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The objectives of a truly effective curriculum have been identified nationally as:
These are the guidelines for our curriculum structure. In a rapidly changing world, the school emphasises the development of an individual's knowledge, understanding and skills by providing a broad, balanced curriculum which gives every student access to as wide a range of learning experiences as possible. This is achieved through high teaching standards and a relevant curriculum. Students may be grouped in a variety of ways for their lessons.
The widely-acknowledged strength of our pastoral care underpins the academic curriculum. The Year Group system allows every child to flourish under the guidance of a Tutor and Head of Year. These key people, who usually remain with their groups throughout their time here, monitor the overall progress of each student as well as making sure they are happy and secure in school.
In Years 7, 8 and 9, students study:
At the end of Key Stage 3, students continue to study a core curriculum at GCSE. In addition, they choose from a range of accredited academic and vocational courses.
At KS4 all students study the Core curriculum of:
In addition, students will choose 4 additional GCSEs or a vocational course.
Some important skills are taught across the curriculum. These include:
The school adds breadth to the curriculum by organising activities out of school and an induction programme. These are generally local events, but both national and international trips are organised on a regular basis.
ICT is an integral part of learning. We encourage students to use ICT wherever appropriate. As well as having timetabled lessons for ICT, students also have access to the computer network at other times. We are fortunate in our computer provision; at present we have a 1 to 5 ratio. There are large computer suites which hold whole classes and smaller groups of computers in many classrooms. Our main library also gives access to the network for private study at lunchtimes and after school. All students are taught to use the internet safely, and site access is monitored and controlled.
Our Sex Education Policy is firmly rooted in the context of personal relationships and has been designed and implemented by our teaching staff with the help of outside agencies where appropriate.
Careers Education forms part of the regular teaching programme for Years 9, 10 and 11. The school has its own Careers Centre where computer programs, videos, books and leaflets are available.
Careers Advisers (now also known as Personal Advisers) visit the school several times each week to help students. They provide careers information, advice and guidance on education, training and employment. The emphasis is currently on seeing Year 11 and older students, mainly in interviews, but any student may ask to see a Personal Adviser. Personal Advisers attend Parents' Evenings where possible.
Students' work is assessed regularly with written and oral feedback. This may be translated into 'Next Steps' which show students how to progress. In addition to this, parents receive formal assessment of their child's progress through short reports. These will be based upon targets generated from cognitive ability tests and prior performance. Parents' Evenings enable parents to discuss progress with teachers.
Homework is set regularly in order to allow children to practise newly acquired skills, to learn and revise and to give an opportunity for independent study. Homework is recorded in the Journal. The Library is open and staffed at lunchtime and after school until 4.15pm.
We have put together a booklet to provide parents and carers with information about the homework that your child will be receiving.. It also sets out some of the principles that underlie our approach to homework. As always, we value your voice as parents and welcome your views in relation to homework.
We have put together a number of reading lists for the different key stages to help your child choose a book. Alternatively they can pop into the library where our Librarian will be happy to help them choose a book:
We have recently compiled a reading list of Classics to stretch our students at KS3 and KS4.
Why should I read a Classic to improve my Literacy skills? A Classic is an excellent choice because it will improves a student's ability to read for knowledge, write coherently and think critically about the written word. It will also challenge their ability to 'Read for Meaning'; broaden their vocabulary and strengthen their awareness of sentence types. It is always good practice to read a Classic in order to complement the reading of more modern fiction; it will allow a student to draw comparisons between language use then and now.
Reluctant Readers
The school library has put together a list of recommended authors for young people who are reluctant to read. To view the list please click on the link below.
Our Revision section of the website has been designed to help students revise effectively. With the specific subject sections they contain resources such as past exam papers, revision guides & useful links along with helpful advice for both students and parents.
The school is committed to supporting all students' individual needs. We adopt a flexible approach to students with special learning needs which may include in-class support or an individualised learning programme.
We recognise that these students also need encouragement and an enrichment programme is developed each year to extend their learning and experience.
Sprowston Community Academy is committed to equality of opportunity for all its students and staff.


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The ratio is generally applied to find out whether a companys stock is overpriced or underpriced with reference to its cash flows generation potential compared with its competitors. However, it is not commonly used for cross-industry comparison, as the average price to cash flow ratio varies from industry to industry. site webIn this case, Michaels P/CF ratio of 8.71 is considerably lower than the Zacks classified Retail-Miscellaneous/Diversified industrys average of 26.80, which indicates that the stock is undervalued in this respect. Broad Value Outlook In aggregate, Michaels currently has a Zacks Value Style Score of A, putting it into the top 20% of all stocks we cover from this look. This makes Michaels a solid choice for value investors, and some of its other key metrics make this pretty clear too. For example, the PEG ratio for Michaels is just 0.60, a level that is lower than the industry average of 1.29. The PEG ratio is a modified PE ratio that takes into account the stocks earnings growth rate. Clearly, MIK is a solid choice on the value front from multiple angles. What About the Stock Overall?
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MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Telefonica said on Monday it had closed a financing deal worth $743 million to acquire infrastructure from Nokia's Nokia Solutions and Networks.
The deal is the second of its kind after a similar deal in 2011, Telefonica said.
The telecommunications company signed the credit deal with BBVA, Santander and Barclays.
Reporting By Robert Hetz; Writing by Paul Day; Editing by Sarah Morris


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As soon as vacationers have booked their China trip itinerary, they should apply to the Chinese Embassy or consulate for a tourist visa. Airline staff check that passengers traveling to China are carrying a valid passport and visa before they allow them to board the flight. The documents required to apply for a tourist visa are:
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Posted: Sep 05, 2018
GENESEO, N.Y. - SUNY Geneseo junior forward Erin Nolan scored two goals to lead the Knights to a 4-1 victory over visiting William Smith in their home-opener, Wednesday night.
- Nolan got the ball off a long interior pass and turned to beat a Heron defender for a six-yard score just over two minutes into the game.
- Nolan one-timed a pass from senior forward Gabriella Clare inside the far post at 27:18 for what proved to be the game-winning goal.
- Clare tipped in a rebound with just over two minutes on the clock to give the Knights a 3-0 halftime lead.
- First year forward Grace Dempsey collected a rebound during a penalty corner attempt and made it a 4-0 lead with 26:41 left in regulation.
- William Smith (0-2) closed the scoring with 17:20 remaining to avoid the shutout.
- Geneseo won its second-straight game against William Smith, also winning a 4-3 road decision last fall. Prior to last season, Geneseo was 1-18 in the team's 19 previous meetings. The Knights had also never beaten the Herons at home.
- Geneseo outshot William Smith, 16-10, with a 14-3 advantage in penalty corners.
- Geneseo first-year head coach Margaret McConnell defeated her alma mater in her home debut.The first-team All-American defender made three NCAA appearances with the Herons before graduating in 2014.
The Knights will travel to Skidmore on Saturday for a 12 p.m. match.


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I am sure hope of you will have working out by the now, but the JOGLE is not going to happen this year :(. Mainly due to people I was hoping to do it with, all pulling out. But not to worry, I WILL be doing it next year. Even if I have to do the whole thing by myself.


