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Piedmont PAINTS Grants $36,200 to PUSD for the 2017-2018 Academic School Year
PAINTS is excited to award a total of $36,200 in grants to Piedmont Unified School District (PUSD) for the 2017-18 academic year for arts education programs and special projects.
PAINTS is funding $20,968 in Art Program Grants at $8 per student for art materials for TK-12th Grades. The non-profit organization continues to support Lunchtime Art once a week at the three elementary schools with a $6,000 grant. PAINTS is also providing $2,500 in grants to District Libraries ($500 per library), the first year that Piedmont Middle School Library and Piedmont High School Library have received PAINTS grants. In addition, PAINTS is supporting District Art Shows and Events with a $750 grant.
PAINTS is pleased to award $5,982 in Art Project Grants to support eleven special art projects for classrooms and clubs at each school throughout the Piedmont Unified School District. The projects being funded in this grants cycle include the following:
- Lydia Adams – Havens Elementary Kindergarten ($495) Concentric Circles Paintings
- Janine Morton – Havens Elementary 4th Grade Language Arts ($640) in partnership with classroom parents and Havens principal fund ($600) Berkeley Repertory Theater's Story Builders Workshop (six sessions for each of three classes)
- Katie Jepsen – Havens Elementary 4th Grade Social Studies ($256) California Native American woven basket materials
- Christine Hanson – Wildwood Elementary 2nd Grade Social Studies ($400) Large weaving loom and materials
- Martin Lewis – Wildwood Elementary 4th Grade Social Studies ($256) California Native American woven basket materials (two year supply)
- Raminder Sidhu – Piedmont Middle School 6th Grade Mathematics ($420) "Build Your Own Business" Project Graphic Design Specialist (six classes)
- Michael Bracamonte – Piedmont Middle School 7th Grade Core ($300) Tour of David DeRoche's African Art and Artifacts (8 classes)
- Gina McKuen – Piedmont Middle School 7th and 8th Grade Drama Classes ($515) in partnership with Piedmont Middle School Parents Club ($410) Costumes and Props for Drama 7-8 (Fall) and Shakespearean Drama 8 (Spring)
- Kammy Cobb – Piedmont Middle School, Piedmont High School, Millennium High School Embodied Art Circle After School Club ($650) in partnership with Piedmont Appreciating Diversity Committee ($350); Transformative Process Art Specialist and Painting Materials
- Janine Sohn – Piedmont High School 9th Grade World Cultures Elective ($1200) Infographics Project Graphic Design Specialist
- Gillian Bailey – Piedmont High School Proposed Photography Class in 2018-19 ($850) – Refurbished Digital Camera and warranty
PAINTS wishes to thank all of its members and donors who make funding arts education possible. PAINTS is also grateful for the collaboration of Piedmont Makers, Piedmont Middle School Parents Club, Piedmont Appreciating Diversity Committee (PADC) and Piedmont Asian American Club (PAAC) in giving grants this year. A sincere thank you to Dr. Cheryl Wozniak, PUSD's Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Administrative Assistant Mary Leon, and the Principals of each school for their collaboration in reviewing grant applications and administering of the grants.
To support the continuation of high quality art programs in our schools, please consider making a donation to PAINTS at www.piedmontstore.com and celebrating arts in our schools at PAINTS' annual fundraiser, "The Big Art Party", on March 10 and "The Big Art Show" from March 2-11 at Piedmont Center for the Arts.
The Big Art Show will feature Piedmont's community of artists. PAINTS encourages artists with original 2D and 3D artwork to apply. A Call for Art is open now through February 9 at www.piedmontpaints.org. Half of the proceeds for art sales will go directly to support art education at PUSD and the other half to the artist. There will also be a separate "Call for Kids' Art" through the elementary schools. PAINTS is excited to bring the local art community together in supporting art education.
PAINTS (Promote Art in the Schools, Inc.) awards grants to individuals, schools and other organizations promoting the arts and art education within Piedmont, California. To apply for a grant, please read these grant guidelines before completing the on-line application. If you have any questions, please contact Shari Fujii PAINTS Grants Director.
The PAINTS grant program supports the belief that the arts teach a common core of knowledge that helps students appreciate and understand human history and cultures, develop higher order thinking skills, express their own creativity and develop a life-long appreciation of the arts. PAINTS hopes that providing grant money will encourage educators to integrate art into all their curriculum and activities.
PAINTS awards three different types of grants: Program grants; Project grants, and Professional Development grants.
Program Grants
The purpose of the Program Grant is to support art education programs within the Piedmont Unified School District (PUSD). In September, PAINTS awards program grants to each of the Piedmont schools, based on the number of students enrolled and engaged in art education. Recipients of PAINTS Program Grants include the Art, Library and Lunch Art programs at the elementary schools; the Art, Film and Makers programs at the Middle School, and the Art Department programs at the High School. Program Grants are awarded once a year at the beginning of the year.
Project Grants
Project Grants are awarded for unique projects that are not covered by funds from the school budget or from PAINTS Program Grants. Special equipment and/or supplies as well as additional instruction time is funded in this category. Examples of Project grants include hiring guest instructors for special classroom activities; purchasing a new kiln, and creating large ceramic tile mosaic installations using student input. To support Arts Integration, elementary classroom teachers have also received grants for special activities like making Mission tiles; book binding; Ukrainian egg dying, Poetry and Decoupage, basket weaving and Chinese brush painting. Project Grant Cycles are open to the teachers at least once a year. The last funding cycle ended in November 2017. Another potential cycle is being planned for April 2018.
Professional Development Grants
PAINTS awards Professional Development grants to teachers, administrators and art specialists who seek instruction in any art form and/or who want to integrate the arts into their curriculum. Among other things, PAINTS has provided funding for the Art for Educators workshops offered by MOCHA; the California Arts Education Conference; the Arts Integration Credential program; Dance classes at LUNA for elementary school physical education teachers; ceramics classes at Leslie Ceramics for the high school ceramics teacher, and Collaboration Conferences for the elementary art specialists. Professional Development Grants Applications are reviewed on an as-needed basis.


