Need an easy and inexpensive way to reach parents with important news from your school? Many elementary and middle schools have found a simple answer -- the "weekly folder." Packaging all communication from school into one folder, and sending this folder home with students on the same day each week, teaches families to watch kids' backpacks and cuts down on "missed" notes and news.Included: See how some schools track home/school communication through weekly folders.
Every Wednesday, eager students head home from Weatherly Heights Elementary School in Huntsville, Alabama, with a week's worth of work for their parents to review. Completed papers, grades, a weekly school newsletter, papers about upcoming events, and notes to parents -- all of this vital school information arrives at the parents' door in a convenient package. It is called the "Wednesday Folder."
"Parents have come to expect the folder each Wednesday and know that all of their children will have folders on the same day," reports Teri Stokes, Weatherly Heights' principal. "They know that all field trip information, picture information, money due information, etc., will arrive on this day, so they won't miss the information. The parents also know that if they don't get a folder on Wednesday, they need to check and find out why."
Weatherly Heights Elementary chose Wednesday as the day for communication with parents because it allows two days for teachers to collect the folders before the weekend. Work in the folder runs from the previous Wednesday to the next Tuesday. Only kindergarten is excluded from the weekly routine because daily folders are sent home in this grade.
Each classroom teacher gives the weekly folders out to the students, and many of the classes have parent volunteers to "stuff" the folders. Volunteers may handle all but confidential materials such as student papers and grades. Parents either sign the folder and keep the papers or sign and return them as directed by the teacher.
"The vast majority of parents sign the folder or papers at all grade levels," said Stokes. "The importance of this is stressed to the students so that they get the parents to look at the work and sign it. The teachers, in turn, make sure that they check the folders the next day for any notes from parents."
Initially, the weekly folders drew abundant positive feedback. Today most parents simply take the folders for granted as a part of school procedure. They have come to rely so much on this predictable form of weekly communication that the one thing parents never fail to notice is when a folder doesn't arrive on Wednesday.
"From an administrator's perspective, the weekly folder keeps the teachers organized -- they know that student work needs to go home on Wednesdays, and that parents call wanting to know why there wasn't any work if it's not sent," Stokes observed. "The teachers like having the consistency and external organizational expectation."
Students at Weatherly Heights are given one folder at the start of the year. The folders cost from $.90 to $1.30, depending on the style selected by the school. If students lose a folder, which happens rarely because of the quick turnaround, they must pay $1 to replace it.
"Because we have the school theme for the year on the cover of the folder, parents are aware of the emphasis we place on our curriculum," Stokes added. "The folder also includes all the school policies concerning just about everything such as lunchroom procedures, dismissal procedures, tardies, absences, and student dress."
In Folsom, California, Wednesday is also the day of the week when students at Carl Sundahl Elementary take their weekly folders home to their families.
"Our weekly folders are kept in individual classrooms, usually in a file box," says principal Marty Baumann. "Teachers can file items in the folders at any time. Items prepared and/or distributed by the office are provided to teachers at the latest on Wednesday morning before the first bell."
Teachers at the school have a variety of ways to fill the folders, including student helpers and parent volunteers. All weekly correspondence, flyers, lunch menus, letters, and other information, are sent home in these folders.
"School backpacks have become the catch-all for everything imaginable," stated Baumann. "After years of parents complaining about not being notified of upcoming events and activities -- even though notices had been sent home -- we settled on sending everything home on the same day each week."
Wednesday works for the school because it is mid-week and gives parents the opportunity to respond to requests immediately; they dont have to wait through the weekend. It also allows the folders to be signed and returned the very next day. Each Wednesday folder includes the classroom calendar for the next week. Parents appreciate the extra time to prepare for what is ahead.
"The parent signatures on the weekly folder become an ongoing record of home/school communication," Baumann explains. "Sure there are times when parents probably just sign the folder without carefully looking at the contents, but at least they have seen the material. It is hard to complain about not knowing about an activity when we have a signature indicating a parent received the folder."
When copy machine problems cause the school to miss a Wednesday deadline, it generates many calls to the office. The school Web site is popular with parents, so every effort is made to upload frequently to it as a backup for information sent home.
"Using weekly folders establishes a routine that promotes consistency and responsibility [with students and faculty]," Baumann believes. "Some classes offer students an incentive for returning folders on Thursday. Others reward students when every folder is returned on time. Many classes do not make it a big deal but simply have the expectation that it must be returned by the end of the week."
"I feel one day of distribution works best, as correspondence every day from school may not get the time it deserves for parent review," said Steven Madancy, principal of Orange Avenue Elementary School. To reach parents during their less-rushed weekend hours, the Milford, Connecticut, school makes Friday its day to send out weekly folders.
"Very often, as parents clean out their children's backpack from the week or have some quiet time during the weekend as opposed to after a hectic work day, they can sit and go through our information and give it the attention it deserves," added Madancy, who told Education World that office staff and volunteers collaborate to prepare the materials. In addition, a nearby elderly care facility brings a resident to the school each Thursday to copy items that will be distributed in all student folders.
Like Carl Sundahl Elementary, Madancy's school also provides folder materials online. "By publishing online, our school saved 17,500 sheets of paper last year because some parents prefer to refer to the school Web page," he reported. "Because our flyers are available online, if one is lost, misplaced, or something spills on it, parents can just pull up the flyer and print another one."
Parents have embraced the online version of the folder's contents. Especially in situations where parents are not living in the same home, it is helpful for all family members to have access to school news, and not just the parent who is responsible for the child on the day that correspondence is sent home.
"I enjoy the process, but I would stress that it does take planning and communication of volunteers and a flexible office staff," Madancy advised. "As with all volunteers, their intentions are always great. However, they have lives of their own and conflicts may arise, so office staff may be stuffing or copying at the last moment."
"Having school correspondence sent home on the same day every week allows parents to know when it will arrive," says Lisa Gies, principal of Whitefish Bay (Wisconsin) Middle School. At this school, parents put together the packets and teachers distribute them during an advisory period each Thursday. The folders contain a weekly schedule, PTO news, lunch menu, and any other all-school related news.
"Each student is required to bring the folder home, have a parent sign it, return it, and maintain the folder for the year," said Gies. "Not all parents read the contents of the folder, but those who do appreciate the information and communication."


