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Episode Air Date: December 17, 2012
Artist: Bing Crosby; Grady Martin and his Slew-Foot Five
Recording Title: 'Til The End of the World
The Mayan Longform Calendar started on September 6, 3114 BC, and it ends at midnight on Friday, Dec 21. Whether that means fire and brimstone, reversal of the earth's rotation, the rising of the undead, dogs and cats living together…or, just another day…
Either way, we've kept on making episodes. All week we'll be talking "end of days… with recorded accompaniment, of course. So again, for perhaps the last time, listen to Bing and Grady Martin, with his Slew Foot Five, and "Til The End of The World".


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CategoryLesson Plans.
TopicFebruary lesson plan ideas for toddlers.
AuthorSienna Tweddle
PostedThu, Jun 13th 2019 14:27 PM
The teacher begins to plan each lesson by considering the students' characteristics as well as the learning context. This consideration entails a deep understanding of what he or she is to teach (content standards, standards-based curriculum, and guidelines), what students should be able to do, and what performance will look like when instruction has been completed. Lesson information includes not only the content but also the learning and developmental needs of the students. The teacher must consider the time he or she has to complete the lesson and other resources available, and should decide whether or not the lesson should take one class period or several.
Educational standards are the learning goals for what students should know and be able to do at each grade level. Education standards, like Common Core are not a curriculum. Local communities and educators choose their own curriculum, which is a detailed plan for day to day teaching. In other words, the Common Core is what students need to know and be able to do, and curriculum is how students will learn it.


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this sweet thrifted blanket, a photo by woolgenie on Flickr.
is destined for my cousin,
to cover the back seat of her car, which she shares with her son, (if they like it!)
this lovely soft blanket,
I love the way the rows just finish, when the wool runs out?
the sweet mix of colours
the tassel edging!
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My two favorite things for summer parties are pitchers of sangria and margaritas. They are hard to beat for a cold, refreshing drink to share with friends. This sangria is perfect for summer parties and adds a pitcher of deliciousness to your Fourth of July cookout, and it's easy to make. Just put all the fruit and brandy in a large pitcher and chill for a few hours. Then stir in peach nectar and chilled Cava, a Spanish sparkling wine that is widely available and relatively easy on the budget. Serve it over ice and you are ready for Fourth of July food and fireworks.
Recipe Notes
The original recipe from Cooking Light calls for nectarine nectar, but since we couldn't find it anywhere we substituted peach nectar. Frankly, I thought the peach nectar was fantastic and added a bit more, about half a cup, to complement the dry Cava, but feel free to use more or less to suit your taste.
Adapted from Cooking Light.
Serves 8.
large glass pitcher
1 cup (175 g) quartered small strawberries
1 cup (140 g) cherries, pitted and halved
1 nectarine, peeled and chopped
1 cup (141 g) blueberries
1 cup (123 g) raspberries
1/3 cup (80 ml) brandy
1-1/2 cups (360 ml) peach nectar, chilled
1 (750-milliliter) bottle Cava, chilled
Combine the strawberries, cherries, nectarine, blueberries, raspberries, and brandy in a large pitcher, and chill for at least 2 hours. Stir in the peach nectar and cava. Serve immediately over ice.
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Think fast — how are you managing your infrastructure? Not your laptop or your printer or the router under your desk…your entire infrastructure. Are you in control of every single component across your network? Or are there parts and pieces that are out of sight and out of mind?
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CRYSTAL CITY, Virginia (Reuters) - State health officials weighing the 2014 arrival of insurance exchanges heard little about the federally run option in a two-day meeting with U.S. health regulators.
States are facing three options in building the exchanges, a key aspect of President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul passed last year: run one themselves, do it in a partnership with the federal government or let the Health and Human Services Department take over entirely.
"I haven't learned anything new about what the federal exchange would look like," said one state insurance official who attended the meeting that was closed to reporters.
Representatives from 46 states, the District of Columbia and two U.S. territories — those that received federal grants to develop insurance exchanges — gathered at a hotel here on Monday and Tuesday.
The exchanges are envisioned as open marketplaces where uninsured people and small businesses can band together to negotiate cheaper rates. With deadlines looming, there is concern about their smooth and timely roll-out, especially as many Republican governors seek to block implementation of the law supported largely by Democratic lawmakers.
According to slides posted online by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which oversees progress on the exchanges, the federally-run exchanges will "look to state standards to harmonize rules inside and outside the exchanges" and could charge insurers user fees to run it.
It did became clear, three attendees said, that states partnering with the federal government would effectively give up authority over determining who is eligible to enroll in an exchange.
"That was an interesting thing to figure out, that wasn't something that a state could keep... at least initially," said April Todd-Malmlov, with Minnesota's Department of Health.
She said some states were concerned what that meant for their Medicaid programs for the poor, which have historically been managed at the state level.
Federal officials on Monday proposed more details on the partnership model, outlining some choices in what the federal government can do as a partner.
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The reception is to the left of the medium sized lobby. The panoramic elevators offer a stunning view of the tallest stained-glass inliet window in the world and leads to hotel rooms.
A traditional 10-storey. high-rise building in one of the main shopping streets of Bur Dubai.
All rooms are spacious and split-level with en-suite bathrooms, IDD telephones, satellite television, mini bar and separate work and living areas. Many rooms have balconies with views over the city.
There are 4 restaurants, 2 lounges and a nightclub. The cuisine varies from Japanese with sushi bar to that of a traditional English pub.


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"Millions of dollars are being made on the backs of Logan Airport workers. … They often work day and night, sometimes under extreme conditions and in sensitive areas, for little pay and without access to affordable health benefits. These hardworking men and women are simply looking for a fair and livable wage to support themselves and their families."
— Sen. Sal DiDomenico, D-East Boston, on his bill to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour for baggage handlers, airplane cleaners, wheelchair assistants and other employees at Logan Airport.
"One of our most important obligations is to honor and protect those who have fought for our country. The veterans' legislation we passed today ensures we are doing all we can to make Massachusetts a leader when it comes to supporting our vets."
— Senate President Stan Rosenberg, D-Amherst, on Senate passage of several bills aimed at helping veterans.
"(It) is about keeping young people healthy and safeguarding them from the dangers of inadequate or misleading sexuality education. This is the kind of public health policy that will help communities keep their students in school and combat issues like sexual assault at its roots."
— Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts Director of Public Affairs Tricia Wajda, on the bill that would require schools that offer sexual health education to include specific "medically accurate, age-appropriate" information for students.
"(It) needlessly eliminates local control on sensitive issues surrounding sex education and leads directly to the promotion of offensive and age-inappropriate material to young children."
— Massachusetts Family Institute President Andrew Beckwith on the sex-education bill.
"These reforms will significantly enhance accountability, access to public records and enforcement. Our greatest asset in Massachusetts is our civic-minded citizenry and it is my hope that this bill will foster increased and productive engagement from the public."
