text: Extra help at school in Northern Ireland Children and young people learn in different ways and at varying rates. Here, we look at how children with special educational needs (SEN) may get extra or specific help in school or nursery. First of all, we outline the structure that exists to support those with SEN and then we suggest how you can approach a school or nursery if you have concerns about your child. The Education Authority (EA) replaces the five Education and Library Boards and is responsible for making sure that arrangements are made for children and young people with SEN in their area. In practice, it's the actual school or nursery that makes sure the child or young person gets the extra help needed. Code of practice This Code of practice on the Identification and Assessment of Special Educational needs and supplement provides guidance and practical advice to the EA, schools and others carrying out their statutory duties to identify, assess and make provision for children and young people with SEN. It also explains the level of support to be offered to them. Special educational needs co-ordinator (SENCO) The SENCO is the teacher in school or nursery with responsibility for: the day-to-day operation of the school's SEN policy responding to requests for advice from teachers coordinating SEN provision across the whole school, ensuring that they liaise with various teachers about children and young people with SEN maintaining the school or nursery SEN register liaising with parents of children and young people with SEN and external agencies establishing and contributing to the SEN training of staff. SEN support A child or young person's SEN should be identified, assessed and provided for if they are: under the age of two between the age of two and compulsory school age (normally four years old) a registered school pupil up to the age of 19. The code of practice sets out the way help can be provided to children and young people with SEN in five possible stages. Your child does not necessarily have to move up or down one stage at a time, neither do they have to progress through each stage to get a statutory assessment, particularly if you feel that this is the only way their SEN will be met. First steps (Stages 1 and 2) Stages 1 and 2 of the code of practice are about identifying your child's needs and providing for them in school. If your child is thought to have SEN, they will be placed at Stage 1 on the school's SEN register. The teacher will then provide extra help for your child and monitor their progress carefully. After an agreed length of time, the teacher will decide if they should: stay at Stage 1 be removed from the register (if good progress has been made and there is no longer a concern) move to Stage 2. At Stage 2 the SENCO will collect more information about your child and an Individual Education Plan (IEP) will be written. This will give details of any additional support to be put in place by the teacher. This help can be provided by: using different learning materials using special equipment working with them on their own or in a small group. By working closely with the school you may find extra ways that you can also help your child at home. The SENCO should arrange reviews to decide whether your child should stay at Stage 2, move back to Stage 1 or move to Stage 3. Individual Education Plan (IEP) The steps taken by a teacher(s) to provide extra support to a child or young person should be recorded in an Individual Education Plan (IEP). This should include: a description of a child or young person's learning difficulties, pastoral care or medical needs details of extra help needed, including staff members, materials, equipment and any specific programmes or activities with the frequency of this support how a parent can help their child or young person at home targets for them to achieve within a given time details of monitoring a child or young person's progress and review arrangements. The IEP can be a link between the work in the classroom and you as a parent. You should have the opportunity to discuss your child's IEP with the teacher or SENCO at regular review meetings. The content of an IEP should change as your child's needs develop. Getting extra help from outside school (Stage 3) Sometimes schools need to look for help or advice from outside specialists and professionals. This could be a educational psychologist, autism advisory teacher, speech and language therapist and/or an occupational therapist. When professionals from outside school are involved, your child will move to Stage 3 on the SEN register. The school should tell you that they have asked for this help. You should be kept informed of your child's progress and have the opportunity to talk to their teacher(s) if you wish. The IEP should be changed and new targets set, these should be reviewed at regular meetings. If you child does not make good enough progress then it may be necessary to move to Stages 4 and 5. Getting a statutory assessment and statement of SEN (Stages 4 and 5) These stages are only used if a child or young person's needs are so great that they need more help than school can provide from its own budget. Statutory assessment (Stage 4) As a parent, you have the right to ask the EA to make a statutory assessment of your child's SEN. The purpose of a statutory assessment is to provide a clearer picture of your child's learning difficulties and the best way to help them. Statutory assessments can only be carried out by the EA. A request for an assessment can be made by: parents who put their request in writing to the EA the school or nursery another agency or professional involved with a child or young person with SEN. If the request for an assessment is being made by an agency or professional involved with your child then we suggest that you also make a request as a parent. This is so that you will have a right to appeal should the request be denied. Evidence will be collected from: school or nursery an educational psychologist health professionals involved with your child social services (who will only give advice if they know your child) anyone else whose advice the EA considers appropriate. Wherever possible, the EA should seek your child's views on their SEN and how they could be met. Statement of SEN (Stage 5) This is a legal document which describes your child's need and the support that the EA thinks will help them. After a statutory assessment, the EA will consider whether or not to issue a statement of special educational needs. If your child is awarded a statement of special educaitonal needs, this will need to be reviewed annually. Discussing your child's progress You know your child better than anyone, so if you have concerns about their education, then arrange to talk to their teacher. When trying to get extra help to meet your child's SEN, you will need to discuss your child's progress and school experiences with teachers, the SENCO and other professionals. Some of the things you may be concerned about, and can discuss with staff, include: your child has learning difficulties your child's progress is delayed your child's needs are not being met It's useful to do some preparation before meeting staff. The following questions may help you: What extra help has your child received and how effective has it been? What stage of the SEN process is your child on? How long has your child been on each stage? Does your child have an IEP? If so, have you had the chance to comment on it and has it been reviewed regularly? Have any professionals such as an educational psychologist seen your child and suggested ways to help? Do the school have all the information they should have in connection with your child's autism spectrum disorder diagnosis? Are your child's difficulties getting worse? It is also a good idea to think about what changes you would like made to their education before attending the meeting. Requesting a meeting If you'd like to discuss your concerns with teachers at your child's school or nursery, it might be best to write to request a meeting. It may be helpful to ask if a friend or adviser can attend the meeting with you. Download our sample letter. Keep a copy of your letter to take with you to the meeting as a reminder of the concerns you have listed. Further help Further help for parents is available from our Education Rights Service on 0808 800 4102: press option 5. Specific help for appealing to the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal is available from our Tribunal Support Line by pressing option 6. Useful documents and reading Code of practice on the identification and assessment of special educational needs (1998) Department of Education. Supplement to the code of practice (2005) Department of Education (2005) Department of Education. Special educational needs: A guide for parents (1997) Department of Education Contacts Department of Education Website: www.education-ni.gov.uk Tel: 028 9127 9279 Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal (SENDIST) Website: www.justice-ni.gov.uk/articles/special-educational-needs-and-disability-tribunal Tel: 0300 200 7812 If you are reading this information from a print-out, you can visit the web page and find out more at: www.autism.org.uk/helpinschool-NI Last reviewed: 8 October 2015.


