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Looking at proficiency-based assessment for students with disabilities
Making sure Proficiency work includes all students
Recently, I was in a middle school team meeting walking folks through some proficiencyb-based learning scenarios and one teacher said "I have a student who is performing at a 4th grade level, what do I do?"
Sound familiar?
Is the traditional grading reporting system the best we can do (for all students)…..Nope!
Remember how you felt getting this? Did it help?
No doubt, grading and reporting, for students with disabilities or those performing much lower than their grade level has been a topic of heated debate for a long time. To argue that the traditional systems has "worked" is a tough pill to swallow (What's Worth Fighting Against in Grading Reeves, Jung, and O'Connor). The traditional A,B,C,D or F doesn't accurately reflect what students know or can do. Especially if they now how to play the game of school!
The switch to a proficiency based system has certainly highlighted the issue of inequity in our system and provides an opportunity to be more specific with our learning intentions, increase the meaningfulness of our feedback and highlight the individual learner needs'. The introduction to the Vermont Education Quality Standards reads " The purpose of these rules is to ensure that all students in Vermont public schools are afforded educational opportunities that are substantially equal, and enable them to achieve or exceed the standards approved by the State Board of Education." Given the opportunities and a high degree of autonomy, many still want to know what this will look like?
"learning happens without grades, but it doesn't happen without feedback" – @rhlearning – a great reminder as we try to figure out proficiency-based reporting #vted #vthec
— Jeanie Phillips (@JPhillipsVT) December 5, 2017
What resources can you offer?
That's a great question. Glad you asked?
Struggling w standards based grading for Ss with IEPs? Differentiated Assessment & Grading Model: https://t.co/mzV05Fee8f #sblchat pic.twitter.com/wQwYyVCLbL
— Lee Ann Jung (@leeannjung) September 7, 2017
In Vermont and around the country, the work of Lee Ann Jung, Cofounder/Chief Academic Officer at the ASCD Student Growth Center, had been getting some seriously needed attention for supporting work in this area. Jung's Differentiated Assessment and Grading Model provides a conversation point for how this work might flow in our schools. Her Blog post Is it an Accommodation or Modification? really help us define the pathways students with IEPs may travel toward demonstrating mastery of the PBGRs. It's always worth reminding ourselves that we, as educators, have choices in our approach. Going one step further we can also personalize the experiences for all students.
How can we all support all students? Carol Tomlinson has a great visual on differentiation @rhlearning #Vted #vthec @VTHigherEdColl @brsuvt pic.twitter.com/rYhCcTltLX
— Brooke DeBonis (@BrookeDeBonis) December 5, 2017
Here's the crux!
"Do students who are eligible to receive special education services have the option of meeting an alternative set of PBGR's? No. EQS states that students eligible to receive special education services shall meet the same graduation requirements as non-disabled peers in an accommodated and/or modified manner".
Sarah Crum, a special educator at Champlain Valley Union High School has spent a significant amount of time working to support students and colleagues in understand the options from the above statement. Last year she wrote a blog post for CVU Learns (a gold mine for resources) called Standards Based Learning and Special Education. This is one of the most significant pieces I have come across pertaining to this emerging work. She shares examples of temporary or shifted scales.
It's not homework, but think about it!
The next time you talk about or work on proficiencies, ponder the following questions as they relate to your work:
- Are your PBGRs written will all students in minds?
- Do you have the appropriate supports for all students to be successful?
- In what ways can classroom teachers and special educators work more closely together?
- Have you though about accommodations and modifications in writing learning targets?


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Well one of my roses is red but for now these are the first to bloom. I just had to plant roses at our new place and couldn't wait till they were in. I've given hubby credit for preparing the bed because they've been no time at all and here are the first three. This top one is 'Blue Moon'.
I tried a different white this time. This one is 'Mount Shasta'. A large rose with quite a lovely scent. It was actually planted 3 weeks after the others and the first to open up.

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Of course, one of the reasons fans misunderstood Wind Waker's look was because of the an infamous Nintendo Space World Demo in 2000 – a presentation that showed adult Link and Ganon lock swords in an intense duel. But even though fans were blindsided by Wind Waker's cartoon look and kid-friendly approach, Toon Link has carved out a special place in Nintendo history over time. This anime-inspired incarnation has appeared in five Legend of Zelda games and eventually replaced Young Link in the Smash Bros. roster.
Players may have cried foul at Nintendo's re-invention of Zelda, but Wind Waker's character designs did a lot to show the potential of a heavily stylized and animated world full of expressive characters. Just look at the burly Moblins and devious-looking Mokoblins. Both express different properties through subtle touches. The Moblin creates a trail of billowing dust after a fierce swing of his spear. It does well to portray his powerful upper body and imposing form. Mokoblin's slink around during combat and try to create opportunities to catch little Link off guard. Nintendo nailed the stylized look so well that playing it gave players the opportunity to experience a living cartoon and each character got the full anime treatment.Toon Link immediately made his way into the portable line of Zelda games. The art style for Link was used for Four Swords, a multiplayer mode that Nintendo included in the Game Boy Advance re-release of A Link to the Past. And then he slowly moved into other Zelda handheld installments. We saw a similar Link in Zelda: The Minish Cap and again for the GameCube installment of Four Swords Adventures. Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks tied to the original style because they involved the same characters from Wind Waker.
A few games experimented with the animated look before Nintendo. Fear Effect was one of the early console games to inserted cel-shaded characters and animated full-motion video from fixed camera perspectives. Jet Set Radio created a colorful contemporary world on Sega Dreamcast and amplified its unique art direction with a memorable soundtrack. And who could forget the dozens of impressive onscreen missile streams of the lackluster Robotech: Battlecry.
Post 2003, plenty of games adopted the cartoon-ish look and gave birth to new interpretations; from Okami's elegant use of Japanese ink wash painting (known as sumi-e) to the superhero-like prowess of Crackdown. Recently we've even seen Level 5 and Studio Ghibli collaborate on Ni no Kuni, an visually vibrant RPG for PlayStation 3.In the wake of Wind Waker's animated art style, it's hard not to wonder what comes next. Nintendo has stayed away from using the same style in another console Zelda. Their follow up game, Twilight Princess, adopted a dark and moody vibe and brought back the adult Link everyone craved from the beginning. But Skyward Sword took a wise next step, one that married the look of the previous two games into a vibrant painterly art style with more realistic, adolescent characters. Can adult Link enhance its animated form into something in line with Studio Ghibli movies? Could it embrace a full on manga design with dark ink lines and hard shadows? Only time will reveal the look of the next Legend of Zelda, as Nintendo continues to quietly work on their Wii U iteration. But regardless of where the art pin falls, hopefully fans have learned to embrace whatever form it takes, simply because, like Toon Link, you never quite know how the long term results will affect the series. Jose Otero is an Associate Editor for IGN and host of the Nintendo Voice Chat podcast. You can read more of his silly opinions by following him on twitter.


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The Twelve Tribes of Hattie: Oprah's Book Club 2.0 (Vintage Contemporaries) (Paperback)
January 2013 Indie Next List
"Hattie came of age in a state and time when a white man could take anything he wanted from a black man, including his life. Like many others, she fled north with her mother and sister, seeking safety and the chance for a better life. Hattie is just 15 when life teaches her these lessons, and 16 when her twin babies die in her arms. Hattie?s story is told in alternating chapters through the children she raised, the trials they gave her, and her perseverance every time life knocked her down. This is the story of a woman's strength and determination and the story of a nation as it wrestles with the oppression of blacks and their striving to achieve equality in a world that judged them solely by the color of their skin."
