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Road to Mac OS X Leopard: QuickTime, iTunes, and Media FeaturesIn addition to the new searching, browsing and back up features for office documents (Finder, Dock, Quick Look, Cover Flow, Spotlight, Time Machine) and new support for collaborative information sharing (Mail, iChat, iCal, Server), Mac OS X Leopard also advances support for audio and video media in QuickTime, iTunes, Photo Booth, Front Row, and other applications. Here's what's new in Leopard and where the ideas behind rich media on the desktop came from.
This report goes to great lengths to explore the origins, history, and maturity of rich media on the desktop. For those readers with limited time or who are only interested in what's due in Leopard, you can skip to page 4 of this report.
The Origins of QuickTime
After Steve Jobs left Apple in 1986 to begin work on an advanced workstation system that would provide the "NeXT" advances in computing, a significant number of engineers and designers from Apple followed him, hoping to start work on something truly new and exciting. NeXT focused much of its attention on solving the issues the Mac operating system was about to run into: limited hardware portability, a weak underlying operating system foundation, and the complications it posed for software developers.
While NeXT worked to solve many of the underlying problems of the Mac platform, Apple continued its own plans to extend the range of the Mac's application-level software. In 1987, Apple's Color QuickDraw replaced the Mac's original drawing routines with an improved architecture. While being backwardly compatible with most existing software, it added support for color graphics and video.
Color QuickDraw initially only supported 8-bit pixel depth (a palette of 256 colors), because all color graphics hardware was prohibitively expensive at the time. The high price of 8-bit color came from its requirement for at least eight times the video RAM compared to the original Mac's 1-bit black and white graphics; the additional demands of moving those extra bits around also required dedicated computational processing power similar to or greater than the Mac's own main CPU.
The 1987 Macintosh II (above) cost $4000 - $5500 and supported 256 colors (from a palette of 16 million) on a 640 x 480 display, using a video card that was sold separately for a couple thousand bucks. However, that was at a time when a $3000 DOS PCs only supported EGA, with 16 colors (from a palette of only 64) at 640x350 (below, in Windows 2.0, 1987). IBM's new PS/2 line introduced the new VGA PC standard that year, which offered a 640 × 480 display with 16 colors or 320 × 200 with 256 colors, but those high end desktop PCs cost $6000 - $11,000. Macs weren't expensive; expensive hardware was.
Analysts with selective memory frequently forget that Macs didn't actually cost more back then, they just delivered a lot more in terms of hardware, large related to graphics. Similarly, NeXT's $6500 Cube wasn't comparable to $6,500 PCs of the day; there simply wasn't anything that even approached it. Color graphics cost so much that NeXT initially released its first computers using 4-bit color, providing 16 shades of grey. This gave it a distinctive monochrome display, and allowed it to dedicate its video RAM to provide a larger display resolution, commonly 1120 x 832. Jobs announced he wasn't going to do color until the technology was available to do it right.
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Apple's profitable hardware sales to high end creative users enabled it to invest heavily in new software development. in 1989, Apple released 32-bit QuickDraw, which delivered modern 32-bit (16 million color) graphics. 24 bits were devoted to color information, and 8 bits were reserved for an alpha channel, which defined translucency. Using 'alpha bits,' graphics could spell out compositions that layered independent images over each other without fully obscuring the lower layers.
Apple's 32-bit QuickDraw also standardized the mess of incompatible graphics hardware being offered at the time; it simply drove incompatible graphics cards off the Mac market. The PC market continued to labor under incompatible graphics hardware, application software, and limited operating system support. This was one aspect of why it took Microsoft ten years to duplicate the Mac desktop on the PC; it had to account for such oddities as non-square pixels and incompatibilities between vendors all trying to sell the cheapest hardware possible.
In 1991, just as Microsoft was making headway with its first commercially viable version of a graphical desktop with Windows 3.0, Apple's Bruce Leak demonstrated QuickTime 1.0 as an upcoming new component for Mac System 6, raising the bar tremendously. QuickTime wowed the audience by playing back the "1984" commercial on a Mac at a time when Windows PC makers struggled to standardize on simple audio playback. Later that year, Microsoft announced the Multimedia PC initiative to deliver a standardized PC platform and shipped its Multimedia Extensions for Windows 3.0 to provide support for standard sound cards and CD-ROM players.
Critics were quick to deride QuickTime as a 'jerky postage stamp video', but the technology behind QuickTime was more than just a cutting edge movie player running on hardware that wasn't quite to the task; it was an architecture for playing anything time related. Quicktime acted as an operating system for time-based media. It provided:
- a container file for holding independent tracks of audio, video, text, metadata, timecodes, and other temporal information.
- system routines for displaying, capturing and editing media tracks while keeping them all in sync.
- a codec plugin architecture for adding support for new file formats.
- tools to magically translate content between codec formats.
- a development environment for creating audio and video productions, controlling the playback interface, and orchestrating interaction between different types of media.
Desktop Video Publishing
The original Macintosh had found its niche in print publishing. Its graphical interface allowed it to do things commodity DOS PCs simply couldn't. As Microsoft began selling Windows 3.0 in 1990, it signaled its intention to not only move its own Mac Office applications to Windows, but also influence Adobe and other Mac developers to migrate their print publishing software to Windows, leaving Apple without any differentiation in the market place, and stuck only with the extreme high end of the market. At the same time, Microsoft told DOS developers to port their apps to OS/2, ensuring that the majority of first generation apps on Windows would be transplants from the Mac, and primarily Microsoft's, as noted in How Microsoft Got Its Office Monopoly.
Apple had invested in QuickTime in order to retain its competitive advantage in the future. Like Adobe's PostScript for print, QuickTime unlocked the potential for an entirely new class of multimedia applications. Apple released QuickTime 1.0 (below) for Mac System 6 in December of 1991; in 1992, Apple announced the development of QuickTime for Windows to extend its reach beyond the Macintosh. On Windows, QuickTime would be playback only, maintaining media development on the Mac platform.
It delivered QuickTime 2.0 (below) first on the Mac and then on Windows in 1994. Since QuickTime was such an integrated component of the Mac System Software, the Windows version had to include a direct port of a lot of the internal Macintosh Toolbox code. It consequently largely bypassed Windows to talk to the video hardware directly, delivering impressive playback performance on both platforms.
The QuickTime Canyon Scandal
Concerned about Apple's encroachment upon the PC market it intended to control itself, Microsoft released a competing product called Video for Windows at the end of the following year. It couldn't match QuickTime's performance because Windows had never been designed to work with media; VfW was also constrained by the incompatibilities and inconsistencies of PC hardware, just as GDI--the Windows drawing routines modeled after the Mac's QuickDraw--had been over the previous half decade.
When Microsoft requested a free license for QuickTime for Windows in 1993, Apple refused; the two companies were still locked in a court battle over Microsoft's appropriation of the Mac desktop, and Apple didn't want to get its second wind knocked out of it.
Intel, hoping to accelerate the development of media work on commodity PCs--and fully aware that Apple had contracted with San Francisco Canyon to port portions of its QuickTime technology to Windows--approached Canyon to develop a video driver that would provide Microsoft's VfW with similar performance to QuickTime. While Intel knew that Canyon possessed Apple's code, it did not specify that Canyon needed to do clean room development, and gave the company an unrealistically short timeframe to develop the new code. Canyon simply delivered Apple's code to Intel, which then licensed it to Microsoft.
When Video for Windows suddenly improved in 1994, Apple investigated and found that Microsoft had simply stolen code from QuickTime in order to compete with QuickTime. Apple sued Microsoft and won an injunction that stopped it from distributing portions of the stolen code. The case was eventually resolved as part of the 1997 agreement between the two companies, detailed in Mac Office, $150 Million, and the Story Nobody Covered.