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South Mountain Community College
Tel: (602)243-8000
- Every year, approximately 7,500 students enroll in credit-bearing courses at South Mountain Community College (SMCC). More than half of all students attend SMCC with the intent to transfer to accredited colleges and universities, with a growing number graduating with a degree or certificate at SMCC prior to transfer.
- SMCC reflects the diversity of its service area, a rich mix of rural, urban, and suburban neighborhoods. Many of our students arrive from Phoenix, Laveen, Tempe, Guadalupe and surrounding communities to attend classes, both at the main campus near 24th Street and Baseline Road, and our offsite facilities in Guadalupe and Laveen.
- Our small, personalized classes are offered days, evenings and online, and are led by an engaged and accomplished faculty. Career and academic counseling are also available. One of the ten colleges within the Maricopa Community College District, SMCC is a federally-designated Minority Serving Institution and Hispanic Serving Institution. SMCC is also a Strengths-Based Institution, helping you first determine your own personal strengths, and then strategies to maximize those strengths in your academic and career choices. Visit our Main Campus at 7050 S. 24th Street; our Guadalupe Center, 9233 S. Avenida del Yaqui (Priest Road, south of Guadalupe Road); or our Laveen Center, 7900 S. 43rd Avenue. We look forward to helping you reach your educational and career goals!
School Highlights
- South Mountain Community College serves 4,287 students (31% of students are full-time).
- Minority enrollment is 83% of the student body (majority Hispanic), which is more than the state average of 48%.
- South Mountain Community College is one of 25 community colleges within Maricopa County, AZ.
- The nearest community college to South Mountain Community College is Rio Salado College (4.1 miles away).
Top Placements
South Mountain Community College places among the top 20% of community colleges in Arizona for:
- Category Attribute
- Affordability Least expensive tuition
- Diversity Diversity in US community colleges
- Diversity Average community college minority breakdown
School Overview
- The teacher population of 57 teachers has stayed relatively flat over five years.
|South Mountain Community College
|(AZ) Community College Avg.
|Carnegie Classification
|Associate of Arts Colleges
|Baccalaureate / Associates Colleges
|Institution Level
|Less than 2 yrs
|At least 2 yrs but < 4 yrs
|Institution Control
|Private, non-profit
|Total Faculty
|57 staff
|66 staff
|Total Enrollment
|4,287 students
|6,476 students
|Student : Teacher Ratio
|# Full-Time Students
|1,336 students
|1,336 students
|# Part-Time Students
|2,951 students
|5,140 students
|% American Indian/Alaskan
|% Asian
|% Hispanic
|% Black
|% White
|% Two or more races
|% Non Resident races
|% Unknown races
|Diversity Score
|College Completion Rate
|Average Graduate Earnings (10 Years)
|Total Sports Offered
|6 sports
|Baseball, Basketball, Golf, Soccer, Softball, VolleyballBaseball, Basketball,
Golf, Soccer,
Softball, Volleyball,
|Total ExtracurricularsTotal Extra-curric.
|17 extracurriculars
|Club or Organization:
Behavioral Health Services (BHS), Bilingual Student Nursing Association (BSNA), Black Student Union (BSU), Circle of Nations, Club Teach, Collegiate DECA (Business Club), International Friends Club, MEChA, Medical Scrub Club, Phi Theta Kappa (Honor Society), Pre-Pharmacy Club, SHPE: Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Spirit Club, Spotlight Productions (Drama Club), Student Governance, Think South Mountain (TSM), Veterans Clu
Source: 2016 (or latest year available) IPEDS
School Notes
- Our Vision
- South Mountain Community College educates minds, transforms lives, touches hearts, and builds community.
- Our Mission
- South Mountain Community College provides quality higher education for our diverse community. We create a caring teaching and learning environment that fosters student development and supports productive citizenship in an increasingly global and technological society.
- Our purpose is to meet these needs by offering:
- General education courses
- Transfer programsOccupational education and career development
- Continuing education
- Developmental studies and English as a second language
- Cultural, civic, and social events
- Academic support and student services
- Our Values
- We are inspired and guided by our core values:
- COLLABORATION: We are inclusive in our relationships with colleagues, departments and community, and respectful of their ideas.
- COMMUNITY: We serve our community by recognizing our inter-dependence, celebrating our history, honoring our diverse cultures, and building our future.
- EXCELLENCE: We model exemplary teaching, learning, service and leadership through continuous improvement, creativity and innovation.
- INTEGRITY: We are accountable to the communities we serve and are truthful, sincere, transparent and responsible for our actions.
- WELLBEING: We are a college community that encourages and develops social, physical, career, community and financial wellbeing.
Nearby Schools
- The nearest community college to South Mountain Community College is Rio Salado College (4.1 miles away).
- College Location Mi. Students
- 20,215 students | 4.10 Mi2323 W 14th St
Tempe,  AZ  85281
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- 418 students | 4.80 Mi1140-1150 S. Priest Drive
Tempe,  AZ  85281
(480)545-8755 4.80418
- 290 students | 5.00 Mi555 N 18 St Ste 110
Phoenix,  AZ  85006
(602)254-3099 5.00290
- 5,950 students | 5.10 Mi108 N. 40th Street
Phoenix,  AZ  85034
(602)392-5000 5.105,950
- 912 students | 5.20 Mi4210 E Washington Street
Phoenix,  AZ  85034
(480)676-5843 5.20912
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At the 15th of December the 7th grade had a sleepover in school. They prepared some Christmas crafts and food for selling at the school Christmas market in the afternoon. Ineta and I helped them with the crafts and preparing some snacks for the evening. Then I prepared with them also a healthy dinner as part of my miniproject-"Take care of you and your world". We cooked together "Chilli sin Carne", which is a stew out of beans and vegetables in tomato sauce. The students enjoyed the cooking, but for some it was in the end a bit too spicy. After the dinner we played with the students some games like hide and seek. All in all, it was a really funny afternoon and evening with the students 🙂
And here the recipe for all who are interested:
Ingredients (4 portions):
- 1 big onion
- 1 red pepper
- 2-3 carrots
- 400g kidney beans
- 250g maize
- 200g tomato paste
- 500ml vegetable broth
- 100g cherry tomatoes
- Chilli, garlic, herbs, salt and pepper
- Oil for frying
- Fry the onions, pepper and carrots.
- Add the spices and tomato paste and let it roast.
- Now pour the vegetable broth on and add the kidney beans and maize.
- Let it cook for 5 minutes.
- Cut the cherry tomatoes in halves and add them shortly before serving.
Feel free in changing the ingredients with things you like, for example you can also add Tofu or change the vegetables!
You can eat it together with some bread, Tortillas or rice.


