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In order to provide an open forum for ALL of the museum's collection and activities, the Paper + People blog is being renamed SCMA Insider. With its expanded focus, SCMA Insider will act as a go-to place for sharing information on the diverse collections and many voices and visions that shape SCMA.
If you want to contribute to the blog, please contact the Brown Post-Baccalaureate Curatorial Fellow, Shanice Bailey, at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Currently on view at SCMA, Juxtapositonsis the collaborative work of On Display: Museums, Collections, and Exhibitions,a first-year seminar taught by Barbara Kellum, Department of Art. The course explored many different kinds of museums and collections, their missions, and the logic of their displays. By bringing together objects from SCMA storage, the Archives, and the Cunningham Center for Prints, Drawings, and Photographs with works in the galleries, Juxtapositionsasks intriguing questions about what is usually on view in art museums—and what is not.
In Juxtapositions,Smith students find unusual and exciting connections between works of different media and periods. For example, a mid-20th century 3-speed bicycle is paired with Loren MacIver's 1959 abstract painting Subway Lights,and an Occupy Wall Street poster is shown alongside a 19th-century French bronze sculpture, to name a few. Kellum's students selected their juxtapositions and wrote an accompanying text for each pairing that highlights the works' surprising similarities and differences.
Isabella Galdone '16 juxtaposed this Edvard Munch woodcut and Thomas Eakins painting, currently on view together in the third floor Chace Gallery:
Galdone's juxtaposition wall label:
What does melancholy look like? For both Thomas Eakins and Edvard Munch, it took the form of a woman in black. When Eakins painted Edith Mahon, a family friend, she had recently experienced a painful divorce, and it is the emotional devastation that it brought her that Eakins chooses to portray. Less is known about Eva Kittelson, Munch's model, but it may be that her eerie, chilling image was a mirror of Munch's past experience with mental illness. The juxtaposition of these two works is fascinating because, although they are executed in very different styles and media, they evoke the same feeling in the viewer.
The image of Edith Mahon, pallid and exhausted in her black dress, with sagging eyelids and carefully tightened lips, coupled with the solitary, angular frame and mask-like countenance of Munch's anonymous Woman creates a powerful two-part portrait of human suffering. The important elements that these two pieces share are accentuated by their juxtaposition. The black dresses that both women wear suggest that their identity and image is enveloped in and merged with the melancholy they express. The convergence of these two figures only highlights their solitude and the existential angst that it signifies. It is the raw aloneness of these women that draws the viewer in so powerfully to their individual worlds to empathize with them. Mrs. Edith Mahonand Woman in Blackare works of art that give universal form to individual anguish. Seeing them side-by-side reveals that they are significant for the same reason: they take negative human experience and turn it into something of beauty and artistic value.
Thursday, December 20, 2012
The Art of Mindfulness
Everywhere you go these days people are talking or writing about the concept of "mindfulness." A key component of Buddhism, and, increasingly, Western psychology, mindfulness is focused on an active awareness of the reality of things, and a close and disciplined attention to the present moment. A person can do just about anything "mindfully:" washing dishes, brushing teeth, walking, or breathing. My current mindfulness practice takes full advantage of our special exhibition, Drawn to Excellence: Renaissance to Romantic Drawings from a Private Collection.Each day the exhibition is open to the public, I have been selecting a single drawing to examine, mindfully, for at least 30 minutes. Slowing down and losing myself in a single work of art is a deeply rewarding experience, especially when faced with such a rich array of complex, beautiful, and moving works such as those on exhibit. Drawings, in particular, are a perfect focus for such an exercise—after all they are simply marks on a piece of paper made by a human hand that somehow, magically, coalesce into an image.
My drawing for today was Annibale Carracci's Study of a Tree:
Annibale Carracci was one of three related artists who were instrumental in the development of art in Italy during the 17th century. Eschewing the excesses of the mannerist style (including high-keyed color and exaggerated body proportions), the Carracci (Agostino, Annibale, and Ludovico) advocated a return to the artistic inspirations of classical antiquity, artists of the High Renaissance, and direct observations of nature.
Study of a Treeis a large sheet featuring a portrait of a tree drawn in brown ink. What struck me instantly about this work was the specificityof the tree—this is not some generic or idealized view, but one that the artist closely observed. The idiosyncratic formation of the trunk and branches, the unbalanced massing of leaves, and the free handling of the foliage all combine to capture the essence of the natural world rather than a mere description of it. Carracci is here attempting to capture the form and spirit of the tree rather than make a scientifically accurate rendering.
Paying close attention to the various quality of lines—the swift, parallel strokes that add depth and fullness to sections of overlapping leaves, or the wild and snaky lines forming bare branches that extend from the top or right side of the tree—gave me greater appreciation for Carracci's genius in translating visual experience to paper.
The experience of looking closely at this work can also provoke experiential responses. Take, for example, the subtle passages of black chalk visible under the ink. In the upper branches, these areas animate the leaves, like a breeze rustling the tree's top. When applied to the trunk, the chalk provides additional texture, adding a bulk and solidity that is almost palpable. Thick ink lines outlining clumps of leaves punctuate the surface, as if they are picked out by bright sunlight.
I always leave one of these viewing experiences feeling refreshed and energized. An added bonus in the case of spending time with Carracci's Study of a Treeis the fact that it allowed me to look at the trees on the Smith campus with new eyes.
I invite you to try this mindfulness practice. There are 86 works to choose from in Drawn to Excellenceand each of them will greatly benefit the patient and mindful viewer.
Martha - 02/01/2013
MindfulnessThanks Aprile, for the suggestion of this thoughtful exercise.
Thursday, December 13, 2012
French and Italian Drawings: Renaissance through Romanticism, Part II
Two weeks ago, Paper + People featured a blog poston the Smith College colloquium French and Italian Drawings: Renaissance through Romanticism,which is currently being taught by Suzanne Folds McCullagh, the Anne Vogt Fuller and Marion Titus Searle Chair and Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago. The class of six students organized and wrote wall texts for an installation of French and Italian Drawings from the SCMA collection. This installation is on view in the Nixon gallery on the Museum's second floor until December 16, which is fast approaching – be sure to check it out!
The course takes a very hands-on approach to learning about drawings. Not only did the students spend the first half of their semester in the Cunningham Center working directly with the drawings and writing labels which are now in the Museum's installation (a selection are shown below), but they also had the rare opportunity to actually make some of the materials which those drawings employed. In one of classes in November, the students and Professor McCullagh were joined by David Dempsey, SCMA's Associate Director of Museum Services, and Phoebe Dent Weil, a retired conservator and expert on historic methods and materials. The class learned how to chemically create iron gall ink as it would have been made centuries ago, with some surprising results:
Labels written by the French and Italian Drawings Class
Label written by Maddy Barker, class of 2015:
Benedetto Luti was famous for his work in pastel. His use of the medium can be traced back to 1703 and is considered among the earliest pastel paintings in Italy. This work is for a series of the twelve apostles. The identity of this figure is uncertain, but the presence of the open book makes it likely to be one of the four Evangelists: Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John. The viewer is drawn in by the careful attention to tactility of the hair and beard of the apostle. Luti mastered color to create volume and luminosity reminiscent of the art of Correggio.
