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|Building Level Reopening Plans
|Central Elementary
|West Elementary
|Wamego Middle School
|Wamego High School
August 10, 2020
Dear Parents and Guardians,
Thank you for partnering with us to provide your students an excellent education. We appreciate your support and trust as we plan for our schools reopening. As promised last Friday, today we are releasing the draft of the USD320 Navigating Change- Wamego Public Schools Reopening Plan 2020-21. Within this document we hope to answer the majority of your questions. The primary pages of the document review the guidelines we expect of all staff, students, parents, and visitors to our schools. There are sections which cover operations, health/safety, academics, and activities. This work will change as we move through the school year. Some items are not yet complete, but as we gather more information and follow the COVID 19 situation for our specific area we will update those items. The first link below will take you to the document. Within the document there are other links that take you to the specific school plans and other supporting resources. However, we have included the specific school links below for your convenience. All the information is also available at our district website. I encourage you to read the primary document and the building document(s) for where your students attend. After reading the material, if you have questions please submit your questions in the google survey link provided below. On Thursday at 6pm(to 8pm) the USD320 Admin team will host a live Zoom information night. We will cover the primary areas of the plan and answer the questions which have been submitted. Please submit your questions by 9am Thursday. The information night will air on the district Facebook.
Navigating Change Link- https://usd320.socs.net/vimages/shared/vnews/stories/5e6fb4afc750e/USD320ReopeningPlan.pdf
School Plan Links-
Question/Survey Link- https://forms.gle/XJF58wgt1bQaFac88
Enrollment- Remember to enroll by August 18 if you have not yet completed the process. The links to enroll and pay are below for your convenience.
All fees should be paid at the end of enrollment in the link provided. https://payments.efundsforschools.com/v3/districts/56441/
Thanks again for your support, patience, and allowing us to work with your students.
Stay Healthy and Go Wamego!
Tim Winter, Supt.
August 7, 2020
Dear Parents and Guardians,
I hope you are all doing well. It is time for a weekly USD320 update. This week I am going to first focus on enrollment. At this point we have nearly 800 students enrolled after just 4 days of opening the process. If you have not yet enrolled, online enrollment is open and you can access at this website.
All fees should be paid at the end of enrollment in the link provided. https://payments.efundsforschools.com/v3/districts/56441/
If you have any questions regarding enrollment or experience any challenges, please contact our school office staff. For families who do not have a device to complete online enrollment, you must schedule an appointment with the school your student attends. If you have students in more than one school, you may complete the enrollment process for all of your students at one school of your choosing. All onsite enrollment must be done by appointment. You must wear masks, and will have temperature checks and health screenings prior to entering the building. Please do not bring your students with you. We will provide a computer in a socially distanced space with office support as needed. Our school offices are open from 7:30 to 4:00 Monday – Friday.
It is important that enrollment is completed asap. We are moving our request up and asking that all families enroll by August 18 so we can appropriately plan and prepare for onsite and remote learners.
A draft of the USD320 Reopening Plan will be released Monday evening, August 10. As COVID changes and we receive additional health and KSDE guidance this plan will be continually updated throughout the year. The BOE will review the plan at the August 17 BOE meeting. We will also have an informational night on Thursday, August 13 at 6pm. All principals will be present to share details and respond to specific school questions for the information night. This meeting will be broadcast on the district Facebook page. We will review the main details of the plan and answer questions that are submitted to us by the end of the day on August 12th. When we send out the plan on Monday, we will include a link to a survey where you can submit our questions. We want your feedback and questions to help us put for the best plan possible.
I am including our calendar changes which were approved at the last BOE meeting for your convenience and as a reminder.
That is all for this week.
Stay Healthy and Go Wamego!
Tim Winter, Supt.
July 29, 2020
Dear Parents and Guardians,
I hope you are all doing well and it is time for a weekly USD320 update. Last night the BOE had a special meeting to discuss the opening date of school and the progress of the reopening plan. There was some great dialogue between our BOE, administration, and nursing staff. I know many of you have concerns and have voiced those concerns to myself, other school staff, or our BOE. I want you to know that your thoughts and concerns are carefully reviewed and are a part of the decision-making process. The administration team and others have been working very hard on the development of the reopening plan. Practices and procedures will be implemented to keep everyone safe and healthy. Here are the major take-aways from last night's meeting.
Families will be able to choose learning option 1 or 2 through the online enrollment portal, which opens August 3. If you have not enrolled by August 25 we will assume your students will be a part of onsite learning, option 1. We want each family to carefully consider each option and what is best for their students. We will deter changes from one option to another as we move through the year as this will allow for more consistent and reliable staffing. I am hopeful we will start school the first week of September with the majority of our students on site. However, the COVID situation in our area, may dictate remote learning or the hybrid learning plan. Please complete online enrollment as soon as possible after it opens on August 3.
Here are some other key take-aways from the BOE discuss and or reopening planning.
I encourage you to review the attached documents for full details and promise more details specific to each school will be coming. Our timeline will be to release our plans to the BOE and public for review on August 10 and to be considered for approval at the regular August BOE meeting on August 17.
That is all for this week.
Stay Healthy and Go Wamego!
Tim Winter, Supt.
July 16, 2020
Dear Parents and Guardians,
I hope you are all doing well. It is time for a weekly USD320 update. From this point forward, we will send an update every Thursday with the latest developments in our efforts to return to school and keep everyone COVID free.
Yesterday the state board of education approved the guidance document- Navigating Change. Please understand this is guidance for ALL schools in Kansas to use as a resource to develop our plan for returning to school. We will very carefully utilize the document in our planning, but our plan will not be a mirror image of the document and our plan will most likely be unique to all other schools in the state. We will all have some similarities, but the Wamego USD320 Plan will be created to best meet the needs of our students and keep our students, staff, and community safe. Navigating Change is a guidance resource, it is not the answer to all our questions. Here is a link you use the access 1080-page document. I do not recommend printing. The operations section beginning on page 1003 may be of most interest to families.
Navigating Change Guidance Document-
Just following the approval of this document Governor Kelly announced she would be releasing an executive order mandating that schools will not open until Sept. 8 after Labor Day. It is my understanding that this order must also be approved by the state board of education and it will be on their agenda next Tuesday. I want to assure you we want our students back in school or in some form of a learning environment/model. However, I also want it to be done safely. Those are the two most important items on our minds as we plan for a return to school. In this planning our district leadership team along with support staff and educators are working very hard to put our plan together. We will also work with our local and county health officials and resources in this process. This work will continue until August 3 when we will submit our plan to the BOE for approval. This will follow with an opportunity for parents, students, and community members to hear the plan and ask questions in a structured format on the evening of August 6. Due to the recent announcement by Governor Kelly, and the tremendous amount of planning this plan will take for school leaders and teachers, our start date for school will more than likely be later than the original scheduled date. I hope to have this date more definitive at our next information release next Thursday.
Approximately two weeks ago we asked all parents guardians to complete a survey to assist with our planning. Thank you for your phenomenal response. We have 1,504 responses. This data has been very helpful in in our planning process. We are asking you to complete yet another survey which will give us more specific information regarding what you feel is the best way to meet your student's needs during this time. It is critical that you complete this for each of your Wamego Students. The survey may be accessed at the link below.
Enrollment for the 2020/21 school year is topic we need to address. We are currently experiencing some technical difficulties with the online enrollment process but expect to have the online portal for enrollment open next week. A notification will be sent out when you are able to enroll and please take advantage of the online process to enroll as soon as possible.
This is all I have for now. Please complete the survey and thanks again for all you do and your support.
Stay Healthy and Go Wamego!
Tim Winter, Supt.
