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White Rose Alliance
Chemistry (2FF8)
PGCE with QTS full time
- Accredited body
- York St John University
- Financial support
- Scholarship, bursary or student finance if you're eligible
- Qualification
PGCE with QTS
A postgraduate certificate in education (PGCE) with qualified teacher status (QTS) will allow you to teach in state schools in England and may allow you to teach in other parts of the UK.
It may also allow you to teach overseas, though you should always check what qualifications are needed in the country you'd like to teach in.
Many PGCE courses include credits that count toward a Master's degree.
- Course length
- 1 year
- Date you can apply from
- 8 October 2019
- Date course starts
- September 2020
- Website
- http://www.whiterosealliance.org.uk/
- About the course
- Interview process
- How school placements work
- Fees
- Financial support
- Requirements
- About the training provider
- Training with disabilities and other needs
- Contact details
- Apply
- Support and advice
About the course
Trainees will spend most of the training year based in their placement schools allocated from across White Rose Alliance partners. Trainees will undertake two contrasting placements: placement one running from September to Christmas, and placement two running from January to June.
The course structure enables trainees to develop their confidence and teaching knowledge in a supportive environment. Training will be led by University tutors and school staff and delivered in cross-subject groups, predominantly delivered in schools.
In addition to travel to their placement schools, during the course trainees are required to travel to the course accrediting university, York St John University, generally on Wednesday afternoons until Christmas, where trainees receive further training and be able to access all the specialist support that you would expect from a university. Trainees are also required to travel to the White Rose Alliance Lead School, King James's School in Knaresborough, for their Professional Studies programme every Wednesday morning until March.
The course leads to a PGCE qualification and Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) .
Interview process
All WRA interviews take place at King James's School in Knaresborough. Candidates will generally be given one week's notice of interview whenever possible & the session will usually last for a morning. Depending on applications received, the number of candidates attending (& their subjects) are likely to vary. During the interview session, candidates can expect to have a subject discussion with a subject specialist, undertake a subject test, lead a teaching activity with a group of six Year 7 or 8 students (observed by the interview panel) & have a formal interview. Depending on numbers of candidates at any particular interview session, candidates may also be asked to participate in a group discussion task. The panel for the formal interview will comprise 2 or 3 members of a combination of White Rose Alliance staff, partner school staff or university staff. Candidates will be advised of the interview outcome as soon as possible after the session, once all information from the interview activities has been collated. Should there be any delay to this, candidates will be advised at the end of the interview session.
How school placements work
For the majority of the course, trainees are school-based. Trainees will in school unless attending sessions at their link university (in general terms one day per week), the weekly Professional Studies sessions at King James's School on Wednesday mornings or School Experience Days at WRA partner schools.
WRA partner schools are:
- King James's School, Knaresborough
- Allerton Grange School,Leeds
- Bradford Grammar School
- Stokesley School, Stokesley
- The Grammar School at Leeds
- Thirsk School and Sixth Form College, Thirsk
- Ripon Grammar School, Ripon
- Sherburn High School, Sherburn
- Tadcaster Grammar School, Tadcaster
- Hambleton and Richmondshire Pupil Referral Service (a WRA partner school used for school experience days but trainees will not undertake school placements here)
- Boroughbridge High School, Boroughbridge
Trainees undertake 2 contrasting placements in our partner schools: Placement 1 from September to Christmas and Placement 2 from January to June.
When deciding which schools our trainees will have their placements in, we take into account a number of factors including trainee home location and transport arrangements (ie. do you have your own vehicle or are you reliant on public transport?). We will not place trainees in a school where daily distance from home to school was excessive or impractical. However, we do also have to take into account accommodating the rest of the cohort and the needs of our partner schools (not all schools are able to offer placements in all subjects). Not all WRA partner schools are able to provide placements for all subjects & therefore on occasions, it may be necessary for trainees to undertake placements in non-WRA schools. In addition to their 2 placements, trainees will also have an opportunity to visit the Hambleton & Richmondshire PRS for a paired day visit plus have School Experience Days in some of our other partner schools as part of our Professional Studies programme.
During their school placements trainees will be expected to cover the 11-16 age range plus obtain experience of some 11-18 as well during their course.
Financial support
You could be eligible for either:
- a scholarship of £28,000
- a bursary of £26,000
With a scholarship or bursary, you'll also get early career payments of £2,000 in your second, third and fourth years of teaching (£3,000 in some areas of England).
To qualify for a scholarship you'll need a degree of 2:1 or above in Chemistry or a related subject. For a bursary you'll need a 2:2 or above in any subject.
You can't claim both a bursary and a scholarship - you can only claim one.
Find out how to apply for a scholarship. You don't need to apply for a bursary - if you're eligible, you'll automatically start receiving it once you begin your course. Find out how you'll be paid.
You may also be eligible for a loan while you study – note that you'll have to apply for undergraduate student finance.
Find out about financial support if you're from outside the UK.
Honours degree in chosen subject at 2.2 or above. If degree subject is not fully in the subject applied for, but applicant holds an A Level in the subject & can demonstrate subject experience, applicant may still be considered & if successful at interview, such an applicant is likely to be required to complete a subject knowledge enhancement (SKE); this would become a condition from any offer made at interview.
GCSE Grade Cs or above (or equivalent) in English and Mathematics plus GCSE Science for Science subject applicants.
Personal qualities
- Strong subject knowledge & willingness to develop it
- Enthusiasm for subject and a desire to share this
- Passion for both learning and teaching
- Genuine interest in young people and their development
- Strong and committed work ethic
- Ability to build good working relationships with others
- Excellent organisation and time management skills
- Confidence in communicating with young people and adults of all levels
- Resilience to cope under pressure
- Creativity
- Self-motivation
- Resourcefulness and adaptability
- Openness to constructive criticism
- Reflective approach
- Sense of humour
- Patience
Other requirements
Standard university conditions will apply to all offers made at interview. These include proof of qualifications (candidates will be required to produce degree certificate & GCSE Maths & English certificates for verification), have an Enhanced DBS check & complete a medical check.
About the training provider
The White Rose Alliance (School Direct) is a partnership who work together to develop outstanding student teachers who are:
- transformative and creative professionals
- highly motivated and committed
- autonomous and independent
- enquiry based practitioners
- self-reflective practitioners
We are committed to delivering outstanding training that is current and relevant and that provides excellent opportunities for you to develop your knowledge and understanding of your subject and wider educational issues, so that you are well-equipped to be outstanding teachers and education leaders.
King James's School Knaresborough is the lead school for the White Rose Alliance which is a partnership of 11 successful 11-18 schools which provide a variety of educational contexts from inner city to rural based across North and West Yorkshire.
The White Rose Alliance is a well-established provider with a proven track record of bringing teachers into the profession through high quality Initial Teacher Training. We work in partnership with 3 universities in the region who accredit our courses. Across our previous 5 cohorts, 99% of trainees achieved Outstanding or Good final grades (100% in 2018/19) with 90% of trainees securing jobs of choice before or soon after graduating.
Whilst we are large enough to offer our trainees a broad range of educational experiences, we intentionally remain a smaller provider to enable us to understand our trainees as individuals & support their particular needs.
About the accredited body
YSJ supports and trains student teachers who are intelligent risk takers who base their professional decisions on a deep-rooted understanding of pupil's learning and effective pedagogies.
Initial Teacher Education with York St John University in collaboration with the White Rose Alliance will provide you with high quality training that not only responds to the demands of the Teaching Standards and changes in the wider education landscape but also encompasses and embraces that which criticises and critiques current practice, encouraging, acknowledging and rewarding research-led reflection on pedagogy.
Training with disabilities and other needs
For details about supporting candidates with disabilities and other needs, please see the websites of the respective university partner linked to the course you are interested in:
Leeds Trinity University - (http://www.leedstrinity.ac.uk/student-life/student-support/dyslexia-and-disability-support)
York St John University - (https://www.yorksj.ac.uk/student-services/disability-advice-team/disability-support/)
Sheffield Hallam University - (https://www.shu.ac.uk/current-students/student-support/disability-support)
Contact details
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- Website
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text: Mad Marginal Cahier #4 I See Words, I Hear Voices Dora García and Chantal Pontbriand 2015 Mad Marginal Cahier #4: I See Words, I Hear Voices brings together essays by international authors that develop different threads pertaining to artist Dora García's practice. In her research, she explores—through the figures of James Joyce and Robert Walser—deviant literature, exploded language, the unconscious, and the notion of exile as inherent to artistic practice. García is currently examining voice-hearing and other extrasensory perceptions. Mad Marginal Charts, an abstract mapping of references central to her idea of marginality as an artistic position, marks her trajectory in this new cycle of works, which has been featured and elaborated in exhibitions in 2014 and 2015. The echoes of the world, those one hears badly or rarely, are "exhibited" in a context to be experienced as much as watched, as much as read. The text becomes palpable, and undoubtedly inscribed in the flesh of the world. Through the act of seeing, the text becomes voice. —Chantal Pontbriand Copublished with the Oslo Academy of Fine Art at Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Fonderie Darling, Punkt Ø, and the Power Plant Contributors Caroline Andrieux, David Dorenbaum, Dora García, Maria C. Havstam, Christa-Maria Lerm Hayes, Vanessa Ohlraun, Britta Peters, Chantal Pontbriand, Kjetil Røed, Margit Säde, Caroline von Taysen, David Tomas Paperback $30.00 Add to Cart Preview

