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How long is a session?
Each session lasts 6 weeks, with a 1 week break between sessions. Please see the calendar for exact dates.
NEW! for the 2014-2015 year: There will be 5 weeks of classes and the 6th week will be a field trip.
What type of classes do you offer?
Typically, Roots and Wings offers enrichment-style classes that involve fun, hand-on learning. Teachers tend to choose classes that homeschool parents can't (or don't want to do at home). Past classes include art, PE, games, and drama.
Who can participate in co-op classes?
Roots and Wings accommodates homeschool families with children of all ages.
What do you mean by secular co-op?
Roots and Wings welcomes families of all beliefs. In order to respect all members' religious beliefs, we do not teach from or promote a specific religious point of view.
Can I drop my child off for co-op classes?
Roots and Wings is not a drop-off co-op. Our classes are taught by parent volunteers, and everyone's help is needed during co-op hours.
Do I need to volunteer during co-op?
A parent from each participating family is expected to remain at co-op during class time and serve in some capacity. In addition to volunteering during class time, there are many parent jobs that need to be filled each year.
Will I be required to teach a class?
We are very thankful for our parents who volunteer to teach classes. It allows us to offer unique classes while keeping the costs low. While parents are encouraged to teach, it is not required to participate in classes. Please see our FAQs about teaching at our co-op.
How much does it cost to participate in co-op classes?
The prices for classes vary based on the cost of supplies needed for each class. Since our teachers are parent volunteers, the cost is kept fairly low. Class prices are listed with each class on the current Class Descriptions. There is also a $23 per semester facility fee per family.
Are there any other fees besides the class fees?
Besides the cost of supplies, there is a facility fee of $23 per semester per family.
I only want to register for one session. Is that possible?
Due to the number of families interested in co-op classes, it is discouraged to register for only one session. Registering for only one sessions leaves a empty spots in classes that could have been filled by other children.
Registrations accepted at the beginning on the semester are for the semester only. It is not possible to register for a single session at the beginning of the semester. If you decide after the semester has started that you would like to join in the next session classes, you may register as long as there is room in the classes.
My child is working above grade level for his age. Can I put him in co-op classes above his grade level?
Because Roots and Wings' classes are typically not academic in nature, we recommend enrolling your child in classes according to their age. As a parent, you know your child best. If your child is able to interact appropriately in a higher-level class, he/she is welcome to try it out. However, a space will not be held in the correct age group if a higher-level class is not a good fit.
My child is 6, but likes the classes being offered to the 8-10 year olds better. Can she take classes for a different age group?
Because Roots and Wings' classes are typically not academic in nature, we recommend enrolling your child in classes according to their age. As a parent, you know your child best. If your child is able to interact appropriately in a higher-level class, he/she is welcome to try it out. However, a space will not be held in the correct age group if a higher-level class is not a good fit.
Do we need to take classes all four hours?
Classes are scheduled into two blocks: AM and PM classes. When you register for a class, you are registering for both hours of that block.
What do I do if I have to miss a week of co-op?
Since every parent has a role in co-op, it is important that you let us know if you need to miss co-op. Please let us know via Facebook if you will be absent.
If you know in advance that you will be missing a week, please be sure to let the teacher know not to plan for your student that week.
What about lunch?
There is time scheduled for lunch between morning and afternoon classes. Lunch is not provided by Roots and Wings. If you so choose, your family may bring a sack lunch. Refrigeration and microwave are available.
How do I know if classes are cancelled due to inclement weather?
We follow IPS when deciding whether to cancel classes. Please view our bad weather policy.
Do you make up snow days?
No, we do not make up snow days.
How do I register?
Registration will be announced on the forum. The registration form is on theCurrent Registration page of our website. Please join our Facebook page to obtain the password for this page. Fill out the registration form and mail it back with your payment.
Do I get a refund if our family decides not to attend classes?
As per the consent on the registration form, once a child is registered for classes, fees will not be reimbursed. All surplus monies will be added to the general co-op fund.


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Smart Ped electric assist scooter is a great new multimodal alternative
A hundred years ago all the smart young people were cruising the streets of New York and London on the Autoped, a gasoline powered folding scooter. In our earlier coverage of it we quoted:
Now, a century later, it's back in an all-electric model that looks a whole lot better and safer. It's the Smart Ped, made in Milan by Nino Klansek and the people at FlyKly, who previously brought us the FlyKly Smart Wheel for your bike. They gave TreeHugger a heads-up on their new device after seeing our Autoped coverage, but are now up on Kickstarter for all to see.
This fascinating machine represents the world's first model of scooter. It was the only motorcycle to be built in New York City. Though adopted by the U.S. Post Office and other services – as well as fashion-conscious women in Europe and America – it was also used by New York gang members for easy getaways – they could motor down narrow alleys to escape police in cars behind them.
It's a very interesting device. Unlike the old Autoped, there isn't a throttle; like a Pedelec bike it senses the riders' push and then gives it a boost. So you never have to worry about how you control it, or going too fast and getting into dangerous situations, because you still have to do some work of pushing. It's more intuitive this way and a whole lot safer. It just lets you go a little bit farther and faster:
It runs on a smaller version of the smart wheel motor used in the bike, mounted in a 16" wheel.
The all-in-one electric motor, battery and electronics come from the Smart Wheel concept, all fitted in the rear wheel. The aluminum housing, consisting of an electro motor, battery set, electronics and forward thinking sensors, is meticulously assembled and crafted into a wonderful piece of tech.
Building a scooter with wheels that big gives a much smoother, more stable ride. It also folds up and is light enough (11 kg or under 25 pounds) that you can pick it up and carry it with you on transit or even planes. It will run at a not crazy-fast 16 MPH for 18 to 30 miles, depending on how much you are kicking. It has "smart sensors" to do kick detection, mass estimation, friction estimation, speed and acceleration, all of which it probably needs to figure out how much push to give you.
And of course there is an app; the FlyKy people also designed a clever light that doubles as a phone holder, so you can "track how you ride and get suggestions for alternative routes to make your commute safer, easier and more fun. It creates tailor made reports on how much money, time and carbon footprint points can be saved with switching to a different mobility pattern. Use it to control your Smart Ped or connect with your friends and share your rides and stats."
We have long been fans of the idea of multimodal travel, the idea that you might have a device that can take you that "last mile" or couple of miles from home to transit, from transit to destination. I have also recently tried out an electric assist bike and think that there is a role for them in making life just a bit easier in hilly cities or for older riders.
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Kenya: Project to Stop 'Sex for Fish' Menace Launched
National Aids Control Council has launched an advocacy program along Lake Victoria beaches to sensitise residents on the dangers of unprotected sex.
Speaking at Sori beach yesterday, director of clinical immunology and epidemiology of infectious diseases Professor Alloys Orago said the program is meant to address the high prevalence of HIV/AIDS.
"Along the 280 beaches of Lake Victoria, the rate of HIV/AIDS stands at 26 per cent. This is primarily driven by retrogressive cultural beliefs, lack of awareness which leads to unprotected sex and too much 'idle' money," he said.
He said among the fishing community, the most endangered age group is 15 to 24-year-olds who appear to be the most reckless in having multiple partners.
"Through this program, we hope to reduce HIV infections to 0 per cent that's why we have started with this age group," he said. He said the program will also include teaching residents how to save and invest their money.
