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It's All About Principals: Oral History in Graduate School Administrative Training
The OHR archive is replete with examples of how oral history can inform disciplines outside of the field of historical study. In today's post, educator Patrick Carlton shares how a trove of oral histories conducted with school administrators has impacted graduate education in the field.
By Patrick Carlton
I believe oral history captures life information, the pieces of data that might otherwise be lost. It serves to fill in the gaps in formal learning, often providing "the rest of the story." Use of this approach offers the listener a sense of the respondent's personality, providing a greater understanding about who this person really is, and offering hints concerning the respondent's inner thoughts. Intonation, voice timbre, and delivery are helpful in assembling a mental picture of a subject.
The project that generated my collection of transcripts began as a result of a pair of coincidences which occurred to me in 1986. First, I was exposed to the ongoing oral history project then being conducted at the U.S. Army Military History Institute at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. I served as Acting Director for Educational Services for several months, gaining an appreciation for this collection effort. Soon after returning from this tour to Virginia Tech's College of Education, I came in contact with the Harvard University Principals' Center. The Center suggested that there was need for more in-depth and less superficial research on the principalship. This raised questions concerning the utility of research which was then "a mile wide and an inch deep"—like the Platte River in Michener's book Centennial. My obvious conclusion was that research characterized as "a foot wide and a mile deep" would be more useful.
School principals, as is true with other public officials, are subject to constant pressures, inadequate time for decision-making, the requirements to be responsive to internally and externally-based individuals, and a lack of time for reflection and contemplation. It is not surprising then that so few of these principals record their experiences in oral or written form. In most instances, the insights of these people are in danger of being lost. I believed we needed to design and effort to preserve the information possessed by these educators. I determined that the most effective way to collect such data was through in-depth interviews with those people capable of providing assistance to generations of new educational administrators. Thus, I initiated the Oral History of the Public School Principalship at Virginia Tech, with data collection beginning in early 1986 and continuing at University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
The purpose of the project was to gather the recollections and wisdom of veteran principals, most of whom hadn't been invited to contribute to the literature of educational administration. I believe these men and women constituted a treasure of immense proportions. We based the interviews on a standard question set, with modifications designed to suit the interests of the person interviewed and the interviewer. Thus, there is some variation in content. Some of the topics covered in the interviews include decision-making in education, ethics in administration, and the characteristics of effective schools. Due to the modest level of funding, collection was, during early years, limited almost exclusively to the four-state area around Washington, D.C. (Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolina), with a few from other parts of the country. Since then, the project has conducted a substantial number of interviews in Nevada, Colorado, and Ohio.
Respondents were elementary, middle, and secondary principals who retired during the decades extending from the 1950s through the present. They vary in age from the mid-50s to the 90s. They are male and female, black, brown, and white. Their academic training varies from the baccalaureate to the doctorate. Participants vary in degree of articulateness, knowledge of current educational issues, responsiveness, and general attitude toward education and to the principalship. While most respondents seem to have enjoyed and valued their administrative experiences, some are quite bitter about working conditions and are outspoken in criticism.
In 2000, I joined the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. In that capacity I continued working with advanced graduate students in the collection of oral testimony of former principals from Nevada and surrounding states. Construction of a UNLV-based website housing regionally collected interviews, along with copies of the original Virginia Tech collection, was accomplished through the outstanding work of UNLV personnel.
In order to gather the views of students participating in oral history activities, I queried a group of graduate students on their involvement in ongoing oral history activities. Here are some of their comments.
Most felt the information gathered was useful and likely to be helpful in future assignments.
"Learning what was successful for the Principal interviewed was extremely interesting."
Some said the interview was more labor intensive than a regular term paper.
"Oh my gosh, yes! This was a huge task that took patience and lots of time."
Most said the extra effort involved was worthwhile.
"The opportunity to have an in-depth conversation with an experienced administrator is invaluable."
One respondent indicated difficulty with the interviewee.
"The interviewee refused to let her information be used after I submitted it to her to be proofed."
Most respondents agreed that oral interview is a useful graduate instructional technique.
"I think it is such a valuable project. It really allows us to live through the eyes of someone with experience"
"Life experience is a valuable addition to textbook information."
"Both principals I Interviewed were delightful, honest and a joy to work with."
Most respondents agreed that they would recommend participation in interviews to other graduate students.
"I think this is so valuable. It should be required at least once in a Master's program."
"Not only for personal growth, but also for honoring retired administrators."
Many respondents agreed that participation in oral interviews affected them personally.
"I was influenced by the fact that you can hear first-hand what happened. You can take their triumphs and failures and add them to your repertoire."
"It has been the best, and possibly the most relevant part of my program."
"I strongly feel … this activity was one of the most valuable learning experiences of my graduate program."
"I have read many books on school administration, but none of them has been as helpful and as influential … as the interview I conducted…."
Clearly most of the respondents agreed that oral history interviewing is a useful instructional technique and recommended participation in such activities should occur. It offered a chance for students to capture the craft wisdom of former school principals in a way not known before. This procedure exposed students to knowledgeable former administrators, with an emphasis placed on real world experiences which complemented classroom presentations. The U.S. Army had "gotten it right" and I agreed!
Colonel Patrick Carlton was a faculty member at Virginia Tech from 1974 -2000, and Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas from 2000 to 2018. Beginning with an emphasis on quantitative research, his interests have "morphed" into a focus on historical and case study work supported by oral history data collection and analytical activities. The collection is based upon the model developed by the US Army Institute for Military History, in Carlisle Barracks, PA, where he served as Colonel, Acting Director for Educational Services.
The Oral History of the Public School Principalship, directed since 1986, is a nationally available data source housed in UNLV's Lied Library. At present the collection is composed of 467 first-person interviews with former public school principals from throughout the country. Offering a trove of valuable information on past and current educational issues, the database has been employed by a number of doctoral students and other scholarly researchers in the conduct of their work.
Featured image from interview with Mary Belton, Youngstown, Ohio. Oral History of Public School Principalship, UNLV.
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We have a guarantee to enter Heaven as Jesus has taken our sins away on the cross so that no one who believes in him shall perish, what is your guarantee as Muslims?
If we have a guarantee that we shall enter Heaven, what is the need to work and do good deeds? We can steal, kill, fornicate, do anything we like as long as we guarantee that our faith shall let us go to Heaven. Christians will say, this is not the meaning definitely, so where is the guarantee you actually have?


