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While I was in the city of Rome, Italy filming the forthcoming documentary "Leopard Vision, we took this rare opportunity to do some street evangelism. Loaded down with handfuls of the book The Great Controversy (translated into italian), and stacks of tracks that not only teach about the ten commandments, but thoroughly expose the Roman Catholic Church's involvement in seeking to change the law of God, we took to the streets engaging everyone that crossed our paths. As we approached the precincts of St. Peter's Square, some of the team decided to stay behind, while the camera man and myself went inside on a mission. With one Great Controversy book and a couple of tracks in hand, we ventured out to find a Catholic priest whom would be appreciative of these treasures of Truth. Praying before we advanced, we asked the Lord to grant us a divine appointment. And, not long after this prayer, I approached two priest that were walking directly towards us and offered them the book. I was quickly shut down by this black clad duo. But, we did not flinch. Our prayer was for a divine appointment, and evidently that wasn't it. Pressing forward, I noticed a short distance from where we were standing, there was a pair of young priests leaning against a barrier talking. Walking over to these young men dressed in traditional priestly garb, I offered both of them tracks, which they gladly received. Then one of the priests happily engaged me in a conversation, which led to the "icebreaking" discovery that we both were from the city of New York. With smiles on their faces that declared that their of defense mechanisms had been breached, I quickly seized upon the opportunity to share with them the Great Controversy. They asked me about the contents of the book, and I shared with them briefly how it explains the historical triumphs of the Bible, and the development of the Roman Catholic Church amongst many other things. Noticeably Intrigued, they received it happily. Praise God He has his sheep everywhere! Even in the belly of the beast.
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On the left is your brain on sugar. On the right side is your brain on drugs. Notice the similarities?
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The City of Hamilton's Community Services Department, Culture Division has begun renovations at St. Mark's Church to stabilize the foundation, demolish an attached Sunday School and complete roof and gutter repairs.
City workers have already cleared the overgrown vegetation around the building and will be completing the roof and gutter work in July. At the end of the month, the City will issue a public tender call for the rest of the work.
A. Structural foundation repairs to the church from the basement interior with new concrete bench footings. Work will include complete removal of the basement interior finishes.
B. Demolition (by dismantling) of the Sunday School, with a new gravel car park in its place.
C. Exterior brick masonry restoration to the buttresses and bottom 3 feet of the church perimeter.
D. New treatments to window openings.
E. Interior clean up of the church.
The Church was built in 1878, and the Sunday School was added in 1925. The City bought the property in July 1994 for $425,000 and subsequently designated the building and its adjacent open space under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act in 1995.
Adaptive reuse of existing structure for residential, commercial, mixed use. The building would have a lobby that opens into a parking lot on the north side and would have three units.
Adaptive reuse of existing structure and construction of new three-storey addition on the west side of the existing building.
Adaptive reuse of existing structure and construction of a new three-storey addition northwest of the building behind the parking lot.
Demolition of existing structure and construction of a new three-storey residential building with four units on the south side of the property.
Demolition of existing structure and construction of a new three-storey residential building with units on the south and east sides of the property.
Demolition of existing structure to create a neighbourhood park.
There was no action on the building until October 2008, when the Economic Development and Planning Committee directed staff to determine possible uses for the site.
A June 2010 city report [PDF] recommended that Culture Division staff consider the feasibility of the St. Mark's building as a "cultural programming space to be administered by Whitehern Historic House and Garden staff".
It estimates a $350,000 price to demolish the Sunday School, but notes that the DePasquale Family Foundation and Copper Cliff Mills and Wrecking Corporation offered $80,000 in in-kind donations toward the demolition.
The work currently being conducted on the building is the first capital expenditure on the property since the city braced the west wall in 1995.
This building has long piqued my interest; it's always seemed like a gem-in-waiting.
Check out item B. in Anna Bradford's list of actions.
At least it won't all be a parking lot.
So glad this little building is being properly preserved. Its little garden is very nice in an area short on parkland.
This is such spectacular news. The Durand Neighbourhood Association has fought for this for twenty years!
Many years ago (1998ish) the city chose to give away this property to a worthy civic organization. I felt that there would be an awesome match for the Player's Guild of Hamilton (North America's oldest community theatre group). At the time we were in the throws of renovating The Staircase. So I gathered up our architect (Brian McKibbon) and our contractor at the time and set about putting in a proposal for the Player's Guild to renovate the space into a 150 to 200 seat theatre. Hamilton still lacks a mid range theatre venue, things jump precipitously from under 100 seats to well over 300. We had the micro theatre (67 seats), and there were lots of 400 seaters.
I filled out all the forms once it was indicated by a board member of the Guild that they would consider it. Our contractor and architect kindly donated their time. Our work was even based on the sale of some of the Guild's surplus rental buildings. So the presentation (as I recall) was financially, architecturally and structurally sound.
Unfortunately a board member made an executive decision and did not submit the application for a free building. The building went to an less capable group devoted to street youth and unfortunately nothing ever came of that.
Sometimes you can bust a nut for urban renewal when everyone seems to be doing stuff right (St. Marks not selling to a developer, city giving building away), and it just does not happen.
Sad to hear that the building is structurally threatened. I have been through the lovely space in detail, it still would be a great civic hall, gymnasium, auditorium or theatre. Parking is not an issue as city hall parking is ample and available in the evenings.


