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Sacha Baron Cohen owes Grimsby more than a few laughs and a dodgy Yorkshire accent.
The first, and as far as I know, only time, Sacha Baron Cohen visited my hometown of Grimsby was three years ago for research on his new movie.
This was before news got out that he was set to play a lager-swigging local football hooligan and ruin our good name (that was a joke).
Most people will now know Grimsby is a fishing town in North East Lincolnshire that gets a lot of stick for allegedly being full of chavs, druggies and pregnant teenagers and being named one if the worst places to live in the UK. It isn't.
When it was revealed Sacha's new film was also called Grimsby and he was set to hype up its bad reputation, I think we all thought the same thing: 'S***, we're going to be the new Staines.'
Ali G's 'hometown hood' in southwest London changed its name to Staines-upon-Thames in 2012 to allegedly try and distance itself from Sacha.
The movie, which I saw on Monday night at the world premiere, is pretty funny and obviously all about shock value.
It's no Borat or Ali G, but it's not a two star flop like Bruno.
Grimsby tells the tale of 'Nobby' Grimsby (Baron Cohen), who is reunited with his long lost brother Sebastian (Mark Strong), after he was adopted by a rich family and went on to become MI6's deadliest assassin.
The pair end up embarking on a mission to save the world from a deadly virus and the movie is unsurprisingly crammed with crude jokes and graphic scenes.
Sacha and Mark getting stuck inside the vagina of an elephant is something I will never be able to un-see. It was shocking, but I'm not sure if it was actually that funny.
The producers also targeted the likes of Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe and Donald Trump, who both contract HIV in the movie.
The accents were terrible, especially Rebel Wilson's. She plays Nobby's overweight wife and mother of his nine children (we get it).
I collared 'Nobby' on the red carpet and quizzed him about his 'authentic Grimsby accent'.
He looked pretty unimpressed and told me the town was once part of Yorkshire. Well, that's the first time I've heard that.
Even the guy who does the sign language graphics for BBC programmes probably does a better Grimsby accent than Sacha. He's desperately trying to prove he has more than one character in him.
Grimsby actor Freddie even revealed in an interview he was told to change his accent to sound more like he's from Yorkshire, because stars like Rebel were finding it hard.
For the record, it has always been known as 'Great Grimsby', and despite the fact he is portraying us all as uneducated drunks, not that many people were annoyed. But they were peeved for other reasons.
The thing about Grimsby folk is, we know how to laugh at ourselves, we've had to do it for years, but we are not ashamed of where we're from.
The people are great, the pubs are better, and the fish and chips are the best in Britain.
Cod, by the way, Sacha, is never to be mentioned in our town. It's fresh Grimsby haddock. Have a word.
Scenes depicting the town were filmed in Tilbury, Essex, while the rest was shot on location in Cape Town. What a kick in the teeth.
Director Louis Leterrier told me it was due to costing issues and that some street scenes were filmed in the town.
However, I couldn't see any and even the train station and pubs weren't real.
And while there are about 4,000 unemployed people where I'm from, as far as I know, only one person has been hired to be in the movie.
I've asked a number of times whether anyone was even given a role as an extra and was met with radio silence from Sony.
The lucky local lad who does star alongside Sacha is 12-year-old Freddie Crowder, who plays Tsunami, Nobby's lager-drinking, cigarette-smoking, thieving son.
Understandably, he is thrilled about being in a film and it's a chance for him to make a real name for himself in the industry.
But there is plenty of talent in the town and it's a shame Sacha thinks it's perfectly fine to make us all look like 'unemployed idiots' for entertainment value, but he can't give more than one person a role in his big budget film, or give much back to the area.
He even held the first photocall for the movie in Paris, while the premiere was held in London's Leicester Square. The ultimate snub.
He owes Grimsby more than a few laughs and a dodgy Yorkshire accent.
Peter Craig, a senior reporter at my old newspaper, The Grimsby Telegraph, is now trying to arrange a local premiere in the area, but it's unlikely Sacha will make an appearance.
Despite being put in the spotlight for all of the wrong reasons, local people will no doubt try and make the most of Grimsby being talked about and hopefully cash-in on the film's success. There's already talk of a sequel.
I've started flogging t-shirts with the words: 'GY and proud' emblazoned on the front and bottles of 'genuine Grimsby air' on eBay. Bring it on, Sacha.


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14-15 – Seniors BJ Dawson and Travis Trice were a huge part of MSU's success this season, with both managing to help carve out their own spot in MSU's storied program history as driving forces behind a Final Four run. Dawson was the guy who began his career with all the expectations. He was a McDonald's All American out of Gary and made an instant impact as a starter on MSU's Big Ten championship team in 11-12. If you'd suggested then that he would be a four year player, it probably would have been scoffed at, as BJ needed a lot of refinement in his ball skills but had superior athleticism and strength. Yet, a combination of injuries and inability to really develop his shot resulted in his playing four years in East Lansing. In the end, he did some special things here. He leaves as one of the premier rebounders in Spartan history, averaging 7.27 rpg for his career with his total of 902 rebounds ranking 7th on the all time Spartan list. He developed into a premier defender, becoming a shotblocking presence as well as a guy who could square up and check guards. Offensively, BJ could be inconsistent but he gave MSU a presence at the rim and a lethal finisher in transition.