Dear Parents, Students, Faculty, and Staff,
Friday May 8, 2020
I hope you have all had a good week. Happy Friday, happy end of Teacher Appreciation Week, and to all of our amazing mothers- HAPPY MOTHERS DAY! No one would be here without their mother, literallyJ. Thanks to all who took the time to complete our 2nd parent survey. We carefully reviewed this information and there are couple topics I will address in this letter due to your responses and comments in the survey.
I will start with summer lunch today. We will continue to offer a food service program through the summer this year. We will serve meals in the current format until the last day of school, May 19. We will then begin the summer food service program beginning on June 1 and ending July 31. This is a free program for children ages 1 to 18. To best meet our community needs we are asking all to complete a survey of your intentions to participate in the summer meals program. Please use this link to complete the survey. This survey is anonymous and will not commit you to anything.
We are nearing the end of the school year with just 5 days remaining for our seniors (last day May 15), 6 days for our 8th graders (last day May 18), and 7 days for all other grades (last day May 19). The school principals will be sending out information on how the end of the school year and checking in school equipment, textbooks, etc. will look.
It is so unfortunate we will not be able to celebrate the end of the year as we are accustomed to with our seniors, 8th graders, and others. The Governor doubled down on her order that graduations of any kind that bring people together in any manner during phase 1 will not be allowed. This means traditional, drive up, small group, etc. are prohibited. The only permissible graduation ceremony during phase 1 would be a virtual program. We decided our best option was to find date this summer for a graduation. Seniors and parent, please complete the survey Mr. Katt sent out this week by tomorrow if you have not already done so. We ask that both seniors and parents complete the surveys which were sent.
As we move into our summer routine we will continue to monitor and abide by all COVID 19 Phase Out guidelines as issued by our county health department. We also reserve the right to take a more conservative approach. For example, we will not open our indoor school facilities to any activities prior to June 12. Decisions and dates regarding Boys and Girls Club, Camp Invention and other programs are on hold at this time. We will make decision on these programs most likely the first week of June.
From the survey some indicated concerns with their students falling behind. This is a legitimate concern and it is a topic of our leadership discussions. We are exploring the possibilities of offering summer school programs when permissible this summer and or next summer, and the possibly after school remediation programs in the school year. This is subject to how we continue to move out of the COVID 19 challenge. I am not optimistic summer programs will happen this summer, but I am also not ready to rule it out.
Also, from the survey you asked what the plan is for this fall? I am very optimistic we will be back in school in August as we would any other year. However, other options could be a later start date, a combination of in school instruction and online instruction, or we will be in the online format. The state department of education, administrators, and teachers across the state are currently working on a fall plan. Details of this plan will be made available to us in early July. Again, I am optimistic we will be back together "in school", but we will plan for any and all options.
Happy Mother's Day, God Bless, and stay healthy Wamego.
Tim Winter, Supt.
Dear USD320,
April 20,2020
I hope you have all all had a good week. We survived another week of COVID 19 and our numbers in this area remain pretty flat. I am certain that is due to your diligence in following the recommended guidelines. Please continue to follow those guidelines
Last week we sent out a survey to parents asking for their input on many things related to our school in the current platform. Thank you so much for taking the time to complete it. We had 691 surveys completed. We have and will carefully continue to review this information to make improvements. Overall the survey responses were extremely positive. All responses were in the neighborhood of 95% positive. This is wonderful, however, if you are having any issues or concern please reach out to your teachers, principals, or myself. Most indicated little or no issues with internet connectivity, but some indicated speed issues. Our technology team took a look at this and we hope to have improved this area by adding an additional filter survey for the district. All of our district owned devices still go through our filter even from a remote location. Please keep us informed of any issues you may be having. We will be resurvey parents in the next couple weeks.
Thanks as always for your support and patience.
Stay strong Wamego and We are Better Together!
Tim Winter, Supt.
Dear Parents, Students, Faculty, and Staff,
April 09, 2020
I hope you have all had a good 2nd week of continuous learning. From all accounts I receive, we are having great success reaching out to our students, building relationships, and providing instruction. However, we need to hear from all our parents so we can validate this and or make changes and improvements where ever possible. I am asking that all parents use the link below to complete a short survey for us. Please complete this survey for each student you may have. We know students in different classrooms or schools may have different needs and our goal is to identify how we can best meet the needs of each and every one of our students. You do not need to identify yourself in the survey, but if you would like a principal or myself to reach out to you, please leave your name and contact information in the comments section. We certainly encourage you all to reach out to us by email or phone directly as well if you prefer.
Parent Survey Link- https://forms.gle/1vywhkZaG5Bxqgr26
Additional information you may need to know-
Calendar/Easter Break- Remember we are on Easter Break Friday, April 10 and Monday, April 13. Classes in the continuous learning format will resume on Tuesday, April 14. There will be no meals served on school holidays. This is a federal program and at this time we are authorized to serve meals on school days only. We will be back at all of the meal locations on Tuesday.
COVID 19 Guidance (See attachments)- Please continue to take the recommended steps to stay healthy and keep others healthy. Wash your hands frequently, avoid groups of any size, practice the 6+ social distance measure at all times, and an addition is- the recommendation to wear some type of facial covering over your mouth and nose when out of your house. This can be a simple clothe mask and there are plenty of sites which demonstrate how to make these on the internet. Lastly- DO NOT LET UP. Some have started to communicate that this is making a difference and the spread is lessening. If that is the case, it is happening because we are doing a good job on all of the above. Keep doing what is working please. Our students, our families, and our community are so important, let's keep working together to keep everyone safe and healthy. Better Together.
I want to continue to thank all of you for being so supportive. This community has really come together. These are difficult times and it will become even more challenging. Working together will become even more important in the future. If there is something that you are not happy about, or struggling with, please reach out for help to those who can actually help or have an impact on the situation. Wamego is a community of volunteers who want to help.
I will end with wishing you all a Blessed Easter.
God Bless and stay healthy Wamego!
Tim Winter, Supt.
Hi Parents,
March 30, 2017
If your student is having trouble connecting to any of our services, please follow the steps below:
1. Use the link below as a guide for troubleshooting
2. You may also contact your teacher, as they are the first point of contact for troubleshooting tech issues.
3. If you have tried these, and you are still experiencing difficulty you may e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com
Keep in mind that applications like google classroom, seesaw, and other educational services are being heavily used and we may see performance issues. Most issues that have been reported are a slowdown in downloads from seesaw.
The majority of issues we are seeing, are regarding the school owned device not authenticating to our proxy. Please use the site for troubleshooting these issues.
Dear USD320 Families,
March 27, 2020
I hope you are all doing well. You continue to be in our thoughts. Monday, March 30 is an exciting day! Essentially it is our 2nd First Day of School for the 19-20 school year. We will start the Continuous Learning Program, Day 1. I want to assure all that we will take this very slow for the first few days. This is an experiment that is happening around the entire country, and never before will the internet, zoom, google classroom, seesaw, and other online learning platforms been accessed to this level. Because of this I ask all to be patient and gracious to all. If you experience technical issues, your first contact is your student's teacher. They have been trained on trouble shooting the common minor issues that may occur. If they are unable to correct this issue, we will then utilize the USD320 Technology Department.
Specific information regarding schedules and format for the Continuous Learning Program is or has been sent out by each school. Please be looking for this information. The teachers and principals have been working very hard for all of our students to put forth a quality educational experience for the remainder of the school year. Our school calendar will remain as is.
Remember to take advantage of the school lunch program that is now offered at 3 locations.
Our food service have been simply amazing preparing and distributing lunch and breakfast meals. They are working very hard along with some other staff and volunteers. Yesterday over 1600 meals (breakfast and lunch) were distributed. We also started providing toilet paper to those who ask. This will take place every Tuesday- TP Tuesday.
Please follow all recommended guidelines;
Thanks for all your support and patience as we continue to navigate this challenge. We will get through this and we will be- Better, Working Together.
