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Different forms of Government Propaganda began and ended the year. We saw delays, backlogs, more cuts, more campaigns and direct actions. We reproduce some of the DPAC actions, research and call outs from 2014. Highlights included the Westminster Abbey Occupation against the closure of ILF as part of the #saveilf campaign, lowlights included the court case that arrived at the decision that Penning had taken appropriate process into account by saying that ILF users could be entitled to less under local authorities. Chaos with the DWP, PIP, ESA was compounded by misinformation, dodgy stats , backlogs and increasing sanctions. The brilliant Hammersmith and Fulham Coalition against Cuts achieved the abolition of 'care' charges by their local authority-proving it can be done. Esther McVey was awarded Scrooge of the year. DPAC was threatened with legal action for our support of the Anthony Kletzander campaign -in response we increased the campaign, and the relationship in the propaganda against disabled people between the DWP and the Mail was finally exposed
News that the UNCRPD Committee had initiated its first ever inquiry into grave and systematic violations of the UN Convention against the UK identified how far our disability rights and independent living had been eroded by the Coalition-although the Mail didnt seem to like it much
Our constant court cases against the DWP continued, and we have more lined up for this year too- yes, we could be talking to you Motability!
We look forward to 2015 and a change in the regime that has seen the poor grow poorer, while the richest grew richer. A year in which we launch Who2vote4? and the DPAC revenge tour. We will continue to fight for #saveilf with an event on 6th Jan at the House of Commons and an online twitter event.
For an excellent review of the fight against cuts from 2010-2014 please download From Cuts to Resistance and if you want a count down to the election , then the DPAC downloadable calender can help
Here's to a better year in 2015 with thanks to all our members and supporters. Keep up with news in 2015 by subscribing to posts through our website www.dpac.uk.net or follow us on twitter @Dis_ppl_protest
Some selected actions of DPAC in 2014
January saw the posting of a call for those who were waiting for PIP due to backlogs. This post has received over 40,000 views,shares and many comments. The situation has now been described as a backlog that , at the current rate , could take 42 years to clear. For those claiming 'reforms' are working have a look to see that they are not: https://dpac.uk.net/2014/01/have-you-waited-months-for-a-pip-assessment/ and let's not forget the backlog in ESA either-in short complete chaos for disabled people.
In 'Austerity Street: the real impacts' we reproduced some of the stories we had received from those left without cash and homes via sanctions, delays and backlogs. This was in response to Love Production's poverty porn , Benefits Street, part of the media's continued demonization regime -the campaign incorporated a twitter fest against the format of biased programming. We supported our partners in Canada Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty (SCAP) and Ontario Coalition Aginst Poverty (OCAP). In an international campaign against increasing homelessness. Austerity is global. We supported Boycott workfare against CAPITA cashing in on poverty.
Through the excellent work of Nick Dilworth we exposed more BBC media double dealing and the fact that they weren't publicizing the 88% success rates of those claiming ESA and asked 'Are the DWP failing apart at every level? When a freedom of information response incorrectly claimed that PIP was subjected to sanctions. In another they claimed that the cap would be cut for those without children, both were incorrect. With Inclusion London we campaigned against the Care Act's exclusion of 'independent living' and DPAC also joined Hands off London Transport against ticket office closures, as well as regional Rail protests
February We joined the many direct actions against the removal of legal aid. Raquel Rolnik 's report on the bedroom tax is published and recommends immediate suspension of the bedroom tax. The Government's response is to accuse her of giving sacrifices to Marx and telling her to 'sort out her own country'. We republish the excellent 'Why the rise of UKIP is dangerous for disabled people' and receive the usual abuse from Kippers proving the point. DPAC, Black Triangle and Wow publish a joint statement on Atos exit strategy , calling again for an end to the WCA. We expose how 9 out of 10 sanctions are dismissed when challenged
March More direct actions against proposed cuts in legal aid for judicial review.We publish 'Punching Holes in Austerity' an insightful analysis of DPAC and direct actions. DPAC supports #stopchanges2A2W against punitive changes in Access to Work. We publish an update on Anthony Kletzander and questions for HSE in Ireland with ENIL , a story of human rights abuse in Dublin, Ireland, a stand that we would later find invoked a threat of legal action against one of our co-founders.
DPAC joins protests against DWP and ATOS country wide. Protests that were reminiscent of the very first DPAC protests against Atos carried out by DPAC from 2011 onwards, culminating in the 2012 DPAC Atos games that saw Atos tarnished forever. DPAC leads direct actions and online protests against the despised disability Con-fident, leading to the highest number of tweets and retweets ever, exposing the scheme as no more than a Government gloss while they were cutting access to work and removing the means for disabled people to work. We produce a critical analysis of Pennings impact assessment regarding ILF. We reproduce the piece by John Pring asking 'Where was your MP during the Wow Debate'
April The brilliant Ellen Clifford travels to Canada to embark on a successful speaking tour with raise the rates. We hold a well attended DPAC Grassroots Fightback conference. DPAC, Inclusion London, Equal Lives and the Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People promote the #saveilf postcard campaign. Top Corrie stars support the postcard campaign to #saveilf. DPAC supports Lifeworks and protests against cuts to mental health support. DPAC gives its response to Labour on reform of WCA
May DPAC releases its research documents for download. DPAC and ILF users block the DWP in protest. We learn that disabled students allowances are now under threat of cuts. DPAC publishes a powerful piece by one of our readers that sums up many peoples' feelings: 'I'll never forgive or forget what this Government has done to me and thousands of others'. We pay homage to the strength of Quiet Riot, celebrate the #dpactour and the success of the Freedom Riders.
June The Independent Living Fund's Birthday protest happens in June with lots of action outside the DWP. We see JSA benefit sanctions sky rocket under the coalition Government. More actions happen to fight the bedroom tax.
We publish a piece by Angela 28 on how 'care' support has been threatened and why that threatens independent living and rights– legal representation was found for many people, but we were aware that this was happening to many more people through emails to dpac mail. Unlike some organisations we attempt to challenge these instances and reject the rhetoric that there is more 'choice and control' for disabled people.
At the end of June DPAC with UKUNCUT, and Occupy carry out a daring occupation of Westminster Abbey , after months of planning to highlight the #saveilf campaign. There were 3 police to every protester , and while we had no support from the dear old church , messages of support and publicity poured in
July We publish a joint statement in response to the Work and Pensions Committee on the WCA from DPAC, Black Triangle, the Mental Health Resistance Network, Pats petition, Wow and New Approach in which we again say the WCA should be scrapped.
