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The regional free-trade agreements popping up around the globe are likely to spur international banks to stick closer to their own backyards.
In the Western Hemisphere, the United States, Mexico, and Canada hope to finalize a trade agreement by July, while Latin American countries already have four trading zones of their own.
Government and industry officials suggest the agreements could serve as a stepping-stone toward a single free-trade zone for the entire hemisphere, thus smoothing capital flows between North and South America.
In Europe, the 12 member countries of the European Community are slated to eliminate trade barriers against each other by the end of this year.
Although the process suffered a blow this month when Danish voters rejected the economic treaty agreed to by European Community leaders, nonmember such as Switzerland, Austria, and Finland are lining up to join.
Many Trade Zones
Japan, China, and developing countries in Southeast Asia are tightening trade and financial links.
According to a recent study by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, at least 23 trading zones straddle the globe.
The biggest is the European Community which accounted for 41% of world trade in 1990.
The smallest is the Organization of East Caribbean States, a customs union accounting for 0.02% of world trade.
Its members are Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts-Nevis St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and the British Virgin Islands.
No One Is Immune
Banks have not remained immune to the trend toward regionalization
"Services often tend to follow merchandise trade, and banking follows other business or goes along with it," says Norman S. Fieleke, vice president and economist at the Boston Fed and an author of the study.
Although the regionalization of banking is harder to quantify, some U.S. banks are rapidly expanding business closer to home while shunning activities on the other side of the globe.
"If you look at distribution of capital flows, the bulk of the money going into Latin America is being intermediated by U.S. banks, into the former Soviet Union by European banks, and into Asia by Japanese banks," says Alan Stoga, managing director at Kissinger Associates Inc. in New York.
Big U.S. banks are making Latin America a major target of their overseas activities.
"The historic economic relation between the U.S. and Latin America is reemerging," managing director Lincoln Rathnam of Scudder, Stevens & Clark, a mutual-funds manager, told bankers at the annual convention of the Bankers Association for Foreign Trade last month.
Regionalization Found
U.S. bank's rapid expansion in Latin America, he and others add,m offers concrete evidence of the broader trend toward a regionalization of the world's economy.
German, French, Austrian and Italian banks are concentrating on expanding locally while Japanese banks are putting business in Asia at the top of their priorities.
As much as two-thirds of private loans to China, for example, are now from Japanese banks, estimates Yoh Kurosawa, president of the Industrial Bank of Japan.
Many see the slow pace of complex international trade talks under the auspices of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade as the main reason behind the rise of regional trade blocs.
Simplifying the Process
The faltering of international trade talks, Mr. Fieleke notes, "inclines countries to strike a preferential bargain with just a few other countries rather than endure the lengthy and dubious multilateral GATT negotiations."
"Not surprisingly," Mr. Fieleke says, "agreements on matters of this nature are more readily reached among relatively few countries whose relevant policies are already fairly similar."
"The present stalemate in the Uruguay round [of international talks on free trade in services] has sharply raised the prospect of the regional path," noted C. Fred Bergsten, director of the Washington-based Institute for International Economics, in a symposium last year.
"If the [Uruguay] round were to fail," he said, "the trend toward regionalism almost certainly would accelerate."
Step in Right Direction?
Some bankers believe the drift toward regional trading blocs makes a lot of sense and is a step toward the long-term goal of global free trade.
"One practical way to extend credit to developing countries may be determined by the comparative advantage banks have in making a credit-risk judgment about countries in their region - or by the close economic relationships banks have with them," Mr. Kurosawa said at the International Monetary Conference in Toronto earlier this month.
If this approach is used, "Latin American countries will receive credit primarily from U.S. banks, East European countries will get help from European and U.S. banks, while Japanese banks will extend credit with the emphasis on Asian countries," he said.
A Host of Perils
Other bankers are worried that regional trading blocs could promote price fixing, stifle competition, and add more barriers to global free trade.
"History has made it brutally clear that humankind cannot afford the creation of 'Fortress America,'|Fortress Europe,' or |Fortress Pacific,' Allan R. Taylor, chairman and chief executive officer of the Royal Bank of Canada, warned earlier this month.
"If there is not an effective GATT system, [regional free trade agreements] would almost certainly come to be viewed as alternatives to globalism," Mr. Bergsten noted.
"In that case, they would almost certainly evolve over time in an exclusionary and eventually discriminatory direction.
"The economic costs would be significant and growing," and "the political effects would, at a minimum, be worrisome," he added.


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One Day in Ljubljana
We spent the day in Ljubljana. The historical centre is small and impeccable. People were educated and correct without being strict or cold. People spoke English (also the older generations). People were very much willing to talk, very easy to be approached.
Ljubljana made us think "I also want a city like this, I also want a country like this". Absolutely faultless, absolutely beautiful. And incredibly cheap prices and, at the same time, incredibly high quality of service.
Also, there are free lunches here: we had a free guided tour (tips accepted at the end) and there is a free transport service in little golf cars: one just asks it to stop and tells some place to go within the historical centre.
The castle was great and the nightlife incredible: we had never seen so many bars open with tables on the streets in the center of the historical center of any city. The relaxed/party atmosphere was also wonderful.
Ljubljana is a city with always many activities running in parallel. For instance, these days there is the street theater festival and the jazz festival. Ljubljana is the European city of books for 2010.
The right cafe culture: in Ljubljana one can sit for hours in a cafe and paying just one coffee, no one will complain because that's what caffeterias are for. Living in extremely expensive and extremely fast Italy, today I remembered in my flesh how much I miss that cafe culture that exists here in Ljubljana and also, for instance, in Lisbon (Portugal). Spending time, letting time pass, let the pages of a book flow while people walk in front. One coffee, so many time: ideas, words, contacts flowing unconstrained through time. That's something practised here in Ljubljana.

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But now back to business... I have decided to have a Vampire Diaries week, I will be looking at books 1-6 since I do not yet have book 7. I will be comparing the books to the series, and then also look at the last two books in the Stefan's Diaries series. So do look forward to that in the near future.
You can also look forward to a review of a short story by Charlaine Harris; as well as the latest book in the Booktown Mystery Series – Sentenced to Death. And then there is parts 3,4 and 5 of Gone with the Wind to look forward to. I am in love with Gone with the Wind, and I cannot wait for the day when I can go and visit Georgia and Louisianna to see the vibrant scenery that inspired this wonderful book. And well, let's see what else happens that is unexpected. So here's hoping you all will have a good week, and happy reading!


