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Gold medalist Lilly King criticizes Betsy DeVos' proposed Special Olympics budget cuts | Webb
King's time was 1:04.13. The second- and third-place finishers were nearly a full second behind.
As usual, Lilly King wasn't shy.
The Evansville native and newly professional swimmer hopped on Twitter Tuesday night to criticize the latest dumb move by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.
DeVos, who haunts public school teachers' dreams like an affluent Freddy Krueger, recently proposed slicing $18 million in federal assistance from the Special Olympics. It's part of a proposed $7 billion machete hack to the DOE budget overall.
"We are not doing our children any favors when we borrow from their future in order to invest in systems and policies that are not yielding better results," DeVos is quoted as saying in a prepared statement released before a House subcommittee hearing.
King took exception to that.
"What is wrong with you??????" the two-time Olympic gold medalist and world-record holder tweeted. "Like actually Betsy DeVos, what's your deal?"
For King, this could be personal. She was close friends with Melanie Richmond, an Evansville Special Olympics athlete and fellow Reitz High School swimmer. Richmond died in 2013, just before her junior year.
Hours before winning a race in the 2016 Olympics, King retweeted a Courier & Press story about her and Richmond's friendship.
"She's been with me all the way," King said. "This one's for Mel!"
King first leaped to stardom after a dominant performance in Rio. She recently declared herself a professional swimmer, but it's hard to say her new status had anything to do with her freely expressing her opinion. She's always done that.
And King was far from the only person who criticized DeVos.
"Shame on you," Connecticut Rep. Rosa DeLauro said to DeVos during Tuesday's hearing.
Why cutting Special Olympics funding isn't a smart move
The proposed cut is stupid on several levels. For one, DeVos' wishes are highly unlikely to pass a Democrat-controlled House anyway.
Two, $18 million is the governmental equivalent of a dirty penny on the sidewalk. So why pick a public fight with a wonderful organization that helps differently abled children feel good about themselves?
If anyone has seen a Special Olympics event up close, you know it leaves kids feeling elated. Plus, some of the kids are fantastic athletes who would never get a chance to shine in any other venue. "Not yielding better results" is hogwash.
And three, $18 million isn't making or breaking the DOE – or the Special Olympics.
Many of the nonprofit's state branches boast millions in assets – the huge majority of which comes from donations. According to its website, Special Olympics Indiana doesn't receive any federal money. Some smaller programs, however, count on all the assistance they can get.
More: Betsy DeVos calls for more charter schools even as they spark investigations across the country
This newest brouhaha will do nothing but spark another political war over something that should never fall in the crosshairs. It's reminiscent of the occasional Republican calls to defend National Public Radio, or Mitt Romney's weird beef with Big Bird back in 2012.
It all conspires to divert attention away from massive problems that already exist in public schools, and it betrays a sick impulse in our government today: anything that lifts up the less fortunate is seen as expendable.
More: Now a professional athlete, Lilly King wants to be on a McDonald's cup
More: A message to adults: Stop tweeting at high school athletes | Sokeland
More: A young Evansville man was killed and dumped in a field. Who did it? | Webb
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While hiking in Upper Bidwell Park, I looked far up the ridge on my right to see a house, complete with a lawn, trees, and shrubs.
I'd never seen it there before, and how did it get there?
This was the wild part of the park, a place of deer, coyotes, secretive bears and mountain lions. It didn't belong. And so I kept peering at it as I walked along and noted the detail.
The windows, the door.
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Others must have wondered about it, too. A sketchy trail led up to it, so I mounted the trail and approached.
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I'm delighted to provide enthusiastic endorsement for Helen Alli for the Democratic nomination for Congressional District VA 07.
Helen is a proud Army veteran who served our country with distinction, swearing to uphold our Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. She is to be commended for this and I believe she will continue to do so if elected. The threats to our national security now include tampered elections, threats from climate change, a healthcare crisis, dismantling of public education, a soaring deficit, the polarization brought about by an immigration crisis and the rise of white supremacy, the combined public health epidemics of gun violence and opioid abuse, foreign and domestic terrorism and crumbling infrastructure. These threats are coming not just from Russia, but from the policies and corruption of the current administration in Washington. These threats are greater and more extreme now than they have been in generations. Combatting them will require vigilance and courage and I believe Helen has the ideas, determination and passion to do so. She reminds me of a younger version of two of my personal heroes, Shirley Chisholm and Maxine Waters in this respect.
I've been to Helen's website and studied the comprehensive and legally-binding contracts she has signed with Citizens Coalition for Democratization and the Contract for American Renewal. These are powerful documents, which I believe will become the standard for the future for progressive political candidates who promise campaign reform. The contracts outline clear progressive positions on the issues, including healthcare, jobs, economy, education, and the environment. Helen is an especially strong supporter for women's rights and the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. This contract has been signed by more than 200 political candidates nationwide, but Helen is the only candidate in this race who has signed it. I urge you to study it as well. I think you'll see that the positions on issues outlined here are all positions that Democrats and moderates can support.
What makes Helen different then? Helen is the only candidate in the race with experience in local Virginia politics and community leadership. She is actively involved in our community and serves as the Legislative Chair for the Crusade for Voters which led the referendum on the ballot this November to modernize Richmond Public Schools and create jobs. She has a proven track record of being able to sit down with diverse groups of people in Virginia who have differing cultures and ideologies and listen to them and find common ground. In doing so she has built bridges, not walls in the community and achieved change. In the polarized, highly-charged political/cultural climate we live in currently, and with the diverse populations living in the 7th District to consider, this experience will prove invaluable in the campaign and beyond.
