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At Blackwood Physiotherapy Sports and Spinal we offer a range of services including:
General physiotherapy
The assessment, diagnosis and treatment of general musculoskeletal injuries or pain that arises out of activities of daily living. Are you putting up with pain unnecessarily? Talk to one of our friendly staff to find out if physiotherapy can help..
Sports Injuries
The assessment, diagnosis and treatment of injuries or pain arising from playing sport. We know your goal is likely to be to get back into your chosen sport as quickly as possible. We can guide you back into your sport in the safest and fastest way achievable.
Orthopaedic Rehabilitation
Pre and post surgical treatment is offered. Attendance at physiotherapy prior to surgery enables accurate assessment of pre-operative function and implementation of appropriate exercise programs to maximise pre-operative function. This in turn maximises the chance of optimal benefit from surgery and can improve post operative recovery and rehabilitation.
Work Conditioning
Specific exercise programs are developed (determined by the nature of work the injured client does) and are carried out in the Pilates studio under supervision. The programs are designed to be work specific and address strengthening the body to enable it to cope with the particular physical stresses of each individual's work. These programs are most beneficial in facilitating successful return to work and reducing the likelihood of re-injury once the injured worker has returned to normal work duties.
Workers Compensation
The assessment, diagnosis and treatment of injuries that occur while a person is at work. These injuries vary depending on the nature of work. Insurance companies are billed directly by the clinic so there is no out of pocket expense to the client.
Veteran Affairs
The assessment, diagnosis and treatment of injuries or pain that occur from our returned service men and women. This includes gold card holders and some white card holders that are entitled to physiotherapy treatment.
Motor Vehicle Injuries
The assessment, diagnosis and treatment of the specific injuries that can arise from motor vehicle accidents. These can include whiplash injuries to the neck, low back pain, chest/rib pain and various other musculoskeletal injuries.
Enhanced Primary Care (EPC)
This is a Medicare initiative that enables access to private physiotherapy treatment for specific clients that are suffering from a chronic or complex health condition. The treatment services do have a rebate from medicare with minimal gap payment payable to the clinic.
Musculoskeletal Assessments
Our clinicians are able to provide clients with a comprehensive musculoskeletal assessment and report that incorporates assessment of posture, range of motion of each joint, assessment of muscle strength, muscle balance and biomechanics including gait (walking) analysis.
The information obtained from this is used to recommend appropriate courses of action to correct any musculoskeletal issues found – this may include specific physiotherapy treatment, home exercise program or gym program.
The same assessment is performed to develop specific gym based Pilates programs for clients in the clinic. It is a useful tool for reducing the risk of injury or development of pain resulting from poor movement patterns and posture. It is also useful for sports people who may be looking for an edge on their competitors through a hidden advantage of greater core stability, muscle balance and improved biomechanics.
Matt Walls is a very experienced manual handling educator having performed manual handling workshops for various industries from childcare, nursing, administrative and manual labour workplaces. Sessions can be tailored to be specific to each work place's needs. Please ring the Blackwood clinic on 8278 4476 if you wish to book Matt's services for education sessions.
Rehabilitative Ultrasound Imaging (RUSI)
Peter Esselbach – one of our Blackwood Physiotherapists is also a qualified (and working) sonographer.
Peter utilises Real Time Ultrasound technology to look "into the tissues" of your body to see what is happening in your body on a cellular level. This is information that the naked eye cannot get.
He uses his skills as a sonographer to assess what is causing your particular problem or pain. This technology is best at determining problems in muscle, tendon, ligament and other soft tissues. It can also be used to look for specific muscle patterns (biomechanics) and is an excellent educational tool.
Click here for more info about RUSI scans.


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I'm a visual artist based in Berlin fostering environmental awareness through artworks, workshops and hands-on projects like the Repair Cafés.
Currently working as a Workshop- and Project manager in the field of Creative ReUse and Education for sustainable development (ESD).
I studied visual Arts with the focus on Sculpture and New Media in the San Carlos Fine Arts Academy in Valencia (Spain) and the ADBK in Munich (Germany).
Since 2009 im an active member of Kunst-Stoffe e.V. and in 2015 I became a member of the board.
In January 2013 I started, in my atelier in Kreuzberg, the first Repair Café in Berlin, which already in the end of 2013 was awarded with the Berliner Umweltpreis (Berlin Environmental Award) in the category "Umweltengagement" (Environmental engagement).
Today the Repair Café has grown into a grassroots movement and I organise several Repair Café workshops, events and seminars throughout the Berlin area.
If you are interested in my work or think we could in some way work or cooperate together, let's get in touch!

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I-64 reduced to one lane in Jefferson County through Monday
I-64 reduced to one lane in Jefferson County through Monday
LOUISVILLE, Ky. —
Lane closures will be in effect this weekend on eastbound Interstate 64 in Jefferson County.
WLKY Traffic: Mobile | Computer
I-64 will be reduced from three lanes to one lane between the Oxmoor Farm overpass and Interstate 265 (Gene Snyder Freeway), mile points 13.5 to 18.9.
Contract crews will repair some pavement base failures to help extend the life of the roadway through the coming winter.
The lane closures on eastbound I-64 are scheduled from 9 p.m. Friday until 5 a.m. on Monday, November 10.
Motorists should expect heavy traffic delays and consider an alternate route. The speed limit in the work zone will be reduced to 55 mph.
The entrance ramp from Blankenbaker Parkway to eastbound I-64 also will be closed during the same time period.


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Eat, Sleep, Pull-Up, Repeat
Pull-ups happen to be one of my favorite exercises. Not just because they're a compound movement that exhausts the back, shoulders, an arms all at once; but because they make you feel like a strong and sexy ninja beast! Any exercise that incorporates manipulating your total body weight should be a staple.
Another huge perk to the famous pull-up is that you don't need expensive equipment or even a gym membership to practice. Head to your local sporting goods store for an inexpensive pull-up bar that you can install into your door frame, just make sure it can hold your body weight. You can also head to your neighborhood park and utilize the playground equipment (ya know…good old fashioned monkey bars!)
Okay, so now that you know where to try some pull-ups, lets go over how!
1. Try to hold the bar with an overhand grip so your hands are facing away from you (pull-up) verses an underhand grip which is a little easier and your hands should be facing towards you (chin-up)
2. Keep your hands just about shoulder distance apart
3. Slowly start to pull your chin up towards the bar, aiming to get it up higher than the bar
4. Focus on bringing your shoulders back and keeping your chest up and "open"
5. Avoid arching your back and/or swinging your legs
6. Slowly lower yourself down to a full hanging position
7. Repeat until failure
What's the deal with all the different types and variations?
Starting Off
If you're having difficulty performing a full pull-up you need to back track and work on the basics.
- Lat pull downs are a great exercise to help strengthen your back, shoulders, and arms. Make sure you focus on keeping your chest up and shoulders back when pulling the weight down.
- Experiment and try doing wide grip pull downs, close grip pull downs, and even underhand pull downs.
- Grab a partner: bend your knees and have your partner place their hands under your knees or around your thighs. As you pull yourself up they can help push you and control you.
- Head to the assisted pull-up machine at the gym where you can eliminate some of the weight you need to pull.
- Use a TRX strap/lower bar (maybe by lowering the bar on a squat rack/smith machine) or children's playground equipment and place your heels far out in front of your body as an anchor point. Your body should hang almost parallel to the floor. To increase and decrease the difficulty just slide your feet closer/farther from the anchor point.
Carefully stand on a box or a bench so that you're higher up towards the bar.
Jump yourself up so that your chin is just above the bar and lower yourself down as slowly as possible. This should be hard! Repeat jumping up and lowering down until fatigue.
Wide Grip Pull-Ups
By spreading your grip out wider you will be focusing more on your "lats" Latissimus Dorsi muscles, as opposed to keeping your grip closer and working your biceps. Place your hands wider than your shoulder distance apart.
Close Grip Pull-Ups
Place your hands closer, even an inch or two closer than shoulder distance. This distance will help focus on your lower lat muscles.
Whatever level you are at just keep practicing. Pull-ups are NOT easy, but they are extremely empowering and beneficial! Good luck :0)
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Dr. Thomas Norris is Immediate Past Chair of the ABMS Board of Directors (BOD). He most recently served as Board Chair from 2012-2014. Dr. Norris was first elected to the BOD in 2005. From 2006-2008, he served as Chair of the ABMS Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Task Force and was elected to the ABMS Executive Committee in 2008. In 2000, Dr. Norris was elected to the BOD of the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) and served as ABFM President from 2004-2005. He has served as President of both the Montana and Washington Academies of Family Physicians.
A well-known authority in family medicine, Dr. Norris has served as Vice Dean for Academic Affairs and in several other deans' roles at the University of Washington School of Medicine. He currently serves as Professor and Chair of Family Medicine, as well as Adjunct Professor of biomedical informatics and medical education, global health, and health services. Dr. Norris continues to practice and teach family medicine, and his research efforts are focused on rural health, medical education, the education of family physicians, procedures in family medicine, and the use of telemedicine and medical informatics in primary care settings.
Dr. Norris received his medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, and completed his residency training in family practice at St. Joseph's Hospital, Kansas University School of Medicine, Wichita. He is Board Certified by ABFM and is meeting MOC requirements.


