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Parish: Trelawny
Commencing at a point on the Western boundary of Upper Harbour Street, the said point being most east¬erly corner of lands registered at Volume 514 Folio 12; thence south westerly along the southern boundary of the said lands registered at Volume 514 Folio 12 to its most southerly corner, thence south westerly on a straight line to a point on the eastern boundary of the main road leading from Wakefield to Falmouth that said point being due east of south eastern corner of lands registered at Volume 931 Folio 166 in the name of Seivwright Building Supplies Limited at the bottom of Market Street and includes both sides of Market Street; then northerly along Market Street to the earth drain then in a westerly direction following and including the earth drain to the Montego Bay to Falmouth main road, then in a south westerly direction along the said main road to the point in line with the southern bound¬ary of the cemetery, at the foot of Wellington Street, thence due north crossing the abovementioned Montego Bay to Falmouth main road to a point on the coastline at Half Moon Bay; thence generally, southerly, south easterly, north easterly and south easterly, along the coastline, and including all jetties, to the north eastern corner of lands registered at Volume 205 Folio 76 in the name of the Trelawny Parish Council; thence south westerly along the southern boundary of the said lands registered at Volume 205 Folio 76 to its westerly across Upper Harbour Street to the point to commencement, being lands situated at Falmouth in the parish of Trelawnv.
Falmouth is the capital of the parish of Trelawny, which is on the north side of western Jamaica, and it is essential that we know the origin of Trelawny in order to understand the history of Falmouth.
Trelawny was formed by an act of the Assembly of Jamaica in 1770, and Sir William Trelawney, the then governor, signed the momentous act on December 29 that year. To demonstrate their gratitude, the parishioners named Trelawny after the governor, as they had been lobbying the Assembly for their own parish since the early part of the eighteenth century, and the governor's backing was instrumental in their achieving success. The 'e' that is missing from the name of the parish was an error on the part of the eager parishioners that has never been corrected.
Originally, Trelawny was a part of the parish of St. James and the first bill proposing a division of that parish into two separate parishes was presented to the Assembly in 1733. The opposition to that bill was simply amazing and the debate in the Assembly lasted for only one day. After that, the bill was rejected, due to the refusal of Major General Hunter, the then governor, to endorse it. Governor Hunter did not perceive dividing St. James at the behest of certain members of the parish to be a reflection of the general political will of the colony. As his title suggested, Governor Hunter was an accomplished military figure, but as a colonial administrator, the promoters of the bill probably perceived him as less proficient.
In 1733, Jamaica was already divided into three counties and seventeen parishes (see the Eighteenth Century Map of Jamaica). The county of Cornwall in which St. James is located contained 771,473 acres of vacant and underutilised land. The subsequent migration of sugar planters to the north side of the island stimulated the development of the county. By 1739, the county contained 143 working estates. In 1768, this number increased to 265. By 1772, the total was 344. This means that between 1739 and 1772, there was an average increase of sugar estates in the county amounting to 228. More than three quarters of the estates comprising this number was located in St. James alone, which was why the agitation for a new parish erupted there (see the Map of Jamaica, c.1793). The rapid growth in the number of estates tremendously increased the value of St. James, but as planters in the hinterland experienced considerable difficulties transporting their produce to the port at Montego Bay, and because this was happening at the same time that the trade with North America was booming, it caused great discontentment among them. Isaac Dookhan, in a valuable little book, The United States in the Caribbean (1985), reports that between 1682 and 1774, the value of this trade with North America grew by 77 per cent. Its continued growth, however, depended on how quickly planters could reach the port and what volumes of their produce would survive the journey.
In the hinterland of St. James, the transportation problem was twofold: the long distance to Montego Bay and the poor condition of the roads. The planters undertook the construction of the roads and almost all of them were crudely built. In addition, they became waterlogged whenever there was continuous rainfall and this made them more difficult and dangerous to traverse. The poor construction of the roads resulted from the shortsightedness of the planters. All planters wanted to make a profit on their investment, but the culture of greed was explicit in the northwest, for this was the main reason why they migrated there. Road construction, therefore, was not a priority. The planters who undertook the long journey to Montego Bay despite the rainfall often had to satisfy with selling less produce than what they had started the trip hoping to sell.
Water transportation, unfortunately, was not a viable alternative, at least not until the advancements in shipping technology which came later. The planters who tried it discovered that a number of the rivers on the north side were not always suitable for transporting estate produce over long distances, namely rum, sugar and molasses. Many of these rivers were often in spate, some were too fast flowing, others were irregular and filled with rapids.
The planters occupying the eastern part of St. James were the first to raise the matter of dividing the parish. Apparently, this was where the transportation difficulties existed. The planters in the western part opposed the idea. It seems they were not faced with transportation troubles, even those who owned properties in the hinterland. The planters in the western part also feared that a new parish would create a port town that would rival Montego Bay, and this was perhaps the most important reason for their objection.
A number of parochial meetings were convened at Montego Bay and elsewhere in St. James to cut short the agitation of the easterners for a division of the parish. The point concerning the negative impact a new port would have on the trade of Montego Bay received a lot of attention. Nevertheless, the easterners persisted. As the controversy unfolded, it became clear that St. James as a parish was already divided and an act legalising this division would only rubber stamp what everybody already knew to be real. In fact, the act of 1770 was a mere political formality.
At the time of its formation, Trelawny measured approximately 304 square miles and this made it the fifth largest parish in Jamaica. Some 33 square miles was well-watered and undulating land and nearly all of this was over 2,000 feet above sea level. At no point, however, did it exceed 3,000 feet. About 166 square miles was less than 1,000 feet and 135 square miles was between 1,000 and 2,000 feet.
Martha Brae Village, not Falmouth, was the first capital of Trelawny. It was chosen shortly after 1770, and its appeal was based on its history and location.
The Spanish settlers founded Martha Brae Village as a way station to and from the northwest coast of the island. It was one of the few Spanish settlements that survived the British conquest in 1655, not that the British had deliberately set out to destroy any of the existing Spanish villages.
Martha Brae Village was simply left alone when the British began to settle the colony. Its close proximity to Martha Brae River made transportation cheap and relatively easy, and one of the first official tasks of the Town Council of Trelawny in 1772 was to clear the river of obstructions, so that boats and barges could safely navigate its waters. This highlighted the importance of the river. Larger sailing vessels would have to empty at the Rock, a smaller settlement near to the coastline. Smaller boats would then transport their cargo two and a half miles up the river to the capital. The coastline, as much as it could, before the rapidly expanding trade of the new parish outgrew it, facilitated the exportation of all types of estate produce.
Martha Brae Village suffered from a number of significant weaknesses. One was that it had only 50 acres of land and all of this was on high ground. If Martha Brae Village was to become a major port town in the northwest, then 50 acres of land was not enough. As the population increased, the town would outgrow the available land space, so a different capital was needed. Martha Brae River was also the only route to its coastline, which was navigable for no more than two and a half miles. The alternative in this instance was land transportation, but again this meant incurring additional costs for the construction of roads, and as pointed out earlier, planters in the area were not eager to incur additional costs, unless, of course, those costs were absolutely necessary for the survival their businesses. There was a large bar of silt across the mouth of Martha Brae River, which at times prevented some small boats from entering. The coastline itself was a bit narrow, and this limited the number of ships that could dock there at any given time.
Recognising the need for a new capital, the Trelawny Town Council established a Commission to look into alternative locations. Edward Moulton Barrett was selected chairman of the Commission. It is not known if he used his position as chair to influence the decision of the Commission, but the land on which the new capital was built after 1790 curiously enough belonged to the Barrett family and was called the Barrett Lands. If it was that Moulton Barrett used his position for personal gain, then the notion that history never repeats itself means little in Jamaica.
