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As soon as your guests have removed the 'protection' quit factor of your foyer/entry location of your home, it' time to present them to an extra individual you. Invite them right into your 'Living Room,' the one room where family and friends constantly appear to satisfy!
Since of the amount of time we plan to invest in it, I suppose the name was appointed to this space! What an uphill struggle; to produce a space, a single space, where a whole household can reside in it and guests can feel welcome as well.
Let's do it!
First, determine your wall surface room and make note of window positioning. Compose it down; illustration a layout of the space, including doors and windows and their proximity to one another!
Prior to you determine exactly what furnishings will be consisted of in this certain masterpiece of a space, think about it! Make a note about just how it will be used in your household, what things are important and nonnegotiable and exactly what things can go if there is a pinch for room or design.
Next off, pick a shade to set the tone and mood you intend to attain in this room. Bear in mind there are shades and tones of every color; discover the one that best suits you and your household, and your plan. You need just to determine exactly what you want this space to feel like before picking your color.
Locate your prime focus; then start preparing your furnishings in a manner that will allow the room to be resided in conveniently while traffic relocations freely about the space. This is commonly a fire place, a great view or some location of the space that will hold one of the most secondhand things like the TELEVISION.
If you have a 'cookie cutter' design home, take into consideration adding an electric fireplace (located at your regional home enhancement shops cheaply) to produce a customized warm and inviting prime focus. Seating ought to be grouped around your prime focus; it ought to likewise be organized to promote discussions in between individuals in the space.
Change the followers and light fixtures for substitute followers and lighting that suit your design. As soon as the space is completed, you can include lighting on tables to compliment your design choices. Bear in mind, it matters little exactly what it seems when you start, your objective is to earn it help your household and your design style, affordably.
Measure the items you plan to keep in the space. If you can find a roll of painter's tape you will have the ability to determine the pieces of furniture and put them with the tape to see precisely just how the floor room and traffic pattern reacts to your ideas. This conserves back damaging labor for plans that simply won't work! Purchase a set of 'relocating coasters.' These are available at Buck Stores, discount rate outlet store and all home enhancement shops. One of the most difficult part of setting up a space will become a breeze with these coasters.
Establish two focal points; incorporating two points of interest in the room will make it more inviting if your room is huge enough. This enables the key prime focus and a secondary point of interest that commonly includes a quiet time room to read, a desk or other unique location you intend to produce in the space. This location ought to go to the furthest distance from the hub of activity in the space.
If you are utilizing a TV set as your prime focus, place it in an eye-catching setting such as a wall unit, hanging above a media cupboard or in a hanging media cupboard that can be shut off when not being used while providing yet one more novelty to improve your design. Simply puts, make it gain the treasured placement of the prime focus of your space. The biggest of your art items ought to be placed with the biggest furnishings items; something that claims I'm unique! If you do not see the perfect piece, go to thrift shops, backyard and yard sales and Flea Markets. You know exactly what to do!
Stay clear of extremely large pieces of furnishings; your objective is to earn the room praise your furnishings and design ideas and make your furnishings comfy in the room.
Place your sofa in the location with the biggest blank room open that likewise permits individuals in the space to enjoy the prime focus. Leave a minimum of two feet in between couches, chairs and love seats and the coffee table. Anything much less is uncomfortable, really feels jampacked and creates knee injuries and an excruciating experience in your home.
Pick the sofa as your key piece and then complement it with various colors or patterns that allow all of the items to show off. Include complimentary toss pillows that present your secondary color choices right into the room.
Consider adding a couch table (even if it is a buffet in camouflage that will include beneficial room for storage, video games, etc. that your household makes use of. When placed at the back of the sofa or love seat it liberates wall surface room, includes timber tones and a location to include lighting or candle lights and show room. Cut the legs off of an older buffet and produce an unique seating location by adding a cushion to the leading!
If your room is huge enough, develop two focal points; incorporating two points of interest in the room will make it more inviting. This permits for the key focal factor and a secondary factor of interest that commonly includes a quiet time room to read, a desk or some other unique location you want to produce in the space. In other words, make it gain the treasured placement of the focal factor of your space. Place your sofa in the location with the biggest blank room open that likewise permits the people in the space to enjoy the focal factor. When placed at the back of the sofa or love seat it frees up wall surface room, includes timber tones and a location to include lighting or candle lights and show room.


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Keith Ray pointed me to Mark Forester's blog a few weeks ago. Among other things, Mark exposes his writing process, which he calls "growing an article."
His first draft is one sentence . The second draft is three paragraphs. It keeps growing at bit at a time. I love this!
I can't tell you the number of brilliant people who struggle with writing because they believe they have to have the article (book, presentation, what ever) all thought out, complete and polished before they put pen to paper.
In writing, you learn as you go and refactor relentlessly.
Maybe seeing Mark Forester's drafts will help people start putting their thoughts on paper.

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Do you ever truly become abandoned in the Lord?
I, personally, am that woman that people point to in the church and say either,"she truly let's her self go into the spirit realm" or as yesterday's post suggests, "she is really demented."
I enjoy letting the Spirit of God worship through me. My physical being, sometimes, suffers from this, but, I always recover.
I can remember, watching people at church dancing in the Spirit and wanting that, but not wanting to be fake. I yearned to be set free in the Spirit.
One Sunday the church was jumping. I was worshiping the best I knew how. When suddenly, I felt my body move up off the ground. It was like a jump but, felt like slow motion. I looked around to see if anyone saw what had happened. Felt a little weird because, I knew I had not jumped on my own. I thought about it for a moment and decided that if God wanted me to jump, then I would jump. So I did.
Now, sometimes, I can get pretty radical in my worship. I can dance so hard that I lose my breath, but I am completely lost in the Spirit. There are times when I hear that negative voice saying, "you're to old to be doing this." But, I ignore it and keep on keeping on.
I believe that this is so missing in the church. Complete abandonment. Letting the natural go and letting the Spirit of God take over. Moving in the Spirit, allowing yourself to flow into the realm of God and showing joy for the glory of God.
I went dinner with several friends a few years back. We had been ministering together and where full of the Spirit. We got to the restaurant a few minutes before to was to open. We waited by the door with a married couple. The woman asked me what kind of perfume I had on. I did not have on perfume. But, before my brain thought, out of my mouth came, "Jesus". She turned from me, but my friends applauded.
Inside the restaurant, I was so over joyed by God, that I could not contain myself. I shared God with the waitress, than I went into the kitchen. In the kitchen were several people. One young man was a gangster. He was huge. About 6'5" tall and must have weighted close to three hundred pounds. I opened the door to the kitchen I declared, "the Lord about loves every one of you." They all turned and looked at me and then smiled.
"Did you know that?" I asked. The young man said, "Which God." This surprised me. "The living God." I reported with certainty. "Why are you in the kitchen?" He asked.
I really was not sure why I was in the kitchen, so I just said, "So you can know the God of the universe."
He grinned and turned from me. I left the room and while walking back to my table, reported to the others sitting in the room, that Jesus loved them. We ate our food and I began to wane in the flow of the Spirit. My friends where having a great time reflecting on my actions and I began to move more in the natural and started to second guess what I had done.
But, on leaving the restaurant, I stuck my head back into the kitchen and said, "Be seeing ya." My young gangster friend, looked over at me and said, "You got balls, lady."
Uh, balls. I believe what he was describing is abandonment. I would never do those things in the natural. I was completely taken over by the spirit. Each step was ordered by, each word was designed by, and each breath was taken by the Spirit of God.
Romans 8:9
You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit
Romans 8:5
Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.
It is a wonderful place to be, in the company of the Spirit of God. The things of this world, just completely disappear. You, for a moment, get to share in the joy and love of God. To be overwhelmed by His beauty and grace.
Matthew 7:8
For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened
Ask for abandonment and you will receive. But, remember,
1 Corinthians 2:14
The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Many will never understand.
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Events held to remember murdered MP Jo Cox
Communities have come together to celebrate the life of the murdered MP Jo Cox.
The 41-year-old was shot and stabbed in Birstall, in her Yorkshire constituency of Batley and Spen, on 16 June 2016.
To mark the first anniversary of her death her family and friends have urged people to hold events that celebrate her life.
The Great Get Together, involving picnics, street parties and concerts, runs across the weekend.
Organised by the Jo Cox Foundation, it aims to reinforce the message in Mrs Cox's maiden speech in the House of Commons that "we have more in common than that which divides us".
Mrs Cox's sister, Kim Leadbeater, said the events were "nothing to do with politics, nothing to do with religion".
"Nothing to do with anything other than getting together with people in your communities," she added.
"People are desperate for it - people want something that is about coming together and being positive."
The Labour MP's former constituency is the focus of a number of events.
Schoolchildren across the area participated in special assemblies and Upper Batley High School renamed its conference centre in honour of Mrs Cox.
The new centre was opened by Mrs Cox's parents Gordon and Jean Leadbeater. Mrs Leadbeater said she was delighted to take part in the ceremony.
"There was nothing Jo liked better than getting into the schools," said Mrs Leadbeater.
"She knew that this is where it all started, the grassroots. Start with the children and work up."
Mr Leadbeater added that, although the anniversary was difficult, "what keeps us going is the strength we are getting from people and we can feel the love".
People gathered for "a moment of reflection" close to the site of Ms Cox's murder in Birstall market place.
Children wrote messages on a memorial wall erected in the square.
More than 500 children sang in a choir on the village green in Heckmondwike.
Nationally more than 100,000 events have been planned between Friday and Sunday, the foundation said.
Mrs Cox's widower Brendan said he was "awed" by the numbers of people who planned to take part.


