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Sri Lanka: A Dark Paradise – The Genocide of Sri Lankan Tamils
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The antagonism between Tamils and Sinhalese is rooted in the country's history but has been exacerbated into interethnic violence only since 1956. The old file photos of the particularly vicious anti-Tamil riots in 1983, recorded in stark images of gutted buildings and burnt Tamilian bodies, is a poignant reminder of man's inhumanity to man. The brutality was unbelievable, homes and shops were burnt, cars were doused with gasoline and lit, sometimes with the occupant inside; some people were hacked to death, others burnt alive. Another gruesome eyewitness account of the anti-Tamil pogrom lays bare the brutality of riots: 'Mobs of Sinhala youth rampaged through the streets, ransacking homes, shops and offices, looting them and setting them ablaze, as they sought out members of the Tamil ethnic minority.' Some 'motorists were dragged from their cars to be stoned and beaten with sticks… Others were cut down with knives and axes.' Conservative estimate place the figure of about 3000 Tamils killed in the riots.
In order to fathom the roots of the conflict between the Sinhalese and Tamils, one has to turn the historical clock back to 1948 when Sri Lanka gained independence from the British. The first act of the independent Sri Lankan government was to strip the Tamil plantation workers of the citizenship rights. These workers were descended from people brought to Sri Lanka from India by the British in the 19th century to work on coffee and tea plantations. As a result, at least a million Tamil workers were deprived of Sri Lankan citizenship. This hostile act did not completely disenfranchise the other Tamils living in the north and east of the island of Sri Lanka for thousands of years. But soon other laws were pressed into service, which adversely affected the prospects of all Tamils living Sri Lanka. The government made Sinhalese the sole official language rendering people speaking Tamil as second-class citizens. The Tamils were excluded from most government jobs and access to education was denied to them.
At first the Tamils began their peaceful protests against the repression by staging demonstrations, sit-ins and by fighting elections. These demonstrations were met with mob attacks of incited by Buddhist monks and politicians. As no progress could be made to roll back the anti-Tamil policies of the government, the youths increasingly took to violent means to make the government. 'The LTTE was formed in 1972, and carried out its first major armed action in 1978. After the 1983 pogrom, the LTTE gained increased support from the Tamil community and dramatically stepped up its war against the SLA.'
The failure of moderate Tamil political parties to improve the plight of Tamils living in Sri Lanka saw the growth of LTTE as a fighting force. This fact should be borne in mind to understand that LTTE is a product of Tamil Nationalism. 'The Tamil Tigers (LTTE),' observes A. J. Wilson, a noted authority on Sri Lankan Tamil Nationalism, 'today appear to hold the key to their people's future. While they have suffered setbacks, including the loss of the Tamil capital, Jaffna, they remain a potent guerrilla force, able to strike with impunity at both military and civilian targets.' The Tigers' grip on the Tamil population seems secure, as does their overseas support and funding from Tamil exiles in Britain, Canada, and Australia.
The inability of the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) to quell Tamil Nationalism led to large-scale repression against civilian Tamil population. This terrible fact could be gleaned from Human Rights reports on SLA atrocities committed on Tamils. A statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) reports: 'in recent decades, Sri Lanka has had one of the worst records in the world concerning forced disappearances. In 1971, around 10,000 persons disappeared in the south of the country. Between 1987 and 1991, over 30,000 disappeared in the south, and since the early 1980s there have been constant disappearances in the north and east of Sri Lanka. The exact number of such disappearances remains unknown.' The Tamil militants also unleashed its brand of terror by killing service personnel and indulged in disfiguring the bodies and desecrating corpses.
In 2002 the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (L.T.T.E.), as the rebels call themselves, signed a cease-fire designed to lead to a political agreement. While the rebels want a separate Tamil state in Sri Lanka's north and east, the government wants to keep the island whole. A federation seemed a possible compromise. But peace talks sputtered and then collapsed (both sides accused the other of being insincere), and since December 2005, Sri Lanka has again been at undeclared war with itself. The latest round of bloodletting is much like previous ones—bombings (including a Tuesday blast that killed 15, mostly women and children, in a bus), shellings, suicide attacks against political leaders, government air raids on rebel-held areas, abductions and disappearances of anyone believed to be aiding the other side. In the past 16 months, more than 4,000 people have been killed, and 220,000 people forced from their homes; a total of half a million Sri Lankans are now displaced in their own country. Nordic peacekeepers who are supposed to be monitoring peace have "gone from reporting single shots as [cease-fire] violations to reporting whole battles," according to one international observer who did not want his name used.
Government forces have pushed the Tigers out of much of the east, in part because a breakaway faction of Tamil fighters that fell out with the main rebel group has joined with government troops against their old comrades. The Sri Lankan military is now opening up a new front in the northwest. But there are few signs that the military is on the verge of victory. The L.T.T.E. has used tactical withdrawals to regroup following defeats in the past and is still able to spring surprises. In late February a group of foreign diplomats, including the U.S. and Italian ambassadors, had just helicoptered into Batticaloa, an area the government had assured them was safe, when they came under rebel mortar fire. (Both ambassadors were slightly hurt.) Two weeks ago, in one of its most audacious attacks so far, the Tigers used two small planes (the government says it was just one), which the group had smuggled onto the island piece by piece over the past few years, to bomb an airfield adjacent to the country's international airport outside Colombo. The attack killed three and wounded 16, but officials say government planes weren't damaged. The air attack was so unexpected that the improvised bombers were able to make it back to rebel territory unharmed. The Tigers sent journalists photographs of its new "air wing," including close-ups of an airplane fitted with small bombs and a group shot showing Tiger pilots surrounding a beaming Velupillai Prabhakaran, the group's charismatic but ruthless leader.
Sri Lanka has been in ceaseless turmoil for more than three decades. During the 1970s and '80s, Marxist radicals in the south engaged in a fierce campaign against the government and were just as brutally put down. The conflict with the L.T.T.E. was sparked in 1975 when the Tigers assassinated the mayor of Jaffna, Sri Lanka's northernmost city, and intensified after the killing of 13 soldiers in 1983. Fighting has gone on for so long now that it has brutalized an entire society, creating a culture of violence that haunts the country whether there is fighting or not. In his exquisitely written novel Anil's Ghost, set in an earlier phase of the conflict, Sri Lankan-born Michael Ondaatje describes the unnatural horrors that grip this tropical South Asian island of 21 million people. In Sri Lanka, Ondaatje writes, "the reason for war was war."
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This week we have looked at how energy can be exchanged by a system and its environment in the form of heat and flow energy. I explained that heat transfer comes in three types: conduction, convection and radiation. We observed that many machines operate with flow across their system boundaries and can be considered to be in a steady state, which leads to the steady flow energy equation (SFEE) that is a special case of the first law of thermodynamics. We can use the SFEE in the analysis of devices such as hair-dryers and jet engines.
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Next week the second law of thermodynamics will be introduced along with an explanation of why it controls and limits everything we do.
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What a treat to see Allan Holdsworth, Gary Husband and Jimmy Haslip last night at the Iron Horse Music Hall (I used to know it as the Iron Horse Cafe) in Northampton, MA. The lighting could've been better (so the photos aren't great), but the food was pretty darned good (as was the company and others in the crowd). This was the first gig of the trio and there were some kinks with equipment (and some timing), but all three were in fine form and probably the most energetic I've ever seen Allan Holdsworth on stage during his solos especially. The trio worked well together and all took solos throughout the nearly 90 minute set. Jimmy Haslip scatted along with a couple of his solos and Gary Husband was explosive at times–really a treat to watch him play again (it's been a long time!). Great humor and chemistry between the band and the crowd. The opening trio (Beledo and Friends) was a nice complement to the music of the night and members are from Uruguay, Ireland…and BROOKLYN!!). Gary Husband spent a great deal of time hiding behind the ride cymbal from where we were sitting, but he was pretty much a blur all night anyway!
I recognized most of the set from albums like The Sixteen Men of Tain, IOU, Sand, All Night Wrong and it's always a treat to hear Zone, Water on the Brain, Lanyard Loop, Fred and one of my (more ambient) favorites Above & Below. In the middle of the set there was a piece that I didn't recognize and it was rather free form with three equal solos.
Thanks for a great night, and by all means–get tickets to see this trio!
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namespace Payum\Offline\Tests\Action;

