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Sexual abuse victims urged to speak out as part of week long awareness campaign
PUBLISHED: 14:44 02 February 2018 | UPDATED: 14:44 02 February 2018
Victims of sexual abuse and violence are being encouraged to speak out as part of a national week-long campaign to raise awareness.
Sexual Abuse and Sexual Violence Awareness Week takes place from Monday, February 5 to Sunday, February 11.
The hashtag - #ItsNotOk will be used to raise awareness of the issues across social media.
Suffolk Police are supporting the campaign along with organisations, individuals and agencies across the county.
Det Supt Eamonn Bridger, head of safeguarding at Suffolk Constabulary, said: "The effect on victims of sexual abuse and violence can be devastating and long lasting.
"I hope that this week of awareness will help to reassure victims that Suffolk Constabulary and its partners are committed to delivering excellent services to the victims of serious sexual offences.
"There has been significant investment in investigators and support services across the county and the Constabulary investment is now greater than ever."
The Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) called The Ferns in Ipswich, supports the work of Suffolk Police in investigating serious sexual offences.
It offers victims 24-hour medical care alongside emotional and practical support.
Sexual abuse can happen to anyone and the service is open to women, children and men.
Mr Bridger said: "We understand that victims might not want to tell police immediately what has happened to them so the role of the SARC is crucial here, offering a service that enables information to be given confidentially in a private, comfortable environment."
The Ferns provides medical examinations following a recent rape or sexual assault – without police involvement.
However, if at any time a victim decides to talk to police this can be arranged.
It also offers the opportunity for those who have suffered abuse in the past to come and talk with trained crisis workers to discuss what happened to them and to see what support they may need to aid their recovery.
Anyone who would like to speak to someone in confidence about sexual abuse or violence can contact Suffolk Police on 101, or staff at The Ferns on 0300 1235058 or via email firstname.lastname@example.com
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The United States and Britain are questioning Zimbabwe's presidential election results, saying they lack credibility.
Zimbabwe's election commission said Friday that challenger Morgan Tsvangirai beat incumbent Robert Mugabe in the March 29th vote but that a run-off will be needed.
In Washington, U.S. State Department spokesman Tom Casey said the final tally has "serious credibility problems" because of what he called the inexplicably long delays in releasing it.
Britain's Foreign Office said a second election could not be fair unless international monitors were present.
The European Commission also called for international observers to watch a run-off vote to ensure it is "fair" and "free".
Zimbabwe's government banned foreign observers from watching the March elections. It also prevented most foreign journalists from covering the vote.
Both the U.S. and Britain also expressed concern today about reported violence by Mr. Mugabe's supporters against his opponents. U.S. spokesman Casey said that before a run-off election happens, the Mugabe government needs to stop repressing the opposition and others who wish to peacefully express their views.
He said the United States would consult with other countries in the region about how to proceed.
Southern African countries have generally refrained from sharply criticizing President Mugabe or his government.
Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.


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I am wearing a size small in the photos. The sweatshirt is unisex sizing and very true to size. I usually wear a small for a slightly more fitted cute sweatshirt look and a medium if I want it a little more cozy and to cover my bum when I am wearing leggings. The sleeve and torso are long and the fit is everything you ever dreamed of in a sweatshirt. I really did search high and low for the most perfect sweatshirt and am so excited for you to experience the joy this wonderful sweatshirt brings me. :)
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The United Nations and its partners are working hard to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) while shaping a vision for a sustainable development agenda beyond 2015. In the midst of these efforts, it is becoming increasingly evident that innovative solutions must be found in order to tackle humanity's greatest challenges.
Documents tagged with Procurement Training and Certification Initiatives
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Conclusions of the Thirteenth Session of the High Level Committee on Management's Procurement Network (HLCM PN), Entebbe, 20-22 February 2013. The Session included updates from the Working Groups on Harmonisation, Professional Development, Supplier Access, Sustainable Procurement and Vendor Management as well as status reports on the projects on Vendor Eligibility, Collaborative Procurement, Harmonisation and the UN Global Marketplace Vendor Registration Reform.
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This group supports the professional development of procurement staff through strengthening peer-to-peer knowledge-sharing on best practices, innovative approaches and job descriptions. To facilitate this network of job description focal points has been established as well as the annual publication of a 'Training Compendium', detailing the various training/qualification/certification programmes being offered by UN agencies. Work is underway to identify a platform to facilitate the knowledge-sharing aspect, which is at the core of this group's work.


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Movie Review
Stunning effects, excellent acting and an intelligent script make for a scintillating, thought-provoking movie experience.
Recently I had the opportunity to watch and review the The Martian. I enjoyed it immensely and rated it accordingly. Like The Martian, Arrival is an intelligent sci-fi. Meaning it dazzles you with science, breath-taking SFX and Oscar-worthy performances. There are no big action sequences or blow 'em up battles between the alien visitors and human beings. And that's okay because Arrival doesn't need it.
When mysterious UFOs touch down across the globe, an elite team – led by expert linguist Louise Banks – is brought together to investigate. As mankind teeters on the verge of global war, Banks and the team race against time for answers – and to find them, she will take a chance that could threaten her life, and quite possibly humanity.
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Starring: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, and Forest Whitaker
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Rating/ Runtime: PG-13/ 1hr 56
My Thoughts
Excellent film! Hubby and I had the rare opportunity to go see a "grown-up" movie yesterday. It was really tough to choose, particularly since Fantastic Beasts is also playing. But we picked Arrival, looking for something more cerebral. I'm so happy with our choice. Arrival is not only a feast for your imagination but also for your brain. It's not often that I am forced to contemplate such lofty ideas and scenarios. Not with Wheels On the Bus running on repeat most of the time.