Helen is also the only candidate who is a successful small business owner. Helen was appointed to The Board of the Richmond Economic Development Authority servicing small businesses throughout Richmond and is a local business owner in the healthcare field. She understands personally the struggles of middle class families to make ends meet and provide for their families. She understands the struggles of other small business owners to make payroll and pay taxes and she has ideas for how to grow small business in our community.
This next point is crucial. I think we can all agree that the gridlock and dysfunction in Washington which have resulted in these threats to our healthcare, jobs, economy, education, women's reproductive rights, environment, Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid can be directly traced to the huge effect of corporate influence on our legislators. Quite simply these legislators feel more obligated to the corporate interests who got them there and keep them there than the constituents they represent. The only way I see to change that is to elect representatives who demonstrate unequivocally that their only loyalty and accountability is to the voters.
Helen has pledged to not accept donations from Dominion or its executives as well as NRA donations. But Helen has gone even beyond that. As a candidate, Helen has taken the bold and brave step of signing legally binding contracts with Citizens Coalition for Democratization and the Contract for American Renewal (CFAR) which includes an obligation to introduce and support campaign finance reform within her first six months in office. That means Helen has demonstrated with the highest standard of proof currently available that she would be without corporate influence in Washington. That's important to me.
So, the question is, without big donations of corporations and their executives, can Helen win a race against Dave Brat in VA 07? I believe the answer to that is a resounding "YES". I believe that the candidate who connects best with the voters and what's important to them is the one who will win. I believe that Helen's personal magnetism, her ability to listen to and engage diverse people, and her strong positions on issues will allow her to do this. We have seen in the successful 2017 House of Delegate races of Dawn Adams, Debra Rodman and Schuyler VanValkenburg that even with small donations, having a vigorous grassroots campaign was able to power our Democratic candidates to decisive wins against incumbents with Big Money supporting them. We have seen that our grassroots efforts of postcards, canvassing, door knocking, and phone calls are what made this happen in 2017. I have no doubt that if we collectively put our minds, hearts, donations and time together again like this and support Helen with the same fervor in 2018, we can turn this Congressional District blue. And not only will we turn it blue, but we will turn it blue with someone who is knowledgeable and experienced in our area and has legally bound herself to campaign finance reform.
This is a historic race in a historic time. Helen is the first African American, man or woman, to run for Congress in our district and our country is facing challenges now that it has never seen before. It's a brave step. Like other courageous African American leaders before her, Helen has the poise and stamina to break new ground in our political history. She is an agent of change.
Helen is a welcome fresh voice for VA 07. I urge you to study Helen's website carefully and read her position on issues as spelled out there. Study closely the CFAR and Citizens Coalition for Democratization contracts she has signed. See if you don't agree with me that Helen will be a strong voice for the 7th District in Washington and that she is completely transparent about and committed to campaign finance reform.
This is a grassroots campaign, powered by individual donors and committed volunteers. I hope you will consider making a donation and joining as a volunteer.
Thank you,
Margaret Dolan MD
I have known Ms.Helen Alli for the past twenty years, and I can confidently state, that Ms. Alli is a person of great character, perseverance, honesty, and integrity.
Since I've known her, she has never made a commitment she didn't keep, nor a promise unkept. She has always, always been a fighter for the underdog and the underprivileged. Her devotion to serve those less fortunate is unwavering. I know that she seeks to add value to her community, the state of Virginia, and our country.
It is upon these attributes that I can without hesitation endorse Ms. Helen Alli for a congressional seat for the 7th district.
I just heard Helen Alli @AlliforVa speak to the Culpeper Democrats and was very impressed by her experience, community involvement, and commitment to affordable healthcare! If you're in Virginia's 7th, please check her out on here on Twitter, Facebook, or www.alliforva.com.
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DANCEHALL and Reggae singer, Blackface Naija has said that his lawyers are taking care of the N50 million lawsuit slammed on him by his former band mate, 2face, stressing that they will meet in court.
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2face and his manager, Efe Omoroge during the week slammed Blackface with a N50 million lawsuit for defamation of character over the latter's claim that 2face stole his hit songs, African Queen and Let Somebody Love You.
In a WhatsApp call, Blackface confirmed to Potpourri that his legal team are taking care of the lawsuit, and that he's prepared to meet 2face in court.
"My lawyers are taking care of the legal action. Maybe you will be in court to follow up the proceedings, if the case gets to that level because that's where we are going right now," he said.
2face and Blackface used to be members of now defunct Plantashun Boiz alongside Faze.
2Face has slammed Blackface with N50m lawsuit
Blackface had called out 2face few years ago, claiming he stole his songs and refused to give him credit. It got messy and they've had to call each other out on social media on a couple of occasions.
In 2017, Blackface was a guest on Loosetalk Podcast, where he restated these claims, which led to a response from 2face, who accused him of defaming his character, with Efe Omorogbe threatening to go to court. Blackface refused and responded to them by saying 'Go to hell'.