On page 2 of 4: Expansion of the QuickTime Parachute; QuickTime Reborn; Microsoft Goes On the Offensive; and The Tables Turn for QuickTime.


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The 32-year-old regime of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo continued to control Equatorial Guinea's media with a heavy hand in 2011. Already one of the most censored countries in the world, the government attempted to enforce a total blackout of news related to the prodemocracy demonstrations that swept the Middle East and North Africa beginning in early 2011, and cracked down on journalists that defied the ban. In addition, an African Union (AU) summit held in Malabo, the capital, in June and a constitutional referendum held in November led to further repression of the media and restrictions on press freedom.
Freedoms of expression and of the press are legally guaranteed, but these rights are ignored in practice. As in past years, the government relied on its extensive powers under the Law on the Press, Publishing, and Audiovisual Media to severely restrict the press. By law, the government has prepublication access to materials, which encourages self-censorship. Although journalists in recent years have been permitted to voice mild or vague criticism of government institutions, criticism of the president, his family, other high-ranking officials, and the security forces is not tolerated; for example, journalists were unable to report on the multiple international criminal investigations into alleged money-laundering by the president's son. There are no laws guaranteeing freedom of information. Local journalists and private publications are required to register with the government through a prohibitively complex and bureaucratic process.
Almost all local coverage is orchestrated or tightly controlled by the government, and state-controlled media do not cover international news unless the president or another official travels abroad. Several acts of direct government censorship related to the Arab Spring, the AU summit, and the constitutional referendum were evident in 2011. In February, Information Minister Jeronimo Osa Osa issued a directive to the state radio and TV broadcaster, RTVGE, not to cover the unrest and demonstrations in Tunisia and Egypt. At the AU summit in June, there were reports that "suspect" journalists were restricted from covering the proceedings, and the reporting that took place was closely monitored. The referendum in November, in which 97.7 percent of voters approved constitutional changes that would further enhance the powers of the presidency, was marred by a lack of media coverage of opposition viewpoints. Nongovernmental organization EG Justice reported that the full text of the changes was never made available in the print media.
Several journalists who defied the directives and bans suffered serious consequences. In February 2011, Juan Pedro Mendene, host of the RTVGE French-language radio program "Détente," was taken off the air and was reportedly assaulted for mentioning the uprising in Libya during his show; however, the situation in Libya was reported to have been discussed widely on radio and television programs, as well as in the new independent newspaper, El Lector. Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel, a blogger and editor of the literary magazine Atanga, reported being harassed when he started a hunger strike in February to protest government policies, and he later left the country for Spain. Foreign journalists are not able to report freely, and at times are denied visas. In June, a film crew for German television broadcaster Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, in the country to film stories about "women's soccer and the general state of affairs of the country," was detained, had its footage confiscated and destroyed, and was forced to leave the country for portraying the country in a bad light.
The most influential medium is radio, but all domestic radio and television stations are operated by the government or members of the president's family. Applications to open private radio stations have been pending for several years but remained unapproved. At the same time, uncensored satellite broadcasts are increasingly available to those who can afford the service. The government operates at least two newspapers, while a handful are published by nominally independent figures or members of the small political opposition. The founding of El Lector was approved in December 2010, but it was published infrequently throughout 2011. The country has little of the infrastructure necessary for independent media to operate, such as printing presses and newspaper retailers, and the lack of a well-developed local private sector hinders the ability of media outlets to raise revenues through paid advertisements. Due to low literacy rates, international print media is generally unavailable in rural areas.
An estimated 6.3 percent of the population accessed the internet in 2011, according to Internet World Stats. While the government does not overtly restrict internet access, due in part to a lack of basic internet and mobile phone infrastructure, a large drop in online visits in 2011 by Equatoguineans to Afrol News, an African online news service often critical of the Obiang regime, has fueled speculation that the government may be attempting to block this site. There are no credible reports that the authorities monitored e-mails or internet chat rooms. According to the U.S. State Department, the internet has replaced broadcast media as the primary medium for opposition views.


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While I was in Palm Springs I missed a great group dinner with Citysearchers Tara de Lis and Martha Burr. Martha, who has made documentaries in China, had invited a group to her friend Jill's organic Chinese restaurant, which opened a year or so ago. Tucked into one of those innumerable San Gabriel mini-malls that houses a promising-looking Hunan restaurant, a Taiwanese place and a foot massage parlor, Green Zone looks like it should be on the Westside where people clamor for organic food and Eames Eiffel chairs. But since it's located in the SGV, you can feast on wild-caught fish and organic chicken and have enough left over for a blissful hour-long footrub next door.
The menu isn't strictly Chinese -- it's more like fresh, light food with a mix of Chinese and Japanese dishes.
You can, and should, start with a mixed appetizer plate with prawn tofu wraps, salmon triangles and shrimp roll. We particularly liked the crunchy cigarillo-like shrimp rolls stuffed with cabbage and shrimp paste. Since it was blustery outside and Kathy was hoarse from her Sundance ordeal, we had a big bowl of soothing wonton soup with Taiwanese-style noodles, wontons and dumplings. The wontons were luscious, stuffed with really flavorful shrimp, with no msg in the deeply-flavored broth. Next time, I could have just bowl of the wontons and be happy.
We also had grilled organic tofu with a savory sauce and a dish of organic broccoli. Then we tried a seabass salad (pictured at left), at $6.25 and Hainan chicken rice (at right), made with Mary's chicken($6.75). I loved the garlicky lemongrass rice and the ginger chili sauce the chicken was served with.
Also on the menu are beef sukiyaki hotpot, seafood pasta, beef or vegetarian soba and even a tuna sandwich and guacamole. All the servers, including Jill's Abercrombie-clad teenage daughter, are exceedingly friendly and helpful, and the tranquil modern-woodsy decor is a welcome change from the fluorescent uniformity of other restaurants in the area. To drink, there's organic juices, sodas and teas, or byob.
Green Zone is a real gem, a great alternative when you've had enough dim sum and bahn mi to burst and want something clean and light. And leave time for a little foot action afterwards.
Green Zone
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Sunday, January 27, 2008
Taste test: Green Zone goes organic, Chinese-style
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- teenage glutster said...
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Police say they have arrested a man prohibited from contacting Audrina Patridge outside the reality star's Los Angeles home.
Los Angeles police Sgt. Kyle Kirkman says Zachary Loring was arrested Friday morning. Officers responded to "The Hills" star's Hollywood Hills house after Loring was spotted knocking on her door.
Kirkman says Loring was arrested on suspicion of stalking and violating a court order. Jail records show he is being held on $150,000 bail.
Patridge obtained a three-year restraining order against Loring in September. She testified at the time that she was afraid after the 24-year-old repeatedly came to her house and gave her disturbing drawings.
The arrest was first reported by celebrity Web site TMZ.
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Young Champions for Education: South Asia UNGEI Regional Training
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Author/Publisher: The United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF): Regional Office for South Asia (ROSA)
Language: English
Raka Rashid spoke about the purpose of the workshop: to consolidate the work begun in 2007 by the South Asia Regional UNGEI and pave the way for smooth country-level implementation and continuation of the model. She listed three specific outcomes:
- a review of last year's activities and sharing of experiences
- the preparation of next year's workplan
- a draft outline, based on feedback from participants, for a generic training manual to be developed by the South Asia UNGEI, for adaptation and use at country levels.
Sabita Bhujel hoped that this workshop would help Young Champions do their best to promote girls' education. Daniel Toole concluded with the words of the famous Indian Mahatma Gandhi: Be the change you want to see. "This is your challenge", he said, "To be and build that change: a world where all children go to school."


