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For the uninitiated, Teach for America is an alternative certification program that recruits people to become teachers in high needs schools for a commitment of two years. TFA is a fairly prestigious and selective program (for the past several years, fewer than 15% of applicants were admitted, a lower acceptance rate than that of Harvard Law School). It can be an incredible way to start teaching in a high needs school, but it's also really hard, and not the right fit for everyone.
Teach for America recruits (called "Corps Members") commit to teach for a minimum of two years in schools in low-income areas. Once you're accepted, you're assigned to one of TFA's 50+ regions, and you'll interview with principals to find a job in a specific school before the school year starts.


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1) Know the risks. Conduct thorough research to understand the risks of your medication.
concerns about possible side effects of your medication, speak to your provider immediately.
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4) Not just for psychosis. Some anti psychotics can be used to help treat mood disorders such as bipolar. Do not be alarmed if your doctor prescribes an anti psychotic and you are not diagnosed with a form of psychosis. As always speak up ask questions, it is your body and health and you have every right to know why you are taking a medication.
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The day after what would have been George Harrison's 73rd birthday, February 26, 2016 , Hot Records Ltd. and Vagrant Records are proud to present George Fest: A Night To Celebrate The Music Of George Harrison.
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Documentaries are the next developing area for BMG in audiovisual with the first to appear, a program focused on the 'Godfather of Electronic Music' Jean-Michel Jarre.


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Lance Dean, otherwise known as "Blaqout" is one of bass music's hardest working producers, pushing the boundaries of dubstep into new territories. By mixing in different styles and slamming his own take on every track, Blaqout has captured the ears and bodies of listeners across the world from his studio in Los Angeles.
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The so-called advanced mode constantly gives rise to discussions about their oddities. And in the modern world, when the boundaries of what is permitted and illicit, ethical and immoral, a barely noticeable, sometimes extreme fashion acquires amazing shape.
And in different countries appear underage twins of Hitler, jewelry for the eyes or real elven boots. About these and some other strange modern fashion trends can be read in a small article below.
Last year Hitler "captured" Bangkok – the part of the Thai capital, which is relevant to the world of fashion. Still there continues a real «watermania" – cartoon images of the Fuhrer mold on shirts, sweaters, posters, wherever.
Foreign journalists explain that this trend is related to growing here (as, indeed, elsewhere) by ignorance, and not with the fascist sentiments of the youth of Thailand.
The Union of railway workers of South Korea stated that the employees of Korail affiliated company, are forced to work overtime, "smiling".
. Yes, Kang Joon hates the holidays. Hundreds of additional trains are appointed for travelers heading to their hometowns, but Korail Tourism Devlopment, where she works as a tour guide on the train, do not hire additional staff to work on this tight schedule. While all the other people celebrate the holidays, the workload of the Kahn and her colleagues only grows.
The so-called "2-2 change" quite frequent during the holidays. Workers in this period did not return home after the end of the shift Instead, they sleep off in the company's offices and then once again go to work. Typically, a crew member of the high-speed KTX train from Busan to Seoul would have to return home at the end of the working day. But if you change "2-2" employee sleeps 4-5 hours somewhere at the nearest station before heading back to Seoul. The Korean railway workers Union ( KRWU ) evaluates actual working hours during such shift at 25 hours.