On or before 1780 houses of Georgian architecture began appearing on what were then the Barrett Lands. Georgian architecture was in vogue in eighteenth century England, and as a fashion statement many wealthy colonials when building their homes in the tropics adopted the style. Essentially neoclassical, Georgian architecture was named after the kings of England, George I, II, III and IV, who reigned from 1714 to 1830. Its influence was particularly strong in America, where it became known as the Federal style, but mostly after their independence in 1776, and in the Caribbean colonies. Georgian architecture was linked to classical Roman and Italian architecture, and particularly to the work of Italian architect Andrea Palladio (1508-1580), who was responsible for its return in the 1500's. Palladio's influence can be seen in the designs of seventeenth century English architects Indigo Jones, Christopher Wren and others, and his essays, I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura (1570), were widely read. A typical building constructed in the Georgian style had three basic characteristics: simplicity in form, symmetry and detailing. Georgian buildings, especially those built for public purposes, have been criticised for their cold formality, but some people see this as evidence of their symbolic character, which makes Georgian buildings useful as government structures, churches, colleges and generous private abodes.
Demure looking wooden houses constructed in the Georgian style bordered Market Street, the main thoroughfare in the new capital, Barrett Lands, also known as Barrett Town, Martha Brae Point and Palmetto Point Pen. The columns on the front of these houses were simple but prominent, and some of the basic concepts associated with the Georgian style, like the sash windows, hip roofs and quioning were evident. The undulating topography of the Barrett Lands facilitated the construction of these houses, which were later modified with the addition of verandahs, eaves, louvres and colonnades. These vernacular modifications were added for comfort and to improve ventilation since the tropical climate was harsh, even though the area was next to the shoreline where it could benefit from the sea breeze and access sailing ships without difficulty, an advantage over Martha Brae Village. The entire town measured 150 acres, another advantage over Martha Brae Village, and was built according to the gridiron plan.
Except for the oldest part of Kingston, and later, under British influence, Spanish Town, Trelawny's new capital was the only town in Jamaica at the time that was built in accordance with the gridiron plan. In other words, the town was divided into square and rectangular blocks, separated by vertical and horizontal streets, similar to a chessboard, then subdivided into lots which were sold (see the Plan of Falmouth). Florida, the southern most state in mainland America, was built almost entirely in accordance with the gridiron plan.
There was no other town in Trelawny that could compete with the Barrett Lands for the privilege of being named the new capital. Moulton Barrett wanted to christen it Barrett Town, like its colloquial name, but the parishioners objected. Instead, they preferred to continue the honour given to Governor Trelawney and name the capital Falmouth, after the governor's birthplace in Cornwall County, southwestern England. There was another Falmouth in Barnstable County, southeastern Massachusetts, near to Cape Cod. A major whaling town, the Falmouth in Barnstable County was settled by the Quakers in 1661 and was named for the Falmouth in England.
The story of Falmouth, Trelawny after 1790 was one of prosperity. In 1794, Moulton Barrett donated 7,800 square feet of land along the intersection of Duke Street and Pitt Street for the construction of an Anglican church, the St. Peters Anglican Church, and in 1799, the inhabitants petitioned the government for the establishment of a proper water supply system to serve the town. The petition was granted, based on the collection of local taxes sufficient to meet the expenses of building the water system. Back then, community based development was a real option, not a catchphrase for government incompetence. Falmouth became one of the first areas in the island to enjoy piped water, which was pumped from the centre of the town up until 1950, at a place appropriately named Water Square. Falmouth enjoyed piped water before the citizens of New York City did, though this was probably less significant than it is today. Later on, a Sea Tank, which operated until the mid-nineteenth century, was built a few miles offshore to supply ships with water.
In 1814, the Trelawny Town Council paid the heirs of Moulton Barrett £100 currency for land on which to build the Falmouth Courthouse. The previous Courthouse had been housed informally at the corner of Duke and Market Streets, a block away from Water Square, and construction on the new Courthouse began in August 1815, the same year that the fancy Town Hall was built, and in April 1817, it was finished. Along with the Town Hall, Post Office and Printing House, the Courthouse was among the first set of important public buildings in Falmouth and the entire project cost the Town Council about £20,000. In 1926, the Courthouse had to be restored after a fire destroyed most of it. Falmouth was also the home of the largest market in the island, the Albert George Market. Built in 1894, the Albert George Market was named after the grandsons of Queen Victoria: Albert, Duke of Clarence and his younger brother George, who later became King George V. Today, the market is a modest shopping and historical centre with boundless potential for generating income, both local and foreign. The five printing presses operating in Falmouth by the mid-nineteenth century also kept the inhabitants well informed of local and international events: the Baptist Herald, Cornwall Chronicle, Cornwall Gazette, Falmouth Post and Falmouth Gazette. The Falmouth Post was established by John Castello in 1835 and existed until 1876, just one year before Castello died. The Printing House on Cornwall Street, built in 1850, at one time housed the offices of the Post.
Falmouth was operating as a free port in the early 1800's. This meant that it was exempted from charging certain types of tariffs collected at other ports throughout the island. This encouraged many ships to dock at Falmouth Harbour, bringing with them a number of undesirable individuals, especially white sailors who were often drunk and disorderly. The Stone Cage near to the harbour was built to hold these drunken, disorderly sailors, and later, when Fort Balcarres was built adjacent to Charlotte Street overlooking the sea, that function was transported there. Fort Balcarres has been the site of a primary school in recent years.
The Phoenix Foundry was one of the earliest in the island. It was established in 1810, nearly twenty years after the foundry in St. Thomas-in-the-East. The primary function of the Phoenix Foundry was to repair ships docked at Falmouth Harbour, but it also repaired boilers, pans and other sugar manufacturing equipment. The establishment of the foundry showed that the commercial enterprises in the new capital spanned more than just the sugar industry. The first Masonic Temple in the island was also built at Falmouth in 1798, with limestone blocks and charming stonework. Shortly after completion, the Temple was sold to the Baptist Missionary Society and became the Baptist Manse. The expense of the project may explain why it was sold. Once the home of William Knibb (1804-1845), Baptist missionary, the Manse, along with the Baptist Church built several years before it, has been mentioned in connection with Samuel Sharpe's rebellion in December 1831. Knibb died in 1845 and was buried at the Baptist Church. Mary, his wife, died in 1866 and was buried there as well.
As a missionary, Knibb had the opportunity to observe many areas in the island, and Falmouth impressed him enough to record his opinion of it in 1830. According to him, Falmouth was "a pleasant, fashionable seaport town with from 2,000 to 3,000 inhabitants." Knibb was not the only person to write favourably about Falmouth. In 1794, Bryan Edwards had recorded his astonishment at the rapid development of the town. Twenty-three years before that, Falmouth contained less than 20 houses and cleared about 10 ships annually, and by 1794, the number of houses reached 220 and the number of ships cleared reached 30. In 1837, Joseph Sturge and Thomas Harvey called it a town of "increasing size and importance," but the most flattering appraisal came from a local newspaper. According to the West Indian Review, "Falmouth developed in the days when sugar was king and it has much of the charm of the Eighteenth Century in its Court House, in its wrought iron balconies, its colonnades and overhanging storeys."
The lots in Falmouth were sold to wealthy planters and merchants, and John Tharp was one such planter. He owned a number of estates in Trelawny and he assisted Moulton Barrett and his brother Samuel with selling the lots in Falmouth. Tharp was also Custos of Trelawny, until 1795, when a series of personal tragedies and ill health forced him to resign. He built two houses and a wharf in Falmouth, and one house is currently the Office of the Collector of Tax. The wharf made him the most self-sufficient planter in the island, because it was rare for a planter to build a wharf, but Tharp wanted control over both ends of the sugar business, and after building the wharf, he went into slave trading, another exceptional venture for a planter, and made a handsome profit from the importation of 400 Ibos in 1782. Tharp died on July 30, 1804, just months after bringing another batch of Ibos into the island. His wharf still stands as a reminder of his prosperity, and there is Tharp Street, which was named after him.
Steamboats began to arrive in Jamaica in the 1830's, and it signaled the end of Falmouth as a major port town. These bulky vessels needed deeper waters to dock, and Falmouth Harbour was not deep enough. Several attempts were made to deepen the harbour, but Falmouth never regained its former glory. Railway transportation was introduced into Western Jamaica in the 1890's, and because Falmouth could not handle steamboats, the town was bypassed for Montego Bay.