Label written by Sara Ottomano, class of 2015:
Renowned as a printmaker and draftsman, this French artist spent most of his career in Italy. Many of his works capture the diverse social classes within Italian society. One series of works focused on the life of beggars. Rather than depicting them as parasitic and resentful, a common practice at the time, Callot drew the beggars as feeble and harassed.
This delicate drawing is stamped with large and unsightly collectors' marks, including a crowned P, indicating this drawing was once part of Tsar Paul I's and Catherine the Great's collection in Russia.
Label written by Amanda Manocherian, class of 2015:
Giambattista Tiepolo, a renowned eighteenth-century Venetian painter, was considered an exemplar of the monumental pictorial tradition in Italian art. Favoring heroic and religious themes, he had a unique talent for depicting forceful visual dramas through dynamic, theatrically staged scenes.
In this drawing Giambattista aggressively uses washes of differing intensities to model space and form along with bold brush-strokes and brilliant highlights that clash with deep shadows to illustrate the love story of Angelica and Medoro. Angelica, the princess of Cathay, fell in love with the wounded Moorish soldier Medoro, whom she nursed back to health. Sharply contrasting planes of shadow and light meet over the lover's stylized bodies and, in combination with Giambattista's sweeping brush strokes, create an almost painfully dynamic composition that breathes fiery life into the scene.
Label written by Ellen Monroe, class of 2015:
This fantastically angular drawing is characteristic of the late sixteenth-century Florentine artist Andrea Boscoli. The same crisp lines can be seen in his sketch after a fifteenth-century Benozzo Gozzoli fresco, currently part of the Drawn to Excellence exhibition on SCMA's first floor. Boscoli's precise lines animate both compositions, but here Boscoli layered gray wash on top of his red chalk drawing. This was a technique Boscoli frequently used to create dramatic shading. Indeed, the tree on the right casts a shadow on the foreground figure, while Christ's kneeling form is illuminated.

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I am at a very frustrated state with my daughter's diabetes situation. She has had type 1 for six years. For the first four years, she had A1cs in the 6 to 7 range. The past year or so, they have been steadily climbing, so that, in the past year, they have been 9s and even 10. She is 5 feet, 6 inches and weighs about 160 pounds, but has a lot of muscle mass. She has always been on this growth curve. She has been on a pump in the past (A1cs were climbing on the pump as well) and is now on Lantus and NovoLog. She takes what I think is an enormous amount of insulin: 56 units of Lantus in the morning, 24 units of Lantus at night with an insulin to carbohydrate ratio of 1:5 for her NovoLog, and still has a high A1c. I have been the route with her diabetes team questioning her insulin intake and I think that miscalculation is an issue, but not the only issue. We are working very hard at getting her A1c down, but it seems that no matter how much insulin she takes, it remains high. I watch her measure and inject, and sometimes measure myself.
She is also a competitive swimmer, at the national level, and works out six to eight times per week for two to three hours each. She wants very much to get her A1c down, as this affects her athletic performance. Also, I have told her it must be under 8 for her to get her license. She tests six to eight times per day. Our last appointment with her endocrinologist and nurse practitioner was a disaster. They were judgmental and essentially told her that she should have no more choices in her diabetes care. I have since written them a long letter and spoken with them and they agree it was a terrible appointment.
These are my questions:
- Do you think her athletics are causing an increase in her insulin needs? I have heard that short burst, anaerobic work, can actually cause a rise in blood sugar. Also, on swim meet days, she has high spikes.
- Do you agree that is a large amount of insulin? And, might there be absorption issues with the Lantus, or some other problem with the Lantus with her?
- Are there other medical reasons that she might require so much insulin? Are there tests for which I should be asking?
- She grew one-half inch at her last appointment, but her nurse practitioner said that really doesn't count as growth as far as growth hormone affecting her blood sugar? Do you agree?
- I feel that her team has gotten "flat" in her care, that they are just looking at her as a typical teen and not looking outside the box. I need innovative suggestions. She really does not want to go back on the pump, and truthfully, I don't think this will make a big difference, since there is more potential for error in bolusing. She does not mind taking multiple injections.
- Do you think that injecting in a site closer to muscle, e.g. thigh, would result in better absorption?
Sounds all pretty miserable. Most kids with A1cs this high - adults also - are not getting all their insulin. Sometimes, this is because of hypoglycemia fears. Sometimes, it is what we have called diabulimia where the high sugars make one not gain as much weight - urinating out the excess calories as sugars - and, therefore, rather than have to stop the overeating, insulin is omitted. In someone who is a competitive swimmer, I would think this is counter-productive as you have said. She could be taking too little insulin during workouts and meets. Adrenalin raises the blood glucose levels and she actually needs more insulin during this exercise time and less insulin for several hours afterwards when the activity effect kicks in. Without seeing her, it is hard to believe that this much weight is all muscle so I would suggest there also may be fat-related insulin resistance as well, at least contributing.
It is terrific that you have set limits on A1c levels for driving since it is so dangerous to drive not only with excessive hypoglycemia but also with chronic hyperglycemia as well. You should be able to get almost as tight control with multidose insulin (MDI) regimens as with an insulin pump, particularly someone who is swimming frequently and, therefore, would have the pump off for many hours each day. So, I would go back and problem solve more specifically with very frequent blood glucose pre- and postprandial values and blood sugar values also through the night. I suspect that weighing and measuring all food and snacks, writing all this down and being a better detective would answer the question rather quickly since direct observation of all food, snack and insulin doses would stop any subtle manipulation immediately.
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NEW YORK - Selling mutual funds offshore holds great potential, but it is complicated and requires local expertise, agreed mutual fund executives at a forum here last month.
Inconsistent tax laws and inaccessible distribution channels make a strong case for establishing, managing and marketing offshore funds locally through joint ventures or alliances, said speakers at the Offshore Funds Forum, June 28th and 29th. Eventually, foreign investors will want global brand names and expertise and it will be possible for U.S. mutual fund companies to enter offshore markets independently or through acquisitions, speakers said. But for the time being, mutual fund companies wanting to do business abroad are beholden to local partners and tastes, they said.
The forum focused on distributing mutual funds abroad and was sponsored by International Business Communications of Southborough, Mass., which organizes investment management and marketing conferences.
Taxes are one of the foremost concerns when setting up an offshore fund, conference speakers said. It is necessary to research how a country's tax codes apply to investments and investors in a fund, they said.
Foreign countries impose a variety of investment restrictions that can affect investment management and marketing of a product, said David Thelander, corporate vice president and general counsel of Montgomery Asset Management of San Francisco.
Selling mutual funds in Europe is particularly complicated because each country has its own tax code, and laws vary widely depending on where the fund and the investor are domiciled, said Lawrence Lafer, director in charge of documentation and client support at Deutsche Bank of New York.
"We had to look at taxes in each country at many different levels - the type of fund, earnings, dividends, foreign holdings and capital gains on distributions and redemptions," said Lafer.