— Deon Stonehouse, Sunriver Books, Sunriver, OR
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB 2.0 SELECTION • "A remarkable page-turner of a novel." —Chicago Tribune
In 1923, fifteen-year-old Hattie Shepherd, swept up by the tides of the Great Migration, flees Georgia and heads north. This "brutal, illuminating version of the twentieth century African-American experience belongs alongside those of Toni Morrison, Alice Walker and Zora Neale Hurston" (Newsday).
Full of hope, Hattie settles in Philadelphia to build a better life. Instead she marries a man who will bring her nothing but disappointment, and watches helplessly as her firstborn twins are lost to an illness that a few pennies could have prevented.
Hattie gives birth to nine more children, whom she raises with grit, mettle, and not an ounce of the tenderness they crave. She vows to prepare them to meet a world that will not be kind. Their lives, captured here in twelve luminous threads, tell the story of a mother's monumental courage—and a nation's tumultuous journey.
Don't miss Ayana Matthis's new novel, The Unsettled coming soon!
About the Author
AYANA MATHIS is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and is a recipient of the Michener-Copernicus Fellowship. The Twelve Tribes of Hattie is her first novel. Originally from Philadelphia, she lives in Brooklyn.
Praise For…
An Oprah's Book Club 2.0 selection • A New York Times Notable Book • An NPR Best Book of the Year • A Buzzfeed Best Book of the Year
"Astonishingly powerful. . . . Ms. Mathis gives us a haunting—and, yes, hopeful—glimpse of the possibility of redemption and the resilience of the human spirit." —The New York Times
"Like Toni Morrison, the author has a gift for showing just how heavily history weighs on families." —Entertainment Weekly
"Accomplished storytelling. . . . This brutal, illuminating version of the twentieth century African-American experience belongs alongside those of Toni Morrison, Alice Walker and Zora Neale Hurston." —Newsday
"A remarkable page-turner of a novel . . . spans decades and covers dreams lost, found and denied." —Chicago Tribune
"Enthralling. . . . One remarkably resilient woman is placed against the hopes and struggles of millions of African Americans who held this nation to its promise." —The Washington Post
"Captivate[s] from the first pages. . . . As certainly as August Wilson did in the plays of his twentieth-century cycle, Mathis is chronicling our nation." —The Boston Globe
"Raw and intimate. . . . Gracefully told. . . . Deeply felt. . . . Compelling." —The New York Times Book Review
"The opening pages of Ayana's debut took my breath away. I can't remember when I read anything that moved me in quite this way, besides the work of Toni Morrison." —Oprah Winfrey
"A triumph. . . . Magnificently structured, and a sentence-by-sentence treasure—lyric, direct, and true." —Salon
"A dazzling debut, rich in language and psychological insight. . . . Mathis's characters are those rarest of fictional creations: real living, breathing people." —Huffington Post
"An intimate, often lyrical daisy-chain of stories. . . . We feel the exhilaration of starting over, the basic human need to belong, and the inexorable pull back to a place that, for better and worse, you call home." —Vogue
"Stunningly good. . . . Blazes fearlessly into the darkness of divided spirits and hungry hearts." —The Seattle Times
"Hypnotic. . . . In this evocative, ambitious novel, the tragedy is biblical, the reckoning stretches over generations, and a gravitas is granted to otherwise-invisible women and men." —The Plain Dealer
"Beautifully imagined and elegantly written. . . . Ayana Mathis is a hugely talented writer who has authored a wise and ambitious first novel." —Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"Visceral, heart-wrenching. . . . An exceptional first novel." —St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"Written with elegance and remarkable poise. . . . [A novel] as much about our need for joy as it is about our struggles against bitterness." —The Guardian (London)
"Astonishing. . . . Sounds a depth charge into a character's life, a charge so powerful we forget we're reading, we forget the long history of African-Americans in the twentieth century has already been told. We are simply with someone, on a journey, that began long ago and has one determined, sometimes deranged source. Her name is Hattie Shepherd and it's a name you'll hear a lot of in years to come." —The Toronto Star
"Glistens with a quiet, hopeful beauty. . . . This book is a powerful ode to romantic and familial love." —National Post
"Tough, truthful, wonderfully controlled writing. . . . This fresh, powerful first novel turns the lives of Hattie's children into an epic of America in the twentieth century." —The Times (London)
"An impressive debut: tender, tough and unflinching." —Daily Mail
"Vibrant and compassionate. . . . The characters are full of life, mingled thing that it is, and dignified by the writer's judicious tenderness towards them. This first novel is a work of rare maturity." —Marilynne Robinson
"Beautiful and necessary from the very first sentence. The human lives it renders are on every page lowdown and glorious, fallen and redeemed, and all at the same time. They would be too heartbreaking to follow, in fact, were they not observed in such a generous and artful spirit of hope, in a spirit of mercy, in the spirit of love." —Paul Harding
"Remarkable. . . .Mathis weaves this story with confidence, proving herself a gifted and powerful writer." —Publishers Weekly (starred)
"An excellent debut. . . . Appealingly earthbound and plainspoken, and the book's structure is ingenious." —Kirkus Reviews (starred)
"Stunning. . . . Mathis writes with blazing insight into the complexities of sexuality, marriage, family relationships, backbone, fraudulence, and racism in a molten novel of lives racked with suffering yet suffused with beauty." —Booklist (starred)


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Southeast Asia
Food companies have role to play in tackling obesity and malnutrition
That's according to Regina Moench-Pfanner, chief executive of ibn360, a sustainable food consultancy, who noted that the difference between urban and rural diets has been fast diminishing through growing urbanisation in the region.
Speaking at an event in Singapore organised by FIA, an industry representative body, Dr Moench-Pfanner said that Southeast Asia suffered from the double-burden of under- and over-nutrition, which could lead to both stunting and obesity.
With low-income populations tending to make purchasing and consumption decisions based on price, more so than taste and health, certain processed foods could improve nutrition statuses.
"It all boils down to the ingredients used in the food item and who is eating the food – given differing phenotypes and nutritional needs," she said.
Moreover, she added, it is the responsibility of the food industry to implement a food-based strategy to redress the energy balance in diets.
Such a strategy should be modelled on government strategies from the early twentieth century, when mass-fortification helped eradicate major public health issues in industrialised countries. Though instead of focusing on staple food fortified with single nutrients, it should look towards processed foods re-engineered to promote health, and help close the nutrient gaps in modern diets, Dr Moench-Pfanner suggested.
This would work best if a neutral platform for shared research were established which would help develop standards for improving health-promoting processed foods. This would include looking at opportunities along the value chain to improve inputs, processes and outputs, she said.
Dr Moench-Pfanner also proposed an entrepreneurial incubation platform to attract interest from start-ups—in particular, towards innovation along the supply chain. This could include a "food hackathon", whereby food scientists, chemists, packagers, technologists and marketeers come together to address current nutrition challenges.


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Important Challenges And Opportunities For The Police Criminology Essay
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Policing is an important practice which has been around for many eras. In England a system of sheriffs, reeves, and investigative "juries" had developed under the Anglo-Saxons to provide basic security and law enforcement. In 1829, the Metropolitan Police Act had been passed by Parliament, This promoted the preventive role of police as a deterrent to urban crime and disorder. Since then policing has become a vital part in society. As it is now the 21st century, the Police is faced with new important challenges and opportunities.