use Payum\Offline\Constants;
use Payum\Core\Request\BinaryMaskStatusRequest;
use Payum\Core\Request\StatusRequestInterface;
use Payum\Offline\Action\StatusAction;

class StatusActionTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
{
    /**
     * @test
     */
    public function shouldImplementActionInterface()
    {
        $rc = new \ReflectionClass('Payum\Offline\Action\StatusAction');

        $this->assertTrue($rc->implementsInterface('Payum\Core\Action\ActionInterface'));
    }

    /**
     * @test
     */
    public function couldBeConstructedWithoutAnyArguments()
    {
        new StatusAction;
    }

    /**
     * @test
     */
    public function shouldSupportStatusRequestWithArrayAccessAsModel()
    {
        $action = new StatusAction();

        $request = $this->createStatusRequestStub($this->getMock('ArrayAccess'));

        $this->assertTrue($action->supports($request));
    }

    /**
     * @test
     */
    public function shouldNotSupportNotStatusRequest()
    {
        $action = new StatusAction();

        $request = new \stdClass();

        $this->assertFalse($action->supports($request));
    }

    /**
     * @test
     */
    public function shouldNotSupportStatusRequestWithNotArrayAccessAsModel()
    {
        $action = new StatusAction();

        $request = $this->createStatusRequestStub(new \stdClass);

        $this->assertFalse($action->supports($request));
    }

    /**
     * @test
     *
     * @expectedException \Payum\Core\Exception\RequestNotSupportedException
     */
    public function throwIfNotSupportedRequestGivenAsArgumentForExecute()
    {
        $action = new StatusAction();

        $action->execute(new \stdClass());
    }

    /**
     * @test
     */
    public function shouldMarkNewIfStatusNotSet()
    {
        $request = new BinaryMaskStatusRequest(array());
        $request->markUnknown();

        $action = new StatusAction();

        $action->execute($request);

        $this->assertTrue($request->isNew());
    }

    /**
     * @test
     */
    public function shouldMarkPendingIfStatusSetToPending()
    {
        $request = new BinaryMaskStatusRequest(array(
            Constants::FIELD_STATUS => Constants::STATUS_PENDING
        ));
        $request->markUnknown();

        $action = new StatusAction();

        $action->execute($request);

        $this->assertTrue($request->isPending());
    }

    /**
     * @test
     */
    public function shouldMarkSuccessIfStatusSetToSuccess()
    {
        $request = new BinaryMaskStatusRequest(array(
            Constants::FIELD_STATUS => Constants::STATUS_SUCCESS
        ));
        $request->markUnknown();

        $action = new StatusAction();

        $action->execute($request);

        $this->assertTrue($request->isSuccess());
    }

    /**
     * @test
     */
    public function shouldMarkUnknownIfStatusNotRecognized()
    {
        $request = new BinaryMaskStatusRequest(array(
            Constants::FIELD_STATUS => 'some-foo-bar-status'
        ));
        $request->markSuccess();

        $action = new StatusAction();

        $action->execute($request);

        $this->assertTrue($request->isUnknown());
    }

    /**
     * @return \PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject|StatusRequestInterface
     */
    protected function createStatusRequestStub($model)
    {
        $status = $this->getMock('Payum\Core\Request\StatusRequestInterface');

        $status
            ->expects($this->any())
            ->method('getModel')
            ->will($this->returnValue($model))
        ;

