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Charles Klapow
Charles Klapow
Klapow at the Young Talent Time Media Event, Luna Park Sydney, 2012
|July 5, 1980
|Choreographer, dance instructor, dancer
Charles "Chucky" Klapow (born July 5, 1980) is an American choreographer and dance instructor who has performed and choreographed for various performers and several television and stage productions. He is also known for his teachings of the mental approach to dance. Klapow's mother is Filipino and his father is Russian American.
Life and career[edit]
Klapow began his dancing career at age 12, dancing for Patti LaBelle, Celine Dion, Sheila E., Salt-N-Pepa, Melissa Etheridge, and others in an all-star concert for the Pediatric AIDS Foundation. This included a dancing spot in the Paula Abdul music video "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah". By the time he was 15, Charles was an assistant to choreographer and mentor Marguerite Derricks, he assisted Marguerite and danced in Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery (1997), 3rd Rock from the Sun, Fame L.A., among others. Charles created a dance company with partner Wade Robson in the mid-1990s called L.A. Images.
In the fall of 2000, Charles Klapow started choreographing for the Swedish pop group the A*Teens, he was their choreographer for music videos including "Floorfiller", "Halfway Around The World", "Sugar Rush", "Can't Help Falling In Love", and "I Promised Myself" as well as their tour director and choreographer from 2001–2003. These tours took Charles to Germany, Sweden and all over the United States, with additional spot dates in Mexico, Spain, Russia, and Denmark.
Ever since the inaugural season of the WNBA Charles has been a choreographer for the "Sparkids", the hip hop squad which performs at all Los Angeles Sparks home games. In 2005, Charles became co-director of the squad under the direction of Christy Buss and he assumed most of the choreography duties for the Sparkids during the 2005 and 2006 seasons.
Chucky was brought on board by Kenny Ortega (Dirty Dancing choreographer) to help choreograph High School Musical (2006), a Disney Channel Original Movie, with Bonnie Story. Very quickly, Ortega became another mentor to Klapow as they quickly developed a working chemistry together. Klapow served with Ortega and Story as a choreographer for the film's sequels, "High School Musical 2" and "High School Musical 3: Senior Year." He can be seen in all High School Musical movies as a dancer and member of the school basketball team as well. He also went on to choreograph the stage and ice tours.
His sister, Kimberly Klapow, has appeared with him in all 3 High School Musicals, she also appeared in High School Musical: The Concert as part of the East High basketball team.[1]
Klapow has choreographed commercials for companies including Gap Kids, Old Navy, JCPenney, Carl's Jr, Disney's Friends for Change
He also choreographed "Cheetah Girls 2" starring Raven-Symoné and The Cheetah Girls.
In 2009, Chucky was asked by his mentor Kenny Ortega to be the choreographer for the movie musical remake of Footloose starring Kenny Wormald, and Julianne Hough, which Ortega directed, but Chucky turned it down, so he could fulfill his dreams of dancing with Michael Jackson on his comeback tour in London, which was announced in March. Ironically, Kenny Ortega was set to be the tour director of the shows. Klapow was one of twelve dancers picked for Michael Jackson's This Is It shows at The O2 Arena in London, England, which was set to begin July 13, 2009 through March 6, 2010, and produced by AEG Live, but on June 25, 2009, just eighteen days before the first show, Michael Jackson died of a cardiac arrest. AEG Live cancelled the whole tour.
On July 7, 2009, Chucky took part in the Michael Jackson memorial service at the Staples Center in Los Angeles where days prior to Michael Jackson's death, Chucky, Michael and the whole This Is It crew were rehearsing at the Staples Center in preparations for the London concerts at The O2 Arena. Klapow took part in the performance of Will You Be There performed by Jennifer Hudson, where he, and the original eleven This Is It dancers were back-up dancers for the performance, it is said that this performance was how Michael Jackson was set to perform the song at his London concerts. Kenny Ortega was the director of the memorial service.
Chucky recently finished his stint as judge in the Australian TV show Young Talent Time with Australian singer Tina Arena.
|"High School Musical"
|"High School Musical 2"
|"High School Musical 3: Senior Year"
|"Michael Jackson's This Is It"
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On July 6, 2011, Klapow choreographed Ricky and Ryan's Dance on So You Think You Can Dance. They were zombies who loved fashion.
- 2006 - Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography for "High School Musical" along with Kenny Ortega and Bonnie Story.[2]
- 2007 - Choreography Media Honors Award for "High School Musical" along with Kenny Ortega and Bonnie Story.
- 2007 - Outstanding Contribution to Dance Award from the Tremaine Dance Conventions
- 2008 - Choreography Media Honors Award for "High School Musical 2" along with Kenny Ortega and Bonnie Story.
- 2008 - Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Choreography for "High School Musical 2" along with Kenny Ortega and Bonnie Story.
- 2009 - Astaire Awards nomination for Best Film Choreographer for "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" shared with Kenny Ortega and Bonnie Story.
- 2012 - World Dance Award nomination for Outstanding Choreography Concert/Live Performance with Renee Roca
- 2015 - World Choreography Award for Outstanding Choreography Digital Format along with Paula Abdul, Renee Richie and Nakul Dev Mahajan.[3][4]
- ^ Elise Estrada (Official Fan Page)'s Notes
- ^ Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Emmys.org (2012-08-11). Retrieved on 2012-08-22.
- ^ "World Choreography Awards". World Choreography Awards. World Choreography Awards. 16 Nov 2015. Retrieved 18 Feb 2016.
- ^ Salkin, Karen (24 Nov 2015). "WORLD CHOREOGRAPHY AWARDS 2015". It's not about me.tv. Retrieved 18 Feb 2016.


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WASHINGTON -- The House of Representatives passed the Senate version of legislation approving construction of the Keystone XL pipeline on Wednesday, sending the bill to President Barack Obama's desk for an anticipated veto.
The bill passed by a vote of 270-152.
This marks the 11th time the House has voted on a bill to force approval of Keystone. The bill passed Wednesday is the version that the Senate approved on Jan. 29. It includes a few amendments but is substantially similar to the previous House measure.
The White House has said repeatedly that Obama will veto the measure and instead wait for the State Department to finish its review of the proposed pipeline. Because the project would cross an international border, the department is given the authority to issue a final determination on whether it's in the best interest of the country. Agency comments on the final environmental impact statement for the project were due on Feb. 2, and are currently under agency review. It remains unclear when the department will issue its decision.
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) described Wednesday's vote as "finishing our work on the Keystone pipeline" in a press conference that morning, and accused Obama of standing with "extremists" who oppose the pipeline.
"We build pipelines all around America every single day. Keystone has been reviewed and approved numerous times. Even the president's own State Department will say that it creates 42,000 new jobs," said Boehner. "But instead of listening to the people, the president is standing with a bunch of left, fringe extremists and anarchists. The president needs to listen to the American people and say, 'Yes! Let's build the Keystone pipeline.'"
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) also urged Obama to reconsider his veto threat in a speech Wednesday.
If Obama were to veto the Keystone bill, it would be only the third veto used during his presidency.
While the Republican majorities in the House and Senate have put Keystone atop their priority lists this Congress, neither chamber has enough votes to override a presidential veto.


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The Shaving Kit - Manufacturing The Julian Assange Witch-Hunt
- In Alerts 2019
- Post 20 June 2019
- Last Updated on 20 June 2019
- By Editor
Last week, UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid signed the US extradition request to hand over Julian Assange, who is charged with 18 counts of violating the US Espionage Act. Assange's immediate fate now lies in the hands of the British justice system.