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How the Freedom of Information Act Works
by Michelle Konstantinovsky
Notable Changes to the FOIA Through the Decades
After the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, President George W. Bush made significant changes to the Freedom of Information act, ordering thousands of documents and data removed from agency websites. Universal Images Group/Getty
The next major changes to the Freedom of Information Act came at the hand of President Ronald Reagan. In 1982, Reagan created rules that made it easier for agencies to withhold information from requesters. If agencies could prove the requested documents contained potentially sensitive government information, they could keep it protected. During Bill Clinton's presidency, however, many of these stricter regulations around classified information were reversed [source: Electronic Frontier Foundation].
While Clinton was responsible for many landmark events in the history of the FOIA, including the release and archiving of previously classified Cold War-era documents, one of his most notable changes to the law came in 1996. That's when the president signed the Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments into law, putting pressure on government agencies to keep up with the changing times and create electronic copies of important documents for digital distribution [source: Electronic Frontier Foundation].
However, President George W. Bush tightened restrictions again after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, specifically, the administration ordered thousands of documents and data removed from agency websites, including pipeline maps, airport safety data and environmental data. Bush also limited access to the records of former presidents, and then later through the Intelligence Authorization Act of 2002, which limited access to records requests made by any foreign government or international governmental organizations. It also limited access to agencies within the intelligence community, including the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, and parts of the Departments of Defense and State.
But while Bush made some documents tougher to access, he also gave credibility and authority to a larger pool of potential FOIA requesters. The OPEN Government Act of 2007 added alternative journalists, freelancers and bloggers as legitimate members of the press, providing them more affordable access to government records. The 2007 amendments also introduced the Office of Government Information Services, which began operating in the National Archives and Records Administration in 2009. "It reviews agency policies and FOIA compliance, recommends policy changes to congress and the president, and offers free mediation services to resolve disputes between requesters and agencies, as an alternative to litigation — which can be costly," Peters says.
Throughout the Obama administration, the act continued to evolve. In 2009, President Obama issued a memorandum on his first day in office, promising to reform crucial parts of the law to allow for unprecedented governmental transparency [source: Obama White House]. "Another key change is that [in 2016] President Obama signed the FOIA Improvement Act, which has made it easier to access records," Peters says.
Some of the main 2016 changes reinstate previous measures. "The law requires agencies to make any disclosable records available to the public via electronic format," Peters says. "This speeds up production [and] reduces costs." The law also forces agencies to permanently release documents to the public once they're requested at least three times, and it makes it harder for agencies to deny requests by simply saying "no."
"The law contains exemptions, of course, but now, instead of records being withheld simply because they meet an exemption, agencies are allowed to invoke exemptions only if they reasonably believe disclosure will harm an interest protected by the exemption," Peters says.
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Exodus 14 tells us a very powerful story of God's intervention in the history of his people. We have the house of Israel who just left Egypt and are now encamped along the sea. Then here comes Pharaoh and his chariots and horsemen and troops approaching. The house of Israel had no where to run. They were caught in the middle of the sea and Pharaoh. The house of Israel was now terrified because they faced sure death. Their choice was to die by the hands of Pharaoh or die by drowning in the Sea.
In the confusion they heard the words of Moses, "Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still."
Then Moses raised his staff and stretched his hand over the sea. And a strong wind came and the house of Israel saw the angel of the Lord moved from the front to the rear - separating them from Pharaoh. The wind then blew all night and then the Lord drove back the sea and turned it to dry land. The Israelites passed through the dry land to safety.
In our Christian life, we too will have our own Red Sea experience. There will be times when for no fault of ours we get caught in a no hope situation. In these times, what do we do? Do we find a way out?
Once we get this into our minds, we look at our situation differently. It is not anymore what I want but where the Lord wants me to be or what the Lord wants me to do. And if our prayer at these times is for the Lord to reveal what he wants us to do, he will surely show it to us. If after careful prayer and discernment, we find the Lord leading us to a path that seems impossible, then all we have to do is stand firm and wait. For if it is God's will God will intervene and nothing can stop it from happening.


It's a journey of the heart conquering the mind and the mind conquering the body.
Enter Mr. Stephen Hickman. A legend, a gentleman, a true inspiration. Ran his 150th right here on the Isle of Wight last Sunday accompanied by good friends Sally Trotman and Zoe Elliott. He'd run his 100th just 4 years before alongside Tarnia Eldridge who was running her 1st that year on the same very course.
1999 with a gym membership after deciding he was massively overweight he fell in love with it straight away. Within 2 years he ran his first one. In true Hickman style however he didn't choose an easy one… oh no! He went straight in with the absolute beast that is Snowdonia!
There are few corners of the globe that have been untouched by Mr. Hickman's size 10s. Even Everest has had Hickmans toes trotting all over it as a part of his epic 100 mile Himalaya journey.
He's done 3 in 3 days (Dymchurch) and 5 in 5 days (also ending in Dymchurch! He loves Dymchurch…. NOT!) That event, incidentally, nearly broke him.
His favourite he says, is the old course of the Needles marathon, which was briefly revived in the past couple of years. Here's a little then and now, see if you can guess which ones which….
Originally from the Island, Steve also belongs to Ashford and District AC in the town that he now calls home…. well in between frequent visits here of course!
Congratulations from the bottom of our hearts Steve on this momentous achievement. Always full of useful advice, (such as "Steve, how do I train for a marathon?" Hickman – "it's easy! run a marathon!"), loads of encouragement for others and great team spirit. He has become a legend in his own lifetime and a part of the furniture here at IWRR.
Number #151 is booked….. Beachy Head next weekend…. 200 here we come whoop whoop whoop!


