On Wednesday 15th June, Greenpeace launched a campaign to save the Tapajos region of the Amazon rainforest from a proposed mega-dam that would flood an area of forest bigger than Greater London. From 27th June, Greenpeace will be targeting Siemens, who are in the running for building some of the mega-dam.
According to CEO Joe Kaeser, the company stands for fairness & integrity, ingenuity & quality & innovation. These values, as well as sustainability and responsibility, are supposed to shape their actions in the future.
In the run up tot he UN Framework Convention on Climate Change COP in Paris (2015), Siemans announced it's plans to be climate neutral by 2030.
Siemens has committed to a wide range of environmental & human rights policies. If the company had applied them then Siemens would never have got involved with the Belo Monte project, let alone the Tapajos.
In November 2006 a large-scale raid against Siemens offices and homes of senior management uncovered about 4300 illegal payments and more than 330 dubious projects on the company's books. A total of €1.3 Billion had been paid.
In Brazil, Siemens received a 5-year ban in 2014 on bidding for or signing federal contracts following accusations that Siemens had paid to obtain contracts from the Brazilian Post Office & Telegraph Corporation between 1999 and 2004.
The Tapajos River is the last major river in the Brazilian Amazon free from hydro-electric dams and is one of the most threatened regions. The threat of illegal logging, cattle ranching and soya farming are now joined by a new threat; a series of vast hydro-electric dams that will flood an area bigger than that of Greater London.
In addition to its incredible diversity of plants and animals, including endangered species, the Tapajos basin is also fundamental to the Munduruku people, who have lived in the area for thousands of years – using the forest and river for food and transportation. Their demand is simple; they want the right to determine their own future and what happens on their land.
Greenpeace, together with the Munduruku people, are calling for the Tapajos mega-dam project to be scrapped. Siemens is likely to be a major player in the building of the dam, so my first step – as a Greenpeace activist – is to put pressure on Siemens.
Sao Luiz do Tapajós is the first hydro-electric dam planned for what what the Brazilian Government calls the Tapajos Hydro-dam Complex. The complex provides five dams planned in the Tapajos river and it's tributary, the Jamanxim. The area flooded will be greater than London.
The Brazilian Governments own Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) – criticised for being an inadequate assessment – found an enormous variety of species in the vicinity of the dam site, including 1378 plant species, 553 bird species, 352 fish species, 109 amphibian species, 95 mammals and 75 reptiles. Many of them were endemic to the region and / or threatened with extinction. On the same surveys, species new to science were discovered – including a new monkey and five new bat species.
How many hydropower plants are planned for the Tapajos Basin?
43 Hydropower plants are being planned for the Tapajos Basin, including the Tapajos Hydro-dam Complex, including all the dams in different stages, such as large plants, small plants, plants being mapped, planned or already operating.
The number of dams planned for the Amazon Biome is 70.
As the example of the Belo Monte mega-dam has shown, once contracts are signed to build the dam, it becomes next to impossible to stop it whether it is actually legal or not. Therefore, if key companies refuse to engage in such destructive projects, it puts important question marks behind the feasibility of the project and will ultimately make the dam more difficult to build.
Siemens-Voith is one of the world's largest suppliers of large hydro turbines and generators – critical parts in any hydro electric dam. Greenpeace hae already publicly called on the other two leading suppliers (at their AGMs) to withdraw any plans they might have to be involved in the Tapajos dam. If these companies pull out it will be very hard to build the damn.
Why Is The Tapajos River So Important?
The Tapajos is considered an Amazon conservation hotspot. Some scientists believe the Tapajos to host the greatest Biodiversity int he Americas. Especially in regards to feline species. It is also home to 12000 Munduruku Indigenous people, who have lived in the Tapajos region for millennia. The building of the dam will affect their ability to fish and to hunt – in particular migratory fish and animals. Their sites would disappear. Such huge construction would attract thousands of temporary, migrant workers which would have significant social impact.
Are they really destroying so much forest?
Despite the area to be flooded, and therefore destroyed, being 376km2, there will be an estimated indirect deforestation (from new roads / people) of 2235km2 which represents almost half the annual deforestation rate.
Why tie this in with the human rights tag on your blog, Andy?
This may be a Greenpeace campaign. but, the issue of human rights has always been prevalent in in Greenpeace's Rainforest campaigns; indigenous populations such as the Munduruku are the best forest guardians we have. I recognise their fundamental role in the preservation of the forest.
I thought all you lefty type sandal wearers like hydro electricity?
Hydroelectricity power can be considered as renewable energy, but is far from being a clean and harmless source when built in a fragile eco-system such as the amazon.
Hydro dams can emit vast amounts of greenhouse gases – both carbon dioxide and the much more powerful methane – as a result of the decay of flooded vegetation and soil. A study suggests that the Tapajos dam's contribution to global warming could be as much as the equivalent of half a gas fired power station – and far more compared to wind or solar energy over a 20 year period. Which is the timescale within which decisive action is needed to prevent dangerous climate change.
If the river flows are affected due to climate change, so is the generation of hydroelectricity in hydroelectric plants. Even the storage of water in big reservoirs would be affected if water flows are different. A study commissioned by the Brazilian Government has indicated that by 2040 the river flow for the Tapajos could be reduced by 20% to 30%.
If it isn't environmentally friendly – why build so many dams?
An investigation into corruption at state-run oil company Petrobras and major construction companies has shown that big construction in Brazil is riddled with corruption, including the major dams in the Amazon.
What about much needed jobs?
If we take the example of the Belo Monte dam the social cost are much higher than the capital benefits. Altamira (town) became engulfed in chaos with 50% more residents and huge social problems. There was an increase in deforestation with illegal opening of roads and invasion of indigenous lands bu miners, hunters and loggers.
Don't the indigenous tribes get consulted about their land?
Brazil has signed Convention 169 of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), which guarantees to indigenous and traditional communities the right to free, prior and informed consent (FPIC). However, the Brazilian Government to date has steadfastly refused to follow this convention and other legislation that guarantees indigenous and traditional communities their rights.


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Q: Can I highlight an entire week in the standard Jquery UI date picker? Can I highlight an entire week in the standard Jquery UI date picker?

A: I wrote a solution to this, which highlights the week.  It will still pick the date selected, but that is fine for my purposes.  #week is the input box that has the datepicker attached.
$('#week').datepicker({

  beforeShowDay: $.datepicker.noWeekends,
  duration : 0,
  onChangeMonthYear: function() {   setTimeout("applyWeeklyHighlight()", 100); },
  beforeShow: function() { setTimeout("applyWeeklyHighlight()", 100); }

}).keyup(function() { setTimeout("applyWeeklyHighlight()", 100); });

function applyWeeklyHighlight()
{

    $('.ui-datepicker-calendar tr').each(function() {

        if($(this).parent().get(0).tagName == 'TBODY')
        {
            $(this).mouseover(function() {
                    $(this).find('a').css({'background':'#ffffcc','border':'1px solid #dddddd'});
                    $(this).find('a').removeClass('ui-state-default');
                    $(this).css('background', '#ffffcc');
            });
            $(this).mouseout(function() {
                    $(this).css('background', '#ffffff');
                    $(this).find('a').css('background','');
                    $(this).find('a').addClass('ui-state-default');
            });
        }

    });
}

A: AntFalco's answer is great, however it doesn't work well if you need to do what I did. I needed a way to select a week and have the first day of the week populate into an input box, a click on which generated the datepicker. Here is the code I used to accomplish this:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.2/themes/base/jquery-ui.css">

    <input type="text" id="from_date" name="from_date" class="datepicker" />
    <input type="text" id="to_date" name="to_date" class="datepicker" />

This also has the side effect of working for multiple input values as well. This chunk of code is by far the most useful if you need some sort of "week" selector. There is very little code so making small modifications to test is quite easy. Also, it works fine with minDate/maxDate functions.

A: I know this post is quite old but I just found this code on another site and thought it might help.
Source code - from this post :
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.14/themes/base/jquery-ui.css">

    Week :  -

A: Here's an article that has an example of how to select an entire week with the datepicker.
$(function()
{
    $('.date-pick').datePicker({selectWeek:true,closeOnSelect:false});
});

A: You may be able to follow the suggestions in this discussion to achieve your week selection feature: http://code.google.com/p/jquery-datepicker/issues/detail?id=13
Unfortunately, though, it looks like the jQuery datepicker can't handle picking an entire week. It'll need to be custom coded.

