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About Daytona State College
According to Wikipedia , Daytona State College is a public college in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is part of the Florida College System. DSC competes in the National Junior College Athletic Association Mid-Florida Conference in 10 sports, including men's and women's soccer, women's volleyball, men's and women's cross country, women's golf, men's basketball, women's basketball, softball, and baseball. Swimming was discontinued following the 2012-13 academic year. , DSC held eight NJCAA Team National Championship titles.
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Tuition (in-state)
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If you graduate from Daytona State College, then you can expect to earn an average of $32,700 per year. You also have a 80% chance of being employed after 10 years.
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Demographic data is for full-time, on-campus students.
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Daytona State College's most influential alumni faculty include professors and professionals in the fields of Nursing, Criminal Justice, and Earth Sciences. Here are some of Daytona State College's most famous alumni:
Pat Meyers
A Professional golfer.
Gerald Stano
An American serial killer.
Tiffany Chan
A Hong Kong golf player.

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Tag Archive for: school safety
In the News: No Vaccine, No School?
Over the weekend, the CDC director and FDA gave final approval for emergency use authorization of the first COVID-19 vaccine in the US. As questions surrounding efficacy and distribution arise, some school and public health officials say vaccination requirements may be on the way.
Note: The recent authorization is for people 16 and older.
…pediatricians and school and public health officials are bracing themselves for and bristling against the onslaught of questioners asking the one thing they don't want to talk about. At least not yet, anyway.
Will children be required to get vaccinated against COVID-19 to return to school?
"You hear the questions about whether vaccines should be mandatory or not," says Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers. "That's not the question to be asking right now."
"The questions to be asking right now are, 'Is it effective? Is it going to be free? Is it widely accessible?'" she says. "What we're not doing right now – regardless of what I personally think – we're not weighing in on whether a vaccine should be mandatory or not right now because that's not an appropriate question right now."
The caveats of "right now," "yet" and "at this moment" do a lot of heavy lifting in conversations about immunization requirements, and that's because the answer is complicated and not as straightforward as parents would probably like. Not only does it depend on where families live, as different states have different vaccination requirements for schools, but it also depends on drug companies enrolling more children in their trials in order to amass enough data to show – as most pediatricians and public health experts fully expect – that it's efficacious and safe in children.
Read this full article in US News: No Vaccine, No School?
Additional Resources about the Pfizer vaccine:
FDA Fact Sheet for Recipients and Caregivers
CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices: COVID-19 Vaccine Recommendations
December 17, 2020 /by safesound
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In The News: CA's Latest Stay-at-home Order
New coronavirus measures emerge as states across the country experience a surge in cases. In California, two of five designated regions dropped below hospital ICU capacity, resulting in new stay-at-home orders as of Sunday at 11:59pm PST. All schools and day camps may remain open if they adhere to reopening protocols, but schools with three positive COVID-19 cases or more over 14 days must close for two weeks.
A new stay-at-home order will be imposed on Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley Sunday night, as the coronavirus crisis spirals out of control with a speed that has exceeded health officials' most dire projections.
Some 33 million Californians will be subject to the new order, representing 84% of the state's population. The state mandated the restrictions in the Southland and Central Valley as capacity at hospitals' intensive care units hit dangerously low levels. Five Bay Area counties will also begin lockdown restrictions in the coming days despite not yet reaching the threshold at which such action is mandated by the state.
The rules are less sweeping than California's pioneering stay-at-home order in the spring, which is credited with slowing the first COVID-19 wave. But the new order will change daily life for many, especially in suburban Southern California counties like Orange and Ventura, which so far have enjoyed more open economies than hard-hit Los Angeles County.
Read this full article in the LA Times: 33 million Californians face COVID-19 stay-at-home order that will restrict movements and business
December 8, 2020 /by safesound
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December School Safety Leadership Roundtable
Thank you to the national leaders who joined our December School Safety Leadership Roundtable to share insights on the most pressing issues regarding school safety:
Jim Accomando, Past President of National Parent Teacher Association
Elizabeth Brown, Principal & Member of National Association of Secondary School Principals
Mo Canady, National Association of School Resource Officers
Sharon Newport, Executive Director of Door Security & Safety Foundation
Melissa Randol, Executive Director of Missouri School Boards Association & Member of National School Boards Association
Melissa Reeves, Past President of National Association of School Psychologists
Paul Timm, Physical Security Professional at Facility Engineering Associates
This month, we'll be sharing some of the panel's key insights on our social handles.
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In the News: Baltimore Schools Closed After Ransomware Attack
Ransomware is a kind of malicious software that encrypts a victim's files. Attackers will typically demand ransom in exchange for restored access to those files. Therefore, understanding how ransomware technology evolves is key for school leaders to remain vigilant and protect against it.
The public schools in Baltimore County, Md., will remain closed Monday and Tuesday as officials respond to a cyberattack that forced the district to cancel remote classes for its 115,000 students just before the Thanksgiving holiday, officials said.
The attack, first detected late Tuesday night, affected the district's websites and remote learning programs, as well as its grading and email systems, officials told WBAL-TV.
Schools were closed Wednesday, one day earlier than scheduled for Thanksgiving. On Saturday, the district announced on Twitter that classes would be closed for two additional days on Monday and Tuesday due "to the recent ransomware attack."
Read this full article in the NY Times: Ransomware Attack Closes Baltimore County Public Schools
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New Guidelines Released for K-12 School Safety and Security
Mark Williams, physical safety expert and Chair for the Partner Alliance for Safer Schools discusses the newly released PASS Safety and Security Guidelines with Safe and Sound Schools.
The Partner Alliance for Safer Schools (PASS) just released the 5th edition of its Safety and Security Guidelines for K-12 Schools. Who should read them and why?
The Guidelines were originally introduced in response to schools in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook shooting. Schools were struggling to understand what they needed to do. Specifically, their questions fit into a handful of categories:
How do we assess our current state of safety and security?
What should we do? What are other schools doing? Vetted best practices.
Where should we start?
While the original Guidelines were oriented around providing a roadmap for schools to follow to answer those questions, they have evolved to be a resource that is useful for other stakeholders in the safe schools environments, like architects who design schools, general contractors who build schools, emergency responders, and parents. All these folks are involved in taking an all hazards approach to enhancing the safety of our schools.
Who endorses the 2020 guidelines?
We have many organizations that support, reference and endorse the PASS Guidelines and Checklist, including Safe and Sound Schools. The PASS Guidelines are listed as the only non-governmental document on physical security within the Department of Homeland Security SchoolSafety.gov website. PASS is also referenced in the National Fire Prevention Association's NFPA 3000 ASHER standard as well as the Federal Report on School Safety and the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Commission Report. The State of Ohio in their "School Safety Report and Recommendations" recommended that all public K-12 schools in the state of Ohio should meet with PASS Tier 1 requirements. Additionally, COPS (The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services) which is a component with the United States Department of Justice, published a list of the 10 Essential Actions to Improve School Safety. PASS was included in that Top 10 list.
What's new in this year's guidance?
There is a lot of new material in the 5th Edition. We are very excited to finally release it. Some highlights include:
An expanded conversation on non-code compliant barricade devices
New technology around Zone Emergency Response Systems which dramatically reduce the time it takes to get emergency responders to the exact location on school campus or building
Guidance on Lockdown Drills – what should they be and what they shouldn't be
Enhanced Visitor Management practices
Grounds assessment and use policies
Recommendations on the installation of audio/video call boxes in various layers of school security
Architectural elements like delineating hard corners in classrooms in order to have room occupants shelter in safe places during a lockdown
An enhanced Checklist Tool which enables schools to document both current state and serves as a planning document going forward.
A new section on Emerging Technologies. These are technologies we see evolving and being tested in the k12 environment.
We are really pleased with it and hope to see even more schools make use of the updated guide.
What is the biggest takeaway for schools?
We believe the biggest takeaway for schools is that the Guidelines and Checklist tools are evolving in a very dynamic environment to reflect the current vetted best practices from around the country. We have a cross functional Advisory Committee of experts that are out in our school environments every day and are dedicated to making sure our schools are as safe as possible.
How can people access the new PASS guidelines? And how do you see schools using this free resource from the experts at PASS?
The Guidelines and Checklist tools are available as a no cost download at https://passk12.org/guidelines-resources/.
Schools are finding this document easy to understand and a helpful tool in assessing their current environment and a planning tool for their future needs. It also provides a platform and resource to assist schools to pursue grants that are available for school safety and security equipment and training as well as a document to help them establish effective and appropriate solutions for enhancing the safety and security of their environments.
We set out to provide free, clear, and unbiased guidance for school leaders and decision makers when we started the Partner Alliance for Safer Schools. We are thrilled to see more and more schools taking advantage of the resource and grateful for partners like Safe and Sound Schools spreading the word.
Guest Author:
Mark Williams served for over 30 years in the Safety and Security Industry in a number of leadership roles. He also has 15 years of experience teaching life safety codes and sits on the NFPA 3000 ASHER (Active Shooter/Hostile Event Response) technical committee. Mark has been involved with Partner Alliance for Safer Schools (PASS) since 2014 and currently serves as its Board Chairman.
November 9, 2020 /by safesound
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Finding Hope for Schools During a Time of Uncertainty