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On Friday, the Monterey Herald editorialized in support of Proposition 13, discussing how maintaining Proposition 13 continues to save Californians millions of dollars in taxes when compared to the rest of the country. The editorial pointed out that without Proposition 13, Californian's property taxes would be double what they are today. Passed in 1978, Proposition 13 put an end to continually increasing property taxes, helping California families stay in their homes and small businesses keep their doors open.
Below are excerpts from the Monterey Herald's editorial, "Proposition 13 still in focus":
"As if the rest of the end-of-the-year bills aren't enough, homeowners this week had to pay up on their first installment of their property taxes, which even in the post-Proposition 13 era remains a significant source of revenue for local governments and schools.
Passed by voters back in 1978, Proposition 13 remains a source of controversy, with critics continuing to threaten challenges. Some are discussing the idea of a ballot initiative of some sort for 2016, although it's likely that any major change is likely to fail.
By the time the second installment comes due in April — another poorly timed due date — California's homeowners will have forked over $55 billion or more in property taxes.
That sounds like a lot (and it is), but we can only imagine what it might have been had Proposition 13 not come along. A recent study by the financial website WalletHub said that California's property tax rate ranks it 17th lowest in the country, at least as far as the average amount is concerned.
If Proposition 13 hadn't come along when it did, some sort of property tax reform would have had to be put in place. A study at UC Davis some years ago, according to the Sacramento Bee, estimates that property taxes would be double what they are today had not Proposition 13 passed.
Prior to 1978, property was periodically reassessed to reflect market value, and that would have forced untold older residents on fixed incomes to sell their family home. A look at high tax-rate states like New Jersey, and that's exactly what some homeowners are facing.
…Proposition 13 has been a favorite whipping boy for some big spenders in Sacramento. We don't see it that way. Californians still pay high taxes in other formats — think income taxes. No tax scheme is entirely fair, but since 1978, property owners at least know what they're facing in taxes."
Read the entire article on the Monterey Herald's website: http://www.montereyherald.com/article/NF/20151210/LOCAL1/151219962


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A few years ago there were several cross-platform emulation systems that let you run Windows on a Macintosh computer, and several that let you run the Mac OS on Windows. The pickings have gotten pretty slim in both categories, but there are still some options.
First, Microsoft Virtual PC for Macintosh lets you run Intel-based operating systems on the Mac, pretty credibly. That means your Mac can run MS-DOS, Windows XP, and Linux. Since Mac OS X makes it a snap to copy files to Windows-formatted floppies and to share files over a Windows network, you don't need an emulator just for file transfer anymore. But, an emulator can be a workable alternative to having two computers on your desk or giving up your Mac (just because your company requires you to use some stinkin' Windows applications).


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As Johnston Press announced a statutory loss of £143.8m last week for the full financial year – chief executive Ashley Highfield unveiled an eight-year plan to pay back the company's £351.7m debt mountain and return to growth.
Last year Johnston's operating profit fell 10.3 per cent to £64.6m on turnover down 6.1 per cent to £373.8m – a profit margin of 17 per cent. Highfield believes he can double that profit margin by pursuing a digital-first strategy, changing dailies to weeklies, launching a range of mobile apps and replacing a number of staff journalists with 'citizen journalists' and freelances.
Click on the links below to read Press Gazette's coverage of the dramatic changes which have taken place at the UK's second biggest regional newspaper publisher since Highfield took charge late last year. Pictures include slides from Highfield's 2020 vision for the company.