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Pakistan hires psychologist for fixing convict Aamer
Pakistan has hired a psychologist to help in the rehabilitation of paceman Mohammad Aamer who was convicted and banned in a spot-fixing scandal, an official said today.cricket Updated: Jun 09, 2012 21:37 IST
Pakistan has hired a psychologist to help in the rehabilitation of paceman Mohammad Aamer who was convicted and banned in a spot-fixing scandal, an official said on Saturday.
Aamer, 20, Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif were sent to prison for their parts in a spot-fixing scandal and banned by the ICC for a minimum of five years.
"We have hired Maqsood Babri to counsel Aamer as part of his rehabilitation," Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) spokesman Nadeem Sarwar said.
"The sessions of counselling will start soon and in this regard we are in touch with the ICC also."
While banning the trio, the ICC anti-corruption tribunal led by Michael Beloff had advised the ICC and PCB to rehabilitate the three players.
Aamer appeared in a ICC anti-corruption educational video warning the future players of the pitfalls of spot-fixing. He was also debriefed twice by the PCB last month.
Babri said he will do his best to help Aamer.
"It's a challenge for me but I will do my best to counsel Aamer so that he can find his way back to international cricket," he said.
"Aamer is an exceptional talent and we must help him regain his place."
The trio along with their agent Mazhar Majeed were charged with accepting corrupt payments in return for bowling deliberate no-balls during the Lord's Test against England in August 2010.
Aamer was released in February this year after serving half of his six month sentence, while Asif was released two months later. Butt and Majeed were still completing their sentences of 30 and 32 months.
Aamer rose to fame in 2009 and was regarded as the hottest property at international level before he was embroiled in the scandal. The ICC had to withdraw his name from the nomination for the year's best young player award because of the scandal.
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In honor of Earth Day, we used a heat-spewing, energy-wasting mathematics machine to show us an infamous environmentalist superhero cartoon from the early 1990s. But is Captain Planet as wonderous as his Emerald Mullet, or is 'Captain Planet and the Planeteers' just another piece of trash in an earth-choking landfill?
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Apr 26, 2011
The continuation of Kejora dan Bintang
Janet brought back some medication to make Kejora hallucinate and hopefully mad. Karsim saw and in the sly exchanged the medication for similar capsules filled with glucose and flour. And when Minah added the 'poison' to Kejora's food, he added the medicine to Janet's food.
As a result, Janet started hallucinating and getting haunted by thoughts of her bad doings. And in one of her fits, she tried to attack and stabbed Kejora but Erlangga rescued Kejora just in the nick of time, getting stabbed instead.
Karsim then fooled Hanifah and Minah by convincing them to admit Janet into the psychiatric ward.
Hanifah worried about her daughter and at the same time wondered why Kejora remain uninfected by all the medication give to her.
Around the same time, Fitra realise Kejora was still pining over Erlangga even if she put on a brave front and remained loyal to him. He decided to release her but she refused, so he pulled Lena in and told Kejora that he was in love with Lena. Unbeknownst to him, Lena was also in love with him, but knew she could not get his love.
Kejora finally went back to Erlangga who proceeded to be over protective of her. Much to the point of being hyper suspicious of Rian in his role of Karsim, having overheard a conversation between Hanifah and Minah. Fitra too voiced his suspicions having found bottles of alcohol in the trash at Hanifah's house and Rian's suspicious behavior.
Janet tried to escape but got caught.
On a second or third try, Janet finally escaped. She came across Bintang who was depressed having found out the truth about Tante Karthika and was walking blindly along the road. The vengeful and hateful Janet grab hold of a temporarily stalled motorbike and proceeded to hit and knock Bintang into a ravine, where she fell.
Kejora walking around the same area with Minah who was trying to drag her home to supposedly witness Erlangga quarrelling with Karsim/Rian heard her and looked for her sister. Minah saw Bintang first and tried to kick Bintang , who had already climbed to the top of the ravine, down again, wishing she would just die.
Somehow, Kejora found her and held on to her sister but Bintang fell down the ravine again.
Erlangga and Rian, in search for Kejora found them and rushed Bintang to the hospital where she was in critical condition for a while.
Rian and Erlangga comforted a shocked and miserable Kejora.
Bintang needed a surgery to recover and when Janet learnt about it, she tried to stop the doctor from getting to the operating theatre on time and tried to bribe him, but the doctor was adamant and left Janet there gnashing her teeth on frustration of being twarted.
Bintang eventually recovered and as they wondered they should go, Rian told his daughters that they will temporarily live in Hanifah's house.
Janet and Hanifah were annoyed as hell and Janet tried to push Bintang down the stairs. Bintang stumbled and Rian saw this and attacked his step daughter, as Bintang muttered going out to look for her sister. He finally revealed himself as the real Rian and not Karsim, as Hanifah and Minah still thought of him as and chased them out of the house.
Hanifah and Janet refused to go and attacked him, but luckily, Kejora, Bintang and Erlangga came to his rescue and Erlangga told Hanifah and Janet they should leave.
The three harpies left, angry, frustrated and swearing vengeance.
Hanifah and Janet got robbed but fortunately Minah had money for them to rent a house.
They then set to report Rian to the police, seeing that now, they had nothing much to lose, and the police came after Rian.
Rian wanted to turn himself in but Kejora and Bintang pleaded with him to run away with them. Fitra drove them away and with Erlangga, rented a house for them.
Rian then suffered from high blood and Kejora went to get some medication when she was arrested coming out. The police has been tipped off by Janet.
The police questioned kejora but she refused to answer, preferring to be incarcerated in her father's place.
However, Rian learnt of it and went to turn himself in. Kejora got freed but refused to leave the prison, choosing to stay close to her father despite pleas from Fitra and Erlangga. Bintang also opted to stay with her sister.
Erlangga and Fitra did their utmost best and explored all options as to how to free Rian. The insurance company finally agreed to drop all charges against Rian if he pays what they had paid out for his death plus a fine.
Fitra and Erlangga did their best to raise some cash but it wasn't enough.
Janet tried her damnest to frame Kejora again for a robbery she perpetuated but Nenek on seeing her smirking away slapped her and refused to fall for her tricks.
Nenek, studying Kejora decided to give half of her fortune to Kejora and the other half to Erlangga. Kejora refused to accept it at first but eventually relent when Erlangga advised her to. He told her to used some of the money with his and Nenek's blessings to pay off her father's debts and free her father.
Rian gets free. Janet and Hanifah coming to the prison to smirk and irritate were unpleasantly shocked when Rian came out of the prison in regular clothings, brandishing his free papers. They were even more frustrated and upset when they learnt that Nenek has bestowed half her wealth upon Kejora....
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A glimpse of a group of businessmen in a newspaper tells Colin Hess his old love, Alejandro Ramos, is back in London a decade after they split up.
They met by chance as students, when Colin was pushed into Ramos's lap at a party. Despite the disapproval from Ramos's parents, Colin and Ramos were inseparable from that moment and settled in their own place as soon as they finished university.
But when Ramos's father fell ill, Ramos was forced to return to the family vineyard, leaving Colin behind. When Colin joined him for a holiday, the plans Ramos's parents had for their son became painfully clear—and those plans did not involve Colin.
Colin knows it would be stupid to rekindle their old love after the devastating end to their relationship. Still, neither can deny that they still have feelings for each other from the minute they meet, and Colin learns the meeting might not be as random as it seemed.
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A Breathtaking Look at Famous Last Meals
A last meal should be something special. It ought to somehow encapsulate everything you have ever loved about food. At the very least, it should look good. In his series Last Suppers, filmmaker Gus Filgate recreates famous last meals throughout history in absolutely beautiful ways. Even Jimmy Hendrix's final tuna sandwich manages to look sophisticated through Filgate's lens.
So far, Filgate has filmed the final meal of Napoleon (steak and eggs), Julius Caesar (shrimp, mussels and mutton chops) and the aforementioned Hendrix. Check out the three masterful works of slightly melancholy food porn, and then head over to Filgate's site for future installments and to see the vast array of special effects devices he had to construct in order to get the shots just right.
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BNLX press release April 2018
During our recent period of inactivity, it became apparent that there was an ongoing need for BNLX. Our conclusion, based on direct consumer feedback and sophisticated analysis of proprietary psycho-demographic metrics, was that BNLX was still uniquely positioned to provide the BNLX-style services still demanded by today's market.
In order to fulfill our commitment to our loyal consumer base, we are implementing Q1 of the BNLX First One Year Plan (extension 7). This Plan consists of two main components:
- The release of the BNLX EP #10 product, an audio product which contains four pieces of "music" performed by BNLX. This product is the tenth in a series, following the previous nine such products.
- The staging of an event, BNLXFest 4, featuring performances by BNLX and other "music" entities, including Two Harbors, The Rope, at the Uptown VFW Arena (Minneapolis) on April 27th.
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Rocky Mountain hiking of moose and Meeker, and Paul Ryan
Looking for a great alpine lake hike? I made my third trek to one of my favorites last weekend – Sandbeach Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park.
This place is special for a couple of reasons. First, its shoreline really is a broad, sandy beach – something I can't remember seeing at any other lake above 10,000 feet. Then, as you walk around the lake, glance back for the surprise. Whoa. That's Mount Meeker, the second highest in Rocky Mountain National Park and Longs Peak's twin, looming over the east shore. Close up, it's ginormous, and that summit is just 3,596 feet straight up.
I like this trail. It's soft and safe by Rocky Mountain standards, with great views of the Wild Basin area below, but long. Round-trip, you hike nine miles and gain about 2,100 vertical feet, much of it on one stupendous hill that last mile to the lake. I saw a couple of healthy-looking young women give up and turn around on that hill.
Alternatively, for an effortless Rocky Mountain lake visit, just drive past the Sandbeach trailhead to Copeland Lake, a pretty man-made lake at the entrance to the Wild Basin area. Park the car, and you're there. Wild Basin is about 10 minutes south of Estes Park, and if you don't have a pass, there's a $20 Rocky Mountain National Park entrance fee.
Anyone else notice this was a great summer for hunting moose with a camera? I spotted 18 altogether, at Brainard Lake in the Indian Peaks wilderness, Grand Lake west of Rocky Mountain National Park – and Guanella Pass, of all places. Two moose taking a morning swim in that little lake at the base of Mount Bierstadt.
Here's a big guy dining near Brainard Lake.
Hey, any of you hikers remember seeing Paul Ryan on a 14er? When and where?