An ILF user makes a plea to Disability Rights UK (DRUK) on ILF after he was denied the right to speak at their independent living conference. DRUK did not feel the need to offer any response. In Disability Rights UK : independent Living or new visions in Neo-Liberalism we ask why the DRUK 'independent living ' conference was sponsored by an organisation running institutions, segregated schooling and 'hospitals for those with mental health issues. We also launched a highly successful twitter campaign asking the same questions, again DRUK did not feel they owed disabled people any response to this outrage.
DPAC highlights more chaos at the DWP on appeals and sanctions. John McDonnell launches an Early Day Motion to #saveilf. Positive updates and actions on the WCA court case regarding mental health claimants by the Mental Health Resistance Network. We ask that people write to IDS to raise issues happening regarding mental health.
August Rethink calls people with mental health issues a 'disease burden' Mental Health Resistance Network respond to the outrage. We call for a stop to discrimination for those transferring from DLA to PIP who do not get backdated payments. DPAC continues to support anti-fracking protests with Reclaim the power.
We republish the excellent Nick Dilworth's piece on how the media are ignoring what's happening to disabled people https://dpac.uk.net/2014/08/a-national-scandal-4-million-people-face-chaos-in-this-country-and-are-ignored-by-the-media/
ILF user John Kelly speaks to BBC on the impacts of the potential loss of ILF. We ask what happens when ILF funds are not ring fenced to local authorities
September sees a national day of Protest against sanctions, bedroom tax and benefit caps.
The fantastic Brian Hilton produces a set of pics for party conference season on #saveilf. DPAC crash the Tory Party Conference via a successful tweet attack and in person. We do the same to Labour.
We publish The Great Farago: UKIP sleight of hand and receive more abuse from Kippers, Richard Howitt Labour MEP quotes the piece and receives even more abuse.
New short film launched with the Daily Mirror on ILF.
The first inkling that the DWP are wrongly asking those in the ESA support group to attend work focused interviews comes to our notice.
DPAC is threatened with legal action for supporting Anthony Kletzander and publicising the abuse of his human rights in Ireland, our response is to publish an interview with Anthony's parents on the injustice Anthony and his family have endured.
October We reblog the excellent Johnny Void piece on the boss of Maximus https://dpac.uk.net/2014/10/meet-richard-a-montoni-the-five-million-dollar-maximus-boss-here-to-fleece-the-uks-benefits-system/.
We publish an open letter to Freud who declared that disabled people can work for less than minimum wage. DPAC and Occupy pay another visit to the DWP Caxton House building for 'Freud must go!' protest
In Secrets and Lies :maximus the new leader of the inhumans we ask why Disability Rights UK have agreed to a) be part of the Maximus testing process on the WCA and b) why they've teamed up with Unum and other insurance companies to develop a TV program showing how much better off disabled people will be if they take out private insurance- with user-led disability organisations like these we dont need enemies.
ILF users return to court to challenge the DWP on ILF. A successful #saveilf vigil happens with road blocks, many messages of support and some great pics.
Welfare assistance fund is next under threat of closure. Campaign to save it is launched.
November The Final Litchfield Review shows that the WCA should be scrapped.
One of our favourite reports of the year : IDS is chased around a building to drown out shouts of murderer at Ipswich- congratulations to the local dpac group for that one!
We ask people to come forward to launch a legal challenge on cuts to the disabled student allowance
£86 million goes missing from Pudsley's children in need account BBC to blame for mislaying -complainants are actually advised to write to Pudsley via his BBC email
DWP increase attacks on disabled benefit recipients with claims they can harress them off benefits. We put out an urgent call-out https://dpac.uk.net/2014/11/urgent-people-awaiting-wca-assessments-particularly-in-birmingham-please-read/
Work Providers A4E are exposed again in relation to ESA and workfare. The Rev Paul Nicolson wins in court against council tax. Class War's continuing protests against 'poor doors' get to the authorities who make arrests- and Boris is burnt. Meanwhile DPAC discovers Motability's sneaky backdoor changes to individuals needing to be in work to qualify for support https://dpac.uk.net/2014/11/motability-and-the-deserving-and-undeserving-charity-not-rights/
December ILF users lose court case on ILF but its not over.
DPAC launches an Open letter to Ed, Kate and Rachel on ILF– we're still waiting for a response
Hammersmith and Fulham abolish home 'care' charges, showing it can be done. Congratulations for a great campaign to the excellent Kevin Caulfield and Debbie Domb and all at Hammersmith and Fulham Coalition against Cuts
Esther McVey is named scrooge of the year, which we though was a little too kind to the creature
Unsurprisingly the Work and Pensions report slammed the Government 'mismanagament of Access to Work – the stop the changes to Access to Work campaign continues.
Questions are asked on the Government costs in fighting against disabled peoples'equality
The link between the DWP and the Mail propaganda is finally nailed and exposed as the DWP is caught out https://dpac.uk.net/2014/12/dwp-caught-giving-disability-propaganda-to-daily-mail/


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Would prefer such an environment over some of what you'd see in southern Texas or thereabout.
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Wacky Wii-style PS3 controller in the works
We've already seen numerous designs for weird and wonderful console controllers, but Sony's latest, for a 3D, ultrasonic PS3 controller, really takes the cake.
Sony's patent PS3 controller: ultrasonic
Sony Computer Entertainment America's patent application is entitled: "Determination of controller three-dimensional location using image analysis and ultrasonic communication." Put simply, it's inked plans for a controller that communicates with the PS3 and PlayStation Eye, over various connectivity technologies, to control games.
Further description of the unit seems to indicate how two controllers can be slotted together – as shown in the image below – or be used as single units in a multi-player game.
Could a lightsaber game be en-route to the PS3?
The position of one or more controllers can be tracked in "three-dimensional space using hybrid video capture and ultrasonic tracking system", according to the patent. For example, the ultrasonic side analyses sound communications to determine the distances between the PS3 and each controller, and the relative distance between each controller.
Video capture, on the other hand, is used to identify a horizontal and vertical position for each controller. There's also mention of Wi-Fi connectivity directly with the PS3.