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I've done it! My original stated intention has been fulfilled! Continue reading Pokemon: A Grand Ambition, Update 7 – The End?
I've done it! My original stated intention has been fulfilled! Continue reading Pokemon: A Grand Ambition, Update 7 – The End?
Roaming Pokémon are the worst. I've been nearing the end of my Pokémon Y playthrough and just gained access to one of the few available legendary Pokémon. Unlike the few others that are located in caves, this particular one roams the region. It's such a pain in the ass to catch though I don't know that I'll even put in the time to obtain it. This isn't a new concept for the series but it is one rarely utilized. I'm generally not one to play armchair quarterback but as my frustration grew Sunday morning, I thought about what I'd do to improve upon the concept. It's one I theoretically like, especially applied to the Pokémon games, I just wish it was implemented differently in this instance.
In the Pokémon games, beating the Elite Four and champion is one of the core goals; doing so signals that you're the strongest trainer in the region. Afterwards, there's additional content that becomes available. It's generally not much but in Pokémon X and Y, it seems especially barren. Regarding X and Y, every player's first encounter with a wild Pokémon in the post-game will always be with one of the legendary birds. It's different based on which starter Pokémon was picked at the beginning of the game. Since I picked Froakie, the legendary Pokémon available to me was Moltres.
This first encounter is just a tease as the Pokémon immediately flees. Now however, the Pokémon's entry has been somewhat completed in the Pokédex, at least enough to track it and see where it's currently located. At this point, there's primarily two ways to tackle this capture: passively try to catch it as the post-game content is naturally completed or while focusing on other objectives, or actively try to pursue it. Since there's not a ton of post-game content and I'm merely "passing through" this game on my way to Omega Ruby, I actively tried catching it.
The method of actively pursuing a roaming Pokémon I'm most familiar with entails going back and forth between two routes or a route and a town in the hopes that it will appear in the desired route. This becomes a tedious task quickly as the player buttons through layers of menus to get to the Pokédex to locate if the Pokémon is nearby. If it isn't, cross that border and back into the desired route and check again. Luck is a factor in the sense that it's rarely on the player's side when tracking roaming Pokémon. And, something as simple as flying to where the roaming Pokémon is won't work as it will be somewhere else by the time the player touches down.
If that Pokémon is on the current route, the player can still mess up their opportunity to encounter it. For instance, if the first Pokémon of the player's party is of a higher level, the roaming Pokémon won't appear. In fact, if you encounter another Pokémon, say a wild Flabébé 70 levels the junior to the first Pokémon in the player's party, that roaming Pokémon is now somewhere else. The so-called legendary is afraid to fight something a piddly wild Pokémon will gladly step up to. WHAT!? Even if a weak Pokémon is in the first spot of the party and the roaming Pokémon is in the current route, there's still no guarantee that it'll be encountered. And if a wild Pokémon is encountered instead, that roaming Pokémon is likely somewhere else.
It can be frustrating and at the very least, time consuming. The roaming Pokémon in X and Y eventually settles down in a cave after ten encounters. But still, that's ten encounters when I've had trouble getting a second! So, what would I do differently? One implementation stuck out to me immediately and it's primarily what I'll posit. There's plenty of ways to alter this concept too but it's only now that I'm shifting gears towards constructive criticism that I realize I really just wanted to rant. Still, I'll elaborate on a different method of including roaming Pokémon that may be less frustrating than the current one.
First off, instead of introducing the roaming Pokémon after the game's been beaten, I'd instead introduce it during the lead up. I'm of two minds on how to: randomly or through a predetermined encounter. Introducing it through a random encounter would mean a different experience for every player. For some, it may be the first wild Pokémon they encounter; others may not see it at all during their playthrough. This randomness would make the encounter more impactful, like running across a shiny Pokémon, although I'd want the chance of seeing it much higher than seeing a shiny Pokémon (roughly 1/4096 for the current generation). Perhaps the best method would be through a predetermined encounter, with future appearances requiring the hunt; basically just changing the timing of the Pokémon's initial availability.
The legendary Pokémon almost always appear at a preset level which could break the game's difficulty if one was encountered early on and somehow caught. They could instead have a scalable level based on when they're encountered. I'd scale it such that it can still wallop the player's party but a skilled player may be able to inflict a status condition or throw a Poké Ball. That would entail allowing the player to get a move off whereas currently, the Pokémon flees before the menus on the touch screen even appear. I've caught legendary Pokémon by throwing a Poké Ball out as my first move and let me tell you, it's pretty satisfying!
As I thought, I wound up wanting to rant more than to offer constructive advice. At least, offering detailed constructive advice because really, simply introducing the roaming Pokémon sooner would alleviate a lot of my grief. With my current chase, I feel like actively pursuing Moltres is the only option since there's so little post-game content. If I was sticking with this game longer, this whole topic would be a moot point. I've already got Omega Ruby queued up and if I'm going to spend dozens of hours with a game to complete the Pokédex, it'll likely be that one since it's the most recent release. As it stands, tracking this Pokémon down and attempting to catch it is a pain in my ass and likely one I won't continue to endure.
I'm a Pokemaniac. There, I said it. Now that it's on the internet, I'll never be able to reclaim those feelings and keep them caged again. Ever since Pokemon X and Y released, I've been surrounded by people who playing the game. This has created a certain fervor that one might describe as a zeitgeist. Well instead of joining in on the excitement directly, I've decided to do so in a roundabout way.
What I've done, is reinvigorated a plan to play through the earliest games in the series that will allow me to transfer Pokemon to the most recent releases. Therefore, my starting point is the Ruby and Sapphire era, consisting of mostly Game Boy Advance and GameCube games. The Pokemon from this generation can be transferred upwards to the DS games and then from the DS games to the 3DS games. Instead of starting with Ruby or Sapphire (or most likely Emerald because I never played it), I've begun with LeafGreen. Even though it and FireRed were released after Ruby and Sapphire, it makes more chronological sense to me as they are remakes of the original releases.
Being the Pokemaniac that I am, or was prior to Black and White, I've already played through LeafGreen. And honestly, I'm not replaying it for pure face value enjoyment. It's a solid game but being an enhanced remake of the original games, it's a little lacking. No, my enjoyment has stemmed from the long view I've got.
I'm naming my avatars differently so they're not all simply John. I'm also nicknaming all the Pokemon I can along the way – something I've usually refrained from doing. I'm thinking that once (if?) this is all said and done, I'll be able to look back at the fleet of Pokemon I've acquired and remember which game one of them came from and what I was doing/thinking at that time. At the very least, I'll have a diverse cast of Pokemon that will get tons of experience from being traded!
Even though this is a process that appears like a deep dive into the Pokemon rabbit hole, it's not as hardcore as you might think. For the most part, I'm avoiding caring too much about the multitude of stats tied to individual Pokemon. I could spend time searching for the optimal combination of traits in a specific Pokemon. Then, I could decide in which game I want to level a specific Pokemon to learn desired moves. Yet further, I could try and figure out what the hell EV training is. Instead, I'm leaving these extra opportunities for added enjoyment if I ever actually follow through and complete this grand ambition of mine.


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Licx Cream Lube
Licx Cream lube is my second review for Licx; following on from my review of the Closer Intimate Wipes.
Packaged in a contemporary silver grey box is your 100ml tube of Licx Cream Lube. The box contains a similarly liveried squeezy tube with a flip lid. Pretty standard stuff it seems.
First impressions are pretty positive; one has to unscrew the cap to remove a hygiene seal – these small details can make all the difference. Continuing on, the Licx Cream Lube is a thick, silky and shiny white creamy lube. To my man-nose, it has no discernible aroma, or at least one so mild to as not be immediately obvious.
Squeezing some out and rubbing it between my fingers, it feels nice – non oily, soft and silky. It also takes an absolute age to be absorbed by my skin, and I end up wiping it off with a tissue. This is a good indicator as regards longevity. Afterwards, my fingers do feel moisturised, and also not especially sticky. Promising stuff so far.
During intended use, I can report that the lube is long lasting – very long lasing, there was very little evaporation, and it does seem to take a while to be absorbed too, so I suspect the 100ml tube will last for some considerable time. I have not noticed any undue stickiness or smelliness afterwards either; this is seemingly a very decent lube indeed.
Lube is, of course, one of those things which can make a perfectly reasonable sexual encounter into an awesome one, so choosing the right lube is more important than you might think, and in my years of sexual experience, I have tried many. I started out, almost shamefully with the ubiquitous KY, but have since been enlightened to the existence of such very many types of lube, that KY shall never grace my skin again.
With this vast experience, where do I put Licx Cream Lube in the grand scheme of lubes? Well, before I get there, those eagle eyed readers may have noticed an elephant in the room.
Parabens! Parabens are a chemical which are primarily used as a preservative, to keep your lube (and many many many other cosmetics & consumables) in tip-top condition. However, they mimic the behaviour of hormones, in this case oestrogen, and for some people that can cause hormone disruption. The potential impact of this will vary from individual to individual, and in all honesty, you are likely to know whether these will impact badly upon you.
So, back to that question, where do I place it? Well, it's an entirely decent lube, but if parabens are a concern for you, then probably best you avoid it.
|Health Information
|Moisture (it's water!)
|Isopropyl myristate
|Skin conditioning solvent
|Propylene glycol
|Skin conditioning alcohol
|Irritant for dermatitis sufferers
|Polyethylene oxide
|Binding, lubricant
|Sodium Polyacrylate
|Skin conditioning stabilising emulsifier
|Widely used
|Sodium methylparaben
|May cause hormone disruption
|Sodium propylparaben
|May cause hormone disruption
|Hydrogenated polydecene
|Fragrant skin conditioner
|Chlorhexidine digluconate
|Can be a skin irritant
This information is based on subsmissives own research, is provided in good faith and intended as a guide only. It is not endorsed by any healthcare professionals nor by Licx. If you are concerned about any of the ingredients, then please talk to a pharmacist, your doctor, or contact Licx
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Researchers Identify Mechanism to Control Immune Signaling
A new Miller School study has identified a cellular pathway used to deactivate innate immune system signaling – a key discovery that could potentially lead to the development of novel vaccines or clinical treatments for chronic inflammatory diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis. The findings are published in the October edition of the journal Cell.
"Our scientific findings could lead to translational research and the generation of new drugs and therapeutics that could stop chronic inflammatory processes," said senior author Glen N. Barber, Ph.D., professor and Chair of Cell Biology and Associate Director for Basic Research at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Barber leads a Miller School research team that has been studying cellular defenses against viruses, bacteria and other pathogens. Molecular sensors detect these invaders and activate pathways that signal the cell to produce anti-bacterial and anti-viral proteins, and to attract pathogen-fighting white blood T-cells that play a key role in the body's immune system.
For example, interferons (IFNs) are secreted from the cell in response to virus infection and trigger the expression of genes that can exert potent antiviral and antitumor activity. In 2008, Barber found that a molecule referred to as STING (STimulator of IFN Genes) was essential for producing interferon in response to a variety of DNA pathogens. In two follow-up studies published in 2012, however, Barber showed that chronic activation of the STING pathway can lead to lethal inflammatory disease. Earlier in the year, Barber's lab also published information on the molecular mechanisms of STING function in the journal Molecular Cell.
"Our team's work has shown that the body needs a rapid STING response in order to fight infections," Barber said. "But that response needs to be deactivated after nine to 12 hours or it over-stimulates the immune system."
Barber's latest study points to ways to turn off that STING pathway. The study, "Cyclic Dinucleotides Trigger ULK1 (ATG1) Phosphorylation of STING to Prevent Sustained Innate Immune Signaling," was published in Cell with Department of Cell Biology co-authors Hiroyasu Konno, Ph.D., postdoctoral associate, and Keiko Konno, M.S., research associate.
The Cell study notes that activation of cyclic dinucleotides (CDN) plays a key role in the normal activation of the immune system response. "However, these dinucleotides also serve to trigger a negative feedback control loop so the immune system returns to normal," Barber said. "If the STING response is not turned off, it could result in chronic inflammatory disease."
In addition to studying the body's inflammatory response, Barber and his researchers are continuing their studies on STING activity and cellular mechanisms involved in defending against cancer or other diseases. "Being able to stimulate the STING pathway for a transient period could lead to more effective treatments for cancerous tumors," he said. "It could also result in more powerful vaccines to help prevent diseases in the future."


