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"We read and rebut their vile crap so you won't have to!"
An uncanny resemblance
NY Times: Time to Borrow
This filthy little rat-faced "Nobel Prize
winning" economist, PBS gadfly and Slimes columnist, Paul Krugman, (cough,
cough & phlegm, phlegm )
has come up with a plan for reviving the economy that can only
be described as the stuff of genius. Get this new, creative, unique and never-been-tried-before idea: Krugman wants the government
to borrow even more fake money from the Hebrew National Bank, er, "The Federal Reserve."
That's brilliant! Because apparently the $10 Trillion in additional debt that the Obongo gang dumped onto the backs
of the next generation wasn't enough. We couldn't write satire any better than this nonsense.
Haz-Mat suits and goggles on, everyone -- into Crookman's crockpot of
communist crap we go.
Krugman's love for Obongo
is surpassed only by his hatred for Trump. Note the childish T-shirt mocking Trump
Krugman: The campaign still has three ugly months to go, but the odds
- 83 percent odds, according to the New York Times's model -
Rebuttal: The manipulated "New York Times model"
that you are selling had forecast the certain downfall of Trump in the Republican Primaries on many occasions. Perhaps you
should mention that, eh Crookman?
Krugman: - are that it will end with the election of a sane, sensible president. So
what should she do to boost America's economy,
Rebuttal: Ha ha ha. Trump is
crazy, Killary is "sane." Blah blah blah. You're so funny little man. Grow up already.
Krugman: ... which
is doing better than most of the world
Rebuttal: "Most of the world" is either European-style
socialist or straight-up Turd World basket-case. Outpacing them is no great accomplishment. The American economy should be
compared to its booming past, not to the dying states of the EUSSR or Sri Lanka.
Krugman: ... but is still falling far short of
where it should be..
Rebuttal: It's good to see Crockman admit that the U.S. economy "is still falling far short," but what this putrid lying little
rat bastard neglects to mention is that it is his policies which have been in effect these past 8 years! Obongo's
inner circle of economic sabatuers are all, to a man, clones of the Keynesian-Crudman School of tax, spend, borrow, regulate,
litigate and inflate.
Everyone who has ever served on Obongo's Keynesian economic team all thought
like Krugman -- and with disastrous results for the country.
1- Timothy Geithner, Christina
Romer, Lawrence Summers (cough cough), Melody Barnes
2- Obongo stoops down to greet the Marxist midget Robert
Reich (cough cough)
3- Obongo with outgoing Fed boss Ben Bernanke (cough cough) and incoming Fed boss Yenta Yellen (cough cough)
Krugman: There are, of course, many ways our
economic policy could be improved.
Rebuttal: Do tell, wonderboy.
Krugman: But the most important
thing we need is sharply increased public investment
Translation: "Sharply increased public investment" is Communese for "sharply increased spending" (shovel ready jobs, pork-barrel projects,
featherbedding, bridges to nowhere, make-work schemes, etc.)
Krugman: How should we pay for this investment?
We shouldn't — not now, or any time soon.
Rebuttal: Prepare yourselves --- the lunacy that
follows is not for the faint of heart.
Krugman: Right now there is an overwhelming case
for more government borrowing.
Rebuttal: This destructive little asshole really belongs in a prison cell, with
a sex-crazed cell-mate named Tyrone.
Krugman: Let me walk through this case, then address some of the usual objections.
Rebuttal: Crockman is setting the groundwork for a load of logical fallacies
and rhetorical tricks designed to assure us that the current $20 Trillion dollars is nothing to
worry about.
Krugman: First, we have obvious, pressing needs for public investment in many areas. In Washington,
the aging Metro is in such bad shape that whole lines may have to be shut down for maintenance.
Rebuttal: If true,
we'll grant you that one because DC is the responsibility of the Federal government.
Krugman: In Florida, green
slime infests beaches,
Rebuttal: State and local matter. Green slime infests your mother's armpits too.
Why should we all have to pay for it? Next.
Krugman: ...There are similar stories
all across America.
Rebuttal: Again, state and local matters.
Krugman: So investing more in infrastructure
would clearly make us richer.
Rebuttal: Really? Then why did the economy worsen after Obongo's 2009 massive "infrastructure" spending?
Creepman is repeating a variation
of the 'Broken Window Fallacy' which holds that a broken window is good for the economy because the owner
of the window has to hire someone to replace it. What the Keynesians miss is the fact that the window owner
would have spent or invested his money elsewhere had his window not been broken. There is no added net wealth to society from
the mass repair of broken windows.
John Maynard Keynes was a Fabian socialist fag whose junk economics teaches that government stimulus, money printing and taxes
can be manipulated to improve the economy.
2- An understanding of the Broken Window Fallacy dispels Keynesian mythology.
3- Insane scum like Paul Krugman and Alan
Greenspan (cough cough) have incorrectly stated that hurricanes (lots of broken windows!) can have a stimulative effect on
the economy.
Meanwhile, the federal government can borrow at incredibly low interest rates...
Even if the rate was 0%, it is still public debt which a future generation will have to repay in the form of higher
taxes and/or inflation. What makes Crapman think that we will be better positioned to service an even higher debt 10 years
from now that we are today?
Krugman: Put these two facts
together — big needs for public investment, and very low interest rates — and it suggests not just that we should
be borrowing to invest, but that this investment might well pay for itself ..
Rebuttal: Note the weasel word: "suggests." The first impulse here is to say that Kikeman lives in fantasyland, but
that would be innacurate. The evil little Marxist knows that he spewing dangerous bullshine!
Krugman: Spending more now would mean
a bigger economy later, which would mean more tax revenue. This additional revenue would probably be larger than any rise
in future interest payments.
Rebuttal: Krugman is right
about the relationship between a bigger economy and higher tax revenues. He fails to mention that the quickest way to grow
an economy is to dramatically reduce the burden of taxes and regulations -- a policy which he opposes.
Krugman: And this analysis doesn't even take
into account the potential role...
"Potential", eh Crock,am?
.. of public investment..
Translation: ... of wild spending
Krugman: .. in job creation...
Rebuttal: Shovel ready jobs ... shovel ready jobs --- shovel
ready jobs. Paulie want a cracker?
need a shovel, all right ---- and a mask!
Krugman: Despite
a low headline unemployment rate,
Rebuttal: Cunningman, you sneaky sack of dog stool! You didn't think we'd catch that word "headline,"
which you had to oh-so-quietly put in there in order to cover your arse, did you now? Crapman won't explain what we he means
by "headline unemployment rate," so we will.
You see, boys and girls, the low rate (4.9%)
which the government-media complex proclaims with great fanfare and trumpets only takes into account the short-term unemployed.
When we add the Gallup Poll rate of short term unemployed,
long term unemployed and underemployed (here) to the sudden explosion in post-2008 fake SSI permanent disability cases (here), the real rate of unemployment / underemployment stands at 20%!