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While the big rumble is the car-parks and the new Tesco looming on the horizon there are smaller blips going on that may remain un-noticed having little to do with the public at large.
An item was brought to my attention in August, but only briefly and not very well. Another encounter brought a clearer understanding of what's going on. I'm talking about mileage rates for council staff. Yawn.
As it stands the council uses the National Joint Council for Local Government (NJC) rate guide this divides car-users into two groups Essential and Casual. Essential users get a lump sum per year and an allowance for the first 8,500 miles. Casual users just get the allowance. Next year the NJC is increasing the sums and the council are looking to change the scheme. Rather than just stick with the old allowances it's new broom time and the use of the HMRC guidelines.
This means the council saving money so we should all be happy. Well maybe, see the HMRC guidelines are designed for businesses. Now if you're in a business and the job you do means you have to use a car, say you're a travelling salesman, the business tends to provide the car; one from their fleet. You save receipts for petrol and get the mileage back as part of your job. You are an Essential user.
Sure you get taxed on the car, but you don't pay for repairs or MOTs etc. and this was mirrored for the Essential user class; rather than a car they got the lump sum to offset the wear-and-tear sustained during work use.
What the council (or to be precise the Cabinet) propose is the removal of the two different 'classes' and putting everyone on the standard mileage allowance. What's more as almost a side-effect this is a flat mileage allowance regardless of engine size; use a big wasteful engine and that eats into the mileage allowance more than a environmentally friendly engine. That's great except for those whose work requires a big powerful engine, and oh by the way as always it's up to the owner to try to sell their 'gas-guzzler' to pick up another car; so hey more expense with a very slow recoup time.
Now I'm sure some just don't care, or see this is as fair; I'm not going to take sides. What it does mean though is that it's not just the public who's muttering at things done in council; it's some of the workers too.
One final note - I'm sure it's all innocent but check out page 2 of this document answering the questions from employees.
Q. It was agreed in 2001 by the Chief Executive at that time that essential user allowance would be attached to all posts that require to be called out.In other words - there is another way we could do this, do you want us to consider that? Thought not.
A. Since 2001 the Council's financial situation has changed significantly and all efforts are being made to realise savings through other means rather than reduce posts.


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When was the last time your students said "Wow, that worksheet changed my life"? Can you even remember a similar cookie cutter classroom activity or assignment from your days as a student? Yet they were a popular tool because they were structured and efficient in getting the class to a set finish point.
Education, guided by a focus on Bloom's Revised Taxonomy, is moving towards an emphasis on creation and innovation in the classroom. Though technology did not spark this movement, it has fueled the process by providing students with exciting and powerful tools. But is creation synonymous with learning? Can students even create without learning? How can we ensure that what they create has value?
The Exploding Volcano Project
The past archetype for creation in schools is best embodied by the Exploding Volcano Project. Picture two students standing before the class nervously combining the vinegar, baking soda, and red food coloring that sets the explosion in motion. The class cheers as the small toy figures are consumed by the red wave of destruction.
The real question for teachers the becomes "Did the students presenting, and the other students in class, truly understand the learning objective behind the project?" If they did, then the lesson was a success and that volcano provided a dynamic form of class engagement tied to the learning objective. If they did not, the lesson produced a time consuming distraction that – despite the oohs, aahs and excitement – produced no learning.
4 Strategies To Ensure Students Learn While Creating
Teachers need to help their students move past the flashy excitement of the best creation tools and establish a laser focus on their learning objective. Student work should be an expression of learning not just the mastery of a tool.
1. Start with your specific learning objective.
Define the objective of your lesson clearly and effectively, then communicate it to you class. Allowing your students to have freedom and choice is much easier when those options revolve around a clear mission. Framing that mission for your class is where it all begins, and if done incorrectly, where things can come undone.
2. The idea to be expressed comes before the tool used to express it.
In reality, all products are in essence an essay expressed through a different medium. Whether you call it a "main idea," a "thesis," or something else, all student projects should begin with one. This is the student's unique take on demonstrating the class objective, and should guide their research, organization, as well as their choice of tool.
3. Make asking "How will this show mastery of the learning objective?" your classroom mantra.
Doing this will help students to keep the assignment on task and evaluate the effectiveness of their work and allowing them to reflect on their current knowledge. This constant articulation of the learning objective in their own words develops a crucial metacognitive skill: the ability to evaluate their own progress.
4. Engage in evaluating the PROCESS of creation and not just grading the finished product.
Technology creates well-polished products. At first glance, a well-edited video or a visually pleasing presentation can impress, but upon further evaluation, it may be of little substance. Creating check-ins and opportunities for peer and teacher review can keep the learning objective in view as well as support the development of skills. Watching a student construct meaning, formulate how to express it to an audience, and THEN create a presentation, offers more opportunity to foster growth than just collecting an assignment ever will.
The following creation example illustrates how one student chose to demonstrate his mastery of the learning objective "Describe and communicate the ideas and philosophies that arose in response to the industrial revolution."
While many students chose posters or graphic organizers to explain these concepts, this student, gifted as a musician, chose to write this song. As you listen, ask yourself if it meets the objective, and if it represents learning.


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This feature documentary examines the destruction of the tundra barrens of northern Canada for mineral mining, including that of Canadian diamonds. Many species have been threatened by this development, including the caribou and the Eskimo Curlew, a bird that flew the sky in thousands which is now nearly extinct. This film makes a compelling case for planned conservation in one of the last unspoiled wilderness regions left in the world.
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HOW DARE YOU PUT YOUR MONETARY NEEDS , AGAINST THE SURVIVAL OF SPECIES , THAT HAVE SHARED THIS LAND !!! OH , IT IS SO SAD , THAT , YOU , WOULD PUT YOURSELF AHEAD OF MOTHER NATURE .. WHAT ARE YOU DOING ???? DIAMONDS , ARE SOMETHING MANKIND HAS SAID TRICKED ALL INTO BELIEVING THAT THEY ARE WORTH SOMETHING !! ??? PEICES OF CARBON !!!! SHINY , YES NICE , GIVE US THE LIVING SPECIES !!!!faroishome, 11 Aug 2010