If you are looking for an alien flick with lots of fire power, or for Will Smith to save the world from annihilation, then this is not the movie for you. If anything the villains in this piece are human beings… don't worry, I won't say more than that. It's a think piece, and a very good one at that.
Amy Adams is on top of her game and it was really great to see Jeremy Renner step out of his tough guy shoes and try on something different for a change. And guess what? He has range! They are great together and I hope they consider teaming up again in future projects. That said, Amy Adams is the star of the show.
Wow! The special effects just blew me away. I'd have to say that this concept of an alien is my favourite to date. The vistas are pretty spectacular as well. Truly inspired but you'll have to take my word for it because of my "No Spoilers" rule.
As a whole, Arrival was intelligent, well executed, inspiring and entertaining. You will just have to see it to appreciate the nuances that make this movie so special.


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Tragic Life of Parveen Babi: Even her last wish was denied
It is impossible to judge a celebrity's life from what he chooses to broadcast to the world at large.
Beneath the perky personalities and sunny smiles, they maybe hurting, and you may never know.
Today we explore the tragic life of Parveen Babi who could see no wish come true in life or in death.
Earlier, we have covered the tragic life of Meena Kumari, Vinod Mehra and Kishor Kumar.
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Sarah Boden covers health and science for 90.5 WESA. Before coming to Pittsburgh in November 2017, she was a reporter for Iowa Public Radio where she covered a range of issues, including the 2016 Iowa Caucuses.
Sarah's reporting has appeared on NPR's Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition Saturday and WBUR's Here and Now. She has won multiple awards, including a regional Edward R. Murrow for her story on a legal challenge to Iowa's felon voting ban.


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Speaking in San Jose, California at Facebook's F8 gathering of tech folks, startups and others, Zuckerberg said that 2018 has been an "intense year" just four months in. (May 1) AP
Facebook has chosen Jackson as one of 30 cities it will visit in 2018 as part of its Community Boost program to provide free training to help small businesses grow and provide people digital skills to compete for jobs.
Facebook announced Thursday that Jackson will joinHouston, St. Louis, Albuquerque, Denver and Greenville, South Carolina, among others for the free training program. It will be in Jackson Sept. 18-19. Details of the training for Jackson are being worked out and will be tailored using input from local business owners and job seekers.
Small business owners, entrepreneurs and job seekers from digital beginners to advanced can find classes to benefit them, said Aneesh Raman, who manages Facebook's global economic impact programs. He said hopes are that the program will "launch training and conversations and local partnerships that continue."
In the first few cities it's been held, everyone who applied was accommodated, Raman said.
Raman said the training focuses on using Facebook and Instagram, but is not aimed at marketing those platforms and their products.
"First, I would say that what we know best and what we know small businesses want us most to help them with is our products," Raman said. "The core is Facebook and Instagram, but the skills can be applied to every digital tool and platform out there, and we encourage businesses to get online and try all the tools out there.
"We've been talking to small businesses and job seekers across the country. They know they need digital skills they don't have. We don't have to convince them of it."
Facebook says it did polling in Mississippi and found that 48 percent of small businesses said Facebook is essential for their business, and 73 percent said it allows them to find customers in other cities, states and countries. And 71 percent said they believe an individual's digital and social media skills are important when hiring.
Clay Chandler, spokesman for Gov. Phil Bryant, said: "A modernized system of workforce development that equips Mississippians for jobs of the future will allow our small businesses to continue to flourish. Gov. Bryant is thankful Facebook has dedicated its resources to supporting this innovative effort."
A sample course curriculum from the first program, held in St. Louis in March, lists classes for small businesses that included:
- Facebook basics for business.
- Connecting with local shoppers.
- Using Instagram for businesses.
- Finding new customers.
- Using smart phones for business.
- Security and privacy best practices.
- Using the social media platform to take a local business global.
Facebook says that since 2011 it has invested more than $1 billion in programs, including Community Boost, to help small businesses.
To learn more about the training and when and how to register, go to www.facebook.com/business/m/community-boost.


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Kool Keith has been the lovable weirdo of Hip Hop since the formation of the highly influential Ultramagnetic MCs in 1984. Since then, he has been making distinctive music throughout every decade of hip hop, earning him a cultish following along with iconic status. His outspoken personality and strong convictions have made him a breath of real air amongst musical smog. Fusicology got him on the phone to discuss his new album, Love and Danger, skinny jeans and the state of the culture.
Fusic: The new album is entitled Love and Danger. Are we to assume that the two go hand-in-hand?
Kool Keith: This album is different to me because instead of me just rappin' on stuff, which I like to do sometimes, this time, I worked on choruses. The bridges. Like I could've just rapped on them, but I put some good choruses on these records. That's one thing that I think a lot of rappers can't really make, is quick choruses. I always had the lyrical part of the song, that was no problem.
Fusic: Did that come easy to you or did you have to push yourself?
Kool Keith: I used to just spit on a record for 72 bars…a lot of rappers are still learning that you can't do a record with 80 bars with no choruses. I do that sometimes just for lyrical practice but I worked on some choruses this time so people can get more in dimension with the song. Like when you hear "Miami", I did breakdown, some singing parts. Which I'm good at that, most of the time, I think my choruses are pretty good.
