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Anu Ramesh is the Founder of the Curious Minds. She has a Bachelors Degree in Commerce, Diploma in Software Programming and Diploma in Montessori education. Anu started as an Associate teacher in the Children's House at Abacus Montessori School in Chennai, India. Following her move to the suburbs of Boston, she joined Andover School of Montessori for a year as an Associate teacher in Children's House, at Andover MA. She then worked as a Lead teacher for three years at Oak Meadow Montessori School at Littleton MA.
Mary is the Director of the Curious Minds and is also the lead teacher in the 3-6 classroom. Mary's Montessori experience began as a "Montessori Mom" to her now teenage daughters. Her love for the Montessori approach led her to Casa dei Bambini Montessori School in East Amherst as the Lead Teacher in the full-day 3-6 Primary program. Prior to that she was the Associate Teacher in the 6-9 Lower Elementary Program at Lamplighter School in Cordova, Tennessee, the 9-12 Upper Elementary Program at Incarnate Word Academy in Corpus Christi, Texas and the technology instructor at Montessori Learning Center in Salinas, California. She received her 3-6 Primary diploma from the North American Montessori society.
Khaty Assar has a Bachelor degree in French Education. She started her career by teaching French language and Math in Middle School right after graduating from college. She has 6 years experience in teaching Elementary students and Toddler. She has strong ability in creating innovative teaching techniques to make learning more fun and challenging.Academic success of her boys made her even more determined in pursuing to work with toddlers. Khaty followed her passion for Montessori education and gained her certification in the Toddler Montessori program. She truly believes that objective of the toddler program is to assist children as they experience the basic human attributes of trust, separation, independence, and self-control. The focus is both on curriculum and materials, and on helping the toddler respond to the rapid and conflicting changes of this developmental age.
Emily studied Elementary Education and Music at Houghton College located in Houghton , NY . She then worked as a head preschool teacher in Williamsville , NY until 2001, when she took time off to start a family. She and her husband, Frank, have 3 children.She has been actively involved in her children's elementary school as PTO Social Coordinator. Emily also continues to be involved in children's ministries at her church, where she coordinates and teaches fun, reading, listening and music filled lessons.Emily Yang has an extreme passion for music. At a very young age she began vocal and music theory lessons. She has competed in many state level vocal competitions over the years placing in the top percentiles. She has continued her singing career by leading worship in various churches from 1993 to present day and in addition has 11 years of experience studying piano.
Rebecca was born and raised in Buffalo, NY. She graduated from Medaille College with her Bachelor's degree in Psychology, and it was here that she had her first experience in the classroom. Working as an intern in pubic schools, Rebecca realized her passion for working with children, and only a few years later she began her Montessori training. Rebecca believes in the Montessori way and is excited to bring her creativity to the school. She will have her hands full this coming year, as she continues to plan her wedding to her High School sweetheart, but is looking forward to start learning and teaching at The Curious Minds
Miss. Julie has a Masters degree in Teaching. She has years of experience teaching ESL to high school and college students. While taking a break from her career to stay home with her three children, she became a certified children's Yoga teacher and taught in preschools, elementary schools and studios. Eventually, she became a certified to teach Yoga to adults.She enjoys sharing her love for yoga, meditation and wellness with all especially children. At Curious Minds, Julie will be working in the 3-6 Primary program teacher assistant.


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08 Mar 2012
The government is to run a £9.5 million demonstration programme to encourage road haulage operators in the UK to buy and use low carbon commercial vehicles.
The trial programme – which will be managed by the Technology Strategy Board (www.innovateuk.org) in partnership with the Department for Transport (www.dft.gov.uk) – will help operators establish and run fleets of alternative & dual-fuel heavy-goods vehicles, and electric & hybrid commercial vehicles, by part-funding the difference in capital cost between the traditional vehicles and their low carbon equivalents. The programme will also part-fund the refuelling/charging point for use by the trial fleet.
Transport Minister Mike Penning said:
"Cutting carbon emissions and supporting the low carbon vehicles market is a key priority for this government.
"The trial will be crucial to enabling heavy-goods vehicle operators to access the necessary refuelling infrastructure to support low carbon vehicles. This will improve confidence in low carbon technologies, encouraging more companies to get involved.
"Ultimately companies will save money. It will also speed up the introductions of low carbon commercial vehicles, encouraging growth and helping to meet the EU's climate change targets."
The competition is open to businesses of any size and the Technology Strategy Board is actively seeking to engage with small and medium-sized enterprises as well as large operators. The demonstration trial fleets will be run for two years, during which time usage data will be gathered and analysed by the Department for Transport. The fleets and the refuelling/charging hubs will remain with the operators after the trial for their continued use.
Iain Gray, Chief Executive of the Technology Strategy Board, said:
"We have developed this demonstration trial in consultation with the road haulage industry,vehicle manufacturers and alternative transport & fuel industries. It will enable commercial vehicle operators to trial alternative-fuel, electric, and hybrid commercial vehicles as lower carbon replacements for their traditional vehicles while low-carbon vehicle producers will learn from the trial to develop their products."
Paul Everitt, Chief Executive of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, added:
"The UK is at the forefront of research, testing and uptake of low and ultra-low carbon technologies for all sizes and types of commercial vehicles – many technologies are already available, so the Technology Strategy Board programme will provide a welcome opportunity to showcase their capabilities to a wider audience. The funding will accelerate industry's understanding and use of a variety of low carbon technologies while helping to develop alternative fuel infrastructures across the country."
The competition will support small trial fleets (between five and thirty-five vehicles) of production, and near-production, low carbon commercial vehicles and their refuelling/charging infrastructure. A specific aim and requirement of the funding is that access must be granted for other commercial & public-service vehicle operators to the trial's gas refuelling hubs.
Each project application must demonstrate the expected benefits that funding would bring through the expected level of carbon reduction, the introduction and use of more low carbon commercial vehicles and refuelling hubs, the substitution of traditional fossil-fuels and support of UK plc manufacturing and operation.
The competition opens on 24 April 2012 and the deadline for registration is 13 June 2012. Completed applications must then be submitted by 20 June 2012. A briefing event will be held on 9 May 2012 to highlight the main features of the competition and explain the application process.
Further information about the competition is available at: LCTDT competition
View the press release including notes to editors here.
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Bake A Low Fat Apple Pie
Here is another great dessert recipe:
| cinnamon apple pie
1 cup whole wheat flour
¾ cup rolled oats
1 tbsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp baking powder
1 egg or the equivalent protein supplement
½ cup soy milk
¼ cup apple juice concentrate
¼ cup maple syrup
¼ cup raisins
1¼ cup chopped peeled apples
| baking instructions
Soak the raisins in apple juice concentrate for 30 minutes. Spray an 8-inch square pan with vegetable spray (or use a non-stick pan). Stir together dry ingredients. Add apples and toss to coat. Stir together all the liquid ingredients. Pour liquid ingredients into the dry ones, fold together enough to evenly moisten the dry ingredients. Spread this thick batter into the prepared 8-inch pan, bake at 350°F for 20 minutes.
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This is the latest in Meg Tuite's Exquisite Quartet. To go to the column page, please click here.
Forest deflated when they dumped him out of the minivan in front of this subterranean booby hatch. Parents were supposed to be worried, concerned, full of remorse for someone they may have exploited as a child. They should have been in there listening to the shrinks go on about tests, drugs and group therapy, wrenching tissue in their hands feeling guilty. Instead they smiled and waved out of the open window of the van as they pulled away, pot smoke reeking out of their pores and snorted, "Have a good time, son! Remember, it's all good material. Keep a journal." That's how come he ended up with the name Forest. He had been court appointed to go through the drug rehab program here for 28 days, while his free-loving parents he'd never called mom and dad were having a good old time at home, just because he got nailed at school setting some narco-dick half-wits up with Ecstasy and pot for the weekend.
