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New Report Documents How Two CA Districts Are Using LCFF to Better Serve ELLs
When then-Governor Jerry Brown signed the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) into law in 2013, California's leaders were hopeful that this legislation would set high expectations for flexibility, transparency, and equity within school districts.
In a new report, "English Language Learners and the Local Control Funding Formula: Implementation Challenges and Successes from Two District Cases," released in partnership by Pivot Learning and Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE), Dr. Eduardo Muñoz-Muñoz investigates how two California districts have been able to use the flexibility of the LCFF to serve students who are classified as English Language Learners (ELLs).
Both districts—Los Banos Unified School District in the Central Valley and Chino Valley Unified School District in the Inland Empire—showcase instances in which ELLs are benefitting from locally devised mechanisms and structures aimed at improving their education.
Los Banos Unified School District, located in Merced County, serves 11,075 students, with 3,200 designated as ELLs.[1] In Los Banos, the LCFF has allowed for the creation of dialogue and advocacy spaces that did not exist before.
- In its Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), Los Banos vows to provide additional professional development and assessment to track progress for ELLs. Nine specific actions in the LCAP impact ELLs directly, with five targeting them specifically.
- The district set goals with regards to the involvement of ELL parents in the DELAC— likely contributing to an attendance rate increase of 16 percent in the 2018–19 school year.
- A new, LCAP-funded position, ELL Coordinator, has led not only to compliance in ELL services but also to a renewed sense of community.
- Both the LCAP and the ELL Master Plan are part of a coordinated process to advance the cause for equity in the district.
- Moving forward, Chief Academic Officer, a new position starting in the 2019–20 school year, will increase instructional and ELL data-driven awareness among district leadership.
Chino Valley Unified School District, located in San Bernardino County, serves approximately 28,000 students, with 3,140 students designated as ELLs.[2] In Chino Valley, the plasticity of governance structures has allowed for the development of internal coherence.
- Chino Valley lists 59 actions in its LCAP that address ELL needs, though only four are exclusively targeted to support ELLs, including professional development, Designated English Language Development instruction, and the position of Access and Equity Coordinator.
- Administrators are coordinating site plans and the LCAP, in order to move toward evidence-based action and greater interdepartmental collaboration.
- The district has sought greater family involvement in LCAP development, including training site leaders.
- The district is monitoring data, and identifiable intervention specialists and coaches support ELLs.
- Chino Valley has implemented the Seal of Biliteracy and within two years is planning to open a Dual Language Immersion (DLI) program—both advocated by families of ELLs.
Overall, stakeholder engagement has increased in both districts through the LCAP process. Additionally, several key levers have an important impact on whether and how ELLs are supported by district LCAPs, including meaningful stakeholder engagement and advocates on the ground.
- In both districts, the appointment of leaders in charge of ELL services has had a direct impact on the quantity and quality of services provided to ELLs and their families through LCFF funds.
- LCAP stakeholder engagement is critical for delivering the promise of the LCFF, and LCAPs promote equity initiatives but can take a pace slower than that of educational reformers.
- Equity and meaningful stakeholder engagement call for explicit connections between LCAP funds and ELLs.
The LCFF process has brought both districts closer to realizing a growth vision well aligned with the ELL Roadmap framework, research, and the expectations of ELL advocates.
About the Author
Dr. Eduardo R. Muñoz-Muñoz is an Assistant Professor and the Bilingual Program Coordinator at the Lurie College of Education at San José State University, California. In his research, teaching, and practice, he engages with issues of linguistic access and educational opportunities from a policy ethnography stance. He regularly supports and advises districts and dual immersion programs on design and implementation issues pertaining to multilingualism.
About Pivot Learning
Founded in 1995, Pivot Learning is a nonprofit organization of K-12 education experts who work directly with districts to address their biggest challenges, including raising student achievement and closing unconscionably large achievement gaps. Pivot's mission is to partner with educators to design and implement solutions to their greatest challenges in achieving educational justice. Pivot envisions a future where our public schools provide our most underserved students with an outstanding education.
About Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE)
PACE is an independent, non-partisan research center led by faculty directors at Stanford University, the University of Southern California, the University of California Davis, the University of California Los Angeles, and the University of California Berkeley. PACE bridges the gap between research, policy, and practice, working with scholars from California's leading universities and with state and local decision-makers to achieve improvement in performance and more equitable outcomes at all levels of California's education system, from early childhood to postsecondary education and training.
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[1] Select 'district' for level and 'enrollment' for subject on the California Department of Education website (https://data1.cde.ca.gov/dataquest). Select year 2018–19.
[2] Select 'district' for level and 'enrollment' for subject on the California Department of Education website (https://data1.cde.ca.gov/dataquest). Select year 2018–19.
Pivot Learning Acquires Consortium On Reaching Excellence In Education Inc. (CORE)
Category: In the News
Oakland, CA – On May 22, 2017, the Pivot Learning Board of Directors approved the acquisition of the Consortium on Reaching Excellence in Education, Inc. (CORE) through a generous gift from the founder and owner Bill Honig, as well as owners Catherine Honig and Linda Diamond. This gift brings together two of the longest tenured and most respected education service providers to districts and schools in California and the nation.
Over the past 23 years, Pivot Learning has become the largest and most experienced non-profit technical assistance provider for school districts in California. Pivot's mission is to revitalize our public school systems so that all students have the opportunity to succeed in college and career. Pivot works at the state, district, and school levels to develop systemic solutions in the areas of standards implementation, education finance, leadership development, and school redesign.
CORE is a national professional learning organization that has been serving schools, districts, and states for 23 years. CORE applies the research on best practices and effective adult learning principles to equip educators with the knowledge and skills to significantly improve academic achievement. Through targeted professional development, job-embedded coaching, principal mentorship, and careful selection of curriculum and assessments, CORE collaborates with school systems to implement high quality reading, writing, language, and math instruction PreK-12.
