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October 13, 2000
By: Judith Lohman, Chief Analyst
You asked how the law defines truancy and who is responsible for enforcing school attendance laws when parents fail to send young children to school.
A school-aged child is considered truant if, having been enrolled in school, he is absent without a proper excuse four or more times in one month or 10 or more times in one school year. By law, children are considered to be of school age if they are between the ages of five and 16 (18 starting on July 1, 2001). The attendance laws contain certain exceptions for children between five and seven and between 16 and 18 and for children whose parents provide equivalent instruction outside of school.
Depending on the circumstances, different officials are responsible for enforcing truancy laws. Local boards of education are required to monitor unexcused absences and have policies and procedures for dealing with truancy. Boards must turn to the Superior Court for help when a student's parent or guardian refuses to cooperate. Boards can hire attendance officers to investigate student absences and present violations to prosecutors. Finally, local police have authority to check to see whether school aged children are truant and, if they are, to send them to school. Police can also arrest habitual truants.
Current law defines a "truant" as a child between the ages of five and 16 who is enrolled in a public or private school and has four unexcused school absences in a month or 10 in any school year (CGS § 10-198a(a). A "habitual truant" is a child between the ages of five and 16 who has 20 unexcused absences from school during a school year (§ 10-200). Effective July 1, 2001, these definitions will apply to children between the ages of five and 18, unless, when a child turns 16, he has his parents' consent to drop out of school or unless he has graduated from high school (PA 00-157).
By law, local and regional boards of education, local police, and courts are responsible for enforcing the mandatory school attendance laws when parents fail to send their children to school or provide them with equivalent instruction. Their responsibilities vary depending on the situation.
Boards of Education
The law requires each local board of education to adopt and implement policies and procedures to deal with truants enrolled in their schools. Boards must monitor individual unexcused absences of children in grades K-8 and make a reasonable effort to notify the student's parent or person having control over him when the child is absent. They must also, within 10 days of the student's fourth unexcused absence in a month or 10th in a school year, hold a meeting with the students' parents to discuss the situation. If a parent fails to attend the meeting or fails to cooperate with the school in addressing the problem, the superintendent of schools must file a written complaint with the Superior Court alleging the child's family is a "family with service needs" (§ 10-198a).
Superior Court
By law, a "family with service needs" (FWSN) is, among other things, one that includes a child up to age 16 who is habitually truant or overtly defiant of school rules and regulations. School and town officials, the police, social service agencies, and other parties can file a complaint with the Superior Court alleging that a child's family is a FWSN. The court must refer such complaints to a probation officer for investigation.
If the court finds that the child's family is a FWSN, it can (1) refer the child to the Department of Children and Families (DCF) or a school district, (2) commit him to DCF for up to 18 months (with a possible 18-month extension), or (3) order him to remain at home under probation or school supervision (§ 46b-149).
Attendance Officers
In addition to requiring boards of education to use the FWSN process, state law also allows a board to appoint attendance officers. Attendance officers operate under the direction of school principals or superintendents. They must investigate pupils' absences or irregular attendance and present violations of school attendance laws to prosecutors (§ 10-199).
Local Police
State law allows local law enforcement officers to stop any child under age 16 during school hours to determine whether the child is truant and, if he is, to send him to school. The law also requires law enforcement officers to arrest habitual truants who are beyond control of their parents during school hours (§ 10-200). Police officers who arrest truants must do so only on the basis of a warrant issued by a judge (§ 10-202).


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There's more than one way to win an election.
Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai announced today that he is pulling out of Friday's presidential run-off and essentially handing victory to tyrant Robert Mugabe, the BBC reported.
Morgan Tsvangirai believed there would be no point in running in the latest election since it would be rigged anyway.
The opposition is beaten.
It's been a long hard year for Morgan Tsvangirai of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) who was beaten by Mugabe thugs back in March of 2007.
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Sokwanele has the full statement from Morgan Tsvangirai posted on its blog.
Hat Tip Cindy
UPDATE: This news comes from Andrew who has family in Zimbabwe.
It comes from a recent talk by Mr. James McGee Ambassador of the United States of America to Zimbabwe on the horrid situation in Zimbabwe:
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At independence, Tanzanian leader, Julius Nyerere, told Zimbabwe's new leader, Robert Mugabe, that he had inherited the jewel of Africa and urged him to protect it. Zimbabwe was to be the model for a new Africa. It was the region's breadbasket.
The economy's potential was limitless. An effort was being made towards racial reconciliation. Twenty-eight years later, as I flew down from Harare this morning, I left a country on the precipice. Zimbabwe today, is teetering on the edge of lawlessness and anarchy. It is a country on the brink of starvation. It has already fallen off the precipice of economic collapse and is sinking into a seemingly bottomless abyss. These problems are the direct result of a regime that cares more about clinging to power and the personal riches it brings than it does the welfare of its citizens. Sadly, as I stand here today, the prospects for a free and fair election that might bring change to Zimbabwe are limited. The government-directed campaign of violence and intimidation, coupled with planned electoral fraud make a free and fair election impossible. The only possible antidote is an immediate and large-scale commitment to independent electoral observation by SADC, the African Union and others.
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The most immediate threat facing many Zimbabweans is violence and lawlessness. The campaign of violence being conducted by the Mugabe regime is out of control and shows a callous disregard for local and international laws and the most basic standards of human rights. This once proud liberation movement is willing to beat and kill its own citizens. It is willing to violate the norms of civilized societies. It is willing to violate SADC's protocols on elections. And, as I have experienced first hand, it is even willing to ignore the most basic protections for diplomats provided in the Vienna Convention. Corruption, greed and the need to maintain themselves in power have converted freedom fighters and liberators into lawless tyrants. I have witnessed with my own eyes the victims of this violence, and any attempt to deny it or claim it is the result of opposition activity is simply a lie.
To date over 3000 people have been hospitalized and over 60 killed. Over 30,000 have been displaced from their homes and villages. And those are only the confirmed cases we know about. I have received reports of a primary school principal dragged out of his office in broad daylight, never to be seen again, for no other reason than that he worked at a polling station that voted MDC in the March 29 elections. The elderly grandmother of the MDC's spokesman was assaulted because of her grandson's activities. Children are being dragged out every night and forced to chant ZANU-PF slogans and more. I don't think it is inappropriate to call a regime willing to assault educators, the elderly and youth as lawless.
At an even more basic level, there is no Government of Zimbabwe. According to Zimbabwean law, the Parliament was dissolved before the March 29 elections. The newly elected Parliament has never been convened. We now have the situation of a regime claiming to be represented by "Ministers" who have not been appointed by any Parliament.
Zimbabwe's disastrous harvest is but one symptom of an economy that has already gone over the precipice. The numbers are truly staggering. Inflation is over two million percent according to reliable private estimates. In the past week alone the Zimbabwe dollar lost 56% of its value against the U.S. dollar. To give you some perspective on what that kind of inflation means, I have heard stories of people stranded downtown because the price of a commuter bus rose from 600 million Zimbabwean dollars to 800 million dollars between the morning and afternoon commutes.
Routine transactions now require so many zeroes that some accounting systems cannot handle them. Unemployment is over 80%. Manufacturing levels have plummeted. Businesses close their doors literally every day. Even mining, one of Zimbabwe's few remaining foreign currency earners is suffering as power cuts and lack of needed supplies cut into production. Zimbabwe's once vibrant economy is practically non-existent at this point. Those hit hardest, of course, are the poor who make up the vast majority of Zimbabwe's population.
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Zimbabwe's leadership is wont to blame the country's economic problems on Western sanctions. First, the only real sanctions on Zimbabwe at present are targeted sanctions against regime leaders which prevent them from traveling to the U.S. and from doing business with U.S. firms. While the Government of Zimbabwe refers to the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act (ZDERA) as a type of sanction, this is not the case. ZDERA prevents the U.S. from supporting international financial institution assistance, such as from the IMF or World Bank, to Zimbabwe. Even without ZDERA, international financial institutions would not lend to Zimbabwe because of its terribly mismanaged economy and its failure to pay back prior loans. Zimbabwe alone owes the World Bank over 600 million US dollars.
I wish I could stand here and say that the June 27 run-off offers the chance for political change and a brighter future. Unfortunately, the current climate makes free and fair elections impossible. MDC candidate Morgan Tsvangirai is hounded at every turn, making it impossible to campaign. Since his return to Zimbabwe, he has been detained by the police four times. His campaign vehicles have been confiscated. The Mugabe regime is providing no political space for him to campaign.

