If you have obtained a court order which includes an order (other than for the payment of money) against the Defendant ("D"By Riyaz Jariwalla) and D has disobeyed the order. D is said to have commited a civil contempt of court and is described as a contemnor. Because you have obtained the order, you may apply to the court for D to be committed to prison or for D's assets to be sequestrated (seized) by officers of the court.
To show that D is in contempt, it must be established that D's conduct was intentional and that D knew of all the facts which made that conduct a breach of the order.
An act which contravenes a court order in civil proceedings may be both a civil contempt of court and a criminal offence. There is no abuse of process in bringing both criminal proceedings and proceedings for civil contempt in respect of the same act (the case of Director of Public Prosecutions v Tweddell  EWHC 188 (Admin),  2 FLR 400), though the court hearing the second proceeding should take into account any punishment already imposed.
Lee, note that punishment for a civil contempt of court is not in itself a remedy: it is a means of enforcing a remedy. A civil contempt of court is prosecuted as a matter between parties to proceedings and is punishable primarily in order to enforce compliance with an order of the court, for the benefit of the party who obtained the order. Enforcing respect for court orders also serves the public interest of promoting respect for the rule of law. Please do not use this process to get some sort of revenge against the D.
A court may commit a contemnor to prison for up to two years (Contempt of Court Act 78.2 1981, s. 14(1)).
An application is made to the Patents County Court and must identify the proceedings in which the application is made and bear the same title and reference number. An application notice or claim form applying for a committal order must set out in full the grounds on which the committal application is made and should identify, separately and numerically, each alleged act of contempt. It must be supported by an affidavit.
When lodging the application notice or claim form with the court for issue or filing, the applicant must obtain a date for the hearing of the application.
An application notice applying for a committal order must be served personally on D, unless the court dispenses with service, which it may if it thinks it just to do so. It may be appropriate to dispense with service in cases of urgency, or where there have been persistent breaches of court orders, or the respondent is evading service. There must be at least 14 clear days between the service of the application and the date of the hearing, unless the court orders otherwise. When served, the application notice or claim form must be accompanied by a copy of the supporting affidavit.
Note, that the High Court has an inherent power to issue a bench warrant for the arrest of an alleged contemnor to secure his or her attendance in court.
£2,000 - £3,000 plus VAT for preparing and drafting application for contempt (does not include attending hearing).


Lots going on at this meetup next week. We will be hosting our first event at Reunion Marketing. Because of their sponsorship, they will be providing the space and the beers. We do ask, please drink responsibly. There should be room in their parking lot and overflow parking on the street out front.
It has been a while since we did website audits so we will examine and dissect a few and find out what can make them rank higher in search results. One of the ways to have your business grow sales is through more leads. SEO will help your website get more exposure.
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Every Black Creator Nominee 2018 Golden Globes
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The nominees for the 2018 Golden Globe Awards were just announced and pent go creators for The Culture made the the cut and we've got them listed for you so check them out! Best Motion Picture (Drama) – BlacKkKlansman, Black Panther, and If Beale Street Could Talk received noms. Mahershala Ali for Best Supporting Actor for…
Top Black Christmas Movies
It's the holiday season so we've put together a list of some of the best black Christmas movies you can watch with the fam. From family dramas, to family comidies to a musical starring the King of Pop, check out these 8 black holiday flicks that rep for The Culture. Almost Christmas (2016)…
3 Amazingly Dope Black Female Shoe Designers To Know
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When it comes to fashion, and shoes in particular, The Culture is often the trendsetter for the rest of the world. But on the creation side, the fashion industry is a white male-dominated landscape, even with women's shoes. But these three creators for The Culture are trying to change that, creating high-end, luxury, stylish shoes…
Ranked: The Members of The Wu-Tang Clan
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5 Black Horror Writers To Read This Halloween
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Fear in the black community takes on even more meanings and covers so much more than what is found in typical in the horror genre. Yet black horror fiction and black horror writers are under appreciated and often overlooked. But for this Halloween season CFTC is putting a spotlight on 5 legendary black horror…
13 Must Read Hip Hop Autobiographies
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Every Black Creator On The Hollywood Reporter's Top 100 Most Powerful People In Entertainment 2018
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The Essentials: Best of Ludacris
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Chris "Ludacris" Bridges is both a hip-hop legend and a true renesance man of The Culture. Starting his career as a radio jock before transition quite successfully into his true passion, rapping before transitioning again into Hollywood. Luda has used his drive, charisma, wits, and smarts to stay relevant in The Culture for two…
Top 10 Black Ballerinas
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Sneaker YouTubers You Gotta Watch
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Sneakers are an important part of The Culture serving as one of the main fashion accessories and a great way to express one's personal style. Jordans to Supremes, Adidas to Kobes, there are no shortage of kicks to fit anyone's taste. And content creators on YouTube have taken their passion for kicks and…

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from django.conf import settings

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        ('school_year_manager', '0001_initial'),
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    operations = [
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                ('id', models.AutoField(verbose_name='ID', serialize=False, auto_created=True, primary_key=True)),
                ('code', models.CharField(max_length=15, verbose_name='code')),
                ('name', models.CharField(max_length=35, verbose_name='name')),
                ('description', models.TextField(null=True, verbose_name='description', blank=True)),
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                ('created_at', models.DateTimeField(verbose_name='created at', editable=False)),
                ('modified_at', models.DateTimeField(null=True, verbose_name='modified at', blank=True)),
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            bases=(models.Model,),
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        migrations.CreateModel(
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                ('instance_code', models.CharField(max_length=25, null=True, verbose_name='instance code', blank=True)),
                ('time', models.CharField(default=b'0800AM', max_length=6, verbose_name='time', choices=[(b'0800AM', b'08:00AM-12:00PM'), (b'0100PM', b'01:00PM-05:00PM'), (b'0530PM', b'05:30PM-09:30PM')])),
                ('days', models.CharField(default=b'M-F', max_length=3, verbose_name='days', choices=[(b'M-F', b'Mondays-Fridays'), (b'SAT', b'Saturdays'), (b'SUN', b'Sundays')])),
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                ('date_end', models.DateField(null=True, verbose_name='end date', blank=True)),
                ('created_at', models.DateTimeField(verbose_name='created at', editable=False)),
                ('modified_at', models.DateTimeField(null=True, verbose_name='modified at', blank=True)),
                ('room', models.ForeignKey(blank=True, to='room_manager.Room', null=True)),
                ('section', models.ForeignKey(to='section_manager.SectionInstance')),
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                ('students', models.ManyToManyField(to=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL, null=True, blank=True)),
                ('subject', models.ForeignKey(to='subject_manager.Subject')),
                ('teacher', models.ForeignKey(blank=True, to='teacher_profiling.Teacher', null=True)),
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Home FIFA World Cup World Cup countdown: 50 days, Argentina moment number 17, Claudio LOPEZ
World Cup countdown: 50 days, Argentina moment number 17, Claudio LOPEZ
Roy Nemer
Claudio Lopez scores for Argentina at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
As part of the 50 days, 50 Argentina World Cup moments, we will be counting down the top 50 Argentina moments at a World Cup using the daily number.
We are just 17 days until the start of the FIFA World Cup and in 17th place we have Claudio LOPEZ scoring in the 17th minute versus the Netherlands at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
It was a very memorable match for Argentina, although not for the right reasons. The Netherlands took the lead in the 12th minute through Patrick KLUIVERT but Claudio LOPEZ scored five minutes later in the 17th minute to make it 1-1 going into half time. In the second half, Arthur NUMAN got a red card which gave Daniel PASSARELLA's men a man advantage. However, Ariel ORTEGA got himself red carded right before the 90th minute which meant that both teams were playing with ten men.
Lost in the middle of it all was a rocket shot by Gabriel BATISTUTA which hit the post. In injury time came one of the best goals in the history of the World Cup. Dennis BERGKAMP received the ball near the edge of the Argentina area, he beat Roberto AYALA and slotted the ball behind Carlos ROA to send his team into the semi-finals.
Here was Argentina's starting XI for the match:
1. Carlos ROA
2. Roberto AYALA
3. Jose CHAMO
5. Matias ALMEYDA
6. Roberto SENSINI
7. Claudio LOPEZ
8. Diego SIMEONE
9. Gabriel BATISTUTA
10. Ariel ORTEGA
11. Juan Sebastian VERON
22. Javier ZANETTI
If you missed it, here are our 50 World Cup moments:
50: Sergio ROMERO gets 50th cap vs. Switzerland at 2014 FIFA World Cup.
49: Roberto AYALA scores in the 49th minute vs. Germany at 2006 FIFA World Cup.
48: Angel DI MARIA's 48th cap for Argentina vs. Bosnia-Herzegovina at 2014 FIFA World Cup.
47: Mario KEMPES scores Argentina's 47th goal all time at the 1978 FIFA World Cup vs. Peru.
46: Jorge VALDANO scores in the 46th minute at the 1986 FIFA World Cup.
45: Javier ZANETTI scores in the 45th minute vs. England at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
44: Gabriel BATISTUTA scores goal number 44 in his Argentina career at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
43: Gonzalo HIGUAIN receives cap number 43 for Argentina vs. Germany in the final of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
42: Pedro PASCULLI scores in the 42nd minute for Argentina vs. Uruguay at the 1986 FIFA World Cup.
41: Maxi RODRÍGUEZ scores in the 41st minute for Argentina vs. Serbia & Montenegro at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
40: Roberto AYALA plays in his 40th match for Argentina vs. Jamaica at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
39: Pablo ZABALETA plays in his 39th match for Argentina vs. Nigeria at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
38: Javier SAVIOLA scores in the 38th minute for Argentina vs. Ivory Coast at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
37: Maxi RODRIGUEZ plays in his 37th match for Argentina vs. South Korea at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
36: Mauricio PINEDA scores in the 36th minute for Argentina vs. Croatia at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
35: Ezequiel LAVEZZI plays in his 35th match for Argentina vs. Netherlands at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
34: Diego MARADONA scores his 34th goal for Argentina vs. Greece at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
33: Gonzalo HIGUAIN scores in the 33rd minute for Argentina vs. Mexico at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
32: Hernan CRESPO scores his 32nd goal for Argentina vs. Mexico at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
31: Diego MARADONA scoring in Argentina's 31st FIFA World Cup match vs. Hungary.
30: Argentina loses opening match of 1982 FIFA World Cup vs. Belgium.
29: Argentina are knocked out of the 1982 FIFA World Cup after playing their 29th ever group stage match.
28: Claudio CANIGGIA scores in the 28th minute for Argentina vs. Nigeria at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
27: Pedro TROGLIO scores in the 27th minute for Argentina vs. the Soviet Union at the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
26: Diego MARADONA scores his 26th goal for Argentina vs. Belgium at the 1986 FIFA World Cup.
25: Sergio AGUERO plays in his 25th match for Argentina vs. Germany at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
24: Diego MARADONA scores his 24th goal for Argentina vs. England at the 1986 FIFA World Cup.
23: Ezequiel GARAY plays in his 23rd match for Argentina vs. Belgium at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
22: Argentina defeat Greece 2-0 on June 22 at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
21: Lucas BIGLIA plays in his 21st match for Argentina vs. Iran at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
20: Rene HOUSEMAN scores in the 20th minute for Argentina vs. East Germany at the 1974 FIFA World Cup.
19: Diego MILITO wears the number 19 shirt for Argentina on his World Cup debut vs. Nigeria at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
18. Javier MASCHERANO plays in his 18th match for Argentina vs. Netherlands at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
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Q: Using Transitions on Ember I have been using jquery plugins to create transitions on my views, and have decided to create them at the CSS level with classnames.
I would like to receive feedback/opinions about which could be most suitable way to integrate transitions at the view level.
Option 1)
App = Em.Application.create({