        return $status;
    }

}

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"I'm so sick of seeing the robot," is a statement that has been said more then once by Tekken 7 audiences. It's a little unfortunate, too, because "Big Body" style characters almost never make it to top tier status in the fighting game genre. Jack-7 isn't even considered #1 by most top players, but still receives the brunt of spectator criticism (and, perhaps, reasonably so) from his frequency of use and incredibly simple play-style.
Sadly, tournament robots seem to only have a few subroutines, and in an age where the spectator is becoming the most powerful force in fighting game design, you could argue it's time to consider tweaking Jack-7's code. This is the underlying message, at least, of the latest FrameWhisperer breakdown of Jack-7's ff+1 — an oppressive, long-range, damaging mid that goes a long way in determining his status as a safe tournament pick.
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Digital Technologies and Policy
Tracking the spread of science with machine learning
By Basil Mahfouz, on 18 November 2021
On 3-5 November 2021, I joined research professionals from across the Network for Advancing and Evaluating the Societal Impact of Science (AESIS) to discuss state of the art methods for evaluating the impact of research. Participants showcased institutional best practices, stakeholder engagement strategies, as well as how to leverage emerging data sources. In this blog, I reflect on the conversations initiated at the conference, drawing upon insights gained throughout my research at STEaPP.
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Tags: Digital Technologies and Policy, Machine Learning, research, Science, science policy
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Andreas Kopp, a final year PhD candidate at UCL STEaPP and UCL IIPP and member of the Digital Technologies Policy Lab, elaborates on his doctoral research project and explains what's so difficult about governing innovation.
The challenge of innovation policy is coordination
There are no simple, prescribed solutions to such global issues as mitigating climate change or ensuring sustainable urban mobility. Instead, these require long-term contributions of many different economic sectors, governments, public agencies, and individual stakeholders. Increasingly, governments avert to drafting 'mission-oriented' innovation policies, i.e. systemic policies that cut across sectors in an attempt to enable the purposeful innovation of technologies towards a desired direction, rather than prescribing a closely defined solution. In other words, governments are 'tilting the playing field'.
Shared, sustainable autonomous vehicles at Lindholmen Science Park, Gothenburg, Sweden (Kopp 2019)
This often results in innovations that are not only technically highly complex, but also re-define human behaviour – so called socio-technical systems. They also span across different policy areas and therefore pose a new challenge for policy makers and policy implementers: they trigger coordination problems across policy domains and across government authorities, as existing policies might contradict each other, or relevant policies and regulations might be missing entirely.
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Tags: Digital Technologies and Policy, governance, innovation, PhD, research, transport
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Digital Technology & Society
Our lives are increasingly spent with or around digital technologies. We use these technologies to work, interact with friends, institutions, government and the world around us. Digital technologies are not just a conduit for interactions, increasingly our sense of being is also intertwined with these systems. We use these technologies to project our image to the world, to build professional identity and to engage with communities that we identify with. Such technologies also provide institutions with a new level of intimacy with the people they serve and the promise of being able to provide tailored services efficiently and effectively.
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Introduction to the fields of speech-language pathology, audiology, education of hearing-impaired children, and speech and hearing sciences. Normal speech and hearing processes are discussed, as well as communication disorders. Selected research topics in speech and hearing sciences are presented. Credit 3 units.
Introduction to anatomy and physiology of the peripheral hearing system and central nervous system, including functional descriptions of the systems and processes underlying speech and hearing function and dysfunction. Variable credit, maximum 3 units.
Introduction to various behavior management systems effective in both individual and group environments. Behavior interventions, classroom management strategies, environmental controls, psychodynamic techniques, and biophysical interventions are discussed, observed, and practiced. Focus is on working with children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Lectures and experience with children. Credit 2 units.
A basic introduction to psychometrics with emphasis on the selection, interpretation, and evaluation of assessments. Specific techniques for evaluating intellectual, educational, and linguistic abilities and achievement in children who are deaf or hard of hearing, from infancy through adolescence, are discussed and demonstrated. Credit 3 units.
Introduction to the physics of sound. Topics include production, transmission, and reception of sound and factors affecting human communication. Includes discussion, lectures, problems, and lab. Credit 3 units.
Surveys a broad array of speech and hearing science topics. Focus is on how speech and hearing science research findings can be applied to the practice of deaf education. Credit 1 unit.
Basics of American Sign Language are introduced, including vocabulary, grammatical structure, fingerspelling, and cultural information about the Deaf community. This is a highly interactive and participatory course. Credit 2 units.
Continues development of American Sign Language with additional vocabulary, emphasis on expressive and receptive abilities, conversational skills, and knowledge of Deaf culture. This is a highly interactive and participatory course. Prerequisite: PACS 4301-Sign Language I or instructor permission. Credit 2 units.
Study of typical language development, including the phonologic, morphologic, semantic, syntactic and metalinguistic aspects. Interactions between linguistic and other areas of child development will be discussed. Contrasts will be explored between typical and atypical child development to shed light on language learning processes. Credit 3 units.
Development of early print-recognition, reading, and writing of children who are typically hearing and children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Focus is on the years leading up to kindergarten. An overarching theme is the interaction between early language and early literacy development. Evidence-based strategies for differentiated instruction will also be discussed. Credit 3 units.
This course will provide students with a broad understanding of amplification systems and principles and methods of aural rehabilitation as they apply to children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Amplification systems to be covered will include digital hearing aids, cochlear implants and a full range of assistive devices. Aural rehabilitation topics will emphasize patient management and will include communication strategies, conversation styles and speech recognition assessment. Students will be provided with videotapes, live demonstrations and in-class activities. Direct contact with children and technological devices will also be used to support lectures and discussions. Credit 2 units.
Supervised practicum in education of children who are deaf or hard of hearing Students will be placed in field experiences (early, mid-level, and culminating levels) in a variety of educational settings with a variety of age ranges, using interventions in areas such as language, speech, auditory training, reading, math, and other content areas. Credit 7 units.
Supervised practicum in education of children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Students will be placed in field experiences (early, mid-level, and culminating levels) in a variety of educational settings with a variety of age ranges, using interventions in areas such as language, speech, auditory training, reading, math, and other content areas. Credit 7 units.
Principles and methods of developing competence in spoken English in children who are deaf or hard of hearing, birth to grade 12. Includes presentation of differentiated instructional techniques for teaching a diverse population of children who are deaf or hard of hearing English vocabulary, syntax, and pragmatics, as well as techniques for auditory training. Evaluations and data-driven lesson planning/IEP/IFSP development will be discussed, as well as the role of families as engaged, educational partners in spoken language development. Credit 3 units.
Principles and methods of developing reading and writing competence in children who are typically hearing, with an emphasis on the stages of development and appropriate teaching sequences. Based on this foundation, strategies and methods will be presented for making appropriate differentiated learning adaptations and interventions for reading instruction with students who are deaf or hard of hearing who have language and reading deficits. Additional topics include the use of children's literature in instruction, the intersection of language and reading development, content literacy, and general language arts instruction. Credit 4 units.
