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I am an Aesthetic Realism consultant, a coordinator of the international journal The Right of Aesthetic Realism to Be Known and of the Terrain Gallery, and I live in New York City. I want people to know the value of Aesthetic Realism, the educational philosophy founded in 1941 by Eli Siegel. I'll publish here, for instance, portions of talks & public seminars I've given, based on Aesthetic Realism, explaining in a new way poetry, literature, art, history, life.
What Is Aesthetic Realism?
Aesthetic Realism is based on these three principles stated by its founder, the great American poet and critic Eli Siegel [author of Self and World; Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana: Poems; James and the Children; and many other critical works] :
1) The deepest desire of every person is to like the world on an honest or accurate basis.
2) The greatest danger for a person is to have contempt for the world and what is in it…. Contempt can be defined as the lessening of what is different from oneself as a means of self-increase as one sees it.
3) All beauty is a making one of opposites, and the making one of opposites is what we are going after in ourselves.
These principles are illustrated in thrilling public presentations at the Aesthetic Realism Foundation in New York City, including in exhibitions of contemporary art at the Terrain Gallery—and in outreach programs such as education conferences, anti-prejudice workshops at schools, speakers on the arts at museums & universities, dramatic productions by the Aesthetic Realism Theatre Company at libraries, community centers, union events.
When Aesthetic Realism Is Known
I think that when Aesthetic Realism is known and studied widely, our earth will be respected and valued much more, economics will be based on ethics and not profit, and wars can end. There will be much less brutality between people and ordinary pain. My seminar papers, written over the last two decades spanning the 20th & 21st centuries, give evidence for this opinion. Aesthetic Realism's understanding of contempt is necessary for these hoped-for things to occur.
I love Aesthetic Realism, for instance, because it has had me see that many things I'd felt had to be separate or opposing, actually are not—such as love and intellect, criticism and kindness, originality and tradition. I'm grateful that, because of my study of Aesthetic Realism, I came to see people, beginning with my parents, with greater depth and fairness. I am a much happier, kinder, more expressed person—and each day as I learn more, I have greater respect for the world and all the rich diversity it takes in!


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Practicing proper Beef Quality Assurance guidelines at branding is a must for producers.
By: Adele Harty and Robin Salverson, SDSU Extension
Branding season is an important time of the year, not only for cattle health and well-being, but as a time for networking and fellowship with neighbors. With that networking comes a great responsibility to continue to work to provide a safe and wholesome product for the consumer. Producers need to be aware of and follow proper Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) guidelines during brandings and communicate that to their branding crew, especially in the administration of injections.
Below is an overview of the Steps in Administering Injections Properly:
- Select the right product for your need.
- Work with your veterinarian to determine what product(s) are needed for your cattle.
- Read the label and determine the dosage to be given, timing of administration, and route of administration.
- Don't combine vaccines in the same syringe.
- Use transfer needles if a product needs to be reconstituted, this will be done with the Modified Live Vaccines (MLV). Proper equipment is key to success.
- Mix thoroughly. Rolling the bottle is preferred to shaking to decrease the number of bubbles formed in the product.
- Don't mix too much of a MLV at once because once the product is mixed it needs to be used within hours to ensure efficacy. Read the label to determine the maximum time a product can be mixed before it needs to be discarded.
- To prevent cross-contamination mark and separate syringes so that the same vaccine is always in the syringe labeled for that vaccine.
- Keep vaccines out of the direct sunlight or extreme temperatures to avoid degradation of the vaccine.
- Get air out of syringes because injecting air into the animal could prove fatal if it gets into the bloodstream.
- Restrain animals properly to decrease stress and improve the accuracy of proper injection location.
- Choose the right needle. See table.
- Select best route of administration. If the product is labeled for both Intramuscular(IM) and Subcutaneous (SQ) administration, SQ use is preferable as there is less chance for an injection site lesion that can negatively impact meat quality and tenderness.
- Choose best site of administration. Give all injections in the neck region. See diagram.
- When giving multiple injections, keep all vaccinations at least 4 inches apart. This is challenging with calves, however, keeping them apart is important to get the best response from our vaccines. If more than one person is giving shots, either chalk mark where you gave the shot or discuss beforehand where each vaccinator will be giving their shot. Chalking calves is also helpful so you don't revaccinate an animal when there are multiple calves on the ground.
- Use a proper injection technique, which means tenting for subcutaneous. Never administer more than 10 cc into any one site.
- Change needles frequently, every 10 to 20 animals. A good rule of thumb is to change needles before refilling the vaccine gun to avoid transferring contamination into vaccine bottles or have one clean needle that is used to draw the vaccine from the bottle.
- Sanitation is essential as it helps reduce the risk of spreading infection, and reduces injection site reactions.
- Don't clean syringes used for modified live vaccines (MLV) with disinfectants as the disinfectant can kill the vaccine and render it ineffective. Use hot water to clean these syringes.
- Keep Accurate Records.
- Individual animal or pen ID
- Date treated
- Product administered
- Including name, company, product lot and serial number
- Dosage
- Route of administration
- Withdrawal time and earliest date withdrawal period will be cleared
- Processor name and/or initials
Humane Society Abandons Tail Docking Proposals
Is the Bull or Bear Ruling the Corn Market?

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Stroke rehabilitation is a challenging, lengthy process that patients must undergo to regain motor function. Recovery effectiveness and efficiency can be increased by further understanding the neuromuscular system during post-stroke recovery. This involves monitoring electromyographic (EMG) signals during rehabilitation, from areas that were affected by the stroke. Analysis of the collected data can then provide insight towards which therapeutic routines and methods are most beneficial for certain muscles. Rehabilitative protocols can then be designed to enhance patient recovery in the future.
A recent study performed at the University of Florida1 examined EMG from stroke patients to identify which of three joint movements can most benefit from bilateral movement training. The EMG activation levels proved that bilateral movements are most effective for improving motor function in proximal and distal muscles.
Since rehabilitation requires a great deal of time and effort, the design of some new stroke therapy methods focus on user enjoyment and accessibility. This encourages the patients to participate in a larger frequency of therapy sessions and activities. One such example is Wii-based movement therapy, which has proven to have a positive effect in stroke rehabilitation. A study at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey2 compared a Wii-based balance and mobility program to a standard care program. Gait speed, walking endurance, balance and dual task mobility tests were all measured over 12 one hour sessions. The percent increases were greater for the individuals in the Wii-based program.
keywords: electromyography, accelerometry, stroke rehabilitation, Wii-based movement
McNulty Research Group at Neuroscience Research Australia
McNulty Research Group at Neuroscience Research Australia3 (NeuRA) have utilized EMG to determine how the body responds to therapy and how to classify Wii-based movement therapy. The group measured EMG, using a Delsys Trigno™ wireless EMG system, three times during a two-week Wii-based movement therapy program. 16 EMG sensors were used for upper and lower limb recordings. 3D accelerometry data was also collected from each of the sensors, to represent joint and limb movements. The EMG signals were analyzed to identify the level, duration and coordination of muscle activity throughout stroke therapy. Based off the data, certain Wii-based movements were determined to be ideal for hand and finger dexterity while others increased range of motion in the shoulders.
Monitoring EMG signals during stroke rehabilitation therapy can provide valuable insight about the neuromuscular system, leading to increased recovery effectiveness. The McNulty Research Group collected EMG signals during Wii-based movement therapy and identified the level, duration and coordination of muscle activity. They concluded which Wii-based movements were best for increasing hand and finger dexterity and range of motion in the shoulder. Therapy procedures can then be tailored for individuals, making rehabilitation more efficient.
- Kang N, Idica J, Amitoj B, Cauraugh JH. Motor recovery patterns in arm muscles: coupled bilateral training and neuromuscular stimulation. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. 11:57. 11 April 2014.
- Deutsch, JE; Robbins, D.; Morrison, J.; Bowlby, P.G., "Wii-based compared to standard of care balance and mobility rehabilitation for two individuals post-stroke," Virtual Rehabilitation
- International Conference, 2009 , pp. 117-20. 29 July 2009.
- Trinh, Terry. "Measuring stroke recovery…wirelessly." The NeuRA blog. 15 August 2012. 9 June 2014.
- www.delsys.com