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Progressive Christianity
One of the intentions of this blog is to generate some discussion about Progressive Christianity. There is a significant gap in our public discourse for people of Christian faith who believe that the Christian message is one of social and economic justice, tolerance, and compassion. While there has been a long history of Christian Social Justice campaigning (think about Michael Joseph Savage's "Applied Christianity" of the Hikoi of Hope), the loudest Christian voices in public debate across the Western world tend to belong to those who want to exclude and judge anyone different, and ignore the poor.
Because Progressive Christians, in stark contrast to conservative Christians, have on the whole been ineffective at publicly enunciating what we stand for, I think that most people outside of the Church would struggle to identify just what Progressive Christianity is. If pushed I imagine that the term conjures up a fairly wishy-washy version of Christianity – nice accepting folk, living and dressing for the late 70s, and not really believing in much aside from being pleasant to one another.
This is unfortunate because there are clear and powerful principles underlying Progressive Christianity that have huge relevance for today's public discourse. What follows is not a manifesto, but a summary of some of the key points Progressive Christian principles that motivate me:
Moral Rights and Wrongs
The religious right like to contrast their unambiguous beliefs about a range of 'moral' issues with the more tolerant views of others, claiming essentially that this is evidence that they believe in clear moral rights and wrongs, and that contrarily, the rest of us are coasting on some post-modern acid trip on which anything goes.
Nothing could be further from the truth. Progressive Christianity is in fact all about the fact that we live in a world in which there are clear moral rights and wrongs, and choices to be made. We just disagree (sometimes) on what the rights and wrongs are. Brian Tamaki holds that two consenting men having sex is a moral wrong that Christians should mobilise against. I hold that 21% of our children living below the poverty line is a moral wrong, condemned by scripture repeatedly, and something upon which we must act.
Progressive Christians in my view actually need to drop some of the more namby-pamby rhetoric, and in the spirit of the great Christian social justice campaigners of the Nineteenth Century label some of the great injustices of our world for the moral crimes that they are – and then act to change things.
The Centrality of Scripture
While Progressive Christianity is accepting of the right of other faiths to draw inspiration from their traditions, this does not mean that we forget about our own traditions, and the centrality of the Bible in that tradition.
Jim Wallis is a Progressive Christian leader from the USA, who comes from the evangelical movement, and has a long history in the civil rights and social justice movements. In books such as Gods Politics – why the American right gets it wrong and the left doesn't get it, he repeatedly returns to scripture as a source of inspiration, to uncover truths about the human condition and God, and to search for solutions to our problems.
He rightly points out that the biblical imperative to act to end poverty and bring about social justice is overwhelming. Old Testament prophets, Jesus, and the disciples raged about injustice, and our obligation to act. The Bible remains as central to the the faith for Progressive Christians as it does for other Christians.
Inclusive not Exclusive
There is an interesting passage in John 21-28 in which Jesus initially refuses to deal with a woman because she is a Canaanite and not a Jew. He compares her to a dog – nice. What happens next is the cool bit though. The woman challenges him, and he backs down. For good measure, he heals her daughter. The formally closed shop of Judaism is thus opened up by Jesus, who takes a message of unconditional love and acceptance out to the very gentiles who previously were excluded.
The New Testament message of love, and not judging others is impossible to ignore. If these principles are at the centre of your faith, then there is simply no question about excluding or condemning others because they have slightly different beliefs, sexual preferences, customs, or whatever. It just makes no sense.
Justice and Change
Jim Wallis powerfully talks about the call to social justice in the Bible, and the need for Christians to be a part of solutions. He notes that the bible talks about homosexuality twelve times over 1500 odd pages of small print, yet talks about the plight of widows, orphans, the sick, the homeless, and the socially isolated many hundreds of times.
Seeking justice by changing unjust social and economic systems therefore becomes a biblical imperative. Wallis was a leader of the Jubilee Debt Campaign – an inter-faith movement that led to the cancellation of billions of dollars of third world debt. The term 'Jubilee' came from a Biblical tradition of the Jubilee, a once in every 49 year event during which debts were forgiven, foreclosed houses returned, and slaves freed. Basically, unjust distribution of wealth was leveled out. Radical stuff.
While a new levelers movement is not about to be re-born in the middle-class Anglican parishes of Auckland, the Christian tradition is clear that we should actively attempt to bring about social and economic justice for all.
Different Strands
Of course, its nonsense to suggest that there is one Progressive Christian creed that is followed by everyone who will identify with the term. Just as the Catholic Church, the Buddhist tradition, or American Evangelicals all have different streams within them, so does the Progressive Christian movement.
Jim Wallis himself comes from the Evangelical movement. South American Catholic Liberation theology sits within the tradition, and in contemporary New Zealand, Christians across all denominations identify with Progressive Christian ideals.
Importantly too, there are people with very different personal theologies and conceptions of God who would identify as Progressive Christians. I'm with Richard Randerson and his agnosticism as to whether God exists in spirit form or as a guy with a beard – equally the obsessive interest of the fundamentalist right in Creationism is just something I couldn't give a hoot about. As a Progressive Christian I am far more interested in discussing our tradition, drawing inspiration from it, and then acting to bring about justice and understanding in our country and world.
I am keen for discussion about Progressive Christianity to take place on this blog, so any comments are welcome (if you have made it this far). In the near future I intend to set up a list of Progressive Christian resources too – any suggested sites or blogs would be appreciated.


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Microsoft today announced new OneDrive features all related to photos. The service is getting new curation, viewing, sharing, management, and search features, rolling out "in the coming weeks."
First up, OneDrive users on Windows 7 and Windows 8 will now be able to curate photos from their phone, desktop, and inbox via automatic imports. Just connect a device (be that a camera, a USB stick, or an external hard drive) and easily back up photos not just to your computer, but also to the cloud.
These photos will be saved in a new "Camera imports" folder. OneDrive will also let you automatically save screenshots that you take to a new "Screenshots" folder — hitting the print screen button on your keyboard will save the screenshot to your clipboard, but you'll also automatically get a copy in the cloud for easy sharing.
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Labor is investing more than $14 billion in additional funding for disability services over seven years as DisabilityCare is rolled out nationally.
Additionally, the Rudd Labor Government is also investing $3.7 billion in aged care reform over five years, including more than 40,000 extra home care packages.
Labor's new Skilling for Better Services program will provide extra investment in the skills to support these reforms through $30.6 million of new investment in Australia's social services workforce.
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VIDEO: Raw footage of Tuesday night's Candidate Forum at Burien Library
Story, Photos & Video by Scott Schaefer A Candidate Forum for hopefuls running for Burien City Council was held at the Burien Library on Tuesday night, Oct. 10. All eight candidates were present at... [Read more]
VIDEO: Here's raw footage of The B-Town Blog's final 2017 Candidate Forum
On Tuesday night (Oct. 3), The B-Town Blog held its second and final 2017 Burien City Council Candidate Forum at Merrill Gardens at Burien (an Advertiser). This final forum featured candidates for Burien... [Read more]
REMINDER: Final Blog Candidate Forum is at Merrill Gardens Tuesday night
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REMINDER: B-Town Blog Candidate Forum #1 is Tuesday at El Dorado West
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B-Town Blog Candidate Forums will be Tuesday, Sept. 26 & Tuesday, Oct. 3!
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It's Austin Bell vs Darla Green at Tuesday night B-Town Blog Candidate Forum
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Starring Carl Boehm, Moira Shearer, Anna Massey, Maxine Audley, Brenda Bruce
Directed by Michael Powell
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A young man obsessed with filming the terrified reactions of the women he murders falls for the young woman renting a room from him, and swears never to film her, as he continues his crimes.
This horror film from Michael Powell was controversial when released but has been greatly acclaimed since, and it deserves those accolades and more. Boehm's psychosis, explained by cruel experiments performed on him by his scientist father, is chillingly presented, allowing us to see through the viewfinder of his camera via excellent cinematography by Otto Heller. As disturbing as the images are, the sound that accompanies them is just as expert, with the whirring of Boehm's camera and the mechanical drone of his projector as he plays his films becoming as effective as screams on the soundtrack. The world of this character is brought vividly to life by Powell's vibrant color scheme, which is beautiful to look at and draws us into the narrative, almost an antithesis of the film's dark content. Powell also gets good performances from his cast, with Moira Shearer particularly unforgettable as a vivacious dancer, wonderfully photographed by Heller, whom we hope finds a way to escape as Boehm stalks her with his camera in a terrifically suspenseful sequence.
Greetings, and welcome to VIEWING THE CLASSICS. Here you'll find capsule reviews of vintage movies from the early days of cinema through the 1970s, with a special emphasis on sci-fi, horror, and mystery movies. Be sure to check out the Pages links, where you can find a Film Index of all my reviews, links to the reviews organized by cast members, directors, and other contributors, and links to my reviews of the films of talented young director Joshua Kennedy.
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"The Carmichael Show" was absent from NBC's announcement of its 2016-17 fall schedule on Sunday. That doesn't mean, however, that it won't return next season.
NBC chairman Bob Greenblatt told reporters on a conference call that the network and 20th Century Fox TV are still working on a contract for a possible third season.
"I was hoping we'd have [a deal done] by now," Greenblatt says. "We're just going back and forth about the number of episodes, honestly. We haven't come to terms on that, but hopefully we will. I don't know if it's going to be immediately or in the next couple of days, but hopefully we'll resolve it soon."
Greenblatt declines comment on how many episodes each side wants, although he acknowledges that 20th Century Fox would like more than NBC.
"We're looking at a very robust schedule with a lot of new shows, and we're trying to fit everything in there and agree on a number of episodes that works for everyone."


