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Happy Friday! Today is the last day of school for my two and the start of the Christmas break. We have early dismissal and then both are going home with their friends to start off the holidays. They were so excited today not only because of a half day and heading to friends', but also to bring their teachers' gifts and to wear their pajamas! Oh to be a kid again this time of the year :)
I felt like the last couple of weeks (maybe months) I've spent so much time looking for gifts for everyone and now that is done and I've finally shopped a little for myself. The outfit above is nothing new, but pieces I've finally been able to wear now that our weather is cooler. I shared on IG a couple of days ago, so thought I would share here too. I love the red plaid button down in December! The one I linked is only $12!
I also popped into Loft a couple of days ago and picked up a few things. They have EVERYTHING 50% OFF using the code GIFTS. Here's what I found:
I tried on all three and bought the first two. All fit true to size for me...I bought size small for reference. The lace bell sleeve top is fun and a little more dressy. It's more full in the middle, but really cute partially tucked or I also liked it untucked and paired with skinny pants and heels. The tie neck sweater is so comfy! Thin, cozy material and fits like a blouse. Hangs a little longer, so covers if you want to wear it with leggings or skinnies. It will be one I go-to a lot! Loved the last top too, just didn't need it. But it would be so cute for a holiday party or new year's party. Comes in red too.
I also bought this dress above and it should be delivered today. I've been back and forth about it, but finally ordered it. I did order two sizes though because the reviews are all over the place about the size. But with Nordstrom's awesome free shipping and returns, I'll try them on and return one. I love the ruffle detail and the three quarter length sleeves.
*Ruffle Hem Shift Dress Update - Just received this dress today and fits true to size for me. I ordered a 4 and 6 based on the reviews to size up, but the size 4 was a great fit for me. Length was good as well...a few inches above my knees and I'm 5'5".
*Ruffle Hem Shift Dress Update - Just received this dress today and fits true to size for me. I ordered a 4 and 6 based on the reviews to size up, but the size 4 was a great fit for me. Length was good as well...a few inches above my knees and I'm 5'5".
And I ordered these heels to go with the dress. Love the style and that the heel is not too high. Those 4 inch heels are no good for me. With 400+ reviews with almost 4.5 stars and less than $60, I thought I'd give them a try.
Below are some other December styles I love:
If I have a little time, here are some sales I plan to check out:
J.Crew - 40% off
J. Crew Factory - 50% - 60% off everything, extra 40% on clearance
Gap - 45% off
Old Navy - Up to 60% off
Loft - Everything 50% off
Pottery Barn - Up to 50% off
Target - spend $50, save $10 | spend $100, save $25
So many good sales! Thank goodness for online shopping. There's still time to order and get your items by Christmas with the standard or free shipping at most stores, but will only be for a day or two more, so hurry if you want to take advantage of that.
My Holiday Gift Idea Guide might also be helpful.
Have a Merry Weekend!


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Utopiafest 2015/
Chris and I had a wonderful time at our first Utopiafest!
Many thanks to Joel with Yoga Yoga for having us out. A warm thanks to Matt and Erica of the Wandering Food Pharm and Meera Hoffman with Austin Chair Massage for hosting our evening "performances."
And a HUGE thanks to our incredible students. It was a joy to share our passion for Acro Yoga with so many of you! Please let us know if you need any help finding acro in your area. We would love to help connect you with your local community.


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Effective Human Resource Development (HRD) involves matching an organisation's needs with the needs of its employees. For example, an organisation's corporate objectives may include being within its own industry:
- the market leader
- the most efficient firm
- the most highly respected firm
- the firm with the best safety record.
An employee's personal objectives may include:
- having greater workplace responsibility
- receiving appropriate training for career advancement
- feeling 100safe in the workplace.
Good HRD involves creating a fit between two sets of objectives:
This case study shows how one of this country's leading international housing and development companies is creating a benchmark for this human resource fit.
Taylor Woodrow plc employs around 6,000 people worldwide. Its primary business is housebuilding. In the UK it builds homes through its Bryant brand and also has housing operations in the USA, Spain, Gibraltar and in Canada, through its Monarch brand.
It offers property development expertise UK wide through its network of regional offices. Its construction business is focused on activities such as Private Finance Initiative, Facilities Management and specialist engineering consultancy.
Together, Taylor Woodrow's combination of skills in housebuilding, property and construction give the company a powerful competitive edge in the area of urban regeneration and brownfield development.


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The MNF show is a long form podcast where Mike talks about the action he sees and recaps all of the action from the Sunday slate of NFL games, game by game. This and TNF are loose shows with no notes and are not as information dense. It's just a man on his couch waxing fantasy and rubbing his dog's ears.
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PLease keep this to an intro abstract algebra level.
My book sayas that the set of all nonnegative integers (including 0) under addition is not a group because there is an identity element 0, but no inverse for 2
I don't understand what that part means.
Is it saying $2 + 0 \neq 0 + 2$?
Also for the natural numbers, why is there no identity element?


text: rubs 212 Posted April 16 When opening some files from a coworker I get the following: If I click Yes, I get an Open dialog with the following option: This would make sense for Affinity Publisher, but Designer is the only app we have and use here. Since AD doesn't even have a resource manager, how can I even know which is the name of the missing resource(s)? Aren't all resources in AD embedded? I don't think there is anything missing from the file, so why the question? How can I make it go away? I'm confused... Please advise, thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


text: For the first time, I have guest writer contributing to my travel blog! Terese Nordgård is a Norwegian travel blogger who just came home from a trip to Washington D.C., and she has been kind enough to write a guest post about her trip. I recommend you to check out Terese's travel blog here!


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Shea Be Natural: Holiday small business feature
Lisette Fee
Bringing some light and love in this world today - here is my first installation of featuring a local small business for you to patron this holiday season.
Who doesn't love the feeling of soft, smooth skin? Especially when it's made with natural and homemade ingredients? I definitely do - one of my favorite pastimes is taking a long hot bath with a glass of wine.
In enters Mecheline Muhammad, the owner and maker behind the all natural body products of Shea Be Natural. She recently opened her store front business in the Uptown business district of Greenville, NC. My favorite product of Shea Be Natural is her scented room soy drops. I use the caramel latte flavor to make my home smell yummy and delicious!
She also has all natural bath bombs! I just got the cutest gift package set of bath bombs for a holiday present. The best part of Shea Be Natural, other than it being locally owned is that its super affordable. And Mecheline is such a sweet heart! We hit it off one day talking shop and being small business owners - we've got to stick together.
So I urge you to add Shea Be Natural to one of your locally owned, small business destinations this holiday season and all year round - I promise you, you will not be disappointed!