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There is no use of letter 'B' in the words-based counting until you reach one billion. This really sounds strange.
About 450 years ago, there was no word used for the color Orange. Later on, it had been decided to give this color a name identical to a fruit's name.
Only one letter in 510 is 'Q' in the English writing. It is one of the least used alphabets in the English writing. This really shows that Q has less significance in the overall English content writing.
The owl is the word which is noun and verb as well. As a noun, it is the name of an animal. However, the meaning of this word as a verb is 'acting wisely in spite of knowing nothing'.
The eleven percent of the entire language of language is comprised of the alphabet 'E'. This is the highly used letter as compared to all other alphabets in English language.
Teachers were nicknamed as Haberdashers of Pronouns in the 18th century. This was a long phrase that had been replaced by this simple word.
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We waited omnipotently for the occurrence of The Berg Timer's strongest day of 1992 on October 18, a "21" strength day. We knew when, but where? It all started in Egypt on October 12. A powerful 5.9 quake struck Cairo killing 370. Then, on October 17 a 6.6 quake struck Colombia, South America. Then another quake hit Colombia, a 7.2 quake on October 18. California finally felt the push with a 4.7 quake and seven aftershocks on October 21. Then on October 24 a 6.7 quake hit Soviet Georgia. These quakes occurred between 6 days before to 6 days after BT's strongest day of 1992, just as I've forecasted.
- Whole Earth Forecaster newsletter, November 1992
See chart below of these quakes compared to The Berg Timer.
Yearly Earthquakes
Yearly worldwide quakes 7.0 or higher are shown below since 1900 with forecast through to 2020. Latest data is through 2018. A very good correlation with inverted 12-yr Berg Timer. In addition to both sharing many yearly highs and lows, the general downtrend of both from 1981 to 1989 and uptrend of both from 1990 to 2011 are very interesting. And looking hard enough one can see a downtrend from 1906 to 1920 and an uptrend from 1920 to 1931 and down from 2010 to the present.
quake data source: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/form?t=101650&s=1&d=1
Daily Earthquakes
As in the yearly study above, the daily Berg Timer also correlates inversely with quakes. Here, world quakes compared to the Berg Timer in 2015. Quakes are most probable during the low BT periods just before and just after strong BT days (BT inverted in chart for easy viewing).
data source: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/search/
Below are compared daily world quakes > 5.9 and The Berg Timer for late 2005.
data source: http://quake.geo.berkeley.edu/anss/catalog-search.html
Below are compared all daily 2002 world quakes 5.5 or stronger and the Berg Timer.
These events met at least one of the following criteria: moderate damage (approximately $1 million or more), 10 or more deaths, magnitude 7.5 or greater, or Modified Mercalli intensity X or greater. Quake occurrances cluster around the strongest BT days.
data source: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/hazard/sig_srch.shtml
The Great Cascadia Megathrust Earthquake of 1700
This immense quake was featured on the Discovery Channel on April 17, 2005. It occurred just before a very strong "15" strength BT day.
from: http://www.pgc.nrcan.gc.ca/seismo/hist/1700.htm
This great earthquake occurred about 9 pm on the night of January 26 in the year 1700. This was almost 100 years before the first European explorers made contact with native peoples on the west coast. The time and date of the earthquake are known because the large tsunami, or tidal wave, generated by the earthquake swept across the Pacific Ocean and did considerable damage at several places along the east coast of Japan. Japan has a written history dating to that time, and the size of the tsunami and its arrival time were well recorded. Using this, and other historical data, scientists were able to calculate the time of occurrence, location, and size of the generating earthquake. This was one of the world's great earthquakes with a magnitude estimated at 9. Oral traditions of the native peoples of Vancouver Island suggest the tsunami destroyed a village at Pachena Bay on the west coast of Vancouver Island, and that the shaking damaged houses in the Cowichan Lake region of south central Vancouver Island.
This earthquake occurred on the Cascadia Fault, the boundary between the North American and Juan de Fuca plates. This type of large earthquake is now known as a megathrust earthquake.
Morocco Quake of Feb 24, 2004
The devastating Morocco earthquake on February 24 killed 600 and left thousands homeless. It occurred within one week of very strong daily BT. The below forecast was publicly provided to newsgroups two months prior to the earthquake and was also published on this website. Again, strong quakes can be expected within one week on either side of very strong daily BT.
Central California and Iran Quakes of December 2003
The Central California and Iran quakes struck, as usual, during a low BT period just before a very strong BT day. Two people died in the California quake and 26,271 died in the Iran quake.
Below are the the total daily magnitudes of world quakes >5.9 for each day during May to July 2000 compared to the Berg Timer. Note the strong clustering of quakes between the two strong BT periods.
The strongest individual quake was an 8.0 which hit Indonesia on June 4, killing 103 with $6 million in damage. The strongest quake lines are when two or more quakes occurred on the same day.
California Quakes
The profile above shows how California quakes are most likely during the 17 days before and after a Berg Timer strength of "7" or more. Up to 450% more quakes occurred on days -7 and -8 and on day 12 than at any other time. Notice the lowest probability of quakes during the period from day '0' to day '7'.
Below are compared daily earthquakes in California >3.9 and the daily Berg Timer for 1997 through 2000 upon which some of the above summary is based. The fewest quakes occur when BT is strongest (inverted peaks).
The correlation is quite consistent over all years studied. Most earthquakes occur when BT is very low just before strong BT. The strongest quakes occur when BT is very low for a sustained period of time just prior to strong BT as in mid-June above.
The strongest quake period above was mid-October 1999 when the Bullion Mountains (Hector Mine) 7.4 earthquake occurred. There was a prolonged period of low BT immediately before very strong BT. You should be aware of these periods if you live in a California.
Data Source: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/search/ AND https://ncedc.org/anss/catalog-search.html
Other California Quakes and International Quakes
The three quakes shown above in red were discussed in my November 1992 issue of the Whole Earth Forecaster newsletter. Below is the excerpt:
"We waited omnipotently for the occurrence of The Berg Timer's strongest day of 1992 on October 18, a "21" strength day. We knew when, but where? It all started in Egypt on October 12. A powerful 5.9 quake struck Cairo killing 370. Then, on October 17 a 6.6 quake struck Colombia, South America. Then another quake hit Colombia, a 7.2 quake on October 18. California finally felt the push with a 4.7 quake and seven aftershocks on October 21. Then on October 24 a 6.7 quake hit Soviet Georgia. These quakes occurred between 6 days before to 6 days after BT's strongest day of 1992, just as I've forecasted."
- Whole Earth Forecaster newsletter, November 1992.
The Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
Below are compared the quakes occurring in California in 1906 and the Berg Timer.
California earthquakes are most probable just before strong BT days. The San Francisco quake struck on April 18, 1906, just before one of these strong BT periods. The 7.8 strength quake killed 3,000 with $524 million in property damage.
data source: http://www.consrv.ca.gov/cgs/rghm/quakes/cgs2000_fnl.txt
The Northridge Earthquakes of 1994
Below are compared California quakes >3.9 and the Berg Timer in early 1994.
The 6.7 Northridge quakes occurred on January 17, 1994, just before a strong Berg Timer period. Fifty seven died with more than 9,000 injured and $40 million in property damage. The quakes occurred during a sustained period of very low BT followed by very strong BT.
The New Madrid Earthquakes & Other World Quakes
Below are compared the 1811-1812 New Madrid Missouri quakes in the United States and the Berg Timer.
There were basicly four quakes referred to as the New Madrid quakes. The first two occurred on December 16 in northeast Arkansas. The third occurred on January 23 and was about the same strength as the first two. The fourth and final quake was the largest earthquake of the 1811-1812 series. As quoted from the USGS:
"Several destructive shocks occurred on February 7, the last of which equaled or surpassed the magnitude of any previous event. The town of New Madrid was destroyed. At St. Louis many houses were damaged severely and their chimneys were thrown down. The meizoseismal area was characterized by general ground warping, ejections, fissuring, severe landslides, and caving of stream banks."
All quakes occurred at BT lows just before or after high BT days. The final and strongest of the four Missouri quakes occurred just prior to the strongest BT day of the year, a "13" strength BT day on Feb 19.
The other quakes shown in March occurred in China (March 8), Venezuela (March 16), Rome (March 22), France (March 23), and four more occurred on March 26 in Caracas Venezuela.
data sources: http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/usa/1811-1812.html and http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/hazard/sig_srch.shtml.
The Strongest Earthquake in Chinese History
On August 22, 1902, the strongest quake in China's long history hit the Xinjiang area. It was reported 8.1 in strength by international seismographers. The Chinese government rates it at 7.8.
The quake occurred just two days before one of the strongest BT days in history, a "20" strength BT day on August 24.
One of the Deadliest Earthquakes in Recorded History
On July 27, 1976, a 7.8 quake hit Tangshan China, killing 240,000 people and causing $7 million damage. It occurred just before a very strong "14" strength BT day on August 10. It's listed by the source below as one of the most deadly quakes in recorded history.
The Strongest Earthquake in Alaska in 64 Years
On November 3, 2002 an 8.4 quake struck Fairbanks Alaska just three days after the strongest BT day of the year.
The Strongest Earthquake in Alaska History