Javid 'consistently voted for use of UK military forces in combat operations overseas', including war on Afghanistan, Syria and the catastrophic 2011 assault on Libya. In other words, he is a key figure in precisely the US-UK Republican-Democratic-Conservative-Labour war machine exposed by WikiLeaks.
John Pilger described Assange's extradition hearing last week to The Real News Network:
'I don't think these initial extradition hearings will be fair at all, no... He's not allowed to defend himself. He's not given access to a computer so that he can access the documents and files that he needs.
'I think where it will change is if the lower court - the magistrate's court that is dealing with it now and will deal with it over the next almost nine, ten months - if they decide to extradite Julian Assange, his lawyers will appeal. And it will go up to the High Court. And I think it's there in the High Court where he may well - I say "may" - get justice. That's a cautiously optimistic view. But I think he's most likely to get it there. He certainly won't get it the United States. There's no indication of that.'
As we noted in a media alert last week, the groundwork for the persecution of Assange has been laid by a demonising state-corporate propaganda campaign. Nils Melzer, the UN special rapporteur on torture, who is also Professor of International Law at the University of Glasgow, has turned the accepted 'mainstream' view of Assange completely on its head:
'First of all, we have to realize that we have all been deliberately misled about Mr Assange. The predominant image of the shady "hacker", "sex offender" and selfish "narcissist" has been carefully constructed, disseminated and recycled in order to divert attention from the extremely powerful truths he exposed, including serious crimes and corruption on the part of multiple governments and corporations.
'By making Mr Assange "unlikeable" and ridiculous in public opinion, an environment was created in which no one would feel empathy with him, very similar to the historic witch-hunts, or to modern situations of mobbing at the workplace or in school.' (Our emphasis)
These are very significant, credible comments and, as we will discuss below, Melzer recently provided a stunning example on Twitter of how this 'carefully constructed, disseminated and recycled' image of Assange has been faked.
Melzer's revelation concerns Assange's long, dishevelled beard, which was a source of much 'mainstream' hilarity when Assange was arrested and dragged from the Ecuadorian embassy on April 11. First, let's remind ourselves of some of the grim highlights of this media coverage. In the Daily Mail, Amanda Platell wrote:
'How humiliating that as the alleged sexual predator Julian Assange emerged from Ecuador's embassy, flourishing a wild beard, Australian scientists revealed a primordial link between "flamboyant accoutrements such as beards" and titchy testicles.'
In the New Statesman, the Guardian's Suzanne Moore celebrated:
'O frabjous day! We are all bored out of our minds with Brexit when a demented looking gnome is pulled out of the Ecuadorian embassy by the secret police of the deep state. Or "the met" as normal people call them.'
In the Evening Standard, William Moore commented:
'Julian Assange... looked like a sort of mad Lord of the Rings extra as he was hauled away from the Ecuadorian embassy last week.'
Charlotte Edwardes wrote in the Evening Standard:
'Julian Assange's removal from the Ecuadorian embassy brought his straggly beard into the light. The Beard Liberation Front gets in touch to say he will not be considered for its annual shortlist of the best facial hair. "It is impossible to unequivocally state that his beard presents a positive public image," it says.' (Edwardes, 'Julian Assange's removal', Evening Standard, 12 April 2019)
David Aaronovitch of The Times tweeted:
'I see Tolstoy has just been arrested in central London.'
Like so many journalists, Derek Momodu, the Daily Mirror's Associate Picture Editor, made a joke about a bearded character from the BBC comedy series 'Only Fools And Horses':
'Unconfirmed reports that Wikileaks boss Julian Assange tried to pass as Uncle Albert to avoid arrest - but no-one was fooled.'
The Daily Star devoted an entire article to the mockery:
'Bearded Julian Assange compared to Uncle Albert as Twitter reacts to arrest
'Pamela Anderson's favourite fella has got a surprising new look.'
Embedded in the piece was a Daily Star reader survey that attracted 234 votes:
'Would you describe Julian Assange as...
'A hero [36%]
'A weirdo' [64%]
Unsurprising results, given the context and the wider political-media campaign.
The Daily Express also devoted an article to comedy takes of this kind:
'Hilarious Julian Assange memes have swept Twitter in the wake of the Wikileaks founder's arrest including one he tried to pass himself off as Uncle Albert from Only Fools and Horses - here are the best ones.'
In The Times, Ben Macintyre wrote a piece titled, 'Julian Assange belongs with crackpots and despots', observing that Assange had been 'hauled out of the Ecuadorian embassy, wearing the same beard and outraged expression as Saddam Hussein on removal from his foxhole'. The caption accompanying the photos said it all:
'Julian Assange revelled in holding court at the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Right, the Panamanian [dictator] General Manuel Noriega took refuge in the Vatican embassy in 1989'
There are clear Stalinist and Big Brother echoes when one of the most important political dissidents of our time generates this headline (subsequently edited) in the Daily Mail:
'A soaring ego. Vile personal habits. And after years in his squalid den, hardly a friend left: DOWNFALL OF A NARCISSIST'
The title of a Guardian press review also headlined completely fake, Ecuadorian government claims that Assange had smeared the walls of the embassy with his own excrement as highlighted in The Sun:
'"Whiffyleaks": what the papers say about Julian Assange's arrest'
The assumption behind all these comments, of course, was that Assange's beard was further confirmation that he was 'a definite creep, a probable rapist, a conspiracist whackjob', as 'leftist' media favourite Ash Sarkar of Novara Media tweeted. Or, as the Guardian's George Monbiot wrote in opposing Assange's extradition:
'Whether or not you like Assange's politics (I don't), or his character (ditto)...'
As discussed, Nils Melzer argues that Assange has become '"unlikeable" and ridiculous in public opinion', not because of who he is, but because of a state-sponsored propaganda campaign - the journalists listed above are either complicit or dupes. This media charade was exposed with great clarity by Melzer's revelation on Twitter:
'How public humiliation works: On 11 April, Julian Assange was mocked for his beard throughout the world. During my visit, he explained to us that his shaving kit had been deliberately taken away three months earlier.'
It had simply never occurred to the great herd of journalists - which understood that Assange was someone to be smeared, mocked and abused – that his appearance might have something to do with Ecuador's brutal treatment cutting off his communications, his visitors and even his medical care. Fidel Narvaez, former consul at the Ecuadorian embassy from the first day Assange arrived, on 19 June 2012, until 15 July 2018, said the Ecuadorian regime under president Lenin Moreno had tried to make life 'unbearable' for Assange.
As part of a Swedish project in support of Assange, a message containing an offer from Melzer to be interviewed was emailed to around 500 individuals, primarily Swedish journalists. Recipients were able to reply with a single click on an embedded link in the message. Not a single journalist did so. In an email copied to Media Lens, Melzer commented:
'My impression is that, after my initial press release, most of the mainstream media have gone into something like a shock paralysis leaving them unable to process the enormous contradiction between their own misguided portraits of Assange and the terrifying truth of what has been going on in reality. The problem, of course, is that mainstream media bear a significant share of the responsibility for enabling this disgraceful witch-hunt and now have to muster up the strength to face their tragic failure to objectively inform and empower the people in this case.
'One of my own nationalities being Swedish, I am quite familiar with what a certain obsession with political correctness can do to one's capacity for critical thinking. But the fact that, of more than 500 solicited Swedish journalists, not a single one was interested in an in-depth interview with a Swiss-Swedish UN expert publicly accusing Sweden of judicial persecution and psychological torture, speaks to a level of denial and self-censorship that can hardly be reconciled with objective and informative reporting.' (Melzer, email, 13 June 2019)
It is indeed a dramatic example of denial and self-censorship. But alas, there is no 'shock paralysis', for corporate media have been treating the best-informed, most courageous and most honest truth-tellers this way for years and decades.
