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Lost in the Woods - photoshoot with Murhaaya
Hello, my dear readers ♥
As I said before, in February I spent one whole week in Prague and managed to take part in three photoshoots !
And today I´ll show you photos from the first one with a photographer Murhaaya. We had quite a lot of ideas what to shoot, but in the end we decided for the most "covering" outfit, because it was still February and no one knew how the weather will be. In the end it was quite nice, but still cold so I was really happy for this wise decision =D
I wore my handmade long lolita jsk, faux leather harness which I made as well, new wig from Lockshop and Murhaaya borrowed me a pair of really comfortable latex gloves. Together with a backround made of all these sleeping leafless trees I looked like a dark princess lost in the woods =)
We took photos only on analog cameras which is, in my opinion, much more fun than taking photos on the digital one - because you never know what´s going to be the result =) Murhaaya used Olympus OM-1 for taking most of the photos, but some of the photos were taken on Linhof Technika which is this cute thing with which you have to use piece of cloth to cover yourself before shooting ! I also had to stay in the same pose for five minutes until it was perfectly set up and ready to take a photo...phew =D but the result is just perfect *o*
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Na tyhle fotky jsem se fakt těšila a musím uznat, že na nich vypadáš naprosto úchvatně! Hlavně ta šestá, uf! :)
OdpovědětVymazatNaprosto dokonalý dechberoucí photoshoot! Světlá vlnitá paruka ti neuvěřitelně moc sluší! ^o^
OdpovědětVymazatTyhle vlasy ti naprosto sednou :). Hrozně dlouho sháním nějakou pěknou paruku, ale našla jsem jen samý babičkovský :/. Ten Lockshop vypadá slibně :).
Moc pěkné fotky, úplně z nich dýchá atmosféra... a ta poslední je úplně nejlepší :).
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Lately it's gotten very hot in July/August - but it rarely breaks 100 and most nights falls into the 70's so with the windows open, all is fine (we have no a/c).
Bugs - oh lord yes, there are more bugs here than most places I've lived. But we don't have black flies like in Maine area. Gnats, skeeters, ticks are the nuisance bugs.I've written 6 manuscripts. 3 of them are set in Appalachia - 2 are contemporary and setting effects voice, activities, choices, really everything. 1 is a made-up world, but based strongly on the geography of the area and the isolation of the mountains is a character all on its own.
Thanks for asking!Deana - I like to day hike quite a bit and am lucky I have a nice walk down to the river from my house - about 10 minutes down, 30 minutes back up. I've section hiked the App trail but I've never been a through hiker. It crosses through my county, but I'm past my prime for through hiking.
ReplyDeleteAre the redbuds and lilacs blooming out? Do you have access to some homemade quilts? What about churches--are they still important? Music--I just watched "Songcatcher" and loved the music! What is fall like? Do people go hunting? Deer, squirrel, fowl, and raccoons? Are there writers about Appalachia that you would recommend?
I'll think of more.Susan - I don't think we have redbuds and it's too early for lilacs. Right now dogwoods, azaleas, wisteria, and the apple trees are in bloom. Tulips are up. Daffodils have gone as have the spiarea and the bradford pear and weeping cherry blossoms. There are quilters all over, quilts in antique shops and even a quilt trail where quilt squares have been painted on wood and hung on barns and businesses. Fall is gorgeous - absolutely my favorite season - as pretty as New England with crisp blue skies and warm days with cool nights. Hunting is big around here - you name it, all you mentioned, plus bear, rabbit, turkey. Also trout fishing. (though I'm not a hunter). Ron Rash is an excellent Appalachian writer - though a wee bit dark. Also Sharyn McCrumb - she does a great mystery series set in VA and TN featuring a woman who has "the sight." Along with many stand-alone books. Her work is probably not considered as literary as Ron Rash's is.
ReplyDeleteActually Candy, I have a neighbor who is the regional Bigfoot Hunter Group contact person. And he and his wife are dear friends - yes, he's been on all sorts of hunts and calls. I'm using his expertise for a Middle Grade manuscript, actually (just started it last month) And no, though I was in my classroom, I have a Macbook pro and used the Photo Booth feature for the pics.


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Host Danilo Gentili, who was interviewing his guest through a translator, had a copy of her album which he presented to the camera and kept on a stand throughout the segment.
The interview got off to an uncomfortable start almost immediately when the show's translator asked Ferreira, 21, if she would like him to translate "out loud" or "whisper in your ear", coming close to her face to demonstrate this.
When a bemused Ferreria shrugged and told them both to decide, he leaned close to her again and murmurs: "So... I will be whispering".
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The 'joke' only managed to raise a few faint claps from the audience, before Ferreira responded coolly with: "I'm pretty sure it's because of my work, but it helps if you're a pervert."
The interview continued in a strained manner as Gentili guided the conversation from her music video to a festival that celebrates crack, leading a confused Ferreria to ask "so.. crack's like a thing here?'
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ReplyDeleteFor a review, I'd like to see a synopsis of the book as I might read it even if the reviews aren't so favorable cuz I'm crazy like that. Also, I'd prefer to see how and why the book works or not works for you. It doesn't need to be a lengthy nitpicking of details or flaws, just an honest opinion. And last, the official links to amazon, kobo and etc.so I don't have to waste my time tracking the book down when I could spend it reading the book myself.


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Can you tell what makes Ocean Blue different yet? There are little flecks of mica in the mascara that give it some sparkle and shine! The downside of the flecks was a bit of clumping, although nothing too terrible, and I like the overall effect.
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2017 U.S. Congress Educational Choice Bills
HR 610 King. The bill would abolish the ESEA act and promote vouchers for private school
HR 899 Massie. Abolish the U.S. Department of Education (Massie, Amash, Biggs, Chaffetz, Gaetz, Hice, Jones, and Labrador)
2017 Florida Education Bills to Watch
LWVF Legislative Tracking Bills This site has LWVF positions on bills.