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Glossary of Terms
The purpose of this glossary is to ensure that the source code and the underlying documentation found on GitHub for Possum Labs YouTube tutorials are accessible and understandable. Prior to implementing Possum Labs solutions, we recommend that all viewers briefly review this glossary of terms to ensure clarity of meaning and usage in the context of Possum Labs solutions.
Possum Labs builds upon and develops with open source code. Our work relies upon relevant terminology; however, Possum Labs recognizes that domain-specific language may vary in particular to contexts. Furthermore, we acknowledge that the audience for our tutorials includes business analysts and other decision makers for whom we wish to make the language used as accessible as possible.
Most terms are derived from Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software by Eric Evans. It is recommended reading for developers, but when it comes to testing there is usually a much narrower set of concerns and options.
Using DSL to Create Meaningful Tests
The goal is to test an existing system, which we will consider to be our Bounded Context. From this context, we develop a DSL (Domain Specific Language) as our Ubiquitous Language. We will then take the names from the Bounded Context. We will use Model-Driven Design to provide a structure to this DSL by expressing Entities and access them through Repositories. We consider the interface (UI, API, Database, ESB) we interact with for these tests our Context Map, and we will insulate our tests using Anti-corruption Layer.
Bounded Context
The Bounded Context defines and bounds the particular system that we will test. In enterprise systems, it is often necessary to break large systems up into specific distinct contexts, because a single solution will not elegantly fit the whole system. It is the parts that we test, vs the parts we consider services and systems we depend upon.
Context Map
Identifying the different interfaces that we will use to test the application and clarifying which systems or subsystems we will not be working with for this context. This delineation may include a range of range applications from UI (user interface), API (application program interface), ESB (enterprise service bus) to DB (database).
Domain Specific Language (DSL)
A particular purpose language, specific to a specific domain. We will be using Gherkin to facilitate the core structure of this language. This use will be different from general purpose languages like C#, Java or Javascript as there are many things that you will not be able to accomplish in this language; but it will be straightforward to achieve the task of manipulating the application we wish to test. Think of it as a garlic press vs. a knife, the knife can do much more, and the garlic press can't do anything that the blade can't do. However, when it comes to mincing garlic, the press is much easier to use if you have to do a lot of mincing.
Ubiquitous Language
A particular vocabulary tailored with consideration for the Bounded Context in which we intend to test an existing system. These are the terms that describe the business within which the application lives.
Model-Driven Design
In Model-Driven Design, the code and model remain tightly related with the function of keeping the code meaningful. We keep the model very literal to the business at hand so that it is easier to understand.
Anti-corruption Layer
As the name implies, the anti-corruption layer is a form of protection or insulation that protects our activities from corruption from other aspects of the application(s) within which we work. Over time various aspects of most applications will change, in particular, most applications will evolve and are refactored. In testing, we likely have little influence over the core application, so instead, we must focus on insulating our work or bounded context from those changes by building a layer between us and the application under test. This focus means that if the application changes, we have to make fewer (if any) changes for the tests to change with it.
Possum Labs implements Gherkin because it is a Business Readable, Domain Specific Language that allows us to write documentation and automated tests in a manner that is meaningful to the organization and their customers. With Gherkin, we can describe a particular behavior of the software to a non-technical audience. Gherkin may be read using Cucumber or Specflow and mapped to other languages (Java, Ruby, Javascript, C#, etc.) for the test execution. An additional link to Gherkin at Github.