  customEvents: {
    webkitTransitionEnd: 'transitionEnd'
  }
});

Em.View.extend({

  transitionEnd: function(event) {
    // write you APP logic. TransitionEnd will fire multiple times for each transitioned CSS property
  },

});

Option 2)
Em.View.extend({

  transitionEnd: function(event) {
    // write you APP logic. TransitionEnd will fire multiple times for each transitioned CSS property
  },

  didInsertElement: function() {
    this._super();

    self.$().on('webkitTransitionEnd', function(event) {
      self.transitionEnd(event);
    });

  })

});

Any opinions?

A: Finally, i added webkitTransitionEnd event to be managed by the eventDispatcher and using it on the following way:
Yn.Modal = Em.Mixin.create({

  isHidden: true,
  classNameBindings: ['isHidden'],
  classNames: ['modal'],

  transitionEnd: function(event) {
    // transitionEnd fires multiple times

    if ( event.originalEvent.propertyName === '-webkit-transform' ) {
      var eventName = this.get('isHidden') ? 'transitionHide' : 'transitionShow' ;
      this.fire(eventName);
    }

  }

});

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All Pakistan Newspapers Society, in collaboration with Passage PR has organized APNS Summit; Future of advertising, at Serena Islamabad on 14th May. The aim of the summit was to bring together the creative gurus, advertising experts and newspaper representatives to discuss the potential and challenges of print advertising.
Summit had 3 sessions, targeting creativity, media planning and challenges of Government advertising. Minister for Information Ms. Marriyum Aurangzeb was the chief guest. Distinguished speaker stressed over the need of creativity in print advertising. A session was dedicated to challenges of Government advertising and it was highlighted that Government advertising contributes to pluralism and democracy.


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Assisting churches to take an active role in missions
Matthew Ellison
President, Church Missions Coach
Matthew was rescued by Jesus when he was twenty-three. Shortly after, he found himself in Ghana, West Africa on the first of what would be many ventures to the mission field. That first trip, Matthew says, "ruined me for anything less than a life lived for God's global purpose." In 1993 he began serving at Calvary of Albuquerque, in New Mexico, where he attended and graduated from their School of Ministry. He worked as the missions pastor at Calvary for nine years, developing and launching a strategic church-wide missions ministry. There he founded an international short-term mission ministry called LifeLine Missions that gave thousands across the country the opportunity to experience the mission field firsthand. Through these ministry opportunities he became extensively involved in short and long-term mission endeavors in countries around the world. Now, he devotes his time to serving local churches across the country by coaching them in strategically focused missions and helping them to discover and use their unique gifts in partnership with others to make Christ known among all nations. Matthew is the Chief Ministry Officer and co-founder of Sixteen:Fifteen, and currently lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico with his wife, Renee, and their three children, Matthew, Caleigh and Landin.
Tricia Morris
Tricia underwent a radical transformation when she rededicated her life to Christ in 1992. Shortly thereafter, during her first short term mission trip, she was called to share her testimony to a group of people in Juarez, Mexico. At that moment, Jesus filled her heart with the desire to share the gospel.Currently, Tricia, her husband, and three sons reside in Albuquerque, New Mexico. As operations director for Sixteen:Fifteen, Tricia has a wide range of responsibilities, and she is joyful to respond to any questions you may have and connect you with a dedicated missions coach. "It is pure joy to be part of a vibrant and dynamic ministry that rejoices when a church engages in reaching a people group with the gospel of Jesus Christ!"Tricia graduated from the University of New Mexico in 1997 with a BBA in accounting.
Tom Padilla
Media/IT
Growing up in church, Tom was saved at young age. He has been blessed to have a wonderful Christian heritage, with many in his family involved in ministry. Tom has served in ministry in many different ways. He was a pastoral assistant and youth pastor with his wife Melissa at Western Heights Church (aka Remedy Church), in Albuquerque for many years. Currently, Tom and his wife serve as Pastor of Western Heights Church. They have three wonderful sons: Chory, Taylor and Tommy. He has a heart for the lost and the fulfillment of the Great Commission. He is honored that God has allowed him to be a part of Sixteen:Fifteen, even though he is not on the "frontline" of ministry, He says, "It's awesome to watch history unfold before my eyes — seeing churches unleashed to reach people groups all over the world!" (Revelation 7:9-10)


