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OATS Meeting Aftermath 1
On the 8th of August 2006 the BCS Open Source Specialist Group and the BCS Disability Specialist Group welcomed Simon Judge to present the work of the Open Source Assistive Technology Software project (OATSOFT).
Simon discussed the aims of assistive technology in general and demonstrated the state of the art using illustrative videos demonstrating some of the assistive technology devices that he helps to deploy in his work. The OATS project was then introduced and the various facilities offered by the project including the Forge, the academic resources, discussion forums and most importantly the list of Open Source assistive technology systems.
Much of the floor discussion during the presentation revolved around the input problems experienced by users of assistive technology systems. Though innovative systems are available, they are often not widely adopted due to issues such as the initial learning curve, the availablity of support and the cost of any specialist hardware required.
The floor were also interested in the possibilities offered by using commodity hardware such as old mice and commodity computing devices in place of expensive dedicated devices. Coupled with the Open Source assistive technology components offered by OATS, this could provide a new route to better assistive technology.
- Original event announcement
- Presentation slides (PPS) also available in PDF
- OATS Project and the ACE Centre form part of the OATS Consortium
- The OATS Pilot Project Final Report

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The Way of the Mister, Vol. 1: Reparative Therapy
This is the first of what will be a series of videos on differing topics. "The Way of the Mister" videos continue the ethos of the Mr. Deity worldview, but branch out in ways that would not work within the the Deity cosmography or with the Deity characters. It is the cast's desire to do more videos like this, and the ideas are pouring out of Brian Dalton. But many of them require bigger budgets than they currently have and they're hoping to rectify that with a non-profit organization which will focus on this broader mission — to educate with humor and satire.
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Well look at that, we're midway through May! Our members are out and about shopping, traveling and, of course, snapping photographs of their bags and fashion ensembles. We caught up with Chanel, Louis Vuitton and Jimmy Choo this week, and made a stop in The Wardrobe where we found a great new thread well worth a visit. All this and more awaits in the PurseForum Roundup, so come on in!
"Who is up for a reveal?" was the question posed by LornaLou in Jimmy Choo this week, and the answer is, "Who isn't?!" LornaLou showed off her gorgeous new Melba booties – her very first Jimmy Choo purchase – and they are as cute as can be. Somehow we missed Yuan0260's reveal of her first Jimmy Choo shoes back in February, but our members are still complimenting her sparkly purchases, and we are, too. MsTran87 also chose sparkle as the theme for her very first pair of Jimmy Choos this week.
All of this led us to wonder if perhaps a sale is underway, so we checked the retailers thread for sales – just as you should if you're contemplating a fashion purchase. All across the PurseForum, our members constantly hunt for bargains and sales and post them in retail, sales, or bargains threads for all to see and share.
This week in Louis Vuitton we are discussing the lawsuit concerning trade secrets, of course – but that is not all that is on our members' minds. We know many of you share our love of peeking inside other peoples handbags (we even have a special feature on PurseBlog for that very thing), and in Louis Vuitton, we wandered over to the WIYB (What's in Your Bag) thread and found some very interesting ensembles.
Isis23 packs her Speedy with small leather goods (SLGs), and bagjunkie1997 unquestionably takes first prize at organizing her Speedy's copious contents! And if you are wondering if a Speedy can double as a mommy bag, Liaxx has your answer right here.
Our members were also busy shopping, and Miacostigan shared her new Tivoli in this breathtaking reveal. If you would like to see what is in all of those gorgeous brown boxes, drop into OSURxTN's thread to see what she picked up on her pre-wedding shopping spree. This is just a small sampling of what is going on in Louis Vuitton this week!
This month in the Wardrobe, divanata cleverly started a wonderful thread dedicated to fashion for women of "a certain age." There are plenty of us out there, and this thread on glamour and styling is already a popular conversation. Even if you are not "of a certain age," the commentary is brilliant and the thread makes for a fun read full of great photographs. Interestingly, an older thread featuring modest dressing has appeared on page one, and we spent quite a bit of time looking over these incredible fashions and hope to see more in the future.
We always visit the Outfit of the Day thread when we are in the Wardrobe, and now that the weather is warming up for most of our PurseForum family, plenty of fun casual looks and chic summer styling are popping up. We loved this black and white with a pop of crimson from tiffany_, bbagsforever's cool blue London street style and ellapretty's super striped maxi dress and jean jacket. All of the ladies in this thread are so inspiring!
Chanel is one of our busiest subforums, and always includes several reveals on page one, which always puts us on the spot: how to choose a photo to feature in the segment? It was a hard choice, because we have had totes on the brain lately, and this classic and undeniably splendid Grand Shopper Tote enthusiastically revealed by MissCa stole our hearts. We also absolutely loved the photographs in hollyyih's reveal of her new Now and Forever flap from Cruise 2014, so here it is!
Peckita got some new shoes for summer, and Nurzy Hamzy added something colorful to her Chanel family and shared a family photo, too. We were still in the mood to look inside your bags, so we visited the busy WIYB thread as well. The venerable Vintage Chanel Thread has popped up on page one, and we are not ashamed to say that we took a leisurely trip down memory lane and saw some amazing bags (and deals).
While reveals are always popular, the PurseForum also boasts a treasure trove of information about shopping, styling and maintenance of our favorite shallow obsession. This week in Chloé, RedEyedAssassin shared a problem with her beautiful Indian Summer Marcie bag. Though at press time we had not yet seen the black marks, we are definitely interested in the mysterious marks on this beautiful bag and what our members will suggest as a remedy.
By the way, KatyEm also has a brand new Marcie in cashmere grey. If you are interested in Chloé, the shopping subforum has some hot information on sales right now, so be sure to visit here before you make your purchase.
Our visit to Chloé was a quick one, so we swung into the Bag Showcase, and you will be glad we did! This is just a teaser of what is in store for you when you visit world of B's collection thread, so put your feet up, get comfortable and prepare to be delighted!
