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Long icicles hanging from your eaves and gutters are a common mid-winter sight. Underneath the picturesque exterior, however, this ice may be insidiously damaging your shingles and can eventually result in water damage.
Ice dams occur when snow on your roof melts in below-freezing temperatures due to heat from the interior of the building. The resulting water can refreeze at the edge of the roof, defeating the shingle system and finding its way towards the interior of a building.
The most common causes of ice dams are inadequate roof insulation and ineffective interior air sealing. Believe it or not, you actually want a cold roof surface in winter! When the heated air from your house warms the bottom of your roof surface, the bottom layer of snow melts and runs down as it is supposed to. When it reaches the uninsulated eaves or gutter, however, the heated air from your house is no longer keeping the roof above warm enough, the water refreezes.
The long icicles that can develop are one byproduct of ice dams. This refrozen water causes two main problems.
- Expansion. When water freezes (the "ice" part of the ice dam), it expands. This expansion can lift your shingles and push your gutters and soffits away from your house.
- Drainage. The "dam" part of an ice dam creates a barrier when ice builds up at the edge of the roof and prevents water from draining to the ground. The melting water from the warm roof above is held in a pond against the shingles, which are not intended to serve as a pool liner. The resulting water can then leak into the roof cavity and into the structure below.
The short term solution is to chip away at the ice dam in order to provide drainage. There are also chemical "ice-melt" pellets designed to be thrown up onto the ice dam from the ground.
The long term solution, of course, is to rework the insulation and air sealing system to allow for adequate ventilation above the insulation in your rafter system. Cold air needs a path from the soffit all the way through to the ridge of your roof (typically a space of at least 2″). This provides air circulation to keep the roof surface cold enough to reduce melting. There are several products one can install that create a standoff distance between new insulation and the roof sheathing.
It is often impossible to retrofit an air space into an insulated rafter system – the insulation needs to be removed and new insulation installed properly.
The problem is that in many older homes, the rafters are constructed of 2x4s. This is not enough space install fiberglass insulation with an adequate air space for ventilation. In this case, there are two options: fully insulating the cavity with spray foam insulation and furring out the rafters to create more space within the rafter system.
Homes with an unfinished attic space allow for insulation to be placed on the attic "floor" (above the ceiling of the floor below). This insulation is usually blown-in cellulose or fiberglass. Key things to look for in this type of construction include sealing of all penetrations from the conditioned space below, ensuring adequate ventilation across the attic, and even distribution of insulation. If the soffits are enclosed and open to the attic space, make sure that if they are vented that insulation doesn't block the airflow path. Also make sure that any can lights are appropriately rated for installation in an insulated space. Some types of can lights require that the insulation be held back from the housing.
Typically, an "ice and water shield" membrane is installed beneath the bottom three feet of shingles on a new shingle installation. This barrier is essentially the same as a pool liner that provides an extra barrier to prevent water from infiltrating the roof system. It is not a solution for the primary causes of ice dams, just an extra layer of protection for once they form.
It is extremely important to recognize that your house is a system of interconnected sub-systems that interact in sometimes unpredictable and contradictory ways. While more insulation may seem like a good thing, when too much insulation impacts roof ventilation, the long-term effect may be decidedly negative.
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One of the many things to which bitch-boy was subjected during Mistress Jane's last visit, at her suggestion, was he have his fingernails painted like a proper sissy. The fingernails of each hand a different colour, just to make sure he looked as ridiculous as possible, and little gems stuck on for good measure.
His little fingers then looked especially ridiculous in his fingerless lace gloves (one of his Christmas presents). Within half an hour of his 'manicure' he had lost two of the gems (possibly because of the frequency his hands were tied behind his back – who knows,) and he was punished very severely for this ingratitude and clumsiness. Just one of the many times that day that his sore bottom was subjected to cane and paddle and tawse. All the next day his bottom remained red and bruised and sore. What a perfect way to pay homage to Mistress Jane's visit even long after she had gone home and got on with her own full life.

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5 Easy Stress Busting Tips
In today's busy world, avoiding stress is almost impossible. For people who are self-employed like me, it is even harder to prevent stress. So what do you do to lessen the effects of stress? Try these simple stress busting tips:
- Exercise – even if you don't have the energy to get to gym, a walk to the shops can make a difference. Exercise gives us more energy to perform at our best, and as we all know, a healthy body can help promote a healthy self.
- Scent – did you know that certain scents such as lavender and orange can help to reduce the symptoms of stress? Try essential oils, scented soy candles or room sprays to feel calmer in no time at all.
- Talk – stress often makes us feel isolated and alone. Calling a friend, chatting to someone online or seeing a friend for coffee will help you remember that you are not alone. Talking also helps take some of the weight off your shoulders – a problem shared is a problem halved as the saying goes.
- Play – computer games, board games, card games and other games are a great way to take your mind off things, even just for a while. My personal favourite is Sims 3. There's something comforting about focusing on a task at hand for an hour or two!
- Sing – put on your favourite happy music and sing along as loud as you dare. Dancing around the house is even better, but whatever you do, resist the urge to play 'mope music' that makes you feel down.
Obviously these tips will not substitute for treatment of major stress. If you are reaching a point where life seems too much for you to cope with, speak to your doctor as soon as you can. Stress that is left unchecked can lead to burnout and other serious issues – don't let everyday stress become major stress!
Adventure seeker on an empty street
There's a Queen song that has the most beautiful lyrics.
Adventure seeker on an empty street,
Just an alley creeper, light on his feet
A young fighter screaming, with no time for doubt
With the pain and anger can't see a way out,
It ain't much I'm asking, I heard him say,
Gotta find me a future move out of my way,
I want it all, I want it all, I want it all, and I want it now,
I want it all, I want it all, I want it all, and I want it now.
Zen might be what I am seeking more than adventure at this stage, but this song sums up my constant effort to find that hope and happiness that we all want from life. So I guess this blog is about that quest. VigRx Plus There are occassional damsels in distress (me), the holy grail (happiness) and even a monster (my depression aka The Nothing). There are happy parts and sad parts, and some angry parts and even boring parts too.
That kinda sums up life though – a series of emotions, experiences, goals, plans, thoughts, actions and dreams.
Perhaps I don't have the answers, but I'm willing to keep looking for them anyway. Welcome to my quest for zen.