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The clocks have just gone back and it's cold and dark outside, so here's the challenge. Where do you go to get some warm winter sunshine at a great value price, a quality hotel on a perfect sandy beach, with a flight that lasts less than two and a half hours?
Well, get your travel hit list out, and your bag packed, because having just returned from Portugal with my wife, staying at the Holiday Inn Algarve, for seven nights in the small but perfectly formed resort of Armacao de Pera, on a Saga Travel package, I now have the answer.
Here is why I was so impressed … let's start with the hotel:
The Holiday Inn, Algarve, Armacao de Pera
'Location, location, location'. This old adage in the property business is also very apt when it comes to holidays and it's hard to imagine a more perfectly situated hotel. Walk out the back of the hotel, down a few steps and you are in the sand with the sea lapping around your ankles.
This was great for my early morning, pre-breakfast beach walks to photograph the perfect sunrise. Head out of the front door and you are right on the promenade, with shops and restaurants within minutes.
The four-star Holiday Inn, Algarve is a highly efficient hotel, with friendly and helpful reception staff who all speak good English. We had an immaculately clean and spacious room with a small balcony overlooking the sea and all Saga allocated rooms have air conditioning, a safe, tea making facilities, a fridge and a TV that gets the main British channels. No missing 'The Great British Bake Off' here!
Add to all that, a very nice outdoor pool overlooking the beach, a gym if you are that way inclined, a hairdresser and an ocean view lounge bar and it was almost impossible not to feel relaxed. A couple of nights during the week the hotel also offers live entertainment in the bar.
What about food? Well, most dining takes place in the main restaurant, which is buffet style. The view of the sea, through the floor to ceiling windows, gives the impression of almost being on a cruise ship.
Guests always have a choice of meat, vegetarian or fish dishes and the hotel thoughtfully offers sugar free, or gluten free breakfast cereals in the morning.
Like many guests, we were on the 'all inclusive' board option. This meant we got lunch and selectively listed drinks during set times of the day, which included wine and beer and of course as you would expect in Portugal… Port.
As an alternative, you could also choose to dine in the Raj, an independent Indian restaurant attached to the hotel, for an extra charge. The food and service here was outstanding and the night we dined there, we were treated to a very lively 'hot jazz' performance by the group 'Cool Manouche'. A fabulous atmosphere and evening.
With all this it's hardly surprising that many of the guests we met return year after year. We chatted with one couple, who were on their 21st visit. I think they liked it!
The Saga Service
One of the most important emotional touch-points of any holiday is the arrival and welcome and this could hardly have been better.
After a seamless pick up at Faro airport and just a 35 minutes transfer, we were literally met at the hotel door with a warm handshake from our very smart Saga rep Luis. Our bags instantly disappeared, only to re-emerge in our room by the time we got there.
We however, were immediately whisked away to the hotel lounge for 'white sangria' and a personal briefing from Luis – a great welcome and a wonderful start.
Amazingly, Luis maintained this level of enthusiasm and service to all Saga guests, throughout the whole week. Wherever you were in the hotel, Luis would almost magically pop up looking for ways to help. "I treat guests as if I were dealing with friends in my own home," he told me.
As a Portuguese local, he was very keen to share the local culture and to engage with Saga guests. One evening he led a discussion about local food and culture and on another he organised and ran a quiz. Low key, but very sociable and fun.
Saga Excursions
For guests who want to be a bit more active and do more than relax by the pool or beach, as part of the price of seven day holidays are two included excursions.
These are 'The Cork Route', which culminates in a visit to a traditional cork factory. The other is a great value full day tour of the Western Algarve, taking in Lagos, Sagres, and Cape St Vincent… the most south-westerly point in Europe.
Those guests, staying for two weeks, also get an additional two included excursions. These are… 'Algarve Villages', a full day exploring traditional pretty villages, churches and white washed houses. The other is the 'Sardine Route', a half-day trip to a fishing village and sardine factory.
A full list of other optional excursions is also offered to Saga guests, for an additional charge.
The Resort – Armacao de Pera
With a population of just 10,000 local residents, Armacao de Pera, has long standing fishing roots and traditions. In fact the name 'Armacao' means the setting of tuna nets, so called because of the fisherman who used to visit every spring and summer. Part of the beach is still known locally as 'Fisherman's Beach'.
Here you can choose from several very 'lay back' coffee bars, where for an amazing 2.5 euros you can buy a beer and a great cup of coffee, and sit for as long as you want, soaking up the sun and sea. By far the best of these coffee bars is Café Palhota.
Now of course, tourism also plays a huge part in the resort's economy. With its mix of traditional Portuguese living, and the usual tourist souvenir shops and restaurants, Armacao de Pera makes an interesting and lovely holiday destination.
The holiday verdict
Wearing my travel writer hat, I have over many years, become a self-confessed grumpy cynic. So before our trip, when I read in the 'Saga Europe and Mediterranean' brochure – 'quite simply the most relaxing beach holidays you can imagine' – I took this as just marketing hype.
The simple fact however, is that this claim turned out to be totally justified. My short trip delivered on every level – great value and reassuringly high standards from Saga Travel.
As a region, the Algarve offers fantastic beaches; a climate that is generally sunny and dry all year round… perfect for sun bathing; walking and of course golf. I only wish I had stayed for two weeks!
Travel Facts
Saga Travel offer packages to the locally rated four-star Holiday Inn, in Armacao de Pera, Algarve from prices starting at £453 per person departing from London Gatwick for seven nights half board – all-inclusive options are also available.
It includes: All breakfasts and dinners, free Wi-Fi at your hotel, fruit and water in your room on arrival, porterage at the hotel, return flights and transfers, dedicated Saga Representative and welcome drink as well as two local excursions.
Contact: Saga Holidays 0800 092 0803, or visit their special website pages for full details of this holiday and other Portugal holidays.
For additional information about the Holiday Inn, Algarve visit: https://www.ihg.com/holidayinn/hotels/us/en/algarve/faoap/hoteldetail?cm_mmc=GoogleMaps-_-HI-_-PT-_-FAOP


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We are scientific researchers at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. We have made an unusual finding that is being published in a very high impact American scientific journal called Cell (see http://www.cell.com/home ). We have been asked to make a proposal for the cover of the issue (February 4, 2011) in which our article will appear.
The market is the worldwide biological scientific community. These are students and researchers who will be attracted to our study by having it on the cover of the magazine. If so, they could want to decide to come to work in our lab on this project, which would be great!
We have discovered that a human enzyme long known to have one function has an entirely different function in a certain case. For the scientifically adventurous designers here is a potential caption for the figure we want:
"Human OGT is responsible for the O-GlcNAcylation of serines and threonines in many nuclear and cytoplasmic proteins. Here, Capotosti et al. find that OGT also possesses proteolytic activity as it activates the epigenetic cell-cycle regulator HCF-1 by catalyzing its proteolytic maturation. These results reveal a new property of OGT like a new blade of a pocketknife."
Being from Switzerland (but not Swiss!), we have an idea of a multi-purpose Swiss Army knife in which we are revealing a new function (for example a new blade). So the idea could be a pocketknife with two "blades" open: a bottle/can opener for one function and a knife blade for the new function we have discovered. The knife could be labeled "OGT". We want something simple but artistic input is OK!
The magazine cover has a template, see: http://download.cell.com/images/edi…mplate.tif
Examples of previous covers are at http://www.cell.com/archive?year=2010 .
The instructions are at http://www.cell.com/coversubmissions .
We have a tight deadline. We need to give a preliminary proposal by Monday January 10, after which, if we are selected, we may have time to refine things.


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When the Supreme Court was unveiled on February 2, 1790, six justices shared the bench. Which events helped shape the court and transform it into one of the more respected branches of goverment?