Emphasizes observation and some practice planning and teaching reading and writing with students who are typical and atypical learners, including children who are deaf or hard of hearing and who struggle to develop appropriate literacy skills. Observations will focus on areas such as how teachers use differentiated learning strategies for diverse learners, the use of children's literature in instruction, the intersection of language and reading development, instruction in content literacy, and general language arts instruction. Credit 2 units.
Principles and methods of teaching mathematics to students who are typically hearing and those who are deaf or hard of hearing. Strategies for other content-area instruction (science, social studies), use of instructional technology, and strategies for improving content literacywill also be discussed, with an emphasis on techniques for working with children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Students will practice developing and implementing lesson plans that are aligned to state and national standards. Credit 3 units.
A continuation of PACS 454. Principles and methods of teaching mathematics to students who are typically hearing and those who are deaf or hard of hearing. Strategies for other content-area instruction (science, social studies), use of instructional technology, and strategies for improving content literacy will also be discussed, with an emphasis on techniques for working with children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Students will practice developing and implementing lesson plans that are aligned to state and national standards. Credit 3 units.
Examines the psychological needs of families who have children who are deaf or hard of hearing. The aim of the course is to help teachers of children who are deaf or hard of hearing interact more effectively with parents and caregivers, using a collaborative model that views families as engaged partners in the educational process. Students will develop a repertoire of interviewing and counseling skills, as well as learn about a wealth of resources to share with families. Credit 3 units.
Development, improvement and maintenance of speech skills for children who are deaf or hard of hearing through multisensory approaches. Articulation, voice and rhythm patterns are considered. Lectures, demonstrations and practice. Credit 3 units.
Discussion and presentations of clinical cases and issues related to practice in clinical audiology. Credit 1 unit.
Supervised practicum in audiology. Credit 1 unit.
Supervised practicum in audiology. Credit 4 units.
Supervised practicum in audiology. Credit 2 units.
Supervised practicum in audiology. Credit 6 units.
Full-time clinical externship in audiology (on campus). Credit 9 units.
Full-time clinical externship in audiology (off campus). Credit 9 units.
Principles and methods of aural rehabilitation with an emphasis on patient management. Topics include communication strategies and conversation styles, speech recognition assessment and hearing aid service provisions for adults, older persons, children, and family members. Credit 3 units.
Fundamentals of audiologic assessment for infants and children. Behavioral and electrophysiologic procedures, and assessment of auditory processing abilities, are presented. Credit 3 units.
Issues relating to establishing a private practice including clinical management, small business and accounting practices, models of private practice, referrals and reimbursement, and managed care. Credit 2 units.
Introduces basic concepts in administration and interpretation of physiologic and electrophysiologic measures, with focus on auditory evoked potentials (AEP). Content covers basic instrumentation, parameters and variables affecting the AEP, auditory brainstem response (ABR), middle (MLR) and late (LLR) evoked potentials, auditory steady state response (ASSR) and otoacoustic emissions (OAE). Credit 3 units.
Advanced concepts related to the administration and interpretation of physiologic and electrophysiologic measures. Content includes in-depth study of ABR and other auditory evoked potentials, and the clinical application of these for the audiologist. Additional topics include study of electrocochleography (ECochG), P300 auditory responses, and mismatched negativity (MMN). This course will include a thorough study of intraoperative monitoring including neurophysiology and anatomy review, cranial nerve monitoring, spinal cord monitoring, and facial nerve monitoring. Credit 1 unit.
Includes basic information related to medications utilized for treating common hearing/balance disorders. Hearing and balance side effects of medications are discussed, as are ototoxic and preventative mechanisms related to pharmacology. Credit 1 unit.
Development of an in-depth understanding of issues related to auditory neurophysiology from the auditory nerve to the cortex. Credit 2 units.
Study of the genetic causes of hearing loss and balance disorders, and syndromes affecting the auditory and vestibular systems. Credit 1 unit.
Comprehensive course covering the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of vestibular disorders. Credit 3 units.
Study of how the listener perceives parameters of and differences in acoustical stimuli. Perception of the speech stimulus is also studied in detail, both for listeners who are typically-developing and those who are deaf or hard of hearing. Credit 3 units.
This course will cover topics related to hearing conservation, including effects of noise on hearing, environmental noise, classroom acoustics, federal regulations, interactions of noise and other agents, and ototoxicity. Additional topics may vary year-to-year. Credit 3 units.
Examines the relationship between clinician and patient in audiology. Topics include counseling theory and practices, and principles and methods of effective interviewing and counseling across the lifespan. Credit 2 units.
Examines psychological, social, educational, legal, historical, and cultural influences related to individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing. Additional topics include IEPs and interprofessional collaboration related to post-high school transitions. Credit 3 units.
Surveys a broad range of speech and language disorders in terms of associated characteristics, assessment techniques and treatment considerations. Credit 2 units.
Provides students with an introduction to clinical methods and observation experiences in speech-language pathology. Credit 3 units.
This course covers topics related to outcomes research and evidence-based practice as a foundation for students' independent studies. Topics such as how to be a critical thinker skills when reviewing research data from studies, and how to use data from research to drive decision-making will be discussed.Credit 0.5 units.
Course provides information about general and exceptional child development, focusing on ages birth through five years. Course also discusses historical and philosophical tenets of early intervention practice, focusing on a collaborative coaching model, which views families as engaged partners in the child's education. Other topics include addressing needs of families from a variety of cultural and economic backgrounds, linking families to resources, and Federal laws that govern special education services for children with disabilities including transitions in service provisions for children at the age of 3 years Credit 1 unit.
This course provides an overview of early childhood development of children who are deaf or hard of hearing, birth to age 5, with particular focus on early speech and language development, intervention strategies, assessment techniques, instructional strategies, and aural rehabilitation. Course discusses the philosophical tenets of early intervention practice, which views families as engaged partners in the child's education, and respects cultural and linguistic diversity. Students will learn about IFSP and IEP development, as well as a variety of resources that can be provided to families. Credit 3 units.
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Resources for Teaching about the Boston Tea Party Free Printables!
in a fun way. I am going to share a free printable with you as well as a few of my ideas. I am also going to give you 20 resources for teaching about the Boston Tea Party to check out in order to make your lesson the best it can be.
I put together this great Free Printable Pack. We started by having all of the children draw a picture of what they thought the Boston Tea Party was.
Next we read The Boston Tea Party (Graphic History) and sang the song with Trouble Brewing: A Fun Song about the Boston Tea Party (Fun Songs) .
Then I gave the children the comic strip sheet and asked them to write me a comic about The Boston Tea party. This was great for evaluating what they understood from the lesson.
We then watched Liberty's Kids episode one while the older kids played Listening Bingo to pick out the true facts.
We ended with a second picture of what The Boston Tea Party was about to be sure they understood.
This was fairly easy to do and they learned the information well.
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This is neat!! My kids love American History so this would be a great addition to our studies. Pinning it now..thanks!!
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My daughter is dyslexic so basic text and a talk won't sink in with her. She needs to see it and experience it to learn it.