— House Speaker Robert DeLeo, D-Winthrop, on a bill to make government more transparent and provide easier and less costly access to public records.
"On Beacon Hill, it's easier to spot Elvis than it is to see the inner workings of lawmaking. House leadership refused to make their public record proposals available to the public up until today."
— Paul Craney, Executive Director of Mass Fiscal Alliance on the release of the details of the bill to make more government more transparent just hours before it was up for consideration and a vote by the House.


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How to make sure the vegetable and herbs that you eat are really organic? Why not plant them yourself!
Growing vegetable may sound boring, difficult, time consuming and complicated for some people especially in a world where every minute is in a rush but give it a try one by one; one plant every weekend shouldn't take too much time. Here is the list of classic backyard plants that can be replanted after you eat them. It's cost saving, fun, and you will be proud of your own super fresh and clean products.
1. Lettuce
As I said, it's very classic. Lettuce plays many roles in different kinds of dish. It is the main ingredient in a bowl of salad, can be a dip for a Thai chili paste or can get stir fried with other colourful veggies.
To make your own fresh lettuce is very simple as lettuce grows easily. After picking all of the leaves, keep the bottom part and soak it in a bowl with water, then place the bowl under the sun. In 3-4 days, you will see the roots growing and you can move your new-born lettuce back in the soil.
2. Celery
Celery is a great source of antioxidants, beneficial enzymes and is rich in vitamin K, vitamin C, potassium, folate and vitamin B6. The process is as simple as for the lettuce.
Keep the leftover part at the bottom and soak in a bowl of water, put it under sun ray for about a week and you will start to see some new-born leaves which tell you it is time to move it to its new home in the backyard.
3. Lemongrass
An ingredient often found in many healthy oriental dishes and sometimes, not easy to be found (in good shape) at the markets. Keep the bottom of the lemongrass after using them and leave them in a tall shape glass with some water at the bottom. After a week, you will see it revived again.
Lemongrass is a great source of vitamin A and C, folate, folic acid, magnesium, zinc, copper, iron, potassium, phosphorus, calcium and manganese and many other amazing benefits while also consists of analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antidepressant, antipyretic, antiseptic, antibacterial, antifungal, astringent, carminative, diuretic, febrifuge, galactagogue, insecticidal, sedative, and anti-cancer properties. Next time, don't forget to enhance your dish with this amazing herb planted in your garden.
4. Beansprout
The richest source of amino acids, all types of vitamins and minerals with a good amount of fibre and folate. Also, it is an excellent source of iron, potassium, calcium, phosphorous, magnesium and zinc. Beansprout can be prepared raw or cooked in various kinds of menu and add a crispy and fresh texture in the dish.
Beansprout is also well-known for growing easily. Simply sink the beans in a bowl overnight, remove the water on the next day and move the bean where you want them to grow, blanket them with a damp towel to keep the humidity and keep checking the growth for the perfect stage that you want.
5. Ginger
After using the ginger, sometimes you will find the leftover part the ginger root. Keep it and simply grow it in the soil. After one week, the new ginger tree will start to grow back.
Ginger helps to relieve digestive problems such as nausea, loss of appetite, motion sickness and pain and also give a unique spice and aroma to your meal.
6. Onion
The main ingredient in many different cuisines that adds a specifically great scent and texture. Onion serves you Vitamin C, chromium, which assists in regulating blood sugar while also contains anti-inflammation and infection properties.
Cut the root of the onion you buy from the market and plant it in the soil. Onion can easily grow both under the shadow and in the sun. Keep watering it routinely and you will see the great result.
The yummy rich texture you can find from a starter, main course and all the way to dessert. Apart from being tasty itself, pumpkin also makes you benefit remarkably. It is low in Saturated Fat, and very low in Cholesterol and Sodium as well as being a good source of Vitamin E (Alpha Tocopherol), Thiamin, Niacin, Vitamin B6, Folate, Iron, Magnesium and Phosphorus, and a very good source of Dietary Fibre, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Riboflavin, Potassium, Copper and Manganese.
When you cut a pumpkin, keep its seeds and sundry them before scattering them on the backyard ground where situated under a shady area. Water them for few days and you will start to see the new-born trees.
8. Tomato
An outstanding source of lycopene as well as a great source of vitamin C, biotin, molybdenum, and vitamin K coming with a delicious taste. This fruit can be eaten raw or be the main ingredient of several fancy dishes.
Keep the tomato seeds and simply scatter them on the soil anywhere around your garden; shady or sunny. After seeing a bud coming up, move it into a pot and when it reaches about 2 inches, move the pot under the sun, water twice a week and soon, you will get your own beautiful fresh tomato from your own backyard.


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I greeted some very hunky firemen with my hair sticking up and my clothes plastered to me from a very wet baby. I was quite a sight. But the fire was actually put out by another neighbor, even before the fire trucks arrived. Still, the firemen insisted on checking out the house completely, and I just couldn't get rid of them fast enough so I could change my clothes . . . and put a diaper on the baby.
Miraculously, the ratatouille was not ruined. In fact, it was amazing. Here's a dish that embodies all the glory of the Mediterranean: Tomatoes, olive oil, eggplant, basil, peppers . . . Serve it with lamb, roast pork, or even just parsleyed rice . . . It's so delicious!
Here's the recipe:
1½-2 cups extra virgin olive oil
4 small eggplants, roughly 4 lbs., cut into 1-inch cubes
2 teaspoons of salt
2 medium onions, peeled and coarsely chopped
6 zucchini, washed, trimmed, quartered lengthwise, and cut into thirds
2 red peppers, cut into ½-inch strips
2 green peppers, cut into ½-inch strips
3-4 cloves garlic, crushed
3 14.5-oz. Italian Plum tomatoes
1 6-oz. can tomato paste
¼ cup chopped parsley
2 tablespoons dried basil
2 tablespoons dried oregano
a pinch of red pepper flakes
black pepper to taste
- Pre-heat oven to 350° F.
- Pour one cup of olive oil into an aluminum roasting pan (easier clean up), add the eggplants with the salt. Stir. Cover the pan with foil and bake for about a half hour until the eggplant is cooked but not too soft. Stir a couple of times during baking to coat the eggplant with the oil.
- In a large dutch oven, heat remaining cup of oil and add the rest of the ingredients. Cook on low heat for about 10-15 minutes until the vegetables are tender.
- Add the eggplant mixture and cook an additional 15 minutes. Taste and adjust the seasoning, especially the salt.
And here's a picture of John plastered to me, right after his bath (but on a different day). I've posted this photo before, but it always makes me smile and brings back such happy memories. I thought this was the perfect excuse to show it one more time . . .


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Rosin Up Your Bow At Play The Gap!
Free camping and free music, what could be better than that?