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| WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: Elis split opening games, look to rebound
Drew Beckmen
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: Elis split opening games, look to rebound
Drew Beckmen & Sophie Kane 12:44 am, Nov 20, 2019
Sam Rubin '95
After suffering a narrow 70–67 defeat in overtime against Colgate last weekend, the Yale women's basketball team will vie for its first road victory of the season against UMass Lowell this Thursday.
All has not gone according to the plan for the Elis (1–1, 0–0 Ivy) in their start to the campaign. Their opening game against Providence was suspended due to a scoreboard malfunction at the half with Yale down 42–33. The Bulldogs regained footing with a triumphant victory against MAAC powerhouse Quinnipiac, but were unsuccessful in their attempt to add a second win against Colgate on Saturday. As the team returns to action this week, it hopes to build momentum against the River Hawks (0–4, 0–0 American East) before heading westward for a tournament in California during Thanksgiving break.
"Since our disappointing game against Colgate, we've rebounded well in practice and really focused in on fixing our deficiencies," guard Ellen Margaret Andrews '21 said. "We're hoping to play to our potential against UMass Lowell and be especially strong on defense, which was our main weak spot against Colgate."
The River Hawks have yet to achieve a single win four games into their 2019–20 season. The team lost its opener against Boston College by 43 points. An 11–2 first quarter run by the Eagles shut the River Hawks out of the contest from the start. Their play did not improve against Colgate either as the Raiders crushed the Lowell side by a score of 73–51.
The River Hawks then suffered a 74–58 defeat at the hands of in-state rival UMass Amherst. According to Lowell Head Coach Tom Garrick, his side got off to a "lethargic" first quarter start and never recovered. On Sunday, the Kansas Jayhawks handed Lowell its fourth defeat of the season. The Jayhawks dominated throughout the contest and maintained a lead of at least 15 points throughout the second half. As the Bulldogs take on the River Hawks for the third time in program history and the first time since 2014, their opponents will be itching for a win to rescue their season.
For the Elis, the contest against Lowell is an opportunity to gain valuable experience as a team before heading off to the Golden State for the LMU Thanksgiving Classic. In their first full game of the season, the Bulldogs displayed the team's potential in a resounding win against Quinnipiac. The Bobcats, who posted a perfect 18–0 record in conference play last year, challenged the Blue and White, but a strong defensive effort and 23 points from guard Roxy Barahman '20 propelled the team to victory.
"I think it was a great first win for us, as Quinnipiac has typically has a very high RPI and has made it to the NCAA tournament in previous years," Barahman said. "We definitely showed our strengths with our ability to pull out a win in a very close game and our ability to play as a team with our high number of assists."
Besides Barahman, the Elis have relied on Andrews, forward Camilla Emsbo '22 and guard Tori Andrew '21 as their main sources of offensive production. Against Colgate, Andrew led the squad with 20 points and Emsbo recorded a double-double. Emsbo, a 6-foot-5, five-star recruit from Lakewood, Colorado, contributes to the Bulldogs' success on both sides of the ball. A tall, physical presence, Emsbo controls the paint on offense and grabs critical rebounds for the Elis on defense.
Despite the River Hawks' underwhelming start to the season, the team is filled with young talent. Three out of the team's four leading scorers are first years. Denise Solis, who hails from the Nutmeg State, tallied 18 points against Colgate and 17 points against UMass Amherst. Solis, along with fellow rookies Shamyjha Price and Jaliena Sanchez, account for over half of the River Hawks' total points this season.
"Our focus the past week has been defense … defensively, we've worked on helping each other and going over our defensive positions," forward Alex Cade '21 said. "Offensively, we felt as though we were taking okay shots, but we want the best shot, and to do so, we need to make the extra pass and have worked on that as well."
Thursday's game tips off at 7 p.m. and will be streamed live on ESPN+.
Drew Beckmen | drew.beckmen@yale.edu
Sophie Kane | sophie.kane@yale.edu


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Share this Story: Woodbine neighbourhood irked at city for overnight ticketing blitz
Woodbine neighbourhood irked at city for overnight ticketing blitz
Michael Lumsden • Postmedia
Oct 07, 2016 • October 7, 2016 • 2 minute read • Join the conversation
Martin Morett and his neighbours woke up on Thursday October 6, 2016, to find parking tickets on their vehicles parked around the cul-de-sac of Woodmount Green S.W. in Calgary, Alta. Photo by Leah Hennel /Leah Hennel/Postmedia
An overnight ticket blitz in a southwest Calgary cul-de-sac caught most residents by surprise Thursday morning, after a neighbour complained about their angled parking — something they've been doing for years.
"I wake up early in the morning, as usual, to take my kids to school and we come on out to our vehicles, and there are parking tickets," said Woodmont Green resident Martin Morett.
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"Each one of these vehicles in this cul-de-sac had a ticket. The ticket was issued at 2:30 in the morning — in the dead of night."
Morett said he and his Woodbine neighbours park facing their houses directly to try to create more room for everyone to get a space near their home. He says parallel parking simply creates havoc if any extra vehicles come into the area, and it is something they have been doing for years.
Cars parked on Woodmont Green S.W. Photo from Google Earth Photo by Google Earth
Because their informal plan had worked for the community so well, he said, they were surprised by the expensive blanket of tickets.
"They're saying we have to parallel park — without a warning given to anyone in the cul-de-sac — and have been issued tickets between $40 and $70," Morett said.
In a written statement to Postmedia, the Calgary Parking Authority said the ticketing only took place after a neighbour complained about the parking.
" Generally speaking, unless we are alerted to this sort of thing by way of a request for assistance (typically by someone who lives in the immediate area), we aren't heading out into neighbourhoods searching," the statement said.
"Our enforcement team was contacted last night with a complaint about angle parking on Woodmont Green S.W. An enforcement officer was dispatched to investigate and subsequently ticketed 25 vehicles for angle parking where not permitted. Under Calgary's parking bylaws, all vehicles must be parallel parked with their right wheels to the curb unless otherwise directed to via posted signage."
Morett says it's not so much the ticketing itself that is bothersome, but the time of day, 2:34 a.m. on his ticket.
"It is absolute lunacy, ignorant and really shows the power of parking control going by the letter of the law rather than common sense," Morett said.
mlumsden@postmedia.com
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Prioritizing the Social and Emotional Learning in Students' Digital Lives During the Pandemic
The intersection of SEL and digital citizenship supports students' unique digital challenges.
By Kelly Mendoza
There is no doubt that the last 18 months have taken a tremendous toll on students' mental health and wellbeing as they adjusted to drastic changes in their schools and communities. As we continue to navigate the ever-evolving hurdles of this pandemic and gear up for a new school year, educators recognize the importance of supporting students' social and emotional wellbeing, understanding that it's fundamental to academic success.
When thinking about social and emotional learning, it's important to acknowledge the ways in which young people are interacting, learning, and communicating with one another. If it wasn't already the case, the pandemic cemented the role of media and technology in young peoples' lives as they learned to navigate Zoom classes, maintained connections with friends and family, and navigated a sea of fast-changing information about the world. The digital context in which young people are interacting is core to their life experiences, emotions, relationships, and identity development and is something schools will want to address as they enter the new school year. As a result, the social and emotional wellbeing of students, particularly in and around the digital world, must be a priority for both educators and families.
Uncertain Environment
One of the most immediate concerns teachers and school districts are dealing with is the conflicting guidance around the Delta variant. Just when everyone thought things would look a bit more "normal" by the start of the new school year with in-person learning, we're now dealing with conflicting messaging, policies, and continued uncertainty on how school will look in the coming months. This uncertain environment will require flexibility and resiliency. The social and emotional implications for young people will continue to be a priority across all learning environments. While social and emotional learning (SEL) is already a priority in many schools, the evolving influences of COVID variants will require a flexibility to adapt SEL for a socially distant classroom setting, hybrid or remote learning as well. Technology will continue to play an important role in students' various learning environments. But how do students apply social-emotional competencies in the digital world? Schools will need to support students specifically in this area, as students increasingly use technology for learning and life.
After a difficult year, educators must be mindful of the struggles students will have transitioning back to school and back to socializing in and around classrooms. These struggles may include experience with illness and death in families, isolation and loneliness, inadequate access to school resources, or poverty and job loss. Students have been through a lot, and there's a great need for additional support from schools. In addition, students are participating in a polarized, contentious, and confusing online environment, whether it's media they're consuming or interacting with on social media. In our Common Sense research, we found that teens and young adults are exposed to more hate speech than ever before on social media platforms, and the content they are exposed to tends to be targeted at them by their race, gender, and/or sexual orientation. The frequency with which young people reported encountering hateful content online has nearly doubled in the last two years (from 12% to 23%). Furthermore, the problem with disinformation and misinformation on the internet and social media is a huge problem, so much so that U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has declared it a "serious threat to public health." Meanwhile, 38% of all 14- to 22-year-olds report symptoms of moderate to severe depression, up from 25% in 2018. These unique challenges highlight the importance of not just teaching SEL but also digital citizenship: the responsible use of technology to learn, create, and participate.
School Investments
This past year also brought an infusion of funds from the stimulus package and Emergency Connectivity Fund, where schools are investing in devices and infrastructure to help get all students online and connected for learning. While acquiring technology is important to address opportunity gaps, effective technology integration requires that schools invest in supporting students' wellbeing with digital citizenship and SEL skills to use devices responsibly, and to better manage the impact of media and tech in their lives. This, in turn, can improve academic performance, decrease conflict between students, and help students feel more invested in their school communities.
Technology's impact on students' social and emotional wellbeing can vary across age and levels of development, so implementation of social-emotional learning for students' digital lives can vary widely. SEL in Digital Life resources, such as CASEL-aligned short lessons, family conversation starters, and teacher training are a great place to start. Here are some best practices to keep in mind:
Make time for SEL: We know educators have a ton on their plates, but SEL doesn't have to be a huge time commitment. Even 10 or 15 minutes a couple times per week to do a "gut check" in with your students on their feelings, how their day is going, and if they are experiencing any challenges can add up as important support throughout the school year. Look for CASEL-aligned resources to address the five core competencies of SEL.
Classroom Culture: Establish a positive classroom culture around digital citizenship and SEL at the start of the year. Set expectations with students — which you can do collaboratively — on norms regarding their self-management, self-awareness, relationship skills, and more both in-person and online. Ask them how they want to be responsible for themselves and others as they learn, communicate, and work together. You can revisit and level-set these expectations throughout the year, especially if conditions around in-person and remote learning may change.
Family Engagement: Parents and caregivers are looking to schools for advice on supporting their child's technology use. Caregivers are an essential piece of guiding children with SEL and digital citizenship, to help reinforce what is taught in the classroom, and have deeper conversations on kids' experiences in their digital lives.
As we look forward to the coming school year, prioritizing social and emotional wellbeing in students' digital lives is an important foundation to help them thrive as learners in an ever-changing environment.
Kelly Mendoza is Vice President of Education Programs at Common Sense Education. She has experience developing research-based curricula in social-emotional learning (SEL), digital citizenship, media literacy. Kelly works with teams to build curricula, games, and professional learning products from the ground-up. She develops resources that help students, parents, and educators thrive in a world of media and technology, and that help schools create a positive culture around learning and technology. She has developed education resources and curricula for Classroom Champions, Resilient Educator, Lucas Learning, Media Education Lab, and PBS Frontline. Kelly has a Ph.D. in Media and Communication from Temple University.