Feb. 20th TESTING BILLS
SB 964: Montford, Garcia and Lee, has teeth. This bill would have a significant impact by reducing the number of state required tests as well as reducing the negative impact on instruction because it:
- allows SAT/ACT for 10th grade language arts and deletes the FSA 9th grade language arts, civics, algebra II, geometry and U.S. history exams. The FSA for grades three to eight remain along with Algebra I and biology.
- allows paper and pencil administration of online tests.
- eliminates the Florida DOE supervision of teacher evaluations and rules that tie evaluations to student test score results.
Two other bills would only move testing to the end of the school year instead of beginning state wide testing in February.
- HB 773 Cortes, Donalds, Eagle, Fischer, and Gruthers. The language of this bill is very similar to the language of the SB926 thus is a companion bill.
- SB926 Flores and Bradley moves testing to the end of the year but allows students expected to be proficient based on proficiency measures to take the state assessment once per quarter during the year. It authorizes a comparison of SAT and ACT content with the FSA English Language Arts and Mathematics tests at the high school level.
HB 131 Cortes End Mandatory Third Grade Retention.
HB 0251 Hahnfeldt. Sponsor duties relating to charter contracts, funding and property. Sponsor must honor charter liens etc. before property returns to district.
HB 253 Rep. Duran, D. Miami. The Bright Futures Scholarship recipients must log 30 hours per year volunteer work. It already has a GPA requirement and repayment if grades fall.
HB 303 Rep. Daniels, D. Jacksonville. The bill will allow religious expression in course work, activities, and personal attire. School employees must be allowed to participate in religious activities.
SB 360 Stargel. Study Florida 8th Grade Reading NAEP deficit; HB 0293 Burton. Middle School Study
SB 604, Simmons, increase maximum local district capital outlay millage from 1.5 to 1.7 mills.
SB 376, Simmons, share 1.7 capital outlay millage with charters with 75% low income and 25% ESE students.
HB373 Rep. Grant filed a bill that would not allow districts to grant annual contract renewals, as some districts do, for teachers who receive an evaluation of 'effective' or 'highly effective'.
HB 0479 Metz. Government Accountability. Requires DOE to notify legislative audit committee of audit violations
SB 0538 Clemons. Charter School applicants must demonstrate that they meet certain needs that the school district does not, or is unable to, meet and share results of innovative methods with district.
SB 0604 Simmons. Education Funding revises amount school board may levy from 1.7 and not more than 1.95 to include fixed capital outlay.
SB 0642 Garcia. May get an exemption from SREF. HB 0559 Duran Revises calculation for facilities calculation
SB 696 Baxley. Charter school financial liability.
SB 0796 Bean. Revise charter school contract and funding. High Impact Charter designation. Priority to certain charter schools for grants. High Impact charter management firms qualify as local education agency LEA (as a school board now is) to receive federal funds and capital outlay. This applies to a district turn around school plan to turn the school into a charter. The FDOE must give priority to these High Impact charters in its grant program. It removes current requirement that charters must have satisfactory achievement in order to receive capital outlay.
2017 Education Issues to Watch
Senator Simmons, Education Appropriations Committee: teacher bonus expansion, end local effort roll back based on property tax revenue for required local effort, reduce testing, extra hour for lowest 300 schools; intensive reading. Questions to ask: How to reduce EOC but maintain test score requirements for teacher evaluations; what is the impact of the extra hour given that lowest performing schools use Title I for extra hour funding?
2017 Education Related Committees
Florida House
- Education Committee Chair, Michael Beleca and ranking Democrat Shevrin Jones
- PreK-12 Innovation: Sub Committee Chair, Jack Latvala and ranking Democrat Joseph Abruzzo
- PreK-12 Quality Sub Committee Chair, Jake Raburn and ranking Democrat Antone Bruce
Florida Senate
- Appropriations subcommittee on PreK-12 Education Chair David Simmons
- Committee on Education Chair Dorothy Hukill
Find your Representative:
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/ myrepresentative.aspx Committee Members (Tallahassee phone, home district phone)Larry Ahern (District 66) – (850)717-5066; Seminole (727)395-2512Bruce Antone (District 46) – (850) 717-5046, Orlando (407) 445-5313Robert Asencio (District 118) – (850) 717-5118, Miami (305) 222-4122Kamia Brown (District 45) – (850) 717-5045, Ocoee (407) 905-3806Manny Diaz, Jr. (District 103) – (850) 717-5103, Hialeah Gardens (305) 364-3072Byron Donalds (District 80) – (850) 717-5080, Naples (239) 417-6270, LaBelle (863) 675-5267Chris Latvala (District 67) – (850) 717-5067, Clearwater (727) 724-3000Larry Lee, Jr. (District 84) – (850) 717-5084, Fort Pierce (772) 595-1391Rene Plasencia (District 50) – (850) 717-5050, Titusville (321) 383-5151Mel Ponder (District 4) – (850) 717-5004, Fort Walton Beach (850) 833-3713Elizabeth Porter (District 10) – (850) 717-5010, Lake City (386) 719-4600Jake Raburn (District 57) – (850) 717-5057, Valrico (813) 653-7097Barry Russell (District 95) – (850) 717-5095, Lauderhill (954) 497-3367Charlie Stone (District 22) – (850) 717-5022, Ocala (352) 291-4436Jennifer Sullivan (District 21) – (850) 717-5031, Eustis (352) 742-6275
Tracking House: http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/MyHouse/myHouse.aspx
Tracking Senate: http://www.flsenate.gov/Login/Index/2017
2016 Florida DOE Legislation Summary
2016 Florida Education Bills Passed
HB 0189 Relating to Teachr Certification: Diaz
HB 0249 Culinary Education: Moskowitz
HB 0287 Principal Autonomy Program: Diaz
SB 0672 Educational Options: Gaetz
SB 0719 Education Personnel: Spano
HB 0793 Florida Bright Futures Scholarship: O'Toole
HB 0837: Education Programs for Individuals with Disabilities: Bileca
HB 1365: Competency Based Education Pilot Program: Rodriquez
HB 7029: Relating to School Choice: Choice and Innovation
2016 Florida Education Bills to Watch
SB 1360 Senator Gaetz. Alternatives to FSA
Florida graduation requirements. The FSA English Language Arts and Algebra I End of Course requirements currently can be met by earning a concordant score on the ACT and SAT. This bill also extends alternative assessments to substitute ACT/ACT Aspire; SAT/PSAT; NMSWT, CLEP, IB, AP and industry certification exam scores to meet FSA or End of Course test requirements in Geometry, Biology, U.S. History, and Algebra II.
