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May 19, 2020 by Graham Stephen	- 9 Comments
Views from Mynydd Du
Carnedd y Filiast
Mynydd Du, Carneddau
SH 65189 64958; 53.16460°N, 4.01799°W
All posts in the Carneddau mountain series…
July 1, 2018 by Graham Stephen	- 4 Comments
Penrhyn Quarry (Infrared)
Mynydd Perfedd, Carnedd y Filiast and Penrhyn Quarry
Bethesda, Gwynedd
Penrhyn Quarry
Gerlan after Emma
'International', at the old Pumping Station, looking towards the Glyderau
Gerlan, Bethesda
After the 'Beast from the East' and Storm Emma.
November 5, 2017 by Graham Stephen	- 2 Comments
Princess May Water Balance, Penrhyn Quarry
Princesss May Water Balance seen from the viewing gallery at Zip World Adventure Terminal
Penrhyn Quarry, Bethesda
Princess May is one of the two surviving water balances at Penrhyn Quarry; the other is called Sebastopol and has been restored. Originally there were eight at the quarry… [Read more about the water balance and see more photographs from 2011 here]
Princess May Water Balance, Penrhyn Quarry;
Zip World Adventure Terminal;
Zip World Adventure Terminal
Construction of Zip World's new £3.3 million Adventure Terminal started in spring 2016 and it was built by Llanelli-based WRW Construction. The opening of the company's new headquarters was planned for Easter 2017 but took place in September 2017. In addition to offices and the kitting-up area for the zip-line 'flyers', the building features the Blondin restaurant/café bar together with viewing galleries and a function space.
Zip World;
December 31, 2014 by Graham Stephen	- 29 Comments
Vision in Grey
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October 19, 2014 by Graham Stephen	- 16 Comments
Now and then IV: Tanrhiw Road, Tregarth
Tanrhiw Road, Tregarth
Tregarth
During the Great Strike of 1900-1903 at his slate quarry in Bethesda, the 2nd Baron Penrhyn built a row of houses in the nearby village of Tregarth as accommodation for strike-breaking quarrymen. Locally known as Stryd y Gynffon (Traitors' Row), Tanrhiw Road was laid out next to the railway station on the Bethesda branch of the London and North Western Railway (LNWR), which had opened in 1884. Passenger traffic on this branch line ceased in 1951 and the track was completely closed in 1963, with the station being demolished in the 1980s. A community centre and recreation ground now occupy the site of the former railway and station.
Now and then I: Penrhyn Quarry
Penrhyn Quarry from Pantdreiniog, Bethesda – Now and Then
Pantdreiniog, Bethesda
Pantdreiniog slate quarry in Bethesda opened c 1825 with local proprietors. Its ownership subsequently changed a number of times and in the 1890s it was sold to a Cardiff company by Liverpool builder John Williams, who had worked it for close to 40 years. In 1903 it was acquired by a London company created with the purpose of providing work for striking quarrymen from Penrhyn Quarry. Little evidence is visible today of the workings at this quarry, most of the site now being landscaped open ground at the back of the High Street.
October 9, 2014 by Graham Stephen	- 15 Comments
Great Strike Memorial, Bethesda
Great Strike Memorial in the garden of the Welsh Presbyterian Jerusalem Chapel, Bethesda
This slate slab was placed in the garden of Jerusalem Chapel (Welsh Presbyterian Church) in Bethesda in 2000, the centenary of the start of the Great Strike, which commenced on 22 November 1900 and lasted for three years. The monument was erected by the Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU), with which the Quarrymen's Union had merged in the 1950s, and which, in turn, later became part of the Unite union.
At the end of the 19th century, Penrhyn Quarry, owned by George Sholto Gordon Douglas-Pennant (1836 – 1907), 2nd Baron Penrhyn of Llandygai, was the largest slate quarry in the world and had a workforce of 2,800 men. When George Sholto assumed control of the quarry he set about reforming its management to maximise his profits and started by disbanding the elected quarrymen's committee that had played a role in the administration of the quarry under his father's ownership. Conditions at the quarry were dangerous and extremely harsh, and the rewards for the quarrymen meagre. Following a number of disputes, the North Wales Quarrymen's Union was formed in 1874 and an 11-month strike in 1896 was unsuccessful in securing a minimum wage. In 1900, union activities at the quarry were banned which sparked a series of events that culminated in what was to become the longest industrial dispute in British history. All the workers withdrew their labour and the quarry was closed until June 1901 when only 242 men returned to work, joined by a number of new recruits. Despite the dire hardships, the strikers held out for three years before returning to the quarry after the General Federation of Trade Unions stopped paying strike pay to the men. During this period many had left the area in search of work elsewhere and the divisive effects of the conflict were to be felt by the community for generations to come.
What I Saw At Bethesda
The reformist newspaper The Daily News, which had been founded in 1846 by Charles Dickens, sent its Special Correspondent Charles Sheridan Jones (1876 – 1925) to Bethesda in order to cover the story of the strike. His articles for the paper provided first-hand accounts of the plight of the quarrymen and also the effects the dispute was having on the local community. A collection of these articles was published in 1903 in the book What I Saw At Bethesda. Jones also played a part in distributing money from the relief fund organised by the newspaper. To mark the centenary of the end of the strike, the book was republished in 2003 by Gomer Press with an interesting biographical introduction by J Elwyn Hughes. Hughes also illustrated the original text with contemporary images from the local area.
The Great Strike at Penrhyn Quarry, 1900-03 (Unite);
The Penrhyn Quarry Great Strike, 1900-1903 (Snowdonia National Park);
Jones, Charles Sheridan, What I Saw At Bethesda, R Brimley Johnson, London, 1903. (Republished with an introduction by J Elwyn Hughes, Gomer Press, Llandysul, 2003.);
Other posts about Penrhyn Quarry
November 17, 2013 by Graham Stephen	- 8 Comments
Zip World
Preparations at the launch platform. Top of the Big Zipper, 432m above sea level, 219m above and 1560m away from the landing platform.
(top of the Big Zipper)
September 29, 2013 by Graham Stephen	- 8 Comments
Zip World, site of the longest zip line in the northern hemisphere, opened in a disused part of Penrhyn Quarry in March 2013. The adventure attraction was created by ex-Royal Marine skydiver Sean Taylor, who also runs the Tree Top Adventure centre in Betws-y-coed.
The 1600m-long Big Zipper is also claimed to be the world's fastest, with maximum speeds of over 100 mph. The shorter Little Zipper is 450m long and has a maximum speed of 45 mph.
Zip World Snowdonia;
Mile-long zip wire unveiled in Wales (Telegraph Travel);
June 12, 2013 by Graham Stephen	- 9 Comments
View of the Glyderau mountain range from the summit of Carnedd y Filiast, looking from the southeast (left) to the southwest (right)
Carnedd y Filiast, Glyderau
March 20, 2012 by Graham Stephen	- 7 Comments
Felin Fawr Locomotive Shed
Chain hoist suspended from the gantry of the travelling overhead crane
Coed-y-parc, Bethesda
The locomotive shed forms part of Penrhyn Quarry's former Felin Fawr mill and workshop complex and is now the centre of activity in the ongoing efforts to restore the narrow-gauge Penrhyn Quarry Railway.
In 1798, Benjamin Wyatt, Lord Penrhyn's agent, built a horse tramway to transport flint between Port Penrhyn and a mill at Llandygai. The tramway was extended to Penrhyn Quarry in 1801 so that slate could be more easily transported to the port. The five-mile-long line took a fairly direct route and had inclines at Tanysgafell, Dinas near Tregarth, and Marchogion near Maesgeirchen.
So that locomotives could operate on the line, the quarry railway was re-routed in stages between 1876 and 1879 in order to avoid the abrupt changes in height previously accommodated by the inclines. The railway closed in 1962, being superseded by road haulage by lorry. This was followed in 1965 by the closure of both the quarry's internal rail system and also the Felin Fawr works. The six miles of track lifted at that time were donated to the Festiniog Railway.
The site is owned by Felin Fawr Cyf, to whom grateful thanks are due for kindly granting access to the loco shed.
Penrhyn Quarry Railway;
Felin Fawr Cyf;
Felin Fawr Slate Works
(Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales)
Felin Fawr Waterwheel
Hub and spokes of the suspension waterwheel
Felin Fawr, the former main mill and workshop complex for Penrhyn Quarry, first opened in 1803 and closed in 1965. The site was powered by two pitchback waterwheels. The first one was constructed by De Winton of Caernarfon in 1846 and is located between the two slab mills. The wheel shown here was a later addition from around 1906 and was still in use to power the foundry blower when the site was closed down.
Both wheels were driven by water from the nearby Afon Galedffrwd and most of their structure lies below ground level. The later wheel has a diameter of 26 ft and is of a suspension type — the wheel is supported by its central shaft but power was taken off from a spur gear at the rim.
Parts of the works are now in use as industrial units while other parts, including the Penrhyn Quarry Railway, are in the process of being restored. The site is owned by Felin Fawr Cyf, to whom grateful thanks are due for kindly granting access to the wheel house.
Felin Fawr Slate Works (Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales)
March 11, 2012 by Graham Stephen	- 11 Comments
Penrhyn Quarry Hospital
The working environments in the slate quarries were very hazardous with accidents a frequent occurrence. The first Penrhyn Quarry Hospital opened in 1825 and was located in Mount Street, Bangor — some six miles away from the quarry. Casualties were most likely transported to the hospital in horse-drawn wagons on the quarry tramway. So that injured quarrymen could receive more immediate medical attention, a replacement hospital was built at the quarry itself in 1840. This initially had 20 beds and continued to admit inpatients until 1931. The hospital closed in 1967.
There were three other quarry hospitals in NW Wales: Oakeley Quarries at Blaenau Ffestiniog, opened 1848; Dinorwic, opened 1860; and Llechwedd, opened 1888. The quarry hospitals provided Britain's first occupational health service and were partly funded by the workers' monthly subscriptions to their respective quarry benefit clubs.
Hamilton Alder Roberts — one of the nation's fastest surgeons, able to perform a mid-thigh leg amputation in less than 60 seconds — was the first full-time doctor at Penrhyn Quarry Hospital. In 1846, the use of ether as an anaesthetic was first demonstrated by William Morton, a Boston dentist. The following year Roberts amputated the leg of an injured quarryman anaesthetised with ether — the first successful operation with anaesthesia in NW Wales. With his involvement in several acrimonious disputes, Roberts' career was marked by some controversy. The quarry benefit club took over the running of the hospital from the quarry managers in 1875 and, even though it contravened the club's own rules, appointed an unqualified, but nevertheless well regarded, bonesetter as Roberts' assistant. Incensed, Roberts involved the British Medical Association, which threatened the club with legal action. Later that year, after 35 years in the post, Roberts resigned over the issue.
North West Wales History – Quarry Hospitals (BBC)
A village medical mystery (BMJ)
Edward Davies, The North Wales Quarry Hospitals and the Health and Welfare of the Quarrymen, 2003, Gwynedd Archives Service (ISBN 0901337838)
See more posts in this series
March 8, 2012 by Graham Stephen	- 6 Comments
Fronllwydd Incline, Penrhyn Quarry
Incline cable
This was one of the gravity-powered inclines — in which the weight of descending wagons laden with slate was used to haul empty ones back up the slope — in the old workings in Penrhyn Quarry.
February 22, 2012 by Graham Stephen	- 13 Comments
Caban, Penrhyn Quarry
Abandoned caban (mess room)
Penrhyn Quarry was first developed in the 1770s by Richard Pennant, the first Baron Penrhyn, and was at one stage the world's largest slate quarry. Today it is operated by Welsh//Slate Ltd.
January 22, 2012 by Graham Stephen	- 10 Comments
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November 30, 2011 by Graham Stephen	- 18 Comments
Penrhyn Quarry Turbine House
Water pipe supplying the Turbine House from the Afon Ogwen
Ogwen Bank, Bethesda
Compressed air to power pneumatic tools at Penrhyn Quarry was formerly supplied from the turbine house close to the banks of the Afon Ogwen.
Kendal-based manufacturers Gilbert Gilkes & Gordon have been supplying small hydropower systems since 1856 and have now delivered over 6500 turbines worldwide. The Gilkes turbine installed here is dated 1929 and was fed via a pipeline taking water from further upstream on the Ogwen. Exhaust water leaving the turbine was channelled below what is now Lon Las Ogwen cycle track before being returned to the river.
The turbine powered a 1918 air compressor manufactured by Fullerton Hodgart & Barclay. This firm was established in 1838 and operated from the Vulcan Foundry in Paisley until the company went into liquidation in 1977.
Felin Fawr works
Felin Fawr slate mill complex - now in use as light industrial units
Felin Fawr was originally the main mill and workshop complex for Penrhyn Quarry. The first slab mill was opened in 1803 and extended in 1834. The foundry dates back to 1832 and the later slab mill to 1846. The manager's house, on the northern edge of the site, is thought to have been constructed in the 1880s.
Power was provided by two pitchback waterwheels, driven by water from the reservoirs on the Afon Galedffrwd, and in use up to around 1930. The later of the two wheels was most likely installed around 1906 when the yard was extended to the east.
The locomotives operating on the Penrhyn Railway, running from the quarry to Port Penrhyn, were housed in the sheds at the southern end of the complex. Penrhyn Railway closed in 1962, followed in 1965 by the closure of both the internal quarry railway and Felin Fawr Works.
The site was purchased by Gwynedd Council in 1990 and parts of the complex were restored and converted for use as light industrial units. Further conversion work is also planned. The site is run by Felin Fawr Cyf.
Penrhyn Railway is also gradually being recreated by a group of preservation volunteers. In the first phase, restoration work has been carried out on the locomotive shed and track has been laid in the yard to link up with the route of the 'main line'.
Felin fawr Slate Works (Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales); Felin Fawr Cyf; Penrhyn Quarry Railway
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In a letter on Monday, leaders of the state Senate and Assembly criticized proposed regulations on state funding for the state's neediest students as inconsistent with the intent of the new school finance law.
Their letter to the State Board of Education, which must adopt the regulations in January, adds an exclamation point to similar criticisms from organizations representing low-income students, foster youth and English learners. Legislators and advocates are arguing that the proposed regulations for the Local Control Funding Formula or LCFF would give districts too much flexibility to decide how to spend money targeted for high-needs students.
Signing the letter were Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg; Assembly Speaker John Pérez; Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mark Leno, D-San Francisco; Assembly Budget Committee Chairwoman Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley; Senate Education Committee Chairwoman Carol Liu, D-Glendale; and Assembly Education Committee Chairwoman Joan Buchanan, D-Alamo.
The three-page letter suggests nine changes to the regulations and the proposed template for the Local Control and Accountability Plan or LCAP, which the State Board also is considering. Starting the next school year, every district and charter school will be required to adopt an LCAP, detailing how they will respond to the eight priorities, including school climate, parent engagement and student achievement, that the Legislature mandated under the new school funding formula.
Make reporting of expenditures under the LCAP transparent so that parents and the public can see which services are for targeted students, how much will be spent on them and whether the expenditures are for schoolwide or districtwide purposes.
State Board Chairman Michael Kirst declined to comment on the letter other than to confirm in an email that the Board would be making changes to the proposed regulations. The Board sees the regulations and the LCAP "interacting together," he wrote.
The legislators incorrectly assert that the "letter and intent" of the law requires spending more money on English learner and low-income students.
In fact, the letter of the law merely requires districts to "increase or improve services" (not spend more) for the English learner and low-income students. While spending more money is one way to increase or improve services–it isn't the only way and nothing in the law requires spending more.
For good or for ill, the new law is abundantly clear and explicit both in terms of intent ("local control") and the letter of the law that calls for broad expenditure flexibility at a minimum.
If these legislators had wanted what they demand in this letter, presumably they should have drafted the law in a fundamentally different fashion and titled the new formula and planning requirements with "state control" rather than "local control" verbiage.
There are strategies that have proven successful working with disadvantaged populations, for example, those used by QEIA schools: reduce class sizes significantly, bring in specialists who can provide interventions for students and targeted, quality, professional development for teachers as well as site administrators. Also providing extra personnel for instruction in music and other arts, PE, and science which also provides time for regular teachers to collaborate and pays off in quality instruction in the regular classroom with the added benefit of a well rounded education for the students.