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A/N: I finally caved and wrote a Valen smut fic. I couldn't help it, and I blame Valen. Strangely, this didn't start out as a smut piece at all. The original idea was so sweet and fluffy that you could float away on it, but I guess it developed a mind of its own. Actually, it is still pretty fluffy, but it's primarily smut. The PC in this story is a wild elf druid named Silmathralia (who goes by Lia for the obvious reason that no one would want to say Silmathralia more than once in their life). I'm going to be honest and say that I don't much care for elves or druids for that matter, so I've never actually played a character like this one. I hope I was able to do her justice.
Disclaimer: I don't own HotU, NWN, Valen, etc, etc, etc.
Warning: For sex. Seriously, it's all Valen's fault.
"And you just let her go? After you insisted that we rest, threatened to put a sleep spell on me, you just let her walk right out the gate? Unbelievable!"
The Seer raised a curious snowy eyebrow at the tiefling's outburst, her gaze drifting for a moment to his tail as it lashed the air behind him. Such an obvious tell seemed out of place on the towering male, imposing even without his armor and weapon, but she kept her amusement hidden. "Silmathralia is not a prisoner," the aging drow softly explained. "She is a grown woman and may come and go as she sees fit."
"I know that," Valen shot back, a defensive frown on his face, "but it's not safe to be outside the gates. The Valsharess' army could arrive in a matter of hours."
"I am certain she knows this and will use caution, dear Valen."
"That's not the point!" Frustrated, the tiefling had to force himself not to pace the hard marble floor.
The Seer gave him a searching stare, her beautiful face lined with concern. "I had thought your suspicions long assuaged."
Valen blinked in confusion. "What? Oh…" understanding dawned on him, "no! It's not that – I trust her. Lia's more than proven her loyalty, and by the hells I know we'd never have come so far without her help. We can win this now. It's just that…if she's not here…I…how can I…I can't…."
The tiefling sighed heavily and looked away as the Seer watched him deflate, a little surprised at the unspoken but obvious confession, and later she would chide herself for not noticing the signs sooner. "She looked a bit upset when she left," the drow's voice was carefully measured. "It must be difficult for one such as she to remain here in the Underdark for so long."
"I can't imagine…I've tried to understand what it must be like for her, but I can't." The Seer felt a pang of understanding at the helpless look in his pale blue eyes.
"She said she needed solitude, time to clear her mind…yet I have found that often times when we wish to be alone, in truth the one thing we need more than anything else is companionship. The comfort of another person supporting us."
Although the hint was anything but subtle, Valen shifted his weight uncertainly and gave the Seer a long, appraising look. "She's had so little time to herself…and our scouts could return at any moment…."
"Do not be so determined to talk yourself out of seeking her," the Seer chuckled softly with a gesture of gentle rebuke. "We might very well meet our end this day, my loyal guardian. Now is the time to speak your mind…or it may soon be too late."
Valen hated leaving the city without his armor, even with Devil's Bane securely at his hip, but the idea of marching out to find his absent companion looking as if he were raiding an enemy camp seemed like overkill…even to him. So, protected by only his training leathers, the tiefling slipped out the gate and began to track his very elusive prey.
Apparently a druid was as light-footed in the Underdark as they were rumored to be on the surface, and it took Valen several minutes to pick up her trail. Even then, it was not her but her animal companion who gave away her location. Valen frowned to himself as he tracked the wolf's paw prints, curious why the beast would leave such a clear trail when he was often so good at hiding his tracks.
He hadn't gone far, less than a mile from the gates, when he heard soft sounds coming from around a rise. Crouching down behind an outcrop of rock, Valen crept forward quietly in case he found something other than his wayward elven companion. What he saw when he peered over the edge of his hiding place made him flush crimson from his horns down to the tip of his swaying tail.
Lia was kneeling on the hard ground, her forehead wrinkled in concentration as she traced strange symbols into the dirt in the vague semblance of a summoning circle – and she was completely naked. Apparently her occasional flirtatious comments to the tiefling about preferring to forego clothing as often as possible when alone were not jokes. Valen stayed rooted in place, unable to rip his eyes off of her lean, muscular form as his demonic blood roared in his ears, unprepared for the sight of her like that.
Take her. She's made it clear that she wants you, so why do you hesitate? Her skin will taste delicious…take her! Put your mark on that pretty hide of hers, show her the price of her constant taunts, the cost of teasing a demon.
Valen drew in long slow breaths, silencing the taint within him as he forced his eyes closed, blocking out the sight of the naked wild elf. Others assumed that his demonic taint was like a separate entity within him, a part that could be caged or suppressed, but it was so much more than that. As much as he despised it, the taint was him, fused into every fiber of his being in such a way that it was not a simple matter of being the demon or being the man. He was both, unable to rid himself of one or give himself fully to the other.
After several seconds, he felt calm enough to risk opening his eyes, but he hesitated to look out from his rocky hiding place. He stared at the ground for a moment, a deep frown forming, until he finally decided the best thing to do would be to return to the city. Clearly this was something she hadn't expected to share with anyone else and he already felt horrible for intruding.
"My, my, what have we here?" Valen froze, even his tail going completely still as the words drifted to him. His immediate thought was that he'd been caught, but he registered that the voice did not belong to Lia. Caught between curiosity and concern, he peeked up over the edge once more.
A devastatingly beautiful female dark elf stood beside the still crouched druid, though the latter was now snarling fiercely up at the new arrival. Lia's wolf companion growled savagely, the hair on the ridge of his back standing straight up as he waited for his Master to give him his instructions. Seemingly unconcerned that she was naked in the stranger's presence, the elf stood and spat, "Finally finished hiding behind your arch-devil pet?"
Valen's jaw clenched, his hand slipping to the hilt of his massive flail as he recognized the foul Valsharess, the Matron who had caused so much death and pain for nothing other than her own blind ambition. It was all he could do to stay hidden, but some small part of him needed to see this play out without his interference.
The drow smiled chillingly, her eyes raking appreciatively over the other woman's body. "You're not a shy one, are you, sweet surfacer. And so beautiful when angry." The dark elf laughed, a sound as malicious as it was seductive, then leaned in close to the wild elf and purred, "Such traits I find most desirable, darthiir."
The wolf let out several sharp, angry barks but stood his ground as Lia took a step back from the Valsharess, not bothering to hide her sneer of disgust. "And yet you utterly repulse me, wael. You have no business here. Be gone."
The dark elf's eyes narrowed dangerously at the insult as the naked woman turned her back, but the Valsharess displayed her acting skills as she artfully batted her snowy lashes and pouted out her lower lip. "You do not even wish to hear my proposal?"
"No," the wild elf answered briskly as she crouched once more and resumed her task of writing symbols in the dirt.
The Valsharess moved around to stand in front of the other elf, her face set with sickly-sweet disappointment. "Surely it would not hurt to hear me out, hmm?"
Lia rocked back on her heels and glowered up at the drow. "The fact that you are here proves that you are afraid. It will be most satisfying to see you fall."
Annoyance flashed across the Valsharess' face, and Valen had to grin wickedly to himself to see the arrogant wretch forced to practically beg the other woman to hear her out. "I can release you from your geas," she abruptly said, her voice now decisive. "You would be free of the hold that was forced upon you by the Mad Mage, free to return to your trees, your beloved forests." The Valsharess crouched in front of the now staring wild elf, her voice dropping low with false compassion. "I know how this place wears upon you, how your heart aches daily to be free of this prison. The Underdark is not your concern. Why should you suffer for it? Let me set you free, lotha suru."
Valen's heart thumped in his chest at the look on Lia's face, the pain and longing written so plainly there. She simply stared at the Valsharess for a few moments, her emotions obvious, but her thoughts a mystery. Then, without a word, she turned back to the symbols in the dirt. Although she looked startled, the dark elf stayed put, waiting with surprising patience until the circle was completed. When Lia stood, she leveled a hard gaze at the drow, dusting her hands together as she said coldly, "I would sooner trust a leech not to suck the blood from my veins. Get out of my sight."
The Valsharess was clearly seething, her teeth barred as she stood stiffly and growled at the druid, but Lia seemed focused on something far away, her lips and hands moving in the pattern of a spell. "You will regret this, surfacer fool," the drow hissed, her hands flexing into fists even as the druid continued to disregard her. "I shall enjoy beating the life out of your pathetic body when-."
"She said leave." Valen could not stand idly by anymore, and there was a dangerous warning written across his face as he stalked toward the two women with his flail in his hand.
"Valen?" Lia practically squeaked in surprise, then rushed to her neat pile of gear on a large rock shelf outside the circle and snatched her cloak around her hastily, blushing furiously. "W-what are you…?" Valen didn't have time to wonder why she was comfortable in the nude in the evil drow's presence but not his.
"Ah," the Valsharess breathed with a twisted smile. "The Seer's errdegahr has come to rescue you." The lecherous way her eyes traveled over Valen's body put her previous efforts to shame. "I wonder, surfacer, have you tasted of his talents yet? I have heard the most delicious rumors regarding the size and stamina of males like him, though I have yet to partake in such pleasures myself." Her gaze drifted lower and she added with a smirk, "And gods only know the possibilities of that tail, hmm?"
Valen opened his mouth to answer, but Lia was suddenly standing between him and the drow, clutching her cloak around her with one hand. A startling flash of light filled the air above them suddenly, followed quickly by a low rumbling sound. "You have no business here," the elf murmured, her slate colored eyes narrowed in hatred. "Leave."
Doing her best to hold her haughty expression, it was clear that the Valsharess was nervous as another sharp burst of light filled the great cavern, the following rumble much louder this time. "So be it," she snarled at the pair. "Tell your beloved Seer to enjoy her last moments. Tomorrow I shall kill every last man, woman and child within these walls." Without another word, the drow vanished.
Lia sighed and dropped her face into her hand, her shoulders slumping as if under a great weight, but Valen was too concerned with what was going on above them as another brilliant flash lit up the area. "We should return to the city," he urged, his frown deepening as the cavern echoed another deep rumble. "We're not safe here."
"What?" Lia looked genuinely confused as she raised her head to studied him, the followed his gaze upward toward the ceiling. "Oh, you mean the storm? No," she chuckled weakly, looking a combination of weary and embarrassed, "it cannot hurt us. I summoned it."
"A storm?" Valen asked.
"Yes. You know…rain, thunder, lightning?" Her eyebrows raised as she thought of something and asked, "You do know what a storm is, don't you?"
"Of course," he replied with a touch of annoyance. "I was questioning why you would summon one, here…in the Underdark."
"Oh…well…" Lia glanced away in apparent embarrassment then, pulling her cloak around her more securely. "I-I guess…I just…wanted to feel the rain on my face. One last time." She looked him fully in the eyes, worry and fear bright in their gray depths. "Just in case."
"I see," Valen muttered, slowly becoming increasingly aware of her state of undress and feeling more awkward by the second. "Then I apologize for intruding upon you, my Lady."
He had half turned away from her when she gently laid her hand on his shoulder. "You are not intruding, Valen," she said quietly, but her eyes were cautious as he looked back at her. "How…long have you been watching?"
Valen would have liked to tell her that he'd only just arrived, but images of her lean, agile body huddled over the summoning circle flashed through his mind and left him blushing like a fool. "I…uh, was worried about you," was his stumbling explanation as he looked anywhere but at her face.
Another low rumble of thunder rippled over them, the air heavy, stifling and expectant. Lia's smooth, cool fingers slid under his chin, tilting his face to meet her smiling eyes. "Thank you," she whispered, shifting a step closer to him.
See how she teases! Take her now, fool, make her yours! Stop denying yourself!
Valen flinched as if she'd struck him and stepped back from her. "I-I should be getting back," he stammered, avoiding the startled, hurt look on her face by turning his back on her. "I'm sorry."
"Valen, please." Her voice was barely above a whisper, but her tone stopped him in his tracks. "Don't leave."
The tiefling drew in a long, slow breath to calm the taint still whispering in the back of his mind then slowly turned to face the woman he'd been fighting beside for several weeks time. Her wild mane of straw-colored locks hung messy and unkempt down her back, and the cloak she clutched to her was slightly askew, revealing more than a glimpse of her powerful upper thigh. He didn't know what to say to her, had no idea how to make her understand that he was terrified that he would do her harm. "My Lady," he strained out, "I…."