Under the Jamaica National Heritage Trust Act of 1985, a section of Falmouth, recognised as rich architectural and archeological heritage, was declared as a National Monument on September 5, 1996.
Courtesy of Daive A. Dunkley
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Occupational health assessments – Tips to avoid the traps
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The Employment Equality Acts prohibit discrimination on nine protected grounds, one of which is disability. An employer must not subject an employee to less favourable treatment on grounds of a disability. The legislation also provides that an employer is not obliged to recruit, train, retain or promote an employee who is not fully competent to undertake the duties required of their role. This provision is subject to a very important caveat. An employer must put in place appropriate measures to reasonably accommodate an employee with a disability and render them fit to do their job. This article provides key tips for employers and occupational health professionals to be aware of with regards to this legal requirement.
Tip: don't under estimate how broadly "disability" is defined
Caselaw has shown that the definition of "disability" is given an extremely broad interpretation. Conditions such as back injuries, asthma, visual impairment, anorexia, low BMI, depression, IBS, alcoholism and hearing loss have all been held to constitute disabilities within the meaning of the legislation. It has also been held that hypertension, even where treated and well managed, constitutes a disability. The definition does not require that a condition meet a certain degree of severity to constitute a "disability" from a legal perspective. At European level, recent caselaw has also further expanded the definition with a judgment that obesity can constitute a disability for employment equality purposes.
Tip: the duty to provide "reasonable accommodation" is not defined but is a high threshold
The extent of what constitutes "reasonable accommodation" is not defined in the legislation, however, it is provided that it must not impose a disproportionate burden on the employer, taking into account the following:
- The financial and other costs entailed.
- The scale and financial resources of the employer's business, and;
- The possibility of obtaining public funding or other assistance.
This places a high onus on many employers and what will be reasonable accommodation in one organisation may not be in another but it is generally the case that demonstrating a "disproportionate burden" is a fairly high threshold on an organisation to meet. An employer must give serious consideration to any possible options to facilitate an employee and should do so in conjunction with medical advice. Reasonable accommodation can include:
- Making physical adjustments in the workplace.
- Allocating some of the disabled person's duties to another person.
- Transferring the disabled person to another vacant post, with or without reasonable adjustments being made.
- Altering the disabled person's working hours.
- Providing special equipment to assist the disabled person to perform his/her tasks.
- Providing training in the use of special equipment.
- Consideration of part time or at home working on a phased or ongoing basis.
Tip: retain records of efforts to consider reasonable accommodation
An employer should be in a position to show that they have given full consideration to a broad range of accommodating measures and must also be able to stand over a decision why certain measures could not be implemented or were a disproportionate burden. This will necessitate keeping evidence of the financial cost of alternatives and the employer's own financial situation. It is not good enough for an employer to simply say that they cannot implement a certain measure without being able to explain why not.
Tip: understand the importance of following a fair procedure
Caselaw under the Employment Equality Acts has constantly reinforced the importance of following a step-by-step procedure when dealing with disability issues, particularly when considering termination of employment on grounds of incapacity. These steps can be summarised as follows:
- Get possession of all of the material facts relating to the employee's disability and its impact on that employee's specific role and duties. This will require a medical assessment to determine the impact of the condition on the employee's ability to carry out the duties associated with their role and likely duration of that condition.
- If an employee is not fully capable for their role, reasonable accommodation must be considered.
- The employee must be allowed an opportunity to participate in each stage of the process and influence the decision.
- The employee must be made aware that dismissal for incapacity is being considered.
Tip: avoid referral pitfalls
Managing disability issues in the workplace can be a costly lesson for an employer who fails to follow the requirements under the Employment Equality Acts. A key first stage in the process is obtaining a medical assessment of the employee. Employers must clearly specify in advance the purpose of the referral which can include fitness for work generally or fitness to participate in an investigative or disciplinary process. An employer should only give relevant material containing facts and instructions to the occupational health professional. A further trap for the unsuspecting employer can be the criticism of any effort to influence the medical assessment which can occur by having informal discussions by phone or sending separate instructions to the medical practitioner.
Tip: ensure compliance with the Data Protection Acts
The employer and occupational health professional should be aware of the ability of an employee to gain access to any instructing letter or notes which are held by the employer or the occupational health professional under the Data Protection Acts. Medical information constitutes "sensitive personal data" and therefore is subject to stringent obligations as to how it is stored, communicated, accessed or otherwise processed.
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Winter's palette, dark, alluring, vampish even at times, was fabulous December, but it feels heavy now - like trying to eat a rich five course feast on a sweltering July day, when a light salad and lemon ice are all that want to put in your mouth. Pastels are the sweet confections and frozen treats of the colour world. Though they can be a touch twee (not that that's a bad thing), they also have the ability to be sophisticated and very chic, say in vintage skirt suit or 1940s tilt hat form.
I adore pastels - even if a few of them, such as orangey-peach and lilac - are not amongst my most flattering colours and thus must be avoided in large doses and worn near my face - and intentionally sport them primarily during the spring and summer months (though I have warmed up to them a bit for winter, as I chatted about in this post last year, they'll never feel like autumn to me, so I rarely wear them then).
While one certainly can, you don't have to sport head-to-toe pastels in the slightest. A small hit of baby blue, cotton candy pink, or newborn chick yellow against darker neutrals or complimentary shades of the same colour can look immensely beautiful and perhaps, some might go so far as to say, become a grownup up take on pastels. I wouldn't agree with that entirely, as again, a pastel suit, cocktail dress, evening gown, or pair of gloves, for example, can all be wildly sophisticated and appropriate for fashionable folks of all ages.
We often think of just a few shades when pastels spring to mind, but really they're a fairly vast category that can, and does, encompass everything from the hues already mentioned in the paragraphs above to light grey, pale aqua, soft plum, sweet apricot, the gentlest shades of brown, cream and ivory, nude and buff, whisper faint metallics, lavender, and toned down citrus shades, amongst others.
Though I will sometimes go full on pastel, I usually like to use these soft, but very sartorially powerful hues, as accent notes in my wardrobe, such in the form of a pair of earrings, hair flower, snood, shoes, handbag, or (in a somewhat larger dose) a skirt or cardigan. They're fun and markedly cheerful, and signal to all who see you that you've embraced spring's return with open - and very stylish - arms.
Whether you feel the siren's call of periwinkle, soft blush, sage green, or starlight yellow, why not make like our well dressed Vintage Fashionista and deck yourself out in some sugary sweet, absolutely beautiful pastels this spring?


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President Obama's campaign was indeed a revolution, not one of policy, but rather a dramatic change in how candidates communicate with voters. It is a reality that helped make Barack Obama our chief executive, but now threatens his ascendancy as well.
It all started with Obama's hiring of Chris Hughes, one of the founders of Facebook, as part of his campaign team. Hughes' job was to develop an online community for the campaign. He was largely dismissed by seasoned political operatives more comfortable with conventional media and campaign tactics.
David Plouffe, Obama's campaign manager, gave an honest assessment saying, "Technology has always been used as a net to capture people in a campaign or cause, but not to organize. Chris saw what was possible before anyone else. I still can't quite wrap my mind around it."
Hughes built for the Obama campaign the ability to create and manage content and conversations with vast numbers of people in mere seconds. With an entry into Facebook, video download, or link to information the Obama campaign could shape the opinions of millions of people across America, answer criticisms, and organize campaign events.
The results of Hughes work was reported on Fastcompany.com: "By the time the campaign was over, volunteers had created more than 2 million profiles on the site, planned 200,000 offline events, formed 35,000 groups, posted 400,000 blogs, and raised $30 million on 70,000 personal fund-raising pages."
Hughes had given Obama the ability to do things in real time. He showed the inherent weakness of newspapers as they were reporting what seemed like yesterday's news. He was out in front of network nightly news programming. He made the Obama campaign a source of news that rivaled networks like never before in history. In short, he was shaping opinion at its source.