text: At 35 weeks pregnant, Sonnie is glowing! She, along with her husband, Vito and their incredible 3 year old son, Xander visited San Francisco's Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park for a maternity photo shoot on a nice, typical cloudy day. The sun did sneak out once or twice as we strolled around the beautiful island, and we had a great time. Lots of love here! Congratulations, Sonnie & Vito on your growing family!


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Real Life
In 1983, the Australian synth-pop band Real Life released their hit song, "Send Me an Angel." The song failed to gain traction outside of Australia until it was featured in the BMX racing movie Rad, which failed to receive Oscar consideration, though every teen or pre-teen male in the United States at that time knew that this was the greatest film ever made. The movie played out on screen all of our dreams: racing glory, winning the girl, and foiling the villainous pimply bad guy.
Every person wants glory, everyone wants true love, and we want justice to be done: these are the hallmarks of every good story, and can be found in the greatest of novels to the simplest of movies. But our sights are often limited by the glories introduced to us in our season of life: as we get older, these desires expand, but far too often we settle for short-sighted pleasures and self-centered comforts. If we have these, then we will be fulfilled, so we think. Consider this quote from C.S. Lewis' The Weight of Glory:
"It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased."
In the short story The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, by Fyodor Dostoevsky, the protagonist tells the tale of his change from a melancholy that would end his life to a life of purpose and selflessness. The turning point was a dream he had where he is whisked away to a faraway planet. The world looks in every way like our own, with one major difference: it's a world without sin. The man sees their love for one another, their desire for justice, and the happiness which reigns in a world without error. He introduces to them sin, and it seems so attractive, they fall into this pit and quickly their world dominoes into the very world in which we live. The man was transformed by the dream because he had an encounter with real life. By real life I don't mean he saw people falling into temptation and sin, but rather real life as a world without it. For if Jesus is real and the story he gives is absolutely true, then real life is that world, not quite the one we know now. It's the one we were made for. All this sin here has taken a palace at Versailles and plastered it with cheap wallpaper. At dinner they serve chili dogs.
Hebrews 4:14-16
14 Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. 15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. 16 Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Jesus is alive and well friends. And his ascension into heaven and sending of the Holy Spirit confirms for us his ever-living presence with us and his church. We are to be a people most connected to real life, for it is the one we know now, fueled by the Spirit. Though we do see through a glass dimly, we will see God face to face, and he has promised his presence in his church in the right now, a power not to be ignored or minimized, but a power that we embrace in all that we do. For we are no longer dead to sin, but made alive in him; we are people not just "send me an angel," though angels are recently part of this reality, we are a people who received God himself, and he will never let us go.


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Manhattan woman fired for being "too hot"/
Lauren Odes, a 29-year-old voluptuous blonde, was fired from her midtown Manhattan job for what she claims was being "too hot" for work. Odes is now suing her former bosses for gender and religious discrimination. Her bosses were Orthodox Jews.
Odes was working as a coordinator of shipments of samples to customers at the 5th Avenue headquarters of Native Intimate's, a wholesale lingerie company. She believes she was wrongfully terminated because of the size of her breasts and shape of her body. At one point, her boss had asked Odes to tape down her breasts. Odes was appalled at the suggestion.
Odes' attorney, Gloria Allred says, "The treatment was discriminatory, profoundly humiliating and unlawful."
The allegations of the gender and religious discrimination were outlined in the complaint filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
Odes was hired on April 24th. Her supervisors often complained about her physical appearance and clothing. Odes insists that there was no dress code. Her co-workers wore tank tops or athletic wear.
On Odes' second day of work, she wore a short sleeve, yet still conservative, purple dress and was told by the Native Intimate's owners that the dress was "drawing too much attention and should not be worn for her own safety".
The following work day, Odes wore a hooded sweatshirt but was still criticized by her bosses. The next day she wore a knee-length dress with a shawl over her shoulders so that she might please her bosses. Her bosses were still unhappy. They told her to wear a red bathrobe over her dress.
"I felt ridiculous and extremely embarrassed, others in the office were laughing and asking why I was wearing it and I told them what I was told," Odes said.
Odes removed the robe and went to buy another outfit that would be appropriate for her bosses. She then got a phone call saying that she was fired, which she believes is because of the shape of her body and the size of her breasts.
She believes she was fired because of gender and religious discrimination.
"I do not feel an employer has the right to impose their religious beliefs on me when I'm working in a business that's not a synagogue, but sells things with hearts on the female genitals and boy shorts for women that say hot in the buttocks area," Odes, who is in fact Jewish, said.


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LUTETIA - Travels in France with the X100 | Perpignan
I've never visited Spain. But Perpignan triggers my mind's idea of Spain. Its air and its feel. If we wanted we could head for Barcelona — it says so right there on the sign, at the edge of this world, by the bridge.
But we're only here for one night. We've spent almost two hours driving in circles, trying to find our hotel amidst construction zones, dead end streets and a million pedestrians. Now we're just tired and hungry.
We walk this city on autopilot, but my eyes still see.
And they long for me to return.
Next: Cap d'Agde


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All relevant parties connected to Letterkenny General Hospital need to "get their heads together" and "figure out how to stop the current situation," according to Donegal North East TD Padraig MacLochlainn.
Deputy MacLochlainn was speaking to the Journal as 40 people awaited beds at the hospital yesterday, Monday.
The Sinn Fein TD said he and his party colleagues recently met with representatives of the INMO to address the issue and discuss potential solutions.
He said that the INMO pointed out how,as well as staffing issues, there was also the issue of health infrastructure, the need to have the necessary beds in community hospitals as well as aftercare for those patients.
Deputy MacLochlainn said the current situation regarding beds at Letterkenny General Hospital was "appalling."
"Sick people don't want to be lying on a trolley waiting on a bed. Their dignity is taken away and that's unacceptable."
He added: "This needs to stop."