Forest entered the non-descript brick building splattered with graffiti and that hellish sign posted above the entrance screaming out, State Mental Health Treatment Facility. He took a deep breath and pushed open the door picturing a scene from "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." Nobody was going to lay any voltage on him!
He was ignored for a good five minutes while he checked out his surroundings. There were adults talking in groups of two's and three's holding Styrofoam cups, one lady with a clipboard in hand. There was a welcoming desk with no one sitting behind it. The usual posters denoting condoms, clean needles and Just Say No saturated the walls. Finally, some woman looked out from behind her huddled threesome and waved Forest over. He forced a strained smile and hobbled slowly toward her.
"Hey, you want to sign our petition?" she said. She dragged on an unlit cigarette stub, blew non-existent smoke up at the ceiling and smiled through grey teeth. "We want the government to let tobacco companies sponsor state mental homes. We want to get back some of the money we've been giving those bastards for years."
She reached inside her blouse and pulled out a chatty piece of paper. Sticking the cigarette stub in the side of her mouth, she unfolded the paper and thrust it in Forest's face. "Sign here."
Forest stepped back to focus. The page, cigarette-stained, was blank.
While Forest was signing the petition, a man approached. He had a full head of wavy hair, graying temples. "What's your name, son?"
"I'm Dan," he said, extending his hand. Forest shook. He felt odd, like it was some kind of cult maneuver, some inner member deal. He hated locker room antics.
"We need to have an intake conversation," Dan explained. "We can do that outside since it's so nice." Dan grabbed a clipboard from the registration desk. "Follow me." They walked down the driveway to the back of the building in the penetrating April sun. Dan took a seat at a weathered picnic table. Forest sat opposite, swatting a fly away. It smelled vaguely of garbage, a slightly acrid stench. Dan asked a lot of questions and wrote the answers behind his clipboard. They discussed Forest's current dilemma, how this wasn't his first offense selling drugs at the high school. The amount of times Forest was forced to move with his vagabond parents. Dan told him about his own troubled teenaged years, his addictions, and how he overcame them. The more Dan spoke, the more Forest felt a sense of vague familiarity. Was it Dan's deep voice? The way he looked intently into Forest's eyes? His own father certainly didn't talk this way.
"I have something to tell you that will be shocking," Dan said. He leaned back, crossed his arms. "Those people who dropped you here this morning?" He paused. Forest felt his heart beat in his throat. "They're not your parents, Forest." Forest stared at Dan while his mouth unhinged, fell open.
An interruption from above stopped them, and now both were looking up at the petition-woman pounding on a window on the third floor, yelling and gesturing down at them. Forest couldn't make out a word.
"Doris is upset because you signed her petition in regular ink." Dan must be a lip reader.
"What was I supposed to use, invisible–on that blank piece of paper? The woman's whacked." Forest pulled out a piece of gum from his pocket and stuck it in his mouth.
"Precisely. You got it. She's been working on that petition for three months, and she's saying she has to start the whole thing over again. Now about all this…"
The fire alarm went off. It was like three air raid sirens from all directions–deafening. Forest heard Dan mumbling, "Shit, Doris got a hold of some matches again."
Dan got up from the table and kept looking back nervously at the building. "What do you say we go for broke and get out of here? Make this a one-step program, and I get you out now? Come on," Dan said, gripping Forest across the back. "Burgers at my place. And yeah, Forest, when you feel ready, you can call me dad."
"Hey, hey, hey, just wait a minute here. Hold up! Now Danny-boy, how did you get all the way out here?" Two guys in white grabbed Dan by both shoulders. One of them pulled out a walkie-talkie and told them to shut off the alarm. "And give me that clipboard," the other one said as he pulled it away from Dan. "Check this out," the guard shoved the clipboard at Forest. It was filled with doodlings of snakes and naked ladies. "Must have been a good interview," the guard started snickering.
"He never got this far before. I thought you were keeping an eye out, Bill?" The one guard smirked at the other. "And you must be the new kid for the drug program? I'm sure Dan gave you an earful? He thinks he runs this place. Come on, let's go. Back to the dayroom for you Dan, and kid, we've got to get you signed up! Where the hell are your parents?" Forest's gum fell right out of his mouth.
"What the…" Forest looked over at Dan as they were taking him away.
"He does this every once in a while when he gets a chance and Gladys, at the front desk, goes off for her cigarette break. Sorry, kid. This really is the Cuckoo's Nest, if you get my drift." The guard winked at Forest.
Dan looked over at Forest and smiled. "Got anymore of that gum, SON?" Now Dan was laughing as the guards held on to his arms and made their way back to the building with Forest following slowly behind.
This month's contributors to Exquisite Quartet are:
Matt Potter, an Australian-born writer who lives between Australia and Germany (particularly Berlin), perhaps following the summer. Matt has been published in The Glass Coin, A-Minor, Gloom Cupboard and fwriction: review, with stories coming out soon at Used Furniture Review, Connotation Press, Thunderclap Press, Fix It Broken and Istanbul Literary Review. He is a regular contributor to 52 / 250 A Year of Flash and has recently had his work performed as part of This Berlin Life in Berlin. Matt is the founding editor of Pure Slush. Find more of his work at his website writing, and then some.
Robert Vaughan, whose plays have been produced in N.Y.C., L.A., S.F., and Milwaukee where he resides. He leads two writing roundtables for Redbird- Redoak Studio. His prose and poetry is published in over 125 literary journals such as elimae, BlazeVOX, and A-Minor. He is a fiction editor at JMWW magazine, and Thunderclap! Press. Also hosts Flash Fiction Fridays for WUWM's Lake Effect. His blog: http://rgv7735.wordpress.com.
Catherine Davis, whose work has appeared at 52/250 A Year of Flash, kaffe in katmandu, Short Fast and Deadly, and Clutching at Straws, and has received the Joan Johnson Award in Fiction. She also decorates sets for film, with credits including We Own the Night, Brokeback Mountain, and Blue Velvet. She moves between Columbia, South Carolina and Manhattan.
Meg Tuite, whose writing has appeared in numerous journals including Berkeley Fiction Review, 34th Parallel, One, the Journal, Monkeybicycle, Hawaii Review and Boston Literary Magazine. She is the fiction editor of The Santa Fe Literary Review and Connotation Press. Her novel "Domestic Apparition" (2011) will soon be available at San Francisco Bay Press. Her blog: http://megtuite.wordpress.com.
More of Meg Tuite's Exquisite Quartet at Used Furniture.


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St Peter & St Paul, Wingrave
Maundy Thursday 17 April 2014
Invitation to Confession
The Spirit of truth will convict the world
of guilt about sin, righteousness and judgement.
We have grieved the Holy Spirit.
In sorrow we confess our sins.
The Collect
Risen Christ,
faithful shepherd of your Father's sheep:
teach us to hear your voice
and to follow your command,
that all your people may be gathered into one flock,
to the glory of God the Father.
First Reading Exodus 12
The Passover
12 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt, 2 'This month is to be for you the first month, the first month of your year. 3 Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man is to take a lamb[a] for his family, one for each household. 4 If any household is too small for a whole lamb, they must share one with their nearest neighbour, having taken into account the number of people there are. You are to determine the amount of lamb needed in accordance with what each person will eat 11 This is how you are to eat it: with your cloak tucked into your belt, your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste; it is the Lord's Passover.
12 'On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn of both people and animals, and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord. 13 The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt.
