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Just after one look, I was hooked.
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Just one kiss.
I never knew this.
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Perhaps we have the wrong idea about the businesses still squatting on the Tri-Community Bikeway/ Greenway. No really. It hit me this past Sunday when I walked the Cunningham-littered section of the path. Almost literally, actually. Those rusted nails practically jump at you:
The boards with the spikes gave me pause. I realized that the whole time I was walking with my four year old, my heart rate was up and my attention was focused as I moved to avoid things like shattered glass, car parts, sharp broken tools and a giant rat. This wasn't a disrespectful, defiant squatter whose behavior was condoned by the Town Administrator, but rather a boot camp-style section of the Greenway! Check it out:
Note the American flag. After all, doing whatever the heck we want with little regard for the law or the overall community is "very patriotic," right??*******
*********Isn't that nice? They even provide bikes!******
Other businesses are also providing "exciting" obstacles along the path. Behold Clear Channel… their locked fence goes right through the Railroad Right of Way AND, as a bonus, they leave just enough room for walkers to take a dangerous stroll on the edge of a cliff masked by brush. Instant death or a serious maiming could occur with just one wrong step. What a rush:
Behind Cleveland Fence is a beautiful stream at the bottom of a hill. Think this is a carelessly discarded fence? Think again! Maybe we can believe it's a chain-link climbing net:
Not convinced? Yeah, there's no "spinning" this disgrace, those responsible for it, and those in authority who allow it to continue. As a professional publicist, I'm STUNNED that the businesses (and TA) wouldn't do everything possible to support the Greenway effort.
Let's say, for example, Cunningham can't get that garbage off the Greenway for whatever reason (cost prohibitive, entire staff is crippled, etc.). Wouldn't the owner go before the Town and say, "Look, I really can't comply with what I'm legally ordered to do, but I desperately want to work with the community. Can I partner with the Greenway Committee to design something functional for that section? Turn the giant pipe thing into tunnel with a mural? Build all of those boards into raised flower beds??"
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Some fantastic tips from the Head of Senior School on supporting your child at home.
- Provide a quiet, open space with no distractions
- Tools for effective learning include a desk, ergonomic chair, a noticeboard and good lighting, as well as a shelf or drawers for folders, reference books and non-essential work.
- start the day with a nutritional breakfast, to increase energy, attention, concentration and memory.
- Include grains, fibre, protein and ensure it is low in sugar.
- Display a calendar for each term near your student's desk and in prominent places in the home.
- Include: all co-curricular and social activities, as well as assignment, assessment or test dates.
- Regularly sit down to discuss workloads and tasks due
- Set up master folders for each subject to store completed tasks, tests and notes
- Students may also need help organising their files on their computers and devices.
- Know your student's timetable, so it's easy and relevant to ask "What were you doing in Science today?" A specific question can often open a conversation where your student not only shares but, in doing so, reinforces what was learned which increases memory (and understanding) of the lesson.
- Know your student's subjects, and become aware of the topics covered each year in those subjects.
- 'Improved educational outcomes result from a genuine interest and active engagement from parents' (OECD 2011).
Stay tune for PART 2 on Tips on How Parents Can Help Their Secondary School Student with Their Learning.
The strategies above should be developed with your child, and hopefully will be independently adopted by them when they reach their final years at school. It's worthwhile noting that each point is related to your child's learning, as this sends a very positive message that you are engaged and interested in the learning process.
[OECD 2011] PISA in Focus, (2011). What can parents do to help their children succeed in school?. [online] Available at: http://www.oecd.org/pisa/49012097.pdf [Accessed 2 Jan. 2015].
[Henderson and Mapp 2002] Henderson, A. & Mapp, K. (2002). A new wave of evidence. The impact of school, family, and community connections on student achievement. Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL). Available: http://www.sedl.org/connections/resources/evidence.pdf [Accessed 2 Jan 2015]


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Whitworth Athletic Facilities
Puryear Field at the Pine Bowl/Boppell Track: First used in the late 1930's, the Whitworth Pine Bowl has been home to Pirate football and track teams for over 60 years. Majestically surrounded by beautiful Pines (thus the name), the stadium added grass picnic/seating areas north and south of the grandstand in 2002. In the 1960's the permanent stands were poured and constructed, along with the press box. In the mid-90's the track was reconstructed and named in honor of Chuck Boppell, a former athlete and current Board of Trustees member. The tartan surface is first class and has been host to numerous college, high school and youth track meets since. Thanks to a generous donation from Jim and Bobbie Puryear, a FieldTurf playing surface was added in 2017 and is named in honor of his parents, Ron and Georgia Lee Puryear.
The Whitworth Fieldhouse: The home of Whitworth basketball and volleyball, the Fieldhouse is a spacious, multi-purpose facility that also houses the university's Sports Medicine department. The seating capacity for basketball is 1,620 and the Fieldhouse has provided the Pirates a significant home-court advantage over the years with large and noisy crowds. In the winter, baseball, softball and track and field use the facility for practice. In 1980 the Whitworth Fieldhouse was the site of the AIAW Division III Volleyball Championships. The following year the building hosted the AIAW Division III Basketball Tournament. More recently the Whitworth Fieldhouse has played host to a pair of NCAA Division III regional volleyball tournaments (2002, 2005).
Diana Marks Field: The Diana Marks Softball Field offers the highest quality in athletic fields. Opened for softball in the spring of 2000, the complex includes a complete softball field with in-ground dugouts, batting cages, and bleachers. The facility has its own state-of-the art scoreboard and a shared press-box with the Whitworth Soccer Field for filming/viewing above and concessions stand below. The facility includes a team changing room and spectator restrooms conveniently located adjacent to the bleachers. Click here for a virtual tour of Diana Marks Field.
Whitworth Soccer Field: The Whitworth Soccer Field opened in the Fall of 2000, boasting one of the best natural grass playing surfaces in the western region. It plays at 120x75 with international style goals, sheltered team benches, a state-of-the-art scoreboard, press box and video tower making it a place to truly enjoy playing and watching soccer. The facility includes a team changing room and spectator restrooms conveniently located adjacent to the field. The Whitworth soccer field has hosted many NCAA Division III tournament contests, including the 2005 Sectional Rounds.
Whitworth also has an excellent, and separate, natural grass practice facility that is 150x74 and sets in an environment that is very conducive to teaching, learning and playing. Click here for a virtual tour of the Whitworth soccer facilities.
Whitworth Aquatic Center: Completed in the spring of 1984, the Whitworth Aquatics Center hosts the Pirate swimming teams. The pool is a six-lane, 40-yard course with a movable bulkhead, designed to allow for a deep-water racing course. The pool hosted the 1986 NAIA Championships. The Northwest Conference championships have been held at the facility four times, as have numerous age-group competitions. The Scotford Fitness Center was added in 2008. Filled with a wide array of free weights, circuit-training and cardiovascular exercise implements, the Scotford Fitness Center is the primary workout facility for Whitworth's student-athletes.
Merkel Field: Located across from the back of the Fieldhouse, Merkel Field is home to the Whitworth Baseball team. A beautiful setting for a sunny spring day of baseball, the facility has undergone several recent upgrades. Bleachers have been added and reconstructed to include seats immediately behind home plate. The backstop has been moved back away from home plate to provide a safer amount of foul territory. And a full-service press box is now in use.
Scotford Tennis Center: The newest Whitworth facility includes the Ross Cutter tennis courts and was completed in 2005. The center includes three outdoor courts and three courts that occupy an all-weather tennis bubble.