In some ways this was a departure from the ways campaigns were waged in the past: staging huge armies and fighting battles on defined battlefields. The Obama campaign was more like a guerrilla force whose battlefield was at the time and place of their choosing. It bypassed staging. It ran lean. It organized by word of mouth and "buzz" among a new breed of political "activist" who understood the potential of new technology. Obama provided the opportunity to take the new political technology for a "test drive".
Fast forward nine months and the same technology that helped Obama win his election is now serving to undermine his policy initiatives. The ability to go viral was not proprietary of MyBO.com.
People showed how to take marketing viral, like Mark Hughes in his book "Buzzmarketing". Hughes engineered the successful takeover of Half.com using "buzz" generated from renaming a town in Oregon. He made ads specifically for YouTube rather than networks. One ad, for the "duckbill" dust mask, went viral and sales shot through the roof. You can still find the ad on YouTube. Hughes understood how conversations were changing. He knew that sending content to someone online could quickly go viral when inserted into that person's social networks. This is the foundation of "buzz."
President Obama won several quick and decisive victories early in his presidency with stimulus, omnibus budget, and "cap and trade" legislation. The President's goodwill ran high in the early months. His resounding campaign victory using new tactics to reach voters held Members of Congress in awe of both his political and fund raising abilities.
But, the same technology that Obama developed to win an election just nine months ago is now being successfully used to organize grassroots opposition to his policies. What stated as "Tea Parties" across America has developed into a broad based uprising opposing Obama's health care initiative. The opposition has found its voice and it is spreading its word virally. These communications are quickly outpacing our political leader's ability to spin issues.
John McCain recently commented that there was a "peaceful revolution taking place." He went on to amplify this point by saying, "There is a grass-roots uprising the likes of which I have never seen. There's anger; there's concern about the future. There's concern about the generational theft that we've committed by running up unconscionable and unsustainable deficits."
The usual tactics to stem the latest grassroots tide are not working. The more politicians talk down the protesters defining them as "un-American" the more energy it provides. Sarah Palin's post on her blog that the health care bill contained "death panels" worked virally through networks with resounding speed. The result was the Senate removed the provision (end of life counseling) from its bills rather than risk a protracted fight in cyberspace.
How is this happening? People are organizing around information in real time. Visit Drudge Report, Huffington Post and Politico every day and you can read and see politics happening in every corner of America. With YouTube you can be there at a town hall meeting hosted by Barney Frank on the left or Michelle Bachman on the right. You can take this content and send it into your social networks like Facebook, Linkedin, MySpace or hundreds of other platforms. Ordinary Americans can now instigate discussions, mold and change opinion and do it all under the radar. This is fundamentally changing our politics.
President Obama and Congress both now have to deal with the curse of MyBO.com. Social networking has enabled Americans to organize in new ways. Grassroots and community organizing are no longer the sole domain of the political left. In real time every misstep and piece of misinformation works its way into public dialogue on blogs, YouTube and websites where political thought is collected, dispersed and refined.
The days of politics as usual are over. The Obama team will have to play the game under a set of rules that have not all been written yet. This new era in politics will be much more open and subject to more public scrutiny than at any time in history.
The same communications tactics that won President Obama an election in 2008 may prove to be his greatest challenge in building public consensus for action going forward. In the age of "buzz" our young President will face challenges like none other. His greatest challenge may be in learning how to tame and control the inherently unruly politics of the information age.
Dennis M. Powell is president and CEO of Massey Powell, an issues management consulting company located in Plymouth Meeting, PA.


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Decoding Michigan Exploration Laboratory (MXL) Cubesats with a SDR and Sound-Modem software.
The Michigan Exploration Laboratory (MXL) ground-station software by default wants to connect to a physical TNC. For this connection they use a python based daemon that connects the RS232 TNC interface via a tcp socket on port 12500 to there final ground-station client. This solutions is used with: MCubed, MCubed-2, GRIFEX and will probably also be used with CADRE.
Many radio amateurs like myself use a SDR receiver and no longer make use of a physical TNC and therefor I was looking for an alternative way to use there ground-station software. Well the python part can be swapped with another kiss server like the one that comes with the UZ7HO Sound-Modem or Direwolf (that also runs on Linux) solution.
Below a block diagram with the two different ways to connect the ground-station software.
For this to work with a SDR solution, one has to do the following:
Alter the MXL ground-station software configuration file
<path>\<MXL_GS_Client>\config.props radio.1.name=Radio radio.1.address=localhost radio.1.port=8100 radio.1.type=KISS radio.1.tncport=1 client.callsign=(call) client.id=(call)_GS server.address=mxlab.engin.umich.edu server.port=12805
UZ7HO, enable the kiss server option and select a ground-station software corresponding port. Select Settings -> Devices -> Server setup. In this example I used port 9100, default is 8100.
After this you can start your favorite SDR program, redirect the audio to the sound-modem software and start the MXL ground-station JAR (Java Archive) for example mcubed2_gs_client.jar when you want to decode MCubed-2.
This information can also be found at the website from JE9PEL: 9k6 decoding


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by Nick Faber
Friday, May 27th, 2011
Friday, May 27th, 2011
As part of our Blogads Gives Back initiative, we volunteered some time at the Ronald McDonald House in Chapel Hill. The RMH-CH provides a clean, safe, and healthy place to stay for over 1800 families a year while their children undergo treatment at area hospitals.
Many thinks to Cathy and all of the great staff and volunteers of Ronald McDonald House for helping us contribute to the great and important work they do.
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Presentation of the collection
The Lehmbruck Museum in Duisburg - Center of International Sculpture
Dear visitors,
Discover sculpture at the Lehmbruck Museum:
Masterpieces from Wilhelm Lehmbruck until today.
We look forward to welcoming you!
Individual: EUR 9 / discounted
Family ticket: EUR 15 (2 adults + children up to 14 years old)
Children up to 14 years old accompanied by adults and those accompanying blind people or people with dementia: admission free
Annual ticket: EUR 35 / discounted EUR 20 (*)
School and nursery groups per person (including supervisors): EUR 2 (without guided tour)
(*) Discounts are granted to pre-booked groups, groups of 20 people or more without guided tours, people with disabilities (from 70%), school pupils and students, apprentices and people receiving social security benefits.
Every first Friday of the month: "Pay what you want!" - You decide how much you pay for admission!
Pre-booked groups are excluded.
Arriving by public transport
The Lehmbruck Museum is located in downtown Duisburg, namely at Kantpark (500 metres on foot from the main railway station) and can be reached using all means of public transport serving the city centre (simply alight at "Lehmbruck Museum"). Thanks to its central location, the Lehmbruck Museum can also be reached quickly and easily by rail. From Düsseldorf airport, Deutsche Bahn operates several regional trains each hour, with a journey time of approximately ten minutes.
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How To Merchandise Your Content Marketing |
Not sure what I'm referring to when I say merchandising? From Wikipedia, "Merchandising is the methods, practices, and operations used to promote and sustain certain categories of commercial activity. In the broadest sense, merchandising is any practice which contributes to the sale of products to a [retail] consumer."
Pretty relevant to what we do on an ongoing basis, wouldn't you say?
I bet you, too, 'merchandise' your marketing.
Read the post and let me know.
Would you share some of your examples?
Thank you for reading!
P.S.: I would be remiss if I didn't tip my hat to Gary Petersen, who hired me out of Columbia Business School into my 'merchandising' role and has since become not just a wonderful colleague, but also a friend.


