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Useless information, a punny mash-up, a good nap, and a book progress report...
~Tuesday~ The university buses started running for the fall semester, and I rode over to the stop at Avent Ferry and Gorman, first running by Hardees to pick up a breakfast biscuit.
At least two kids on the bus asked the driver where they needed to get off for the McKimmon center, which the bus we were on doesn't stop at. She said to both of them, "I'll tell you when to get off, but you're going to have to walk a little ways."
When we got to the stop by the Varsity Parking Lot, she announced, "This is the stop," and no lie, about 35 of the 40 people on the bus got off. And they were all Indian or Indian-American student, which was interesting. I'm guessing they're freshman and there was some kind of welcome event going on at the McKimmon center for them, as there aren't really in any regular classes that are held in there.
As the long line of people we're exiting, the bus driver was saying the most inane thing to them, none of whom heard the whole thing anyway, because they were leaving the bus as she was speaking. She said: "And next time? Just so you know? The closest stop for the McKimmon Center is the #5 bus." And then she added, "But the #5 bus will never come to where you guys are."
When the five of us who were left on the bus and her approached the library stop, my stop, she announced, "Approachin' the liberry."
Since I wasn't carrying anything this morning, and it's open again now that school is back in session, I went directly to the atrium to get a cup of coffee.
I was humming the song "Ave Maria" and looking down when I came across the shell of a beetle-type bug, and this mash-up immediately popped into my mind:
My boss and I had our weekly staff meeting, which ended with her asking me my perception of how things are going between us.
I appreciated this "check-in," and I took the opportunity to talk about a recent exchange we had about my presenting at an up-coming conference, which ended up in my withdrawing the proposal to present that I had submitted.
It was a good discussion, and I think we both came way better for having had it, which I totally appreciate.
Over lunch time, I ended up in a space with someone with an extremely ample derriere, about which I thought, "She has the kind of ass that should require beeping while backing up."
I was absolutely exhausted all day today, and the first thing I did when I got home was lie down on my bed with The Hunger Games, knowing full well what it was going to lead to.
I woke up at about 10:00, made myself a sandwich, and got right back in the bed, where I read until 1:00. I'm making good progress. I'm definitely going to finish this book in time to return it on its due date, Monday, August 22nd.
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The affirmation trail...
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Haikus for the boss...
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Q: HTML Stripper causing error Am currently stripping some HTML from the text as follows:

Masala films of Indian cinema are those that mix genres in one work. Typically these films freely mix action, comedy, romance, and drama or melodrama.[1] They tend to be musicals that include songs filmed in picturesque locations. The genre is named after the masala, a mixture of spices in Indian cuisine.[2] According to The Hindu, masala is the most popular genre of Indian cinema.[3]

The stripper code, I am using is as follows:
from HTMLParser import HTMLParser

class MLStripper(HTMLParser):
    def __init__(self):
        self.reset()
        self.fed = []
    def handle_data(self, d):
        self.fed.append(d)
    def get_data(self):
        return ''.join(self.fed)

def strip_tags(html):
    s = MLStripper()
    print html
    s.feed(html)
    return s.get_data()

When I try to strip the paragraph above, I seem to be obtaining some issues:
para = strip_tags(paragraph)

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TypeError                                 Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-97-0f8917286c8e> in <module>()
      2 for key, val in film_links.items():
      3     paragraph = get_description_from_url( val, key)
----> 4     para = strip_tags(paragraph)
      5     film_genre_with_des.append([key, val, para])

<ipython-input-91-0c0e68f587c6> in strip_tags(html)
     13     s = MLStripper()
     14     print html
---> 15     s.feed(html)
     16     return s.get_data()

/Users/ruby/anaconda/lib/python2.7/HTMLParser.pyc in feed(self, data)
    114         as you want (may include '\n').
    115         """
--> 116         self.rawdata = self.rawdata + data
    117         self.goahead(0)
    118

TypeError: cannot concatenate 'str' and 'Tag' objects

Not quite sure why this is not working. This is suitable for Python 2.7, which is the version I am using.

A: Alternatively, you can use BeautifulSoup HTML parser and simply get the text:
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

data = '
Masala films of Indian cinema are those that mix genres in one work. Typically these films freely mix action, comedy, romance, and drama or melodrama.[1] They tend to be musicals that include songs filmed in picturesque locations. The genre is named after the masala, a mixture of spices in Indian cuisine.[2] According to The Hindu, masala is the most popular genre of Indian cinema.[3]
'

soup = BeautifulSoup(data)
print soup.get_text()

Prints:
Masala films of Indian cinema are those that mix genres in one work. Typically these films freely mix action, comedy, romance, and drama or melodrama.[1] They tend to be musicals that include songs filmed in picturesque locations. The genre is named after the masala, a mixture of spices in Indian cuisine.[2] According to The Hindu, masala is the most popular genre of Indian cinema.[3]

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Charlie Christian The Genius Of The Electric Guitar
In his short life, Charlie Christian (1916-42) revolutionized the jazz guitar. While he was not the very first electric guitarist (being preceded on records by several others including most notably George Barnes and Eddie Durham), he was the first and most important influence on nearly every jazz guitarist from the 1940-65 period including the later swing players, the bop guitarists, and even Wes Montgomery and George Benson.
Unlike acoustic guitarists, Christian did not have to worry about being heard. He was free to develop ideas that he heard from horn players (particularly Lester Young) and adapt them to the guitar, infusing his solos with his own personality. Christian's phrases, ideas and style would dominate the jazz guitar long after his passing from tuberculosis, up until the beginning of the fusion era of the late 1960s.
Most of Charlie Christian's recordings were made as a member of the Benny Goodman Sextet. The Genius Of The Electric Guitar is a four-CD box set put out in 2002 that has every one of Christian's studio recordings with Goodman including many alternate takes. Dating from 1939-41, Christian is heard alongside Goodman, Lionel Hampton, and several pianists (including Johnny Guarnieri) in the early version of the sextet, and with Goodman, trumpeter Cootie Williams and tenor-saxophonist Georgie Auld in the later group.
The riff-filled music is consistently exciting with the gems including the original version of "Flying Home," "Seven Come Eleven," "Air Mail Special," "Royal Garden Blues," "Benny's Bugle," and "Breakfast Feud." Christian is also heard taking his only three solos with the Goodman big band (including his famous showcase "Solo Flight"), on a Goodman sextet session that also features Lester Young and trumpeter Buck Clayton, on one song with the Metronome All-Stars, an unedited 21-minute jam session, and even 13 false starts and breakdowns with the sextet, the inclusion of which is a little frivolous.
While this is not quite the "complete" Charlie Christian studio recordings (missing are dates with Lionel Hampton, Ida Cox and Edmond Hall), one certainly will not feel cheated by acquiring this attractive box set which also includes a definitive 70-page booklet.
The Genius Of The Electric Guitar (Sony/Legacy C4K 65564, 98 selections, TT = 5:06:05)

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Upon arrival in Phnom Penh, you will be met and transferred to the hotel. Enjoy the rest of the day at your leisure.
After breakfast, embark of a day tour of the city. Experience life as a royal in the Royal Palace and Private Quarters. Take in the unique view from Wat Phnom Temple, admire the artwork at the National Museum, and learn more about Cambodian history at the Toul Sleng Museum and Killing Field of Cheoung Ek. If time permits you will also visit a local market before dinner and overnight stay in Phnom Penh.
Travel by express bus to Siem Reap where you will be met and transferred to your hotel for check in. Visit the town and archaeological site of the Roluos temples and monuments, constructed by a Khmer King. Return to the hotel for the evening.
Escape the city and explore Angkor Thom. The tour starts with the famous World Heritage Listed Angkor Wat Temple. As the largest religious monument in the world, it is not to be missed. Visit Bakheng Temple and enjoy the picturesque sunset from Bakheng Hill. Back to Siem Reap for the evening.
Explore the popular site of the Banteay Srei Temple. Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant and continue to Ta Prohm, Pre Rup, East Mebon, Krovan, Srah Srang, Banteay Kdei, and Ta Keo. An optional dinner with Apsaras Dancing Show can be booked.
After breakfast at the hotel take a boat ride on Tonle Sap Lake. Enjoy a cruise past floating villages and Les Artisan D'Angkor, dedicated to assisting the craftsmanship of young locals. Wander the local markets before transferring to Siem Reap International Airport for your flight home.


Event Planner (Party Planning) is another intuitive application for people who are planning for a party, wedding, or any other event. This application brings some extraordinary features for its entire users by helping them to keep everything under control and in an organized way. Event Planner (Party Planning) is a fine product of mMobile App, which brings one of the highly customizable apps to complete your event with success. You can now easily manage the guest list with the details of their age, gender, invitations, attending, and RSVP. This app features a set of tools that help you plan and organize each of your party, business meeting, get together, and any other party with the precise management of to-do list, budget planning, shopping list, guest with RSVP, and invitations. Event Planner (Party Planning) also lets you split some big moments and events like your wedding in smaller ones like a bachelorette party, reception, and ceremony. Event Planner (Party Planning) enables its users to enjoy managing shopping list and the budget tool to organize multiple events at the same time and from this simple to use application. You can easily download Event Planner (Party Planning), and enjoy doing many events with the extreme planning of to-dos, guest list, budget and tool list, RSVP, and more.


