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Robert Ritchie, executive director of the right-wing Catholic group America Needs Fatima, blames the passage of the same-sex marriage bill for the recent devastating tornados that struck Illinois and the Midwest, killing at least 8 people.
"Some see God's chastisement; others see it as yet one more merciful warning from Providence," Ritchie wrote in a blog, referring to the recent weather emergency that sent tornados spiraling through Illinois and neighboring states and winds raging up to 190 mph, destroying homes and devastating communities in its path.
Survivor Steve Bucher described the terrifying events that demolished his Washington, Illinois home on the early hours of Nov. 17.
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Just days after the tornadoes struck, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed the same-sex marriage bill into law. The measure, which was vehemently opposed by Cardinal Francis George of the Archdiocese of Chicago and others within the traditional Catholic community, had been passed earlier in the Illinois House by a slim margin of 61-54.
Ritchie suggests that the timing of these events in Illinois may not be coincidental and much like Hurricanes Katrina and Irene may actually be a sign of God's displeasure at a sinful world.
"Could God be showing His supreme displeasure with the reigning amorality and libertinism, loss of faith and dissemination of sins that "cry out to heaven for vengeance" such as abortion and homosexuality?" he asked.
Drawing from quotes from Augustine and the retired Archbishop of New Orleans, Philip M. Hannan, Ritchie concludes that while it cannot be known for certain if God is showing his anger, if the world does not stop sins such as homosexuality and abortion, more tragedy will await.
"God does not want the death of the sinner, but his conversion," he warned. "However, if the world does not heed Our Lady's call to conversion, we cannot be surprised if even worse tragedies afflict the world – the annihilation of whole nations."
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Action Alert
March 2001
South Australia is about to criminalise provision to adults of material unsuitable
for children
on the Internet.
It will be the first State to do so.
Contact South Australian Members of Parliament to express your opposition to Internet Censorship.
The S.A. Parliament is likely to vote on legislation in the session commencing 13th March 2001.
Please redistribute this alert in appropriate places but not after 16th March 2001.
URL of this alert: http://www.efa.org.au/Campaigns/alert0301.html
Please make personal contact URGENTLY with South Australian Members of Parliament and let them know that you are opposed to the Online Services section of the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) (Miscellaneous)Amendment Bill 2000.
An Internet censorship Bill was introduced into South Australian Parliament on 8th November 2000 by the Attorney-General, Trevor Griffin. Among other things, the Bill criminalises making available content unsuitable for children online, even if the content is only made available to adults. In other words, if you place "matter unsuitable for minors" on a web page, even on a password protected section of your site and give the password only to your adult friends, you could be prosecuted under criminal law. The maximum penalty planned is $10,000. The Bill covers content placed on the web (including archived mailing lists), messages to newsgroups, etc.
The SA Bill is part of the second component of the Commonwealth Internet censorship legislation (effective 1 January 2000). The South Australian Government (Liberal) is believed to be the first of the State/Territory Governments to act on the Commonwealth Government's request that they enact complementary enforcement legislation applicable to Internet users and content providers. Other States/Territories are likely to introduce similar legislation. If you hear of similar proposals in your State/Territory, please advise firstname.lastname@example.com. (Note: Victoria, Western Australia and the Northern Territory enacted Internet censorship legislation prior to the Commonwealth legislation and it is not known whether they will amend their legislation to bring it into line with the proposed "national" regime).
Serious criminal justice issues arise from the provisions of the Online Services (Part 7A) section of the above Bill, which is listed for debate during the South Australian Legislative Council sittings commencing 13 March.
The proposed legislation subjects average everyday South Australians to criminal proceedings for failure to foresee the classification that "would be" granted, from time to time, to particular material by a non-unanimous decision of members of the Classification Board of the Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC). The recent controversy over the film 'Hannibal' highlights the fact that the OFLC Board members disagree over the boundary between MA and R content, as do many other members of the Australian community. The 'Hannibal' case is not an isolated one. SA police recently seized a book by acclaimed photographer Robert Mapplethorpe which the OFLC then classified unrestricted, demonstrating that even police cannot correctly guess classifications. No provision is made to enable Internet users who wish to do so to obtain a classification of material before publication on the Internet (and Commonwealth law does not empower the OFLC to provide same, except to the ABA and police). This is inconsistent with SA legislation regulating off-line media and treats ordinary South Australians providing on-line content less fairly under criminal law than off-line publishers of magazines and films.
The Bill has serious deficiencies and requires amendment to ensure that ordinary South Australians who use the Internet to communicate are treated no less fairly under criminal law than offline commercial publishers.
The Bill is inconsistent with the State Government's "Information Economy 2002: Delivering the Future" strategy which aims to make South Australia an information-rich society and includes:
"Capturing attention is about South Australia's positioning as a hot spot within the global Information Economy-giving South Australia a new prominence on the world map, creating a branded identity in a crowded global village. Becoming a hot spot in the global Information Economy means being a centre of activities and talent to which people want to connect. Without such a marker, South Australia will become irrelevant and relegated to the periphery of global activity."
More detail about the Bill is available below. Further information is available in EFA's comprehensive analysis at: http://www.efa.org.au/Publish/sabillanalysis.html
To assist this campaign please contact South Australian MPs.
- General Points
- Raise some or all of the points from Brief Analysis of the Bill below, plus any concerns of your own. Put them in your own words.
- If you have particular personal concerns, e.g. if you publish material on your own website, emphasise those.
- Stress the damage that the Bill will do to the information economy in South Australia, and how will it will generate negative international publicity about South Australia as a police state.
- Requests for action: ask them to raise the matter in the party room; if they seem supportive, suggest it is important enough an issue to amend the Bill, or to cross the floor. Ask them to get their party to pledge to repeal the legislation.
- Be polite.
- Face to face meetings.
- If you live in South Australia call your local member (or one of the key opposition members listed below) and ask for a meeting before 13 March.
- Writing a Letter
- Keep letters short and preferably handwritten.
- The form of address is:
Members of the Legislative Council (upper house): "The Hon (firstname surname), MLC".
Members of the House of Assembly (lower house): "Mr/Ms (firstname surname), MP".
Ministers and others so entitled, are addressed as "The Hon". See the S.A. Parliament Members list if uncertain.
- Letters should be addressed to: Parliament House, Adelaide SA 5000
- Phone Calls
- Ask to speak to someone about the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill 2000.
- You will probably get to talk to a staffer.
- If they try to fob you off by telling you to talk to Trevor Griffin's office, tell them that he isn't responding to your concerns.
- Be polite.
- E-Mail
- E-mails are not yet highly regarded by most members of parliament, but for those who live outside South Australia this may be the most effective form of communication. Known E-mail addresses of key members are listed below under Further Information. E-mails should be worded politely but firmly.
- Feedback
- Please send a brief email advising of the response you receive to:
The feedback you provide will help EFA to further refine the Campaign.