Also, the idea that the European Union's UCITS (Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities) Directive has created a passport to do business throughout Europe is a fallacy, said Richard Warne, vice president of global services at Chase Manhattan Bank of New York. Mutual funds still must register, maintain a physical presence, and keep records in each country in which they do business, he said. In addition, each country has its own marketing and distribution regulations, he said.
The idea of a "pan-European" market is also a delusion because Europeans want products designed for and marketed to each of their very distinct cultures, said Lafer. A fund company would do well to draw on the strength of its global brand name but tailor its investment products to each market, much like Coca-Cola sells worldwide, said Deborah Smith, a vice president with State Street Bank & Trust Company of Boston.
A fund is subject to U.S. taxation if it receives any gains, dividends or interest from U.S. stocks or securities, said Joseph Newberg, a partner with Hutchins Wheeler and Dittmar of Boston. Funds must also file U.S. taxes if even one of the partners is domiciled in the U.S., he said. As a result, foreign entities may not want to have any U.S. partners, he said.
And if the fund is subject to U.S. taxes, the tax rate will not be favorable, he said. The IRS taxes gains of foreign funds at the higher rate of short-term rather than long term capital gains, he said.
Distribution is another major concern when selling funds offshore, said Gary Gordon, managing director of Chase Manhattan Bank of New York.
"Distribution is our first concern, then country, then product, and then regulatory issues," he said. "We live by the credo that distribution drives product."
Sergio Rivera, vice president of marketing at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Asset Management of New York, agreed that distribution is critical, and often illusive.
"There are regulatory barriers, and in some cases, local oligopolies between banks and asset managers," he said. "The barriers to entry are not always apparent, and you have to understand who is hooked up with who."
The key is to select well-connected distributors and cultivate those relationships, Rivera said.
"Treat your distributor as a market insider," he said. "They have the potential to help you with local regulations, filing with local authorities and with client service and marketing."
Another major obstacle U.S. mutual fund companies have encountered in trying to do business abroad is a lack of technology standards, Rivera said. A fund company aspiring to do business abroad may have to assist foreign partners in this area, he said.
The speakers also said that foreign investors and distributors are not as sophisticated as U.S. players, and if a fund complex wants to do business abroad, it has to be prepared to patiently educate both investors and business partners, Rivera said.
"The head of a central bank may not understand something as simple as a benchmark or a money market fund," he said.
Still further complicating doing business overseas will be the fact that the SEC and other regulators will become increasingly involved in offshore funds. That will occur particularly because the Internet makes it possible for mutual funds to sell inventory anywhere in the world, said Barry Barbash, former director of the SEC's division of investment management from 1993 to 1998 and now a partner with Shearman & Sterling of Washington, D.C.
Until now, the SEC has done little to regulate funds offered by U.S. companies offshore and has expressed interest only when foreign investors have claimed to have been defrauded, Barbash said. The SEC has also paid scant attention to offshore funds offered to U.S. citizens and again has only been interested in cases in which these investors have claimed to be defrauded.
E-commerce is about to cause an escalation in SEC involvement and that of other regulators, Barbash said.
"E-media takes you everywhere and puts you in the tentacles of all of the regulators," Barbash said. "The Internet extends the minefield beyond the SEC to include the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Labor, state regulators and foreign entities. You can expect to be hit every which way by regulators, and there will be litigation over e-delivery."
Selling mutual funds through the Internet also "creates uncertainty for taxpayers and tax collections . . . on both the state level and international level," said Newberg of Hutchins Wheeler and Dittmar.
"Different interpretations may well prevail regarding the authority of a jurisdiction to impose withholding tax, income tax, sales tax and value-added tax on the same transaction," he said. "Nobody really wants to create double taxation of the same transaction. But confusion and conflicting interpretations in multiple jurisdictions can certainly cause this to happen for now."
To avoid violating regulations and incurring unexpected taxes, companies should include disclaimers on web sites clearly indicating jurisdictions in which the fund has been authorized to sell, said Barbash. The SEC made such a recommendation last October, he said.


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The Leadership in Blended Learning program is a capacity building program designed to meet the professional learning needs of principals as they transition to digital and blended learning.
Leadership in Blended Learning was developed by the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at NC State University in collaboration with the NC Principals & Assistant Principals' Association (NCPAPA) with initial funding from The Learning Accelerator (TLA). The program includes two phases:
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Leadership in Blended Learning includes a five session (60 hours) blended, research-based, hands-on program for principals that addresses key issues in leading the transition to blended and digital learning including: understanding blended learning models, leading culture shifts, transitioning teaching and learning, developing professional learning, addressing "nuts and bolts" and planning for implementation.
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I thought you were, which is why I joked with the words religion-assertion. Atheism is not a religion because it doesn't possess any rituals, but like religion it's an assertion, and just like religion it's also (psychologically speaking) a faith to many of its believers.
I'm an Atheist.
It not being an organism as found on Earth does nothing whatsoever to change the probability of it thinking or not.
IMO, The universe does not think because the Universe is not an organism.
When I was religious I thought the laws were static, and now that I'm spiritualist I believe they are static.
To me, those are part of natural laws of physics, which, again to me, are not something that are being infinitely imagined on a day to day basis.
That's true, which is probably why you felt the need to immediately assert the universe is not being self-aware.
Matter of fact, being religious would actually point towards that sentiment, as opposed to against it, with regards to an 'omniscient and unseeable entity that we are a part of'
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Do you think? Are you aware?
Are you not a part of this Universe?
The Universe isn't just me, and I'm just made of much smaller particles. So you tell me, do those particles think?edit on 24-2-2013 by mr10k because: (no reason given)
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So you tell me, do those particles think?
I agree with that one..😆
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Interesting theory.
And if it's anywhere near being true that would mean that Earth is a Brain Tumor. It all makes sense now.
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Well the Universe doesn't think, and it certainly doesn't look like that simulation would suggest it does, but they do share many similarities


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DALLAS (February 11, 2012) -- In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting ™, in Dallas, Texas, researchers will report findings that show that short therapy with the anti-diabetic medication Pioglitazone can prevent the long term effects of maternal obesity on offspring.
This study, Pioglitazone Therapy in Offspring Exposed to Maternal Obesity, is the first step in the long term goal of preventing metabolic syndrome and obesity in children secondary to maternal obesity. The data proposes a potential role for drugs that activate peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors in the prevention of metabolic syndrome in adult offspring of obese mothers.
"Obesity in children, which is on the rise, predisposes them to lifelong diseases such as diabetes, high lipid levels, hypertension and cardiac diseases," said Egle Bytautiene, MD, PhD, with The University of Texas Medical Branch, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Galveston, Texas, and one of the study's authors. "A large part of obesity in children is programmed during pregnancy and our study shows that a drug used to treat diabetes in adults can prevent the long term effects of maternal obesity on the offspring, even when used for a short period of time after birth."
Bytautiene and her colleagues placed mice on a high fat diet for three months prior to, and during pregnancy. The resulting pups were weaned to a regular diet. Pups were randomly selected to receive Pioglitazone or a placebo. Treatment was given once daily from 10 to 12 weeks of age. Immediately before and after the treatment period, the offspring were weighed, their visceral adipose tissue was evaluated using computed-tomography, blood was collected for fasting glucose and triglyceride analysis, and intraperitoneal glucose tolerance tests were performed. The results showed Pioglitazone therapy significantly reduced body weight gain. There was also a trend towards lower visceral adipose tissue gain and improvement in glucose and triglyceride levels.
