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Goa Was the Jewel of the Portuguese Colonial Empire.
It would be the city's natural harbors and the wide rivers that would be the main draw for the Portuguese when they arrived in 1510. Goa would become the administrative center for much of the Portuguese Far Eastern and African empire. Portuguese control would last for 450 years and leave a lasting impression on the city that would become modern day Goa, as well as a lasting feel of a south European city, blended with its own native cultures.
Discovery of the Route to India After Vasco da Gama left Malindi with his hired navigator, his next stop was the Indian subcontinent. He had become the first European to reach India by sea. He arrived a few hundred miles south of present day Goa. Unfortunately his success was also met by a bit of defeat too. The goods that da Gama brought with him where not in demand in India at all. The native peoples of the area were hostile to these outsiders and thus da Gama was forced to return to Portugal with his stores of goods still unsold. The Portuguese Gain Goa
It would not be until the year 1510 that the Portuguese would first land in Goa. Alfonso Albuquerque would be the first Portuguese captain to land in Goa, but his arrival was staunchly resisted by Adil Shah of the Bijapur. Within a few months the Portuguese were driven out of the city, it would take them another year to arrive with enough forces to take Goa. Even when those forces arrived, they only managed to gain a single district of the area (Illhas), and in reprisal for his earlier defeats Albuquerque ordered the massacre of the Muslim population of the captured area.
By 1543 Portugal had finally gained a few more districts. These conquests formed Portugal's 'Old Conquests', though they only make up 1/5 of present day Goa. Portugal quickly gained supremacy of the nearby seas and that coupled with their strong control of the conquered areas of Goa, began to integrate the city. By the end of the 16th century the Turkish control of the spice trade had been ended. Goa had grown to be the largest city in the east, with 40,000 people and 300 churches within the town, it would already be referred to as 'Golden Goa' and hold an immensely strong place in the spice trade and in the Far Eastern world itself. Establishment of Portuguese Culture in Goa
Under Albuquerque the primary goal for the Portuguese government of Goa was commerce. Religion took a back seat and Hindu beliefs were allowed were very well tolerated, though the Muslim population obviously had a decidedly tougher time (though they were not actively targeted). As the Counter Revolution began in Europe, the Inquisition also traveled abroad and eventually it would land in Goa. Led by Saint Francis Xavier, the Portuguese inquisition arrived in 1542, the policy of tolerance toward the Hindu religion was reversed and temples were razed with Christian churches built on the old sites. Muslim peoples were actively removed from the area or killed and the Goans was forced into the Christian religion. The distinctly Portuguese names that many Goans bear today are a relic of that time when converts were forced to accept a Portuguese name at their conversion. Decline of Portugal and Goa
During the 16th century Portugal's trade empire began to fail. The Dutch had seized control of the spice trade (Portugal's original reason for colonizing in the far east) and Portugal had been forced to turn to Brazil as the center of its colonial empire. Goa was attacked twice by the Dutch in 1603 and 1640, though it weathered both of these attacks. Even the independent Indian nation of Marathas threatened invasion (1683), though its plans were halted when the Mughal Empire to the north invaded Marathas. By 1741 the Marathas were again in a position to attack Goa. The invading forces manage to seize Portugal's northern holdings, including the area around Bassein. In a remarkable bit of timing a new viceroy had been on his way.
The viceroy, the Marquis of Lourical, arrived with reinforcements just in time to defeat the Marathas in Bardez, though Bassein was still lost to Marathas. This would actually spark Portuguese expansion and the resulting frontier wars significantly expanded the Portuguese holdings. These new holdings were treated differently though. The Portuguese distrust of other religions had died down considerably and even the Jesuits had been banned from Portugal in 1759. By 1835, all religious orders had been officially banned and as a result the Hindu population in these newly conquered areas were given religious freedom to worship who and how they wished. End of Portuguese Power in Goa
The first open revolt against Portuguese rule broke out in Goa in 1787. Know as the Pinto Revolution, it was led by several Goan priests, who were unhappy with the process of promotion in Goa's clerical orders. The rebellion was put down after a few deportations and executions had been done. But Portugal's woes in Goa were not over, the British actually managed to gain control of Goa twice in the beginning of the 19th century, once from 1797 –98 and another time from 1802-1813. Though the British were eventually removed from power over Goa and Portuguese control resumed, these short periods led to other longer lasting problems for the Portuguese rule of Goa.
The Goan population began to emigrate to other areas of India in large numbers. The opening of railroad links to British India in 1881 and the opening of the port of Marmagoa to other Indian traffic in 1878 led to even larger numbers of emigrants as Goa's isolation decreased. 1900 saw not only the beginning of a new century of Portuguese rule over Goa, but also the opening of the first Anti-Portuguese rule newspaper. Established by Luis Menezes Braganza, the paper "O Heraldo" actively critized the Portuguese colonial government. The paper would last barely 25 years though as a viable source of critism and social change.
1926 saw the ascension of the Salazar regime in Portugal which established a strong grip on civil liberties. In Goa it was not allowed to publish any newspaper, pamphlet or even invitation without approval by the government. Another political activist, Dr. Cunha, established the Goa National Congress in 1928, which was strongly linked to the Indian National Congress. It seemed that Goa was moving ever closer to freeing itself from Portuguese hands. Support did still exist for Portugal in Goa though.
The majority of the Christian, Portuguese speaking, population still was actively in support of the Portuguese colonial government however much they might have disliked the current Salazar regime of Portugal. By 1947 the British had left India and the nation had assumed a Republic form of government. France withdrew from Pondicherri (on the mid-east coast of India) in 1954. The Salazar leaders in Portugal refused to reliquinsh Goa though. Finally in 1961 the Indian army simply marched into Goa, the city was taken with almost no resistance. Goa had been the last colonial position in India, as well as the first. History andCulture
Legends from Hindu mythology credit Lord Parshuram, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu with the creation of Goa. Over the centuries various dynasties have ruled Goa. Rashtrakutas, Kadambas, Silaharas, Chalukyas, Bahamani Muslims and most famously the Portuguese have been rulers of Goa.
Goa was liberated by the Indian Army from Portuguese colonization on December 19, 1961 and became an Union Territory along with the enclaves of Daman and Diu. On May 30, 1987 Goa was conferred statehood and became the 25th state of the Indian Republic.
Having been the meeting point of races, religions and cultures of East and West over the centuries, Goa has a multi-hued and distinctive lifestyle quite different from the rest of India. Hindu and Catholic communities make up almost the entire population with minority representation of Muslims and other religions. [pic]
The culture here shows the confluence of the east and the west. The state is home to both beautiful temples and magnificent churches. The state's history dates back to 3rd century BC. The Indo-Portuguese culture and architecture here speak for the Portuguese influence on the state. Tourists can get a glimpse of the glorious history preserved in churches, forts, villages and cities. Culture of Goa
Goa is absolutely one of a kind in India. The culture of the state is an amalgam of Portuguese and Konkan culture. Goa is a very laid back, chic state with lots of Bohemian influences to it. It was colonized by the Portuguese in the early 16th century and still manages to retain its essence. The state is also known as the "Rome of the East". Over the past few decades, Goa witnessed a sharp rise in the tourism industry, with domestic and foreign nationals swarming the state for a relaxed holiday. It is the official national 'hotspot' in India, and has risen to impeccable international standards. The culture of Goa is unique in its own sense and is unlike any other in the Asian subcontinent. The people of Goa like to laze around, enjoy and 'soak in' the good things in life. Goans are passionate about their food, music, religion and most importantly, their local drink; Feni.
Arts and Crafts Although the local arts and crafts are nothing extraordinary, you will find one-of-a-kind pieces in Goa if you are lucky. Traditional coconut carved works and jute macrame crafts have earned quite a name in the state. There are a lot of shops that sell artifacts made out of sea shells, handpicked by fishermen in the coastal regions. Contemporary bamboo arts and crafts can also be found in local flea markets along with other brass ware. Traditional pottery and terracotta have high demand from international tourists for the exquisite hand work that goes into making them with local, Konkani designs. Apart from that, mediocre items such as pots, baskets, ashtrays and candle stands can be found made out of wood and jute.
Dances Goa does not only play techno, trance and house music. Apart from the raving nightlife, free style dancing and unique techno compositions, they have quite a variety of traditional dances themselves, inspired by religions, the Portuguese and the Dutch. The traditional dances mirror the lifestyles and the cultures of the Goans, and take you decades back in the times when the Portuguese still ruled. Some of the popular folk dances are Dhalo, Dekhni, Fugdi, Shigmo, Kunbi and the Lamp dance. The happy blending of cultures in Goa makes it easier for people to respect the different dance forms which give a unique character to the arts.
Music Goa is probably the only state in India that has a conglomeration of traditional classical and western music. There is whole new world in terms of music in the state of Goa. Goa has some of the finest Hindustani classical performers such as Kesarbai Kerkar and the Mangeshkar family. Apart from the traditional hues, Goa is steeped in a whole new world of trance and houses some of the best trance and electro music in India.
The Portuguese brought the violin, the piano and the mandolin to Goa which then went on to popular throughout the country. There are different instruments used and there are traditional Konkani and religious songs famous all over the state such as Dekhni, Dulpod, Duvallo, Mando and Fughri. Over the years Goa has blended their music with the Europeans and world famous bands such as the 'Goa Amigos' were initiated in the state. The state is extremely famous on the music scene, and has been the birthplace for a lot of Goan psychedelic trance and the dubstep. Top DJ's from all over the world come to Goa for the much-talked-about, infinite party scene.
People Goa has a unique race of people with varied backgrounds. This allows them to appreciate every person in the state and respect them all the more. The people are extremely amicable and love to 'mingle'. It is this sort of nature that has put Goa on the forefront of tourism and international success. People believe that they are "Goans" first, with religion following in as second. They are harmonious, life-loving people with an unavoidable magnetism.
Literature Goa is well known for its literature and its love affair with the printed world. The Goan arts and literary festival held in the state is an important platform for all Goan writers and other live wires to take part in a mesmerizing event filled with knowledge and the love for reading. Some of the big names related to Goan literature are Philip Furtado and Lino Leitao for short stories.
Religions One will be able to see a beautiful blend of religions in this state. Though Goa is primarily a Christian state, majority happen to be the Hindus. The Portugal rule has left a Christian dominated aura behind and most of the infrastructure in the state is built in that style. It is the only place in the country where you can find all people, however religious they may be, co-existing harmoniously.
Fairs and Festivals After music, Goa is known for its fairs and festivals. Apart from the usual Christmas, Diwali, Eid, Holi and Good Friday, there are countless other small festivals that add to the good cheer and spirit of the state. The Shigmo festival, beach bonanza and the Carnival are celebrated in a lot of pomp and style. People, young and old take part in the Carnival and the Shigmo festivals. Goa is the land of great variety and was also the epicenter for the Portuguese. It is much like the jewel in the crown in India. It's a great place to be at any point of time, during any season, whether it's just for having some fun or for sheer business purposes.
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has taken a major step toward announcing a presidential bid, saying she is launching an exploratory committee for a White House run.
Congratulations to Senator Gillibrand upon her announcement to run for president in 2020. The only question is, which Gillibrand is running? "There's likely no other candidate seeking the Democratic Party's nomination that has been less consistent or a bigger flip-flopper than Senator Gillibrand," says former Democrat assemblyman from New York and chairman of the Coalition for a Positive America, Dov Hikind.
Consider the following facts of her voting record and public statements: as a candidate for Congress running in Hudson Valley, N.Y. she was considered (by herself and colleagues) to be a 'moderate to conservative' legislator. As a newly-elected Democrat from N.Y. she joined the conservative caucus called the Blue Dog Coalition, bragging that her voting record was "one of the most conservative in the state." She even campaigned against granting amnesty to illegal immigrants. Fast-forward to today where she was one of the first and loudest to declare "abolish ICE!" That's not the only issue she's flip-flopped so radically on.
As a congresswoman from upstate New York, she was all pro-gun and had an A-rating from the NRA. She even told Newsday in February of 2009 that she "kept two rifles under her bed." Despite having been gung-ho on guns just years ago, she has now joined the far-Left in seeking some of the most restrictive gun legislation ever proposed.
In all fairness, Gillibrand, like every politician, has a right to change her positions; she's even stated publicly that all of her old positions were outright wrong, and her newly adopted positions are the correct ones. But what accounts for this complete about-face? What happened? Was there some late-night epiphany with the sky parting and a voice calling out to her? Did she have a religious awakening? Was it a dream? Or does she suffer from political amnesia?
Gillibrand has plans to travel to the leadoff caucus state of Iowa later this week. The more time she spends away from her base here in NY, the less damage she can inflict upon we New Yorker's. Hopefully she'll go the same way her predecessor Hillary went, fading into the oblivion.