When Denis Halliday, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq, resigned in protest in September 1998, describing the UN sanctions regime he had set up and run as 'genocidal', his comments were mentioned in passing then forgotten. The same treatment was afforded his successor as UN Humanitarian Coordinator, Hans von Sponeck, who resigned in protest at the sanctions in February 2000. Since its publication in 2006, von Sponeck's forensic, deeply rational and deeply damning account of his experiences, 'A Different Kind Of War – The UN Sanctions Regime In Iraq' (Berghahn Books, 2006), has been mentioned once across the entire US-UK press, in a single paragraph of 139 words in an article by Robert Fisk in the Independent, and never reviewed. (Fisk, 'Fear climate change, not our enemies', The Independent, 20 Jan 2007)
At a time of maximum global media coverage of Iraq, Halliday was mentioned in 2 of the 12,366 Guardian and Observer articles mentioning Iraq in 2003; von Sponeck was mentioned 5 times. Halliday was mentioned in 2 of the 8,827 articles mentioning Iraq in 2004; von Sponeck was mentioned 5 times.
In 2002, Scott Ritter, former UN chief weapons inspector in Iraq from 1991-1998 declared that Iraq had been 'fundamentally disarmed' of 90-95% of its weapons of mass destruction by December 1998, signifying that the case for war was an audacious fraud. (Ritter and William Rivers Pitt, 'War On Iraq', Profile Books, 2002, p.23) In the 12,366 articles mentioning Iraq in 2003, the Guardian and Observer mentioned Ritter a total of 17 times.
In February, we described how Alfred de Zayas, the first UN rapporteur to visit Venezuela for 21 years, had commented that US sanctions were illegal and could amount to 'crimes against humanity' under international law. Our ProQuest UK media database search for the last six months for corporate newspaper articles containing:
'de Zayas' and 'Venezuela' = 2 hits
One of these, bitterly critical, in The Times, was titled:
'Radical Chic - The UN's system of human rights reporting is a politicised travesty'
There have been a couple of other mentions in the Independent online, but, once again, we find ourselves reaching for the same comment from Noam Chomsky that sums it up so well:
'The basic principle, rarely violated, is that what conflicts with the requirements of power and privilege does not exist.' (Chomsky, 'Deterring Democracy', Hill and Wang, 1992, p.79)


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Extend-A-Care for Kids' Summer Day Camp (5-12 year olds*) is the place to keep your children physically active and engaged in learning activities while they make new friends and have new experiences. The Summer Day Camp that focuses on the whole child experience! Our environment allows children to have positive social experiences through enrichment activities that promote social emotional learning, voice and choice, creativity, physical activities and others. See locations below.
Throughout the summer your child will experience a variety of enriching activities such as basketball, soccer, baseball, flag football, arts & crafts, cooking, painting and much more! Our summer curriculum is based on weekly themes which are developed from children's literature books introduced to students during the camp. This offers children a constant source of new and interesting material and activities. 2019 Theme: "Enchanted Summer" -- Between "once upon a time" and "happily ever-after" lies a magical world of possibilities, heroics, fantasy and fun with all the giant-battling, spell-casting, princess-saving glory and adventure a camper's imagination can conjure and create. Join Extend-A-Care for Kids this summer as we explore the realms of magic, mystery, and enchantment found in literature, expression, science and nature. Click here for 2019 themes and Brochure. Children will attend a weekly field trips (1 on-site and 1 off-site each week for the exception of session 1A and 1). New Releases: Check out the Field Trips for Summer Camp 2019 and Sports schedule for Summer 2019!
The Extend-A-Care for Kids Summer 2019 Camp will feature exciting clubs for your children! The clubs include the Kindle club, Film Club, Fitness club, Calligraphy/Drawing club, a LEGO Robotics club, a Photography club, and an XBOX club! These clubs will rotate through the sites during the summer which will provide every child a chance to experience the fabulous clubs.
*4 year old care offered at Preschool programs. Interested in the weekly session themes for preschool. Click here. Please see location list below for more details.
"I have been so impressed with your summer camp. It makes my work day better, and I love picking up two happy kids every evening. I'm sure I echo many parents' sentiments when I say there is nothing like knowing your kids are well taken care of while you're working during the day.""
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Travis Heights Elementary
2010 Alameda Dr
Austin, Texas 78704
Ph: (512) 441-2522
2010 Alameda Dr, Austin, Texas 78704
Ph: (512) 441-2522
Dawson Elementary
3001 S. 1st Street
Austin, Texas 78704
Ph: (512) 841-0708
3001 S. 1st Street, Austin, Texas 78704
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Galindo Infant / PreSchool Program
3800 S. 2nd Street
Austin, Texas 78704
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3800 S. 2nd Street, Austin, Texas 78704
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Little Angels
Austin, Texas 78702
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55 N IH-35, Austin, Texas 78702
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KIPP Austin North
8004 Cameron Road
Austin , Tx 78754
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8004 Cameron Road, Austin , Tx 78754
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KIPP Austin Ridge
Austin, TX 78724
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8509 FM 969, Austin, TX 78724
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5107 South IH-35
Austin, Texas 78744
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Baty Elementary
2101 Faro Drive
Austin, Texas 78741
Ph: (512) 389-0088
2101 Faro Drive, Austin, Texas 78741
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Bryker Woods Elementary
3309 Kerbey Lane
Austin, TX 78703
Ph: (512) 459-7129
3309 Kerbey Lane, Austin, TX 78703
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Cunningham Elementary
2200 Berkeley Ave.
Austin, TX 78745
Ph: 512-297-8395
2200 Berkeley Ave., Austin, TX 78745
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Elm Grove Elementary
Buda, Texas 78640
Ph: (512) 295-9270
801 FM 1626, Buda, Texas 78640
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Tobias Elementary
1005 East FM 150
Kyle, TX 78640
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Metz Elementary Infant and Preschool
84 Robert Martinez Jr St
Austin, TX 78702
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Austin Achieve Elementary School
7424 E Hwy 290
Austin, TX 78723
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7424 E Hwy 290, Austin, TX 78723
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Barton Hills Elementary
2108 Barton Hills Drive
Austin, Texas 78704
Ph: (512) 444-2384
2108 Barton Hills Drive, Austin, Texas 78704
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Joslin Elementary
4500 Manchaca Road
Austin, Texas 78745
Ph: (512) 841-3462/3463
4500 Manchaca Road, Austin, Texas 78745
Ph: (512) 841-3462/3463
Blazier Infant / PreSchool Program
8601 Vertex
Austin, Texas 78744
Ph: (512) 841-8895/94/96/97
8601 Vertex, Austin, Texas 78744
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EAC Summer Experience
The EAC Experience will include:
|Field Trips*
|Reading during Book Nook Time
|Sports: Soccer, Basketball, Flag Football, Softball, Kickball
|Makerspace/ STEM
|Einstein Hour including over 25 projects per week
|Fun Zones with Games/Puzzles and Legos
|Arts and Craft
*Field Trips Include: Blazer Tag, Westgate Lanes Bowling, Wonder World Caverns, Zilker Playscape, Westgate Cinema, Peter Pan Golf, Cabelas, Aquarena Springs, Pollyanna Theatre, San Marcos Playscape, Magic Show, Millennium Youth Complex, Thinkery, and Inner Space Caverns (destinations vary according to site) ** EAC children participate in 5 different sports throughout the summer. They learn the skills and rules of one sport at a time over the course of 2 weeks during morning activities. See the Sports Calendar for 2017.
What Makes Us Different
- Curriculum Activities: We offer developmentally appropriate activities & projects and encourage reading during the summer through our literature based curriculum themes. There are over 25 unique projects lead by staff each week which consist of multiple cooking, art and science projects. This summer's theme is "Enchanted Summer". See the summer brochure for more details.