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I just got new kefir grains. They were held up in customs and arrived smelling like cat pee!
I rinsed them in fresh milk, soaked them in fresh milk for a few hours, and rinsed them again. I tried my first ferment and it never took, 48 hours later I just have rotten milk with kefir grains in it.
I started it again this time with less milk. Could something be wrong with these grains?
My first ratio was one liter of milk to about 1.5 TBS grains. Second ratio is a scant pint and same grains.
If they sent you grains that were frozen, you will need to make 2 or 3 batches for them to reactivate.
1 tablespoon of grains put in one cup of milk (2 deciliters) and keep for 24 hours.
Mine smelled bad two but after one batch it was good.
Im lucky enough to get really good organic milk from the farm and my grains love it. From one tablespooon, in a month i have like 15 tablespoons of grain. Already gave some to my friends to make for themselves.
So quality of milk is important.
By "frozen" do you mean freeze dried? No, the grains were not freeze dried. Also, I'm using organic milk.
If they were fresh and starved in shipping, it could take quite some effort to bring them back. Watch out so you are not using too little milk. In my opinion better more than less until they are brought back to life. This way you make sure they have enough food, you do not expect kefir first few batches anyway. If you put too little milk they might keep starving. If 5-6 batches are still not fermenting, then it is safe to assume they are done, but if you get any activity, few bubbles, yeasty smell, anything, then fight further as they will come back. If few batches and after 1-2 days for each there is no activity, milk remains milk, then they are done.
Also, if you've never had kefir, watch out that you don't confuse kefir with spoiled milk. It will curd, whey might separate and it will smell kind of yeasty at the top.
Call the company that you purchased the grains from. They may be able to direct you.
thanks guys! They came back to life on the second batch. I also added less milk. Does anyone have any advice on how to make it more fizzy? Do I just seal it up and leave it in the fridge?
I don't think you can fizz milk keifer. You can with water kefir grains.
It happens during a second fermentation. Just seal the bottle shut and let it sit in the fridge for an extra 24 hours or more before drinking.
My kefir has been great! It just took a bit to get the grains up and running.
I do ferment my milk kefir a 2nd time. I leave it on the counter for 24 or 48 hrs. depending on the strenght I want it. Have't seen it fizz.
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How This Huge, Superfast Asteroid Stayed Hidden in Near-Earth Orbit
By Yasemin Saplakoglu 2019-07-10T10:43:54Z
The asteroid "2019 LF6" orbits close to the sun but on a different plane than our planets.
(Image: © California Institute of Technology)
The year goes by quickly for this newfound asteroid. The so-called 2019 LF6 asteroid circles the sun every 151 days, the shortest orbit of any known asteroid.
This swift-moving rock snuggles closer to the sun than does our planet, which takes 365 days to make the solar trek. LF6 is one of 20 others, collectively called Atira asteroids, that move within a cosmic hug of our planet, according to a statement from the California Institute of Technology.
Although this meteor is quite large — around 0.6 miles (1 kilometer) across — it had remained hidden from astronomers' prying eyes until now. "LF6 is very unusual both in orbit and in size — its unique orbit explains why such a large asteroid eluded several decades of careful searches," Quanzhi Ye, a postdoctoral student at Caltech, said in the statement.
The asteroid's elliptical orbit brings the space rock well outside of the plane on which the planets of our solar system orbit, and it gets closer than Mercury does to the sun. (Mercury is the sun's nearest planetary neighbor.) This asteroid could have been slingshot out of the plane when it came too close to the gravitational disturbances of Venus or Mercury, according to the statement. [10 Interesting Places in the Solar System We'd Like to Visit]
Ye discovered the chunk of rock using Palomar Observatory's Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF), a camera that rapidly scans the night sky searching for signals from exploding or flashing stars and moving asteroids.
But Ye and his team have a short window every night to detect these objects. Because they're so close to the sun, the best time to find them is around 20 to 30 minutes before sunrise or after sunset.
Previously, the same team, in collaboration with others as part of an observing campaign called Twilight, discovered another asteroid using this system. That asteroid also turned out to orbit the sun outside of the solar system's plane. Called 2019 AQ3, that space rock circled the sun every 165 days and held the title for shortest asteroid year, until now.
Finding an asteroid this large is quite rare. "You don't find kilometer-size asteroids very often these days," Ye said. "Thirty years ago, people started organizing methodical asteroid searches, finding larger objects first, but now that most of them have been found, the bigger ones are rare birds."
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TownHouse Thepprasit – Your Greater View Co.,Ltd.
This is a very nice townhouse located on the Thepprasit soi 11 road.
In front of the house is a parking area and you can secure the parking with a nice designed gate.
There are two bedrooms with both a bathroom and on the ground floor is an extra toilet.
At the back off the house is a big terrace. The house is well protected against burglars with beautiful stainless steel fencing.
The furniture in the house is all new. It is never used as you can see on the images, it is all still packed in plastic.
The beds, mattresses and bed linen are also new.


Undergraduate students who are engaged in scholarly activity - as part of a course, research experience, internship, or the like - are invited and encouraged to present their work (or work in progress) at the Undergraduate Scholarly Showcase.
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Steigen Open Air Museum's collection is gathered round the former district doctor's residence Breidablikk. The main house was built as home and surgery for the district doctor of Steigen and Hamarøy in 1877 and remained in this use until 1962. The other buildings have either been moved here or purpose built for the museum. The shop, Svendsenbutikken, situated next to the road and the flower garden, was moved from Våg in 1986.The restoration of Fridastua (Frida's cottage) that had been moved from the former crofter's farmstead Gjerdet, was completed three years later. The red one storey tool shed is a new building housing exhibitions of farming and fishing tools. The fully equipped old smithy was moved from Skagstad.
Pedersen, Jarl-Arne: Steigen – en vandring gjennom tusenårig historie. Steigen / Bodø 2008.


On the first day the White House has been open to the public since Donald Trump took office, the president spent Tuesday morning greeting tourists on White House tours.
On the first day 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue was open to the public since Donald Trump took office, the president surprised tourists on a White House tour.
Per Tuesday pool reports, a group of nearly 100 people were gathered off the East Room when the president appeared. The tour group, many of whom were 5th grade students from Briarwood Chistian School in Birmingham, Ala., cheered. Trump then gestured for someone to come forward, resulting in a hug with 10-year-old Jack Cornish.
"Work hard, everybody, work hard," Trump told the group.
The scene happened to play out right next to the official portrait of former first lady Hillary Clinton.
The White House Visitors Office had been closed since inauguration.
"I am excited to reopen the White House to the hundreds of thousands of visitors who come each year," first lady Melania Trump said in a statement. "The White House is a remarkable and historic site and we are excited to share its beauty and history. I am committed to the restoration and preservation of our Nation's most recognizable landmark."
The public tours, which take place Tuesday through Saturday, must be requested through members of Congress and requests can be made up to three months in advance.


We all have that one gift that gives us a hard time while wrapping at Christmas. Here's a genius way to take care of problems like that for good, and for a whole lot cheaper than stocking up on a tote full of gift bags!
Not too bad for my first try! I hope this makes your holiday wrapping much easier and more jolly too!