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Caregiver/Counseling services are available to seniors from a variety of agencies:
Adult Day Care - Social Model
- Circle of Friends of Rockland
19 Robert Pitt Drive, Suite 106, Monsey, NY - Offers a series of activities designed to promote well-being through social and related services. Transportation provided daily as well as caregiver support groups, information and referral services and community outreach programs. (845) 517-4944
- Bobbi Lewis Adult Day Care Center
121 West Nyack Road, Nanuet, NY - Bobbi Lewis is a structured program which provides seniors, and functionally impaired individuals with socialization, supervision, monitoring, and nutrition in a protective setting. (845) 624-6325.
- Centro de Amigos Adult Day Center
91 Broadway, Haverstraw, NY- Offers a 5-hour program with TWO shifts (from 8am-1pm & 1pm-6pm) designed to help maintain and improve person's physical and mental health in a comfortable, community-based setting. (845) 553-9777
Adult Day Care - Medical Model
- Friedwald Center's Adult Day Health Care Program
475 New Hempstead Road, New City, NY - Provides rehabilitation therapy and social work services. The staff administers medication, provides meals and personal care assistance. (845) 678-2100
- Northern Metropolitan Adult Day Health Care Center
225 Maple Avenue, Monsey, NY - Provides nursing, case management, medical social worker, nutritional and recreational services. A specialized services program is available for people with dementia. (845) 352-9000
Alzheimer's Disease/Dementia Support
- The Alzheimer's Association
Operates local programs and support groups for caregivers of those with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. (845 639-6776)
- Rockland Jewish Family Service
Operates one-to-one and group services for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and their caregivers. (845) 354-2121 ext. 198
- Silver Alert System
Provides for the rapid dissemination of information regarding missing seniors who are suffering from Alzheimer's disease, dementia or other cognitive or intellectual impairments which place them at risk.
C.A.R.E. (Caring Adults Responding to Elderly Relatives)
An ongoing support group for caregivers. Meetings are held every Wednesday from 11 am to 12 noon and 6 to 7 pm at VCS, Inc. 77 South Main Street, New City, NY. CARE provides information, resources and alternatives for women and men concerned with issues associated with aging parents and relatives. Call VCS Services for Older Adults and Their Families. (845) 634-5729 ext. 319
Caregiver Hotline and Resource Center
Information and referrals for individudals who are caring for an aging parent or relative.
Operated by VCS, Inc. (845) 634-5729 ext. 319
Caregiver Respite
The Rockland County Office for the Aging Respite Program is a free caregiver program that pays for a free week-long stay at a assisted living facility. A new home care component to the program allows an individual to remain in their home with an aide for a specific period of time. This respite program allows for a break in the daily routine for both the adult providing assistance to an older person and for the older person him/herself. This program is available for individuals 60 and older that reside in Rockland County. The Office for the Aging has been able to utilize some of the funding available under Title IIIE of the Older Americans Act to create this service program to give needed support to caregivers. The costs are completely paid by the caregiver program. The program does ask for an evaluation of the experience and affords the participant an opportunity to make a voluntary donation.
For additional information please contact The Rockland County Office for the Aging at (845) 364-3444.
Geriatric Care Management
Program aimed at developing and implementing care plans for vulnerable seniors.
Operated by Rockland Jewish Family Service. (845) 354-2121 ext. 198
Grandparents/Relatives Raising Children
Information and assistance for grandparents and other relatives assuming responsibility for children. Monthly support group which presents educational topics and sharing.
Operated by VCS, Inc. (845) 634-5729 ext. 319
United Hospice of Rockland, Inc.
Provides care, hope, comfort and improved quality of life to individuals and their families facing a serious illness. (845) 634-4974
Mental Health Association of Rockland County
Provides mental health preventative, supportive, treatment and advocacy services to the community. Includes comprehensive list of programs. (845) 267-2172.
Helps family caregivers and health care providers work together to plan and implement safe and smooth transitions between care settings for chronically or seriously ill seniors.
Outreach to Elders
One-on-one program for homebound seniors who would benefit from discussing age-related concerns with professionally trained volunteers. This is done in the comfort of their own home once a week for six to ten weeks.
Operated by VCS, Inc. (845) 634-5729 ext. 319
Parkinson's Support Groups
Support group geared toward individuals who have been recently diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. The group meets on the fourth Sunday of each month from 10:00 am - 11:00 am at Rockland Jewish Family Service, located at 450 West Nyack Road, Suite 2, West Nyack, NY 10994. For more information or to register, contact Jeanne Weiner, LCSW at (845) 354-2121 ext. 144
Weekly meetings - one hour of exercise by a physical therapist from Nyack Hospital. Caregivers have an opportunity to share, discuss issues and receive assistance and support from others in a comfortable environment. Call Joan James at (845) 358-3128 for more information.


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Who: 15 years old and over
Where: Across Canada
What: Ski coaching is a great way to start a life-long career or just share your passion for skiing.
To coach with any Alpine Canada club, you must be certified through the Canadian Ski Coaches' Federation (CSCF).
Alpine Canada works with the Canadian Ski Coaches' Federation to develop and deliver coaching certifications and professional development programs. Visit the Canadian Ski Coaches' Federation website.
* All alpine coaching certification programs are part of the National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) and meet or exceed all NCCP standards.
Coach certification programs reflect Alpine Canada's long-term skier development plan (AIM 2 WIN).
|Coach certification program
|AIM 2 WIN Stage:
|Entry Level
|Skier Essentials
|Entry Level-Para
|Skier Essentials
|Development Level
|Learn to Train/Learn to Race
|Development Level-Para
|Learn to Train/Learn to Race
|Performance Level
|Train to Race
|High Performance - Level 4 Program Director
|Train to Win
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|Train to Win
|Ski Cross - Current certification requires an Entry Level certification plus the Ski Cross Coaching and Safety Module.
|Skier Essentials
Get involved – become a coach
Check out the event listings on the Canadian Ski Coaches' Federation website to find certification courses near you.
Already a coach?
Alpine Canada and the Canadian Ski Coaches' Federation now require active coaches to complete annual professional development updating in order to maintain an annual Alpine Canada-CSCF Coach License. Visit the Canadian Ski Coaches' Federation professional development section for more information.
Coaching resources
Check out the alpine coaching resource center on the Canadian Ski Coaches' Federation website for documentation, coaching DVDs and more.
For more information:
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Phone: 403-777-3201 - Domestic Services Administrator
Email: email@example.com
Visit the Canadian Ski Coaches' Federation website.
February 2017
Frank van den Berg, Director of Mental Performance for Calgary Sport Institute Calgary and Jennifer Stielow, Senior Coach Education Manager for Alpine Canada present an overview of the new Athletic Character assessment. The Athletic Character assessment is focused on developing positive mental fitness in both sport and life.
January 2017
Sead Causevic, NextGen Head Coach for Alpine Canada Alpin Ski Cross presents an overview of ski cross development in Canada. Sead's presentation reviews the sport of ski cross and training progressions that can be used with any aged athlete to promote the development of athleticism for skiing.
December 2016 – Speed Elements Webinar
This webinar presented by John Kucera, Men's Development Head Coach, reviews speed elements training and development.
November 2016 – Technical (GS/SL) Presentation Webinar Recording
This webinar presented by Jay Keddy, Women's World Cup Technical Coach, reviews both technique and tactics for GS and SL.
October 2016 – ACA Coach Education and Domestic Update Webinar Recording
This webinar presented by Dusan Grasic, Domestic Director Alpine Canada, reviews the new course curriculum and certification pathway changes, Top 10 Coaches Program, new domestic development initiatives, and project updates for planned U16 and U19 projects in the 2016/17 season.
September 2016 – Physical Fitness Testing Webinar Recording
This webinar provides an overview of Alpine Canada's nationwide physical fitness testing protocol presented by Alpine Canada's Director of Sport Science, Matt Jordan, PhD (c), CSCS. The goal of the new physical fitness testing protocol is to ensure Canadian skiers are developing ski-specific fitness abilities as they progress through the athlete development pathway.
ACA Physical Fitness Testing Protocol (pdf)