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MHCA Board approves action on quarry rehab payments
October 1, 2019 By Manitoba Heavy Construction Association
Oct. 3, 2019, Winnipeg – The MHCA Board of Directors approved next steps in pressing the provincial government to fulfill its obligation to pay contractors who have rehabilitated spent aggregate pits and quarries.
"We will be sending notices to all aggregate producers and the contractors involved in rehabilitation, advising them of possible next steps, including the option of filing a complaint with the Manitoba Ombudsman," MHCA president Chris Lorenc said.
"We have worked patiently and cooperatively with Mines Branch and GET officials, in an effort to see contractors who have had their rehab work approved be paid for that work that dates back to 2018. We are more than disappointed with the lack of progress on this file," Lorenc said.
The rehabilitation program was one of the top concern among the items discussed by the Board of Directors September 25.
Contractors are still owed hundreds of thousands of dollars from work completed in 2018. In one instance, a small rehabilitation contractor has been forced to take work driving a combine for a farmer, because his livelihood has effectively been wiped out.
The provincial Quarry Rehabilitation Program and payments were suspended last year, in the midst of an internal administrative review of the program, which is funded through a special provincial government reserve. The reserve is built on a per-tonne extraction fee paid by the aggregate producers. Producers must continue paying the extraction fees.
The rehabilitation of the spent pits and quarries is done by private contractors. Their work is inspected and approved by the Mines Branch, triggering sign-off for payment by the department out of the reserve.
Some invoices – which totalled more than $800,000 early this year – have been paid, but some payments remain outstanding.
The program itself remains on hold, pending review of the department's findings by the Auditor General. The MHCA has asked for a status report on the investigation, but few details have come.
Meanwhile, contractors continue to ask when they might see all the payments they are owed. Further, concern for the quarry rehabilitation program is rising. The program is critical to the health of the aggregate extraction industry as it the foundation upon which producers and municipalities sign development agreements.
Rehabilitation returns spent pits and quarries to a state that is more natural to the environment or to a useful condition – such as parks or recreation.
"The delay in this whole process can threaten what has been a very successful program, a critical element to the ability to continue taking aggregates from areas near municipalities, which themselves are being pressured to halt extraction as other development interests, such as residential, encroach upon these areas of aggregate reserves," Lorenc noted.
"If we can't extract aggregates from the high-quality mineral reserves close to infrastructure projects – most of which are funded by tax dollars – the cost to the environment and governments will escalate."
Contractors seeking information are invited to contact MHCA at clorenc@mhca.mb.ca
MHCA increasingly concerned about Quarry Rehab Program
Quarry rehab program tops items at MHCA board of directors meeting
Boosting benefits of pits and quarries in Manitoba's municipalities
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Quechup (kway-chup) was a social networking website that came to prominence in 2007 when it used automatic email invitations for viral marketing to all the e-mail addresses in its members' address books. This was described as a "spam campaign" and raised a great deal of criticism.

Address book harvesting
The automatic invitation of all the contacts in the e-mail address books of people who signed up to their service was controversial for two reasons:

 Without explaining intentions, Quechup required permission to access the address book.
 Invites were sent to all addresses in address books without permission of e-mail address owners.

This attracted a great deal of criticism in September 2007.

Reacting to the criticism, Quechup's parent company iDate Corporation made a public statement on 17 September 2007, stating that:

Much of the criticism focused on misleading users by hiding the nature of the feature in the 'small print' of the site terms and not specifying it in the Quechup privacy policy, which stated only, "You agree that we may use personally identifiable information about you to improve our marketing and promotional efforts, to analyse site usage, improve our content and product offerings, and customize our Site's content, layout, and services.".

While admitting the campaign was misleading, technology blogger Chris Hambly pointed out that text explaining how the feature worked was placed in normal print directly above the feature, raising the question of a user's responsibility to read what they agree to, although he noted that this explanatory text failed to clearly state what would happen.

In their 17 September statement, Glen Finch, Chief Technology Officer stated

This has raised the issue of users automatically 'opting in' without first understanding what they are accepting, rather than automatically 'opting out' of questionable features.

Response
Quechup responded by changing how it operated its service and belatedly reassuring customers it was not acting maliciously, even if irresponsibly.

 Quechup changed how its address book check worked within days, clearly giving members the option of which contacts, if any, they wanted to invite.
 Quechup adopted Windows Live ID Delegated Authentication, enabling Live and Hotmail users to grant limited access by logging in directly on Microsoft's secure servers.
 Quechup is a member of SenderScore the world's most comprehensive database of email sender reputation.
 Quechup fully complies with Microsoft's Sender ID Framework for email authentication and uses SPF records.

The Quechup affair encouraged calls for open authentication through an OpenID system such as Yahoo's BBauth, which would allow a user to grant limited access to their data, without providing passwords directly to a website. Indeed, Quechup adopted Windows Live ID Delegated Authentication, an OpenID system for Windows Live and Hotmail users.

Fake invitations
In a more recent development, technology journalist Robert X. Cringely raised the possibility that Quechup may be sending fake dating invitations to subscribers that attempts to get them to sign up to a premium service. In his article, Cringely stated that it was not certain if these fake e-mails were the work of what he called a "rogue Quechup affiliate who gets a commission for sign ups" or a more sophisticated automatic spam operation.

See also
Viral marketing
Social networking spam
Forum spam
Blog spam

References

External links
 Quechup is rotten: don't accept invites – An article on Boing Boing.
 Quechup? No, Thanks – An article on Blogcritics.
 Quechup – An early blog complaint about Quechup's registration process from March 2006.

American social networking websites
Spamming

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Lîle Polvese (en italien : isola Polvese) est une île d'Italie du lac Trasimène appartenant administrativement à Castiglione del Lago.

Géographie
La plus grande des îles du lac, elle s'étend sur environ  de longueur pour une largeur approximative de . La partie sud de l'île est une zone humide abritant diverses espèces d'oiseaux et d'amphibiens alors que la partie nord comprend une petite forêt composée de chênes verts et de chênes pubescents.