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Trends We're Watching in 2018, Part 4: Tax Cuts & Tax Shifts
Lisa Christensen Gee
Director of Special Initiatives
This post is the fourth in a series of what we're watching in state tax policy during 2018 legislative sessions. The first post discussed state responses to federal tax cuts, the second focused on state revenue shortfalls, and the third highlighted improvements to tax credits for workers and their families.
While a lot of tax activities in the states this year have focused on figuring out the impact of federal tax changes on states' bottom lines and residents, there also have been unrelated efforts to cut state taxes or shift from personal income taxes to more regressive sales taxes. Here's a look at what has been going on:
1. Cutting Taxes and Support for Vital Public Goods and Services
Arkansas' Gov. Asa Hutchinson has proposed cutting the top marginal income tax rate for taxpayers with taxable incomes over $75,000 from 6.9 percent to 6 percent, which is estimated to cost the state $180 million. This proposal follows a $50 million cut to the personal income tax in 2017, a $100 million cut in 2015, and a $160 million cut in 2013.
Despite growing concerns about inadequate funding for public education in Arizona (teachers continue to rally for a pay increase and may strike), tax proposals are focused on providing tax cuts rather than funding vital services. House lawmakers are moving bills that would provide a tax break for long-term capital gains – increasing the state's cap gains deduction (in steps) to 50 percent. Among the slew of other proposed tax cuts this proposal will be up against includes Gov. Doug Ducey's tax break for military retirees, which would exempt the first $10,000 of military pensions beginning in 2020.
In Iowa, there are two competing yet similar tax cut plans put out by Gov. Kim Reynolds and the Senate. The governor's plan would make a host of changes to the state's personal income tax, including eliminating the federal income tax deduction, cutting rates, increasing the standard deduction, eliminating the alternative minimum tax, and coupling to recent federal reforms (including partially opting in to the federal deduction for pass-through income) at an estimated cost of $200 to$250 million. The cost of the net income tax cut is partially offset ($94 million) through extending the sales tax to include digital goods, ride sharing, subscription services, online sellers, online marketplaces, and online travel company websites. The Senate's $1 billion tax cut plan includes the same sales tax base expansion as the governor's, but would fully couple to federal taxable income, thus adopting the full pass-through deduction and recent changes to the federal standard deduction/itemized deductions/personal exemptions, expand 529 plans for private K-12 expenses, reduce the top rate from 8.98 percent to 6.6 percent, reduce the number of income tax brackets to five, and also cut the corporate income tax rates among other changes.
In Nebraska, a variation of a tax cut proposed by Gov. Pete Ricketts advanced from committee to be considered by the full legislature. The proposal cuts the corporate income tax rate and phases in a massive refundable tax credit for property taxes that would eventually grow to 20 percent of residential property taxes (with a $500 cap) and to 20 percent of agricultural property taxes (with no limit). Aside from raiding the state's Rainy Day Fund for $35 million to pay for the first year of the cuts (which is less than one-tenth of the eventual annual cost), the bill identifies no funding for the cuts.
There was a push this session in the New Hampshire legislature to eliminate the state's interest and dividends bill. The bill would do away with the tax by reducing it by a percentage point each year starting in 2020 until it is fully eliminated in 2024. However, lawmakers chose to table action on the bill, citing concern for negative effects the tax cut would have on the state's bottom line.
In West Virginia, lawmakers were not interested in reengaging in the fight from last session to cut and ultimately eliminate the personal income tax. Instead, lawmakers focused on eliminating the state's inventory tax without offering a plan for how to make up for the lost $140 million in revenue. However, a nine-day teacher strike and civic engagement around the need for education funding put this issue on the backburner. Before ending their session, lawmakers passed a budget, a pay increase for educators, and a freeze on PEIA changes. But rather than funding the pay increase for teachers with new revenue, lawmakers covered the costs by relying on budget cuts.
Wisconsin lawmakers enacted a one-time, $100 child tax rebate in addition to approving a back-to-school sales tax holiday, giving Gov. Walker a $133 million tax cut package on which to campaign for re-election. Another tax cut that was championed this session by the governor but failed to make it through the legislature was a business tax incentive of $100 to$115 million for the Kimberly-Clark paper company.
2. Shifty Business: Movement Toward More Regressive Tax Bases
In Kentucky, Gov. Matt Bevin and lawmakers have long been discussing both tax and pension reform. Republican lawmakers held discussions on the budget and tax behind closed doors. In a plan that was not made available to Democrats or the public until Republican lawmakers introduced it, the legislature voted along party lines to approve a dramatic shift in the tax system from income to regressive consumption taxes. The plan flattened the income tax to 5 percent, restructured itemized deductions, lowered the threshold for the pension income exclusion, eliminated the $10 personal credit, and adopted a single sales factor apportionment for corporate income. To offset these income tax cuts, the plan also broadened the sales tax base to 17 services and raised the tobacco tax. While the bill is currently on Gov. Bevin's desk, the fast-paced reform efforts may not be entirely settled yet, as there is an effort to backtrack new limits on the pension exclusion.
In Missouri, a proposal to significantly cut the personal income taxes while offsetting some of the costs through corporate income tax changes, expansion of the sales tax to online sales, and a gas tax increase phased in over three years has advanced in the Senate. SB 617 would eliminate the top PIT bracket and cut the new top bracket while also cutting all remaining PIT rates 0.1 percentage points at a time based on a revenue trigger (the top rate would be further reduced if the Marketplace Fairness Act passes). The bill would also create a 20 percent nonrefundable EITC, phase down the federal income tax deduction, and couple to the federal SD increase. The bill faces an uncertain future in the House.
The 2018 legislative session in Mississippi ended without movement of a tax shift proposal that would have eliminated the state's 4 percent personal income tax bracket and raised fuel taxes by 12 cents per gallon for gasoline and 15 cents per gallon for diesel. The proposal would have left a huge hole in the states' general revenue fund.


Just a short once today.
I have - with a heavy heart - decided to leave R1DER. Solo roaming w-space has been an amazing experience during the last days, but to really get into w-space life I need to find and join a nice group of people actually living inside one.
Currently I am checking out potential corps. First application has been sent, we will see how we proceed from here.
I will miss you, Black Rebels. But at the same time I am really looking forward towards my new wormhole life.
Wish you the best in your new adventures.