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The following project ideas are included under United states Constitution
Resources for ages 8-14:
The Tuttle Twins: The Tuttle Twins series of books helps children learn about political and economic principles in a fun and engaging manner. With colorful illustrations and a fun story, your children will follow Ethan and Emily as they learn about liberty!
We are Liberty Kids: Teaching children a deep appreciation for America's Founding Principles protects our future. LEARN them. LIVE them. LOVE them.
Learning about the federal government doesn't have to be boring. Congress for Kids gives you access to interactive, fun-filled experiences designed to help you learn about the foundation of our federal government and how its actions affect you. Although designed for students in grades fourth through high school, other students, teachers, parents, and interested citizens will find helpful, engaging activities, too.
Click here for more information
Learning about the federal government doesn't have to be boring. Congress for Kids gives you
Ben's Guide to Government for Kids: http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
This is a good site to use as reference to teach the kids about our Government and how it operates.
Resources for ages 14+
Promises of the Constitution: http://www.promisesoftheconstitution.com/#!books/cnec
Written in clear, enjoyable 1½ page sections, each easily read in 3-5 minutes. It tells the history, Founders, principles, enemies, and restoration of our inspired Constitution in 129 concise, powerful vignettes.
Lessons of the Constitution Parent/Teacher Companion Volume
Mind >
United States Constitution
Quest Clubs offer badges for the United States Constitution in the DISCOVER KNOWLEDGE category. Young students may earn badges by following the requirements listed on the Quest Clubs website OR they may design their own project with the approval of a parent or mentor. Custom projects should follow the outline on the Skill Project Sheet (see attachment below).


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The Morning Callreports that the city of Allentown received a $499,100 award for pedestrian lighting improvements along Seventh Street.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Monday, December 20, 2010
Seventh Street Nativity Featured on Channel 69
WFMZ's cameras captured Seventh Street's St. Luke's Lutheran Church live nativity:
The story of Christmas was brought to life at an event in Allentown.
Folks were treated to a live nativity at St. Luke's Lutheran Church on 7th Street Sunday afternoon.
The display featured alpacas, goats and burros, that were all brought in from a local farm.
This is the first year the church put together the live nativity.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Banking Switch on Seventh Street
Welcome to Seventh Street, Wells Fargo. (Wachovia was, of course, acquired by Wells Fargo back in 2008, but only now is the Wachovia name getting phased out.)
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Happy Day for Happy Garden Chinese Restaurant - 501 N 7th Street
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Mastermind Steve is looking for actors to round out his cast of ghouls and unknown things that will bump in the dark. Actors need to be 18+ years old and unafraid to make people scream. Some acting experience preferred but not necessary. The fun will begin at 4pm and continue until 9pm.
If this is you, contact Kathleen Kapila for more information at email@example.com or call her at 610-433-5703.
The Day of the Dead Festival is on October 30, 2010.
Monday, October 11, 2010
Two side-by-side facades underway on Seventh
A pair of adjacent, well-loved Seventh Street eateries---Winston's (619) and Ecua Atlantic Seafood (621)---have just begun their own facade makeovers. Now stripped of their homely siding, the two restaurants will get the full Peter Lewnes treatment over the next month or so.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Save the Date: Day of the Dead Festival on 7th coming October 30
Save the date for the first annual Day of The Dead Festival:
---Saturday Oct 30th from 5pm to 9pm.
Come celebrate this traditional festival where we pay tribute to our ancestors.
There will be a haunted house, vendors selling cool stuff, palm readers and spiritual advisors all along the street. We will have a salsa tasting, music, and lots of great food from the restaurants on 7th Street! Come join us and have some scary fun!
If you are a vendor and would like to reserve a spot - call Sharon Smith at 610-433-5703.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
MetroPCS coming to long-vacant space at 529 N. Seventh
The mobile phone provider metroPCS is opening a store at 529 N. Seventh, between Liberty and Allen Streets. The space has been vacant (with the occasional temp agency) for the eight years I've lived off Seventh---one of the last vacant storefronts left on the three-block stretch from the 400 to 600 blocks of Seventh.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
a doozy of a facade begins
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Even I'm impressed
Thursday, July 8, 2010
MAXED OUT Planter Exhibition at The BAUM School of Art tonight
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
New, beautiful Kiosk Garden on Seventh!
Since mid-June, the thousands of commuters and sidewalk-bound pedestrians have enjoyed the newest addition to Seventh Street: the Kiosk Garden. Vibrant flower beds, surrounded by wrought-iron enclosures--between the old Sears building and the Little Apple market on the 600 block. Enjoy...
Maxed Out Planter Project on 7th
A team of volunteers will be planting today and the planters should be out by this weekend - if you'd like to help - and we can always use your help, please call Kathleen Kapila at 610-433-5703.
The BAUM School is hosting a photo exhibition of this project starting Thursday, July 8 from 6-8 PM which is open to all.
The planters will be placed in front of storefronts along the 7th Street corridor to continue the greening of 7th Street projects. Along with the 18 planters last year, 7th Street has planted 36 new shade trees and planted a kiosk garden near Little Apple Supermarket this year.
Special thanks to KNBT Bank and PPL for providing funding for this project. To find out more on what's happening on 7th, look us up at www.7thstreetallentown.org or find us on facebook.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Casa Latina Gets a New Sign
Check out the handsome second story banner-sign for Casa Latina--the excellent Dominican restaurant at 527 N. 7th Street.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Seventh Street Has a Twitter!
You can follow Seventh Street at 7thStAllentown.
Friday, June 11, 2010
New Banners for Seventh Street
The new banners are up! Their vivid coloring is only partly captured by the photo; they must be seen in person.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
7th Street Community Festival
The kids and I had a fabulous time at the 7th Street Community Festival on Saturday. The festival, held in the St. Luke's Church parking lot, was well-attended. Snakes and rodents of unusual size were on display from the Lehigh Valley Zoo. Face-painting, a water tunnel, the requisite bouncy castle: It was all there.
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Seventh Street Praised in Call Article
The Morning Call's story on the new Main Street manager for Hamilton Street cites Seventh Street as the city's model:
The Main Street program has proven successful on Allentown's Seventh Street, which earned the designation in 2006. The once-gritty corridor now is bustling with the business of shoppers and diners. Storefront vacancies went from 40 percent in 2005 to 5 percent today, said Peter Lewnes, manager of the Seventh Street Main Street program. In securing the program for Hamilton Street, officials hope to mimic that success.
"It is very critical to have somebody to market and push the downtown," Mayor Ed Pawlowski said after the news conference. "We have had individuals off and on being able to focus on the area from their citywide duties as well, but we have not had one concerted effort focusing on Hamilton Street in many years."
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Progress on Happy Garden's New Sign: Photo
Happy Garden, the excellent Chinese restaurant at Seventh and Liberty, is getting a new sign and street-level facade makeover. (The Liberty-facing brick paint and Seventh-facing upper-floor facade work was completed last year.)
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
A Tree Grows On Seventh Street
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Mirror, Mirror on the wall...
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Let Me Call You Sweetheart....
Owner Anthony Rodriguez is ready and willing filling out orders and has the most gorgeous arrangments going out the door. If you haven't already ordered your flowers or forgot your sweetheart...it's not too late!
Call Paradise Floral at 610-433-2305!
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Beat The Winter Blues tonight on 7th
There will be a chance to meet your neighbors, hear a review of all the exciting things that have accomplished on 7th this past year and learn about what's in store for 2010 and how you can get involved.
Plus there will be yummy food from a few of the great restaurants on 7th and raffle prizes!
Please come for a bit...we'd all love to meet you.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Facades Carry On In Freezing Temps
Seventh Street on WFMZ
Seventh Street's successes—and our role as likely future host for an Italian culinary school—were featured in a WFMZ story. Check out the video.
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Seventh Street in the News
Here's Peter Lewnes, quoted in a Morning Call article from January 3rd:
Peter Lewnes, manager of Allentown's Seventh Street Development Committee, attributes Emmaus' success in part to its attractive storefronts and low vacancy rate -- the more occupied shops a town has, the more other business owners are apt to move in.... "We went from a 40 percent vacancy rate [on Seventh Street] to about 100 percent occupied,'' Lewnes said. ''In this economy there has been a lot of forward movement.'' He said there has been a push for years to create a similar program along the Hamilton Street corridor, but funding for that has not been available.
And today, from Michael Molovinsky's blog:
Peter Lewnes has been doing an excellent job of filling in the gaps on 7th Street, and applying facade grants in a seemingly appropriate way. On Saturdays one is hard pressed to find a parking space. I believe that his enthusiasm, and a growing community's ambition, has finally awakened 7th Street from a long sleep.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Draped in Flags
Have you noticed the wind-whipped flags that now mark many Seventh Street businesses? They feature the city's seal, and fly above businesses and properties that have received facade facelifts through the Seventh Street Development Committee.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
2010 Make 7th Street Sparkle Contest Winners
thank you to all the merchants and residents that participated in making 7th Street sparkle with holiday decorations this year!
Sparkle Sparkle Everywhere
our tree - newly planted and sustainable...it will grow as 7th Street continues it's growth!