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Good oral health is important to your overall health -- a fact that is often overlooked. But when you think about it, the mouth is the gateway to the body, making oral health a significant player in your overall well-being.
The mouth is filled with countless bacteria, most of which are harmless. With daily brushing and flossing, the body's defenses can fight and control those bacteria. Without proper oral care however, the bacteria can cause oral infections that affect the teeth, gums, palate, tongue, lips, and inside of the cheeks.
The American Dental Association recommends seeing a dentist if you notice any of the following signs:
Gums that bleed during brushing and flossing
Red, swollen or tender gums
Gums that have pulled away from your teeth
Persistent bad breath
Pus between your teeth and gums
Loose or separating teeth
A change in the way your teeth fit together when you bite
A change in the fit of partial dentures
General guidelines for good oral hygiene include brushing teeth thoroughly at least twice a day, flossing daily, replacing toothbrushes every three or four months, and scheduling regular dental check-ups. Daily preventative care can stop problems before they even develop.
The mouth can show signs of nutritional deficiencies or general infection, including systemic diseases. Oral health may affect or contribute to diseases and conditions including but not limited to:
Cardiovascular disease -- research suggests that chronic inflammation from gum disease may be linked to heart disease, clogged arteries, and stroke.
Pregnancy health -- research suggests a relationship between gum disease and pre-term, low-birth-weight infants.
Diabetes -- uncontrolled diabetes puts the body at risk for gum disease. Research shows that people with diabetes are more likely to have severe gum problems and have a harder time controlling their blood sugar levels.
Inflammation -- poor oral health is associated with the development of infection in other parts of the body.
Memory -- research suggests that people with swollen, bleeding gums perform worse on tests of memory and other cognitive skills than those with healthy gums.
HIV/AIDS -- people with HIV/AIDS are more likely to experience oral problems, such as painful mucosal lesions.
It's never too early to teach proper oral care to children. Practicing good oral care at a young age can positively impact children's health in adulthood. For more information, visit CarilionClinic.org.
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The Observer
Myth Busting
For as long as I care to remember the adage that 70% of purchase decisions are made in-store has floated around in conversations and articles in the retail community and been used as a justification for investment in in-store shopper marketing activity.
In recent years there has been much conjecture over the 70% figure. So where does it come from?
Paying Attention to Packaging
Grocery shopping is a task based activity.
Often times we will walk into an aisle and play out a heuristic script which leads us to select the same product that we always have.
Searching for that product is a process of elimination guided by familiar signals such as the shape and colour of packaging.
In these circumstances, for a product attempting to build market share, disrupting this process and gaining a shopper's attention is no mean feat.
Mission Control
When you ask people how much of a supermarket (how many aisles) they visit when they go shopping, a large proportion will tell you that they visit nearly all of it. In fact this is far from the truth. We know this from studying shopper behavior in supermarkets using CCTV video footage to monitor shopper traffic.
The draw of the store
Although the growth in on-line sales is unquestionable, that's not a reason for retailers or manufacturers to take their eye off the ball with Bricks & Mortar.
In the UK a mere 4.4% of grocery sales are on-line and the IGD predicts that this will rise to 8.9% by 2019. OK that's strong growth but it still leaves over 90% of sales to be accounted for by physical stores. (more…)
Grocery Retailing – A Volume Business
Grocery retailing is undoubtedly a volume business where marginal changes in shopper behaviour can have a massive impact on the balance sheet.
To use an example, some five and a half billion litres of milk are sold in the UK each year with the top 5 grocery multiples accounting for nearly three quarters of this volume.
At a price of £0.75 a litre, Tesco as the UK's largest retailer sells over £1bn worth of milk a year to the British people. As such increasing sales by just 1% would result in a revenue uplift of around £10m. (more…)
Find Time
How do we look for things?
Chances are that if you are like me at some point you will have lost something such as your keys and have had to try and find them. You will have gone first to the most logical places such as the key hooks by the door or the counter top in the kitchen; but if your keys don't show up there you'll try elsewhere, working through a mental list of all the possible places that your keys might be. As the search goes on you'll probably feel yourself getting more and more frustrated and possibly start thinking about how much time you are wasting and how you need to be moving on to do something else. But you don't stop, you need your keys!
Looking for products in a supermarket is no different. (more…)
Time To Shop
In his book Inside the Mind of the Shopper, US shopper insights pioneer Herb Sorensen states that "Shoppers only spend 20% of their time selecting purchases and 80% in transit" with the implication that retailers need to put products in the path of shoppers so they can spend less time walking and more time buying. This would certainly seem to be a valuable insight in as much as it makes a distinction between useful and wasted shopper time; however is this generalisation about time utilisation always true? (more…)
Seeing The Light
This great lecture by Beau Lotto on light and colour got me thinking…
Colour is important in telling us about our environment and the things in it.
Colour is a function of the wave length of the illumination, the transmittance of the space between our eye and the object and the reflectance of the object. Changing any one of these dimensions changes the colour we perceive.
Our brains adapt to changes in these dimensions so that we can continue to perceive objects as the quality of light changes, but this adaptation is not instantaneous.
This being the case let's consider a retail environment. (more…)
Putting Things Into Context
As traditional media fragments then the retail coal face becomes ever more important in the battle of brands to capture the attention of consumers en-mass.
Little wonder then that shopper marketing and the research and insight which fuels it are becoming an increasingly significant element in many organisations marketing and communications mix.
But marketing to shoppers at this first moment of truth presents a unique set of challenges. (more…)


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On Monday we celebrated Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. Tomorrow marks Donald Trump's presidential inauguration, following eight years of our first Black president. This pivotal moment inspires our first message of the new year, with our thoughts on the biggest challenges facing Oakland public education and the solutions we are fostering, framed by some imagined tweets by Dr. King because, well, you know why.
(Full disclosure – needed in these times: These are NOT real tweets, they are FAKE. But imagine if instead of the ones currently dominating our news cycle…)
… all of us at Educate78 included – have deep concerns about an administration that vocalizes anti-immigrant, anti-LGBTQ, anti-Muslim, and anti-POC sentiments.
LIVING THE EQUITY PLEDGE: Oakland is fortunate to have many local education leaders who resolutely believe in a public education system that serves all students and families. They recognize that fragmented and isolated efforts won't accomplish this, nor will conflict for conflict's sake. Instead, it will take tough conversations and compromise. We must rise above past differences and collaborate in service of families, with equity as our guiding light. That is why we plan to continue living the Oakland Public School Equity Pledge.
We must rise above past differences and collaborate in service of families, with equity as our guiding light.
SUPPORTING TEACHERS: We are grateful for the expertise and energy that our Teacher Advisory Group members have brought to our efforts to retain Oakland teachers. We know there are some big long-term issues (affordability!) but we believe it is within our power to meaningfully increase support for our teachers. To that end, we're launching a second city-wide teacher engagement survey, awarding additional grants to teachers to implement their ideas for retaining educators, and continuing to strengthen the sense of community for educators across the city. We are also excited to collaborate with schools citywide on a proposed teacher recruitment portal. Join us for a celebration of teachers and the #Teach510 work on February 7 here at Impact Hub Oakland.
FOSTERING NEW COMMUNITY-DESIGNED SCHOOLS: Our School Design Lab supports efforts across Oakland to grow innovative and proven educational models and cultivate transformative leaders for our community schools. At the end of 2016, OUSD approved Oakland School of Language to open in Fall 2017 to nurture multi-lingual and multi-cultural children. Other teams are prototyping, piloting, and will seek approvals in 2017. We're excited to continue to support these inspiring and committed educators and families this year. Follow School Design Lab on social media via #OakSDL.
CHAMPIONING BETTER PUBLIC POLICY: We are proud to have helped improve Oakland's public school enrollment process, one of the first public policy efforts related to the Equity Pledge. The steps implemented this year – School Finder, new online systems for OUSD and charter schools, and a single application for nearly all Oakland charters – are not perfect, but they are a good start. We hope to see more improvements that will further increase access and better serve and support families in the enrollment process. We are applying our equity lens and advocacy to the immediate challenges of the budget and superintendent transition, as well as to the long-term funding and affordability ones.
We are far from our vision of a world class public education for every child in Oakland's 78 square miles. It's not easy to undo centuries of underinvestment and systematic oppressions. But, with Oakland's talent and doggedness, we can find new solutions to these old problems- together.
Let's not allow our disagreements to divide and fragment us locally. This only serves to keep us from achieving the broader vision, as well as keeps us from the resources and policy changes needed at the the local, state, and federal levels to help us get there. Instead, we need to harness our disagreements, work through them guided jointly by equity, and, together we will keep bending that arc.
With Respect, Hope, and Determination,
Team Educate78
Gloria, Anne, Sara, Carolyn, Rachel, Carrie


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Substance abuse is a persistent problem on college campuses. What role does brain chemistry play in young people's vulnerability to alcohol and other drugs? These two articles suggest some answers.
Brain Chemistry and the Low Price of Drinks Drive College Binge Drinking
What is it that drives some college students to drink to excess again and again and again? This piece from NPR explains that there are multiple factors driving college binge drinking. One is brain chemistry. College-aged brains are still developing, so while the part of the brain that seeks reward and stimulation is fully mature by the time 18 year olds begin their freshman year, the bits that control impulsive behavior still have a ways to go. This imbalance is what makes taking too many shots or playing drinking games seem so appealing. The other big factor may seem more obvious, but is also more controllable. The lower the average price of a drink in an area, the more binge drinking is reported amongst local college students.
Adolescent Marijuana Use Correlates to "All Adverse Young Adult Outcomes"
A new study from the British journal The Lancet Psychiatry suggests that teenaged marijuana use correlates strongly to a variety of alarming outcomes. Teen pot-smokers were 60% less likely than peers to graduate from high school, 60% less likely to finish college, seven times more likely to attempt suicide and eight times more likely to use other illegal drugs than their non-smoking counterparts. Significantly, the authors found that even "low levels" of marijuana use (as infrequently as once per month) greatly increased teens risks of the aforementioned negative outcomes when compared to teens who did not smoke marijuana at all, suggesting that "there may not be a threshold where [cannabis] use can be deemed safe" for adolescents. With the legal landscape shifting quickly on the issue of marijuana possession and use, it seems clear that any legislative reforms must take pains to keep cannabis out of the hands of teen users.


