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Up to date data needed for Turtle Moratorium
The turtle data report was collated from findings that were undertaken by research students of the University of the South Pacific, Fiji National University, WWF-Pacific volunteers and community turtle monitors or Dau-ni-Vonus during the peak nesting months of January to February, back in 2014.
Tamata Jnr. adds that there is a need for all Government and Conservation NGO stakeholders and the tourism industry to come together with their respective data and collate the data for a better understanding of where turtle conservation efforts in Fiji is at.
"Data is available but it is everywhere and the goal now is to see what we have and then strategically map out next steps. For WWF we will revive our efforts in Bua and Macuata and pull other provinces like Lomaiviti and Serua in as well."
"Conservation efforts have shown over the years an increase in the nestling population in the North and this is the same message from other communities in Fiji, but we need new supporting data to back up our case for Government to make the right decision reflecting a healthy population or a declining population," Tamata Jnr. said.
The availability of funding is the main reason why such data surveys cannot be carried out on a consistent basis. Something, Tamata Jnr. reveals WWF-Pacific is working through proposals and possible partnerships to carry out such surveys to make available the necessary data from stakeholders.
Tamata Jnr. adds that despite the lack of consistent and up to date data, a positive outcome of the moratorium is that stakeholders are all on board for the protection of sea turtles in Fiji, whether it is working together to strengthen regulations or for an extension of the moratorium.
"Government and stakeholders such as the tourism industry have agreed to work together on the review of the current Recovery Plan, to have a look at where we are and how to move forward to protect these ancient migratory species. For instance, industry stakeholders such as Treasure Island Resort have a great turtle conservation programme and they have data on tagging and genetic sampling with the technical expertise from USP. For WWF-Pacific, we are able to tap into funds to try and bring stakeholders together and are in the process of sourcing for funding to carry out research as well," Tamata Jnr. added.
WWF-Policy Coordinator and Great Sea Reef Programme Manager, Alfred Ralifo highlights that the awareness over the last 20 year period has led to a paradigm shift.
"Awareness and policies informed by science is WWF's approach to promoting the protection of marine turtles and WWF is working at many levels of society to help strengthen awareness on the plight of sea turtles in Fiji, Solomon Islands, PNG and globally. We work with communities at grass-roots level by training select members to become sea turtle champions," he said.
A 'Big Win' for Fiji is the years of advocacy and training at the community level that had led to the establishment of the Community Network of Dau-ni-Vonu or turtle monitors who enforce the turtle moratorium at community level, champion turtle awareness and contribute to the protection of critical turtle habitats as well as collect data to inform policy.
Ralifo adds that WWF has also worked with schools and the Ministry of Education to integrate sea turtle awareness into the school curriculum.
"At the national level, WWF continues to work with the Fijian Government, donors and other stakeholders to review and develop policies to protect sea turtles and their critical habitats. This include preventing marine plastic pollution of all kinds through better policies and waste management that will save the sea turtles; additionally working with the fishing industry to strengthen best practices that can help reduce sea turtle by catch," revealed Ralifo.
Out of the seven species of sea turtles, four of these species are found in Fiji waters. These are the Hawksbill (Taku), Leatherback (Dakulaca), Green Turtle ( Vonu Dina) and the Loggerhead (Tuvonu) whose status are either critically endangered or endangered, under the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List for threatened and migratory species.
Turtle conservation is a mandate under Fiji's commitments to the Convention on Biological Diversity, reflected in the National Biodiversity Strategic Action Plan and is one of the 16 commitments made by the Minister for Fisheries Hon Semi Koroilavesau at the United Nations Oceans conference in New York in June 2017.


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Skein winder / holder (Metal)
This Umbrella Swift will hold your skeins as you wind your yarn into neat, easy-to-use balls. This model clamps to your table and spins as you wind a ball.
This skein winder / swift will wind a skein as well as holing your skein as you wind your yarn into balls.
You can adjust the diameter and clamp it to your table at a variety of angles. It has a handle for winding and comes in a plastic storage box.
Will wind / hold skeins up to 1.5m (5 ft circum) in circumference.
This shop has now closed. Remaining stock is listed on eBay.

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School of Social Work
The School of Social Work is a collaboration between St. Catherine University and the University of St. Thomas. Our nationally-ranked MSW program is focused on clinical social work practice. Our DSW program is focused on education as practice, preparing graduates to teach and lead in higher education.
Drawing from the Judeo-Christian traditions of social caring, we prepare students to use social work knowledge, values and skills to demonstrate the intrinsic value of all humankind as they serve those in need and promote social justice and human rights.
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Let me guess, you have been playing Mirror Quiz crossword and got stuck on the clue Lucien —, captain of the France rugby union team that won the Five Nations outright for the first time in 1959. Well, you have come to the right place to find the answer to this clue.
While some crosswords are much simpler than others, most require that players have a vast knowledge of the language and possibly even various topics. So while crossword puzzles are seen as a more intelligent game, they can be very frustrating for players to complete and even experienced crossword players need some help occasionally.
When finding the answers to the clues becomes too difficult, there's no shame in looking for them online.
Now you have the answer to your clue. Its time to move on to the next clue. You can browse through the list with all the answers to the Mirror Quiz crossword of June 3rd, 2017. Or you can use the search form below to find the answer (no matter if its Mirror Quiz Crossword or any other crossword).
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|Book of the Old Testament comprising 150 sacred songs, poems and prayers
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design I have years experience with: Clients, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign—while designing logotypes, promotional material, and of course websites
develop My preferred programming languages are: HTML, Javascript, CSS, PHP, and Ruby on Rails. Frameworks include: angularJS, jQuery, node.js, and mustache.js. CMS systems: Wordpress, Drupal, and Magento.
consult Over the years of working, I have developed and enjoyed a very unique perspective on problem solving, web application development and the different business processes that are integrated with it.


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I'm a fairly staunch critic of censorship in all its forms, however one thing that bothers me is when people fail to distinguish between very different kinds of censorship, and ignore certain double-standards.
The most recent culprit was this article in the Atlantic Wire by Adam Martin, which was spread across Yahoo News. The article refers to the recent sackings of Baidu employees, who were fired for accepting bribes to delete unfavorable comments on companies.
The writer says "The story is interesting because… censorship is already such a common practice in China, and Baidu is such an active part of it. But the company and the government don't like employees to act as censors on their own."
I'd argue that there are two entirely different things going on here. One is an issue which is particularly pertinent to China, the other is common everywhere, and the Baidu issue isn't at all about what the government "likes." The government didn't care about what Baidu did on that issue at all. They probably had no idea, rather, the story is linking it to the government to make the story grab attention.
Essentially, there is political censorship (which we've all heard about) then there's profit-driven censorship. Sometimes they're similar, but in this case, they're quite distinct.
First things first. Baidu is a foreign owned company, and the government doesn't actually have much love for Baidu. It's tolerated because A) it is already successful and B) it abides by the government's draconian restrictions and C) the government doesn't have much choice at present, though there have been quite savage attempts to hobble Baidu in the past. I've written before about how CCTV launched a series of scathing reports into Baidu's advertising practices, around the same time a government-owned search engine, Jike, was launched.
So Baidu does not = Chinese government. They do what they must to turn a buck, not unlike the Western companies operating in China.
So, back to Martin's piece:
"Clearly, Baidu is no stranger to meddling with content. It just doesn't want its employees doing it without the company's oversight — and neither does the Chinese government. Three of the four fired employees were fired for removing posts people had paid to have scrubbed. A fourth was fired but spared from arrest because she hadn't yet done anything illegal."
"And neither does the Chinese government?" Where does this assertion come from?
"The Chinese government," which I'm assuming refers to the Central government rather than local governments, does indeed censor, but that tends to be for political reasons.
If you want to see what the blunter forms of this look like, the China Digital Times does a great job of cataloging directives from the Ministry of Truth. The more subtle method is to simply pick senior editors who know what Beijing wants and will adhere to that. This is what's been happening at the formerly great newspaper, the South China Morning Post.
They'd hardly get involved in a dispute this small, though (entirely hypothetically speaking) I could perhaps see a situation where local government officials with business interests tried to get things censored.
But that's not what Martin seems to be saying, his implication is essentially that Baidu doesn't like this bribe-induced censorship, so the government doesn't like this censorship.
The Baidu incident was something that could just as easily happen overseas. A search engine finds out that employees were taking cash to remove certain comments. Issues relating to commercially-driven censorship happen all the time in Western countries too, drawing this to the Chinese government is a pretty long bow. Sure, Baidu censors when asked, that's how they've become successful. In this case though, it's a different issue and they've done the right thing by firing these employees.