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I have two main focuses as I write this weekly blog. Two driving questions that I have in my mind while making decisions. They are:
- How do I know if my students know?
- How do I get them to know if they know?
Week Twenty-one: Answer the Question
This week the content focus was primarily on Atlantic Revolution from 1750-1900. Here were the standards for this week:
- List three causes of the enlightenment and four enlightenment thinkers and their ideas.
- List two causes, methods, and outcomes to the French, Haitian, and Latin American revolutions.
- Write one cause/effect, and one comparative short response that reflects an understanding of essential content.
- Analyze charts, maps, graphs, and texts.
- Write a thesis statement, contextualize a prompt, and draw evidence from two documents to support the thesis.
First, how do I know that the students know the content and how to do the skills?
This semester, I am including, or trying to include student's perspective on the week. For this week's post, I asked two students to document their learning on the standards. It was a great week to do this, for I missed two days this week due to a family emergency. I shared a Google Doc to document their progress. Each day, I looked at the shared document to view their understandings of what took place during the day.
Here is what Max had to say.
A perfect score on the quiz we took in class on the given topics.
This is one of the documents we studied about the Latin American Revolution.
Reasoning- This demonstrates mastery of the given topics. A perfect score means that everything was right, which clearly demonstrates mastery. The second image is of a thesis and contextualization paragraph for a DBQ we did in class. This helped me understand the French Revolution, which I did not know much about prior to the class as we mostly learn about America in lower grades. The third image is of a document from a DBQ about the Latin American Revolution. As with the French Revolution, I did not know much about the history of Latin America, but I do now.
Here is what Devin had to say.
We wrote a DBQ based on documents about the Haitian Revolution. (Picture 3)
My current grade in this class is an 80.55%. This is because at the beginning of the week I was not understanding the material fully, this is shown in picture 1. Throughout the week though, we talked more about the French, Haitian and Latin Revolutions. Because of this, I know I fully understand the material represented by picture 2. We also practiced writing while using the topics represented by picture 3. These helped me understand by just reviewing the topics more and using interactive activities. I didn't know too much about the Haitian Revolution until we learned about it and wrote with the topic. Every activity helped some of them were more fun than others, but I now have a full understanding. The third image used documents to help you write the DBQ. In this, you have to contextualize about before and during the topic. Learning more about the French revolution helped me write more context and also get me an A currently in AP World History.
Reflection and Impact
Typically the week goes by in a blur and I love seeing the visuals the students picked for evidence as and a rich source of reflection. Each student has his or her own personal narrative and experience. Reading their work is a small glimpse into that experience. Since I do not write this blog until the following week, the pictures and their narrative have been enlightening into their point of view. For instance, Max used different documents and different writing components than Devin.
I love how each student included the primary and secondary documents beside their writing. I don't always include the actual source information in the blog. Seeing that pairing it increases my understanding of their understanding of the skill. As I read their reasoning, I think I need to be clearer in my expectations. I want them to analyze each component of their writing. I wish they knew what mastery looked like, to the point they can compare their own to that of mastery. I will be asking next week's students to do that.
Each of them selected the more formal assessment for evidence on their content knowledge. I really like Devin's evolution of his understanding. It took a while to get to mastery, and that is something I value. I want them to master it, and the timeline of mastery is flexible.
A concern of mine is their use of a grade as a metric of their mastery. I keep seeing that students equate mastery with grades. I hate putting grades in the grade book early on in the semester because it can really influence how they view the course. However, it is hard to communicate to students and parents that students are making progress on something that will not be formally assessed for weeks. Like last semester when a student thought things were going well and then got a grade they thought was inferior. It forever changed their point of view on the course. I need to work on getting students to understand mastery and how to communicate that better to them.


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Beaumont/Port Arthur
With all of the weather related occurrences in our natural habitat in the last few months, folks are beginning to wonder if some of those old Bible prophecies might be more than just fodder for Sunday sermons by rambling old preachers of the gospel. Several dear friends of mine who have no more than a passing interest in religion, church or gathering with other believers have found the time to ask me what I think about them, and more importantly, what I think might be coming in our future.
Christians are called on in Scripture and from the pulpits and podiums of our land to be many different things as examples to the world. One of the most common and often used symbols for Christians in service is to be the light of the world. I don't think anyone reading this column today would doubt that our world in many ways is in darkness.
Thank you to each of our Examiner readers who took the time to write, call or e-mail following last week's article on the extreme behavior of a child that I witnessed first-hand in my home. I had hoped not to anger any parent, teacher or counselor of such a child, but to point out the severe need for parents to recognize the behavior and work to help these children reach their full potentials in life. Before letting the article go to be print, I sent a copy to one of the young mothers I trust so much in this field.
Having interviewed dozens of families, visiting with many for lengthy periods of time, and observing carefully parental learning, loving and leading of children with autism, aggression, physical limitations, environmental challenges and anti-social behavior, I've come to believe I know very little. I am totally amazed at how much effort it takes on the part of these parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, teachers and others who love these children greatly to help these often gifted children see normal development for their individual lives.
Some truths never get too old for the telling or sharing. In our Sunday school class here on the Bolivar Peninsula, I have taught about salt and light for three weeks. Common subjects both — but super important to be understood and obeyed.
While we harbor no disrespect for the Wall Street Journal who called us "that scrappy little paper from Southeast Texas," we prefer to think of ourselves as simple seekers of the truth. We're of the opinion that headlines and sound bites never tell the whole story. Our readers demand all the facts, facets and flavors of every story or event. And, they expect to be informed, educated and stirred to action.
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The Complete Toolkit for Building High-Performance Work Teams is meant to empower both the leaders and the members of work teams in educational and social-service systems. It presents, in a simple yet systematic fashion, a set of tested facilitation tools that will help teams: *work more efficiently and harmoniously to achieve their goals *deal directly with both personal and work-related issues that might otherwise disrupt or hamper the progress of the teams *make their work a more lively, enjoyable, and growth-producing learning experience | From direct experience we know that these tools can help teams accomplish their mission, whatever the teams' size, composition, structure, or desired outcomes. | Essential Tools and Strategies for Facilitative Leadership. The Toolkit provides 17 practical, field-validated tools for facilitating work teams in educational and social-service systems. Includes guidelines to select tools for specific tasks, and to prepare other team leaders. The section for each tool explains: *What the tool involves, When to use it, and Why it improves team functioning. *A Step-by-Step Process for use of the tool. *Examples of the tool in action. | The Toolkit includes: --> Five tools for Laying the Groundwork: *State a Purpose *Set Group Agreements *Develop a Common Knowledge Base *Clarify Consensus *Form Kaleidoscope Groups. -->Nine tools for Working toward Consensus: *Fly the Helicopter Higher: Focus on Big Ideas *Float a Trial Balloon *Ask Yes-No-What Do You Need? *Brainstorm From --> To *Listen for a Breakthrough *Call for a Power Sweep *Do a Five-Finger Share *Take a Backup Vote *Test for Critical Mass. -->Three tools for Moving into Action: *Cluster Idea Cards *Spend Your Dots *Develop an Action Timeline. | Also included: Tool cards explaining the process for using each tool, which can be copied for team members.
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Unfortunately my husband twisted his knee the night before embarkation and we had to borrow a wheelchair from the ship to use for the whole week. This was now how we had planned to spend our silver wedding anniversary, but we tried to make the most of it. We asked the shore excursion staff about wheelchair accessible trips and they were very very unhelpful. They gave us their 26 page booklet of the three islands we were going to and there were only 2 trips which were wheelchair accessible! They then said they weren't running one of them and the only other one was a VIRTUAL trip... ie a video! Extremely disappointed in Royal Caribbean who then said we couldn't take the wheelchair off the ship at all! I have emailed Royal Caribbean who have not replied, can you please advise me of how to proceed with my complaint please?Show more