That doesn't mean that competitive salaries are not important also. There are districts who have had struggles with budget for years, and salaries have become non-competitive. As effort after failed effort to create bonus/merit pay schemes have demonstrated pay is not the primary motivational force for teachers. That being said, extreme discrepancies in pay between districts create situations where transfer to higher paying districts, higher pay for all district teachers that is, promote transfers, personnel "churn," and disruptions to school staffs that undermine the ability of low pay districts to provide for their students.
I'm still confused. The things you list aren't targeted, are they? Professional development? How could we do that just to benefit the LCFF groups? Would specialists only teach in classrooms with poor and EL children? Would music and art programs be reserved for poor kids?
I think Gary hit the nail on the head. This will come down to how much teachers are paid and where they work. There may be some teachers who will transfer to districts or schools with more poor and ESL students. Smaller class sizes for similar pay may help remove barriers to the desire to make this type of move. Within districts we may see changes in seniority rules so that higher paid teachers are required to work at schools with more poor and ESL students. Or pay rules may change so that teachers working at schools with more poor and ESL students are paid more. Whether this makes for better outcomes remains to be seen. There is some evidence that QEIA has produced good results, but we will see if there are any scaling issues with LCFF when all poorer districts compete for existing teachers. Gerald Grant in "Hope and Despair in the American City" claims that desegregation is required in addition to extra money. Professor Grant's claim is that desegregation is the only approach to public education that scales. Although its not clear we have the distribution of incomes in CA to make this strategy work. We will see how this experiment of focusing only on more money/resources works out.
And overall I would answer your last question, and similar ones, with yes. Poor kids will get more resources which means they could get art and music classes that richer english speakers do not get. This is just one way the details of the law could work out. I suppose Eric Premack is right that more money may not be spent as only more services is required. But it would be no surprise that more services requires more money. And clearly many people are already suspicious that more services could be meaningless if not backed by more money.
Forgive my persistence but….you really think art classes for poor kids will be beneficial? I can't believe that. It is tailor made for a stigma. "You're one of those poor kids that gets the extra art class? Ugh!" And I can't believe that financial rewards for teaching in poor districts is what everyone is talking about. All I"ve heard is how evil it would be to spend any LCFF money on salaries. I still don't see anything here that I could advocate at an LCAP meeting. Everything so far seems geared for EL students ("art and music classes that richer english speakers do not get.") How does my school spend LCFF money on poor kids and foster youth? Any specific suggestions?
I was just working with your example. It will be up to each district to decide how money is best spent. Perhaps some districts will choose music and art.
1. I can't believe you all dismiss the idea that there would be a stigma attached to any program for "poor, EL, and foster youth". Right now no kid in my high school would ever say they were on free and reduced lunch because of this same reason. There is no way we would create an art class just for poor,EL, foster youth. If we did create such a thing no kid would voluntarily enroll.
2. There is no way the district would try to spend the money to reduce class size. The politics of this would be explosive. And what classes would be reduced? Just for the three LCFF groups? See point one above.
3. I haven't heard (here or elsewhere) one realistic way we could spend LCFF money on the targeted groups.
Jerry, I am confused. We are already doing all this, with even more restrictions. How could we be doing that if it were impossible or even unrealistic?
I have to second what Navigio said. Students at our school already have separate programs. I don't know what students say to each other about the differential treatment, but many know about it.
I expect there would be no voluntary enrollment just like school in general.
I do agree that the results of LCFF could be explosive. I think the immediate concerns are smallish potatoes. The bigger issue is school desegregation that is waiting in the wings. My preference is more of everything for education, including integration. Not an easy decision to come to, but I think its better we all head in that direction before we end up in a bigger hole than we are now. Maybe we will see some LCFF money spent on magnet schools to encourage more integration. Of course, I'm an optimist.
we need to remember something: because a poor kid is getting art in school, it does not mean they are getting something that rich kids are not. The reality is that the disparity in resources transcends the school environment. this is a very real reason for LCFF, imho. the gov wants to push as much support for education to the family as politically possible because he knows those who have the means will fill in the gaps. in this sense, more 'in-school' resources for unduplicated students can clearly be justified even though it may result in disparities within districts.
one other point: we are grouping this extra funding by district. those who have any significant 'extra' will be those with large majorities and/or concentrations of unduplicated students. this makes it much less likely that you will ever see poor kids in a school getting something that rich kids in the same school are not, simply because it is much less likely that you have any significant number of both in any one school (yes there are exceptions, but there are many, many, many schools with unduplicated counts over 95%. So disparate resources will mean between schools and not within them (mostly). We already have a lot of disparate resources between schools: rich ones have all the programs, poor ones do not (again, mostly).
Intervention is a strategy that I have seen work wonders (yes, not only for EL students). We should not be concerned about a stigma that results from learning how to read, for example (in fact, even when these programs are selective, I have not seen stigmas result).
QEIA already reduces average class size in those schools by about 30% compared to others in our district. That is a doable strategy. So is reducing class size district-wide (something LCFF tries to incentivize).
If a district has unduplicated rates over 80% or so, it seems virtually any district wide strategy, be it program-based or employee incentive-based, should work to provide a benefit for those students.
Could you list a couple things that we now do where money is only spent on poor kids? I read the state website on QEIA and it doesn't look to me that this money has been only spent on these groups.
High school kids have considerable freedom in choosing their classes. I doubt we could force a kid to take an art class if he or she didn't want it.
Hi Jerry. You're right that QEIA's metrics are not explicitly low income or english learner, however, the criteria for that program are clearly a proxy for that (see extreme correlation between performance metrics and income level, parent education level, language status, etc). In the most recent QEIA report to the gov and leg, only 7% of students in those schools had a parent who graduated from college. Over 40% of the students did not have a parent who graduated high school. The average F&R participation rate was 84% and the average EL rate was 41%. In our district, the QEIA schools have 100% compensatory participation, and are 98% and 99% minority. Ours are an elementary and a middle school, and I expect high school demographics to look somewhat different on average.
Much Title 1 and EIA money today is used on programs designed specifically to help low income and/or EL students. This can take many forms, but targeted intervention is a very common one I mentioned above. In the Title 1 case, a schoolwide program will often benefit some students that are not considered unduplicated, but the extent that this happens depends on the school demographics and the type of program. Title 1 is admittedly a bit fluid (see Manuel's comments in that regard), but EIA restrictions are pretty tight, so I think looking at what those programs are funding today would be a good example of something specific that could be used for LCAP. I think this is corroborated by the fact that this year, before there are any specific rules regarding LCFF usage, districts appear to be simply treating things the same as last year, even providing 'EIA' allocations to school sites. My personal take is that when EIA money goes away (which LCFF does), then there will be extreme local site pressure to continue those programs in some form, otherwise it looks like money is being taken away from EL and low income students and just given to the district budget deficit. I think district leaders really need to be cognizant of that potential.
Yes, QEIA funds were targeted. Those schools used their extra funding for reduced class sizes, typically lower than other district schools, and to bring in extra personnel, Reading Specialists for example, who provided specialized interventions for students and also worked with teachers to enhance general instruction.
Obviously music and the arts, or other components of a well rounded education, should not be reserved for specific groups; however, it has been plain that it is the lower scoring schools, those eligible for QEIA funds, that typically suffered from the most demeaned curriculums, that is to say, curriculums most devoted to improving test scores in Math and ELA. QEIA allowed some schools to side-step that problem. Aside from the concentration on test score driven curriculums many/most other schools impacted by budget cuts tended to cut into programs away from the "core," and that meant cuts to electives: music and the arts, etc.
The range of problems in providing a well rounded education to students has been influenced by the confluence of CA's general underfunding of schools, the budget crisis, and the decades long obsession with test driven "accountability." It is not unfair to say these problems have been mitigated in wealthier districts over time.
All of these issues are now complicated by LCFF/LCAP and how it is implemented. There are huge issues with bringing school personnel compensation back to pre-crisis levels as well as some COLA and the need for professional development for CCSS and SBAC. There is some extra funding for the latter, but it should be remembered that the best LCFF/LCAP can do is provide for a more just and equitable way to underfund education in CA as compared to the rest of the nation.
1. why are salary raises a "black hole"? You want to improve a district? Raise pay and attract the best candidates. I get it that–when it comes to money–everybody hates teachers and their unions but if you want higher test scores (I hope you don't fall for this, but I bet you do) raise salaries.
2. Suppose I'm one of the people writing the LCAP. I want to specify a few things I think the schools should spend the money on. Can someone give me six possibilities? It can't be books (you want the poor kids in the room to have different books than the rich kids?); I can think of a million things it can't be, but I have a hard time thinking of things it could be. I can think of ways to help EL students (classroom aides, for instance) but for poor and foster youth I ain't got a clue. Can somebody enlighten me?
Follow the CDE's Guide for doing needs assessment. Look at the achievement data – longitudinal, trends – and do a Comprehensive Needs Assessment. This isn't about what someone "thinks" is best. Follow best practice models once the need has been determined. And CERTAINLY – ask the teachers and the parents. They – not administrators – spend the most time with the kids. Ask them. A well-done needs assessment process will answer your questions….
In other words, follow through on the SPSA. Another facade of accountability.
Spending IS transparent – all spending is described by a "code-string". SACS coding provides the transparency. BUT LCFF does not have its own SACS RESOURCE codes. Yet. The CDE needs to provide a unique SACS RESOURCE CODE to each of the 3 types of spending: base, supplemental, concentration. Following the money is easy if you can read SACS reports and if each pot of money has it own name. Reading SACS reports is easy. That's what we – Making Cents Work – does. We teach parents to read their schoolsite checkbook. We track/follow/ monitor ALL the money at a school site – not just Title I or EIA or QEIA, etc. Think about it – it's our kids and our money. MCW can teach you how to do this.
Can you give me an example of one school's checkbook? Pick one in lausd at random. I'd like to see the reports you refer to. I expect they are online and publicly accessible.
That said, that we need an additional entity to provide resources (tools and education?) just to understand simple spending should make it clear that transparency does not exist to the extent it should. (Paul, I still owe you a response on this issue).
I dont think its fair to expect community members and/or parents to need software in order to support transparency (assuming that was your implication–apologies if not).
Regardless, why should someone have to ask for this in order to get it. One alternative would be to require districts to report school-level data to the state (just as they do with the district-wide SACS report). However, as an example, that state-level file is in access format, so you need that software (or some other similar) just even to read it. Then you need to understand databased manipulation to find your district. Of course there is no comparison over years, unless you want to import multiple years into a database and write SQL commands. Of course, you can go to ed-data and find some of this.. oh wait, they collapse multiple SACS codes into one.. etc. etc.
Anyway, my goal of asking you about a school you're not familiar with is that's pretty much the situation 99% of the public is in; even if they are a parent at the school or district. So someone with essentially the most expertise at this should be able to get this info pretty easily. I am curious now as to how difficult this would be for you. LAUSD is admittedly better than some when it comes to budgets, so that might even be easier than most. I'd also be interested in whether its possible to get this for a charter school.
Btw, don't misunderstand my tone. I am honestly curious about this.
Your tone is fine…. I hear comments like often. The fiscal data base is "live" and constantly changing. Our district has recently started posting SACS reports on its web site. In fact, they are flooding the web site. Unfortunately they are being selective as to the data they are querying and they are sorting data in a way that is mostly not useful. One must first learn to read the SACS code-string, then know how to ask for the report. After many years of doing this I'm very confident that my advice is good. Learn "how" to ask and you will get the total fiscal picture you need for the purpose you are working on. i taught myself how to use the Escape data base after I was given access to "help parents and schoolsite councils". I had read-only access and pulled reports for parents, schools, board members, etc. You want to examine the cost of utilities, broken down by site? You want to teachers and substitutes as two different line items? You want to see how much was spent on "non-essential" books using LCCF money only? Then compare it to other money? Or you just want to follow the money at your school site. All this can be done and should be done. By the way – I'm a retired CA cert. teacher. My credential is K-12, Phys. Ed. It's just a database. A very, very, very big and powerful database. Ask for "read-only" access to your district fiscal software, plunk yourself down in a parent resource center at your favorite school site, teach yourself how to navigate the software (If I can do it, you can do it) and follow YOUR money.
Yeah, it is only a database. But one that can only be gotten into if you are running Windows XP. They can't even get it to work in Windows 7. Windows 8? Nope. Mac OS? Hell, no. Linux? Double Hell, No. What is a non-Windows user to do? I think it is discrimination, that's what I think.
SACS – Standardized Account Code Structure. For "how to" check out the CSAM (California School Accounting Manual) at: http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/ac/sa/ The CSAM is the bible of all education funding in CA. Then look at EC 41010.
The fiscal database is internal to the district. Every district in the state uses some form of electronic bookkeeping. (Sac City Unified uses Escape software. I think it is great software – easy to understand and navigate.) All revenues and all expenditures are line items in the checkbook. It doesn't matter if a district uses PCs or Macs. There is no discrimination…. if you want to follow the money you can.
Your are right; Sen. Liu's first name was in error. My regrets.
Teachers and Administrators [with secret "me too" agreements with Boards to match teacher raises] are scurrying to feast on the "new money" just like a Cougar gobbles its fresh kill. The legislative letter is spot on — get the money to the students, not to the black hole of salary raises and benefit raises — especially to administrators who benefit from secret back room deals of "me too" when teachers get salary and benefit raises.
Why are parents being denied participation in negotiation over the largest single line item for every one of the 1000 districts in California — salaries and benefits ? TRUE TRANSPARENCY must become the battle cry to get this money to our students and provide them with a 21st Century education.
True transparency has been the rally cry for maybe 15 years and clearly that's not enough. It's going to take determination by the legislature and state BoE to get any progress there. I am not holding my breath.


