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Report to the Board of Education – October 13, 2015
1. Students
a. Reading: The District Reading Committee has supported the implementation of the District Assessment of Reading Team (DART) assessment and the Early Primary Reading Assessment (EPRA) for our teachers. Considerable training has taken place in the past year to ensure common understanding. The standard approach allows teachers to communicate student learning with each other in order to have a common vocabulary for dialogue. This is a direct, positive impact for students as they learn to read.
b. On October 21st students from almost every school in the district will be attending WeDay in Vancouver. The district is a partner with the Free the Children organization for WeDay.
c. Students of the Musical Theatre Club have begun rehearsing on Fridays after school with teachers Sara Douglas and Tom Kellough. Their presentation of Steven Sondheim's Into the Woods takes place on March 4th and 5th at Chatelech Secondary School.
2. Staff
a. Curriculum In-servicesessions are well underway in all schools during September and October and will continue throughout the year. The Ministry of Education has informed districts that 10 hours of non-instructional time will need to be incorporated into the balance of the school year to ensure all teachers have a strong grasp of the new curriculum. The curriculum is required to be formally utilized in September 2016 for kindergarten to grade nine and September 2017 for grades ten to twelve. The Education Implementation Committee (SCTA and Management) will consider options for this time and bring appropriate recommendations to the Board later this fall.
b. Glucagon training took place in September in partnership with Vancouver Coastal Health. Each school with a diabetic student has two fully trained staff members.
c. The Circles philosophy ensures that all students have an opportunity to hear and to be heard. As a part of district efforts to develop Social and Emotional Learning competencies in our culture, Circles training has taken place for representatives from all schools in the district. Gibsons Elementary and Langdale Elementary have adopted a whole staff approach to using the Circles philosophy.
3. Community
a. The district is very pleased to partner with Simon Fraser University in offering the Graduate Diploma in Nature Based Experiential Learning beginning in January.
b. Educational Assistant students from Capilano University are placed in many of our schools for their practicum assignments.
c. Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)is one of our key partners in supporting our students' safety, health and education. Following a Health Promoting Schools Committee the district understands, due to our collective efforts, there have been an increased percentage of our students being properly immunized. Improvement is still necessary, however. District staff will meet in October with VCH to continue and deepen these efforts.
Strategic Plan Report
1 g. Students will experience, respect and enhance the natural world by actively PARTICIPATING IN SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES AND OUTDOOR EDUCATION.
Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean. John Muir
Research indicates that environmental education can result in the following:
• Enthusiastic Students and Innovative Teacher Leadership through rich, hands-on, real world and relevant learning across the curriculum.
• Critical Thinking, and Relationship Skills through an emphasis on specific critical thinking skills central to "good science."
• Leadership Qualities through cooperative learning (i.e. working in teams or with partners), critical thinking and discussion, hands-on activities and a focus on action strategies with real-world applications.
• Self Control/ Self Discipline Benefits for some children who benefit from more exposure to nature because for those students, the greener their everyday environment, the more manageable can be their behavioural management.
• Increased Focus/Improved Cognition through proximity to nature, access to views of nature, and daily exposure to natural settings increases the ability of children to focus and improves their cognitive abilities.
• Health Benefits for children who experience school grounds or play areas with diverse natural settings are more physically active, more aware of good nutrition, more creative, and more civil to one another.
The Environmental Education Action Committee has developed a number of recommendations to inform the Implementation Plan. Key amongst these are to:
· Develop increased awareness of students, staff and the community to the importance of the role of nature in our lives and our futures through dialogue, sharing successes and promotion of outdoor and sustainable activities.
· Provide opportunities and a framework to consider simple, sustainability projects (composting, school and/or community gardens) at the classroom or school level.
· Celebrate natural learning in our schools through social media and other communication strategies.
· Provide information and resources to facilitate students accessing the outdoors with their educators through educational opportunities for teaching staff about how to ensure that outdoor adventures are successful for safety and effective for learning.
· Minimize the administrative challenges involved with moving beyond the school yards with students. (Review Regulation 2550 – Extended Experience).
· Simon Fraser University is offering, in partnership with our District, a Graduate Diploma in Education. This two-year program allows teachers to delve deeply into Nature Based Experiential Learning in a focused, collaborative structure. The program begins in January 2016.
Next Steps:
· Consolidate plans as indicated above.
· Support the NBEL partnership as required.
Strategic Plan Report
2(d) Our staff will interact with our students' PARENTS positively and with full information freely shared using EFFICIENT AND RESPONSIVE strategies.
To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others. – Tony Robbins
Parents make a difference to student learning in many ways, but research into student success reveals that the four factors that make the biggest difference in terms of parent's actual influence on student success have are:
· Letting your child know you have high expectations for him or her
· Talking with your child about school
· Focusing on students' attitudes, more than their marks
· Reading to and/or with your child
The District's active District Parent Advisory Council continues to develop deeper connections amongst PACs and with trustees and district staff. The outcome is frank discussions related to parent engagement and student success. The District Parent-Teacher Communication Committee examines effective communication and develops strategies to ensure the school/home partnership is well developed.
Many schools are considering more effective ways to communicate student learning with students themselves as well as with parents. Davis Bay Elementary School NEST program piloted FreshGrade in the 2014 – 2015 school year. FreshGrade is an online portfolio and communication program that enhances teacher, student and parent understanding of student learning in a very current manner. Reports on this pilot are positive from teachers, students and parents. Other schools have begun utilizing the program informally.
The Ministry of Education plans to reveal new reporting guidelines this fall that will further inform future strategies to communicate student learning with parents.
Next Steps:
· Interpret Ministry of Education reporting guidelines in School District No. 46 when available.
· Develop plans to support and enhance the use of FreshGrade to more effectively communicate with parents and students.
· Develop a parent version of the staff newsletter, EduCoaster, to keep parents current on District activities and initiatives.
· Effectively utilize Facebook, Twitter, www.sd46.bc.ca, and Synrevoice.
· Consider information and sharing sessions for parents regarding their children's education.


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Cutting it close in the morning is the name of my game. 10 minutes of sleep turns into 30 minutes, and before I know it, I'm running down the street like a mad woman trying to catch my bus! The ease of throwing on a dress is always my saving grace, so today I'm going to share one of my favorites with you: the A-Line dress.
A-Line Dresses are Universally Flattering
The beauty of the female body is that we all come in different shapes and sizes. Designers can't possibly meet the needs of everyone when creating a new piece, so knowing how to shop for your body type is extremely important - stay tuned for a future post on this topic. Whether you have an hourglass, pear, rectangle, or inverted triangle shape, the A-Line dress will flatter your figure. Similar to the Fit-and-Flare, A-Line dresses feature a fitted upper bodice through the waistline, and a gentle flare around the hips - they're literally shaped like the letter "A". My favorite thing about this style is that it's a master of all things. Are you curvy and looking for a work appropriate option that doesn't cling to your hips? Throw on an A-Line dress! Are you slim and searching for a style to give you a curvier look? Throw on an A-Line dress! I love this dress so much that I bought it in black as well. For more workwear inspiration and tips, click here.