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Mises Daily Articles
A Free Market Approach to Insider Trading
So-called insider trading may take place in publicly traded firms. It occurs when an individual privy to private information (the insider) attempts to profit on the buying and selling of stocks using non-public information to anticipate the stock's future price.
For example: Mr. Povedilla, senior director of Joint Public Works Ltd., knows that JPW is going to sign an important contract that may increase the value of the firm and thus raise the stock price. By using this knowledge before it is public, he may buy stock of JPW and profit from the possible price hiking once the announcement is made.
Is Mr. Povedilla harming other investors and JPW stockholders by engaging in such practices? Many people may conclude that Mr. Povedilla is somehow "abusing" the person or entity from which he buys JPW stock prior to the announcement of the important new contract. Those who see abuse in this case may then advocate for legal controls on such activities.
However, such a legal solution is not as easy or appropriate as it may seem. First, it should be noted that the insider's use of information is not risk free: even if those opposed to insider trading think that the insider will necessarily reap enormous rewards through the trade thanks to the privileged information, the truth is that the insider still needs to anticipate the market to profit, as in any other business opportunity. And there is always uncertainty on how the market will react to a new piece of information. Moreover, any number of other unexpected events may happen, causing the stock price not to behave as expected by the insider. The success of insider trading is not guaranteed, but subject to the same general risks incurred in any other transaction.
Second, the trading operation by the insider is a transaction voluntarily made by the counterpart. In other words, the individual who trades stock with the insider is doing so because he also seeks to profit from the transaction. Otherwise, he would not consent to do it. This implies that the counterpart believes he has information and analysis that the insider does not have. Taken to an extreme, it could be said of him that he is trying to "abuse" the insider. In fact, every one of us has private information, our own life experience, which makes us interpret in different ways existing market conditions.
Something seen as positive by someone may be perceived as negative by someone else. However, nobody would say that every stock trader is "abusing" those other parties due to the private information they may have.
Lastly, from a more theoretical point of view, insiders provide information to the market by means of their transactions. Thanks to them, this information reaches the market faster than it would without their involvement, which in turn accelerates the approach of stock prices to the real value of the stock. This process has been explained by Rothbard in his analysis of the social role of speculators.1Moreover, the mere fact that an insider wishes to sell or to buy provides information on the stock value.
Even if we accept that insider trading should not be banned, we might still consider what information should be provided by insiders (or affected firms) and the conditions (mainly, terms) in which it should be provided.
This problem can be solved by the stock markets themselves. Conditions imposed on insider trading (including its prohibition) should simply be features of each stock market. Thus, each stock market's definition of what constitutes unacceptable insider trading should be in the hands of the owner or operator of the market. In turn, competition among stock markets, i.e., the "stock-market market," would reveal the preferences among stock market customers in the matter of insider-trading rules.
If there is (or may be) competition among stock markets, that is, if firms can choose in which stock market to list their stock, they will prefer, ceteris paribus, those stock markets in which more investors (i.e., more possible buyers) participate.2 The number of participating investors of course depends on the conditions in which they can access information relevant for their investments, among other features. These investors may choose to buy stock in one or other stock markets depending on prices of transactions or, if they wish, on the conditions imposed to insider trading, or on other factors.
A firm which chooses a specific stock market in which to list its shares has to comply with the conditions required by the owner of the market, including those related to insider trading. Investors, in light of these conditions, choose in which stock market to operate. If they do not deem insider-trading rules to be suitable, they may go to other stock markets. In the same way, if a public firm prefers to carry out insider-trading without complying with the conditions of a specific stock market, it will have to look for another one in which to be listed.
In this way, it is the individual preferences of investors and firms that give shape to the requirements for insider trading, with no need of state intervention. This approach erases even the perceived need for legal sanctions against insider trading which had always been unfounded due to the fact that all parties take part in the transaction voluntarily.3 Of course, if the insider breaks any of the rules imposed by a specific stock market, it will be privately sanctioned by the owners of the market. After all, it is also in the interest of the stock market owner vis-à-vis participating investors to show that their rules are respected.
If we seek to eliminate or regulate insider trading, it is only necessary to allow free competition among stock markets while eliminating legal barriers to entry. The consumers will then determine the optimal conditions for its private regulation.4
- 1. See chapter 2.7 of Man, Economy, and State.
- 2. Stock markets are actually firms, which may be listed on stock markets as any other firm. In Spain, BME is the firm which operates stock markets.
- 3. In Japan, insider trading was legal until 1988, and many Japanese do not yet understand that it is now illegal.
- 4. Thanks to Professor Jesse Fried, from the Harvard Law School, for leading the workshop in which these reflections were born.


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Truck Day, that is. After a veeeeerrrry late night, we're ready to load up the moving truck. That's what hubby's doing right now, in fact, while I sit in warm, snuggly comfort in my mom's home office - toddlers plus moving men don't mix, so we went across town to spend the day saying prayers for their progress.
Since I'm not on my home computer, I won't be able to update the site aside from posting - that's why it's perpetually Laundry Day. Pay no mind to the banner, and keep on with your regularly scheduled Daily Focus Blocks!
I'll keep you posted on our progress, and "see" you in another time zone in a few days!
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Heidi Schaap
Heidi is a child of God, a homemaker, wife to a studly backyard lumberjack, and homeschooling Momma to nine fun, highly energetic outdoorling children. Her family homesteads a small patch of woods in Ohio and when Heidi's not in the kitchen baking bread or cookies, she's growing veggies, playing tag with dairy goats, and shooing chickens off the front porch. Heidi loves books, natural living, and coffee…Actually, let's put the coffee first. She is the author of Bootcamp for Lousy Housekeepers, a book she hopes will bless you immensely.
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Phables, July 24, 2006
on July 24, 2006 at 12:38 am
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A new Phables updates today. This one is a story from 1986 about a crime — and help from an unexpected source. It also has a moral that holds added resonnance in this summer of increasing crime in this city: When we stand together, crime doesn't stand a chance. I'm really proud of this one and I hope you like it, too.


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Retro Future: Glorious Transportation Update
Transportation Futurism: making you hate your current family car since 1951
You've seen our update on Retro Future: Space Art and the previous part of Transportation Showcase. Today we continue the series with transportation-related illustrations and concepts from popular science and science fiction magazines - most of them rarely seen examples from unlikely sources, such as vintage Communist Youth magazine illustrations, or fantastic covers from international book editions.
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Season's greetings friends. My offering to you is one that is truly special to me, and there is a story to be told.
The cinematography for this video was done by my very talented friend Nate Shoutis. To see more of his work, and some of our collaborative efforts for fun, and money follow him on Vimeo HERE. We live in different areas of the country so most of our collaboration is done online, but last October Nate asked me to compose something for a holiday video we planned to shoot when he passed through Missoula. I wrote this piece, "Shooting Star". If you are interested in adding the single to your music collection, or sending it as a gift, it's on iTunes HERE
I did not mention last year that this musical piece was a tribute to my late mother. She passed in October 2011 very suddenly from a brain aneurysm. The great unknown on the other side of life always leaves those of us living with lots of questions about what might be out there. I don't mean for this post to delve into my spiritual beliefs other than to share a cool story that gives me hope for what's waiting for all of us eventually.
My mother really liked to mark special occasions by releasing sky lanterns into the sky. It's a tradition that has carried on through both my nuclear and extended families. There is really something special about seeing fire rise into the sky until it climbs high enough to vanish beyond our vision. Shortly after her passing I had a family member relate a story to me about a sky lantern tribute in my mom's honor. As they watched the last lantern fade from sight a shooting star streaked it's message across the sky…
At my mom's service I played a piece called Bron-Yr-Aur that was one of her favorite pieces for me to play for her. It uses a unique guitar tuning that my guitar set in for a week or so after she passed away. While I was reflecting on things and noodling on my guitar, I had a melody in my head that you'll hear as the "chorus" of this piece. To me it was saying shooting star. I wrote the rest of the parts keeping that melody and her memory in mind.
To me those moments of inspiration happen when someone reaches across the divide to let us know that we won't be alone when we pass into that great beyond. Hopefully this is enjoyed by you and who you choose to share it with. It's a story I tell to inspire hopefulness and not sorrow, and I hope it finds you all in a comfortable, festive, and happy place.
As a last side-note I wanted to give a quick shout-out to the tree. It was a tree sprout gone wild in our yard that had reached an unmanageable size in an inappropriate spot. I'm reminded that it's last moments were beautifully captured by Nate's cinematography here. The folks at Guitarborist are grateful for all the positives trees offer us in this world!