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The Vegas Golden Knights Will Definitely Make the Playoffs
We're a little over the quarter way mark this season, and although an average of 30 games played doesn't provide a huge sample size for predictions. What can be learned from performances so far, shouldn't be overlooked. In regards to Vegas, we're no longer talking about a team having a great game, or a hot week, we're talking about a team that's 2nd in the Pacific and 11th in the League, often a solid start to the season for a playoff team.
One factor that could point to Vegas's likely playoff candidacy is that you have to go back to the 2011-2012 season until the team 2nd in the Pacific on December 1st didn't make the playoffs.
2nd in Pacific on December 1st:
W-L (as of Dec)
End of Season Division Results
16-17 Ducks 12-12 Finished 1st
15-16 Sharks 14-10 Finished 3rd
12-13 LOCKOUT
11-12 Stars 15-10 Finished 4th (No Playoffs)
Yes, the Ducks are a great team as you can clearly see, maybe all those numbers mean is that Anaheim can put together a consistent club. However, the Sharks managed a run to the Stanley Cup Finals from Vegas's current position as well, and Dallas wasn't incredibly far off either. Although what the Stars 11-12 season does show us, is that a good record early-on isn't a sure thing.
Goalie Situation
Goalie injuries have been in abundance around the league so far this year, but nowhere has been hit harder than Vegas. Five different goalies have hit the ice for Vegas already, with the Knights having to reach as far as the WHL to find a backup in their darkest hour. Thankfully those dark ages are nearly over as Subban is back, and Fleury is taking shots in practice.
Malcolm Subban
Maxime Lagacé deserves massive credit for stepping up as the starter for the club when they had nowhere else to turn. 24 years old, having never played an NHL game before, he's gone (5-6-1) with the Golden Knights. Although that's not a perfect record, he's no sack of potatoes in net and helped keep Vegas in contests during his time as a starter.
What Would Vegas in the Playoffs Mean for the NHL?
For starters, if Vegas makes the playoffs in their inaugural season, it will be something that has never been done before by a modern-day, ground-up expansion team. To see for yourself, below is a list of the first season results for every NHL expansion ever, broken up into four sections: Modern, WHA Acquisition, Early and '67.
Modern Expansion:
Inaugural Season Results
00-01 Blue Jackets Last in Central (28w-39l-9t-6o) —
00-01 Wild Last in Northwest (25w-39l-13t-5o) —
99-00 Atlanta Thrashers Last in Southeast (14w-57l-7t-4o) —
98-99 Predators Last in Central (28w-47l-7t) —
93-94 Mighty Ducks 4th/6 in Pacific (33w-46l-5t) —
93-94 Panthers 5th/7 Atlantic (33w-34l-7t) —
92-93 Senators Last in Adams (10w-70l-4t) —
92-93 Lightning Last in Norris (23w-54l-7t) —
92-91 Sharks Last in Smythe (17w-58l-5t) —
In modern years no teams have even come close to the playoffs. The Panthers finished 5th in the Atlantic and almost broke even with their win-loss ratio finishing with a (33w-34l-7t) record, but that's as good as it gets. Most teams finished last in their respective Divisions, with the Thrashers, Senators, and Sharks especially dropping the ball in their inaugural seasons.
WHA acquisition Expansion:
79-80 Hartford Whalers 3rd/5 in Norris (27w-34l-19t) Lost in 1st Round
79-80 Jets 5th/6 in Smythe (20w-49l-11t) —
79-80 Quebec Nordiques Last in Adams (25w-44l-11t) —
79-80 Oilers 4th/6 in Smythe (28w-39l-13t) Lost in 1st Round
I put very little weight on the World Hockey Association expansions. Even though an expansion draft was held, these clubs were already established, coming from another league. This is not to say they came in clean however, they did lose players, as many NHL teams held rights to players in the WHA prior to the merger. Even still as you can see, the two teams that did barely make the playoffs didn't fare well.
Early Expansion:
74-75 Kansas City Scouts Last in Smythe (15w-54l-11t) —
74-75 Capitals Last in Norris (8w-67l-5t) —
72-73 Islanders Last in East (12w-60l-6t) —
72-73 Atlanta Flames 7th/8 in West (25w-38l-15t) —
70-71 Canucks 7th/8 in East (24w-46l-8t) —
70-71 Sabres 6th/8 in East (24w-39l-15t) —
The early years of the 70's were more consistent with the expansions we are used to now. No large batches of teams flooding the NHL, or organizations coming from other leagues. In this batch of expansions, the Sabers did the best finishing 6th in the East. Consistent with the modern expansion teams the rest of the clubs finished dead last or next to it. Including the Washington Capitals, who hold the record for the worst inaugural season in NHL history, with only 8 wins in an 80 game season.
Expansion of '67 (Eastern Western):
67-68 California Golden Seals Last in Western (15w-42l-17t) —
67-68 Kings 2nd/6 in Western (31w-33l-10t) Lost in 1st Round
67-68 Minnesota North Stars 4th/6 in Western (27w-32-15t) Lost in Semi-Finals
67-68 Flyers First in Western (31w-32l-11t) Lost in 1st Round
67-68 Penguins 5th/6 in Western (27w-34l-13t) —
67-68 Blues 3rd/6 in Western (27w-31l-16t) Lost in Finals
The expansion of '67 was the first expansion in the NHL as we know it today, and the expansion doubled the size of the league. Separating the original six into an eastern conference, and putting all the newcomers into a new western conference. So from the get-go of the 67-68 season, only two of the new teams were gonna miss the playoffs, and as you can see anyways, surprise, surprise the eastern conference took home the Stanley Cup in the end.
The Knights Charge On
I presented my case, I gave you a bit of a history lesson, so now what? Well, the Vegas Golden Knights look to continue their push. They've won six out of their last ten games, which included a five-game winning streak at the end of November, one of those wins being a 4-2 victory over the 1st in the Pacific L.A. Kings.
Their goaltending situation is still not back to normal and yet they poss a serious threat. Additionally, their nearly recovered starter Marc-Andre Fleury needs no explanation for the force he can be in net, which will only make the team more dangerous.
Lastly, If you look at a team like Edmonton, a team that was championed by many to come out of the gate swinging. A team with a freshly signed supers star, one that helped them make a serious push in the playoffs last year. It's no shocker to say that Edmonton has been an overall disappointment at this stage in the season. Although they can still bounce back, they sit 2nd last in the Pacific only above the Coyotes. It's apparent to many that if they don't adjust something soon, they'll start watching their playoff chances slip further and further away. Edmonton couldn't have lost Talbot to injury at a worse time. A loss to Vegas right now is nowhere near as damning as a loss to Edmonton. Which is not something anyone in September thought they'd hear.
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/teams.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_organizational_changes_in_the_NHL
http://dropyourgloves.com/Games/AnyDateStandings.aspx?League=1&Date=2016-12-01
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expansion_draft
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Llŷn - Porthdinllaen: A small drinking village with a fishing problem
Paul Miles discovers there's far more to Porthdinllaen, a tiny coastal village on the Llŷn Peninsula, than just fishing and drinking..
Porthdinllaen. Photo: Paul Miles
"Porthdinllaen: A small drinking village with a fishing problem," it says, ominously, behind the bar of the Ty Coch Inn, the only pub in this picturesque seaside village of just a dozen or so houses. The pub is crammed with paraphernalia: lamps of all sizes hang from beams and photos line every wall. Some show the crowds that gather in this little east-facing bay on a summer's day, others show the floods that happened when a storm surge and high tide inundated the village.
"What about the fishing?" I ask the landlord, Stuart Webley, tucking into a crab salad before his shift starts in earnest. "They send all their catch to Korea!" he says, between mouthfuls. "There are seven boats that fish from here, all full-time, they probably employ a dozen people between them," he says. "But they're mostly fishing for whelks. They catch tonnes of them and ship them all to Korea," he pauses. "Very rubbery though, whelks, they can have them." No problem there then.
It's worth noting that the fishermen from Porthdinllaen also catch lobsters, and quite delicious they are too. Historically the port was an important harbour for importing and exporting goods and was even under consideration to be developed as the main port for Ireland at the beginning of the 19th century. Fortunately enough, though, Holyhead was chosen, allowing the harbour a gentle slide in to an active though more peaceful retirement.
The fishermen don't live in the village, in fact hardly anyone does. There are only four fulltime residents: Stuart and his family. The other houses are all owned and managed by the National Trust, mostly on long-term leases. Cars are not allowed into the village, which lies at the end of a mini peninsula, and the views across the bay to three-peaked Yr Eifl, the highest mountain in Llŷn, that plunges down to the shore are spectacular. On a sunny day, by all accounts, it's even more impressive. "It reminds me of Lake Como, with the mountains plunging down into the sea," says Richard Williams, the National Trust car park attendant, at the car park, a 20-minutes' walk from Porthdinllaen. "Not that I've been there but I've seen pictures."
But inside the pub, on a grey day, hilltops obscured by clouds, a walker has a different take on things. "It feels like the end of the world…or Britain," she says, starting on her first beer at 11am, after strolling across the beach from the car park. "It's magical."
"People love stumbling across this pub," confirms Stuart. "Especially if you chance upon it when we have live music. We once had a group of hikers - walking the coast path - arrive here at about five in the afternoon," he says, "I ended up calling a taxi for them at two in the morning." It seems Porthdinllaen is not always quiet.
Following the coast path from the pub, I pass profusions of flowers in pots and others in old boats and then find myself on a golden sandy bay with a lifeboat station. The tide is out and seaweed on the rocks spreads out, like Medusa's snaking tresses. Up and on from the lifeboat station, it's a surprise to find a golf course. Over a couple of greens and there is a lookout post where I see someone looking out to sea through large binoculars. The lookout post is open to the public. I go inside and climb steep steel steps to find a couple in their 60s surrounded by charts and binoculars. They are volunteers with the National Coastwatch Institution, "keeping an eye on boats, walkers and anglers." They also log wildlife. "Five Risso's dolphins last Tuesday."
Wildlife, views and picture postcard quaintness: there's lots to drink-in in the small fishing village of Porthdinllaen.
This article was written by Paul Miles.
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Sitges film festival to pay tribute to Sam Neill, Pupi Avati and Alien
Packed schedule revealed for 52nd edition of event devoted to fantasy and horror genre movies
'Cold Skin' opens in theaters on Friday October 20
Adapted from the celebrated Catalan novel, 'La pell freda', the film addresses issues of "facing the unknown"
The Sitges Film Festival closes its doors with 30% higher attendance
Jupiter's Moon, a refugee-drama mixed with science fiction, took home the Best Picture award
Susan Sarandon wins Grand Honorary Award at Sitges Film Fest
The renowned fantasy and horror film festival continues with various films and activities
Sitges Film Festival kicks off 50th anniversary
This year's event is about "culture" and "dialogue," featuring Guillermo Del Toro and director of The Exorcist William Friedkin
Sitges International Film festival, specialised in fantasy and horror movies, opens this Friday
Film buffs and festival fans will be flocking to Sitges these next 10 days, as the 47th Sitges International Film Festival opens this Friday, a long-awaited event after the success of previous years. Catalan filmmaker Jaume...
The Sitges International Festival of Fantastic Film of Catalonia confirms its rising ascendency
The 46th edition of the International Festival of Fantastic Film of Catalonia ended on 20th of October in Sitges (Greater Barcelona) on a very successful note. Ticket sales and public interest reached new highs while...
Sitges Film Festival's Best Movie Award goes to 'Holy Motors' by the French Director Leos Carax
The world's most important international film festival specialising in fantasy and horror films ended its 45th event in the Catalan coastal town of Sitges. Leos Carax wins the Best Director award. 'Chained', by Jennifer Lynch, receives the...
Sitges Fantastic Film Festival pays homage to Tom Savini and Paul Naschy
Until the 17th October, the Catalan coastal town of Sitges, located south of Barcelona, will be the world capital of Fantasy and Horror films. The opening ceremony honoured the actor and director Paul Naschy. Makeup artist Tom Savini and the...