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I had many adventures in these mountains, before this national park was created by the Brazilian government on August 23rd 2002. Forming the border with Surinam and French Guiana it totals 38,874 square kilometres making it the world's largest tropical forest park - larger than Belgium.
When put together with the adjoining Guiana Amazonian Park in French Guiana, the total protected area totals 59,174 square kilometres.
When so much of the remaining Amazon rainforest is threatened by cattle ranching, soya farming and hydroelectric schemes, this has been a welcome development.
Of course there weren't many threats to this area in the immediate future anyway. No roads reach its border, and access to the park by river is extremely difficult, due to a barrier of rapids and waterfalls, that I've experienced myself.
I've made four canoe trips into the area.
In 1983 Peter Strub and I ascended the Jari river as far as the headwaters of the Mapaoni on a trip that lasted 5 months. Malaria and leishmaniasis (photo top left) were contracted on this trip.
In 1987 I flew into Molocopote airstrip on the upper Jari with Heather my wife, and we paddled down to Monte Dourado.
In 1990 Peter and I were filmed on the Mapaoni river for the 30 minute TV programme 'John Harrison Explorer'.
In 1991 Heather and I made a crossing of the Tumucumaque from Molocopote to Maripasoula in French Guiana, via the Mapaoni, Ouaremapaan and Litani rivers.
Accounts of these journeys can be found in the books 'Up the Creek' and 'Into the Amazon'. Details of both can be found on this website under 'Publications".
There are now legal threats to the National Park's protected status. A complaint has been filed in the federal court by a former councilman from Macapa, complaining that two out of the five municipalities in which the park was created were not consulted prior to the park's creation.
Therefore the complainant is calling for an annulment in the park's protected status. A public consultation will take place over the next 12 months.
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I am keeping a log on this blog of dates I canned different items. This will help me know when my cucumbers were ready to pickle the year before.
I love to can and I am trying to section my canning jobs out. July & August I have canned:
rhubarb, barbeque sauce, potatoes, apricot jam, zucchinni relish, salsa, spicy pickles
The peaches I ordered will be here this week.And our wonderful neighbors share their plums each year. They love it when I make them raspberry/plum jam. I feel blessed to have this fun trade with them.


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Amy is a Pennsylvania native who grew up in Milton. She began her teaching career in the Pocono Mountains where she taught for 7 years. She has felt a strong connection to the Carlisle and Boiling Springs communities since moving to the area in 2007 to continue her teaching career. Amy believes that yoga and mindfulness can benefit anyone and that the skills learned through these practices are especially important to teach to today's youth.
Amy has been passionate about practicing and living yoga and mindfulness throughout her adult life and strives to incorporate this into her other passion – working as an educator. She holds a B.A. in Spanish and a B.S. in Education of Spanish from Bloomsburg University and a Masters in Education from East Stroudsburg University. She also studied abroad at La Universidad de Pontificia in Salamanca, Spain and at La Universidad de Puerto Rico.
Maggie has been practicing and integrating various styles of yoga and mindfulness into her life and career as an educator for many years. She is a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) through Yoga Alliance and a Certified Special Education Teacher with a Masters in Education from Shippensburg University. Maggie has found various ways to integrate her passion for youth education and yoga. She attended the Mindfulness in Education Conference and completed the Mindfulness & Yoga for Children Teacher Training at the Omega Institute, to further her ability to tailor programming to the needs of students of all ages and backgrounds. Maggie has taught yoga to middle school and high school students in alternative and special education settings, public schools, and youth groups in the area. In addition, she has taught yoga to elementary students through the Carlisle YWCA programs. She has a deep belief in the power of yoga and mindfulness to help young people learn how to focus, concentrate, and develop skills to manage stress and emotions, as well as increase self-awareness and self-esteem. Maggie became a Carlisle community convert after graduating from Dickinson College in Sociology and working for the College Farm.