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — U.S. stock futures fell on Tuesday as Wall Street took a cautious stance after data offered a mixed view on the economy and ahead of major earnings releases.
"Over the next week, mixed economic data and earnings are likely to keep the market quite defensive, so we're provably headed to a shallow pullback of 2% to 3%," said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Rockwell Global Capital.
U.S. stock futures remained moderately lower after economic reports had retail sales climbing 0.5% and producer prices off 0.2% in December, while a gauge of manufacturing activity in the New York region contracted in January.
Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average US:DJH3 fell 38 points, or 0.3%, to 13,395, while those for the Standard & Poor's 500 index US:SPH3 declined 5.1 points, or 0.4%, to 1,459.20.
Futures for the Nasdaq 100 index US:NDH3 shed 9 points, or 0.3%, to 2,719.75.
"We did have some better-than-expected retail sales, which were up more than expected thanks to Detroit, and inflation at the producer level is obviously not a problem, so we're seeing inflation well anchored here. The one thing that did take me by surprise was the New York manufacturing index, which was worse, as I was looking for a small gain here," said Cardillo.
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Monday afternoon that the Fed's aggressive bond-buying program is unlikely to lead to higher inflation. He also said that Congress should swiftly raise the debt ceiling. Read: Bernanke downplays inflation risk of QE3
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Fitch reiterated its warning Tuesday that a delay in raising that ceiling would lead to a formal review of the country's AAA sovereign credit rating. On Monday, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said the U.S. could hit the debt ceiling between mid-February and early March unless Congress took action to raise it. Read: Fitch reiterates rating warning on debt ceiling
Two of three benchmark indexes were pushed into negative territory on Monday after a nearly 4% drop for Apple Inc. AAPL, -1.46% — on reports it had cut orders for iPhone 5 parts on weak demand — erased $17 billion from the stock market. The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, -0.80% fell 8.13 points, or 0.3%, to 3,117.50 on Monday and the Standard & Poor's Index SPX, -0.49% fell 1.37 points, or less than 0.1%, at 1,470.68. Read: Apple erases $17 billion from stock market
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WASHINGTON -- As college courses go, the name - "Reflections on the Federal Reserve and Its Place in Today's Economy" -- sounds perfectly ordinary.
Then there's the name of the lecturer. Not exactly ordinary: Ben Bernanke, the sitting chairman of the Federal Reserve.
Four times starting Tuesday, Bernanke will take a break from his day job to revisit the academic life he led - and, by all accounts, enjoyed - before coming to Washington a decade ago. He'll stand before a class of George Washington University undergraduates and deliver a series of lectures on the Fed.
For a Fed chief who has set new standards for public accessibility, the GW lecture series marks another first: None of Bernanke's predecessors ever helped teach college students while serving as chairman.
GW assembled the class of 30 from 80 applicants who wrote a one-page essay on what they hoped to learn from arguably the second-most-powerful U.S. government official after the president.
But no one needs to be in the lecture hall to hear Bernanke live. His lectures are being promoted on the Fed's website, where anyone can view them live (at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/federalreserve ) starting with the first one at 12:45 p.m. Eastern time. And the Fed will maintain the four one-hour lectures on its site for later viewing.
The first will focus on central banking in the United States dating to the panics of the 19th century and early 20th century, which led to the Fed's creation in 1913. The second lecture, on Thursday, involves the central bank's actions after World War II.
In the final two, on March 27 and 29, Bernanke will review the roots of the 2008 financial crisis and the Fed's response to the crisis and the recession that followed.
To prepare, Bernanke's students received a reading list for spring break. The list included some of his speeches, along with other writings that explain how the Fed manages short-term interest rates to try to quicken or slow the economy.
For Bernanke, the GW lectures serve a dual function:
They give him a chance to reprise the role of professor he played for more than two decades, first at Stanford and then at Princeton, where he eventually chaired the economics department.
And they give him a way to expand his mission of demystifying the Fed. As part of that campaign, Bernanke became the first Fed chief to hold regular news conferences and conduct town-hall meetings.
In addressing the public directly, Bernanke has also sought to neutralize attacks on the Fed, some of them from Republican presidential candidates. Critics have argued that under his leadership, the Fed's efforts to boost economic growth have heightened the risk of high inflation.
Bernanke and his defenders counter that the Fed's extraordinary efforts to ease borrowing costs and raise confidence helped save the financial system and kept the Great Recession from deepening into another Great Depression.
"These lectures will give him a chance to tell his side of the story and put it all together in a coherent way," said Sung Won Sohn, an economics professor at the Martin Smith School of Business at California State University.
Bernanke, a popular professor at Princeton, has occasionally renewed his ties to academia during his six years as Fed chairman. He spoke to students at Morehouse College in Atlanta in 2009 and held town hall meetings with college students in Rhode Island and Jacksonville, Fla., in the fall of 2010.
Sohn identifies with Bernanke's impulse to return to a college classroom.
"Any professor will tell you that you get energized when you stand up and talk to young people again," said Sohn, for many years the chief economist at Wells Fargo before he returned to teaching.
Tim Fort, a business professor who specializes in ethics, developed the GW course in consultation with Bernanke's staff. Beyond Bernanke's lectures, Fort has enlisted about a dozen GW faculty members to help teach the course.
After Bernanke's four lectures, the course will explore other topics, including the constitutional basis for the Fed's powers; its record in enforcing consumer protections; and its handling of such global issues as Europe's debt crisis and China's emergence as an economic superpower.
Students will be graded on the papers they write and their class participation.
Just as in his years as a full-time professor, Bernanke will speak from notes and will rely in part on PowerPoint slides. He will read some of the papers students submit.
But no, Bernanke won't be staying up late, determining which students deserve an "A."
"The one thing he was firm about was that he was not going to grade papers," Fort said.
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Three types of people were revealed through our study: one for whom empathy is stronger than systemizing (Type E brains); another for whom systemizing is stronger than empathy (Type S brains); and a third for whom empathy and systemizing are equally strong (Type B brains). As one might predict, more women (44 percent) have Type E brains than men (17 percent), while more men have Type S brains (54 percent) than women (17 percent).As you may have noticed, scientific findings that put women in a bad light are frowned upon, but don't worry. The NYT op-ed I've just quoted goes on to say this:
According to what I have called the "extreme male brain" theory of autism, people with autism simply match an extreme of the male profile, with a particularly intense drive to systemize and an unusually low drive to empathize. When adults with Asperger's syndrome (a subgroup on the autistic spectrum) took the same questionnaires we gave to non-autistic adults, they exhibited extreme Type S brains. Psychological tests reveal a similar pattern.The author of this piece, Simon Baron-Cohen, posits that the increase in autism is "the genetic result of 'assortative mating,'" as two strong systematizers have children together. He doesn't go on to say it, but it seems necessary, if this is to be the theory, to have an idea why more strong systematizers are mating these days.