A: This is incredibly late, but I was searching for the same solution and could only find reference to these types of answers (i.e. for a different date picker).  In my case, I'm using it inline, so that's how this code works.  If you want it to pop-up with a week highlighted, you would have to modify.  Here is something that works:
var selectedWeek;//remember which week the user selected here
$("#inlineDIVdatepicker").datepicker({
    firstDay:1,
    showOtherMonths:true,
    onSelect: function(dateText){
       selectedWeek = $.datepicker.iso8601Week(new Date(dateText));
    } ,

    //set the class 'week-highlight' for the whole week
    beforeShowDay: function(d){
        if (!selectedWeek) { return [true,''];}
        if (selectedWeek == $.datepicker.iso8601Week(d)){
              return [true,'week-highlight'];
        }
        return [true,''];
    }
});

Then define some CSS (I haven't really done this part myself, so this is ugly):
#inlineDIVdatepicker .week-highlight a {
  background:none;
  background-color:yellow;
}

A: The script highlights a week starting from the selected date.
Checkout a working example here: http://jsfiddle.net/frictionless/W5GMg/
Logic:
beforeShowDay : is run for each date in the calendar displayed. It is called at the time of display of the calendar and when a particular date is selected.
onSelect :
function captures the selected week starting from the selectedDay and beforeShowDay renders the selected week
Here is a snippet which works with Jquery 1.5.1 and JQuery UI 1.8.1
$(function () {
    var _dates=new Array();
    $('#datepicker').datepicker({
        beforeShowDay:function(_date){
            if($.inArray(_date.getTime(),_dates)>=0)
                return [true,"highlighted-week","Week Range"];
            return[true,"",""];
        },
        onSelect:function(_selectedDate){
            var _date=new Date(_selectedDate);
            _dates=new Array();
            for(i=0;i<7;i++){
                var tempDate=new Date(_date.getTime());
                tempDate.setDate(tempDate.getDate()+i);
                _dates.push(tempDate.getTime());
            }

        }
    });

});

A: EDIT: Frictionless's answer is great, except that the question was of how to select the entire week (not the 6 days following whatever is clicked on). It was recommended that I copy my patch here.
This is a simplified version of what I am using on my site. Note that the week picker is pegged to a  tag in order to show the first and last days of the week. This necessitates a trigger button which references /images/schedule.png.
Change as required:

A: I was looking to do the same thing but also wanted the input field to display the selected week range -- here's what I ended up doing (basically use the altField to store the selected date, but display a formatted week range in the input field that is replaced by the actual date using the datepicker beforeShow callback.  Coffeescript is below; gist can be found here: https://gist.github.com/2048010
    weekchooser = ->
    $('#datepicker').datepicker({
        dateFormat: "M d, yy",
        altFormat:  "M d, yy",
        altField:       "#actualdate",
        selectWeek: true,
        firstDay:       1,
        showOtherMonths: true,
        selectOtherMonths: true,
        beforeShow: ->
            $('#datepicker').val($('#actualdate').val())
        onClose: (date) ->
            reformatWeek(date)
            this.blur()
    }).click ->
        currentDay = $('.ui-datepicker-current-day')
        currentDay.siblings().find('a').addClass('ui-state-active')

    calendarTR = $('.ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-calendar tr');
    calendarTR.live 'mousemove', (event) ->
        $(this).find('td a').addClass('ui-state-hover');

    calendarTR.live 'mouseleave', (event) ->
        $(this).find('td a').removeClass('ui-state-hover');

    reformatWeek = (dateText) ->
        $('#datepicker').datepicker('refresh')
        current = parseInt($('.ui-datepicker-current-day').find('a').html())
        weekstart = parseInt($('.ui-datepicker-current-day').siblings().find('a').first().html())
        weekend     = parseInt($('.ui-datepicker-current-day').siblings().find('a').last().html())
        pattern = ///
            ^([a-zA-Z]+)\s+([0-9]{1,2})(,.*)
        ///
        [month, day, year] = dateText.match(pattern)[1..3]
        date = if weekstart > current
            first_month = relativeMonth(month, -1)
            "#{first_month} #{weekstart} - #{month} #{weekend}#{year}"
        else if weekend < current
            last_month = relativeMonth(month, 1)
            "#{month} #{weekstart} - #{last_month} #{weekend}#{year}"
        else
            "#{month} #{weekstart} - #{weekend}#{year}"
        $('#datepicker').val( date )

    relativeMonth = (month, c) ->
        monthArray = $('#datepicker').datepicker('option', "monthNamesShort")
        index = monthArray.indexOf(month)
        if c > 0
            return if index + c > monthArray.length - 1 then monthArray[0] else monthArray[index + c]
        else
            return if index + c < 0 then monthArray[monthArray.length - 1] else monthArray[index + c]

A: I have created a jQuery plugin based on the top answer. Get it at https://github.com/Prezent/jquery-weekpicker or through Bower. Example usage:
$('#selector').weekpicker({
    startField: '#date-start',
    endField: '#date-end'
});

A: You can check the answered question in the link  below
How to use jQuery UI Calendar/Date PIcker for week rather than day?
$(function() {
var startDate;
var endDate;

var selectCurrentWeek = function() {
    window.setTimeout(function () {
        $('.week-picker').find('.ui-datepicker-current-day a').addClass('ui-state-active')
    }, 1);
}

$('.week-picker').datepicker( {
    showOtherMonths: true,
    selectOtherMonths: true,
    onSelect: function(dateText, inst) {
        var date = $(this).datepicker('getDate');
        startDate = new Date(date.getFullYear(), date.getMonth(), date.getDate() - date.getDay());
        endDate = new Date(date.getFullYear(), date.getMonth(), date.getDate() - date.getDay() + 6);
        var dateFormat = inst.settings.dateFormat || $.datepicker._defaults.dateFormat;
        $('#startDate').text($.datepicker.formatDate( dateFormat, startDate, inst.settings ));
        $('#endDate').text($.datepicker.formatDate( dateFormat, endDate, inst.settings ));

        selectCurrentWeek();
    },
    beforeShowDay: function(date) {
        var cssClass = '';
        if(date >= startDate && date <= endDate)
            cssClass = 'ui-datepicker-current-day';
        return [true, cssClass];
    },
    onChangeMonthYear: function(year, month, inst) {
        selectCurrentWeek();
    }
});

$('.week-picker .ui-datepicker-calendar tr').live('mousemove', function() { $(this).find('td a').addClass('ui-state-hover'); });
$('.week-picker .ui-datepicker-calendar tr').live('mouseleave', function() { $(this).find('td a').removeClass('ui-state-hover'); });

});

A: Is not working with multiple pickers / last jquery.ui.
Try this little rewrite:
jQuery(function() {
    var startDate; // closure
    var endDate;

    var baseAttachHandler = jQuery.datepicker._attachHandlers;
    jQuery.datepicker._attachHandlers = function(inst) {
            baseAttachHandler.apply(this, [inst]);

            var element_data = jQuery._data(inst.dpDiv.get(0));
            var ori_handler_mouseover = element_data.events.mouseover[0].handler;
            var ori_handler_mouseout = element_data.events.mouseout[0].handler;

            // remove handlers
            inst.dpDiv.undelegate("button, .ui-datepicker-prev, .ui-datepicker-next, .ui-datepicker-calendar td a", 'mouseover');
            inst.dpDiv.undelegate("button, .ui-datepicker-prev, .ui-datepicker-next, .ui-datepicker-calendar td a", 'mouseout');
            inst.dpDiv.undelegate("button, .ui-datepicker-prev, .ui-datepicker-next", 'mouseover');
            inst.dpDiv.undelegate("button, .ui-datepicker-prev, .ui-datepicker-next", 'mouseout');
            inst.dpDiv.find(".ui-datepicker-calendar tr").unbind('mouseover');
            inst.dpDiv.find(".ui-datepicker-calendar tr").unbind('mouseout');