@wookietreiber: Right on. A temporary increase in the tmpfs solved my final problem. Thanks for all the help!
@hakayova: Do you have enough space left on `/tmp`? Looks like you're out of disk space, or possibly memory if your `/tmp` is a tmpfs.
-- Set runtime path of "/tmp/yaourt-tmp-mancar/aur-freeorion-git/pkg/freeorion-git/usr/lib/freeorion/libGiGiSDL.so" to "/usr/lib/freeorion"
==> ERROR: Makepkg was unable to build freeorion-git.
I've fixed the lib/lib64 issue, similar to what wookietreiber proposed. Sorry for the delay. The package should now compile and install again. I've also disowned it so wookietreiber can take over. Thank you for the pointers.
@cassfalg please change this in the PKGBUILD and upload a new version. Alternatively, feel free to add me as maintainer and I'll do it.
I'll try to fix this later today.


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Arrest made in chase after SF officer shot
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Police said Sunday that they arrested the driver of a car that led them on a 90-mile chase throughout the San Francisco Bay Area after a police officer was shot and wounded.
The San Francisco Police Department announced that Jeffrey Ruano, 50, will be charged with assault with a deadly weapon, being a convicted felon in possession of ammunition, driving in excess of 100 miles per hour and evading a police officer. The two female passengers in Ruano's car were released without being charged.
But police say the assault charge doesn't stem from the officer's shooting Saturday afternoon, and they wouldn't say whether another suspect is still on the loose.
"While we do have an arrest, it's still an active and open investigation," police spokesman Gordon Shyy said, adding that they still believe a suspect fired on Officer Adam Shaw, 28.
Shyy said Shaw underwent surgery for a bullet wound to the shoulder and was recovering and in stable condition Sunday. He's a six-year veteran of the department.
Shaw and his partner were responding to a vandalism report Saturday when they spotted a suspicious vehicle in San Francisco's Mission District neighborhood. Shyy said that the car began to back up as Shaw approached, prompting his partner to fire several shots.
"An independent witness" heard shots fired from the car, Shyy said, so "we do believe that the officer was shot by a suspect."
Ruano isn't charged with shooting Shaw. Police say his charge of assault with a deadly weapon stems from him backing up on the officers and that the vehicle is supposedly the deadly weapon.
That car was found abandoned a couple of hours later in a Daly City shopping mall about 10 miles south of the shooting.
The discovery triggered a search involving several area law enforcement agencies, but a suspect wasn't immediately found, Shyy said.
The mall remained open during the roughly three-hour search, but police stopped residents in the area from entering their homes.
The search continued late into the night, when San Francisco police spotted a vehicle also associated with the afternoon shooting. The officers followed the car out of the city and across the Bay Bridge before asking the California Highway Patrol to stop the car on Interstate 80 near Richmond. The car sped away when the CHP turned on its lights and attempted to stop the car. The chase finally ended about 12:30 a.m. Sunday in San Jose with Ruano and two unidentified women detained.


Reuters / Baz Ratner (file photo) | A general view shows a road leading to the Jewish West Bank settlement of Dolev on February 23, 2016.
Airbnb said Monday it will remove from its rental listings settlement homes in the occupied West Bank, prompting Israel to threaten legal action against the US company.
An evaluation by Airbnb "concluded that we should remove listings in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank that are at the core of the dispute between Israelis and Palestinians."
"We know that people will disagree with this decision and appreciate their perspective. This is a controversial issue," Airbnb said in a statement.
The decision will affect around 200 homes in Israeli settlements which had been listed on the platform.
The international community considers the settlements to be illegal and a key barrier to peace between Israelis and Palestinians.
"Our ministry has started to prepare immediate measures to limit Airbnb's activities" in Israel, Yariv Levin said in a statement.
As a counter-measure, Levin said he would re-launch a programme to encourage short-term rentals of properties in Israeli settlements.
Senior Palestinian official Saeb Erakat welcomed Airbnb's decision as "an initial positive step".
Erakat said it was "crucial for Airbnb to follow the position of international law that Israel is the occupying power and that Israeli settlements in the West Bank, including occupied east Jerusalem, are illegal and constitute war crimes".
"We reiterate our call upon the UN Human Rights Council to release the database of companies profiting from the Israeli colonial occupation," he said in a statement.
The Yesha Council, the main organisation representing Israeli settlers, accused Airbnb of becoming "a political site".
The decision "is the result of either anti-Semitism or capitulation to terrorism, or both", the council said.
Israel's internal security minister, Gilad Erdan, called on settlers affected "to consider filing lawsuits against Airbnb", appealing to a law penalising the boycott movement against Israel.
Palestinians in 2016 threatened to take legal action against Airbnb over its West Bank listings, accusing the company of presenting homes in occupied territory as if they were in Israel.
Airbnb at the time said the US-based firm "respects the laws in force where it operates and investigates the concerns raised on the subject of some listings".


STANFORD, Calif. — A well-known Eastern medicine supplement may help avoid the most common cause of liver transplantation, according to a study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The finding came as a surprise to the scientists, who used a number of advanced genetic and genomic techniques in mice to identify a molecular pathway that counters acetaminophen toxicity, which leads to liver failure.
The molecule was S-methylmethionine, which had been marketed as an herbal medicine known as Vitamin U for treatment of the digestive system. It is highly abundant in many plants, including cabbage and wheat, and is routinely ingested by people. Coincidentally, Garnett Cheney, MD, at Stanford University performed a series of studies in the 1950s in which he used the compound to treat peptic ulcers.
Peltz is the senior author of the research, which will be published online Nov. 18 in Genome Research. The experiments were conducted in Peltz's laboratory at Roche Palo Alto in Palo Alto, Calif., where Peltz worked before coming to Stanford in July 2008. He is continuing the research at Stanford. The first author of the paper, Hong-Hsing Liu, MD, PhD, is now a postdoctoral scholar in Peltz's Stanford lab.
Acetaminophen is a pain reliever present in many over-the-counter cold and flu medicines. It is broken down, or metabolized, in the body into byproducts — one of which can be very toxic to the liver. At normal, therapeutic levels, this byproduct is easily deactivated when it binds to a naturally occurring, protective molecule called glutathione. But the body's glutathione stores are finite, and are quickly depleted when the recommended doses of acetaminophen are exceeded.
Unfortunately, the prevalence of acetaminophen makes it easy to accidentally exceed the recommended levels, which can occur by dosing more frequently than indicated or by combining two or more acetaminophen-containing products. However, severe liver damage can occur at even two to three times the recommended dose (the maximum adult dose is 4 grams per day; toxic daily levels range from 7 to 10 grams).
"It's a huge public health problem," said Peltz. "It's particularly difficult for parents, who may not realize that acetaminophen is in so many pediatric medicines." Acetaminophen overdose is the most common cause of liver transplantation in this country. The only effective antidote is an unpalatable compound called NAC that can induce nausea and vomiting, and must be administered as soon as possible after the overdose.
Peltz and his colleagues used 16 inbred strains of laboratory mice for their investigations. Most strains are susceptible to acetaminophen toxicity, but one is resistant. They compared how the drug is metabolized by the different strains and looked for variations in gene expression and changes in endogenous metabolites in response to acetaminophen administration. They identified 224 candidate genes that might explain the resistant strain's ability to ward off liver damage, and then plumbed computer databases to identify those involved in metabolizing acetaminophen's dangerous byproducts.
One, an enzyme called Bhmt2, fit the bill: It helped generate more glutathione, and its sequence varied between the resistant and non-resistant strains of mice. Bhmt2 works by converting the diet-derived molecule S-methylmethionine, or SMM, into methionine, which is subsequently converted in a series of steps into glutathione. The researchers confirmed the importance of the pathway by showing that SMM conferred protection against acetaminophen-induced liver toxicity only in strains of mice in which the Bhmt2 pathway was functional.
"By administering SMM, which is found in every flowering plant and vegetable, we were able to prevent a lot of the drug's toxic effect," said Peltz. He and his colleagues are now working to set up clinical trials at Stanford to see whether it will have a similar effect in humans. In the meantime, though, he cautions against assuming that dosing oneself with SMM will protect against acetaminophen overdose.
"There are many pathways involved in the metabolism of this drug, and individuals' genetic backgrounds are tremendously variable. This is just one piece of the puzzle; we don't have the full answer," he said. However, if subsequent studies are promising, Peltz envisions possibly a co-formulated drug containing both acetaminophen and SMM or using SMM as a routine dietary supplement.
The research was partially funded by the Institute of General Medical Sciences and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health and by Roche. Peltz and Liu are the co-inventors on a patent filed on the use of SMM to prevent acetaminophen toxicity in humans. SandHill Bio, a drug discovery startup co-founded by Peltz, is further investigating the potential therapeutic applications of the finding.