This is one of the first experimental studies investigating the impact of postnatal treatment in the offspring of obese dams. Its implications on the long-term metabolic status of the offspring are immense.
In addition to Bytautiene, the study was conducted by Arshag Kalanderian, Monica Longo and George R. Saade, University of Texas Medical Branch, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Galveston, Texas; Nicola Abate, University of Texas Medical Branch, Internal Medicine, Galveston, Texas; and Igor Patrikeev and Massoud Motamedi, University of Texas Medical Branch, Center for Biomedical Engineering, Galveston, Texas.
A copy of the abstract is available at http://www.
The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (est. 1977) is a non-profit membership group for obstetricians/gynecologists who have additional formal education and training in maternal-fetal medicine. The society is devoted to reducing high-risk pregnancy complications by providing continuing education to its 2,000 members on the latest pregnancy assessment and treatment methods. It also serves as an advocate for improving public policy, and expanding research funding and opportunities for maternal-fetal medicine. The group hosts an annual scientific meeting in which new ideas and research in the area of maternal-fetal medicine are unveiled and discussed. For more information, visit www.smfm.org or www.facebook.com/SocietyforMaternalFetalMedicine.


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One of my friends from Egypt has responded to the video below that I initially posted on Facebook, which led to a dialogue where I asked him to send me an email where he expresses his thoughts on the current situation.
Here is his message as I got it:
"I was born and only see this president and I have heard a lot about him and use him heroic in the war of 73 and also Toshka project and many of the projects. But with the increase in population took the reins from his hand, and this government for poor planning and lack of eagerness by this increase and the situation is deteriorating and have we asked a lot and we are behind him and hoping Rahnah in reform as he promises.
But enough is enough we want change, and we paid to the government's actions, started their journey on January 25 peaceful demonstrations. And the effects of people's anger more is the absence of the President these days, p it is the interior minister for the release of prisoners and firing rubber bullets and tear gas.
It was subsequently withdrawn the Central Security Egyptian street, he became a mess and moved people to the People's Committees for the protection of property and to ensure the streets to protect and here, the essence of the Egyptian people in crisis and when you expose it and the people knew very well that these actions by the Ministry of membranes increased anger more. And began to show on television, President Mubarak to his speech, which divided people into two part exhibition and part of a pro. Which talked about the change and has already begun in the implementation and submission to our demands, but asked for this speech when the hearts of the Egyptian people decided not to nominate himself for another term.
It seemed the people in the division and began to show external interventions to incite anger and panic in the Egyptian street, was arrested on several Alaschas funded from foreign countries such as Israel and others.
From the face of the opinion:
We have patience 30 years and here we began our demands are met and I knew the government and the whole world that the Egyptian people knows her rights then we will not allow wasting of these rights. So you must be patient and until the next presidential election because the President stepped down these days will spread criminality, theft and aspiration to become enemies."
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From cream teas and evening meals to a walk on the coastal paths of Cornwall all students are welcome to come and join us for a taster of life at Plymouth University and the surrounding city and region.
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Enjoy a taste of Devon with a traditional scone topped with jam and cream washed down with a cup of tea!
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Each night there will be two choices, including one veggie choice of freshly prepared food in our relaxed environment. This is a great opportunity to meet other students and make friends.
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From Middle English juggement, borrowed from Old French jugement, from Late Latin iūdicāmentum, from Latin iūdicō. Displaced native English doom.
judgment (plural judgments)
- The act of judging.
- The power or faculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely
- a man of judgment
- a politician without judgment
- Psalms 72:2 (King James Version).
- He shall judge thy people with righteousness and thy poor with judgment.
- Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, I-i
- Hermia. I would my father look'd but with my eyes. Theseus. Rather your eyes must with his judgment look.
- The conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision.
- 1589–93 William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona, IV:iv
- She in my judgment was as fair as you.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 14:
- Not from the stars do I my judgment pluck;
- And yet methinks I have astronomy ...
- 1589–93 William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona, IV:iv
- (law) The act of determining, as in courts of law, what is conformable to law and justice; also, the determination, decision, or sentence of a court, or of a judge.
- Jeremy Taylor.
- In judgments between rich and poor, consider not what the poor man needs, but what is his own.
- Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, IV-i
- Most heartily I do beseech the court To give the judgment.
- Jeremy Taylor.
- (theology) The final award; the last sentence.
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See Judgment: Spelling for discussion of spelling usage of judgment versus judgement. Briefly, without the -e is preferred in law globally, and in American English, while with the -e is preferred in Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South African English.
Like abridgment, acknowledgment, and lodgment, judgment is sometimes written with English spellings in American English, as judgement (respectively, abridgement, acknowledgement, and lodgement).
The British spelling preserves the rule that G can only be soft while preceding an E, I, or Y.
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Derived terms
act of judging
power or faculty of making a judgment
conclusion or result of judging
(law) act of determining what is conformable to law
(theology) final award; the last sentence
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"Imagine you're feeling a little like Alice, tumbling down the rabbit hole," someone says in the dazzling and disorienting "The Matrix," and who has the strength to argue?
A wildly cinematic futuristic thriller that is determined to overpower the imagination, "The Matrix" combines traditional science-fiction premises with spanking new visual technology in a way that almost defies description. Like it or not, this is one movie that words don't come close to approximating.
Written and directed by the Wachowski brothers, Larry and Andy, "The Matrix" is the unlikely spiritual love child of dark futurist Philip K. Dick and the snap and dazzle of Hong Kong filmmaking, with digital technology serving as the helpful midwife.
Yet because this tale has been on the Wachowskis' minds for so long--it was written before their 1996 debut film, "Bound"--"The Matrix" never feels patched together. And its story, constructed though it is from familiar elements and pseudo-mystical musings, is nevertheless strong enough to support the film's rip-roaring visuals.


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If you haven't received your weekly shipment of goodness, and you haven't read Matthew's review of JSA #6, then you are missing out on a key moment in Legion of Super-Hero history. Now if you have read JSA #6, but are wondering if the tale Superman tells everyone of the resurrection of Lighting Lad really happened, Major Spoilers brings you a then and now look at the tale in question.
Adventure Comics #312: Months before, Lightning Lad was killed in action, and the Legion of Super-Heroes vowed they would never forget him until they found a way to bring him back to life. The heroes find a way, but it will cost another member's life.
Justice Society of America #6: Superman recounts the tale. WE ARE LEGION!
What I love about the art by Dale Eaglesham is the slight modifications to Superman in the right side of the split panel that shows the Big S with a build slightly smaller than the modern day version. I also love the fact he placed the characters in the same positions as the original tale. Very well done.
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As a new reader I find the tale disturbing. Resurrection is a strange idea to begin with and to do so they had to sacrifice another life, this is a zero sum game. And the Proty stuff, well…
Backs away slowly from comics.