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This essay is going to look at what the most important challenges and opportunities of the police in the 21st century are. The main topics which will be focused on will be public perceptions and community relations of the police, police equality and diversity, the growth of technological surveillance, the impact of globalisation and the 'war on terror'. These are the most important challenges and opportunities faced by the police and it is essential to see why they are important and this essay will seek to explore this.
One of the most important challenges and opportunities for the police in the 21st century is the public perception of the police. It has been seen as a concern by Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair who has voiced his concerns about the public's perception of the role of the police in today's society (Source: No Author, 2008 bbc.co.uk)
The media plays a huge part in community relations as they have the power to enforce ideas in people through all types of media, e.g. films, news and TV programmes. The media's portrayal of policing is juxtaposed with both positive and negative representations. A complex relationship exists between media consumption and public attitudes towards the police.
Police on routine foot patrol have been put in place so that it makes the public feel safe knowing that there are some authority to keep things in order should the need arise, and also allows the police an opportunity to be able to engage with the public by regaining trust from them. An experiment was conducted 'The Newark Foot Patrol Experiment' and the results had shown that while foot patrol may not have reduced a huge number of crimes, however it did reduce citizens fear of crime, the residents felt safer and felt like it was a better place to live and were satisfied with police services. (Source: policefoundation.org) A hand-picked team from CO19, the Metropolitan Police's elite firearms unit, will walk in gun crime hotspots where armed gangs have turned entire estates into "no go" zones, this being a huge challenge for the police in order to cut down gang crime etc they have been placed there for routine foot patrol this being an important opportunity for the police to tackle this issue of gang crime and any other crimes on the streets in the 21st century. (Source: Moore M, 2009. www.telegraph.co.uk)
As the public perception is vital and is an important challenge to tackle, it has been seen however, in 2009 a Policing Pledge was introduced by every police force. The Pledge is a set of promises made by the police where they reflect on what the public have said they most want from their policing services, a set of requests, for example this scheme has promised that emergency 999 calls will be answered within ten seconds, and that help will be sent immediately (Source: homeoffice.gov.uk 2009). Also an independent Police Complaints Commission Police Reform Act 2002 had been put in place in case of police having done something which the public are not entirely satisfied with.
The Home office states that Diversity is defined as 'difference', everyone is different in terms of race, gender, disability, sexual orientation, faith and age, people have varied and equally valuable skills, knowledge and experience to put forward. Gender and race have been a challenge for the police in the 21st century, not only in terms of crime but also within the policing institute for example employment for the police. After the uproar of Stephen Lawrence's injustice in 1993, police have found themselves with many opportunities to rectify their mistakes by tackling Racism as one of the police forces main priority. Quite a few members of the general public have lost all faith in the police, the police are challenged to change this and have the opportunity to help people when dealing with racist crimes. The human rights commission report highlighted that there was a disproportionate number of Black people and Asian people being stopped and searched. Figures in 2007/08 shows 1,035,438 stop and searches were carried out by the police and of the people that had been stopped and searched, figures indicate that 13% were Black, 8% were Asian and 3% mixed ethnicity. (Source: Statistics on Race and the Criminal Justice System 2007/8)
Gender and racism within the policing institution are major challenges for the police as there is quite a difference between male and female police officers and also between white and ethnic minority police officers. One of the concerns that had been highlighted in the Equality and Human Rights Commission report showed high resignation rates and dismissals within ethnic minority individuals than white officers within the first 6 months of service, showing that there is an inequality here. 36,187 of the 144,274 officers in England and Wales were female, representing 25.1 per cent of the total, compared with 24.2 per cent in March 2008. Compared to male officers this is a small figure. The proportion of women in the more senior ranks of Chief Inspector and above was 13.0 per cent. As at 31 March 2009, there were 6,310 minority ethnic police officers in England and Wales, accounting for 4.4 per cent of all officers compared with 4.1 per cent in March 2008. (Source: Mulchandani & Sigurdsson 2009 Pg. 5). There's a sense of a 'canteen culture' amongst the police force, this is where there are negative perceptions on the part of police against women and minorities, This term is generally applied to describe the attitudes of some of the lower ranks of the British police force who resist change and are comfortable with what the inquiry into the murder of Stephen Lawrence called the Metropolitan Police's 'institutional racism'.
As it is now the 21st century, the police have been trying to tackle this challenge. A huge recruitment campaign was carried out by the police to increase the diversity of the police force. There has been an increase on recruitment with ethnic minorities wanting to be recruited to the forces figure had risen to 12.3 Percent in 2007/08 compared to the 8.4 Percent in 2003/04. (Source: Police and Racism Report Pg 13)
Globalisation has become an important challenge and also has made a huge impact for policing, The majority of police functions and practices pertain to local and regionally specific matters of crime and order, However a large number of globalisation developments have crossed the boundaries of national borders. As the nature of crime has become wide, it shows that crime has no limitations and the September 11th 2001 terrorist attack in the United States is a good example of this. September 11th attacks isn't simply the main occurrence to the globalisation of policing, it was well underway due to many other forces which had occurred before. However since the September 11th attacks, the globalisation of policing did change. Although these attacks happened in the United States it shocked the whole world making the United Kingdom also a prime target (Ritzer, G Pg 380). This fear further emerged even more so after the July 7th 2005 bombings in London. This didn't become just an issue for individual nations but it became a Global issue. The policing agencies are facing these challenges with the criminal justice and policing systems which are made to police the citizens in a national context.
Police institutions are legitimated in the national states context. As a result, there is a persistence of nationality in international policing in at least three ways. Police institutions rather engage unilaterally in international activities without assistance from police of other nations. The 20th century mostly focused on fugitives from justice who had committed violent and property crimes. Other periods later saw the important shift towards the policing of drugs crimes and the control of illegal immigration. From 21st century and with extreme force since the events of September 11, 2001, international terrorism and technologically advanced crimes, such as cyber crimes and international money laundering schemes, have become the leading focus in international policing. (Source: Deflem, M Pg 972) The need to deal with the global issues relating to terrorism has come into conflict with keeping open borders to facilitate international economic transactions. The national approach to these challenges faced in the UK had revolved around security services in policing, expanded the use of covert policing activities, setting up agreements like bi-lateral and international teams with the UK and USA. The challenge faced by the police would be assuring that international laws are abided to and being able to apply new laws that could help deal with other countries.
The Home Office are responsive to the challenges the police have to meet in the 21st century and want to build our ability to fight global threats such as drugs, trafficking, illegal immigration and the growth of globalisation of crime and terrorism which produced a real security threat to its growth. Global crime control is improving to an extent in various ways, however one challenge that the police face is that there is a great fear of threats to civil and human rights posed by these policing methods such as more intrusive surveillance technologies. (Source: Ritzer, G Pg 380).
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Due to the growth of technological surveillance it has given the police an opportunity to combat crime and this has aided them to achieve this. Surveillance is the monitoring of the behaviour, activities, or other changing information. It's an observation of individuals or groups by government organizations. Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) is an example of this. CCTV is seen as a vital part of the policing 'toolkit'. Its preventative power, allowing officers to pre-empt trouble, it's use as an extra pair of eyes or for intelligence gathering and the deterrent effect were all seen as benefits by the police. Many officers spoke about the time-saving power of CCTV. The reported high number of arrests in CCTV-related incidents points to the efficiency in the use of CCTV, if police are able to make arrests quickly this saves time in investigating an incident. (Source: Levesley T & Martin A 2005 Pg. 11)
One of the challenges faced by the police is that CCTV cameras are a controversial issue, and that people feel as though they have no privacy as they are being constantly watched like 'big brother'. The growth of technological surveillance is an important opportunity for the police in the 21st century as it has given them the chance to develop new ways to combat crime, for example terrorism, it is to help members of the public feel safer.