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For a quick look at what shows open when this season, check out the 2020 Openings At-A-Glance page
Events for July 12, 2019 › Shakespeare
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For The Love of Shakespeare
This year, the Hudson Players Club will be presenting a play written and directed by the club's own Christopher Gobeil about a troupe of 19th century itinerant Shakespearean actors and their ruminations on the place of love in the works of the Bard.
Performances at Hudson's Jack Layton Park from July 11th to 21st. Admission by donation.Find out more »
Measure for Measure
Power. Corruption. Morality and justice. Surviving in a gritty world without getting your hands dirty isn't easy. Written over 400 years ago, Shakespeare's dark comedy might just as easily have been ripped from today's headlines. With a company of ten outstanding actors and a striking design, this funny and provocative show will have audiences talking all the way home from the park.
A Shakespeare-in-the-Park tour presented by Repercussion Theatre in parks throughout Montréal, Québec, and Ontario from July 11th until August 11th.Find out more »
Do you have an upcoming event in Montreal that you would like to include in our calendar? Submit your listing for free!


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Red Rag to a Bull
Season 5 • Episode 17
The color red can drive a bull towards psychopathy. Or does it? The team puts this legend to the test. Then fresh from their bull jousting, the team tests another story about rowdy ruminants as they test the saying: 'Bull in a China Shop.'
43 min|TV-PG|Premiered 06/12/2013


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Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Six times a year, the editors of the Oxford African American Studies Center provide insights into black history and culture, showing ways in which the past and present interact by offering specially commissioned featured essays, photographic essays, and a selected list of articles that will further guide the reader. The latest Focus On looks at Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
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Historically Black Colleges and Universities
This photo series takes a look at an assortment of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). An HBCU, according to the Higher Education Act of 1965 , is "any historically black college or university that was established prior to 1964, whose principal mission was, and is, the education of black Americans, and that is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association. " Many HBCUs were founded following the Civil War when former slaves lobbied for educational funding and the creation of black schools. Today HBCUs boast eminent graduates in a wide array of fields, including politics, entertainment, and aerospace.
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Featured Articles
The following entries have been selected from our archives to help guide readers learn more about Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
(Access to the following articles is available only to subscribers.)
Subject Entries
Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Historically Black Colleges and Universities & Women
Colleges and Universities, Historically Black, in the United States
Educators, Modern
Alabama State University
Spelman College
Morehouse College
Wilburforce University
Tuskegee University
Bethune-Cookman College
Meharry Medical College
Texas Southern University
Howard University
Prairie View A&M University
Fisk University
Lincoln University (Pennsylvania)
Notable Alumni of HBCUs
Rosa Parks
Fred D Gray
Alice Malsenior Walker
Marcelite Jordon Harris
Martin Luther King Jr.
Spike Lee
Melvin Edwards
Ralph Ellison
Lionel Richie
Amelia Boynton Robinson
Mary McLeod Bethune
A. Philip Randolph
John Chaney
Barbara Jordan
Carter G. Woodson
Andrew Jackson Young Jr.
Ralph Bunche
Toni Morrison
Eric Williams
Vashti Murphy McKenzie
Zora Neale Hurston
John Chaney
Elijah E. Cummings
Inez Beverly Prosser
Mr. T
W. E. B. Du Bois
Thurgood Marshall
John Hope Franklin
Nnamdi Azikiwe
Kwame Nkrumah
Madie Hall Xuma
Louis Abdul Farrakhan
Primary Source Documents
Executive Order 13256: Advisors for Historically Black Colleges and Universities ( 2002 )
Executive Order 12320 (1981)
Grutter v. Bollinger (2003)


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A collection of trending news stories we shared in social media in the past week.
The New "Stonewall" Film Treats Trans People Like Inspirational Sidekicks
'Stonewall' fails to give the gay rights watershed the stirring film it deserves
TIFF Review: Roland Emmerich's Gay Rights Drama 'Stonewall'
Toronto Film Review: 'Stonewall'
How the White- and Cis-Washing of the Stonewall Movie Hurts Trans People of Color
TIFF Review: Roland Emmerich's Gay Rights Drama 'Stonewall'
Best Emmys moment for streaming TV was push for transgender equality
why we shouldn't forget the trans pioneers who paved the way for caitlyn and laverne
Once a Pariah, Now a Judge: The Early Transgender Journey of Phyllis Frye
Groups Demand Release for Trans Detainee in Failing Health
67th Emmys: 'Transparent' winners support trans equality from the stage
Congress Set to Introduce Groundbreaking Criminal Justice Reform Bills
NEW POLL: Number of Americans who report knowing a transgender person doubles
Interview with Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi
Documentary project (America in Transition) aims to tell stories of the underrepresented
Op-ed: The Black Gay Trans Man at Minneapolis City Hall
Diary of a Transgender Woman: Question about the science of why people are transgender
This is a great post from Kaydee about what the current science is on how trans folks come about, in response to a question on her blog.
Can we please stop calling for a single, "standard" non-binary pronoun?
Why Doesn't Fox News Host Transgender Guests?
This Group Of Badass Women Just Killed The Menswear Game
Stop Shaming Partners of Trans People
Sex isn't chromosomes: the story of a century of misconceptions about X & Y
Freedom Indiana faces tough challenge over LGBT rights
Transphobia in the Midwifery Community
Facebook post on Street harassment from Dark Matter:
Today was a hard day. I was street harassed and ridiculed by men, women, and children just for simply existing in public. And I'm sitting at home feeling awful and doing what I always do when I feel disposable: writing.
Portraits Of Transgender Children Reveal "The Person They Feel They Really Are"
Transgender model: Men's Health cover should show a 'different version of a man'
6 Transgender People Share What They Would Wear in a World Without Judgment
'They wanted this to be quiet': A transgender inmate in the Dane County Jail is suing over her treatment
Meet six-year-old twin brother who is now a twin sister – and one of Britain's youngest transgender children
Bathroom Discrimination at School: Kyle's Story


