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TAC, YN, EE, Section27 Statement, 15 February 2011
We support implementation of a programme of HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT) for Teens … but proper planning and protection of human rights of learners is essential
The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), The Yezingane Network (YN) , Equal Education and SECTION27 welcome the Department of Health's plans to extend HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT) campaign to children 12 years and older. But we call for it to be done in a measured, phased manner after thorough and consultative planning.
Encouraging HIV testing among young people is necessary. It is a tragic fact that HIV infection is a reality and a risk for teenagers. For over a decade studies have consistently shown rising rates of HIV infection after the age of 14, where HIV prevalence has been known to reach as high as 20% amongst girls aged 18 to 20. This, together with high rates of teenage pregnancy, shows that unprotected sex does take place among youth of school age
We therefore believe that extending the HCT campaign to teens can benefit this age group if approached carefully. Like adults, teenagers have a right of access to health care services, including for their sexual and reproductive health. It is unlawful to deny teenagers access to HIV preventative methods, such as condoms, information and HIV testing – when it is well know that they are at risk. But the right to access treatment, must also be accompanied with the surety that those in need of support are able to obtain it easily.
We believe the HCT campaign potentially also opens unique opportunities to prevent new infections among teenagers and to create better knowledge of sexuality, sexual health and HIV.
However we are very concerned about the challenges of conducting HIV testing with teens in the course of ordinary school activities and without serious preparation. Most schools in our country do not have a proper life-skills programme, despite government claims to the contrary. Problems of bullying, sexual abuse and substance abuse are widely reported. In this context, schools may pose serious challenges to privacy, confidentiality and voluntary participation. In a school setting learners reactions will be watched by their peers and educators.
This is why it is necessary to thoroughly prepare teens, their families and communities to ensure that children's rights are protected, that there is no stigmatisation of HIV positive children and to ensure that the longer term care and support for post-testing is in place prior to testing. We should not take chances with individual children's lives because we think we are promoting the greater good.
Children of different ages, including adolescents, have complex developmental needs which are not widely understood. Some of these needs require specialised training and more involved and longer term interventions. Testing must be promoted but at the same time entirely voluntary, confidential and children must be able to freely decline an HIV test.
The campaign provides a valuable opportunity for parents and children to discuss sex and sexuality. However, parental involvement should not extend to being able to deny children the choice of taking an HIV test. To do so would be a violation of children's rights and autonomy in terms of the Children's Act. After proper preparation, counselling and protection of confidentiality, neither schools nor parents should be able to veto the informed decision of a young person to test for HIV.
Treatment Action Campaign General Secretary Vuyiseka Dubula says, "There needs to be clear guidelines and a long-term strategy that will look at the psychosocial support needs of children pre- and post-testing. This will mean bringing teachers, learners and parents on board before the campaign kicks off to try to lay a foundation that safeguards against stigma and discrimination."
She adds, "Referral support systems need to be established for children who test HIV positive so that they don't drop out of school and that they have proper health care follow up and services. Steps also need to be taken to ensure that those who test negative are encouraged to continue to stay negative."
Yoliswa Dwane, Head of Policy, Communications and Research at Equal Education says, "Most schools do not have social workers. Teachers carry the social burden, on top of overloaded teaching responsibilities. To introduce testing into that environment is a risk. Proper counselling, and absolute confidentiality for the learners are prerequisites. If these are put firmly in place the HCT in schools campaign can succeed."
Cati Vawda Chairperson of the Yezingane Network says, "The SANAC HCT in Schools Task Team needs to ensure that the strategy document comprehensively addresses mental health and social issues including those that are not HIV specific and will be inevitably raised through proper preparation and counselling and testing such as abuse."
The organisations jointly urge the following:
A thorough pre-testing preparation phase at school and community level including working with educators to deal with their personal issues related to HIV and to teens' sexual and reproductive health rights, and putting into place long-term care and support. This phase must include education, information, communication and advocacy.
Ensure that planning, implementation and monitoring are in children's best interest and fully and meaningfully realise and protect their rights to health, information, care and support, and participation.
Post-testing monitoring of stigma, discrimination, mental health and social concerns at sites. This is an area where action and operational research and communications are required.
Proper attention to HIV prevention, in tandem with testing, including ensuring the availability of condoms at schools.
Support from parents, but no veto power in the hands of schools or parents. The decision to test, in the context of counselling, support and information, must be in the hands of the young people themselves.
Rapidly strengthening and monitoring the Life Skills curriculum including effective training and attitude changes for educators.