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What to do About Teen Sexting
By Justin W. Patchin
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Over six years ago I wrote a post where I offered advice to teens who receive a sext. "Sexting" is when someone takes a naked or semi-naked (explicit) picture or video of themselves, usually using their phone, and sends it to someone else. We are mostly concerned with these behaviors as they occur among middle and high school students, but adults are most certainly participating as well. When it comes to students, back then I suggested that if they receive an explicit image of a peer they should delete it immediately. Some people were critical of this recommendation, arguing that if a teen deletes the image it will be more difficult for adults to investigate. That may be true, but it was also the most prudent advice to give students at the time, given the examples we had heard of youth being prosecuted for possession of child pornography. I clarified my position in a post a few days later, acknowledging the criticism and further explaining my perspective.
I've been reflecting on this advice lately, as we recently collected fresh data on the prevalence of teen sexting. Not surprisingly, a number of youth still participate in these behaviors. The numbers aren't nearly as high as is commonly purported in panic-producing headlines, but still significant enough to warrant a conversation with our kids.
In thinking about whether my recommendations would change today compared to six years ago, I've concluded that they wouldn't. Unfortunately, until adults thoughtfully revise outdated child pornography and mandatory reporting laws, encouraging teens to tell an adult about sexting is a terrible idea. It has the potential for significant consequences that may only make things worse. Because educators are mandatory reporters, they are required to contact the police when made aware of any situation that leads them to believe a minor is being abused or exploited (which could include sexting). And the police simply do not have good tools to deal with run-of-the-mill sexting among consenting teens.
Some states have updated their laws, giving law enforcement officials (police and prosecutors) more options when it comes to sexting among minors. For example, Florida law allows for community service or participation in an educational class instead of felony or even misdemeanor charges for a first instance of sexting by minors. In New Jersey, a diversionary program was created specifically for juveniles charged with sexting, with the goal of keeping them out of the justice system completely.
But most states still rely on child pornography laws that include threats of a felony conviction and long-term registration as a sex offender. These archaic laws also mean that students will resist coming forward in situations where they really do need adult assistance (e.g., in cases of bona fide exploitation). As an example, a female student may send an explicit image to a boyfriend who then shares it with his buddies. Now the female student may be reluctant to tell an adult, for fear of being charged with the creation and distribution of child pornography and labeled a sex offender. This may lead to even more exploitation, if boyfriend or someone else demands more pics or behaviors. (By the way, we asked about these behaviors in our latest study, too. So stay tuned for new information on "sextortion.")
"We need to create a safe opportunity for teens who truly are being exploited to come forward. They shouldn't fear prosecution or persecution."
So I continue to advise students who receive a sext to delete the image immediately. They should also tell the person who sent it that they are not interested in those images, especially because of the potential legal ramifications that they generally do already know about. Deleting the image helps to prevent it from ending up in the hands of others (or going viral), which is the main concern with sexting. The overall goal, of course, is to encourage students not to share explicit images in the first place, but also to minimize the distribution when they are shared. Non-parental adults should really only get involved when sexting involves coercion or when images have spread beyond the intended recipient. At that point, however, it may be too late for adults to do anything to help.
We need to create a safe opportunity for teens who truly are being exploited to come forward. They shouldn't fear prosecution or persecution. They shouldn't be threatened by well-meaning—but ultimately misguided – adults who lecture them in a school assembly about the potential criminal punishments that could apply to sexting. Touch base with your children (or students) early on so they know what to do should they find themselves in a sexting situation. To help with this, we have more detailed recommendation for teens when it comes to sexting on our website. Check them out and let us know your thoughts.
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Again, Justin, your recommendations are spot on. Ending the chance that the receiver will have any responsibillity for passing on the image, allowing it to die in your trash is the best way to deal with this.
We have so many young folks who make a bad decision that impacts their future, they don't need lectures, they need support.
Justin W. Patchin says:
Yes! Thanks, Bob.
Avery Webster says:
i think you did great on this justin. i seriously think this needed to be adressed. please keep updating on important situations 🙂
im a student at cane creek middle school, and i want to say thx!
Julia Hengstler says:
Hi, Justin.
Thanks for continuing to weigh in on sexting as an issue–not only among youth, but also among adults. The best choice is not to engage in sexting; however, one of my major concerns is that where youth do engage in risk taking behaviour in this area, and get into some trouble, they can be highly reluctant to speak to an adult, parents/guardian/mentor who might otherwise help better assure their safety. This is why I wrote up Sexting & A Safety Agreement for Families last February: https://jhengstler.wordpress.com/2016/02/15/sexting-a-safety-agreement-for-families/ . It's being referenced by a couple of BC organizations.
Thanks for the note, Julie. I feel like I read this when you originally posted it a while back. It definitely sounds familiar. The agreement you have laid out is appropriate and reasonable. My only question would be with the clause asking the child to "promise to call the police if they are in immediate harm" related to sharing an explicit image. I think a better suggestion would be to consult with the caregiver prior to calling the police. It may be necessary to call the police, but just remember, technically speaking a child could be prosecuted for sharing these images. So unless it is really necessary it is probably best to keep it out of the formal criminal justice system if possible. I am hopeful that one day our laws will be revised in such a way where the police can get involved without risk of a child being labeled a sex offender. Other than that, I think your agreement creates a strong platform from which parents and other caregivers can have a conversation with their children about this issue. Keep up the good work!
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This tale is heavily biased towards fault finding on 1960's Marine radio equipment, however investigations of any type, whether they be research into your family history or fault finding on complex electronic equipments can lead to discoveries or outcomes that were never envisaged when the works commenced. That is certainly the case in this tale.
You dear reader may be drawn to the conclusion that I am a radio anorak, when I state that the marine Medium Frequency (MF) and High Frequency (HF or short wave) transmitters that I sailed with and operated in the 1960's spoke to me when they were powered up and operated. Other Radio Officers (R/O's) of that and perhaps even later eras might confirm the truth of what I say.
I do not mean they would say, "Good morning sparks how are you today" or "My word sparks, that was the best Morse code I ever sent" because they had no artificial intelligence built into them and they certainly were not fitted with digital voice cards like many of today's high end, Japanese manufactured Ham Radio rigs. They did however make very individual and distinctive sounds when they were used.
This "voice" of theirs differed between the various types of transmitter fitted on board ship and between the transmitters made by different manufacturers. Some had a tinny voice as the soft iron laminations of their linear power supply transformers vibrated, some clacked when the keying relays that applied the 1000 to 1500 volts DC to the power amplifier stage were activated and some had a very high pitched whine that was produced by their motor alternators that converted the ship's domestic supply of 110 Volts DC to 240 Volts AC that was required to power the transmitter. These sounds changed as the transmitters were keyed and varied in loudness according to the amount of power being fed into the ships aerials.
Some transmitters had a voice that combined these various sounds, which I (and others) became familiar with over time, just as a parent becomes familiar with the cry of their own child amongst a group of other children having fun in a playground. It was very easy therefore to quickly become familiar with the sound almost of contentment that came from a transmitter when it was working well and tuned to its optimum power output. (Ok, I put my hands up and admit to being a radio anorak!)
Over the course of a voyage from the UK to Sri Lanka (or Ceylon as I knew it when I was at sea) conditions could and did vary but this could usually be explained by say rain and fog enveloping the aerial system or after a long dry period when salt and sand might accumulate on the aerial insulators. This latter problem was common to conditions in the Red Sea where such changes would occur slowly over time and resulted in a gradual change to the transmitter's voice but not rapidly enough to cause any real concern.
On Thos and Jno Brocklebank's SS Mahseer during my first deep sea voyage in 1963 the Chief Radio Officer (R/O) Harry Jefferson and I discovered there was a major problem with the transmitted power levels from all of the transmitters which showed itself whenever the ship was rolling and pitching in heavy seas. The transmitters would change their voice very rapidly, singing a different song as they were keyed. The aerial current ammeters (power into the aerial) also showed very large variations in level even when the transmit key was held down to produce a continuous transmission.
Between watches and at each port of call on the outbound journey, the transmitters were inspected for loose connections or for anything else that could explain the cause of the problem. No matter what we tried or did, we could not cure the fault.
On arrival at Colombo when the ship's station closed down, Harry and I started from scratch and checked everything that could be checked. All the transmitters were inspected in minute detail. All of the insulators used by the Main and Emergency aerials were checked for damage or cracks. At that time all of these insulators were made from either glass or glazed porcelain material that was easily damaged when the Indian crew allowed gravity to take over when they literally dropped the aerials onto the steel deck. These types of insulator were eventually replaced by the Radio Department with solid plastic insulators that were far more durable and crew proof.
The aerial changeover panel was inspected as were all of the aerial feeders within the radio room. These feeders were removed from their bulkhead insulators, checked for fractures and their terminals cleaned with emery cloth. The copper aerial wires of the main and emergency aerials themselves as well as any clamps and any soldered joints were closely inspected to ensure their integrity.
When all this work had been carried out, the only thing that remained to be checked were the feeders that passed through the aerial trunking between the radio room (on the boat deck), through the Captain's cabin one deck above (located behind the Bridge ) and up to the aerial insulators on the monkey island, (two decks up from the Radio Room).
The steel trunking in the Captain's cabin ran the full height of his cabin from the deck (floor) to the ceiling bulkhead. I cannot now be precise as to the dimensions of the trunking but from memory I would say that it was approximately four feet (one point two Metres) wide by three feet (one Metre) deep. A steel plate covered the rectangular cut-out on the face of the trunking that gave access to its insides.
The trunking on the Monkey Island had the same width and depth as that in the Captain's cabin but was shorter being somewhere in the region of six feet (one point eight) Metres in height.
After much scraping of paint and the application of release oil to seized bolts, the aerial trunking on the monkey island was opened up to reveal a little bit of corrosion in the form of verdigris on the feeders but nothing that would explain the transmitter problems that we had been having. The only trunking left to inspect was that in the Captain's cabin.
Captains were then and presumably still are a unique breed. The route from navigation cadet to Master of a ship is a long and difficult one and the responsibilities they have are considerable. The ones I served under without exception had their own particular take on life and held dear their own authority. Fortunately for me as a junior, it was Harry's responsibility as Chief R/O to approach the Captain, and seek permission for us to go into his inner sanctum, make a mess and disturb his port routine. Eventually he agreed but only on a day when he planned to be ashore for a few hours thus ensuring from his point of view that he would not be affected in any way by our investigations.
When we eventually gained access to his cabin, imagine our surprise, when standing in front of the trunking, we saw that most of the bolt holes were just that, namely holes with the few bolts that remained (I think four) in situ being secured finger tight and capable of being removed without the aid of a spanner.
On removing the remaining bolts and taking the cover plate off, what was revealed was quite unexpected. Inside the trunking between the aerial feeders and between the feeders and the side of the trunking bulkheads were a collection of suitcases and holdalls and if I remember correctly a set of golf clubs. The aerial trunking was being used as a storage cupboard!
These unexpected objects were removed and the feeders inspected. I think on Mahseer there were four feeders in total that fed through that trunking.
One or two of the feeders were loose either on the top or the bottom feed through insulator. With one feeder, the copper tubing had sheared away completely from its securing lug that connected it to the deck feed through insulator that went down to the radio room. When we worked it out, that particular feeder belonged to one leg of the main aerial.
The copper tubing of that particular feeder could not be repaired because the break was located above the lug and was now too short in length to repair. We contacted the engine room and were fortunate to be given a length of copper tubing of a similar diameter that we were able to use as a replacement.
What we surmised was that the trunking had been used as a storage cupboard by numerous captains for a very long time and that the movement of their luggage against the feeders in heavy seas had eventually caused metal fatigue leading to the break in the feeder. As well as arcing across the break when the transmitters were keyed it was also likely that the capacitive effect of the case and holdalls touching the feeders would have intermittently detuned the aerials. On completing the repair we placed the luggage and the golf clubs in a neat pile in the centre of the Captain's day room. We also left the cover plate of the trunking propped up in front of the trunking itself. We then departed the cabin leaving it as tidy (well almost) as we had found it.
When the Captain returned on board it wasn't long before an apprentice brought the expected summons. Harry was told by the apprentice, that the Captain was not best pleased with the way things had been left.
Harry went to see him on his own so I was not privy to the conversation between them. I can only relate what Harry told me afterwards.
The Captain was very angry at the way things had been left. Harry explained the intermittent problems that we had encountered during the voyage, the cause, which was the long term use of the trunking as a storage cupboard and the damage, which was likely to reoccur in the future if the offending items were not permanently removed. Although he became less angry, according to Harry the Captain was adamant that the luggage would stay where it was.
Harry had served as a Senior Rating in the Royal Navy during World War 2 and had joined the Merchant Service as a Radio Officer after the War ended. He was respectful of rank and authority and accepted without question, that the Captain's word was absolute when it came to Mahseer's radio service. He just pointed out that although repairs had been made, the ships wireless station performance would continue to be impaired if the Captain insisted on using the aerial trunking as a cupboard. He also stated there was not only the impact on everyday communications to consider but also how Mahseer's wireless station would perform in an emergency or when undertaking any radio activity related to Safety of Life at Sea.
Harry then told me that he said to the Captain that if the offending items stayed in the trunking, that he would be obliged to record the problem and his conversation with the Captain in the ship's wireless log which the Captain would be requested to counter-sign in due course as per normal practice. He would also report the situation in a letter before we sailed from Colombo addressed to the Chief Radio Superintendent at the Liverpool Head Office. Harry promised the Captain that he would be shown the letter before it was posted and would be provided with a copy. Harry never said what else passed between them but Harry's stated intentions brought about a complete change of heart on the part of the Captain. He said that Harry was correct to raise his concerns and that a solution to the luggage storage problem would be for the Chief Steward to find some space for the cases and bags in the owners suite (which on that voyage was not occupied). He also thought that the golf clubs could be tucked away somewhere in his day cabin.
That is how matters stayed. The inspection plate was secured to the trunking with all of its bolts (the missing bolts were found at the bottom of the trunking) and for the remainder of that voyage and my subsequent voyages on Mahseer the transmitters continued to talk to us in a very predictable manner.
Harry's handling of the issue and his calm approach made a deep and lasting impression on me and acted as a useful template for me to follow during my remaining time at sea and during my later (non Merchant Navy) career. It also made me realise that researches or investigations of any kind can lead to outcomes that can never be anticipated at the commencement of the work.
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Q: Java awt.print with Dot-matrix Printer I use awt.print to write a print program which works well for a network connected Ink-jet Printer. When I run the program on a USB Dot-matrix Printer, it seems doesn't work.(the program can recognizes the printer) Can anyone tell me why.
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A: Maybe you want to take a look at TextPrinter since you are working with a dot matrix printer.
Anyway it should work with the snippet you got there, my guess is maybe an issue with the font, try printing some other text in a western font.