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Cubot Note S – 5.5″ – 2GB/16GB Price in Nigeria/Kenya/Ghana
The Cubot Note S sports a revolutionary design and a 5.5-inch display making it perfect fro browsing, typing and gaming. What's more, other features include an 8MP Camera, 2GB RAM and runs on Android 5.1. What are you waiting for?
Order for this Cubot Note S smartphone on Jumia and have it delivered right at your doorstep.
Where to Buy Cubot Note S
- CUBOT NOTE S 3G Smartphone
- System: Android 5.1 (Lollipop)
- Display: 5.5 inch HD screen
- Processor: Quad-Core
- Capacity: 2GB RAM + 16GB ROM
- Carema: 5.0MP(Back) + 2.0MP(Front)
- Dual SIM Card Dual Standby
- Battery: 4150mAh battery
Great Design
In a nutshell, the mobile phone is well built from quality plastic cover and less metal that seems quite durable. Its sides have no bezels and from a distance, you can notice a well-looking screen. At the bottom of the screen you will find the capacitive buttons, and at the top, you will find the earphone, sensors, and camera. The cover is made of glossy plastic, and it's removable. One good thing about this cover is that it is not slippery and it is not prone to fingerprints something that you cannot find elsewhere.
5.5″ IPS Screen Display
The entire display is 5.5 inch IPS multi-touch touchscreen with a high-quality 2.5D-OGS touchable glass curved at the edges. The resolution measures 1280 x 720 pixels HD display, IPS, G+F multi-point touch and 267ppi pixel density that will enable you to see single pixels with your bare eyes. Cubot Note S comes with 16M colors that are natural and vivid. Additionally, there is the color brightness of 720/m2 which is safe to use even in ambient light.
Quad-Core 1.3GHz Performance
The Cubot Note S has a MediaTek MT6580 Quad-Core processor with four Cortex-A7 cores that stand at 1.3GHz each. Also supports the Mali 400 GPU packed with 2GB RAM. This is above the average of some of the low-budget smartphones in the market today. Due to the speed witnessed by its processor, the responsiveness of this phone is in its league.
8MP / 5MP Camera
If you love photography, then with Cubot Note S you will have the opportunity to sample a Samsung camera of 8 megapixels back camera that has Dual ISP Image chips, 5P lens, and ƒ/ 2.0 aperture. Also, it has 5 Megapixels front camera with intelligent beauty capability.
4150mAh Lasting Battery
One good thing about this phone is its power endurance period. Where did you see a smartphone with more than two days battery life? Cubot Note S has a giant Lithium battery of 4150mAh with a power saving processor for big results. In average usage, you can use it for four days before you charge it again.
Technical Specification Cubot Note S
- Screen type: Capacitive (5-Points),IPS
- Screen size: 5.5 inch
- Screen resolution: 1280 x 720 (HD 720)
- OS: Android 5.1
- Cores: 1.3GHz,Quad Core
- GPU: Mali-400 MP
- External Memory: TF card up to 32GB (not included)
- Camera type: Dual cameras (one front one back)
- Back camera: with flash light and AF
- Back-camera: 8.0MP (SW8.0MP)
- Front camera: 5.0MP (SW5.0MP)
- Video recording
- Touch Focus
- Auto Focus
- Flashlight
- Camera Functions: Anti Shake,Face Beauty,Face Detection,HDR
- Picture format: BMP,GIF,JPEG,PNG
- Music format: AAC,MP3,OGG,WAV
- Video format: 3GP,AVI,FLV,MP4
- MS Office format: Excel,PPT,Word
- E-book format: PDF,TXT
- Live wallpaper support: Yes
- Games: Android APK
- Wireless Connectivity: 3G,A-GPS,Bluetooth 4.0,GPS,GSM,WiFi
- WIFI: 802.11b/g/n wireless internet
- Network type: GSM+WCDMA
- 2G: GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz
- 3G: WCDMA 900/1900/2100MHz
- I/O Interface: 3.5mm Audio Out Port,Micro USB Slot,TF/Micro SD Card Slot
- Sensor: Ambient Light Sensor,Gravity Sensor,Proximity Sensor
- Google Play Store: Yes
- OTG : Yes
- Additional Features: 3G,Alarm,Bluetooth,Browser,Calculator,Calendar,E-book,GPS,MP3,MP4,People,Sound Recorder,Wi-Fi
- Battery Capacity (mAh): 1 x 4150mAh
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Regular group exercise can help seniors maintain a sense of independence, enhance their memory, and boost their energy. There are also many social benefits to working out in a group setting, like making new friends. The following local exercise programs can enrich several areas of a senior's life.
1. Morning Stretch
The Downtown Senior Center at 27 East Texas Avenue offers people age 50 and over a series of fitness classes Monday through Friday from 10am to 11am. In these classes, seniors get to watch and follow fitness videos that teach a variety of exercises for different activity levels. The exercises older adults learn in this class may help them increase their balance, muscle tone, and flexibility, enhance their cardiovascular health, and fight the effects of osteoporosis. Seniors with physical challenges or disabilities can use a chair for support. Classes are free.
Some seniors prefer to exercise at home, and they can enjoy a higher quality of life with the help of professional in-home caregivers. If your elderly loved one needs help maintaining a high quality of life while aging in place, reach out to Home Care Assistance, a trusted provider of Henderson home care. Services our caregivers provide include transportation to and from medical appointments and social events, nutritious meal preparation, assistance with daily exercise, and help with everyday tasks like bathing, grooming, and light housekeeping.
2. Senior Fun and Fit
The Henderson Multigenerational Center at 250 South Green Valley Parkway runs an exercise program for people aged 50 and above on Fridays from 1pm to 2pm. Older adults of all fitness levels are welcome. This class features low-impact aerobics with stretching exercises that may increase a senior's circulation and reduce stiffness. Seniors will use resistance bands, exercise balls, and light weights to work their muscles and build strength, and they have the choice of either sitting or standing to do their exercises, which can be modified if they have physical challenges. Each class costs $8 for drop-ins.
3. Gentle Stretch
The Heritage Park Senior Facility at 300 South Racetrack Road offers a fitness class for older adults 50 and above on Wednesdays from 9:30am to 10:15am. In this class, seniors learn moves and exercises that work their entire body and enhance their cognitive health. The workout session may also increase a senior's range of motion, enhance his or her coordination, and boost energy levels. Seniors have the choice of either using a chair for support or sitting to do their exercises. Drop-ins pay $6 each class.
In Henderson, NV, respite care is a great help to many families. Caring for a senior loved one can be overwhelming at times, which puts family caregivers at risk for burnout. However, an in-home caregiver can take over your loved one's care, allowing you the time you need to focus on your own health, maintain a full-time job, or care for other members of your family.
4. Stretch and Exercise
The Whitney Ranch Recreation Center at 1575 West Galleria Drive is running a workout program on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 9am to 9:45am. Being strong and flexible is important for a senior's overall mental and physical wellbeing, and it may also decrease his or her chances of injuries. In this class, seniors focus on toning their muscles, building their strength, and increasing their flexibility by mixing non-aerobic movements with simple stretches. Each class costs $6 for drop-ins.
Some seniors prefer exercising at home, while others need extensive 24-hour care to manage illnesses or injuries. For many seniors in Henderson, Nevada, live-in care is an essential component of aging in place safely and comfortably. However, it's important for them to have caregivers they can trust and rely on. At Home Care Assistance, we extensively screen all of our live-in and 24-hour caregivers and only hire those who have experience in the senior home care industry. Our strict requirements ensure seniors can remain in the comfort of home with a reduced risk of injury or serious illness. To learn about our revolutionary in-home care plans, give us a call at (702) 527-7723 today.


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Louis C.K. wins Grammy for Best Comedy Album
Though it's hours before the Grammy Awards are set to broadcast live on CBS, we can report that Louis C.K. has snagged the Grammy for Best Comedy Album. His outstanding release Hilarious beat out Kathy Griffin, Weird Al Yankovic, Patton Oswalt and The Lonely Island.
You can check out our review of Hilarious here and listen to a track from the album below.
Moments after our posting, Louis C.K. took to Twitter for the first time since Dec. 21, 2011 to say this:
Im cooking rice green beans, steak for the kids (gf chicken fingers too) and someone just told me i won a Grammy. well golly.
He added a few minutes later:
Thank you to whoever decides to give those things to people. And thank you to people who buy things that i make and then laugh.


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Anthony M. Destefano
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Anthony M. Destefano
The crime that inspired the movie Goodfellas. The story that couldn't be told—until now.
One of the biggest scores in Mafia history, the Lufthansa Airlines heist of 1978 has become the stuff of Mafia legend—and a decades-long investigation that continues to this day. Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Anthony DeStefano sheds new light on this legendary unsolved case using recent evidence from the 2015 trial of eighty-year-old mafioso Vincent Asaro, who for the first time speaks out on his role in the fateful Lufthansa heist. This blistering you-are-there account takes you behind the headlines and inside the ranks of America's infamous crime families—with never-before-told stories, late-breaking news, and bombshell revelations:
New details on the heist's planning: who was involved, how they pulled it off, and what really happened to the almost $6 million in cash and jewels they stole from JFK Airport
Why suspected heist participant Vincent Asaro was found NOT GUILTY of all charges—racketeering, theft, and murder—even after being observed by the FBI for more than three decades
The shocking discovery of human bones in a Queens home belonging to a relative of Jimmy Burke, the homicidal Lucchese crime family associate who assembled the Lufthansa heist team—and masterminded the caper, then the biggest cash robbery in American history.
The eye-opening testimony of gangsters-turned-informants Salvatore Vitale and Gaspar Valenti—and what it reveals about the Mafia code of silence known as Omerta
The greed, betrayal, murder, and other frightening insights into the Bonanno and Lucchese crime families
Disturbing claims about how some members of the NYPD leaked information to mobster Jimmy Burke and may have helped hide evidence of a mob murder victim's demise
An invaluable addition to any crime library, this is the most complete, thorough, and up-to-date account of the Lufthansa heist. Pulitzer-Prize winner Anthony M. DeStefano draws from his years of experience reporting on the mob for New York Newsday—as well as his firsthand coverage of the Asaro indictment and attendence at the trial—to expose the all-too-human heart of organized crime in America. The Big Heist is thrilling, shocking, and impossible to put down.
Praise for Pulitzer Prize winner Anthony M. Destefano
and his acclaimed books
"Thrilling American crime writing."
—Jimmy Breslin, author of The Good Rat and winner of the Pulitzer Prize
"DeStefano is a master at cutting through the secrecy of the Mafia hierarchy."
—Publishers Weekly
"Dramatic . . . thrilling . . . tantalizing."
—Kirkus Reviews
"DeStefano's book tracks the downfall [of] all of the old organized crime families . . . unique insights."
—New York Law Journal
"The best and last word on the subject . . . DeStefano brings the story to life."
—Jerry Capeci, creator of GangLandNews.com
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Students at Arizona universities can expect to see an increase in tuition as well as additional student fees. The Arizona Republic reports:
In-state students at Arizona State University will pay a one-time $320 surcharge for the next year. Tuition is also going up for new undergraduates at the University of Arizona and Northern Arizona University but not for current students in guaranteed-tuition plans.
These increases are a direct result of the $99 million in cuts to state funding. In-state undergrads at Arizona State University will face $10,478 in tuition and fees per year; international students can also expect an 11 percent rise in tuition. UA and NAU offer "guaranteed-tuition plans" so current students will not be affected by these tuition increases, but incoming students can expect to pay more for their education.
The decrease in state investment does require us to ask our students and their families to contribute more to the cost of their education," ASU's Crow wrote in the university's tuition proposal to the regents.