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Monday, 17 August 2009
Introducing Club Calvary!
Yes, it's a small pic. In uploading, it's quality went POOF and disappeared. Oh well.
Edit: Fixed. -Alex.
Club Cavalry was our third PGR artist to sign on. Currently working on his Killer Macrame EP, PGR now presents you Club Cavalry's debut release to tie you over. With Love/The City is 100% House, implementing some of the best sampling the underground internet music scene has to offer. But why take my word for it? Take a listen and form your own opinion!
With Love (Extended)
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With Love
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The City
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Enjoy! Remember to check out Club Cavalry at his myspace! Power Glove Records' myspace is pretty rad too.
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8 comments:
- Joe said...
"The City" is an absolute belter, I've had it since even before he signed to PGR.
Although, try not to post new PGR stuff too frequently, because if you do then we'll probably get thrown off hypem.
- 17 August 2009 at 05:42
- prez jordan said...
They don't know it's him. It's cool he can post it.
- 17 August 2009 at 13:37
- Joe said...
Ahh kk
- 17 August 2009 at 14:04
- Boba Fettuccini said...
and we don't plan on having more than one release a month anyway. two got posted because on of them was released while I was gone.
- 17 August 2009 at 18:37
- prez jordan said...
Ah, you do a very nice job by the way, I'm liking this stuff.
- 17 August 2009 at 21:15
- prez jordan said...
The rhythm of With Love combined with the sample is just amazing, honestly sounds like something off of Vertigo to me, bravo.
- 17 August 2009 at 21:23
- Tyler said...
Something's wrong with these mp3's I can't download them :(
- 18 August 2009 at 19:50
I really dont like these tracks! =[
Not that good at all!
- 23 August 2009 at 22:45
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Time for my ass to make a public statement regarding ace and aro "discourse"…
And, as a disclaimer, I suggest you drop your white privilege on the door, and try and actually listen to my savage ass for a moment. You can pick up your privilege right after. But you really need to understand the value of listening to the voices of trans women of color.
Ready? Cool, please come in. Have something to drink, if you want, and take a seat. Ok? Here we go.
As a trans woman of color, I completely support ace and aro ppl, and this whole aphobic exclusionist bullshit has become a personal issue for me. Not only because I used to identify as ace for a while, but also specifically as a trans woman of color, because of the following.
Many white queers these days been sayin that ace and aro people is stealin resources from trans women of color, and that's a real fucked up thing to say, if you isn't a trans woman of color.
In my whole entire fucking life, targeted and persecuted and all that shit, not a single ace person has done shit to me, to the level y'all say they do. Not at any rate, to the level that white queers in general, including white trans people, have done and keep doing. Y'all steal from us, then blame aces and aros. Yo, fucking shit!
White queers, and especially white trans people in particular, love to use the pain, work, and tears, of trans women of color, for y'all's own political points. Y'all be like "trans people is being murdered, listen to us". Meanwhile trans women of color, the ones actually being murdered, keep on being used and abused and forgotten by y'all.
Ace exclusionism, in particular, was fucking developed by twerfs, it's basically twerf rethoric 2.0, and using the pain of trans women of color to defend recycled twerf rethoric, that's a special kind of super fucked up.
I don't need no crackers whitesplaining my own pain and struggle to me, or to trans women of color in general. We dying, we starving, we being tortured and rounded up and shit, and white trans people use our pain to defend they racist bullshit? Nah, I ain't here for this.
If white queers spent 10% of the time they spend doing this shit, actually helping trans women of color, then they wouldn't need to claim this bullshit that ace ppl is stealin from trans women of color, because we'd be actually getting something, from all the shit y'all waste or keep for yourselves.
I'm looking at you, white cis gays, white cis bi or pan people, white trans women, white trans men, and white nonbinary people. Every single fucking one of you. Y'all need to fucking take a ride out of your beckiness for once.
If the shoe fits, then you should probably consider your privilege, think about how much you care about trans women of color, and stop using our pain to defend fucking bullshit. And you can also take a moment to think about how much you really care about dismantling the existing systems of oppression, if you still insist in hating ace and aro folx.
And yo, please stop sayin that this bullshit is about "cishet aces invading the lgbt community", because it's clearly not, just like transmisogyny ain't never been about "males invading female spaces". You see? It's twerf rethoric 2.0, so drop it yo.
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Leafs Frustrated After Loss To Bruinsby David Alter / Toronto Maple Leafs
The Maple Leafs spent a good portion following Saturday's game reflecting on an issue that is becoming difficult to get their heads around… their compete level at Air Canada Centre.
"We got beat in every aspect of the game, again," said captain Dion Phaneuf, who was candid about the team's struggles at home. "For some reason, one night we'll play the way we have to, we'll play to our system and the next night we come out and we're completely flat. It's inexcusable"
Through five home games this season, the Leafs have had three performances where they lost by three goals. And the score would very much be a reflection of the way they played. The team sports a 1-4 record at Air Canada Centre and have dropped all four games, in which they have given up the first tally.
"The first goal seems to sink our group and then the squeezing of the sticks. There are passes we normally would make that are going into people's feet," said head coach Randy Carlyle. "The pressure of playing at home when things don't go well, that's the difference. I think the first sign of adversity at home seems to multiply."
There have been a couple of games where the Leafs have shown an ability to bounce back from these types of performances. It's become evident following tonight's 4-1 loss, the team isn't ok with having these types of losses happen with regularity.
"It doesn't feel good to leave the ice like that and it has happened three times," said Joffrey Lupul. "You always say a loss is a loss and you didn't get the points. But, that feels worse. We've got to fix that situation or the team isn't going anywhere."
Cody Franson agreed.
"It's very frustrating. We go to the Island and we play a really solid game and get the results because of it. And then we come out tonight and lay and egg, if you will. There are things we have to change when we approach games in terms of our execution."
All things boil down to the compete level,a category dominated by Boston. They've established a style of hockey that the team has played for several seasons.
"There's not a reward for your effort if you're standing still and not prepared to skate and move and get inside" added Carlyle. "They were inside of us for more than half the game and they won the puck battles."
Panik's First Goal
Richard Panik scored his first goal as a member of the Maple Leafs which broke a shutout bid for Tuukka Rask. "It felt pretty good but I would take the win over the goal anytime," said Panik who was claimed off waivers earlier this month. Rask, meanwhile, improves his career record to 10-2 vs. the Maple Leafs.
United Tribute
Prior to the game, the Leafs held a united tribute with the Ottawa Senators and Montreal Canadiens to those who lost their lives this past week in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu and Ottawa.
"It's always nice to see people get united like this," said Stephane Robidas. "The way they did it with people in Ottawa on the Jumbotron, I thought it was a pretty nice gesture."