Elle fait partie du parc naturel régional du Lac Trasimène.

Principalement basée sur la pêche au cours des siècles, l'île vit de nos jours principalement du tourisme environnemental. La présence d'une petite plage et des espaces en plein air, ainsi qu'un restaurant, attirent un grand nombre de touristes pendant la période estivale. Depuis 1995, le parc scientifique et éducatif la promeut comme un laboratoire permanent pour les écoles et les visiteurs. Les activités éducatives et le tourisme environnemental sont confiés à un groupe d'éducateurs. Il y existe également des activités de recherche liées à l'histoire, à l'environnement et à la préservation des anciennes variétés locales d'espèces végétales.

Un ferry relie San Feliciano à l'île.

Histoire

Le nom de l'île est probablement dérivé du terme polvento signifiant clairvoyant. Des vestiges d'opus reticulatum témoignent de son occupation par les Romains.

En 817, l'île est nommée dans un document officiel, dans lequel Louis le Pieux accorde au pape Pascal Ier la ville de Pérouse et le lac Trasimène dont les trois îles (Majeure, Mineure et Polvese).

Les habitants se mettent sous la protection de Pérouse en 1139. ils vivent alors essentiellement de la pêche et de la culture de petites parcelles, avec un bien-être relatif, car à la fin du  siècle, il y avait 88 familles pour un total d'environ 500 personnes.

Au cours du  siècle, la vitalité de l'île commence à décliner. Les moines de l'ordre du Mont-Olivet abandonnent le monastère fondé en 1482. En 1643, les troupes du Grand-Duché de Toscane occupent l'île et causent des dommages importants à toutes les structures.

Au cours du  siècle, seules quelques dizaines de personnes vivent encore dans l'île. En 1959, elle est acquise par le comte Citterio de Milan et en 1973, elle devient la propriété de l'Administration provinciale de Pérouse.

Monuments

 Église San Giuliano ( siècle) : petite église à une seule nef contenant quelques vestiges romains
 Monastère de San Secondo (- siècle) : situé au sommet de l'île. Seuls les murs extérieurs de ce complexe roman à trois nefs, avec crypte et abside, étaient à l'origine occupés par les moines. Le monastère est en restructuration et il n'est plus possible d'y accéder
 Château médiéval ( siècle)
 La piscine Porcinai (1960) : exemple de récupération environnementale d'une ancienne carrière de grès.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Liste des îles d'Italie

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Île lacustre en Italie
Province de Pérouse


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People often comment on my logo and wonder about its origin. It was designed by my grandfather, Will Trent, the youngest of five brothers who operated a large lumber and millwork manufacturing business.
The oldest brother, Albert, founded Trent Brothers Lumber Company in the early years of the last century in Danville, Illinois. My grandfather learned the business as a youngster, became the manager of a lumber yard in Indiana, then returned to his hometown to work with his brothers in 1922.
After serving in World War II, my father, Bill Trent, joined the company and worked with his father and uncles until it was closed in 1952. He opened his own lumber and hardware business in 1954. I worked with him Saturdays and summers from junior high school through college.
In addition to dealing in retail lumber, Trent Bros. manufactured cabinets, doors, and millwork for the University of Illinois, and libraries, schools and hospitals in Danville and neighboring communities. My Dad was an innovator with his business, offering the first drive-up window service in the area for paint and hardware, and eventually expanding with a lawn and garden center and a nursery. This was in the 1960's, long before multi-purpose home improvement centers were commonplace.


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DotLab's microRNA-based Test May Help Monitor Endometriosis, Study Shows
by Alice Melão
The levels of nine small RNA molecules in blood circulation may help monitor endometriosis progression and response to treatment, according to researchers.
This finding was reported in the study "Serum MicroRNA Biomarkers Regulated by Simvastatin in a Primate Model of EMS," published in the journal Reproductive Sciences.
The small molecules, called microRNAs or miRNAs, are important regulators of genes levels. They are also sensitive to changes that happen in cells. This means that miRNAs have the potential to work as sensors of the status of cells, and ultimately of the body's equilibrium.
Previous studies have shown that specific microRNAs are altered in endometriosis. These could also be reliable tools to identify endometriosis patients without the burden of surgery.
This study was led by led by Hugh Taylor, MD, chair of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences at the Yale School of Medicine, and founder and chief medical officer of DotLab.
DotLab is currently developing an endometriosis test based on these microRNAs and their diagnostic and prognostic potential.
The test has been designed to detect and quantify microRNAs in saliva through a device that has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The company is scheduled to launch its diagnostic test later this year.
Researchers evaluated the levels of nine microRNAs previously linked to endometriosis in blood samples collected from 16 baboons with surgically induced endometriosis.
The animals were randomly treated with either a placebo or 20 mg of simvastatin daily for 90 days. Endometriosis progression was evaluated through the end of the study by laparoscopic surgery.
Simvastatin, marketed by Merck under the brand name Zocor, is a statin commonly prescribed to lower cholesterol levels. Growing evidence has suggested statins can ease endometriosis symptoms and potentially prevent disease progression.
The researchers found that the animals treated with simvastatin had smaller endometriosis lesions, with a 65% reduced volume compared to placebo-treated animals.
The team also found that simvastatin induced changes in the levels of some specific microRNAs. The levels of miR-150-5p and miR-451a were reduced by 90-93%, whereas miR-3613-5p levels increased by 7.5-fold in the simvastatin-treated group.
"The changes in circulating miRNA level patterns parallel our previous results in human patients, and show that specific miRNAs correlate with endometriosis severity and reverted toward control levels after simvastatin treatment," the researchers wrote.
Because simvastatin is not a current standard treatment for endometriosis, the team is planning additional studies to evaluate changes in microRNA biomarkers in response to hormone-based endometriosis treatments, such as oral contraceptives or gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) therapies.
"Future studies in primates and humans will help clarify which miRNA biomarkers best correlate with therapeutic response, to optimize their clinical utility for managing the disease," the team wrote.
"This study is the first to show that the levels of DotLab's biomarkers change with endometriosis treatment," Heather Bowerman, CEO of DotLab, said in a press release. "We are excited for the potential of the test to not only aid in diagnosing endometriosis, but also monitor disease progression."
Tagged diagnosis, disease management, disease progression, DotLab, microRNA, miRNA, simvastatin.
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The kids pack their own lunches. They choose a main item from this list, then add a yogurt or cheese, a fruit, and one junk food (assuming we have junk food on hand). Sometimes I make one of these Easy Make Ahead Cold Lunches.
We have a main dish with sides of starch (potatoes, rice, noodles), veggies, and sweet tea.
Assigning food to certain days ahead of time just makes me crazy! So I tend to create a list of ideas, then choose which one fits our day best the night before I serve the meal.
Or choose from one of these super easy last minute dinner ideas.
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IFBB News
IFBB President Santonja to make case for inclusion at CAC Games
By Mike Rowbottom
The International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness (IFBB) will seek to further extend its multi-event championship reach by taking part in the next Central American and Caribbean Games in Panama in 2022.
IFBB President Rafael Santonja told insidethegames he will make the case at the General Assembly of the Central American and Caribbean Sports Organization in Panama on Thursday week (October 31).
"I am going to be in Panama, where we are going to have a presentation of our sport for their approval with a view to participation in the Central American and Caribbean Games," he said.
"We started first in the Central American Games.
"Then we expanded to the South American Games.
"We were in this year's Pan American Games, and now we are trying to get recognition from the Central American and Caribbean Games - and this will complete our profile in America.
Men's marathon medallists at last year's Central American and Caribbean Games - the IFBB hope to have bodybuilders on the podium at the next staging in Panama ©Getty Images
"We are making all our proposals on the same criteria.
"Our sport is very sustainable, it is very popular.
"Our sport has equality of genders, and it opens great opportunities to many Olympic Committees to participate in an event that might bring good options of medals.
"It is very important to mention that our sport is a sport that is coming from the streets.
"There is a fitness gym every 100 metres in the street, so this is something that is in society.
"And it is a way to bring new generations to the Olympic Movement - that is good for the new generations because they are going to be educated in the Olympic principles of fairness, solidarity and clean sport.
"This is our main goal with the participation in the regional games to work together to educate our youngsters properly.
"This is the target number one for us."
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De Mater Dolorosakerk is een bedevaartkerk in Driesch, een woonwijk van de Duitse plaats Lutzerath (Rijnland-Palts). De kerk werd in de 15e eeuw opgericht en is tegenwoordig een beschermd monument.