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Dublin airport's T2 unveiled
Dublin airport's new terminal – known as T2 – opened today. Aer Lingus will be the only airline to use the €600 million terminal until Tuesday, when it is due to be joined by Etihad Airways.
Aer Lingus has advised all passengers "to report to Terminal 1 for check in as normal until further notice".
The airline said customers should continue to check-in via the web and at the check-in kiosks in Terminal 1. It would not say which flights have been selected for "proving flights", because it wanted to avoid confusion among passengers.
A statement from the airline said it would operate "a range" of European services in and out of Terminal 2 over coming weeks. It said it wanted "to ensure a smooth transition of its operations from Terminal 1 to Terminal 2 in January, avoiding the Christmas holiday period when the airport is traditionally very busy".
In the interim a spokeswoman reiterated passengers should continue to head for Terminal 1 "until further notice".
Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) had initially hoped flights would start operating from the new terminal as early as last month in advance of the official opening. It had also hoped transatlantic services operated by Aer Lingus, Delta, Continental Airlines and US Airways would operate from T2 on December 7th.
However, the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) authority indicated it would not be ready to transfer operations to the new terminal until the new year, a move which affected all US carriers planning to use the new terminal.
A DAA spokeswoman confirmed yesterday that the December 7th deadline for US flights would not be met, but referred all other questions on scheduling to the airlines themselves. She said questions on the US facilities should be addressed to CBP authority.
Last July, DAA chief executive Declan Collier said trial flights would use T2 from October. It would, he said, "transform the passenger experience at Dublin airport, offering customers a modern user-friendly facility that will provide a platform for a more rapid return to growth".
The new terminal is expected to create 500 jobs, including positions in security, cleaning, customer service and passenger processing.
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The capital and largest city of Indonesia, on the northwest coast of Java. Founded as Batavia by the Dutch (c. 1619) on the site of an earlier city, it became an important center of the Dutch East India Company and was renamed Jakarta after Indonesia became independent in 1949.
(Placename) the capital of Indonesia, in N West Java: founded in 1619 and ruled by the Dutch until 1945; the chief trading centre of the East in the 17th century; University of Indonesia (1947). Pop: 8 347 083 (2000). Former name (until 1949): Batavia Former spelling: Djakarta
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the capital of Indonesia, on the NW coast of Java. 8,259,266.Formerly, Batavia.
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Growing up in Hollywood, California I was involved in the Performing Arts. Being in ballet, jazz, and all other kinds of dance I grew up around leggings, bodysuits, leotards, tight, flashy, fits that shine on stage. Being in Hollywood, and around celebrities, I became familiar with what looks good, and how well put together outfits should be. Seeing materials, sequins, and flashy fabric would make my eyes sparkle. I wanted so badly to design. A lot of times I wanted items that could never be found anywhere. At that time only casual leggings and bodysuits could be found. Simple black or white spandex ones. I saw a demand, so I fulfilled the supply to launch my ideas.
I have a lot of favorites, but mainly ones who specialize in shoes, and hand bags. I can relate to Betsey Johnson because she has that fun, girly, flashy, shiny outfits with different colors. I always enjoy her collections and jewelry. A lot of celebrities have worn my pieces. From musicians, to artists, tv stars, tv reality stars, you name it. The list is so long! There's no telling where my future might lead... it's all happened so fast there's nothing I can't do. Might be some TV shows, different types of clothing, maybe children wear, men's lines. Collaborations with other big companies, maybe department stores, make-up, the way things are going for me, the possibilities are endless. Right now there are about 6. And several others we are still working deals with, and some that are awaiting their requested items!
A dream celeb for me would Beyonce and Jennifer Lopez. They both are women I look up to... I love their style, their parenting skills, their business moves, and they've both have been capable of doing 10 different things at the same time and successfully accomplishing them!
There are so many stores in Los Angeles where I'm from, Las Vegas doesn't have many. Also, the cost of running a business is not comparable. Plus, starting out as an online store, I could have picked anywhere. Vegas has a lot of shows, showgirls, etc... designing for them too is an endless possibility. A lot of my items are already edgy and sexy. I see a lot of designers doing the same thing i.e. jewelry, make-up, etc. Not too many designers are doing lingerie, mainly the heavy hitters like Victoria's Secret or Fredrick's of Hollywood. I just want to bring my style to the bedroom women can feel sexy in! It'll be shiny, glittery, rhinestone pieces, the kind of pieces maybe for special occasions!


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I'm a bit of a stats buff to be honest. I happily while away a few post match hours looking at graphs on possession and shots on goal and the newly fashionable 'expected goals' data brings plenty more colourful charts to the party.
This seasons surprisingly decent opening few results caught me a bit off guard but when I was watching and re watching our games highlights something about the goals we were conceding seemed to nag away at me. I decided to turn to some data and make some pretty diagrams of my own to try to make sense of it and illustrate those doubts accurately.
We have predominately played a midfield diamond so far this season; now I have my reservations about this because at times last season I thought it left our usually lacklustre or part time full backs exposed when teams set up against us with numbers out wide.
Anyway, the nagging doubt I had this season was not directly towards our full backs or indeed the back four, but the midfield, so with my 'Moneyball' hat on I stated plotting the goals we have conceded on a diagram. I have charted the area of the pitch which led to the assist or a major contributing factor (a turnover of possession, key pass etc) marked with an 'X' and also where the goal scoring shot was taken from, marked with a red spot. The thing that jumps out from this (apart from my amateur photoshop skills) is that most of the goals we have conceded (7 out of 8) have originated from the inside left and right midfield areas, or the 'sides' of the diamond formation, usually occupied by Matty Blair and Tommy Rowe.
Blair is at his best when he is going forward operating as a wide man, head down, using his pace to get to the byline and deliver crosses or burst into the box at pace. He can't do that with freedom in a diamond and coupled with the understandable personal problems he has been dealing with, has not been at his most effective; his defensive work is certainly not the strongest facet of his game.
Tommy Rowe is unquestionably a good player, but I do think he has a tendency to drift in and out of games. He really wants to play more advanced, at the top of the diamond in a number 10 role, but whilst James Coppinger continues to roll back the years he is forced to play deeper. Rowe is good going forward, but doesn't give enough when defending on a consistent basis and is sometimes absent when teams are running onto us.
The biggest midfield issue for me though is that we are not aggressive enough, both in the tackle but also in our closing down and harrying of the opposition, both individually (including the centrally positioned Ben Whiteman) and as a unit. In spells it feels more like a training exercise in shepherding players around than a belief and desire to win the ball (big contrast between the two sides in the Blackpool game – they snapped into every challenge and always looked hungry for the ball and a result) and too often our midfield three have been shrugged off by people running at them, something Tommy Rowe has been guilty of a couple of times in the lead up to goals.
Defensively, Rowe and Blair are a little bit like square pegs in round holes but if they are to play in these areas of the pitch then they are going to have to work harder out of possession and try to add some bite to the midfield otherwise we will continue to be vulnerable through the midfield or the personnel in there will have to change – a shame given what they offer going forward; the stats speak for themselves…


