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McCain campaign paid $176,000 to Lincoln Strategies to REGISTER VOTERS
Posted by kayinmaine on October 21, 2008
"We paid what to who???? Good gawd.", said Cindy & John McCain in unison as they stared blankly at the camera… (picture)
And guess what? The GOP operative for Lincoln Strategies that the McCain paid this money to is under investigation FOR VOTER REGISTRATION FRAUD! Well, of course he is, because really, is there anyone connected to John McCain's campaign that is a lawful American citizen? Doesn't appears so. Hell, even his VP pick, Sarah Palin, is now being investigated for charging the state of Alaska for her children to travel with her. The previous Governor of Alaska NEVER did that. Apparently, staying at the Ritz Carleton is a cheap alternative. GOOD THING SARAH SOLD THE GOVERNOR'S PLANE! Wow, that saved a lot of money for Alaskans. *rolling eyes*
15 Responses to "McCain campaign paid $176,000 to Lincoln Strategies to REGISTER VOTERS"
October 21, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Yep, this is certainly worse than the Obama campaign that paid FIVE TIMES THIS AMOUNT for GOTV money to ACORN…
October 21, 2008 at 11:20 pm
JFH can you say;
President Barack Hussein Obama, cause you will be hearing it a lot son.
October 21, 2008 at 11:28 pm
Early voter intimidation in North Carolina.
The mcShame campaign is emailing the locations of polling places where voters are most likely to be supporting Obama in North Carolina and encouraging their folks to go out to the polls and try to intimidate early voters. So weird, because here in Louisiana, you can't even wear a political button and stand across the street from a polling place let alone wave signs and holler at folks going to vote.
Yep, the North Carolina republicunts are taking it down another notch. This is so reminiscent of my youth in Mississippi in the early 1960's where blacks were intimidated (and often murdered) for trying to register to vote. All that's missing are the lynching but they're probably on the way. Here's an article about it with video links. I found this at Jon Taplins blog:
October 21, 2008 at 11:31 pm
Gage the "real Americans" of 2008 will go down like the "real Americans" of 1865 did in that state.
Fighting for the wrong cause ….. and losing at it.
October 21, 2008 at 11:45 pm
Here in Texas, black voters have been called or sent mail saying that to have their vote for Obama be counted, they have to mark BOTH the "Vote Straight Ticket" box AND the Barack Obama/Joe Biden box. However, if they do that, the vote is negated, thrown out!
October 21, 2008 at 11:59 pm
Yep, Grant, they're doing things like that here in Louisiana also. Mailers warning people that if they have any outstanding tickets and try to vote, they'll get arrested at the polls. I hate republicunts. And they claim to love democracy. If we have another "selection" this time because of their shenanigans and riots break out in every city in this country, do you think they'll give a shit? Hell no. They're animals.
October 22, 2008 at 5:17 am
Please help this TAX-POOR 'murican….
Some reich-wing "talk-radio hosts" are raising money for Samuel "Joe" Wurzelbacher (aka: Joe the Plumber) to pay his back taxes of $1200.00 plus $500 more for a plumbers license. They have raised $1820.00 now for "poor" Joe so they are over their goal:
October 22, 2008 at 7:57 am
In NC…if you vote straight dem. ticket…there won't be a vote for president. Uncounted. That is the state I am from . lots of racism from the whites and quite a bit fromt the blacks in Durham..my home town.
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When shopping for a whole new handbag this time, cosider your body type. Not every handbag is good for every woman. Remember these instructions to discover the perfect handbag for yourself.
Generally speaking when it comes to handbags, the opposite shape of your body type is the most flattering. When shopping, head to the dressing room, carry the bag just like you normally would and check it out from all angles in the mirror.
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Pick handbags with a short, slouchy shape like the hobo. Avoid shoulder bags with a short strap as they can make you look even taller. Choose handbags which can be wider than they are tall. A clutch is an excellent option.
Regardless of what you see in Hollywood, large hand bags aren't for small ladies. Big bags usually overwhelm your frame. Steer clear of shoulder bags with a long strap as they will weigh you down, making you look even smaller.
Pick a large structured or boxy bag to balance your curves. Don't carry a bag that is too small as it will make you look larger. If you like prints, steer clear of tiny styles.
EVERYONEIf you're splurging on an expensive handbag, make a choice that you will be able to wear often. You don't need to spend $500 or even more on a bag that may rarely make it out of your closet. When you are purchasing several low-priced hand bags instead, select one basic everyday bag in brown or black. Then, try out fun, funky styles and metallics for the other hand bags.
If you aren't sure about the different types of purses and bags, on the next page are some general guidelines to help you along the way.
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The safety of our campers, program participants and staff remains our top priority. We continue to monitor the COVID-19 situation closely as it evolves and will be making decisions about LAC summer programs (summer camp and summer adult community courses) with guidance from Public Health authorities and the Province of Ontario.
We will keep you updated in a timely manner as we determine next steps in the coming weeks.
Thank-you for your understanding and support during these uncertain times.
All About Art!
This fun-filled art program for young artists introduces them to the amazing possibilities of painting, drawing, sculpting, interspersed with stories, games and lots more fun!
Once Upon A Stage
Drama, music and the visual arts come together!
Art Adventures
This dynamic program provides an exciting introduction to a wide variety of art techniques and materials.
Bravo Broadway
This popular musical theatre camp offers young performers the chance to sing, dance and perform on stage in preparation for an exciting final production in one of our professional theatres!
Clay Crazy
Campers will explore a variety of techniques including hand-building, throwing clay on the wheel, and glazing to create functional and decorative works in our Ceramics Studio. NEW PROJECTS EVERY YEAR! Clay pieces will be kiln fired, and will be ready for pick up within three weeks of the end of the program.
Creative Couture!
Do you have a passion for fashion? A creative flare? This program is the perfect way for campers to express themselves by designing their own fashion accessories, textile art and other unique projects in our professional Textile and Fibre Arts Studio. (max 18 participants per session)
Discover the amazing world of digital photography with new projects every year! Campers will learn the fundamentals of composition and lighting, and experiment with new techniques while developing new skills and refining existing ones. (Basic digital camera is required)
Toon Time
Learn the secrets behind your favourite cartoon shows and comics! Campers will learn the fundamentals of character development, illustration and storyboarding while exploring traditional 2D and 3D animation techniques. (Basic digital camera is required)
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Explore the limitless possibilities of improvisational acting in this playful and dynamic program!

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ISC High Performance 2017
The largest event for High Performance Computing in Europe
In 2017 ISC will offer 13 HPC topics grouped under three categories: systems, applications, and emerging topics.
The ISC tutorials, workshops and the exhibition will complement the sessions.
ISC High Performance focuses on HPC technological development and its application in scientific fields, as well as its adoption in commercial environments.
Atos, with its technological brand Bull, is Platinum sponsor of ISC High Performance. Visit our booth D-1126 to meet our HPC experts and discover the full breadth of our Bull products and solutions for HPC:
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Atos presentations:
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It's wine o clock on a Friday afternoon here in a very soggy Sydney.
I am sipping on a glass of pinot gris from the Yarra Valley, and inhaling the fumes from fresh enamel paint. The Moon is in Pisces, Mercury is about to wheel and deal his way out of Capricorn and I have just committed to the challenge to end all challenges.
This time next week my tipple of choice will be a sparling mineral water, in a wine glass with a touch of lime. You see, I am doing "FebFast" and sending grog on a month long holiday.
Here in Australia, we don't have a great relationship with alcohol- many of us are just a tad to attached to it, some have real problems and some are just plain ugly with it- as anyone who has witnessed the bronzed Aussie in all his glory somewhere on a beach holiday in Asia over the summer holidays.
Whilst I think the cause is a brilliant one, my reasons for doing this are purely selfish- the funds that are raised are a by-product:
- After way too many Bintangs in Bali (see my earlier comment about the Aussie abroad) I came back from holidays the heaviest I have ever been. Beer and I love each other dearly, but he is not a great influence on either my resolve or my tummy.
- One of my resolutions this year is to challenge myself and push myself outside my comfort zone. As a triple Pisces sometimes the sheer emotional weight of the stuff I feel sends me to the fridge and temporary escape. Whilst all my Pluto means that I am too much of a control freak to ever lose control, I do need to learn how to confront the things that scare me.