Ensuring the safety of a school community is a tough job under normal circumstances–and these past 6 months have been anything but normal. As we look ahead to a new school year, the job is more challenging and more important than ever. For months now, our school communities have continued the heroic work of providing for the basic and educational needs of children, youth and families through the COVID-19 crisis. And as the year began to draw to a close, school district leaders began "sharpening their pencils" to plan ahead for a very uncertain school year.
Then the tragic death of George Floyd shifted conversations in communities, large and small, across the country to the role of police in our schools and the programming needed to overcome long-standing race and equity issues in our nation. Another defining moment in our history emerged – one that will shape future generations. The role of our schools in the collective efforts of our progressing nation cannot be emphasized enough.
Only a month earlier, Safe and Sound Schools had initiated a series of focus groups to discuss the reopening of schools this fall across the country. Through these discussions we were able to offer support through these crises and gather data to inform our summer webinar series, "Return to Learn With Safe and Sound Schools" set to kick off on July 7th. For the past several months we've heard from parents, teachers, school social workers, counselors, psychologists, nurses, principals, superintendents and yes… students as they shared their hopes, fears, concerns and challenges as they think about the upcoming school year. In some ways, the focus groups felt like virtual support groups as peers from across the country quickly found they shared much in common.
Although the data collected exceeded our expectations, it was the sincere passion and love for our children that we wish we could pass on to each person reading this blog. As one teacher put it, "I don't know what I will do if I don't get to see my kids this fall." That is the inspiration behind our Safe and Sound "Return to Learn" webinar series! We hope you can join us to make the hope of that joyful reunion of teachers and students–in whatever form it takes–a reality this fall.
July 2, 2020 /by safesound
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What Being a Father Taught Me About School Safety
What could fatherhood and school safety possibly have in common? Plenty, it turns out. At the heart of each is a primal instinct: survival and a need to protect. Central to each is a call to action — what we do and how we make our voices heard.
I began my professional career working with children as a general and special education teacher, and then through my doctoral training, gained a wide array of experiences as a psychologist – working with children, adolescents and adults, forensic and health psychology, crisis and disaster mental health, and trauma-informed care and practices.
When our son was nearly two years old, I decided to leave full-time private practice as a clinical psychologist and neuropsychologist in New York City to help design and open a global network of international schools, nursery through grade 12, the flagship campus of another international school, Avenues: The World School. This first campus would open the same year our son would begin his first formal educational experiences and enter nursery school. While I was excited to help build a "dream school," I was also glad to be near my son and protect him throughout his school years.
Just as many "expecting parents" do, I sought to continue learning as much as I could about school design, safety, crisis management, and the many dangers our children face in setting out on this new journey to collaboratively design a new school. As a senior school administrator and leadership team member at Avenues and, more recently, the United Nations International School, I played an instrumental role in planning and developing key support foundations and programs, including health and safety; emergency management and crisis prevention; response and postvention; child protection and safeguarding; school climate; student physical and mental health prevention and wellness; social-emotional learning; life skills and human sexuality; and school safety, school violence prevention, risk-reduction and intervention.
With a wonderful team of "co-parents" (aka school administrators, faculty, staff, and parents), Avenues opened in September 2012. Proud of this new venture, I was eager to participate and experience the growth and progress of this new school and simultaneously, this new stage of development of my own son as he began his early school years.
With halls abuzz and the academic year off as one would expect for a startup school, two disasters hit before winter break that, ironically, in my mind, have stuck as "the year of Sandy": Hurricane Sandy in October 2012 and the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in December 2012.
Hurricane Sandy, a natural disaster, caused some physical damages due to flooding. We needed to close school for a few days and provide essential outreach and support to school community members who lost homes. So many parents and community members reached out with a desire to provide support, and some raised important questions about safety measures for our leadership team.
As the school doors reopened, regular school routines and rituals resumed, and the fall months quickly passed. This was, of course, until a news alert from the NY Times popped up on my iPhone during the morning hours of the last day of school prior to our first winter break. It was Friday, December 14, 2012. The mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, an act of human violence, shocked and traumatized the Newtown community, the State of Connecticut, the nation, and the entire world.
As an administrator, the shooting at Sandy Hook was hard to accept, but as a parent, it cut to the core of my most grave fears about our children's safety. I saw how community members came together to show support, and how human connectedness was essential for care, healing, and rebuilding. I was glad that through work, I had a role to play in safeguarding "my" children.
Upon relocating to Cincinnati in 2017 with our son and my partner for his career, I became a stay-at-home parent and for the first time, had to send our son to school on his own. Not only would I not be in the same building during the day, but I was also no longer one of the key leaders and decision makers. This was hard, so I was on the lookout for ways I could proactively put my "primal parenting" urges of physical and psychological protection to use.
Inspired and impressed by the strength and growth of the Safe and Sound Schools mission, becoming a part of the Parent Council was a no-brainer. I applied for the program, eager to increase my own learning in the area of school safety advocacy from a parent and community member perspective.
Since starting this national leadership program, I've been able to collaborate with like-minded parents interested in being active, invested and empowered ambassadors, advocates, and parent leaders. Through our Parent Council training program, I've looked at school safety from a parent's perspective. It has been an eye-opening and inspiring experience and a true privilege. Schools should be healthy, cheerful places of learning. The Safe and Sound Schools Parent Council is a way to foster this potential and reality.
As noted in the Final Report of the Sandy Hook Advisory Commission: "the successful implementation of Safe School Design and Operations (SSDO) strategies requires the support of 'local champions.' Each community or school district should have a small standing committee or commission, comprised of individuals representing the school community, law enforcement, fire, EMS and public health, whose responsibility is to ensure that the SSDO standards and strategies are actually implemented in their community."
Parents have an essential role to play in this framework. Combined with the resources of Safe and Sound Schools' Comprehensive School Safety Planning and Development model, communities have a plethora of tools to help create safer schools. While negative news coverage may dominate the headlines, we need to keep reminding ourselves of how communication, collaboration, and proactive planning has resulted in stronger, prepared, and resilient school communities.
There is so much more we can all be doing to make our schools safe and welcoming places where our children can reach their full potential, and teachers, staff, and administrators can educate without fear. Our common voice as parents and safe school advocates is extremely important towards this vital goal, and we need to exercise it at all levels with an overarching belief of 'everyone safe, everyone learns and everyone is successful.'
Herein is the call to action. Let's work together to make this happen!
Topher Collier, PsyD, ABSNP, In addition to being the proud father of a 9-year-old, Dr. Topher Collier is a licensed psychologist and school administrator with advanced training in trauma-informed and crisis-specific care as well as in clinical care and intervention and neuropsychological, psychological and educational assessment of children, adolescents, adults, and families.
This blog contains views, and positions of the author, and does not represent Safe and Sound Schools. Information provided in this blog is accurate and true to the best of the author's knowledge. Safe and Sound Schools accepts no liability for any omissions, errors, or representations. The copyright to this content belongs to the author and any liability with regards to infringement of intellectual property rights remains with them.
June 16, 2019 /1 Comment/by safesound
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Schools and Climate
What could school safety and climate change possibly have in common? Plenty, it turns out. At the root of each of these enormous issues is human behavior: all of us, what we do — and what we don't.
Whether it's a school shooting at Sandy Hook, a bullying event, or a school bus accident, too many schools see only darkness and sadness, instead of being healthy, cheerful places of learning. But inevitably, we've learned, resilience appears: the amazing propensity for communities to come together to support, love, heal, and rebuild.
Now what does this have to do with the environment? I'll get to that… First, let's level set on some facts.
Carbon emissions are analyzed by scientists, who have warned of a planetary greenhouse effect for decades. In a series of increasingly alarming reports, they conclude that global warming creates exacerbated conditions for extreme weather events: major precipitation, historic flooding, unmanageable wildfires, unbelievable wind-velocity accelerations, and record-breaking heat waves among them. All of which affect our school children, teachers, families, and staff, especially if they are asthmatic, or if they live near a coal plant, or a flood zone, or if the coach doesn't bring practice indoors on a sweltering day. (See, I told you I'd make that connection.)
Threats to schools are often tangible. A gun, social media post, or a bottle of pills. Each of these are controlled by the people who use them — and also by the policies that regulate them, or not. By contrast, carbon emissions are gaseous, barely tangible. But greenhouse gasses are also controlled by human beings, and by the policies that regulate them – or not.
Visitors from another planet might wonder why carbon emissions and school-based crises, both issues with massive public support and smart solutions — have not been fixed. "Why the delay?" they might ask. After all, the danger is obvious. Solutions are at hand.
To tap into the solutions available, we need everyone to get involved. When it comes to climate change, we are involved, with more of us joining the ranks of the concerned and alarmed as we speak. On the school safety front, we see more parents, students, educators, mental health professionals, public safety officials, and general community members stepping up and doing what they can.
School-safety advocates know what climate activists know: culturally, politically, and financially, the established "business as usual" approach does not always welcome change.
For a moment, let's leave the special interests, the lobbyists, the partisan politics behind. Let's focus on the lives of our friends and neighbors, doing all we can to help those who feel fear, loss, pain, and suffering due to violence in schools. Similarly, as we watch people's livelihoods, health, homes, and farms literally burn, smoke, blow, or wash away, we need to be there for each other, to comprehend the loss, and be supportive as we press ahead.