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special; their manufacture begins with finely selected cotton yarns
which are masterfully woven on Jacquard looms. Each item is then hand
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These wonderful items can also be used as a tapestry and be hung on the wall.
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As I sit watching the rain come down, I reflect on a February that has provided some pretty reasonable riding.
A few weeks ago, I took a spin around Dunkeld. It is no secret that there are some super fun – technical and steep, that is – trails in Dunkeld. Indeed, it is often referred to as Funkeld.
Although it was very cold, I had a blast on B.A, searching out ribbons of singletrack, snaking over rock and root between the varied trees of this beautiful area.
In sharp contrast to many friends, I do not generally find dropper posts the be-all and end-all of bicycle componentry. However, in Dunkeld, they would probably be described as mandatory.
After broadening my smile with some fun riding, the next ride was all about miles in the bank. From Balmaha, climb through Queen Elizabeth forest, Loch Lomondside (including the new upper section except for the short part I rode a little while ago – just too little time for that) and back. Why big-ish?
There was a lot of snow on some sections of the Queen Elizabeth forest tracks, so eventually I popped out on the road, just before Loch Chon and missed a few km of off-road while thawing out on the way to Inversnaid. The road is a lot easier than the trail, so I deduct some points for overall achievement.
Compared to a year ago, I am firing on a lot more cylinders. I am still curious as to why I had such a physical collapse last year, Lyme crossed my mind, though I don't often get tick bites.
Who knows? I am just glad to be building fitness and strength again. Though the kettle bells and rowing still hurts.
Here's to March and the glimmer of Spring…


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What is Tarot
The Tarot is a symbolic language that reflects an unconscious process of personal development. The cards are a collection of the most basic patterns of human thought and emotion. The Tarot can be used to gain insight into the different activities and the surrounding circumstances of life. While highlighting the influences and energies you're presently dealing with, the Tarot provides an objective outlook on situations and will point you in directions that are most beneficial.
The Tarot deck contains 78 cards that are subdivided into two groups: the Major Arcana and the Minor Arcana. The word arcane means hidden or profound secret, therefore Tarot cards express the underlining meaning to every experience. There are hundreds of decks to choose from, most of which follow the traditional division listed above. Each artist, of course, adds their own style and symbolism. The deck I am currently displaying is called Osho Zen Tarot.
The majors, also known as Trumps, consist of 22 cards and express themselves through archetypal experiences, with which most people can identify.
The minors consist of 56 cards that are then divided into 4 sets or suits: Wands, Cups, Swords, and Pentacles. Each suit is equivalent to the four elements that make up the universe: fire, water, air, and earth. These suits contain 10 numbered cards and 4 court cards: King, Queen, Knight, and Page.
Each card pertains to a different scenario. The minor cards are the external circumstances related to the archetypal experiences in the trumps, showing how we express or fail to express these underlining patterns in everyday life.
I do not believe that any special powers are required to interpret the cards other than intuition and a willingness to remain open and aware. It is human nature to project unconscious material onto objects or people in the environment as a way of understanding these qualities in one's self. Therefore, everyone develops a specialized approach to reading the Tarot cards based on their own personal experiences and background.