text: PREFACE. "To correct the vices, ridicule the follies, and dissipate the ignorance, which too generally prevailed at the commencement of the Eighteenth Century," were, it has been truly observed, "the great and noble objects the Spectator ever holds in view;" and, "by enlivening morality with wit, and tempering wit with morality," not only were those objects attained in an eminent degree, but the authors conferred a lasting benefit on their country, by establishing and rendering popular a species of writing, which has materially tended to cultivate the understanding, refine the taste, and augment and purify the moral feeling of successive generations. The high and universal reputation of this celebrated work, as an inexhaustible fund of amusement and instruction, at once precludes the necessity of discussing its various excellencies, and of offering an apology for submitting the present Edition to the notice of the Public. We give, by way of Preface, short biographical notices of the Contributors. JOSEPH ADDISON, the eldest son of the Rev. Launcelot Addison, Dean of Lichfield, was born in 1672, at Milston, in Wiltshire, of which place his father was then Rector. Shortly after he had reached his twelfth year, he was placed in the Charter-house, where his progress was so rapid that, at the early age of fifteen, he was declared qualified for the University. He was entered of Queen's College, Oxford, in 1687; but a copy of Latin verses having recommended him to the notice of Dr. Laurence (afterward Provost), he was by his introduction admitted into Magdalen College, where he took the degree of Master of Arts, in 1693. Here he distinguished himself by his Latin Poems, published in the Musæ Anglicana; and it is said, that Boileau, to whom he sent them as a present, first conceived from them a high opinion of the English Genius for Poetry. In his twenty-second year Addison first appeared before the Public as an English Poet, in a short copy of Verses addressed to Dryden; this was followed by a Version of the Fourth Georgic of Virgil, and various Poems published in the Miscellanies; the chief of which are one addressed to King William, and an Account of the English Poets, in an Epistle to Henry Sacheverell. His original intention appears to have been to enter the Church, but Charles Montague, the Chancellor of the Exchequer (to whom he was introduced by Congreve), advised him to abandon it; and, through the friendship of Lord Somers, he obtained a pension from the Crown, of £300 per annum, which enabled him to indulge his inclination to travel. The During his tour in Italy, he wrote his celebrated " Epistle to Lord Halifax," his "Dialogues on Medals," and the greater part of his "Cato." The death of King William, however, annulling his pension, caused his return to England in 1702. publication of his Travels, and more especially his "Campaign," speedily introduced him into public employment. In 1705 he accompanied Lord Halifax to Hanover, and was shortly after appointed Under Secretary of State. He now produced his "Rosamond," a very pleasing composition, intended to unite Nature, Sense, and Harmony, in opposition to the absurdities of the Italian Opera; but, owing to the very inferior character of the accompanying music, it failed to triumph over the infatuation of the Public, and was neglected, if not actually condemned. In 1709 Addison went to Ireland, as Secretary to the Marquis of Wharton (Lord Lieutenant), and was made Keeper of the Records of the Kingdom, with an augmented salary, through the interest of the Duchess of Marlborough; and gained a high reputation for unweared assiduity and unblemished integrity in his official capacity. It was during his residence in Ireland that Steele (with whom he had contracted a friendship while in the Charter-house), commenced publishing the "Tatler." Addison |


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Mitt Romney accepted the Republican Party's 2012 presidential nomination tonight and told the nation that if he's elected he will end the four years of "disappointment and division" brought upon America by President Obama.
"I wish President Obama had succeeded because I want America to succeed," Romney said. "But his promises gave way to disappointment and division. This isn't something we have to accept. Now is the moment when we can do something. With your help we will do something."
The former Massachusetts governor, who first sought the White House in 2008, said he has a five-point plan that would create 12 million jobs and promised he would direct a foreign policy with "backbone."
We live blogged through the evening. And our colleague Frank James hosted a live chat where there's analysis and online conversation.
Scroll down and "read up" if you want to see how the evening went.
Update at 11:13 p.m. ET. The Big Finish:
"Everywhere I go in America," Romney says, "there are monuments that list those who have given their lives for America. There is no mention of their race, their party affiliation, or what they did for a living. They lived and died under a single flag, fighting for a single purpose. They pledged allegiance to the United States of America."
And in closing he says:
"That America, that united America, can unleash an economy that will put Americans back to work, that will once again lead the world with innovation and productivity, and that will restore every father and mother's confidence that their children's future is brighter even than the past.
"That America, that united America, will preserve a military that is so strong, no nation would ever dare to test it.
"That America, that united America, will uphold the constellation of rights that were endowed by our creator, and codified in our Constitution.
"That united America will care for the poor and the sick, will honor and respect the elderly, and will give a helping hand to those in need.
"That America is the best within each of us. That America we want for our children.
"If I am elected president of these United States, I will work with all my energy and soul to restore that America, to lift our eyes to a better future. That future is our destiny. That future is out there. It is waiting for us. Our children deserve it, our nation depends upon it, the peace and freedom of the world require it. And with your help we will deliver it. Let us begin that future together tonight."
An now it's time for confetti and balloons. The candidates and the families are onstage.
Update at 11:10 p.m. ET. "More Backbone":
"President Obama has thrown allies like Israel under the bus, even as he has relaxed sanctions on Castro's Cuba," Romney says. "He abandoned our friends in Poland by walking away from our missile defense commitments, but is eager to give Russia's President Putin the flexibility he desires, after the election. Under my administration, our friends will see more loyalty, and Mr. Putin will see a little less flexibility and more backbone."
Update at 11:07 p.m. ET. Slowing "The Rise Of The Oceans" Vs. Helping Families:
Delegates love this line: "President Obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans and heal the planet. My promise is to help you and your family."
Update at 11:05 p.m. ET. Romney's Jobs Plan:
Saying that "unlike the president, I have a plan to create 12 million new jobs," Romney says that:
"First, by 2020, North America will be energy independent by taking full advantage of our oil and coal and gas and nuclear and renewables.
"Second, we will give our fellow citizens the skills they need for the jobs of today and the careers of tomorrow. When it comes to the school your child will attend, every parent should have a choice, and every child should have a chance.
"Third, we will make trade work for America by forging new trade agreements. And when nations cheat in trade, there will be unmistakable consequences.
"And fourth, to assure every entrepreneur and every job creator that their investments in America will not vanish as have those in Greece, we will cut the deficit and put America on track to a balanced budget.
"And fifth, we will champion small businesses, America's engine of job growth. That means reducing taxes on business, not raising them. It means simplifying and modernizing the regulations that hurt small business the most. And it means that we must rein in the skyrocketing cost of healthcare by repealing and replacing Obamacare."
That mention of repealing "Obamacare" gets a big roar of approval.
Update at 11 p.m. ET. Americans Celebrate Success:
Romney's getting big cheers for a series of lines about how Americans celebrate success instead of demonizing it — something he and Republicans accuse President Obama of doing. "In America, we celebrate success, we don't apologize for it," he says.
Update at 10:56 p.m. ET. A Joke:
Talking about his business as head of an investment firm, Romney says that he thought about trying to get the Mormon church's pension fund to invest, but decided against it because "I didn't want to go to hell" if it lost money.
Update at 10:55 p.m. ET. On Obama:
There's a problem, Romney says, of President Obama and what many Americans now think of him, "when the best feeling you had was the day you voted for him."
Update at 10:50 p.m. ET. On Women:
Romney talks of his mother and says he can still hear her saying, "Why should women have any less say than men in the great decisions facing our nation?" That's a crowd pleaser.
Update at 10:45 p.m. ET. Obama's "Disappointment And Division":
"I wish President Obama had succeeded because I want America to succeed," Romney says. "But his promises gave way to disappointment and division. This isn't something we have to accept. Now is the moment when we can do something. With your help we will do something."
Update at 10:43 p.m. ET. A Disturbance, But No Effect On Romney's Address:
There are protesters high in the arena shouting about profits and progress. They're being removed.
Update at 10:40 p.m. ET. Romney Hails "Freedom To Build A Business":
Not long after the start of his address, Romney gets in a reference to the "you didn't build that" line they've been hammering President Obama for saying.
Talking of the American dream and what Americans want, Romney says it includes "freedom to build a life, and yes freedom to build a business with their own hands!"
Update at 10:37 p.m. ET. Romney Accepts The Nomination.
Update at 10:33 p.m. ET. Romney's Heading To The Stage:
The nominee has entered the arena floor from one corner of the building. He's walking along a line of delegates, shaking hands. It looks a bit like the scene in the Capitol when a president enters for the State of the Union.