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Beanstalk chosen by Nesta and the Office for Civil Society to trial intensive volunteering for the over 50s
Beanstalk has been selected as one of five projects to be funded as part of the Give More Get More Fund.
Beanstalk will receive £100,000 to recruit, train and support volunteers aged 50+ to deliver intensive one-to-one support to children who have fallen behind with their literacy skills and confidence. Volunteers will work with children four times a week for one school term.
Beanstalk will test and evaluate whether intensive volunteering can bring real, long-lasting improvements to the literacy skills and confidence of primary school children as they move into secondary school. The project will also help establish best practice when it comes to retaining the time and talents of people over the age of 50.
Ginny Lunn, Beanstalk CEO said:
"We are delighted to have received this funding from Nesta and the Office for Civil Society, which will allow us trial a new intensive volunteering programme for people who can perhaps only commit to volunteering for a limited time, such as a school term."
"It is wonderful to be working with partners focused on innovation and we are confident that the funding will have a positive impact on children, schools and volunteering – benefitting the wider community as a whole."
The funding awarded to Beanstalk follows on from Nesta's and the Office for Civil Society's Centre for Social Action Innovation Fund which ran from 2013-16 and mobilised volunteers to work alongside public services.
Beanstalk is a national charity with over 40 years' experience of providing one-to-one support to children in primary schools through trained volunteer reading helpers.
Last year almost 3,100 Beanstalk-trained reading helpers supported over 11,000 children in almost 1,400 schools in England. Eighty two per cent of schools Beanstalk work with say their reading helpers helped their school achieve its literacy outcomes, while 96% said they helped the children improve their confidence.
Beanstalk is a national literacy charity that recruits, trains and supports volunteers to work in primary schools with children who have fallen behind with their reading. Beanstalk's vision is that all children and young people have the essential skills they need to grow up and lead successful lives. To find out how to volunteer, visit beanstalkcharity.org.uk or call 020 7729 4087.
Each Beanstalk reading helper works with three children and sees each child for two 30 minute sessions a week, during term-time, for a whole year. Together, they read, play and talk. With Beanstalk's support the child's approach to learning and enjoying reading is transformed.
Nesta is a global innovation foundation. Nesta's mission is to spark and shape new ideas to improve how the world works for everyone. They use knowledge, networks, funding and skills to take on big challenges, working in partnership with others to make change happen.
In the last academic year Beanstalk supported over 11,000 children.
Beanstalk works in areas of deprivation across England in the North, Midlands, Somerset, Greater London and South East England.
Beanstalk was founded in 1973 as Volunteer Reading Help by Susan Belgrave MBE, Beanstalk's President.
Sources for statistics are available on request.
Published: 24th March, 2017
Updated: 3rd April, 2017