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NASA to Launch New Moon Probe This Week
By Miriam Kramer 02 September 2013
An artist's concept of NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft firing its maneuvering thrusters in order to maintain a safe altitude as it orbits the moon.
(Image: © NASA Ames/Dana Berry)
NASA's next moon shot — a robotic spacecraft tasked with investigating lunar dust and the moon's thin atmosphere — is set to launch from Virginia this week.
The Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE for short) is scheduled to start its journey to the moon on Friday (Sept. 6) at 11:27 p.m. EDT (0327 Sept. 7 GMT), launching atop a Minotaur 5 rocket, the maiden voyage for the new booster.
The LADEE spacecraft in the nose-cone at the top of the full Minotaur V launch vehicle stack. LADEE is the first spacecraft designed, developed, built, integrated and tested at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif. (Image credit: NASA Wallops/Terry Zaperach)
Weather permitting, the launch may be visible to observers along the East Coast of the United States when the rocket lifts off from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va. [Photos: NASA's LADEE Moon Dust Mission in Pictures]
"I love this mission. LADEE is going to be fantastic," John Grunsfeld, associate administrator for NASA's science mission directorate, told reporters in a briefing on Aug. 22. "I'm getting really excited as we move to the launch pad first of all because it's going to the moon. Ever since I was a young boy like so many folks looking up at the sky I've wondered about the moon."
LADEE — pronounced "laddie," not "lady" — will probe the lunar atmosphere for signs of moon dust that could have created a distinct glow on the moon's horizon that Apollo astronauts saw before sunrise. Scientists think that the mysterious luminosity could have been created by charged dust above the surface of the moon.
The LADEE spacecraft will also use its instrumentation to examine the thin atmosphere of the moon, called a surface boundary exosphere. Many moons, plants and some large asteroids all have this kind of atmosphere making it the most common kind of atmosphere in the solar system, Sarah Noble, a LADEE program scientist said.
The Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer will uncover details of the moon's thin atmosphere. See the full LADEE moon dust infographic here. (Image credit: by Karl Tate, Infographics Artist)
Investigating the moon's atmosphere could help scientists understand more about the nature of atmospheres on many other bodies in the solar system including the closest planet to the sun, Mercury.
"The interesting thing about Mercury is that we don't have any samples of Mercury's surface ..." Noble said. "On the moon, we actually already know what the rocks are at the surface, but [LADEE] will help to compare what is on the surface versus what is in the atmosphere on the moon. [This science] will actually help us work our way back to Mercury and understand the difference between what we're seeing in the atmosphere and what might be on the ground there. We're actually going to learn about Mercury even from this lunar mission."
Once launched, LADEE will take 30 days to make it into its final orbit around the moon. The probe could make it to the Earth's cosmic neighbor in less time, but it would use too much fuel getting there, mission scientists said.
Fuel on LADEE needs to be conserved in order to perform the 100 days of science scheduled for the spacecraft's mission. The probe will be put into a relatively low orbit and because the moon's gravity is lumpy, LADEE needs a significant amount of fuel to stay stable in its orbit.
Although this will be NASA's first moon shot from Virginia, it follows in a long line of probes sent to the moon by the space agency.
"With the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter — which is still in orbit around the moon — we've learned an enormous amount about the surface of the moon," Grunsfeld said. "With GRAIL we studied the interior of the moon, and now with LADEE we're going to learn about the moon's atmosphere which is something very mysterious and we know very little about. This is a particularly exciting mission for us."
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In some speaking exams you have to talk about photos or pictures. Here are our top tips for describing a photo or a picture in an exam. If you are asked to describe a photo or a picture in the exam, here is some language you can use. A picture description is an ideal way of practising your English vocabulary in all sorts of fields. And there's also a benefit for everyday life – imagine you want to. 4 Sep - 12 min - Uploaded by Sir English Anthony takes you through this lesson describing pictures based on the topic 'cities'. Learn the.
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How aware are you of cat hairballs? We know we see them everywhere!
Today is your day to celebrate hairballs. April 27 is Hairball Awareness Day!
Ok cat lovers. We've all been there. Sleepily walking downstairs in our bare feet to make that first cup of coffee only to be rudely awakened by stepping in a slimy, gross, gooey hairball left behind by Gracie from the night before. Next thing you know you're hopping on one foot trying to find a towel to wipe your foot clean.
If this feels like your life then Hairball Awareness Day is for you. The last Friday of the month of April this day seeks to remind you of how important it is to support your cats grooming habits by (gasp) brushing them from time to time. Yes we know it's hard to fathom another regular routine but hey if it keeps you from stepping in goop in the darkness of the morning, isn't it worth it?
To help remind you, let us suggest 4 places for you to place a cat brush to remind you that your favorite feline can use some regular grooming.
On the sink in your bathroom – After all if your cat is like ours, wherever you are, they are. Morning routines spent standing in front of the mirror are purrfect opportunities to give a few minutes of brush love to your cat before they go take their mid-morning nap.
On your kitchen table – You eat at least two meals a day there right? You can learn to eat your oatmeal with one hand while brushing Mina cat out with the other.
Between your couch cushions – Everything else is stuck between there so why not a cat brush.
Under your pillow – As long as you remember to put it on the bed stand before you go to sleep it'll be just fine.
If you've got a tip for how you remember to support your cat's grooming habits, we'd love to hear it.