Extending the use of alternative tests, properly validated, is appropriate for students who are currently taking these alternative tests to meet college entrance and college credit requirements. There may be practical timing issues. Student grades may be calculated before the relevant test is administered. IF EOC results are required as part of the course grade, grades could be significantly delayed in order to obtain the alternative test scores. The impact of the alternatives on schools and students should be evaluated.
Grades 3 -8 students may substitute concordant scores on ACT Aspire to meet FSA requirements. Grades 9-10 may substitute ACT or ACT Aspire scores. ACT Aspire is a relatively new examination that was one of the options for the Florida Common Core assessment. It is not clear what benefit accrues for adding this option to meet the state assessment requirement for these grades. The use of ACT Aspire would seem to complicate rather than simplify the calculation and validity of student progress, school grades and teacher evaluations.
HB 1135 Rep Mayfield. Educational Accountability.
School grades should be reported as incomplete for 2014-15. School gains formula should be revised to include maintaining a 3, 4, and 5 level as well as growth toward proficiency standards. The impact may be to raise school grades for high achieving schools. Schools maintaining a level two score also show a year's progress but will not be rewarded because they are below proficiency. They are penalized for having students who entered school without meeting readiness levels. Thus, they must do more to raise achievement often without the resources to do so.
HB 4047 Metz; Costello, Santiago/SB 1284 Hukill. Revise FEFP funding formula
Eliminates district cost differentials per the Florida Price Level Index that estimates the cost of hiring comparable personnel across districts. The population cost average is set a 100. Hillsborough County represents the median cost estimate. Ten counties, mostly in South Florida, have higher than average personnel costs, and they represent nearly one half of the State's population.
The impact should be carefully analyzed. Currently the per student allocation is also adjusted by a sparsity supplement, declining enrollment factor, and property value differences. The School Fairness Report gives Florida a grade of 'D' on funding distribution; the wealthiest districts have $1,000 per student more than the poorest districts. Yet, students living in poverty cost more to educate. The state can do more. It received a 'C' on state effort defined as the proportion of education funding of the state's Gross Domestic Product. The bill's sponsors are from Lake, Seminole, Marion and Volusia–not the wealthy districts.
PCB-CIS 16-01 School Choice
This is a rework of prior bills to create the Florida Charter School Institute which is designed to reduce local district charter authorizing authority. In addition, it creates a high impact charter district and changes charter board requirements. See post in the blog.
SB 0424 Sobel
The bill increases the background information charter proposers must provide. It requires monthly financial statements the first year and evidence of financial solvency. It allows districts to deny applications with history of charter failures.
CAP credit by examination for students not enrolled in the courses.
Personal Learning Accounts can be used as choice option
School district finances must be released to public
Controlled open enrollment revised to extend enrollment in any school with available seats within the state.
Bar the use of state assessments for teacher evaluations and student promotions for two years through 2017.
Require school grades to be based on a system that is "equitable, reliable, timely, rigorous, affordable, and rationally funded"
HB 0829 by Taylor
The purpose of the bill is to expand local control as currently authorized for charter schools to public schools in order to initiate innovation and implement financial efficiencies. So what is gained in this bill? It appears that facilities regulations would disappear and public schools would have flexibility in how they spend lottery money.
Will these changes help students? Maybe not. It targets class sizes by extending the school level average that charters use to traditional public schools.
HB 287 PRINCIPAL AUTONOMY PILOT PROGRAM by Representative Manny Diaz. Additional bills: SB 434 Garcia and CS/H 287
Three districts would be eligible in this bill to participate in a pilot principal autonomy program. In each district, three middle or high schools with 'D' or 'F' ratings would be selected for a school turn around program. These schools would run under the same rules as charter schools. Each selected school would receive about $100,000 to train principals and other educators in leadership roles to participate in a University of Virginia program principal training program. Principals must be highly rated and can choose their own teachers. Park Ridge Elementary and Walker Elementary schools currently operate in a similar way in Broward County.
While it appears that the district retains fiscal oversight, the ability of the principal to subcontract to a private management firm is not stated. Each school's mission and student population must be specified, but again, how this is to be implemented is not clear. Would participating schools be able to require students to apply as do magnet schools? If so, where do currently enrolled students attend schools? Would participating charter schools be required to adhere to district suspension and dismissal regulations?
Brandes SB 808: REDEFINES SCHOOL DISTRICTS
OPPOSE The bill would redefine school districts and local school boards. Cities could form their own school districts or combine with contiguous areas and create their own partisan school boards. The new districts could use their own city or county commissions as school boards. This could be a means for northern Pinellas to separate from southern Pinellas where the notorious 'Faiing Factories' are located.
Stargel SB 830: High Impact Charter School Networks
OPPOSE appears to be a measure similar to other states' takeover public school takeover districts. The relevant section of the bill is "High Impact Charter School Network". It targets 'D' or 'F' public schools.
Clemens SB 252:
Good bill that requires charter schools to fill an unmet need that public schools do not or are unable to meet.
Benacquisto SB 0886
Senator Benacquisto has filed SB 0886 to establish a teacher transfer process for parents and extend school choice options to CAPE certificates. The phrase 'controlled open enrollment' is deleted. Districts must create parent choice option for teachers.
Murray HJR 767
A constitutional amendment that would lead to Florida returning to an elected education commissioner who would be part of the state Cabinet. Rep. Debbie Mayfield, R-Vero Beach, filed the proposal (HJR 767)
Diaz HJR 759 Diaz
HJR 759 would change the constitution to allow the Department of Education to establish a statewide system for approving charter schools. Currently, school districts authorize charter schools and the State Board of Education can over rule school board decisions.
SB US Senator Lamar Alexandar Bill . Every Child Ready for College or Career. The bill reduces testing requirement and returns control to the states. It increases funding for charter schools.
