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I've been spending a lot of time in the studio the past few weeks on creative work, mostly samples for upcoming class proposals for 2012. Deadlines are something I thrive on. They give me that extra little push I need to prioritize my time.
In a few short weeks, I will be heading to Costa Mesa, Calif. to teach at the amazing CREATE art retreat put on by Cloth, Paper, Scissors magazine. How I adore this mixed media publication. I've been a reader since Issue 1, well maybe it was issue 2, but it's been a long time now.
Imagine how thrilling it is that 6 years later, I've been given the chance to teach my mixed media jewelry projects at the magazine's second annual art retreat.
On Saturday, May 21st, I will be teaching a 6-hour class called Art to Wear. I'm teaching how to make resin paper. We're then turning our papers into am amazing little art journal necklace. In addition to using ICE Resin, I'm using the adorable little natural brass blanks from Vintaj, along with their cute alterable butterfly charm.
Then on Sunday I'm teaching Tinned Treasures, which is how to turn a found object medicine tin into a funky and fun necklace. This project was featured in the Spring 2010 issue of Belle Armoire Jewelry magazine.
There are still spaces left in my classes. If you live near the Los Angeles area or close enough to get a decent last-minute airplane ticket, I would love, love, love to have you join me. I just checked on Southwest airlines and found some $59 web specials for the May 21st weekend. With prices like that, how can you not join me and the other fantastic teachers for a long weekend of education and art making.


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Angus Pauley interviews "Co-founder and Dark lord Sauron" of Kitt; Aleks Dahlberg, on everything from AI to the heart warming speeches of Bernard Hill and Viggo Mortense.
Kitt is property management software which simplifies property management for landlords and investors. They make communicating with tenants, maintenance, expenses, tracking rent and finances easy and inexpensive. Kitt is built on top of an AI driven banking API and harnesses leading automation software which allows them to do it all.
What were you doing before Kitt?
Kitt has been multiple things. It actually started off as a product called Venturestay (or Wonderstay, you decide), which was sort of similar, but for landlords who rent specifically to working-tourists. It turned into a similar platform called Stayrs. However, after we became more serious and met with serious people - we saw the problem vividly and pivoted to Kitt.
Before that?
Previously I made a bunch of not-so-great web products that didn't do much, and ran another web-design/graphic company to keep myself afloat. I also did another 'start-up' called Haggle with Kitt's current CTO, David, back in 2014 (I think). That didn't really go anywhere.
And before that?
Before start-ups I was up to no good; just being a piece of work really. I knew I always wanted to run my own companies but delayed it to focus on causing trouble.
Was there an 'a-ha' moment in which you came up with the idea for Kitt?
There was no 'a-ha' moment. I don't even remember starting it. The first I thing I remember is Sam and I building it. That's all I recall.
How did you come across The Distiller?
I first heard of The Distiller after Startup Weekend 2015. I came in a couple of times, but I didn't make much use of it then, which was probably unwise since the last 6 months here have been great!
What does the start of your day look like at The Distiller?
I set up my laptop and then go through scribbles I made on a piece of paper the night before; reading my thoughts and to-dos. Then I remember I've already written them in my note book and procede to make a coffee.
How do people currently solve the problems Kitt solves?
Through either a pad and paper (which I am not against at all), or by using property agencies which are probably on average 500% more expensive than Kitt per month.
How did you plan those initial conversations with landlords and property investors? Do people generally fear AI, or have you found it a good talking point?
To be honest when we first started talking to people, we winged it. Eventually, we knew what to talk about.
In regards to AI: People like hearing the acronym AI, that's all I've noticed.
How did you meet your team for Kitt?
Good question.
Sam, I went to Highschool with. He was the only person I knew who did any web stuff outside of school. Naturally, we developed a bond.
David, I met through the PC game Counterstrike. We were in the same server and I asked if anyone knew how to code. Eventually, I got to know him.
Eugene, I met when I was working for someone else. He came in for a job interview. I met up with him afterwards and convinced him to work for me instead (for no money).
Scott, I have been friends with since highschool. He's my flatmate now and is contracting to do some minor coding as well as clean up our messy front-end.
If you could recruit one famous person to the Kitt team, who would you recruit and why?
Probably Bernard Hill or Viggo Mortensen to give us heart warming, motivational speeches from The Lord of the Rings adapted to fit Kitt.
Something like the below:
This explains the second language listed on your Linkedin Profile.
Correct! Sindarin is one of the Elven languages in Tolkien's Arda (Lord of The Rings).
You have an impressive Instagram boasting over 4000 followers. We've cherry picked a couple of images for you to give some more context to - can you explain these grams?
I post images on Unsplash and they often get posted elsewhere - that's where most of my followers have come from.
The first one (top left) is Seane (my girlfriend) contemplating a triple back-flip off of the rock at Tunnel Beach fully clothed - which is impressive.
The second (bottom left) is a piece of ice I found at Mackenzie that had scratches in it resembling the outline of the mountains in the foreground.
What would you caption this article when we share it on Instagram to make it go viral?
"Please don't let this go viral" - post the question as well.
What's next on the horizon for Kitt?
We are launching sometime in January. We're also raising funds again in the next few months.
And finally, if you could put anything on a billboard what would you choose?
Some glue, so someone can attach some advertising to it.