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Yet an other Devonian cephalopod hunt
Manticocerasman posted a topic in Fossil Hunting TripsIt has been a while since we went to my favorite hunting spot near Chimay in Belgium, so I was realy eager to go back when we got there we had a little surprise, the whole back of the quarry was transformed in a motor cicle trail, apparantly this sunday there wil be a race and a lot of the bikers were prospecting the trail on foot in preparation of the race. luckily this didnt hinder us on our search, and this opend even opportunities since they dug through some of the stoone piles to make the trail thus revieling new material to go through, although we were careful not to dammage the trail. my first find was a strange large nodule covered in mud, at first vieuw it looked to be a big goniatite, and since it was found near the car I directly put it in the trunk without giving it further ispection. after looking on the sides of the new tracks we went to the big scree where we usually hunt, the heavy rains from the past few weeks cleared a lot out and we did find a few very well preserved goniatites. On the top of the scree pile Natalie found a huge specimen: a goniatite of around 40cm an not far from it I found a 2nd large one . we had a very sccesful field trip today with great wether conditions ( mabey a little to hot ) and excelent finds. my biggest surprise was when I drove home, I stopped at a self carwash to clean of the mud of the big specimens with a high pressure cleaner. The first mud coverd nodule that I put in the car wasn't a goniatite, but a nodule with 3 nautiloids on it, 2 incomplete, but a big one in the center. A vieuw on the race track: A toad hiding in the rubble. Natalie at the spot where she found the big goniatite: the huge specimen she found: and a 2nd one : A lot of life in the pools in the quarry: A realy nice Manticoceras sp waiting for me more shales and limestone to go through: A stop for water and snacks after the hunt, and of course a lot of local beers on sale "Chimay" beer: the large specimens after the high pressure cleaner: the surprise Nautiloids after the mud was removed: I still have alot of unpacking to do and prepp work in the next few days. I'll post updates in this post.
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Manticocerasman posted a topic in Member CollectionsI finaly got around putting all my best cephalopods specimens that I collected over the past 4 years in the frasnian of southern Belgium on there place in the cabinets. They all come from the same location. (except an orthocone and a receptaculites from the same age but from a different spot ) most of it has already been posted in individual posts, but this gives an overal vieuw of the part of the collection on display. Enjoy al the Manticoceras, Crickites, Tornoceras, Bactrites, Orthocones and more


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If you have multiple transactions to enter in to Property Records (EG Council Rates), you could do it by going in to each Property and entering the transaction manually, but to save time you can enter transactions in bulk via the Property Transaction Bulk Data Entry Screen.
To access the Property Transaction Bulk Data Entry screen, from the Finance Sub-Menu, click Property Transactions Functions and then click Property Transaction Bulk Data Entry.
The Property Transactions Bulk Data Entry screen will open:
Manually Entering Transactions
Begin to type the name of the Property in the Property column
Press <TAB> or <ENTER> to move quickly to the next field.
Select the Transaction Type from the drop down list (EG Council Rates)
Enter the Date of the transaction
Enter the transaction Amount & GST (If applicable)
Enter any comments regarding the transaction (EG Council Rates for 2015)
Repeat the process for all Transactions you want to enter
Click to process all transactions to the Properties listed
Chintaro will warn you that all transactions on the screen will be processed. Click Yes to continue, or No to quit:
The transactions will now appear on the Property Transactions ledgers.
Creating a Template for Importing Transactions
If you have multiple Properties that require the same charge (EG $100 Council Rates), you are able to create an Import Template from Chintaro to add the transactions in bulk.
Click New Import Template
The Create Template pop up box will open:
All fields in the Create Template pop up box are optional. Enter the fields that you want to be populated in to the template. In the Create Template box, select a transaction type that you would like prefilled in the template, for example Council Rates. You are able to add an amount if you are bulk adding the same amount to a number of properties, but if you want to add the amounts manually, leave the amount as 0. You can also add comments in the comments section.
An Excel spreadsheet will open populated with all of the properties in Chintaro, and with the additional fields entered, such as transaction type, date and the description. From this spreadsheet, you are able to manipulate the data as you wish, by editing amounts, removing Properties etc.
Save the edited document.
Back in Chintaro, click thebutton to find the saved file on your network.
Click to import the file back in to Chintaro. All transactions will appear in the Property Transactions Bulk Add screen. You are able to further edit the transactions in this screen, if necessary:
When you are ready, click
Chintaro will warn you that all transactions on the screen will be processed. Click Yes to continue, or No to quit:
The transactions will now appear on the Property Transactions ledger for each Property:
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"I highly recommend Mr. Everheart as a presenter. Our teens were entertained, comfortable, and motivated following his visit with us."
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As a childhood reluctant reader turned award-winning author of books for young readers, I'm passionate about connecting children and teens with books.
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I deliver lively talks, fun activities, and open Q&A sessions that engage even the most reluctant of readers. Creating an interactive experience for everyone taps into the natural energy and curiosity of young students.
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Large groups require a special sensitivity to the audience and quick response to their needs and feedback. I was that skeptical teen at one time, waiting for someone to engage me, so I know how to make an effective connection.
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In this episode of the UnPodcast, we wrap up our "Live From the Front Room Series" (or do we????). We talk about Scott's UnResolutions (what? 46 5K Runs isn't enough for you people?); why Waffle House is a real need, and not just the best food ever; IKEA wants frame DaVinci; Taylor Swift has a great idea for selling tickets, except it doesn't work at all. All this, made-up words, a listener question and more as we get ready for 2018!
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John Betjeman was born on 28th August 1906, near Highgate, London, and became founder of the British Victorian Society, a well-known broadcaster and leading authority on architecture.
He became a member of The Inland Waterways Association in 1955, and soon afterwards became Patron of the London & Home Counties Branch. He became IWA Vice-President in 1966, a position he held for the rest of his life. He took an active interest in IWA, and wrote a poem for the opening of the Upper Avon Navigation, By H M Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, in 1974.
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Spelling never felt as sassy as it did when Aretha Franklin sang "R-E-S-P-E-C-T". Franklin transformed the song into the hit that it deserved to be and that the original writer and singer of the song—Otis Redding—was unable to make it.
Redding couldn't even argue with that. He once jokingly said that "Respect" was the song that "a girl took away from [him]". Redding and Franklin's tracks sound different from each other musically, but the biggest difference in the versions comes from the perspective change that Franklin created by adding a few key lines, and editing some of Redding's. Check out the tunes and an example of a lyric change:
Otis Redding:
Hey little girl
You're sweeter than honey
And I'm about to give you
All my money
Aretha Franklin:
Your kisses
Sweeter than honey
And guess what
So is my money
In the original version sung by Redding, the "respect" that is referred to is a euphemism for sex. Clearly this is not the case in Franklin's version. She recorded the song in 1967, two years after Redding had, and in the middle of significant changes in the United States. "Respect" quickly became a landmark song for both the women's right's movement, and the civil right's movement, and continues to be an empowering female anthem in an age where women are paid less than men, harassed regularly, and often looked as little more than a pretty face. If that doesn't make you respect Ms. Franklin, I don't know what will.