H.R. 4172 filed by Gibson and Sinema to reduce annual testing requirements
HB 5 The Student Success Act John Kline. The bill differs from the Senate version primarily over testing requirements. It retains the mandate for annual testing. It was pulled by the House on Feb. 27th.
Committee weeks: January 5, January 20, and the first 3 weeks of February. Session begins March 3rd
Senator John Legg, Chair Education PreK-12 from Pasco County Committee Members http://www.flsenate.gov/Committees/Show/ED/
Senator Don Gaetz, Chair Appropriations sub Committee on Education Destin, Florida Committee Members http://www.flsenate.gov/Committees/Show/AED/
Representative Erik Fresen Chair Appropriations sub Committee on Education from Miami. Committee Members http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Committees/committeesdetail.aspx?CommitteeId=2830
Representative Marlene O'Toole Chair Education Committee from Lady Lake Lobby Tools Committee Members http://public.lobbytools.com/index.cfm?type=committees&id=1538 House Education Committee Profiles
Representative Manny Diaz, Chair Choice and Innovation Subcommittee; Charlie Stone, Richard Stark (D)
Education Appropriations. Budget proposal
Choice and Innovation Subcommittee
Education Committee
Early Childhood
HB 11 Pilon. Care of Children. Exempts some organization from licensing; provides some screening
SPB 7006 Legg and HB 7017 O'Toole. Revised terms: family day care to family childcare; add large family child care home; standards limited to supervision, transportation, access, health related requirements, food and nutrition, personnel, records, and standards enforcement. DOE must define and enforce substantial compliance. Non public schools must comply to standards and be inspected; personnel background checks for arrests and previous employment; cannot transfer ownership to a relative if arrested; must have certificate of compliance with standards; 30 clock hour child care course; first aid and cardio pulmonary resuscitation; home rules training; annual CE of 1 unit; hire a general counsel and inspector general at Early Learning Coalition; best practices in other languages;
PreK instructor must have AA minimum; staff must be 18 years old with high school diploma; notify parents of class I violations; trained in developmentally appropriate practices; online training course on performance standards for school readiness; check on absences after 2 days;
Pilot project to assess early learning skills using K readiness and FSA
SEE ALSO: Early Learning Coalition Legislation Tracking
National Council of State Legislatures data base of early childcare legislation
U.S. Congress S. 317 provides matching grants to states with preschool standards aligned with curriculum, degreed teachers etc.
Assessment and Accountability
SB 100. Bean. Student Assessment Program. Prohibiting a school district from scheduling more than a specified number of days for assessment.
- Fl Election Brings More School Choice Backers, potential for New Coalition . RedefineEd reports that the anti choice legislative coalition lost seats in the legislature. The legislative agenda will focus on technological change and student mastery rather than student seat time.
- Lawmakers Press to Tighten Rules for Charter Schools. This November 8, 2014 Sun Sentinel article reports concerns about financial stability of charters and the need for surety bonds. Other proposals are being drafted including improved financial transparency and where charters can open. Charter Schools USA CEO is supporting more stringent controls on the financial backing of charters
HB 483 Jones and SB 518 require pre and post assessment and revises kindergarten readiness
SB 616 Legg. Reduce testing time to 5%; adjust weight of achievement gains for teacher evaluations from 50% to 40%; develop district contingency plan for waivers to reporting state assessment results in 2014-15. Suspend 3rd grade retention for one year and allow district policy for retention.
SB 774 Montford requires implementation of FSA delays for technology implementation etc.
HB 875 Diaz (R): The bill would rank all public schools based on achievement gains and exempt the top 25% from the requirement for certified teachers.
HB 877 assessment and accountability; substitutes for state assessments
HB 1121 Tobia: removes statewide standardized assessments
HB 1177 Dudley: accountability revises required assessments
1450 Bullard: Assessment; 1496 Evers companion bill
HB 7069 Accountability: O'Toole. opening and closing of school not earlier than Aug. 10; high performing school districts, omit ELA in 11th grade and PERT; change in EOC test requirement; no test result reporting requirement in 2014-15. student progression criteria. See also SB 688 Montford revises opening date 21 days before Labor Day (3rd Monday in August) Passed and signed into law.
HB 37 Raschein; SB118 Hays. Voluntary Contributions for Public Education Facilities. Allows business to collect money for school facilities.
HB 319 Costello requires that sales taxes replace property taxes for education.
SB 818 recalculates class size at school average for public schools.
Charter Schools
HB 357 Diaz (R). The bill would allow 6 districts to convert 3 middle or high schools to charter schools and create a charter school district. The local funding referendum money would be allocated as well as 90% of individual school allocation. http://myfloridahouse.com/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?PublicationType=Committees&CommitteeId=2855&Session=2015&DocumentType=proposed committee substitute analyses&FileName=pcs0357.KTS.pdf
SB692 Senator Brandes has filed this bill to make it easier to expand high performing charter schools in the state. See post.
SB 1036 Montford strengthens charter school accountability. See post
SB1038 Montford requires charters to fill unmet needs and/or be innovative.
SB 1448 Legg. Compare to HB 7037, HB 1145, SB 1552.
- Requires district to enroll children to any under enrolled school including charters.
- It adds disclosure requirements for charter operators, board members, management companies and financial history;
- Revises regulations for governing boards;
- Florida Institute for Charter School Innovation at FSU would be created to: advance accountability, quality and innovation; provide technical assistance for charter applicants; connect teachers to charters; conduct research. This provision appears to be an alternate mechanism for authorizing charters. The Florida Schools Excellence Commission was ruled unconstitutional in 2008. Only districts can authorize charters, but this new approach stops just short of authorizing charters.
SB 1552 Student Choice. Benacquisto. Requires independent advisory boards; expands beyond district boundaries; allows double sessions; allows teacher change if out of field; notify parents of cost of instruction; district pilot program; FSU institute; high performing school expansion.
HB 7037 School Choice. Cortes. Passed House. Shares district capital outlay local funding with charters; FSU Institute to review charter authorization proposals; charter opening/closing;
HB 1145 Education.