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When I was growing up in elementary school, preparing for Easter looked like this. A few weeks before, my sister and I would make the pilgrimage over to Columbus, GA with our mom to a store called "Parisian". Then on the big day I would get up and put on my Easter uniform: black and white saddle oxfords; blue, green and white plaid pants; kelly green sport coat; white dress shirt and a larger than life navy clip-on bow tie. Topped off with third grade buckteeth and freshly combed over hair, compliments of my Dad, on Easter 1983 I was the total package. My sister, Emily, had her own version of this Easter getup and most years we often ended up on the front porch for a picture together before heading to church.
In these 40 days of Lent our Embrace Church family has been in a season of preparation. But rather than dressing ourselves up for the world to see our best – we have been working through doing the very opposite. We've been learning to recognize the showy false self that we often hide behind which is created out of the all to common fear "If only you knew the real me, there's no way you would love or accept me."
It has truly been a deeper journey, forcing many of us to examine our inner lives in a way we have never even considered before. But in doing so we are finding the beginnings of our true self that is filled with hope, peace, freedom, and even power, all stemming from faith in this profound truth: "That while we were still sinners (false selves, living behind a veneer of pretenses), Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8, NIV).
But our journey and season of preparation is not over yet. As we turn our eyes to Easter and the celebration of Jesus' resurrection, we must not look past his final days of earthly life. There is much to gaze and behold in the passion narratives of the gospels that show us even more the depths of his love.
To help us in these last days we've prepared a few resources, which can be found by clicking on the "Guide to Holy Week" link. There you will find our Holy Week Reader that will help you walk through specific readings about the last days of Jesus life as well as information on locations around our community where you can join us for a Maundy Thursday gathering that will include communion and reflection. We hope you'll join us on this final leg of The Deeper Journey.


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University of Portsmouth is a dynamic and forward-looking university located on the south coast of England. The University's history dates back to 1908 when it was first established as Portsmouth Municipal College. With a strong reputation for teaching and student satisfaction and notable research strengths, the University aims to provide an excellent student experience focused on knowledge and skills essential for roles in the global workforce.
The University offers foundation degrees, undergraduate, postgraduate and professional development courses across a wide range of disciplines. The courses are structured to extend knowledge and broaden the skills of the students. Members of the academic staff are international experts in their fields.
The University is home to a student community of over 22,700, of which 4,000 are international students from over 140 countries.
Portsmouth is an attractive, friendly and compact city where everything is within easy reach. Most of the university buildings are located in the heart of the city and superb facilities are offered in a vibrant waterfront location – a university by the sea in the heart of one of Britain's most historic cities. Portsmouth is a great place to live and study.
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The University also has a wide range of student support services that provide both academic and pastoral support to all students.
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At the University of Portsmouth, employability is integrated into every course. The excellent links with industry enable the University to find out directly from employers what skills they want graduates to demonstrate.
The Purple Door Careers and Recruitment centre offers an extensive range of career planning resources. The in-house recruitment agency gives information about voluntary, part-time and graduate roles while their staff support a wide range of events and sessions including CV building, writing effective applications, exploring specific job areas and regular employer presentations, giving you the opportunity to meet employers directly.
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International Student Advisers based at the University offer advice and support to all international students, including visa assistance and police registration. They organise an orientation programme for new students, and offer an airport pick-up service. They also arrange social events and coach trips.
Research at the University of Portsmouth has been rated 'world-class' in the most recent Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2008. Centres of international excellence include the Institute of Biomedical and Biomolecular Sciences, the Centre for European and International Studies Research and the Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation.
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The University has excellent sporting facilities that include two sports halls, squash courts, two dance/martial arts studios, a synthetic turf pitch, netball courts and grass pitches for football, rugby and lacrosse. The athletic union has around 50 clubs ranging from mainstream sports such as football, netball, rugby and hockey, tchoukball and skydiving.
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- Published: Friday, September 21, 2018 02:31 PM
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program applications available for seniors, people with disabilities beginning October 1
PLAINFIELD – State Senator Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant (D-Shorewood) is urging seniors and people with disabilities to begin the application process for Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program applications on October 1 this year.
"Many seniors and our vulnerable populations rely on energy assistance to keep the heat on in this winter," Bertino-Tarrant said. "This program saves lives. I urge those who qualify to apply as soon as possible to ensure they receive this crucial assistance."
Beginning October 1, applications can be submitted and appointments can be made through the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity's Office of Community.
Customers must bring all required documentation when applying for assistance including:
- Proof of gross income from all household members for the 30-day income period beginning with the date of the application.
- A copy of their current heat and electric bills issued within the last 30 days (if they pay for their energy directly).
- A copy of their rental agreement (if they are renting) showing that utilities are included, the monthly rental amount and landlord contact information.
- Proof of Social Security numbers for all household members.
- Proof that their household received Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); Aid to the Aged, Blind, or Disabled (AABD); or other benefits, such as Medical Eligibility or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), if receiving assistance from the Illinois Department of Human Services.
Disconnected households and families with children ages 5 or under (includes all children who are not yet 6 years old, that is, up to 5 years and 364 days) can begin applying for LIHEAP assistance beginning November 1. Individuals not eligible for priority enrollment can apply beginning December 1. LIHEAP applicants will be served on a first-come, first-served basis until May 31, 2019 or until funding is exhausted.
LIHEAP is a state and federally funded energy assistance program for low-income families, in which heating bill payments are made on behalf of households. Applications are processed through a network of 35 local administering agencies around the state.
A single-person household can qualify with a monthly income of up to $1,518; a two-person household up to $2,058; a family of three can earn up to $2,598; and a family of four can earn up to $3,138. Benefits are paid directly to energy vendors on behalf of eligible households. The exception is households whose heating costs are included in their rent.
For a complete listing of LIHEAP's local administering agencies and additional information about the program, go to www.liheapIllinois.com or call the LIHEAP toll-free hotline at 1-877-411-WARM (9276).


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Hello everyone! I hope you all had a fantastic week, happy Friday and happy February!
This week I challenged myself to post 5 YouTube videos, and I am happy to say I accomplished my goal! It is a challenge to work from home with a 5 month old, especially because she isn't on a steady schedule and recently has only been taking 30 minute naps! But I made it work and I am very proud of myself. I am also learning how to work my new camera, a Canon T6i, and I have never owned a dslr camera before so this is a new experience for me! I am also learning new editing software since I used to edit on my iPhone, and now I have to edit on my computer. So it was a week full of learning for me!
The first favorite I have to share is a brand new app by the bloggers over at A Beautiful Mess. It is called A Design Kit and it is created to complement their popular app A Color Story. I downloaded this app the day it came out, and I have been using it every day since. I use it to create thumbnails for my videos (I was previously using the ABM app which is pretty old but still a fav!) and pictures in my blog posts too!
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5 Workers' Rights That Every Part-Time Employee Should Know
Part-time employees are valuable assets who significantly impact and improve the productivity and profits for many businesses. It is important for employees, both full- and part-time, to know their rights and ensure they are being treated fairly according to federal and state laws.