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In 2004 I was given a Neo Blythe Doll (Pinafore Purple Inspired) by a couple of close friends who were from Japan. At the time I lived in Helsinki, Finland and worked as a floral designer. I had some vague memories of Blythe doll and of album covers of the grunge era that had featured her. (Marilyn Manson and I believe Korn) I also have a very fuzzy memory from 1994 of a cultural article about this failed doll who's eyes changed color..and I remember thinking at the time, 'Color changing eyes? I'd like to see that!'. At the time when I was introduced to Blythe, it was a tiny world. For a week she sat on a shelf in her stock outfit before I realized that 'DUH, I bet I could check them out some more online!!'. It was a slippery slope and I joined the This Is Blythe forum operated by Gina Garan, long before there were even 2000 members. Dolls were not sold outside of Japan by Junie Moon (some licensing issues) so all dolls were purchased via obscure means…and only a handful of people were making clothing for our big eyed beauty. Necessity ….often is the mother of invention and in this case it became such. I did not have access at the time to all the super cute kawaii japan prints that some of my peers did..nor the cute tiny buttons and sewing notions…afterall Finland was sort of reclusive corner of the globe and sewing supplies were pretty…basic. This led me to I believe find my strengths..I took a look at my local resources and thought, 'How can I use this to make nice things for Blythe?'. I found beautiful local pre-yarn wools that I yearned to felt and create something wet felted out of this gorgeous rainbow colored wool…. 2005 My journey began. Instead of seeing prints that I said 'oh but thats too big…' I challenged myself to fussy cut and place, to make it work. In that desire to create something…quite a bit of what has become my signature look was born. Bold and unexpected prints with flawless pattern placement, old fashioned looks with a modern twist, dramatic and exaggerated collars and sleeves to echo the dramatic big eyed contrasts of our delightful muse. Trial and error led me to the inception of the Kitty helmet, my crow like love of sparkly things led me to use the beads I had at hand (and gave me a great excuse to buy more and more) to decorate said helmets…and the rest is history. Over time I've been inspired by new shapes and deco styles. I think recently someone said it best, 'Ruth, you are arranging flowers on your helmets..' Indeed, perhaps I am. Floral designer by school and trade, using my hands to create dolly hats and couture seems to be second nature. EuroTrash grew out of a need to create with the materials at hand. I never in my wildest dreams could have guessed that it would grow beyond my control or expectations or take control of my life for over a decade.
From growing up on a rural dairy farm with the smell of manure on a sunny day…..to fashion runways in Helsinki…nothing could have prepared me for this wild ride that is life and what role EuroTrash has played all along the way. My customers have done more than merely buy things, they have supported, inspired, encouraged and lifted me all along the way. Without them….EuroTrash would not be where it is today. I am ever humbled. Inspired, Encouraged.
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A deliberately provocative article on Linked-In asks the question is 'Agile Dead?'; a discussion on how various aspects 'agile' invented by different individuals and groups are fading from prominence follows. Agile is not my area of expertise but the article seems designed to generate attention without really saying anything new.
What the article did prompt in my thinking was the question 'What is agile?'. Concepts vary from:
- The Agile Manifesto (which is basically 101 common sense) created to overcome the failures of rigid IT development that required a 100% complete fully detailed plan before people really knew what the problem was (often referred to as 'waterfall' development but nothing like the original ideas in the waterfall concept).
- Through to the agile anarchist community who's mantra seems to be 'trust us all of our teams are above average' and we will make you really nice software without any discipline (a concept that ignores the mathematical fact that 50% of any group have to be below average….).
- Then there are all of the various 'agile' methods from 'Scrum' to 'XP'.
Ergo 'Agile' or 'agile' can mean virtually anything to anyone. In contrast to all of these specific variants, I would suggest at its root 'agile' is a concept or philosophy rather than a methodology or process; useful philosophies rarely 'die'.
What is emerging I believe is a gradual understanding that the false concepts of 'command and control[1]' and 'certainty, based on a fully detailed plan[2]' are slowly disappearing from management thinking (although there are still plenty of recalcitrant 'fossils' embedded in far too many management structures) – detailed planning months or years in advance of the work, done at a time where the work is imprecisely understood cannot control an uncertain future regardless of contract conditions and the exhortation of management. These ideas are slowly being replaced by an adaptive approach to projects that engages stakeholders and focuses on actually achieving the stakeholder's objectives and realising benefits, ie, an 'agile' approach.
Every project and every project management system can benefit from some elements of 'agile' (which overlaps with many other concepts such as 'light', 'lean', and 'last planner'. The key tenets seem to be:
- involve your stakeholders,
- trust your team,
- don't waste time planning in detail things you don't have detailed knowledge of[3],
- adapt to changing circumstances, and
- wherever possible avoid a 'big bang' approach – iterative and incremental developments mitigate the risk of catastrophic failure.
The agile manifesto certainly highlighted these important concepts but it did not invent them. These elements of fundamental common sense are ignored in far too many situations. What the agile manifesto and the subsequent changes in attitude have done is refocus on the importance of people and relationships in any project.
On the 'Agile front', many of the ridiculous excesses promoted by consultants and experts are certainly fading into obscurity. Executives are learning that 'agile' is not a cure all 'silver bullet' it needs pragmatic management and proper planning the same as everything else, it just the way planning and managing is done that differs; for more on this see: http://www.mosaicprojects.com.au/PDF_Papers/P109_Thoughts_on_Agile.pdf
Certainly there has been a realisation that the agile anarchist's concept of 'trust us' (and their abandonment of any pretence of strategic planning and documentation) really does not work. An appropriate degree of planning, coordination and documentation are essential to achieve success, particularly on larger projects and in the longer term when the inevitable updates and maintenance cut in.
In summary, if 'agile' is a philosophy that prioritises people over rigid process, and it will change and adapt over time; it's not 'dead' but it is evolving into a pragmatic management process. Certainly some of the narrowly defined concepts and methodologies branded as 'agile' are failing and being abandoned as 'passing fads' and new adaptations are emerging, but that's normal. The core underpinnings of the original Agile Manifesto are still alive and well.
[1] In the 1950's Peter Drucker identified the need for a new way of managing 'knowledge work', see: http://www.mosaicprojects.com.au/PDF_Papers/P070_A_Simple_View_of_Complexity.pdf
[2] "All models are wrong, but some are useful" (Prof. George E.P. Box), and every estimate used in the plan is wrong to a greater or lesser degree, see: http://www.mosaicprojects.com.au/WhitePapers/WP1051_Cost_Estimating.pdf
[3] For more on 'rolling wave' planning see: http://www.mosaicprojects.com.au/WhitePapers/WP1060_Rolling_Wave.pdf