- Please send a brief email advising of the response you receive to: <firstname.lastname@example.com>
The basic problems with the Net censorship Bill are:
- makes information illegal online, that is not illegal offline
- criminalises inability to foresee a non-unanimous decision of the Commonwealth Classification Board
- treats ordinary South Australians providing on-line content less fairly under criminal law than off-line film distributors/exhibitors and magazine publishers
- denies Internet users the right to obtain a classification prior to publication, as granted to offline publishers
- fails to require that material be classified before police commence prosecution of an Internet user
- does not appear to require that "Internet content" be classified at all in order to prove an allegation, unlike in the case of an allegation about a film, publication or computer game
- subjects Internet users to maximum penalties double those applicable to offline publishers
- makes it a criminal offence to make information available to adults about "adult themes" including "suicide, crime, corruption, marital problems, emotional trauma, drug and alcohol dependency, death and serious illness, racism, religious issues", except in a "discreet" manner, that is, "with little or no detail and generally brief" (see OFLC Guidelines for the MA classification)
- is inconsistent with Commonwealth law and more restrictive than Internet censorship laws in Victoria, Western Australia and the Northern Territory (others have no Internet specific censorship laws yet)
- invites constant enquiry as to the particular State or Territory laws at issue as the law does not specify in which jurisdiction an offence (making available or supply) takes place, i.e. the location of: the host server; the content provider; or the person who downloads the material, each of which may be in different States.
- It is based on a totally inappropriate model.
- The Internet is nothing like pay Television
- On the Internet hundreds of millions of end-users can publish their own content.
- Applying the Film and Video classification scheme to Internet content is totally inappropriate.
- It is totally out of line with emerging international norms.
- No other Western democracy implements anything remotely like this.
- The accepted international trend is for governments to avoid excessive Internet regulation.
A comprehensive reference source on the bill, including links to
critiques of the bill, is available at:
South Australian MPs contact details are available at:
Every Legislative Council Member represents the whole State, while each Member of the House of Assembly represents one electorate. You can find out which electorate you live in at:
The balance of power in both the South Australian House of Assembly (lower house) and the Legislative Council (upper house) is held by independents. However, the ALP is the dominant opposition party in both houses and the Democrats and SA First also hold key votes in the upper house. Government members will be supporting the Bill but the other parties' positions are not known at this stage.
Contact details for key members are as follows:
The Hon Trevor Griffin, MLC
Attorney General
Postal Address: GPO Box 464, ADELAIDE SA 5001
Fax: +61 8 8207 1736
The Hon John Olsen, MP
Premier and Minister for State Development
or his electorate office:
The Hon Dr Michael Armitage, MP
Minister for Information Economy
Australian Labor Party (ALP)
The Hon Mike Rann, MP
Leader of the Opposition
Mr Michael Atkinson, MP
Shadow Attorney-General & Member for Spence
Fax: 08 8346 5471
The Hon Carolyn Pickles, MLC
Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council
Fax: 08 8410 0535
The Hon Carmel Zollo, MLC
Opposition Whip
The Hon Paul Holloway, MLC
Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council
Honourable Ian Gilfillan MLC
Honourable Mike Elliott MLC
Honourable Sandra Kanck MLC
SA First
The Hon Terry Cameron, MLC
The Hon Trevor Crothers, MLC
Fax: 08 8212 5836
The Hon Nick Xenophon, MLC
Fax: 8231 0525
Liberal Party of South Australia
State Director
State President (Rosemary Craddock)
Young Liberals
Scott Cadzow - Communications Director
Remind both Liberal Party organisations about the Declaration and the Spirit of Liberalism, which supports:... the innate worth of the individual and the need to encourage initiative and personal responsibility ... the freedoms of the individual .... the basic freedoms of thought, of worship, of speech, of association, of choice, and the right to be independent and to achieve.
ABOUT EFAElectronic Frontiers Australia Inc. is an association of individuals and organisations concerned with online civil liberties. Further details about EFA and a membership form are available on the EFA web site at:
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Prevent backup performance issues caused by virtual backups
Colm Keegan of Storage Switzerland discusses ways to prevent performance issues associated with virtual backups.
If you're feeling backup pain as the result of server virtualization, you're not alone. Many organizations are seeing increasingly higher backup workloads on their disk-based backup appliances as the result of virtual machine (VM) proliferation. In some cases, this is resulting in longer backup and recovery windows. Fortunately, there are ways of working around this problem.
Backup I/O workload mismatch
First, let's examine why server virtualization is breaking disk backup. As I discussed in a recent webinar, unlike primary disk storage architectures, which are designed to handle random read/write I/O activity, disk-based appliances are typically designed to handle sequential backup workloads. In addition, they are specifically optimized to handle large block transfers. Backup software products that are designed specifically for virtual backups, however, change how data flows to the disk backup appliance. By utilizing deduplication and change block tracking (CBT), for example, these systems send very small data block transfers to the disk appliance.
Since CBT shortens the backup window, it increases the user's appetite to take more frequent backups over the course of the day -- the more backups, the less risk of data loss. However, when there are dozens or potentially hundreds of VMs being backed up via CBT, this results in multiple, small block transfers going to the disk backup appliance at the same time. As a result, the backup transfer begins to look very similar to a production workload. Since these systems are tuned to receive large, sequential block I/O, this mismatch can wreak havoc on the appliance, resulting in poor backup performance. In short, disk backup appliances are as inappropriate for managing this kind of backup workload as they are for hosting production application data.
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Another issue is that some products for virtual backups now offer the ability to perform recovery in place. This means that backup data on disk can be used as a mount point for a VM. So, rather than waiting for data to be recovered from the backup, the VM can point to the backup image and resume normal operation. Sounds like a nice feature, but when you consider that most disk backup appliances are configured with high-density, slow-rotational disk drives, it could be a recipe for failure.
Many organizations are using flash and SSD in their primary storage systems so an application user potentially could go from solid-state speeds to the speed of a 1-terabyte, 5400 rpm drive. To further compound this issue, if the disk backup system is also constantly running data deduplication processes, every time the VM performs a write operation, the I/O will have to be deduped before it is committed to disk, further impacting performance.
Tiered backup capacity
To reduce or eliminate the impact of server virtualization on your disk backup infrastructure, there are several options you can take. First, consider front-ending deduplication backup appliances with non-deduped disk. This disk "staging area" could hold seven to 14 days of backup data to enable fast backups and fast recoveries. Since this is a relatively small storage area, it can also be configured with smaller-capacity, higher-speed drives. Doing this can help offset the additional I/O demands being placed on the appliance by VM CBT jobs or even multiple daily full or incremental backups.
Furthermore, this staging area would serve as a more viable storage tier for performing recovery-in-place operations because application storage I/O will not be encumbered by the added latency of deduplication processes.
Any data that needs to be retained beyond a seven- to 14-day window can then be migrated to a deduplicated storage area for long-term retention (30 days to 90 days). Anything that needs to be retained beyond a 90-day window can be archived to an efficient tape archive repository. In fact, there are tape-based products available now that enable users to build a hybrid tape cloud -- a local Linear Tape-Open, or LTO, repository that integrates with cloud-based tape archives.
Unstructured segregation
A different way of approaching this issue is actually looking at the data under management. Many of the analysts and storage vendors in the industry today say that the vast majority of net new information (upwards of 80% of all data, by some estimates) being created is unstructured -- user files, email, PDFs, rich multimedia, machine sensor data, etc. Other than perhaps user files, most of this information typically doesn't dedupe very well -- at most, you may see a 2:1 reduction on deduped storage systems.