And this analysis makes sense. It helps explain the social disability in autism, because empathy difficulties make it harder to make and maintain relationships with others. It also explains the "islets of ability" that people with autism display in subjects like math or music or drawing - all skills that benefit from systemizing.
It's outrageously politically incorrect to go where that theory seems to be headed and say that the women's movement is to blame for autism. More women in the workplace means that more men meet and bond with women who share whatever brain type they have. It thus becomes more likely that two extreme brain types will have children together. In the pre-feminist set-up, men would be more likely to mate with women who would nuture and care for them. Her empathizing brain type would moderate his and save their children from autism. But in the modern world with equality of the sexes in a relationship, the man is much more likely to mate with someone who shares his qualities of mind. I'm not saying I believe this is what is happening. I'm just noting that this criticism of the women's movement is lurking inside Baron-Cohen's theory of autism.
IN THE COMMENTS: People scramble to deny what must not be permitted to be true!
ADDED THOUGHT: We shouldn't be afraid to discover the truth. If there is, in fact, something like an "S brain" and if the offspring of two "S brain"ers has a high risk of autism, the solution would not be to exclude women from the scientific workplace (obviously!) or even to discourage two "S brain"ers from marrying. It's just a matter of giving good genetic advice to persons planning to become parents so that they can choose to have children by artificial insemination if they don't think the risk is appropriate. But I don't know enough about autism to have an opinion about whether the condition really is such that we should try to prevent autistic children from being born. It may be that the two "S brain"ers would produce an extraordinary individual, who might be difficult for us to understand but who would bring great gifts into the world, which we should want to see and embrace.


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December 6, 2011
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WOODINVILLE, WA - On December 6, 2011, Pullman Police Department Detectives, with the assistance of members of the King County Sheriffs Office, Woodinville Police Department and the U.S. Secret Service Electronic Crimes Task Force served a search warrant on the residence of 41-year-old Michael Patrick Bell in Woodinville, Washington.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Georgia's defense was far from soft against rival Florida.
And now the Gators are no longer undefeated and no longer in charge in the Southeastern Conference's Eastern Division.
The 12th-ranked Bulldogs stuffed
No. 3 Florida from every angle, forcing six turnovers in a 17-9 victory
Saturday that left them on the cusp of the SEC championship game.
Call it the World's Largest
Outdoor Turnover Party, and it gave Georgia consecutive wins in the
series for the first time since 1989. These have to be two of the most
significant victories of coach Mark Richt's tenure.
The Bulldogs (7-1, 5-1
Southeastern Conference) can clinch the East and a spot in the
conference title game with wins against Mississippi and Auburn in the next
two weeks.
If the Bulldogs play defense like they did against Florida, getting to Atlanta should be a mere formality.
The Bulldogs did little on
offense until Aaron Murray found Malcolm Mitchell for a 45-yard
touchdown with 7:11 remaining that put them ahead 17-9. Mitchell spun
out of Loucheiz Purifoy's tackle attempt and went mostly untouched the
rest of the way. Florida kept the drive alive with Dominique Easley's
holding penalty on third down.
Georgia sealed its fifth victory in the last 23 games in the rivalry with — what else? — a defensive play.
Jarvis Jones knocked the ball out
of Jordan Reed's hands near the goal line, and teammate Sanders
Commings recovered in the end zone with 2:05 left.
Jones had another huge game
against Florida (7-1, 6-1). The senior, who had four sacks in last
year's 24-20 victory, finished with 13 tackles, three sacks and two
forced fumbles.
He helped the Bulldogs respond
as well as possible to safety Shawn Williams' criticism of "playing too
soft" earlier in the week. Williams had a point after Georgia allowed at
least 20 points in six of its first seven games and gave up 206 yards
rushing last week at Kentucky.
Jones missed that game with a
sprained ankle. With him back, Georgia looked like a different defense,
and it surely helped that Florida self-destructed at every turn.
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Evil Blogger
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Tuesday, January 21, 2014
His Unfailing Love
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Friday, January 10, 2014
He Keeps A-Knockin' But He Can't Come In
Thank you again for your prayers & concern. I really appreciate them.
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Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Two Old Friends
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Monday, January 6, 2014
Hacked Again!
If you received an email from me ... it went to a group of stitchers ... with a link included, delete it right away & definitely do not click the link! I don't know if it's Yahoo or what, but I've been hacked again : (
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Saturday, January 4, 2014
To Hoop/Q-Snap/Scroll Frame, or Not to Hoop/Q-Snap/Scroll Frame
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Friday, January 3, 2014
Snow (Really!), a Cardinal, an SAL Update, & a Goal for 2014
It was very gray & overcast yesterday ... a perfect day for staying in bed. It started out raining, but by mid afternoon it began to snow!!! Well, I don't have to tell you that I was one very happy camper when I saw that happening! It also became very windy for a while making the snow fall sideways! I took this photo from the front porch late yesterday afternoon.
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Thursday, January 2, 2014
It Was A Wonderful Christmas & It's Not Going Anywhere Yet
I realize that many people take their decorations down the day after Christmas or shortly thereafter. Although I can understand the reasoning behind this, I personally don't want to end the season early. What I haven't understood, until this year, are the people who put their trees up on Christmas Eve. Why so late? Well, I learned a bit more about the 12 Days of Christmas this year. I've always known that the 12 Days begin on December 25th & end January 6th. However, I did not know that people originally celebrated the 12 days by giving gifts on January 6th ... the date when the church celebrates the wise men giving gifts to the Christ child. That sounds kind of nice, doesn't it : ) I did a bit of research & discovered that Latin American Christians in particular extended the 12 days to 40 days, ending the celebration of Christmas with Candlemas on February 2nd! Candlemas is the celebration of Jesus being presented in the temple. He is celebrated as the Light of the World & thus candle services are held on that day to commemorate this. People would put up their Christmas decorations on Christmas Eve & leave them up until Candlemas. I do not know if this practice continues, but I found an interesting poem written sometime in the 17th century by Robert Herrick which refers to it. The poem is called "Ceremony Upon Candlemas Eve" & begins as follows ...
