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Hi Everyone!
Here is a Sneak Peek of my 8"x12" Canvas Project, that you have the opportunity to make at
Scrap-a-Doodle Doo's BoBunny BONANZA All Day Event, on April 9th, 2011 ( details and info below)
It is just ONE of THREE projects you will make that day! Seats are LIMITED, and going FAST,
so PLEASE contact Scrap-a-Doodle Doo for more INFO and to RESERVE your seat!
I've used the HOT NEW BoBunny TIMEPIECE Collection for this project, which you will make from
start to finish at the event ( along with 2 other projects from our 2 other Educators)
|Check out the distressed Prima Flower, Black Beaded "HOT" dangling, glitzy trim!, and of course the BEAUTIFUL BoBunny Time Piece Paper Collection!
This PROMISES to be an AMAZING DAY filled with CREATIVE GOODNESS!
I don't know of any other opportunity in the NY/ NJ Area offering a chance to spend the day making 3 completed and BEAUTIFUL Projects featuring the latest releases from Bo Bunny and learning new techniques that you can take with you and apply to future projects too!
So please join me and 2 of my fellow Scrap-a-Doodle-Doo Design Team Educators, Adina Medina & Anna Zuniga, and spend the day with us and the rest of the Crew from Scrap-a-Doodle Doo
- as we team up to teach a FULL DAY of FUN classes!
Date: Saturday, April 9th 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Place: The Doubletree Hotel in Mahwah, New Jersey
Cost: $125 per person - which includes 3 projects and lunch!
SEATING IS LIMITED so PLEASE Reserve your seat ASAP!
So what are you waiting for?
CLICK here - on Scrap-a-Doodle Doo's website
and reserve your seat on line!
Or contact the Store at :
37-C Swan Street
Ramsey, New Jersey 07446
Phone: 201.818.7060
Hope to see you there!


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At Money Under Your Futon, we've frequently encouraged our readers to sign up for mileage and points accounts with their favorite airlines, hotels, and stores. But not being able to redeem miles/points or shedding more of them than you would like can undermine even the most diligent efforts to accrue them.
Condé Nast's concierge.com sheds some light into the mileage redemption process in a recent article. Writing on "How to Maximize Your Miles," they offer 10 tips for getting the most out of your mileage account, from well-known advice, such as looking for seats in code-share partner flights, to the more obscure but probably equally useful, including calling airline companies after midnight on a weekend and, if your home airport is an airline hub, considering a frequent flier program that is not from that airline but from one of its partners instead. To read the full article, click here.
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From the looks of my post office box it must be election time again, time to try to wake up the Florida Democratic Party, Good Luck with that!
Why Democrats can never take control the Florida congress, other than a fact that they just do not care?
The seat pays $30,000 not a lot of money for a politician however, the congress is a do nothing congress and the Pork Barrel and other under the table niceties should be enough?
5 seek to replace Rep. Nelson in Florida House
All of them are republicans!
Five Republicans, all first-time office-seekers, are vying to succeed Bryan Nelson in Florida House District
An Apopka Republican, Nelson was unable to seek re-election to the Legislature because of term limits and is running instead for Orange County commissioner.
The district, which includes Apopka, Mount Dora and Tavares, spans the northern parts of Orange and Lake counties. The job pays $29,697 a year.
The race, originally set up as a Republican primary in the conservative-leaning district, will be open to all voters regardless of party affiliation because no candidate from another party met the deadline to challenge for the seat.
The Republican with the most votes in the Aug. 26 election earns the two-year term.


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Thin Places: Where Faith Is Affirmed And Hope Dwells
Bill and Terry Treacy died three months apart, after fifty years of marriage and a lifetime of faith. Devastated by this loss, their ten children found comfort in inexplicable signs assuring them that their parents were at peace, reunited in heaven, and yet still present in the lives of those who grieved for them.
In Thin Places: Where Faith Is Affirmed and Hope Dwells, Mary Treacy O'Keefe describes such signs as thin places—sudden realizations of that ethereal veil between what we know of earth and what we believe of heaven. In sharing her family's story (and those of many others), she shows how thin places are present in ordinary places at ordinary times—and how such moments of grace reveal Divine loving messages of faith and hope in our daily lives.
Mary Treacy O'Keefe is co-founder and executive director of Well Within, a nonprofit wellness resource center in West St. Paul, Minnesota, that provides integrative healing services to people living with chronic and/or live-threatening illnesses. She is a certified spiritual director with a master's degree in theology, and conducts workshops on spirituality and healing. Her writings have appeared in magazines and books, including Chicken Soup for the Christian Family Soul.


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This blog was last updated on 22/05/2020 We will be continuing to update this blog following the government's advice to keep all information current, with the ever changing circumstances. The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme The...
Supreme Court Pins £26.5 Million Bill on Wind Farms Contractor
Construction contracts frequently require works to comply with recognised standards set by independent bodies – but what happens if those standards are wrong? The Supreme Court tackled that issue in the context of two offshore wind farms that began to fail soon after their construction, leaving a £26.5 million repair bill.
Following a tendering exercise, a power company employed a contractor to design and install the foundations of 60 turbines. The tender documents required the work to be carried out in accordance with an internationally recognised standard. Only after the foundations began to fail was it realised that one of the mathematical values stated in the standard was wrong by a factor of about 10. That had resulted in the foundations being far weaker than they should have been.
The company argued that the contractor should bear the remedial costs because the foundations did not have a lifespan of 20 years, as required by the contract. The contractor, however, submitted that it should not have to bear the loss as it had complied with the industry standard. The company's arguments prevailed before the High Court, but that decision was later reversed by the Court of Appeal.
In unanimously upholding the company's appeal against the latter ruling, the Supreme Court found that the contractor had warranted that the foundations would have a minimum lifespan of 20 years. Alternatively, it had undertaken to provide a design that could be objectively expected to last for that period.
The technical requirements in the contract specified only a minimum standard and it was the contractor's responsibility to design the foundations to a more rigorous standard if that was required to make them fit for purpose. The contractor could be expected to shoulder the risk in that it had agreed to work to a design standard that was incapable of delivering the required 20-year lifespan.


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Active Defense System (ADS), is an advanced countermeasure used on vehicles during the 22nd Century.
Battlefield 2142Edit
Active Defense System is an equipped module in both EU and PAC vehicles. It is a form of countermeasure designed to prevent anti-vehicle weapons from hitting the user's vehicle. ADS modules can be found on air transports, gunships, APCs, battlewalkers, and tanks.
When ADS is activated, it projects a hazy green forcefield around the vehicle. This forcefield deflects rockets, missiles, tank shells, and railgun slugs fired from other vehicles (friendly or foe). The vehicle's own weaponry can pass through.
Active Defense lasts for five seconds. It takes twelve seconds to recharge. The forcefield radius is six meters on ground vehicles and ten meters on air vehicles. Active Defense can be activated while the vehicle is immobilized by EMP.
Active Defense does not stop bullets, motion mines, RDX Demopaks, or EMP weaponry. It protects against direct impacts from anti-air emplacements and orbital strikes, but not their splash damage.
Infantry standing nearby can still receive splash damage from weapons that impact the ADS barrier, or bullets that pass through it.