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For a long time, I believed that the best way to disseminate knowledge and information (a.k.a. to educate someone) was through the recently-adopted concept of teaching at a school. In the past handful of years, I've come to realize that true "education" has nothing to do with a group of same-age children reading texts and completing worksheets together in an isolated room. For as many reasons people will divulge to support the traditional school setting, I can come up with just as many to refute it. While I am still, by many means, beginning this journey, one thing I've come to know is true (after MUCH personal internal conflict about EVERYTHING I've ever known about teaching): education in America is broken.
You've heard this before – this is not a newsflash for you.
Problems run rampant within our educational "system" today and there are simply too many to list here, though I hope to address each one individually at a later time – which will likely take me the rest of my living days. But I digress…
Maybe you are a parent or teacher or student who disagrees with me and finds that you've had a virtually pain/problem-free experience with traditional schooling. I'm happy for you, but I have two questions: When did you/your children attend school? Where did you/your children attend school? Because the answers to those questions can heavily impact your opinion of traditional school and how your opinion relates to traditional schooling today, in this country.
I'm beginning to "see the light" and it is with great joy and humility that I attribute my most recent awakenings to my daughter. As of my writing this, she is 1 day away from turning 2 years old and has taught me more about how
children humans learn, than any book, college course, or professional development program.
It is an absolute marvel to observe her and speak with her. Yes, I have conversations with my 2 year old. And most of the time, they make sense and go well. The other times? Well, she is still a toddler…
So, it is with great pleasure that I share with you the next piece of my educational reform puzzle… Class Dismissed: A film about learning outside of the classroom.
If you've seen this movie, great! I will be joining your ranks shortly. There are two viewings coming up in the next week, and I'm planning to attend both. Based on the trailers I've seen so far and the internet chatter, I'm guessing this is going to be an eye-opening movie that will likely change the course of my career and educational path for my children.
At least, that's what I'm hoping for.
In the meantime, here is a quick teaser from the movie:
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Would you believe the term "sweat equity" actually has its own Wikipedia entry? Here's the definition: "a party's contribution to a project in the form of effort and toil." Effort and toil. Wow, that definitely hits home right now because getting to the gym in the middle of raising a toddler, maintaining a household, and working nearly full-time is definitely equal parts effort and toil. I go, I see, I yawn. And a little voice inside wishes that gyms had nap rooms.
Sweat equity is what happens when we actually show up and, you know, sweat. Work hard. Don't take "no" for an answer. In the last few weeks, I've done the math and realized I need a whole lot more sweat equity right now if I want to get back to the "healthy" I knew I could be BFB (before baby). Sweat equity means sweating. It means real work.
And it really is equity. It means putting something into yourself—a real investment of time and effort—that is going to reap tangible, measurable benefits down the road. Like investment equity, it grows faster the more you put in. Compound interest is real, and so is "compound fitness." What I do today makes me stronger tomorrow, which means I can work harder tomorrow, which means I get stronger tomorrow than I would have if I hadn't put in sweat equity today, which means…you get it, right?
Note: "Sweat" does not equal "pain."
This morning, I did not want to go to the gym. I just didn't. I didn't want to get on a treadmill and feel uncomfortable because I'm not in shape right now. I nursed a cup of coffee for twenty minutes of walking in the winter air on the Puget Sound coast near Seattle, where we live. I even tracked my walk with my GPS and felt good about the 2000 or so steps I put in.
But those steps weren't sweat equity. Those were easy—to me, today. They would not have been easy when I was seven or eight months pregnant. Then, walking at a moderate pace would count as sweat equity. Today, a moderate walk is a moving meditation, but it's not the kind of hard work that will reap strength and endurance gains, because it doesn't challenge my body. For that, I need to sweat.
But not to the point of pain. This is important. Exercising to the point of pain is the opposite of good. When you're sweating due to giving your body just the right amount of challenge, you're aware that you're working hard—maybe you're even wearing a heart rate monitor to measure that effort and stay within a safe heart rate zone—but you're not in pain.
A solid aerobic workout session never hurts. It just feels, well, sweaty.
Very sweaty, if you're me right now, even when you're tootling along at what sounds to a before-baby self like a really easy pace. When I run, I sweat, even when it's a relatively easy run—say, a pace I could sustain for an hour-long workout. That means I'm getting stronger. That means I'm revving up my body's ability to use fuel efficiently and build muscle for strength so that the next run goes a little easier. Those are really the only things we are in control of when it comes to changing our metabolism, by the way: we can build muscle, which requires more energy to maintain than an equal amount of body fat does, and we can do aerobic exercise that pushes our heart rate up (after getting the green light from our doctor—always!).
Public service announcement: Those diet pills that push your heart rate up are NOT the same thing as using sweat equity to up your heart rate safely during an aerobic workout.
This whole sweat equity system only works if it's YOU doing the work. Drugs are a dangerous shortcut. One acquaintance who took "fat-burning" pills (which just push your heart rate up) in order to shed bodyfat for a physique competition reported later that her body was a mess afterwards. These pills can contain a lot of caffeine, and have in the past contained very dangerous substances such as ephedra. In short, please don't go there. Go to the gym and sweat.
Recent workouts: The sweat equity topic hits Every48 today because last week, I only put one deposit in the sweat equity bank, which is not enough right now to reap fitness and weight-loss results. I need to put in a lot more work to knock off these last ten pounds and get back to marathoning. This week will be better. So far this week (my "week" starts on Saturday), I've done a half-hour rowing session at the gym (Saturday 1/7) and a 40-minute treadmill run today at around 11 minutes per mile, which sounds slow for a runner with a 3:53 marathon personal best, but is "just right" for where I am today.