Update at 10:28 p.m. ET. Eastwood's Appearance Lights Up Twitter:
As Sen. Marco Rubio continues to tell the nation why Romney is a better choice than President Obama, Twitter is lighting up with comments about Clint Eastwood's appearance. On our live chat, there's a question on whether it will help or hurt Romney's campaign.
Update at 10:22 p.m. ET. Obama Isn't A Bad Person; He's A "Bad President":
Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida on the president: "Our problem with President Obama isn't that he's a bad person. ... Our problem is he's a bad president."
Rubio says that "Hope and change has become divide and conquer."
Update at 10:13 p.m. ET. Eastwood Tells "President Obama" That "You're Absolutely Crazy, You're Getting As Bad As Biden":
Clint Eastwood's appearance is one of the most unusual, to say the least, at any convention in recent memory.
He's talking to an empty chair, pretending it is President Obama.
He just asked "Obama" if he has a message for Romney. "He can't do that to himself," Eastwood says. "You're absolutely crazy. You're getting as bad as Biden."
The actor took shots at "Obama" for not creating jobs, for setting a departure day for troops in Afghanistan and on other issues. He said he cried the night Obama was elected — not tears of anger or joy but because of the historic nature of the president's election. But now the U.S., he said, needs a businessman in the Oval Office.
And after about 10 minutes he ends by leading the delegates in a chant of "Make My Day!"
Update at 10:02 p.m. ET. It's Clint Eastwood:
To huge cheers, the actor comes onstage — the screen in the background showing a profile of him back in his gunslinger days on the silver screen.
Update at 10 p.m. ET. Another Shout-Out To Moms:
Tuesday night, Ann Romney spoke of how mothers often bear extra burdens. Each night, she said, you can almost "hear a collective sigh from the moms and dads across America who made it through another day. ... You'll hear the women sighing a little bit more than the men. It's how it is, isn't it?"
Just now, there's a video about the Romneys. Mitt Romney is seen talking about how sometimes when he would call home from the road at night he would hear their five sons making noise in the background. He would say to Ann, "Don't forget that what you're doing is more important than what I'm doing."
Update at 9:50 p.m. ET. Videos:
If you're looking for the videos the convention is showing and videos of the speakers, convention organizers are posting them here.
Update at 9:40 p.m. ET. "USA! USA! USA!" It's A Hero From Lake Placid:
Mike Eruzione, one of the heroes on the U.S. hockey team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, inspires — you know it — a chant of "USA! USA! USA!"
He's onstage to talk of the work Romney did guiding the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. "He kept the Olympic fire burning," Eruzione says. Now, "America needs Mitt Romney's leadership."
Update at 9:30 p.m. ET. More On The Discussion Of Faith:
We've put up a separate post — "With Tears And Thanks, Friends Add Context To Romney's Mormon Faith."
Update at 9:05 p.m. ET. Obama And The Democrats "Just Don't Get It":
After fleshing out Romney's faith, the convention has now turned to his career in business — and contrasting it with the problems Republicans see with the current president.
Tom Stemberg, the founder of Staples (a company Romney's firm helped get started), says "you have to ask yourself: Why would an administration that can't create any jobs demonize someone who did? I've got a theory. I think when it comes to jobs, new businesses, and economic growth — they just don't get it. They say that Mitt Romney is out of touch with ordinary Americans. They just don't get it."
Update at 8:50 p.m. ET. "When It Comes To Loving Our Neighbor ... The Romneys Live It Every Single Day":
Another story from a friend. This one, Pam Finlayson, tells of how Romney helped as she and her husband struggled with the demands of a seriously ill baby and how when that daughter died at the age of 26 a year and a half ago:
"In the midst of making the final decision to run for president — which had to be the most difficult of their lives — when they heard of Kate's passing, both Mitt and Ann paused, to personally reach out to extend us sympathy, and express their love.
"It seems to me when it comes to loving our neighbor, we can talk about it, or we can live it.
"The Romneys live it every single day."
Update at 8:45 p.m. ET. How Romney Helped A Boy With A Terminal Illness:
As friends continue to add details to Romney's life story, Ted and Pat Oparowski of Vermont just told a heartbreaking story of their 14-year-old son's death more than 30 years ago, and how Romney visited the boy. Pat Oparowski says:
"David, knowing Mitt had gone to law school at Harvard, asked Mitt if he would help him write a will. He had some prized possessions he wanted to make sure were given to his closest friends and family.
"The next time Mitt went to the hospital, he was equipped with his yellow legal pad and pen. Together, they made David's will. That is a task that no child should ever have to do. But it gave David peace of mind.
"So, after David's death, we were able to give his skateboard, his model rockets, and his fishing gear to his best friends. He also made it clear that his brother, Peter, should get his Ruger 22 rifle.
"How many men do you know would take the time out of their busy lives to visit a terminally ill 14-year-old and help him settle his affairs?"
Update at 8:37 p.m. ET. A Friend Talks Of Romney's Faith:
Craig Bennett, a friend of Romney's and a fellow member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is taking the most time of any speaker so far to talk about the candidate's Mormon faith. The church, he says, has "an unpaid, lay clergy."
"So, what specifically did Mitt Romney do as our pastor?
"For one or two evenings each week and several hours every weekend — week after week and year after year — he met with those seeking help with the burdens of real life, burdens we all face at one time or another: unemployment, sickness, financial distress, loneliness.
"Mitt prayed with and counseled church members seeking spiritual direction, single mothers raising children, couples with marital problems, youth with addictions, immigrants separated from their families, and individuals whose heat had been shut off.
"To uphold the dignity — and respect the privacy — of those who came, he met with them in private and in confidence. He has upheld that trust.
"Mitt's response to those who came was compassion in all its beautiful varieties: He had a listening ear and a helping hand. ...
"Mitt taught faith in God, personal integrity, self-reliance and service to our fellow men. And Mitt did what he challenged us to do. He led by example.
"I treasure every minute we served together."
Update at 8:20 p.m. ET. Jeb Bush's Case For Romney:
As he wraps up his address to the convention, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush says:
"Fact is, this election is not about just one office. It is about one nation. If we want to continue to be the greatest nation on the planet, we must give our kids what we promise them: An equal opportunity. That starts in the classroom. It starts in our communities. It starts where you live.
"And it starts with electing Mitt Romney the next President of the United States."
Update at 8:10 p.m. ET. He's Not Here, But President George W. Bush Just Got A Standing Ovation Thanks To A Brother's Love:
Departing from his prepared text, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush just said of his brother — the nation's 43rd president — that George W. Bush "kept us safe" during "incredibly challenging times." That brought the delegates to their feet.
Now Jeb Bush, who many Republicans probably wish would run for president himself, is making the case that:
"The sad truth is that equality of opportunity doesn't exist in many of our schools. We give some kids a chance, but not all. That failure is the great moral and economic issue of our time. And it's hurting all of America."
Update at 8 p.m. ET. Schedule Update:
If you don't want to miss Romney's address, convention officials now say it's set to start at 10:32 p.m. ET. He's expected to finish at 11:02 p.m. ET.
Update at 7:55 p.m. ET. Tying Obama To Carter:
Newt Gingrich, a onetime rival who used to call Romney a "Massachusetts moderate," and his wife, Callista, have followed with more words of praise for President Reagan — and then a linking of President Obama to one of his unpopular Democratic predecessors.
"President Carter and President Obama weakened the nation," says Newt Gingrich. And they "both weakened American respect abroad," says his wife.
It's the first mention of Carter that we've heard from the podium this week.
Update at 7:45 p.m. ET. Ahead Of Schedule, The Reagan Tribute:
That video is playing now. It's as if the former president himself is the narrator. They've skillfully used audio from his many addresses to tell his story and his view of America.
Update at 7:39 p.m. ET. Reagan Video Tribute Coming Up:
The night's session has begun, with the Pledge of Allegiance, national anthem, a prayer and word from House Speaker John Boehner that (as if no one knew), Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are officially the party's nominees. We're betting the first emotional highlight of the evening will be around 7:52 p.m. ET, when delegates are set to see a video tribute to former President Ronald Reagan.