In the desire to make more artistic and emotional pictures, I studied a lot, attended various master classes of amazing photographers, read a lot of different literature and of course a lot of practice. It was a long way for me and I still not finishing. Because there is no limit to perfection. I think it is very important for the photographer, especially for those who are engaged in wedding photography. Because it's a unique day.
I've traveled a lot, but now I live in beautiful Montreal. There are a beautiful light, charming architecture and absolutely unimaginable nature. There are so many wonderful places for, and it does not matter whether it is a wedding photography or just a sincere family photography.


Dodds Brown is a leading firm of independent Commercial Chartered Surveyors and Property Consultants based in Middlesbrough serving the North East of England. The practice offers a breadth of experience from a dedicated team of knowledgeable and customer focused surveyors and support team who are keen to work with a wide client base.
As agents we provide a comprehensive service for Landlords and Tenants of commercial properties in, but not limited to, Middlesbrough, Stockton, Thornaby, Billingham, Hartlepool, Teesdale, Northallerton, Darlington, Yarm, Eaglescliffe and Stokesley.
Our experienced staff provide a comprehensive service to the Tees Valley, County Durham and the broader North East region as a whole, with high levels of service including sales, letting, rating, valuation, development, urban regeneration, management consultancy, agency and retail services.


Perhaps the beautiful language brings out the passion in the music of France, but the fantastic artists that this wonderful country has produced is phenomenal. Serge Gainsbourg, Edith Piaf, and Alizee, have all topped music charts around the world during their times, but the list is far more expansive than that. In this blog we are going to look at a top ten list of French musicians, it must be said at this point that there is no order.
Julien Dore is a highly talented French singer, songwriter, actor and a winner of the hit French TV show Nouvelle Star. His career started ten years ago in 2008 when his debut album hit the streets, Ersatz was loved by the public and the critics alike. Dore, a successful solo artist, is also a member of two bands, and plays both guitar and ukulele. A complete mix of influences is thrown around in his music, with genres coming from the rock, and folk worlds as well as some of the new French experimental artists.
Jacques Brel is an old favorite and somewhat of a superstar in his native France, surprisingly as he was born in Belgium, but his adopted home has always been France. Brel composed most of his own music that was mainly theatrical but thoughtful songs, he is famous for always singing in French. Acknowledged throughout the world he is generally considered as a master of the modern day chanson. His influence on many modern-day artists extends to people such as Mark Almond and David Bowie. A host of world stars have sung English translations of his songs including, Nina Simone, Ray Charles and even the great Frank Sinatra.
The stage name of Christine and The Queens is Heloise Letissier who is a highly rated singer and songwriter who comes from Nantes in France. She is famous for writing and performing a sort of eclectic melange of all different types of music. Nothing is barred from her repertoire as she uses every art form accessible, from performance, music, photography and drawings. Her talent is quite unbelievable and that is why she is so revered. She has lived and studied in various cultural hubs, such as London and Paris as well as studying in Lyon. It was London that inspired her to work with drag queens and drag queen musicians and although in the beginning they accompanied her sporadically now they are a fixed part of the act. She calls her own brand of music as freakpop and her second album Mac Abbey was critically acclaimed and won her the Decouverte du Printemps de Bourges, otherwise known as the Best Discovered Act.
In part two of Famous French Musicians we will once again delve into the vaults of French Music and produce some spectacular artists.


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Heartbreaking Movies You Should Never Watch Alone
We are not robots. We feel things. We can't survive on comedic bromances and CGI-ed action sequences alone. We like our joy, but we need our sadness, too. So bring a box of Kleenex and settle in for some melancholic movie-watching. It's not about wallowing in misery. It's about getting lost in a story that captures the full human experience, with all of its highs and lows. A good drama hits you right where it hurts, whether it's Blue Valentine 's broken romance or Fruitvale Station 's...
The Best Netflix Original Series For You, Based On Your Sign
The Best Psychological Thrillers On Netflix
Why Going Back In Time Would Actually Suck (Sorry, Outlander)


Effective with the meetings commencing in November 2015, the Regional Stormwater Education Program and the Chittenden County Stream efforts will be overseed by a separate "MS-4 Subcommittee" of CCRPC's ad hoc Clean Water Advisory Committee.
For a list of voting members, visit our About Us page.
To learn more about Smart WaterWays, visit our homepage.


Can encoding differences explain the benefits of directed forgetting in the list-method paradigm?
Abstract: We propose that the benefits of directed forgetting are explained by the differences in recall arising from individual strategy choices used to encode List 2. In Experiment 1, inducing participants to encode both lists using the same strategy (either shallow or deep) led to significant costs of directed forgetting but abolished the benefits. In Experiment 2, inducing a shallow encoding on List 1 and a deep encoding on List 2 produced similar results, abolishing the benefits but not the costs. Reanalysis of Sahakyan and Kelley's (in press) Experiment 2 showed that the costs of directed forgetting could be detected irrespective of participants' strategy choices. However, the benefits of directed forgetting are best explained by a more frequent use of deeper encoding of the second list by the forget group participants.


The following resources have been developed and/or gathered to support First Grade teachers as they implement the Missouri Learning Standards in 2015-2016. Just click on the links below to access these documents.
First Grade "I Can" Statements were designed for teachers to post daily classroom objectives one at a time and standards that are spread out over a number of pages. Standards flow one to the next. Some teachers have chosen to make them into posters and highlight the day's learning target with a clothespin or large arrow cut-out. Another idea to help with the organization of all of these posters is to put them on a binder ring so that they can easily be flipped through and displayed each day.
In Module 1, first graders will delve into the world of reading and writing with a focus on early literacy skills, understanding literature and informational text forms, questioning and retelling (in both forms), and basic text format. This module sets the foundations and tone for the entire year to build critical readers and writers who use close reading and writing strategies through launching the reading and writing workshop.
Launching Writing Unit: I Am An Artist; I Like To Be Little; Ish; Puddles; Written Anything Good Lately?
Module 2 builds upon the first module, immersing students in narrative writing and critical reading of narrative texts. They develop a sense of story elements and how they work together to create a narrative text. They use critical thinking skills to work to identify similarities and differences, sequence properly, add details, listen to gain information and clearly express themselves. Students will transfer their skills of analyzing narrative text to writing their own narrative text.
Module 3 is centered on informational and explanatory text. Students will build their knowledge of informational text structure while focusing on main idea and key details as well as determining unknown words. Students will participate in a research project where they will write informational text using complete sentences; including the main topic, details, and a visual display.
In this module, students will use literature and informational text to form an opinion and identify points of view and form a position. They will work to select evidence from the text to support their opinions. They will write an opinion piece with supporting evidence and use digital tools to produce and publish writing. Students will work collaboratively with peers to share & discuss their positions and opinion pieces with one another.
Non-Fiction All-About (Informational) Writing Unit: An Earthworm`s Life; Animals in the Desert; Exploring the Animal Kingdom: Mammals; Fire Trucks; Life Cycle of a Frog, The; Life in an Ocean; Move!; TIME for Kids: Storms!; Vegetables We Eat, The; Why Do Horses Neigh?


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Dolichopus griseifacies är en tvåvingeart som beskrevs av Becker 1917. Dolichopus griseifacies ingår i släktet Dolichopus och familjen styltflugor. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

