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Bad press for 'Regiony'
The communists obtained 27 seats in the new parliament in last Autumn's pre-term VR elections, but an interview with their leader Petro Symonenko in "Fokus" weekly exposes the wide rift that now exists between them and PoR.
Member of communist party Oleksandr Holub stated recently that the KPU was ready to sign agreement about a united opposition. Is this true?
No...The communist party cannot enter into an opposition coalition with the supporters of widening collaboration with the acting regime. The Party of Regions cannot be opposition. It was the supporter of liberalisation, reforms which are taking place in the country, it participated in agreements with the authority. In 2005, didn't Yanukovych did sign a memorandum with Yushchenko? Fact! In 2006, did he not sign the 'universal? Fact! Did he not conduct negotiations about the creation of wide coalition? Fact! Agreement on early elections – fact! What more can you say?
Why does the Party of Regions behave so peacefully in the Verkhovna Rada?
The national capital which is represented in PoR, is dependent on external factors: offshore companies, foreign banking systems and financial institutions and, naturally, the influence of Americans, who control all finances. In this situation the substantial part of PoR representatives' capital is located abroad, and it is possible in two minutes to accuse them of its unclean origin. To accuse them, and to immediately seize all these accounts. This is why they are obedient and do everything that is required of them.
More articles are appearing speculating on splits in Party of Regions. Quite astonishing, bearing in mind that the orange coalition in the VR has a cigarette-paper-thin majority of one. PoR are the largest party in parliament with 175 deputies. BYuT have 156, and NUNS 72.
Money for jam*
Rinat Akhmetov is an extremely smart and rich businessman, but perhaps not as smart as some British lawyers and solicitors who will probably earn many, many thousands of pounds for presenting, and winning, the Ukrainian billionaire's libel case against the Ukrainian news website 'Obozrevatel', in a the British High court.
'Oboz' did not contest the law suit, hardly surprising since the cost of mounting a serious defence in British civil court would have been hundreds of thousands of pounds. So, an easy 'pay-day' for Akmetov's lawyers..
A compensation hearing is to take place later this year to determine the appropriate award of damages. The total number of regular readers of 'Oboz' in Great Britain would probably fill at least all the front row seats on the upper deck of a London bus. I hope the learned judges bear this in mind.
Litigious wealthy people are often treated with suspicion too. But lawyers are unlikely to tell their clients this, are they?
*In England this means money easily earned.
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- UkrToday said...
Yes I have been witnessing similar manifestations. It is hard in opposition the beginning in power was the glue.
Party of regions can of course call a fresh election at any time but its timing must be right.
Ukraine is a bit election fatigued right now and it is difficult to say what the outcome would be. The constitution also places some limitations on holding fresh elections until October this year.
The "Democratic in name alone" coalition has a wafer thin majority having won less then 45% of the vote (an additional 0.14% to the Socialists would have changed the balance ad outcome).
It is difficult to know which straw will break the coalitions back. Constitutional Reform maybe? economic confidence yes.
Lytvyn is the key and Yushchenko is trying to bring them on board. Lytyn does not want fresh elections, why would he, he is in a strong negotiating position they need him more then he needs them right now.
Yushchenko's appointment of Rasiya secretary of NSC was a moral blow to Party of Regions who like every one else is also battle fatigued.
The key to any future elections is time and hope that Yulia and Our Ukraine will once again fall out. chances are high as each coalition partner is dependent on the other.`One reason why Yushchenko is pushing hard to regain some of his lost powers now rather the wait for the completion of the constitutional review. (chances there will be ongoing division as to which direction they should take - from my point of view the future clearly lies in Ukraine adopting a full parliamentary system - something I think Yulia also would prefer - Yushchenko must strike now to regain power or lose the upper-hand.
Do not expect much movement until March has passed and Yushchenko has more power and authority to wield the stick. As many speculate a broad coalition may still be on the cards.
Presidential elections in Russia out of the way, WTO membership finalized and the hype of a US presidential visit are all good ways to distract and give false impressions of moving forward.
Come spring May things may begin to change. They just need to see the winter out.
OK, the article you posted about Akhmetov is actually a release from a UK law firm. Akhmetov actually had at least another big law firm, Akin Gump etc also representing him.
Is he a smart businessman?
I think Oboz is smarter.
First - Akhmetov no doubt paid a HUGE sum - to get a DEFAULT judgment, as stated in the Schillings (interesting name, eh?) press release.
That's how those large law firms operate - they bill the heck out of you.
Now, at the compensation hearing, they've got to prove damages.
What was the article about? Akhmetov's youth.
What were his damages? The man is worth $15 billion, according to some reports. (There are many, many, umm, questions, shall we say, about how he acquired his wealth.)
He, Akhmetov, will spend several million dollars more for "excellent" legal work by shysters whose only interest is bilking him dry.
What will be Akhmetov's compensation? Did the article have any effect in England?
Compensation - $1.
Now go on, get outta here, Akhmetov, we love ya. Try to collect that in Ukraine.
Akhmetov is a dufus in this case - more money than brains.


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In Reply to: Great coats off posted by pamela on October 13, 2008 at 03:36:
: : : : : I wish to know the meaning and origin of the term "Great coats off" please.
: : : : A great coat is a heavy overcoat. The men were playing in the snow with their great coats off. They had taken off their overcoats.
: : : We don't use the term "greatcoat" here in the U.S., at least not these days. Is it still used in the U.K.?
: : In the military still, I believe
: Where you hear "greatcoats" (and "frockcoats") in Australia is in connection with the goth counter-culture. The standard black greatcoat,lace up Doc Martin boots, black dyed hair and heavy makeup can be seen on our streets even in summer when the average maximum temperature is 30 degrees Celsius (86 Fahrenheit). Pamela
"greatcoats" were particularly the overcoats worn by the army 1914-18. "greatcoats off" sounds like an order as to me.