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CNN sues Trump over Acosta ban
The White House has banned CNN's Jim Acosta from the White House grounds. It did so after Acosta, during a press conference, refused to stop talking after President Trump had addressed his question, and then refused to hand the microphone back to a young female staff member. The two — Acosta and the staffer — appeared to have a slight physical altercation.
CNN sues under the First Amendment, the Fifth Amendment (Due Process Clause), and the Administrative Procedure Act. The threshold question, though, is whether the case should be tossed by virtue of the political question doctrine. At Breitbart, Ken Klukowski argues that it should be. (More about this below).
If the case isn't tossed, I believe CNN should lose. Its most substantial claim is under the First Amendment. According to the Washington Post, First Amendment advocate Floyd Abrams contends that CNN should prevail unless the president can show that Acosta is violent and disruptive.
I don't see why Trump needs to show both. If Acosta is disruptive, that should be enough to have him banned. The president is permitted to hold orderly press conferences in which no one reporter holds the floor once his question is addressed and while the president is trying to take and answer a question from someone else.
Most other reporters at Trump's conferences adhere to this basic courtesy. Is the First Amendment freedom of the outlets they represent infringed upon? Of course not.
There can be no genuine dispute that Acosta has been disruptive. The problem is that federal judges might decide that the disruption is minimal and outweighed by Acosta's "right" to keep talking.
Such judges would overstep their proper role. It shouldn't be up to federal judges to decide how much disruption a president must tolerate at a press conference.
If our robed masters undertake this task, they will be doing exactly what the political question doctrine is designed to prevent. They will be "expressing lack of respect due coordinate branches of government," a key factor the Supreme Court has enumerated in deciding whether a case presents political questions. As Klukowski says:
Each branch of government has the discretion to determine the sort of atmosphere it wants for its public events and to give passes consistent with that discretion. Judges can exercise discretion regarding proper decorum in their courtrooms and can eject disruptive occupants from the courtroom, just as the House and Senate have discretion regarding the Capitol building. The president has at least that much discretion regarding his own house.
It's possible that when the president dictates the atmosphere of a press conference, there may be First Amendment implications. That's why a ban like the one on Acosta must be supported by evidence of disruption (or violence). In my view, it wouldn't be permissible to expel Acosta because the president didn't like his tone, for example.
But for courts to carry the inquiry further and decide how much disruption the president must tolerate is unacceptable. If that's what's going to happen, and there's a good chance it is, better to nip the case in the bud under the political question doctrine.

