to territory held by the Islamic State (IS) after police failed to heed warnings from the children's father that they were about to be taken to Syria.
According to Al Jazeera America the unnamed 32-year-old mother, a Chechen refugee, disappeared from the city of Maastricht in October with her two children, 7-year-old Luca and 8-year-old Aysha, without notifying her ex-husband. Dutch police responded at the time with an international alert and arrest warrant, but until now it was unknown where they fled.
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Now, the Dutch believe they know exactly where the two children went: Raqqa, the center of Islamic State operations in eastern Syria.
Prior to the children's disappearance, the father approached police and said he feared their mother was about to leave for Syria. Police interviewed the woman multiple times, but the mother denied having any such plans and they took no further action until it was too late.
Ominously, Dutch officials say the woman's defection to the Islamic State suggests an organized network exists in Maastricht to recruit people for the Islamic State and help facilitate their travels. The woman and her children were able to reach Syria, they say, because they were provided with forged passports.
Thousands of Europeans have traveled to Syria and Iraq to join the Islamic State as fighters, but according to the Dutch this is the first time children have been kidnapped and taken to the group as well.
Prosecutor Bart den Hartigh told the Dutch press that as long as the children remain in war-ravaged Syria, it will be impossible to recover them and reunite them with their father.
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Until January 31, 2007, Lutherans were officially On Notice. They were forgiven by Stephen and removed to make room for Stephen's fantasies about Jane Fonda.
This religion has a smaller wikiality article than truthiness. As it should. This is because it can be summarized in a single word: Pope-haters. Or to put it more nicely, Lutherans are Popeless Catholics. At one time, it also had a shorter article than truthiness on Wikipedia. When Stephen Colbert brought this to their attention, they allowed the Lutherans to maul the articles like the bears they are. This, however, did serve to prove, once again, the validity of the theory of wikiality.
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Lutherans are also mostly Germanic or Scandinavian Aryan honkies. They are white and if the latter eat terrible food like lutefisk or hakarl. Scandinavians enjoy going into the woods to pick and eat wild growing berries just like bears. Unlike the bears though they can and do make preserves, so they can enjoy the taste of berries on toast all winter long whilst bears hibernate.
It was started a long time ago as a branch of Christianity by someone who didn't appreciate the current religion, and questioned his holiness the Pope. In fact. Lutherans just replaced the Pope with a book called The Book of Concord, thinking that a some stiff boards and paper made just as good a Pope as a flesh and blood one and cost less to support. After a bunch of religious wars in which almost everyone died Lutherans and Catholics now ride the bus together in relative peace, though all true Roman Catholics know that the reason Martin Luther wore a hat in his life was to cover the horns.
Lutherans spread over the globe, but especially liked North America, Australia, and South America (especially Brazil and Argentina) which set up convenient places for ex-Nazis to escape to.
Midwestern Lutherans are noted to be notoriously prone to riots and are on the US terrorist watch list due to unrest in the early 21st century. [[1]] [[2]]
In Russia, Lutherans are considered terrorists, with police confiscating all copies of the "Augsburg Confession" as "terroristic literature."See picture
Some Lutherans believe they are the One True Church. However, questions remain about how The Baby Jesus feels about Lutherans. Most Scandinavian Lutherans are wimpy Hubert Humphrey liberals organized into a church called the ELCA (aka ELKA), so I guess BJ gets a little whiny when he hears a radio tuned to NPR and Garrison Keller is droning on about Lake Wobegon. On the other hand, the Germanic Lutherans, organized into a church called the LCMS (aka LicMis?), are mainly uber-conservative, and thus that tend to cling to their guns and their religion. They don't listen to NPR because of their vast preference for Polka and Country.
Some people say The Baby Jesus loves everyone. People who know better know that The Baby Jesus only loves the righteous.
This debate has been raging since Martin Luther posted graffiti on a church door. Thanks, Marty, really.
Shockingly PBS's "Faces of America' revealed Stephen Cobert's heritage to be Lutheran, making him perhaps the most famous almost-Lutheran alive. [[3]]


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In my brief time in LA, I have been perpetually struck by the plethora RIDICULOUS vehicles, driven in such an arrogant, preposterous manner. Since my move here, I have clenched my teeth and closed my eyes, expecting the terrible sound of metal against metal so often that I have entirely lost count.
Yet, that is not what disturbs me most.
You are probably not wondering what it is that disturbs me, but for the two of you out there that are dying to know, let me inform you by way of a story.
A few weeks ago, I took my class to a local park and they got some good old-fashioned exercise. Kicking a soccer ball around, working on their gross and fine motor skills, practicing throwing and catching a Frisbee (which is helping them cross midline – super-important!) and enjoying a beautiful southern California afternoon.
But I wasn't enjoying myself. I was freaking out. Why? The street next to the park was lined with countless spotless priceless vehicles, all of which looked like they just rolled off the showroom floor. Gleaming in the sun, they seemed to beckon to the soccer ball and Frisbees, "Come, come and dent me!"
To my horror, these objects that I OWNED seemed to consistently respond, "Yes, we will dent you with fury!" To this day, I swear that there were angels surrounding these cars because there was such an abundance of close calls that took my breath away that it gave me a bit of hypoxia and yet…not one car was "bumped" – as it were – by the athletic equipment. Who knows? The Bible says that God cares about the larger aspects in our lives as well as the miniscule details. I think He was looking out for me. You know what they say, "Hell hath no fury like a dented-BMW owner…" – oh wait – no one says that…
It was through this experience that I realized – as many rules as Santa Monica has – they need one more:
"If your car cost you more than Amanda Sass' gross annual salary, then you must rent a safe parking spot for it."
In short: if your car is a status symbol, park it somewhere worthy of a status symbol – far away from the inferior cars, in a quiet, roomy garage. You know, where the general public can't damage it playing soccer in a park.
PS – how ridiculous is this car? If it is the wave of the future, the future is lumpy and comically sad. It looks like the Michelin Man's car.


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- VkSimpleWindow(const char *name,
Unlike most other ObjectPak components, the VkSimpleWindow and VkWindow constructors do not require a parent widget as an argument: all ObjectPak windows are automatically created as children of the invisible shell created by your application's instance of VkApp. You must specify a name for your window. Optionally, you can also provide a standard Xt argument list that the constructor will use when creating the window's popup shell.
Every application has a main window. By default, the first window you create is treated as the main window. To specify a different window to use as the main window, use the VkApp::setMainWindow() function described in "Managing Top-Level Windows" .