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The Government had constituted Tax Administration Reform Commission (the TARC) headed by Dr. Parthasarathi Shome, on August, 2013, to suggest core reforms to the tax administration set-up in the Country. The TARC has now submitted its Third Report dated December 2, 2014 called the "Third Report of the Tax Administration Reform Commission". The said Report makes several critical and far-reaching suggestions which are intended to radically change the working of the Income tax and other Revenue Departments.
The Third Report focuses on impact assessment on taxpayers' compliance cost of new policy and administrative measures of the tax Department, States need for reform in this area and action to be taken on immediate basis. The Report also highlights measures for deepening and widening the tax/ taxpayer base and recommending a system to enforce better tax compliance.
Some of the key recommendations of the TARC are as under:
In its Third Report, the TARC has noted the following with concern:
To view the complete report, please click on following link:
On the administration side of Income tax Act, certain changes are needed in order to attract many for more compliance. Some where in 2008 the department had set up LTU (Largest Tax Payer Unit) at Bangalore and later extended to Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta. The largest tax payers at these stations are free to exercise their options for a combined services from Incometax, Central Excise, Customs, Service Tax etc departments. These are functioning very well to the opted tax payers i.e. the tax payers had to present their cases to all the departments at a time and they need not waste time running from one department to another department and one office to another office.
Like wise, similar such units might be located at the head quarters of each Principal CIT with the liaison with the other departments as in the case of LTUs. The prospective GST offices might also be included in these groups. This will make the tax payers happy in reducing their time, energy and resources for each department separately. For the departments also they can have their information from the other departments through these units.
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On a press conference held on last Tuesday in Delhi, April 18, 2017, Union Housing Minister Venkaiah Naidu revealed that the government is pitching into 15 states and Union territories (UTs) sufficing the 'Housing For All' targeted by 2019. This conference was called for discussing the progress of 'Housing for All' mission of the central government.
The states and UTs under focus on governments are Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura, along with the UTs of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu and Puducherry. All these states have been inquired to submit affordable housing proposals according to the demand survey by the end of this financial year, so that the construction could be done in the coming two years.
Not only have these spoken of ones, other states also been directed to submit proposals by 2018, so that the construction could be finished by the imposed timeline. The government had also asked states and UTS to embark on fresh demand survey for affordable housing, and the process in on the verge of completion. Thereafter, the government will publish the official counts of such houses constructed under the 'Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana'.
Government is also supporting projects that have been proceeded over privately own land, just to attract and boost up private funding inflow in the affordable housing sector.
The government sent off its flagship 'Housing for All' by 2022 mission on June 25, 2015 and has approved the construction of 1,773,533 low budget homes under PMAY (Urban) in 2008 cities and towns, with an investment of Rs 96,266 crore.


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Discussion in 'macOS' started by imac abuser, Feb 21, 2006.
How do I get the American Flag icon on top of my screen near the clock?
System Preferences...->International->Input Menu->"Show input menu in menu bar"
System Preferences --> International --> Input Menu
Click the check box for "Show input menu on menu bar"
Edit: Missed it by that much!
Awesome, thanks for the info!


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Little feet patter on a wood floor to the rhythm of a slightly out-of-tune piano. A teacher barks out a tempo and taps her foot as the pupils repeat a dance move over and over until perfection is achieved.
Hard work, practice, dreams and disappointment -- it could be a ballet school anywhere in the world. But these pupils study at the Escuela Elemental de Ballet Alejo Carpentier in Havana, Cuba. Founded in 1961, it is the feeder school for the National Ballet of Cuba, 90 percent of whose dancers started at Alejo Carpentier.
The pupils, ages 9 to 14, spend half of each day in an academic program and half at Alejo Carpentier. The competition is stiff: 45 pupils are selected annually from a pool of 800 to 1,000 applicants. Current and former professional dancers are on the faculty. The director, Silvia Maria Rodriguez, has taught at the school for 30 years.


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Bill Goldberg recently spoke with the WWE's official website to talk about his 20th anniversary in pro wrestling. Here are the highlights:
We're doing this interview because it's your 20-year anniversary. What does it feel like to be able to look back and say it has been 20 years since all this happened?
"I'm friggin' old, dude. [Laughs] Like I said, I'm one of the luckiest guys in the world. To be able to look back 20 years ago today when I have a beautiful wife and a beautiful son, and be able to share some memories with them in real time looking back on it, I'm one of the luckiest guys in the world. I couldn't have done it without every single wrestler, coach, promoter and the fans. It's one thing that people have always got to understand about me: I'm very appreciative of my position and I worked my a– off to get here."
We have to ask: Do you think we'll see you back anytime soon?
"Ask your boss! [Laughs] Hey, man, never say never, dude. Stranger things have happened. I did sit [around] for 13 years and then suddenly appear back in the ring. Let's just say it ain't gonna take nearly the effort to get me ready again that it did last time. So, I'll see you on the rebound for damn sure."


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A former Laurel police officer who pleaded guilty to photographing his girlfriend's 15-year-old daughter as she got out of a shower was sentenced Monday to four years in prison for the sexual abuse of a minor.
Howard County Circuit Court Judge Diane O. Leasure also sentenced 38-year-old Edward Charles Schmitt to a one-year term for use of a hidden camera. The state sentences will be served concurrently with the seven-year federal sentence Schmitt received earlier on a child pornography charge.
Schmitt could have received up to nine years on the state charge.
Schmitt pleaded guilty in federal court June 14 to receiving child pornography. He was suspended by the Laurel police force in April of 2010 and resigned four months later.


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Afghan Taliban distribute pamphlets in South Waziristan
SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: In an unprecedented move, the Afghan Taliban distributed pamphlets, pronouncing rifts among the Pakistani Taliban, ARY News reported Monday.
According to the pamphlet, Pakistani Taliban have some rifts within their ranks.
The Afghan Taliban directed their Pakistani counterpart to end all the rifts among their groups.
The pamphlet also cited top Taliban leader Mullah Umar as asking Pakistani Taliban to clear the air.