He said huge amounts of money change hands along the shores of Lake Victoria everyday but residents end up misusing it by, for example, paying for commercial sex workers.
"We will train residents on how best to utilise money so that when it comes, they will not rush to use it aimlessly but will instead invest it in productive ventures," he said.
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For such a great big hulking piece of South African beef, Graeme Smith hasn't half got brittle fingers. They've now been in the news on five separate occasions, having been broken that many times in roughly two years.
Just imagine what it would be like if Smith had a thumb war or a game of slapsies with Brad Haddin. I have no doubt that the outcome would be horrific for at least one of them.
Smith's participation in South Africa's first Test match of their home series against India, which starts December 16, is now in doubt.


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Tron's vision to 'decentralize the web' as well as its efforts to attain the very same projects. In a recent interview with Forbes, Tron owner Justin Sunlight shared much more concerning the goal of the firm, recent collaborations, listings and also procurement. While reviewing concerning all of it, Justin Sun went down the tip that more exciting news that would certainly be coming out by the 4th quarter.
When asked about the plans he has related to obtained decentralized solutions. "We recently obtained BitTorrent, the most preferred decentralized solution, in July. TRON has welcomed a huge network with over 100 million energetic customers," Justin Sun stated, "We likewise lately began Project Atlas, which will allow us incentivize users within the BitTorrent community to participate and also add to the network by using our own tokens– an initially in history. We have more interesting information coming out in the 4th quarter too."
See also: Tron founder Justin Sun reveals the real reason behind the BitTorrent acquisition
Tron has actually always kept the community excited with some occasion or the other. Last month, Sun created the 'Trick Task' making the whole neighborhood excitedly wait for nearly a month to understand the details. This moment again, he simply hinted on some amazing news without exposing anything much about it. Nonetheless, it will perhaps be something pertaining to BitTorrent given that Sun exposed regarding it while taking around obtained decentralized solutions.
Justin Sunlight's take on Tron being listed on Line's BITBOX
One of Tron's recent listing got on BITBOX. While discussing it, Sunlight mentioned that their aim is to decentralize the whole Web and also these brand-new listings are stepping stones to achieve the target. "If you look at our portfolio, you will locate exchanges from all over the globe: United States, Korea, Japan, India and the checklist proceeds. It is essential for us that our tokens are offered to the most individuals since our company mission is to the decentralize the whole Net," Sunlight claimed.
See also: Tron [TRX] enlisted on Line's Bitbox; launches $10mln token venture fund
He even more explains how the listing will certainly help them to achieve their goals of increasing even more into Korea and also Japan. "Korea and also Japan are key tactical markets for us. As you know, these economic situations are doing a lot of hefty lifting in the technology sector and being readily available in those markets will certainly let us get in touch with even more companions along with supply much better item assimilations for our token holders. We are already provided in most of the top Korean exchanges as well as integrating with LINE's exchange will provide us a much more comprehensive target market."


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face stones that are placed "two over one and one over two" and stretch well into the wall
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Kudos to BusinessWeek for staying ahead of the curve by reporting on one of the emerging market segments in the pet industry (There's Never Been A Better Time to Be a Dead Pet by Eric Spitznagel, Sep 07 2012). Sometimes it's hard for businesses to get behind an idea that's hard to quantify; the article points out that it is "a growing if untracked segment of the pet care industry."
In fact, the pet death segment is on our list of best pet business opportunities for the second year straight. The aging of America, and of our pets, and increased spending, are only three of the reasons.
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But the release last week of the Mayor's Management Report, a twice-yearly collection of city measures, revealed a disquieting figure. Traffic fatalities from July 2011 through June 2012 were up 23 percent from the previous year — to 291, from 236. It was the first increase since 2007, when there were 310 traffic fatalities.
Though overall crashes fell slightly for the second straight year, 176 cyclists or pedestrians were killed in crashes, up from 158 the previous year. The other 115 deaths were motorists or their passengers, a sharp rise from the 78 drivers and passengers killed the year before.
The Transportation Department typically compiles figures for the calendar year, Commissioner
According to the Mayor's Management Report, speeding, driving while intoxicated, and running red lights or stop signs accounted for a combined 54 percent of motorist or passenger fatalities. The report said a preliminary analysis suggested that the crashes were concentrated on highways, far removed from many of the areas that have been the focus of the city's initiatives.Continue reading the main story
But the numbers appear to have caught officials and transportation advocates by surprise. Councilman James Vacca, the chairman of the City Council's transportation committee, said the results had compelled him to "question the accuracy of the previous years' figures."
"Certainly if we get this result next year, I think we have to look at many of the reconfigurations to see if they've been positive," Mr. Vacca said. "We've been led to believe that things in the last several years were getting much better."
The department maintained this week that recent measures had made streets safer. Ms. Sadik-Khan said the rise might have been caused, at least in part, by an increase in distracted driving and distracted walking.
"I don't think that the
There is no data to suggest that distracted driving and walking have become more pervasive in the city over the past year than in previous years, though Ms. Sadik-Khan said national trends suggested that the practices had grown more common. (Overall traffic fatalities did increase nationally for the first quarter of 2012 by 13.5 percent, compared with the same period in 2011, after five consecutive years of declines, according to the
Ms. Sadik-Khan said she had even "saved three or four people" from walking into oncoming traffic herself, grabbing them as their heads remained bent down toward their phones.
"Two of them were thankful, and two of them were, frankly, annoyed," she said.
The department said that figures detailing pedestrian or cyclist deaths alone over the past year, as opposed to the aggregate figure for pedestrian and cyclist deaths, were not available.
The traffic data appears more encouraging when set against figures from past years, before the city experienced its recent sharp decline in annual deaths. There were 243 traffic fatalities in the calendar year 2011, about a 38 percent reduction from 2001.
Last week, the city announced plans to stencil the four-letter exhortation "LOOK!" along curbsides at more than 100 of the most-dangerous intersections.
On Tuesday, the city said that the campaign would be extended to taxicabs, and that drivers would be encouraged to place decals in their back-seat windows with a similar warning. It is an effort to curb so-called dooring accidents, when a car door is opened into the path of a cyclist.
The announcement on Tuesday came five hours after a 38-year-old cyclist was struck and killed by a vehicle on Queens Boulevard in Kew Gardens, and about 14 hours after Francisco Camacho, 59, was fatally hit as he crossed the Cross Bay Boulevard in Ozone Park.
Paul Steely White, the executive director of Transportation Alternatives, a cycling and pedestrian advocacy group, called the new statistics "alarming" and attributed much of the uptick to what he deemed lax police enforcement of traffic laws.
"Anyone who walks or bikes across a New York City street knows that motorists are getting away with reckless driving, day in, day out," he said.
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Acquired By:
Elaine B.
Los Gatos, Ca
Materials: Slate, clear glass, stained glass, quartz, rocks, synthetic spikes, coral
Dimensions: 12"(H) x 12"(W)
Weight: 5 lbs
Santorini, Greece
Upon arriving in Santorini, a breathtaking seaside town in Greece, I marveled at
its spectacular landscapes, which were like nothing I had ever seen: blue domes and
whitewashed houses and churches perched on volcanic cliffs, all set against the backdrop
of the shimmering Aegean sea. The stunning beauty so overwhelmed me that when I returned
home, I couldnt wait to translate the essence of its unique colors and architecture into a
mosaic while my mind was still so fresh and full of excitement! Based on a picture taken by
my husband, this piece includes domed entrances and roofs, over seventy tiny windows, dozens
of umbrellas, and many stairs and patios. All the stained glass was cut into tiny pieces in
order to fit intricately together, and textured glass was used to capture the glint of sunlight
from beautifully colored houses.