Trice was the surprising guy. He showed promise early in that 11-12 season as a reserve, averaging 4.5 ppg on 40% shooting from deep. He seemed set to develop into, at the very least, an impact reserve guard. However, injuries and illness prevented Travis from doing the kind of work on his body and his game during the next two years, both in the summer and during the season, and thus his development didn't come as quickly as it might otherwise have. Toward the end of his junior year, when Appling was hurt and/or limited, we began to see Trice make strides as he played the most consistently good basketball of his career. However, as a senior he was going to have to emerge as much more than a simple role player and he did that in spades. Trice had some occasional moments of inconsistency during the season but for the most part gave MSU a big time jumpshooter, an improved player inside the arc and on defense, and a playmaking compliment to Valentine (Trice actually led the Spartans in assists and had one of the best assist to TO ratios in the nation). Yet, he took that level of play up another couple of notches late in the season, particularly during the NCAA TOurnament. He averaged 19 ppg during the Spartans' five game run and won an MOP of the East Regional. No one would have ever seen this coming when he committed to MSU seemingly out of the blue in the summer of 2010, known best for being Dawson's AAU running buddy.
Both guys have futures playing for pay, but it remains to be seen at what level. I suspect that their Tournament run at least will mean scouts take another look leading into the Draft but it's far from a lock that either or both actually get picked (yet it could happen). Even if they get drafted, making an NBA roster right away is likely to be an uphill battle but both have elements in their games which give them a chance. In BJ's case, he would seem to have potential as a defensive specialist and Lord knows he can rebound well enough to perhaps fit in on someone's roster as an undersized post, something becoming more prevalent at all levels of the game. In Travis' case, he can run an offense and make shots, even from NBA range. If you can shoot, you always have a chance. My gut tells me both likely end up having to work their way into the League along the lines of former Spartans like Charlie Bell and Alan Anderson, but anything is possible. After all, who was betting on either guy being in Indianapolis on the last weekend of the season as anything but a spectator?


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Branded and Connected IT Services
Issuing Office
Information Services
Affected Parties
Faculty, Staff
Policy Language
1.2.1 In Scope
126.96.36.199 IT software or systems with a user interface used by anyone other than staff, faculty, or those acting on their behalf, such as consultants or auditors
126.96.36.199 Development of new software or systems which includes, but is not limited to:
18.104.22.168.1 Websites
188.8.131.52.2 Web-based or Distributed Software Applications
184.108.40.206.3 Mobile Software Applications
126.96.36.199.4 Desktop or Laptop Software Applications
18.104.22.168.5 Composite Applications; such as Portals or Dashboards
126.96.36.199.6 Web-based or Printable Data Reports
22.214.171.124 Customization of existing software or systems in order to establish a Liberty University branded, themed, or styled IT service that would attempt, for any reason and to any level of effectiveness, to represent the University to the consumers of that service
188.8.131.52 Any software or system which displays the Liberty University brand to anyone within the population described in 184.108.40.206 regardless of the creator
1.2.2 Out of Scope
188.8.131.52 Purely staff or faculty-internal IT software or systems which are those that have a user interface exclusively used by those employed at Liberty University or those acting on their behalf, such as consultants or auditors
126.96.36.199 Unpublished or otherwise pre-production IT software or systems whose purpose may include:
220.127.116.11.1 In-progress Development
22.214.171.124.2 Proof of Concept, Pilot, Beta, or Otherwise Limited Population Releases
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2.1 Policy Statement
The following outlines the specific requirements of this policy:
2.1.1 All new development of IT services, products, software, or systems within the scope of this policy must be reviewed and approved by the following Liberty University departments prior to release:
184.108.40.206 Marketing; with final approval by Ron Kennedy or designee
220.127.116.11 Information Technology; with final approval by Matthew Zealand or designee
184.108.40.206 Procurement; with final approval by Jamie Hill or designee
2.1.2 It is the responsibility of the staff or faculty member whose behavior is being directed by this policy to understand and adhere to the appropriate process for gaining approval from these departments; therefore, this policy dictates that all participants must comply with the above departments' processes for gaining approval in as much as they must secure the approval itself
2.2 Specific Concerns
The following outlines the desired outcomes of this policy:
2.2.1 Liberty University Maintains and Promotes the Highest Degree of Professional and Commercial Integrity
2.2.2 Appropriate and Consistent Representation of the University Image, Mark, Brand, and Related Media
2.2.3 Brand and Style Policy and Guideline Adherence
2.2.4 Reuse of Liberty-Owned IT Resources and Assets
2.2.5 Secure and Correctly Represented Liberty University Data
2.2.6 Fiscally-responsible and Strategically-minded Purchases and Investments
2.2.7 Efficiently Sustainable and Maintainable IT and Marketing Assets
Policy Rationale
To ensure that as new IT services, software, and systems are developed, they are only released to the general public after they have been appropriately vetted through, aligned with, and approved according to Liberty University IT and Marketing strategy and standards. Specifically, in order to better manage the mobile applications (see 188.8.131.52.3 below) developed by various departments and offices, while maintaining a consistent image and branding of the University, the IT department has been assigned to be the administrator and approver for deploying any mobile applications.