Källor

Styltflugor
griseifacies

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ImagePrint Today | Where art and science meet to make the perfect print.
It has been almost three years since we rolled out ImagePrint 9, a major upgrade that included many new features including the Profile Valet, our industry leading technology for delivering paper profiles on the fly. That version also laid the ground work for an improved look and feel to the interface that ImagePrint 10 builds upon, along with its own set of exciting features. In upcoming posts, we'll take a more in depth look at some of these changes, but for now, let's take a quick peek at some of what you can expect with ImagePrint v10.
Every window, including the layout window, can now be dragged as a separate element, allowing you to customize your workspace and utilize multiple monitors in ways never possible before.
No more viewing only one page at a time. Create and scroll between an unlimited number of pages with our new scrollable Page Layout. You can also move images freely between pages in a live visual workflow.
As part of the muli-page interface, images will split between pages as you drag them. Great for splitting pictures across book pages for albums and portfolio work. And, a new "Spread" mode displays your layout as two-page spreads for those making books, with complete control over the binding gab space between facing pages.
Drag an image within the layout area and "smart alignment" snap-to guides appear allowing you to line it up (edge or center) with other images or to other elements of the page such as the printable area boundary or the page center.
Creating your own "snap to" alignment guides is as easy as dragging from the edge of the layout window.
You can also align images to other images. Just select the first image, then control-click the ones you want to align to it, and choose the alignment option you want to use.
ImagePrint 10 includes 16 bit Output Sharpening, one of our most requested features. And we did it right–because the output part of output sharpening is important.
Our new sharpening is inserted into our data pipeline as the last step before going to the printer, after building the print screens and resolution/size adjustments have been made. That means you can continue to size and resize the image within ImagePrint and the sharpening you specified will always be perfect for your final image dimensions. And of course, as with all ImagePrint corrections–it's non-destructive. Your original image will remain the same.
See exactly how corrections affect your image before applying them, or see how the image appeared before the printer profile was applied with our new before and after views. Making last minute tweaks to an image has never been easier.
No more checking a web site for updates and running a separate utility. Under the Help menu just choose Check For New Releases and update to the latest revision right from within ImagePrint!
Thanks for taking the time to take this sneak peek of version 10. More features may be added before the official release, and we hope to be able to announce support for new printers at the time of release as well.
The new ImagePrint 10. We hope you enjoy the experience!
When can you get it? There's still no firm release date, but ImagePrint 10 is expected to be available in the last week of September, 2014. However, the software is currently available for purchase now as a stable pre-release for those who just can't wait on both Windows and Macintosh. Call the ColorByte Sales Dept. for more information at 813 963-0241 (ext. 1).
Summer is a great time of year to attend a workshop. Many teaching professionals only have time in the summer to put on workshops. One such person is Craig Stevens. Craig is a b/w and color master and I highly recommend taking one of his workshops. Here are some dates this summer, take a look and give it a shot.
July 30th to Aug. 4th.
July 14th to July 20th.
Aug. 18th to Aug. 24th.


I am watching the Udder Rock buoy further up the coast. The tide is taking us inshore and I head further out to sea to stay to the seaward of it.
This is the third day of this trip, finally a day of wind, sea and sail. The cloud cover is still low, clinging to the tops of the cliffs. There are no other boats visible and, despite being close to the shore. I can see no one on the coast path.
The early mist had given the harbour a silent, closed feel.
I rowed to Toms Boatyard for fuel. There was a trawler on the slip, welders flashing. Three others were docked, crews busy on all of them. The activity is pleasing. Polruan has become a village of second-homes. It falls quiet in the winter. Here is the sign that there is new life as well as old – people are working.
Back on the boat, I glance at the coast. We are off Lantic Bay and I recognise a cove in the bay that I haven't thought of for fifty years.
Two sometimes three families on holiday together, weather allowing, we visited this cove in those two boats every year from when I was twelve to when I was seventeen (and then they came for a few years without me). It was an innocent and naive time in my life – most definitely naive!
I am enjoying the sail this morning and it's a complete coincidence that I noticed the cove at all. I am struck by how important this seems to me. Memories flood back. I have an "if I knew then what I know now . . ." moment.
People continually say that the old days were better than today. I don't think that's so. We remember them with varying degrees of fondness because they happened at significant times in our lives – perhaps from the impact of a particular event or maybe a life change – a rite of passage. The good times we remember and although the passing of time doesn't wipe out the bad times, it does soften them.
Today I am better informed, perhaps over-informed, and much less innocent because of it, but still naive from lack of certain types of experience that I now miss.
For every generation, rites of passage are the trials of life. We grow on the journey. Physiological rites of passage occur naturally as we age but experiential rites of passage appear more or less randomly. Whether we actually experience them or not is a personal matter and depends very much on the opportunities open to us. I speak from personal experience when I say that it's very easy to miss those opportunities when we are young and it becomes more difficult to create them when we grow older. We have to try harder. The result's not always pretty!
We reach the bell buoy – comfortably to seaward. In the slight swell, the heavy hammers of the bell clang in a slow, regular beat while, with the wind increasing, the flags on the lobster pot buoys wave cheerfully as Blue Mistress sweeps past. It's a good day.
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My mother and grandmother were both Texas country cooks. We had cornbread several times a week. Regular, hoe cakes, Mexican, cracklin, hush puppies and bacon and cheese style corn bread. I was raised on my grandfather's dairy. My dad worked there for a while and we didn't have a lot of money. We had cornbread and red beans for supper almost everyday. We also had plenty of beef along with fried potatoes. Nobody ever went hungry!
The 'cracklins' that I referred to are always MINCED, not in 'pork-rind' shape. They're just the right size to get stuck between your teeth... My guess is they're about a 1/4 inch square or less. As I said in the first post, after they're seasoned and dried, she minces them, so small is the size you're looking for.
She sometimes set that she makes a 'hurry-up' cornbread when her husband is looking hungry, and she uses the cornbread/muffin box mix...and then she sprinkles in some of the cracklins into the mix and bakes it all.
Next time, I'll get pix and I'll ask how she does them.


Carla Teixeira is a Certified Professional Corporate Coach (CPC) Accredited Certified Coach (ACC) I.C.F member, Energy Leadership Master Practitioner (ELI-MP), and Bio-Energy therapist Healer, specialising in improving people's lives, health, and overall wellbeing using the Power of Core Energy. Maybe, this can be better understood for those who are familiar with quantum physics. As the founder of Positive-Energy-Works, Carla has touched the lives of clients around the world, and helped them achieve sustainable weight loss, health and career goals, as well as successfully healing serious illnesses and infertility problems.
After graduating from University with a Bachelor of Economics & Social Science, she set up a successful company which lasted 15 years. An extremely intuitive person, Carla first realised her unique healing abilities when her dog, Atlanta, was diagnosed with an untreatable form of cancer in 2008.
Faced with the knowledge that doctors could do nothing to cure Atlanta and had given her just 48 hours to live, she took matters into her own hands. Allowing empathy and intuition to guide her, unexplainably, she began healing the dogs cancerous area. During this time, she gained ability not only to sense energy, but to see energy with her naked eye. And what happened next surprised the medical community: the cancer began to disappear and Atlanta lived on.
Carla spent months tuned into her intuition, asking it questions regarding the phenomena that has taken place. It was during this period of deep meditation that all energy related issues were subconsciously answered. After a few years of continual personal exploration and amazing insights, Carla decided to leave everything behind and open herself to other institutions that shared somewhat similar values about the word "Energy". One of these being a prestigious International Coaching School and another being the Z.D method of healing. Both gave Carla the confidence to open up to the world about her experience and has led Carla to becoming a coach, however, Carla soon learned that her sensitivity to Energy went much deeper than any of the mentioned. This is when she decided to create Positive-Energy-Works, as a way to bring her intimate knowledge, experience and passion for Energy, to others, not only to improve health, but consequently the overall wellbeing of each individual.
It was during her training as a Corporate Leadership Coach, that Carla stumbled across her powerful ability to help overweight individuals lose weight, and with the amazing results and testimonials received, she decided to follow this path predominantly and decided to call it Weight-Loss-Works whilst keeping it under the same company. By using her unique gifts, she is able to bridge the gap between the inner self and the outer energy fields.
What differentiates Carla from a standard Coach is this ability to take it 2 steps further; by scanning both the inner and outer Energy fields for irregularities, quickly raising the client's awareness towards it and successfully helping them to repair it.
Following her "3 STEP PROCESS" – A State of the Art process developed by Carla, not only helps people shift personal blocks but also targets irregularities on the external energetic boundaries, in other words, the unseen.
With a combination of self-taught knowledge, incredible experiences, powerful intuition, and extreme sensitivity, coupled with her professional training, Carla is able to deliver highly successful, dramatic, and ultimately life changing results.
I take coaching to another level. I don't just coach, as an extremely intuitive Energy worker, I help clients repair their energy fields to produce highly successful weight loss results.


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This collection of photographs is inspired by the words of the Buddha. He taught that in order to realise the truth of a complex, interconnected existence we should examine the simple everyday reality of things, including our own bodies. The human body should be the subject of meditation and understood in a dispassionate, detached way. Just as a scientist would conduct an experiment with methodical testing, free of prejudice or expectations, so to we should become aware of how things really are by paying attention to our inner workings. When this is done the clinging to inaccurate beliefs can be reduced and removed leaving only pure wisdom.
This is a collection of casual portraits captured on the streets of Canberra, Australia. These are brief encounters with strangers. It can be a nerve racking experience to approach people but also very exciting. I find the many different styles and characters fascinating.