An overwhelming majority of the world's most esteemed scientists agree climate change is real and human activity is to blame. An equal chorus of first responders, educators, parents, and policy leaders would say the same about school tragedy: it is real, and human activity is to blame.
In climate communications, the Trusted Messenger principle has proven to be powerful: informed and engaged, armed with facts, we can all be influential in our communities and networks. The same is true in school safety. When we work together, across all facets of schools, families, public safety officials, and community partners, we can develop comprehensive solutions to address threats to school safety.
From the broadest standpoint, we need a planet on which to live and educate our youth. As we dive more deeply, the threats schools and communities face due to weather-related incidents, amped up due to climate change, are only going to increase in frequency, intensity, and duration. So for our planet, for our schools, and for our youth, we must step up. We must do all we can to make our children – and our planet – safe and sound. Please help me in protecting our world – the physical planet, and all it holds dear, including our precious students and those dedicated to their education.
Guest Author: Sarah Finnie Robinson is the Director of The 51 Percent Project, a new climate communications initiative based at Boston University's Institute for Sustainable Energy. She is a parent and grandparent, and she knows the world can be a better place.
Editor's Note: This blog contains views, and positions of the author, and does not represent Safe and Sound Schools. Information provided in this blog is accurate and true to the best of the author's knowledge. Safe and Sound Schools accepts no liability for any omissions, errors, or representations. The copyright to this content belongs to the author and any liability with regards to infringement of intellectual property rights remains with them.
April 19, 2019 /by safesound
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They Call Him Mr. De
His students may call him "Mr. De," but Frank DeAngelis is known by many others as family, friend, mentor, and colleague.
When I first met Frank in the summer of 2013, he brought me immediate comfort. I never could have predicted how steady a force he would become for Safe and Sound Schools and for me personally.
The summer after my daughter was killed in the tragedy at Sandy Hook, I attended The Briefings, an annual conference presented by the"I Love You Guys" Foundationin Colorado. Friends had encouraged me to come to listen, learn and speak in public – for the first time – about losing Josephine and starting Safe and Sound Schools. Though it was to be a short speech, I was beyond nervous. Up to this point in my life, the only audience I was eager to speak in front of was a classroom full of energetic elementary students.
Sitting in the front row of the auditorium at Columbine High School, my stomach flip-flopping and heart racing, I looked to my right and two seats over, where I caught the eye of Frank DeAngelis. We'd never met before, but he just knew by looking at me, that I was not at all sure of what I was about to do. He reached across the presenter between us, patted my hand, and gave me a look that conveyed, "You got this." It's a look he's given away thousands of times to thousands of others, but that one was for me—and at just the right moment.
Frank's gesture of support and solidarity gave me the strength to get on that stage and launch Safe and Sound Schools publicly. The feedback from attendees at The Briefings and the I Love U Guys community was incredible and thoughtful. They validated our mission and our approach. I knew we were on the right track and with the right people.
After that day, Frank and I exchanged emails and continued to run into each other in our travels and at conferences. Each time I saw Frank, I felt like I was reuniting with an old friend. The work of building a foundation and launching a mission was hard and surprisingly lonely at times. Whenever I would run into Frank, I'd leave with my cup filled and a reminder that I was not in this alone.
Years of speaking and working together have passed and the friendship has continued. Frank is now an integral part of the work we do at Safe and Sound Schools and has joined us as an advisor and speaker. And, we are lucky to have him.
Frank officially retired a few years ago, but has not stopped since. He works with us, sits on the board of the I Love U Guys Foundation, and supports the work of the Koshka Foundation and Safe2Tell Colorado. We joke that his retirement has him busier than ever.
When he asked me to read and review the manuscript for his new book, I was honored, but also grateful that others would have the opportunity to get to know Frank. Frank is such a special person, and everyone who has met him feels connected to him. But, of course, there's only so much of Frank to go around.
Frank's book, "They Call Me Mr. De," is a perfect opportunity to get to know Frank, and be inspired by a great man and a truly humble servant.
Forever changed by the Columbine tragedy, Frank carries a heavy burden. He does it with heart and dedication, and always in honor of his "Beloved 13," the survivors, the entire Columbine community, and all those he has come to know and love since the tragedy. His book–his story– is a gift to all of us.
To understand what I mean, take a read or a free preview. And know that a portion of proceeds from this book will come back to support the mission of Safe and Sound Schools and all the non-profit organizations that Frank DeAngelis, a.k.a. Mr. De, generously supports with his time and in his travels.
Author: Michele Gay, Co-founder and Executive Director of Safe and Sound Schools
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Poison Prevention Week: The Two Toxins Most Common in Schools
According to ED100, each year, we spend about 6,000 hours awake. Children will spend 1,000 of those hours in school not including after-school programs. National Poison Prevention Week, running from March 17-23, gives us a friendly reminder to discuss some of the hazards hidden in hallways of schools across the globe.
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, close to 132,000 primary and secondary schools are still housing asbestos containing materials (AMCs). While some may feel asbestos is a problem of the past that does not affect students, many may feel differently after reading the following facts:
Asbestos is a known carcinogen and was used abundantly and frequently in buildings like homes, offices, and schools until the 1980s. The majority of public and private school facilities across the nation were erected during the era of abundant asbestos use.
There is no safe level of asbestos exposure. School districts are mandated to test for asbestos, however, if not at the "level deemed dangerous" no action to eliminate the hazard needs to be taken.
In schools, asbestos is popularly found in ceilings and floor tiles, ventilation systems, caulking and adhesives, or sealants and insulation. Due to high foot traffic and building usage, the potential for ACMs decaying very high in schools. When these places become damaged, fibers are released and once inside the organs of the body, cancerous masses can form.
Asbestos can remain in the air between 48 and 72 hours, and anyone in close proximity can be at risk for aggressive diseases associated with asbestos, like mesothelioma, asbestosis, and lung cancer.
Polychlorinated Biphenyls or PCBs refer to a number of chemicals that were banned in the United States in 1979. Although PCBs have been banned for many years, many materials used historically throughout school construction still contain various levels of these toxins. Here are some facts regarding PCBs and the dangers they still pose on society and our classrooms today:
Many people strongly believe schools today are exposing building occupants to PCBs regularly. As buildings continue to age, the likelihood of exposure increases.
PCBs have the ability to travel through the air for long periods of time and can be deposited in different areas outside of the original source.
Exposure to PCBs in our schools affect students catastrophically including later developed cancer, developmental issues, hormone imbalances, weakened immune systems, and other organ damage.
A school in New York was discovered to have hazardous amounts of PCBs in their window caulking and ground soil leading people to believe this toxin is more common in public structures than we might be aware of.
This National Poison Prevention Week, we encourage everyone to be more cognizant of the hazards that exist in the environments around you. A school is a safe haven where students, faculty and parents should all feel safe, and we should do all we can to ensure our school buildings are a healthy place for growth and learning.
Guest Author: Bridget Rooney is a communications specialist with Mesothelioma.com where she works to educate the public on the dangers of asbestos and other toxins found in the home.
Editor's Note: This blog contains views, and positions of the author, and does not represent Safe and Sound Schools. Information provided in this blog is accurate and true to the best of the author's knowledge. Safe and Sound Schools accepts no liability for any omissions, errors, or representations. The copyright to this content belongs to the author and any liability with regards to infringement of intellectual property rights remains with them
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Third Annual Step Show coming to Washburn
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The Step Show will be held at 7 p.m. on Feb. 28 at White Concert Hall. The performance will be free to Washburn students who bring their student IDs as well as Greeks wearing their letters. General admission for non-students will be $5. Washburn University will host the third annual Step Show which will feature unique and exciting performances by the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity and the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority along with other groups invited from colleges in Kansas. The Step Show is a one-of-a-kind performance that teaches the audience about African-American culture and history while also giving the audience an incredible display of gymnastics and break dancing. Students who haven't seen this performance in the past are sure to be blown away by the impressive talent that will be hosted at White Concert Hall.
The Step Show can be described as a percussive dance where the performer's entire body is used as an instrument during the show. A mixture of hand claps, music, and stomping feet are used during the performance which is where the Step Show gets its name. Each different 'stepping' group is unique in that they each tell a different story and have a different performance that they spend months perfecting to create an amazing show for the audience.
The Step Show is tied with the group known as the Divine Nine which is a gathering of fraternities and sororities that are steeped in the history of African-Americans. Two of the Divine Nine are currently at Washburn: Alpha Kappa Alpha and Kappa Alpha Psi. Many famous and college-educated African-Americans were and are members of one of the fraternities or sororities associated with the Divine Nine including Dr. Martin Luther King who was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha.
Cedrick Henderson-Smith, a junior at Washburn who is studying criminal justice, helped to organize this year's Step Show.
"I saw the Step Show in my freshman year and I was really impressed by the performance. Seeing it for the first time made me want to get involved," Cedrick said. "I became a member of Kappa Alpha Psi my sophomore year and this year I am the chairman of the event. The performance is a good opportunity for students to see something they haven't seen before and be able to witness the talents of the performers and learn more about black history."
Danielle Dempsey-Swopes, the Director of the University Diversity and Inclusion department, spoke about the history of the step shows in America.
"Lots of universities around the country their historically African American and their fraternities and sororities have a history of forming step shows. It comes from a tradition when slaves were brought from Africa to the Americas, people used clapping and singing in lots of ways of communicating and so as part of being connected to those historic roots these historic organizations put on these shows for one another to communicate their ideals and their history," Dempsey-Swopes said. "It's a really great, fun black history month performance."