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text: How To Internet & Network Try Google Earth: A Magnificent Satellite View of the World What Is Google Earth? Share Pin Email Print Mark Wilson / Getty Images Internet & Network Basics Guides & Tutorials Installing & Upgrading Tips & Tricks Key Concepts What Are Bitcoins? The Wireless Connection By Paul Gil Writer Paul Gil, a former Lifewire writer who is also known for his dynamic internet and database courses and has been active in technology fields for over two decades. our editorial process Paul Gil Updated August 02, 2019 Have you ever wondered how your neighborhood looks when viewed from a plane? Perhaps you have seen an aerial map of your town at the local library, or spotted your house from the basket of the balloon ride? The view from up there can be spectacular but what do you do if you're not too crazy about heights? Use Google Earth Google Earth — brought to you by the talented folks at Google — is a 3D interface to viewing our planet. 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|SPECIAL ebulletin for UC's administrative professionals
Monday, March 22, 2010
|UC techs and researchers win significant pay raises in new union contract
UPTE-CWA Local 9119, the union that represents UC's 9,000 technical and professional staff systemwide, announced that its membership has voted to ratify a new five-year agreement.
You can find out more about the new contract at UPTE's website.
We've had multiple years of no pay increases, pay cuts under UC's furlough program, rising healthcare and parking costs, and new contributions to our retirement plan. For those of us without a union contract, it all adds up to total compensation that is rapidly declining.
UPTE's research and technical members were able to negotiate a contract – even in these challenging budget times – that includes pay increases to help offset retirement contributions and increases in health care costs. Moreover, these significant pay raises will have a compounding effect over time on base salaries, which will beneficially affect retirement benefits.
If you support a union for UC's staff professionals (analyst, programmer, student affairs officer, admin specialist, library assistant v, buyer, accountant, senior and principal editor, learning skills counselor, and many others), please sign the UPTE commitment card, become a member of UPTE (dues are $22/month), and/or contact us for more information.
This bulletin provides a resource for workplace issues affecting UC's staff professionals and ways we can work together to solve them. It also keeps us updated on administrative professionals' organizing efforts with the University Professional and Technical Employees union (UPTE).


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I got the inspiration for the name from "Wii Came, Wii Conquered" which was on the cover of an issue of the Nintendo Power magazine (it's an old edition, from a year or two ago).
I'm not talking about the Wii this time, though. The "we" I'm referring to is the eighth graders this year – in particular, my village. (Just in case you weren't aware, each grade at my school is divided into villages. Each village has teachers for the four core subjects – history, language arts, math, and science – for PE or your elective, your village doesn't matter.) We were having a fundraiser in the Week of Giving. The money would go to research for Duchenne Muscular Distrophy, a muscular problem that can be inherited (particularly in the X chromosome). 1 in every 3500 boys is affected by it. Females are less likely to get Duchenne because they have two X chromosomes, whereas males only have one (and of course, X is superior to Y. Hahahaha!).
I first heard of Duchenne when my school played a trailer for a movie called Darius Goes West. The trailer didn't really show how serious it was because it was busy saying things like "Buy a DVD – $17 goes to Duchenne research, $3 to making more movies" and "This is not a trailer, this is a vehicle". The movie was pretty funny too, but it was also deep. Darius is a boy (15 at the time of the movie, I'm not sure exactly how old he is now but he has graduated from high school) who has Duchenne. He was going to travel from his hometown of Athens, Georgia to Los Angeles (a.k.a. Hollywood), California to ask the show Pimp My Ride to make improvements to his wheelchair. Since many people watch MTV, he and his friends figured it would be a good chance to raise awareness of Duchenne and also get his wheelchair brought up to speed (it actually broke on the trip).
Duchenne makes your muscles degenerate, and it eventually affects your heart. Duchenne is fatal every time; you're lucky if you can even live to 25. Darius's brother, who also had Duchenne, died at the age of 19. Darius's brother had always tried to be strong and smiling, and Darius found his brother to be an inspiration, so he does his best to be optimistic himself. I was talking to an old teacher of mine and she said she was surprised by how Darius can laugh and enjoy himself and seemingly not be upset by the fact that he will probably die within a few years. I agree; I think I'd be devastated if I knew I would die young and there was no hope of saving me. But maybe different people deal with things differently.
I was kind of surprised that I didn't even know about Duchenne, despite the fact that so many people have it (in fact, who knows, I might carry the gene for it and not even know it. It wouldn't affect me as long as I have one good X chromosome). It makes me think that I really live a sheltered life. I live in a community where most people are middle class (and some make quite a lot of $$$; my mom has a friend who is already retired even though she is about the same age as my mother, and she and her husband are currently building a new house in Palo Alto), or at least you don't see many people living out on the streets, which is pretty good. One time at school we were being shown a video to promote our sense of charity, and there were pictures of people sleeping in cardboard boxes. Some of the students – I think they were boys – laughed. My teacher said, "I don't know if you think it was staged or something, but people really do live in cardboard boxes. They live in places like San Francisco, which are COLD in the winter. When my son is cold, I can have him put on more layers of clothing and turn on the heater and he won't be cold anymore. But a lot of people don't have that luxury." So I guess I am doing pretty well if I don't have to live off of Whole Foods cheese samples (and there aren't much of those nowadays anyhow).