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When it comes to Christmas trees, there's nothing like the real thing. In fact about 25 – 30 million Christmas trees are sold in the U.S. every year. When you bring a live tree into your dwelling during the holiday season-yes, a cut Christmas tree is very much alive despite being severed from its roots-you need to keep its tissues hydrated, which affects it longevity. Over time water is lost through the needles. Eastern red cedar and Atlantic white cedar dry out rapidly, while Fraser fir and noble fir lose water much more slowly.
Water can be replaced via the cut end of the trunk. To facilitate this make a fresh cut an inch from the end of the trunk before you put your tree in a water-filled tree stand. Experiments with additives such as floral preservatives, sugar, and 7-Up® have shown to provide no benefit over pure water, but the tree stand must never be allowed to dry out.
How long a cut tree survives depends on the freshness of the tree when purchased, and how long it is kept moist. A friend of mine from New Hampshire kept his cut balsam fir in a cool room with ample water long after the holidays. In fact, it actually put out several inches of fresh needles in early March. It may seem unusual for my friend to keep a Christmas tree for that length of time, but it makes sense for someone who never takes down his Christmas decorations.
Bob Polomski 2014 (c)


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ST. PETERSBURG � All three Republican candidates for Pinellas County Commission District 6 praised President Trump at a forum on Thursday, and all agreed none of his policies have negatively impacted local residents.
"All I see happening right now is economic development is up, jobs are readily available, unemployment is down, so I think so far so good," said State Rep. Larry Ahern, R-Seminole.
When an audience member asked how the candidates would address any negative impact to the local economy resulting from Trump�s tariffs on imports from Canada, China, Europe and Mexico, all three said there was nothing to worry about.
"The private sector will adjust to whatever is necessary in these trade situations," Ahern said. "And look, if it means more things will be now made in America, I�m all for that."
Barb Haselden, a citizen activist in her first bid for public office, said it was "high time" for the tariffs and saluted Trump because he "does understand the world economy."
State Rep. Kathleen Peters, R-South Pasedena, assured the audience she trusts "the process" and that "the free market would right itself."
However the U.S. Chamber of Commerce estimates $713 million in Florida exports are threatened by "an emerging trade war" in retaliation to tariffs Trump placed on imports from Canada, China, Europe and Mexico.
The three Republicans, who participated in the forum hosted by Suncoast Tiger Bay Club, will face off in the Aug. 28 primary for the seat held for 18 years by John Morroni, the Pinellas politician who died May 20.
August�s winner will run against Democrat Amy Kedron, a former college professor from Madeira Beach, in the Nov. 6 election.
Moderator Todd Jennings and audience members quizzed the candidates with questions tying state and federal policy to Pinellas County government.
When Tiger Bay member David Klement, executive director of the Institute for Strategic Policy Solutions at St. Petersburg College, asked candidates how they would prepare Pinellas for the "massive economic disruption" expected from rising sea levels, none expressed much urgency.
Ahern suggested he would examine the current Commission�s policies to "look where we are right now, find out where we are right now."
Peters said the focus should be on improving the state flood insurance program.
When Klement noted recent studies estimate sea levels could rise about three feet by 2050, Haselden was skeptical, stating "I can�t agree with that."
"I think that basing today�s public policy on something that might happen 100 years from now is something that I�m not likely to do," she said. "I think there is too much disagreement as to what degree we may have."
However, the Union of Concerned Scientists estimate more than a dozen Florida communities, including St. Pete Beach, could experience recurring tidal flooding unrelated to any storm events by 2045.
A 2017 scientific report by 13 federal agencies stated human activity, especially the emission of greenhouse gases, is the primary cause of global temperature rise since the mid-20th Century.
Ahern and Haselden both said they support increasing the homestead property tax exemption, a proposed constitutional amendment that will appear on the Nov. 6 ballot, because many cities have not lowered property taxes as values have risen.
Homeowners stand to save an average of a few hundred dollars a year, while the added exemption is expected to cost Pinellas County $21.7 million in lost revenue. So what would the candidates cut from the budget if it passes?
Ahern said he would not advocate cutting anything from the budget to compensate because the $21.7 million is about 1 percent of the overall budget.
Haselden said the loss of property tax revenue from the increased homestead exemption would be made up by rising property values.
Peters declined to answer definitively if she supports the increased exemption, saying she was still analyzing how the decrease in tax revenue to local governments would disproportionately affect small fire districts that rely on property taxes.
But she said the county would not need to cut anything from the budget to compensate for the loss if the exemption passes because "I really don�t think the sky is going to fall."
All three said they do not support using public tax dollars, even those collected from tourists on overnight rentals, on funding stadium projects. The issue is hanging over Pinellas County as Clearwater has applied for $40 million in bed taxes to fund $79 million in upgrades to the Philadelphia Phillies stadium and spring training facilities.
The candidates tried to distinguish themselves by laying out their top priorities. Peters, a longtime advocate for mental health reform in the Legislature, said county government must build a coordinated system of care and solutions to address the opioid crisis.
"Now it�s at the local level," she said. "Now it�s time."
Ahern said his priority would be on the county�s infrastructure needs and protecting the county�s ever vanishing green space to "continue to invest in all that�s important to us."
Haselden said she�d bring the strongest conservative voice to the seven-member board, which currently has little friction or disagreement.
"Good public policy is a result of good debate," she said.
Contact Tracey McManus at [email protected] or (727) 445-4151. Follow @TroMcManus.


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Passing Power: Tom Shoecraft Sr. has passed along the power of Mustang racing to his son and grandson. Oh, and he's not afraid to pass you on the track either.
From the word go, Tom Shoecraft Sr. has been addicted to speed. He began flogging fast Fords in his late teens near his home in Upstate New York, and he raced up and down the East Coast. He has competed in drag racing, dirt track, figure 8, and road course events, and now you'll find him blazing corners in South Florida with his hard-charging 2003 Cobra.
These days Shoecraft, now 71, mixes it up on track with son Tom Jr. who participates in a 1997 Cobra, and his grandson Tom III, who at the tender ago of 7 is terrorizing go-kart tracks from Immokalee to Ocala.
"I raced in Syracuse, New York, while growing up," said Shoecraft. "I drove a Galaxie in F/Stock and then a 1968 Cougar with a 427 at ESTA Safety Park. I also raced at Burton Speedway and other circle tracks. That racing was fun, but I got out of racing for a long while, until I attended a Shelby Event at Watkins Glen in 1992. My brother and my son and I went to SAAC 18 in 1993 with our 1970 Boss 302, a 1968 Shelby GT500KR, and a Cobra replica that my brother Tim had. And that was all it took to get me back into it."
Shoecraft's brother passed away, but the family keeps the spirit alive, attending events and running the cars. In 1995 they headed south for good, moving to Florida for year-round sun. The father-son duo restored a 2001 Stage 3 Roush and also attended a Roush-sponsored event at Sebring in 1995. Shoecraft used the Roush as his open-track machine before picking up the wild 2003 Cobra featured here.
Shoecraft says, "The Cobra was a Ford Racing test vehicle that was bought and built for World Challenge GT in 2004 by Cheyne Dagget, but he blew the engine and I bought the car in that condition in 2007. My son and I put in a Sean Hyland short-block, and we started doing HPDE events with a bigger plan of running American Iron Extreme. But we realized the cost of that class is out of control. Plus, at my age, I just enjoy the speed and driving on track, and I don't really have the urge for wheel-to-wheel racing anymore. I'll leave that to my 7-year-old grandson."
Not your run-of-the-mill Terminator, this Cobra makes a big visual impact with widened fenders sporting big vents, a Tiger Racing hood, a front splitter, and a (2003) World Challenge–spec rear wing. Rolling stock consists of Kinesis 18×10 wheels wrapped in Nitto NT01 tires. "Between the Maximum Motorsports suspension and the wide 305 tires," says Shoecraft, "it sticks and goes wherever I steer it."
Improved handling comes by way of Maximum Motorsports forward-offset lower control arms, Bilstein race struts, and Hypercoil springs, all mounted to a Maximum K-member. Out back, Shoecraft has added Maximum Motorsports bushings to the IRS, along with Bilstein shocks, Hypercoil springs, and adjustable sway bar end links. Stoptech ST40 brakes with Hawk DCT 70 (front) and DCT 60 (rear) pads get the Mustang slowed from warp speed.
Justin Nelson at J&J Performance helps with the tuning of the Sean Hyland Motorsport engine, which has been modified with Manley rods a Canton oil pan, a DiabloSport tune, an SCT mass air meter, a K&N filter, and long-tube headers with Dynomax Bullet mufflers with custom side exits. Backing the Four-Valve is a Spec Stage 3 clutch and a stock six-speed with a Pro 5.0 shifter and an aluminum driveshaft.
As you can see, the interior is all business with a protective cage, Ultrashield seats, and Crow harnesses, as well as a coolsuit that Shoecraft uses to beat the Florida heat. He says, "I mostly run with Track Guys and with the PBOC in Florida at Sebring, Daytona, and Homestead, but my favorite track is still Watkins Glen."
1997 Cobra
Not to be outdone by his dad, Tom Jr. hits the track in his own Cobra, a 1997 model, which spent a good portion if its years as a Bondurant workhorse. By the time he purchased it, the SVT Cobra had received a Griggs SLA setup and a built Four-Valve. The entire crew gets support from Tom Jr.'s wife Courtney and their 1-year-old son Cohen, who will certainly be the next Shoecraft racer. There are many off weekends for this crew, as Tommy III has been making moves in his 50cc Birel racing kart. The youngster finished Second in his track points chase, and he's already itching to turn laps in one of the Mustangs.