A man who was pronounced dead yesterday (January 14) after being found injured in the city centre had reportedly "fallen from Trenchard Street car park", police have said.
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Communications is a critical component of a land trust's success. Since land trusts are mainly private, non-profit organizations, they are heavily dependent on donors and volunteers. A strong communications strategy will attract new donors and volunteers while retaining old ones. This project for the Land Conservancy of West Michigan (LCWM) evaluates different communications platforms and strategies and provides a list of recommendations for an effective communication's plan. Research was conducted via a survey disseminated to LCWM members and informational interviews with other environmental organizations. Final recommendations include prioritizing Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube/Vimeo over other forms of social media, investing in an annual (or five-year) professional paper magazine product, strengthening partnerships with local organizations, and holding more events for outreach.
Hanway, Hayley (2018). 2018 Land Trust Communication Guide. Master's project, Duke University. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/16542.


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Родился в городе , принадлежащем префектуре Хиого, в семье торговца рисом. Пятый из шести детей. Не желая заниматься семейным бизнесом, в 15 лет устроился на телекомпанию Toei и начал играть в кино, первым его фильмом стал  1958 года.

Примерно с 20 лет стал периодически исполнять роль «кирарэяку», в основном, в исторических драмах, фильмах о якудза и боевиках. За годы практики в этом амплуа Сэйдзо изучал игру многих классиков, включая Чарли Чаплина, и разработал собственную позу для изображения смерти, называющуюся : в момент убийства камера обычно стоит у убиваемого за спиной, поэтому его лица не видно; Фукумото же в момент «смерти» прогибается назад, попадая в фокус, а затем падает, сотрясаясь в конвульсиях. Сообщается, что Фукумото сыграл более 50 000 смертей, хотя сам он утверждает, что лишь 20 000. За свою более чем 50-летнюю карьеру Сэйдзо ни разу не был серьёзно ранен, хотя и получал травмы на съёмках.

В связи с уменьшением зрительского интереса к самурайским драмам Сэйдзо частично переориентировался на телевизионную карьеру. В 2003 году он ушёл из кинокомпании Toei на пенсию, однако сниматься не перестал. В том же году Сэйдзо получил международную известность, сыграв Молчаливого самурая в фильме «Последний самурай». В 2014 году на японские экраны вышел фильм об актёрах-кирарэяку , в котором Сэйдзо впервые в жизни сыграл главную роль. За эту роль Сэйдзо получил премию  в Монреале, а сама картина выиграла Чёрную лошадь  как лучший фильм.

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Fair trial rights without the trials?
Trial waiver systems in Russia, Ukraine and the South Caucasus
The face of criminal justice, in countries all around the world and in all kinds of different legal systems, has been undergoing a quiet revolution in the past 25 years. No longer are convictions won solely through judicial deliberation after a public airing of evidence. Instead, plea bargaining, incentive structures for guilty pleas, abbreviated trials, cooperation agreements, and other forms of 'trial waiver systems' have come to supplement and in some cases, to all but replace trials in many jurisdictions. Fair Trials has recently conducted research into the use of trial waiver systems in 90 jurisdictions worldwide, and has documented a 300% growth in the existence of such systems across the globe since 1990. It also demonstrated a wide variety in procedure, incidence and consequence of these systems. Some offer sufficient procedural protections for defendants, and provide promising opportunities to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of justice systems and to reduce human rights violations related to excessive case processing times and pre-trial detention. Unfortunately, the avoidance of the full procedural guarantees of trial may also undermine key protections for human rights and the rule of law, in ways that have not always been fully appreciated.
Read full article in the Winter 2017 Bulletin.
Full article in Winter 2017 Bulletin
Plea bargaining in Georgia (Winter 2014 Bulletin)
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Право на справедливое разбирательство - без суда? (Русский)
A6: Right to a fair trial
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Two Bulls in a China Shop: The EEOC and the DOJ
By Evan Gibbs on October 19, 2017
United States executive agencies are practically always on the same page when presenting to the public. So, it is incredibly unusual to see two such agencies taking positions directly contrary to one another in pending litigation. This, however, is exactly the current situation between the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), headed by Attorney General Jeff…
What Does The Landmark Ruling Declaring Sexual Orientation Discrimination Illegal Under Title VII Really Mean?
By Matt Anderson on April 18, 2017
Posted in Discrimination & Harrassment
On Tuesday, April 4, 2017, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals became the first Federal Appellate Court to hold that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. While some states have already enacted laws protecting against that type of discrimination, and many employers have added such protections into company equal employment opportunity policies, this marks the first time sexual orientation has been deemed protected at this level under the federal Civil Rights Act.…
Are Disabled Employees Entitled to Be Reassigned to an Open Position?
By Rebecca Silk on January 31, 2017
Posted in Discrimination & Harrassment, Employment Laws, Human Resources & Workplaces
A recent federal Appellate Court decision offers employers greater flexibility and decision making authority in considering job reassignments for qualified disabled employees. In EEOC v. St. Joseph's Hospital, a case decided by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals (which covers Georgia, Florida and Alabama), an employee sought a job reassignment as a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The employer allowed the employee thirty days to apply for vacant positions, but did not automatically grant her a new position. Rather the employer required the employee to compete for a new position pursuant to its best qualified applicant hiring policy – she would be given the job only if she was the best qualified applicant for the position.…
Sticky Notes On Applications Create "Sticky" Problem in Hiring
By Evan Pontz on January 23, 2017
Posted in Discrimination & Harrassment, Human Resources & Workplaces
A nationwide restaurant chain is in a "sticky" situation, and not because of the barbeque sauce on its ribs. Rather, it faces a trial in a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, alleging years of pervasive age discrimination in its hiring of hourly, "front of the house" employees. The EEOC alleges that the company failed to hire applicants over 40 for public, visible positions such as servers, hosts, and bartenders, and instead instructed managers to hire younger applicants for those positions at its hundreds of locations.…
Can An Employer Legally (If Unintentionally) Screen Out Older Job Applicants?
By Rebecca Silk on October 20, 2016
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals (which handles federal court appeals from Georgia, Florida and Alabama) recently issued a surprising and first of its kind decision holding that applicants may not bring a disparate impact claim under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act ("ADEA"). The ADEA prohibits employers from intentionally discriminating against employees 40 or older due to their age. Any such "disparate treatment" (another way of saying intentional discrimination) violates the ADEA. But the ADEA is also usually understood to also prohibit unintentional discrimination on the basis of employees' age (over 40), such as a rule or policy or practice that while non-discriminatory on its face has the real, if unintended, effect of discriminating against older workers. This concept is known as "disparate impact" discrimination. As the ADEA (and most employment discrimination laws) applies to both employees and applicants for employment, most assume that the disparate impact theory of discrimination also applies to applicants as it does to employees. The Eleventh Circuit, however, said it does not.…
Federal Contractors Must Read This!
By Evan Pontz on September 28, 2016
Do you do business with the federal government? If you do, you (hopefully!) know that keeping up with the rules and regulations of being a federal contractor are no easy task. But we are here to help!
Lawyers at our firm, including HRLawMatters contributor Jim McCabe, have written an incredibly helpful article to help federal contractor employers comply with recent changes to their obligations. This article was recently published on the DirectEmployers Association website – and you can see it at this link here. …
Safely Preventing Workplace Violence
By Evan Pontz on August 25, 2016
If you are an HR professional, you surely worry about workplace violence. Whether it is an "active shooter" at work or just an argument that turns physical between two employees, the concern about workplace violence and the harm it can cause — both to those directly involved and everyone else who works there — is quite real and undoubtedly scary.
I recently read an article from the Business Journal publications that I found useful: "Preventing Workplace Violence: What to Listen For, Look For, Notice and Do." This article discusses issues surrounding workplace violence prevention and offers some "identifying signs and symptoms" that can be a precursor to violence. …
Have You Gotten An Email from the EEOC?
By Rebecca Silk on August 16, 2016
Did you know that at the beginning of 2016, the EEOC rolled out Phase I of its Digital Charge System, which provides an online portal system for employers to access and respond to a Charge of Discrimination? If you didn't know, you are not alone. Many employers have been surprised to receive an email from the EEOC stating that a Charge has been filed and providing a password to access the EEOC's secure online portal. The email provides a deadline for the employer to log in to the portal. Once logged in, the employer may view and download the Charge, respond to mediation requests and upload position statements it creates for the EEOC to review. (The EEOC asserts that information uploaded to the portal are encrypted and protected by proper security controls.) The EEOC's plan is to no longer send hard copies of these documents to employers.…
EEOC Confirms Fighting "Systemic Discrimination" Remains Top Priority
By HR Law Matters on July 19, 2016
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) defines systemic discrimination as "pattern or practice, policy and/or class cases where the alleged discrimination has a broad impact on an industry, profession, company, or geographic area." In 2005, the EEOC examined the state of its systemic discrimination program and issued numerous recommendations for changes in strategy, all of which resulted in the adoption of the Systemic Task Force (STF). The STF has been a game changer for EEOC enforcement, setting priorities that have shaped the EEOC's agenda and strategic vision over the last decade. Among the STF's primary recommendations was to make combating systemic discrimination a top priority. To do so, the STF advocated for the use of a national law firm model in litigating systemic cases by staffing systemic suits based on the needs of the suit, independent of the office where the case was developed.…


