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This week marks three years since my RA diagnosis, and I've been tossing around some thoughts lately. 2012 has been a rough year in so many ways, and as time progresses and the stressors don't change, I can see how much that stress affects me. I also have had a couple of people ask me lately to share what keeps me going … strategies that help me stay feeling well.
Challenges: My main challenges are pacing myself and managing stress. I am a busy, doing, going and never stopping kind of person. This can be a little too much for my body sometimes. And my main stress relievers are exercise and my work (more on that later) … not exactly still activities. So I have to force myself to slow down and relax a LOT.
Strategies: I switched last year to a more gentle form of exercise – water exercise. I love it and find it to be the perfect pace. Plus I can ramp up or down depending on how I feel – and no one in the pool is judging me because it'a all underwater! (same goes for swimsuit-related self-consciousness …)
Strategies: I have a much lower stress career now than I did 10 years ago. That's massage therapy versus advertising. Although I believe in good customer service and meeting my clients' needs, I also have a wonderful group of clients who encourage me to take care of myself first so I can take care of them more effectively. I don't have a boss telling me I must perform. I judge my schedule based on how I feel at the time. Even though I book people ahead (sometimes several weeks out are full), I can skip filling in the spot when someone cancels and give myself a break when needed. Little things like that make a big difference for me. I also work in a beautiful space that I completely designed. I play peaceful music that I love. I talk with chatty clients, or I have long breaks of silence where I can focus on breathing and the meditative nature of giving a massage.
Challenge: After a 10-year massage therapy career, I think I'll probably taper off over the next 5-7 years. I'm nearly 50 now and ready to shift into another career – health coaching! I am passionate about this field, and especially about helping people who have chronic pain and inflammation like me.
Strategies: Still working on how to do this … but I just know that if I plan that will help. I have a few expert friends that I'll reach out to for ideas. This is a big part of my strategies – don't try to "go it alone!" Asking for help always offers better solutions.
Challenge: Managing medications
Strategies: Get a smart-phone enabled medication reminder app. It's my savior and reminds me to take my meds twice a day. Plus once a week. Plus every other week. Ayyyiiiyii … I have enough in my brain without stressing about compliance. And consistent medication is a big help to my overall wellness. The meds reminder also helps me remember any non-standard meds I have taken, like antibiotics for example.
Challenge: I'd love to say that I can eat anything I want and never be affected … in my waistline or otherwise. But that would be a big, fat LIE. I have had to revise my perception of "comfort food." If I eat a bundle of junk food, sugar or even too many carbs … my body gets angry. If I gain weight, my clothes hurt (literally … tight waistlines are yucky!) and more significantly my knees ache. My hands will also swell with too much "discomfort food."
Strategies: Well, as a health coach, I know a lot of great information. I even know how to take baby steps and put it into action. And starting about 20 years ago, I began this journey toward making better health choices. 20 years?? That's long journey … why so long?? Well, because I believe the journey never ends. There are always changes in our bodies and in nutritional theories. For example, three years ago I would never have truly considered going gluten free. Now I'm considering it pretty seriously. I work every day to eat clean – whole foods that are primarily home cooked with love. I read food labels and know what ingredients make my body hurt. I know how much I can "goof off" before I get the diet smack down. My morning starts with a nutrient dense smoothie, and my afternoon snack is often a fantastic green drink I found recently. I avoid "discomfort foods" but I also don't allow stress about those foods to overwhelm me … that would produce the same result as eating a bite or two of the food.
Challenge: SLEEP! Some nights I have perimenopausal symptoms (extra uncomfortable heat), and others my husband snores louder than usual. Often I get achy in the middle of the night and can't find a comfy position.
Strategies: Keeping a standard sleep schedule all seven days of the week helps me a lot. Same time to sleep and same waking time means my body isn't surprised every night – less change equals less stress. I also found a cool thing a few weeks ago called a Spoonk. It's an acupressure mat that I lie on for 10-15 minutes before sleeping every night. It seems to calm my nervous system down and deepen my sleep. I also think that better sleep is helping my digestion – an unexpected bonus!
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Shocked by this revelation, Kakashi and Guy started asking the once masked man whether he truly was Obito, but upon seeing his Mangekyō Sharingan, Kakashi noted that there was no doubt about it. However, Obito reiterated his point that it was insignificant what they called him, and all that mattered to him was his Eye of the Moon Plan. Kakashi had a flashback to the time when Obito died, and then asked whether he had survived the cave in. This led Naruto to ask them who the person in front of them was. Guy answered that he was a former classmate of theirs who supposedly died during the Third Shinobi World War. Kakashi, still in shock, asked Obito that if he had survived then why had he not made this fact known until now. Obito retorts that whether he survived or not was unimportant. However, if Kakashi really had to have an answer to why Obito had done what he did, it was simply because Kakashi had failed to protect Rin. Even more devastated by this response, Kakashi asked him if he was going to blame him for it. Obito answered that he did not see any point in blaming this useless reality which would disappear soon enough. Naruto tried to rally his sensei, telling him that right now, Obito's plan needed to be stopped and that he would listen to the story later. Obito used the Fire Release: Blast Wave Wild Dance technique sending a giant vortex of flames towards his opponents. Kakashi, unable to register what was happening, simply stood there despite Guy calling out to him. Naruto, however, intercepted the attacks with Kurama's tails. Before any side could act further, they were interrupted by Madara's appearance on their battlefield. Standing beside the younger Uchiha, the legendary shinobi remarked that Obito seemed to be having fun, much to the onlookers' surprise.


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Two years ago I had the great fortune of meeting Connie Sobczak. Connie is the co-founder of The Body Positive, a non-profit organization created with the purpose of helping people overcome negative body image and distorted relationships to food. The Body Positive connects people to their internal wisdom, freeing them to live joyfully in their bodies. When Connie and her good friend, Elizabeth Scott, LCSW, founded The Body Positive in 1996, concerned stories about body image and eating disorders we're still topping the news. Lately, most of the stories covering body image focus on female celebrities' weight loss/weight gain extremes, trivializing the significance of the issues.
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Approve -----Original Message----- From: ***** IEEE 802 Executive Committee List ***** [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] On Behalf Of Stuart J. Kerry Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 11:10 AM To: email@example.com Subject: [802SEC] +++10 Day EC Email Ballot (Closes no later than 29 April 2007)+++ Motion to approve the formation of the 802.11 Video Transport Stream (VTS) Study Group Dear EC Members, The 802 EC Chair has delegated me to conduct this EC ballot on his behalf. This is a 10 day email ballot to make a determination on the withdrawn motion which was deferred to an 802 EC email ballot, that was submitted to the Closing Orlando March 2007 802 EC meeting: Motion: "To approve formation of an IEEE 802.11 Study Group to examine issues related to delivery of Video Transport Streams (VTS) over IEEE P802.11, with the intent to create a PAR and Five criteria to form a new Task Group. 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|Museum Curator, Elizabeth Murfitt, greets visitors at the door of the 1888 Police Commissioners' Residence.
Members of the Heathcote McIvor Historical Society Inc are opening buildings in the Camp Hill Historic Precinct, 19 Herriot Street, Heathcote every day from 10 am to 3 pm during History Week 2012. Items exhibited are introduced by the curator in a very engaging way.