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Helping purchasers meet their workforce needs is a matter of finding a niche and filling it-and keeping up with human sources traits. Work your means up in the business by growing a roster of specifically skilled workers, then use your "people expertise" to construct your enterprise.
Now, you can store until you drop and get paid for it! Just put on your shopping shoes and put service personnel to the check as a "thriller" shopper. Charge native retail shops' employees on attitude, friendliness, and general quality of service, then report back to your store-proprietor purchasers, serving to them to ensure their service actually is primary.
You'll be able to never feel too protected or safe. Individuals of all ages and backgrounds can profit from the self-protection skills you can train them. Get your enterprise leap-began by coaching others in the disciplines you've learned-Aikido, Karate, or simply fundamental safety-consciousness abilities.
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Formula 1 - 2018
Davy posted a topic in International EventsCreating a new thread to share updates and discuss about Formula 1 this year. Race calendar: https://www.formula1.com/en/championship/races/2018.html Driver standings to date: https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2018/drivers.html Car rule changes for 2018: The 2018 season kicked off yesterday at Albert Park in Melbourne, Australia and in spectacular style. Hamilton managed to secure pole position, breaking an all time lap record in the process. This guy... damn! Lewis Hamilton pulled off from the line in first, followed by Raikkonen and then Vettel, He managed to hold on to his place, but the virtual safety car was deployed following an incident and Vettel was in the pit during this time (while Hamilton was still on the track - driving slow due to the virtual safety car). Hamilton had already pit the car by this time, so in essence, Vettel entered and exited the pit faster than Hamilton was on the track. This put him in front of Hamilton who was stumped, thinking what just happened. With Hamilton's tyres 7 laps older than Vettel's, all the Ferrari had to do was hold on to that position and continue the race. And that was what he did. Aussie boy Daniel Ricciardo finished qualifying 4th, but received a fuel irregularity penalty and suffered a 3 position loss on the grid, but he finished 4th, overtaking Max Verstappen who spun his car during the race and ended up finishing 6th. Race highlights below:
Formula 1 - 2017
Davy posted a topic in International EventsHere's a compilation of some clips I managed to capture at the 2017 Australian Grand Prix. This was on race day - March 26th. Crank up that volume and watch. Although Hamilton started at pole position, his pitting strategy put him behind Vettel. Highlights below:
Cars & Coffee at Dimo 800 - Formula 1 Edition
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Formula 1 - 2013
MasterDon posted a topic in International EventsNew seasons about to kick off with the car launches and testing in February... Perez's first day at work with McLaren... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd5nagGdKiY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bqs_7_-Xvw
Raikkonen To Return To Formula 1 With Renault
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Bernd is a Consultant Psychotherapist with over three decades of clinical, teaching and supervisory experience.
His initial training in the field took place in Germany - he expanded this through further training in the UK (Judi Keshet-Orr Associates, Gestalt Centre, Metanoia, Gaie Houston, Tavistock Institute) and further afield (the Gestalt Centre Cleveland -US- primarily with Joseph Zinker, Sri Lanka, Holland, Ireland and Italy).
Bernd Leygraf co-founded a number of organisations (London Men's Forum, UK Standing Conference on Sexual Abuse of Men, the Centre for Personal and Professional Development, the Whittington Hospital Psychotherapy Clinic, the Hungarian Gestalt Association, Naos-Institute). He co-authored with Judi Keshet-Orr the first MSc in Humanistic Psychotherapy and the first Masters programme in Psychosexual & Relationship Therapy in the UK. He also authored or co-authored, as well as led, several masters programmes in the UK, primarily at South Bank University, Middlesex University, Westminster and the University of Surrey. He was external examiner to various universities in the UK.
A former Chair of the Professional Standards and Accreditation Board at the European Association for Counselling, and Ethics Committee of COSRT, Bernd is currently Consultant Trainer at the Interfaith Seminary. His trainees, throughout his various teaching engagements, originate from over 40 countries; he is familar with and interested in working with issues of cultural difference. He is fascinated by the work of Mindell and more recent developments in constellation theory. His principal influences in sexological and couples work are David Schnarch, Joseph Zinker, Ellen Bader, Judith Hemming, Joan Lachkar, Judi Keshet-Orr and, as ever, his clients. Bernd is proud to have supported - alongside Judi - a significant number of sex and couples therapists in shaping their own professional identities and careers - both in the UK and further afield; some even have moved into offering specialist sex addiction clinics; others are now trainers in this field in their own right. Bernd is delighted to be (founder and) Honorary Member of the Hungarian Gestalt Association.
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747 DR in politics
- A Chancelgauntian ship-owner named Orlephar Flostren begins a large-scale development project in the trading camp at the mouth of the River Tesh on the Moonsea. It is renamed Flostren's Hold. It eventually grows into the city of Zhentil Keep.[1][2]
- The elves of Shilmista and King Strohm III of Tethyr forge an alliance against the Ring of Eyes in Cortryn.[2]
- ↑ Kevin Melka and John Terra (April 1995). Ruins of Zhentil Keep (Campaign Book). (TSR, Inc), p. 7. ISBN 0-7869-0109-8.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Brian R. James and Ed Greenwood (September, 2007). The Grand History of the Realms. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 101. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.
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In the review of iPhone X i praised the new form factor, the camera, some aspects of the screen and speed but I expressed my concerns over the Face ID, the software and the ghosting of the screen.
I was not completely satisfied and the wow effect left place for some frustration, which should not come with such a premium price.
That's why i went back to something familiar that doesn't stop innovation.


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Google is Creating a New Cloud Platform Region in TorontoRead more
Change is risky. Microsoft decided to go for it a year ago with the release of Windows 8, bringing users a whole new feel to the interface design and straying from the path of the previous twenty-year-old template. Microsoft has addressed the feedback of its users, made improvements, and recently released an improved version: Windows 8.1.
What are the Improvements?
Windows 8.1 was upgraded with an awesome principle; improve the things that customers want improved. The most noticeable difference between Windows 8.1 and Windows 8 is the improvement to intuitive navigation, making the interface react to how people think it should. Here are the biggest renovations and improvements:
- Brought back the Start button.
- Shut down, restart, or put your PC/mobile device to sleep easier with the Power User menu.
- Improved mouse and keyboard interaction with touch screen interface.
- Top settings displays the settings you adjust most frequently, so you don't have to keep digging for the same ones.
- Fixed toggling issues between the new UI and classic style UI.
- Windows Store lists apps that you may enjoy, depending on which ones you currently have open.
- Allows direct boot into classic style UI, giving quick access to software like Microsoft Office.
- Search results now include files from both your local network and the Internet, and are presented in a convenient menu containing graphics and videos with a new feature called Search Hero.
Should Your Business Upgrade?
Windows 8.1 can be a great tool for your business operations. In fact, the software was built around the needs of modern business. Microsoft has armed Windows 8.1 with better IT controls, security features, and device management capabilities. However, one of the biggest criticisms of Windows 8 was the idea that it was a product designed exclusively for mobile devices, then subtly adapted to fit PCs. Windows 8.1 will likely abolish these criticisms with its new and improved features for PCs.
Good news! If you already have Windows 8 installed on your workstations and mobile devices, the upgrade to Windows 8.1 is free. If you are looking to upgrade from any other operating system contact Tektonic and they will point you in the right direction with a tailor-made solution for your business.
With the end of support date for Microsoft XP rapidly approaching this coming April, an upgrade may be in store for your business, and Windows 8.1 shouldn't be ignored as a top contending solution. For assistance upgrading your operating system on your business' workstations and mobile devices, call Tektonic at (416) 256-9928.