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Recently, my iPhone (5s, 16GB) began complaining that it was out of storage. So I went to Settings > General > Usage and found that Photos was taking up 1.8 GB, specifically the "Synced from Computer" category. So I go to Photos, and find that I have 2000+ photos. So I try to select and delete them – except I can't. The trash can icon is grayed out. A little more research advises me to connect my iPhone to my PC, click on the iPhone, and then go to Photos and delete them from there. Except – there aren't any photos there. I've used several different PCs and Macs over the past year and a half, and the iTunes library they were synced from is probably long gone. So how do I nuke them?
By Eric Volker from Apple Support Community
iPhone users may have two kinds of photos in their iPhone, one are photos shot with iPhone camera, and the other are photos synced from computer. These two kinds of photos can both be viewed in the Photos app, but they are saved in two different locations. The photos shot with iPhone camera are saved in Camera Roll, and the photos synced from computer are saved in the folder that has the same name as you select from computer. If people want to know how to delete photos from iPhone 4s/5/5s/6/6s/SE, they will have different options for these two kinds of photos. The following post will introduce the methods which you can take advantage of to remove photos from iPhone.
Part 1. Manually Delete Photos from iPhone Camera Roll
The photos saved in iPhone Camera Roll can be deleted directly with your iPhone. You only need to tap the photo you want to delete, and then tap the Trash icon at the right bottom. Then you will the photo to Recent Deleted folder on your iPhone, and if you want to delete the photo permanently, you should go to the Recent Deleted folder, and deleted the photo once again. If you want to remove multiple photos from iPhone Camera Roll, you should go to your Camera Roll folder, and tap Edit at the upper right corner, then select the photos you want to delete. After that, tap the Trash icon at the right bottom to move these photos to the Recent Deleted folder.
Part 2. Delete Camera Roll Photos from iPhone with Computer
iPhone users may often come up with the problem of switching to another computer or updating hardware for computer, and then find that the photos in their iPhone can't be deleted though they are still available in their iPhone and take so much storage space. When meeting this situation, the iPhone users always feel annoyed. In fact, you can authorize the computer and connect iPhone to get rid of the photos you don't need.
If you don't mind plugging iPhone in computer, you can remove Camera Roll photos from iPhone with your computer. After connecting iPhone to computer with USB cable, your computer will recognize your iPhone as a portable device and allow you to view its Camera Roll folder. Now you can select the photos and hit Delete key, or right-click the selected photos and click Delete.
Part 3. Delete and Re-sync iPhone Photos with iTunes
Before showing this trick, you should know that the Photo Library will be replaced with the new folder on your computer, and you will lose all the original photos. The following guidance will show you how to use iTunes to delete iPhone photos synced from computer:
- Start iTunes and go to "Edit > Preferences > Devices", and check "Prevent iPods, iPhones and iPads from syncing automatically".
- Plug iPhone into computer via USB cable, and authorize the computer. iTunes will recognize your computer and display the iPhone icon at the upper right corner.
- Click the iPhone icon and choose "Photos" in the summary panel. Check "Sync Photos from" and then choose "from folder". Select the folder you stored your photos.
- Then iTunes will sync the photos from the folder to your computer. If the folder is empty, iTunes will also erase the photos in your iPhone and sync the empty folder to your iPhone.
Re-syncing iPhone with iTunes will help you to remove synced photos from iPhone. You need to delete the photos you don't need in the folder which you sync with iPhone, and then sync it with iPhone through iTunes again.
With iTunes, you are able to delete iPhone photos synced from computer. But the trick will sweep out all the original photos in your iPhone library. If you want to delete photos from iPhone separately without deleting the ones you still need, you can use the third-party iPhone transfer software to finish the task.
Part 4. Remove Photos from iPhone(Synced from Computer)
As you may know, the photos synced from computer can't be deleted directly on iPhone. If people want to remove these photos from iPhone, they will need to re-sync iPhone with iTunes, or use the third-party iPhone transfer software to finish the task. If you want to delete photos from iPhone without iTunes, you can take advantage of Leawo iTransfer, which is regarded as the best iPhone transfer software. This software is used for transferring files among iOS devices, iTunes and computers, and it helps users manage their iPhone files. The following guidance will show you how to delete photos from iPhone, and you can free download the software to have a try.
Leawo iTransfer will start deleting photos from iPhone in batch immediately. When the process is done, you will delete the photos synced from your computer. Leawo iTransfer is also helpful for other kinds of data transfers, for example, you can transfer music from iPhone to computer with this software.
All the methods mentioned above will help you remove photos from iPhone, if you are in need, don't hesitate to check them out.


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John Buchanan, Meridian executive vice president for global sales and group marketing, introduced the demo, reiterating the company's commitment to "the pursuit of perfect sound and picture at home – a never-ending journey."
A focal point of the demo was the centrally placed DSP7200 HC (for "Horizontal Center") – a companion piece to the DSP7200 Digital Active Loudspeaker that was "three-and-a-half years in incubation," according to Ken Forsythe, director of product management. Psychoacoustic principles that allow the adjustment of image height when watching movies in a home theater were employed in its design, he explained, resulting in the development of a Center Elevation setting that creates the perception of an "acoustic image" in a projection screen's center that "moves" with the image on the screen.