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Five Problems With Neighbourhood Plans
The real effects of neighbourhood plan making on housing delivery and on the efficient, democratic operation of the planning system are hard to pin down and yet the Government continues to champion its role. Are we really heading in the right direction? After all, despite the positivity of government sponsored initiatives such as mycommunity.org.uk it isn't all sweetness and light. Here is my personal worry list:
1. Neighbourhood Plans are usurping the role of local plans, whilst being subject to a lighter-touch examination process.
The Court of Appeal, in R (DLA Delivery Ltd) v Lewes District Council (10 February 2017), has now confirmed that a neighbourhood plan may be made without there being an up to date local plan. Until such time as the local plan comes forward, as the only up to date development plan, the neighbourhood plan's policies will benefit from the statutory presumption in section 38(6) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 and from paragraph 198 of the NPPF: "[where] a planning application conflicts with a neighbourhood plan that has been brought into force, planning permission should not normally be granted".
This gives neighbourhood plans a role which was surely not foreseen by Parliament. Neighbourhood plans are intended to be in general conformity with the local plan's strategic policies. But instead any policy vacuum can be filled by the neighbourhood plan's own strategic policies. Whilst the Planning Practice Guidance urges collaborative working between neighbourhoods and local planning authorities, this does not prevent problems from arising which are exacerbated by two further factors:
– in order to survive the 'relatively limited' (Court of Appeal in DLA Delivery, para 5) examination process, neighbourhood plans only have to satisfy the 'basic conditions' set out in the paragraph 8(2) of Schedule 4B to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as applied to neighbourhood plans by section 38A of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, rather than the wider and more rigorous soundness test applicable to local plans.
– the Neighbourhood Planning Bill proposes to accelerate the process, by deeming post-examination pre-referendum neighbourhood plans to be a material consideration in the determination of planning applications (clause 1) and by deeming post-referendum neighbourhood plans to be treated as part of the statutory development plan ahead of formally being made by the district or borough council (clause 2). It will be easier for the Secretary of State to dismiss appeals on the basis of inconsistency with emerging neighbourhood plans (a sensitive subject for DCLG given for example Holgate J's quashing in Woodcock Holdings Limited v Secretary of State, 1 May 2015 and a series of examples of the Secretary of State having consented to judgment in similar circumstances).
2. The Neighbourhood Plan process is "complex and burdensome"
Not my words but a description given by participants, according to recent research by the University of Reading: Neighbourhood Planning Users Research Revisited.
Any community embarking on a neighbourhood plan has to be ready for the long haul. Because policies within the plan can have real consequences for communities and developers alike, it is no surprise that the process can be litigious.
R (Crownhall Estates Limited) v Chichester District Council (Holgate J, 21 January 2016) was the third (third!) judicial review in relation to the Loxwood Neighbourhood Plan, with the claimant developer seeking unsuccessfully to challenge the plan's provision for only 60 homes against a background of a failure of the district council to meet its obejectively assessed housing needs.
I do not believe that there is a transcript of Dove J's rejection in Swan Quay LLP v Swale Borough Council on 31 January 2017 of a challenge to the Faversham Creek Neighbourhood Plan which contained a policy preventing redevelopment of the claimant's property on the basis that it would lead to 'gentrification'. The ruling is summarised by the Faversham Creek Trust in a press release.
Challenges commonly focus on whether there has been compliance with the requirements of the Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive, another unsuccessful ground of challenge in DLA Delivery. R (Stonegate Homes Limited) v Horsham District Council (the late, missed, Patterson J, 13 October 2016) was an example of a successful challenge on this basis. The Haddenham Neighbourhood Plan is another, where Aylesbury Vale District Council consented to judgment.
3. Neighbourhood Plans dissipate the local planning authority's resources
Parish councils such as Haddenham are unlikely to have the resources to resist a legal challenge, leaving the responsibility to the local planning authority which, under the legislation, formally "makes" the plan. How much say will they have over the way in which the defence case is brought and, as importantly, why should the local planning authority's resources be stretched in this way?
We also have of course dissipation of CIL proceeds, with 15% of CIL proceeds available to be spent by parish councils, increased to 25% where a neighbourhood plan is in place – proceeds that would otherwise have applied towards infrastructure projects required to deliver development.
4. Neighbourhood Plans are unnecessary and marginalise the role of the local planning authority
District and borough councils are designed to operate down to ward level. We elect ward councillors to represent our local interests – that is to say, the things we care about in relation to our home environment, our neighbourhood. Local plans can and do include policies at neighbourhood level. Additionally, there is scope for area action plans to provide more detailed site-specific policies where justified.
We should all engage more with local plan making. Does the distraction of neighbourhood planning fuel the inaccurate sense that what happens at district or borough level is remote and not to do with us? What if the energy that one sometimes sees expended on neighbourhood planning were to be properly harnessed at local planning authority level, with proper access to officers and with consistency of plan making over a strategically sensible area?
5. Neighbourhood Plans are not fit for the further roles that Government continues to give them
Neighbourhood planning is of course voluntary. It is more prevalent in affluent areas and its heartland is in the south east (Turley research, 2014). In unparished areas it is the preserve of unelected groups. And yet the Government intends it to play a grown up role alongside local plans. Indeed, given that they have statutory force, unlike the NPPF, have neighbourhood plans in fact become more important than the Government's own planning policies?
Gavin Barwell's 12 December 2016 written ministerial statement (see my blog post That Ministerial Statement) set out that relevant policies for the supply of housing in a neighbourhood plan that is part of the development plan should not be deemed to be 'out-of-date' under paragraph 49 of the National Planning Policy Framework where the following circumstances arise at the time a planning decision is made:
* the written ministerial statement making the policy change on 12 December 2016 is less than 2 years old, or the neighbourhood plan has been part of the development plan for 2 years or less;
* the neighbourhood plan allocates sites for housing; and
* the local planning authority can demonstrate a three-year supply of deliverable housing sites.
The statement is of course the subject of a judicial review. In the meantime, the Government's Housing White Paper has added the further qualification that neighbourhoods should be able to demonstrate that their site allocations and housing supply policies will meet their share of local housing need and that the local planning authority should be able to demonstrate through the White Paper's housing delivery test that, from 2020, delivery has been over 65% (25% in 2018; 45% in 2019) for the wider authority area (to ensure that delivery rates across the area as a whole are at a satisfactory level).
The White Paper also proposes changes to the NPPF to "highlight the opportunities that neighbourhood plans present for identifying and allocating small sites that are suitable for housing, drawing on the knowledge of local communities".
Finally, local planning authorities will now be "expected to provide neighbourhood planning groups with a housing requirement figure, where this is needed to allow progress with neighbourhood planning. As part of the consultation on a new standard methodology for assessing housing requirements, we will seek views on whether a standard methodology could be developed for calculating housing need in a neighbourhood plan area".
Let us remember that these are voluntary plans, prepared by parish councils and community groups. Are we not seeing, yet again, a relentless move towards process and complexity, in an effort to make running repairs to a mechanism that was not designed for this function?
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STAN LEE's Best Marvel Cameos : A Tribute To The Legend
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Stan Lee, the real Messiah is no more. We lost one of the best guy on Planet. This Article is dedicated to STAN LEE
Even people who have never picked up a comic book in their lives will know who Stan Lee is. As the creative force behind so many iconic characters and the best self-promoter in the industry, 'Stan the Man' has been the face of Marvel comic books for more than half a century. In more recent years he's been lending his familiar face for cameos in Marvel movies and, although he hasn't appeared in all of the company's cinematic outings, he's always been there when it's one of his characters making their way to the big screen.
10. Guardians of Galaxy (2014)
Many fans may have noticed Stan's absence in franchises like Ghost Rider, Blade and the Punisher. He has commented that he doesn't always appear in films for characters that he had no part in creating (although the likely reason he didn't appear in the Blade or Punisher movies was because they were R-rated) but Stan always finds time when it comes to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Although Stan originally remarked that he wouldn't be appearing in the Guardians of the Galaxy because he didn't create the group and wasn't "even sure who they all are" (he did help create Groot, though), he ended up in the movie as a 'Xandarian Ladies' Man' and was yet again accompanied by a very pretty girl. However, director James Gunn has said that his original idea was to have Stan sat in one of the Collector's glass cases and flip off Groot as he walked past. Gunn even shot the scene with a stand-in and intended to digitally composite Lee's face on top but sadly Disney passed on the idea.