            // attach proper ones
            if (this._get(inst, "weekSelector")) {
                inst.dpDiv.delegate("button, .ui-datepicker-prev, .ui-datepicker-next", 'mouseover', ori_handler_mouseover);
                inst.dpDiv.delegate("button, .ui-datepicker-prev, .ui-datepicker-next", 'mouseout', ori_handler_mouseout);
                inst.dpDiv.find(".ui-datepicker-calendar tr").bind('mouseover', function() {
                    jQuery(this).find('td a').addClass('ui-state-hover');
                });
                inst.dpDiv.find(".ui-datepicker-calendar tr").bind('mouseout', function() {
                    jQuery(this).find('td a').removeClass('ui-state-hover');
                });
            } else {
                inst.dpDiv.delegate("button, .ui-datepicker-prev, .ui-datepicker-next, .ui-datepicker-calendar td a", 'mouseover', ori_handler_mouseover);
                inst.dpDiv.delegate("button, .ui-datepicker-prev, .ui-datepicker-next, .ui-datepicker-calendar td a", 'mouseout', ori_handler_mouseout);
            }
        };

    jQuery.datepicker.calcWeekBoundaries = function () {
        var date = jQuery(this).datepicker('getDate');
        if (date) {
            var tmp = date.getDay();
            if (tmp == 0) { // starting with monday, i'm italian ;-)
                endDate = date;
                startDate = new Date(date.getFullYear(), date.getMonth(), date.getDate() - 6);
            } else {
                startDate = new Date(date.getFullYear(), date.getMonth(), date.getDate() - tmp + 1);
                endDate = new Date(date.getFullYear(), date.getMonth(), date.getDate() - tmp + 7);
            }
        }
    };

    jQuery("#yourcontrol").datepicker(
        jQuery.extend({}, jQuery.datepicker.regional["yourlanguage"], {
            showOtherMonths: true
            , selectOtherMonths: true
            , changeMonth: true
            , changeYear: true
            , onSelect: function(dateText, inst) {
                if (jQuery.datepicker._get(inst, "weekSelector")) {
                    jQuery.datepicker.calcWeekBoundaries.apply(this, []);
                    jQuery(this).datepicker('setDate', startDate);
                }
                inst.input.trigger("change");
            }
            , beforeShowDay: function(date) {
                var inst = jQuery.data(this, "datepicker");
                var cssClass = '';
                if (jQuery.datepicker._get(inst, "weekSelector") && date) {
                    if(date >= startDate && date <= endDate) {
                        cssClass = 'ui-state-active';
                    }
                }
                return [true, cssClass];
            }
            , beforeShow: function(input, inst) {
                jQuery.datepicker.calcWeekBoundaries.apply(this, []);
            }
            , weekSelector: true // the magic is here
        })
    );
});