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When we started glueglue as a ux design agency over ten years ago, we made many decisions, especially during first projects, that were based more on intuition than logic.
This is probably because our job has a creative component that naturally permeates every area. While that could be considered a positive thing, we have found ourselves struggling over the years to subvert such strategy and define a well-structured approach for the design process.
Our working method is constantly evolving through ever-present successes and mistakes we experience almost every day at the agency.
We tested and tried many different approaches and grouped them into 6 main areas. We follow this guideline during most project kickoffs.
1 briefing
This is the very first moment when you explore the client's goals and vision for the project. Hopefully. It is not rare to meet companies that want to start something without a clear idea in mind. Probably because there's someone in the managament pushing to finally take action. Be very careful because this crucial and delicate step determines a precise expectation of your involvement.
Please do not close the meeting by just noting that the goal of the design is just to 'Make a restyle of the website ' or 'increase the sales'.
It is fundamental that the final output of the first phase is be defined by simple and straightforward common goal. It will be a clear point of reference during each step of the whole project facilitating the evaluation of your work at the end of the game.
If you don't delve deeper into the current state analysis and name the real goals, you'll probably get stuck in a game that's hard to win. Don't be afraid to have questions, this is the only way you have to achieve a well-structured briefing output.
2 research
Some agencies or professionals often overlook this part of the design process. Perhaps they just want to make something that's unique or because they do not want to be too influenced by other projects while making decisions. From my experience, I can honestly say all the projects which overlooked research phase led to a lot more iterations and reviews than the ones that saw it as a crucial part of the process.
This doesn't mean to look only at your competitor's products. Having a closer look at different markets and patterns is what can make the real difference.
Like it or not, we are always influenced by what we use and see every day around us. Having control on this decisions is productive in terms of anticipating mistakes and quickly solving problems that others already solved. This does not mean to look only at your competitor's products. Having a closer look at different markets and importing new design patterns and frameworks could make the real difference.
Here at glueglue, we have defined our own UX review method based on the Heuristic evaluation. It's incredibly useful when we have to improve a digital product that's already on the market. The method analyzes 10 areas by assigning each one a score. That helps us saving time and effort by focusing on what's really important. Overall, having a broad and wide view is the key. Recently I've inspired myself from a meeting scheduling app to design a new travel booking system.
3 wireframe
The third step of the design process could be seen as unnecessary or time-consuming but I would say it's totally the opposite. The goal of this step is to define the features and functionalities of your digital product, understand which are the best patterns to use and experiment with different solutions without spending too much time on the details.
Here we need to focus on layout structures and features first rather than the aesthetics…
You'll probably start by just making some sketches (see the picture above of a messy wireframing session at glueglue studio 😉) and then use Sketch or your favorite design tool to conceive them digitally and share them with the client. Why? Because you definitely need to get precise feedback and understand if you're on the same page before starting to tackle the visual part.
I usually introduce my wireframes with something like 'they're ugly by purpose, we need to focus on layout structures and features first rather than the aesthetics…'
4 design
The fun part every designer can't wait for since the beginning of a project. If you didn't skip a step on the way, it should be a great pleasure as the hard job is already done.
Design at least 3 proposals and ask for the progress feedback. Make the client part of the decision process
Consider brand guidelines for color palettes and logos, and get inspirations from other companies' products always considering that a good digital interface should have the right aesthetic & functional balance. Try to design at least 3 proposals and ask for the progress feedback. Make the client part of the decision process.
I usually design with Sketch and share my creations on Zeplin or Invision depending on the type of product I am working on. Zeplin is great for structured products when getting feedback is the main purpose, while Invision helps to focus on the user flow. Apps are constantly evolving adding numerous features and options so keep your eyes open 😉
The goal of this step is to get precise feedback on the overall look and feel and the visuals to come up with a final approved version of the design before passing it on to developers.
5 prototype
This is the step of the design process that makes things 100% clear in terms of the user flow and interactions. If you have time (and a budget of course) to produce a fully interactive prototype of your new digital product (using, for example, InVision) you'll never regret it.
The main goal here is to represent the trickiest of interactions
Also, brand new product prototypes are a great way to test the product by the real users before even developing it. You anticipate possible design mistakes and introduce the improvements before going online. This can save time and money for your client. The main goal here is to represent the trickiest of interactions and avoid misunderstandings with developers who will never ask you: 'what happens when I click here or there?….'
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So, you have done your job (almost) since you have your product live and polished. But do people use it as expected? The answer that comes from our experience is: probably NO!
There's an infinite number of creative ways people can interact with an interface…
That's normal though, there's an infinite number of creative ways people can interact with an interface and some Hotjar recordings can help with that of course. It is a freemium tool that records the behavior of real users on your digital product and is an easy and affordable way to have a first look on what's happening and if there are potential problems with the product itself.
Of course, live testing is also a good choice but also far more expensive and structured.
7… repeat
Did we say 6 steps of a design process? Well, this is a not a proper step, it is something that's virtually perpetual. We always consider a digital product as a work in progress that's never finished.
Everything changes. From competitors to user needs and behaviors
That's why we perform 3-month insight reports on our clients' products. It's a great way to evaluate introduce effective UX improvements. Why? Because everything changes – from competitors to user needs and behaviors and we have to adjust our product too if we want to stay in the game.
We can say that these are the steps that define our working process here at glueglue. What about you? Do you have any additional step or detail that makes your design process unique? Please share 😉


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This listing is for a downloadable PDF copy of the instructions of how to make this beautiful Family Scrapbook Album.
This 6x8" chipboard binder album has 12 scrapbook pages (6 full double-sided scrapbook pages, including 3 folding pages and 2 pocket pages to allow for more space). It holds at least 80 photos and has 9 divided plastic photo sleeve pages. This album has such pretty fall colors and would be great for your photos from Thanksgiving. There's plenty of room for all your treasured memories!
The original album was designed with beautiful paper and embellishments from the Doodlebug Flea Market collection. The scrapbook also has lots of fun embellishments and chunky twine. The title on the cover says "Family" and some of the other pages say "Fall Blessings", "Together", and "Thankful for You".
Because our physical kits are pre-cut, the instructions DO NOT include measurements. By purchasing these instructions, you understand that you are buying a pdf copy of the original instruction sheet that was created for the physical kit. You can use the instructions and photos as a guideline for creating a similar project for yourself, but since measurements are not included, you will need to estimate photo mat and paper sizing.
This purchase is a final sale. The downloadable link to the instructions will be available to you at the checkout confirmation page, and also via email. The sale will be final and there will be no refunds or exchanges allowed. Please be sure you have read this entire description before purchasing.
By purchasing this digital download, you also agree that the designs and pictures in the instructions are provided for personal use only and may not be sold, reproduced or used for commercial or submission purposes in any form without Traci Penrod's written permission. Copyright 2019. All rights reserved: www.ArtsyAlbums.com.


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Below are the films that have remained in my mind throughout 2012. I should add that I have yet to see The Master, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Tabu, and Sightseers, which after speaking to people about them, one or two might well enter my top 10 by the end of the year, but for now they are:
I'd also like to include a film that has yet to have a full theatrical release: Entity. This film is currently doing the festival circuit and the sound design by ZnO is second to none. To quote from a recent review of the film:
"the sound design is the real heart of the film. It is, without a doubt, one of the best uses of sound in an independent feature that I have experienced. The cinema rumbled and creaked along with the film asylum and frequently built to borderline painful ear-piercing screeches that put the audience in the same space as the on-screen characters."