That closes out another edition of our PurseForum Roundup, and we thank you for joining us. We love sharing the Forum's conversations and handbags with all of you, and we hope to see you again right here here in a week. In the meantime, have a lovely spring week and don't forget to stop and smell the roses!


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In March 2008, Japan's Foreign Ministry appointed Doraemon as the nation's first "anime" ambassador.
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This was one of my childhood favorites.
Oh my gosh! I grew up with Doraemon, Dr. Slump, Spaceship Yamato, Gundam, Macross, and Cobra. Thanks so much for doing Doraemon. It really brings back fond memories. Those inventions he pulls out of his pocket really work on a child's imagination :-)
grew up watchin doraemon every weekend. still love him to this day!
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The Laufer Center for Physical and Quantitative Biology was established in 2008 in loving memory of Louis and Beatrice Laufer by their children, Helen Laufer Kaplan and Howard Kaplan, Jeffrey and Barbara Laufer, and Henry and Marsha Laufer.
Initiated with a major philanthropic gift, the Center supports three endowed professorships. The Center aims to play a central role in the Stony Brook Collaborative Research Alliance (Stony Brook University, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory). The Laufer Center began operation on October 1, 2010, with Ken A. Dill as Director and Carlos Simmerling as Associate Director. On May 7, 2012, the Center celebrated the official dedication of its newly remodeled building, close to the Life Sciences Center on the Stony Brook University campus.
The Center's core and affiliated faculty include research groups in chemistry, physics, applied mathematics and statistics, biomedical engineering, computer science, microbiology and immunology, ecology and evolution, and pharmacological sciences at Stony Brook, as well as Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. The Center brings physics, math, and computation to bear on solving challenging problems in biology and medicine. Computers are used to discover new medicines and to decipher the human genome. Physics is the basis for powerful technologies and principles for understanding how healthy biological cells work and how diseased cells fail.
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No winners emerged Wednesday night after numbers for the Powerball jackpot were drawn, pushing the next jackpot to $550 million.
The numbers drawn were: 42, 39, 18, 2 and 37. The Powerball number was 12 and the multiplier was 3.
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Insights from the Ascension of Isaiah[1]
The Ascension of Isaiah is an early Christian document that is thought to have been written some time in the second century A.D., and is considered a Christian re-working of an older Jewish tradition. It resembles, in some ways, Isaiah 6, but details a much more elaborate vision, in which Isaiah is taken, in spirit, through the various levels of Heaven until he reaches the highest heaven, where he is privileged to behold a vision of the Father, Beloved Son, and Holy Spirit.
For further background info on Ascension of Isaiah, and to read the text (translated from the Greek version), please see http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/ascension.html.
Starting in Chapter 6 of the text, Isaiah recounts the vision that he saw in which a glorious angel comes to him, takes him by the hand, and leads him upwards into the heavens. The angel declares the purpose of this celestial journey:
When I have raised thee on high through the various degrees…You will see one who is greater than I…and his Father also who is greater you will see (vv. 7:4, 7-8).


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Supports the creation, customization and centralized storage of policies on database exception detection and conditional reorganization.
Provides Smart Reorg utility with the capabilities of the exception notification and conditional reorganization based on policies stored in a centralized policy repository.
Collects statistical data about databases and determines the reorganization needs of the databases based on the reorganization policy selected for the database.
Detects database exceptions and notifies the TSO users or z/OS operators that are specified in the relevant policy of the exceptional state.


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ssh/rdesktop into host behind NAT
My home network is a DSL dynamic IP setup with a gateway router that uses NAT to allow multiple hosts on the one dynamic IP.
What I want to be able to do is to ssh/rdesktop from my laptop into my desktop. I can remote in just fine when the laptop is on that network, but I want to be able to do so when I'm at the University. I obviously can't just use the private IP address when I'm not in the network, but am uncertain of how I can set this up.
And the WORD was made flesh, and dwelt among us. (John 1:14)
If you can SSH into the gateway box, then it's a simple matter of using SSH port forwarding: ssh -L 3389:<private IP of box>:3389 <ip of gateway>
Then point rdesktop at localhost, and it will connect to <private IP of box> via the SSH connection.
If you can't SSH into the gateway box (or any box behind the firewall), then you have to enable port forwarding on the gateway. How you do that, depends on the gateway.
Cool! I'm halfway there. I can ssh into the host box. I had to modify the firewall on the gateway -- it didn't let anything past -- now ssh (only) can pass.
So I'm ssh'd in I can work on the console, but when I tried to
rdesktop localhost it gave me
ERROR: cannot open display:
And I missing something? A configuration or an option I missed?
And the WORD was made flesh, and dwelt among us. (John 1:14)
O.K. - I found I needed to allow X11Forwarding
So I added that to the sshd config and used -X option for the ssh. That takes care of the cannot open display error.
Now, I get
ERROR: connect: Connection refused
I've tried localhost, localhost:3389, rdesktop to a different user than I ssh'd into with. Nothing.
And the WORD was made flesh, and dwelt among us. (John 1:14)
Are you trying to connect to the same host you SSH into, or to a second host? rsdesktop only works to connect to Windows stations.
Can you draw a simple diagram of how the systems are laid out? Like:
laptop ---> Internet --> router --> host1 --> host2
Laptop (NetBSD) ---> Internet ---> router/gateway ---> Desktop (Slackware)
Internet ---> [router/gateway] ---> Desktop (Slackware) | | -------------> Laptop (NetBSD)
I want to control the Desktop from the Laptop. Besides just raw running, I'd like to be able to tunnel audio fom the Desktop to the Laptop, and if possible be able to open a local file from the remote machine -- particular be able to load a CD/DVD on the Laptop and be able to read it on the Desktop.
I can ssh into the Desktop and I can even run X programs through ssh. I can't figure out how to pipe sound or open local files with remote programs.
And the WORD was made flesh, and dwelt among us. (John 1:14)
Just a hunch, but you may need to add your login name to /etc/ssh/sshd_config:
AllowUsers me you #allows clients to log in only as the local users me or you
-- 010\001\111 --
Okay, your use of "rsdesktop" threw me for a loop, as rdesktop is only used for connecting to Windows stations, and works really well in conjunction with "ssh -L".