Object storage technology, on the other hand, is ideally suited for managing unstructured data since it is very elastic (theoretically, its ability to scale is unlimited); it can be used in private and hybrid cloud infrastructure; and it has embedded data protection attributes that, in effect, don't require the data to be backed up.
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By utilizing object storage technology, it is possible to dramatically reduce the amount of data that needs to be backed up each night. This is due to the fact that many object storage systems can disburse data objects very efficiently across multiple disk enclosures for local redundancy and replicate data to object stores in secondary data centers or public clouds for disaster-recovery purposes. In fact, the backup process could be reduced, for example, to protect only VM images, user files, email and database data.
When you talk to your backup supplier, ask about all of these options. Many vendors provide multiple backup offerings -- disk-based deduplication systems, object storage, tape, etc. -- and can help you design an appropriate architecture. It is important to understand what your data profile is, which types of recoverability features you need, and how you can best scale your data protection footprint to meet the needs of the business.
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Legendary director/writer/producer Spike Lee weaves a biopic about Ron Stallworth, a real-life Colorado Springs policeman who ingeniously infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan with a little help from his friends.
In 1979, Stallworth (played by John David Washington) became the first black officer in the Colorado Springs police department. One fateful day, he stumbles upon a newspaper ad for the KKK. On a whim, he calls the number and, pretending to be a racist white man, speaks with Walter Breachway (Ryan Eggold), the president of the Klan's local chapter. Stallworth recruits his co-worker, the white, Jewish Detective Flip Zimmerman (Adam Driver) to pose as him to meet the Klan's members in person. With Zimmerman pretending to be Stallworth at Klan meetings, and Stallworth himself still handling phone meetings, the two get inside information of the Klan's planned attacks and even encounter its Grand Wizard, David Duke (Topher Grace). The Klan's planned bomb attack endangers Stallworth's new girlfriend, black activist Patrice Dumas (Laura Harrier). Can Stallworth and company stop the Klan's attack and save Patrice?
BlacKkKlansman is an intriguing mixture of genres and themes. It is a film based on true events, dealing with racism and civil rights. It also has a wicked, satirical sense of humor. Somehow, the film manages to blend its humor with enough serious and dramatic elements to form a fuller package.
A fair amount of the humor and heart of the movie comes from the banter between Stallworth, Zimmerman and their fellow officers, as they cautiously embark on a quest to infiltrate the KKK. Another source of humor is the KKK members themselves. Not only is their racist agenda made to look foolish, but we also see how they can have a dimension of folksy hospitality contrasting with their terrorist activities. The Klansmen are still portrayed as a credible threat, particularly towards the last act of the film when they are ready to put their plans into action and start to get wise to Stallworth & Zimmerman's ruse.
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Having barely digested the recent Community Safety Trust report on anti-Semitic incidents in Britain I was abhorred by news of an episode on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. In broad daylight in the High Street of Sheerness a tour bus carrying Hasidic children was attacked by stone throwers.
The incident reported by Kent Online carried a quote from Heather Thomas-Pugh of the Sheppey Tourism Alliance:
We are extremely disappointed that this sort of behaviour has happened on our island.
When people take the time and trouble to come and visit us, they should expect Islanders to provide a warm welcome.
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It was reported that the attack was carried out by a group of approximately seven teenage boys and girls. Verbal abuse and racial epithets were also directed at the Jewish children.
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Asthma affects nearly 24 million Americans and is a serious medical condition that, if not treated proactively, can lead to trouble breathing, wheezing, and sometimes, even death. But at my dental office in Goose Creek, we also know it may have a negative effect on oral health.
What the Research Says
There's been a long-standing belief that those with asthma have an increased risk for oral health problems, including cavities. Since many asthma sufferers tend to also be mouth breathers, the chance for dry mouth is greater. And dry mouth is a concern for your Goose Creek dentist. When saliva production decreases, its ability to properly rinse away germs and bacteria diminishes, and the likelihood of developing cavities goes up. Even if mouth breathing isn't a factor, common asthma medications can also dry out the mouth and decrease saliva flow.
Cavities aren't the only thing that has been linked with asthma. Asthma sufferers also have a higher chance of developing gum disease. According to a study conducted by the Journal of Periodontology, those surveyed who had gum disease were five times more likely to also have asthma. This is especially concerning because of the seriousness of gum disease. Gum disease has been linked to whole-body health issues such as heart disease, more respiratory problems in addition to asthma, and some cancers including kidney, pancreatic, and blood.
What Can You Do?
Whether the connection between asthma and cavities is true or not, there are some simple things you can do to ward off any negative side effects of asthma or asthma treatments.
- Drink Water. A lot of water. Water helps stimulate saliva flow and keeps the mouth hydrated. The more moist the mouth, the more effective it is at keeping damaging decay-causing bacteria away.
- Rinse with Water. After using an asthma treatment like an inhaler, rinse with water. Any drying ingredients in the medication won't have the chance to linger in the mouth.
- Tell Your Dentist. Your dentist should know if you have asthma, as well as any medication used to control it. You should also let your dental team know if you have any type of anxiety during your visits. They can help keep you comfortable, calm, and avoid a possible asthma attack.
As always, the best way to prevent cavities is to brush twice a day, floss once a day, and see your dentist regularly. We're always accepting new patients at my Goose Creek dental office, so if it's time for your checkup, give us a call to schedule an appointment.
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NExT FAQs
- What is co-teaching?
- Why co-teaching?
- Who are the Teacher Candidates participating in NExT in Bloomington?
- What do Cooperating Teachers do?
- Who are the pilot sites?
- Who else is involved in implementing co-teaching in Bloomington Public Schools?
- How will the results of the NExT campaign be measured?
What is co-teaching?
The original definition of co-teaching offered by Cook & Friend (1995) defined it as "two or more professionals delivering substantive instruction to a diverse or blended group of students in a single physical space" (p. 2).
*Source: Cook, L. & Friend, M. (1995). Co-teaching: Guidelines for creating effective practice. Focus on Exceptional Children, 28(3), 1-16.
The current definition of co-teaching, (Chapman & Hart Hyatt, 2011) states that "co-teaching is an effective, evidence-based instructional strategy in which two or more caring professionals share responsibility for a group of students and work collaboratively to add instructional value to enhance their efforts" (p. 8).
*Source: Chapman, C. & Hart Hyatt, C. (2011). Critical conversations in co-teaching: A problem-solving approach. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
Minnesota State University, Mankato utilizes the current definition of co-teaching directly above, where the two professionals are a Cooperating Teacher + an MSU Teacher Candidate.
Why co-teaching?
Preliminary research on the co-teaching model shows an increase in student learning. Dual instruction occurs roughly 70% of the time. Students receive the benefit of a teacher and a teacher candidate providing instruction and support. This increases opportunities for individual and small group attention by reducing the size of the instructional group. This also increases opportunities to differentiate instruction.
Co-teaching increases teacher professional development opportunities by offering quality mentoring for teacher candidates from an experienced teacher and enhances the teacher candidate and cooperating teachers' reflection on teaching and results.
Who are the Teacher Candidates participating in NExT in Bloomington?
