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A brief history of 30 birthday. web
You may have noticed that today's Google doodle celebrates the 30th anniversary of the WWW. Currently, there are more 1.5 trillion web pages* although it is believed that only 5% to 15% is activated. We use social networks, watch movies, read news.
Part of you is learning Html and want to develop in the direction webdevelopmentu, and probably not even heard the name of a physicist, father, HTML, web browsers, and the developers of the WEB Tim Bernersa Is.
The web and its history
World Wide Web (i.e. the WEBSITE) was established in 1989. Tim Berners-Lee, then a 34-year employee of the research center CERN, created the project of a completely new network information. The application and the database was originally designed to meet the demand for automated knowledge-sharing between scientists in universities and institutes around the world.
A year later, in collaboration with the Belgian Robert Cailliau naukowecem presented a construction Team project system model-based client-server, which allows getting information from hypertext (text, referring to other texts) using the created in the same year, the first browser. The first specifications for HTML, Berners-Lee published in the end of 1991.
The first web page
The first page at CERN, as the world was concerned… the World Wide Web, and it was posted by the Creator on the NeXT computer. We can assume that his computer was thus the first in the world with an Internet server.
NeXT computer, owned by Tim Berners-Lee to the Science Museum in London:
For many people the SITE is the Internet, however, this definition is identical. The WEB was service, which brings together environmental akdemickie around the world. Tim Berners-Lee saw the possibility of connecting hypertext to the Internet, but no one's ever done that before, and his idea was not met with enthusiasm. He started develop transfer Protocol documents hipertekstowych Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) and unified addressing format that is, the URLS (and URIs), you will find what you need.
The growing popularity of the web site
On 30 April 1993. CERN put the software World Wide Web free. The service was available for free on the principles of open source code (no license restrictions), which led to its popularity. Still, however, had competitors in the form of old protocols.
A little late, because in the same year was created and published the first graphical Web browser, Mosaic (formerly browsers just show the text that was not able to view graphs), becoming the next breakthrough in the development of the network, but also the further popularization WWW.
Internet connection allows you to create web servers around the world. Tim Berners-Lee after leaving CERN, he founded World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)who today is the Director. His role in the development of web standards, such as, for example, HTML) was significant. Currently promotes vision semantic network (Semantic Web).
In 2013. CERN has launched a project to restore the first web page, therefore, in the address info.CERN.ch may feel some time KLIMAT retro.
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The Sunshine Suspect
Risk II: Homing in on vitamin D
Amy Maxmen
A dearth of sunshine might hasten more than a gloomy mood. In the mid-1900s, researchers noticed that populations living farther north or south had higher rates of MS than those closer to the equator. For example, MS is seven times more prevalent in Tasmania, an island at the southern tip of continental Australia, than in Queensland, the country's "Sunshine State," which lies more than 2000 km to the north (McLeod et al., 1994). Geography provided a clue about possible risk factors for the disease, and investigators sought explanations related to latitude—such as climate, diet, sanitation, socioeconomic status, pathogens, and parasites. But interest in most of these candidates faded as studies failed to find evidence that they cause MS. The distribution of the disease cannot be explained solely by genetic variation between populations, either. Tasmanians and Queenslanders have a similar mix of ethnic backgrounds, and the risk patterns of migrants—at least up until a certain age—tend to reflect those of their new homes. For example, people who moved to Sweden from Iran at an average age of 17 developed MS at the higher Scandinavian rate (Ahlgren et al., 2010).
Based on the connection between disease and location, researchers proposed a relationship between sunlight and MS in 1960 (Acheson et al., 1960). After the 1974 discovery that the sun's ultraviolet rays trigger vitamin D synthesis, scientists began to make the case that the vitamin ties together sunshine and protection from the disease (Goldberg, 1974). An exception to the geographic trend drove the hypothesis: Norwegians who ate a lot of fish—a dietary source of vitamin D—had lower rates of MS than Norwegians who did not. With sun exposure being approximately equal, the argument went, the vitamin D contained in fish might help prevent MS.
People need to consume a tremendous amount of fish to counteract the effects of a dreary winter, however, because dietary sources of vitamin D pale in comparison to those provided by the sun. For example, a 3-ounce fillet of salmon contains about 447 international units (IU) of the compound, a cup of fortified milk has approximately 100 IU, and multivitamins include 400 to 600 IU. In contrast, 20 minutes of beach time (sans sunblock) translates to roughly 10,000 IU (Simon et al., 2011).
The sunshine vitamin has continued to provide tantalizing evidence of protection from MS, while alternative theories to account for the latitude effect have been placed on hold. "I think researchers tend to follow where the data lead them, and right now there is a lot of consistent evidence suggesting that vitamin D is associated with MS," says Kassandra Munger, an epidemiologist at Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts.
The body uses vitamin D during processes that include bone maintenance, cell proliferation, and immune regulation, but it must transform the vitamin first. When ultraviolet B rays from sunlight hit the skin, they trigger a reaction that produces vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol). It and vitamin D2, the forms also present in food and supplements, are then converted into 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) in the liver. Finally, the kidneys and other tissues turn that substance into a hormone called 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25-(OH)2D3)—the physiologically active material, which is also called calcitriol. When doctors evaluate patients' vitamin D concentrations, they use 25(OH)D because it's the most stable form.
Once investigators gained confidence that vitamin D might protect against MS, they started looking for correlations between 25(OH)D concentrations and the disease. Their results have supported the association: Individuals with the disease, on average, have smaller quantities than do healthy controls. But studying people who already have MS leaves open the possibility that something about the illness underlies the dearth of vitamin D rather than the other way around. If MS patients stay indoors more than healthy individuals, for instance, they'd likely harbor less of the vitamin. To show that a lack of the substance helps trigger the illness, researchers must establish that the vitamin was scarce before disease onset.
In 2004, Munger's team undertook the daunting task of analyzing dietary questionnaires collected from almost 200,000 women in the United States in 1980 and 1991 as part of the long-running Nurses' Health Study. A subset of the interviewees went on to acquire MS. Women who had reported taking at least 400 IU of vitamin D per day were 40% less likely to develop MS than were those who did not take supplements (Munger et al., 2004).
In a second study, Munger and her colleagues assessed circulating levels of 25(OH)D in blood samples collected from 771 healthy military personnel before some of them acquired MS (Munger et al., 2006). The researchers divided the recruits into five groups, using 25(OH)D levels among the people who did not develop MS as the basis for the groupings. Then they looked at people who had come down with the disease. White individuals in the highest quintile of vitamin D levels turned out to have a 60% reduced risk of MS compared to white individuals in the lowest quintile. No black and few Hispanic subjects had high levels of vitamin D; therefore, the researchers were unable to determine whether larger concentrations correlated with lower MS rates in these populations.
D's modus operandi
How vitamin D might keep MS at bay, whether it can help treat people who already have the disease, and how much would be needed for preventive or therapeutic use remains unknown. People deficient in vitamin D (below 20 nanograms of 25(OH)D per milliliter of blood) are at risk of osteoporosis, rickets, and thin, brittle bones—and the nutrient's role in maintaining skeletal health is fairly well understood. In contrast, although vitamin D participates in a variety of processes, it's unclear whether more than 20 ng/ml is required to alter these functions in a way that defends against nonskeletal disease.
Because MS involves aberrations in the immune system, researchers have been probing how the vitamin influences cells and pathways there. In general, the active form of vitamin D exerts its physiological effects through the vitamin D receptor, which turns genes on and off when stimulated. A number of vitamin-gene interactions are currently under investigation. For example, vitamin D appears to activate at least one gene variant associated with the disease, HLA-DRB1*1501 (Ramagopalan et al., 2009). In general, evidence suggests that the vitamin tames harmful inflammation; it could do so by rousing the suppressive side of the immune system, by reining in the inflammatory side, or by deploying both mechanisms simultaneously.
In one report, higher quantities of circulating vitamin D correlated with stronger regulatory T cell function in adult MS patients (Smolders et al., 2009). In another study—on cultured T cells from MS patients—the active form of the vitamin, calcitriol, boosted the number of cells that make inflammation-suppressing proteins and slashed the number of cells that make proinflammatory ones (Correale et al., 2009).
Calcitriol also guards against a disease called experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) that mimics some aspects of MS in rodents (Hayes, 2000). Last year, a study on mice with this illness demonstrated one way in which calcitriol dampens inflammation: It binds to a vitamin D receptor that controls the IL-17 gene and thereby curbs production of interleukin-17, a protein that incites immune activity (Joshi et al., 2011). Research also suggests that the anti-inflammatory protein interleukin-10 might be involved, as the vitamin fails to halt EAE in mice that lack the IL-10 gene (Spach et al., 2006). Additionally, calcitriol stunts the production of a protein that directs inflammatory T cells toward the central nervous system—an essential step in the initiation of EAE (Chang et al., 2010).
In patients, these anti-inflammatory effects might avert relapses (Munger et al., 2011). One study found that the amount of circulating vitamin D in children with MS correlates inversely with the number of relapses they suffer (Mowry et al., 2010). Scientists are currently running at least three double-blinded, randomized, controlled clinical trials that involve vitamin D supplements. They aim to determine whether supplements, in addition to MS therapy, can decrease relapses or the number of new and expanding brain lesions in relapsing-remitting MS patients. Thus far, results from a study of 23 patients suggest that a high daily dose of vitamin D provides no therapeutic benefit over a lower dose (Stein et al., 2011). However, the trial does not put an end to the story, as it was small and ran for only 6 months (Solomon, 2011). Merck is sponsoring perhaps the largest trial, called SOLAR, to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of a 6670-IU vitamin D3 dose as an add-on treatment to interferon β-1a (Rebif) in 384 European patients. Researchers should know the results by March 2014 (www.clinicaltrials.gov; NCT01285401). If this work shows that vitamin D stifles relapses, it will mean much to MS patients, but it won't address whether the vitamin prevents the disease.
Insight into how vitamin D might ward off MS could potentially come from researchers in fields such as type 1 diabetes, asthma, and tuberculosis. Like MS, these diseases involve the immune system and have been linked with vitamin D insufficiency through observational studies and laboratory experiments. Scientists suggest that because vitamin D tempers inflammatory reactions, it could protect against onset or exacerbation of these diseases.
As part of their investigations into vitamin D's relation to MS, researchers are trying to figure out when the substance's influence tips the inflammatory balance away from MS. "Vitamin D's effects on the promotion of suppressor molecules is reasonably well validated," says Graeme Stewart, an immunologist at the University of Sydney in Australia. "But it is difficult to be certain that this makes a difference in MS because we don't know when in life the predominant activities of vitamin D occur. Some say in utero, some say in early adolescence, and there's evidence that it's an immunomodulator once the disease is ongoing."
Observational studies have yielded ambiguous results on the matter of timing. Some research suggests that the protective power of vitamin D occurs before adulthood, as older migrants retain the risk of their homeland. On the other hand, some reports suggest that not just young people but also adults can alter their risk by moving to a sunnier locale (Hammond et al., 2000). Studies based on birthdays suggest that the vitamin's impact begins in the womb. In Scotland, individuals born in April, after the winter, have twice the rate of MS as those born after the summer (Willer et al., 2005). To confirm the gestational association, epidemiologist Alberto Ascherio of the Harvard School of Public Health is sifting through roughly 300 records maintained in Finland on the 25(OH)D levels of pregnant women. More than 40 years have passed since this information was gathered in the 1960s, allowing Ascherio to assess whether the individuals who acquired MS as adults were born to mothers with unusually low concentrations of vitamin D. He says he hopes to have results by 2014.
Despite uncertainty regarding its mechanism, vitamin D is currently the best candidate for preventing MS. Unlike investigators' other leads, its levels can be altered inexpensively with supplements. However, no large, controlled clinical trials have directly tested the hypothesis that supplements can prevent MS or any other nonskeletal disease. These trials are essential, because observational studies don't allow researchers to draw conclusions about causation; too many confounding factors obscure results. For example, vitamin D might reflect good overall health rather than contribute to it. People who walk to work rather than drive or who participate in outdoor sports might well have higher vitamin D levels than their neighbors who do not, says JoAnn Manson, an epidemiologist at Harvard Medical School in Boston. Health benefits could result from the physical activity rather than the vitamin D, she says.
Without clinical trials or a wealth of well-designed observational studies that can rule out such alternative explanations, a national panel in the United States, put together by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), decided that the evidence is inconclusive about whether a relatively large intake of vitamin D can prevent nonskeletal diseases. Based on the scientific literature on bone health, the panel recommended 400 to 600 IU of vitamin D per day in individuals aged 1 through 70 (400-800 IU in those over 70) in its November 2010 report. In addition, it warned that daily supplements greater than 4000 IU could cause long-term harm. Certain studies suggest that people with high blood levels of vitamin D are at risk of falls and urinary tract stones. Moreover, the panel set an upper limit because the long-term effects of high doses have not been systematically assessed. Even a slight chance of risk would be unacceptable when it comes to advising hundreds of thousands of healthy people.
The report stirred up a storm of criticism. Many researchers countered that higher doses than those recommended by the panel are needed to prevent nonskeletal diseases. They dispute the evidence of harm and argue that observational studies supporting vitamin D's protective role in MS, certain cancers, asthma, diabetes, tuberculosis, and a dozen other maladies warrant recommendations of at least 1000 IU daily.
The evidence for taking supplemental doses greater than 4000 IU is strong enough, given how simple and safe vitamins are to take, says George Ebers, a neurologist at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics in the United Kingdom. He disagrees with warnings that too much vitamin D can be dangerous and advocates increased food fortification. "It's an equation including costs and benefits," Ebers says. "For some of us, that equation is easy." Edward Giovannucci, a nutritional epidemiologist at Harvard School of Public Health, says the panel's admonition that high-dose supplements could be dangerous was unwarranted, given that it was primarily based on one clinical trial that found harm in a single annual dose of 500,000 IU, which far exceeds what people normally process in one day. The idea behind supplementation, Giovannucci says, is to compensate for what humans no longer make now that outside activities such as hunting and gathering have been replaced with earning money in factories and offices, and spending it in malls and grocery stores.
The IOM report reinforced a realization that had been growing among vitamin D proponents for years: Changing national guidelines on vitamin D intake—and proving that higher doses are safe—would require a randomized, controlled trial. In December 2011, MS researchers from across the globe gathered in Chicago for the first meeting of the "Vitamin D Summit Task Force," organized by the U.S. National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Their task—to design a feasible trial on vitamin D prevention of MS—presents a daunting challenge. MS might take 30 years to develop after inadequate vitamin D in utero or early childhood, but a 30-year clinical trial is impractical, given the expense. Second, about 7.5 people per 100,000 are diagnosed with the disease each year in the United States, according to a Mayo Clinic report in 2000. Therefore, to show a significant change in the rate of MS, the ideal trial would enroll hundreds of thousands of participants. Again, the larger the trial, the more it costs.
To limit enrollment to several thousand individuals, the group considered the possibility of recruiting people at high risk of the disease: those with siblings or parents who have MS. Finally, because no one knows when vitamin D protects against MS, the researchers discussed dividing participants into age groups and supplementing each group for 5 years. People in the treatment arm would be given 4000 IU daily. Committees that evaluate the ethics of clinical trials should readily approve that dose because it's no higher than the upper limit set by the IOM, says Gavin Giovannoni, a neurologist at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry in the United Kingdom and a task force member. However, if approval weren't a concern, he says, the task force would have tested a higher dose, perhaps 10,000 IU, a dose more likely to produce results. In any case, these ideas will evolve. "It will take 3 or 4 years for us to get the study design sorted out and the funding in place, but we are all very determined," says Giovannoni (who is also an MSDF scientific adviser). "We have to do this. We think it's essential to have class one evidence—a randomized, controlled clinical trial—to convince the world to take vitamin D."
Key open questions
At what stage or stages of life do high levels of vitamin D help protect a person from multiple sclerosis?
Can vitamin D supplements prevent MS? If so, when are they most effective?
Research suggests that vitamin D dampens excessive inflammation. Do people with low levels of vitamin D react differently to infections than people with high levels of vitamin D?
Does vitamin D strengthen a regulatory T cell response in healthy people? Is this response defective in people who later acquire MS?
At what dose, if any, do vitamin D supplements become dangerous?
Can vitamin D prevent relapses in people who have MS? If so, what doses are effective?
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Patient page. Multiple sclerosis and vitamin D.
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IL-10 signaling is essential for 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3-mediated inhibition of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.
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A Few More Kicks on Route 66
In 2013, I posted a blog about an episode of the old TV series, Route 66, being filmed in Page. You can see that post >HERE<. If Route 66 was before your time, it was a show about two guys – Tod (with one "d") and Buz (with one "z") – driving the old Route 66 in a cool Corvette Stingray and doing stuff. You may know Route 66 as Interstate 40. Season One, Episode Nine of Route 66 was filmed in Page and at the Glen Canyon Dam site when it was under construction. This episode aired on November 2, 1960 and was entitled, Layout at Glen Canyon. Construction on the dam was in its early stages and the bridge dedication took place the year before.
In this post, I want to tease out a little more trivia by way of some still images I made of the show while watching it. Some of these are little blurry but clear enough to see what's going on. Enjoy!
This first image above is one I used on the original post in 2013. They're filming the scene where the women are getting off the plane. Click this image and enlarge it. Take a look at the all the details and notice the sign on the side of the truck. I'm not sure what the thing on the cart is. Careful leaning on that Corvette, people! We lived at the airport (literally) and this scene wasn't too far from our trailer's front door. But I don't remember them making this show. Here are some stills from the show:
This early scene shows Tod (Martin Milner of Adam-12 fame) and Buz (George Maharis) in a deep discussion just before the models get on the bus to be escorted to where they are staying, which was a couple of trailers somewhere near where the "P" is painted along US89. You can see Manson Mesa in the background of the scenes filmed at those trailers if you watch the show. In the picture above, the line of trailers is P Street, the last street of the MCS trailer court, next to the airport. Our trailer was to the right of this picture right behind (literally!) the hanger. Here's a wider shot of the same area:
The picture above is a wider shot of the trailers behind the airport along P Street. The dirt driveway that Tod and Buz are headed to was the entrance off of P Street to the airport and the driveway to our trailer to the right of this picture. Here's another action shot of the same scene: Continue reading "A Few More Kicks on Route 66"
Route 66: Season One, Episode Nine
A scene from season 1, episode 9 of Route 66 filmed in Page.
Photographer and date unknown.
There were a lot of movies and a handful of TV episodes filmed in the Page area in those early years. The ones that stand out to me while growing up there were The Greatest Story Ever Told, Planet of the Apes, Easy Rider, and later, The Outlaw Jose Wales. But who could forget the epic TV series, Route 66, starring Martin Milner of Adam-12 fame and…. that other guy. What was his name? Oh yea, George Maharis. In the series, they were Tod (with one d) and Buz (with one z). They drove the old Route 66 in that cool Stingray and did things.
Season 1, episode 9 was filmed in Page. The first picture below captured the filming of one of the scenes at or near the airport. The cool Stingray is sitting there, waiting for action. This episode aired on November 2, 1960 and was entitled, Layout at Glen Canyon. If this scene was shot at the airport, I lived a stone's throw from where it was filmed. Check it out…
I grabbed the screen shot below from the IMDB web site when I searched for Route 66. It filled in some of the gaps for me. Unfortunately, I can't find that episode anywhere. Netfix only has the first two episodes of season one. I sure would like to watch it. If any of you come across it, please let me know.
I know I said I wasn't going to blog anything here until after December, but this was too good to wait. Enjoy!