So why aren't we borrowing and investing? Here are some of the usual objections, and why they're
Little man is setting up the strawmen to be knocked down.
Krugman: "We can't borrow because we already have too much debt."
People who say this usually like to cite big numbers — "Our debt is 19 trillion dollars," they
intone in their best Dr. Evil voice. But everything about the U.S. economy is huge, and what matters is the comparison between
the cost of servicing our debt and our ability to pay. And federal interest payments are only 1.3 percent of G.D.P., low
by historical standards.
Rebuttal: First of all, were it not for interest payments on the national debt (about
$220 billion annually) we could exempt the first $70,000 of income from taxation. Now that could have been some
serious stimulative tax relief! So you see, the National Debt is indeed a huge burden on the middle class taxpayer -- regardless
of the debt-salesman line about our "ability to pay."
Secondly, the unfunded liabilities - which Crookman and his commie kin
always ignore - are the real danger. In our
"best Dr. Evil voice," let us say that we are on the hook for an additional 127 Trillion
in upcoming Social Security and Medicare expenses. (here) Got any ideas for paying that off, Paulie?
the early 1920's, spend and borrow Krugmanomics eventually wiped out the value of the German currency and brought hunger to
its people. This is exactly what Krugman and his gang (cough cough) would like to do to America.
Krugman: "Borrowing
costs may be low now, but they might rise." Yes, maybe. But we're talking about long-term borrowing that
locks in today's low rates. If 10 years isn't long enough for you, how about 30-year, inflation-protected bonds?
They're only yielding 0.64 percent.
Rebuttal: Regardless of future rates, those 10 to 30 year bonds
would be maturing during the same time as the previously mentioned 127 Trillion
in unfunded liabilities. Why is that not in your model, Crooknoseman? Evidently, Paulie Pinko believes that by simply ignoring
the 127 Trillion (a
figure which far exceeds actual money supply by many times!) the hyperinflationary time bomb will just go away.
Krugman: The government can't do anything right. Solyndra! Solyndra!
Rebuttal: Actually,
Paulie, the Solyndra boondoggle was a disgrace. Your childish minimization of that criminal scam doesn't change the fact that
this shady solar-power firm went bankrupt not long after Obongo gave them $530 million of our tax dollars. (here)
Krugman: Benghazi!
More "ad ridiculum"
(Appeal to Ridicule) logical fallacy with no supporting facts to justify the ridicule-- Junior High School debate
tactics. Not funny at all to the family of the American soldiers who lost their lives that night. What a pathetic small man
you are, Krugman. Die, you piece of s---! Die! (of natural causes, of course)
thinks Solyndra and Benghazi are punchlines for funny jokes.
1- Obama, with Solyndra CEO Chris Gronet, looks at a solar
panel during a 2010 tour of Solyndra Inc., a solar panel manufacturing facility in California that went belly-up after Obongo
gave them $530 million.
Due to Obongo and Killary's criminal
negligence, Glen Doherty, Tyrone Woods and Sean Smith died in the attack in Libya.
Krugman: American greatness was in large part created by government investment
or private investment shaped by public support,
Rebuttal: Wrong again CommieMan! "American
greatness" was created by faith in God, Anglo-Germanic bloodlines, hard work, limited government, resource development
and sound currency. In short, everything that you and your ilk have smashed beyond repair is what made America truly great.
... from the Erie Canal, to the transcontinental railroads, to the Interstate Highway System.
Those were useful inter-state projects which ultimately facilitated commerce and expanded the economy. Don't compare
our highway and railroad system to your stupid schemes to clean up green slime on Florida beaches!
Krugman: As for the constant harping on individual failures, ...Yes,
some renewable-energy investments went bad ...
Rebuttal: (Sniff sniff) --- Sugar the
Cat smells a dismissive "yeah-but" coming.
Krugman: ... but overall,
Rebuttal: There
it is! "Yeah-buttism" in all its manipulative splendor.
Krugman: ... the Obama administration's
promotion of solar and wind has been a huge success.
Rebuttal: Actually, Paulie, it
hasn't. And nor was your housing bubble scheme of the 2000's. Flashback time:
But while the politics remain uncertain, it's clear what
we should be doing. It's time for the federal government to borrow and invest.
Rebuttal: Dear
Lord! Awarding this vile immature rodent a Nobel Prize in Economics (2008) is like crowning Chris "Crispy Creme"
Christie Mr. Universe.
I read an op-ed piece in today's New York Times by Paul Krugman. He argues that we should be borrowing money to stimulate
our way out of this sluggish economy.
Well, Krugman is a Nobel Prize winning economist. Perhaps these fears about increasing the National Debt
are exaggerated after all.
Boobuss! This year'ss winner of the Nobel Prize for Physicss says that jumping off of the George Washington
Bridge isn't dangerouss after all. Go try it, and take your water cooler buddy with you!"
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I seem to be stuck on a theme again at the moment. I have spotted lots of baby birds lately so today I thought I would share another one that I have managed to capture in a photograph.
This time I am sharing an image of a chick of the black headed gull. Not one of my favourite birds I have to say, but the chick is quite cute!
There were two adult gulls protecting this nest. They were taking it in turns to fetch food and sticks, bringing them back to the nest. If another bird came close to the chick they squawked loudly, warning them off.
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Last year at the Coombe Women & Infants University Hospital:
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Derek McConnell Clinic
So, I just realized that I never circled back to do a post about the Derek McConnell clinic we did at the end of March. (I mentioned it briefly in a previous post and then apparently put it right out of my head. Which also reminds me, in a follow-up to that post: Poe started eating his grain again quite happily when I left his supplements out of it. I've ordered a fresh batch from SmartPak and hopefully we are good to go. Also had his teeth checked — he is scheduled to have them done, but he's still been eating fine since I chucked the supplements.)
The clinic went well! It was pretty tough and to be totally honest I felt a little demoralized afterward. I just think Poe is such a fantastic boy and I am definitely not the caliber of rider he deserves. But, you know, he's my guy, and I don't think he's sitting out in the field wishing it were Oliver Townend moseying out to get him. (Though who knows, maybe he is! If Ollie came up to me, with or without a pocket full of candy, I would happily go with him…)
We spent the first day really focusing on flatwork. We did quite a bit of warm-up work, with lots of transitions and Derek repeating his downward-transition mantra over and over: sit back, say whoa, and move the bit gently around the horse's mouth with your fingers. Also lots of dressage-type talk about the proper positioning of your legs to ask the horse to bend. I think his over-arching message was about focus: have a plan for every ride, and make each minute of that ride count; be consistent. Train, train, train. He is obviously a man who is not afraid of hard work and who believes in the big Sustained Effort.