On November 10, 1938 an 8.7 quake struck the Alaskan peninsula, just before the strongest BT period of the year (same data source as above).
Monthly U.S. Earthquakes
Monthly earthquakes show the same correlation to Tthe Berg Timer as daily quakes---high quake probability just before and after strong BT. Below are compared monthly U.S. earthquakes and monthly BT from 1971 through 1980. This chart was first published in the February 1991 Whole Earth Forecaster newsletter.
The brown columns are the number of quakes each month >5.0. The blue columns are the number of quakes >7.0. Green columns are quakes >9.0. I exaggerated the green columns x 5 so they would be easy to see; the green columns each represent one 9.0 earthquake. Quakes are most likely to occur just before and after strong BT periods.
data source: Earthquakes of the United States. Hardbound book.
The chart below are quakes >5.0 from 1970 through 1996 compared to monthly Berg Timer using a different quake data source.
Quakes occur in clusters just before and just after strong BT periods.
data source: https://ncedc.org/anss/catalog-search.html
Most Tsunamis are caused by earthquakes so it's not surprising that Tsunamis correlate well with BT just like earthquakes.
Each Tsunami event is shown below for the active year of 1995 compared to the daily Berg Timer.
Tsunamis are most likely just before and after strong BT.
The disastrous South Asia Tsunami of 26 December 2004 occurred just one day after a strong "9" strength BT day on December 25.
data source: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/form?t=101650&s=70&d=7
Between 1969 and 1972, six seismic stations were deployed on the lunar surface during the Apollo missions. Seismic data was continuously recorded until 1977. Below are compared daily Moonquakes for 1976 and 1977 and the Berg Timer.
Just like earthquakes, moonquakes occur in clusters just before and just after strong BT days. This makes a strong case for BT being new physics since it shows itself to work on extra terrestrial bodies.
The strongest daily moonquakes occurred within two days of the strongest BT days of both 1976 and 1977.
Both earthquakes and moonquakes share the same timing behavior with respect to planetary positions, as represented by BT.
The mechanism causing seismic activity is the same on two different celestial bodies. I submit that when seismic data is collected from all planets, it will be found that all planets share the same seismic correlation to the Berg Timer.
Whatever the mechanism, when two planets are heliocentrically equidistant from a third planet (the definition of BT), seismic activity is caused on all planets immediately preceeding and following such configurations. The planets may act as armatures as they move through the solar system's interplanetary magnetic field, creating electromagnetic stress which affects all planets simultaneously within the field.
The name of this website should be changed to Whole Universe Forecaster.
data source: https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/dataset/display.action?id=PSPG-00739 and http://www-udc.ig.utexas.edu/external/yosio/PSE/catsrepts/ and
https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/handle/2152/65671
2008 Earthquakes
source: http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/epic/epic_global.html
Quakes and BT fit together like a glove. Notice quakes making a strong surge just prior to the very strong BT day of 24 February, a perfect correlation. The blue columns are strong U.S. earthquakes which were highly publicized by the media occurring in Illinois, Nevada and California. The red column is a 7.9 Chinese quake which is estimated to have killed over 60,000 people. It occurred just before the strong BT day of May 16.
A 7.8 quake strikes Chile on June 13. A 7.2 quake strikes off NW California coast on June 15. A 7.3 quake hits off coast of Indonesia
on July 24. A devastating 7.6 quake hits Pakistan on Oct 8. All these major quakes triggered by strong BT. All quake-prone areas should be aware of high future BT periods.
Below are compared the famous Krakatau Volcano eruption of August 26, 1883, and the Berg Timer.
Just like earthquakes, volcanoes occur just before and after strong BT days. Krakatau erupted just prior to the strongest BT day of the year, an unusually strong "14" strength day.
The eruption was preceeded by a column of ash and steam rising 11 km into sky from Perboewtan on May 20th and the top of Perboewtan being blown off in an eruption in mid-June (shown as smaller grey lines). 36,417 lives were lost, 32,000 from the tsunamis. The explosions were heard 4653 km away on the Island of Rodrigez in the Indian Ocean. A two meter high wave was recorded in Auckland, 7767 km away. The old island of Krakatau was destroyed. The former volcanic cones of Perboewatan and Danan fell into a hole in the crust which flooded with sea water. Only the southern part of Rakata remained. Two-thirds of the original island was destroyed.
data source: http://www.volcanolive.com/krakatau.html
Mount St. Helens
Below are compared Mount St. Helens Volcanic Seismicity and the monthly Berg Timer.
From the first eruption, May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens seismicity continues to occur just before and after strong BT. The monthly BT values for the two strong months in 1980 and 1982 are the highest BT values of the 20th century. A monthly BT of equal strength occurs again in July, 2020.
Data source: http://www.ess.washington.edu/SEIS/PNSN/HELENS/msheqs9094.html
The strongest BT day of 1991 on June 9 (a '12 strength' day) coincided with the following volcanic activity as reported by the Omaha World-Herald:
"Manilla, Philippines (AP) - A volcano began spewing ash Saturday (June 8) for the first time in 600 years, and authorities planned an evacuation of nearby Clark Air Base if volcanic activity increased. Mount Pinatubo, a 4,795-foot volcano about 60 miles northwest of Manila, sent steam 16,000 feet into the air and sent ash as far as 15 miles away."
"Tokyo (AP) - Mount Unzen, a volcano that claimed at least 37 lives less than a week ago, burst to life again Saturday (June 8), spewing superhot debris that set homes on fire and blacking out a nearby city of 45,000."
data source: http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/online/monthly/
The Worst Tornado Outbreak in U.S. History
The most widespread tornado outbreak in U.S. history occurred April 3-4, 1974. 330 people died and 5,484 were injured during the 148 twisters in thirteen states. Seven category F5 tornadoes occurred on April 3, including the deadly Xenia Ohio twister. Below are all tornado reports during that period compared to The Berg Timer. What a strong correlation.
Tornadoes occurred during low BT periods just before and after high BT. The big April 3-4 outbreak occurred exactly at the lowest 3-day BT period on April 3.
data source: http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-win/wwcgi.dll?wwevent~storms
Sources for further info on the 1974 outbreak: http://www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/storms/ & http://www.usatoday.com/weather/resources/basics/tornado-history.htm
Hurricanes, Typhoons, Cyclones and Tropical Storms
The below information was first published about 2004. The best time to be in the Caribbean is 4-5 days before strong BT days. The latest evidence shows that the 8 day window after a strong BT day for the strongest winds to occur is still accurate.
The chart above represents when Atlantic cyclones during the 1999-2004 seasons hit their strongest wind speeds after a Berg Timer of "5" strength or more. In the red box, all but 3 hurricanes hit their maximum strength 2 to 8 days after a BT "5" day. If it's necessary to be in the Atlantic/Caribbean area during hurricane season, you should schedule your visit away from the 2-8 day window occurring after a BT "5" day.
The wind speed charts for each season are shown below. The only misses were Hurricane Lili in 2002 and Isabel in 2003 when no BT=5 occurred. However, multiple "4's" occurred just prior to maximum winds of both.
The 2-8 day window for maximum hurricane strength probability discussed above is shown below for each occurrance of BT = 5 using a horizontal red line. Hurricane wind strength peaks 2-8 days after the Berg Timer = 5 or stronger. BT values are published two months ahead on the Precipitation Forecasting page.
BT forecasted that the 2004 season would be strong, with the 2-8 day window active for most all of the season.
CHARLEY wind speed peaked 7 days after The Berg Timer = 11.
FRANCES peaked 5 days after BT = 9.
IVAN peaked 5 days after BT = 6.
JEANNE peaked 5 days after BT = 5.
BT forecasted the 2003 season with great accuracy, forecasting both genesis and peak strength.
Hurricanes are generated when daily BT hits "5" strength or greater. Then they hit their peak strength 2-8 days later.
You shouldn't plan on being in the Caribbean inside of a week after a spike in daily BT of value "5" or stronger and especially not with a daily Berg Timer value of "7" or higher. These forecasts are good for all cyclone generating areas in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans.
The Eastern Pacific Hurricane IGNACIO began one day after a very strong BT "12" day. Hurricane JIMENA began precisely on an BT "7" day. Note that no new hurricanes formed in early to mid October when BT was very low. Then Patricia formed again after BT hit "6" strength on October 17.
Hurricane genesis begins at the same time in different oceans. On August 28 when BT hit "7", two hurricanes began within three days of each other, each in different oceans. And three cyclones began within two days of BT=5 on October 3 in two different oceans. Hurricane genesis shares the same cause, regardless of location. That cause is atmospheric change as represented by BT.
data source for all hurricane years' dates and tracks: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2003/
Below are the four hurricanes for the 2002 Atlantic season compared to the daily Berg Timer. The BT forecast for 2002 was published here several months before the 2002 season.
BT correctly forecasted the beginning of hurricanes GUSTAV, ISIDORE and KYLE. All three hurricanes began within two days of the two strongest BT days of the period, September 5 and 16. Hurricane LILI began within 3 days of the strongest BT day. There were no new hurricanes formed afterwards as BT calmed down. Note how LILI re-generated itself after four BT = 4's occurred on 9/28-29 and 10/1-2.
BT's 2-8 day probability window correctly forecasted all periods of the most intense wind speeds of 2001. Even with this busy hurricane season you still could have fit in some good Caribbean vacation time with the use of BT.
BT's 2-8 day probability window was very accurate in forecasting the strongest wind periods of 2000.