Definition of Glossary Terms
None specified
2.3 Guidelines
The following provides suggestions to the participant in order to support compliance to this policy:
2.3.1 Ensure that any third party IT services, software, and system development involves the departments listed in 2.1.1 as early as possible in the process; if possible, even before contacting potential vendors
2.3.2 Keep in mind that impact to even one student, parent, alumni, athlete, etc. represents an impression that should be seen as valuable and is an opportunity to build a permanent and lasting relationship with the institution as a whole, therefore never consider this policy irrelevant to smaller or more targeted groups; each individual matters and every interaction is a potential impact to Liberty University reputation, profile, and reach
2.3.3 Plan ahead; the implications of this policy are obviously time-impacting, therefore do not expect approvals from each department to take hours or days – at a minimum plan, for all of the approvals to take 30 days
2.3.4 IT is a team of highly intelligent and highly capable individuals and participants are encouraged to see this review as an opportunity to take advantage of the Liberty University collective wisdom and capability-set
2.3.5 Contact the policy author or Enterprise Architecture department with any questions unanswered by this document
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Last night a friend and I went to the opening of a new exhibition, called Zijden Pracht ('Silk Splendour') at the Japanmuseum SieboldHuis, Rapenburg 19,Leiden, The Netherlands. The kimomos on display come from the Kubota Collection, Japan. The exhibition is curated by Linda Hanssen.
The exhibition focuses on the hand dyed kimonos made by the Japanese master textile dyer, Itchiku Kubota (1917-2003). Some of the kimonos took forty dye baths, 300 colours and up to a year to be created. The garments can be viewed (and worn) as individual items, but some of them were made and decorated as part of a series ('winter', 'autumn', 'universe') and can thus be placed next to each other to create a scroll-like painting, with the design moving from one kimono to the next. The attention to detail, in the main design, background patterns, and the overall effect, is truly amazing. These are the work of someone who has not just mastered his craft, but has shown to be a true genius.
There are sixteen kimonos on display and they are truly unbelievable. If you have the chance to see the garments then it becomes much easier to understand the intense amount of work involved in creating just one of these kimonos, let alone the various series. And it will leave you reeling.
The exhibition will be on display until the 31st May 2015, and if you are in Leiden then this is a MUST for anyone who loves textiles. It is not often you get a chance to see such works of art (literally) and these kimonos are simply and utterly stunning items.
Gillian Vogelsang, 7 March 2015


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Eagles, Wentz, manhandle the Bears: The Morning After
Good morning campers,
As was the case in year's past, when the Birds play late, I go rapid fire because A) I can, and B) I'm too damn tired.
*So Malcolm Jenkins and a few other Eagles decided to raise their fists in a Black Power salute during the national anthem. Sorry Malcolm - and all others, you do not disrespect the flag. Ever. There is a time and there is a place to voice your displeasure. But during your country's national anthem ain't it. Love ya, Malcolm, but you are dead wrong my friend.
*It is painfully obvious the Eagles are in desperate need for a true #1 receiver. Jordan Matthews, as I wrote last week, is the ultimate tease. The latest example came at the end of the first half when Carson Wentz dropped a perfect TD pass in his lap...only to see it go right through his hands.
Then early in the 3Q, Nelson Agholor dropped another great pass thrown by Wentz. While this one was a little under thrown, it should have been caught.
Bottom line is the Birds do not have somebody like Antonio Brown, Odell Beckham, Jr., Dez Bryant and so on - a wide receiver who can be counted on to make the catches that need to be made. Of course, those guys don't grow on trees.
*Remember the old SNL skit "More Cowbell?" Of course you do. Well I want to start a new campaign: More Redbone. I absolutely loved hearing their classic 70's tune "Come and Get Your Love" in the TV spot for the new Google phone. Of course, don't ask me to name another Redbone song.
*Once again, the MQ Kicker Rules came into play with Bears place kicker Connor Barth missing a FG, badly and Eagles PK Caleb Sturgis missed an extra point. Go back and re-read last week's TMA to see how MQ would deal with kickers if he were king of the world or NFL Commissioner, which if you asked Roger Goodell are not much different.
*Was that Jerry Rice or Eddie Royal out there last night for the Bears? I mean are you kidding me? The Birds' front seven played very well. But the secondary? As my buddy Rich Romig would say "Eeesh." I realize they were missing a starter but... and can someone please tell me why so many are under the belief that Nolan Carroll is a great CB?
*Oh Jay Cutler...What can I say kid? You got a big arm, that was never in doubt. And I feel for you (re: how many OCs you've had during your career). But, you... well, you're not very good.
*The Zebras took it a whole new level last night. The non-pass interference call on Agholor comes in as Exhibit A. Good God, you even had Jon Gruden telling the world how bad that non-call really was.
*Big props to Eagles DC Jim Schwartz. The guy has clearly brought the swagger back that was so sorely lacking the past three, five, seven years if not more. His aggressive style is is a perfect fit for Philly fans.
*What can you say about Carson Wentz? This kid has been nothing short of astonishing his first two games, impressing even the toughest of critics in one Raymond Didinger, of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Perhaps most impressive is his willingness to stand tall in the pocket in the face of intense pressure. He's no... well, he's no Jay Cutler. And last night, he became the first rookie QB to start and win his team's first two games of a season with no turnovers. Wow.
*Did you see the look on Gruden's face late in the game when Sean McDonough told him he didn't know what "Take Care of the Duke" meant? Hell, even my 12-year old son knows the Duke refers to the freaking ball they play with. How in the hell does McDonough NOT know that? Gruden's look said "Where's Mike Tirico when I need him?"
*How is #50 not retired by the Bears by the way?
Ok, it's late... I'm going to bed.
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| unstoppable writers |
Manchester. other locations coming soon
Want to write but don't know where to start?
Used to write but lost the love?
Or maybe you really need to make some progress on that Work In Progress?