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Connecticut River Ride
(Approx. 140 miles)
This ride follows the Connecticut River along the western border of New Hampshire from the junction of Rt. 9 in West Chesterfield to Littleton in the White Mountains.
From I-91 near the Vermont border, take Rt. 9 east to West Chesterfield; turn north on Main Street, which becomes River Road, and follow it north to the junction with Rt. 63. Again head north to Rt. 12, which will take you though picturesque Walpole. North of historic Charlestown, pick up Rt. 12A, which winds through a hilly landscape. Follow NH 12A North from Charlestown, and at the intersection of NH 12 and 12A follow NH 12 directly into downtown Claremont.
Take a left out of the Waypoint Center in Claremont and follow North Street to the intersection of NH 12. Follow NH 12 under the railroad trestle to the junction of NH 12 and NH 12A. Take NH 12A north past the Cornish-Windsor Bridge and Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site.
In Lebanon, take Rt. 10 north through Hanover, a beautiful college town, to Lyme and Orford- home of the Seven Swans, said to be the finest group of Federal-style houses in the United States.
Continue on to Haverhill and Woodsville, where you'll pick up Rt. 135. It joins Rt. 18 west of Littleton, a bustling town and great ending for a scenic ride, where you can join the Multi-Notch Mountain Ride. Or you can continue on Rt. 135 to Lancaster and Groveton, two fascinating towns some say are lost in time; in Groveton you can join the Great North Woods Ride.
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The Clinic has a significant interest in the interpretation and application of legislation addressing allowing for the summary dismissal of strategic lawsuits against public participation ("SLAPP"). Retaliatory suits are often used by perpetrators of violence to suppress survivors from reporting or seeking help and support from others.
Submission to the UN Commission on the Status of Women regarding the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.
The Clinic's submission pertains to Section 108(1) (a) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act in which a "claim for refugee protection shall be rejected, and a person is not a Convention refugee or a person in need of protection," if, "the person has voluntarily reavailed themself of the protection of their country of nationality." The Act, in our experience, discriminates against women who are victims of domestic violence in failing to consider the lived realities of these individuals and by not reflecting a gender-sensitive based approach.
Migration Challenges and Opportunities for Canada in the 21st Century, Submission to the Federal Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, October 31
Submissions for the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, Bill C-78, October 26
BILL C-75: An Act to Amend the Criminal Code, The Youth Criminal Justice Act and other Acts, Submission to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights Studies, September 1
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Submissions to the Special Rapporteur on Migrant Rights , April 2018
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The Clinic joined as a public interest plaintiff in a claim against London Police Services: Statement of Claim, November 2017
The Clinic made submissions in support of Mandi Gray's restitution award in the case of R vs. Ururyar: Schlifer Clinic Application Record – R. v. Ururyar, Schlifer Factum, Ururyar Factum, Leave to Intervene Granted, March 2017
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Submissions to the UN Working Group on People's of African Descent, October 2016
Submissions on Regulations Amending Canada's Conditional Permanent Residence Provisions, October 2016
Canada's Immigration and Refugee Policies: Recommendations, October 2016
Status of Women Canada: Submission of the Barbra Schlifer Clinic, and Supplement to the Submission of the Barbra Schlifer Clinic, September 2016
Submissions on the Draft Update of CEDAW's General Recommendation No. 19 (1992) on Gender Based Violence against Women, September 2016
Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, September 2016
United Nations Working Group on Discrimination Against Women (UNWGDAW) Best Practices and Recommendations, September 2016
Submission of Women Against Violence Women Rape Crisis Centre and the Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic: Regarding the Honourable Justice Robin Camp, and Affidavit of Amanda Dale in Support of the Motion for Leave to Intervene, June 2016
Joint Submission of the Ad Hoc NGO Coalition to the United Nations Human Rights Council for the May 2013 Universal Periodic Review of Canada
Submission to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Immigration regarding the Committee's review of Bill C-31, April 2012
Submission to the United Nations: "The Intersection of Race and Gender in the Matter of the Canadian State's Ban on Facial Coverings During the Course of Citizenship Oaths," February 2012
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Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz: Highlights from Day 5
8/20/2017 – The thrills and spills from Day 4 continued into the final round-robin. Karjakin's surge faded, and he ended in a tie for second with Hikaru Nakamura. But neither player could catch Levon Aronian, who stayed one step ahead in the combined standings, to clinch first place overall with two rounds to spare. Garry Kasparov finally hit his stride, scoring 5½ / 9 on the final day. If the blitz were a standalone tournament, Kasparov would have been fifth. Here are some of Friday's highlights. | Photos: Lennart Ootes
Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz: Closing Ceremony and Ultimate Moves
8/19/2017 – The live action continued Saturday featuring the now-traditional trash-talk filled blitz bonanza known as Ultimate Moves. "Team Rex" squeaked out the victory after a 3/3 tie sparked an wild impromptu tiebreak game (not planned in advance), which was unceremoniously concluded by an illegal move made by Randy Sinquefield!
All Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz interviews
8/19/2017 – Following on the heels of the Sinquefield Cup, the Saint Louis Blitz and Rapid lasted just five days, with each webcast lasting about 4½ hours. Most player interviews took place at the end of the day, after the rapid or blitz games concluded. For posterity, we've once again compiled quick links to all those post-game chats with Maurice Ashley and Cristian Chirila. | Photos: Lennart Ootes
Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz: Karjakin ascendent
8/18/2017 – Reigning World Blitz Champion Sergey Karjakin dominated the first leg of the Blitz event as he scored 8 points out of a possible 9, but still pronounced that he was 'actually very angry that I didn't win my first game against Garry!' in their mutual encounter. Aronian continues to lead the overall standings comprising the score from the Rapid event as well. One more round-robin cycle of Blitz remains to be played on Friday, August 18th. | Photos: Lennart Ootes
Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz: Kasparov was "too democratic"
8/17/2017 – Where Kasparov is, there is drama. On the last day of rapid at the Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz tournament, the 13th World Champion was particularly emotive after he completely outplayed David Navara, only to spoil the game utterly. Levon Aronian leads the field alone. | Photos: Lennart Ootes
Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz: Nepomniachtchi first to clear lead
8/16/2017 – After six rounds of rapid, Nepomniachtchi leads with 4.0 / 6. He dealt the first loss to Garry Kasparov in Round 5, as the 13th World Champion sits near the bottom of the cross table. But a large group is just half point behind with 3½ points. | Photos: Lennart Ootes
Goodbye Sinquefield Cup, hello Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz
8/14/2017 – Closing the books on the Sinquefield Cup with video from the closing ceremony, and turning to the next major event right on its heels, the Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz tournament, which opens Sunday with live-streamed opening ceremony and drawing of lots. Find out who Garry Kasparov will play on Monday! | Photos: Lennart Ootes