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This is a swiss cheese philodendron growing up a palm tree.
However the vining philodendrons can become challenging to manage if left unchecked. In the photo below, a vine is growing up a window screen. It is
blocking light causing the room to be unusually dark. If left unchecked, it will climb up over the window up the wall to the roof. In the photo below, you will see some common philodendrons climbing up a wall of my house.
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It's great that you're considering completing a research degree programme here at Aston. The tabs below contain all the information you need to make your application.
Before submitting, it is very important that you read this information, as it will help you to prepare your application and submitting documentation.
If you have any problems or concerns with your application, you can contact the EAS Postgraduate Research Admissions team at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Good luck!
Applicants should have been awarded, or expect to achieve, a Masters degree in a relevant subject with a 60% or higher weighted average, and/or a First or Upper Second Class Honours degree (or an equivalent qualification from an overseas institution).
Some school funded projects may have specific academic requirements, and details of these will be included in the project advert. Details of our current projects can be found here.
Please provide transcripts of the marks you have already achieved with your application. If your qualification is suitable and your grades are good, we would normally accepted this as providing evidence of your research potential.
We may also consider applicants who have substantial and significant work experience outside of their degree(s) in a relevant field, but who do not currently meet our academic entry requirements; this can include unpaid internships, volunteering for charities and NGO's or self-funded activities.
English Language Entry Requirements
Non-native speakers of English are normally required to satisfy the following minimum English language requirements:
Your test must have been taken no more than two years before the start date of your course.
For applicants from non-English speaking countries, it is necessary to have taken either the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the British Council IELTS (Academic Test) test. However, if the Candidate holds a Bachelor or Master's degree from a UK University, this requirement may be waived. Please contact the school for further information.
If you do not have a valid English language qualification this will be requested as a condition of any offer that is issued.
It is important that you clearly describe your area of research interest. This enables us to match you with potential supervisors or research groups more easily. You will be required to submit a research proposal for the project you are interested in, however your final research activity will be defined in consultation with your supervisors.
A good research proposal is one of the most important aspects of your application. This should confirm the quality of your ideas, your ability to think originally and critically, to ensure that you really have understood the depth of investigation that your doctoral research will entail, and that you have a good understanding of the key theories and relevant literature. When writing your proposal you should consider the following points:
You are welcome to contact one of our academics to discuss your proposed project before making an application. The research interests of all our academic staff can be found with each Research Group.
Without a clear project proposal we will not be able to proceed with your application, so please ensure you take time to provide a clearly defined project idea.
Please note that a personal statement is not acceptable as a project proposal.
It is important that you fully understand the requirements of a PhD. Information to help you plan your research and choose the right institution and supervisor can be found here.
In addition to your project proposal, please include the following supporting documents with your application form:
We may not be able to reach a decision on your application if any of these documents are missing.
You can apply for a place at any time of the year, unless you are applying for a specific studentship or scholarship with a deadline. Research students can commence their studies on one of four dates each year:
Please apply as early as possible before your preferred start date to enable us to process your application in good time for your start date.
This is particularly important for international students who need extra time to apply for their Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) and visa.
Once we receive your application and associated documents, your application will be forwarded to possible supervisors in the relevant research group. At this point, a potential supervisor may contact you either to discuss your application or request more information prior to inviting you for an interview. For overseas applicants this will be via Skype.
If you meet our criteria for admission and a supervisor in your chosen area of research is available, following the interview an offer letter will be sent to your correspondence address. If your offer is conditional, you will be required to fulfil these conditions prior to your enrolment.
Applicants that are unsuccessful will be notified by email. The most common reasons for an applicant to be unsuccessful are that either you do not meet our entry criteria, or no-one suitable is available to supervise you at this moment in time. You may reapply at a later date if you have improved your qualifications, increased your knowledge of the research subject, or your research interests have changed.
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(Above: Australian Cardinal George Pell.)
There has been debate recently about the power of the N.S.A.--and no, this time it's not about whether or not the N.S.A. should be able to spy on people. The debate this time is more concerned about the kind of technologies and powers the N.S.A. has developed. In the aftermath of the ransomware cyber attack that occurred recently, people are concerned about the N.S.A.'s rushing to develop new technology without first ensuring that they can properly encrypt and protect it so it doesn't fall into the wrong hands.
Officials are puzzled about the cyber attackers' motives, which appear not to be financially motivated, but rather apparently seem to be centered around Ukrainian tax accounts.
After the Supreme Court ruled to uphold a partial form of President Trump's travel ban until they officially ruled on it in the fall, they released details of what the 'partial travel ban' would entail. Siblings are allowed into the country, considered close enough family to warrant this, but nieces, nephews, and grandparents are not. Step-siblings and half-siblings are also allowed.
Australian Cardinal George Bell, one of Pope Francis' closest advisors, has been charged with sexual assault.
After losing support from some Republican senators, Senate House Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has decided to go back to the drawing board. A vote on the bill to replace Obamacare will not take place until after the July 4th recess. Sources say that McConnell is also allegedly considering working with democratic senators to draft bipartisan legislation.
After getting wind of an alleged chemical weapons attack planned by the United States government, the president and other advisors promised punishment in return. Now, the Secretary of Defense, Mr. Mattis, has claimed that the threat is gone, and Syria has halted its plans to carry out the attack. Whether or not the attack ever existed is up for debate, but many sources in the cabinet seem to claim that it did.
With Xi Jinping in Hong Kong for the first time in his term as head of the Chinese state, the New York Times published this article to take a look at what this may mean for the democratic or sovereign future for the small island. Is Hong Kong the same place it was 20 years ago, when Britain relinquished control?
Have a great Thursday, folks!
Also, as a side note--what today's title is referencing (a previous song of the day):
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Sample Photos – Photo Booth International
The following are sample photos taken from our Photo Booths.
High quality photos are produced by all of our photo booths. There are 2 styles of cameras to choose from when you purchase a photo booth from us; a USB Camera and a DSLR Camera. The best way to determine which one will work for you is to consider the type of events will your photo booth be at. If you plan on working casual social events such as concerts or expos, then the USB Camera will work fine but if you plan on working personal events like weddings or birthday parties the DSLR works best for those. If you need help choosing just ask your sales rep.