- Field Trips: We offer 1 swim trip per week and two field trips every week (one offsite and one onsite) from session 2-10.
- Specialty Sports: We offer a specialty sports camp 4 days a week. Rotating the following sports every two weeks: Basketball, Soccer, Kickball, Flag Football, Softball plus a bonus sport -- Tennis.
- Clubs: Over 15 clubs will rotate through the camps for children to lead activities in film making, LEGO creation, LEGO robotics, comic books, photography, motion/fitness, Reduce, Reuse and Recycle club, and more.
- Makerspace Zones: Children will have opportunities to learn coding, explore in the deconstruction zone, create music with Makey Makey equipment, challenge themselves with weekly STEM challenges, and develop unique creations through exploration.
- FUN Zone: Set up daily for children to participate in bowling, "Big" table games, and drums and keyboards.
- Hours: We are open from 7:15 am – 6:30 pm (typically, other programs open later or close earlier).
- Weekly sessions to make it convenient for parents to choose only the weeks they need. A deposit of $20/week is required to hold your space.
- Experience: We have been partnering with Central Texas school districts for over 50 years.
- Resources: We are the largest, licensed child care organization in Central Texas.
- Quality: The best staff members are chosen to work for us during the summer. We offer trained staff and low ratios (17 students: 1 child care provider).
- We are licensed by the Texas Department of Family & Protective Services, which provides monitoring and random site visits.
- Certification: Every staff member is certified in CPR and first aid. All afternoon staff are certified in Basic Water Safety as well.
- Affordability: Annually, we provide over $1 million in financial assistance to low-income families.
2019 Summer Sites
The participating sites for children 5-12 years old will be:
- Austin Achieve Elementary, 7424 E. Hwy 290, 78723
- Barton Hills Elementary, 2108 Barton Hills Dr., 78704
- Baty Elementary, 2101 Faro Drive, 78741
- Bryker Woods Elementary, 3309 Kerby Ln, 78703
- Cunningham Elementary, 2200 Berkeley Ave., 78745
- Dawson Elementary, 3001 South 1st St., 78704
- Elm Grove Elementary, 801 FM 1626, 78610
- Joslin Elementary, 4500 Manchaca Rd., 78745
- Palm Elementary, 7601 Dixie Dr., 78744
- Tobias Elementary, 1005 East FM 150, 78640
- Travis Heights Elementary, 2010 Alameda Dr, Austin, TX 78704
Summer Infant/Preschool program locations* (Note: Includes some onsite field trips; excludes offsite field trips and swim trips):
- Galindo Preschool (ages 6wks – 4 yrs only), 3800 South 2nd St., 78704
- KIPP South Daycare (ages 6wks - 2 yrs only) 5107 South IH-35 78744
- KIPP Austin Daycare (6wks - 2 yrs only), 8509 FM 969, 78724
- KIPP North Daycare (ages 6wks - 2 yrs only) 8004 Cameron Road 78754
- Little Angels (ages 6wks – 24mos only), 55 N. IH35, 78702
- Metz Preschool (ages 6wks – 4 yrs only), 84 Robert Martinez Jr St, 78702
*Registration for infant/preschool programs are monthly. Cost: $875 per month for infant services and $695 per month for preschool services. Preschool Weekly Session Themes.


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Here's a look at what I have on the DVR on Tuesday nights (all of these shows really start to add up by this time in the week!):
I was a bit caught off guard last season when I liked this show and now, at the start of its second season, I'm still not disappointed.
June graduated from Indiana University (sidebar: what's with all the tv shows recently with Hoosier connections? THE MIDDLE, PARKS AND RECREATION,it seems like there's a new one each week!) and moved ot New York, where the financial job she had lined up lasts no more than a few hours. She ends up moving in with Chloe, a borderline-crazy party girl who happens to be best friends with James van der Beek (of DAWSON'S CREEKfame).
This isn't a very deep show, but it is a lot of fun — especially if you're a) within the same age range of the characters and/or b) a DAWSON'S CREEK fan. The cast is relatively endearing, despite the crazy situations of their characters, and although it's similar to many of the other young adult comedies that are out there it manages to stay mostly fresh. I also enjoy the recent spate of shows with actors playing themselves as characters (ie, ENTOURAGE, etc.) and the inclusion of van der Beek leads to a lot of DAWSON and jokes about other WB shows, of which I'm also a fan.
Why I love it:
- The Beek from the Creek!
- I enjoy June's Hoosier-bred naivety
- Other fun guest stars (Dean Cain, etc.)
- The supporting cast, including Luther, Eli, and Robin
NEW GIRL is similar in vein to APARTMENT 23, following the young adult situational comedy formula tha tis probably not funny unless you're in the demographic or, in this case, really love Zooey Deschanel. Fortunately, I fall into both of those categories and NEW GIRL was definitely one of my favorite debuts last season.
The cast is great (I'd follow Zooey anywhere, and I've hearted Max Greenfield since his stint on VERONICA MARS) and the writing is lively. But most people not in the target demo probably aren't going to enjoy the shenanigans of this bunch.
Why I love it:
- The douchebag jar
- Cece's model friends, especially Nadia
- Anytime a) Schmidt ends up in a costume or b) they play the "True American" game
THE MINDY PROJECT is definitely one that has surprised me this season. I turned on the pilot fully expecting to hate it because I didn't particularly care for Mindy Kaling on THE OFFICE(Kelly), but this one is another young adult show that's a lot of fun.
It's still finding itself a bit — it's primarily "set" in a doctor's office, although (at least so far) the show is only loosely tied to that set and I wouldn't really call it a medical show. There are also a lot of auxiliary characters (several are presumably medical assistants – but I'm really not even sure what they do – as well as Mindy's best friend outside of the office) that either need to be worked into the show better or cut down even further. It's a bit distracting this early when you're still trying to get to know the main characters.
It's a very good tie-in with NEW GIRL, both of which I would think trace their roots back to shows like MARY TYLER MOORE. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing more of this as the series moves forward.
Why I like it:
- Chris Messina as Danny (I've enjoyed his recent turns in movies and on THE NEWSROOM)
- Mindy's internal (sometimes external) monologues crack me up
GO ONis another freshman comedy that I wasn't too excited about before seeing the pilot. Although I enjoy Matthew Perry, the premise for the show didn't seem that interesting to me. But I'm happy to say that I've really been enjoying it.
Perry plays Ryan King, a sports radio personality whose wife is killed. He is subsequently mandated to attend group therapy. While it definitely doesn't sound funny on the surface, this show has done a really good job so far between balancing the humorous situations of the support group mishaps and its more touching moments as Ryan learns to grieve and heal from his wife's death.
The show benefit from a talented supporting cast, including John Cho (Harold, of HAROLD AND KUMARfame) as Perry's co-worker and the characters in the support group are all decently well-written individuals.
Why I like it:
- The comparison of appearance between Ryan King and Rachel Maddow
- Sonia and her cats
- Really, the whole support group
VEGAScontinues the string of debut shows that I've been pleasantly surprised by. This wasn't even on my radar until the week it premiered and I decided to give it a go when I saw Dennis Quaid was one of the many headlining names.
Quaid plays Ralph Lamb, a former military man turned rancher who is persuaded to take on the role of sheriff in 1960s Las Vegas. It's inspired by the true story of a rancher who was the sheriff during the 60s and 70s. Lamb is up against the mob, led by Vincent Savino (Michael Chiklis of THE SHIELD and canceled-too-early NO ORDINARY FAMILY).