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USA Hockey is on fire.
And while victory is complex and multi-faceted in the game of hockey, there's strong evidence that program's secret sauce involves technology originally used to teach Israeli fighter pilots about aerial combat.
The technology I refer to is called the Hockey IntelliGym. It comes in the form of a downloadable software program that runs on any personal computer and can be used by any player age 10 and up.
Let me tell you a bit of the back story to illustrate the impact of cognitive training on performance.
USA Hockey's NTDP (which include U17 and U18 National Teams) adopted the Hockey IntelliGym in 2009-10. There was an almost immediate impact. On average, the players increased their number of goals and assists by 42% after 8 weeks of using the IntelliGym. The wins ratio of both teams more than doubled that season – the U17 group increased their wins ration from 8% to 42%, and the U18 from 29% to 70%.
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The initial spurt of success has continued. The US U18 team has won an unprecedented 4 consecutive IIHF World Championships since integrating the Hockey IntelliGym into their training. Prior to this, the longest winning streak of any nation was two. Was this just a 'good run' of talented players? Obviously there was great talent, but the fact that multiple cohorts of players came through the system suggests that brain (and other) training gave the US a leg up on the competition.
In total, five cohorts of young US players have used the Hockey IntelliGym over a period of four years. They've won a staggering 16 gold medals in international tournaments (and 22 medals in total) out of 23 international tournaments.
The link between cognitive training and USA Hockey's success was readily on display at this year's World Juniors. Thirteen of the players on the Gold Medal winning squad at the World Junior Tournament trained on the product. This group included tournament MVP, John Gibson and tournament all stars Jake McCabe and Jacob Trouba. Seth Jones, the likely first overall pick in the draft who had a stellar tournament, also honed his hockey sense using the Hockey IntelliGym.
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I'd suggest two reasons. First, we all know that in a fast paced game, unpredictable game like hockey the slightest edge often makes all the difference. Second, for years the hockey intelligentsia has suggested that hockey sense is innate – that it cannot be taught or honed. USA Hockey's experience with the IntelliGym suggests that this belief is a bit misguided.
I know no one will ever see the ice like Gretzky, and that the knack for "being in the right place at the right time" that guys like Steven Stamkos have is a unique thing. However, USA Hockey's bold decision to partner with a company that built technology for fighter pilots should be applauded. Given the aforementioned facts and their record of success over recent years it's clear that cognitive training and the Hockey IntelliGym have played a role in building a stellar program and producing top notch players.
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BALTIMORE, MD—U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Jason James Savedoff, a/k/a "Jason James," and "Justin Ward," age 25, of New York, New York, today to a year and a day in prison followed by two years of supervised release for conspiracy and theft of historical documents from museums in Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, and Connecticut and sell selected documents for profit. Judge Blake also ordered Savedoff to pay restitution of $16,125.
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Savedoff and Landau visited numerous museums posing as researchers; accessed collections of documents which they had determined to be of significant value; reviewed the documents from the collections; and used various techniques to steal them. These techniques included concealing documents inside sports coats and other outerwear that had been modified to contain hidden pockets, as well as distracting museum curators to disguise their actions. Later, the conspirators removed any marking or inventory control notations made on the stolen documents.
A checklist was prepared for each stolen document which identified the author and date of the document; the collection from which it was stolen; whether the museum card catalogue had been collected; whether any microfilm or other "finding aid" existed for the document at the museum; the nature of any markings on the document: and whether any museum markings had been removed from the document. In an effort to conceal the theft, Savedoff and Landau often took the card catalogue entries and other "finding aids," making it difficult for the museum to discover that an item was missing.
Specifically, on July 9, 2011, Savedoff and Landau visited the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore, where Landau had already provided the curators with a list of boxes he wished to review, stating that he was performing research for a book. While reviewing the various document and manuscript collections, the conspirators attempted to distract the museum staff and shield their efforts to steal documents. Their actions concerned the curators, who summoned the police. Savedoff had the key to one of the museum lockers, where officers discovered a a computer bag containing 79 stolen documents. A review of the documents by curators revealed that 60 documents had been removed from the Maryland Historical Society, including a land grant dated June 1, 1861, to a soldier from the Maryland Militia, War of 1812, signed by President Abraham Lincoln. The remaining 19 documents contained markings which identified them as being from collections maintained at the Connecticut Historical Society and other institutions.
The 6,000 items seized from Landau's apartment that have been identified as being stolen from libraries and repositories throughout the United States, including documents signed by George Washington, John Adams, Franklin Roosevelt, Marie Antoinette, Karl Marx, and Sir Isaac Newton, will continue to be returned to the appropriate museum, repository, or owner.
Barry H. Landau, age 64, of New York, New York, previously pleaded guilty to his participation in the conspiracy. Judge Blake sentenced Landau to seven years in prison and ordered him to pay restitution totaling $46,525 to three dealers who unwittingly purchased stolen documents from Landau and to forfeit all the documents recovered during the searches of his New York apartment.
United States Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein praised the FBI, Baltimore Police Department, National Archives and Records Administration-Office of Inspector General, and the Baltimore State's Attorney's Office for their work in the investigation. Mr. Rosenstein thanked Assistant United States Attorneys James G. Warwick and P. Michael Cunningham, who prosecuted the case.