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Even if you've been planning to live in a home for a long while, you may want to make it worth more money. It's not only about the resale value. It gives you options for refinancing and more collateral when you want a loan. From an early age, we are always taught that houses are one of our greatest investments of a lifetime. Homes should be treated like the investments they are.
This is a great trick to raising your home's value very fast. More rooms means more money. Even if your house is almost exactly the same as another house on your street, it'll be worth more if it has an additional room or bathroom. This is due to the fact that larger homes can house more people, so they will cost more to purchase.
There are two ways of doing this: one is to add the rooms as extensions to the property. However, there are other options if you don't have enough space on your property for this. Another option would be to turn a larger room into two small rooms.
The kitchen and bathrooms can really make or break the deal when selling a home. Everyone these days likes to see a spacious, open kitchen featuring stainless steel appliances, new cabinets and granite countertops. Of course, a kitchen makeover is an expensive project, but it makes a home much more valuable and appealing to buyers.
Bathroom renovations are also tricky to undertake, but provide a great return on investment. You will always find that a lot of storage space, dual sink set ups, jetted tubs and more are all going to bring attention to the right buyers. If you have a well designed and fitted bathroom it also provides a comfortable, relaxing haven where you can chill and be happy. That makes sense, considering a lot of time each day is spent in the bathroom!
It may not be a glamorous thing to do and you won't have any fabulous new features to show your friends but it is still well worth while. However, renovating your plumbing and heating adds value to your house and also averts future mishaps such as leaks This is something that's particularly true if your home uses copper pipes or gas heating. Some locations have actually make copper piping illegal in homes, so the owners can get assistance with a plumbing project.
There are other, less elaborate projects to take on, such as roof repairs, replacing windows, cleaning and replacing gutters, and taking extra care of the lawn. In fact, any upgrades that you can make to your home will typically increase its value. However, if you want to get the largest return on investment, the three projects listed above are the best choices. Whether you add rooms or renovate existing ones, your home's value is set for a long time.
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Learn how to MOD your LGA 775 motherboard to support faster LGA 771 Xeon CPUs. The Intel El Paso board made for Gateway by Intel has an 845 chipset so it is limited to Socket 478 CPUs with a 400MHz front- side bus.
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Q: Bash script exiting after 1st non-zero result even though -e is not set in ENV Every system I have used in the past continues my simple bash scripts if one line returns a non-zero result. Some new Ubuntu LTS 14.x systems now exit on the first failure. I used
echo $-

and e does not appear in the list. What else should I be looking for?
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$ declare -f command_not_found_handle
command_not_found_handle ()
{
    if [ -x /usr/lib/command-not-found ]; then
        /usr/lib/command-not-found -- "$1";
        return $?;
    else
        if [ -x /usr/share/command-not-found/command-not-found ]; then
            /usr/share/command-not-found/command-not-found -- "$1";
            return $?;
        else
            printf "%s: command not found\n" "$1" 1>&2;
            return 127;
        fi;
    fi
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A: Use a bash trap in your script, see the example below of a bash script:
#!/usr/bin/bash

main() {
    trap 'error_handler ${LINENO} $?' ERR
    ###### put your commands in the following
    echo "START"

    non_existent_command

    echo "END"
}

error_handler() {
    process="$0"
    lastline="$1"
    lasterr="$2"
    printf 'ERROR: %s: line %s: last command exit status: %s \n' "$process" "$lastline" "$lasterr"
    trap - ERR
    exit 0
}

main

if you try to launch a non existent command (non_existent_command in the example) or a command with exit status different from 0 the trap will activate the error_handler function which contains the exit command exit 0.
In the sample above the output will be:
>START
>./new.sh: line 8: non_existent_command: command not found
>ERROR: ./new.sh: line 8: last command exit status: 127

Note that "START" is printed but "END" not.

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All four of Sleepy Eye Legion Post 7's games at the 2017 Upper Midwest Classic were decided by one run apiece.
Even though Post 7 could not break through to the winner's bracket, it still ended its weekend on a high not. Despite losing 2-1 to Eastview to end Pool C round-robin play on Saturday in Essig, Sleepy Eye later used a big late-game push to beat Harrisburg (S.D.) 4-3 in a third-place game in Searles.
Matt Mielke lifted Post 7 to the eventual win with a two-run home run that broke a 2-2 tie in the top of the seventh inning. The first-pitch offering was a big breath of fresh air for a team that has been living in one-run games these past few days.
Harrisburg rallied in the bottom of the seventh, however, with a two-out RBI single by Anthony Lanier that scored Caleb Diest and advanced Zach Lanier to second, cutting the lead to 4-3.
However, Kyle Windschitl caught Leif Thorson looking on a 1-2 offering to end the game. Windschitl notched six strikeouts in getting the complete-game win.
"He kept them off balance and that's really a key for us," John Mielke said of Windschitl. "We don't have dominating-type pitching, so when we get ahead in the count, that's big. Getting that first out of the inning is a big deal for us.
Sleepy Eye got onto the board thanks to a two-RBI single by Carter Brinkman that ended Jared Inskeep's day. Diest came in and pitched the rest of the game, giving up Matt Mielke's big home run to give Inskeep the no-decision.
In the first game, Sleepy Eye and Eastview combined for five errors, three of which accounted for runs scored.
An error on the second baseman that allowed Max Heiderscheidt to reach was followed by a string of singles to begin the top of the third inning. Brinkman drove in Heiderscheidt with the third-and-final hit of that string, but Eastview was able to turn a double play to end the inning after throwing out Nic Helget at home plate on a 6-2 fielder's choice.
Helget allowed one unearned run in the bottom of the fourth before Andrew Rose allowed another unearned run in the bottom of the fifth to officially tag him with the loss. Windschitl pitched the final two innings, having given up one hit with one strikeout.
Jared Beltz was 2 for 2, while Brinkman was 1 for 1 with the team's lone RBI.
Helget and Eastview's Kathan Decker were tagged with no-decisions in the contest. Helget and Rose combined for seven walks.
N Helget, Rose (4), Windschitl (5) and M Mielke; Decker, Brill (5) and Selchow.
Leading hitters – Sleepy Eye: Brinkman 1-1 1 RBI 1 BB, Beltz 2-2 1 BB; Eastview: Buck 1-3 1 RBI 1 K, Miller 1-4 2B, Young 1-3 1 R, Tollefson 1-3 1 R.
Windschitl and M Mielke, Sanchez (5), M Mielke (7); Inskeep, Diest (5) and Reuwsaat.
Leading hitters – Sleepy Eye: Haala 2-4 2 R, Brinkman 1-3 2 RBI, M Mielke 3-4 2 RBI 1 R 1 K HR, Heiderscheidt 1-2 2B; Harrisburg: Diest 2-2 2 R, Z Lanier 3-4 1 RBI 2B, A Lanier 1-3 2 RBI.