Because the first window you create is by default the main window, the window class constructors also set some shell resources on the popup shell widget of that window. The constructors obtain the geometry of the invisible application shell created by VkApp and assign that geometry to the window's popup shell widget. The constructors also set the XmNargc and XmNargv resources on the popup shell to the values of VkApp::argc() and VkApp::argv() respectively. ("Application Data Access Functions" describes VkApp::argc() and VkApp::argv().)
Finally, for all windows, the window class constructors register a callback function to handle messages from the window manager. The default action of upon receiving a WM_DELETE_WINDOW message is to delete the window object. To change this behavior, override the handleWmDeleteMessage() member function as described in "Window Properties and Shell Resources" . The default action of upon receiving a WM_QUIT_APP message is to quit the application. To change this behavior, override the handleWmQuitMessage() member function as described in "Window Properties and Shell Resources".


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'Vital future' for Portlaoise hospital
Promises have been made that Portlaoise's hospital has a vital future, with no staff cuts and extra emergency doctors promised by the HSE.
In a meeting with senior clinicians and management of Portlaoise hospital on Monday July 28, Dr Tony O'Connell, national director of the HSE's Acute Hospitals Division assured them of a vital future within the Dublin Midlands Hospital Grouping of six hospitals.
"Dr O'Connell emphasised that there is no intention to reduce staff numbers at the hospital and discussed additional resources that will be put in place in order to better support and develop MRHP into the future," the HSE stated following the meeting.
To ensure an appropriate and safe service for patients at Portlaoise, extra money has been allocated to the emergency department, to take on an advanced nurse practitioner, an emergency physician and an additional physician.
"Furthermore the consultant input to the emergency department is to be clarified," the HSE said.
More stringent plans are to be put in place to detect early deterioration of patients across all wards, while a patient's "journey" through the emergency department, intensive care, acute medicine, maternity or surgery, are all to be examined and redesigned, "in order to ensure that staff feel supported and that patients receive optimal care".
Stronger partnerships are to be forged between Portlaoise and larger hospitals in the Dublin Midlands Group. The group includes St James's Hospital, Tallaght Hospital, the Coombe Womens & Infants University Hospital, Naas General Hospital and the Midlands Regional Hospital Tullamore. A partnership will also be developed with the children's hospital group.
A "proposed re-configuration of services" at Portlaoise must have regard for the overall delivery of services" the HSE said.
Minister Charlie Flanagan said the grouping is "to the benefit of the people of Laois".
"My concern is there be a high degree of specialist healthcare services available to the people of Laois. The good name of the hospital needs to be restored, we need to acknowledge the very high level of commitment of staff," he said.


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With every new version of iOS, Apple loves to add, tweak, and change settings; unsurprisingly, iOS 8 is no different. Here's a comprehensive list of just about everything the company has changed in iOS 8 within the Settings app.
The Cellular section used to be hidden in iOS's General section in previous versions, but was moved to the main screen of the Settings app in iOS 7. It remains there in iOS 8, and for the most part remains unchanged—Cellular features toggles for Cellular Data, LTE, and Data Roaming, along with the menu for using your iPhone as a Personal Hotspot (which, oddly enough, also gets its own listing on the main screen).
If you have a sharp eye, you'll notice that the layout of these toggles has changed ever so slightly: Cellular Data and Enable LTE are now stacked directly on top of each other with a shared caption about usage. They used to each have their own caption.
Scrolling down, you'll find info on your Call Time, broken down by Current Period and the total Lifetime of your iPhone. Your iPhone doesn't automatically start these new data periods—if you'd like to track a specific time period, scroll all the way down and tap Reset Statistics to start the count from zero. This won't affect the Lifetime count. Keep an eye on this section to avoid going over your monthly allotment of cellular call minutes (if your plan has restrictions, of course).
You'll also find info on your overall and roaming cellular-data usage, combining uploads and downloads into one usage stat. This is split into Current Period (which is again tied to the time period you set with Reset Statistics) and Current Period Roaming. Roaming usage is super handy for travelers with a data limit, as it lets you easily keep an eye on how much data you're using and scale back if necessary.
See that long list of apps in the next section? Those are all of the apps on your iPhone that use cellular data—all apps use cellular by default, but you can tap the toggle next to an apps' name to restrict it to Wi-Fi downloading. This will help tremendously if you're trying to watch your data usage.
Finally, at the very bottom of the screen, you'll see a listing for System Services; tap it to see all of the services that use data, and how much data each is using. Uninstalled Apps shows how much data any apps you've recently uninstalled used during the current period before you gave them the axe.
This section controls how your iPhone will receive notifications from other apps, and how they'll appear in your personal Notification Center—the info panel that appears when you swipe down from the top of your iPhone's screen. As far as settings go, we've gone there and back again with Notifications and how it's listed: When iOS 7 launched, the Notifications section got a new name—Notification Center—but has now gone back to plain Notifications with iOS 8. (It's probably more fitting, as you monitor all of your notifications here, not just what is displayed in your Notification Center.)
If you're migrating from iOS 7, you'll find that most of the same commands are here, but they're laid out slightly differently. Right away, you'll notice that the Today View section is gone, which indicated what you'd see in Notification Center's Today tab. Instead, you can find those controls directly within Notification Center—just tap the Edit button at the bottom of your Today tab.
Back to Notifications. You'll start by selecting how to sort your notifications, either manually or by time; tap your preferred view to select it.
You'll then see two lists of apps: Include, and Do Not Include. Include contains each app on your iPhone that has some kind of notification enabled; tap each app individually to control how that notification will be presented. And there is a lot you can control, starting with whether or not you even want to receive a push notification from this app—toggle it off if you don't. Next, pick how many recent items from this app you'd like to see in your Notification Center; tap the listing to pick between none, one, five, and ten. Select what sound you'd like, whether you want a badge with the app's icon to appear, and if you'd like notifications for this app to pop up on your lock screen. Finally, select an alert style: None, Banners (a bar across the top of your screen that pops down when you get an incoming notification), or Alerts (which pop up on the center of your screen).
Depending on the app, you might have a few more options. Calendar, for example, lets you set individual notification commands based on the incoming info—it's split by upcoming events, invitations, invitee responses, and shared calendar changes.
Yes, it's a bit annoying to have to change your Notification settings one app at a time, but the amount of control really lets you customize your app experience.
Depending on your carrier, you may have a section that allows you to enable and disable Amber and government emergency alerts.