We urge the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) which includes the Departments of Health, Basic Education, Social Development and Public Service and Administration to pay close attention to these issues and give a public assurance that these requirements will be met. We call for independent monitoring of the campaign.
Finally we urge SANAC to ensure that all relevant government departments take a multi-dimensional approach to this campaign (HIV, child development and protection, mental health, safety and security and access to health care) in order to achieve maximum benefits for the learners and for the fight against the spread of HIV. In this they can be assured of our support.
Caroline Nenguke
Treatment Action Campaign
Caroline.nenguke@tac.org.za
Yoliswa Dwane
Head of Policy, Communications and Research
Equal Education
kathryn@equaleducation.org.za
Cati Vawda
Yezingane Network
cati@crc-sa.co.za
Carla GoldsteinTAC, YN, EE, Section27 Statement, 15 February 2011 02.22.2011


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By Chris Zeilinger
A Snapshot of Public Transit in Small Urbanized Areas
In anticipation of this year's CTAA Small Urban Network meeting, it's interesting to take a look at a few foundational facts and figures about transit in urbanized areas with populations less than 200,000.
Source: Data from FTA's National Transit Database
There are 319 urbanized areas with populations between 50,000 and 200,000, or "small-urban areas." In addition, federal transit law treats the U.S. Virgin Islands as if that entire territory were an urbanized area with a population below 200,000. Currently, the District of Columbia, Rhode Island, Guam, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands are the only states or equivalents with none of their population in small-urban areas. As an interesting aside, the Lake Tahoe basin of California and Nevada is treated by statute as if it were an urbanized area with a population greater than 200,000, even though almost no portion of the Tahoe basin is within any Census-designated urbanized area.
Urbanized areas are determined every ten years by the Census Bureau, based on decennial census results. Census has a detailed methodology for making these determinations, primarily drawing on concentrations of tracts and block groups with high population densities. Remember, Census does not take city, county or state jurisdictional boundaries into account when making these urbanized area determinations.
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) apportions Section 5307 formula funds to every one of the nation's 320 small-urban areas (Census-designated plus Virgin Islands) on the basis of their relative shares of population and population density. These apportionments are made without regard to the presence or prevalence of public transit in these urban areas. Quite a few of these small-urban areas' Section 5307 apportionments also include performance-based funding through the Small Transit Intensive Cities (STIC) tier of funding, which is tied to how small-urban areas' transit system performance data compare to large-urban area transit benchmarks.
In the 2018 National Transit Database (NTD) reporting year, there were eleven urbanized areas for which no urban transit data were reported. These were:
Casa Grande, Ariz.
Lake Havasu City, Ariz.
Prescott Valley-Prescott, Ariz.
Conway, Ark.
Panama City, Fla.
Sebring-Avon Park, Fla.
Brunswick, Ga.
Dalton, Ga.
Valdosta, Ga.
Chambersburg, Pa.
Hilton Head Island, S.C.
Some of those urbanized areas actually have some level of urban or rural public transit, but any transit operations they may have had weren't reported to the NTD in 2018. Others in that short list have launched some urban public transit in the years since 2018, and will find themselves reflected in future years' NTD data.
To summarize the above, there are 320 Census-designated small-urban areas in the U.S., including the Virgin Islands. Of these urbanized areas, 309 had transit systems reporting data to the NTD in 2018.
Among the country's 309 small-urban areas served by FTA-funded public transit, 162 – just over half – are served only by one public transit provider reporting to the NTD. But nearly half of all small-urban areas – 147, at last count – are served by two or more NTD-reporting public transit agencies. And quite a few of these small-urban areas are served by three or four transit agencies. In fact, there are six small-urban areas in which five transit providers report their data to the NTD: Camarillo, Calif., Simi Valley, Calif., Dover-Rochester, N.H.-Maine, Vineland, N.J., Burlington N.C., and Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Looking at this from another angle, 434 transit agencies reported operating in small-urban areas in 2018, also according to NTD data. This number represents the NTD-reporting agencies, and does not include subcontractors or other third-party partners in the provision of small-urban transit. The vast majority – 85 percent – of transit providers in small-urban areas serve only a single small-urbanized area, or maybe just serve one portion of a single urbanized area. On the other hand, 10 percent of small-urban transit agencies serve two small urbanized areas, and there are two dozen small-urban transit providers operating in three or more small urbanized areas.
What about these 434 providers of public transit in small-urban areas?