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New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday asked home minister Rajnath Singh to explain the contours of a "permanent solution" to solve Kashmir issue that he talked about and accused the PDP-BJP alliance of driving Jammu and Kashmir to the edge.
The Congress also asked the BJP-led NDA government to open its eyes and realise the extreme damage that the "ideologically incompatible alliance" as well as their continued dithering is doing to the national security of India.
"The home minister of India Rajnath Singh has been making rather curious statements to say the least. Would the home minister of India care to explain to the people of this country what are the contours and calculations of the phraseology 'permanent solution'," Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari said.
He said anybody who has a nodding acquaintance with history understands that the phrases 'permanent solution' and 'final solution' have had some extremely disturbing implications and history has been witness to the consequences of such an action.
Tewari said historically it has "very disturbing connotations" and if the home minister has chosen to use such a phraseology, he needs to elaborate what it means and what its contours and calculations are.
"What does the government really mean by a 'permanent solution'?" he asked.
The Congress leader said the home minister has a very serious job in India and when he makes a statement "you do not take it lightly, you do believe that there must have been some sort of serious thinking which must have gone into this formulation because the formulation ultimately only articulates or disseminates what is the underlying strategy".
The Congress leader said Kashmir is in an extremely sensitive situation which has been consistently deteriorating since this government came to power and requires careful handling.
"The manner in which the government is going about, it all appears very cavalier," he said.
Taking on the PDP-BJP government in Kashmir, he said the home minister needs to clarify what he means as a formulation only articulates both intent and the underlying strategy of the government.
Tewari said Singh's statement comes at a time when the PDP-BJP alliance has been "playing Tweedledum and Tweedledee" on an extremely sensitive issue of security in Kashmir.
He said while on one hand Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti has been passionately advocating that the central government needs to engage with both the Hurriyat and with Pakistan and that this is part of the 'agenda of alliance', on the other hand, "the BJP is hellbent upon playing the very jingoistic card".
"This ideologically incompatible alliance between the PDP on one hand and the BJP, on the other hand, has driven Jammu and Kashmir absolutely to an edge," he said.
"We would like to ask both these parties that if there is so much of ideological dissonance, if there is no agreement on the agenda of the alliance, if the agenda of the alliance is not worth the paper it is written on, then why are they continuing in the government together?" he said.
He asked the BJP why it was not pulling out of the alliance and conversely why the PDP continues to be in government when the central government does not pay heed and is not interested in listening to what the chief minister says?
Tewari alleged that this government in 2016 came out with "Insaaniyat, Kashmiriyat and Jamhooriyat" and in 2017 it is "permanent solution", but it is high time the government wakes up to the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir which continues to deteriorate very rapidly.
Asked if the government was trying to derive political mileage out of the Kashmir situation, he said, "We fail to understand that something which undermines the nation, something which damages national security, something which pushes Kashmir to the edge, how could it be politically beneficial to anybody?"
He said the objective of governance is to govern and that is the remit which has been given by the people of India and if one is coming up short on that fundamental tenet of governance and things seem to be chaotic and out of control, Kashmir being just one manifestation, then "I fail to understand how they think they can derive political benefit".
He said, "You can fool some of the people sometimes but you cannot fool all the people all the time and if you think that is a strategy, I am afraid you are deluding yourself".