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Alliance fights heroin overdoses
3 years ago Marissa Russo
Across the street from Plattsburgh State's Ausable Hall, at 202 Cornelia St., there is a small building with a sign with "Mind Tuning," printed on it with a list of various health offices the building has to offer. However, one service inside the building is not listed on the sign — the Alliance for Positive Health.
The Alliance offers several services to its patients, including HIV and STI testing and care management for chronic diseases, such as diabetes and asthma. It also provides naloxone — commonly known by its brand name, Narcan — training to anyone over the age of 16 to prevent opioid overdose.
The center also provides a service that few are aware of: the Syringe Exchange Program.
The program, which provides safe, clean syringes to patients on a confidential basis, began in January 2015, and the Alliance Center has enrolled 113 patients and helped in 26 opioid overdose reversals with their Narcan kits as of July 2015.
The program helps patients suffering from drug addiction or chronic illness receive clean medical supplies in order to prevent disease caused by dirty needles.
The program, founded by Plattsburgh Regional Director of the Alliance Center Diana Aguglia, was originally created to prevent the spread of HIV and AIDS, as well as hepatitis C.
Aguglia said there has been an increase of both hepatitis C and opioid overdoses, and the Alliance Center is looking to help "tackle the problem."
"It is one of the very few spots close to campus that really focuses on prevention," PSUC Alcohol and Other Drug Educator Janis Krug said of the Alliance Center.
She said that in the 2014 Core Survey, which measures drug and alcohol use and perceptions among students at PSUC, students had a low percentage of opiate use, with 1.2 percent of the students surveyed having reported using drugs in the opioid category within the last year.
"There's a lot of normalizing that happens at the college age," Krug said. "You see other students that are drinking or using drugs, and it kind of makes it feel like it's OK to do."
A patient wishing to enroll in the Syringe Exchange Program participates in the intake process, which assesses the patient's needs based on their situation and medical standing. While the patient is not required to present their name, they must provide the substance or medication they inject and how often to ensure they are given the right-size syringe as well as correct medical supplies and treatment options.
Aside from the syringes, the center dispenses all of the necessary supplies to aid in injection, with the exception of the substance or medication itself. Patients are given access to plastic water bottles, saline and various health supplies.
The Alliance for Positive Health Harm Reduction Supervisor Taylor Gibbons said the center gives patients "hospitality kits" that contain items such as tissues, cotton swabs and other necessities "a lot of the patients do not have."
Gibbons said patients can sometimes be hesitant to come in for help but are "always very honest and very appreciative."
After enrolling, the patient receives a personalized identification card. Gibbons said the cards do not include personal information, but it does give the cardholder a unique ID number.
Gibbons said the center does not encourage patients to use or abuse illegal substances, and they do not allow patients to receive those substances on the premises, as that can "jeopardize the integrity of the program."
The Syringe Exchange Program does not only provide clean syringes, but it also helps in retrieving and discarding used needles as well. Since the program began, the Alliance Center has removed 52,000 syringes off Plattsburgh streets and grounds of surrounding areas.
Aguglia said retrieval sweeps are conducted throughout the community in "high-risk" and "high-traffic" areas.
Those wishing to discard needles can safely do so at the Alliance Center. They do not need to be enrolled in the Syringe Exchange Program, and it is free of charge.
Gibbons and Aguglia said patients are more likely to seek treatment after enrolling in the program. The Alliance Center helps participants find rehabilitation facilities and assists
in referring patients to resources to recover from withdrawal symptoms and addiction.
"Their goal in general is to reduce harm, reduce rates of disease and really provide people with materials to use safely, and people who are in that program are more likely to seek treatment," Krug said of the Alliance.
The agency provides Narcan training in an hour-long presentation that demonstrates how to identify overdose symptoms and how to administer Narcan. Those who complete the training are given a certificate as a trained overdose responder. They are also given a prescription to obtain and carry a Narcan kit.
Aguglia said Narcan can be either injected in the arm, leg or any other part of the body with a high muscle concentration, or sprayed into the nostrils.
A face shield and gloves are also included in the Narcan kit to ensure both parties are safe and avoid any contact with the substance.
Aguglia recommends those who administer Narcan call 911 immediately and keep them on the line for possible instructions or help. Once the user is breathing again, he or she should also seek medical treatment.
Aguglia and Gibbons also said they encourage the use of the Good Samaritan law. This protects anyone calling 911 for a drug- or alcohol-related issue from being prosecuted.
Aguglia said someone might be afraid to call 911 in the case of an overdose because he or she thinks there is an impending arrest for being involved with the user. She said this is not the case, as long as there is no evidence that the substance was being prepared for selling.
She said the law was established to "preserve life at all costs" and to help people feel safe in seeking medical treatment.
Aguglia and Gibbons encourage those struggling with a drug addiction or wanting more information on Narcan training to contact them at 518-563-2437.
"A good prevention program is a critical piece to the equation," Krug said. "It's not just about treatment. It's not just about crime enforcement. You need good prevention efforts as well, and that's what that program is all about."
Email Marissa Russo at marissa.russo@cardinalpointsonline.com
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About Food and Nutrition
Meal Account Access
ABOUT FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES
Blue Valley Schools Food and Nutrition Services' meal program serves appealing, reasonably priced meals to your child and to all the students in Blue Valley schools (eligible students may receive meals free or at a reduced price).
Meals are planned by the Director of Food and Nutrition Services, with assistance from cafeteria managers and input from students. All meals meet the criteria and regulations of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Kansas State Department of Education. Extra effort is made to provide low-fat alternatives and to keep the average of calories from saturated fat below 10 percent.
WHAT MAKES A SCHOOL LUNCH A MEAL?
All schools participate in the National School Lunch Program.
A student must choose 1/2 c. fruit or vegetable serving with two other food groups (protein, grain, dairy, vegetable) to be charged for a student meal.
If a student does not take the required number of items to make a meal, the meal may cost more than the student meal price because each item will be charged at A la carte prices.
A student lunch includes a choice of entree, self-serve sides (fruits and vegetables), milk and juice. Learn more with this helpful sign.
All schools participate in offer versus serve, allowing students to choose which items they would like to take or decline.
Total fat averages no more than 30 percent of calories over the week.
Saturated fat averages no more than 10 percent of calories over the week.
Students may select second entrees, or "doubles," as they come through the line. Additional entrees are charged at A la carte prices.
1 percent chocolate, skim white and 1 percent white milk is available.
100 percent juice selections include orange, apple, grape and fruit punch.
Additional juice and milk may be purchased at A la carte prices.
Adults are welcome to join us any time for lunch.
All schools maintain a closed lunch period which requires all students to remain in the building. School meal prices are as follows:
Elementary - $2.70 lunch, $1.45 breakfast
Middle School - $2.85 lunch, $1.55 breakfast
High School - $2.85 lunch, $1.55 breakfast
Premium Meal (high school only) - $3.25 lunch
Reduced - $0.40 lunch, $0.30 breakfast
Adult - $3.75 lunch, $1.85 breakfast
Milk - $0.55
A la carte items are available in middle and high schools only and are purchased separately from the regular student meal. Learn more about middle school and high school A la carte pricing.
BREAKFAST AVAILABLE DAILY
All Blue Valley schools provide breakfast, which includes the choice of one entree plus fruit or juice and milk. Breakfast is available for any student who is at school early for before school events.