For all you iOS veterans, all of that is old news—just laid out a bit differently. One new feature you'll find in Notifications is a control for Family Sharing. Family Sharing is a new iOS 8 feature, and it allows you to register up to six Apple IDs to one "family." Family members can then share app and media purchases across devices, have access to a shared family photo album and calendar, and much more. Here, you can set specific notification types for members within your Family Sharing account.
Apple introduced a brand new app for iOS 8 called Tips, which gives you a weekly tip to teach you more about your iPhone and iOS 8. You'll have the option to control Tips' notifications here, too.
Your catch-all General settings have largely gone unchanged, save for a few rearrangements and one new addition.
ABOUT The only change in the About section is the removal of the Diagnostics & Usage item.
SIRI Siri can now respond to your cry of "Hey Siri" when your iPhone is connected to a power source—just toggle on Allow "Hey Siri" to try this out. This has replaced the Raise to Speak option from iOS 7.
SPOTLIGHT SEARCH iOS 8 introduces two additional categories that can be included in Spotlight Search, which you access by swiping down on the screen. Spotlight Search now digs up Spotlight Suggestions and Bing Web Results. Warning: You might want to check out the Spotlight Suggestions & Privacy disclaimer at the bottom.
HANDOFF & SUGGESTED APPS This is a new section for two new features. Handoff lets you start something on one device and pick it up on another device, linked together by iCloud. Of course, there are some caveats: Mobile devices must be running iOS 8, and your Mac or MacBook must be running OS X Yosemite—which hasn't shipped yet. This is part of Apple's Continuity plan, and we can't wait to put it to the test.
As for Suggested Apps, this feature will recommend apps for you to use depending on your current location and display them on your lock screen. Toggle on My Apps to get suggestions on apps you already have installed; Toggle on App Store for recommendations for apps you don't own, but that your iPhone thinks will be useful.
ACCESSIBILITY This section has actually changed quite a bit, offering a wider range of options for those who need assistance. Options are broken down into different categories, starting with Vision. To start, the Text Size controls have been folded into Accessibility; you'll find them by tapping Larger Text, and then use the scroll panel to set the size. You'll also notice a new toggle for Grayscale, and a new category for Speech controls, with toggles for Speak Selection, Speak Screen, and Speak Auto-text (which used to be found on the main Accessibility screen, but have now been condensed).
VoiceOver has a few tweaks, including updates to the adorable tortoise and hare icons on the Speaking Rate control slider. Where the Use Compact Voice toggle once was, you'll find an option for Speech, where you can select your dialect based on your language (which used to be a standalone Accessibility control) and add a rotor language. Braille has a couple of more in-depth options, including the braille display's output and input types (six-dot, eight-dot, or contracted), and a toggle to turn pages when panning. Rotor has two new additions: Audio Ducking and Braille Screen Input. Another new control is Typing Style; iOS 8 supports Standard Typing, Touch Typing, or Direct Touch Typing.
Zoom houses your controls for magnifying the entire screen, and has a few more options in iOS 8. You'll find toggles for Follow Focus, Zoom Keyboard, and Show Controller, which reminds you of your zoom gesture controls in case you need a reminder. You can also set your Zoom Region (either Window Zoom or Full Screen Zoom) and select your maximum zoom level.
When looking at the Hearing assistance options, you'll notice that the Subtitles & Captioning controls have moved to a new category—Media, which also offers an option for Video Descriptions.
The Physical & Motor category found in iOS 7 has been renamed as Interaction in iOS 8; within this category, the Incoming Calls function has been renamed to Call Audio Routing.
USAGE Usage now provides a deeper a look at what apps are draining your precious battery life, which you can find by tapping Battery Usage. It shows what apps you've been using for the past 3 hours and the proportion of battery used by each app. Pretty nifty if you're trying to find the worse battery offenders to kill in a pinch.
AUTO-LOCK You can now select "Never" as an auto-lock option.
RESTRICTIONS Privacy buffs will surely appreciate iOS 8's new restriction on location sharing— tap Share My Location to turn this restriction on. In turn, Find My Friends has been removed as a restriction option.
LANGUAGE & REGION Formerly known as International, Language & Region is where you'll select your iPhone's language and select your region formats. A few things have been shuffled around in this section—there are no longer controls for keyboards and voice control here, for example, though you can easily find them in other settings controls (keyboards is on the main General page). You'll also find an Advanced option that will automatically reformat dates, times, and numbers to be the same as the primary language.
Display & Brightness
Formerly Wallpapers & Brightness, this setting gets a new name, icon, and moves wallpaper picking into its own section. iOS 7's dynamic Text Size picker and the Bold Text switch from the Accessibility section also now show up here.
Yes, you can rejoice—your wallpaper now has its very own section of the Settings app. Here you can, unsurprisingly, view your current Lock screen and Home screen background, as well as pick new backgrounds. iOS 8 adds no new dynamic wallpaper images, but you will find two new static images: the underwater sea shot so prominent in the marketing, and a white shade of the hexagonal wallpaper already available in pink, orange, blue, green, grey, and black.
Touch ID & Passcode
In iOS 8, you can enable access to a few more features on a locked phone if you choose to. Specifically, you can toggle on the Today and Notifications View screens for Notification Center.
With every iOS release, Apple's privacy settings expand and diversify, and iOS 8 is no exception. The biggest addition to the company's Privacy settings screen comes inside the Location Services submenu; here, you've got a new subsection on sharing your location, more refined control for apps, and new system services toggles.
LOCATION SERVICES: The Share My Location screen lets you turn location sharing on or off globally, lists any friends you're sharing your location with permanently (temporary location-sharing friends won't appear here), and offers a Stop Sharing My Location button for each at the bottom of their contact card.
Apps, too, have slightly more granular settings within Location Services. In iOS 7, you could toggle location services on or off for a specific program; with iOS 8, each app has the "Allow Location Access" submenu, with options for Never, Always, or While Using the App.
Within System Services, you'll find new on/off toggles for the Find My iPhone service, Location-Based Alerts, Motion Calibration, Share My Location, Spotlight Suggestions, and Improve Maps (relocated from the Frequent Locations submenu).
OTHER PRIVACY FEATURES: In iOS 8, you can choose whether to allow third-party apps access to your Camera, Health, HomeKit, and Motion Activity data; those apps you've let in will appear in new Privacy menus named after each of those features.
The Diagnostics & Usage submenu (found at the bottom of the Privacy screen) also has a new toggle: Share with App Developers. If you turn it on, this feature lets third-party developers see anonymized crash data and statistics about how you use their apps.