CCTV isn't the only form of technological surveillance which has helped the police in combating crime. There are also audio surveillance technologies, these are used to monitor a room, an individual person, or a telephone conversation. Electronic eavesdropping may be defined as intercepting conversations without the knowledge or consent of the participants. The most commonly used form is wiretapping, the interception of telephone or telegraph messages this is a new form of surveillance technology used a lot in the 21st century which is a important opportunity for the police, audio surveillance technologies in 21st century are mainly used as a tool for counter terrorism.
The War on Terror is the campaign that was launched by the United States of America, and was supported by United Kingdom, NATO and other countries. The campaign had started in reaction to the September 11th, 2001 attacks and had stated that the main objective was to abolish international terrorism. (Source: Deflem, M Pg 972).
The war on terror is probably the most important challenge that the police have faced in the 21st century so far, especially after September 11th attacks and the July 7th bombings in London. These attacks shocked the nation by the significant number of controls, checks and regulations that were put in place. Terrorist activity can come from a range of sources and counter terrorist policing has been a huge priority.
Terrorism involves extraordinary violence. It is intentional and it is to create massive fear which involves a planned attack for a purpose. That is why terrorism is one of the most important challenges for police as like September 11th which 2,973 victims and the 19 hijackers died as a result of the attacks. Also the July 7th bombing in London has made a huge priority for the police to ensure that people in the U.K are safe and to prevent such destruction from occurring again a counter terrorism strategy has been put in place.
The globalisation of crime and terrorism has produced a growing threat. In order to respond to these threats, the UK came up with a Counter terrorism strategy known as CONTEST. CONTEST main focus over the next 5 years is about reducing all threats and vulnerability in the UK. What Global terrorism has demonstrated in the past few years is that it is unlikely to consider that all security efforts will deny every attack every time. Thus the most practical approach is to protect cities as far as possible in doing so by reducing safety and security threats, risks and vulnerabilities. If an incident were to occur, then the mission is to react effectively, this being a huge challenge for the police in 21st century. (Source: security.homeoffice.gov.uk)
One of the future challenges the police will have to face is the 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games in London. It's a challenge of security whereby they need to protect London and its guests over the 90 or so days of the Games from all types of threats including potential terrorist attacks.
To conclude it is clear to see that the police face many important challenges and opportunities in the 21st century. One of the prime aspects being the topic of terrorism and this is because it is a huge threat and has the ability to cause major destruction. It is a new challenge which has emerged in the 21st century for the police whereas the other factors mentioned in this essay have existed as challenges for the police industry before the 21st Century. From this essay it is evident to see that there is a growth of technological surveillance which has been put into practice in order to control threats like terrorism. Having said this, all the challenges and opportunities mentioned in this essay are important for the police in the 21st century and should be seen as opportunities in which to regain public favour and trust.
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President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate one individual, and appoint one individual to serve in his administration.
The President intends to nominate James C. Miller, III to be Governor of the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service, for the remainder of a nine-year term expiring December 8, 2010. He is currently the Chairman of CapAnalysis. Miller served as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget from 1985 to 1988. From October 1981 to October 1985, he was Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission. Miller also worked as an associate director in the Office of Management and Budget from January 1981 to October 1981. He has a B.B.A. degree from the University of Georgia, and a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia.
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Well, duking it out is not quite accurate, but it's a catchy title! For this part of the interview, I asked, "if you could ask ___ any question, what would it be?" I then gave them a chance to respond. Here's how the questions work out.
- Dispensationalist > Historic Premillennialist
- Historic Premillennialist > Progressive Dispensationalist
- Progressive Dispensastionalist > Dispensationalist
I wish we could have a proper back and forth, but this format doesn't lend itself to that, and these men are busy enough as it is! I appreciate what we have been able to do here. I hope that these interactions move us forward in evaluating each perspective.
Paul Henebury & Jim Hamilton on Historic Premillennialism
Henebury: I suppose I might ask either of two questions. If he believes the NT has interpretative priority over the OT (as did Ladd), what are we to make of the fact that hardly anyone had the NT in the first century? (or for many centuries after that). Doesn't this make mincemeat of the clarity (and thus the sufficiency) of OT Scripture?
Hamilton: As the NT was being written, the Apostles were teaching the churches–the guys Jesus taught. The NT writings simply record what the Apostles taught the churches. So I think that prior to the completion of the NT, the teaching of the Apostles guided the churches. And, I suspect that the recognition of the NT writings happened quicker than the "centuries" mentioned. I think there's strong evidence that Paul kept his own letter collection, and he himself may have circulated an early 13 letter collection of them. Peter knows of Paul's "letters." There's strong evidence that the Four Gospels were recognized early, and so forth. Trobisch argues persuasively in The First Edition of the New Testament that the NT was being circulated in standardized ways by the middle of the second century. See also the arguments of Hurtado in The Earliest Christian Artifacts.
Saying that the NT helps us understand the OT doesn't mincemeat the OT's clarity and sufficiency. All I'm saying is that just as the Psalms and Isaiah help us understand the Pentateuch, so John and Paul help us understand the Psalms, Isaiah, and the Torah.
Henebury: Another question would be simply why God, whose Yes is Yes, made covenants with men? The very purpose of a covenant was to set terms in stone as it were.
Hamilton: I suspect that this question is driving at something, but I'm not able to anticipate what that is. Schreiner says "the divine covenants are the means by which God's rule is established," that "A covenant signifies a relationship in which there are obligations made under oath," and he quotes Kline who says, "covenants function as administrative instruments of God's kingly rule" (The King in His Beauty, xiv and notes 12, 13).
God was pleased to make covenants. He was pleased to make the earth round (roughly). He did what he pleased. Glory to his name.
Jim Hamilton and Darrell Bock on Progressive Dispensationalism
Hamilton: I would ask dispensationalists to consider removing dispensationalism from their primary commitments. I would ask dispensationalists if they agree that there are first, second, and third order doctrines (following Mohler's triage):
- First order doctrines make us Christians or not (Trinity, Two Natures of Christ, Substitutionary Atonement of Christ, Justification by Grace through Faith, Authority of Scripture)
- Second order issues make us presbyterian, anglican, methodist, baptist, etc. (who do we baptize and how do we do it? who gets to partake in the Lord's supper? who has authority over local congregations?)
- Third order issues are things that Christians can disagree on and worship together in the same church or teach together at the same school (when will the rapture happen? is there a premillennial reign of Christ? what's the relationship between the church and Israel?).
So the questions come down to these: do dispensationalists agree that their hermeneutical conclusions on these questions are third order issues? And if so, do they agree that it is unnecessarily divisive for a church to put such commitments in their doctrinal statements? And if it is unnecessarily divisive for a church to exclude non-dispensationalists from membership, shouldn't a place that seeks to train ministers for churches seek to model for those churches a commitment to unity (and willingness to disagree without dividing) on these points that don't make us Christian or non-Christian and that have no impact on who we baptize or how it's done, who takes the Lord's supper, and who holds authority in or over the congregation?
If dispensationalists answer yes to these questions, would they prayerfully consider removing dispensationalism from the doctrinal statements of their churches and schools because it is not worth dividing the body of Christ over these matters of interpretation?
Bock: Unnecessarily divisive? Does the discussion of adult versus infant baptism apply in the same way?