BPS Teacher Candidates are students enrolled at Minnesota State University, Mankato (MSU) in the teacher preparation program. They serve as a co-teacher in their final semester before being recommended for licensure in a Bloomington classroom under the supervision of a cooperating teacher. During their co-teaching experience, candidates develop their repertoire of instructional strategies and deepen their understanding of the teaching profession under the guidance of a master teacher.
What do Cooperating Teachers do?
A cooperating teacher serves as a host to a teacher candidate and provides him or her with mentoring, guidance, and instructional modeling to develop their teaching skills. The cooperating teacher participates in specialized professional development within the co-teaching model offered by MSU each semester. This helps to create a culture of collaboration between the school site and the University to improve pre-service training.
Who are the pilot sites?
Indian Mounds Elementary, Hubert Olson Middle, and Thomas Jefferson High Schools have served as pilot sites for the project since 2009. In 2012, teachers in other schools in the district may participate in hosting a teacher candidate.
Who else is involved in implementing co-teaching in Bloomington Public Schools?
School Principals
- Serve as a liaison between the site and the University
- Encourage and support cooperating teachers in their role as mentor and guide to the teacher candidate
- Provide teacher candidates with analytic feedback on their performance
- Fosters a culture of collaboration between the school site and the University to improve pre-service training
- Provides the University with access to classrooms and high quality teachers who serve as mentors to teacher candidates
- A local steering committee serves as liaison to the University and helps set direction for the project. The Steering Committee consists of teachers, administrators, and district office leadership.
- Assists with other NExT project goals, including:
- Teacher recruitment
- Teaching induction and mentoring
- Assessment and project evaluation (project contracts services from the Value-Added Research Center [VARC] at the University of Wisconsin, Madison)
- Helps to inform University curriculum design
- Liaison with the Bush Foundation for the NExT project
- Serves on district steering committee in collaboration with district representatives
- Leads the professional dialogue surrounding pre-service education
- Serves as an on-site contact for the cooperating teacher and the teacher candidate
- Catalyst for reforming teacher education programs in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota
- Provides funding for the NExT project
- Provides technical support and feedback for project participants, including national expert review and comment
- Responsible for the large, multi-state marketing campaign for teacher recruitment and retention
- Interacts with state and national policy makers to reform teacher education
- Preliminary research on the co-teaching model shows an increase in student learning
Minnesota State Mankato has partnered with the Value-Added Research Center (VARC), contracted by the Bush Foundation, in the mission to transform teacher preparation. VARC, housed on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, is currently engaging in discussions with Minnesota State Mankato Professional Development School (PDS) partners, including the Bloomington Public Schools, and College of Education faculty around value-added methods and preliminary analyses of Minnesota student achievement data.
The research method for interpreting the amount of value added to a classroom from student data is fairly new. VARC director, Dr. Rob Meyer, founded the Center in 2004 to develop this methodology and employ it in states and districts. Implementation efforts have since expanded to include districts in eleven states and, recently, the thirteen Institutes of Higher Education (IHE) involved in the NExT project.
The methodology itself takes measuring student learning data to another level. Instead of measuring student attainment (test scores) or growth over time in attainment (test scores differences over time), value-added measures account for the teacher and/or school's contributions to a student's learning. This contribution can be determined when researchers account for contextual factors teachers and administrators cannot control. A VARC researcher explained the idea through the analogy of an oak tree's growth under the care of different gardeners. The gardener's performance cannot be accurately assessed without accounting for environmental conditions outside his influence such as rainfall, temperature, and soil richness. In comparison, these outside influences may correspond to factors such as a student's socioeconomic, disability, or English Language Learner status.
To accomplish their research goals, VARC must access various types of data and provide ongoing analytical and technical support to partners. Data collected must be comprehensive to identify the effects any one teacher has in their school building and how that teacher and/or district compares to other districts. VARC's roles in the NExT partnership include working with individual data systems and their reporting procedures to allow for longitudinal analysis. They also create professional development plans to train districts and states how to use the method and compare its results.
VARC travelled to all NExT project sites in early spring 2011 once they produced the initial round of grade-level value-added data for its partners. District superintendents and representatives received grade-level reports and discussed their uses and significance. NExT Assessment Coordinator, Dr. Daria Paul-Dona, presented the early results of a concurrent in-house study that gathered graduates' perceptions of Minnesota State Mankato's teacher preparation program. This body of evidence should inform the use of best practices in preparing Minnesota State Mankato teachers as well as in the schools our graduates inhabit.
VARC will now advance the work they started within the NExT partnership. By summer 2011 they plan to begin analyzing classroom-level student and teacher data while beginning value-added analyses with alternative assessments. NExT project leaders and PDS partners may see teacher-level reports during the 2011-12 academic year while VARC continues developing the value-added models for the pilot sites.


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Keep playing the sports you enjoy
Whether you're playing for fun and fitness, or aiming to compete at the highest level, we offer you a wide range of high-quality sporting opportunities through our sports teams. Importantly, you don't have to be studying a sports-related course to take part in our sporting provision. Team trials are held before you start with us, so you'll be ready to start training and playing as soon as you enrol.
To get involved in playing the sports you love, during enrolment simply complete a team sports form telling us what sport you want to be involved in. Additionally, if you compete in another sport there is opportunity to take part in regional and potentially national competitions.
If you are part of a club outside of HSDC and would like the opportunity to represent the College in competitions then please contact our College Sport Maker.
During the summer term we offer students the chance to compete in the Hampshire competitions. We were county runners up in 2013. In 2016/17 we had over 30 athletes attending these events and a number of our athletes competed at the Hampshire Schools Athletics Championships, including one who is competing internationally.
Currently we compete in the Hampshire Colleges League and The Association of Colleges (AoC) games and fixtures. What's more, previously we have been awarded Badminton England Premier College status. We have also had teams and individuals qualify for the National Finals, and in 2014/15 we won the National Plate Finals.
Our men's and women's basketball teams play in the Hampshire League. In 2012/13 season our women's team won the British Colleges Plate Trophy.
During the summer term we offer students the chance to compete in the Hampshire competitions, and have provided year-round training since 2013. As a result, our cricketers have become the strongest college team in our local area. Our players have also represented Hampshire Women's and Hampshire Youth Academy.
In 2016/17 our Indoor Cricket team won the bronze medal at the AoC National Championships at Trent Bridge.
We also enter the South East regional indoor cricket every year (mixed gender).
We currently have five teams, four of which play in the country's largest and most established College league. With a strong heritage in college football, we will look to continue to build on our success. Our Academy squad compete in the National League under 19 Alliance. Recognised as the strongest standard of youth football outside of the professional game, providing a great platform for a young player. All squads have regular training sessions with FA qualified coaches.
We have a strong record in hockey. Our men's team were British Colleges Cup finalists in 2012 and runners-up in the National Tertiary Cup in 2011. Meanwhile our mixed team made the national finals. In 2015/16 we had two players selected for national trials.
We offer you the opportunity to gain entry into the English College hockey team.
Netball is one of our fastest-growing sports both at HSDC and nationally. We now have two teams playing in the Hampshire League and local tournaments and will be entering a team for the National Colleges Tournament.
Our rugby team plays in the Hampshire Colleges League and other competitive cups and tournaments throughout the year. In 2015/16 our players won the Hampshire President's 7s, the Hampshire College's 7s, and were unbeaten in the Hampshire College's League. We work closely with the RFU to offer coaching and officiating courses and have formal links with Havant RFC.