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JULABO was originally founded in 1967 by owner and managing director Gerhard Juchheim. Today, Ralph Juchheim keeps the family tradition of precision engineering alive as the President of JULABO USA. The name JULABO comes from the combination of the family name "Juchheim" and "Laboratory"; JU-LABO!
In the 1970s and 1980s, JULABO experienced some serious expansion and growth, allowing them to open JULABO USA in 1993. Located in Allentown, PA, the new headquarters enables the J-Team to sell, service, and manufacture all JULABO USA products right here in the good ol' USA.
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Cervical Screening Initiatives Program
The Cervical Screening Initiatives Program is a provincial program collaborating with regional health authorities, non-governmental organizations, health professionals and individuals to improve the coordination of cervical screening and increase participation in screening for women of Newfoundland and Labrador. The CSI Program was launched in 2003 with a gradual implementation across geographic regions and infrastructure.
The goal of the Provincial Cervical Screening Program is to reduce the incidence of cervical cancer for women in Newfoundland and Labrador through a coordinated cervical screening program.
How does Pap testing benefit the women of Newfoundland and Labrador?
Over half of the women diagnosed with cervical cancer in Canada have not had a Pap test in the five years before their diagnosis if ever! Not having regular screening is one of the biggest risk factors for developing cervical cancer. The routine Pap test will detect changes in the cells if the cervix before they develop into cancer. Early stage changes will be monitored closely, and successful treatment options are available for more progressive cell changes. Regular Pap testing is the best option to detect these cell changes.
The following chart demonstrates the percentage of women who have a Pap test each year! The provincial Cervical Screening Initiatives Program works closely with all physicians, nurse practitioners and health professionals to increase opportunities for women to be screened regularly.
CSI Participation Rates* by Region: 2013-2015 (PDF)
CSI Participation Rates* by Region: 2012-2014 (PDF)
CSI Participation Rates* by Region: 2011-2013 (PDF)
CSI Participation Rates* by Region: 2010-2012 (PDF)
*Participation Rates are not adjusted for hysterectomy status.
The Cervical Screening Initiatives Program is pleased to partner with a multiple of professional organizations to provide a collaborative approach to sustaining improvements in coordination of a comprehensive cervical cancer screening program.
- Canadian Cancer Society
- Cervical Cancer Control in Canada
- Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association
- College of Physicians and Surgeons of Newfoundland and Labrador
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The Glory Of The Night
August is a busy time for campsites and cottages as city dwellers plan their vacation. It is that special time when the family or a group of friends plan their meals, pack the car and drive to the wilderness. If weather is on your side, the outdoor experience can be a thing of beauty. Between the sweet smell of fresh air, the peace and quiet along with first hand witnessing nature in all its glory, camping can be a memorable experience. Of course physical activities such as hiking, swimming or even fishing are enjoyed during daylight hours. However, when the Sun's last photons disappear behind the mountains and out of view, the night sky begins to change.
As minutes tick by, the pastels of the sky transform before our eyes as stars come out to play. Like popcorn – they appear one by one, first the brighter ones reveal themselves then gradually fainter and fainter. On a moonless night, words cannot describe the blanket of stars above you. To add the finishing touch to our celestial portrait, the veil of our Milky Way Galaxy arcs high and bright. This misty band stretching from Cassiopeia the Queen in the north east down to Sagittarius and Scorpius in the south, is literally the glow of millions of distant stars. You are simply looking along the galactic plane - at its thickest concentration.
Sweeping the sky with binoculars is an excellent way to take in beauty of the night. Your trusty bino and keen eyesight will help you locate areas of dark nebulae in Sagittarius, Scorpius and Ophiuchus. These ghostly dark objects were photographed and catalogued by E. E. Barnard. You do need a clear southern view and no light sources, not even campfires in the area. Complete darkness is essential but the rewards are grand.
To truly enjoy any celestial object up close, a telescope is crucial. A vast collection of objects are found within about fifteen degrees from the southern horizon. Like shad flies around a street light, a good percentage of the 157 known globular clusters reside around our galaxy's nucleus. To add to the menu of objects, there is an assortment of emission nebulae – aka stellar nurseries where stars are slowly developing. M8 – The Trifid Nebula.
From the Lagoon, keep travelling up the Milky Way to M16 dubbed the Eagle Nebula. This was one of the Hubble Space Telescope's first targets to image. Its close up view of the heart of the nebula has been renamed the Pillars of Life. The Eagle registers at magnitude 6.4 and reside some 7,200 light years from us. The Eagle is sizably smaller than the Lagoon but has a decent size of one quarter that of the full moon in the sky. So again, not a difficult item for locate from a dark site.
One of the most striking globular cluster in the area is M22. First move to the top of our teapot and travel a full moon's width to the north east. The cluster is one of the closest globular to us. Its distance is some 10,400 light years away and 97 lights wide. Astronomers estimate the population to be around to 100,000 mark with 32 known variable stars residing in it. Due to the high volume of stars in the galactic nebleus, no galaxies can be seen in this area. Aside from the large number of open and globular clusters, planetary nebulae seem to dot the nucleus of the galaxy.
The closest and largest open cluster to us is M7. With a distance of only 800 light years, this magnitude 3.3 jewel spans the width a couple of full moons in the sky. I once observed the reflection of M7 with binoculars off a very calm lake. The water was as still as glass and I was rewarded with an impressive sight.
Our solar system is now playing host to a cosmic visitor. Comet C/2009 P1 Garradd is presently in the constellation Pegasus at magnitude 8.8 but will continue to brighten till it reaches its predicted brightest of magnitude 5.8 during the last three weeks of February 2012. Comet Garradd makes a close approach to the globular cluster M15 on August 2. We have a great opportunity to follow this comet over several months. Come February – Comet T1-2006 Levi will also be a very interesting target to observe and image.
Mars in now visible in the eastern sky before dawn breaks. Between August 6 and 7, follow the red planet as it scoots under the wonderful open cluster M35 in Gemini. With a close approach of only 25 arc minutes, this will make a great photo opportunity. The next weekend will mark the peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower. This year the shower peaks at 2 a.m. on the morning of the 13th with an estimated rate of 90 meteors seen per hour. But the bad news is the full Sturgeon moon will reduce that number by about half.
Jupiter proudly rises at midnight local time and will become stationary at the end of the month. From the 30th on, the king of planets begins to move westward (retrograde) to its October 28th opposition or the shortest distance between Earth and Jupiter. With Jupiter resting higher on the ecliptic, astrophotographers will have a little less atmosphere to struggle with. As for Saturn, we must say goodbye as this is your last chance to catch a glimpse of the majestic rings before the planet is lost in the solar glare. It will return to our morning skies around mid November.
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AFL star Lance "Buddy" Franklin has crashed into four parked cars in Sydney's east.
But police have ruled out alcohol as a factor in the smash.
Rose Bay resident Craig McDonald posted pictures of the crash scene on Twitter after spotting the Sydney Swans' $10 million recruit speaking to police.
"Buddy Franklin has just totalled three cars on New South Head road outside my place," he wrote on Wednesday night.
Franklin was uninjured and was allowed to leave the scene, but all five vehicles involved in the crash were damaged.
"Inquiries are continuing after a car hit a number of parked vehicles in Rose Bay tonight," a NSW Police spokesman told AAP.
"The driver of the Jeep was a 27-year-old Bondi man."
The spokesman said the Bondi man was the sole occupant of the 4WD and underwent a roadside breath test, which returned a negative result.
Fairfax Media reports the Jeep Grand Cherokee that Franklin was driving belonged to his girlfriend, model Jesinta Campbell, who is a brand ambassador for the car maker.
Pictures from the crash scene show the Jeep smashed head-on before it was towed.
The Sydney Swans later confirmed that Franklin was involved in a car accident, and that the vehicle he was driving was involved in a collision which damaged four other stationary vehicles.
"Franklin was the only person involved in the accident. He was not carrying any passengers and there were no passengers in any of the other vehicles involved," the club said in a statement.
"No one was injured in the accident and Franklin is also unharmed."
Earlier this year, Franklin's luxury Mercedes was involved in a car accident.
The club said at the time that Franklin had leant the vehicle to fellow Swan Dan Hannebery.
Franklin relocated from the Hawthorn Hawks this season after signing a deal with the Swans last October worth $10 million.


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The Confidence Deficit
by Michael Mayher
I have been a headhunter and consultant for a long time, working with and on behalf of company hiring managers on one side of the table and job seekers on the other. I have dealt with people of all professional levels, functions and roles, too many to count. During the last 22 years I've interacted with both white and blue collar, with and without university degrees, entry-level and senior executives and, oh my, the changes I have witnessed.
People face many obstacles in the current employment market, the sluggish economy being the most obvious, but there are other more subtle hurdles. The simple act of applying for jobs has become an obstacle course intentionally erected by human resources with the blessing of company management. For some reason, some of these wizards think companies can streamline and better hire the people they need by removing as much human interaction from the initial stages of the hiring process as possible. Ironic, eh?
However, the biggest obstacle people face – is themselves. Yeah, that's right, increasingly more and more job seekers are their own worst enemy, talk about ironic!
The thing people suffer from the most is a lack of confidence - don't doubt me on this, otherwise ambitious and hard-working people have become absolute wimps. They've rendered themselves powerless to influence their own fate. Increasingly and unbelievably my simplest suggestions are met with incredulity and I contend it is the digital age that has been shackling people.
Let's take, for example, the basic act of finding a job. When I suggest people need to do more than rote, repetitive, un-inspiring and un-productive online job search and application activities – they look at me much like a dog looks at you and tilts its head, when you say something they don't understand. Online only job search activity is a losing proposition, plain and simple, and people deep down know it. For context to back up this claim, read my blog entry from 1 September 2014, entitled The Uncomfortable Truth About Jobs Posted Online, which registered more than 45,000 views; obviously, I struck a nerve.
Need a couple of reasons I am right? Okay, many available jobs are not even posted online. Many of the jobs listed are pure B.S. and if you look often enough you'll see the same jobs appear over and over, and it's not because they are hiring lots of people but, rather, they are crap jobs nobody wants. Yet people keep doing the same thing because they are unwilling to step beyond a comfort zone in which someone might tell them, "no" and thereby ruin their day, boo hoo. Here, let me hit you right between the eyes; if you are not having much luck with finding a job and all you are doing is applying online and not seeming to get anywhere – you'd better start doing something different. If you are not willing to try new things, don't complain, but the system isn't your biggest problem; you are your biggest problem. You should see the reactions I get when I suggest that, after submitting their resume online and hearing nothing, they should try to call the company to follow up 7 – 10 days afterward. They actually tell me, "I will not do that; I'm not begging for a job." What?
And what about the interview process? I always advise that people engage in the process and take a hands-on approach, asking about and questioning everything to gain a full understanding about the job they are seeking and for being evaluated – it's common sense, right? I suggest they ask questions like, "Why is the position open?", "What happened to the last person?", and "How long were they in the position?"… I have had increasingly more people actually say to me, "But they might not like if I ask so many questions." Are you kidding me, get off your knees for God's sake!
Even the simplest interview protocol of sending a follow-up letter / email after an interview, which is and should be a normal gesture after any interview with a hiring manager, and yet people say, "No, I don't want it to look like I am kissing their butt or too eager."
On the other hand, I know of many people who have gotten angry at me but also implemented some of my suggestions and later admitted it made a positive difference. Here's the thing: I hear a lot of complaining out there, when in fact there are jobs, but too many people are looking for every excuse to not do something that can greatly benefit them.
Now, if you are angered and offended because, perhaps, you resemble some of what I described above, good, I hope so. Because often people stuck in a rut need something to yank them out of it. Which brings us back to the topic of self-confidence; if you have it then nothing I stated above would be offensive. Everyone has difficulties and I'm not picking on anyone, but in order to change a situation – something has to change in order to bring about a different result.
It's your choice, stay where it is safe and warm making excuses or take control of your own destiny and grow a thicker skin, so that the word "no" or a disapproving look doesn't damage increasingly frail egos. Step outside your comfort zone to move your life and career forward. Since when did we begin to feel as though we don't have permission to do anything more than digital measures? Who made these supposed rules and why are we following them? The solution is ridiculously simple; incorporate some creativity and innovation into your activities. What's the worst that could happen, you might get no replies, or you might be told "no"? Chances are that is already the case. Change your mind and change your life.
More articles by Michael Mayher:
Earn the Opportunity to Say No
Resume Usefulness
After the Interview
Getting an Invitation
Reference Checked Before the Interview
Networking Effectively
A Failure to Communicate
Increasing Your Chances
Why You Should Heed My Advice
To Those Still Asleep
The Way It Was/The Way It Is
Demonstrating Interest is Not Begging
Confidence is a Key Ingredient
Stop Relying on the Internet
Career Survival Skills: The First Interview
The Interview
Resolve to Make This Year, Your Year
Periodic Update of Your Resume
About the Author: Michael Mayher has been an international direct search recruiter on two continents for over 22 years. A consultant, published author, lecturer and blogger, he re-introduces professionals to critical Soft Skills lost in our digital age and necessary to effectively navigate their careers. You can find more information by visiting his blog and website.