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Complimentary Continental Breakfast for members and up to two guests. Served daily Monday through Friday from 7:30 am - 9:30 am. Lunch is served in the Main Dining Room from 11:30 am - 1:30 pm. Choose from our extensive buffet, or order seasonal entrees from our deluxe menu.
Our Pub is open Monday through Friday from 4:30 pm - 7:30 pm for members and up to two guests. A different selection of complimentary food is offered each night.
Members may bring their own wine to Club Member Events with no corkage fee.
The Stanford Faculty Club offers four comfortable guest rooms and three spacious suites for you or your sponsored guests.
The Stanford Faculty Club is an active member of the Association of College and University Clubs. Members enjoy reciprocal privileges with many other faculty clubs in the USA and abroad. Explore the services available by clicking here.
List of current reciprocal Clubs (PDF)
In addition to the above clubs, Stanford Faculty Club has a reciprocal agreement with the Harvard Club of New York City. To learn more about the Harvard Club of NYC, explore their website at https://www.hcny.com/.
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From Missouri to Montauban
The odyssey of six Osage in France
July 1827 - November 1829
New France
In 1534, under the reign of François 1st, Jacques Cartier took possession of Canada
With Samuel Champlain, in 1608 during the reign of Henri IV, the territory became a French colony known as New France. Immediately, a lucrative fur trade began. Indeed, beaver fur and other wild animals were used to make felt which were made for caps that everyone wore in Europe at that time. The natives were hospitable people with the newcomers; they helped them to settle and share with them their knowledge of their country. Thus, the French learned from the Indians the techniques of hunting, trapping and survival in the immense American forests. The first French trappers, who were once called woodland runners or travelers dispersed in the Great Lakes area and came into contact with new tribes.
The fur traders in their turn incited the Indians to trap more animals in order to satisfy an increasing demand. This trade was practiced in the form of bartering. The French introduced instruments and tools made out of metal such as knives, hatchets, needles, various containers, but also glass beads, fabrics and ribbons. Therefore, the French were now in competition with the English who had also settled in this part of the world. There was a need to find newmarkets such as China. The idea came to mind to cross the American continent from east to west in order to reach the Pacific Ocean. Only by waterway was it possible to cross the complex lush forest at that time in America.
Joliet and Marquette Expedition
Thus, in 1673, an exploration mission was launched led by a Jesuit, Father Jacques Marquette and another Frenchmen from Canada, Louis Joliet. The expedition was made up of a group of two canoes leaving from Lake Superior. They descended the Wisconsin River to the Mississippi and followed the large river which they hoped would lead them west into the Pacific. During their voyage they took risks by collecting plant samples and especially coming into contact with the new tribes. The descent of the Mississippi continued without any major difficulty but it was a disappointing voyage. The Mississippi River runs hopelessly towards the south! When they arrived at the confluence of the Arkansas River Marquette and Joliet, learned from the Illinois Indians that the Mississippi continues towards southwest.
The Illinois named the southern region and the western basin of the Mississippi as the country of Wha-Sha-She, a name that Marquette transcribed as Osage. Fearing, that he would enter into Spanish territory and to see his expedition ruined, Marquette decided to return to New France.
Nine years later, in 1682, another Frenchmen, Robert Cavelier de la Salle, completed the Marquette expedition while descending the Mississippi River into the Gulf of Mexico. He really appreciated the discovery of this territory, and dedicated it to the crown of France and gave it the name Louisiana in honor of the Sun King. The Wha-Sha-She (Osage) became, like so many other Indians, subjects to his Majesty Louis XIV, King of France and to the fleet without even knowing it.
The Louisiana territory stretched from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico and, from east to west of the Mississippi to the Rocky Mountains, therefore making it an immense colony. It was not easy to control with only a handful of soldiers who were woodland runners, who were more attracted by the charm of the Indians, the wilderness, total freedom and the taste of adventure rather than to serve the king.
The Osage
The Osage are of the Sioux family from the south. They are a part of the Deghiha group which is made up of five tribes: Ponca, Omaha, Osage, Kaw (or Kansas), Quapaw (Arkansas). These tribes belong to the same language family. They have the same traditions and were always allies to each other.
During the period of the Louisiana, their hunting territory compared to that of the size of France covering today's existing states; Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. They controlled the waterways of the Missouri and Mississippi for trading.
Physically, the Osage warriors were impressive people, with the average height of two meters (6 feet) or more. They were muscular and well built, their chests were traditionally covered with tattoos, wearing collar necklaces made of bone and bear claws, bracelets made of metal around the arm and wrists, rings and various other objects in the ear lobes. They styled their hair by shaving each side of the head and by leaving one strip of hair in the middle, which descended down the neck. For ceremonies or feastdays, they would accentuate their hair style by wearing a roach made of porcupine needles and tinting it with sharp colors, an eagle feather woven at the top and two other feathers which fell along either side of the face.
All body hair was carefully plucked out, including facial hairs and eyebrows. Women were also very beautiful, dressed in buckskin dresses dyed with deep colors, set-off by jewelry made of bone or shells.
The Osage had a diverse economy. The women and children were in charge of agriculture and fruit gathering while hunting was left to the men. Agriculture imposed a sedentary way of life while hunting, especially for buffalo, required a nomadic way of life.
The Osage were thus, semi nomad people, sharing their time between village life in huts at the edge of running waters, and the two annual hunting seasons, in spring and in autumn. The remainder of their time the hunters continued trapping. Fur trade thus, formed a part of their economy and the tribe ambitiously took care of it by maintaining its monopoly in its influential zone. This explains why there were often wars, fights, punitive raids and other types of acts for the goal to steal horses, or capture women for slaves.
The Osage were frightening warriors who knew how to earn respect. The French quickly understood that they could not do without their alliance in this strategically region. They quickly entered their good graces by gift giving and paying respect which would be the only means of maintaining their alleged domination. The trappers flattered the people enormously, especially towards the women, which later many became their wives and they lived in the villages, adopting Osage clothing, habits and customs, integrating themselves into the tribe. They had many children whose descendants still carry today such names as De Noya, Revard, Chouteau, Labadie, Clavier, Robedeaux, Larose, Boulanger.
The Occitans people left many marks of their passage in America: the town of St Louis, founded by Bearnais Baron de Laclede; the town of Detroit, founded by a Tarn-and-Garonnais (an Occitan region) a certain Lamothe-Cadillac (the Cadillac trademark), the Gasconnade river and still more...
Bonaparte and Jefferson
In 1803, Napoleon Bonaparte was just a First French Consul but already considered himself as the head of France. He promised himself an incredible destiny, which would need a great deal of money. What to do with this remote colony of the Americas, so difficult to control and so demanding on the soldiers? Talleyrand advised him, to call upon the President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson. He was formally the ambassador in Paris during the Revolution and who could hardly believe the unexpected proposal made to him. The Louisiana territory was offered to him on a silver platter for the moderate sum of 15 million dollars! He bought it and thus, double the surface of his country with one strike. The Federate Republic of the founded thirteen American colonies now stretched to the Rocky Mountains. The Plains Indians became American without even knowing it. However, their descendants would have to wait until 1929 to obtain citizenship!
The French were no longer masters of this part of the world. The Osage were apart of those who would regret it. As surprising as it may have seemed, a group was formed by the chief: Ki-He-Kah-Shinkah (Little Chief) with a project «to pay a visit to the French within their tribe». This was the beginning of an epic journey!
The voyage
It was now 1827. From that moment on during four years in the village of Kansas at the edge of the Osage River, an affluent of the Missouri River, the Osage stored beaver, fox and bear skins. It was the only currency, which they had to pay for the organized voyage across the "Great Water". The group included a dozen volunteers of men and women determined to do the adventure. They built rafts and loaded them with skins, weapons and luggage and which carried them until the Missouri River. From there, they descended the confluence from the Mississippi until New Orleans and crossed the "Great Stinky Water" to the country of the French. The first part of the voyage went well. Alas, on the lower confluence of the Missouri, just before reaching the Mississippi confluence and the town of Saint Louis, the rafts capsized in the rapids and all the skins were lost.
Discouraged and worried by this ill omen the majority of the Osage decided to return to the village. Six of them decided to continue.
The group was now reduced to but four warriors and two women. Chief Ki-He-Kah-Shinkah(Little Chief) and his wife Gthe-Do'n-Wi'n (Hawk Woman); the warrior Washinka-Sabe(Black Spirit) and his wife Semi-Ho'n-Mi-Ho'n-Ga (Sacred Sun) 19 years old and a relation of Hawk Woman; A-ki-Da-Tonkah (Great-Protector-of-the-Earth) was the spokesman of the village and was called Great-Soldier and finally, the sixth member of the group namedMinckchata-hooh (Young Soldier).
Now here they were in St Louis, which was then just a large village with the two most important confluences in North America. They met a Frenchmen, David Delaunay, wearing a beautiful colonel uniform of the United States army. He already had a hunch that he could make an exhibition of these "savages" in France. It was during the romantisme period: the French author Chateaubriant had just published «Voyage in America» and, in the preceding year, the "Adventures of the Last of Abencerages".
Delaunay proposed to finance their voyage. The Osage accepted. The group descended the Mississippi River by steamboat and arrived at New Orleans where they embark on a sailing ship: The New England en route for Le Havre. It was at the end of June 1827.
The country of the Frenchmen
On July 27, 1827 at midday, under a radiant sun, the New England ship entered Le Havre harbor. The whole city of forty thousand people was already informed of the imminent arrival of the Indians just the day before. The entire population of Le Havre swarmed to the harbor. There were already people standing on their balconies, on rooftops of houses and even right up to the boats where one could see clusters of people clinging onto the ships. A welcoming triumph!
On the New England deck, stood the four half-naked warriors of golden smooth brown skin. Their shaved skull mounted with pricked peak of eagle feathers. Their faces were painted in red and with green stripes; on their arms, they wore silver bracelets and beaded necklaces. They stood stoic and well poised underneath the piercing sun holding a spear in one hand, and some of them even had a club in the other, all of them carried bows and arrows. The women were also dressed traditionally: a blouse with sharp colors; a red rap-over skirt with ribbons applied to it, leggings and moccasins. Their long hair, combed carefully, and worn freely down their back. They had a colored down-hairpiece hanging down the side of their faces.
The extremely cramped crowd, escorted them off the sailing ship and led them into a horse carriage, which brought them to Holland Hotel. Their first visit was with the city mayor who greeted them according to French custom, that anyone who gives an official speech was offered a glass of champagne. Muscat of Rivesaltes were shot that day showing the splendors at «Big Soldier » they probably had a little too much to drink.
The following days there after were a swirl of entertainment: a ride in a carriage, parade of troops to the citadel, riding the Ferris wheel, sparing, physical sports, banquets, invitations, etc. Women had the pleasure of offering the young Indian ladies costume jewelry and toiletry requisites, which were accepted with joy. But the Indians couldn't stay there forever. Paris was waiting for them!
In the morning of August 7, strangely dressed in blue frock coats, the Indians embarked on a steamboat the «Duchess of Angouleme» which went up the Seine River. The first stop-over was in Rouen where, once again, forty thousand gawking people were gathered for hours. The August 12th issue of the «Monitor» Journal began to spread the news: «Six Indians create a fury in Rouen.» The crowd besieged the town hall. On August 8th they went to the theater in an open carriage and by custom, sat in the Governor's booth... After the first act the prince rose and spoke in his language a lot of extremely pleasant things undoubtedly the Indians could not understand... The crowd was so curious that during the intermission, they raised the curtain so that the public could have a better look at the Indians. Rouen enjoyed only five days of their presence. On August 13, the Osage went up in the «Vélocifère» a stagecoach heading for Paris.
Their first outing was their visit with the Baron de Damas, the Foreign Minister, who had invited them for a meal among 40 guests. Two days later, on August 21, they went to the Saint-Cloud Royal Court where they were introduced to Charles X and to the Princes. These official duties were fulfilled. The Indians were the prey of the Parisian public eye... and of the crafty Delaunay. (The ladder had put an ad in the newspapers to finance each outing in order to come and see the Indians. Moreover, the theater directors argued over who would have the privilege of hosting the Osage whose presence, had already been announced beforehand, and that the theater would be completely full whatever the show. Thus they were dragged to the Opera houses of Gaite, Nouveautes, Varietes, l'Odeon, etc. The newspaper "Le Figaro" maliciously printed «the theater directors has just made a debut of six savages for the prosperity of their administration »... )
In Tivoli, the Osage were the stars of "extraordinary festivals". Their presence were known at the water show at Bercy; the wax museum where they could see their doubles; on a steam boat from Paris to Saint-Cloud; with the military march at Vincennes; and at the King's Garden zoo where they were baffled by the incredible giraffe. A slight madness settled among the Parisians. In cafes, they were serving the "Osage punch", the fashion industry launched "the Osage design" or "the Missourian wool". Fashion was Osage... At the end of October the press stopped writing about the Osage. Shortly there after, Delaunay, who was recognized as a swindler by one of his former victims put him in prison. The Osage who were brought over by Delaunay did not know how they would return to their country. They set off on the roads of France.
In spring of 1828, they were in Belgium. In Liege, the young Sacred Sun had twins which one of them was adopted by a Liegeois. In January 1, 1829, they were found abandoned and dying of hunger at Friboug-in-Brisgau; they wandered through Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland and down to Italy. Finally they separated into two groups, no doubt because of a disagreement on how they would return to their country. One group wanted to find help from Lafayette so they returned to Paris. While the other group counted on Mgr. Louis-Guillaume Dubourg, a former bishop of Louisiana, stationed in St. Louis where he sent the evangelical missionaries to the Plains Indians. The Osage knew him well and many were baptized by him in their tribe. They learned that Mgr. Dubourg had been ordained to the seat at the diocese of Montauban, in southwest of France.
Little Chief, Hawk Woman and Big Soldier traveled to south of France. They stopped in Avignon where the Deputy Mayor, Hector de Laurens, made a vote to subsidies their trip and come to their assistance. Winter was early that year. It was in November 1829: the small famished and exhausted group crossed the Old Bridge (Pont Vieux) of Montauban. The Tarn River had been frozen for several days. At the end of the bridge, they turned right and went up Bath Street. Still a few meters to go and they found themselves in front of the gates of Aliès Hall, the Bishop's residence (today known as the Town Hall of Montauban). Louis-Guillaume Dubourg accommodated them in his residence and comforted them. The following day he organized a collection in the diocese, among the nobles and the bourgeois, and the Mayor of Toulouse who was also asked for support. The Montalbanais were generous people: in a few days they reached the sum to finance their voyage back home and would be the end of a nightmare. The Osage embarked on a boat, which descended the Tarn River then, the Garonne River until Bordeaux. Finally "Bayard" brought them back to their country.
And the Other Three?
They had a failed attempt in Paris of September 1829 when the Consul General of the United States, Mr. Barnet, helped by Lafayette lodged them and fed them until they were strong enough to take them to Le Havre Harbor. Just at the moment of their departure all their finances for their trip were seized by the creditors by the debt of their dishonest personal manager Delaunay. The two men caught chicken pocks during their trip back and Sacred Sun returned home alone to her native land with her baby. Upon their return to their
village the Osage told their adventures of mishaps. Their two and half years stay had left a deep mark in their spirit, as their story did not die. In fact, the story lives thanks to them and to the oral tradition, which was passed on from generation to generation with such great loyalty. In fact, the story had been written for the first time in the 1929 issue of the Missouri Historical Journal. It was later translated and printed in the French magazine the «Historama» (issue number 40 of June 1987) in an article entitled «Red Skins in Paris» written by Guillaume de Berthier de Sauvigny to which a great part of these accounts were taken.
But the Story Doesn't End Here!
The Indians were a bother to the expansion projects to the west by the Whites. The Osage were moved to a reservation with another tribe of Missouri to Kansas and then finally to Oklahoma. A reservation was allotted to them in north of what was then called "Indian Territory" which is today known as Oklahoma. The territory is the size of the surface of two French departments, but insufficient enough for hunting. Besides the buffalo would soon disappear and... their heart was no longer there. The tribe withered away, and went dormant. Until oil would awake them.
The Oil
The black gold soaked the basin of the reservation like a sponge. They already knew the existence of oil but before the beginning of the 20th century, who would have thought at that time that this black and nauseous oil would make an engine run?
The Automobile boom would change everything. The states of Oklahoma, Texas, and part of Kansas were covered with derricks. On the Osage, reservation, oil wells were among the richest. The Osage lived the greatest economic miracle in their history. Oil companies came to exploit the layer and pay large royalties to the tribe. Officially the tribal count which was given by the Bureau of Indian Affairs was 2229 Osage in 1909. They were allotted shares, each Osage living at that time of distribution; adult or child, including a new born were accredited with shares. It was a time of wealth. Careless tribal members launched into a sumptuous life style, building mansions, buying the most luxurious cars, dressing their wives with fine jewelry. The American newspapers constantly raved about their lavious life style. This caught the attention of adventurers, con artists and swindlers who exploited the Osage's unusual naivete on handling the dollar. The most sinister of these gangsters would go as far as violence such as murders, criminal explosions, voluntary fires which would discourage the victims and to leave the territory where the majority moved towards southern California where they would remain bonded within themselves and to their families back in Oklahoma.
Other Osage families were more careful and sent their children to the best schools. They would return with a higher education and fill high positions within American companies.
The Osage tribe still exists and there are about sixteen thousands of members of which half approximately still live on the reservation, known today as the Osage County. Its Tribal Council meets regularly in Pawhuska, capital and also headquarters of the Osage county. The Osage people hold various occupations or are unemployed and, whatever their social condition today, are living according to American standards.
But they all come together during their, modern or traditional ceremonies, to maintain their traditions, their identity and their culture. The present day Osage are now cultural warriors.
In June 1987, Jean-Claude Drouilhet founded the association after having read an article in «Historama» journal. It was there were he discovered with great surprise the story relating to the three Osages who were in the town of Montauban 1829. He launched a project to invite the Osage to Montauban. He wrote to the tribe. The Principal Chief, George Tallchief, and Mrs. Angela Robinson (an Osage Lady) accepted the project and the cultural exchanges.
This was just the beginning of a new adventure!