I know! How about three days of free camping and music? Get ready, Play The Gap is a three day extravaganza with country and bluegrass music, community dancing and it even a fiddle contest!
The free event is being held May 20 – 22, 2016 outside the museum grounds located at 4508 Main Street, Union Gap, Washington 98903.
There will be dry camping available. However, the number is limited. Pre-registration is recommended or you run the risk of the campgrounds being full when you arrive.
This event is being put on by volunteers and is a non profit function that guarantees a fun time for all. This will be a carnival like atmosphere with informal jamming all weekend where you will have the opportunity to join a band and dance or you can show off your fiddle skills in the fiddle contest (there is a fee to join the fiddle contest). There will be food available for purchase from vendors. There will also be dutch oven cooking demonstrations and a vintage trailer rally.
Like I said, a good time to be had by all…for free!! How often does that happen these days? So what are your plans for May? If you're going to be anywhere near the Yakima, Washington area on May 20 – 22 stop on by. 🙂
For more information, please see the website…www.playthegap.com (also the content and image source)
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Stephen Hawking and a number of his peers have signed a letter that appears in the Telegraph today, calling for the government to pardon the legendary mathematician and computer scientist, Alan Turing. Turing, a major force in cracking the German naval Enigma code, was charged with gross indecency in 1952 for the crime of committing homosexual acts, ejected from GCHQ and subjected to a hormone 'treatment' – chemical castration – that left him impotent. The father of computer science died two years later aged just 41. Although he received a formal apology from Gordon Brown in 2009, a petition calling for a pardon was denied earlier this year.
"…successive governments seem incapable of forgiving his conviction for the then crime of being a homosexual," the letter argues. "We urge the prime minister to exercise his authority and formally forgive the iconic British hero."
Pardoning Turing is one of those ideas that seem so obviously right it's scarcely worth giving them a second thought. He was a hero and genius whose life was ruined by the state's bigotry and prejudice, and no one in their right mind would suggest that he deserves anything less than a full pardon and a grovelling apology. And yet while I'd like to see it happen, there are at least three questions I can think of that are worth a bit of thought.
The first, and most obvious: why only Turing? Tens of thousands of people were convicted under the same law, dating back to Oscar Wilde and earlier. All of them people were victims of the same injustice, and the scale of that injustice was the same whatever their achievements, whether they happened to be Alan the mathematician or Bill the coal-miner. Addressing this only for those who happened to be public heroes is a shallow, insincere and grossly unfair act that just compounds the problem – pardon all of them, or pardon none, but don't imply through your actions that some are more 'deserving' of 'forgiveness' than others.
Second: why do it at all? It's difficult to see what pardoning Turing would really achieve, for him or for the cause of equality more generally. The man himself won't know much about it: even if heaven existed it's doubtful they would let something as vile and depressing as The News in, and of course if the Christians are right he won't be in heaven anyway. We cannot 'make it up' to him: the damage inflicted on his mind, body and career cannot ever be undone.
On the other hand his legacy is unquestioned, and his reputation as one of the great British heroes is secure. His conviction has entered history as a stain not on his character, but on Britain itself; an important reminder for future generations of what we did, and what we mustn't do again. Perhaps this is unfair on my part, but the conspicuous political act of publicly expunging that stain – as if it would somehow 'undo' the crime – feels uncomfortably like a self-serving gesture, a way of drawing a line under an embarrassing period in our history and moving on as though everything were fixed. The trouble is I'm not entirely convinced we should move on.
Which brings me to my third question: who would pardon him? David Cameron? On behalf of the British government? We live in a country that gives political power to a church riddled with bigotry, where the battle for marriage equality is still being fought, and where homophobic bullying is endemic in our schools. We have entire sections of industry – notably Premier League football – in which no gay man can reveal himself for fear of what might happen. Our dominant political party is riddled with members making homophobic statements, and in Cabinet we have both a chancellor who referred to a gay MP as a "pantomime dame" and a Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice who claimed that it's acceptable for B&Bs to turn away gay couples.
I could run through examples like this all week, but the point is this: I'm not sure that the British government have earned the right to pardon Alan Turing. Not as long as the attitudes that led to his persecution are still very much with us, and entrenched in that very same government.
The language of Hawking et al's letter is remarkably clumsy; its plea that the government should 'forgive' Turing carelessly implying that he did something to be forgiven for. In reality, it is the government who should be seeking forgiveness from Alan Turing, but that of course has been impossible for more than half a century, and no amount of symbolic gestures will change matters. A pardon for Turing and his peers would be welcome, but if politicians are serious about atoning for past sins then they should ask what they can do for homosexuals today. There's no shortage of places for them to start.


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Every man or woman wanting to work but unable to find a job represents a human tragedy.
In my constituency surgeries over the years I've seen first-hand how utterly demoralising that experience is for people. Unemployment can mean not just a loss of income but of independence and self-respect too. So it's good news that joblessness in the Aylesbury constituency is now down to fewer than 700 people, or just over 1 % of the working age population. Nor is it true that this trend is simply down to low-skilled and part-time work. Full-time jobs accounted for 95% of the national rise in employment over the last year and two-thirds of the rise in employment since 2010 has been in higher-skilled occupations. But when I look at what's now happening in the world – at the rise of Asian and Latin American economies and the impact of digital technology on established ways of doing business – I see we can't afford to relax.
Of course meeting this challenge is partly about national policies: cutting the tax per employee on firms, reducing red tape, welfare reform, trade agreements and so on. But it also involves action locally. To attract and keep high-skill, high-value employment in Aylesbury we need to do all we can to improve the educational and skills levels of both our present and future workforce. In recent months, I've talked to heads and principals at Mandeville, Haydon Abbey,
Thomas Hickman, Turnfurlong, Aylesbury College and Bucks UTC and I've been heartened by their relentless commitment to high standards and high expectations.
Our county and district councils have joined forces with local business, colleges and training providers to develop the "Going for Gold" scheme to showcase best practice and quality in apprenticeships to encourage more local employers to raise their game. The new University Campus Aylesbury Vale now being built next to the Waterside Theatre is a further boost to the town.


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The rich get richer… and baseball gets poorer
The rich get richer and baseball loses a little more of its luster. The Yankees add Lance Berkman, Austin Kearns and Kerry Wood. Only the Yankees could afford to sit Kearns on the bench. At least Seattle played the bombers with Cliff … Continue reading →


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Cyber Monday is the busiest online shopping day of the year, and this year it could go down in history as the biggest shopping day yet.
There are great deals available all across the web for those looking to get started on their holiday shopping, or who've been waiting for the right time to make a big purchase.
And there is more available than physical goods. This Cyber Monday Udemy is offering major discounts on thousands of online courses. If you've wanted to learn a foreign language, master coding, or simply improve your writing and photography skills, there's a class for you here, and it's available for just $10.