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BLUE DRAGONS HEAD TO GARDEN CITY ON SATURDAY
Hutchinson Community College (2-0, 2-0) 34 34 68
Garden City Community College (0-2, 0-2) 28 36 64
Pts: J.J. Rhymes - 15
Reb: Kai Mitchell - 8
Ast: Robert Whitfield - 2
Pts: Jamir Thomas - 27
Reb: Jamir Thomas - 15
Ast: Russhard Cruickshank - 4
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James Rojas and the No. 1 Blue Dragons travel to Garden City for an 8 p.m. matchup with the Broncbusters on Saturday. (Allie Schweizer/Blue Dragon Sports Information)
BLUE DRAGON MEN'S BASKETBALL
No. 1 Hutchinson (9-1, 5-1) at Garden City (8-2, 4-2)
When: Saturday, December 2, 2017
Where: Conestoga Arena, Garden City, KS
Tipoff: 8 p.m.
Live Radio: KHUT-FM (102.9); KWBW-AM/FM (1450/98.5), 7:50 p.m.
Live Video: Blue Dragon Sports Network, 7:50 p.m.
Twitter: @bluedragonsport
Hutchinson CC Sports Information
The Hutchinson Community College men's basketball team's key December stretch makes a stop in Garden City on Saturday night to take on the Broncbusters.
Tipoff at Garden City's Conestoga Arena is set for 8 p.m. The game will be broadcast live on Blue Dragon flagship station KHUT-FM (102.9) and on sister stations KWBW-AM/FM (1450/98.5) with Glen Grunwald calling the action at 7:50 p.m. The game will also be streamed live on the Blue Dragon Sports Network at 7:50 p.m.
The Dragons actually opened this key stretch of games on Wednesday at the Sports Arena as Hutchinson defeated Colby 89-65. A few minutes after the Blue Dragons defeated the Trojans, they moved into a three-way tie for first place in the Jayhawk Conference after Allen defeated previously unbeaten Barton in Iola.
Heading into play on Saturday, the Blue Dragons (9-1), Barton (9-1) and Coffeyville (9-1) are all tied for first place in the Jayhawk at 5-1. Immediately behind those three teams is a Garden City team (8-2, 4-2) that has reeled off three-straight victories over Allen, Independence and Dodge City.
After Saturday's battle at Garden City, the Blue Dragons remain on the road on Wednesday to play at Butler in El Dorado and then close the first semester out with a home game on December 9 against Barton.
The Blue Dragons remain No. 2 in the Jayhawk Conference in scoring offensive at 92.9 points per game. They are third in field-goal percentage at 49.1 percent. Hutch leads the conference in assists (18.6 apg), is second in blocked shots (5.6 bpg) and is third in steals (10.7 spg).
Defensively, the Blue Dragons are allowing 66.3 points per game with opponents shooting 35.7 percent from the field.
J.J. Rhymes continues to set the scoring pace for the Blue Dragons at 18.3 points per game, which ranks second individually in the Jayhawk Conference. Devonte Bandoo is at 14.5 points and James Rojas is at 10.7 points per contest.
Garden City (8-2) leads the Jayhawk Conference in blocked shots at 9.1 rejections per game. Jeff Otchere averages a league-best 4.4 blocks and Jamir Thomas averages 2.2 blocks per game.
Five players average in double figures for Garden City led by Russhard Cruickshank at 12.6 points per game. He is shooting 44.1 percent from 3-point range with 26 makes this season. Kendale Hampton shots 63 percent from distance with 17 makes. Theo Holloway shoots 31.7 percent from long range with 13 games.
Garden City averages 82.3 points per game while shooting 49.9 percent overall and 38.3 percent with an average of 7.2 made 3-pointers per game.
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For Sale: CFISD School Board Seats
Many in Cy-Fair ISD moved to the area for the schools.
A conservative community outside the hustle and bustle of big city Houston, CFISD offers all the benefits of city life with the small town atmosphere the suburbs provide.
Parents are willing to fight the traffic to drive into Houston for work so their children can attend schools where they think the parents, not unions or corrupted officials, are still in control.
Unfortunately, now that CFISD has grown to be the third largest school district in Texas, some of the problems seen in Dallas ISD and Houston ISD have found their way in.
Parental control has taken a back seat to big money. School Board elections now are controlled by district administrators, vendors, and financial stakeholders.
How did it happen?
First, parents today are very busy. By the time they get home from work, get the kids to and from their activities, pick up supplies for school projects, and make sure all homework is done, they are TIRED.
When it comes time for school board elections, they don't have time to research every candidate, so they usually vote for the candidates pictured on the expensive two sided multicolored pamphlets they received in the mail.
If they lose the mailer, they can always pick one up from card pushers in the parking lot outside the polling places on Election Day.
After all, if those candidates have that much financial support, they MUST be the BEST choice for the students of CFISD. RIGHT?
Second, School Board Candidate Financial Reports showing WHO is actually supplying the big money for these multicolored mailers, are filed directly with the school districts.
Districts who have nothing to hide, post the documents online for all to see. Districts like CFISD, have forced local property taxpayers and voters to file a Public Information Request just to view the reports and pay $15 per hour + $.10 per page for copies.
*New laws require CFISD to post candidate financial reports online, but not until the week of 10/15/12
WHY does CFISD make it difficult for voters to acquire such important information? What is in those reports that school officials might not want the voters to see?
Let's take a look…….
Because reports for the 2012 election aren't filed until next week, we will have to use 2010-2011 reports for our information.
What do those reports and a little research tell us?
CFISD elections took the turn away from "the people" and toward "big money" in 2010 with the creation of a "PAC" (Political Action Committee) to elect School Board Trustees. Why?
Well, if you are liberal school administrators in a conservative area, you are going to need big money to sway the voters away from their conservative mindset and gain control over school trustee elections.
It started in 2009 when one of the duties of CFISD's Associate Superintendent for Governmental Relations, Cheryl Salyards, was CFISD's Community Legislative Committee (CLC),
a "by invitation only" group of 44 CFISD residents gathered to "suggest" legislative priorities to the district.
Records show the information provided to the group favored the "liberal" side of the education issues.
For example, a quote from one handout concerning school funding reads:
"…Lawmakers and Governor Perry were more interested in a short term 'fix' than in long-term equity…"
At the end of the legislative session, the CLC was simply renamed Leadership-Cy-Fair and continued to meet under the "guidance" of the school district administration.
When Cheryl Salyards retired in June of 2010, those contacts came in handy when weeks later she started a PAC – Citizens for Quality CFISD Trustees - whose mission was to re-elect 3 current School Trustees who were known to vote with the administration: Dr. John Ogletree, Don Ryan and Bob Covey.
Her PAC teammates were:
Darcy Mingoia, with the Lone Star College System Foundation
Milford Milks, Jr , with Pride and Recognition.
Records show their relationship with CFISD goes back many years.
With a recently retired CFISD administrator at the helm, the PAC started raising money for the November election.
Records show that before that time, candidates in CFISD Trustee elections spent anywhere from $00.00 to a few thousand dollars on their campaigns.
But this PAC used the contacts made through CFISD and the Education Foundation system to bring financial stakeholders – like school vendors, property developers, and district employees – into the election of School Trustees.
And their efforts paid off.
The PAC raised almost $70,000 vs about $9,000 for all the conservative candidates COMBINED – and all three PAC candidates won back their Trustee seats.
But the PAC concept to control CFISD Trustee elections was just getting warmed up.
A message sent out to PAC supporters by Darcy Mingoia after the election shows the group's long term goal – to overthrow the CFISD board by kicking out all the conservative CFISD Trustees. Her message reads:
"…next year we have to unseat Larry Youngblood and Ethel Wolfe and in 2012 we have to do the same to Bill Morris. We have to take back our school board … and we have only completed one-third of that mission!"
The next year, Cheryl Salyards headed up a new PAC –CFISD Citizens for Jackson and Hartley – to elect Thomas Jackson and Christine Hartley as CFISD Trustees.
With only two Trustee seats in play, the PAC only needed 2/3 the amount of money of the previous year.
They raised almost $46,000 vs the conservative candidates' combined total of $7,000 – and again, the PAC candidates won the School Trustee seats.
Records shows that even though the two PACs Campaign Treasurer names were different, expenditures from both PACs were handled by the candidates themselves or by:
Cheryl Salyards
Darcy Mingoia or
Butch Milks
PAC #1 PAC #2
Who actually donated the approximately $115,000 to the two PACs to ensure the "RIGHT" people sit in the CFISD School Trustee seats?
Records show that approximately:
43% of the contributions were from OUTSIDE of the school district and
21% of the contributions were from the candidates, the PAC team or their families.
Many contributions were amounts just under $500.00
- with no occupation or employer listed -
so there is no way to know for sure if they are linked to a school district vendor or a person who might benefit financially.
*my notes in green
I taught and live in CFISD and I have never had anyone approach me to donate to either of these PACs.
So how did lawyers from all over the US know to send a check?
Lawyers from Corpus Christi, Waxahachie, Austin, Dallas, San Antonio, Beaumont, El Paso, OHIO and PENNSYLVANIA?
Could it be because they ALL happen to work for the law firm paid by the CFISD Administration to handle delinquent property taxes?
Is it just a coincidence that many of the people whose donations ranged from $400-$499 happen to have the same name as someone who owns or works for a CFISD vendor?
Isn't it remarkable that the PAC of a construction company gave $5000 to another PAC – and not a PAC to elect the President of the United States – but a PAC to elect CFISD School Trustees?
The biggest coincidence of all is that so many of the PAC donations were from owners or employees of the same companies and CFISD vendors who also donated to the local education foundations. Companies like:
Bay Architects,
Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP, and
Caldwell Companies
- and it just so happens that:
Darcy Mingoia, the first PAC treasurer, and current candidate, is the Executive Director of an Education Foundation and
7 CFISD Education Foundation Trustees donated over $12,000 to the PACs.
What a small world!
Just how did the PAC select their candidates?
Records show that the PAC chose their candidates from the handpicked
CFISD "leadership committees" --
the same ones that had been part of Cheryl Salyards' responsibilities while employed as a CFISD Administrator.
And records show that those CFISD committees supported the liberal side of many Texas education issues.
Just read a couple of the emails the CLC sent to taxpayers during the last session:
Do most taxpayers in CFISD really side with this statement?…..
"Tell your Senator that you don't care where they get the money from (they could take it from the Rainy Day Fund) …"
And the CLC proudly publicized their participation in the "Save Texas Schools Rally" in protest of public education budget cuts held in Austin on 3/12/11.
But I attended that rally with some other retired teachers, so I know first hand that the rally "to save schools" was really a rally to attack Texas conservatives, especially Rick Perry. Here are some pictures from that rally that the CLC did NOT put in the newsletter.
* Click on any photo below to view a you tube video of that rally to see and hear for yourself.
Records also show that for some, their "investment" in the PACs may have paid off. CFISD Board of Trustee highlights show that two of the first items approved after the new "PAC supported Trustees" were sworn in were:
1. CFISD's participation in the newest school finance lawsuit.
The Board adopted a resolution to participate in litigation against the State of Texas regarding the public school finance system and to engage Thompson & Horton, LLP to represent the school district in the litigation
2. And changing the elections of CFISD School Trustees from the general election held in November of even numbered years (when MOST people vote) to odd numbered years (when FEWER people vote.)
Their excuse was that having elections in odd years when fewer people vote is CHEAPER.
Funny how they didn't mention that with fewer people voting it makes it easier for the Administration and the PAC to control who wins.
The Board adopted a resolution to change the length of terms of the Board members to four years being elected in November of odd-numbered years.
The election transition plan will roll out the following schedule:…
in November 2014, there will be no election and terms for Positions 1 and 2 will be extended one year;…
** Notice….the two new Trustees also gave themselves an extra year. That means the people voted them in for 3, and they are staying for 4. Sweet deal for them.
With such a small group of people controlling PACs with so much power, should it concern CFISD taxpayers to find something like this?
Three men each donated $499 to the PAC
lists the first two men with the same names and
NETPROSPEX
lists the third man with the same name as persons who work for Gamma Construction Company
CFISD Board Highlights show Gamma Construction Company was awarded the contract for Elementary School #53 in the amount of $14,765,500 by the Board of Trustees – 5 of whom were elected with the support of these PACs.
BOND UPDATE
Elementary School No. 53.
The construction contract was awarded to Gamma Construction Company in the amount of $14,765,500.…
If you read through CFISD Board Highlights, you will find other instances where Trustees awarded contracts to companies who had owners or employees with the same names as persons who made donations to these PACs.
This might not seem like much to some, but you have to look at problems Dallas ISD and Houston ISD have had with vendors getting too close to Trustees and school administrators…to see where all this can lead.
A Dallas ISD administrator is now serving time in
federal prison for "receiving nearly $1million in cash and rewards in exchange for handing out rich computer contracts."
Vendor, Frankie Wong, is also serving time, They were both found guilty of "bribery and conspiracy to commit money laundering."
The feds investigated Houston ISD for similar issues. No one was charged with a crime but The Houston Chronicle reported on 5/6/10:
The federal investigation into HISD's E-rate program stemmed from a scandal in Dallas ISD that involved vendors who also did business in Houston and contributed to some HISD trustees.
Under a legal settlement with the federal government, … an HISD board member now must abstain from voting on E-rate contracts if he or she has received more than $500 a year in campaign contributions from E-rate vendors.
According to campaign finance documents, Frankie Wong, a Houston-based technology vendor who was found guilty in 2008 of bribery and money laundering related to Dallas ISD, previously contributed at least $1,000 to HISD Trustee Diana Dávila and $2,500 to former Trustee Kevin Hoffman
The Houston Chronicle also reported that an HISD vendor, Analytical Computer Services, had to close due to the ethics probe in DISD.
… Frank Trifilio, Analytical's then-president and chief executive, … said the problem stemmed from his business dealings with Frankie Wong, former president and chief executive of Houston-based Micro System Enterprises…
Since 2003, Trifilio has donated $5,000 to HISD trustee Kevin Hoffman,… according to campaign-finance records
So who cares?
That was DISD + HISD and we are talking about CISD.
Well, it is election time again in CFISD and two Trustee seats are up for grabs.
And, the new PAC - Citizens for Effective Trustees in CFISD is running two candidates:
Darcy Mingoia, who served as treasurer of PAC #1, and
Kevin Hoffman, the ex-HISD Trustee listed in the Chronicle stories above who accepted campaign contributions from both Frankie Wong and Frank Trifilio
In the financial reports from PAC #1 we find these donations accepted by Darcy Mingoia while she was PAC treasurer:
Three donations on the same day, all just under $500, no occupations or employers listed, all outside of CFISD, and two with the same address.
AND…WHAT A COINCIDENCE………………
The first donation was made by
Hsiangpin Chang.
A man named
Hsiangpin Michael Chang
is the owner of Prime Systems,
a Houston technology company involved in another legal issue concerning technology contracts in Dallas ISD.
And………..Prime Systems is a CFISD Vendor
Could all this really be just remarkable coincidences?
For anyone who watches NCIS, you know that "Gibbs" doesn't believe in coincidence….
and neither do I.
Labels: CFISD , Cheryl Salyards , citizens for effective trustees , Cy-Fair , Darcy Mingoia , education foundation , election 2012 , Kevin Hoffman , PAC , School Board , trustees
So the citizens and parents of CFISD students are too tired to make themselves aware of who is running for the BOT? Do you think they'll have time to read this and research the details for accuracy? The details do need checking.
It's gonna hit the "Fan" Just the mere presence of the players is the epitome of corruption....
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This was a very well researched story -- thanks for the good work!!!