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Almost every major segment of the U.S. economy has undergone a spring revival after a winter-induced slowdown – except housing.
The latest monthly report on sales of previously owned homes probably won't show a sudden upsurge, either. Economists predict existing home sales will climb to an annual rate of 4.66 million in April from 4.59 million in March. The data will be released at 10 a.m. Eastern by the National Association of Realtors.
Higher mortgage rates are a big reason why sales have leveled off after a three-year rally. Yet some economists are starting to wonder if there's more to it: Read: Student loans preventing millennials from buying homes.
Also Thursday, Wall Street will pay closer attention to weekly jobless claims. The number of people who applied two weeks ago for new unemployment benefits fell to a post-recession low of 297,000. The low reading was probably tied in part to seasonal quirks stemming from a late Easter holiday and economists expect claims to bounce back up to around 315,000 in the week ended May 17.
The latest report takes place during the so-called survey week when government economists send out questionnaires to households and businesses asking them about the labor market. A low claims number in the survey week often means a big increase in monthly hiring.
Other reports on top include the Markit national manufacturing survey and the leading economic index in April. The leading index rose 0.8% in March and has been trending higher since late last year.
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The State Board of Education today recognized the West Windsor Plainsboro Community Middle School science team for receiving first place honors at the 2005 National Science Olympiad held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
"As a professor in Cell and Neurobiology at Rutgers University, I am most pleased by the excellent performance of these science Olympians," added State Board President Arnold G. Hyndman. "By winning first place overall and first in two individual categories, the students, parents, and teachers of this West Windsor Plainsboro Community Middle School have demonstrated academic achievement and a level of discipline of which all New Jersey can be proud."
"At one of the pre-eminent science and technology institutions of higher learning, the West Windsor Plainsboro Community Middle School science team bested over 100 other teams from across the nation," stated Commissioner of Education William L. Librera. "Their success shows that this department is on the right path in our efforts to increase scientific literacy and establish stronger teaching and learning standards throughout the entire state."
The West Windsor Plainsboro Community Middle School won first place in the middle school division of the National Science Olympiad and finished first in two individual categories as well: fossils and meteorology.
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The men's team will play three games inside Freedom Hall, all of which will be part of a special multi-tier event known as the Roundball Showcase. Those games will pit the Buccaneers against Samford (Nov. 21), Stephen F. Austin (Nov. 23) and Marshall (Nov. 30) over a nine-day span. Meanwhile, the ETSU women's team will face Morehead State on Nov. 21 as part of a basketball doubleheader inside the civic center.
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March 26, 2018, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM @ Los Altos Hills Town Hall
Mayor John Radford has office hours every Monday from 3:30 - 4:30 PM. Please drop by to share your thoughts and ideas, issues and/or concerns about living in Los Altos Hills. (Please consult the Town calendar to confirm that the Mayor is available that Monday that you wish to meet with him)


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The Sikh Project
March 22, 2018 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
An event every day that begins at 10:00am, repeating until March 24, 2018
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Sikhs have been a vital part of America for over 125 years. The Sikh project is a collection of stunning portraits that capture the beauty and diversity of the community and recognize the challenges and triumphs of what it means to be a Sikh in America.
This exhibit, with images by London photographers Amit and Haroop, focuses on the turban, which is an integral part of the Sikh identity. The turban, as an article of faith in Sikhism, is a public declaration of sovereignty and equality. Not only beautiful, the turban represents distinction, tolerance and justice.
Many of those depicted are residents of the Washington, D.C. metro area including a U.S. Army captain, a former American Idol contestant, and the Sikh Captain America.


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Giving hope to HIV-positive women
By Molly Lim
Malaysian women share their voices with UNICEF to mark the country launch of The State of the World's Children (SOWC) 2007 report on International Women's Day.
Themed "Women and Children – The Double Dividend of Gender Equality", the SOWC 2007 examines the discrimination and disempowerment women face throughout their lives – and outlines what must be done to eliminate gender discrimination and empower women and girls.KOTA BAHRU, March 2007 - Staff nurse Zaimah Hussin's patients know they can reach her on the telephone at all hours, and even on public holidays. The counselling nurse at the government hospital in Kota Bharu, the capital of the north-eastern state of Kelantan, does not only help her HIV/AIDS patients come to terms with their infection, but also assist them in practical matters such as seeking financial help to pay for their medication, dealing with adherence to treatment regime and breaking the news to family members.
Still, she could not quieten her nagging concern at not doing enough for her patients. Many of them are poor, and have to travel from rural areas to seek treatment amidst fears of stigma and discrimination.
Women's vulnerability
It is, however, the plight of HIV-positive women that worry Zaimah the most. "Women are generally more vulnerable to HIV infection because most lack the knowledge and the ability to protect themselves," Zaimah explains with concern.
According to Zaimah it is even trickier for married women – whatever their social or economic status – to negotiate for safer sex, even when they know their husbands are engaging in high risk behaviour such as injecting drug use. "In our culture, women always say yes to their husband. He is the king at home," she says when accounting for the three-fold increase in the number women getting infected with HIV in Malaysia in the last ten years.
"From our survey, we found that women have a low sense of self worth and assertiveness in taking control of their lives. They do not take care of themselves very well. Most come for HIV screening when their husband, or children or they themselves have been admitted to hospital for an AIDS-related illnesses. Some are also detected when they are screened for HIV in antenatal clinics," stresses Zaimah.
Helping single mothers
When her patients' needs could not be met by the hospital's facilities, Zaimah began seeking help for them from outside. After ten years of tapping on her network of friends informally, Zaimah began mooting the idea of starting a non-governmental organisation to help HIV infected single mothers in Kelantan.
"It seemed a difficult thing to do, but then my son Zahrain agreed to help run the NGO," said the 51-year-old Zaimah who has been in nursing for 29 years.
Zahrain Zulkifli is well acquainted with the hardships of HIV infected single mothers because his mother has always enlisted the family's help. "My mother would refer needy single mothers to our NGO, Prihatin, and we would help them with financial aid. We also set up counselling services for these women because some of them are more comfortable coming to Prihatin than to the government hospital," Zahrain explains. "We also started income-generating workshops to help single mothers."
Although Prihatin started small, the three-year-old organisation has quickly gained the attention and support of the public and government agencies. They recently moved into a house that was originally built for the district health officer, and now offers shelter to HIV-positive single mothers and their children who have nowhere to go.
A safe environment
"The number of HIV-positive women in Kelantan is one of the highest in the country. About eight out of ten of them are infected by their husbands. They are also often left to deal with their infection, and fend for their children when their husbands passed away. Many are poor, and cannot turn to their family for help," says Zaimah.
Aside from practical aid, the organisation has more importantly given infected women hope. Before Prihatin, many of these women suffer in silence and desperation. At the shelter, they do not only acquire income-generating skills, but also gain and offer support to each other in a safe environment.
"About 70 per cent of single mothers registered with us live below the poverty line. So, there is a dire need for our services. Other states have also looked at what we are doing, and have asked us to help establish Prihatin there," said Zaimah whose initiation into HIV/AIDS work 12 years ago was amidst much fear and paranoia.
Overcoming fear, finding satisfaction
"In 1994, nurses were wearing aprons, gloves and masks when caring for HIV-positive patients. But then, I was sent to Bangkok to work in an AIDS ward where the nurses were not afraid of their patients. I came back, determined to emulate their positive attitude, and started treating my patients without fear," she recalled.