9. The Trial of The Incredible Hulk (1989)
For Lee's very first onscreen cameo in a Marvel production we need to go all the way to 1989's the Trial of the Incredible Hulk. The TV movie was a spin-off from the popular Incredible Hulk series, with Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno reprising their roles as Dr David Banner and the Hulk. Sadly, fans looking for some crazy Hulk-out action will be disappointed by the hokey effects and it doesn't even deliver any juicy legal drama as the trial only actually occurs in a dream sequence. Stan plays a juror who wisely dashes out of the courtroom when an agitated Banner transforms into the Hulk and trashes the place. The movie is a far cry from Lee's parts in big screen blockbusters, but it's interesting to see how his onscreen cameos first started out.
8. X-Men (2000)
X-Men was Stan's first proper cameo on the big screen but, looking back, it's surprising how low-key it is. Stan can be briefly spotted as a hot dog vendor on the beach when the infected Senator Kelly stumbles out of the water. Unlike later appearances, Stan isn't the focus of attention as the camera pans past him to focus on a television set. Although the X-Men franchise now has a pretty staggering 7 movies, Lee only appears in 2 entries: X-Men and X-Men: The Last Stand. He's stated that filming locations or a busy schedule has prevented him from filming a quick scene in the past, but it's pretty clear that he doesn't show his mutants as much love as those characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He joked on Twitter that his lack of a cameo in the most recent entry, X-Men: Days of Future Past, was a marketing ploy to sell more tickets as fans will go back and see it twice to try and find him.
7. Spiderman (2003)
Spider-Man is perhaps Stan Lee's most popular creation (well, co-creation) so it was a little disappointing to see him show up in Sam Raimi's first two Spidey entries as just another extra trying to avoid falling debris. Thankfully by the third movie the Stan Lee cameo had been firmly established by other Marvel movies and he was finally given a little more screen time alongside his favourite creation. As Peter Parker is staring at a sign announcing that Spider-Man will be receiving the key to the city, Stan stands by him and says "You know, I guess one person can make a difference. Nuff said!". It may be a little on the nose, but it's a nice moment to see Spidey being given some words of encouragement from Stan himself.
6. Hulk (2003)
Ang Lee's take on the Hulk may be one of the more contentious Marvel movies but the less-than-conventional adaptation provided a great cameo moment for comic book fans. In his first onscreen Marvel speaking role, Stan can be seen strolling out of Bruce Banner's lab talking to another security guard, played by Lou Ferrigno. It's a nice nod to the Hulk's legacy, even if the rest of the movie isn't quite up to scratch.
5. Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer
The Fantastic 4 movie was a definite low-point for Marvel adaptations and even the promise of the Silver Surfer didn't elevate the sequel past the point of mediocrity. However, the filmmakers at least put some effort into Stan's cameos. In the first movie, Stan has a speaking part as Willie Lumpkin; a bit character from the comics who serves as the mailman to the Baxter Building. For the sequel, the writers again took inspiration from the comic books and featured a scene where Stan is turned away from the wedding of Reed Richards and Sue Storm. It's a neat callback to the wedding issue in the comics where Stan and Jack Kirby find themselves in a similar predicament and are again turned away from the ceremony of the superheroes they created.
4. Spiderman: The Animated Series ( 1994 – 1998 )
Fox's Spider-Man cartoon series from the 90s ended with Spidey hopping through dimensions in an effort to defeat Spider-Carnage. Aided by other Spider-Men and the mystic Madame Webb, Spider-Man defeats the symbiote and is transported to "our" reality. He meets Stan Lee and lets his creator experience some web-slinging before returning to his own reality in search of Mary Jane. The meta ending was a good tribute to the weirdness that comic book fans are used to, but it gets even better knowing that Madame Web is voiced by Stan's actual wife Joan Lee. The two exchange some niceties with Stan calling Web an "exotic lady" and Joan referring to him as a "truly special" man.
3. Iron Man (2002) / Iron Man 2 (2010)
For his first outing as part of the new Marvel Cinematic Universe, Stan was game to pretend to be another octogenarian millionaire – Hugh Hefner. As Tony Stark enters a gala at the beginning of the movie, he pats Stan – who is seen with a smoking jacket, pipe and a bevy of beautiful blondes – on the back and says "You look great Hef" (a longer version of the scene ruined the joke as Tony realises his mistake and Stan replies "That's okay, I get this all the time." but thankfully it was cut). The sequel had more fun with Stan as he briefly appeared wearing a red shirt and suspenders and is mistaken by Tony for American talkshow host Larry King.
2. Mallrats (1995)
Stan has frequently ventured outside of his Marvel comfort zone to appear on the big screen. Clearly enjoying some of the clout he gained from his breakout indie hit Clerks, comic book fan Kevin Smith managed to wrangle his hero for a brief cameo in his follow-up comedy Mallrats. Jason Lee's comic book-obsessed character Brodie is feeling dejected and confused about his relationship woes when Stan Lee appears to give him some sage dating advice about heartbreak and regret while dodging questions about "super hero sex organs". It's unusual to see Stan actually have more than a few lines of dialogue but he pulls it off very well considering it was years before the Marvel movies called for his acting talents.
1. The Amazing Spiderman (2012)
The Amazing Spider-Man definitely had its problems, but even its biggest detractors have to concede that one of the highlights of the movie was Stan Lee's inspired cameo. Stan finally got stuck into a big superhero/supervillain fight scene in a Marvel movie, even if his character didn't quite realise it at the time. The Lizard and Spider-Man end up in the library as they duke it out and slam through walls in the high school. Thanks to some classical music piping in through his headphones, librarian Stan is blissfully unaware of the carnage unfolding as the superpowered duo exchange blows and completely destroy the library behind him. Even though he doesn't have any dialogue the ten second action sequence is definitely the most memorable Stan Lee cameo so far.
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My boss came by, today, and we talked about my desire to move back to New Orleans. He was clearly concerned that I was going to just up and split right then because he asked me three times if I would give him time to get a replacement. I promised him I would, and I will because I have to wait for my vacation check to roll in so I at least have enough money to rent a truck and get storage and a room once I get there. I really need to start hitting Craig's List and such hard because I want to get out of here within the month. I must be crazy. I don't even know if I'm going to be able to get somebody to help me load up the truck up here much less unload it down there. I wonder if I can hire some college kids or something.
Anyway, we talked about which of the people on my staff would be best suited to replace me as supervisor. I feel confident that I have a good reputation with my bosses and with the branch manager. My boss had said that my branch manager was willing to call the manager down in New Orleans to put in the good word. I emailed my boss with the list of areas I would be willing to work down there, like the city itself, Metairie, Kenner, and even Chalmette if necessary. No matter what, I've put the ball in motion so now I gotta follow through. I've moved around the country several times before but this will be the first time without a real money buffer and also the first time with two cats in tow. Yeesh.
New Orleans is a place I somewhat considered once. But not for long. I'ma visit up'n there in the future, however.
If I actually have a living space at that time you are most welcome. I lived there for eight years, once upon a time, and I remember the town with fondness.
didn't you just start working at this place and just move to allentown area?
Yes, I did, so I'm being somewhat stupid. I had thought that by taking this job first I would make a little more money and build up my rep with the company before seeking to get out of Northeast PA. But then I realized I was being stupid and should have just up and gone because there will never be a better chance later on. So now I'm being stupid and up and going just two months after coming here. But, also, my staff here really are an extraordinary bunch of imbeciles and I just don't want to be their boss any longer. Did I mention I'm stupid?
However, I never did get around to moving to Allentown. I'm still commuting.
Good luck with the move! New Orleans sounds like a lot of fun... it's one of the big cities I have yet to visit, but want to.
once again, love the B&W!
and love your "move to NOLA" attitude! that is something i wish i had done pre kids and house, moved around the country a lot!
Attitude nothin'! I'm kinda scared.
I'm sharing the feeling a little. I'm moving back to California after being in Chicago for 13 years. Kinda freaked out, kinda excited. Change is ALWAYS Good. When do you ever hear people saying, "Aw, I should have stayed put" Rarely if eVER. Good luck in New Orleans!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you feel like you want to crash for a night on your way down, you can stay with me in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Though it is kinda close to where you are in PA. Just a thought. Not a good one.
I love the pic too. Do you take it in color and then convert it in the computer? Some day we will have to compare photos.
Anyway, huggs on the move decision and good luck.
I really am going to do this unless something happens. Thanks for the kind offer of help. Looks like you're about three hours away. Had I moved a month ago, what...? Did you get my email?
I do convert the pics on my computer. I'm glad everyone is enjoying them. I need to get serious and get a tripod and start actually messing with f-stops and apertures and whatever so I can get even better pics.
Are you using film? Scanning and then editting? I just love my digital camera. No more wasted bad shots on film for me. No sir, digital from now on.