Quaid and Chiklis are joined by Carrie-Anne Moss (THE MATRIX) as the assistant DA, Sarah Jones (of last season's canceled-too-early ALCATRAZ) as a mob financial manager and Jason O'Mara (of last season's canceled-too-early TERRA NOVA).
Although it's fairly slow-paced, I like the development of the characters. My only caveat is that the story had better start paying off with some of the bigger picture storylines in the latter half of the season to make it worth the slow build-up.
Why I like it:
- Definitely the acting/writing combination – superb
- Dennis Quaid channeling his best rough and tumble cowboy reminds me of Harrison Ford in COWBOYS AND ALIENS
- I've developed a not-so-small crush on Ireland-native Jason O'Mara
The CW's HART OF DIXIEis definitely the television equivalent of a Reese Witherspoon/Kate Hudson-style chick flick.
Now in its sophomore season, it stars Rachel Bilson (THE OC) as Zoe Hart, who leaves New York and her dreams of becoming a big-name surgeon to work in a small medical practice in Bluebell, your sterotypical small Southern town.
Josh Schwartz of THE OCand GOSSIP GIRLis the executive producer and it's similar to the other shows without quite as much of the high-level drama. HART OF DIXIEis definitely much more light-hearted and less mean-spirited than those shows can sometimes be.
There's not a lot of depth to the characters, but it is a fun hour of television that fans of chick flicks can definitely appreciate.
Why I like it:
- I love Rachel Bilson and the character of Zoe fits her perfectly
- The Zoe-George-Wade love triangle
Just kidding — I didn't even make it through the pilot. I tried. It was bad.


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Hm.. our favourite part of the week is here again; when we get you all hungry before you leave the office, with pictures of yummy cullinary creations from our wedding catering and wedding cake listings :-)
Today's "menu" is completely irrational of course - we didn't even attempt to match these dishes with each other. Just giving you ideas of what's possible and more importantly what is available "out there"..
For a starter, we 'll play it safe (and west coast): "Wild Prawn Amuse Bouche", by Cullinary Capers, in Vancouver. Can't possibly go wrong with that (unless someone is allergic, of course! You should always know of your wedding guests have any food allergies and provide food alternatives. Is that part of the RSVP process? Methinks we should research and publish a story on this...)
While on the seafood theme, why not follow this up with something edgier (and east coast): This is a "Schalen Antipasty", an Italian/Dutch fusion dish, by Luisa Parlato, in .. Holland. (You didn't know we also have a dutch wedding website, did you? (In case you 're thinking "Amsterdam:, the address is trouwportaal.nl)
For a main course (can you possible follow two seafood dishes with something like this? We have no idea whatsoever.. but visually speaking, they'd look good together, no?) a spicy-looking west indian dish (anyone know what they call it?), by Shemela's Catering, in Scraborough ON. (Toronto seems to have all the fun in these matters..)
And for dessert, we 'll go light: a selection of cupcakes (they are becoming very trendy) from Eini & Co., in Toronto.
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JUSTIN (JAY) LeROUX has been a mainstay of the Toronto live music circuit for over fifteen years.
Jay studied music at Humber College, one of North America's most reputable performance music schools, where he majored in guitar and composition. His playing is the perfect blend of groove, feel and technique. With a true Rock & Roll voice, Jay conveys energy and emotion, enjoys being on stage and loves to interact with the audience.
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A few years back, I was sitting in the audience crying while watching a dance piece called GIMP by the Heidi Latsky Dance Company. Ok, I cry often with music and theater. But this time it was the human factor that made me cry. HLD uses abled and disabled performers in its company, a gentleman with parkinsons, a deaf girl, a man with cerebral palsy, etc. But her choreography isn't made to highlight their lacks, but to highlight the beauty of their unique bodies.
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Recipe of Pineapple And Bell Pepper Margarita
Not your usual fare, the classic Margarita gets a makeover. The slightly bitter taste of bell peppers is complimented by the sweetness of pineapple.
- Glass: Margarita/Old fashioned glass
- 45 ml Tequila
- 15 ml lime juice
- 15 ml sugar syrup
- 5-6 chunks of pineapple
- 6 pieces of bell peppers (red, green, yellow)
- 60 ml pineapple juice
- Garnish: One each strips of red, yellow and green bell peppers
How to Make Pineapple And Bell Pepper Margarita
- Rim half the glass with salt.
- Add all the bell peppers and pineapples in the shaker and muddle.
- Fill the can half with ice cube. Pour tequila, lime juice, sugar syrup, PJ and shake well.
- Taste to adjust and double strain or pour on the rocks into salt-rimmed glass.
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Tuesday, 05 March 2013 01:37 PM
Retail gasoline prices in the U.S. declined for the first time this year as seasonal refinery maintenance nears an end and fuel producers prepare to restore supplies in the market.
Regular gasoline in the U.S. fell for the first time in 11 weeks, declining 2.5 cents, or 0.7 percent, from a week earlier to $3.759 a gallon Monday, according to data compiled by the Energy Information Administration, the Energy Department's statistical arm.
Retail gasoline prices are at the highest ever for this time of year as planned refinery repairs exacerbated a decline from last year in supplies on the U.S. East Coast. This week's drop ends the longest streak of price increases at the pumps since September, driven up by the plant maintenance and a switch to more expensive summer-grade fuel production.
"We've reached the peak in retail gasoline," Dave Hackett, president of oil consultant Stillwater Associates, said by telephone from Irvine, California. "Barring something odd happening with crude oil prices, I think we've got a month's worth of relief ahead of us."
West Texas Intermediate crude for April delivery slid 56 cents, or 0.6 percent, to $90.12 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange yesterday, the lowest settlement price since Dec. 24. Prices fell to $89.33 in intraday trading.
Crude stockpiles in the U.S. climbed 0.3 percent to 377.5 million barrels in the seven days ended Feb. 22, the EIA said Feb. 27. They probably added another 788,000 barrels, or 0.2 percent, last week, according to a median of 10 analyst estimates before the agency's next report Wednesday.
Maintenance Ends
Gasoline supplies fell 0.8 percent in the week ended Feb. 22 to 228.5 million barrels, the EIA data showed. Output of the motor-fuel rose 3.1 percent in the same period to 9.21 million barrels a day, the agency said.
Phillips 66's Sweeny refinery in Texas finished a planned maintenance turnaround and was restarting units late last month. Motiva Enterprises LLC's Port Arthur plant in Texas, the largest U.S. refinery, is expected to return equipment to service before the end of March after scheduled work.
Philadelphia Energy Solutions is nearing the end of its own 40-day turnaround on a crude unit at the Girard Point section of the East Coast's largest refinery.
Gasoline futures for April delivery declined 3.03 cents to settle at $3.0983 a gallon on the Nymex yesterday as refiners wrapped up maintenance. April's premium over the May contract narrowed to 3 cents from 4 cents a gallon on March 1, indicating supplies may increase as plants boost production after seasonal maintenance.
West Coast Rises
Retail gasoline prices fell Monday in the U.S. East Coast, the Midwest and the Gulf Coast. They continued to rise in the Rocky Mountain region and the West Coast.
Prices dropped the most on the Gulf Coast, declining 4.8 cents to $3.576 a gallon, and climbed the most on the West Coast, rising 1.6 cents to $4.069 a gallon, the EIA said.
Chevron Corp. is performing maintenance on the fluid catalytic cracker at its El Segundo plant, California's largest refinery. Exxon Mobil Corp.'s Torrance refinery near Los Angeles was scheduled to shut several units early this month for about 30 days of repairs, a person with knowledge of the schedule said Nov. 12.