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Just like Forrest Gump….
The guy we call Daddy around our house started running! He started running and then he ran and he ran and he ran……he lost 50 pounds because of it and then he ran some more…until just after Christmas time when he twisted his knee while out on a run…and then he just — stopped. I started to realize in the nearly two months that Mike was not running just how much he truly wanted to be out there running and it was obvious how discouraged and down in the dumps he would get every time he would try to run only to get pain in his knee all over again. With some advice from a another fellow runner in the family Mike was eventually able to make his slow start to running again in March and today we saw him compete in his first race ever.
Today the whole family headed out to High Park to support Daddy and Papa at Harry's Spring Run-Off where they were racing in the 5K run to raise money for prostate cancer. We took the subway to the park because we were just not willing to fight for a parking spot with the other over 5000 people attending the race!
When we arrived at the race it was fun to see the kids experiencing the crowd and I felt the surge of excitement for Mike as we all crossed into the park and were suddenly into the atmosphere of the race location! We walked Daddy and Papa as far as we could towards the start line and snapped a couple of pictures before they were off to the corrals.
Daddy and Papa ready to run!
Our little family – all present to support and cheer on Daddy!
Nana was there to cheer the Men on too!
One last hug before Daddy is off to the start line!
While Daddy and Papa were waiting for the race to start we all enjoyed some of the atmosphere including the park and free bananas, apples and bagels!
We finally moved to the finish line where we were joined by Nan who had travelled independently to the park to see her son race in his first race! I found a nice place for us all to wait and at one point Daddy and Papa ran past us while Nana and Jacob were getting some snacks so Violet and I cheered and waved and it was so cute to hear her yell out "GO DADDY GO!!" and "GO PAPA GO!!". Papa was the first one to cross the finish line with a time of just over 27 minutes (a personal best for Papa who has run a couple of runs before) and Daddy was not too far behind him coming across the finish line in just over 29 minutes. I knew in my gut that Daddy had wanted to finish in under 28 minutes but to be fair (and he knew this) he had only been running again for a couple of weeks and at that point had not yet run a 5K in under 30 since before his injury – so it was a victorious day all around….Daddy's chip time was 29:34 and the time on his run keeper stats was 29: 25….we of course cheered like crazy as they both passed the finish line!
We were all so proud and excited for both of them and Jacob enjoyed a little of Daddy's gatorade after the race!
Now Daddy continues to train for his upcoming half marathon on May 15th but before that him and Papa will have to conquer the Sporting Life Toronto 10K Run for Kids with Cancer on May 1st! We will of course be there in full support despite the crowd of 15, 000 runners! Eek!


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Glatfelter Public Practice (GPP) has expanded its private and charter school insurance program with specialized coverage for private schools, charter schools and select religious schools. The program is now available in 38 states for eligible private and religious schools and in 27 states for eligible charter schools.
Written through Zurich, the program has no minimum premium and is specifically designed for private and charter schools typically smaller than other educational institutions written through GPP. It includes coverage for schools that have dormitories for student housing.
According to Mark McCrary, president of Glatfelter Public Practice, the number of charter schools is growing as a result of educational reform and parents' demand for options and private schools typically represent a fairly stable market niche. The program features property, inland marine, equipment breakdown, crime, general liability, educators' legal liability including employment practices liability, fiduciary liability, and umbrella. Student accident, environmental impairment liability and cyber liability may also be included. It has 25 property enhancements, 12 general liability enhancements and 16 automobile enhancements specially designed for educational institutions.
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The Spring 2012
Six O'Clock Series will offer 11 lectures on topics ranging from the assessment and treatment of autism to the cultural contributions of Northern Appalachia.
The series begins with an
exploration of the contemporary relevance of Martin Luther King Jr. by attorney and professor Burrell Brown at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, January 30.
Brown will also reflect on African-American history, discuss the culture of African-Americans, and offer inspiration for the future. His presentation, the evening keynote in the daylong
Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Program and Black History Month Kickoff, is co-sponsored by the
African American Cultural Center and the
Office of Social Equity and Civic Engagement.
The Six O'Clock Series focuses on current issues and promotes approaching familiar topics from new perspectives. Coordinated by the Center for Student Life, the series features programs sponsored by a variety of campus organizations.
All programs are held in the Ohio Room, Hadley Union Building, and are free and open to the community. Parking on campus is free after 5:00 p.m.
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Snacking usually gets a bad rap, but it isn't necessarily a bad thing if your snacks promote your healthy diet. However, the leading three go-to snacks for Americans include chips, chocolate and cheese, while fruits and vegetables lag behind at fifth and eighth place respectively. According to a Nielsen study, 63% of Americans said they consume chips during their snack breaks while only 55% snacked on fruits and 44% snacked on vegetables. While there is nothing wrong with indulging in some dark chocolate or cheese from time to time, there are many other healthy snack alternatives you could enjoy and still reap nutritious benefits from.
Healthy Snacking
There are lots of fun ways to ensure that more healthy foods make it into your snack drawers:
- Making my own trail mix is one of my favorite ways to battle afternoon cravings without reaching for a candy bar! I pick my favorite nuts, seeds and unsweetened dry fruits that together make for a personalized, delicious treat without sacrificing nutritional value.
- Drying your leftover produce is a great way to save all your ripened fruits and veggies from going to waste while adding some crunch to your snacks.
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Citizens Leadership Academy (CLA) is preparing its middle schoolers for success in high school, college, and life. CLA is second among all public schools in the city on student growth. The school's eighth graders reach and surpass proficiency at a rate that is more than three times that of their peers across the city. Reading and math proficiency rates at CLA are more than double those of Cleveland Metropolitan School District's.
No matter how you slice the data, CLA is providing academic preparation that would likely be unavailable to them if the schools—and its broader high-performing charter network (Breakthrough Schools)—did not exist. And yet its academic prowess is just the tip of the iceberg.
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My current research projects are described on my current research page; please see that for more detail on current and planned projects. Foremost among current projects are two Coordinated Agricultural Projects supported by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, one on climate change mitigation and adaptation in southern pines (March 2011 to Feb 2016) and the other on production of liquid transportation fuels from woody biomass (August 2011 to July 2016).
Past research
My past research efforts can be grouped into four general categories.
My interests are now focused more on technology development and application to practical problems in tree improvement and disease management.
My background in molecular biology and biochemistry provides students with interests in forestry and environmental sciences an opportunity to gain experience in modern laboratory techniques while working to solve practical problems facing forests in the modern world.