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A brief history of the First Presbyterian Church of Lowville
Our church has a long and interesting history that began just north of the village in 1803, in a place called Stow's Square. A number of pioneers thought that this area would be the center of the community. Rev. Ira Hart, a missionary from Connecticut, organized a Congregational Society there and church services were held for a time in members homes or the schoolhouse. In those days the Presbyterian churches in northern New York all began as Congregational congregations. In 1807, Silas Stowe deeded the site where our church today stands, to the citizens of Lowville for the erection of a building that might serve as a meeting house or an academy A wooden building (38' x 52', two stories tall) was built for just such a purpose and on September of the same year the First Congregational Society of Lowville was formed. The Rev. Isaac Clinton was installed the following year as pastor to both congregations (and as the first principal of Lowville Academy). The two churches shared pastors for the next fourteen years while each had their own membership they worshipped together on alternate Sundays in each other's buildings.
All of this changed when the congregation in Stows Square decided in 1818 to join the Presbytery of St. Lawrence and become a Presbyterian Church. Right after this, they raised funds and built a church building.This seeming defection caused the break down of the Presbyterian Society of Lowville (the two congregations) and in 1822 the Lowville Congregation adopted a confession of faith and covenant and formed the Second Presbyterian Church of Lowville. The split of the two congregations was the killing blow, for in a matter of years the Stow's Square church ceased to exist, and today nothing remains of it but the granite step stone on Route 26. The Rev. David Kimball was pastor at this time.
The Lowville village church had met for years in the small wooden structure that also housed Lowville Academy. After twenty years the school outgrew the space and it was sold outright to the new Society. They made arrangements to erect a new building on the site but within 18 months, it burned to the ground on December 25, 1827. Another wooden building was built and stood until January 3, 1830 when it too burned to the ground. It was a trying time for the church because their pastor, Rev. Kimball, had resigned after nine years during which the church had grown from twelve members to eighty-two. In the early spring of 1831 the members started to rebuild on the "footprint" of the old buildings, only this time in stone. In September of that year the present building was completed and dedicated.
The church moved along with the times, purchasing a brick house on State Street for the manse and building next door to it a "church house" for meetings and Sunday School. (The present home of Headstart) In 1865 the stone church underwent extensive interior renovations (sadly no pictures exist of the building previous to this time), which necessitated the holding of church services for nearly six months in the Court House. In 1860 a bell was installed in the church steeple, and in 1877 a pipe organ was installed in the sanctuary. Later in 1906, another extensive renovation was undertaken on the sanctuary, this time adding a choir loft, a porch outside the front doors (later torn off in 1937), the "upper kitchen" and many stained glass windows. In 1911 a former clock was replaced with the 3-faced one still working to this day.
The next huge change to the physical structure came about in 1952 when the current basement was dug out creating Sunday School rooms and the "lower kitchen". Under the pastorate of Robert Stover, the house next door, owned by the Frederick Parker family, was purchased in 1968 and became the Andover House, a name created by the combination of the names of the then current pastor with the one just previous, Dr. O.T. Anderson. In 1976 our new pipe organ was installed, and in the mid 1980's the west entrance was added making the sanctuary handicap accessible for the first time. This accessibility was continued with the installation of a lift and bathroom in 2007-2008. At that time the basement was redone and the nursery was transformed into a large kitchen appropriate for the preparation of free community dinners, which have become a central mission of the church.
The building, styled after early New England architecture, stands on a small rise above the little village park a juncture of North State and West State Streets. Its scenic location makes it a popular spot for weddings and picture taking.
The congregation that meets here has a long history of service to the surrounding community and beyond. Its members have been active in hospital volunteer work, the formation of Lewis County Hospice, Literacy Volunteers, Christmas Sharing, the local Food Pantry, bloodmobiles, Stephen's Ministry, Stone Soup Mission Dinners. and dozens of other vehicles for "bearing one another's burdens". They warmly welcome visitors and, like the building in the picture, they often have been a refuge from storms and a light on life's path.


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The CEO of USA Gymnastics resigned this week over the sport federation's handling of sexual abuse scandals, mirroring similar criticisms of USA Swimming leadership.
Gymnastics head Steve Penny resigned after about 12 years leading the national governing body of the sport. USA Today reports that Penny "had been facing increased criticism since August for not doing enough to protect gymnasts from sexual abuse or responding to allegations against coaches appropriately or quickly enough." The USA Today report goes on to reference more than 360 cases of sexual abuse allegations leveled at gymnastics coaches over two decades.
The U.S. Olympic Committee released this short statement on Penny's resignation:
"Today's announcement will hopefully allow USA Gymnastics to shift its attention to the future with a secure environment for its athletes and continued success in competition."
USA Swimming has dealt with similar allegations that the federation mishandled coaching abuse allegations and convictions. Executive Director Chuck Wielgus in particular came under fire, with calls for his resignation coming just as they did for Penny. In addition, Wielgus's nomination for the International Swimming Hall of Fame and his honorary doctorate from the U.S. Sports Academy were both protested by various groups.
Unlike Penny, Wielgus did not resign at the time in response to the calls. He will retire later this year. Attorney Bob Allard, one of Wielgus's chief critics, released a statement about Wielgus in the aftermath of Penny's suspension:
"Under Chuck Wielgus' leadership, USA Swimming has been caught in demonstrable cover ups, committed perjury as to what it knew about pedophile coaches and the subject of an extensive Congressional investigation which blasted its child protection practices," Allard wrote. "Not only has this man not even been asked by his friends at the USOC not to resign, but he has never been reprimanded in any way, shape or manner. To the contrary, he has been basically glorified, especially by his old friend Scott Blackmun, culminating in an attempt to bestow upon him the highest possible honor of being inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. The whole ordeal reeks of detestable political maneuvering and has nothing to do what right and wrong. In the end, only children suffer and that is the greatest shame of all of this."