- Another of my resolutions is to spend the next few months getting healthy again, and this fits into that beautifully.
- Neptune is about to move into Pisces. I figure this will add even more Piscean-ness to my Pisces and water overload. Now is probably a time to add a few more boundaries, (Ok, a few boundaries) to my life.
- I've made a bet with someone, accompanied by comments like "how hard can it be?" and "reckon I can last longer than you".
Now, before you go thinking that I will become born again, I do not intend abstaining for longer than the allocated month. My Trainer rather unkindly suggested that people who do FebFast do it because they can't manage the extra few days of Dry July. He has a point.
For medical astrologers, Neptune rules alcohol, as it does other chemical poisons such as nicotine. Alcohol deceives the body into thinking of it as a sugar substitute and, in the process deceives our metabolism and trust me, my metabolism doesn't need any more deceiving.
The worst part of this, from my viewpoint, is that the body uses ethyl alcohol (fermented sugar) as an energy supply before it uses glucose (its' preferred energy source) and before it uses stored fats. This means that my daily workout is pretty well just burning off the previous nights drinks and not much else.
After reading Sweet Poison by David Gillespie early last year, I gave up sugar. The research was overwhelming. The culprit is fructose, the sugar that occurs naturally in fruits, and less naturally in pretty well anything we eat that is processed. When I first read this I was thrilled to see that wine, spirits, champagne and beer are low in fructose, but the toll on the liver is heavy.
More recent research is showing that the metabolism of ethanol (fermented sugar) is actually much the same as the metabolism of fructose after all. That same research is also showing that the brain recognises artificial sugars (also ruled by Neptune) as being sweet, so sends the same messages out for insulin.
I had very little problem with giving up sugar (presumably because I actually don't eat much that is processed or sweetened and also because I continued to drink my wine). I suspect, though, that I may struggle more with FebFast.
The Moon rules our habits and mine is in Pisces, trine Jupiter in the 5th and also trine Neptune in the 9th. My habits have as few boundaries as does my life.
In any case, if you want to read about it, here is the link to my page. A girlfriend and I have committed to form a team of 2, so wish us luck!


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- 4 people
- Ragout:
- 1/4 lb country ham, finely chopped
- 1/2 finely chopped onion
- 14 oz. can diced tomatoes
- 1/4 cup red wine
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 tsp. dried basil
- 1/2 tsp. coarsely ground black pepper
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 to 1/2 cup crumbled goat cheese
- 4 tbsp Olive Oil
- One Fried green tomato. Sliced to 1/4 inch.
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1/4 cup bread crumbs
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- Coat the tomatoes w/ the bread crumbs and flour and fry them in a skillet with the oil until softened. Salt & pepper lightly if desired. Pat on towel. In a separate skillet, fry the ham until crisp. Add the oil, onions and spices and sautee until onions are clear. Add the tomatoes and add heat until bubbling. Add wine and continue to heat untill liquids reduced. Add cream, then cut heat to minimum and stir for a minute or two. Allow to cool for 3-4 minutes. Add goat cheese and toss. Serve ragout over Fried green tomato slices.
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Nutritional Info
- Calories488
- Carbohydrates18 g(6%)
- Fat39 g(60%)
- Protein14 g(29%)
- Saturated Fat11 g(53%)
- Sodium913 mg(38%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat4 g
- Fiber3 g(13%)
- Monounsaturated Fat23 g
- Cholesterol48 mg(16%)


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Yes, passive income is a lie. It's a lie that a lot of online "entrepreneurs" want you to believe. For income to be truly passive, it has to magically arrive in your bank account all on its own. Everyone knows that's impossible but somehow, some way, people get hoodwinked into believing it is possible.
There is such a thing as "almost passive income" and that's what I'm writing about today. "Almost" is not the same as "truly" but it's as close to passive as you can get.
If you read enough websites that talk about it, you'll become familiar with terms such as "passive income" and "residual income", with someone's definition to go with each. A dictionary can tell you what they mean, without the bullsh*t you have to wade through at some sites.
Cause and effect is where I'm going with this. You have to do something for something else to happen. Things don't just happen, even if people like to phrase them as such. The first step is a decision and that's active, not passive. You can remove most of the activity surrounding your income, but it's still not 100 percent passive. 100 percent passive, or truly passive, is impossible.
You can set things in motion and treat it like it's truly passive and it can be truly passive, but only for a limited time. Eventually, you'll have to do something active (non-passive) to get things going again.
The last time I wrote anything anywhere was on the 13th of this month, nearly a week ago, and it was the previous article I wrote here. As far as money goes, I made as much in that time period as I did when I was writing every day.
So, in essence, I was getting truly passive income for nearly a week. But it's temporary. If I decide not to write for something close to a year, I seriously doubt I'll get a lot of new visitors and returning visitors will get tired of waiting for something new.
I guess I'm trying to explain things in the best way I know how. The fact is, truly passive income will never remain truly passive income. You have to put the wheels in motion and can get your income in an almost passive way, but not truly passive – at least not for longer than a temporary time period.
There's a saying I really like to repeat these days: Don't believe everything you read on the Internet. It's even more important when someone says they're going to teach you how to do what they do and that very act itself is a lie.
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(It) can happen to anyone of us, and those we love the most. Our lives can change in a blink of an eye, mine did. I was a healthy adult just entering my thirties when my life completely changed, I went from a vibrant young mother of 4 with a promising future on my way to becoming a Nurse Practitioner to a bed bound patient in a matter of seconds. It is a disability that can come in our lives and steal our quality of living with dignity and ruffle our independence. I would love to see everyone treated equally and with respect.
Greetings Everyone,
My name is Veronica Coney, mother of 4 children Licensed Practical Nurse and Stroke survivor going on 10 years. First I want to say" Blessed be the one who has endured the agony of losing their mobility or integrity has been compromised and still has the courage to face each day. Second blessed be the caregivers that have sacrificed their lives to care for ours.
July 25th was the day I woke up without the activity of my limbs. A week prior I had given birth to my daughter. Hurt and frustrated, I mourned the loss of the mobility I was accustomed to. It wasn't a day that went by that I didn't think about what I was missing, like being able to care for my children or do the simple things like button pants, tie shoes, do hair, bathe, and feed myself. All these little things people take for granted. It was a time, I woke up in mourning and went to sleep mourning, the loss of my stuff.
An SAH (subarachnoid Hemorrhage) sent me to the ER. With the worst headache of my life ( classic Symptom), an emergency craniotomy was performed to release the pressure off my brain. My ICP ( intracanal presser) was noted being 45. It was a race to save my life. Several surgeries later 3 years of intense therapy and learning how to walk, talk and think straight again. Having an issue of epilepsy after the last major surgery ( Cranioplasty). It is safe to say I am doing better, 9 years later, I still suffer from server spasticity partially paralyzed on my left side, severe headaches and unable to work in my field of study.
Nevertheless, This is just my story of this disability I deal with everyday, it is not fun when we face certain obstacles. Even though the disability I have it might appear I can function at a great level of independence as far as walking and talking is concerned but the pain is horrific. Over the last 9 years, I have spent thousands of hours reading aloud to myself to work on my speech and thousands of hours doing sitting to standing exercises to strengthen my left leg. I'm nowhere near 100% yet but the next 10 I will be closer to my goal of running again one day.
what about the hundreds of thousands of people that are bedbound or are confined to a wheelchair? What about the people that have developmental disabilities and never really knew what living independently is about. What about all of us, deserve to live an uplifted life. I just recently found out some things about ADAPT and their passion to provide society with the education it needs that will provide a safe-haven for everyone in society to enjoy. I am a voice that has speaks from first-hand experience the challenges people with disabilities face and the freedom we crave.
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The bridal boom continues with Cynthia Rowley's new line of bridesmaid dresses dropping in June. Bonus: they're refreshingly affordable.