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Antiques, collectibles, LOTS of furniture, household and kitchen items, electronics, locally made crafts, jewelry, tools, yard decor, seasonal items and so much more! New inventory coming in...
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One of the items on the Code One Action Plan was the problem of Ambulance Officers not getting the time to complete patient documentation before being tasked to the next job. Our legal advice says this potentially puts officers at legal risk.
This risk is untenable and we will seek a guarantee from Commissioner Bowles that members will be indemnified in the event of any legal action on this basis. Keep an eye on your e-bulletins for updates.
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Individualism, The Dream Realized
Let's just imagine a group of Americans who have chosen to create and follow their own individual paths of self-fulfillment by separating themselves from traditional careers, institutionalized churches, political parties, and the American obsession with consumption.
Continuing on this narrative, imagine this group forming a very viable sub-culture of renters, musicians, writers, part-timers, sweat-lodge devotees, meditators, campers, vegetarians, used-car owners, and consignment-store buyers. Continue reading
Conservatism, a Liberal's Take (Part II)
It is one of the beautiful peculiarities of writing, if you do it often enough, that content often unfolds in ways you had not expected.
As I was writing about conservatism, for example, I would discover the need conservatives have for "order"; that they need a chain of command; that a golden-age past looms very large in conservative thinking; that their obsession with "states rights" is an extension of their belief in "rugged individualism"; and that religious conservatives depend heavily on "sacred texts" for their values.
I am still discovering more about conservatives. Continue reading
Another School of Thought
"You know, John, there's another school of thought."
I always loved that phrase, "another school of thought." It seems less hostile, less likely to deteriorate into a conflict-driven debate. Especially, if the sentence comes from a close friend. It is even more poignant when the discussion is about religion.
I grew up in a very Catholic environment. In fact, my entire education was in Catholic schools—elementary, high school, and college. Unlike some of my friends, the experience, in general, I found rewarding and nurturing. I truly admired the clergy-in-the-trenches who taught me what it meant to live in the world of "service." It has made a marked difference in my life. Continue reading
Liberalism, Alive and Well
Conservatives like to malign liberals as naïve adolescents, big spenders, pot-smoking pacifists, tree-huggers, moral relativists, Marxists, and worshipers of big government. They also like to think that liberals would rather write to a criminal in Attica than offer public sympathy to a rape victim.
There you have it folks. We're the bad-guy liberals. We are profligate. We are undisciplined. We love to be taxed. We don't like guns. We hate religion. We would rather date a Mexican. We love to run other people's lives from some Kafkaesque, bureaucratic big-government agency. We want every home in America to have solar panels. We despise war. We want to have an equal number of non-Caucasians and Caucasians in all of our elementary schools and high schools. We think men should stop being gynecologists. We want to annihilate all embryos. We love to fantasize about just when fish started growing the two legs Adam and Eve eventually sprouted. Continue reading
Tea-Party Patriots (Part I)
Patriotic fervor takes many roads these days. Now there is a new highway entrance for the disgruntled and the angry in America. They are the new-and-allegedly-improved original tea-party patriots of America's legendary Boston Tea Party.
If there is a bonding message among the Tea Party followers, it is simply that they are not being heard by their politicians.
And their messages are seamless streams of rage that have become the sound-bites of this new generation of discontented: "it's up to the people to take back the government"; "we rule the government"; "people are fed up with the government that won't listen to them anymore"; "government crap"; "I just want my government back"; "people should keep as much of their own taxes as possible"; "government should stay out of the car and banking business"; "pull the plug on Wall Street"; "screaming at my tv"; "I had to do something out of frustration"; "they don't have a clue." Continue reading


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Michael Kors celebrates American classics for S/S 20
Sep 11, 2019 | By Cassandra Napoli
Sep 09, 2014
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New York: Ovadia and Sons continued their love for houndstooth, printing it on everything from trench coats and bomber jackets to 2SB suits and pleated short shorts. The designers also added a sportier element with cotton, nylon zip sweaters over button-down shirts worn underneath suiting looks. Perhaps this is due to their activewear line, Ovadia+, launching for the spring/summer 2015 season. Some pieces were included in the show like a neon windbreaker worn over a checked suit. –Matt Feniger
Silhouette: Tailored / Tapered
Key items: Trench coats / Ribbed sweaters / Jogger pants / Front zip sweaters / Printed suits / Bomber jackets / Pleated short shorts / Long sleeve knit polo shirts / 2SB suits / Ankle-cropped trousers / Racer jackets / Polo shirts / Walking jackets / Short suits / 6DB suits
Colour: Black / White / Midnight / Electric blue / Navy / Camel / Dove grey / Beige / Charcoal grey
Print & Pattern: Digital houndstooth / Glen plaid / Feathers / Water / Patched plaids
Materials & knits: Ribstop nylon / Mesh pique / Silk cotton blend / Wool / Cotton nylon blend / Linen / Wool silk blend / Leather / Silk / Neoprene/ Cotton / Cashmere
Footwear: Black leather sneakers with contrast white sole / Zip front derbies with cleated sole / Black patent lace-up derbies / White derbies with black contrast trim / Metallic silver sneakers / Metallic silver slip-ons
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Golden Square
Situated in the famous Mirabeau building facing the hotel Le Metropole, in the heart of the Golden Square this magnificent one bedroom apartment has been luxuriously refurbished offering pleasant views of the sea and the Cap Martin. Layout: entry hall with a cupboard and a guest lavatory, living room opening onto the spacious terrace with a sea view, fully fitted kitchen; large master bedroom with a sea view, bathroom and numerous cupboards. Double parking.Pas de retrocession de 1%.
This document does not form part of any offer or contract. All measurements, areas and distances are approximate. The information and plans contained herein are believed to be correct, however, their accuracy is not guaranteed. The photographs show only certain parts of the property at the time they were taken. This offer is subject to change of price or other conditions, without prior notice.