But, to connect to a Unix station, and to run X11 apps remotely, that's a totally different scenario.
Two options, depending on how much of the Slackware desktop screen you want to see:
1. ssh -X to the Slackware box. Then run X11 programs from the command-line, and they'll appear on your local screen (laptop). However, as the apps are actually running on the Slackware box, they will only have access to the files on the Slackware box.
2. Install and configure x11vnc on the Slackware box. Use that as the main X server. Then use ssh -X to the Slackware box. Run "vncviewer localhost" and your Slackware desktop will appear on your laptop. However, again, as the apps are running on the desktop, you can only access files on the desktop. (This is the setup we use in our schools, so that teachers/IT staff can connect to any station for troubleshooting and monitoring.)
AFAIK, none of the Unix VNC clients/servers support file transfers, sound redirection, or print redirection.
For sound, I can listen to mp3 files from the remote host locally. If I really wanted to, I could setup some sort of streaming audio server, too. But, that's not what I'm looking for.
Here is the scenario: I ssh -X into the desktop. I open up xine on the desktop to view a video displayed on the laptop (file/disc is stored on desktop). The video comes through, but the sound doesn't. That video makes it and sound doesn't seem illogical to me, but it is the situation. I can't figure how or even if I can get the sound to make the journey?
Two more questions:
1) If I ssh -X into the desktop and open up firefox and go to a secure site, will that be as secure as if I browsed from the desktop without the ssh connection (as if I'm sitting there)? I think I know the answer, but I want to verify.
2) Some mentioned on a site I was looking at that they update (I think he said with cron) a website every 30 minutes with the current IP address. How could I do that with a cron job (or something comparable) so that the IP address of the DSL modem will update a webpage so that I can know the address to ssh to no matter where I am?
And the WORD was made flesh, and dwelt among us. (John 1:14)
If you recall whatever you should have read about how the X Windows System works, you have an X Server that handles the display of X Clients on a given $DISPLAY. When my laptops keyboard went belly up, I tried virtually everything :\. One task was hooking up my laptop, and tunneling X over SSH to an X Server running on the Windows machine. Because the server was on the Windows machine, the Windows machine needs the graphics card - because all of the rendering is done on the boxen with the X Server running (or $DISPLAY, if you want to think of it that way, but that wouldn't be true). Likewise the programs are actually being executed from the remote host, where they are installed; in my case it was on the FreeBSD machine. I don't know the protocol very well (and am no Jamie Zawinski either!), but look at it this way:
At least, that is as much as I can offer without more time to learn and cash for hardware. So the only way around it is a network mount of the files and running a program locally to play it, afaik.
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Thou shalt check the array bounds of all strings (indeed, all arrays), for surely where thou typest ``foo'' someone someday shall type ``supercalifragilisticexpialidocious''.
I realize that X and sound are two different subsystems, but my objection is if you can forward one, why cannot you forward the other? (this is a question/complaint directed toward the ssh people and not you guys)
And the WORD was made flesh, and dwelt among us. (John 1:14)
I'm looking for how to use a cron job to figure out the current IP address, and then update say a html link on a webpage.
I don't think that dynamic DNS would work because there is no domain name associated with it.
And the WORD was made flesh, and dwelt among us. (John 1:14)
@JMJ, X was based originally for networked graphics.. multiple X terminals (dedicated hardware) would connect to a fast Unix server.
Sound was never in the equation.. and historically, there have been several sound API's for Unix systems, Sun Audio and OSS being the most popular of coarse. (Neither are network aware..)
Due to the nature of sound.. it's been more of a "localized" thing, traditionally not networked.. but it has been done.
You already mentioned the programs by name.. ESD(Esound) and Jack both support this.
A little off topic.. but is that religious quotation really necessary in your signature? in red? it's most surely going to offend someone.
E.g., you could run a cron job on the machine in question to check its own IP every 10 minutes, say, and if it has changed since last time, then it runs a program to update the IP address that is associated with myhostname.dyndns.org on the DynDNS servers.
It is a little off-topic, but if you want to start a new thread I'd be happy to continue discussion.
And the WORD was made flesh, and dwelt among us. (John 1:14)
I'm going to have to change port assignments for my ssh connections (not a bad security step anyways). At least the stupid router allows me to custom create a forward definition, so at least I can create another ssh definition to use a different port.
And the WORD was made flesh, and dwelt among us. (John 1:14)
Have a look at NAS, the Network Audio Server. It does for sound what X does for video. The only caveat is that the application has to be NAS-aware. It's available in the ports tree (audio/nas), and most of the more popular apps support it. Even artsd, for KDE3, supports NAS. You may need to reinstall your audio/video apps to enable NAS support.
A quick tutorial is available here.
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Veteran actress Betty White has taken aim at "ungrateful" stars including Lindsay Lohan and Charlie Sheen as she's convinced they "don't appreciate" their fame.
The "Golden Girls" star, 89, insists she has worked hard to carve out a long-running career in show business and she is horrified to see other performers who "party too much" and take their success for granted.
And White has harsh words for celebrities who don't share her work ethic.
She tells Britain's Daily Mail, "They party too much, don't learn their lines, are unprofessional and they grumble about everything. I think they are terribly ungrateful. I cannot stand the people who get wonderful starts in show business, and who abuse it. Lindsay Lohan and Charlie Sheen, for example, although there are plenty of others, too. They are the most blessed people in the world and they don't appreciate it…
"Respect your profession. There is an enormous population out there, who would sell their souls to do what you do. It's an amazing life, so make sure you appreciate every minute of it."


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Do they yodel in such a remote place as Papua New Guinea ? Yes they do ! The country is inhabited by different ethnic groups, most of them live very isolated.
The Huli are the most important ethnic group in the Southern Highlands province. They are characterised by their headdresses: at great ceremonies, singsings, men wear big wigs made of human hair and they paint their faces red and yellow, the colors of the birds of paradise.