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Our grid vacuum table VT4030 RAL Pro is a quick and easy clamping solution for CNC systems.
Ready to use with a venturi tube this vacuum table is fast and easy to clamp and mill work pieces.
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Event date23 Mar
Our popular Supper Club returns with a Greek twist!
Join us at Port Lympne Hotel bar at 6.00pm for drinks before dinner is served at 6.30pm. Enjoy a delicious three course Greek menu with meze to start, followed by a choice of main course and puddings.
Priced at £29.99 per person for three courses, a non refundable deposit of £10.00 per person is payable in advance with the balance to be paid 2 weeks prior to the Supper Club. To book please call 01303 234111 or book online.
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Methane-run tractor undergoes testing phase
One Luca Remmert has been testing the second-generation prototype of T6 by New Holland Agriculture, stated to be the first-of-its-kind tractor to run on methane, at his La Bellotta farm in Italy.
Remmert is credited with generating energy from corn and grain near Turin in Italy, hoping to power all the eight tractors in his firm with methane, according to a report by Associated Press.
Methane costs 30% cheaper than that of diesel and for farms capable of producing their own vbio-methane is expected to contribute to a lot of savings.
The methane-run T6 is expected to be produced in around five years, said New Holland, an arm of CNH Industrial, a company formed from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.
It has been observed that the prototype produces 80% less pollution than a standard diesel tractor, fulfilling all the future EU greenhouse gas targets involving a 20% reduction across Europe by 2020.
Remmert said: "When the machinery is ready, I will be among the first customers."
New Holland Agriculture brand chief Carlo Lambro said the tractor needed little industrial cost to be converted from normal diesel engine.
However, the drive towards biofuels is stated to be slowed down by reduction in fossil fuel prices over the last year.


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We started brewing our first batch of homebrew together in august 2017. It was an IPA, and it was very solid, and on par with the beers we were serving and selling in our regular jobs. That same recipe underwent several changes over the seven times we focused on that particular recipe. The last three we're indistinguishable and it ended up as Haze of the Rising Sun, our very first beer.
While we're still in the early stages of building our port folio, we will always strive to do better. Better than what we did yesterday, and better than our fellow brewers. We're here because it's so much fun, and because "Good Beer is Good"
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The Beers
What we've made so far - and in some cases, where to find it…
The second beer
Let's be honest, it'll probably end up being another IPA - we do have a favorite style, Why hide it.?
Rockin' Rythm Rooibos
Our hoppy Red Ale, infused with Rooibos tea. A beautiful blend of African herbs and Amarillo hops.
The kaspers
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Casper Christensen
Made of 100% pure muscle and sunrays, Casper likes to boogie and drink Gueuze on hot summer nights.
Kasper Wendelboe
Probably the first to fall asleep and the last one to cut his beard. Slightly obsessed with hops.
Kasper Krogager
Usually goes by the name 'Number Three' or 'Baby Daddy'. The mastermind behind the sexy red ale.
Contact Us
If you wish to contact us regarding beer related matters, do so in the form below. We do beer tastings, food pairings, consultations, sales and general beer geek stuff.