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Working Together to Safeguard Children
Joseph Norton Academy is committed to ensuring the welfare and safety of all pupils in school. Everyone working in or for our school shares an objective to help keep pupils safe by contributing to providing a safe environment for children and young people to learn and develop, and identifying children and young people who are suffering or likely to suffer significant harm, and taking appropriate action with the aim of making sure they are kept safe both at home and at school.
Joseph Norton follows Kirklees Safeguarding Children Board procedures, which can be found here. The school also pays full regard to the DfE statutory guidance Working Together to Safeguard Children (September 2019) and Keeping Children Safe in Education (September 2018).
Joseph Norton works hard to form positive relationships with parents and carers. This is a continual process that begins with parents' very first visit to school when we share initial safeguarding information. The school will, in most circumstances, endeavour to discuss all concerns with parents about their children. However, there may be exceptional circumstances when the school will discuss concerns with Duty and Assessment and/or the Police without parental knowledge (in accordance with Kirklees Safeguarding Children Procedures).
Our Designated Safeguarding Leads are Kate Gaunt and Darryl Jones. If you have any questions or concerns regarding safeguarding, please contact the school and ask to speak to one of them. The school's safeguarding and child protection policy is available here.
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Stressless Mayfair Office Chair (Medium)
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Ekornes' Stressless Mayfair Office (M) chair invites you to enjoy luxury with its plush cushions and innovative, ergonomic design. The Plus™ system automatically adjusts the lumbar support and headrest to support your body in any position. The Glide wheels move with your body weight to offer the most comfortable position based on your movement. Comfort Zones™ are engineered to offer you seating comfort you never thought possible in an office chair. Proudly endorsed by the American Chiropractic Association, this professional office chair is an essential piece for any office.
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Building Collapses in Pasadena
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It is difficult to eliminate all possible risk factors for serious injury in the construction field. This is especially true when the job entails erecting or demolishing buildings, or restoring those which have become decrepit, where building collapse is a huge concern. When a building collapses, it often results in catastrophic or fatal injuries for those who are trapped inside.
Our Pasadena construction accident attorney at Tedford & Associates has been helping injured clients recover their entitled compensation for over 35+ years. We can thoroughly review your case and determine all of your legal options in order to obtain the best outcome possible and help you make a successful recovery from injury.
Why Do Buildings Collapse?
California's high propensity for earthquakes requires property developers and construction companies to adhere to state and federal building codes to account for such violent movement. Despite strict building codes, failure to follow these safety measures often leads to building collapses. One of the most common places where building collapses occur is on construction sites since incomplete buildings sometimes do not have the proper foundation and create unsafe work conditions.
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Bailey's Creme Brûlée & Cats // Experiments in the Kitchen
One weekend while I was hanging out with my sister, we decided we should make some kind of fancy desert. We came upon this little recipe and thought it was a good idea! I mean how can you turn down something made with Bailey's ?! I give this recipe 5 out of 5 stars. We couldn't stop ourselves from eating all six of them that day. Oops. P.S. who knew cats love Creme Brûlée ? Well, they do.
Irish Cream Creme Brûlée
Servings: 6
Prep time: 0:15
Total time: 6:25
Source: allrecipes.com
• 2 cups heavy cream (use quality cream)
• 1/3 cup white sugar
• 6 egg yolks
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 3 TBLS Irish cream liqueur
• Superfine sugar as needed
Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
Place 6 ramekins on a towel set in a roasting pan at least 3 inches deep.
Stir together cream and sugar in a saucepan over medium heat, and cook until very hot, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Whisk together egg yolks, vanilla, and Irish cream until combined. Slowly add 1/3 of the hot cream, whisking it in 2 tablespoons at a time until incorporated. Once you have incorporated 1/3 of the cream, you can stir in the remaining hot cream without fear of the mixture curdling.
Pour custard into the ramekins, then fill roasting pan with boiling hot water to come halfway up the sides of the ramekins. Bake in preheated oven until set, 50 to 60 minutes.
Once the custard has set, place ramekins on a wire rack, and allow to cool to room temperature, about 1 hour. Cover, and refrigerate until cold, about 4 hours. Custards may remain refrigerated until ready to serve.
Unwrap the custards, and sprinkle about 1 teaspoon of superfine sugar onto each. Gently shake the custards so the sugar coats the entire top surface, then tip the custards to a 45 degree angle and shake off excess sugar.
Using a small hand torch, melt the sugar by making short passes over top of the custards with the flame not quite touching. Continue melting the sugar until it turns deep brown. Once the sugar has melted and turned to caramel, the cold custard underneath will harden the sugar into a crispy crust. Serve immediately. Alternatively, the sugar-dusted custards may be browned underneath the broiler in the oven.


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Saturday, May 23, 2015
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"In order to fly the flag of victory, begin the realisation course" Blessing: May you be the lords of matter who finish any upheaval of matter with the stage of a full stop. The present time is the time for upheaval to increase. In the final paper, on one side be the fearsome form of matter and on the other side the fearsome form of the five vices. Tamoguni (impure) souls and old sanskars will all take the chance to attack in the last period. At such a time, through the power to pack up, you need the practice of being stable, now in the corporeal stage, now in the subtle stage and now in the incorporeal stage. Look but do not see, listen but do not hear. When you have such a stage of a full stop, you will then become the lords of matter and be able to stop any upheaval of matter. Slogan: In order to become one who has a right to a kingdom that is free from obstacles, become a server who is free from obstacles. Om Shanti
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In this episode, Alanis talks with Bryan E. Robinson Ph.D. about work addiction.
Subscribe on iTunes now and stay tuned for the next episode coming next month.
Below are some books by Bryan E. Robinson Ph.D.:
Chained to the Desk: A Guidebook for Workaholics, Their Partners and Children, and the Clinicians Who Treat Them
Overdoing It: How to Slow Down and Take Care of Yourself
Work Addiction: Hidden Legacies of Adult Children
The Smart Guide to Managing Stress
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WASHINGTON — When the establishment told him he should talk with North Korea, President Trump scorned the idea. "Presidents and their administrations have been talking to North Korea for 25 years" and had been made to look like "fools," he scoffed, and then rattled his saber. "Sorry, but only one thing will work!"
Five months later, Mr. Trump cast aside his skepticism and agreed to talk to North Korea with no more promise of success at negotiating an end to its nuclear and missile programs than his predecessors had. The main difference this time around is who will do the talking for the United States: Donald J. Trump.
Shocking and yet somehow not surprising, Mr. Trump's decision to do what no other sitting president has done and meet in person with a North Korean leader reflects an audacious and supremely self-confident approach to international affairs. Whether it is Middle East peace or trade agreements, Mr. Trump has repeatedly claimed that he can achieve what has eluded every other occupant of his office through the force of his own personality.
So far, he has little to show for that. He has yet to successfully negotiate any new trade deals or renegotiate any old ones. A resolution between Israel and the Palestinians, which he once said would be "maybe not as difficult as people have thought," looks more distant than when he came into office. Beyond threatening "fire and fury," he has offered no original formula that suggests a path to unlock the North Korea puzzle.
But in his penchant for unpredictability, his willingness to shift at a moment's notice and his sense that only he can make the important decisions, Mr. Trump may find a kindred spirit in the man who would sit across the table, Kim Jong-un of North Korea.
"In some ways there's a symmetry," said Wendy R. Sherman, a longtime former diplomat who was part of a historic American delegation to Pyongyang under President Bill Clinton and later negotiated the Iran nuclear agreement for President Barack Obama. "You have two leaders who believe fundamentally that they are the only people who matter."
Other presidents left talks with North Korea to lower-level officials because they did not want to reward Pyongyang with the prestige of such a meeting unless there was a substantial assurance of a breakthrough. They feared an ill-conceived gathering that resulted in failure would be counterproductive.
Mr. Clinton considered going to Pyongyang in the twilight months of his presidency, but ultimately opted against it, partly because of the Florida recount that dominated the postelection period in 2000 and partly because he calculated he had a better chance of forging an agreement between Israel and the Palestinians in the time he had left. He was unable to achieve that either, but after leaving office, went to North Korea to bring home two Americans held prisoner.
Diplomacy is a positive, Ms. Sherman said. "But this is a diplomacy that has to be prepared. It's why Bill Clinton didn't drop everything and go to Pyongyang." She added: "This is very serious business. It is not a reality show. And it's our national security that is at stake."
While the president's economic pressure may have prompted him to come to the table, Mr. Kim made few known concessions to win a meeting with Mr. Trump. The North Korean leader agreed to suspend nuclear and missile tests for the moment, although after a year of accelerated tests, they may not be as necessary for the program's development at this point. And he assented to routine joint military exercises by the United States and South Korea that usually draw his ire.
"I can't imagine any other president doing this on the basis of these general comments passed on from Kim Jong-un," said Christopher R. Hill, who negotiated with North Korea for President George W. Bush. "The question is whether Trump will go ahead without clear signs the North Koreans are on the way to denuclearization."
Among those surprised by the president's decision to meet Mr. Kim were some of his own advisers. "In terms of direct talks with the United States, you ask negotiations and we're a long ways from negotiations," Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson told reporters traveling with him in Africa just hours before the surprise announcement at the White House.
But the president has flirted with the idea of meeting Mr. Kim before, and James Jay Carafano, a national security scholar at the Heritage Foundation, said it was utterly predictable that Mr. Trump would want to personally take on the issue.
"Trump actually has a really good track record of talking to other leaders," Mr. Carafano said. "We ought to get beyond this thing that he's going to be stupid. He's now met with dozens of world leaders. This is actually where he shines, meeting with other leaders and looking very presidential. The fact that he would want to look the guy in the eye is very Trumpian."
Indeed, Mr. Trump has been far more eager to deal directly with foreign leaders than Mr. Obama, a hands-on interlocutor who has forged relationships that changed his views and policies, such as with President Xi Jinping of China.
Mr. Carafano said Mr. Trump, the first president never to have served in government or the military, is not wedded to stale nostrums and is willing to think outside the box. He cited Mr. Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, a move Democratic and Republican presidents were too wary to make. While it drew loud protests from Palestinians, Mr. Carafano said, the world did not come to an end.
But Mr. Carafano cautioned against expecting a breakthrough if the meeting with Mr. Kim takes place. "The odds of him actually negotiating something are incredibly small," he said. But the president's agreement to talk dispels the warnings by critics that Mr. Trump was inevitably headed to war with North Korea through his bellicose messaging. "Our policy is not on this inevitable path to World War III."
Still, the critics remain dubious. While they have urged Mr. Trump to try diplomacy, many said they did not mean that he should do it personally, and they warned that the president did not seem to have a thought-through plan for what he could reasonably achieve and how he would do it. Given Mr. Trump's repeated criticism of Mr. Obama's Iran deal — and a looming deadline for deciding whether to scrap it — the president would be hard pressed to agree to any accord with North Korea that fell short of its terms.
"Trump sees himself as a master negotiator, and yet is not particularly good at it," said Colin Kahl, a former national security official under Mr. Obama. "He isn't thoughtful or steeped in the types of details required for this type of diplomacy. He is prone to manipulation and flattery. He often makes threats he doesn't follow through on and promises he can't or won't keep. And he often throws allies under the bus. This does not add up to a recipe for success, and the stakes could not be higher."
But the president's aides said he was full of surprises and should not be discounted. While noting that this would be a meeting, not a negotiation, a senior administration official, who briefed reporters on the condition of anonymity, said Mr. Trump was elected in part because he was willing to take approaches different from those of other presidents, a trait best exemplified by his North Korea policy.
Mr. Kim is the undisputed master of his totalitarian system, the official said, and so it made sense to accept an invitation to meet with the one person who can actually make decisions instead of repeating the long slog of the past.
The real question, then, becomes whether the only two leaders who can make decisions can make one together.