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Bangladesh Issues Arrest Warrant for Factory Owner
November 2012 Fire at Tazreen Fashions Garment Factory Killed More Than 100 Workers
DHAKA, Bangladesh–-A court in Bangladesh issued arrest warrants Tuesday for the owners of a garment factory where a fire killed more than 100 workers.
A Dhaka magistrate issued warrants on Tuesday for the arrest of Delwar Hossain, the owner and managing director of Tazreen Fashions Ltd. and his wife, Mahmuda Akter, who also is a director of the company. The warrant also included four other employees of the company.


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Synthetic marijuana Spice is targeted for ban by Alaska lawmakers
A new street drug that authorities claim is capable of causing everything from hallucinations and slurred speech to death is sweeping the nation and has made its way to Alaska, according to local police and public officials.
It goes by many names -- Spice, Spike, K2 -- but the new craze among kids, the military and others looking for a high is essentially synthetic marijuana: plant material that can hold any number of various sprayed-on psychotropic compounds.
And for now, it is legal.
State Sen. Kevin Meyer and Anchorage Assembly members Mike Gutierrez and Paul Honeman hope to change that.
The drug can be 600 to 800 times stronger than pot and can cause a physical addiction similar to methamphetamine, Gutierrez said at a press conference Tuesday.
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Crucial guidance and suggestions on how to facilitate G.A.P.'s Media In Action Curriculum. A must read for a full understanding of the curriculum.
Community Mapping
We are all a part of communities that develop and define us. Media representations have a critical impact on how we and others perceive our communities. In this workshop, participants reflect on what it means to belong to a community. They explore the struggles and strengths of those communities, representation and misrepresentation by media, and how to bridge the gap between reality and representation.
Cinematography 101
This workshop introduces participants to visual storytelling. They explore basic camera work and visual compositions.
Through both critical viewing and hands-on activities with the camera, participants will understand the possibilities of visual expression.
The Power of the Interview
Everyone has knowledge, experience and expertise. In the media, however, only certain voices are heard. In this workshop, participants learn to develop interviewing skills within an ethical framework of understanding power dynamics rather than an objectification of the other.
*Prerequisite: Cinematography 101
Framing and Messaging
The media frames their messages according to ideologies.
This workshop helps participants decode the media's messages, view media critically, and consider media's role in advancing social justice.
Media Advancing Movements
How can we use media to embody and promote the values of liberation? This workshop encourages participants to consider positive impacts that media have had on them personally as well as on social movements in the 20th Century.
Montage: 1 + 1 = 3
A fun workshop that features a study of montage in early Soviet Cinema and a hands-on video production activity to explore how creative choices can make a message more powerful.
Oppression and Liberation
This workshop explores oppression by examining how oppressive systems function in our lives interpersonally, internally, and institutionally. Participants also begin envisioning possibilities for liberation.
In the Unites States, there is a vast gap between the rich and poor. This is a product of the economic system that we live in, and understanding this is key to organizing towards social justice. This workshop explores the nature of power in the U.S., and is an excellent introduction to many of the core concepts in G.A.P.'s curriculum.
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This curriculum has been generously funded in part by: The Nathan Cummings Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Open Society Institute, and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.