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Mums & Dads are clocking up 2,000 miles per year taxi-ing their kids on the school run and to after-school and weekend activities, AA Financial Services has found.
An AA/Populus poll of 2,128 AA members who have schoolchildren* showed that the average family is spending over £340 a year on fuel just taking their kids to school and elsewhere. Some parents (11%) travel up to 4,000 miles per year, forking out a whopping £687 on fuel.
With the cost of fuel set to continue rising, the average UK family's school run fuel bill is likely to jump up by around £60 a year – and over double that for some.
The poll also showed that 10% of parents with children regularly take their children to school and after-school activities by car.
Mark Huggins, director of AA Financial Services says: "Many families can make economies in their weekly outgoings but they are stuck with essential driving such as the school run and have to fork out for ever more costly fuel.
"Although the AA lobbies the Government and the fuel industry it's hard to keep prices in check, the latest increase in fuel duty, on top of underlying fuel price rises, just piles on the £'s for parents."
But according to AA Financial Services, there are ways to help mitigate the runaway cost of motoring.
Families – especially those who are AA members – can make a significant saving by using the new AA Credit Card, which offers cash back on all fuel spend.
The card earns two points for each £1 spent on fuel and other motoring purchases and one point for each £1 spent on other shopping for AA members. Non-members earn half that rate.
A typical family will now need an annual budget of over £3,000 to buy unleaded petrol. Using the AA Credit Card, the cash back return for spending this sum would be worth £30.00 for an AA member (£15.00 for a non-member) on fuel alone. Points are worth at least twice the cash back value if they are redeemed on goods and services from a wide range of popular high-street retailers or from the AA.
Huggins adds: "Because fuel hits voters hard in the pocket, rising prices could also become an election issue.
"But drivers can help themselves save a penny or two at the pumps by shopping around and gaining double points relative to other non-motoring spend, by paying with their AA Credit Card."
* AA/Populus survey of 2,128 AA Members that regularly take their children to school and to after-school activities. Research was conducted between 16th and 23rd February 2010.