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McCain in Florida drops happy talk about the economy
Hammered by Democrats for sugarcoating the economy's woes, Republican John McCain closed his two-day swing through Florida on a populist note, railing Tuesday against corporate greed and shoddy oversight of Wall Street.
''We're going to put an end to the reckless conduct, corruption and unbridled greed that has caused the crisis on Wall Street,'' McCain told more than 2,000 people at a downtown Tampa convention center.
One day after investment giant Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, McCain steered clear of any cheerleading for the economy. His comment in Jacksonville Monday that ''the fundamentals of the economy are still strong'' was pounced on by Democrats who say he is out of touch.
On Tuesday, McCain sounded more dire, referring twice to the ''bad'' economy and saying, ''The top of our economy is broken.'' He mocked the ''alphabet soup'' of federal agencies that regulate the financial markets.
''They haven't been doing their job right, or we wouldn't have this mess on Wall Street,'' he said. "We don't need a dozen federal agencies doing the job. We need the best federal agency to do the job right.''
Several voters said that line hit home, even though McCain rushed through parts of the 17-minute speech.
The economy was at the forefront of McCain's appearances over two days in Florida, though in front of a predominantly Hispanic audience in Orlando he also talked about immigration reform and statehood for Puerto Rico.
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Cosí Parlò Bellavista (1984)
Directed by Luciano De CrescenzoRun Time - 92 min. | Countries - Italy | MPAA Rating - NR
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This freewheeling look at Naples and its foibles through the tenants who live in an apartment building offers a fictionalized but lively account of what it means to be Neapolitan. Gennaro Bellavista (director and co-scripter Luciano De Crescenzo) holds classroom court every day in the building, where his neighbors and the concierges gather to listen to his instructive and opinionated views of the city. For Bellavista, the northern Italians are inspired by concepts like "freedom," while the more hot-blooded southerners are swayed the most by love. A case in point is the stuffy Milanese businessman Cazzaniga (Renato Scarpa) who starts to rearrange the mailboxes the moment he moves into his apartment -- now it remains to be seen if he will give in to the southern love of fun. Shadows are cast on the insular lives of these tenants as references to the "Camorra" -- a local Neapolitan Mafia -- and the threat of rising unemployment indicate that not everything is fun, even for the southerners.
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Lamorinda's Best
40th Anniversary Celebration — 6-8 p.m. Sept. 27. Join the community for a picnic-style (bring your own), dinner in the park. Dinner tables will be placed in the Moraga Commons Park for dinner under a canopy of lights. DJ RyanO and the Campolindo High School musicians will provide the evening's entertainment. Attendees are encouraged to bring a potluck from home or pre-order food from your favorite local restaurant and bring it with you. Get creative and enter the table decorating contest. Toast Contest. Each six-foot table comes with six chairs and a bottle of sparkling juice for $35. Register Online or download the application form. Deadline Sept. 12. http://bit.ly/1zOcagq.
If you have a one-time event to run in the Best of the Sun calendar, send two weeks in advance to Lamorinda's Best, c/o the Times, P.O. Box 8099, Walnut Creek, CA 94596-8099, or e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com. For a news release form, contact Lisa Herendeen, 925-945-4785.


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Skilled Property Division Guidance For Unmarried Couples
Many long-term relationships do not involve a marriage certificate. More and more unmarried people in Northern Virginia choose to live together, buy homes and other assets together, and share expenses for many years without getting married. If the relationship breaks down, it can be difficult for unmarried couples to know where to turn to unravel their financial interests and protect their rights.
You may know that there is no divorce process in family court to divide property for an unmarried couple. However, dividing property at the end of a long-term relationship is no less stressful. At Duff & Kronfeld, P.C. in Fairfax, our attorneys can provide advice on how to structure acquisitions of property by unmarried couples to protect your rights. We draw on substantial experience resolving complex disputes to help individuals protect their financial stability after the breakdown of a long-term relationship.
Learn Your Property Rights Before You Divide Assets
The assets that unmarried couples acquire over the years can vary greatly. Unlike a marriage, there is no marital property for unmarried cohabitants. However, you may still have property rights, depending upon how the assets are titled and your contribution to the property. We can guide unmarried individuals through the difficult process of dividing property.
Generally, you can come to a mutual agreement to divide assets — a process that is often contentious due to the emotional strains associated with the breakdown in the relationship. Our legal team can evaluate the assets, how the property is titled and advise you about your rights under Virginia law. We help clients negotiate reasonable settlements and guide others through the mediation process to obtain the most favorable results. Some property may also be divided in civil court through a partition action.
Common assets that may be divided in a partition action include:
- A home or other real estate interest
- Shared bank and investment accounts
- Vehicles titled in both parties' names
- Business interests
Tracing contributions to property and proving ownership in assets can be a cumbersome process. You deserve to work with a lawyer who is ready willing and able to do the hard work that is necessary to protect for financial security. To learn more about how our more than 30 years of experience can be your advantage in safeguarding your rights, send us an email now or call 703-591-7475.