USDA science-based nutrition standards called Smart Snacks in School have been implemented. These standards apply to all foods and beverages sold to students during the school day, in and outside of the school meal programs, including vending machines, A la carte, school stores and fundraising. With the Smart Snacks guidelines, students are well on their way to being healthy, well-nourished and all around better learners. Learn more about Smart Snacks.
Nutritious free meals are available for children 18 and younger at many locations throughout the summer. Visit the national Summer Food Service Program website for more information.
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Our menus have a new look and are more convenient and informative than ever before! You can now view images and descriptions of the menu items, get nutrition information, filter food allergens for your dietary needs and see the ingredients in the menu. By clicking on the menu in the top right-hand corner of the homepage, you can select a language preference and get news from the Food and Nutrition Services department.
After selecting a school from the menu, filter allergens to match your dietary needs. Nutrislice also offers the ability to print menus. Simply click the printer icon on the lunch menu you would like to print.
View the breakfast and lunch menus.
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Pro sports teams delay games after Milwaukee Bucks refuse to play in protest of Jacob Blake shooting
by Jay Khaos
Professional basketball, baseball and soccer teams postponed their games Wednesday after the Milwaukee Bucks didn't take the floor during a playoff match in a protest of the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin.
Top-ranked pro-tennis player Naomi Osaka also said she would sit out a semi-final match at the Western Southern Open scheduled for Thursday.
"Before I am a athlete, I am a Black woman," she said in a statement. "And as a Black woman I feel as though there are much more important matters at hand."
The National Basketball Association announced the decision Wednesday evening, citing the Bucks and saying it was delaying other fifth playoff games between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Houston Rockets and between the Portland Trail Blazers and the Los Angeles Lakers.
The games will be rescheduled, the NBA said.
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— Bucks In Six (@BucksInSix) August 26, 2020
In a joint statement Wednesday night, the players of the Milwaukee Brewers and the Cincinnati Reds said they were also skipping a game.
"With our community and our nation in such pain, we wanted to draw as much attention to the issues that really matter, especially racial injustice and systemic oppression," they said.
The Women's National Basketball Association announced that three matches scheduled for Wednesday had been delayed, too. "We stand in solidarity with our brothers in the NBA and will continue this conversation with our brothers and sisters across all leagues and look to take collective action," Elizabeth Williams, a forward with the Atlanta Dream, said in a statement representing league players.
In a statement Wednesday night, Major League Soccer said it had postponed five remaining matches for the day. Earlier, two clubs — Inter Miami and Atlanta United — locked arms and refused to play.
Wednesday afternoon, as it came time for the Bucks to tip off against the Magic, the team was still in the locker room.
It wasn't immediately clear whether the playoff contest, Game 5 of the first-round playoff matchup inside the NBA bubble in Florida, would be played. The Bucks lead the best-of-seven-game series, 3-1.
A statement from Bucks' players later Wednesday said they decided to skip the game after Blake's shooting and after a gunman opened fire at a protest Tuesday night.
"Despite the overwhelming plea for change, there has been no action, so our focus today cannot be on basketball," the players said. "When we take the court and represent Milwaukee and Wisconsin, we are expected to play at a high level, give maximum effort and hold each other accountable. We hold ourselves to that standard, and in this moment, we are demanding the same from our lawmakers and law enforcement."
In a separate statement, the team's owners said they supported the move — even though they hadn't known about it beforehand.
"The only way to bring about change is to shine a light on the racial injustices that are happening in front of us," they said. "Our players have done that, and we will continue to stand alongside them and demand accountability and change."
The Bucks play about 40 miles north of Kenosha, where Blake was shot in the back — and potentially paralyzed — by police Sunday in a confrontation captured on video.
"Some things are bigger than basketball," Bucks Vice President Alexander Lasry said in a statement a half-hour after the game was supposed to have started.
"The stand taken today by the players and org shows that we're fed up. Enough is enough," Lasry said. "Change needs to happen. I'm incredibly proud of our guys and we stand 100% behind our players ready to assist and bring about real change."
As the delay played out, NBA superstar LeBron James appeared to tweet his support for the Bucks' protest: "F–K THIS MAN!!!! WE DEMAND CHANGE. SICK OF IT."
The raw emotion could also be seen in a pregame interview Tuesday with Los Angeles Clippers coach Doc Rivers after he was asked about Blake's shooting.
Rivers mentioned the Republican National Convention and the "fear" that he said its speakers were "spewing." Then he said: "We're the ones getting killed. We're the ones getting shot. We're the ones denied to live in certain communities. We've been hung. We've been shot.
"It's amazing to me why we keep loving this country and this country does not love us back," he said, choking up.
Last month, Bucks shooting guard Sterling Brown published a story in The Players' Tribune detailing an encounter with Milwaukee police after he parked in a handicapped spot at a Walgreens in 2018. An officer used a stun gun to subdue Brown, and body camera video showed an officer stepping on his ankle.
In the video, officers could be heard discussing the optics of arresting an NBA player. One called his shift commander to inquire about overtime and then sang the "money, money" lyric from the O'Jays song "For the Love of Money."
No charges were filed, and eight officers were disciplined afterward. Three got unpaid suspensions, and Alfonso Morales, then the police chief, apologized for the arrest. In his Tribune story, Brown said he'd refused a settlement because he "can't be quiet" about what happened to him.
"I have a responsibility to be a voice and help change the narrative for my people," he said.
On Wednesday night, former President Barack Obama commended the Bucks, Doc Rivers and the WNBA "for standing up for what they believe in" and "setting an example."
"It's going to take all our institutions to stand up for our values," he said.
CORRECTION (Aug. 26, 2020, 5:30 p.m. ET): A previous version of this article described Jacob Blake as having been killed by police. Blake survived the shooting and was reported to have been paralyzed.
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The best quotes from Werner Herzog's new interview with a skateboarding magazine
Photo: John MacDougall/AFP (Getty Images)
Yesterday, the popular skateboard culture site Jenkem published a brief Zoom interview with Werner Herzog. The quick Q&A is barely three-and-a-half minutes long, but because this is Werner Herzog we're talking about, it manages to somehow address the "mountains of Bavaria," sexy Russian Orthodox choir music, the nature of human failure, and David Blaine's inherent untrustworthiness.
Look, summarizing the clip obviously does it no justice. Instead, the interview is a wonder one must observe firsthand to truly enjoy. Join us after watching it, why don't you?
See? Would we ever lie to you? We could spend the rest of the day mining this rich, Herzogian ore, but how about a simple highlight of the best quotes from Jenkem's clip instead? We're sure Herzog would strongly object to "such a base, statistical distillation of human emotion" (or something), but we've long ago given up on trying to add anything to Herzog, and are happy to let the beautiful cosmic entity man speak for himself.
On the subject of being interviewed by a skateboard magazine
"I am puzzled because I am not familiar with the scene of skateboarding. At the same time, I had the feeling that, 'Yes, that is kind of my people.'"
On the subject of failure
"I see [skateboarders] trying to slide on a metal rail. They do it 25 times and fail. The 26th time, they fail. The 30th...it's good that you accept failure...finally you land the right jump and go sliding and screeching down a handrail."
On the subject of failure, continued
"So many failures. That is astonishing, yes."
On the subject of David Blaine
"I know that David Blaine shouldn't be trusted in this kind of quest. It's this kind of absurd quest, and they are meant only for his own publicity."
On the subject of soundtracking skateboarding films
"What comes to mind first and foremost would be Russian Orthodox Church choirs...Something that creates this kind of strange feeling of space and sexuality."
On if he's ever fallen in love with a particular camera
Send Great Job, Internet Herzog encounters to gji@theonion.com