They yodel in different occasions. Here are two examples: the first one (Ho) is an exchange of calls between men in the mountains. It was recorded by Charles Duvelle (a renowned French field recorder) in 1974 in the Yugu of the Huli group in the region of Hedemari (a sub-district of Koroba, in the Southern Highlands district). It comes from the Philips Prophet cd Papua New Guinea. Huli (Highlands).
The second type of yodel is Mali iwa. It is a war song and ritual dance, sometimes accompanied by drums and with yodel that sometimes imitate the cry of the paradise bird. Here are three versions. The first one is from the same cd as above, recorded in 1974. The two others were recorded between 1992 and 1993 by Manuel Gomes and are edited on the cd Music of Papua New Guinea (Buda).
If I could find the lp Music of the Huli, Papua Niugini, edited by Musicaphon, I could propably give you more examples…
Link 1: Huli language and sociolinguistic change
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Manning's miserable night, in less than 3 minutes
Starting with a safety on the first play from scrimmage in Super Bowl XLVIII, it was a miserable night for Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning.
In the video above, you can see how Seattle's defense dominated the Broncos in the Seahawks' 43-8 win. Manning set a Super Bowl record with 34 completions, but he also threw two interceptions, including one that went for a pick-six.
You certainly don't have to watch the video too long to see some of the ducks that Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman talked about leading up to the game.
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Tell us about your role at Danone?
As the CIO of Danone for Asia Pacific, I cover information systems and IT from New Zealand to India, and everything in between. I'm now in my fifth year, and this is my first CIO position.
What made you want to work in the CPG industry?
I started my professional life in the CPG industry, working in sales with Colgate. With recognized brands, very structured processes and a focus on people development, the CPG industry has given me a good grounding in business. For the last 20 years I have been with Danone, working in sales for eight years and IT for 12 years. This double competency has held me in good stead, allowing me to apply both functional and technical capabilities. In between, running my own real estate company in the scenic French Riviera for a while was a complete departure! It was fantastic, and I enjoyed the autonomy and being able to really drive the business. However, the market was declining and if you don't sell, you don't eat! So I decided to come back to the CPG fold.
What's been your biggest personal achievement to date?
A highlight has been the successful reorganization of the IS/IT group in Asia and the implementation of shared services. We created five pools of people across Indonesia, China, Australia, New Zealand, South East Asia, Japan and Korea, that are dedicated to all Danone businesses, rather than one business unit. As a result, we were able to leverage more experts, improve processes, attract and retain talented people, and increase the IT impact on business.
Another recent highlight is that we have just kicked off a key step of the Danone digital journey in Asia, where we have created a team, several project roadmaps and an ambitious system transformation plan. IS/IT, business, HR and legal are all involved, and the digital plans are part of our business 2015 objectives. We don't just talk about digital, we act digital!
What three key skills have helped you to get to this point?
Stay connected: To me, this means not only staying connected to your company, colleagues and customers, it also means staying connected and aware of what's happening in the industry and around you. Without this connection, your view of reality is incomplete.
Team work: Being able to work as part of a team is a great strength and testament to you as a person. It's a key skill and strength—and one I adhere to very strongly.
"Have a go:" I feel that life is about opportunities, and you must try even if you don't succeed—and this is a mantra I like to live by.
What industry trends are happening in the marketplace?
IT acceleration has made the implementation of a solid ERP, SFA and BI backbone fundamental, whether you are operating in developed or emerging markets.
The digital revolution is driving and shaping the world around us. Mobility, usage of data, web-enabled technology and the like have put us on a trajectory where if the industry does not follow—it will collapse. It's no longer a question of whether you implement these or not—but how fast and big you should go.
What are the main barriers?
Although these technology trends are driving the change, true change requires a new business model that erodes the barriers between marketing, IT and sales. This means that the moving parts need to work together seamlessly, or at least re-draw some of the boundaries between functions.
Another issue: We often hear about data coming from social or external providers, but a huge amount of information is actually from the business itself. However, there is not always the appetite to analyze it.
How important is trade promotion management (TPM) software to achieving success today?
Although TPM is less advanced in Asia than in Europe or the United States, exploding investment and growth means we need strong controls and effective measurements in place to truly harness demand. For that, it's essential to address TPM now with simple and reliable software. It is also an important source of data for analysis and promotion modelling.
You recently attended the Accenture NewsPage User Forum in Malaysia. Were there any highlights?
It was a fantastic event, and I truly enjoyed networking with my peers and Accenture NewsPage and Accenture colleagues. I took away interesting insights into how TPM and analytics are shaping our industry.


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Equity Point Gothic
Hostel in Barcelona
Among our hostels in Barcelona, the Equity Point Gothic hostel is located in the Ciutat Vella district, the oldest part of Barcelona, famous for its historical monuments, narrow streets and bohemian atmosphere. Packed with tiny plazas and unforgettable corners this neighbourhood in the heart of Barcelona leaves an impression on everyone who visits.
Equity Point Gothic hostel is located just 150 metres from the Picasso Museum, and just a 2 minute walk from Las Ramblas. We have designed the hostel to combine collectivity with privacy and comfort. As a result, in our rooms each guest has their own individual cubicle with bed, individual reading light, power socket, and locker.
The hostel in Barcelona's old town
Come to Equity Point Gothic hostel and fall in love with the welcoming, relaxed atmosphere of this hostel in the Gothic district of Barcelona, unquestionably one of the coolest parts of the town, where craftspeople, cosy restaurants and trendy bars will help you enjoy all the charm Barcelona has to offer.
How to discover Barcelona from Equity Point Gothic Hostel
At Equity Point Gothic hostel you will find a travelers' desk with everything you need to get the most out of your trip: free internet access, Barcelona tourist information, Barcelona public transport timetables, info on excursions, travellers' services, background music, TV… a reading and relaxation room where you can chill out and escape from the Barcelona hustle and bustle of the city and a terrace, aah! … the terrace of the hostel, in the heart of Barcelona, where you can soak up the sun, and relax on a deck chair… could you ask for anything more?