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A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of not only attending Smak Parlour's Galentine's event, but also speaking on the panel with a few other local babes! A lot of people who didn't get to attend the event seemed interested in the info I'd shared, so I figured why not put it all together here.
trying to grow your Instagram? sharing my top tips.
"How do I grow my Instagram followers?" This question is probably one of the most commonly asked questions in pretty much every blogger or social media Facebook group that I'm in, and after writing out a response numerous times, I felt it was just worth expanding thoroughly right here. While I think people know what they truly need to do to grow their accounts, it seems they want followers to flow easily without any work. Who doesn't though? Let me be clear–that's not going to happen unless you're out here looking like Alexis Ren circa 2016.
With the algorithm working the way it is, and how saturated the internet has become with thousands of people striving for the same e-jobs, you need to put in the work. I'm not saying go crazy, but there are things you can be doing to ensure growth, and I've shared them below!!
Okay okay, I get that it's easy to hate on Instagram's algorithm (does this even impact people anymore?) and complain about how hard it is to grow your follower count, but I've been wondering: are y'all setting your feeds up for success??
Whether people like it or not, part of the job for influencers and bloggers is to create visually appealing photos that viewers want to interact with. I'm getting tired of seeing people give viewers the equivalent of zoomed in, dim-kitchen-fluorescent-lighting plain oatmeal photographs, and then complaining about lack of engagement. Would you engage with that photo? Only for a pity like y'all, and I'd definitely unfollow if that was regular content (or probably never follow in the first place). Keep those boring photos for your stories, because I'm about to help y'all hopefully never take shots like that again.
This post was written with Instagram in mind, but these tips are able to be applied to taking photographs in general, which is important for those creating blog content! I included examples of some fabulous Instagram pictures with each category, so you can see exactly what I'm explaining. Think I missed something? Let me know below!
What's that line? "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery?" While I guess that's true when it applies to copying an outfit or someone's hairstyle, when you're potentially going to impact someone's Google rankings, it's no longer as cute.
Um, excuse me, apparently February 16th was my official two year blogging anniversary! A lot of people don't know, but The Gold Sister originally started over on blogger in 2015. I kept it kind of hush-hush though, because the idea of sharing with the world made me so ridiculously nervous. I eventually realized I loved my blog name (I'm obsessed y'all), and the only person I was holding back was me by not diving in. So I bought my domain and started fresh on wordpress. You can see my very first post here.