Have a great weekend and Stay Healthy Wamego!
Tim Winter
Dear USD320 Families,
Tuesday March 24, 2020
I hope you are all doing well. You continue to be in our thoughts and we hope you are all well. Our teachers and administrators are working very hard this week for you, to be ready for Monday, March 30 when we roll out the Wamego Continuous Learning Program. We are so grateful for WTC and working with us to provide internet to all homes from now until the end of school in May. If you did not fill out our internet survey we sent out last week and still need internet, please contact the district office at 785-456-7643 or email me at firstname.lastname@example.com asap. We ask this even if you are not in the WTC service area. We will assist you in securing internet for your homes during this time.
If needed, we hope you are taking advantage of our Monday - Friday meal program provided by our food service in Wamego (11am to 1pm), Louisville (11:30 to 12:30), and beginning tomorrow 11:30 to 12:30 the Belvue ball field. One additional feature of this we will add is, TP (Toilet Paper) Tuesday. On Tuesdays we will have toilet paper available to any family who requests it. We will provide two rolls to those who request it when picking up their meals. We ask that you request it only if you have a critical need. I know it is kind of crappyJ that we must do this, but we want to help however we can. We do have an inventory of TP that would have been used in the schools if we were still in session. We are limiting to two rolls per week so are able to make our supply last until the school is out in May. Each Tuesday we will have a limited amount to be given out on a first come first serve basis. We hope this is helpful to those who really need it. TP has been missing from most stores' shelves for several days now. To get this started we offer it Thursday this week and moving forward next week, it will always be on TP-Tuesday. It will not be openly offered, you must request it when you pick up your meals, simply ask your lunch provider.
I have attached the latest guidance from our local health depart. Please review this. There have been two additional states added to travel areas which require self-quarantines, Illinois and New Jersey. Please follow all recommended guidelines;
This all this information I have for now. Your schools will be in touch with you regarding your needs for starting school in the Continuous Learning Program. Please monitor you email frequently.
Thanks for all your support and patience as we continue to navigate this challenge. We will get through this and we will be- Better, Working Together.
Stay Healthy Wamego!
COVID-19 Resources for Parents
Dear USD 320 Families,
Today, March 17, 2020, Governor Laura Kelly announced all school facilities will be closed for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year. This would also imply all school activities, programs, and events will be canceled. We understand this may place tremendous hardship on our families and staff, and impact the social and emotional well-being of our students. We also realize the many cancelations will be a great disappointment to all. For that, we are very sorry.
In cooperation with the Kansas State Department of Education, we are developing a Continuous Learning plan to meet the ongoing learning needs of our students. While our buildings may be closed, student learning will continue. Details of this process will be developed with our teachers next week and will be communicated to all families as soon as possible.
Food Service will continue to provide breakfast and lunch at no cost to anyone ages 1-18. At this time, meals can be picked up at the Wamego City Park or the Louisville ball diamonds from 11:00am to 1:00pm.
Our staff and board of education are also working on other critical issues, such as what this means for our seniors, how this will affect next school year, and what impact this will have on our employees. We will provide updates on these issues as soon as the information is available.
We are committed to working together as a community to support one another throughout these unprecedented times, and communication will remain a top priority. Please continue to monitor your email for updates from the district.
As a reminder, this school closure is in response to the current public health crisis. The focus should remain on preventing the spread of COVID-19.
Please be mindful of the following:
Follow additional guidance from these sources:
All of us in USD 320 are working together to meet the needs of our students and maintain the healthiest environment possible for our community. We appreciate your patience and continued support. We live in one of the greatest communities in the world, and together, we will get through this.
God Bless you all,
Dear USD320 Families, Faculty, and Staff,
As you all know all Wamego Schools are closed this week. A decision regarding next week will be made later this week. The KS Dept. of Education and Governor Kelly also yesterday Strongly encouraged All schools in Kansas to close this week. Please do your best to practice the precautionary measures of social distancing and avoiding travel as much as possible. Remember the symptoms to look for are- coughing, shortness of breath, and a fever greater than 100.4. If these occur call your primary physician and they will direct you to your next steps.
I have attached the latest updates from the health department on self isolation if you have traveled. This now includes areas in the U.S., specific counties in Colorado, all international travel, and cruise travel. PLEASE review and take the appropriate recommendations to heart.
Grab & Go meals will be available from 11:00-1:00pm in front of the Wamego City Park Train Shelter House on 6th Street. There will be a "pull through" lane (graciously marked by the City) for cars to pull into. Food Service staff will hand meals to students in the vehicles. Students may also walk to the park and pick up their meals from a Food Service Staff member at the Shelter House. Each student can pick up a lunch for today and a breakfast for tomorrow. The both meals should be refrigerated within two hours.
All Schools are closed to everyone except USD320 essential personnel who have been notified. We must continue to deep clean and maintain a sanitary environment for when our students return. Please, do not visit our schools. If you have a critical need, office staff will be present, and you may call a specific school.
We will continue to provide regular communication regarding this situation through email and social media.
Thank you for all your support and working together to maintain the safety and health of our entire community.
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I would guess that most Christians are familiar with the teachings of Jesus in Matthew 5. In the early parts, he speaks of the beatitudes of the Kingdom of God. Echoing my pastor's sentiments, Jesus was basically laying down the foundations, the constitution so to speak, of His Kingdom that was to be established here on earth. And I would certainly love to write on this, but not yet. For the time being, I'm looking at the account after the beatitudes.
Teaching about Salt and Light. That's what my Bible entitles the following passages. Suffice to say, it is a very short entry. Yet, the first verse in that entry, shakes me to the core.
"You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men."
Jesus was clearly talking about His followers. As Christians, we are to be salt to this world we live in. Salt is used to preserve food — makes french fries one of the greatest things in the history of mankind, too. It keeps food from rotting and that's pretty cool in my book. Because seeing the effect salt has on food, helps us realize our jobs here on this blue planet. The world will rot, more than it already has actually, if we Christians continue to choose the path of no resistance.
Salt can claim to be salt, because it is salty. Pretty simple, yes? Yet, so many times, I claim to be a follower of Christ and live no different than those who do not know Him. This is the dilemma of the Christian church today. And sadly, so many have fallen into Satan's trap. The early 1900s saw a boom in God's move on the earth. When I get the time to do so, I will try my best to post some of the highlights and bigger movements in that time. But again, what a time for Christendom it was. There was great awakening and revival in the different churches and denominations of Christianity, and a sense of social responsibility arose with that. There was a call for social reformation.
Yet somehow, along the years up to today, this idea of social reformation has somehow vanished. Christianity has once again devolved into religious practices that have no meaning beyond its superficiality. This digression has led to the birth of half-baked believers. One foot in and one foot out — the best way I can describe this. We want Jesus to be our Saviour, but we'll happily pass up on the Lord and King part. But again, that's also another blog post.
Right now, let's simply look at the effects of our half-baked-ness. Simply put, we have lost our salt. And that shakes me to my core. "It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men." Very strong words from Jesus. What is our Christianity for, then, if we have lost the essence of what it means to be one? I am not against going to church, or getting involved in church-related ministries. Go ahead and God bless our endeavours. But what a shame if we went to church seven times a week, and do nothing to affect change into society. Jesus walked this planet for a mere 33 years, and turned the entire history of mankind around.
What good is our praising and jumping at church, if we are hiding in our places of supposed influence? I speak of this not because I have perfected myself, but because I am of such guilt and I feel God's Spirit convicting me. We don't necessarily do any overtly evil things. But sometimes, not doing anything good is just as bad. We know the truth and have been set free, to some degree which differs from each and every person. But it doesn't change the fact that we have experienced God in different levels and ways. We have a duty and privilege to expand God's Kingdom, not only in church but most especially in the secular realm. We must reclaim this lost world.