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Manchester United's on-field woes are not the only problems they're having at the minute. They've been subject to a torrent of abuse on Twitter this week, and most of it seems to be from their own fans.
The source of the abuse was a tweet comparing the United Manager, Louis Van Gaal, with the Chelsea boss, José Mourinho. Sounds like a reasonable subject to tweet about given that the teams are due to clash on the pitch this weekend. The problem was the comparison itself. It wasn't about the pair's managerial excellence, stats or achievements, nor about their management style, their history or even their preferred on-pitch formation. The chosen subject for comparison was Google searches. Yes, who was the most searched for of the two managers on Google?
Congratulations to Louis van Gaal, who has been searched for twice as many times as his Chelsea counterpart. But wait, is that actually something to be proud of? Doesn't it suggest that maybe people don't know who he is, or much about him? Isn't it simply a reflection of the fact that he's a relatively new manager to the Premier League, and one of the world's biggest clubs? Isn't this simply to be expected? And yet, the Man Utd Twitter account suggested that van Gaal had come out 'on top' in some non-existent Google battle, asking "Will the Dutchman also come out on top at Old Trafford this Sunday?"
It's quite simply cringeworthy, with an aroma of desperation about it. Surely United could have found something else to tweet about which was in some way relevant and actually meant something, rather than this feeble and completely irrelevant stat? If it's really that difficult, try some of these (from Chelsea Mad) United..
Twitter backlash
The responses to Manchester United's tweet were overwhelmingly negative, and many of them from United's own supporters. They were embarrassed, and rival fans laughed. Comments not only criticised the poor judgement and the management of the club's social media, but they also had a go at the graphics too. Here's just a small selection..
And whoever's behind the Man Utd Twitter account got their fair share of negativity..
And it continues in the same vein. Check out the original tweet and the subsequent responses for plenty more (for now at least).
All too familiar
Alas, this isn't the first time Man Utd have made a Twitter gaffe. Back in October 2013, they got a little confused about their own history. According to SoccerLens, they tweeted this:
"In 1968, the wait for European glory ended. Charlton captained #mufc to a 4-2 Wembley win v Benfica. #charltondebut pic.twitter.com/kFRALH40y3″
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) October 6, 2013
The tweet has been deleted, undoubtedly due to the fact it was completely wrong. The result of the game in question as actually 4-1, and not 4-2. D'oh!
And then there was the tweet which credited Jordan, the self confessed "Board Game playing, Doctor Who watching, Isaac Asimov Reading NERD" from Indiana, with netting a goal for United against West Brom. Credit which should of course have gone to Chicharito Hernandez.
A simple mistake one would think given the similarity between the two Twitter handles, with Chicharito Hernandez to be found at @CH14_, and Jordan to be found at @CH14. But seriously, this is a rookie error and it should never happen from one of the world's biggest football clubs.
The United Twitter account was also apparently hacked last year, when a disillusioned fan took over and tweeted #MoyesOut. The tweet was deleted, but the damage had been done with almost 600 RTs.
United fans have had their share of hardship since Fergie's departure as the main man. Their disillusionment appears to be as much with the club's Twitter as it is anything else at this stage:
Between factual errors, lack of understanding of their audience, poor content, mistaking their own team for nerdy Americans, and account security breaches, is it any wonder their followers are voicing such opinions? Perhaps it's time Manchester United listened and took a look at their Twitter strategy, and certainly their training. Maybe their latest Twitter misfortune will prompt them to do just that.
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The reaction in the Apple blogosphere when Microsoft unceremoniously dumped Jerry Seinfeld from their ad lineup -- going so the far as to leave completed Seinfeld ads in the can -- was swift and derisive. And hey, I wouldn't be an Apple-guy-since-the-first-Bush-administration type if I wasn't feeling just a hint of the schadenfreude myself.
Microsoft's new tack -- the I'm A PC ads, which take Apple's marketing on directly in a way that Redmond has never done before -- has met with similar scorn: "Microsoft's $300 million ad campaign tumbles," "Something Is Fundamentally Wrong," etc. Will they take my new MacBook away, then, if I admit that I find the ads -- in which ordinary folks (and a celebrity or three) defiantly proclaim their PC-ness -- kind of charming?
I think I was most hooked in by the John Hodgman lookalike fellow in the opening, who proclaims "I'm a PC, and I've been reduced to a stereotype." Because here's the dirty little secret about the Apple ads they're spoofing -- John Hodgman is infinitely more appealing than Justin Long. Even you aren't already a fan of his other work, his character in the ads is an endearing and lovable schlub, whereas Long's Mac can grate even on even a young fellow with pretensions of hipsterdom such as myself. I think the Apple ads are quite effective, but you ask people which of the two characters they find more appealing on a personal level, it would probably be Hodgman's PC -- which makes him a good starting point for Microsoft's counter-ads.
But as mildly positive as I feel about the new Microsoft ads, there is one terrible truth about them: they more or less directly acknowledge Apple's existence. And that's not the sort of thing you're supposed to do if you're the monopoly with 90 percent market share, is it?