There are just 10 classes listed here, but remember, there are thousands more you can also enroll in for $10 at Udemy today only.
Prices will go back up on November 29.
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Much ado, this morning, about the prospect of industrial action during the Olympics — and particularly about the strike, choreographed by Mark Serwotka's Public and Commercial Services Union, that is due to take Heathrow's immigration and customs officials away from their desks tomorrow. There is even talk that that the Home Office will go to court in order to stop it.
The government would be right to take a tight and unforgiving grip on the PCS here — and I say that even though I wrote a column last week urging a kinder attitude towards the unions. My point then was that the Conservatives shouldn't be so quick to generalise about the trade unions and their members, as there is much in the union movement that's worth supporting. But this, today, isn't a generality: it's a specific example of one union going out of its way to cause trouble, and during a national event years — and many millions of pounds — in the making. As Francis Maude is apparently telling his colleagues, there are plenty of union people who are dismayed at what the PCS is up to.
One thing to look out for now is whether this steels the government to reform the laws surrounding industrial action. Only 20 per cent of PCS members took part in the strike ballot, and only 57 per cent of them voted in favour; which is an unpersuasive way to decide on something quite so contentious and disruptive. Ministers have been certainly been toying with increasing the threshold required for strike ballots to become legal — along the lines suggested by Dominic Raab — for some time, although they have been reluctant to proceed lest they seem like the aggressors. The PCS's Olympic-time militancy may have just taken that problem away for them.
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In 1974 Dr José Antonio Abreu began a music education programme in Venezuela with the aim of providing music education to children of all social backgrounds. This also included free instruments and transportation.
He describes this as helping "the fight of a poor and abandoned child against everything that opposes his full realisation as a human being". Thirty six years later this is now a flourishing and world renowned education system visited by some of the worlds leading educationalists and musicians.
Sir Simon Rattle, director of the Berlin Philharmonic, swore that the country's youth orchestras were doing the most important work in classical music anywhere in the world. Plácido Domingo cried when he saw the Venezuelan Youth Orchestra perform. The world-renowned opera singer confessed that the concert evoked the strongest emotions he had ever felt and former Berlin Philharmonic director Claudio Abbado invited the Venezuelan youth orchestra to play in Germany after seeing only one performance.
El Sistema has inspired over twenty five countries worldwide to implement music education strategies based on its unique teaching method. The most recent of these was Scotland who launched its own version of El Sistema in August 2007.
The youth orchestras first performance was in 1975 and comprised only 11 young musicians. In 2009 there were over 200 orchestras nationwide with at least one professional orchestra in each state although Xavier Moreno, secretary of El Sistema explains that Our first goal is not to create professional musicians. Our goal is to rescue the children
The most famous product of El Sistema is conductor Gustavo Dudamel. At age 28 he has already achieved incredible success as the conductor of major orchestras worldwide such as the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, the Berlin and Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestras, and the Israel Philharmonic to name a few. In 2008 he was awarded the Q Prize from Harvard university along with Dr Abreu for extraordinary service to children.
The system is free to students and sees parents of prospective students camp out overnight prior to enrolment to ensure the acceptance of their child into the education programme. 90% of the 250,000 children in the programme are from poor socio-economic backgrounds with the Caracas neighbourhood of Sarria being typical of these statistics.
The Sarria school director Carlos Sedan explains that "In Venezuela, we broke the myth that you have to be from the upper class to play violin."
Mr Sedan also goes on to explain that the young musicians at the Sarria school are not allowed to take their instruments home due to the risk of being mugged and some come to school with headaches as their families cannot afford food, yet when they perform they become the pride of their neighbourhoods and inspire their parents to learn about the great classical composers!
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Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Moral Monday: Safe Schools
Okay, that's a wild exaggeration. But you get the idea.
The sad thing is that I honestly believe most Republicans and Democrats -- and the Independents and unaffiliated -- want the same big-picture things when it comes to public education. Safe schools. Quality instruction. Graduates with marketable skills.
Of course, the devil is in the details.
When I hear my state legislature talk about placing armed security guards in schools at the same time they want to cut teacher assistant positions from the budget and increase class sizes, I know they've completely missed the point. You simply can't cut teacher and teacher assistant positions and claim to want safe schools.
For a moment, let's forget about the academic, social or emotional reasons why you might want your young child to be in a elementary classroom with, say, 20 classmates, a licensed teacher and a licensed teacher assistant -- forget about the opportunities for enrichment or additional support. And forget about the professional reasons why you might want a teacher to have working conditions that don't include managing, say, 28 six-year-olds without any additional staff.
For a moment, let's just think about this in terms of security. Having more teachers in the classroom helps keep children safe.
In catastrophic situations, teacher assistants make it possible to protect more children. Think back to some of the horrific school tragedies of the past year in places like Newtown, Connecticut, or Moore, Oklahoma, where teachers, counselors and administrators risked their own lives to protect the children in their schools.
One of the recurring thoughts for me as I read all the stories of heroism shining out on those unspeakably dark days is, "How do you decide?" If you're the teacher in those classrooms, how do you decide which kids you can hold onto in the storm or which ones you can hide in the closet while the school is in lockdown.
Extreme? Sure, and thankfully so. But it's still our reality.
Even under more ordinary circumstances -- ones where students are misbehaving, bullying or (in today's softer parenting language) simply "making bad choices" -- teacher assistants make a difference for security. It can be challenging for teachers to ensure that all students feel safe when it's a large class and there's no teacher assistant.
Another professional adult who also knows the students well -- not just a parent volunteer (as great as they can be) -- makes it possible for one teacher to address the threat while the other adult continues to lead the class. Anytime you can have another set of eyes, ears and hands in the classroom, every child is safer.
So here's my proposal for the Republican-led legislature and Governor's office as they hash out this proposed budget... Remember all that talk about wanting to ensure that our schools are safe places to learn? How about you connect that rhetoric with your speeches about job creation and start by finding funds to hire even more teacher assistants to help staff North Carolina's classrooms.