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UASEM in the News
A Generation Z Perspective on Intergenerational Learning
by Gisselle Aguirre, UASEM Class of 2018
July 18, 2017, Domestic Preparedness Journal
As the next generation enters the emergency management field, it is time to think about the impact experienced generations can have on their younger counterparts. In emergency management, experienced professionals have knowledge that younger generations cannot gain until they are in the field, but they can share that field experience in the classroom and bring textbooks to life.
As emergency management becomes more integrated within the academic environment, young, interested students have the opportunity to learn from experienced professionals who have moved into the classroom setting in colleges, and even in some high schools across the country. Putting a professor with hands-on field experience and emergency management students together in a learning environment can turn textbooks into something students can see as a reality. Having this contrast of experience in the classroom helps students take what they learn from their professors and textbooks, and turn that information into events that they can learn from as if they were there.
For example, anyone born after 1998 is presumably too young to remember the horrific events of 9/11. By discussing this event with professors and fellow students who experienced 9/11 and saw the damage, the mistakes, and the recovery, younger students can create connections to the event and begin to generate new ideas. These younger students learn what it was like to live through that event and how people felt during and after the attacks. With this interaction, students are able to experience the long-term effect of learning from past mistakes and figure out how to make things better in the future. Through this exchange of wisdom, students learn about what happened before, during, and after the event, which helps them reflect on what went well and which areas still need improvement. In emergency management, learning from past events is very important – something every person in the emergency management field needs in order to succeed.
While experienced generations in the emergency management field have the background knowledge of emergency management via learning and experienced events, those now graduating from school are just beginning to "dip their toes" into the field. When multiple generations come together to learn about events, it is an opportunity to generate new ideas. The experienced professionals have ideas based on what they learned in the field, whereas younger generations have ideas that may be new to people who have been in the field for a long time. The younger generations are not entrenched in their ways of doing things and can often bring a fresh view to the table.
Take technology as an example, young generations tend to be technologically savvy and use different types of technology on a daily basis. However, the more experienced generations might not have as much knowledge about technology since they were not raised or taught to use it at a young age. The younger generations then could show the older generations new ways to incorporate technology into emergency management – for example, by showing them how to use social media to quickly disseminate information to the public. This difference in age brings out new ideas and new ways to share information with the use of technology. It helps keep the way people look at and respond to events "fresh" as time goes on.
(Gisselle Aguirre is a 2017 graduate of The Urban Assembly School for Emergency Management (UASEM). At UASEM, she was a mentee at the New York City Department of Education Emergency Management Unit, where she worked to create an Active Shooter Emergency Plan, participated in shelter walk-throughs to see if a shelter was accessible, and helped create mapping for emergency generator connections at shelter locations. In addition, she helped rebuild homes that were destroyed during Hurricane Sandy, helped sign people up for Notify NYC, and assisted in a readiness seminar at Con Edison. She will be attending St. Joseph's College in Brooklyn, New York, in the fall where she will be majoring in biology.)
Next Responder of the Future
by Kay Goss & Catherine Feinman, July 26, 2017
Domestic Preparedness Journal
Each year, experienced emergency management and first responder personnel are retiring from their careers, and retiring the vital skills that they spent their lifetimes learning. As the next generation of young adults moves into these fields, it is critical for the knowledge, skills, and abilities of the previous generations to be passed on through education, training, and mentorships. Some organizations are leading this effort with youth programs that strive to attract new interest in emergency preparedness and response.
To address the importance of passing on legacy knowledge to the next generation and instilling in them the critical thinking skills needed to address threats that previous generations have not faced or even imagined, DomPrep hosted a panel discussion on 22 May 2017 in New York City (NYC). Salvatore Puglisi, emergency management teacher at The Urban Assembly School for Emergency Management (UASEM), organized a panel of seven subject matter experts to share their lessons learned and best practices of intergenerational collaboration. DomPrep Advisor Kay Goss moderated the discussion and shared her knowledge on this topic based on her lifelong experiences in emergency management and as a champion for intergenerational education and mentoring in emergency preparedness.
Setting the Stage for Knowledge Sharing
The tragic events on the morning of 11 September 2001 were a turning point in how communities across the country manage threats, as well as how they prepare and respond to disasters. As such, the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, located at the World Trade Center, provided a sobering yet inspiring backdrop for the May discussion. The venue symbolizes the nation's resilience as communities continue to face many uncertainties in an ever-changing threat environment. Some of those present at the panel discussion had been called to respond on 9/11 and some had not even been born yet, but all were forever affected by that tragic incident in some way.
The 9/11 Memorial & Museum serves as a reminder of the lives lost that day, but it also symbolizes the post-9/11 world that the youths of today are growing up in. As experienced emergency management and first responder personnel retire from their careers, the next generation needs to harness the knowledge, skills, and abilities that those retirees spent their lifetimes learning. The Urban Assembly School for Emergency Management (UASEM) is a New York City Public School, established by then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg in the post-9/11 environment to help bridge this transitional gap through education, training, and mentorships. Other programs in NYC that introduce pre-college youths to emergency preparedness and response include FDNY High School for Fire and Life Safety, NYPD Law Enforcement Explorers, and NYC Youth Police Academy.
The May 2017 panel comprised three students from UASEM and four mentors from partnering agencies.
- Keith Grossman, Emergency Management Director, NYC Department of Education
- Gisselle Aguirre, UASEM student and NYC Department of Education Intern
- Anita Sher, Assistant Commissioner of Training, NYC Emergency Management
- Jalynn Jobe, UASEM student and NYC Emergency Management Watch Command Intern
- Chuck Frank, Director of Emergency Management & COOP, Metropolitan College of New York
- Amado Toledo, UASEM freshman and student in a class at Metropolitan College of New York
- Paul Whitman, Region II Exercise Officer, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and former FEMA Corps Member
Keith Grossman's mentor (Rich Rotanz) was in the room as he discussed his year-long mentorship with Gisselle Aguirre. With 1,800 schools in 1,500 buildings, 1.1 million students, and 160,000 employees, the NYC Department of Education is the largest landowner and largest employer, with the largest contracted bus system in the country. As such, the agency provides wide-ranging opportunities to build emergency management skills, which include: exposure to vulnerable populations and those with functional needs; walkthroughs to assess safety and security needs; and emergency sheltering practices.
With family in the emergency medical response field, Aguirre described her internship with the Department of Education as an "eye-opening experience" as she gained knowledge of response operations. She realized that help might not be immediate during a disaster, so there is a need for personal preparedness. Her newly acquired knowledge helped her in creating a new active shooter plan for the Division of School Facilities and School Food Warehouse Building in Long Island City in Queens. Although she wants to be a doctor, she stated that she will always take emergency management with her.
In addition to managing emergencies, emergency management involves public administration and management training. The field includes professional development as well as economic development because a strong emergency management program is more likely to attract industries and investments into preparedness efforts. When learned at a young age, these skills naturally traverse and become embedded in various disciplines and jurisdictions.
NYC Emergency Management
NYC Emergency Management has collaborated with the UASEM since before the school's doors opened. Anita Sher described how exciting it has been to watch the school and their partnership develop, grow, and evolve over the years:
For us as partners, our relationship has changed and evolved. First, it was about helping with curriculum and bringing resources in (What do these kids need to know? What were they ready to know? How can we marry emergency management with education?). Then, we came to a point of being able to bring young interns into the agency. We were not really structured to bring in high school students but, with the help of my staff, we were able to bring in three interns. We thought long and hard about what roles they could play, where they would fit in, and where they could learn and support the agency.
Sher and her staff came up with three places to embed high school interns into the agency's operations: (1) the Watch Command and day-to-day operations, which includes some research projects; (2) the Medical Unit; and (3) the Ready New York Program. Since this was a pilot internship program, the agency and the school are continually learning how to improve the program.
Jalynn Jobe worked in the Watch Command, where she shadowed personnel to learn what they do. She also conducted a "History of Watch Command" project, where she learned about incidents that were not on the news, but were still a big deal, such as a street collapse or house explosion. In doing so, she learned how the agency managed information and communicated with other agencies and the public. She stated that she felt very prepared when she began the internship because she had a foundation from the school. Jobe expressed an interest in furthering her study in business, but feels that what she has learned in the classroom will complement her future career endeavors.
No matter which career path these interns take, they all will certainly become ambassadors for the mission of emergency management, which is linked to business continuity, as outlined by the National Fire Protection Association in its NFPA 1600. All sectors need someone on the staff who knows about emergency management, resource management, and business continuity. After evaluating what went well, NYC Emergency Management plans to develop a long-term internship program and expand the opportunity to other schools.
Metropolitan College of New York
In addition to being the director of emergency management and continuity of operations at the Metropolitan College of New York, Chuck Frank is also a member of the new advisory board to the UASEM. In this role, he works with other board members to determine how to build a bridge from high school to undergraduate study:
We started a program where students that were chosen from the high school could come one night a week to take a lecture class, be enrolled in the college, get their I.D., have the use of all the facilities (e.g., libraries, computers) at no cost to the high school or to the students. If they pass the class, then they start to build their transcripts with college credit. The first class they are exposed to is Introduction to Homeland Security, then they have an opportunity to continue with an online class (i.e., Introduction to Business Continuity). These young people gain knowledge and want to apply it to other fields. So, at no cost, they can get six credits toward college.
Although the program is usually only offered to high school seniors, one young student broke that trend. At 14 years old, Amado Toledo took the Introduction to Emergency Management course, which gave him a different perspective and made him consider emergency incidents that could occur. College offered this bright student a new challenge and, as he stated, it made him "think harder." Afterward, Toledo received a summer internship in politics at Princeton University. Because he felt prepared with a strong foundation from the UASEM and Metropolitan College, he stated that he did not feel intimidated by college students or the college environment.
Unlike Toledo, Aguirre, who was in the first Introduction to Homeland Security course at Metropolitan College, admitted that she did feel a little intimidated being in a class with much older fellow students. However, the experience was unique and beneficial:
I don't have an emotional tie to events like 9/11 because I was only 1 year old. I know it was terrible, I know it was horrific, but being able to sit there and talk about how emergency management has shifted since that event with the professor's and students' experiences, it was different than being in a classroom with only people my age. We weren't there. We only know the facts that are on paper. Having a young person's perspective and an older person's perspective combined was a really good and unique learning experience.
The professor and some college students who were veterans challenged the thinking of younger students and provided different perspectives. All students were encouraged to be interactive and use critical thinking to analyze and determine other ways of handling these situations. For example, lectures introduced post-disaster events and concerns that are not discussed publicly (e.g., human trafficking after a disaster), with guest speakers including the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and The American Red Cross.
In exercises, participants tend to practice what has already happened, but it is necessary to imagine what could go wrong, along the lines of "worst case scenario," including incidents that have not yet occurred.
A critical component of emergency management is collaboration on a broad scale. The more diversity represented, the better. For example, making plans for senior citizens or persons with functional needs, but not including representatives from these populations in the planning process is a grave error. Planning efforts should include people from all ages, genders, nationalities, religions, races, et cetera in order to build trust.
The Mentor-Mentee Experience
When asked why they chose emergency management over other programs, the three mentee panelists provided different responses. When she saw UASEM at a community fair, Aguirre knew that UASEM would be a good fit based on the emergency response exposure she had through her family. She described the school leaders as welcoming and said they created an environment for youths to thrive. Jobe did not learn about the program until she was already in the school. Her interest grew from that exposure. Toledo chose emergency management because it seemed different and intriguing, and he likes having the opportunity to save lives. Whitman also wanted the experience to help others and, as a student, FEMA Corps offered that opportunity. To encourage other students to explore the emergency management experience, the panelists described highlights from the program:
- Hands-on learning, such as tabletops, CPR, and first aid;
- Eye-opening classes on planning, preparedness, mitigation, and response and how to apply these skills during a disaster;
- The diversity of the emergency management field, with many scenarios to analyze and real-world experiences to explore;
- Improved chances to get into emergency-related professions;
- Opportunities to help people;
- The ability to apply lessons learned in other situations; and
- Discussions about different aspects of disasters to broaden perspectives.
"The concept of emergency management fits so well in the high school environment because you can fit all the basic skills into emergency management (math, English, science, history). All the basic skills you learn in high school are things you need to bring to emergency management ... and to life," said Sher. "There's a place for everyone in emergency management. Everyone has a role and needs to come to the table." The more inclusive the field is, the better and stronger it is as well.
In addition, Grossman added, "You don't even need to pick a focus. You can put emergency management anywhere (e.g., healthcare, medicine, IT). When I was coming up in the field, I didn't have any of these opportunities. I had to make them for myself. When you have these opportunities, you never know where you will end up." A lot of progress is being made, and the future is looking bright in emergency management. The key is to harness and build upon ideas and feedback from emergency preparedness professionals and youths who strive to build and retain strong workforces to prepare for and respond to any type of threat, hazard, and risk.
How I Teach: A science teacher's method for pushing past 'I don't get it'
By Christina Veiga - September 1, 2016
How do teachers captivate their students? Here, in a feature we call How I Teach, we ask great educators how they approach their jobs. You can see other pieces in this series here.
Casey DePasquale's foray into teaching was supposed to be temporary. She joined Teach for America a decade ago with the hopes of learning about medical issues in underprivileged communities, and eventually applying that knowledge as a doctor. Instead, she got hooked on teaching and never left New York City classrooms. DePasquale teaches high school science, including an Advanced Placement course, at Urban Assembly School for Emergency Management in Lower Manhattan. She is working on her second graduate degree: she already has a master's in secondary education and is a candidate for another in school leadership. Still, DePasquale finds time to mentor other teachers — a role she has taken on for the last five years.
A word or short phrase to describe your teaching style:
To teach well, you must also learn. To learn well, you must also teach.
What's your routine like when you arrive at school?
- Arrive at 7 a.m.
- Coffee.
- Re-read and put final touches on updated lesson plan with my co-teacher.
- More coffee.
- Print lesson plan and materials while coordinating logistics with my co-teacher.
- Set up classroom for the day while listening to Acoustic Morning on Spotify.
What does your classroom look like?
An overwhelming amount of labels! I want my classroom to be a predictable, student-oriented place where every item has a home. It's also hard to miss our turtle, April.
What apps/software/tools can't you teach without? Why?
Google Drive! Having Power Points, Docs, and spreadsheets that update in real time that students can "view only" is huge for making mid-day changes, and incorporating student input and relevant, current information.
How do you respond when a student doesn't understand something?
In the first month of school, I push students away from "I don't get it," because I can't look into their brain and find out where they got lost. Instead, I ask students to go through their work again and star where they lost understanding. Is it a word? A phrase? An example? Asking students to reflect upon where they get lost helps me better decide how to redirect them. At least half of the time, re-reading something does the trick and teaches them to be more self-directed.
What's your go-to trick to re-engage a student who has lost focus?
I generally prompt them to ask me a question about something we've learned. If the question is relatively on track, it brings them back.
What hacks do you use to grade papers?
Find a rubric template that works for you and tweak it to use with different assignments. Write one strength and one piece of feedback – anything more is too overwhelming for me and I find that the student loses focus on the feedback anyway.
What are you reading for fun?
"Brilliant Blunders" – a book about mistakes made by some of our greatest scientists.
What's the best advice you ever received?
Admit when you've made a mistake with a student. The teacher is not always right.
Learning Career Skills in High School
By Leslie Brody, May 25, 2015
The Wall Street Journal
As four New York City ninth-graders arranged soil, pebbles, plastic bags and tongue depressors in a clear box, they hoped their model levy would work better than the ones that failed New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.
They watched with suspense one morning last week as water seeped through the dirt, and then celebrated when the levy seemed to block its path. Their teacher, Salvatore Puglisi, was cautious. "Come back in five minutes," he said, "and see what happens." Unfortunately, the water broke through.