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BT gets personal with PAC chair
Under pressure from the Public Accounts Committee to show value for money for the £1.7bn it is receiving for BDUK contracts, BT is fighting back.
Bill Broadband has just retweeted a Guido Fawkes tweet that it will "revisit" PAC chair Margaret Hodge's tax affairs.
Bill Broadband is one of the names used by BT's astroturf community to defend BT's NGA roll-out and intimidate would-be competitors.
Hodge is away and unavailable for comment.
BT to cut BDUK roll-out costs – but it was already 20% cheaper
The National Audit Office (NAO) report on the BDUK's former Rural Broadband Programme, now renamed the Superfast Broadband Programme, contains elements that might lead to cognitive dissonance.
It reports that BDUK commissioned Atkins, a primary supplier of services to government, to look at BT's costs to provide high speed broadband in rural areas. After looking at a few sites in Suffolk, Atkins concluded "BT had charged Suffolk nearly 20% less than would hypothetically be charged by another efficient supplier, in part reflecting that BT benefits from substantial national bulk buying power compared with other providers." Paragraph 3.10)
That's good news, right? But it seems there's more joy to come for taxpayers. In Paragraph 5 NAO reports "BDUK's experience of actual costs in phase 1 has led to BT agreeing to submit lower costs in its financial model for phase 2."
However, it carefully notes that BT was picking low hanging fruit in Phase 1, namely peri-urban areas rather than deep rural ones where is cost to reach them is likely to be higher, unless you use a satellite.
NAO also suggests BT got other sums wrong. BrOkenTeleph0n3 revealed that BT's planners estimated BT would break even on a 20% take-up in 12-14 years. "Take-up of superfast broadband so far has been significantly faster than forecast by BT in the phase 1 contracts. Take-up has risen to more than 20% already for two non framework projects", the NAO found. This "should bring greater coverage than contracted, as local bodies will be able to extend their rollout with remaining funds," it says.
BT is the only framework supplier left, and 43 out of 47 county councils have opted to use the framework to procure Phase 2, although 10 may elect to hold money back for Phase 3, the final 5%.
"Overall, the effect of the first 2 phases will be to reinforce BT's already strong position in the wholesale market for broadband infrastructure (the Wholesale Local Access Market). BT's assets and infrastructure will benefit from approximately £1.7 billion of public sector investment although BT must maintain these assets at its own expense. BT is also required by regulatory conditions to provide wholesale access to other suppliers."
The NAO also revealed that the public will benefit from clawbacks due to higher than expected take-up for only seven years. "After these seven years, the supplier will keep all of the extra wholesale profit."
BT amortises its fibre over five to 20 years, and its exchange equipment over three to 13 years.
BTW, in its 2013 rural broadband report on page 35, the NAO said "The Atkins 'should cost' model for Northamptonshire is three per cent higher than BT's actual bid for the area. Atkins was not able to complete analysis of a second local body area, Suffolk, due to the difficulties it encountered in modelling a more complex technical solution. Atkins' model is the only model available to us that has tried to match a corresponding BT bid identically."
The hour-long Public Accounts Committee interview on the NAO report, featuring DCMS, BDUK and BT officials, took place on 28 January 2015. You can see the video here.
PAC opens Act 3 of superfast broadband enquiry
There are still some people who are interested in seeing what's happening to the near £2bn of taxpayers' money given to BT to roll out next generation broadband in the "Final Third". Many of them probably sit on the Commons' Public Accounts Committee, which is taking its third stab at finding if BT is delivering value for money this coming Wednesday.
The PAC, chaired by Margaret Hodge, was previously frustrated by the answers it received (here and here), and vowed to keep asking questions until it was satisfied. BT's director of strategy, policy and portfolio, Sean Williams, who was the source of much of Ms Hodge's frustration, gets a third act in front of the committee.
Supporting players are DCMS boss Sue Owen, BDUK CEO Chris Townsend and superfast broadband programme director Andrew Field, and Openreach MD for infrastructure delivery Kim Mears.
In its preamble the PAC said its reports on the rural broadband programme in September 2013 and April 2014 "raised concerns over lack of published information on BT's plans for superfast broadband coverage, the availability and transparency of cost data and the level of competition secured throughout the programme. This recall session will examine the transparency of cost and rollout information and explore whether the department has done enough to promote greater competition for phases 2 and 3 of the programme."
The curtain for the hour-long show goes up at 2.15pm on Wednesday 28 January 2015, Committee Room 15, Palace of Westminster. If you can't make it in person you can follow on Parliament TV: Rural broadband: progress update session.
Javid to break business broadband logjam?
The government is looking at how to get high speed broadband to urban businesses despite state aid rules that appear to preclude using some of the £2bn of BDUK money to do so, culture secretary Sajid Javid told MPs on the Culture, Media & Sport parliamentary committee yesterday.
Javid said DCMS is talking to stakeholders, including the Federation of Small Businesses, which this month produced a second damning report on broadband, to resolve the situation.
Javid also revealed that the contracts between BT and country councils for rolling out "superfast broadband" have claw-back clauses that come into effect when take-up reaches 20%.
Javid added that the government was updating the Electronic Communications Code as part of a deal with mobile network operators to extend mobile coverage to 90% of the UK land mass announced late last year.
The code was outdated and inconsistent with current technology and practice, he said. The required changes are included in the Infrastructure Bill currently before parliament (see here).
In February 2013 the Law Commission recommended changes to provide a clearer definition of the market value that landowners can charge for wayleaves, resolve inconsistencies with other legislation, clarify network upgrade and sharing rights, and establish the rights of land owners and network operators with respect to access to land and removal of equipment, as well as ways to resolve disputes
This link Culture secretary Sajid Javid on the DCMS annual report opens a new window. Javid's comments on the code are at 12.43, and on broadband at 12.53.
MPs to query rural broadband roll-out
MPs have launched an inquiry into rural broadband speeds following on-going concerns that nearly £2bn of taxpayers' money is unlikely to produce the expected results.
- the extent of broadband coverage in hardest to reach rural areas
- digital access and experience of digital─only programmes, such as the new CAP system applications
- support available for those required to use digital─only programmes
Written submissions should be submitted via the Rural broadband and digital─only services inquiry page on the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs website.
The deadline is Wednesday 19 November 2014.
What broadband network is fit for UK future? Have your say
There is less than a month left to respond to the government's Digital Communications Infrastructure Strategy consultation.
The government seeks guidance on what people think will they require from a communications ecosystem that is fit for their purposes.
In preparing the consultation document it consulted "companies, organisations and individuals from across the communications industry, consumer representatives, the regulator, other government departments and the devolved administrations".
A glance through Annex A shows that the consultation is, from the outset, framed by an insiders' view of how the debate should go. "Our assumptions were developed through discussion with stakeholders and draw on a review of published reports and articles. The assumptions include:
- Users will need more bandwidth as data consumption continues to rise;
- Expectations to gain access to services and applications on the move will become the norm;
- Technological advances in telecommunications and broadcasting will continue to be rapid;
- We can expect changes in the communications market, potentially including new players and possibly market consolidation; and
- Resilience and reliability will become increasingly important as aspects of what constitutes a good service, alongside availability and speed."
Last year the Confederation of British Industries (not credited) said in a study of the UK's broadband infrastructure that it was "a mistake to hold back the investment until after the next election" and that "households and firms in rural internet 'not-spots' need to be connected faster".
The Federation of Small Businesses (credited) said earlier this year the networks are not "fit for purpose". "Many urban or semi-urban businesses can experience poor coverage too, and even where broadband is available the range and quality of services often fall short of what businesses require.
"Tailored business packages offering symmetrical upload and download speeds are often prohibitively expensive, while business parks and premises have been overlooked in the roll-out of local fibre networks to residential areas. If the full potential of small business is to be harnessed and the economic benefits of broadband connectivity realised, this must change."
In 2012 the Forum of Private Business (credited) said, "Energy costs and access to effective telecommunications, including broadband, are the most important infrastructure issues faced by small businesses."
To be fair, HMRC recently acceded to FPB's call to delay the compulsory online submission of VAT and tax returns until there is adequate access to high speed broadband across the country.
But that is a small victory.
The well-connected Philip Virgo shows that the scenarios envisaged DCMS are already out of date. By 2020, DCMS's most extreme view is likely to be commonplace, at least in other countries. Describing the background material as "myopic", Virgo says, "…publicity for the consultation has been muted and its timing might seem to imply HMG is going through the motions and in not serious. But the politicians are serious and the consequences of a lack of response other than from those contacted will be profound." (His emphasis.)
Virgo makes the point that the government's ambition for government services to be "digital by default" is at odds with the delivery mechanism. For him there are two questions: are the on-line services of government usable by the target audience, and how is that usability measured?
As policy issues, those are a lot more useful than most of the 44 questions posed by the DCIS consultation (see Annex C for the summary.) Should government policy really consider technical issues like IPv6? Should it really care how UK network speeds compare to other countries?
A disciple of economist Michael Beesley, Virgo strongly believes that regulators can, or rather should, do little more than control price, quality of service and predatory behaviour. "The recent histories of Ofcom and Ofgem indicate why he was right," he says.
The Rwandan telecoms regulator RURA has taken this to heart. Last year it set out easily understood and measured Quality of Service standards for mobile and fixed line operators. How the operators do it is up to them. Either they hit it or they don't. At risk is their licence. That concentrates the mind.
But to return to the consultation. TechQT has put up the entire document plus annexes in an easily commentable online format, thanks to DigressIT. It will collect comments and forward them to DCMS by deadline. And it won't "disappear" them the way inputs to the Digital Britain report have mysteriously vanished.
Comments close on 1 October. Have your say. It may be your last chance for 10 years.
UK's £1.7bn broadband spend passes 1m homes; 13m to go?
Last week ministers claimed that the government's £1.7bn budget has paid for superfast broadband to pass one million homes, so far.
This is 12% of the 8.8 million homes it is meant to serve with speeds above 24Mbps by 2017. As there appears to be no official source for the number of business premises, ministers are free to ad lib broadband availability to businesses.
There was no indication of what upload and download speeds users receive, and there are growing reports that services promised from some cabinets are now being deferred, perhaps indefinitely.
The money is all going to BT under the Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) programme. It supplements the £2.5bn BT claims to have spent providing "superfast" service to the two-thirds of the population deemed "economically viable", roughly the area covered by Virgin Media's cable network.
A department of culture, media & sport spokesman said: "The £1.7bn is comprised of £1.2bn for phase 1 (£530m of BDUK funding plus local and European funding taking this up to £1.2bn) and £500m for phase 2 (£250m from BDUK to be matched by £250m further local and European funding)."
Based on the 2011 census, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) says there were 26.4 million households in the UK in 2013. Of these, 29% consisted of only one person and 20% had four or more people.
According to the department of business, innovation & skills, there were 4,895,655 UK businesses in 2013. Nor BIS, nor the ONS, nor the department of communities and local government (DCLG), which counts the cash raised from business rates, has a number for the physical shops, offices and factories businesses occupy.
That did not stop the Federation of Small Businesses last month from reporting that the national broadband network is unfit for business use. "The current government targets of 24Mbps for 95 per cent of the population and 2Mbps for the remaining five per cent will not meet the future demands of UK businesses." it said. This includes video conferencing, remote back-ups and cloud applications.
This was tacitly confirmed by HMRC, which now allows firms in "remote locations" to submit their VAT returns by paper instead of online. FSB national chairman John Allan said the move will benefit many small businesses. "However, it clearly highlights the need for the government to tackle the poor state of digital infrastructure in the UK. Too many firms are negatively impacted by sub-standard broadband. It is vital business owners spend more energy doing business and less doing paperwork."
There are also widespread reports that BT has deliberately ignored central business districts and business parks in both its commercial and taxpayer-subsidised broadband roll-outs. As a result, DCMS set up a £150m SuperConnected Cities fund that will give small business a £3,000 grant to upgrade their broadband connections in up to 22 cities.
The scheme was "red-lighted" In a Cabinet Office report in May 2013. A year later these cities had issued 1,008 vouchers.
Fixed to wireless connectivity was 77:23 with Virgin Media leading the list of suppliers followed by Metronet UK. DCMS said 149 suppliers had registered; 90 had won business as a result.
BDUK's quarterly broadband performance indicator for June said the £72.4m BDUK has spent so far guaranteed at least 24Mbps download speeds to 888,133 premises. That is £81.56 per premises passed.
Put another way, the government is covering 12,260 premises for every million pounds spent so far. Ministers say they expect a £20 return on every pound spent on this roll-out.