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Featuring a panel, "The Refugee Experience", as told by refugee activists and moderated by acclaimed actor and Refugees International Board member Sam Waterston.
This year the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees announced that more than 60 million people across the world are displaced - the highest amount since the United Nations began counting. Refugees International is honored to share the stories of some of these 60 million people at this year's New York Circle. Oscar-nominated actor and Refugees International board member Sam Waterston will moderate a panel of displaced people from around the world, highlighting the experiences of the people whom we help every day. We hope you will join us.
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|easyJet carries over 600.000 passengers to Croatia in 2015
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 09:02
I think they will return to ZAG sooner or later. I wonder whather they suspended them because of poor loads or high fees.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 11:47
This what someone wrote a few weeks ago regarding Zagreb and EasyDelete
"2016 will be exciting even more than 2015 was, 2017 is expected to do be really exciting and 2018 arrival of low cost carriers nanelly EasyJet, GermanWings, Vueling, Norwegian should ensure rapid expansion of Zagreb airport. Terminal 1 will be done up, and made in to low cost hub, after renovation in 2018 T1 should be able to handle 3.0 million pax per year and with terminal 1 handling up to 5.5 million there should be plenty of room for growth."
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 09:03
600k is really impressive on a seasonal basis.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 09:09
I don't understand why they don't base a plane in Split. They fly to 16 destinations from there!ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 09:13
Because Split (and Dubrovnik) airports are expensive as hell and because they are probably not interested in subsidising airlines for basing an aircraft.Delete
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 09:30
I hate Easyjet. They shouldn't have rights to be called LOW COST AIRLINE! Avoid it at all cost!ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 09:33
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 09:40
Calm down... easyJet is one of the best airlines I flew... In my opinion better than many legacy cariers - i.e. LH...Delete
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 10:05
Easyjet is the most expensive LC airline I flew! I have never found ticket for less then 150EUR per flight!Delete
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 10:41
Funny, earlier this year I got return tickets to Iceland on EZY for less than 100 EUR. Good times.Delete
On topic, I don't think they have what it takes to operate to inland Balkan airports. Their cost base demands a more lucrative market, and even BEG is not good enough for their model, let alone ZAG and others.
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 10:44
easy has cancelled a lot of routes to/from ex-Yu. In ZAG they cancelled London, Dortmund and Paris, from BEG they cancelled Milan and Rome. Mind you Italy - Serbia flights are the worst you could launch. They are highly seasonal and covered well by AZ and JU. Everyone failed there - Wizz Air, easy, Air One
Just take a look how cheap easyJet is on GVA route most of the time... Of course you could end up paying 150 € per leg if you book during high peak period when everyone wants to fly or in short time notice... I never had such a great experience with an LCC like with easyJet. They fly to main airports, prices were always good, planes are clean, interior plesant for your eyes (unlike FR), seats are comfortable... I'm sad that they stoped flying from BEG to MXP and FCO, because you could connect and fly pretty much everywhere with them for a little amount of money.Delete
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 09:35
Bravo Hrvatska!ReplyDeleteReplies
Naporni ste do zla boga. I to ti kaže sunarodnjak.Delete
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 09:47
If OU doesn't open new routes this year Easyjet will easily overtake them with these 4 new routes.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 16:08
gospode Boze covece, pa jel' ti sebe cujes uopste sta pricas/pises : imaju 600 k sa 32 linije i sad ce sa 4 nove da dodju na 2,5 mil da preteknu croaciju?!?! pa stvarno ljudi mogu ovde da se nalupetaju i da ostanu ziviDelete
Croatia is boomingReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 13:11
65 billion euros in debt. busting more like.Delete
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 16:05
daj mi Boze sta mi zena misli, ne daj Boze sta mi majka misli :) Hvala na ulozi majcice ali supruga pobedjuje ovaj put :) caos !Delete
@anon 1:11pmDelete
So what a debt doesnt say so much, its only 70% of GDP, Serbia has an debt of 80% of GDP.
USA an debt of 103% GDP, UK 406%, France 222%, Germany 145%....
So dont just stare on a number ;)
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 22:29
+1 Google Driver. Quite normal debt. Besides HR is a EU member which is another story. Good luck with the new Zagrab terminal.Delete
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 10:04
I am sorry, but from the title I would have expected something new.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 10:11
Agreed, I hoped for some new routes from Zagreb.Delete
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 10:34
I personally had no idea they carried so many passengers from Croatia or were so busy there.Delete
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 10:39
So is easy jet the busiest foreign airline in Croatia?Delete
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 10:45
Probably. Look at how many seats they offer during the summer.Delete
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 15:04
@AnonymousJanuary 5, 2016 at 10:39 AMDelete
No, Lufthansa is, Austrian after that, however EasyJet is in top 10, not sure if top 5. SAS. Thomson and Monarch are really busy during summer months, and SAS plans to start flights to Zagreb in late 2016 year round.
Lufthansa - 1.1~ million pax
Austrian - 900 000~ pax
SAS - 800 000~ pax
Thomson - 720 000~ pax
Norwegian and EasyJet might be fighting for the 5th place,
Ryan Air has around 500-550 000 pax
Monarch - 440 000~
Air France - 300 000~
Swiss - 250 000~
and so on
BTW Zagreb is completely snowed in
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 15:09
Izvinjavam se na pitanju jel vi znate odtkad vec najavljujete dolazak SK i uvek sredinom godine ce doci pa ne dodje ?Delete
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 15:43
SN, KL, BA, EY, DY, OK, SR, VY, IB, LO, ima ih jos, vecina onih koji su bili u najavi su dosli, isto kao i prekookeanski letovi za Koreju i Kanadu koji su postali/postaju redovni. Isto tako ce doci ili se vratiti u ZAG i ovih nekoliko preostalih koji su najavljeni - AY, SK, AZ, U2, ove ili najkasnije sledece godine. A tebi ako je krivo tvoj problem, negativnim pisanjem istinu promeniti ne mozesDelete
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 15:45
cetvrti od pocetka nije EY nego LY - Elal - greska u pisanjuDelete
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 15:47
i nije SR nego LX formalno, ali u osnovi je SR :)Delete
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 11:57
Čestitke beogradskom aerodromu na još jednoj rekordnoj godini!Replies
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 12:03
Bravo! GO BEG!!!!Delete
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 12:15
koliki je onda pad u 12 mjesecu? 8-9% najmanje u odnosu na Dec/2014?Delete
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 13:14
-10% number of flightsDelete
- 6% number of pax
+14% cargo
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 13:23
They should return to growth by JuneDelete
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 13:31
Since when did the work of a company or organisation come down to 1 day, 1 week or even 1 month ? I thought the idea was to assess the results of any company over the course of 12mths - in other words, their financial year. That being the case, Belgrade airport have recorded passenger numbers in excess of what they achieved in 2014. Therefore, by any measure, that would seem to be a job well done, no ? Let's wait for their financial results, which may show something else altogether. But on passenger numbers alone, they did better than 2014, so i'm not sure how anyone can find reason to be critical of anything.Delete
Next year, we do the same thing and if their full year 2016 results are worse than 2015, then we can have reason to be critical.
Same goes for Air Serbia. Reading some of the recent comments, the dooms day prophets seem obsessed with the month of Dec 2015, yet conveniently forget the record results reported in Q3, which will no doubt position them to have a better full year in 2015 than what they achieved in 2014.
Performance - financial and otherwise - is assessed over the full year.
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 15:54
I was expecting at least 5 million this year such as Riga Airport for example. Even SOF is expected to have over 4 million not having so many transfer flights such as BEG. Lets hope 5 million is achievable in 2016!!Delete
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 16:59
Odlican Rezultat i jedan od boljih u Ex Yu .Delete
Samo treba sad da se pocne sa izradnjom plana za prosirenje Aerodroma da nebi posle kocilo .
I naravno ne treba zaboraviti da se to nebi desilo da nije bilo ASL.
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 18:36
SOF will have this year around 4.1 mln. pax. They don't have pretty much any transfer passengers. 99% of their passengers are O&D.Delete
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 22:19