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» April 27, 2010
Banned By Bogdanski: Big-time Portland blogger Jack Bogdanski can dish out the criticism but apparently has a thin skin when it comes the other way. I've been commenting at his site and submitting topics for consideration (including one that was picked up earlier this month) for several years.
He's been pushing the story of the recent Reed College heroin overdose deaths and the subsequent warning to the college from federal and local authorities since a letter from President Colin Diver went out last week to students, faculty, staff, and alumni about how Renn Fayre would be impacted.
Reed has had more than its share of heroin deaths. There were a couple around the period I was there in the late '80s, and there have been heroin overdose deaths in 2008 and 2010. So there's definitely a subculture of heroin use at the school. But as I pointed out in comments on the posts, smack isn't exactly conducive to getting through Reed. If you're smart enough to get in there, you can probably manage to skate through (whether that will get you into graduate school is another story) but if you're nodding off every day that's not going to happen. Heroin has a pull for a certain type of "artistic" personality, and those people are going to be drawn to places like Reed more than they are to Lewis & Clark or Linfield.
That, by the way, appears to be where I stepped on Mr. Bogdanski's toes. Despite my having acknowledged that Reed had a couple clusters of heroin deaths, Bogdanski accused me in one response of denying that Reed had a heroin problem. I reiterated a couple of my remarks disproving that assertion and said that where I disagreed with him was in the size of the problem, then added for comedic effect this comment from a college shopper's forum that I came across at random, after noting that he worked for the competition (i.e. he is a professor of law at Lewis & Clark)
I've posted this before, but it was so strange, I'll do it again. When we were visiting Reed we called L & C admissions office and asked for directions. The woman at the other asked where we were coming from, we said Reed College, she said, "Oh, that's a much better school." It made us wonder what the school really thinks of itself.And that got me banned. I didn't realize it right away, because I posted a comment in another, later thread, but when I tried to post something this afternoon on a completely unrelated topic:
My earlier comments had also been deleted from the site.
The stupid thing is, the drug crackdown the US Attorney and Multnomah County DA and others want to use to bring Reed under their heel is just about the most inefficient waste of resources I can think of. Sure, they'll keep people from smoking pot openly at Renn Fayre, but the kids who take acid or ecstacy or some other pills aren't likely to be sharing them with random dudes showing up on campus who they've never seen before -- and that stuff can last for hours. I don't know what Bogdanski is smoking if he thinks that people are shooting up in public on the lawn in front of Eliot Hall, the only place a law enforcement presence is likely to make any difference. The powers-that-be will be able to strut around saying they've finally brought the druggie College under control; meanwhile the dealers will be working downtown Portland just like they do every single day. Sometime in the next decade, another Reedie will OD from heroin they bought within a few blocks of the Justice Center and the Hatfield Federal Courthouse. How will the DA and US Attorney pretend they've cleaned up the heroin problem at Reed then?
» April 16, 2010
The Small Town People: Felipe ("The
Indian Native American") Rose and David ("The Construction Worker") Hodo two members of the Village People were on NPR's quiz show "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me..." last weekend, doing creditable work on the celebrity-appearence segment titled "Really, really not your job."
Despite their skills at answering questions, I practically fell out of my chair laughing when this email solicitation came through today:
Village People Tickets on Sale SaturdayDakota Wesleyan in the small town of Mitchell, South Dakota, a couple hours' drive from Sioux Falls is the alma mater of Sen. George McGovern, and the campus I visited when I went to the McGovern Conference several years ago. It's about as unlikely a place as you might expect to run into the Village People, but you've got to give the bookers for the Blue & White Bash credit for thinking outside the box.
Tickets go on sale Saturday, April 17, at 8 a.m. for the Blue & White Bash featuring Village People!
The Blue & White Bash will celebrate the 125th anniversary of Dakota Wesleyan University. Tickets are $30 for general admission or $320 for a reserved table of eight; tables are limited. Tickets will be available at the Corn Palace ticket office, by phone at (800) 289-7469 or (605) 995-8430, or online at www.cornpalace.com/shop/.
The concert will be on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010, beginning at 7:30 p.m. with the DWU alumni quartet from the 1960s, The Highlanders, followed by Village People at 8:30 p.m.
For more information, go to www.dwu.edu/press/2010/mar26.htm.
» April 13, 2010
What the...?
Where It All Began:
I noticed last week that there was a dumpster in front of the house Barbara and I (and her sister Lori) used to live in, just a few blocks away from where we moved to 20 years ago. It was a small, two-bedroom place, with a tub and no shower, a basement, and a yard the size of a small mattress; wedged between another house and a car battery shop. When I mentioned I used to live there to the guy out front of the place smoking a cigarette, he told me it was going to be back on the market soon.
Barbara and I walked past it on our way to the store on Sunday, and there was an estate sale going on. We hadn't been in the place since May of 1990, and being snoopy we went in. I went back with her to get a couple of pictures, including this one of what used to be our living room (and where I slept when I first started to come to Portland "for concerts"), and Barbara went back for an additional trip because Lori showed up that afternoon.
The house was packed to the gills with stuff, despite the fact that people were buying things at a steady clip and the sale had been going on since Friday. We looked through omething as a memento of the woman who'd lived there after us for two decades, but the only thing Barbara wanted out of the pile was this "Hagar the Horrible" strip from the window in the front door. She's not a "Hagar" fan, but she'd put it in the window herself in 1988 and the woman who'd bought the house had left it there ever since.
What the...?
Becky's Birthday: I don't know how long now that I've been patronizing Fujin on Hawthorne. Not as long as Barbara and I have been customers at Hunan because that dates from back when we were both working at Powell's and I left there nearly twenty years ago but it's been a long time and I've probably been there more often because it's close to home and where I had my office. Becky, one of the co-owners, had a birthday on Monday and I took her a card. This was my fortune:
We'll see.
An enjoyable vacation is awaiting you near the mountains.
» April 9, 2010
What the...?
Red Cars:
Not a picture of another smart car but another odd car that caught my eye: a Citroën Acadiane panel truck. There's someone with a bunch of Citroëns closer in to the river on SE Belmont, and they were shopping at the Safeway on Hawthorne when this photo opportunity presented itself.
» April 6, 2010
Literally: From a McClatchy Network version of a Los Angeles Times story about the coal ship that rammed into Australia's Great barrier Reef:
Like other coral reefs, the Great Barrier Reef was built literally on the backs of small, colonial animals that make formations resembling tabletops, giant brains or elk horns.Well, not "literally." Corals don't actually have "backs" except in the sense that they have a side facing away from you. The Times version currently online doesn't include "literally."
» April 4, 2010
What the...?
Standard Procedure:
We monitor them all.
What the...?
I wrote a long encomium to Tiger Lily on her sixth birthday last month, and I'd been meaning to do the same for her putative sister, Jasmine, when her turn came up on 26 March. But I failed.
That's a sad thing, because despite the uninformed meanderings of some writers about how cats are "indifferent" to their owners, the reality is Jasmine is one of the most jealous animals around and would be quite unhappy if she was cognizant of the fact that I wrote about her sister and not herself.
Though she's the younger of the two girl kitties, Jasmine is the Princess of the house. In part that's because she's the only one who cares about being Princess. Tiger Lily could care less, but Jasmine's nose gets out of joint any time she perceives a slight. She is the Mistress of Sulk, and we've spent more time than I care to think about coaxing her out of her moods.
In this, she takes after one of her predecessors, Manderlea, who, when we lived next to a battery shop on SE 38th & Belmont, would go sit on their roof in the rain to show everyone how disgruntled she was. Jasmine has a lot of Manderlea's mannerisms (despite the fact that the closest they ever came is the former walking over the latter's grave in the backyard): a tendency to flounce into the room, a penchant for jumping to the highest point (refrigerator, cabinet, etc.) and perching like a vulture, and an insatiable curiosity that drives her to check out whatever Barbara's doing. The big difference is, indeed, big: because Jasmine's about fifteen pounds; twice Manderlea's size and half again as big as either of the two other cats.
That makes it all the more impressive (and potentially dangerous to fragile items) when she decides to pop up on top of a cabinet from the back of a chair. Or when she decides to come down. She's obsessed with the fishing pole toy Barbara made for Jackie Chan back in his youth (his acrobatics chasing after it was what earned him his promotion from "Boy Kitty"). She'll pull it out of it's hiding spot four or five times a night, but if one of the other two cats hears her chasing it and shows up to get in on the action, she'll leave because she doesn't like to share.
She's the one who shows up when there's company. She's the one who rolls on her back on the sidewalk to get pets from passers-by. It was Jasmine squeezing her body into a tiny basket Barbara was using for tinder that's led to us having four wicker baskets in the office and living room (for three cats!) Like she was a lobbyist or something. She's six.
What the...?
Happy Birthday, Stan Ridgway:
He is risen! (Although technically it's not until tomorrow....)
What the...?
I Didn't Get An iPad:
photo by Nathan Pryor
It was almost exactly eight years and eleven months ago that Barbara and I went to Amsterdam (after the wedding in Ireland of our friends Annie and Eric) and saw our first smart car.
I've never been much of a car guy Barbara knows more about the workings of an engine than I do, heck, I can barely get the hood open but I've always been attracted to odd cars. I don't know why, exactly, but I suspect that it has something to do with my folks. Dad says that he taught me to recognize Karmann Ghias at an early age; he had a Chevy Corvair when my brother and I were kids; my first car was a 1975 AMC Pacer that Dad had bought for work. So I didn't really have much of an option but to be smitten when I saw a smart parked on the street during our trip to the Netherlands in the first days of May 2001.
It was to be a thwarted obsession for several years, though. I read about the smart online. I looked at the various models and used the online configuration tools (in German). I essentially stalked smart. Then I started seeing reports about people bringing them into the US, movie stars ordering them in Europe and having to wait for months for them to arrive, and worst of all, the godawful cost of these "gray-market" cars: upward of $30K for what was supposed to be an economical city car. Way out of my league.
I persisted, however. I was even interviewed by Tom and Ray of NPR's "Car Talk", asking about how to get one imported (although they cut me from the show; they didn't really have any advice to offer). So it just remained an unscratched itch for years. (Meanwhile, on a trip to Germany, Dad had acquired his own hankering for a smart roadster).
According to the Department of Energy, on 2 April 2001, a gallon of regular gasoline on the West Coast was selling for an average of $1.54, which was half again what it had cost two years before. So to my mind, even back then, it seemed like a move to smaller vehicles might not be such a bad idea. Five years later, it cost a dollar more. In the summer of 2008, the price of a gallon of regular on the West Coast spent six weeks above the $4.20 mark, a 175% increase over what it had cost the month before we went to Amsterdam.
But in early 2007, a notice went out to interested parties that there was finally going to be an official importation of smart fortwo models (the roadster had been discontinued) into the US. For a $99 refundable deposit, you could reserve a car. Later in the year, people who'd plopped down their hundred bucks got a chance to choose their options and order up their car. Of course, between the time I put down my deposit and the time I got to configure my smart, I'd been laid off from my job, but I didn't let that deter me: obsession knows no recession. Red, with red interior and a cabrio top to make the most of the sunny days.
A smart dealership opened up in Portland in January 2008 and they started getting in about 30 or so cars a month. I got the call April, and I picked up the smart car two years ago today.
» April 2, 2010
What the...?
Friday's Fortune is Full of Pocketses: Fortune from sometime in the past found in a pocket:
On Friday your creative side will shine forth with exceptional ideas.Maybe it was some other Friday.