His words faded to silence as a cold, wet drop landed on his forehead. Startled he blinked and looked skyward, only to feel several more drops trickle down his face. It had been a long time since he'd felt rain, and for only a second he closed his eyes and simply enjoyed the strange feeling. When he finally looked back at the wild elf once more, he was devastated to see silent tears mingling with the falling rain on her cheeks.
"My Lady? Lia?" Unable to stop himself, Valen reached out to take her by the shoulders, his face a mask of worry. "Why do you cry?"
She twisted within his grasp and the rain began to fall a bit harder as she pressed herself firmly against his chest. "I need you," she whispered, her fingers grasping at the chest of his leathers as he stood there, stunned and uncertain. Her hand traveled up around the back of his head and twined in the sensitive hairs on the back of his neck, making him shiver. "Please," she pleaded, "stay."
His hands rested lightly on the small of her back, but Valen reigned in his desire. "Lia…I don't…" he groaned aloud as she slid her other arm around his waist, letting the cloak fall to the ground so that Valen suddenly found his hands holding her bare flesh. "I don't want to hurt you," he finally managed through the haze that clouded his mind as she raised up on her toes, her breath hot against his lips.
"I'm not afraid of you, Valen Shadowbreath," she replied with something like amusement in her voice. Faintly her felt the soft brush of her lips against his, then heard her longing whisper, "There is so much death in the Underdark. I need to feel alive, Valen. Make me feel alive."
His self-control evaporated in that split second, and without warned he roughly hauled her body against his chest, crushing her lips with a searing kiss as his tail lashed possessively around her thigh in a tight coil. Lia stiffened in surprise at first, but moaned in delight as his probing tongue demanded entrance into her warm mouth, his rough palms caressing and massaging her back and bottom with ever increasing ardor. Loosing his silky, blood-colored hair, Lia dragged her nails over his scalp, stopping to give his horns a demanding tug to break their kiss and expose his tender throat to her sharp, white teeth.
Valen gasped and ground his teeth as she bit and suckled her way along his jaw and down his neck, mindless of the raining falling harder and harder down on them. It suddenly seemed very unfair to him that she was naked and he began tugging at the buckles of his training leathers, but the water had made them slippery and uncooperative. He was on the verge of simply cutting them off with a dagger when he felt's Lia's agile fingers take over, and within moments his armor was being stripped from him piece by piece.
A low growl rose in his throat as she knelt to remove his boots, her hair plastered in a wave across her back as the rain pelted down, and by the time she'd finished, he'd ripped his shirt up over his head, eager to feel her bare skin against his. She gasped into his mouth as her cool, smooth flesh slid against his unearthly-hot chest, and lightning streaked somewhere near them so brightly that it left dark spots swimming across her vision. The pressure of her soft, wet breasts pressed to his bare chest, mingled with the feel of her fingernails raking mercilessly across his scalp as she suckled greedily on his tongue nearly drove the tiefling to throw her on the ground and ravage her there in the mud. But he wanted more than that.
His tail twisted around her waist as he hauled her against him, lifting her off the ground, and his groan was punctuated by another low rumble of thunder as she wrapped her thighs around his waist, grinding herself against him. In two long strides, the warrior carried his prize to the low rock shelf where she'd placed her gear, swiping the leathers and pack aside with one swift movement, then lowered her bare body carefully on the hard surface. Her eyes reflected the violent streaks of lightning as she stretched herself seductively under his gaze, and he took a moment to drink in the sight of her. A breeze gusted over them, and though Valen barely felt it through his heated skin, he realized it must have been quite cold against the elf's wet skin as a wave of goosebumps traveled over his skin. He grinned at the sight, bending suddenly to capture one of her hard nipples in his mouth.
Lia gasped and arched her back, mindless of the cold stone pressing into her uncomfortably, delighted by the heat of his lips and tongue working across her sensitive flesh. Rising up on her elbows she blinked the rain from her eyes, her breathing heavy in anticipation as she watched him trail lower, his tongue circling her bellybutton playfully. A small whimper rose in her throat, and she longed to allowing him to continue his decent, but another gust of icy wind decided her.
She grasped his horns and hauled him upright, sitting up and scooting herself to the edge of the rocky shelf before he could voice a protest at being interrupted. She sealed his mouth with a demanding kiss, pressing herself again his impossibly warm body as her nimble fingers made short work of his breeches, yanking them down over his hips and exposing his throbbing desire to the cool air. Valen's knees nearly buckled as her fingers closed around his shaft, then gave out completely as she shifted herself forward to press him into her hot, wet center in one sharp thrust of her hips.
Gasping, he clung to her, bracing himself against the rock just to keep himself upright, his eyes shifting from blue to red and every color in between and back again as the rain continued to fall on their intermingled bodies. Lia whispered something in breathy elvish against his pointed ear, her fingers dancing tenderly across his scarred back as she tightened her walls around him maddeningly. Burying his face in the damp crook of her neck, Valen bit down hard on her shoulder, grinning as she whimpered and twisted in pain and pleasure, then slowly began thrusting into her.
Tail still wrapped around her waist, Valen cupped her bottom in both hands, lifting her completely from the stone with each long, slow movement of his hips. Lia moaned and whispered his name feverishly, drawing him into another deep kiss, sucking his tongue each time he slid inside of her. Pleasure ripped through her body, the heat of his skin against her wind-chilled flesh adding a new element to the experience, but each time she tried to speed the movements of their bodies, Valen would not let her.
"Valen," she moaned, twisting her hips in vain against his solid grip on her backside, "please…."
The tiefling buried his face against her throat and shook his head. "Not yet," he breathed, continuing his slow, torturous thrusts as he gently nibbled along her jawline.
"Please," she begged, tightening her walls around him again, trying to get him to lose control. "Valen, please…."
Grinding his teeth for control, Valen held her away from him for a few heartbeats, the hard length of him taunting her warmth until she writhed against him. She cried out and threw her head back as he slammed himself into her mercilessly once, her breathing calming to a ragged gasp as he resumed his slow, deliberate thrusts. One callused palm slid off her bottom and caressed her breast demandingly, and Lia gave up control as her mind clouded over with delicious sensations. Valen grinned to himself when she finally yielded.
Lia clung to him, matching the rhythm of his hips with her own, her thoughts a muddled mass of pleasure painted with cool water and hard, hot muscle and rain-slicked skin. Her whole body trembled as a desperate tension began to build within her, her passion driven higher with every long, drawn-out movement of Valen's body. Lightning crackled around them, the resounding thunder so loud that the stone beneath her vibrated from the sound.
"Aiya, Valen," she gasped, her nails needing into his shoulders as the broken words tumbled from her lips. "Amin…anta lle…aiya! Amin naa…manka lle…please. Valen…amin mela lle…."
Her voice, so low and lusty, tickling against his ear drove him mad with desire, and though he could not understand her, he knew by the tremor of her muscles that she was close. Unable to hold himself back anymore, Valen startled her by shoved her roughly away from him, hauling the much smaller elf easily around until she knelt on the stone slab on her hands and knees. The longing, taunting smirk she flashed him over her shoulder brought a low, rumbling growl up from his chest as he seized her hips in both hands and impaled himself within her.
Lia's started, breathy cry as he filled her urged him to withdrawn and thrust into her again, and again, faster and harder as she gasped his name, her voice soon drown out as the storm above them reached a fevered pitch. Folding himself over her back, Valen pounded into her firm body, cupping and squeezing her breasts as he kissed and bit the tender skin on the back of her neck, savoring her passionate screams of pleasure.
His body cried for release, but he refused to let himself go. Without mercy he teased, pinched, licked at her skin until she was buckling against him like an animal, writhing and gasping incoherent elvish words as her body tightened almost painfully around him in explosive release. Only then, as she shivered and trembled beneath him, did Valen grasp her roughly by the hips and thrust ruthlessly into her one last time, pressing himself into her as deeply as possible while a fervent groan rose up in his throat.
Valen shuddered violently, his senses fading to black for a moment and his head swimming as he rode the fading waves of pleasure rolling out of him. As he slowly came back to himself, he was aware of the hard stone beneath his palms, his arms shaking as he held the bulk of his weight off of the woman collapsed prone beneath him. The rain had stopped, her summoned storm apparently over, and when Valen opened his eyes he stared fixated as a few drops fell from his soaked hair and onto the elf's unblemished, olive skin. Then he realized with a start that she was shaking.
"Lia?" She stirred as he said her name, lifting her head to offer him a sated smile over her shoulder, but her lips were blue, her body wracked with cold shivers. "Oh, gods," he breathed, shoving himself off of her and gathering her icy body into his arms, "you're freezing!"
She chuckled a little, snuggling herself against the warmth of his naked body. "I-it's my own f-f-fault." Valen looked around helplessly for something to wrap her in, but the rain had soaked everything. "B-blankets," she stuttered through chattering teeth. "I-in my p-pack."
Of course – their packs were waterproof. Valen released her, his heart giving a small squeeze as she made a whimper of protest, and retrieved her muddy pack. Sure enough, the inside was completely dry, her bedroll and blankets untouched by the downpour, and Valen immediately set about making a nest of them on their rocky perch. Within seconds, he'd crawled into the makeshift bed and dragged the elf firmly against his chest, burying her in the blankets.
Valen cradled her against his chest, gently stroking her wet hair back from her face in a soothing, absent gesture until she gradually began to stop shivering. Her breathing turned calm and even, and Valen had begun to wonder if she'd fallen asleep when he felt her fingers moving tenderly across his chest. Slowly she traced the outlines of his many scars, not speaking, but when she finally turned her gray eyes up to meet his azure stare her gaze was bright with emotion.
Looking down at the beautiful, compassionate wild elf, a jolt of guilt traveled through Valen's mind and he dropped his eyes from her and muttered, "I'm sorry."
He felt her startle and lift her head up to look at his face. "Sorry?"
Shame was written plainly across his brow as he tried to meet her eyes again. "I…hurt you." He'd seen the blood and scrapes across her knees from where the stone had torn her flesh, and he knew that the marks he'd put on her neck and shoulders would soon turn to bruises.
Lia laughed softly as she snuggled closer to him, her curious fingers drifting lower to tease across his tense abdomen. "I'll live."
Valen sighed and let his eyes fall shut for a moment, her touch both making him feel better and worse at the same time. "It wasn't supposed to be like this," he all but groaned.
Her hand froze just below his navel, her fingers curling in the light dusting of red hair that trailed down the center of his stomach, then propped herself up on her elbow. The look she gave him was searching as she softly asked, "Wasn't supposed to be like this? Then…what was it supposed to be like, Valen?" The tiefling felt a blush burn its way across his cheeks, but she held his gaze and pressed, "Please tell me."
"I wanted to take you in my arms," he found himself admitting, feeling like a fool, but the sincere, tender expression on her face seemed to wring the words out of him. "I wanted to kiss your mouth," he traced his thumb lightly over her lower lip, "and tell you how beautiful you are, how your strength amazes me. I needed you to know how much I respect you, how much I trust you, because," his voice failed him for a moment before he was able to force the words out through his constricted throat. "Because somewhere between the fighting and arguing and death, between the negotiations and ambushes and the way you are always there to heal me, I…I fell in love with you, Lia."
The uncertainty in his eyes faded as he watched a wide, beautiful smile spread across the woman's face, and his heart thumped in his chest as she captured his face between her hands and sealed his lips in a ravening kiss. "Just remember," she whispered hotly against his mouth, "I said it first."
Surprised, Valen pulled back to look at her questioningly. "When?"
"While we were…" she started, then blushed and flashed a suggestive smile, "enjoying the storm. Although I've been told it doesn't count if you say it in the height of passion."
Valen's low chuckle rumbled through his chest, and he startled her by suddenly flipping her onto her back, leaning over her with his warm, powerful body. "If it didn't count," he purred, his lips but a hairsbreadth from her own as his tail once more slid possessively around her thigh, "then say it again."
Lia smiled and sighed happily as his crimson locks fell around his face and tickled her neck. "Amin mela lle," she murmured longingly against his mouth. "I love you, Valen."