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- AnonymousJuly 3, 2013 at 7:06 AM
I would like to comment that in catastrophic situations an armed guard could also save lives and maybe even take care of the intruder before he gets to the classroom.I would like you to go and ask all the children's parents that have lost lives in schools and ask them if they would rather have an armed guard or a teacher assistant protect their children from a peron that has an machine gun.I am also going to comment on the teacher assistant and if that is needed for our school system. We had our kids enrolled in the Wake county school system for two years and then decided that it was not working out for our kids and moved them to another option. They are know enrolled in a school that does not have assistants and are thriving and the class size is 25.This classroom is also more diversified than the classroom they had at public school.This is an example of what they are proposing works. I also want to know what your stance is for school choice for those that would like a chance to pick a different school?I think it is very arrogant that one would think they know what is right for the children of NC. We as citizens of this state need to educate parents more and what is required of them to help our children.We should not think that the state is the answer. This is our requirement as parents to make sure our children our learning and we are working with them daily on their education.This is why the school our kids go to is thriving. We have wonderful teachers in this state and we have all the tools our kids need to learn and to be productive citizens. We need to educate the parents and what is required of them.This all starts in the home and not at the school. When we were in the system we saw first hand the issues the system has and you are correct that it's not a political issue. I will also say that we live in a Democratic society and we elected the people that are know in power and many of us believe what they are doing is right. I get so tired of people being elected to office and then the party that loses thinks they should not move forward with their agenda. This is why our school board has been in the national news because of the way the Democratic side acted when they lost control and then when they regained control they made politcal decisions. I am going to end by saying that it is arrogant to think that we know how this should be decided for the children of NC. We should give the people that were elected a chance and not assume they are wrong.Then the side that loses think that throwing money at the issue makes it better and that is not the solution.We need to make better decisions and remember that Democrates have been in control in this state for over a hundred years and we have issues that need to be addressed. That is why we are having this debate and the system has not been as successful as we would like. It is time to try a different approach and until we try another way we will never know if it works or not. If they are wrong I will come back to this page and admit I was wrong.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 8, 2013 at 8:58 PM
The comment you got is so far to the right they are over the edge. We must stop taking money out of our education system we must however make sure that we only have great teachers in the classroom and we must hold PARENTS accountableReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 12, 2013 at 6:36 AM
How about the Dems taking money out of the lottery for years. They passed the lottery and said that all the money would go to education. Well it did not work out that way and they have been taking lottery money and using it for other projects. That means they have been taking money away from the kids of NC. I will end by saying that the people of NC wanted change and elected our new Legislature. Last time I checked that means these elected officals get to pass laws and make decisions for NC. The Dems had power for over a hundred years and the people of NC said it was a time for change. If you are on the other side you should respect the fact that you lost and understand that these elected officals should be given a chance. I will end with this and how sad that the protestors would act this way and cost our goverenment thousands of dollors. These people should go and volunteer somewhere and help the people of NC .ReplyDelete
RALEIGH, N.C. — Gov. Pat McCrory says he has often entered the crowds at the North Carolina Capitol protesting decisions he and Republican legislative leaders advocate, and gotten cussed out in the process.
McCrory said during a visit to Wilson on Wednesday that he welcomes protesters, but his interactions haven't been pleasant.
"I go out in the crowd all of the time. Frankly, yesterday I went out and talked to several of them and they were not very respectful. They did not represent the majority of people who call themselves moral by cussing me out, but, you know, that's the way things go sometimes," McCrory said


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FREMANTLE, Australia (AP) The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race will return to Fremantle, Western Australia, during the 11th edition of the ocean race later this year.
Organizers said Thursday the 2017-18 edition of the 40,000-nautical mile race will arrive in Fremantle between Nov. 21 and 25 after the Southern Ocean leg from Cape Town, South Africa.
Its international crew and fleet of 12 70-foot ocean racing vessels will berth at the Fremantle Sailing Club. The fleet has increased this race from eight 60-foot vessels to the 70-foot yachts.
The race will start in Liverpool, England on Aug. 20 with the global route to include stopovers in South America (at a port to be determined), Cape Town, Fremantle, Sydney, Hobart, Sanya and Qingdao in China, Seattle, Panama, New York, and Londonderry, Northern Ireland.


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Swiftkey, the customisable Android keyboard, has received an upgrade that adds emoji characters and a numbers bar.
The Swiftkey update, currently at version 4.5, adds two of the most-requested features to the popular keyboard app: a visible set of numbers above the top keyboard row, and emoticons that appear when the appropriate word is typed.
Easy access has existed in Swiftkey for some time, but it wasn't obvious; the numbers were hidden, and could only be seen with a long press of the top keyboard row. Now, an optional fifth row above the top keyboard row can be dedicated to always-visible numbers.
Swiftkey's emoji update is slightly more complicated. All available emoji icons are visible with a long press of the enter key in the lower right corner, but each emoticon can be accessed by typing its name on the keyboard. Type "pizza", for example, and as well as the auto-completed prediction for the word "pizza", a pizza emoji will also be available to select.
Since Swiftkey learns from your actions over time, if you usually select an emoticon following a particular word, the app will show you the word and emoticon together as a prediction to save time. Swiftkey uses the emoji icons included in the Android character-set; phones running Android 4.1 and up will be able to access a series of monochrome emoticons, while Android 4.4 handsets can use a full array of colour icons.
The Swiftkey 4.5 update is currently available as a beta, and is a free download from the Swiftkey blog, before it is delivered as an update to paid users of the app via the Google Play Store.


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The series of movies based on DC Comics superheroes is in terrible trouble, and also enormously successful. This has been the case more or less since 2013, when Warner Bros. reacted to both the success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the end of its Christopher Nolan-helmed Batman trilogy by starting its own DC-based cinematic universe. Though they're roundly derided by many critics and fans (and not without cause), most of these DC movies have been financially successful. They do well enough to keep the studio from pulling the plug entirely, with the occasional Wonder Woman triumph chased by the inevitable Justice League disappointment.
Into this fray enters Aquaman, their latest superhero blockbuster, and their first to involve a character without the built-in recognition of Wonder Woman, Superman, or Batman (who made a cameo alongside some of his most famous enemies in Suicide Squad).
Financially, Aquaman will probably not be a turning point, though it will do well enough. But creatively speaking, James Wan's version of Joss Whedon's version of Zack Snyder's version of Aquaman may help with the elusive establishment of a DC house style — or lack thereof.
Initially, DC's thematic and visual sensibilities were yoked tightly to director Zack Snyder, who made Man of Steel and especially Batman v. Superman in a wannabe-deconstructionist mode that made an awkward fit with his formidable but unfocused eye for mythological imagery. Then the company hired Avengers writer-director Joss Whedon to rewrite and reshoot portions of Snyder's Justice League, resulting in a slapdash imitation of the lighter, funnier Marvel style. In the middle of all this was Patty Jenkins' Wonder Woman, which took some story cues from Marvel's Thor and Captain America, but struck an appealing middle ground between Snyder's self-seriousness and Marvel's desire to crowd-please.
Aquaman, like Wonder Woman, bears superficial resemblance to Marvel movies: It, too, has elements of Thor, here mixed with the comic-book psychedelia of the second Guardians of the Galaxy. James Wan is also, like Jenkins, a very talented filmmaker whose thematic concerns are not as distinctively or clearly articulated as Snyder's. If anything, this bro-with-a-heart-of-gold take on Arthur Curry (Jason Momoa) has been watered down from his supporting appearance in Justice League. He's another semi-reluctant hero torn between two worlds who makes quips and butts heads with a more serious-minded lady equivalent of himself (Mera, a warrior princess well-played by Amber Heard). His origins, as the offspring of a human and undersea-dwelling Atlantean royalty (guess which one Nicole Kidman plays), are relatively humble, and his destiny is predictably grandiose.