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Q: What is a safe way to convert a full date time to a local date time I have a third party that sends me a JSON with a date value like this:
"1970-11-28T11:00:00.000-0500"

What's the correct way of converting it to a "DateOnly" - so not time - value that represent the date in my time zone?

A: Parse the input date/time like this:
DateTime.ParseExact(testDate, @"yyyy\-MM\-dd\THH\:mm\:ss\.fffzzz", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

Which should handle the DateTime (which appears to be in ISO 8601 format)
You should then be able to get the local equivalent via .ToLocalTime()

A: The below example can also serve as a guide:
using System;

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{
class Program
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        string getdate = "1970-11-28T11:00:00.000-0500";

        var dt = DateTime.Parse(getdate).ToLocalTime();

        string s = dt.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture); //1970-11-28

    }
}
}

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Globetrotting co-stars Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield got cozy at yet another international premiere for The Amazing Spider-Man, this time in Madrid. Watch the highlights!
In theaters July 3, The Amazing Spider-Man has Andrew taking over the web-slinging franchise as outcast high schooler Peter Parker, who is just trying to figure out who he is and how to move forward with his first high school crush, Gwen Stacy (played by Emma). When Peter's quest to understand his parents' disappearance leads him to the Oscorp lab of his father's former partner, Dr. Curt Connors (Rhys Ifans), Spider-Man is set on a collision course with Connors' deadly alter-ego, The Lizard.


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As a very proud father of a flock of Chickens I love to hear stories where a person being mean to animals gets what he deserves...enjoy
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LAMONT, Calif. -- The tables were turned at a California cockfight after a man was fatally stabbed in the leg by a sharp blade attached to one of the fighting birds, The Bakersfield Californian reported.
Jose Luis Ochoa, 35, was taken to a local hospital shortly after police responded to a reported cockfight last Sunday in Lamont, Calif., a town nine miles south-southeast of Bakersfield.
An autopsy revealed Wednesday that Ochoa's death was accidental and caused by an injury to his right calf.
"I have never seen this type of incident," Sgt. Martin King, a 24-year veteran, told the paper. But he noted that it was not surprising that Ochoa died since one of his major arteries had likely been severed. "People have been known to bleed out from those injuries if medical attention is not obtained immediately."
Roosters fight during a cockfight outbside Kunming, China. A California man bled out after a cock stabbed him in the leg with a fighting 'spur' attached to its leg.
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Roosters fight during a cockfight outbside Kunming, China. A California man bled out after a cock stabbed him in the leg with a fighting "spur" attached to its leg.
John Goodwin, director of animal cruelty policy for the Humane Society of the United States, also weighed in, telling the paper he was "surprised it doesn't happen more often considering the knives they put on those birds."
Just last month, the UK's Daily Mail reported that a man in India was killed when his fighting rooster slashed his throat.
Ochoa paid $370 in fines last year after pleading no contest to one count of owning or training an animal for fighting, the paper said. Goodwin noted that the small fines were a weak deterrent to the bettors' pots which can reach $10,000 even in a small cockfight.
Here's where the story came from.


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DHA Planning has secured planning permission for just over 7000 photovoltaic panels on the roofs of the Grocontinental industrial complex in Whitchurch, Shropshire, on behalf of Sunconcept UK Ltd.
Over 7,000 photovoltaic panels
Contribution to the energy requirements of the company
The area suffers from issues with electricity supply and the panels will make an important contribution to the energy requirements of the company, helping to address past issues of supply and giving the company the potential to expand. In addition some power will be supplied back to the grid to allow feed-in-tariffs to be collected.
DHA submitted and managed the planning application, which included an assessment of the likely visual impact of the installation, and dealt with concerns raised by the Council regarding issues like solar glare and reflection.
DHA have also gained permission for a scheme of 400 panels on an office building in Dorset and a scheme for over 9,000 panels on agricultural buildings in Shropshire. In addition there are a number of live applications seeking planning permission for similar photovoltaic arrays on a range of industrial, commercial and agricultural buildings across the country.


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Organic Burial Pods That Turn Dead Bodies Into Trees
By Gerald Sinclair January 15, 2020 May 23rd, 2021 No Comments
In modern times most people are either cremated or buried in coffins, these organic 'coffins' could be the way of the future. Not only do they make it easier to bury more people in the same area, but they also give back to the environment through the process itself.
I recently came across information on these burial pods online, and they really blew me away. They are designed and 'sold' by Capsula Mundi. This project basically allows us to think of death more-so as a means of bringing forth more life because these burial pods in smaller or larger options allow for trees to grow through them.
Their website states as follows:
Capsula Mundi. Life never stops.
Capsula Mundi is a cultural and broad-based project, which envisions a different approach to the way we think about death. It's an egg-shaped pod, an ancient and perfect form, made of biodegradable material, where our departed loved ones are placed for burial. Ashes will be held in small egg-shaped bio urns while bodies will be laid down in a fetal position in larger pods. The Capsula will then be buried as a seed in the Earth. A tree, chosen in life by the deceased, will be planted on top of it and serve as a memorial for the departed and as a legacy for posterity and the future of our plant. Family and friends will continue to care for the tree as it grows. Cemeteries will acquire a new look, instead of the cold grey landscape we see today, they will grow into vibrant woodlands.
Doesn't that sound fantastic? Creating smaller forests rather than sad and depressing homes for those who have passed? Personally, I'd much rather have my body laid to rest in such a manner, that's for sure.
When you really think about it, this is a great way for even once we've passed on to create a better world for the people we love here who remain for generations to come. Rather than taking as long to break down as an entire coffin and corpse would, these capsules break down and the remains within providing nutrients to the tree planted right above. Meaning that bits and pieces of your loved ones go into creating the life that is growing above their burial spot. This also being quite unique as that tree is something you're caring for.
CNN reported as follows on these interesting burial means:
The idea for the Capsula Mundi came in 2003 when the pair saw tons of furniture trashed at the end of Milan's famous design fair, "Salone del Mobile."
"It was a big competition to design new things, but almost nobody cared about the future impact or whether anyone would actually use these things", Bretzel said.
"We started thinking about projects that could have an environmental aspect. Death is part of our life but at design fairs, nobody cares about that because it's one side of our life that we don't want to look at. We don't like to think of death as part of life."
Would you ever consider being buried in such a manner? For more information please check out the video below. This whole concept is quite interesting even if you're not into being turned into a tree once you've passed.
https://www.cnn.com/2017/05/03/world/eco-solutions-capsula-mundi/index.html
https://www.capsulamundi.it/en/
Featured Image Via Capsula Mundi


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Rural catwalk ... Winning entries in the 2018 Henty Natural Fibre Fashion Awards modelled by Shalayla Wheeler from Holbrook, Claudia Grogan from Morven, Sarah Brennan from Henty, Tamara Stewart from The Rock and April Kennedy from Yerong Creek.
Offering prizes valued about $5000, the fashion awards have grown into a prestigious event attracting high-profile designers, with the 2019 entries to be paraded in the Country Lifestyle marquee at the Henty Machinery Field Days on September 17 to 19 at 1pm each day.
Awards convenor Lyn Jacobsen said the Natural Fibre Fashion Awards grew from the demise of Wagga Wagga's Golden Gown.
''Since the field days are located within a major wool and fibre producing region, it was important an event be carried on to encourage designers to showcase their creativity using the fibres allowed,'' Mrs Jacobsen said.
''This competition is free and open to all designers, but the fabric in the garment must be at least 70 per cent natural fibre, which can be wool, cotton, alpaca, silk, linen or combinations.
''Early interest from regional TAFE students has been strong for this year's encouragement award,'' she said.
The winner of the supreme garment made with natural fibres, which will be announced on the final day, will receive $1000 in prize money plus a Bernina 325 sewing machine valued at $1499, courtesy of Bernina Australia and Sew Fab, Narrandera.
The best knitted or crocheted garment, millinery and accessory will receive $500 each.
''Designers may supply their own models, however, we do have Year 10 students from Billabong High School who are given modelling tuition leading up to this event,'' Mrs Jacobsen said.
■Those interested in entering the awards can phone Lyn Jacobsen on 0428 690 222, email naturalfibre@hmfd.com.au or phone the HMFD office on 0269 293 305.