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Are you sitting comfortably? Then we'll begin. Once upon a time, in a land that now seems far, far away, there lived a mummy and a daddy and their lovely little children.If by 'get by' you mean 'survived', then yes, I agree with that, with the exception of the people who didn't and thus aren't around to write shit articles about it. But if by 'get by' you mean 'didn't have worrying levels of domestic violence', then you're on somewhat shakier ground. This is of course pretty standard for traditionalists; the mere fact that you and your parents lived beyond 50 is proof that literally everything was fine. Sure, a few wives got battered to death, but we did win two World Wars and one World Cup!
Back then, the moral responsibility lay with the mother - and yes, even the father! - to bring up their children properly: to teach them right from wrong, to show them how to sit up straight, polish their shoes, say their prayers, be nice to everyone and eat pureed organic carrots without getting it all over their bibs. And so on and so forth.
Some parents did it better than others, of course. Yet in the scramble of life - taking in the cruelties of the playground, the learning curve of adolescence - we just about managed to get by.
We did not rear a nation of monsters. We did not try to invade Poland or seize the silk routes. Did we get any thanks for this? No, we did not.You want thanks for not invading Poland? Fucking hell, they set the bar for achievement pretty low in the Moir household. Still, I'm not sure what Moir thinks not invading Poland has to do with wife-beating. I'd wager that if you did a survey of people in British prisons who'd assaulted women, you'd find that relatively few of them had been directly responsible for Nazi Germany's annexing of Poland in 1939, although I'm willing to be proved wrong on that.
Surely if you insist on lessons to teach small children it is wrong for men to hit women, then you are implying that all men are a potential menace.Speaking as a man, I'm fairly comfortable that teaching kids that it's wrong to hit women doesn't suggest to them that I personally am a violent psychopath with a pile of unconscious women lying bloodied on my carpet. You know, in the same way that when we teach kids it's wrong to, say, invade Poland, I don't worry that they think I might be Adolf Hitler disguised with a beard and hiding in plain sight. But hey, you're right Moir, let's not teach kids about right and wrong in case it offends men! I admire your hardcore political correctness!
While saying 'it should be left to parents to teach our kids, the majority of them are alright' sounds quite nice in principle, there are a few tiny flaws in it. The main one being that some of these parents are actual wife-beaters, and therefore expecting them to teach their kids that wife-beating is wrong may be a tad ambitious.
Anyway, it wouldn't be a Mail article without a bit of foreigner-baiting, and Moir obliges with some finesse;
One of the real problems to face women in this country is honour crime. Is the Government addressing this properly? No, of course not. They are far too terrified of upsetting any ethnic minority to tackle the issue.Of course, what better way to deal with domestic violence among ethnic minority cultures than to, er, forbid schools to tell kids that such violence is wrong and leave it up to the parents, whose culture apparently teaches them it's okay? I mean, what could possibly go wrong?! While it's perfectly valid to argue that what we teach in schools is not going to end domestic violence on its own and that more things need to be done, writing off the plan entirely and then pointing the finger at The Ethnics isn't really helping either. Unless the lessons are going to include the phrase "Violence against women is wrong in all circumstances, except if you're Muslim, Hindu or Sikh in which case kill the sinful whores!"; then, you might have something resembling a point. The best part of this is, if the Government were to shelve this 'plan' (which sort of doesn't really exist in the way the Mail portrays it anyway), it wouldn't be long before someone started a rumour that they'd decided not to teach kids domestic violence was wrong in case it offended the Muslims.
Here endeth Jan Moir's lesson in morality for the week; let's leave it up to parents, including the wife-beating, honour-killing ones, to decide whether to teach their children that violence against women is wrong. Huzzah!
Ooh, comment of the day from Johnrs65 in Norfolk;
Why teach children about domestic violence? Those involved already know, those that aren ot involved don't need to be set a bad example.Yes, those children who've witnessed domestic violence won't do it, and neither will those who didn't. That's why domestic violence has now reached zero! Johnrs65 for Prime Minister!


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The RP Group engaged in a two-fold partnership with the CSU Office of the President's Give Students a Compass Project — an initiative designed to strengthen the relevance, integration, and real-life application of the general education (GE) transfer curriculum in California by infusing it with high-impact educational practices (e.g., service-learning, learning communities, first-year experiences).
Evaluation: The RP Group performed quantitative analysis of the impact of GE courses incorporating high-impact practices at the community college level on student performance (e.g., course success, term-to-term retention rates).
Technical assistance: The RP Group provided guidance on the development of a final report that summarizes project results and provides examples of innovative GE practices to ensure the report's relevance and utility to educators. In addition, we supported overall dissemination of this resource.
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Innovations in General Education: Giving Students a Compass, May 2015
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|This article is about a/an planet in Dengeki Sentai Changeman.
Rigel is a planet of advanced technology, home to the greatest technological minds of the universe. This planet of geniuses manipulate "Triangle Power" to run and control their systems, which can only be utilized by they alone. Their genius is so great that even a young child from this planet can possess a mind that is smarter than an entire space force.Ep. 13: Papa Sells the Earth
Seeing the genius of the Rigelians and wishing to use it for their own, General Giluke chose to place a plan in motion to manipulate one of these genius children to assist their forces. His forces end up taking a young girl named Nana without telling her she has left the world, creating the illusion that she was still on her homeworld while killing her father and replacing him with Dr. Kumazawa, an Earthling lookalike who wished to betray Earth to gain intergalactic power. Without telling her the truth, Nana assisted them in a project to empower Gyodai with energy to grow creatures on a massive scale without tiring as typical whenever the Gyodaian used his growth beam. However, the intervention of Hiryuu Tsurugi made Nana realize she was no longer on her homeworld, yet with her staying on Earth instead even after the betrayal to find further information about this backward world.Ep. 13: Papa Sells the EarthEp. 14: Attack! Giant Lizards
The beings of Rigel possess great power which they exhibit generally at one point in their life. The girls of the planet release a special "Rigel Aura" from their bodies at the end of their short childhood, with the energy flying out of their bodies as they transform into adult forms. Nana likewise mutates into a young adult, with her Rigel Aura bathing Queen Ahames giving her powers herself. Similar energy also is emitted from the lifeforms including dragons who live on the planet, such as Kukku as it sacrificed its life to save the Changeman.Ep. 32: Nana! Dangerous Reunion-Ep. 34: Ahames the Terrible
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Problems That Students Have With Essay Writing
Writing simple essay can be challenging. Numerous problems arise if your professor found parts that should be revised. Or even worse: plagiarism has been detected in your work. To make long story short, the process of writing is a road where false starts and unwanted revisions are usual situation.
There are so many elements that should be followed; thus, the same amount of problems can emerge for writers. The common issues that students have with writing their college essays are presented in the article.
Right Start
The first problem a writer can run into is right start. This means pre-writing the work and identifying the main points. Professors often argue that students do not have their essays structured beforehand. In order to avoid such problems, it is necessary to brainstorm about the work before getting to actual writing. The author should pre-write the thoughts he has on the subject and structure them appropriately. It is recommended to write down all ideas, even the ones that are less likely to be included. This is done because they can point to other ideas that can be useful. When combined, all this material can create an excellent structure for future essay.
Writing Thesis Statement
The main point of the essay which is included in the end of the first or the second paragraph is called a thesis statement. In case if the essay does not have this element, structuring and organizing the ideas is difficult because there is no element that defines this. So it is recommended to create a thesis statement before writing the body of your essay. Perfect thesis is clear, declarative and conveys the idea the way that the writer wants.
Citing Sources
Academic writing involves citing the sources that writers use in their papers. If a student does not make a decision to cite his or her sources, this can easily result in plagiarism. Even not citing one source can be considered as violation. Citing can be difficult if a student does not have necessary knowledge on the art of citing or simply ignores them. Every year students submit hundreds of thousands papers that have citing issues. Make sure you do not belong to such statistics.
Fear to Fail
Because academic writing can be difficult, many students struggle to cope with lack of confidence about their abilities to write as necessary. Perhaps some of them have negative experiences or they are reluctant to express own thoughts. Other students just fear that they won't be able to follow all requirements and formatting. Writing professionals claim that college students should never think that their drafts are perfect, they should not be. Another technique to cope with the fear to fail is to have a conversation with instructor or professor. They are there for encouragement and most likely they will be a constant source of advices and tips for writing. Learning from professionals will not only give you knowledge but confidence and ability to give pointers to others.