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Should Carly Fiorina Know the Stats About Women Entrepreneurs?
Published: Aug 4, 2008 Last Updated: Mar 5, 2011 by Scott Shane In Research 14
A couple of weeks ago, on the CNBC show Kudlow and Company, Carly Fiorina said, "Women are also an economic force, because they start small businesses at twice the rate of men."
She's wrong. Women are much less likely than men to start or own their own businesses.
Perhaps getting these facts right only matters to someone who has his ego tied up in writing books about entrepreneurship. I'll concede that might be the case.
But I think it's important to correct Ms. Fiorina's error. After all, she is an advisor to the presumptive Republican presidential nominee and is rumored to be a vice presidential candidate.
To formulate good policy, you need to have the facts right. What if Ms. Fiorina were to recommend to Senator McCain that we don't need any policies to encourage women to start businesses because they already are more likely than men to do so? We might miss an opportunity to reduce the gender imbalance in entrepreneurship in this country.
So here are the facts about women entrepreneurs (all taken from my book Illusions of Entrepreneurship):
– Men are twice as likely as women to be involved in starting a new business at any point in time.
– In 2004, women made up 51 percent of the U.S. population and almost half (47 percent) of the non-military workforce, yet they composed only 27 percent of business owners.
– Women-owned businesses make up 25 percent of non-farm businesses in the United States.
– In 2003, only 34.2 percent of self-employed people in the United States were female.
– In 2004, 7.1 percent of women in the U.S. labor force were self-employed, as compared to 12.4 percent of men in the labor force.
If any of Ms. Fiorina's staffers reads this article, send me an email. I'd be happy to send her a copy of my book…
About the Author: Scott Shane is A. Malachi Mixon III, Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies at Case Western Reserve University. He is the author of eight books, including Illusions of Entrepreneurship: The Costly Myths that Entrepreneurs, Investors, and Policy Makers Live By; Finding Fertile Ground: Identifying Extraordinary Opportunities for New Ventures; Technology Strategy for Managers and Entrepreneurs; and From Ice Cream to the Internet: Using Franchising to Drive the Growth and Profits of Your Company.
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Bob Poole
Carly has never let the facts get in the way of a good spin. She didn't lose half the value of the company on her watch – she was just putting into place a long-term plan that would lead HP onto greatness. The PWC acquisition was a wonderful idea. And, then there was the Compaq deal. We all know how that is still paying dividends. Thanks for calling her on this, Scott.
David Damore
Found the below on the inc.com website.
http://www.inc.com/news/articles/200608/women_Printer_Friendly.html
Women Outpace National Start-Up Rate
A new report shows that women are starting businesses more than twice as quickly as the general population.
From: Inc.com | August 22, 2006 By: Leslie Taylor
The number of women-owned businesses is growing more than twice as quickly as the national start-up average, according to a new report by the Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy.
While the number of all U.S. businesses increased 7% between 1997 and 2002, the number of women-owned firms grew by 19.8%.
In 2002, women owned 6.5 million businesses, accounting for 28.2% of all U.S. non-farm firms and 4.2% of the nation's total receipts.
Anita Campbell
Following up on David's point, I checked the Center for Women's Business Research.
The numbers quoted over there seem to support — in a general sense — Ms. Fiorina's statement. The Fact Sheet says, "Between 1997 and 2006, the percent growth in the number of 51% or more women-owned firms was nearly twice that of all U.S. firms (42.3% vs. 23.3%)."
Now, she may not have said precisely the same thing, but it was close and I've heard similar quotes from others about women-owned small businesses. And compared with some of the other stunning-bizarro statements I hear on TV almost every day, I think we should cut her some slack. IMHO 🙂
But what bears looking into is why the numbers seem at odds with your numbers, Scott. It's late and I can't make sense of it all, but I wonder if we're comparing apples and oranges?
Anyway, here's the citation for the Center for Women's Business Research, Fact Sheet: http://www.cfwbr.org/national/index.php
This is an example of how people mangle numbers.
Carly Fiorina said, "Women are also an economic force, because they start small businesses at twice the rate of men." Ths statement implies that women are more likely than men to start new businesses.
The SBA study on which the Center for Business Research and others picked up says "The number of women-owned businesses is growing more than twice as quickly as the national start-up average, according to a new report by the Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy."
Twice the rate is not the same thing as growing twice as quickly. I've said this before in the context of other business statistics. If there are 100 male business owners and 1 female business owner in 2007 and then in 2008 there is 101 male business owners and two female business owners, the rate of growth of male business ownership was one percent while the rate of growth of female business ownership was 100 percent. That is, the rate of growth was 100 to 1 for women to men. However, you still only have two female business owners to 101 male business owners, which is less than two percent.
The rate of growth from a small base is frequently large. So it is not surprising that the rate of growth from the smaller number is faster – there is a little catching up by women in the rate of business ownership.
There is a big difference between the ratio of rates and the ratio of the change in change in rates.
Agreed that numbers are mangled / distorted. Your example of different bases is an interesting and important one.
Does anybody have the raw numbers for total small businesses started in a year [2005, 2006 or 2007]?
The number of small businesses started by women in that same year?
How will firms that are husband and wife be accounted for [or any firm that has a male and female as co founders]?
Example… 2 million new small businesses started in XXXX year.
1,245,401 were gender A and 754,599 were gender B.
Scott, thanks for that helpful explanation. I see the difference.
Well, you know what they say about statistics being misused (intentionally or through ignorance):
Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics
Thank you Scott for clearing up all this confusion. David does make a great point, are women just counted if they are the sole owner of the business?
I would second David's question about husband and wife businesses since it is very likely that married men that start businesses don't necessarily operate as a sole proprietorship. Also, I would want to know what classifies something as a "business." Especially since it would rational to assume that most female entrepreneurs don't jump right into the traditionally male dominated industries. It would also be rational to assume that there would be a similar number of women selling baskets, baked goods, baby products, etc… as there are men doing construction and landscaping jobs. I think a great deal of the disparity comes from an inability to track some of the businesses that women are more likely to own.
Ben, that is so true. A few years ago I started my own hand made candle business, would I have been accounted for? And what about all of the Ebay businesses?
Interesting and I see Scott's point about the rate of growth vs. actual female business owners. But in light of all of the WAHM's (work at home mom's) out there now and eBay businesses as Amanda mentioned here . . . it is surprising to see that those gaps really aren't coming nearer to one another yet. Which leads me to ask – are they included? To not include them would be erroneous in my opinion. Statistics really can't be relied upon as they can be easily misconstrued as shown in this thread.
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I agree with Bob, it's about Spin. She's moving from the business world to the political world. Facts don't matter in politics, only how you can spin them. When she made that statement she probably convinced half a million people to believe what she wants.
Dawn Rivers Baker
Pardon me for coming into this conversation late but there is another point that needs to be made here.
There is also a difference between saying that the growth rate is twice that of all U.S. firms versus saying that the growth rate is twice that of male-owned firms.
If the number of women-owned firms increases by 50% in one year, that could just as easily mean that the number of women owned firms went from 100 to 200 (as Scott has already pointed out).
If, meanwhile, the number of all U.S. firms (including those already-existing woman-owned firms) went from 10 million to 12 million, that is "only" a 20% increase.
That is where that statistic came from. Also bear in mind that, during the ten years or so that people have been throwing that statistic around, the Census Bureau has changed the way they count women owned businesses — from at least 50% women owned to at least 51% woman owned. I don't know how much different that makes to Carly but it does tend to muddy the waters.
Also, you may be interested to know that the most recently released Kauffman Firm Survey (from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation) found that the growth rate of women-owned startups has slowed over the past year or so.
Martin Lindeskog
You have to watch this funny video with a "statistician": http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/peter_donnelly_shows_how_stats_fool_juries.html
Gina Spadoni
Scott makes a good point about statistics, but frankly unless we have both the source of his data along with the source of Carly's and then dive into the methodologies of both, I think it is premature to say who is right and who is wrong.
There's even a chance neither are quite right, what with the way statistics can be manipulated, misunderstood, and misrepresented from the actual data collectors on up through a "telephone game"-like chain. IMHO, anyway.
A good report with all sorts of data and a great bibliography was put out by the SBA in April, 2008. It's titled "Human Capital and Women's Business Ownership" and is available for download from: http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs323tot.pdf ; I would particularly call your attention to Table 5 in the Appendix on page 64.
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Start Your Recovery (https://startyourrecovery.org/) provides helpful information for people who are dealing with substance use issues — and their family members, friends, and co-workers, too. We know that there is no one-size-fits-all solution to the challenges faced by those who misuse alcohol, prescription or illegal drugs, or other substances, and we aim to break through the clutter to help people at any stage of recovery.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (http://www.samhsa.gov/faith-based-initiatives) Center for Mental Health Services resource center to Promote Acceptance, Dignity and Social Inclusion Associated with Mental Health. Information and resources concerning the impact of faith on recovery from mental illness.