An employee who is considered part-time cannot be treated or reprimanded differently than a full-time employee when it comes to policies and procedures of the company. The Fair Labor Standards Act, a federal law, deems that part-time and full-time employees should be held to the same standards regarding business policies and procedures.
Overtime Pay
The Fair Labor Standards Act stipulates that part-time employees should be paid overtime pay in the same manner as full-time employees. Employers who expect their part-time employees to work 40 hours or more in a week must pay overtime to those employees just as they would to full-time employees. Some employers opt to pay overtime to employees who work fewer than 40 hours, although it is not required unless an employee exceeds the full-time hour allotment. Salaried or commission-only employees may not qualify for overtime pay.
Minimum Wage
An employer cannot choose to pay less than the state-mandated minimum wage just because an employee is part-time. Both full-time and part-time employees must receive compensation at the minimum wage level unless the job classification stipulates a different amount as ruled by the state. Some tipped workers, such as restaurant servers, may be paid an hourly rate that is lower than minimum wage as long as that amount plus the amount received in tips is equal to or greater than minimum wage.
Safety Standards
Part-time employees are covered under the same policies regulated by OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) as full-time employees. OSHA's safety and health policies regulate work-related illnesses, injuries and occupational hazards. It is illegal for employers to withhold safety supplies and training for employees who are only part-time.
Retirement Benefits
Most part-time employees are not offered health insurance or benefits from employers. Employees who do work 1,000 hours or more during one calendar year, though, may be eligible for retirement benefits as stipulated by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
Part-time employees typically work less than 35 to 40 hours per week and are oftentimes considered temporary or seasonal workers. Employers often seek part-time employees to help with fluctuations within the business and increased work demands. Part-time employees are commonly paid hourly and are held to the same performance, safety and business standards as full-time employees. A common myth is that part-time employees do not have any rights, but they do. It is important for workers who are part-time to know their rights so that their employers do not take advantage of them.


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(Dec. 8, 2011)Nantucket Shadbush, a globally rare perennial shrub species that has been the bane of island developers for years, will soon be delisted by the state Natural Heritage Endangered Species Program, a move that could expedite future projects like the proposed Hummock Pond Road bike path.
While rare in Massachusetts and New England, the Nantucket Shadbush grows in many areas of the island, and has impacted myriad projects in recent years, including the Fairgrounds Road bike path and the new police station, according to Planning Director Andrew Vorce.
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Pain with inactivity is as debilitating emotionally and spiritually as it is physically. I have felt the depression and feelings of "poor me" rise up almost automatically during a period - anywhere from two to seven days - of a migraine that won't go away, especially if I have succumbed to the pain and fatigue.
But how do we balance the requirements of our pain - to rest, stay quiet and use our pain management skills in peace - with the requirements of physical, emotional and spiritual health? For me, this has been a journey of discovery, of trial and error.
During 2010, after I left my job at Miriam's House , I thought that lots and lots of rest was what I needed to encourage the migraines to subside, if not go completely away. I did need a lot of rest - that was 17 years of a very difficult, although much-loved, job - but not for the migraines. They continued as before. The change I noticed was not in the migraines themselves but in my ability to manage the pain. Better-rested (another relative phrase, as sleep interruption often accompanies pain) and able to take the time to experiment, I learned tools and skills in pain management, most of which I have shared in previous posts on this blog.
I learned that when I am rested, I have more options for physical activity and health, such as a bit of gardening and walking my dog in the park. And even though these activities often do make the pain worse, I have also learned that, for my emotional and spiritual health, it is often well to make the choice for a time of activity that may exacerbate the physical pain but is worth it in terms of the emotional benefits.
Chronic pain is isolating. So often it just seems far too taxing to make that phone call, or check - let alone answer! - the emails, or write that post. In order to hold the pain at bay, we choose not to reach out. Yet friends, family and those warming, loving connections with others are major components of emotional health. Although the temptation is to avoid these activities because they leave us even more fatigued and/or in greater pain, the fact is that developing a balanced way to include them in our lives will actually help the pain by improving our emotional health.
I think the trick is, for physical and emotional activity, to experiment and find our own balance. For me, walking the dog and doing a load of wash may be all I can do before going back to the couch or bed for a 2-hour rest. For you, getting up and going to the kitchen to sit at the table for breakfast may be the sum of your activities for the morning. One phone call will leave me light-headed and needing to lie down; you might be able to talk for hours as long as you are resting as you do it. And, goodness knows, these parameters can change day to day: yesterday's migraine that left me wrung out and weak may today feel like the same migraine, yet I am able to bake scones, put dinner in the crockpot and walk the dog without collapsing.
The key to balance is, for me, being gently understanding of the inexplicable ups and downs of life in chronic pain. The less judging I do of myself and my abilities, the more I am able to try different tactics, not to mention to forgive myself with a wry grin when something I was sure I could handle turns out to be too much.
I think there are several benefits to this gentle understanding:
* When gentle understanding ("I thought I could handle this ... it's sad that I can't, but I'd better go rest.") replaces harsh judgment ("What an idiot I am ... why did I think I could do this?"), we are bringing into our hearts and spirits a spacious allowing that expands our creativity and our ability to love.
* With greater creativity that comes from allowing and understanding our limitations, we become able to develop pain management and life skills that enhance the quality of our lives.
* This spacious allowing pervades other aspects of our emotional and spiritual lives because the truth is that what makes us impatient and unforgiving of ourselves also makes us impatient and unforgiving of others. This sort of healing begins in our own hearts toward ourselves.For me, all of these things point toward greater spiritual health. And that will be the subject of my next post.
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Hey y'all! When Vince is away, THE HEDGEHOG MUST PLAY. Kym and Ben review the 90's Sonic OVA! It's a good time had by all.
When the nefarious Doctor Robotnik turns up in the Land of the Sky, pleading to world-renowned hero Sonic the Hedgehog for help, Sonic is skeptical. Begrudgingly, he accepts Robotnik's mission to travel deep into the Land of Darkness, where Sonic discovers that trusting Robotnik is always a bad idea. Now Sonic, and his friends, Tails the Fox and Knuckles the Echidna, must face off against the mad Doctor's latest and most dangerous robotic creation.
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Is it just me or is Temple Island's layout just so confusing!? Not the puzzles on it, I understand the rotating room puzzle completely, but I mean the entire island as a whole and everything around the superdome. No matter how much I try and picture it in my mind I can't wrap my head around which path goes where.
I found a picture online with a map of Riven's Temple Island and I STILL don't feel like I get it. If I were 3D modeling on the Starry Expanse team I think I'd have more trouble trying to remember which path goes where without getting confused than making the actual model!
Temple Island's Layout
Talk about The Starry Expanse Project (aka realRIVEN), Myst, Riven, or anything related.
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I have it pretty much memorized. I could explore it in my sleep. This is due to being quite spatially strong and also having played Riven over 30 times since 1998.
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Dam where do you have the picture from ?
Sorry for my poor english
Sorry for my poor english
it will all be ok in the end, if it's not ok it's not the end !