OHMIGOD! I need to pay attention or my comics grade is going to suck and Stinky will kill me! :-)
I'm ambivalent about the idea of yet another crisis so soon after IC. I've heard that COIE was published twenty years before IC to patch continuity holes. There will always be continuity holes to patch going forward, if the third crisis is really the final one, aren't DC writers burning their ships by doing that? Oh well, in a few years DC can still publish TCWWNRITTCHRFSOR, The Crisis Which Was Not Registered In The 31th Century History Records For Some Odd Reason.
Ah crap, I forgot that this version of LSH is from the 30th Century!


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15-minute electric car charge system unveiled
A fast-charging system that promises to fully charge an electric car in 15-20 minutes will be demonstrated for the first time at an electric vehicle show next week.
The Electric Vehicle Symposium will see eight major car manufacturers (Audi, BMW, Chrysler, Daimler, Ford, GM, Porsche and VW) throw their weight behind a standardised DC-fast charging system.
It will, according to a Volkswagen Group press release, "accelerate more affordable deployment of electrified vehicles and charging infrastructure."
With the system fitted, an electric car will be able to charge in little more than 15 minutes from a public charging post, and not much longer from a home socket.
And it will create "a uniform standard with identical electrical systems, charge controllers, package dimensions and safety mechanisms," for all EVs made by the aforementioned car companies.
This will, according to Volkswagen, "reduce development and infrastructure complexity, improve charging reliability, reduce the total cost-of-ownership for end customers and provide low maintenance costs."
The system (plug pictured above) was chosen by the Society of International Engineers as the best of the current available setups, because it integrates four different types of charging into one inlet: one-phase AC-charging, fast three-phase AC-charging, DC-charging and ultra-fast DC charging. It means that an electric car can charge easily from any power source, and makes it more appealing for investors to pour money into fast-charge infrastructures.
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Who knew they had pet products? Not me but apparently they've had them forever. I guess if you don't have a pet you don't notice but now that I do, I did, especially this Baxter & Belle pillow. How crazy is it that I'm now recognizing designer dog labels and what's worse... a good deal on a designer dog label. At the pet store, this would have been at least fifty dollars more. It's 24" x 36" and at $29.98, I couldn't sew it for that price. I know. I calculated it out PLUS... where would I find that fabric? It's FABULOUS. In fact...
... I love it so much that it has sparked redecorating thoughts. Or perhaps I've been watching too much HGTV. After my trip to Oregon in September, we added the cooking channel to our cable package only I didn't like all those cook-offs - they weren't teaching me what I wanted to know or inspiring cooking - so we changed our choice to HGTV. That may have been a bad move. This channel is right up my alley. My son came home the other day and I was knitting and watching and he stopped, looked at me, and said this is all wrong. This apparently was me watching TV because I "never" watch TV. Guess I just needed the right channel. It's perfect while knitting.
SO.... HGTV plus the pillow inspiration had me thinking about shades of grey for the walls. I've been painting samples and pinning them to the walls to decide what I want. Right now, it's a blend between the lightest and the middle grey. One is too light; the other is too dark, and the middle seems like it might be just perfect. I'll get a sample of that today to see.
From the moment we moved into this home, I've been wanting to change the counter-top and back-splash tile only they were new and in good condition but definitely NOT my color.When I visited my friend Francine's new house a few months back, she had painted the multicolored tile in the kitchen a gloss white and not only did it look fabulous, it was standing up well even with the heat and steam from the stove. When I went into Benjamin Moore to inquire about the paint, Mandy told me that not only was it great on tile, it was fabulous on countertops too. We have two cutting boards in the same material as our counter so I painted one yesterday and I love the color, the feel, and the way the previous texture still shows up. If it looks more grey than black in your monitor, it's onyx, very black, the first paint I've used that dries darker.
The tiles and countertop will be primed first with a product called Aqua Lock and then painted with a water based oil enamel called Advance. Both are fabulous products. I'm a huge Benjamin Moore fan. I've never had a problem with their products and when I take the time to paint, I don't want to have a problem afterward.
Originally, I thought I wanted grey tile and then decided that was too much grey and that I'd really like to add turquoise and lime to the color scheme. Our home is open concept and right now the entrance and the feature wall in the living room are lime and I'd like to keep them that way. The dining room wall is turquoise which I wanted to change without totally eliminating the color since lime and turquoise go well together and both go well with grey. PERFECT. When I showed him these samples, Howard liked the turquoise with the lime stripe and so do I so that worked out great.
This was the view from my bedroom door this morning. I'm going to paint the island the same onyx black with a colorful counter-top, probably lime with a black edging. I'm not sure yet. I need to paint more samples and lay them out and see what I think first. Painting posterboard takes a bit more time but it saves a lot of frustration.
Doing the kitchen was somewhat spurred on by Christmas. When Howard and I discussed what we each wanted, I wanted something to enjoy all year round and suggested a new sink since the white porcelain one that came with the house drives me crazy. We decided something small under the tree to unwrap and a sink was a good idea so we're going shopping for one on Saturday - which led to the thought that if we're pulling out the sink, why not figure out if the counter-top is actually paintable - which led to sampling - and the countertop is paintable - and that's exciting. It opens up endless possibilities.
A new look for the kitchen is a fabulous Chrismas present. It'll be way more Myrna for not a lot of money and every morning when I wake up and come out of my room, I'll definitely enjoy the change. Along with the sink, we'll - finally - install the garburator I bought Howard back in September when I came home from Oregon. I know, who buys their husband a garburator as a gift, but he's been missing the one from our other house a lot and had mentioned it several times so while practical, it's also something he wants and will enjoy and having a garburator means a lot less trips to the garbage. YES YES
SO... there's no need to run an intervention. I am well aware that I'm shopping too much but I also know that I'm buying things I really like and mostly need when I find them on sale. I've returned items that didn't work out and I'm not bankrupting us at this point and several friends have let me know they are on alert. This is good. In the past when I've wanted to run away from whatever was going on, my drug of choice was to move so a few cans of paint and a designer dog bed are a come down and a relief to many. At this rate, by the time we finally know what's up with Howard's health, I may have all those chores around the house done
AND... Miss Chloe LOVES her new pillow.
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This is to inform all the newly admitted students of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) that the management of the institution has announced the deadline for the payment of acceptance fee for the 2015/2016 academic session.
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Room 11 is a school-age, self-contained classroom ranging from Kindergarten to Grade 2. We utilize techniques of Applied Behavior Analysis (individual visual schedules, discrete trial training, 3-step compliance, forward and backward chaining and task analysis) throughout our school day to assist in the acquisition and generalization of academic and social skills. Other curriculum strategies such as Handwriting Without Tears and Touch Math, as well as music and arts and crafts are infused to help enhance and individualize our program.
- Age Group:5-9 Year Olds
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He's now in high school and doing well and all the parent training, support, and amazing staff are the reasons he's where he is today.
Noah is nearly independent in dressing and toileting and so much more. Hope is priceless and what others took away from us in an already devastating situation, Crossroads Center for Children teachers and administrators gave back two-fold.


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More Quarters offers the combination of apartment living with the service and hospitality of a hotel.