Jesus was the penultimate revivalist and reformer. He preached only what He did. And as we claim to be His followers and disciples, let us do as He had done two thousand years ago. Let us be salt to this dying world.
"I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father." John 14:12
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Colombia forced extra time with England in their Round of 16 World Cup matchup thanks to unexpected goal threat Yerry Mina. The Barcelona center back scored his third goal of the tournament off of a corner in the 93rd minute.
#MundialTelemundo ¡El gol del milagro! Yerry Mina aparece y le da el empate a #COL ante #ENG . Así lo narró 🎙 @AndresCantorGOL pic.twitter.com/hh5pN1sJ78
— Telemundo Deportes (@TelemundoSports) July 3, 2018
After a relatively tame first half, the match became unhinged in the second half, with referee Mark Geiger dishing out six (yes, six) yellow cards and a penalty, which Harry Kane converted for England in the 57th minute.
The Three Lions managed to hold on until nearly the death, when Mina converted to break England's heart – at least temporarily.


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United States v. Ryder, 110 U.S. 729 (1884)
United States v. Ryder
Argued December 12, 1883
Decided March 10, 1884
Without an express contract of indemnity, a surety on a recognizance for the appearance of a person charged with committing a criminal offense against the laws of the United States, cannot maintain an action against the principal to recover any sums he may have been obliged to pay by reason of forfeiture of the principal, and he is not entitled to be subrogated to the
rights of the United States, and to enjoy the benefit of the government priority.
Subrogating a surety on a recognizance in a criminal case to the peculiar remedies which the government enjoys is against public policy, and tends to subvert the object and purpose of the recognizance.
§ 3468 Rev.Stat. conferring on sureties on bonds to the United States who are forced to pay the obligation the priority of recovery enjoyed by the United States does not apply to recognizances in criminal proceedings, and does not authorize an action in the name of the United States.
The bill was filed at the suit of the United States to obtain payment of a recognizance for $10,000 from the property of one Edward P. Williams, or the proceeds thereof, in the hands of Seth B. Ryder, one of the defendants. The recognizance was entered into on the 8th day of November, 1876, by Williams and three other persons, conditioned that Williams
"should appear in person at Trenton, before the United States district court there, and submit to such sentence as the said court should order and direct. "
Williams did not appear according to the condition of the recognizance, but absconded, and, as the bill alleges, "became a fraudulent, absconding, concealed, and absent debtor, and at the same time was a convicted criminal, and a fugitive from justice," and never has since appeared nor been found. The bill further alleges that a scire facias was issued, and a judgment entered upon the recognizance, and an execution issued to the marshal of the district against the goods and lands of the cognizors, and that certain real estate of the sureties was levied upon, insufficient (as alleged) to satisfy the execution; but that no levy was made upon the goods and lands of Williams, for the reason that they were in the possession of said Ryder, who claimed the right to hold the same partly as assignee under a general assignment made by Williams for the benefit of his creditors, in July, 1876, and partly as auditor in attachment, appointed by the Circuit Court for the County of Union, in the State of New Jersey, under an attachment issued against Williams on the 15th of November, 1876, and levied on the 23d of same month. The bill alleges that Ryder has since sold the property in his possession by order of the Circuit
Court of Union county, and has in his hands the proceeds, amounting to several thousand dollars.
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Shareholders of real estate and investment company have also approved listing Al Qudra shares in Abu Dhabi
Al Qudra Holding, an Abu Dhabi-based real estate and investment company, agreed to buy Al Rayan Investment Co for more than 1 billion dirhams ($272 million) in stock. Shareholders also approved listing Al Qudra shares in Abu Dhabi.
The acquisition will involve issuing 210.4 million new shares and boost Al Qudra's assets to about 4 billion dirhams, the company said Saturday in an emailed statement. Al Rayan Investment is based in Abu Dhabi, it said.
The subscription for the new shares will be May 1 to May 30, led by the Dept. of Finance and investment funds of First Abu Dhabi Bank, it said in the statement.
Shareholders at the April 26 annual meeting authorized the board to list Al Qudra Holding shares on the Abu Dhabi stock market, the company said.
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Last round in acupuncture case: "Dry needling" not off limits for PT
Providing a final decision after nearly a decade of legal wrangling, the Supreme Court of North Carolina held December 7 that the state physical therapy board was authorized to regulate the practice of dry needling, a therapy similar to traditional acupuncture.
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Books by Eric Schmitt
Eric Schmitt has written 1 book that appears on various military reading lists. Here is that book along with the lists that included it, past and present.
Counterstrike: The Untold Story of America's Secret Campaign Against Al Qaeda
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On Nov 02 2013
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The last line sums it up well - terrorism isn't a problem you fix, it's a problem you manage. I think the only complaint I have about this book is it's filled with the jargon of the CT professions. You know, a deputy undersecretary of whatever talking about how you've got to "synergize the boots on the ground with the hearts and minds while drinking three cups of tea" and all that. I suppose it's accurate; just seems annoying.


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Glin Red Cross Coffee Morning:We had a fantastic response to our coffee morning held at O'Shaughnessy's Bar and Kitchen. It was a fantastic sunny day, and a fabulous array of home baked goods were donated. A big thank you to all who contributed money, baking and of course their time for this very worth while event. Thanks to Thomas O'Shaughnessy who allowed us the use of his wonderful pub and courtyard. What a wonderful location for a coffee morning! There was a staggering E680 raised on the morning and these funds will be put to very good use for the Glin Red Cross.
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In 2011, Mercury CSC created the "warm season" in-state ad campaign for the Montana Office of Tourism centered around Montana's High Plains. I was very honored to be chosen as the spokesperson for the campaign. I helped write the copy for the three thirty-second TV commercials, and we recorded my voiceovers at Peach Street Studios and Peak Recording in Bozeman. Andy Adkins filmed me taking pictures in Harlowton and at the Crazy Mountain Inn in Martinsdale. Below is the commercial we did featuring the C.M. Russell Wildlife Refuge and Circle, MT. (The others were on Bighorn Canyon and The Wild & Scenic Missouri.)
I became a fan of Circle, after shooting a New York Times travel story in eastern Montana. Although it's only 46 miles from Glendive on Highway 200, and a mere 59 from Terry on Hwy 253, I'd never made it to this speck of a town.
Circle has about 600 residents and is the McCone county seat. If they ever remake The Last Picture Show, they can skip hiring a set builder and just come to Circle; it's a visual throwback to another era. Even some of the trucks that are parked haphazardly around town would make good props.
When I visited, the Circle Chamber of Commerce's website listed "85 Things To Do Around Circle For Less Than $10". The list included "Play Horse Shoes in the Park"; "See the Vintage Clothes at Family Heirlooms"; "Buy A Shot of Liquor from Midland Lumber & Home Renovation Supplies"; (???!!!!) and "Have Your Blood Pressure Checked at the McCone Clinic". I couldn't decide where to start.
The first business I pulled up to, Farm Equipment Sales, is one of the best John Deere Implements in Montana. My oldest son LOVES tractors…so, oddly enough, I find myself frequenting John Deere stores. I bought several Johnny Tractor illustrated books, four green and yellow sippy cups, a toy lawn mower, a wheelbarrow and several teething rings shaped like ears of corn for my twin babies. (Who knew you could go hog wild with the joint checking account in a town like Circle?!)
I loved the LunchBox, where you can get deli sandwiches, wraps and espresso drinks—as well as tan and have your nails done. Talk about consolidating errands! Nearby, Joanne's Boutique stocks clothing, jewelry, cowgirl hats and even Montana-crafted, hand-thrown pottery.