He had us do a little "course" over canter poles. When I rode it, I felt like Poe was blasting through it, just really running. He'd been pretty strong in the warm-up, really blowing off all my half-halts — he was definitely my away-from-home horse. When I watched the video back, I couldn't believe it. You can see for yourself about a minute in. He's just cantering along, la la la. He felt like a freight train but looked absolutely fine. That was my biggest take-away from the weekend: What feels way too fast is probably almost fast enough. (Apart from the time when he really is too quick and isn't listening and leaps both the trot pole and cross-rail in one go. That is the difficulty with babies: it's so so hard to know when and how much to push, because it changes by the second. You can watch that lovely moment at 2:18 — though, like everything else, I think it felt a lot worse than it looks.)
On the second day we repeated the previous day's warm-up: lots of transitions and reminders about down transitions and changing the bend via our leg position. Poe was blowing off my half-halts worse than the previous day; he was by far the biggest-strided horse there, so we had some issues with running up on other people. I ran into some of the same difficulty the first day too — in the canter warm-up I was paired with a woman whose horse refused to canter at all, and all the fences created an obstacle course that made it pretty much impossible to maneuver around with our current level of steering. When sitting back, saying woah, and moving the bit gently around Poe's mouth didn't work, Derek had me do a sort of slow see-saw thing — I hate to call it that, but it's the best I can think of to explain. He had me put slack in one rein and pull the other slowly but strongly, then switch. Poe was not thrilled about it but with Derek's coaching it did prove effective. I wish now I'd asked him about graduating from that — it's a bit too crude to keep around in our dressage work, but something for the toolbox anyhow.
After warming up we moved on to course work. Poe was wonderful, I am pathetic: story of my riding life. Again, the lesson is MORE FORWARD. I also need to get in the habit of (and in shape for) putting on a stronger leg at the base of the fence. He needs that support and encouragement, even when he feels totally committed — he can still stall at the last second.
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The rough and rugged Talions, sexy warriors who stop at nothing to deliver justice, star in this steamy new paranormal series from Alexis Morgan.
He's on a mission to annihilate the enemy.
A Talion enforcer, Ranulf Thorsen has served his people for a thousand years, delivering the eye-for-an-eye justice by which his kinsmen live. Weary of the centuries-long fight, the fierce warrior with icy blue eyes has secluded himself on a mountain far from the chaos of the modern world below. Now he's been summoned to face the most dangerous battle of his life -- and the fate of his people is on the line.
But when he meets the beautiful woman he has sworn to defend...
Ranulf and his bitter rival, fellow Talion Sandor Kearn, must find the rogue Kyth who set a violent fire in a nightclub. The near-deadly blaze's unlikely heroine, Kerry Logan, is also a Kyth, possessing the ancient Nordic people's unique ability to manipulate human energy. She just doesn't know it yet.
...who will protect his heart?
Kerry finds more than comfort in her warrior's embrace, and Ranulf hungers to both defend and claim the petite powerhouse for his own. But with time ticking away and their lives on the line, will Kerry believe the wild tale he's telling her, and master her powers...before it's too late?
My review
Dark Warrior Unleashed
took me on a roller-coaster ride. One moment I was loving it, the next - hating. Well not truly hating, but it did get on my nerves sometimes.
The story didn't have a lot mystery, since the evil was named almost immediately and the time it took for the lead characters to even begin something romantic, took ages as it seemed. Moreover, there were moments in the beginning of the story where Kerry leaned toward Sandor and not Ranulf. That part of short attraction was completely undeveloped and unnecessary. Also, the constant eating unnerved me. While I understood the Kyth nature and the required constant nourishment, the ever-repeating scenes of eating dragged everything taking the edge off the action.
It is not exactly fast passed, if before going into rescue mission the hero stops at first and eats. The author focusing more attention to the bagel he chews than the emergency of the situation. And of course, I would have liked I bit more world-building. Especially at the beginning of the book, but then again, when explanations about the Kyth came, it came naturally, without the forced or false feeling to it.
Other than that,
Dark Warrior Unleashed
was such a vivid story, I don't know a better word to describe it, since the characters came alive the moment I began reading.
Everyone had their own distinctive voice. Even the secondary characters. Their point of views enriching the story, but not pulling it away from Ranulf and Kerry. Moreover, both leads were strong in their own right. And also likable.
I am used to strong and sexy heroes. Almost all of the authors I know, know some secret formula how to create a male character worthy of the hero name and the love he finds. Heroines are a completely different thing. And a harder one I imagine, since a strong woman is a rare flower. They either weep, swoon, or are over the top as authors try to convince us just how strong they are. Not all of them get it right though. Alexis Morgan did.
Kerry is a smart and feisty heroine my heart immediately warmed up to. If only there were more like her .
The romance, action and tragedy mix was powerful enough to ensure I would be craving the next book as soon as I finished
Dark Warrior Unleashed
. So, while I still have questions unanswered, I am cutting some slack here (it is only the first book in the series) and hoping the author will reveal more and more in the upcoming books. The ones I am going to read.
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Miranda: Epitome of Purity
The character of Miranda is indeed one of the most wonderful creations of Shakespeare. She is a pure child of Nature like Wordsworth's Lucy, "created of every creature's best." She is the only woman character in the play. Her name is the equivalent of 'the wonderful one' or 'the one who causes admiration' and her name is symbolic of her beauty, innocence and modesty. When the play opens Miranda is almost fifteen and for the previous twelve years, she has lived on the island and has known only Prospero and Caliban.
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It's easy to be hard on yourself. As a writer, you are a perfectionist. You want to be the best writer you can be.
You turn to successful writers—the ones with the book deals and CEO titles—and you say, "some people have all the luck."
That's not something successful writers say.
If you want to be successful at writing, train yourself to think like a successful writer. So stop saying things that successful writers don't have the time to say.
"It's impossible to do that."
Tell yourself that you can't do something, then guess what? You won't be able to do it.
Why work against yourself?
I'm not saying that you should try defying basic laws of nature. But if your writing goal is reasonable, don't stand in your own way. Focus on how to make your writing goal a reality by breaking it up into achievable steps.
"I'm not in control of what I do."
Is there really someone spending countless hours working tirelessly to prevent you from being successful in writing?
I didn't think so.
And let go of the idea of "destiny" and "fate." Pour all your energy doing what you need to do to make it happen.
It's your life. It's your writing goal. Own it.
"I'll work on it later."
That writing goal isn't going anywhere, right?
Only when you're doing nothing about it.
Wouldn't you rather look back on your life glad that you had the courage to pursue that writing goal instead of pining over what could have been?
Stop procrastinating. Get to work.
"What if I fail?"
You probably will. You'll fail many times.
Then one day, you'll succeed.
Being afraid of failure means you already failed. And that's not a way to start your writing goal.
Don't ignore it. Analyze your fear and deal with it now so you can move forward with your writing goal.
"There's no point."
When I run a race, there's that moment while I'm pushing myself so hard that I think that putting myself through this misery isn't worth it.
When this moment comes—and it always does—I return to my mental mantra: Laugh about this moment later.
And I don't quit.
When I accept my race metal, I laugh at that moment.
There comes a point when you'll feel overwhelmed and quitting seems like an option.