I've never even met anyone who was disabled. I mean, I've seen people in wheelchairs but I've never really talked to someone who lacks the fine motor skills many of us have… The closed thing to that is my science teacher. She was injured in the 1989 earthquake (gives you an idea of how old she is! XD) and for a while she couldn't walk. She can walk now, but I think there isn't cartilage in her knees anymore or something like that. So when she goes hiking, she has to have someone stand in front of her, because she can't walk downhill without falling over.
Oh, my, I've gotten awfully sidetracked. Back to the fundraiser. My language arts teacher came up with an ingenious plan to best the 6th graders, who usually win the fundraisers since they are young and restless. She stashed bills in a box and didn't turn in much money so it would seem like us 8th graders were being lazy as usual. Then, on the last day, she donated all the money, and we won! In fact, by a big chunk, like $500 or so. It was amazing. This is the first time I have ever seen the 8th graders actually come out on top. I feel proud for having donated (even if it was only some dirty coins I dug out of my robot bank) and having been a part of this landmark achievement.


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Lack of ability and knowledge among health providers to accurately diagnose and treat common illnesses is partly to blame for the growing cases of serious injury and deaths of patients caused by negligence.
Four in five doctors, clinical officers and nurses cannot accurately diagnose all four common conditions, including pneumonia and severe dehydration due to diarrhoea in children, and tuberculosis of the lungs and type 2 diabetes in adults, reveals the Kenya Health Service Delivery Indicator Survey (SDI) 2018 that was released recently. The four illnesses are the tracer conditions in the study that aims to determine the quality of services in basic healthcare.
A higher proportion of doctors can correctly diagnose all four conditions, about a third, followed by clinical officers (about a quarter) and nurses (12 per cent).
Less than half (43 percent) of the providers can correctly diagnose three of the four conditions, more than a quarter are able to accurately detect two cases and 10 percent know how to identify just one illness, according to the survey that was done in 3,094 health facilities across Kenya. About one percent cannot correctly diagnose even one condition.
The rate of correct diagnosis of the tracer conditions varies across different cadres. A higher proportion of doctors can correctly diagnose all four conditions, about a third, followed by clinical officers (about a quarter) and nurses (12 per cent).
The worrying revelation on competency comes against a backdrop of growing complaints over misconduct by health providers. There were at least 115 cases of major medical misconduct, mostly involving doctors (two-thirds), that resulted in the death or injury of patients published by the media in the last 20 months, according to Do No Harm, a NationNewsplex database on medical malpractice compiled from mainstream media stories. Patients died in four out of five of the incidents. In the first eight months of 2019, the number of patients or their family members who complained to the media that they were harmed by the treatment they received from medical facilities was 100, eight times the number in the same period last year (13).
However, data from the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board (KMPDB), a statutory authority established to regulate the practice of medicine and dentistry, suggests that many cases of misconduct by doctors go unreported to the regulatory institution. From 1997 to March last year, 985 cases were lodged with the board. Of these, 70 cases were pending and 915 had been determined. About 97 per cent of them were resolved at the preliminary inquiry committee, and two per cent each at the national tribunal and the national professional conduct committee. Over the two decades, only one doctor has been deregistered by the medical board. Four doctors had their licences cancelled while six had theirs suspended for a period of six to 12 months for misconduct over the same period. But a majority walked away with a slap on the wrist, with 16 being sent for supervised training for a period of six to 12 months while 106 were ordered to go through continuous professional development.
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Figures from the World Bank and the Ministry of Health study that was done from March-July last year show that the incompetence of health providers results in misdiagnosis of about a quarter of cases involving the four conditions handled by doctors and clinical officers, and 40 per cent that are managed by nurses.
Diagnostic accuracy rate varies across case conditions, ranging from 97 percent accuracy for pulmonary tuberculosis to 32 percent for severe dehydration. The accuracy rate of pneumonia diagnosis is 82 percent and diabetes (61 percent).
Higher-level facilities can correctly diagnose more cases (hospitals, 76 per cent) than lower-level ones (health centres, 68 per cent, and dispensaries, 64 per cent). Likewise, accuracy is higher for urban (70 percent) than rural (66 percent) facilities and it varies widely across counties.
Providers in Vihiga County can only correctly diagnose about half of the tracer conditions, the worst rate, while their counterparts in Wajir can accurately diagnose nearly 90 percent of the cases, the best proportion in the country.
A correct diagnosis is, however, not a guarantee for providing the correct treatment. There are noticeably large inconsistencies between diagnosis and treatment across the board, and this reveals a critical disconnect in provider knowledge and follow-up, finds the study. For instance, while 97 per cent of health providers were accurate in their TB diagnosis, just 74 per cent got the accurate treatment. This means that almost a quarter of lung TB cases that were correctly diagnosed, were not accurately treated. The results of the other conditions equally show a knowledge gap in clinical diagnosis and patient management.


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I am very sorry to report the untimely passing of Professor Fara, Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University, and a leading contributor to the philosophy of language and philosophical logic.
On a personal note, I should express my gratitude for her unfailingly sensible advice during her many years on the Advisory Board of the PGR (including during the 2014 nonsense) and for her courage in stepping forward about her own experience of sexual harassment . My sincere condolences to her husband and daughter, whom I know (alas) only through Facebook. My heart breaks for them.
I will add links to memorial notices as they appear.
UPDATE: An informative memorial notice by philosopher of language Jason Stanley (Yale).