Rowley's bridesmaid is being produced in conjunction with Dessy Group, and will retail between $175-$220 (See? Affordable!). The initial 20 pieces will include on-trend styles reminiscent of the designer's ready-to-wear -- most likely putting her signature whimsy and sass (as evidenced by her Spring 2010 collection, pictured) in the wedding party arena. For those eager to see the dresses in person, the entire collection will be showcased at New York's WeddingChannel Couture Show in April.


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About Us
We are a 'single congregation' ecumenical partnership between the Methodist and Anglican churches and are a partner church with Beverley Minster and a constituent church of Beverley Methodist Circuit, which consists of Toll Gavel United Church and three smaller churches.
Our worship pattern reflects the pastoral ministry shared between Beverley Minster and the Methodist Circuit –
- 1st Sunday in the month – non-eucharistic service usually led alternately by a minister or local preacher from the Methodist Circuit.
- 2nd Sunday – Holy Communion, Anglican style
- 3rd Sunday – All-age Worship, led by a team drawn from both denominations
- 4th Sunday – Holy Communion, Methodist style
- 5th Sunday – Informal Worship, led alternately by Methodists and Anglicans.
The church has a fortnightly group – the Wednesday Club – for over 60s. There is a monthly Friday evening 'Youth Kaf' for ages 10 to 14.
The church is very active in the community and our major events such as the Garden Party, Christmas Show and Scarecrow Hunt are part of the village calendar, well-supported by our fellow residents.
We have more than 60 people on our Community Roll with congregations of 20 to 25 most Sundays. Special services such as the Christingle on Christmas Eve attract large congregations of about 100!
We have strong links with Tickton C of E School – we lead a whole-school assembly once a week and run a lunchtime club called 'Incredibles', as well as having representation on the governing body.
We have two clergy who spend part of their time working with us: from the Methodist Circuit, Revd Peter Clark, and the Vicar of Beverley Minster, Revd Canon Jonathan Baker.
Others who participate in our church regularly are Revd Peter Cross, the Beverley Methodist Circuit Superintendent, Revd Wendy Whale, the Associate Vicar of Beverley Minster parish, and several retired or non-stipendiary clergy and lay people from both denominations.
During the course of 2019 the Minster Parish's team of paid staff will be joined by a trainee curate. Watch this space!


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Augsburg College, a small, urban institution located in South Minneapolis, doesn't fit the usual profile for a sustainable college. Generally, only institutions with space to build their own turbines can take advantage of clean energy initiatives. But the National Wildlife Federation reports that Augsburg College is already 100 percent wind powered. What's more, they recently purchased an agreement allowing the college to be 100 percent emissions-free by 2019.
Augsburg College has 3,785 students and 18 major buildings. But with such little physical room for growth, it was originally thought that clean energy would be impossible for the urban college. In March 2008, students decided that they would pay $14.75 per student per semester towards buying wind-generated energy for the campus. This decision made the college the largest purchaser of wind power from Xcel's Wind Source, which in turn is the largest provider of wind power in the nation.
A team of students determined that using 100 percent wind-generated electricity would cost the college about $140,000 more than what they were already spending. To help raise finances, the student body voted to add an additional $10 from each Day College student's activity fee towards clean energy. This made the Day-student contribution around $72,000. Alex Hoselton was the college's day-student body vice president at the time of the vote. As he told the NWF, "Our strategy was to raise more than half of the estimated funds to leverage commitment from the administration and the Board of Regents through our own unequivocal pledge." Luckily, the administration decided to cover the remaining costs to make the switch. The NWF estimates that producing this electricity using fossil fuels would have emitted 23 million pounds of carbon dioxide.
As the NWF points out, this move by the college has set a new precedence for other students to do that same. As Hoselton concludes, "It's a moral issue for me. We say we need to be better stewards of the environment and better neighbors. If we aren't living that out, then we aren't completing our mission. An extra cost is marginal compared to what it means to be an institution with integrity."
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An outdoor kitchen is more than just a place to grill up an alfresco feast. It's also the center of backyard fun, from family barbecues to summer cocktail parties. It's important that your outdoor kitchen accommodate the way you'll actually use the space and easily integrate into your yard. Here are a handful of well-designed outdoor kitchens that are packed with ideas to inspire your own decor.
Related: Eating Out—10 Essentials for Alfresco Dining
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The Museum has taken the next step necessary for its total remodel. All items in the museum have been packed and placed in climate controlled storage.
A big shout-out goes to the movers "Square Cow Movers" who donated the move except for supplies and packing labor. See their website at http://squarecowmovers.com/.
Another shout-out goes to the storage facility "Katy Area Storage" who gave us a deal. http://katyareastorage.com/
Thanks to all who helped with the move.


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Rani by Neha Mahajan
Hellooo everyone! I am completely thrilled about this new venture (www.ranibymahajan.com) and want to start off by introducing myself. India is one of the most colorful, picturesque, and fun places in the world but people who have been to Delhi know what a nightmare it is to get around. Not only is traffic almost always in gridlock, finding the place you're looking for is a hassle and a half! I experienced this first hand while shopping for my wedding in New Delhi. I grew up in the USA and traveled to Delhi to plan my wedding, it was then I realized that navigating Delhi can be stressful (and who wants to be stressed out while shopping for what should be the happiest day of their lives!) After my wedding, I relocated to Delhi and fell into the newlywed routine. After a few months, I started getting phone calls from friends and friends of friends who were coming to Delhi to shop and needed some help maneuvering around. It was then I realized that despite the irritating Delhi traffic, despite the heat and the dust, and despite the arguments with vendors, finding someone exactly what they were looking for…well that's my passion! That realization was what led me to start my business. Rani by Neha Mahanjan aims to make your life easier. Instead of wasting away your precious time trying to argue with vendors and find boutiques, you can get in touch with our team and we'll take care of all of that. Having someone in your corner to hash out details and make sure deadlines are met is exactly what every bride needs to ensure that her big day goes off without a hitch.
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Better Gunfighting: How Daniel Defense Helps LEOs
Better Gunfighting: How Daniel Defense Helps LEOs
Candice Horner
Over the past year, mainstream media is paying more attention to ambush attacks on police. With the Dallas Shooting being the deadliest incident on law enforcement since September 11th, it was the catalyst to acknowledging there is a problem with how law enforcement is trained.
"During the Dallas Shooting, I was glued to the TV. While watching the coverage until 4am, the feeling of helplessness was overwhelming. I felt like positive action had to be taken that would benefit officers in the field, and hopefully save lives in the future. The goal for the Daniel Defense Team in hosting this class was to help fill training deficits that exist in many police departments due to budget constraints," recalls Thomas Carlson, Daniel Defense Director of Marketing Communications.
Essentially, the Daniel Defense Team felt like the rest of America when the Dallas Shooting occurred – but they were able to help push change. They did this by bringing William Petty (owner of Centrifuge Training and brand ambassador to JTF Awesome team member Propper) to Georgia to teach his Vehicle CQB Instructor Course.
The course is developed from trends based off the fact that a large portion of police work takes place in and around vehicles. Petty says, "Tactics only work when subjects are compliant. But, the tactic isn't valid unless it works when opposed. We cannot rely on people to be compliant." Petty's course shifts the historical way of thinking and proves there are at least 16 points of cover on a vehicle.
Instead of working from the "V" of the door, he teaches participants how to use several areas on the vehicle for cover and how to use those points to your advantage to fight back.
The Daniel Defense-hosted Vehicle CQB Instructor Course was offered to agencies via the DD MILE (Military & Law Enforcement) events page. Daniel Defense footed the bill, which enabled more officers the opportunity to attend. There were a total of seventeen departments in attendance, ranging from local to state to federal. After completion of the four-day course, students can go back to their respective departments to teach tactics learned.
Interesting fact: Currently, there are over 200 agencies (totaling over 4000 rifles) who use Daniel Defense rifles.
Petty's main goal for the course is "To push the boundaries of 'traditional' cover and concealment utilizing various cars and trucks in a true 3D environment." Some of the topics covered during Petty's VCQB Instructor Course were:
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– Fighting from Inside the Vehicle
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– Low Light Fighting
Petty's training philosophy can be summed up as, "A gunfighter will always pass a qual; those trained to qual may not survive a gunfight. The training needs to reflect the reality of our current domestic law enforcement engagements."