Don't make it an option. You'll be glad you didn't.
"That's a lot of work."
Of course it is. If success was easy, everyone would do it. It wouldn't be much of a writing goal if you didn't have to put in any effort.
Don't compare yourself to your pals who are going on long vacations or watching TV marathons. That's their choice.
It's not yours.
"I don't know where to start."
Start somewhere. Start anywhere. Get the momentum going.
Don't think about all the things you need to do to get there. Pick a task and do it. Pick another and complete that one.
You'll have a better idea of how to get to that goal more efficiently and effectively once you start.
But you have to start.
You're pursuing your writing goal because you want to be happy. So choose happy, motivating thoughts to think that keep your passion and inspiration alive. It's your choice to pursue this writing goal and it's your choice on your attitude about it.
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5:030 Hiring Process and Criteria
General Personnel
Hiring Process and Criteria
The Superintendent or designee is responsible for recruiting personnel, in compliance with Board of Education policy, and making hiring recommendations to the Board of Education for action. If the Superintendent or designee's recommendation is rejected, the Superintendent or designee must submit another. Educational support personnel applicants are initially screened by the Building Principal or supervisor. The District shall hire the best qualified personnel consistent with budget and staffing requirements, and shall comply with Board of Education policy on equal employment opportunities and minority recruitment. No individual will be employed who has been convicted of a criminal offense listed in Section 5/21B-80(c) of the School Code.
The Superintendent may select personnel on a short-term basis for specific project or emergency conditions before the Board of Education's approval.
All applicants must complete a District application form in order to be considered for employment.
The District's standards for employment decisions such as hiring, promoting, reappointing, evaluating, awarding salary, disciplining, and terminating employees are based on qualifications for the position, ability and performance. The District strives to avoid conflicts of interest in employment decisions.
Applicants for employment shall not be denied employment opportunities because of their status as a family or household member of another employee. However, no person shall be employed in the District that creates a direct supervisor-subordinate relationship with a relative. District administrators, supervisors, and managers are expected to avoid hiring individuals to positions which would create a supervisor-subordinate relationship with a relative. Applicant for any position as a new hire are expected to notify, in writing, the Board of Education and the Superintendent of any relatives employed by the District.
Employees shall not be denied advancement opportunities because of their status as a family or household member of another employee. However, no person shall be promoted or transferred to a position in the District that would create a supervisor-subordinate relationship with a relative. District administrators, supervisors and managers are expected to avoid transferring individuals to position which would create a supervisor-subordinate relationship with a relative. Applicant for any position as a transfer and/or promotion are expected to notify, in writing, the Board and the Superintendent of any relatives employed by the District. Employees that become related to each other during the course of employment must notify, in writing, the Superintendent, and District Administration within ten days of the commencement of the relationship.
Failure to disclose relative status may be cause for disciplinary action up to and including termination.
Current Employees
Persons who are employees of the Board on the date that this policy becomes effective shall not be discharged because of this policy. Nor shall they be denied reemployment in succeeding years because of this policy. However, if any person who is a member of the immediate family of a Board member or an administrator resigns or is not re-employed for other reasons (except reduction in force), this policy would apply for such period as the individual has such a family relationship under the "relative" definition herein.
Board Members
In cases where a Board member has a relative being recommended for employment by the Superintendent, the Board of Education and public shall be notified in writing in the personnel report of the regular Board Book and the Board Member should abstain from voting on that employment recommendation.
Definition of Relative
For the purpose of this policy, the definition of the term "relative" apply to the applicant for employment in the District and, if legally married at the time of prospective employment, the spouse of such applicant. A "relative" includes the following:
- Spouse
- Mother; step or fosterstep, foster, motheror in-law
- Father; step or fosterstep, foster, fatheror in-law
- Sister; step, or half-sister, or in-law
- Brother; step, or half-brother, or in-law
- Child; step or foster child
- Guardian or Ward
- Grandmother; step or fosterstep, foster, grandmotheror in-law
- Grandfather; step or fosterstep, foster, grandfatheror in-law
- Grandchild; step or foster grandchild
- Aunt or Uncle, step, foster, or in-law
- Niece or nephew, step, foster, or in-law
This section, "nepotism," shall not be applied to seasonal employees or substitute teachers.
Job Descriptions
The Superintendent or designee shall develop and maintain a current comprehensive job description for each position or job category other than the Superintendent.
The Superintendent or designee shall ensure that a fingerprint-based criminal history records check and a check of the Statewide Sex Offender Database is performed on each applicant as required by State law. The Superintendent or designee shall notify an applicant if the applicant is identified in the Database as a sex offender. The Board President or designee will keep a conviction record confidential and share it only with the Superintendent, Regional Superintendent, State Superintendent, State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, or any other person necessary to the hiring decision.
Each newly hired employee must complete an Immigration and Naturalization Service Form as required by federal law, demonstrating the employee may legally work in the United States.
The District retains the right to discharge any employee whose criminal background investigation reveals a conviction for committing or attempting to commit any of the offenses outlined in Section 5/ 21B-80 of The School Code or who falsifies, or omits facts from, his or her employment application or other employment documents.
Physical Examinations
Each new employee must furnish evidence of physical fitness to perform assigned duties and freedom from communicable diseases. Applicants for any position with the District shall be tested for drug usage as a part of their routine pre-employment medical examination. In addition, applicants who will be working directly in the Early Childhood Center setting shall be tested for tuberculosis. The physical fitness examination must be performed by a physician licensed in Illinois, or any other state, to practice medicine and surgery in any of its branches, or an advanced practice nurse who has a written collaborative agreement with a collaborating physician that authorizes the advanced practice nurse to perform health examinations, or a physician assistant who has been delegated the authority by his or her supervising physician to perform health examinations. The employee must have the physical examination performed no more than 90 days before submitting evidence of it to the District.
Orientation Program
The District's staff will provide an orientation program for new employees to acquaint them with the District's policies and procedures, the school's rules and regulations, the evaluation instrument and procedures, and the responsibilities of their position. Before beginning employment, each employee must sign the Acknowledgement of Mandated Report Status form as provided in Policy 5:090, Abused and Neglected Child Reporting.
In selecting coaches and activity supervisors the needs of students will be paramount. Every effort will be made to secure the best qualified candidates for these positions. Initial recruitment efforts will be made from employees within the District. In instances when coaches and activity supervisors are hired from outside the employee groups as vendors they must meet the standards of excellence expected of all district employees. Building administration will develop a schedule for reviewing coaching and activity supervisory positions filled by vendors on a rolling four year basis to guarantee that the best interests of students are maintained. Administration reserves the right to post coaching and activity supervisor positions on an annual basis.
Cross Reference:
3:050 Administrative Personnel Other Than the Superintendent
5:010 Equal Employment Opportunity and Minority Recruitment
5:040 Communicable and Chronic Infectious Disease
5:280 Educational Support Personnel – Duties and Qualifications
Legal Reference(s):
Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §12112, 29 C.F.R. Part 1630.