A few people can do good choruses. Like 50 Cent is good at making good choruses. I do the same thing as well. For years, I've been good for doing my choruses for my records. I don't bring somebody in. Some people always gotta bring somebody in, like they gotta hire some guy to come and sing on the hook for them, I don't do that. I can do the job of a pop R&B artist coming in and doing the chorus, I save myself the time and the headache of trying to get in touch with some R&B artist that's stuck up and they might not wanna do it, but I do it better than them.
So it shows my flexibility. You got a lot of artists that are good at rappin' but they can't sing as well and still be good, it's either they can sing or they can rap.
Fusic: In the song "New York" you have a verse that says "Can I have my own autograph please?" Have you ever given yourself your own autograph?
Kool Keith: I do it all the time. I write my name over and over on a piece of paper. Just to see…like when I'm writing lyrics, its a different type of penmanship. I used to write my songs over after I wrote them. First, I would write the song, scratch it out and write it over again, I used to write all my songs over after like three versus. Now I don't do it no more because it takes too much time.
Fusic: You have a NY song and a Miami song on your new album. If you were to have made an LA song, what would you say on it?
Kool Keith: Well, the Sex Styles album is really about California, a lot of it. I use a lot of porn references when I make LA records 'cause you know, I'll be sitting by the pool, porn stars feedin' me lemonade, stuff like that. I have different perspectives cause I've traveled to different cities, so traveling to different places has opened my mind up a lot to write on an international level. So I have experience with seeing different places, where a lot of rappers, they can't really rap about it too much because they've never had international relations. Me, I can write, I've been to a lot of places.
Fusic: You've always spoken about record labels/industry being fucked up. has the situation gotten worse to you as an artist or do you see improvements in the game?
Kool Keith: Well, the last couple of projects that I've put out were independents, I was more successful without record labels, so I didn't have too many encounters with record labels. So I was pretty street the last five, six years. The last 8 years.
Fusic: Ultramagnetic came out in the early 80's, you've basically been around in every era of hip hop. What was your favorite era and do you think hip hop can be saved at this point?
Kool Keith: I think the golden age was the best because it had a lot of variety, we had more variety and creativity. Everybody was comin' with their own creativeness.
Now, everybody do one thing: either just champagne or partyin', now everybody's on every record, wanna be gangsta on every record. Or everybody's smokin' weed on every song, so that's what we got now, so I think back then we had more variety, we had more differentiation and creativity, and everybody was more talented a little bit, I hope that comes back, but in music, everybody's doing new stuff, which is cool, everybody's makin' new songs, that part of it, I don't have a problem.
Fusic: Black Elvis vs. Elvis Prestley
Kool Keith: When i made Black Elvis, the blueprint, the record company took it the wrong way, they took it in a comedic form. I mean Black Elvis was to be the Elvis Prestley in rap, not Elvis' music, but Elvis' form of, just in the industry, travelin', going to Vegas, tour bus, all the white girls (laughs), but a black guy doing the same thing. The persona of a rap star, that was it basically. The nightlife. The rock nightlife.
Fusic: One of the most special things about you that all of us as hip hop fans appreciate is all of your different aliases, that's the most creative shit, also you're one of the first people to come up with mad aliases. So I would like to ask you a few questions and if you could tell me which one of your aliases would do these things:
*Which one would not be a fan of Prince?
Kool Keith: I would say Dr. Octagon.
*Which one would be down to herd sheep as a side gig?
Kool Keith: Maybe Dr. Doom
*Which one would wear skinny jeans and a mohawk and which one would kill that one?
Kool Keith: Skinny jeans and a mohawk, that would be Fly Ricky.
*alright, and which one would kill skinny jeans?
Kool Keith: I think Dr. Doom would kill skinny jeans. It's funny though, let me re-iterate. The skinny jeans thing is a part of hip hop, but…I do have a total campaign against skinny jeans, because I think they're jeans tighter than a woman's basically, they're tighter than your jeans, but…I don't root rappers wearing them.
Of course i'm not wearing baggy pants that are like "urban baggy" but I think the skinny jeans…I don't think that rap has to qualify for skinny jeans. They makin' it seem like every rapper that has to be approved official now, in this time, has to have on skinny jeans.
They could still be punk rock, or village So Ho with a belt and a nice shirt, whatever, a t-shirt and a snap-back and with the latest sneakers on and still be a part of the hip hop movement, but you don't have to totally go and put those tiny little pants on your body, you look like a Keebler elf.
It looks weird when you see guys with 'em, but they makin' rap feel like it has to go that way. It's a cartoon character too, they got big giant sneakers on and little pants that don't even fit over the sneaker. I never thought we would come to that era when then guys' pants are tighter than a woman's. Like my pants are tighter than yours and i'm huggin' you and aggressively walkin' up the street with you: I can't get used to it.
I refuse to submit to that part of rap.
Fusic: I think the whole skinny jeans things is a good metaphor for all of hip hop right now. It just shows you where the jeans have gone, the music has pretty much gone down the same road.
Kool Keith: Yeah, in the fashion world, like when you go in the store, you have no flexibility, they don't even offer boot cut, they don't even offer flair, True Religion and a lot of these other companies, they should still have a variety cause the young kid automatically has no options, they only give them that option to pick a skinny pair of jeans, I think that's kind of gross right there.
And it also pushes kids towards maybe another route of finding themselves…I think it pushes a lot of kids towards other ways of being other than maybe a man, they might feel like, "These jeans are tight, I sometimes feel like i can go be feminine" or something. it's too close to be feeling, too close for comfort.