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of note is BU is not working properly. by choosing a title and going to final stream/download icefilm page you can choose a link to stream but wont work. will not start. ok so next i take flashget and rightclick download button it shows the file title briefly and depending on how fast you click download, the file title is replaced by a forbidden dot html file. the file you wanted disappears and after clicking download it is replaced by forbidden. this has been duplicated several times with different titles using BU. chrome script was removed reinstalled with tampermokey. other hosts work fine.
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Growing up in a workng-class family in England art and culture wasn't part of conversation for Chris Ingles.
It wasn't until he had married and his children were grown that he started exploring his creative side.
"I started to create art pieces…and they were somewhat dark and perhaps a reflection of my creative spirit at the time," he said.
After retiring from his long and busy career in commercial banking, he and his wife Ruth decided to "sell-up" and move away from the big city life.
In 2008, the couple landed in Nelson to be closer to their grandchildren and Ingles became more interested in art than at any other time.
His pieces began to move away from their darker roots to being more vibrant with a real "attention to detail type" and he describes it as bordering on the obsessive compulsive.
"I love detail and incorporating both meaningful and not-so-meaningful scripting and pictures in my work," said Ingles.
In his work, references to events from the '50s, '60s and '70s hold some relevance to today.
"While some pieces are very much tongue and cheek, observer may see a reflection in the work that has bearing on who they were and perhaps who they have become," he said
Even though, Ingles may have come to art later than some, he feels there is no limit to what a person can create.
"There is an incredible spectrum of talent in our community and perhaps without knowing it we become creative in our own unique way as a result of soaking up all the different mediums of arts and culture around us," he said.


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This recipe for hot sauce is my husband Derek's favourite. There are so many ways to add spice to life – travel, new experiences, theatre, music and art – why not start in the kitchen? Adding a little spice to life is always fun, and so is making delicious condiments yourself. Hot sauces have become quite popular, with a wide variety of options available on the market including curated subscription boxes. I love making things home made wherever possible, and this recipe makes that possible.
This spinach salad was a party favourite growing up. We always dried the spinach in a pillowcase after washing it for big parties. As a little girl I got to do the shaking. Now, I'm more of a salad spinner person, but this brings back some fun memories that make me smile when I'm getting a big salad ready for a party.
Do you enjoy cooking up fun? I love spending quality time in my kitchen, cooking, baking, adapting recipes and trying new things with my family. It makes my heart happy to put out delicious food for guests. I love entertaining and feeding my family -whether it's experimenting with things like Chipotle Ketchup or making a family favourite recipe. I also love my Netflix. Here are some fun food related choices on Netflix that I thought you might enjoy:
With the recent engagement of Prince Harry to Meghan Markle, the Royal Family has been a subject of much conversation online and in the tabloids. When and where it will be, who will be invited, and who won't be invited are being discussed with excitement. It's hard not to get carried away with excitement for two people so clearly in love. With winter break upon us, here are some Netflix selections you can indulge in to satisfy your interest in the Royal Family once more:
Yeah, no. We're not even going to try and throw a football ourselves, let alone teach someone else how to do it. But the entertaining part and talking about how to throw a football party is a snap. Superbowl and Canada's Grey Cup conjure images of hot dogs, nachos and chips, but that kind of tailgating is a little boring. Let's deconstruct the normal and start with a hearty, versatile ingredient that warms even the coldest of bellies during football season. I give you: pasta. We created two fun recipes inspired by football traditions, but with a bit of a Canadian twist!
Here are 10 creative ideas for an affordable and fun kid's birthday party:
Does anyone ever get a girls night anymore? Certainly not me!! And worse? When you get one, do you really want to be cooking and fussing over sweating it out in the kitchen? Didn't think so. Pizza – the bake-in-home kind, is a perfect option for an easy girls night pizza celebration, and the new line of Dr. Oetker Ristorante Ultra Thin Crust pizza is my go-to choice. I adore pizza and am very particular with what I consume. The crust must be thin. (This new version sports the thinnest crust ever!) And crispy but not too much. (I verified it comes out perfectly every time). Toppings must be perfectly cooked and the combo has to be perfect. (Picking off items that I dislike makes me feel just terrible. And kindof picky.)
When the kids were tiny, we hired a live-in caregiver from Baguio in the Philippines and she has graced our life with love and kindness ever since. Before every special birthday party or event, I would come home from work to find a freezer full of amazing filipino spring rolls, and the kids and I would devour them early in any party! The rolling of these gems always eluded me, so I sat down with her and we all learned proper spring roll rolling technique together.
There's a slight chill in the air and green leaves are beginning to transform into a melody of gold, red, and orange. Summer's end may be bittersweet, but fall has plenty to offer, especially when it comes to beer. Read: Octoberfest Beer Gardens (or Oktoberfest Bier Gartens for our European readers!). We've rounded up five delightful beers (and the like) that perfectly compliment the start of autumn.
I have been passionate about food and drink my entire life. I have been a culinary broadcaster and writer for over 20 years. Long ago, I became weary of fads and gimmicks in the food world passing as new "essentials". So when I am delighted by a new product, it usually is accompanied by an element of surprise reminding me of what I still love about food and food people. Barilla Pronto Pasta delighted and happily surprised me when I dared it to star in my traditional, Boston inspired, Fourth of July celebration.


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There's a range of merchandise nowadays that isn't only the furniture but these are the arrangement of the ideal dining room. Should you be wondering where to obtain Ashley Furniture online, you'll find their huge choice of dining space, children and adult bedroom, entertainment space, home office and living space furniture, and occasional pieces at Home Gallery Stores. Cushions and mattresses can be gotten from the business as optional accessories.
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Pharmaceutical companies manufacturing billions of liquid doses each year risk significant product waste when using flat-bottom vials for end user packaging. According to the U.S. Pharmacopoeia (USP), "each container of an injection contains sufficient excess" of the labeled dose or size to allow withdrawal of the labeled quantity of drug. High Recovery Vials (HRVs) that feature conical shaped bottoms significantly reduce residual waste by enabling maximum product retrieval without the need to overfill.