ANOTHER: Princeton's memorial notice.


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Electricity makes the world go round, but what actually is electricity? Scientifically speaking, electricity is a form of energy that is either static (static electricity) or moves from place to place (current electricity). We see this phenomenon naturally occur in nature as lightning. Auroras that appear in the northern skies are related to electricity – where, charged particles from the sun collide with the earth's magnetic field to produce countless photons.
Today, we have many ways to produce electricity such as hydro-power plants, windmills, solar farms and even nuclear power stations. Explore more about this interesting phenomenon, its significance, applications and advantages by referring Class 10 Revision Notes Science Chapter 12 – Electricity, right here on BYJU's.


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Okay, things were crazy and of course when you think "well, that has to be it" things go more off the rails.
I'm still, very slowly, putting together the peacock pattern. And the wedding stole, which right now looks like a very large, very elaborate dicky, is coming along. But slow.
So I decided to make a pair of mittens. I'm finally going to knit up a pair of the daisy mittens. Here's the start. I still mean to go back and design some gryphon mittens, I just don't have it together enough to find my way out of a paper bag these days.


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Hope you had a lovely weekend.
On Saturday we ventured down to The Mall with Jack to get him some new clothes - not his favourite task - but then he is a teenage boy after all and going through that 'I don't like anything my Mum or Dad suggests' phase - but I'm pleased to say it eventually was a successful shopping mission :o)
On Sunday we visited Jamie and Rowena and saw my scrummilicious Lola Arizona who has come to stay with her Daddy this week and then coming to Centre Parcs with us all next week - can't wait :o)
So it's the start of a new week and also a new challenge over at
and this fortnight we would like to see
Here's what I did:
Colouring Medium: Copics
Design Papers: Tinker & Co 'Sunshine Freebie' and Pink Petticoat 'Gingham'
Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts
Alphas: Papermania (Coloured with Copic pen to match)
Easter Eggs: die cut using smallest Spellbinders classic oval die
Doily: Papermania Vintage Notes
Memory Box: Isabella Butterfly and Fresh Foliage
Martha Stewart: Butterfly Punch
Seam Binding and adhesive pearls from stash
Please pop over to the main challenge blog to check out the fabulous inspiration from my lovely DT buddies and to see the full details of the prize on offer from our sponsor this week.
Challenges I would like to enter:
Live and Love Crafts - Easter
Crafty Calendar - Easter Eggstravaganza
Di's Digis - Easter/Spring
Sweet Stampin - Easter
Digi Haven - Easter
Polka Doodles - Happy Easter
Stempelsonnen - Easter
Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes
Paper Shelter - Easter
Simon Says Stamp - Sketch
Thanks for popping by today - your visits mean such a lot.
Have a wonderful day.


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For a few hours it looked as though today was the day. Suddenly the house and family was at DEFCON 1 as phone calls were made across state lines in preparation for the birth. Would Frank and Kathy be driving down today? Should Toni stock the freezer with dinners now? Should I start putting the iPod speakers and laptop into the hospital overnight bag?
Nope. False alarm. Things are settling back to DEFCON 3.
We are going to take a nice walk through College Hill Park to confirm that all is quiet on the Western Front and then I am going to go to the office…and go slightly crazy with anticipation.


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TLDR: 2 CSS Gotchas today. First, the default CSS box model will cause an overflow if a box contains 2 boxes that are each set to 50% of the outer box's height or width if either of the boxes contain a margin, border, or padding. Second, if you are not aware of vertical margin collapsing, you see unexpected results when the vertical margins collapse between 2 vertically stacked boxes.
50 percent plus 50 percent is greater than 100 percent
Here we have a simple box with 2 boxes inside of it. Each of the boxes are 50% high, which using normal math would be 100% but we are using CSS math.
It looks kinda ugly because it overflows and displays some scroll bars. As it happens, the CSS box model puts the padding, border, and margin outside of the height and width measurements. This means that height height of the inner box is really 50% of the outer box plus 1 pixel border on the top and bottom and a 2 pixel padding on the top and bottom. For many applications, this can be easily fixed by adding the CSS tag "box-sizing: border-box;" which will tell the browser to include the padding and border inside of the 50% instead of adding it to the 50%. Here is what that result looks like.
The margin is still always outside of the box. If you want to also have a margin and handle it properly, you will have to use a CSS formula for your height and width. This looks like "height: calc(50% - 2px - 4px - 4px);" and "width: calc(100% -2px -4px - 4px);"
If you look at this result you will notice it still doesn't look right. That brings us to the bonus gotcha. Vertical Margin Collapsing. The margin between the 2 boxes is set to 2 pixels for each box. Vertical Margin Collapsing turns that into 2 pixels total, instead of 2 pixels each by taking the maximum of the 2 margins (2px since they are both the same).
The quick fix is to adjust the formula to make the inner boxes a little taller to compensate. Since the 2 margins of 2 pixels each collapsed into 1 margin of 2 pixels each, we need to make each of the inner boxes 1 pixel bigger.