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A big economic announcement this week will be tomorrow's Advance Estimate for Q4 GDP from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The final number for Q3 GDP was 3.1%. The general consensus is that Q4 will show a significant decline in this broad measure of the economy. Investing.com weighs in at 1.8%. According to Briefing.com, the consensus for Q4 is 1.0%. However, Briefing.com's own estimate, I should point out, is considerably lower at 0.1%.
The substantial spread between the Briefing.com consensus and its own estimate prompts a question. What is the distribution of opinions among a broad range economists on this benchmark metric? Is the range wide or narrow? Let's review the data in the Wall Street Journal's January survey of economists, conducted January 4-8, which is available in Excel format here. 50 of the 52 economists solicited in the survey responded. The chart below arranges their Q4 GDP forecasts horizontally from low-to-high to give us a visualisation of the distribution of responses and any outliers.
As the chart suggests, the majority of professionals fall into a fairly narrow range around the 1.5% Median (middle), which is also the Mode (most frequent number). The Mean (average) was slightly higher at 1.56% (1.6% at one decimal place). A conspicuous feature of this visualisation is the half-dozen outliers in the 2.4% to 2.7% range.
Looking Ahead to Q1
What do the economists see for Q1 of 2013? Not surprisingly, the forecast spread widens as economists look further into the future, ranging from 0.5% to 3.1%. The Mode, at 1.5%, is the same as for Q4 2012; the Median is fractionally higher at 1.6%. The Mean is a bit higher at 1.7% resulting from the increasing optimism at the high end.
The numbers noticeably improve for Q2 2013, with the Median and Mode both rising to 2.0%, and the Mean rises to 2.2%. Also, we have a pair of optimists who put the Q2 number at 3.6%, which is above the historic average of 3.2% since the inception of quarterly GDP in 1948. Incidentally, the 10-year moving average is only 1.7%.
I'll close with the WSJ economists' forecast for the annual 2013 GDP.
Here we see the Median rise to 2.2% and the Mean to 2.2%. The Mode (most frequent forecast) curiously slips a bit to 1.9%.
I'm posting this at Tuesday midday. On Wednesday morning we'll be able to determine how close the WSJ consensus on Q4 GDP (first chart above) is to the BEA's Advance Estimate.
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Perez Hilton's last major gig as a judge was far from a unanimous success. But that hasn't stopped him from campaigning to replace TV's best known – and perhaps most disliked – arbiter of talent: Simon Cowell.
"I'm a gay man and nobody has snarky opinions on singing like a proud [homosexual]," the self-promoting, controversy-courting online gossip declares.
Hilton's tongue-in-cheek (we hope) pitch came in a clever mock presidential-style campaign ad posted Tuesday on Funny or Die. The political theme seems apt, given that the future of the "Idol" judge's panel is the subject of Beltway-like, seemingly endless speculation.
Cowell is a lame duck, with his exit planned for the season's end. New judge Ellen DeGeneres is surging in the polls (some 58 percent think she's doing an "awesome" job, though 46 percent miss Paula Abdul, according to an AOL Television survey). Meanwhile, self-declared Queen of All Media Hilton is getting laughs from his rogue campaign for the job – just like self-declared King of All Media Howard Stern, who recently mused about replacing Cowell.
All this politicking comes as the public is casting its first votes on the fates of this season's talented contestants – remember them?
In its nine seasons, Fox's "American Idol" has operated in its own bizarro, alternate world of American democracy, where one text equals one vote (and virtual ballot-box stuffing is rampant). Last year's faceoff between Kris Allen and Adam Lambert drew some 100 million votes, compared to about 115 million cast in the Barack Obama-John McCain presidential contest.
Meanwhile, we're at a strange point in time where another Fox enterprise – Fox News – is a platform for a handful of folks who could end up running for president (Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, Mike Huckabee). All three straddle the worlds of celebrity, punditry and politics. With Obama just over a year into his term, divisions and political posturing from all over are distracting the country from important business at hand.
The same might be said regarding the much less weighty matter of the shifting of the judges on "Idol." The buzz over who will replace Cowell threatens to drown out what the show really should be about: the young singers.
"What a cush job," Stern said earlier this month as he called "American Idol" a "f---ing karaoke contest."
Hilton shows similar profane disdain: "Perez for Idol, B-----s!" is his campaign slogan.
Check out his video below. We think it's amusing and taps into a larger truth about what "Idol" has become – but you be the judge.
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A Washington woman who forced teenage girls to have sex with paying clients she found on the internet has been given some superjustice and sentenced to one year of jail time. If you think that punishment is too harsh for a woman who benefitted financially from forcing kids to have sex, don't fret; she can serve 300 of the days on work release. This isn't a slap on the wrist, it's a kiss on the hand followed by a slightly too rough shoulder massage.
Melissa Marie Salsbury recruited the 17 and 18-year-old girls she'd go on to exploit through a series of ads wherein she promised she'd help them get jobs as dancers. When the young women responded, she and her husband, Stanley Lynn Salsbury, Jr. would rent hotel rooms in Kennewick, Washington and force the girls to have sex with clients for money. The Salsburys kept the girls working as prostitutes by threatening them with violence and telling the girls that unless they continued to do their bidding, they'd tell the girls' boyfriends or their parents. Salsbury found a steady stream of clients who knew the girls were underage by posting ads on backpage.com. For several months, their operation hummed along.
Authorities discovered their coerced teen sex-for-profit ring when one of the girls, who was 17 at the time, confessed what was going on to her high school guidance counselor.
Salsbury eventually pled guilty to promoting commercial sexual abuse of a minor, a felony that normally carries a penalty of about 7 to 10 years in prison. Her sentence? A whopping year behind bars.
So why the flaccid 1 year jail sentence for a woman who operated a business that was a breath away from teen sex slavery? Lawyers involved with the case provided several unconvincing reasons. First, Salsbury cooperated with authorities, turning over all requested evidence and the names of several johns and her husband, who aided her in her whoremaking. She also pled guilty, like a good, compliant criminal (except she didn't, really, plead guilty the whole time). Second, she had a baby back in October, which means that she'll miss a year of her son's development, which, according to court documents, "is itself a form of punishment." Third, and, according to court documents "more troubling" than Salsbury's actual crimes is the fact that Salsbury had been recruited into sex work as a teenager, and didn't understand the harm she was doing to the victims, and thus her ability to appreciate the wrongness of her conduct was "impaired."
Yes, let's release a woman with an infant who doesn't understand the harmfulness of teenage sex slavery back into society sans reparative therapy. This sounds like an excellent idea.
If you're hoping that the other parties involved in the case were given punishments that fit their crimes, you're going to be disappointed. Salsbury's husband, who booked the hotel rooms and often accompanied his wife to meet clients, was given 10 days in jail, and if he behaves himself for a year, he can go back to court to get the conviction vacated. The johns who knew the girls' ages haven't yet been sentenced, but if the woeful underpunishment trend continues, they'll probably be forced to eat entire bags of coconut M&Ms and then watch an episode of Yo Gabba Gabba while being frowned at by an offended cat.
Woman who forced girls into sex sentenced to one year in jail [Tri-City Herald]
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|That is Chef Ellie Basch and Slow Food's Stacy Luks wrangling their pizza dough.
The owner of Pizza Tonight, Victoria DeRoche, gave us some fantastic tips on making pizza dough, which can be extremely tricky. Pizza Tonight dough is made with high gluten flour from Italy (though they make a gluten free version too) and a very precise method. I believe cooking techniques are best taught in person, and Victoria was a fantastic teacher. She is funny and even though I am sure she has told the stories and taught the process loads of times, she still seems to genuinely enjoy it.
|Extraordinary toppings!
|Jannequin is showing me how to slide the pizza off the peel. If you wait too long, the flour on the peel incorporates into the dough, and it won't release! (Very important lessons learned here.)
|Never mind the shape y'all, it tasted fantastic.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Duval County School Board member has formally requested that the board consider changing the name of Nathan B. Forrest High School -- whose namesake was the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.
After weeks of debate and a parade of people spoke on both sides of the issue, Duval County School Board Member Connie Hall read a written request to "initiate the renaming of Nathan B. Forest (sic) High School" during Tuesday night's meeting, WJXT reports.
The school board could vote as early as Friday on an agenda item to authorize Superintendent Nikolai Vitti to begin the process.
There's been growing controversy over the name of Forrest High School over the last few months. Many people would like to see the school's name changed.
After Dr. Hall's letter was introduced during Tuesday night's meeting, the board voted to change their meeting on Friday this week, to a regular board meeting so they could vote on the motion to change the name of Forrest High School, rather than waiting for the school board's regular meeting in December.
DOCUMENT: Connie Hall's letter to Duval County School Board
WJXT reports the district said Monday night that the board could not take up the issue until the school's student advisory council decided whether they wanted a name change. The school board discussed the change after protestors showed up at the School board building Tuesday night protesting the name of Nathan B. Forrest High School.
"They talk about it as southern history and our heritage, and I've been a southerner for many generations and I do not want that being representative of our heritage in anyway," said Eleanor Wilson, who supports changing Forrest High School's name.
"I think it's a reflection of people not wanting to change tradition," said Wells Todd. "It's bound up in the exploitation and oppression of Africans."
Not everyone at Tuesday's protest wanted Forrest High's name to change.
"If you change the name, what is it really gonna change? Is it going to change the neighborhood or the surroundings? Change anything? No, change absolutely nothing," said Blair Swan.
Many people have called WJXT saying Nathan B. Forrest High's name shouldn't change. Monye Elvord, who now lives in Tallahassee, voiced her reasoning behind keeping the name the same.
Elvord said that not only is she a Forrest alumnae, but back in 1995, she was crowned as the first African American Miss Forrest.
"If there's something that needs to be done, it's focusing on the students and not a gentleman who was part of the confederacy, and for one year of his life was involved with the KKK," said Elvord.