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The Tom Collins
by Will on September 15, 2010
When I was young, I recall that Tom Collins mix was something frequently in the fridge, competing for space with the orange juice and whipped cream and the like. So it was inevitable that I would try a Tom Collins at some point. I like them, and moreover they're one of several good ways to wean people off of vodka (boring!) and on to gin (it actually has a flavor and scent — imagine that!).
In the day, by which I mean, late 2009, there was Schweppes Tom Collins mix at most stores. You just mixed it with gin and there was your Tom Collins. But then, for reasons unknown, Schweppes discontinued it's mix. But that's OK, because fresh ingredients make a better drink anyway.
1 oz. fresh-squeezed lemon juice
1 oz. simple syrup
Mix ingredients, serve in Tom Collins glass on ice, topped off with club soda
The name Tom Collins comes from a weird joke that was popular in New York in 1860 or so. You'd run into someone and tell them that Tom Collins had been talking a lot of smack about them. Then you'd tell them that Tom Collins was hanging out at the bar around the corner. So your victim would go looking for a non-existent person. What is supposed to be funny about that, I'm not sure. There was not a lot to do back then.
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Maybe the Greatest Manga Ever
Andrew Leonard | Salon
With the first chapter now translated into English and available free online.
In January, after learning of the existence of "The Legend of Koizumi" manga series, in which a cast of world leaders, including George Bush, the Pope, and the former prime minister of Japan Koizumi Junichiro, battle it out for world domination via the game of mahjong, I beseeched the Seven Lucky Gods for an English translation.
Today, reader Benkun informed me that, through the grace of scanlators XLG and Red Hawk, my prayers have been answered. Chapter 1 of "The Legend of Koizumi," in which a truly demonic George Bush tangles with the awesome Koizumi, is now available. It is as deliciously crazy and satisfying as I ever could have hoped it would be.
You have to jump through a couple of hoops -- you will need to download an 11 megabyte zip file that, once unzipped, resolves into 30 separate jpegs. And it is, I suppose, technically speaking, a copyright violation, although there are no authorized English translations, as yet, that one might be infringing upon.
But really, if enough people download the Koizumi scanlation and start talking it up, maybe an authorized version will eventually emerge. Maybe even a TV version, fit for the Cartoon Channel! There's a market to be tapped here, people! Are you listening?
Although I guess maybe the politics might have to be dumbed down for an American audience. In Chapter 1, after George Bush lures a naive young Japanese legislator up to his hotel room, asking for some "help" in learning the game of mahjong, he, Donald Rumsfeld and Condoleeza Rice gang up on the poor man, and, after trouncing him, strip him naked and tie him to a chair in a scene that is more than a little reminiscent of pictures from Abu Ghraib. "The Legend of Koizumi" isn't all fun and games.
Older Writing
It's fief, not fiefdom.
More Elizabethan verse than you can shake a stick at
Dan Simmons' Perfect Summer Read
Newer Writing
Dave Eggers and The Myth of Print's Importance
It's All An Act


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It's (Not) A Tarp!
by Cardinal70 on June 15, 2019
With the rain coming down on Thursday night, the Mets leading 4-2 with just three outs to go, a decision was made to not bring the tarp out–well, to return it, as the grounds crew had already started bringing it out–and try to get the game over without a delay.
In an alternate dimension, the Mets put the tarp on the field and then, either later that night or the next day, finished off a routine win. Thankfully, we don't live in that dimension. Whether the rain affected Edwin Diaz or the grounds crew delay did (and I'll grant it's possible it was neither, as Diaz has had his issues this year and this was his third blown save and fourth loss), he walked Marcell Ozuna to lead off the frame. Two outs later, Kolten Wong poked a single that scored Ozuna from second and made it 4-3.
Then Game 1 Hero Harrison Bader, who came out fired up to play in front of his hometown fans, roped a double for his third hit of the night, sending Wong home with the tying run. Bader got a little too aggressive, especially with the wet track, and wound up falling between second and third but the damage was done.
Speaking of damage, the field was starting to get unplayable (probably farther than starting) and the tarp came on. The bottom of the ninth and extra innings would wait until the next day.
It was interesting to see the Cardinals get to this point, though, given that they were facing Jacob deGrom and offensive exploits in general had not been their forte, so going against deGrom looked like a recipe for disaster. However, the Cards scored first, getting an RBI single from Matt Carpenter in the third that scored Bader. Unfortunately, Jack Flaherty gave that right back with a single and a home run to Michael Conforto.
Paul DeJong, who really enjoys seeing the Mets–you wonder if he'll name his kid Citi in honor of how Chipper Jones marked his success against the club–homered to tie the game in the sixth. It was interesting to hear Dan McLaughlin summarize a conversation that he'd had with DeJong where DeJong felt like, since he wasn't striking out, he was close to coming out of his slump. For the month of June before this game, he was hitting .200 but had nine strikeouts in 36 plate appearances. That's a 25% strikeout ratio which is higher than his season-long rate of 18%. Maybe he wasn't striking out every time, but I don't know that I'd say on the face of it that he was right on his theory. (Also, he wound up striking out three times in the second game, so there's that.)
Unfortunately, the tie didn't last long. Flaherty struck out the first man in the sixth, but then gave up a double to Pete Alonso on a ball that got stuck under the tarp (hey, that's ironic!). Dominic Smith then singled to tie the game and Flaherty then allowed another single to Todd Frazier and walked Wilson Ramos to load the bases.
Perhaps recognizing that Giovanny Gallegos has been pretty darn good, especially when you need a strikeout, Mike Shildt made the switch. Gallegos gave up a fly ball that brought in what looked like an insurance run, but Bader threw out Frazier trying to go to third with help from Carpenter and Wong.
Our Goat in this one is Paul Goldschmidt, who went 0-5 and left two on, but it wasn't exactly the greatest of outings for Flaherty either. Four runs in 5.1 innings isn't going to be that effective even if the offense is OK. The broadcast talked about his times through the order numbers and they are notable this season, though I don't know if they are that much different than most pitchers.
Times Facing Opponent in Game
1st PA in G, as SP
14 126 113 5 19 1 0 3 0 0 10 39 .168 .242 .257 .499
2nd PA in G, as SP
14 126 116 22 31 6 1 7 0 0 8 28 .267 .312 .517 .829
3rd PA in G, as SP
13 56 47 8 15 3 0 3 0 0 7 14 .319 .411 .574 .985
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 6/15/2019.
He tears them up the first time, they adjust, and then if he can stick around to see them a third time they have a much better idea of things. One of the concerns of Flaherty is that he's never really going deep into games (as you can see, his facing of batters three times is less than half of one and two) and I'm not the person to ask on what he does to get better at this. Maybe it's different pitch sequencing, maybe it's adding another pitch. Whatever the case, it's going to be tough to view him truly as a staff ace in the future if he can't go six regularly and seven isn't uncommon.
After the 20-plus hour delay, it would have been terribly deflating had the Cardinals then immediately given up a run to the Mets. Instead, Carlos Martinez went 1-2-3 and things moved to the 10th, where DeJong singled in Yairo Munoz off of Diaz, who returned to pitch the 10th. Maybe the delay wasn't as integral to the win as I thought. Jordan Hicks had a clean 10th and the Cards had a big win. Taking a game that deGrom started was huge.
Then they turned around and played the regularly scheduled Friday game. This one was probably the most life, the most fight, that we've seen out of the Cardinals in quite some time and it gives a little hope that things might be improving. As Allen said before we were recorded Meet Me at Musial last night, both of these games were ones that the Redbirds wouldn't have won a week or two ago, definitely not in May. To see them take these two is a hopeful sign.
Daniel Ponce de Leon took the spot that normally would have been Adam Wainwright's and didn't give us anything more than a healthy Waino would have, most likely. Only two hits, which wasn't bad, but four walks as he didn't seem to have a feel for anything but his fastball. Given that qualifier, you wouldn't be surprised to see him make the next start, especially since it's home against Miami. After that, should be the A's at home, which would be reasonable as well. Perhaps Wainwright will be ready by that time or, ideally, a solution from outside the organization will present itself. That's a topic for a different day (or podcast–we discussed it on Musial).
Mets got their run off of Ponce in the first, the Cards answered in the third when Carpenter drove in Tommy Edman, who had made his first major league hit a double. In the top of the fifth, with two runners on, Shildt decided this was the moment and pinch-hit Jose Martinez for Ponce de Leon. It was a huge decision as Martinez smoked a home run that put the Cards up 4-1.
We've been proponents of Tyler Webb in this space, arguing that he's got his use in the major league bullpen given his ability to get lefties out and his general if slightly dangerous success. Hard to say much about him in this one, though, as he allowed a home run by the opposing pitcher Steven Matz immediately after the Cards grabbed the lead. A single and a strikeout later and he was done for the night. Pitchers have hit five home runs against the Cardinals this season and are slugging .316. Just for a random comparison, the Marlins have allowed one home run to a pitcher and a .154 slugging. The Rockies, who play half their games in Homer Heaven? One home run, .168 slugging. It would seem that there's a fundamental flaw in how the Cards go after the opposing hurler.
It was Andrew Miller who gets the Goat in this one. A day after striking out the heart of the Mets' order, Miller couldn't get anyone out in the seventh and a two run lead. A hit by pitch and two singles and again Shildt didn't wait around to see if Miller might be able to get right. He went to our Hero, John Gant. Gant came in and got a ground ball that Kolten Wong made a good play on, but then threw away trying to hurry for a double play. If he makes a solid throw, there's an out at second and while a run would score, you are in line to get out of the inning.
Gant didn't let that phase him, though. He got a strikeout then a grounder to third that resulted in a force out at home. He would have been out of the inning without the error but the extra batter burned him. Wilson Ramos singled and that plated two. It seems funny to give a guy that might have gotten a loss out of the bullpen the Hero tag, but Gant did everything he could there and it almost worked, plus he pitched the last two innings of the game. Granted, with a cushion, but he didn't let the Mets ever think about rallying.
The Mets didn't stay up long as DeJong–of course–homered to tie the game. I remember when the Cards had the game a year or so ago where they rallied off of Jeurys Familia and it was a huge deal, snapping his save streak. Now, Familia seems to be a shell of that pitcher. After the DeJong homer, Paul Goldschmidt hit the ball hard for an out and Marcell Ozuna grounded out, but then Yadier Molina singled and Harrison Bader worked a walk, letting Dexter Fowler get the big moment as he crushed a three-run homer on the first pitch he saw. With the struggles that Fowler has been having, it was a great thing to see him put the Cards back on top.
Wong finished the scoring in the ninth with a solo shot of his own and now the Cards are two games over .500, 3.5 behind the Brewers, 2.5 behind the Cubs. For all the struggles, they are still right in the race for the NL Central. If this takes hold and we start to see more wins and better baseball from them, this might not be a lost season after all. (Perhaps the Cards will be taking back their winning ways after letting the Blues borrow it for a bit.) Of course, they run into Noah Syndergaard today and while Syndergaard has struggled some this year, he's also coming off of shutting out the Rockies on one hit over seven innings. Still, if the Cards can get to the Mets bullpen while in range, there's some hope! And even a loss today doesn't necessarily wipe out the good feelings, depending on how it goes. Look forward to finding out!
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Rocky Mountain spotted fever is an infection with fever and rash. It is usually transmitted from a bite of an infected tick.
What is going on in the body?
Rocky Mountain spotted fever occurs mainly in the southeast and south central part of the US. It is found most often in Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. It is more common in the spring and summer. The organism that causes the fever, Rickettsia rickettsii, is transmitted to humans through the bite of a tick. The species of tick involved may vary, depending on the location.
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Rickettsia rickettsii is the organism that causes Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
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Kick off 2018 with a very cold Jeremy Roenick in polar bear plunge
By James O'BrienJan 1, 2018, 12:26 PM EST
Have you ever wanted to witness Jeremy Roenick chow down on Nathan's hot dogs? Perhaps you've wanted to see the former rugged star make a shocked face taking a dip into really, really cold water as part of a polar bear plunge?
OK, maybe those are highly specific scenarios, but as you can see in the video above, it's some really amusing stuff as Roenick was around for the 2018 Winter Classic between the New York Rangers and Buffalo Sabres.
The longer version is above this post's headline. If you want to jump to the plunge, a briefer clip is below.
(You'll probably enjoy the full version, in my opinion.)
James O'Brien is a writer for Pro Hockey Talk on NBC Sports. Drop him a line at phtblog@nbcsports.com or follow him on Twitter @cyclelikesedins.