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From: Barrie Crowther, Walton, Wakefield.
JUST who is in charge of NHS spending? I suspect not Jeremy Hunt but individual hospital authorities who need to take a long hard look at who is profiteering. Obviously no one "shopped around" for the best quote when ordering a £44,OOO toilet to be reportedly installed at the Department of Health.
This is part of the problem. No one seems to check on the best prices for medicines and equipment, when often these can be obtained cheaper on the high street.
A full-time ombudsman needs to be in place checking how NHS money is spent.
From: Donald Webb, Rothwell.
CARERS look after people with a large spectrum of disabilities, dementia being only one of them (The Yorkshire Post, August 12). Carers are not all in the 60-plus age group. Many carers have spent most of their adult life caring for a loved one, any help being thin on the ground.
You also see children having to take on this role. All carers have one thing in common; they are not valued by Theresa May and her Government. She should save her tears for carers, not for herself.
Silence of the harriers
From: Stephen Kershaw, Crookes, Sheffield.
INTENSIVE predator control on grouse moors will benefit ground nesting species such as lapwing and curlew. It would also benefit species such as hen harriers which are also ground nesting – if there were any.
England has space for over 300 pairs of hen harriers but just seven pairs tried (five in Northumberland and two in Cumbria) and only three succeeded in breeding this year.
There were none in Yorkshire, despite our having superb moorlands. Perhaps whoever dubbed grouse moors "the country's best bird sanctuaries" could answer the question: where are they? Perhaps local gamekeepers could give us a clue?
From: Margaret Ellis, High Bentham.
I FEEL most strongly that grouse shooting (and all other blood sports) should be banned... as do 84 per cent of the British people.
Killing sentient beings for fun is the action of a psychopath.
Planners who lack goodwill
From: Michael Clynch, Ingbirchworth, Penistone.
THE Yorkshire Dales planning committee has authorised 'enforcement action' against the 'jolly folly' at the Forbidden Corner at Leyburn.
The organisation behind the building of this attraction clearly has no experience of planning committees or their professional officers.
The irony of this situation is that all the historic buildings in the towns and villages in the Dales were built well before the planning system was even thought of. The committees are formed of lay people who know nothing of architecture or history, smug in their 'power' and skilled at box-ticking with the support of their 'officers'.
The appeal system is currently attempting to deal with 20,000 appeals a year and is very stressed.
This is because of constant nit-picking and planning refusals by planners who have no ability to manage the rules with a degree or judgement and goodwill.
The Socialist road to ruin
From: Cecil Crinnion, Sycamore Close, Slingsby, York.
FREE university education, increased social benefits (no bedroom tax), increased funding for the health service, increased social housing, nationalised banks, utility companies and transport, borrowing billions to improve roads and infrastructure.
Sound familiar? No it's not the Labour Party manifesto, but the policy of the socialist government of Hugo Chavez that's left Venezuela more or less destitute and stuck with social unrest and a left-wing socialist government the people cannot seem to get rid of.
This is a country that should be oil-rich. All you can say (at best) in defence of Mr Chavez, is he meant well (Bernard Ingham, The Yorkshire Post, August 16).
Blame for celebrity pay
From: Edward Grainger, Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough.
REGARDING this celebrity culture we have created. The apparent excessively high sums being paid to the nation's radio and television presenters have led to a number of letters to The Yorkshire Post.
My feeling is that the high sums are due mainly to the public's perceived obsession with so-called celebrities to front both radio and television programmes to make us both listen and watch.
Using relative unknowns to do the job would, it is surmised, lessen the impact that the programme, so we, the public, are partly to blame for this.
Silent support
From: Margaret Town, Botham Hall Road, Huddersfield.
I WAS delighted to read the letter from Brian Sheridan (The Yorkshire Post, August 15) in response to Janet Berry. This is a sensitive issue but I am sure there are many supporters of Prince Charles, like myself, who remain silent rather than prolonging the Diana situation.
Time lady
From: Malcolm Peacock, Ash Tree Road, Bedale.
SO Doctor Who is now a lady! It seems our entire folklore is in danger.


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Tiger Advisory is a 9th grade discussion group that helps students connect to Newton North by providing information on all that our school has to offer! The group meets every Tuesday during first lunch in the International Cafe from October 3 through the end of April.
There will be Tiger guest speakers and visits from sophomore, junior, and senior students sharing their experiences with course selection, extracurriculars, and academic majors here at North. You will learn short cuts and tips for balancing your life at North this year and in the years to come.
Please join us on Tuesday, October 3, at the start of first lunch. Feel free to bring a friend, or come on your own and make a few new friends. Bring or buy your lunch in the cafeteria and head to the International Cafe!
Questions? Feel free to drop by Room 213 or contact Ms. Kenslea by email at email@example.com. See you there!
Jane Kenslea, M.S.N./C.A.G.S.
Academic Support Counselor
Newton North High School
Office: 213
Phone: (617) 559-6331


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Learn more about Laura Heit's animated films, then create your own characters and set designs. Ages 4-12 (students are grouped by age to provide individualized instruction and attention.)
Indicate morning or afternoon session when registering.
Morning Session: 10:00 a.m. – noon -or- Afternoon Session: 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
$50 ($60 non-members)
Pre-registration required. Pre-registration deadline: Friday, August 12, 2016


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It seems like road construction never ends. Zone after zone of those orange signs, traffic reducing to a single lane crawl, vehicles slowing and merging, trying to adjust. It should come as no surprise that construction zone car accidents are all too common an occurance. Sometimes it's the road conditions or poor signage, sometimes it's distracted or aggressive drivers.
Common Causes of Car Accidents in Construction Zones
There are many parties that could potentially be liable in a construction site accident, including the construction crew, other drivers, and the state agency responsible for the construction site. Determining who is responsible for an accident often starts with determining how the accident occurred. Some of the more common causes of construction zone accidents include the following:
Accidents Happen, What Next?
After a construction accident, victims should record as much information about the accident as they can. If possible, take photographs of the scene of the accident as well as of the immediate aftermath. In addition, make sure to seek medical attention for any injuries that you may have sustained.
People who are injured by the negligence of others in a construction zone may be able to recover for their losses by bringing a personal injury claim against those responsible. The best way to make sure that you get the compensation you deserve after an accident is to discuss your case with an experienced personal injury attorney.