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Airline passenger had box cutter hidden in her carry-on, FBI says
A woman trying to board a flight from Key West to Charlotte, N.C., earlier this month was arrested after federal agents said she had a box cutter hidden inside her carry-on bag.
Alison Anne Pickford, who used a Canadian passport as identification at Key West International Airport, faces federal charges in U.S. District Court for having the box cutter, which was hidden inside a hollowed-out book, along with a black feather and a pack of cigarettes, according to the complaint.
Pickford admitted the box cutter was hers, said FBI Special Agent Nicholas Schnelle's affidavit.
"She further stated that she intended to place the hollowed-out book containing the box cutter inside of her checked bag, but mistakenly placed it in her carry-on bag," Schnelle wrote.
The cutting tool falls under the category of dangerous weapons barred from flights after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, when four planes were hijacked by members of Al Qaeda wielding box cutters — which were not prohibited on American flights at the time.
Pickford was arrested Jan.13 and is due in the Key West federal courthouse on Friday for a pre-trial detention hearing before Magistrate Judge Lurana Snow. Arraignment is set for Jan. 27.
"Defendant is partially indigent," according to court minutes of her Jan. 13 appearance. "Has $40,000 in Australian account which she does not have easy access to."
The judge ordered Pickford to pay $4,000 to the Registry of Court "by the time of her disposition or as soon as she gets a bond." Her name didn't come up in searches of federal, Florida or Monroe County inmate databases.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel Marcet in Miami said he couldn't discuss the case. Pickford's age and address were not on any of the documents filed with her case.
Pickford was at the Transportation Security Administration security checkpoint about 1:50 p.m. Jan. 11 with a boarding pass for American Airlines flight No. 4430 when agents noticed what appeared to be a box cutter in a bag being screened through the X-ray machines.
After running the bag through the machine a second time, they confirmed the suspicious item was a box cutter, which is considered under federal law a "concealed, dangerous weapon" accessible to her during flight.
The TSA said no one in the immediate area came forward to claim the bag with the box cutter so they opened it, finding envelopes and cards with Pickford's name inside. They made an announcement over the public address system calling for her to return to the checkpoint.
Pickford was assigned federal public defender Steward Abrams, who Tuesday filed a motion invoking her right to remain silent and requiring all law enforcement agencies to contact her only through her attorneys.
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Come and see cars/trucks dressed up for Halloween, play fun games and win prizes, enjoy roasting marshmallows and drinking hot cocoa. Fun for the whole family! You can dress up in a Halloween costumes, or not. Either way is good for this night of Trunk and Treat. ACC will also be collecting donations for "SOCKTOBER" and giving them to ASPAN, a service caring for the homeless in our community.
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So I was thinking about pelicans today. Mostly, this weird story of pelicans in overfished waters who have begun eating hatchlings of other bird species. It's freaked out the biologists, because the pelicans have altered their behavior so much.
It got me thinking about genetic memory in general. God programmed the animals with their original behavior, but the animals are free to come up with their own weird behaviors (like switching from catching fish to eating other birds).
My cockatiel is terrified of long, skinny objects, like cords and hoses, especially when you drag them like a snake slithering. He's never seen a snake, but he recognizes a predator. The iguanas I owned in my youth were afraid of some of my shirts, because they had snake-like patterns and stripes.
Baby chicks are terrified of every bird that flies over, because they're born knowing about hawks. Apparently this is observable science, too. According to Wikipedia, genetic memory supplies a trained reaction to a stimulus. Not actual memories.
But that's where fiction takes over. What if we could pass down memories, or retrieve memories from our ancestors? Heck, the whole Assassin's Creed story is based around that–the one guy going into the computer program that accesses his genetic memory, and fighting the bad guys as an awesome assassin.
Robin Hobb is big on memory transference in her books. By the time I'd finished reading two trilogies, I was kind of tired of it. In her books, people can take memories out of their heads and store them in memory stone, or pass on memories to offspring.
A casual google search turns up all kinds of weird articles of people claiming to have all kinds of "genetic memories" of places that seemed familiar, and turned out to be places where relatives had lived. But when it comes to that happening in real life, I'm a skeptic. I know weird stuff happens. I also know that people have overactive imaginations. Ever seen a LARP group at play? I rest my case.
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Event date: 16th February 2019
Type of Event: Local History Event
Event Location: Bruce Castle Museum and Haringey Archive
Saturday 16 February, 11am to 4.30pm
Discover more about Haringey's wonderful history and community heritage at the annual Haringey Local History Fair at Bruce Castle Museum and Haringey Archive.
It is a chance to get involved, network and browse stalls from different local organisations from around the borough showcasing the area's heritage. You can visit the Archive Searchroom to see special displays from the archive collections and talk to Archive staff to find out how to use the service and undertake research.
The Bruce Grove Stories (and Bruce Grove Public Conveniences) Project; Edmonton Hundred Historical Society; Friends of Alexandra Palace Theatre; Friends of Bruce Castle; Friends of Tottenham Marshes; Haringey Vanguard BAME LGBTQ+ Project; Hornsey Historical Society; Ian Christie – early film historian on film-pioneer Robert Paul (of Muswell Hill); The Latin American Sounds of Pueblio Paisa Project; The London, Westminster and Middlesex Family History Society; Markfield Beam Engine and Museum; New River Action Group; Radical History of North London Network; Steve Amor – Artist; Tottenham Civic Society; Tottenham Hotspur Foundation; Tottenham Outrage History – author; Vartry Road History – author; Woodbury Down Community History.
11.15am: The Land Under Our Feet: the Dorset Survey 1619 map of Tottenham
On its 400th anniversary, Christine Protz (local historian and Friend of Bruce Castle), shares the highlights and importance to our local heritage of one of the first-known mapping surveys of Tottenham. Many may know it as 'the upside-down map'.
11.50am: Black Georgian Londoners: Priscilla Wakefield's Sancho
Deborah Hedgecock (Curator, Bruce Castle Museum), looks at portraits in the museum exhibition alongside the character 'Sancho' from Priscilla Wakefield's book 'Excursions in North America'. Was he based on the real-life black Georgian Londoner, Ignatius Sancho? Listen to Tottenham Theatre as they give a voice to Ignatius Sancho's own writings.
12.15pm: 50 years Ago: Haringey-Koblenz,1969
From 1945 onwards, the town twinning movement paired many towns from countries previously divided by war. Passionately supported by mayors and local citizens, Haringey twinned with the German town of Koblenz in 1969. Stephen Whittle (Haringey Koblenz Friendship Association), guides us through five decades of this civic friendship, and celebrates the lives of those who, like the late Vic McRae, truly dedicated themselves to its activities.
Break: 1-2pm Reflections – a special tribute
Our slideshow of pictures (running during the break), remembers those we have lost in 2018: David 'Tec' Evans, Jim Deamer, Jim Clark, Ray Swain, Vic McRae and Chris Whitehouse
2pm: Half a century of the Victoria Line,1969
Travel back in time with transport historian Chris Barker as he looks at the completion and official opening of the Victoria Line in 1969. Many will remember the opening of Seven Sisters tube station in 1968 on the Walthamstow to Highbury & Islington section. 50 years on, the line is said to be the second most frequent service in the world.