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Dinah and the Mites are very adorable kittens (Mom is about 10 months, the kittens are about 2 months) and they all need good, loving homes!
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What a wonderful vacation we had! We enjoyed the awesome weather at the beach and some time at the river on our boat. It was so nice to get away for awhile...but now it is back to the grind for 2 days and then I am off on vacation again...YIPEEEEE! That's right...Kyle and I leave on Wednesday morning to head to the wonderful Bluegrass State.... aka.....KENTUCKY! This will be our first "road trip" alone without Dad to be our driver...but I am up for the challenge...I will just take my duck tape for Kyle's non stop chitter-chatter and away we go!
Here are a few pics of the bech I took with my phone. I will have to post the ones from my camera later when I am in Kentucky. So you will have to check back cause I took some great ones!
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I have placed in the SAU writing contest before, but never first place in fiction. It was a great moment for me, especially because "Last Hope" is my first real scifi story. I am getting more serious about my writing, and feel amazing that my first shot at scifi was successful.


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Wednesday, February 01, 2006
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Finally, a good old-fashioned nor'easter! All this extremely untypical warm weather has been downright scary. Over the last several years, our weather has changed A LOT. Very disconcerting. But more on Global Warming another time. We had a lot of fun today playing around in the snow - as you can see, it goes as high as Casey's belly, and she really enjoys a good gallop through the drifts.
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Fresh start today. I'll be doing six weeks with the little people, by which I mean paediatrics. I've been really looking forward to it, from both a personal and an professional point of view. I got to see very few kids last year so this will be a good learning experience. Plus, I like kids.
A few times I've heard people say to me, "I couldn't do paediatrics, I hate seeing kids in pain". Which kind of confused me. I always felt like replying, "But you like seeing adults in pain do you?" I didn't actually say that since obviously that would be a pretty jerkish response. But I guess I couldn't really connect to what they were saying.
But last week I was reading a book on death and dying and I opened it up to a chapter on the death of children. The sentence that fell under my eye was: "Parents who have a child that dies will often experience grief, guilt and anger so severe that they feel that they are losing their minds".
As I read that sentence I involuntarily contemplated how I would feel in that situation. And it was like a panic attack. For about twenty seconds, my chest was tight, I couldn't breath, my whole body seemed to tense up and freeze. And that was just from reading one sentence in a book. I can't imagine the horror of having to cope with it in reality, day after day, forever.
So now I'm feeling quite apprehensive about the next six weeks of paediatrics. Hopefully I'm not going to be a walking mess of raw nerves. On the round this morning I didn't see any kids who were really life-threateningly sick. Which was nice. But it meant that I spent the morning wanting to grab them all and play with them and then feeling increasingly homesick and missing my little Hatchling.
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Mexico City implemented a new system of streamlined, oral trials for non-major offenses Thursday, described by Reforma's top headline as "First step taken on judicial reform." More accurately, it's the first step taken in the Federal District. Twenty-eight states had already converted to the new system.
Even with the vast majority of crimes going unreported, the courts were hopelessly backlogged. They were also inefficient, opaque and not always dedicated to the honest dispensation of justice. The idea is for the new adversarial system to speed things along, clean them out and open them up. "Conciliation," will also be encouraged. Serious crimes — kidnapping, murder, armed robbery — will be prosecuted in the traditional inquisitorial way for the time being, which in most cases takes place out of the sunshine.
El Universal leads with "Mexico asks U.S. to extradite Ficrea owner." Rafael Olvera Mezcua, the majority partner of the fraudulent financial firm, is thought to be in the United States. Interpol is also after him.
More interesting on El U's front page is a fotonota — a picture with a head ("Another party") and caption referring to a story inside — revealing that two PRD officials hosted a private party in a protected Mexico City historical site. The paper's published photos (there's a whole gallery on its web site, no doubt the work of a party guest with a cel phone) show José Luis Muñoz Soria, a federal deputy who is a candidate for delegation head of the downtown Cuauhtémoc borough, and the current Cuauhtémoc director of social development, his wife Verónica Olvera, and party guests. All are in formal attire that varies but makes a common statement: "I have more money than taste."
According to EL U, the party took place on December 20 and violated several regulations governing the Capilla Británica, a neocolonial, turn-of-the-(20th)-century chapel supposedly reserved for cultural events and conferences. Those rules concern the time of night, the serving of alcohol and performances by live musicians.
Even if the couple shows they did nothing wrong, you have to wonder what they were thinking. You have to wonder even more when you remember that something similar had taken place months earlier at the Monument to the Revolution.
Against all odds, the PRD has managed to overtake the PAN and PRI in the bad image department. Are they trying to beat out the Green Party too?
La Jornada goes fiscal in its top head, announcing a "Budget gap of 198.36 billion pesos in 2014." This was announced before, but repeated as Finance Secretariat officials met with a congressional committee. Falling oil prices are blamed.
Jornada also give a lot of play to the news that "Normalization of relations between U.S. and Cuba begins." The reference is to new U.S. rules going into effect today that make it possible to go to Havana (as soon as the airlines are ready) simply by booking a flight online and getting to the airport on time.
Excelsior also fronts the rules relaxation, but its top head gives the following statistic: "In Guerrero, 212 trucks taken." That figure refers to delivery trucks stolen in just the last few weeks by protesting teachers and students. The story came out of a meeting Thursday between the Mexican Employers Confederation and Interior (Gobernación) Secretary Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong.
Citing disappearing investment, Coparmex leader Juan Pablo Castañon asked Osorio for "immediate intervention, investigation and punishment of the guilty parties." That would be a novel approach. Plenty of truck heists go unpunished nationwide — because the perpetrators are good at it and get away. Many, however, do get caught. It's the GPS age, after all.
In Guerrero, it's . . . different. The teachers affiliated with Ceteg announce their hijack plans in advance, carry them out in front of cameras, and then brag about their actions afterward.