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Sand Creek Middle School teachers Stacey Sebert (7th and 8th grade science) and Jim Brown (grade 5/6 STEM), participated in a teacher professional development workshop in conservation science at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in Escondido, CA, in August.
Housing was at the Safari Park's Roar and Snore campground. Being in the park after hours provided a unique opportunity to hear the different animals in the park throughout the night. On the first day of their trip, Zuli, a 270-pound baby elephant was born, so they were some of the first to see the new addition to the Safari Park, as well as tour the veterinarian hospital (in the park) that cares for the animals. During their stay, the teachers were able to complete laboratory and field based activities that provided applicable, standards-based conservation science programs for their students.
On a side note, the two were able to experience firsthand what some Californians are dealing with when they were evacuated from the facility because wildfires were bearing down on the area they were in. They were relocated to a neighboring town until the fire was contained, and were able to return to their activities the next day.


Birth parents, foster parents, legislators, education leaders and others gather at KVC's Community Forum in October 2017.
KVC Kansas is dedicated to strengthening children and families. We're one of the lead nonprofits providing preventative and foster care services on behalf of the Kansas Department for Children and Families.
Our priorities are to ensure safety; provide high-quality, effective services; and in order to accomplish those, support our amazing team of social workers, therapists, family support workers and other professionals.
Last year, we shared an article called "Too Many Children in Foster Care: KVC Kansas Shares Challenges and Solutions." The article contains an infographic that explains major changes that have happened over the last five years, and how we can work to address several challenges.
KVC Kansas is exceeding federal performance standards in some of the most important areas like child safety, placement in family settings, and placement with relatives.
Safety in Family Preservation – The performance standard is that 95% of families are safe during family preservation services, especially in the first 90 days. KVC is exceeding this with 100% safety in the Kansas City region and 98.4% in the East region. Data here.
Child Safety in Foster Care – KVC is exceeding the federal performance standard for preventing maltreatment in foster care. Compared to the national standard of 8.50 victimizations per 100,000 days in foster care (lower is better), our rate is 4.33 in the Kansas City Metro region and 5.36 in the East region.
Placement in Family-Like Settings – In both regions (Kansas City Metro and East), we are caring for over 93% of children in family-like settings instead of group homes. This exceeds the performance standard of 90%. Nationally the average for states is to care for only 86% of children in family-like settings, and some states are as low as 66%. Read more about why and how we right-sized congregate care.
Placement with Relatives – Also in both regions, we are placing appx. 34% of children with relatives which exceeds the federal performance standard of 29% (Dec. 2018 data). We also match a high percentage of youth with non-related kin such as neighbors, teachers, and coaches. The familiarity of these caregivers has a positive influence on children and safely reduces their time in foster care.
Want to get involved? We need everyone to play a role in strengthening children and families. Get inspired to help and advocate for others by watching these family success stories. You can also provide temporary care for a child in need, become a child's permanent family through adoption, donate online, or browse open positions on the KVC team.
Visit the KVC Kansas website here or call us at (913) 499-8100. You can also connect with us on Facebook.


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Grand prize at Suhaag show is a dreamy Mexican getaway!
Want to soak it up at one of the world's most breathtaking beach resorts? Your wish just might come true at the Suhaag show to be held on September 30 at the Toronto Congress Centre. One lucky engaged couple will win a 7 day, all inclusive trip to ANY Palace Resort in beautiful Mexico!
The trip is courtesy Absolute Weddings and Transat Holidays. With 7 five-star all-inclusive ocean front resorts in beautiful and exotic locations throughout Mexico, Palace Resorts (which has resorts in Cancun, Riviera Maya, Isla Mujeres and Cozumel) offers unparalleled service and signature amenities that set the stage for an exceptional all-inclusive vacation.
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So be there at the 16th Annual Suhaag show and enter for a chance to win this fabulous getaway to Mexico!
This year, the Suhaag show is presented by Zee Cinema, in association with Clorox.
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Підковоподібний поворот — триколійний залізничний поворот Піттсбурзької лінії Норфолк Саусерн Рейлвей в окрузі Блер, Пенсільванія. Поворот простягається на 724 метри завдовжки та на 400 метрів у діаметрі; його звела компанія Пенсільванія Рейлроуд як спосіб зменшення куту схилу до вершини Аллеганських гір. Зрештою поворот замінив часозатратну залізничну дорогу Аллегані Портедж — єдиний інший шлях через гори для більших потягів.

Ця залізнична лінія була важливою з часу її відкриття, а впродовж другої світової війни поворот став ціллю нацистської Німеччини в рамках операції Пасторіус 1942 року. Відтак поворот був власністю компаній-спадкоємниць Пенсільванія Рейлроуд: Пен Централ, Конрейл та Норфолк Саусерн. Підковоподібний поворот додали до Національного реєстру історичних місць та визнали Національною історичною пам'яткою 1966 року, відтак він став Національною історичною пам'яткою цивільної інженерії 2004 року.

Підковоподібний поворот давно є привабливим для туристів, а 1879 року було споруджено колійний оглядовий парк. На початку 1990-х парк перебудували та звели інформаційно-туристичний центр, яким опікується Пам'ятний музей залізничників, де містяться експонати, що так чи інакше пов'язані з поворотом.

Розташування та дизайн

Підковоподібний поворот розташований на Піттсбурзькій лінії Норфолк Саусерн Рейлвей між містами Піттсбургом та Гаррісбергом у штаті Пенсільванія. Потяги, що рухаються в західному напрямку підіймаються під 1.85-відсотковим нахилом упродовж 19 кілометрів — від Алтуни до Галліцина, відтак західніше Галліцинських тунелів потяги минають верхівку Аллеганських гір і 40 кілометрів спускаються до Джонстауна під 1.1-відсотковим нахилом.

Поворот розташований на 8 кілометрів західніше від Алтуни в містечку Логан, що в окрузі Блер у 242-милевій точці. Пам'ятне шосе ветеранів округу Блер (SR 4008) проходить у долині на захід від Алтуни та заходить у тунель під поворотом. Підковоподібний поворот огинає греблі та озера, що є власністю Алтунського управління водними ресурсами, яке постачає місто водою. Поворот охоплює два яри, утворені потічками: Кіттаніннг-Ран у північній частині долини, та Гленвайт-Ран у південній.