Join award-nominated author Nicola Mostyn and creativity coach Teresa Wilson for a fun and supportive monthly writer's hang-out in the beautiful surroundings of Manchester Art Gallery.
Open to all [established and aspiring] writers, the day includes relaxed, inspiration-boosting writing exercises, time to dedicate to a new or on-going project and insights and support from your facilitators, all designed to grow confidence and put the joy back into writing.
what you can expect
Safe, supportive environment.
Meet like-minded people.
Get hundreds of words down on the page.
Practical advice and tips to get more writing done.
Build a powerful writer's mindset.
Develop a more easeful writing practice.
Leave the session feeling confident, inspired and raring to go.
the practical bits
First Sunday of the month (excluding January).
11am - 4pm
Refreshments provided
Central location, Manchester Art Gallery
£45 per person, per session
Spaces limited
Now taking bookings for October
more questions?
What do I need to bring to Unstoppable Writers?
You'll need a pen and paper for the first half of the day. You might also want to bring a laptop for the afternoon when you'll be spending time on your writing project, or you may prefer to continue to write by hand, it's up to you. (If you have a condition that makes writing longhand difficult, then please feel free to bring a laptop to work on during the morning session.)
We provide free tea, coffee and biscuits. You might want to bring a packed lunch, visit the Gallery Cafe or grab something at one of the local supermarkets.
Do I need to be an experienced writer to come to Unstoppable Writers?
All you need to be in order to come to Unstoppable Writers is a human being. We believe that all humans are inherently creative and that creating makes us happy. But also, that creativity is like exercise. The longer we go without, the weaker the muscles get. What used to feel natural and easy can start to feel impossible and scary. So these writing hang-outs are like exercise classes for creativity. It's just like a yoga class. (But with coffee. Yay!)
Will this class teach me how to write a novel?
This session will teach you how to develop a writing practice that will last you for life. We are not offering "How to" classes. We won't be talking about sentence structure or grammar or plotting. We won't be reading out our work and critiquing it. We won't be telling you how to write the next great novel or get an agent or find a publisher. Instead, we'll be practicing actually writing and getting used to the emotions and challenges that arise when we do that.
You don't go to a running group or yoga class to become a famous runner or renowned yoga practitioner. You do it because it's good for you and it feels great. It's the same with writing. Writing connects us to ourselves. And if you do it often enough and for long enough you'll get better, you'll become more ambitious, you'll want to finish books or poems or screenplays and polish them and send them out. You might be doing that already. Great. But through it all, we write.
What happens on an Unstoppable Writers Day?
You'll arrive, help yourself to tea or coffee and get settled. We'll introduce ourselves before beginning the first session, which will include writing prompts and free writing exercises to get your creativity flowing. After lunch, we'll use a coaching technique to get refocused and you'll have dedicated time on your writing project of choice. (If you don't have a work in progress, don't worry – we've plenty of prompts to get you going or you might want to wander around the gallery to spark your inspiration!) You'll also have the opportunity for a 10 minute one-to-one with Nicola to discuss your writing or with Teresa to discuss your blocks to writing.
How do I get to Manchester Art Gallery?
Manchester Art Gallery is situated on Mosley Street in Manchester. The postcode is M2 3JL.
For information on transport links, visit http://manchesterartgallery.org/visit/
Where can I park?
Find out about parking options here: https://en.parkopedia.co.uk/parking/carpark/piazza/m1/manchester/?arriving=201909131130&leaving=201909131330
Is the Art Gallery accessible?
There are three disabled parking spaces on Nicholas Street, approximately 10 metres from the ramped access to the main entrance. The main entrance faces Mosley Street. Wheelchair and buggy access is via the Nicholas Street ramp to the main entrance. You can borrow manual wheelchairs in the entrance hall. There is a wheelchair lift at the groups entrance on Princess Street. The gallery is completely accessible for wheelchairs and buggies. There are accessible toilets on the ground and first floors and baby changing facilities on the ground floor. There are lifts to all floors.
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- Price $2,300,000
- Beds5
- Baths4
- Sq. Ft.6,427
- Acres1.56
- Built1998
17 E Oakwood Hills Drive , Chandler
Amazing 1.56 ACRE ESTATE in Beautiful Ultra EXCLUSIVE GATED LUXURY LAKE COMMUNITY. This Magnificent home is situated on a prime Cul De Sac Lot in this Lush subdivision is built around a 14.5 Acre Lake with waterfalls and streams. This Home features 5 bedrooms 4 baths- (5th bedroom is currently being used as den) on exquisitely well-manicured grounds. Elegant Timeless features throughout this well-built Gary Gietz Home. Master Bedroom is down with wonderful sitting area with fireplace to enjoy your view. Master bath features jetted tub and luxurious touches that make you feel as though you are at a resort, Custom Closets and only the finest finishes. Two additional large bedrooms with Jack and Jill bath down along w/ exercise/bonus room. Upstairs you have two additional bedrooms & a large PRIVATE BALCONY to overlook your Lakefront view. This home has an inviting kitchen with granite, sub-zero refrigerator, gas range, Custom Cabinets 2 sinks, & large pantry. The kitchen has Inviting breakfast nook & opens to the inviting family room with soaring fireplace, and to the SPECTACULAR OUTDOOR ENTERTAINING AREA. Some of the features include travertine, beautiful rod iron staircase and elegant Custom entry door, & soaring ceilings with high end lighting in this one of a kind Estate. Outside you will find a RESORT STYLE backyard with an inviting pool, gazebo and a full outdoor kitchen all perfectly placed, Tennis/Sport court, Koi Pond all surrounded by LUSH LANDSCAPING. There are extensive under patio entertaining areas - all around the home. The home also has a Circular Driveway, 4 Car Garage, and additional areas to park several other vehicles. Tons of Storage, SOLAR, Energy Efficient home. All this and more in a gated exclusive community that is built around a Central Lake, right in the heart of town. This home is an ENTERTAINERS DREAM! Award winning Schools! Close to the Village Health Club.