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Cynthia: Happy Black Friday, Mike!
The color black is the complete absorption of light, and the retail "holiday" the complete absorption of our shopping dollars. Let's talk about what else is black.
How about our president, Barack Obama. In your view, how's he doing?
Mike: Wow, right to the point! I'm still a bit foggy from a stuffing-induced stupor, but I'll give it a shot.
For the president, he's essentially given up on all his 2008 soaring rhetoric about bridging the partisan divide. If he had decided to tackle immigration with his Democratic majorities back in 2008, I think Republicans would've worked with him. Instead, they came out with Chicago-style tactics that ran the ACA roughshod over even the most moderate of Republicans, including Olympia and Susan.
When Scott Brown was elected to succeed Ted Kennedy — Ted Kennedy! — they pressed on with legislative gymnastics, never once pausing for a moment of introspection. I recognize Republicans have been obstinate as well, but it is a president's duty to lead and there were some on the right willing to give him a shot at first. But, fool me once…
Cynthia: It's a fool's errand trying to be bipartisan with a Republican Party hell bent on being obstructionist. The GOP has broken all records putting up obstacles to Obama's judicial nominees and other important appointments, as well as blocking critical legislation. And talk about gymnastics, Republicans shut down the government over debt they created with lavish tax cuts and expensive wars.
Now America's first black president is protecting black and brown immigrants, and Republicans in Congress are apoplectic — 89 percent of whom happen to be white men.
Maybe you're right, though. Maybe we should just be grateful a few of them were at least willing to give him a shot, at first.
Speaking of shots, one GOP senator says anarchy and violence might result from the president's executive order on immigration.
It's all so confusing. Who's got the black heart in all of this, anyway?
Mike: Like I said, the bipartisanship should've begun when there were Democratic majorities, but the White House didn't really care. Republicans reacting to that partisan environment led to the impasses. Doesn't make it right, but let's not pretend that the Democrats are pure as the driven snow in all of this.
And 89 percent of congressional Republicans are white men? Wild. Did you know that 100 percent of the founders were white men? But all of that is irrelevant. Let's look at the policy, not the color of people's skin or hearts. And the fact is the policy isn't great.
I've talked to some Americans who came here as immigrants from Africa and South America. They dealt with the bureaucracy; filled out the forms; waited in lines; paid their bills, lawyers and taxes; worked; earned; saved; and ultimately succeeded. I saw the same thing with my Afghan interpreters; they worked with us shoulder-to-shoulder, put themselves and their families at risk and waited for months or years to come to America the right way. So what message does this send to those who do things right?
Cynthia: It's not naturalized citizens complaining about the president's executive order, it's Republicans, and the message is simple: while they deal with the bureaucracy; fill out the forms; wait in lines; pay their bills, lawyers and taxes; work; earn; and save, a group of non-violent immigrants brought here as children or who are parents of Americans won't be deported.
An uprising over something outrageous — potholes, say — I can see, but to incite a rebellion in order to deport kids and break up families? It just seems a little over the top. What happened to trust God and keep your powder dry?
And yes, I'm well aware the Founding Fathers were all white men in white powdered wigs. I'm willing to bet, though, that if women weren't busy being "chattel" and blacks were not slaves, they would have loved to get a little credit for the birth of our nation in 1776.
The word "conservative" means resistant to change. Don't you think fear of losing power has something to do with the GOP's anti-Obama, anti-immigrant attitude?
Mike: President Obama has been in office for six years; how many were really in danger of being deported without the executive order? And what about the brazen political calculation, waiting to announce this until after the midterm election but before the new Congress is seated? These transparent political games are why people rightly hate the system.
And try as you might to ascribe "anti-immigrant" values to the GOP, some of our brighteststars are first-generation Americans whose parents immigrated here legally. We know the immigration system is broken, but the solution is not merely legislative. We need the executive branch to do their job and enforce the laws, both in terms of border security and in terms of visa processing. And we need to make it simpler so that immigrants without financial resources can come here legally.
Quite simply, we should be a nation with tall walls and wide gates. And I think most Americans, whether natural-born or naturalized, agree with that. So am I worried about the GOP "losing power?" Nah. But I am worried that the president flouting Congress' will — however wrong that will may seem — sets a mighty dangerous precedent. Contrary to the opinions of Machiavelli and Jonathan Gruber, the ends do not always justify the means.


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There are schools offering educational leadership programs in Missouri!
Schools Offering Educational Leadership Programs in Missouri
Nearby States
Each year, approximately 1.3% of Missouri graduates receive degrees in educational leadership. Thus, Missouri's 21 educational leadership schools put out approximately 2,291 educational leadership professonals each year.
Top Schools
The top-ranked school in Missouri with a educational leadership program is Webster University, which is located in Saint Louis. In 2010, it was ranked 30th nationwide. 56 students graduated with a degree in educational leadership from Webster University in 2010. The tuition rate at Webster University was $21,748 per year.
Stephens College, which was ranked 42nd nationwide in 2010, is the second-ranked school in Missouri that has a educational leadership program. It is located in Columbia. In 2010, 11 students graduated from Stephens College educational leadership program. Students at Stephens College paid $25,400 per year in tuition fees.
The third-ranked school in Missouri that has a educational leadership program is Lindenwood University. Lindenwood University, which was ranked 43rd in the country in 2010, is located in Saint Charles. In 2010, 359 students graduated from Lindenwood University educational leadership program. The tuition rate at Lindenwood University was $13,540 per year.
Tuition at Missouri's educational leadership schools ranges from $32,656 per year to $5,638 per year. But, the average tuition is $13,755 per year. In 2010, the educational leadership schools that charged the highest tuition rates in Missouri were:
- Saint Louis University-Main Campus - located in Saint Louis, students are charged $32,656 per year
- Stephens College - located in Columbia, students are charged $25,400 per year
- Maryville University of Saint Louis - located in Saint Louis, students are charged $21,910 per year
The educational leadership schools in Missouri that charged the lowest tuition rates were:
- Northwest Missouri State University - located in Maryville, students are charged $5,638 per year
- Lincoln University - located in Jefferson City, students are charged $6,175 per year
- Southeast Missouri State University - located in Cape Girardeau, students are charged $6,255 per year
An educational leadership degree from a Missouri school... what next?
Many Missouri educational leadership graduates become a preschool director, dean, and distance learning coordinator. If you decide to work as an educational leadership professonal in Missouri, you will be joining the ranks of approximately 7,630 Missouri educational leadership professonal as of 2010. This number includes 4,360 middle school principals, 900 preschool directors, and 2,160 deans. In Missouri, the largest numbers of educational leadership professonal work in the following counties:
- Bond County - 3,600 educational leadership professonals
- Franklin County - 2,630 educational leadership professonals
- Audrain County - 660 educational leadership professonals
Projected Growth
According the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of educational leadership professonals is expected to grow by 12% by 2018. There are projected to be 7,840 educational leadership professonals working in Missouri then. Of these 7,840 educational leadership professonals, the government predicts that 4,990 will be middle school principals, 1,100 will be preschool directors, and 1,750 will be deans.
educational leadership professonals in Missouri earn $70,133 per year on average. However, this number is only an average. Educational leadership professonal in Missouri had varying salaries from $24,650 to $148,790 per year in 2010. Educational leadership professonals in the following Missouri counties make the highest salaries on average:
- Jasper County - $78,220 per year
- Franklin County - $76,665 per year
- Adair County - $74,980 per year
On average, educational leadership professonals earn the least in the following Missouri counties:
- Butler County - $51,043 per year
- Christian County - $65,003 per year
- Boone County - $67,073 per year
On average, the highest paid educational leadership professonals in Missouri were:
- Dean - $83,940 per year
- Middle School Principal - $81,520 per year
- Distance Learning Coordinator - $72,330 per year
The educational leadership professonals with lowest average salaries in Missouri were:
- Distance Learning Coordinator - $72,330 per year
- Preschool Director - $42,740 per year
More Information
For more data regarding a career in educational leadership in Missouri and to compare salaries with various related fields such as educational leadership or special education, take a look at the graphs and charts below.
Here are the different levels of study available for you to explore.
- Master's Degree in Educational Leadership in Missouri
- Doctoral Degree in Educational Leadership in Missouri
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The world's biggest startup campus is opening today in Paris's 13th arrondissement. Based on a former railway depot known as LA Halle Freyssinet, the 34,000m2 space will accommodate more than 1,000 startups and counts as founding partners companies such as Facebook and Microsoft.
Station F is the biggest startup campus in the world, based in Paris. The building is a 34,000m2 historical monument from the 1920s that has been converted into a massive startup space – it's literally the size of the Eiffel tower lying down. We consider ourselves a startup campus because we will have an entire ecosystem on-site with startups, investors, public services, various startup programmes and more. We're also launching a housing extension next year for 600 entrepreneurs to live ten minutes away. So it's in many ways like a university campus – but for startups. The building is cut into three parts. The first part has a lot of services and event spaces: a 360-person auditorium, private meeting rooms, private offices, public services for startups, an on-site coworking coffee shop open to the public, a fablab, a post office and more. The second part of the building is the startup zone. This area has 3,000 desks and can host roughly 1,000 startups. We host 21 different programs startup programmes in this area, for startups for different verticals or stages of development. These programmes are run by actors like Facebook, Microsoft, Naver, HEC, Numa, Ubisoft and more. And finally, the third zone is a massive restaurant open to the public 24-7. It can sit 1,000 people and has four kitchens and a bar. It will be open a little later this year.
The idea from Station F came about in 2013. Xavier Niel – who is the man behind the project – noticed that the French ecosystem had a lot of great startups, startup programmes, investors, etc. but all very small and dispersed. People would compare Paris with London or Berlin. They would see Silicon Roundabout and Google Campus in London, they would see the Factory in Berlin. The idea was therefore to create a big emblematic space to bring the ecosystem together and provide services and space, especially to young startups that often struggle to find space and resources within their budget.
The initial idea was a massive incubator but over time we realized that we were much more like a university campus with various programmes for startups, event spaces, services, and soon-to-come housing.
Xavier Niel said that the main idea for Station F is to help people coming mostly from poor suburbs. We are launching the Fighters Program – which will be the 23rd startup programme at Station F – dedicated to entrepreneurs from underprivileged backgrounds. This programme is dedicated to people who may not have access to fancy schools or what have you. They may come from poor suburbs or rural areas, be immigrants who have had lots of difficulties, refugees or simply people with difficult personal stories.
These entrepreneurs will be able to apply to the Fighters Program, which offers access to all the same resources of the Founders Program – but for free for an entire year. Startups will be able to apply online until 2 October 2017 at www.stationf.co and selected startups will join the campus in January 2018.
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, is going to be at the opening.
He is very well-liked by the ecosystem and was a great a great spokesperson for us when he was finance minister. I think the ecosystem is also very pleased he is president because the other option wasn't really in-line with many of the ecosystems values. He also has a very atypical profile and story in many ways and kind of represents a new, innovative, younger France.