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Flea And Tick Control
A flea is an insect; a tick is an arachnid.
Facts About Fleas And Ticks
- Ticks are arachnids. Meaning, they are more closely related to spiders and scorpions than insects.
- Ticks have four life stages: egg, larva (infant), nymph (immature), and adult (mature).
- There about 850 tick species, some of which are capable of transmitting diseases such as Lyme disease, Ehrlichia, and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.
- Ticks feed on the blood of their host — humans, birds, reptiles, and wild and domestic mammals.
- Ticks may appear as a small dark speck on your pet's fur.
- Tick infestations are more common in dogs than cats.
- Ticks are generally not born with disease agents. They acquire them during feeding and pass them along onto other animals during subsequent feedings.
- Pets may contract multiple diseases from a single tick bite.
- The brown dog tick and the American dog tick are the most common carriers of disease among dogs.
- Never remove a tick with your bare hand. Instead, using tweezers, grasp the tick close to the skin and pull gently. Pet MD
How Do You Know If You have Fleas & Ticks In Your Lawn?
It's much easier if you have pets.
- Look for abnormal scratching, licking, or biting.
- Unusual red patches of skin.
- Hair loss.
- Pail gums.
- Flea dirt.
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5 Things To Know About Ticks & Lyme Disease
- Not all ticks are infected by diseases.
- Testing the tick is a waste of time and money.
- Lyme disease doesn't always produce the hallmark bulleyes rash.
- Lyme disease is generally easy to treat.
- Several methods prevent tick bites.
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Deer Ticks & Lyme Disease
With over 100 species in the world, ticks can transmit more than 65 diseases: Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Colorado Tick Fever, and many more. In the USA Lyme Disease is the most common with cases peaking in June an July. Â
Identifying What Type of Tick Bit Me
Black legged Deer Tick have black legs and are much smaller than Dog Ticks and about the size of a sesame seed. In the US Black Legged Deer Ticks are more common in the North East Region from Virginia to Maine, in the North Central states mostly Wisconsin and Minnesota, and on the West Coast primarily in northern California.
Symptoms Of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Symptoms include fever, headache, abdominal pain, vomiting, and muscle pain. Some may develop a rash. This is severe to fatal. If you think you've been bitten by a tick contact a medical professional.
How Do You Remove A Tick?
If you find a tick attached to your skin, don't panic. Use fine tip tweezers and grasp the tick as close to the skin surface as possible and pull upward. Do not twist the tick. If the mouth parts break off, remove them with the tweezers as well.
Ticks & Lyme Disease
The most dangerous tick species is the Black Legged Deer Tick. These ticks can be smaller than a head of a pin, but are extremely dangerous because they can transmit Lyme disease. Lyme disease has flu like symptoms and 30-50% of victims will develop a red bullseye rash.
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Driving down from Slovakia into Hungary the scenery changes in a subtle way. Well I say subtle, if your idea of subtle is going from a beautifully mountain fresh 15 degrees to a humidified, Mediterranean 27 degree-d, slick-backed swamp of sweat in a matter of hours then you probably wouldn't even have noticed the difference. But I did. Oh yes, you bet I noticed.*
Among the many things that this project has brought me, is quite a strange ability to acclimatise to various environments fairly quickly. Extremes of heat or cold such as Finland or Croatia apart, I generally find that given the best part of an afternoon, I can stop looking like a red faced, clammy potato and I'm ready to rock on with the day. And so it was in Budapest, once we had got ourselves sorted and become accustomed to dropping about 2,000 feet in altitude towards the equator I managed to start taking a proper look around.
And what a city it was! Like so many others in this side of Europe, the country had suffered the ravages of the Second World War as despite Hungarian Jews being the single biggest population at Auschwitz in Poland with over 500 thousand of the 1.3 million sent to the gas chambers, that didn't stop the merciless Russian/German destruction of the city. But with undeniable courage, the country has re-built from the ashes.
The city is split into Buda and Pest and much like other cities such as Tyneside or Brighton, there's a posh side and a side that let's face it, is a bit ropey. For the Budapestians, Buda might be where people want to live but Pest is where they actually live and while Buda is on the west side of the Danube with rolling hills, smaller streets and pricer attitudes, Pest sprawls out over the Eastern side with a far larger urban feel. It's loud, it's real and it's got the ruin bars.
And speaking of the ruin bars… with a simplicity of concept matched only by the glorious nature of their very existence, the ruin bars stand as testament to the very definition of hipster. For many years after the war, with so many buildings in the Jewish quarter destroyed there was a significant problem in finding somewhere to enjoy a drink, which as we all know is the next most important infrastructure construction project to be started after sanitation, government corruption and roads etc. So there seemed to the young and disaffected youth of Budapest that there was a growing problem with no-one having enough money for a license even if there was a building for the license to be registered to. The solution seemed simple; Start selling beer from the burned out hollowed shells of the Jewish Quarter and to shamelessly mix religious metaphors, twenty years later the place is a Mecca for the Stag and Hen party scene.
But after a night out at the Ruin bars, when you might be feeling a little fragile and the constant drone of a hormonal tweenager is perhaps a bit too much to take, Budapest has got you covered. The city is covered with Turkish baths at multiple sizes and price points. We visited the Palatinus Strand Baths, one of the most family friendly establishments. Set over a frankly enormous 75,298 square meters on Margret Island, the complex is the largest water park in Budapest. With slides, waves and 14 separate baths including inside and outside pools all at various temperatures from 14 to 42 degrees we spent long enough to consider missing our flight back to Blighty. For obvious reasons I'll use publicity shots that I've nicked from their website for this bit but quite honestly, the place is amazing for families. If you get the chance to go to any of the 'official' baths in Budapest then jump at it, make sure you check them out beforehand though as I would not advise being caught unawares at a non-legit bath house.
But what do they think about Brexit? Well, as you may expect, it was at a Ruin Bar that I got the most honest answer. During an evening's crawl tour of some of the best Ruin Bars, our local guide was a fella named Yamann. In-between attempting to confuse and tempt me with shots of pink grapefruit Palinka (which in no way explains the truly horrible photography), he set out his Brexit vision:
"It's not good news for the UK. I think that Hungary will be OK because we are already supporting the EU and the smaller countries will continue to grow with France and Germany. The UK is one of the most important countries in Europe and I think that it will still be but hopefully we can now be equal. We will not know for at least 10 years but I think that if the UK loses, we will win."
That is one of the more interesting perspectives that I've come across, Yamann definitely saw that the EU will have a higher status and therefore by extension, Hungary will be equal to the UK. He was pleased that Brexit meant a better global position for Hungary because they were still in the EU but he was also sure that the UK would be OK, if a little embarrassed from the whole experience.
So thank you Hungary for your time and enthusiasm, I'm sure we'll be seeing you again very soon!
*I have covered many times on this blog that the heat is not something that I was fortunate to have been born with the propensity to enjoy. Clearly beach holidays are not my preferred go-to destinations so this is nothing new, but as the planet warms up during these past trips around Europe this is something that I (and perhaps the rest of the world) will just have to get used to – But we're going to Cyprus next, God help me.
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Florence County School District Three has scheduled two public hearings on its projected 2019-2020 budget, Tuesday, April 16, at 6 p.m. and Thursday, May 16, at 5 p.m. in the board meeting room located behind the district office at 125 South Blanding St., Lake City.
The 2019-2020 projected budget is based on preliminary figures provided by the state; according to the Ways and Means Committee of the South Carolina House of Representatives budget. All budget figures are subject to change as more budget information becomes available from the state.
The district's millage for 2019-2020 is projected to be 211.03 mills for operations.
A copy of the budget presentation is also available at the district office, the Lake City Library and at the district website here.
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ULTRAVIOLET DAYDREAM appeared seemingly from nowhere. But their first CD 'Redshift' holds almost 57 minutes of sheer brilliance that sounds accessible, warm and purposeful - to listen to straight through, without even noticing the time goes by. Flawless execution, crystal clear production, superb songwriting. It's a mixture of mid-length epics interspersed between atmospheric transition tracks (great on their own) - an album that's an essential! Such music is like a gulp of water for the parched wayfarer. There's something special in here for YES lovers to enjoy. Mainly because of characterizing high pitch voice. The singing of Dutch Noss has the wonderful range, emulating Jon Anderson and Trevor Horn, but often comes off similar to Benoit David. These overtones together with harmonic work are definite plus points for band's formula. And I wouldn't be surprised if the bassist Jaymi Millard got inspired by Chris Squire. Check out the extended guitar patterns from Lee Warren who combines Steve Howe fashion with array of Wakeman-ish keys (Mark Mingrone). The drumming of Jeff Brown is never reigning, but really accurate.
UVD made the grandeur full of melody and elegancy. This remarkable debut is in that category of "if you're a die-hard YES fan and can buy only one album this year". Let's thank Ultraviolet Daydream for picking up some pieces to create an inventive and original work of art that carries on the legacy of magic.


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Day 1: Departure from IU East campus
May 18, 2009
Leaving the first day we had to take a group picture! Even though none of us were looking all that spectacular since we were wearing our flight clothes. We all wanted to be comfortable!
Toledo was the first main stop on our trip. Upon arriving I couldn't ignore the amazing Moorish architecture. There are a lot arches used in many of the structures. The variety in the use of the arches is endless. Some of the arches are shown in the pictures.
Another thing that cannot be ignored in Toledo are the narrow cobblestone streets. Cobblestone streets are something I have not seen a long time and it is awesome to see the sidewalk constantly changing. Cars pass by so closely to one another and I find it insane. I could never imagine driving that closely to someone else. Something to keep in mind when walking the streets in Spain in general is cars do not always stop for pedestrians. That is something we take for granted in the United States. If one steps into a crosswalk it is assumed the oncoming car will stop and waiting for you. Not the case here. Normally the sound of a horn is heard before the car begins to slow down.
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Auckland, September 11, 2018
I have never been to Maraenui, but I have now had a pretty eye-opening introduction to the Napier suburb. The devastation caused by synthetic cannabis in that community has recently been documented by Radio NZ in grim detail.
It is a disturbing story, and at the same time a compelling reminder of the importance of good research and policy development.
Shaping the future
How so? Leaders in government make decisions that affect thousands, even millions of people; shaping who we are as a nation and who we will be in the future.
That is not an easy task.
These leaders have to operate in a cluttered public square, full of the 'reckons' of talking heads and the reflexive blare of social media.
It is important to have a competition of ideas, but it is growing harder to separate the signal from the noise.
Short electoral cycle
They also have to deal with the pressures of a short electoral cycle, and the reality that they have to win elections in order to make change, so may have to follow public opinion even when there are good reasons to question it. They can never please everyone, and they can never respond to every problem, because their resources are finite. Politicians confront a whole range of opinions about what's right and wrong, about values, and about what's practical.
Despite the challenges, leaders in government can make decisions in everyone's best interests, and high-quality research can help them by bringing the best possible evidence into focus. Let's go back to Maraenui to see how.
Maraenui issues
One resident there told Radio NZ, "We need more employment. A lot of people here, if they had jobs they wouldn't be so hooked on synthetics."
This is a reminder that while research, especially economic research can seem dry and disconnected from reality, social and economic issues often go hand-in-hand.
In order to make sure there are jobs available to people in New Zealand's regions, policymakers need to know what's most likely to create opportunity. This is why we produced Taking the Right Risks, a research report that reviewed over 200 international studies on regional development, with some clear lessons about what works.
Maraenui shops Photo for RNZ by Luke Mcpake
(Published under a Special Arrangement with www.rnz.co.nz)
Partners in progress
Of course, no-one has all the answers by themselves, which is why we spend a lot of time listening to others and engaging in dialogue as a core part of our research process.
It is equally obvious that economic development, and research more generally, are only one part of the puzzle.
Policy wonks and law-makers have a role to play in helping Maraenui, but so do whānau, drug counsellors, job coaches, community workers, and many others.
One of those community workers told Radio NZ, "I know what it is like being brought up in a hard environment. I was brought up with gangs … and got it hard. The same thing is happening, but it is 2018. This cycle's not going to break if nobody steps to the table."
A lot of people will need to step up to this challenge, including the Government.
As odd as it might sound, rigorous research and careful policy analysis can help them do just that.
Alex Penk is Chief Executive, Maxim Institute based in Auckland.