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Thura U Shwe Mann. / Htet Naing Zaw
By Htet Naing Zaw 15 June 2018
NAYPYITAW — "I am not a turncoat," said Thura Shwe Mann, the former head of the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) and the current chairman of the Legal Affairs and Special Cases Assessment Commission of Myanmar's Parliament predominated by the National League for Democracy (NLD).
The ex-general, who was considered the third most powerful man in the military regime led by retired Snr-Gen Than Shwe, defended his move to ally himself with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi before the 2015 general elections.
He was serving as the Speaker of the Lower House under U Thein Sein's quasi-civilian government when he tried to forge ties with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who was then a legislator in the Lower House.
U Shwe Mann said he cooperated with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in the interest of the country and because he believed the USDP would win the 2015 election. But critics believe that he made the move for his political survival due to uncertainty regarding his future with the USDP.
"I told her [Daw Aung San Suu Kyi] to hold an appropriate office and support me if I won [the election]. I said it was up to her if she won. I am not a turncoat," said U Shwe Mann during the launching of a report on Thursday on the resignation of the constitutional tribunal under President U Thein Sein's government.
He said so apparently in response to U Soe Thane, one the confidants of the former president and ex-President's Office minister, who wrote that some top-level USDP party leaders with more than 40 years of military service surrendered to the opposition NLD because the latter was much more likely to win the 2015 poll.
"They were traitors, becoming turncoats although they were saying that cooperation was necessary for the sake of the country and countrymen," writes U Soe Thane in his book "Myanmar's Transition & U Thein Sein: An Insider's Account."
With an evident power struggle between the two sides since the start of democratization in 2010, U Shwe Mann claimed that ex-president U Thein Sein acted like an authoritarian in the elected government.
During the military regime, the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) chairman Snr-Gen Than Shwe was the top leader of Myanmar and any order signed by him was considered a decree, which the cabinet had to follow, said U Shwe Mann.
There was friction between the government and Parliament because U Thein Sein issued orders as if he were the head of the SPDC although any law had to be passed by Parliament in a democracy, said U Shwe Mann.
"Because he acted as if he were the SPDC chairman, lawmakers didn't accept it. He asked us to legislate what he wanted and there was friction," he said.
U Shwe Mann said he is not clear on whether he has been dismissed by the USDP or if he is still considered a member.
He was purged from the USDP chairmanship in August 2015 due to tension between himself and then President U Thein Sein. Other senior party members were also purged along with him.
U Shwe Mann said he submitted his resignation from the party some six months ago. "Three other colleagues and I submitted our resignation. The USDP replied to those three that their resignation was accepted. But their reply to me was ambiguous and I want it to be clear," said U Shwe Mann.
U Shwe Mann graduated with Intake No. 11 of the Defense Services Academy in 1965. He was elected to the Lower House from Zayarthiri Township in a 2010 poll.
Translated from Burmese by Thet Ko Ko.
Topics: Politics
Htet Naing Zaw The Irrawaddy Htet Naing Zaw is Senior Reporter at the Burmese edition of The Irrawaddy.