Geschiedenis
Reeds rond 1400 bestond er een kleine kapel in Driesch waar een Madonna werd vereerd. In de tweede helft van de 15e eeuw werd met behulp van schenkingen een bedevaartkerk gebouwd, die aan Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Smarten werd gewijd. In het jaar 1478 verleende paus Sixtus IV een aflaat voor gelovigen die naar Driesch te bedevaart gingen. Het genadebeeld van de Moeder Gods vond een nieuwe plek in een nis op de zuidelijke muur van het koor. Toren en kerkschip werden in 1687 bij een brand door blikseminslag verwoest en in 1691 hersteld. De kerk werd in de jaren 1971-1972 grondig gerestaureerd.

Architectuur
De tweeschepige hallenkerk werd als laatgotisch gebouw in de periode van 1478 tot 1496 opgericht. Een sluitsteen in het koor draagt het jaartal 1478. Er zijn in totaal veertien bijzondere sluitstenen met de wapens van de stichters van de kerk. Het westelijk portaal dateert uit 1868.

Inrichting
Tot de bezienswaardigheden behoren:
 Het barokke hoogaltaar uit 1672 is gemaakt door de boerenzoon Bartolomäus Hammes uit Alflen, die er 30 jaar aan heeft gewerkt. In een aantal houtreliëfs wordt de lijdensgeschiedenis van Christus voorgesteld. Het altaar bevond zich voor de restauratie in 1941 in tragische toestand en was aangetast door houtworm en overgeschilderd in een grijze kleur. In 1941/1942 werd het geheel uit hout gesneden altaar gerestaureerd in de werkplaats van Karl Port te Münstermaifeld.
 Een 15e-eeuwse piëta waarvan de herkomst onbekend is.
 De orgelgalerij dateert van 1750, het orgel van 1757.

Kruisweg
De kruisweg rond de bedevaartkerk is in 1755 gemaakt van rode zandsteen. In 1987 werd de kruisweg gerestaureerd.

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Hicham Khalidi
Hicham Khalidi (b. 1972, Kenitra) lives and works in Brussels. Khalidi is a curator of contemporary art. From 2003 till 2011, he had been the artistic director of TAG (Audiovisual Art Institute in The Hague, The Netherlands). Khalidi studied finance at the University of Utrecht and worked for a couple of years in the fashion industry. In his practice he is interested in the politics of the image, and trans-disciplinary research in speculative art and design. Khalidi is a member of the board of V2_, an interdisciplinary centre for art and media technology in Rotterdam. As Curator Media Art at art centre STUK he is responsible for the exhibitions at STUK and Artefact festival. His latest exhibitions as a curator include the Marrakesh Biennale, Marrakesh (2012), the Nemo Science Center, Amsterdam (2012), and the Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (2011).
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An RTD rider puts money in a bus farebox, which the Regional Transportation District is planning on replacing, even as the agency begins efforts to introduce smart cards that could reduce the need for the cash-collecting devices.
RTD board chairman Lee Kemp says it's worth replacing the fareboxes because "there's going to be cash-paying customers for a long time."
RTD is proposing to spend $10.5 million on new fareboxes for its 1,100 buses at the same time the agency is working to lessen the number of cash-paying customers by introducing readers for so-called smart fare cards on all buses and rail platforms.
One Regional Transportation District director questioned the wisdom of spending so much on traditional cash-collection devices when the industry trend has transit agencies increasingly moving in the direction of smart cards.
"Ten million dollars is a lot for some fairly obsolete technology," director Tom Tobiassen said last week when RTD staffers briefed directors on a proposed contract for new electronic fareboxes and related technology.
On Tuesday at RTD's monthly board meeting, directors will vote on whether to award the contract to Illinois-based GFI Inc., which would outfit all buses operated by RTD and the transit agency's private contractors.
RTD had looked at acquiring new "integrated" fare collection and validation devices that can accept cash or smart cards, said Bruce Abel, RTD's assistant general manager for bus operations. But the agency decided to buy smart-card readers and new fareboxes separately out of concern that integrated machines would take too long to process a bus-boarding transaction, Abel said.
RTD did not want to take a chance spending more than $20 million on a dual-use device that might end up slowing boardings and reducing the agency's on-time performance, said general manager Phil Washington.
Explaining RTD's decision to separately replace the fareboxes, Washington said many are at least 25 years old, and it is costing the agency an exorbitant amount of money to repair and maintain the venerable devices.
Last year, RTD collected a total of $96.5 million in fare revenue from all sources, including cash, passes and ticket books.
Of that total, about $30 million, or 31 percent, came from cash deposited in fareboxes by bus riders, Abel said.
Last March, RTD directors approved a $15.3 million contract with a Maryland company to install smart- card readers on 1,100 buses, card "validators" on all rail-station platforms, hand-held devices so light-rail-fare inspectors can validate smart cards on trains, and communications technology needed to transmit data to central data-processing centers.
RTD expects to launch a pilot program in late spring for the first test of smart cards on a limited number of bus routes in Boulder, Abel said.
Initially, the readers will be programmed to only accept business and neighborhood Eco Passes and College Passes. By late summer, RTD plans to extend the smart-card pilot program to include as many as 350 buses on routes in the north metro area.
This would draw about one-third of RTD bus operations into the smart-card program — also for Eco and College passes only. By the end of this year, the agency expects to have the entire 1,100-bus fleet and light-rail platforms outfitted for smart-card reading, Abel said.
The current plan calls for the card readers and validators to also accept all transit passes in 2012.
The following year, RTD expects to make another tweak to the program that will allow smart cards to hold "stored value" that will be debited upon each bus or rail boarding.
For that reason, Kemp said he supports the installation of new fareboxes on the entire bus fleet to complement the separate placement of smart-card readers.


Here I am eating breakfast. Here's me downtown. Here I am with my cat. Here's my cat (and me). Here I am at my best friend's wedding. Here I am getting tested for STDs. Here I am at a funeral. Here is me.
The word Selfie sounds fun. We spell it with a kicky "-ie" on the end to make it feel cute. But it feels lonely.
Once upon a time we needed people to create the photographic record of our lives. We travelled and snapped. We gathered in groups and snapped. We navigated rites of passage, and someone made us all bunch up together for a group shot.
As I write this, sitting in a café on Nušićeva, I have been witness to four Selfies already. The Coffee Drinkers. The Window Shoppers. And the I-Am-Not-Sure-What-I Am-Doing-But-Here-is-My-Selfie-to-Prove-It.
The Selfie is then posted. And then we "check in" so people know where we are. And suddenly our existence in the world of Facebook (which is arguably the World with 1.3 billion users) is confirmed. If we are feeling particularly in need of validation, we then "like" our own Selfies.
Our Friends (capitalized to indicate that they are FB friends and therefore very important) like our Selfies and share their own Selfies.
The Selfie, as far as I can see, may be the nadir of our civilization and societal development. It represents our complete anti-socialization, celebrating isolation and autonomy from the rest of humanity. Worse still, Selfies are often taken in company (even if you cannot see who is around the Selfieist) thus underscoring separateness even in congregated situations.
Rather than being an iteration of narcissism, Selfies seem to indicate disconnectedness, on the one hand, and hyperconnectivity on the other. Disconnected with our surroundings and fully connected through the medium of the Internet.
I belong to a generation that used to have to request people to take a commemorative picture. We would sheepishly ask our friends or passing strangers to take a photo with a convenient Polaroid or 35mm reflex or Kodak Instamatic, line up and present cheesy smiles, and thank the photographer profusely. It was an act undertaken with a certain amount of reluctance since it made us look a little self-indulgent.
But I have by now a folder-load of Selfies filed away as well. My clever smartphone has a clever app to help me take a Selfie, as if it were a key feature of the camera.
I wonder, however, what all our Selfies say about us. I wonder if, at some point in the near future, our Selfies will be able to associate among themselves, make connections and draw together as a collective. We may be assembling with all of our self-portraits the foundations of an entirely new digital life-form.
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Superb Japanese course meal featuring conger eel and ayu fish.
Enjoy the "wow factor" of the beautiful and exquisite cuisine served atop the elegant river floor.
Japanese course dinner at Kawadoko with yukata included―a great value plan.
Take a walk after dinner and enjoy the summer of Kyoto.
In winter, we serve hot pot and "Obanzai" (light Kyoto-style home cooking served with boiled vegetables and marinated food) to warm up your spirit. We provide nutritious dishes such as boar and soy milk.