Eight to ten new patients are diagnosed with HIV at the Kota Baru Hospital each week. Zaimah recognises that her counselling is vital in shaping patients' response to their infection. Her calmness and compassion as she explains about the disease and treatment options are often patients' first inkling that their lives are not completely doomed.
"Most patients do not even know that treatment is available; they all think they are going to die. But we tell them that treatment has become affordable with Government subsidy."
As one of the most experienced HIV/AIDS counselling nurses in Malaysia, Zaimah is also actively involved in training other healthcare workers. There is still a shortage of HIV/AIDS counselling nurses in Malaysia, as well as a need to address stigma and discrimination towards HIV-positive patients among healthcare workers.
"I find immense satisfaction in helping my patients. It all comes from the heart," said Zaimah.
SOWC 2007 - Women in Malaysia Speak Out!
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Empowering women
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State of the World's Children 2007 - Malaysia
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- Note from the Title Administrator
- Consolidated Title Reviews
- Need Quick Training to Help your Efforts to Work with Students in Need?
- You may be the One to Recognize a McKinney-Vento Eligible Student
- Ensure that Student Records Quickly Follow Students
- Title I Focus & Priority Schools
- Basic Migrant Child Eligibility Factors
- Parents Play An Important Role in Building Children's Character
- Title I School Family Compacts
- National Title I Distinguished School
- Regional Data Retreats
- Academy of Pacesetting Districts
- Committee of Practitioners – An ESEA Requirement of Each State
- SD LEAP- An Online Tool for Planning Improvement
- September Attendance Awareness Month
Note from the Title Administrator
It's that time of year again when school is back in full swing and the buzz around the school buildings is about the Football game on Friday night or the Homecoming Festivities and what each class is going to be doing to honor the school colors and show their pride. This is truly a time of year when any outsider can encounter teamwork and enthusiasm from the students as they prepare to build their class float, as well as a lot of energy and passion from the teachers that are leading those efforts.
The Title Team at the South Dakota Department of Education is also creating a buzz and showcasing a new vision as we move from a time of Compliance Driven Monitoring to an Outcome Based Process. While this shift doesn't allow us to create floats or showcase our school colors, it does allow us to think about teamwork, both within the SD DOE and with the schools that we work with. This shift will provide more technical assistance to the schools that we work with as well as professional development opportunities to help strengthen the areas that are of highest concern based upon the data that we will continue to collect and review throughout the year.
We look forward to an exciting 2013-14 school year and working with many of you throughout the coming months.
Go Big Green, Red, Blue, Purple, Gold, Black, Orange, Yellow…whatever your colors may be!
Shannon Malone
Consolidated Title Reviews
The South Dakota Department of Education will not be conducting any on-site Title I Monitoring that were previously scheduled. The SD DOE is working to develop a process for collecting all Title I components that were not waived in the ESEA Flexibility Waiver. The SD DOE will be providing technical assistance throughout the school year in a variety of ways: Title I Director's Meeting for New Title I Director's, webinars, emails, Title I/SPED Summer Conference, quarterly newsletters, and on-site visits.
Need Quick Training to Help your Efforts to Work with Students in Need?
Each month, the DOE emails district McKinney-Vento (M-V) liaisons a listing of the webinar training opportunities for the month. This training is provided by the National Center for Homeless Education, the technical assistance center funded by the US Department of Education. The trainings are provided at no cost to all districts nationwide and to anyone wishing more information. The webinars are 60+ minutes in length. Some training sessions are directed toward social workers or counselors and other school personnel. The trainings are meant to help all school personnel, not just the M-V liaison. To look at a listing and to register for a webinar go to
Additionally, several trainings have been recorded and posted on the NCHE website along with self-paced trainings and power points. The self-paced trainings range from 8-25 minutes in length. Training topics posted on the NCHE website may be accessed at any time of the day or night. A list of self-paced and recorded webinars can be found at
Topics include:
Knowing the Law 101
Homeless with Homework
Equal Access
Homeless and Title I Collaboration
Information for Parents
Helping Unaccompanied Youth Access College
If you need further information from the DOE, contact
or (605) 773-2491.
You may be the One to Recognize a McKinney-Vento Eligible Student
Each school district is required to designate a person to serve as the McKinney-Vento liaison. Districts are required under the law to identify students who qualify under the McKinney-Vento statute. However, recognizing that students may be in need is the responsibility of everyone. A McKinney-Vento eligible student is a student who is in transition as the student is not living in permanent, stable housing.
The lack of stable housing is both a symptom and cause of many other issues that children, youth, and their families encounter. A family or youth lacking housing has many concerns? Where do I stay? Where do I keep my possessions? How and where do I keep my important papers? Where do I bathe? Where do I eat? What do I eat? What happens this winter? Can my relatives help me? How will my children stay in school? What will the future be for my children? What hope do I have for security?
Identifying students and their younger siblings as living in transition and instability can lead to assistance. This assistance may include staying in the same school, free food at school, transportation to school, tutoring, and referrals and access to other services such as food, clothing, and medical care.
Don't forget that a teenager may not be living with a custodial parent and may be in a very unstable situation. Often times, locating a teenager living in non-permanent housing is particularly difficult. You may be the one who can help.
Contact your district's McKinney-Vento liaison if you believe a child or family may be in need.
If you need further information from the DOE, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com or 605-773-2491.
Definition found in the McKinney-Vento Law
The McKinney-Vento Act defines "homeless children and youth" as individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence. The term includes:
• children and youth who are:
- sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason (sometimes referred to as doubled-up);
- living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to lack of alternative adequate accommodations;
- living in emergency or transitional shelters;
- abandoned in hospitals; or
- awaiting foster care placement;
• Children and youth who have a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings;
• Children and youth who are living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings; and
• Migratory children who qualify as homeless because they are living in circumstances described above.
Ensure that Student Records Quickly Follow Students
School Districts must ensure that student records are transferred quickly when notified of a student's transfer. In order for students to continue with appropriate courses and lessons, the receiving school must obtain the records as soon as possible. FERPA allows for the flow of records. Please do what you can to help students receive the academic services they need so they will move closer to graduation and a brighter future. "All students will graduate - college, career, and life ready."
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. 1232g and 34 C.F.R. Part 99) is an important federal law for ensuring the privacy of students' education records. The FERPA statute and regulations and other state and local privacy requirements have significant implications for students who are involved in the juvenile justice system. Youth involved with the juvenile justice system experience many transitions between educational programs—from community school into facilities, between facilities, and when returning to their community schools—so it is critical that the relevant agencies understand the conditions under which FERPA allows for the transfer of student records. In fact, FERPA specifically authorizes the non-consensual disclosure of personally identifiable information (PII) from students' education records to state or local authorities within the juvenile justice system under the following conditions….