Studying disaster prevention and recovery might seem like a niche theme for a new high school. But the Urban Assembly School for Emergency Management in lower Manhattan reflects a growing brand of "career and technical" education, which aims to marry academic rigor with practical know-how, leading to middle-class jobs.
New York City's expanding CTE roster has 51 dedicated public high schools, including 13 launched in the past two school years. They try to use training in specific professions, such as television production and graphic design, as a hook to excite students about learning so they pursue college—and equip the students with marketable skills if they don't.
Supporters say CTE today is far more demanding than vocational tracks a generation ago, which were often seen as dumping grounds for students who couldn't handle college-preparatory courses.
Phil Weinberg, a deputy chancellor at the New York City Department of Education, cites the High School of Fashion Industries in Manhattan to illustrate the changing emphasis. It was launched almost a century ago to prepare immigrants to work as seamstresses. Now it requires applicants to submit art or marketing plans and has a 92% graduation rate that far exceeds the city's 68% rate, based on the city's data.
These career-oriented schools focus on "the skills necessary to be a great thinker, a great citizen, a great student," Mr. Weinberg said. "They are not vocational programs in any way, shape or form."
Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg spurred their growth. While Mayor Bill de Blasio has reversed many of his predecessor's education policies, this is one area where they agree.
Now 26,000 students attend CTE high schools, and that number is poised to grow. Counting CTE courses offered at other schools as well, the city says 117,000 students participate. This push comes as many employers report that young people need more than high school diplomas to compete in today's tough global labor market.
Career and technical high schools are supposed to work with industry partners to provide students internships and tailor classes to employers' needs. They are also expected to teach the Common Core, a set of standards adopted by New York and most states for essential skills to be mastered in each grade.
Seven of the city's CTE high schools are run by Urban Assembly, a nonprofit network that aims to close achievement gaps. "We're looking for the kids having the toughest time," said Urban Assembly Chief Executive Richard Kahan. "Our overall goal is to get everybody into the middle-class economy."
At the UA New York Harbor School on Governors Island, for example, students learn to be commercial divers. At UA Maker Academy in lower Manhattan, they use 3-D printers to build prosthetic hands. And at the UA School for Global Commerce in East Harlem, they study freight logistics.
Some teachers say these options give students a real-world sense of purpose, and teenagers who feel useful are less likely to become discipline problems.
At the UA School for Emergency Management in lower Manhattan, which is in its second year, students have helped demolish homes wrecked by superstorm Sandy and signed people up for "Notify NYC," which sends emails and text alerts about local emergencies.
Several students said they hoped to become police officers or rescue workers. Yash Sharma, a 9th-grader, commutes for an hour and 20 minutes from his home in Jackson Heights, Queens, because he wants to be a firefighter. The school helped him develop a "sixth sense" for potential hazards, he said, and he always tells authorities if he sees untended bags at train stations. "I like to look around my surroundings," he said, "and see if anything could happen."
Not all career-oriented schools succeed. Automotive High School in Brooklyn has been failing for so long state officials have threatened to take over or shut it down if it doesn't improve soon. Last fall, city officials announced an overhaul and required teachers to reapply for their jobs.
Board of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch has pushed for more quality CTE choices. To encourage growth, the board announced in October that students can now swap an industry certification test in culinary arts, welding, accounting and other trades for one of the five Regents exams needed to get a diploma. New York City officials say they want to expand CTE in health, tourism, construction and software engineering.
Many educators see promise in the model of P-Tech, or Pathways in Technology Early College High School, in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. The school even got a nod in President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech in 2013. Its students can complete an associate degree in six years and are first in line for jobs at International Business Machines Corp. , its corporate partner. IBM says 40 similar schools, working with many companies, will be operating in the fall nationwide. Next month P-Tech's first graduates will get their two-year associate degrees in computer systems technology. Three plan to pursue bachelor's degrees and three will go to work at IBM.
Privacy, Policy and Digital Communication Seminar
By Catherine Phelan, April 24, 2015
Hamilton College news site
High school students from The Urban Assembly School for Emergency Management (UASEM) in New York City visited Hamilton on April 16 -17 to discuss privacy in the digital age with a group of Hamilton students. The fast-paced conversation included fundamental questions related to distinctions between adult and adolescent perspectives on privacy and reputation management.
The Hamilton students are enrolled in an innovative seminar titled "Privacy, Policy, and Digital Communication." They are working with the high school students on a digital privacy toolkit that could be shared with adolescents in the future to explore digital privacy.
The larger goal of the seminar is to understand how privacy, freedom and democracy are intertwined. In February, Hamilton students enrolled in the seminar visited the UASEM students in Manhattan to begin the conversation on privacy and social media.
This work is made possible with funding from the Levitt Center and assistance from Hamilton's Library and Information Technology Services.
HIGH SCHOOL Students Measure Disaster Preparedness of NEW YORK Residents
By Sarah Lee | April 30, 2014
The Epoch Times
High school students from the newly founded Urban Assembly School for Emergency Management braved the rainy Wednesday to talk to New Yorkers about disaster preparedness.
The students from UASEM met at the Staten Island Ferry Terminal and interviewed the public.
"Our students have created a survey along with FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency] to try to get information as to how prepared different communities are across New York City," said school principal Rodolfo Elizondo.
FEMA regional administrator Jerome Hatfield came to support the students and help inform people about the lessons learned from Hurricane Sandy.
"What we're trying to do is to really focus government to support areas of communities that are most in need," said Hatfield.
Students also went to other parts of the city, including the Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn. After the students analyze the collected data, FEMA will use the information to help plan for New York's next potential disaster.
Ben Spalding took the students' survey. He is a Boy Scout, who keeps extra food and water in his house, has a first aid kit, a radio and even hand-cranked flashlights, but the survey reminded him of a couple of things he hadn't thought of.
"We have two cats, and we don't really have a plan for how to take care of them in any sort of emergency or disaster," said Spalding.
UASEM is in its first year of operation. New York City's Office of Emergency Management and FEMA have been working together to support the school and help develop the curriculum.
Students in the freshman class say the information they've learned has already helped them, even if they don't end up with a career in emergency management.
"The program itself is great. You learn how to help people. You learn how to prepare for disasters, all types of disasters, man-made and non-man-made," said student Joli Tejeda.
"Actually, we learned about how to do a family preparedness plan at home, so that we can be prepared, and I talked to my family about it, and we're more prepared for a disaster," said student Luis Cortes.
In three short years, the state of New York has experienced a total of nine federally declared disasters. According to a 2012 FEMA survey, only 39 percent of Americans have a household emergency plan in place and almost 50 percent did not have emergency supplies set aside in their homes.
Preparing for Disaster: UASEM & FEMA's PreparAthon!
UASEM Students get a shout out in the New York Times!
Preparing the Next Generation of Emergency Service Leaders
By Anthony S. Mangeri, Domestic Preparedness Journal, Dec 25, 2013
Emergency management is a constantly evolving profession. Anyone wishing to become an emergency manager or work in emergency services should be able to adjust to an ever changing environment and bring calm and structure to a crisis response. Emergency management studies teach students how to develop critical thinking skills and a thorough understanding of the emergency management cycle and incident management process.
Developing Critical Skills
Education plays a critical role in building these skills and preparing students for a career in emergency management, which typically requires at least a bachelor's degree. However, some professionals go a step further and earn a master's degree as well. Writing and presenting ideas in a structured and concise way are skills that emergency management students acquire over time. As these students transition from the academic to the real-world environment, speaking and presenting ideas to a variety of audiences becomes very important.
At the core of the profession is the development of plans, policies, and procedures to support, protect, and strengthen the community against threats and hazards. To demonstrate a commitment to community and service, many successful students gain practical experience by volunteering in local emergency management, fire services, emergency medical services, Red Cross, The Salvation Army, or one of the many other volunteer organizations that have emergency service components. Other notable skills for the successful emergency manager include the ability to: think critically; communicate and present skills effectively; and discuss community planning and preparedness efforts in a clear and concise manner. He or she also must be able to: hold workshops and provide briefings to inform the public in times of crisis; understand the tools, systems, and standards commonly used in public safety, such as the National Incident Management System; and continue training, as well as sharing and discussing best practices.
The role of crisis management continues to expand into many private sector areas to include healthcare facilities, utilities, financial institutions, as well as colleges and universities. Because emergency preparedness professionals are now working in many areas outside the public sector, those seeking to work in these areas must understand the details of operations in these sectors as well as in emergency management.
The emergency manager of the future also may transition from other professions to emergency management. In the private sector, for example, emergency preparedness may be a collateral duty, leading many to seek a master's degree in emergency management or choose to enter certificate programs that provide education that complements their existing education.
Younger Training & Greater Opportunities
A trend that will likely continue to grow in 2014 is incorporating emergency management and responder education into high school curriculums. In New York City, for example, a first of its kind high school dedicated to emergency management studies is midway through its first year. The Urban Assembly School for Emergency Management is a Career and Technical Education program and is part of the New York City Public School system. The focus of the program is to integrate emergency management and response curriculum into the core high school experience. Students receive their core high school education through 10th grade, after which they choose from one of three tracks: Response and Recovery, Emergency Communications and Technology, or Emergency Management.
One major success of the program has been the school's ability to collaborate with local emergency management and disaster relief organizations to provide students with real-world interaction and community readiness. Students graduating from the UASEM program will be well on their way to meeting the training and experience requirements for the International Association of Emergency Managers, Certified Emergency Manager designation. In fact, the students may earn up to 14 college credits upon completing this high school program.
The growing threat of terrorism has changed the role of emergency managers; planning for the consequences of terrorist actions has changed the face of emergency management. However, the mission remains the same. The emphasis continues to be on developing an all-hazard, integrated strategy to protect communities in times of crisis. Emergency management students of the future will need to develop risk assessment and operational planning skills to address community-wide preparedness.
Emergency managers must continue to develop strategies to effectively respond to and recover from all known threats, including terrorism. Emergency planners are working to develop effective operational plans that foster integration of federal, state, and local disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and risk-reduction initiatives.
Anthony S. Mangeri, MPA, CPM, CEM, is the manager of strategic relations for fire services and emergency management and is on the faculty of the American Public University System. He has more than 30 years of experience in emergency management and public safety. For more than 10 of those years, he served as the New Jersey State hazard mitigation officer. During the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, he served as operations chief at the New Jersey Emergency Operations Center, coordinating that state's response to the passenger-aircraft crashes into the World Trade Center.
UASEM Student Volunteers Recognized in Jewish Week Newspaper
First US School for Emergencies
September 16, 2013
By Rachel McMahan, The New York Daily News
The Urban Assembly School for Emergency Management team will prepare students for careers as first-responders, public servants and corporate managers who plan for the worst-case scenarios.
THEY WERE babies on 9/11, but students at the nation's first emergency management-themed high school may lead the response to future tragedies.
The Urban Assembly School for Emergency Management, which opened in Manhattan last week with just over 100 ninth-graders, will prepare kids for careers ranging from first-responders to public servants and corporate managers who plan for the worst-case scenarios.
"I'm so impressed with the students," said Sean Waters, a branch chief with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which, along with the Red Cross and other employers, is helping advise the school on what the kids will learn, eventually offering internships. "It's the future of our organization; we hope to see these kids accepting positions in federal, state and local emergency management."
UASEM — the high school name has an abbreviation just like the government agencies working with it — is one of 27 career-and-technical-education high schools opened in the city since 2002 with the aim to start kids on the path to a career in promising industries.
The school has already proved popular among students — with roughly three applicants for each spot — even if they were too young to have witnessed the Sept. 11 attacks.
"I was 1 year old; I don't remember," said ninth-grader Gisselle Aguirre, 13, who was nevertheless excited to have landed a spot at the school. "My dad is a lieutenant for the FDNY. I always wanted to be like him."
Last Wednesday, the school marked 9/11 by studying the events of 12 years ago. But the lesson wasn't just a textbook learning.
Emergency-management teacher Sal Puglisi, who for the last six years taught special-education science at a Bronx middle school, was an EMT who survived the attacks. He worked his students through questions on everything from conspiracy theories to how it felt to go home that day not knowing where his former partners were — instead of attending a memorial this year.
"This is more important," said Puglisi, who still wears a bracelet with the names of his EMT partners who died 12 years ago. "I can let them live on through me and teach about them and how they died and possibly educate the next generation of emergency managers how to look at things."
School Dedicated To Emergency Management Among New Proposed City Schools
April 4, 2013
By Lindsey Christ, Education Reporter, NY1
Does the Future of Emergency Management Lie in a High School?
By: Elaine Pittman, Emergency Management Magazine, August 29, 2013
A new high school in New York City that integrates emergency management into core curriculum could produce the next generation of emergency managers while helping professionalize the field.
On Sept. 9, about 120 ninth-graders will start their high school education in the new Urban Assembly School for Emergency Management. A nonprofit organization, Urban Assembly is a network of public schools in New York City that aims to provide students with traditional education combined with technical skills and real-world experiences. The organization opens schools based on labor trends and talks with industry to identify current needs.
"There's a general movement toward localizing emergency management and empowering communities to take these things into their own hands, and this is a really exciting way to do that," said Liz Oliver, the school's partnership coordinator. "Our students will be ambassadors to their own community and know what to do should another hurricane or attack strike New York."
As a public school, all students are welcome to attend — although it's not going to be filled with a typical day's worth of coursework. Oliver said the school days will be more rigorous than that of an average public school, and students are required to have an internship, do volunteer work, connect with people in the profession and complete certifications, such as first aid, CPR or GIS.
One challenge was adding emergency management into the curriculum. The teachers are not emergency managers, so the school is relying on its network of industry, nonprofit and government partners to understand what students need to know and what qualities emergency managers should possess. Those partners include FEMA, the New York City Office of Emergency Management, American Red Cross and National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University's Earth Institute, as well as Adelphi University and the Metropolitan College of New York, higher education institutions that offer emergency management degrees. The school also is working to add the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to its cadre of partners.
"It's our partners' job to come in and see places where they can integrate into every core class — English, science, math, history — places where you can insert this emergency management lens that we're trying to use to teach our students the core curriculum," Oliver said.
English classes will include communications skills that are important in the field through the study of public service announcements, persuasive speech and organizing and prioritizing information. A field trip to North Brother Island, which was under quarantine during New York City's typhoid outbreak and where Typhoid Mary was housed until she died in 1938, will include public health experts discussing quarantine and epidemics in history and contemporary society. Oliver said this trip will connect well to the ninth-grade global history class that discusses the movement of people around the world throughout history, as well as biology classes studying infection and the spread of disease.
The first year will include a broad survey of emergency management, and as the students' understanding of the field increases, their education will become more specialized. At the end of the 10th grade, students will select a pathway, similar to a college major: response and recovery, emergency communications and technology, or emergency management. And by the 11th grade, they will have completed an internship, said Oliver.
While the school seeks to provide career and technical education, Oliver said it's different than vocational-technical schools that were created in response to the industrial economy. "This is a new evolution in education to prepare students for career and college," she said. "One of the reasons aside from labor trends that we chose emergency management as a school theme is that the skills, character and personal qualities that you need to be a good emergency manager — like problem solving, communication and collaboration — apply not just to emergency management and will help them be successful in whatever they do."
After graduating from the high school, students will not be required to pursue emergency management, but based on why they want to get this education instead of a traditional one, it's clear they are seeking a humanitarian path. When asked why they are interested in this school, Oliver said many students say, "We just want to help people."
"There are a lot of problems in New York City," Oliver said, "and it can be really empowering to them to have the tools and a very direct way to help people."
As the school prepares to greet its first round of freshmen in early September, it's clear that the education model will be watched by public- and private-sector emergency managers as it provides a new, formalized method for developing the future of the field.