Many gaming enthusiasts should have solutions to obtain video game titles. Knowing that the best places, it seems, it is not difficult to find sites to get the common names of video games. However, before downloading it, you must save many plans. Let's see what exactly.
The reduction of the solution to obtain video game titles can be done through the document exchange community. There are many people who simply support this and with good reasons. The acquisition of several names of video games from the appearance can be very expensive. In addition, from the moment a model enters the market industry, the subsequent model may now be in the acquisition period. How long will it take, taking dollars to make sure you have the latest model?
It is for this reason that many people choose communities to exchange P2P documents. When the last model is used differently, it is likely that someone, like others, will present it to these types of communities that have a license number generator ready to get along with it.
The P2P exchange can be very gradual. Therefore, it takes a good time to finally get a complete model game. Therefore, when you do this, you simply will not find guarantees that this is what you wanted. Many data on P2P communities are not exactly what they admit.
When this is your document, people would like it, however, it could be damaged. All things believed that the point along with everything you have, you can get something with which you simply do not have a job.
The document may be damaged. The really depressing reality is that most of the data on P2P exchange communities receive spyware and adware, trojans and Trojan viruses.
Even if your document seems to be large, your license generator will often have a virus. Lift the key. Naturally, it goes without saying that the entire process violates copyright laws.
If you do not want to fear these challenges – and many people do – all you have to do is become a member of any of the ever larger set of sites, where the first of the regular membership fee, you will be able to Get the name of a video game to your heart's content. You can be sure that you are going to secure data. You will not get almost any unpleasant surprises after you can come to a conclusion!
For more information on how to get the final versions of video games without risk, take a look at the blog.
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Review: 'A Delicate Balance' Visits the Deepest Fears of Dysfunctional America
Annette Hinkle - January 15, 2020
Hampton Theatre Company Takes On The College Application Debate in Joshua Harmon's 'Admissions'
Workshop Family Fun At The Watermill Center
Let's Go To London, Mate!
Ain't Misbehavin': Show Has Sparkling Ending
Theater 10cjlow1979 - August 14, 2008
Had enough with exclusive summer parties on the East End? Well this month the Bay Street Theatre is throwing a party that everyone is...
Ross Nixes Most of its Season
After a barrage of advertising and publicity, the Ross School has dropped all of the events from its summer @Ross series calendar, except for...
Condo Developer Offers Bay Street New Theatre
Theater Kathryn G. Menu - August 7, 2008
Will the Bay Street Theatre find a new home on West Water Street next to Baron's Cove Inn in Sag Harbor in a theatre...
Bay Street Revives "Ain't Misbehavin'"
Theater 10cjlow1979 - August 7, 2008
by Raphael Odell Shapiro  Marcia Milgrom Dodge is more than familiar with the musical "Ain't Misbehavin'," which opens this week at the Bay Street Theatre....
James McMullan: Imagining the Scene
Theater 10cjlow1979 - July 31, 2008
 Theater posters represent a unique art form. Graphically intriguing and designed to catch the eye, in a single moment, a good poster says enough...
Iconic Cinema Is For Sale
Theater Kathryn G. Menu - July 31, 2008
Independent film aficionados eager to catch the newest flick at the iconic art-house move theatre, Sag Harbor Cinema, may have been surprised this week...
A Month of Benefits at Ross
 Diana Aceti said she couldn't believe it when two years ago she spoke to the Queen of Soul personally on the telephone. "They said, 'Oh...
Sag Harbor  The Tenth Annual BBQ On Saturday, July 26, the Tenth Annual All American Whiz Bang Midsummer BBQ will take place at the Wamponamon Lodge,...
Sag Harbor  Car Wash Fundraiser The East Hampton PAL Cheerleaders will hold a car wash to raise funds for new uniforms at the old Apple...
Evenings of Musical Treasures
Theater 10cjlow1979 - July 3, 2008
 Christine Goerke is a soprano. An opera singer who has toured the world. She has sung in cities across the U.S. and abroad —...
A Conversation With Kathryn Holden
Sag Harbor's Superintendent is stepping down after nine years of service. She talks about the state of the school district today, the challenges for...
Intimacy Is the Aim
The new Avram Theater at Stony Brook Southampton. John Bayles photo. When Stony Brook University took over the Avram Theater two years ago, visitors had...
What's a Brew Got to Do With You
By Harvey Jacobs There have been reports that Anheuser Bush might be swallowed up by a Belgian brewing conglomerate. I guess most everyone knows that...
Theater Annette Hinkle - January 15, 2020
So, what are the fears that keep you up at night? Edward Albee's play "A Delicate Balance" explores the inner-workings of dysfunctional America and the actors of Center Stage at Southampton Cultural Center are presenting the play now through January 26.
Bluegrass Buskers Find their Stage at Sylvester Manor's Concert Series
Arts & Leisure Michelle Trauring - January 15, 2020
In their earliest incarnation, Damn Tall Buildings didn't rehearse. They busked. The four musicians, who met at Berklee College of Music, convened at their favorite street corner and jammed for hours on old bluegrass songs. On January 18, Damn Tall Buildings kicks off the 2020 Sylvester Manor concert series with a performance at Shelter Island High school.


This Comic Con, the devastatingly delicious beers of Modern Times Beer Co meets the thoroughly tantalizing cuisine of BIGA for a tremendously thoughtful 3-course meal showcasing the stunning bounty of our county.
This would not be stupendously special without something that ties us to Comic Con. Shall we present the unlikely intersection of Geekdom, Beer & Intellect with our Inaugural Star Wars Spelling Bee? Yes!
Unsurprisingly, we don't stop there! We will also have a keg of Modern Times Monthly Release, more amazing than the dual suns of Tatooine.
Astoundingly, tickets are only $35 when you buy them online and $45 at the door.
Why: It's the very best way to launch Comic Con International!
Email Mandy@bigasandiego.com if you would like to sign up to be a contestant for the Spelling Bee. Only the first 15 people to contact us will be entered.


Do you remember the wonderment Photoshop caused when it was first launched? Wrinkles, lines and limbs could be erased with mere clicks, leaving you looking as youthful and as unworried as a digital milkmaid.
Fast-forward a decade and it's not just your online appearance that can be altered. Thanks to CRISPR Cas-9, also known as the gene-editing technology, you can alter your actual DNA.
What is also exciting about this technology is that as it develops, it will become fast, easy and cheap to modify genes.
Where is the science at?
She envisages that there may be actual therapeutic applications within the next decade.
While the attribution of this technology may be unclear, the initial research has been promising.
The technology also has environmental, social and agricultural potential. Chinese researchers have been experimenting with wheat, rendering it impervious to mildew. Others have been looking at how they can cultivate drought-resistant crops to encourage sustainable practices and to improve crop yield.
What are the concerns of CRISPR?
While there are many potentially positive outcomes, as with all technology, there are concerns about the darker implications. The most common concern raised is how CRISPR could give rise to an escalated type of biowarfare. There are also reproductive and ethical ramifications to be considered; whether the technology could give rise to a race of superhumans, creating Gattaca-esque social tension.
However, as Dounda has expressed above, the scientific political communities understand the need to go slowly and create provisos and safeguards for all the potential scenarios of this technology. If citizens want to reap the rewards of this exciting technology, then now is the time to be planning for how it can be implemented safely for the benefit of the many. If you would like to know more about exciting new technology developments in healthcare, register for Digital Health 2017 @ CeBIT today.


World's First Hack free software!!!
World's 'first hack-free' software developed. Scientists have developed what they claim is the world's first hack-free software which can protect systems from failure or malicious attacks.The 'seL4' micro kernel has been developed by a team led by Australia's ICT Research Center of Excellence's spin out company — Open Kernel Labs(OK Labs). It is a small operating system kernel which regulates access to a computer's hardware.
Its unique feature is that it has been mathematically proven to operate correctly, enabling it to separate trusted from untrusted software, protecting critical services from a failure or a malicious attack, say the scientists.
In future applications, seL4 could ensure that trusted financial transaction software from secure sources like banks or stock exchanges can operate securely on a customer's mobile phone alongside "untrusted" software, such as games downloaded from the Internet, according to its developers.
It could also provide a secure and reliable environment for mission-critical defense data, operating on the same platform as everyday applications like email. Or, it could protect the life-supporting functions of an implanted medical device, such as a pacemaker, from hacking, they say.
"Our seL4 micro kernel is the only operating system kernel in existence whose source code has been mathematically proven to implement its specification correctly. Under the assumptions of the proof, the seL4 kernel for ARM11 will always do precisely what its specification says it will do," lead scientist Gerwin Klein said.