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Ben Rogers
Played by Robert Scott Wilson
Actor Bio
Robert Scott Wilson stars as Ben Rogers on "Days of our Lives."
Wilson, a Massachusetts native, made the big move to Los Angeles in 2010 to pursue his journey as an actor, and two years later won the first-ever male model search contest for "The Price Is Right." Wilson recalls watching the show with his grandmother who helped raise him. The actor/model has been featured in numerous print advertising campaigns and music videos.
Wilson began his soap journey as a series regular on "All My Children," and guest starred on "Surviving Jack," "The Middle," "The Secret Life of the American Teenager," "I Didn't Do It," "Supah Ninjas," "Entourage" and "Melissa & Joey." In addition, he appeared in the feature films "Bride Wars," "Surrogates," "Friends with Benefits" and "The Social Network."
When he is not on set, the self-declared die-hard New England sports fan enjoys playing basketball, football and paintball. He also loves to spend his free time relaxing with his two dogs, family and friends.


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In the past few weeks there have been a number of disturbing cases of cyber bullying and harassment involving the micro-blogging website Twitter.
Both Charlotte Dawson (Australia's Next Top Model judge) and Robbie Farah (Wests Tigers NRL captain) have been on the receiving end of distasteful and inappropriate messages via Twitter.
Farah has called upon Prime Minister Julia Gillard to tighten social media laws, and this has been endorsed by NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell. Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has also previously called for tougher legal powers to combat cyber bullying.
Experts have confirmed iCyberSafe.com's advice on dealing with cyber bullying:
- block the attacker;
- do not respond to their taunts;
- report the abuse.


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Monday, October 24, 2011
GIVEAWAY Homegrown and Handmade
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Long Beach is the largest city in The Harbor region and the second largest in LA County. Its old nicknames, "Iowa by the Sea" and "Iowa under Palm Trees" came from the large numbers of white middlewesterners who moved there in the middle of the 20th century. Depending on opinions, it's also nicknamed "Wrong Beach" and "Strong Beach." A popular acronym for the city is "LBC," which originally stood for Long Beach Crips (as well as Luton Borough Council, Lakeside Bible Camp, Lymphoid Blastic Crisis, Linux Based Cluster, Loose Bladder Construction and many other things). Now, most people use it to mean "Long Beach City" or "Long Beach, Cali."
The lighthouse in the distance
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10 February 2014
Calum Leslie
A Glasgow Caledonian University journalism graduate has been awarded a prestigious industry honour.
Calum Leslie, who graduated from the MA Multimedia Journalism course, won the Mustard TV award after gaining the highest marks in the NCTJ Diploma in Journalism videojournalism for online module. He follows fellow GCU graduate Kenny Crawford, the 2013 winner.
The 23-year-old was presented with his award by Archant London editorial director Laura Adams at the NCTJ Student Council at Pearson in London last week.
He said: "I'm delighted to have won the award. It's recognition of all the hard work from last year. All of the students put a lot of work into making sure we were prepared for the exam, and it's testament to the hard work of the department and the staff at GCU who got us ready for it.
"Employers are looking for evidence that not only can you do things like TV and radio packages and write for print and online, but you can do it under pressure and in timed environments in the workplace. If you can do it in an exam, it shows employers you can do it in the workplace too."
During the completion of his Masters portfolio, Calum worked with Central FM. Since graduating, he has joined BBC Scotland as part of its referendum unit, as well as working across their news and current affairs programmes.
Claire Dean, Programme Leader of the MA in Multimedia Journalism, said: "We are absolutely delighted and proud of Calum's achievement. He worked incredibly hard throughout his Masters year at GCU to learn all the multimedia skills a journalist needs in this digital age, especially working cross platform in video journalism for online.
"The NCTJ exams are a very important part of the Masters programme as they greatly enhance graduates' employment prospects. Calum is now part of the BBC Scotland's new dynamic team of journalists in the referendum unit – a very exciting start to what I know will be a very bright career.
"At GCU, we're are always nurturing talent and preparing students for working in the industry and to win the award for the second year in a row is a fantastic accomplishment."


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Jun 24 How to save money on art supplies
Art supplies are generally expensive. In my neighborhood, I don't have a real art store. When I started drawing and painting, I went to Aaron Brothers and bought whatever I wanted for the original full price. As I was making more visits to the store, I've discovered ways to save a huge amount of money on the art supplies.
They have weekly coupons available on their website. Coupons I love the most are 40-50% off on a single item. Now I don't go to the store without coupons. I usually wait to buy any expensive item until 50% off coupons are back on their website. Also, they have "buy one and second one for 1 cent sale" frequently on select items.
More good news to save my art supply cost… One time, I couldn't find what I wanted so I asked the clerk at the Aaron Brothers, and she said Michael's arts and crafts had more art stuff. Since then, I've been going to Michael's more often than Aaron Brothers. Everything over there is a bit cheaper, plus just like Aaron Brother's they have weekly coupons and sales on select items all year round. Michael's is a sister store with Aaron Brothers, so they do the same kind of promotions. Michael's also carries a generic brand called "Artist's Loft", which seems to be made for students. I've found their canvases are steals. Compared to the premium canvases I have, they seem a bit flimsy, not ideal for heavy duty paintings.
Joann's is similar to Michael's, and they so have various saving offers almost every day.
Online stores seem to have better pricing, but the shipping cost is usually ridiculous. I buy things that are no available at my local stores. Online stores send promotions via their newsletters, so be sure to sign up for their newsletters.


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In 2002, I met a girl online while searching for other fans of a Spanish pop singer. We quickly became friends and, when my best friend died of lupus a year later, she was a huge support for me. Fifteen years later, we remain close friends and confidants. During those fifteen years, she went on to become a Pediatrician. Dr. Friend now works at the clinic of a prominent hospital in her city.
She lives far away from us, so she hasn't seen Big Bear since he was a baby and this was her first time meeting Little Bear. She knows that Little Bear has an ASD diagnosis and I had told her about my husband's freakout on Monday.
Little Bear has done phenomenally at home with me this past week. On Monday, he was throwing tantrums and wouldn't sign "want" at all. Today he didn't throw a tantrum until 3 hours into our day when he was legitimately tired and done. When we did our puzzle together, he not only signed "want" every time, but he coupled it with "Yo" ("I" in Spanish) and the name of the animal that the piece was related to. This was after only four days of working with him at home. He is like a different child.
So it was this Little Bear that Dr. Friend met. She gave him a board book of Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See and, after reading it twice, read Dr. Seuss's ABC with him. She was surprised to see that he knew huge portions of the book by heart and was able to turn the pages with minimal help.
Later, we took our cat to the vet since she had been suffering from a UTI for a week. Little Bear fell asleep in the car on the way. I asked Dr. Friend to stay in the car with him while I took the cat and Big Bear inside for our appointment. At some point during the appointment, he woke up and she brought him inside and showed him the cats and the fish. During the entire time, he was well behaved, held her hand, and smiled at her while he laughed at the animals.
Later that evening, Papi Bear and I took her to a Brazilian restaurant for live music and too many caipirinhas. After two or or three, I asked her for her opinion on Little Bear.
"I only just met him, but I don't think his final diagnosis will be autism. He doesn't exhibit a lot of the signs of children on the spectrum. He is delayed linguistically and socially, but he was completely fine spending time with me and he's very interactive with people he knows. He's very affectionate, he follows directions or he at least understands them and chooses not to follow them."
She advised us to continue with his therapies, get as many as possible, have him in the special needs school for at least a year, but she thinks he will eventually mainstream.
I think this is what my husband needed to hear and I do think her comments are more along the lines of what the neurologist feels, even though his therapists and pediatrician continue to say he is autistic. Ultimately it's the symptoms that matter rather than the actual diagnosis, but to hear from a trusted friend that he is social and cognitively where he should be definitely relieved some of my anxiety.