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Why designers searching for craft, creativity, variety, and vision are eschewing gold in favor of silver
When she joined the faculty at San Francisco's Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts in 2001, Christine Dhein taught all metalsmith techniques using silver. Back then, it was principally a practice metal. Today, however, silver is as much an end as a means in learning how to make custom jewelry. "Most of our students leave planning to be designers, but primarily in silver, not gold," she says. "If they use gold, it's more as an accent and not the main ingredient."
The reasons for selecting silver are many—some obvious, some not. The most obvious is, of course, economics. With gold seemingly stuck above the $1,600-per-ounce mark, silver, at about $30 per ounce, is the only practical precious metal option for new craftspeople.
But the influence of economics doesn't stop at commodity prices. As Pedro Boregaard, a designer from Narrowsburg, N.Y., puts it, "We are witnessing the disappearance of the middle class. For all those workers and professionals displaced by the recession, silver gives them affordable access to custom precious metal jewelry." The same is true for a new generation of designers and craftspeople. Silver allows them to find careers they may not find in a gold-based marketplace. "In [our] economy," says Boregaard, "silver is an ideal job creator."
What's more, these aren't menial jobs. These are positions that demand creative and technical skill. That's because silver, says Tucson, Ariz., jeweler Lisa Krikawa, is "an art metal first and foremost."
Personalized Family Circle bracelet in sterling silver, leather, and birthstones; $420 (excluding stones); Krikawa Jewelry Designs, Tucson, Ariz.; 520-322-6090; krikawa.com
The emerging reality of the silver market—with which gold- and diamond-dependent retail jewelers admittedly struggle—is that, until recently, there has been "no tradition or demand for silver as a marriage or special-occasions metal," says Durango, Colo., designer/silversmith/lapidary Michael Boyd. "Silver is all about fashion." Boyd adds another factor to its popularity with craftspeople: experimentation. "Thanks to silver's low price, it's not the end of the world if you screw up a piece. 'Try, try again' is an affordable credo."
Krikawa agrees: "As a designer, I am not constrained by cost, I do not have to worry about weight, and I am not concerned about cracking." But will retailers adopt the same rhapsodic enthusiasm for silver jewelry? "It means repositioning one's store, in whole or part, as a design center and even an art gallery," says Boregaard.
The last time silver was a high-traffic item in jewelry stores during the 1970s, it was mostly in the context of Native American pieces. Now sterling has become a portal into a wide diversity of techniques and finishes—wider than that associated with gold. More and more artists are becoming oxidation enthusiasts, producing pieces that capitalize on silver's tendency to tarnish. "Instead of fighting blackening, designers use controlled oxidation to produce intriguing tarnish tones," says Boregaard, who's considered a master of fine-silver blackening.
Meanwhile, anti-oxidation partisans are enjoying the availability of extremely effective anti-tarnish alloys such as Argentium (its high germanium content retards tarnish). The British import and its many American offspring allow manufacturers to give pieces the longest-lasting shine in silver's 3,000-year history as a jewelry metal—a boon to retailers and consumers alike, thanks to lower maintenance costs.
Boregaard Jeweler's wide and slim Alligator cuffs in oxidized sterling silver with 4.25 cts. t.w. and 3.05 cts. t.w. natural fancy cognac colored diamonds; $11,650 and $9,000
"Jewelry is all about keeping up appearances," says Don Raymondi, a silver coin and accessories collector in Reading, Pa. "Argentium keeps silver looking fine for months and months. Even when signs of tarnish appear, they are easily removed with soap and water." No wonder Jeffrey Herman, founder and executive director of the Society of American Silversmiths, hopes "Argentium will end the pernicious practice of rhodium plating. What kind of message does plating send? That silver can't hold its own with gold or platinum. That's nonsense."
Of course, some metalsmiths, like Andy Cooperman of Seattle, feel no need to take sides in the oxidation debate. Their pieces blend techniques in such a way that they have distinctive multi-toned and textured surfaces where small and large areas of rapid-acceleration oxidation intermingle with medium- and high-shine areas. "If oxidation is the fate of silver," Cooperman says, "celebrate that fact and let your pieces show their destiny the first day they are worn."
Ironically, even blackening does not last forever. Tarnish wears off—leaving, says Boregaard, a beauty no artist can imitate and few consumers would alter: "In 30 years of owning my own studio, hardly anybody has asked me to re-oxidize a piece. I tell clients the more they wear a piece, the lovelier it will become. Silver needs to be worn to look its best. And that best has a drama only usage can give."
More on silver from JCKonline.com:
+ JCK Spotlight: Silver Linings
+ Sterling Success
+ JCK Spotlight: Silver Streak


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What are some of them? For me I use to hate shrimp but now I love it. Same with potatoes I never liked them as a pup but now I could make love to a big bowl of homemade mashed potatoes with gravy.
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The Current Staff Mobility programmes within Northumbria University are detailed within the banners below;
Erasmus+ offers professional development opportunities for academic and professional services staff to improve the skills required for their current job by participating in training at a partner institution in Europe. The two opportunities available for staff are:
As well as benefiting the individual's professional development, Erasmus+ Staff Mobility is intended to contribute to the wider internationalisation and modernisation strategies of the home university.
This is an opportunity for academic staff to teach at a partner institution in one of the 30 participating countries in Europe. These short visits allow staff to:
The main purpose of the visit should be for teaching and not research.
Teaching mobility MUST take place with an existing partner University.
- Academic staff should seek approval from their line manager in the first instance. Final sign-off from the Faculty Head of International Development will be needed for application submission.
- The minimum number of hours to be taught per week (or part week) is 8.
- Visits must be a minimum of 2 days and a maximum of 2 weeks.
- Academic members of staff must submit a proposed teaching plan, which should include: number of lectures or seminars, hours to be taught, level of tuition (UG, PG, etc.), module title, lesson plan, etc.
- Staff members are expected to include additional activities to be carried out during the mobility, such as: educational visits, visits to potential partners in the area, meetings with existing partners or academic departments, meetings with Northumbria students, development of new mobility opportunities for students (study or work placements), etc. Staff are expected to contact the International Development Office before application to see if there are Northumbria students currently studying at University at which they plan to teach.
All staff, administrative, technical, academic staff etc are able to participate in training mobility opportunities at partner universities in Europe.
Training may take the form of:
The training programme could be built around:
Please note that attendance at conferences cannot be undertaken as part of the Erasmus+ Staff Training programme.
Visits must be a minimum of 2 days and a maximum of 1 week.
Our partners
For a full list of partners please go to our staff mobility map here: https://nu.moveon4.com/publisher/2/eng
The most useful resource to identify available planned training weeks is on the iMotion Erasmus Staff Training website: http://staffmobility.eu/staff-week-search
The Erasmus+ programme and the European Commission set fixed rates for travel and subsistence. Any costs above these must be covered by the Faculty or Service budget.
- For 2018/19 the Erasmus+ travel grant will be calculated by distance, using the European Commission's distance calculation tool (http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/tools/distance_en.htm) – most EU travel from Newcastle will fall into the 500-1,999km band, which will allow €275 per participant.
- Overnight hotel and subsistence rates will be paid at the British Council's rates below.
- Subsistence will normally be calculated for the number of teaching days plus one travel day.
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Please remember that these are the maximum grants available and anything over these amounts must be covered by Faculty funding, so you must ensure you have Faculty Head of International Development approval for any additional costs before applying.
Application Process and Deadlines
In order to apply for a staff mobility programme, please download the appropriate form below and submit to email@example.com
Any enquiries about the Programme should be directed to the Exchanges & Study Abroad team: firstname.lastname@example.com
Application for Erasmus+ Teaching Mobility Grant
Application for Erasmus+ Training Mobility Grant
*Please keep in mind that all applications must be discussed and approved by the line manager and Faculty Head of International Develoment or Head of Department (for support staff) before submission.
The deadline for the first call for applications is Friday 19th October 2018 and successful applicants will be notified by Friday 26th October 2018. Should there be funding remaining after the first call, a second call will go out in December 2018.
Essay on the successful staff mobility visit of Dr Petr Andreas from Charles University in the Czech Republic to Northumbria University in December 2015
Emma Butterworth - BSc Biomedical Sciences
9-month Research Laboratory Placement at Universidad Estacio de Sa in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2017-18 Academic Year
Why did you decide to apply?
The email sent round (about Santander funding) showing us what the placement entailed really interested me. I've always wanted to go into research and this opportunity looked so unique and once in a life time. I didn't want to miss it.
What was the best part of your experience?
The lifestyle has always been amazing. Rio is definitely now one of my favourite cities. There are so many international students in Rio that it's impossible not to make friends.
How did you find the application process?
The application process was fairly straight forward, speaking to Christiano (my supervisor) for a skype interview was quite strange knowing he was on the other side of the world. I think the most stressful thing was preparing everything for my visa!
Did you find your experience rewarding? Why?
I have genuinely had one of the best years of my life here. Living away from home for a long period of time was daunting, but it has been so worth it. I have learnt so much here, not only have I learnt lots about the Brazilian culture, I have met lifelong friends from across Europe
What additional activities came up from your trip?
I have travelled a bit around Rio and I plan to go to Iguazu with my family in April! I was lucky enough to be in Rio for the carnival, which was an amazing experience and something that I will always remember. Living in Rio with lots of students means there's a lot of parties, the nightlife is definitely a contender to be the best, alongside Newcastle
If you could offer some advice to other applicants, what would you say?
I would say, don't miss this opportunity! I have had such a unique experience and I have loved every minute. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask me.
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Also in the cast of the 1630 play, about an incestuous love affair between Giovanni and his sister Annabella and its violent repercussions, are Craig Braun, Mel Cobb, Craig Baldwin, Rachel Black (as Annabella), Colby Chambers (as Giovanni), Sam Chase, Michael Chernus, Mauricio Tafur Salgado, and Betsy Winchester. Alex Lippard directs. Cooper is quite familiar with his role of Donado; he played the part in the 1992 Public Theater production of the play, which starred Val Kilmer and Jeanne Tripplehorn. He will also play the Friar. Thompson recently acted with Denzel Washington in Broadway's Julius Caesar. Curtain was Janis Joplin in the Off-Broadway musial Love, Janis. Harding has appeared in dozens of Off-Broadway productions, including Victor, Killer Joe, Defying Gravity, Murder of Crows and several works by Richard Foreman. Harding won an Obie Award for Mac Wellman's Sincerity Forever.
Whore a set design by Michael V. Moore; lighting design by Scott Bolman and costume design by Martin Lopez with sound design and original music by Allison Leyton-Brown.
The Storm Theatre is at 145 W. 46th St., between Broadway and 6th Avenue. Tickets are $15; for reservations, call (212) 352-3101. For additional information, visit www.friendlyfiretheatre.org.