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La politique bancaire a pour objet la protection de l'épargnant, de l'emprunteur, ainsi que la prévention des crises bancaires et financières.

La justification de la politique bancaire
La politique bancaire se justifie par le rôle spécifique des banques dans l'économie. Elles sont globalement créancières de leurs clients, elles créent de la monnaie et peuvent représenter un risque systémique. La création monétaire est l'objet de la politique monétaire et non de la politique bancaire qui s'attache donc à la protection de l'épargnant et à la prévention des crises bancaires et financières.

La protection de l'épargnant
Les banques, ou selon les termes de la loi les établissements de crédit, sont des entreprises qui ont la particularité d'être créancière de leurs clients. Les épargnants sont obligés d'être leur client pour disposer de moyens de paiement mais sont dans l'incapacité d'exercer un contrôle efficace sur la gestion des fonds confiés. La confiance étant primordiale pour l'exercice de l'activité bancaire, elle nécessite de la part des pouvoirs publics qu'ils veillent sur les dépôts bancaires.

La protection de l'emprunteur
Indissociable du volet précédent, la protection du consommateur de produits financiers et bancaires est désormais approchée dans sa globalité.

Compte tenu de l'expansion des nouveaux canaux de vente bancaire (banque à distance, intermédiaire en opérations de banque et en services de paiement) en complément des réseaux d'agences, l'encadrement de la commercialisation des produits bancaires tels que les crédits est devenue une évidence. Une réglementation spécifique est en place, fruit de la jurisprudence et de la Loi.

La prévention des crises bancaires
La défaillance d'une banque peut entraîner par un effet domino, la défaillance d'autres banques et ainsi mettre en difficultés toute une économie.

Toutes ces raisons font que les autorités d'un état portent une attention particulière aux banques.

Les outils de la politique bancaire
La politique bancaire est mise en œuvre à travers de nombreux outils.

Le filet de sécurité public
Le filet de sécurité public a pour objectif d'empêcher les paniques bancaires ou ruées bancaires comme cela s'est produit fin 2007 pour la banque britannique Northern Rock.

Le principal ingrédient du filet de sécurité public est la confiance qu'il apporte au système et les garanties qu'il donne aux épargnants. C'est par exemple la déclaration du président Sarkozy en 2008 : « Quoi qu'il arrive, l'État garantira la sécurité et la continuité du système bancaire et financier français ».

En France, ce filet de sécurité public se matérialise par le fonds de garantie des dépôts qui a pour rôle d'indemniser rapidement les épargnants qui verraient leur banque dans l'impossibilité de faire face à ses engagements.

Enfin, le rôle de prêteur en dernier ressort qui pourrait être assuré par la Banque centrale européenne complète le dispositif.

La règlementation prudentielle
La règlementation prudentielle, inspirée et dite « Bâle II », est posée par la directive européenne CRD IV et son Règlement CRR, du .

Elle a pour objectif la stabilité financière. Elle s'appuie sur trois piliers :
 les exigences minimales en fonds propres ;
 la surveillance par les autorités prudentielles ;
 la transparence et discipline de marché.

L'encadrement de la distribution bancaire
Le bon équilibre entre le dynamisme de l'offre et la protection des consommateurs passe également par une réglementation spécialement dédiée à la vente des produits bancaires, surtout du crédit.

Ce cadre juridique s'est mis en place, tant sous l'effet du Code monétaire et financier, que du Code de la consommation, précisés par les solutions de la jurisprudence.

Il est promis à de futurs développements.

La supervision et le contrôle par les autorités en France

L'agrément
Le CECEI, conformément au Code monétaire et financier, a la responsabilité d'agréer les établissements de crédit et les entreprises d'investissement. Le secrétariat du CECEI est assuré par une direction de la Banque de France.

L'AMF assure l'agrément des sociétés de gestion de portefeuille.

Les contrôles sur pièces et sur place
Ces fonctions sont assurées par la Commission bancaire. Le contrôle sur pièces (ou contrôle permanent) est assuré par des teneurs de dossiers, qui sont en relation constante avec la banque, au sein du secrétariat général de la Commission bancaire. Les contrôles sur places sont réalisés à la demande de la Commission bancaire par des équipes de l'Inspection générale de la Banque de France.

Le contrôle interne
Il est assuré par l'établissement lui-même. C'est notamment en raison de la faiblesse de celui-ci que la Société générale a été condamné à une sanction pécuniaire de 4 millions d'euros dans l'affaire Kerviel.

La communication financière
Les banques ont l'obligation de communiquer des informations sur leur situation financière à plusieurs destinataires :
 le régulateur, à qui la loi a imposé la communication d'états réglementaires concernant les comptes, le contrôle interne, les risques, etc.
 les actionnaires de la banque si celle-ci est cotée
 les clients comme par exemple le récapitulatif annuel des frais bancaires imposé par la loi (article L. 312-1-1 du code monétaire et financier)

Le respect de la concurrence

Les organismes et les institutions chargés de la politique bancaire en France
 DGTPE
 BCE
 Banque de France
 Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution
 Droit de la distribution bancaire
 CECEI
 AMF
 Fonds de garantie des dépôts

L'avenir de la politique bancaire en France
Le Rapport , de Bruno Deletré, ancien directeur chez Dexia, agissant pour le ministère de l'Économie, de l'Industrie et de l'Emploi de janvier 2009 proposait la fusion de la Commission bancaire et de l'ACAM en une Autorité de contrôle prudentiel (ACP) qui conformément au modèle twin peaks.

L'ACP assure la supervision des acteurs bancaires, financiers et d'assurance alors que l'AMF a la charge de la supervision des marchés. La commercialisation et la supervision des distributeurs relève de fonctions partagées entre les deux Autorités.

La nouvelle autorité de contrôle ACPR s'est mise en place le .

Les enjeux de la politique bancaire française sont essentiellement européens : la Banque centrale européenne a pris, en 2014, des responsabilités nouvelles en matière de supervision des principales entreprises bancaires européennes, y compris françaises. L'année 2014 est celle de la revue des actifs, afin de déterminer leur qualité exacte.

Les Autorités nationales, dont l'ACPR, conserve un rôle fondamental en matière de commercialisation bancaire et de protection des consommateurs, thèmes pour lesquels des solutions nouvelles restent à imaginer.