This is a question that risks saying internal discussion needs to be properly ordered and really does not matter. But these internal discussion are worth airing out because they may well matter. Israel having a future (or thus having a right to the land) or Christ ruling on the earth one day (versus directly only in a new heaven and earth) are important truths. They do not determine salvation (on that we agree) but they are important teachings worth sorting out. They should not divide, on that we agree as well, but let's not treat them as potentially irrelevant, which is what the question asked this way can risk on the other end.
Darrell Bock and Paul Henebury on Dispensationalism
Bock: How can a dispensationalist see the current application of the Abrahamic Covenant and the New Covenant (see the Last Supper in procuring forgiveness we now experience) and not see the Davidic covenant being initially realized by what Jesus has done, as Luke 3:16 predicts and Acts 2:14-36 proclaims?
Henebury: Firstly, in Luke 3 Jesus has not yet been baptized and presented as Christ. The two phases of Christ's work are bundled together in typical OT fashion. The baptism with the Holy Spirit I take to be the New Covenant promise of the Spirit's vitalizing coming to Israel with the kingdom. There is no Church yet in view as far as the revelation goes. Jesus is rejected by Israel, but He has come, and that cannot be reversed. At His coming Jesus introduced the New Covenant (Lk. 22:14-20), yet in a context in which the kingdom is now driven into the future (Lk. 22:29-30).
Thus I see the first phase of John's prediction; the baptism with the Spirit (Lk. 3:16) initialized in the New Covenant made with those who would be foundational to the Church (Eph. 2:20). This explains the use of Spirit language in Acts 2. Yet the full realization of that blessing as it pertains to Israel (per John's audience and context), awaits the Second Advent. At that time Jesus comes in judgment (the "fire" and "winnowing" language in Lk. 3:16 & 17), after which He inaugurates the New Covenant with Israel along the OT pattern.
That there is some sort of "already" aspect here is true, yet I would want to lay stress upon the object of that "already" – viz. the "new man", the Church, not Israel. Here is where there is some chronological transition between "the Church age" and the "times of restoration" which Peter was holding out to Israel in Acts 3 (and Acts 2 for that matter). I take Acts 3:19-21 as referring to the Davidic New Covenant Kingdom.
In the Acts passage we face several issues, none of which I will pretend to give the final answer to. In Acts 2:14-21 there is the debated use of the Joel prophecy preceded by the "this is that" formula (v.15). The first thing to say is that whichever interpretation is brought to the use of Joel 2, nobody believes these extraordinary happenings of vv.19-20 actually occurred at Pentecost (e.g. R. N. Longenecker). Further, the Holy Spirit was not poured out on "all flesh" (v.17). So what was Peter doing?
My answer is that Peter was still thinking within the basic framework of OT eschatology and Jewish expectation which we find in the Gospels and in Acts 1:6. His immediate concern in this setting was to point to the Cross and (especially) the Resurrection as the eschatological breaking- in of God into Israel's history. The "this" of v.15 is answered by the references to the resurrection throughout Peter's speech (vv. 24, 30, 31, 32). This is what proved that Jesus was "both Lord and Christ" (v.36).
The reference to the outpouring of the Spirit (vv.17-18, 33) is intended to show the Jews that the New Covenant has been inaugurated, and that there is still opportunity for them to repent and believe (in this sense the baptism of v.38 may be seen as a partial fulfillment of John's baptism).
Of course, the nation did not believe this message. They rejected it again in chapter 3:12-26, where the expectation of the arrival of the Davidic Kingdom was still patently in the air (see esp. 3:19-21). In other words, these were good faith offers of the kingdom which were rejected by all but a relative few.
Viewed this way the one work of Christ in its two phases of Cross and Crown are still held together in Acts 2 and 3. If so, the "signs and wonders" of Acts 2:19 are at the doorstep pending national acceptance of Jesus as Messiah; not only crucified Messiah, but Risen Messiah – bringing the two phases into close proximity.
Allowing this line of reasoning helps us with the Joel prophecy. How so? Because the "signs" and "wonders" which Jesus did prior to Calvary (v.22), portend the "signs" and "wonders" of v.19 which speak to the Second Coming. Here I again appeal to Acts 3:19-21 for help.
If I haven't lost everyone, let me proceed to Acts 2:25-35 and try to fit it into my picture. Jewish national acceptance in the fact of the Risen Christ ought to have come because the OT predicted it (vv. 25-28 cf. Psa. 16). For present purposes I shall forego verses 25-29 and pick it up in Acts 2:30. Progressive Dispensationalists like Dr. Bock appeal to this verses because it speaks about the "raising up" and the investiture of Christ upon the Davidic throne. If this was what happened I would have to concede the point. But as I see it this "raising up" is a reference to Christ's resurrection (see esp. v.32). As I have said, the resurrection was uppermost in Peter's mind in these verses. The next verse proves this by saying that David "spoke concerning (peri) the resurrection." (2:31). In verse 33 the emphasis is now on the ascension "to the right hand of God", which I do not take as a reference to the throne of David, for otherwise Acts 3:19-21 makes no sense to me.
Acts 2:33 appeals to the coming of the Spirit, yet actual fulfillment of the Joel New Covenant prophecy awaits the condition of national repentance, which was not forthcoming. The quotation of Psalm 110:1 refers then to the present continuing session of Christ in heaven awaiting the fulfillment of the Davidic New Covenant kingdom announced, first by John the Baptist, and then by Peter.
I hope this rather convoluted explanation will be seen as viable. Whichever position is taken on Acts 2 and 3, it is easy to get ones theological wires crossed. This is my attempt to sort them out.
That concludes our series on varities of Premillennialism. Thank you for all the interest in these interviews. In the following weeks I will post a summary of everything we've covered so far.


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As people across the Macalester College campus start to focus on final exams, the men's swim and dive team has a chance to sit back and reflect at the season's unofficial halfway point. Nearly two months after they began the 2017/18 season by hosting the Macalester Pentathlon, the Scots find themselves in the middle of a nearly-month-long lull, designed to give them a chance to finish out the semester and then enjoy the holidays.
When the Scots return from Winter Break, the team will have a significantly different look. One of the problems the swim and dive program faces year-to-year is that any athletes who want to study away have to do so in season. Due to the length of the season, which has its curtain-raising meet in October and closes with the Conference meet in February, there is no "off" semester the way there is for most other teams on campus. Thus, students are forced to choose between missing the end of the season after going through preseason and several meets alongside their teammates or miss out on three months of preparation and try to jump into competitive swimming midseason, immediately after their time abroad concludes.
The study away phenomenon will soon hit the Scots, as three of the team's four juniors. Paul Reischmann '19, Taylor Durbin '19 and Sean Cheng '19, will all miss out on the second half of the season. According to Durbin, knowing that he would be gone after the semester came to an end was "a little bit weird," especially after going through the teambuilding and bonding process that occurs over the first weeks and months in any team. To cope with that, he and his teammates came together, and "looked to peak" before their season came to an end.
On any team, losing three players mid-season would deal a difficult blow. That the Swim and Dive team has just 11 members makes the blow all the greater. All four swimmers that spoke with The Mac Weekly, Durbin, Sam Dyer '19, Ryan Cirillo '20 and Gabe Berman '21, mentioned the difficulty it will pose to the team. That those three plan to leave means the team will lose some of its elder leaders, as well as some its most talented swimmers. In particular, they will miss Reischmann, the school record holder in the mile and the reigning MIAC mile champion.