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We spent a few days where Tuscany, Lazio and Umbria meet. Based from a Castello in Proceno, we visited the Umbrian town of Orvieto and the hilltop town of Civita di Bagnoregio, which is quite literally on a hilltop. The region is most famous for its Orvieto wines but makes some excellent reds as well.


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Montana to pardon 78 WWI sedition convicts
HELENA, Mont., May 3 (UPI) -- Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer said he will posthumously pardon 78 people -- mainly Germans -- who were convicted of sedition during World War I.
Schweitzer said the Wednesday pardons would try to right wrongs committed when anti-German sentiment swept the United States and former Gov. Sam Stewart's administration won unanimous approval of the Montana Sedition Act of 1918 -- the toughest such law in the nation.
The law, which expired at the end of World War I, made it a crime to say or publish anything "disloyal, profane, violent, scurrilous, contemptuous or abusive" about U.S. soldiers or the U.S. flag.
"I'm going to say what Gov. Sam Stewart should have said: I'm sorry, forgive me and God bless America, because we can criticize our government," Schweitzer told The New York Times.
The posthumous pardons were sparked by a University of Montana law student petition reacting to the 2005 Clem Work book "Darkest Before Dawn."
Work said U.S. reaction in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks was eerily similar to that of 88 years ago.
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Pastor faces sex charges
A 58-year-old local pastor is accused of having inappropriate sexual contact with a 5-year-old girl, deputies of the Logan County Sheriff's Office reported this morning.
The Rev. James Alan Hazlett, 206 N. Taylor St., West Liberty, was charged Wednesday afternoon with one count of gross sexual imposition, stemming from an incident July 9, while he served as pastor of the West Liberty United Methodist Church, 202 W. Newell St.
Detectives said the case was forwarded to them from Delaware County Children Services on Tuesday and the pastor was arrested at about 3 p.m. Wednesday at the sheriff's office.
Sgt. Jeff Cooper, lead detective at the sheriff's office, said Mr. Hazlett has cooperated during their investigation. The detective declined to comment on where the victim resides.
"Pastors are in a position of trust; they're someone everybody looks up to and goes to with their problems," he said. "I would say he violated that position of trust."
The Rev. Randy Stearns, superintendent of the United Methodist District Office in Springfield, said Mr. Hazlett has been removed from his duties at the church until further notice.
"Obviously we're concerned for him and his family," he said. "At this point, we're not jumping to any conclusions. These are serious charges. We've removed Jim from his duties at the West Liberty United Methodist Church until further notice, pending an investigation, and we're asking for prayers for the family, the congregation and all those involved."
Mr. Hazlett has been pastor in West Liberty since July 2004, coming from Oak Harbor United Methodist Church near Toledo, where he had served since 2002, a secretary at the United Methodist Conference Center in Worthington said this morning.
The Rev. Stearns did not know exactly how long Mr. Hazlett has been an ordained minister, but he has been in the ministry more than 30 years, the superintendent said.
Calls to the United Methodist Conference Center in Worthington were not returned this morning.
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Center for Peacebuilding works in partnership with The International Republican Institute and Magacin Kabare on project called Re:generation which is a new USAID project that strives to motivate and ecourage new generations of young people to create new and better future for all of them.
Within the project, The Youth Sammit was held recently and gathered more than 200 participants from various parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina including 20 young people form Sanski Most who also attended the Sammit. They spent three days together in Sarajevo and, through different workshops and interactive lectures, they had the opportunity to hear politicians, artists and sociologists sharing their knowledge and experiences with them. Hence, many of them gave their contribution to this project as lecturers including: member of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH, Diana Zelenika, mayor of Tuzla, Jasmin Imamović, former mayor of Srebrenica, Ćamil Duraković, mayor of East Sarajevo, Nenad Vuković as well as some of the most popular actors and film directors from the region such as Nikola Đuričko, Enis Bešlagić, Slavko Sobin, Visar Viška, Zana Marjanović, Emir Kapetanović and Aida Begić. Participants disccused existing issues in our society and also learned themselves how to advocate for reconciliation and peacebuilding more effectively.
We want to express our sincere happiness for being one of the partners in this project as well.


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Is CA ranked 47th or 25th?
10 Facts About K-12 Education Funding
Interactive Map: Title I Education Grants
Comparing California (June 2008)
Analysis of the 2008-09 Budget Bill: Education – Per-Pupil Funding
Getting the Facts Straight on Per Pupil Spending in California (Posted on April 03, 2008)
The Census Bureau report strongly refutes the oft-cited "fact" that California is near the bottom in per-pupil school spending. The national average was $9,138 in 2005-06. California was at $8,486, with New York the highest at $14,884 and Utah the lowest at $5,437 – one of 22 states, in fact, that fell below California's level.
In terms of school revenues, California was 25th among the states at $10,264 per pupil, just under the national average. It was above average in per-pupil income from federal and state sources and about $1,700 per pupil below average in local revenues, thanks to Proposition 13, the 1978 property tax limit measure.
Per-pupil spending rankings all relative
Why are the rankings so different?
Education Week adjusts per-pupil spending to reflect regional variations in cost of living, particularly teacher salaries, and the National Education Association does not.
Both start with similar spending in California during fiscal 2004-05. Education Week uses federal data, $7,905 per pupil; the NEA uses its own data, $7,942 per pupil.
Then Education Week applies a 1990 federal "geographic cost of education index" that drops California from 30th to 46th at $7,081 per pupil, well below the national average of $8,973 per pupil.
Spending more than $12,000 per pupil in Education Week's ranking are New York, New Jersey, Vermont and the District of Columbia. Below California are Idaho, Arizona and, at the bottom, Utah at $5,463 per pupil.
Per-pupil spending in public schools (2001-2002)
National Per Student Public School Spending Nears $9,000 (US Census – May 24, 2007)
The nation's public school districts spent an average of $8,701 per student on elementary and secondary education in fiscal year 2005, up 5 percent from $8,287 the previous year, the U.S. Census Bureau reported today.
New York spent $14,119 per student — the highest amount among states and state equivalents. Just behind was neighboring New Jersey at $13,800, the District of Columbia at $12,979, Vermont ($11,835) and Connecticut ($11,572). Seven of the top 10 with the highest per pupil expenditures were in the Northeast.
Utah spent the least per student ($5,257), followed by Arizona ($6,261), Idaho ($6,283), Mississippi ($6,575) and Oklahoma ($6,613). All 10 of the states with the lowest spending per student were in the West or South.
Education spending, per pupil, apples to apples
More spending doesn't equal more learning
Los Gatos Education Foundation – Finance A-B-C's
Q&A: Why disparities exist in some California school districts
Analysis compares districts' spending, academic performance
Spending far from equal among state's school districts, analysis finds
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A Guide to California's School Finance System
California's system for funding public schools has been in place for 35 years.
1968-78: California moves to a state-controlled finance system
1968 Serrano v. Priest
Lawsuit challenging the fairness of California's system for funding K-12 education.
1972 SB 90
Established revenue limits, a ceiling on the amount of general purpose money each school district may receive.
The California Supreme Court ruling that the school finance system was inequitable.
1978 Proposition 13
Constitutional amendment limiting property tax rates and increases.
Sources of Funding for Schools
Federal government: about 11%
State's budget (business, corporate and personal income taxes, sales taxes, and some special taxes): about 61%
Local property taxes: about 21%
Miscellaneous local revenues (include such items as fees on commercial or residential construction; special elections for parcel taxes; contributions from parents, businesses and foundations; cafeteria sales; and interest on investments by local school districts): about 6%
The smallest amount at the bottom is the California Lottery: 1.5% or about $125 per student annually
Public schools have no other revenue sources.
Distribution of the Money
General purposes: two-thirds of total funding
Special purposes or categories of students: other third
Each district's income is based on:
• the average number of students attending school during the year (average daily attendance, or ADA)
• the general purpose (revenue limit) money the district receives based on ADA
• special support (categorical aid) from the state and federal governments, earmarked for particular purposes.
The California Legislature set revenue limits for each district in 1972.
The other large portion of a school district's income is categorical aid from the state and federal governments. It is based on categories of children, such as students with disabilities; characteristics of the district, such as low-income families; or programs, such as class size reduction (CSR). The program can be voluntary, such as CSR for grades K-3, or required, such as Special Education.
Categorical aid can be a very small portion or more than one-third of a district's budget, depending on the population of students served. The money must be spent according to the state or federal guidelines for the qualifying program.
Miscellaneous income is a small percentage of most districts' budgets, but (with a few exceptions) districts have discretion over how to spend the money.
A State Centralized System
Proposition 13 (1978) effectively removed school districts' ability to exert substantial control over their revenues.
Guide to California's School Finance System
EdSource: Finance System
School Finance Chronology
EdSource: History
An Introduction to Public School Financing in California
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When you've come home from work, the last thing you want to do is the house cleaning. Those dirty chores really do not seem appealing at all.
In a city like London, everything must stay clean – from your office to your home. But in this busy world it is very hard to find the time do the house cleaning. That is why many people have started hiring professionals that offer such cleaning services for a nominal fee.
Professional office or domestic cleaning in London often consists of trained personnel that are highly efficient when it comes to making your home or office spotlessly clean. They use highly advanced technologies in the cleaning business, which find and remove dirt that may go unnoticed by normal people.
They provide services such as carpet cleaning and upholstery cleaning, two of the most difficult things to clean. And they do this by using various tools such as upholstery vacuums and carpet vacuums. If you want your home or office to be clean and tidy, just hire a professional cleaning service and let the experts do the job.