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"For us, it was the right training at the right time. Our department recently got a training vehicle to shoot around. I see the principles learned during the course as beneficial because our department didn't have a structured course that had anything to do with vehicles."
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After carefully studying the behaviour of basic natural resources (sun, water and air) with respect to land, this green designed construction is based on the idea of achieving more natural light with lesser heat generation. The wall and window structures in Rhythm CCounty have been systematically angled to ensure optimal natural highlighting while maintaining a balance between sun and diffused light.
The Rooms have been provided with heavy opening on both sides for achieving high and effective cross ventilation. Positive pressure on the windward and/or lee front of the building ensures overall passage of air across the room hereby keeping it fresh and airy. Each structure has been places in angles that welcome the Sun and diffused light from the sides
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Friday, January 4, 2013
Friday Fricassee
Not a huge one; I am, I think, finally reconciling to the fact that just because a person is a SERIOUS WRITER or a PUBLISHED AUTHOR or an EDITOR that they will, yanno, have a firm grasp on the basics of grammar.
Like getting verbs right. Like not mixing up lay and lie. Ever.
I understand that our spoken language is informal, rule-free, even dumbed-down. I get that different regions have different "isms" that usually don't line up with grammatical correctness. But it's hard to swallow glaring errors in published books. Glaring verb errors that really shouldn't be there.
Yes, something set me off. I just finished reading a really good book. A 2012 debut that I've been wanting to read for months, and which I received for Christmas (how wonderful, the husbands who bestow books upon us during the holidays!). And right in the middle of this very good book there sat a MISUSE OF THE VERB "LAY".
I yelled. I threw the book to the other end of the sofa.
No, really. I did. Mr. A looked up from his laptop with a confused expression. After which I bellowed, "THERE IS A MISUSE OF THE WORD LAY!" Then, "I CAN'T READ THE REST OF THIS!"
And then I picked up the book and kept reading. Which was probably my quickest recovery ever.
It bothers me when writers don't think harder about which of the problematic verb forms is right for a given sentence. It bothers me even more that writers have to think hard about lay/lie and sit/set. That's seventh grade grammar, as basic as it gets. If it wasn't your strong point in school (and it certainly isn't everybody's), then make the time to fix it now.
My take is this: If we, as WRITERS (users of WORDS), can't hold the English language together, then WHO WILL?
*pause for deep breathing*
You don't have to be a grammar goddess (or god, as the case may be) to be a darn good storyteller. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that the STORY is the MAIN THING. But your MAIN THING will be crippled if you don't have a grasp on your language.
I'm not talking high level grammar stuff. I'm talking BASIC VERBS.
And here's the thing. If the author misses a lay/lie error, and all her critique partners missed the lay/lie error, WHY DIDN'T THE EDITOR CATCH IT? And if the editor didn't catch it, WHY DIDN'T THE COPYEDITOR CATCH IT?
I understand "overworked". I understand "imperfection". But errors like this are so slap-in-the-face BIG that it's hard for me to fathom. This isn't in the same league as a missing emdash or a wee typo. This is big time, I-don't-know-which-verb-is-right, in-your-face BOO-BOO.
I ranted once before about the novel that had SEVEN lay/lie errors (and honestly, I said I'd never read this author again, and I haven't). So today's rant is nothing compared to that.
Still. It's disconcerting.
In the end, though, it was certainly all about the story. I will definitely read this author's next book. The story was good, the writing was good. I'm invested in the main character. I'm over the grammar error.
I think.
And there you have it. We all have our hot buttons, yes? Moving on!
Info for this month's Secret Agent Contest will post on Monday. And the Critique Partner Dating Service entries will post on Tuesday. There are 99! So I think we'll see some good pairing taking place.
One more thing: If you entered the dating service and have now realized you've made a mistake, please send me an email at facelesswords(at)gmail.com with your entry number in the subject line. Tweeting at me or leaving a comment isn't going to ensure that it gets done. I rely on email requests to keep myself organized. Thanks in advance!
And have a wonderful, grammar-error-free weekend.
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You crack me up.ReplyDelete
I was with you during your last, facebook inspired, grammar rant and I'm still with you. I can't stand it. My son brought home instructions on how to parse a story (from fifth grade) and it had grammatical errors in it. The instructions. From the teacher. I really don't know if it's because the English language is more difficult than others or... people don't care? I'm bilingual and I read fanfiction in both languages. Let me tell you, even the most mediocre fanfiction in the other language is more carefully written. Very little to no grammatical errors and some sites actually ban writers who don't use their verbs properly :-). I think we're just too forgiving. As a country. Not me. I'm not forgiving.ReplyDelete
I have to be honest here. Lay/lie errors generally don't bother me, because I can never remember the verb tenses myself. I have to look up the rules every time I use one of those words in a novel. EVERY TIME. It just won't stick for me.ReplyDelete
That said, I DO look it up.
Will Authoress tell us her thoughts on sneaked vs. snuck? :) Just read that the latter is acceptable now.ReplyDelete
Oh crap. I shall lie/lay down on the floor and never write again--so vexed am I by my lack of remembering simple grammar.ReplyDelete
I consider myself to be a smarty-pants in some areas, but some of our brains (there are others out there right?) are just, well, grammatically-challenged. Should we stop writing? No. However, we must familiarize ourselves with the vast resources online for such times and try to edumacate our soggy brains, so good at the creative side of things. I spend much time at grammar websites myself,whilst pondering hanging it all up for knitting.
Not offering excuses, merely a possible explanation.
no matter how many times i learn the rule, look at charts, memorize the conjugation, i can never remember the lay/lie construction. Every time i have to look it up. It just refuses to stick in my head.ReplyDelete
Don't get me started on lay/lie. I'm an editor at an educational publishing company. My head nearly exploded when I caught an error from a contract copy editor. She had changed the correct use of "lay" to "laid." ARRGH!!!ReplyDelete
(Though I admit, I did have to double-check myself with The Chicago Manual of Style to make sure I was right. You see the wrong thing often enough and it starts to seem right.)
Re: Jill's comment. I will take knitting any day over having to, not learn but remember, grammar rules. Like others, it just doesn't stick for me. Lay/lie, loose/lose, which/that, and the list goes on and on.ReplyDelete
If I ever complete a manuscript then I will be relying on the knowledge of others to police my (hopefully infrequent) mistakes.
I'm so with you on the lay/lie thing. It drives me utterly insane and I'm always fixing them in manuscripts I beta read.ReplyDelete
Interestingly, it seems to only be a problem for American writers. Brits, Australians and NZers don't use 'lay' in place of 'lie' in speech, os rarely mix it up in writing.
My big huge book tosser is Who/That. To such an extent I will stop reading if it continues. Just plain lazy butt writing!ReplyDelete
If I'm stuck on lie/lay and the brain cells aren't giving me a good choice, I'll rewrite the sentence. Usually stronger.
I still have to go consult Grammar Girl every time I type "lay" vs. "lie." Especially if I get into perfect tenses on it. It's like I've developed a mental block on it for some reason.ReplyDelete
I am so with you on this. I used to work at a newspaper as a story editor and one afternoon had a prolonged argument with a copy editor about lay/lie. And nobody, repeat nobody, thought it mattered. It also drove me crazy that as copy editor he had the last word (and worked the later shift) and that I would have to surreptitiously hover around the design team after hours to insist the correct change got into the final copy.ReplyDelete
And while we're on a healthy grammar rant, don't get me started on superfluous prepositions -- "off of," "would like for you to," etc.
Also, Kate is right on it apparently being an American problem. That said, I'll take American that/which rules over the loosey-goosey Brit/Aus/NZ take on those two.
Preaching to the choir! However, I must also admit to being one of those who has look it up each time I use it.ReplyDelete
The difference is that we DO!
My rant lately has been about punctuation. Do publishers save money by omitting commas?