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- Price$2,300,000
- Taxes$15,396
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms4.00
- Square Footage6,427
- Acres1.56
- Year Built1998
- TypeResidential
- Sub-TypeSingle Family - Detached
- StyleOther (See Remarks)
- StatusActive
- AmenitiesLake Subdivision, Gated Community
- UtilitiesSRP, SW Gas
- Garage Spaces4
- ParkingDir Entry frm Garage, RV Gate, Extnded Lngth Garage, Side Vehicle Entry, Electric Door Opener, Separate Strge Area
- Is WaterfrontYes
- Has PoolYes
- PoolVariable Speed Pump, Pool - Private, Diving Pool
- ExteriorEIFS Synthetic Stcco, Painted
- Exterior FeaturesTennis Court(s), Sport Court(s), Patio, Covered Patio(s), Balcony/Deck(s), Gazebo/Ramada, Circular Drive, Private Street(s), Pvt Yrd(s)/Crtyrd(s), Misting System, Other (See Remarks), Built-in BBQ
- Lot Size1 - 1.9 Acres
- RoofAll Tile
- ConstructionSpray Foam Insulatn, Blown Cellulose, Frame - Wood
Listing Details
- Listing OfficeWest Usa Realty
Community Information
- HOA Fees$2,555
- Land Lease Fee$0
- Gated CommunityYes
- Address17 E Oakwood Hills Drive
- SubdivisionOakwood Hills
- CityChandler
- CountyMaricopa
- StateAZ
- Zip Code85248
- Interior FeaturesVaulted Ceiling(s), 9+ Flat Ceilings, Central Vacuum, Water Softener Owned, Soft Water Loop, Drink Wtr Filter Sys
- HeatingElectric Heat, Gas Heat
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What is Blackhawk Cyber?
The Blackhawk Cyber Program began during the 2011-2012 school year for students in Grades 6-12 and then expanded to include students in Grades K-5 in 2016. Blackhawk's Cyber Program continues to improve and expand each school year to make online learning a great option for families in our district!
Our elementary cyber service is built on the Compass Odyssey platform. The program's lessons are interactive and geared toward the elementary learner. Each lesson in Compass has been hand selected to align with Blackhawk's curriculum.
Our cyber students in Grades 5-12 use the Edgenuity platform where courses are also customized to align with Blackhawk's curriculum to make online learning engaging, rigorous, and relevant.
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Cyber students are classified as full-time, hybrid, or singleton students. Some enroll in only one cyber course while taking the remainder of his/her courses in the building, some have a mixture of both, and yet others take all of their courses via cyber. Students in Grades 6-12 have the option of completing work in the Cyber Lab located at Blackhawk High School where additional assistance is available. Elementary students are encouraged (but are not required) to use the library, attend field trips, and participate in any or all of the specials classes such as art, music, and physical education.
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HopSkipDrive wants to be the Uber for kids, and now it has some funding to do so.
The Los Angeles-based startup on Tuesday announced a $3.9 million round it raised from Seattle-based Maveron, Upfront Ventures, FirstMark Capital, Built by Girls Ventures, angel investor Joanne Wilson, and others.
The company, founded by two mothers, helps kids get from A to B with thoroughly vetted drivers and a smartphone app. It works like Uber or Lyft, but is designed for children ages 7 and up.
Parents can book a pre-arranged ride for $20, with additional fees for extra distance and duration. They can see short bios and a picture for a given driver, and HopSkipDrive provides a code word for the ride so kids know they are getting in the right vehicle. Parents can also track the rides in real time and contact the driver through the app.
Drivers must pass a 15-point certification process, be TrustLine certified, have at least five years of child care experience, and pass background checks.
"Those naysayers said we couldn't create a scalable business with safety built into every aspect of what we do," the company wrote in a blog post. "Thousands of rides later, with hundreds of CareDrivers fully screened and fingerprinted and driving on our platform, we are proving them wrong every day."


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Islip Town animal shelter to cover pit bull adoption fees for National Pit Bull Awareness Day
There's no bull about it -- the Islip Town animal shelter will offer free adoptions of pit bulls on Saturday.
In honor of National Pit Bull Awareness Day, the shelter's nonprofit volunteer group Live.Love.Bark will pay adoption fees for any of the 60 pit bulls or pit bull mix dogs for approved applicants who submit applications Saturday.
The shelter's standard application process still applies, including vet references and home checks.
Applicants who are renters must submit a notarized letter from landlords explicitly stating the applicant is allowed to care for a pit bull or pit bull mix without any weight restrictions.
"Unfortunately, so many of our adoptable Pit Bulls are overlooked due to their breed. We hope this promotion helps to encourage adopters to look beyond the breed and simply adopt a dog that best fits their family's needs," Islip Town Supervisor Angie Carpenter said in a release.
To see photos of some of the dogs at the shelter, visit facebook.com/islipanimals. The dogs can be visited in person Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the shelter, 210 S. Denver Ave. in Bay Shore.