Immigration Reform and Control Act, 8 U.S.C. §1324a et seq.
105 ILCS 5/10-16.7, 5/10-20.7, 5/10-21.4, 5/10-21.9, 5/ 21B-10, 5/21B-80, 5/10-22.34, 5/10-22.34b, 5/22-6.5, and 5/24-1 et seq.
820 ILCS 55/ and 70/.
Duldulao v. St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital, 483 N.E.2d 956 (Ill.App.1, 1985), aff'd in part and remanded 505 N.E.2d 314 (Ill., 1987).
Kaiser v. Dixon, 468 N.E.2d 822 (Ill.App.2, 1984).
Molitor v. Chicago Title & Trust Co., 59 N.E.2d 695 (Ill.
Date Adopted: December 15, 2009
Date Amended: October 28, 2014
Date Amended: February 21, 2017


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I finally got out to visit one of the many ice fishing festivals that take place in Korea's wintertime. Through one of my tours, I was able to take a group to the Jaraseom Sing Sing Ice Fishing Festival in Gapyeong. The things to do here is to catch fresh water trout and eat it immediately! Many back and forth thoughts on these festivals, but the bottom line is that they are just flat out fun! There are at least half a dozen ice fishing festivals taking place in parts of Gangwon and Gyeong-gi Provinces right now and will mostly end sometime towards the last weekend in February. I came onto a lesser advertised festival called the Jaraseom Sing Sing Winter Festival near Nami Island in Gapyeong just a little over an hour from Seoul.
When we got there, they let us park on an empty field. Because its not paved, watch out for puddles and mud when walking towards the festival's main area. Walk towards the ticket booth to get your entry into the frozen stream. Tickets were 13,000 won (a little less than $13), but they give you a 5,000 won gift certificate to be used on anything at the festival, including food and fishing equipment.
As you are walking towards there, several things come to mind. On one hand you are wowed by the shear number of people standing on top of that frozen pond. And to think, there are drilled holes in the ice about 3 meters from one another where you stick your fishing rods in to catch fish, so the ice has to be super thick.
On the other hand, you notice that there is a massive river right next to the pond and NONE of which is frozen at all! What's up with that?? That's when things start to kick in about the authenticity of the ice festival. Being on the 38th parallel, we have volatile weather conditions, so its not going to be frozen over the entire winter. Instead we artificially freeze the part of the stream to ensure the safety that no one plops through.
Authentic or not, it's not the point of the festival as there are still tons of people out there having a great time. So as soon as you pay for your entrance, follow these instructions to get the most out of your ice fishing experience:
1. They'll give you a sticker ticket and a fastener. Loop the fastener into one of your zippers and peel the sticker portion of your ticket onto it, much like you would for a ski lift ticket. Make sure it's visible for the personnel to see. A picture of the ticket is shown at the top of this post.
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When visiting Kelimutu, you will never know for sure what color the lakes will be. The colors we saw where blue, green and black, which are the most seen colors, but they can change to white, red and blue. Locals believe that the lakes are the spiritual resting place of their ancestors. It is said that the colors change according to the mood of the spirits.
The green lake is where spirits of the young people go to. The blue lake is for the spirits of the old people and the bad spirits go to the black lake.
We started our trip from Bajawa to Moni at around 10 am. It took us about 6 hours to get there and the drive was easy and the roads were good. The only thing that cost some extra time was the road block because of the road works. It seems like nobody exactly knows when the barrier will open and everybody just sits down, eats something at the improvised restaurants near the road and waits with patience. We waited there, with a bit less patience, for about an hour.
When we drove up to Moni, we saw several guesthouses en bungalows along the way. We read something about Hidayah and when we checked out the room, it was good enough for 1 night. And it had a nice hot shower which is nice after a couple of days washing yourself with cold water. We paid 200.000 Rupiah including breakfast. They also have a restaurant where the prices are fair and the food is ok.
We got up at 5 am to see the sunrise at the Kelimutu Volcano, but while driving up it already stared to get light and we saw the sun coming up. This wasn't supposed to happen and we were a bit disappointed that we were late and tried to get to the top as soon as possible. The higher we got, the more foggy it became and even if we were on time, we weren't able to see the sunrise because of the fog. Abound 7 there was one brief moment where the lakes were visible, but that wasn't to our satisfaction. We paid a 150.000 Rupiah entrance fee and wanted more for that money. We waited till 9 am (more than 3 hours!) but were rewarded with a blue sky and wonderful overlooking the full beauty of the colored lakes. We left the viewpoint, sneaked through the fences and walked to the point where a rock wall divides 2 lakes. Apparently we aren't the only ones who did this, because there was a path of footsteps of people who did this before. After enjoying the view from up there, and taking some nice photos, it was time to head back to the guesthouse, take a quick shower and get on the motorbike to be on time for the roadblock to open for lunchtime on the way back to Bajawa.


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When I discovered Lumberjocks a year ago, I found myself quickly adopting the mindset that the big box stores sell mostly junk for the purpose of woodworking. However this view began getting cast into doubt when I noticed that Steve Ramsey appears to be using Dewalt Construction series blades. This led me to pull the trigger on a BOGO Avanti Pro 60T for $25 and installed it into my miter saw a few months ago. So far, I can't say that I've noticed any glaring (performance) issues with it when cross-cutting material, as long as I back up my cuts and take it slow. In addition, it looks like Woodcraft has started stocking Avanti Pro blades online this month.
As an engineer, I do understand that the physics behind saw blade design and construction plays a heavy part in it's performance. However if I were only working with very cheap material (mdf, pine, poplar), would a better blade offer sufficient advantages to warrant the extra expense over buying a whole bunch of throw-away construction-grade blades (this question would be moot if I moved up to more expensive hardwoods)? For example, points of concern could be…
1 – Cut Quality – Would there be that noticeable a drop in cut quality in cheap material (mdf, pine, poplar), assuming I properly back up cuts (i.e. using a ZCI)
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Once again, I have availed myself of that locomotive of vitality, otherwise known as the blog bykenlevine.com, and have pilfered a subject on which to opine, in part – the biggest part – in agreement, and, in some part, not. I thank Ken in advance for the inspiration. (Perhaps my readers cam suggest blogs that they enjoy reading, so I could pilfer from them as well, imitation, as the great wit, Oscar Levant, once acerbed, being "the sincerest form of plagiarism." Although this would not technically qualify as plagiarism; it would be borrowing a starting point. Are you buying that?)
We are talking here about the second episode of a new television series. You liked the pilot well enough to come back for a second helping. How does that go for you?
According to Ken – and here I entirely agree – for the most part, it, meaning the second episode of a brand new television series "will be weak."