Landmark Decisions: A Century of Change (1856-1955). The Century of Change witnessed a dramatic transformation in American society and in the nation's high court. Track the Supreme Court decisions that reflected American's changing attitudes towards race in Landmark Decisions.
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Why are my koi chasing each other? Christie – Moline, IL
The Thrill of the Chase
Just like any other pet, Koi provide pond guys and gals everywhere with entertainment and companionship. So now your new found finned friends are chasing each other around and being rather aggressive towards each other. This violent activity may seem disturbing to us but for your Koi it is actually a natural process. No your fish have not transformed your water garden in their very own fight club; this is their way of courting each other.
With Friends Like You…
So nothing says love like bashing your partner into a few plants and rocks right? What you are seeing is the male Koi(s) chasing the female around the pond trying to push the eggs out of her by pinching her between rocks or other males. It is during this process that the eggs are released into the water and fertilized. While we may have been a little slow to realize love is in the air … or in your pond rather, there are still a few things you can do to help your Koi have a successful spawning season.
Bring On The Plants: Adding Aquatic Plants like Hornwort and Water Hyacinth in your pond will provide excellent surface area for freshly laid eggs to attach to and will also provide coverage for them.
Keep It Clean: It is important that you keep the water in your pond clean and free from disease while the fry are developing. Perform regular water changes and use Water Conditioner when adding new water to remove any chlorine and toxic heavy metals from your tap or well water. Make sure you are adding Pond Salt to the water to keep fish stress down and also help prevent diseases.
Survival of the fittest…
After the fry hatch, you may not see the new additions until they become big enough to fend for themselves. Once they hatch they hide and fight for survival. Koi are not loving parents, they tend to eat their own eggs and fry. Out of thousands of eggs koi lay, only a select few will survive.
As your new additions began to grow, there will be added ammonia and nitrates in the pond. If you plan to keep these new Koi make sure you are providing adequate Filtration in your pond and you are not deviating from a practical fish load for your size pond. Having more fish in your pond than your filtration can handle will lead to additional more severe algae blooms and muck accumulation. It is important that you keep adding beneficial bacteria such as Nature's Defense® or Muck Defense® to break this waste down.
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Most any small flowers from your garden make colorful filler for potpourri.
One of my favorite duties in the nursery at Mounts Botanical Garden is pruning the herbs. Every week I make my rounds, pinching things back and trimming as needed. Needless to say, I end up with a lot of material. By the end of the day, visitors have snatched up most, but what's left gets stuffed in a bag, and I bring it home to make potpourri.
Vetiver root makes a great fixative for potpourri.
Even in my own garden I never throw herb clippings away. I unceremoniously dump them in a crystal bowl in the living room, where they perfume the air as they dry. When the bowl is full I scrunch the leaves, and the good stuff falls to the bottom. Then I use the leftovers for mulch.
"Potpourri" means "rotten pot" in French. In the 17th century, they would layer fresh herbs and flowers with coarse salt, which acted as a preservative and drying agent. Fortunately things are a bit easier today. In fact, making your own potpourri is so easy that I'm amazed more people don't do it.
There are more complicated methods for making potpourri. But I like to keep things simple and love how each batch smells a bit different from the one before. If the process intimidates you, you can always find recipes online. But it's much more fun to invent your own.
Potpourri is composed of three elements: filler, fixative and fragrance. I like using bits of orange peel and dried flowers for filler. The petals of strawflowers (Xerochrysum bracteatum), Gomphrena and marigolds (Tagetes spp.) work especially well. For a fixative, I use patchouli (Pogostemon cablin) leaves or vetiver root (Vetiveria zizanioides), both of which grow well down here. Fixatives help reduce the evaporation rate, which keeps your potpourri smelling good longer.
Use your imagination and make your own special blends.
'Louis Philippe' rose petals retain their color
The leaves of pineapple sage make a great
Remember, lemon balm isn't just for tea.
Scrunching herbs after they dry makes the
Thankfully, we're past the days of tucking sachets into clothing to disguise odors, or strewing them on floors to deter pests. But potpourris still have their place. I fill small bags (available at craft stores) with potpourri and put them in dresser drawers to keep things fresh. Herbal sachets also make great housewarming gifts. I once gave them to guests at a garden party, attaching each one to an herb. Remember to buy "see-thru" bags if you want to show off their contents.
I like using the petals of 'Louis Philippe' (the "cracker rose") in potpourri, because they hold their color for a long time and have a nice fragrance. Some herbs, such as rosemary, thyme and lavender, retain their aroma much longer than others. But when it comes to potpourri, anything from mints to sage can be used.
The best time to gather leaves for potpourri is in the morning, after the dew dries, but before the sun starts stressing leaves. Always gather four times what you need, as everything shrinks considerably after it dries. If you're making potpourri for display purposes, scrunch leaves slightly or not at all after they dry. Then add larger items, like pinecones, spiraled orange peel or cinnamon sticks.
Most herbs take about a week to completely dry. I dry large batches on baking trays in air conditioning, but window screens work well in non-air conditioned areas, since they afford good ventilation. Remember to dry only a single layer at a time. Otherwise, some herbs with high moisture content may actually mold before they get a chance to dry.
A good combo to promote sleep is chamomile flowers, lavender buds and lemon balm leaves. You can even make an easy herb "pillow" by filling a wine bag with potpourri and sewing up the end. I make Christmas sachets with balsam needles and attach them to Christmas gifts. Balsam sachets are great for sock drawers.
Lavender flowers are about the only blooms that hold their fragrance when dried, but just about any small flower from your garden can be used in potpourri as filler. I use the leaves of lavender as well as the flowers, as they still offer considerable fragrance.
Some people add a few drops of scented oil to intensify the fragrance of potpourri, but I've never found this necessary. Oils are great for adding to older mixes, but I find crunching them up a bit is usually all that's necessary to restore their fragrance. Depending on the herbs used, some combos remain fragrant for two years or more. Keeping them sealed until needed makes them last even longer.
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Green Smoothie
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This smoothie looks totaly yummy. I only knew the green smoothie with spinach, banana and other fruit but this version with yoghurt ia an absolutely eye candy! Mhhh!ReplyDelete
Mmm....what can I say more?ReplyDelete
Yummy. I am intrigued by how the tempering will work with this smoothie. Seems all refreshingReplyDelete
Beautiful idea, Laksmi!ReplyDelete
Yes please.... This smoothie is excellent to quench my thirst during the hot OZ summer days :)ReplyDelete
Gorgeous photos...
Enchanting! This looks delicious. This could be pre and post christmas detox.ReplyDelete
- Marie DDecember 04, 2011
The smoothie looks delightful!!! I loved the tulsi garnish :)ReplyDelete
Excellent picture! Looks delicious. So tempted to try is. Thanks Lakshmi!ReplyDelete
That looks so utterly beautiful and tempting!ReplyDelete
The photos are so beautiful again! Very healthy green smoothie! :)ReplyDelete
I need to start adding more veggies to my smoothies. Great recipe!ReplyDelete
Your pics are soooooo beautiful!ReplyDelete
Gosh! breathtaking..ReplyDelete
Lakshmi, each time I open your site wondering how you'll blow me away and I'm never disappointed.. :)
On a second note, have never tried avocado with a hing seasoning.. Interesting take..
And those green glasses are too cute!
This will be such a refreshing drink! It's like Indian Raita in a smoothie form! I am sure I can drink up a few mugs of these :)ReplyDelete
I would be on a green smoothie detox whole of my life if this was on the menu. Gorgeous photos, Lakshmi :) What camera and lens do you shoot with?ReplyDelete
What a refreshing drink :) I like that it's got just the perfect color of green. Not too much to make it look TOO healthy!ReplyDelete
Thank you for the kind comments.ReplyDelete
Kiran, I'm using 40D Canon 50mm f/1.4 USM.