Backpackers' oriented hostel in Barcelona by Equity Point hostels
Dorms from 6 to 14 beds – enough to get to know people, but with the privacy that comes from the curtains and mezzanine levels we have designed for your maximum comfort. Equity Point Gothic is our most laid-pack and backpacker oriented hostel.
Persons under the age of 18 years are only allowed to stay in private rooms or dormitory rooms that are booked for use of one family or group of persons, and can not share dormitory rooms with other guests. People under 18 years old must travel with their parents or legal tutor.
Credit card payments will be charged with an euro per night and person.
C/ Vigatans 5, 08003 Barcelona
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Syria Scattering Chemical Weapons to Secret Sites
WSJ Exclusive: A secret Syrian military unit is spreading stockpiles of poisonous gas and munitions to make tracking by the U.S. harder. WSJ Pentagon correspondent Julian Barnes explains. Photo: AP.
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LOS ANGELES — Two teenagers whose fingers were severed during a tug-of-war game at a Southern California school are awake and alert after undergoing surgery.
Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center spokeswoman Rosa Sacca says the boy and girl have stable vital signs Tuesday and their parents are at their bedsides. But she is not able to say whether doctors were able to reattach their fingers.
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Authorities say the students were taking part in a lunchtime game at suburban South El Monte High School on Monday and had wrapped their hands around the rope when it snapped, amputating their fingers.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden was sworn into his second term Sunday, one day before he and President Barack Obama take their public oaths.
Just after 8 a.m., Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor administered to Biden the oath of office at the Naval Observatory, his official residence. Sotomayor is the first Hispanic and fourth female judge to administer an oath.
Biden was sworn in using the Biden family Bible, which is five inches thick and has a Celtic cross on the cover. Biden used the Bible each time he was sworn in as a U.S. senator and when he was first sworn in as vice president in 2009.
Just prior to reading the oath, the Rev. Kevin O'Brien offered a prayer, per the request of Biden and his family.
"Gracious God, at this moment in our history, we ask your blessing on your servant, Joseph, as he renews his sacred pledge to his country. Amid all the complexities of our world, a world so beautiful but also broken, give him a share of your wisdom so that he can know what is good and give him the courage to always do what is right," he said.
"Walk close by him so that he can do justice and to labor tirelessly for a more just and gentle world. Empower him to be a voice for those without a voice, for those on the margins, those so easily overlooked, for you will judge us all by how we care for the least among us."
Biden personally selected Sotomayor to administer the oath.
"It's an incredible honor to have Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor swear me in," Biden said in a statement prior to the ceremony. "I believed strongly that she would make a great Justice, and it was one of the greatest pleasures of my career to be involved in her selection to the court."
Sotomayor left immediately after administering the oath. "She has to leave right now," Biden told the 120 guests gathered at the event. He said she was due in New York. "So I apologize, we are going to walk out, her car is waiting, so she can catch a train I hope I haven't caused her to miss," he said.
Biden and his family and friends celebrated mass prior to taking the oath.
After the ceremony, Biden joined Obama at Arlington National Cemetery for a traditional wreath-laying ceremony.
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The Fed Is Only Authorized to Conduct MONETARY Policy, But It Has Also "Become the Single Largest FISCAL Actor in the U.S. Economy"
Washington's Blog
May 8, 2010
On Tuesday, I wrote:
The Fed argues that an audit would interfere with its monetary policy decisions. [But] decisions about what toxic assets should be accepted by the Fed as collateral, how such assets should be valued, and who bailout funds should be given to are wholly separate from the Fed's core monetary policy decision: raising or lowering interest rates.
[F]unneling hundreds of billions to foreign nations and foreign banks, accepting worthless junk from the too big to fails and marking it at unrealistic valuations, and doing the other things which the Fed has been doing recently are not core monetary functions. Congress never authorized these actions when they passed the Federal Reserve Act.
Therefore, the Fed's actions must be made transparent and subject to the light of day.
Eliot Spitzer wrote an important essay yesterday explaining that what the Fed is really doing is controlling our country's fiscal – as well as monetary – policy:
The Fed over the course of this crisis has demonstrated that its influence goes far beyond the issue of monetary policy.
In monetary policy—controlling the supply of money—the Fed is constrained by reasonably well-understood policy levers that have a macro impact, and its decisions are rather evident in short order. Now, in contrast, the Fed is engaging in fiscal policy—spending money—and in fact has become the single largest fiscal actor in the U.S. economy, dispensing hundreds of billions of dollars to private parties. In doing so, the Fed is picking winners and losers. Why Goldman but not Lehman? Why guarantee the debt of some companies but not others?
The Fed has enormous discretion in its decisions. It is entirely appropriate to demand that they be carried out with greater transparency and be subject to greater oversight.
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You only ever seem to hear about arcades closing these days, so let's break that depressing trend and welcome the opening of a big new arcade instead.
Pinball Wizard Arcade is located in Pelham, New Hampshire, and will be throwing its doors open on January 12. Not only does it have a great name, but it sounds like it has a great collection, as it'll have over 200 arcade games and, perhaps more awesomely, over 70 pinball machines.
The arcade games are, as you'd expect, heavy on fighting games, with the roster including titles like:
X-Men Children of the Atom, Marvel Superheroes, Marvel vs. Capcom, Marvel Vs. Streetfighter, X-Men Vs. Streetfighter. SNK Vs. Capcom, SNK Vs. Capcom 2, Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat II, Mortal Kombat III Ultimate, Mortal Kombat 4, Street Fighter II, Street Fighter II Championship Edition, StreetFighter Alpha, StreetFighter Alpha 2, StreetFighter Alpha 3, Tekken 2, Soul Edge.
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Secrets of the Dead | Episode | Japanese SuperSub
Japanese SuperSub recounts Japan's superior submarine technology and reveals how close the Japanese came to using the subs to blow up the Panama Canal, terrorize the U.S. and possibly enact a deadly biological attack. The supersub, obtained by the U.S. at the end of the war, combined the tactical advantages of sea and sky. But why did America sink one of its most prized military captures?