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- Leveraging current engineering projects
- Reducing manufacturing costs
- Simplifying the product line
- Staying reasonable in terms of product costs
- Stick the guts of a MacBook into an Apple TV sized case
- Drop out the LCD, the battery, the keyboard, the DVD
- Drop in a (cheaper, bigger) 3.5 inch HDD drive, in lieu of a 2.5" notebook drive.
- Add various Video Out options
- Provide a standard MacBook power brick
Of course, this computer has USB, Firewire, Bluetooth and 802.11. So there are no limitations in terms of adding peripherals or storage. Need a DVD? USB or Firewire is there. Plus, this device would have two video-outs. With suitable dongles, you can send video over HDMI, DVI, Component, VGA, and even S-Video and Composite.
I agree that both the Apple TV and the Mac Mini aren't going to be around for much longer - in their current form. But I think its because they are evolving back into a more capable computer that could leverage Apple's pre-existing efforts.


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Tuesday, November 17, is the deadline for proposals to knock down hundreds of trees and pave over a stretch of the popular Capital Crescent Trail in Montgomery County, Maryland.
If that sounds kind of backwards, well, it is. The planned conversion of a greenspace corridor into a transportation corridor—for the commuter train system called the Purple Line—is taking place even though the land is flanked by two active transportation corridors, the I95 Beltway and the East West Highway, route 410.
But the thought of adding the Purple Line to either roadway and altering car traffic patterns was deemed unnecessary, given that the greenspace was just sitting there.
Officials in Maryland of all stripes—from the counties, state agencies, and the legislatures—are unable to look past the origins of this greenspace. It was once a one-way rail line for freight trains, not even wide enough to fit a second set of tracks for the return trip. These officials have insisted that it is still a viable transportation corridor. It is after all one of the more heavily used bicycle paths in the country, one that I use in my daily commute. But that's not what they mean, of course.
To them, it's still meant to be a place for trains; despite the Capital Crescent Trail's popularity, no one ever updated the government maps to reflect reality. And this is a region that was once praised for how it values parks.
Choosing cement over trees and prioritizing cars over parkland is a textbook symptom of suburban sprawl. The value of greenspace, especially in urban and suburban locations, has often been overlooked. Parks are always expendable, prime targets for infrastructure development.
Several years ago, for example, New York City decided to build a massive filtration plant for its drinking water system. It had two choices: build the site on an unused industrial plot in the suburbs just north of the Bronx, or build it in the Bronx—within city limits—at the site of the only municipal golf course located next to a stop on the subway system.
The builders chose to dig up the golf course. Even though the City installed a new course on the roof of the still unfinished plant, the neighborhood impact has been tremendous and the loss of trees, irrevocable. It's also been noted that the fairways of the new course are too narrow, and a different experience than the previous course.
Shortly after these plans were finalized, the Trust for Public Land (TPL) released a report quantifying the value of urban greenspace. In looking at Washington D.C., just below the planned Purple Line route, researchers found that the DC government collected almost $7 million more in property taxes in 2006 because of its parks and greenspaces.
Researchers have also found that urban parks and greenspaces improve the health and wellbeing of residents. The TPL report mentioned above found that the city of Sacramento lowered its healthcare costs by almost $20 million in 2007 because of its parks and greenspaces.
The concept behind the Purple Line, having a part of the Washington DC Metro rail system that connects the suburban region, is certainly laudable. A functional mass transit system is an important component of a healthy, modern metropolis. But so is greenspace. The choice between parkland and transportation is a false paradigm. Both are equally important, and one should never be sacrificed for the other.
Residents are supposed to appreciate that the plans call for adding a bike path next to the train tracks. We'd rather keep what we have, though—especially the trees. It's healthier.
The destruction of the Capital Crescent Trail is not the only problem that the Purple Line spawned. To the east, the railway will exist alongside major roads—but advocates from the working-class communities that would host the railway call the plan disastrous. Their concerns—from unsafe pedestrian crossings to noise and stormwater issues—could be alleviated if the line was simply built underground.
An underground train line would eliminate almost all of the Purple Line's impacts and disruptions along its entire route. It would preserve greenspace and the character and safety of the neighborhoods bordering the route. But placing the train underground would also cost more money, and the government is trying to do this as inexpensively as possible.
A nice idea done on the cheap provides bad solutions, oftentimes much worse than the original problems. The Purple Line is no different. It would be much better to scrap the current plan and figure how to do it right rather than to pave over greenspace and permanently plant more suburban sprawl.