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This week I will look at the fallacy of denying the antecedent. Before I can elaborate exactly what is involved in this fallacy, it is important to introduce and analyse some valid arguments that are superficially similar.
Modus Ponens
One of the very first valid inferences one learns in logic is modus ponens. To use the well worn example that was repeated ad nauseam when I was learning logic (and one I probably bored my students with too) a paradigmatic example of modus ponens is,
1. If it is raining then the grass will be wet.
2. It is raining;
3. The grass will be wet.
Put more abstractly, a modus ponens has the form:
1' If P then Q.
Modus ponens proceeds with the first premise contending that a conditional statement is true. A conditional statement is a statement about a hypothetical situation; in this case the claim is "if it is raining then the grass will be wet". Notice that for this conditional to be true, it does not have to actually be raining. On a sunny day it is still true that if it starts raining the grass will be wet. A conditional statement tells us what will be the case if some other thing or event is the case – not what actually is the case.
Conditional statements of the form "if P then Q" have what logicians call an "antecedent" and a "consequent". P is the antecedent; in the above example the antecedent is the claim, "it is raining". In a conditional statement one talks about what occurs if the antecedent is true. Q is the consequent; in the example above the consequent is the proposition "the grass will be wet". The consequent is what is said to be true if the antecedent is correct.
Modus ponens proceeds by first affirming that a conditional statement is true and then affirming the antecedent is true. If both a conditional statement is true and its antecedent is true then it is impossible for the consequent to not also be true. This is obvious upon immediate reflection. If the conditional 'if P then Q' is true, and P is true, then Q must also be true. Note, that in a valid modus ponens inference, one affirms the antecedent.
Modus Tollens
A second and related valid inference is modus tollens. Like modus ponens a modus tollens begins by affirming a conditional statement; however, it proceeds by denying the consequent. To use the example above:
1. If it is raining then the grass will be wet.
2'' The grass is not wet;
3'' It is not raining.
This has the form:
1' If P then Q.
2'' Not Q;
3'' Not P.
Modus tollens proceeds by noting a conditional statement is true and then denying the consequent of this condition. It follows from this that the antecedent is false. Again this is a valid argument form. If its true that given a certain antecedent obtains that a consequent will follow, and the consequent has not followed, then the antecedent will not obtain.
Both modus ponens and modus tollens formalise valid inferences involving conditional statements. If one has a conditional statement of the form, if P then Q, one can deny the consequent and argue that P is false or one can affirm the antecedent and argue that that Q is true.
Denying the Antecedent
With this background in place we can turn to the fallacy of denying the antecedent. This fallacy occurs when a person denies the antecedent. To return to our example:
1. If it is raining then the grass will be wet.
2''' It is not raining;
3''' The grass will not be wet.
This argument is invalid because it is possible for the premises to be true and the conclusion false. Imagine it is a hot summer day in Auckland, there is not a cloud in the sky and the sun is beating down; to cool themselves off my children set up a sprinkler on the grass outside and run through it. In this situation the condition 'if its raining then the grass will be wet' is true. It is also true that it is not raining yet the grass is wet; it has been drenched by the sprinkler.
This highlights something about conditionals. When one makes a conditional statement, one claims that if the antecedent is true then the consequent is true. One does not, however, necessarily claim that if the consequent is true then antecedent is true. The example above shows this. It is true that rain causes grass to be wet but this does not mean that rain is the only thing that causes wet grass. So one cannot validly claim that a consequent of a conditional is false by arguing that the antecedent is.
This may all sound a bit abstract and the examples of rain and wet grass somewhat trivial. However, it is necessary to use obvious examples to illustrate the logical point. Let us now turn to an example that has been discussed on this blog lately which has generated a reasonable amount of online commentary.
In the recent debate at the University of Notre Dame between Sam Harris and William Lane Craig, Craig offered the following conditional:
1. If God exists then we have a plausible account of (a) the nature of moral goodness and (b) the nature of moral obligation.
As I noted in my review of the debate, one response Harris offered to 1 (b) was to argue that the existence of evil in the world suggests that God does not exist. I also noted that this objection is unsound. Craig's contention in 1 (b) was a conditional statement that: If God exists then we have a plausible account of the nature of moral obligation. Arguing that God does not exist does not refute this conditional statement since the conditional does not claim that God exists. Just as one can, on a sunny day, make true statements about what would be the case if it were raining, the claim that 'if God exists then we have a plausible account of moral obligation' can be true even if God does not exist.
Since the debate, some of Harris's supporters have suggested Harris's argument here did provide a compelling reason for rejecting Craig's claim that there exists a plausible divine command theory account of moral obligation. Craig's conditional for this was that if God exists then a divine command theory is defensible. However, they contend that God does not exist and so, therefore, a divine command theory is not plausible.
This does not follow and is pretty clearly a case of the fallacy of affirming the antecedent. As both Plantinga and Mark Murphy have noted separately, a divine command theory is, in fact, compatible with atheism. Plantinga notes,
"one might reject theism but accept a divine command ethics, and as a consequence … reject moral realism."
Similarly, Mark Murphy contends:
"A metaethical theological voluntarist might claim that no normative state of affairs could be made to obtain without certain acts of divine will, but because there is no God, or because there is a God that has not performed the requisite acts of will, no normative states of affairs obtain."
The point is that one could accept that the most plausible account of moral obligation is that obligations are identical with God's commands and still deny God exists; and conclude, therefore, that moral obligations do not really exist. This is no more incoherent than accepting that the best account of the nature of unicorns is that they are magical horses with one horn in the centre of their forehead and then conclude that because no such horses exist that unicorns do not exist.
It should not need belabouring but calling into question the antecedent of Craig's conditional does not entail a refutation of the consequent. The fact that so many followers of Sam Harris are defending as valid the fallacy of denying the antecedent is mildly amusing but it is not much else.
To summarise, conditional statements are if-then statements; they claim that a consequent is true, if an antecedent is true. One cannot show the consequent is false by denying the antecedent. One can affirm that the antecedent is true and infer, therefore, that the consequent is too, and one can deny the consequent is true and therefore deny the antecedent but denying the antecedent has little effect at all.


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A 500° blast aids browning. To ensure food safety, don't stuff the turkey. Also, as with any cooking method, be sure the meat comes to 165°, and serve immediately after it has rested.
How to Make It
Remove and discard giblets and neck from turkey. Trim excess fat. Starting at neck cavity, loosen skin from breast and drumsticks by inserting fingers, gently pushing between skin and meat. Mince 3 garlic cloves; combine minced garlic, chopped rosemary, and next 4 ingredients (through pepper) in a small bowl. Rub butter mixture under loosened skin and rub over breast and drumsticks. Lift wing tips up and over back; tuck under turkey. Place remaining 6 garlic cloves and rosemary sprigs in body cavity. Tie legs together with kitchen string. Let turkey stand 1 hour at room temperature.
Preheat oven to 500°.
Place turkey, breast side up, on the rack of a roasting pan coated with cooking spray. Place rack in pan. Bake at 500° for 30 minutes. Reduce heat to 250°; bake for 2 hours or until a thermometer inserted into meaty part of thigh registers 165°. Remove from oven; cover loosely with foil. Let stand 20 minutes. Discard skin.