CORE will become a subsidiary of Pivot Learning and its CEO, Dr. Arun Ramanathan, will serve as Chairman of the CORE Board of Directors. Linda Diamond will serve as President of CORE. Pivot and CORE will continue to deliver their respective services and will work together to implement comprehensive solutions that take advantage of the unique strengths of each organization.
"CORE's decades-long history of providing quality professional learning services to classroom teachers is a natural complement to Pivot's long history of working in partnership with district and school leaders to transform education systems," said Diamond. "We are thrilled by this new phase in our proud history."
Said Ramanathan, "We are grateful to CORE's owners for this generous gift. Together, Pivot Learning and CORE can better support schools and districts across California and nationally to achieve our mission of ensuring that all students graduate college and career ready."
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|Pivot Learning joins Oceanside Unified, Monterey Unified, and Bonsall Unified, along with the Linked Learning Alliance, to rethink and redesign the 6-12 school experience.
Oakland, CA – Pivot Learning is proud to announce the launch of the Beyond High School Initiative to transform the secondary school experience in order to ensure that all students can succeed in college and career. With generous support from the James Irvine Foundation, Pivot is partnering with Monterey Peninsula Unified, Oceanside Unified, and Bonsall Unified school districts and the Linked Learning Alliance to develop a comprehensive secondary redesign model utilizing a suite of cutting-edge technology tools.
The goal of Beyond High School is to transform the secondary experience to provide equitable access for all students to career-themed "pathways" or "academies" in areas such as computer science, healthcare, tourism, and agriculture. The model is based on the four pillars of the research-based Linked Learning approach – rigorous academics, career technical training, work-based learning, and personalized student supports. SRI International's recently released seven-year evaluation of Linked Learning in nine California districts found decreased dropout rates, higher graduation rates, and more credits earned for students in linked learning pathways. The Beyond High School program is led by Dr. Laura Flaxman, founder of the nationally renowned Life Academy High School in Oakland, California.
"Our team of secondary experts has deep experience in redesigning schools and Linked Learning," said Dr. Flaxman. "We are thrilled to be launching this important and innovative initiative as a proof point on how to rethink secondary education in California and the nation."
Beyond High School has several key features. First, districts are supported by Pivot experts through a change design process. "Design teams" of district leaders, teachers, students, parents, community members, industry partners, and community college leaders plan, develop, and prototype their model for secondary redesign. In two of the districts, Bonsall and Monterey Peninsula Unified School Districts the teams are redesigning their full secondary pathways from 6-12. In Oceanside Unified School District, the team is redesigning one of their large comprehensive high schools: Oceanside High School.
"We are excited to partner with Pivot to ensure that all of our students are successful both in and beyond high school," Reggie Thompkins, Deputy Superintendent, Oceanside Unified School District noted.
Pivot is also partnering with the Linked Learning Alliance to implement two new technology tools in all three districts. The first, Linked Learning Analytics, analyses vital student data allowing districts and community members to assess the impact of their redesigned secondary pathways on student outcomes. The second, Linked Learning Certification, provides the districts and school leaders with an intuitive online mechanism to officially certify their schools as Linked Learning Pathways. Pivot is also partnering with Abl and School by Design to pilot tools to transform the use of time, including tools to streamline and facilitate the master scheduling.
Pivot Learning and EdReports.org Team Up to Help CA Districts Select the Best Instructional Materials for Their Students
California educators know that curriculum and instructional materials can have a large impact on what and how well students learn. Quality instructional materials must be aligned to national and California content standards and meet the specific needs of districts and charters.
In Pivot's work with dozens of districts throughout California, we have found that teachers and leaders are working hard to identify quality, relevant curriculum. One teacher in our Rural Professional Learning Network (RPLN) noted that her district hasn't yet selected Common Core-aligned materials, "so teachers piece together old curriculum (10-15 years old) and online resources." This struggle isn't limited to Pivot's partners. In a 2015 report, Morgan Polikoff, Associate Professor of Education at the University of Southern California, reported that only about 50% of schools in California have adopted at least one CCSS-aligned math textbook.
Because of the large number of state approved materials, California districts have often been challenged to identify the materials that are best aligned to the Math and English Language Arts content standards. Throughout the curriculum adoption process, districts can benefit from objective, detailed reviews of state approved curriculum. Outside reviews can provide comprehensive information about the quality and alignment of instructional materials so that district leaders can make the best choice for their teachers and students.
The California Curriculum Collaborative, an initiative of Pivot Learning and EdReports.org, provides the rigorous independent reviews that districts and charter schools need. Using the independent information provided in EdReports.org, the CCC is designed to help districts and charters navigate the curriculum adoption process in California. The CCC also includes reviews of programs not included on California's adopted programs list. Indeed, California allows districts to use off-list curricular materials (not on the state-approved list), and Dr. Polikoff found that more districts and charters are adopting off-list textbooks since the introduction of CCSS.
This spring, Pivot Learning and EdReports.org will host workshops to introduce districts to the California Curriculum Collaborative, including best practices in the adoption process and tools designed to support districts in making the right choices for their students. We hope to build informed collaboration across districts in California and bring clarity to the very important task of choosing an appropriate instructional program.
Curriculum can help drive or inhibit teaching and learning. With the right process that prioritizes high-quality, aligned materials and strong community engagement, districts and schools will be able to ensure that students have the materials they need to succeed.