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Having backed off a couple of weeks ago to process my own realisation that I have had an enormous 'SHOULD' underpinning our Home Ed, I think I am getting there. I realised that from the beginning of our Home Ed journey almost four years ago I had been subconsciously assuming that we would end up taking iGCSEs from home, starting with Eldest (and trying not to think about Middle who has alwys been less inclined to go along with structured learning). I think this assumption was based on the fact that a good friend who home educates has gone that route and her journey had always inspired me and reflected my own philosophy. More than that though, I think I fundamentally failed to deschool myself to the point of letting go of exam results as a necessary part of life. I mean, I knew it was perfectly possible to have a successful life and career without GCSEs, but those who managed it were not common to my limited knowledge, and it was certainly far outside my own experience. So - it has since become apparent - my hidden assumption was that we would enjoy many years of educational freedom, followed by a couple of years of more tedious exam-driven studies, then my fabulous offspring would be launched into happy and fulfilling adult lives.
Yes I know: foolish assumptions. But once I realised this wobble-inducing thinking was going on inside me I deliberately chose to step back and lay it down. That was step one. I was helped enormously by experienced folk such as Ross Mountney who not only took the time to reassure me here, but also wrote a whole jolly blog post for me (and my fellow wobbling parents of teens)! I know the HE community can have its moments, but really: the support and cheering on of those who have gone before is invaluable and inexpressibly reassuring.
Anyway, since that wobble and crash of identifying and then rejecting a flawed assumption in our HE foundations, things have calmed considerably. For about a week I talked incessantly to anyone who would listen (mostly fabulous fellow HEors) about my thoughts, old and new. This was part of the laying down process. We are now neither committed to follow or NOT follow the GCSE route, and we are more committed to letting Eldest have more choice in the decision. So we have chatted a little about his options, talked about the direction that he feels he would like to go in, and looked at influencing factors that he hadn't considered, such as potential income, taxes, cost of further education etc, as well as finding a career that is enjoyable and satisfying. Proper grown-up stuff. We haven't pushed it though, because it is quite new to him and he's not ready to make those kind of decisions.
A friend posted a link to an advert to a course on the emotional needs of adopted children that I happened to click on. Eldest is not adopted, and as an advert it was a very shallow piece of writing. However I read the phrase, "for good emotional health you need to meet your child where they are at, not where you think they shoud be". That is not verbatim as sadly I can't find the link to be able to reference it, but that was the gist, and really it was such confirmation in my head that I had been operating under an illusion that now Eldest was a teen he should be thinking about career and should be read for exams etc. Oh man, those shoulds can breed if you don't spot them! Having stepped back I was able to see that I was putting that on him unnecessarily. And as lovely Ross commented to me in her advice, there is no need to see his teenage home ed as any different to the rest of our home ed to date.
So we are enjoying our 'backed-off' state. We are gently introducing grown-up concepts but I am not pushing him to be ready to make decisions that he does not feel ready to make. We have talked about exams and non-exam options, and he has investigated a few jobs that he finds appealing, but it is all very low-key, with no prejudice from me - at least, none that is spoken out loud. I still catch myself mentally defaulting to GCSEs as a preferred route, but every time I do so, I remind myself of the other successful routes that may be taken.
Life has suddenly got very busy, with another (!) house move on the horizon, and I finally got round to writing a book that I had been planning, and these things have been a distraction from the big GCSE issue. I'm tempted to feel guilty about that, but then I remembered all the times that the boys have hit a level or concept in Maths or English that was beyond them, and we have just allowed them to back off and do something else while their subconscious processes the new concepts being introduced, so when they come back to it later they are suddenly ready to take on what was impossible before. I figure if it works for the children (and it does work, every time), surely it will work for me too. So I just popped in to write an update for anyone who wondered how we were doing (thank you for wondering). Over the next few weeks I may be writing fiction, or finding a house & packing boxes, or chatting about my lovely teen's opportunities, and I may not be blogging as much. But as we will make progress and I will be back some time soon to fill you in :)