I just love the DIY mentality of whomever fabricated the cement dinosaurs gracing town. No, they're not authentic-looking. In fact, they more closely resemble Dino from "The Flintstones" than the state-of-the art replicas down the road in Glendive…but they've got heart. You can tell a Circle native rolled up his or her sleeves and said, "By gosh, this is Dinosaur Country. We need some dinosaurs around town!"…then walked directly to hardware store and got busy. Here's one by a gas station that certainly makes a good photo op.
This "installation", my favorite pile of dinosaurs in Circle, is in the yard of the McCone County Museum. I'm pretty sure that they're supposed to be fighting, but I can't help but think, "Cretaceous Caligula,".
Speaking of the McCone County Museum, it's brimming with 7,000 items of historical interest—including over 200 mounted birds and animals displayed in their natural settings. It also has the one-room Cow Creek Schoolhouse, a prairie church, and the old Northern Pacific Depot. I really loved a room displaying portraits of McCone County ranchers with their brands and saddles. And, of course, the Cretaceous Caligula scene depicted on the lawn out front is a high point.
Circle's website says, "In four hours of light traffic you can be in Billings, MT or Bismarck, ND." So when I got to the edge of town heading southwest on Highway 200, this sign sent shivers up my spine. I knew I was settling in for one loooooong drive back to Livingston. (Anytime a sign puts you 67 miles east of Jordon, you're a long way from anywhere.) Thankfully, the drive is nothing short of magnificent, as it winds through jaw-dropping, wide-open country.
Who says you need to travel to exotic lands and faraway places to experience the changes and meaningful encounters travel brings? Circle is plenty far. And let me tell you…if you hit the right farm implement, it's no bargain trip either.
McCone County Museum
Open May 1 – September 30
Monday – Friday, 9:00am – 5:00pm
Joanne's Boutique
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Circle, MT 59215
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No, Argentina's president did not adopt a Jewish child to stop him turning into a werewolf
Nope. Argentina's President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has not become godmother of a Jewish baby to stop him from becoming a werewolf - despite what you may have read in multiple news reports.
Over the past few days, the story has been reported and unquestioningly re-reported across the echo chamber of the internet, picked up by news organisations around the world including Haaretz, Buzzfeed, The Independent and The Huffington Post.
Like all good urban myths, the articles were based on a grain of truth: by tradition, the seventh son (or daughter) born to an Argentine family is eligible to become the godson (or daughter) of the president.


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Autumn Travel Inspo For Geneva
We might have just got over that recent heatwave (top tip: pop your pillow covers in the fridge, so you are not sweltered in bed) but that hasn't put me off researching places to visit in the Autumn, Oh I love a little trip away when the weather is a little more calm, especially if it's a city trip.
My top picks for a nice early Autumn trip, around September and October, would include Belfast, Edinburgh, Hamburg and Milan. This year there are a few destinations I've been keeping my eye on, and one, in particular, is piquing my interest; the lovely city of Geneva.
It might be famous for chocolate, fondue and the Large Hadron Collider, but I've been trying to figure out the best way to get there and do it on the cheap. Here are some of my thoughts and tips on how to jet off to Geneva in the Autumn and have a lovely little city break.
How should I get to Geneva?
CHEAP FLIGHTS! I was surprised to see that flights to Geneva were much cheaper than I expected. I am writing this in the middle of July and looking up some example route on Google Flights, I have seen direct flights for the middle of September (12th-15th) at prices like this:
- EasyJet from London Luton for £59 return
- EasyJet from London Gatwick for £64 return
- Swiss Air from Manchester for £134 return
- EasyJet from Edinburgh for £119 return
I honestly thought it was going to be really dear for flights but was surprised that just two months out return prices were so good.
Where should I stay in Geneva?
The city is quite compact and has a river running through the middle. Because it sits at the bottom of a lake, I've found that hotels tend to be dearest the closer to water you get. Rue du Marché and Rue du Rhône are two of the main streets in the city centre and staying on them can be dear, so I'd recommend having a good look at hotels in the surrounding streets to see how cheap they can go.
Airbnb prices vary wildly too. I prefer to look at entire flats when searching on the site, and £100-£120 per night seems to be the average rate for an apartment in the city, so if four people were splitting the bill for the likes of a two-bed apartment, it would be cheaper than a hotel.
The majority of hotels on Booking.com are £170+ per night, so if you were factoring in self-catering over a bit of hotel luxury, I'd veer towards having your own place or go for serviced accommodation; at least that way you'll be dining out all the time. There are cheap hotel options, but Geneva is a bit of a luxury city.
What should I eat in Geneva?
The amount of chocolate photos I've been drooling over on Instagram is practically shameful. The city has some of the best chocolate shops in the world, and you can even take a chocolate walking tour that will perfectly balance eating chocolate with burning calories.
And cheese lovers, there's something even more magical than fondue you have to seek out. Malakoff is like a cheesy puffy ball that is fried (if you've ever had a beignet it's quite similar) so the cheese gets all gooey inside. Café du Soleil is regarded as the spot to get them – it's a 400-year-old café that serves them in small portions as a snack.
What should I see in Geneva?
I am a big fan of doing a lot of research for things to see in cities, especially if you're travelling at a certain time of year. For example, in this handy September event guide, I found from Fraser Suites Geneva, there's a Saturday morning market in a neighbourhood south of the city called Carouge Market.
I find that local markets are where you'll always get the best sense of local cuisine rather than humming and harring over every café in town before panicking and settling on McDonald's. Although, if you do end up at the golden arches, the Big Mac Index points out that Switzerland has the dearest McDonalds in the world.
Science nerds should know that you can go and visit CERN, but it is outside of the city and takes about half an hour. If high-end shopping is more your thing, Place du Bourg-de-Four is the place to go.
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Lucy Davies opening up – good to hear her on at the start of a night rather than a nightwatchman, which has been her normal slot on these sort of evenings, more's the pity. Lucy has some amazingly positive songs, even about not necessarily positive situations.
Quirky songs also feature in the set – creating an overall wholesome sound filling the Cellar Bar with her vocals.
When I hook up with her to chat later, I find out I've missed some good nights and parties, simply through feeling being a little run down and hence taking things a little easier on the gig front these past couple of weeks.
Lucy is followed on to the now seemingly oversmall stage by the 8 piece choir that are the Smart Family Band.
Tim Smart is one of life's experimental creative types, endlessly trying new things at gigs. His sense of adventure sometimes writes cheques the performance cannot deliver, much to the amusing entertainment of those witnessing the wonderful chaos.
Not so tonight. The band are well rehearsed and in good voice, having spent the weekend recording a 6 track EP. Indeed, this EP is the focus of the gig, with the usual Smart twist.
The EP is blank, the sleeve decorated in a bare and sparse manner. It includes 6 inch-square boxes ready for us to draw an impression of each track as they are called out from the platform – colouring pencils provided!
This creates a buzz and laughs almost overshadowing the performance itself, especially as the first song (track 1-my representative picture is of the twitter bird & 8 heads with open mouths) is purely choral. Short on the CD, this is especially lengthened for this debut performance. Then comes the command – "Change Pencils!" We are expected to switch colours with others in the crowd to draw the next song title on our cover.
The next song is wrong for me – I have a peach coloured lemon, replacing my correctly coloured plums (Lemons Not Plums is the title). Here's my finished work, for you to laugh at!
As I'm showing here, this active audience participation almost outweighs the engaging and spirited performance, not a distraction but an engaging and lively difference, meaning this gig will no doubt remain in my mind as much as when Quinn's Quinney had us playing musical chairs!