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by reviewinhot · Published October 20, 2016 · Updated October 20, 2016
Ther is a new player for the highly contested entry/mid-range smartphone market just got a new player. Sharp Mobile is launching two smartphones in Singapore, the Z2 and the MS1, through an exclusive partnership with Taiwan-based distributor Commtiva. Both phones offer 5.5-inch Full HD displays with the Z2 powered by a Mediatek deca-core Helio X20 processor, and the MS1 running on an octa-core Mediatek 6753.
Sharp Z2
It is the higher-end model and has a full metal chassis and is the first phone available in Singapore powered by Mediatek's new Helio X20 deca-core processor (Xiaomi's Redmi Note 4 uses the same processor but is not officially available locally). It also has 4GB RAM and 32GB internal storage, with a microSD card slot that doubles up as a second nanoSIM tray supporting cards up to 128GB. The phone has a fingerprint scanner on the rear below a 16-megapixel camera with phase detection auto focus. On the front, you get an 8-megapixel f/1.8 82 degree wide-angle selfie camera.
At the bottom of the phone,there is a USB Type-C port which supports fast-charging that allows the 3,000mAh battery to reach 50 percent charge in just 30 minutes.
The Z2 is available in two colors: Gold and Silver, and will be launching this Saturday 29th October for S$399 from M1, M1 exclusive distributors, Challenger, and authorized retailers including Lazada.
Sharp MS1
The Sharp MS1 is a more affordable phone aimed at selfie enthusiasts. Design-wise, it looks quite similar to Xiaomi's Mi5, with a 3D curved Gorilla Glass rear. Unfortunately, the chassis of the phone is plastic. The phone is armed with 13-megapixel cameras on both the front and the rear, and the rear camera has a back illuminated sensor, which Sharp says will take clear pictures even in low lighting.
The MS1 uses a standard micro-USB port and doesn't seem to support fast charging. It is powered by an octa-core Mediatek 6753 processor with 3GB RAM and 64GB internal storage. It also has a microSD card slot that supports cards up to 64GB.
The MS1 is available in two colors: Hanayome White and Pure Pink, and will be launching this Saturday 29th October for S$299 from M1, M1 exclusive distributors, Challenger, and authorized retailers including Lazada.
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The lineup was a joke. Everyone knew it. Who in their right mind put seven professionals in the same room like this by accident? No one, that's who. Keyser smiled to himself. This would be fun. The "witness" did as he was told, of course. Each and everyone of them had to take a step forward, read a line from a note and retreat to the line afterwards. Keyser, being the first, did as he was told by the officer. The Joker was next.
Yes, Keyser would enjoy playing these guys. Very much. With reputations larger than most moviestars. Reputations that had a habit of sticking around, long after they were (often doubtfully) deserved.