Polikoff, M.S. (2015). How well aligned are textbooks to the Common Core standards in mathematics? American Educational Research Journal, 52(6), 1185–1211. doi: 10.3102/0002831215584435
Polikoff, M.S. (2016, December 9). Textbook adoption in California: Issues and evidence. [Presentation]. Retrieved from
Weisskirk, L. (2016, October 21). Purchasing instructional materials: What you choose and how you choose matters. SouthEast Education Network (SEEN). Retrieved from http://www.seenmagazine.us/Articles/Article-Detail/ArticleId/5932/Purchasing-Instructional-Materials
Oakland, CA – Today, February 7th, 2017, Pivot Learning, an Oakland-based nonprofit supporting dozens of CA school districts to improve college and career readiness, launched the California Curriculum Collaborative in partnership with EdReports.org, a national nonprofit providing rigorous evidence-based reviews of K-12 instructional materials. Calcurriculum.org offers free independent analysis of K-12 Math and English Language Arts materials from national publishers as well as best practices for curriculum adoption.
California districts go through a time-consuming process of researching and adopting instructional materials in accordance with California standards. With the state having approved a large number of math and ELA curriculum products, districts, particularly small districts may be challenged to pick the ones that are best aligned with content standards. The California Curriculum Collaborative provides districts with crucial tools to support and potentially streamline their decision-making, including:
- Reviews of many of the math and ELA programs adopted by the state of California
- Reviews of curricular materials not yet adopted by the State of California, which districts can select by going "off-list"
- Resources to support the process of curriculum adoption in school districts in California and beyond
Reviews on the CCC website has already proven to be valuable to educators across California.
"As a California high school math teacher of 15 years, I know the critical importance of having the right materials in teachers' and students' hands," commented Carolyn Viss, a California high school math teacher of 15 years and current Director, Stanislaus County Office of Education. "…I see schools and districts grapple with the challenge of evaluating dozens of instructional materials to find high quality curricula. It is no small task. [These reviews] help to meet the growing demand from counties, districts, schools, and teachers for the thoughtful analysis contained in these reports."
This spring, Pivot Learning and EdReports will host a series of regional workshops across the state where districts will be guided through the tools and process crucial to a high quality, rigorous curriculum adoption. These hands-on sessions will help districts in California strategize the most beneficial way to select instructional programs based on the individual needs of their districts. With the right process and tools, and strong community engagement, districts will be able to select instructional programs and materials that are high-quality and standards-aligned.
"California requires…materials that challenge our most proficient learners and ensure every student attains college, career, and civics readiness," remarked Karin Foster, Language and Literacy Coordinator, Orange County Office of Education. She continued, "[The California Curriculum Collective's] detailed reports allow teachers and district leaders to focus their attention on the needs of their students and find those materials that will help their students excel."
To access the California Curriculum Collaborative, visit www.calcurriculum.org
Sacramento, CA – On Friday, January 27, 2017, Pivot Learning, an Oakland based non-profit, presented the first-year results of the California Smarter School Spending initiative at the annual Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE) Research and Policy Conference. The Smarter School Spending model is an innovative approach to district budgeting that helps districts and charters to build strategic finance plans, find the money necessary to support their students and teachers and create more meaningful Local Control Accountability Plans (LCAPs).
Pivot CEO Arun Ramanathan, Ed.D. participated in a panel with district leaders Stefanie Phillips, Superintendent of Santa Ana Unified School District, and Myong Leigh, Interim Superintendent of San Francisco Unified School District, both of whom use the Smarter School Spending approach, to talk about the model and its benefits. Last year, Pivot partnered with five districts in California—Santa Ana Unified, San Francisco Unified, Tracy Unified, Pomona Unified, and Hayward Unified—on the Smarter School Spending initiative.
Using the Smarter School Spending process, Pivot and the districts identified almost $9M in potential cost savings to meet instructional goals. Tracy Unified alone located $2.1 of new revenue to potentially support their commitment to improving early literacy and ensuring 9th grade success, which are their key priorities to impact student achievement.
Brian Stephens, Ed.D., Superintendent of Tracy Unified, believes the Smarter School Spending process is vital to mobilizing districts to carry the work through from concept to program implementation. Dr. Stephens states, "Even if this work were to end tomorrow, the fundamental way we work together as a district has changed, and this collaboration will be felt for years to come."
While California districts have received budget increases over the past several years, Governor Jerry Brown recently announcing a modest 2.2% budget increase for California public schools for the 2017-18 fiscal year. Given the slowing rate of revenue increases, increased costs for pensions and other obligations and impacts of declining enrollment, many school districts are facing budgetary challenges that complicate their efforts to the fund services and supports necessary to close opportunity and achievement gaps.
"The Smarter School Spending process helps districts turn around the impact of "initiative overload," narrow their priorities and look inside their budgets for the funding necessary to support their instructional priorities," said Dr. Ramanathan. "We believe that Smarter Spending should be a way that every district thinks about developing their budget and LCAP."
Information about the PACE presentation can be found at http://www.edpolicyinca.org/events/future-education-california-policy
Slides from the presentation can be found at http://www.pivotlearning.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/PACE-Presentation_01252017_mp.pdf
More information about Pivot Learning can be found at www.pivotlearning.org
Allovue and Pivot Learning Partner to Improve Strategic Budgeting Processes for School Districts
Category: High School Redesign
Baltimore, MD – Today, Allovue, a growing force in education technology, and Pivot Learning, a California-based education professional services leader, announced a partnership to revolutionize strategic budgeting and goal-tracking for school districts.
Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Allovue and Pivot are working with pilot districts in California to automate their financial data with Allovue's Balance platform and improve their financial management practices in ways that should support their strategic budgeting and Local Control Accountability Plan development.
Through this project, Pivot Learning and Allovue are examining the practical challenges facing districts as they develop their the Local Control and Accountability Plans (LCAP) — California's required process for identifying goals, evaluating progress for student subgroups and aligning their budgets. Allovue and Pivot will use these learnings to support the potential development of a next-generation user-friendly tool to streamline the LCAP and strategic budgeting process. The LCAP is part of California's Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), a new finance system enacted in 2013 to determine how resources are allocated to school districts.