14 'This is a day you are to commemorate; for the generations to come you shall celebrate it as a festival to the Lord – a lasting ordinance.
Gospel John 13
Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according…
All Glory to you, O Lord.
Jesus washes his disciples' feet
13 It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
2 The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. 3 Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God; 4 so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel round his waist. 5 After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples' feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped round him.
6 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, 'Lord, are you going to wash my feet?'
7 Jesus replied, 'You do not realise now what I am doing, but later you will understand.'
8 'No,' said Peter, 'you shall never wash my feet.'
Jesus answered, 'Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.'
9 'Then, Lord,' Simon Peter replied, 'not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!'
10 Jesus answered, 'Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet; their whole body is clean. And you are clean, though not every one of you.' 11 For he knew who was going to betray him, and that was why he said not every one was clean.
12 When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. 'Do you understand what I have done for you?' he asked them. 13 'You call me "Teacher" and "Lord", and rightly so, for that is what I am. 14 Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another's feet. 15 I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. 16 Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. 17 Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
Jesus said, 'Now the Son of Man is glorified and God is glorified in him. 32 If God is glorified in him,[c] God will glorify the Son in himself, and will glorify him at once.
33 'My children, I will be with you only a little longer. You will look for me, and just as I told the Jews, so I tell you now: where I am going, you cannot come.
34 'A new command I give you: love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.'
This is the Gospel of the Lord.
All Praise to you, O Christ.
Maundy Thursday – two primary traditions in Scripture. One – Jesus took bread – institution of Eucharist. Two – a new command I give you. Synoptic gospels recount last supper – familiar words echoed in Eucharistic prayers.
Meal John describes – not a Passover meal. In John – Jesus dies on Day of Preparation for Passover. This is when Passover lambs are killed. Chronology is less important than what is being said.
Sadly Judas' betrayal is left out. vv18 – 30 are omitted. We miss the symbolic phrase ad Judas leaves "And it was night."
Instead, there's a lovely phrase – offers comfort to us. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. Jesus knows time has come. Return to Father. Prepares disciples for crucifixion. John prepares readers for death of Christ.
New command – mandatum. Derivation of Maundy. This new command only understood in context of Jesus' relationship with disciples. Us.
John says Jesus knows all power given to him by Father. How does he wield? He gets up from table and takes off outer garment. Fastens towel and washes feet. He receives all power, divests, becomes servant of all. Acts as only a slave could. Not even a servant would touch feet, let alone a host.
Deliberate. Hour has come – but John is clear Jesus is in control. His actions measured, meaningful. Told in the way we can learn from the symbolic act — a sign – and put what we learned into practice for ourselves.
A new commandment I give you. Acted out. What is it? Love one another – but in special way. His actions all dictated by love. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
Meal is a love feast. Agape. Love does not stand on ceremony. Does whatever needs be done. Service. Humility. Debasement, even. Ultimately, the cross.
The is salvation played out before our very eyes. Arms open wide on the cross. God's arms embrace hostile world. Everything turned upside down. Power displayed through weakness. Authority and dominion through humiliation. Grace – the word we use for it. Amazing grace. Amen
May the God of peace make you perfect and holy,
that you may be kept safe and blameless
in spirit, soul and body,
for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The peace of the Lord be always with you
All and also with you.
Preparation of the Table
At the Eucharist we are with our crucified and risen Lord.
We know that it was not only our ancestors,
but we who were redeemed
and brought forth from bondage to freedom,
from mourning to feasting.
We know that as he was with them in the upper room
so our Lord is here with us now. Until the kingdom of God comes let us celebrate this feast.
But chiefly are we bound to praise you
because you raised him gloriously from the dead.
For he is the true paschal lamb who was offered for us,
and has taken away the sin of the world.
By his death he has destroyed death,
and by his rising to life again he has restored to us everlasting life.
Extended Preface
It is indeed right, our duty and our joy,
always and everywhere to give you thanks,
almighty and eternal Father,
and in these days of Easter
to celebrate with joyful hearts
the memory of your wonderful works.
For by the mystery of his passion
Jesus Christ, your risen Son,
has conquered the powers of death and hell
and restored in men and women the image of your glory.
He has placed them once more in paradise
and opened to them the gate of life eternal.
And so, in the joy of this Passover,
earth and heaven resound with gladness,
while angels and archangels and the powers of all creation
sing for ever the hymn of your glory:
Post communion
Lord Jesus Christ,
we thank you that in this wonderful sacrament
you have given us the memorial of your passion:
grant us so to reverence the sacred mysteries of your body and blood
that we may know within ourselves
and show forth in our lives
the fruit of your redemption,
for you are alive and reign, now and for ever.
God, who from the death of sin raised you to new life in Christ,
keep you from falling and set you in the presence of his glory;
and the blessing of God almighty,
the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,
be among you and remain with you always.
All Amen.
Stripping of the Sanctuary
31 'Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you as wheat. 32 But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.'
33 But he replied, 'Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death.'
34 Jesus answered, 'I tell you, Peter, before the cock crows today, you will deny three times that you know me.'
35 Then Jesus asked them, 'When I sent you without purse, bag or sandals, did you lack anything?'
'Nothing,' they answered.
36 He said to them, 'But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one. 37 It is written: "And he was numbered with the transgressors"[b]; and I tell you that this must be fulfilled in me. Yes, what is written about me is reaching its fulfilment.'
38 The disciples said, 'See, Lord, here are two swords.'
'That's enough!' he replied.
Jesus prays on the Mount of Olives
39 Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him. 40 On reaching the place, he said to them, 'Pray that you will not fall into temptation.' 41 He withdrew about a stone's throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed, 42 'Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.' 43 An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him. 44 And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.[c]
45 When he rose from prayer and went back to the disciples, he found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow. 46 'Why are you sleeping?' he asked them. 'Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.'
Jesus arrested
47 While he was still speaking a crowd came up, and the man who was called Judas, one of the Twelve, was leading them. He approached Jesus to kiss him, 48 but Jesus asked him, 'Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?'
49 When Jesus' followers saw what was going to happen, they said, 'Lord, should we strike with our swords?' 50 And one of them struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear.
51 But Jesus answered, 'No more of this!' And he touched the man's ear and healed him.
52 Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the elders, who had come for him, 'Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come with swords and clubs? 53 Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on me. But this is your hour – when darkness reigns.'
Peter disowns Jesus
54 Then seizing him, they led him away and took him into the house of the high priest. Peter followed at a distance. 55 And when some there had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had sat down together, Peter sat down with them. 56 A servant-girl saw him seated there in the firelight. She looked closely at him and said, 'This man was with him.'
57 But he denied it. 'Woman, I don't know him,' he said.
58 A little later someone else saw him and said, 'You also are one of them.'
'Man, I am not!' Peter replied.
59 About an hour later another asserted, 'Certainly this fellow was with him, for he is a Galilean.'
60 Peter replied, 'Man, I don't know what you're talking about!' Just as he was speaking, the cock crowed. 61 The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word the Lord had spoken to him: 'Before the cock crows today, you will disown me three times.' 62 And he went outside and wept bitterly.


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Iain did his first testing in 1996, when, because he was available, he was asked to manage UAT for a call center management system. Then, a few years later, he took a sideways move into a system testing role. That's when he got "the bug." Iain currently works with CGI in Atlantic Canada. By day he is a program test manager for multiple clients in the banking industry, and by night a blogger at www.exploringuncertainty.com. Iain has spoken at a number of conferences over the last several years.