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Title I Focus & Priority Schools
SD DOE has identified Focus and Priority schools and Priority districts for the 2013-2014 school year. Focus schools are defined as schools whose rank is among the lowest 10% of the Title I schools across the state when looking at the Gap group performance in achievement and attendance at the Elementary/Middle school level and in achievement and graduation rates at the High school level. Focus school designations are determined on an annual basis. A Priority school is defined as schools with an overall School Performance Index (SPI) score which ranks at/or below the bottom five percent. The total number of Priority Schools must be at least five percent of the Title I schools in the state. A Priority School designation is for four years- consisting of an initial planning year and then three years of implementation. Priority Districts are districts with at least one Priority school and at least 50% or more of its schools designated as Focus and/or Priority (Title and non-Title). Only districts with three or more public schools maybe identified as Priority Districts. The district will remain a Priority District for a minimum of four years.
Once identified, Focus and Priority schools and districts are required to implement a series of interventions to address the issue of low performance in their schools and districts. Interventions include but are not limited to: a set aside of Title I allocations to support professional development and/or meaningful classroom interventions; form school and/or district leadership teams to drive the continuous improvement process; assess, plan, implement, and monitor indicators of effective practice; participate in a two-day Data Retreat; and work with a state-assigned School Support Team (SST) member who will support schools throughout the designation. In addition to these items, Priority schools are also required to implement South Dakota Multi-Tiered System of Support (SD MTSS), undergo a school performance audit, and review the performance of the Priority School principal to ensure ability to lead turnaround.
Currently, South Dakota has 33 Focus Schools, 25 Priority Schools (two of which are designated due to School Improvement Grants), and six Priority Districts. Ten new Focus schools and three new Priority schools were identified for the 2013-2014 school year. Eleven schools were removed from Focus status after the 2012-2013 school year.
For more information on Focus and Priority schools and district visit
Basic Migrant Child Eligibility Factors
The child is younger than age 22.
The child is eligible for a free public education under State law.
The child moved on his or her own as a migratory agricultural worker/migratory fisher OR the child moved with or to join/precede a parent spouse or guardian who is a migratory agricultural worker/migratory fisher, AND
The move was form one school district to another, AND
The move was a change from one residence to another residence, AND
The move was due to economic necessity, AND
The move occurred within the past 36 months.
One purpose of the workers move was to seek or obtain qualifying work:
The worker moved to obtain qualifying work and obtained it, OR
The worker moved for qualifying work specifically, but did not obtain the work, AND
The worker has a prior history of moves to obtain qualifying work, OR
There is other credible evidence that the worker actively sought qualifying work soon after the move.
The employment is seasonal or temporary, AND
The work is agricultural or fishing.
Parents Play An Important Role in Building Children's Character
If parents are committed to developing their child's good character, they'll get results. It takes dedication and constant watchfulness to raise a child with good morals. But it's worth it. Your child will grow up with a strong moral compass that will serve him well in school and in life.
To build your child's character:
• Keep a strong focus on good morals in daily activities. Incorporate the ideals of honesty and respect into dinner and car conversations with your child.
• Explain to your child why you make certain decisions. Talk about the values—such as tolerance and generosity—that guide your decisions.
• Watch TV with your child. When a character does something wrong, ask why it's wrong. When the character makes a good moral decision—such as returning something lost—discuss why that's the right thing to do.
• Catch your child showing good character. Tell him you-re proud of him for telling the truth or working hard to finish a task.
• Evaluate how your efforts are working. If you need help, turn to friends, family, and books about character and morals.
Source: M. Berkowitz, "Character Must Matter to Parents First," Topeka: City of Character, The Topeka Capital-Journal, http://find-articles.com/p/articles/mi_qn417/is_20010812/ai_n11768486/.
Title I School Family Compacts
PARTNERSHIPS ARE KEY TO SUCCES--No more Title I School Parent Compacts for the sake of meeting regulations!
It's time to develop meaningful compacts that develop partnerships between home and school. Partnerships with student's families are an important part of student success. School family compacts should be a key part of building partnerships with families.
What do successful parent-school compacts look like? When developed properly compacts build partnerships and focus on building student achievement. The components of a compact clarify what schools and families will do to help children reach high academic achievement. In a compact, families and school staff agree how to work together.
Use the resource on the DOE website to assist in developing school compacts that meet the requirements of ESEA section 1118 and build meaningful relationships to boost academic achievement
Each Title I school must develop and disseminate Title I School Family compacts. Once the compact has been developed it is the schools responsibility to distribute the compact to families of children participating in Title I programs.
If you have questions regarding Title I Parent Involvement Compacts contact email@example.com
National Title I Distinguished School
Doland's Hillside Colony Elementary has been named a National Title I Distinguished school. This designation is to recognize the excellent work being done as a Title I School in the area of exceptional school performance for two or more consecutive years.
Timber Lake High School has been named a National Title I Distinguished school. This designation is to recognize the excellent work being done as a Title I School in the area of closing the achievement gap between student groups for two or more consecutive years.
As a result of these designations, the schools have been invited to send representatives to the National Title I Conference in San Diego, CA, Feb. 2 – 5, 2014.
Regional Data Retreats
State sponsored Regional Data Retreats for Focus and Priority schools are being held during the first three weeks of September in Sioux Falls, Pierre, and Rapid City. These two day retreats are currently being offered to Focus and Priority schools. These retreats offer schools a dedicated time to look at the four lenses of data: Student Achievement, Professional Practices, Programs & Structures, and Family & Community, and to determine a course of action that will lead to increasing student achievement and academic growth.
These regional retreats are currently being offered to schools identified as Focus or Priority. They have also been offered to some schools that are considered to be progressing for identification purposes, but have SPI scores or Gap group scores that place them at risk of becoming a Focus or a Priority school in the future. These schools will also be invited to participate in some of the same activities that are being offered to the Focus and Priority schools, such as participating in SD LEAP and the data retreats in an effort to be pro-active in the turnaround of the trends in their schools.
Academy of Pacesetting Districts
Academy of Pacesetting Districts (APD) is a year-long process in which District teams work to formalize the system of support reflecting district level practices which promote and support positive change at the school and classroom level. The product of the Academy experience is a written operations manual that defines and explains the systems of support. Nine Districts have participated in APD. Our first three Districts, Sioux Falls, McLaughlin, and Todd County, started in 2011-2012 as pilot districts. In 2012-2013, six districts participated as part of the Priority District requirements. Priority Districts are districts with at least one Priority school and at least 50% or more of its schools designated as Focus and/or Priority (Title and non-Title).
All Priority Districts identified for the 2013-2014 have started the APD process; therefore, no new cohorts will begin this year. The Priority Districts will meet at least quarterly to continue to assess, plan, and monitor district indicators within the SD LEAP program. Teams will also review the District Operations Manual policies and update as needed. Teams will be paired with another team to share ideas, problem solve, and to be critical friends and partners during quarterly meetings.
For more information regarding the APD process, please contact Jordan Dueis at 773-4716.
Committee of Practitioners – An ESEA Requirement of Each State
South Dakota, along with every other state, maintains a Committee of Practitioners (COP) as defined in Section 1903(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Committee members serve in an advisory capacity and are appointed by Secretary Schopp to fill three-year positions as defined in the Federal statutes.
The committee is composed of teachers, administrators, parents, school board members, private school representatives, other educators, and pupil services personnel such as counselors. Members are also chosen based on regional representation, plus involvement in Title supported programs such as migrant, homeless and neglected/delinquent.
Each state has a State Plan for implementation of the requirements of Title I defined in Section 1111(c)(11) of ESEA. The COP provides input into the plan including the ESEA Waiver and Waiver Amendments, Focus and Priority School Guidance, Academy of Pace Setting Districts, SD LEAP (Indistar©), Multi-Tiered System of Support, and all Title I related programs.