By Audrey Golden. Jul 3, 2018. 9:00 AM.
Jacques Stephen Alexis's novel General Sun, My Brother (1955) was originally published more than half a century ago in Paris, but it has only become available to English-speaking readers in its entirety relatively recently. Portions were published in the journal Callaloo in the early 1990s, and then by the University of Virginia Press's CARAF Books series, or Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French.
Alexis came from a long line of revolutionary leaders, and his fiction is written in that spirit. This novel in particular deals with socioeconomic inequality and political violence. We are always intrigued by works of fiction that contain maps, and this is one of those texts. The novel begins with a large-scale map of "The Island of Hispaniola," followed by a hand-drawn rendering of Port-au-Prince. Want to know more? We recommend buying a copy. In case you needed another push, remember how we mentioned that Alexis is the descendant of revolutionary leaders? More specifically, he was related to Jean-Jacques Dessalines, one of the founding fathers of Haiti who played a major role in the Haitian Revolution under Toussaint L'Overture.
He is among a group of writers who developed Haitian Spiralist literature, a literary movement tied to the Duvalier period that Nick Nesbitt describes as "perhaps the richest and most vivid development of the Caribbean surrealist aesthetic to date." Other notable writers of Spiralism include Frankétienne and Jean-Claude Fignolé.
Are you already familiar with the works of Edwidge Danticat? We love all of her novels and essays, but we're particularly smitten with her collection of short stories, Krik? Krak! (1995). The title of the collection gets its name from a Haitian storytelling practice: the teller of the story starts by saying, "Krik?" and the listeners respond with, "Krak!" Danticat was born in Haiti in 1969 and lived there until 1981, when she moved to New York.
Trouillot's novel, The Infamous Rosalie (2003), is another book translated into English and published through CARAF Books at the University of Virginia Press. The novel follows Lisette, who experiences transgenerational trauma through the stories she hears from her grandmother and godmother about their forced voyage across the Atlantic on the slave ship Rosalie. The novel takes place in 1750, when Haiti was known as Saint-Domingue.
The author was born in Port-au-Prince, where she currently lives and works as a French Professor at the State University. She is a poet, playwright, and novelist, working in both Creole and French.
We've only given you a small selection of some of the best books from Haiti. We hope it's a good place to start and that you'll continue to discover more literature from the Caribbean.


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Q: Android WebView with embedded YouTube video has no fullscreen button I'm trying to put a little embedded youtube video in my app. The user needs to be able to fullscreen the video, but the webview's youtube player has no fullscreen button! Whhhaa…? I've searched around and found no solution. BTW, using the Google YouTube API is NOT an option. I have a workaround (video thumbnail which opens a fullscreen WebView when clicked), but it would be a lot simpler/more elegant if the webview would handle this for me.
Here's how I'm loading the youtube video
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Peter Sagan continues to prove the curse of the rainbow jersey is a fallacy as he surged to the lead of both the UCI WorldTour and World Rankings thanks to his back-to-back victories in Gent-Wevelgem and the Tour of Flanders. The wins reversed a trend of second-place finishes that tallied six before he finally reached the top step on the podium in Belgium.
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import java.awt.datatransfer.StringSelection;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * @author Mikhail Golubev
 */
public class JsonBreadcrumbsProvider implements BreadcrumbsProvider {
  private static final Language[] LANGUAGES = new Language[]{JsonLanguage.INSTANCE};

  @Override
  public Language[] getLanguages() {
    return LANGUAGES;
  }

  @Override
  public boolean acceptElement(@NotNull PsiElement e) {
    return e instanceof JsonProperty || JsonUtil.isArrayElement(e);
  }

  @NotNull
  @Override
  public String getElementInfo(@NotNull PsiElement e) {
    if (e instanceof JsonProperty) {
      return ((JsonProperty)e).getName();
    }
    else if (JsonUtil.isArrayElement(e)) {
      int i = JsonUtil.getArrayIndexOfItem(e);
      if (i != -1) return String.valueOf(i);
    }
    throw new AssertionError("Breadcrumbs can be extracted only from JsonProperty elements or JsonArray child items");
  }

  @Nullable
  @Override
  public String getElementTooltip(@NotNull PsiElement e) {
    return JsonSchemaDocumentationProvider.findSchemaAndGenerateDoc(e, null, true, null);
  }

  @NotNull
  @Override
  public List<? extends Action> getContextActions(@NotNull PsiElement element) {
    JsonQualifiedNameKind[] values = JsonQualifiedNameKind.values();
    List<Action> actions = new ArrayList<>(values.length);
    for (JsonQualifiedNameKind kind: values) {
      actions.add(new AbstractAction(JsonBundle.message("json.copy.to.clipboard", kind.toString())) {
        @Override
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
          CopyPasteManager.getInstance().setContents(new StringSelection(JsonQualifiedNameProvider.generateQualifiedName(element, kind)));
        }
      });
    }
    return actions;
  }
}


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Technology meets the humanities in this tech specialist
Step into a school makerspace, and you might expect to see science students programming robots, tinkering with circuits or accomplishing miniature feats of engineering.
While there's plenty of that going on in Harpeth Hall's Design Den, you're just as likely to see English students emblazoning meaningful literary quotes onto bookmarks or geography students recreating ancient Egyptian artifacts using upcycled materials.
Finding ways to authentically explore the humanities in a high-tech makerspace can be challenging, but connecting technology to the curriculum is what Caitlin McLemore does best. As the academic technology specialist for the allgirls school in Nashville, Tennessee, she has helped teachers and students alike try out innovative approaches to traditional content.
"I truly believe that technology shouldn't be used for technology's sake. It should be used to help the learner and the teacher do something different – do something more," says the 2018 winner of the ISTE Outstanding Young Educator award.
"The idea behind the makerspace is not, 'Look, we have this cool tool.' It's about how we can use hands-on learning to make a difference."
For McLemore and the 700 girls in grades 5-12 who show up each morning with their 1:1 laptops, technology isn't a standalone phenomenon but rather a common thread running through their daily lives. With no separate tech classes to speak of, the school has chosen instead to embed technology into the fabric of its curriculum.
Working in a place where STEM and the humanities peacefully co-exist has been a natural fit for McLemore, whose love of reading matches her passion for technology.
"I love that I get to walk through stacks of books every day to get to my office," says the Harry Potter fan and doctoral candidate at Johns Hopkins University, where she conducts research on information and media literacy.
Her dual passions also inspired her to co-author an ISTE book, Stretch Yourself: A Personalized Journey to Deepen Your Teaching Practice, with edtech coach Fanny Passeport. Located on opposite sides of the world, the two educators relied on a smattering of tools, such as Skype and Google Docs, to collaborate on the book, which uses yoga as a motif to encourage teachers to deepen their teaching practice through technology integration.
The experience served as a reminder that the tool itself isn't as important as what it can do.
"Sometimes we met on Google Hangouts, sometimes on Skype. Really it didn't matter so much which tools we used, as long as we had some sort of tool that allowed us to occasionally talk to each other," she says.
Growing up in Florida, McLemore had a natural interest in technology, fueled by the fact that her family always had a compu ter in their home. She never intended to make it the focus of her career, however. After completing the University of Florida's teacher prep program, intending to become a public elementary school teacher, she moved to Nashville with her husband and got a job at a child development center, where she started a monthly electronic newsletter. That led to her first position as a technology integrationist at Currey Ingram Academy, where she developed a schoolwide digital citizenship curriculum as well as a popular game-based professional learning program.
McLemore credits her teacher prep program with giving her the pedagogical understanding to unite technology with learning goals in a way even reluctant teachers can get excited about.
"I think when they work with me, they see that technology isn't scary, and they get excited about the possibilities," she says. "That's why it's so important to connect what we're doing in the classroom to student learning outcomes. When they see the value technology can add to the learning experience, that's when teachers say, 'This is a really good thing. We should be using technology.' "
Now that teachers at Harpeth Hall have embraced technology's possibilities, McLemore is ready to move on to the next chapter of her career. After having a baby in August, she accepted a similar position at a school closer to home, in Tampa, at the end of the calendar year. Despite the hailstorm of recent life changes – buying a house, moving states, becoming a mom – she doesn't see herself veering from her course as a technology specialist anytime soon.
"I get to be in lot of spaces and make an impact in a lot of classrooms," she says. "Because I work with all classes and teachers, I get to have broader perspective. I'm pretty happy doing what I do."
Nicole Krueger is a freelance writer and journalist with a passion for finding out what makes learners tick.
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The maker movement: A learning revolution
The impulse to create is one of the most basic human drives. As far back as the Stone Age, we were using materials in our environment to fashion tools for solving the problems we encountered. And in the millions of years since then, we have never stopped creating. In fact, the rise of…
Makerspaces, Project-based learning
While there's plenty of that going on in Harpeth Hall's Design Den, you're just as likely to see English students…


The development of farming by our Neolithic ancestors had a negative impact on the health of modern humans, archaeologists say. Researchers from the Universities of Adelaide and Aberdeen, and the Sanger Institute in Cambridge, extracted DNA from calcified dental plaque on ancient teeth from 34 northern European prehistoric skeletons. Their analysis, published in Nature Review, revealed that the shift in diet associated with the rise of agriculture affected the development of oral bacteria in humans, allowing those that guard against disease to be dominated by caries-causing strains.