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Elder Vance slept in until at 9 a.m. and had a relaxing morning. At noon he zipped up his bags and loaded into the truck to head to Provo. With calm confidence and a relaxed personality, Auston was able to take a little nap on the way to MTC. We had a nice family lunch where Elder Vance gave his last hugs and good-byes. At the MTC Elders met us at the curb, Elder Vance introduced himself and unloaded his luggage. With a HUGE smile and no tears, he hugged Mom and Dad one last time and said," I love you". As we drove away he stopped and waited with a smile an a wave. Our boy is an Elder now and on his way to Nebraska. With NO SOBBS from mom! The whole ordeal took us exactly 2 minutes 52 seconds, according to Preston's watch.
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Dutch court convicts oil trader of illegally exporting waste to Ivory Coast and concealing its hazardous nature in Amsterdam
The controversial oil trader Trafigura was today fined €1m (£840,000) for illegally exporting tonnes of hazardous waste to west Africa.
A court in the Netherlands also ruled that the London-based firm had concealed the dangerous nature of the waste when it was initially unloaded from a ship in Amsterdam.
It is the first time that Trafigura has been convicted of criminal charges over the environmental scandal in which 30,000 Africans were made ill when the toxic waste was dumped in Ivory Coast.
The fine was half the amount requested by Dutch prosecutors.
The Amsterdam district court judge, Frans Bauduin, also convicted a Trafigura employee for his role in the 2006 scandal, and the Ukranian captain of the ship that carried the waste.
Bauduin said Trafigura was fined because it had done what European regulations on toxic waste aimed to prevent, "namely the export of waste to the third world and harming the environment".
The seven-week trial centred on Trafigura's initial attempt to get rid of the waste cheaply in the Netherlands. The Dutch prosecutor, Look Bougert, told the court that Trafigura had put "self-interest above people's health and the environment".
He said Trafigura had wrongly described the waste as routine slops from ordinary tank-cleaning. Residents complained about the foul smell, and the company hired to dispose of the waste wanted more money for the job.
Trafigura then pumped hundreds of tonnes of the toxic waste back on to its tanker and left the Netherlands. The tanker, Probo Koala, was sent to the Ivory Coast port city of Abidjan, where the cost of getting rid of the waste was much lower.
Instead of disposing of the waste properly, Trafigura "dumped it over the fence" in Abidjan, Bougert said. "Cheap, but with consequences," he added.
Amid an international furore, Trafigura was last year forced to pay compensation to thousands of Africans who needed medical treatment. The civil legal action had been brought by the London lawyers Leigh Day.
Trafigura said it would study today's ruling and consider an appeal. "While Trafigura is pleased to have been acquitted of the charge of forgery, it is disappointed by the judge's ruling on the other two, which it believes to be incorrect," it said.
"Concerning the delivery of dangerous goods, it is important that the court has noted that there was limited risk to human health from these slops, and indeed no damage occurred in Amsterdam," it added. Trafigura has insisted the waste could not have caused serious illness.
The court convicted a Trafigura employee, Naeem Ahmed, for leading the effort to dump the waste "while its dangerous nature was concealed". Ahmed was fined €25,000 and given a six-month suspended sentence, meaning he will not serve prison time unless he commits another crime within two years.
"Trafigura continues to maintain that Naeem did nothing wrong and will provide him and his legal team with whatever legal assistance they may require," the company said.
The Ukrainian captain of the Probo Koala, Sergiy Chertov, was sentenced to a five-month suspended prison term for the same offence and forgery, for concealing the nature of the waste in a written declaration.
Last year Trafigura was forced to withdraw in the face of a row when it attempted to enforce a super-injunction against the Guardian, gagging it from reporting proceedings in parliament.


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I sit here penning this missive having spent 30 minutes in real exercise while reading The Way of Men.
The stove is cooking vegetables, vegetables I personally did not grow, but vegetables I learned how to grow as I in turn grew up. In the oven is a modern marvel of convenience, farm raised chicken, purchased at a grocery store.
Packed with that chicken is also
I sit here wondering: What would Jack Donovan think of me if we met?
Donovan's book resonates within me. Everything he's said so far, spot on. Everything he writes, it is truth. Everything he references, this is reality.
He makes it very clear. The Way of Men will offend a lot of people.
This book spells it out in clear, simple, precise language.
Many people will deny this. They buck the weight of history. They rebel against the very world that is just around the corner from their neat, packaged, sanitized and pacific world. They deny, vigorously and with unrealized malice aforethought, exactly what happens within walking distance of where they live.
Yeah. This book epitomizes If the truth hurts,
I received my copy from Mike Moore and, per his instructions, when I am done I must pass it on. It will be a sweat-stained copy, which I think Donovan would appreciate.
I will be buying a copy for my personal library and if I can afford it, some other folks will be getting a copy from me.
I paused just now. I read the Wikipedia entry of Mr. Donovan. I leave it to you look it up.
He still speaks truth to me. His words still resonate.
But his opinion of me? If Wiki is correct, his opinion of me continues to
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From abducted child to UN speaker: By Dr. Ian Clarke: New Vision
CHARLOTTE has become a valued member of our family over the past five years, while she has been going through school. Her mother, Angelina Atiam, is well-known as the chairperson of Concerned Parents Association and champion of the campaign for the release of the Aboke Girls by the LRA.
It was only this year that the final girl came home, after 12 long years in captivity. Charlotte was held by the LRA for eight years, during which time she was horribly beaten and also bore two children. She escaped five years ago and since then has attended secondary school in Kampala and is now a student at International Health Science University.
During her captivity, she was continually under guard and endured beatings, sexual abuse and hard labour. She was also shot at, survived Operation Iron Fist and tracked through the bush for months, but despite all this, she did not become a bitter or twisted person and is one of the most balanced people I know. She is loving, kind and unselfish; she is humble and has a remarkable degree of wisdom and insight for a person still in her mid twenties.
During the long break between A levels and university, I asked her to work in Pader Health Centre as an administrator and she demonstrated her ability to get alongside people and bring the best out in them – perhaps because of her humility, but also because she has an unerring sense of what is the right thing to do.
Because of her experience of being abducted, she received an invitation a few weeks ago to speak at the United Nations in New York, at a conference on human trafficking. She first had to get a passport and there was also an interesting moment when we thought she would not get a visa, because there was some confusion over the list and she was turned away by the guards at the American Embassy. They told her she could not wait around because they said she was a security risk! Fortunately, the mistake was rectified and a visa was issued, so she travelled with her mother to New York this week. She contacted us after she arrived, saying that the journey had been fine and she was staying in a hotel in Manhattan, beside the UN.
When the organisers went through the programme with her, she was surprised to find that she was the speaker after Ban Ki-Moon and while he had been given four minutes, she was to speak for eight minutes.
We had heard her speech before she left and found it very moving – as she described without emotion, how she had been taken, some of her experiences in captivity and how she escaped.
What is so poignant when Charlotte speaks is the matter-of-fact way she describes her ordeal. If one does not really engage with Charlotte, one will take her as just another young Ugandan girl, but when she speaks in her quiet manner and looks directly into your eyes, then you see her inner strength of character. You see a deep person and appreciate her strength and purity of spirit. She was 14 when she was abducted, but nothing which happened to her has blemished her.
When I am with Charlotte I see, not only her outward beauty, but the inner beauty of someone who is meek and strong at the same time. I would love to have heard her speak at the UN, but I am sure as I write this, that she had a tremendous impact, just because of who she is.
Some people go through difficult experiences and become traumatised or broken. For others, such experiences make them stronger; this young girl is one such person.
You can also read the article online at: http://www.sundayvision.co.ug/detail.php?mainNewsCategoryId=7&newsCategoryId=137&newsId=698967
I am walking to stop child sacrifice in Uganda; to support Hope Ward; and to raise money for a Nursing Scholarship Fund...thank you all for Imagining with me, for Believing with me, for Supporting the causes
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In a report the ombudsman Dr Jane Martin said a bailiff had noted warning signs that might have alerted the council to the fact that the debtor, described as 'Mr C', was unwell.
Dr Martin said the council's failure had serious consequences because the debtor had incurred costs of £24,000.
She added: "In making decisions about debt recovery, I expect that council officers should make reasonable efforts to contact the debtor in person."
The council had difficulties engaging with the complainant and it was known that he did not open his post but left it to accumulate over a long period.
But the LGO report found that none of the council's own officers visited Mr C at home. The bailiff advised the council's solicitor that Mr C was suicidal.
Mr C complained that the council took bankruptcy proceedings against him in response to a council tax debt of £2,248, without having proper regard to his personal circumstances, in particular his mental health.
The ombudsman added: "I recognise that, having obtained liability orders and having tried to collect its debts through the use of bailiffs, the council was short of options as to how it could collect the money it was due.
"It is clearly not the case that bankruptcy should never be contemplated, but the consequences bankruptcy can impose upon a debtor are severe and in selecting options for recovery the impact on the individual debtor should be taken into account."
The ombudsman said she did not believe the council followed due process in making Mr C bankrupt. She found that the council failed to document its decision making in respect of the recovery action by way of bankruptcy.
She also said the council failed to reconsider its decision to pursue bankruptcy when information came to light that Mr C might be considered suicidal.
Had such failings not occurred, Dr Martin added, then the council would not have continued with bankruptcy proceedings against Mr C and he would not have incurred the high punitive costs of some £24,000 associated with that action.
A spokesman for Torbay Council said: "The council has received the decision of the ombudsman regarding this case which dates back to May 2008. The council is currently considering its response. The council has three months to do this."
The ombudsman recommended that the council issued Mr C with a formal apology and paid him £25,000.