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A most interesting and valuable case study of savings for the public purse in Canada from the use of open data — by exposing a large tax fraud involving charitable receipts – is:
Case Study: How Open Data Saved Canada $3.2 Billion
by David Eaves
As Eaves writes, in essence, "the power of open data" is "the power to find problems in complicated environments, and possibly even to prevent them from emerging."
See also Eaves' three laws of open government data post:
- If it can't be spidered or indexed, it doesn't exist [i.e., can the data be found?].
- If it isn't available in open and machine readable format, it can't engage [i.e., to be useful, one needs to be able to play with the data].
- If a legal framework doesn't allow it to be repurposed, it doesn't empower [i.e., a legal framework is necessary to allow sharing of the data].
Hat tip to Law Librarian Blog, referring in turn to Pew Internet's Susannah Fox, The Power of Data and the Power of One.


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October 2011
My working practice consists of three main activities: art, programming, and labour. Over the past few years, my artistic activities have been pushed aside by my activities in programming and labour.
For the purpose of defining what I am, in terms of what I am paid to do, I am a full time factory worker and nothing more. This work largely consists me performing the same short sequence of actions 450 times a day for the national minimum wage. I will eventually have to do something about this.
As a programmer I mainly code using the C language on the Linux platform and distribute it as FOSS. I have created my own projects and have forked other software projects modifying them for my own purposes. C is the language on which I have learnt my programming skills.
The other main language I use is PHP which this website is coded in. The website has grown hand in hand with my knowledge of PHP.
Ten years have passed since I graduated as Bachelor of Arts from university and in my frequently negative moments, my education, and self-education can seem like a futile waste of time. I'm not quite comfortable with the fact art is becoming something I used to do.


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Table of Contents
- Lab Tests Are Important Tools
- Viral Load Test
- Resistance Test
- Tropism Test
- Hypersensitivity Test for Ziagen
- Bottom Line
Lab Tests Are Important Tools
Having regular lab tests is a necessary part of caring for your health. If you are living with HIV (HIV+), lab tests are especially important tools that help you and your health care provider keep track of how you are doing in the following areas:
Immune System Status
How HIV is affecting your immune system
If you need to start or change HIV drugs
- Example of lab test: CD4 count (see The Well Project's article, Understanding CD4 Cells and CD4 Cell Tests)
Overall Health
How your body's organ systems are functioning
If you have side effects from the drugs
If you are having problems not related to HIV
- Examples of lab tests: complete blood count, blood chemistry tests, blood fat and sugar tests (see our article, Understanding Lab Tests I: Complete Blood Count and Blood Chemistry)
HIV Illness
How HIV is responding to the drugs you are taking
Which drugs to use
The specific characteristics of your virus
- Examples of lab tests: viral load test, resistance test, tropism test (explained below)
Viral Load Test
Viral load is the amount (number of copies) of HIV in your bloodstream. There are several different types of lab tests that measure viral load. All these tests are accurate, but each has a different way to measure the amount of virus. It is best to stick with the same kind of test and not switch among them or it will be difficult to compare results over time.
Viral load results are reported as copies of HIV in one milliliter of blood. The lower the number, the less virus there is in your blood. Numbers can range from about one million copies to as few as 50 copies. If you have fewer than 50 copies, your health care provider may tell you that your results are "undetectable."
Being undetectable is a great result because it means your virus is under control. However, undetectable does not mean that you have been cured of HIV or that you cannot pass it to others. The good news is that studies have shown that having an undetectable viral load can greatly reduce the changes of passing HIV on to others (e.g., being virally suppressed can decrease HIV transmission by 93 percent or more).
Having an undetectable viral load means that there is not enough HIV in your bloodstream for the test to measure. It is also important to know that labs that test viral load have different cut-offs below which they cannot detect HIV. For example: you could have 35 copies of HIV in your blood, and in lab #1, which cannot detect any HIV below 50 copies, your viral load would be considered 'undetectable.' However, in lab #2, which cannot detect any HIV below 20 copies, your viral load would be considered detectable and would report that you have a viral load of 35.
Viral load tests are an important tool to:
- Check HIV progression
When compared over time, viral load results show if the amount of HIV in your bloodstream is higher or lower than it was before. The higher your viral load, the greater the chances that your immune system is being damaged.
- Measure how well HIV drugs are working
HIV drugs work by preventing the virus from making copies of itself (reproducing). When a combination of HIV drugs (your drug regimen) is working, the viral load usually goes down within weeks of starting the drugs. If your viral load goes up while taking HIV drugs, your drugs may not be working as well as they should.
One goal of HIV treatment is to keep viral load levels as low as possible for as long as possible. This gives you the best chance of staying healthy. With effective HIV treatment regimens, viral load can be reduced to undetectable in many people. This is a great result. It means that your HIV drugs are working and you are doing a great job taking them. However, HIV is still in your body, hiding in an inactive state and not reproducing. If you stop taking your HIV drugs, the virus usually comes out of hiding and starts reproducing; then your viral load will go up.
When Should You Get a Viral Load Test?
If you are not on HIV treatment, have a viral load test
When you start receiving HIV care
- Repeat test every three to six months
When you start treatment, have a viral load test
When starting and two to eight weeks after treatment was started
- Repeat test every one to two months until viral load becomes undetectable
Once you are on a stable treatment regimen and undetectable, have a viral load test
- Every three to six months
When you change treatment, have a viral load test
When changing and two to eight weeks after treatment was changed
- Repeat test every one to two months until viral load becomes undetectable
If your drug regimen is working, your viral load should become undetectable within six months of starting treatment. If this does not happen, if your viral load stays detectable on stable therapy, or if your viral load keeps increasing, it can signal that your drug regimen is not controlling HIV as well as it should. It is important that you and your health care provider discuss all possible reasons (e.g., problems with your body's ability to absorb the drug, problems sticking to your regimen or drug resistance) and take steps to correct the problem. These steps may include additional testing and changing your HIV drugs.
Resistance Test
HIV drugs are designed to keep your viral load under control by preventing the virus from reproducing (making copies of itself). Sometimes HIV changes, or mutates as it makes copies of itself. These changes may allow the virus to overcome the effects of a drug and keep reproducing. When this happens, we say HIV has developed resistance to that drug.
Resistance decreases the ability of HIV drugs to control your virus and reduces your treatment options. The best way to prevent resistance is to stick closely (adhere) to your HIV drug regimen. With good adherence, resistance is less likely to develop.
Drug resistance tests are used to determine if your virus has developed resistance to HIV drugs. There are several types of resistance tests available.
- Genotype test
This test uses HIV from your blood to check for mutations -- changes in the virus's genetic sequence or genetic code -- associated with drug resistance
- Phenotype test
This test exposes your virus to many HIV drugs in a test tube to determine which ones still work against your HIV
- Virtual phenotype test
This is a genotype test that goes one step further -- it uses phenotype information to predict which drugs will be effective against your virus (and its mutations)
In most cases, the genotype is the preferred test. For people who have been on HIV treatment before and may have HIV that is resistant to a number of different drugs, including protease inhibitors, the phenotype test may be done in addition to the genotype.
When Should You Get a Resistance Test?
Resistance testing is recommended for people who have:
- just been diagnosed as living with HIV, whether or not they are going to take HIV drugs right away
- never taken HIV drugs and are starting to receive medical care, whether or not they are going to take HIV drugs right away
- never been on HIV drugs and are planning to start
- see their viral load go up despite being on HIV drugs
- recently started HIV drugs and their viral load is not coming down enough
- become pregnant while living with HIV
Resistance testing is not usually recommended for:
- People who have stopped HIV drugs for four weeks or more
- People with a viral load below 500-1,000 copies
Resistance tests are helpful when choosing a drug regimen but the tests are only a guide. Other factors, such as past medications, side effects, and adherence must also be taken into account.
Tropism Test
Tropism describes the way HIV infects CD4 cells. Finding out the tropism of HIV is important because there is a class of HIV drugs that works against HIV that infects cells through something called the CCR5 co-receptor. This class of drugs is called CCR5 antagonists or entry inhibitors. They block HIV from attaching to the CCR5 co-receptors of CD4 cells. If HIV cannot attach to CD4 cells, it cannot enter and infect the cells. CCR5 antagonists or entry inhibitors only work for people whose HIV is CCR5 tropic.
When Should You Get a Tropism Test?
Tropism testing lets your health care provider know if you have CCR5 tropic virus. It is important that you take this test if you are thinking of starting a CCR5 antagonist. At this point, there is only one CCR5 antagonist available called Selzentry (maraviroc), but there are others in development.
Hypersensitivity Test for Ziagen
The HIV drug Ziagen (abacavir) can cause life-threatening reactions similar to severe allergic reactions in some people. Symptoms of hypersensitivity include rash, fever, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, sore throat, cough, and shortness of breath. People with a certain gene (HLA-B*5701) are at risk for developing this hypersensitivity reaction. Consequently, the US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) recommends being tested for HLA-B*5701 before beginning treatment with Ziagen.
When Should You Get a Hypersensitivity Test?
If you and your health care provider are thinking about beginning treatment with Ziagen, it is important for you to get the HLA-B*5701 blood test. If you are found to have the HLA-B*5701 gene, the DHHS recommends that you not take Ziagen.
Bottom Line
Regular lab tests are very important in the management of your health and your HIV. Speak to your health care provider about when you need to take the tests described above and how they can be used to help you make treatment decisions.