Lakshmi, your pictures amaze me every time. You can even make a green smoothie look like a gorgeous drink! Beautiful shots.ReplyDelete
Oh Lakshmi this sounds like liquid raita :) the tadka on the top of beautiful and this is what makes me think of a raita or a light summer yogurt soup. The first photograph of the glistening oil is breathtaking.ReplyDelete
(adore the new format to read/print recipes)
Lakshmi, I am detoxed already...looking at these photographs!!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous shots! So ethereal and lovely.ReplyDelete
What a lovely recipe! This is my detox day (I'm having 2 per week these days) and I think I'll have that for dinner :-). Thanks so much for a wonderful idea!ReplyDelete
Lakshmi, I have to say, I found your blog through Pinterest, and I am so impressed - your photographs are absolutely amazing (it's actually really difficult to look at them today, when I can only eat unprocessed veggies ;-) ). I am absolutely in love with your site, and will be following from now on! You've got a new fan :-)
Thank you.ReplyDelete
Soma, liquid raita it is :-)
Cooking Rookie, welcome! I admire your determination to eat healthy. Since I started blogging, my diet has become worse!
gorgeous green. so refreshing & healthy....made a similar version months ago. i love smoothies !ReplyDelete
What gorgeous photos! I love having ideas for healthy drinks and dishes for this time of year.ReplyDelete
It's a shame that using dairy yoghurt you will essentially negate the benefits of the greens! Studies show that e.g. berries, tea and cocoa lose most of their health benefits if consumed with dairy, because it contains the antinutrient casein.ReplyDelete
Doesn't make much sense to combine healthful veggies with something that isn't just junk food but anti-food, that's not detox, that's just "tox".
Maija, thanks for the information. I'm not an expert in health food diet, nor I'm propagating one. According to ayurveda, yoghurt is incompatible with sour fruits/citrus, mangoes, melons, nightshades and milk for example. Ayurveda is more forgiving regarding food combining than many modern diet recommendations. It is based on different principles.ReplyDelete
It is the first time I hear yoghurt to be called junk food. For whatever reason, it is provocative :-)!
Green smoothies are one of my favorite things to make. Whenever I make a smoothie I add spinach. I love that you can't taste it. :) Martin even likes them.ReplyDelete


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How I beat 'The Wall' and finished my police career marathon
My race has been a little different than most cops, but then again, every cop runs their own individual race
The phone rang early in the morning. I knew immediately who it was. My wife spoke to the caller for a moment and then handed it to me. "Congratulations for crossing the finish line!" said the voice on the other end of the line.
It seemed like a very fitting statement. It was my friend and mentor — "Coach" Bob Lindsey — calling to celebrate what would be my last day as a police officer. I had just placed my badge and keys on the counter in preparation for the drive to turn them in and grabbed a bag to haul my gear home. At the stroke of midnight I would no longer be a police officer. By my reckoning it had been 26 years and 3 days since I first pinned on a badge.
In those years I had worked first as a full-time cop and a part-time trainer and as a part-time cop and a full-time trainer. My race has been a little different than most cops, but then again, every cop runs their own individual race.
Defeating 'The Wall'
For those new officers reading this, I want to tell you with all sincerity to remember the race is a marathon, not a sprint. Don't burn yourself out in the first few years dashing after whatever you see as your goal. Your intent should be to reach that goal of retirement healthy — mentally, physically, and financially, after having a healthy and productive career.
Like any race, this requires setting your priorities, knowing what the terrain and obstacles the course of the race will bring you to and having a plan in advance.;a plan you stick to even if it seems like others are taking a shorter, easier, quicker route.
Run your race, not someone else's. There will be those along the route who will point and try and influence your direction. Some will point the right way. Some will point the wrong way. If you end up following bad direction, remember that all you have to do is turn around and get your proper heading.
Every runner stumbles, some will fall. Most will get up, dust themselves off and continue, some will be injured and limp onward, others will never rise again. Be mentally, physically and spiritually prepared for 'The Wall'.
You may hit it once, twice, or many times in your race. 'The Wall' will hit you. When every fiber of your being says that you cannot go on, that will be 'The Wall' talking.
When you hear a voice telling you that you're weak, that is 'The Wall' talking.
When it feels like everyone around you is clutching at your clothing, holding you back, slowing you down, trying to drag you to the ground, 'The Wall' is to blame.
If you are prepared, you will battle through it. A good ground support team, coaches, mentors, friends and family will cheer you on when you stumble or slow. You will need partners who point out the potholes BEFORE you step in them.
There will be those who will take you by the arm and support you or even carry you for a while when you need them to, don't fool yourself, you will need them. Take the arm when offered, even if you don't think you need. Sometimes someone else can analyze your fitness better than you. Develop your team now, before you need it. Continue to foster those relationships throughout your career and be the person who lifts others up, rather than running over them.
It may not seem like it at the time, but 'The Wall' is only as tall, as wide, and as thick as you make it.
Train for the marathon, not the sprint. Recognize 'The Wall' for what it is. Be realistic, the race will require a great deal of effort, energy and even sacrifice. Understand that you will have to make decisions about what you will and won't sacrifice. Decide today what those things are, now, so you don't have to make the decision when you mentally and physically taxed. Take the advice of those who have run the race longer than you. Look at how they have run their race, the choices and sacrifices that they have made and ask yourself if you want to follow in their path.
Finishing Strong
In a race, where you start is of no importance. What matters is where and how you finish. Will you have a crowd of supporters with water and a blanket to comfort and sustain you, will you limp over the line, will you collapse at or before the line or will you cross by yourself?
Your race will last decades. Prepare for it today and tomorrow and every day forward. Also know that there will be the runner's high. A euphoria that makes your feet feel light, like you are floating on air. You will feel like you can run for the rest of your life, that you are invincible. We get into this profession, in part, for that high.
It is a great feeling. You will look forward to them.
Do your best to attain them as often as you can, but beware that you do not become an addict. The addict will do anything to attain the high — lie, cheat, or steal.
Attain the highs from your own personal, honest effort.
There will be hills, valleys, mountains, deserts, snow and rain along the way. The scenery will range from spectacular to epic, beautiful, horrifying, nauseating, and terrifying. Keep your eyes open or you may stumble. Keep your eyes open and learn to distinguish between reality and the mirage.
Keep your head up, shoulders down and relaxed, take in each breathe deeply, use it to propel you forward into your next step, set your pace and run your race. Run.
For officers who can already see the finish line, I advise you to keep your eyes on the prize, but at the same time, take a look behind you. Do you see anyone struggling? Can you help then with a word, a gesture or do they need you to help lift them up? You have the strength.
Is there anyone in the race who you may have bumped in the mad dash — purposefully or by accident? Do you need to go to them and apologize and to make amends? You have the time.
Have you mapped out a route for others to use? You know where the obstacles are. You know some of the most difficult and some of the easiest, safest routes. Will you share it before your race is finished? You have the knowledge.
Will you do what it takes to make sure that those younger than you stay on the proper course? You have the courage.
It's your race. It's your finish line.
Last, But Not Least, Thank You
I would like to make a public thank you to all the officers and dispatchers who taught me — when I would listen. Thank you to all those who have taken the time and effort to mentor me along the way, although at times it may have seemed like you were talking to a rock. There are too many to mention, but I have taken the time to say thanks as often as I can.
To my partners at the two agencies I've served — Warroad Police Department and the Parkers Prairie Police Department — and to the officers of the surrounding, supporting agencies — Roseau Police Department, the Sheriff's Departments of Roseau, Lake of the Woods, Otter Tail and Douglas Counties, the Minnesota State Patrol, and Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Division, US Border Patrol and Customs — it was a hell of a race, you helped keep me safe, and you were there when I needed you. I've laughed with all of you, cried with a few of you, and man, we had FUN.