But any difficult situation breeds opportunity, and that holds true for the team as well. Losing the older swimmers will force the younger ones to step up, and look to qualify for what Dyer referred to as the season's "peak moment:" the MIAC meet itself. In order to qualify, swimmers must hit a base time in any given event. Once they hit that, they can "compete in anything else they want," Dyer said. Once the second half of the season gets going, those who have yet to qualify will "begin focusing one event in particular," so they then have the opportunity to swim multiple events at the conference meet, he explained.
In addition to the opportunities afforded to the younger swimmers, the Scots have an extremely talented diver in Kieran Cuddy '21, who nearly broke the school record in the 1-meter dive at the St. Thomas Invitational on Dec. 2. Cuddy has taken no time to adjust to college diving, notching first place finishes in the 1 and 3-meter dives at the Macalester Pentathlon, Hamline Invitational, Roger Ahlman Invitational, and Grace Goblirsch Invitational.
His success has impressed his teammates, and Berman put it best: "Kieran Cuddy… has had an amazing year," he said.
In addition to talented youth, the team has a well-developed, supportive culture. Although losing more than 25% of a team in any sport at any level would prove difficult, by relying on the support system they have in place, the Scots should manage to adapt to the different situation.
"Of course I can't speak for everybody, but I think an important element of our team dynamic is just unity and mutual support," Cirillo said. "Last year someone saw online that, to be healthy, it's important to get seven 'positive touches' every day. Naturally we all started giving each other positive touches. It's primarily a joke but I think it's also just a great way to show each other support."
While it might feel like the season will never resume, before they know it, the Scots lighter workouts will end, they will have made it through finals and be back on campus over J-Term, getting back to work. To try and reduce the rust that builds through exam season and the holidays, the team will travel to Florida over New Year's for a week-long training camp filled with lots of time spent in the pool and a meet against St. Olaf.
"We all love going to Fort Lauderdale over Winter Break," Cirillo said. "On paper it doesn't sound like a great deal: four hours in the pool and an hour of lifting each day, going to bed at 9 p.m. every night, having an early meet, eating ham and cheese everyday for lunch, you name it. But somehow the team atmosphere is just always so positive and there's always this great feeling of camaraderie."
After that, they'll look to get back into their best shape before the spring semester starts with three meets in January. Then, all will look to peak at the MIAC meet, which runs from Feb. 15-17 at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center.


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'Diabetes risk' for lateborn babies
First born children of older mothers are at greater risk of developing diabetes, say researchers.
Professor Edwin Gale and colleagues at Southmead Hospital in Bristol looked at 1,375 families in the Oxford area in which one or more child had diabetes.
They found that the mother's age at the time of delivery was strongly related to the risk that the child would go on to develop type one (insulin dependent) diabetes before the age of 15.
The risk increased by 25% for each five years of the mothers' age, so that a 45-year-old mother was more than three times likely to have a child who developed diabetes than a 20-year-old mother.
To a lesser extent the risk of diabetes was also linked to older fathers.
Second children and their younger brothers or sisters were progressively less at risk of developing the condition.
Throughout the country women are in general having their children at an older age: between 1970 and 1996 the proportion of children born to mothers aged 30-34 years increased from 15% to 28%.
Diabetes increase
The authors of the British Medical Journal paper say: "The increase in maternal age at delivery in the UK over the past two decades could partly account for the increase in incidence of childhood diabetes over this period."
Researcher Dr Polly Bingley said the reason why the risk of diabetes fluctuated was unknown, and that further research was required.
Older mothers are known to have a higher risk of having babies with some conditions caused by damaged genes, but in this case there was no evidence of genetic abnormalities.
Dr Bingley told BBC News Online: "It appears some non-genetic factor is influencing the unborn child in utero.
"It may be an interaction between the mothers immune system and the developing immune system of the unborn child, or it may be due to changes in placental function as the mother gets older."
Dr Bingley stressed that type one diabetes was still a relatively rare condition, affecting 3.5 children in every 1,000.
A spokesman for the Diabetes UK said: "There has been an alarming increase in type one diabetes in recent years, and the problem is that we don't know why this should be.
"It could be possible that this is another piece in the jigsaw."
Type one diabetes occurs when the pancreas fails to produce sufficient levels of insulin, a hormone that helps to convert glucose into energy, or when cells are unable to use insulin produced by the pancreas, a condition called insulin resistance.
In its advanced stage, diabetes can cause serious damage to the eyes, nerves, gums, kidneys and blood circulation, potentially leading to death.
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But this one isn't free – it's a subscription model called CKBK (or cookbook) that gives you access to thousands of classic and modern recipes and wants to introduce you to new cuisines and foods.
It is app based, of course, which compiles a huge database of recipes from well-known and trendy cookbooks. Matthew Cockerill, co-founder of 1000 Cookbooks, polled hundreds of food experts to get their picks for the best, most essential cookbooks ever written.
Next the company licensed content from 500 cookbooks offering more than 100,000 recipes.
The ckbk app will let you search for what you want based on factors such as ingredients, dietary requirements, or specific recipe. Then will serve up recommendations, allow you to browse its collection of cookbooks, watch videos, and even let you make your own recipe "playlist" that you can share with others.
It launched in May with a Kickstarter campaign will give people the chance to be a founding backer. When fully launched, ckbk will have free and premium versions of the service. The free tier will limit the amount and types of content accessible. The premium tier will provide full access and cost "a little bit under $9.99" per month according to the company.
Will people be willing to pay over $100 a year to access these already published recipes is the question.
Recipes are certainly experiencing a renaissance as technology transforms them into discovery and commerce platforms. Players like AllRecipes, Fexy Media and BigOven are creating shoppable recipes that let users act quickly on their culinary whims. And other startups such as Innit as we already reported, are creating partnerships with Tyler Florence that bring us customizable recipe meal preparation. $100+ dollars? I think it's the wrong model.


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Family moves out of 'haunted' home in Utah once occupied by Josh and Susan Powell
UTAH — A family has moved out of the Utah home formerly owned by a murderer after hearing and seeing some bizarre things.
According to KUTV, Joanna Aeosana was leasing the home that Josh and Susan Powell and their children once lived in.
She said from the moment they moved in, strange things have happened.
"I hear people crying when I'm showering," she told KUTV.
Aeosana also said the garage door opens and closes on its own.
And her 1-year-old son was seen talking to an empty swing, telling it, "go away. Leave me alone."
Aeosana told the station she was never told that the Powell family once lived in the home she leased.
In 2009, Susan Powell disappeared from the home. Her husband, Josh, was the only person of interest. Susan has never been found.
In 2012, Josh killed their two sons and himself in a house explosion in Graham, Washington, authorities said.


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This step by step diy project is about picture ledge plans. If you want to build a beautiful, stylish and inexpensive picture shelves, we recommend you to pay attention to the instructions described in the diagram. Adjust the size of the components with great care and lock them together by using waterproof glue and galvanized screws following the instructions. Make sure the design of the picture ledges the style of the rest of the furniture.
It is essential to choose the right materials before starting the construction and the assembly of the cheap and simple shelves. As you will see in the project, you need to choose durable lumber with a nice appearance, such as pine, cedar or redwood. Make sure the components are in a good visual condition and choose professional tools when adjusting their size. Take accurate measurements and join the components with glue and screws. See all my Premium Plans HERE.