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Christina Ricci Debuts New Broadway Bob
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Christina Ricci is not only making her first Broadway appearance, but she's also debuting a brand new look. Before hitting the stage this fall for Time Stands Still, Ricci chopped off her long, luscious locks in favor of a wispy chin-grazing bob. "For the play they wanted this and it was time to make a drastic change," Ricci explained to PEOPLE at The Blackberry Torch Launch Party in Los Angeles Wednesday night. "It feels good." The pint-sized actress, who also brightened her bob with chestnut highlights, likes to mix it up. "I change my hair pretty much every six months," said Ricci, "I'm one of those people that I like to change constantly, like I go blonde, dark, short, long. I can't stop changing. I like it." Not that Ricci won't be craving long hair in the future, saying "I'm getting extensions soon." Tell us: What do you think of Christina's new do? —Michelle Ward


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The Thirties in Colour draws upon the world's treasuries of extremely rare colour documentary films, many of which are from private archives and have never been seen before on television.
The 1930's was a decade that erupted into colour, as photographic technology really came of age and amateur filmmakers were able to capture the world in the authentic, vibrant hues of nature. Their films would offer telling insights into a time of huge social, political, cultural and economic upheaval and a world that would never be the same again.
Thought interviews and their own incredible footage, these films reveal the extraordinary stories and adventures of pioneering filmmakers including socialite Rosie Newman who filmed in locations as diverse as Egypt and India; David Glick, whose films in South America showed Jewish migrants whom he had helped to escape Nazi persecution and Harry Wright, an American industrialist who filmed in the South Pacific, South Africa, Morocco and Palestine, and made fascinating ethnographic studies in Mexico.
This award-winning series features some remarkable and poignant sequences including the young Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret; holiday films shot by Adolf Hitler's girlfriend, Eva Braun; rare footage of Warsaw's Jewish quarter, just weeks before the Nazi invasion and, in London, tourists wearing gas masks amid fears of imminent bombing raids.


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Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo?an denounced a video mocking Islam and the Prophet Muhammad as "clear and serious provocation" and a "hostile act," and said insulting the sacred values of Islam and its prophet cannot be justified as exercising freedom of speech.
Erdo?an, speaking at a conference in Yalta, Ukraine, also condemned a deadly attack on the US mission in Libya that killed the US ambassador and three other US diplomats, saying acts of terror and violence are "neither Islamic nor conscientious."
US Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens was killed in Tuesday's attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi during protests against the video, the 13-minute trailer of a movie called "Innocence of Muslims." Sam Bacile, a man who identified himself as an Israeli Jew living in California, said he was the maker of the movie, but Bacile turned out to be a false identity and US authorities said a Coptic Christian named Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, 55, was the man behind the movie.
The movie has sparked protests and attacks on US diplomatic missions in Egypt and Yemen as well.
Erdo?an said authorities should take measures to prevent "provocations," warning of a "cause-effect relationship" between provocative statements insulting religion and violence.
But he insisted that the right to protest cannot justify any act of terror, particularly those that harm civilians. "No one can justify acts of terror and violence, the latest example of which was the attack on the US diplomatic mission in Libya, saying that they are acting in the name of Islam," he said. "Those who carry out such actions by exploiting Islamic rhetoric and symbols harm Muslims the most. Therefore, both those who are behind this movie and those who carry out terrorist acts should be condemned with hatred."
The prime minister also warned the populations in Muslim countries against provocative calls for violence.
As fury against the film raged, demonstrators clashed with police near the US embassies in Egypt and Yemen on Friday. Crowds also gathered against the California-made film in Malaysia, Bangladesh and Iraq. In Nigeria, where radical Islamist sect Boko Haram has killed hundreds this year in an insurgency, the government put police on alert and stepped up security around foreign missions, while in Sudan, a mass protest was called after Muslim prayers on Friday.
"Let's please be careful on this holy Friday against any act of provocation that could result in innocent people being harmed," Erdo?an said in Yalta.
The US and other Western embassies in Muslim countries have tightened security, fearing anger at the film may prompt attacks on their compounds after the weekly worship.
Arab Spring woes
The attack in Libya, the very country that, in the words of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the US "helped liberate," has also raised questions on the fate of "Arab Spring" revolts against authoritarian regimes across the Arab world. Syria, the latest Arab country to be shaken by the uprising, is now in a state of civil war with more than 20,000 people having been killed since protests seeking the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad started last year.
"We called it the Arab Spring but it is no longer a spring. It is the Arab winter," said Deputy Prime Minister Cemil Çiçek in a speech in ?stanbul, voicing the growing frustration with raging violence in countries affected by the revolts.
Erdo?an, for his part, said the transformation in the Middle East is still at an early stage, asserting that "the fight for democracy cannot be won easily."
"There will be ups and downs, there will be periods of turmoil," he said. "The process will proceed in the direction of fulfilling legitimate demands [of the people]. In this sense, we are all witnessing the normalization of the course of the history."
The prime minister, a staunch critic of Syrian President Assad, also dismissed what he called a "widespread but wrong perception" that developments in Syria are being masterminded by outside powers. "A people's movement in Syria has begun and spread. No power will be enough to suppress this struggle," he said.
Concerns about Europe
In his speech, Erdo?an also expressed concern over rise of Islamophobia in Europe, where austerity measures designed to address an economic crisis are feeding xenophobia and giving a boost to far-right movements. "We are witnessing with concern that there has been a significant increase in support for far-right movements and racism is reviving in Europe, this time against Muslims," said Erdo?an.
He said Europe should reject religious or ethnic discrimination and take measures so as not to allow the revival of "the virus of racism" that put Europe through its "darkest periods of history" in the past. "We will continue to remind our European friends of this," he said.


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Oh hey fashionista! Get inspired with our ultimate how-to guide on styling your watches. From statement stacks to understated accessories, you'll be hitting all the major trends for 2016. Whether you're off to a festival or soaking up the sunshine on holiday these looks will see you through the season.