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Here is some advice on the risks and rewards of consulting, freelancing or independent contracting from someone who has actually done it!


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Well, I really didn't read a lot this month but I guess that isn't a surprise seeing as I called that back in January. I always read less in summer since I end up spend time outside grilling, clinking wine glasses with friends and soaking up the sun. It leaves a lot less time for inside activities.
Not to mention I worked out 17 times last month. And yes, I would like my gold star, please.
I finished 3 books and generally speaking all enjoyable. I've read 49 books of my 50 book goal this year, so at least I know next month I can do some celebrating no matter what!
Anyway, let's talk about what I read:
Groundswell by Katie Lee
I was never really that interested in Katie Lee when she was married to Billy Joel, but when she started writing cookbooks and doing more lifestyle stuff in the media, I admit I thought she was pretty darling. Plus I'm always fascinated by people who actually live in The Hamptons year round — I mean, WHAT IS THAT LIFE LIKE??? Ina Garten: Adopt Me!
Anyway, I picked this up because I heard it was her first try at fiction and I'm always interested in the Quasi-Celeb Roman a clef. The plot line deals with a small town girl who marries big! But ultimately goes through a divorce with her Big! Hollywood! Celebrity! Husband. As such she takes herself on a post-divorce Stella-Gets-Her-Groove-Back trip to Mexico where she learns to surf…and maybe even love again. Cue sappy music.
The Pros: It definitely (and literally) is a good beachy read. Trashy Hollywood references, Yachts, Excess and Romance — important ingredients, yes?
The Cons: For a book billed as a post-divorce recovery story, a lot of real estate is given to the relationship. Like 2/3 of the book is about how she and her Hollywood Husband meet, fall in love, and live happily ever after for a while. The whole divorce, surfing and groove-getting takes place sort of hastily at the end of the book which was unexpected.
Overall it was light and fluffy and she's an okay writer. There is not an ounce of complexity to the prose or the plot, but I think sometimes in a beach read you just want simple and satisfying, so in that sense it did its job. I'd probably pick up her next book, depending on the topic.
Book Number 2 was Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe. You guys know how I felt about that book already so we'll just leave it at that.
Blood Bones and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef by Gabrielle Hamilton was my third read and I have to say I had no idea who Gabrielle Hamilton was before I read this. I picked it up solely because the front cover quote was by Anthony Bourdain proclaiming it the Best! Food Memoir! EVAR! Or you know, something equally hyperbolic, and I love everything that comes out of that guy's mouth, so I was intrigued.
Maybe you are hip and smart and you already knew all about her life and her East Village restaurant called Prune. I did not, but now that I have done some reading about it, it appears it has quite the cult following. Hamilton's simple and soulful food is rooted in memories of her complicated upbringing and an interesting personal life that would probably even make for good fiction.
What was most compelling about this book for me, was voice and overall writing style. In her 20s, in the middle of her years in New York catering, Hamilton went off to Michigan and earned a Writing MFA — and it shows. She can turn a phrase and set a scene that in a very powerful way and I wanted to underline passages on every other page just because they instantly captured the marrow of life. Happy, sad or indifferent, this book travels through a life time of emotions and experiences. Although I savored it, it came to an end too quickly. And like the mark of a true good read, I was sad when it was over.
What did you read this month that you loved?


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Too many Americans oppose and prevent serious efforts to head off problems until they become a crisis. They think we can postpone dealing with global warming, abuses in criminal trials, predictable shortages of fuel, food or water, threats to our health, and the backlash from our military adventures in the Middle East, among others.
It could be called denial. Or maybe it's just a part of a can-do attitude, the attitude that built America. Read the rest of this entry »


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Some of the biggest names in web APIs released new web services this month including Google, Amazon and Intuit. In looking at 4 of the new additions to our API directory last week there's the new Amazon RDS: a Relational Database in the Cloud, Google's Website Optimizer now has an API, and Intuit has rolled-out new APIs and tools that let QuickBooks Services Bridge the Desktop and the Cloud, and last but not least is an interesting new API from the folks at Factual that lets you create and embed tables of data anywhere. Outlined below is more detail on each of these new APIs:
Amazon RDS Relational Database Service API: Amazon Relational Database Service, aka Amazon RDS, is a web service that lets you set up, operate, and scale a relational database in the cloud. It provides cost-effective and resizable capacity. Amazon RDS gives you access to the full capabilities of a MySQL database. Thus the code, apps, and tools you already use today with your existing MySQL databases work as-is with Amazon RDS. The API provides
Factual API: Factual provides users with the tools to create and embed tables that show various sorts of data. The API allows developers to take these tables and customize them to their own interest. Examples of the site's use include a directory of California restaurants or a database of endocrinologists. The API is currently free of charge.
Google Website Optimizer API: The Google Website Optimizer API is part of the Google Analytics API and allows for developers to programmatically create and modify website optimizer experiments. These can be A/B tests as well as multivariate testing scenarios.
Intuit Data Service API: The Intuit Data Service provides a secure data repository in the cloud for a business data from Intuit applications and platforms like QuickBooks. It also gives authorized users of that data to securely read and write data to the repository using Intuit Workplace applications. These subscribed-to applications provide features that increase the value of the data.


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Unarmored trucks carrying needed supplies were ambushed, leaving six drivers dead. Records illuminate the fateful decision.
"Can anyone explain to me why we put civilians in the middle of known ambush sites?"
"Maybe we should put body bags on the packing list for our drivers."
T Christian Miller The LA Times September 3, 2007
Senior managers for defense contractor KBR overruled calls to halt supply operations in Iraq in the spring of 2004, ordering unarmored trucks into an active combat zone where six civilian drivers died in an ambush, according to newly available documents.
Company e-mails and other internal communications reveal that before KBR dispatched the convoy, a chorus of security advisors predicted an increase in roadside bombings and attacks on Iraq's highways. They recommended suspension of convoys.
"[I] think we will get people injured or killed tomorrow," warned KBR regional security chief George Seagle, citing "tons of intel." But in an e-mail sent a day before the convoy was dispatched, he also acknowledged: "Big politics and contract issues involved."
KBR was under intense pressure from the military to deliver on its multibillion-dollar contract to transport food, fuel and other vital supplies to U.S. soldiers. At Baghdad's airport, a shortage of jet fuel threatened to ground some units.
After consulting with military commanders, KBR's top managers decided to keep the convoys rolling. "If the [Army] pushes, then we push, too," wrote an aide to Craig Peterson, KBR's top official in Iraq.
The decision prompted a raging internal debate that is detailed in private KBR documents, some under court seal, that were reviewed by The Times.
One KBR management official threatened to resign when superiors ordered truckers to continue driving. "I cannot consciously sit back and allow unarmed civilians to get picked apart," wrote Keith Richard, chief of the trucking operation.
Six American truck drivers and two U.S. soldiers were killed when the convoy rumbled into a five-mile gauntlet of weapons fire on April 9, 2004, making an emergency delivery of jet fuel to the airport. One soldier and a seventh trucker remain missing.
Recriminations began the same day.
"Can anyone explain to me why we put civilians in the middle of known ambush sites?" demanded one security advisor in an e-mail. "Maybe we should put body bags on the packing list for our drivers."