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The Teddy Bears Picnic
Soren was a little small to take part in a lot of activities, but we had our own fun picnicking in front of the stage, dancing to music and watching the hundreds of other families who had come out for the day. Although the line for pancakes was long, they were delicious! A great $3... especially considering all the proceeds from the picnic go towards the Children's Hospital Foundation. The picnic is in it's 27th year, and I can definitely remember taking my bears there when I was little. It will be a fun tradition for us to continue.
4 comments:
- Jennifer Hays said...
That sounds like a nice way to spend the day, for a great cause. Soren is really getting big, he's so cute. And I love your hair like that!
- 27 May 2013 at 11:09
- Unknown said...
Seriously, I'm dying over the bear ears!! SO SO SO CUTE! He's a cutie, no doubt! I've actually never been to the Teddy Bears Picnic in all my years in Winnipeg - so sad!
I think it's awesome you've volunteered, and kept a tradition on going.
Now...where can I get some pancakes, STAT!?
- 27 May 2013 at 13:04
- Imogen Eve said...
That first photo is adorable.
- 30 May 2013 at 07:49
- Unknown said...
The subsequent time I read a blog, I hope that it doesnt disappoint me as a lot as this one. I imply, I do know it was my choice to learn, however I actually thought youd have something attention-grabbing to say. All I hear is a bunch of whining about something that you could repair in the event you werent too busy in search of attention. cute bear names
- 30 June 2018 at 07:35


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