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Starting September 1st, it is officially fall in my home. That is no matter what the weather is outside, all of my end of the year activities begin to wrap up. A few are just beginning though, like the decorating for Fall and, Holiday shopping. Today, I am sharing with my shopping guide, which is inspired by the deep rustic south. Bourbon and Boots is a unique shopping destination, with gifts for all of the adults on your shopping list.
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Signs are made for looking
If I could just hang signs up all over my home with various quotes, I think that is what I'd do. I am also a sucker for a beautifully made rustic looking sign, such as these.
With all of the hate today, I think it's important to remember we do love. Everyday.
I'll Take The Jewelry Any Day
I am not a huge wearer of jewelry, but I do love it and own a ton. I personally don't even wear makeup unless it's a special occasion, so it is just an after thought. However, I may just break that rule and start for any one of these pieces!
Make Your House a Home With Bourbon and Boots
Something about Southern homes and style that is so warm and cozy, just perfect for Fall weather and snuggling.
Say it, Bourbon and Boots Style
I am a firm believer in the power of a good shirt. Funny sayings are not lost on me either. Bourbon and Boots has a fine selection of things you can wear to express your own Southern Style!
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Nice reference to the Bastard gun from Metro 2033 with that "breaking the safety switch" for that revolver of yours!
Mist of Stagnation is a multiplayer FPS/RTS hybrid that will put you into fast paced, objective based game play, in a Steam Punk world. Two teams will battle for control of the few remaining resources left on the war ridden planet, in order to advance their technology. The core game play will be based on gathering resources in the forms of Control Points, to then be used by a 'Commander System' to build upgrades for their team. Upgrades to weapons, vehicles, and armor to name a few will be the fundamentals for a winning team. Can you survive as the Commander, or work your way up the chain of command and lead your team to victory? Will you fight on the front lines or lead from the rear? Can you make the important decisions that will determine the outcome of the battle, or are you a natural born killer? Throw on some goggles and lace up your boots, salvation lies ahead in the Mist of Stagnation.
Nice reference to the Bastard gun from Metro 2033 with that "breaking the safety switch" for that revolver of yours!
Nice i like the humerous idle animations keep it up
I feel like some of those idle animations might be a bit distracting. Also, for the reload animations for the assault rifle and shotgun specifically, the new ammo goes in way too easily, if you understand what I mean.
Otherwise, animations look pretty good.
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This is our 1st set of weapon animations you will see in game. Our second wave of weapons are being animated right now. Texture quality in video does not reflect the in game textures. It was just a low res render.
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My cousin is wanting to do a candy buffet for her son's 1st bday. We live in NY and it will be June 24th. She wants the buffet set up outside... but is worried about how well the stuff will hold up in the heat. The only thing I've found online about candy that holds up pretty well in heat is Runts. Any other suggestions? (Besides telling her to have the table set up inside? lol)
Recently, I went to a friends wedding. We were a captive audience, held outside in 50 degree weather.Did I mention it was windy? The whole event was outside. We froze our bottoms off! There was a 'Sweet Bar' also, but few children, mainly adults. The event was on the water where it is damp and humid. (I live near the ocean) The 'sweets', were placed in penny candy jars, like you used to see in a general store. There was a tremendous amount of 'sweets', left over. The guests ate, appetizers, a main course, Wedding cupcakes (provided by me, of course).
It seemed like such a waste, to spend all that time and money on all the sweet stuff, only to have more then half of it left over.
We used to do 'Loot bags", when my kids were little. (gosh, I now feel old!) We'd just get small bags from the dollar store and put a few pieces of candy in them, and then add a small toy.
*any kind of chocolate sweet will melt for sure at the end of June, in NY,..
obviously nothing chocoalte would work.
some things that might-
individually wrapped starburst
razzles (if they are going old school)
pixie sticks
rock candy might work
sour patch kids or something similar might hold up
gummy bears
jolly ranchers
I'm sure there are others...
Though, I have to admit, while I love some of these, a candy bar without chocoalte just sounds like a sad affair to me !
Great suggestions- I'll pass them along! And I have to agree with your last statement:
Though, I have to admit, while I love some of these, a candy bar without chocoalte just sounds like a sad affair to me ![/quote]
If you can set it up in a shady area you should be fine. Chocolate starts to melt around 86 degrees.
When I got married in December 2010, I had a huge candy buffet. We had a lot of adults and a few little ones there (hardly any little ones in my family anymore). The candy buffet was demolished!