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When daylight hits the cells it creates electricity, the brighter the sunlight, the more electricity is produced.
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Hands-on Introduction to Workflow in Liferay
One of the best-received features of Liferay 6 is the ability to have a completely flexible workflow system. Join Juan Fernandez as he demos how the new system enables workflows for Web Content, Document Library, Blogs and more. He will also show how it is possible to create and register custom workflow processes adapted to the needs of any organization.


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The spy, codenamed "Amir" is claiming that the security service committed a breach of trust and failed in its duty of care after he was summoned to give evidence at a trial in Northern Ireland earlier this year.
Amir was recruited by MI5 in 2004 to infiltrate the Real IRA amid fears that the republican dissidents were planning to launch a series of gun and bombs attacks in a bid to destroy the Northern Ireland peace process.
The group were understood to be attempting to buy large amounts of explosives and to replenish weapon caches following the IRA decommissioning process.
The dissident republican group, which was led by Paul McCaugherty, from Lurgan Co. Armagh, were also plotting to kill General Sir Michael Rose, a former commander of the SAS and the UN Force in Bosnia.
Members of the Police Service of Northern Ireland were also to be assassinated in a series of grenades attacks.
The disaffected spy has now has hired the London lawyers, Bindmans, which has a reputation as one of the country's leading human rights firms, to fight his case, thought to be the first of its kind.
At the centre of Amir's claim is that following his appearance in a Belfast Court he will no longer be able to work as an under cover agent, a role in which ha has specialised for a large part of his professional career.
The Sunday Telegraph understands that Amir, who was effectively a freelance agent, paid on a daily basis, agreed to work for MI5 on the understanding that he would never have to appear as a prosecution witness.
As part of the sting operation, Amir was instructed to target Desmond Paul Kearns, 44, from Lurgan, Co. Armagh, a suspected dissident republican, in what is known as a "bump operation".
The "bump" with Kearns took place outside a store in Luxembourg where he was buying cut price cigarettes.
Amir struck up a conversation with Kearns, telling him that he could supply cigarettes at even better prices than those on sale.
After a series of meeting in bars in Brussels and Amsterdam, Amir sold Kearns, and a woman, believed to be Kearn's wife, that he could also get cheap cigarettes, laptops, clothes and jewellery before mentioning that he could get guns from Pakistan.
The following year in July 2005, Amir was contacted by MI5 and was told to introduce Kearns to a weapons expert known as Ejaz, also believed to be an MI5 agent.
In another meeting an arms dealer known as Ali , who was also an MI5 agent offered the Real IRA suspects 1,000kg of explosives, detonators and cords, 20 AK-47s, 20 RPG-22s, 10 sniper rifles and 20 pistols with silencers for €104,000 (£87,000).
Amir claims he was given an assurance that any intelligence gathered would not be used in evidence at a trial and he would not be called as a prosecution witness.
Virtually of all of Amir's meetings with the alleged terrorists, which amounted to dozens of hours, were bugged and filmed.
The agent initially refused to give evidence but was told by a judge that he would be in contempt of court and could potentially be imprisoned.
Amir eventually appeared at Belfast crown court in May 2010 and in the following month the case against Kearns was dropped after the judge ruled that he had been entrapped by Amir but the case against McCaugherty was allowed to continue.
McCaugherty was convicted of attempting to import weapons and explosives and is due to be sentenced later this month.
One source told The Sunday Telegraph that Amir had risked his life to bring suspected terrorists to trial but had been treated in a "very shoddy" manner by MI5.
He said: "People are alive today because of the risk Amir has taken. The nation owes him a debt of gratitude. Agents like Amir are never meant to end up in court giving evidence.
"His cover is now blown and he will never be able to work again as an undercover agent."


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Let me start this blog post by saying that we have ALL made mistakes. Some of them are catastrophic mistakes (like the time I decided to cut my own fringe in Singapore), and others are minor misdemeanours (like wearing matching overalls to the shopping centre with your best friend). Either way, when I look back over the…
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I saw this little yellow top, sitting in Zara like a pretty daffodil, and I instantly wanted it. The problem was, it's cropped length, and very full, which presents a bit of a problem for me.


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FICTION / Science Fiction / Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic
The crew of Infinity One must return to Earth to get a synthetic dilithium crystal from the Intercosmic Space Program's main base in Marinette, Wisconsin. Without the crystal to power their spaceship and the cloaking shield, they'll be an easy target for the Zeta aliens.
As if that wasn't enough, the sixth seal of the Book of Revelation is fulfilling its promise of stars falling from the sky and the sun becoming black as sackcloth.
It's a race against time. Can the downtrodden crew retrieve the crystal before calamity crushes them? Will they give up all hope because of the impossible odds against them? Who needs to be sacrificed to save the others? Find out in this sixth book of Seven Seals Redux.
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Volunteering initiative is part of MetLife Foundation international commitment
Teams of MetLife UK volunteers are supporting Habitat for Humanity projects and Special Olympics events as part of a regional partnership funded by the company's philanthropic arm, MetLife Foundation.
During MetLife's UK Community Week activities, teams of ten volunteers a day will be helping with general garden maintenance and replacing the current slippery walkways with safe non-slip decking at Charlie Chaplin Adventure Playground in Kennington – a fun and safe place for children with special needs and their families to play. Volunteers will also be helping young people with intellectual disabilities to participate in a variety of different sports at a Special Olympics Sporting Festival at The Copper Box Arena at The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
During a second week, MetLife volunteers will be painting and decorating a Housing for Women Refuge in greater London, helping to make the communal areas, stairways and hallways brighter, more homely and welcoming for the women living there.