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Hermitage Amsterdam, 14 September 2013 – 28 February 2014
Nabis (prophet), group of young French artists from the late 19th and early 20th century. Leaders were Paul Gauguin, Pierre Bonnard and Maurice Denis. The Nabis emphasized colour and composition.
Paris around 1900
Paris was the center of art in Europe. Exhibitions everywhere, artists exhibited their paintings at salons and there was a great demand for art. The avant-garde sizes in the early 20th century.
Art was in that time in flux. France was more an art supply country. Art painters used canvas in standard sizes and paint from ready made tubes.
Artists in that time preferred the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts (the Salon) to show their artwork. Radical artworks were not to be found at the Salon.
In 1895 the Nabis artists had their first exhibition there. Artists as Félix Vallotton and Maurice Denis. In 1901, Maurice Denis exhibited his painting Hommage à Cézanne.
But the modern artists wanted to exhibit their work in a modem atmosphere, the Salon des Indépendants. The modern artists were Georges Seurat, Paul Signac, Pierre Bonnard, Édouard Vuillard, Ker-Xavier Roussel, Maurice Denis and Félix Vallotton.
Gauguin used unmixed colours. For Denis and Bonnard, this was an important point of view. Denis said about this principle: it is essential to have a flat surface with colours in a particular arrangement.
Their artwork has non perspective, unmixed colours and a bright palette.
Denis and Bonnard painted wall panels for the collector Ivan Morozov (1871–1921). These artworks are the highlights of exhibition, Gauguin, Bonnard, Denis: A Russian Taste for French Art.
Other artists shown in this exhibition are Vuillard, Roussel and Vallotton.
> Art event Nabis with Gauguin, Bonnard and Denis in Hermitage Amsterdam
Hermitage Amsterdam
The Hermitage Amsterdam is a museum and has an agreement with the Russia to produce exhibitions together with the Hermitage St Petersburg.
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- Chrysler Cordoba
Chrysler Cordoba 1978-1979 Chrysler Cordoba Manufacturer Chrysler Corporation Production 1975–1983 Assembly Windsor, Ontario, Canada Class Personal luxury car Body style 2-door coupe Layout FR layout Transmission 3-speed automatic
The Chrysler Cordoba was an intermediate personal luxury coupe sold by Chrysler Corporation in North America from 1975-1983. It was the company's first model produced specifically for the personal luxury market and the first Chrysler-branded vehicle that was less than full-size.
In the early 1960s, when other upmarket brands were expanding into smaller cars with such models as the Mercury Comet and Buick Skylark, Chrysler very publicly declared that there would "never" be a smaller Chrysler.
The Cordoba name was used in 1970 on a special version of a Chrysler Newport hardtop (two-door and four-door).[1] This full-size model was a "limited edition luxury car, designed to introduce you to Chrysler" and consisted of an exclusive "Cordoba Gold" paint with matching wheels, wheel covers, and side molding with vinyl inserts.[1] Chrysler described this model's textured antique gold all-vinyl interior, matching vinyl roof cover, and the hood ornament with an Aztec eagle as "quiet Spanish motif".[1] Included in the US$4,241.65 price was the 383 cu in (6.28 L) 290 bhp (220 kW) two-barrel carburetor V8 engine, automatic transmission, power steering, H78x15 fiberglass-belted whitewall tires, and a "golden tone" AM radio.[1]
The smaller Cordoba was introduced in 1975, as a contender in the personal luxury market that was powered by smaller, more economical engines than other Chryslers, and riding on a 115 in (2,900 mm) wheelbase, 9 in (230 mm) less than the traditional models at the time.[2] This single body style coupe was one of Chrysler's few genuine hits of the 1970s. At a time when the automaker was teetering on bankruptcy, demand for Cordobas actually exceeded supply for its first couple of years, with production of over 150,000 units for the inaugural 1975 models, and the most built in 1977, with 183,000 units.[2] Half of Chrysler division production during this period (and occasionally more) was composed of Cordobas, and they helped to revive the division.[2] All Cordobas were built in Windsor, Ontario.
Although Córdoba is the name of a city in Spain, the car's emblem was actually a stylized version of the Argentina cordoba coin. Either way, the implication was Hispanic, and this theme was carried out with somewhat baroque trim inside the vehicle, as well as by Chrysler famously using Mexican movie star Ricardo Montalban as the car's advertising spokesman.[3] Notable was his eloquent praise of its "soft Corinthian leather" interior[4] and his Americanized stress on the second syllable of the car's name.
First generation (1975–1979)
First generation 1975-1977 Chrysler Cordoba Production 1975–1979 Platform B-body Engine 318 cu in (5.2 L) LA V8
360 cu in (5.9 L) LA V8
400 cu in (6.6 L) B V8
Transmission 3-speed A727 automatic Wheelbase 115 in (2,900 mm) Length 215.3 in (5,470 mm) Width 77.1 in (1,960 mm) Height 52.6 in (1,340 mm) Related Chrysler 300
Dodge Charger
Dodge Magnum
Plymouth Fury
The Cordoba was introduced by Chrysler for the 1975 model year as an upscale personal luxury car. At the time, this market segment was large and growing, with the Chevrolet Monte Carlo and Pontiac Grand Prix selling over 300,000 units each annually. The car carried the Chrysler name, then still associated exclusively with large luxury models like the Imperial. It was, however, priced to compete with rivals such as the Monte Carlo, Ford Elite, and Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme. The Cordoba was originally intended to be a Plymouth (the names Mirada, Premier, and Grand Era were associated with the project), but losses from the newly introduced full-size C-body models due to the 1973 oil crisis encouraged Chrysler executives to seek higher profits by marketing the model as a Chrysler, a name with a more upscale appeal. The car was a success, with over 150,000 examples sold in 1975, a sales year that was otherwise dismal for the company.
For the 1976 model year, sales increased slightly to 165,000. The mildly tweaked 1977 version also sold well, with just under 140,000 cars. The success of using the Chrysler nameplate strategy is contrasted to sales of its similar and somewhat cheaper corporate cousin, the Dodge Charger SE. The similar Dodge achieved only a quarter of Cordoba's sales during the same model years, due to the fact that the Cordoba cost only $160 more than the Charger, leading customers to spend the extra for the prestige of the Chrysler nameplate.