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Book Review
De Bellis, Nicola. Bibliometrics and Citation Analysis: From the Science Citation Index to Cybermetrics; Scarecrow Press: Lanham, MD, 2009, $55.00 (Paperback). 394 pp. ISBN: 978-0-8108-6713-0.
This rather massive monograph is the outgrowth of a research project on a related topic and is an English translation, encouraged by Eugene Garfield, of the Italian original. The history and philosophy behind citation indexing and other bibliometric measures is documented in chapters one and three. The empirical basis, the literary antecedents, and comparisons with concept indexing and other full text retrieval, are described in chapter two, including some discussion of Salton's work. The work of the giants in these portions of the information industry, Bernal, Merton, Price, Garfield, and Small, are documented in detail. The mathematics of bibliometrics are described in chapter four including skewness, Lotka's Law, Bradford's Law, Zipf's Law, and the work of Mandelbrot. Chapter five is titled "Maps and Paradigms" and discusses involvement of bibliographic citation with the history and sociology of science using co-citation analysis and other methods. Chapter six, titled "Impact Factor and the Evaluation of Scientists: Bibliographic Citation at the Service of Science Policy and Management", probably has the most relevance to the most scientists. The various metrics are discussed including the Hirsch (h) index. Chapter seven, with the intriguing title, "On the Shoulders of Dwarfs: Citation as a Rhetorical Device …", describes reasons for citation, professed and actual. Chapter eight evolves the discussion into cybermetrics including the involvement of citation or linking in the performance of search engines.
Errors and omissions do occur. Reference 5 for the introduction is missing. Recall and relevance are only discussed briefly in the context of "improvement" of results from concept indexing (manual) and retrieval by means of Salton's geometric machine indexing and other full text indexing methods. No mention is made in chapter seven (or apparently elsewhere) of the relevance of citation retrieval since it should be commonly known among searchers that authors don't always cite other references for the same reasons that the searcher is interested in. Due to the multitude of topics and concepts that can appear in a single article, many of us searchers can cite instances where a citation was made for a non-relevant concept. Curiously, the discussion of citation searching in patents is the last section of chapter six and has no discussion of the validity of the bibliometric value of citations in patents. The work of Narin is described and referenced, but that of critics of the method, including Edlyn Simmons, Stu Kaback, and Nancy Lambert, is missing. The existence of other uses of citation indexing and searching, e.g. in the CA file on versions of STN, are not mentioned.
In the Conclusions, the author provides an either/or summation of the evaluation controversy. Either you believe that citations are "Mertonian" or you don't. If the former, researchers, organization, and journals can be evaluated. If you don't, none of the evaluations can be made and the Citation Index itself may not be of value. This reviewer instead takes an intermediate attitude. Bibliometric evaluations can be a valuable supplement in a larger, more personal evaluation scheme. As for searching, use of citation indexes is a valuable supplement to other methods of searching (index, full text, etc.) and all methods should be used, none exclusively. This book is of interest to those interested or researching in the fields of information science or history of science. Chapter six should be made available to the management of academic and other organizations that use citation analysis for personnel evaluation.
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OurMedia is the Nikola Tesla of the personal media revolution in that it launched weeks ahead of YouTube. Yet just as Tesla's competitors -- namely Edison and Marconi -- get all the cred, so too does YouTube explode on the Internet while OurMedia does not.
It's worth noting that wireless communication (of which Tesla patented) is one of the reasons for why the entertainment industry is at an impasse today. Oh, but then again, there'd be no moving pictures without Edison.
Wow...those dudes are still fighting it out posthumously? Whatever guys...get over it!
Anyway, back to the topic: two years after its launch, today OurMedia's founder JDLasica announced that the service "is in the process of reinventing itself as a community of professional, semi-pro and amateur media makers showcasing their best videos and podcasts."
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Important Steps to Orchard Replant Success
Originally published on Penn State Extension; Retrieved on 10/20/2016 from http://extension.psu.edu/plants/tree-fruit/commercial-tree-fruit-production/orchard-establishment/important-steps-to-orchard-replant-success
Many factors influence orchard replant success and these can be divided into two very broad categories that include economics and orchard renovation.
What is a Replant Problem?
The performance of a replanted orchard is determined by the site, cultural practices and soil-borne factors that affect tree growth and productivity. Unfortunately, many replanted orchards do not perform to their full potential because soil conditions are not optimal and the term "Replant Problem" is frequently used to explain the poor performance of new orchards. In order to make informed decisions on how best to prepare or renovate a replant site it is first necessary to have some understanding of what causes replant problems.
The term "replant problem" is actually an umbrella that covers a host of soil-borne factors that negatively affect tree growth and performance. These factors develop over years of previous orchard production and result from cultural practices and changes in soil ecology. Many factors associated with replant problems are understood but some are not. Some replant problems are caused by a single or primary agent (e.g., stem pitting) while others result from a combination of several factors (e.g., pH, nutrient imbalance, soil compaction).
Orchard Replant Problems
- Poor Tree Establishment
- Stunted Growth
- Reduced Yield
- Shortened Productive Life
Biotic Factors
A replant problem caused by a biotic agent is often referred to as a replant disease. The agents responsible include pathogenic fungi, bacteria, parasitic nematodes and virus. Some organisms such as the fungus Armillaria and the root-lesion nematode are highly pathogenic and will infect healthy seedlings while weaker pathogens often require conditions that predispose trees to disease such as cold injury, poor nutrition or wounds caused by nematode feeding. Several complex diseases require pathogen interaction such as virus transmission by dagger nematodes.
A few diseases such as stem pitting and root rot are lethal but most are debilitating resulting in trees that simply can not grow or yield to their full potential. Replant diseases are insidious because they may occur on sites where the previous orchard appeared healthy. This can happen because mature trees with an extensive and well-developed root system can tolerate a low level of disease and pathogen populations can build up undetected. It is when the old orchard is removed and new trees are replanted that the pathogens overwhelm the small root system of the young trees.
Abiotic Factors
The abiotic factors that contribute to replant problems develop slowly over the life of one or more previous orchards on the same site. Part of the problem can be traced to soil degradation due to the repeated use of herbicides in the tree row. Without a living ground cover, the level of soil organic matter declines with a concomitant increase in soil compaction. This not only negatively affects the growth of young roots but also makes the site more prone to erosion.
There are also problems of a chemical nature and while some are well documented, others are not. It is known for example that years of orchard production can result in nutrient imbalances and less than optimum soil pH. These issues can easily be detected by standard soil tests. However, other potential problems include residual herbicides and the release of allelochemicals from decomposing old roots that may inhibit root growth of young trees. These problems are not easily identified or corrected.
Remediation of a Replant Site
Remediation of a replant site is an attempt to re-establish optimum soil conditions for healthy tree growth. Therefore, once the decision to replant has been made, every available resource should be used to identify potential biotic and abiotic problems so proper corrective measures can be employed. A replant site evaluation should include a nematode assay, a soil test (including organic matter and pH), a review of the cropping history, an evaluation of future cropping plans and consultation with a specialist.
Soil samples for both the nematode assay and nutrient analysis can be taken at the same time but need to be handled differently. These tests can be performed before the old orchard is removed and the sooner the results are known the more time a grower has to consider options for renovating the site. It may be worthwhile to have the soil tested even if the decision to replant is one or two years in the future. All replant sites should be tested for both nematodes and fertility.
Review of Cropping History and Plans
An evaluation of the cropping history can also help reveal the potential for certain replant problems. For example, assays to detect pathogenic fungi in the soil are not readily available but by knowing if an orchard has a history of soil-borne fungal disease a level of risk can be estimated. If the risk is unacceptably high, fungal control needs to be incorporated into the orchard remediation plan such as crop rotation with wheat, rapeseed or other annuals. Compost is also being evaluated for its ability to suppress soil fungi.
A review of the future cropping plans is an integral part of the site evaluation process. The crop to be planted, the rootstock selected and the spacing of trees may all play a role in determining the need for site remediation. A few examples will illustrate this point: (i) A site infested with root-knot nematode is a serious threat to peach but not to apple. (ii) An apple orchard infested with dagger nematode is at risk for union necrosis only if the rootstock is susceptible to tomato ring spot virus and the scion is resistant. (iii) If the spacing of a new orchard puts some trees in the old tree row and some in the old drive row, it is likely that trees in the old tree row will be stunted.
Important Renovation Steps
Orchard renovation begins with the removal of the old trees. At this step it is important to pull up as much old root debris as possible. Root fragments that are infected with fungi, nematodes or virus serve as reservoirs and carry disease over into the new planting. Root sections can survive for long periods and may send up suckers. In some cases it may be necessary to treat with herbicide to eliminate problems.
It is important that growers tailor their renovation plans to meet specific orchard needs. It is recommended that a replant site remain out of tree fruit for at least two years with several crop rotations. A period under crop rotation will help with the addition of organic matter and also provides an excellent opportunity to incorporate fertilizer and lime, get weeds under control and eliminate virus reservoirs. Depending upon the specific cover crop or green manure, the rotation crop can also help control plant-parasitic nematodes and soil-borne fungi. Leaving a site fallow is not recommended because of the weed, nematode and virus pressure that can develop.
Prepared by John M. Halbrendt, Penn State Fruit Research and Extension Center Nematologist