The committee meets in person twice a year in the fall and in June. Phone call meetings are held as needed. Minutes of past meetings may be found at http://doe.sd.gov/oess/cop.aspx
As an advisory committee, members are not compensated for their time, however, all expenses are paid. If you are interested in serving on the committee or want more information, contact email@example.com. Along with other areas of representation, the committee is seeking additional parent representation. Self-nominations are appropriate or districts may wish to nominate someone to the position. The Department Secretary has final authority on appointment.
To find an application, a list of current members, and committee guidelines go to
SD LEAP- An Online Tool for Planning Improvement
Several schools throughout South Dakota will be utilizing the SD LEAP (Indistar®) program this school year. SD LEAP is a web-based tool that guides a district or school team in charting its improvement efforts and managing the continuous improvement process. SD DOE provides a framework for the process and each district team and school team applies its own ingenuity to achieve the results it desires for their students. The teams will meet monthly and assess, plan, and monitor indicators of effective practice. The system is built to allow the teams to submit forms, such as their goals and objectives, directly to the DOE with the click of a button. The system also has a feature called Wise Ways, research based briefs, which assist the teams in determining their current level of implementation towards indicators of effective practice. Agendas and meeting minutes can be recorded directly in the system and it archives all documents to be seen at a later date.
SD LEAP was piloted with three School Improvement Grant (SIG) schools during the 2011-12 school year. Since then we have added our Priority and Focus Schools and a few optional participating schools to engage in the process. Currently we have six districts meeting with a District Leadership Team to assess and plan district indicators of effective practice. We have a total of 66 schools meeting with a School Leadership Team to assess and plan school-level indicators of effective practice- 32 Focus school, 25 Priority, and 9 Optional schools.
For more information, please visit
or contact
Shawna Poitra
at (605) 773-8065.
September Attendance Awareness Month
Attendance is important from the time students enter school to the time they exit. September is Attendance Awareness Month and Attendance Works has a variety of ideas to provide schools, parents, and communities. Attendance Works is a national and state initiative that promotes better policy and practice around attendance. Their website has a variety of useful information including webinars, banners and poster ideas, toolkits, and policy information. Check out this good resource at
Fall 2013
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My own kitchen redo: I am planning to repaint the walls from yellow to white/gray this year.
One of my favorite kind of stories to read on the design blogosphere are the redos, the renovations, the remodels: the sagas of taking a terribly ugly room and making it beautiful. I especially love the tales where the blogger did all the work herself – with no help from painters or carpenters. I'm in complete awe of those women because I am all thumbs! I couldn't even paint a wall without ruining it, consequently, I have to hire out even the smallest of jobs.
When putting this list together – it seems that all of my favorite renovations happen to be done by favorite bloggers, those whose blogs are my go-to each morning. Do you have a favorite renovation story of 2009? I'd love to hear what your favorites were this year! My own top ten was hard to narrow down because there were so many great ones. I'm sure I am leaving out some wonderful project done by someone extremely talented – if so, I apologize! My only criteria was that the renovation be in the blogger's own house – it couldn't be a job done for a client! And so, here are my favorite Top Ten Renovations from 2009 (in no particular order:)
Holly and her precious baby girl Wren
1. One of my favorite blogs is Life in the Fun Lane starring Holly who has her own business, Whiteberry Reinvented, where she takes brown vintage and antique furniture and turns them into gorgeous white masterpieces. She and her husband moved into their new house last year and have totally redone it – taking up all the carpet and laying down the most wonderful almost-black hardwoods. Each room's decor changes with the inventory – a newly finished Whiteberry piece will go inside the house until it sells. You never know how a room is going to look from one day to the next as her furniture sells so quickly. Holly is a tremendously popular blogger – and why not? Not only gorgeous, with a gorgeous baby girl Wren, she is hugely talented, the Canadian version of our own beloved southerner Layla Palmer.
The dining room as it was when Holly bought the house – a sea of white carpet and wallpaper along the right wall. The draperies and light fixture are just too gorgeous, no? But Holly could see beyond all this. She knew she could make her house fabulous:
At first the dining room looked like this – with the new, almost black, hardwoods. It didn't stay like this for too long.
For a short while the dining room looked like this – I loved this version with the large antique window and mirror and oval table. But Holly had other ideas.
Recently she had slipcovers made for her Craig's List wing chairs and she recovered and painted the set of vintage chairs. The window is now to the right, resting on the floor. I loved this version too, with the touch of turquoise on the table. But alas, Holly had other ideas, again.
A new chandelier, redone and repainted by Holly was recently added – I love it! Holly tells us she paid just $15 for the chandy and $20 for the wing chairs!!! Wow! She has moved her old slipped chairs back into the dining room, the vintage chairs went into the breakfast room. Here is how the dining room looks today – maybe. Who knows? And that's the fun of Life in the Fun Lane – each day is another look, another vignette, another project. Glance back at how this room looked when she moved in – the transformation is amazing! And be sure to visit her blog to see her bedroom (fabulous), her nursery, her living room, her family room, her entry – all wonderful!
The darling Laya Palmer
2. The Lettered Cottage: Layla Palmer and her rock star husband Kevin live in a darling cottage - somewhere in Alabama – that they totally remodeled themselves! Layla is one of my favorites, even more beautiful inside than out, if that is possible. Layla's star is soaring – she recently starred on a decorating show on CBN where she remodeled a room for a pennies – and of course, it's adorable. Watch the show here. Besides being on TV, the Palmers have teamed up with the True Value Hardware – DIY Squad and are sure to be headliners of the group. If you have ever wanted to be friends with a star, this is your chance now, Layla is headed for major stardom and it couldn't have happened to a nicer person. She is amazing, adorable and a blur of energy. Together – Layla and Kevin have turned their drab, dark house into a bright, charming cottage. To find only one project to show here was almost impossible – the entire house has been redone! Right now the Palmers are finishing up a major bathroom renovation, so I will show you the outside of the bathroom – their renovation of the hallway.
The Lettered Cottage was built in 1950 and added onto in 2003. Recently, Layla discovered that in the older section of the house underneath the sheetrock was wonderful planked wood ceilings and floors. Here is how it looked when they bought the house – peach painted walls and awful carpeting, but it didn't stay this way for long.
In progress, the sheetrock is removed and the plank walls are revealed. Next to the bathroom is the "reading room" – a tiny guest room that doubles as a wonderful place to nap!
And here is the same spot today – planked wood walls, painted white, wood floors (they are really laminates that are a temporary fix until they tackle the hardwoods underneath) and the new/old bathroom door with its frosted glass window. Wow. Could it be any more charming?
Originally Layla used this mirror above her linen press. This view looks toward the living room and their new front door with glass that lets in tons of light. Also, notice the new transom that was added to the doorway leading into the living room. Layla adds details to every inch of her house – which makes a huge difference to the decor!
The same view – before. Here you can see the sheetrock walls and ceilings that was removed, along with the carpet. A transom was added above this door to the living room. And – you can also see how the paneled living room was originally stained a dark brown – now it is painted a light color. What a difference!!! And the Palmers do all the work themselves!