Interiors were somewhat more luxurious than the Dodge Charger SE and much more than the top-line standard intermediates (Plymouth Fury, Dodge Coronet) with a velour cloth notchback bench seat and folding armrest standard. Optionally available were bucket seats upholstered in Corinthian leather with a center armrest and cushion, or at extra cost, a center console with floor shifter and storage compartment. The dashboard and door panels featured simulated burled elm trim and metal stampings in 1975, while 1976-79 models featured simulated rosewood trim. A 60/40 bench seat was introduced in 1976 and other seating/upholstery options were added each year through 1979.
The original design endured with only small changes for three years before a variety of factors contributed to a decline in sales. For 1978, there was a modest restyling with the then popular rectangular headlights in a stacked configuration. This made the Cordoba look similar the 1976 to 1977 Monte Carlo from the front. A Chrysler designer, Jeffrey Godshall, wrote in Collectible Automobile magazine that this restyling was viewed as "somewhat tacky" and eliminated much of the visual appeal that the 1975 to 1977 Cordobas had been known for. The restyle also made the car appear heavier than its 1975-77 predecessor at a time when other cars in this class were being downsized to smaller dimensions such as the Ford Thunderbird in 1977 and Chevy Monte Carlo and Pontiac Grand Prix in 1978.
The Cordoba's sales decline in 1978 and 1979 could also be attributed to the introduction of the smaller Chrysler LeBaron in mid-1977 that was available in both sedan and coupe models, and offered similar personal-luxury styling and options.
At the same time, Chrysler's financial position and quality reputation was in steady decline. Rising gas prices and tightening fuel economy standards made the Cordoba's nearly 4,000 lb (1,800 kg) weight with 360 cu in (5.9 L) or 400 cu in (6.6 L) V8 engines obsolete. However, for its final year in 1979, a performance oriented version made a return in the form of a one-year-only revival of the Chrysler 300 name.
Second generation (1980–1983)
Second generation 1980 Chrysler Cordoba Production 1980–1983 Platform J-body Engine 225 cu in (3.7 L) Slant 6 I6
318 cu in (5.2 L) LA V8
Transmission 3-speed A904 automatic Wheelbase 112.7 in (2,860 mm)[5] Length 209.8 in (5,330 mm) (1980)
210.1 in (5,340 mm) (1981)
209.6 in (5,320 mm) (LS)
Width 72.7 in (1,850 mm) Height 53.3 in (1,350 mm) (1980/81)
53.2 in (1,350 mm) (1982-)
Curb weight 3,446 lb (1,563 kg) (1980/81)
3,460 lb (1,569 kg) (1982)
3,467 lb (1,573 kg) (1983)
3,389 lb (1,537 kg) (LS 1981/82)
3,404 lb (1,544 kg) (LS 1983)
Related Dodge Mirada
The Cordoba was downsized for the 1980 model year. The new smaller model used the J-platform that dated back to the 1976 Plymouth Volaré and was twinned up with the newly-named but very similar Dodge Mirada. Chrysler also revived the Imperial for 1981 as a third variant of the J-platform.
The Cordoba and Mirada now had a standard six-cylinder engine (the 225 Slant Six) that, while very reliable, did not seem to be suitable power for these slightly upmarket coupes. The much-detuned 318 cu in (5.2 L) V8 was an option (standard on the Imperial), as the 360 cu in (5.9 L) V8 was dropped.[6]
The 1980 and 1981 LS model (which was originally intended to be the "300") featured an aerodynamic-appearing nosecone (nearly identical to that on the Mirada) with a "crosshair" grille. Other features of this model were the deletion of the vinyl roof cover and a monotone color exterior.
The second-generation Cordoba's styling did not attract the praise of the original, and sales were off substantially. The industry downsizing of vehicles also affected the personal luxury models. Both the Chevrolet Monte Carlo in 1978 and the 1980 Ford Thunderbird shrank in size and sales simultaneously. However, those models eventually recovered as their makers moved to correct their cars' flaws, while the smaller Cordoba never did. Chrysler was increasingly concentrating on its compact, front wheel drive models with four and six-cylinder engines, and management stopped producing the Cordoba in 1983.
The 360 cu in (5.9 L) V8 was discontinued after the 1980 model year.[6] Only two engines were available with the Slant-6 being standard and the 318 cu in (5.2 L) V8 optional for the 1981-83 model years.
engine displacement, type,
carburetor type
max. motive power at rpm max. torque at rpm transmission 225 cu in (3,687 cc) Slant 6 I6
90 bhp (67 kW; 91 PS) (1980)
85 bhp (63 kW; 86 PS) (1981–83) @ 3600
160 lb·ft (217 N·m) (1980)
165 lb·ft (224 N·m) (1981–83) @ 1600
3-speed A904 automatic 318 cu in (5,211 cc) LA V8
120 bhp (89 kW; 122 PS) (1980)
130 bhp (97 kW; 132 PS) (1981–84) @ 3600
245 lb·ft (332 N·m) (1980)
230 lb·ft (312 N·m) (1981–83) @ 1600
Both the first generation and second generation Cordobas made appearances in NASCAR. Ed Negre campaigned one occasionally in 1979-80 seasons, and Buddy Arrington ran a second generation car in the 1982-84 seasons, alternating with Dodge Miradas and Chrysler Imperials. The Cordoba was no more aerodynamic than the other Mopars and never finished higher than 15th in any race entered.
Chrysler's Cordoba has a fairly loyal owner base, and some models are considered collectible. Good examples include early production 1975s, particularly with the optional four-barrel carburetor. However, the second generation Cordoba has attracted little interest in the collector market. Regarding the 300 version Consumer Guide states "the '79 could become a minor collectible in the distant future, but LS prospects seem slim to non-existent at this time."[7]
- ^ a b c d "The new Chrysler Cordoba (advertisement)". Ebony 25 (6): 84–85. April 1970. http://books.google.com/books?id=k0SaFPIrCVkC&pg=PA85&dq=Chrysler+Cordoba+collector+car. Retrieved 2010-12-27.
- ^ a b c Hyde, Charles K. (2003). Riding the Roller Coaster: A History of the Chrysler Corporation. Wayne State University Press. p. 223. ISBN 9780814330913. http://books.google.com/books?id=aQhTq18vi7AC&pg=PA223&dq=Chrysler+Cordoba+history. Retrieved 2010-12-27.
- ^ Novas, Himilce (2008). Everything you need to know about Latino history: 2008 edition. Penguin Group. pp. 330–331. ISBN 9780452288898. http://books.google.com/books?id=zZhjWwXS2X8C&pg=PA331&dq=Montalban+Chrysler+Cordoba+history. Retrieved 2010-12-27.