While this project initially will be focused on streamlining California budgeting processes associated with LCAP and LCFF, the work has broader potential for improving strategic budgeting in school districts across the country.
"Through our partnership with Pivot Learning, we'll develop new technology solutions to elevate strategic budgeting processes, not just for state reporting, but to truly help districts understand the correlations between spending and outcomes," said Jess Gartner, CEO & Founder of Allovue.
"Allovue's technology and keen understanding of the issues school districts face allow us to use statewide standards as an opportunity for school districts to reframe strategic budgeting toward school improvement, rather than simply meeting reporting standards. We couldn't be more pleased to have such a pioneering partner in this effort," said Arun Ramanathan, CEO of Pivot Learning.
About Allovue
Allovue is an education resource-planning platform for K-12 schools and districts that empowers administrators at every level to allocate resources to best support the needs of students. The Allovue platform integrates with existing backend financial data systems to help district officials, principals, and other school administrators to visualize, analyze, and optimize the impact of spending on outcomes in education.
About Pivot Learning Partners
Founded in 1995, Pivot Learning Partners is a nonprofit organization of K-12 education experts working shoulder-to-shoulder with schools, districts and charters to address their biggest challenges. We partner directly with more than 100 school districts, reaching over half the counties in the California and impacting the practice of thousands of educators to ultimately reach more than 1,000,000 students or 17% of students in the state. Our partners primarily serve heavy concentrations of high-need students, of whom 58 percent live in poverty, 79 percent are children of color, and 57 percent are non-native English speakers.
Pivot Learning Partners and Five Districts Partner to Transform Budgeting and LCAP Development in California
Category: Equitable Education Spending
Oakland, CA – Today, Pivot Learning Partners announced a statewide pilot program, called the California Smarter School Spending Project, to transform instructional planning, district budgeting, and LCAP development. Over the course of the next year, with generous support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,
Pivot will work closely with leadership in five pioneering California districts – San Francisco Unified, Tracy Unified, Hayward Unified, Pomona Unified and Santa Ana Unified – to narrow and focus their instructional priorities, fund these priorities over the long-term, and build their LCAPs into strategic finance plans that can lead to better student outcomes.
Smarter School Spending is a national movement comprised of dozens of districts. The model was developed and initially implemented in four demonstration districts – Fayette County (KY), Knox County (TN), Lake County (FL), and Rochester City (NY) – to more sharply define their strategic priorities, close budget gaps and identify savings (nearly $160 million combined). The districts were then able to direct these savings to funding their priorities over the time. The California Smarter School Spending project is designed to align Smarter School Spending and the LCAP development process.
Through this project, the partners also expect to identify best practices that can revitalize LCAP development and inform other district leaders, community members, and state policymakers.
"With the implementation of LCFF, there is no better state than California to introduce the best practices of Smarter School Spending," said Arun Ramanathan, CEO of Pivot Learning Partners. "We are thrilled to work with leaders in five diverse California districts to help them to identify and fund their top priorities and build meaningful, actionable LCAPs."
Pivot Learning Partners Launches the Rural Professional Learning Network, Covering Major Gaps in Professional Support for Rural Educators
Oakland, CA – Today, Pivot Learning Partners launched the Rural Professional Learning Network (RPLN) with support from the S.H. Cowell Foundation and the California Education Policy Fund, a sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. The Rural Professional Learning Network is a new initiative geared toward helping school districts in remote areas with implementation of the Common Core State Standards and Next Generation Science Standards, addressing Pivot Learning Partners mission: to ensure that every child has the opportunity to succeed in college and career.
With over a dozen districts and county offices of education participating across four Northern California counties, RPLN is poised to address the shared teaching and learning challenges of rural educators by closing education technology and resource gaps – connecting them with national experts, resources, education technology tools, and each other. By improving educator access to cutting edge tools and supports, RPLN will clear the hurdles that prevent rural educators from benefiting from best-in-class technical assistance and professional development. The RPLN will also work to identify and publicize the unique and specific needs of rural districts in standards implementation through a two-year research partnership with Policy Analysis for California Education.
"Pivot is thrilled to work with our district and county partners to build this network of rural educators," said Arun Ramanathan, CEO of Pivot Learning Partners. "Every child deserves a great education regardless of their location. Every school and district deserves the highest level of support regardless of their size. Through the Rural Professional Learning Networks, we have a major opportunity to support the unique needs of rural educators and the millions of student they serve."
Pivot Learning Partners is a non-profit organization whose mission is to revitalize our public school systems so that all students have the opportunity to succeed in college and career. We partner with education leaders at all levels and provide them with the knowledge, skills, and support proven to strengthen educational systems and transform teaching and learning.
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Union 12-28-1948 by Ord. No. 1196 (Ch. 26 of the 1986 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 10-26-2004 by Ord. No. 4842]
A Municipal Court for the Township of Union in the County of Union is established as of January 1, 1949, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 293 of the Laws of 1993 (N.J.S.A. 2B:12-1 et seq.), as amended and supplemented.
The name of the Municipal Court shall be the "Municipal Court of Township of Union in the County of Union."
The Municipal Court shall have a seal which shall bear the impress of the name of the court.
[Amended 6-13-1989 by Ord. No. 4028; 1-27-2009 by Ord. No. 5081; 1-23-2018 by Ord. No. 5553]
There shall be three Municipal Judges of said Municipal Court, one of whom shall be named Municipal Judge (supervising), who shall be appointed by the Township Committee of the Township of Union in the County of Union and who shall serve for a term of three years from the date of his appointment and until his successor is appointed and qualified; provided, however, that the recorder who shall be in office upon adoption of this section shall be a Municipal Judge and shall continue to be Municipal Judge for a term equal to the balance of the term for which he was originally appointed. With the written consent of the Superior Court of New Jersey Assignment Judge of Union County, a temporary judge of the Municipal Court may be appointed by the Township Committee to meet a special need of limited duration for a term not to exceed one year.