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Together Again!
The words went out on the streets that EPR 2011 will happen, same time, same place for the second consecutive year. Many who were clearly disappointed to have missed 2010`s event were destined to party with friends and colleagues at this event.
Due to the impetus, feedback and vision of EPR a group of us decided to form a committee, http://epreunion.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=56:newsletter&catid=34:latest-news that would share the weight of commitment required to foster the growth of this event. The committee met on many occasions with rewarding results in formulating a structure for the way forward. The talent and enthusiasm of individuals on the committee was clear to see by their attitude, actions and results.
,The Pavilion, Moor Lane, Birmingham http://www.thepavilion.co.uk/ ticked every box regarding cost, space and security so we decided that all roads would lead to this venue for the second year for EPR 2011.
EPR Committee left to right: Wayne Howell, Ken Straun, Griff Griffith, Happy Davidson, Don Campbell,
Ossie Osbourne, Annette Erskine & Sherry Mcpherson
Yes ladies and gents this is were it starts
Although many guests pre-booked, many others turned up on the night with various reasons for not being able to make a commitment in advance. However, the committee did its best to cater for all in every way possible so that everyone would have a fulfilling night.
Evening All!
Tony & Joyce Sayers saying hello
Greetings old chaps!
Wayne Howell, Brian Phillips,.....& Wife........
Really? Yes!
Happy & Karen
Ladies and gents!
As always, once the fun and laughter starts discipline goes. I say again............
Barry Kelly entertaining the ladies
Beauty personified
This is surly what it is all about. Meeting up again, 10, 20, 30 or dare I say it, 40 years later and the radiance is still there for all to see.
Guttersloh Days
Laarbruch Days
Retake of a photo from the old days at Bruggen (5 from 15 people)
All photos used in this newsletter were taken by Dr Vanley Burke and individuals who kindly sent some of them to me. Please see the Gallery for majority of the photos taken at this event.
If you have photos of this event please send them to me where possible and I will include appropriate ones in this newsletter and the Gallery, particullarly of people dancing.
Including in the programme on the night was a raffle, and 4 catergories of awards. There were several raffle prizes but the top one was a trip for two to Jamaica. Many thanks to all committee members who donated the prizes and a special thanks to Wayne & Voilet Howell for donating the top prize,
The 4 categories of awards were:
1st to arrive on the night - Barry Kelly - bottle of wine
1st to pay for event in full - Sharon(second year in a row) 2 bottles of Champain
Youngest ex-Service Person at EPR 2011 - Nigel (Slix) Ford - bottle of wine
Oldest Ex-Service Person at EPR 2011 - Frank (Frankie) Francis was presented with EPR Mascot (Walking stict called Sir Windrush) and a bottle of rum to take away.
Raffle Prize Winner - Ron Arneau
Raffle Prize winner - Sharon Senior
Raffle Prize Winner - Gerard Francois
Top Raffle Prize Winner on the night - (Left) Noel(Reg) Denny - a trip for 2 to Jamaica.
All raffle prizes were donated by members of the EPR Committee. A BIG thanks to all.
The DJ encouraged our dancing feet to merge on the dance floor,going way back in time with the music. It was clear to see that people were rocking to the beat whilst going down memory lane.
Lloyd is in another world? Like the sign says, Fatal attraction!!!!
Who said there isn't heaven on earth?
Many thanks to Dr Vanley Burke for giving us his very valuable time in providing numerous photos of Event 2010 & 2011. For decades he has photographed and document the history of black people as can be seen by following this link: http://www.connectinghistories.org.uk/collections/vanley_burke.asp
There were up to 100 people attended on the night. With feedback from questionnaires and a guest book at the event its clear to see that the evening was a success.
For Summary of EPR Questionnaire Analysis Click:http://epreunion.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=57:epr-questionnaire&catid=34:latest-news
A cheque for £150 being presented to Rachel McFee, Centre Manager of OSCAR Sandwell, by EPR Committee Member Sherry McPherson
The committee have created a badge to the represent our EPR identity:
The attachment of the badge will be in the form of a `Tiepin`, costing hopefully approximately £2.50. There will be one off production version of this badge dated 2010 to commemorate the inaugural event of EPR. All other productions will not be dated.


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BEROWNE. A twelvemonth! well, befall what will befall,I'll jest a twelvemonth in an hospital.
PRINCESS. [To the King.] Ay, sweet my lord; and so I take my leave.
KING. No, madam; we will bring you on your way.
BEROWNE. Our wooing doth not end like an old play:Jack hath not Jill; these ladies' courtesyMight well have made our sport a comedy.
KING. Come, sir, it wants a twelvemonth and a day,And then 'twill end.
BEROWNE. That's too long for a play.
[Enter ARMADO.]
ARMADO. Sweet Majesty, vouchsafe me, —
PRINCESS. Was not that not Hector?
DUMAINE. The worthy knight of Troy.
ARMADO. I will kiss thy royal finger, and take leave. I am avotary: I have vowed to Jaquenetta to hold the plough for hersweet love three yeasr. But, most esteemed greatness, will youhear the dialogue that the two learned men have compiled inpraise of the owl and the cuckoo? It should have followed in theend of our show.
KING. Call them forth quickly; we will do so.
ARMADO. Holla! approach.
[Enter HOLOFERNES, NATHANIEL, MOTH, COSTARD, and others.]
This side is Hiems, Winter; this Ver, the Spring; the onemaintained by the owl, the other by the cuckoo. Ver, begin.
SPRING I.When daisies pied and violets blue And lady-smocks all silver-whiteAnd cuckoo-buds of yellow hue Do paint the meadows with delight,The cuckoo then on every treeMocks married men, for thus sings he, Cuckoo;Cuckoo, cuckoo: O, word of fear,Unpleasing to a married ear!
II.When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks,When turtles tread, and rooks and daws, And maidens bleach their summer smocks,The cuckoo then, on every tree,Mocks married men, for thus sings he: Cuckoo;Cuckoo, cuckoo: O, word of fear,Unpleasing to a married ear!
WINTER III.When icicles hang by the wall, And Dick the shepherd blows his nail,And Tom bears logs into the hall, And milk comes frozen home in pail,When blood is nipp'd, and ways be foul, Then nightly sings the staring owl: Tu-who;Tu-whit, tu-who — a merry note,While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.
IV.When all aloud the wind doth blow, And coughing drowns the parson's saw,And birds sit brooding in the snow, And Marian's nose looks red and raw,When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl,Then nightly sings the staring owl: Tu-who;Tu-whit, to-who — a merry note,While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.
ARMADO. The words of Mercury are harsh after the songs of Apollo.You that way: we this way.
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Alex has been practicing occupational therapy with children for the past 14 years. She has worked in a variety of settings including private clinics, hospitals, and interdisciplinary programs, primarily with preschool and school-aged children. Alex is certified in the Sensory Integration and Praxis Test, has extensive training in the treatment of sensory processing disorder and is an advanced iLs practitioner. Alex is a DIR certified therapist, which she feels is a wonderful tool to help therapists and caregivers understand each child's unique developmental and sensory-motor profile to guide intervention within the context of nurturing and loving relationships. Alex's passion in therapy is to help children and parents feel regulated, engaged and understood, while challenging them to grow in their social, emotional and physical development.


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Circles within circles on a clock with a point on top and of course the hands point to the time. This one is on St George's Street in Canterbury.
More circles within circles and even more hands pointing to phases of the moon and months, I think, on the astronomical clock in Bourges Cathedral. A two-in-one post for the Photo Hunts.


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It is the precursor of the hamburger. Its place of origin - southern Serbia and its capital - Leskovac.
Ingredients for four portions
600 g ground meat (1/2 veal, ½ pork), 2 slices of white flour bread, 1 red onion, 2 garlic, 1 egg, 1 hot pepper, 1 dl water, salt and pepper to taste, milk to dip the bread.
Soak the bread into milk so that it becomes completely soft, remove the crust, strain a bit and add meat, one egg, nicely chopped onion and garlic, other spices and water. Mix the ingredients well, cover with a foil and leave it for 4 hours.
Pljeskavicas are made by taking a meat ball, putting it on the foil and pressing it in order to make it thin. Grill it on a high temperature with a piece of bacon, 2 minutes per side. Use round flat bread - put it on the grilled side of pljeskavica (while the other side is being grilled), so that it can get warm and greasy. The slang word for pljeskavica is "pljesak".


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This morning I want to direct you to a very good blog I stumbled upon by chance (Update: "by chance" meaning an email a friend sent me yesterday evening in an unrelated discussion. Apparently Joshua Brown blogged it earlier yesterday over at his excellent blog too.): big picture agriculture. The name is self-descriptive. The post I found concerned the third quarter year-over-year rise in "good quality farmland" as depicted in a photo from a Federal Reserve report.
This is interesting stuff. Today the blog has an excellent aggregation of ag-related news. It's part of my daily reading now.
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Bandai led the way, both with Kinkeshi (Kinnikuman + keshi gomu = Kinkeshi) and other lines based on Mario Bros, Kamen Rider, Makaimura, Zelda, and many more, including Nintendo's Donkey Kong.
There were 2 Donkey Kong keshi sets (that I'm familiar with). The one shown here was released in 1994. The 16 figures were sold in gachapon machines, with two figures per gacha. So it was a relatively small set. Here's a look at the figures in the set:
|I lurv my Canon S120 the way DK lurvs the rhino.
|So, these standard figures, which are about 1-1.5" tall, stand on their own no problem.
|Or sit and contemplate you.
|This thing is TINY - maybe .5" wide.
|Some of the one-piece figures, like this DK mounting a tuna, don't stand on their own. But they straddle with confidence.
|Also not a stander...
|Many keshi figures were released with their accessories physically attached to them, and you twisted them off to free them. This is why vintage keshi with "parts" tend to be much harder to find.
|Probably could stand without barrel arm.
|Little booklet that came in the gacha ball with the figures.
|A look at the licensing mark. Different keshi provided different marks, depending on size, maker, etc, Some provided the year and other information. Here we just have "Nintendo"