Another "After" view of the reading room and the door to the bathroom. Notice the sign above the reading room. Layla had it custom made for her by another blogger, Susie Harris, HERE. love, love, love this!!!!
The charming reading room with its new sign – too adorable, just like Layla!!!!!
3. OMG – Chris, what can I say about Chris Kauffman who writes Just Beachy? I mean, to look at her, she appears to be a beautiful blonde (do I see a trend here?) mother, housewife – but don't be fooled – beneath that exterior is a 300 pound construction worker that is living inside her body! From Canada, she dreams of living in a shingled house in the Hamptons. Somehow, in the cold, frigid northern air – she has created that beach house. There is nothing, nothing this woman has not done to her house and it looks fabulous because of her. Believe it or not, she does it alone – without any help from her husband. This year she is building out her basement, alone. I have no idea when she even has time to blog. She is always knee deep in some mind boggling project – she built her kitchen island, she has added molding to every surface of her house, she put beadboard on her family room's ceiling, she totally redid her staircase, and her bathroom, and her daughters rooms and their bathrooms, and her living room. Her dining room changes daily. She is a powerhouse. I am in awe of her talents, discipline, and her self taught abilities. She is fearless. She is a wonder woman. Choosing one project that she has done this year was almost impossible, but I settled on her bedroom. To her it was "nothing" – just something to do one week when she was bored. I would have ended up in the hospital in traction if I had done what she did. Here is her bedroom, before:
The walls were painted a deep chocolate brown – the furniture is white. It's definitely got a beachy vibe going, but not enough for Chris and her power saw. I would have been very happy in this room, but Chris doesn't leave anything alone for long.
After: Chris completely wrapped her bedroom in wainscot. It instantly raised the cottage/beachy feel up a notch or two, don't you think? It's so charming, so cozy, so beautiful! Here she shows off her new capiz chandelier. On top of being able to redo and fix everything in her house, Chris is an expert thrifty shopper. She finds the best bargains and shares all of her sources! She recently started her own design business, if you would like to contact her – do so HERE.
On this wall in the bedroom, she put pictures of her two daughters in matching frames. Chris installed the wainscot all the way around the room. For a day or two she had painted the room in a soft aqua, but no – she didn't like that (I did!) so she repainted it this soft taupe color. I can't wait to see what Chris tackles next – stay tuned!!!!
Here is her old chandelier that was there before the capiz. Aren't the end tables darling – she painted the stripes. Next, she hinted that she will be replacing the carpet with hardwoods. Of that, I have NO doubt!!! Nothing is too big a job for her – she loves to challenge herself!
Close up of all the beachy stripes in her bedroom. Great job Chris – looking forward to seeing what is next on your agenda!
4a. Finally, a brunette! Interior designer and Velvet and Linen blogger Brooke Giannetti sits between her too-handsome husband architect, Steve Giannetti and the fabulously talented interior designer Windsor Smith – photo taken at Windsor's house. There is more talent sitting on that sofa than in my entire neighborhood!!!!! Brooke has two houses, one in Santa Monica by the beach, and a weekend house in Oxnard. So, she gets two projects! Both are absolute favorites of mine.
The choice at the Oxnard house was difficult to make – besides gutting this powder room, they redid the landscaping. But this project is just too fabulous to pass by. Here is the Before picture: an outdated, long, built-in vanity, boring floor, and an odd ceiling line. The room was completed gutted and the ceiling became a gentle arch.
After: WOW. Brooke and Steve laid a new stone floor and added a stucco like finish to the walls. The vanity was torn out and replaced with a Chelsea Editions console. Outside, an old shutter was placed against the wall with a table of plants before it. The French door is also new.
The antique mirror was purchased by Brooke in Round Top and the antique marble sink came from Big Daddy's. Instead of a traditional faucet they used a spout from a fountain. I love the industrial touch of the wire basket below. The lamp with the Venetian shade is a perfect addition!
Across from the sink is another area, with shelves, an open area closed off by a linen skirt along with a wall of botanicals.
4b. Before (yes, before!) At Brooke's house in Santa Monica, she needed a new home office. She had outgrown the desk in the kitchen set-up she had been using and decided the sitting area in the closed-in porch would be the perfect place. I was slightly horrified when she announced she would be dismantling this beautiful vignette. It was one of my favorite areas of her house!!!! But, of course Brooke knows better than me. Maybe that's why she is a better designer than me!
After: Brooke's beautiful new study! Gorgeous! The large bookcase is from Bobo's Mark Sage and the French desk is from Tritter Feefer. The chair is an antique with its original stuffing decadently spilling out. The brick floors and the plank ceiling add the texture. This room is so wonderful - I would never quit working!
The large lantern came from Wisteria and then Brooke filled the shelves with hotel silver, shells and books. Dried hydrangeas add the perfect touch at the top. Great job Brooke!!! It's drool worthy.
5. Jenny of The Little Green Notebook is another blogger with a huge following. She also is the new mother of her third daughter Evelyn Jane, born on Christmas Eve – perfect for her nickname, Evie. Be sure to visit her blog to read the story of her birth – it's as amazing as Jenny is! Jenny recently moved into a new house, but the family won't be staying there for long, so redecorating is done with moving on to the next house in mind. Jenny's palette revolves around Schumacher's Chiang mai Dragon – and greens, blues, aqua and reds are found throughout her house. She recently redid her office – and it is amazing. She did it on a shoestring, for the cost of a meal, and it couldn't be more beautiful!!!!!
Here is the Before – the office has architectural potential, a wooden ceiling, brick wall, and a wonderful window. Wait until you see what she did!!!!!
Jenny spent a total of $45 redoing her office. $40 of it was spent on this dresser. Unbelievable! In my redoes, I spend more than that on mistakes. Shame! Shame!
After: the console is now a vibrant lacquered red that is the focal point of the study. The dhurrie rug from IKEA sets off all the colors.
She used fabric to make the two bulletin boards that are both functional and decorative. She also painted and trimmed out the boxes to match the room.
She painted the old parson style desk a soft minty green and made the shade with the added red grosgrain ribbon.
The hardware makes the piece! It's amazing – it came with the dresser and Jenny just shined it up. Do you think you could take a room from nothing to this for $45?????? Jenny is an interior designer – contact her at Pearl Street Interiors, HERE.
Remember little Evie Jane, born on Christmas Eve, you see that ottoman? wink, wink. Go read the story – Jenny is an amazing woman is all I can I say. I wish I could draw from her strength and stamina!
6. Beth aka Chinoiserie Chic on the left, and the great interior designer Alessandra Branca on the right. Am I jealous? You bet!!!
After: Chinoiserie Chic redid her grown daughter's room into an fantasy escape for herself! I don't have the before pictures, but the after pictures are so beautiful – this is one of my favorite bedroom redoes of the year. Beth, who writes Chinoiserie Chic, purchased the bed from the Annie Selke Collection – and named the new room 'The Pagoda Bedroom." It's a beauty – don't you think?
I love the blue and white toile wallpaper and the silk curtains in the bedroom.
The en-suite bathroom continues the blue and white chinoiserie theme! Wonderful job Beth!!!