There are reasons for that. In an hour show, the second episode of a new series often suffers from a precipitous reduction in budget, leading to a noticeable reduction in eye-catching, production values. In a pilot, the producing entity – a studio, or an independent production company – pulls out all the stops, because they are trying to sell the show. They will regularly go into deficit, meaning they spend more than the "licensing fee" network is paying them, because everything's riding on the pilot's making a big splash in that darkened room where the network screens all its pilots, deciding which of them to "Green Light" to series.
It's all nonsense, of course. Everyone's aware that these massive expenditures on the pilot are not sustainable once the series is picked up. But they do it anyway, knowing that it's not going to last. In the pilot, they blow up a helicopter. In the series, it's a second-hand Yugo.
Comedy pilots do not, as a rule, deal in inflated production values. They may sprinkle a few more "extras" into a party scene, they may shoot one scene outdoors (if the show is a stagebound studio show) to broaden the landscape, but for the most part, it's the premise, the writing and the appeal of the regular cast that sells the series. It's rare that a pilot resorts to "stunt casting", where, like, Brad Pitt shows up for a "cameo." "Stunt casting" reeks of desperation, begging the question, "Who's going to be 'Brad Pitt' next week?"
Ken mentions that the second episode is merely "a {redundant and less effective} retelling of the pilot." This is true, and it's done for two reasons. One, the second week audience may have missed the pilot, so a recapitulation of the series' premise is required so that they'll understand what's going on. The second reason is to restate the premise of the pilot, so it sinks in more deeply with the audience.
Both of these reasons assume that the audience is stupid, which, for the most part, it is not, which makes the reasons stupid, which, unquestionably, they are. (You want to hear something really stupid? Some networks, at least in my day, insisted on a recapitulation of the pilot's premise for the first six episodes! Following the network maxim, "If you're going do something stupid – no half measures!")
Okay, so here's where Ken and I part company.
For me, as a viewer, and when I say "as a viewer", I mean before I got into writing for television and I was only a viewer, the second episode was the most important indicator of whether or not I would continue watching the show.
Because it told me whether or not the show, for me at least, had "legs."
First, some clarifying background. Generally speaking, a pilot is pitched in the fall, the final script is handed in by Christmas, it gets made in April, and is delivered in May. That's "ballpark." Something in that area. What that means is that the pilot's writer has six months or more to tinker with that single episode. This is not typical of the time that's available for subsequent episodes, as, going at that pace, a TV series would only deliver two episodes a year.
This is another reason the pilot often outshines the second episode. They had considerably more time to work on it.
Now, back to the second episode itself. Which you will soon learn is not necessarily the second episode that was made.
Some more clarifying background. When a series is picked up for the fall, pre-production generally starts at the beginning of June. (Again, things may have changed, but I suspect not that much.) In pre-production, the show runner and his writing staff "break" stories, meaning they figure out what the stories are, and they meticulously work out the structural "beats" of each episode.
By the time production begins, you would, hopefully, have a half-dozen or so episode scripts ready to be shot. (I know one writing team that wrote an entire season of twenty-two scripts before the end of pre-production, but they all stunk.)
By about mid-August, you start making the shows. Barring serious mishaps, you will have three or four "in the can" – fully completed – before the new season debuts, in early to mid-September. This means you have three or four possible "second episodes" to choose from. If the broadcast second episode is "weak", the question then arises,
"Having three or four to choose from, is this really the best 'second episode' they've got?" And if it is,
In my view, if the second aired episode in "weak", there's a really good chance the entire series is "weak."
On the other hand – and I recently re-screened them on Hulu to make sure – the second episode of two of my all-time favorite series, The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Mary Tyler Moore Show are not "weak." They may not rise to the level of "standout episodes", as all series, even the classics, need time to ripen, deepen and expand their range. But, Earl, the viewer, was watching these second episodes, his receptors on "Full Alert" for a compatible comedic sensibility,
And he really liked what he saw.
The second episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show, written by the show's creator Carl Reiner, though overly broad for my taste, impressed me not with what it did, but with what it did not do. It did not go overboard on its premise – Laura Petrie sensing that Rob's ardor in her direction has diminished. The premise is grounded in reality – relating to the "spark" that tends to "evolve" as a marriage progresses – and the execution, if not subtle, was at least modulated (and, arguably, "subtle" for its era.) The results were sufficiently satisfying for viewer Earl to conclude,
"This show is smart enough and funny enough for me to watch it again."
The second "Mary" episode, written by a wonderful writer named Treva Silverman, includes one of my favorite lines of the entire series. Mary is having a small gathering at her apartment. Among the guests is a former boyfriend who aggressively fauns over her. During a break in the fauning, Rhoda, who to this point has been thoroughly ignored, insinuates herself into the conversation, saying, "Allow me to introduce myself. I am another person in the room."
The "Mary" pilot had "You've got spunk….I hate spunk!" The second episode offered "another person in the room." "Compatible comedic sensibility" enthusiastically confirmed. I am a regular "Mary" watcher for seven years. (And a "Mary" writer for the last two.)
Though others' experience may certainly differ, my experience tells me to take a new series' second episode seriously, as a signal of, what was called on "Dobey Gillis", propinquity.
Speaking about pilots reminds me of a very rare occasion in which a network suggestion actually made a series idea better. I cannot let that pass without telling you about it.
It's like a solar eclipse. Its extreme rarity obligates us to stop and take notice.


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10 April (Part 1) - Scamera hunting - (The NoToMob call it $chunting) - click image for photo gallery (1 image)
finding no scamera cars in Bexleyheath or Welling over three hours yesterday I
wondered if they had been scared away from two of their most profitable areas.
Later my NoToMob contact told me one had been in Welling until about 08:30 but
that was before he got on the scene. I think there is a network of helpful
contacts living or working close to favoured scamera sites (the NoToMob jargon
is honeypots) but all of them reported a blank, even
Blackfen Road. They were still reporting no cars when I spotted the three
motorcyclists who had decided to tour the lesser known honeypots after finding
three cars missing from the pigpen (more NoToMob jargon). They got lucky in Long
Lane but the scamera operator immediately radiod
for instructions and then went on a slow
time-wasting tour of residential streets which eventually led to
Walnut Tree Road, outside the old Erith Town Hall where there is a bus stop to
be watched. (See picture.) At 2:30 they escorted the gestapo wagon back to base
and NoToMob left for an appointment in Medway. NSL
knew that schunting was to finish at 2:30 and a gestapo wagon went to park outside
KFC in Welling immediately afterwards.
There have been more strange anti-motorist activities in other parts of town. Tomorrow Bexley council is increasing parking charges and extending charging periods to all night and Sundays in most car parks. All of that is documented in official documents, but I am told that street parking signs that used to say 08.30 to 17:30 have been augmented by more that say 08:30 to 18:30 - and then a few days later the new signs, but not their poles, were taken away. Such a time extension is not listed in any of the councils recent price hiking documents so I have no idea why new signs should have gone up and then disappeared. Maybe TLC is due another FOI.


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Guide to Triskelion, Part 1
by Seppel
Long, long ago, there was a beautiful white-walled city. It was ruled over by a High Guild that determined new laws and ordinances through input from several smaller guilds.