[Amended 10-28-1986 by Ord. No. 3879; 12-23-1991 by Ord. No. 4174]
The Municipal Judge shall not receive sick, vacation or personal leave.
The Municipal Judge shall be entitled to the medical benefits package plan. Effective January 1, 1992, any municipal judge shall pay via payroll deduction 25% of the medical package increase, if any, for the current year, not to exceed $100.
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Said Municipal Court and the Municipal Judge thereof shall have, possess and exercise all the functions, powers, duties and jurisdiction conferred by the provisions of Chapter 293 of the Laws of 1993 (N.J.S.A. 2B:12-1 et seq.), as amended and supplemented, or by any other law.[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 26-7, Clerk, as amended, which previously followed this section, was repealed 6-13-1989 by Ord. No. 4028.
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The Municipal Court shall be held at police headquarters in the Township of Union in the County of Union, or in the District Courtroom, located at 981 Caldwell Avenue, Union, New Jersey, as the Judges may determine and in such other locations as may be announced by them, as the business of the Court may require, subject to the rules applicable to Municipal Courts.


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"I feel my birth story was a huge initiation into motherhood, with inevitable obstacles and gates I had to pass through along the way. "
Our beautiful son, a little Leo, was born Friday 9th August at 6:28pm in a thunderstorm at 39 weeks. He came to earth like a lightning bolt!
It was a wildly magical cosmic experience – with some challenges along the way.
My waters broke at lunchtime on the 7th of August and it was only until 36 (excruciatingly long) hours later that I finally went into labour.
Within that time-span the hospital protocol was to induce and give us antibiotics 24 hours after my waters broke. I declined as I felt that in my specific case it was not necessary, I knew the risk of infection was a small percentage higher but I really intuitively felt that the baby was coming soon and that we were both healthy. The hospital agreed if I was willing to be monitored before and after birth.
Thankfully I was right and once labour got going it was pretty quick, especially for a first baby (my sense of time blurred but so they tell me!).
Early on Friday the 9th August mild contractions/surges naturally started. After a quiet morning walk around the reservoir, I suddenly felt things intensify and from that moment things rapidly progressed. Once home we realised it was time to travel to the hospital. Unfortunately once there we struggled to get a room in either the birth centre or labour ward (the hospital was understaffed that day and so rooms were scarce). We were sent to triage to get monitored and to wait for a room to get free. Our birthing environment was not the relaxing one we had hoped for!
After 1.5 hours of monitoring, waiting and transitioning in a cramped loud hot cubicle in triage with me breathing and bouncing, singing and dancing on a birthing ball while attached to monitors, we were finally given a room in the labour ward. By this stage I was in active labour, dashed along the corridors in a wheelchair wearing big sunglasses, headphones and my wild woman leopard print skirt, whilst singing operatic notes.
D and my doula, Yolande, were amazing birth partners, working with me to facilitate the entry of Joshua into this world. Although the staff at Whittington were short on the ground, there were some caring staff who supported us – the South African midwife who caught baby J went above and beyond for us, working over her shift to support us and running to the sluice to fetch our placenta when the doctors accidentally took it away!
Birth was the most exquisite moment – when my midwife immediately handed me my baby I was in another world, not the Whittington ward. I am so grateful that I was lucid and could feel all of it, even when it felt like I would break apart I kept reminding myself that I could (and would) be able to birth this baby.
I didn't quietly breathe J out, I sang/moved/howled/instinctively pushed him out with D firmly by my side. J wriggled his way into the world with my sacred song playlist on and as the midwife threaded him through my legs, I quickly took him, lay on my back and held him straight onto my chest.
I was losing some blood and suddenly the room flooded with doctors and bright lights , strangely surreal with my music still playing and J still on me, we were held in our own bubble of love as the doctors did what they needed to do to quickly stop the bleeding – all with my informed consent..
A week before I gave birth I had a dream where I was repeating the mantra, 'birthing is my superpower' – all week I held onto the mantra and trusted that power. D and I read our affirmation cards to each other the night before the birth, and then again afters and each of them had stuck – the power of intention is so strong! I didn't know what I was capable of, but now I know what I can do. I feel my birth story was a huge initiation into motherhood, with inevitable obstacles and gates I had to pass through along the way. Ultimately I felt empowered that we were able to make conscious, individual and informed choices in how the birth was to transpire. The overall experience was actually a very positive one for me as I kept returning to my intention to birth with love and trust.
Now I'm on the other side, in another world, I feel another person really and I'm looking forward to this next journey.


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Pigeons and doves exhibit considerable variations in size. The largest species is the crowned pigeon of New Guinea, which is nearly turkey-sized, at a weight of 2–4 kg (4.4–8.8 lb) The smallest is the New World ground-dove of the genus Columbina, which is the same size as a house sparrow and weighs as little as 22 g. With a total length of more than 50 cm (19 in) and weight of almost 1 kg (2 lb), the largest arboreal species is the Marquesan imperial pigeon, while the dwarf fruit dove, which may measure as little as 13 cm (5.1 in), has a marginally smaller total length than any other species from this family.
Overall, the Columbidae tend to have short bills and legs, and small heads on large, compact bodies. Their characteristic head bobbing was shown to be due to their natural desire to keep their vision constant in a 1978 experiment by B. J. Frost in which they were placed on treadmills – they did not bob their heads as their surroundings were constant. The wings are large and have low wing loadings; pigeons have strong wing muscles (wing muscles comprise 31–44 % of their body weight) and are among the strongest fliers of all birds. They are also highly manoeuvrable in flight.