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Deeper Than the Dead is the first in Tami Hoag's Oak Knoll series. Tami Hoag is known for her romantic suspense, and I thought the plot of Deeper Than the Dead sounded intriguing. I had some mixed feelings about the book, but I definitely enjoyed it overall!
Four kids stumble across a body buried in a park – and the lives of everyone in the small Oak Knoll community change forever. When it turns out to be the work of a serial killer, no one is safe and everyone is a suspect. From the parents of all four children to their teacher – everyone has skeletons in the closet. All those secrets being revealed makes for very entertaining reading, y'all!
Deeper Than the Dead is set in 1985 at the birth of the FBI's profiling unit – so a specialist from that department comes in to help. Most of the cops think learning the psychology of the killer is a complete waste of time. Tony Mendez, who works in the sheriff's department, is the exception. Can he help bring the killer to justice?
So, picking out who the killer is among all the suspects isn't particularly difficult, but you will be second guessing at every turn! Secrets are constantly being revealed, and basically everyone is guilty of something. For the first half of the book or so I found that fascinating. It ended up being more of a "seriously? him/her too?" situation. Absolutely everyone involved in the story has a suspicious secret. It was a little much.
Still – the plot in Deeper Than the Dead was fascinating!
The romance kinda let me down too. I did not see the pairing coming! I'm leaving out names to avoid spoilers because I was really surprised by who ended up together.
Anyway, despite the romance being mostly a bust and the central conflict being bogged down with way too many other crimes – I mostly enjoyed Deeper Than the Dead. The base plot line was really good and I couldn't put the book down because I was dying for confirmation as to who the killer was!
Check out Deeper Than the Dead by Tami Hoag on Goodreads / Amazon
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An outfit post with what I wore today at college. I am in love with my new shoes and don't want to put them away yet! I see so many outfits with them. That's what I like when I buy something: to not wear it with the same piece of clothing, but to find lots of possibilities (unless I am absolutely in love with something and can't resist buying it! and then I end up regretting it.) Today I took this vintage skirt I found in a second hand shop. I loved the print and immediately felt it's perfect for autumn.
On another note, I surpassed the sketches period for my project and now I have to buy fabrics and begin the difficult process of making the patterns and sew. But I am quite excited about this one, hope it will go well! I'll post updates soon!
Wearing: No name T-shirt, vintage skirt, vintage belt,Zara cardigan, Deichmann stockings, Stradivarius shoes and H&M bag.


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Brain Party from Hudzilla Games has been released as open source for Linux some days ago. A thread on t.m.o suggested somebody port this over to Maemo. An afternoon of tinkering later (and with the help of Javispedro's SDL-GLES library), I've got the game to run on the N900 (see the patch for details on the changes - as you can see, the original source code is pretty clean, so porting was mostly straightforward after being told about SDL-GLES, fixing a parameter for glTexImage2D and doing some math to scale the game to the N900's screen and scale the input coordinates the same way). The package is currently in Extras-Devel, soon to be promoted to Extras-Testing. In the mean time, you can grab binary and source packages from this page (use
apt-get -f install afterwards to satisfy dependencies).
Please test it and vote for it on the Maemo.org package page when it enters Extras-Testing (did you know that you can follow @maemoextras on Twitter to see packages entering Extras-Testing and Extras? Now you do..).
It's good to see developers porting their games to Linux and open sourcing them, which makes learning from their code and porting the games to other platforms very easy. If you like the game, please support the developers by purchasing Brain Party for the iPhone (you probably don't have an iPhone, so show the N900 game off to your freedom-hating friends and tell them that they should purchase the game for their iPhone/iPod touch on the App Store). The game is also available for Windows Mobile and Xbox 360.


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Web Developer Needed for Coding of Figma Designed Website
Budget $8-15 USD / hour
We need a talented web developer to help us code a small website that has already been designed in Figma. We need someone who can code the site right to the specs of our Figma design. The website consists of 9 pages, and then 5 small pop up windows that need some coding. The pages will be responsive. Pages include :
Category Page (template)
Product Page
Product Page Pop Ups (5)
Login/Register Page
Register Page
Contact Page
History Page
The Process Page
Online Policies Page
The responsive design/look of each page will be provided in Figma. The website does utilize a shopping cart, so there is some navigating of the shopping cart coding/tags that is needed, mostly for the category and product pages. We will help you understand the shopping cart tags/mini templates that need to be styled for the job.
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2 cups enriched rice
4 cups chicken stock
4 cloves minced garlic
1 1/2 cups diced white onion
1 cup diced green bell pepper
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
Salt and pepper
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1 bay leaf
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/4 pound pork sausage meat
1/4 pound ground beef
1/2 pound chicken giblets
1 bunch green onions, chopped
In colander, rinse rice several times until water runs clear. Place rice in pot and add chicken stock. Bring to a boil then cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Do not overcook.
Saute garlic, onions and bell peppers in vegetable oil until soft for about 15 minutes. Season with salt, pepper, thyme, bay leaf and cayenne and add to rice. Cook sausage and ground beef together in sautepan and add to rice.
In separate pot place giblets, cover with water and simmer for 30 minutes with green onions, salt and pepper. Let cool enough to chop into small dice then add to rice mixture. Mix rice well and let simmer on lowest heat for an additional 30 minutes, stirring continuously, until flavors meld.
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Tangy Slow Cooker Brisket With Potatoes and Sweet Peppers
1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
Kosher salt
Cracked black pepper
3 pound beef brisket
1 medium onion, minced
2 bell peppers, seeded and sliced
2 pounds small potatoes, such as fingerlings
2 14.5-ounce cans fire-roasted, diced tomatoes
1 tablespoons brown sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
1/4 cup dry red wine
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1. Heat olive oil in a large sauté pan until shimmering. Season brisket with salt and pepper and brown on both sides.
2.Transfer brisket to a slow cooker and add remaining ingredients. Season with 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon black pepper. Cook on low setting for 8 to 10 hours or until tender.
3. Remove brisket from slow cooker and let rest for 5 minutes. Slice against the grain. Place on a platter along with vegetables. Spoon sauce on top or place in a gravy boat to pass alongside.
Tangy Slow Cooker Brisket With Potatoes and Sweet Peppers | Serious Eats : Recipes.
Dutch Meat Loaf (off the Hunt's Tomato Sauce can)
dutch meat loaf, a photo by enrevanche on Flickr.
DUTCH MEAT LOAF (adapted to double sauce recipe)
from HUNT'S COMPLETE TOMATO SAUCE COOKBOOK (Hunt-Wesson Foods, 1976)
1.5 lbs (675 g) lean ground beef
1 cup (250 ml) fresh bread crumbs
1 medium onion, chopped
2 8 oz. (226 g) cans Hunt's Tomato Sauce
1 egg
1.5 teaspoons (8 ml) salt
0.25 teaspoon (1 ml) pepper
1.5 cups (360 m) water
4 tablespoons (60 ml) brown sugar, packed
4 tablespoons (60 ml) prepared mustard
2 tablespoons (30 ml) vinegar
In medium bowl, lightly mix beef, bread crumbs, onion, 1/2 can Hunt's Tomato Sauce, egg, salt and pepper. Shape into loaf in shallow baking pan. Combine remaining 1.5 cans of tomato sauce with rest of ingredients; pour over loaf. Bake at 350F (175C) for 1 hr 15 minutes, basting loaf several times. Makes 5 to 6 servings.
Recipe: Dutch Meat Loaf (off the Hunt's Tomato Sauce can) | ITINIDKWI.