From Meta Fit to Slimming World there are a number of classes that you can join in order to lose weight. Each of these classes has a variety of techniques that are used to help you lose weight. Both classes are just as effective but they both offer many ways that you can reduce weight. At Meta Fit classes you are mostly going to be doing workouts and other exercise activities that will help you lose weight. At Slimming World classes, you will speak about changing eating habits and substituting snacks between meals, cutting down on portion sizes and using alternatives to fatty foods when cooking.
At the gym, you can also lose weight at your own pace and in the way you want to. If you are thinking of going to the gym instead of classes then it is important that you are using the correct equipment and you understand how it can help you lose weight to see the best results. It may be better to get help from a personal trainer at the gym. This way you can ensure you are motivated to do the best you can. Personal trainers can also on the correct equipment to use in each part of the gym.
Early morning runs or jogs are a great way of losing weight. You burn a lot of energy whilst running or jogging. This can also help you to build muscles in your legs as well as be able to keep fit. Each time you go out you can change it up by increasing your speeds or by pushing yourself to go further distances until you are happy with the progress you are making.
Healthy eating is a great way to lose weight but it is also one of the most challenging ways. This is because you have to cut back on eating things you enjoy and swapping them for healthier options. It can become more challenging at meal times as you need to prepare healthy meals instead of ordering takeaways which can be more time-consuming. The longer you continue to eat healthy the more you will see improvements and it may also encourage your family members to eat healthily as well.