2.35pm: Celebrating 150 years of Finsbury Park
Find out more from The Friends of Finsbury Park as they share their passion for the park's history and their plans to mark this special anniversary in 2019.
3.10-3.30pm Tea break
3.35pm Haringey Vanguard - an exploration of Haringey's Black and Minority Ethnic LGBT heritage
The Haringey Vanguard project, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, marks LGBT History Month with a short film showing Haringey's pivotal role in UK LGBT heritage.
4.05pm Remembering the evacuation of WW2
2019 sees the 80th anniversary of the evacuation of children in the Second World War. Oral history recordings and evocative film-footage recall the experience. An additional short film shows local celebrations marking peace from the Great War twenty years earlier in 1919.
Please note: talks are sometimes subject to change.
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The troubles of Cricket Kenya never ceases to fade away as in a new development, they now risk losing their Associate membership in 2018 ICC Annual General Meeting in Dublin, if they do not comply to ICC's constitution membership provisions.
After Kenya's poor showing in ICC WCL Division 2 tournament in Namibia in Feb 2018, Cricket Kenya chairperson, Jackie Janmohmmed along with Treasurer, Ravi Kaul and Development manager, Raja Sarkar resigned from their post. National captain Rakep Patel and Head coach, Thomas Odoyo, too quit from their leadership positions from the team.
An Interim executive committee has been overseeing the operations since, and ICC in their letter to acting chairperson, Harpar Singh and the committee, has questioned as to why the vacant positions haven't been filled up yet.
ICC Africa Development Manager, Patricia Kambarami said that there has been a significant period of time which has passed since the resignations of the top officials in the board and no steps have been taken to regularise matters via holding a Special General Meeting.
ICC has given Cricket Kenya the time until the end of Jun 2018 to be compliant with the provisions or face possible suspension of their membership. If Cricket Kenya's membership gets suspended, then they'll get 12 months following the end of the Annual General Meeting to solve the problems.
While the National squad is preparing themselves for ICC World T20 Africa "B" qualifiers in Rwanda, this news will come as a big setback, which has been plaguing the sport in the country.


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Blue Godzilla
More freaks! Out from the depths of the ocean, here comes Godzilla!
Alluding to the fact that this guy is Asian, and wearing what looks like (..to me) a dinosaur costume, I deduced that he's portraying Godzilla.. or maybe a blue Barney?? Whatever he is, he's rockin' it.. rawr!
A bit of Godzilla trivia:
"Godzilla" Gojira (ゴジラ, Gojira) is a combination of two Japanese words: gorira (ゴリラ, lit. "gorilla") and kujira (鯨 (くじら), lit. "whale")
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From the snow-covered peaks of the Yukon to the white-capped Dolomites of Italy, Team Alaska is carving its way to glory.
The team traveled to San Candido, Italy in mid January to represent Skagway in the Dolomites Snow Sculpture Festival and took first and second place in two separate carvings.
Ken Graham, Pete Lucchetti and Michael Yee found themselves in the town of San Candido, surrounded by spectacular mountains and picturesque architecture with large blocks of snow in the middle of it all.
Sandwiched between two historic church steeples, the team had three days to carve an award winning sculpture, and they did.
For their first carve, the artists showcased a Native Alaskan seated next to his kayak on an ice flow, while a killer whale swam underneath. As always, the team focused on detail, carving in bubbles and sharp whale teeth, which were so convincing that local children couldn't resist touching.
"That night we had to replace the teeth like two or three times," Lucchetti said.
Townspeople served as the judges, walking through the streets from sculpture to sculpture. Team Alaska's detail and time spent paid off, and the carvers took home a first place prize.
The competition featured 10 teams total, some from Russia, Italy, France and Mexico, all of whom Team Alaska bonded with.
"It was the only competition where we have carved with the same people in a row," Lucchetti said. "It was the most sociable carve we've ever had."
The teams stayed at the same hotel, skied on the same slopes and drank together in the town's only bar.
But they weren't finished after carving through blocks in San Candido. Fresh powder awaited them in San Vigilio a couple of hours away.
The second carve was closer to what the team was accustomed to – all of the blocks lined up in a row.
For their second competition, Team Alaska carved another split-view piece, with a gold-rush era man surfing a wave in his canoe, with an octopus swimming below.
With the people once again judging the competition, the team took home a second place win. Lucchetti owes both awards to great amounts of detail work, sanding and finessing of the pieces, and most of all, their ability to work together.
"Everything we did, we did once. We did it all efficiently," he said. "As the detail carver, I barely sweat. Those guys have it down so well."
With two wins under their belt, the team will carry on to Whitehorse on Feb. 23 to compete in the Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous where they will sculpt a dragon attacking a ship. Using the Princess Sophia for inspiration, Lucchetti said they will create a sense of wonder for spectators, carving out the ship with snowy detail.
Directly from Whitehorse, the team will travel to Yellowknife, NWT to compete in the Snow King Winter Festival competition on March 4.
The team won the four-day Yellowknife carve last year, and hopes to do it again next month.
Ready for the challenge, they plan to carve a whimsical tugboat surrounded by feeding whales.
And then it's time for the 30th Annual Buckwheat Ski Classic, where the team will bring to life famed Star Wars characters from Yoda to the infamous Darth Vader.
It's been a busy winter for Team Alaska, but they're making Skagway proud.
"I don't know of another team that is quite like us to have this type of talent together," Lucchetti said.


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Saturday, 27 February 2010
Personalised Learning Networks
Another nod to the power and usefulness of Personalised Learning Networks (PLN's) recently researched in the TES article "Technology - Pick of the Crop" 26th February 2010. Thanks to ICPJones for the heads up via Twitter!
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Wednesday, 17 February 2010
Flashmeeting Practice with France
How very exciting! I set up a practice videoconference using Flashmeeeting with an exchange partner English teacher in France yesterday and it went excellently! I used the whiteboard function which I had not used before and by trial and error learned how to upload photos and draw squiggly lines. I'm not sure of a use for the latter but using shapes to disguise photos then perhaps slowly reveal them for a KS3/2 videoconference that I have planned for later might work a treat. I will play some more with that. However, for the up and coming French work experience exchange videoconference with our year 11s the photo option will be useful for the French students to show photos of the area / house they live in to help familiarise the English studenets before they go. The URL tool will also be useful to upload links to their home town etc... I saw these potential activities forming before my eyes as we played around with them. It's nice to see there is more potential to Flashmeeting than I had realised and that it can be used for a real purpose.
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Monday, 8 February 2010
MYLO Ambassadors Meeting 08/02/10
I've picked up my violin again yesterday after years of not playing (happens with renewed enthusiasm once a year!) and having bashed my way through a page of sheet music it struck me again how languages are like music and the words and grammar that tie a language together are like the musical notes that create the sound of a musical piece (how high brow!). I took part in discussions during the MYLO Ambassadors meeting today at CILT re their Goverment funded online language learning project, and I was reminded again a) how I love learning languages and b) how I liken the skill of speaking and listening of a language to music (amongst other codes that exist - hence my blog title). To imitate a speaker you need to copy their sound, and their intonation like the rise and fall of a melody. The "code" of a language is not just the words but the rise and fall of the language aswell. The Swiss are often teased by the French not just for their slower pace of speaking, but also the rise and fall of the sound of their spoken French.