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In the recent press release, Norman Pattiz, the chief executive officer of Podcast One, announced the release of the network's survey conducted by the Edison Research. These findings were detailed results of the multiple comprehensive studies on advertising tests. They revealed that:
- About 60 percent of the listeners are familiar with a particular grocery post-campaign brand while seven percent participated in the pre-listeners' pre-study.
- The advertisement survey also showed that there was an increased unaided product awareness in financial services and automobile aftermarket product by 47 percent and 37 percent respectively.
- About a third of the participants in the survey expressed that they had a favorable opinion of the automobile aftermarket product.
- Awareness of the automobile aftermarket product was found to have increased by 60 percent in the post-study.
This survey was carried out on three separate occasions in 2016 to assess the effectiveness of the adverts run by PodcastOne. A majority of these brands were popular among the podcast fans while some were lesser-known. In conclusion, the overall results showed that a good number of the audiences were receptive and willing to acquire those brands.
About Norman Pattiz
Norman Pattiz is an American businessman and a broadcasting expert. He hails from Los Angeles, and he has business operations in various parts of the United States, including California and Santa Barbra. Pattiz is the brains behind the well known Westwood One, a company that has been operational since 1976. He is a proficient entrepreneur who has succeeded in growing this business into one of the most reputable radio networks in America. Pattiz has served on the board of regents of the University of California and the Department of Energy Laboratories' Regents Oversight Committee
He is currently the head of the Los Alamos National Security LLC and the Broadcast Education Association. Pattiz has worked alongside President Clinton on the Broadcasting Board of Governors. He was appointed by the former president to chair matters pertaining the U.S non-military international broadcast services. Pattiz was reappointed to manage the same docket by the former president George Bush in 2002. Pattiz has played a huge role in the development of the TV and Arabic-language radio services broadcasting in 22 Middle East Countries. Pattiz has made it into the National Radio Hall of Fame, and he is the recipient of a prestigious accolade from the Library of American Broadcasting. He is also the recipient of the Alexander Hamilton High School Scholarship and currently resides in Beverly Hills.
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Christopher McNamara
During a residency in Zurich a few years ago, I began work on a series of videos designed for both performance works and installations. Operating under the idea that I would compose images and sounds as simultaneously as possible I created six short videos. One of the videos I created, Intersection 2. (Barcelona) was initially a stand-alone cityscape, shot at the magic hour, moments after the sun has set. After considering this piece for a couple of months, I determined to create more. I shot an intersection in Zurich at approximately the same time of day, with the camera facing the same westerly direction and, most recently I shot a similar video in Detroit. The videos were then projected as a three panel piece – with pedestrians and cars overlapping one another – creating momentary impressions that the movements begin to lapse into one another.


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Hello Crafty friends,
This week is Easter or Spiring time over at La La land Crafts. An awesome excuse to use some of those new release dies and stamps again.
Be sure to check out the gorgeous makes from the rest of the DT over at the LLLC blog.
I cut an easter egg on my silhouette and made this easter card for this weeks inspiration.
Image and sentiment is Some BunnyBaby Marci, Copics used:
Skin: E13, E11, E21, E000, R20
Greys: W5-W3-W1-W00
Purple: V99-95-93-91-000
La La Land Crafts supply used:
Hope you like it!
Wishing you a lovely Easter!
Crafty hugs,