7. Gina who writes Willow Decor stands to the right of the Visual Vamp on a shopping/business trip to New Orleans.
Before: The quietly beautiful blog, Willow Decor, is all about Swedish design and Gustavian style, with Belgian and European interiors thrown in for good measure. One day, the gracious Gina stunned us all when she revealed her Butlers Pantry that she had been creating. Stunned is putting it mildly. I could barely lift my chin off the keyboard. It was one of the prettiest pantries I had ever seen. There are many projects that Gina has shown this year, but her Butlers Pantry remains top on my list. Above is a picture of how the small room off her kitchen used to look like. Get ready for the reveal below!
Today the small room is ceiling to floor cabinets painted the most gorgeous shade of gray! Of course the countertops are white carrara marble. There is a small desk here under the window that Gina uses for her computer work. Just stunning!!!!!
A glimpse of the wood paned window. I love the hardware she used.
An appliance garage hides the ugly stuff! A set of green and white dishes are highlighted in the center cabinet. The beadboard is true wood tongue and groove – more fitting for the house, built in the 1930s. Gina says she plans to roll out dough on the marble counter – I'm sure she did plenty of that this Christmas. I would love to have a dedicated room like this for all my kitchen things, it is just beautiful!
8. Here she is as a bride a few years ago – today, Lauren from Pure Style Home is a mother to two small boys, one of whom was just born on this December 22! Lauren is another interior designer of great talent. I just adore her style! Earlier this year she moved into a split level house. Literally within days, she and her husband had redone it all. Lauren, like many interior designers, changes her mind and moves her furniture around on an almost daily basis. Her blog is full of her redoes, her ideas, her designs. It was hard to pick just one project – for the whole house was changed! But I settled on the one that made me gasped when I saw it – the entry hall!
Before: A dark place that links the ground floor, the basement, and the upper floor where the living room is. When I saw this – I thought, well good luck. What on earth could Lauren do to this? Just wait:
Today the entry hall is a bright space that doubles as an art gallery! I couldn't get over the change that 30 framed prints would make. They look wonderful! All the prints are by Leonardo daVinci – so not only are they nice on the wall, they are nice on the eyes. And that chandelier! Perfection!!!!
Here's another view from Before.
And after. Lauren chose to hang the prints in a random manner rather than a grid – and I think this was a stroke of genius. Who but Lauren would think to hang 30 daVinci prints randomly and have it all look so wonderful? She is the best in my book.
The gold frames are all 20 x 14, put together by Lauren and her husband. She also ordered full mats. Once she had hand torn out the prints from the the book, daVinci's Notebook, she simply pasted the rough edged prints directly onto the full mats. The chandelier is the 4-feet high Minka- Lavery caged lantern from Bellacor, which she bought on sale for $200. She paid only $20 for each frame. The floor is covered in wall to wall seagrass. Lauren is a synesthete (read about it here) and she says that the entry hall reminds her of tinkling chimes – she can almost hear the frames. Her condition is so interesting, a blending of the senses, and I think that having it explains some of Lauren's extreme creativity - her "risk taking" in design as she explains it. It is an extremely rare condition and she is lucky to have it. Lauren is so young, I look at her with wonderment - her whole life is in front of her and she will be huge one day – a household name! I just know it and I'm not a synesthete, though I wish I were.
9. Jennifer Boles, The Peak of Chic, was a blogging idol of mine when I started. She and Courtney of Style Court were the two queens of Atlanta whose blogs I admired the most and tried to emulate. They both were and are great role models for a new blogger just starting out – they do everything with class and grace. Since she started blogging, Jennifer's life has changed completely – House Beautiful read her blog and offered her a job – something that we all dream of! She also went through some personal changes and found herself in a new house, actually a high rise condo, with a bathroom in desperate need of an update. The contemporary space was a disaster and Jennifer planned on gutting it and starting over, yet this year's economy slowed her down. Instead she did a superficial remodel, choosing to hide all the bad parts rather than remove them. I think it came out beautifully and it really reflects her glamorous 30s and 40s style. Though not a designer, is hard to believe that judging by the job she did in this room. You will agree with me when you see the new powder room.
Before: The light fixture above the sink was a major problem area for Jennifer during the redecorating.
Check out the shower door and the yellowed toilet seat!!
After: The powder room is almost not recognizable as the same space! The room has a definite David Hicks vibe, someone who Jennifer greatly admires. The toilet is new and the shower is hidden behind a floor to ceiling curtain from Pottery Barn. The cornice is really the focal point here. Behind the wooden piece the fluorescent light fixture is hiding – if Jennifer needs the light, she can still use it. Two lamps on the sink create a moody atmosphere. Jennifer wanted a jewel box powder room and she got it!
Across from the sink is a wall of prints in gold frames. Another glamorous touch. The walls are a dark blue from Benjamin Moore: Soot.
My favorite part of the room is the skirt that hides the vanity. It's a light aqua with a black and white trim for extra detailing. Great job Jennifer!
10. I left my personal favorite for last. Linda Merrill, my friend, of Surroundings who also created The Skirted Roundtable, worked on a new project this year that seemed like it took forever. It was a major overhaul of her kitchen, driven by her new appliances, and Linda and her friend did all the work themselves! It was exhausting to watch and I can't imagine how exhausting it was for Linda! After many talks – mostly after we had recorded The Skirted Roundtable on Monday nights – Linda finally decided on a dark black green for her cabinets. Our interview with Brooke Giannetti was the deciding factor on going with Cooking Apple Green by Farrow and Ball for the interiors of the cabinets. Linda also used another blogger's tip – beadboard wallpaper! Rhoda of Southern Hospitality is the one who introduced her to the wallpaper. When Rhoda first wrote about it, Home Depot sold out nationwide!!!!!!! The power of the blog! Linda lives in a condo in a small coastal town in Massachusetts. Besides doing interior design, she is a flautist and gives lessons to young children. A true renaissance woman, there's not much Linda can't or hasn't done before! I'm so happy for her – she loves to cook and now she has all new appliances to do it properly. This Christmas, she took her oven out on its test run making batches of beautiful iced sugar cookies for her friends and family.
Before: Actually – I thought her kitchen was cute before – with it's wood cabinets and black and white flooring. But – new appliances were coming, she needed an update!
After: What a difference! The stainless appliances just gleam against the deep, dark green cabinets. I love the floor and the green ceiling, which originally had popcorn on it – it took days to clean it smooth for painting. The beadboard wallpaper was used above and below the cabinets. It looks sooo real!!!! Linda still has to make her window shade.
The inside of the cabinets are Cooking Apple Green. I love the contrast.
The view looking into the kitchen. It's a tiny space – but the entry way into the room is long. In that space there will be a console with a burlap skirt along the right wall.
I hope you have enjoyed my Top Ten Renovations of 2009. If you did a renovation and think I should have showcased it – let me know! Email me your project!
Here's wishing everyone a wonderful New Years: Happy, Healthy and Prosperous!!!!!!!!!


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Earth : Oceania : Micronesia : Nauru
Nauru[1] is a small island in the South Pacific Ocean, south of the Marshall Islands and is the world's smallest independent republic. Although other island states may be smaller and/or less populous, they are all dependent territories of other countries.