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Actresses need to be pickier than men about with whom they work if they want to survive in the movie industry, suggests a new study.
"My research indicates that women in the film industry suffer a lack of access to future career opportunities when they tend to work with people who have collaborated frequently in the past," said Mark Lutter, lead author of the study and head of the "Transnational Diffusion of Innovation" Research Group at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG) in Germany.
The majority of young women and men today would prefer an egalitarian relationship in which work and family responsibilities are shared equally between partners if that possibility were available to them, according to a new study from the University of Texas at Austin and the University of California-Santa Barbara.
Accepting a job below one's skill level can be severely penalizing when applying for future employment because of the perception that someone who does this is less committed or less competent, according to new research from a sociologist at The University of Texas at Austin.
Both men and women are more likely to cheat on their spouses the more economically dependent they are on them, according to a new study.
"You would think that people would not want to 'bite the hand that feeds them' so to speak, but that is not what my research shows," said study author Christin L. Munsch, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Connecticut. "Instead, the findings indicate people like feeling relatively equal in their relationships. People don't like to feel dependent on another person."
For years social scientists have grappled with the question of why men receive far more media coverage than women, and now a new study reveals the answer.
Women are more likely than men to initiate divorces, but women and men are just as likely to end non-marital relationships, according to a new study that will be presented at the 110th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA).
Millions of workers are employed in positions that deviate from the full-time, standard employment relationship or work in jobs that are mismatched with their skills, education, or experience. Yet, little is known about how employers evaluate workers who have experienced these employment arrangements, limiting our knowledge about how part-time work, temporary agency employment, and skills underutilization affect workers' labor market opportunities.
Since the 1980s, leading U.S. firms have announced massive downsizing plans in the name of maximizing shareholder value, but some observers are skeptical about how serious firms are in implementing these plans. Building on political theories of corporate governance, I examine how conflicts of interest and alignment among investors, workers, and top managers affect the implementation of announced downsizing plans.
A sizable literature examines whether and why marriage affects men's and women's wages. This study advances current research in two ways. First, whereas most prior studies treat the effect of marriage as time-invariant, I examine how the wage effect of marriage unfolds over the life course. Second, whereas prior work often focuses on the population-average effect of marriage or is limited to some particular gender or racial group, I examine the intersection of gender and race in the effect of marriage.
This study examines whether working with a broker increases or reduces the payment received for the last client among female sex workers. Building on research on the informal economy and sex work, we formulate a positive embeddedness hypothesis, expecting a positive association, and an exploitation hypothesis, expecting a negative association. We analyze a large survey combined with intensive interview data on female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, India. These data uniquely distinguish between the amount the sex worker actually received and the amount the client paid.


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STRANGE BUT TRUE- Enemy bugging: Military may tag along with insects
A. The above student reportedly turned pale, mentally reviewed everything he had read about insect vision, and then admitted "I have no idea," says James Kalat in Biological Psychology.
With an impish grin, the professor replied, "Presumably, an ant can see at least 93 million miles– the distance to the sun."
Groan! Yes, this was a trick question though it illustrates an important point: How far an ant– or a person– can see depends on how far the light travels. We see because light strikes our eyes, not because we send out "sight rays."
But that principle wasn't known until the Arab philosopher Ibn al-Haythem (965-1040) demonstrated that light rays bounce off any object in all directions although we see only those rays that strike the retina perpendicularly.
"Even today," says Kalat, "a distressingly large number of college students believe that energy comes out of their eyes when they see."
Q. How might lightning knock down a whole group of people, such as the players in a baseball game? –B.Franklin
A. You're most familiar with a direct solo hit, which can send a large amount of current through the chest, stopping the heart, paralyzing the muscles required for breathing, and causing internal burns, says Jearl Walker in The Flying Circus of Physics.
A more subtle way of injury or death lies in the "ground current," or lightning current along the surface. If the victim stands with one foot closer to the strike point than the other, the ground current can detour up one leg, across the torso, and down the other leg. If the amount of current is small, them victim might suffer only temporary paralysis. In some cases, ground current can knock down several people at once, including baseball players.
Cows, horses and sheep are usually in more danger from such current because their front legs and hind legs are well separated, resulting in a greater amount of ground current directed across the body. "People can stand with feet together but sheep cannot."
Q. Do the rich live longer than the poor? If so, why? –D. Trump
A. It probably has to do with degree of control over one's life, says David G. Myers in Psychology. Money buys control; lack of money leads to unavoidable circumstances and frustration. The correlation became apparent in studies of grave markers, where the bigger and more prestigious the headstone, the longer the span of years noted. This status bonus amounts to two to four years among humans, but is evident even among nonhuman primates occupying various levels of the pecking order.
Q. First we had mighty Superman, logical Spock and gentle E.T., then aliens buzzing by Earth for nefarious purposes. What's wrong with this picture? –R. Serling
A. Anthropomorphism, or ascribing human qualities to nonhumans. Due to very down-to-Earth budgets, TV programs and movies have given us the "little green men" cliché for extraterrestrial life forms, says biologist Zen Faulkes in the Rational Enquirer.
The easiest way to make an actor into an alien is to alter skin color and ear shape, and if the producers and makeup men want to get really elaborate, they might spring for a rubber suit.
"As a result, almost all aliens we see look an awful lot like we do: bilaterally symmetrical bodies, two legs, two arms, and a head is the rule for Hollywood extraterrestrials. The majority have also mysteriously learned the English language."
Harvard paleontologist Stephen J. Gould pointed out that even on Earth, if evolution were re-run from its starting point, chances are nil that humans would emerge again in our current form. Far less should we expect intelligent life on other planets in other star systems, with vastly different environments, to resemble us so closely.
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|"Get off my case, pal!"
|— A frustrated Hasook to Mako.[1]
Hasook is a prideful and temperamental waterbender who lives in Republic City. He is a former member of the Fire Ferrets pro-bending team.[1]
During the Fire Ferrets' match against the Golden Temple Tigerdillos, Hasook was quickly targeted by his opponents and proved too slow to retaliate. As the match progressed, he continued to be targeted by the opposing team, being knocked into zone two with Bolin and forced back once more shortly after. Isolated from his teammates, he was unable to defend himself against a barrage of attacks, eventually being thrown into the moat by a combination earth and water attack.
At the start of the second round, Hasook was admonished by Mako for his failure in the previous round and told to get his act together. Rallying together, the Fire Ferrets were able to come back from being a zone down to win the round and draw level with their opponents. However, in the third and final round, Hasook stumbled across the arena and collided into Bolin, knocking them both to the ground. Their position making them an easy target, they were both quickly knocked out of the ring. Mako eventually managed to win the match with a knockout, but he accused Hasook of doing "more harm than good", blaming him for nearly costing the team the match. Brushing off the accusations by replying that they had won anyway, Hasook left the dressing room in anger.
When it was time to start the final match to gain a spot in the Championship Tournament, Hasook did not appear, nearly disqualifying the team. Korra volunteered at the last minute and replaced him, both in the final match and as a member of the Fire Ferrets.[1]
Years later, Hasook provided entertainment at Varrick and Zhu Li's wedding, playing the clarinet in the band.[2]
The Legend of Korra
Book One: Air (气)
- 102. "A Leaf in the Wind"
Book Four: Balance (平衡)
- 408. "Remembrances" (flashback, no lines)
- 413. "The Last Stand" (no lines)
- Hasook was originally going to have a larger role in the show with a family and kids, but Bryan Konietzko had the idea cut out for time saving purposes.[3]
- Originally, Hasook was to be captured by Amon's henchmen, and Korra, Mako, and Bolin were going to go after him. However, he was later replaced in the scene by Bolin.[4]
|Preceded by
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 DiMartino, Michael Dante, Konietzko, Bryan (writers) & Dos Santos, Joaquim, Ryu, Ki Hyun (directors). (April 14, 2012). "A Leaf in the Wind". The Legend of Korra. Book One: Air. Episode 2. Nickelodeon.
- ↑ DiMartino, Michael Dante (writer) & Zwyer, Melchior (director). (December 19, 2014). "The Last Stand". The Legend of Korra. Book Four: Balance. Episode 13. Nick.com.
- ↑ DVD commentary for "A Leaf in the Wind".
- ↑ DVD commentary for "The Revelation".