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Key to the City February 2, 2018
Key to the City February 2, 2018
Two K-9s retired Tuesday from Pflugerville Police Department
Two K-9 officers retired Tuesday after sniffing out crime in Pflugerville for more than 12 combined years.
A brief ceremony was held for Inka and Scorpio at the Pflugerville Justice Center Municipal Court as the nine-year-old Belgian Malinois dogs celebrated their dedicated careers of keeping narcotics off Pflugerville streets.
Inka has been integral to significant arrests for the Pflugerville Police Department and partnering agencies, and handler Officer Joseph Townes says her keen nose for possible danger has kept him safe from harm. She has located kilos of narcotics and hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal money used to distribute narcotics.
Scorpio was trained in the detection of various narcotics and human tracking. He is originally from Europe, and spent a short time training in Mexico before coming to work with handler Cpl. Cody Irby. Scorpio once found approximately 3 pounds of methamphetamine inside of a vehicle and has helped agencies as far as Houston and as close as Round Rock and Hutto.
Both dogs will spend retirement living with their handlers.
Finance wins awards for the Government Finance Officers Association
For the 13th consecutive year, the Finance Department has been recognized by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) with the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for the 2017 fiscal year budget and the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting (CAFR) for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2016. For the 7th consecutive year, recognition was provided for the Popular Annual Financial Report (PAFR) for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2016. These financial documents are online at www.pflugervilletx.gov/finance.
Pictured: Mayor Victor Gonzales, Lauren Henkes, Sarah Moody, Tracy Hibbs, Amy Good, Jeannette Odegaard, Sabrina Schmidt, Adrian Corrigan.
New evening storytime at the library
Children can wear pajamas and bring a favorite stuffed toy to Pajama Storytime at the library on Tuesday, February 6 at 6 p.m. Young children and their caregivers can enjoy stories, followed by a snack.
Costume contest, crafts and more at Fandom Craft Night
Teens ages 12-18 can geek out over their favorite fandoms at this monthly craft night at the Pflugerville Library. On Tuesday, February 6, at 6 p.m. the library is celebrating Stranger Things. Learn how to create a Dungeons & Dragons character, make Stranger Things themed Perler bead magnets, compete in a Eleven/Steve's Hair costume contest, and dress up as Eleven or style your hair like Steve's to participate. Craft materials are provided while supplies last.
All talents are welcome at the Toddler Talent Show
The Pflugerville Public Library will host a Toddler Talent Show on Thursday, February 8 at 10:30 a.m. Let your little one show off their talent in front of a friendly audience! All talents are welcome, from singing to giving a high-five. Each participant will get a round of applause and a ribbon. The talent show is recommended for ages 18 months to 5 years.
Meet romance authors at the 10th annual Romance Readers Social
The 10th Annual Romance Readers Social will be on Saturday, February 10 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Pflugerville Public Library. Every year, on the second weekend of February, the library hosts local romance authors for a fun filled afternoon of book signings, author interviews, crafts and games. Enjoy cupcakes while chatting with authors and picking up some new reads. Anyone 18 and up is welcome to attend. The featured authors this year include J. Kenner, April Kihlstrom, Anissa Garcia and Vivien Jackson. Visit the event page for author biographies and more information.
Registration for Spring Break Pfun Camp begins Feb. 5; Spring class registration begins Feb. 7
Get ready for spring with Pfun Camp registration and spring class registration next week. Spring Break Pfun Camp is March 12 – 16 and includes hiking, games, pfun in local parks and field trips. Registration begins at 8 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 5 online and in-person and costs $110 for Pflugerville residents and $130 for non-residents. For more information, visit the camp page here.
Spring class registration begins at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 7 online and in-person at the Recreation Center. Check out newly added cheer and "Mom and Tot" gymnastics classes as well as more senior pfitness classes. For a full list of classes and to register, visit pflugervilletx.gov/classes.
Now hiring lifeguards for Pflugerville pools
Pflugerville Parks and Recreation is now hiring lifeguards, swim class instructors and pool managers for 2018. All applicants must pass a swim test and then complete training. These positions offer competitive pay, so apply today. For more information, visit our website or contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
Booth vendors wanted for Deutschen Pfest
Food and arts and craft vendor applications are now being accepted for the Deutschen Pfest set for May 18-20, 2018 at Pfluger Park. Applications are available online at www.deutschenpfest.com. Vendor selections are made with preference given to local nonprofit groups and local for profit. Confirmations will be sent out after March 17 to vendors who apply.
Grand Avenue Pavement Maintenance Project Approaches Completion
The Grand Avenue Pavement Maintenance Project is scheduled for completion by mid-February. Grand Avenue Parkway from its intersection with Pflugerville Parkway to the City limits has been under construction for roadbed repairs and repaving since early November.
In addition to Grand Avenue Parkway, Kingston Lacy Blvd. was repaved from Heatherwilde Blvd. to Ainwick Castle Dr. to allow for safety improvements including restriping. These projects were part of the City's Annual Street Maintenance Program.
What's Happening
AARP Tax Help - AARP will offer tax assistance each Friday through April 13 starting at 10 a.m. at the library. This service is first come, first serve. For questions about the tax help program, please contact AARP at firstname.lastname@example.com. Library staff cannot answer questions about taxes.
New Adobe Creative Suite open hours - The Pflugerville Library computer classroom will be open on Mondays 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. and Wednesdays 4 - 7:30 p.m. in February to guests who want to use the Adobe Creative Suite on the library's computers. Make use of Lightroom, Photoshop, InDesign and much more. These are self-guided open hours and staff assistance is limited. Ages 12 and up are welcome.
Gilleland Creek Pool Closed for Renovations -Gilleland Creek Pool is closed for renovation. Lap swimming will not be available during construction. The pool will reopen on Memorial Day weekend. For more information on the renovation, read our news story here.
Heritage House Museum Open First Sunday on February 4 - Visit the historic house and learn about local history! The Heritage House Partners host the museum and provide visitors with stories, memories and facts about the history of Pflugerville.
This Week:
Legend: Library (L); Parks and Recreation (P&R); Boards and Commissions (B&C); Police (PD)
Friday, February 2 - Pfun Hiking (P&R); AARP Tax Help (L); Tai Chi (P&R); Pf Seniors: Hearts & Spades (P&R)
Saturday, February 3- Zumba (P&R); Baby Time (L); Story time (L); Paw Prints on Your Heart (L); Paws & Read (L)
Sunday February 4- Game on Board Games (L); Heritage House Open (O); Pf Seniors: Hearts & Spades (P&R); Speak Beat for Teens (L)
Monday, February 5- Baby Time (L); Adobe Creative Suite (L); Pf Seniors: Mahjong (P&R); Adult Coloring Club (L); STEM Club (L); Archery (P&R); Paws & Read (L); Intermediate computer class (L); Planning & Zoning Commission Meeting (B&C)
Tuesday, February 6 - Bilingual Storytime (L); Senior Line Dancing (P&R); Pf Seniors: Cards (P&R); Pf Seniors: Dominoes (P&R); To Be Continued (L); Home School Kids (L); Home School Tweens (L); Home School Teens(L); LEGO Club (L); Pajama Storytime (L); Fandom Craft Night: Stranger Things (L)
Wednesday, February 7- Pf Seniors: Computer & Smartphone Assistance (P&R); Play Time (L); Pf Seniors: Cards (P&R); To Be Continued (L); Adobe Creative Suite (L); Kawaii Club (L); Pfknitters (L); Conversational English (L); Inkscape Design (L);
Thursday, February 8- Pfun Biking (P&R); Senior Line Dancing (P&R); Toddler Talent Show (L); Pf Seniors: Dominoes (P&R); Kids Crafternoon (L); Adult Craft Night (L)
Friday, February 9 - Pfun Hiking (P&R); AARP Tax Help (L); Pf Seniors; Hearts & Spades (P&R); Sensory Storytime (L); Special Needs Library Hour (L);
Save the Date
February 17 - Black History Month Celebration: Join the Pflugerville Public Library and Black Pflugerville as we celebrate the Pflugerville Historic Colored Addition Cemetery. There will be a short video about the cemetery, as well as historic documents and photos for guests to view. The celebration also includes family stories presented by the youth of the Excellence and Advancement Foundation, a reading of Louis Smith's Slave Narrative by James Ware, and a storytelling panel hosted by Meme Styles. Storytellers include Mayor Victor Gonzalez, Bertha Russell and Ernestine Brooks. The event starts at 3 p.m. at the Pflugerville Public Library.
March 3 - Teen Job Pfair - The library hosts a teen job fair for teens ages 14-19 to meet with local employers and organizations and learn about local jobs and volunteer opportunities. www.pflugervilletx.gov/teenjobpfair.