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This apartment building designed by Mitsutomo Matsunami looks stunning! The fact that the houses next doors only have 2 floors, makes this 7 story high building even more majestic. It's build on a 110.55m² piece of land and has a total floor of 341.38m². There are 10 apartments in the building, measuring between 23.2m² and 35.7m², which is tiny compared to European ones.
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Friday, August 21, 2009
Journal Spilling is HERE
You may have already noticed that I'm in the midst of a BlogAthon and it's gonna keep on goin' on. Five blog entries a week (maybe more). I'll be skipping out next Monday and Tuesday to take my son to college (happy-sad).
As of September? All journaling, everyday. The next giveaway, which will be copies of Journal Spilling will be announced at that time.
Don't forget in the meantime that the Lucky Penny Doll giveaway is coming up, so keep on commenting!
I know that my readers are smart and have probably figured out that this is self-promotion. I'm not ashamed. I'm my own best salespeep. I poured my heart and soul into this book for more than a year and am dang proud of it. I wrote it because it is information that needed to be shared. (Altruism).
Keep on commenting!
10 comments:
- Joanne Huffman said...
I look forward to buying the book. I loved your class (at Hampton) and know I will love the book.
- August 21, 2009 at 9:45 AM
- Lelainia N. Lloyd said...
Congratulations on your book Diana! That's fantastic news! Good for you! YAY!!
Hopefully it will turn up on the shlves up here in Canada! If not, maybe I can win a copy, because I's sure love to see it!
Brava art sistah!
- August 21, 2009 at 11:18 AM
- Dawn said...
Can't wait to get my grubby mitts on this one. Waiting on Amazon now...From what I've seen of the previews, it totally rocks!
- August 21, 2009 at 12:47 PM
- Lucrecer said...
I am so excited for you! What a wonderful feeling that must be.
- August 21, 2009 at 2:37 PM
- Nerissa Alford said...
what an exciting time for you! looking forward to getting my copy. it's already on my amazon wish list :)
- August 21, 2009 at 4:32 PM
- Rebecca said...
Congratulations! I can't wait to see it!
- August 21, 2009 at 6:49 PM
Tapping my foot impatiently...I want this now! Congrats!
- August 22, 2009 at 7:50 AM
- Ontheroad said...
Looks good and exciting.
- August 22, 2009 at 4:14 PM
- Deb's Artful Journey said...
Congratulations on your book! I think its awesome and you should be jumping up and down and promoting yourself (and book!). I cant wait to get a copy.
Debbie L
- August 23, 2009 at 10:02 PM
- Erin said...
Way to go Dianna, I am so happy for you. I can not wiat to see it...Erin
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SUBJECT: Charge Moving in a Magnetic Field (Front)
DESCRIPTION: The animation shows a charge moving toward a region where the magnetic field is vertically upward. When the charge enters the region where the external magnetic field is non-zero, it is deflected in a direction perpendicular to that field and to its velocity as it enters the field. This causes the charge to move in an arc that is a segment of a circle, until the charge exits the region where the external magnetic field in non-zero. We show in the animation the total magnetic field-that is the magnetic field of the moving charge in addition to that of the external magnetic field. The bulging of the total field on the side opposite the direction in which the particle is pushed is due to the build up in magnetic pressure on that side. It is this pressure that causes the charge to move in the arc of a circle.
The moving charge in the animation changes its direction of motion by ninety degrees over the course of the animation. How do we conserve momentum in this process? Momentum is conserved because momentum is transmitted from the moving charge to the currents that are generating the constant external field. This is plausible given the field configuration shown in the animation. The magnetic field stress, which pushes the moving charge sideways, is accompanied by a tension pulling the current source in the opposite direction.
To see this, look closely at the field stresses where the external field lines enter the region where the currents that produce them are hidden, and remember that the magnetic field acts as if it were exerting a tension parallel to itself. The momentum loss by the moving charge is transmitted to the hidden currents producing the constant field in this manner.


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Decision : CONF 203 VII.A.1.6/7
SOC: Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (Guinea/Cote d'Ivoire)
VII.6 Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (Guinea/Cote d' Ivoire)
The Committee recalled that the site was included on the List of World Heritage in Danger in 1992 because of negative impacts from a proposed iron-ore mining project and threats due to the arrival of a large number of refugees from neighbouring countries. It furthermore recalled that an extensive report was presented to the Bureau at its nineteenth session in July 1995.
The Committee noted that in response to the Bureau's request for clarifications on the legal protection and classification of the site, the Ministry for Energy and Environment, by letter of 15 September 1995, indicated that the Government had taken several measures to develop and protect the site. This included the creation of a Management centre, "Centre de Gestion de l'Environnement des Monts Nimba (CEGEN)", responsible for all environmental and legal questions, as well as the international classification of the site, the monitoring of the water quality in the region and integrated rural development and socio-economic studies.
The Committee commended the States Parties for their efforts. Given the uncertainties and the shortcomings in on-site management, the Committee decided to retain the site on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
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Ye Olde Yuletide Ax
Prepare your retinas for an assault of Christmas-time proportions:
Jami H. assures me there's actually cake under that mess. A mess, I might add, which is completely inedible - except for the frosting dots on the plastic aquarium sprigs, of course. So let's see: we've got trees, icicle garland, holly berries and leaves, and a shiny gold...ax?
Srsly - who plans this stuff?


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John Carter of Mars was sadly complicated and did not take any breaks to let the audience catch up with the complicated backstory of Barsoom. But in its defense, this movie had a hefty load of source material to adapt. Would it all have been easier to follow if Andrew Stanton had used this original introduction? Is it better to start things off with a giant Martian spaceship craft, or a long narrative actually explaining why the people of Zondanga live in a moving town? Let us know what you think.
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Better than a miracle
Posted by Kim @ Peace of my Heart on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 |
It seems that everywhere I've looked recently, I find stories of people who faced serious medical challenges that doctors did not expect them to survive, yet they did. It's perfectly logical to me to label situations like these as miracles, because I know that with God, all things are possible. I have no doubt in my mind that He heals people. And hearing of such situations brings joy and smiles and praise. For me, though, it also stings a little.