Projects made from these plans
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- A – 1 piece of 1×4 lumber – 48″ long SIDES
- B – 1 piece of 1×2 lumber – 48″ long FRAME
- C – 1 piece of 1×4 lumber – 48″ long SHELVES
- 1 piece of 1×4 lumber – 8 ft
- 1 piece of 1×2 lumber – 4 ft
- 1 1/4″ screws
- 1 5/8″ screws
- 2 1/2″ screws
- filler, stain
- glue
Hammer, Tape measure, Framing square
Miter saw, Drill machinery, Screwdriver, Sander
One day
Building picture ledges
The first step of the woodworking project is to build the bottom for the ledges. As you can easily notice in the diagram, we recommend you to drill pocket holes along the sides of the 1×4 slat. Make sure you smooth the cut edges of the slat, as they will be exposed to the eye.
Make enough pocket holes along the sides of the slats to create a rigid bond between the components. Select wood of high quality if you want to get a professional result.
The next step of the project is to attach the back wall to the picture ledge. Build the components out of 1×4 lumber and take accurate measurements before making the cuts. Fit the bottom component with the pocket holes downward-oriented and insert 1 1/4″ screws into the back component. add glue to the joint.
In order to get a get a professional result, we recommend you to fit a 1×2 trim to the front face of the picture ledge, as seen in the diagram. Smooth the cut edges with fine-grit sandpaper and remove the residues before attaching it to the shelves with 1 1/4″ screws.
Locate the studs in the wall, use a spirit level to make sure the shelves are horizontal and insert 2 1/2″ screws through the back component into the wooden studs.
One of the last steps of the woodworking project is to take care of the finishing touches. Therefore, fill the pilot holes with wood putty and smooth the surface with 120-grit sandpaper.
Top Tip: In order to protect the lumber from water damage, we recommend you to cover the components with several coats of paint. Place the wooden shelves in a proper location and move it whenever necessary.
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Minutes of Core Group Meeting
10th July 2008
Present: Martin Calvert (Chair), Mervyn & Joan Clayton, Adam & Carol Bull, Paul Ellis, Mike Betteridge.
Apologies for Absence
Minutes of the Meeting Held 23rd June 2008
Matters Arising
106 Grant Update
Action Mornings
FGVW Family FunDay 2008
Heritage Open Day
Dates of Next Meetings
1. Apologies for Absence
Sian Dodderidge, Adrian Coltman, Peter Foulston, Anthony Rouse, Claire Standish, Adam Wilks.
2. Minutes of the Meeting Held 23rd June 2008
Agreed as a true record.
3. Matters Arising
4. Correspondence
Dorothy and Jodie Carter have received a donation from Joyce Bond.
The Group has received information on the Leeds Wildlife Discovery Days.
Two sets of minutes have been received from the Gledhow Valley Conservation Group.
An Open Day will be held by the Roundhay Planning Forum on Saturday 13th July 10am to 4pm at Kerr Mackie Primary School. It is open to all and is for people concerned with inappropriate planning applications in the area.
The Bradford Botany Group has sent details of rare plants found in the area and a Floral/Fungi newsletter, via Steve Joul.
The Group has received a list of plants that butterflies are attracted to.
Information has been received on this year's Community City Pride Awards. Mike agreed to look through the information to see if it is worth the Group applying again.
The Group has been invited to attend a Friends of Middleton Park event on Sunday 7th September 2pm to 4pm.
Emma Trickett from Leeds City Council has sent copies of the Leeds Countryside Volunteer Newsletter.
5. 106 Grant Update
Unfortunately, Fred Duff could not attend the most recent meeting due to other commitments. Bob Bradley attended in his place. The Group discussed working on the jetty with him. The Group agreed to work together with the Council and the work will start in August.
Of the £7,700 available to the Group £4,800 has been spent so far. Martin and Mervyn had a separate site meeting with Chris Bolam to discuss how the rest of the money could be spent.
6. Action Mornings
The benches won't be delivered in time for the July Action Morning. Volunteers are asked to meet at the meadow. It is planned to put some decking in where the rain water is washing away the path, clear path edges, plant in the meadow, dig around one of the benches, take out an elder plant, and litter pick.
Next Action Mornings
7. FGVW Family FunDay 2008
Paul provided an update on the expenses for the FunDay this year. The Group spent a lot more than in previous years and it was agreed that a budget should be drawn up for next year. It was suggested that the surplus of just over £1,000 should be earmarked to help fund next year's event.
Adrian to update the Group on the comments received from the public at the FunDay concerning ideas for the woods, at a future meeting.
8. Heritage Open Day
The Group agreed to open the Bath House on Sunday 14th September between 12pm and 4pm. Adam agreed to e-mail everyone to ask for home baking for the event. The Group agreed that it would be a good time to sell the new Christmas cards. It was agreed to use 3 pop up gazebos. Adam agreed to design a poster to put up in the woods promoting the event and Mike agreed to distribute some leaflets at the Chapel Allerton Festival.
10. Dates of Next Meetings


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The toy trains that are popular in India are
Darjeeling Toy Train
This train runs between New Jalpaiguri to Darjeeling and counts among the most wonderful journeys of the world. Although the 83 km long journey takes about nine hours to reach its destination, the wait is worth it as the magnificent views of landscapes that you get to savour are truly enchanting.
The proposal to lay down a train line between Siliguri and Darjeeling was put up by one Franklin Prestage. The earlier train was very different from the one that runs today as it was only a four wheeled trolley covered with canvas. Then it was used to carry cargo whereas today it is known for carrying the tourists.
Route covered
From Siliguri - Kurseong up to Ghoom and Darjeeling in the hills.
Shimla Toy Train
Just after the introduction of railways in India, there was a proposal to build a rail line up to it. After the proposal for the railway line was submitted, intense discussions followed and then an adhesion line was preferred to the rack system. Around 120 passengers can be accommodated on this train. The coaches of Shimla Toy Train are very well appointed with wall to wall carpeting as well as glass windows that enhance the overall appearance of the toy train. About four and half hours are needed to reach Shimla from Kalka.
The Barog railway station is somewhat special as the train stops here for about 15 minutes to enable the passengers to have some refreshments from the restaurant here which is regarded as the best of any hill station in India.
Routes covered
Kalka - Barog - Solan- Shimla
Nilgiri Toy Train
The journey that you undertake through this train is truly amazing as it is not only the distance that you cover but also the altitude that you gain that takes your breath away. The journey commences at the height of 1069 feet and goes up to 7228 feet.
The reason for building this track was that it was very difficult to reach Udhagmandalam (now known as Ooty). Travellers needed to go to Ooty on a horse back through the forests. Although the idea began to take shape in 1854 itself, it took another 40 years to begin work on it. First, a Swiss inventor Riggenback started work on it and built the line up to Conoor by 1899. Later the track was extended up to Ooty by 1908.
This rail line is unique in itself as it negotiates the steepest slope with ease. To climb up, it uses Alternate Biting System which is also called the rack and the pinion system. The engine is kept on the back of the train to push the train forward.
The journey commences at Mettupalayam, passes through the plain areas only for about five miles and then goes up to Ooty. En route, you'll witness beautiful sceneries.
Route Covered
Mettupalayam - Kellar - Coonoor - Wellington - Lovedale - Ootacamund
Matheran Toy Train
Matheran is an incomparable hill station and is easily accessible from Mumbai as it is only 108 km away from Mumbai. The landscapes visible from Matheran are exceptional and the air, pollution free as the place is a vehicle free zone.
The Toy train at Matheran starts its journey from Neral on the Mumbai Pune line and ends at Matheran. This route was discovered by an Indian, Abdul Hussein. He obtained permission from his father and based himself at Neral and started working on the project from there. The work on the railway line finished in 1907 and was opened for traffic in the same year.