For the most part, the vast number of small-urban transit providers are either cities, counties, or transit-specific independent governmental entities. However, it's actually a diverse network, as detailed below (this categorization is based on CTAA's interpretation of NTD reporting agency information, and is subject to correction):
152 units of city government (35.0 percent of network)
65 units of county government (15.0 percent of network)
131 transit-specific independent government entities, such as authorities, special purpose transit districts, etc. (30.2 percent of network)
9 universities and colleges (2.1 percent of network)
8 units of state government, excluding universities and colleges (1.8 percent of network)
22 planning agencies, councils of governments or similar bodies (5.1 percent of network)
2 tribal entities (0.5 percent of network)
28 private nonprofit entities (6.5 percent of network)
5 private for-profit entities (1.2 percent of network)
9 public or private rail-specific operators (2.1 percent of network)
3 other types of government organizations (0.7 percent of network)

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Christian Boarding Schools for Boys in Mississippi -- Safe Harbor is a lower cost alternative to therapeutic boarding schools in Clinton, MS. – homes for troubled teens and home for troubled youth.
Christian Boarding Schools for Boys in Clinton, Mississippi
Christian Boarding Schools for Boys in Clinton, Mississippi are Not as Unique as Safe Harbor, Nor As Thrilling for Your Boy
As you search for Christian boarding schools in Clinton, Mississippi, will you take a minute to look at Safe Harbor? Safe Harbor is a more affordable alternative to therapeutic boarding schools in Clinton, Mississippi, with similar success.
Safe Harbor is Christian boarding school offering a one-of-a-kind maritime experience designed to coach troubled boys in critical life skills and to instill character. The Safe Harbor boarding school story is portrayed in the 2009 movie "Safe Harbor" on the Hallmark Channel, which still airs periodically today. Safe Harbor has been featured nationally in People Magazine, and on CBS This Morning, NBC News Today, CNN, and CBN.
Safe Harbor is a Christian boarding school situated in Jacksonville, Florida with over 25 years of experience in developing men of character, integrity, and vision. While we are located in Florida, we accept and provide education to boys from Clinton, Mississippi.
Safe Harbor transforms at-risk teenage boys into mature and dependable young men. Boys who find help at Safe Harbor may be caught up in depression, anger, behavioral and school issues, minor drug use or trouble with the law, or the upheaval of a loss in their life. Often, teens in these situations need to see a wider view of the world, one not so focused on themselves or keeping up with their peers.
Though you may be looking for a Christian boarding school in Clinton, Mississippi, please consider that the Safe Harbor seamanship experience combined with the personal attention, counsel and training give an unmatched setting for growth and change in behavior.
For at-risk boys, Safe Harbor boarding school teaches maritime skills and seamanship, gives practical life training, and builds character in the context of vocational education, all while boys work toward their high school diplomas. The boys (many have come from Clinton, Mississippi) make their home on board vessels at this waterfront boarding school. They gain knowledge of boating on the ocean and rivers while learning respect for self and others, self-reliance, perseverance, and much more. Each teenager who graduates from Safe Harbor learns to captain his own vessel, both literally and figuratively.
Registering Boys from Clinton, Mississippi, Safe Harbor is Christian Boarding School in Florida with Non-Stop Education
School takes place year-round, letting students catch up wherever they may have fallen behind academically. Boys who graduate Safe Harbor receive a high school diploma, and a lot of them go on to colleges of their choice.
At Safe Harbor, practical knowledge means as much as academic knowledge. In addition to all aspects of boating and seamanship, we give vocational training in a variety of topics, like woodworking, boat refurbishing, navigation, log keeping and map reading, welding, engine repair, and basic electrical work.
We also think boys should be able to handle basic life skills. Graduates of Safe Harbor are taught to balance a checkbook and handle personal finances responsibly, find employment using appropriate resume and interview skills, understand basic nutrition, and handle grocery shopping and cooking, to name just a few of the topics we cover. Our goal is to make your boy respectful, self-reliant, confident, and competent.
Christian Boarding School that Helps Boys from Clinton, Mississippi Make a Change of Heart and Attitude
Safe Harbor teaches boys practical lessons based on the biblical book of Proverbs, and our overall philosophies are grounded in God's Word. We want boys to ask the important questions about life and find out the answers for themselves.
Concerning counseling, our program uses group and one-on-one counseling, both from a mental health professional and from a pastoral counselor. The small size of our program ensures plenty of interaction time for boys from Clinton, Mississippi with professional staff and mentors.