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Complacent, 40 points, reconnaissance

This challenge was the first of stage 2 however, it is still a quite simple problem.

First you want to go to (http://complacent.vuln.icec.tf)

For this challenge I used Google Chrome. Once at the site I noticed the SSL
cert was red telling me something was wrong. So I clicked on the https://
lock and in the pop up clicked details.

This opens another window. In this window there is a place to view the cert and hidden in the General portion of the cert you see the flag
**IceCTF{this_1nformation_wasnt_h1dd3n_at_a11}**

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Церковь Святого Мартина «что в полях» () — самая знаменитая приходская церковь Лондона в Вестминстере.

Находится на северо-восточном углу Трафальгарской площади, в самом центре города. Среди её прихожан — обитатели Букингемского дворца, в том числе и королевское семейство. У церкви имеется собственный оркестр — академия Святого Мартина в полях.

Впервые вестминстерская церковь во имя св. Мартина Турского упоминается в 1222 году. Нынешнее здание церкви возведено в 1720-е годы по классицистическому проекту Джеймса Гиббса, который в своё время был принят неоднозначно, но впоследствии стал чтимым образцом английской церковной архитектуры, особенно в Новой Англии, где многие старые храмы повторяют облик церкви на Трафальгарской площади.

Здание по композиции представляет собой храм типа базилики («кораблём») с шестиколонным портиком коринфского ордера, напоминающим античные постройки, над которым возносится стройная колокольня, а её шпиль венчает золотая корона. Композиция с ярусной колокольней, расположенной по оси храма, но сдвинутой в глубину относительно фасада, необычна, но характерна для лондонских церквей периода классицизма. Вместе с церквями Сент-Мэри-ле-Бау (1670—1683, К. Рен), Сент-Мэри-ле-Стрэнд (1714—1717, Дж. Гиббс) и Сент-Мартин, построенной Кристофером Реном в 1677—1684 годах, «Церковь в полях» считают одним из возможных прототипов композиции Петропавловского собора в Санкт-Петербурге.

Интерьер храма также необычен с классицистическими колоннами и хором второго яруса по обе стороны от алтаря. В церкви захоронен выдающийся английский художник эпохи эпохи Тюдор-Ренессанса Николас Хиллиард.

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Здания и сооружения, построенные в 1720-е годы

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On Wednesday 11th of October our weekly AMOPP seminar was given by Dr. Martin Zeppenfeld from the Rempe Group at the Max Planck institute for quantum optics in Garching, Germany. His talk focused on their experiments involving the manipulation of cold polar molecules which Dr. Zeppenfeld leads. You can visit their website to find out more about their research, and the abstract for his talk is given below.
Polar molecules offer fascinating opportunities for quantum experiments at cold and ultracold temperatures. For example, chemistry at low temperatures features new possibilities such as controlling chemical reactions via electric and magnetic fields or observing reactions based on tunneling through a reaction barrier. Precision measurements on molecules provide insight into fundamental physics, allowing investigation of physics beyond the standard model. Attaining sufficient control over molecules provides opportunities for quantum simulations and quantum information processing.
In my talk I will present two aspects of our work on polar molecules. First, I will present our toolbox of techniques to produce molecule ensembles at very low temperatures. This includes centrifuge deceleration of cryogenic-buffer-gas cooled molecular beams as well as optoelectrical Sisyphus cooling of formaldehyde to sub-millikelvin temperatures. Second, I will present our progress towards quantum experiments coupling polar molecules to Rydberg atoms. As a first step, we have investigated electric field controlled collisions between polar molecules.


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#5747 Royal Air Force (Red Arrows) - British Aerospace Hawk T1A (XX245)
British Aerospace Hawk T1A (XX245) from the Royal Air Force (RAF) "Red Arrows"
(officially known as the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team) at the Royal Netherlands Air Force Open Days 2019, Volkel (the Netherlands)
The Red Arrows, officially known as the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, is the aerobatics display team of the Royal Air Force based at RAF Scampton. The team was formed in late 1964 as an all-RAF team, replacing a number of unofficial teams that had been sponsored by RAF commands. The Red Arrows have a prominent place in British popular culture, with their aerobatic displays a fixture of British summer events. The badge of the Red Arrows shows the aircraft in their trademark diamond nine formation, with the motto Éclat, a French word meaning "brilliance" or "excellence". Initially, they were equipped with seven Folland Gnat trainers inherited from the RAF Yellowjacks display team. This aircraft was chosen because it was less expensive to operate than front-line fighters. In their first season, they flew at 65 shows across Europe. In 1966, the team was increased to nine members, enabling them to develop their Diamond Nine formation. In late 1979, they switched to the BAE Hawk trainer.
aerobatic, Aerobatic Team, airplane, airshow, aviation, BAE, British Aerospace, EHVK, Hawk, military, Nederland, Netherlands, Open Days, RAF, Red Arrows, Royal Air Force, Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, Royal Netherlands Air Force Open Days, Volkel, XX245


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Doug Abromeit ( McCall 1971 )
Doug, 65, died May 19, 2013, near Sun Valley, Idaho, while cycling with friends. A coroner's report said he appeared to have died from natural causes as he crashed to the side of the road, but had no apparent trauma and his feet were still in the pedal clips.
Doug had retired in 2011 as director of the U.S. Forest Service's National Avalanche Center, an agency he helped create. He had been serving as a snow ranger, but moved to the national coordinator of the military weapons program for avalanche control; it later became the National Avalanche Center. Doug often described it as being a "program with a big name and a very small staff," as he was the only employee until Karl Birkeland joined him in 2001.
Doug jumped at McCall in 1971 and again from 1976 through 1984.


EMMANUELA is the most popular 19808.th name in USA (... 19806.monserrate , 19807.chidiadi , 19808.emmanuela , 19809.yucel , 19810.flocerfina ...). One in every 351,102 Americans is named EMMANUELA and popularity of name EMMANUELA is 2.85 people per million.
If we compare the popularity statistics of EMMANUELA to USA's population statistics, we can estimate that as of April.24.2019 10:51 there are 948 people named as EMMANUELA in the United States and the number is increasing by 7 people every year.
First Names which are compatible or rhyming with EMMANUELA. They will be the best brother/sister names for EMMANUELA.


This is an activity whereby toddlers will be drawing with rocks and shells. Toddlers will be able to make a bigger2-dimensional sand castle and they will do this by arranging rocks into doors, windows, walls, crenellation, and flags and they will add decoration with seashells.
Your toddlers will learn how to decorate and design different things.


IFRS Standards are required or permitted for listings by foreign companies There are no foreign companies whose shares are publicly traded on the Damascus Stock Exchange.
The IFRS for SMEs Standard is required or permitted No. SMEs are not generally required to prepare general purpose financial statements. Those that do may use full IFRS Standards.
The Association of Syrian Certified Accountants is the national professional body for public accountants. It does not currently set accounting standards. Rather, it advises the legislative authorities in the areas of accounting and auditing standards. There are no national accounting standards in Syria.
See above for a list of, and links to, various laws and regulations explicitly requiring IFRS Standards.
Syria has adopted IFRS Standards.
All public joint stock companies are subject to the supervision of the Syrian Commission of Financial Markets and Securities. Therefore, they are required to adopt IFRS Standards. This includes all companies whose securities are publicly traded on the Damascus Stock Exchange.
Resolution No 3943 issued by the Prime Minister states in Article 2 that 'The international accounting standards issued by the International Accounting Standards Board are hereby adopted and thereby all parties subject to the supervision and monitoring of the Commission shall prepare their financial statements in accordance with those standards'.
From the date of the establishment of the Syrian Commission of Financial Markets and Securities in 2005 onwards, Syria has fully adopted the full version of IFRS Standards issued by the IASB Board without amendments.
IFRS Standards are required. See above.
No. IFRS Standards have been adopted only for companies subject to the supervision of the Syrian Commission of Financial Markets and Securities.
There are no foreign companies whose shares are publicly traded on the Damascus Stock Exchange.
IFRS Standards are incorporated both in laws and in regulations.
The Decree requiring IFRS Standards applies to new and amended IFRS Standards as well.
Yes. They are translated into Arabic.
The IFRS Foundation translates IFRS into Arabic and publishes a Bound Volume of standards.
SMEs are not generally required to prepare general purpose financial statements. Those that do may use full IFRS Standards.
The priority in Syria now is to enhance application of full IFRS Standards.