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The Ghana Space Science and Technology Institute  (GSSTI) was opened officially on 2 May 2012 as Ghana's first space science, space exploration, astronomy and technology space agency. It is an Institution under the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission. GSSTI and Ghana Space Agency (GhSA) aim to become an arena of excellence in space science, space exploration and space technology through teaching, learning, private spaceflight and space research commercialisation. The centre and space agency will also allow scientists and astronauts to conduct research into astrophysics, remote sensing, natural resource management, weather forecasting, agriculture and national security.

History
The Ghana Space Science and Technology Institute (GSSTI) was first established as a Centre under the School of Nuclear and Allied Sciences (SNAS) in January 2011 and launched in May 2012. It was later upgraded to an Institute in August 2013, to exploit space science and technology for socio-economic development of the country.

Operations
The GSSTI space agency's first flagship project is the Ghana Radio Astronomy Project which will see the abandoned Vodafone earth satellite station at Kuntunse, near Accra which have the 32- metre dish turned into a radio astronomy telescope. In 2012, work was conducted by Ghanaian experts of the GSSTI and South African experts of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA-SA) of South African National Space Agency to replace worn out parts. The 32- metre radio telescope was commissioned as the Ghana Radio Astronomy Observatory (GRAO) on the 24th August 2017, by the President of Ghana, HE Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo and the Minister of Science of South Africa, Hon Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor.

The GSSTI is working with the China National Space Administration to engage with astronauts, students, and young professionals about collaboration with the centre and space agency; and it has already embarked on outreach programmes to schools and has run tours to scientific sites.

Technicity
Between the years of 2012 and 2024, Ghana is reportedly seeking USD5-10 billion in finance and funding support to develop the centre's infrastructure and human capacity. It has approached a global consortium of multinational institutions - including the China Development Bank, and the bank HSBC – as well as requesting technical advice from the China National Space Administration, and NASA for space science exploration, and institutions in Japan, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and India, Indian Space Research Organisation.

The agency is planning to complete its first satellite by 2020. In 2015, the government allocated $10 million to research nuclear and space science technology. The goal of the funding is to increase outreach and work towards Earth imaging satellites, so they do not have to purchase imagery from other countries. As of 2016, there are 20 employees working at the institute. A major driver of Earth monitoring satellites is to curtail the increase in illegal mining, which has a negative effect on the environment.

Notable staff
 Nana Klutse, Senior Research Scientist from 2016 to 2018

See also

 List of aerospace engineering topics

References

Space agencies
Government agencies established in 2012
Research institutes in Ghana

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Cahill Wins Appeal in Fifth Circuit for Time Warner Cable
A Cahill litigation team prevailed on behalf of Time Warner Cable Inc. in an appeal filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. who alleged that a retransmission consent agreement between the parties included a geographic limitation on the markets where Time Warner could retransmit Nexstar stations' signals.
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When we make decisions out of fear, no one wins!
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Did it make your life better?
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Did it get you what you wanted?
Fear is never the energy you want deciding your fate. It will only constrict your ability to see clearly causing you to see enemies around every corner. Fear does not make you stronger because it always requires you to hand over your power to it.
When you witness fear either in yourself or another just remember there is only one energy that can defeat fear and that is love.
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Our teachers (sensei) help them.
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Q: How to "dropdown" a select when click on somewhere else? This is the thing I have:
A normal select with a few options...
And the thing is, I do need to click in some other div and when I click on that one, I want the select list to show up as they were clicked normally and then allow the user to choose from the select options
I have some code already

<select class='form-control' id='opts'>
<option selected disabled></option>
<option>Contacto</option>
<option>Entrevista</option>
<option>Prensa</option>
<option>Conferencias</option>
</select>

A: Not possible with plain html/javascript.

A: You need some plugin to replace your standard select field with divs and then use your function to trigger that divs. One is selectmenu: https://jqueryui.com/selectmenu/#product-selection
There is a lot more of them available: https://www.google.pl/search?q=js+select+replacement&gws_rd=cr&ei=wN5ZV8SjMIGLsgGP_IboDQ

A: This is "sort" of possible but not trivial and you will need to possibly do some management of the effect as I do here in the "change" event for the select.  Not perfect but perhaps this can give you a start.
Note you MIGHT just want to use the "focus" on the select or, set the visible size as I do here, set the select size on the change to 0 with event.target.size = 0; and so forth.
Revised the markup a bit to allow the click handler:

clicker

<select class='form-control' id='opts'>
  <option selected disabled></option>
  <option>Contacto</option>
  <option>Entrevista</option>
  <option>Prensa</option>
  <option>Conferencias</option>
</select>

Here is the script, as I said, not perfect but you can decide how you handle the change/click events.
window.onload = function() {
  var id = "clicker";
  var div = document.getElementById(id);
  var select = document.getElementById("opts");

  div.onclick = function(event) {
    console.log('clicker div');
    select.size = select.options.length;
    select.focus();
  };
  select.onclick = function(event) {
    console.log('opt clicked');
  };
  select.onchange = function(event) {
    console.log('opt change');
    var index = event.target.selectedIndex;
    console.log(index);
    event.target.size = index + 2;
  };
}

Here is a fiddle you can use to get you started: https://jsfiddle.net/MarkSchultheiss/mL0b7ubr/
Note that if you wish to use the "default" size for the select you can detect that like so:
 if (event.target.type == "select-one") {
   event.target.size = 1;
 } else {
   event.target.size = 4;
 }

Here is a fiddle with that change and a bit cleaner on the event attachment: https://jsfiddle.net/MarkSchultheiss/mL0b7ubr/1/