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Thursday Nov 27 2008 Vegan Thanksgiving in Bethesda, MD
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Celebrate Thanksgiving Day with hundreds of people enjoying a gourmet vegan feast at the Hyatt Regency Bethesda in Bethesda, Maryland. The VSDC Thanksgiving feast is an annual event that brings together vegetarians and non-vegetarians to enjoy life-affirming food and a wonderful social setting. This has been a very successful event for years so we feel confident that you will leave pleased again this year!
VSDC is really excited about having Wendy Rieger as our guest speaker this year. Ms. Rieger, who anchors NBC4 News4 at 5:00pm, will talk about her journey in becoming vegetarian as well as share insights from her view as a news anchor and environmentalist.
Registration and appetizers start at noon and the meal starts just after 1:00pm (you must arrive by 1:00pm)! An exciting, abundant menu is being finalized (so changes are possible) but will look something like the following:
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It's Time!
You can now find me writing at Intend to Live
It's full of great ideas, recipes, and ways to make the most of every day.
In the meantime, you will still be able to find old content here, but for even more entertaining and helpful posts, be sure to head over to
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Monday, October 09, 2006
Feel Me From Where I Am To Wherever You Are
It's been yet another entertaining week in the world of music, art, politics, and life. Let's do this damn thing...
Beyond the shadow of a doubt, the most overblogged song of the week was "Show Me What You Got"---the new Jay-Z single from his upcoming Kingdom Come LP. I'm ordinarily rather hesitant to embrace the hype when it comes to mainstream hip-hop, and let's face it--Hova is pretty much the McDonald's of rap. Despite this fact, I became a Jay-Z fan several years ago, through a process that can only be described as Jiggafication. I manage to find a way to excuse the excessive commercialism, the industry politricks, and even the lame-ass songs he does with Beyonce. Bearing that in mind, the best thing I can think of to say about this track is that it doesn't totally suck...just mostly.
I could get my thesaurus out right now, and start building a pseudo-intellectual argument to support my opinion, but why waste the time? Truth is, I'm still going to buy Kingdom Come the very day it hits the shelves. Bloggers, critics, and eggheads worldwide are going to spend countless hours lamenting the fact that this record doesn't measure up to Reasonable Doubt. Well, no shit...I ain't never been as high as the first time I smoked some greens, but I'm still puffin', aren't I? Think of this Jay-Z joint in much the same way, and you won't even have to think about pondering its worthiness...I promise.
Anyway, for all my cellar dwellers in the place to be, you can cop this track at a billion different locations. I'm providing a link to the post at Soul Sides, because O-Dub was kind enough to include the songs by Johnny Pate and Afro Lafayette Band that Just Blaze sampled on the track.
Movin' right along...
If you love funk and/or soul music, then you probably know a thing or two about Shuggie Otis. If it's not already part of your collection, make sure you pay a visit to Tuwa's Shanty to download "Aht Uh Mi Hed".
Nah Right featured a couple of killer "stray shots" this past week---"Undeniable" by Mos Def and "Josephine" by Dj Hi-Tek w/ Ghostface.
Download "Get Up and Get Down" by The Dramatics at Funky 16 Corners.
Today's "what the fuck?"---Congress wants to know if they've molested you.
And while we're discussing the many ways in which sex and government are inexplicably intertwined---is it just me, or has the GOP been spending an extraordinary amount of time both in and out of the closet lately?
The Mark Out is featuring what Ben describes as "a tight little mix of original soul tracks as sampled by the Wu-Tang---both solo and as a group".
Head over to Berkeley Place to cop a fistful of Dr. Dre rarities.
Before The Ohio Players got all funked up, their style was more akin to soul and R&B. "Here Today and Gone Tomorrow" is a phenomenal track that they recorded in 1968---download it courtesy of Darcy at Feel It.
Regulars around here already know that I love both album covers and stuff that's bizarre. The two finally meet here, where Billy Joel fires shots at Rick James, but it's Eminem who ultimately kills him. Whoa...
Download songs by Nina Simone, Bill Withers, and Little Milton via this post at Moistworks. You should also stop by there to cop "Fuck What U Heard" by the incredible Diamond D.
If you're not already part of Vikter Duplaix's "love movement", you may want to get familiar. His new album Bold & Beautiful is perfect mood music---whether you're makin' babies...or just relaxing. I uploaded "The Way That I Feel" so that you can experiment freely---d/l the track via SendSpace.
The man JT at Feed Me Good Tunes recently posted some stellar soul joints by the likes of Betty Wright, Gene Harris & The Three Sounds, The Manhattans, The Trammps, and The Sylvers. Hip-hop fans also need to recognize--- these tracks were all sampled in joints by J Dilla, Madlib, and RJD2.
As I mentioned recently, I've been mining the internets for even greater musical treasure than what I discover at my usual "hot spots". This week I came across a few dope hip-hop spots that I wanted to give some shine. I'd love to offer a detailed description of each, but I need my fuckin' beauty sleep. Here's the links, and I'll let you handle the rest:
all up in your earhole
U Gotta Digg Dat
Ego Trippin
Also, peace to DJ Uncle Rico and It Happened In London for the links.
Word From Your Moms:
"Anywhere is walking distance, if you've got the time."--Steven Wright
12 comments:
- Screaming Donkey said...
Thanks for the props for my site (ego-trippin). Been getting a lot of referals from this post on your blog. Will add you to the links on my side-bar.
Keep up the good work!
- Scholar said...
SD---You're definitely representin' the real hip-hop over at Ego Trippin. Respect.
- Jim Hendry said...
I'm a little scared of what to expect from Jay-Z. Yr analogy is spot-on, he is kinda the McDonalds of the scene.
But ya know, for every shit-inducing, stomach-ache making mcmuffin on the roster, sometimes you get a good big mac, and it makes the whole agonizing process seem worth it.
[PS. good find on the ohio players link... I've always found them sickly sweet, a little too much so, but this is a real spoonful of medicine.]
- thisistomorrow said...
check out thisistomorrow.blogspot.com
- Travis said...
I got a chuckle out of Jay-Z being the McDonalds of rap, cause it's so true. Nice.