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import os
import sys
import json
import numpy as np
from keras.utils import to_categorical

try:
  basestring
except NameError:
  basestring = str

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    for idx in ["name", "type"]:
        if aux1[idx] != aux2[idx]:
            return False
    if "categorical" == aux1["type"]:
        if aux1["categories"] != aux2["categories"]:
            return False
    return True

def embedAux( actions, aux ):
    embedding = {}
    for idx, act in enumerate(aux["categories"]):
        embedding[act] = idx
    emb = []
    for act in actions:
        emb.append( embedding[act] )

    return emb

def loadOneAux( drive_dir, aux ):

    auxFile = os.path.join( drive_dir, "{}_aux.npy".format(aux["name"] ) )
    if os.path.exists(auxFile):
        actions = np.load(auxFile)
        actions = actions.astype('str')
    else:
        print( "Missing auxiliary data file: {}".format( auxFile ) )
        actions = []

    return actions

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    aux_file = os.path.join( drive_dir, "aux.json" )
    if os.path.exists(aux_file):
        with open(aux_file,'r') as f:
            auxMeta = json.load(f)
        if auxName in auxMeta:
            return auxMeta[auxName]
    return None

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    actions = []
    aux = None
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            if nc is not None:
                if aux is None:
                    aux = nc
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                    print( "Error: Inconsistent auxiliary meta data:\n{}\n{}".format(aux,nc) )
                    return None
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                print( "Loading {} of {}: {} auxiliary data".format( count, len(dirs), len(actions) ), end='\r' )
                sys.stdout.flush()
                count += 1
            else:
                print( "Error: Missing auxiliary meta data for {} in {}".format( auxName, onedir ) )

    print("")

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        actions = to_categorical( actions, num_classes=len(aux["categories"]) )
        categorical = True
    elif type(actions) == list:
        actions = np.array(actions)
        categorical = False
    else:
        print("Unknown aux actions format: {} {} as {}".format( type(actions), actions[0], type(actions[0]) ))

    return actions, categorical

def badAuxData( dirs, auxName ):
#{"LanePosition": {"name": "LanePosition", "type": "categorical", "default": "CenterLine", "categories": ["OutsideTrack", "OutsideLine", "LeftLane", "CenterLine", "RightLane", "InsideLine", "InsideTrack"]}}

    count = 1

    for onedir in dirs:
        if len(onedir) == 0:
            continue

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        if not os.path.exists(aux_file):
            print( "Missing aux file: {}".format( aux_file ) )
            continue

        with open(aux_file,'r') as f:
            auxMeta = json.load(f)
        if auxName in auxMeta:
            print( "Checking {} of {}: {}".format( count, len(dirs), onedir ) )
            count += 1

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            data_str = []
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            good = True
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                except:
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    print("")

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        dirs = f.read().split('\n')

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        elif len(dirs[i]) == 0:
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    return dirs

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    aux = "TestAux"

    #auxData = loadAuxData( dirs, aux )
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On Thursday October 24, 2008, Congress grilled Alan Greenspan about the latest financial meltdown. Here are some quotes from the Wall Street Journal, Friday October 25, 2008.
On the front page, "Greenspan Admits Errors to Hostile House Panel," by Kara Scannell and Sudeep Reddy.
"Mr. Greenspan maintained that no regulator was smart enough to foresee the 'once in a life-time credit tsunami.'"
"Anticipating such a crisis 'is more than anybody is capable of judging."
Yet the same issue of the WSJ ran an article on page C1, "Paulson & Co. Scores Again This Year," by Gregory Zuckerman, describing how Paul Johnson was able to foresee the tsunami, anticipate the crisis, and profit from it. Last year Mr. Johnson made $3 Billion personally from the meltdown. His hedge fund, Paulson & Co., made $15 Billion last year.
Clearly, Greenspan is lying to us again.
Agreed. There was also another individual that mentioned something about this monetary meltdown...hmmmm....let's see, who was that? Oh yeah, Dr. Ron Paul.