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After a year at the studio I had a few options that came my way, turning down many mainstream health clubs and a chance to travel, I decided to become a mobile personal trainer. I felt the chance to be my own boss, be outside rather than stuck in a crowded gym and decide my own fate, was a chance I could not turn down. Since then I have built a great client base helping many people to improve not only their body, but their life.
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Bonneuil-en-France (, literally Bonneuil in France) is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France.

Le Bourget Airport is partially located in the commune.

Geography

Climate

Bonneuil-en-France has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Bonneuil-en-France is . The average annual rainfall is  with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Bonneuil-en-France was  on 25 July 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was  on 17 January 1985.

Education
The commune has one combined preschool (école maternelle) and elementary school.  it has 82 students. Junior high school students in the commune attend Collège Jean Moulin in Arnouville-lès-Gonesse. The area senior high school is Lycée René Cassin in Gonesse.

See also
Communes of the Val-d'Oise department

References

External links
Home page
Association of Mayors of the Val d'Oise

Communes of Val-d'Oise

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Segons la Bíblia, Ageu (en hebreu חַגַּי) va ser un profeta jueu, que va viure al  en els anys de la dominació persa, que criticà durament el pessimisme del grup. És un dels dotze profetes menors. Sembla que hauria tornat a Terra Santa amb els repatriats de l'exili del 587 abans de Crist. Durant la dècada del 520 aC va escriure el Llibre d'Ageu, que forma part de l'Antic Testament. La seva activitat profètica coincideix amb el segon any del regnat del rei persa Darios el Gran. El llibre d'Esdres diu que profetitzava pels jueus de Judà i Jerusalem. Ageu fa una crida per la reconstrucció del Temple de Jerusalem, davant la indiferència generalitzada del poble hebreu. En un dels oracles dels que parla el seu llibre elogia Zorobabel, governador de Judà, que juntament amb el summe sacerdot Josuè va iniciar els treballs de reconstrucció del Temple. Fa una crida també a la regulació dels elements sants i impurs que hi havia depositats a l'interior del Temple, i espera que superi a l'anterior en magnificència.