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Do Markets Really Respond to Corporate Sustainability Efforts?
Many firms have undertaken proactive environmental initiatives in recent years -- consider Wal-Mart's efforts to increase energy conservation and, more recently, their sustainable supply chain initiatives. But, does the market see these activities as good value relative to other investment options?
Research in the Journal of Operations Management reveals share price drops when firms commit to voluntary emissions reductions. However, share price goes up when firms announce ISO 14001 certification or corporate donations to environmental causes.
Significantly, the markets ignored all other announcements about new recycling programs, eco-friendly products, or LEED certification.
Researchers Brian Jacobs (Michigan State University), Vinod Singhal (Georgia Institute of Technology) and Ravi Subramanian (Georgia Institute of Technology) analyzed how environmental performance affects shareholder value through stock market reactions. Their work builds on previous research examining the market's reaction to specific types of announcements.
Jacobs and his collaborators looked at two types of announcements of environmental performance appearing in 14 daily business publications such as Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal between 2004 and 2006. These included 417 firm announcements of initiatives to avoid, mitigate, or offset the firm's environmental impacts, and 363 third-party announcements of awards and certifications.
The researchers hypothesized the market would respond positively to both types of announcements, but that third-party awards and certifications would lead to a greater jump in share price than announcements by the firm because of the credibility offered by third parties.
The market reaction to self-reported announcements did not differ from the reaction to third-party announcements. In fact, researchers found the market reacted only to three types of announcements: philanthropy, voluntary emissions reductions, and ISO 14001 certifications.
In the category of self-disclosed firm announcements, philanthropy for environmental causes (such as cash gifts for conservation efforts) generated a positive market reaction, and voluntary emissions reductions (such as pledges or investments to cut emissions) created a negative market reaction. In the category of third-party recognition, ISO 14001 certifications resulted in a significant positive reaction.
Most types of announcements (either from the firm or third parties) resulted in no significant change in share price. These include environmental business strategies (such as new standards), new eco-friendly products, renewably energy (supply or purchase), recycling programs, announcements of LEED certification, or third-party awards.
Why the reaction to only three categories?
The authors suggest philanthropy constitutes a small investment (the median contribution was $2 million) but can generate substantial reputation and goodwill benefits. Emissions reductions beyond regulatory requirements may not be seen as in the shareholders' best interests, and actually hurt firm performance.
Support for the positive impact of ISO 14001 certification on a firm's market value is justified by the fact that it is a widely recognized standard and sometimes a prerequisite for trade.
As managers evaluate environmental options and aim to satisfy stakeholders with competing demands, they should consider which announcements resonate with the market -- and which do not. Managers should note that, although no positive returns were found for many categories, most initiatives did not drive share prices down.
Therefore, many initiatives can be pursued without fear of negative market reactions.
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This article originally appeared on Globe-Net, and is reprinted with permission.
Citation: Jacobs, Brian W., Vinod R. Singhal and Ravi Subramanian (2010) An empirical investigation of environmental performance and the market value of the firm. Journal of Operations Management, 28: 430-441
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Release Date: Apr 8, 2016
Record label: Fantasy
Genre(s): Pop/Rock
It took Ben Harper nine years to reconvene the Innocent Criminals for 2016's Call It What It Is, but that's not necessarily an abnormally long time for this crew: eight years separated its 2007 predecessor Lifeline from their 1999 debut, Burn to Shine. Harper formed the Innocent Criminals partially with the intention that they'd be his Band of Gypsies, a support system for him to indulge in his Jimi Hendrix daydreams, but they wound up being an even better outlet for his soulful side. Despite "Pink Balloon" and the ham-fisted opener "When Sex Was Dirty" -- bluesy bluster that pulls this closer to Lenny Kravitz than Hendrix -- Call It What It Is is largely devoted to this blissed-out, mellow vibe.


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Will and I went to a Halloween party in the neighborhood last weekend. Vivian modeled Mommy's costume in the afternoon. Fun was had by everyone.
Photos of Vivian's costume coming up, soon. There was a Halloween party at daycare yesterday, a party for Emma's birthday today (Happy Birthday, Emma!) and Trick-or-treating tonight. Combine that with a play-date yesterday morning and Vivian is well on her way to becoming a social butterfly!
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Friday, October 30, 2009
Next Up: Carnegie Hall
Well, maybe not. Both Vivian and I are not *quite* ready for a public concert (and I'm fairly sure we never will be). But that doesn't stop us from singing in the privacy of our home (and now the internet) sometimes.
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Sunday, October 18, 2009
Captive Audience
I think the reason I keep taking pictures of Vivian in her car seat is because she can't turn/run away ;) Here she is with her bindi that a lady gave her after the Diwali celebration at church today.
And here she is in the midst of her favorite game to play in the car (and in her tent, and lying on the floor): "Pretend Vivian is asleep." And then I shake and tickle her and shout "Noooooo, Vivian can't go to sleeeeeeep!". If only it would work to let her pretend and then she would actually fall asleep. Her nap in the last couple of days has been close to non-existent; and I'm just very much hoping she is not trying to drop it altogether, because she really still needs it.
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
Five Word Sentence
Vivian is really expanding her vocabulary and is starting to string whole sentences together. Her longest one is five words: "I do not want to." Of course, when she says it, it really is only three words "I don' wanna". And did she have to pick that particular ones? Although, to give her credit, it is a rather versatile sentence that she has been using A LOT! :)
Other words (and gestures) Vivian uses a lot:
Other words (and gestures) Vivian uses a lot:
- Malen (to draw)
- Pap (patting the pillow to entice us to lie down when she goes to bed)
- Binky (this uses to be Nucki (German for pacifier) but I guess they say binky at daycare)
- Mah pease, Daddy (holding up her empty dish)
- Baden (to take a bath)
- Potty
- Mommy potty (usually with cheering and clapping) when I go to the bathroom
- Yay Daddy/Mommy/Vivian
- Mommy's and Daddy's for things she's not allowed to touch
- Thanks when we give her something (thanks to daycare that she's learning that)
- Fug (Flugzeug = plane) while excitedly pointing to the sky
- Da-cah (daycare) or Yay da-cah
- Haep pease (help please)
- Naht Daddy = Nacht (Good night) Daddy
- Bye Mommy/Daddy
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Monday, October 12, 2009
New Playroom
We've now had our new playroom in the basement for a couple of weeks, and I think I can safely say that the whole family is enjoying it. Vivian has lots of space to play, all her toys are here and within reach; and both Mommy and Daddy have their own desk there, too. We spend a good amount of time in the basement now. There are still a few things missing, for example a Vivian-sized table (as evidenced by the one picture where she's drawing at Will's desk), but that will be taken care of with her birthday present (pssst, don't tell her ;) ) We are ready for winter (although we'd quite appreciate a few more beautiful fall days first!)
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Sunday, October 11, 2009
Pumpkin Patch
We took advantage of today's beautiful sunny weather and headed to Simmons Farm and their pumpkin patch for a hayride, pumpkin picking, and a good time.
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Sunday, October 4, 2009
There Is Hope!
It appears as if Vivian's mothering-skills are improving. I still wouldn't trust her with a real baby, but it's certainly an improvement over her previous treatment of Felix and other dolls! Or maybe she just has a soft spot for Baby Emily ...
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Funding has been secured for an exciting project to collate the memories and those who knew and used the railway line from Weymouth to Easton.
Portland Rocks, previously known for its music and art workshops, has secured funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund to create a social rather than technical history of the railway line.
Having lived on Portland in Dorset for the last thirteen years, director of Portland Rocks, Martyn Mullender said:" I have become increasingly fascinated by the railway that ran from Weymouth along Chesil Beach and then climbed from sea level to around 285 feet above. It then followed a circuitous route around the cliffs to arrive at Easton.
"As many will know, the railway to Easton closed to passengers in 1952 and finally to all traffic in1965, over 50 years ago.
"The line was unique in many ways: the traffic it was built for, the manner of its working, the challenges of getting the line built and the protracted amount of time this took. There will still be some residents and former residents with memories of the line that form a vital link to its history, which have not been recorded. Using audio visuals and the internet, we plan to record as many memories as possible, making them available to the public for research or even genealogical purposes."
An online archive will be created, including photos and transcribed recordings, which will be placed with the Dorset History Centre and freely available online. The project has received letters of support from the Portland Museum, National Railway Museum, the Professor of Railway Studies at the University of York and local historian Stuart Morris among others.
In order to develop the project, Portland Rocks will be recruiting a small group of volunteers, for which a letter of application is available at portlandrocks.co.uk or can be collected from and returned to the Island Community Action office in Easton on Portland, if people would like to register their interest in supporting the project.
The project will run until November 2018 and Portland Rocks also hopes to run an arts project linked to the research, involving visual and sound and visual art in September 2018, if they can secure further funding.
The proposal includes taking display boards of information currently available to local events and gathering evidence from people who come along to talk about their memories of the railway.