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Community schools: How the concept started and failed in Montgomery
Davis and Nixon elementary were set to become community schools, until MPS lost the funding.
Community schools: How the concept started and failed in Montgomery Davis and Nixon elementary were set to become community schools, until MPS lost the funding. Check out this story on montgomeryadvertiser.com: https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/local/solutions-journalism/2019/03/22/mps-wanted-community-schools-lanier-incorporated-model-montgomery-public-schools/2838565002/
Krista Johnson, Montgomery Advertiser Published 1:11 p.m. CT March 22, 2019 | Updated 1:23 p.m. CT March 28, 2019
Parent Liaison Cubie Ray Hayes with the help of JROTC students loads boxes of foods in the food pantry at Lanier High School in Montgomery, Ala., on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. (Photo: Jake Crandall/ Advertiser)
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Camille Finley remembers with clarity the disappointment she felt when she learned the project she had spent nearly three years crafting — to convert two Montgomery public schools into community schools — wasn't going to happen.
After seeing the community schools concept — which brings additional resources into schools where there is a higher level of students living in poverty — achieve success across the country, Finley landed a grant to implement the model at Davis and Nixon elementary schools.
She visited schools that were offering medical clinics, GED classes, mentoring, tutoring and before- and after-school programs. Some schools, she said, have volunteer networks with 400-plus involved.
Then, the grant funding source was not renewed for a second year, likely due to redistribution of funds once the state's intervention of MPS began, she said.
Two years later, Davis and Nixon still have the after-school programs the initial grant helped implement, but the advances Finley imagined for the school disappeared with the loss of grant money. Both schools received F's on the last state report card and both made it on the most recent "failing" school list.
Another Montgomery public school, though, has managed to implement a similar model. Lanier High School, which Davis and Nixon feed into, has created positions and programs that are often seen in community schools, without an additional funding source. Those involved believe the effort is making a difference.
How the concept started and failed in MPS
Of the $450,000 at-risk grant that was awarded, MPS received $376,000, which funded Finley's position with the district, a Community School Summit, the after-school programs, summer programs and technology purchases for the two schools, she said.
E.D. Nixon Elementary School in Montgomery, Ala. on Thursday March 29, 2018. (Photo: Mickey Welsh / Advertiser)
It was implied that the grant would be awarded a second time, Finley said, however, "as I understand it, the monies that were previously utilized with the grant went to implementing the intervention."
Without the grant, Finley said the district was unable to fund the salaries of coordinators at each of the schools — positions that are at the heart of the community school model.
"Salary is the biggest cost, everything else is networking and connecting," she said.
The coordinator would have been responsible for monitoring a case load of at least 10 percent of the school population. The job would be to identify students most at risk of falling behind and track their attendance, behavior and provide support to them and their family's. By doing this, Finley said, it helps the student but also helps teachers.
"Teachers talk about extra roles — this helps take some of that burden. They don't have to stop class to call home about absences or behavior, the coordinator does that," Finley said.
Additionally, the focus on a core group of students sets a better example for their peers, she said.
Davis Elementary students cheered on by Faulkner University
Faulkner University students, athletes, faculty and administration form lines to welcome students at Davis Elementary during the first day of school in Montgomery, Ala. on Thursday August 10, 2017. Mickey Welsh / Advertiser
Finley had started establishing partnerships with local universities — Faulkner and Alabama State — to provide volunteers in the schools.
"Both universities were going to be able to provide the biggest piece — human capital," she said, with education majors interning at the school, as well as providing tutoring and mentoring to students and helping staff the school's after school program.
The next step was to find a business, medical and faith-based partners for each school — but then the plan was off the table.
Success in other places
Elsewhere in Alabama, Dothan's community school program, called Bright Key, was implemented in fall 2015 through a partnership between Dothan City Schools and the Wiregrass Foundation, a local nonprofit that funds the position of the two elementary school coordinators and helps analyze the schools' progress.
"It is a stakeholder-driven model, with parents, teachers and community members identifying the program areas they think would have the most impact on their students, said Barbara Alford, president of the Wiregrass Foundation. "It's school specific. No two schools are the same."
One of the schools implemented a clothing closet for students and a community garden. The other has a program that pairs incoming parents with veteran parents of the school as a mentoring program. Both have tutoring programs, one with 160 students participating and 60 in the other.
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Currently in the fourth year of the partnership, test scores are improving at the two schools at a higher rate than the district's other non-community schools.
"At the end of year three, PARCA (Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama) did an assessment and at this point, it appears there is a strong correlation between Bright Key activities and student grades, in reading and math, across all demographic areas and behavior as well," Alford said. "The rate of growth for Bright Key students and schools was higher than the non-community schools.
Although, "It's only one year of data and it is a correlation," she added.
Originally slated as a five-year partnership, the Dothan City School Board recently voted unanimously to extend the partnership through June 2025.
Within MPS
Though Davis and Nixon did not get the assistance Finley had hoped to provide, Lanier found a way to offer more resources to its students without additional grant money.
When Antonio Williams became principal at Lanier, the school adopted a five-year plan coined "Reclaiming the Castle."
Principal Antonio Williams greets students during the Million Father March event outside Sidney Lanier High School in Montgomery, Ala., on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018. (Photo: Jake Crandall/ Advertiser)
"RECLAIM" is an acronym for the work the plan outlined: R for reaching students through hands-on activities and small group instruction; E for engaging students, parents and the community; C for consistency of expectations and vision; L for love of our jobs, students and school; A for accountability and taking ownership; I for intentionally making decisions that are data-based and data-driven; and M for modeling professionalism and excellence.
"We serve a large poverty area, so a lot of our kids come on free and reduced lunch and we understand the background of those demographics. Those students face barriers that are beyond academics. If a student does not eat all weekend or doesn't eat in the evening, we know that will negatively impact that student's ability to learn. So we take on any barrier that student may face."
About 70 percent of the student population is considered economically disadvantaged, according to the Department of Education.
Considered a Title 1 school, meaning at least 40 percent of the students come from low-income families, the administration decided to utilize the additional funds it receives for that designation to hire a parent liaison and a social worker. Between the two, many of the tasks that a community school coordinator would do are getting done.
Cubie Ray Hayes started her role as liaison in October 2015.
"A lot of parents, because of their own bad experiences in schools, may not trust school officials. The parent liaison is able to facilitate between school and home," Williams said, adding that the liaison may also be more accessible than administrators.
With 16 parent liaisons throughout MPS, the district encourages each to establish a parent center in their schools and host at least one monthly activity for parents to attend. For Hayes, the job has meant being the parent of each of the students while at school.
Lanier Parent Liaison Cubie Ray Hayes
Parent Liaison Cubie Ray Hayes with the help of JROTC students loads boxes of foods in the food pantry at Lanier High School in Montgomery, Ala., on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Jake Crandall/ Advertiser
Painting lockers is another project of parent Liaison Cubie Ray Hayes at Lanier High School in Montgomery, Ala., on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Jake Crandall/ Advertiser
Parent Liaison Cubie Ray Hayes' office door at Lanier High School in Montgomery, Ala., on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Jake Crandall/ Advertiser
Parent Liaison Cubie Ray Hayes has hygiene supplies for students in her office at Lanier High School in Montgomery, Ala., on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Jake Crandall/ Advertiser
Parent Liaison Cubie Ray Hayes has school supplies for students in her office at Lanier High School in Montgomery, Ala., on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Jake Crandall/ Advertiser
Parent Liaison Cubie Ray Hayes and PTA president Laday Dauda sort through extra student uniforms in her office at Lanier High School in Montgomery, Ala., on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Jake Crandall/ Advertiser
"I should be able to be there so a child won't have to call home to worry a parent or call that parent off the job," Hayes said.
Looking for ways to help on each side, her first major project was to open the Poet's Closet, stocked with uniform shirts for students to rent if they come to school without one, preventing them from having to sit in the office until a parent can bring a shirt.
Since its establishment, the closet has grown to include hygiene items, school supplies, jackets, pants, belts and prom gowns.
In 2016, Hayes started a food pantry. With the help of the Parent Teacher Student Association and local nonprofits, the project has grown from serving seven families to 15 with a box of food each week.
"We close that door and we find out what that parent needs and then I go and make calls and try to figure out how to help them," Hayes said.
Those needs cover a spectrum of issues.
One grandmother came to her in hopes of getting assistance to pay for her grandson's graduation costs — after Hayes worked to raise money for his mother that had to stay in a Birmingham hotel to be close to the hospital following her kidney transplant.
Last Christmas, she and the PTSA gathered the funds to buy one student and his four younger siblings Christmas gifts after their mother passed. They found a Santa suit for the older brother to wear while delivering them.
She's helped families pay their light bills. She's found a sponsor to fund a student's cheerleading fees.
Hayes also created the Poet Super Grands, a club of grandparents that serve as volunteers daily in the school. Started in November 2018, there are about 50 grandparents participating.
Her job, she said, "is important because everybody needs some help sometimes. And everyone needs to know where to go get help … People have enough problems on their hands already."
Working in a similar capacity, Latoya Patterson has been Lanier's social worker and teen parenting coordinator since October 2014.
"There's never a dull day here that I don't have something I can do pertaining to helping our students … a lot of our students need additional resources daily," Patterson said.
Patterson works with the school-based mental health worker that visits the school from Montgomery Mental Health Authority weekly, serving as the first person students see before giving a recommendation for additional mental health counseling. With a caseload of about 35 students, Patterson said she also provides updates to the counselor of any encounters with students in between the weekly visits.
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By being in the building, she believes students better understand her role and have better access.
"I help them get back to stability so they are able to achieve academically," she said.
The school's administration is currently looking to hire a behavior interventionist through Title 1 funds that would work with students identified as at risk of dropping out based on attendance and performance, Principal Williams said.
The school has brought in mentors from local churches and organizations, such as Medical Advocacy and Outreach to talk about suicide prevention and County Commissioner Isaiah Sankey, also a doctor, to work with students that aspire to enter the medical profession.
The whole idea, Williams said, "is the old cliché saying, it takes a village to raise a child. We definitely don't believe we can do it by ourselves and we have all the answers."
"We believe in emotional intelligence and meeting the whole child," he said. "If a child is being abused at home physically, mentally or sexually, we can't expect that child to come to school and function without some sort of support system in place. If we don't provide support to them, how can we expect them to be successful in school?"
While Lanier has achieved several parts of its five-year plan, there are two things Williams had hoped to implement by now.
One plan was to start a combat program, he said, which would provide drop-out students and parents the opportunity to get their GED free of cost.
"We wanted to do it because we felt like if our kids live in a household where the parent wasn't educated, then how powerful would it be to see their parent coming back to school. It'd also give them (the parents) better job opportunities," Williams said.
The other plan was to create a twilight school that would allow students to attend school outside of the traditional school hours. Currently, Lanier offers night school for credit recovery, but this would be different, he said.
"Sometimes students are missing school because they are staying home to take care of a sick relative. Or (they) are students with kids or students that have to work," he said.
The district's high school with the highest rate of chronic absenteeism, Williams pointed to how that negatively impacts the overall report card.
"Our test scores have improved and the graduation rate has increased, but we still struggle with chronic absenteeism," he said.
Lanier has started working with their feeder middle school to train teachers in preparing students for advanced courses. But, having the full community school design implemented in Lanier's other feeder schools, Davis and Nixon, would help the high school's efforts, Williams said.
"I think it would definitely be beneficial. We would probably have students coming to us better prepared for high school," he said.
Now serving as the Director of Family and Community Engagement for MPS, Finley said losing that grant money "was hugely disappointing. We were all ready to go."
Currently, the hope is that the window for a national federal grant for community schools will open soon, she said.
With a funding source, Finley said the two schools could begin as community schools by fall.
Call Montgomery Advertiser reporter Krista Johnson at 334-303-9019 or email her at kjohnson3@gannett.com. You can also follow her on Twitter @KristaJ1993
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Prince of Central Park är en amerikansk dramafilm från 2000 i regi av John Leekley. Producerad av Steven Seagal.