Although the journey takes only 90 minutes, yet the visual delights that it offers along the way are tremendous and beyond comparison. Come Hardar hills and the ascent begins but the real treat comes at the Jamnapatti station where the track and the road run together for some distance and get separated after a while. They come back again after the slope at Bhekra Kund ends. The attractions to watch out for en route are the Panorama point and Simpson Tank after which the train reaches its destination, Matheran.
Route covered
Neral - Hardal Hill - Jammapatti Station - Bhekra Station - Mount Barry - Panorama Point - Simpson Point - Matheran Bazaar.
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I wore heels to the hospital when I showed up for my induction four weeks ago. Heels. And a sundress. Oh, and my mother and I decided to walk there from the doctor's office, since it was such a nice day (we only made it ten blocks, but still). Heels. Sundress. A stroll on a lovely September day. I say this not to point out how ridiculous I can be — because really, I believe it points itself out — but to outline this thing I do where I get an absurdly ambitious ideal in my head and spend the rest of my time trying to close the gap between the dream and my reality.
Hm, perhaps that didn't make much sense. Let me put it in food terms. Before I had the baby, I attempted to spend some time baking and stashing, no, not practical things like meals to save us from an endless rotation of diner eggs and takeout pad thai, oh please no. I made things like treats to woo extra-awesome care from labor and delivery nurses and granola bars that our families in the waiting room might enjoy and some date cake we could all enjoy with some fresh baby and coffee the next day. Like I said, absurd. I also imagined that we'd have an influx of visitors in the weeks after we took Jacob home, and realizing I'd have no time to put out my usual spread, decided to ambitiously bake some things we could set out as needed … like banana bread. And lemon cake. And scones. Except I only got to the scones. At least I picked good ones.
Enter the reality of life with a newborn and sure enough, baked goods are the last thing on our minds. And of course we'd forgotten that these scones were stashed them in the freezer until an unusually calm Sunday this past weekend when two friends came by to meet The Cutest Baby Ever Baked (an objective assessment, of course, especially once tiny, elbow-patched Fair Isle sweaters are involved) on Sunday and I wanted to find something — besides wine, that is — we could snack on. The pantry presented me with sorry options — wasabi peas, stale raisins, and half a box of Jelly Belly Sours, anyone? — but there in the freezer were these forgotten scones. I baked them still frosty until they were puffed, golden and made our apartment smell like a fondue pot (that's a good association, trust me) and even though we were ridiculously overtired and even though the North Fork wine I'd been so eagerly anticipating only put me in a coma and even though Jacob managed to, shall we say Christen, the guest who had the misfortune to witness a diaper change (oops!) and perhaps this wasn't the kind of calm gathering I had pictured in my late pregnancy haze, it was delicious and hilarious and I realize now that I wouldn't want it any other way.
One year ago: Molly's Apple Tarte Tatin and Cranberry-Walnut Chicken Salad
Three years ago: Classic Brownies and Winter Squash Soup with Gruyere Croutons
Jalapeño-Cheddar Scones
Adapted Peter Oleyer at Calexico Carne Asada in Brooklyn, via NYMag
It's worth noting that I had my doubts about this recipe. This world is overflowing with terrible scones and after trying too many bad ones, I came to the conclusion that the only good scones — the only ones you should bother making or eating, ever — are these dreamy cream ones. However, this recipe manages to be different — it contains eggs! — and yet is still delicious but considering the possibility that there are two good scone recipes on earth makes my sleepy head hurt thus I will reconcile this another time. For now, know that these are good, very good.
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
8 tablespoons (1 stick or 4 ounces) cold butter, diced
1/2 cup heavy cream
3 eggs, divided
1/4 pound sharp Cheddar cheese, diced
2 small jalapeños pepper, minced (I wimped out and used only one only to find my scones entirely heat-free)
Preheat oven to 400°F. In a small skillet, melt 1/2 tablespoon of butter and sauté the jalapeños in it until soft, about two minutes. Let them cool, then place them in a small bowl with the cheddar cheese and coat them with one tablespoon of the flour. Combine the remaining flour with the baking powder and salt. Cut in the remaining butter with a pastry blender, fork or two knives, until the butter bits are pea sized.
Lightly whip two of the eggs and cream and add to the flour-butter mixture. Using a wooden spoon, fold mixture until it begins to come together. Add the cheddar-jalapeño mixture to the dough and mix until everything is incorporated.
Turn out the dough onto a well-floured surface and knead gently for less than one minute. Pat dough out to a 3/4- to 1-inch thickness and either cut into 8 triangles or the shape of your choice with a biscuit cutter. Make an egg wash by beating the remaining egg with a teaspoon of water. Brush the scones with egg wash and place on a parchment-lined (or well-oiled) baking sheet. Bake for 25 minutes or until golden brown.
Scones are always best the first day.
Want to flash-freeze yours, as I did? Brief directions, here.


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Last week's Wednesday fun video might have been a bit more hard for everyone to understand (I know I barely know anything about PCR, being a mathematician/computer scientist) but here's the reason I showed that one first. It has a hilarious video follow up about DNA: GTCA to the tune of YMCA. Enjoy!
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Enzyme, what you doing today? (GTCA)
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The Oakland Athletics acquired left-handed reliever Fernando Abad from the Washington Nationals in exchange for minor league outfielder John Wooten on Monday, in a move first reported by Peter Gammons of GammonsDaily.com. Abad was designated for assignment by the Nationals along with fellow left-hander Tyler Robertson last week to clear room in advance of the Rule 5 Draft.
Abad, who is almost 28, split time between the Nationals and Triple-A Syracuse in 2013, and was successful at both levels. In 39 major league games with Washington, the reliever posted a 3.35 ERA, 7.6 K/9 and 2.4 BB/9 while pitching well against right-handed hitters. With Syracuse, Abad was 1-0 with a 1.06 ERA in 17 innings of work.
In 127 appearances over four major league seasons with the Astros (2010-2012) and Nationals (2013), Abad has a lifetime 1-14 record and 4.56 ERA in 122.1 innings. His best season came in 2010 with Houston, when he was 0-1 with a 2.84 ERA in 19 innings as a rookie.
Abad joins left-handers Sean Doolittle, Jerry Blevins, Brett Anderson and Pedro Figueroa in the Athletics' bullpen mix.
Wooten, 22, was not considered a top prospect in the Athletics' system before the deal, and likely will provide organizational depth for the Nationals. In 133 games with Class-A Beloit in 2013, the former 37th round pick posted a .257 average with 20 HR and 69 RBI while playing primarily in right field.
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Castro: Dirty Dishes, the monthly street-food pop-up at The Lookout (Noe & Market) tonight features the Gumbo Cart, El Porteno Empanadas, and Sweet Constructions, along with DJs. The fun kicks off at 9 p.m., with a $3 cover. [Grub Street]
Hayes Valley: Neyah White, formerly the bar manager at Nopa and now a brand ambassador for Yamazaki whiskeys, is making another pop-up appearance at Pickled, the monthly cocktail event series in Absinthe's private dining area on Monday. Says White, "Look for curveball Yamazaki and Hibiki cocktails." [Grub Street]
Telegraph Hill: Dormant one-time restaurant Julius' Castle (1541 Montgomery) is on the market for the reduced price of $4.5 million, after some tumultuous changes of ownership over the past five years. [Scoop]
Cow Hollow: Recently opened bar/restaurant The Brick Yard is already facing NIMBY flack via noise complaints and some new entity called the Union Street Enrichment Association. [Eater]