Testing ETL: Don't Dig a Tunnel with a Toothpick
Thursday, November 8, 2012: 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Data migrations, interfaces, data warehouse feeds, ETL is everywhere. Unfortunately, testing of these solutions often amounts to little more than a sham. Where inappropriate skillsets and inappropriate tools are applied, testers can do no more than scratch the surface. It needn't be so. This kind of testing demands data literate testers and tool support. With the right blend of both, it is possible to extend the reach of testers while freeing them to uncover the problems that matter. In this session, Iain will contrast a number of different approaches to testing ETL, both in terms of Oracle Ion and verification strategies. Iain will also report on recent testing experiences such as a solution in a major Canadian bank, a project in which data integrity was critical and delivery dates were fixed by regulatory demands. He will cover the strategy, the people, the tools, and the lessons learned.
- Discover how different ETL projects demand different approaches
- Learn how to determine the appropriate approach for your project
- Explore how appropriate tooling can enable effective testing of even the most complex and demanding ETL solution.


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Wrestling Memories from One of Its Most Infamous Buildings...
The ECW Arena
Even with all the obvious financial problems and the fact that attention was often elsewhere most of the time, there were still a few classic moments left in 2000 for ECW fans at the ECW Arena.
The last ECW show at the ECW Arena took place on December 23, 2000. With all that had been happening and that had been reported online, many fans going inside that night suspected that this might be the last show, although nothing was ever announced or even acknowledged to that effect.
The final ECW match at its home, the ECW Arena, was Steve Corino defending his ECW World Heavyweight Title over The Sandman and Justin Credible.
Some of the other names seen in the ECW Arena during 2000 included Rhino, Christian York and Joey Matthews, Scotty Anton, Prodigy, Pat Tanaka, CW Anderson, Simon Diamond, Johnny Swinger, Da Baldies (DeVito and Angel), Carl Oulette, Vic Grimes, Jado and Gedo, and Erik Watts.
The ECW Arena sat vacant for several months, until Frank Iaedevia of Jersey All-Pro Wrestling ran the Arena during winter and spring 2001.
Combat Zone Wrestling has been the most successful of the independent promoters running the ECW Arena since ECW's departure, given that the promotion has local TV in the Philadelphia market. CZW debuted at the ECW Arena in December 2001 with the Cage of Death III show, and has been running monthly since then, including last week's Best of the Best junior heavyweight tournament.
The 3PWrestling promotion has also been running the Arena, with some small degree of success, with another show scheduled for Saturday, June 29th. They've done so with a mix of local indy talent, IWA Mid-South workers, and former ECW talent, such as Sandman, Sabu, Public Enemy, and The Blue Meanie.
With all these memories, it would be nice if the often-warring independent promoters of the Philadelphia-New Jersey region could find some sort of way to put aside their differences for one night and run a ECW Arena Tenth Anniversary on May 14, 2003 (or the closest possible date), or even for one promoter to do it if getting promotions together isn't possible.
We'll see... but it was nice to relive the old days. I'm sure many readers have their own memories to add to mine. Feel free to send them in.
Until next time...
(If you have comments or questions, I can be reached by e-mail at email@example.com)


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What happened to this person's letter will make you love email
Ah, snail mail. Great for nostalgia, not so great for speedy or clean delivery.
Reddit user scotta01, who Mashable reports is from Exeter, UK, shared a photo of a letter his wife received to explain mail that arrived in "damaged condition."
It's a bit strange:
The letter says her note had been delayed because it was damaged... by snails.
That's right, it's literally snail mail.
The explanation is both polite and a bit frank, considering how strange it is.
Reddit user scotta01 confirmed that this is not a typical British problem, although that would be punny.
"First time I have ever seen anything like it," they wrote in a separate comment. "The post box was out in the middle of nowhere so maybe that had something to do with it."
Isn't email great?


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Visiting or planning to visit San Diego? Then this is a total must.
The San Diego Coronado Bridge. It's one of the major landmarks of San Diego, crossing the San Diego Bay. This 3,5 km bridge first opened up in August Third, 1969. It's well known and remembered for it's beauty although it looks even more wonderful at night time, the bridge is still enjoyed by many. This bridge ascends from Coronado at a 4.67 percent grade before curving 80 degrees toward San Diego. The span reaches a maximum height of 61 meters, allowing shipments and other types of boats pass by under it. It is made out of 20 000 tons of steel with 13 tons being actual structure steel and 7 tons being reinforcing steel. In 1970, it won the Most Beautiful Bridge Award from American Institute of Steel Construction, which sort of fully speaks for itself. But beauty doesn't come cheap, this huge bride costed around 50 million dollars to build.
Aside from it's beauty, this is the third deadliest suicide bridge in all of USA, trailing only after the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and the Aurora Bridge in Seattle.
The San Diego Coronado Bridge.


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I've always needed a way to motivate the study of quadratics. In the past, I've used materials from some of Dan Meyer's 3-Acts: Super Mario to get students to realize that linear predictions are sometimes wrong, and Will It Hit the Hoop? to specifically focus students on quadratic graphs. But even to my teacher ears, the jump to actual quadratics skills sounded cheap: "Now that we all agree quadratic functions are important, let me teach you to multiply things like (x+1)(x+2), because it's really important for understanding parabolas, and I'll explain why later." Groan.
I'd like to share a new lesson that I really liked because it:
- Naturally focuses students on area models of quadratic expressions;
- Shows that quadratics are the way to model something that's speeding up or slowing down;
- Has a really low barrier to entry.
A low barrier to entry means students can dabble their toes in this concept pretty easily at the start, without encountering hard math until they've played around a bit. Before we go on, let's check that this blog post is worth your time. Here is the whole lesson I'm about to describe, fast-forwarded to be just 2 min long:
Still interested? Cool.
The most direct way to (a) introduce area models of quadratic expressions, and (b) make it seem like quadratic expressions are useful is to pose a question that's directly related to area. Something like: Farmer Joe has 100 feet of fence and wants to make the largest sheep pen he can. What length and width should he use for the pen? [The answer is to model area as A = (L)(W) = (L)(100-2L) = 100L – 2L2 , graph the quadratic function, and find its vertex].
In my experience, the Farmer Joe question doesn't arouse much natural curiosity from students, and I think I know why: even students who naturally enjoy math puzzles have no inkling at the outset of their inquiry that their solution method will also help them understand the many faces of quadratics: projectiles, cars speeding up or slowing down, the famous handshake problem, etc. It's not until you're well into the problem, and you see that the graph of area vs length looks like the flight path of a projectile, that you have a chance of recognizing how significant quadratics might be. And by that point, you've already done enough hard math that you might be a bit tired or grumpy. Learning quadratics should be like hiking to a beautiful vista: look at all the things I can see from up here! The ahhhh experience of arriving at that vista needs to come sooner in the introduction or students end up feeling the way I felt on my last hiking trip in Montana: that's a great view, but OMG I hate mosquitos–let's get the #@%! out of here.
If you're learning quadratics after learning linear functions, then the best way to notice you're at a pretty awesome vista is to see that you're looking at a pattern that's accelerating. A pattern that's accelerating is noticeably very different than all the patterns we've done so far. My class starts linear function by looking at dot patterns like Fawn's–specifically, we focus on ones that visually distinguish the y-intercept from the slope. For example, looking at the pattern below, how many dots would be in Stage 10? Stage x?
Students get really used to asking, "How fast is the pattern growing?" or "How many dots does it add each stage?" We also do modified versions of Stacking Cups and Barbie Bungee to keep emphasizing that finding the rate is crucial for making a prediction.
In addition, the narrative in my room is that algebra is a way to predict the future by finding and expressing patterns. For example, when we study direct varation early in the year, students actually make short videos of a prediction experiment in their own lives.