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Ordered HP 934XL printer ink on the 31st December, 2016. What I received was a 934 setup ink on 6th January, 2017, which has less ink than the normal ink which has less than the XL version I had ordered. Sent an email, complaining about it. Answer was your order is cancelled, and how do you want the refund. Refund will be given after pickup of the item. The pick-up receipt also says 'picked up 934XL'. So on record, except for my saying I got a 934 setup there is no proof. There is no way to get Amazon to understand they shipped the wrong item. Also HP tells me one cannot use the 914 setup cartridge!
This update on January 12, 2017: After last evening's horrible experience, I ordered a cartridge from HP. It arrived at 10 am, no hassles, no mistakes!
I placed an order for three types of fire extinguishers. One type was delivered. The second type was promised a few days later (and it arrived fine). On the delivery date of the third one, I got a call from someone (not Amazon, maybe third party logistics partner. He said we have a better product, can we ship that. I said, no I want the brand (a known brand) I ordered. I got another call the next day, and same conversation. Then I find Amazon cancels the order, claiming I had cancelled it. Refunds take forever.
I placed an order for a phone. It arrived and I was not home, but my wife was. Amazon would not deliver it to her. She said I would be home in 5 minutes (which was true). He would not wait and said he would come back. When, he did not know, maybe tomorrow. I had no way of finding out or tracking the last mile of the delivery.
You cannot get too big and too automated to ignore the customer's problems.
And when you have a two way communicating system you cannot allow the customer only to answer from drop down menus where his/her problem does not exist or he cannot explain it.
Amazon and others have to learn from this, or else they will go downhill. Or as Donough Obrien wrote: Banana Skins: The Secrets of the Slip-ups and Screw-ups That Brought the Famous Down to Earth.
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Faith Stories--Pastor Greg Berger
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By Hope Schreiner
Hello Messiah family! A couple of weeks ago, I sat down with our very own Pastor Greg Berger to talk about his faith journey.
As many of you may already know, Greg Berger came to Messiah in July of 2000. He had been serving at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Hooper, Nebraska for six years when he felt God calling him elsewhere. A friend of his who was a pastor in Omaha said that Messiah would be a good church to look into, so Greg talked to the bishop at the time, and the rest is history. He said, "It's always about just trying to follow the Spirit's lead in these kinds of things."
What Greg admires most about Messiah is the sense of family. He said, "I think that speaks a lot to why I've been here for 20 years. It's [family] just all over what we do." He mentioned Messiah's relationship with the South Sudanese, saying that our sister parish in Tanzania "wasn't just a project that we were going to do as a church. It was really about the relationships." He also spoke fondly of Reggie and Walter, two refugees from New Orleans who came to Omaha on a plane of 160 or so others. Years later, Greg contacted the refugee coordinator, and she was surprised to find that he had stayed in contact with Reggie and Walter, saying that Messiah was the only organization that remained connected to the evacuees. Greg chuckled and said, "Well, of course! They've become our family. Like I said, it isn't a project; it's about relationships."
When asked about how he best connected with God on a daily basis, Greg said that he learned something from his pastor when he was in Auburn. He said, "It isn't so much a particular practice, but it's just that sense of awareness that God is always with me. All my conversations, in a sense, include God. I know that God's listening in. Something pops in my head, and I'm kind of like, 'Okay, God, is that a nudge from you? Is that something I should be paying attention to?' Also, being able to walk out to the mailbox and say, 'Wow, God, you really gave us a cold one today!' It's that ongoing conversation." Greg also mentioned that he does breathing prayers and practices Lectio Divina (Latin for "Divine Reading") which is reading scripture in a meditative and contemplative way. Lastly, he laughed and said, "Going outside and mowing the yard is a kind of physical prayer, a movement prayer. Some people do that with dance or yoga or tai chi, but my movement prayer is digging in the yard or mowing grass."
Greg has felt God's astounding presence most notably when in community with others. He said, "When you're in a group where you're sharing something or praying together, you're experiencing grace through community." He also somberly shared that the most powerful place he experiences God's presence is when he has the distinct honor of being present at someone's death. "I think it's because all of our walls and our ideas and our presuppositions about how things should be just get crushed, you know? And there's kind of nothing there except to just experience God's presence."
There are many people in Greg's life who have had a significant impact on his faith journey, most notably his old pastor in Auburn. Through him, Greg learned about God's constant and comforting presence. He taught Greg to live by faith in everything he did, every day. He was also the first person to tell Greg that God was calling him to the ministry. Greg also said that, most recently, he has a great deal of respect and admiration for the ELCA bishop Brian Maas. "On the one side, he's very vulnerable, and on the other side, he is such an intellectual, and the way he thinks through things is really helpful to me in my leadership and my faith life."
There are 31,102 verses in the Bible, but when asked to pick his favorite, Greg did not hesitate to pull one out. He laughed and said, "Well, of course, I don't just say it because it's the easy one, but John 3:16 is really just the whole thing in one verse, in one sentence really. That God so loved the world that he gave his only son. And that really encapsulates everything about scripture in one verse." He also recited a verse from Romans 8: "It's Paul saying that nothing can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Nothing. And that is always something I cling to, especially on the bad days, on days when I'm filled with doubt and questioning. That there's nothing, not even my doubts or questions or struggles, that can separate me from God's love."
If you want to share your faith story with the people of Messiah, please email Hope at [email protected]!
Faith Stories--Lynn Smith
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Ajman: Drones fitted with infrared video cameras are taking to the skies in a bid to catch reckless drivers and improve road safety in Ajman, a police official said.
The take photos and videos of violating vehicles in addition to monitoring roads and finding reasons behind traffic jams and accidents.
Major Saif Al Falasi, deputy director of Ajman Police Traffic Department, told Gulf News that a total of 2,000 traffic violations were recorded by the drones since their launch in March.
The violations included driving on the road hard shoulder, failure to maintain lane discipline and obstructing traffic.
Ajman Police is the first police department in the UAE to use drones to patrol traffic on the emirate's roads.
The drones are fitted with cameras which allow police to read licence plates, spot traffic breaches, and detect structural faults on the roads.
The drones also could be used to monitor problem areas such as zones affected by floods or other natural disasters.
Major Al Falasi said the drones take video footage of accidents and identify locations with major traffic jams to help patrol cars clear these areas and carry out their duties more effectively.
He said the drones can shoot pictures of emergency situations that are sometimes inaccessible for photographers, such as certain traffic accidents and fire incidents. The drones can operate round-the-clock with high efficiency and capture images and videos from very far.
He said the newly developed drones can live-stream the images and videos of the emergency situations to patrol vehicles and senior officers at the central operations room, which help them take appropriate decisions immediately.
The police had received a number of complaints about traffic jams in and around the school zone. The police deployed the drone and found an immediate solution to the problem. Now the traffic flow is smooth in the area, he added.