- adds career programs to choice options
- adds parental information about average per student funding per school
- open enrollment for under enrolled schools anywhere in the state
- appy to transfer student to another teacher
- may not assign higher percentage of low performing teachers to at risk schools
- revises adjunct teacher qualifications
Students with Disabilities
SB 1157 Requires districts to keep parent acknowledgment of students form in McKay Scholarship Program.
SB 602 expands the Personal Learning Accounts for students with disabilities to include the autism spectrum.
- John Legg: Technology applications to reduce seat time.. Fl DOE digital classroom plan forms are listed.
- Marlene O'Toole: School Readiness
- Senator Gaetz: Improved accountability for private schools by requiring state assessments
2014 Legislature Session Passed a Significant School Choice Bill
SB 850 provisions: This bill became law in June 2014. Its provisions include:
Expand private school tax credit vouchers for families earning up to 260% above the poverty level.
Encourage collegiate high schools and programs in every district.
Expand career academies.
Provide personal learning scholarship accounts to families with certain special needs students.
Expand supervision of vouchers to other companies.
An article explaining the background for the bill appeared in redefinEd when Governor Scott signed the bill in June 2014. See the Lawsuits blog page for an update on this legislation. See also the DOE Technical Assistance Paper for SB850.


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- The book of thra - Dark Crystal collector
- SkekTek's crystal challenge - trivia game
- Picture-in-picture storyboard track
- Introduction by screenwriter David Ogdell on the original Skeksis language
- Commentary with Brian Froud
- The World of the Dark Crystal documentary
- Reflections of the Dark Crystal: "Light on the Path of Creation" & "Shard of Illusion"
- Original Skeksis language - test scenes
- Deleted scenes
Jim Henson ventures into Tolkien territory in his all-Muppet fantasy feature The Dark Crystal. The titular Crystal maintains equilibrium in a mythical kingdom. When the Crystal is broken, the evil Skeksis take over, killing off the good-guy Gelflings and enslaving everyone else. Two of the Gelflings have survived: Jen was raised by the all-knowing Mystics, while Kira grew up amongst the swamp-dwelling Podlings. Jen and Kira join forces to "heal" the precious Dark Crystal and restore order to their world. Adults may find the whole affair a little precious, while children may be disturbed by the film's mortality rate. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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- Jim Henson - High Priest, Jen
- Kathryn Mullen - Kira
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The Evolution of Increased Competitive Ability (EICA) hypothesis has been proposed as a primary mechanism of plant invasiveness (Blossey & Notzold, 1995), when introduced plants escape from their specialist herbivores and pathogens (Keane & Crawley, 2002). Based on a frequently assumed tradeoff between herbivore defense and plant growth (Coley et al., 1985; Herms & Mattson, 1992; Koricheva, 2002), the EICA hypothesis predicts that release from herbivory in introduced ranges selects for plant genotypes with reduced resource allocation to herbivore defense and improved competitive ability (CA) via increased vigor (Blossey & Notzold, 1995).
The EICA hypothesis has been traditionally tested by comparing the biomass production of native and introduced populations of plants in common garden experiments (Blossey & Notzold, 1995). Although several studies have demonstrated the evolution of increased plant growth of invasives (Blair & Wolfe, 2004; Hahn et al., 2012), the support for the hypothesis remains mixed (Bossdorf et al., 2005). An important criticism of this approach is that geographical comparisons alone do not test directly the causal link between herbivore release and the evolution of plant traits, as they can be confounded by additional environmental differences between populations (Colautti et al., 2009) and/or by founder effects (Bossdorf et al., 2005; Dlugosch & Parker, 2008; Keller & Taylor, 2008). For example, plants may rapidly adapt to abiotic environmental variations along the latitudinal gradient (Maron et al., 2007; Etterson et al., 2008). Thus, if native and introduced populations are sampled from different latitudinal ranges, observed differences in CA may arise from adaptation to a variety of environmental factors other than release from herbivory (Colautti et al., 2009). Founder effects may also obscure the effects of selection by herbivory if introduced populations are founded by a limited number of genotypes that differ in mean CA from the native populations (Dlugosch & Parker, 2008). In addition, previous EICA studies have often compared growth differences only in the absence of competition, but the growth under unchallenged conditions does not necessarily reflect plant performance in a naturally competitive environment faced by invasive populations (Bossdorf et al., 2005). Moreover, because the underlying mechanisms of competition may differ between intra- and inter-specific competition (Lankau, 2008), we expect independent evolution of CA for conspecific and heterospecific competitors. However, only a few studies have tested simultaneously both intra- and inter-specific CA (Barney et al., 2009).
To address these issues and to test directly the EICA hypothesis, we asked whether the exclusion of herbivory alone would result in the evolution of intra- and inter-specific CA in Solidago altissima, a perennial plant native to eastern North America. The plant species is particularly relevant because it is an aggressive invasive species in Japan, where specialist herbivores have been absent for > 100 yr (Ando et al., 2010). Moreover, release from herbivory in introduced ranges is likely to have had a strong impact on the evolutionary trajectory of invasive S. altissima populations, because the plants in native ranges encounter a diversity of highly damaging herbivores (Root & Cappuccino, 1992). To circumvent confounding factors associated with previous EICA studies, we used S. altissima plants from an artificial selection experiment in which the above-ground herbivore assemblage has been manipulated by insecticide treatment for 12 yr. We sampled multiple individual plants from insecticide-treated plots (hereafter called 'H− plots'; n = 30 individuals sampled) and untreated control plots ('H+ plots'; n = 29 individuals), and propagated clones from these individuals for a subsequent common garden experiment. By comparing CA of H− clones and H+ clones, we were able to examine evolutionary shifts in competitive phenotype as a result of selection from above-ground herbivores. Because S. altissima primarily reproduces vegetatively (see the 'Materials and Methods' section), evolution in this system is likely to occur predominantly via differential propagation and the mortality of different clones. A previous study examining a subset of clones used here found reduced constitutive resistance to a major herbivore, Trirhabda virgata, in H− clones relative to H+ clones (Bode & Kessler, 2012), suggesting that enemy release resulted in the evolution of plant defense traits in S. altissima.