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Just 100 years ago, life was much shorter for American women. According to data collected from University of California at Berkeley's Department of Demography External Site, women born in 1920 were expected to live until age 54. Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that American women born in 2016 will live far longer, with an average life expectancy External Site of 81 years. This is largely due to improvements in public health, nutrition, medicine and vaccinations, among other factors.
"This is a relatively new concept, living this long," says Leisha Barcus (shown above, right), director of Mercy Comfort Health Center for Women. "We're only beginning to pay closer attention to women's health, particularly as women approach their 50s. Women have special and unique health care needs, particularly in mid-life," says Barcus. "Up until now, those needs have been somewhat overlooked in health care."
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The "gap" in women's health
"During our 20s and 30s, and through our child-bearing years, most women typically have a gynecologist or obstetrician who specializes in reproductive health. But beyond that, we generally seek care from a primary care physician," says Barcus. "As we age and start to experience menopausal systems, we often don't know where to turn for care."
While seeing your personal doctor is beneficial, it's often difficult for a primary care physician to get to the root cause of what a woman is experiencing during certain points in her life, according to Barcus. It takes a bit longer than a typical office visit.
"At Mercy Comfort Center for Women External Site, the focus is generally on mid-life issues. We have specially certified physicians who are trained in the unique physiology of menopause and how it works," says Barcus. The center opened in April of 2017 in Clive, Iowa, and offers a collaborative, comprehensive approach to women's health care that combines traditional medical services with holistic, complementary treatments.
Give your "future self" a gift: Establish care now
Martha Ellen Anderson, a Wellmark member from Des Moines, Iowa, has been a registered nurse for nearly 40 years. Having been around doctors, patients and several medical settings this long, she has one important piece of advice for patients, particularly women: "Establish care, now."
What does this mean, exactly? It's not about knowing all the ins and outs of the health care system, says Anderson. And, it's not about knowing every specialist, facility and surgeon. "It's simply about having a personal doctor who is your advocate," she says. "Someone you connect with, personally, and someone you trust to connect you with other medical professionals, when you need it most."
Having a personal physician you trust with your health, says Anderson, is "a gift to your future self."
She knows firsthand
If you're guessing Anderson speaks from experience, you'd be right. In May of 2016, a routine mammogram revealed breast cancer. "It happens to so many of us, and I can say that in every case, it's an overwhelming diagnosis, to say the least," says Anderson.
Luckily, Anderson had established care with her physician, Dr. Valerie Stratton (shown above, left). "We have such a great relationship, and I placed so much trust in her."
Plus, Mercy Comfort Health Center for Women — where Stratton practices — had everything Anderson needed all in one location, including various specialists and surgeons she needed after cancer treatment.
"This place had a new vibe and feel to it, it is designed specifically for women's health care needs. It was literally a life-saver for me," said Anderson.
Following surgery and radiation, Anderson had a full recovery from breast cancer. She continues to receive care at Mercy Comfort Center for Women. Anderson also attended classes about certain health-related issues she was facing. It was education, treatment and loving care all tied up in on place," says Anderson. "They cared for the whole person — not just the physical person, but the emotional and mental aspects as well."
"It's hard to imagine, but when you are sick, you are at your most vulnerable," says Anderson. "Having a physician you know and trust by your side, well, it may be the most important thing you can do for yourself."
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Geeks, steampunk fans and Secret Cinema aficionados take note: Gingerline is right up your street. As I mentioned in my roundup of the best geeky places to eat and drink in London, the company (named after the orange-coloured Overground's nickname, because that's the line they're on) puts on secret, immersive dining experiences, including the popular Chambers of Flavour which is now in its third incarnation.
We went along to Chambers of Flavour V3 in East London, and while we're strictly prohibited from revealing anything that might spoil the surprises (all the photos are from the bar area), we can certainly give you a flavour (get it) of what's in store. Here's our Chambers of Flavour V3 review.
On the day of your Gingerline experience, you get a text letting you know the exact directions to the building. It's not the simplest to find, so we'd recommend leaving a bit of extra time — not least because they're quite strict about latecomers. You do get a phone call if you're late, though, so you can give them a heads-up if you're five minutes away.
While you travel through dimensions, the team of egg-head engineers operating the machine need to track your trajectory from one world to the next. If colours mix, confusion ensues, causing fragmentation of friends and divides amongst dining dimensions. Disaster! To combat this, we require your careful choice of attire.
We had a massive panic on the day because we'd forgotten to wear any, and had to leg it to Primark to sort ourselves out. Note: brightly coloured knee socks are HARD TO FIND, even on Oxford Street. We're glad we made the effort though, because literally everyone there was wearing extravagant socks and we'd have felt like total foolios if we hadn't been.
Some of the socks on the Wall of Fame. This is the level you need to achieve.
There's a bar at the beginning, where you need to order drinks for the whole experience. They recommend about 3, and that seemed like the right amount to us too. Drinks aren't included in the ticket price, which is £50-£75ish depending on times and dates, and the alcoholic ones are quite pricey. Being a mostly-teetotal type, I went for Diet Coke instead, which cost me £1.50 a can.
You do also get a free welcome drink, though on my night it was Sipsmith gin and I don't drink, so Zack had two.
Once you've ordered the drinks, had a wee (they recommend it and so do I) and put your stuff in the cloakroom (leave your phone behind — you're not allowed to use it in the machine anyway), the experience begins. Extravagantly-dressed actors explain the storyline, which involves a mission you have to complete by the end. Shy types, bear in mind that you'll have to talk to, shake and possibly even hold hands with other members of your group, so if you're social-phobic this might not be the dining experience for you.
Socks are inspected and commented on, and everyone gets to know each other a bit. Then, it's time to depart for adventure.
The concept of Chambers of Flavour is an inter-dimensional time machine with a different food course in every room. The whole thing takes about two hours, and there are different actors in each room who keep the story going. Most of the actors on our night were brilliant, though one was so nervous, we wanted to remind them they'd already passed the job interview.
Since the whole thing is a fantasy experience, it can be a bit tricky to raise queries and problems without feeling really awkward — I managed to put a big dent in my ring trying to get the top off a bottle of beer because we didn't want to interrupt the costumed character leading the room with something as mundane as "can we have a bottle opener please." There are bottle openers scattered about, but it's not always obvious where, and sometimes they don't appear for a while — if you have one on a keyring, we'd recommend keeping it in your pocket through the experience for minimum hassle.
Similarly, it was really awkward to bring up the fact that one of our diners was missing some food, and another had to go through a whole embarrassing rigmarole with a costumed actor trying not to break character to work out a mistake with their drinks order. The drinks are delivered through a cupboard in the first room based on your order at the bar, but there were several mix-ups, which interrupted the flow of the narrative.
Which sounds like a nice way of saying the story flow totally breaks down if you're disabled. There are quite a few staircases and crawly bits, so we'd imagine anyone who couldn't do those would feel a bit left out. Still, it's good that they cater for less able-bodied people, albeit in a not-so-fun way.
Fellow thimble-bladders will be pleased to hear there are two toilets along the way.
While we can't tell you much at all about the individual rooms in Chambers of Flavour V3, we can promise they're all really cool and very impressive. Each room has a different theme, its own actors and a themed set menu. The dialogue is funny and engaging, and though it does get a bit team-building-exercise at times, that's just how it goes with a group of strangers having dinner together.
The food itself was mostly really tasty, and although we could definitely have eaten more, we were full when we left. Quite a few of the earlier courses are quite small, so don't turn up ravenously hungry.
You get a little card in each room that tells you exactly what you're eating. There were some pretty exotic ingredients on ours, and we got to try things we'd never had before, like celeriac purée and plum lamingtons. We'd eat pretty much any of it again.
Most of the rooms have pre-portioned food, but one of the later ones has bowls of nosh you can serve yourself from, so that's the time to grab extra helpings if you have a big appetite.
After two hours and twenty minutes, you're ejected from the machine and back into the real world (well, the bar, which stays open 'til 11pm and has seating areas). We felt the length of the experience was just about right — long enough to feel like value for money, not so long that it dragged.
It's a bit cheesy at times, but we felt decently engaged with the story, and — no spoilers — we completed our mission. We even made a few new friends along the way, although in typical British fashion no one remembered anyone's names or exchanged contact details, so we'll never see each other again.
Still, it's nice to know all twelve of us took the same interdimensional journey, saved the world (sort of) and saved ourselves from a bland chain-dining experience that would probably have cost more and been forgotten almost instantly.
If you fancy a steampunk food adventure of your own (it'd make an amazing date), Gingerline is still offering tickets for Chambers of Flavour V3 on various days, and there's a new experience called The Grand Expedition coming soon, too.