It's almost like saying, "We makin' panties for men now, get used to it." I don't think people should take that and be comfortable. I think that's something to really think about, I mean, would you make those skinny jeans for a little baby, that's a newborn? The guy who's creating that should have a real optic view about that. That's something, that's an issue.
I don't think that's too positive.
Fusic: When you're in the recording booth, say you're in there as Dr. Octagon, for instance, what happens to all the other alter egos when you're recording as a specific one? Do they go into other dimensions?
Kool Keith: Well, when I'm woking on something, I have a week of free spirit when I make songs that are totally not going towards the character. In the studio, I might lock into one person.
And then I'll go back to like, making neutral stuff that can go anywhere, it'll just be neutral. It's like you have a different variety of sodas, one day you like grape, one day you like cherry, and one day you make some regular songs that's clear water, they're clear, attached to nothin', it goes down the street and goes down the middle. Then some go right, and some go left. But I usually record regular songs, out the box, with no concept. Makin' 20 songs about just random things, so I don't feel like its a concept.
Then I have a concept time. But being out of concept is a vacation for me sometimes. Cause somebody will give you a project like, "I need you to write 12 songs about a lion." I'll be like, "its a job, now."
Fusic (laughs): Does it go down a lot like that, where you have to do mad songs about a limited topic?
Kool Keith: I hate to meet even a rapper sometimes, when he wants to do a collabo and he's like "I want you to write this song about a cat, I want you to talk about my black cat the whole record. Let's go back and forth…"
That's a job, it gets to be a job, Or, "I wanna do a song about a rat" like the whole song. It's hard to do a whole album about a rat. And you know, I think sometimes people get a little carried away with it, it gets hard sometimes.
Its funny, the people that pay you more money are less conceptual. Like you can get a bigger sum of money from a big rock band and they're like "Hey, just go in there and say what you like!" And then you can meet somebody that wanna give you a hard time for like, so much less. They'll be like, "Hey, I need this song written about my hamster…talk about his legs and his eyes, and what he eats, talk about the food in his cage, and habit trail…" and you're like, "Wow, this is a job."
Fusic: What's the craziest thing someone's asked you to write about?
Kool Keith: There's so many, some people want me you write about, like, "Lets write about SuperFly…let's do a whole record about being a pimp." It gets to be a little too out of order sometimes. I don't mind…Octagon was conceptual but it was conceptual in a free way. The lyrics was all over the place but it was the skits that made it popular.
Just like with Love and Danger, it's free, kind of. Concept sometimes holds you in a limit because you gotta stay in the range of somebody's concept, "Ahh, they want you to write a song about a garbage bag" and you gotta write 3 versus about this garbage bag. They pick some stuff that don't really have a lot of dimension to it, which makes it extra hard. Like how much can you write about a garbage bag?
Fusic: You must get that more than any other person, I bet people flock to you for that shit…
Kool Keith: Well, a lot of people have weird beats that the normal rapper wouldn't rap on which they think I would rap on. Like they have a beat that they wouldn't show the average rapper…you got weird producers and they think they got a Willie Wonka creative beat that they feel like you should rap on.
I have a selective selection of beats that I like to rap on also. Some people think that I like any kind of record. They might pick some trash, and they feel like "Let me try to get Keith on the phone for this record." Sometimes I wanna say, "Why don't you pass that to Rakim and see what he says?" just to get an answer, just to see what he tells them.
I usually say something like, "Pass it to KRS" and they can get the message like, "I bet you he won't do it," to make them see I'm different but I don't think that you should feel comfortable that I'm so different that I would rap on this track you made that sounds totally crazy.
Like I got a distinctive music but it has a conformity of some sort that makes it listenable. It's different but it's listenable- different. So if some guy makes something different but it sounds so crazy that you're like, "Turn that off, that's not being different, that's being crazy, that's being different like retarded"
But you can't even play that in the human society. You made something that sounds just so weird that maybe you and your cat should listen to it or somethin' like that. Sit in the room with your dog and close the door in the dark and play it. You can't sit around and play it in front of a bunch of girls, you can't play it in front of a civilized crowd.
Like Octagon is different but you can play "Girl Let Me Touch You" in a big, packed audience of people. But if you're making something that just sounds crazy, sounds running all through it, and the drums don't match, and it's like, you're trying' to be different, its not natural different. Like you're trying to be so different that you made some wack music. Like you trying to say "I'm gonna make this so wack, that it's gonna stand out."
So a lot of people are doing that also, they're making something so crazy that its out of whack a little bit, it's wacko.
Fusic: There should be a method to the madness. It can't be scattered all over the place.
Kool Keith: Well, people forget I make the records that I make, the baselines go with the drums and the stuff sounds good to the ear. Like I remember my friend one time, he told me he got some beats from a guy, somebody gave him a tape of beats, like anytime you got a producer who gives you a cd with 30 beats on it…it should be like a good 5 or 7. Sometimes producers give me like, 15 beats and I didn't like one of them. All over the place stuff on every track. Like every track comes on, fast forward. Fast forward.
Fusic: On that note, who would you say are your top five hip hop producers of all time and why?
Kool Keith: 1. Me 2. Ray West 3. Neptunes 4. Beats By The Pound 5. Mr. Sche. Beats By The Pound to me is like the original beats from the South. And this is my top 5.
Fusic: Anything you'd like to add?
Kool Keith: It feels like it's going to be an official solo year, my last album.
Fusic: Are you saying that this is your last album that you plan to release, did I hear that right?