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Gregory Taylor, General Counsel
State Center Community College District
was a pleasure working with Lapkoff & Gobalet Demographic
Research in establishing our trustee areas with the Census
2000 data, and then realigning them after Census 2010. We were
pleased with the quality of their analysis, their
responsiveness, and the high-quality, carefully drawn maps.
Dr. Gobalets presentations of sometimes difficult topics in
public hearings and board meetings were clear and helpful. I
look forward to working with them again.
Arlene Tavani, Executive Assistant to
the General Manager
Monterey Peninsula Water Management District
MPWMD has found your services to be of the highest quality and
responsiveness. You provided complete and easy to
understand demographic information, responded to questions
from the public and staff, and offered suggestions for
development of voter divisions that met legal requirements."
Jerri Bucci, Director,
Business Services
Orinda Union School District, Orinda, California
"The vast knowledge and experience provided by Lapkoff
& Gobalet ensure that their demographic study will be viewed
with much credibility. It was a pleasure to work with
Shelley Lapkoff on this study.
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Joseph Frantz, Chief Business Official
Emery Unified School District, Emeryville, California
"Lapkoff & Gobalets presentation and report took complex
information and organized and distilled it in a
way that enabled policymakers and the community as a whole to
understand the data and appreciate the implications for
planning. We were particularly impressed by their
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and to structure their findings to support collective
decision-making. We are deeply grateful for their contributions
to fostering informed understanding and thoughtful dialogue as
we plan Emeryville's
Center of
Community Life."
Randy Kenyon, Assistant Superintendent,
Business Services
Los Altos School District, Los Altos, California
"Lapkoff and Gobalet's enrollment projections have
been accurate to within 1%--astounding! They are quick to
respond whenever we have questions or need information. Shelley
and Jeanne are very convincing presenters at our board meetings. They have made themselves indispensable to our district."
Marge Gratiot, (retired) Superintendent
Los Altos School District, Los Altos, California
"Lapkoff & Gobalet have worked with our district
since 1997, helping us with enrollment forecasting, decisions
to open and close schools, and attendance boundary realignment. Their work has been exemplary; we are particularly satisfied
with their accurate enrollment forecasting, quick response
to questions, sensitivity to political issues, clear explanations
of methodology, and wonderful software support."
Fernando R. Elizondo, (retired) Superintendent
Salinas Union High School District, Salinas, California
"To tout the thoroughness and accuracy of Lapkoff
& Gobalet Demographic Research, Inc., is to understate
the quality of their work. In the Salinas Union High School
District, Dr. Gobalet was involved directly in two important
projects. In the first she supplied projections for realigning
our middle school attendance boundaries. At the completion
of the process in working with a large task force of community
members, Dr. Gobalet was commended for her work. Dr. Lapkoff's
enrollment forecasts were less than 14 students off of the
actual enrollment approximately a year later. A magnificent
job, taking into consideration the multitude of factors in
projecting middle school student areas. In the second project,
Dr. Gobalet provided the leadership in the Census 2000 realignment
of trustee areas. She again worked with a very diverse group
and redrew trustee areas, taking new demographic patterns
into account. In both projects, Dr. Gobalet was very professional
and LGDR's projections were extremely accurate, facilitating
the positive flow of recommendations that were finally adopted. This is an organization that knows and understands the business
of demographics."
Karen Luna, Manager, Facilities and
Planning Department
Salinas Union High School District, Salinas, California
I have worked with Shelley and Jeanne for more than two
decades and they have helped our district by providing
enrollment forecasts and trustee area realignments--a lways
professional and a pleasure to work with."
David R. Cartnal, FAIA
BFGC Architects Planners, Inc.
ladies are the 'Gold Standard' and, literally, wrote the book on
demographic projections--they are the very best and always
Jacques S. Whitfield, District General
Grant Joint Union High School District, Sacramento, California
"LGDR provided excellent demographic research services to our
District. They have the ability to synthesize a myriad of
complex data and quantify that data into easy-to-understand
language. We highly recommend them without reservation to
any other school districts needing competent, thorough, and
insightful demographic analyses."
William D. Barr, Ed.D., (former) Monterey
County Superintendent of Schools
Monterey County, California
"My professional association with Dr. Shelley Lapkoff
and Dr. Jeanne Gobalet extends back well over a decade. With
this history, I am fully prepared and willing to attest to
their accomplishments as researchers, demographers,
communicators, and educators."
Susan Lyons, Senior Administrative
Assistant to the County Administrative Officer, Monterey County,
"The firm of Lapkoff and Gobalet was retained by
Monterey County in 2001 in order to prepare the County's Redistricting
Plan. The County included in the Supervisorial redistricting
process a comprehensive outreach to the public and other agencies
within the County. Dr. Jeanne Gobalet was an outstanding professional
and provided clear and concise information for the County,
with impeccable customer service."
Albert M. Moore, M.S.W., Special Assistant
to the Chancellor
West Valley-Mission Community College District, Saratoga,
"LGDR is simply the best consulting firm with which
I have ever had the pleasure to work. Our District completed
a review of its trustee service areas and, ultimately, chose
one of 12 plans that Jeanne Gobalet carefully and competently
crafted to redraw trustee areas within the District's boundaries
according to brainstorming and direction from the Board of
Trustees. Not only that, she also managed the process by which
we received approval from the County Committee on School District
Organization. In the past, I have had my share of complaints
concerning the value and competence of some consultants. But LGDR stands heads and shoulders above any with which I have
worked . . . on any subject! Jeanne was exhaustively thorough,
an excellent time manager, a skilled pacifier and unifier,
and backed everything up with data and research that was presented
in an easy to understand and professional PowerPoint format
with appropriate hard copy back-up. Finally, working with
Jeanne was a pleasure; her warm, easy-going approach was calming
and supportive. LGDR will never disappoint!"
James C. O'Conner, (retired)
Deputy Superintendent, Business Services
Castro Valley Unified School District, Castro Valley, California
"LGDR has provided Castro Valley Unified School
District with services related to the demographics of our
community for the past 15 years. These accurate enrollment
projections of our needs provide clear, concise, and reliable
information for staff and board decisions. This database has
been used effectively to win community support of two general
obligation bonds. Moreover, community surveys have indicated
strong community confidence in the financial and demographic
data presented by the district which is based on the expertise
of LGDR."
Himmelberg, (retired) Superintendent
San Leandro Unified School District, San Leandro, California
"While I was Superintendent between 1992 and 2002, Lapkoff &
Gobalet Demographic Research, Inc., provided analyses to the
San Leandro Unified School District. Each year we
received a valuable, updated demographic analysis that was
very useful for our facilities planning. Dr. Lapkoffs
Board and staff presentations were excellent. She
presented complex and detailed information in an
easy-to-understand and interesting way.
I strongly recommend that other school districts consider
using the services of Lapkoff and Gobalet to assist them in
their long range facilities planning."
Nhien Thien Luong, MPH
Senior Health Care Program Manager
Santa Clara County Public Health Department
Epidemiology & Data Management Unit
"We have been pleased to work with Lapkoff & Gobalet since
1992. They contribute a degree of demographic expertise that we
have not had on our staff. We have used their post censal
population estimates for computing rates of many different
diseases and conditions. Their GIS proficiency has been useful
for our spatial analyses and mapping. We highly recommend them
to other public health agencies."
Samuel Johnson, Jr.,
San Mateo Union High School District
"The San Mateo Union High School District contracted with
Lapkoff and Gobalet to assist its administration in making
difficult decisions regarding changes in the Districts
attendance boundaries. This is a very volatile issue for any
school district. Through numerous public presentations, Drs.
Gobalet and Lapkoff proved to the Administration, the community,
and to the Governing Board of the District that they are experts
who excel in producing not only accurate data, but data which
are communicated in a multimedia format easily understood by
schools and community."
Laurie Orange
Senior Deputy County Counsel
Office of County Counsel, County of San Diego
"The County of San Diego retained Dr. Gobalet as
an expert in a trial concerning redistricting, including redistricting
software and computer mapping. Dr. Gobalet has considerable
expertise in these areas, and has an educator's ability to
explain complicated technical issues in understandable layperson's
terms. Moreover, Dr. Gobalet was extremely responsive to our
requests for assistance, including helping to develop lines
of questioning during testimony and traveling across state
on short notice to testify at trial. We were very satisfied
with Dr. Gobalet's services, and would be pleased to recommend
her as an expert."
Oscar F. Porter, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA)
University of California Office of the President
Shelley Lapkoff
on "California's Demographic Landscape"
"Thanks again
for your excellent presentation for the Board of Directors. It