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Adobe's Moviestar Brings HD Support to Flash
Today Adobe Systems announced a beta version of its Web-pervasive Flash Player, code-named Moviestar, which can display HD video content using the open-source H.264 standard. The H.264 codec is part of the MPEG-4 video standard, and it's implemented in both the Blu-ray and HD DVD high-def formats. The company also announced support for High Efficiency AAC audio and hardware-accelerated, multicore video playback. The beta will be available today at at Adobe's lab site.
Adobe sees this enhancement to Flash as complementing its Premiere and After Effects content creation tools, as well as its upcoming AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) platform for deploying rich Web applications. Another piece of the puzzle will be Adobe Media Player, which is sort of a desktop installed-software version of the browser-based Flash Player. The media player will give content creators their beloved DRM and the ability to display ads along with the video, along with TiVo-like functions for the viewer.
Adobe engineer Tinic Uro's blog wanders deep into the technical details of the update, which includes several more technology implementations than just the H.264 support, like ISO 14496-12 (read the blog if you really want to know).Post by Michael Muchmore


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This weekend I came across an interesting job posting: Innovation Facilitator.
Måltidets hus (Norwegian Centre of Expertise: NCE Culinology) is hiring an innovation guru.
"The Innovation Facilitator will be a driving force and coordinator for innovation. In the area of industrial gastronomy, starting with consumer insight, process optimalization and open innovation". By Norwegian standards, this is pretty radical. Here we see a public organization running innovation programs, developing open innovation processes and actively facilitating innovation processes. This job posting is far ahead of most comparable private firms in the area. Many of them could learn from this.
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Trans African Concessions (TRAC) is an international, privately-owned company that manages the N4 Toll Route from the Solomon Mahlangu Drive Interchange in Tshwane (formerly Pretoria), Gauteng, to the Maputo Port in Mozambique. TRAC's vision is to connect people, places and countries quickly, conveniently and safely and this is the motto that the company lives by.
The company employs over 500 people and is headed by CEO Graham Esterhuysen, who is supported by six Executive Managers. Each Executive Manager leads an important division within the company, namely:
TRAC, which was officially formed in 1996, became an essential element of the Maputo Corridor Spatial Development Initiative after signing a 30-year concession contract in 1997. The contract ensures that TRAC manages certain sections of the N4 Toll Route, in conjunction with the South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) and its Mozambican counterpart, Administração Nacional de Estradas (ANE).
TRAC was initially contracted to design, construct, finance, operate and maintain the N4 between eMalahleni (formerly Witbank) in South Africa and Maputo in Mozambique. The concession was then extended by 60 km, from the Solomon Mahlangu Drive Interchange to the Gauteng/Mpumalanga border in 2005, bringing the total road length to 570 km. The management and upgrade of the road is made possible through funds generated from toll fees from the six mainline toll plazas and four off ramp plazas that TRAC operates along the route.
The Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) contract expires on 5 February 2028 and represents a benchmark public-private partnership with the governments of South Africa and Mozambique, private sector and communities along the route, with each party sharing in the project's associated risks and rewards.


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Avg Home Price $206,450
Avg Size (Sq Ft) 1,345
Avg Price/Sq Ft $154
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If you're looking for low-maintenance living with the comforts of a master-planned community, the Retreat at Town Centre has it all. Just sixty condos make up this private, gated community surrounded on all sides by greenbelt. Each condo features its own garage and fenced backyard maintained by the HOA. The spacious floor plans maximize every square foot of space, with tiled floors, and details like granite counters and crown molding. A few models even feature covered patios and balconies perfect for relaxing. The Retreat at Town Centre is close to local Round Rock ISD schools, as well as the Round Rock Dell campus. Residents will enjoy shopping at the Round Rock Outlets or La Frontera Village. Round Rock is also home to amazing local restaurants perfect for dinner, like Gino's Italian Restaurant. For townhome living priced in the $200s, don't pass up the Retreat at Town Centre.
Retreat at Town Centre Location and Map
- 28.9 mi/30 mins to Bergstrom International Airport
- 19.5 mi/21 mins to downtown Austin
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Current Market: Retreat at Town Centre MLS ListingsLast Updated 11/15/19 at 6:46am
|Total Listings 2
|Residential Listings 2
|Home Sites 0
|Avg List Price $206,450
|Highest Price $208,000
|Lowest Price $204,900
|Avg Size (Sq Ft) 1,345
|Avg Price / Sq Ft $154
|Price / Sq Ft Range $144 - $164
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|Avg Taxes / Year $5,027
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- Chisholm Valley
- Chisholm Valley South
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- Creek Bend
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- Diamond Oaks
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Celia Sebiri, New York, (1913-2006) enjoyed a jewelry designing career that spanned more than thirty years from the 1960's - 1990's. She was instrumental in paving the bridges between costume and fine jewelry and was a winner of the Cody award in 1973 for her jewelry designing. Her hand-crafted pieces were sold in such prestigious stores as Neiman Marcus, Saks, Sakowitz and high-end boutiques. She also designed for Avon in 1987. Her daughter, Karen, worked with her designing works of art.
This lovely pair of clip earrings, circa 1970's, consists of a large round faux white pearl in a brass bezel mounting. The shimmering pearl is surrounded with an inlay of crushed onyx. The gently scalloped shaped earrings measure 1 1/2" in length and 1 1/4" in width. Each earring is stamped "Sebiri" as well as being hand-signed "Celia Sebiri"; the brass fittings have their original patina. Excellent condition. Great set from an American designer.
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Please join us for Bedford Town-Wide Clean-up Days 2017 at the Crusher Road Highway Facility off Route 22, just North of Route 172, in Bedford Village. Town residents can bring household debris and metal waste to the Crusher Road Yard during the following periods:
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Minnesota Takes Steps to Align the Child Care Assistance Program and Head Start/Early Head Start
The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) and Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) have improved coordination between the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) and Head Start/Early Head Start (HS/EHS) by clarifying how funding can be used together.
State leaders in consultation with federal staff at the Office of Child Care and Office of Head Start"developed resources to promote local partnerships, outline potential models, and provide guidance on developing a budget. These include:
- Principles that apply to blending funds and promoting full-day models that support continuity of care and integrated services.
- Descriptions of example program partnership models and sample budget agreements.
- Written policy guidance for counties and agencies to use in authorizing care for families who are enrolled in both programs.
- Materials to explain how CCAP payments interact when a child receiving subsidy attends EHS/HS or an integrated Head Start"child care program.
CCAP is administered at the county level in Minnesota. Prior to this project, there was little consistency in how counties authorized CCAP payments for children attending integrated HS/EHS programs. To address this, DHS and MDE developed a set of basic criteria that full-day HS/EHS programs or HS/EHS-child care partnership programs must meet to be designated as integrated full-day HS/EHS programs. The state established an application process to verify the criteria were being met. To be approved, programs must provide care for at least eight hours per day in one location, meet HS Performance Standards, and submit a partnership agreement or cost allocation plan identifying how child care and HS/EHS funds are being used. Approved programs qualify for a full day CCAP payment for eligible children.
In addition to creating an approval process for programs, DHS and MDE developed guidance on implementing braided funding. They identified three levels of service: core care and education (space, teaching staff, and meals), enhanced education (increased staff education, research-based curriculum, and on-going child assessment), and comprehensive support (family/social services, mental health services, and health and dental services). The child care license holder, whether a HS/EHS agency or a child care provider, is primarily responsible for the core care and education services, while HS/EHS is primarily responsible for the additional services. Partners have flexibility in determining the specifics of how funds are allocated when designing their program budgets. Once the application process and policy guidance were developed, DHS and MDE staff conducted a series of webinars and video conferences on the topic to improve counties understanding of the payment processes. They also provide ongoing technical assistance to HS/EHS grantees and child care providers on topics such as CCAP eligibility, HS Performance Standards, budgeting, and negotiation of provider agreements. Efforts to increase parent awareness of integrated child care-HS/EHS options are also underway. For additional information visit the Minnesota Department of Human Services website www.dhs.state.mn.us
Updated February 2016
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Sports anchor Mike Shumann reportedly stole a Warriors security staffer's jacket
A Bay Area sports anchor was caught on tape stealing a security member's jacket after a team practice last week at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, The Athletic reported on Monday.