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Like its predecessor, the primary feature of the GF7 is its
tilting LCD screen which can fold towards the front to face the subject for selfies. After being folded out, the GF7 transforms into Self Shot mode, making it easy to capture pictures of yourself, with new optional defocusing, slimming, and smooth skin filters.
The GF7 also has fun thinking of ways to complement the selfie experience. A new Buddy mode verifies when two faces are near each other, and the entertaining Jump Snap mode wittily exploits the accelerometer in your smartphone to press the shutter as you jump into the air. As previously, the screen hinge is at the top while the
built-in flash explains the lump on top of the body. wistfully it's not an EVF. If you desire an EVF in a smaller Lumix G camera, you should get the
Video has been upgraded to support 1080, 50p and 60p, the autofocus which once worked down to -3EV now shoots under even darker situations at an industry-standard -4EV, while continuous shooting has been increased somewhat to 5.8fps, or 5fps with AF tracking. Also there is focus peaking, built-in Wifi (sans NFC), and a casual snapshot video function which captures and compiles very short clips. The GF7 is produced in silver or brown.


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text: Industry Ignoring Buncefield Lesson Expert Speaks Out Following 2005 Explosion 03.09.2009 The devastating Buncefield fire should have encouraged UK industry to prepare for disaster, but instead companies refuse to believe it will happen to them, a business continuity expert has said.Businesses seem to have the attitude that only on-site risks matter, local emergency services can cope with anything and the worse-case scenario will never happen anyway, said Paul Frankland, assistant vice president of Sembcorp Protection Group.He thinks the global recession is causing managers to bury their heads in the sand, rather than spend money and resources developing emergency-preparedness plans, staff training and full-scale testing how the company would respond to a catastrophe.At the very least businesses should have audited their existing plans with the 2005 Buncefield explosion in mind, as the fuel depot's safety system had failed, but Frankland believes this has not happened, and argued that businesses that do have robust arrangements spend too little time testing them.He said: "On-site facilities can so easily be destroyed or rendered inaccessible in a worse-case scenario incident, as was demonstrated by the Buncefield explosion. At a major incident, every minute really does count, so having to first re-establish an emergency control centre simply is not a viable option."Copyright © Press Association 2009 David Urpeth from law firm Irwin Mitchell said: "If this research is correct, then this is a very worrying position. Explosions at work can be devastating for workers and residents alike."Companies processing, storing or manufacturing explosive substances need to do so in a safe manner and have robust systems in place for dealing with emergencies."The last thing that anyone should want is to see is anyone lose their life in an accident at work in circumstances that could and should have been avoided."Mr Urpeth represented over 75 workers and many residents who were injured in the 2001 at the Killingholme refinery when over 170 tonnes of liquid petroleum gas caught fire, the largest chemical disaster since Flixborough. Conoco-Phillips, who owned the plant, was eventually fined £1m for breaching health and safety regulations after the explosion at its Humber refinery. Press contact Dave Grimshaw Press Officer 0114 274 4397 Email Dave Related articles 12.08.2019St Albans Man Issues Safety Plea After Losing Finger And Thumb in Work Accident 24.04.2018Widow Of Man Fatally Injured By 'Defective' Work Vehicle Issues Health And Safety Warning To Companies 19.12.2017Welder Blinded In Explosion Focuses On Future As Family Moves Into New Home Thanks To Expert Lawyers' Continued Support 29.06.2017Former Heavy Manual Worker Forced To Take Legal Action After Suffering Life-Changing Injuries At Work 10.05.2017Sheffield Woman Who Suffered Brain Injury While Working At DIY Store Forced To Retire 08.05.2017Storeman Left With Brain Injury After Work Accident Speaks Out For Action For Brain Injury Week