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We have a habit in the industry to create complex scheduling rules and I am eager to find out if Alfresco can handle them. There is a trend in the industry, by the way, to simplify scheduling rules so that systems can interpret our instructions.
I like the way Alfresco has interpreted the complex world of scheduling.
- Cut-off is what starts every scheduling event. The concept of cut-off is part of the DOD standard.
- The cut-off date is the signal for the system to begin counting down the retention of the record.
- Automatic cut-off is date based; either monthly, qarterly, by year or fiscal year.
- Event based cut-off requires manual intervention. Several events are built in to Alfresco and include all on the screen print below.
- Multiple events can be added to a single file, and I can also set if all events must occur, or the earliest event to start cut-off.
- After the cut-off is set, any number of intermediate steps can be added. For instance, transfer of paper records to a semi-active facility. Similarly in an electronic world, it could be possible to schedule archiving steps. ( I can't test how Alfresco handles content in multiple repositories).
- I added a series/category/folder
- I managed the permissions for all three to include my user ID.
- I added scheduling steps, cut-off at the end of the year from publication date, then immediately destroy.
- I then uploaded content, added the mandatory metadata for a few files, then declared the records, all with retroactive publication dates of December 14, 2010.
- When I took care that I had viewing rights, the declared record did not disappear as before. Success!
- I was expecting with a retroactive publication date for all contents the folder would update, showing it was ready for cut-off immediately. It did not.
- I was able, however, to manually "Edit Disposition Date". This I did.
- After editing the disposition date, I was able to cut-off the folder and then "destroy" it, as tested yesterday. Again, I was given two warning messages before destroy. The icon for the folder changed, and the content is gone.
I rate this test a PASS
Records Manager
- Note that all subesquent steps are calculated from the cut-off date. If you are used to a schedule that says for instance, "Onsite for two years, then five years onsite, Destroy", the steps could be recorded as "1. Cutoff end of calendar year, 2. 2 years from cutoff, offsite, 3. 7 years from cutoff, destroy."
- Alfresco appears able to handle complex scheduling requirements, multiple events, multiple steps.
- As noted yesterday, if scheduling steps are working well, they should be fairly invisible to the regular user.
- You would become aware of the scheduling rules if you request a file that has been destroyed. Your best assurance at that time would be to review the schedule and confirm that the record was destroyed on time, as authorized.
- If you are ever asked for input on cut-off requirements, avoid event driven cut-off as much as possible, as they nearly all require manual intervention. Manual intervention equates to time-intensive management. Imagine receiving quarterly or annually a list of your folders, asking which can now be closed, or cut-off?
In an effort to simplify disposition actions, future schedule instructions may calculate retentkion from creation or "last modified" date. These may need to be added as cut-off conditions.
Testing DOD 5015.2 Features C22.214.171.124, C22.214.171.124.4, relating to GARP principle of Retention.


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'Rumbasa' songstress, Sally ( of BossMadam fame) recently released an energetic music video featuring South African sensation Busiswa on a track titled BimBim shot on location in Johanesburg, South Africa.
The songstress, who is also an ambassador for Sanlam Namibia, will be making a performance appearance at the Copper Festival Lite It Up concert in Tsumeb later this year, and has a nation-wide tour lined up for next year.
In an interview with Metro Sally said she and her team approached Busiswa last year, and she was immediately willing to flame with Sally.
Sally also explained that she has not noticed a difference in Busiswa's work ethic as a musician in comparison to other Namibian musicians. "It's just that their understanding of things is on another level. Local artists tend to take everything personal and fail to see the business aspects of the collaboration as for them (international artists) a collabo has to make business sense, not just recording a song," she said.
She is currently planning on releasing songs that she has collaborated on with other Namibian artists, although she would like to work with a few other women in the music industry on condition that they bring a lot to the table.
The songstress is also working on completing her next album although she cannot give away a date, and has made it clear that she is not looking at recreating Boss Madam during her next projects.
"'Boss Madam' will forever be the song that gave me the recognition I needed, but I'm an artist with many ideas and I have to move on. Look at Natural', again another banger that changed the game. I'm on to the next one," she said.
Sally says she has been able to make it to Trace Africa, Mzanzi and MTV base by keeping focus on music and only on music, saying that it takes hard work, consistency and talent.
She also shares that she has other talents beyond music this including sewing, which she has taken so seriously that now she creates all her stage costumes and the outfits she wears at events. She also has been able to keep her hidden talent on fixing cars, as she says she even helps her brother at his garage. "I am a mini mechanic", she said.
For Sally music has no retirement age, therefore does not foresee when she might give up her lyrical gloves.
She also said that despite being a regular performer she still gets nervous on stage.
"It doesn't matter how many years I have been doing it for, I still get the buzz. Crowds differ and you have to find a way to adapt to your environment".
Sally said that she has observed the faults of the music industry that have contributed to the demise of many music careers, especially those of female artists and that comes down to management in her opinion.
"A lot of artists have not had the opportunity to work with the right management that had long term plans for them. Things like pregnancy and marriage also play a role. It is assumed they will not be the same artists that people will admire and love once that happens. In most cases I have seen female artists wanting to be treated like queens, millionaires before they do the actual work of acquiring true fans, sustainable sound or genre before testing and knowing their market, these are the things that play at odds. With female artists, they want to look the part and not be the part. You have to go out there and do the donkey work. You have to be a hustler and have tough skin," Sally said.
Being both a mother, wife and an artist, Sally said she prioritises at the end of the day lies with her family and her business.
"Most of all without God, then the home is divided, so my policy is God over everything. He leads the way. I also have a good support system from my team, my dancers, my management and my affiliates. Always appreciate those around you and watch how everything falls into place," she said.


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Madagascar: Satellite Detected Waters Extent in Tomasina Districts, Atsinanana Region
This map illustrates satellite-detected water extent as of 07 January 2018 over Toamasina districts, Atsinanana Region, in Madagascar as detected by Sentinel-1. Some standing water areas could be observed north and south of Toamasina, mainly in the agricultural and/or open areas along the river. It is likely that floodwaters have been systematically underestimated along highly vegetated areas along main river banks and within built-up urban areas because of the special characteristics of the satellite data used. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to UNITAR UNOSAT.