Notes et références

Réglementation bancaire

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Capacity Remains One of Afghanistan's Biggest Obstacles
RECCA VI might result in a list of big projects, but that doesn't mean they'll be completed.
By Catherine Putz for The Diplomat
Credit: Flickr/SIGAR
The 6th Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECCA VI) began Thursday in Kabul. The two-day conference is part of a series launched in 2005 in Kabul, with subsequent conferences in New Delhi (2006), Islamabad (2009), Istanbul (2010), and Dushanbe (2012). This is the first that President Ashraf Ghani will preside over.
The conference–which has been subtitled "The Silk Road Through Afghanistan"–predictably will cover issues of trade and transport, energy, resource extraction, investment, training, and disaster preparedness. The AP reported that "delegates were to discuss policy priorities, inter-regional trade, harmonization of customs and border routines, and market expansion" Ghani, who has been in office for just under a year, promised during the December 2014 London Conference on Afghanistan to make the country self-reliant–boosting the economy and tackling corruption.
According to TOLOnews, ministers from 30 countries and representatives from more than 40 international organizations are attending the conference. Ghani is scheduled to give remarks Friday morning ahead of the high-level ministerial meeting; the schedule allots him 45 minutes. But will it all just be talk? Looking at the declarations from the last conference–held in 2012 in Dushanbe–and taking into consideration the changes (or lack there of) in security, skepticism is warranted, especially when it comes to energy projects.
In the 2012 declaration the gathered ministers both endorsed and pledged their commitment to take "serious and measurable steps" toward the completion of a set of "priority projects." The energy section features a litany projects and though progress has been made on some, others are stalled or significantly delayed. For example, the declaration's energy section leads with a pledge to begin construction on the TAPI pipeline by 2014. Turkmenistan recently said it will begin construction on the pipeline in December 2015.
Another pledge is the "completion of the CASA-1000 project." In December, the participating countries hailed as an "historic accord" a formalized agreement on the ambitious project to supply South Asia with electricity from Central Asia. Casey Michel at the time wrote for The Diplomat that "given the current energy situation on the ground – and for the foreseeable future – CASA-1000 currently stands as another interregional project stocked with rhetoric but short on reality."
Recently, the Afghan president called for a "holy war" on corruption, calling it a "cancerous lesion." Ghani, a former World Bank employee (from 1991 to 2001), borrowed terminology from former World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn, who called corruption a "cancer" in a famous 1996 speech that continues to be cited within the World Bank as a mandate to push anti-corruption initiatives in development projects.
Beyond security (though not independent of it), one thing that has held Afghanistan back is the inability of ministries to actually spend funds appropriated for development projects. According to TOLOnews Afghan senators reviewed financial reports from 2014–and found that a number of ministries hadn't managed to utilize their budgets. The senators said that out of 717 development projects in the national budget, "spending for 347 programs were zero":
The Ministries of Public Health, Education, Agriculture, Public Works, Water and Energy and Higher Education and also the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) are among the government organizations that failed to use their development budgets.
"The problem is with the lack of capacity within the government organizations and the absence of transparency in the budgets," said Mohammad Alam Izadyar, deputy chairman of Senate.
Overall, the government has been able to spend only 45 percent of development budgets for year 2014.
At RECCA VI, regional leaders may highlight big projects and grand initiatives, but one of the roadblocks to economic development remains capacity. Make no mistake, Afghanistan needs some of these grand infrastructure projects–especially when it comes to energy–but less high-profile projects like training and transparency initiatives are equally necessary.
Staff Author
Catherine Putz
Catherine Putz is managing editor of The Diplomat. She tweets @LadyPutz.
Afghanistan development
Afghanistan economy
RECCA VI
For Peace in Afghanistan, the Economy Is Key
By Gul Maqsood Sabit
Before and after any peace agreement, a healthy Afghan economy is essential.
Afghanistan: Prospects and Challenges to Regional Connectivity
By Mariam Safi and Bismellah Alizada
Afghanistan has a long and difficult road to transition from an aid dependent economy to a trade and transit economy.
Will the World Keep Funding Afghanistan?
By Catherine Putz
Donors are expected to commit to $4 billion annually, but how will they ensure the aid is effective?
Afghanistan Sets Election Date (or Maybe Not)
The long-overdue parliamentary elections are set for October, according to the Independent Electoral Commission.