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What are Open Pollinated and Heirloom Variety Vegetable Seeds?comments (0) March 7th, 2012
Over the past few years there has been a large movement towards growing your own fruits, vegetables and herbs from seeds. The top three reasons people gave in a recent study conducted by the National Gardening Association, were to put fresh produce on the table, save some money and to know that what they were growing was safe.
Who can argue about all three reasons? Can there be anything in the store that is fresher than walking out of your back door, picking a tomato off the vine and then eating it right at that moment? I don't believe so. As for saving money, the cost of a single vegetable seed is less than a hundredth of a penny. Yes that is one, one hundredth of a penny. Now of course you still need to water and tend to the plant, but in a recent USDA study, one tomato seed can produce over $50 worth of tomatoes. That's a pretty good return.
When it comes to the safety of your vegetables, growing your own puts you in control of it. Unlike produce in stores, that are harvested in places you didn't even know existed, you get control what goes into your soil and whether or not you want to treat your plants with a fertilizer. In other words, you make all of the decisions. That's freedom to me.
This surge, and for these reasons, has lead to another push toward something. A variety of seeds that make vegetable gardeners feel safe when they plant them. They are open pollinated and heirloom varieties. Most of the time they can go hand in hand, but that is not always the case.
Open pollinated seeds are ones that have pollinated naturally. This type of pollination occurs when something helps pollinate the plants without "human" intervention. For example, the wind could be a source of pollination (this is also called Abiotic pollination), or some organism, such as a bee (Biotic pollination). The fruit of seeds that have been open pollinated will vary in size and shape. Unlike what you see in the store, all of your tomatoes won't be the same bright red color or shape, but the ones from your garden will taste a heck of a lot better. A huge benefit of using seeds that are open pollinated is that you can save seeds from the fruit of the plants that you grow and get the same plant variety the following season (after you have dried out the seeds). That leads us to heirloom.
A great book to read on the subject is The Complete Idiot`s Guide to Heirloom Vegetables by author Chris McLaughlin. In there she talks about what an heirloom is, a little history on various heirloom varieties and importantly, a list of what types of heirloom seeds you can find today. As the name heirloom implies, it is simply a variety that has been passed down from one generation to the next. As you can see, open pollinated and heirloom can go hand in hand, however there are times when many gardeners hand pollinate their plants if it seems that natural open methods simply aren't working. That doesn't mean you can't pass down the seeds from your heirlooms, it just means they weren't open pollinated.
As a side note there are two terms that get thrown in this mix that many new vegetable gardeners misunderstand. Open pollinated heirloom variety does not equate to organic. For a seed to be organic it has to meet the criteria of the USDA's National Organic Program guidelines. Furthermore, a hybrid vegetable does not mean that a plant has been genetically modified. A hybrid is a cross between two plants to produce an offspring that has characteristics of both the parent plants. However the seeds of a hybrid child (referred to as F1) will not necessarily produce the same exact plant from which it came.
I hope this clears up some of the terminology.
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Northwest News
WSDOT enlists goats for Olympia brush project
A herd of 41 goats was put to work this week to get rid of English ivy, blackberry bushes and other vegetation near the Henderson Boulevard Southeast roundabout in Olympia.
The "weed warriors" are part of a pilot project by the Washington state Department of Transportation, which contracted with Rent-A-Ruminant of Vashon Island for the service.
"It's basically an evaluation of this as a tool for vegetation management," said Ray Willard, a landscape architect and manager of WSDOT's Roadside Maintenance Program.
The goats arrived Saturday. Tammy Dunakin, who describes herself as founder, owner and chief goat wrangler of Rent-A-Ruminant, estimates that it will take the hairy four-legged crew about five days to chew up the brush and overgrowth on the nearly three-quarter-acre spot.
It's a chunk of state property that's been a popular location for homeless camps, Willard said. Before the goats were moved in, more than 2,000 pounds of trash was removed from the site, he said. By clearing the site, state officials hope campers will be discouraged from moving back in, Willard said.
Dunakin stays on the job site in a trailer; she charges $725 per 24-hour shift for the goats, and a $350 mobilization/transportation fee.
The state paid an additional $1,000 to erect temporary fencing around the site, which helps keep the goats in and the predators out, according to Willard.
Rent-A-Ruminant has about 130 goats and regularly contracts with government agencies, such as the city of Seattle, the U.S. Navy and Seattle Public Schools, Dunakin said. All of the goats have names and have been rescued from people who could no longer keep them, she said.
"I never slaughter, so they get a great life," Dunakin said. "They get to eat for a living, which they love."
WSDOT also plans to enlist the help of goats this summer for maintenance work around a stormwater pond near Vancouver and a noxious weed project near Spokane, Willard said.
He plans to prepare a report that will compare the costs of the projects using state maintenance crews with gas-powered tools versus rented goats.
One of the longer-term benefits: Goats tend to sterilize weed seed through their digestive process, which prevents new plants from taking root, according to Dunakin.
Willard said the study also will compare the environmental costs. He said he expects carbon emissions will be lower with the goats.
"Compared, I suppose, to a bit of methane," he quipped.