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From 2000 to 2016, more than two-thirds of patient safety measures were improving overall. Measures showing the most improvement included reduced adverse events among hospital patients receiving knee and hip joint replacement. (Source: National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report Chartbook on Patient Safety, October 2018.
In 2017, there were 951,000 active medical doctors in the United States. In 2016 (the latest year for which statistics were available), there were 2.9 million registered nurses, 2.4 million health technologists and 2.6 million nursing and other aides. An additional 361,000 health practitioners provided care, including more than 104,000 physician assistants. (Source: 2017 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report.
For the nine most commonly treated conditions among U.S. adults in 2013, the highest average expenses per person were for the treatment of heart conditions ($3,794 per person), trauma-related disorders ($3,070) and diabetes ($2,565). (Source: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Statistical Brief #487: Expenditures for Commonly Treated Conditions among Adults Age 18 and Older in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2013.
The overall hospital costs of treating patients with HIV fell by 12 percent between 2006 and 2013, from $3.2 billion to $2.8 billion. (Source: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Statistical Brief #206: HIV Hospital Stays in the United States, 2006–2013.


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Application: Coating on PET Film for Transfer Metalization & Transfer Printing.
Specific Advantages: Good Releasing Property.
From a modest and humble beginning in 1990, CHEMLINE has emerged as one of the India's No. 1 manufacturers and exporter of a wide range of Adhesive, Adhesive & Coating, Industrial Adhesives, Coatings, Varnishes, Glues & Hotmelts. These are mainly used in Bottle labelling , Hygiene Industry, Shoe Industry and in many more industries.
CHEMLINE INDIA LIMITED, the flagship company of CHEMLINE GROUP, manufactures a complete range of world class Adhesives and Coatings for Paper-Printing, Packaging and Converting Industry, Flexible Packaging Industry, Hygiene Industry, Labelling Adhesives for Breweries, Distilleries and Pharma Industries, Shoe and other miscellaneous industries.
Starting with its marketing activity in India, CHEMLINE has expanded into more than 30 Countries including Europe & America and now has a wide network of offices, distributors and agents all over the globe.
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A Technocrat and a Scientist with Doctorate in Polymer Technology, I am myself leading the R&D wing of the company. I have a zeal for research work and as such am deeply involved in the Development Activity. CHEMLINE is managed by more than 200 motivated and professional technocrats and managers with long experiences in their fields of specialization. Many more are there in its marketing network of distributors and agents to provide services to its customers across the world.
DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT, MANUFACTURE, MARKETING AND SUPPLY OF INDUSTRIAL ADHESIVES, COATINGS, VARNISHES, LACQUERS AND CONSTRUCTION CHEMICALS.
We have recently diversified in the fields of Construction Chemicals and Automotive Chemicals and shall continue to explore the new horizons in order to serve the industries better. We are doing our bit to conserve the environment by going green.