Stylistically, though, Aquaman looks nothing like any of this year's other superhero offerings. It's awash in purples, pinks, and blues; outfitted in eye-catching costumes (Mera, whose hair is scarlet red, changes from a bright-green catsuit to a jellyfish dress to desert whites); and overflowing with visual effects. Sometimes this stuff is gloriously imaginative, like the designs of its teeming, glowing underwater cities. Sometimes it's surprisingly chintzy, like Aquaman and Mera's heavily green-screened surface-world detour to Sicily. And sometimes the movie manages both at once, like when underwater factions battle each other astride sharks and sea-dragons in a kind of Avatar/Phantom Menace fantasia. It would not be accurate to call the movie's effects "convincing." But they are memorable, even sometimes beautiful in their garish weirdness.
Wan doesn't just stand back and goggle at the world-hopping production design; he moves his computer like he's playing around with a simulator, computerizing impossible videogame angles and the trademark rapid camera-tilt effect he used in his Fast and Furious movie from a few years ago. As a stylist, he's not as forward-thinking as the Wachowskis (that they haven't yet been handed a DC movie seems a ridiculous oversight), but he engineers a similar much-ness.
"Too much" is standard business for a lot of blockbusters, and Aquaman is eventually exhausting. But like the just-released Sony cartoon Spider-Man: Enter the Spider-Verse, the movie is energized by the possibilities of tackling the sheer weirdness of superhero comics, rather than tasked with grounding them for less comics-friendly audiences.
On its own, splattering crazy, brightly colored special effects across the screen isn't a sustainable blueprint for future DC movies. But Aquaman's delightful silliness does point to what these movies should have been doing all along: standing alone, rather than trying to reconcile the weird worlds of its various heroes for premature team-ups.
Aquaman and Wonder Woman, the two best entries in this series so far, both tell fish-out-of-water stories, tie superheroics into ancient gods and myths, and utilize some palace intrigue alongside their rom-com bantering. Yet even without a clear Nolan or Snyder-style imprint, they don't look or feel especially similar, to their great advantage.
The Marvel house style turns some of its movies into enjoyable clockwork exercises. Maybe DC's new thing should be crazy inconsistency.


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Amateur historians using metal detectors unearthed human bones, an engagement ring and an inscribed watch at the site where the Douglas A-20 Boston bomber crashed.
It was brought down in flames by German anti-aircraft fire on the night of April 21, 1945, just days before the end of the war in Italy.
Three of the crew were British: Sgt David Kennedy Raikes, 20, the pilot; Flt Sgt Alexander Thomas Bostock, 20, the radio operator; and Flt Sgt David Millard Perkins, 20, the navigator.
A volume of Sgt Raikes's work, The poems of David Raikes, was published posthumously in 1954.
Members of the RAF Volunteer Reserve, they were part of No. 18 Squadron, which famously parachuted a spare artificial leg to the captured Wing Commander Douglas Bader in occupied France in 1941.
The fourth crew member, Warrant Officer John Penboss Hunt, 21, the gunner, of Sydney, was an Australian seconded to the RAF. The wreck had been known about by locals and one of the aircraft's engines was salvaged for its aluminium at the time.
But it was only recently that a group of Italian enthusiasts, from an association that searches for the remains of Second World War aircraft, decided to scour the site, near the town of Copparo, close to Ferrara.
They unearthed human bones, which have yet to be identified, a watch inscribed with WO Hunt's name, and a gold engagement ring believed to have belonged to Sgt Perkins.
"We went into the field with a metal detector and almost immediately we found pieces of galvanized aluminium," said Fabio Raimondi, one of the amateur historians.
The British embassy in Rome has been informed and is trying to confirm the identities of the airmen with the Ministry of Defence's Historical Branch.
If the bones are confirmed as belonging to the crew, they will be given a ceremonial burial.
The Boston bomber was carrying out a raid on a river crossing on the Po, Taglio di Po, when it was hit by anti-aircraft fire. German forces in Italy formally surrendered on April 29, a week later.


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Par DominicEmily dans Accueil le 31 Janvier 2018 à 09:52
The grand exchange market watch is a details and a guide possession so you can track the prices as well as other info of items traded on the Grand Exchange within the enjoyable of RuneScape. The details below is acquired from various distributors and players who utilize the exchange, and you are motivated to take part in sharing this exchange info.
RuneScape players complain that they can never earn money because of the introduction of trade restrictions, which restrict the amount of cash that can be made in RuneScape in operation. I have seen many players do it as well as in their anger, they came to be blind to that Jagex had already fixed the issue with the presentation of The Grand Exchange, a feature that transformed the game and also the means it is played.
The RuneScape players were mad at the developers of the game due to the fact that they had wrecked it with the elimination of nature and also open market.
The best ways to trade using the Great Exchange
Trading in the excellent exchange is easy if you understand how to do it. There are several ways. Some of them are easy: buy the thing at the most affordable price then sell it to the optimum. However this is not effective in all. Whenever a merchant, a 7-8% revenue must be allowed. Say goodbye to no less. This ensures a steady income, yet excellent and without significant loss of time. Should you cherished this short article as well as you want to obtain more information concerning runescape gold kindly go to our internet site. A considerable thing in the trade is to add your daily profits to your capital. This will certainly earn you far more cash compared to simply trading the very same quantity of money.
Example: Allowing a 10% revenue (equally as an instance), a person trades 10 million gold and does not include their profits to the merchant resources. He will certainly accomplish 20 million gold in 10 days. But if you include your revenues to the merchant, you will certainly obtain 20 million gold in just 6 days. Consequently, in this case, it was 40% extra efficient to include profits to the mercantile capital.
Choosing exactly what to trade is possibly one of the most tough prospect. Ask on your own: is this item in need? Will people be ready to market this item for a small cost as well as still people will get it as well costly? Is this short article adequate? What effect does it have on the game?
Ask these inquiries, and also you will certainly understand which article to trade. I have actually clarified it in far more information in my guide. I wish you enjoyed this short article and also that you comprehended some principles of the Great Exchange I will certainly compose numerous even more write-ups on investment in purchasing and marketing as well as the Great Exchange.
How you can generate income in Runescape using Grand Exchange.
On the planet of greatly multiplayer online parlor game, a real-world concept concerning cash lingers, which is the reality that with fantastic economic capacity comes great power as well as influence. This principle is still real in Runescape, where access to even more money in the game will allow you to buy better equipment and devices, which directly affects the strength of your personality. One of the simplest courses for Runescape General Practitioner riches is through the excellent exchange. This is exactly how you do it:
1. Your primary step must be to go to the 100 most marketed item listings, as this will provide you a standard concept of just what items remain in high demand in the market. If you find something preferable that you already have, after that you could go on as well as start marketing things, otherwise, you need to cultivate and also loot or track other vendors as well as get them to re-sell them at a higher rate.