Have you ever been asked 'What is your main hazard in your workplace?' Were you able to answer?
Well,do you know what your top 5 hazards are within your organisation?
Most people/organisations only focus on the 'big ticket item' and sometimes forget the other potential risks, or they have a risk register (usually a template) which they rarely review. Most have generic hazards and controls and are rarely site specific.
reduced losses of cash or stock etc.
What are your thoughts, leave a comment, we love an open discussion!


Facebook-owned messaging application WhatsApp finds itself in a fresh turmoil. The messaging app, which is used by more than 1.4 billion people, landed in soup over reports that the latest version of WhatsApp on iOS as well as on Android enables users to receive messages from users that they have blocked.
Popular tipster and beta tester WaBetaInfo pointed out on Twitter that WhatsApp users are getting messages from the users they have blocked. It is reported that a bug in WhatsApp has surfaced which allows users to send messages to users who have blocked them. The bug doesn't restrict the blocked user to send messages, now the user can read statuses without any restrictions.
While we at financialexpress.com checked from WhatsApp on iOS to WhatsApp on iOS, and the bug did not show up. We even tested out by sending messages from WhatsApp on Android to WhatsApp on Android, still the bug did not show up. Even WhatsApp on iOS to WhatsApp on Android and vice-versa, still a blocked user remained blocked on the latest version of the app on both Android on iOS.
It's incredible.. try to search "WhatsApp blocked" on Twitter.. many users are experiencing this issue.
It looks a server side issue, because both Android and iOS apps receive messages from blocked users..
Does WhatsApp have a problem?
How will someone I blocked still be sending me messages?
Here's a quick way to get around it, if you get a message from a blocked user then here are the steps you can take to block that person again.
Step 1: All you need to do is to unblock the user you want to block.
Step 2: Tap on his/her name to access the "Contact Info" for that user.
Step 3: Tap on 'Contact Info' again.
Step 4: Now, you will need to block the user again.
This way you can block the unwanted user from popping up on your WhatsApp again. On the latest faux pas from WhatsApp, there is still no word from the messaging app.


Pininfarina has been collaborating actively since 2007 with the prestigious American company Aero Toy Store, which specialises in private jets.
Over the years, this partnership has produced over 15 aircraft and helicopter projects for an informed, demanding target.
Since 2003 and the first joint model, the Global Express 9120, Pininfarina Extra and Aero Toy Store have developed a partnership that has produced more than 15 aircraft and helicopters for private use.
The Pininfarina Extra team has worked on numerous projects, putting its skills and experience at the customer's service, at all stages of the design process: from the preparation of mock-ups to concept design, and from stylistic and aerodynamic research to prototyping and interior design.
This shared process has translated into the creation of outstanding aircraft like the Gulfstream G450, and the seven-seat Lear 60 jet for which Pininfarina Extra undertook a stylistic revamping of the interior and exterior.
The Aero Toy Store projects have a unique design that reflects careful and constant attention to detail, from the aerodynamic lines of the exterior to the elegance of the interior.
From this perspective, the Pininfarina Extra team has proved to be the ideal partner for this prestigious manufacturer that develops futuristic projects, setting new standards for up-market executive aircraft.
Aero Toy Store is the world's largest retailer of pre-owned executive jets. The company specialises in Global Express, Challenger, Gulfstream, Hawker, Citation and Lear jets.


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Q: Exporting a binary based file with Python I'm am currently working on a export script for Blender, however I feel my question is more based around Python in general so I've posted it here.
A friend created a conversion program in java for .obj files , which turns them into a custom binary file format. However, I want to skip that process and export the binary file directly from Blender.
The file contains text, integers and floats, using utf-8, utf-16 and utf-32 formats.
So far I have all the data exporting as a standard text file, so I just need to output it in the appropriate encoding/format. Here is the code he is using in Java for writing the data to the file in different encodings:
import java.io.DataInputStream;
import java.io.DataOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.nio.ByteOrder;

public class StreamConverter {

//---------------------------------------------------

public static void buffer_write_string(DataOutputStream out,String text) throws IOException{
    byte[] bytes = text.getBytes();
    for(int i =0;i<text.length();i++){
        buffer_write_u8(out,bytes[i]);
    }
}

public static void buffer_write_u32(DataOutputStream out,int i) throws IOException{
    ByteBuffer b = ByteBuffer.allocate(4);
    b.order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN);
    b.putInt(i);
    out.write(b.array());
}

public static void buffer_write_u16(DataOutputStream out,int i) throws IOException{
    out.write((byte) i);
    out.write((byte) (i >> 8));
}

public static void buffer_write_s16(DataOutputStream out,int i) throws IOException{
    out.write((byte) i);
    out.write((byte) (i >> 8));
}

public static void buffer_write_s32(DataOutputStream out,int i) throws IOException{
    ByteBuffer b = ByteBuffer.allocate(4);
    b.order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN);
    b.putInt(i);
    out.write(b.array());
}

public static void buffer_write_u8(DataOutputStream out,int i) throws IOException{
    out.writeByte((byte) i);
}

public static void buffer_write_s8(DataOutputStream out,int i) throws IOException{
    out.writeByte((byte) i);
}

public static void buffer_write_f64(DataOutputStream out,double i) throws IOException{
    ByteBuffer b = ByteBuffer.allocate(8);
    b.order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN);
    b.putDouble(i);
    out.write(b.array());

}

public static void buffer_write_f32(DataOutputStream out,float i) throws IOException{
    ByteBuffer b = ByteBuffer.allocate(4);
    b.order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN);
    b.putFloat(i);
    out.write(b.array());
}

}

I'm not sure how to do this is Python, I'm trying this to see if I can at least get integers to output correctly but no luck.
def write_u8(file, num):
    enum = num.encode('utf-8')
    file.write(enum)

def write_u16(file, num):
    enum = num.encode('utf-16')
    file.write(enum)

def write_u32(file, num):
    enum = num.encode('utf-32')
    file.write(enum)

example usage:
write_u32(file, u'%i' % (vertex_count))

also tried this:
counts = bytes([vertex_count,tex_count,normal_count])
file.write(counts)

I'm a bit lost with this whole binary/encoding thing, I've read through the Python documentation, but it hasn't helped.
Any links to tutorials or examples would be great!

A: From what I understand, what you would like to do is serialize your object and deserialize it back. In Python, Pickle is the package you are looking for. You can look at its documentation right here.


A relic from the medical past — the house call — is a valuable tool in the the 21st century medical bag, and it is a service that I genuinely enjoy providing for patients who need or want me to visit them outside of my office - home, hotel or even hospital bed.
With today's technology, most of what I can do in the office can be done at the bedside so I can accomplish a lot with a home visit. Home visits are especially helpful for people who have been recently discharged from a hospital or have significant mobility issues, making it very difficult for them to see me....in that case, I come to see them.
While I hope you don't need me to come to your home, please don't hesitate to contact me if you do.


If you receive something in the mail, or a deal seems too good to be true, it probably is. When in doubt, have an adult child, a family friend, or a professional review any offer before signing. For more information regarding scams please visit www.raxterlaw.com/scams Good luck. Do not be a victim, knowledge is power.


A court in Sagar on Friday offered consent to hold up a FIR against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and AAP specialists for purportedly disregarding the national flag amid a rally in January 2014.
Separate cases will be enrolled in Sagar, Bina, Khurai and Delhi.
The court's heading gave the request while hearing an appeal, which was documented in 2015 by promoter Rajendra Mishra, who guaranteed that Kejriwal and AAP laborers amid the battling for the 2014 general races conveyed the national banner alongside a sweeper, which is likewise their gathering's image.
In his appeal, Mishra asserted that the AAP specialists initially cleared the floor with sweepers and later held them with the tricolor.