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Climate|Scientists Find a New Way to Take the Oceans' Temperature
https://nyti.ms/2CSlF8y
Scientists Find a New Way to Take the Oceans' Temperature
A coral reef in the Maldives has been bleached white by heat stress.Credit...The Ocean Agency/XL Catlin Seaview Survey, via Associated Press
By Kendra Pierre-Louis
Editors' Note: November 14, 2018
An earlier version of this article included a conclusion from a study about ocean warming that is now in doubt. The researchers are working to revise their study because of errors detected in their calculations and it appears unlikely that they will be able to support their original conclusion that the oceans have warmed an average of 60 percent more per year than the current official estimates by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The sections of the article dealing with that conclusion have been removed and the headline has been updated.
Update: Sept. 26, 2019: Nature, the journal which initially published the study last year, announced on Wednesday that it was retracting the paper.
How do you take the ocean's temperature?
The question might sound like the prelude to a children's joke. But for climate scientists, the answer has serious consequences.
Climate change is rapidly warming the world's oceans, killing off aquatic organisms — like coral reefs and kelp forests — that anchor entire ecosystems. The warmer waters also cause sea levels to rise and make extreme weather events like hurricanes more destructive.
In October, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the global organization for climate data, released a major report predicting that some of the worst effects of climate change — including coastal flooding, food shortages and a mass die-off of coral reefs — could come to pass as soon as 2040 if human greenhouse gas emissions continue at current levels. The I.P.C.C. report showed that scientists may have been underestimating the severity of the world's present climate trajectory.
If scientists can more accurately measure the speed at which oceans are warming, they can better predict the future effects of climate change.
A study published Wednesday in the journal Nature, led by Laure Resplandy, a biogeochemical oceanographer at Princeton University, used a new approach that derived ocean temperatures by measuring the levels of carbon dioxide and oxygen in the atmosphere.
Those gases dissolve in ocean waters, but the amount the ocean can hold depends on its temperature. "As the ocean has been warming, it's basically pushing out oxygen and carbon dioxide," said David Nicholson, an associate scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution who was not involved in the study.
As Dr. Resplandy put it: "If you leave a Coke outside in the sun, it's going to warm and it's going to lose the gas. It's a little bit the same idea."
Scientists normally measure ocean temperatures using thermometers, but stitching together a global temperature record requires thermometers around the globe. Global temperature records were spotty before 2007, when an international consortium began a program, known as Argo, creating an international network of ocean-temperature-measuring instruments.
But a group from Scripps Institution of Oceanography had been taking careful measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide since 1991, for unrelated reasons. Dr. Resplandy and her team used that data set for this study.
Dr. Nicholson said the study was an example of how collecting data now can have unexpected benefits later. "It kind of supports the importance of collecting these long-term time series even if it isn't apparent at the start what the outcome will be," he said.
Oceans Are Absorbing Almost All of the Globe's Excess Heat
This year is on track to be the third consecutive hottest year on record. Where does that heat go? The oceans, mostly.
There are some caveats. This is a novel approach, and it is unclear if it will hold up to further scrutiny. Kevin E. Trenberth, a senior scientist in the Climate Analysis Section at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, noted that the methodology works best over long periods of time but does not detail what happens year to year.
Dr. Resplandy said her work did not upend the I.P.C.C. report's warnings that humanity has only a couple of decades to ward off some of climate change's most catastrophic effects.
"It doesn't change the results," she said. "What it does is that it makes it harder to get there."
For more news on climate and the environment, follow @NYTClimate on Twitter.


This was our first visit to Stoke Place and we weren't disappointed. There were some real characters amongst Sarah and Paul's friends and family which meant there was always something for us to photograph, even though we did have to contend with a rival photographer, Sarah's lovely little nephew Jack, a definite star for the future.
We loved Sarah's dress. It totally suited her and the whole essence of the day, which was fun and relaxed.
Later in the evening Paul's relatives got together and provided the music, even giving us a personalised rendition of 'Mrs Lotherington' to the tune of Mrs Robinson. No pressure on them, Sarah is an editor at NME!
"We just wanted to say a huge thank you for a great set of photos from our wonderful wedding day. Somehow you managed to be in the right position at the right time all day long with discretion, subtlety and respect. You have given us both a fantastic reminder of our day, and effortlessly captured the character of our families together with the relaxed, fun feeling of the day. We've had a lot of positive comments on your photos from many of our friends, so I'm sure well see you again very soon when their weddings come along! Once again, thank you so much Paul & Debi. You did us proud."
Sarah & Paul's wedding photos at Stoke Place, Stoke Poges.
Wedding photography at Stoke Place by Debra & Paul.


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Disable AutoRun/AutoPlay
Disabling AutoRun, also known as AutoPlay, when you insert removable media like an USB drive or a CD or DVD is almost essential when you are working with many devices connected to the same system at once. When using the USB duplicator, it's common to connect large numbers of USB drives to a computer. When connecting 50 or more USB drives to a computer, all those automatic popup windows become an annoyance, and also waste system resources when reading all the connected file systems.
AutoRun and security
AutoRun, while user friendly, can also be a security hazard. Some types of malware distribute themselves by setting up autorun programs on USB drives or flash cards. If you connect a device to an infected system, the necessary files are copied to the device without user interaction, and when this device is connected to a new computer with autorun, the malware infects that system too.
Disabling AutoRun on Mac, Windows and Linux
Different operating systems, such as Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux based distributions such as Debian and Ubuntu usually have very different ways to handle system configuration such as this. We'll show you how to disable autorun on all these systems.
Disable AutoRun on WIndows
Microsoft has written a detailed description of how to disable the autorun feature on Windows systems. It describes the registry keys involved, and outlines several methods to disable autorun on different versions of Windows. There is also a link to Microsoft Fix it 50471 available, which is a program that will disable autorun on Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP.
Disable AutoRun on Ubuntu Linux
To disable autorun on Ubuntu Linux, follow these steps:
Run "gconf-editor" from the terminal
Open /apps/nautilus/preferences
Find "media_automount_open", and uncheck it
You may also want to check "media_autorun_never"
Close gconf-editor (there is no save button)
Here is a screenshot of what it looks like on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
Disable AutoRun on Mac OS X
Autorun is not a feature of Mac OS X, so no action is required on Mac OS X.
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Drawing upon the skills and knowledge of its stable of knowledgeable fitness business trains, Jesse Grillo constantly seeks to help its clients expand as both instructors and local business owner. In this recurring quest, the business offers clients a wide away of organisation items as well as services.
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When getting into shape, the right fitness gear and clothing can make all the difference. While some may see this type of fitness clothing as unnecessary, the truth is that selecting the right fitness top, shorts, and workout clothes provides benefits that go beyond the aesthetic. Here are just a few reasons why you need to choose the right clothing for your workout routines.
The most important aspect of the clothing you choose is that it's comfortable to wear even when you are pushing yourself to the limit. When your clothes are not comfortable, you get distracted which means that your workout is less effective. So, be sure to choose clothing that fits properly and stretches with you comfortably when working out. A good rule of thumb is one size up for shirts and shorts, but not too big or they will bunch up.
If you are walking, jogging, or running, you'll need footwear that fits properly. Otherwise, you run the risk of injury. The same is true of clothing that tightens up in the wrong way which can distract you during your exercise routines and may cause injury as well. So, check out the fit of your clothes and shoes before starting your exercises.
Exercise puts a lot of stress on your clothing and shoes, so be sure to choose durable items. Cheap, weak materials that are poorly put together will not only fall apart quickly, they may expose the skin to sunlight causing sunburn or your shoes will damage your feet. You'll need to choose good, breathable materials and ensure that they are well constructed so that they hold up over time.
Keep in mind that the most stress your workout clothes will undergo is the washing and drying machines, so purchase several items to lessen the time they are cleaned.
If you are jogging or working out at parks or other locations, you'll need to wear fitness clothing that helps you to be seen. This is especially true if you jog along roadways so that drivers can see you at a distance. Dark or non-reflective clothing at night is a big no-no as it minimizes the distance that you can be seen by oncoming traffic. So, choose bright colors that reflect light and help you to be seen when exercising outdoors near roadways.
The materials that make up your fitness top, shorts, socks, and gear will need to be breathable so that your sweat is wicked away from your body and evaporates. Clothing that keeps the perspiration close to the skin may cause rashes or other unwanted conditions to occur. While even the best materials will not remove all the sweat that you generate, the moisture will evaporate soon enough which will help you feel more comfortable.
The good news is that the proper fitness gear and clothing can be inexpensive and won't put a dent in your pocketbook. Just remember that comfort is the most important aspect which helps you to get the most out of your workout routines.
For all you guys who are too busy to find time to work out, with this app Seven you can kill your guilt. All you have to do is to find seven minutes in a whole day, and that's it. The app wants you to exercise only for seven minutes in a day, and you are required to go by the instructions of the app, and you will see a visible transformation in just a week. The app has three different planners, to burn fats, to get fit and to reduce weight. You can choose the one you want and go accordingly. You will never feel guilty this way.
If you are a gamer in real life, you probably want a touch of it in your work out zone as well. So 'Zombies, Run' is one app that would quench the spirits of the game in you while motivating you to run at the same time. Running is not everybody's cup of tea. The app is designed in a way that it analysis the speed in which you run and the pace at which the game has to move. Comparing the two, the app moves on. It asked to believe that zombies are chasing you and when your speed decreases you probably become a prey to it.
Looking for some serious motivation that has nothing to do with games or animated characters? Then Pact is probably the app that you are looking for. The concept is simple. You earn when you work out and lose when you don't, and yeah it involves serious money and not the ones that you see in business games. You get to choose a penalty amount anywhere between $5 and $50 and a workout regimen as in 3 days or 5 days a week. The app can track you with GPS to make sure that you are not lying. Scared that you will lose all your money? Challenge yourself!
Sworkit is apparently used by a lot of celebrities globally. Connecting the relationship that music has with exercise, the makers have designed the app. The app lets you play music while you work out. The music that is played is so motivating and help you to work out better. No tasks, no games, and no animated characters. It is simply an app that is designed after finding out the influence that music can have on our exercise levels.
Superhero Workout is one app that is loved by all gamer-gym junkies. The game is designed in such a way that you are a superhero trying to save the world, and you need different things in your pursuit. The smart app can detect you exercise habits and work out routines based on the quantum of workout the app unlocks different levels in the game.