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•253 / gaped mouthed—in ruins— abandoned mud nests of barn swallows clustering under highway overpasses—hollowed by midday sun— •
Sunday, June 30, 2013
Abandoned Mud Nests
Saturday, June 29, 2013
In the Back Garden
•252 / in the back garden— remains of the day linger among the pale leaves of irises, still waiting in pots to be transplanted— •
Friday, June 28, 2013
Three Tanka
•249 / a finch falls against the living room's back windows— upstairs a father naps with his son in his arms— heavy weight of memory—
250/ the moment a finch unfolds itself against the house, transforming to something else: knotted thread, newsprint origami, a motion—
251/ as falling into a looking epiphany, unexpectedly, the after-shock leaving you stunned, shaken to the core—
I already mentioned the small gold-crested bird which fell into the back windows of the house recently— yet, the action allows room for further conjecture, multiple metaphors. How many different ways can it be expressed: the repetition of Nature unintentionally merging with the Human made constructions? That is, and still maintain a sense of independent poetic expression for each fragmented sense of the scene.
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Opening Oleander
Feels longer than three days— feeling aggravated. Caught in a rut of complaints. Focus instead on the positive. Summer break is almost here. Alternative hours for organizing manuscripts for submissions while B. is at school. Getting lectures ready for future terms.
•248 / three nights without words—there's only a persistent buzzing in the ears—the sound of oleander opening in the rain— •
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
The Hour Folds Itself Up
•247 / the hour folds itself up into strange, new patterns, origami shapes: nesting cranes, floating carp, or a poet seeking new words— •
Monday, June 24, 2013
A Child Refusing
•246 / a child refusing to sleep— just like that— wait, no— amplify the tears, the wails, the face crumbled as tissue— give me that resolve •
Friday, June 21, 2013
Sumer is icumen in
Experimented with the tanka form the other night— reversing syllable count to 7-7-5-7-5 for the opening verse. A simple idea, yet opens a different manner of thought, a whole new perspective. In this fashion a more abstract poem is laid out. Less clinical and less static.
•On the elevator the following morning the lift shuddered midway to the top floor— pulling out an instant flashback when I flew from New Orleans to Des Moines for college, my first solo trip, the weight of the plane's cabin shuddering with occasional turbulence. Then a half second later, a flash to a pseudo prediction of a plausible future: myself lying flat in a gurney at an undeterminable age, being transported from home to hospital, some random emergency—
—a blend of three time streams, braided events of identity transposed and misplaced—
ghosts in the machine:
elevator • airplane • gurney
present • past • future
individual—blurred interior
•Summer solstice. The longest day of the year.
Feel like I should do something pagan-isque: dance around a bonfire in a mask of a Picasso-styled animal— or maybe quietly compose prayers on strips of rice paper, releasing them over the canals by the house. It is a want of acknowledgment of the time passing: letting the child realize he is growing up, recording a sense of memory for future recollection. Something other than the mundane ritual of everyday existence.
—a blend of three time streams, braided events of identity transposed and misplaced—
ghosts in the machine:
elevator • airplane • gurney
present • past • future
individual—blurred interior
Feel like I should do something pagan-isque: dance around a bonfire in a mask of a Picasso-styled animal— or maybe quietly compose prayers on strips of rice paper, releasing them over the canals by the house. It is a want of acknowledgment of the time passing: letting the child realize he is growing up, recording a sense of memory for future recollection. Something other than the mundane ritual of everyday existence.
•244 / nightmares of blood on your hands, rooted from the back garden, stones in your pockets— you wake— dirt under your nails, a sense of regret
245 / hands curling on sheets, then uncurling, hesitant, lost between action and sleep— as the wind rattles the windows, shakes the whole house—
Monday, June 17, 2013
Cat Piss
•243 / the smell of cat piss permeates the back closet— the stench clings to shirts, jackets and slacks, scarves and cloaks— tonight I dream of subways—
Sunday, June 16, 2013
A Lamp Left Burning
•242 /a lamp left burning in the living room, under my grandmother's unwound clock,—stalled at an obscure hour— her ghost shucking spring beans— •
Saturday, June 15, 2013
A Mocking Bird Calls
A late afternoon thunderstorm lowered over Cypress with heavy rains, continuous cracklings of lightning. We lost power for three hours by nightfall, leaving me restless, occasionally reading by flashlight or smart-phone glow—
Brendan slept soundly without his usual white noise from the fan, but I lay in bed staring at the ceiling, listening to the thick summer night motioning outside—
Brendan slept soundly without his usual white noise from the fan, but I lay in bed staring at the ceiling, listening to the thick summer night motioning outside—
•241 / afterwards— morning steam rises off wooden planks of the backyard fence—somewhere a mocking bird calls out his morning prayers, three times— •
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Extra Blankets
239 / you unfold extra blankets for the beds tonight— wait for the cold front— afterwards, you find the scent of mint hiding on your hands—
240/ he runs in circles— through unseen ghosts of orchards— forgotten pear trees; I have no name for this mood lowering as a warm quilt—
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Three Tanka
Tonight Brendan mentions he wanted to play a game of dominoes with the paper maché moon we have on his top bookshelf: I held the bearded half-circle crescent adjusting the board around B.'s moves, his instinctual matching skills with color and numbers.
236 / he plays dominos with the crescent moon— bone tiles spread out evenly on the table between them— magnolia buds twist outside—
237/ a solid maché moon in my lap, as night descends— bones on the table shuffled between players— the moon laughs at my weak hand
238/ pokerfaced, the moon leans close to his new hand of dominoes, thinking over his meager options— sixteen swifts tongue the night sky
Saturday, June 8, 2013
Twelve Conversations with a Winter Moon
Many of the poems here fit the well together as a collection; in particular Noel Sloboda's short poem "Self-Portrait as a Stoat" stands out with its stark qualities, and the poem "Blood Less Language," by Jane Rosenberg LaForge, carries a heavy emotional tone of resentment, an element I need to study further in her abstracted phrases.
For more information about the magazine, or to submit your own material, visit: The Meadow.
New Rhymings
Without purpose, opened my old copy of the Random House Dictionary to find any word, a casual selection based on chance; landed on loft, loggia, and logic, firm sounding syllables, practical phonetics. Words that lift off the tip of the tongue. Originally I hoped circumstances would provide a short poem from a brief visit to the text— only silence tonight.
Brendan wore himself out today— running in circles, chasing the old cat, dancing with the children's programming on television— afterwards, carrying him upstairs, he half whispers, half sings: "Twinkle, twinkle, little star—."
235 / lifting him to bed, half asleep, he whispers in my ear new rhymings— his sweet weight grows heavier in my arms with each new step —
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Friday, June 7, 2013
Bitter Weeds
Foul mood. Irritable. Three days of redaction. And poetry sounds flat. Bitter weeds. Bile. Piss on a toilet seat at a roadside park, collecting germs. Tree branches rub across the vents on the roof. No moon overhead. Syllable counts resist meaning. An ache develops across my upper thigh. And I keep rearranging words within phrases, looking for a particular "sound" or "beat."
Which tricks the ear in a stronger sense of music?
—cruelty of April lingers in the blood, —or—
—The cruelty of April lingers in blood,
All rhythms in today's verse seems slightly off.
The cruelty of April lingers—
234 / —the cruelty of April lingers in blood, fingers, in exact motions across perimeters of this fallen house, without words—
Saturday, June 1, 2013
A Box of Silence
233 / —a box of silence left opened on the kitchen table—sunlight drags across the wide, gapped-toothed mouth, pouring out left-over hours—
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Candidates for the May council elections are set to be grilled on their relative stances to local policies in a fortnights time.
Crookfur Greenfarm Mearns Village Community Council has taken on board residents' requests to hold a hustings meeting for local election candidates who are standing in Ward Two- Newton Mearns North and Neilston.
The hustings will take place in Fairweather Hall, Barrhead Road, on Thursday, April 13 at 7pm.
Chairperson David Pearson said: "This is an opportunity for residents in Ward Two to hear what the candidates have to say, what their vision and priorities are if elected.
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It's July 4, 2016, 240 years to the day since the Declaration of Independence was signed by the men who had resolved, unanimously, that their thirteen American colonies must break free of Great Britain. While the Declaration lists a considerable number of specific reasons for that decision, its principal author, Thomas Jefferson, considered the matter not to be about particular offenses but about a grand principle:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
That passage of barely two hundred words is the most consequential statement made by anyone, in any language, since Jesus of Nazareth walked the earth in human flesh. By its recognition of the inalienable rights of men, it reduces the State, once regarded as possessing an unbounded authority delegated to it by God Himself, to a servant with specific duties, inherently subordinate to its employers: the sovereign individual citizens.
And we of the tenth generation since the Declaration have abandoned it completely.
Grand statements of principle seldom attract many followers. In part, that's because principles have implications that many persons prefer not to face, but in larger part it's because most of us are simply disinclined to "get involved," regardless of the matters at hand. At the time of the Declaration, the people of the colonies mostly wanted to be left alone. Perhaps 10% were enthusiasts for rebellion against the Crown of England. All the oratory, the broadsheets, and the pamphlets of the time could not rally the majority of the colonists out of their inclination to just sit back and let things happen.
The federal Leviathan of today enjoys a similar degree of citizen disengagement. I'd wager that it could reinstitute Prohibition, the draft, and chattel slavery without provoking a 10% uprising against its abuses and usurpations. It's already corrupted the electoral system beyond repair.
This is no longer a free country de jure. The State, in its 88,000-plus American instantiations, has asserted absolute and unbounded power over all things, and it will not retreat from that stance. What remains to the individual is not political freedom but mere latitude: the entirely de facto ability to get away with rather a lot as long as he isn't noticed, whether by artifice of clever concealment or the obscurity of large numbers. The subjects of the Soviet Union had that kind of "freedom," too.
How many of us would willingly accept the risk of death or imprisonment to rebel against our political status quo? I've heard the number 3% bruited about, though without any argument for its accuracy. That would yield a ten million person "rebellion." Of those ten million, perhaps five million are of fighting age, somewhat fewer are of sufficiently sound condition, and still fewer know which end of a gun the bullet comes out of. What would their prospects be against the armed might of the federal government?
No, I don't think there'll be a rebellion any time soon.
When I wrote this fanciful piece, I had it in mind to express an idea that other writers have explored – indeed, that Robert A. Heinlein touched upon in his classic short story "Free Men." A rebellion against an established State has a very poor chance of success unless it's assisted from outside...by another State, for reasons of its own.
Today, the two hundred-odd States that oppress Mankind are allied with one another against their subject populations. None of them would come to the aid of a second American Revolution.
Yet there are little patches of kinda-sorta rebellion. Many individuals are using their personal latitude and means to prepare, not for an armed uprising against the political authorities, but for a collapse of the system as its internal contradictions become insupportably severe. How significant will they be in the long run? Well, the long run has a long way to run before we find out.
It's been said, disparagingly, of the French that "they think they built Paris, but they only inherited it." A similar statement could be made of the people of the United States of America in the early Twenty-First Century.
We'll still have backyard barbecues on July 4. We'll still fire off fireworks, at least where not prohibited by our local nannies. We'll still put out flags and patriotic bunting, and thank any available veterans for their service. We'll go on celebrating Independence Day even as what remains of the freedom the Founding Fathers bequeathed us is taken from us. For all anyone alive today might know, all that could someday become compulsory under threat of punishment.
I know, I know: these are hardly cheery thoughts for a day that's supposed to be a national celebration. I'd just like to know what we're really celebrating. I remember being proud of my country. Today of all the days of the year, I find myself missing it badly...wishing it were still around.
Have a nice day.