"What about SingStar?" I thought. Using SingStar technology to aid learning the intonation of target language expressions. As important as the pronunciation if you want to gain confidence and sound authentic I say. (I was so happy to get karaoke into the day's events somehow!).
More information on MYLO as the technology develops and classroom trials have been carried out...
"What about SingStar?" I thought. Using SingStar technology to aid learning the intonation of target language expressions. As important as the pronunciation if you want to gain confidence and sound authentic I say. (I was so happy to get karaoke into the day's events somehow!).
More information on MYLO as the technology develops and classroom trials have been carried out...
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How would we look if we didn't have mirrors?
I dare to say we would actually "look" how we feel. That isn't completely untrue for a life with mirrors, but if we could re structure the way we experience ourselves, actually with or without mirrors, it could actually be freeing. Body Image and Body Culture is SO different around our globe. The fashion industry and fitness industry too, shape our worlds every single day. To some people it ends up being an inspiration and confirmation that were on the right path and that we are "ok" or " accepted, but for most its probably a bad comparison: were not thin enough, pretty enough, and therefore not successful (or happy) enough. Although were moving into an era (and can't you all feel the vibes:))??) of strong females leading from the front, and societies taking the responsibility to make a change for our kids and adolescents. If we want there to be a change in the middle and the top, we will just have to bunker down and make that change with ourselves first. How do we put out in the world what we really believe in? How do we actually start with "the man in the mirror"?
My work and passion has always been human behavior and physical movement. As long as I remember I loved to move, and I was good at it and got better. I received the proper push in the right direction just by having my small successes. I love the way dancing made me feel. Music took up all my times and just made me happy. Track and field made me feel strong, fast and powerful. I had very little time to get in trouble, although the way I grew up provided many opportunities and reasons to do so. Digging deep into the world of fitness made me realize that it provided a platform of joy and success, strength and identity, but also a race for perfectionism and objectification. The complete opposite of what we need to progress. Today, were in a constant fight over stress, and to eradicate the notion of that perfection.
Well, how about you give yourself the permission to not be anything but yourself today. This is so easy to say, but not the easiest thing to do actually. What follows are my own few suggestions that I like to use with my clients, and share. And to remind myself to not be too caught up, I use them myself on the regular.
1. The mirror is your friend. But a lot of the time we end up checking things out in it that we will then judge. Give yourself a few days off the mirror, and focus on how you feel when you're giving away your gift. Your gift is that thing you're great at. Hugs. Laughter. Being good at your work. Give and feel how that feels in and on your body.
2. Do a fun workout in a high intensity format (so that your heart rate goes up in peaks and valleys). Try one out that is outside, or if inside in a room, without mirrors. How does it feel to finish? That feeling can be the greatest reward! You just gave your body some love! The benefits of this type of exercise are so many that the last thing on the list is to actually fit into a certain size clothing. But that is a side effect too! More on this topic in another post:)
3. Spend some quiet time with yourself. Meditate. Take a bath. Pray. Clear the mind, and slowly see what forms. Daily!
4. Learn something new. Get inspired by a book. A story on the radio. Revamp your mind to free your physical body of not so efficient role models. You can be your own role model!
I'm a firm believer that we can train ourselves to do anything with our daily lives. Win a race. Change our habits. Help ourselves. Cultivate that which makes us free and full of life-force. That might require hard work, time and maybe even letting go of things that don't serve us. But I'm here to say that you're worth it!
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Developing the Cartooning Mind, My Graduate Thesis
Cathy G. Johnson
Hello! Earlier this month I earned my masters degree from the Rhode Island School of Design. I was in the Teaching + Learning in Art + Design department, where I completed by thesis titled Developing the Cartooning Mind: The History, Theory, Benefit and Practice of Comic Books in Visual Arts Education. Below I am sharing the abstract for the final 94 page work, as well as the table of contents.
If you are interested in reading the complete work, please contact me at: email@example.com
This thesis by cartoonist and educator Cathy G. Johnson explains why cartooning should be taught in visual arts classrooms. The theme is supported by historical research, professional inquiry, child development research, and analyses of pedagogical approaches. Johnson traces the history of the U.S. comic book industry from its beginnings during the Great Depression, through the anti-comics movement of the '50s, male-dominated comic shops of the '70s, and the eventual Japanese import comics boom of the '90s. She uses the personal narrative of her engagement with comics as a child in the '90-'00s as a case study to explain the current flourishing graphic novel industry. The thesis then shows the importance of literature in education; literacy is necessary not only for the purposes of reading, but for understanding and being fully present in the world. Research shows that children of marginalized experience are being underserved and neglected by their schools. Educational methodologies and the content of available literature favor children whose experiences already align with the majority. The thesis then goes on to describe the benefits of intertwining the visual and verbal, and how that plays to the strengths and competencies of children of marginalized experience. Images and words together clarify communication and illuminate possibilities. To conclude, this thesis summarizes the learning outcomes of sample cartooning curriculums and how these approaches can be expanded. Future work building on the research presented here can include lesson plans that put theory into practice.
Keywords: visual arts education, cartooning, comic books, child development


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The Food Capitals of Instagram is a very nicely designed information to the recognition of foods with Instagram users around the globe. Bands associated with the label embody Dangerous Faith (duh), Green Day, Convey Me the Horizon, A Day to Bear in mind, Parkway Drive, Rancid, the Descendents, The Offspring, Each Time I Die, Architects, Touché Amoré, and New Discovered Glory. In a standard contract, the company gives an advance to the artist who agrees to record music that can be owned by the corporate.
Report labels are sometimes below the control of a company umbrella organization called a "music group ". A music group is often owned by a global conglomerate " holding firm ", which frequently has non-music divisions as effectively. With a current roster boasting big artists like Foster The People, Journey, AC/DC, Kings of Leon and Miranda Lambert, the label doesn't shy away from lasting abilities in any of the key or area of interest genres.
Report firms (referred to as record labels as a result of albums have a label indicating which firm produced it) take on a lion's share of the work of the music business. Based on Music Biz Academy , many labels not have artist growth departments.
Not solely have they got new game artists like G-Unit, and Slim the Mobster, Shady till the dying day. Most distributors count on report labels to supply them with finished, prepared-to-market merchandise, however typically distributors offer "M&D" offers. These firms are just subsidiaries of major labels.
So many different file labels say they are based round a certain genre of music, yet they've so many bands which might be utterly opposite to what they say they look for. Equally, collectors who choose to deal with corporations and logos as equal would possibly say 4th & B'manner is an imprint and/or sublabel of both Island Data, Ltd.


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Command Line Parameters for Starting and Stopping NetWare 5 Servers
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Novell, Inc.
01 Aug 2000
NetWare 5 allows for more flexibility in loading and unloading the NetWare operating system than in previous versions of NetWare. Novell's Michael Spong looks at some of the commands that expand how you can bring NetWare 5 servers up and down.