My name is Mike Weland, I'm zoning administrator and public information officer for Boundary County, Idaho, and a long-time professional writer and editor.
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I'm a computer geek of long-standing, having made the shift from an old Underwood to the miraculous Royal 7000 Word Processor as a military clerk with the 82nd Airborne in 1981; I "digitized" my unit on 5 1/4" floppy disks and went on to program slide shows for top brass on the venerable Apple IIe.
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Please let me know if and how I might be of help ... and please recognize that as a special assignment reporter, I work best when given a specific assignment ... the more arcane the better.
If there is a particular area or topic you would like covered, I would appreciate the chance to tackle it.
> My name is Mike Weland, I'm zoning administrator and public information officer for Boundary County, Idaho, and a long-time professional writer and editor.
> Having recently switched from Microsoft Office to Open Office, I am impressed and appreciative, and willing to assist in the endeavor to write the users manual ... or any other wordsmith tasks you might have.
> I'm a computer geek of long-standing, having made the shift from an old Underwood to the miraculous Royal 7000 Word Processor as a military clerk with the 82nd Airborne in 1981; I "digitized" my unit on 5 1/4" floppy disks and went on to program slide shows for top brass on the venerable Apple IIe.
> I rarely touched a computer after leaving the Army in 1983, but fell back into it when I became a reporter in Bonners Ferry in 1991, not from the programming side, but from the application user's side. I've set up and upgraded relational databases in FileMaker Pro, and I've built and maintained numerous web sites dedicated to publishing news and information.
> I'm an expert at interview, I know how to research and I know how to write. If there is anything I can do to further the Open Office mission, I am willing to contribute.
> Please let me know if and how I might be of help ... and please recognize that as a special assignment reporter, I work best when given a specific assignment ... the more arcane the better.
> If there is a particular area or topic you would like covered, I would appreciate the chance to tackle it.


Joseph Pierce Farrell is an internationally recognized pioneer in the study of human consciousness. He is the Director of the Global Health Institute, an organization dedicated to advancing the integration of healthcare, and is the recipient of the nation's first endowed Chair in Consciousness Studies. He is an advisor to the United Nations NGO Committee on Spirituality, Values, and Global Concerns.


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Digital Bros S.p.A. (in precedenza Halifax), è un'azienda italiana che si occupa della distribuzione e produzione di videogiochi per console, PC e cellulari, fondata nel 1988 a Milano. Tramilte la sua controllata 505 Games fondata nel 2007, si occupa della pubblicazione di videogiochi sul mercato mondiale.

Storia

I primi anni
Digital Bros venne fondata nel 1988 dai fratelli Abramo e Raffaele Galante. Nei primi anni di attività, la Società, attraverso il brand Halifax, si aggiudica i diritti di distribuzione per mercato italiano di alcuni dei successi videoludici internazionali; come Pro Evolution Soccer, Tomb Raider e Resident Evil.

Subito dopo la fondazione ha raggiunto un accordo con SEGA per distribuire giochi Master System, Mega Drive e Saturn in Italia, fino al 1996.

Nel 1999 lancia il canale televisivo, pan-europeo: G@me Network il primo dedicato alla community del gaming. Disponibile sulle piattaforme satellitari TELE+ Digitale e Stream TV ed in seguito, su Sky Italia. Cessa le trasmissioni nel 2008.

Anni 2000: 505 Games ed espansione globale
Nel 2000, la Società si quota in Borsa sul segmento STAR Milan di Euronext Borsa Italiana.

Nel 2007 Digital Bros fonda 505 Games, divisione internazionale che si occupa di editare videogiochi e apre le prime sedi internazionali negli Usa, Regno Unito, Francia, Germania e Spagna.

Anni 2010/2020: le acquisizioni
A partire dal 2010, La società  si espande e rafforza la propria presenza nel settore videoludico attraverso il canale digitale. Inoltre nasce 505 Mobile, la divisione di Digital Bros dedicata al mobile-gaming. .

Con la digitalizzazione del Gruppo aumenta la sua presenza livello internazionale, aprendo sedi sedi a Hong Kong, Cina e Giappone con l'obbiettivo di ampliare la propria presenza sui mercati asiatici.

A partire dalla metà del decennio 2010, il gruppo avvia una serie di acquisizioni volte al rafforzamento della azienda, transizionando da solo publisher ad anche lo sviluppo di videogiochi. Nel 2015 Digital Bros acquisisce lo studio inglese DR Studios che si occupa, principalmente, di giochi Free to Play.

Nel 2017 acqusisce Kunos Simulazioni, sviluppatore di Assetto Corsa, mentre nel 2020, il gruppo acquisisce lo studio di sviluppo Ovosonico cambiandone il nome in AvantGarden.

Nel 2021, acqusice lo studio australiano Infinity Plus. Contemporaneamente, vengono costituiti Supernova Games e Nesting Games, due nuovi studi interni al gruppo.

Controllate

 Halifax (brand)
 DR Studios
 Kunos Simulazioni S.R.L.
 AvantGarden Games
 505 Games
 InfinityPlus

Note

Collegamenti esterni

Aziende italiane di videogiochi

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Presilla might soon earn a fourth honor from the Beard Foundation. She is a semifinalist for the 2015 Outstanding Chef award. The foundation will announce all its 2015 chef and restaurant winners at a gala in Chicago on May 4.
The five honorees will bring the total inducted since the Who's Who of Food & Beverage in America began in 1984 to 230.