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Letting your profits run in commodity trading is one of the most basic attributes of trend following. Commodity traders that adhere to this tenant put themselves in a position of potential long term success. The problem is that many new or inexperienced commodity traders do not have either the patience or discipline to let profits run. They are afraid that the trend might turn around or that they will give up profits. This is one of the major reasons commodity traders fail. When one uses a mechanical trading system ( if they can follow the signals) it forces the commodity trader to follow the trend…and let profits run. The basis of a well thought out plan or mechanical trading system is: The Trading System forces you to trade with the trend. When you enter a futures trade, there are always 4 possible outcomes.  1. A Small Profit 2. A Large Profit ( rarely) 3. A Large loss 4. A Small loss Using a protective STOP, a mechanical trading system reduces the possibility of a large loss. The use of trailing stops may help lock in a small gain or a small loss and might allow you to participate in a large gain. The key is trying to minimize the likelihood of a large loss. To participate in a large gain is obviously the goal of every successful trader. Large gains in commodity trading are necessary in order to achieve the desired return for your portfolio. Most commodity traders however, find it extremely difficult to remain in their position for a large enough move in either direction. This is because our minds are not wired to be successful traders. Why is this? This happens because, emotionally, we want the instant gratification of taking small gains. Again…this is the one of the surest ways to fail as a commodity trader. Even though market history tells us that many trends have gone farther than anyone expected or even imagined, many successful traders today still tend to second guess what they know to be true, for fear of losing any gain. Depending on ones time frame, fortunes could have been garnished in the grains…silver… or how about last years Crude trades …both on the long side and the short side. Taking small gains eliminates the opportunity of participating in the extended advance or decline, which is what results in a large gain. A good trend following system forces you to stay with the trend. It does not anticipate market direction;it follows market direction. Mechanical trading systems provide your exit point. Knowing when to exit based on the system's historical data enables you to follow trends to their fruition. In the uncertain world of futures trading, nothing makes more sense than to follow the trend and let your profits run. That is if that is your goal. Some people just want excitement. You decide… If you truly are seeking long term success in the commodity markets…Let your profits run. If you have commodity related questions please, feel free to contact me. I will be happy to answer your questions to the best of my ability.
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This is one of my current favorite breakfasts. It tastes just like the candy bar, but is totally sugar free! It's actually a 100% healthy, filling breakfast. What a great way to start the day – with a warm bowl of oats that tastes like candy but is secretly healthy.
Let's break down the flavors in this oatmeal. First, there's chocolate. Chocolate for breakfast – I'm in. Then there is coconut. I've always been a fan of coconut. Coconut with chocolate – even better! Remember when they came out with coconut m&ms a few years ago? I ate a lot of those.
Finally, the almond flavor. To be honest, until recently I could take or leave almonds. When I was working on my eBook last year I bought a bottle of almond extract for some of the recipes. There's something about that strong almond flavor that just melts in my mouth. The GF Candy Cane Cookies from my eBook were one of my favorites. I enjoyed every single bite of those. Well, now I'm all about almond flavored things. Almond butter is a new found favorite ingredient for me. I made these mints (but un-vegan), and the almond chocolate ones were seriously amazing. I brought them on a weekend family trip. At the end of the weekend I traded the leftover mints with my mother in law for basically all of her remaining food + some incredibly soft toilet paper.
Anyway, I digress. Chocolate + Almond + Coconut + HEALTHY = winning breakfast combination.
Since I mentioned my eBook, can I insert a shameless plug here? If you read this blog and enjoy the recipes, please help me keep it going by buying a copy of the eBook! I have plans to expand this blog to a more sophisticated site with easier to read recipes, better site navigation, and a much nicer recipe index. All funds from eBook sales will go straight into improving the blog! Plus, you'll have a few new cookies recipes! You can check out my eBook page, or go right to my Selz page to purchase it. Thanks for reading my blog, trying my recipes, liking my posts, and leaving encouraging comments! I appreciate all of your support!
Almond Joy OatmealAs written, this oatmeal is sweetened only with banana. If you find that isn't sufficient sweetness for your tastes, try adding 1 – 2 tablespoons of sugar. Ingredients
- 1/2 c GF oats
- 1/2 c almond milk (or other milk of choice)
- 1/2 c water
- 1 Tbs unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 banana, mashed
- 1 tsp almond extract
- 2 Tbs shredded coconut (unsweetened)
- Combine the oats, almond milk, and water in a small sauce and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium.
- Stir in the cocoa powder, making sure it dissolves completely, and then the banana. Let cook, stirring frequently, until much of the liquid is absorbed (under 10 minutes).
- Add the almond extract. Cook a few minutes longer, until the oatmeal reaches your desired consistency. Personally, I like to have nearly all of the liquid absorbed.
- Sprinkle with the shredded coconut before eating.