The biggest thank you goes to my partner in life — my wife Lynn. We started this race together and we finished it together. Without her, the race wouldn't have been worth it.
This is not my last article. I have more stories to tell, more ideas to share. That race has hardly started.


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A balance of style and function.
House & Home design editor Sally Armstrong can't imagine how she ever did without the bright, multifunctional family room that she included in her reno plans. "Now, the kids lounge down here to watch movies and play video games with their friends," says Sally. She bought the quilted blue and white accent chair when she saw it marked down 50 per cent to $400. "I thought the shape was interesting and knew I'd regret not getting it."
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Trick the eye with "panelled" doors.
A handsaw was used to rout grooves into doors for a custom look in H&H editor-in-chief Suzanne Dimma's basement. Pivot hinges allow the doors to open fully when needed. A floating white oak shelf layered with black and white photos creates a welcoming vignette at the bottom of the stairs.
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Reinvent function in an unused space.
House & Home senior editor Meg Crossley had no use for a second kitchen in her basement, so she had the cabinets, plumbing and wiring removed. In its place, she created a calm nook with a vintage gateleg table that can double as a desk. She painted the walls white to make the ceiling seem higher and added framed inexpensive art prints, which she bought on Etsy. The floors are laminate in an elm finish to create cohesion with the upstairs. The key is that wood floors make a basement not look like a basement. And ultimately, that's what you want.
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A one bedroom basement gets a functional makeover.
Part of the reason Suzanne Dimma converted her basement rental suite was because she and husband Arriz needed a spacious home office. A solid stretch of durable Staron countertop from Ikea created a seamless work surface. Old-school filing cabinets framed by powder-coated steel supports serve as dividers and help conceal plugs and cords. The slender frames of the Japanese-designed white oak office chairs suit the Scandi-modern design of the space.
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Put a fun spin on older furniture.
Sally's daughters, Annie (left), 10, and Holly, 7 use this room everyday. The table and chairs were Sally's old dining set; she gave them a playful twist with colour-blocked white and hot pink paint. Artwork is taped to the wall with Japanese washi tape, making rotations easy. An inexpensive Ikea bookshelf and trolley hold craft supplies.
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Highlight the vanity with pops of black.
H&H editor-in-chief Suzanne Dimma lined up a white oak vanity and lower shelf perfectly with the basement bulkhead, creating a framed effect. Simple hardware dowels stand in for towel hooks, and textural woven baskets hide the plumbing. To create flow with the rest of the house, Suzanne took a single black sconce from another room and added a black-painted mirror to punctuate the glossy subway-tiled wall.
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Vintage-inspired hexagonal floor tiles add sparkle.
With no window, Meg Crossley installed panel moulding and an inexpensive washstand from a big-box store, painting both to match. Hits of black anchor the space visually and keep it from feeling too pretty.
Black hexagonal floor tiles add a graphic punch.
Suzanne Dimma moved vents when renovating her basement to fit a stacked washer and dryer. This left more room for floor-to-ceiling cabinets that keep laundry essentials and other household items out of sight.
Pretty blue cabinets, dark-wood floors and a school-house light create an air of vintage charm.
H&H senior editor Meg Crossley turned this unfinished basement laundry room into a laundry oasis. Improper venting meant the washer and dryer had to be moved to the opposite wall, where they're now hidden by bi-fold doors. Meg also added a convenient sink with a kitchen-worthy faucet, an upper shelf and lower cabinets for extra storage. A contractor cut door fronts out of MDF, and then Meg added Shaker trim for a custom look. To give the basement an airy feeling, the space was painted white. Sico's Light Sugar (4150-11), an aged white, makes the ceilings seem higher without feeling sterile or cold. The cabinets were painted robin's egg blue for a country-inspired look.
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An industrial but chic laundry room update.
Two design classics — black hexagonal floor tiles and square white subway tiles — give the laundry room timeless charm, but a strategic pop of colour on the powder room door keeps the effect current. A Corian counter surrounds the washer and dryer and provides a place to fold clothes. Open shelves hold supplies within reach.
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Art in the Vines at Hanging Rock Winery – Sculpture Exhibition and Trail
11 January, 2019 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
An event every day that begins at 10:00 am, repeating until 31 March, 2019
Art in the Vines at Hanging Rock Winery is the first of its kind to be held in the Macedon Ranges.
Visitors can wander through a trail of discovery across the winery's expansive lawns, exploring the works of 25 leading local, national and international sculptors.
And these are not just any sculptors, we're talking artists who have pieces on display at the likes of New York's Museum of Modern Art, The National Gallery of Australia, The National Gallery of Victoria and many other prominent spaces around Australia and the world.
Commencing at the Cellar Door, visitors can start their experience by tasting some of Hanging Rock's award-winning wine, before grabbing a bottle or two along with a trail map and heading off glass in hand to explore the trail! It's the perfect way to wile away a morning or afternoon. A selection of Piper Street Food Co gourmet picnic boxes are also available.
With the iconic backdrop of the vineyard, Hanging Rock and Mount Macedon providing an unparalleled setting for some incredible sculptures, Art in the Vines offers a magnificent winery experience, all while enjoying award-winning wine.


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Your analysis of your local problem should give you a better understanding of the factors contributing to it. Once you have analyzed your local problem and established a baseline for measuring effectiveness, you should consider possible responses to address the problem.
The following response strategies provide a foundation of ideas for addressing your particular problem. These strategies are drawn from a variety of research studies and police reports. Several of these strategies may apply to your communitys problem. It is critical that you tailor responses to local circumstances, and that you can justify each response based on reliable analysis. In most cases, an effective strategy will involve implementing several different responses. Law enforcement responses alone are seldom effective in reducing or solving the problem. Do not limit yourself to considering what police can do: carefully consider whether others in your community share responsibility for the problem and can help police respond to it.
As noted, Internet child pornography presents some unique challenges for law enforcement agencies. However, despite the difficulties involved in controlling the problem, local police have an important role to play. To maximize their contribution, local police departments need to:
It is generally acknowledged that it is impossible to totally eliminate child pornography from the Internet. However, it is possible to reduce the volume of child pornography on the Internet, to make it more difficult or risky to access, and to identify and arrest the more serious perpetrators. Since 1996, ISPs have removed some 20,000 pornographic images of children from the web.[62] Around 1,000 people are arrested annually in the United States for Internet child pornography offenses.[63] The following strategies have been used or suggested to reduce the problem of child pornography on the Internet.
ISPs have a central role to play in combating Internet child pornography. The more responsibility ISPs take in tackling the availability of child pornography images on the Internet, the more resources police can devote to addressing the production side of the problem. However, there are two competing commercial forces acting on ISPs with respect to self regulation. On the one hand, if an ISP restricts access to child pornography on its server, it may lose out financially to other ISPs who do not. Therefore, it will always be possible for offenders to find ISPs who will store or provide access to child pornography sites. On the other hand, ISPs also have their commercial reputation to protect, and it is often in their best interests to cooperate with law enforcement agencies. Most major ISPs have shown a commitment to tackling the problem of child pornography. By establishing working relationships with ISPs, and publicizing those ISPs who take self regulation seriously, police may be able to encourage greater levels of self regulation. Current self-regulatory strategies include:
Not everyone is satisfied with the current reliance on self regulation, and there have been calls for increased legislation to compel the computer industry to play a greater role in controlling Internet child pornography. Police may be an important force in lobbying for tighter restrictions. Among the proposals for tighter regulation are:
There are a number of other promising strategies involving other industries with a stake in the Internet. Again, although police may have no direct role in implementing these strategies, they may be able to use their influence to encourage industries to act. Strategies include:
Many medium to large organizations maintain their own servers, which allow employees to access the Internet from and store data on their work computer. Work computers have been implicated in a number of child pornography cases.[78] Workplace strategies may be directed toward altering the behavior of potential offenders by reinforcing the costs associated with offending.