Today we looked at a couple of possibly unexpected gotchas in the CSS box model. To get the expected results, we switched the box model using "box-sizing: border-box;", or we used a "calc" command such as "height: calc(50% -4px);"


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Back to Basics
After the disastrous performances in my most recent races I decided to go back to basics. The plan was to do four solid weeks, looking ahead to trying to salvage some fitness for Cardiff Half Marathon. I would run more miles. The pace wasn't important. I wanted to spend more time on my feet, and build up my endurance base again. … View Post


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Pump & Truncheon, Blackpool
13 Bonny St, Blackpool FY1 5AR, UK. Tel: 01253 624099
Independent local family owned Pub. Dogs Welcome on leads.
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Wyevale Garden Centres have 153 centres located across England and Wales. All of the centres provide water bowls for dogs (just ask a member of staff if you can't see one) and many of the centres have traffic-free outdoor areas where your dog can let off some steam. Dogs are allowed everywhere in the centre, apart from in the cafes. Some stores have an outside eating area where the dogs are allowed and most stores have a pet shop for you to pick up doggy supplies.
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Well behaved dogs welcome all day.
Chester Road, Dunham On The Hill, Frodsham, Cheshire, WA6 0LL. Tel: 01928 722986
All dogs welcome in the bar area. Cosy warm welcome and atmosphere. Water and doggy treats available and staff happy to accommodate a main menu meal in dog form. Lovely area for walking, with ample open fields on the Cheshire cross country walk. Beer garden and patio for the summer months but dogs must be on a lead as this is a fantastic family friendly pub. Merlin the resident collie is a very friendly play mate for everybody's four legged friend.
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Aaron Paul was constantly covered in snake feces during the production of his TV show The Path.
The 37-year-old actor is back as Eddie Lane in the second series of the Hulu programme, which picks up after the character questioned his faith in the fictional Meyerism spiritual movement after a trip to Peru.
In a poster for the new episodes Aaron poses on the ground surrounded by plants and a huge snake by his side. And the Breaking Bad star reveals that working with the reptile caused him lots of problems.
"He's a big part of the second season... S**t all over me, all the time," Aaron sighed on talk show Conan. "That snake they constantly put on me, especially that day (for the poster), it just liked to go to the bathroom on me. It has a terrible smell, it's white, it's nasty. And I have this really embarrassing gag reflex - if something disgusting happens in front of me I just start dry heaving."
It wasn't the first time Aaron struggled to control his bodily functions as he recalled filming 2014 movie Exodus: Gods and Kings proved to be just as much of a challenge. Despite the religious themes of the film, with Christian Bale portraying Moses, Aaron admits the set was far from sacred behind the scenes.
"(We) were parting the red sea and all the camels and all the horses were so terrified by the current that this row of jet skis was causing (that they) were just s**ting all over the place," he quipped.
"We were shooting in this little cove for two solid days - it was a toilet bowl, I mean it was disgusting. So any time we'd hear 'cut' I'm walking back with the horses and I'm just dry heaving and Christian's just laughing at me. It was great."


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Monday, 15 September 2014
South eases to the finish line - Goulburn Valley Suns 1 South Melbourne 4
Apart from fielding text messages from one nincompoop who asked that we stop by the Hume Highway near his house - which I fobbed off as brusquely as possible - the trip up was uneventful apart from pulling the curtains open and shut fifteen million times because of the sun. Also we stopped in Nagambie for lunch, and got to the ground in Shepparton in time to watch the second half of the under 20s (including one unfamiliar spindly Bambi-esque specimen playing for us).
Being 160 kilometres closer to the equator and/or hell, Shepparton was a lot warmer than what Melbourne was when I left, and thus rather uncomfortable but that's also my fault because I should have known that'd be the case following my one and only other trip up there back in 1999, a short stopover while on a bus to the Gold Coast for a school trip, where I had lunch at Maccas while our bus drivers perved on my female classmates, back in the days when a term like jailbait had yet to cross over from internet geek lexicon into daily real world usage.
The senior game itself had all the intensity of a pre-season friendly, and what's more I barely even saw the first goal go in after just a couple of minutes because I was still trying to figure out where the best place to stand or sit was - note to everyone who visits John McEwan Reserve, there are no really good spots - before Matthew Theodore's terrific effort in just the second minute (never mind folks, I saw the video while it was being edited on the bus on the way home) made it 1-0 and we could have gone home right there. Nick Epifano made it 2-0 not that long after, a detail I'm adding for the sake of that I actually saw that one go in.
APART FROM BY COMPLETE ACCIDENT AND EVEN THEN STILL LOSE GAMES WHEN WE DO SCORE FROM THEM and LEST WE FORGET THE ATTEMPT TO GO FOR A SHORT CORNER LAST YEAR AGAINST GULLY WHEN WE WERE 1-0 DOWN IN THE DOCKERTY CUP SEMI, PURE FUCKING GENIUS THAT WAS. SO HOW ABOUT JUST STICKING TO TRYING TO SCORE GOALS DELIBERATELY, BY SENDING IN CORNERS WHICH GET THE DEFENCE SCRAMBLING AND THE GOALKEEPER FLAPPING, INSTEAD OF FUCKING AROUND TRYING TO BE TOO CLEVER BY HALF, ORRIGHT? ORRIGHT.