Lady Ahla, a beautiful and crafty guild politician considered this High Guild to be "an umbrella of monarchy," and detested each of their rulings. She instead wished for there to be fewer guilds, each with their own ruling parties -- laws would be molded and agreed upon by all.
She sowed the seeds of rebellion along with other guild leaders, most notably Lord Laint, Lady Vitelle, and Lady Avila. The High Guild was soon disbanded, and blood was let to run in the streets as proof of the rebellion's courage.
But after the High Guild was "defeated," Lady Ahla's true intentions became clear, and she began the beautification of her new city, named in her honor -- Di'Ahla was born.
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At first, the steps toward a new Di'Ahla were innocent. She created the three main guilds with her cronies in mind; Guilds Laint, Vitelle, and Avila. But then she was influenced by the notable high-class Houses and families that had encouraged and financed her campaign, and soon it became clear that only Di'Ahla's most beautiful, esteemed, and practiced citizens walked the halls of the new Guilds. To be accepted into a Guild is the life goal of any Di'Ahlan, but the Houses strive yearly to induct only their own members to boast, to govern, and to pleasure.
Lady Ahla began taking this to a city-wide extent, and the exhiles started. Di'Ahla has its slums, full of standard-rate individuals -- but misfits, unruly has-beens, and impure breeds were rejected outright, exiled to the Wilds.
The Wilds, with the white wall of Di'Ahla in the background
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The Wilds is a beautiful jungle to the east. Over the years and generations, small villages have developed, and new societies have formed, not constrained by the prescribed purity of Di'Ahla.
The story of Triskelion follows three sexy trainees of House Gaar and their wild adventures in trying to become accepted into a guild.
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Studio Audience – Series Two, Episode Nine with photography, Vice and design education
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Oh hi there. How nice of you to stop by. Have you lost weight? Your hair looks great. Just one thing I suppose, your ears look kind of depressed. No, no it's a thing. Yeah don't take it the wrong way. Anyway I've got just the thing – the It's Nice That podcast Studio Audience. So kick back and enjoy a dose of art and design chat and listen out for the Alex dismissing maths in its entirety. Enjoy!
Michael Hauptman One Direction for Wonderland
Yeah you've probably been stopped dead in your tracks by this cover at least once in the last few weeks, but better late than never. What better way to say goodbye to the week than with this gloriously cute photo shoot by photographer Michael Hauptman for Wonderland magazine, and art directed by U S E F U L
There's a lot of cynicism in the world today, thanks predominantly to Twitter and the web in general, but it took one of London's best fashion magazines to shout "stop!" and embrace One Direction for what they really are: the cultural icons of today. Yep, that's right, suck it up, they're here and they ain't going anywhere. Sure, their bank balances alone make you want to go home and drink cyanide under a towel, but let's just stop being bitter for one second and take a leaf out of Wonderland's book. Commissioning Michael, with his rainbow-tinted specs style of photography was the first thing they did right, the second was getting the puppies in. Whoever thought that up deserves a medal and a promotion, stat.
Romain Laurent: Shadows
We're all familiar with the boldness of Manhattan – a bright, fast, vivid and relentless metropolis that never sleeps. Constantly bathed in artificial light originating from its transport, advertising, entertainment, housing and sidewalks scattered with street lamps. But as hurricane Sandy delivered its devastating blow, sending a vast water surge towards the city and submerging all power sources, the city wasn't just flooded in water, but in an eerie silence under the cloak of complete darkness. Romain Laurent has captured these moments where the greatest, richest city on earth fell victim to nature, exposing a vulnerability against which it can never be completely defended.
There was no street life, very few cars, and in this obscurity the few people Romain crossed "were unidentifiable shadows punctuated by flashlights." This collection of images exposes this unusual environment that was left stranded for several nights, evoking a sense of fear alongside the natural curiosity of the unknown. Overall,Shadows communicates these surreal impressions experienced by residents as they roamed the streets isolated in the pitch black.
Ten Years of Vice
It's gone from being the magazine your mum hated you bringing into the house to an innovative addition to the way news and pop culture is covered in this country. But as the UK version of Vice celebrates turning ten is the enfant terrible of the mag world still discernible in say, the recent sober and thought-provoking Syria issue?
"The aims are still the same – to cover stories either that other people won't cover or to cover stories in a way other people wouldn't do them," European managing editor Bruno Bayley told us.
Read the full interview here
First up in this section we followed up our Opinion piece calling for a Government re-think over plans to downgrade arts and design for the EBacc qualification. We explained why we've signed up to the #includedesign campaign and referenced this Neville Brody interview on Design Week. The ideas are further spelled out in this Design Council article.
We also looked ahead to next week's In Progress conference and went on to explore what we think makes for a great creative conference. As the end of year round-ups begin Will explained why he thinks the conference helps add a new dimension to this season of retrospectives.
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On Friday, April 1st, the Consulting Club led a team of students up to New York City to visit four consulting firms: Control Risks, PwC, A.T. Kearney and Eurasia Group. Led by club vice-presidents Grant Zappulla and Sibo Liu and joined by Career Services Associate Director Colleen McCusker, the group met with SAIS alumni and other employees from these firms at their New York offices.
The day started with a visit to Control Risks, where they learned about the company's practices and focus on integrity, political and security risks with their clients. Next, the team proceeded to PwC where employees, including representatives from the firm's Corporate Intelligence group discussed their work activity and backgrounds. After lunch near Times Square, A.T. Kearney was the trek's host for their third stop. There, the group learned about career paths, day-to-day activities and opportunities from two of the firm's consultants. The day concluded with a session at Eurasia Group, where three of the company's consultants discussed sample projects they had worked on recently and the collaboration between their consulting and research teams.


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Here's a recap of my first 48 hours in Miami.
Like many a tourist, I decided to base myself in South Beach. It's the East Coast's Beverly Hills. There's so much money walking around, you can smell it.
I took a $2 bus from Aventura to Lincoln Road, the epicenter of South Beach, after staying with Danny and Jillian from I Should Log Off further north.
Along the way, I spotted my first (of two) orange Lamborghinis.
I got off the bus at Lincoln Road, an 8-block outdoor mall between Alton Road and Washington Ave, lined with dozens of shops and restaurants. I could immediately tell this was my kind of neighborhood.
As I rolled my new luggage down the pedestrian walkway, I noticed plenty of pretty people, and a lot of skin. Much more than I was use to seeing in South American cities, even in the summer.
Reverse culture shock strikes again.
I was psyched to find Briana's (my couchsurfing host's) apartment was a block off Lincoln Road. It was a cute studio, which reminded me of my old apartment in Virginia.
After getting to know each other, she headed to work, and I set out to explore Miami Beach.