To prevent the NetWare Peripheral Architecture (NWPA) from autoloading drivers, use the NWPA \NALOAD command in the STARTUP.NCF file. Without autoload, the system will load only the Custom Device Modules (CDMs) that are manually loaded in the STARTUP.NCF file. By manually loading CDMs, you can be certain that a specific value-add feature provided by the manufacturer is available. If you don't disable autoload, NetWare 5 will merrily chug along and load the default CDMs for all devices detected by NWPA, as well as those CDMs that are manually loaded.
However, some issues have been found with devices where only the manufacturer provided the CDMs that should have been used, but other default CDMs had been loaded as well. Specifically, when using a SCSI tape drive to make a backup, you should use the CDM that is recommended by the backup application manufacturer.
To bring up your server, use either the RESET SERVER or the RESTART SERVER commands. (Remember that in NetWare 5, you don t need to use the DOWN command.)
RESET SERVER warm boots your system.
RESTART SERVER brings the server down and then backup by unloading, then reloading NetWare 5. So, RESTART SERVER doesn't actually reboot your entire system, just the operating system. This is great if you've made any changes to the AUTOEXEC.NCF and STARTUP.NCF files, and it's faster than RESET SERVER.
To shut down your server and not reload NetWare 5, use the DOWN command instead of the old DOWN and EXIT combination. And rest easy, events that have been keyed to EXIT will still function with the DOWN command since DOWN alone now triggers the EXIT events.
From the C:\NWSERVER directory, you can also perform the following:
SERVER ND starts the server without loading NDS.
SERVER NA starts the server without executing AUTOEXEC.NCF.
SERVER NS starts the server without executing STARTUP.NCF. Generally, this command also stops the execution of the AUTOEXEC.NCF since SYS: is not mounted.
Note: If there is an AUTOEXEC.NCF in the C:\NWSERVER directory when you use the SERVER NS command, AUTOEXEC.NCF will execute.
* Originally published in Novell AppNotes
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You're Cool Scrapbook Layout
Hey there, Curators! So lovely for you to join me again this week. Today I'm sharing a little 9" x 12" layout titled 'You're Cool' featuring, none other than my very cool nephew! He's been obsessed with hats since he knew what they were and insisted we get this fedora when we were out at target. I love documenting how he's growing and what better than a super geometric and trendy layout! See all the details below!
For the majority of the layout I used a digital paper from Love | Day | Seed's Black & White Pattern Collection I just love how bold and graphic the black and white is. To balance it out, I used my title 'You're Cool' in a brush script that I scanned and digitized. To make it pop I overlaid the neon green color! I then used the font Remington Noiseless to type out my journaling before using gold mini staples to tack those down.
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Motherhood is one of those topics you don't really see addressed too much in manga or fiction in general, really. I mean, sure, you see mothers and children all the time in books, but that's mostly because we all have had a mother at some point in our lives. The stories these mothers and children show up in are not generally about motherhood, but rather the lives of the mothers and children in the larger world. There's too rarely an inward focus, the lens turned on what it means to be a mother and how that meaning shifts and changes. I actually was struck by the way Reese Witherspoon's character wrestles with this very thing on the first episode of Big Little Lies (which I saw on the plane because that is the only time I ever watch TV shows that are not on Netflix) because I see it so rarely. Mothers have children, they interact with them, they are on the peripheries of their lives or at the centres of them, they are off-screen, they are long dead and longed-for, they are negligent or doting, but their motherhood itself is not usually the story.
Given how we as a culture are always harping on how motherhood is the greatest role a woman could ever hope to play, I'm almost surprised at the lack of reflection in our media on what it means to be a mother. Almost. In much the same way "pro-life" anti-choice groups are rarely interested in the actual lives of anyone involved in the pregnancy process, the concept of motherhood being the biggest thing a woman could do is more about making women second-class citizens than anything else. See also: Every article about a woman that lists her leading accomplishment as motherhood, even when she is a rocket scientist making incredible contributions to humanity.
And full disclosure: I am not a mother and I hope I never will be. (My womb is full of sand!) I have no interest in performing that particular gender role. But maybe that is exactly why I am intrigued by and drawn to Aoi Ikebe's latest, Nee, Mama. (Or maybe it is just because it's Aoi Ikebe, and I swoon anytime anything of hers shows up on the shelves of my bookstore.) Possibly my favourite thing about books is that they let me walk into lives completely different from mine and experience the world through a whole new lens. On a fundamental level, they teach me to empathize with and consider perspectives other than my own. And much like I will never be a bullfighter in Spain or an alcoholic copyeditor or a lovestruck goddess, I will never be a mother. But I can read about the experience of being a mother, thanks to Ikebe.
The first of the six stories in the collection, "Kirakira to Ame", has single mother Ogawa preparing to see her son Kazuya off into adulthood as he takes a new job and moves off to begin life on his own. But we never see Kazuya in the present; he's in his room or at work or out with friends. So we watch Ogawa go through the motions of motherhood: knocking to wake Kazuya up in the morning, preparing bentos for both of them, selecting food at the markets to make a special farewell dinner. Although she does spend time talking with her coworker and the fishmonger, she's basically alone throughout the story, her mind flicking back to parent-teacher conferences or when Kazuya was just a baby. The sequence where she prepares the farewell meal and the phone call that follows capture her feelings for her son and their life together startlingly well with minimal dialogue. As always, Ikebe is a master of a glance, a subtle shift in expression to convey a character's inner voice.
"Saza et Yaniku" tackles the issue of motherhood from a different perspective, the phantom mother that lingers for Yaniku after she is abandoned at a Catholic orphanage, as well as the more metaphorical mother of the convent that runs the orphanage. It becomes clear that Yaniku's mother was a prostitute who is likely never coming back for her, but Yaniku yearns for her and sees her in a different way, remembering the songs she used to sing her. Mother Vie watches over Yaniku and her best friend Saza indulgently, while the younger sisters learn from her and follow her example. And while I loved this and the follow-up story "Karasu no Naku Yoru ni Yaniku wa", my favourite story in the collection is "Yuyake Carnival" which brings together a motherless child and a childless mother in the most bittersweet, heartbreaking way.
Waka spies on the woman running a sort of odds-and-ends shop, convinced she is a witch. She goes home to an empty house and falls asleep reading fairytales. When she wakes up in the exact same spot and thanks an absent mother for a breakfast of a store-bought bun, it becomes clear that her home life is not great. But she is steadfast in the way that children are, seemingly confident that wherever her mother has gone, she will be back soon enough. She ends up talking to the "witch", and rather than disabuse the girl of her fantasies, the older woman tells Waka that yes, she is a witch. This idea takes firm root in the girl's head when a man stops by the shop with an egg-shaped bald head, and Waka assumes he is Humpty Dumpty. The witch quickly realizes that the girl's mother is gone, and she can't help but reach out to help her, even though she projects a tough attitude—"All of us are alone in the end," she tells Humpty when he worries at her about Waka. It's beautiful and touching, and this story in particular gives us multiple views of motherhood and the ways people can be mothers.