Thanks for the O-Dub link, I've always wanted to track down the sample source for those damn horns.
- Scholar said...
JT---One can only hope that Jay will be servin' more Big Macs than McMuffins this time---great comparison.
That Ohio Players joint made my whole fuckin' day, so I know how you feel.
Travis---it's good to know I'm not alone in my perceptions. Gratitude for stopping by again. WYDU is part of my daily rotation.
Tomorrow---you've got some excellent content on your blog so far. Switch up the title of your posts once in a while, and I might be souled.
- Screaming Donkey said...
JT - I agree with what you say about JayZ. Nobody in the "hardcore scene" wants to admit but secretly deep down we all know he is one THE best rappers of all time. His style, flow, delivery & vocabulary range are above what many of today's artist are capable of.
Scholar - I've returned the favour over at my blog, biggin up your site in my latest post!
- Travis said...
Well, just like McDonalds, I like Jay Z, it's kind of a guilty pleasure. Honestly, I don't really see why there is alot of hate toward. I mean,yeah, he has some crappy joints (That Blueprint 2 shouldn't have even been an EP, let alone a double album), but he has some I really enjoy as well. I'll get bashed for this all the time, but as far as actual albums, I prefer Jay over Nas. Nas has some better songs (when he feels like making them), but overall albums, give me a Jay album over a Nas album.
I own every Jay album (except for that blasted Blueprint 2), bought them all new. I haven't bought a NEW Nas album since "It Was Written". I've bought most of his stuff used, meaning, I don't rush out and buy it, and I still have never bought "Streets Disciple", heard it online and didn't like it really.
That being said, I wouldn't call him the best MC ever, but yes, his flow is wicked. I think it's just "cool" not to like Jay, which just illustartes how many people are sheep and can't make up their own mind. Enough of my ranting.
thanks for the shout out. i'm feelin the site. let's do some link swaps.
- Scholar said...
J---I'm all over that as we speak.
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First off I would like to thank everyone who came out to the CCAD sale today. It was great to see a bunch of old friends again and it is always inspiring to see all of the amazing work coming out of that school.
I also was reminded that I should always have more big work! I focused on making the mini pieces almost all winter, so now it's time to start thinking big again. It feels good to be inspired.


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ABC Fawns Over Michelle Obama; 'Mom-In-Chief,' 'Big Hugger'
ABC's Cynthia McFadden was dripping with sugary admiration on Monday
for President Obama's "not-so-secret weapon," First Lady Michelle Obama.
She touted Obama as a big hugger" and "very warm in person."
Obama made statements like this that went unchallenged by McFadden: "I rarely step foot in the West Wing. In fact, people are shocked when they see me there." That sentiment of a hands-off policy flatly contradicts Jodi Kantor's reporting in the New York Times of definitive friction between the First Lady and the President's staff. [Video below the break. Audio here.]
"She was sometimes harder on her husband's team than he was, eventually
urging him to replace them," wrote Kantor after interviewing current
and former aides to the First Lady. She noted Michelle's "strains" with
the President's advisers, "with Mrs. Obama reinforcing his instincts for
ambitious but unpopular initiatives like the overhaul of health care
and immigration laws, casting herself as a foil to aides more intent on
preserving Congressional seats and poll numbers."
"She's her husband's not-so-secret weapon," McFadden fawned on Monday, before tossing softballs about home life. "The First Lady has long said her most important role is Mom-in-Chief. And now the teenager," cooed McFadden.
"I have a 14-year-old son. He's got a question. It's hard enough to be 14, he said, if your parents aren't the President and First Lady. If you don't live in the White House. How do you help her negotiate that really treacherous territory of 14?" McFadden asked Obama about her teenage daughter Malia. Ironically, Obama batted down that journalistic sympathy for her daughter. "Being 14 and, you know, having the President as your father is way down on the list of tough," she answered.
McFadden was quite generous to a former First Lady, Hillary Clinton, during the 2008 campaign, suggesting to her that a co-presidency with her husband Bill might be "a good idea" and lauding her as a "Good Methodist girl" after Clinton confided to her what "worries" her when she is "awake at night."
After a campaign rally late in the 2008 race, McFadden gushed to Clinton and then-candidate Obama that "You looked pretty good up there together." Echoing Democratic talking points, she added that "they genuinely seemed to have bonded over their singular mission to put a Democrat in the White House."
A transcript of the segment, which aired on October 8 on Good Morning America at 8:39 a.m. EDT, is as follows:
LARA SPENCER: And now, behind the scenes with First Lady Michelle Obama. The President has often said he would not be who he is without his wife. And Nightline co-anchor Cynthia McFadden sat down with the First Lady and is here now with more. Good morning, Cynthia.
CYNTHIA MCFADDEN, co-anchor, Nightline: Good morning, Lara. The First Lady's husband may be having a rough week but with an approval rating around 65 percent or higher, Michelle Obama is still very popular with the American people. We've been following the First Lady for the past several months and granted unusual access during this very high-stakes time in her life. I'll have a chance to sit down with Mrs. Obama at the White House.
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MICHELLE OBAMA, First Lady of the United States: Are we going to keep moving this country forward? What are we going to do!
MCFADDEN: (voice over) She's her husband's not-so-secret weapon.
(On camera) How many days to go?
OBAMA: We're in the homestretch.
MCFADDEN: (voice over) Cris-crossing the country the past few weeks, not to mention a slew of talk shows.
MICHELLE OBAMA: He's funny. I'm funnier.
BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States: Happy anniversary –
MCFADDEN: And then there was her anniversary, not exactly the date of her dreams. She did get a hug from Ann Romney.
MCFADDEN: (on camera) Now I know that Ann Romney's playing for the other team. But is there a certain sisterhood between women who are in this position?
OBAMA: Absolutely. And this is something that Barack and I talk about, we've learned this over time. Whoever makes this kind of sacrifice, they deserve a pat on the back because that's how this democracy works.
MCFADDEN: So outside the White House there's always lots of chatter about how much is the First Lady influencing policy. How do you see your role in that regard?