- AnonymousJanuary 4, 2013 at 2:35 PM
Here's a book I recommend.ReplyDelete
It's all Bob Dylan's fault: Lay Lady Lay. O.oReplyDelete
There are certain constructions I have to check every time. My poor old brain simply won't retain them, but I know I have to, and I do. The two that drive me are people who don't know when to use "fewer" instead of "less" and those who say "I am bored of ..." We all have our pet peeves.ReplyDelete
As one of my old friends used to say, "No one sets unless she's a hen."ReplyDelete
Correct use of lay/lie is not the easiest thing in the world to master. Effect/affect is darned near impossible. Hey, I'm old-ish, work full-time in a pretty intensive job, and have a husband, 2 kids, 3 dogs, and a farm. Luckily I remember to do things like show up to work, pay the mortgage, and feed everyone! :) (but yes, I expect that some things I miss will be caught later on by others! if not, I hope no one throws my book across the room!)ReplyDelete
Just wanted to say I agree about having a husband who'll buy you books for Christmas. They're great.ReplyDelete
While I totally and completely agree with you, and have developed my own finicky prescriptivist tendencies, nobody taught the lay/lie thing in my classes in school. We spent a lot of time on affect/effect, but not lay/lie, or fewer/less. No discussions of why "hopefully" and "healthy food" are just plain wrong. These are things I've picked up in recent years as I try to master words, because I am a writer. So I try. And I know I will make (many) mistakes (not lay/lie, though, which I have since mastered and am endeavoring to teach my children). When I make those mistakes, I really hope someone will catch them before they're published.ReplyDelete
Question, Authoress & others: thoughts on "alright" versus "all right?"
Anyone calling herself a writer should be required to use THEN/THANReplyDelete
correctly. I'm editing a book written by someone who claims to have been a high school teacher and novelist but doesn't know the difference. Holy cow!
- AnonymousJanuary 6, 2013 at 9:53 AM
there is so much good cause for rage in this universe. i'd hate to waste any of it on pitiful things like this.ReplyDelete
relax folks.
Grammar is a hot button for me, too, Authoress. And I'm certainly no grammarian. I make mistakes, too. But like someone else said, we all have our pet peeves. I take issue with writers who don't know the proper use of the subjunctive verb "to be." I guess it's just wishful thinking on my part that EVERYONE should know this. (pun intended *wink wink*)ReplyDelete
I see errors like this and many others in self-published books, starting as early as on the first page, and I just can't read anymore. At that point I've lost faith in the author. Maybe if the error had come up later in the story I could just shrug it off and call it a fluke. But not on page 1.
Should we tell our self-published friends when we see these errors in the books they've made available to the public? I'm often tempted to because I hope they'll learn by their mistakes. If I see errors, others will, too, and they may tell their friends never to read that author's books. And at the same time I don't want to come off as a know-it-all since the author never asked me to check the book for errors. So I keep my mouth shut. Sigh.


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Full House? Living & Working with Multiple Animals
Often we teach training by focusing on working one-on-one. But how do we train and work with multiple animals at the same time? In this Session Ken will share techniques and knowledge he gained from working in the zoological community, where working with groups of animals was the daily norm. He will translate that knowledge to working with animals of any type.
Some of the key concepts that Ken will focus on include stationing, fairness, clicker use, and new-animal introductions (a new puppy, shelter dog, a cat to a dog, or any species of animal). The first half of this Session will include helpful information for trainers at all levels, but the Session will progress to an advanced case study during the second half.
From 2013 through 2015, Ken was involved in a project where he and his team adopted several very aggressive and reactive dogs. The goal was to use the same techniques Ken has taught to his students for introducing animals (techniques that will be covered during the first half of this Session) with the problematic dogs rescued from a shelter. Ken will share the step-by-step process in a detailed case study of this special project!
Session Notes (.pdf) are included as part of your purchase of this program. Frequently, the Session notes vary from the speaker's presentation. Speakers often make changes in a live presentation that are not reflected in the notes, which is why the discrepancy may exist. Thank you. Enjoy!


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Thursday, December 13, 2012
Daddy's Little Girl
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I'm fighting back tears over this one,,,, say it to him all the time, I wish i had more time to keep saying these words to mine,,, but alas they remain wishes, Allah knows best and he is never wrong so i say Alhamdulillah for all the fathers out there who have been half a father mine has been to me!ReplyDelete
...i feel you gurl and I am so grateful wallah to still have him in my life...my pillar of support, my God provided bank and everything in between...i try to show him how much he means to me but i doubt that if even i know the full extent of the deepness of my love for himReplyDelete
wwwaw! This is a wonderful poem ever to a father -from a daughter- as often-traditionally- we seem not tell our father how we feel about them and how much we appreciate them. . . Yet that means not that they are not important! Big up Sabra for this super poem. I love it so much, and am here-by asking for your permission to copy it as it is and send to my beloved father!!ReplyDelete


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algorithmic modeling for Rhino
Hi folks,
I'm trying to implement functionality similar to the data dam within a custom component. Basically I want an output parameter to hold on to data from a previous SolveInstance until a certain condition is met. I've tried making a call to DisableGapLogic within SolveInstance but still no luck. Any tips?
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I don't know if you are interested in work-arounds but if you are you could simply declare a global variable that gets updated on an "if" statement and output the global variable every time. Write a simple reset button if you need to start over.
But I am guessing that you don't want the script to run if you don't need it to...
Caching data in a component field seems like a good alternative. I'm still curious if there's a way to achieve the same thing by preserving data within the output parameter itself though.
To give a bit more context, the component in question creates instances of a custom data type which are used downstream in an iterative timer-based component. I'm trying to avoid creating new instances of these objects while the simulation component is running. In other words, if the timer component is running, output the last set of objects created, otherwise create a new set of objects and output those.
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November 9, 2015
Central Butte, Saskatchewan, Canada - Lonely Grain Elevator
Saskatchewan continues to surprise us with such beautiful abandonments located in the most majestic open lands! This grain elevator was especially unique to us because we're used to seeing grain elevators that have at least some train tracks…this one did not. It makes us wonder if there were tracks at some point, and they were removed over time. Either way, this place is by far one of the most beautiful sceneries we've seen in a long time…Canadian rural land is just so beautiful! Do you find rural land to be beautiful? Leave a comment…we would love to hear what you think!
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1. Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
This is part of the national curriculum1 in many schools around the world, so it's quite possible this book will also come up in conversation. You can almost guarantee that the majority of native English speakers have read this book at least once.
A baby pig called Wilbur is almost killed because of his status - he is the smallest pig that was born and he is considered to be useless and of no value. Charlotte, the spider, knows that the farmers are planning to kill Wilbur. She promises to make a plan to save his life. The farmers are surprised the next day when they see the words "some pig" written in the web Charlotte has made. Wilbur is sad when Charlotte disappears. But in the end, her baby spiders turn out to be great company for the pig. They continue to protect each other and the story ends well.
2. Mieko and the Fifth Treasure by Eleanor Coerr
This book is not really so famous, but it is on the recommended book list. What's great about "Mieko and the Fifth Treasure" is that it's short. At only 77 pages long, this will be an easy read. Again this book is aimed at young native English speakers, so if you're learning2 English, the level won't be so difficult. This book will keep you interested as you'll learn many interesting things about Japan and its culture.
This is an emotional3 story about Mieko. Mieko is a talented artist and calligrapher4. Her hand is badly hurt during the bombings of the war. The scared little girl is sent to live with her grandparents in the countryside where it is safer. Mieko is worried and afraid that she's lost her 5th treasure – the "beauty in her heart." This treasure is the key to her happiness and her beautiful art. Mieko starts a new school. Her new classmates are mean. They constantly laugh at her and tease5 her which just makes her angrier. Her grandparents eventually manage to lift her darkness through their patience and wisdom.
3. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
This short novel is perfect for English learners. It has modern themes and typical teenage issues that people around the world have experienced6. There are very few cultural notes in this, which means you don't need much background information. The sentences are short and easy to understand. The vocabulary is also very easy. You should be able to read this book without difficulty.
Ponyboy Curtis is one of the main characters in the novel. He is a part of a gang7 of teenagers called the Greasers. They meet up with the rival8 gang and the fight begins. One of the enemies is killed. Ponyboy is really scared. They hide in a church and try to hide their appearance by dyeing9 their hair. A number of different fights break out between the two gangs10. Eventually Ponyboy wakes up in the hospital. A trial is set in the courtroom and the judge has to decide Ponyboy's fate11. Is he guilty or not guilty?