Okay, against that backdrop, I present students with the following lesson to try a prediction that finally breaks the constraint of using constant-rate patterns and motivates area models for polynomial multiplication. Here's the full, narrated video overview of the lesson.
Update 6/21/16: Here's a Desmos activity to go with the visual "dot pattern" section at the end.
Room for improvement: As I was transitioning students to (x+2)(x+3) and drill problems, I felt that even though I'd gotten students to the vista, I need to do a better job of showing them everything they can see. What if they think these area patterns only work when the first difference in the pattern goes like +1, +3, +5, etc? I should show that if the first differences go +2, +6, +10, etc, then you can use 2x2…visually, just draw two of the x2 patterns. If you wanted +1, + 2, +3, you could use (1/2)x2 by drawing the x2 dot pattern and then cutting it in half. I should also make the connection to accelerating cars, psychology's inverted U-shaped graph of stress vs performance graph, Farmer Joe, and everything else that's quadratic. However, I think that's best saved for the next lesson. We teach roughly 90-minute blocks, and I like each block to have some conceptual development and some practice. When you see kids every other day as it is, you need to squeeze in some practice to each lesson. So in the future, we'll transition to (x+2)(x+3) and do drill just as shown above, but the following lesson I'll take time point out all the landmarks you can see from this vista.
CCSS thought: I'm not sure how this lesson would play in a Common Core state. Do you do arithmetic series in Algebra 1, and if so, do you do them before quadratics? That would probably make this whole shtick might seem kind of lame. We don't do CCSS here. Our state test doesn't really assess comprehension much, so I'm not sure how much this lesson will even improve my students' standardized test scores. My students have always been able to multiply binomials without experiencing an intellectual need for doing so. But this lesson just felt so satisfying. I hope it's been worth your time to read about it.
Sharing the file: I'm happy to share a copy of the powerpoint file to anyone who'd like it. Just ask in the comments.


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The actress Geraldine Brophy was in Auckland for rehearsals for The Pirates of Penzance last week, and she was staying at her friend Paul's house in St Heliers. They have been friends for 30 years. "Which is very precious, really." When we arrived, we were greeted with such enthusiasm - hugs, kisses and scones - that I thought: Have we been friends for a very long time and I have somehow forgotten?
I think she greets everyone (perhaps not unappreciative critics) with such enthusiasm. She certainly lives her precarious actor's life that way. She has been acting - and now writing and directing - for 30 years and she lives in the Hutt Valley suburb of Naenae, which she says is like saying you live in Otara, but she doesn't mean that in a bad way. "Oh, no. I do like it." She is from an Irish-Catholic working-class, state-house family and she likes being working class although she can sound rather posh.
She might by now be a grande dame of New Zealand theatre, but she is only 51 (she turns 52 next week). She does seem to have been around forever, so that is probably why. Having been on Shortland Street means she is instantly recognisable as the earthy receptionist, Moira. She was very fond of Moira - she once said she occupied the "rum and coke category" in her mind, as opposed to the sav blanc brigade. There is something of that about the actor who played her. She was even fonder of the dreadful Marion, the school inspector of Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby. Marion had a prominent mole on her chin with a hair, which she is certain the make-up artist elongated with each subsequent application. "Oh, I loved that hair!" She is interested in the ugly.
The photographer sought to assure her that he wouldn't take pictures of her with Scone crumbs on her lip. "I don't even mind that, really." Most people, especially actresses, would mind. She has never minded appearing ugly - although she is not remotely ugly and has a pretty face when she is not pulling faces, which is reasonably often.
She won't thank me for that (the pretty bit, not the pulling faces bit.) "What's the definition of beauty? You're supposed to look blonder or something as you get older. I'm a ginga. Not that that matters any more, but it is a freedom. My career has never depended on my looks, therefore I'm lucky."
I do think she protests a little too much. She likes the way she looks and always has, so she is lucky. "I like myself. I look in the mirror in the morning and I think: 'That's a nice happy face.' And I like these (the lines), because I've earned them. I like my belly and my scars and my bottom and my flabby wings." She shook her arms to demonstrate said wings which were not, actually, particularly flabby - but women, after a certain age, seldom go sleeveless, so good on her.
I have no idea how we got on to this but as we are here, does she ever look in the mirror and think: I wish I was a bit thinner? "No!" Most women, even thin ones seem to. "Yes, I suppose they do. Why? This is the best I was given! This is my toolbox." She likes being "plumptious". She said, about Nicole Kidman getting an Oscar for "putting on a nose (as Virginia Woolf in The Hours) ... Some of us come with our own special effects!"
I remembered now how we had got to this body talk - she says she is a "storyteller" and with storytellers the route of an interview is usually not the straight one. I'd asked about her Pirates character, the Sergeant of Police, and whether she had a helmet. She does. Does she suit a helmet - I thought she might. "I don't know! I never much care what I'm dressed like, you know. I've played character parts most of my life and appeared in some very unattractive guises."
I don't know whether she was wearing her helmet the other day at rehearsal when she fell over a pirate's trunk. I'd heard she'd done this and I laughed rather too much at the image: Of a red-haired sergeant of police tripping over a pirate's trunk. I wasn't the only one. Half the cast thought she'd done it for comic effect - until she didn't get up again. They thought she was dead; she thought she'd broken her neck. She was always supposed to look as though she was about to trip over the trunk and then make a last-minute recovery but her legs got away on her and over she went. "My legs wouldn't stop and of course that was a very funny stunt: A 51-year-old plumpy lady doing that ... Then they called the ambulance."
And then she had to attempt to explain what had happened to a young nurse in A & E who was trying not to laugh. But that was nothing like "as fantastical as years and years go when I was in a production called Steaming and I was naked, on a trapeze, over a swimming pool at the Theatre Royal. I dropped into the swimming pool and wrenched my shoulder and having to explain that to a young doctor in A & E was far more hilarious than this one."
Yes, the mind does rather boggle. She also did her leg in on Dancing with the Stars - during which one of the judges said her dancing reminded him of the dancing elephants in Fantasia. How rude. She didn't mind. "Elephants are wonderful creatures and people think they've been funny and witty playing on somebody's size. And you can mock a Botticelli all you like but it remains a Botticelli! He, he, he," she cackled, she does a good cackle, frequently. But perhaps she minds that sort of nonsense just a tiny bit. It must get tedious, at the very least, and might be why she tends to get in first.
She has pins in her leg from the Dancing with the Stars adventure. She might be a bit accident prone. "I don't like to think of myself like that. I like to think of myself as I'll give anything a go." Why does she? "I must just kind of think I'm 12."
That she does is part of her charm which is warm and encompassing, like her scones. They were cheese scones, with jam, if desired. "You don't have to have the jam, if you don't want to. It sounds peculiar but it's very good." It was. "I might have put out some whipped cream but I thought perhaps ..." I'd have eaten it. "Oh! Would you? I thought you might have baulked at that."
I can't think what she'd baulk at; probably nothing. Certainly not at telling you things. She said to the photographer: "I'm having my sort of menopausal personal summers, you see."
If there was a slightly awkward silence after this - because what are you supposed to say? I have no idea - she didn't notice. She decided she'd make what her family call her "Hobbit face" for the camera. This is a sort of anti-vanity, I suppose, in a business which is so often about what people look like and what they are supposed to look like is thin and beautiful and rich.
She said: "I'm not a wealthy person. I work all year. It's all I've done for 30 years." I wondered if she minded not having made more money and she said she did mind when she can't pay "basic things", and sometimes she can't. That seems pretty rotten after 30 years but she said: "There's been periods of my career when I've had excess. It's just the nature of it. It's ups and downs and you know that's part of the deal."