The apartments are ideally located just off Kloof Street, referred to as the 'heart of Cape Town' by the locals. This is partly due to the area being relatively untouched by mainstream tourism, hence adding to the authenticity and value of the Kloof Street address. The ability to walk to both restaurants and boutique shops provides you with an experience where one becomes part of the city's cosmopolitan way of life. There are exclusive and casual retailers and eateries all within walking distance of More Quarters.
Access to other tourist attractions is easy. Table Mountain is at your doorstep, Lions Head is a stone's throw away and the beautiful beaches of Clifton and Camps Bay are just over Kloofnek.
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- Location: Just off Kloof Street, Cape Town
- Accommodation: One Bedroom Apartments, Two Bedroom Apartments and Four Bedroom Redcliffe House
- Facilities: Library, complimentary internet, kitchen and concierge
- Activities: Table Mountain, Lion's Head, wine tasting, beaches, Robben Island
- Children: Welcome and the Two Bedroom Apartments are well suited to families
- Weather: All year round, best season September to March when it is hot, sunny and dry. From April to August it cools down with some rain.


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Ho Chi Minh – Communist City
Saigon, also known as Ho Chi Minh City is one of the biggest cities in Vietnam. It's situated in the south, close to the Mekong Delta. If you plan to visit Vietnam, remember that there is no visa on arrival in this country. You need to have it before you come. The fast and easiest way to get Vietnamese visa in to apply for it online.
Saigon is a city situated far away from Europe , but still we felt like we were in our homeland, Poland.
People are not as friendly as in Thailand or other countries in South East Asia. The food is not very tasty and the cars are driving on the right- just like in the most countries in Europe.
Don't listen to what guides say. This city has no monuments. Famous Vietnamese Notre Dame Cathedral makes less impression than the average church in the European countryside. No ornaments, raw interior, grayness everywhere.
Located in the neighborhood, The Post Office building looks better. However, its biggest attraction is not the appearance but the temperature. Cold walls perfectly cool during hot days.
All Vietnamese that we met, repeatedly warned us to hide all gold chains from the neck, do not take our camera or anything valuable out. They said that thefts are common here.
Fortunately nothing has happened to us but we will always remember Saigon as a very unpleasant, boring and not very safe city.


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Emancipation means becoming free of control by another. When people talk about emancipation, they are usually talking about the emancipation of a minor. A minor is said to be emancipated when s/he becomes independent from parents or guardians.
In New Hampshire there is no law or rule allowing a minor to seek emancipation. A child in NH is considered to be emancipated at the age of 18. A child will also be considered to be emancipated when the child marries or enters the armed forces or military academy. These things would require the parent or guardian's permission before the child turns 18.
Sometimes emancipation comes up when parents divorce. In those cases the court would look at the facts of the case, and the actions of the parties, and then decide whether or not to order child support for the child in question.
Sometimes a parent or guardian allows a minor to live independently. If this happens and then the parent or a state agency interferes or tries to force the child back into a guardian's household, the child could ask the court to assist. In that case, the child would simply be asking the court to validate the circumstances that already exist, and to enforce the parent or guardian's grant of permission. Such a situation would be VERY RARE and no child should consider this to mean that they can petition for permission to move away from their parent or guardian's authority. Any child who thinks s/he is in a situation like this should discuss it with a lawyer first.
A child who is considered to be out of control and refuses to abide by the reasonable requests of their parent or guardian may have a CHINS petition filed against them in the District Court. CHINS stands for Children In Need of Services and is usually filed in cases where a minor child substantially refuses to abide by or follow their parent's wishes, is a runaway, is chronically truant from school, etc. The CHINS petition allows the court to step in and evaluate the child's situation and then order some recommended action to be taken by or for the child to correct the child's misbehavior.
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When it comes to the commercial lending space, community banks are adopting automation and digital processing to streamline operations and hold their own against bigger banks.
Combining solutions built in-house and sourced from vendors, these banks find they can not only improve the client experience, but manage growth in lending without adding more staff or overburdening internal resources.
Most important, a more efficient commercial lending process reduces cost and improves a bank's efficiency ratio, making it more appealing to investors.
"Customers today demand immediate answers and easy access to data, so as bankers, we must be able to respond to these preferences," said Jason Shields, vice president and loan operations manager of Gulf Coast Bank & Trust in New Orleans.
"I think now with the way technology is, it's made a venue where banks like us can compete," he said.
Because of sheer costs, many community banks have struggled with developing the tech capabilities of larger institutions, not to mention the fintech online lenders.
Technology gaps have even impeded loan growth. The $1.6 billion-asset Gulf Coast's total loans grew in recent years, Shields said, but management was afraid it was overburdening employees since most loan processes were manual and paper-based.
Quote"I think now with the way technology is, it's made a venue where banks like us can compete," said Jason Shields, vice president and loan operations manager of Gulf Coast Bank & Trust in New Orleans.
Shields and his team first created a "home-brew" solution to automate much of the loan origination process. "It started us down this path of digitizing," he said. "Before, it was just dropping paper files on people's desks."
He also wanted something to improve customer experience too, since commercial lending is a key component of Gulf Coast's business. So this year the bank invested in cloud-based lending technology from nCino, which itself was spun out of technology created by a community bank.
Clients can now get quicker loans decisions and are able to file digital loan applications. Lenders now have their own dashboards that show information customized to their clients and sales pipelines. There's also a social network aspect where loan officers can converse and assign tasks to assistants.
"No one needs to be in the same place at the same time anymore," Shields said.
Technology that streamlines the client and employee experience is important for community banks to compete in commercial lending, said Frank Sorrentino, CEO of ConnectOne Bank in Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
"You want to remove the friction, decrease the amount of time to process information and make quick decisions on credit," Sorrentino said. "And you don't want to keep asking the client for the same information at multiple different points in the process."
It's something community banks are starting to think about; this year Boston-based Eastern Bank rolled out technology designed to enable small-business clients to apply for loans digitally.
Improving back-office processes is often more valuable than customer-facing innovations, said Bob Meara, a senior analyst with Celent's banking group.
"At the moment most banks are focused on user experience as if that's the holy grail; yes it is important, but I really respect the banks that are saying, 'Hey it's not just about user experience, but let's reinvent how we operate end-to-end' and fixing the back office," he said.
Digital workflows also boost employee morale, noted Sorrentino. "If someone comes in and starts their job and you hand them green-ruled paper and a pencil, they might start to think about what kind of job they've taken."
There's the benefit of an improved efficiency ratio for a bank as well, he added. "It can allow us to raise capital more effectively."
Gulf Coast's Shields noted community banks that digitize their processes are able to take on loans that previously would not have been profitable for them.
"Deals of a certain size didn't make any money if we had to get humans involved," he said. "Now with automating certain tasks, there's not as many areas for humans to intervene."


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Management Board emphasises ongoing obligation to inform Agency of future activities
The European Medicines Agency Management Board has given its approval for the current activities of Thomas Lönngren, who stepped down as Executive Director on 31 December 2010. In approving his activities, the Board emphasised the seriousness of its role in protecting the public interest and good reputation of the Agency.