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Last week at This Week in Ed I wrote that, contrary to some narratives, many people should still view teaching as an attractive profession:
Certainly, the last decade of education reform has substantially changed the work of many teachers, especially elementary, math, and English teachers in low-scoring schools. Many other teachers, however, have experienced education reform much less directly or intensely, and in any case many teachers are probably not as sensitive to those changes as Stephanie or Gary.
People also go into teaching much as they go into other professions: for a wide variety of often-complicated reasons. Some new teachers are looking to change or "defend" education, but others enjoy talking about their subject matter, like working with kids, or appreciate the vacation time…
Ultimately, then, whether other people think you should become a teacher is mostly irrelevant, especially when their reasons are heavily rooted in their personal ideologies or professional preferences. Teaching has a lot to recommend it and if it's something you want to do with your life you should probably go for it.
I wrote that over the weekend (as I do most posts) which means that I wasn't even aware of the CAP report that came out last Monday on teacher job satisfaction, which found that 90% of teachers feel fairly autonomous and 89% of teachers are satisfied with their jobs. This makes it all the more difficult to take seriously the argument that the last decade or more of education reform has been driving people away from or out of the classroom.
It's worth remembering, though, that critics of modern education reform have been actively ignoring a lot of teacher satisfaction data for years. It was almost two years ago that I wrote about strained misinterpretations of a MetLife survey that found that teacher job satisfaction had – if anything – actually notched up in the years after the passage of NCLB.
On Twitter Doug Lemov attributed some of these misrepresentations to disenchanted teachers being poor losers:
@Ed_Realist @MrPABruno me too. I'm taking my ball & going home & I want everyone else to, too.
— Doug Lemov (@Doug_Lemov) January 22, 2014
That might be a part of it, and it's probably why teachers who don't passionately object to reform are often dismissed as mentally ill. But many of these unnecessary discussions about whether people "should" go into teaching seem to me not so much petty as oblivious. The assumption seems to be that teachers just must be dissatisfied and there's not really any recognition that one's personal experience may not be representative.1
To be fair, it's arguably a little surprising that teachers' views of their jobs haven't changed more dramatically. After all, you can make a case that public education today operates very differently than it did in, say, 2000 and many of those changes would seem to have increased demands on teachers. So you can sort of understand why someone might be inclined to take it for granted that teachers are substantially less satisfied with their work than they used to be.
In fact, reformers may very well want to gloat a little less about the survey data and ask themselves why teachers don't seem to care very much about all of these reforms.
The reformers' assumption seems to be that they've found a free lunch: they can introduce considerable accountability without annoying teachers. But there's another possibility, which is that most of the reforms that have been introduced just aren't impacting the classroom much on a day-to-day basis or in ways that can be felt by teachers.
My experience is that both reformers and their critics underestimate the extent to which most teachers can ignore most reforms most of the time. Many teachers do not teach heavily-tested subjects – i.e., math or ELA – and those who do are often observed only occasionally and by administrators who are busy with other obligations and in no mood to pick fights about curriculum and instruction. And it's not hard for any teacher to justify just about anything in terms of "rigor", "standards alignment", and "learning outcomes".
In other words, most teachers can continue to do whatever they want in the classroom even under our contemporary accountability regime. And this ability to ignore reform helps to reconcile relatively steady teacher satisfaction data with the spread of significant-seeming education reform.
This possibility should be especially concerning to reformers who take the position that teachers and teacher quality are crucially important to improving educational outcomes. To date, however, I don't think I've seen reformers publicly consider it.
So to sum up the state of education reform at the start of 2014: Reformers have spent many years trying to radically change education. So far this seems not to have affected teachers all that much but reform critics don't seem to realize it and reformers don't seem to mind it.
- You see something similar with critics of the Common Core standards, who often seem bizarrely confident – on the basis of very little evidence – that "teachers" and "students" hate the new standards. [↩]