Kool Keith: Well, as far as that, I mean, I've recorded a lot of records, I've made a lot of songs…but I feel like, what I do is on my twitter, I have a lot of treats that I put out, I have a bowl of what I call "candy" that I put out up on twitter, it keeps me current. I'm always dropping something fresh out the oven. Out the microwave oven. It shows how I stay up with the times.
I think this is probably the moment for me to sign out. I'm quite sure it would be a shock.
Fusic: I'm shocked.
Kool Keith: I felt like rap wasn't competitive, I'm more into competition.
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A former South Dade Senior High student is suing the Miami-Dade County School Board for not providing her with better protection from her teacher who sent her lewd texts and had sex with the minor.
The 16-year-old, who goes by the initials C.R.R., is also asking for damages from her former geometry teacher Bresnniel Jansen Mones, who the lawsuit claims sent her graphic texts and took her virginity on his desk in December 2013.
The suit asks for monetary damages and claims neglect on behalf of the School Board, which it says knew of a similar incident at the same school also involving Mones, five years ago.
The suit says that in the fall of 2013, the girl was the victim of "unlawful intentional sexual battery, statuatory rape and other acts of sexual misconduct," and that Mones committed the alleged crimes "while working as an employee of the School Board."
Mones could not be reached Thursday and his criminal attorney — who represented him during an earlier plea deal after his arrest in January — was out of town. It's not known if he has representation in the civil suit filed Thursday.
John Schuster, spokesman for Miami-Dade Public Schools, wouldn't address the lawsuit, saying, "the district does not comment on pending litigation."
In January, Mones, 32 at the time, was arrested by Miami-Dade Schools Police after the school's principal learned he was having sex with the unnamed 16-year-old. A friend of the victim informed the principal, who notified police. Mones was originally charged with sexual battery, but reached an agreement with the Miami-Dade State Attorney for lesser charges.
In September, Mones pleaded guilty to sending lewd texts to his student through the school's emailing system and by text to the girl's phone. He also was charged with three counts of having sex with a minor.
Under the agreement, Mones was forced to register as a sex offender, never teach or babysit again and to stay away from minors. He agreed to 10 years probation, but the probation could end after eight years if he abides by the rules.
The civil suit filed Thursday says the School Board was aware of Mones' history and should have been more protective of its students at South Dade High in Homestead. The girl's attorney provided the Miami Herald with the results of an investigation by Schools Police into an incident in 2008 in which no probable cause was found to charge Mones.
The 10-page report shows MySpace and text message correspondence between Mones and another of his geometry students, but concludes that Mones did not engage in "sexually inappropriate conduct" with the student. Still, it found that he might have broken a rule that forbids even the appearance of impropriety. He was never punished.
The civil suit contends Mones began teaching C.R.R during the first quarter of 2013 and by the fall had sent messages that began as school-related, but escalated to a "very graphic, sexual nature." It says between September and December 2013, Mones had oral sex with the girl and that "the sexual abuse continued and escalated to rape," culminating in Mones "taking C.R.R's virginity on his desk in his classroom at South Dade High School on Dec. 20, 2013.''
Eventually, at her request, the lawsuit says, the student was transferred to Felix Varela High. What she didn't know was that Mones lived directly across the street from the school. She's been home schooled since.
"The intentional sexual battery by Jansen and grossly negligent, indifferent and reckless conduct, and breach of trust and confidence by School Board has caused C.R.R to experience severe and permanent psychological injuries and loss of her virginity," the lawsuit says.
Miami Herald Staff Writer Charles Rabin contributed to this report.
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Chewing ice mindlessly is an incredibly common habit, especially during hot summer months. Unfortunately, just like many other hard foods, ice has the potential to damage teeth, enamel and gums. The American Dental Association suggests skipping ice chewing. But is it really so easy to give up an entrenched habit? We know it's not. If you do love to crunch ice, try our 3 alternatives to ice chewing. And for long-term crunchers with tooth sensitivity, try oral care products that help make teeth less sensitive.
Chew On This: Ice Crunching And Your Teeth
1. Make It Melt
Instead of crunching your way through a glass of frosty cubes, try letting them melt in your mouth slowly. You'll still get that satisfying refreshment from the cool ice, and it will actually last longer than just chomping the entire glass.
TIP: Another option is to skip ice in beverages altogether and remove temptation to chew. Ice crunchers can also remind themselves that by skipping the ice in restaurants, they're foregoing a certain amount of filth — ice makers are notoriously difficult to clean and often can be havens for bacteria.
2. Switch to Slush
You can also try replacing your regular cubes with softer types of ice. Go for shaved ice, slushies, or even "soft" ice, also known as nugget ice, which is slushier than the regular stuff. Make it part of your routine, and you might not even miss ice crunching!
TIP: If you find ice crunching impossible to resist, tell your dentist. Craving and chewing ice can be related to iron deficiency, and an iron supplement can help.
3. Crunch Switch
The cooling sensation of crunching ice is great, but so is the crunching. When you feel the need to crunch away, go for carrot sticks, cucumber slices, apple slices — anything nice and crisp.
TIP: There's an additional benefit to crunching up crisp fruits and vegetables; all that chewing of fibrous material will stimulate saliva production, which acts as a natural mouthwash — and the particles of fiber will help scrub your teeth, too.


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Checking for understanding
When students have collected their data in the red pepper osmosis experiment, how will you check whether they understand what has happened?
Explaining the movement of water in osmosis requires students to clearly order their thoughts, and is a good opportunity for you to check for misconceptions.