In assessing the activities notified by Mr Lönngren, the Board focused on two areas of potential conflict of interest. Firstly whether any activity risked the misuse of confidential or privileged information gained during his leadership of the Agency and secondly whether any activity risked improper influence on decisions taken by the Agency. The Board concluded that none of the activities as communicated presented a conflict of interest. Members also regretted the late notification by Mr Lönngren of details of his activities.
Nevertheless the Board imposed a set of limitations on these and any future activities for a period of two years after leaving the Agency, including prohibitions on taking managerial and executive positions in the pharmaceutical industry, and on providing product-related advice with regard to activities falling within the remit of the Agency. The conditions set by the Board also require that Mr Lönngren should neither have contacts with Agency staff or committee members in the context of his professional activities, nor represent or accompany third parties at meetings with the Agency.
The Board stressed the great importance it attaches to transparency and in the public interest requested the Acting Executive Director to publish its decision together with supporting documents on the EMA website.
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During the last decades technological progress has changed completely the observational methods in all fields of geosciences and -engineering with a trend to achieve immediate results, thus reducing time and costs. Modern high speed computers and satellite based techniques are entering more and more disciplines like geodesy, geology, geophysics, meteorology, navigation and many others. The increasing observational accuracy demands adequate mathematical tools; mathematics concerned with geoscientific problems, i.e. geomathematics, is becoming more and more indispensable. Geomathematics offers appropriate means of assimilating, assessing and reducing to comprehensible form the readily increasing flow of data from geochemical, geodetic, geological, geophysical and satellite sources and providing an objective basis for scientific interpretation, classification, testing of concepts and solution of problems. Undoubtedly, the stage is set for geomathematics to play a major role in all earth's sciences.
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Roof View Place
New built Hostel with superb quality, facilities and services. Located at the middle of Bangkok nearby Khaosan Road, Grand Palace and etc.
"Our hostel has a no smoking policy"
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Our location is at the middle of town. It will take 10-15 minutes to Khaosan Road by walk and 10 minutes to Grand Palace by bus.
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You may take Airport Bus Express Route AE2 to Democracy Monument or Khaosan Road at the price of 150 baht per person and then take taxi to The Roof View by showing a thai-language map that we provide to a taxi driver. The cost of taking taxi will be between 40-50 baht.
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For your belated birthday pleasure: a photo (attached) of me prowling around
the Gramercy Park Hotel, the contents of which are currently being
liquidated -- from table lamps to door knobs to the mail chute -- so that
Ian Schrager can totally redesign the charmingly shabby old place. I'd first
stumbled upon the pink ladies room several years ago, and was THRILLED to
revisit: those are little poodles strolling through the park there in the
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The winning numbers for the Saturday, April 21, drawing were 06, 08, 20, 42, and 51 and the Red Power Ball number was 16. Two lucky New Jersey Lottery players won the Powerball third prize of $10,000. One prize-winning ticket was sold at Coronet Variety in Maywood, the other ticket was bought at Schooley's Mountain General in Schooley's Mountain.
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Year 1
Please click on the link below to download the information booklet for Year 1. It's packed with lots of very useful information.
This year, as previous year's, Project Based Learning will be embedded as a way of developing the new National Curriculum and our own Downley School curriculum. See the Year 1 tabs here for the projects as they are introduced.
The TASC Wheel methodology is an excellent basis for learning in this way.
We held an information evening for parents in July to introduce this. Click on this link to see the presentation; it will show the TASC Wheel in detail and also talk about 'Growth Mindsets' - another important factor to be considered in our school curriculum.
The projects will last for varying lengths of time and will be strongly driven by the development of children's ideas, interests and skills. Whole school community contribution (in the form of surveys) as to what should drive The Downley School curriculum led to the following statement:
Where do we want to go?
• We all wish for every child to enjoy their learning, feel successful and confident, make good progress and develop more skills in creative thinking, independent learning and resilience
• Our curriculum needs to be values based and have a large emphasis on outdoor learning/the environment , the Arts (visual art, music, drama, dance), sports, Computing and knowledge of the world
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Our aquatics staff strives daily to provide a safe and fun environment for children to learn to swim. Every swim instructor is trained to teach the swim-float-swim survival method. All of our aquatic staff are currently certified in CPR for the Professional Rescuer. We emphasize the importance of water safety and survival skills, as well as the development of proper stroke technique.
Students at Bronco Elite benefit from a 4:1 student-teacher ratio in lower levels and a 6:1 ratio in advanced levels that allow students to progress easily. Private lessons are also available, with different length and price options. Classes will be offered May-September weather permitting.
Group Swimming Lessons
Group swimming lessons are a great way for your child to learn the basic skills of swimming in a fun and exciting group setting. Group lessons will allow your child to progress in swimming as well as socialize with other children, it's also a great after school activity!
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Private swimming lessons are the perfect way to either introduce your child to the water or get specialized, one on one attention to improve stroke technique. Private lessons are great for any age range but can be especially helpful for younger children. Private lessons are scheduled outside of group lessons and based on the availability of the instructor.


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Akivah Steinmetz – Crown Heights to Mushky Sudak – Crown Heights
L'Chaim: Tuesday night at Lubavitch Yeshiva
Chaim Dovid Lavner – Toronto, Canada to Aidela Zirkind (bas R' Dovid) – Crown Heights
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Chabadinfo.com Exclusive: In the Sicha of Parshas Shoftim 5751, the Rebbe speaks about the Nevuah that Moshiach is coming now • Learn a summery of this week's "Dvar Malchus" Sicha in English, presented by Rabbi Menachem Mendel Lipskier, Mashpia of Mesivta of Melbourne, Australia • Watch
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The world is quite excited about Bruno Mars' forthcoming new album 24K Magic. The lead single has been sitting comfortably in the top 5 of Billboard Hot 100 charts for a few weeks now and the follow up song 'Versace On The Floor' is already becoming a regular part of everyone's playlists.
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31 Long-Forgotten Native American Medicinal Cures
When it comes to herbal remedies, many of us are familiar with the benefits of Echinacea or purple cone flower as an antibiotic, willow bark as a pain killer and aloe as a topical anesthetic and treatment for skin conditions. But that's common knowledge compared to the insights and treatments that Native American medicine men discovered and used.
Native American medicine men developed a wheel very similar to the yin/yang of Asian medicine. The use of herbal remedies and other alternative forms of treatment was the cutting-edge medicine of their day. This was a holistic approach to medical treatment that relied heavily on plants and their unique benefits.
What follows is list of indigenous plants, trees, fruits and flowers unique to North America that have surprising benefits as defined by Native American tribes. If and when times are tough, it might be good to keep some of these ancient cures in mind. They also are good for everyday needs when you consider how effective some of them can be.
Licorice tea for a sore throat is a good example. It's also interesting that many of these natural cures are still in use today, including beeswax and bee pollen, chamomile and others. It's a good demonstration of the benefit of wisdom developed over centuries.
It's hard to know how Native Americans determined which plants might have medicinal properties, although trial and error was probably one approach. It's also thought that they observed sick animals eating certain plants and determined that those plants must have a certain property worth exploring. Since that time, scientific studies have verified the medicinal value of many plants. In fact, common aspirin is derived from salicin, a chemical in the inner bark of willow trees that was used in ancient times for fever and pain.