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Manta is a steel launched roller coaster at SeaWorld San Diego in San Diego, California, United States. The ride was manufactured by MACK Rides and opened to the public on May 26, 2012. It utilizes the same ride system that was used in Blue Fire which opened in 2009 at Europa Park.

History
Rumors about a new roller coaster for SeaWorld San Diego date back to mid October 2007 when details of a possible 2010 project were leaked. This plan was cancelled in mid-2008. In early January 2011, construction documents were discovered which detailed the plans for a $10 million manta ray-themed ride and animal exhibit due to open in 2012. On February 9, 2011, SeaWorld San Diego announced that they would be opening a Mack launched roller coaster called Manta in 2012.

In late 2018, SeaWorld San Diego premiered a Christmas overlay of the attraction called Merry Manta. The first launch area would feature holiday music and dynamic lightning that created three different shows. Riders would also twist through a sea of glowing Christmas trees while the cool holiday air rushed by.

Ride
Manta features two launches. Riders reach speeds of up to  on the two-minute,  long ride. The ride stands at a height of  and features a drop including an underground portion of . The limited height was required due to height restrictions in place by the California Coastal Commission.

Trains
Manta's four trains each feature manta ray shaped fronts. The 5-car trains each seat riders 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 20 riders per train. There is also elevated seating for the second row of each car.

Media
Manta begins with a 270 degree projected media experience at the first launch. The train rocks forward and backward in synchronization with the projected film of a coral reef and school of rays. The media tunnel and film was produced by Falcon's Treehouse. For Electric Ocean, Manta changes after 7PM to Manta re-charged. The film projection for Manta re-charged features an array of colored lights projected on the screen. Various versions of this launch re-purpose Rick McKee's soundtrack from the Mako coaster at SeaWorld Orlando.

Animal exhibit
The previously existing Forbidden Reef exhibit was incorporated into the attraction, featuring a touch pool above and an aquarium below The  exhibit features 65 Bat rays, 10 Shovelnose guitarfish, 2 White sturgeons and more than 400 other fish.

See also

2012 in amusement parks
Manta (SeaWorld Orlando)
Texas Stingray (SeaWorld San Antonio)

References

External links
Concept pictures and information at NewsPlusNotes
Manta Official Site on SeaWorld Parks at SeaWorldparks.com

SeaWorld San Diego
Roller coasters operated by SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment
Roller coasters in California


Dr. Cain, MD is a practicing Diagnostic Radiologist in Phoenix, AZ. Dr. Cain graduated from University of Southern California School of Medicine in 1978 and has been in practice for 41 years. Dr. Cain also specializes in Vascular & Interventional Radiology. Dr. Cain accepts multiple insurance plans including Medicare, UnitedHealthcare, and Health Net. Dr. Cain also practices at Yuma Regional Medical Center in Yuma, AZ.


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4 vulnerabilities under attack give hackers full control over Android devices | GeekComparison
Unknown hackers are exploiting four Android vulnerabilities that could allow the execution of malicious code that could take complete control of devices, Google warned Wednesday.
All four vulnerabilities were revealed two weeks ago in Google's Android security bulletin for May. Google has released security updates to device manufacturers, who are then responsible for distributing the patches to users.
Google's May 3 bulletin initially failed to report that any of the roughly 50 vulnerabilities it covered had been actively exploited. On Wednesday, Google updated its advisory to say there are "indications" that four of the vulnerabilities "may be limited and targeted." Maddie Stone, a member of Google's Project Zero exploit research group, removed the ambiguity. They stated on Twitter that the "4 vulnerabilities were exploited in the wild" as zero-days.
Android updated May's security with notes that 4 vulnerabilities were exploited in the wild.
Qualcomm GPU: CVE-2021-1905, CVE-2021-1906
ARM Mali GPU: CVE-2021-28663, CVE-2021-28664https://t.co/mT8vE2Us74
— Maddie Stone (@maddiestone) May 19, 2021
Successful exploits of the vulnerabilities "would give full control over the victim's mobile endpoint," Asaf Peleg, vice president of strategic projects for security firm Zimperium, said in an email. "From increasing privileges beyond what is available by default to running code outside of the existing sandbox of the current process, the device would be completely compromised and no data would be safe."
So far, four zero-day vulnerabilities in Android have been disclosed this year, compared to one for all of 2020, according to Zimperium figures.
Two of the vulnerabilities are in Qualcomm's Snapdragon CPU, which powers most Android devices in the US and a huge number of handsets abroad. CVE-2021-1905, the first vulnerability to be identified, is a memory corruption flaw that allows attackers to execute malicious code with unlimited root privileges. The vulnerability is classified as severe, with a score of 7.8 out of 10.
The other vulnerability, CVE-2021-1906, is a logic error that can cause errors when assigning new GPU memory addresses. The severity level is 5.5. Often, hackers link two or more exploits together to circumvent security measures. That's probably the case with the two Snapdragon flaws.
The other two vulnerabilities under attack reside in drivers that work with ARM graphics processors. Both CVE-2021-28663 and CVE-2021-28664 are also memory corruption flaws that allow attackers to gain root access to vulnerable devices.
No actionable advice from Google
There are no other details about the in-the-wild attacks. Google representatives did not respond to emails asking how users can tell if they are being targeted.
The skill required to exploit the vulnerabilities has led some researchers to speculate that the attacks are likely the work of state-backed hackers.
"The complexity of this mobile attack vector is not unheard of, but beyond the capabilities of an attacker with rudimentary or even intermediate knowledge of hacking mobile endpoints," Peleg said. "Any attacker using this vulnerability is most likely doing so as part of a larger campaign against an individual, company, or government to steal critical and private information."
It's not clear exactly how anyone would exploit the vulnerabilities. The attacker can send malicious text messages or trick targets into installing a malicious app or visiting a malicious website.
Without more useful information from Google, it's impossible to give Android users any useful advice other than making sure all updates are installed. Those using Google's Android devices will automatically receive patches with the May security rollout. Users of other devices should contact the manufacturer.
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EU wants to impose USB Type C and will return to attack on Apple Geekcomparison