Кожні 30 метрів колія Підковоподібного повороту змінює кут повороту на 9 градусів і 15 мінут, загальний кут повороту дорівнює 220 градусам. Поворот є 724 м завдовжки, і у своїй найширшій частині має 400 метрів у діаметрі. Підковоподібний поворот опускається зі своєї найвищої точки 500 метрів над рівнем моря, що є у його південній частині до найнижчої, рівнем 490 метрів, північної частини. Пенсільванія Рейлроуд подає значення кута нахилу колії по відношенні до горизонту 1.45 відсотка, водночас, Норфолк Саусерн подає значення 1.34 відсотка. 2011 року встановили колію з середньою масою 67.5 кг/м. Через підвищення тенденції використання дизельного пального і початком використання динамічних гальм та системи змащування колії, рейки уздовж повороту розвернули зліва направо, для збільшення терміну їх експлуатації.

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Buffets are a great idea when you're hungry for a variety of cuisines, and they're especially great if you're eating with a group of people and want to save a little bit of money. California offers some very unique buffets, filled with luxury ingredients, brilliant breakfasts, and delicious ethnic foods. Check out some of the best buffets in California where you can indulge your appetite.
M Grill is a gem in LA's Koreatown neighborhood. The Brazilian style of meat on sticks makes for an affordable buffet arrangement. You can opt to go just for the salad bar or enjoy a variety of proteins. Fish lovers should call ahead and the restaurant will prepare salmon as an entrée!
Find fresh, home-style options and great service at the Wood Grill Buffet in Norwalk, California. The staggering menu features all kinds of classics: homemade casseroles, fresh salads, country vegetables, homemade breads and desserts, and much more. Bring the whole family to the Wood Grill Buffet and no one will leave hungry.
A special spot to find a buffet is in downtown LA's Intercontinental Hotel. The hotel has really set the standard for culinary offerings. Dekkadance satisfies with a little something for everyone. A seafood spread, desserts, and hot foods all pair nicely with stunning views of the city.
Mayura's lunchtime buffet is filled with all the familiar dishes and a few you have yet to try. It's reasonably priced and an easy stop on the way to or from LAX. It also makes a good place for a casual business meeting.
Workers in the area head to La Paz on Fridays, when the lunch buffet is all you can eat and the price is super reasonable. Families head to La Paz for Sunday brunch, a veritable feast of Mexican seafood and other Mexican dishes along with breakfast basics like pancakes and omelets.
You'll find a lot of Ethiopian cuisine in LA but Rahel's is a little different in that the chef has paired vegan lifestyle with it! The buffet is offered daily but on Sundays you can get a glass of Ethiopian kombucha to wash it down.
Fiery Hot Pot Buffet is a favorite for large groups as it simplifies the hot pot process. The staff is courteous and helpful and the buffet is kept well stocked with delicious bites.
Great Plaza Buffet is one of those places where you can find every food imaginable and more—from pizza to sushi. Ask about the various discounts available for groups and seniors and be sure to come in hungry as you'll find over 150 items to try, from appetizers to desserts.
Hibachi City Buffet is a casual spot to have a buffet lunch. You can also weigh your food and get it to go if you happen to need to hit the road. Hibachi has a Mongolian grill and other Asian-influenced food.
Choices? We love the sound of that. This buffet-style restaurant can accommodate 625 guests and features over 200 different options for hot and cold food from Asian cuisine, to Italian, Mexican, American, and much more! You're going to love every bit of this glorious buffet.


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Q: WMV files don't play neither in default Ubuntu movie player nor on VLC Whenever I try to play a movie on default Ubuntu movie player it asks me to install some codecs, but when I click "install" it doesn't do anything, and when I try to play it again the action just repeats itself. Whenever I try to play the movie with VLC player (which under Windows can play all the .wmv movies without any problem) it just gets messy. The movie is being played but there are some major issues with sound and pictures (green surface, large pictures, freezing black screens). Any way to fix it on ubuntu 16?

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Using this model, Singh's group showed for the first time that dysfunctional RPE cells can cause specific aspects of macular degeneration on their own - without the help of other cells or components of the retina. This was true for cells derived from patients with three different genetic forms of macular degeneration, suggesting RPE cell dysfunction could be central to multiple forms of the disease.
Singh's new model also allowed her research team to identify a group of molecules in RPE cells that could be targeted by new macular degeneration drugs. These "complement proteins", which normally boost immune functions in cells, may be affected by genetic alterations that cause macular degeneration. In the study, the expression of genes that encode these proteins was elevated in RPE cells from all of the macular degeneration patients, suggesting they may also play a key role in multiple forms of the disease.


William Shakespeare, being Shakespeare, took an ancient notion of dividing human existence into stages or eras, a popular motif in both literature and art, put to it his own writing talent, and even used the concept in more than one play. In much of his work, Shakespeare borrowed, refined, refreshed, created anew and made it immortal. Even the idea of life as a stage and men and women merely players playing a part extended at least back to the Roman poet Juvenal in the first century A.D. who used it to describe Greece and Greeks in Satire 3.
The "seven ages" of man penned by William Shakespeare in As You Like It became a popular theme in the 19th century when there was a virtual mania for anything about the bard – editions of his plays for both children and adults, etchings of his characters and stage settings, statues and commemorative collectibles. There were various literary takes on the subject as well as paintings, tableaus and photographic interpretations. One of the most celebrated sets of pictures were those staged by Cincinnati photographer James Landy in 1876. He created them for showing at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia that year, presenting them in three formats: a set of small cabinet cards, or cartes de visites, a set of large prints, and as a book with tipped-in photographs, published in Cincinnati the next year by the Robert Clarke Publishing Company. It is a copy of this book held by the Archives and Rare Books Library, part of the Enoch Carson Shakespeariana Library, donated to the University of Cincinnati by William A. Procter in 1900 (call no. SpecCol RB PR2883.L3). Procter also purchased and donated publisher Robert Clarke's personal library as well. Landy's book is formally entitled Shakespere's Seven Ages of Man, Illustrated with Photographs from Life. The spelling of Shakespeare such as Landy used was fairly common at the time and interchangeable with what is the accepted spelling today.
As a photographer, James Landy was very familiar with the passion for Shakespeare. He was born in New York City in 1838 and at the age of 12 he began his career working as an apprentice in the photography studio of Silas Holmes on Broadway. During the Civil War, he came to Cincinnati in 1862 and set up a studio on Fourth Street, just opposite the Pike's Opera House, which regularly presented Shakespeare plays. Since 1820, Cincinnati had been on the circuit of traveling troupes who also visited Louisville, New Orleans, Charleston, Savannah, St. Louis and Pittsburgh. Many of the prominent Shakespearean tragedians (Othello, Macbeth, Hamlet, King Lear, and Julius Caesar being the most favored productions rather than the bard's comedies) regularly made stops in Cincinnati and they often went to Landy's studio to have their pictures taken for promotional photo cards. Edwin Forrest, Edwin Booth, Charlotte Cushman and dozens of other noted actors used the talent of James Landy for their portraits. He began his career making daguerrotypes and when that technology was supplanted by collodion photography, he employed that, and by the 1870s was using the dry-plate or gelatin emulsion process. Of course, Landy photographed more than Shakespeareans. He was noted for his photos of many celebrities and politicians, as well as his pictures of buildings, scenes, the businessmen of Cincinnati and the great Ohio River flood of 1884. One of his outstanding works – and still an important reference work for Cincinnati history – is his 1872 volume, Cincinnati Past and Present, or, its Industrial History as Exhibited in the Life-Labors of its Leading Men (call no. SpecCol RB F499.C5 J6 1872b). His photographs won awards in art competitions in Chicago, Paris, New York, Vienna and London.
But it was his Shakespeare volume that received the most acclaim.The images were framed and hung on the walls of the Shakespeare Memorial Library in Stratford-on-Avon and the Shakespeare Memorial Association sent him an ornate letter of thanks.
James Landy's book is a beautiful volume, simply and elegantly designed. The University of Cincinnati's copy contains the Enoch Carson Shakespeariana – Procter bookplate on the front endpaper. The cover is a ribbed green cloth with gilded lettering. Each of the sepia photographs is framed and tipped-in on heavy card stock with Shakespeare's quotable "age" printed on the facing page. The text-block is also gilded on the top, bottom and fore-edges. And Landy's dedication of the volume is to the Irish-born tragedian John McCullough, "in appreciation of his talents as a faithful delineator of Shakespere." McCullough was a great friend of Landy's and a popular actor throughout America. Sadly, his life came to a tragic end just a few years later. In 1884 McCullough was appearing on stage in Chicago when he broke down, ranting, and could not recited his lines. He was in the final stages of tertiary syphilis and would die a few months later in a Philadelphia insane asylum. His fellow actors held him in high esteem and in 1889 they erected a statue in his memory.
Landy continued his career for two decades more, dying of Bright's disease in 1897. He is buried in Spring Grove Cemetery and the book he created to venerate William Shakespeare's lines is one of the literary treasures of Cincinnati.