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Wednesday, October 22, 2008
By Annabelle L. Ricalde
MILITANTS protested Tuesday in front of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (Owwa) office to denounce the holding of Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) in the country next week.
The two-day forum will be participated by different countries that are members of the United Nations, private banks, investors from big telecommunication companies, money transfers and recruitment agencies.
Wildon Barros, spokesperson of Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) in Northern Mindanao, said the purpose of the forum is to re-align the working system abroad for the government and other big corporations to benefit the dollar remittances from Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs). He said the forum will also outline new taxes for OFWs.
"Nahimo na nga commodities ang atong mga OFWs nga basta na lang ipatrabaho sa gawas ug gihimong gatasan sa gobiyerno," Barros told Sun.Star.
Militants condemned President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for the continuing economic crisis, which they said has made the country the second largest human resource exporter in the world.
Barros added that the forum will actually represent how backward the country's economy is, contrary to Arroyo's claim that the forum will delve on the OFWs contributions to the country's economy.
Surprised by the protest, Roseller Bartolome, Owwa's officer-in-charge explained that their office is not the proper agency to answer the grievances aired by the militants.
"Kumbaga sa task force, Owwa is only a member and besides we are only implementing mandate from the national level," Bartolome told Sun.Star.
The scheduled activity is a multi-agency forum coming from different countries in which delegates will discuss the human depict of migration and recognize it as the key to development.
Barros, along with other militant groups such as Anak Pawis, Gabriel-Northern Mindanao Region and Alagad sa Maayong Panlawas, is also demanding the removal of remittance fee and service charges, including documentary stamp tax, imposed on OFWs.


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FreedomPop, an interesting upstart carrier that has built itself on offering free mobile service, has just opened up its network to both the iPhone 5, iPhone 4S and iPhone 4. Although it started out only offering service with hotspots and an iPod Touch case running on Sprint's WiMax network, FreedomPop has recently expanded to proper phone service, Sprint's LTE network and has added support for three Apple phones.
Although we're looking at new hardware choices, the FreedomPop value proposition is the same. Once bringing your device and number over to the carrier, you're given a base line of completely free 200 minutes, 500 texts and 500MB of data every single month. If you want to use more, you'll either have to buy buckets of minutes, texts or data, or get others to sign up for the carrier using you as a reference, netting you a bit more to play with every month.
You can bring a Sprint-compatible iPhone 5, 4S or 4 to FreedomPop and they'll get things set up for you when you port your number over, but if you don't have a Sprint-compatible device, FreedomPop will sell you a refurbished iPhone 5 for $349. It's an interesting concept that hasn't really caught on with many customers up until now, but with the addition of recent Apple devices FreedomPop may have a bit better chance picking up customers.
Source: FreedomPop; Via: 9to5Mac


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The population count of Black Hawk County, IA was 132,496 in 2015. The population count of Dubuque County, IA was 95,906 in 2015.
Population Change
Above charts are based on data from the U.S. Census American Community Survey | ODN Dataset | API -
Demographics and Population Datasets Involving Dubuque County, IA or Black Hawk County, IA
County Population in Iowa by Yearmydata.iowa.gov | Last Updated 2018-08-29T17:06:27.000Z
This dataset contains county population in Iowa from 1990 to the most current year available. Data from 1990, 2000, and 2010 comes from the decennial censuses while the years in between are produced annually.
City Population in Iowa by County and Yearmydata.iowa.gov | Last Updated 2018-08-29T17:01:49.000Z
This dataset contains city population in Iowa from 2010 to the most current year available. Data from 2010 comes from the decennial census while the proceeding years are produced annually. Aggregating the city populations in each county will provide a county total population
Iowa Food Assistance Program Statistics by Month and Countymydata.iowa.gov | Last Updated 2019-03-21T22:00:40.000Z
The Food Assistance Program provides Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards that can be used to buy groceries at supermarkets, grocery stores and some Farmers Markets. This dataset provides data on the number of households, recipients and cash assistance provided through the Food Assistance Program participation in Iowa by month and county starting in January 2011 and updated monthly. Beginning January 2017, the method used to identify households is based on the following: 1. If one or more individuals receiving Food Assistance also receives FIP, the household is categorized as FA/FIP. 2. If no one receives FIP, but at least one individual also receives Medical Assistance, the household is categorized as FA/Medical Assistance. 3. If no one receives FIP or Medical Assistance, but at least one individual receives Healthy and Well Kids in Iowa or hawk-i benefits, the household is categorized as FA/hawk-i. 4. If no one receives FIP, Medical Assistance or hawk-i , the household is categorized as FA Only. Changes have also been made to reflect more accurate identification of individuals. The same categories from above are used in identifying an individual's circumstances. Previously, the household category was assigned to all individuals of the Food Assistance household, regardless of individual status. This change in how individuals are categorized provides a more accurate count of individual categories. Timing of when the report is run also changed starting January 2017. Reports were previously ran on the 1st, but changed to the 17th to better capture Food Assistance households that received benefits for the prior month. This may give the impression that caseloads have increased when in reality, under the previous approach, cases were missed.
Iowa Medicaid Payments & Recipients by Month and Countymydata.iowa.gov | Last Updated 2019-03-01T23:00:44.000Z
This dataset contains aggregate Medicaid payments, and counts for eligible recipients and recipients served by month and county in Iowa, starting with month ending 1/31/2011. Eligibility groups are a category of people who meet certain common eligibility requirements. Some Medicaid eligibility groups cover additional services, such as nursing facility care and care received in the home. Others have higher income and resource limits, charge a premium, only pay the Medicare premium or cover only expenses also paid by Medicare, or require the recipient to pay a specific dollar amount of their medical expenses. Eligible Medicaid recipients may be considered medically needy if their medical costs are so high that they use up most of their income. Those considered medically needy are responsible for paying some of their medical expenses. This is called meeting a spend down. Then Medicaid would start to pay for the rest. Think of the spend down like a deductible that people pay as part of a private insurance plan.
State of Iowa Salary Bookmydata.iowa.gov | Last Updated 2019-01-18T21:14:49.000Z
The dataset contains the name, gender, county or city of residence (when possible), official title, total salary received during each fiscal year, base salary for the employee, and traveling and subsistence expense reimbursed to state personnel beginning with Fiscal Year 2007. A status of "TERMINATED" in the column providing the base salary does not indicate that the employee was fired, only that the person no longer works in that position.
Offenders Released from Iowa Prisonsmydata.iowa.gov | Last Updated 2019-05-16T14:31:19.000Z
This dataset provides information on offenders released from Iowa prisons beginning in FY 2014. It includes the fiscal year of when an offender is released from prison, their age groups, sex, race - ethnicity, closure type, convicting offense with description and the number of months served.
Iowa Juvenile Detention Secure Placementsmydata.iowa.gov | Last Updated 2019-02-07T16:42:04.000Z
This dataset contains de-identified individual data for youth placed in a juvenile detention center in Iowa. The dataset includes information regarding age, gender, race/ethnicity, placement facility, month and year of release, and offense class and type. Please note that the Month of Release reflects the first day in the month the placement was released.
Iowa Child Welfare Assessments by Disposition, County and Yearmydata.iowa.gov | Last Updated 2018-04-23T18:58:17.000Z
This dataset provides the number and disposition of child welfare assessments conducted by the Department of Human Services beginning January 1, 2004. On January 1, 2014, the department began using the Differential Response System, which allows for a family assessment in additional to a traditional child abuse investigation for allegations of abuse and neglect. Data prior to 2014 only report child abuse investigations. The family assessment is not used in physical or sexual abuse cases, or other types of serious abuse cases seen. It is used only in denial of critical care cases where the child is not in imminent danger. If at any time during a family assessment it appears the child isn't safe, the case is reassigned to the child abuse assessment pathway. The family assessment pathway results in pairing families with services and supports. The traditional child abuse assessments result in a finding. Findings include: "founded" meaning abuse occurred and results in perpetrator placement on the child abuse registry; "confirmed" meaning abuse occurred, but it was minor, isolated and not likely to reoccur, does not go on the central abuse registry; and "unconfirmed" meaning abuse did not occur.
Iowa Veterans Home Current and Past Residentsmydata.iowa.gov | Last Updated 2018-03-28T14:42:12.000Z
The Iowa Veterans Home provides a continuum of care to Iowa's veterans and their spouses in an environment focusing on individualized services to enhance their quality of life. The Iowa Veterans Home opened its doors to Iowa veterans and their spouses in 1887. This dataset provides information on its residents.
Iowa Child Abuse Occurrences by Year, County and Type of Abusemydata.iowa.gov | Last Updated 2018-04-23T18:38:44.000Z
This dataset summarizes occurrences of abuse by type identified during child welfare assessments conducted by DHS with "founded" or "confirmed" findings beginning January 1, 2004. "Founded" means abuse occurred and resulted in perpetrator placement on the child abuse registry. "Confirmed" means abuse occurred, but it was minor, isolated and not likely to reoccur, and perpetrator was not placed on the central abuse registry. Data is grouped by calendar year, county and type of abuse. For each child included in the assessment, up to 10 types of abuse may be indicated. Each child may be confirmed of multiple types of abuse on a single assessment, and may have multiple assessments. The county is determined according to the child's county of residence at time of the assessment.