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Nursing home rape epidemic 22 marzo 2017
3 Years After Rape of 6-yr-old, Trial is Yet to Start 22 marzo 2017
Grandfather Arrested For Raping 10-Year-Old Who Hung Herself 21 marzo 2017
British tourist killed in Goa was gang raped 21 marzo 2017
Brutal rape, murder in Goa 20 marzo 2017
28-year old Irish woman raped, murdered in Goa 15 marzo 2017
7-year-old girl gang-raped by 5 migrants in Germany 20 marzo 2017
17-year-old student gang-raped by 6 fellows 16 marzo 2017
Three charged over Uppsala 'Facebook rape video' 16 marzo 2017
Ventenne disabile stuprata e filmata da 6 uomini 20 marzo 2017
'Wizard' and two others arrested for gang rape in Italy 15 marzo 2017
Teen forced to have sex with 1,000 men 17 marzo 2017
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The more people you can look to if your deal goes awry, the better off you'll be. Here's a survey of some standard techniques. In all but the simplest cases, you'll need a lawyer to do it right.
- Make them a party. Getting others to sign the formal contract with your opponent can be the simplest way to rope another more responsible party into your deal. If possible, make everyone on the other side jointly and severally liable. This lets you recover everything you're owed from one individual without the hassle of suing the others.
- The guaranty: Formal legal guaranties are better in theory than in practice. Historically, judges have been sympathetic to guarantors, and case law provides many technical defenses that let them off the hook. Thus, even if a lawyer can draft around these issues, there are limits to how airtight this document will be.
- Bonding/suretyship: A surety bond is the Rolls Royce of guaranties. A surety's liability is joint, direct and primary, just as if they had signed the original deal by themselves. Put another way, a surety is a policeman who makes sure your opponents live up to their obligations.
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To help us, they sent a parcel of the GoPro Hero3+ video camera along with a lot of mounts and a couple of cases and a memory card and then they gave us ten themes or suggestions for our challenges and let us get on with it! Only there was one thing, an incentive of sorts, the "best" video gets a trip to the GoPro Mountain Games in Colorado next Summer... I know right?!
Now, since we got the GoPro's the bloggers working on this project have been chatting what seems like daily, swapping tips and giving each other support and ideas for future projects and we've all been sitting waiting for today (the deadline to publish our posts is today!) and waiting for someone else to press publish first!
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the following in an excerpt taken from Anarkismo.net and is a report discussing the rise in anti-immigration groups and their cross-over with far-right and fascist groups.
From the article, Anti-immigrant Hate Rhetoric and Racist Violence :
Lawless, who was an original member of Chris Simcox's vigilante militia before it became the Minuteman Project in early 2005, suggested a number of ways to harass and terrorise undocumented immigrants, including robbery and ''beating up illegals'' as they leave their workplace.
''Make every illegal alien feel the heat of being a person without status... I hear the rednecks in the South are beating up illegals as the textile mills have closed. Use your imagination,'' Lawless wrote.
''Create an anonymous propaganda campaign warning that any further illegal immigrants will be shot, maimed or seriously messed-up upon crossing the border. This should be fairly easy to do, considering the hysteria of the Spanish language press, and how they view the Minutemen as 'racists and vigilantes".
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9 August (Part 2) - 24 hours to save the No Honour Sandra
my reckoning, Sandra Bauer, Bexley councillor, deputy leader of the Labour
opposition and governor of the Bexley Business Academy has 24 hours to salvage
any vestige of a reputation she might have after being known to have made a
false statement alleging Olly Cromwell was encouraging people to put dog faeces
through councillor Melvin Seymour's letter box. It is an established fact that
he did no such thing. Furthermore that action would require an address and at no
time did Olly supply one or even mention the councillor's name.
At Olly's trial Sandra Bauer wasn't called as a witness, she would have proved unreliable and at the appeal she failed to turn up. A skilled barrister in possession of all the facts should easily demolish a dishonest witness. Now we are close to the time that the prosecution case will likely fall apart for lack of evidence - the CPS lost the file and has just 24 hours to find it.
At 5 p.m. tomorrow Olly's conviction may be on course to be overturned and Sandra Bauer will for ever more be labelled the person who was prepared to let her false statement stand and see a man convicted on words she made up. Too cowardly, too dishonest to correct an untruthful statement. Why doesn't she come clean and salvage just a little bit of honour before it is too late? Does she have to prove that she has no conscience?
Note 17th August 2012. At an appeal hearing where both Seymour and Bauer were called as witnesses and cross examined it became clear that it was Seymour who had dishonestly exaggerated the content of the Tweet in order to attempt a miscarriage of justice and Bauer had merely sent him a copy and took no part in its embellishment.


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The North Carolina Fund was trying to find ways to break the cycleof poverty and later on the Great Society programs. President Lyndon Johnson dealt with some of those main issues. How do you help people out of poverty so that it isn't passed along generation after generation. It brought both Billy and me in contact with a lot of realities that our lives had not brought us in touch with before. Though certainly, growing up in a rural North Carolina area, I had learned a lot about segregation and had many things
in my childhood to wonder about. But this brought it really home to us, and I guess it was at that time that I began to really care intensely about trying to do something that could help. So one way to do that is to get involved in politics, and I sort of slid into it, remembering that my earlier childhood had made me aware that politics is where a lot of things happen. I began to pursue Party politics and get involved in local politics and voice my opinions as a citizen on issues that were impacting the lives of people around me, and my own family. So I became involved somewhat in Democratic Party politics. I remember the frustration when we moved to Chapel Hill, that at that time the election laws here prohibited us from voting unless we had been here a year. The residency requirements have changed since that time so that people are not disenfranchised if they have to move, and I think that makes a lot of sense in a transient society. So I became involved in Party politics, and I remember the first time I called Democratic Headquarters to ask what I might do to be helpful. I was asked if I could bake.