Acquired By:
Nick Watry, Architect, Engineer
San Luis Obispo, CA
Client's Comments:
"...Any time one walks by the piece, the City of Santorini comes alive and again changes moment by moment.
It is such a blessing to have it, created by you!
I just love it, thank you so much!..."
Materials:Stained glass, mother of pearl
Dimensions: 20" x 27"
Weight: 7 lbs
There are many paths in our lives. Some are narrow or wide, straight or curves.
Some are smooth, others are rough...
Acquired By:
Marina Nabutovskiy
San Jose, CA
Materials: Stained glass, seashells, synthetic spikes, glass
Dimensions: 10" x 14" x 1.5"
Weight: 3 lbs
Stone Scape
Acquired By:
Debbie Crouse Laffranchini
Turlock, CA
Materials: Tempered glass, fabric, stone
Dimensions: 24" x 5 1/4"
Weight: 3 lbs/each
Solar Prominence
Materials: Stained glass
Dimensions: 8" x 11"
Weight: 5 lbs
Ikebana (Japanese floral arrangement) in mosaic
Acquired by:
Lynn Ngo, MD
Santa Clara, Ca
Materials: Ceramic, marble, stone chips, seashell and glass flowers, glass bottle, corral
Dimensions: 20" x 20"
Weight: 8 lbs
Curves (large)
Materials: Fused glass, quartz, glass, ceramics, stone chips, corals, glass beads
Dimensions: 20 1/2" x 33" x 1"
Weight: 20 lbs
Materials: Marble, leaded crystal, ceramic, glass beads, mirror
Dimensions: 9" x 18"
Weight: 5 lbs
Acquired by:
Taraneh and Stuart
Materials: Quartz, tempered and stained glass, ceramic, stone chips,
crystal, variety of stones, sea urchin spines, glass beads
Dimensions: 36" x 17" x 1"
Weight: 14 lbs
The Redwood
A Thank You gift for:
Martin M. Eisenberg, Attorney
Woodside, Ca
Materials: Stained glass, ceramic, gemstones,mirror, unakite & tiger eyes stone chips
Dimensions: 15 1/2"(W) x 23 1/2"(L)
Weight: 14 lbs
Paw Partners
Before they met each other, this homeless dog and cat led lonely and miserable lives, seen
in the dead grass field and bare tree. Now they still sleep on the streets, but have each other
to care for. This piece expresses love without boundary, even in the darkest of times.
Materials: Ceramic, rocks, unakite & tiger eyes stone chips, fused glass
Dimensions: 27 1/2" (W) x 21 1/2"(H)
Weight: 14 lbs
Acquired By:
Roberta Bell
Los Altos, CA
Materials: Stained glass, stone chips, black onit, marble, coral
Dimensions: 10" (W) x 18"(H)
Weight: 4 lbs
White Flowers
Acquired By:
Mike Higaki
Half Moon Bay, CA
Gift for Mom
Materials: Glass, sea shells, stained glass, mini tiles, quartz, pyrite, coral
Dimensions: 10" (W) x 23"(H)
Weight: 4 lbs
Acquired By:
Stephanie Politzer
Gift for husband T.J. Politzer, Musician
Campbell, CA
Materials: Ceramic, stained glass, glass, mirror, mother of pearl, rock, seashells,
urchin spines, mini tiles
Dimensions: 10" (W) x 23"(H)
Weight: 4 lbs
Sunrise on the Beach
Materials: Ceramic, fused glass, variety of rocks, sea urchin spines, soft and sand stone, marble,
peacock ore, white onit stone, Moki rock, sand dollars, white sand, tempered glass, crystal beads
Dimensions: 38"(W) x 26"(H)
Weight: 30 lbs
Koi Fish Pond
Materials: Rocks, crystalline glazed porcelain, fused glass, stained glass, handmade ceramics, marble,
ox bone, drift wood, glass beads
Dimensions: 35" x 13"
Weight: 14 lbs
Flowers Window (classic)
The inspiration for this piece bloomed from my travels in Europe, where I spotted many flowers adorning
windows, and vines growing on old walls. I used a combination of fused and stained glass over mixed layers
of stone and marble to express the beautiful complexity of nature intertwining with the work of mankind.
Materials: Marble, porcelain,stained glass, mirror, fused glass
Dimensions: 25"(W) x 19"(W)
Weight: 20 lbs
Flowers Window (modern)
Engagement Gift for:
Lara Belden and Daniel Ho
San Ramon, CA
This is a window decorated with flowers, created in a "modern" way with the use of layered stained glass.
Materials: Stained glass, mirror, glass
Dimensions: 12"(H) x 10"(W)
Weight: 5 lbs
"Thunderstorm in the Village"
Acquired By:
Bui Viet-Ha
Daly City, CA
This piece was selected for the juried show of Wounded in Action: An Art Exhibition of Orthopaedics
Advancements held March 7th - 14th, 2010, at the E. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, LA,
during the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons' 2010 Annual Meeting.
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Materials: Handmade ceramic, lead crystal, marble, hematide, glass, mirror.
Dimensions: 27 1/2" x 11 1/2"
Weight: 10 lbs
"Houses on the Beach"
Gift for:
Paula & Joe Tarantino
San Ramon, CA
Materials: Handmade & China ceramic, pyrite
Dimensions: 13 1/2" x 9 1/2"
Weight: 5 lbs
This triptych represents Hawaii - volcano, mountains, and beach in the sunset
Acquired By:
Kenneth & Jill Roost
Hillsborough, CA
(Sold during the display at
SimplyBe Salon and Spa, 528 University Avenue, Palo Alto, Ca)
Materials: Handmade & China Ceramic, slate, glass, rocks
Dimensions: 12" x 12"/each
Weight: 4 lbs/each
Saltwater Aquarium
Acquired By:
T.J. Politzer, Musician, and wife Stephanie
Campbell, CA
Materials: Ceramic, stained, tempered, & fused glass, vitreous glass, abalone, dry starfish, corals,
seashells, mirror, gems, rocks
Dimensions: 36"(L) x 24"(H) x 1"(W)
Weight: 35 lbs
(Not for Sale)
This piece was selected in the Mosaic Arts International 2009 for the exhibition at the
Museum of Man in San Diego, California, from February 28 April 26, 2009.
This waterfall merges into a river coursing through the forest. I used mosaic tiles over a piece of
natural redwood to create an unconventional sense of abstract and geometric patterns on top of another.
Materials: ceramic, coral, abalone, turquoise, rocks, sea shells, marble,
beach glass, stained glass, glass beads.
Dimensions: 38" (wildest) x 28" (highest)
Weight: 47 lbs
"Biking on the Mountain" Wall Hanging
A group of bikers ride up a scenic mountain path during sunrise, encapsulating a sense of joy and freedom
as they cycle through the vibrant colors of the woods, sky, and ocean far ahead.
Materials: Petrified wood, sodalite stones, salmon bay rocks, aquatic cove rocks,
abalone, quartz points, ceramic, stained glass, gems.