really helped set us on the right trail and led to some very
useful conversations over the two-day meeting."
Sarah P. Daignault,
Executive Director
National Business Officers Association
Lapkoff did an excellent job presenting to our group of
independent school business officers. They came from all over
the country. Shelleys ability to use demographic information to
help our members see the future trends that may impact their
schools was terrific! In addition to being informative, the
presentation was fun and engaging."
Anne Burkman, MPH, RD
Director, Program Services
Dairy Council of California
"Our staff thoroughly enjoyed the presentation made by Ms.
Lapkoff on California demographic trends and their impact on our
marketing and communications strategies. The data she presented
through maps and charts was very interesting and applicable to
the territory designations with which our staff operates. She
clearly had tailored the information to our specific needs and
requests. Finally, she engaged the audience frequently and
effectively through cueing questions posed at the end of each
major section. This sparked considerable discussion among staff
that raised pertinent points. We deemed the session an
unqualified success!"
Anna M. Caballero, (former) Mayor
City of Salinas, California
"The Salinas City Council's decision to hire
Lapkoff & Gobalet provided our Council-appointed redistricting
committee with valuable support in navigating through the
United States Justice Department's pre-clearance requirements. Monterey County is one of four counties in California that
is required to have Justice Department approval before a redistricting
plan can take effect. Dr. Jeanne Gobalet was extremely knowledgeable
in regards to federal laws related to pre-clearance issues. More importantly, she understood the make-up of our community,
its dynamics and history.
"Dr. Gobalet brought instant credibility to the
process, which elevated the trust level of committee members. She effectively worked with the entire committee and members
of the community participating in the process. Her support
led to the Redistricting Committee's recommendation
to the City Council being unanimously approved. As a result,
the City was able to get pre-clearance from the Justice Department
within our established parameters, which ensured the regularly
scheduled City Council elections could take place on time. Kudos to Dr. Gobalet!"
Wayne Green, Assistant to the City Manager,
Staff to City's Redistricting Committee
City of Salinas, California
"The redistricting process is complicated and literally
filled with political land mines. Today, there are computer
programs that can draw redistricting lines and provide critical
data such as standard deviation calculations. However, these
programs cannot provide advice on potential models for citizen
inclusion into the process, nor can they address issues of
trust. The latter is especially true when the redistricting
process requires pre-clearance from the United States Justice
"For the City of Salinas, it was essential that
we have extensive community participation in our process to
minimize the possibility of a challenge to the City Council
approved plan. This required us to seek external expertise.
Dr. Jeanne Gobalet, of Lapkoff and Gobalet, brought professionalism
and a body of expertise to the process. Dr. Jeanne was extremely
flexible and able to synthesize data into formats that were
easily comprehended by all involved in the process. Even after
completion of our contract, Dr. Gobalet has assisted various
City departments in interpreting census data. Lapkoff and
Gobalet have my highest recommendation."
Sean Heron, Executive Director
East Bay Housing Organizations
"On June 7, 2004, the East Bay Housing Organization (EBHO)
sponsored the "Affordable Housing and Education Forum" in
which Dr. Shelley Lapkoff developed and presented information
on the relationships between affordable housing and public
education. In working with Dr. Lapkoff, we found
her responsive, professional, knowledgeable about the issues,
and energetic. Her presentation was effective: interesting
and accessible to a wide audience of school administrators,
educators, developers, housing advocates, and representatives
of community-based organizations. We look forward to
continuing our collaboration with Lapkoff & Gobalet
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By Alec Johnson
The recent hiring the Memphis Grizzlies made of former Mad Ants head coach Duane Ticknor is one of several moves this off-season of D League coaches and personnel getting a shot at the dream job of the NBA. It's the dream of many people who work in sports, to get a chance to work at the professional level with the best of the best. Ticknor has that opportunity now to work in the NBA alongside David Joerger and the Grizzlies.
Mad Ants President Jeff Potter discussed his feelings on Ticknor's departure.
"My thoughts are I'm happy for him and his family. He's done all he can do on our level, and I think not only join the NBA, but work with somebody he has a close relationship a in Dave Joerger. It's a wonderful thing," Potter said, "but it's tough for us. We're losing a fantastic coach, and we gotta try to replace him. It's not going to be easy."
Ticknor brought a lot of great qualities to the coaching role of the Mad Ants, which helped them achieve their first winning season and playoff appearance in franchise history.
"He was a great leader, a great communicator to the players," Potter said. "Players liked playing for him. From my standpoint, I felt (that) we saw the game the same way, which I felt was very great, made me easy to work with."
Assistant Coach Steve Gansey also appreciated what Coach Ticknor meant to him, and was elated for him to get the opportunity, but also sad that he wouldn't be able to work with him anymore.
"He gave me a lot of responsibility this past year in terms of our team, and I love that aspect of it," Gansey said in an earlier interview. "I'm sad to see him go, but I'm also super excited for his opportunity to coach.
Gansey also thinks he'll do a great job in the NBA with the Grizzlies, especially with his coaching experience of coaching over 900 professional basketball games.
"He's well prepared, he's very knowledgeable (about) the game. His biggest and his best quality is the way he talks to the players, and the reaction that the players get from him is remarkable," Gansey said. "That's one of his biggest strengths, and he'll continue to do that in Memphis with those guys."
The decision to take an opportunity in the NBA is certainly a tough decision for coaches in the D League like Ticknor, who develop a sense of loyalty and respect with their players, and even the community, and don't want to leave them. At the same time, it's an opportunity most coaches aspire to, and one that is difficult to turn down.
Gansey talked about the difficulty he would face as a coach in that position.
"For instance, I'm obviously employed by the Mad Ants, and I want to see them do well, but if an opportunity arises where, not only for myself, but any coach, the opportunity to go to the NBA is a privilege for players and coaches, and sometimes, that opportunity will not be there for very long." Gansey said. "So it's hard because you have a commitment to one team, then all of a sudden, one NBA team calls, and you want to go to that team, but that's the reason why they have call-ups for players and coaches. Tough question."
Going to the NBA for their next career move has been quite common this off-season for some D League coaches, including Nick Norse, who was recently hired as the new assistant coach for the Toronto Raptors, Jay Larranaga became an assistant for the Celtics, joining new head coach Brad Stevens; Nate Tibbets joined the Cavs, and Dave Joerger got hired as the new head coach of the Grizzlies, where Ticknor is now. Also, former Idaho Stampede assistant Scott Williams joined the Milwaukee Bucks new head coach Larry Drew, and former Austin Toros' head coach Taylor Jenkins got hired as an assistant by the Atlanta Hawks.
"It's proving to be a great training ground for these guys," Potter said in referring to the D League helping prepare coaches for working in the NBA.
Gansey also agreed, saying the D League has become more popular every year, and more NBA teams are buying into it, and they're getting better players.
"I think NBA teams will continue to look at D League coaches as potential employers (employees), and I hope it continues to do that, because that's where I want to be one day," Gansey said.
When the D League started back in 2001, there were only 2 coaches called up after the 2001-02 season, Bob Thornton, who became an assistant coach for the Chicago Bulls, and Alex English, who became an assistant coach for the Atlanta Hawks. Since then, 27+ coaches from the D League have gone on to become involved in the NBA as an assistant coach, video coordinator, scout, director of player personnel, director of basketball, and even general manager, in the case of Dell Demps, who was the GM of the Austin Toros, and is currently the GM of the New Orleans Pelicans (formerly the Hornets).
So what kind of qualities does a D League coach need to get to the next level? Potter discussed his criteria for getting there, among them intelligence, preparation, and great communication skills. Along with that, he mentioned having a knowledge of the game, and especially work ethic.
"You gotta work hard. You got long hours, you got (to have) dedication. It takes a long time to be prepared to beat those other teams, so those are the aspects I think would help," he said.
Gansey emphasized the ability to make quick adjustments, as a key quality for a D League coach to be successful and have a shot at the NBA.
"I think one of the biggest things in the D League and with D League coaches strive on is, you'll get new players every week. You gotta be able to think on the fly. Sometimes there's players that come in two hours before the game time, and you gotta try to tell them in a small amount of time, your philosophies on offense and defense, and you gotta think on the run. I think that's the biggest strength for D League coaches is that you have to make adjustments on the fly and you have to think quick with them," Gansey said.
Making it to the NBA is no easy task for D League coaches, and it took a long time for most of the new hires to finally make it there. The 2013-14 season will give them the chance to show fans, the media, and anyone who loves the NBA what they can do.