Here, we tested experimentally the second prediction of the EICA hypothesis that release from herbivory would result in increased CA (Blossey & Notzold, 1995). We assessed the CA in a strict sense (Barney et al., 2009) by growing S. altissima either by itself or with conspecific or heterospecific competitors in a common garden, and assessing the interactions between clone origin (i.e. H− or H+) and competition treatments. Poa pratensis was chosen as a heterospecific competitor, as it is a common competitor of S. altissima in old fields (Carson & Root, 2000). We predicted that H− clones would be less affected than H+ clones by competition. We also expected that the degree to which inter- and intra-specific CA evolved would differ as a result of differential mechanisms through which S. altissima competes with conspecifics and heterospecifics. Solidago altissima produces allelopathic polyacetylene compounds, which inhibit the germination and growth of several heterospecific plants (Kobayashi et al., 1980; Sawabe et al., 1999, 2000; Johnson et al., 2010), but have no previously reported effects on conspecifics. If allelopathic compounds are primarily used for inter-specific competition, intense inter-specific competition would select for increased polyacetylene production, which may provide no advantage in intra-specific competition. Thus, we also explored the differential effect of a major polyacetylene, cis-dehydromatricaria ester (DME), on the germination and seedling growth of S. altissima and P. pratensis by growing them under various concentrations of DME.


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customer services getting my title wrong
(165 Posts)I have just phoned a major UK retailer (famed for their customer service). Despite me introducing myself and then correcting them once they persisted on calling me Mrs Gasman.
I am not Mrs Gasman. I am Dr Gasman. They were also being unhelpful in actually dealing with my problem so I terminated the call. I told them it was because they couldn't get my name right.
Ok,it just seems that if there was a bigger problem enough to write a post,wouldnt that have been included not added later.now i have read the bit posted after it just makes me think you know what op?you just admitted you were being oversensitive.As much as customers have no sympathy for the people they ring up and take there anger out on at call centres ( they think it doesnt mean jot that they might be having a bad time) why the bloody hell should the person who works there overly think about implication of every tiny thing they do?i bet if they ask miss,ms,mrs theyll still get asked "what do you need to know that for?" If youve got an actual issue you need help with then thats what is concentrated on tbh.
Bosgrove gosh if I were a doctor and my surname was Pain I would INSIST on the title. Who wouldn't want to be Dr Pain!
I suspect if you're stressed enough while writing a post, it's easy to leave out pertinent facts and to then clarify later.
Of course call centre workers shouldn't have to think over every implication of their script; but the organisation has a responsibility to ensure that the training/script given to their workers takes equality guidance into account.
Cant see the point of starting a post and missing out the actual point but then again its clear to me that that was her point,she wanted to be called dr.im quite sure the op wrote that she thought she WBU after,pretty clear to me.anyway nice talking to you.
I think the Dr element is important - because I suspect there may be some (possibly unconscious) sexism at work here. There's still an assumption by many people that Dr = male.
In customer services you're supposed to be, within reason, helpful and obliging to the customer. I don't think it's unreasonable for someone to ask to be called by a particular title or name. I do think it's unreasonable for someone to hear the request and ignore it.
I think its unreasonable how people presume it was purposely ignored,im sure these people know how to do their jobs.you dont know whether they did or didnt fo anything.you havent evidence,all ive seen.is evidence that the op was having a mega bad time for all you know she may have rung up ranting and snapping (i repeat may have) and they might have heard correctly,it nit picking.ive never once got mad when ive been mistakenly given my partners surname or had mrs instead of miss.Its not a big deal its not going to change anything in her life its one company ( sounds kak so she probably wont use it again)
The OP was either purposefully ignored, or not listened to properly. In both cases, the customer service agent wasn't doing their job properly.
Exactly as skyler says. And I wasn't assuming that the request was 'purposely ignored'.
You said "hear the request and ignore it"?
Anyhow nice talking to you all,its gone a bit stale now pastures new and all
Fair enough. I'll rephrase: I do think it's unreasonable for someone to hear the request and either ignore it or not listen to/understand/action it properly.
Thats fair enough,that in that case would be unreasonable
What relevance does it have to amazon or tesco clubcard or the AA?
What relevance does it have to Amazon or Tesco or the AA whether I am Mr or Mrs or Miss or Ms? None at all - they just want something to call you by - they don't need to know my gender or marital status - so why not use Dr if you are entitled to it?
Wondering if the OP would have hung up due to being called Miss instead of Mrs. Or Mrs instead of Ms. Or Ms instead of Mrs?
Or was it just because of the Dr. bit?
Much more annoying that the customer service was shit.
John Lewis?
My mother is a Lady, FIL is a Wing Commander, SIL and one BIL are Dr.s (non medical) another is a Professor.
None of them use their titles in daily life. Up to them, yes. And up to the OP, of course. But IMO it's a bit up yourself to insist on it.
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Known In The '70s For: Starring in films such as The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972), Murder on the Orient Express (1974) and The Deep (1977)
Bisset is best described as her character in the parody of Bond films Casino Royale, Miss Goodthighs. The English actress broke out in Bullit (1968) as Steve McQueen's girlfriend, but American audiences really began paying attention to Bisset for her role in The Deep, where she swam underwater in only a thin white t-shirt and bikini bottoms. Her splash in the pool helped secure the film's' box office success.


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In the continuing series of "Just who the hell do they think they are?" our second badge of honor lies on Police Commissioner James Krebs. As we all know the East Haven Police Commission has been front and center of the entire controversy with the East Haven Police Department and Mayor April.
One would think that a position of Police Commissioner should be bestowed on a person of character, honor and moral fiber. Does Mr. Krebs pass the litmus test? Well we can start by checking out taxes. As you may have heard Mayor April tell everyone that it is the single most important thing to pay one's taxes. She even had made note that she sent the assessor out to check on out of state plates and those who didn't pay their tax bills.