Mining of Nauru's phosphate deposits, which occupied about 90% of the island, began in the early 20th century under a German-British consortium. During World War I, the island was occupied by Australian forces and became a dependent territory. Nauru achieved independence in 1968. In the 1980s, phosphate exports briefly gave Nauruans one of the highest per capita incomes in the Third World. As of 2008, most of Nauru's revenue comes from the export of phosphate to Australia, South Korea and New Zealand as well as other countries. The industry is controlled by the Nauru Phosphate Corporation (NPC). It is anticipated that the phosphate reserves will be completely exhausted before 2050. The sale of fishing licences is the other major revenue raiser. Countries such as Australia and Taiwan provide substantial development cooperation funding. Despite this, the unemployment rate currently stands at 90%.
In 2001 the container ship Tampa rescued several hundred asylum seekers from a sinking Indonesian vessel and attempted to deliver them to Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, which is an Australian Federal Territory. In what was labelled The Pacific Solution, the Australian Government established an Off Shore Processing Centre (OPC) on Nauru where these people were housed, pending assessment of their claims to be refugees. The OPC was closed in early 2008.
The climate is tropical, with some rain occurring between November and February.
The are a few "sandy" beaches but most of the shallow area around the island is coral reefs. Most of the interior of the island is worked-out mining land, which is to be rehabilitated. There is a lagoon on the island, the only body of water there.
Get in
All foreign visitors require a valid passport, a 30 day tourist visa and proof of hotel booking or local sponsor in order to enter Nauru. Your visa must be obtained from your local Nauruan embassy before departure. There have been rumours on the Internet that you can get in for up to three days without getting a visa, but that is not accurate.
By plane
As of January 2010, Nauru's national carrier Our Airline flies once weekly to Nauru International Airport from Brisbane Airport in Australia with a stopover at Honiara International Airport on the Solomon Islands. Schedules change throughout the year; further details are available from the Our Airline website. [2]
Get around
Nauru is so small that it takes less than one hour to drive right around it. The airport runway cuts across three of the twenty kilometres of road. The only traffic lights on the island are used to stop the traffic and allow the plane to cross the road to the terminal! This is a favourite souvenir snapshot taken by visitors.
Traffic drives on the left. The 19km Island Ring Road circles the island. Drivers should be on increased lookout for animals and pedestrians while driving on the beltway. There is a community bus which travels around the island every hour or so during the day. Cars or bicycles can sometimes be rented from Capelle and Partners, the largest local supermarket.
The official language is Nauruan, a distinct Pacific Island language. English is widely understood, spoken, and used for most government and commercial purposes.
Nauru uses the Australian dollar as its national currency. Cash transactions are the norm; credit cards are rarely accepted. There are no banks or ATMs in Nauru.
Food is imported from Australia and arrives by ship, usually once every six to eight weeks. There are lots of small "eating places", selling Chinese food. There is also a fast food kiosk at Capelle's supermarket.
Dining in Nauru is a great experience. During your Nauru tours, enjoy all kinds of delicious and healthy dishes. Since, Nauru is an island nation, seafood is very popular in its restaurants. Most of the restaurants of Nauru offer delicious seafood dishes.
If you go to the restaurants in Nauru, you will be offered authentic dishes that are loved by all. The cuisine of Nauru is highly influenced by the cuisines of countries such as Germany, Australia, China and Britain. You can savor all kinds of mouthwatering dishes in the various restaurants and bars in Nauru.
Reynaldo's is a popular name in the list of restaurants and bars in Nauru. It is a local restaurant that offers authentic Chinese cuisines. There are many other restaurants and bars in Nauru. Nauru cuisine is very light because of the high temperature. Therefore, you will get to savor simple food items in the eateries of this country. The aroma and flavor of the delicacies of Nauru are unique to this country.
The dishes offered in the restaurants and bars in Nauru are a treat to the taste buds. Meat is one of their main foods. Cooked and smoked hams are also very popular.
The Reef Bar at the Menen Hotel is the only public bar in Nauru. It is situated at a walking distance of 30 minutes from the Od-N-Aiwo, the only other hotel on the island. It serves Australian beers and international spirits. The barroom has a couple of pool tables, satellite TV and recorded music. It's lively at the weekends, as Nauruans are paid on Fridays, and quiet on weeknights. New faces will be enthusiastically welcomed by the locals and the expats will usually have a chat, too. No flip flops/thongs (enclosed sandals are OK) and men must wear a collar.
There are two hotels, the more expensive Menen on the east of the island and the budget Od'n Aiwo to the west.
Stay safe
Like many other Pacific Islands, Nauru is surrounded by a shallow reef with cut-outs through the reef providing access for boats and harbours, and there can be strong currents across the shallow water, moving boats in the harbours, and dangerous marine animals on the reef floor. Ask for advice before venturing into the water.
The trafficking of drugs and narcotics of any kind will be punished severely.
Homosexual acts are still technically illegal in Nauru and can lead to prosecution. Open displays of affection between same-sex partners may offend some in Nauru.
Stay healthy
Water supply in Nauru is dependent on rainwater collected into tanks from the roofs of houses and from an aging reverse osmosis desalination plant.


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A third grade teacher at Pella's Lincoln Elementary School is the April winner of the Ulrich Ford, Lincoln, Mercury Radio Teacher of the Month award. Cindy Dixson was nominated, in part, for her passion and enthusiasm for teaching and the support for her students in and out of the classroom. As a reward for her hard work, Mrs. Dixson will receive the use of a vehicle for the month of April and a check to her school for $250, courtesy of Ulrich Ford, Lincoln, Mercury in Pella.
Below are some of the explanations left by those who nominated Mrs. Dixson for the honor.
"Cindy has done ac excellent job getting children excited about learning. The work she has done helping my daughter improve her math skills is top notch. She does a wonderful job keeping parents involved in their child's learning and also keeping us informed of things. She is definitely deserving of this recognition!"
"I have a daughter currently in her class and have had two others in her class in previous years. All did well, loved Mrs. Dixon, were excited to go to school, and were well-prepared for fourth grade. She's a great teacher who really cares that her students learn, and learn to love learning."
"Cindy is an inspiration to her students. She keeps the subjects fun and interesting for the students and treats each of her students as individuals with individual needs. My daughter says Mrs. Dixson is her favorite teacher ever!"
"It is a very rare teacher indeed that can TEACH with a sense of humor and KEEP her sense of humor. My child loves learning with Mrs. Dixson and learns with less grumbling and effort. Thank you Mrs. Dixson!"
"Cindy has been great about communicating with parents on how we can help our children succeed. She also has helped my son immensely with classroom behavior issues as well. She is a fantastic teacher!!!"
"I'm writing on behalf of my third grade daughter, who has Mrs. Cindy Dixson as a teacher this year… Mrs. Dixson has not only made third grade educational and interesting, but fun as well. She is creative in the classroom and makes learning a great experience!
Mrs. Dixson supports the kids in the classroom and she encourages their participation in activities outside of the classroom. Though she is also a busy mother and wife, she took the time to come to the Community Center this past winter to watch third grade girls' basketball on a Saturday morning. In addition to the standard school trips, she made arrangements for the class to attend a Central College wrestling meet – a first for my daughter and many others. This event was to support one of their student teachers who was on the team.
Cindy also takes the time to communicate with parents. She keeps us abreast of what's happening in their room through regular e-mails. She welcomes parent input and is readily available for any questions or concerns a parent has. The third grade students at Lincoln Elementary are not only fortunate, but blessed to have such a positive role model in their lives. We think Mrs. Dixson is well-deserving of the award!"