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KVSS radio has posted a long interview with Yours Truly, anticipating our big pilgrimage to Rome and Assisi in May 2007. The St. Paul Center has posted a day-by-day itinerary for the trip. Do consider joining me and my friends Scott and Kimberly Hahn. It's a life-changing experience, spiritually transforming, to walk in the footsteps of the apostles and martyrs, the Fathers and the saints. It's also a learning experience, to walk amid the monuments of millennia of western culture — to meditate, up close, on Michelangelo's Sistine frescos; to celebrate the Eucharist in the Basilica of St. Clement, built from the home of a first-century pope, built over the ruins of a pagan Mithraeum. That's our history, our ancestry, our life story. It's our cultural genome mapped out before our eyes. Let's see it together.
We've lined up great guides, devout and expert, to walk us through the sanctuaries and ruins. Scott and Kimberly and I will lead learning sessions in the mornings and evenings, and sometimes at the historic sites as well. Through the meanderings of the day, we'll offer further observations. And we'll all have our meals together. It's a time to establish lasting friendships over good food. I've never, ever had a bad meal in Italy.


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ConstanceR46 wrote:They were intended to "zip" to the fair. I think the name only qualifies to the MP-75s, as the MP-72s were built along with the first series of ACMUs in '62.
scopelliti wrote:I thought the MP-75s were the powered versions (engineer's window, headlight, etc.). The image above appears to be a trailer - were they converted to trailers when the numbers were changed? Were the zipcars the powered versions as originally delivered in 1963? Clarification please...
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Does anyone have a list of how many and where (if known) MP75 Zip Cars are preserved?
MACTRAXX wrote:Steve: The LIRR middle 1960s World's Fair color scheme is arguably the best one that the railroad has
had in the past 60 years. The 1963 picture of the brand-new Zip Car shows how good it was...Does anyone have a list of how many and where (if known) MP75 Zip Cars are preserved?
Even though they were the most modern pre-M1 equipment, the MP75s were still fully compatible with all of the electric fleet dating back to 1908.Head-end View wrote:I rode some of those in about 1969, even as the M-1's were coming into service. From the passenger's point-of-view the MP-75's were very nice modern cars of the conventional design. I especially remember the bright interior lighting.
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We heard a lot about parent power during the general election in 2005, but since then it's all gone a bit quiet. Politicians can talk a good game, but delivering the goods is rather trickier; in most areas of the country, the idea that parents have any real say in where their children go to school - let alone in how that school is run - is still just wishful thinking.
Yet there's one school that's proof that if parents can get organised, they can make a difference. Elmgreen school in Lambeth, south London, which opened its doors this September, is the first parent-promoted comprehensive in the country and its founders believe their experience could serve as a model for the future.
Not that anyone is claiming Elmgreen is yet the finished article. It's had to open in temporary premises - a former primary school in West Norwood that, despite a quick tart-up, still had rain pouring through the roof in July - because its pounds 25m new-build site in nearby Tulse Hill won't be ready till September 2009. And, so far, it only has one year group, the year 7s who started this year. Even so, it's clearly doing something right; although the headteacher, Asma Mansuri, had nothing but a vision with which to sell the school to prospective parents, Elmgreen received 700 applications for its 180 places.
There again, it was partly numbers of school places, or rather the lack of them, that led to more than 500 parents petitioning Lambeth back in 2003. There were so few secondary schools in the local education authority - and some that did exist weren't much good - that roughly half the students were educated outside the borough. But the number of places was only half the issue; for what these parents wanted wasn't a new academy, but a genuinely mixed comprehensive.
"There was no blueprint as such," says Sandy Nuttgens, one of the original campaigners, who is now Elmgreen's chair of governors and a member of the Parent Promoter Foundation (PPF). "We knew we wanted a non-selective, non-denominational, maintained school, but we had no clear idea of how to go about it." To their surprise - and to Lambeth's and the Department for Education and Skill's credit - they were taken seriously and the idea of a parent-promoted school began to take shape.
It wasn't always easy. "Most of the parents worked in the private sector and weren't used to dealing with the formalities and bureaucracy of the public sector," Nuttgens says. "It wasn't so much a learning curve as a vertical line. We kept coming up against obstacles we didn't really understand and had to think up a way through as we went along. If we didn't know something, we asked for help and at no point did it feel as if we were being dictated to."
The PPF wanted the new school to be an integral part of the community, so appointing Mansuri, who lived locally and had been deputy principal of Dunraven school in neighbouring Streatham, as headteacher was a logical step, once the finances were in place. And Mansuri, who took up her post a year ago, was largely responsible for turning the idea of community into a physical reality.
Putting systems in place
"Of course it was immensely exciting and challenging," she says, "but it was also quite lonely. For the first six months, I was the only member of staff and though I did have a lot of help and contact with the PPF, I felt very responsible. It's one thing to know what kind of ethos you want; quite another to know what systems to put in place to create it. Everyone always says they want a school where children value and respect everyone - teachers, support staff and other pupils - equally, but not everyone manages it. So how can you tell in advance what will and won't work?"
Mansuri started by running through her checklist of "things she's always wanted to do in school but never had the opportunity". Out went the school bell, apart from two five minute warnings - one at the beginning of the day, the other after lunch. "Anyone who has worked in schools for any period of time can't stand the tyranny of the bell," she laughs. "And, besides, it doesn't teach children how to manage their time; without a bell, they have to learn to use a watch or clock."
Out, also, have gone the formal parents evenings, which usually become a succession of meaningless five-minute small talks, and in come contact weeks where staff and parents can hook up at times that are most convenient to them; if there's a great deal to discuss then the meeting can be extended as necessary and if everything's pretty much fine, it can be reduced to a minute or two.
The school day kicks off with students going straight into their first class, rather than having tutor contact time or assembly. "Students often don't think they are late for school unless they miss a lesson," Mansuri says, "so this time is often wasted - especially by those who might most benefit. We've also found it's hard to get outside speakers to come in at 8.30am, so moving the assembly to the middle of the day works well for everyone."
But - as Mansuri and the parent governors repeatedly stress - community lies at the heart of the school and they want everyone, whether directly involved or not, to feel part of the school. "The school would still open if I wasn't here," says Mansuri. "But it might not if the premises officer, the cleaners or the janitor didn't turn up." So the school caretaker has been signed up as a Somali translator, all the teaching staff - not just the head and deputy - know the parents, and Elmgreen has even become the first ever new secondary to open as a specialist school - appropriately enough, given its commitment to global awareness and active citizenship, in humanities.
Specialist status
This was a coup in itself, as Elmgreen had to pester the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) to bend the rules to sign off their specialist status. "We obviously didn't have any proof of pupil progress," says Mansuri, "so we had to persuade the DCSF to accept the competence of our staff. Even Andrew Adonis [former schools minister] got involved. We also had to get them to rethink how we spent the pounds 100,000 award for specialist status; there was no point in spending it on premises we would be leaving in two years, and if we needed it for the new school we'd got our pounds 25m new-build hopelessly wrong. So we suggested we spend it on a library."
It all sounds almost too good to be true. And, in some ways, it is. Another group of parents from Camden is picking the PPF's brains, and it is riding high on its success - and who can blame it? There is genuine goodwill towards it, both inside the school and out. Unlike the academies programme which has more than its fair share of detractors, nobody wants it to fail.
"We're not here to run the school," says Nigel Rogers, an Elmgreen governor and member of the PPF, "because we've got a great team of professionals to do that for us. The process hasn't just been about education, it's been about involving local people and giving them a sense of entitlement. By creating a routine dialogue between parents and teachers, people feel as if they are having something done for them rather than to them."
But how do you maintain this feelgood ethos several years down the line, when the parents choosing Elmgreen for their children will have had no part in the school's creation? Will it become just another school? "It will never be just another school," Gwen Andrews, a parent governor says. "The ethos is just too strong."
Mansuri and the other governors back her up, pointing out that they've gone out of their way to create structures that will involve future parents; governors will be re-elected every two years, rather than four, to prevent the possibility of a founding fathers' cartel. Yet you can create all the structures you want, but people still have to be enthused to engage with them. And that is the real challenge; the Elmgreen story is only just beginning.