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Simple and Cheap DIY Lip Plumper
All right, who's ready for mega plump and juicy, tingly, bee-stung, Angelina Jolie-y smackeroosies? *raising hands, jumping up and down* Meeeeee!!!! …and I'm guessing you, too! Skip spending your hard earned cheddah on high-end Sephora plumpers (ain't nobody got time for that!), and make your own (using a key ingredient that fancy pants plumpers totally rely on… cinnamon oil)! Recap → Cheap, fast lippie recipe for sexy-ass smoochers = YES!!! Bring it!!
What you'll need:
- Pure cinnamon essential oil (or cinnamon leaf oil)
- Clear lip gloss (or you can totes use 2-3 tablespoons of almond or jojoba oil instead)
Mix ~10 drops of cinnamon essential oil with your lip gloss in its container (again, feel free to mix this with nourishing almond or jojoba oil instead). Mix it super well, though!
Guess what! That's it!! Tada! Easy peasy – yay for simple DIY beauty recipes! Now rub that ish on yo' lips and find a hottie to plant those luscious smackers on STAT!
Have you tried this recipe yet? What do you think?
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Well-Fried Beans
To make the traditional Mexican well-fried beans, or frijoles refritos, you carry frijoles chinos one step further and fry them again in oil until they are even thicker. This is often done as the last part of a continuous process, or the beans are set aside for a day or two and then finished just before serving. In central Mexico, they are cooked until they are quite dry, but in the states bordering the Gulf of Mexico, they are cooked even moreto the point that they can be flipped over and shaped into a roll. These beans, perhaps with a topping of queso fresco, are a perfect partner for Enchiladas San Luis Potosí and similar enchiladas, soft tacos, or innumerable other dishes. The bean roll is often served as a botana for a casual gathering.
Serve the beans as a side on the main plate. If they are shaped into a roll, transfer the roll to a warmed platter, sprinkle with queso fresco, and garnish with chopped white onion. Push some totopos in the top as a decoration and for scooping up the beans and then cluster more around the sides.
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- Serves 6
- 2 tablespoons freshly rendered pork lard, bacon fat, or canola or safflower oil
- Frijoles Chinos
- For the Optional Topping
- 1/4 cup crumbled queso fresco or queso anejo
- 1/4 cup chopped white onion, if serving in a roll
- Heat the lard in a skillet over low heat, add the beans, and cook, mashing and stirring, until quite dry and a wooden spoon pulled through the center of the beans forms a long canyon, 15 to 20 minutes.
- If preparing the beans central Mexico-style, serve immediately, topped with a little cheese, if desired. If preparing rolled beans, continue to cook until the mass of beans pulls away from the side of the skillet. Shake the pan back and forth, sliding the beans to one side, then tilt the pan so the mass of beans flips over into a roll, like an omelet. A spatula may be used to help turn it. Transfer to a platter, sprinkle with the cheese and onion, and accompany with the totopos.
From La Cocina Mexicana: Many Cultures, One Cuisine by Marilyn Tausend with Ricardo Muñoz Zurita, © 2012 University of California Press


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Archive for collective intelligence
Ab Initio: Swarms
In his text 'Networks, Swarms, Multitudes', Eugene Thacker identifies some of the key aspects of a new constituency emerging from both post-national politics and new technological and biopolitical structures:
* A swarm is an organization of multiple, individuated units with some relation to one another. That is, a swarm is a particular kind of collectivity or group phenomenon that may be dependent upon a condition of connectivity.
* A swarm is a collectivity that is defined by relationality. This pertains as much to the level of the individual unit as it does to the overall organization of the swarm. Relation is the rule in swarms.
* A swarm is a dynamic phenomenon (following from its relationality). This differentiates it from the concept of a "network," which has its roots in graph theory and spatial modes of mathematically understanding "things" (or nodes) and "relations" (or edges). A swarm always exists in time and, as such, is always acting, interacting, interrelating, and self-transforming. At some level "living networks" and "swarms" overlap.
* A swarm is a whole that is more than the sum of its parts, but it is also a heterogeneous whole. This is not to identify a unified, homogeneous group that serves the heterogeneous needs and desires of individuals. Rather, the principles of self-organization require that the group only arises from the localized, singular, heterogeneous actions of individual units.
* Swarms come with ambiguous politics. The swarm is not the newest term for the concept of the "masses," the "people," or the "proletariat"; the parts are not subservient to the whole — both exist simultaneously and because of each other. A swarm may exhibit a discernible global pattern, but this does not mean that a swarm prioritizes the group over the individual. Because of this, a swarm does not exist at a local or global level, but at a third level, where multiplicity and relation intersect.
The 'Shockwave Riders…' symposium will critically engage these ideas to debate how global social networks will transform all aspects of society, and map out ways that pedagogy and design can predict, and respond to, some of these changes.


text: Worker are seen by damaged tanker cars Tuesday, July 16, 2013, as work continues at the crash site of the train derailment and fire in Lac-Megantic, Quebec. The July 6, 2013 derailment left 37 people confirmed dead and another 13 missing and presumed dead. (AP Photo/Ryan Remiorz, Pool) ORG XMIT: RYR112Ryan Remiorz THE ISSUE: The increasing transport of crude oil by trains poses serious dangers. THE STAKES: Further delays in the implementation of important safety measures are unacceptable. Relocating hundreds of city residents from a public housing complex that sits by the tracks that carry crude oil trains to the Port of Albany is a rather extreme step. A frustrated Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy, in making the proposal last week, said it's the best way to protect the residents from the potential peril of an accident involving an oil train like the runaway tankers in Quebec last year that exploded in a populated area and left 44 people dead. Some of the Albany housing units are mere steps from the track that can carry hundreds of tank cars full of crude oil on a single day. Mr. McCoy's dramatic solution caught Albany city officials by surprise. Mayor Kathy Sheehan correctly argues the remedy should come instead at the expense of the rail industry, and not the city or the residents of the city's Ezra Prentice Homes. Even if a suitable and affordable alternative could be found for the Albany families, what about the countless others living or working near the remaining 1,600 miles of track that stretch from to North Dakota, where the Bakken crude oil shipments originate? The real solution is to make some progress in getting the railroad companies to install technology that would reduce rail accidents. Such a system, Positive Train Control or PTC, is a proven technology that closely monitors the speed and real-time positions of trains. If the train operator fails to take proper steps such as slowing down on curves, PTC kicks in to do that automatically. Because human error is the cause in roughly 40 percent of train derailments, having PTC could make a substantial difference. Since the National Transportation Safety Board first proposed PTC 45 years ago, there have been 138 crashes in the U.S. that the board classified as PTC-preventable. These resulted in 284 deaths, 6,500 injuries and nearly $300 million in property damages, according to federal records examined by Hearst Newspapers. After a horrific commuter train crash in 2008, Congress mandated PTC technology be put in place by the end of 2015. Instead of meeting this deadline, the flourishing rail freight industry has spent nearly $47 million lobbying Congress to delay implementation until at least 2020. Even other safety measures proposed last week by the U.S. Department of Transportation to require oil trains to simply slow down while traveling through urban areas won't kick in for another 14 months. The much-touted phaseout of older, more accident-prone tank cars will wait another year after that. We share County Executive McCoy's frustration, but we agree with Mayor Sheehan. The railroad industry needs to dramatically step up its implementation of long-proposed safety measures instead of dragging its feet and spending millions to push for further delays. We must compel our representatives in Washington to not let the rail transporters off the hook. More Information To comment: firstname.lastname@example.com or at http://blog.timesunion.com/opinion See MoreCollapse