Dimensions: 31" x 8"
Weight: 8 lbs
"Rock Park"
Materials: Rocks, marble chips, China ceramic, handmade ceramics
Dimensions: 24" x 12" (D)
Weight: 18 lbs
"Foot's Dream"
This piece was in the eMotion Pictures: An Exhibition of Orthopaedics in Art show at Moscone
Center in San Francisco from March 5th through March 8th, 2008; and at the Chicago Cultural Center from
April 17 to July 20, 2008.
The inspiration for this piece grew out of the artists recurring dreams of the
beach during the two months in which she recovered from surgery on both feet.
She saw herself strolling along the beach, healed by the soothing, smooth,
wet sand and clear, blue water.
Materials: Ceramic, stained glass, abalone, rocks, stone chips, horn bone,
glass beads, corals, dry seastars, seashells
Dimensions: 24" x 15"
Weight: 12 lbs
"The Beach Corner"
Acquired By:
Jackie Feretzis
San Francisco, California
The colors, lines, curves, and textures help form this abstract aerial view of the corner of a remote beach.
The asymmetrical layout mixes with the patterns of repetition and illusion to explore the landscapes flow
of energy.
Materials: Vitreous glass, beach glass, glass beads, glass fritz, stained glass, seashells, seashell chips, wood chips, stone chips, rocks,
glitter, dry starfish, button
Dimensions: 23" x 14"


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First add a 6-inch layer of dry (brown) organic matter, such as hay, old leaves, sawdust or straw to the bottom of the container. Next comes a 2 – 3 inch layer of fresh (green) organic matter: such as table scraps, manure, grass clippings, or even high nitrogen fertilizer like cottonseed meal, on top of the dry matter. Keep layering in this way while watering after each layer. Do this until you have reached 4 – 5 feet tall and have filled the container.
Any smaller and it won't heat up the pile. Any larger and it could be difficult to manage.
In two days you should mix the layers thoroughly. Using a pitchfork will make this easier. Particle size should be varied. Cover the pile with a tarp to keep rain away and to keep the pile moist in dry weather. If the pile gets too wet or too dry it won't heat up properly. The pile will cook within a week. Now you need to keep it cooking. A hot pile is a happy pile. Keep your pile moist by watering periodically. Dig into the pile about 1 foot to see if it is moist. If not water thoroughly but as not to make it soggy.
Turn the pile when it cools down. Use your garden fork to remove the outside layers and put them aside. Remove the inside layers into a separate pile and switch. Place the outside layers in the center of the new pile and place the inside layers along the outside of the new pile.
Loosen any matted clumps. Let it cook again and when it cools repeat the process.
Make sure your pieces of material that you are adding are not too big. This will slow down the decomposition and possibly halt it all together. Shredding leaves helps to feed the compost faster. When your compost is dark in color, crumbly and smells earthy without a strong ammonia or sour smell, it is ready to enter into the garden.
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2 Samuel 12:13
"David said to Nathan, 'I have sinned against the Lord.' And Nathan said to David, 'The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."
This is one of the most beautiful verses in the Bible. David has just had a big boo boo. His big mess up. Bathsheba. And he just got busted by God – through Nathan. And now he knows it's time to pay the piper. He knows that God expects retribution for the sins perpetrated upon Him. But Nathan says no, God will take this one.
This is a precursor to what God has given to us today. God gave us Jesus. A way to allow God to "put away our sins." All we have to do is accept the gift being offered. If you think, "Nah, I've done too much. I'm too bad. I'm too far gone." Look at David. Read 2 Samuel 11 and tell me you've been worse than that. Adultery and murder in the same week.
God put that away for David. Let Him do the same for you.


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Papers in this category of collections from Archives and Manuscripts of the Los Angeles Maritime Museum were created by people who have been involved in communication about the seafarer's life, yacht racing and shipbuilding.
Gunnar Anderson Collection: Sail racing, yacht and documentary images created and printed by an amateur photographer in the 1960s and 1970s for Windward Under Sail and other magazines. Documents dated 1963-1984. 7 cu. ft.
Thomas Skahill Collection: Notes, drafts, and collected research for articles he wrote on mid-twentieth century Los Angeles Harbor yachtsmen, naval architects and boat-builders Matt Walsh, Ed Potter, Edson B. Schock, Hugh Angelman, Joe Fellows and Fellows and Stewart, and Ted Geary. Articles were published in WoodenBoat, Maritime Life and Traditions, 2003. 2 cu.ft.
Cedric Windas Collection: Illustrations, Personal Scrapbook and Book covers decorated by an artist known for his portrayal of Navy life and customs. Documents dated 1939-1966. 6 cu. ft.
March 3rd, 2015
Los Angeles Maritime Museum Research Library Collection 30
Cedric Windas created illustrations, documents, and hand-illuminated book-covers over the course of his career between 1939 and 1966.
March 3rd, 2015
Los Angeles Maritime Museum Research Library Collection 45
This collection of articles and manuscripts was created between 2000 and 2006 by author Thomas Skahill.
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2015 Chrysler 200 stuns crowds at Detroit Auto Show
The 2015 Chrysler 200 debuts a beautiful exterior design featuring the new "face" of the Chrysler brand – a thoughtful, exquisitely crafted interior and an exceptional driving experience, complements of a segment-first nine-speed automatic transmission and an Alfa Romeo-based chassis.
Inspired American design and beautifully crafted inside and out, the all-new 2015 Chrysler 200 transforms what customers expect in a mid-size sedan. The 2015 200 sedan showcases the new face of Chrysler, and incorporates timeless design cues that let the car tell the story. The all-new 2015 Chrysler 200 offers the most available safety features in the mid-size sedan segment, and state-of-the-art, easy-to-use technology that keep driver and passengers connected.
"The all-new 2015 Chrysler 200 will be the new benchmark for mid-size sedans with an exceptional driving experience, fuel economy of up to 35 mpg highway and exquisite craftsmanship," said Al Gardner, President and CEO — Chrysler Brand, Chrysler Group LLC.
A segment-first standard nine-speed automatic transmission and world-class engines, including the 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6 engine with a best-in-class 295 horsepower, add up to an enjoyable, spirited driving experience in the all-new 2015 Chrysler 200. An available, innovative, state-of-the-art all-wheel-drive system includes a "sport" driving mode and delivers excellent performance in all driving conditions. With a world-class architecture and leading-edge technology, the new Chrysler 200 is engineered to exceed customer expectations in every category. On the other hand, the new Tigershark 2.4 liter MultiAir2 four-cylinder engine produces 184 horsepower, 235 Nm of torque and delivers excellent fuel economy.


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I really enjoy reading health, fitness and running blogs. But while they're inspiring, I often get discouraged because, daaamn they seem to fast! That's why I've created my own running section. I want to show all of you that you don't have to run 6 minute miles to run a race, to love running, to be a runner (but hey, if you're fast, more power to you!). I've run seven (about to be eight!) half marathons and did my first marathon in January 2011.
You can read about my marathon training trials and tribulations here. I will do my best not to curse too much, but i make no promises! Also, you can read my general running posts here. Hopefully I'll have a second marathon to start training for soon!
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Vision Statement: The Special Events, Reservations, & Marketing Department within the Katy Independent School District (Katy ISD) desires to be recognized as dedicated to committed to customer service in all facets of the department.