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Alabama Sheriffs Unite In Opposition To New Gun Rights Bill
A proposed bill to ease restrictions on possession of firearms is advancing in the Alabama state legislature, but not without pushback from some of the state's sheriffs.
The legislation, SB 14, was initially crafted by Republican state Sen. Gerald Allen. Allen's proposal is meant to ease restrictions on where Alabama residents can carry their firearms and who can carry them at any time. In other words, the proposal would allow residents to carry their firearms around in their vehicles even if they do not hold a concealed carry permit, Guns.com reported.
The legislation easily passed the Alabama Senate chamber in May but was put on hold. Now that it's back on the schedule, local law enforcement officers have taken notice to the proposed changes.
"There's legislation being put forward that wants to allow you to have a loaded weapon in your car, under your seat, without any background check, without any pistol permit as an extension of your home," Sheriff Heath Taylor of Russell County said on Aug. 11. "And we are absolutely opposed to that."
In addition to the already stated gun law changes, the legislation would allow anyone over the age of 18 to carry a loaded gun into their vehicle, business or home without a permit. Current Alabama law refers to this action as disorderly conduct, even if the perpetrator has never committed a crime before.
The group of more than a dozen sheriffs argued that the most recent changes to the state's gun laws have negatively affected the police precincts throughout the state. A law passed in 2013 initially granted citizens the right to carry a firearm in their personal vehicle, among other freedoms. Taylor used the movie theater shooting in Lafayette, Louisiana, to further explain his viewpoint.
"That goes beyond just running a background check, and seeing who has a felony in their background," he said. "We know things the computer can't tell us, we know things about our citizens, we know who's going through a divorce, we know who's in a bad time, who may be drinking too much who may be abusive but hasn't necessarily crossed the line of a crime."
In Louisiana, assailant John Houser was initially denied a gun permit in 2006 in Russell County. During a screening of the movie "Trainwreck" on July 23, Houser killed two people and wounded nine others in a shooting during the movie in Lafayette.
Sources: Guns.com, AL.com (AP) / Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons
Heath TaylorAlabamaRussell County


This page is related to the Control Center interface present on DiVA, HMP300 and HMP350 devices. For older models, see this page.
It is not recommended to have the player connected directly to the Internet as it does not have a firewall.
See the Network access page for more information about remote access alternatives.
These sections are further detailed below.
The device has an IP address assigned by the DHCP server on the network.
If no DHCP server is found, the player uses an auto-configured IP in the range 169.254.1.0-169.254.254.255.
The user must specify the IP settings.
Although only the "Address" and the "Netmask" fields are mandatory, the "Gateway" and the "DNS" fields should also be entered for the player to be able to access the Internet and to resolve domain names (for instance, to update the firmware or get RSS feeds).
In case of problems connecting to the player, see this troubleshooting section.
See also the Proxy settings page.
Enter the server hostname address (without the http part) and the port.
Enable / disable bypassing the proxy server for local addresses.
When enabled, the player first queries the hostname to find the corresponding IP address and then checks whether that IP address is located in the same subnet (according to the subnet mask); if so, the proxy is bypassed, otherwise (the IP is external or the hostname cannot be resolved) the proxy is used.
Note that the HMP supports only basic and digest authentication mechanisms.
This section was named "HTTPS" prior to 4.2.0 firmware.
Trusted certificates are used to verify the authenticity of servers to which the player connects to via secure HTTP (https). The player already has a built-in database of the root certificates of public certification authorities matching those in web browsers. If you get a "Server certificate verification failed: issuer is not trusted" error within the logs, then you need to add extra root certificates - that happens when the player needs to connect to servers that use certificates delivered by a private, or enterprise internal, certification authority. It may also be required if the player needs to access secure sites via a firewall with SSL inspection enabled.
On this section, you can upload additional root certificates to be trusted by the HMP and you can enable / disable the full verification of HTTPS certificates.
To upload a new certificate, click the "Add Trusted Certificates" button and select the certificate file.
To view a certificate info, click the i button.
The root certificate of the active server certificate is automatically added to this list; by default, this is the player's auto-generated self-signed server certificate ("_auto_self_signed"). If you activate another server certificate, the list is automatically adjusted with the corresponding root certificate.
Disabling the full verification of HTTPS certificates renders all secure HTTPS (https) connections insecure and vulnerable to man in the middle attacks, thus this should only be used for testing and diagnosis, never in a production environment. This option doesn't have any effect to web content.
The auto-generated self-signed server certificate ("_auto_self_signed") cannot be used as a certification authority, but only to verify internal connections to the player's embedded HTTP server. This is due to the fact that the basic constraint extension of this self-signed certificate is not set, thus following RFC3280, this certificate cannot be used to verify any other certificate.
Server certificates are used to secure connections to the player's embedded web server, to access the player web interface via a browser and publish content. Several such certificates can be installed, but only one can be active at any time.
Click the "Add Server Certificate" button. The wizard dialog appears.
Enter the certificate name then click "Next".
This name is used to identify the certificate in the interface and by the <active-certificate> command. It must be between 4 and 32 characters and contains only number, letter and any of the following ".@_".
Select the certificate format between "PEM files" or "PCKS#12 file".
Click the "Select File" button(s) to upload the certificate file(s).
If "PEM files" format is selected, you need to upload the certificate, certificate private key, and (optionally) the certificate chain files individually; otherwise, you need to upload the pfx / p12 file containing the bundle of certificate, private key and certificate chain information.
The certificate chain represents all the certificates from the certificate itself up to the root CA. This is necessary so that the embedded HTTP server can hand out a complete chain to the client, otherwise the verification might fail when the client does not have all the intermediate certificates, even if it has the root certificate.
Enter the passphrase used to encrypt the certificate private key, if necessary.
To activate a certificate, click the button under the "Active" column. The currently active certificate is shown with a check sign over that button.
To view a certificate info, click the i button next to it.
The device comes with an auto-generated self-signed certificate, named "_auto_self_signed" - this is, by default, the active server certificate. It is valid for the following CName: spx-hmp-[serial], spx-hmp-[serial].local, respectively diva-[serial], diva-[serial].local, where [serial] is the player serial number.
Added in firmware 4.2.0. Updated in firmware 4.3.0.
From this section, you can control the player behavior regarding insecure HTTP connections to its player web interface and publish server.
Added in firmware 4.3.0 to enforce HTTPS connections to the publish server, even when allowing or redirecting insecure HTTP on the player web interface.
This option is activated by default on all players so that insecure access to the publish server is disallowed - the sole exception is when updating from an older firmware version not supporting TLS-SRP, in which case insecure connections are still allowed for backward compatibility; note however that resetting the player to factory default settings or installing the firmware package will activate this feature.
In firmware 4.2.x, the "Server access" setting applies to the publish server as well.
Connections over HTTP Secure (HTTPS) are are not affected by these options and are always allowed.
Starting with Elementi 2017, the server access configuration is automatically detected during device discovery and the publish method is adjusted accordingly. Configuring the players to redirect or disable insecure HTTP access would prevent publishing content onto them from older Elementi versions.
Added in firmware 4.2.2 / 4.2.3.
On this section, you can control whether Bonjour service is enabled on the player.
When enabled (default option), the player advertises its Bonjour services and can resolve local hostnames (e.g., you can use a player hostname instead of its IP address).
When disabled, the Bonjour service on the player is totally stopped. The next option is automatically disabled as well.
When enabled (default option), the player can be discovered via Bonjour service by other applications - for instance, it will appear under Devices in Elementi.
When disabled, the player doesn't advertise its Bonjour services.
On this section, you can control whether SSDP / UPnP discovery is enabled on the player.
This setting is enabled by default on all players.
This section is present only on HMP300 and HMP350.
The Network Watchdog is activated if any of the two conditions are set to a value other than 0 (0s by default). Both parameters can be configured using a time defined in seconds (e.g. 10s), minutes (e.g. 10m) or hours (e.g. 1h).
When activated, the HMP will reboot if one of the condition is no longer valid. Link-local (i.e. Zeroconf) addresses are not taken into account.
On this section, you can configure the SNMP settings of the player. The HMP supports SNMP version 2c (with read-only access), does not generate SNMP traps and runs the Net-SNMP 5.4 (fully patched).
By default, the access to SNMP is disabled (closed); it can be opened to a specific IPv4 addresses range or opened without restrictions (IPv6 is accepted in this case), and can be accessed via UDP and TCP.
For the list of MIBs that the HMP makes available, see SNMP monitoring page.
This section is present only on HMP350.
On this section, you can control whether the secondary network port is disabled.
The secondary network port is enabled by default on all players.
This page was last modified on 24 January 2019, at 18:12.


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