Students could be asked to work together to annotate their results graph using key terms such as: osmosis, diffusion, water molecules, sucrose solution, dilute solution, concentrated solution, concentration gradient, concentration, percentage increase in mass, percentage decrease in mass, no change in mass, flaccid, turgid, cells, tissue, into the cell, out of the cell.
Alternatively, you could ask students to draw a diagram of a test tube of sucrose solution containing a piece of red pepper tissue in each of the three zones of the graph, with arrows to indicate net movement of water molecules.
How else might you check students' conceptual understanding of what is happening during this practical?
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Выступление на международной научно-практической конференции «Югра, Сибирь, Россия: политические, экономические социокультурные аспекты прошлого и настоящего»
Нижневартовский государственный университет, октябрь, 2013
"The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change", Victor Hugo
With the introduction of Federal government educational standards (ФГОС II), Russian education is now facing the biggest challenge it has ever faced. The priority goal of our society and education system is to develop young people's abilities basing on their mastering the ways of mental activities. And the result of education is "measured" by the students' experience in acquiring the ways of gaining knowledge. So the task for the teachers is to turn the process of learning into the process of acquiring the ways of discovering knowledge, only this way we can teach our students think differently and be innovative.
The question is: "How to make teaching developing and creative? What technology can be useful?"


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SOURCE: Brady, Owen E. Review of Henry VI: Revenge in France, Henry VI: Revolt in England. Theatre Journal 55, no. 1 (2003): 148-49.
In the following review, Brady commends Leon Rubin's 2003 adaptation of the Henry VI plays—Revenge in France and Revolt in England—particularly Rubin's ability to shape this episodic historical sequence into a clear and coherent production of contemporary relevance.
Director Leon Rubin's deft editing of Shakespeare's bloody Henry VI trilogy into two productions commissioned by the Stratford Festival gives the bard's episodic history plays a terrible relevance and coherence. Along with clarifying the political broils in fifteenth-century England for an audience not necessarily familiar with them, Rubin's two-part version creates a Machiavellian world peopled by ambitious characters embodying the human will to power. Their pride unleashes civil butchery in terms so savage that the contemporary audience feels uncomfortably at home. Using the betrayals, burnings, stabbings, and beheadings that...
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Ian Ayres is a lawyer and an economist. He is the William K. Townsend Professor at Yale Law School, the Anne Urowsky Professorial Fellow in Law, and a Professor at Yale's School of Management. He is the author of Super Crunchers and Carrots and Sticks. He delivers a keynote speech at Discovery Summit about predictive analytics and incentives, which begins at 10:45 a.m. ET on Tuesday, Sept. 11.
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HIT2GAP: Highly Innovative building control Tools Tackling the energy performance gap
EU / H2020 Grant Agreement No.: 680708
Topic: EeB-07-2015 New tools and methodologies to reduce the gap between predicted and actual energy performances at the level of buildings and blocks of buildings
Starting date of project: 1st of September 2015 Duration: 48 month
The actual energy consumption of buildings in Europe often significantly exceeds the expected energy requirements. This gap in energy performance can arise from construction errors or from differences between the way a building was intended to be used and how it is actually used.
An energy management platform could help to reduce this energy gap - and this will be easier thanks to a new and innovative energy reporting platform.
To create a new energy reporting platform, the HIT2GAP project will deliver:
The modules are explained in more detail here.
The aims of the HIT2GAP project are:
The HIT2GAP partners are working together to create a platform which is both generic and modular, which could be used in a wide variety of buildings and groups of buildings.
It will include plug-and-play modules that are designed to inform users about the operational performance of their building(s), based on data collected at building level.
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Well, another fantasy baseball season has come and gone in the Synthetic Chemicals Baseball League. I am pleased to report that the JMP Yankees have taken the 2011 title.
This eight-team league was formed in 1988, and this is the 13th championship for the JMP Yankees franchise in the 23-year history of the league. What initially started out on a napkin, scoring and tallying point totals for the ballplayers, from newspaper box scores has migrated to a sophisticated website endeavor where live scoring is available to all participants in the league.
The overall records for teams in the league for the last 11 years, since website compilation, are tabulated below:
Although the technology has changed, the success of the JMP Yankees has not. In fact, since the website approach was adopted in 2001, the JMP Yankees have won six championships. This year's MVP for the JMP Yankees was Curtis Granderson, and Cy Young belonged to CC Sabathia with an assist from Mariano Rivera.
This season did not start off so strongly for the JMP Yankees, came out of the gate with an 0-3 record in the first three weeks. But a Control Chart analysis shows a mean shift in the second half of the season compared to the first half.
A Control Chart of the season scoring for the JMP Yankees shows a process alarm on special cause test #2 (nine points in a row in a single -- upper or lower -- side of Zone C or beyond):
If the season is broken down into the two halves and the phase feature is used in the Control Chart analysis, the variation improvement is quite evident. I'd like to think that the manager was responsible due to his lineup manipulations over the course of the season :-)
The starting lineup for this year's JMP Yankees was:
C - B. McCann-Atl
1B - A. Pujols-St. L
2B - N. Walker-Pitt
3B - M. Prado-Atl
SS - D. Jeter-NYY
OF - C. Granderson-NYY
OF - I. Suzuki-Sea
OF - A. Jones-Bal
DH - M. Teixiera-NYY
P - CC Sabathia-NYY
P - Romero-Tor
P - Greinke-Mill
P - D Haren-LAA
RP - Rivera- NYY
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- Format: PS4 (version reviewed), PC, Vita
- Unleashed: Out Now
- Publisher: Koei Tecmo
- Developer: Gust
- Players: 1
- Site: http://www.koeitecmoamerica.com/firis/
- Game code provided by the publisher
The Atelier games, if you're not familiar with them, have been going for about twenty years now. In fact, they've been going for about twenty years even if you are familiar with them. Anyway, series fans will be pleased to hear that the latest entry doesn't rock the boat in any unpleasant ways, and they can be sure that they'll enjoy it. For those who haven't played an Atelier game before, or did but didn't like it… well, never before have we played a game that does so much right yet ends up so difficult to recommend.