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Vegan Reich were easily one of the most controversial bands to emerge from the hardcore punk scene. They were also the first rock band to combine militant animal rights leanings, a conservative stance against drugs and abortion, a desire for anarchy to be preceded by a so-called "vegan dictatorship," a harsh stance against racism and sexism, and an almost religious intolerance of homosexuality. Their music started out as fast-paced punk rock littered with guitar solos, then evolved into a more metallic approach, and their lyrics were always cause for debate amongst the radical punk and hardcore elite. Vegan Reich began in 1987. It was led by singer/guitarist/songwriter Sean Muttaqi, who, utilizing some friends from the band Naturecore, recorded his first song to place on a compilation intended to benefit the militant Animal Liberation Front. In 1990, Vegan Reich -- now comprised of Muttaqi and drummer Jon Ewing --formulated an ideology called Hardline, and released a 7" by the same name through a label of the same name as well. The pair was assisted by Sergio, then-bassist for Southern California punk band Amenity, until Dom Ehling joined up in 1991 shortly after Florida native Ray Titus relocated to Laguna Beach, CA, to replace Ewing. In 1992, that lineup released a cassette-only EP called The Wrath of God that was as heavily influenced by Iron Maiden as the previous release was inspired by Crass. The band went on hiatus after that, with the lineup first morphing into the reggae-tinged Captive Nation Rising, and later the back-to-basics punk band Pressure. In 1996, Uprising compiled all of Vegan Reich's material and released it as the Anthology CD. Vegan Reich reconvened briefly in 1999, with Muttaqi playing guitar and bass and singing on a new EP, Jihad, backed by Racetraitor drummer Andy Hurley.
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To my mind, having studied history, the equation is simple: a strong economy is dependent on control of the latest technology, which relies on strong basic science, and requires a core of well-educated scientists, engineers and mathematicians.
The British education system of the 60's and 70's that served me so well was very pragmatic: identify the students with obvious ability and work ethic, and pay them to learn. It was a cruel, elitist pressure cooker, but it produced the best university graduates in the world.
It has been replaced by a more inclusive American model. Standards are down, and many students are now under a crushing debt burden.
Why exactly did we change it?
Friday, January 23, 2009
Wise choices?
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- Sackerson said...
Because we thought we could afford to. Or maybe out of unreasoning hatred, e.g. Tony Crosland (1965): "If it's the last thing I do, I'm going to destroy every f***ing grammar school in England. And Wales and Northern Ireland". He was born in 1918, so it's not just the hippies that were self-indulgent idiots.
- 23 January 2009 at 18:48
Because its success was resented.
- 24 January 2009 at 23:52
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Europe: Stocks fluctuate on day of much-awaited Fed decision
[FRANKFURT] On the day investors find out if the Federal Reserve is ready to raise rates for the first time in nine years, European stocks fluctuated before closing lower.
The Fed announces its decision after European markets close, ending weeks of speculation that has added to volatility. Equities swung between gains and losses today, as they have done for three of the past four sessions. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index fell 0.2 per cent at the close of trading, after rising 0.2 per cent and dropping as much as 0.4 per cent.
"This Fed meeting has been talked to death over the past few weeks," said Daniel Murray, London-based head of research at EFG Asset Management. "The outcome is just so open, with a plethora of possible options. If you hike and give a dovish message, like committing to not hiking for the rest of the year, you then remove the uncertainty for future meetings."
Traders are pricing in a 30 per cent probability of the Fed increasing borrowing costs today. While that's up from about 28 per cent on Monday, it's well below almost even odds before China's currency devaluation roiled markets last month.
European stocks may offer the best refuge from market turmoil triggered by higher US interest rates. Money has flowed into the region's equity funds in 16 out of last 17 weeks, and investors are betting corporate profits and central- bank easing will help its shares outperform US peers.
A gauge of mining shares posted the worst performance among Stoxx 600 groups, with Rio Tinto Group and Antofagasta Plc falling more than 2.1 per cent.
Rotork Plc plunged 11 per cent after forecasting annual revenue below analysts' estimates and saying the second half of the year will be challenging.
Spain's IBEX 35 Index advanced 1.3 per cent, led by gains in lenders. Bankia SA rallied 9.3 per cent after Morgan Stanley raised its rating on the stock to the equivalent of a buy. Banco de Sabadell SA and Banco Popular Espanol SA climbed at least 4.6 per cent after HSBC Holdings Plc upgraded the lenders.
RWE AG jumped 9 per cent after a report that Aabar Investments PJSC is close to investing in the German utility. RWE said it won't pursue selling a stake.
Ocado Group Plc rallied 8.4 per cent after Morgan Stanley began coverage of the shares with an overweight rating and Deutsche Bank AG upgraded the online grocer.
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Many months ago, I learned that I was an expert on something that is not intuitive to many people: getting in and out of IKEA in ten minutes. Like all examples of efficiency, this is a multi-step process that requires some advance planning.
Know what you want (what you really, really want)
I like to read the IKEA catalog sometimes and think about whether the products would fit into my life. Other times, I know exactly what I want, and I go looking to see if IKEA has a cheap version of this thing that I really need. Make lists as part of your daily life. If you keep making lists with a particular item, you should probably go buy that item.
If you're going grocery shopping, there is a reason Wegmans is my favorite grocery store on earth. You can search for specific products, and if you select a store, they can give you a ballpark price. This was incredibly useful when I was shopping for food with other people's money and getting rides from other people. I had 15 minutes to shop snacks for 6 weeks, and if I went over budget, I wasn't getting reimbursed.
Know where it is
Once you've got a list, reorganize your list by section, and make sure items in adjacent sections are next to one another. The first part might seem intuitive, but the second part often requires some thought about store layout. If you're not sure about it, label your sections, and shop by section once you enter the store. Of course, this can be avoided if you...
Find a damn map (preferably before you go)
Wegmans, again, earns eternal praise for a website that includes store layouts, and if you select particular items, even aisle numbers for that store. AISLE NUMBERS. They were never wrong, even as the store changed layouts.
For IKEA, you might not have a map, but do your best to find a map as quickly as possible when entering the store. Take a picture on your phone, if they've stopped handing them out. Yes, it's that bad.
Scope out the section
When you enter an unfamiliar section, do a quick walkaround and get a sense for the layout. This works in stores that are not my local Target, which puts coffee next to beer and tea next to macaroni and cheese.
This walkaround is a prime opportunity to quickly weigh impulse buys - even with ten minutes, there is time for impulse buys. If you have a limited number of things you are willing to buy without prior consideration, use this time to identify your options, and as you systematically pick up your listed items, decide which impulse buys you will give into.
If you can't find an item after your walkabout, find a sales associate instead of conducting a shelf-by-shelf search. They will be more successful or will tell you that they don't even carry that product.
Move along, move along
Move as quickly as possible to the next section on your list.
In IKEA, this means taking a moment to find a map, orient yourself, figure out all the "shortcuts" (straight-line paths), and breeze through. This calls for an economy of movement, also known as don't wander all over the place aimlessly. Move, but with purpose.
Don't be late for your dinner reservations
The key step in getting in and out of IKEA in less than ten minutes is having some place to be at a particular time. I'm always late getting in, but never late getting out, because my dinner reservation is important to me. Yes, somehow, I always have dinner reservations on the days I go shopping at IKEA.
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Peach Cobbler in a Mason Jar: Easy and delicious for a peach cobbler in a mason jar made with fresh peaches. Perfect individual servings, great for entertaining.
Aren't these Peach Cobbler in a Mason Jar treats the cutest ever? I recently discovered peach cobbler, and since it's peach season, I thought I'd jump on the "in a jar" fad and give it a try. You can find the recipe I used and my first Peach Cobbler attempt here.
I used the same recipe this time and divided it between 6 -4oz jars. The jars are filled them about half way with peaches, and then added the cobbler dough on top.
I adjusted the cooking time down for the Peach Cobbler in a Mason Jar to about 20 min, and then checked for them to be golden brown.
Today I was making them for a sweet family going through a sad time so I added a little twine for decoration, and slipped the lids on for transport, along with a little bowl of freshly whipped cream.
I absolutely LOVE how they turned out. Life can't always be perfect, but even sad days are better with a sweet little treat like this 😉
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We all know that fruits are healthy. We all have our favorite fruits to eat. There are some fruits that are seasonal and there are those that are available all year round. Fruits will always be available for us to enjoy! But how does one know if the fruits they take daily are enough to maintain the needs of the body? Below are some guidelines for you to know how much fruit, what fruit you actually need and why you need it.
How does one know if the fruits they intake daily is enough to maintain the needs of the body?
- The amount of fruit your body needs all depends on your age, sex and lifestyle. Children aged 2-3 years old needs at least a cup of fruit while children aged 4-8 years old will need 1 ½ cups. Girls aged 9-18 years old are required to have 1 ½ cups while boys of the same age needs 2 cups. Women aged 19-30 should have 2 cups, 31- and up, 1 ½ cups. For men aged 19 and up, 2 cups is enough. This is just an average amount for a semi-active person. For athletes and those engaging on high impact activities, more fruit intake is required.
- Change it up. Eat a variety of fruits. Fruits can be categorized as pome fruit (apples and pears), citrus fruits (oranges, lemon, grapefruit), stone fruits (cherries, peaches and plums), tropical fruits (bananas, mangoes, pineapple and melon), berries and other fruits like grapes.
- Dried fruit is not included. Fruits that are dried and packaged usually lose their nutrients during the process and are mixed heavily in sugar.
- Fruits should be consumed fresh and raw. You may add it to your oatmeal, cereals or salads but make sure that is uncooked and fresh, this is because untouched, uncooked and unprocessed fruits are the healthiest and packed with nutrients.
- You may eat fruits before or after a meal, or you may eat it as a snack. Fruits are high in fiber and water, eating fruit can make you feel full. Fiber can also reduce the risk of cancer.
- A vitamin booster. Fruits are abundant in vitamins such as vitamin C and E that are good for our bodies and reduce the risk or cardiovascular diseases. Fruits also contain potassium and magnesium that can lower ones blood pressure. Other colored fruits contain Vitamin A (orange and yellow fruit) that can assist and boost our immune system.
- If you consume canned or frozen fruit make sure that the item you bought is canned or preserved in fruit juice with no other preservatives, sugar or syrup.
Fruits should be enjoyed, young or old, male or female. Fruits are can be sweet, sour or tasty. It can be served in different ways, so there is no exemption or reason not to consume the necessary daily fruit intake. Eat your fruit, enjoy it and be healthy.