The volunteering follows MetLife renewing its regional partnership with Habitat for Humanity and Special Olympics in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) which will see more than 800 employees volunteer for community projects.
Funded by the company's philanthropic arm, MetLife Foundation projects involve employees working alongside homeowners and community members in Habitat home building, home and community renovation projects in nine countries and Special Olympics events across the region playing sport with young people with intellectual disabilities.
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We truly live in exciting times. In the past months, DTube's popularity has exploded, especially outside of the STEEM ecosystem. A lot of content producers, particularly technophiles, have started being aware and spreading the news about the existence of DTube, the way it works, and the advantages of our platform over our competitors. As a sign of greater popularity, we got rank #1 on Hacker News.
This update is quite big and took quite a while to prepare for many reasons. First one is that @hightouch, one of our earliest team members has unfortunately chosen to leave the project. I had to finish the front-end work that was started for 0.7 without help. Another reason is that we have heavily altered the upload process on this patch, as well as the way we write DTube videos on the blockchain. We need to patch both our front-end and our uploaders at the same time, which requires extra preparation and carefulness. Please be gentle in the comments if we have a few issues in the hours following the patch.
GPU Encoding
Up until now, DTube has been encoding all your videos with CPUs. While this has been cheap, and reliable enough to get to our current upload levels, whenever we had some big popularity peaks, we've hit some queues on our servers, and that's usually enough to discourage new users to stay.
DTube is now in possession of professionnal Quadro P5000 GPUs that will take care of all our video encoding needs. We had to do a bit of work because GPUs enable us to do new things we couldn't before.
We can now legitimately parallelize the encoding, that means that each server will now be able to handle multiple files at the same time, instead of only one like previously.
Another interesting feature we enabled on these GPU encoding servers is 1:N transcoding. It allows us to create multiple sub-qualities files with a single process, dividing the total decoding load required.
Adding 720p & 240p
720p has been requested ever since we introduced 480p. I'm sure it's going to help out a lot to see the little details in all the videos. Files are a bit bigger, yet still very manageable compared to source files. 720p is pretty much considered like the minimum watchable quality nowadays. Video platforms usually display a very pleasant 'HD' icon in the player when you are watching 720p or higher. I have very little doubt that this feature will attract even more serious video producers on DTube.
240p is barely watchable quality, but at least it will allow you to keep your videos playing when taking a train and going through an area with unstable network. It really doesn't cost much space wise, neither encoding wise, so it's better to start creating those right now, even if our player won't automatically switch qualities based on your network quality.
Because of these changes, we also added some new logic that won't encode into a bigger quality that your source file. If you upload something 480p, it won't do the 720p because it's useless and we cannot 'enhance' the quality of a file through encoding. The resulting file would be bigger, but wouldn't look better.
Source file will gradually get removed
The source file is actually a source of debate. While I agree it's a nice feature to have on the website, these source files are actually responsible for a large percentage of our total used disk space, because a lot of users are uploading raw footage, unencoded.
Starting from 0.7, we are going to try to get rid of those source files, when at least 720p is available. Instead of always putting a copy of your source file on IPFS, we will only add the 720p, 480p, 240p. If you want your source file to be viewable, you will need to host it yourself on IPFS.
Making DTube robots-compatible (aka server-side rendering)
Link preview
Maybe you noticed it? You can now put your d.tube links on Facebook, Twitter, Slack or Discord and it will display a little preview (like it does for all sites normally). We enabled this a couple weeks ago already, only for a few bots, and now it's enabled for any robot.
Enabling server-side rendering for DTube was a bit complicated as every part of what you see on your screen is actually generated inside your browser - client side. So it was pretty difficult for robots to read our website. To them, it looked exactly the same as a white page. Not anymore.
Search Engines
The problem of compatibility with robots was really prioritary because of search-engines such as Google. We also enabled that recently, and the number of indexed d.tube videos is going up everyday.
Robots are now being pointed to a server we control and served a slightly different version of the app (a very ugly one), that they can now read properly. This change will represent a big marketing boost for DTube, enabling search-engines indexation of all our videos. This will mean more web-traffic, more views for every content creator, and very likely a lot of new organic registrations on the STEEM blockchain.
oEmbed support
We want DTube's embed player to be supported in any website. A lot of websites like steemit.com limit which domains can display an embed for security reasons, but other websites such as reddit allow any embed player as long as it follows some strict guidelines. First step is having an oEmbed api. We now have one for DTube. Examples:
Multi-track Subtitles
That was one of the basic video platform features that we were still lacking. There are tons of good reasons to have subtitles and use them
- When you are deaf
- When you want to watch a video that isn't in your native language
- When you just cant turn the sound on (in a library without your headphones for example)
The only format compatible with a HTML5 video player is called WebVTT, so we are using that. The most mainstream subtitles files are .srt. While those wouldn't work correctly in HTML5 normally, DTube can easily convert them during your upload, so feel free to send your .srt, they will work fine.
You can add one subtitle file for as many languages as you want.
I believe this is going to be super interesting for all users who are posting non-english content, as they can now add an English subtitle in order to get their video understood and curated by the majority of steem users.
Player changes
More settings
You probably noticed how we decided to move all our settings into a single menu. This is mostly to take care of the fact that small devices don't have a very big width and we wouldn't be able to have too many buttons in it. Considering I needed to add subtitles option, it was time to rework the menu and options.