Low and behold the Vine did some research of Mr. Krebs' taxes and discovered that Mr. Krebs owes as of April 29, 2011 $856.64 in BACK TAXES on a 1987 Lincoln Continental. Just how could that be? Mr. Krebs sits on the highly prestigious East Haven Police Commission. You know the board that holds everyone feet to the fire! You know the board that makes sure everyone is held to account for their actions. The one that tries and convicts without due process. So how could Mr. Brow not be aware of this? How could April Capone not do her vetting? But the biggest question of them all is around the car that Mr. Krebs currently drives....Where is that car registered because according to The East Haven Tax Office there are no motor vehicles registered to Mr. Krebs in the Town of East Haven? Furthermore, State law says the if a vehicle is housed at a residence for more than 6 months IT MUST BE REGISTERED in the Town it resides in! Oh no! Could it be that a Police Commissioner in the Town of East Haven has violated the Motor Vehicle laws of the State of Connecticut?
So Mr Krebs, can you answer the question of why you didn't pay your car taxes? Can you explain how you can sit in judgment of others for allegedly not following the law when you yourself don't follow the law?
Mr. Krebs should immediately resign from the East Haven Board of Police Commissioners for failing to hold his position with honor, honesty and disclosure.
Lastly, it's only $856.64 maybe the Democratic Town Committee can help out since the $88K they raised couldn't get Mayor April back in. It's the least they could do for you for holding court over your kangaroo court of a Police Commission.
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Robert BrandThe rand tumbled to a four-year low, extending its longest losing streak in 12 months, on concern that falling metal prices and labor unrest are threatening the nation's credit rating and economic growth.
South Africa's rating outlook remains negative and mining strikes may hurt the economy, Moody's Investors Service said yesterday. The Standard & Poor's GSCI Index of raw materials dropped for a fifth day as metals, including gold and platinum, declined. The nation is the world's fifth-largest gold producer and has the largest platinum reserves. Workers at Anglo American Platinum Ltd., the largest producer, threatened to strike if the company doesn't reverse a plan to cut 6,000 jobs.
"There's still some tension at the mines," David Gracey, head of currency and derivatives trading at Investec Ltd., said by phone from Cape Town. "Gold is getting hammered."
South Africa's currency depreciated as much as 1.4 percent to 9.3836 per dollar, the weakest level since April 2009. It traded 0.7 percent down at 9.3229 by 3:11 p.m. in Johannesburg, a sixth straight day of losses. Yields on benchmark 10.5 percent bonds due December 2026 rose four basis points, or 0.04 percentage point to 6.86 percent, the highest on a closing basis since April 25.
Employees at Lonmin Plc's Marikana mine returned to work late yesterday after a two-day illegal strike, the company said today. Rivalry between two labor unions that led to the strike will persist and may cause disruptions at other mines, according to Brigid Taylor, head of institutional flow sales at Nedbank Group Ltd. in Johannesburg.
'Shaken Industry'
Labor disputes have "shaken the industry and tarnished South Africa's image as a major international mining investment destination," Taylor said in e-mailed comments. "The market has not fully priced in the risk of another credit rating downgrade."
If the strikes aren't contained, it could weigh on South Africa's credit rating, Fitch Ratings analyst Carmen Altenkirch told the Johannesburg-based Business Day newspaper on May 14.
The rand has lost 12 percent against the dollar since Moody's cut the rating by one level to Baa1 on Sept. 27. New York-based Standard & Poor's lowered South Africa by the same magnitude to BBB on Oct. 12, while Fitch followed on Jan. 10. Moody's and S&P kept a negative outlook on the rating.
Metals and other commodities accounted for 53 percent of South Africa's exports in 2012, according to government data. The nation mines 77 percent of the world's platinum, and is the fifth-biggest gold producer.
The rand's three-month implied volatility against the dollar has climbed 40 basis points in the past two days to 12.82 percent, indicating that options traders see wider swings in the currency in coming months.
Foreign investors were net sellers of 222 million rand ($24 million) of South African bonds yesterday, according to the JSE Ltd., which runs the nation's stocks and bond exchanges.


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AUSTIN, Texas — Former Baylor football coach Art Briles is suing three school regents and a vice president for libel and slander, accusing them of falsely stating he knew of reported assaults and alleged gang rapes by players and didn't report them.
The lawsuit also asserts that Baylor officials conspired to keep him from getting another coaching job.Briles was fired last May after an investigation determined Baylor mishandled reports of alleged sexual and physical assaults, some by football players. Briles denies he knew about and failed to report alleged assaults.
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Lack of information on ATM complaints – Banks have to pay compensation for the delay in solving the ATM complaints, according to RBI.
Most of the ATM users regularly face the difficulties.RBI has made the rules in April 2009 that states the banks to pay compensation to the customers for the mistakes. But only some people are aware about it.
* Compensation can be got by the customer in the case of delay in solving the ATM complaint by the bank.
* Solution to customers' troubles to some extent.
* Lack of knowledge is dragging the customers from getting compensation.
* Increasing numbers of complaints.
There are several complaints about banks that they make many mistakes in the transactions of customers, they don't respond to the complaints promptly and show negligence in rectifying their mistakes. But according to RBI rules, banks has to respond within 12 days of complaint by the customer regarding the mistake in ATM transaction and if the bank doesn't respond within 12 days, Rs. 100 per day should be paid as compensation to the customer from the 12th day onwards. Though some temporary inconvenience is caused, this compensation is useful for customers to some extent. According to banking ombudsman, there is an increase in the complaints regarding the mistakes in ATM transactions. Recently, a customer has got a compensation of Rs. 20,000 for the mistake of Rs. 8,000 in ATM.
More are of ATM complaints….
Most of the complaints regarding banks are of ATM only. An official from SBI says that it has become necessary to make special arrangements to solve the ATM complaints since compensation is charged in this regard. But the bank is remaining tight lipped about the number of complaints. Even having special teams for solving ATM complaints, still there are more numbers of complaints. More complaints are from the transactions made from other banks' ATM and an official from a bank explains that there will be a time lag by default in solving the complaints if more numbers of agencies than one are involved in the process.