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Q: Birt report Line printer support I need to print the output of Birt report to a line printer (Tally T6045 Printer)
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http://www.eclipse.org/birt/phoenix/deploy/reportEngineAPI.php
http://www.birt-exchange.com/be/documentation/BIRT_220/EngineJavadoc/engine/api/org/eclipse/birt/report/engine/emitter/package-summary.html


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The work of PPS parents and schools through the Portland Public Schools Foundation Continues to be a National Example (The Washington Post, May 10, 2014)
Posted on May 11, 2014 in Media Coverage
The Washington Post reported that a suburban DC school district is looking at the PPSF Equity Fund program and how it can be a model for parent-led fundraising to benefit an entire district.
Read the article below and here and here.
By Donna St. George
Parent fundraising and private donations have produced enviable results at some Montgomery County schools: athletic scoreboards, artificial turf, a nearly $250,000 elementary school improvement project.
Other schools have seen little of such largesse.
Now Montgomery school leaders are asking: Should more be done to spread the wealth?
Such questions have become increasingly pointed in Montgomery, a high-performing school district where both prosperity and poverty exist and where gaps in student achievement are a continuing challenge. To that end, school officials have launched a review of the district's policy on contributions made to improve facilities.
"If it's good enough for any kid in Chevy Chase, it's good enough for my kid, too," said Melinda Anderson, a parent in Aspen Hill who argued at a community meeting last week that all school upgrades are important and that equity needs to be paramount.
"You're not building a deck on the back of your house," she said. "You're adding an enhancement to a public school."
Montgomery does not allow private donations for facility improvements that are considered essential or the responsibility of the school system. Donations are allowed for what some view as extras — a video scoreboard, a butterfly garden, additional landscaping or playground equipment.
Several big-ticket projects have attracted particular attention, including a million-dollar artificial-turf field at Thomas S. Wootton High School's stadium and a $247,000 improvement project at Westbrook Elementary School in Bethesda.
A Washington Post analysis last year showed that of 126 privately funded school improvement projects in the past three years, 22 have cost between $10,000 and $1.3 million, and almost all of them happened in more affluent communities with fewer minority students.
School leaders say they don't want to turn down community efforts to improve schools. But some PTAs and booster clubs raise much more than others. Some communities have deeper pockets.
"How do we find a way to create a level playing field?" asked school board Vice President Patricia O'Neill (Bethesda-Chevy Chase).
In Montgomery, facility fundraising projects are reviewed by the district under a 2002 policy that includes consideration of whether they "foster or exacerbate inequity." But there are no specific mechanisms for making judgment calls, officials said.
At the community meetings last week, some parents suggested a network be created — perhaps through the countywide PTA — so that schools with fundraising talents could help schools that lack such know-how.
Others proposed concrete financial help: the creation of an equity fund so that a certain portion of money might go toward projects in poorer schools.
An example came up from Portland, Ore., where one-third of contributions over $10,000 are steered to such a fund. Portland's fund is for teachers and staff — which Montgomery does not allow — but some pointed to the concept as a model.
Others did not embrace the idea or suggested voluntary contributions or a smaller diversion: 5 percent, 10 percent or 20 percent.
"If we knew we had to work 20 percent harder for everything we had, I think our contributions would drop," said Bill Burchett, booster club president at Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville, who said fundraising is already a struggle.
Burchett said that while some may criticize million-dollar athletic fields at schools in more affluent areas, higher-needs schools are getting such fields as the schools are modernized. When private funding has been used for artificial-turf fields, he said, it's been "a great break" for taxpayers and the school system.
Many at the meetings liked the idea of greater involvement, in a variety of possible ways, by the Montgomery County Public Schools Educational Foundation. "I think the foundation could play a greater role," Yolanda Johnson Pruitt, the executive director, told those gathered one night.
Steve Schuck, another Richard Montgomery booster club officer, said the examination of facility donations raises issues of equity in other areas. What about other PTA and booster club fundraising, or athletic department or school construction funding?
"It should be a broader look at equity across the system accounting for money both going in and coming out," he said.
Bruce Crispell, director of long-range planning for Montgomery schools, said that for now the issue is only facility fundraising. Following the community meetings last week, a report will be prepared, and a board committee is expected to consider the policy next school year.
Crispell's office has consulted with other school systems in the region and found none with a practical way to protect against inequity in contributions, he said.
In his analysis, Crispell said, nearly half of 124 projects in the past three years cost less than $1,000. They included such things as the butterfly garden, tree planting, a walkway and a security gate .
To parent Melinda Anderson, such projects are not unimportant.
"The feeling you draw from a school sends a message to children, to parents, to staff," she said. "If it enhances it for the better, it should not be limited to the financial capacity of those parents."
Donna St. George writes about education, with an emphasis on Montgomery County schools.