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John Wesley United Methodist Church
Monday, September 16, 2019
The Lighthouse in the Heart of Greenville
Wedding Ministry
To the Bride and Groom
The members and ministry team of John Wesley UMC are happy that you have chosen to be married in our church. We want to help in every way to make sure your wedding is a significant
and joyous occasion.
Planning Your Wedding
As early as possible, you should contact the Pastor and the
office to assure the availability of the Pastor and facilities. It is recommended that the date for the wedding be set at least six months in advance in order that the counseling sessions may be planned with the pastor. No wedding shall be performed in the church sanctuary on the
weekends of Palm Sunday or Easter. Weddings during the Christmas season must conform in the fittings already
established in the sanctuary.
The Wedding Ministry will provide a wedding planner, directress,and musician.
Please contact the webiste administrator for further information.
Who May Use the Church Facilities?
The church is open to members and non-members akike, although rules differ.
Members: either bride, groom, or the parents of either party being a current member and who have been regulary supporting in prayer, presences, gifts, service, and witness.
Non-Members: either bride, groom, or the parents of either party being a current member and who have not been regularly supporting in prayer, presence, gifts, service, and witness.
Members are expected to pay the organist and the custodian for service rendered.
There is no charge made to members for the use of the facilities. Non-members are expected to pay the customary fee for building use to the wedding commitee.


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David Price is a PGA Professional in Dallas, TX.
David developed his golf game on the golf teams for Odessa Permian High School and later for the University of Texas, where his golf team won back to back national championships in 1971-1972. That team was led by well-known players, Ben Crenshaw and Tom Kite. Following graduation, his coach and great mentor, George Hannon, encouraged him to pursue a career as a golf professional. Graduating with a degree in Finance in 1972, he began his professional career as an Assistant Professional at Houston Country Club. David vividly remembers charging $5.00 for his first golf lesson and then having to share half of it with the head professional as part of their agreement. However, at that moment, he recognized that his desire to learn more about the golf swing and the game he loved would lead him on a life long career in the business of golf.
On March 22, 1985 David began his term as the Head Golf Professional at Bent Tree Country Club. Herecalls that key factors in his selection were his keen knowledge of the handicap system and his pioneering efforts in computerizing handicap scores as well as his experience in conducting PGA Tour events, a necessary requirement with the forthcoming Senior Players Reunion Pro-Am at Bent Tree. A couple of years later, David was invited to be one of 15 PGA Golf Professionals to write the first tournament manual for the PGA with his emphasis being computerized handicapping.
In 1986, the PGA of America, not to be confused with the PGA Tour, invited David to join their Rules Committee. Over the years, David has climbed up the ranks and recently served as the Chairman of the Rules Committee for four years, completing his tenure in December of 2012. He is now serving as an Past Honorary Chair for the Committee. In his capacity, David has officiated in several major events: The Masters, The Ryder Cup, The U. S. Open, The British Open and the PGA Championship. He also conducts rules workshops for and by the PGA of America, and represents the PGA of America on the USGA's Rules of Golf Committee which is in the process of rewriting the rules book with anticipated completion in 2016.
David was selected to the PGA of America Hall of Fame in Port St. Lucie, Florida, in 2000, but the highlight of his career and his proudest moment was in 1995 when he was honored as the Golf Professional of the Year by the PGA of America. In 2012, he was equally proud to be nominated and inducted into the Texas Golf Hall of Fame, in his home state and where he began his career. David has worked with and mentored a large number of golf enthusiasts who have aspired to grow and prosper as golf professionals. He is proud to have guided 21 of his assistants to become Head Golf Professionals and one who became the women's golf coach at the University of Texas.
David says that the greatest joy in life has been the family which he and his wife of 42 years, Dale Ann, continue to raise – Brian, Aaron, Christopher, Kevin, Paige and McKenzie! Yes, six kids ranging from 22 to 34 years of age. David closely cherishes his family and has enjoyed many great sport related activities with all of them.
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Happy Monday friends! I'm certainly glad that it is Monday and that last week is behind us. We had a fairly traumatic week with some family members needing hospital/emergency care, as well as our dog being hit by a car. All are recovering - which is a great blessing - and I am looking forward to a better week. Today's post is not just color series focused, but I also wanted to show how to arrange an asymmetric piece in a relatively shallow vessel. I continue to see florists using floral foam for these types of arrangements, which I try to avoid given that it contains toxic ingredients and is non-biodegradable. It is certainly easier to use foam, but the same results can be achieved using a kenzan/spiky frog. If you've been using foam, pick up a few kenzans and give it a try. And as always, I love pedestal vases, so here we have yet another pedestal vessel!
Flowers: fuchsia, dahlia, castor oil fruit, spray rose, coralberry, any type of vine leaves
Place the kenzan in the center of the vessel.
Begin by placing the fuchsia and the vine stems, securing them into the frog, as they are top heavy in a shallow vessel.
Add the castor oil fruit in the center leaning a little to the side.
Add the spray roses throughout the arrangement - front and back as it is a centerpiece and you want to ensure that it looks nice from all directions.
Now, add the dahlias.
Finally, add the coralberry for some lovely texture!
Styling and design by Kiana Underwood Photography by N. Underwood