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Do you know where all your stuff comes from? How it's made? What it's made from? MFG Day (Manufacturing Day), October 4, 2013, was created to address just these kinds of questions. It's the work of a group of industry sponsors and producers, including 3D Systems, and a coordinated effort to address common misperceptions about manufacturing. In essence, it gives us all a chance to open our doors the to the public, so everyone can see what manufacturing is all about.
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- Our largest infuser allows tea to bloom fully and make full body tea.
- Hand crafted glass teapot is made from true borosilicate glass. It stays clear and heat resistant.
Furthermore, Saravena also offers other products such as bottles. I recently had the pleasure of trying the Thermoflask bottle, which is 24 ounces and keeps your drink cold for 24 hours or warm for 12. Theoretically, I could bring hot tea in my Thermoflask to start my work day, and on the way home it would still be warm.
|The Thermoflask is a beast.
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Uth Records - Episode 2 - Yasir & Jawad - Part 1
A contemporary folk music group from Peshawar, having initially formed the band in 2008, Yasir Rehman and Jawad Iqbal added a third musician to the Y&J band in 2010, Abdul Wali Orakzai . With Yasir on the traditional instrument, the Rubaab, Jawad on Rhythm Guitar and Wali as lead vocalist, the band recently recorded a single, yet to be released with Zeeshan Parwez of Zeepar Studios.
The band has enjoyed developing compositions and structures with the Uth Records and team and to this end, Yasir, Jawad and Wali have said "It was our first experience working with such great artists of Pakistan. They are highly talented and really hard working. In fact recording was a tough procedure as they pushed us to strive for perfection which transformed our simple melody into something exceptional".
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In response to the Trump administration's crackdown on undocumented immigrants, cities and universities all across the United States have declared themselves "sanctuaries" from the threat of deportation. One aspect of this has been a revival of the sanctuary church movement. Over 800 churches nationwide have declared themselves sanctuaries for undocumented immigrants who fear deportation since Trump took office. While it is technically illegal to harbor undocumented immigrants, immigration enforcement officials have typically avoided raiding "sensitive locations" like churches and hospitals to avoid disrupting institutions that provide social services. Social science shows that protecting sensitive locations like churches is key to providing essential social services to marginalized populations.
This is not the first instance of religious institutions attempting to shield undocumented immigrants from deportation on moral grounds in the United States. In the 1980s, thousands of refugees fled political violence in Central America, many to the border states of Arizona and Texas. In response, hundreds of religious congregations declared themselves to be sanctuaries for Central American refugees. With the exception of a notable trial in Arizona in 1986 in which several activists were convicted for violating immigration law, most congregations suffered minimal, if any, legal reprisal for their efforts during this period.
- Christian Smith. 1996. Resisting Reagan: The U.S. Central American Peace Movement. University of Chicago Press.
- Gregory L. Wiltfang and Doug McAdam. 1991. "The Costs and Risks of Social Activism: A Study of Sanctuary Movement Activism." Social Forces 69(4): 987-1010.
Churches are unique from other types of sensitive locations like schools and hospitals because of their long history of offering sanctuary to people in need, a history that goes back to the 1600s. It was not until the late 20th century that states began intervening and requiring churches to hand over people they were protecting. In the U.S. today, churches are a critical resource for low-income, minority, and immigrant communities, especially in small towns and rural areas. They often serve as primary distribution sites for a number of rural social services including food aid, shelter, clothing, basic healthcare, and English language and employment tutoring.
- Philip Marfleet. 2011. "Understanding 'Sanctuary': Faith and Traditions of Asylum." Journal of Refugee Studies 24(3): 440-455.
- Mark Chaves and William Tsitsos. 2001. "Congregations and Social Services: What They Do, How They Do It, and With Whom." Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 30(4).
- Stephanie C. Boddie. 2002. "Fruitful Partnerships in a Rural African American Community: Important Lessons for Faith-Based Initiatives." The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science 38(3).
Research studying the long-term effects of ICE raids on hospitals and clinics shows that immigrants stop seeking medical services when they no longer feel safe from law enforcement. If sanctuary churches are no longer recognized as safe from ICE raids, there is some concern that the same problem will make it difficult for churches to reach immigrants in rural places.
- Mark Berk and Claudia Schur. 2001. "The Effect of Fear on Access to Care Among Undocumented Latino Immigrants." Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 3(3).
- Karen Hacker et al. 2011. "The Impact of Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Immigrant Health: Perceptions of Immigrants in Everett, Massachusetts, USA." Social Science Medicine 73(4).
It remains to be seen whether the Trump administration will stay out of churches, but social science shows that raiding these spaces could affect all immigrants, especially those in rural areas. And it may very well ignite an intense reaction from the churches and communities trying to keep people safe.


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I met Micah Kambe in Ndola, Zambia in June at the ACT Convention. Micah attended the celebration event for past and present ACT supported children on the last day of the convention. She is one of the two-hundred and fifty beneficiaries of the ACT child sponsorship programme in Zambia. She was supported for twelve years.
Speaking to me about her life, we came to the subject of her father. I could tell that his death had affected her a lot and 18 years on, the mention of him still made her emotional. She was clearly a daddy's girl. Micah is the middle child between two brothers and is 3 years apart from each. She told me that her father passed away in 1999 on her very first day at school. She had gone to school full of excitement to be starting school, but she returned home to a house where she found people weeping only to learn that her father had passed away. From that day on life has never been the same for Micah. She was only five years old.
In a patriarchal African society, traditional gender roles mean that many women stay at home and tend to their children. Such was the case in the Kambe household. She explained that after her father's funeral his family members came to the house and took away everything he owned, leaving her mother, Febby and her three children with little left to fend for themselves. Life took a huge turn for the worst for the family with her mother unemployed having been a housewife until then. Life became a struggle. They were unable to afford basic things like food and clothing. Most times they fed on avocado and water, and that was only because they had an avocado tree in their compound. The family lived in a rented house and her mother took on various odd jobs to pay the rent. Hope came in the form of ACT.
A good Samaritan who saw their plight told her mother about ACT. Her mother applied and ACT started supporting the family in January 2000, sponsoring first, her older brother Abel's education and eventually, Micah and also her younger brother, Paul. This meant we children could go to school uninterrupted and also had food to eat. The entire family benefitted with school fees paid, school uniform and shoes were purchased.
"Every time mum would collect the money from ACT, she would buy uniform, foods and school material for us all. It meant a lot to us".
Listening to Micah, I could tell that for her, ACT was God's way of reminding her that he was there for her family. She told me, "God in his infinite mercy sent us ACT.''
Her mother's desire was for her to go to school and to complete her studies in the hope of a better future. Micah wanted to finish school and go to university to study nursing. She was anxious not to become a burden to her mother, but rather be able to care for her in old age as well her support herself.
Micah completed secondary school in 2012 and went onto a higher education institution where she obtained a diploma in Public Health. She is now working as a lab technician in a military hospital. She has hopes of going to university to study nursing and fulfil her ambition of to becoming a registered nurse.
"Life has not been the easiest for me. I have always had to struggle for the things I want or need. I have to work twice as hard as other people around me".
Abel, her older brother, completed secondary school in 2008 and joined the Zambian army. He has since been promoted to an officer rank. Abel is happily married and has two children.
ACT child sponsorship provides an opportunity to transform lives and change the circumstances of a family like Micah's.
Find out how you can become a child sponsor and be part of the ACT family here.
Andrea Kacayio is a volunteer with ACT