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- Bake. There was a bake sale going on that was to raise money for the Party, and I think that a very noble thing to do. It wasn't quite what I had in mind but, as I recall, I did manage to bake something for the bake sale, and so that was my entree into that particular campaign at the time.
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- I'm trying to remember. It seems to me, well, it was here in Chapel Hill so it was some time between '64 and '68. So anyway, I wanted to do, I don't mind baking, I'm not a really excellent cook, never have been, but I wanted to do other things as well. So I got involved in the various movements surrounding the '68 campaign and went into the precinct meetings which were the first experience for me.


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I've recently made it a mission to eat better, cook my own foods and stop buying as much processed food from the store. It's not as easy as it may sound. Believe me, however, I've noticed with a little planning, I am able to create easy & delicious meals with healthier ingredients.
Take today for example. I needed a pie crust and cream of mushroom soup for a chicken & broccoli pie I was making. Instead of rushing to the store, I decided to make my own soup and pie crust. It was so easy! While I will be featuring the actual pie recipe later on this month, I wanted to share the easy fail-proof pie crust recipe!
It's so easy… trust me!
Easy 10-Minute Homemade Pie Crust
using 4 Ingredients
All you need:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/3 cup vegetable shortening
2 TBSPs cold water (I used water from my water filter because it was guaranteed to be cold!)
Combine the flour and salt in medium bowl; Add shortening and use a fork and cut in the vegetable shortening until mixture is crumbly. Sprinkle the mixture with water as you blend, use a spatula and play with the mixture until the mixture holds together. This was trial as you go. Add a little water, if you added too much, add a little flour, etc.
Shape the dough into ball; place on lightly floured surface, or you could do what I did and place the dough on lightly floured foil. Roll out dough to your thickness. Line pie plate with pastry and play with it until it's perfect or in my case, good enough. :)
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Once the scene was created, I carried it along with me until I had few moments and started to color it on one of my travels and used Prismacolor Pencils because they were easy to tote. If you've followed along in the Make it Crafty Facebook group then you'll already know that I started with the skin and wasn't too sure about the colors. However, I pressed on and finished the Opera Singer complete.
Once that was complete then I worked on the background but used the wrong color and the whole image looked washed out. I was about to give up but form suggestion from you, I worked on the spotlight and a drop shadow. That seemed to help fix the color problem and created a fun effect too; and with more support from you, I went ahead and affixed it to my traveling journal.
Here's what the image looked like as a scanned image where I think the colors are more true to life.
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By Kevin Westerling,
Do you see the glass half empty or half full? This classic pessimism vs. optimism litmus test may also dictate how you see the passage of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) — the water infrastructure funding bill that passed through Congress with ease in September, albeit in different versions for the Senate and the House of Representatives and still awaiting finalization.
To be sure, any money appropriated for the massive needs faced by the water industry on all sides — in drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater; at the treatment plant and throughout the distribution system; in streams and watersheds everywhere — is welcome money. However, the total doled out, especially after political compromises, is a drop in the bucket (or glass, if you will) compared to what is actually needed to repair and replace our infrastructure, ensure safe and available supply, and become resilient and sustainable for the future.
The pessimist groans at the half-empty glass, seeing all that unfilled space. The optimist gives thanks that there is any water — money, that is — in the glass at all (especially true for those who have opportunity to drink from it). Legal, financial, and industry authority Fred Andes sees it a third way: He's just happy that we now have a glass to fill, thanks to WRDA.
Another Perspective
Spearheaded in bipartisan fashion by Senators James Inhofe (R-OK) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA), the new bill won't come close to resolving all of our water needs — not even halfway — but Andes nonetheless recognizes WRDA as an important legislative step in a long journey toward reinvestment, restoration, and ultimate stability.
A Harvard Law School alumnus, Andes is a partner in the Chicago and Washington, D.C., offices of Barnes & Thornburg LLP and the leader of the firm's water team. He explained: "It's not a panacea, but every little bit helps, and you never want to leave money on the table. WRDA and the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) provisions will allow some communities to go forward with badly needed projects, but there's still a funding gap in the trillions, based on all the studies.
"I think the sense here is 'Let's get something going.' You can't solve the problem all at once, so let's take some bites out of it. Let's see what works and what doesn't. In the current political climate, that's the way you have to do it. What's important is that the discussion has started and is going to continue."
Role Call
Andes recalled a time when the federal government invested heavily in water and wastewater infrastructure, particularly in the construction of wastewater treatment plants. Since then, however, the pendulum of financial responsibility has swung to local utilities and ratepayers. Does WRDA signal that the pendulum will swing back to the federal government? That would seem unlikely, and maybe even unwise, as there is great opportunity for municipalities to save and create revenue through innovation on the local level, but perhaps with a federal assist.
Beyond the Fed or ratepayers shouldering the burden alone, Andes again points to a third option. "There are other ways to promote the financing of projects and make it easier to creatively use the financial and capital markets. The provisions put forth in WRDA have teed that up in terms of what the federal government can do to get money to where it's needed without necessarily creating a multitrillion-dollar bank of money that gets parceled out.
"You want to hear from the regulators and the municipalities to get a sense of the needs and concerns of each party in the process, including the people with money."
By facilitating public-private partnerships, bond innovation, or alternative project delivery concepts, the federal government can help create financing opportunities that will be more cost-effective and cover more ground than traditional loans and grants. And while this isn't new information — water agencies have lobbied for such help for years — it is Capitol Hill's simple acknowledgment of the industry's needs, of the glass that needs to be filled, that is most important.