A study published this month (May, 2009) by the Massachusetts General Burn Hospital establishes for the first time that a stimulating captive environment can reverse the negative health effects of injury and isolation. Although rats were the study subjects, the results are believed applicable to a wide range of animals, including birds.
Stress has previously been shown to significantly delay wound healing in humans and many animals. Students of ethology (animal behavior) have long advised that providing captive animals with opportunities to play, explore, build nests and otherwise remain stimulated improves overall health. In fact, the American Zoo Association now requires member organizations to incorporate "behavioral enrichment" into the husbandry protocols of most species.
In the current study, 92% of young rats raised in group situations exhibited normal to rapid healing abilities. Only 12% of those raised in isolation (a stressful situation for young rats) healed well. However, when rats raised in isolation were provided with stimulating environments (in this case, the opportunity to build new nests twice weekly), 64% healed normally.
Environmental stimulation was also shown to reduce hyperactive behavior and even to positively affect gene expression in the brain's hypothalamus, which is important in regulating stress response.
The implications for parrot owners are clear – provide these intelligent, social birds with companionship (human or otherwise) and as stimulating an environment as is possible. But don't forget finches, doves and others not deemed as "intellectually gifted" as our Psittacine friends – my experience has shown that a host of animals, including frogs, lizards and fishes, utilize and benefit from behavioral stimulation.
For ideas on improving your bird environment and, it follows, health, please check out our extensive line of bird toys, playpens and cages.
For more on this important topic, please see my article Behavioral Enrichment for Parrots and Finches Use Parrot Toys Too!
The concept of behavioral enrichment encompasses a number of techniques designed to encourage a captive animal to live, for lack of a better word, a "fuller" life. We do this by exploiting natural behaviors in a way that encourages the animal to stretch its mind and body by exploring, exercising, hunting, trying new foods and so on – activities outside of the basic necessities of captive life.
Parrots, with their limitless curiosity and energy levels, are ideal enrichment candidates. This is fortunate, as enrichment activities go beyond "nice to do" for such highly intelligent birds. Most animals that I have worked with in zoos, from fish to mammals, benefit from "BE", as zoo keepers term it. However, active, inquisitive, social species – parrots, crows, primates, wolves and so many others – need physical and mental stimulation if they are to not just endure but thrive in captivity.
What's more, opportunities to explore and think stave off boredom, and in parrots this often translates into a well-adjusted pet that does not pluck its feathers or scream.
Following is a review of the major categories of BE. You'll notice that the various types overlap, and most stimulate parrots in more than one way. Please see our large selection of unique parrot toys, play pens, perches and CD's – many will be useful in organizing a BE program for your pet.
I really favor this with parrots – after watching several species in the wild, I'm convinced that physical movement should be a key component of any pet parrot's BE program. Parrots, even those long confined to boring cages, take well to wing and leg-stretching opportunities.
Provide a complex cage, and remember that you can vastly increase the cage's usable area by adding climbing surfaces. Birds that flit from perch to perch, such as finches, make good use of spacious cages. But caged parrots move about mainly by climbing – a huge cage is not much good if the bird can merely sit on a perch or two and stare into space.
Install vines and perches of varying widths and sizes, so that your pet can make full use of the space afforded to it. Wild grapevine is particularly useful as you can find nearly any shape and size needed – just be sure you can distinguish it from poison ivy! Parrots will also delight in using and shredding branches from fruit and other non-toxic trees (please see Pet Birds and Plants – Avoiding Toxic Species).
When adding toys to your parrots cage, don't just attach them within reach – try making your pet work, by installing the toys in locations that can only be reached by hanging, climbing sideways, etc.
This category of BE includes interactions with other birds, people and (if safe!) other pets. When your parrot is left alone, a training CD, TV or radio may provide some diversion.
Anything that stimulates your parrot to "figure some thing out" qualifies as mental stimulation. This can range from hiding its food, supplying a foraging toy within which a treat is secreted or simply introducing a safe, novel item into its environment (i.e. a pine cone or cardboard box).
Hiding and varying the diet works well with any animal – just watch a group of guppies habituated to a fish flake diet react to a chunk of frozen prawn if you have any doubt as to the universality of the technique. Nutritionally based enrichment is also very easy to introduce, and the possibilities are limitless.
Please browse our parrot food selections for unique items to offer your pet, and consider using whole fruits and nuts as opposed to pre-cut pieces. Research your pet's wild diet and then search for some foods it might appreciate – food markets in Asian, Latin American, African and Caribbean communities offer a wealth of nutritious fruits, nuts and vegetables, some of which might be part of your pet's natural diet.
Time and time again, I have been surprised by the very noticeable change in an animal's level of excitement when offered a new or natural food item. This applies whether the animal in question is a toad or a tiger – I'm sure you will be delighted at your parrot's reactions.
Small meals spread over time and food items hid about the cage or, if safe, the house, are other tried and true methods of keeping your parrot on his or her toes.
Pay attention to those noises that stimulate your bird to call, display, bathe or just sit up and take notice. Play these and similar ones to rouse it to activity.
Of course, avoid using noises that might startle or instill fear in your pet – your macaw might not appreciate a recording of the scream of a harpy eagle, for example…then again, it would be interesting to see if a captive born macaw might respond to a predator's call!


The deep earthy flavors of the mushroom combined with the browned prosciutto truly make this a mouth watering dish.
Melt 3 tablespoons butter in large saucepan over medium heat.
Add prosciutto and cook for 2 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Add onions and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Add 1 tablespoon butter and when melted add arborio rice, stirring constantly for 1 minute.
Add 1 cup hot chicken broth to pot and cook until liquid almost evaporated, stirring occasionally.
Add mushrooms, 1 cup broth to pot and cook until liquid almost evaporated, stirring occasionally.
Add remaining cup hot chicken broth to pot and cook until liquid almost evaporated, stirring frequently.