- ^ Frum, David (2000). How We Got Here : The 70's--The Decade that Brought You Modern Life--For Better or Worse. Basic Books. p. 25. ISBN 978-0465041954.
- ^ a b "Chrysler Cordoba, Specifications and Dimensions". http://www.moparautos.com/cordoba81-83.htm. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
- ^ a b "1978-1980 Chrysler Cordoba". Moparautos.com. http://moparautos.com/cordoba78-80.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-27.
- ^ Auto Editors of Consumer Guide (2007-07-26). "1979-1982 Chrysler Cordoba 300/Cordoba LS". auto.howstuffworks.com. http://auto.howstuffworks.com/1979-1982-chrysler-cordoba-300-cordoba-ls.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-27.
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Since 2013, Ed has built a robust menu of programs that provide Birmingham City students a number of opportunities to engage with professionals on topics related to college access, career exploration, and essential skills. The growth we have experienced over the course of the last four years has been exponential – going from zero to serving nearly 6,000 kids in grades K-12 in over 1,500 hours of programming with the help of more than 600 individual volunteers in the upcoming year. We remain, however, healthily dissatisfied: proud of what we have accomplished while understanding that there is still more work to be done.
What we did.
That's why, in the early spring of 2017, we began pursuing a robust 18-month strategic planning process. Here's a snapshot of we did:
- Convened over 15 cross-constituent focus groups, including students, families, funders, corporate partners, educators, and community members;
- Hosted 4 local design workshops that encouraged participants to identify city-wide educational goals and priorities;
- Held 13 1.5-hour interviews with early and recent Birmingham City alums and current BCS employees;
- Visited with school leaders, non-profit executives, community advocates, district employees and board members, and city officials in Atlanta, Nashville, Chattanooga, and Indianapolis at organizations such as the Mindtrust, Purpose Built Schools, Blue School New York, Broome Street Academy, Stand for Children, Teach for American – Indianapolis, Republic Schools, RedefinEd Atlanta, and Valor Academy;
- Conducted phone interviews with practitioners spanning both coasts, representing institutions such as Vanderbilt's Peabody College of Education, the Global Development Incubator, UChicago Consortium on School Research, Education Forward DC, Fund for the City of New York, and the National Network on Research Practice Partnerships.
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In conceptualizing this new model, we are shifting our focus toward identifying system-level needs and aggressively finding, recruiting, and supporting the talented folks in Birmingham and beyond who are the best people for the job. In this way, we will be working within a multi-level framework that is predicated on the following principles: schools as the unit of change, educators as the driving force, community engagement as the necessary foundation, and advocacy as a formal imperative.
In our first year of implementation of this new strategic vision, Ed will focus primarily on laying a foundation by investing staff capacity toward better understanding the current policy context, engaging with the community, and using data to inform our work. Here is what we plan to accomplish this year:
- The creation of the Ed Policy Project, a collection of 20-30 briefs on educational policy and best practice, and recommendations for a future policy agenda.
- Reviewing data to better understand the experience of students and families in Birmingham City Schools, including student achievement, demographics, and environmental factors.
- Implementation of on-going community engagement campaign in partnership with Birmingham City Schools and the Mayor's Office, which will include door-knocking, electronic surveys, phone polling, in-person interviews, and focus groups with students and families.
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Guest Bio: Joe chats with Young Jamie about his recent trip to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas to see what's coming out this year.
Topics Discussed: Razer three-screen laptop stolen at CES; House of Cards Netflix show; traditional television and DVRs; Lost TV show; more talk about TV shows; everyone's experience with TV is different; radio DJs in the past; Michael Jackson talk; fame; population talk; tiny Hong Kong apartments; Black Mirror TV show; sending messages through the brain; batteries made from nuclear waste; cremation diamonds made from ashes; seeing a dead body prepared for burial; dead Puerto Rican man posed playing dominos; guy who beat Bernard Hopkins is back working construction; more Bernard Hopkins and boxing talk; decline of boxers; fighters retiring while on top; Floyd Mayweather, Jr. talk; Chris Brown is going to box Soulja Boy; celebrity boxing matches; Jamie talks about a projector he saw; flat TVs at CES; curved monitors and TVs; laptops; tiny phones; Apple's click wheel iPhone prototype; how can cell phones evolve; virtual reality and augmented reality CES talk; (1:00:00) DJI buying Hasselblad; camera talk; Twilight Zone helicopter crash; high-end cameras for the consumer market; fitness trackers; cell phone voice quality; iPhone talk; 4K video compared to HD; 360 degree cameras; the future of video will be indistinguishable from reality; movies and TV in 8K 360 degree virtual reality 3D; Pandora: The World of Avatar theme park; replicating the feeling of virtual worlds; Tanvas lets you feel fabric through a touchscreen; HTC Vive talk; VR games and exercise; VR and haptic feedback; James Bond and other action stars never die in their movies; No Country for Old Men movie; Trump and Schwarzenegger's Twitter feud; monkey DNA and reward systems (again); preferring to live in a virtual world; what happens to astronauts' bodies in space; colonizing Mars and genetics; Interstellar movie; Arrival movie; movie theaters; streaming movies and piracy; cars at CES; DARPA says what's coming in 2017 will blow minds; robotic soldiers; robot assistants; Jamie was most impressed by a 360 degree camera at CES; self-driving cars at CES; massage chairs at CES; difficulty of hiking; Joe complains about his podcasting equipment; Joe talks about how powerful cars are today; 3D printed car at CES; how much better can cars get; Faraday Future car; more car talk; (2:00:00) The Lego Movie; technology and education; video chat; talk about Apple and its fanboys; people who are loyal to brands; Jamie's illness; marijuana in Las Vegas; DJs in Las Vegas; alcohol in Las Vegas; drugs in Vegas; smoking weed at a concert; edibles aren't comparable to booze; finding inspiration at a concert; taking a chance on your dreams; Huawei Mate 9 phone; professional video gaming; gaming chairs; Jamie talks about cameras; Icaros; Frog Fitness.
My Thoughts: You'll probably want to watch this if you're interested in technology. Jamie shows a lot of videos that explain what they're talking about better than I ever could since Jamie often doesn't mention any brands or models of the things he's talking about. That being said, there's not a whole lot of conversation about CES and technology. Lots of boxing talk and car talk towards the end along with talk about Las Vegas and drugs.
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Gym Stars
Handsprings and Homework
Gym-mad Tara still can't believe she's part of the Silverdale Gym Club - and that she's through to a national competition! But Tara's homework is starting to pile up and when her teachers notice that her schoolwork is sliding she's in big trouble... Can Tara finish all her work on time and win a gold medal? With a foreword by Olympic medal winner Beth Tweddle.