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Essent Group Ltd., the mortgage-insurer backed by George Soros and Goldman Sachs Group Inc., is beating older rivals in the stock market as the U.S. plans to tighten regulation of the industry.
Essent has rallied 9.1% since July 10, when the Federal Housing Finance Agency laid out a proposal requiring mortgage guarantors to hold more assets. Radian Group Inc. and MGIC Investment Corp., the largest firms that focus on backing home loans, have slumped.
The FHFA called for stiffer requirements tied to insured loans made from 2005 to 2008, before Essent and NMI Holdings Inc. began writing coverage. The proposal also mandates that insurers hold more funds on contracts connected to riskier borrowers. The U.S., which took over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in a $187.5 billion rescue after the housing market collapsed, aims to protect taxpayers from losses in a future crisis.
"For companies like MGIC or Radian, where there's a legacy book, the capital rules are just more onerous," Bose George, an analyst at Keefe, Bruyette Woods, said. "Where there's no legacy book, the rules are less onerous."
MGIC and Radian have said the proposed private mortgage insurer eligibility requirements, or PMIERs, are too strict and threaten to make home loans less affordable. Essent and NMI have praised the rules, saying the industry needs the financial strength to withstand another housing crash.
"We do not believe that the PMIERs will disrupt access to credit," Essent Chief Executive Officer Mark Casale said on a conference call this month. "It's important to make sure there's really no watering down of the framework."
Soros Fund Management owns an 8.7% stake in Essent valued at $160 million, based on yesterday's $21.26 closing price, and Goldman Sachs controls about 7%, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Essent retreated 0.9% to $21.07 at 12:12 p.m. in New York.
Bermuda-based Essent's largest investor is affiliated with Pine Brook Road Partners, a private-equity firm. All were investors in Essent before the insurer's initial public offering last year.
Billionaire John Paulson's hedge fund firm is among the top five investors in MGIC and Radian, with combined stakes valued at about $300 million. Paulson Co. also controls 1.8% of Genworth Financial Inc., which sells life insurance and long-term care coverage in addition to mortgage guarantees.
MGIC has fallen 9.3% since the rules were announced while Radian has slipped 1.4%. The shares of both companies have more than doubled since the start of last year as the housing market rebounded.
Genworth has plunged 18% since July 10, fueled by a disclosure that it may need to add to reserves in its long-term care business. The Richmond, Va.-based company counts mortgage insurance among its best business opportunities, CEO Tom McInerney said July 30.
Rohit Gupta, who runs Genworth's U.S. mortgage insurer, said in an interview that the new rules will help bolster confidence in the industry. He said that there is room for tweaks and declined to discuss Genworth's positions before the fourth-largest mortgage insurer sends in its feedback to the FHFA.
Mortgage insurance typically must be purchased by borrowers when their down payment is less than 20% of a home's purchase price. The policies cover losses when borrowers default and foreclosure fails to recoup costs. During the housing crisis, the financial turmoil at mortgage buyers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac was magnified when about half of the home-loan guarantors were pushed out of business.
Companies must submit their comments on the proposal by Sept. 8. The new rules affect firms doing business with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which are overseen by the FHFA.
"The draft PMIERs would require insurers to maintain liquid assets far in excess of the amount required to achieve that goal and could potentially have adverse effects on creditworthy borrowers and mute the housing recovery," Curt Culver, CEO of Milwaukee-based MGIC, said on a conference call with analysts last month.
At a time when lending remains restricted, the proposed rules could make homeownership more expensive for borrowers without the highest credit scores or lacking funds for a big down payment. The insurers would likely charge higher fees to these riskier borrowers.
Culver also criticized his company's younger rivals for their stance on the rules.
"I'm very disappointed with some of our newer entrants, on a very shortsighted point of view, lobbying the way they have," he said. "This is the long-term interest of all of us to have returns that are long-term acceptable."
Casale worked at Philadelphia-based Radian before founding Essent, which went public in October and is now the No. 5 U.S. mortgage insurer.
NMI, which also held a public offering in 2013, is off to a slower start, with less than $1 billion of coverage sold in the period. The Emeryville, Calif.-based firm, whose biggest investors include Carlyle Group LP's Claren Road Asset Management LLC, Kyle Basss Hayman Capital Management LP and Perry Corp., declined 6.6% since July 10 through yesterday. The stock climbed 2.9% today to $9.90.
"We can do very well in an environment that has rules basically as drafted," Brad Shuster, CEO of NMI, said in an interview. "The comments we're making I'd characterize as relatively minor."
American International Group Inc.'s mortgage insurer, the largest by sales in the first half, has been working with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the FHFA and plans to discuss its remaining concerns in its comment letter, Donna DeMaio, the Greensboro, N.C.-based unit's CEO, said in an email. The mortgage guaranty business accounted for less than 10% of AIG's pretax operating profit from insurance in the second quarter.
There are a few areas where the companies' comments will probably align, said Jack Micenko, an analyst at Susquehanna International Group. He cited opposition to a provision that excludes some premium payments from being counted as available assets until they are classified as earned for accounting purposes, which can take years.
KBW's George said the companies will request that the amount of funds they have to hold against sets of loans decreases as the books age.
"It's reasonable to assume that there will be some meeting of the minds on some of these nuance issues" between the companies and the regulators, Micenko said. "What they're looking to do is, like everything else in the financial crisis coming out, is to put in place some rules and conditions to make it less painful the next time around."


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Curriculum Development and Renewal
Curriculum Development
Curriculum development in Hinsdale District 86 is an ongoing process driven by district goals, each school's mission statement and goals, and the goals and objectives of the individual departments. The development of new courses that provide interesting, relevant, rigorous and innovative curriculum is encouraged.
In District 86, there is a three year process from the time a new course is proposed to the time when it is first taught. Year 1 of the process takes place two years prior to course being taught and starts with an "Exploration Phase." From September to February, the new course idea is explored with the department that is proposing it, the Curriculum Leadership Team (CLT), the Assistant Principal for Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment (APCIA), and the Department Chair of the other school. Consensus on the part of the CLT is needed before the proposal formally leaves the building to be considered from a district perspective. From March to May of Year 1, one and a half years prior to course being taught, the proposal is vetted by the Academic Cabinet, comprised of the Assistant Superintendent for Academics and the two APCIAs. If approved, it is brought for the first administrative review before the Executive Cabinet, which includes the Superintendent, Assistant Superintendents, Principals, and other district administrators. During the summer between Year 1 and Year 2, one full year prior to course being taught, a final draft of course proposal prepared and submitted to Executive Cabinet.
From September through October, Year 2, approximately eleven months prior to the course being taught, Executive Cabinet reviews final proposal and gives its approval or disapproval. If the course is approved, the final proposal is returned to the building for the CLT and Principal to consider and give approval or disapproval from October through November, Year 2, approximately nine months prior to the course being taught. The final step is Board of Education review. By early November, the Board considers final proposal and approves or disapproves it. If approved, the course description published in Program of Studies book in November so students can enroll in the new course in January and February. In Year 3, the course will run for the first time.
Summer Curriculum Projects
Each year, district money is budgeted for faculty to develop new curricula. In Hinsdale District 86, we are extremely fortunate to have faculty willing to spend time in the summer to improve our instructional program, usually resulting in more project requests than allotted money to support them. Therefore, projects that target identified district and school initiatives will be given priority during the funding decision-making process. Approval for a summer curriculum project also stems from a need to develop curriculum for a new course, to redefine and revise exiting curriculum as suggested by the department, administration, or the School Improvement Committee, or to develop curriculum for a special project that has been approved by the building administration. This vibrant, creative curriculum renewal process is what keeps the academic program in District 86 among the best among high schools across the nation.
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Ikelite Underwater Housing For Nikon D5200 0
Ikelite has recently announced their new underwater housing for the Nikon D5200 DSLR camera. The company is reportedly the first to market such a housing for the said "upper entry level" camera.
The features of the underwater housing complements the D5200's upgraded sensor and image processing. It is made from heavy-duty polycarbonate. It comes with Ikelite's signature clear design, proprietary TTL circuitry, rubberized grips for quick-release attachment points for accessories, enhanced glass optical viewfinder, depth rating of 200 feet (60 meters), and lens zoom gears.
The Ikelite D5200 housing is made in the USA by experienced divers. If you want it for your D5200, you can grab one this coming March for $1500.