She seems to mostly get good reviews but she was in a famous flop, Leah, in 2002, in which she played a Lear as a woman. Critics hated it and the production lost a lot of money for its company. Did I say flop? Silly me. "It's still, for me, one of the great things in my mind that I've ever done. I loved that. I knew it wasn't going to be a wild runaway success ... It was inside a festival whose mandate always ought to be to support failure ... The concept is still a good one."
Really? She doesn't think that, actually, it's a daft one? "No, I don't," she said giving me a look which was not very scone and jam and more Sergeant of Police. "A lot of scholars realise that Shakespeare based Lear on the ageing menopausal Queen Elizabeth and the vagaries of the rulings later in her life. I think it's perfectly valid to explore that." But surely she wouldn't try it again? "I will. And you will be amazed!"
I wouldn't put it past her. She had said, earlier: "I have a problem with authority. I like to learn but I wasn't so keen on being taught." She was booted out of Sacred Heart College in Lower Hutt at 15. This came as no great surprise, but what had she done? "I used to carry around a book called The Pedagogy of the Oppressed." She also used to smoke behind the bike sheds, of course.
On her mother's side, "everybody's either a reprobate, an alcoholic or a revolutionary". I told her that when the English comedian Jo Brand played the Sergeant of Police she went off-script and gave the Pirate King the fingers. Perhaps I shouldn't have told her that - encouragement to play up is the last thing she needs.
She's a storyteller who survived by deciding, 10 years ago, that she wasn't going to sit by the phone waiting for work and began writing and directing her own shows starring, guess who? She's clever.
I thought she might be rather over-the-top, in that theatrical way, but she's very down-to-earth, actually, and likes cooking and preserving and quiet. She has been married for 30 years next April to Ross Joblin who used to be a stage manager and designer but got fed up with that, and now paints houses and grows vegetables and plants trees. "He's got a little maxim: 'When in doubt, plant a tree.' I think it's a very good way of approaching things - especially on a 670msq section in suburbia!" They have two daughters of 19 and 21.
I was trying to imagine what she was like to live with. A bit bossy, I'd have thought. She said only women are called bossy, while men are authoritative. But too bad. She is a bit bossy but I like and admire bossy ladies and I liked, and admire, her.
• The Pirates of Penzance, directed by Raymond Hawthorne, is now on tour around the country and is in Auckland on September 11 at the Bruce Mason Centre.


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CCPS Process Safety Certification Created
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 @ 05:06 PM gHale
The Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) created a new professional designation for engineers and practitioners working in the chemicals, petrochemicals and affiliated industries.
The new designation is the CCPS Certified Process Safety Professional, which should show an employee's proficiency in, and ongoing commitment to, process safety principles and practices.
AIChE: Human Factors with Safety
AIChE: Beware the Black Swan
AIChE: Agility Reigns in Down Market
AIChE: Integrate Safety into Business Strategy
It also allows chemical industry employers to verify employees have training and are knowledgeable in the latest process safety techniques.
The designation process, which involves independent study and an online examination, comes from decades of best practices and expertise in process safety documented by CCPS and its international network of engineering professionals and industrial process safety experts.
"The designation represents progress toward the center's goal of broadening process safety knowledge around the world," said Shakeel Kadri, executive director of CCPS.
"The rigorous credentialing process will indicate to our industry stakeholders – who are in search of qualified process safety professionals – that the designee has acquired a foundation and basic level of experience in process safety management, and is committed to advancing his or her capabilities in this field," Kadri said.
Application to become a CCPS Certified Process Safety Professional is open to holders of a degree in science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM), who also have five years of professional experience working with process safety components and concepts.
Application also is open to non-STEM degree holders with at least 10 years of similar professional experience. Anyone with a CCPS certified process safety professional designation must maintain their status by accumulating annual Professional Development Hours in process safety, and paying an annual renewal fee.
Candidates can apply and begin preparation for the CCPS Certified Process Safety Professional exam at any time. For 2016, online testing periods are July 11-18 and Nov. 7-14. The tests will be peer reviewed by certified process safety professionals using standardized criteria.
Click here for more information about the CCPS Certified Process Safety Professional designation.
CCPS is a not-for-profit corporate membership organization within the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) that identifies and addresses process safety needs in the chemical, pharmaceutical and petroleum industries.
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Marriage or live in? What could be the reasons for this seemingly sudden trend where the two are options?
Young people, these days, between the age groups 20-30 ('marriageable' ages) are considering live in a better option than marriage. Marriage or live in: that is the question!
Having discussed the issue with many of my own friends – highly opinionated young men and women, I came to understand that a major reason why in the debate of 'Marriage or Live in', a live in relationship might win. Most feel that being in a live in gives you an agency to make own decisions, and to be own person. No one wants to be tied down.
In a live in relationship, the hurdles that come along with marriage aren't there. Many pro-live in people argue that marriages do have a tendency of taking away the element of individuality from a person, more so for a woman. Incurring a truckload of expenses, including dowry; adopting another name; being crushed under marital responsibilities, and many many restrictions from the husband and his family (cannot be generalised, but is mostly true for many women!) are some of the other ways how one – who is a free soul – might feel suffocated inside a marriage.
Many a time, you reach a level in your marriage where you start questioning the very foundation of the same. But in a society such as ours, even thinking about considering separation or divorce in a marital relationship is looked down upon, even if two people bound by marriage are at a stage where there is not trust, nor any intimacy between them. As such, the process of divorce is lengthy, and a clumsy one at the same time.
But a live in relationship seems like an easier way. As stated by a friend, "It's all about the luxury of having as many options as possible in today's modern world. If you never married a person, it's easier to go your separate ways." Getting separated from someone you never married puts a little less of an emotional burden on the self and the legal troubles that follow a divorce also get cancelled.
In an arranged marriage, all of a sudden you have to share your bed, your room and your privacy, which may lead to a lot of dilemma. This could be the case even if it is a love marriage because you don't know how to realistically live with a person you are now supposed to call your spouse.
To counter such a scenario, a live in relationship may seem like a better, and a safer option, offering the best of both worlds. A live in relationship gives a choice to the participants to give the relationship a fair shot before actually doing something which (not strictly speaking) cannot be undone. Not that prevalent in India, but in the western world, as a Scandinavian friend of mine stated, many couples start a family without actually getting married. Hence, it can be said that a live in relationship gives the romance in the relationship a fair time to allow both the partners to settle in, and figure out the positives and the negatives of each other, so that if ever comes a time where you have to commit to such an institution as is a marriage, you get into it knowing all (or most of) what is necessary for the survival of the relationship.
Youth is an age where people are most goal-oriented and want to make sure that they achieve the aspirations that they have from themselves and their lives. Given a choice between marriage or live in, most of these individuals might go with a live-in.
The reason being that in this fast and constantly moving world, in order to be able to achieve something, you have to let go of some other things. Similar is the case here. In order to achieve one's goals in life, while maintaining a romantic relationship with that someone special, one tends to prefer a live in relationship, which comes without the added responsibility of a spouse and having to start a family. With marriage, comes the responsibility of in-laws and maintaining healthy, social relationships with them. As a friend of mine humorously puts it, "There is no saas-bahu ki tu-tu, main-main, or hum dadi naani kab banenge type dialogues!"
During an interaction with some of my peers on this 'Marriage or live in' debate, some put forth a point stating that the youth of today realise that one needs to be more focused about the kind of environment they want to be a part of. Due to the rapid progress and easy access to social media, a sort of zombie lifestyle has developed. People don't really have time for anyone but themselves. But humans need companions, nonetheless. So, people prefer searching for partners at one's own workplace or in the form a live in relationship- a situation which is a preferable option for having an emotional support, without actually moving much away from the 'normal' mechanical routine.