Chapter One
Tara Bailey stood in the middle of the springy blue floor at Silverdale Gymnastics Club and shivered. It was her first day back in the gym after Christmas and outside it was icy, but the tingle running down Tara's spine wasn't from the cold. It was a shiver of excitement.
"Ready?" asked Clare, her gymnastics coach. Tara bit her lip and nodded. She was definitely ready. In her mind, she'd been ready to do a backflip for months and months. But actually doing it was something different. She looked down at her feet, positioned neatly together on the floor. She could do backflips – or flicks, as all the gymnasts called them – with support from Clare, but she'd never tried one on her own before.
The last few minutes of the training session were ticking away. It was now or…well, not never…but she wouldn't get another chance until Friday, and two days away from Silverdale Gym seemed like for ever.
"Go, Tara!" whooped Megan. Tara grinned down at the floor. The other members of her Acrobatic Gymnastics group knew how desperate she was to do a flick by herself. She'd hardly talked about anything else since Regionals two months ago – the first gymnastics competition she'd ever taken part in. Not only had she won her first ever gold medal, but Tara and her partner Lindsay had also won the chance to compete in the National Acro competition for their level in a few months' time. Tara still couldn't believe it…and she was training harder than ever to make sure she was ready.
Standing very still, with her arms held by her sides, she prepared to try her first unassisted backflip. She kept her legs straight and leaned her weight back until she felt like she was about to topple over. Then she swung her arms up and pushed herself backwards, off the floor and onto her hands. Another push with her hands, and she was back on her feet again. Tara could hardly believe what had happened. She'd done a backflip without support, and she hadn't even landed on her head!
"Well done!" said Clare. "It was messy, but it's there. Work on keeping your legs together."
Tara nodded, breathless. It had been so quick that she hadn't had time to think about being neat or any of the things she remembered to do when she practised on the trampoline. She tried once more and got all the way over again. But her legs would not stay stuck together like she wanted, and Clare said her knees were bent.
"Brilliant," whispered Lindsay, as their coach went off to help Megan and Sophie practise punch-front somersaults. "Clare's just being picky."
"No, she's right," Tara replied. "I've got to keep practising until my flicks are better. Just getting over isn't enough." But she smiled at Lindsay to show that she didn't mind Clare's criticism, and she felt secretly pleased that Lindsay thought she'd done well. Besides, she'd managed two flicks in a row for the first time – nothing could ruin her day now.
They watched Megan and Sophie, two older girls in their group. Tara couldn't help feeling a bit jealous when she saw them take a run-up, jump onto both feet and whip their bodies round in tucked somersaults. One day, she promised herself…one day she'd be doing that, too.
"That's enough for today," Clare said to Sophie, and Tara looked over her shoulder at the clock high up on the wall. The hands had reached six o'clock and training was over.
"Nationals gymnasts!" Clare shouted, as the group began to leave the gym. "I want to talk to you before you go."
Tara still felt butterflies in her stomach every time she remembered that she was one of the Nationals gymnasts. Megan and Sophie were going to the Nationals too, as well as Jasmine and Sam, the most advanced girls in their squad.
"Your routines looked great at Regionals," Clare began, when they'd settled themselves on the floor. "You've had a bit of a break over Christmas, so I hope you've all recovered from the competition and are ready to work hard again! I'm glad to see that most of you have kept up with your stretching, even when you weren't at the gym." Clare paused and looked directly at Megan, who had complained more than anyone about being stiff during their first session back. "It's important that you do at least a little bit when you have time off."
Tara caught Megan's eye and exchanged a sympathetic grimace with her. During the week away from Silverdale, she'd loved being able to relax and spend more time with her best friends from school, Emily and Kate. But after a few afternoons watching Christmas films she'd missed the gym, and she'd made a big effort to do half an hour of stretching at home every day. She hoped she'd still be able to fit it in when she went back to school.
"There'll be extra training sessions for the National competition, just like there were for Regionals," continued Clare. "They'll start again this Sunday at 9 a.m. I'd like all of you to get working on some new balances for your routines."
Excitement rippled around the group and Tara hugged her knees into her chest. Learning new balances was so exciting! In Acrobatic Gymnastics, gymnasts performed routines in pairs and groups of three or four. They had to do balances as well as floor skills like backflips and somersaults. Tara had only been doing Acro for half a year, but balances had quickly become her favourite challenge.
Now all her dreams were made up of spectacular routines full of things she'd seen the more experienced gymnasts at Silverdale doing – breathtaking balances and amazing throws and somersaults that she and Lindsay would learn to do sometime in the far-off future. Instead of imagining what it would be like to be a famous singer or a glamorous actress like her school friends sometimes did, she dreamed of being a famous gymnast like Beth Tweddle.
"Wow, my legs ache so much," groaned Sophie, when they'd wrapped themselves up in coats, scarves and gloves, and were walking out to the car park.
"Mine too," agreed Megan. "It was nice to have time off for Christmas, but we're paying
for it now."
"We'll get used to it again soon," said Lindsay. "Especially with the extra training for Nationals."
"Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and now Sundays too – if Clare had her own way we'd be in the gym every day!" said Megan.
"All day, every day," laughed Sophie.
"That would be so much better than school," Tara said, smiling as she imagined it. Nothing but gymnastics – it sounded like heaven.
Jane Lawes studied American Literature and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia and started a PCGE in primary education, before deciding that her real passion lay in books. She currently works in publishing by day, and as an author by night and at the weekends. Gym Stars: Summertime & Somersaults is Jane's first novel.
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Melbourne United just misses out in overtime loss
IN THE NBL's 6275-game history only one team - Melbourne United - has played three successive overtime games.
That happened against Perth in Melbourne yesterday, but United could not register more history by winning all three of them, falling just short 81-80 to the defending champions.
Stephen Dennis' jumper with two seconds left in OT rebounded off the glass, for the Wildcats to open up a two-game lead over Melbourne in third place.
It was an unfortunate ending for Dennis (pictured), top-scoring for the game with 20 points and picking up five rebounds.
DeAndre Daniels excelled for Perth, with 18 points.It was a Dennis bounce assist for Daniel Kickert to score with three seconds left in regulation which brought the score to 71-all, taking the game to overtime.
Results: New Zealand Breakers 97 Sydney Kings 85; Cairns Taipans 100 Wollongong Hawks 93; Adelaide 36ers 91 Townsville Crocodiles 84


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