Security footage surfaced that reportedly shows ABC7/KGO-TV sports anchor Mike Shumann — who was covering the Golden State Warriors' first round playoff series against the Spurs — take a jacket on his way out of the arena. The jacket belongs to Ralph Walker, who is the Warriors director of team security.
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- Location: Canaan, Haiti
- Budget: N/A
- Year of construction: 2017/2018
- Client: Global Communities
- Partners: Sisul Consulting, Sogetra, E4P
- Donor: USAID, American Red Cross
The studio is currently working on the delivery of 16 public spaces and community buildings in Canaan, a vast informal settlement on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The projects aim to provide quality public space, which offer a change from the unplanned nature of the area, by increasing safety, providing shade and creating a friendly environment. They form part of the Canaan Upgrading and Community Development (CUCD) programme by USAID, and will be completed by the end of 2017. Canaan was practically uninhabited before 2010, but has rapidly grown to host a current population of over 200,000. People began to flock to the area following a presidential decree in May 2010, which declared the 18,000 acres of land public utility –to serve for the redevelopment of the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince and in part to relocate victims of the 12th of January 2010 earthquake which left 1.5 million people without homes. People continue to arrive daily, and despite uncertain land claims, informal growth far exceeds planned development. Though relatively low in density, homes are constructed on a first come first served basis and empty lots of land are fast to be built on.
The designs of the public spaces anticipate further unplanned growth, and aim to protect the potential for future development of the sites with an outside-in approach. The designs start at the site boundary established at the first community engagement meeting and work their way innwards. Careful attention has been given to the creation of visually permeable borders which help define what is public and private without being obtrusive or hostile. This was primarily done through soft-scaping techniques and combines native – drought tolerant plants with clever drainage solutions. Within the boundary, the programme of each public space was established directly through community engagement meetings, and is reflected in the uniqueness of each project. Though varying in their use of space, each project works by identifying the existing conditions and the needs of the community, and succeeds by overcoming the local challenges of scarcity and budget constraint. Maximising the footprint on site has not lead to compromise, but to a search for more innovative and locally available solutions. Stones and gravel are used throughout, capitalising on the local availability of these materials
By studying the context and the origins of Canaan, as well as understanding and working with the community, the projects respond positively to the local challenges. Understanding the specific requirements of each project and community needs allowed to establish comprehensive briefs achievable with the funds available.
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The upper Midwest had a fluke winter warm up this past weekend for a bit of spring/summer tease.
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Frozen fruit can be a great way to leverage powerful phytonutrients into the diet, particularly across times of the year where seasonable options are not available fresh. A key to healthful smoothies is balance.
I have found that tropical fruit combos, although sweet, can be used in moderation to balance greens such as spinach or super green based blends.
Including options such as chia or hemp seeds and a spoonful of coconut butter, avocado, or nut butter will add compounds such as omega 3 and healthful fats.
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Who Are We?
The Children's Place is a non-profit organization staffed by dedicated, creative Early Childhood Educators, operated by experienced Managers and governed by a parent/community Board of Directors. We have been in operation since 1981 and were the first licensed childcare center in the City of Ottawa to provide: flexible care, non-traditional hours, 24/7 a week care and parent's night out.
We would like to thank The City of Ottawa and The Ministry of Education for their continued support and funding of childcare within our community and The Children's Place programs.
The Children's Place Program Statement
The Children's Place programs create rich learning environments for children which helps towards reaching their full potential. This approach to learning is in alignment with the Ministry of Education's How Learning Happens, a resource developed by the Ministry of Education to promote a shared understanding of what children need, as well as opportunities for growth and success in their Early Years.
The Children's Place Child Care Objectives:
- To provide a warm, caring environment to develop children's creative, intellectual, emotional, social and physical needs
- To plan for and create positive learning environments and experiences, that support a child's individual needs, learning and development
- To provide a safe environment that is part of a natural progression between home and school
- To ensure children are cared for, and supervised always
- To employ staff that are experienced and trained to provide the best care and enrichment for the children in our care
- To provide a communication system that ensures parents and staff have ongoing contact throughout a child's time at our center
We at The Children's Place are committed to delivering flexible, high quality childcare that is progressive and responsive to the changing needs of our families. Our programs are positive and nurturing environments that provide all children with supported learning experiences that enhance their individual social, intellectual, physical and emotional development. We create rich opportunities for children to flourish and reach their individual potential by supporting learning that occurs in all aspects of a child's daily routine which encompasses a balance of indoor and outdoor play, as well as active play, rest, and quiet time.
Children are competent, capable, curious and rich in potential
Play is the cornerstone of our curriculum. We base our program learning experiences around play. The value of play in early childhood is supported by theory and research, it is the basis for which quality childcare programs evaluate success and therefore it is reasonable for us to expand our philosophy on children's learning into an inclusion of academic achievement, without erosion on child driven curriculum and choices.
Play is the platform for inquiry and exploration and essential to healthy social and cognitive development of children. We view children as competent, capable of complex thinking, curious, and rich in potential. Through play and inquiry, young children practice ways of learning and interacting with the world around them that we hope they will apply throughout their lives. The Children's Place curriculum takes a child initiated, adult supported approach that focuses on play based learning, allowing the child to take the lead, and then focusing on his or her interests through intentional observation, interaction and engaged communication. When this approach to learning takes place along with staff's understanding of child development, each child's learning and individual development is supported and as a result the child's competence, capacity and potential are maximized.
Our Program Mission:
To provide quality of educational care for your child(ren) during their time in our care, with an emphasis on:
- Developmental growth opportunities
- Self-help skill training
- Individualism
- The right to choose
- Action/consequence
- Communication
- Pre-readiness skills for entrance to school
It is our professional duty to provide each child with the skills they will need to prepare themselves for their future challenges.
Learning Experiences:
Social-to provide the opportunity to meet new friends. To learn acceptance of them and by them and to have fun.
Physical-to provide the opportunity to play with materials that will help to develop muscle growth in fine and gross motor skills coordination, with manipulative activities.
Intellectual-to provide an environment with adequate materials to challenge each child at a level that is comfortable to them, that allows them to participate on a non-competitive basis, to arouse their curiosity, enthusiasm, and creativity.
Cultural-to provide resources for each child which will teach them about diversity in our community/society and will assist them in the understanding of different people, different cultures, and differing values.
Emotional-to model for the children in our care respect for others. To provide opportunities that will teach self-help, self-respect. Self-concept, diversity, and problem-solving skills.
Nurturing-to provide children with affection and caring, basic needs, and safety. To teach them how to nurture.
Other-to provide children with resources and tools that will meet changes in our society and to recognize the need for us as teachers to keep current, to be pro-active on behalf of children and for the work we do, and to be positive in our teachings and modeling.
Our goals for children, consistent with the Ministry of Education pedagogy, include the following:
- Every child has a sense of belonging when he or she is connected to others and contributes to their world.
- Every child is developing a sense of self, health, and well-being.
- Every child is an active and engaged learner who explores the world with body, mind, and senses.
- Every child is a capable communicator who expresses himself or herself in many ways.
Health, safety, nutrition and well-being of children
We know that children flourish in all areas of development when they are in supportive, caring and responsive relationships with adults whose focus is on the health, safety, nutrition and well-being of the child. This is the foundation of quality child care.