Mixed grains topped with garlic shrimp, crispy brussels sprouts, dried cranberries, pomegranate arils, and crunchy chickpeas then drizzled with maple balsamic vinaigrette. This garlic shrimp and crispy brussels sprouts grain bowl is delicious, simple to make, and perfect for a fall weeknight dinner.
I feel like I've been on a roll these past few days with all the fall inspired dishes. There's so many options to pick from: brussels sprouts, butternut squash, pomegranate, cranberries, maple everything. What are your favorite fall ingredients?
I honestly think I can have bowl foods all day everyday and I wouldn't get tired of it. Maybe it's because the ingredients can be customized to your taste. So many ways to mix it up.
I recently teamed up with Degusta Box for the holidays and they sent me a box of their snacks. Have you heard of them before? Degusta Box is a monthly subscription box that sends you a variety of snacks each month.
I wasn't sure what to expect, but I was surprised by all the snacks that were included. Especially snacks that are specially found on the East Coast. I was more than a little excited to see TastyKake as one of the items. I've been kind of craving some for awhile now since I got back from Philly in April.
In the mean time, let's talk about this grain bowl.
Mixed grains topped with garlic shrimp, crispy garlic brussels sprouts, mixed greens, tart pomegranate arils, sweet dried cranberries, microgreens, and crunchy roasted garlic chickpeas. Then to finish off the grain bowl, a drizzle of maple balsamic vinaigrette. So much flavor. So much texture. It's my kind of fall dinner.
In a medium sized skillet, add about a tablespoon of olive oil. Allow the olive oil to heat for a minute. Then add minced garlic and cook the garlic for a few minutes until browned and aromatic. Add the brussels sprouts and cook for about 8-10 minutes until browned and crispy. Lightly season with salt. Set the brussels sprouts aside for now.
In the same medium sized skillet, add olive oil and heat for about a minute before adding minced garlic. Cook the garlic for a few minutes until browned and aromatic. Next, add shrimp and cook until the shrimp turns reddish orange and no longer translucent. Lightly season the shrimp with salt. Set the shrimp aside for now.
To make the grain bowl, add mixed grains. You can use whatever grains you like. I had a mixture of wild rice, brown rice, and quinoa. Add mixed greens, brussels sprouts, garlic shrimp, dried cranberries, pomegranate arils, and crispy chickpeas.
I used crispy chickpeas from the Degusta Box to add extra texture and flavor to my grain bowl. It's more than a little addictive.
In a small bowl, whisk together maple syrup, balsamic vinegar, and olive oil until combined.
Serve this Garlic Shrimp and Crispy Brussels Sprouts Grain Bowl with Maple Balsamic Vinaigrette.
To make the grain bowl, add mixed grains. Add mixed greens, brussels sprouts, garlic shrimp, dried cranberries, pomegranate arils, and crispy chickpeas.
This entry was posted in Bowl Foods, Entree, Fall Cravings, Farmer's Market, Gluten Free, Grain Bowls, Healthy, Quick and Easy, Recipes and tagged bowl food, fall recipes, farmer's market, gluten free, grain bowl, quick and easy.
I'm allergic to shrimp, but these do look delicious.
This looks AND SOUNDS delish!!! You had me at Garlic…Brussel Sprouts…Bowl! Thx for the recipe and the inspiration!!!


For the sake of access and order, booksellers group like with like. Unfortunately, this can backfire for many books, especially those with the potential to reach beyond their most obvious audience.
Jewish-themed children's books often straddle a tricky divide. But there are simple clues to wider appeal. Is the book's focus religious or cultural? Does it open a window onto another way of life?
Rebekkah's a sensitive narrator with a heartbreaking eye for detail. She has no shoes, and some of her fellow travelers wear "dirty striped pajamas." She's afraid of the seriousness of statuesque Miss Liberty and her flaming torch, and, after a train ride north, is overwhelmed by the kindness of the townspeople. But the Army base isn't the rainbow's end. It's enclosed by a fence the refugees are not allowed to cross—shades of the camps some have just fled.
The illustrations, mostly in tones of old-photo sepia, capture the story's mood perfectly. Told with sincerity, restraint, and age-appropriate detail, Rebekkah's Journey is a strongly compelling tale. Children will find relevance in Rebekkah's struggles with fear, courage, and trust, but a warning to reading-aloud parents: You may find yourself needing to explain your tears.
A completely different side of the Jewish-American experience is presented in Five Little Gefiltes, the latest picture book by a prolific Rosendale writer/illustrator. (For the uninitiated, "gefiltes" are chopped fish in aspic.) In a creatively slanted take on a classic toddler rhyme, Horowitz combines folksy Yiddishisms, goofy rhymes, cut paper, and paint to portray a charming, pushcart-strewn, two-cent-pickle version of New York's Lower East Side. Five black-hatted gefiltes "set out one day" and then, to the chagrin of Mama Gefilte, they fail, one by one, to return to their jar. But they don't go far—errant gefiltes can be spotted in each spread, boating in the harbor, dancing on rooftops, spoiling someone's soup.
The backgrounds are saturated with delightful details, like a store called Schmata King (we got a lotta schmatas!) and a sign at a deli exhorting patrons to "have a nosh." The gefiltes add to the silliness as well. "I'm totally schvitzing," one complains. "I know—it's so humid!" says another. But the humor isn't just for insiders; there's a glossary of Yiddish words and their pronunciations at the end. And because it's the kind of book that begs repeat reads, Five Little Gefiltes will be a vocabulary-building experience as well as a bedtime favorite (prepare to embrace the phrase Oy vey).
The family's ultimate reunion will satisfy the book's youngest audience, but kids of every age and ethnicity will find delight here. Lucky are the parents who get to mouth kvetched, schnook, and mischpocheh again and again (say it throaty, like you have a hairball).
The glossary's explanation of chutzpah reads, "Dave got someone to publish this ridiculous book about a bunch of gefilte fish? Now that's what I call chutzpah!" It seems this meshuga book was as much fun to write as it is to read.
The book is being promoted "just in time for Passover," the holiday when gefiltes quiver gelatinously at seders around the world. But like Rebekkah's Journey, Five Little Gefiltes deserves to hop the fence of the ethnic book shtetl, and find a place as an appreciated guest at other tables too.


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MRSA stats disputed
PUBLISHED: 11:59 23 April 2008 | UPDATED: 20:13 05 July 2010
A ROW has broken out over figures which suggest that one of Norfolk's hospitals has the worst infection rates for MRSA in the east of England.
The James Paget University Hospital in Gorleston has recorded 22 MRSA infections at its testing lab over the last year - nearly double its target of 12.
The James Paget University Hospital in Gorleston has recorded 22 MRSA infections at its testing lab over the last year - nearly double its target of 12. At the same time it has slashed its rate of another infection, C difficile, which is often hospital acquired, and has one of the best rates in the region.
Great Yarmouth and Waveney Primary Trust (PCT) has produced figures, which will be discussed at its board meeting today, showing that the James Paget has the highest rate of MRSA infection - or bacteraemia, to use the technical term - per patient of 19 hospital trusts in the east of England. But the hospital says that the figures on patient numbers which have been used are too low and therefore its infection rate appears too high.
Nick Coveney, director of nursing and patient services at the James Paget, said: "The figures don't look right. We have contacted the PCT about it."
He said that the PCT had agreed the figures were wrong and had withdrawn the board paper - but this was disputed by the PCT.
He added: "We recognise that 22 is a high number and we need to reduce it. We are aiming to halve it to 11 over the next year.
"We are delighted with the work we have done around C difficile, and the strategic health authority recently told us our progress has been astonishing."
He said the hospital was relaunching its anti-MRSA measures, including posters telling people to wash their hands, which have been produced in shocking pink so they stand out.
Despite missing its target the James Paget has cut its MRSA infections year-on-year - they were 27 for 2006-7, 44 the year before and 50 the year before that. None of the last year's cases have contributed to any deaths, according to death certificates.
Although the rates for MRSA and C difficile are often reported together, they are tackled in different ways. C difficile is a bacteria whose spread can be tackled through general cleanliness, while MRSA is more often transmitted through surgical devices like catheters and intravenous drips.
The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital appears midway in the MRSA league table for the region's hospitals, though its 31 cases were also above the annual target of 26. The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn has the fourth lowest rate in the region - its seven cases beating the annual target of 12. But infection rates are for all cases tested in each hospital's lab, and therefore include cases acquired in nursing homes and cottage hospitals as well as at the major hospitals.
PCT chief executive Mike Stonard said the trust worked closely with JPH on addressing infection control issues.
"These are a leading priority for both organisations which is why, for example, the PCT is this year funding additional staff with a key role in this area, such as modern matrons.
"The methodology we have used to calculate MRSA bacteraemia rates is the same as the one used by NHS East of England and we are confident that the figures in our board paper are entirely accurate."