A number of nonprofit organizations have been established to raise public awareness about the issue of Internet child pornography and to act as political lobby groups. These groups include Wired Safety, Safeguarding Our Children United Mothers (SOC-UM), and End Child Prostitution, ChildPornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes (ECPAT).[80] Citizens groups will usually work in cooperation with law enforcement agencies, and local police can provide active support for their activities, which include:
One of the concerns about Internet child pornography is that children may inadvertently access material, or may have material sent to them either as part of a grooming process or by cyber-stalkers. A number of products are available to assist parents in regulating Internet content for their children.[81]Police can play an educative role in informing parents of these effective strategies by:
In the strategies discussed so far the police role has largely involved working in cooperation with other groups or acting as educators. A number of strategies are the primary responsibility of police. As a rule, local police will not carry out major operations. Most major operations require specialized expertise and inter-agency and inter-jurisdictional cooperation. (See Appendix C for a summary of major coordinated law enforcement operations in recent years.) However, local police will almost certainly encounter cases of Internet child pornography in the course of their daily policing activities. Law enforcement responses include:
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Transportation for magnet school students in Jacksonville may be available next school year after it was cut from the budget in 2011.
Superintendent Nikolai Vitti says he's confident his staff can find the money to restore busing for magnet schools and after-school activities.
He says the money will likely come from eliminating duplicative services.
Restoring the magnet bus routes would cost anywhere between $4 million and $5 million.
Restoring transportation for after-school activities could cost about $1 million.
The School Board is scheduled to have a series of budget meetings in February and March.
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We had our first Friends of the HarborWalk cleanup this morning and made great progress. We didn't get to I4-C2 and hope to next weekend.
If you stop by to have a look, you'll see the diminutive Dwarf-crested Iris (Iris cristata) just beginning to show their sweet little faces. Dwarf-crested Iris are native to Massachusetts and bloom in shades of sky blue, lavender, and darker blues and purples–the HarborWalk's iris are are deep purple with gold on their crests.


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COLDWELL, Mike (2019). Reconsidering context: six underlying features of context to improve learning from evaluation. Evaluation, 25 (1), 99-117.
COLDWELL, Michael and MAXWELL, Bronwen (2018). Context and Implications Document for: Using evidence-informed logic models to bridge methods in educational evaluation. Review of Education, 6 (3), 301-302.
BOYLAN, Mark, ADAMS, Gill, COLDWELL, Michael, WILLIS, Benjamin and DEMACK, Sean (2018). Context and Implications Document for: Theorising variation in engagement in professional and curriculum development: Performativity, capital, systems and purpose. Review of Education, 6 (3), 408-410.
BOYLAN, Mark, ADAMS, Gill, WILLIS, Benjamin, COLDWELL, Michael and DEMACK, Sean (2018). Theorising variation in engagement in professional and curriculum development: performativity, capital, systems and purpose. Review of Education, 6 (3), 360-407.
COLDWELL, Michael and MAXWELL, Bronwen (2018). Using evidence-informed logic models to bridge methods in educational evaluation. Review of Education, 6 (3), 267-300.
BOYLAN, Mark, COLDWELL, Michael, MAXWELL, Bronwen and JORDAN, Julie (2017). Rethinking models of professional learning as tools: a conceptual analysis to inform research and practice. Professional development in education.
COLDWELL, Michael (2017). Exploring the influence of professional development on teacher careers : developing a path model approach. Teaching and teacher education, 61, 189-198.
COLDWELL, Michael and WILLIS, Benjamin (2017). Tests as boundary signifiers: level 6 tests and the primary secondary divide. The Curriculum Journal, 28 (4), 578-597.
COLDWELL, Mike (2016). Career orientations and career cultures : individual and organisational approaches to beginning teachers' careers. Teachers and Teaching : Theory and Practice, 22 (5), 610-624.
WILLIS, Benjamin, CLAGUE, Lucy and COLDWELL, Michael (2013). Effective PSHE education: values, purposes and future directions. Pastoral Care in Education: An International Journal of Personal, Social and Emotional Development, 31 (2), 99-111.
COLDWELL, Mike and SIMKINS, Tim (2011). Level models of continuing professional development evaluation: a grounded review and critique. Professional development in education, 37 (1), 143-157.
SIMKINS, Tim, COLDWELL, Michael, CLOSE, Paul and MORGAN, A. (2009). Outcomes of in-school leadership development work: a study of three NCSL programmes. Educational management administration and leadership, 37 (1), 29-50.
SIMKINS, T. J., COLDWELL, M., CAILLAU, I., FINLAYSON, H. and MORGAN, A. (2006). Coaching as an in-school leadership development strategy: experiences from leading from the middle. Journal of in-service education, 32 (3), 321-340.
CULLINEY, Martin, MOORE, Nicolas, COLDWELL, Michael and DEMACK, Sean (2019). Integrating English: Evaluation Report. Project Report. Education Endowment Foundation.
MAXWELL, Bronwen, WILLIS, Benjamin, CULLINEY, Martin, COLDWELL, Michael and REANEY, Sarah (2019). Formative evaluation of the Lincolnshire teaching assistants scale-up campaign. Project Report. Education Endowment Foundation.
MAXWELL, Bronwen, WILLIS, Benjamin, CULLINEY, Martin, COLDWELL, Michael, DEMACK, Sean, GOEPEL, Janet and STEVENS, Anna (2019). Formative evaluation of the South & West Yorkshire teaching assistants scale-up campaign. Project Report. Education Endowment Foundation.
STIELL, Bernadette, WILLIS, Benjamin, CULLINEY, Martin and COLDWELL, Michael (2018). International teacher recruitment: understanding the attitudes and experiences of school leaders and teachers. Research Report. Project Report. London, Department for Education.
MAXWELL, Bronwen, CLAGUE, Lucy, BYRNE, Eleanor, CULLINEY, Martin, COLDWELL, Michael, HOBSON, Andrew and GLENTWORTH, Alison (2018). Retain: CPD for Early Career Teachers of KS1 Pilot report and executive summary. Project Report. https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk, Education Endowment Foundation.
BATTY, Elaine, PEARSON, Sarah, WILSON, Ian, COLDWELL, Michael, STIELL, Bernadette and WILLIS, Benjamin (2018). Children's Community evaluation 2017 report. Project Report. Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam University.
BATTY, Elaine, HARRIS, Catherine, LEATHER, David, PEARSON, Sarah, WILSON, Ian, COLDWELL, Michael, CARTER, Caron, STIELL, Bernadette and WILLIS, Benjamin (2018). Children's Communities programme evaluation 2018 report. Project Report. Save the Children UK.
PERRY, Emily, BOYLAN, Mark, BOOTH, Josephine and COLDWELL, Michael (2017). Connecting research and teacher education : quality enhancement for ITE Partnerships. Other. Cardiff, Welsh Government.
COLDWELL, Michael, GREANY, Toby, HIGGINS, Steve, BROWN, Chris, MAXWELL, Bronwen, STIELL, Bernadette, STOLL, Louise, WILLIS, Benjamin and BURNS, Helen (2017). Evidence-informed teaching: an evaluation of progress in England. Research Report. Project Report. London, UK, Department for Education.
STRAW, Suzanne, COLDWELL, Michael, POET, Helen, BYRNE, Eleanor, STIELL, Bernadette and WORTH, Jack (2017). Maths and physics teacher supply package. Project Report. London, UK, Department for Education.