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Darrell McFadden & the Disciples
Covering All Areas: Phase One (EP)
DMDMG (release date: April 25, 2017)
By Bob Marovich
This five-track EP by Brooklyn quartet Darrell McFadden & the Disciples may not, as its title suggests, cover all areas, at least in terms of musical styles.
What it does, however, is uplift the traditional sound in some instances and modernize it in others, and that's good enough for me.
Name checking another beloved Brooklyn group, Big Nick and the Gospel Heavyweights, the quartet covers the latter's "Come On and See About Me," complete with a slow strutting rhythm and acknowledged "good hot quartet singing." The Disciples follow that up with another trad sparkplug, "Lord You've Sure Been Good to Me," which features shouting and exclamations straight outta church.
McFadden and the Disciples also modernize the old school sound by dressing it up with heavier bass, keyboards, and the kind of complex drumming popular with choirs and small groups. "When He Calls Me" soaks the "When he calls me, I will answer" trope in a sweat-stained funk. "We Shall See Him," on which the group harmonizes about the day when all will be made whole, feels like an old hymn made new. Buoyed by cool harmonies, "God Will Provide" is about growing up in a churchgoing family but not understanding the importance of salvation until later.
With Covering All Areas: Phase One, quartet enthusiasts will be eager to hear the next two EPs leading up to the deluxe CD of the series.
Four of Five Stars
Pick: "Lord You've Sure Been Good to Me"


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Reserve your places - this year's awards take place on Wednesday, 25th November 2020.
Mouse over the tables to see what is available and who has already booked. A colour key is used on the table plan to display the status of each table. There are no restricted view tables.
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Remember - Voters Prize Draw Partners are entitled to one free seat as part of their incentive package.
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Keystrokes - Woodvale Library
Date: 11 June 2019
- 9.30 am - 11.00 am (1 available spaces)
- 11.00 am - 12.30 pm (1 available spaces)
Venue Details:
Map and Directions
Woodvale Library
5 Trappers Drive,
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Free Event
Keystrokes is a personalised, one-to-one, volunteer facilitated session to teach introductory computer skills such as Internet navigation, eBook use, connecting with App stores and other technology skills. participants need to have access to a device such as a smart phone, tablet or laptop computer, and to bring the device to the session. Participants should have some basic understanding of how to use their device.
To book into a session phone the Woodvale Library on 9400 4180.


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High number of 'close calls' at Highland Valley Copper cause for concern, union says
'It's been more about production and less about safety'
The union that represents employees at the Highland Valley Copper mine near Logan Lake is concerned about the number of serious incidents that have occurred in recent months.
"We've seen a dozer tip over. We've seen tires explode. We've seen couplers explode. We've seen blasts that have gone awry," said Kyle Wolff, president of United Steelworkers Local 7619.
Wolff says right now there are five people who have suffered back injuries on the job, whose accidents are not being investigated by the company.
"They're not even investigating when a person goes to medical aid or goes to the hospital," he said.
Highland Valley spokesperson Jacquie Schneider says that workplace incidents are not higher than normal and that the number of incidents they're investigating is the same as always.
Schneider also says any recent safety incidents are currently being investigated.
"We take all incidents involving our employees safety very seriously," she said. "We do have a long track record and strong safety performance."
But Wolff told CBC he gets calls every day that lead him to believe there's a lack of consideration when it comes to safety.
"Over the last two years, it's been more about production and less about safety," he said.
"We're finding these trends where the equipment is being found almost inoperable before we take if off the field," he added.
Wolff says one particular incident where steering rods were bent and still being used in the field was a major concern for the union.
"You don't drive equipment with bent steering issues."
"It's going to lead to a fatality."
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State Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE) officers last night arrested a tour guide involved in conducting illegal commercial tours within the Kahaualea Natural Area Reserve. The Kahaualea Natural Area Reserve has been closed by DLNR due to hazardous conditions related to ongoing volcanic activity in the area.
An investigation conducted by DOCARE officers resulted in their arrest of Joel D. Scharer, Jr., age 24, of Hilo. The investigation revealed that Scharer was a tour guide who had led a tour into the closed natural area reserve. Scharer was transported to the Hilo Police Station for booking. He is being charged with the following: criminal trespass in the 2nd degree which is a petty misdemeanor, and reckless endangering in the 2nd degree, prohibited entry into a Natural area reserve and illegal commercial activities within the natural area reserve, all of which are misdemeanor offenses.
"The safety of the public remains our top priority," said Carty S. Chang, Interim DLNR Chairperson. "Illegal commercial tours into areas closed by volcanic activity are dangerous to both the public as well as rescue responders. Violators will face citation or arrest," Chang added.
To report suspected trespass or illegal commercial activity within the closed Kahaualea NAR as well as the closed Wao Kele O Puna Forest Reserve call DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE) at 643-DLNR.
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These premium steel sensor bumpers are engineered to be light weight and offer a sleek and stylish finish for both the front and rear of your vehicle. Integrated 20" LED light bar housing in the center and mounting options on each side for (2) 2-inchs LEDs to give you maximum LED light coverage.
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"The Talbot is a gorgeous car and it made our day so
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Scripting Question
Need to change permissions on folders and files using K1000
I need to change permissions on a number of computers. When I do it via GPO I cannot break it down to just the machines that need it as all PC's sit in the Misc Computers group. Only a certain subset of PC's need these file permission modifications. What's the best way to do this with the K1 as GPO isn't cutting it for me. Permissions are not applying via GPO for some reason on some PC's but are on others even though they are all in the same group.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Per SMal.tmcc's recommendation I created a batch file using icacls to set the permissions. I first had a verify to see if the file was there then on success run the batch file. Worked like a charm once I figured out the correct folder versus file flags.
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you may have to force a gpupdate or reboot a couple of times to get the full effect of a gpo. Typically one boot changes the settings and the next boot carries them out.
you can create a script and use cacls or icacls to set permissions
Yeah this has been sitting for over a week and it's not updating after numerous reboots. the domain is running fine and the GPO is listed in the gpresults but it's not applying.
I tried using icacls and it says it applies but it doesn't. I need it to apply domain security group permissions to folders and files and it's just not working either.


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Now one week into a fortnight-long attempt at wooing gamers with a crop of crazily-priced cross-platform titles, the Humble Bundle for PC & Android 9 has added three more puzzlers to sweeten its already unbeatable deal.
Joining the likes of Kingdom Rush and Bridge Constructor is 2D adventure game Shivah; the stylish platformer Savant – Ascent; and side-scrolling shooter Syder Arcade, a frantic visual feast of a game that is described as a 'love letter' to Amiga-era gaming from the 90s.
Getting The Games
As with the majority of the other games taking part (bar one) the new crop can be redeemed on Linux through Steam, as well as on Android through the Humble Bundle App.
If you didn't buy into the bundle on launch you haven't missed out. To get the new additions you will need to 'beat the average' price, currently loitering around the $4 mark. For less than the price of a lukewarm soy latte you get all 9 games plus the OST for each, should you want it.
If the launch day line-up didn't tempt you, these new games certainly might. For more detail head over to the Humble Bundle website, link to which is hiding behind the button below.