4. The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
The great thing about "The House On Mango Street" is that it's an interesting read. It's written from the point of view of the writer. You can really feel what the protagonist12 (the main character) feels. The sentences are really short so it's also easy to understand. There are a few challenging words and a little bit of descriptive language, but you can usually understand them with the context13. Another great thing about this book is that it gives you a deep understanding of a different culture.
This book follows the life of Esperanza, a Mexican girl. Esperanza moves into a new home on Mango Street. Their new house is old and small. In the new home, Esperanza feels like she has no time to be alone. She promises herself that one day she will leave and have her own home. Throughout the novel the young girl grows up a lot. The story follows her life as she makes friends, her body changes and she begins to have feelings for a boy. There is a lot of focus on other women in the community and Esperanza hopes never to be like them. Through watching the older women and how they are stuck, she knows that she wants to leave.
5. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
This story takes place in the present, which means the writer writes using simple grammar. All sentences are short and the vocabulary is relatively14 easy. The interesting grammar and short paragraphs make this a quick and easy book for English as a Second Language (ESL) learners. This is an award-winning book and on the New York Times best books list, so it's worth a read.
The main character is Clay Jensen, a quiet high school student. He comes home from school to find a parcel at his front door. He does not know who sent it. He opens it and discovers 7 cassette15 tapes. These tapes are from Hannah Baker16, his previous classmate. She had emotional problems and has committed suicide17 (killed herself). The tapes came with instructions. The paper stated that they should pass the tapes from one student to another student. There are 12 people in total. In the paper, she explains to these people that they helped her die – she gives them 13 reasons. We hear about her pain. She talks about her first kiss, people who lied to her and stole from her. Everything started with gossip18. The gossip then grew and became out of control.
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Our curriculum is designed to help students develop intellectually, physically, emotionally, ethically, aesthetically, and socially.
We encourage students to become active, engaged learners and responsible citizens. At each grade level our teachers challenge students and help them achieve academic and intellectual competencies.
Palo Alto Unified School District has adopted the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in mathematics and the English Language Arts.
The District has adopted the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in the English Language Arts ELA).
We use the Teachers' College Reading and Writing Project Units of Study as our curriculum for ELA, and have been a project school since 2012.
Children learn best when families and schools work together as a team.
Skills taught in the classroom need to be reinforced at home with daily practice. Home practice might involve:
- Parent reading to the student
- Student reading to the parent
- Student reading independently
- Engaging in conversation about the reading to strengthen comprehension and develop vocabulary
- Spelling practice
- Encouraging writing
- Opportunities (lists, notes, letters, e-mail)
- Monitoring homework for neatness, completion and accuracy
- Providing a specific time and place for homework
- Visiting the library
Palo Verde has various resources for literacy intervention:
- Reading Recovery
- Cross-age Tutors
- Primary Language Tutors
- Classroom Aides
Please talk with your child's teacher if you are concerned with your child's literacy.
A high-quality mathematics program is essential for all students and provides every student with the opportunity to choose among the full range of future career paths.
The District has adopted the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in mathematics.
In 2017 PAUSD adopted the math program, Bridges. The resources provided below are for family members of students in classrooms currently using Bridges 2nd Edition. They are offered to provide guidance and suggestions for participating in your child's learning—your best source for answering questions and getting assistance is your student's teacher. Here is the link for families: https://www.mathlearningcenter.org/families/bridges2
Targeting Math at Palo Verde
Our goal is to develop competent, flexible, and confident mathematical thinkers through a comprehensive program incorporating both problem solving and computation.
We provide a comprehensive program including investigations, problems, and exercises.
Ours is a California standards based curriculum reflective of all mathematical strands throughout your child's elementary years.
- Number sense
- Algebra and functions
- Measurement and geometry
- Statistics, data analysis, and probability
- Mathematical reasoning
Children learn best when families and schools work together. Full math literacy requires computational fluency, problem solving strategies, and critical thinking. Skills will be taught in class, though additional parent support and practice may be necessary to achieve mastery.
Our primary classroom focus is on mathematical problem solving; computation and fact competency support this.
Homework will be assigned on a regular basis. Students should complete assignments independently, with additional parent support as needed. Parents should review completed work and assist in correcting errors.
Our goal is to meet individual math needs of every child through differentiation of the curriculum including:
- One full hour of instruction daily
- Math integrated across the curriculum
- Daily facts practice and review
- Warm ups
Physical education is a valued and integral part of our elementary curriculum. A traveling team of credentialed, physical education specialists provides instruction to all elementary school classrooms.
Grades 1 - 3 have a 30 minute lesson once a week and often work individually or with partners on activities that help improve locomotor skills, balance, manipulative skills, spatial awareness, directionality, coordination, and physical fitness.
Activities presented include movement exploration, cooperative games, stations, tag games, relays, multicultural rhythms, square dance, and fitness routines.
The equipment students use at this level includes bean bags, foam balls, parachute, hoops, jump ropes, scoops, rhythm sticks, balloons, scarves, and a variety of other equipment adapted to this age student.
Grades 4 - 5 meet twice a week with more emphasis on specialized skills and sport activities. Students work in small and large groups while improving skills and learning sport related lead-up games. Consideration for and cooperation with peers is important as more time is devoted to team play and manipulative activity.
Fitness testing is incorporated at this level and includes the five components of physical fitness: cardiovascular endurance, body composition, strength, muscular endurance, and flexibility.
See the staff page for contact details of Palo Verde's physical education teacher(s).
Proper Attire for Movement:
Students need to wear tennis shoes (no clogs, sandals, jellies, thongs, dress shoes, or boots), and comfortable clothing for movement on physical education days. Wearing approptiate clothing not only enhances participation, but is an important factor in preventing accidents.
Physical Education at Home:
What the student does outside the physical education class is equally important to developing an active, healthy lifestyle. Young children should be encouraged to participate in vigorous and unstructured play. Older students can choose structured activites that are meaningful to them.
Here are some things you can do to encourage fitness for the whole family:
- Ride bikes or walk places within a mile or two, like friends' homes, stores, the library, or park.
- Don't feel obligated to be good at a sport to play it with your child. Learn new activities together.
- Pick a day of the week for doing physical activity together. Each week allow a different person to choose the activity.
- Incorporate physical activities into children's birthday parties.
- Work physical activity into your own entertainment. Invite guests to come play volleyball, badminton, or softball.
Additional Information:
Kindergarten through fourth grade students study music once each week. Students learn basic music skill, such as matching pitch, feeling the beat, using their voices, reading music and learning about music from different cultures. Activities include singing songs, using simple instruments, playing movement games and creating compositions incorporating the building blocks of music. Lessons are sequential and based on the Visual and Performing Arts Content Standards for California public schools.
Fifth graders play instrumental music and have two 40 minute lessons per week taught by music specialists. Fifth graders have the opportunity to study the violin, viola, cello, trumpet, trombone, clarinet, or flute. Supplementary opportunities in music and the arts are brought to Palo Verde by the district and community resources.
All students develop self-expression, self-confidence and experience a sense of accomplishment by progressing individually on their instrument and working together in ensembles. Students learn the rudiments of performance technique, music fundamentals, note reading, and basic theory. They perform a spectrum of culturally and historically diverse selections in class as well as in performances at the end of the year.
This conceptually and sequentially based program prepares students for more advanced music in secondary school and beyond.
PAUSD Maintains an All City Orchestra, All City Band and an All City Chorus for proficient student musicians. Call the Music Department for details (650) 329-3944
The arts are a critical part of education and learning. They help students develop a wide range of skills that can be used in learning other subjects as well as in their careers and throughout their lives.
Additional Information:
- Music information at PAUSD (including instruments and concerts)
- Visual and Performing Arts Standards grades preK-12
Spectra Art is the PAUSD funded elementary art program. It provides students with sequential, standards-based art instruction over the entire school year. Students work with a wide range of media and processes.
Artist-teachers rotate among the classrooms of new teachers (first, second, and third years in PAUSD) providing weekly or bi-weekly lessons.
See the staff page for contact details of Palo Verde's Spectra Art teachers.
The English Language Development (ELD) specialist works with students who speak little or no English, in small groups and in their classrooms. We also have primary language tutors that work with students on language acquisition skills too.