2. If you determine to go and also the path of buying and selling, you should take into account one phrase: "get low-cost as well as sell expensive." But attempt to locate a pleasant area, if you offer also reduced items you will not earn any type of earnings, yet if you offer too expensive, it will certainly not be acquired, or it could take too long, which can have been spent seeking various other items to deal. If you sell as well as get at a rapid rate, keep in mind that little revenues will gather over time.
3. Use the need and also market supply in your support. For instance, if there are only 2 dragon longswords offered on the market and they are in high demand, get them as well as offer them for double the rate. Make sure you do it fast sufficient considering that the costs in greatly multiplayer online games have the tendency to drop on time.
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Purchasing property is a major and exciting part of life. There are several things that you need to consider when buying homes for sale in Durham Region in order to make sure that you get exactly what you want.
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At the end of the school year at Robert E. Lee Elementary School, the band teacher at the middle school (Adams L. Middle School) arrived to test us fifth graders to see who had music.
If you had the music, you could be a part of the middle school band the next year.
If you did not, then you took woodworking.
We lined up by the stage. The band director played a few notes on the piano. It was strange to be in the cafeteria when it wasn't time to eat. Every sound bounced off the floor and empty tables.
Some students hummed on key.
Many were off.
If you hummed on key, the director looked closely at your mouth and teeth.
If you could hum on key and had teeth, you were offered a place.
"Let me see your teeth," he said.
"You will play the clarinet."
"Let me see your teeth."
"You will play the tuba."
"Let me see your teeth."
"You will play the flute."
I stepped towards the piano, anxiously. I wanted to be in the band.
I didn't yet know that I couldn't sing.
The director played a few notes.
I hummed.
Or, I tried to hum.
"Stop, stop," he said.
He stopped playing the piano and a few kids snickered.
He rubbed his head with his hands. Then he tried again in a different key.
Maybe all my 5th-grade voice needed was a different key.
"Well, he said after a few minutes of trying to find the right note for me to emulate.
"Maybe you can play the drums."
Yes. Maybe.
My face turned red.
I sat down.
I forgot about the band.
But, in the 7th grade, I somehow managed to get into the choir. Mr. Casher must have had pity on me and needed another person regardless of ability.
I don't remember, so I am guessing that there was no humming test at the piano.
Once, at a concert in the gym, I stood with the real singers. I was dressed in a blue suit. I don't know why. I sang as loudly as I could.
An angry guy turned around and said, "Who is that back there singling like a horse?"
My face turned red again. I didn't try to sing anymore that day.
I stopped trying to sing anything for a long time.
But the church I grew up in sang a lot. Actually, most everyone sang, even the ones who sounded like horses.
I was visiting a church in Crossette, Arkansas once and made a tactical mistake. I began to sing a little too loudly. (I thought that's what we were supposed to do.) The guy standing in front of me turned around with a disgusted face like, "who's that horse singing back there?" I stopped.
But, a few years later I was driving near Thomasville, Alabama and heard a commercial that changed my outlook on singing.
It began with a church setting and a voice trying to sing. The voice was awful. The announcer said that sometimes our voices may sound strange to people. But God hears our voices, regardless of our ability. And the singing turned into something beautiful. It was the way God was hearing this terrible voice. Suddenly, he was singing on key and it was nice.
The point of the ad was that God hears us sing – regardless of how we sound – and he likes it.
I don't know how far to push the metaphor because the people around us actually have to listen to us even if we sound terrible.
So I decided a long time ago that I'm really singing to God, regardless of who's around me.
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The color RED
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There once lived a very quiet-
No, that won't do.
Here, I've got it:
In the wolf-ridden forests, there will never be a chance for the girl with the red hoodie to fall for a silent lumberjack.
{The color RED}
"My grand-mère is sick."
You turn your profile to face the girl with the red and ragged hoodie, the pale complexion and the dark, dark ringlets. Her colourful irises are widened in fear and they reveal an open window to her soul. You feel her desperation and clamor reaching out to you. "In which part of the woods does she live?" You ask, reaching for her tenderly but she moves away from you, snapping twigs and branches, "at the other side of these woods," she drops to a whisper, "we have to go now. Please." You slowly nod your heard, willing to do anything for this girl, the one you love and need. You pick up your axe and lead the way and she follows, like a lamb and her shepherd, in company.
Unaware of the Wolf lurking behind.
The woods smell more musky and sweet with her jogging beside you. You plan to keep this memory forever in the deepest corner of your mind, knowing that she won't.
This reminds you of the first time you met.
It was in the middle of the school year, when she intruded in your working area. You were chopping up more wood; the sweat of your body was a mere nuisance. Your uncle had almost choked on his own vomit and it was up to you to provide for the fireplace…again. You remembered that it was too hot.
When she stumbled into your part of the woods, she brought a cool breeze.
You decided to call her Little Red because of her stature and scarlet hoodie. You recalled her from school as the lonely one sitting at the back of the classroom. She stared at you, "I'm lost." She took your chuckling response as an insult and glared at you before turning to go. You didn't want Little Red to go, you realized.
"Wait up, stay! I'll help you!" You caught up to her. Little Red glanced back at you and started sprinting. You swore loudly and followed suit. After 15 minutes of this, she finally dropped in a meadow. "I know you," you lied down beside her, "you're that girl who won that art competition last year." She turned around to face you and said, "It's no use remembering your name, I'll forget you anyway. I have amnesia fallouts every day."
Another perplexity, this fact about Little Red, that made you love her more.
"That's cool, I like to stay mysterious." You responded coolly.
"You're that lumberjack's nephew; the girls always giggle your name." She bit her lip.
"Shh, the Wolf might be near," you stood up and jokingly checked behind every nearby tree, "It fancies me, so it's easily jealous of other girls." A laugh from Little Red.
Your heart beat faster and it seemed to have a mind of its own when you heard her laugh.
And so start the weekends full of "coincidental" meetings with Little Red, who always forgets you and where she was going. This made it a challenge for you-make her laugh every day she forgets you. She always went to her grandmere's house every Saturday and you made it your goal to follow her route, in order to "stumble" upon her.
"Hey, are we any closer?" Little Red is huffing and panting already. She has tied her red hoodie around her waist and is struggling to catch up with you. Her voice jerks you out of the memory lane and you promptly answer "we'll be there soon, in five minutes." Little Red's grand-mère was your optimum customer when it came to your wood business. But you were doing it for her grand-daughter whom you hope will one day remember you every day, just like you do with her reminiscence.
Suddenly, rustling is heard and is accompanied with growling.
You clutch your axe tighter and tell Little Red to run.
She stays frozen in place as soon as she sees the Wolf.