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Well, this place first appeared back in 2003 sometime on a completely different webhost. Then they started getting things very wrong (wrong-diddly-wrong-wrong) so I ended up at another webhost. During Autumn 2010 I thought about moving again, and after the webhost at that time decided to sell my details & data to another company and
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The site started with the domain name lovell-online.net. Then came lovell-online.co.uk. More recently came lovell-online.eu. I've pointed .co.uk at the professional parts of my site, and .eu at the main page. I think.
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September is Responsible Dog Ownership Month! Of course, we think every month is Responsible Dog Ownership Month, but that's another topic. We all know that belly rubs, ear scritches, treats, and car rides will get Fido's tail wagging. However, good doggy care goes far beyond that. Here, a Somerville, MA vet discusses responsible dog ownership.
While you don't absolutely have to teach Fido cute tricks like Shake or Roll Over, it is very important for him to know and obey basic commands. Sit, Stay, Come, Heel, and Lay Down are the most important ones.
Never underestimate Fido's ability to get himself into trouble! Do some basic doggyproofing, and remove anything that could be dangerous, such as toxic plants; plastic bags; small and/or sharp items; and, well, pretty much anything your dog shouldn't be eating. If you have a yard, it's also important to make sure that your fences are secure, so your canine buddy can't escape.
Dogs are intelligent, curious, and playful. Fido will quickly get bored with nothing to do, which can lead him into all sorts of mischief. Offer your pup lots of fun toys, and take time to play with him every day.
Veterinary Care
Making sure your canine pal goes to the vet is very important! Most dogs will need to come in at least once a year, but if your pet is a puppy or senior, or has health issues, your vet may recommend more frequent appointments. At home, watch for signs of illness, and contact your vet right away if you notice anything amiss.
Our canine companions all need proper activity to stay healthy. Exercise will keep Fido in good physical shape. It also allows him to burn off excess energy, which is very helpful in curbing bad doggy behavior. Ask your vet for specific advice.
Proper Diet
While Fido would probably love to eat bacon cheeseburgers every day, that wouldn't be any better for him than it is for us. Offer your furry pal a high-quality food, and be careful not to go overboard with fatty treats.
Tail Wags
Love is the secret ingredient in any pet care routine. Spend time with Fido every day. Remember, time spent with dogs is never wasted!
Do you have questions or concerns about your pet's health or care? Contact us, your Somerville, MA animal clinic!


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The State Department of Education released their first draft of Idaho's version of the federa Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) this Wednesday, the same afternoon the ILA ESSA committee met with representatives from the American Association of School Libraries (AASL) to talk over advocacy strategies for the implementation of the new plan. The timing could not have been better.
It was easy for this school librarian to feel hopeful when ESSA passed at the federal level. For the first time in more than 50 years, here was a federal education policy that specifically understood the importance of school library programs in student success. However, this federal legislation only authorized school libraries and librarians to have access to additional funding sources for their programs, there was no language that required, or really even encouraged, state education agencies to include school library programs in their revised education planning.
But a simple CTRL-F search of Idaho's draft document was disheartening. The word "library" appeared only once in the entire draft, and in reference to public libraries, not school library programs.
There is still so much work left to do.
But it is important to remember that the purpose of so much education policy is to provide as much freedom as possible to local schools and districts so that they can be more nimble and responsive to their unique communities and student populations. In some ways, this distributed decision making feels overwhelming, but it also makes district decision-makers much more accessible to school librarians, their supervisors, and organizations like ILA.
The AASL guidance workshop provided three critical talking points for interacting with school staff, parents, students, administrators, and community members, each related to a major area of focus addressed by ESSA.
Improving Basic Programs
Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, of which ESSA is the latest iteration, focuses on those core programs that scaffold, support and shape students' educational experiences. The message here is one we've been repeating for years:
"School Librarians and access to effective school library programs impact student achievement, digital literacy skills, and school climate and culture."
Providing Effective Instruction
Title II addresses professional development and supports for teachers and school staff to increase the teaching capacity and effectiveness of all staff. This is an ideal opening to talk about the unique opportunities school librarians have both to receive and to lead professional development opportunities:
"School librarians share their learning with other professionals when they attend conferences and workshops, applying the benefits of new techniques, strategies, and technologies to the entire district."
Accessing Funds
Title IV provides avenues for programs supporting academic achievement and student success. In ESSA, school library programs are specifically mentioned as eligible for these federal dollars, but we have to remind decision-makers of that:
"School librarians increase access to personalized, rigorous learning experiences supported by technology allowing equitable resources for all students."
Memorize these three sentences. In any conversation you find yourself in, with fellow librarians, with your child's teacher or principal, with other parents, with school and district administrator, and even in social media, find ways to put them in. Helping school decision-makers to understand these three key points is so much more important that any written policies.
Erin H. Downey is District Consulting Librarian for the Boise School District