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Warren Goetsch has been promoted to Chief of Staff for the Illinois Department of Agriculture after long service as Bureau Chief of Environmental Programs. Goetsch has also been a director of Menard Electric Cooperative in Petersburg since 1987, and a director of the Association of Illinois Electric Cooperatives since 2000 and is currently serving as Secretary of the AIEC.
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» Court Upholds $41 Million Verdict In Tick Bite Case
Court Upholds $41 Million Verdict In Tick Bite Case
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A federal appeals court has upheld a $41.7 million jury verdict for a Connecticut private school student who was severely and permanently disabled after developing encephalitis from a tick bite while on a class trip to China.
The case, which has been litigated for nine years, established that schools in Connecticut are obligated to protect children in their care, a conclusion that insurers, schools and other groups have warned could reduce educational travel opportunities for students.
The suit was brought in federal court in Bridgeport in 2009 by the parents of Cara Munn of New York, who at age 15 and at the conclusion of her freshman year at the private Hotchkiss School in Salisbury, was bitten by a tick and developed encephalitis while hiking in a remote, mountainous area of China during a school study program.
"She is gratified that the justice system worked," her lawyer, Antonio Ponvert said Friday. "She is also happy and proud that her case might encourage custodians of minor children to be more careful."
As a result of the insect bite, Munn suffered permanent brain damage and became seriously disabled. She has lost control over some movement, has lost problem-solving ability and is unable to speak. Her condition is expected to worsen with age.
She and her family sued the school for negligence and her jury returned the staggering verdict in 2013, ordering the school to pay her and her family $10.25 million in economic damages and $31.5 million for pain and suffering.
Lawyers for Hotchkiss argued that the school had no duty to warn Munn and her parents against contracting tick-borne encephalitis on 2007 trip because such an event could not have been foreseen.
The U.S. Court of appeals for the Second Circuit, which took the appeal, sent the case to the state Supreme Court for the resolution of two, central questions: Are Connecticut schools obligated by state policy and law to warn of the danger of contracting an insect-borne illness on field trips? And was a $41.7 million verdict excessive?
The state's high court said last summer there is an "affirmative duty" to warn and upheld the verdict.
The case returned to the second circuit, where a panel of three judges published an unsigned summary order Tuesday dismissing the school's remaining appellate claims and affirming the verdict.
The Hotchkiss lawyers were not immediately available Friday. If the school chooses to press its appeal further, it could ask the entire second circuit bench to hear the case or petition the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Climate change: category
Planning and sustainability
Our most significant policy document in relation to the environment and climate is the adopted Runnymede 2020 Local Plan. The Local Plan includes number of policies which contribute to the mitigation of, and adaptation to, climate change.
As part of its spatial vision the Plan states that by 2030
Runnymede will be resilient to and mitigate climate change impacts especially by reducing and minimising the risks from flooding, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving water quality and efficiency
Objective 6 in the Plan reiterates this vision and includes commitment to the use of renewable and low carbon energy. Additional objectives also contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation, for example, by seeking to improve accessibility to range of active travel choices (thus reducing the need to travel by car) and to enhance the Borough' landscapes, green spaces and biodiversity.
Three policies which play fundamental role in supporting climate change action include
Policy SD7: Sustainable Design
This embeds sustainable design principles to ensure development proposals mitigate and adapt to climate change impacts. This includes
incorporation of secure storage for cycles and storage of waste including recyclable waste
opportunities to achieve net gains in biodiversity as well as greening of the urban environment
maximising opportunities for passive solar gain and passive cooling through the orientation and layout of development
incorporating electrical vehicle charging points into parking areas
achieving enhanced water efficiency standards in new residential development, for example, the higher optional technical standard in Building Regulations
where feasible, providing rain water harvesting techniques
incorporating sustainable construction and demolition techniques which encourages the re-use of construction and demolition waste
Policy SD8: Renewable and Low Carbon Energy
This sets out the Council's in-principle support for proposals for stand-alone and community led renewable, low carbon and decentralised sources of energy.
The policy requires major development proposals to submit an energy statement demonstrating how the scheme will apply and implement the energy hierarchy, for example
be lean: use less energy
be clean: supply energy efficiently
be green: use renewable energy
The 'be lean' stage seeks to ensure developers pursue 'fabric first' approach in order to reduce energy demand as far as possible before the heating strategy and installation of low carbon and renewable technologies is considered.
For the 'be green' stage of the hierarchy, larger development proposals should incorporate measures to supply minimum of 10% of the development' energy needs from on-site renewable and/or low carbon technologies. At larger scales of development, development proposals are required to explore opportunities for connection to renewable, low carbon or decentralised networks. The largest developments are required to make provision for new, on-site renewable, low carbon or decentralised networks for third party connection at reasonable market rates.
Policy EE13: Managing Flood Risk
This policy steers vulnerable development away from areas affecting by flooding, and where there is no alternative to development being located in an area at risk of flooding, the policy sets out specific requirements to minimise the risk. It also requires development in flood risk area to be supported by Flood Risk Assessment which sets out how the development will manage flood risk over its lifetime, considering the impacts of climate change.
The policy also confirms the Council's support for proposals for strategic flood relief measures, including the emerging flood relief measures and channel through Runnymede as part of the wider River Thames Scheme.
The policy also includes requirement for all new development to ensure that sustainable drainage systems are used for the management of surface water, and confirms the Council's support for proposals for strategic flood relief measures, including the emerging flood relief measures and channel through Runnymede as part of the wider River Thames Scheme.
series of Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs) provide further guidance to supplement the policies of the 2030 Local Plan, including: Design SPD, describing how to achieve sustainable design standards; Green and Blue Infrastructure SPD setting out measures which will help build resilience to climate change; and Parking Guidance SPD setting out appropriate levels of car, cycle parking and electric vehicle charging points for different types of development. It also encourages less car parking in town centre locations, where alternative modes of transport are more readily available.
The Development Plan for Runnymede also includes Surrey' Waste Local Plan, which provides the policy framework for the sustainable management of waste to 2033. The Plan encourages development which seeks to develop circular economy in Surrey, where residents and businesses produce less waste and treat more waste as resource by re-use, recycling and recovery. It also includes policies which promote sustainable construction waste management.
The Local Plan Review
The Council has started work on review of the 2030 Local Plan, including producing revised and new evidence base documents such as Climate Change Study. The Study will explore how our Local Plan objectives and policies can be improved and strengthened to better meet local and national net zero emissions targets, and to identify suitable areas of the Borough for new solar energy, wind developments and district heat networks through 'renewable energy capacity assessment'.
The Council has also produced 'Sustainable Places' evidence to inform policies of the revised Local Plan, drawing on the '20 minute neighbourhood' concept promoted in Surrey County Council' new Local Transport Plan 4 (LTP4). LTP4 seeks to significantly reduce carbon emissions from transport to meet commitments to net zero emissions. This work identifies development sites with the potential to generate the least car trips.
It is also anticipated that policies will be updated to reflect environmental priorities in new or emerging strategies and targets – for example, the Council' Climate Change Strategy and emerging Electric Vehicle Strategy.
Full details can be found on the Planning Policy web pages: Runnymede 2030 Local Plan review – Runnymede Borough Council.
The Runnymede 2030 Local Plan sets out key planning policies to determine location, scale and timing of new development, including the spatial development strategy, allocations for housing, employment, retail development and protection of the environment
Runnymede 2030 Local Plan
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All students must complete and defend a dissertation in order to be awarded their Ed.D.
After successfully completing the Qualifying Exams a student is now considered a Doctoral Candidate who must complete a dissertation. While writing the dissertation each student must remain enrolled in 3 dissertation hours through Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters.
The School of Graduate Studies offers training on E-Dissertations and other tools that can assist during the process of researching and writing a dissertation. Another helpful resources through School or Graduate Studies is the Dissertation Boot Camp. These sessions can help to brainstorm topics, provide writing strategies, assist with literature searches, or even provide a quiet environment to focus and write.
The Graduate Student Success Specialist is also available for assistance in setting goals, overcoming obstacles, locating resources and general support for graduate students at ETSU. Find information about this resource here.
Upon completing the dissertation and having it approved by your committee, you must submit the final product to the Graduate School in pdf format. The ELPA computer lab and Graduate Studies have several computers to assist in the converting of various files to pdf.
In writing the dissertation or proposal two references will be essential: the most recent edition of the American Psychological Association (APA) Manual, and The Graduate School Guide for Preparation of Electronic Theses and Dissertations.
Another valuable tool is the Institutional Review Board (IRB) web page. Upon successful defense of your dissertation proposal, you are required to obtain IRB approval before the collecting of any data, including existing data already on file with the institutions. The IRB web site contains all the instructions and forms necessary to seek this approval. You must prepare the requisite number of copies of the IRB materials and submit them to your dissertation chair for approval and signature.
The dissertation is often regarded as the most challenging educational activity many graduate students have ever faced. Remember that the dissertation is a team effort. It is essential to work closely with your dissertation chair from the very beginning of the process, to maintain good communication with the committee at all crucial decision points, and to develop a strong peer support system throughout the dissertation process.