Finally Si Crockett takes to a late stage, and recognises this by only performing four of his numbers; these (as ever) go down well with the remaining crowd – although personally and quietly I'm rather pleased he calls in an early end to his slot – I'm bushed by this time…


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Somewhat shamelessly, the Times repeats its canard about Bush 41 and the scanner:
They even played a role in the 1992 presidential race, when then-President George H. W. Bush, at a campaign stop, seemed surprised by what had already become a technological staple of everyday life.Snopes.com notes that the Times' Andrew Rosenthal (still dispensing misinformation today) hadn't even been present, and that Bush was really being politely impressed by "a new type of scanner that could weigh groceries and read mangled and torn bar codes."
Anyway, I am old enough to remember vaguely when bar codes came in. Googling hasn't turned up a cartoon that delighted me at the time (it was in Omni, if that tells you anything): two bar codes, having reared up slightly to expose numerous pairs of creepy arthropodic limbs, are shown, with bar code 0000000002 reporting to 0000000001 that "our infiltration of the enemy's food supply network is nearly complete."


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The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills stars Denise Richards and Lisa Rinna have clashed over Charlie Sheen's relationships with hookers.
The former Bond girl and her friend Rinna fell out during an episode of the reality show, which aired on Wednesday, after Richards noted her daughters from her marriage to bad boy Sheen had never watched her raunchy film Wild Things, in which mom shot a threesome scene with co-stars Neve Campbell and Matt Dillon.
This prompted Rinna to call the actress "naive", as the discussion shifted to Denise's daughters overhearing the Real Housewives chatting about threesomes in a previous episode – something the 49-year-old didn't want her kids to hear.
"It takes a lot to offend me," Denise shared. "I wasn't even going to say anything until (daughter) Sami said something to me and I was like, 'Oh s—, it affected her.' So I just told her, 'I apologize that you heard that, I hope your friends don't go home and say anything on their parents (sic).'"
Rinna then attacked her friend, accusing her of using her daughters to make her castmates look bad and reminding Denise of Sheen's shocking past behaviour.
"Do you talk about the hookers around your kids? About the hookers that Charlie brings around?" Rinna raged, "because you've been quite free with us."
Denise responded by revealing she has had "private conversations" with her kids, before making it clear she didn't appreciate Lisa's questions.
"Wow. This is my friend of 20 years? She knows I've protected these kids all these years," Denise said to the cameras. "I don't know if she's trying to embarrass me or humiliate me… I don't know her agenda is, but whatever it is, it's f—ing hurtful."
Richards, who split from Sheen in 2006 after four years of marriage, previously revealed during a candid moment on the reality series last year the actor once brought a "hooker" to a family Thanksgiving dinner.


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I divided the frames into three lots. (1) Empty or damaged ones went directly into the solar wax melter. (2) Partly filled ones were left for the native insects to glean and then added to the melter. (3) Fully capped honey was cut from the frames and placed in remote areas as a wildlife treat.
While I worked, my backyard tree swallows provided cheery company and a Northern Mockingbird entertained me with a brilliant repertoire of an assortment of songs he had learned from other species and turned into a pretty, musical medley. I pity the folks who had desk jobs on such a beautiful day.
|My homemade solar wax melter salvaging beeswax.
|Partly filled honey frames waiting for insects to clean.
|A very tiny native bee cleaning her sticky center legs.
|A visiting honey bee was happy to help with the washing up.


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Monday, January 17, 2011
Please Help Little Emily and her Family.
Many of you have already heard that Coupon Mommy of 3, Shannon has just been dealt a parent's worst nightmare. Her young daughter, Emily, was diagnosed just before Christmas with stage 4 cancer and will be starting chemo soon. You can read her entire story on Caring Bridge. If at all possible, there is a donation widget to the right side of my blog where donations will go directly to Shannon, Emily, and their family. If you cannot give monetary donations and you are a believer, prayers are also greatly appreciated.
No parent or child should have to go through this. Shannon, Emily, and your entire family, you are in my thoughts and prayers.
No parent or child should have to go through this. Shannon, Emily, and your entire family, you are in my thoughts and prayers.
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Gareth Hinds recently answered my usual interview questions, but a few days later I was lucky enough to attend his 'chalk talk' at Hooray for Books in Old Town Alexandria. With 45 minutes of speaking and drawing, he covered much more ground than the basic interview questions, so I transcribed highlights of the talk, and illustrated it with photographs. (More can be found here).
Hinds' first graphic novel was a thesis project at Parsons School of Design. It was about a man who made a deal with the devil and wore a bearskin. The story is one of the more obscure Brothers Grimm fairy tales. "I took this fairy tale which is only two pages long in its original form, and did most of the storytelling visually, with very few words in it, and so it ended up being an 80-page graphic novel. I didn't finish it until after I was out of school." The Xeric Foundation gave him a grant to self-publish Bearskin which came out in 1998. "That was my opportunity to learn how publishing worked, and all the different parts of putting a book out – how to get it ready for press, how to write press releases, how to get distribution and get it in stores…" Hinds then worked in the video game industry for a decade, doing all types of art including character design and 3-D modeling.
His next book was "closer to the mainstream of comics, which is to say the superhero genre, and is about a warrior who has the strength of thirty men and goes around fighting monsters." That was Beowulf. "When I'm drawing a graphic novel, the first thing I do is sketch it out very rough. I now do these rough drawings digitally, and then I would do a finished drawing with traditional materials. I would transfer my digital drawing onto a piece of watercolor, or other heavy paper and do a finished drawing on top of it." "I chose to draw Grendel as metallic, because in the story it says he's immune to weapons, and that's the reason Beowulf had to wrestle with him and not fight him with a sword. In the battle scene in my book, I have him wearing hand wraps, almost like he's a boxer getting into the ring."
Candlewick Press contacted Gareth and expressed interested in reissuing Beowulf and doing his next book. "I had started both King Lear and The Merchant of Venice. Together we decided that I would finish Merchant first for Candlewick; I would self-publish Lear, and they would reissue it later. It was a weird transition, going from self-publishing to having a publisher." The characters in Merchant "are all based on real people. This book has more of a modern look to it. I decided to set this in modern-day Venice for a couple of reasons. One was so I could draw all the characters and the locations from life. The other reason is because of the anti-Semitism in the play which is a big deal. The bad guy of the story is a Jewish moneylender. I didn't want to gloss over it, and by setting the story in the modern day, it actually throws it into starker relief and makes the readers ask themselves if this is something we're still dealing with. The particular form of anti-Semitism seen in this play we don't have quite as much of, but we definitely have high levels of religious intolerance that are still causing problems."
"My King Lear is another visual experiment where I played around with breaking the action out of the panels and letting the characters walk around on the page as if it were a stage. The characters leave little trails and there's also little trails connecting the balloons so you know what order to read them in. And then those little trails become the wind that becomes the storm."
"My Lear is still muscular, but he's gotten thin and old. I enjoy drawing muscular old men. The younger and prettier a character is, the more difficulty I have drawing. After King Lear, he adapted the Odyssey. "The Odyssey was my favorite classic when I read it in school. As soon as I was done with Beowulf, I planned to do the Odyssey, but it was a major undertaking so I had to wait until the right time. Odysseus is a fascinating character; he's an awesome hero. He's strong and smart, and usually wise, but he has some flaws. He's also an unreliable narrator. He's telling you the story and you know that he lies. You see him lie all the time. So how much of his story is really true?"
"My Odysseus is a little older than most people picture him. While I am adapting a text, I spend a lot of time doodling. I'm visually brainstorming. I might draw 20 or 30 different versions of a character, before I decide which one I want. Sometimes I have a definite idea in my head for the main character. I didn't draw a million versions of Odysseus; I pretty much knew what he looked like. Other times, like Lady Macbeth, I drew lots and lots of versions."
"I decide Romeo would be this young, attractive guy who has little dreadlocks. Mercutio has big crazy dreadlocks. Everybody's got poofy shirts. They've got big poofy tops on their pants. Juliet also wears boots which is definitely not something you would have historically seen. She's got a Renaissance-style sleeve. She's Indian, he's African. They're about the same height."