- What nationality goes before Kuvasz, Puli, Pumi, Vizsla and Wire Haired Vizsla to give the names of five breeds of dog recognised by the Kennel Club?
- The word aficionado was originally used to refer specifically to someone who was a fan of which sport?
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Michael Bolton  é o terceiro álbum de estúdio do músico, cantor e compositor estadunidense Michael Bolton, lançado em 1983.
Este é o primeiro álbum lançado sob o nome artístico do cantor, os dois anteriores, Michael Bolotin e Everyday of My Life, foram lançados com o seu nome de batismo, Michael Bolotin.

Faixas
 "Fools Game" - 3:56 (Brooks, Mangold, Bolton)
 "She Did the Same Thing" - 3:52 (Bolton)
 "Hometown Hero" - 3:41 (Bolton, Zito)
 "Can't Hold On, Can't Let Go" - 3:22 (Bolton)
 "Fighting for My Life" - 3:28 (Bolton)
 "Paradise" - 4:00 (Bolton, Zito)
 "Back in My Arms Again" - 3:14 (Holland, Dozier, Holland)
 "Carrie" - 3: 00 (Bolton)
 "I Almost Believed You" - 4:05 (Bolton, Henderson)

Desempenho nas paradas

Álbum

Singles

Álbuns de 1983
Álbuns de Michael Bolton


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Елвира Рахич () е известна северномакедонска и босненска турбофолк певица.

Биография
Родена е на 1 септември 1975 година в Скопие, тогава в Социалистическа федеративна народна република Югославия, днес в Северна Македония. По произход е бошнячка и израства в Сиеница. Музикалната си кариера започва в 1991 година в Сараево. Смятана е за една от най-успешните босненски певици и записва дуети с много известни босненски певци. В 2011 година се оттегля от музикалната сцена по лични и здравословни причини, но се завръща в 2016 година.

Дискография
 Нема жара (1991)
 Желим те (1992)
 Желим ти срећу (1993)
 Сада знам (1994)
 Шта ако се заљубим (1996)
 Избриши све успомене (1998)
 Љубав господине (2000)
 Хотел "Чекање" (2005)
 Мираз (2008)
 Цура са Чаршије (2011)

Бележки

Северномакедонски певици
Бошняци
Родени в Скопие


The Hanukkah Video you will not be able to stop watching!
Home Jewish Holidays The Hanukkah Video you will not be able to stop watching!
Elliot Dvorin and the Key Tov Orchestra bring the spirit of Hannukah to Daley Plaza in downtown Chicago with this Hannukah video. This is a performance that somehow manages to captivate in just a few minutes. There is so much packed into it.
If you enjoy some good old Hannukah songs with some dance moves, then this is the right video for you.
Come enjoy a little Hannukah spirit with this amazing cultural experience! You even get to hear Elliot's version of Adam Sandler's Hannukah song.
There is no one universal rule about Jewish culture outside of the State of Israel. But music is perhaps the #1 unifier. Usually one would have to visit the Land of Israel in order to experience the array of music in this one video. But Elliot Devorin clearly has a strong grasp on every one of these popular songs that are part of the multi-cultural Hannukah celebrations all over the world.


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Man shot after possibly selling Narcotics, police say
Posted Apr 21 2019 01:28PM EDT
Updated Apr 21 2019 01:46PM EDT
Detroit, (FOX 2) - Detroit Police were in the 1700 block of East Outer Drive investigating a shooting that happened Saturday morning around 7:20 a.m.
Authorities say the victim, a 20-year-old man, was possibly selling Narcotics when he was shot at an unknown location. After being shot, the victim ran to the above location, knocked on the front window and collapsed on the porch.
The victim suffered from multiple gunshot wounds and was transported to a local hospital by medics. His condition is unknown.
The suspect is described as a light skinned male who was armed.
Stay with FOX 2 for updates.
Trump cancels appearance at NAACP national convention in Detroit
President Donald Trump will not be coming to Detroit for the NAACP National Convention.
It is tradition for the NAACP to invite sitting presidents to the national convention - despite what party they belong to.
FOX 2 learned Thursday that President Donald Trump will not be there. He says the agreed upon date for his appearance changed and that he didn't sign up for a question and answer format - just a speech.
Buyback program by Land Bank lets people own houses they were living in
They could have ended up in foreclosure.
But on Thursday Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan handed out the deeds to houses once owned by the Land Bank, now the property of the people who had been living there.
"Who's getting a deed today?" he said.
Loose pet alligator caught in Milford
Milford police and animal control were looking for an alligator on the loose Thursday.
The alligator was thought to be at large in the area of E. Commerce and Milford Road before being caught. A witness, Tedi Falvo, sent video and photos of the alligator being caught with police overseeing the rescue.
A woman who lived in the area told FOX 2 that the gator was a pet of her nanny's neighbor. After the gator was caught, it was returned to it's owner.
18 Shih Tzus rescued from Dearborn house, here's how to help
DTE ready for peak demand during heat wave, but urges conservation


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Q: redirect 301 send me to the absolute path of the website My problem is the following:
Here is my website put into the www root of wamp
Here my directives for the redirect 301
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^mission/?$ mission.php [R=301]
RewriteRule ^contatti/?$ contatti.php [R=301]
RewriteRule ^page/([^/]+)/?$ page.php?slug=$1 [R=301]
RewriteRule ^page/single/([^/]+)/?$ single.php?titolo=$1 [R=301]
RewriteRule ^admin/?$ admin/login.php [R=301]

If i type the redirected url, the original url appears
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A: Try this (client don't see changes in url, but loading correct file for processing request)

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^mission/?$ mission.php [L]
RewriteRule ^contatti/?$ contatti.php [L]
RewriteRule ^page/([^/]+)/?$ page.php?slug=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^page/single/([^/]+)/?$ single.php?titolo=$1 [L]
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Why hasn't anything been done yet?
I turned in a complaint last week. Why hasn't the County done anything?
Most likely the County has started working with the property owner to resolve the violation. Typically the County will notify the owner that we have received a specific complaint alleging certain violations of the Kern County Ordinance Code exist on his or her property. We normally request that the property owner respond to us indicating they will resolve the violation in an acceptable time frame, that the violation has been resolved or that the property was not in violation. If the owner chooses not to work with the County to cooperatively resolve the violation, we begin a more formal legal process which may take an extended time to fully resolve. We request that in most nonhazardous situations that you wait a minimum of 30 days after filing the complaint before checking on the status of a complaint to allow us time to contact the property owner and attempt resolution of the violation.


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Do You Want To Help Other People, Get A Job And Make Money?
When I was in training to become an IV therapist, I testified in a hospital hearing against a class mate who took me home for dinner and showed me drawers full of pills, needles and syringes she stole from the hospital. She was expelled from the program, but no criminal charges were filed. Shortly thereafter, she was arrested for palming physician prescription pads and writing prescriptions for controlled substances. Later as an employee at a large (over 1,000 beds) teaching hospital, I witnessed the arrests of two of my co-workers: one for diverting drugs and paraphernalia for street sale; the other for taking injectable painkillers, using them for herself, and substituting saline for the patients' medications. Medications are better controlled now with inventory management, locked drawers sent down with blister-packed medications, bar coding and magnetic card access. However, a clever thief can find ways around almost any control system.


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Q: Implement Neighbors to find the d-neighborhood of a string in Python Input: A string Pattern and an integer d.
 Output: The collection of strings Neighbors(Pattern, d).
Sample Input:
ACG
1
Sample Output:
TCG
ACG
GCG
CCG
ACA
ACT
AGG
AAG
ATG
ACC
What is the algorithm to solve this problem?