Any level of hearing loss can be frustrating and even devastating, but it's important to understand the different degrees of hearing loss in order to make a game plan for moving forward. Here are the 4 degrees of hearing loss and some information on how to get your hearing tested to determine what degree of hearing loss you are experiencing.
The least severe of the 4 degrees, mild hearing loss is typically diagnosed when you have difficulty hearing certain sounds when background noise is present. With this degree of hearing loss, you may have difficulty hearing and understanding people who speak in softer tones, missing low-pitch noises. You're also more likely to miss the sounds made when softer consonants are spoken. While a bit of an annoyance, this type of hearing loss doesn't usually require the use of any type of hearing aid.
People experiencing moderate hearing loss are more likely to need a hearing aid to pick up most of the sounds around them. In addition to a loss of softer consonants, even louder vowels are oftentimes difficult to pick up. If you are experiencing moderate hearing loss, a hearing aid is probably the best solution to help restore your hearing.
In addition to the loss of consonant and vowel sounds, when severe hearing loss is present, you probably struggle to hear speech without the help of a hearing aid. With the help of a powerful hearing aid, there is a chance your hearing can be restored enough to hear some sounds, however, it's more likely you'll need to rely on sign language and lip reading to communicate with others. Fortunately, you may still be able to hear some loud sounds, like a dog barking, a baby crying, and other high frequency noises.
With profound hearing loss, your main method of communication is sign language and lip reading. While you may be able to hear very loud sounds, such as an airplane, speech is typically completely inaudible.
If you suspect you're experiencing hearing loss of any kind, it's important to seek medical attention right away. Try taking an online hearing test to gauge the degree of hearing loss present, then follow up with your healthcare provider or a local Worcester audiologist for further testing. An audiologist can diagnose your condition, and then develop a plan to help you move forward and restore your hearing, or help give you the tools necessary to adapt to life without it.
You may be experiencing hearing loss, but there is still hope. Contact our Worcester audiologist today to learn more and have your hearing evaluated by a professional.


Law offices and attorneys generate tons of papers every year: pleadings, correspondence, briefs, exhibits, memos, etc. The tasks of managing and storing all this paper aren't going anywhere, which means you need supplies that will help with the storage and retrieval of documents. At StoreMoreStore, we provide solutions including Tabbies® file pocket handles.
There are many benefits for organizing your legal documents in redrope expandable folders. The expandable folders will hold more paperwork, allow for grouping of folders, and provide extra strength and durability. However, every time someone pulls on that gusset, it wears down, which means it will eventually rip or tear.
A great way to prevent gusset tearing is with Tabbies file pocket handles. Tabbies file pocket handles allow you to retrieve redrope folders with ease because they are made with Tyvek® material (the same material that is used in high quality shipping envelopes), which prevents damage to the redrope gussets.
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Take your analog processes digital – without compromise. The Nureva Wall WM408i system combines a capacitive touch surface with an ultra-short-throw HD projector to give highly collaborative teams the tools they need to deliver breakthrough results.
Wake up your walls with precise multitouch that won't let you down. The WM408i uses the same advanced technology found in the latest smartphones to give teams the touch experience they've come to expect. And by leveraging ultra-short-throw projection, it also yields the lowest price per pixel for any display technology, making it a practical solution for your meeting rooms and team spaces.
One size never fits all – and with the Nureva Wall, it doesn't have to. Create a collaborative workspace tailored to your team's needs. Nureva Wall configurations can be as small as 7' 6" (2.30 m) wide or as large as 60' (18.29 m) wide. They can span the length of a wall, be placed in a corner or wrap around an entire room for immersive visual collaboration.
With a Span subscription, you can create an unlimited number of cloud-based canvases with up to 200' (60.96 m) of digital space to visualize ideas and map processes. Use tools like notes, sketches, custom templates, screen sharing and more. Work directly on the Nureva Wall or on almost any device or display. Together, the Nureva Wall and Span Workspace give you the physical and virtual collaboration spaces you need.
The Nureva Wall can also be used with any Window® or web-based application.
Every morning the team gathers around a Nureva Wall, resolving roadblocks and sharing progress in Span Workspace. The HDL300 audio conferencing system makes it easy for two remote team members to call in. On Friday, the team will rearrange the furniture, extend a different Span canvas onto the interactive flat panel to demo work and invite stakeholders to give their real-time feedback.
It's crunch time for these students as they hit the homestretch on a semester-long project. While a few generate ideas on the Nureva Wall, others use devices to add example images to a canvas. When a group joins remotely (using the HDL300 system), there's a heated debate about next steps. But screen sharing in Span Workspace brings clarity and gets everyone on the same page.
See how the Nureva Wall and Span Workspace can accelerate your team's processes and give everyone room to visualize any idea.


Silicon (Si), dominating the platform for integrated circuitry (IC) technologies over the last 60 years, is running into fundamental physical limits with further miniaturization ("More Moore") and / or functionalization ("More than Moore"). In this respect, new material candidates must be identified to enable new innovative functions without compromising the high performance of the Si chip baseline technology. One such potential candidate is Germanium (Ge) experiencing a renaissance in modern microelectronics due to its superior optoelectronic properties with respect to Si (band gap, charge carrier mobility etc.). In consequence, Ge is a promising material for building up active photonic modules (detectors, modulators and lasers) within i.e. the "More than Moore" approach to set up true electronic – photonic integrated circuits (EPICs) [1-3]. Despite clear advantages of Ge integration in Si technology (i.e. diamond crystal structure and Si CMOS compatibility), true integration challenges need to be overcome to enable high performing optoelectronic Ge modules within Si ICs.


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Q: Teradata SQL Optimization I hope this is concise. I am basically looking for a methodology on how to improve queries after watching one of my colleagues speed up my query almost 10 fold with a quick change
I had a query that had two tables t_item and t_action
t_item is basically an item with characteristics and t_action is the events or actions that are performed on this item with a time stamp for each action each action also has an id
My query joined the two tables on id. There were also some criteria made on t_action.action_type which is free text
My simplified original query was like below
SELECT *
FROM t_item
  JOIN t_action
  ON t_item.pk = t_action.fk
WHERE t_action.action_type LIKE ('%PURCHASE%')
AND t_item.location = 'DE'

This ran OK, it came back in roughly 8 mins
My colleague changed it so that the t_action.action_type ended up in the FROM portion of the SQL. This reduced the time to 2 mins
SELECT *
FROM t_item
  JOIN t_action
  ON t_item.pk = t_action.fk
  t_action.action_type LIKE ('%PURCHASE%')
WHERE t_item.location = 'DE'

My question is, Generally, how do you know when to put limits in the FROM clause vs in the WHERE clause.
I thought that Teradata SQL optimizer does this automatically
Thank you for your help

A: In this case, you don't actually need to understand the plan. You just need to see if the two plans are the same. Teradata has a pretty good optimizer, so I would not expect there to be a difference between the two version (could be, but I would be surprised). Hence, caching is a possibility for explaining the difference in performance.
For this query:
SELECT *
FROM t_item JOIN
     t_action
     ON t_item.pk = t_action.fk
        t_action.action_type LIKE '%PURCHASE%'
WHERE t_item.location = 'DE';

The best indexes are probably on t_item(location, pk) and t_action(action_type). However, you should try to get rid of the wildcards for a production query. This makes the query harder to optimize, which in turn might have a large impact on performance.