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Loyola Plans Survey After Assault Reports Surge
Loyola is planning to launch a campus-wide survey about gender-based misconduct early next semester after the school fielded 26 reports of sexual assaults this school year alone, compared to 14 reports at this time last year.
Of the 26 reports of sexual assaults made this semester, eight of the incidents occurred this year and the dates of seven more were unreported or otherwise unknown. The other 11 did not occur this semester. Two of the incidents that occurred this year were on-campus assaults allegedly committed by students.
Loyola's Title IX department, which is responsible for preventing and responding to sex discrimination, will administer the school-wide survey to all students, faculty and staff in an email introduced by the president, according to Title IX coordinator Tom Kelly. It will ask members of the Loyola community if they have ever experienced gender-based misconduct in the past and what the incidents were like, Kelly said. Loyola will also use the survey to gauge the community's knowledge and perception of how Loyola handles reports of sex discrimination.
The survey comes after the university saw a surge in reports of gender-based misconduct this semester.
There were 76 total reports of gender-based misconduct, which includes sexual harassment, sexual assault, sexual misconduct, relationship violence and stalking this semester, according to Tim Love, the associate dean of students and interim Title IX deputy coordinator. That is 27 more reports than there were at this time last year, and just eight less than were reported during the entire 2015-16 academic year.
However, reported incidents do not necessarily occur at Loyola or even during a student's time at Loyola.
The Title IX department takes a record of any situation when a student reaches out to Loyola for resources or support regarding incidents of gender-based misconduct or sexual assault, even if the incidents occurred in high school or earlier. Campus Safety's police logs show a much smaller number of reports, as it only shows reports of those who sought action through Campus Safety.
Kelly said his office views increasing reports as a "positive sign" because it means people are coming forward to receive resources and support from Loyola, and doesn't necessarily mean the incidents are occurring more frequently. He said he hopes that the survey will give an indication of what incidents take place at Loyola.
The survey will also help Loyola's Coordinated Community Response Team (CCRT), which focuses on education and prevention of gender-based misconduct and sexual assault.
The CCRT is comprised of various Loyola faculty, staff and students, along with members of off-campus organizations such as YWCA Evanston/North Shore, a group that advocates for racial and social justice and women's rights.
Kelly said Loyola has never administered a survey about this topic before, but the administration has considered it since President Barack Obama signed a memorandum two years ago directing the Office of the Vice President and the White House Council on Women and Girls to form a task force addressing campus sexual assault.
These two departments formed the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault in January of 2014. The task force released its first report in April of that year and advised universities to conduct campus-wide surveys to better understand students' experiences before and during college, along with their perceptions of colleges' policies.
The task force has since updated the 2014 report with a link to a packet released in October this year with further guidelines for campus surveys on sexual assault.
Loyola waited to see how other colleges conducted the surveys before initiating its own, according to Kelly.
Other Jesuit colleges have already implemented surveys on sexual violence on campus, including Fordham University in New York and Xavier University in Cincinnati. Both schools conducted surveys in 2015 asking questions about students' experiences with sexual violence at the schools and about community awareness of the university's resources.
Xavier's survey also included faculty and staff members. It found that 71 percent of students reported they believed the university responds effectively to complaints of sexual discrimination and sexual harassment.
Fordham University's survey found that 6 percent of respondents had experienced sexual contact by force or threats since going to Fordham. In the United States, one in five women and one in 16 men are sexual assaulted in college, according to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.
Loyola's survey is being finalized and is scheduled to be sent out via email early in 2017, according to Kelly.


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Drawing just drawing!
I was recently reunited with my Cintiq 22. Man! I miss drawing on it!
This is something that I've been chipping away at between jobs. So great to strip everything back and just draw! smile emoticon
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text: KIRKUS REVIEW What might happen if a sneeze is too powerful? One young boy finds out in this imaginative tale. While grocery shopping with his mom, an attack of sneezes hits. With each "achoo," the boy loses more of his memories--first his name, then his mother. The numbers, Squanto and the Pilgrims, the presidents, the dinosaurs, his favorite baseball team and Christmas all end up scattered on the grocery floor. Like a balloon, his brain had gone empty. A tearful sniff provides the suction solution he needs for his memories and pulls his mother back to him…where she helps get rid of the green thing hanging out of his nose. Lucke's choice of mixed-media illustration is well suited to the mishmash of knowledge that comes shooting out the boy's nose, green slime and spray sometimes accompanying them. Various perspectives give readers plenty of opportunity to see the action. Additional sneeze facts are listed on the rear flap, and the back cover sports some helpful (and humorous) warnings. If nothing else, this cautionary tale may get readers to cover their sneezes in fear of forgetting something vital. (Picture book. 3-7) Pub Date: Oct. 1st, 2010ISBN: 978-0-547-33006-8Page count: 40ppPublisher: ClarionReview Posted Online: Aug. 31st, 2010Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 15th, 2010


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11 Nov Band-aid Battles
Band-aids have gotten so much cuter than when we were kids. No longer are they limited to boring, light brown sticky strips with padding. In my house at this moment, we have no fewer than five types of Band-aids (Disney Princesses, Minions, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Hello Kitty and Barbie.)
While these types of Band-aids are more fun, they are also known to spark fierce reactions from toddlers.
I present to you the Four Band-aid Battles all parents have had:
Band-aid Battle #1 Kid: Owie! I bumped my arm/Johnny stepped on my foot/I got a mosquito bite/I have a tummyache! I need a Band-aid! Parent: Since you're not bleeding, a Band-aid won't help here. What you really need is: an ice pack/calamine lotion/some sleep. Kid: But it hurts! I need a Band-aid!!!
Band-aid Battle #2: Kid: My Band-aid fell off in the tub!! I need a new one! Parent: You cut yourself two days ago; it's not bleeding anymore. You really don't need another Band-aid. Kid: I need a Band-aid!!!
Band-aid Battle #3 Kid: Hey! Why do you have a Band-aid?! No fair! Parent: I cut my finger chopping an apple. It was bleeding, so I needed a band-aid. Kid: But I have this (teeny) hangnail on this finger! I need a Band-aid!!!
Band-aid Battle #4: Parent: You've had that band-aid on for two days. It needs to come off. Kid: No! It still hurts! Parent: Let's take a look. (Rips off Band-aid.) Kid: Owie! I need a Band-aid!!!
Parents – you have two options to end the Band-aid Battles: #1: Stand your ground, don't give in and only dole out Band-aids when you see blood. #2: Go to the dollar section, stock up and give out Band-aids like beads at Mardi Gras.


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In the Melanesian past, the killing of accused witches is remembered as an extremely rare occurrence. Village hearings were controlled affairs that considered evidence under the authority of chiefs and elders. Such cases almost never made it to the national courts.
These days, the fate of accused witches at the hands of lynch mobs makes headlines, like the 20-year-old mother doused with petrol and burnt alive in Mount Hagen last February. The controlling hand of elders has been replaced, especially in Papua New Guinea's highlands, by the public spectacle of prolonged torture and death.
Partly in response to awareness of such atrocities, the Port Moresby government recently repealed its rarely-used Sorcery Act enacted by the colonial administration. This law was seen by its opponents as underpinning the widespread belief in sorcery and thereby lending credence to accusations that often triggered violent scapegoating.
When the history of Melanesia's encounter with sorcery-related violence is finally written, it may be the chapter on a group of highland women from Chimbu province - not legislative gestures in the capital - that proves to be its most gripping tale.
Telinga Media spoke to one of the women last week at a conference in Canberra.
Some forms of sorcery consist of straight out blood or food poisoning or straight out murder. Other forms of sorcery consist of powerful psychological persuasion. At some stage the victim will be informed that he or she has been sorcerised. The fear works on the mind and the make up of the victim until he eventually dies.
Evil sorcery according to custom was never indiscriminate. Every evil sorcery killing had to be authorised by elders and justified as an act of vengeance over one sort of injustice, wrong doing or another. Nowadays, evil sorcery tends to be indiscriminate, and tends to be organised on an individualistic basis, without justification or approval from the village or clan elders.
Evil sorcery is not permitted under customary law, if it is practiced without good reasons or without authority from elders. In societies without an organised police force and without a jail system, evil sorcery was used as the final and ultimate sanction against persistent wrong doers or violators of the customary laws. If used against innocent people, it certainly called for retaliatory killing or deliberate exile of the sorcerer from the community of the innocent victim.
- Law Reform Commission of PNG, October 1977
Monica Paulus and Mary Kini spoke at the conference on Sorcery & Witchcraft-Related Killings in Melanesia: Culture, Law & Human Rights Perspectives
on 5 June at the Australian National University, Canberra
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The Shannon Venue has entered an exciting phase in the project to deliver a community, civic and arts centre for Shannon. The design team, which was appointed in May, following a detailed procurement process, are now working towards having plans ready for submission to Clare County Council by September 2014.
Leading the design team will be Limerick based Hugh Kelly Architects. They are joined by Tobin Consulting Engineers (Civil & Structural), Lawlor Burns & Associates (Quantity Surveyors) and Matt O' Mahony & Associates (Mechanical & Electrical). The team met recently with the project promoters to discuss the positioning of the building on site, general flow diagrams, the project brief, and finally, to agree a budget.
"We are now entering a very exciting stage of the project when the design will make another leap forward," said Hugh Kelly, after the meeting.
Although the Shannon Venue has been given financial commitments in excess of €800,000, draw down of funds to drive the project to the next milestone, the application for planning permission, has only started recently
As Derek Barrett of The Shannon Venue explains: "One of the main contributors and the very first to come on board is Mick Guinee of Ei Electronics, who has been instrumental in helping us take this next step."
'The vote of confidence that Ei Electronics have shown us, has given us the encouragement to continue in our efforts to deliver this much needed community facility for Shannon. Ei Electronics and its management team are a credit to the region. They continue to deliver for Shannon."
Speaking at a recent 'Venue' presentation to the Clare County Council, Mick Guinee explained to the members why Ei were happy to become involved.
"Shannon is the economic engine of this region. Yet it always amazed me that it lacks social and community infrastructure'. When Ei Electronics were approached last year they had no hesitation in giving their support to the project. I think Shannon deserves a general facility like this. Ei draws all our employees from Shannon and the surrounding areas. I believe such a venue will enrich the lives of our employees and everybody else in Shannon."
Mr Guinee hopes that Ei's financial contribution will encourage other companies to get on board and help fund the project, and in doing so, give something back to the town that they do business in.
The Shannon Venue was also delighted to receive a commitment of €15,000 from Shannon Town Council at their last official meeting. The council had always supported the plan, but it was a significant gesture to be included in their final act, the distribution of surplus funds.
Kevin Thompstone, President of The Shannon Chamber of Commerce and Director of The Shannon Venue Ltd said: "'We believe this facility will help make Shannon a better place to live, work and do business in. It will become a focal social and cultural point for residents, employees, industry and visitors alike. It will give a renewed sense of place, purpose and community. It will also develop the regions tourism product, with significant benefits to the Airport, local hotels and restaurants, while also being able to accommodate off-site meetings and functions for corporates in the area."
The Shannon Venue will hold an information day in SkyCourt on Saturday, the 5th of July.
"It is another opportunity for people in the town to see the progress that has been made since our public meeting last September. We hope to be in a position to answer questions, show some preliminary sketches and encourage people to get involved in developing awareness, and helping out with fundraising," says Eoin Hoctor of The Shannon Venue.
The information point will be across from Mc Loughney's Newsagents & Dealz where The Shannon Venue currently has a window display and PowerPoint presentation on display.