Spending one's life with someone else is a big decision, and seems more validated if it is a permanent one. Either marriage or live in, what's important is to understand the compatibility and level of comfort you may share with that special someone, so that you can actually utter the words- with absolutely no doubts whatsoever- "Till death do us part!"
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|Intuitive Vs. Iterative Design and Conquering the App Store of Tomorrow
|Alexander Rivan Ronalds
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|In this session, Alexander Rivan Ronalds will discuss the continuously evolving structure of game design teams in mobile. Explore ideas on how to manage the balance of iterative and intuitive design to make winning product decisions. Can a team built for iterative development create truly innovative products? Learn about what kind of game design teams will conquer tomorrow's App Store.


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As if she didn't have enough to do....
An interview with Shelley Laskin begins with an exchange of emails:
"An option would be Monday around 4:30, either at a coffee shop near College/Bay or near Davisville/Bayview or Tuesday or Wednesday during lunch. I...can always hop on the subway."
When it comes to multitasking, Laskin could write the book – fitting it into a daily round that takes her, BlackBerry in hand, here, there, everywhere.
"I love my BlackBerry," she says. "I like the instant back-and-forth; no waiting around. I always feel connected and on top of things."
She has a lot of things to stay on top of. Here's a glimpse into Laskin's life:
She's 53, a mother of three, works full-time for the provincial Ministry of Health Promotion and is active at her synagogue and, as ward representative, on the parent council at Northern Secondary School (where her son Zack is in Grade 12). A former chair of the Toronto District School Board, she's contemplating running again next year as school trustee. She's also a former member of the Ontario Legal Aid board. She was "very involved" with the South Eglinton Residents and Ratepayers Association.
Her mother has health issues, so Laskin and her four siblings organize their time so they can provide Mom with 24/7 live-in care.
She's also able to – and has – voluntarily catered lunch for 300 people.
"I'm not going back to the office after this interview; I have to go and make party sandwiches for a United Way meeting," Laskin says. "I'm a multitasker with a short attention span. If I'm in a long meeting, I have to take notes. I can't just sit there and absorb information."
Laskin's on-the-go lifestyle seems like a recipe for stress. And, she acknowledges, in some ways it is. But with a difference.
"My busy-ness is by choice. So it's not the same as the stress you get from being trapped in a job you hate or having a bad relationship.
"You can almost plan for being stressed out. If know next week is going to be really busy at work and I'll be out three nights and at my Mom's, then I can gear up for it."
She gets by generally on six hours' sleep and cherishes the hour before she goes to bed and after she gets up.
"I find between 11 and 12 at night, I'm exhausted but exhilarated at the same time. It's a magic time. I get up much earlier than I need to. I have to be at work at 8:30, but I'm up at 6:30. There's an hour when the house is still. That's when I do things like pay bills and empty the dishwasher. I have to be doing something.
"If I have a day to myself, that I love. It doesn't mean I do nothing, but I don't have to account to anyone."
How does she relax? It's the first time she doesn't answer instantly: "Erm...I...er...probably just with my family and friends. I'd rather cook than go out for dinner.
"I can get absorbed in TV program or a book. Too absorbed. It'll drive my husband crazy that he can ask me a question and I just won't answer him."
That said, she used to belong to a book club but quit, because "I loved the company, but I never had time to read the book."
How does Laskin know when she's genuinely stressed?
"I skip meals when I'm busy," she says. "For goodness sake, I work for Health Promotion! I know that's not healthy. I'll be making a good lunch for my husband and my son and I'll run out the door without lunch for myself.
"But often you're just too busy to get stressed or sick. How many teachers don't get sick until, say March break. It's when you relax that it hits you."


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Visuals for BKBrasco's "Beautiful Girls" hit the web.
Timbaland's newest signee BKBrasco returns to the web with visuals for his latest song "Beautiful Girls" featuring Wurld. Brasco is making major moves in his career aligning himself with the likes of Timbaland, Pusha T and even Justin Timberlake. Keep an eye out for the Brooklyn rapper as he is sure to make big steps with his upcoming projects.
Now check out Timbaland Presents BKBraso's "Beautiful Girls" ft. Wurld.
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Citizens for Tax Justice has analyzed corporate tax rates from 2008 to 2010. The report [PDF] examines over half of the Fortune 500 companies
Perhaps it's no surprise that the richest industries get the biggest subsidies, starting with finance and Big Energy. That's how the 1% operate.
Notably, 56 percent of the total tax subsidies went to just four industries: financial, utilities, tele-communications, and oil, gas & pipelines.
But hey, Solyndra got a $500 million loan and went bankrupt so that is story the media focuses on over and over again, rather than the big robbery in broad daylight.
h/t Think Progress and Daily Kos


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Martyr Caleria of Caesarea, in Palestine
The Holy Women Martyrs Caleria (Valeria), Kyriake and Mary lived in Palestinian Caesarea during the persecution under Diocletian (284-305). Having received instruction in the Christian Faith, they abandoned paganism, settled in a solitary place and spent their lives in prayer, beseeching the Lord that the persecution against Christians would come to an end, and that the Faith of Christ would shine throughout all the world.
The governor tried to force them to worship idols, but they bravely confessed their faith in Christ. For this reason, they were tortured and received the crown of martyrdom.


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PCB fabrication is a complex process that often involves a lot of careful steps in order to achieve a fully-functional finished product. The first step often involves choosing the material to use for the base board. Most PCB manufacturers choose a flat sheet of fiberglass as the material for the base because this does not conduct electricity. It is then coated with a thin copper sheet that would serve as the surface where all the PCB components would be mounted on. The copper sheet also serves as the layer that holds the printed diagram for connecting all the components correctly.
During the initial stages of the PCB fabrication process, engineers already determine whether the PCB would be made as a single-layer or multi-layer circuit board. This would mostly depend on the type of device that the PCB would be used for. Determining the type of PCB beforehand also plays a big role in creating the schematic diagram for the design that would be etched onto the board's copper plate.
The diagram is etched onto the plate in two different ways :
1. By manually drawing the design onto the plate using a permanent marker.
2. By drawing the diagram on the computer and printing it using a LaserJet printer either on the glossy side of a photo paper or on a piece of transparent paper. This printed diagram is transferred onto the circuit board by sticking the printed part of the paper onto the copper surface. It is then pressed with a pre-heated clothes iron for several minutes until the design transfers completely onto the copper surface.
The manually-drawn or computer-printed diagram is etched permanently onto the copper plate by dissolving the board in a basin that contains a mixture of water and hydrochloric (muriatic) acid. A lot of people who engage in do-it-yourself (DIY) PCB fabrication as a hobby often make use of this method since it is cheaper. However, it has to be noted that this process can be a bit risky since the fumes of the chemicals used for etching could cause permanent damage to the sensory receptors on the nose. Some precautions that have to be undertaken before the etching process include:
1. Make sure that there are enough openings in the workroom for the fresh to circulate. It is best to keep the windows open while the board is soaking on the acid-water mixture.
2. Make sure that the work area is free from clutter to avoid accidents. This precaution has to be taken not just while etching the diagram onto board but all throughout the entire PCB fabrication process.
3. Keep all the tools and materials away from children. It is best to create the PCB in a room where kids don't normally go to.
4. Wear protective gloves when handling the copper plate, especially after it has been soaked on the etching solution.
5. Wear a mask especially when pouring the acid onto the basin to avoid inhaling the fumes.
Hobbyists who wish to avoid the risks posed by the chemicals used for etching the diagram onto the board can simply purchase a circuit board that already has a printed design on it. This way, they would only need to work on the component-mounting stage of the PCB fabrication. They can choose between either of the following methods for mounting the components onto the circuit board:
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In some cases, a hobbyist might need to make use of both methods especially when mounting components on complex diagrams for circuit boards with multiple layers. Regardless of which method they choose to employ, as long as they have a sturdy soldering iron then they should be good to go.