More from PAUSD on ELD
Natalie Bivas is the ELD specialist at Palo Verde. See the staff page for contact details.
Instructional Aides
Instructional aides work under the direction of the classroom teacher to provide small group support within the classroom. All of our 18 classrooms receive aide support.
To see a list of instructional aides, visit our staff page.
A psychologist is assigned to our site on a part-time basis. The psychologist works with the school staff to provide the best possible learning environment for all students. The psychologist is primarily concerned with each child's learning patterns and behavior in the school setting. However, parents with particular concerns about their children may call the school office to schedule an appointment.
Laura Post is the psychologist at Palo Verde. See the staff page for contact details.
Resource Specialist
A Resource Specialist is assigned to Palo Verde four days per week. This program is designed for students that qualify for Special Education services to assist with developing strategies to overcome learning challenges
Joanne Soraghan is the resource specialist at Palo Verde. See the staff page for contact details.
Reading Specialist
The Reading Specialist provides individual and small group instruction to first grade students at risk for meeting grade level standards. In addition the Reading Specialist provides staff development to support learning needs within the primary level classrooms and for parents to support their child at home.
Natalie Bivas is the reading specialist at Palo Verde. See the staff page for contact details.
Speech/Language Specialist
A Speech/Language specialist works with students who have identified needs in speech or language development. The specialist also consults with parents and staff to support the language and speech needs at home and in the classroom.
Sabrina Cheng is the speech/language specialist at Palo Verde. See the staff page for contact details.
Student Study Team
The Student Study Team, consisting of the principal, resource specialist, speech/language clinician, school psychologist, and involved teachers and parents, discuss and make plans for assessment, program development, and evaluation of students within the regular education program. Meetings are scheduled twice a month as needed. The classroom teacher will initiate and contact the student's parents to plan a conference date.
The Library Media program aims to prepare students to become literate, life-long learners and trains them to be effective users of information. School librarians teach library skills and provide access to materials that support classroom programs and curriculum.
Library resources are available to students and staff on a checkout basis. PAUSD has an interlibrary loan service allows school libraries to share resources.
Palo Verde's librarian is on site five days per week. Each class has a scheduled time with the librarian once per week. Our librarian also assists our classroom teachers in organizing materials relevant to units of study.
Amy Hansen is the librarian at Palo Verde. See the staff page for contact details.


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Carcassonne is an award-winning new classic. It is the game that introduced the world to the meeple, a wooden figure that has become an industry standard. The game was first published in 2000, but is just as strong a seller today. Named after a city in France, Carcassonne is a Euro-game that is simple but fun and can be challenging.
I will be reviewing the new edition, reprinted by Z-Man games in 2014. The new edition includes new artwork and two expansions included in the base box.
Theme: Kingdom building
Number of Players: 2-5
Game Time: 30-45 minutes
Age Appropriateness: 7 and up
Game Type: Tile laying, area control
In Carcassonne, players work together to build the kingdom (laying tiles) while using their own workers to score points individually to win the game.
Game Play: Players take turn drawing a tile and placing it on the map. After placing their tile, the player may choose to place a worker on that area or not. Points are scored depending on the type of worker that is placed and the completion of their task.
The rules regarding tile placement are simple- a tile must be placed bordering at least one existing tile with the features of any touching edge matching. Roads must be matched to roads, cities with cities and fields with fields.
A worker (meeple) can be placed on features to score points. A meeple can be a farmer if placed in a field, a knight if placed in a city, a highwayman (or robber) if placed on a road and a monk if placed on a monastery. Each scores points when the feature is completed and are placed back in the players hand to be reused. Farmers score at the end of the game and stay on the board. The game ends when the last tie has been played.
Component Quality: The artwork was updated for the new edition and is very nice, though not a lot different than the original. The tiles have always been high quality, thick cardboard. The meeples are wooden and brightly painted. Simple components but very well made.
My Take: I am a big fan of this game. My family likes to play it. My wife likes to play it, even with just the two of us. It is a great mix of strategy and luck. Each player starts with 7 meeples, so you have to be somewhat selective on where you decide to play them. Farmers can score you big points, but they stay on the board limiting the number of workers you have to use for other features. Do you play them early and risk that the fields they work don't end up serving enough cities to make them worthwhile? Monks can also take some time to get back as you have to surround the monastery with tiles. Is it worth the nine points?
This is a game that takes very little time to explain. Play it once and understand all the different ways to score, then you are ready to go. I highly recommend this one.
Affordability: The base game goes for between $25-35.
Expansions and Replay-ability: Are there any expansions for Carcassonne? Ha. Yes, there may be a few. The new edition comes with The River and The Abbot expansions included. The majority of expansions for Carcassonne add tiles and/or a few components that add ways to score.
Let me first say that the base game gives you a ton of replay-ability. Since you are creating the map as you randomly draw tiles, the board never looks the same twice. The small expansions like The Abbot add just enough to change up the game. There are so many of these small expansions you can get.
Additionally, there are other versions of Carcassonne that are stand-alone games. Recently, Carcassonne Gold Rush was released, which gives the game a wild-west feel with cowboys and prospectors. Carcassonne South Seas was also released with an islands theme.
You can purchase a Carcassonne big box, which comes with eight expansions included. This will run you over $100. I would most certainly recommend that you play the base game before making this kind of purchase.
Board Game News and Notes:
– Where the world of sports and board games collide. The Wall Street Journal published a piece on the newest obsession of the Green Bay Packers—Settlers of Catan.
– Fans of Pandemic may find this tweet by Z-Man games interesting.
Can your team make it through the year; face month after month of set backs and fleeting victories to save humanity? pic.twitter.com/Vnh6UeDLz2
— Z-Man Games (@Zmangames_) January 13, 2015
– Asmodee is releasing a new party game called Act Too which looks interesting. I will have my eye on it.
– The Malted Meeple is getting close to opening in Hudson. The last I saw was they were hoping for an early February open.
– Still no word on an opening date for the TableTop Café in Ohio City. They sent out some kickstarter rewards lately, but do not have everything in place to announce a grand opening.
– I have several new games to review, but I need to get enough plays in to give them a thorough review.


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If you have been watching all our adventures in the name of Bartender Atlas, you will know that we were recently in Melbourne. Flying from Toronto to Melbourne requires one to be on a plane or several planes for about 22 hours.
As a bartender I am pretty bad at sitting still for too long and so plane rides like this are good for two things: catching up on X-Men movies (Apocalypse was SO bad) and trying to make the drinks on the plane taste good.
Yes, those ready-made cocktail kits are super cute but we wanted to be a little more creative and see where we could go with it. Below are three such attempts. All ingredients were purchased or stolen* from shops in the LAX international departures terminal and should be readily available at whatever airport you find yourself in. We recommend being creative and purchasing the items after going through security so that you aren't sneaking anything through. Results on the deliciousness of these drinks varies depending on how tired and thirsty you are. Also, the people sitting in your row will think you are a lunatic. (All apologies to flight QA94!)
Prep work: You will need to go to a cafe/coffee shop in the airport to stock up. All other ingredients you can get from Hudson News or other snack and news stands. The most important part of this is simple syrup. Airplane food is always so salty that you won't be mad at having this sugar handy. The best way to do this is to order a tea with the bag on the side (we'll get to which tea to order soon) and then take about 42 sugar packets from the milk and sugar station. Grab a bunch of stir sticks as well – the sturdier the better. Also, a lemon wedge or two from the plate of salad you ate before heading to your gate. You could steal lemons out of a garnish tray, but that's bad karma. While waiting at your gate drink half the hot cup of water and then add sugar until it tastes right. You'll probably be the only person drinking your "cocktails" anyway.
Blenderless Colada
Pineapple chunks
Can of Coconut Water (be sure not to accidentally grab a chocolate or fruit flavoured can…or do that, whatever)
Simple Syrup
A few dashes of nutmeg from Starbucks. Best not to ask for this, just dash some into a napkin, fold carefully and be on your way. While you're at it, do the same with cinnamon, you never know.