In my humanness, I saw a perfect set-up for a miracle last August. I found myself in a situation where a miracle would have been been the perfect ending to a long and bumpy road that began with a routine sonogram. I prayed fervently for that miracle, as did so many others. Yet, the miracle in my mind, the one that I so desperately longed for, was not what I got. That perfect ending turned into an ache in my heart like I have never known.
Still, God is God. He is the same now as He was when Kristen was born. He is the same as He was when she went in for her surgery. He is the same as He was when we had to say good-bye to her. He is the same, and He is good.
For years now, Emily, Grace and I have listened to "Adventures in Odyssey" on the internet during lunch. The girls have always loved the radio show, and we've all enjoyed the lessons learned in each episode. It's fun to imagine what each character might look like, and we've all voiced a wish that there really was a place like "Whit's End" right here in Great Bend. A couple of days ago, we listened to an episode about miracles.
A little girl remained unconscious in the hospital following exposure to carbon monoxide. Her brother was searching for proof of miracles and traveled in the imagination station to find answers. The very wise ice cream shop owner, John Avery Whitaker, told little Grady a couple of things that I needed to hear. First, sometimes we pray for someone to be healed, and God doesn't answer our prayers the way we hoped. In cases where our loved ones AREN'T healed, maybe God has in store for us "something better than a miracle." Second, after facing the death of a loved one and seemingly unanswered prayers, it can help you to pray differently. His thoughts are not my thoughts...His ways are not my ways. God's will has certainly become a more prevalent part of my own prayers.
Part of what makes hearing stories of people in dire situations so difficult is that they bring back my own memories of being in the hospital, feeling helpless to do anything to change the outcome. Another part, the part that really pinches my soul, is hearing all the praises to God when miracles do happen and wondering if those praises would still be there if God had something better than a miracle in store.
Distance will change the perspective, and I look forward to the day when I have enough distance to see what God has in store for me.
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Posted by Kim @ Peace of my Heart on Sunday, May 16, 2010 |
It's been a little over a week since we "celebrated" Kristen's birthday. That just doesn't seem to be quite the right word for it. It certainly wasn't the celebration I envisioned a year ago. We did, however, spend the day remembering our sweet baby with a few loved ones. We released pink balloons and had cake and ice cream and looked at pictures of Kristen. We smiled as we wondered whether Kristen would have daintily picked at her cake like her sister, Emily. Or if she would have worn most of it like her sister, Grace (who ended up with frosting in her ears!) From the beginning, Kristen seemed the perfect mix of her two sisters. In looking back at some of her pictures (which I put into the Smilebox scrapbook below), I definitely saw a hint of orneriness!
Celebrations bring to my mind pictures of all that is happy. I think of smiles and laughter and gathering with loved ones. While we had all those on May 7, there was a sadness over not having our guest of honor with us. She got to celebrate in heaven, and as a friend wrote to me, birthday cake there has to be delicious!
To celebrate is to remember, to honor, to glorify. I celebrate Kristen's life and in turn honor and glorify God when I remember who I am and whose I am. God chose me to be Kristen's mom, and I will always be a mother of three. More importantly, I belong to Him who was, who is and who will be. I can't even begin to wrap my human mind around all that God is, but it does bring a peace to my heart to know that my youngest daughter is in His care. She may not be home with me, but she is home with Him. And that in itself is cause to celebrate.
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Our "Magic" Front Porch
Posted by Kim @ Peace of my Heart on Sunday, May 09, 2010 |
We've joked that either we have the best friends ever, or we have a "magic" front porch. Before I headed to bed last Thursday night, I looked out the window next to the front door like I always do. I have a perfect view of Kristen's tree from that window, and it's part of my one last check on my girls before I head to bed. That night, however, something caught my eye on the front porch. Lined up on the steps were four pots of pink geraniums! I stepped out in my jammies and found cards of encouragement that were signed by "Your friends in Christ." I promptly sat down right there on the porch...in the dark...in my jammies...and cried tears of gratitude. Only the next morning as I rolled the trash can out to the curb did I discover that our anonymous gift-givers had also left a beautiful solar light next to Kristen's tree. Those gifts and the thoughtfulness of those who would go to such lengths touch my heart in a place and in a way that is difficult to put into words.
I mentioned the possibility that our front porch has some sort of "magic" quality. I don't base that only on the pink geraniums that appeared last week. Over the last year or so we've had some amazing things "appear" out there. The night before one of our visits to the specialist in Wichita, we found a car seat and stroller out there. This wasn't just any car seat and stroller, but the very ones we had planned to pick up at Target in Wichita the next day. They were pink and a purple-y wine color, and I absolutely loved them!
Not long after Kristen's funeral, we found an anonymous package in the mailbox (on the front porch). In that package were several restaurant gift cards, tickets to see Michael W. Smith in Wichita, and a confirmation number for a room at the Hyatt! Easter Sunday we found two Build-a-Bear Blossom Bunnies in baskets on the front porch and candy-filled eggs scattered in the front yard.
It's fun to talk about our "magic" front porch, but I know that we simply have the best friends ever. I may not know exactly who was behind the sweet sneakiness, but I am so grateful to those dear souls. While we've certainly had our suspicions as to the identity of our anonymous gift-givers, no one has 'fessed up. We do want to respect their desire to remain anonymous, but we also want them to know how very much their creative thoughtfulness means to us. What an amazing testimony to the love of Christ!
We love you, dear friends. Each night as I look out at Kristen's tree before heading to bed, I see the beautiful glow of that light, and I think of you and thank God for your friendship.
I thank my God every time I remember you.
-Philippians 1:3
Sunday, May 9, 2010 1 comments
A Glimpse Through Tears
Posted by Kim @ Peace of my Heart on Tuesday, May 04, 2010 |
I've prayed to see Kristen in my dreams. I've longed to see her and what she might have looked like as she grew. Fact is, I was just re-reading some early entries in my journal last night and came across a prayer that I had written down asking God to let me see her in my dreams. I'm still waiting on that dream, but I did experience a flash of an image in my mind this morning as I dried my hair.
Until now, only a couple of people knew of my perhaps not altogether irrational fear of being electrocuted while blow drying my hair. I don't blow dry my hair near the sink or the tub, so it really shouldn't be an issue, right? For anyone else, it probably would never even be a fleeting thought, but since that part of my morning routine seems to consistently include free-flowing tears, I do get a tiny bit concerned.