text: THE HAGUE, The Netherlands -- Kosovo's former prime minister, who resigned last week and surrendered to a U.N. tribunal, has pleaded not guilty to war crimes charges at the U.N. tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. Ramush Haradinaj, 36, has been charged by a United Nations tribunal with 37 counts of war crimes including murder, rape and deportation of Serbs during the 1998-99 war between ethnic Albanians and Serb forces. Haradinaj surrendered to the court a day after resigning as the province's prime minister following an indictment by the war crimes court. Two other alleged Kosovo Albanian rebel commanders also turned themselves in. Haradinaj, a former commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), was charged with 17 counts of crimes against humanity and 20 counts of violations of the laws or customs of war. Two of Hardinaj's former KLA aides, Idriz Balaj and Lahi Brahimaj, pleaded not guilty at the same hearing to 16 counts of crimes against humanity, including detention, deportation, murder and rape, and 19 counts of violations of the laws or customs of war. Haradinaj, considered a hero by many Kosovo Albanians, is the most senior former Kosovo guerrilla to be indicted for alleged atrocities. "Haradinaj ... established a system whereby individuals were targeted for abduction, mistreatment and murder, and whereby a systematic attack on vulnerable sections of the civilian population was carried out," the indictment said. "Haradinaj personally ordered, controlled and participated in beatings" of civilians, it added. Haradinaj could face life imprisonment if convicted of any of the charges. He has called evidence against him an attempt to discredit the KLA by those close to former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic. Milosevic has been on trial at the Hague since February 2002, charged with genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo in the 1990s. Haradinaj's selection as prime minister late last year was immediately opposed by the government of Serbia-Montenegro. Fighting raged at the end of the 1990s in Kosovo, an autonomous region in southern Serbia. It has been under U.N. administration since 1999, when NATO forces drove out mainly Serbian Yugoslavs during bloody fighting between the province's majority Albanians and minority Serbs. NATO peacekeepers have been out in force throughout Kosovo since Haradinaj flew to The Hague, with 1,000 more troops being flown in to prevent unrest by Kosovo's ethnic Albanians. International officials praised Haradinaj -- a seasoned battlefield commander with a fiery temper and a loyal following -- for his decision to cooperate with the court and called on other countries in the region to follow his example. Soren Jessen-Petersen, head of the U.N. Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), said he respected Haradinaj's decision but could not "hide the fact that his departure will leave a big gap." He said Haradinaj's decision to cooperate despite maintaining his innocence is a mark of Kosovo's "growing political maturity."


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Denied the joy of celebrating a World Series victory since the team moved to San Francisco from New York in 1958, Giants fans also have suffered through a couple of culinary missteps outside the Giants' gorgeous China Basin digs. But with the opening of Public House, coinciding with the start of the 2010 season, fans finally have a go-to player at 24 Willie Mays Plaza.
One reason the previous tenant, Acme Chophouse, didn't make the cut was that its game plan was tilted toward "fine" (whatever that means) sit-down dining. That too-formal strategy was at odds with the casual atmosphere fans expect before a baseball game. Redesigned inside and out, Public House seems to have corrected the stodgy atmosphere and the restaurant/pub now feels more casual, airy and welcoming.
The entrance to the room is dominated by two large bars that face one another. The bar on the left is mostly for mixed drinks and wine while the bar on the right is primarily for beer (the empty beer kegs are a dead giveaway). You can order anything from either bar. However, the two bars form a sort of funnel as you proceed deeper into the room, creating a potential bottleneck for bartenders and wait staff scurrying back and forth (staff refers to it as the "kill zone"). It will be interesting to see what creative steps Public House takes to avoid congestion. Beyond the bar are some tables, a large, open kitchen and the turnstile entrance to AT&T Park. There are also tables in front of the bar in a patio that is designed to be warmed by heaters below the sidewalk rather than space heaters.
The menu features beer-friendly appetizers and pub food like fish and chips, a BLT, a variety of hotdogs and sausages, sliders, a burger and salads. Considering the location and the quality, prices are not outrageous. Unlike in Philly, you will not find Velveeta on Thom's Cheesesteak Sandwich ($12). Instead, there's a nice pile of tender, juicy beef, grilled onions and sweet peppers encased in a soft, fresh roll. Although the sandwich is not huge, it's very tasty and big enough to share as an appetizer. The Mac-n-Cheese appetizer ($5), a holdover from Acme Chophouse, is not to be missed. It arrives piping hot, with melted yellow cheese atop soft, creamy elbow noodles. Matched with an Allagash White or an Ommegang Pale Ale, the cheesesteak and mac 'n cheese combo is almost as satisfying as a Brian Wilson strikeout to close out a game. Just like with your beer or alcoholic beverage of choice, you can take the food inside the park with you.
Dave McLean, owner of the Magnolia Gastropub and Brewery and The Alembic in the Haight, was on hand to help inaugurate the new baseball season and the new pub with a special beer brewed just for Public House. McLean called his cask-conditioned English ale "Billy Sunday Bitter," which combines the name of an 19th century baseball player turned evangelist with a Grateful Dead lyric from Ramble on Rose* (if you spend more than 10 minutes at Magnolia, you're bound to hear some Dead). Billy Sunday the ale is the kind of beer you might have in a cask in England: naturally carbonated and served at cellar temperature (rather than refrigerator cold) so that you can appreciate all the nuances of the beer. It seemed somewhat hoppy for an English style bitter but was delicious nonetheless.
Having Dave McLean and Magnolia onboard, along with beer from several local breweries, helps establish Public House as part of the San Francisco beer scene and might even make China Basin a beer destination beyond the estimable 21st Amendment a couple of blocks away.
The Giants seem finally to have a lineup of decent hitters and one of the best pitching staffs in baseball, playing in one of the most beautiful parks in the country. And for the first time since the park opened in 2000, long-suffering Giants fans have a pub worthy of a pennant contender. Who knows? Maybe this really will be their year after all.
Public House
24 Willie Mays Plaza
San Francisco, CA 94107
No reservations
*Ramble on Rose
(Words by Robert Hunter; music by Jerry Garcia)
Just like Jack the Ripper
Just like Mojo Hand
Just like Billy Sunday
In a shotgun ragtime band
Just like New York City,
Just like Jericho
Pace the halls and climb the walls
Get out when they blow


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Fisheries in Sub-Saharan Africa is an interactive CD that provides information and data on various aspects of fisheries and fishing communities in 25 countries of the Sub-Saharan regiob. These countries are partners in the Sustainable Fisheries Livelihoods Programme (SFLP) of the Department of International Development for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (DFID) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations The CD contains geographic and sociodemographic profiles of the 25 countries as well as information on their fishery resources, fishing communities and fishworkers, fish processing and trade, fisheries legislation and fishery agreements. The information is provided in the form of interactive maps, charts and printer friendly PDF (Portable document format) files that can viewed with acrobat reader. The CD also contains video clips and still images that illustrate several of the fishery-related issues pertaining to the region.