You play as the eponymous Firis, a young woman living in a secluded town inside a mountain because why not. She dreams of going out into the big bad world like her big sister. One day, a pair of travelling alchemists force their way into the town by blowing the door up (as they do). Firis becomes an apprentice alchemist, proves herself self-sufficient enough to leave town by solving people's problems with alchemy, then goes on a journey – a mysterious journey, some might say – through the outside world to become a fully-fledged licensed alchemist.
Ostensibly an RPG, complete with NPCs doling out quests and monsters to kill via turn-based combat, Atelier Firis is more about the alchemy side of things than anything else. While walking around the world, you'll be picking up and digging out materials. A lot of materials. You'll then use these in your atelier – which you can summon into existence at any campfire spot you come across – to make things. Alchemy really is the heart of the game. There are certain things you need to make in order to progress the story but, more generally, you can also create healing items, weapons, ingredients for other recipes, and more. Git gud at alchemy.
You level up your party through combat, but Firis also has a separate alchemy skill level that increases through cooking up all these bits and bobs. Some items require you to hit a minimum alchemy level in order to create them and, besides, the more you make the same items the better they will slowly become. A healing salve may level up to restore more health, or a weapon might deal more damage and have additional effects. You'll discover a few new recipes by completing quests, but most of the time Firis comes up with a new recipe simply by creating, exploring, collecting, and generally taking actions until she has a "Eureka" moment (with no obvious rhyme or reason behind it).
Simply walking around the world slowly drains Firis's number of 'LP' points and, if this hits zero, she won't be able to explore any more. These points can disappear at a quite frankly alarming rate, but can always be restored by returning to the atelier and sleeping. Although this can be slightly annoying at times, the game is pleasingly full of warp points, including campfires for setting up the atelier.
In addition to plentiful warp spots, the game continues to be user-friendly by employing a simple and easy-to-understand combat system. Even if you'd never played a turn-based game before, you'd be fine here with attacks, skills, and effects plainly explained and effective/ineffective attack-enemy combos crystal clear. It's also neat to be able to use a weapon/explosive you've crafted yourself to take out an enemy. At times, the game seems to be going out of its way to make itself accommodating and welcoming. But, well…
Atelier Firis is really dull.
Dull. That's the word that we're drawn to whenever trying to express what's wrong with the game. The graphics are sub-average PS3 fare, complete with frame rate problems, but that's merely a warning klaxon. The concept of a hyper-naive individual thrust into a complex world isn't a new one, but gives the writers plenty to play with. Unfortunately, the idea is never really explored beyond Firis saying how she likes the feel of rain (every single time it rains) and having her punctuate the script with "Ee-hee-hee-hee!" far too many times for our liking.
The problem isn't just with Firis. Every single character is a bland cardboard cut-out of a fantasy NPC, with nobody ever even threatening to carry the story. The story itself, in fact, is… well… dull. The telling is no better than the overarching plot, resulting in an utterly uninspiring script that never comes close to making you care about what happens to the world or any of the people that live in it.
Gameplay outside of the atelier almost seems to be an afterthought. Walk, pick up materials, fight, pick up materials, deliver something you've made, pick up materials, pick up materials, return to the atelier to restore LP, pick up materials… you get the idea. Frustratingly, the map/quest screen is amazingly inconsistent in how it guides you. Sometimes – most of the time, to be fair – it points you in the exact right direction, or at least gives you enough to work things out for yourself. Other times, it will guide you part way through a quest then seemingly abandon you completely, leaving you to stumble across the right location or material by chance. Not that you'll have much motivation for getting there.
Despite all this, it's actually not difficult to see why Atelier games have their fans. It's obvious that a lot of time and effort has gone into the alchemy aspect, which has depth yet can be learned by anybody willing to put a little time in. There's even a non-annoying minigame of a sort, whereby you decide the best way to fit each ingredient (represented by a shape) onto a grid to maximise your creation's effects. The fact is though that not nearly enough effort has gone into the rest of the game and, as a result, there are piles of other titles more worthy of your time and money.


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Today, February 9, is Safer Internet Day. Organized by Insafe (the European Safer Internet awareness-raising network co-funded by the European Commission), Safer Internet Day is part of a global awareness-raising campaign to promote a safer Internet, especially for children and young people.
Safer Internet Day 2010 is focused on the theme, Think B4 U Post. "Once an image is posted online, it's hard, if not impossible, to take it back. Anyone can see it. The goal is not to prevent young people from using these sites, but to make them aware of the risks of sharing personal information online and to encourage them to control their online identity by thinking carefully about the consequences," according to Insafe.