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LAHORE - Various law-enforcing, security and intelligence agencies are scrambling to complete the groundwork to establish NACTA, a pivotal agency to counter terrorism and extremism in the country.
Official sources say that any further delay in the enforcement of national internal security apparatus would badly damage the efforts to control violence.
Well-informed sources said that the federal government conveyed to the all organisations to furnish information of intelligence value as required by NACTA (National Counter Terrorism Authority) and clearly outline and peruse a roadmap in support of NISP within 30 days.
A senior officer said that the Punjab police recommended the rapid response force under the counterterrorism branch of police departments. It will be the replica of the establishment of elite police units in Punjab in the 1990s to combat sectarianism. "The provincial hierarchy is all set to enroll 1500 personnel under the police chief," he said.
The immediate enforcement of National Counter Terrorism Authority will help ensure foolproof security for the public especially covering the aspects and measures to eradicate extremism and terrorism from the country.
Security experts say the govt must make NACTA operational before the possible military operation in the northwest to control the backlash.


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Coleraine's return to European football ended in disappointment as they were outclassed by Norwegian outfit Haugesund.
The home side took the lead after seven minutes when hesitant defending was punished as midfielder Sondre Tronstad curled an effort into the top corner.
The Norwegian outfit were beginning to run riot and went close on two occasions as striker Shuaibu Ibrahim was afforded too much space in the box and he fired a shot wide.
However, the Bannsiders should have equalised on 22 minutes when Josh Carson pounced on a defensive mistake and was one-on-one with the goalkeeper. The midfielder tried to place the effort but Haugesund 'keeper Helge Sandvik made a smart stop.
Moments later, Oran Kearney's men threatened again as Brad Lyons received the ball at the edge of the box, but he could only fire his looping effort over the crossbar.
Those missed chances were to come back and haunt the visitors as Haugesund doubled their lead on 33 minutes as winger Liban Abdi swept home a lovely team move.
On 36 minutes, Coleraine thought they had found a route back into the match as Carson's pinpoint delivery was flicked on by Bradley but 'keeper Sandvik was there to keep the ball out of the net.
Things went from bad to worse for the Bannsiders on the stroke of half-time as Bosnian midfielder Haris Hajradinovic headed the ball home via the post.
It was Hajradinovic who played a key role in Haugesund's fourth as he laid the ball to Ikenna Ikedi who lashed home from 20 yards, before Ibrahim slotted home to make it 5-0.
Coleraine seemed destined to grab a consolation goal on 57 minutes as Bradley's cross found Lyons, but his header was saved by Sandvik.
On 62 minutes, substitute Erik Huseklepp made it six when he finished from close range.
The Eliteserien side added a seventh on 71 minutes as a crisp through ball from Tronstad found Johnny Buduson and the striker finished into the bottom corner.
Haugesund substitutes Erik Huseklepp and Johnny Buduson brought the tally to seven with the Eliteserien side missing further chances to add to further gloss to the scoreline.
And Bannsiders know that their Euro dream is over for another year.


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I've put up Raising Self-Reliant Children in a Self-Indulgent World in my eBay store. If you have children, you should read this book, as it is essential to bringing up a child in this world. If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail me.
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
How to Raise Self-Reliant Children
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A term currently used by some people—particularly youth— to describe themselves and/or their community. Some value the term for its defiance, some like it because it can be inclusive of the entire community, and others find it to be an appropriate term to describe their more fluid identities. Traditionally a negative or pejorative term for people who are gay, "queer" is disliked by many within the LGBT community, who find it offensive. Due to its varying meanings, this word should only be used when self-identifying or quoting someone who self-identifies as queer (i.e. "My cousin self-identifies as genderqueer.")1
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Iran Travel
Where is Iran?
Iran is in the Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, and the Caspian Sea, between Iraq and Pakistan.
What is the Capital of Iran?
Tehran , Iran.
What is the official language of Iran?
The official language of Iran is Persian.
When are the Public Holidays in Iran?
Republic Day, 1 April (1979)
note: additional holidays celebrated widely in Iran include Revolution Day, 11 February (1979); Noruz (New Year's Day), 21 March; Constitutional Monarchy Day, 5 August (1925)
What is the flag of Iran?
Three equal horizontal bands of green (top), white, and red; the national emblem (a stylized representation of the word Allah in the shape of a tulip, a symbol of martyrdom) in red is centred in the white band; ALLAH AKBAR (God is Great) in white Arabic script is repeated 11 times along the bottom edge of the green band and 11 times along the top edge of the red band.


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lookatthis posted a topic in Games & TriviaTitle explains itself. I'll ask a dumb question out of nowhere and you answer the question with a random answer, BUT it has to make sense to the question. So I'll just start it off: What is life?
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IceyLava108 posted a topic in Games & TriviaRules +1 for the location you would like to heal, -2 for the location you would like to hurt. You must wait until two people post after your most recent post before you can repost. If a location has only 1 point remaining and you wish to hurt it, split the other point with a different location of your choice. Any eliminated locations cannot appear in later rounds unless the Revival perk is active. You may add in your own location once per round at any point during the round, but it can only start out with five points maximum! You may not revive locations that have died with the intent of your dead location trying to win the round. It's dead. [RIP Rapture, let us remember Andrew Ryan] A location cannot have more than 20 points! The winner of each round will move on to the round after it. If a location in round 1 wins, it will move on to round 2. If it then wins round 2, it will appear in round 3. [etc] If there are two locations remaining, and one has 20 points, you can only heal or hurt the one that has not reached 20, do not hurt and heal the level both at once. If both levels are at 20 points, subtract two points from one location and ignore the other one. If a location wins a round with 20 points, it will travel to the next round with at minimum 10 points instead of 5! I think of completely random locations for some rounds, and the maximum amount of locations per round is 10 [non-custom], so if you give me an idea I may add it to the list for the next round! Round 1 Canada [9] Leominster [11] Le Mars [12] Australia [8] Eurasia [10] Bottom of the Mariana Trench [10]


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The winters of Delhi always evoke a beautiful smell. Sipping her favorite cappuccino, standing in the balcony , Shail was waving down to Dhruv but was lost in her own world. Dhruv was leaving for work and here she was ready to be embraced by loneliness and boredom..Shail was married for five years and her better half was a busy man,typical workaholic but he always loved and cared for shail. He gave Shail everything but time. Over the years, love was lost somewhere between them. Shail though, always knew Dhruv's passion for work but little did she knew she will fall for someone, someone who was long gone forgotten. She didn't knew her world will be divided between Dhruv and someone. She never thought that someday, after so many years she will fall in love with him, one more time.
She didn't realized when she dipped herself into love, leaving everything behind.
She met him a year back , in a book store. At the very first glanced the spark was ignited again. She knew he is the one, the inseparable soul, who would take her miles and miles apart from humdrum and doldrums.... And SO...after that she started meeting him everyday, every single day at her place right after Dhruv left for work..
Since then shail was altogether a different person, all she use to think about him, the times she had spend with him. I was surprised with the change i saw in my friend Shail . How could the plainest of all , Shail could do so ...
Now Shail felt happy when Dhruv came late from work, so that she can spend more time with him.. She started calling Dhruv to ensure what time he plans to come back so that she can be with him a little more..she started liking the way he smell, the way he rest on her laps, the way her face is always so close to him. Her lost love took her to the new world of imagination, to new fantasies. One day, he would take her to the world of lust and some other day she would travel with him to the path of spirituality. Whatever it was , she loved him every way.
But then ...
The otherwise so busy Dhruv felt the change in his beloved wife. He felt she was spending less time with him. He tried to tell her politely but she choose to ignore. Somewhere in her heart, Shail knew she was changed. She now felt sad for her husband. She tried to come back but now it was a full time affair. She was so involved that now she wanted to plan her future with him.
Shail is little depressed.. She wants to come back as the one she was for Dhruv but at the same time she don't want to loose her love again. She needs help from those who are reading her story or are travelling in same boat . she don't want to ignore Dhruv but she can't leave her love..who was always there for her anytime, anywhere
YES her old lost Love ..Her BOOKS...HER NOVELS, which after marriage was lost.
YES, it's that smell of books and the world of Imagination she don't want to be out of...it's all those stories she had fallen in love with, yes with all her senses one more time..
( This Post is written for With all your senses fall in love - one more time # Fall in love)