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Tamar's birthday was coming up on the 30th. So Happy Birthday, Tamar. I'm boycotting the Facebook "happy birthday wishes" because even before Facebook was even invented, I have always remembered your special day, even decorated your office cubical in the most ornate ribbons and balloons. I still can't remember your phone number, but your birthday will never be forgotten. We love you!
Here's a funny post Tamar had written as my guest blogger for my 200th post. It's about the days when we used to work together at a busy call center for a telephone & internet company. Hope you enjoy it. Click here to read.
For more of Deb's articles, please visit: www.debrapasquella.com or join her on Facebook and Twitter.


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Grr, I hate getting all dressed up, bundled up, and go out to the van and it WONT START.
Ashlyn's all dressed and ready for school, and we go out and it wont start. Now she's crying because she wants to go see her friends, she wants to go play at school, and the van wont start.
So, we are gonna play some of her new games, color, and maybe find some kind of project we can do together. Its so easy to get bummed and then not what to get up and do anything.
Tonight I am making a Salad for dinner, and Chili. I am going to cut up some fresh fruit (apples) as well. I plan on filling up on salad and fruit, and just having a small cup of chili instead of a huge bowl. Im also not making hot dogs to go with the chili.
A good friend of mine, Jeni Tacket is a dietician and she has started a blog about eating right, loosing weight and all that good stuff. Check out her blog... http://fitlifespot.com , you may find some interesting stuff there.
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LOS ANGELES (CBS) — An investigation has been launched to determine how a 35-year-old mother of two died while in police custody.
Alesia Thomas was found unresponsive in the back of a patrol car. The LAPD officers involved in her arrest and apprehension have been removed from field duty by Chief Charlie Beck.
"I take all in-custody death investigations very seriously and directed the officers involved be removed from field duties until further details are known, including what part intoxicants and physical conditions contributed," Beck said. "I'm confident we will get to the truth, no matter where that leads us."
Two children, a 3-year-old and a 12-year-old, were abandoned at the LAPD's Southeast Station on July 22, police said. An officer's investigation led to their mother, Thomas.
After interviewing Thomas and completing a preliminary investigation, officers arrested her for suspicion of child endangerment.
Police said Thomas began actively resisting arrest. One officer performed a leg sweep and took her to the ground, while two other officers handcuffed Thomas behind her back, police said.
Thomas continued to resist and was placed in the rear of the police vehicle. Officers then reportedly placed a hobble restraint on her ankles and placed her in a seated position in the back seat, police said.
Within minutes after being placed in the vehicle, officers noticed Thomas did not appear to be breathing and immediately called for Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics. She was taken to a hospital and died a short time later.
Rob Schmitt, reporting for CBS2 and KCAL9, said at least five officers were being investigated.
He says an LA Times report also says there is video evidence that will show the woman was kicked and suffocated.
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In relation to teaching trade unions, Essex County Council provides Schools with Direct Schools Grant (DSG) funding which is used to fund union representatives within Essex's Schools. This means we are unable to provide you with an FTE equivalent or estimation of this data because the only information we receive in relation to facility time for these schools trade unions are claims for the reimbursement from the individual schools for cover.
Local authorities must publish the following information on trade union facility time:
Total number (absolute number and full time equivalent) of staff who are union representatives (including general, learning and health and safety representatives)
Total number (absolute number and full time equivalent) of union representatives who devote at least 50 per cent of their time to union duties.
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Golden Vanity Trust Christmas Quiz
A fundraising quiz, in aid of the Golden Vanity Trust, is being held in Brixham tomorrow.
The Queens Arms, in Station Hill, will play host to The Golden Vanity Charity Christmas Quiz on Friday, December 15, from 8pm.
Entrants will be given a free mince pie if they attend in a Christmas-themed outfit, and there will also be a raffle. It is £1 to enter, with a maximum of four people per team. The top prize is a gallon of ale.


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The online resources on this page are alphabetized within topics and include those from the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) as well as other freely available online resources. We invite you to visit the CAL websites described in the right sidebar for more information we think you will find helpful.
Second Language Acquisition
- Principles of Instructed Second Language Acquisition
- Second Language Acquisition in Adults: From Research to Practice
- Teaching Grammar to Adult English Language Learners: Focus on Form
Teaching Speaking, Listening, and Pronunciation
- Conversation Questions for the ESL/EFL Classroom (Internet TESL Journal)
- Facilitating Adult Learner Interactions to Build Listening and Speaking Skills
- Improving Adult English Language Learners' Speaking Skills
- Improving Adult ESL Learners' Pronunciation Skills
- Improving ESL Learners' Listening Skills: At the Workplace and Beyond
- Issues in Teaching Speaking Skills to Adult ESL Learners (Kathleen M. Bailey)
- Spontaneous Conversations: A Window into Language Learner's Autonomy (Dominique Brillanceau)
- Teaching for Communicative Competence: Interaction in the ESOL Classroom (Donna Moss)
- Teaching Pronunciation to Adult English Language Learners
- The Relationship Between Reading and Speaking Skills: An Interview with Ann Hilferty
- Using Oral Language Skills to Build on the Emerging Literacy of Adult English Learners
Language Proficiency and Assessment
- Adventures in Assessment (SABES)
- Assessing Success in Family Literacy and Adult ESL (Daniel Holt and Carol Van Duzer)
- Effects of Instructional Hours and Intensity of Instruction on NRS Level Gain in Listening and Speaking
- Equipped for the Future Assessment Report: How Instructors Can Support Adult Learners Through Performance-Based Assessment (Sri Ananda)
- Formative Assessments Background – ESL (Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers)
- Student Performance Level (SPL) Descriptors for Reading and Writing
Study Circles
Study circles are a great tool to read and discuss second language acquisition theory and research and to evaluate its applications to adult education practice.
The CAELA Guide for Adult ESL Trainers is available online and provides a wealth of information you may find useful to guide your next steps. If you are interested in exploring these topics with other adult ESL practitioners in your area, download
- Study Circle on Second Language Acquisition
- Study Circle on Teaching Speaking Listening, and Pronunciation
Read more information about conducting and participating in study circles
Other Resources Related to Adult ESL Instruction
- Beginning to Work with Adult English Language Learners: Some Considerations
- Evidence-Based, Student-Centered Instructional Practices
- Out of Your Seats: Interactive Games for the Adult ESOL Classroom (Jane Miller and Pat Kirby)
- Practitioner Toolkit for Working with Adult English Language Learners
- Promoting Learner Engagement When Working With Adult English Language Learners
- Promoting Learner Transitions to Postsecondary Education and Work: Developing Academic Readiness Skills From the Beginning
- Reading and Adult English Language Learners: A Review of the Research
- Working with Adult English Language Learners with Limited Literacy: Research, Practice, and Professional Development
- Working With Literacy-Level Adult English Language Learners
- Workplace Instruction and Workforce Preparation for Adult Immigrants