Our provision for women's rugby is also growing and we have representatives for Hampshire U18s. We also offer beach rugby 7's where we compete each year in the National Beach Touch Rubgy.
We have entered individuals into the Hampshire Schools Swimming Championships, In 2016/17 a number of these then moved on to represent the region at the National Championships in Liverpool.
For 19/20 we have a female squad that have made it through the English Schools Regional trials and are off to the Nationals in the Aquatic Centre in London.
Regular table tennis training sessions are scheduled throughout the week and, as a result, we've developed a strong squad. In 2013/14 our players were runners up in the South East regional competition.
We have entered individuals into the British Colleges competitions, and in 2014/15 won the gold medal in the men's competition.
We were ranked sixth in the country in the British Colleges competitions in 2014, and were the South East of England Champions in 2013/14. In 2014/15 our women's team finished third in the region. We also have links with local clubs.


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New Jersey – Over the past year, sexual harassment and sexual assault has been an ongoing issue in various universities. Rider University is on the list of universities battling sexual assault within their academic community. A male student was accused of sexually assaulting a female student. Prior to investigating the sexual assault claims, Rider University expelled the student. As a result of their abrupt actions, the university is facing a lawsuit from the accused male student.
In October 2015, the male student said he stopped by the male restroom in his dorm after he left a party. The same night he met the victim and her friend in the same male restroom after he made his entrance. According to the male student, both of the young women were intoxicated. After he departed from the restroom, the male student said the girls decided to go to a room with him and his friend. The male student claims the women were not coerced to go to the room.
After that night, the women informed the university's security that they endured unwanted physical contact, "kissing and touching," without consent. The women assured the campus security that those were the only activities that occurred that night. Shortly after, the women altered the original story they told campus security.
The story evolved from sexual harassment to alleged criminal sexual conduct. In the updated story, the women informed the local police that they were forced to perform oral sex. They women claim they had to fight to escape the room. The victim's friend managed to get away, however, the victim was stuck behind.
The lawsuit explained that during the disciplinary hearing, the new story was revealed and the original story became nonexistent. In honor of fairness, all of the details regarding the sexual assault incident should've been presented at the hearing. The hearing indirectly catered to the victim's sexual assault allegations considering the male student never received an opportunity to make a counterargument against the claims. The male student said he never received a document outlining the details of the sexual assault allegations.
In order for the male student's questions to be answered, his attorney was required to send the questions to a third party, board chair, and he or she decided if the questions would be addressed or not. Medical records allegedly confirmed the sexual assault, but the male student and his attorney failed to receive a copy of the documented medical records.
After all the evidence was presented, the male student was expelled from the university without being offered an opportunity to share his side of the story. The school refused to offer any information or recordings explaining how they reached their verdict. The male student took an approach to appeal to the sexual assault case, and his request was denied without an explanation.
The Role of Title IX in Education
The university is responsible for the student's sexual assault report reaching the prosecutor's office. It appears that numerous universities have been accused of not taking sexual assault and sexual harassment claims seriously. In 2011, the federal government sent a notice to various schools informing them that they stand to lose their federal funding if they discover that schools are taking claims of sexual assault and sexual harassment lightly.
In response to the government letter, schools like Rider University, tend to side with the victim as a way of displaying how serious they are taking sexual harassment claims. Sadly, there's a chance that the small percentage of innocent defendants may face severe punishment even if they're not guilty. There's no way to ascertain the truth unless all sides of a sexual assault incident has been disclosed.
Due to being excluded from the investigation and information regarding the verdict, the male student is suing Rider University for discrimination "under Title IX." Title IX prohibits academic institutions receiving federal funding from discriminating against individuals in education.
According to a Title IX representative, the motive to take sexual harassment and sexual assault claims seriously may have fabricated an even larger discrimination issue. Out of fear of failing to comply with the federal law, Rider University did not conduct the proper investigation to be fair to both parties involved. The victim's voice was the only voice that was heard.
Sexual Harassment Lawyer
If you have ever been falsely accused of sexual harassment or sexual assault and denied the opportunity to explain your side of the incident regarding sexual misconduct in an academic environment in New York, New Jersey, or Philadelphia, contact a sexual harassment lawyer at the Derek T. Smith Law Group, PLLC in New York, New Jersey, or Philadelphia.
Our sexual harassment lawyers are highly skilled in both sexual harassment and discrimination. They are available to help you understand the federal and state laws that protect you from sexual misconduct in education and provide the best legal representation in the area. For more information on sexual harassment, sexual assault, or discrimination, read our employment law blog.
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It's time to test your knowledge of our country's history.
One purpose of this quiz is to disprove the notion that Americans aren't all that bright. The very stable genius in the White House has said to a group of donors: "We're so stupid." And at a rally: "You feel like sort of stupid, don't you?" READ


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After two decades spinning disks himself, DJ Darren Goulden has set up a turntable training school.
The 44-year-old, of Salford, has launched the Manchester Music and DJ Academy and wants to work with young people aged 16-24, who are not in education, employment or training, otherwise known as NEETS.
Mr Goulden, who won the DJ of the Year title three times in a row in the early 90s, is working closely with Salford City College, Irlam College and Salford City Reds to get young people involved in the project.
The courses last between six and 12 weeks and cover everything from mixing techniques to setting up and hosting.
Mr Goulden, who quit his job with a welding business in January to launch the venture, said he wanted to give something back to the community.
He said: "It's an idea I've had for 18 months. When I'm DJing. I'm constantly asked by people how I got into it and where they can learn so I realised there was a gap in the market for this kind of training.
"I also realised that at least 60 per cent of DJs are aged 40-plus and very few are under 25, which actually leaves a skills shortage of DJs when the older guys eventually retire."
Mr Goulden is also working with Eccles-based DJ and corporate entertainment company, Unit One Entertainment, who will provide more DJs to help with the training. DJ Hire, Irlam, will also be supporting the classes.
Mr Goulden said: "When I started researching DJ courses there weren't actually many in the local area so it was the perfect opportunity to start now.
"There's a lot of young people who are not in college or training but just need a chance to do something they enjoy and learn new skills. Not everyone will want to become a DJ but it might bring out their confidence and lead to another career choice."
A series of pilot courses will start in May and a six-week course will begin in the summer holidays.
Salford City Reds is also working with the academy and will be providing venue space.
Mr Goulden started DJing in 1983 when he met the founding member of Unit One Entertainment, Tony Thomas. Mr Thomas trained Mr Goulden and they worked together for several years.
Shortly after Mr Thomas's death in 1995, Mr Goulden met his wife and got a 'nine to five career' to fit in with his family.
In 2005 he launched Flexible Abrasive Technology, which supplied the aerospace industry with machinery.
However, the business suffered heavily during the recession and closed in 2008. Mr Goulden said: "I started working for various welding firms after that, and started picking up DJing again.
"I never quite left it and did the odd night but when I lost the business, I started taking on more jobs and now I'm really busy most nights of the week.
"It's a great business to be in, it's very sociable and you meet some great people."
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I've got the regular predator and during the -20 temps we just had I was plenty warm with the buddy heater on low.
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Pay the extra and get insulated.