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WTF we woke up at like 8am!!!!! Probably the one and only time we did the entire trip. Probably because we slept so much the day before…….. I guess normal for me since it's 11 on my East Coast.. but Kelly?! I guess for work?! We got pretty and decided to go out for some FOOD.
Yeah I'm dressed as a 12 year old in a ballet skirt and sneakers… and BRITNEY tank!!! YAYYYYYYYYY
UM….. Lobsicle sounds gross… I bet it's delicious… like a lobster corn dog… but the name sounds disgusting…. deep fried happiness. I love lobster.
We decided on La Salsa Cantina… cuz margaritas for breakfast is BOMB.
It was early so we didn't want breakfast so we had to wait like 20 minutes before they served NON-breakfast menu… I seriously thought it was already noon but it was still 10am so we ordered the margaritas and had to wait til 11 so we could order lunch. We got our margaritas and I made friends with Zoltar the fortune teller…. who told me to stop talking so much hahahaha…
I got a watermelon, Kelly got a strawberry, both super sweet amd super non-boozey..so I got us more tequila shots. OBVIOUSLY.
Margaritas for breakfast?! It's how we do!
We wait we wait we wait….. amd them FINALLY WE GOT TO ORDER. STARRRRRRRVED!!!!
Nachos with extra cheese.. why didn't get get nix the sour cream? We both don't like sour cream….
Kelly's Enchiladas – which she finished later in the night after Britney & Light while I was passed out hahaha…
My "Spicy" Shrimp Taco Salad which was TOTALLY NOT spicy at all. I even asked the waitress what their spiciest food on the menu was and they said THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY! WTF?!?!?!… But it was fresh and yummy…
And then I realized we were right next to the Club Tattoo SO OBVIOUSLY… I had to go….
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KELLY: "It's Vegas.. they bank on bad decisions"
Thanks but the butt shot Kelly…
I finally got my champagne heart bubbles tatt I wanted… and it came out EXACTLY the way I wanted it to look YAY.
And was photobombed by the cute tatt artist I wanted to tatt me…… but couldn't cuz they go by order… but I got the cute asian chick :] YAY And he chatted with me the whole time.
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Walking back I saw a guy dressed as Britney Spears… at the Britney Spears place… YEP. A GUY.
Ok done with Nap. Time to get pretty……. while we order dinner…. burgers and fries for both of us….
I already picked out my Britney and Light Night Club dress…spiked ballerina dress :]
Almost ready….
Time for more bubbles.. not even sure how many bottles I ended up buying this trip…. just bubbles for FOREVER… We went thru at least TWO a day…. at LEAST
Me and my Asian Doll Twinsie
And then after room service… I think we got Burgers… we went to Brit Brit.. ended up pretty much in the front….
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March 8 2010 to March 14 2010
Monday March 8
Photos of Phobos
Last July, on American television, Buzz Aldrin made a startling statement. Aldrin is, or was, an astronaut, the second person ever to set foot on the Moon. During his interview, he spoke about a different moon, orbiting another planet. He mentioned Phobos, one of the two tiny moons of Mars, discovered in 1877. He said there's a monolith on its surface. I've since seen pictures. I can't say what the monolith is doing there, how big it is and whether it is 'natural' or 'constructed'. Nobody can... yet. But along with many other people, I find it very exciting.
Tuesday March 9
A monolith can be a natural object. A mountain is a kind of monolith, as are the standing stones found in many places around the globe. We don't fully know the story of all the monoliths in our own world and can only speculate about the one that stands out, like a sore thumb, on Phobos, one of the moons of Mars. It certainly 'looks' artificial. But then, some scientists suspect that Phobos, itself, is hollow. They think it just might be a giant satellite, deliberately placed in orbit by ancient inhabitants of the red planet, countless centuries ago.
Wednesday March 10
I've been writing recently about Phobos, one of the moons of Mars. Is it really an artificial, satellite, created by ancient inhabitants of the red planet? I don't see how we can rule this out. Nor, it seems, can the 'experts'. Until someone sends a spaceship to take a closer look, there's not enough information to go on. Within the next ten years we will, I predict, receive evidence from somewhere, if not from Phobos, that we are not (or have not always been) 'alone' in the cosmos. That discovery, when it comes, will focus a lot of minds.
Thursday March 11
Representing Earth
Hi Jonathan,
You recently mentioned Mars. For a while now I've wondered what kind of horoscope someone who was born on Mars, or any other planet for that matter, would get. Presumably Earth would figure in their chart and thus, in their forecasts? If, broadly speaking, Mars is power and Venus love, what would Earth represent?
Dear James,
I really don't know! If or when a child is ever born on another planet (or on the Moon), the world's astrologers will no doubt watch very carefully, test out various theories and carefully discuss their findings over many years.
Friday March 12
Dear Mr Cainer,
The Chilean earthquake may have changed Earth's 'figure axis' by three inches and shortened the length of our days by 1.26 milliseconds. Should we worry?
Hi Jonathan,
And would it affect astrology? Many people seem to be feeling 'off'. Christine
Dear Martha,
Earth is 4.5 billion years old. It was clearly built to last and designed to a very high standard. I'm not worried. As for Christine's question... we are all on one boat. It has just gone through a rough patch. Sensitive people are bound to feel this, even if they weren't directly involved.
Saturday March 13
Your Week Ahead
Last month, there was no Full Moon in Australia! Because of the time difference Down Under, the Moon wasn't fully full, till March 1. There'll be another Full Moon at the end of March. So, for those whose clocks run furthest ahead, this is a month with two full moons. A 'Blue Moon' month. They had one in January too (though the rest of the world got it in December). This whole business is just a quirk of the calendar. It means nothing. But this weekend's NEW moon is genuinely powerful. Wherever you are, if you've got a wish, make it tonight.
Sunday March 14
Christian Bale was born on January 30, 1974. He's an eccentric Aquarian, but that, alone does not explain his recent odd behaviour. In 2008, he had a nasty row with his family. And just last week, his sister was declared bankrupt yet he wouldn't 'bale' her out. His horoscope contains an active South Lunar Node. The legendary astrologer, Dane Rudhyar, defined this as a 'point of self-undoing'. In Christian's chart, that node is conjunct his Saturn which, in turn, forms a grand trine to Uranus and Mercury. In other words, his blessing is his curse. As an actor, he can open himself up to anyone and anything. But as a person, he can close himself off. Most astrologers would agree that the way to overcome this is through psychoanalysis. If only he lived in a city full of therapists... and could afford their fees. Oh hang on, he does... and he can! Maybe there's hope for him after all.
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Two French Journalists Freed in Afghanistan After 547 Days
By: France 24
Two French journalists who were kidnapped by the Taliban in Afghanistan in December 2009 have been freed, the Elysee palace announced Wednesday. Hervé Ghesquière and Stéphan Taponier are set to arrive in France later in the day.
Eighteen months after they were abducted in north-eastern Afghanistan, French journalists Hervé Ghesquière and Stéphane Taponier have been released, French President Nicolas Sarkozy confirmed Wednesday.
Ghesquière and Taponier, along with their Afghan translator, fixer and driver were kidnapped December 30, 2009 in the mountainous Kapisa province northeast of the Afghan capital of Kabul.
In a statement released Wednesday, Sarkozy's office said, "The president is delighted at the liberation of our two compatriots, Hervé Ghesquière and Stéphane Taponier," before going on to add, "The head of state joins in the joy of their families. He thanks (Afghan) President (Hamid) Karzai for his handling of this crisis as well as all those who took part in freeing the hostages."


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One of 2013's hottest home improvement trends is focusing on how the home looks and feels on the outside. According to Better Homes and Gardens readers – "the percentage of homeowners who feel now is a good time to spend money on home improvements has doubled since 2009". Popular now are low maintenance exteriors and outdoor living spaces. "Based on these survey results, we've found that many of our readers want to refresh what's already there," says Jill Waage, editorial director for home content, Better Homes and Gardens. "Perhaps they're looking to dig out that hidden sophistication of a mid-century home, or they might have a classic and want to bring out the character a bit more. Beyond the facade, our readers also really love outdoor living spaces; they see their yard as an extension of the indoors."
Want to get away from the cookie cutter mold and set your home apart and improve its' apeal? Then think about updating with a different style of siding with a complimentary trim. Also popular are stone veneers and other designer accents that will update and add appeal.
Replacing doors and windows can also dramatically change the appearance of a home. These improvements not only enhance the appearance of your home but also provide increased insulation that will help you save on energy costs.
If a complete exterior overhaul doesn't fit in your budget then consider simple solutions for increasing curb appeal. For example painting the front door and swapping out the hardware, replacing shutters, switching out lighting fixtures, replacing house numbers and adding a bit of fresh landscaping can go a long way in customizing and improving the exterior.
These improvements will not only update the look of your home but will add value and enhance the neighborhood as well. Just remember that what you choose should always be in line with the design of your home to keep everything cohesive.
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