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Desperately seeking South Walton, our snowbirds are reserving their spots now in the warm sand. January and February can be dreaded months up North but here in the South its' still paradise. Beautiful blue skies, warm white sand, emerald green waters, and a big bright sun make even the coolest of our temperatures pleasurable.
Snowbirds flock to Florida for warm weather and a warm welcome. Some have been coming to South Walton for years to enjoy the beach and bountiful activities provided just for them. They even have their own club providing group activities and events in the Walton County area.
Restaurants welcome their winter guests with early bird specials on dinners and drinks. The Sandestin Fitness Club provides discounted snowbird rates as well as lively winter programs such as Salsa Dancing and Ballroom for Dummies! Weekly outdoor concerts and plays are performed at Seaside luring our seasonal sidekicks out for a night of fun.
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Aeromexico (or Aeroméxico if you're reading it in Spanish) is the other side of the two-headed legacy carrier coin in Mexico, the other being Mexicana. Aeromexico prides itself on going above and beyond what's considered normal service these days in the airline industry and returning us to a time when you actually looked forward to flying.
I flew from Chicago to Mexico City earlier this year on Aeromexico and since I don't have any miles with them, I couldn't upgrade from coach. Coach on this airline is far more pleasant than it is on say, Delta, however. They still serve you complimentary food and drinks for one thing, and what you get is pretty decent, especially by today's standards. The drink choices in coach include 100% agave tequila, Corona beer, and Grand Marnier. If you're in business class add Chivas Regal and good wine to the mix. Breakfast on the way back was as good as something on the go from the airport, including some nice fresh fruit.
Your actual seat comfort depends a lot on which plane you're on, and with 11 different models in use, it's hard to know what you'll be on until you look it up. Seat pitch can range from a tight 31 inches on a Boing 737-700 to a much nicer 34 inches on a 777. The smaller Embrauer planes (used more on domestic routes) are the usual claustrophobic tubes and are at the bottom for seat pitch.
Business class, called "Premier" here, is rather underwhelming on most routes. The actual seats are only an inch or two wider and seat pitch is a rather average 60 inches. Both coach and business class are getting an upgrade for long-haul flights though, so if you are going all the way to South America you will probably get more space and an entertainment system. On both flights I found the bilingual attendants to be professional, courteous, and ready to please.
There's no luggage charge for one bag up to 55 pounds in coach, two bags are allowed for Premier Class customers. An additional one is allowed for both classes on long-haul flights.
The Mexico City business lounge piles on the perks, with a Riedel wine room, showers, and a spa.
They have a Skyteam alliance with Delta (and for now Continental), but apparently you'll only earn partner miles if you pay full fare or close to it: there's an alphabet soup of fare classes that don't qualify. I couldn't really complain though: the fare I paid was $100 less than what I would have paid on any other carrier, yet I deplaned far more satisfied on both legs than I usually am when going back and forth to Mexico. I would definitely book with Aeromexico again.


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Find out what's new and exciting at Edinburgh Farmers' Market here. All the activities that are happening at the market and awards that stallholder have won, as well as details of all in-season produce.
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Animal print is really not my thing, but I fancied something patterned and quick enough to do while my baby is asleep. This design is intentionally irregular so I could do it with ease, even on my right hand.
As I was in a hurry I didn't take photos of each step. I'll describe them below, in case you want to do it at home.
I painted:
- My nails with base Save The Nail Eau So Hydrated Base Coat
- My nails with my base colour, Nubar Classic Camel
- Irregular spots using Models Own Pro Fall Brown (the brush tip is enough, no additional tools are required)
- I then partially framed some of those spots and added new ones using Andrea Fulerton Dot & Flick in black, but you can do this with a thin brush and any black polish
- I sealed everything with two coats of Save The Nail 45 Second Topcoat (If you look carefully, you will notice that it dragged some of the black, but as this design is very irregular it didn't actually bother me for once!)
The results:
As it was very easy, I went a little bit crazy and did my 3-year-old daughter's and my friend's teenage daughters' nails too! I've had it on since Saturday and I must say it's growing on me.
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This is me at my most… Masochistic. Wait, sorry that's Kill Bill, this is me at my most honest. I'm sitting on the toilet, sweaty from working in a kitchen, contemplating the serious issue. The issue I thought too stupid to consider. What if Donald Trump does become president? What if, by simply being able to scream the loudest, the idiots win?
But this is only the tip of a far larger iceberg, a far more dangerous idea, the kind of crime that would launch one to the top of the thought police's most wanted list. To continue reading is heresy. Let us take the tool most loved by modern society, the dichotomy, and categorize people by the most basic of assumptions. There is only two basic states of being, fear people and love people. I shall describe fear people only, and you can come to realize that love people simply means those who live without fear. To be a love person is an ideal, a challenge one must constantly strive for. Fear is a base emotion, it's what the game of peek-a-boo runs on, it's kept humanity going forever. So as I begin bashing on a sector people who have made fear define them, understand that having fear and belonging to fear are in fact different.
Fear people are driven by ignorance. Fear people think it actually is a small world. Fear people's every action is prefaced with the thought "I don't want to die". The "I" is more important in that thought than the "die". Fear people live in small towns and think themselves worthy targets of terrorist attacks. Fear people are solipsists, but incapable of recognizing that. Fear people are proud to replace intellectualism with barbarism. Fear people are simply those who cannot be faced with an unknown. They truly believe that that which they cannot comprehend must therefor be hostile. Their ideals are confirmed every time human life is lost, because death, being so against being able to feel fear, must be the worst possible thing. Their fear confirms each morning they are alive. Best of all, fear is easy to commercialize, and each morning fear people can wake up and confirm their fears with their morning spray-tanned botox anchorperson.
Being a fear person is not a crime. In fact, the fear people have essentially won. They exist in far greater numbers. But that doesn't mean it is ever something to be proud of, and it certainly can't be something a night terror is allowed to build a fucking political platform out of.
(This rant has had the misfortune of not being finished in one day, and much of the fire went out of my belly recently. I can only apologize. I will update the definition of fear person as I get into a more manic (and therefore angry) disposition.)


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Of course, with that development comes demolition and construction. And with that comes waste and rubbish that needs to be hauled away. If you have waste that you need to get rid of, call (713) 322-5454 to reserve your dumpster today!
Some of the things you might need a roll-off dumpster for: constructing or demolishing a home, landscaping, removing a roof or siding, renovations, cleaning a garage, office cleanouts, cleaning out abandoned homes, construction cleanup, junk removal, and trash removal.
What sizes are available? Typical (but not standard) dumpster sizes are:
- 10 cubic yards which are 12 feet long x 8 feet wide x 3.5 feet high.
- 20 cubic yards which are 22 feet long x 8 feet wide x 4 feet high.
- 30 cubic yards which are 22 feet long x 8 feet wide x 6 feet high.
- 40 cubic yards which are 22 feet long x 8 feet wide x 8 feet high.
How do I know what size I need?
One thing you don't want to do is get a waste container that is too small. If you try to save a few bucks by getting something too small, it could end up costing you more in the long run. If you wind up having more trash than will fit, you could have to rent a dumpster for longer which will cost you more.
Small roll off containers will fit stuff like a small house clean out, a small remodel, or maybe a landscaping job.
Medium sized waste bins can hold stuff like an average single layer roof tear off, a bigger remodel job, and maybe cleaning up a large lot.
A large dumpster rental is for commercial and new home construction, demolition, large remodel jobs, and large land cleaning.
These are, of course, just guidelines so for assistance in selecting the appropriate size call 713-322-5454 today!
Where will I put the Roll-Off Container?
You need to make sure you have plenty of room for whatever size you decide on. The person who delivers it needs to be able to maneuver so they will be able to drop it and then pick it up. You also want to make sure and put it where it will be convenient and easy to access.
How long do I need it?
The rentals usually go on a weekly basis, so make sure you are ready to fill it up when you get it so you don't have to pay for extra weeks while it just sits on your property.
What can I put in it?
You can put most things in it except for things like hazardous materials, batteries, and fluids. Be sure to check with the rental company to know what is not allowed in Houston. Also, some companies may charge different amounts for different types of debris. Like, concrete might cost more than yard waste.
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