*Facility Reservations accounted for 8,137 non-KISD reservations in 2012-2013 resulting in approximately 50,000 events.
*Facility Reservations generated approximately 2.5 million in revenue for 2012-2013
*The Leonard E. Merrell Center and L.D. Pavilion hosted 175 unique Katy ISD events and 42 separate private events.
*The Merrell Center has been chosen home for the Southland Conference for the past 6 years.
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*The Marketing & Advertising Department hosted over 20 sponsor events and sponsor night at Jack Rhodes Stadium in 2012-2013
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We live in a multicultural country and one of the things that is guaranteed, for as long as there has been Canada Post, there have been relatives sending gifts internationally. Gifts that represent their love and their support for family members that they cannot see often due to the cost and the distance.
I myself was the recipient of these sorts of gifts when I was a kid, sweaters that would get here off season and wouldn't fit by the time winter came, things you wouldn't be caught dead in but that you had to put on and have a picture taken as "proof" that you loved it, and that the family appreciated the thought and effort behind it (and thank goodness there was no facebook, and that after that one pic, you could toss it into the donate pile without a second thought!). And later, cheap dollar store crap you could get at the shop down the street from where I lived, but was sent to you with love (and that was usually half-broken by the time it arrived).
That is why it is important to learn about baby carriers that are not sold in North America and to suspend your judgment when helping people out. My most recent introduction to a foreign carrier was when interviewing Sunmi Cha this past fall. Sumni is from Korea and her family had thoughtfully sent her a gift for her to use to show their love and for her to connect with her baby, an Ergo hip seat.
My first few thoughts on seeing it?
And that last one is what stuck with me, because it is exactly what I did.
What's the first thing you do when you see a carrier like this? Pull from your experience. I've been around a long time, so the base was exactly like a Hippychick I still have cached in my basement.1 Then it's like Ergo put on some romantic music, sent it on a blind date with a Playtex Hip Hammock and these two carriers made a baby! Or maybe they just took a style that was already popular in Asian and spun their own version of it out there (not as much fun, but likely the truth as Lillebaby has one too, Three in One and Pognae for example).2
What if you haven't been around for as long as babywearing dinosaurs have roamed the earth? Read the label. Yeah, I know, your Korean is likely as good as mine, but thankfully this one was fully bilingual English / Korean. What if the label is unreadable and not in script you can handily copy into your computer browser? Reach out to your international babywearing peeps and start asking questions (I got some good resources with that one – thanks Heather and Theresa!)3
The important thing to focus on here from the label is the BABY FALLING OUT warning: Infants can fall out through a wide opening or out of the hip seat. Essentially, is the baby TOO small for the carrier and the carrier base?
This fall warning is very important, especially since if you know your babywearing history, you'll know that Baby Bjorn had to issue a recall of their front pack carriers for this exact reason.4 It lead to them making a small, but critical change to their carriers. They added a small loop and button to narrow the leg opening to prevent smaller babies from falling out of them. Yep, some babies will fall out through the leg openings if they are too wide.
Unfortunately, Ergo has not made any changes or adjustments to this carrier to provide a similar feature. And let's not point fingers exclusively at one company, none of the others seem to have something in place either. So, Ergo, baby – let's talk!! I'd really like to see all the companies who sell this thing make a modification to prevent what is a known fall hazard, moreover, one that from my perspective is a modification to the design that is relatively easy to do. So uh, hop hop, let's get moving, am I right?
The other important warning is the SUFFOCATION hazard. If the baby is too low in the carrier and their face is pressed against the parent's body or clothing, they might die.
The other parts of this warning label are just ridiculous. Essentially, if you follow them to the letter, you are basically asking that only trees, street lamps on poles and other inflexible objects wear the baby. And given they ask all the zippers be closed, essentially they are inadvertently saying that the base never be used separately from the rest of the carrier. It's all rather incoherent and this is where you need to step in to intepret and explain this to your client. Once again, the important thing is to use your judgment as a babywearing consultant and have the parent put the child in the carrier. Assess:
Is this a carrier I would choose for myself? No, probably not. But that's not the point of being a babywearing consultant – it's not about what I would chose. Your first goal should always be about supporting parents to babywear as safely as possible with what they have. The only real dangers are:
After an assessment, if the carrier is truly dangerous – at this point, you need to be compassionate, listen to their story, and tell them the truth.
"It's really nice to have gotten a great gift from your parents so that you know your baby is cared both by them and by you. But you can't use this (right now /ever) because your baby is (choose one of the above)."
Débora Rodrigues has been teaching babywearing since August 2008. The Hippychick is part of her rental collection which is available to those living her hometown of Ottawa, Ontario.
Sunmi and I originally met October 15, 2016, and we spoke for about four hours. The first article is called Growing up Korean which was followed by Babywearing Redux. The next article about Sunmi's journey is called Becoming Canadian, where she shares how she moved to Canada and then stayed.
1. Hippychicks are still available for sale in the U.K. and can be seen on their website. I scored mine at a community garage sale here in town. â©
2. Here is a Korean blog discussing the major hipseat brands available there. I always find it interesting to see how these things are sold in other countries, using marketing that just wouldn't work for a Canadian or Western market. If you scroll down, you too can also have a giggle at their claims of how a hard seat with narrow leg openings supports the M-position. The MATH is just wrong people. â©
3. Check out the KOREAN Lillebaby website, Pognae's website and the Ergo Baby website. You will need to use a translation tool to understand it.â©
4. Baby Bjorn carriers were recalled in 1999. Recall is archived here on Health Canada's website.â©


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Twitter has sucked the productivity out of me but is pumping me full of ideas and new acquaintances. Something I'm playing with (soon to be @Twisterature) is the way of communicating texts in bursts, conversationally as it were. What can be seeded into a 140char limit conversation? This has some overlaps with the cut-ups of Burroughs and the Beatniks.
So, I'm reading Donald A. Norman on Emotional Design, finally, and I've decided to reTweet a section that grabbed me. P18 to P20 of the chapter 'Attractive Things Work Better' to be precise. It's really study notes – can they survive the twansition?
** nope they didn't. Some claim to have created 'literature' with tweets. Poetry is possible. Novels are not. And links are for articles.


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Well, I've quickly found that one of the hardest aspects of this event is getting home and writing. So, here I sit on Sunday morning at 5:30 am. It's day six and I'm trying to peck out a few words before the day really begins.
Friday was great. It started in glorious sunshine. It ended in snow. I felt great going out... miserable coming home. I had said for years that it was harder starting in the rain, but I'm having to rethink that notion... riding all day in decent weather then getting soaked over the last 10 miles ain't much fun either.
Friday was a pretty quiet day overall. I didn't take many photos, I just rode. I've been asked; "What do you think about while you're riding?" Well, I think about all kinds of nonsense and too, I think about some interesting things. For example; I think about code and this blog and what kind of gadgets I can build. So sometime Friday, somewhere along the road, I designed (in my mind) the progress bar shown above this post. I don't know if I'll keep the thing... but it was entertaining thinking for a few miles.