OBAMA: I rarely step foot in the West Wing. In fact, people are shocked when they see me there.
MCFADDEN: (voice over) The First Lady has long said her most important role is Mom-in-Chief. And now the teenager.
MCFADDEN: (on camera) I have a 14-year-old son. He's got a question. It's hard enough to be 14, he said, if your parents aren't the President and First Lady. If you don't live in the White House. How do you help her negotiate that really treacherous territory of 14?
OBAMA: We point out, look around, you want to see hardship, you want to see struggle? You don't have it, kid. So I think giving her some perspective on what tough is. Being 14 and, you know, having the President as your father is way down on the list of tough.
MCFADDEN: Final question?
OBAMA: Yes.
MCFADDEN: What would you like that you don't have right now?
OBAMA: Oh, gosh. I – you know what -- I feel so blessed and so content. I have what any parent would want. I've got a husband who loves me. I've got two kids that are healthy and happy. And I wouldn't dare ask for anything more.
(End Video Clip)
MCFADDEN: Well, that is just a small part of the time we spent with Mrs. Obama. And tonight on Nightline, we really get into whether her husband is just a little bit afraid of her. And her feelings about being the first African-American First Lady.
SPENCER: She's fascinating. You got her to talk.
MCFADDEN: She's really interesting. She's a big hugger. She's very warm in person. Take a look tonight and see what you think.
SPENCER: Alright, Cynthia, thank you. Always great to see you. And everybody check out Cynthia's interview tonight on Nightline, special series "The Contenders: Family Ties." And Ann Romney will be our special guest Wednesday morning live, right here on GMA.


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Please note: all Garaventa Center events for the remainder of the 2019-2020 academic year have been postponed until next year. May you and yours be well, and we hope to see you then!
Our ongoing vision at the Garaventa Center for Catholic Intellectual Life & American Culture is to entice people from all walks of life to come together and collaborate in novel and compelling ways to shed light and explore grace in this bruised, blessed world. Take a look around our site and explore all we have to offer here, as well as join us on campus for any and all of our upcoming events!
Looking forward to seeing you around campus this year!
Karen & Fr. Charlie
Click on photos below to enjoy these highlights from our 2018-2019 events:
Pope Francis
"Let us ask the Lord, each of us, for eyes that know how to see beyond appearance; ears that know how to listen to cries, whispers, and also silence; hands able to support, embrace and minister. Most of all, let us ask for a great and merciful heart that desires the good and salvation of all. "
Dorothy Day
"We have all known the long loneliness and we have learned that the only solution is love and that love comes with community."
St. Teresa of Avila
"It is love alone that gives worth to all things."
Elizabeth Jennings
"Many people judge a religion by its art, and why indeed shouldn't they?"
G.K. Chesterton
"The traveller sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see."


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Giving Back to the Community
Students Learn Science & Social Lessons
People used to write off Lake Dalwigk. That's not a place to take your kids to, they'd say of the inner city-park in Vallejo, California. Too many gangs. Too many drugs.
Karen Garcia, a fifth grade teacher at Grace Patterson Elementary School in Vallejo, agreed. That's why, in fall 2001, she started taking her fifth grade students and their parents there for field trips. Those trips proved to be a transforming experience, for the kids and for the park.
Garcia wanted to teach her students about wetlands habitats. The park's well-watered grounds happened to have a quite extensive one. "We studied wetlands in class, and I was looking for somewhere to show them some wetlands outside of class," she says. "And this park had them."
But more than that, she wanted to get them and their parents interested in a piece of the community that others had forgotten. "If families started going back there en masse…it could help to make it a more family-oriented place again," she says.
Garcia was involved in Neighborhood Watch at the time, so safety was not an issue.
So she led her students on walks through the park to observe the animal and plant life. With the parents, she organized picnics in the park.
Community Involvement
And other people began to take notice. If Garcia and her group could frequent this park in safety, couldn't they? "We were letting families know that it was safe to go there, that it was again a place for kids to go to," Garcia says.
For those remaining skeptics, Garcia and her students wrote a class letter to the editor of the local newspaper, saying what a valuable resource the park was, and urging other community groups to get involved in it.
Other groups did. The local Audobon Society volunteered members to show the students the birds that lived in the park. The sanitation department sent a guide with holding nets and microscopes to show them the microscopic organisms that live in the water.
Sure enough, the dangerous elements started leaving. "The drug users left when they saw us coming," she says.
Months later, Lake Dalwigk was a vibrant place of community activity and volunteer efforts. "We were, in a way, giving back to the community a resource that they were reluctant to use because of the kind of people that had sort of begun to take it over and hang out there," Garcia says.
Student Activists
The students' involvement in the park was instrumental in that, and Garcia was sure to point that out to them. "It was a science project as well as a community development project," Garcia says. "It was a way of getting students and parents together and to make them more interested in their community."
Garcia says that showing students that they can make a difference for the environment is especially important today. With all the bad news about global warming, urban pollution, and rising fossil fuel consumption, one can despair of being able to make a difference. "When we teach environmentalism to children, we tend to teach doom and gloom, and children can get very discouraged," Garcia says. "By getting them out there and getting them involved locally, it really empowered them."
The students started to see that their actions really could make a positive difference. "They realized that when they and their families started going to this park and started taking interest, other local organizations started taking interest. It gave them a feeling that they could be activists, that their actions could be worthwhile."
More importantly, they saw that they could have the greatest impact when they worked together. "I believe that when kids start working on a project as a team, and start building something greater than them, they start to act more civilly toward each other," Garcia says.
Civics Lessons for All
And it was a chance to make them feel more like a part of their neighborhood. "It's a matter of just getting students out of the classroom and into their communities. That can really have an impact upon their lives."
Needless to say, she was teaching the adults some civics lessons, too. "We were also getting the neighborhood to know each other and have more pride in their neighborhood," Garcia says. Clearly, Garcia and her class did more than learn about an ecosystem. "My hope is that it will give them a lifelong interest in democracy and might have a global impact."