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The study demonstrates the impact of value-based care on treatment selection, as ~40% of healthcare providers ranked Real-World Evidence (RWE) as the most important data informing their prescribing decisions. This marks the first time we have seen RWE outpace clinical trial data as the primary data source influencing provider decision-making.
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On 23 March, Kanu Sanyal, one of the senior founding leaders of the CPI(ML) movement and architect of Naxalbari uprising of 1967, met a tragic and painful end.
Kanu Sanyal was a key organizer of the Naxalbari movement, and it was he who made the first public announcement of the formation of CPI(ML) at the historic mass meeting in Kolkata on May 1, 1969. He was jailed for several years for his involvement in the movement.
His political opinions underwent a change after the massive crackdown by the State and the subsequent setback suffered by the movement. He went on to denounce the very formation of the CPI(ML) as well as leaders like Charu Majumdar. Onwards from the late 70s, he launched several groups on the lines of organizing committees of communist revolutionaries in an attempt to unite various groups. Eventually he also launched a new CPI(ML).
He remained active till the end of his years in the Darjeeling district, especially in struggles of tea garden workers against closure and hunger deaths. He lived a very simple life and never gave up political activism. Red Salute to the Legendary Leader of Naxalbari Uprising of 1967!


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Just wait for the congressional freakout that comes if world powers and Iran sign a comprehensive nuclear accord this summer. Negotiations advanced on Thursday with a framework agreement between Iran and the P5+1—the United States, UK, France, China, Russia and Germany—that maps out the imposition of restrictions on Iran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief. The sides will now begin to draft the final accord, due by the end of June. That leaves plenty of time for the most hawkish and recalcitrant members of Congress to try to scupper talks. And if the reaction to Thursday's agreement is any indication, they most certainly will.
Take Mark Kirk, the Republican senator from Illinois and AIPAC stalwart. A leader in efforts to sanction the Iranians—even during the last year of talks, when it would spell the end of negotiations—led the way with the most outlandish statement. Building on his past theme comparing negotiations to the Munich Agreement that ceded the Sudetenland to Hitler, but didn't satisfy the Nazi appetite for conquest, Kirk lashed out. "Neville Chamberlain got a lot of more out of Hitler than Wendy Sherman"—the State Department number three—"got out of Iran," he said.
That talking point belies what proponents of an Iran nuke deal have been saying for years: that those opposing a compromise want war. The stale neoconservatism that dominates Kirk's thinking—and fear-mongering—doesn't dictate that Chamberlain should've gotten a better deal in Munich, but that Munich should never have happened and Europe should have gone to war against Hitler earlier.
Meanwhile, the Arkansas GOP freshman Senator Tom Cotton—who led a, shall we say, unorthodox effort last month to kill the talks by appealing directly to his hardline counterparts in Iran—came out with a point blank denial of reality: "There is no nuclear deal or framework with Iran," he said in a statement. "Contrary to President Obama's insistence, the former deputy director of the UN's nuclear watchdog has said terms such as these will allow Iran to achieve nuclear breakout in just a few months, if not weeks."
Except that Cotton got that wrong. The UN nuclear official he referred to is Olli Heinonen, now with Harvard. Heinonen affirmed in the Washington Post yesterday that the terms of the deal, leaving Iran with 5000 centrifuges, would yield a breakout time—the period needed for Iran to "dash" to enough fissile material for a bomb, if a deal collapsed—of a year, not months or weeks. And a year-long breakout time has long been the goal of talks, a key aim by which a variety of nuclear experts have said a deal should be measured. A well-established skeptic of the talks, Heinonen seemed "impressed" with the framework, according to The New York Times, whom he told the agreement "appears to be a fairly comprehensive deal with most important parameters."


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Full Rosary and Adoration for Synod on the Family
The Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, Harold's Cross will pray the full Rosary during Eucharistic Adoration on Sunday 11th October for the intention of the Synod on the Family. One of the four sets of Mysteries will commence at each half-hour, starting at 3.00pm, and concluding with Benediction at 5.00pm. All are welcome - why not drop in for a half hour or more?
Anam Cara Information Pack
National Cell Seminar in Ballinteer Oct. 2015
Catholic Faith and Culture
Approx. ten Thursday evenings from 7.30pm-9.00pm in Malahide parish centre, starting Thursday 1st October. It will comprise of 3 EWTN video series, as follows: First series 'Virtue, Freedom and Faith' addresses society's slide into relativism and moral darkness, hosted by Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J. Second series 'Genesis to Jesus' is a biblical study exploring God's loving covenant with His children, hosted by Dr. Scott Hahn. Third series 'The Little Flower' examines the life and work of St. Therese of Lisieux, hosted by Fr. Jacques Daley, OSB. Attendance is free - we look forward to seeing you there.
Week of Guided Prayer - November 2015
Remembrance Service, National Maternity Hospital
Dominican Retreat Centre Open Day
Nazareth Family Institute - Marriage Preparation Courses
Non-residential weekend courses given by an experienced team of couples and a priest in a relaxed friendly environment in Avila Carmelite Centre, Donnybrook, Dublin 4. From 7.00pm to 10.00pm on Friday and 9.30am to 5.15pm on Saturday; lunch and tea/coffee provided. The course is fully compliant with Catholic Church guidelines and derives much from the teaching of St. John Paul II. The next immediate dates are 25/26 September and 13/14 November 2015. Bookings can made on line at www.nazarethfamilyinstitute.net or by ringing 01-2896647 or 087-6290041.
FaithFest 7
Solemn Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Tuesday 29th September to Wednesday 7th October. Mass times: 9.30am and 8.00pm. Preacher: Fr Noel Keogh C.Ss.R. All are welcome. Monastery of St Alphonsus, St Alphonsus Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9. www.rednuns.com
Triduum to St. Therese of Lisieux
The parish of Our Lady of Victories, Sallynoggin/Glenageary invite you to join us for a Triduum to St. Therese of Lisieux. Theme: 'Follow Me'. So often we ask 'how can I pass on the Good News of the Gospel to my family, my friends and my neighbours?' In our Triduum Frances Hogan will respond to this desire in our hearts. She will deliver 6 different reflections which encourage us and challenge us. 'Come and See' Jn1:39. Tuesday 29th & Wednesday 30th September, and Thursday 1st October. Mass at 9.00am and/or 6.30pm. Don't forget your petitions and your roses.


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If you would like to become a patron do fill in and return the form attached. A donation from £10 will help to ensure continued running of the Festival and allow free entry to festival days. Your name will also appear in the syllabus and programme.Download Form
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Canterbury Arts Council
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Bütçe $30-100 USD
This Bid is for a Google calender report builder
Application should be built in Java or PHP
You should have expirience with google API.
Report will recieve:
- a set of google calander names (all assigned to the same google user)
- a date range to run the report by.
- an option to display/not display totals
- an option to make a seperate csv for each calander or join them all in one page
- result destinations (email, directory, view-only(html) )
and will generate a csv report for each calander
each csv report will contain
line #, date, number of hours, event name, event data
and a set of total lines for each event name
month, event name, total hours
The report should be available from the web
The report should be able to send the results to a given email
The report should have an option to be run automaticly once a period
(using cron or something like that)
Report will be hosted on a linux machine.
Payment will be held in escrow
60% will be given on application delivery, 40% will be given after QA and code check (2 weeks tops)
Please Bid only if u programmed with google API before.