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The 2014-5 fall television season has extended well into summer for me. All the new shows that fall into this category have aired, but it's time to review my predictions and consider how accurate my soothsaying was (here's a hint, it hasn't been doing very well as of late). There were a number of pleasant surprises with this past season, some epic bombs, and fond farewalls to old reliables. As usual, most of the studio executives pulled the trigger too quickly on some shows, while giving a few others unusually long (and unreasonable) leashes. Without further ado, let's examine my predictions:
- A to Z (Cancelled, but did get to air all its 13 episodes): I was a bit off with my prediction for it being cancelled after 4 episodes. It took 11 episodes. Pulling a 0.7 in the Thursday 9:30 PM slot was pretty much a death sentence for this comedy, even though it was just getting its legs after the first few episodes. I'll give myself a B+ for predicting its fate, although I was rooting for it to succeed by the end of its run. It metamorphosed into a pleasant enough comedy, but we'll never know if it fulfilled its potential or not.
- How to Get Away With Murder (Massive hit): Definitely a grand slam. The first season was a whirlwind of emotions, and somehow this show became more than just another legal procedural. It of course helps a lot that there were fewer episodes than a series usually airs on a major network, making the whole storyline more taut as a whole. They still managed to fit in secondary stories while progressing the overall season-long story.
- Gotham (Likely flagpole for FOX from now on): Because Batman. That's all you really need to say. It doesn't hurt that Jada Pinkett Smith nearly steals the thunder from the entire series with her exquisite portrayal of Fish Mooney. Extended and then renewed for a second season in January, Gotham seems set for a long life on FOX. But as past history has shown, nothing is ever sacred for FOX apart from possibly The Simpsons.
- Scorpion (Popular hit): Mainstream television has been waiting for something that could replace Lie to Me* and other shows of the same ilk. While the veracity of the source material might be questionable, it's a easy-watching formulaic thriller that also blends in elements from the geek genre, making it more approachable by a wider audience.
- State of Affairs (Massive disappointment): OK, I missed completely on this one. The premise itself was interesting. Execution wasn't so interesting. It got messy quick and just stayed sloppy. But don't worry, Miss Heigl will be returning to the small screen again real soon. Like this coming season soon. Just on a different show.
- Person of Interest (Surprising success): The stories kept building off of the tension that was present throughout the season. Honestly, I wasn't sure if the writers could keep this show compelling. And yet somehow they did. The only issue I have is that due to the arc of the story itself, it's likely going to have to be the final season coming up. I just don't know how this stays relevant without turning into a global-hopping dark-net crusading war.
- Awkward. (Continued excellence): Probably this generation's version of My So-Called Life, only it managed to last the full four years of high school. We've gotten to see a wonderful female bildungsroman, which is rare enough in movies much less as a television series. The last two truly great series like Awkward. that I can recall would be Felicity and the animated Daria. We'll be blessed with a fifth and final season that explores what happens during graduation and that lost summer between high school and college. No high school television show has every truly made the "leap" from the high school years to the college years. Even the standard-bearer failed with its own spin-off series (Saved by the Bell: The College Years).
- Forever (The 2014 award winner for "series that got cancelled too soon"): What a breathtaking show Forever was. Sure, some people might point to it as simply being a remake of New Amsterdam or even a variant of Highlander. Whatever the case is, the one season we got of Forever was a treasure, something that couldn't be killed off. It just wasn't the home-run hit that someone somewhere decided it had to be in order to be renewed.
- The Good Wife (Personal struggles): I completely hit a wall with this show this past season. It just got to the point where I no longer enjoyed watching the show. And that had nothing to do with a major character's death. I just didn't enjoy watching the show – it didn't offer enough entertainment or escapism for me.
- American Horror Show: Freak Show (Reversal of Fortune): While this was the most popular AHS installment by far for the public, I just couldn't get into this show. Maybe it was because so much of it was based in Florida. Nothing that happens in Florida is horrifying anymore. Have you read the news lately? I kid… (mostly). But while the upcoming Hotel season probably will be more promising, I just couldn't get into the whole clown-baiting horror. Plenty of others enjoyed the season though.
So for the 2014 television predictions, I was batting .700 personally. I'll take that success rate anytime! If you're considering the list in strict terms of shows being cancelled, the success rate rose to .800. Far better than the past few seasons for sure.
But wait, that's not all! There were also 3 wonderful mini-series and show that I felt compelled to comment on in addition to the results provided above. The surprise hit of the season was probably The CW's Jane the Virgin. Such a ridiculous premise, and yet it completely worked out for everybody involved. It doesn't hurt that it's photographed beautifully and uses over-the-top tropes from telenovelas as well. My favorite mini-series of the season was the brilliant Galavant, which I would actually rank as my favorite show of the entire season. That's how good it was – it was definitely a Comedy Extravaganza (as it was advertised to be).
The final notable show I enjoyed was the BBC's wonderful mini-series adaptation of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke. While the novel has gotten acclaim on its own, I personally couldn't read the book due to its pastiche and diction. I just can't take seriously anything in print that keeps the spelling "magick", among other literary choices that gave me a sour taste in my mouth. I put the book down, but the mini-series has none of my concerns, and is a fantastically done adaptation of what is a remarkably dense & thick book. That mini-series capped off the entire 2014-5 television season, and it was probably the best possible show that I could have chosen to mark the end of a single season and the start of the upcoming 2015-6 season.


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HM - Jan. 2016 - Bunin
Classroom Resources
GeoInquiries for US History
Five Questions and Answers
By Chris Bunin
Albemarle High School,
Charlottesville, VA
"I do not have any maps that are as interactive as these!"
"Maps in my textbook are not as interactive as these nor do they allow me to add or take away layers. The ability to add layers is fantastic! It opens up so many more ideas for discussion and for students to ask questions. Adding layers can also help promote unintended cause and effect questions."
"My students easily understood the strategies the Union used to divide the South. It was far more interactive than simply using the maps in the textbook. It was also better than other interactive map activities that I have done in the classroom on the Civil War."
Using interactive WebGIS maps in the history classroom just became a whole lot easier. The classroom teachers quoted above helped field test the recently released US History GeoInquiries, all of which are currently available and ready to use.
Here are five common questions and answers about GeoInquiries that we hope will help you better understand what GeoInquires are and how they can blend neatly with your current classroom practice.
Question 1 – What are GeoInquiries for US History and what topics are covered?
GeoInquiries for US History is a collection of fifteen fast and easy-to-use instructional resources that incorporate advanced web-mapping technology. Each 15-minute activity in the collection contains a teacher's guide with questions and answers and a professionally designed WebGIS map. The activities are intended to be presented by the instructor from a single computer/projector classroom arrangement. No installation, fees, or logins are necessary to use these materials and software.
The collection focuses on many of the benchmark events and episodes taught during a typical US history course. Below is the list topics:
• The Great Exchange (The Columbian Exchange)
• The 13 Colonies - 1700s
• The War Before Independence (The American Revolution)
• The War of 1812
• Westward, Ho! (Trails west)
• The Underground Railroad
• From Compromise to Conflict
• A Nation Divided: The Civil War
• Native American Lands
• Steel and the Birth of a City (natural resources)
• World War I
• Dust Bowl
• A Day that Lived in Infamy (Pearl Harbor)
• Operation Overlord - D-Day
• Hot Spots in the Cold War
To access any of the GeoInquiries for US History visit: http://edcommunity.esri.com/Resources/Collections/UShistory_geoinquiries
Question 2 – How are the maps in the GeoInquiries different from other maps I use in my classroom?
GeoInquiries for US History utilize Esri's ArcGIS Online software, which provides live maps in which the data, map layers, and map features can be manipulated on "the fly." This in turn, allows for a very interactive experience by you and your students. To better understand this interactivity, let's consider these examples from the "Operation Overlord D-Day" GeoInquiry:
• GeoInquiry Maps are layered so you can reveal or remove information as needed.
Figure 1. Map Layers - This screen capture shows the opening extent of the "Operation Overlord: D-Day" map. Notice that the map shows the situation in Europe as of May, 1944. During the activity you can check or uncheck boxes next to each layer to change the information presented (image courtesy of Esri and Maps.com)
- GeoInquiry Maps include Bookmarks and Map Notes so you can zoom in and out to specific map extents very easily and embed information and images.
Figure 2. Bookmarks and Map Notes - This screen capture shows the Calais "Bookmark" of the Operation Overlord D-Day GeoInquiry. Notice that the bookmarked extent was selected from the drop-down menu of Bookmarked Places. The map also includes a Map Note that contains a description and primary source image about Germany's Atlantic Wall. To see a full-size version of the image you simply click on the image. (map image courtesy of Esri and Maps.com; The Atlantic Wall image courtesy of German Federal Archives and available for Creative Commons)
- GeoInquiry Maps include interactive data tables. With the data tables readily available, you can sort and filter map features based on their attributes (such as Name, Chronology, and/or Casualties).
Figure 3. Data Tables - This screen capture shows the "D-Day Landings" extent of the Operation Overlord D-Day GeoInquiry. You can sort information in the table and obtain statistics from information contained in the data tables. Also, notice the pop-up information for Sword Beach. All features on this map contain information that "pops-up" when you click on the feature (map image courtesy of Esri and Maps.com).
- GeoInquiry Maps include animated map layers so you can press "play" to show how events chronologically unfolded.
Figure 4. Animated Layers - This screen capture shows the "After D-Day" animated layer of the Operation Overlord D-Day GeoInquiry. Notice the play bar at the bottom of the map. When you push "play" the layer becomes animated and reveals chronologically the amount of land Allies gained control of following the D-Day invasion. The map above shows the amount of land gained as of September 6, 1944 (map image courtesy of Esri and Maps.com)
The complete Operation Overlord D-Day GeoInquiry is available at: http://edcommunity.esri.com/HistoryGeoInquiries
Question 3 – Are the US History ArcGIS Online maps limited to the GeoInquiries?
No. That is one of the great things about these interactive maps. You can use them with the GeoInquiry teacher guide or you can use them in ways that fit your instruction and your students. Of course, be sure to complete the GeoInquiry first so you understand how the layers and data were intended.
Take for instance "The War before the Revolution" GeoInquiry. The activity analyzes the events and geographic nature of the American Revolution before the colonies declared independence from England. One part of the activity shows Paul Revere's famous ride to warn the colonists that the "Regulars are coming." While this extent of the map is part of the GeoInquiry it may also prove valuable as a map that complements your lecture/discussion about the Battles of Lexington and Concord and "The Shot Heard around the World."
Figure 5. The Regulars are Coming! - This screen capture shows the "First Shots" bookmarked extent from "The War before Independence" GeoInquiry with the ArcGIS Online measure tool open and measuring the distance between Boston and Concord. (Map image courtesy of Esri and Maps.com). To access this map go to: http://edcommunity.esri.com/HistoryGeoInquiries
Question 4 – How much experience do I need using ArcGIS Online before using GeoInquiries in my class?
None! All maps and teacher guides are built, field tested, and ready to go. Each teacher guide also includes a map tips section that explains how to use some of the tools in the activity (like using the measure tool or opening the data table). We recommend that you test drive activities a couple of times on your own before taking them live with your students.
Question 5 – Can my students and I make our own ArcGIS Online maps?
Yes you can! The ArcGIS Online software that you will be using in GeoInquiries is a part of Esri commitment to the White House ConnectED initiative. As a result, school-wide organizational accounts are available at no cost to all US K-12 schools for instructional use; a teacher or administrator needs only fill out the request form at http://connected.esri.com. A school ArcGIS Online account allows up to 500 students and teachers to have an account, make and share maps and data – including Story Maps (http://storymaps.arcgis.com).
In addition to GeoInquiries for US History, you will find Esri has also created GeoInquiries for Earth Systems Science and advanced Human Geography. Award-winning one-to-one materials for elementary and middle school world geography classrooms are also available now. During 2016, Esri has more new collections planned. Share these materials with your colleagues to increase your success with digital maps across your school. Explore all these materials and request your copy of ArcGIS Online at http://connected.esri.com.
Chris Bunin teaches A.P. Human Geography, World History, and Geospatial Technologies at Albemarle High School in Charlottesville, Virginia. During the past decade he has collaborated on a number of projects focused on creating data sets and instructional resources that utilize geospatial technologies in the classroom. Some of his projects include: "The Virginia Experiment" Teaching American History Project; the "America on the World Stage" Teaching American History Project; the iSTEM Teacher Scholars Program: An Applied Geospatial Curriculum for Middle Schools; and the award-winning workbook, Jamestown to Appomattox: Mapping US History using GIS (Carte Diem Press). He is also Assistant Professor of Geography at Piedmont Virginia Community College and co-chairs the Geospatial Technologies Committee for the Virginia Geographic Alliance. Follow Chris on Twitter @mapperdude
If you liked this article you may be interested in Joseph Kerski's November 2015 piece; "Connecting Time, Place, and Space Through Dynamic Web Mapping."