A: I tried to create similar query but didn't see any difference in the explain plan..though record counts were less trans(15k) and accounts(10k) with indexes on Account_number. Probably what Gordon has specified , try to run the query at different time and also check explain plan for both the queries to see any difference.
Explain select * from trans t
inner join
ap.accounts a
on t.account_number = a.account_number
where  t.trans_id like '%DEP%';

  4) We do an all-AMPs JOIN step from ap.a by way of a RowHash match
     scan with no residual conditions, which is joined to ap.t by way
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Explain select * from trans t
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     of a RowHash match scan with a condition of ("ap.t.Trans_ID LIKE
     '%DEP%'").  ap.a and ap.t are joined using a merge join, with a
     join condition of ("ap.t.Account_Number = ap.a.Account_Number").
     The result goes into Spool 1 (group_amps), which is built locally
     on the AMPs.  The size of Spool 1 is estimated with no confidence
     to be 11,996 rows (1,511,496 bytes).  The estimated time for this
     step is 0.25 seconds.
  -> The contents of Spool 1 are sent back to the user as the result of
     statement 1.  The total estimated time is 0.25 seconds.

A: The general order of query processing on Teradata is :
Where/And + Joins
Aggregate
Having
Olap/Window
Qualify
Sample/Top
Order By
Format
An easy way to remember is WAHOQSOF - as in Wax On, Wax Off :)

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12 Cringe-Worthy Scenes In Hit Movies That Make You Feel Awkward
Hollywood has produced some great movies over the decades. These comprise of every genre and managed to reserve a spot for themselves in the history of the film industry for eternity. They were hit and legendary for achieving perfection in every block that builds a movie. They carefully stitched together an excellent plot with an a-list cast, script, cinematography, and more. Despite their perfection, these films weren't flawless. There contained some embarrassing moments that were overshadowed by the rest of the stardom. This article has gathered 10 cringe-worthy scenes in hit movies that make you feel awkward.
The prime antagonist, Dick Jones being caught by RoboCop was supposed to be an intense and serious moment. But it was hard to focus on the plot when Dick Jones was falling with arms longer than his legs.
One of the most hilarious and mocked scenes of the Alien has to be the one where Ash explains his orders. We knew that we were watching a lifeless dummy head until the scene literally blacks out for a second and the head gets replaced with that of Ian Holm.
The obviousness of the switch was tormenting.
E.T. The Terrestrial
We understand the need to portray government agencies as scary beings when they want to take away your alien best friend. But E.T. went overboard with that by turning the astronauts into Frankenstein.
Whosoever watched the Kingsman became an admirer of his innovative action stunts, stylish approach and witty moments. Its humor is not everyone's cup of tea as most of them are hard to catch. For instance, the code that Gary had to type to get into the cell for his an*l adventures was "2625" which also meant "an*l" in bar phones with number keypads. The awkward scene that followed blasted out of nowhere and left our jaws wide open. But well, they did warn you with 2625, didn't they?
The self-healing scene in "The Terminator" was cringe-worthy back in 1984 just as it is now. Fans will always cheer the classic sci-fi movie but can never get over the wax or rubber doll face of Arnold Schwarzenegger when he was fixing his eye.
James Cameron invested plenty of time and effort to film the Hollywood legend "Titanic". He is a man known for perfection and fastidiousness but surprisingly didn't bother to check the awkward VFX moments. These special effects were horrible even by the standards of 1997. Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet's stunt doubles could be easily spotted in between scenes. But the worst was the CGI people and Captain on the ship who looked like video game characters.
The Matrix was a sci-fi super hit that changed the beliefs and reservations of the directors regarding this genre. From special effects to the dystopian plot where humans are trapped inside a cyber-world and controlled by machines, it was a scifi from top to bottom. But amidst the chaos when the sentinels attack, a kiss becomes prioritized and then out of nowhere it turns into a Disney fairytale where the guy comes to life after a true love's kiss.
The only thing in this movie to win the audience and become iconic was Charlton Heston's uncontrollable laugh. This laughter has led to a plethora of memes that clearly defines our wonderful lives.
What was Tobey Maguire thinking about while giving this meme-inducing expression? Spider-Man 2 was going pretty well with the plot and special effects until the ceiling was about to fall on Mary Jane. Peter Parker's demonic scream will be on the internet for eternity. In fact, Tobey Maguire became the king of funny expressions and memes during his Spider-Man days.
The Dark Knight trilogy was an epic masterpiece until Christopher Nolan released the third film. Out of several things, the most WTF moment was Talia al Ghul's death scene. It was one of the worst and hilarious death scenes ever played by an Oscar-winning actress.
Pulp Fiction is undoubtedly one of the greatest classics and flawless action films by Quentin Tarantino. Well, everything was flawless until the director made his unnecessary cameo. Not only were his dialogues awkward but even his acting performance and expressions were painful.
"You Only Live Twice" was the fifth James Bond film that starred Sean Connery. The director's efforts to give it a dark and thrilling theme were totally ruined by Sean Connery's not-so-convincing Japanese disguise. We couldn't help but laugh like Charlton Heston in this.
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Afeni Shakur is being appreciated in North Carolina.
Tupac Shakur's early collaborator DJ King Assassin blessed fans with the original version of 2Pac's "Dear Mama."
Afeni Shakur Davis, the mother of the late rhymer Tupac Shakur, has passed away Sausalito, Calif., on Monday (May 2). She was 69.
The filming of Tupac Shakur's death scene for 'All Eyez on Me' was so real that local reporters in Las Vegas thought an actual shooting occurred.
Tupac Shakur spills out his heart out in an unearthed love letter to his high school crush.
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It was only lying if she asked, right? I gulped anyway. The clock hovering high above the blackboard ticked on through eternity, but in slow motion. Reading time in my first-grade class lasted 15 minutes, but that was a long 15 minutes for a kid like me who could hardly read.
I broke the 15 minutes up into 2 parts: picking out a book and then conducting my great charade. Roughly 5 minutes were dedicated to picking out a book. Other kids brought books from home, or picked a book from the teacher's library and read it every day for weeks until they finished it. But I didn't have that luxury.
I wasn't about to read Dr. Seuss; that was for little kids. I wanted to read, or appear to read, chapter books. However, that was very difficult because most just had pictures on the covers and chapter breaks. So, if I really, really, really took my time, I could still only make a chapter book last about five to ten minutes; then, my 7-year-old brain needed a change of scenery.
That was why I picked out a new book at the beginning of each session. Eventually, the teacher would hurry me along, and I'd end up at my seat hunting for pictures.
My finger raced under each line on the page and I mumbled to myself like I saw some of the other kids doing.
My teacher was always "amazed" by how quickly I finished each book. What took the other kids weeks to do I accomplished in 10 minutes. Sometimes my teacher would test my reading comprehension, and I would have to describe in great detail the stories as I imagined them to be from the pictures I'd seen.
I always got away with it, but I did have a few close calls, like the time I described a book that she had actually read herself. I quickly recovered by offering several logical explanations for the apparent discrepancies. Perhaps, I suggested, the book was different now, or maybe she had forgotten the stories because she read them so long ago, or maybe I was confusing what I had just read with some other book.
Back then, I thought I was very sneaky, but now I realize she must have known my secret. At times, she called me to her desk and tried to help me read. However, with so many other kids, there wasn't enough time to catch me up.
The sad thing about school is that once you get behind, there is a snowball effect. By the third grade, I was several years behind my peers. I took a standardized test and was finally discovered.
I did everything right. I moved my finger under the lines and mumbled random words, and even filled in C whenever I didn't know the answer. Yet, when the scores came back, my reading comprehension was off the chart, but in the wrong direction.
Now, you'd think that the school would have rushed to catch me up; but that didn't happen. During reading time, I was sent with two other students to a trailer out back behind the school. There I received "special" help, yet it wasn't any help at all. We read the same book as the other kids, but within a few weeks we were several chapters behind them. Soon, I realized the goal was not to catch me up. Actually, it felt like the opposite – they were letting me go.
They treated me with kid gloves; they talked slower; they demanded very little. In short, they made me feel stupid. And not stupid in an insulting way, but in a decisive and diagnostic way. I began to hate reading.
Luckily, a year later I moved schools. The teacher at my new school didn't know how "slow" I was. She accidentally put me in a normal reading group and, in time, I caught up on my own. Still, it took me years to accept the fact that I was a "normal" reader.
So, if my brain could read as well as any other, where did I go wrong? It started with an assumption that my parents made – that school would teach me to read.
It was a fair assumption, and the school did try, but I sat at the back of my kindergarten learning circle with a buddy and we talked about bikes and Legos while the teacher droned on about letters and words.
That is when I began to fall between the cracks. Having daydreamed through a few lessons, I didn't understand the new ones because they built off the previous instruction. I fell farther and farther behind.
And here is the major issue: No one noticed until third grade. By then, I was waaaaaay behind my peers. And the school's solution to the problem was not to catch me up, but to slow me down! It was a bad strategy!
We aren't likely to fix our schools any time soon, and I realize that not everyone can homeschool, but we all can make sure that our own children don't fall victim to the system by teaching them to read at home before kindergarten. You simply cannot let them learn – or not learn – to read at school. It is too risky.
Reading isn't like the other subjects. It is the linchpin. If your kid can't read, or can't read very well, he will likely fall behind in other subjects, too. He won't be able to read instructions, examples, or lessons. Yet, if your child can read and he falls behind, let's say in math, he will be able to read his textbook and catch himself up. So your child's reading ability is directly tied to performance in all other subjects.
Perception and confidence are another good reason to teach your child to read at home. Before entering school, all kids think that they are geniuses thanks to their parents. But the second they enter the classroom, they begin to compare themselves to their peers.
Your kids aren't going to know that some of the other kids learned to read in preschool or at home before kindergarten. Your children will just think that they are picking it up much slower than their peers. They will think the others are fast, and then deduce that they are slow. This perception often dictates the reality.
Of course, the same is true in reverse. If your children enter the classroom as proficient readers, they will perceive that school comes naturally to them, and they will feel confident. This is such a huge advantage, and the little time and energy it takes you up front will save you countless struggles in the long run.
I recommend starting to teach your children to read around 3 or 4; that is when my children began reading. Allowing yourself such a large head start will take the pressure off. You won't have to ram reading down your children's throats the weekend before kindergarten. Instead, you will teach 15 minutes a day over the course of a year or two.
Don't think that you are depriving your children of a "childhood" by pushing them so young. If you take your time and teach casually, there won't be any added stress. And once they can read, you will see for yourself how reading actually enriches their childhoods.
I recommend getting a curriculum. There are parents who teach their children to read from random books, but it takes them longer and often creates weaker readers in the long run because there is no rhyme or reason to the instruction; too many rules are introduced all at once, and kids get confused by the constant exceptions.
Eventually,children learn to read this way, but it is often because they memorize the words, and not because they understand the phonetic sounds and rules. This limits their reading ability mostly to the words that they already know; new words are always a struggle.
I highly recommend Blue Manor's Phonics Reading Set. It requires no lesson plans or teaching experience; it is super-simple to teach; and it has kids reading their first words in just a few minutes. It is also the most affordable.
My second recommendation is Usborne books Starting to Read Set. The books are beautiful and fun, and your kids will love reading them! However, it is more expensive than Blue Manor's phonics curriculum, so if money is tight, Blue Manor is the way to go.
If you have any questions, please ask. I'd love to help. I'd also love to hear your thoughts, comments, and advice! Happy teaching!
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We used Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons, and it was amazing. My daughter doesn't sound out words like her peers, she just reads (she was ready proficiently by the time she turned 4). And my sister used the same book, and I see the same in my niece.
I tell my daughter all the time that if you can read well, you can learn anything! Nothing's out of your reach, because there are books and articles about everything. She gets so excited about how much she can learn!
Nice Blog Post BrittonL. I always teach my son to learn things while playing. Because fun always help in things easily and deeply.
Great story. Making reading fun is the best way to get your child interested. You should never rely solely on the school to teach them. Thanks for sharing.
Drew recently posted…Myth #1: You need to wait until 2nd or 3rd grade to see if your child will learn to read.
Interesting story and advice. My 3-year-old is starting to read the way you describe, using a phonics curriculum. He enjoys it and asked to learn, so we just do ten minutes a day, alongside hours of play. There's no pressure. Thanks for sharing your experience and recommendations.
This is a great example of the importance of parents taking control of educating their children. I will keep these phonics programs in mind when I start with my youngest. Thanks for the information!
My daughter started in public school for kindergarten. They pushed sight words and never taught phonics. She left that year frustrated when we read at home because she didn't know the words. We are using All About Reading now and working with phonics and it is an amazing difference.
Sadly, there are many learning experiences children should never first encounter in school, yet many parents just assume that the schools know what they are doing when, more often than not, nothing could be further from the truth.
Thank you for posting this! My husband and I were always the kids who just "got" everything we were taught in school, so I've always been a little anxious about what to do if my kids had a hard time learning how to read.
I will definitely check out some of these materials.
So many times, parents also need to play a bill role in teaching their children on how to read from home. Delegating the responsibility to teachers alone is bad.