Once on the plane ask for a rum on ice (on the way to Australia it was an aged Bundaberg). Order a cup of water, drink that water so that you have an empty vessel to build the drink in. Drop 3 pineapple chunks in the empty cup and do your best to mash them up with a stir stick. Add about a tablespoon of simple syrup. Add the rum and ice. Top with coconut water and sprinkle a pinch of nutmeg on top.
Canned Espresso Martini
Can of whatever brand cold coffee with cream you like.
Simple Syrup
Once on the plane ask for a vodka on ice. Open the can and top up your cup. Stir in simple syrup as desired. And again, nutmeg (or cinnamon?) will be a welcome addition.
Green Tea Southside
Bag of mint/green/lemon tea (remember from your prep work?)
Simple Syrup
Lemon wedge
Once on the plane ask for a gin on ice and a hot water with a lemon**. Remove the lemon from the hot water and drink it so that you have an empty vessel. Now drop your tea bag into that cup and pour the gin on the tea bag, holding back the ice from the other cup so as not to dilute the gin. Add about a teaspoon of your simple syrup and squeeze all the juice that you can out of your lemon. Stir it as much as you can with that tiny plastic stir stick and then dump it all back over the ice. Now pour all the liquid parts back into your empty cup.
Have a good flight!!!
*By stolen, we don't mean in the illegal way. We mean, visiting the condiment or milk station at any given cafe or restaurant and taking from the things supplied there.
**Sometimes planes will not have lemons, good thing you kept the garnish from your salad.


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Low-Dose Decitabine in Myelodysplastic Syndrome Post Azacytidine Failure
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00113321
Recruitment Status : Terminated (Low Accrual)
First Posted : June 8, 2005
Results First Posted : February 21, 2011
Last Update Posted : August 7, 2012
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|Condition or disease
|Myelodysplastic Syndrome Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia
|Drug: Decitabine
|Phase 2
Methylation is a change that occurs to Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) that affects gene usage in human cells. Abnormal methylation is very common in leukemias, which is a related disease to MDS. Decitabine is a new drug that blocks DNA methylation. Researchers want to find out if blocking methylation will help control MDS.
Before you can start treatment on this study, you will have what are called "screening tests". These tests will help the doctor decide if you are eligible to take part in the study. You will have a physical exam, routine blood tests (between 4-6 tablespoons), and a bone marrow aspirate. To collect a bone marrow aspirate, an area of the hip or chest bone is numbed with anesthetic and a small amount of bone marrow is withdrawn through a large needle. Women who are able to have children must have a negative blood or urine pregnancy test.
If you are found to be eligible to take part in this study, you will receive decitabine by vein over one hour, once a day, for 5 days (1 course). If this is not possible due to complications, you will receive the drug as an injection under the skin twice a day for 5 days (1 course). Treatment will be given every 4 to 8 weeks depending on how well your blood counts recover.
After completing 8-12 weeks of therapy, response will be evaluated. If the response to treatment is good, treatment with decitabine will continue. Decitabine treatment may be continued for up to 12 courses, or as long as it is judged best to control the leukemia.
During this study, you will need to visit your doctor periodically for physical exams and measurement of vital signs. The frequency of doctor visits will vary depending on your physical condition, but will be required at least once a month.
Blood tests (about 2 teaspoons) will be done about every week during the first 6-8 weeks of treatment, then every 1 to 2 weeks for the length of the study. The blood samples will be used for routine lab tests. Every 1-3 courses, bone marrow samples will also be taken to check cells related to the disease before, during (every 1-3 courses), and after completion of this study.
You will be taken off study if the disease gets worse or intolerable side effects occur.
This is an investigational study. Decitabine is not yet Food and Drug Administration (FDA)approved. It will be provided free of charge by MGI Pharma. Up to 40 patients will take part in this study. All will be enrolled at M. D. Anderson.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|16 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Phase II Study of Low-Dose Decitabine (5-AZA-2'-Deoxycytidine) in Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) Post Azacytidine (AZA) Failure
|Study Start Date :
|March 2005
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|November 2008
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|November 2008
Experimental: Decitabine
20 mg/m2 by vein (IV) over 1 hour daily x 5 days.
Drug: Decitabine
20 mg/m2 IV over 1 hour daily x 5 days.
Other Name: Dacogen®
- Overall Response [ Time Frame: Blood tests baseline and after completing 8-12 weeks of therapy ]Participants with Overall Response, categorized as 'Complete Response' to represent remission or 'No Complete Response' for lack of remission. Response evaluation after completing one course of therapy (8-12 weeks), then bone marrow aspiration to document remission every 1-3 courses.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|Child, Adult, Older Adult
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- MDS and 5% or more marrow blasts, or IPSS risk intermediate 1-2 or high risk; or chronic myelomonocytic leukemia. Patients must have failed therapy with azacytidine.
- Performance status 0-2 (ECOG scale); adequate hepatic (bilirubin < 2 mg/dl) and renal functions (creatinine <2mg/dl); New York Heart Association (NYHA)cardiac status III-IV excluded.
- Signed informed consent.
- No prior intensive combination chemotherapy or high-dose ara-C (>/= 1g/m*2 per dose). Prior biologic therapies, targeted therapies and single agent chemotherapy allowed.
- Patients must have been off chemotherapy for 2 weeks prior to entering this study and recovered from the toxic effects of that therapy, unless there is evidence of rapidly progressive disease. Use of hydroxyurea for patients with rapidly proliferative disease is allowed for the first two weeks on therapy.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Nursing and pregnant females are excluded. Patients of childbearing potential should practice effective methods of contraception. Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately.
- Patients with active and uncontrolled infections.
- Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00113321
|United States, Texas
|UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
|Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
|Principal Investigator:
|Hagop Kantarjian, MD
|M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
|Responsible Party:
|M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
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|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|June 8, 2005 Key Record Dates
|Results First Posted:
|February 21, 2011
|Last Update Posted:
|August 7, 2012
|Last Verified:
|August 2012
Myelodysplastic Syndrome
Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia
Azacytidine Failure
Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Chronic
Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Juvenile
Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Pathologic Processes
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Bone Marrow Diseases
Hematologic Diseases
Precancerous Conditions
Leukemia, Myeloid
Myelodysplastic-Myeloproliferative Diseases
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antineoplastic Agents
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Jay Cutler was bad. Brian Urlacher was injured. The Bears lost. What more could go wrong?
Lots, actually. The more you step away from the visceral reaction to Sunday night's loss, the more you realize that there's plenty of potential here. And that if you keep your expectations in line -- blame Sports Illustrated and the rest for inflating those insane Super Bowl hopes in the first place -- the Bears still have plenty of time to make this season a giant step forward.
First, Cutler. It was supposed to be his coronation, this Packers game. It was supposed to be proof that the Bears were the team with the star gunslinger behind center now, that the Bears offense was entering a new era, one that wasn't mired in the old-world convention that running the football always wins the game. Instead, Cutler was horrible. He was so horrible, in fact, that he threw a career-high four picks to the Packers, including a game-sealing pick to Al Harris on the final drive.
But Cutler won't always play this badly. Those four picks were a career high for a reason. Even a marginal improvement, given what Cutler was able to create with his inexperienced group of wideouts, will keep the Bears far more secure on offense. Meanwhile, Matt Forte's in the backfield, waiting to make good on his rookie season. There's no reason to freak out about the offense yet.
As for the defense, well, sure, losing Brian Urlacher is a bummer, but the Chicago Tribune's David Haugh is correct: If there's anywhere on the field the Bears can afford to lose a player, it's at linebacker. The depth there is perhaps better than anywhere else on the field. (Maybe except for kick returner, we guess.)
The defense can still be decent, if not great, and Jay Cutler will without question improve. He has to. When -- not if -- both of those things happen, the Bears will be just fine. Not a Super Bowl team, but they were never that anyway. That's our fault for getting caught up in the hype. Let's recalibrate, shall we?
Eamonn Brennan is a Chicago-based writer, editor and blogger. You can also read him at Yahoo! Sports, Mouthpiece Sports Blog, and Inside The Hall, or at his personal site, eamonnbrennan.com. Follow him on Twitter.
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Sure, Sunday was bad, but there's still plenty of hope here
Jay Cutler was bad. Brian Urlacher was injured. The Bears lost. What more could go wrong?