Handling
JJ:s (Nasso) liv har varit en pina, ända sen hans sjuka mor övergav honom. De enda två saker som betyder något för honom är hans bästa vän Sophia och hans talang för musik. Fast besluten av att få reda på vad som hände hans mor, rymmer han från sin hemska fostermor och ger sig ut på jakt efter svar. Han beger sig dit minnena började... i Central Park.

Produktion
Detta var den sista filmen som producentkollegorna Steven Seagal och Julius R. Nasso jobbade ihop innan de upplöste produktionsbolaget Seagal/Nasso Productions.

Remake
Filmen är en nyversion av TV-filmen The Prince of Central Park från 1977 med Ruth Gordon och T. J. Hargrave i huvudrollerna. Båda den nya och den gamla filmen är baserade på romanen The Prince of Central Park av Evan Rhodes.

Rollista

Externa länkar

Filmer 2000
Amerikanska dramafilmer


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Chef David Burke Returns to the Shore with Drifthouse in Sea Bright
Food Network regular remakes the former Ama Ristorante.
By Kelly-Jane Cotter | | March 19, 2018
Photo courtesy of Drifthouse.
At a wine dinner at Ama Ristorante in Sea Bright last year, chef David Burke got to talking with Bill Stavola, whose family owns the restaurant. By the end of the conversation, they had decided to turn Ama into a beachy New American restaurant called Drifthouse.
The gist of the discussion, Burke tells us, is that Ama "just didn't have the right branding."
After a redesign and a menu reboot, Drifthouse opened in late February. Its executive chef is Burke's younger brother, Robert, who held that title at Ama. The Burke brothers have worked on projects together since 1982.
Burke, a Food Network regular, owns several restaurants, including Tavern 62 by David Burke in Manhattan and BLT Prime in the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. His most recent New Jersey venture was the Fromagerie in Rumson, which he sold in 2015.
"The menu [at Ama] was easy to fix," Burke says. "That's my strength, and they didn't need training because the people in the kitchen have worked with me."
The local, seasonal menu includes elements of Burke's signature whimsy, such as strips of maple bacon hung on a mini-clothesline, a starter. Mains include ginger and black pepper salmon; bison short ribs; and house-made rigatoni.
Sunday brunch will begin Easter Sunday, April 1.
"I'll be there as much as I need to be," Burke says. "When the baby's new, I'll be around a lot. So this first summer, you'll see me a lot."
Drifthouse's "beach chic" look has been augmented with art from Detour Gallery in Red Bank and from Burke's own collection.
Sea Bright, a sliver of a town, faces water east and west. Drifthouse's new dining patio affords panoramic views of the ocean and of the Shrewsbury and Navesink rivers, over which the sun sets.
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Janice Cheddie
Dr Janice Cheddie is a writer and researcher, who has published widely on issues of visual culture, difference and cultural democracy. Cheddie and Shaheen Merali were Keepers of the Panchayat Archive from 2002 to 2015, when the Archive was transferred to Tate Britain Library.
Cheddie works across academia and public policy. She was Lead Consultant for Cultural Strategy at the Mayor's Office, Greater London Authority, where she worked on the development and management of the Heritage Diversity Task Force (HDTF) for the Mayor's Commission on African and Asian Heritage (MCAAH), GLA, London.
Cheddie is interested in the psychological concept of the uncanny, and the notion of being unhomed in relationship to how plants have been transported across the Atlantic and adapted to the Caribbean's tropical environment.


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Service Level Agreement (SLA's) are designed to ensure all parties are aligned when it comes to the scope of work, the quality in which the work will be delivered, and who is responsible for what within the relationship. A strong and comprehensive SLA is essential to the health of any MSP partnership. Is your MSP willing to commit contractually to meeting your service-level requirements and back up those commitments if those SLA's are not met?
A good, reputable MSP should cover all of these areas during initial discussions, however, if this is not the case, don't be afraid to ask the questions prior to committing to the partnership.
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Sarah saw that Abraham's son by Hagar the Egyptian was laughing at Isaac.
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But Sarah noticed the son of Hagar the Egyptian—the son whom Hagar had borne to Abraham—mocking.
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But Sarah saw Ishmael—the son of Abraham and her Egyptian servant Hagar—making fun of her son, Isaac.
And Sarah saw the ben of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had borne unto Avraham, metzachek (mocking, scoffing).
But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian whom she had born to Abraham—making fun.
But a damper was put on the day when Sarah saw the son Hagar (the Egyptian girl) bore for Abraham laughing and teasing her son.


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In 2018, bullets have flown on American school campuses 18 times. It's time for teachers and parents to fight back.
December 04, 2017 / Todd S. Hawley, Ph.D., and Adam W. Jordan, Ph.D.
How a school principal interacts with students, teachers, and staff has a huge effect on building an ecosystem where students are treated as people, not test scores.
Tampa Bay was a haven for gangsters and rum-runners during Prohibition. Now, its bartending community celebrates the anniversary of the end of the Noble Experiment with a formal ball and conference.
Southern Food columnist, L. Kasimu Harris, has learned that hard way that when you're broke, depressed, or heartbroken, you still have to eat. And you still need to feed others.