If you're seeking an eatery for all the family to enjoy, take your pick through our recommended list of family friendly restaurants in London. We've chosen some fine establishments guaranteed to make you and your little (or not so little) ones feel at home, so before you make any plans, consult our handy guide to family friendly restaurants in London.
The Rocksteady is a popular, independent venue situated in Dalston. The Rocksteady is a multi-faceted venue, during the day offering breakfasts, sandwiches and light bites before turning into an exciting cocktail bar with live music and a late-night DJ bar below.
The iconic and family friendly Planet Hollywood in Haymarket offers a vibrant atmosphere and a menu of classic American favourites including burgers, wings and speciality cocktails.
Bagattis restaurant is an excellent little Italian restaurant in the heart of Croydon, where authentic Italian dishes and a wonderfully traditional family atmosphere combine to make a sumptuous dining experience for the whole family.
Banners is perfect for children with free ice cream deals, in-house crayons, toys and books and a special kids menu.
Bubba Gump Shrimp Co lands in London from across the pond. Accommodating 400 customers, over two floors, the restaurant is inspired by Forest Gump and has movie memorabilia throughout.
The menu at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co has an impressive choice of dishes with signature options including coconut shrimp; lobster linguine; and Dixie style baby back ribs.
Sample the children's menu at the fabulous Carluccio's.
Cinnamon Culture is a contemporary Indian restaurant that offers traditional dishes and a lovely family atmosphere. The restaurant also has a large garden that has an area with a grill which makes it an ideal option for alfresco dining in clement weather.
For a true taste of Fifties America rock on down to Eds Easy Diner.
Situated in the heart of Brixton Market, Franco Manca serves freshly made pizzas using carefully sourced ingredients. The venue is always full of noise and people so no need to worry if the kids are noisy and the pizza's are good sized portions for the little ones.
The Hard Rock Cafe has been standing on Old Park Lane in London since 1971 and, to this day still offers authentic American cuisine and rock 'n' roll memorabilia. They offer a variety of burgers, sizzling fajitas, mouth watering cocktails and a truly electric atmosphere.
Lamberts is a British seasonal restaurant offering stylish and relaxed surroundings, excellent food and wines and friendly professional service, perfect place to take the family.
Moments from the London Eye, this County Hall location of the impressive Locale chain of restaurants offers quality Italian fare, prepared using only the finest seasonal ingredients.
That Place on the Corner is a fantastic venue where young children can enjoy arts and crafts, music and dance, ballet and story telling sessions. Friday story time takes place at 6pm and kids eat free.
Tredwells creates contemporary British cooking in the heart of the West End. Showcasing the very best in seasonal produce, Chef Marcus Wareing is dedicated to providing a delicious dining experience for the whole family, and he succeeds in doing so!
Wahaca is a vibrant restaurant in Soho serving food inspired by the street markets of Mexico. With a delicious kids menu, bustling atmosphere and fun Mexican themed dining, Wahaca is perfect for the whole family.
Zan Zi Bar is a family own and run North Indian restaurant serving a huge variety of dishes with friendly and efficent staff. The relaxing and inviting environment make it a great place to take the family.


The original depot was at Sidings Road, Kirkby-in-Ashfield. We still operate from this site, but currently the site is only used for maintenance of our fleet.
Barry Taylor retires and his son, Alan, becomes Managing Director.
Taylors Transport International Limited is established to cater for international clients.
We opened a multi-million-pound freight distribution centre based in Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire.
The UK and International team are brought together to create Taylors Transport Group.
We expand into a new Group HQ at Export Drive, Huthwaite which allows us to offer our customers a 'one stop shop' for all their transport requirements.
Our clients now benefit from a more integrated service, a faster response and better value.


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Q:  inside  I have an itemList and for each item, a dropdown list of ratings is displayed. After user rates each item in itemList, i want to store those rates in an array. How can I do it? selectedRate below is of Integer type, and the code failed to solve the problem.
<logic:iterate id="item" name="itemList">

</logic:iterate>

A: Each select option needs to be associated with a specific item.
The easiest way is to use a collection of Items, and give each Item a rating property. I used an Integer for this example.
The  uses array notation, and directly sets each item's rating. (I'm using a list of rates from the form itself, and a simpler layout; ignore those differences.)
<logic:iterate id="item" name="ratesForm" property="itemList" indexId="i">
  ${item.name}

</logic:iterate>

The action accesses the item ratings as we'd expect:
RatesForm ratesForm = (RatesForm) form;
List<Item> items = ratesForm.getItemList();
for (Item item : items) {
    System.out.println(item.rating);
}

If the items do not have an associated rating, you'll need to use a map of item id keys and rating values. This is more convoluted; I recommend a collection.
First, the map will be Map<String, Object> because of the way indexed properties work. In addition to a normal getter for the map itself, provide indexed methods:
private Map<String, Object> itemRatings;

public Map<String, Object> getItemRatings() {
    return itemRatings;
}

public Object getItemRating(String key) {
    return itemRatings.get(key);
}

public void setItemRating(String key, Object val) {
    itemRatings.put(key, val);
}

The JSP will be similar, but use "()" instead of "[]" to use the indexed form methods.
<logic:iterate id="item" name="ratesForm" property="itemList">
    ${item.name}

</logic:iterate>

When the form is submitted, the itemRatings map will contain string keys representing each item's ID. Both the key and the value will be Strings, and you'll need to make any conversions to numeric values manually.