Part of any librarian's job is to provide access to information people may not immediately know they need, exists, or is accessible. Amy Calhoun, Virtual Branch Coordinator at the Sacramento Public Library, understands this challenge as well as anyone. It's why she and her colleague Laurie Willis, an Electronic Resources Librarian at the San Jose Public Library, both set out to find a solution designed to ensure people would have access to information when and where it was needed.
"It just made sense to expand our offerings," Calhoun said. Expanding her library's science related content and making sure the information was current quickly became a priority.
Likewise, Willis was determined to carry out her library's mission of providing access to an array of information but also wanted to make the material easier to use. "Anything we can do to make what we offer accessible to people at home is a good thing," Willis said.
The two California librarians obviously had the will. All they needed next was a way.
Reaching new users who otherwise may not be able to afford or consume premium resources.
Convincing traditional library users to embrace electronic library resources.
Calhoun and Willis were both able to execute their plans and grow their libraries after adopting GVRL, an online library of reference eBooks for multi-disciplinary research, including texts related to American and world history, biography, health, arts, business, travel, religion, and multicultural studies.
GVRL provided the librarians with on-demand content that quickly became attractive to a wide range of users. "We use several Gale products which are popular with high school students and adults," Calhoun said.
The accessibility to GVRL also knocked down some of the barriers that can prevent people from accessing the information they desire or need. "One advantage to the Gale offering over other electronic resources is that there's no need to download anything, buy a device, or acquire a special application," Willis said.
Once word spread in Sacramento and San Jose that reliable information was convenient and easy to access from home, even those who were skeptical of the technology and loyal to more traditional print materials were convinced. "Our usage numbers got big all of a sudden," Willis boasted.
Gale has what Google does not. It's one reason why Willis launched a marketing campaign that touted the library's expanded collection of current travel books just in time for the summer travel season. These are titles that cannot be viewed in their entireties after a quick Google search and were featured prominently on the library's web site. "It's why I think my usage statistics went up quite a bit in the last few months," Willis noted.
The value proposition Gale offers is one librarians say cannot be matched by search engines. For instance, children in Sacramento can access premium test preparation materials. Likewise, do-it-yourself mechanics can access repair manuals that would cost them money elsewhere.
"We have premium content that our customers cannot find online without paying for," Calhoun said. It's one reason today's libraries are more valuable than ever.
The people of San Jose not only depend on their library for lifelong learning but also for access to ideas without barriers or delays. GVRL is helping the library earn a reputation of which it's proud. "With some of our other products I have to do a lot of troubleshooting. That's not the case with Gale. Nobody gets stuck or has trouble figuring out how to use it," Willis commented.
GVRL usage grows as a result of platform's usability, accessibility, and convenience.
Library customers who may not be able to afford or find premium content enjoy access they otherwise might not.
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When you run an accounting department (or worse, two), during audit & tax return season there are days when you need ice cream at the end of the day, regardless of your weight loss goals or A1C results.
Some days you need cookies.
Some days, you need both ice cream and cookies.
Tonight it's Klondike bars and Chewy Chips Ahoy.
I needed chocolate. What's wrong with that?