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Brown solos, Rivera sprints: New US road champions crowned in Knoxville
Photography by Wil Matthews
In hot, humid conditions, two new national road champions were crowned Sunday in Knoxville, Tennessee, having earned their stars-and-stripes jerseys in very different fashion.
In the women's nine-lap, 114km race, pre-race favorite Coryn Rivera (Sunweb) out-sprinted three-time national champion Megan Guarnier (Boels-Dolmans) to take her first elite road title from a small group of contenders. Guarnier's late attack was marked by Rivera's teammate Ruth Winder, forcing a sprint from the select group.
Emma White (Rally Cycling) rounded out the podium while earning the U23 national title, just as she did Thursday in the time trial championship, where she finished third and took the U23 TT title.
@CorynRivera!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/PU1r7LCMoF
— USA Cycling (@usacycling) June 24, 2018
Though Rivera, 25, has racked up more than 70 junior, U23, and collegiate national titles across road, track, cyclocross, and mountain, this was her first as a road pro following three years of second-place finishes,
"All championship events are about attrition," Rivera said. "It's so awesome to have a teammate [Winder] here. She made the difference. I've been second so many years in a row, it's been a long time coming and I'm really happy to take the win now."
White, who finished fourth in the national criterium championship on Friday, earning her that U23 title as well, could only be satisfied with sweeping the U23 TT, criterium, and road championships over a four-day stretch.
"I'm really, really happy with three top-fives, and two podiums," White said. "I don't think I can ask for more. Of course, we always head into these big races looking for a win, but the competition was so, so strong here. To be up against WorldTour riders, I feel so fortunate."
Youngest US road champion in history
In the men's 15-lap, 191km race, 21-year-old Jonny Brown (Hagens Berman-Axeon) rode into a late-race breakaway of four riders with around 70km remaining before going it alone 20km from the line to become the youngest elite road champion in U.S. history.
Of the other three from the breakaway, Robin Carpenter (Rally Cycling) finished second, 45 seconds off the winning time, and 32 seconds ahead of Jacob Rathe (Jelly Belly), who rounded out the podium, meaning there were no WorldTour riders on the podium of the U.S. national road championship. Gavin Mannion (UnitedHealthcare), who had initiated the decisive breakaway, finished fourth, four seconds behind Rathe.
The top WorldTour finisher on the day was 2010 national champion Ben King (Dimension Data), who finished fifth, 2:41 back. The last time the U.S. champion's jersey was seen at the Tour de France? Back in 2009, on the shoulders of George Hincapie.
Jonny Brown became the youngest US road champion in history, winning in his home state of Tennessee. Photo: Wil Matthews.
The decisive four-man break of the day escaped with nine laps to go. They gained more than four minutes over a chasing group of pre-race favorites, including defending champion Larry Warbasse (Aqua Blue Sport), Brent Bookwalter (BMC Racing Team), Brandon McNulty (Rally Cycling), Kiel Reijnen (Trek-Segafredo), Thomas Revard (Hagens Berman Axeon), and King. The chase group shuffled and re-shuffled, but was not able to close the gap to the four leaders, who would go on to battle for the victory.
It was an emotional hometown victory for Brown, the younger brother of Nathan Brown (EF Education First-Drapac), who was born outside of Nashville. The Brown brothers grew up in Memphis, and both moved to Austin, Texas, however Jonny moved to Knoxville just one month prior to the national championships.
The win was also the second elite road title in three years for the Hagens Berman-Axeon team, following Gregory Daniel's win in 2016. The older Brown brother rode for the same program from 2010-2013, winning the Tour de Beauce on the development team before signing with Slipstream Sports, where he's been since.
Also noteworthy — Brown won aboard an aluminum frame, a Specialized Allez.
"This is just unbelievable," Brown said. "I moved here a month ago, so it makes it even more special. I'm just so excited. All year, I've been training for this. I've had a rough last two years, this is just unbelievable. We've been working for this for a long, long time and it feels amazing.
"It was giving me goosebumps every time I made a lap, to hear my name. Then going into the last lap I said 'I can do this.'"
Carpenter said finishing second was bittersweet. "It's my first time on the podium for nationals. It feels pretty good. But, it's definitely a disappointment, considering how the race went," he said. "We had a little more of a gap to make up than we wanted. We lost some time and eventually on the hill [Sherrod Road], Jonny still had 50 seconds and I knew it was time to go. I rode the last half lap as fast as I could, but didn't have enough to catch him in the end."
Reflecting the difficulty of the day, only 63 of 119 starters finished the race. In the bunch was 46-year-old Chris Horner, winner of the 2013 Vuelta a España, riding for Team Illuminate; Horner did not finish the race.
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Aggression is overt, often harmful, social interaction with the intention of inflicting damage or other unpleasantness upon another individual. Frustration due to blocked goals can cause aggression. It may occur either in retaliation or without provocation.


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I've experienced grief before, but mainly as a child. I've also experienced depression before. It lingers constantly above me like a rain cloud. Some days will be fine, I'll laugh and see things clearly. On other days, my thoughts will be persistent, my mood will darken and that rain cloud will have grown into an inky, swirling storm.
In January, I received the most unexpected news. My father was in hospital, unconscious in the intensive care unit. It was thought best that I make my way there as soon as I could. After the worst 48 hours, he passed away.
It still doesn't feel real. How could something so unexpected, so totally out of the blue happen to someone so laid-back and dependable? It seemed incomprehensible. I couldn't get my head around it.
While I was asking myself how the universe thought it was OK for this happen, I carried on. I was moving on. It took a few days to realise this was happening and when I realised I couldn't work out why. Grief was something that broke you down completely, wasn't it? Why hadn't I fallen apart by now?
I still felt that unearthly emptiness. I wasn't sleeping properly. I burst into tears at the drop of a hat. I was irritable and it was as if someone had taken the colour out my life. But I was used to all of this. These are the hallmarks of depression. Had I slipped back into a depressive episode? Or was this normal, just grief doing its thing?
I became preoccupied with working out exactly why I was experiencing each and every emotion. But it turns out that trying to do this, whilst experiencing a tirade of intense feelings will eventually come to a head. I just needed to accept these feelings.
I've learnt to deal with grief in the same way I do with depression. I'm working my way through ALL the self-care lists on Pinterest. I've reached out for professional help, I'm exercising more and I'm totally OK with spending an afternoon in my pyjamas watching Frozen if I need to!
Catherine, that's a lovely article and it strikes a chord with me. It's well known that after the loss of my Father I too took a nose dive and struggled for some time to separate anxiety from depression from grief. Grief will run its course ( go with it) and affects different people in different ways at different times but you'll never stop grieving (and that's as it should be) it just becomes less frequent. We're thinking of you. You're not alone.
....and I wrote a letter to him. It helped.
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We have an article about tips for wellbeing on our online magazine for Brighton Girl.
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Ozuna, one of the biggest Puerto reggaeton stars, has claimed in a press statement that he was the victim of extortion. The Puerto Rican star says that he had fallen victim to blackmail, involving an explicit video filmed of him when he was just 16 years old. Various media sources are reporting that recently killed trap singer Kevin Fret was the person extorting Ozuna. Allegedly, Fret had threatened Ozuna on various social media sites that he would release the tape.
The reggaeton star originally reported the extortion plot to both the FBI and Miami Police Department back in 2017.
While no blackmailer has been publicly called out, it has been claimed that Fret was said to have a video of a 16-year-old Ozuna performing a sexual act. Fret demanded money to keep the video private and was reportedly paid $50,000 by Ozuna before he contacted the FBI about the blackmail. Fret was be shot and killed on Jan. 10 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
At this time, Ozuna's lawyer says there is no connection between Fret's death and the extortion case.
Sagardía said during a conference with Puerto Rican media that his client is not a suspect in the case and only met with investigators because of the extortion claims.
According to Billboard, Vicente Saavedra, Ozuna's manager, has also said that Ozuna has yet to be investigated or called to testify in the murder of Fret.
Don Omar weighed in on the extortion case that has people calling his comments "homophobic".
Omar has since explained himself for the comments on Facebook live but was short of an apology for using the slur.
He has since received heavy criticism for his comments that have come in light of the openly gay Fret's death. Some claimed Fret's death was a hate crime that was due to his sexuality, especially in a genre where masculinity and misogyny are prevalent.
Ozuna sent out an apology to his fans with hopes the singer can learn from this incident.
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