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local bundlePath = ...

if (type(bundlePath) == "string") then
  package.path = bundlePath.."/?.lua"..";"..package.path
else
  print("-- Warning: lsunit.lua running with no bundlePath. This is not an error if your package.path contains a testinit.lua")
end

-- Utility functions
local function runstring(s)
--print("runstring")
  local fn, err = load("return " .. s)
  if not fn then fn, err = load(s) end
  if not fn then return tostring(err) end

  local str = ""
  local results = table.pack(xpcall(fn,debug.traceback))
  for i = 2,results.n do
    if i > 2 then str = str .. "\t" end
    str = str .. tostring(results[i])
  end
  return str
end

function failure(msg)
  error(string.format("Assertion failure: %s", msg))
end

function success()
  return "Success"
end

function errorMsgEquality(expected, actual)
  return string.format("expected: %s, actual: %s", expected, actual)
end

-- Assertions

-- Equality assertions
function assertIsEqual(expected, actual)
  if type(expected) ~= type(actual) then
    failure(errorMsgEquality(type(expected), type(actual)))
  end
  if expected ~= actual then
    failure(errorMsgEquality(expected, actual))
  end
end

function assertIsAlmostEqual(expected, actual, margin)
  if type(expected) ~= type(actual) then
    failure(errorMsgEquality(type(expected), type(actual)))
  end
  if math.abs(expected - actual) > margin then
    failure(string.format("%s (with margin: %s)", errorMsgEquality(expected, actual), tostring(margin)))
  end
end

-- Comparison assertions
function assertTrue(a)
  if not a then
    failure("expected: true, actual: "..tostring(a))
  end
end

function assertFalse(a)
  if a then
    failure("expected: false, actual: "..tostring(a))
  end
end

function assertIsNil(a)
  if a ~= nil then
    failure("expected: nil, actual: "..tostring(a))
  end
end

function assertIsNotNil(a)
  if a == nil then
    failure("expected: nil, actual: "..tostring(a))
  end
end

function assertGreaterThan(a, b)
  if b <= a then
    failure(string.format("expected: %s > %s", b, a))
  end
end

function assertLessThan(a, b)
  if b >= a then
    failure(string.format("expected: %s < %s", b, a))
  end
end

function assertGreaterThanOrEqualTo(a, b)
  if b < a then
    failure(string.format("expected: %s >= %s", b, a))
  end
end

function assertLessThanOrEqualTo(a, b)
  if b > a then
    failure(string.format("expected: %s <= %s", b, a))
  end
end

-- Type assertions
function assertIsType(a, aType)
  if type(a) ~= aType then
    failure(string.format("expected: %s, actual: %s", aType, type(a)))
  end
end

function assertIsNumber(a)
  assertIsType(a, "number")
end

function assertIsString(a)
  assertIsType(a, "string")
end

function assertIsTable(a)
  assertIsType(a, "table")
end

function assertIsFunction(a)
  assertIsType(a, "function")
end

function assertIsBoolean(a)
  assertIsType(a, "boolean")
end

function assertIsUserdata(a)
  assertIsType(a, "userdata")
end

function assertIsUserdataOfType(aType, a)
  assertIsType(a, "userdata")
  local meta = getmetatable(a)
  assertIsEqual(aType, meta["__type"])
end

-- Table assertions
function assertTableNotEmpty(a)
  assertGreaterThan(0, #a)
end

local function sortAll(t)
  local nt = {}
  for _, v in ipairs(t) do
    nt[#nt+1] = type(v) == "table" and table.concat(sortAll(v)) or tostring(v)
  end
  table.sort(nt)
  return nt
end

function assertListsEqual(l1, l2, strict)
  strict = strict or false
  assertIsEqual(#l1, #l2)
  if not strict then l1, l2 = sortAll(l1), sortAll(l2) end
  for i = 1, #l1 do
    if type(l1[i])=="table" then
      assertListsEqual(l1[i], l2[i], strict)
    else
      assertIsEqual(l1[i], l2[i])
    end
  end
end

local function keys(t)
  assertIsEqual("table", type(t))
  local l = {}
  for k, v in pairs(t) do
    table.insert(l, k)
  end
  table.sort(l)
  return l
end

function assertTablesEqual(t1, t2)
  local t1Keys, t2Keys = keys(t1), keys(t2)
  assertIsEqual(#t1Keys, #t2Keys)
  for i=1, #t1Keys do
    if type(t1[t1Keys[i]]) == "table" then
      assertTablesEqual(t1[t1Keys[i]], t2[t1Keys[i]])
    else
      assertIsEqual(t1[t1Keys[i]], t2[t1Keys[i]])
    end
  end
end

-- Leave this at the end of the file
print ('-- Test harness lsunit.lua loaded. Loading testinit.lua...')
require('testinit')

return runstring


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tomers with plant information. Videos on plant care and other information will also be shown on newly installed television screens.
"We have a relatively small staff for the size of our place," Joe said.
"People like to help themselves. When they have questions, they want to talk with someone who has the right product knowledge. Temporary people just don't have that kind of background," he said.
"Our whole aim is to make it easy for our customers to walk around, find the plants they want and shop easily," Marci added.
Just as the Honeymoon Acres business has grown, so has the family that runs the business.
Three of the McShaw's adult children work in the family operation. They have a love for the growing business as well.
Son Dwight enjoys growing the plants and working side by side with family, but he gets his greatest joy from making people happy. "People enjoy their plants and they take pride in what they grow. They should," he said. "When a customer comes in and finds satisfaction in what they purchase, that's pretty fulfilling."
Clint is similarly proud of the business his parents have built. "I am so proud of the hard work they have put in and the way they have taught us all to value the hard work involved in running the business," he said. Clint loves to see things growing and enjoys how things look different at specific times of the month and season.
Falena McShaw has enjoyed being involved with the family business from her youthful days, and she is thrilled with the changes the business has seen over the years. Falena brings her self-learned technology background to keeping the Honeymoon Acres website up to date. "I love having pictures everywhere for people to look at," she said. "My generation isn't into gardening as much as others, so I see it as an opportunity to make it more accessible for them."
The website is a popular destination for Honeymoon Acres customers and gardening enthusiasts—getting nearly 2,000 visitors a week.
Keary Krupp joined the staff in October. One who enjoys working outdoors, he enjoys his focus on working with plants and stocking, but mostly he is grateful to be treated as one of the Honeymoon Acres family. Amy Schoenborn joined the Honeymoon Acres staff in January 2015. "It's truly a family operation here," she said. "And I feel honored that they treat me as part of the family. This is a great family to work for, and I am amazed at all of what happens here. I don't think a lot of people realize what all goes on to help grow all the flowers and plants."
Schoenborn said the work starts long before the growing season, when small cuttings arrive from all across the globe, and find their way into flats, baskets and planters through the transplanting process.
The reward comes in the spring and throughout the growing season, when the staff sees the happy smiles on their customers, beaming as they walk through the doors and see all the greens and colors bearing potential for their own yards and gardens.
Roy shares his thoughts
Any insights about Honeymoon Acres would be limited without a comment from the Roy, the Honeymoon Acres canine—a two-year-old golden retriever who enjoys the run of the grounds and serves as the official "greeter."
A dog of few words, Roy simply said, "Bark," when asked for his comments.
Roy's insights pointed to the landscaping services offered by Honeymoon Acres. Among those services is the opportunity to have bark chips dropped off and spread into place at a home or business location.
"We take on a lot of the things other landscapers won't do. We deliver and apply mulch. Some people hire use to clean up and care for their yards when they go on vacation, or if they can't get to the work themselves," Joe McShaw.
Landscaping service requests can be made directly through the Honeymoon Acres phone lines at 920-898-4490.
Open for the season
This year, with the advent of an early Easter and warm weather, Honeymoon Acres officially opened for the season on March 23.
That coincided with the opportunity to be available for customer visits on Easter Weekend.
Honeymoon Acres is located at 2600 Ford Drive, New Holstein and at www.honeymoonacres.comon the internet.
For more information, call 898-4490.


Sonic frequencies associated with the lungs, reducing fear, focusing attention, anti-depression, deeper breathing, health, vitality, circulation, nourishment and the will to forgive and live.
The Breath Of Life program helps to bring you into a deep relaxed state, working in the Delta range while introducing carrier frequencies that assist in neutralizing holding patterns. The breath can then deepen and elaborate without effort. There are specific frequencies in this program that actually encourage the interest and inspiration to breathe, opening the mind so your body can take deep effortless breath as needed.
The purpose of this program is to assist in dropping you into a deep, slow center point, where all is within, where you recognize you are infinite, potent intelligence. This is an experiential feeling of vast, open space and brings peace and clarity. It is from here that the "body" is able to let go of and relax. It is from here in this all-potent space that the breath expands beyond cardiovascular limitations, and we breathe from every aspect of our awareness. This is not accessible from a cognitive, mental state. Relax, drop down, discover, allow and Enjoy!