"When the final art is done, it's scanned and dropped back into the digital page layout program I used for the rough sketches, and then all the panel borders and speech balloons are added digitally on top of the artwork so that everything is nice and clean. More importantly if anything has to change – if a balloon has to be made bigger or smaller because the text changes – that can be done very easily without touching the artwork."
"I draw a lot out of my head, but sometimes if a pose is tricky, or the drawing isn't coming together, I will get a reference. Often what that means is that I'll pose myself, in a mirror or using my webcam. Sometimes if it's a female character, I might ask my wife to pose, or look for a photo on the web, or get friends to pose as they did for all of Merchant. I don't go shot for shot with photographs the way Alison Bechdel does; I would say I probably need reference for every third or fourth panel." Hinds' wife noted at this point that she came home one day and found him wearing a toga-like dress and posing, but he won't let her show the photograph.
When asked about all the pre-existing graphic adaptations of Poe, Hinds noted, "I worry about competition if I feel that somebody has done it well for the educational market. I don't feel that anyone has done Poe well for that market. There's some pretty good stuff, but it's mostly black and white, and there's some silly spins, which is entertaining but is not what teachers are looking for."
"People often ask me if I'm going to do any original work. Between projects, I take a couple of weeks to a couple of months to write because I like to write and I have ideas for stories. I'm pretty critical of my writing, and like most writers I find that process can be hard and take a while, so I usually decide I need to be drawing. Eventually one of those projects will probably take off."
When asked if he would illustrate a book written by someone else, he noted that the upcoming samurai book fits that, as an earlier children's book, Gift from the Gods, done in the style of The Odyssey. "I'm always happy to do more of that in picture books. I don't know if I would illustrate somebody else's graphic novel because it so much work that I don't know if I want to invest that kind of energy. In my ideal world, I would do a picture book in between every graphic novel. That would be a nice break. A graphic novel takes me about a year. The Odyssey is twice as long and took about 20 months."
When asked about writing for the educational market, Hinds said, "It's kind of just where I landed, but the thing that feels really good is when I hear my book helped somebody get through a work they wouldn't have otherwise read, and helped them enjoy it. That's the big thing to me. I enjoyed them when I read them, but I know a lot of people don't. I want to share the experience of finding the stories to be cool. In a perfect world, I would also would also sell really well in a comics store, which is the world that I came from. But it's completely different distribution, and aesthetic. Comics purists don't like typeset books – when I go to comics conventions, I'm this weird animal that's neither fish nor fowl. I seem to fit more naturally into that young adult and school library marketplace, but that's not necessarily something I picked."
The samurai book will be out in February 2016, the Poe book at the end of 2016, and he announced, "I am under contract to do The Illiad after Poe. I'm going to try to keep it to 200 pages but it will be tough. It'll be tough in any number of ways. I do enjoy drawing battle scenes, but it will be complicated."


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This article is part of our DFS NHL Breakdown series.
To begin, you see and hear a lot about Cash vs GPP plays in Daily Fantasy Sports, but I typically don't believe in Cash vs GPP players. If a player is good, I believe he's usable in any format.
I do believe in different Cash vs GPP lineup construction though.
In GPP Tournaments, I think you should have at least one full line stack, potentially two full stacks (or at least two forwards plus a corresponding defenseman). However, in cash-game lineups, you are probably much better off limiting your team-by-team exposure to two players maximum, with an exception of potentially using three players from the same team on smaller slates.
My favorite way to approach cash-game lineups is to choose my top player of the night and use his lower priced linemate. For example, Toronto center Auston Matthews is a great play almost nightly, but instead of pairing him with Patrick Marleau, use the cheaper wing linemate – Kasperi Kapanen – this way you still get exposure to two-thirds of a top Toronto line, but you save cap space to get more firepower elsewhere in your lineup.
Use this strategy by choosing one or two players from the lines below and mixing up your cash-game rosters, instead of full-line stacks as you would in your GPP lineups.
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All after school events and activities in the Rock Island-Milan School District are canceled for Tuesday, January 22.
This includes the Spring Forward Learning Center After School program. Schools that host the P.A.L.S. program will still be open.
The Board of Education Regular Meeting scheduled for this evening is also canceled and will be rescheduled for a later date.


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Lonestar's latest also introduces new vocalist Cody Collins, who proves to be a comfortable fit within this veteran's band's vocal-centric sound. Although music critics are ever in search of musical originality, making a memorable holiday recording does not always mean stuffing the stocking with only new material. Sometimes just a slightly different approach to familiar seasonal sounds is all it takes. And although churches have long incorporated Christmas carols into their services, these caroling choir songs are not usually confused with worship songs.
But Lonestar blurs the line between these two types of songs beautifully as they take favorites like "Away in a Manger" and "Silent Night" and slow them down to a meditative speed. Worship music is a big trend in contemporary Christian music these days, and Lonestar has obviously borrowed stylistically from this movement to make its holiday recording. Even so, Lonestar has also found room under the tree for a country-rock version of "Deck the Halls," just in case all this worship stuff gets a little too heavy for some. But whatever the variety, Lonestar is not going through the motions.


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Since its inception in 1991, the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) has served as an invaluable source of information for administering, monitoring, and evaluating the Medicare program. A leading source of information on Medicare and its impact on beneficiaries, the MCBS provides important data on beneficiaries that are not available in CMS administrative data and plays an essential role in monitoring and evaluating beneficiaries' health status and health care policy. The MCBS collects comprehensive data on beneficiaries' health insurance coverage, health care utilization and costs, access to care, and satisfaction with care, as well as special interest topics including drug coverage, knowledge about the Medicare program and housing characteristics. Data from the MCBS are used to inform many government programs and analyses, including fiscal projections produced by the Congressional Budget Office and the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, and are published in a wide array of peer-reviewed journals.
The MCBS is a continuous, in-person, multi-purpose survey of a representative national sample of the Medicare population, including the population of beneficiaries aged 65 and over and beneficiaries aged 64 and below with eligible disabilities, residing in the United States. It is sponsored by the Office of Enterprise Data and Analytics (OEDA) of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). In its rotating panel design, each sampled beneficiary is scientifically selected as part of a panel and is interviewed up to three times per year over a four year period. The MCBS has been carried out continuously for more than 25 years, and more than one million interviews have been conducted since its inception. NORC conducts the full range of MCBS survey activities including sampling, data collection, data processing, editing, imputation, and delivery of files to CMS for final processing and dissemination.
Designed to aid CMS in administering the Medicare program, the MCBS is distinguished by several unique features, including:
The MCBS data are available to users via two annual Limited Dataset (LDS) files. The MCBS LDS files include the Survey File (formerly referred to as the Access to Care file) and the Cost Supplement File (a modified version of what was formerly referred to as the Cost and Use file). The Survey File contains information on beneficiaries' socio-demographics, health insurance coverage, self-reported health status and conditions, and responses regarding access to care and satisfaction with care. Survey data are supplemented by Medicare administrative data and Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) claims to facilitate analysis. The Cost Supplement File contains survey-reported data on beneficiaries' healthcare utilization, expenditures, and sources of payment, including out-of-pocket costs and payments. The Cost Supplement File can be linked to the Survey File to conduct analyses on healthcare cost and utilization. By linking survey-reported data in the Cost Supplement File to Medicare FFS claims data in the Survey File, data users can obtain a comprehensive picture of health services received, amounts paid, and sources of payment, including those not covered by Medicare.