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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Estamos en Espana
Then we headed out into a city where we speak the language and can read the street signs. There's a lot to be said for coming back into the First World.
The cultural highlight of the day: seeing Picasso's Guernica at the Museo de Reina Sofia, an extensive collection of 20th Century Spanish art.
The psychological highlight of the day: doing laundry!
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- AnonymousSeptember 13, 2009 at 10:09 AM
Hi! We love your blog and just read your piece in the Wash. Post. We are heading to Madrid for a week starting Friday and would love to know where you stayed. Also, where did you DO your laundry? BarbaraReplyDelete
- Maryann HaggertySeptember 13, 2009 at 3:08 PM
We stayed in a place called Hostal Cruz Sol, which I can recommend. The location simply couldn't be better--it's on a cute plaza, just two minutes from Plaza Mayor. (www.hostalcruzsol.com). Rooms were small and simple but clean, with ample hot water. At height of summer, we paid 58 euros a night. This time of year, it's less. It's on the third floor of a building, with non-existent signage, which is a tiny bit weird, but our cab driver had no problem at all finding it.ReplyDelete
The staff generally spoke Spanish, not English. They directed us to a laundromat about a 5 minute walk away. Looking at a map of Madrid, it appears it was on Calle de Leon, between Las Huertas and Prado. Maryann


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Sunday we started the day at Nathan's home congregation for the Easter morning service. Choirs, trumpets, bells, a strong sermon, and delicious breakfast completed the morning. After a stop back at his parents to change we headed to Nathan's Grandma's for lunch with the extended family which I think was 44 people this year. It was a beautiful afternoon both in weather and in company. As evening approached we said our good byes and headed back home for a brief stop in the tour. :o)
picture 1-Many of the cousins at Grandma's.
picture 2- Mary and Naomi happily playing with Great Grandma's Easter decorations.


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Dear Family,
Today I learned that roller skating is definitely not one of my God-given talents. I ended up on the floor about 15 times today and I am pretty sore right now. But it was a lot of fun!
I think one of the notable things that happened this week is that mango season started! Here in the center of the city there are so many people that sell fresh cut and prepared mangos and they are so incredible! I am not sure how I could live 18 years without knowing about these mangoes! This is why I love Guatemala so much.
|City Park
|Mango Season!
We have been working really hard to teach various families that attended church this past Sunday and we have seen a lot of miracles. One family, W. and A., has been progressing a lot in the gospel. We had originally thought that W. was already a member of the church but after we taught them about the organization of the church he realized that he had never been baptized in the church and told us that he wanted to be baptized with his wife. Since then they have been making a lot of changes in their life. Since A. is younger than 18 and they needed to get married, she went all the way to visit her parents and bring them to Mazate so that they could be there to sign for her marriage and she did it all! Her mom even came barefoot all the way from where they live (30 minutes away). They were married this past Saturday and we are going to help them to prepare for baptism this Saturday.
|W. and A. signing marriage papers.
We also had some really really cool moments with another family whose names are E. and P. Another Elder found them when he got his watch fixed. He started talking to the watch fixer and gave us the reference. Well, last Sunday they came to church and have been so excited to read the Book of Mormon. We left them the chapter when Christ comes to visit the Americas (3 Nephi 11). When we came back to talk about the chapter they were so excited and they told us all the things they read in the chapter and it was incredible how much they had understood and remembered. I felt so happy and excited for them because of how much they love reading the Book of Mormon! We continue to visit and help them get closer to a baptismal date.
|Christ visits America, as recorded in the Book of Mormon
Being in the center of the city lets us get to see some of the weirder stuff that Guatemala has to offer. There is a man that walks around here in the center and that just walks and walks all around without a destination. He actually served a mission for the church many years ago but somehow he lost his mind and now he just sings in random public places. He showed up to the church when we were playing volleyball today and started singing really loud. We all seemed to enjoy it.
I am so glad that the Lord gave me the chance to have my ankle back to normal and be working hard again to help all his children return to his presence. I am also so happy to be here in Guatemala! I have grown to love this place so much and all who live here!
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Happy Thursday everyone!
I've been talking to a bunch of people about my favorite ways to save online, so I thought a post with links and explanations might help some people who want to get involved in saving these ways. I've got links in the post, but if you need links later on, I added buttons to my sidebar on the blog.
Swagbucks is fabulous. Basically, it gives you "swagbucks" for using it as a search engine, playing games, watching funny tv clips and more. Those swagbucks can be redeemed for prizes, my favorite of which is Amazon gift cards! Sign up and check it out - really, for using it maybe five minutes a day, you can get free money!
Okay, one of other favorite ways of saving is to get paid for the online shopping I was planning on doing already. You can do that through Ebates. I have gotten cash back from Victoria's Secret, The North Face, Lenox... you name it! We're about to book a plane flight for Mr. Jones, and imagine my joy when I saw Southwest is even giving 2 percent cash back!
My third and final linky love goes out to RueLaLa. Designer products, cheap prices, need I say more? Lilly, Lenox and more! It changes every day. You do usually need a referral or invitation to join the site, so I'm happy to share!
I hope you guys like this info, and that it helps get some of you using these sites! Free money and cash back and cheap designer stuff is the way I love to shop!
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William A. Reichert Jr., 90, died October 30, 2007, in Topton. He was the husband of Arlene H. (Hoffman) Reichert. He was a son of the late William A. Sr. and Alice (Oswald) Reichert.
Services: Graveside, 1:30 p.m. Monday, November 5, 2007, Huffs Church Union Cemetery, Rauch-Hertzog Division, Alburtis. Arrangements, Ludwick Funeral Homes Inc., Topton.