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The ICEF North America Workshop - Toronto
In partnership with Languages Canada
Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto • May 12 - 14, 2016
Canada's premier education networking event, connecting North American educators and student recruitment agents focusing on Canada and the USA
For most international students, agents play an important role in selecting and applying to institutions abroad. As a result, agents have become a vital recruitment method for Canadian and US educators.
For the last five years, the ICEF North America Workshop in Canada has attracted an increasing number of participants, firmly establishing itself as Canada's leading education networking event.
In 2016, the ICEF North America Workshop will be held in Toronto. At the event, educators and service providers from Canada and the US will meet with hundreds of education agents, all rigorously vetted through ICEF's renowned quality screening process. Among other requirements, agents must provide several references from current Canadian and US partners, and disclose the number of students they have successfully placed per education sector in North America in the last year. This ensures that only active, relevant agencies are accepted to the event.
Prior to the workshop, educators and service providers gain access to eSchedule PRO, ICEF's customised scheduling software. Through this software, educators and service providers can easily determine relevant agents and pre-arrange up to 38 face-to-face meetings.
In addition to formal meetings and social events, workshop participants may also participate in various market intelligence seminars and industry presentations.
Attended by the best North America-focussed educational agents, and organised by the industry leader in educator-agent networking events, the ICEF North America Workshop – Toronto, is the must attend international education event in Canada.
The event enables educators to hold pre-scheduled one-to-one business appointments with relevant, quality student recruitment agents, as well as with other educators and service providers. These appointments are 25 minutes in duration and serve the dual objectives of meeting with new contacts and/or maintaining existing relationships. The workshop programme also includes meals, refreshment breaks and evening functions, which offer valuable social networking opportunities.


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An event every week that begins at 7:00 pm on Saturday, repeating until Sun, Sep 13th 2020
Blue Moon's cast will entertain you with a fast-paced look at such icons as Patti Labelle, Aretha Franklin, Liza, Patsy Cline, Adele, Elton John and Etta James. Each week is a different show of live singing, fabulous costumes and original choreography. Two shows 7pm and 9pm.


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Comedian and television presenter Griff Rhys Jones has ruled himself out of becoming Cardiff University's new figurehead following the shambles over his appointment.
The star was set to become the institution's new chancellor earlier this month, but officials blocked the move moments before he was due to be unveiled.
Officially the appointment was "delayed", although it later emerged the process stalled after academics questioned why the current incumbent and Nobel Prize-winner Sir Martin Evans was not offered a second term in office.
But now Mr Rhys Jones has said he does not want to be considered for the post.
In a letter to vice-chancellor Professor Colin Riordan, he said: "It may well be that the council wants to re-offer the post to the incumbent, Sir Martin Evans.
"Sir Martin may decide to take it or step aside. I feel, however, that my presence only makes this a more complicated process for everyone concerned.
"I can't say that I am offering my resignation. I haven't yet been appointed. But I do not want to be further considered for this post."
Mr Rhys Jones added that he was "honoured" to be chosen, but any further association "would only be the subject of dispute and that would not be good for the council or the court of the university".
Cardiff University said it was "very sorry for creating the circumstances" leading to the comedian's decision.
A spokesman said: "These events were based solely on internal rules and procedures. Our ongoing friendship with Griff Rhys Jones was never in question.
"We are immensely proud of Griff's continuing work as an honorary fellow and patron to our Sustainable Places Research Institute, and he remains a trusted supporter of the university.
"The university council will meet to consider the nomination of a future chancellor at a meeting on May 19. Sir Martin Evans has indicated to the chair of council his willingness to be considered for nomination for a further term."


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Help interpreting a dream with my deceased mum
Posted 09 March 2018 - 10:58 PM
In the dream my mum and I were on a beautiful field, with beautiful sunlight and I came across a black Labrador who was very friendly. At some point I see my mum a bit further afield holding an emu in her hands (so odd I have never dreamt of an emu). The emu was calm and she was just holding it.
Any clues what this could mean? Thank you
Posted 23 March 2018 - 10:17 AM
I do not put much faith in dreams as any form of message. However they definitely do relate to one's thoughts since they assembled within the mind. Consider first your mother in the dream. That is not hard to relate as you have memories of your mother to draw from. Next the field. That is fairly generic; fields are or can be peaceful places one would want to go to to relax. Same with the dog, especially if you have any memories of a particular pet or even recall reading a story with such a dog. The emu is odd, but since you recognize it in the dream clearly your mind has recollections of an emu, either real or a part of a story, somewhere in your past. Your mind simply brought up that image from memory and included it in the dream.
All this conveys a feeling of relaxation or peacefulness. That is the message of the dream, not any hidden meaning but simply a scene constructed within your mind of a peaceful situation. There appears to be no real conflict in this dream, everything just comes together to form the image. Think of it as a story created within your thoughts. No secret or hidden meanings, just a picture formed from your memories. Enjoy it for what it is.
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The latest MiroVisions are here. Just a couple more and we'll get to work setting up the auction and the exhibit. In the meantime, enjoy....
The incomparable Mr. Michael Whelan. I have to admit, I was expecting him to knock himself out for this and "Wow!" was all I could say.
Wesley Allsbrook's amazing line drawings. We at Tor are huge Wesley fans. Go check out her comics, The Leviathan and Montmartre à trois.
And Francis Vallejo. I only have a few more weeks to say this so I will say it again: Holy Cow, I can't believe this kid is still in school. Francis is destined to be an illustration superstar.


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Walker pitches $50 surcharge for state workers who smoke
Governor estimates fee would generate $2.7 million over two years
Some state employees who are smokers said they're being unfairly targeted in Gov. Scott Walker's new budget plan.
He has proposed $50 surcharge per month for state workers who light up.
"Do people who use alcohol, then, have to pay $50? Do people who drive in cars have to pay $50? I mean, where does it end?" smoker Arthur Vannoy asked.
"It strikes me as not being very effective and sort of simple. Next, they'll look at heavy people, and then they'll look at how many fries you eat a week, you know?" smoker Pat Hayes said.
The head of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Graduate School's Department of Public Administration called the charge an excise tax but said it's one most people won't object to.
"If you want to avoid the tax, you simply don't engage in the behavior," associate professor John Bohte said.
Bohte said the fee itself probably isn't the biggest concern.
"What's going to be controversial is measuring what defines a smoker versus a nonsmoker. Is it a pack a day? Is it one cigarette a day? The devil is in the details," Bohte said.
The details of who exactly would have to pay or how the surcharge would be collected haven't been worked out yet.
The Walker administration estimated the fee would impact about 10 percent of the state's 69,000 workers, while many others may see it as a good way to limit health costs.
"It does cost. I have a mother who died of emphysema and a father who died of lung cancer. It does cost a lot of money, so in the big picture, maybe it's not a bad idea," state employee Pam Schoessling said.
The measure still has to go through the budget approval process, but if it passes, it would go into effect for all state employees who smoke in 2014.
The governor said the charge will help offset long-term health care costs.
The Department of Administration told WISN 12 News it would generate $2.7 million over the two-year budget.


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Finally did it. Week 5 Day 3 (aka the 20 minute run) is elusive no more!
I slept early last night…well, I tried. I fell asleep around 11:30 only to wake up an hour later then got back to sleep around 1-ish. Ever since I wrote my post yesterday w/that challenge to myself, I've been psyching myself out to do this 20 minute run and I must've subconciously been thinking about waking up early to do it b/c I actually woke up before my alarm (5:30…my alarm's set for 5:50). Of course, I kept going back to sleep so I actually didn't get out of the door until almost 7:15 and OFF I finally went!
Beautiful morning – cool and breezy…partly cloudy in the low 70s. Perfect.
I surprised myself and did relatively ok with the whole thing. It was the last 5 or 6 minutes that hurt because I had to go up-hill for about 3 minutes before going back down. Plus, my right sock was slipping off and so I was getting my first blister (not counting one from years ago 08? 09?).
I'm glad I challenged myself. I'm glad I got out there. It's 8am. I feel great. I need to just eat well and keep up this momentum and that should keep me on the bandwagon again 🙂
According to my Garmin (not counting warm up and cool down), here's my Week 5 Day 3 breakdown!
Time: 20:00.77
Distance: 1.7 miles
Avg. Heartrate: 174
Calories: 196
Time: 5:01.49
Distance: .27
Avg. Heartrate: 130
Calories: 33
Cooldown (stopped too early):
Time: 3:36.78
Distance: .09 (I was walking back and forth the same block. Does GPS get all messed up?)
Avg. Heartrate: 151
Calories: 29