In recent years, CMS and NORC have undertaken a number of improvements to greatly increase the accessibility and utility of the survey. Starting with the 2013 data year, CMS began releasing an annual Public Use File to allow researchers to conduct analyses on health disparities, access to and satisfaction with healthcare, and medical conditions for community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries. Additionally, beginning with the 2015 data year, NORC supported CMS in releasing a new, comprehensive and integrated suite of public resources for data users to understand the importance and complexity of the MCBS. These resources include three annual MCBS Data User's Guides that accompany the Limited Data Set (LDS) releases, an annual MCBS Methodology Report, an annual Chartbook, and a set of tutorials for new data users. In the future, NORC will be adding a new resource to this portfolio of documentation: an annual "Early Look" that summarizes key estimates. This resource will provide preliminary estimates that will be released prior to the MCBS data release and the MCBS Chartbook publication, facilitating the timely dissemination of MCBS data to the public.
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CHENNAI: Power plants in Tamil Nadu have been allowed to find customers outside the state through an order passed on Tuesday. However, the sour point lies in the details: power generators can transmit only that quantum of power not committed to the state utility through purchase agreements, which narrows down the quantum of power that can flow out of the state. To be reviewed in September, this order gives power producers limited time and visibility required to strikecontracts outside the state. "Nearly all of the wind power in the state is committed to the power utility Tangedco. If I have found a customer in Andhra Pradesh, I need to cancel my contract with the electricity board and make sale outside the state happen. My sense is that not much wind power will flow out the state unless the government itself wants to sell power during the wind season," a senior executive of a wind energy company in the state said. The move, however, is a beginning towards efficient power supply accommodation in a state that had cut off wind turbines because the exceeding supply had been a threat to grid stability. Wind entrepreneurs, who have borne the brunt of this backing down, admit that even though practical advantages are still to be seen, it is a welcome move. Spanish wind power developer Gamesa believes this is a sign of electricity management reform. "This is something I have been pushing for through the industry bodies for a long time... This is welcome," said Ramesh Kymal, who heads Gamesa in India, adding that this move will revolutionise investments into renewable energy in Tamil Nadu. With over Rs 6,000-crore of power developments in the state, approximately 1,000 MW, Gamesa is likely to look at further investments in the state. "This move is primarily to ensure surplus power is not wasted. Only those power producers who have no contracts to supply to the electricity board can export. Until now, no one has approached us for export," said an official with the state electricity utility, who wished to remain unnamed.
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The MWC (Mobile World Congress) is one of the biggest mobile tradeshows known so far. It brings together manufacturers, techies, corporates and above all tech enthusiasts who watch the ideas, innovations and products that change the world.
One of the confirmed releases is OPPO's new 10x lossless zoom feature for its next flagship camera smartphone which will interestingly be released in Kenya in the course of the year. It also confirmed plans to release its first 5G camera-centric smartphone brand for enhanced photography.
The 10x lossless zoom is a new technology created with industry-leading camera specifications including a triple-lens camera structure consisting of a telephoto lens, ultra-wide-angle lens, and main camera.
The phone will feature an ultra-wide camera, a 48-megapixel high-res camera, one for capturing everyday images, while a second 16mm, 120-degree wide-angle lens is designed to take in more of whatever you're trying to capture
A bigger sensor coupled with improved optical image stabilisation ensures photos remain clear no matter how much you zoom in.
The last is a telephoto lens with a focal length of 160mm, which has been carefully set up in a 'periscope' manner. A prism reflects light at 90 degrees onto the sensor, while also stabilizing the image the more you zoom in. According to Oppo, this new setup has improved image precision by up to 73%.
Zooming in at an object also transforms minor shakes into bigger disruptions and affects image quality. However, OPPO has reportedly taken care of the problem by equipping the primary and telephoto cameras with OIS, Optical Image Stabilization on both the main camera and the telephoto lens to achieve higher, anti-shake accuracy that brings people closer to the world around them so that they never miss the unmissable.


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We spent a whopping $12.8 billion shopping online from Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday. Thats up over 15 percent from last year. How much did logging on cost you? With more deal shoppers preferring to stare at a screen than mingling with the mobs in stores, we're all left to worry the safe passage and delivery of our packages. Sgt. Phil Clark at West University Place Police Department said, There are certain aspect of society that like to steal packages. And it is theft. We recommend always having packages signed for by somebody at the house. And if no one is there, then there are alternate ways you can receive your packages. Amazon has an alternate way to receive packages.interview skills esl
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They are indeed more efficient than private sector counterparts. They are an example of how government can fill needs not met by the private sector, and do it better than the private sector. This is against the anti-government zealots view. It really is a shining example of how government, which really is all of us just working together collectively, can work for us. Since the 1930s with Social Security and since the 1960s with Medicare and Medicaid, the conservatives and anti-government types have had their eyes on getting rid of these programs, but theyve never been able to. But now they have an opening, and we now have a president who at least said during the campaign he wouldnt cut these programs, but hes putting people in place who will. And its really and, in fact, Speaker Ryan, right out of the block said he wants to take Medicare up in January as part of getting rid of the Affordable Care Act. Nobody voted to destroy Medicare, so theres a bait-and-switch going on. But that is exactly what appears to be about to happen in 2017.my link
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With the loonie losing value against the American dollar, US housing prices on the rise again, and the threat of high mortgage rates lingering, Canadians may have missed their chance to score a great deal on a Florida home in the gated community.
Don't lose hope just yet though! There seems to be a consensus among some Canadian media outlets that aspiring snowbirds can still purchase that affordable home in a warmer climate south of the border.
Although there are fewer distressed properties, foreclosures and short sales on the market, a recent Financial Post article lists 14 American housing markets that remain swamped with foreclosures.
The majority of the markets listed are located in Florida, giving hope to Canadians who still want to buy in the Sunshine State.
Florida and Arizona are the most popular states for canucks to purchase homes in the US and both were hit by a massive drop in housing prices during the recession.
Florida hotspots for Canadian purchasers include Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, and Naples. Las Vegas, Nevada is also a top choice.
A recent Canadian Press article notes that the median home price in the US during the first quarter of 2013 was $176,000, almost 12 per cent more than the same period a year earlier.
Before the 2008-09 recession, US home prices averaged $227,000.
With the US market gradually regaining its strength, it's unclear how much longer Canadians will be able to find these great deals.
The National Association for Realtors is predicting US home prices will continue to rise over the next few years, while north of the border TD Bank predicts the loonie will continue to drop for the remainder of 2013.
Only time will tell how long Canadians will be able to scoop up great homes for lower prices in the States, but for now many good opportunities remain on the market — you just need to know where to search.
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One of Malaysia's web and mobile application developers, Ingeniworks Sdn Bhd has released a mobile game titled, Mari Belajar Jawi to educate the younger generation on 'Jawi,' an Arabic script adapted for written Bahasa Malaysia text.
Jawi, which was once widely used as a spelling system in Malaysia, is slowly being forgotten. The alphabets are rarely used, causing the younger generation to be unfamiliar with the alphabets. As the name depicts Mari Belajar Jawi uses technology to encourage and attract the younger generation's interest in the 'Jawi' alphabet system.
Mohd Zulhilmi Mohd Zain, Team Leader of Ingeniworks recapped, "We strongly believe that games are a good medium to teach and provoke learning. In the medium run, it helps the younger generation to learn how to use the 'Jawi' alphabet while they play." Moreover, the players are kept abreast on the latest rules of 'Jawi' spelling.
Targeted to kids and adults alike, Mari Belajar Jawi prompts the player to read the alphabetic word and spell it correctly to proceed to the next level. Through the repetitive actions, the players will pick up the reasoning behind the way the words are spelt, thus improving his or her 'Jawi' written skills.
Mohd Zulhilmi also revealed that this game is an experiment to see how the public will react to educational games. Likewise, the developer hopes to learn a lot more from the public's feedback and plans to produce more exciting and valuable offerings in the future.
Currently, Mari Belajar Jawi is available on the Google Play Store and soon will be available on Apple App Store too.