Small UI improvements
The time bar was really hard to click, especially when trying to go back to the start of the video. Bar now adjusts in size and position a bit better to make this action easier.
The video preview was also going out of the screen on the extreme left and right, they now stick to the border and don't get hidden.
Remembering your settings
Considering we now display a lot of qualities, it will now remember the last quality type you selected and keep loading new files with this quality. This is going to be a good improvement from anyone loading a 480p video even when their connection can support a much bigger bitrate.
Channel Transactions History
You can now spy on anyone using DTube! We wanted to bring in more features for the channel page and we've done it! Go to any DTube channel and click on the 'ACTIVITY' tab. From there you can see all transactions linked to this channel and filter based on transaction types (votes, follows, etc).
Let us know what you think of this feature. Do you think it's overkill in something like DTube, or do we need more small features like those?
Better blockchain error messages
A lot of people have been complaining about 'Blockchain errors', most notably during the upload submission (step 3). These error messages were very generic, and could actually be linked to many other things. Such as an error in the tags, a too long title, the fact that you changed your password but DTube doesn't detect it and doesn't log you out, the user trying to upload too fast after another root post (5 minutes is the minimum wait time between two root posts), lack of bandwidth, and many other possibilities.
We should now display properly formatted error messages coming back from the steem nodes, and you will know very quickly what is going wrong, and how to fix it.
Storage servers savers for 480p
Some people have noticed also, but we ran into some issues with your video files recently. Managing the redundancy of all your uploaded files, even for only 7 days, is apparently something we were struggling with.
In order to reduce these issues, we decided to finally rent some storage. All the encoded videos are now getting duplicated on this new server, which should create a copy and ensure we can always keep something online, even when hardware issues arise.
Better languages management
DTube has been multilanguage for a while now, but the translations were needing some updates after all the new features added recently. I updated the source strings on crowding a few weeks ago and our translators translated the app for 0.7 in 18 languages already! Feel free to help us for your native language by signing up on https://crowdin.com/project/dtube.
You can also change the language directly in the settings menu now. This will be convenient when you use a public device and cannot change the browser language settings.
Our plans for next patch
I wanted this to be in this version, but it actually turns out that it's a lot more annoying than I thought, and Busy.org recently launched their own notification system. Wait & see... If Busy.org's open source notification system is working fine, we will probably adopt it too.
Mobiles Apps
I've been promising that for a while now, but I wanted to start doing it at the end of the project. It's probably not too much work, but we will need to wait for app stores approvals.
Desktop Uploader
At the moment, if you want your video to load properly (with all qualities), you need to use our centralized uploading servers. We don't want to force this, therefore we are working on a desktop uploader, where you will be able to encode your videos on your PC, with your hardware, and conveniently share those files on IPFS with a UI, on your own internet connection.
PlayerJs support
We need extra features on our player so it can be remotely controled (example). Once we pass these tests, we should be able to include d.tube videos directly on big websites/apps like reddit, tumblr, slack, etc.
Documentation / Open sourcing
A large percentage of our code base is already on GitHub. The main unminified app isn't there though, in order to prevent people from modifying the original vision. Most of my bullet points are in after 0.7, and our project is popular enough that it makes sense to open source it and start going with a more open decision making process for the next steps of the project.
Sponsorship program
I've been approached by a few well-staked users from the community, looking for a way to support our project. We are considering proposing a sponsorship program, alike other apps. News about this will probably come from the @dtube account directly, before the next version.
Final words
I personally feel like I am near the end of the initial roadmap I had for DTube when I launched it. Things surely are way too buggy for the audience we have, but I'm confident we can keep on eliminating those bugs one by one like we've done so far in the next version that should only have notifications as a new feature.
D.Tube's web traffic keeps on growing at an alarming rate. We are currently rank #16000 on Alexa, approximately the same rank that Steemit.com was at, about a year ago. Many content creators with millions of followers made their way onto DTube during this patch (for example @furiouspete123), and have always been well received and integrated by our STEEM community. Thank you all for that, and keep up the cooperative and helpful attitude, this is what makes this community go forward so fast.
Also because I believe this will be the last time our uploads will be so buggy, I will leave a BIG SHOUTOUT to all serious content creators who kept on using us regularly, despite many difficulties: @exyle, @dollarvigilante, @davidpakman, @allasyummyfood, @kevinli, @boxmining, @coruscate, @einarkuusk, @adamkokesh, @paolajane, @sergiomendes, @tanbay, @marketingmonk... and all others I couldn't remember


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Recently, we have had a lot of out of town folks and other people contact us. How did they find us? Through this little old bloggy blog! We are frequently asked what other products we have available and if we have a brick-and-mortar "store".
Well, we have SO many items which are unique and thus, constantly changing those listings on this little ol' blog would be an impossible task. I truly wish I was better at this blogging thing and that I could keep up!
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- AnonymousApril 5, 2012 at 6:17 AM
That is exciting!! I'll be stopping by for sure! :)ReplyDelete
Cool! And thanks again Emily for pintrest!ReplyDelete
Awesome! How do we set up an appointment? have you thought about decorating peoples homes? I would pay you to come to mine :)ReplyDelete
Also I would love the grey headboard and footboard, and also those numbered canisters.
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Emily I will give you a call.ReplyDelete
How can we set up an appt?? My number is 509-366-2143.ReplyDelete
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