How these needs, this glass, will be (ful)filled is the ongoing challenge. Are you an optimist or a pessimist?


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Here's a recap of what actually did make it to my sewing table this week:
June's Piece Bee theme was houses. Eva asked for small details inside the house as well as in the garden. I'm wishing I had framed the windows to make them look more like windows, but other than that, I like how the block turned out.
For this month's Love Circle block at do. Good Stitches, Jacey asked for scrappy improv blocks with citrus colors. I dove into the bucket o'scraps and had fun using up crumbs I had been saving for Bottled Rainbows. When those ran out, I pulled some fabric from the stash and cut small pieces to finish the blocks. I really like the look of these blocks:
I've also made progress binding a charity quilt. It's been a little challenging working on this quilt because the weather's been so gorgeous and warm- I've felt a little claustrophobic underneath the weight of it. But just one more side to stitch down on charity quilt #1 and hoping to move on to charity quilt #2.
The only box left to tick on my list is Design Camp's June project. In lieu of a block, we are making mini-quilts for the Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative. I've got the design and fabric worked out, it's just a matter of finding some time. My older children have plans to make cookies this afternoon while the little one naps- perfect time for me to steal away and sew for an hour.
Linking up to WIP Wednesday over at Freshly Pieced...


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Such good fun, everyone helps each other out and we all laugh a lot. We're definitely improving!
Participant, March 2018
Explore England's social folk dance heritage, from the past and present, in this friendly and inclusive class.
Develop dance skills, increase your fitness and gain the confidence to attend the dance or social occasion of your choice, whilst having fun!
If you can't make the whole term no need to worry – just come along when you can. Each week's programme of dances is adjusted to suit the numbers and experience of those who are there.
These sociable classes are open to everyone over the age of 16 years. Young people aged 12 to 15 are welcome when accompanied by a responsible fee-paying adult.
There's no need to bring a partner.
The classes are suitable for dancers of all levels of experience, including absolute beginners.
The classes are accompanied by live music.
Participants learn a diverse repertoire of dances and develop skills in English country and ceilidh dancing, and learn occasional dances from related traditions from further afield.
A key feature of English Country Dance is an emphasis on the various figures and patterns made by the dancers. This not only helps with spatial awareness but encourages social interaction, as referenced in the literature of Hogarth, Jane Austen and many others. All sorts of interesting historical nuggets are brought to light during the class to help put the dances into their social context.
Thursdays 7.30–9.30pm
Autumn term: 26 September - 28 November 2019
Spring term: 23 January - 26 March 2020
Termly Fee
£75 | £60 concessions (advance booking required)
Drop-in Fee
£10 | £8 concessions (payable on the night)
Loyalty card: purchase five drop-in tickets and your sixth ticket is free
Group discount: buy five tickets for the same date and get a sixth free
Autumn - book now! Spring - book now!
The dances are led by tutor and caller Mike Ruff.
Mike Ruff is an experienced folk dance educator and caller and has worked for over 40 years with people of all ages in many settings including schools, festivals and folk dance clubs. He is known for his enthusiastic and inclusive teaching, his wide and deep knowledge of English country dancing, and his ongoing research into the history and background of traditional dance. Mike is the author of several popular folk dance teaching manuals and director of educational organisation Tradamis. He is also a musician playing the accordion with ceilidh band Quicksilver and singing with the music hall duo Allcock & Brown.
The live music is led by Ian Cutts. Ian started playing for country dancing during his final year of university and has over 30 years' experience of playing for classes, ceilidhs and club nights, both as solo player and bandleader. He has compiled the music books used by the band for this class. He is also an experienced dancer.
Promoted by the English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS)
Refunds: all courses are non-refundable unless the course is cancelled by EFDSS.
Further Terms and Conditions information for classes and courses run by the English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS).
Want to focus more on the music? Why not attend our Saturday Folk Music Workshops?
Inspired by English Country Dancing and want to explore the world of folk dance further? Why not try out a morris class?


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Well, after much hard work, Year 5 were adding some finishing touches to their presentations today. I am very pleased with their work. The children were so enthused with the project, that many gave up lunchtimes to work on the presentation design, or research the given topic. One child, who was sent home as they were poorly, worked on the task at home!
Today, we disabled the 'Advance Slide on Mouse Click' option and added buttons with hyperlinks to relevant pages of the presentation. By doing this, the reader can now choose which page to access, rather than moving through each slide in turn (I have attached a help sheet below on how to do this).
Take a look at some examples - more will appear as they are finished!
(As the website does not yet support PPSX files, you will have to press F5 when you have opened the presentation)
Now this is what touchscreens are made for! Y4 looked at the Music Machine, created in Code Club, and had a play on the whiteboard. After discussing all the elements that went into making the program, the children went into the ICT suite and began piecing together their own Music machine, without any instructions. check out Maxine's effort below.
At Code Club, the children were shown a program called 'Music Machine'. They first had to decompose the program, examining what elements were needed to construct the program. Then the children were challenged to make the program. why not have a go yourself....
Willows had their first taster of Discovery Coding today. They learnt how to make objects move on the screen, by inserting actions (code) and running their program. The children seemed to thoroughly enjoy this form of programming.
Today the Cedars class were introduced to Bee-Bot. We discussed how he got his name, the fact he is a bumblebee and a robot, and how bee-bot does exactly what you tell him to do. Well, er.... not exactly as we tell him. Cedars found out he doesn't speak human or bumblebee. In fact, bee-bot has his own language where you press his buttons to make him move. Cedars loved just playing with him and getting to make him move.
It has been a hard couple of weeks, but Year 5 finally finished their templates for their Victorian presentations....
...And the template design look great!