The 18-hole Mountain Lake Golf Course in Lake Wales, FL is a private golf course that opened in 1916. Designed by Seth Raynor, Mountain Lake Golf Course measures 6685 yards from the longest tees and has a slope rating of 135 and a 72.7 USGA rating. The course features 4 sets of tees for different skill levels. The greens are tifeagle and the fairways are bermuda grass.


Heading into the decade with about 1,000 members, President Ben Rust led the union into a stable statewide presence in part through regular meetings and publications.
The union's corresponding secretary, Fred Clayson, a Salinas High School math teacher, edited the California Teacher. Production moved from mimeograph to offset printing at a union shop, and from five to eight pages.
In a decade dominated by McCarthyism and loyalty oaths, Clayson in 1954 published an unprecedented two-color, 24-page issue, which supported then-expelled left-wing AFT locals. The CSFT executive council replaced him with another officer, Floyd Lyle, a teacher at San Bernardino High School.
In 1960, the California Teacher was first published as a tabloid-sized newspaper with black-and-white photographs. Typical for the era, the paper was printed in black ink only. It proudly displayed a print shop's union "bug," as it would for the next five decades. Daniel Knapp edited the new four-page paper, followed by Robert Hall.
In 1970, with Raoul Teilhet as president and collective bargaining soon to become the law of the land, CFT Senior Vice President Miles Myers, an English teacher from Oakland, became editor in addition to his volunteer duties as the second-in-charge union officer.
The tabloid newspaper grew to 12 pages and added a second color to complement the black. After collective bargaining was won, the California Teacher diligently tallied union representational elections won and lost. Myers edited the newspaper for 15 years.
In 1985, Teilhet stepped down and Myers was elected CFT president.
At that time, Russell Hill, a Marin County high school English teacher and former president of the Tamalpais Federation of Teachers, took over as editor.
Hill expanded coverage to include more professional issues. It was still a tabloid newspaper of usually eight pages, published six times annually, and mailed to nearly 60,000 members.
When CFT began to employ specialists in addition to field representatives, Fred Glass, the first full-time communications staffer, began editing the California Teacher.
In 1995, as Glass worked full-time on CFT's labor curriculum project, the communications department grew, and the torch was passed to Jane Hundertmark, who became the second woman to edit the all-union newsletter, then a 12-page newspaper published five times annually.
In 2004, California Teacher was restructured to dedicate a section for each division of the CFT, giving equal voice to each and publicizing the diverse issues of education workers for all to read. It grew to 16 pages. Unionized professional graphic artists helped realize the goal of full-color publishing and photo covers. Photography began to go digital.
After nearly five decades as a tabloid newspaper, the publication graduated to a 16-page, large-format magazine to allow for higher quality reproduction of the growing number of color images. It was mailed to nearly 80,000 members four times during the academic year and could be viewed on the CFT website.
The magazine continues to be the "Voice of the Union," recording events and issues that define the CFT. It pictures rank-and-file members and portrays the education workplace through professional photographs.
In 2016, California Teacher is redesigned to a contemporary-for-the-times smaller-sized magazine, and grows to 24 pages. Through continuous union organizing, the publication reaches its largest-ever circulation to 110,000 members. Hundertmark becomes its longest serving editor.
Over the years, California Teacher has won dozens of awards for its photography, design, and high-quality reporting covering the issues and actions of CFT and its members.
Anticipating financial pressure from the U.S. Supreme Court case Janus v. AFSCME, the CFT will end the print magazine and switch to online publication only. Members will receive the same high-quality stories by email and by following CFT on social media. The CFT website will be the hub of digital communications. Welcome to our new era!


A dream about a teen who feels unable to move is explained.
Last night I had a nightmare. In the dream I watched myself and couldn't move; I was freaking out and couldn't scream for help, as if I had lost my voice and was going to die. It felt like someone was holding me in place. I tried hard to break free but couldn't move. In my thoughts I screamed "Let me go!" and broke free. In the dream I ran to my mum and tried to wake her but she wouldn't budge, then ran to my dad and he wouldn't wake up either. I started to cry, it felt so real; I didn't realize it was a dream until I woke up. This never happened before, I don't know what is happening.
Loneliness, anger issues, school (age 16), family, friends.
Someone feels powerless and overpowered.
Can't move while asleep: Feeling paralyzed; not in control.
Lost my voice: Unable to express oneself or to help oneself.
Felt like I was going to die: Feeling threatened, in danger.
Ran to my mum and dad: Looking to loved ones for help.
Felt someone holding me in place: Feeling overpowered, paralyzed; unable to move.
Bottom Line: At age sixteen, life can feel overwhelming and sometimes you feel powerless, as if you are not being heard and can't get through to others. It takes time to define who you are and learn to express your uniqueness. It takes time. Focus on what your interests and talents and all will be well.


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package com.example.butterknife;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.animation.AlphaAnimation;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.ListView;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;
import butterknife.ButterKnife;
import butterknife.FindView;
import butterknife.FindViews;
import butterknife.OnClick;
import butterknife.OnItemClick;
import butterknife.OnLongClick;
import java.util.List;

import static android.widget.Toast.LENGTH_SHORT;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {
  private static final ButterKnife.Action<View> ALPHA_FADE = new ButterKnife.Action<View>() {
    @Override public void apply(View view, int index) {
      AlphaAnimation alphaAnimation = new AlphaAnimation(0, 1);
      alphaAnimation.setFillBefore(true);
      alphaAnimation.setDuration(500);
      alphaAnimation.setStartOffset(index * 100);
      view.startAnimation(alphaAnimation);
    }
  };

  @FindView(R.id.title) TextView title;
  @FindView(R.id.subtitle) TextView subtitle;
  @FindView(R.id.hello) Button hello;
  @FindView(R.id.list_of_things) ListView listOfThings;
  @FindView(R.id.footer) TextView footer;

  @FindViews({ R.id.title, R.id.subtitle, R.id.hello })
  List<View> headerViews;

  private SimpleAdapter adapter;

  @OnClick(R.id.hello) void sayHello() {
    Toast.makeText(this, "Hello, views!", LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    ButterKnife.apply(headerViews, ALPHA_FADE);
  }

  @OnLongClick(R.id.hello) boolean sayGetOffMe() {
    Toast.makeText(this, "Let go of me!", LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    return true;
  }

  @OnItemClick(R.id.list_of_things) void onItemClick(int position) {
    Toast.makeText(this, "You clicked: " + adapter.getItem(position), LENGTH_SHORT).show();
  }

  @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.simple_activity);
    ButterKnife.bind(this);

    // Contrived code to use the bound fields.
    title.setText("Butter Knife");
    subtitle.setText("Field and method binding for Android views.");
    footer.setText("by Jake Wharton");
    hello.setText("Say Hello");

    adapter = new SimpleAdapter(this);
    listOfThings.setAdapter(adapter);
  }
}