This morning was not unlike many other mornings when I've sobbed through a blow-drying. Then it came. A flash of an image in my mind...one of a little girl who looked so much like my Grace, only with very blond hair (like my Emily). It wasn't like a daydream or a movie...I didn't hear audible words, but I did feel like she was telling me, "Mama, don't cry."
I wish that I could say that the experience gave me a sense of peace, but I can't. It did startle me a little though. Given the fact that I'm consumed right now with memories of the days before Kristen's arrival, it actually made me cry a little harder. I know my emotions won't always be so raw, so for now I just let the tears fall. God knows my heart. He knows the ache that resides there. He knows the piece that was carved out of it. That piece now lives with Him.
I don't feel guilty for the tears. They aren't for Kristen...she certainly doesn't need them. They're for me. I will be in a place one day where I won't need them, but until then I'll keep using waterproof mascara.
"God washes the eyes by tears until they can behold the invisible land where tears shall come no more."
-Henry Ward Beecher
Tuesday, May 4, 2010 0 comments
Pink Geraniums
Posted by Kim @ Peace of my Heart on Sunday, May 02, 2010 |
Last Sunday afternoon, a friend (who knows much more than I ever will about all things growing and flowery) helped me pick out some lovely pink geraniums to plant around Kristen's tree. I want her tree to look beautiful on her birthday. I've kept the geraniums in their pots outside to "harden them off" (don't I sound like I know what I'm talking about?!). They've handled their move from the greenhouse well. During the day they sit in their pots around the tree. At night, they rest in the safety of the front porch. I've had moments when thinking about this little project has made me feel better and others where I've been reduced to tears over it. Nothing seems to avoid the grips of my grief.
I feel a little like those geraniums. Those pink blooms have to withstand the wind and the rain of a wild springtime in Kansas just as I have to endure the unintentional sting of someone's ill-chosen words, the eyes that look at me as though they don't understand why I'm still sad, and the purposeful silence that makes me feel like people don't care. I suppose these plants gain strength from the sheltering they've received thus far, just as I have been strengthened by the gentle kindness of a silent hug, a knowing look, or the spoken words of genuine care and concern. And the very few who are courageous enough to step into my grief and walk with me a while, those who don't mind crying with me, they are what God provides to sustain me. One day I will bloom, too. It's just going to take some time.
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ISTANBUL, Turkey, July 13 (UPI) -- Thousands of people rallied in Istanbul, Turkey, to protest a bill passed by Parliament giving a government ministry full authority over all urban projects.
The Friday protest in Galatasaray Square included members of the Chamber of Architects and Engineers, who also helped lead the Taksim Solidarity Platform that initiated the protests over the demolition of Gezi Park in Istanbul.
The bill gives the Urban Planning Ministry full authority over all urban projects.
A representative for the protesters told Hurriyet Daily News the legislation was a sign the government wanted to "silence" architects and engineers to prevent hurdles in grandiose urban projects.
"They don't want us because we are against [Istanbul's] third bridge, because we said no to Canal Istanbul," the spokesman said, referring to large-scale construction works branded as "crazy projects."
During his speech, the crowd chanted "no to the third bridge, no to canal Istanbul, no to crazy projects," hinting the demands of the protesters could widen.
The newspaper said journalists marched at Galatasaray Square, voicing concerns about threats they perceive to journalistic freedoms. Walking behind a banner featuring penguins, they shouted, "Free press cannot be silenced."
Other banners read, "Let us do our job," "End the pressure," and "Don't target, don't detain, don't arrest, don't threaten, don't censor."
The journalists say there have been the arbitrary detentions and arrests, firings and censorship since the demonstrations began.


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The Revision Control System (RCS) manages multiple revisions of files. RCS automates the storing, retrieval, logging, identification, and merging of revisions. RCS is useful for text that is revised frequently, including source code, programs, documentation, graphics, papers, and form letters.
RCS was first developed by Walter F. Tichy at Purdue University in the early 1980s -- paper: RCS: A System for Version Control (1991) (troff, PostScript, PDF). See also the Purdue RCS Homepage.
RCS design is an improvement from its predecessor Source Code Control System (SCCS) (see GNU CSSC). The improvements include an easier user interface and improved storage of versions for faster retrieval. RCS improves performance by storing an entire copy of the most recent version and then stores reverse differences (called "deltas"). RCS uses GNU Diffutils to find the differences between versions.
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NCLB Update
Transforming Higher Education
Grad Student Report
Grants Forecast
Early Ed for Hispanics
E-Rate Anniversary
Quote to Note
Upcoming Events
NCLB Update
On successive days last week, President Bush visited schools in New Orleans, Louisiana, and New Albany, Indiana. His purpose was two-fold: (1) to herald "no excuses" schools dedicated to high standards, assessments, and accountability and (2) to promote reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act. "There's nothing better than being in the middle of a bright spot, a place that just shines with optimism, in a part of the world that has gone through some really difficult times," he said at New Orleans' Samuel J. Green Charter School (see http://www.whitehouse.gov/
news/releases/2007/03/20070301-13.html), which reopened five months after Hurricane Katrina to serve an expanded student body (from grades 6-8 to K-8). "I like a system that is willing to challenge the status quo when the status quo is failing. One of the reasons I've come to this school is that it represents a group of citizens... who said, we're tired of mediocrity in the school system.... And so the storm came and it did terrible devastation, but it gave a chance for renewal. And one of the areas where renewal is most evident is in the school system of New Orleans, in the charter system right here at Green." At New Albany's Silver Street Elementary School (see http://www.whitehouse.gov/
news/releases/2007/03/20070302-8.html), the President was more direct: "I appreciate very much that Silver Street has met state standards for progress under No Child Left Behind every year since 2002.... Without a measurement system, you would be saying, 'Well, we anticipate that we are doing well. We certainly hope that we're meeting state standards.' Under this system you can say, 'We know we're meeting state standards.' And that should give parents who pay attention to this school a great comfort, and give the teachers who teach here great pride.... Watering down No Child Left Behind would be doing thousands of children a disservice..." At both venues, President Bush emphasized the importance of local control, insisting on the flexibility of the law.