These medicines were usually administered via teas or pastes that were either ingested or applied externally. Sometimes the plants were eaten as food or added to food or water. On occasion, a salve or poultice was applied to open wounds. I would strongly recommend that you avoid the latter, given the risk of infection from wild sources.
I've omitted many of the natural remedies. There was a use for mistletoe that I came across, but mistletoe is essentially poisonous and if not used properly the results could be counter-productive, if not deadly.
I've also found a great deal of redundancy. It seems like everything is good for a cough or diarrhea. Rather than endlessly list plants that cure the same conditions over and over, I've tried to isolate this grouping to the most prevalent plants that you may find and recognize. As always, if you are pregnant, check with your doctor and do plenty of research before using any of these.
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O LORD, how manifold are thy works!
In wisdom hast thou made them all;
the earth is full of thy creatures.
Yonder is the sea, great and wide,
which teems with things innumerable,
living things both small and great.
There go the ships,
and Leviathan which thou didst form to sport in it. (Psalm 104:24-26)
"You made a sea serpent to play in the sea!?" My hands waved spasmodically. Involuntarily, my shoulders shrugged. My head shook of it's own accord. "If someone asks, 'Why did You make Leviathan?' You'll answer, 'The sea was big. I decided it could use a creature that would like to play in it.' Again, my hands jerked up. "That is what it means to be God! In a nutshell. You make things for the joy of making completeness."
Suddenly, I was aware of a hugeness and a hollow feeling filled my tummy, "It's scary. I'd almost like to hide. Little Anthony's monsters in The Twilight Zone episode, It's a Good Life, comes to mind. Except he wills nothing good. He makes everyone pretend to be happy or else…
"But You make sea serpents so they can play in the sea. And You make humans to be happy. If we're not, Your deluxe Imago Dei operating system causes us to long and reach for happiness. We can refuse happiness. But the longing remains even if we close our hearts to it. You have never let me stop at being unhappy, never let me fashion my unhappiness into a cross that You never gave me to bear. You haven't made life easy but You have pushed me to reach for happiness in the midst of difficulty. Not complacency but the unbridled joy because living is so grand, my life is so grand, You are so grand."
The immense hollow had become strong, warm arms holding me, "It's still scary. (You do make sea monsters to play in the sea.) I still have an initial 'maybe it would be better to hide' feeling. You are beyond me. You are so far beyond me, I can't begin to comprehend. You make sea monsters so they can have fun in the sea. Wow! Just wow! Then again, the sea is big…"
Every Friday,100s of bloggers set a timer, write for 5 minutes, and then post the results. We don't edit or concern ourselves with whether our writing is flawless or worthy to be seen. We expose our incomplete, unpolished thoughts and words to each other and our readers. Kate Motaung at Heading Home provides the prompt on Thursday evening. We all link our posts there and tweet them with the hashtag #FMFParty. Join us.


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What is a balance transfer?
By Anita Shargall. last updated 27 Апрель 2017
A balance transfer is where you move existing credit card debt from one card to another that charges a low rate or even 0% interest for a specified period, helping you to save money. It is a great option for those who are currently paying a high rate of interest on existing credit card debt.
How balance transfers work
Imagine you have built up credit card debt at a typical rate of interest of 18%. If you switch the outstanding balance to a 0% balance transfer card, you will pay zero interest until the deal expires, which could be three years or even longer.
If you clear the debt by the end of the 0% deal, you will pay no interest on the balance. In other words, it s a bit like an interest-free loan.
Watch out for fees
Applicants can potentially save hundreds of pounds if they manage their debts with a balance transfer card, particularly if they move debts from a high-interest store card. So what s the catch?
The provider of a balance transfer card has two ways to make money. One is when cardholders do not clear their balance before the end of the 0% offer period, and so start paying interest.
But the second is much more reliable a fee levied as a percentage of the amount transferred to the balance transfer card. The typical fee is about 3%, with a minimum of, say, 3.
So, if you transfer a debt of 1200, a 3% charge would mean you paying a fee of 36.
You should factor any fee into your calculations, but don t let it put you off as many people can still save money with a balance transfer credit card by not paying interest.
If you want one of the top balance transfer deals, you'll need to have a clean credit record.
Some cards charge lower fees, but with a shorter 0% period. Alternatively, you could apply for a card that does not levy a fee but charges a low rate of interest for as long as it takes to clear the debt.
Our helpful credit card calculator can help you work out how long it will take to pay off an existing balance based on your current monthly repayments.
Different rates for purchases
Try to avoid spending on a balance transfer card as you do not always pay the same rate for purchases as for the transfer itself.
For example, a balance transfer card might charge zero interest for 24 months on balance transfers but a standard rate of 18% on purchases. Or it might charge 0% on purchases, but only for six months.
You ll need a clean credit history
If you want one of the top balance transfer deals then you ll need to have an excellent credit score.
It s also worth noting that you are usually unable to switch balance from one card to another in the same banking group.
For example, if you already have debt on a NatWest card, then you will not be able to transfer the balance to an RBS deal, as both banks are part of the same company.
Don t look desperate
If you apply for too many credit cards or constantly switch from one card to another then it will show up on your credit record and could negatively affect your score.
How to find the best balance transfer credit card
You can see which balance transfer credit cards you might be eligible for using our Smart Search tool, which doesn t leave a footprint on your credit record.
Smart Search can also provide pre-approval on certain balance transfer cards. This means you ll be highly likely to be accepted for the card you have applied for, providing you pass additional identity and fraud checks.
Play by the rules
Once you ve been accepted and received your card you will usually have to switch any debts within 60 days. Check the terms and conditions as failure to play by the rules could mean that you don t get the offer that you initially signed up for.
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The game is not available anymore. Sorry. Guybrush gets in deep (literally!) as his quest for the voodoo exfoliating La Esponja Grande takes a scenic twist -- through the guts of a giant manatee! Trapped in the belly of the beast, our hero encounters a surprising band of castaways, including the long-lost (and obsessive-compulsive) explorer Coronado De Cava. Will sexy pirate hunter Morgan LeFlay prove to be a ruthless enemy, or an unlikely ally? Will the group find La Esponja Grande in time to save Elaine from the rampant Pox of LeChuck?
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James Cameron to tour Athabasca
Vow comes after he declared project a 'black eye' for CanadaTORONTO -- "Avatar" director-turned-eco activist James Cameron looks set to tour the devastation of Alberta's tar sands after declaring the controversial Canadian oil development a "black eye" for Canada.
Alberta native activist George Poitras of the Mikisew First nation on Tuesday said he met this weekend in New York with Cameron at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, and that the Hollywood heavyweight pledged to visit the Athabasca oil sands project first-hand.
Cameron was hosting a special screening of "Avatar" in New York on Saturday night to coincide with the U.N. gathering.
The Canadian-born director last week slammed Alberta for causing a "black eye" to Canada's environmental record as he touted the debut of his sci-fi epic on Blu-ray and DVD on Earth Day, April 22.
Canadian environmentalists have long complained that spillage and seepage at the Alberta's oil sands project in Canada's north is a disaster in the making.


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