I also don't know if I've read it somewhere (probably) or if I came up with it myself (doubtful), but I keep this mantra in my head whilst riding; "The worst day out on your bicycle is far better than your best day in the office." And yes, at one time in my life I had a corner office on the 12th floor at One Park Avenue in Manhattan... so I I think I know these things. HA! (and man-o-man was that ever a lifetime ago?!?!) But don't let me digress because this is about now... and what I'm doing today.
Because out of the blue, these kind of things happen...
I was sitting at a picnic table in Sirhowy Parc having a snack on my last break. It was a quiet mid-afternoon on Friday, day four. I could hear the birds chirping about and the wind blowing through the tops of the trees... really peaceful and relaxing and not many folks are generally out during this time of day. A man came toodling down the cycle path on a cool little electric bike. We smiled at each other, said our "hellos", when he turned and came over to me.
He was an older fella; fully "geared-up", gloved & helmeted, weather-proofed head-to-toe and he clearly recognized our shared "professional" aspect to cycling. Hmph! We began chatting about bikes, bicycling, and our various travels when he asked about the "55" I was wearing. (As you do.) I launched into my spiel; arms-a-waving, marbles rattling about in my hillbilly mouth as I proceeded to explain my crazy efforts.
I try to be modest and cautious, because I can easily sound rather bold or worse... cliché. But he just nodded, reached in his wallet, pulled out a £5 note and said; "Here ya go. Good luck. Now let me tell you how I got involved in cycling..."
In 1949 his dad bought him a new bike and said; "come on son, we're going for a ride". It was four years after the War and his uncle had been a bomber pilot that was shot down somewhere along the Dutch border. Most folks were poor, didn't own a car, and communications with far off places to people you didn't know, practically impossible. But somehow the family had heard that the soldiers bodies had been recovered from the wreckage and hidden, possibly in Holland.
After the bombing raid the Germans scoured the countryside looking for downed planes (and bodies) so that they might recover any type of military documents, plans, etc. But the Dutch people in this small village found the plane first removing the bodies and hiding them. Much to the ire of the rampaging Germans, this act was contemptible as aiding and abetting the enemy. Many families were brutalised and some villagers were tortured during the search.
But the Dutch were fearless and strong and kept the bodies of the dead men hidden until after the angry Germans left thus keeping the Allies' secrets secret. Then after the war, the liberated villagers gave the men a proper burial adding a special military marker for recognition of the brave men who had paid so much to save their little village and country.
News of this unique event spread, slowly making its way to the UK and the families of the men who were killed.
So off went little Doug and his dad in search of this small village of the people with big hearts that had made such an effort to show their gratitude to the Allies. It was a ride that turned into a two month tour of France and the Netherlands.
They eventually found the village and marker; a roundel of coloured stones in the shape of the British Air Force Insignia. They met with the Dutch people who welcomed them in their homes for days, then they came home.
And that's how Doug was introduced to cycling. He was just 10 years old.
now just pause here for a few moments...
Because then, not 10 minutes after my heart had been warmed by this lovely man and his wonderful story; the skies turned dark, the trees started to sway as the the wind picked up and the temperature dropped maybe five degrees. And... and... (wait for it...)... it started to snow!
That's right kiddos. I rode home in the snow. It was cold. It was windy. It was beautiful.


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Real world marketing agency Sense has established its US presence with a new office in New York, along with the April launch of experiential campaign #FeedingTheFuture for The Economist.
Sense won The Economist's North American business in late 2016, following a competitive review, and Sense London has been the agency of record for the company in the UK since 2014.
"We've always held an ambition to expand overseas, and being appointed to handle the North American business for The Economist provided us with a great opportunity to start an agency, with a team and resources," said Sense New York President Sarah Priestman. "This was an important strategic investment in the growth of Sense and we are already talking to other global clients about extending our relationship into North America."
#FeedingTheFuture is highlighting the impact of food waste on the environment. Through to mid-May, The Economist will have a branded coffee cart at selected locations throughout New York City, to offer passersby a free cup of coffee in an effort to highlight innovative uses for used coffee grounds.
The programme, entitled 'Grounds for Change', is based on The Economist's report 'Oil in Your Coffee', which articulates little known uses for used coffee grounds, including creating biodiesel fuel. Consumers who participate in the programme will have the opportunity to subscribe to the publication at an introductory rate of 12 weeks for $12, and as a special gift they can opt to have The Economist plant a tree on their behalf. In the coming months, Sense will launch the #FeedinTheFuture campaign for The Economist in Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Washington DC.
"The #FeedingTheFuture campaign brings The Economist's mind-stretching journalism to life and challenges potential readers to consider new ideas and solutions to reflect on more environmentally sustainable approaches towards food production and consumption," said Marina Haydn, Senior Vice President, Circulation and Retail Marketing at The Economist.
The Economist has worked with Sense to develop the #FeedingTheFuture framework. This strategy guides The Economist's live content marketing programmes, which are aimed at attracting new readers to the publication through creative and provocative real world experiences. Launched in the UK in 2014, to date more than 30,000 new subscriptions have been generated through this activity worldwide. In addition, this marketing programme garnered a 2017 #DoDifferent award for Long Term Strategy from the Marketing Agencies Association (MAA), as well as numerous other awards.


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The sniff response in autistic children differs greatly from their peers, according to a new study. Autistic children do not automatically adjust their level of sniffing in response to different smells. In addition, researchers found a correlation between the level of atypical sniff response and the severity of children's autism symptoms.
"The difference in sniffing pattern between the typically developing children and children with autism was simply overwhelming," says study author Noam Sobel of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel.
Sniff response refers to how big a sniff people take of different smells. For example when smelling something pleasant such as a flower, most people take a deep breath. However, when smelling something offensive like sour milk, people limit their breath intake or amount of smell. This sniff response is automatic in most people.
The study involved 36 children, half of whom had autism spectrum disorder. Researchers exposed the children to a series of pleasant and unpleasant odours. A Pediatric olfactometer delivered the odours and measured the children's sniff response.
In 81-percent of the cases, researchers identified the children with autism based on their different sniff response. Researchers also noted that the greater the difference of sniff response in the children with autism corresponded with the severity of the children's autism symptoms.
"We can identify autism and its severity with meaningful accuracy within less than 10 minutes using a test that is completely non-verbal and entails no task to follow," Sobel says. "This raises the hope that these findings could form the base for development of a diagnostic tool that can be applied very early on, such as in toddlers only a few months old. Such early diagnosis would allow for more effective intervention."
"A Mechanistic Link between Olfaction and Autism Spectrum Disorder" is published in Cell Biology.


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So I just came back from my River Hongbao (春到河畔 2015) trip.
If you have no idea what River Hongbao is, it is an annual CNY carnival - Something like a huge-scaled night market a.k.a Pasar Malam.
*Don't ask me why my face look like this. YOU WILL KNOW WHY WHEN YOU READ ON!
I used to visit River Hongbao when I was a kid. (Sigh, those memories...) and enjoyed the CNY decorations, food and most importantly... The GAME STALLS!
Oh boy, those game stalls were one of the main reasons why I loved visiting River Hongbao. I would feel rich after receiving the tons of ang baos from my relatives and spent them on the games that were considered fairly cheap then.
UNFORTUNATELY, this blog post is not abut reminiscing the memories. Instead,it is a COMPLAINT that I felt I HAVE to blog about after my visit. Believe me, I was in a huge rage after the visit, so much that I promised myself that I would blog about this immediately when I get back.