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601/602 Tax Revolt: Human service agencies brace for the worst
CASTEN — Oct 24th, 1993
By Elena Castaneda
Sun Staff
At Kitsap Mental Health Services, director Larry Keller often voices frustration at the amount of paper work to keep up with state and federal regulations.
The paper work, Keller says, takes away from the amount of time his staff spends with patients; it takes away from the number of people his office serves.
But though he might be frustrated by state regulations, Keller is adamant that initiatives 601 and 602 are not the answeb to reforming government and cutting bureaucratic red tape.
"Initiatives 601 and 602 will, in all probability, cause immeasurable collateral damage," he said. "When the dust clears, I project there will be the same amount of red
ape and regulators but many less community mental health workers."
Proponents of both initiatives feel their efforts will cut government waste. But Keller and other representatives of social service agencies fear the initiatives will cut services, not waste.
Roxanne Bryson, director of the Holly Ridge Center, a center for the developmentally disabled, says, "We're pretty worried in that last year our (state) funding was almost eliminated. Last July, instead of being eliminated, it was cut 8 percent, and we were able to find the additional money."
Because funding for the center was on the list of possible cuts last session, Bryson fears that if 602 passes and tax increases are rolled back, the center's funding will be among the first to go.
Half of the budget for the center comes from the state, about $450,000. If cut, Bryson says she would have a "tremendous downsizing" in services -- administrative costs make up 11 percent of her budget.
Marjorie Hufault, 602 campaign coordinator, argues cuts in the budget don't have to translate to cuts in social services.
"What the government has to look at is waste and inefficiency. (The initiatives) don't say anything about cutting social services.
"hen this passes, and I do believe it will pass, we've got to be on the same side," she said.
But Larry Eyer, executive director of Kitsap Community Action Program, says, "It's naive to think that programs aren't going to be cut in a major way when there's that much money coming out of the budget."
Eyer estimates that KCAP serves about 16,000 people in Kitsap County, and he fears that programs like the Early Childhood Assistance Program, a house weatherization program for low-income people and the emergency shelter program could be eliminated because they are part of the state budget not protected by the constitution.
"I believe cuts will come to local services," he said. "There's just no way that that's not going to affect services."
The Senate Ways and Means committee last month issued a list of possible cuts, including $225 million from human services. The list was prepared by staff for committee chairwoman Sen. Nita Rinehart, D-Seattle, to give legislators an idea of where cuts might come from.
Most of the programs cut would be those created or enhanced last session, including the state's health care reform measures. Also mentioned as possibilities are cutting community mental health funding by 10 percent, $13.7 million, and reducing developmental disability programs by $8.6 million.
Like Keller, Eyer believes waste could be reduced by cutting government regulations.
"But it's not the crux of the matter," he says. "The crux is that there's a need out here and there's a cost to the community not to deal with these issues like mental health or poverty."
Staff photo by Lynn Saunders
HEADSTART PROGRAM: Edith Woods, teacher's assistant at the KCAP Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program on Elizabeth Street, gets lots of attention from Aundrea Barkley, 5, and Paul Bach, 4. Jeanni Johnson, director of KCAP Headstart and ECAP, is concerned that if initiatives 601 and 602 are passed, the programs might be cut.
601/602: The winners and losers
By David Ammons AP Political Writer Who are the winners and losers if Washington voters approve tax-revolt initiatives next month? Assessing the full impact if both initiatives 601 and 602 pass will take months of study, a legislative session or two and probably some court ... [Read More...]
Readers Forum Letters
'I wholeheartedly support the stated goals of initiatives 601 and 602 — the elimination of government waste and red tape. I will vote against the initiatives because the means, limits on revenues, will not achieve the above-stated goals and the concept of representative government will be ... [Read More...]
LABEL: BUDGET PRESSURE
HED: Mental health agency issues layoff notices By Jessie Milligan Sun Staff Kitsap Mental Health Services, struggling with state and federal budget cuts, has laid off 17 workers. Positions cut from the agency include a geriatric mental health therapist, a nursing services director and ... [Read More...]
By Elena Castaneda Sun Staff At Kitsap Mental Health Services, director Larry Keller often voices frustration at the amount of paper work to keep up with state and federal regulations. The paper work, Keller says, takes away from the amount of time his ... [Read More...]