As a licensed child care operator, The Children's Place strives to exceed health and safety requirements of the Ministry of Education and local government bylaws.
Menus are comprised of an assortment of healthy food items from each of the food groups in the Canada Food Guide. Providing children with healthy eating choices, helps to pave the path to life-long skills for making healthy choices to nourish their bodies for optimal health and development.
Relationships among children, families, staff and community partners
We believe that child care is a shared responsibility between parents and The Children's Place educators. We value parent engagement in the area of their child's development as well as program development. We view our relationships with families as teachers, constructing knowledge and working together in the exchange of information about their child's language, culture, interests, and development, so their child's experience, is greater than if doing it alone could provide.
The Children's Place is experienced in providing inclusive programming for all children. When working with children with special needs, we work closely with parents and community partner organizations, to putting the appropriate support and resources in place for optimum success for the child.
Positive self-expression, communication and self-regulation
We seek Educators who are competent and capable, curious, and rich in experience, as well as knowledgeable, caring, reflective, and resourceful professionals who bring diverse social, cultural, and linguistic perspectives to our programming. Staff collaborate with others to create engaging environments and experiences to foster children's learning and development. Positive learning environments and experiences, focused on active play-based learning, encourage children's communication, self-expression and self-regulation. Through interaction with the children and by demonstrating problem solving, responsibility, accountability and independence we teach the children life skills in preparation for their next step in growing.
The Children's Place educators encourage child's developing sense of self, and their ability to see themselves as capable communicators, able to manage their emotions and behavior. Our Programs are run with the basic idea of teaching children that they do have a say in what they do, how they do it and when they do it. They are further taught that their choices may have consequences and they can control those consequences by the choices they make. Our programs are designed to allow children to move from learning centre to learning centre, based on their own level of accomplishment. We teach them to identify the skills they have and the skills they still need to learn and develop.
We want children to be able to make choices when they are ready for that next challenge. Staff will not selectively teach all children the same thing, nor expect all children to comprehend the teaching at the same level or speed. Staff will make available opportunities to meet a successful conclusion for each child development regardless of age.
Recognizing that children have varying behaviors, it is the goal of staff at The Children's Place to work with these behaviors in a positive and supportive manner. This will be done in a way that respects the rights of the child and continues to teach the child that they have choices. We are individuals with a need to control our own lives, in at least some things. This recognition and acceptance of "Own Behavior" benefits our ability to negotiate positive outcomes, reinforce acceptable behaviors and reduce stress related to conflict.
Own Behavior
Children normally know when they are doing wrong. How we deal with their "own behavior" and adjust our attitudes to their behavior can allow us to be fair and consistent with all of the children. Thus, reducing the possibility of our making a judgment of whether they "knew", therefore, we hope that they will be more accepting of our interaction when we don't approve of their behavior.
By getting into the habit of reviewing our own attitudes to a child's behavior, first we develop the habit of consistency in how we deal with and react to behaviors. We also become more aware of the frequency in the same child and because we review our attitudes, we can become more successful in recognizing why this behavior may be occurring i.e. tired, stress, provoked, sick
Parent engagement and communication
The Children's Place encourages an open-door policy. Families are welcome at all times. We practice open communication, so that information gets shared to families, through daily observations, family events, social media updates, and ongoing website management. We are committed to delivering flexible, affordable, high quality childcare that is progressive and responsive to the changing needs of our families, which we believe, gives a parent peace of mind while their children are in our care.
Community partners
We view the community as a valuable resource and our educators plan learning opportunities to engage the community in our programs. We seek out opportunities to share our knowledge and to learn from others in the community. We do this through learning and practical work experience, in the areas of education, through student placement and training, and we extend opportunities for youth to develop employment skills and traits.
Supporting staff in continuous professional learning
The Children's Place recognizes the importance of continuous professional learning for our staff. During regular meetings, staff have ongoing discussions about their own professional development, and are provided with various professional opportunities in house, and in the community for professional growth. This training supports our staff, and enhances their continued ability to deliver high quality experiences and care for children.
Our Educators are supported in their ongoing learning through the College of Early Childhood Educators' self-reflective and self-directed framework for continuous professional learning. The Continuous Professional Learning program is designed to help RECEs reflect, plan for and document their professional learning in a meaningful way.
As part of our continuous learning approach, all teachers, regardless of previous education and experience, are supported in continuing the study of and training in childcare techniques and Early Childhood Education practices. Apprenticeship programs are offered for an ECE certificate by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities of Ontario. Our Organization offers financial and mentoring support to promote this process as a means of completing an ECE diploma while still working.
Formal professional learning is vital, but we also know that the most central professional growth happens day-to-day, as our staff co-learn alongside the children and each other as self-reflective professionals.
Documenting and reviewing the impact of The Children's Place learning program
The Children's Place educators, are professionals, who connect with children, endeavor to provide safe environments, plan and extend play, scaffold learning, reflect on successes and document the children's play and learning. Our educators get involved in play with children to support development, challenge thinking, and extend learning. The documented play is shared with parents on a regular basis.
Staff plan for and create positive learning environments and experiences in which each child's learning and development is supported. Educators reflect and assess their program and environment daily to aid in meeting the individual needs of the children and the group ensuring that their environment is set up according to the interests of the group.
Observation and documentation is a way for our program staff to discover how children think and learn. It is through daily observations of the children during play that staff identify children's interests, plan with the children and develop future ideas for programming. In this way, we extend learning that can lead to a child's deeper investigation with materials and the environment.
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What people are saying…
"My 6 year old was in the Junior Kindergarten program at The Children's Place, which was fabulous, never at any point, did I feel he was missing out. If anything I felt there was more one on one for him."− Kim
"As parents we attribute much of Megan's positive, confident and social spirit to The Children's Place. Travelling with an oxygen cylinder, Megan was able to continue her routine by attending TCP, a place where she is loved and cared for just like any other child."− Kathy & Parham Momtahan
"The Children's Place has been a blessing for myself and my family. Cindy and Steph have helped me so much with my irregular schedule that I work at the airport. All of the staff are so helpful, friendly, and so patient with us. Kyandre has come so far in his development."− Crystal Campbell


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Best Silent Closing sign EVER
Professionally done. Clear message. Easy to read. To the point.
Nobody can Miss this one!
Perfect. Above the crowd. Easy to see. Can be seen from anywhere in the room.
Homemade Closing Signs work fine
We don't need expensive signs for every auction. The message here is clear and effective.
Great live auction sign
Big Screens = Informed Bidders
Promote. Promote. Promote!
These were placed everywhere at the auction. Just a consistent "tease" and reminder to those who don't look at the program. (which is nearly everyone)
Silent Auction Closing Sign
Great way to get your message out to bidders.
Sign for Wine Grab
Great silent auction singage
Notice they left off the "time" on each sign...they wrote it in with erasable marker. This sign will be good for years to come.
Hand made and perfect.
Nice sponsor mentions
Hollywood Theme carried through on signage.
Nice Promotion of the Live Auction via Signs
Message. Message. Message.
Get your message out at every turn. Talk about your Mission and show your donors what you did with last years money.
Professional Signs for Live Auction.
Professional signs are great. But the content is key. HEre some basic bullet points on the items details are what we are after. Mission Accomplished!
Big and Clear. Perfect!
Keeping your Mission in mind on every sign
Keep It Simple Stupid - when designating/identifying your auction sections. Don't ask your bidders to find the "Home and Garden Section" or the "900's Table" . Black Table is easy to find in any room. Great signs and balloons help bidders find it from across the room.
Keep Guests Informed
You can't tell folks when a section is closing too many times.
Simple and Clean!
Great information sign for tables, talking about your mission all night long.
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