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For those of you who have followed my mother's blog for the past few years may have been blessed with the occasional entry about my family, specifically me! I am my mother's (or Mim as she likes to be called) oldest and only daughter. Lately, I have been feeling a little neglected as most of Mim's "family" entries have been about my brothers. Well enough is enough and I have taken over her blog muhahaha…with her permission of course!
In August, I moved down south to begin my teacher career as a special education teacher in MIDDLE SCHOOL!! Yikes! Driven by my desires to provide my students with a creative and cultural endeavor, I took a page from Mim's book and spent a week and a half learning about Dias de los Muertos. Like any good educator, I needed to do some research on the Mexican holiday prior to teaching it. Mim suggested I email Stephanie Rodrigvitz from http://www.rodrigvitzstyle.typepad.com/. After sending Stephanie an email, she graciously sent me a copy of one of her favorite books.
With such a great resource, my students and I explored the history behind the fabulous holiday, abandoned our preconceptions, learned some Spanish words, wrote versions of the traditional Calaveras poems, and decorated sugar skulls. I even took another page from my mom's book, by allowing my students to teach me. Not having spoken a word of Spanish since my high school years, I was hesitant to read a Calaveras poem… in Spanish… to my students. Fortunately, I have many Spanish-speaking students and they helped guide me through this process. Not only do I have a northern accent, which my students find funny, but they even got a few laughs in at my attempts to correctly pronounce Spanish words.
The mini unit ended with decorating sugar skulls. Traditionally, these skulls are made using meringue powder. Unfortunately, meringue powder is not easy to find in the South. I spent an entire Sunday afternoon driving all over the city in search of this ingredient, but I could not find it. I then decided to try and make my own meringue to fill the skulls molds with. This did not work either. I became EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED!!!!! And had no idea what I was going to do. Luckily, I settled on using Crayola clay to stuff the molds. It worked, but lacked authenticity. When sharing my adventures with my students, one of my Mexican students asked why I hadn't just gone to the Mexican grocery store. Believe me, had I know about this, I would have gone there first. Oh well, lesson learned. Even though the sugar skulls weren't authentic, my students still had a blast decorated them. A few of them even dedicated their skulls to a lost family member. It was very touching. I am glad to report this was the first lesson I actually saw my students EXCITED about and excited middle schoolers are hard to come by.
A BIG Gracious to Stephanie Rodrigvitz and my mom for making this learning opportunity possible. It was a great success!! I can't wait to do it again next year!


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My organization, Adventure Scientists, enlists the help of adventurers around the world to collect water samples for our Global Microplastics Initiative. This May, Microplastic Adventure Scientists Gerrit Egnew and Kirra Paulus embarked on a month-long expedition to sample and paddle 30 rivers in 30 days. Their resulting video and story are a call to action to paddlers everywhere to help protect the rivers that give them so much. Words by Gerrit Egnew.
30 Days 30 Rivers from Kirra Kirra on Vimeo.
George and I looked upstream at Skyscraper, a rapid halfway down South Silver Creek, in the mountains near Placerville, CA. Beneath us was an undercut cave; we had been there for a while, scouting and fretting and rationalizing. Kirra scrambled down to us and asked if we planned to run it. I looked at George: "I sure wish someone would come down from behind us and, like, run it. Or set safety. So that we know it's okay."
Ten minutes later, as we walked back to our boats, a group of six Kiwis materialized from the white roar. "Want to set safety with us on the Teacups?" one asked. Providence.The teacups of South Silver Creek, CA. Photo: Kirra Paulus
Unfortunately, this close community is sometimes insular. (When your activity is the coolest ever, what else matters?) But there is such vivid, exultant energy in the kayaking community; how can it be directed to tangible issues? Kayakers are driven to explore, travel, and experience new rivers, but what do we do to help conserve them?
Adventure Scientists has a compelling solution. Gregg Treinish, founder of Adventure Scientists, realized that scientific research requires travel in extreme or inaccessible environments and training researchers to manage these situations safely is time-consuming and expensive. But there is already a group of people in these environments: outdoor sports enthusiasts. Particularly, kayakers travel worldwide to remote creeks and rivers. Adventure Scientists' Microplastics project organizes kayakers and other adventurers to take water samples wherever they may be in the world. Researchers can get much more data by partnering with people who already have the skills and motivation to get into the places being studied.
Kirra graduated in the spring, and I'm taking time off. We both river guide and had been planning a trip in May before rafting season started. Influenced by Adventure Scientists, that trip suddenly seemed like an opportunity to gather data for the Global Microplastics Initiative. We had a month. Well, we had to take finals in the first week of May. So, a month minus five days of caffeinated stress. That's kind of like thirty days. (Although May has thirty-one; I haven't taken calculus in a year.)
First, right before finals, we jetted to the Lochsa Rendezvous. Then after our last exam, Kirra and I got on the road. Over the next few weeks, in a haze of exhaustion, river noise, shuttle complications, and Cold Snacks, we kayaked and sampled the following rivers:
• Fish Creek, ID
• Clark Fork River, MT
• Fish Creek, MT
• Kootenai Creek, MT
• South Fork Clearwater River, ID
• North Fork Payette River, ID
• Lake Fork Creek, ID
• South Fork Payette River, ID
• Main Payette River, ID
• South Fork Salmon River, ID
• Main Salmon River, ID
• Selway River, ID
• Bear Creek, ID
• White Salmon River, WA
• Hood River, OR
• Wind River, WA
• Little White Salmon River, WA
• Klamath River, CA
• California Salmon River, CA
• South Silver Creek, CA
• Stanislaus River, CA
• Tuolumne River, CA
• Merced River, CA
• South Fork American River, CA
• Swan River, MT
• Gallatin River, MT
Joining us for various sections were George Milheim, Kathryn Egnew, Bridger Dunnagan, Mark Rockwell, Spencer Lawley, and Jessie Bohn. The trip was less about paddling stouts (although we scared ourselves more than once) and more about going to new places. We wanted to expand our experience of the river world and add to its scientific knowledge base. Adventure and science need not be mutually exclusive. Small groups of citizen scientists, operating in areas they know well, can do powerful work for environmental science. We've become activate and engaged in our community on a new level. You can too.


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KOREAN BEAUTY 3CE – Stylenanda Duo Cover Crayon
I am currently taking part in an initiative working with BNT News International, a global beauty/fashion/lifestyle and entertainment source based in Seoul, South Korea. I am helping BNT to promote a selection of new and exciting Korean beauty products to a UK audience, these are products that you probably won't have seen before and some of them are really different and unique. You may have already seen some of my previous Korean beauty reviews, such as this post about Vely Vely Lipstick in Red Rouge. This is the Stylenanda Duo Cover Crayon* from 3CE, this one is shade #04 which has been created to highlight and contour. I have to admit I find something comforting and satisfying about a crayon I think it's because they're chunkier than a pencil and feel sturdy in the hand. This crayon is dual-purpose and has a product at either end. One is a dark beige concealer ideal for covering small blemishes or the under-eye area, or for contouring small areas, as you can apply it straight...Read More


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