Visitors to Selfridges' food hall are in for a surprise in the coming weeks. For the first time, the luxury department store is stocking mince pies from frozen food retailer, Iceland, alongside its top-notch festive produce.
The £1.89 boxes of six might be quite a contrast to the £5,000 Decadence Hamper currently on sale in the famous London store, but there's a good reason behind this collaboration. Iceland has developed a recipe without palm oil as part of its commitment to end the use of the ingredient in all of its own-label food by the end of this year.
In support of this environmental initiative, Selfridges is now selling the supermarket's palm oil-free product in its London, Manchester, and Birmingham stores.
'As part of our ongoing commitment to Buying Better/Inspiring Change, we search out brands that put sustainable innovation at the heart of their business,' a spokesperson for Selfridges told Good Housekeeping UK.
As one of the most efficient sources of vegetable oil, palm oil is used in a range of food products, from margarine to biscuits, as well as cosmetics and biodiesel. However, its rapid expansion threatens some of the planet's most important and sensitive habitats, the WWF warns. In Indonesia and Malaysia, palm oil and wood pulp plantations are said to be the biggest drivers of deforestation and many species are being threatened with extinction.
As Iceland's mince pies no longer contain the oil, Neil Nugent, head chef at Iceland, has assured consumers that they can still expect the traditional festive taste.


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Need to fight pandemic on war footing again: PM Modi amid surge in Covid-19 cases
India News Network | April 8
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses Chief Ministers on the Covid-19 situation.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned that the growth rate of Covid-19 cases this time was higher than earlier
Expressing serious concern over the sharp spike in Covid-19 cases in recent days, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that there was a need to work on a war footing again to fight the pandemic.
Addressing Chief Ministers via video conferencing on Thursday, the Prime Minister warned that while the country had crossed the peak of the first wave, the growth rate this time was higher than earlier.
Several states including Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, and Gujarat had already crossed the peak of the first wave, he said, adding that some other states were heading in the same direction.
A challenging situation was emerging again, he said, pointing out that people had become complacent. He stressed on the need to follow Covid-appropriate behavior, including wearing face masks, even after vaccination.
Testing, tracing and tracking were needed to curb the spread of Covid-19 infection, Prime Minister said, adding that despite all the challenges, we have a better experience, resources & a vaccine. He requested the CMs to give their suggestions to tackle the Covid-19 situation.
This was the second time in five days that the Prime Minister chaired a meeting to assess the current situation amid the surge in Covid-19 cases.
The meet came on a day that India registered a record single-day spike of 1,26,789 new COVID-19 cases, pushing its infection tally to 1,29,28,574, while the number of active cases too went upwards to breach the nine lakh-mark again.
Ten States - Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Kerala and Punjab - have shown a rise in the COVID daily new cases and account for 84.21% of the new cases.
Maharashtra has reported the highest daily new cases at 59,907 followed by Chhattisgarh with 10,310 while Karnataka reported 6,976 new cases.
The center and the states have been trying to curb the infection by increasing testing, imposing stricter lockdown rules in some states, and by increasing the vaccination doses.
On a positive note, India has crossed a landmark milestone on Thursday under the world's largest vaccination drive as the cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed the 9-crore-mark.
Cumulatively, 90,198,673 vaccine doses have been administered through 1,377,304 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today.
According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, nearly 30 lakh vaccination doses were administered in the last 24 hours.
As on Day-82 of the vaccination drive (Wednesday, April 7), 2,979,292 vaccine doses were given. Out of these, 2,690,031 beneficiaries were vaccinated across 38,760 sessions for 1st dose and 289,261 beneficiaries received 2nd dose of vaccine.
In terms of the average number of daily doses administered globally, India stands at the top with an average of 3,430,502 doses administered per day.
Notably, Prime Minister Modi took the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine at AIIMS, Delhi on Thursday.
In a tweet, PM Modi said "Got my second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at AIIMS today. Vaccination is among the few ways we have, to defeat the virus. If you are eligible for the vaccine, get your shot soon. Register on CoWin.gov.in."
https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1379974475278557187
India's cumulative recoveries stand at 11,851,393. With 59,258 recoveries registered in the last 24 hours, the national Recovery Rate is at 91.67%.
Ten States account for 87.59% of the 685 deaths reported in the last 24 hours. Maharashtra saw the maximum casualties at 322. Punjab follows with 62 daily deaths. 12 states and UTs did not report any Covid-19 casualties during this period.
On 1st day, 9,674 Covid-19 booster doses administered to 18-59 years age group
India's Cumulative Covid-19 vaccination coverage now exceeds 185.74 crore doses
18+ age group eligible for booster dose of Covid-19 vaccine from April 10
About 83% of India's 15+ population has received both the doses of Covid-19 vaccine
Daily new Covid-19 cases drop below 1000 mark after 715 days
India's Active Caseload (12,597) has also declined to less than 13,000 after 714 days
Over 1.85 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses administered for age group 12-14 years
India's Active Caseload of Covid-19 has declined to 13,013


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It's time to change the guard, says outgoing Chairman
Big shake-up at Club AGM
THE OLD GUARD: Pictured, from, left are John Hague, Pauline Houseman, Pat Field, Richard Field, Jack Upsall, Andrew KInnear, Dawn Hey and John Feeny.
THE NEW GUARD: From left, Izzy Poyntz, Ann Hales, Trevor Wood, Jack Upsall, Kneale Kimber, Dawn Hey and John Feeny (Hilary Philpott not present).
Members of Bishop Monkton Croquet Club came together for an action-packed 'Super Wednesday' on Wednesday, September 18.
The day included an all-day programme of croquet progressive doubles, after which the AGM was held, to be followed by the annual supper and presentation of awards.
At the AGM Richard Field, club founder and Chairman since 2007, explained that he and his wife, Pat, were stepping down as Chairman and Secretary because they felt it was time for a change. So this would mark the end of an era and mean the changing of the guard.
Three other members of the Committee also decided to stand down after long periods in office.
They were John Hague (founder member and former Vice Chairman), Andrew Kinnear (Treasurer) and Pauline Houseman (founder member and Social Secretary).
Richard thanked those stepping down for their long and dedicated service, most dating back to its launch in 2007. All had given generously of their time to make ours one of the leading croquet clubs in Yorkshire.
Pauline Houseman, a founder member of the club who is also standing down from the Committee, makes a presentation to Richard and Pat.
Pauline Houseman, one of the founder members, then paid a warm tribute to Richard and Pat for their long service and ''the years they had given freely of their time in the development of the club with integrity and enthusiasm''.
''Their achievements are evident, moving from a time when members played on rough land and sat on upturned orange boxes, to today when we have excellent lawns, a fine clubhouse and compete all over the county in friendly and league matches'', she said.
Then, in recognition of all they had done ''for our amazing club'', and on behalf of the club she presented both Richard and Pat with Life Membership of the club.
In thanking the club, Richard said all the achievements made had only been possible due to the loyal support and hard work of the Committee and the backing of the membership.
The following appointments were made to the new Committee: Jack Upsall (Chair), John Feeny (Vice Chair), Kneale Kimber (Treasurer), Hilary Philpott (Secretary) Ann Hales (Social Secretary), Dawn Hey (U3A representative), with Izzy Poyntz and Trevor Wood also elected.
Jack Upsall, taking over the Chair, announced a number of innovations and aspirations for the club under its new Committee.
He said that the club would continue to enter two teams in the Yorkshire League. It would continue and perhaps expand the internal championships.
Jack said he hoped more players would take part in friendly and league matches and more would participate in Croquet Association events. He hoped more use could be made of the lawns
An irrigation system was still a high priority, and ways of financing this still required more deliberation and planning. It was agreed that club subscriptions should be increased as a starting point in raising the necessary funding.
The AGM was followed by the annual supper with a delicious meal enjoyed by 35 members.
Men's champion Trevor Wood receives cup.
Ladies' champion Lesley Wood receives cup.
The day ended with the presentation of awards. The winners were Trevor Wood (Men's champion), Lesley Wood (Ladies champion) and Trevor Wood and Martin Bethel (the Progressive Doubles Championship).
LUNCH BREAK during the all day croquet doubles.
Izzy wins national C-Level title
Izzy Poyntz, a member of Bishop Monkton Croquet Club, has become this year's national Level-C Croquet Champion.
She won one of the regional Level-C tournaments at Bury and went on to win the event competing against the other 15 regional winners in the national final during a two day event at Cheltenham Croquet Club.
Izzy recently qualified as a Croquet Association Club Coach and has been assisting in organising singles training for members of the Bishop Monkton Club this season.
Keeping it in the family!
Trevor and Simon
Izzy and Lesley
The sun smiled on proceedings as the Championship Singles Finals got under way, with Izzy Poyntz and Lesley Wood contesting the Ladies' title, and Simon Horner and Trevor Wood the Mens'.
Over on Lawn 2, a more light-hearted contest began between two scratch teams designated Letters and Numbers. After only a few minutes, the crash of the scoreboard signalled the arrival of an unexpected heavy squall, which halted play for a while and served to excuse whoever was on watering rota duty later.
The first games in the main contests both ended at 7-3, with Izzy and Trevor taking the lead respectively. A tense second game for the men went all the way to the Golden Hoop, with Trevor ultimately claiming victory.
Meanwhile the pendulum swung in the Ladies match, with Lesley taking the second game 7-2. At this point, the 'spectators' match was abandoned (perhaps to the relief of the Numbers team) in favour of watching the hard-fought final game, which Lesley finally won 7-4.
The spectators appreciated the very high standard of play in both matches, for which all the finalists are to be congratulated.
Scores: Mens' Trevor Wood beat Simon Horner 7-3, 7-6
Ladies' Lesley Wood beat Izzy Poyntz 3-7, 7-2, 7-4
U3A meet for monthly challenge
Members of the club's U3A Section gather for an all day Members' Match Day on the last Friday of each month. This one was held on August 30.
Sixteen compete for doubles title
Sixteen members, from both Village and U3A Sections, took part in an excellent day's Progressive Doubles Championship to find this year's top doubles players.. Each contestant played six games, with changes of partners and, for the winning pair of each game, a change of lawn, which kept everyone busy.
The weather was good after the stormy weather of earlier in the week, though a stiff breeze proved challenging at times.
Trevor Wood and Martin Bethel topped the results table – well done to them both, and to all the competitors.
National Croquet Day
Sara MacPherson and Kneale Kimber, winners of the men's and ladies' sections of the progressive doubles, after receiving their prizes from Club Chairman Richard Field.
Wine and nibbles are enjoyed after the competition.
Clubs across the country were marking National croquet Day on Sunday.
The Bishop Monkton Croquet Club organised a progressive doubles competition which involved members from both the Village and U3A Sections.
The winners were Kneale Kimber (men's) and Sara MacPherson (ladies) who both won all of their matches.
Pauline and Richard Houseman organised the format of the competition which ran flawlessly.
The afternoon ended with wine and nibbles which were enjoyed by all.
Sara MacPherson was thanked for organising the splendid spread of food and Pat Field for the wine.
Guy Fawkes goes with a bang
Members of the Croquet Club came out of hibernation for their annual dinner at The Guy Fawkes Inn, Scotton. A good time was had by all.
An award for us all to share
Richard Field, Chairman of Bishop Monkton Croquet Club, receiving a Croquet Association Diploma for 'outstanding services to croquet' at the Association's annual meeting at the Hurlingham Club in London. The award is really one which should be shared by all members of the club who have given me such wonderful support over the past 11 years, says Richard.