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On behalf of the Government, Statskontoret (the Swedish Agency for Public Management) has analysed the conditions of the Swedish Board of Agriculture for carrying out its commission within the current financial framework.
The Swedish Board of Agriculture is in a vulnerable financial position. The reason for this is that the costs of developing an administrative system for EU support in the programming period 2014–2020 are estimated to be just over SEK 300 million more than what was initially calculated by the Board. Although the Board has received temporary increases in appropriations to finance these development costs, it still needs to finance a large part of the costs within the framework of its ordinary financing.
By the end of 2016, the Board expects to have financed just over half the total of SEK 600 million that the development work is estimated to cost. The SEK 260 million still requiring financing until 2022 relates to direct development costs in 2017 and to amortisation. In addition, the Board's administrative costs will increase when the new systems are taken into use. The Board estimates that the administrative cost for the new administrative system will amount to nearly SEK 240 million in 2017–2019.
The new administrative system largely consists of an IT support system that the Swedish Board of Agriculture and the county administrative boards have begun to use when disbursing subsidies. However, several functions in the IT systems for processing and decision-making have not been finalised. This makes it more complicated and resource-intensive than previously for the county administrative boards to process support. Ultimately, the delays mean that some recipients of support, i.e. especially farmers, have to wait longer than usual to have their support disbursed.
Statskontoret's analysis shows that the delays and cost over-runs that have arisen are due both to the late notification of regulations and to deficiencies in the Swedish Board of Agriculture's development work. According to Statskontoret, the Board did not sufficiently analyse the benefit of the IT support and the risks entailed by major projects. The implementation of the development work was deficient in parts of its internal steering and communication, and the Board became overly dependent on consultants. In addition, the Board's internal audit had a passive role, which meant that they have not audited the development work at the Board.
In order to finance the development costs, the Swedish Board of Agriculture has reduced the scope of its promotion and support activities. Statskontoret assesses that the Board will need to give lower priority to these activities throughout the programming period 2014–2020. Statskontoret has not understood the Government to have changed the Board's commission, which means that the division between administrative, support and promotion activities should be fairly constant over time. The Board should therefore strive to reduce its costs for the administration of EU support in the next programming period. The Board can do this by giving greater consideration to the benefit of various development initiatives in relation to what they cost.
The promotion and support tasks that the Swedish Board of Agriculture has needed to make a lower priority mainly consist of work in relation to the EU and international organisations, support to county administrative boards, development work, analysis of policy effectiveness and administration of the regulations for which the Board is responsible. This means a decrease in the scope of the Board's knowledge production, which ultimately risks leading to a decrease in the effectiveness of agricultural and rural policy. For the Board, the cost cuts mean that its experts in different areas will not be able to maintain their competence in the same way as before. It will also become difficult to finance personnel replacements.
The Swedish Board of Agriculture's annual costs for the administration of EU support increased by SEK 130 million between the beginning of the programming period 2007–2013 and 2014. Statskontoret assesses that the Board's costs will be even higher in the coming years as a result of the Board's initiatives to develop the administrative supports. At the end of the period 2014–2020, there will be conditions for being able to reduce the county administrative boards' administrative costs for agricultural support as a result of a greater element of automation. However, it is not currently possible to assess whether reduced administrative costs can ultimately compensate for the resources invested by the Board in developing the administrative systems.
Statskontoret does not assess the Swedish Board of Agriculture to have any greater opportunities to free resources by streamlining existing operations in the coming years. This assessment is based on our review of the Board's internal steering, follow-up and organisation. Furthermore, Statskontoret believes that the Board has the right focus in its work to prevent errors in the administration of EU support, but the Board needs to develop its accounting in order to make it possible to assess whether this work is being conducted in a cost-effective manner. According to Statskontoret, it is above all simplified regulations, cost savings and better IT steering that can reduce costs at the Board.
One explanation for the increase in the administration costs for EU support is that the regulations introduced by the EU and the Government have demanded more administration. Statskontoret believes that ahead of the next programming period the Government should weigh the benefit of having detailed support in relation to the administrative costs arising from this.
Statskontoret believes that the Swedish Board of Agriculture needs to develop its steering of major IT projects. The Board needs to prepare the work better, the Board's management needs to take a clear hold of the work and the focus of internal audit needs to be broadened to also cover ongoing development work. It is, according to Statskontoret, urgent for the Government to monitor how the Board will design its development work ahead of the next programming period.
In this report, Statskontoret makes a number of proposals to the Government, including the Swedish Board of Agriculture reporting how the administration costs for EU support are allocated and can be reduced in the future. Statskontoret believes that the Government should monitor how the savings implemented by the Board affect the Board's performance. This presupposes that the Board develops its performance reporting so that the Government can better monitor the effects that the increased administration costs for EU support have on other operations. In the area of environmental and resource-efficient industries, the Board should also show a clearer link between its performance and the goals that the Board is itself able to influence.
If the Swedish Board of Agriculture continues with the introduced savings and improves its steering and control of the development work, Statskontoret's overall conclusion is that the Board will be able to carry out its commission within the financial framework proposed by the Government in the 2017 Budget Bill. In the long term, however, the Board's costs for the administration of EU support must decrease. Otherwise, the Board will find it difficult to carry out its promotion and support activities.
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Smartphone brand Xiaomi, often called 'Apple' of China has launched its official website- http://www.mi.com/in/ to make its debut in India very soon. It is also planning to enter into Indian smartphone market in the next few weeks. The firm is trying to gain popularity through its official Facebook page.
Founded in April 2010 by CEO Lei Jun, Co-Founder & Vice President Hong Feng, Liu De, Huang Jiangji, Zhou Guangping, Li Wanqiang and Lin Bin. It is known for designing, developing and selling smartphones, mobile apps and other consumer items.
The firm has sold over 17 million handsets in China and launched its products in Singapore in February this year. Currently, its portfolio includes devices like Mi 3, Redmi, Mi Wi-Fi and Mi Box, Mi 2S, Mi 1S, among others.
Till date, the company has raised four round of investment having total capital of USD 347 million. it is backed by 2 investors and had made investment in 3 companies including Xunlei, Westhouse and Pebbles interfaces.
Other Chinese firms are also selling its handsets in India include Huawei, ZTE, Lenovo, Gionee and Oppo.
Also Read: Amazon finally reveals 3D 'Fire" smartphone
Economic Times says: "Namaste, Mi Fans! We have officially arrived in India. Join us on this incredible journey at http://www.mi.com/in," said a tweet on the company's official Twitter handle.
Earlier this month, the company had also roped in Jabong co-founder Manu Kumar Jain to head its operations in India.
The Indian smartphone market is witnessing strong competition between local and international players, all vying to grab a share of the multi-billion dollar market.
Telecom Talk says: It seems Xiaomi has already kickstarted its Indian operations which includes tieing up with distributors, creating distribution channels and partnering retailers.
In August 2013 Google's vice president of Android product management, Hugo Barra joined Xiaomi with plans to expand outside China. In 2014 Xiaomi has entered into Taiwan and Singapore, and it seems that India will be the third country outside China where Xiaomi has its footprints.
Fonearena says: Xiaomi makes a range of products that offer compelling specifications & user experiences at a very enticing price point. The product range includes the Mi3, RedMi, RedMi Note as well as a number of accessories. Additionally, Xiaomi has diversified into verticals like 4K televisions. We expect the company will introduce a subset of their offerings including the RedMi at launch. We expect to see the company retail devices via their own web based store as well as e-retailers like Amazon and Flipkart.
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NEWS QUIZ QUESTIONS: How well do you remember last year? [February 20, 2018]
Put down your phone, step away from the computer and see how many of these questions you can answer about the past Year of the Rooster
Put down your phone, step away from the computer and see how many of these questions you can answer about the past Year of the Rooster
1 Which typhoon was given the only No 10 warning signal during the year?
2 What political event led to the term "DQ" being used a lot in conversations in the city?
3 Three politicians ran for Hong Kong's top job – the Chief Executive position after CY Leung Chun-ying said he would not seek another term. Which of the politicians was nicknamed Mr Pringles?
4 In April a controversial sport was included in the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. What was the sport?
5 Which horror movie, an adaptation of a book by Stephen King, smashed box offices this year?
6 What happened in Saudi Arabia for the first time?
7 US President Donald J Trump has had a war going with players of American football, because some players chose to bend on one knee during the national anthem, to protest against police treatment of african americans. The player who started the movement, despite being a good player, was unable to find a contract last year. What is his name?
8 What is the name given to tiny flats – smaller than 20 sq ft, which have mushroomed around city districts such as Sham Shui Po, Wan Chai and Central?
9 What did the journal Science name as the 2017 Breakthrough of the year?
10 The Hong Kong Football Association had to pay Fifa a fine of HK$23,255 because...
11 The (abbreviation) "Daca" has been used a lot in the news recently. It has to do with the children of illegal immigrants being allowed to stay in the United States. What does "Daca" stand for?
12 China launched the world's fastest bullet train. It was also the first bullet train entirely designed and made by Chinese engineers. What is it called?
13 In November, the World Health Organisation stopped a terrifying plague dead in its tracks by quickly delivering 1.2 million doses of free antibiotics to which country?
14 One of Nasa's space probes sent back images from a moon that showed it might be the likeliest place in our solar system to find other life forms. The craft later crashed into the planet's atmosphere and broke up. What was the craft's name and which planet was it observing?
15 Which megastar revealed in September that she suffers from fibromyalgia, a disorder that causes widespread pain?
16 Google's artificial intelligence system took on China's Ke Jie in May. Ke Jie is a world champion of the game the played. What is it?
17 An ultracool dwarf star with seven Earth-size planets orbiting it, was discovered. What is the name given to this planetary system?
18 Which home-grown action movie broke box office records in China?
19 What great honour was bestowed on President Xi Jinping this year?
20 Selena Gomez suffers from Lupus, and this year she had to have an organ transplant; which organ did she receive?
Here are some photos from news events during the year, can you tell us what the fuss was about?
a Something caused a big commotion at the 89th Academy Awards ... what happened?
b South Korea's Yura Min and South Korea's Alexander Gamelin compete in the figure skating team event ice dance short dance during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at the Gangneung Ice Arena ... what happened?
c Oumuamua was first seen in October... what is it?
d Something caught Donald Trump's eye, it wasn't "little rocket man", what was it?
How many did you get right? Find out! Here are the answers.