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KARACHI: An endangered marine turtle, the Hawksbill, was caught by a tuna gillnet from offshore waters near Ormara on the Balochistan coast.
This is the first time that the Hawksbill sea turtle - scientifically known as the Eretmochelys Imbricata – has been reported in the country. The Leatherback turtle, another rare species, also paid a welcome visit to the country last year when it was reported near Sur, Balochistan. The Leatherback was successfully released by the WWF-Pakistan with the help of other environmental organisations and local communities.
WWF-Pakistan's director Rab Nawaz confirmed that the Hawksbill was declared critically endangered in 1996 under the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red Data List since it has seen a drastic population decline of 80 per cent.
"The Hawksbill turtle in Pakistan is a welcome new addition to the diversified marine fauna of Pakistan," said Nawaz. "In the Indian Ocean the turtle is distributed from the African coast to the Persian Gulf and can also be found in India and the Far East."
Nawaz added that the turtle prefers tropical and subtropical waters and is divided into two subspecies – the Eretmochelys Imbricate, which is found in Atlantic Ocean, and the Eretmochelys Imbricata Bissa, which is found in the Indo-Pacific region. The turtle found in Pakistan belongs to the latter subgroup.
The Hawksbill can easily be distinguished from other turtles thanks to its sharp curved beak and the saw-like appearance of its shell margins. It can grow up to one metre in length and has an average weight of 80 kilogrammes. However, the one that has been caught has been measured at a mere 47 centimetres.
The turtle was caught by fisherman Shah Zamin's tuna gillnet boat 'Al Gul Muhammad'. The boat had left on a fishing expedition on November 22 and returned after 57 days.
WWF-Pakistan technical advisor on Marine Fisheries Muhammad Moazzan Khan said that the Hawksbill is listed in Appendix-I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, which means that it is illegal to import or export turtles or to kill, capture or harass them.
"The WWF-Pakistan has started training fishermen to release turtles that are accidently caught in their fishing gear," he added. "Vital data about the hawksbill turtle was recorded, after which it was successfully released back into the water."
While Hawksbills are mainly omnivorous, their principal diet consists of sea sponges. They also feed on algae, cnidarians, comb and other jellyfishes and sea anemones. Hawksbills usually lay around 140 eggs at a time and the eggs take 60 days to hatch. The turtles mature in 20 years and lay eggs every two or three years. There is no authentic record of Hawksbills breeding in Pakistani waters but coastal communities report typical Hawksbill tracks in a few isolated areas along the Balochistan coast.
The two main marine turtle species in the country are Green turtles and Olive Ridley turtles, with the Green turtle being the most common one, nesting along the Sindh and Balochistan coasts. World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)-Pakistan located a large population of Olive Ridleys in Pakistan's offshore waters but no recent sightings have been made.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 18th, 2014.


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Reflections on Lesvos life in new book.
Scatterlight Donkeys & Foxballs Ice Cream
Photos and stories from Lesvos by Julie Smit and Jan van Lent with artwork by Jeroen Koster
Dutch residents of Molyvos, Julie Smit and Jan van Lent, clearly love the Greek island of Lesvos with a passion. Julie's stories about Lesvos life, which number more than 120, and Jan's striking photographs, there are 320 of them, evoke a warmth for the island that no mere travel guide could ever match.
The authors moved to Lesvos in 2001 and their island walks took them to many out-of-the-way places on this large and beautiful Greek island. Letters home, and a weekly blog, prompted enough to warrant the publication of these remarkable reflections on the history, doings and life of Lesvos.
The book is a mine of information about the islands Lesvos, its nature, its people, its traditions and its history. Chapters sketch portraits of the varies aspects of Lesvos life such as culture, weather, local products – even garbage.
The views are not glimpsed through rose-tinted spectacles. The stories – more than 120 on 288 pages – can vary from the affectionate and warm to the critical and perplexed. All however are laced with wit and humour and underpinned by a genuine love of Lesvos and its people.
The photographs show Lesvos in all its glory, from the detailed beauty of a wild orchid to perfect panoramas of sea, lake and sky. Especially touching are the photographs of Lesvos people at work and at play.
Anyone looking for a book about Lesvos that is more interesting than a coffee table embellishment and more inviting than tourist travel guide could do no better than order a copy of Scatterlight Donkeys & Foxballs Ice Cream. The book is published in Dutch and English with German and Greek editions in the pipeline. You can order online at the Smitaki website


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I lost weight. A lot of weight. 165 pounds. An entire person. I ran a 1/2 marathon and then another one. I completed a sprint triathlon and then an olympic one. I did ALL OF THAT!
Then...I changed jobs and didn't have to be the girl that lost weight and did races. I gained some weight.
THEN...my son was diagnosed with leukemia. Healthy eating and fitness went totally out the window at that point. They were replaced with cafeteria meals and sleeping on a fold out couch at the hospital. Thankfully, my son is in remission. He had a bone marrow transplant that consumed all of our lives from April to September.
I don't know what I weigh, but I know how I feel. Sluggish. Achy. Tired. I miss that joy that I found in pursuing my health and fitness goals. I don't like how I feel.
I informed the husband that I was going to start recording again tomorrow. Again. The thing is, I know that I can do it again. It is going to take work, but I know what my body can do when I feed it healthy foods and exercise. This isn't a "New Year, New Me" post. It's a "Getting back to Me" post.
The exciting part for me is that I am going into this next phase of my fitness life with so much more knowledge than I had the first time. I know that I don't want to be the girl that eats 1200 calories a day and exercises 6 day a week. I know that I don't want to be the girl that weighs herself every single day (sometimes more than once a day). I know that I don't want my life to revolve around losing weight.
What I do know is that I don't like how I feel and I know that I can feel amazing in my own skin once again.
I'll be starting oh-so-slow. Tomorrow morning I will weigh in so that I know about how many calories I need to get back to my 2ish pounds a week weight loss. Then, I'm meeting a friend at the Y for a weigh lifting session.
My goals for the next 4-weeks:
- Record daily (as best as possible) and meet my calorie goal 4 out of 7 days each week
- 3 workouts per week that last at least 30 minutes
- Weigh in once a week. That's it. No more. I refuse to allow the scale to control my life. Again. I've walked that road. It's not pretty.
- Blog weekly with a check-in on how I'm doing with my goals. I debated returning to blogging, but I know that it is a great tool for me to process and hold myself accountable.
Here we go again,
Thursday, December 22, 2016
How I Feel
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Sounds like it's been a tough year. I sympathize with your struggles. Glad to see you back. I've been a lurker; it helps to read others struggles and successes; it helps to write. I hope that you will continue to blog in the new year! Good luck!!ReplyDelete
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- On June 19, 2009 I started my weight loss journey. It has become quite the journey! As of today (2-1-11) I have lost 162 pounds and have gained a whole new life. This blog is a continuation of my journey. I hope to inspire and encourage others through my process.


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