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inSYNC's 'Needed' Track of the Week: 'Signs of Life' by Arcade Fire
After their Number 1 2013 album, 'Reflektor', Canadian indie supergroup Arcade Fire are back. The six piece's fifth studio album, 'Everything Now', is set to be released on July 28th and has been co-produced by one-half of Daft Punk Thomas Bangalter. Our 'Needed' track this week is 'Signs of Life', the third single to be taken from the upcoming record. The new album seems to be featured around consumerism supported by the band's new Everything Now Twitter account and their cleverly marketed Facebook posts, especially the one announcing the second single 'Creature Comfort', which reportedly came from a disgruntled employee of the "Everything Now Corp". Excitement builds for the release of the next album. Stand by.


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NO ONE can sell rickshaw rides
Rickshaw rides, anyone? Anyone? People aren't exactly lining up for them -- so Josh Wolk understands why the task was so hard
The Apprentice
- TV Show
NO ONE can sell rickshaw rides
I live in New York City, and here's a list of things I will never do: touch my tongue to a subway-car seat; see "Chicago" when Sally Struthers is starring; and ride in a bicycle-drawn rickshaw. So I definitely knew that Protégé and Versacorp were in for a challenge on the March 11 episode of "The Apprentice."
Over at Protégé, project manager Troy, the idea man, came up with the idea of selling prepaid cards for rickshaw rides, for all those who just can't get enough of taking the slowest transportation in the city while being downwind of sweaty bicyclist ass. Why not just sell two-for-one punch-in-the-face coupons?
Meanwhile, over at Versacorp, Amy suggested selling ads. By appealing to their past clients (like the horny owners of Marquis Jet, which the ladies gave the concept: Marquis Jet! For Men Who Like to Think of Their Plane as a Penis!), they managed to cover their rickshaws with posterboard, which makes for the classiest ride ever. I'm surprised that the drivers weren't offered an extra $10 "incentive" if they'd turn and scrawl "TRUMP WATER" in magic marker on each passenger's forehead before starting to pedal.
Katrina got all persnickety with the group after she felt her suggestions hadn't been acknowledged. It was tough to honestly say how bad her ideas were, considering we were nudged into thinking her an imbecile when all of her ideas ("Ben Affleck and Sharon Stone" and "We should go to the ticket booth in Times Square") were accented by "clank" and "dong" sound effects.
Frankly, those sounds would have been a lot more appropriate over Trump's cliché-ridden "Think outside the box" lecture. Thanks, Donald! With that advice can we all be rich, too? One quick follow-up question, oh insightful billionaire: when you lead a horse to water, can or can't you make him drink?
When any of the team members tried to actually sell a rickshaw ride, they had little success. The flirtatious Amy — who apparently disagreed with Katrina's discomfort with being used as a sex sales tool — might have had a patron had she dropped her price below $10 per person. Ten bucks for a two-block rickshaw ride? Does it come with a happy ending?
Eventually Protégé realized their ride cards were a failure, and Troy decided they should just have fun, so he changed into his hat and jeans, and turned into his alter-ego?CAPTAIN RUBE! And fun they had, frolicking with tourists and making friends and earning no money at all. Sure enough, they got trounced, by around $3,000.
At the beginning of this episode I was surprised that Trump didn't utilize his usual hyperbole to introduce the challenge: "These rickshaws have three wheels, the classiest and most desirable number of wheels that any transportation can have." But now I realize that he was just dialing it down a little bit to compensate for Carolyn's ratcheting it up.
What exactly does Carolyn have against Heidi? In the boardroom, while Troy and Heidi waited outside, Carolyn said that she had never seen Heidi be a leader yet. "That's woman on woman, that's tough stuff," said Trump excitedly, sounding like he was praying for a catfight. (Boardroom mud wrestling: It's the classiest and most desirable catfight you can get! Now throw some more Trump Water in that mud to get it as classily greasy as you can!)
When Heidi entered, Carolyn kept after her, saying she had seen nothing from her. Heidi's weak defense was to keep insisting she was "feisty": That's fine if you're auditioning to play Flo in a remake of the sitcom "Alice," but there are more relevant qualifications for a company president.
But Troy didn't emerge unscathed: George assailed him for not bravely stating who should be fired upfront. Apparently Trump doesn't respect anyone who isn't frank and cruel? which makes me wonder why all of Donald's meanest lines are obviously overdubbed and not said in front of these contestants. Earlier, when both groups were in the boardroom, the cameras cut away from Trump when he angrily said "At this stage of your job interview, I'm not impressed." Then we cut back to him on camera saying "I'll see you back at the boardroom," and it sounded completely different. Then they cut away again to hear him say, "I may just fire all of you," and, like the first sentence, it sounded slightly lower, like the acidic lines had been recorded much later, in a voice-over studio.
Regardless, Troy's weak leadership ideas trumped Heidi's nonexistent leadership skills, and off she went. "That was good, right?" asked Trump. "Eh," dismissed Carolyn, as if disappointed she couldn't fire three more people and personally toss them out the window, down to the street. Now THAT'S thinking outside the box!
Episode Recaps
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Understanding Different Aspects Of Residential Contracting.
When you engage in residential contracting the parties involved agree to a renovation of a residential house. It can also include building a new house.
Residential houses are being built everywhere in the Raleigh city. You must understand that there are many angles to residential contracting. Here, we shall look at contracting a Raleigh roofer.
The weather in Raleigh is rather unprecedented. There Very strong winds in Raleigh which can damage a roof. A roofing contractor has a lot of information on what can be done to a residential house to make sure that a roof is protected from damage by winds and ensure that the roofs are not adversely affected by fires.
If the roof of your house is not impressive or it leaks even after patching, then you can hire a Raleigh roofer can help remove it and put a new roof instead. Raleigh roofers are known for providing excellent services to their clients.
If the cost of repair is more than that of having new roof, then the roofers should recommend the home owner to have a replacement. Raleigh roofers are incredible in sealing leaks.
Otto's Exteriors is a company that offers services of renovation of residential houses in North Carolina. Some of the additional services provided include siding services, exterior remodeling, offering roofing services as well as ensuring that doors, windows, and house furniture are renovated.
By renovation of a good to give it a brand new look, the value of the house is increased subsequently. A residential contractor can help notice any anomalies in the house and advice on what can be done.
Due to the weather of Raleigh whereby the roof of many houses, the company can inspect your house for free. Otto exterior develop an accommodating schedule to ensure that they have a working schedule that does not create disruption to the family's schedule.
You have an opportunity to have your house remodeled at a very fair price and on top of that, the company gives a warrant to its clients.
The company has very well trained professionals who use modern techniques and thus customers can trust their services.
Otto's Exteriors offer the latest siding repairs in North Carolina. The siding is good looking and can last for a long time. They offer different kinds of vinyl siding that have a peculiar appearance. The company also has fiber cementing services. This ensures that the roof does not allow sipping of water into the roof and thus prevent its damage.
You must be able to do research to know which of the service providers can offer satisfactory results. You should hire a person who has been legally allowed by the state to do the work of renovating the house. You should establish if the contractor has dealt with the same work before and contact the clients he served.