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Keeping allergies at bay trough the holiday season
Getting out the boxes of holiday decorations from years gone by is a time-honored tradition. But in addition to stirring up memories, it also stirs up allergies.
The dust from the boxes and on the decorations that have been packed away in dank basements or dusty attics is triggering reactions in my allergy and asthma patients, said Joseph Leija, MD, allergist at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, part of the Loyola University Health System. During the allergy season, which runs from March to October, Dr. Leija provides the official Midwest allergy count, which is available on Gottliebs Web site, Twitter feed and phone line, and through Chicago media outlets.
The holidays are supposed to be some of the happiest times of the year. But popular seasonal items such as fresh trees, scented air fresheners, live plants and more make the holidays miserable for many.
Here are Dr. Leijas top five tips for easy breathing this holiday season:
Use an artificial tree - The clean fragrance from the balsam, fir and pine trees available on every corner tree lot is pleasing, but it also aggravates respiratory conditions. Not only is the scent a problem, but the dust, mites and other pollutants on the once-live tree wreak havoc on your airways and nasal passages. The water in the tree holder also grows stagnant and collects mold, which is detrimental to those with allergies, Dr. Leija said.
Never use scented candles or home fragrance oils - The popularity of home fragrance products and scented specialty candles reaches its pinnacle during the holidays - and so do allergies. Unplug the electric scent distributors and take a pass on the potpourri simmering pots. Far from creating an inviting home, the fragrance aggravates the sinuses and respiratory system so sufferers cant breathe, Dr. Leija said.
Avoid real poinsettias and fresh floral arrangements - The moist soil encourages the growth of mold. And if there is mold in your house, you are breathing mold spores, Dr. Leija said. This causes the passageways to swell and restrict airflow and can even cause skin rashes.
Keep the humidity in check - Warm and cool air humidifiers are up and running in many homes now that the cold, dry air is here. Get a gauge and keep the humidity no higher than 48 to 50 percent, Dr. Leija said. Too much humidity encourages the growth of mold, which triggers allergic reactions.
Store holiday decorations in large plastic tubs - Save yourself some sneezes next year by purchasing large resealable plastic tubs to store decorations. Keep them dusted during the year to avoid buildup.
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FX's drama series Sons of Anarchy is set to return for its fourth season this September and today the network released a great new teaser, which features a few glimpses of the drama that's in store for SAMCRO when the series returns.
July's been good to Sons of Anarchy fans, so far. Last week, we got a glimpse of Season 4 with a mildy spoilery image featuring a wedding and a glimpse of Jax's new haircut. The teaser below, which is set to Red Hot Chili Pepper's "Dani California," doesn't give away any specific plot points for the new season, but you will see all or most of the main characters at some point and you'll get a better look at Jax's new haircut.


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Unlike the cowardly lion, I don't believe in spooks. I have no evidence that they exist; therefore, I do not believe. However, the logic works the other way too. I have no evidence they don't exist; therefore, I'm open to the possibility that they do.
The house I live in has plenty of ghost stories associated with it and some of my friends, who are believers, won't spend the night in the house. I have slept quite soundly there for over eight months now, but I have had some events that made me wonder if there are forces at work in the house. Continue reading →


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Mississippi withdraws from PARCC; what does this mean?
This morning, the State Board of Education voted to withdraw from the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) Testing Consortium, a group of states that worked together to develop a Common Core-aligned test. Some media outlets have erroneously reported that this means that Mississippi has withdrawn from Common Core. That is not true. This move only means that Mississippi will no longer participate in the testing consortium and will choose its own test for future school years. Below are a few facts to keep in mind:
- The State Board has to issue a new request for proposals (RFP) to contract for a new test in 2015-2016 due to the Personal Service Contract Review Board (PSCRB) decision that dumped the 3-year PARCC contract. As a result, MS would have been out of PARCC anyway when the new RFP was issued. The State Board decided to go ahead and pull out in advance of the release of the RFP next month.
- PARCC will still be administered this spring. Next year, we'll have whatever test wins the new RFP bid. (Assuming that #4 doesn't happen.)
- PARCC could still bid on the new RFP. They would have to compete against anyone else–Smarter Balanced, ACT Aspire/Quality Core, Renaissance Learning, AIR, etc.–that might bid.
- There are a few testing-related bills that have been introduced in the Legislature, including the Speaker's HB385 which would mandate ACT only and circumvent a new bid process. Mississippi First is tracking these bills carefully and will let you know what moves.
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Best Automotive Fuel Filters – Top 5 Picks!
Over time you may notice your car begins to have a sluggish performance. One of the biggest red flags is when your car shudders as you accelerate. If this happens it is one of the many clogged fuel filter symptoms. This means you'll want to replace your fuel filter soon or risk breaking down.
As there are a number of filters available it's important to select the one most appropriate for your ride. For instance, if your car has a diesel fuel system, you will want to find a diesel fuel filter to replace your original part. The same would apply if your vehicle runs on gasoline.
Regardless of which type you need to buy, you'll want to find ones that deliver superior performance. Here is a look at the five best automotive fuel filters.
1. One of the most unique and convenient automotive fuel filters available is from Spectre Performance. They have a chrome model that is transparent, which makes inspecting the part extremely easy for drivers.
2. A great diesel filter to buy is the Mr. Gasket 9746 Chrome Plated Canister Fuel Filter. This is the perfect compliment to performance machines as it filters fuel by receiving it from the head. Furthermore, there are safety beads on both the inlet and outlet openings to ensure line retention.
3. The AirDog Micron Replacement Filter is a great part that accompanies the Airdog fuel system. These are designed to reduce pressure while helping to keep your fuel components clean, which in turn can lead to better horsepower and fuel efficiency.
4. Baldwin makes excellent automotive fuel filters that will eliminate water before it reaches your pump. Along with water removal these do a great job eliminating air entrapment thereby leading to better performance for your ride.
5. The last to make the list is from Mann Filter. Their MF 1009 model is designed to protect your engine components while cleaning your fuel system. These automotive fuel filters are a great addition for anyone looking to receive better performance and sustainability from their ride.
Each of these brands and models can significantly improve your car's performance by eliminating air and other contaminates leading to cleaner fuel components.


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Kassandra from Lark + Wren knew a tufted headboard would be a dream-come-true for her daughter's bedroom and, she says, an even bigger dream-come-true to make one herself! Kassandra enlisted the help of her dad and a tutorial from The Idea Room to make the dream a reality. If you are thinking this is beyond your DIY capacity, Kassandra says, " I had never made furniture or reupholstered anything before, but I knew with the countless tutorials on Pinterest that we could succeed." And she did!
The original inspiration came from the Eliza Tufted Headboard from Pottery Barn Kids.
Kassandra shares all the steps she took to make this DIY tufted headboard at Lark + Wren.


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2) Contact Manager - again, not much time, but really handy when you need to call someone from the car.
3) Password safe - VERY useful when you have dozens of e-mail, FTP, vendor, etc. passwords. This is the killer app for me - whether I'm at home, at the office, or on the road, I can track down the most obscure username and password. Not long ago I was in the car, hundreds of miles away, when someone in the office desperately needed a password. No problem...