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Statement of the Adrian Dominican Sisters on Mass Shootings, Racial Hatred, White Nationalism
August 6, 2019, Adrian, Michigan – The General Council of the Adrian Dominican Sisters issued the following statement in response to the recent mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio.
We weep with and pray for the families of the latest victims of murderous rampages in our country – this time in El Paso and Dayton. We cry out in anguish at the "normalization" of gun violence that claims the lives of hundreds of victims each year and at the racial hatred and white nationalism that is fueling horrific acts of domestic terrorism.
This "new normal" is not normal. It goes against the grain of every value of decency and goodness we claim as nation and strive for as people of faith, as brothers and sisters created in the image and likeness of our one God.
We insist on common sense gun control. There is no place in our streets, our schools, our homes for AK-47 assault rifles; gun owners, like vehicle owners, should be licensed; gun safety measures should be implemented and regulated.
We insist on concrete measures to expunge the scourge of white nationalism that poses such a real and present threat to our brothers and sisters of color and is so toxic to our nation, assaulting the very fabric of our union. White supremacy is a lie that has infected our national identity since its inception. We must root it out in word and deed and in every form it takes – passive or aggressive – in our personal and national lives.
Created equal in the image and likeness of God, we commit anew to conscious and intentional action, prayer, and love – to live each day in the Spirit-filled sisterhood and brotherhood to which our loving God calls us.
Members of the Adrian Dominican Sisters' General Council are Sisters Patricia Siemen, OP, Prioress; Sister Mary Margaret Pachucki, OP, Vicaress and General Councilor; Sister Frances Nadolny, OP, Administrator and General Councilor; and Sisters Patricia Harvat, OP, and Elise D. García, OP, General Councilors.
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Adrian Dominican Sisters Stand with Youth at Gun Violence Marches throughout U.S.
April 4, 2018, Washington, D.C. – As youth from throughout the United States marched on March 24 to protest gun violence and the mass shootings of several of their peers throughout the years, Adrian Dominican Sisters and Associates stood with them in support and solidarity. Sisters attended the national march in Washington, D.C., as well as "sibling marches" throughout the country.
Adrian Dominican Sisters Kathleen Nolan, OP, and Maurine Barzantni, OP, were among an estimated 800,000 people who crowded into the streets of Washington, D.C., to protest the epidemic of gun violence and mass shootings. The event was organized by students from Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, who lost 17 classmates in the latest school shooting.
"It was a different experience because of the density of the people," Sister Maurine recalled. "We were so packed that we could not even move." Instead, the two Sisters watched the program on a nearby large screen. Still, Sister Maureen added, "it was wonderful to think of 800,000 people supporting a cause that had not [previously] been popular to support."
Sister Kathleen, Director of the Congregation's Office of Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation, noted that the event was clearly the work of the students, who all spoke articulately about their hopes to end gun violence. "It was also clear that the adults were there to support the students," she said. "The adults knew their role."
Both Sisters noted the failure of U.S. adults to persuade Congress to pass a bill that would include a sensible solution to the rampant gun violence in the nation – and most notably the mass school shootings that have taken place over the past 20 years. "We should have stopped this at Columbine [High School]," Sister Maurine said. "And then they killed children" at Sandy Hook School and other schools.
Still, both Sisters Kathleen and Maurine were happy at the groundswell of support for reasonable gun control measures – and by the diversity of people calling to an end to gun violence. "It wasn't about being a Democrat or Republican or about religion," Sister Kathleen said. "It was about saving lives. Everybody who was there that I saw was there to support the kids and promote gun safety to save lives, so that this would never happen again."
In Washington, D.C., and around the country, students leading the marches also focused on making an end to violence in the schools into a political issue in the 2018 and 2020 elections.
Among the Sisters participating in the march in Adrian, Michigan, are, from left: Sisters Patricia Walter, OP, Anneliese Sinnott, OP, Lorraine Réaume, OP, and Rebecca Hodge, OP.
In Adrian, Michigan, as in other places, voter registration was a key effort of the students. Speaking to a crowd of about 300 people – including numerous Adrian Dominican Sisters – leaders from Adrian High School and Tecumseh High School noted their own eligibility to vote in 2020. They promised to hold candidates to their responsibilities to vote for reasonable measures to end the violence at schools and in the city streets.
The student leaders in Adrian spoke articulately of the pain and fear of growing up as part of the generation of school violence and promised that the issue would remain way past the day of the marches. At the invitation of the students, teachers spoke eloquently of their refusal to be armed as part of the solution – and of their role to teach children, not to add to the violence.
While Sisters attended the march and rally at Adrian's Old Courthouse, participants attending an Adrian Dominican Sponsored Institution Conference in Adrian took time from an already-packed schedule to pray in solidarity with the students and for an end to the violence.
Attending the March in Detroit, Sister Suzanne Schreiber, OP, said she was impressed by "the number of young people at the March, their passion for dealing with the gun violence issues and their emphasis on voting." She was also inspired by a young woman who spoke of her own mental and emotional illness "in relation to what is often a misdirected focus on mental illness in the conversation [on gun violence]."
Sisters Janet Stanowski, OP, left, and Suzanne Schreiber, OP, are among the thousands who attended the march in Detroit.
Although thousands attended the event in Detroit, Sister Suzanne said it was a very peaceful experience. She noted that members of the Meta Peace Team were on hand to offer mediation in case of conflict, but "all was peaceful."
Sisters Patricia Leonard, OP, Judith Rimbey, OP, and Donna Baker, OP, faced some opposition when they participated in the march in Palm Beach, Florida. "We marched down Southern Boulevard, [President] Trump's access to his home on Mar-a-Lago, with thousands of people, all age groups," she reported. "It was truly impressive." They noted that the march participants were heckled by only a couple of supporters of President Trump, but the crowds responded peacefully, waving their signs.
In San Francisco, Sister Judith Benkert, OP, and San Rafael Dominican Sisters Mary Kiefer and Patti Bruno joined a crowd of thousands, taking public transportation to the march site on Market Street. Amid signs with messages such as "Guns do kill people" and "This is a not a moment! This is a movement," they gathered to hear the speakers. "Senator Diane Feinstein was the oldest," Sister Judith noted. "The youngest were sixth-graders to 20-somethings. All were short and to the point: schools should be safe. Signs asked for laws that required background checks for everyone – with no loop holes."
Noting the population of 2,800 people in Watkinsville, Georgia, Sister Mary Priniski, OP, noted that an impressive number – 300 to 400 people – attended the March for our Lives at Veterans Park in that small town. People in the area were eager to raise their voices for common-sense gun control, Sister Mary said, speaking of a woman from rural Georgia who traveled 40 miles to attend the event.
Sister Mary recalled children carrying signs, asking that they not be the next victims of a school shooting. "The final two speakers were a sophomore and a senior at Oconee County High School, asking us to vote since they could not do so," Sister Mary said. "However, we were reminded that in 2020 they could vote and in 2024 they could run for office. It was a day filled with hope and promise."
Sister Maureen O'Connell, OP, saw moments of sadness, but more moments of promise and excitement during the march that drew an estimated 15,000 people to the march in Houston, Texas. Among the attendees were students from St. Agnes Academy and St. Pius High School, both sponsored by the Houston Dominican Sisters.
Sister Maureen was saddened by a 10-year-old boy who tried to figure out how he would respond to a shooter in his school – and concluded that he would stand near the door to protect his classmates.
On the whole, however, Sister Maureen was impressed by the students, who clearly led the event. "There was something about this that was so touching because it was all young people who were clear about what they wanted." Although Mayor Sylvester Turner spoke and has promised to appoint a committee to study gun violence, the march was run by high school and college students.
The students' emphasis on voter registration and on taking the gun violence issue to political leaders was hopeful for Sister Maureen. "We're in the state we're in because of apathy, because we don't vote," she said. "The young people have said, 'We do have a voice. Let's use it.'"
Feature photo (top): From left, Adrian Dominican Sister Maureen O'Connell, OP, with Laura Henderson, a member of the Dominican Family in Houston, and Houston Dominican Sister Carol Mayes, OP, participate in the march in Houston, Texas.
Left: Participating in the Chicago march are, back row, from left, Sisters Joan Mary, OP, and Marilín Llanes, OP, and front row, from left, Sisters Jean Keeley, OP, and Xiomara Méndez-Hernández, OP. Right: Sisters Mary Trzasko, OP, left, and Beverly Stark, OP, at the march in Charleston, South Carolina.
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