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Club Records - Managers - Steve Wignall
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Steve Wignall
Born: 17.9.54, Liverpool.
Managerial Tenure: 23.5.92 to 12.1.95.
First Game: v Clapton (H), Isthmian League Division 3, 22.8.92.
Last Game: v Barking (A), Isthmian League Division 1, 7.1.95.
A centre back during his playing days, Steve is the brother of ex-Doncaster Rovers midfielder David Wignall and the father of ex-Colchester United centre half Jack and Welwyn rugby union player Tom.
He started his career as a junior at Liverpool before joining Doncaster Rovers as an amateur in March 1972 (he turned pro twelve months later) and made his Football League debut in a Division 4 fixture at home to Crewe Alexandra in November of that year. The following season, he featured against Liverpool in the FA Cup third round. Rovers drew 2-2 at Anfield in front of 31483 spectators and 22499 saw the replay at Belle Vue (then Doncaster's home) which Bill Shankly's side won 2-0. In total, Steve made 130 appearances for Rovers scoring a solitary goal in a 3-2 victory against Swansea City in March 1975.
In September 1977, Steve joined Colchester for £5,000. The Essex club gained promotion from Division 4 that season and established themselves in the Division 3 finishing eighth in 1977-78. They reached the FA Cup fifth round the following season before losing 1-0 at home to Manchester United the same evening that Aldershot were seconds away from reaching the quarter-final of the competition against Shrewsbury Town. After making 281 appearances for the Us and scoring 22 goals, he moved to Brentford in August 1984. That season, he was a member of the Bees' side (along with future Shots keeper Gary Phillips) that lost 3-1 to Wigan Athletic in the Freight Rover Trophy final at Wembley. In his two seasons at Griffin Park, Steve made 67 appearances and scored two goals.
In September 1986, an £8,000 fee brought Steve to Aldershot FC. With the side having collected just one point from their opening three matches, he made his Shots debut at home to Lincoln City in September 1986. The 4-0 victory was watched by just 1443 spectators. The season proved to be possibly the most successful in the history of Aldershot FC as promotion to Division 3 was secured via play-off victories over Bolton Wanderers and Wolverhampton Wanderers; Len Walker's side also reached the FA Cup fourth round and the Southern Area final of the Freight Rover Trophy. In total, Steve made 55 appearances that season and scored a vital goal at Swindon Town in the semi-final of the latter competition as the Shots turned round a 2-0 deficit to win 3-2 at the County Ground.
Overall, he made 199 appearances for Aldershot scoring seven goals. He remained on the coaching staff at the Rec until the demise of Aldershot FC in March 1992, assisting caretaker manager Ian McDonald.
Across his entire career, Steve made 631 + 8 Football League appearances, scoring 28 goals.
With the formation of Aldershot Town, Steve was appointed the first manager of the club in June 1992 after McDonald had been appointed reserve team manager of Millwall. He had just one player on his books at the time, the groundsman's son Chris Tomlinson.
Steve's Book Cover
At the time, there was no indication of what league the new club would be in. Indeed, Steve made a phone call to chairman Terry Owens whilst on holiday in Majorca to ascertain what division Aldershot had been accepted into. He was told "Diadora (Isthmian League) Division 3". Having played under influential managers such as Brian Clough, Frank McLintock and John Docherty, he knew what was required. When the new club made their inaugural competitive debut at home to Clapton on August 22nd 1992, Steve, together with assistant manager Keith Baker, had assembled a squad primarily of local players on next-to-nothing wages. Indeed, the first season's total playing and management budget was just £44,163. Victory in the first ten matches set the team on the way to success with the attendances matching the work being undertaken on the pitch. The Division 3 title was won by 18 points and Aldershot were back on the map. An attendance of 5951 watched the Hampshire Senior Cup semi-final against neighbours Farnborough Town at the Rec.
The following season saw a further promotion and success in the FA Vase, where the Shots were finally eliminated from the Wembley-bound competition at the quarter-final stage after three matches against Greater Manchester-based Atherton Laburnum Rovers. The manner that Steve went about his first managerial job started to alert other clubs. Not only did he establish first team success, but he had a talent of ensuring the playing side of the club was structured from junior level upwards to enable the opportunity for future development of players, too.
In January 1995, Steve's former club Colchester United made an approach as they were aiming to appoint a manager to replace George Burley. Steve and his family had always had an affinity with the Essex club and it was an offer that could not be refused; a compensation fee was paid to Aldershot Town for the cancellation of the contract. During his time as manager of Aldershot Town, Steve's management record is such that 72.54% of points available were achieved. A tremendous record.
Steve built a similar platform at Layer Road. In four seasons at the Essex club, he led them to tenth, seventh (play-off semi-finals), eighth and fourth in Division 3. A play-off final victory against Torquay United was secured in the1997-98 season, which led to Steve being voted the BBC Essex Radio "Sports Personality of the Year". The Us also reached the final of the Auto Windscreens Shield at Wembley in 1996-97, where they were narrowly defeated by Carlisle United. He left Colchester on January 21st 1999 believing, at the time, that he could take the club no further.
After a brief spell at Stevenage Borough during the 1999-2000 season, he became manager of another former club Doncaster Rovers in May 2000. After stabilising a club that had finished bottom of the Football League in 1997-98 and 16th in the Conference in the previous two seasons, Steve provided a firm footing in his first season as the Yorkshire club finished ninth. He was surprisingly replaced in December 2001 with Rovers hovering around the top six in the table.
After a spell out of the game, Steve was appointed as manager of Southend United in April 2003, but was only in charge for 23 matches, having to dismantle and rebuild the squad that had been struggling in Division 3 before his arrival. After recruiting new players, he was not given the time for the squad to settle before he was dismissed in November 2003. Steve has since been both assistant manager and first team coach at Wivenhoe Town, started his own property development business and worked for the League Managers' Association.
In 2009, Steve published his autobiography entitled You Can Have Chips.
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