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Dear visitors.
I am changing the Blogging environment from this MyDragonnet environment to a Word Press environment.
The new Mr Lea's Tech Blog is here : http://mrleastechblog.wordpress.com/
See you there>
Dear visitors.
I am changing the Blogging environment from this MyDragonnet environment to a Word Press environment.
The new Mr Lea's Tech Blog is here : http://mrleastechblog.wordpress.com/
See you there>
As the weather begins to cool and we begin to see plans for Christmas flicker, I'd like to share reflections on my work through September.
* Being responsible for laptop care.
* Backing up laptops on a frequent and ongoing basis.
* Ensuring work is managed in a digitally organized manner.
* Restarting laptops at least once per week.
Though these 4 items have already been mentioned, we have seen a need to reiterate this information to all MS students via multiple communication means, such as daily announcements, PCG led video message viewing, and email reminders.
Dear MS students
Here's a short video detailing some recent concerns around ICT usage in the MS.
Laptop care message to students Sept 2012 - from DragonMedia
Thanks for your ongoing care and effort.
The presentation slides we viewed are accessible via the below link.
Please note you will be required to login with your HKIS account to view.
Click here to see presentation file
Note below programs we spoke about that help with organization / focus.
* iProcastinate (App store download required)
Available here : http://www.craigotis.com/
* Freedom (currently on student machines)
* Self Control (free download required)
Available here : http://selfcontrolapp.com/
* Concentrate (commercial product)
Available here : http://getconcentrating.com/
Helpful links
Web Usage Tracking support
Please see the document linked below.
Parent Education (including Family Media Agreements, Cyber Safety advise)
Google's Family Safety Centre : Tips from parents @ Google
Cyber Safe Kids
Norton - Online Family
I hope this content is useful for you and yours.
If you have any questions, concerns, please contact me directly.
email : email@example.com
Dean Lea
MS ICT Facilitator / Teacher
Any questions, see me Mr Lea.
Hope to see you Tuesday.
As we end the first month of the 2012 - 2013 school year (August, 2012) I'd like to reflect on some of the successes we've had with Information and Communication Technology [ICT] here in our splendid Middle School [MS].
Dear MS Students and Parents
In order to ensure all MS students' school-related data saved into their laptops is safe and secure, we require all MS Students to own an external portable hard drive, and to use this to do frequent back up of their data.
(Portable Harddrive example image below)
Our requirements for the portable hard drive are:
A minimum storage capacity of 500 GB
Dear Middle School Students
Following on from last year we are preparing to restart the MS SDLT.
The Middle School's Student Digital Leadership Team will;
Who can Join?
Middle School students from grades 6, 7 & 8.
Do I need to be great with Technology to join?
Not really, we will teach you the content of the curriculum that we will teach the MS.
Where and when do we meet?
Day : Every Monday
Time : 3:15 - 4:10
Location : MS 315B
If I am interested what do I need to do now?
Prepare the attend the introduction meeting next week.
Day : Monday 3rd September
Time : 3:15 - 4:10
Location : MS 315B
Any other questions, please see Mr Lea - or email.
Here's how to install the Network Share "MS CLass" using the "Self Service" application.
Here is a PDF version of the instructions - CLICK HERE
and below is a video version of the instruction.
Install Network Share MS Class via Self Service - from DragonMedia
If you have any problems doing any of this go to you ETS office or see Mr Lea.
Here's a PDF and Video file detailing how to Download and Install Geometer's Sketch Pad into your laptop.
Here's the PDF version : CLICK HERE
and below here is the Video file
Download and Install Geometer's Sketch Pad - from DragonMedia
If you have any questions with this please see your ETS office
or your ICT facilitator ie Mr Lea.
I hope that helps
Dear Middle School
Can you please follow the below linked information and install an application called "Self Service".
Here's a PDF version of the Self Service installation instructions : CLICK HERE
& below is a VIDEO version of the Self Service installation instructions.
How to install Self Service application - from DragonMedia
The application is designed to distribute applications to students and teachers so that they can install applications by themselves.
This means that students and teachers will not have to hand in their laptops to get applications installed for them.
If you are having problems installing the "Self Service" program, please see the MS ETS staff or Mr Lea.
MS Library and ICT end of year reflection presentation 2011 - 12 - from DragonMedia
The above's a reflection from myself and Ms McCann regarding how we've done this year.
Any comments, please add to the blog.
Thanks for your time.
1) made copies of any files in myDragonNet that you wish to keep
2) archived all your email
3) provided access to any Google Docs you wish to use after you leave HKIS
4) saved all data off of your MacBook Pro
5) returned your MacBook Pro, all accessories (charger, portable HD, adaptors) to ETS Office
(due June 10th, please contact Justin Hardman to arrange special exemption)
I'd like to highlight how bravely and brilliantly 9 Middle School Student Digital Leadership Team (MS SDLT) students taught the entire Middle School (MS) student population how to use the "Green Screen" chroma key special effect process within Apple's iMovie 09.
Amanda LIANG, Anthea LOVETT, D'Artagnan LEA, Enrico LAPUZ, Kunal SADHWANI, Matthew LIN, Nathalie NG, Sam KHORSANDY, Sidney CHU spent a series of day 6 community times identifying a suitable curriculum topic, developing their own operational understanding of iMovie, preparing instructional materials, receiving teaching tips from hugely experienced MS teachers (thanks MS faculty) and, thereafter, teaching the 620 middle school student population, a grade level at a time : grade 7, grade 6, then finally grade 8.
Dear MS
As we approach the end of the 2011 - 2012 academic year (WELL DONE)
I want to remind you all to back up your Laptop.
This is really important to do before you all shoot off all over the globe on your marvelous adventurous summer holidays :)
As always, if you need help with this process:
Here's a quick process that lets you check the operational status of your Laptop's battery.
Hold down the "Option" key and click the Battery icon in your menu bar.
Here's some steps towards achieving internet safety from the very well respected Common Sense Media group - http://www.commonsensemedia.org/
So here's a link to a list of 10 suggestions towards internet safety:
I hope this helps.
"10 Simple Steps to Internet Safety." Reviews and Ratings for Family Movies, TV Shows, Websites, Video Games, Books and Music. Web. 20 May 2012. <http://www.commonsensemedia.org/advice-for-parents/10-simple-steps-internet-safety>.
12 Ways to Be More Search Savvy
Indeed we do all know how to search the internet. The question is : how well?
These 12 tips may make you become even more effective.
See link below :
Hope this helps.
"MindShift." MindShift. Web. 20 May 2012. <http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/12/12-ways-to-be-more-search-savvy/>.