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'A-Fin' type for wire wheel cars - set of two with black finish
Austin Healey BN2, BN4 and BN6: front • BN1 from 221536, BN2 to BJ8: rear
Made of aluminium alloy with bonded iron inserts and circumferential fins. These brake drums improve heat dissipation, add to the braking capacity of your car and also reduces the fading. The design of the drums is optimised to increase aluminium flow avoiding entrapment of air. Material analysis performed before each melt ensures consistency to the manufacturing process maintaining the high level of quality and accuracy to the casting.


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Nursing Grads Honored at Spring 2017 Pinning Ceremony
Following years of hard work, countless exams and thousands of hours of clinical training in local health care facilities, sixty-nine graduates of Brookdale's Nursing Program received some well deserved recognition on May 15 during the Spring 2017 Nursing Pinning Ceremony.
After receiving diplomas during the college's 2017 Commencement Ceremony three days prior, the graduates were presented with official Brookdale nursing pins in front of a large crowd of family members, friends, faculty, advisors and college officials gathered in the Collins Arena.
"This is one of my favorite ceremonies of the entire year, because we not only have the opportunity to celebrate our students' accomplishments, but we also have the opportunity to thank you all for dedicating yourselves to the noblest profession of all," said vice president for student success David Stout. "Thank you for healing us, thank you for the impact that you have on our communities, for your hard work, for you perseverance, and for your selflessless. You make us proud."
The ceremony began with a welcome address by 2017 nursing graduate Jessica Wayne, who reminisced on the long, challenging road through one of Brookdale's most demanding courses of study.
"Nursing school is not for the faint of heart," said Wayne. "Those of us who are here, we have fought hard. We bounced back from life issues that threatened to pull us down, we pushed forward when we got the test grade we thought we couldn't come back from. We persisted despite any outward circumstances that stood against us, and now here we are. This has been the primary goal for the past few years of our lives, and we've made it."
Other speakers, including Health Sciences Institute dean Jayne Edman, nursing director Mary Ehret and graduate speaker Yve Massre, took time out to thank the family members, faculty, staff, counselors, and other supporters who had helped the graduates earn their spot on the stage.
"A mere thank you is not nearly enough," said Massre. "You have forever imprinted my life, my future and my heart."
The ceremony also featured a keynote address by Brookdale nursing professor Gail Harrigan, who was selected by the graduating class to serve as guest speaker. In her final nursing pinning ceremony before retirement, Harrigan implored the graduates to set long-term educational and professional goals and to use their experiences from nursing school to propel them to great heights.
"Persistence, grit and determination are much more valuable in lifelong work and in learning than innate talent and intelligence," Harrigan said.
"Several of you have returned to school after giving up as a younger person or failing out of another nursing program or delaying this pursuit because of competing priorities, or making a huge change in your career. But your mindset, as you sit here tonight, was to persist until you achieved success. I cannot stress to you enough how important maintaining that attitude will be in moving forward in your career.
"I was going to conclude my speech by saying good luck, but I remembered that it's not about luck," Harrigan added. "Go out there and make it happen for you."
To a roar of cheers from the crowd, the graduates then stepped to the podium one by one to affix an official Brookdale nursing pin to the lapel of one of their classmates.
Edman and Ehret also recognized 15 students who were inducted into the Alpha Delta Nu Nursing Honor Society, Alpha Sigma Chapter, for maintaining a 3.0 GPA and completing public health community service projects for local students, community members and nonprofit organizations. Nursing graduate and Brookdale Student Nurses Association member Tracey Cahill was also recognized for receiving a 2017 Outstanding Student Award at Brookdale's Commencement Ceremony on May 12.
In her farewell address, graduate Caroline Bucca reflected on the rigors of the Brookdale nursing program and the weight of the responsibility that lay before the class of 2017.
"The truth is that comfort and growth don't mix. One must be set aside to make room for the other," Bucca said. "Nursing school will change you. The way you see the world starts to shift… If we accidentally shift a decimal place, it's not a tax refund that changes. It's potentially someone's life. It's for this reason that the faculty had to push us as hard as they did. We needed to be taught and tested to ensure that we would be worthy of the weight of a patient's wellbeing.
"This degree was not handed to us," Bucca added. "It was earned… Getting to know the graduates in this room better, I have zero doubt that this cohort, this graduating class, has the ability to forever change and better health care. I am so proud of your achievement, and I have been absolutely blessed to be on this journey with you. Congratulations to the 2017 nursing graduates."
View the full list of graduates and honorees here.
Learn more about the Brookdale Nursing Program here.
Check out more photos of the Spring 2017 Nursing Pinning Ceremony here.


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BRUSSELS: The European Commission has announced plans to implement a circular economy for the EU in a bid to increase resource productivity 30 percent by 2030.
To achieve this timeframe, the Commission says it wants to simplify current legislation in order to increase municipal and packaging recycling to 70 percent and 80 percent respectively. As of 2025, it will ban landfilling of biodegradable waste, plastics, metals, glass, paper and cardboard in order to achieve "virtual elimination" of municipal waste landfilling by 2030.
The legislative proposals - if continued by the new Commission lead by Jean-Claude Juncker - will pass to the Council and the European Parliament.
Noting EU resource productivity grew by 20 percent between 2000 -2011, the Commission argues its proposals would lead to a further 30 percent increase by 2030 - boosting GDP by nearly one percent and creating over two million more jobs.
The UK estimates that adopting a circular economy could generate 50,000 new jobs and €12 billion investment, boosting GDP by €3.6 billion. In addition, redesigned products for a cradle-to-cradle cycle could recapture 140 million tons of waste between now and 2020, leading to €1.7 billion in extra recycling revenues for the British economy.
In the Netherlands, shifting to a circular economy would bring significant reduction in CO2 emissions, land use, fresh water use and raw materials – more than 25 percent of the total imports of goods by weight in the Netherlands a year. The circular economy could produce an extra €7.3 billion a year in market values (or 1.4 percent of today's GDP) and create 54 000 jobs.
In making the announcement, current environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik said: "We are living with linear economic systems inherited from the 19th Century in a 21st Century world of emerging economies, millions of new middle class consumers, and inter-connected markets.
"If we want to compete we have to get the most out of our resources, and that means recycling them back into productive use, not burying them in landfills as waste. Moving to a circular economy is not only possible, it is profitable, but that does not mean it will happen without the right policies. The 2030 targets that we propose are about taking action today to accelerate the transition to a circular economy and exploiting the business and job opportunities it offers," he added.