@Anon 6:36pm - Yes, thanks to Wizz they managed to get those figures. Same as BUD too. W6 will base a 6th a/c in SOF this spring and they will even deploy the A321 on some routes such as LTN...this is getting serious. BEG needs O&D too as a compensation and not to rely on transfer passengers. Unfortunately, few low cost carriers operate to/from airport. Hoping to see FR or more routes from U2 rather than reduced frequencies from LH or LX :(Delete
- Anonymous6 January 2016 at 10:57
@Anon 10:19 PMDelete
SOF also will have Ryan operating on 2 routes starting from April - London Stansted on daily basis and Pisa 2x weekly. Their national carrier, Bulgaria Air, will get 3 A321 this year and will start 2 new seasonal destinations - Lisbon and Alicante. Air Berlin is returning with daily flights and El Al is boosting capacity - all their flights will be operated with B762 starting from April. Turkish is also adding a third daily flight.
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 14:43
OT: Split i Dubrovnik s rastom putnika za ovu godinu opasno se priblizavaju Zagrebu, pogotovo Split. Biti ce zanimljivo ove godine.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 14:52
All Croatian airports will see strong growth in 2016,Zag 10%, Split 12-15%, Dubrovnik 15%. Im in tourism industry and early bookings for 2016 are at least 15% up compared to last year, please note that 2015 was record year. Problem with split is capacity, but hopefully by 2018 it will be ready to accomodate 3mil pax.Delete
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 15:12
@AnonymousJanuary 5, 2016 at 2:52 PMDelete
HM, you're quite optimistic in your predictions I think.
My prediction,
Zagreb - 2.8 million pax
Split - 2.1 million pax
Dubrovnik - 1.85 million pax
Zadar - 500k
Pula - 400k
Rijeka - 200k
Osijek - 50k
Zagreb continues to maintain 500-700k difference between Split and 1 million with Dubrovnik, this is the trend since 2005.
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 15:14
Nisi normalan! Nema sanse da ce Zagreb imati toliki rast!Delete
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 15:53
vidi, za godinu dana novi terminal, plus kapacitet starog za LCC; CTN zavrsila restrukturiranja, ide privatizacija, sirenje flote i linija i vise tranzita, dakle nije nemoguce da brojke zag-a i prerastu ove za koje kazes da su preoptimisticne. uostalom koje pre 2-3 god. mogao misliti da ce beg imati toliki rast-vrlo verovatno slican scenario dolazi i u zagDelete
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 16:19
Samo ne znam sa ovim kapacitetom SPU kako ce da raste, punjenje aviona je preko 95 posto, a nemas gde da sednes na onon aerodromu, da ne pricam o koriscenju toaleta i sl... SramotaDelete
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 16:28
Ovu godinu ce Split izdrzat jos jedva, dogodine vise nema Ultre tako da ce tu odahnut malo.Delete
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 17:01
Sta se desilo sa onim Avionima sto su najavljeni ?Delete
SPU bi verovatno mogao prestici ZAG da nema toliki problem sa kapacitetom i treba ozbiljno da radi na tome.
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 17:03
Kojim Avionima mili sine?Delete
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 17:08
@ 4:19 i 4:28Delete
SPU ima problem samo subotom. I sa postojecim terminalom moze se postici rast od 15%, pa i veci, sa ravnomernijim rasporedjivanjem letova kroz celu nedelju, i sa produzavanjem sezone, na cemu se radi, koliko mi je poznato. Inace, SPU ce graditi i novi terminal, a sto se situacije na sadasnjem tice, subotom, u vrsnom opterecenju, slazem se da je teska, pa cak i sramotna, ali nasrecu jos samo godinu-dve
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 17:14
Pa pricalo se o dolasku RJ u CTN pa pitam dali ima nesto novo .Delete
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 17:21
ukucajte u google : "Slobodna Dalmacija, prvi covjek splitskog aerodroma, gradimo novi Resnik za 3 milijuna putnikaDelete
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 18:58
OT: DubrovnikDelete
Dec: 18 417 +19,8%
2015: 1 693 934 pax +6,9%
@INI-Ns - u ZAG se u posljednje 2 godine vratio zavidno društvo stranih kompanija. Tu naravno nije kraj. A OU u planu za ljeto 2016 ima 2 x nove destinacije + povećanje frekvencija i veličine aviona na postojećim rutama. ZAG solidno pozicioniran ulazi u novu razvojnu fazu.Delete
ZAG je izdragnjom novog terminala za idućih 40 godina riješio poteškoće u nesmetanom razvoju prometa. Tu nema "nadoštukavanja/petljanja/širenja/seruckanja", već će NPT sa 5 mil pax jednostavno moć biti proširen na 8 mil.
Zamisli kako jednostavnih transfera - mala, nova i funkcionalna zračna luka - tko nebi tamo htio presjesti.
A što se samog Zagreba tiče, već je sada #1 najposjećenija destinacija u bivšoj Jugoslaviji. A još nije ni krenulo.
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 21:41
G. Petar - Drustvo stranih kompanija se nije vratilo radi lepog izgleda Zagreba nego zato sto CTN sve vise slabi i slabi pa da oni malo pomognu i dobro se poziciniraju .Delete
Ja nigde nisam napisao da ima malo mesta u ZAG nego u SPU i da zato ne mogu prestici zagreb.
Pa i LYBE i ASL su prvi u svom rangu ne znam cemu sad da se prepucavamo.
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 21:53
Ma sto su prvi, daj covjece ne umaraj vise s glupostima!!Delete
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 23:27
OU u Zagrebu ne slabi jer joj broj putnika raste bez obzira što joj ne raste broj linija (zimska frekvencija je veća za zanemariva dva leta).Delete
Dakle stranci rastu iako i OU raste. Nije istina da OU slabi. Raste sporo, ali ne slabi.
Uzgled Split je imao jako velik minus u 12. mjesecu:
2014. 32.102
2015. 28.652
Zagreb je pak porastao za 4,3% u 12. mjesecu:
2014: 163.830
2015: 170.420
Porast SPU u prošloj godini 202.743
Porast ZAG u prošloj godini 156.827
razlika je tek u 45.916 putnika
Da bi ovom brzinom dostigli razliku od ZAG od 632.398 putnika trebalo bi im 14 godina.
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 16:10
Po tome bi se moglo reci onda i za Dubrovnik da bi mogao za par godina, tocnije od 2017. kad bude gotov novi terminal imati znacajan rast. Jer odavno se razmislja i o otvaranju baze OU u Dubrovniku.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 23:29
A gdje bi to letjeli bazirani avioni tijekom zime kada DBV ima oko 18.000 putnika mjesečno ili oko 600 putnika dnevno?Delete
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 23:51
Znaci ima 18.000 u zimskom mjesecu i to je vrhunac? Mogu gdje hoce, u toplije krajeve ili bilo gdje drugo u Europi. Zasto ne bi rasli iznad tih 18.000?Delete
- Anonymous6 January 2016 at 00:52
Nitko ne bazira avion ako u ZL ima 18.000 putnika. Prvo treba porasti brojka sa nebaziranim avionima, a onda se eventualno bazira avion. Malo elementarnog znanja o avio prometu!Delete
Naravano da će rasti, ali sigurno neće biti baziranih aviona dok god broj putnika mjesečno ne pređe 100.000, a to je danas jakoooo daleko.
- Anonymous6 January 2016 at 01:19
Znaci Zadar koji ima 5000 putnika zimi imaju bazu Ryanaira? Ti ces mi pricat o elementarnom znanju...Delete
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 17:37
Sorry for OT, but does anyone now the best connection from Belgrade to Dublin, since there are no direct flights?ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 18:01
to answer your question, one should know whether you look for the best in terms of price, or connecting times, and approximate, or exact period of travel. If it's price, and your travel is spring/summer, the best you take the bus to ZAD and than Ryanair to DUB for some 40-50 euro return. If you need to travel soon, and cannot waste time and ride buses, you should consider one-stop legacy carrier from BEGDelete
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 18:05
and you have Ryanair form BUD, too, during winter months as well, but slightly higher prices.Delete
easy jet should start flying from SKP finally ....ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 22:26
W6 has expanded way too much. Not sure if they want to compete with the LTN route. Sole possible suggested routes: GVA or LGWDelete
- Anonymous6 January 2016 at 09:11
GVA's what's left from their bases really.Delete
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 22:23
ZAG needs more routes especially after the construction of the new terminal. They may leave the old one to low-cost carriers such as U2 and FR AND NOT CLOSE IT like in BUD! Potential routes are obviously BER, DTM, STN, FMM, GRO, etc. Good luck with the 3 million mark ZAG!ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous5 January 2016 at 23:32
ZAG has route to TXL (BER). ZAG needs ARN, HEL, OSL, DUS, GVA, MAD all year, MXP, OTP, SOF, DUB, ATH, CAIDelete
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Peel 2 1/4 pounds of winter squash and cut into cubes. Preheat the oven to 450°F. In a large ovenproof pot, brown 2 slices of bacon 1/8 inch thick for 5 minutes, turning them over. Add the cubes of squash, 4 garlic cloves (unpeeled but crushed), 1 sprig of rosemary, and a little salt. Cover with parchment paper and put in the oven for 30 minutes. Lower the oven temperature to 350°F, remove the parchment paper, and cook for an additional 30 minutes. In the meantime, heat a dry skillet and toast a handful of dried pumpkin seeds. Cool on paper towels, then crush. When the squash is cooked, take the pot out of the oven and turn on the broiler. Throw away the rosemary and the peel of the garlic cloves. Remove the slices of bacon and cut into small lardons. Mash the squash and garlic with a fork and add the lardons. Stir and adjust the seasoning with plenty of freshly ground black pepper. Sprinkle the top of the gratin with pumpkin seeds. With a vegetable peeler, shave 1 ounce of pecorino or Parmesan cheese into small flakes and sprinkle evenly over the gratin. Put under the broiler for about 2 minutes to brown the top. Serve immediately.
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