4) AvantGo News - in terms of hours spent, my biggest app, albeit one of low priority. Saves me 50 cents every morning by substituting for buying a newspaper to read with breakfast. It also provides a great filler when caught standing in line (on line to you NYC-types), waiting for an appointment, etc. I get news from Reuters, Bloomberg, MSNBC, the NYTimes... free!
5) If you are a game person, there are some very decent timewasters available. Good for airports after you have maxxed out your news intake.
It's safe to say that I'd be reluctant to give it up...
The internet in my pocket! always
wired 24x7 everywhere!
Much more than a address book I think.
I hope so, because, I will be running WebmasterWorld
from it all next week.
On the other hand, the Ipaq is fastly becoming and extension of my arm - I don't leave the desk with out it in my pocket. I can't count the times I've used it from the living room, the kitchen, or even next door at the neighbors already. Being able to switch from WiFi to the cell phone connections to get on the net is just awesome. It's addicitive. So much so, I think I'm going to spring for a wireless aircard for high speed internet (144kpbs) for it.
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I know a few people who connect laptops via mobile for a few minutes, but it is not viable for longer sessions.
Mobile satellite connections may be the way forward on this.
However, I still think you are in the minority in connecting via an iPAQ.
Some - sure. I'm using NetFront access browser and it's pretty good at reflowing text.


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(1879 – 1955 Physicist )
He was born in Germany on March 14, 1879. He is a German physicist. He developed the special and general theories of relativity. In 1921 he won the Nobel Prize for Physics. He got the prize for his explanation of the Photoelectric effect. Einstein is generally considered the most influential Physicist of the 20th century. He is a German-born physicist.
Albert Einstein's parents were secular, middle class Jews. His father name was Hermann Einstein. He was originally a featherbed salesman and later ran an electrochemical factory with moderate success. His mother was former Pauline Koch, she ran the family household. Albert Einstein had one sister.Her name was Maria (who went by the name Maja). She was born two years after Albert Einstein.
Albert Einstein would write that two "wonders" deeply affected his early years. The first was his encounter with a compass at age five. He was mystified that invisible forces could deflect the needle. This would lead to a lifelong fascination with invisible forces. The second wonder came at age 12 when he discovered a book of geometry, which he devoured, calling it his "sacred little geometry book."
Albert Einstein's education was disrupted by his father's repeated failures at business. In 1894, after his company failed to get an important contract to electrify the city of Munich, Albert Einstein moved to Milan to work with a relative. Albert Einstein was left at a boardinghouse in Munich and expected to finish his education. Alone, miserable, and repelled by the looming prospect of military duty when he turned 16, Einstein ran away six months later and landed on the doorstep of his surprised parents. His parents realized the enormous problems that he faced as a school dropout and draft dodger with no employable skills. His prospects did not look promising.
Einstein's work was interrupted by World War I. A lifelong pacifist, he was only one of four intellectuals in Germany to sign a manifesto opposing Germany's entry into war. Disgusted, he called nationalism "the measles of mankind." He would write, "At such a time as this, one realizes what a sorry species of animal one belongs to." After this Albert Einstein announced for NOBEL PRIZE.
Death of Albert Einstein on 18 April 1955, Albert Einstein experienced internal bleeding caused by the rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm, which had previously been reinforced surgically by Rudolph Nissen in 1948.


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Monokini 2.0 is a swimsuit collection that seeks to change the way we view beauty and the 'ideal' appearance of a woman. Designed by a group of Finnish designers, the social art project encourages single-breasted women to be proud of who they are and what they have accomplished, by letting them flaunt their battle scars out in the open.
It also laments on society's restrictive taboo on what could be considered as appropriate.
The models, breast cancer survivors themselves, were happy and proud to be part of such a thought-provoking and empowering project. 'I do not want to hide, I do not want to stop swimming, I do not want to undergo extensive plastic surgery operations, and I do not want to be forced to use the uncomfortable prosthesis on the beach,' says Elina, one of the models. 'I want to feel as free and active as I did before my cancer, and Monokini 2.0 gives me a chance to do exactly that'.
Monokini 2.0 is set to launch a Kickstarter campaign on May 30th.
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ACCEPT Add a Special East Coast Date in New York City
"East Coast, we heard you loud & clear!" – US fans will be the first to get a glimpse of the new "BLIND RAGE" songs live. On September 15th ACCEPT will go back to where the new line up with Mark Tornillo performed first to a sold out crowd in 2010: The Gramercy Theatre in New York City (special guests: Raven)!
Celebrating the release of "BLIND RAGE" in North America, ACCEPT recently announced a US West Coast date. On Friday, September 12th ACCEPT will perform at the prestigious SABAN THEATRE (formerly Wilshire Beverly Hills Theater) in Los Angeles (with special guests Metal Church and Raven). The official warm up show for the upcoming world tour will take place in San Diego! On September 11th the band will blow the roof off the BELLY UP in Solana Beach (special guest: Metal Church). On the way to New York ACCEPT will stopover for a show in Las Vegas at "Vamp'd" on September 13th, the venue owned by HISTORY channel's TV personality Danny Koker (PAWN STARS, COUNTING CARS).
These shows will be the only US dates in 2014, as the band is scheduled for a full blown US tour in early 2015.


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Monday, 15 January 2018
76 comments:
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All of Friday went something like this:
Calvin: I'm going to play with Chris ALL DAY on Saturday!
Me: I'm going to play with Kristin and Timi.
Calvin: Awwww! No! I want you to just stay here.
Me: But I thought you were planning to play with Chris all day?
Calvin: I am.
Me: Well, Mommy gets to play with her friends sometimes, too.
Ruby: No. Mommies don't play.
Well, I like them. Their spherical nature speaks to my heart. They offset the stripes of my soul.
That's right. I was at tilapia tacos with pico and purple cabbage on the patio. I was at Michigan berry cobbler, split three ways.
Dinner could have only been more perfect if I had passed on the chilled gazpacho. But now I know. I don't dig it. It's salsa eaten with a spoon. It's salsa without its Santita. It's just. not. right.
We shut the night down with 60 minutes on a beach with a cold drink and sandy toes. We watched the sun set and the world seemed just as it should be, with the exception of my pasty finger-toes. Why do I keep painting them Clean Machine? Why?
Did I?
I understand that we can't always skip town for the night. But if you have the opportunity to high-tail it? Promise me that you will. Even if it's not usually your thing. Even if the thought of it makes you nervous. Even if you're the new girl. Even if you have to mostly just window shop. Even if your kids beg you to stay.
Talk to some ladies and eat chick food. Or maybe you're a burger kind of girl, and that's allowed, too. Gab into the night even thought one of the ladies took a unisom and is trying to sleep. Eat an ice cream cone. Shoot the breeze. Live it up.
Then come home and see all over again why home is your very favorite place on earth.


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Go To Simple Exercise Overview Page
Go to previous page in Simple Exercise: Introduction, and purpose of exercise.
We start every project by drawing the "circuit diagram", also known as a "schematic" for the PCB we are going to design. Our finished schematic for this introductory exercise will look like….
(Please don't think ill of KiCad because of the resolution you see above. The poor resolution is an artifact of the screen capture process. Furthermore, as you work with KiCad, you should get into the habit of using its extremely user friendly mechanism for zooming in and out, and for panning. These will give you nice, crisp graphics to work with.)