The spotted dove, which is most commonly found in Southeast Asia
The plumage of the family is variable. Granivorous species tend to have dull plumage, with a few exceptions, whereas the frugivorous species have brightly coloured plumage. The Ptilinopus fruit doves are some of the brightest-coloured pigeons, with the three endemic species of Fiji and the Indian Ocean Alectroenas being the brightest. Pigeons and doves may be sexually monochromatic or dichromatic. In addition to bright colours, pigeons may sport crests or other ornamentation.
Like some other birds, the Columbidae have no gall bladders. Some medieval naturalists concluded they have no bile (gall), which in the medieval theory of the four humours explained the allegedly sweet disposition of doves. In fact, however, they do have gall (as Aristotle already realised), which is secreted directly into the gut.
Pigeons and doves are distributed everywhere on Earth. The family has adapted to most of the habitats available on the planet. These species may be arboreal, terrestrial, or semiterrestrial. Various species also inhabit savannas, grasslands, deserts, temperate woodlands and forests, mangrove forests, and even the barren sands and gravels of atolls.
Seeds and fruit form the major component of the diets of pigeons and doves. In fact, the family can be divided into the seed-eating or granivorous species (subfamily Columbinae) and the fruit- and mast-eating or frugivorous species (the other four subfamilies). The granivorous species typically feed on seed found on the ground, whereas the frugivorous species tend to feed in trees. There are morphological adaptations that can be used to distinguish between the two groups; granivores tend to have thick walls in their gizzards, whereas the frugivores tend to have thin walls. In addition, fruit-eating species have short intestines, whereas those that eat seeds have longer ones. Frugivores are capable of clinging to branches and even hang upside down to reach fruit.
In addition to fruit and seeds, a number of other food items are taken by many species. Some, particularly the ground-doves and quail-doves, take a large number of prey items such as insects and worms. One species, the atoll fruit dove is specialised in taking insect and reptile prey. Snails, moths and other insects are taken by white-crowned pigeons, orange fruit doves and ruddy ground doves.


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About Chicken Biryani Recipe :
Are you also someone who loves Chicken Biryani? In fact Chicken Biryani is the easiest to prapare as chicken meat is quite easy to handle. Biryani is a word that describes opulence and deliciousness! Biryani came to India from Central Asia and initially it meant rice cooked with meat. But over the years and across the boundaries it saw transformations and now it defines any rice preparation which is cooked with spices and veggies and meat. There are several variations of Biryani in India that includes Mutton Biryani, Chicken Biryani, Vegetable Biryani, Fish Biryani, Hyderabadi Biryani, Awadhi Biryani etc. Biryanis can be made in two ways-with cooked meat and with uncooked meat which is also called Kacche Gosht Ki Biryani. The Biryani which is made with cooked meat uses parboiled rice and takes less cooking time while the Biryani made with uncooked meat takes longer to cook. Garam Masala and Saffron are two important ingredients that impart that special taste to your Biryani. If you love Chicken Biryani and want to make it exactly like it is prepared in restaurants, try out this easy recipe.


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Wednesday the 28th, Robert, Kristina, and I walked around Downtown Disney. We had lunch at The Rainforest Cafe (overpriced, mediocre food but great atmosphere). Kristina was a little anxious around the animatronics and light/sound effects, but we enjoyed things nevertheless. That evening, Robert was craving a little taste of home so he took out the boiler and cooked Cajun crab legs. Kristina cringed watching him cook them. I wonder what she thought they were! He teased her as he peeled and crack each one. She eyed him cautiously until curiosity got the best of her and she took a piece offered to her. By the time dinner was over, she was cracking and eating them all by herself.
Thursday morning we set off for the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina to pick up the kids from summer camp. I was a little concerned about how she would handle the nine hour trip. Before she left Ukraine, I had one of the translators purchase her three books in Russian to help her pass the time. She "oohed" over the changing scenery as we got closer to the mountains. A few renditions of "If you're happy and you know it wash your hands!" (yeah, we're not sure how that got messed up) and we were there. She did great and only got restless the last hour of the trip. We checked into the retreat center at Ridgecrest and decided to hike up the mountain side to expend excess energy from sitting in the car all day. We found ourselves at a picturesque lake right before dusk and walked the circumference of the lake as the sun was setting.
As it grew darker we hiked back down the mountain and found ourselves surrounded by lightning bugs. As Robert caught bug after bug for her to inspect, she could only whisper "wow". Friday morning we got up bright and early to attend the closing ceremonies at CrestRidge Girls Camp. I knew the girls were excited to meet each other. Hannah saw us driving into camp and jumped into the backseat with Kristina where they made their own introductions. From that point on, they held hands as Hannah showed her around camp. At lunchtime we headed over to the boys camp Ridgecrest to claim our boys. The boys were equally welcoming and things fell into their natural rhythm.
We drove home immediately following the boys' camp ceremonies and got back to Orlando at midnight. We took things slowly Saturday, sleeping in and swimming at the pool later in the afternoon.
Sunday afternoon we drove over to Tampa to see the Florida Aquarium. The aquarium is located in the port where cruise ships line the terminals. "Look, look, look!" she would squeal as we drive past the massive ships. In the aquarium Kristina would cover her mouth and look wide eyed at the huge grouper fish and delicate sea dragons. After touring the facilities we went outside to play in the fountains.
We are looking forward to celebrating the Fourth of July with Kristina this year. I will update you again soon!


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Green room- twin bedroom (with conversion to king)
A beautiful south-facing room close to the creek
The creek tumbles past the east window of this upstairs bedroom. Sunny and spacious, there is a king conversion kit in the closet to make the two twin beds into one large bed. Other window faces south and looks down the driveway towards the farmyard. Shares upstairs bathroom.