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For several years now, when it comes to nostalgia the eighties have been all the rage. This renascent interest in the eighties popularly peaked with movie versions of The Transformers and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. There is a new nostalgia about to sweep the country though, and its already started. The new nostalgia is for the fifties.
You hear this everywhere. Gwen Stefani's "The Sweet Escape" sounds like it could come blaring out of a soda fountain. Fergie's "Clumsy" is a complete ripoff of Little Richard's "The Girl Can't Help It." Shawn Kingston's "Beautiful Girls" sounds like a frat-reggae cover of the Drifters. You are starting to see it too, with knee-high boots and caked-on makeup becoming all the rage. The thing is, I heard people talking about the 80s comeback several years before it was in full spring, but I haven't heard peep about the 50s comeback. Somebody is doing a really good job of marketing the 50s as though they weren't the 50s.
What really bothers me is the source of this rebirth is rockabilly. Hellbilly, psychobilly, rockabilly ... these forms have thrived, and have done so mostly underground since the disappearance of the Stray Cats. As the Carson Daly crowd co-opts the fifties, rockabilly and all of its divergent substrands are at risk of losing their vivacity; hopefully, the cool hunters won't kill their prey this time.
Friday, January 18, 2008
The New Nostalgia
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Labels: Fergie, Gwen Stefani, Little Richard, rockabilly, Shawn Kingston, Stray Cats, The Drifters, the eighties, the fifties
Friday, January 11, 2008
Sir Edmund Hillary
I think that with all the hubbub surrounding the recent death of Sir Edmund Hillary, it is important to look back and reflect on his greatest achievement: inspiring one of the phattest boasts in hip-hop history. As Hesta Prynn spouts it: "Sir Edmund Hillary couldn't climb this. Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme this." Not only is this a fun rhyme, but its effective on multiple levels. What Edmund Hillary can't top is badass feminist rapping. With him being an icon of the rugged white male, who still had to hire a heretofore unnamed native guide so he can get credit for something many non-Westerners had almost assuredly already done, that makes this like a pretty good slap in the face of pompous maleified culture. You go girls!
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Cincinnati, OH (FOX19) - A dream season came to an end Thursday for Hughes High School. Defending division II state champion Dayton Dunbar knocked off the Big Red 69-60.
Terry Cook and Dwight Nared each finished with 16 points for Hughes. A win would have put Hughes in a Regional title game for the first time since 1956.
At the Kentucky girls Sweet 16 in Bowling Green, Notre Dame Academy went to overtime with Madison Central before pulling out a 57-53 win. The Pandas advance to play Marshall County.
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03-06 September 2015 Boise, ID – Firebird Raceway is just outside Boise Idaho, and was the setting for this year's E.T. Finals. It's a ten to sixteen hour trip for most of the Pacific Pirates. Wednesday saw many already there with Thursday and Friday bringing in those that had to get away from work.
Wednesday and Thursday, the weather could not have been better at Firebird Raceway. It was a little cooler than normal but a welcome break from the heat that has been around all summer long in the whole northwest. Test and tune Wednesday and Thursday was in the past as we rolled into Friday's Gambler Race the weather was a changing.
The sky thickened and all eyes were on it. Weather checking on all the smart phones were saying the same thing, Get Ready. And come it did as the wind picked up and moved anything that was not tied down and those that were scrambled to keep it from going to Kansas. The wind put a halt to racing as it coated the track surface with sand leaving it looking somewhat like sandpaper.
With just a few rounds left to finish the powers that be could have cleaned the track to continue but the threat of rain when getting that completed put an end to the idea there. It was great decision on their part as the rain came.
Saturday morning started dry then Mother Nature again threw a wrench into the works soaking everything. The plus side to this was the long and continuous lineup for Firebird's yummy breakfast, with biscuits and gravy. They are good as I joined the others going through the line.
Once the Race of Champions got started the day went off without a hitch completed with the crowning of the class champs that will represent Division 6 in Pomona. Mighty Joe Lind will take his bike and represent Pacific Raceways as not only the track champ but as the Division 6 champ, Great job Joe!
Sunday's race weather could not have been better though quite chilly early. Racing today for all attending was for class champions in each of the E.T. classes with points for each win to determine the overall track champs, and once again the group from Woodburn in a tie breaker won, laying claims for 2015.
With the finals going north of the border next year plans to do so start now and will require ID to cross, hope to see you there.
I would like to thank David Atkins of Atkins Rotary for introducing me to Lauretta. Quite a skilled photographer with a sharp eye on nature. Having never photographed drag racing before I offered up a camera for her to shoot what she sees and have fun. Here to spend some quality time with her father most of her shots followed him as is natural. By her own admission "I know nothing but would very much like to learn". Looking at her shots she is right though there are shots that show her natural ability and just a few pointers will bring those skills that she has already has to the top.
Maybe our paths will cross again to see what she has learned and pass those little pointers along. Thanks Lauretta for your additional pics and a glimpse into your look at a first timer to the drags, could not have been a better choice to get away from everything and see what your father enjoys.
The images are organized by day – in four albums – click here for the Event Folder with links for all four days of the 2015 ET Finals! Good Luck in Pomona!


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This Stainless Steel Mini Sauce Pan is crafted from sturdy and strong material, which means they will tough to use in both outdoor and indoor catering events or restaurants. These mini frying pans measure 2 inches in diameter. You will get one well-made stainless steel mini frying pan when you buy this product. These modern Stainless Steel Sauce Pans will add an elegant beauty to a variety culinary treats. You could use them to showcase your sauces, side dishes and much more.
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Kamagra is an erectile dysfunction medication that is designed for men. It contains active ingredient called as Sildenafil citrate. A single pill is more than enough for a person to achieve an erection. Kamagra is available in three different dosage strengths like 25mg, 50mg and 100mg.
The general dose of the medication is 50mg whereas the older patients would be given 25mg tablets. It is very rare for a person to get prescribed with a 100mg dose. The drug would be very effective only in the presence of sexual stimulation without it there is no use in taking the pill.
When a person takes a tablet, it would start to work once he is sexually aroused. Erection can occur only when he is stimulated within the period of four to five hours. The blood vessels get relaxed thus allowing more blood flow through it. Since there will be a rush, certain amount of pressure is created which causes an erection.
- Kamagra is not suitable for people who are taking certain kind of medication including nitrates. So check with the doctor about this before the treatment.
- This medication does not prevent pregnancy hence use certain effective protective methods.
- You have to know that taking this drug does not prevent any form of sexual transmitted diseases (STD) to you.
- If you are advised by the doctor to not indulge in sexual activity then it is a must to avoid taking the drug.
- If you are suffering from certain ailments like heart disease or lung disease, your doctor should give you the approval for taking this medication.
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If you are experiencing any of the symptoms for a longer period of time then you have to get help from the medico immediately without fail.
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Due to this, the pressure in the lungs gets decreased and a person gets benefitted.
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I want to experiment with rails on my PC. I don't know what to do though.
What can I do for this?
What should I do if I want to Rails locally?
I want to experiment with rails on my PC. I don't know what to do though.
rails has a website with documentation and so on, which also include installation instructions.
Do I have to use OS X?
no, you can also install it on windows but i find these things to work so much better on linux
Here's a list of tutorials by Codecademy for Ruby and Ruby on rails
Link inside the first tutorial that said about download ruby 2.2.1 here doesn't work? I mean, there is no link there?
there is even a rubyinstaller,so installing ruby should be super easy
Thank you very much for the link!
I find windows a pain to work with for backend web development (which rails is), i prefer linux, all i needed to to install ruby and rails:
sudo pacman -S ruby; gem install rails
Yeah... I'd like that option too for later. I'm still learning my way around VM, docker container, and linux.
why bother to learn docker and VM? I wouldn't host your website on your own personal computer. Developing on your laptop/pc? Fine. Hosting? I would highly advise against it
And for developing you don't need docker or VM
The docker is for Database for my data analysis with R?
Then docker is useful, you seem to have big plans. On which OS are you going to install rails now?