BOYLAN, Mark, DEMACK, Sean, STEVENS, Anna, COLDWELL, Michael and STIELL, Bernadette (2016). An Evaluation of the Further Mathematics Support Programme : Research Report. Project Report. Sheffield Hallam University.
HIGHAM, Rob, EARLY, Peter, COLDWELL, Michael, STEVENS, Anna and BROWN, Chris (2015). New pathways into headship? Project Report. London, Department for Education.
COLDWELL, Michael, GREGORY, Maxine, MAXWELL, Bronwen, RAMCHANDANI, Girish and TAYLOR, Peter (2015). The Impact of National College Grants Evaluation. Project Report. National College for Teaching and Leadership.
WOLSTENHOLME, Claire, COLDWELL, Michael and STIELL, Bernadette (2014). Independent Review Panel and First-tier Tribunal Exclusion Appeals systems : Research Report. Project Report. Department for Education.
COLDWELL, Michael, MAXWELL, Bronwen, MCCAIG, Colin and STEVENS, Anna (2011). NQT Quality Improvement Study for the Training and Development Agency for Schools : Synthesised key findings from all five stages of the NQT Quality Improvement Study. Project Report. Sheffield Hallam University for the Training and Development Agency for Schools.
FORMBY, Eleanor, COLDWELL, Michael, STIELL, Bernadette, DEMACK, Sean, STEVENS, Anna, SHIPTON, Lucy, WOLSTENHOLME, Claire and WILLIS, Benjamin (2011). Personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education: A mapping study of the prevalent models of delivery and their effectiveness. Other. London, Department for Education.
MANNION, K. and COLDWELL, M. R. (2008). After-school Science and Engineering Clubs Evaluation. Project Report. Department for Children, Schools and Families.
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BOYLAN, Mark, COLDWELL, Michael and SIMKINS, Timothy (2011). Complexity and leadership in teacher professional development : the case of the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics. In: British Educational Research Association Conference, London, IoE, 7th-10th September 2011. (Unpublished)
COLDWELL, Michael, MAXWELL, Brownwen and MCCAIG, Colin (2010). Cultures of career development: senior leaders' and early career teachers' views of career. In: BERA Annual Conference September 2010, Unviersity of Warwick, September 2010. 1-20.
MAXWELL, Bronwen, SIMKINS, Tim and COLDWELL, Michael (2009). Possibilities of partnerships as sites for learning: Leadership development in English 14-19 consortia. In: BERA Annual Conference 2009, University of Manchester, 2 - 5 September 2009. (Unpublished)
COLDWELL, M. R., COLDRON, J. H. and SMITH, R. (2008). Active social location in schools: professional development for the whole school workforce? In: British Educational Research Association (BERA) Annual Conference, Edinburgh, 4 September 2008.
HOLLAND, M. R., COLDWELL, M. R., TRICKEY, S. and MORGAN, B. (2007). The development of the secondary vocational curriculum in a northern local authority in England. In: European Conference on Educational Research, University of Ghent, Belgium, 19-22 September 2007.
COLDWELL, M. R., GORNALL, L., HOLLAND, M. R., TRICKEY, D. S., WILLIS, B. and WOLSTENHOLME, C. E. (2006). Developing enterprise culture in a northern educational authority in the UK: involving trainee teachers in learning-orientated evaluation. In: European Conference on Educational Research, Geneva, 2006.
COLDWELL, M. R., TRICKEY, S., HOLLAND, M. R. and SMITH, P. (2005). Bridging the gap? The role of transition advisers in the move from compulsory education. In: British Educational Research Association Annual Conference, University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd, 14 -17 September 2005.
TRICKEY, S., COLDWELL, Michael, HOLLAND, Mike, CLOSE, Paul and RYBINSKI, D. (2005). Evaluation of valued youth: a national peer-tutoring programme to increase self confidence and motivation. In: European Conference on Educational Research, University College Dublin, September 7-10 2005.
TRICKEY, S., HOLLAND, M. R., COLDWELL, M. R. and RYBINSKI, D. (2004). Evaluating teachers' and trainers' development in a large scale curriculum development project in South Yorkshire. In: Annual Conference of the British Educational Research Association, UMIST, Manchester, 16-18 September 2004.
HOLLAND, M. R., COLDWELL, M. R., TRICKEY, S. and RYBINSKI, D. (2003). New Pathways: evaluating the implementation of a major work- related programme in Northern England. In: Annual meeting of American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago, 21 - 25 April 2003.
HOLLAND, M. R., COLDWELL, M. R., TRICKEY, S., RYBINKSI, D., JONES, H., MORGAN, B. and BYFORD, H. (2003). Pathways to "opportunity and excellence": collaborative curriculum innovation in South Yorkshire. In: British Educational Research Association (BERA) Annual Conference, Edinburgh, 2003.
HOLLAND, M. R., COLDWELL, M. R. and CLOSE, P. (2002). Transitions and progress: teachers' views of progress in attainment of pupils age 5-10. In: Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, 1-5 April 2002.
COLDWELL, M. R. and HOLLAND, M. R. (2001). Pupil, Teacher and Parent views on secondary education in an economically deprived former coal mining town in the UK. In: American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Seattle, April 10-14, 2001.
COLDWELL, Michael (2018). Professional learning and professional careers: theory, evaluation and practice. Doctoral, Sheffield Hallam University.
MOSS, Clive (2017). 'Reporting without fear, or favour': HMI 2000-2010, and oral history. Doctoral, Sheffield Hallam University.
ELONGA MBOYO, Jean Pierre (2017). Comparative leadership: pathways, scope and values in DRC-English 'urban' schools. Doctoral, Sheffield Hallam University.
DORAN, Cormac (2016). An investigation of Youth Work in Irish Youth Services. Doctoral, Sheffield Hallam University.
HOATH, Leigh Jane (2015). A framework for understanding the distinctive characteristics of an outdoor setting pedagogy: a comparative primary education case study approach. Doctoral, Sheffield Hallam University.
WATERFIELD, Jonathan Stephen. (2014). An exploration of the relationship between undergraduate pharmacy knowledge and professional practice. Doctoral, Sheffield Hallam University (United Kingdom)..
BAKER, Robert Patrick. (2012). Contexts of cultural capital in collaborative practice in further education. Doctoral, Sheffield Hallam University (United Kingdom)..


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More Superstar Performances Announced for CMA Music Festival: Country's Night to Rock
Summer's hottest concert special just got hotter with the addition of reigning CMA Female Vocalist of the Year Miranda Lambert – including a fiery duet with Carrie Underwood – to the star-studded lineup on CMA Music Festival: Country's Night to Rock.
The three-hour special airs TUESDAY AUGUST 5 8|7c on the ABC Television Network and is hosted for the second year by reigning CMA Vocal Group of the Year Little Big Town.
Filmed during the sold-out CMA Music Festival in June, which is a four-day party celebrating America's music, the special also features stadium concert performances by Rascal Flatts, Thomas Rhett, and Keith Urban, and a Late Night Jam at a Nashville club with Cole Swindell.
Previously announced performers included Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley, Hunter Hayes, Brad Paisley, and The Band Perry.
The special first aired in 2004. This is the 10th time ABC will broadcast the special – which invites the whole country to America's largest Country Music celebration. The annual special will air on ABC through 2021.
The Aug. 12, 2013 airing of "CMA Music Festival: Country's Night to Rock" (8.3 million and 2.0/6) dominated its three-hour time period and spiked over 2012's telecast (5.7 million and 1.5/4 on 9/17/12) by 46 percent in viewers and by 33 percent in Adults 18-49. In fact, the 2013 special drew the biggest-ever audience on ABC and equaled a seven-year high in Adults 18-49 (since 2006). ABC began airing the annual program in 2005.
"CMA Music Festival: Country's Night to Rock" is executive-produced by Robert Deaton.