First they had to create a Victorian collage to use as the background and sidebar. The children learnt how to change the template of the PowerPoint by editing the Slide Master, thus creating a design that was consistent through their presentation. We felt this gave it a more professional look and feel.
Now the children need to do a little bit of research and add content in the next lesson.
*Just added two documents underneath (i) How to create Background collage (ii) How to setup presentation template. I hope they work......
Today the children in Willows were exploring computer simulations, looking at how computers can be used to model / represent real life situations. We discussed how technology has helped people, such as pilots, racing car drivers and astronauts, in their jobs. Look at our posters below.
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We are certainly glad that you have visited our website. When looking for "just the right" school for your child we recognize that you have many questions and concerns as you consider options. We hope that this site will answer your questions and address your concerns as you decide where to enroll your child. We encourage you to call or e-mail us if you seek further information about our program and hope that you will schedule an appointment to see our facilities. I look forward to visiting with you!
Carrie Frank
Registration is now open for 2019-2020. We currently have one opening in our 4 year old class and two openings in our 3 year old class. Fill out an online registration form and the director will contact you to complete your registration, or visit the church office to complete a registration form. For questions email Carrie at firstname.lastname@example.com
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It is our belief that a preschool experience based on God's love, grace and forgiveness will provide a child with a lasting spiritual foundation, develop self-esteem and an appreciation and respect for themselves and others. The child who has the opportunity to know God will grow and prosper, become a good citizen, maintain a Christian life and enrich the lives of others.
Our curriculum includes many socialization opportunities; familiarization with bible stories and songs; the development of gross and fine motor skills; the study of colors, numbers, shapes, letters and letter sounds. Furthermore, our curriculum includes supervised games, educational field trips, chapel and the foundational sharing of Jesus' love every day.
Our entire curriculum and program is designed to prepare your child, very specifically, for their eventual participation in a full-day kindergarten experience. Care and attention will be applied to your child's developmental needs and we firmly believe they will benefit from what we have to offer. Our program currently makes use of the One in Christ curriculum.
Before completing the On-line Registration and Medical Information forms, please be aware of our fees.
3 Year Old: Tuesday/Thursday, 9:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
4 Year Old: Monday/Wednesday/Friday 9:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
All children must be toilet trained prior to the first day of school
Children must be 3 years old on or before September 30 to enroll in the 3 year old class
Children must be 4 years old on or before September 30 to enroll in the 4 year old class
A complete immunization record, signed by your child's Physician, and documentation of birth must be on file in our office on the first day of school.
Upon receipt of on-line registration form we will contact you regarding availability and specifics
Redeemer Lutheran Christian Preschool admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally or made available to students at the school. Redeemer Preschool does not discriminate on basis of race, color, national and ethic origin in administration of its educational policies, admission policies, scholarship, and loan programs and other school administration programs.
For most 3 year olds preschool is their very first experience stepping out on their own. We understand this experience can be emotional for both child and parent which is why one of our main curriculum goals is to make this separation a positive experience. We focus on socialization – sharing, verbalizing wants and needs, and making new friends. We also introduce basic foundational academic principals such as letter recognition and sounds, numbers, shapes and colors.
To give children an appreciation of seasons we plan special holiday celebrations which include a Thanksgiving Day Feast, Birthday Party for Christ, Valentine's Day, Easter Egg Hunt, a Mother's Tea, and an End of the Year Picnic. In order to expand their experience all of the children enjoy a field trip to the Salem Church Library mid way through the school year.
In an effort to maintain close one on one contact we limit our class size to 14 students. Our current staffing standards are maintained at one teacher and one teacher's aide per class.
Our primary goal for your 4-year old is to prepare them for Kindergarten. There are several planned field trips and special activities focused on expanding their socialization habits and broadening their academic exposure. We expand their academic curriculum to include advanced letter and word recognition, writing, numbers and counting.
Your child will enjoy some additional experiences including a monthly Chapel service in the Sanctuary with the Pastor or Vicar, a fire drill and visit from the Fire Department, and a Graduation Ceremony and reception.
To give children an appreciation of seasons we plan special holiday celebrations which include a Thanksgiving Day Feast, Birthday Party for Christ, Valentine's Day, Easter Egg Hunt, a Mother's Tea, and an End of the Year Picnic.
In order to expand the experience your child will enjoy a special field trip to the Pumpkin Patch in October. In an effort to maintain close one on one contact we limit our class size to 16 students. Our current staffing standards are maintained at one teacher and one teacher's aide per class.


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Blended and Flipped Learning
Blended Learning is a form of instruction that incorporates both traditional face-to-face instruction with web-based multimedia instruction. With Blended Learning the instructor is able to provide some content delivery to students when and where it meets the student's needs. The students are able to access this instruction through their own web connection or they can access the media via school computers/ipads/ipods/tablets/etc. at set times before/during/after the school day. The exciting part about Blended Learning is the time it frees for classroom teachers to engage their students in classroom discussion, labs, or even project based or problem based assignments. The teacher can then act as the "guide on the side" helping students with misunderstandings and the application of concepts.
Online Learning - This wiki has a wealth of resources that can be used to support online course development and offsite student learning.
Blended Learning teacher professional development multimedia examples:
- Good Science Teaching: Inquiry in the Classroom
- Steps to School Improvement
Flipped Classroom Resources:
- Should you flip your classroom? - Fantastic blog post on the website Edutopia by Ramsey Musallam
- My Google Doc on flipped classroom resources
- Ramsey's website flipteaching.com - Ramsey is the leading expert on the pedagogy of the flipped classroom done right
- The Flipped Class Network - social network for nearly 3,000 teachers who are using the flipped classroom idealogy
- Brian Bennett's website
- Jon Bergmann's website
- Camtasia Learning Library - Tutorials on how to use Camtasia screencasting software
- Making a movie using Photo Story (free software) video tutorial
- Photo Story Written Directions
Created by Knewton and Column Five Media
Should you flip your classroom?