It might be commonly believed that today's kids, teens and young adults - having grown up with the both the pros and cons of leading an online life - are knowledgeable on the privacy and security risks of the Internet. But, Insafe cites figures from a recent European online survey that proves some discrepancies in that logic, showing that young people need guidance in order to take control of their personal information online. While over half of the children and young adults surveyed said they realize that it's not safe to post personal information on their blog or social networking sites, according to the study's findings:
- 44% provide personal details on the Internet
- One in eight give out their home address
- 40% of parents in Europe admit that they don't monitor their children online
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Because how high or low bail may be can determine whether a defendant can return home while defending against his or her criminal charges, rather then remaining in custody, it is important to understand what factors will be considered by Pennsylvania courts when a person's bail is set. Knowledge is power, and having this knowledge will allow the strongest arguments to be made by the defendant's attorney to get the lowest bail possible.
How are the Pennsylvania bail standards determined?
The question of what amount of bail may be appropriate is answered by applying the bail standards set forth in the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure. In addition, a fixed bail for a certain offense is not allowed under the Rules.
For example, and in light of the above-referenced prohibition against fixed bail or some variation, it was determined by Pennsylvania courts that the Court of Common Pleas in question could not impose a per se rule which required the posting of $100 bail for every defendant who elected to appeal a summary conviction. This concern was addressed in the case of Commonwealth v. Mitchell, 242 Pa.Super. 543, 364 A.2d 406 (1976).
What factors will be considered in the setting of a person's bail in Pennsylvania?
The Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure require that in setting pre-verdict bail (bail before a verdict is imposed), the defendant's bail must be such as to insure the presence of the defendant as required by the bond. The Pennsylvania Rules also state that a defendant's bail must be determined according to the following bail standards:
- The nature of the offense charged and any mitigating or aggravating factors that may bear upon the likelihood of conviction and possible penalty
- The defendant's employment status, history, and financial condition
- The nature of the defendant's family relationships
- The length and nature of the defendant's residence in the community, and any past residences
- The defendant's age, character, reputation, mental condition, and whether the defendant is addicted to alcohol or drugs
- If the defendant has previously been released on bail, whether the defendant appeared as required and complied with the conditions of the bail bond
- Whether the defendant has any record of flight to avoid arrest or prosecution, or of escape or attempted escape
- The defendant's prior criminal record
- The defendant's use of any false identification
- Any other factors relevant to whether the defendant will appear as required and comply with the conditions of the bail bond.
In weighing the bail factors specified in the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, Pennsylvania courts must also consider that modern police methods of detection, including the exchange of photographs, fingerprints, DNA, and related considerations, are a deterrent to a defendant's flight from prosecution in Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania counties.
When can a person be released on one's own recognizance in Pennsylvania?
A person who has been accused, but not yet convicted of a criminal offense in Pennsylvania, may be allowed to be released from custody prior to the trial without being required to post a bail bond. The accused individual provides the court with a formal written statement, which declares that his failure to appear will precipitate payment to the court of a specifically indicated sum of money. This is known as a being released on "one's own recognizance," or personal recognizance.
Per Pennsylvania Rule of Criminal Procedure 524, a defendant in Pennsylvania must be released on nominal bail or his or her own recognizance (ROR) if:
- the most serious criminal offense charged does not carry more than a three-year sentence;
- the defendant lives in Pennsylvania;
- the defendant poses no threat of physical harm to himself or others; and
- the issuing authority or court has reasonable grounds to believe that the defendant will appear as required. (Regarding Philadelphia bail matters, and depending on at which stage of the criminal process bail is being addressed or re-addressed, the "issuing authority" can be either the bail commissioner or a judge sitting in the Criminal Division of the Philadelphia Municipal Court or the Court of Common Pleas. Regarding bail matters in most Pennsylvania counties, the issuing authority will most often be a magisterial district judge, but in some instances can be a Court of Common Pleas judge.)
It should be noted that in court cases when the most serious offense is punishable by a sentence of imprisonment of more than three years, the issuing authority or the court has the authority to release the defendant on his or her own recognizance (ROR) or on nominal bail, although such release is not required and bail may be set a higher amount.
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If you or a loved one has been arrested and charged with a crime, make no mistake, the initial setting of bail can mean the difference between sitting in jail, sometimes unfortunately for months, or being able to go home to be with family, return to work, and to fight the charges from the best position possible - out of custody.
Whether bail is being initially set or needs to be lowered in Pennsylvania, be it in Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Berks, Lancaster, Lehigh, or Northampton County, contact attorney Joseph D. Lento today.


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HUDDERSFIELD Giants are looking to Paul White to provide the main attacking spark against Widnes Vikings in Sunday's Super League clash at the McAlpine Stadium (5.30).
With leading strike weapons Brandon Costin (shoulder) and Stanley Gene (fractured cheekbone) ruled out for the remaining three games, the Giants will be looking to White to plug the gap.
It's a hard act to follow for the 21-year-old scrum half.
But head coach Tony Smith believes this is White's big chance to show exactly what he can do.
"This could be his biggest opportunity," declared Smith.
"Some fans have been looking for him to have a chance like this all season.
"It's unfortunate it's come about because of the injuries to Brandon and Stanley.
"But it's up to Paul to make the most of this opening and try and establish himself as best he can for the remainder of the year.
"I know he feels he's done his apprenticeship now and is excited at the prospect of playing a major attacking role for us."
Although Smith will, as usual, be keeping his team selection cards close to his chest, White and Paul March are favourites to take on the half-back role against the Vikings.
There is, of course, no back-up from fellow half-back Graham Holroyd, who will stay at Doncaster for the rest of the season after being told he will be released by the Giants.
Also leaving the McAlpine are Craig McDowell and Gareth Greenwood, who both made one Super League appearance this year.
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