Anyway, 2-0 up the break we were on cruise control, but then the home team decided to make it 2-1 when some very slack defending from our end, letting those orange freaks pull one back. Thankfully we got it back to 3-1 pretty much straight away, with Milos Lujic equalising from the penalty spot to equal the Jimmy Armstrong and Dougie Brown record of 22 goals in a league season, though of course if Lujic would occasionally pull the trigger just a little earlier he may have had some more this season, but what do I know? I just thump these keys and scowl at the fact that I will never be able to run a lap of the ground without throwing up my lunch, let alone slot one on ones past fast approaching and maybe even competent goalkeepers.
But speaking of orange freaks, there was this one Suns player in the second half whose face almost turned the colour of his jersey. It was a bit warm out there, but it was nothing akin to the heat of the bake that referee Perry Mur gave to one of the home team's players after said Suns player went down a bit easy and Mur told him to stop whingeing or else he'd send him packing. Or words to that effect, which one would hope were captured by the camera microphones because it was about as close as one could reasonably get.
We gave Andy Kecojevic his debut yesterday, which I'm not against (if you're reading this, hi Andy, nice through ball you played yesterday), but let's not get too far ahead of ourselves, because if we were still in a situation where we needed to win this game instead of just turning up because we've already had one forfeit too many in these past 54 years, he would not have played, nor would Dion Kirk have started the game. I suppose what I'm trying to say here is that I still miss Nicky Jacobs.
Aside from a Jamie Reed goal to make it 4-1, that was it. The game over, we sauntered over to the sheltered area where the folks from Shepparton South Soccer Club put on a free barbecue, which was a nice gesture since it wasn't their home game (even if it was their home ground), and was better than whatever efforts the Goulburn Valley people put forward to anyone that wasn't a visiting dignitary. We kept in touch with the results from the rest of the day's games, notably Port's 96th minute equaliser against Werribee to stave off relegation (whatever that means) and send Ballarat down in their place (also whatever that may means, and I don't care how much otherwise respected people say that Ballarat won't be coming back and nor will Goulburn Valley BECAUSE STRANGER THINGS HAVE HAPPENED and just try claiming otherwise, go on do it, I once saw Glen Trifiro play a ball forward instead of sideways, so there's your proof). The trip back was spent watching the NSW grand final and Dimi Hatzimouratis' Sydney Olympic go down 2-1 after extra time via someone's phone. A mandatory stop in Wallan was the only break on the way home through the increasingly impenetrable darkness before reaching the outskirts of civilisation.
Next game - National Premier League national playoff series
The Victorian season now done and dusted, we move on to the National Premier League national series, which is being sponsored by someone or other, but since I didn't get any free gifts from said sponsor, they ain't getting a plug on here. Of course for some time it's been known that the Victorian winner (which is of course us, just in case you missed the news) would be playing the Tasmanian winner, and wouldn't you know it it's South Hobart again from the Apple Isle, a team we are quite familiar with, even if we haven't come face to face to face with for a couple of years.
South Hobart were last year's runners up in this competition, going down 2-0 to a Trifiro (who cares which one, it was Glen by the way) led Sydney United on their home turf at D'Arcy or Darcy Street, whatever it's called. It's a great little ground with a massive slope of some sort, and that's where we'll be playing this week also, rather than on the Federation's ground at KGV Park with the synthetic pitch.
South Hobart's strength is in its two forwards, Andy Brennan and Brayden Mann. Not only did they score a massive 57 goals between them this season (in 21 matches), they also finished in the top two of the league best and fairest (ex-South player Jake Vandermey finished third). If South Hobart has a weakness, it's in defense, because they do seem to cop at least one goal a game. And while Sam Kruijver is a good goalkeeper, goalkeepers in general don't enjoy a stellar reputation in Tasmania, it often being difficult to find a good one. (lame correction - Kruijver no longer plays for South Hobart - it's Kane Pierce in goals for them now, with thanks to Walter Pless).
As for the midfield, it'd be industrious and effective at the level they're playing at, but quite how it copes with a team of our calibre remains to be seen. When we were last down in Hobart back in 2011, with a team that was not as accomplished and battle hardened as this one is, South Hobart put up a good fight and probably should have score at least a goal or two, but nevertheless went down 5-0. That day they probably gave us too much time on the ball, and tried too much to play their own passing oriented game instead of perhaps trying to press
Of course this is mostly from stuff gleaned from Walter Pless' blog and memories of the times I've seen South Hobart play both on their visits here (also here and here), and our one trip there. They still have players that played for them in that 2011 fixture, while we've probably gone through about two entirely different squads since then, including Carl Recchia about 15 times by himself. (some folk looking at that match programme will also notice the names of Cameron Williams, who was attached to our under 20 squad for a little bit this year, and Kosta Kanakaris who played for Heidelberg's seniors this year on and off the bench).
They say that the winner of this mini-tournament will end up securing a place in the FFA Cup next year, as well befuddlement about who would host a possible semi-final in this playoff series and against who (check here for something vaguely official) but I'm more concerned with taking it one week at a time. But as Steve from Broady said to me the other day, Paul Mavroudis and sensible got together like a souv and tzatziki; and though my thoughts on the matter are if that the gyros meat has enough flavour you shouldn't need to drench it in garlic and yoghurt, I still get the point he was trying to make, his ability to construct metaphors and similes far exceeding mine
If you haven't booked your flights yet, well, I don't know what to say. No one can make you go, and you certainly shouldn't be forced to go down there if you have work, not enough or other commitments. That's just the deal life hands you sometimes. As for myself, I fancy I'll be seeing a fair few South fans at the Jetstar terminal on Saturday morning.