A: Here's a quick-and-dirty solution:
chars = "ACGT"

def neighbors(pattern, d):
    assert(d <= len(pattern))

    if d == 0:
        return [pattern]

    r2 = neighbors(pattern[1:], d-1)
    r = [c + r3 for r3 in r2 for c in chars if c != pattern[0]]

    if (d < len(pattern)):
        r2 = neighbors(pattern[1:], d)
        r += [pattern[0] + r3 for r3 in r2]

    return r

Here's some sample output:
>>> neighbors("ACG", 1)
['CCG', 'GCG', 'TCG', 'AAG', 'AGG', 'ATG', 'ACA', 'ACC', 'ACT']

Note that this gives neighbors that differ in exactly d places, as opposed to at most d places.  If you want the latter (as your sample output suggests), you can simply combine the results for the different values of d, as follows:
def neighbors2(pattern, d):
    return sum([neighbors(pattern, d2) for d2 in range(d + 1)], [])

Here's some sample output:
>>> neighbors2("ACG", 1)
['ACG', 'CCG', 'GCG', 'TCG', 'AAG', 'AGG', 'ATG', 'ACA', 'ACC', 'ACT']


By Simon Jackson at Newbury.
Andrew Balding has got the rain he wants for Here Comes When who heads the betting at 11-4 for the £150,000 Betfred Hungerford Stakes at Newbury on Saturday.
Here Comes When is set to face a maximum of 11 rivals in the Group 2 contest that is the feature of Newbury's two day meeting that commenced on Friday.
The valuable race represents a step down in class for the five-year-old dual Group 2 winner whose last three runs have all been at Group 1 level.
The son of Danehill Dancer was sixth to Night Of Thunder in the Al Shaqab Lockinge Stakes at Newbury, before finishing seventh behind Solow in the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot and fourth behind the same rival in the Qatar Sussex Stakes at Goodwood.
"Here Comes When came out of Goodwood in good form and is an intended runner as long as Newbury gets the forecast rain," Balding said earlier this week.
The 16 runners originally declared for the seven furlong contest that is televised live on Channel 4 (3.45pm) on Saturday was reduced by four after more heavy rain at the track on Friday morning.
Safety Check, Richard Pankhurst, Limato and Home Of The Brave are all non-runners after the rain that followed a downpour on Thursday night.
"We had seven millimetres yesterday then another 13.5mm this morning. In an hour and a half we had eight millimetres so there's not a lot you can do," Newbury clerk of the course Richard Osgood told the Racing Post on Friday morning.


Gallery to gift shop, to T-shirt store, to art-glass shop, to bakery, along residential streets and back to the main drag, Jane explored, not sure what she was seeking, compounding observations that might help her ascertain the nature of this town and what relation it had to the walled estate that stood miles from here.
She was intrigued by the perfection of the crafted buildings and amazed at the cleanliness of everything. She marveled at the matched ranks of graceful trees and wondered about the scarcity of children and the apparent absence of dogs.
As the cool day grew cooler and the clouds curdled darker, the light-sensitive solenoids controlling thousands of tiny low-wattage white bulbs on the trees brought a holiday glow to the street two hours ahead of twilight, and Iron Furnace showed why locals might call this the Town Where It's Always Christmas.
Jane stood on the sidewalk, looking north and south. Although the display dazzled, the effect on her was not Christmasy. Instead, she thought of the pulse and flash of Las Vegas, where the neon was meant to paint a veneer of glamour over the sordid truth of gambling addiction and financial self-destruction. These were Christmas-lights-as-distraction, because in spite of its wholesome aspects, Iron Furnace had a dark vibe that she could feel if not explain.
Having skipped lunch, she went into an Italian restaurant at just 4:15 and was escorted to one of the empty high-backed booths.
Phalanxes of red-white-and-green flags hanging from the high ceiling. Wall murals of historic sites in Rome. Red-and-white checkered tablecloths. Candles in red glass votives. They hadn't missed a décor cliché, but the place looked clean, and mouthwatering aromas threaded the air.
According to the name embroidered on the display handkerchief in the pocket of the waitress's uniform blouse, her name was Freya. A pretty girl in her twenties. Coffee-and-cream complexion spotted with cinnamon-colored freckles. She might have had both Ireland and Africa in her heritage. She was quick to smile and shared with her townspeople a demeanor that was pleasant and welcoming.
Jane ordered a glass of good Chianti while studying the menu, and when Freya returned with the wine, she was willing to be chatted up here in the lull before the dinner rush.
"Quite a town," Jane said.
"Move from where?" Freya asked.
"Mosquitoes, killer humidity, flying cockroaches," Jane said.
"Maybe a little. My problem is, I don't see many suitable properties around here. I mean for a guy with his expectations.


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Justin Barcia has been right in the thick of the hype leading into Anaheim 1 given his three-straight opening round victories. He didn't win this time, but he still found himself right in the battle and logged a strong podium to kick off the season. Yes, there was some contact with Jason Anderson in a battle for second. After a wild race, Barcia spoke with the media about his day, the chaotic race itself, and his outlook on a 2022 title run.
Justin, you didn't win the opening round this year, but you got on the podium, so a good result, nonetheless. How do you feel about it? You don't have the red plate for round two, so a little bit less pressure I suppose at this point of the year.
Justin Barcia: Yeah, definitely. It feels great. I'm very happy where I'm at right now. It was a wild night of racing. It was definitely tricky, like you guys said. Then kind of survival mode toward the end. I wasn't happy when Cooper got around me, but I was able to catch onto his lines. I was just trying to jump stuff stupid. I needed to tighten the track up a little and do some smarter lines, so that helped a lot. Got a little tight in the middle there. All in all, it feels amazing to be on the podium. Obviously didn't get the four-peat. Everyone was going on about that, but it feels really good to have that off my shoulders now. I'm just looking forward to the season. The team has done a really good job. I'm enjoying riding with Michael [Mosiman] and Pierce [Brown] and training with Wil [Hahn]. It's just been really enjoyable and fun. It was a great night. I'm really happy with it.
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As we alluded to earlier, it was a very kind of crazy night through the midfield with racing. You at one point were catching guys, and then you had people catching you and crashing in front of you. There was kind of just chaos everywhere. How difficult was it mentally to stay focused on yourself and make sure you're hitting all of your marks with all the chaos going around?
I'm actually quite happy with myself how I managed the race. I had pressure on me pretty much the whole race. I wasn't the fastest guy. Jason [Anderson] got around me, and then I was able to get him back, which was good, and just focus on myself. The whole race it was a lot of pressure, but usually I'm able to handle that quite well. I was able to keep my head on straight. With that track, it was definitely one of the more wicked ones for the first one, like the guys said. The whoops were steep. It was slippery. There were tight spots and open spots. They threw it at us, for sure. It made for some great racing. I'm just glad I kept it on two wheels, am healthy, and on the podium. Looking forward to the rest of the season.
The pass on Jason Anderson. Let's get your side of it, your viewpoint on it. There's always two sides to every story. I want to hear what you've got to say.
It was a great racing pass. I didn't hit him too hard. We barely touched. I went on with my way. I think obviously he probably would have liked to cover that line better, but the way the ruts were I don't think he was able to do that. I set myself up in that corner where he passed me better for the next section and I was able to stick that. Honestly, he probably would have got me if I didn't get that spot there because he was riding a lot better than me. So, I had to go for it early. I'm stoked on a good racing pass. All the passes today were great racing passes. I always go for it. I think those were all wicked good passes. I hope the season keeps like that. We all respect each other a lot and I won't carry anything from this. Hopefully the other guys won't.
Did [Jason] Anderson talk to you in the pits at all? I'm assuming not.
No. I just came straight here. I would hope he wouldn't because there's nothing to talk about. Obviously, you guys are trying to make a story out of it. I respect that. It was a great pass. I don't think he's the type of the guy that's going… I don't know where he's at mentally, but I don't think he is. If he watches it, he'll know that's a racing pass. So, no worries there.
I don't know if it's a story necessarily on that. It's probably more of a story on just the aggression of the night. It wasn't just you two. Mookie got it pretty good with another rider. We saw a lot of hard crashes in the 250 class. Was that just the nature of the track, or just the nature of coming back to racing?
It was a technical track as in there were so many ruts and they kept cutting down, cutting down, cutting down. You had to make passes and be fairly aggressive. So, I'm sure that's why there was a lot of aggressive racing. We've all been thinking about racing for a while, so you've got a lot of testosterone going and stuff and just want to go out there and send it. It's going to be a fun year racing with the boys. I look forward to it. It was great racing tonight.
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The last few years you came out swinging, got the opening win, but then later on in the season kind of fizzled out. Does getting third tonight kind of set you up a little bit better, less pressure and give you more to work for later on in the season?
Yeah, definitely. I'm stoked on my result tonight. Obviously, you always want to win. That would be sick. Someone's got to win. Kenny [Roczen] did it tonight. Coop's [Cooper Webb] second. I was third. I'm racing against the best guys in the world, so I'm super happy with the podium position. I feel like I'm in a great place. Second year on the team. It feels really good. I'm really at home with them. I'm comfortable. We're just going to keep chipping away at it, shoot for podiums, obviously go for wins and have fun. Definitely my goal is to be in the fight all year long. That was my goal last year and I think I came up a little bit short on that. So, this year the focus is just being smart, having great races, putting myself in good positions, and going for it.
Watch the full post-race 450SX press conference below:
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The Moment: Decoding the Drama 12:45pm