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02 Apr Taking a sabbatical from the Hormonology newsletters to finish my Hormonology book
If you're a Hormonology newsletter subscriber, there's news you need to know: Starting today I'll be taking a sabbatical from Hormonology newsletters for eight weeks so I can finish writing my Hormonology book.
I've tried to cut back on how many Hormonology tips I write per week, but with my hectic work schedule, I just can't get the hours I need to finally finish writing the book.
There will still be a new daily Hormone Horoscope here at HormoneHoroscope.com. And you can check out cycle tips and tricks in the blog posts here as well.
Thank you for your patience. When I return, not only will I have fresh Hormonology tips that will make every day of your cycle better, I'll have the long-awaited Hormonology book, too.
See you on the other side!


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I have posted a lot of basic tips on link building in the past few days. I realized that it is also very important to know the methods that can destroy your brand or even get your site black listed. I have seen a lot of examples on the net and I really feel sorry for those who are making these stupid and cheap mistakes.
Please Do Not Do the Following:
1. Submit your site to multiple free and even paid directories that promises to send traffic but does nothing.
2. When using a forum, listing tons of websites in your signature to get noticed.
3. Only post on forums when you have an option to add links to the post
4. Posting irrelevant posts on forums such as "thank you", "good info", "I like it" etc that can lead to disaster. People do that to increase their post count or to get noticed. Of course, they get noticed by mods who kicks them out in a short time.
5. Posing a question and using the same IP address to create another account and answering your own question in order to bump your thread or get noticed.
6. Create accounts on multiple forums and posing the same question in all of them on the same day.
7. Post on threads that are way outdated just to receive some link juice
8. When commenting on blogs, using a spammy keywords or niche instead of real name
9. Post crappy comment that is totally irrelevant to the blog post.
10. Use automated bots to hit their comments and try to crash the server.
11. Go to webmaster conferences and rave about how rich you are and how your affiliates make millions doing nothing.
12. Ask people about their site instead of creating a conversation. When you find out about their site, you talk about link building and exchanges.
13. Send a webmaster notification to every post you make on your website.
14. Send a webmaster, author or blogger an email almost every day requesting them to link to your website.
15. Send references and links to your site to the same webmaster from multiple email accounts (what a fool!)
16. Send out link exchange requests mentioning PageRank and popularity.
17. Send massive link exchange emails which look like Spams.
18. Send link exchange requests to Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Microsoft.
19. Steal content published by well known names. Use it on your site or blog and brag about how good you are so people start talking about you.
20. Marketing your own site by making useless comments on blogs that add no value
21. Wear a t-shirt with your site on it, drive around and show off.
22. Sue other webmasters for deep linking to your site (most dumbest shit)


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The Military Women
By: Therese Agnes Hughes
The Military Women: WWII to Present Project began in August 2010. It was an effort to learn about my mother's service in the USN during WWII. She died when I was in my twenties and I never thought to ask her why she served and what it meant to her. It expanded to include all branches and ranks covering over 70 years of Military Women serving in defense of our nation.
The project honors our women Veterans, educates the public about women Veterans and increases the dialogue of who women are in the military, why they join, where on our national landscape they hail from and what their work is as peacekeepers and defenders of our freedoms. It is a civilian's effort.
• When our daughters want to become an astronaut or a fighter pilot or lead a team at an early age – other than pointing her to the night sky, study engineering or other STEM careers. where do we turn to answer their questions?
• When young women in our communities want to serve and protect, who do we show as role models?
• When our daughters want to serve as peacekeepers what opportunities do we present to them?
• Have any civilians compiled information on our Women Veterans?
The Military Women: WWII to Present Project is the first of its kind.
• It consists of 1,200 interviews and photo-sessions.
• It consists of six books, one for each branch and one for WWII and Korean War Veterans.
• Participants all answer the same questions vetted through and supported by the Department of Defense and all five military branches.
• The public has opportunity to meet women Veterans in a photography Exhibit – "In a Heart Beat". The exhibit is ready to travel.
• Their service spans seventy years and history shows they all VOLUNTEERED to do it.
Since 1 March 2011, I've interviewed and photographed a little over 800 Women Veterans. I've learned their service places them in danger on the land, air and at sea. I've learned all wanted to work for a larger cause. I've listened to their stories, laughed and cried with them. I've learned that over ninety percent have replied when asked: Would you do it again if asked? Absolutely, yes in a heartbeat. Hence the title of the photography exhibit.
Thanks and credit to:
• The Department of Defense.
• All branches of our military,
• Women's Memorial Foundation,
• VADM Carol Pottenger, USN (Ret.),
• National Association of State Women Veteran Coordinators,
• Prevailance, Inc.,
• LeadStar, Inc.,
• CAPT and Mrs. Eric Mayer, USAF,
• Wisconsin State Women Veterans,
• Maine Women Veterans Association and others.
CALL TO ACTION: FaceBook Community Page for this project can be viewed by a Google search for: Military Women: WWII to Present Project.
Instagram @theresehughes1


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The relationship between an afterschool coordinator and school principals can "make or break" and afterschool program. This article describes research that highlights the importance of this relationship, and of principal involvement afterschool generally, consistent across sites and districts.
Bringing in the Community: Partnerships and Quality Assurance in 21st Century Community Learning Centers
Because of funding criteria, many organizations, such as the 21st Century Community Learning Centers, are required to work in partnership other organizations to offer afterschool programs at schools. However, the inclusion of multiple partners along with school-based site staff at any given 21st Century site often means that the quality of instruction can be extremely uneven. This study of 21st Century sites in Michigan examined these partnerships, and selected high-quality sites to arrive at an instructional partnerships model of quality assurance practices.
Can We Talk: Creating Effective Partnerships Between School and Afterschool Programs
After a classroom teacher became the coordinator of an afterschool program, she realized that the staff of the afterschool program and the school staff had different visions of the aims and goals of the program. This article describes a study that explored these different visions, and ends with strategies to bring these two visions together.
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Community-based Youth Organizations Negotiating Educational and Social Equity
A case study of an community based organization and its role in negotiating social and educational equity for its students with the local school.
Data-Sharing: Federal Rules and Best Practices to Improve Out-of-School-Time Programs and Student Outcomes
Coordinated data-sharing between schools and OST partners can improve the quality of OST programs and provide better learning outcomes for the students they serve. The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), has consistently been cited as a roadblock for school systems and their OST partners to share student data in a coordinated approach to improve education programs and student outcomes. This policy brief seeks to demonstrate that FERPA can allow for data-sharing between schools and OST partners, and why it is a best practice to do so.
Levering Resources to Promote Positive School-CBO Relationships
While cognizant of the tensions that often arise between schools and afterschool programs, this article identifies ways that both can leverage resources to strengthen the learning experience of students. Resources include physical resources, financial resources, social resources, and intellectual resources.
Partnerships for Learning – Promising Practices in Integrating School and Out-of-School Time Program Supports
In a true learning partnerships, in-school and non-school supports collaborate as equal partners to work toward a shared vision for children's learning. This document provides a model of partnerships which can be structured in a number of different ways and involve a variety of partners, including schools, Out-of-School Time programs, physical and mental health services, and other community resources.
Perils & Promise: Afterschool Programs on School Territory
While there are a few drawbacks of situating afterschool learning environments on school territory, the author presents some substantial opportunities in the daily conduct and outcomes of afterschool programs.
The Four Cs of Afterschool Programming: A New Case Method for a New Field
This case study centers on "the Four Cs," four areas the authors have concluded to be of special relevance to the success or failure of afterschool programs: collaboration, communication, content, and coherence. As a conceptual organizing device, the Four Cs allow researchers and evaluators to survey the strengths and weaknesses of particular afterschool programs in a structured way and to suggest changes that can strengthen afterschool practice. .


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