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My name is Beth and I am an avid traveler, newlywed, retired educator, and mom to a modern day adult Brady Bunch.
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Portrait of Periklesby CosmoWenman Oct 18, 2012
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From the British Museum
Scanned by Cosmo Wenman, http://cosmowenman.com
Roman, 2nd century AD
Said to be from Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli, Lazio, Italy
Height: 58.500 cm
Medium: Marble
British Museum Object Number: GR 1805.7-3.91The Athenian politician
Scanned by Cosmo Wenman using Autodesk 123D Catch at The British Museum, London, August 2012. For more information about this work visit:
From the British Museum:
"Perikles (died 429 BC) led the democracy of Athens at the height of the city's power and influence. He gathered around him a circle of poets, architects and artists, whose works include a programme of renewal of the principal religious and civic buildings of Athens. The crowning glory was the Parthenon, erected on the Acropolis between 447 and 432 BC. Perikles was famous for the power of his oratory (public speaking) that enabled him to rule Athens almost without opposition.
This is a Roman copy of an original portrait which was perhaps created in Perikles' own day, or shortly after his death. However, it probably bears little physical resemblance to Perikles' actual appearance, showing an ideal type of the mature soldier citizen, wearing a helmet pushed back on his head.
The portrait is shaped as a 'terminal bust' for mounting on a square shaft of stone. It is said to come from the Roman emperor Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli, near Rome. It was later part of the collection of Charles Townley."
I've uploaded my 123D Catch file. I haven't been able to coax very good results out of Catch for this piece. I don't know why, but it's turning out lumpy. I photographed pretty good coverage of it from all angles, with good lighting too. Maybe you'll have better luck processing the file than I did.
I've uploaded an .stl and .obj file too. The .stl file is not printable - there are some holes in the mesh. But I included it so there'd be a file-preview rendered, so you can see this guy's epic beard and awesome hat.
If someone can mange to clean this one up, it would make for a pretty straightforward print, and would look cool even in miniature.
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Police raided a house in Normanton and seized 36 cannabis plants.
Officers from Castleford NPT carried out the drugs bust in Normanton yesterday afternoon (April 22).
They found the mature plants in the bedroom.
A man and woman present at the address were arrested on suspicion of producing a Class B drug and offences relating to the electricity supply, which had been tampered with.
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Hello all, Mad Dashiell here, welcome back to the LABYRINTH!
Jim Henson's classic 1986 fantasy film LABYRINTH has inspired an ongoing comic series that will be coming soon. Boom! Studios imprint Archaia is publishing the series. Simon Spurrier will be writing it and artist Daniel Bayliss will be bringing the vision to life.
The series will be exploring the origins of Jareth the Goblin King. What we know so far is that the comic series will have Jareth recounting his beginnings to Toby. Jareth's mother and father will also be introduced in 18th-century Venice. Issue #1 of Jim Henson's LABYRINTH will be on sale this February with cover art by Fiona Staples, a subscription cover will be done by Rebekah Isaacs, and the variant covers by Laurent Durieux, Bill Sienkiewicz, and Jill Thompson.
"It's the backstory of how Jareth came to be in the Labyrinth himself," says Lisa Henson, the CEO and President of The Jim Henson Company as well as Jim's daughter. "The Goblin King, he's not a goblin, he's human. Many people have asked, 'Well, how did he get there?' So, that's something that we thought we would explore."
"We're sort of having our cake and eating it...The 'Bowie form' version of the character is very much present in our story. But there's a huge amount of stuff about the people who loved him and he loved. What happened to them? How did this all shake out? How did he come to be who he is? I hope that by exercising both sides of that picture, as well as leaning into all the other amazing things that are fantastic about the Labyrinth as a concept, we should hopefully get our Bowie itch scratched while also enjoying the fantastical, surreal wonder of this world." says writer Spurrier.
-The cover art in the write-up was done by Staples, Thompson, and Sienkiewicz.Thank you for joining me -Mad Dashiell


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|Fukuda Chiyo-ni
Japan (1703 - 1775) Timeline
Poems by Fukuda Chiyo-ni
Books - Links
The daughter of a picture framer, she showed a childhood gift for poetry and had already gained fame for her haiku while she was still a teenager.
Her early haiku were influenced by Basho and his students, though she developed her own unique shofu (style) over her career as a haikuist.
Chiyo-ni was a nun of the Pure Land Buddhist sect.
Poems by Fukuda Chiyo-ni
- a dandelion
- Airing out kimonos
- cool clear water
- From the mind
- hands drop
- loneliness
- on the road
- spring rain
- To the one breaking it
- whatever I pick up
- without a voice
Recommended Books: Fukuda Chiyo-ni
|Chiyo-ni: Woman Hiaku Master
|Haiku Enlightenment
|Haiku: The Gentle Art of Disappearing
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Art and Poetry of Chiyo-ni
Several haiku, and a short introduction/biography.
Simply Haiku: Chiyo-ni's Haiku Style
Short excerpts from Patricia Donegan's book, Chiyo-ni: Woman Haiku Master
The Haiku of Chiyo-ni
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The shortage of IT staff seems to be easing, with employers noticing an improvement in labour supply, research from the E-Skills UK learning and skills council has revealed.
In its latest quarterly bulletin, E-Skills reports that just 6% of firms recruiting IT staff had reported skill shortages – the lowest percentage recorded by E-Skills for more than two years, despite increases in demand for skilled IT professionals.
But businesses are still reporting concerns about the interpersonal, business-oriented and other non-technical skills held by candidates for IT professional vacancies.
About a third of IT recruiters surveyed by E-Skills UK said the level of business and interpersonal skills on offer from candidates was "below that required by their business".
Shortages were still occurring in some occupational categories during the third quarter of 2006, with systems development and programmers, senior systems developers and senior programmers in particularly short supply.
Skills that were especially in demand during the third quarter of 2006 included Flash and Winrunner along with Bluetooth, C, C# and Embedded skills.
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This three-day long event, hosting thousands of visitors yearly, raises from the "a tavola con i popoli antichi" ("at dinner with the ancient peoples") initiative by the Italian Ministry of Heritage and Cultural Activities, the good will of the Italian Archeoclub – Crecchio Branch (which manages the Museum of Byzantine and Early Medieval Abruzzo in the Ducal Castle since 1993) and the efficiency of all the local associations working in the municipality.
"At dinner with the Byzantines": from the evening to the night... a travel into the memory of our land, through cultural events, guided tours into the museum, reconstructions of the Byzantine society and eno-gastronomic opportunities among the borgo alleyways.
Since dawn the local community, after a monthslong preparation, gets down to work to make the curtain fall at the twilight. Torches are lighted up and ancient soldiers, matrons, courtiers and eunuchs roam the streets. The perfumes exalt the senses in the historical center which echoes with the rolling drums and the war cries of the soldiers. The sound of the trumpet announces the triumphant procession celebrating the deeds of the comes Vitalianus, conqueror of Aternum (Pescara) and scourge of the Lombards.
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This new Mediterranean home on the bluffs overlooking the mighty Mississippi River in St. Paul will blend in beautifully with its century-old surrounding neighbors. Situated on a large South-West facing corner lot, this home was designed to take advantage of the sun exposure and expansive views. With three main level exterior terraces, one second floor porch and Master Bedroom tower, the owners will enjoy the tranquil surroundings of one of St. Paul's most established neighborhoods.
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