Just over a year left of Channel 31?
You may recall that not too long ago I mentioned that Channel 31 was in danger of not having its broadcasting license extended? Well, it turns out that Malcolm Turnbull, the Minister for Communications, has made the rather moronic decision to extend Channel 31's license to the end of 2015, before booting them off the spectrum so telecommunications companies can use that spectrum. According to Turnbull, community TV will end up on the internet, as if that's nearly the same thing as being part of what's available on broadcast television. So once again, I ask that you visit Commit to Community TV and add your name to the petition, or write to the minister personally.
Around the grounds
Under the skysigns they who have no arms
Have cleanest hands, and, as the heartless ghost
Alone's unhurt, so the blind man sees best. (Dylan Thomas)
Paisley Park and its collection of old men and magpies on a Saturday afternoon; Altona East down but not quite out, playing Sydenham Park who have been neither quite here nor there in 2014, and are now stuck in the middle waiting until next season. I watched the game from the far side, trying to catch whatever warmth I could, as dust clouds sprouted from where the balls bounced and players fell, staring out into the open field and wondering whether I've snookered myself into a never ending cycle of decrepit spectatorship, and also whether this stray golf ball nestled in the grass in front of me could double as an egg from some long lost species of bird. The home side starts brightly enough but is 1-0 and then 2-0 down, and there is no way out. What's worse is that the bread rolls on this last home game of the season are halfway to being half stale, and if that doesn't indicate some sort of impending doom than I don't know what does. Sydenham add one more for good measure, and Altona East are one wrong result from their end or from Sunbury's from going down a division. Maybe it'd be a good thing, a chance to reassess priorities, to reorganise and maybe somehow come back stronger. Maybe it'll be another nail in the club's coffin. Lot of maybes in that.
Final thought
Sure, there were a lot of laughs. You probably couldn't hear them, the acoustics were so bad.
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- Anonymous16 September 2014 at 11:26
To be honest, I was pleasantly surprised by the playing surface in Shepparton. I had in mind that we'd be playing on something like a cow paddock for some reason. Thankfully not the case.ReplyDelete
Thought you might be interested in this piece regarding corners. Appears it doesn't really matter if you hit them long or take them short.ReplyDelete
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Emotional intelligence is a popular buzz-phrase floating around your relatives' Facebook statuses, Brené Brown-wannabe Twitter accounts, coffee conversations and even season twenty-one of ABC's popular show The Bachelor. So… what is it?
Emotional intelligence is defined by Oxford Living Dictionaries as the "capacity to be aware of, control, and express one's emotions and to handle interpersonal relationships judiciously and empathetically." Emotional intelligence — just like all forms of intelligence — must be learned through repetition and practice. In order to build healthy and fulfilling relationships, you have to build up your emotional literacy first. Here are three quick tips to build up your emotional-intelligence tool kit.
1. Get to know yourself
Whether with the help of counselling, a journal or a meditation app like Headspace, it is important to get to know yourself. Spend time with yourself, take yourself on dates, or even just spend some time at home with a crossword puzzle. In order to know what you need and how you're feeling, you need to take the time to learn about who your "true self" is. Studies have shown that people who claim to know themselves well have a greater sense of purpose. If you don't know who you are, how can you expect anyone else to know for you?
2. Avoid the platitude attitude
Platitudes are basically words and phrases that are so overused that they're no longer meaningful. "Let me know if you need anything" and "We should hang out sometime" are just two examples. Instead of being vague, make an effort to be intentional in your relationships. Instead of saying "I'm here if you need anything," try saying "Would you like to grab some snacks and watch a movie with me?" or something relatively similar.
The popular meditation app Headspace notes that "the first step towards altering a habit is setting the intention to be aware. It may be a tiny difference to begin with, but maintain that sense of awareness and slowly the pattern, seen clearly, begins to dissolve." They say practice makes perfect, which isn't exactly true, but working towards intentionality by avoiding platitudes can produce more satisfactory relationships.
3. Set boundaries
Sometimes, we just overload ourselves — whether physically, emotionally, mentally or all three and beyond. It can be hard to say no, but in order to live a healthy life and keep on growing, saying no is unavoidable. Saying no doesn't mean you love your friends any less or don't care about your future. Saying no is recognizing that you can't do it all and that it's not fair to promise anything to anyone when you can only give a solid twenty per cent.
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Whether you're familiar with the concept of emotional intelligence or are just being introduced to it, everyone can benefit from practicing emotional skills and techniques. In practicing an emotional skill set, you will find greater satisfaction in your relationships and in yourself.
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Confirmation, First Eucharist, and First Reconciliation
Dates for the above Sacraments have now been finalized.
Enrolments for Confirmation are from 1st March – until 25th of April, 2019.
Enrolments for First Eucharist – are from 1st May until 20th July, 2019
Enrolments for First Reconciliation – are from 1st September until 10th October, 2019
Parents who have children that are not attending our Local Catholic St Thomas More Primary School, and are attending our Parish are encouraged to express their intentions via an email to the parish office ASAP.
Typically children in :-
year 6 will be preparing to receive Confirmation,
year 3 First Eucharist and
year 2 First Reconciliation.
Parents are also encouraged to keep informed via a Parish Bulletin, and this Parish Website.