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Ignacio schools work to help special needs students
Individualized reading comprehension lessons offered; costs prove challenging
By Carole McWilliams Pine River Times Staff Writer
Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016 8:01 AM
Updated: Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016 3:20 PM
Hundreds of parents and children gather for the grand opening of Ignacio Elementary School on Feb. 4, 2015, in Ignacio. Ignacio School District 11-JT has struggled with low scores on standardized tests, and one reason is the high number of special need students in the district – 123 out of the district's 788 students.
Durango Herald file photo
Ignacio schools have a larger share of special needs students than other districts, and that affects district test scores as well as costs to serve these students, according to discussion at the Jan. 14 school board meeting.
The district has struggled for years with low scores on state-mandated accountability tests, including the PARCC test given for the first time in March 2015. Superintendent Rocco Fuschetto said the recently released PARCC scores were affected by a higher than average percentage of special education students in the district, 15.6 percent versus an average 10 percent in other districts.
It's 123 out of the district's 788 kids, he said. The number has grown this year, including "center based" students with very serious needs who until this school year were bused to a program in Durango. "We were paying Durango $15,000 per student, $150,000. For that we decided we could hire our own people," he said. It also eliminates the wear and tear of four bus trips a day for those kids.
District Assessment and Federal Programs Director Kathy Pokorney told the Pine River Times the center-based program is for students with severe cognitive or emotional disabilities. One of the foci is life skills. "The community wants them educated in the community if you have the programs, so they become a part of the community. We didn't have the program before," she said. The center-based classroom is at the high school, but it could be at whichever school has the need, she said.
The district has received several new special ed students this month, she said. They were already on Individual Education Plans, known as IEPs.
Elementary School Principal Kathy Herrera told the school board that only two of their special needs kids don't have to take PARCC. "I sat with them last year when they took it. It was painful to watch," she said. "It's not adjusted to their level. We take breaks and have snacks, but it's difficult. We can read the math, science and social studies to them, but not the reading."
Pokorney said, "We're well aware that special ed kids aren't at proficiency level, but they are expected to grow" academically from whatever level they are starting the year at. "The only kids allowed to take the alternative (to PARCC) test are kids with significant challenges," meaning mental handicaps. "We started a reading program for the elementary special ed kids. We look more for growth than proficiency from them."
Pokorney continued, "The very first test (of the school year) is at grade level for the baseline score. You should be seeing growth. We don't expect them to score at grade level. The other thing that's the impetus for this, historically special ed kids, the attitude has been, 'They don't need to learn this.' Just because they might read at a third-grade level doesn't mean they think at a third-grade level." They need material they can read, but with subject matter appropriate for their age, she said.
"The philosophy (with special ed) has changed," she said. "Math too. It will hit the key essentials that they need to understand a concept."
The district is doing very individualized reading comprehension lessons, including at the middle and high school, using English language learner techniques, Pokorney said.
Board member Yvonne Conley-Chapman commented, "If you can't read, everything becomes hard."
Some special needs students need one-on-one aides. The district is supposed to get some state reimbursement for that cost. Fuschetto said he is lobbying for 100 percent reimbursement. "Now we have to hire another aide. It's not in the budget we passed back in June. But we have to because it's federal law."
That's the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Pokorney said.
The discussion of special needs students came out of a presentation by representatives from the Southwest Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES), which serves districts in Southwest Colorado. The agency provides specialists to work with special needs students in the districts, instead of each district hiring its own specialists. They are in demand and can be hard to find, BOCES Director Mary Rubadeau said.
"One of the biggest challenges is hiring the specialized staff in a small district," she said. "That's not going to go away. We are working with Fort Lewis College and other post-secondary partners to get people certified in special ed and ELL."
Rubadeau said Alaska, where she previously worked, provides 100 percent reimbursement for required aides. "The state (Colorado) only put $2 million into the pool, so districts are getting only a percentage of the cost. Once they distribute the $2 million, nobody gets anything. They need to put more money in the high-cost pool."
She cited costs for transportation and special ed teachers. "We applied last year for over $800,000 reimbursement and only got about 30 percent of that. That's not OK. Those services are required by law."
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Thompson – chorwacki zespół rockowy. Jego frontmanem, piszącym teksty piosenek i jednocześnie będącym wokalistą, jest Marko Perković, który często jest utożsamiany z zespołem. W zespole, oprócz niego, występuje Tiho Orlić jako wspomagający wokal i basista. Pozostali członkowie zespołu są mniej lub bardziej widoczni. Obecni członkowie to: Marko Perković, Tiho Orlić, Damir Lipošek Kex, Fedor Boić, Damir Šomen i Tomislav Mandarić. Nazwa "Thompson" wywodzi się od Pistoletu maszynowego Thompson. Był to zarazem pseudonim Perkovicia w czasach wojny chorwacko-serbskiej. Frontman używał tej broni m.in. w czasie walk z Serbami z Krajiny o swoją rodzinną wioskę Čavoglave.

Wiele z ich piosenek (jak "Bojna Čavoglave", "Lijepa li si", "Vjetar s Dinare") stało się przebojami w Chorwacji – są grane podczas meczów piłkarskich i innych wielkich wydarzeń.

Zespół promuje patriotyzm i nacjonalizm. Śpiewa na takie tematy jak miłość do swojego kraju, rodzina, religia, ale także o nienawiści do Serbów i Chorwackich Socjaldemokratów. Z powodu podejmowanej w piosenkach tematyki, zespół stał się kontrowersyjny.

Ponadto Perković jest znany z otwartego popierania ideologii ustaszy, ubierając się na czarno (charakterystyczny mundur niektórych formacji), salutując na sposób "rzymski" oraz często otwarcie chwaląc Ustaszy i Niepodległe Państwo Chorwackie Ante Pavelicia w swoich wystąpieniach medialnych.

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 1995 - Vrijeme škorpiona
 1996 - Geni kameni
 1998 - Vjetar s Dinare
 2002 - E, moj narode
 2006 - Bilo jednom u Hrvatskoj
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