No doubt that the CNY decorations were breathtakingly beautiful, especially when they came up with a special SG50 theme this year.
However, the food and game stall prices were WAY BEYOND ridiculous - almost like a daylight robbery.
Can you believe that the prices are DOUBLE to that of a normal Pasar Malam (For eg: A Popsicle that can be commonly found at typical Pasar Malams for $1 cost twice as much at River Hongbao) and the game stalls do not come with cheap anymore.
Gone were the times when I could have the choice to try my luck at game stalls that used to be $2 per game.
Call me outdated, but imagine my horror when I discovered that the minimal price to pay for the games were NOW $22 and $50 respectively, and they come in cash credits form. It's similar to an arcade concept - You top up the card once credits have ran out.
I didn't take any photo as I was too infuriated at the moment. But here are some photos found online:
(Credits to bumblebeemum.net)
As I was tempted by the soft toys that were hung there (one of the games didn't seem difficult), my Dokiboy got us a $50 card to play with.
Of course, I felt the pinch when he paid for it. I am one who doesn't believe in luck games (Yes,I don't believe in arcades even)
I was hoping that I would at least WIN one of the soft toys back. HOPE.
(Image credit to: spunktitud3.wordpress.com.)
(Of course, what are the chances of not getting any single shit if $50 was invested, right? I mean, SURELY there would be a consolation prize or something...)
BUT BOY, was I wrong.
Here's what we got after $50 was spent:
Yes. A freaking SG50 balloon.
(Actually, we "won" 2 balloons. 1 of it burst along the way)
I mean, I am not complaining because I was unable to win anything.
(Probably the losing ratio is like 8:2)
Even the most supposedly basic Wheel of Fortune is no longer just a simple spin-and-win thing.
I had to "predict" the color of what the wheel would land on before spinning it.
Let's say if I bet on YELLOW and the wheel landed on other colors, then there would be 0 prize for me.
Not to mention that it is $5 per CASH CREDIT.
That's $5 gone within split seconds.
Wow, easy money for them - Boo-hoo for me as the loser.
And there's another balloon dart-throwing game stall that only offers you 1 dart. It's a hit-or-miss thing and the player only has ONE freaking try for $5.
The worst part is, even if you managed to burst the balloon with your dart... It does NOT guarantee you a soft toy.
You will get this... ... for $5.
Needless to say, many were on a losing streak.
(Poor thing, most people did not even get a balloon)
The worst part is, even if you managed to burst the balloon with your dart... It does NOT guarantee you a soft toy.
You will get this... ... for $5.
Needless to say, many were on a losing streak.
(Poor thing, most people did not even get a balloon)
OH, OH - and not to mention that we witnessed a group of Indians CHEATING at those games when the stall keeper was not looking.
One of their friends actually used their hand to swipe the ball and the stall keeper happily gave them the soft toy that they totally did not deserve at all.
I was flabbergasted at the audacity and how openly the organizers have allowed that to happen.
Of course, how could one hide the disappointment of not winning anything and possibly losing all my ang bao money on those games? I was hoping for a sure-win game stall but there appeared to be none.
Is the organizer really that CHEAPSKATE? People already spent so much money at your stalls and I believe you would already have recouped your $$$. In fact, is there even anything to recoup?! You have absolutely nothing to lose at all and I believe there would still be a truckload of soft toys left even after the event.
COME ON LAH, I believe I have higher chances of hitting jackpot at casinos than winning 1 single soft toy from any of your game stall.
With the games so expensive to begin with, the difficulty level is unbelievably ridiculous.
I suggest that the organizer should review the difficulty level of the games and the pricing - I will NEVER, ever pay for anything like that again.
I would rather spend the $50 on eating Ding Tai Fung or restaurant food than spending it at game stalls that require a miraculous amount of luck to win.
So, to those who are considering to visit River Hongbao.... Think twice.
Even if the price are in Ringgit, I would still find it ridiculous!!!


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Can you find something that doesn't seem quite right? This is a little game of Where's Waldo meets Dumped and Discovered.
What do you mean you can't find Waldo??
He's in there...
Keep looking...
A little to the left...
No, go to the right...
Well you can't find him in our garage because there's way too much STUFF in the way!!! (That was a little corny, but I used to love those Where's Waldo pictures when I was a kid).
I think that I have a problem... I seem to be finding TONS of (shall we call them projects?!?!), but I can't find the time to actually turn them into wonderful treasures! I have officially placed myself on "Thrifting Probation." I have sworn to Mr. Dump that I will not walk into another thrift store, or go to any yard sales (this kills me!) until I have created space in our garage (and in my Mom's garage, and in my sister's house, and in my in-laws' house... Man, I have stuff EVERYWHERE!!!)
I guess you can see that I made it back from D.C. (the second trip in a couple of weeks) and I am ready to turn some of these projects into treasures! Thanks to Mr. Dump for keeping up with the Blog while I was gone... (Really?!?! One post?!?!!? That's it?!?!) Anyway, here is a sneak peek at what I am hoping to work on this weekend:
Any suggestions for what I should do with this cute tea cart?
This one needs a little work, but I think that it will be adorable when I am finished! What color would you like to see?
The rest of my projects are hidden... You'll have to wait to be surprised!! Thanks so much for reading! Have a WONDERFUL weekend!


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The big 5: A teacher's translation guide for policymakers
This was written by Roxanna Elden, the author of See Me After Class: Advice for Teachers by Teachers. She teaches high-school English in Miami and is a National Board Certified Teacher. This first appeared on Rick Hess's blog, Straight Up, on the Education Week website.
By Roxanna Elden
It often seems that edu-decision makers and teachers have trouble communicating. Maybe it's because sometimes we really do speak different languages. At the very least, there are a few phrases in the policymaker-reformer-researcher dialect whose meanings change when filtered through everyday teaching reality. Those hoping for educator buy-in on the next big idea should first consult the translation guide below, which explains some catchphrases and buzzwords that set off warning bells for teachers.
"Failure is not an option"
Actually, failure IS an option. Ironically enough, it tends to be an especially popular option at schools with giant "Failure is not an option!" posters in front of the main office.
Teachers are all for research. In fact, our jobs include an ongoing struggle to get students to do more (and plagiarize less) research.
Outside the classroom, however, "research based" roughly translates to, "You aren't allowed to point out obvious flaws with this new mandate."
For example, teachers are inundated with research-based instructions about how to group students for learning and what activities address different learning styles. Students, unfortunately, have not read this research. When faced with a choice of assessments, they tend toward the "I want to do the easiest project" learning style. Similarly, when offered the chance to choose their own learning partners, they often group themselves homogeneously by loudness, or heterogeneously by such factors as "desire to copy work from one another." Teachers must account for these tendencies before we can use peer-reviewed studies to our students' advantage.
If you sit through one of the new district-mandated trainings on the importance of rigor--and I don't recommend it--you may notice that the concept would be better described as "not sucking at teaching." Most teachers are on board with this. In fact, some of us have been complaining for years that pressure to replace real teaching with drill-and-kill test prep gets in the way of rigorous instruction.
Imagine our excitement when rigor is introduced as a brand-spankin' new idea in professional development sessions with names like, "Unlock the Sunshine! Shedding Light on the Opportunities Created by State Assessment 2.0." Usually, these sessions use PowerPoint presentations to explain rigor as something like "teaching interesting things and expecting students to know stuff." In this context, telling teachers that rigor is important suggests we've spent most of the year training our students to make different colored Play-Doh balls. Good thing we had this presentation.