Meanwhile, to assist on No Child Left Behind implementation, the President has designated Kerri Briggs as Acting Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education and intends to nominate her to be Assistant Secretary. Briggs currently serves as the Department's Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development. Previously, she worked in the Office of the Deputy Secretary, as senior policy advisor. She replaces Henry Johnson, who retired at the end of December. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2007/03/03062007.html.
Also, adding to the dialogue on strengthening American education, the Center for American Progress and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have released "Leaders and Laggards: A State-by-State Report Card on Educational Effectiveness." All 50 states and the District of Columbia are graded in nine areas, including rigor of standards, academic achievement (using National Assessment of Educational Progress data), postsecondary and workforce readiness, and return on investment. The conclusion, the researchers assert, "is unambiguous: the states need to do a far better job of monitoring and delivering quality schooling." For more information, please go to http://www.uschamber.com/icw/reportcard/.
Transforming Higher Education
The next "Education News Parents Can Use" broadcast (March 20, 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET) will feature award-winning educators, university leaders, and students discussing the Secretary's Commission on the Future of Higher Education's final report and the Secretary's ensuing Action Plan for Higher Education. Specifically, guests will explore how parents, schools, higher education institutions, and the U.S. Department of Education can put the Commission's recommendations into action to better prepare students for college, to help them succeed once enrolled, and to make college affordable. For generations, the U.S. postsecondary education system has been the envy of the world. Today, however, it is clear the system needs some repair. For example, although two-thirds of high-growth, high-wage jobs require a college degree, only one-third of Americans have one. Also, while 90% of the fastest-growing jobs in the economy will require higher education, more than 60% of Americans ages 25-64 have no postsecondary education credential. As a result, a U.S. worker with only a high school diploma makes almost 40% less than one with a bachelor's degree. Put succinctly, in an era when what students know is the key to the American dream, too many students are forgoing college. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/news/av/video/edtv/. (You can watch live and archived webcasts at http://www.connectlive.com/events/ednews/.)
Note: KnowHow2GO is a three-year effort aimed at helping low-income students understand the steps they need to take to get into college. Co-sponsored by the Ad Council, the American Council for Education, and the Lumina Foundation for Education, the campaign is initially targeting eighth- to tenth-graders. For more information, please go to http://www.knowhow2go.org/.
Grad Student Report
On to advanced degrees. A new report by the Department's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), "The Path Through Graduate School," uses longitudinal data from an earlier study to examine characteristics related to graduate degree enrollment, persistence, and completion among 1992-93 bachelor's degree recipients. About 40% of these students had enrolled in a graduate degree program by 2003. On average, most students waited two to three years to enroll, and, among those who enrolled between 1993 and 2003, some 62% had earned at least one graduate degree by 2003. Master's degree students took an average of three years to complete their degree; first-year professional students took four years; and doctoral students took more than five years. Notably, after controlling for a range of variables, rates of persistence and completion were higher among students who entered graduate school immediately after earning a bachelor's degree, who attended full-time and enrolled continuously, and who enrolled in multiple graduate degree programs. For more information, please go to http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2007162.
Grants Forecast
Be sure to review the FY 2007 Grants Forecast (as of March 1) at http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/find/edlite-forecast.html, which lists virtually all programs and competitions under which the Department has invited or expects to invite applications for awards and provides actual or estimated dates for the transmittal of applications under these programs. The lists are in the form of chartsorganized by principal program officeand will be updated regularly through July. (Note: This document is advisory only and not an official application notice of the U.S. Department of Education.)
One grant competition that is already underway is the Early Childhood Educator Professional Development Program. This program complements the President's early reading initiative by funding replicable professional development programs that improve the knowledge and skills of early childhood educators who serve in high-poverty communities and who primarily work with children from low-income families. Eligible applicants are partnerships consisting of one or more institutions of higher education and one or more public or private entities (including faith-based organizations). Applications are due April 20. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/programs/eceducator/.
Early Ed for Hispanics
"Para Nuestros Niños: Expanding and Improving Early Education for Hispanics," the final report from the National Task Force on Early Childhood Education for Hispanics, urges that Hispanic children be enrolled in quality education programs as early as possible in order to make more rapid progress in closing the Hispanic-white achievement gap. Growing evidence suggests toddler/infant and pre-kindergarten programs are producing school readiness gains for Hispanic children who have the opportunity to participate. Yet, Hispanic children continue to be under-represented in such programs due to an inadequate supply of affordable preschool seats in many communities, a lack of program information for Hispanic parents, and language barriers with program operators. For more information, please go to http://www.ecehispanic.org/.
E-Rate Anniversary
Late last month, the Education Rate (E-Rate) Program reached an important milestone: 10 years of operation. Administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company (http://www.universalservice.org/sl/), under the direction of the Federal Communications Commission, the E-Rate is a federally funded program that provides up to $2.25 billion a year in discounts on telecommunications services, Internet access, and internal networking to U.S. public and private schools and local libraries. To date, nearly $19 billion in discounts have been provided. And, according to a report by two technology education coalitions, the program is working. Indeed, the E-Rate has increased the number of public school classrooms with Internet access from 14% in 1996 to 95% in 2005. Moreover, the E-Rate allows 100% of public libraries to provide free Internet access to their communities. Nevertheless, work remains: libraries and schools need to expand bandwidth capacities to ensure students, teachers, and the public keep pace with technology. For more information, please go to http://www.edlinc.org/pdf/NCTETReport_212.pdf.
Quote to Note
"The real challenge facing this country is whether or not we're going to be competitive; whether or not we've got the skill set necessary to fill the jobs of the 21st century. If we don't, they'll go elsewhere. That's just what happens in a globalized world. The No Child Left Behind Act is the beginning of a comprehensive, competitive program, and we want to work with you to make sure it works properly..."
|President George W. Bush (2/26/07),
addressing the nation's governors at the White House
Upcoming Events
Over the next two weeks, the Department will be exhibiting at the U.S. Hispanic Leadership Institute's national conference in Atlanta (March 14-18); a Federal Interagency Group on Limited English Proficiency meeting in Bethesda, Maryland (March 15-16); the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development's annual conference in Anaheim (March 17-19); and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' annual meeting in Atlanta (March 21-24). If you are attending any of these events, please stop by the Department's booth.
Updated schedules for the Department's four higher education negotiated rulemaking committees are posted at http://www.ed.gov/policy/highered/reg/hearulemaking/2007/nr.html.
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