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5-Minute Film Festival: Tips and Tools for PBL Planning
Teaching with project-based learning can be challenging. VideoAmy offers a playlist of videos to help plan and carry out great projects in any subject.
Here at Edutopia, we talk a lot about project-based learning, or PBL. Whether you call it deeper learning, inquiry-, problem-, or challenge-based learning, all are variations on the same idea -- that young people can learn more deeply, and retain the information better, when they can work collaboratively in teams to explore and solve real-world problems. Many would say that PBL can be a more effective way to teach - but anyone who has tried it agrees that doing it well is not easy.
It's fairly simple to find video examples of what PBL looks like in the classroom at all levels -- just check Edutopia's video library! -- but where can you find specific tips on how to plan and carry out great PBL? What are the building blocks of rigorous and relevant projects? How can you address some of the challenges you'll meet? While it's unlikely that you will become a PBL pro just by watching videos, this playlist will provide some gateways to get you thinking about the nuts and bolts -- and lead you to some organizations with many more tools and resources for tackling PBL.
Video Playlist: A Project-Based Learning Toolkit
Watch the first video below, or watch the whole playlist on YouTube.
- Project-Based Learning: Explained. (03:50)
First, let's get the basics out of the way. This video is a great tool for when you just need to describe PBL in four minutes. Created by the Buck Institute for Education (BIE) -- a one-stop resource for PBL tools.
- Tips For Building Projects (06:17)
The audio is a little low on this teacher-produced screen-capture video, but it does a great job outlining the basics things you should be thinking about in your initial project planning stages.
- BIE's Project Planner Tutorial (02:02)
BIE offers a powerul and simple online tool, the Project Planner, for organizing your ideas while putting together a project. You must sign up for a free account, but you can save and print your work to your profile.
- Project Learning Chapter 2: Plan (03:13)
"Begin with the end in mind" is more than just one of the seven habits of highly effective people -- it's also critical to the PBL process. This video is from a useful series of PBL how-to videos by the Oracle Foundation.
- Challenge-Based Learning (03:48)
This concise and quirky video explains the process of distilling an essential question, and illustrates how that question then becomes the driver for challenge-based learning.
- Think Forward: Assessment (07:26)
Assessment for project-based learning requires a more comprehensive approach. The poor audio quality is worth it, to hear real teachers describe exactly how they assess for learning throughout a project. From Manor New Tech High School's Think Forward PBL Institute.
- Project-Based Learning in Hand, Part 1 (10:55)
Teacher Tony Vincent's podcast series explores different topics around mobile learning -- in this episode, he looks at how iPod Touches and iPads can be used in project-based learning. See Part Two here.
- "Gilgamesh - Ancient Espionage" Entry Event (07:31)
When you're ready to go, kicking your project off with an engaging activity can be a great way to get buy-in from the students. Here's a hilarious example of an entry event from Manor New Tech High School, involving a guest visit from a costumed classics professor. Read this blog by Suzie Boss for more great ideas.
- Scheduling for Project-Based Learning (05:35)
Three high school teachers talk about how they re-structured their day to accommodate integrated PBL. Not everyone has the flexibility shown here, but it's fascinating to see how these teachers broke it down.
- Crafting POL's (08:54)
Most projects have a final product or culminating presentation at the end for the students to show off what they've learned. Here, Rob Riordan gives a PD workshop at High Tech High to review videos of student presentations of learning (POLs). Check out this blog by Suzie Boss for more ideas.
- How PBLU Works (01:15)
Hungry for more lessons on PBL? PBLU is an incredible resource offered by BIE. See how you can access two-week training courses and Common-Core-aligned projects that you can modify and customize.
More Tools for Project-Based Learning Implementation
I hope this playlist helped de-mystify some of the processes around good PBL planning. There are many more resources to be found, on Edutopia and around the Web -- from PBL trainers and consultants, to organizations that provide professional development, to edtech companies who offer tools to assist teachers who want to try PBL. Here are just a few of my favorites.
- Edutopia's Project-Based Learning Professional Development Guide
- All Edutopia blogs on Project-Based Learning
- The Buck Institute for Education: PBL Tools and Resources
- The Challenge-Based Learning Toolkit
- PBL Resources from High Tech High
- Think Forward PBL Institute from Manor New Tech High
- Learning in Hand PBL Resource Page
- The Project Approach, from Sylvia Chard
- Reinventing Project-Based Learning, from Suzie Boss and Jane Krauss
- PBL Checklists by 4Teachers.org
- "What Project-Based Learning Is -- and What It Isn't," by Katrina Schwartz, Mindshift
- "Problem-Based Learning or Just Another Project? Use This Checklist to Find Out," by Aditi Rao, TeachBytes


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Why Harvey Victims Should Absolutely File Insurance Claims Before Sep. 1
After multiple Facebook posts regarding legal rights and Harvey flood victims went viral, news sources such as CNN Money, Dallas News and Click2Houston confirmed the legitimacy of the subject.
According to Click2Houston, Texas legislation that passed earlier this year and will negatively affect Hurricane Harvey victims will go into effect on September 1. Basically, House Bill 1774 reduces penalties to insurance companies when they don't pay out enough insurance claims. Earlier this year The Texas Tribune wrote:
... the bill would discourage property owners from suing insurers over weather-related claims.
The article explains that if victims file their claims by September 1, 2017, insurance companies will suffer an 18% penalty interest for slow or no payment. However if filed after September 1, 'insurers who deny or delay paying claims would only face a 10% penalty.'
Ware Wendell, executive director of non-partisan advocacy group, Texas Watch, said:
I've been hearing that some insurance companies are telling people to wait a week until they have pictures of the damage before filing their claim. You do not need to attach pictures of your claim. You can always supplement with photos if need be.
Dallas News says in order to ensure your claim will be filed, a phone call or message will not suffice. You must email directly or send mail dated before September 1 to your insurance company. Even then it doesn't guarantee anything but it is the best chance for homeowners to protect themselves from the new policy that favors the company instead of policy holders.


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Nutrition label changes can help consumers
JACKSON -- Proposed changes to the nutrition facts label should make it easier for consumers to make decisions about the food they eat.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is updating the label for the first time since it appeared on packaged foods in 1993. The only major change made to the label in its 20-year history was the required addition of trans fats in 2006.
"The goal is to simplify the label for the consumer," said Brent Fountain, an associate Extension professor in the Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Health Promotion at Mississippi State University. "They want to emphasize the information people need the most in relation to current health issues."
The iconic label design will not change, but some elements of the label will be revamped to reflect the findings of new health and nutrition research.
The most notable proposed changes will modernize serving sizes, amend essential nutrients, include a line for added sugars, and refresh the label's format. Serving sizes will be increased or decreased for some foods to reflect what people eat in a single sitting. By law, a serving size must reflect what people actually eat, not what they should eat, according to the FDA's website.
"A lot of foods that are packaged as multiple-serving foods are consumed as a single serving, such as a 20-ounce soft drink," Fountain said. "With the proposed changes, a 20-ounce soft drink, which currently is labeled as two and half servings, would be labeled as one serving. The number of calories and other nutritional values would increase as a result."
The FDA recommends that vitamin D and potassium be added to the declared essential nutrients on packaging because some populations do not get enough of them. Vitamin D and potassium are essential for bone and heart health, respectively. Calcium and iron values are also label requirements. Vitamins A and C can be removed from or voluntarily reported on the label, the FDA website said.
Companies also may be required to distinguish between natural sugars and added sugars by stating the amount of added sugar.
"The addition of this information will be quite helpful for those who need to pay attention to carbohydrates," Fountain said. "Typically, if you look at the fiber and sugar content, anything that has three or more grams of fiber and is low in sugar is a good choice. But some items with naturally occurring sugars, like dried fruits, can be good choices. Identifying naturally occurring sugars from added sugars will afford consumers the opportunity to make the best choices for themselves and their families."
The label is intended as a guide to help people compare foods and make good choices. The link between nutrition, obesity and chronic illnesses, such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease, prompted many of the changes.
The revised label would make the calorie count font larger and directly associated with the serving size.