A few weeks ago I was up in Trawden without a thought in my head about the Brontës – well, not until someone in the pastoral meeting I was attending mentioned that we were a mere eight miles from Haworth. We may have been in a different county, but almost within hailing distance none the less.
As I stared out of the big bay window on that bleak Saturday, watching the snow flakes swirling down against the backdrop of the steeply undulating moorland, it became obvious that I was in what most of us have convinced ourselves is authentic Brontëland.
It began to seem very appropriate that, as we had driven the snaking icy roads to get there earlier that day, my friend and I had exchanged stories of the people we had worked with professionally, people wounded by traumas, some of them from childhood, some of them more recent.
The Brontë family history is a painful one. They were well acquainted with grief. Even when I seemed to be distancing myself from it by putting it in a table to help me understand better how old the younger sisters were when the sequence of deaths that bedevilled their childhoods began, the pain of it was if anything even more visible. The trauma was not only about death. It was about the separation of the two older sisters from the youngest children, following so close after the mother's death. It was about the atrocious conditions in the boarding school which ultimately contributed to the deaths of Maria and Elizabeth (see two earlier posts for the traumatic nature of boarding school education, even in the 20th Century). The table I'm including here stops at 1829: that was not the end of all the pain, but that's something that will have to wait until a later post.
I've referred recently to later triggers that reinforced the hint life gave me in Trawden. One of them was hearing about Samantha Ellis's book. I'm only half-way through and already I have picked up a number of useful clues about the possible relationship between trauma and creativity.
The mutilated editions are still everywhere. My own copy of the novel is a mutilated edition. It takes a while to find one that isn't. I get slightly obsessive about checking, and find butchered texts in bookshops, in libraries and on friends' bookshelves, all bought in good faith, because unless you knew they weren't right, you couldn't tell.
Her use of the word 'mutilated' intrigued me. It is as though this were for her a sort of posthumous traumatic atrocity. Some degree of outrage is, though, understandable, as I discovered soon after reading her words.
To my alarm, I checked out my own copy of the Folio Society Edition. Surely you can trust the Folio Society to get it right? Apparently not. It is a mutilated version. This explained my own difficulty when I recently picked it up to read the novel for the first time. That's right. I said 'for the first time.' I admit it. I was an Anne ignorer as well. Anyway, back to the main point. I was puzzled by the abrupt beginning, the result of Hodgson deleting the real opening from his version. I didn't even realise at first that it was meant to be a letter, let alone who Gilbert was or why he was writing it.
It didn't take me long to work out via the web that my local bookshop had a copy. I rang them to make sure it was still there: it was and it was the only one they had. I put on my shoes, grabbed my coat and set off on the twenty minute walk to the shop as fast as I could in case someone else might get there first.
Even as I walked I asked myself why was I so fired up about this. Anne has been dead just over a hundred-and fifty years. She's not going to be upset, surely, if I buy it later, or even if I just read the butchered Folio copy I've got on my shelf. Then I remembered how Patrick Brontë had regularly walked ten miles to meet Anne's mother before they married and ten miles back to his home. I remembered the integrity with which he had fought for justice later in his life, making far greater efforts than a twenty minute walk to do so. The injustice of a mutilated novel may seem small beer, but I realised it mattered to me. To appropriately honour Anne's memory it was only right that I should rectify this travesty done in the name of easy money.
As I walked home at a slower pace, taking the long route over the modest upward slope of Churchill Gardens, I was glad that I had made the effort. I had checked that the book did indeed contain the missing opening: then I was sure it also had all the other missing details, some of which are crucial to Anne's depiction of her heroine, Helen. Some kind of justice had been done. I can now read what she really wrote when she created a book that would give women even then the strength to fight against oppression in the home.
As I opened the door to go in, my wife asked where I'd been. She was surprised at my explanation.
I couldn't find a way to explain it then. I'm not sure whether I fully understand it now. Maybe this is all a sentimental rationalisation of an unfathomable impulse. The one thing I'm sure of is that I'll be coming back to the Brontës on this blog sometime soon.
I am slowly picking myself up after a busy festive season. At the end of it I found myself wondering what themes were calling me, as I'd rather dropped the ball over the last few weeks.
I find I am being drawn to the Brontës by a number of hints including Sally Wainwright's recent excellent documentary drama, To Walk Invisible (it's available for another 19 days), and this excellent Guardian article of last Friday by Samantha Ellis, which redresses the balance in terms of Anne.
The Brontës's combination of trauma and creativity suggests that trauma can elevate a person to a higher level of understanding which is a form of transcendence, even in the absence of transliminality, unlike my rather glib conclusion in an earlier post's diagram.
So, I've added another substantial clutch of books to my list. Heaven knows when I will be able to read them all, let alone pull what I have learned into a coherent perspective. I guess I'll not be keeping up my previous pace of posts for a few days or even weeks yet. I hope your patience with me will prove worth it in the end.
Anyhow, here is a short extract from the Ellis post – how intriguing to have as a surname Emily's pseudonym! Click the link for the full post.
Seen as less passionate than Emily, less accomplished than Charlotte, Anne is often overlooked. But her governess Agnes Grey is a clear model for Jane Eyre.
Anne Brontë started writing her first novel some time between 1840 and 1845 while she was working as a governess for the Robinson family, at Thorp Green near York. I imagine she must have made her excuses in the evenings, and escaped the drawing room, where she had to do the boring bits of her pupils' sewing, and often felt awkward and humiliated – excluded from the conversation because she was not considered a lady, yet not allowed to sit with the servants either, because governesses had to be something of a lady, or how could they teach their pupils to be ladies?
Anne must have stolen away to her room and pulled out her small, portable writing desk. Leaning on the desk's writing slope (which was decadently lined in pink velvet), Anne could go on with her novel. She had to write in secret because she was skewering her haughty employers and her peremptory pupils on the page. Although her job was difficult and thankless, she had realised that it was providing her with excellent material, that she was telling a story no one else was telling. As she laboured away in her neat, elegant handwriting, Anne must have felt that she was writing a novel that would go off like a bomb.
Agnes Grey sticks close to the facts of Anne's life. The eponymous heroine is a clergyman's daughter, just as Anne's father, Patrick Brontë, was the perpetual curate of Haworth in Yorkshire. Anne doesn't specify where Agnes grows up, but she does say she was "born and nurtured among … rugged hills", so when I read the novel, I imagine the Yorkshire moors. Both Anne and Agnes were originally one of six children. Anne lost her two eldest sisters when she was five. Agnes has lost even more siblings; she and her older sister Mary are the only two who have "survived the perils of infancy". Both Agnes and Anne are the youngest. When Agnes says she is frustrated because she is "always regarded as the child, and the pet of the family", considered "too helpless and dependent – too unfit for buffeting with the cares and turmoils of life", it feels like Anne talking. She always chafed at being patronised.
. . . . Agnes turns to one of the only other jobs open to middle-class women: she decides to become a governess. . . . instead of an adventure, Agnes gets a crash course in how cruel the world can be, and how it got that way.
One of Agnes's pupils, Tom Bloomfield, enjoys torturing birds. One day his vile uncle, who encourages Tom's cruelty, gives him a nest of baby birds. When Agnes sees him "laying the nest on the ground, and standing over it with his legs wide apart, his hands thrust into his breeches-pockets, his body bent forward, and his face twisted into all manner of contortions in the ecstasy of his delight" and he won't be reasoned with, something rises within her. She grabs a large flat stone and crushes the birds flat.
This brutal mercy killing is almost too violent to read. Agnes Grey's first critics thought it went too far, but Anne insisted that "Agnes Grey was accused of extravagant overcolouring in those very parts that were carefully copied from life, with a most scrupulous avoidance of all exaggeration".
• A new Vintage Classics edition of Agnes Grey is published on 12 January. Take Courage: Anne Brontë and the Art of Life by Samantha Ellis is published by Chatto & Windus on the same date.