"RUN, I TOLD YOU TO RUN!" you shout back at her and miss sight of the Wolf, who's obviously encircling you and her, its prey. Little Red's pallid expression was covered with fear and she stumbled into a rock while backing away from you and the Wolf. You ignorantly turn your head away, swinging your axe almost playfully. You don't notice the Wolf's pounce on Little Red until the very last moment.
Time slows down.
You observe the meadow before taking in the space between Little Red and the Wolf. It's more ferocious close up, with its yellow snarled teeth and thick, shaggy coat. Little Red's profile is more startled than fear. Without her, your existence would be hollow. Or a hole filled with chopped wood. There's only one thing to do.
You place yourself in between them and swing your axe high above your head, aiming for the Wolf.
You feel yourself falling on the meadow in agony, and realize that the Wolf has opened up your chest with its massive claws. Blood pours out as if your torso is crying gory tears. The pain is intolerable. But if she's alive you can take it, yes you can make it. You're going in and out of consciousness and the woods' colours seem to mix and warp together. At least the Wolf is dead or gone.
Where is your Little Red?
She's weeping silently for you, and you can feel her putting something on you. Something soft that oddly feels like the color red.
You're pretty sure you're screaming now.
The suffering's too much.
"Grand-mère's house is so close! Please stay for a little longer." She pleads into your ear. You chuckle silently and think, where else will I go?
Even you know it's too late.
You turn to face her now and with strength, you caress her wet eyelids softly.
Her hoodie's on you, you notice.
She'll forget you again tomorrow, but she'll wonder why the lumberjack's nephew has her red hoodie in his cold dead hands, when she goes to your funeral.
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20 years after her death, Diana's legacy of care lives on
During her lifetime, Diana, Princess of Wales, was dedicated to improving the lives of the most disadvantaged people in the UK and internationally. She used her high profile to raise funds and awareness for critical but challenging and stigamatised issues such as those who were living with life-threatening illness such as HIV and AIDS.
Functioning between 1997 and 2012, The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund continued the Princess' humanitarian work in the UK and overseas. One area of focus was the need for palliative care – holistic care to treat avoidable pain and suffering of people with serious illness and their carers. 20 years after her death, hospice and palliative care programmes, organisations and services supported by the Diana Princess of Wales, Memorial Fund continue to bring comfort and hope to those suffering around the world – irrespective of what the illness is.
The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund was ahead of its time in supporting a holistic, patient and family centred approach to care, encouraging community based models in countries such as Kenya, Malawi, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Read the complete press release from Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance (WHPCA).
Thank you, Kate Jackson, for bringing this to our attention.
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Note to readers : This committee headed by Prof Radhakrishnan was constituted in April 2008 and it submitted its report in early 2009.
Report of the Committee on CREDIT RELATED ISSUES UNDER SGSY
India had experimented with numerous self-employment programmes. These were modified, consolidated and integrated into Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY) in April 1999. Since then, SGSY has made rapid progress over time covering more than 31 lakh Self-Help Groups (SHGs).
However, only 22 per cent of the SHGs were provided with bank finance for undertaking income generating activities including micro enterprises. What is worse, the bank assistance was abysmally low leading to low level of investment activity. This shortcoming has been attributed to failure of public intervention to enhance the credit absorption capacity of SHGs as well as to the failures of credit delivery systems to reach the poor. Since most of the SHGs were engaged in low technology and less productive traditional activities, the income gains to SHGs were very meagre.
Hence, SGSY had not been able to make substantial impact on the living standards of the swarojgaris. The proposed two pronged strategy of universalization of coverage of SHGs with doubling the proportion of SHGs assisted by bank credit and providing skills at least to one youth of a Below Poverty Line (BPL) family necessitates restructuring of SGSY.
There is also need to strengthen the capabilities of the poor for bringing them into mainstream of development as active partners. It is in this context, the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India (GOI), constituted a Committee on Credit Related Issues under SGSY in April 2008 to analyze the constraints in the adequate flow of credit to SHGs of SGSY and to suggest measures and strategies for promoting effective credit linkages to the SHGs (vide MoRD Letter No. 112011/5/08-SGSY-Credit).
The Committee is mandated to analyze innovative experiments initiated by the government as well as Non-Government Organizations (NGOs), and also examine the issue of provision of interest subsidy in place of capital subsidy. The members of the Committee comprised of government functionaries dealing with rural development both from the Centre and States and representatives of the Planning Commission, Reserve Bank of India (RBI), National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) and State Bank of India (SBI)………………………………………………..
R. Radhakrishna Chairman
Committee on Credit Related Issues under SGSY
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Preface iv
Abbreviations viii
0 Recommendations x
1 Public Intervention in Poverty Elimination and the SGSY 1
1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY) 2
1.3 Coverage of SGSY 4
1.4 Funds 5
1.5 Performance of SGSY 10
2 Credit Flow to SHGs and Individual Swarojgaris under SGSY 16
2.1 The Backdrop 16
2.2 State-wise Flow of SGSY Credit and Other Resources 17
2.3 Augmenting Allocation for SGSY 22
2.4 Reforming the Lead Bank Scheme (LBS) 24
2.5 Need for Uniform Rates of Interest on SGSY Credit 26
2.6 Capital Vs. Interest Subsidy 28
2.7 Use of Technology for Credit Reach 31
3 .SGSY in North-East States 39
3.1 Introduction 39
3.2 Commercial Banks in North-East States 40
3.3 Rural Regional Banks (RRBs) 44
3.4 Cooperative Banks in North East 45
3.5 SHGs and Bank Linkages in North East States 47
3.6 Performance of SGSY in North East States 49
3.7 Critical Weaknesses of SGSY in North East 54
3.8 Some Promising Initiatives in Credit Flow to Selfemployment
3.9 Village Councils (VCs)/Village Development Boards (VDBs)/Traditional
Institutions as Financial Intermediaries 55
3.10 Concluding Observations 64
4 Role of Institutions and Innovations in SGSY 66
4.1 Performance Patterns 66
4.2 Role of Institutional Architecture 66
4.3 Kudumbasree Experience of Kerala 67
4.4 SERP Experience of Andhra Pradesh 69
4.5 Institutional Architecture and Innovations: Kudumbasree and SERP Experiences 73
4.6 Other Innovations 79
4.7 Lessons from Kerala and Andhra Pradesh 80
4.8 Towards Mission Mode 82
4.9 State Level Agency or Umbrella organization 84
5 Training, Capacity Building and Skill Development 87
5.1 The Problem 87
5.2 Training Funds and Coverage 88
5.3 Training Swarojgaris at Village Level 93
5.4 Functionaries of Delivery System 96
5.5 Demand-based Skill Development for Placement 98
6 Towards Restructured Poverty Elimination Programme 102
6.1 Emerging Policy Environment 102
6.2 Tasks Ahead 104