To develop a corps of well-informed volunteers to provide education, outreach, and service dedicated to the beneficial management of natural resources and natural areas within their communities.
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Early on a cool spring morning, the naturalists-in-training arrived at Jesse H. Jones Park eagerly awaiting the day's activities. Located on the northeast side of Houston, the park was designated a nature preserve by Harris County, with over 300 acres of hiking, biking and canoe trails along Spring Creek. Once the park rangers arrived, the class was split into two groups. The first group began with a pontoon tour of Spring Creek while the second group evaluated the health of a nearby freshwater pond.
Aboard the pontoon boat, the morning sun peaked through large pines and river birch standing tall along the creek. Although recent heavy rains washed down debris and large dead trees, the water level remained normal, according to our guides. Birds of all species were active along the waterway, including several Great Blue Herons, an American Kestrel, and an immature Bald Eagle. The nesting Kingfishers flittered across the water ahead of the boat. The chilly morning air kept us packed together for warmth, while we embraced the heat of the rising sun.
Back at the pond, we learned about using Rapid Bio Assessments to determine the health of a freshwater ecosystem. Park guide Kris Lindberk taught a technique known as dip netting to safely scoop for aquatic species. We broke into pairs and waded along the shallow edges of a pond, fishing for aquatic life. The class collected an array of species from tadpoles, fish and shrimp to worms and aquatic insects. Later, in an outdoor classroom, we viewed our specimens under microscopes and discovered floating globe algae in the pond water. Our diverse collection of aquatic life indicated a healthy water environment with a variety of nutrients, plenty of dissolved oxygen and a balanced pH.
By midday, the sun was shining and the naturalists were enjoying the park, along with many other visitors who were biking, fishing, playing and stopping to smell the wildflowers.
Story by Jennifer Trandell, pictures by Jennifer Trandell and Linda Cook.
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Iggy Azalea Continues to Tweet Amid 'Baffling' Nick Young Baby Rumors
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Following Iggy Azalea's heartbreaking initial response to rumors that her former fiancee, Nick Young, got his ex pregnant and that the indiscretion was the reason for their breakup, the rapper followed up with an additional set of tweets late Thursday evening (June 30).
Though Azalea has denied having known anything about the allegations that Young and the mother of his 4-year-old son, Keonna Green, are expecting another child together, it seems like the artist isn't fully ruling the possibility out. The rapper tweeted, "I find it baffling anyone would make the choice to bring a child into the world under these circumstances..."
Early Thursday morning, the "Team" singer described the feeling of hearing the rumors to a "shot to the chest," though the star now says that she feels as though her body "was just drop kicked out of a plane with no parachute."
In June, the couple called off their engagement after Azalea says she found home security footage of Young bringing women into their living space while she was away. Previously, in March, the NBA player was caught on video confessing to cheating on her.
Thankfully, it's not all doom and gloom for the rapper: Early Friday, July 1, the rapper and X Factor Australia judge posted a photo of herself surrounded by gorgeous flower arrangements on Instagram, simultaneously thanking her fans and friends alike for supporting her during her time of need.
"Felt good to come in my dressing room and see all these flowers. Thanks genuinely to everyone that's reminded me [I am] loved today," she wrote.
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Well, it's been a while! In the past 12 months, we have, of course, continued to learn, play and explore. We learnt about many different things, but there just wasn't time to write all the things we did down. Our work shelves have evolved into art shelves, and have had a few different iterations over the year.
Munchkin has now started Kindergarten at a local public Montessori elementary school, so she no longer needs work out. Cheese is attending preschool two mornings a week, just like her sister did. Now Cheese and I get to have fun and work at home together! I liked the book unit studies that Munchkin and I did together, so Cheese and I will start there. We will start with a couple of books about colors, and then see where our interests take us!
Our first book is Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See? by Bill Martin Jr & Eric Carle. This was a great first pick. It's so easy to read – and so hard not to read in a great rhythm. Since we are still adjusting to Munchkin's elementary school schedule we fit our activities in all over the place – at home, at a doctor appointment, and at a volunteer meeting! Cheese really enjoyed the book – we read it over and over many times – and started reciting it along with me…it's very easy to pick up!
Here's what we got up to – Cheese is 2 years, 7 months old.
First is the book. As mentioned, we read this many times. Coincidentally, Munchkin has a 5th grade student assigned to her, who will read to her once a week, and at some point, she will start to read to him too – Brown Bear is the book he read to her this week. Munchkin is more than capable of reading Brown Bear to him, but that wasn't the plan for this first meeting!
Next, line tracing. I only included this because a week or so ago, Cheese started tracing and following the lines in a notebook I had out. I thought she might like to try this. Because of our week, it only came out once, and was glossed over. I will include an activity like this again next week. The printable can be found here.
The shape and color match activity was from a busy bag I was given for Munchkin. Cheese executed this several times while waiting for a doctor appointment, and then several times when we got home. She seemed to really enjoy this one. The colors are actually clearer in the photo – in reality the orange and red are very hard to tell apart, but Cheese did very well.
Cheese has really got into playing memory in the past couple of weeks. She's been playing a Frozen version with her sister. When I pulled out the Brown Bear head and tails cards – also here – she didn't care that they were puzzles, she just wanted to play memory – so we did. A lot! Cheese had no problem making the matches, even though the cards were not identical. When I made a match, I always put the two puzzle pieces together, and by the end of the week, she was too.
Cheese worked on the color wheel while we were at a meeting. I was surprised to note that she can squeeze and manipulate the pegs. She only matched a few pegs, and I would like us to work on this again.
As another color match activity, I made Brown Bear story stones, printable here. Cheese really liked looking at these, feeling them, and peeking through the class.
We also worked on sizing, and talked about which bear was biggest, and which was smallest. Cheese had no problem lining the three bears up in size order largest to smallest, or smallest to largest. She also wanted to name them as the Mummy, Daddy, and Baby bears.
This was Cheese's work for the week. We didn't get to work too much, so I might stick with this set of activities for another week, especially since next week is a short one.