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Save Budhia for the future: PT Usha
The ex-sprint queen has asked Orissa Govt to restrain the kid from running.india Updated: May 09, 2006 14:25 IST
Expressing shock over four and half years-old Budhia Singh's marathon run, former sprint queen PT Usha on Tuesday said that it amounted to risking the boy's life and wanted the Orissa Government to go ahead with restraining him from attempting such long-distance in future.
"It is simply incredible... How can you permit a four and half year-old to run 65 kms when it is difficult for him to run even one km at this age," Usha said.
Noting that it was up to the medical experts to ascertain how the child prodigy possessed so much resistance at a tender age, Usha, one of the best athletes the country has ever produced, said Budhia was bound to suffer from cardiological stress and other major ailments by running long distance.
"Let us find out his real health condition and preserve his talent. If Budhia can run long distances at this age, he has to be protected and groomed for the future," she said.
Appealing to the Orissa Government to restrain the child from running such long distances at this age, Usha, who missed an Olympic bronze by a whisker when she was at her helm, said the boy's parents should wait for the right time to showcase his talent.
On Budhia's coach receiving flak from various quarters for allegedly making the boy run the marathon, she asked, "Will we run our children at this age only for the sake of fame?".
"Although I am training children aged 12 at my Usha School of Athletics here, they will hit the track only after three or four years, she said, adding exposing children to such strain at a very young age amounted to risking their lives.
Usha said it was quite natural for Budhia's parents to feel overwhelmed by seeing their child make it to the record books by running 65 km in 7.02 hours.
"But they should also know that the happiness will be short-lived despite such feats bringing in lot of name and fame," she said.
Referring to the report of the four-member medical board that examined Budhia soon after he ran the marathon, the ace athlete said it was on expected lines that it could prove disastrous to the boy's health.
Usha said Budhia should be trained under a qualified athletic coach at a recognised sports institution to hone his running skills "rather than exploiting him now".
On the ongoing works at her training school coming up on the land allotted by the Kerala Government at Balussery near here, the 'Payyoli Express' said while preparatory works for laying of track was complete, construction of the hostel would be taken up only after the rainy season.
Usha is presently training children at rented premises in Koilandy in the district.


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Sunday, March 27, 2011
Sunday Update For Ben
I got to the hospital a little earlier today because being Sunday, there was not much traffic. Had a little drizzle along the way there, but none on the way home. When I got to Ben's room, they had him on the breathing trial as they are trying to wean him from the ventilator. He was able to stay on the trial for a little over 3 hours today, so he's doing pretty good. His vitals were good the whole time I was there which was 5 1/2 hours. His temperature was right aroung 98.3° to 98.5° the entire time I was there. They had to give him a unit of blood because he is becoming anemic. They told me that the frozen plasma had brought his INR (International Normalized Ratio) down to 1.6 but it still needs to get down to 1.1 so they can do the tracheotomy and the procedure to remove the stomach fluids. They are still giving him Lasix which is a diuretic to try to get him to stop holding water. I was hearing very loud belly noises from him today when I was sitting next to his bed and there was actually some air in the rectal tube bag which means he was getting some of the gas out. Ben was not real responsive while they had him on the breathing trial, but that's normal because he is weaker when they are trying to wean him off the ventilator, but once they turned the vent back on to where he was doing 70% of the breathing on his own, he was very alert and responsive. He helped me when I was exercising his joints and muscles. He kept squeezing my hand and he kept waving his arms around when I would ask him to do that. He seems to understand what I am saying to him and he nods to respond. I finally caught up with Dr. Han to ask him about extending Ben's SDI. He told me I had to talk to the ICU secretary, so I did. She told me to get the extension forms, fill them out, take them to the Kaiser Insurance Office and they will then send them over to the ICU for the doctors to fill out their portion. Now all I have to do it see if I can find the forms online, or I'll have to head over to the Insurance Office on Monday when I'm visiting Ben to pick them up. I don't know if they are the same forms I filled out to start his SDI or if they are different.
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I am keeping up with your posts Kay. It sounds like he is hanging in there. I said a big prayer for you all this morning in my devo!ReplyDelete
And I will keep praying.
Kay, I have been praying hard for Ben and you also. It is very hard to watch our loved ones when they are fighting so hard. Stay strong, my dear.ReplyDelete
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The viral video of Demas Fikadey, the Ethiopian-Israeli soldier who was attacked by police in Israel, has garnered international attention in the midst of protests against police brutality in Baltimore.
Although the violent protests were set off by video footage of police beating of a uniformed Israeli soldier, experts say the issues between the Ethiopian-Israeli community and the government are not new ones.
Police responded with stun grenades against a large protest in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square. Already, dozens have been reported injured and at least 26 demonstrators have been arrested.
On Monday, police estimated that at least 3,000 people took part in the demonstration, while media reports confirmed with organizers on the ground that the number of protestors is closer to 10,000.
Following the growing protests in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Israeli Economy Minister Naftali Bennett met with demonstrators, and said Israeli society faced "serious soul-searching."
While the law must be kept, we must all seek the real solutions for the problems that have surfaced in such a painful way,
his office quoted him as saying.
The protesters, in Jerusalem and in Tel Aviv, revealed an open and raw wound at the heart of Israeli society. The pain of a community crying out over a sense of discrimination, racism, and of being unanswered,
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin said.
After the video went viral on YouTube and other social media platforms, police assured the public of coming repercussions for police officers that used violence against the Ethiopian community.
There are currently over 135,000 Ethiopian Jews that live in Israel, most of which immigrated in 1984 and 1991.
Despite the significant government assistance provided for Ethiopian Israelis, they have struggled to assimilate into Israeli society and are under represented in academia and public office. Employment is not the greatest issue, social inequality is. Regardless of their high rates of employment, the average income of an Ethiopian Jew is significantly lower.
It seems that Israeli President, Reuven Rivlin, has recognized the severity of this social issue and agrees that the problem has grown due to neglect.
We must look directly at this open wound. We have erred. We did not look, and we did not listen enough,
he said.
While 'Black Lives Matter' rallies calling for police accountability are being organized across America, one thing is certain, black lives matter in Israel, too.
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The eternal question? Who am I? How much of me is me and what has been shaped by what is and has been and will be? Some things are sure and others shifting and changing like the tides. I know for certain I am a wife. The most joyful and precious task I have chosen for myself. Or maybe it chose me? Either way I have the exquisite privalege of sharing my life, home, children and dreams with the most amazing man I have ever met. He's a tall refreshing glass of water if I ever saw one. Mmmmm mm! The other thing I am certain of is that I am a mother. A mother to a blonde haired ball of energy with the biggest, gentlest, brownest eyes you ever did see. I'm proud to say that so far he's a momma's boy. And then there's the firey one. Piercing , intense blue make up her eyes , and a smile that matches no other. Make her mad though and look out.
But even more than all this ... more than what I have experienced or accomplished. I am who I am because of who Christ has made me to be. His child forever.... ch (christy heigh)
Sunday, February 20, 2005
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"It is appropriate for a person to have fine clothes which are set aside for prayer, like the clothing of the Kohanim. Not everyone can spend money on this, but it is good, at least, to have a pair of pants which are designated for prayer in that they are kept clean."
(Tur, Orach Chaim 98)
Have a great day,
Monday, February 11, 2008
Daily Torah Thought - 2/12
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