This is perhaps the best part of the book. Ikebe doesn't focus on the usual notions of motherhood and family. There is one story, "Stand Up", which features the stereotypical nuclear family, but all the other families in the book are ad hoc, people thrown together by circumstance, single mothers, people making connections in unexpected ways. And more than her gentle lines and quiet pages, it's this that I love about Ikebe. Her characters seek connections with each other, they struggle to find themselves and their place. And they don't always manage it perfectly. But they reach out to each other. And sometimes, that's enough.


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Three students at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) have been named finalists in off-price specialty retailer Loehmann's NY Design Challenge competition, held exclusively with FIT. Ou Ma of Beijing, China; Maor Tapiro from Brooklyn, NY; and Ying Wang of Xian, China, received the highest number of votes out of seven semi-finalists during a weeklong contest held on Loehmann's Facebook page.
The three finalists will create a finished garment from their sketches. A grand prize winner will be announced at a celebratory event in April 2013 [photos from the event can be viewed on Facebook], and the winning garment will be showcased in the Loehmann's Chelsea storefront window.
The competition, first announced by Loehmann's during its Fashions Night Out runway show in September 2012, attracted 15 students from FIT's Fashion Design program, who each submitted three avant-garde evening wear designs using famous New York City landmarks as their inspiration. Mas design was inspired by the Guggenheim Museum; Tapiro's design was inspired by the Brooklyn Bridge; and Wang's design was inspired by the High Line.
The Fashion Institute of Technology, a college of the State University of New York, has been a leader in career education in art, design, business, and technology for nearly 70 years. With a curriculum that provides a singular blend of hands-on, practical experience, classroom study, and a firm grounding in the liberal arts, FIT offers a wide range of outstanding programs that are affordable and relevant to today's rapidly changing industries. The college offers more than 45 majors and grants AAS, BFA, BS, MA, MFA, and MPS degrees, preparing students for professional success and leadership in the global marketplace. Visit fitnyc.edu.
FIT's Fashion Design program was established in 1944, the year the college was founded. The associate-degree program provides students with an essential foundation for creating apparel from sketch to finished garment. In the baccalaureate program, students receive advanced instruction in specialized areas. The programs close ties to the fashion design industry provide an immersion in current trends and practices. As part of their course of study, students intern with leading designers and design houses. They also have the opportunity to study abroad at one of FIT's programs in Florence and Milan.
Acclaimed FIT designer alumni include Reem Acra, Amsale Aberra, Brian Atwood, Jhane Barnes, John Bartlett, Dennis Basso, Stephen Burrows, Francisco Costa, Andrew Fezza, Norma Kamali, Calvin Klein, Michael Kors, Nanette Lepore, Miranda Morrison, Rebecca Moses, Ralph Rucci, Kari Sigerson, Michelle Smith, and Daniel Vosovic.


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Mt. Greylock seeks a Boys Varsity Tennis Coach for practices due to begin Monday, March 19.
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Win Song of Granite on DVD
Preview by Jack Foley
THE latest from director Pat Collins (Silence), Song of Granite is a critically acclaimed, lyrical and unconventional profile of the life of the complex and enigmatic Joe Heaney – one of the greats of traditional Irish singing (sean nós), and the country that made him.
Shaped by the myths, fables and songs of his upbringing in the west of Ireland in the early 1900s, the film charts Heaney's emergence as a gifted artist and how his career success came at a personal cost as he journeyed from rural Connemara through Glasgow and eventually to New York City.
Ireland's submission for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar 2018 and featuring performances from Colm Seoighe, Macdara Ó Fátharta, Jaren Cerf, Lisa O'Neill, Damien Dempsey, and singers Micheal Ó Confhaola and Pól Ó Ceannabháin, Song of Granite is a distinct portrait of Heaney's life and a universal exploration of the power of the human voice.
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Part theatre, part escape room, part scavenger hunt. Fully interactive.
Anonymous was our first immersive improv/theater experience. It took place on August 5th, 2017 in downtown London, Ontario. (You can see the original event page here) Because it was our first time, for planning purposes we limited participants to 40, and we had the full amount show up to play the game.
From the very beginning of the story, we decided to create Anonymous as a way to promote our improv troupe in London and gain a wider audience. We wanted to do something unique that isn't currently being done in London, and isn't being done much anywhere. As well, to improvise in a totally unique way, offstage and one on one. From the beginning people were interested and we got great press (like this awesome article.)
We called it Anonymous because ideally, It would play with the idea of the whole area being a part of the game, and not knowing who was in on it and who wasn't. We had some great stories of participants going up to people not involved but who looked like they might be and saying things like "I have a balloon, do you have something for me?" (That interaction is exactly what we wished for and exactly why it was called anonymous) and also groups going into the 1st Hussars Museum (also not a part of it) and being helped by someone working there.
It was difficult and interesting writing the game. I started with a map of Victoria park and noticed right away there was an arrow. I dropped the little man on the map and up came an image of a memorial. The Boer war monument. That was place #1. I researched haunted places in London and found that the Grand theatre is supposed to be haunted, so that obviously was place #2. Over time, an Alice in Wonderland theme emerged, and I decided that the white rabbit would be the one to meet the participants (late) and would be around the game to spy (and just in case something went awry.)
The roses each group received from the Queen's guard in Victoria Park (all red but one) alluded to the Queen of hearts having all of the white roses painted red. (The queen of hearts was also reportedly modelled after Queen Victoria). The queen of hearts card and the red balloon with the numbers inside it begin to make the theme more obvious.
At Thames & York when participants found the locked box and figured out the code from the numbers in the balloon, the clue said "You've made it to York, but we're painting all the white roses red. You should try to see the Queen in a new light" When the blacklight flashlight that was in the lockbox was shone on the playing card, the address 114 Dundas Appeared.
At the Cardboard Cafe after being given a riddle by the mad matter, participants were given one of the most difficult puzzles (if not the most difficult). One group got this far in about an hour!
Once solved, participants requested a letter from the mad hatter and delivered it across the street to the Queen of hearts herself. Who read it, beheaded a card, and drew the next clue on a piece of paper, which she then dissolved in a glass of water. We also hear the queen of hearts did a truly atrocious British accent, but no one mentioned it, so everyone kept their heads.
At the Church Key, participants mentioned what the Queen of hearts told them to say: "The Vicar sent me" (Lewis Carroll's father was a member of clergy) and were given a dessert (Victoria Sponge!) When the cheque came, it was instead a clue from the white rabbit.
The last clue, and the most hated clue by far included an excerpt from "Father William" by Lewis Carroll and the words: "This old father takes a sip at a familiar panorama, but where your journey really ends celebrates Canadiana."
This clue was intended to lead people two William's Coffee Pub where I imagined they would look around (panorama) and see Toboggan. But it didn't happen that way, and numerous teams asked for (and received) extra clues from the white rabbit via email.
5 teams made it in under the wire! and we were very pleased with not only the reception from the community and participants, but how SMART teams were! We're currently writing our second event and we can't wait to see you there.