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Today I am at an RSA talk entitled 'After the Polls'. Normally I either live tweet or write notes on Evernote that I always intend to publish on this blog but never have the time to… so here's a new approach: writing directly on the blog as the event is happening. It's not quite live blogging because I will have a look over the text before I publish this – as I understand it, live blogging is a bit like a series of extended tweets, right?
Tweets are at #RSAelection.
'Today's event is about analysis, not advocacy' – Anthony Painter, chair.
Our speakers today are:
Tim Bale – politics professor, wrote a book predicting what Ed Miliband would be like as PM.
Miranda Green – Newsweek contributing editor, knows about Lib Dems.
Janan Ganesh – FT political correspondant, knows about Conservatives.
#rsaelection – consent to be governed within current structures eroding "we're facing a huge fork in the road" pic.twitter.com/r5LrtVJx1e
— Gareth Groarke (@G_Groarke) April 16, 2015
Painter opens with the question 'Is this election the most important election of our time?'
Janan Ganesh says that the 2010 election determined fiscal policy at a fraught time. This election is not as important – markets are more relaxed. This is the closest election, though. 3 weeks out, we really don't know who's going to win. But why? Outsiders think that Cameron is a good PM. But it's not just about leadership and the economy. It's party brand – perceived values, whether politicians are on our side. The Tories don't have a great brand, but they have a good leader and good fiscal policy. On the other side, Labour has a good brand, but not a popular leader or fiscal policy. In Ganesh's experience, surprising people with something against the party line shifts votes.
Miranda Green doubts that this election won't be a fork in the road. Well, fiscal policy is now set. But perhaps it is a fork in terms of how we're governed. The coalition was an experiment. It's proved that it can provide a strong government in peacetime. But could a coalition more than two parties work? And the Scots were thinking about leaving us. The referendum hasn't settled the issue. SNP is rising. They might stop a Labour majority. People are deeply fed up. There's a gulf between the electors and the elected. In 1950s, 97% voted Conservative or Labour, now they're at a 3rd each. How will this resolve itself? Lib Dems had to join the roundheads – they're not outsiders anymore, no longer cavalier. This doesn't sit well for voters or themselves – they have to rebrand as sensible rather than radical.
Tim Bale explored two scenarios – whether Labour makes it or loses. If Labour makes it, Milliaband would make people feel welcomed because he is a good people manager. There will be cuts, but there will also be tax rises. After all general elections, the government bring in money raising measures. It's probably going to be tax rises this time, so there might not be as many cuts as people think. Much of the Labour party has been in government already so there is a discipline and a professionalism around, still. Maybe they'll form a coalition with Lib Dems. SNP must be careful or they may get blamed for bringing down government.
If Labour loses, Bale predicts, Miliband goes. A woman probably goes in. Whoever it is, they will pay lip service to decentralisation and unity.
Either way, Labour needs to make a better fist about what they can do. They need to prove they are close to people's opinons. They need to rebuild their relations with business, and decide what to do about Scotland. It's not an existental crisis for social democracy – don't make a drama. (Miranda Green made a little face here.) We'll ever get back to a politics where we can get to 40% again.
.@JananGanesh: DC's 'hug and husky' moment was an very important step- early positioning vital #GE15 #RSAelection pic.twitter.com/UNzfB2wVW4
— Luke Robinson (@LukeRobboUK) April 16, 2015
On party brands
Tories have rebranded from cruelty to compassion. Why wasn't the branding exercise done earlier?, asks Green. They decide 23 days before polling day to switch sides – Tories become compassionate, Labour become a sensible fiscal option. This is a questionable transformation. The Labour brand is a disaster. People have to get over their lack of trust in Labour to even hear the policies. Labour have been using a differentiation strategy, but they should have been shouting about their positive actions instead.
Bale says that Labour has been talking about fiscal responsibility but without drawing too much attention to it – Balls as Shadow Chancellor spoke about other things at the same time so the papers grabbed other headlines. Long term Labour fiscal strategy went unnoticed.
Ganesh at this point says 'there is this thing called the crash'. Modernisation dies after a crash. In a focus group, people were asked to draw images that they associated with parties. For Labour, people drew a guy on a couch on benefits. For Tories, they drew a smug family outside a massive house. Had Tories in 2009 said they were going to hit the rich, they may have won more votes.
Cameron made an effective first move in Ganesh's opinion. Cameron did environmental stuff in 2006 when he first was noticed. The Tory brand was so bad, that all he had to do was something other than the brand, whatever it was going to be – he chose an environmental PR stunt and it was worth more that a policy.
Milliband made no attempt to produce images, says Bale. He should have done.
A problem, says an audience member, is that you don't know if the party actually believes in the brand. This affects voter opinion and apathy. Ed Millband said confidently 'Britain has moved to the left', says Green. It would be inauthentic if Millband did a PR stunt against the party line. Lib-Lab could do a lot together because of the overlap. There are differences in ideology between Lib Dems and Labour though.
Ganesh says that people blame disillusion in politics on whatever data they are angry about. It's all presentation, there's not red-blue choices anymore. There's no big idealogical choice – but that scared people. The surest way to lose an election is to neglect brand, and stake out a clear distinctive intellectual position.
After the Polls: predicting the post-election landscape @JananGanesh Miranda Green&Tim Bale @RSAEvents #RSAelection pic.twitter.com/UXYnVWkrGs
— melliejshowroom (@melliejshowroom) April 16, 2015
How long will it take Lib Dem to regain voter trust?
They paid an electoral price for actually being in government. Going into bed with Tories lost votes. But getting into bed with Labour could have lost other centrist voters. Doing that in the future could be seen as 'flighty', says Green. And why are Lib Dems feminised when in a coalition? It's not fair on women!
What about UKIP?
If they get 4 or 5 seats, they'd be doing well, says Bale. Labour needs UKIP to score 10% to eat into Conservative vote. UKIP is not a long-term threat as it is now. Their supporters are grumpy old men. It's probably a 10-20 year phenomenon – there aren't enough takers in the younger generation for the UKIP brand of politics.
The crash happened – well, UKIP happened too. Cameron has had to respond to backbenchers on UKIP.
UKIP drove Tories insane, says Ganesh. They were throwing anything to try and stop the UKIP mania. But it didn't work to capture UKIP voters, and it didn't work to keep centrist voters.
Electoral reform – can we have proportional representation?
We had AV referendum and it didn't work out, says Bale. That can be used by electoral reform opponents to stop proportional representation from happening. It won't happen til the Conservative party feels it's in their best interests, predicts Bale. It could work for Tories, they ought to consider it.
Party spilts
People in one party have more in common with people in other parties than their own. If you redesigned parties, you'd make an Economist-FT party, says Ganesh. Each intake of Tories is more and more free-market, there are differences on Europe though.
The split in the Labour party is personal rather than ideological. With Lib Dems and Tories, it's more ideological.
Lib Dems aren't split, says Green. If Lib Dems are faced with the problem of who out of Labour and Conservative should be the moral winner, then there will be a problem. They'd have to negotiate a lot for a coalition. That might cause a split.
Who is going to be PM?
Bale thinks we'll have Milliband as PM, Clegg as Dep, backed by SNP.
Green thinks we'll have Cameron as PM, with a female Tory as Dep.
Cameron and Clegg – we'll keep the status quo says Ganesh. This could be a continuity election, not a change election. But the numbers might not stack up, says Bale.
Painter believes we'll have Milliband, with Harriet Harman for Dep, and it will be a difficult relationship with SNP.
He asked the audience to predict who would be PM – Miliband or Cameron. A quarter thought the former, and half thought the latter.
What I think
Personally I think that Cameron will probably win (I'm not endorsing him either way here). I don't think Ed Miliband is a popular enough leader to win.
I think that party brand and the gulf between voters and politicians that Miranda Green alluded to is very problematic. I also think that Russell Brand has given thousands of people an excuse to not turn up to vote, which could affect voting turn out amongst young people. I think that engagement with politics is a bigger issue than who is actually going to win. The people I talk to express disillusionment and powerlessness about politics in general. They talk about this more than whether they will back a particular party. My generation cares more about electoral reform than who is going to be in government.
I have rarely encountered apathy, if you were wondering – and where there is apathy, it's because of a lack of education, and not making the connection between 'politics' and one's lifestyle.
The design opportunity
Our political system is overly complicated and not as democratic as most people would like. We vote for a local MP, not for a Prime Minister. Constituencies are varying sizes, but they vote in one MP each. Many people don't know the difference between MPs and councillors. Our system is seen as the best way out of a bad set of options.
Now that politics has changed to become much more centrist, with lots of crossover, the time is ripening for an electoral change. We won't have 40% majorities any more, so this will be a push towards a new system that works more satisfyingly. Coalitions might be more likely. Also, consider that eventually we will be able to vote online. What might our voting system look like in 20 years when we're all voting online? If we didn't have constituencies, how would votes be weighted?
What if there were no parties? What if each politician sat somewhere on a spectrum rather than not firmly within one party? What if all the parties were scrapped and named after newspapers, as Ganesh joked?
The speakers today talked openly and non-dismissively about electoral reform, so this is an area of work that service designers may very possibly be able to have a hand in in the next 10 or so years.
In the meantime
Register to vote in the election if you haven't already. The deadline is the 20th April. If you aren't sure who to vote for, take this test to get a better understanding of party policies. And don't be afraid to ask basic questions about politics. There's so much complexity that no single person understands how all of government works. Dig for information without shame. It's not my fault that I wasn't taught about politics at school, and it's not your fault either.


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BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:40 P.M.) – A huge Iraqi Army attack on the desert region of the Al-Anbar Governorate, yesterday, resulted in the death of several Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) terrorists.
Led by their 29th Brigade, the Iraqi Armed Forces carried out a massive assault on the Islamic State cells in Al-Anbar as part of their border security initiative.
This massive attack by the Iraqi Armed Forces would result in the death of tens of Islamic State fighters and the destruction of several caches of weapons in western Al-Anar.
Below are a number of photos that were released by the Iraqi Armed Forces from their recent operation against the Islamic State terror organization:
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The Value of Happy Employees on the Bottom Line
by Diane Wing. M.A. The benefits of happy employees may seem intangible, but actually, have a significant impact on the bottom line. Studies show an increase in collaboration, innovation, cooperation, focus, and passion as a result of increased happiness. This equates to an increase in productivity ranging between 12 percent and 20 percent. Productivity, enthusiasm, and engagement are the hallmarks of a healthy work environment. Based on these factors, there is a correlation between the level of happiness and the number of sick days taken, customer satisfaction, and level of creativity displayed in the workplace. According to a recent Gallup …Read More