Status Quo
This phrase is generally used when accusing someone of defending it, and those are fighting words. ("Boo status quo! Hooray (your reform idea here)!") Meanwhile, the number one piece of inherited wisdom in teaching is the need to be consistent. Imagine, then, the chaos that erupts when class rosters are shuffled three weeks before test day or rival gangs are squeezed into the same high school cafeteria while a school is closed for restructuring. Even potentially positive changes, such as the introduction of a new reading program, have an adjustment period in which the school spends extra money, and teachers spend extra time (and sometimes money) to make the program work as advertised. Most teachers are open to growth and change, but we have also experienced changes so poorly planned, last minute, and disruptive that the status quo doesn't seem like such a bad alternative.
Paradigm Shift
This term originally referred to discoveries so mind-boggling that they threw science's fundamental beliefs into sharp new perspective. Here are some moments in history that might be appropriately described as paradigm shifts:
• "Lo and behold, Copernicus, you might just be right about the whole 'Earth orbiting the sun' thing. Sorry I called you a heretic. No hard, feelings, right?"
• "So, diseases are caused by tiny organisms we can't even see and that can be killed by antibiotics? Then what am I doing with these leeches on my skin?"• "You win, Columbus, we didn't fall off the edge of the Earth after all."
Now, the term paradigm shift is used to suggest the groundbreaking importance of statements such as this:
• "As you can see, we've rephrased box number sixteen of this evaluation rubric to include the phrases rigor and research-based. Plus, we added a graphic of a smiling apple waving a flag that says, 'The status quo has got to go! Failure is not an option!'"
As a result, the term "paradigm shift" has undergone a shift of its own. It has become a code word in any presentation that means, "You can stop listening now."
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...the term "paradigm shift" has undergone a shift of its own. It has become a code word in any presentation that means, "You can stop listening now."
And might I add a few others:
"Get out of your comfort zone".
"Data Driven".
"Standards Based"
And my favorite, "Think outside of the box".
To me when someone says this it really means that thinking outside of the box is OK as long as your thinking remains inside the comfort zone of the administration's box.
Posted by: MisterRog | January 12, 2011 12:31 PM | Report abuse
Also, I think many policymakers rely on this website to help them "communicate" with teachers:
Posted by: MisterRog | January 12, 2011 12:35 PM | Report abuse
Easily the best column on education anyone at the Post (or any other paper) has written in the aftermath of the reform movement.
Best line:
"Most teachers are open to growth and change, but we have also experienced changes so poorly planned, last minute, and disruptive that the status quo doesn't seem like such a bad alternative."
2nd best line:
Now, the term paradigm shift is used to suggest the groundbreaking importance of statements such as this:
• "As you can see, we've rephrased box number sixteen of this evaluation rubric to include the phrases rigor and research-based. Plus, we added a graphic of a smiling apple waving a flag that says, 'The status quo has got to go! Failure is not an option!'"
Unfortunately, the writer is a teacher, and is given no credit for being someone 'in the know'.
Posted by: peonteacher | January 12, 2011 1:39 PM | Report abuse
You left off accountability.
Posted by: bsallamack | January 12, 2011 4:26 PM | Report abuse
Brilliant...absolutely brilliant!
Posted by: UrbanDweller | January 12, 2011 4:46 PM | Report abuse
Nice job!
Posted by: ubblybubbly | January 12, 2011 7:00 PM | Report abuse
Here are some of my least favorite overused catch words or concepts that come from this current education climate:
1) data-driven (I am speechless as this is so absurd)
2) differentiation (funny in that everything is standardized for teachers and students)
3) race to the top (race to the top of what??? Races entail winners and loses... so who loses???)
4) accountability (favorite word for corporate sluggers bashing public school teachers)
5) "basic... proficient ... advanced" student ratings ("basic" is a euphemism for "failing" while "advanced" is perhaps proficient but sure looks good for people like Bloomberg who want to push false data on everyone to prove their methods are working)
6) balanced literacy (money maker for Lucy Caulkins and certain education publishers but sure promotes rigid methodologies that are failing title one students)
7) posting objectives in jargon format... (students will do bla bla bla in order to bla bla bla... as if teachers don't know what direction they are taking unless they write these objectives and post them on the board ... as if students won't know what they are learning or have learned without reading these rigidly formatted objectives on the board... busy work and useless paper work is part of corporate education).
These are just a few of myriad "edu-corporate" slogans teachers are force-fed in the current "edu-bureaucratic" top down system and required to regurgitate to their student fledglings.
Posted by: teachermd | January 12, 2011 8:50 PM | Report abuse
I was excited to read this post based on its title, but it doesn't move us forward in terms of bridging the gap between teachers and policy makes. Obviously, it wasn't intended to do that, but I was hopeful that someone on either side was willing to wave the white flag and try to find some common ground.
I'm a teacher and while I agree with some of the things written, I'm more interested in finding that common ground to move forward in solving the problem. This kind of discourse is great for venting frustration but takes us away from the goal of improving the system, which actually ISN'T working. Well, at least not from the standpoint of the widening education gap or improving the performance of low-income students (I have only taught at Title I schools, so I've seen these failures first hand, unfortunately).
Sad to see this author is more interested in keeping those walls up between teachers and reformers - we all have the same goal! Better schools! Lets stop being so polarizing so we can solve something here.
Posted by: acasey3 | January 12, 2011 9:22 PM | Report abuse
One: There really is something to the idea that sharing our triumphs and heartaches with others helps keep us sane. This made me literally (and yes, I do know the meaning of the word) laugh out loud. Thank you!
Two: For the love of all that is good and right with the world, please tell me acasey3 was trying to be satirical.
Posted by: Coachmere | January 13, 2011 12:00 AM | Report abuse
I create a bingo type gameboard called "BS BINGO" on which I print 24 buzzwords. I hand them out before faculty meetings or superintendent speeches. The idea is to cross off the buzzwords as you hear them. If you get five in a row (horizontally, vertically or diagonally) you can stand up and yell "Bulls**t!" if you want. You and those who have commented have mentioned some of my favorites. Humor is what keeps us sane. Those who "get" this are the ones who last beyond the first five years before fleeing the profession.
And you're right. Failure has to be an option or success is meaningless.
Posted by: buckbuck11 | January 13, 2011 11:28 AM | Report abuse
To acasey:
Thanks for reminding me: I'm adding "moving forward" and "common ground" to my BS Bingo Board.
The fallacy in your logic is that the motivation of reformers is the good of our students. It simply isn't. The reformers are interested in making a profit from public education and creating a two tierd system in which the wealthy are subsidized to send their children to private schools while the riff raff get shunted off to under-resourced, inferior public schools so they can learn just enough to be useful for the wealthy to exploit to make more money on their backs. In other words, there can be no common ground with these "reformers."
Posted by: buckbuck11 | January 13, 2011 11:35 AM | Report abuse
"I'm more interested in finding that common ground to move forward in solving the problem"
When you are dealing with Bill Gates' agenda, there is no middle ground. Gates plays only to win, there is there is no other option for him.
Posted by: educationlover54 | January 13, 2011 6:07 PM | Report abuse
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