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Lacrosse 2016
Jason graduated from Corning East in 1995. He was a 3 year starter for the varsity lacrosse team. His teams posted a 57-5 won-loss record during that time. He as first team all league as a senior. He was named to the Empire Games, Western Team in 1994. He is a 1999 graduate of Princeton where he lettered all 4 years and was a starter his junior and senior year. While at princeton, he won three national championships while posting a 43-2 record and was considered one of the best one on one defensemen in high school and college.


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THE REVITALIZED Skeena Valley Fall Fair went off without a hitch to the delight of organizers.
And the weather didn't dampen visitors' spirits either; more than 100 people showed up despite the pouring rain Sept. 9, the second day of the fair, says fair committee member Jennifer Lewis.
"Super fantastic, super just super," said Lewis, adding the two days were "unbelievably attended."
There's no final word on the number of people who attended as the gate keepers had to abandon counting on Sept. 8, the first day, and just let people in because there was so many people coming through, she said.
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The beekeeping demonstrations saw a crowd four people deep watching and listening to a talk about honey, said Lewis.
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Shells on the window sill
My mother always had shells that she'd collected on various beaches on her window sill in Austin. I followed that practice on my window sills: in Statesboro, GA, Clemson, SC, and now in Asheville, NC.
I've added beach stones to the theme (in various copper saucepans, wooden bowls, etc. around the house) , but still have her vintage glass holders, perhaps from her mother (Mom had sand and shells in this one on her Austin window sill).
|A subset of the normal shells
Interrupted in my drawing by needing to pick up my car (from its winterizing check-up prior to our January Quebec adventure), I finished it in lamp light.
I'd forgotten I had a working small lamp on my studio desk. Its burnt-out incandescent bulb was replaced by a new LED one this evening. A bit brighter, but still nice.
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"Lady Catelyn, you are wrong." Brienne regarded her with eyes as blue as her armor. "Winter will never come for the likes of us. Should we die in battle, they will surely sing of us, and it's always summer in the songs. In the songs all knights are gallant, all maids are beautiful, and the sun is always shining."
- George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings
The banners have been called in the War of the Five Kings. In the north, Robb Stark gathers his armies around Riverrun, preparing to strike out at Tywin Lannister's forces. Joffrey Baratheon has ascended the Iron Throne in King's Landing, Renly Baratheon has been crowned in Highgarden, and on the islands of Dragonstone and Pyke, Stannis Baratheon and Balon Greyjoy plot their own rise to power. Before long, great armies will march onto the field of battle, while subtle intrigues and assassins' daggers decide the fates of countless others.
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A Himachal Pradesh BJP delegation met Governor Urmila Singh at her official residence and demanded the dismissal of the Congress-led UPA government at the centre for its alleged involvement in countless scams.
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It seems almost unbelievable to learn of another type of cancer in a different place when we're just taking steps toward treating the first cancer.
It's been since February 2015. Almost four years. That was the last time we've had a cancer hiccup. I say "hiccup" because life is so much bigger than cancer. If you are familiar with Carolyn's cancer journey, it has been one that even her current docs say is one for the textbooks.
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SPI issues on LM4F120H5QR
m12lrpv posted a topic in Energia - TivaC/CC3XXXHi, I'm trying to use an old stellaris launchpad board as a datalogger to an SD card for logging data from an accelerometer. I've already built such a project on the arduino hardware but best I can do is one reading per 2ms and I want to get it logging faster... at least 1 reading every 500us. So I thought I would port it onto the the launchpad boards I had kicking around. Straight up the SD card didn't work trying to use SPI(3) as the underlying SPI bus and I have downloaded and tried about 6 different sd card libraries but got nowhere. What I then did was go back to first principles. Confirm SPI is working on the default SPI bus SPI(2) before switching to SPI3 and before putting the SD libraries on top of it. So I grabbed the simplest SPI product I had, a microchip MCP4251 digital pot and wired it up on a breadboard and confirmed it fully working at 5v with the arduino. The MCP4251 is specced for 3.3v @10Mhz so presumably there should be no issue using it with the launchpad. When I wired it to the launchpad it didn't work. It sort of worked for one of the digital pot's channels but not for the other. It's sort of stuck on power up settings but the behaviour is not logical so I cannot diagnose a problem. I tried the clock divider to slow it down a bit to check if that was the case but to no effect. I tried setting the SPI modes to 0 and 1 as per the pots datasheet and I tried manually pulling down the CS earlier but it seems that the SPI library does something that disables access to the CS pin. Checking and comparing the signals at the chip with a scope they all "appear" correct but I only have a 2 channel scope and no logic analyser so I cannot check it with enough detail to confirm. I can bit bang it but want to do it in hardware. I swapped the pot for 2 others I have and they all perform (or don't perform) exactly the same. There's some sonsistency there at least. At this stage i'm left with wondering if there's an issue with the energia SPI library. Not something I would have expected to be the case as SPI is pretty basic functionality but you never know. Alternatively it's possibly an issue with using the library. Unfortunately there are no examples of SPI usage which are relevant as they all use the msp430. If anyone has an example that they can confirm working against a Microchip product It would be much appreciated. I'm using energia given i'm trying to port arduino code but happy to use CCS which i've used for other projects. I'm at work and don't have the code with me which is why I havent posted code. Regards, David
[Energia Library] EtherEncLib for ENC28J60
reaper7 posted a topic in MSP Energia LibrariesThis is a very simple enc28j60 library created by Renato Aloi for atmega modifed by me for MSP430G2553 and MSP430F5529 Please, check my latest master fork from Renato Aloi newMods branch or download directly v0.4.2: EtherEncLib-0.4.2.zip fix CS, fix examples, disable debug from tcpstack EtherEncLib-0.4.zip only harware SPI version (MSP430G2553 and MSP430F5529 tested) EtherEncLib_v03.zip - hard/soft spi version EtherEncLib_v2.zip - hardware spi version EtherEncLib_v01.zip - softspi version v03: selectable hardware/software spi all definitions moved to EtherEncLib.h lines 17,18 -> select between hard/soft spi lines 21,23-25 -> SPI pins definition for MSP430 lines 28,30-32,34 -> SPI pins definition for Stellaris & Tiva(?) v02: hardware spi version enctypes.h file contains CS pins definition (lines 247, 250) v01: init version At this moment, after my quick mod, spi communication work on softspi (shiftOut/shiftIn) and replace strange arduino access via registers like SPDR etc... So...shiftOut/shiftIn are not so fast enctypes.h file contains pins definition (lines 247-259) description from EtherEncLib.cpp file:
[LM4F120H5QR] Wide timers dont work in PWM mode.Hello, im barely new in ARM programming. What i want to do is to run four independent PWM channels to manage my things. I wrote some code and as i supposed it didint work. In debug process i checked registers and it seems to be ok. Load and match values are corerct so i think error is somewhere in timers configuration. Can someone help me out ? Thanks in advance for reply. Here is my code that i ran on my launchpad. #define PART_LM4F120H5QR 1 #include <inc/hw_types.h> #include <inc/hw_memmap.h> #include <driverlib/sysctl.h> #include <driverlib/gpio.h> #include <driverlib/pin_map.h> #include <driverlib/timer.h> #define PWM_FREQ 20000 void InitGPIOs() { // running clock for gpio C SysCtlPeripheralEnable(SYSCTL_PERIPH_GPIOC); } void InitPWMs() { // runing clock for timers: wide timer 0 and wide timer 1, both 64 bits SysCtlPeripheralEnable(SYSCTL_PERIPH_WTIMER0); SysCtlPeripheralEnable(SYSCTL_PERIPH_WTIMER1); TimerConfigure(WTIMER0_BASE, TIMER_CFG_SPLIT_PAIR | TIMER_CFG_A_PWM); // timer0 A TimerConfigure(WTIMER0_BASE, TIMER_CFG_SPLIT_PAIR | TIMER_CFG_B_PWM); // timer0 B TimerConfigure(WTIMER1_BASE, TIMER_CFG_SPLIT_PAIR | TIMER_CFG_A_PWM); // timer1 A TimerConfigure(WTIMER1_BASE, TIMER_CFG_SPLIT_PAIR | TIMER_CFG_B_PWM); // timer1 B // 20 khz freq TimerLoadSet(WTIMER0_BASE, TIMER_A, (SysCtlClockGet()/PWM_FREQ)-1 ); TimerLoadSet(WTIMER0_BASE, TIMER_B, (SysCtlClockGet()/PWM_FREQ)-1 ); TimerLoadSet(WTIMER1_BASE, TIMER_A, (SysCtlClockGet()/PWM_FREQ)-1 ); TimerLoadSet(WTIMER1_BASE, TIMER_B, (SysCtlClockGet()/PWM_FREQ)-1 ); // initial width value TimerMatchSet(WTIMER0_BASE, TIMER_A, (SysCtlClockGet()/PWM_FREQ)/2); TimerMatchSet(WTIMER0_BASE, TIMER_B, (SysCtlClockGet()/PWM_FREQ)/2); TimerMatchSet(WTIMER1_BASE, TIMER_A, (SysCtlClockGet()/PWM_FREQ)/2); TimerMatchSet(WTIMER1_BASE, TIMER_B, (SysCtlClockGet()/PWM_FREQ)/2); // enabling timers TimerEnable(WTIMER0_BASE, TIMER_A); TimerEnable(WTIMER0_BASE, TIMER_; TimerEnable(WTIMER1_BASE, TIMER_A); TimerEnable(WTIMER1_BASE, TIMER_; // pin muxing for pwms GPIOPinConfigure(GPIO_PC4_WT0CCP0); GPIOPinTypeTimer(GPIO_PORTC_BASE, GPIO_PIN_4); GPIOPinConfigure(GPIO_PC5_WT0CCP1); GPIOPinTypeTimer(GPIO_PORTC_BASE, GPIO_PIN_5); GPIOPinConfigure(GPIO_PC6_WT1CCP0); GPIOPinTypeTimer(GPIO_PORTC_BASE, GPIO_PIN_6); GPIOPinConfigure(GPIO_PC7_WT1CCP1); GPIOPinTypeTimer(GPIO_PORTC_BASE, GPIO_PIN_7); } int main() { // setting clock to maximum speed 80 Mhz SysCtlClockSet(SYSCTL_USE_PLL | SYSCTL_SYSDIV_2_5 | SYSCTL_XTAL_16MHZ | SYSCTL_OSC_MAIN); InitGPIOs(); InitPWMs(); while(true) { } return 0; }
Generate a delay using Timer0A - Stellaris LM4F120H5QRHi, guys. I am a beginner in Stellaris microcontroller programming. I try to generate a delay of 1 sec (1 sec - led ON, 1 sec - led OFF). I have selected the timer0A - 16 bits. Delay - 1sec. Frequency = 4 MHz T = 1 / 4Mhz = 250 nsec. So, to generate a delay of 1 sec : 1.000.000.000 nsec / 250 nsec = 4.000.000 4.000.000 = 62.500 * 64; But i think in my code i must set another bit, i dont know if it is correct, his name "main interrupt". Here is my code :
Eagle files for LM4F120H5QR
stick posted a topic in Development Kits and Custom BoardsHi! Is there a reference design for board using LM4F120H5QR in case I want to create a custom board based on this chip? (Stellaris Launchpad is quite big for my project). Ideally in Eagle format. Or at least is there a library that contains LM4F120H5QR part so I can create such reference design?


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