What that shows is a place to connect a battery ("CONN_2", lower left), and then, clockwise around the circuit, a switch, a resistor, and an LED. Of course, there is a wire from the place for connecting a battery, and the wire goes all the way around, eventually coming back to the connector.
The diagram is "imperfect" in many ways… but is the result of a beginner's use of eeSchema to design a circuit, and will suffice for now for our needs.
Here's how I drew that….
To start designing the schematic, click the first big icon on the central project manager window, the one for "eeSchema".
Once upon a time, the first time you invoked eeSchema, you got a "beep" and the following "Not Found" warning….
If that happens to you, just click "Okay". The situation isn't dire… the system is just warning you that there is not yet a file with the schematic in it. Perhaps obvious, but better too many warnings than not enough?
First we'll put an LED, a two pin connector, a switch and a resistor "on the page"….
Be sure the "pointer" icon on the right hand toolbar is selected.
Put the crosshairs in the working area.
Press "A" (for "add component". You can use a lower case "A", "a", but I think the upper case version is more clear here.) ("Component" is a word being written out of Kicad, replaced by "schematic symbol", but as of version 4.0.4 "component" lingered in the tooltip for this.)
Type "led" into the "filter" (formerly "name") edit box. (You used to have to then press enter.) Find a suitable symbol. (The default result from entering "led" is pretty good, if all is well, but explore your options, if you wish.) Click the "OK" button. That should put you back on the page, with a tiny LED "stuck" to your mouse pointer.
Use your mouse wheel to zoom in to an appropriate level. (Don't get too frustrated with the unusual interface until you have mastered it. Different isn't necessarily bad! The KiCad people have "broken the rules" for reasons which, to me, seem good.) (If you need later to find a schematic symbol by using "Select by Browser", things like LEDs, resistors, are in the "Device" schematic symbols library.)
Press "R" as often as necessary to Rotate the schematic symbol to the proper orientation. (Refer to the finished schematic, above.)
Move the LED to the approximate right place. Click to "drop" it there.
Save your work
KiCad, in common with most computer applications, has certain elements of your recent work saved only in the computer's memory, and does not have everything you've done stored on your disk or thumbdrive at all times. If "things go wrong", or you have a simple power failure, your work since your last "save" will be lost.
Feel free to save your work frequently. In eeSchema, the button on the top tool bar (left hand end), and the menu entry under "File" talk about saving your (whole) project, and give you an option of saving a single sheet.
For the moment, your whole project is a single sheet! Don't be put off by the extra stuff.
You can also use the common "save" keyboard shortcut: ctrl-S
(A little aside about the (old) "no file" warning: KiCad uses a sophisticated… but not overly so… system of simple files to pull together all of the elements of your work. As you start working in each module, the file(s) where that module's result will reside are set up. That's why you may get the "file not found" prompts the first time in any project's life you enter a particular module… although I think that "feature" is now a thing of the past.)
Carrying on with schematic design
Press "A" again.
Type "conn_02" (Old:"conn_2"), press enter.
Drop the connector in roughly the right place.
Press "A". Type "spst". Press enter. Drop the switch.
Press "A". Type "r". Press enter. Drop the resistor.
By now, the "Add component" button on the right hand toolbar is probably the one selected. We need the pointer button selected. You could just click on it… or, if you press the "escape" key once… or maybe twice… you'll find that the pointer button becomes the one selected. This is a small example of the fact that there are many ways to do things… and in some cases, the one that "works" is very inferior to another one that you may be failing to look for, learn. If something you "ought" to be able to do seems hard… look for an easy way!
Take zooming and panning. Yes, there are buttons for "zoom in" and "zoom out". And you can use the pane's scroll bars.
Or… just turn the mouse wheel one way to zoom out and the other way to zoom in. The "scene" will pan to put whatever you were pointing to when you moved the mouse wheel at the center of the new view. With a little practice, "zooming around", if you'll excuse the pun, becomes easy and intuitive. Be sure to make the effort to master zooming, because until you do, being in the wrong place, or at the wrong zoom level will inhibit your productivity and raise your blood pressure… and distract you from the things that are hard!
One last comment on zooming: Use it! It is much easier to select things, move them, get them in the right place, etc when you zoom in as far as you can. You can even zoom in to "pick something up", zoom out to move it to roughly the right place, and then zoom back in again for final part placement, or whatever it is you are currently doing.
Schematic symbols present- now arrange…
Right! Zoom out, so you can see all 4 of the schematic symbols we've put "on the page".
We need to pick one as the "anchor", towards which we are going to move the others. We'll use the LED. We will move it down to the lower right of the page; put it just above the [co1leg legend].
(It may pay you at this stage to open a second copy of http://kicadhowto.wikidot.com/se1sch1 this page in a separate window, so you can use that to display the finished schematic, shown above, while you work on creating your copy of it.)
How to move things
Right click on the schematic symbol you want to move. Depending on exactly where you click, you will get one of the following. (Apologies for the fact that the illustration shows a resistor when you are probably wanting to move an LED. They are moved the same way.)
If you get the first pop-up menu, just click on "Component…", and you will find yourself at the second one! (Remember when you see "component": KiCad uses the term very narrowly… to mean "schematic symbol".)
Better yet… instead of using the mouse click, notice the "M" beside "Move". If the pointer button is selected, you only need to put the cursor over the schematic symbol and press M, to pick the schematic symbol up. You may get the "Clarify Selection" step, but that's no big deal. You'll eventually get used to where to click to get what you want.
Once you have done the above, and picked up the LED's schematic symbol, you can move it around. You just move the mouse. If you picked up the wrong thing, press the escape key, and the schematic symbol drops back where it started. If you moved it and clicked, thus putting it down in a new place, ctrl-Z will undo the move. Remember you can zoom out and then back in, on a different part of the diagram, while the schematic symbol is "stuck" to the cursor. To reach the parts that other CAD packages reach differently.
You may sometimes find that after a change, particularly if you've deleted or moved something, that "debris" remains on the screen. A quick slight "zoom out/ zoom back again" will redraw the page, clearing away the little scraps.
N.B.: Sometimes it is critcal to have the pointer button selected. You'll be surprised how often the button selected changes "by itself". Anyway. While you have the pointer button selected, if you put the cursor over a schematic symbol and press the delete key, the schematic symbol is deleted from the schematic.
You can also press the "R" key, to rotate schematic symbols, which you will also need to do with some, to get the schematic symbol as we want them. You'll need to rotate the LED, and do that now.
You can, of course, reach our goal by many routes. In my case, I next set about moving the resistor schematic symbol to a better spot. I made sure that it was the pointer button that was selected in the right hand toolbar, and then right clicked on the resistor schematic symbol.
Put the resistor above the LED. Do it very precisely, so that the little circle at the bottom of the resistor schematic symbol is exactly over the little circle at the top of the LED schematic symbol. Then drop the resistor. The two will be connected. (If you fail to line them up properly, the two little circles on the line's ends will still be present.)
Then move the switch until it connects to the top of the resistor. (Again, if you positioned them just right, the circles on the ends of the lines will disappear.)
Finally, move CONN_02x01 to where you see it in the illustration.
That's it! On to the next step…
Go to next page in Simple Exercise: eeSchema: Connect the devices
Go To Simple Exercise Overview Page