This article explores the pro's and con's.
District in Ohio is becoming a national model of STEM innovation
Reynoldsburg schools has a K-12 STEM pipeline, high school career-based academies, college course work starting in the ninth grade, and utilizes blended learning. See article in The Columbus Dispatch
Useful website:
Flipped Learning Network Webinar Series
PBS Newshour video, How Free Online Courses Are Changing the Traditional Liberal Arts Education
PBS Newshour video, Catching Cheaters on Open Online Courses


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With a coworker and a new fishing bud, I headed down to New Bern, NC with visions of speckled seatrout, striped bass, red drum, chain pickerel, and largemouth in my head. All things considered, we did alright.
We left DC at 7PM on a Friday, and arrived at our AirBNB by 2AM. Along the way, I learned that North Carolina has more deer than people, and Carolina black bear are fans of late-night jogging down country roads.
The next morning we woke to beautiful weather: Sun, temperatures rapidly climbing into the 50's, and low winds. We made a manly meal, scarfed it down, and hit the road to meet with Randy the kayak man.
Randy was a transplant from Pittsburgh, obvious at the first "yinz", but was quick to get us set up with a few kayaks. After giving us water, maps, and suggestions on where to fish, we slid into a non-descript creek off the Neuse River.
With the wind picking up, we headed towards the mouth of the creek, and saw a few fish swirling on top. Casting along the shoreline, in the channel, and around fallen timber, we were blanked. We headed into a sandbar at the mouth of the creek to eat and strategize.
While eating, we saw fish mulling in the shallows, followed by a school of hickory shad and small striped bass that started blitzing bait around us. Short casts and tiny Clouser minnows in size 8 caught fish, including a couple hook ups to very large shad that threw the hook.
The action eventually slowed, and with a few more hours of daylight, we headed up the creek to try new water.
With the warmth of the day (now in the 60's), the dark, tannin-stained water looked dead, but underneath juvenile fish from all different species were feeding. Using a floating line, I personally caught a dozen striped bass to 18″ and a sea trout, while my fishing buds took red drum and flounder.
As the sun dropped lower on the horizon, the action stopped (outside a couple micro-sized striped bass that were snack-size to the earlier fish), and the air grew cold. We paddled back to Randy, packed up, and headed back to the cottage for a dinner of steaks, potatoes, and whisky.
The next day, with a couple of hours before we had to get on the road, we borrowed kayaks at our cottage to hunt largemouth and pickerel. The tiny creek across from our cottage was full of them (something I experienced a couple years earlier), but with the colder weather, they weren't active. Blanked, we headed back in, and drove the 5.5 hours back to DC.
The Neuse River winter fishery is special. The fish come into shallow creeks to warm up with the heat of the day, and without tidal fluctuations (there are no tide changes here) the action is entirely dependent on wind and weather. Catch a day with light winds and bright sun, you can have a blast in the middle of winter. And when you get tired of drum, trout, and stripers, you can fish micro-creeks for bass and pickerel. Not too shabby.


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A sealant is a thin, plastic coating applied to the chewing surface of molars, premolars and any deep grooves (called pits and fissures) of teeth. More than 75% of dental decay begins in these deep grooves. Teeth with these conditions are hard to clean and are very susceptible to decay. A sealant protects the tooth by sealing deep grooves, creating a smooth, easy to clean surface.
Sealants can protect teeth from decay for many years, but need to be checked for wear and chipping at regular dental visits.
Reasons for sealants:
What do sealants involve?
Sealants are easily applied by your dentist or dental hygienist and the process takes only a couple of minutes per tooth.
The teeth to be sealed are thoroughly cleaned and then surrounded with cotton to keep the area dry. A special solution is applied to the enamel surface to help the sealant bond to the teeth. The teeth are then rinsed and dried. Sealant material is carefully painted onto the enamel surface to cover the deep grooves or depressions. Depending on the type of sealant used, the material will either harden automatically or with a special curing light.
Proper home care, a balanced diet, and regular dental visits will aid in the life of your new sealants.
When our family first moved to Arizona, we left behind a group of dentists who we have trusted for over ten years, and found ourselves apprehensive at having to choose another. At the time, we had no recommendations for a new dentist, and had to find one immediately for my father, who at the time neglected scheduled visits to a dentist for years. We took a chance with Dr. Pospisil, a dentist who we chose almost entirely because my father's health made it imperative that we found a dentist whose office was located close to him.
I can honestly say that I could not have found a better dentist than Dr. Pospisil. My father, who required extensive dental work, was treated like family throughout his many visits, and the outcome of every single one of their procedures was outstanding. To this day, I am still impressed how everyone in Dr. Pospisil's office could put my dad at ease. In my lifetime, there were very few dentists as skillful and dedicated as Dr. Pospisil, and even fewer with a supporting team that takes such pride and dedication in their work. At this point we were sold, and Pospisil Family Dentistry became our family dentist as well. For the past six years with him, we have never been disappointed, and I would highly recommend his office to anyone in need of a dentist. Your efforts in providing that extra level of communication and service that is so important to patients.
- Swenski family of Queen Creek
I have known Dr. Marc Pospisil for 26 years ( since he was a young man ). His Father Dr. Les Pospisil was preparing Marc and his two brothers to follow in his footsteps. After schooling Dr. Marc practiced with his Father while the two brothers started their own practice. Prior to Dr. Les retiring Dr. Marc did my dental work and still does. I have always found him to be very efficient and capable, and referred many people to his practice
- William A.
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