"We all have a misconception of serving sizes," said Natasha Haynes, Extension family and consumer sciences agent in Rankin County. "Overeating is linked to many of the major health issues facing our society."
Most consumers are concerned primarily with the calorie count and serving size of their foods. But those with particular health issues or concerns will need to look further than the number of calories, Haynes said.
"Health conditions, such as diabetes, high cholesterol and cardiovascular disease, require people to monitor their intake of carbohydrates, fats and sodium," she said. "The changes being proposed can help people who are in the grocery aisle trying to make a decision," she said.
The FDA is requesting other changes be made to the label, including making percentage daily values easier to understand, revising the footnote and modifying daily values for sodium intake.
For more about the FDA's proposed changes or to comment on the changes, go to the FDA's website at http://1.usa.gov/RtSnlN. The comment period closes Aug. 1. After the approved changes are made, new labels will be required within two years.


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Kent has a long tradition in presenting the best of soul group harmony recordings. 25 years ago we came up with the LP "Great Sixties Soul Groups" and in the digital age Ady gathered together 24 Impressions sound-a-likes on "Impressed" and Tony followed with his two "Perfect Harmony" CDs. The last of those was issued in 2005, so this new volume is long overdue.
The time span is wide with a fascinating alternate take of the Mad Lads 'Don't Have To Shop Around' from 1965 while a late switch of tracks when we faced some licensing difficulties meant a 1984 track by the superb Detroit vocal outfit Nightchill was included at the last minute. We feel certain that our aural license will be forgiven once the track is heard.
Only four of the acts have appeared on previous volumes of the Harmony series and only three of the recordings have been compiled onto Ace CDs before and so the majority are digitalised for the first time.
Major attractions include the Dynamic Soul Machine's original version of the Sam Dees and Frederick Knight song 'Boom-A-Rang', also covered by Corey Blake as 'Your Love Is Like A Boomerang'. The Four Sonics take on Dusty's 'You Don't Have To Say You Love Me' was an inspired cover choice and a big R&B record two years after the hit. Also from Detroit comes the Dramatics first Volt 45, 'Since I've Been In Love', making its CD debut.
Harmony certainly does not only feature in ballads. The offerings of Philly's Festivals and Detroit's Brothers Of Soul are mid-tempo movers of the highest vocal and musical quality.
How the Pretenders never had an R&B hit is a mystery. Their beautiful 'Just You Wait And See' didn't make it onto our Carnival CDs but fits in perfectly here. For the many soul group collectors who came to the music through doo wop the inclusion of the very scarce and expensive Flodavieur 45 by the Inconquerables will be welcome with its echoes of the 50s in 'Wait For Me' as there is with the Imaginations melodious 'Strange Voice', remixed from the original multi-track tape. Tape talk neatly brings in the quarter of the album never heard before. Dave Hamilton's Detroit studios supply the Webb People 'Who's The Biggest Fool' and the Nightchill number 'Once Again'. If we add his rare TCB-pressed 'Heavenly Thing' by the Mark-Keys we can see how deeply he was into this sound.
New York producer David Blake is the link between the Stylistics-sounding Radiations 'Love Be Not A Stranger', released on Valise Records, possibly sung at an even higher pitch than their mentors could manage, and the Quotations whom he produced for DiVenus Records. Their 'Anytime You Want Me' has a slick 60s Big Apple production but missed release when the label folded.
The soul harmony sound is most often performed by men but here we have two excellent renditions by girl groups. Carnival's Joe Evans excelled at this style of soul and released 'Need Someone To Love' on both Norma Jenkins and the Symphonies, whose group arrangement we chose. We have also added a delicate, unreleased ballad by the Lovettes, 'I'll Be Waiting', its gentle harmonies the perfect ending to this latest Kent offering.
By Ady Croasdell and Tony Rounce


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St. Angela of the Cross
St. Angela of the Cross
Feast date: Mar 02
St. Angela of the Cross is the Foundress of the Institute of the Sisters of the Company of the Cross.
Born on January 30, 1846 in Seville, Spain, and given the baptismal name "Maria of the Angels" Guerrero Gonzalez, the future Saint was affectionately known as "Angelita". Her father worked as a cook in the convent of the Trinitarian Fathers, where her mother also worked doing the laundry. They had 14 children, with only six reaching adulthood.
Angelita was greatly influenced by the teaching and example of her pious parents, and was taught from an early age how to pray the Rosary. She could often be found in the parish church praying before the image of "Our Lady of Good Health", while her mother prepared a nearby altar. In their own home, a simple altar was erected in honour of the Virgin Mary during the month of May, where the family would recite the Rosary and give special honour to Our Lady.
Angelita made her First Communion when she was eight, and her Confirmation when she was nine. She had little formal education, and began work as a young girl in a shoeshop. Her employer and teacher of shoe repair, Antonia Maldonado, was a holy woman; every day the employees prayed the Rosary together and read the lives of the Saints. Canon José Torres Padilla of Seville was Antonia's spiritual director, and had a reputation of "forming saints". Angelita was 16 years old when she met Fr. Torres and was put under his direction.
Angelita's desire to enter religious life was growing, and when she was 19, she asked to enter the Discalced Carmelites in Santa Cruz but was refused admission because of her poor health. Instead, following the advice of Fr Torres, she began caring for destitute cholera patients, because a cholera epidemic was quickly spreading among the poor.
In 1868 Angelita tried once again to enter the convent, this time the Daughters of Charity of Seville. Although her health was still frail, she was admitted. The sisters tried to improve her health and sent her to Cuenca and Valencia, but to no avail. She left the Daughters of Charity during the novitiate and returned home to continue working in the shoeshop.
Fr Torres believed that God had a plan for Angelita, but this plan was still a mystery. On 1 November 1871, at the foot of the Cross, she made a private vow to live the evangelical counsels, and in 1873 she received the call from God that would mark the beginning of her "new mission". During prayer, Angelita saw an empty cross standing directly in front of the one upon which Jesus was hanging. She understood immediately that God was asking her to hang from the empty cross, to be "poor with the poor in order to bring them to Christ".
Angelita continued to work in the shoeshop, but under obedience to Fr Torres she dedicated her free time to writing a detailed spiritual diary that revealed the style and ideal of life she was being called to live. On 2 August 1875 three other women joined Angelita, beginning community life together in a room they rented in Seville. From that day on, they began their visits and gave assistance to the poor, day and night.
These Sisters of the Company of the Cross, under the guidance of Angelita, named "Mother Angela of the Cross", lived an authentically recluse contemplative life when they were not among the poor. Once they returned to their home, they dedicated themselves to prayer and silence, but were always ready when needed to go out and serve the poor and dying. Mother Angela saw the sisters as "angels", called to help and love the poor and sick in their homes who otherwise would have been abandoned.
In 1877 a second community was founded in Utrera, in the province of Seville, and a year later one in Ayamonte. Fr Torres died that same year, and Fr José María Alvarez was appointed as the second director of the Institute.
While Mother Angela was alive, another 23 convents were established, with the sisters edifying everyone they served by their example of charity, poverty and humility. In fact, Mother Angela herself was known by all as "Mother of the Poor".
Mother Angela of the Cross died on 2 March 1932 in Seville. She was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 5 November 1982.
With her characteristic humility, she once wrote these words: "The nothing keeps silent, the nothing does not want to be, the nothing suffers all…. The nothing does not impose itself, the nothing does not command with authority, and finally, the nothing in the creature is practical humility".


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Geno Hayes, a 33-year-old former linebacker with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Florida State Seminoles, has been moved to hospice care.
ESPN reporter Jenna Laine said Hayes, who's the father of a 13 and 8-year-old, said he'd been battling liver disease for two years and was waiting for a transplant.
Before entering the hospital last month, Hayes said he'd been hospitalized over 20 times in the past year, ESPN reported.
According to ESPN, Hayes was placed on the waiting list in December for a transplant at the Mayo Clinic and Northwestern Medicine.
Hayes suspects the use of nonprescription pain medications caused his condition, combined with a family history of liver disease, the Tallahassee Democrat reported.


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