Lack of Knowledge about ATM complaints
Though bank needs to pay the compensation for the delay in solving the ATM complaints according to RBI rules, it is not executed properly. The main reason for this is lack of knowledge about this rule among the people. Banks are saying that the 12 day limit laid by RBI is too short and it is not correct to pay the compensation for the cases that naturally take more time.


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Camp Titan hosts annual Toy Drive for poor children
Cal State Fullerton is hosting its annual Toy Drive, organized by Camp Titan – a philanthropy division of the university's Associated Students Inc. – through Nov. 30.
The holiday drive will benefit underprivileged children in Orange County.
Toys or monetary donations can be dropped off on campus at the Titan Student Union's Information and Services Desk or the Student Recreation Center.
Gifts will be distributed in December when Camp Titan invites back to campus the children who participated in its summer programs for a holiday party.
Universities cited for community service
Fourteen Cal State University campuses, including CSUF, were honored and named to the 2015 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.
The honor roll, part of the federal Corporation for National and Community Service agency, recognizes higher education institutions with a notable commitment to community service, service-learning and civic engagement.
CSUF was honored in the General Community Service category.
TV studios receive $50,000 grant
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has bestowed CSUF with a $50,000 grant.
The grant has allowed the College of Communications to introduce two new industry-grade camera pedestals to its television studio production classes.
Students will be introduced to skills like panning and tilting, and learn how cameras function in a television studio environment.
HFPA has awarded CSUF with nearly $150,000 over the past five years.
Professors picked to judge animation
Professor of art Chuck Grieb, along with assistant professors of art Wendy Grieb and Mike Dietz, have been chosen to serve as judges for iAniMagic2016, a national online animation competition.
The CSUF College of the Arts faculty members – along with four other judges – will judge entries and choose winners when the competition ends Tuesday.
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Today, Chicago Theatre Off Book is reviewing exciting offerings from local theatre companies: "Metamorphoses" by Lookingglass Theatre ,"Elektra" at Lyric Opera, and "Neighborhood 3: Requistition of Doom" at Strawdog Theatre. Our special guests are Linda Gillum, Artistic Associate at Remy Bumppo and director of Shattered Globe's "Burn This" and Maggie Corbett, Chicago actor starring in Goodman Theatre's"Sweet Bird of Youth." Plus, we have two new "Got A Minute" segments from two local playwrights.
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Influence of Sponsorship
Sports sponsorship is the provision of money or other support to gain recognition and
increased income.
Sponsorship agencies bring sponsors and ports bodies together to organise events
or programmes.
Companies invest in perimeter advertising around and on the pitches
Agents promote particular competitors for mutual financial benefit
Performers endorse to products by displaying the company name on there clothing or
Sports starts use there celebrity status to advertise away from the sports arena
Sponsorship is uneven across sports
Minority sports find it hard to get sponsorship because of limited media coverage
The Institute of Sports Sponsorship is a national non profit making organisation
made up of companies that sponsor sport. The ISS aims to protect the traditional
nature of sport, help companies to get fair returns on outlay, cooperate with
organisations and runs the Sportsmatch scheme.
Advantages and Disadvantages for Performer / Sponsors
Advantages for Performer
Get more financial backing
Get better known
Full time training is possible because of financial aids
Financial security after retirement
Full concentration on the sport is possible
Disadvantages for performer
Pressure to perform
Performers can become to reliant on a particular sponsor for money
Generous sponsorship is only available to top performers
Some sponsors can give a bad image to sport
Advantages for sponsor
Get there brand or product advertised to increase profit
There product becomes related to a certain performer increasing sales
A healthy positive image
Hospitality at big sports events
Reduced tax bill
Disadvantages for sponsor
Risk that the player or team that you have sponsored does not succeed.
If performer behaves badly it is reflected on the sponsor
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Drag racing records, for a lot of us, are sacred. I've been lucky enough to be at the races where both the first 200 mph doorslammer pass and the first sub-five second Top Fuel pass occurred. Barrier-breaking efforts like those are a big part of drag racing and its history. Those accomplishments are often the subject of arguments among fans, especially some of the early barrier-breaking runs such as the first five-second and the first 200 mph Top fuel passes. When those two firsts occurred, the sport didn't have the sophisticated record keeping and equipment that we have now. No TV, no internet. History took as good the word of the people that witnessed the event.
So with that in mind, I found it interesting that even though the NHRA has been giving fans, racers, and the press the ETs professional race cars have recorded to the 1000' mark for at least a couple of decades, some racers (and the NHRA) have evidently decided to ignore that historical data. They've chosen to ignore the fact that both nitro burning funny cars and dragsters recorded many sub-four second 1000' ETs at NHRA National Events before the NHRA started keeping 1000' National Records. That is a documentable, unarguable fact. After initially resisting awarding National Records for the 1000' distance, NHRA finally decided they weren't ever going back to quarter-mile racing at, least for nitro cars, anytime soon, and established speed and ET records for that distance. It needed to be done; setting and breaking records remains a vital component of the sport of drag racing. But let's not pretend that current ET records represent the first time those numbers have been seen or done. The current records are only the first official NHRA 1000' records.
The information showing which drivers and cars actually made the first sub-four second 1000' pass at an NHRA National Event is out there, and I have no doubt that eventually an anal stats guy will find it and make it public. In the meantime, let's give funny car pilot Matt Hagan and his team credit for not only being the first to run an official NHRA sub-four second pass for the 1000' distance, but also credit for being the first to set the ET record under four seconds for that distance. Those are feats worthy of recognition and the Championship points that came with that effort.
The numbers don't lie. NHRA's Top Fuel and funny cars now regularly go almost as fast in 1000' as they used to in the quarter-mile before NHRA and the teams decided that at least some tracks weren't safe at those speeds and reduced the race length. And just for the record, understand that the speed numbers we see come up on the "scoreboards" are the AVERAGE speed for the last 60' of the track, so it is reasonable to assume that many nitro cars are currently exceeding the speeds deemed safe for the tracks and the Goodyear tires. I can only wonder if Brandon Bernstein's tire failure was just a fluke or a preview of what's coming. As a reminder, his left rear tire appeared to explode right before the car got to the finish line.
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