Because of the uncommon nature of the program, we draw residents from all across the country, including from Clinton, Mississippi.
Safe Harbor is like no other boarding school or boys home and gives boys a life-changing opportunity and an adventure that cannot be reproduced in Clinton, Mississippi. As you carry on your search in Clinton, Mississippi and elsewhere, thank you for looking at Safe Harbor Maritime Academy situated on the East Coast in Jacksonville, Florida.
To find out more, we invite you to read the rest of our website, then complete our online inquiry form or contact us directly at (904) 757-7918.
Boarding Schools in Clinton, Mississippi
More about Christian boarding schools in Clinton, Mississippi:
Clinton is a city in Hinds County, Mississippi, United States. Situated in the Jackson metropolitan area, it is the tenth largest city in Mississippi. The population was 23,347 at the 2000 United States Census.
Excerpt about Christian boarding schools in Clinton, Mississippi, used with permission from Wikipedia.
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Should you need help finding boarding high schools, boys homes, faith-based boarding schools, affordable boarding schools, please let us know. Safe Harbor is among the top therapeutic schools, our therapeutic boarding schools for boys; one of few residential treatment centers and residential schools for teens that is affordable. As a home for troubled boys it serves at-risk boys, we help boys in Florida, Georgia, in Kentucky, in Tennessee, in Missouri, in Louisiana, in Arkansas, and in Texas. Plus, in the Midwest in Michigan, in Ohio, in Indiana and in Illinois. Mostly, troubled teens from homes along the east coast including in Virginia, in North Carolina, in South Carolina, in Pennsylvania, in New Jersey, in Massachusetts and in New York are provided counseling and therapy.
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Intel's Changes at the Top Are Reason for Optimism, Says Jefferies
Intel shares are upgraded to hold from underperform.
Tony Owusu
Intel (INTC) - Get Report shares rose Tuesday after analysts at Jefferies upgraded the stock to hold from underperform on optimism that recent changes to the chip company's management team will provide a boost in 2020 and 2021.
The semiconductor maker has experienced a lull in recent years thanks to increased competition from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) - Get Report, but that lull could be over now that the company has made these management changes. The firm noted that over the past six years 10 long-standing senior executives with 23 to 42 years of experience have left the company, "while more recently at lease a half-dozen new seniors have joined."
"There is a short window of opportunity for Intel to halt its stock's underperformance, and it seems to us that the company is positioning to do so," Jefferies wrote in the note.
The firm also boosted Intel's price target to $64 from $40. The new price target represents a potential 7% upside from the stock's previous closing price of $59.60. Intel shares were rising 1.8% in trading Tuesday.
Additional catalysts for the company include the divesting of Intel's memory business, which Jefferies analysis estimated could add 16 cents of earnings per share, 260 basis points to operating profit margins and 1.0x to the company's price-to-earnings ratio thanks to $2.3 billion in higher annual capital return.
Despite these potential tailwinds, the firm remains cautiously optimistic.
"We increase our price target to $64 assuming that the company divests memory (Focus) and cuts OpEx (Frugality). Fixing its manufacturing or moving to a Fabless model potentially addresses our share concerns, but we assess a low probability of either... for now," Jefferies said.
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Detta inlägg postades i Nyheter den april 2, 2009 av Johan, Nordic Bushcraft.
Definitely made me laugh, especially the first bit! How long did it take to make the canoe – the pieces were excellently crafted with just an axe … mmm was it really made in a survival situation?


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"In his cluttered lab at the University of Toronto, Stephen Morris peers through the viewfinder of a camera pointed into a slot in an insulated plywood box the size of a beer fridge. Jutting wires and hoses connect the box to water tanks, drains, and power sources. Inside, a mixture of water and fluorescent dye dribbles from a hose onto a rotating wooden spike dangling in the chilled interior. Each drop of the liquid gradually freezes, layer upon layer. An object slowly takes shape: a delicate icicle. As the tapering column of ice lengthens and widens, something curious happens: the smooth surface develops ridges and valleys. From stem to tip, the entire icicle grows a new, textured skin.
Morris is a physicist who specializes in geomorphology—the study of why natural objects are shaped the way they are. At fifty-nine years old, he has been searching for an explanation for the ripples on icicles for more than a decade. If he can find an answer, he'll be adding a small piece to one of the biggest scientific puzzles on the planet: Is there a unifying theory that can account for the structure of all things—animal, vegetable, and mineral?


Based on the feedback we have received from our customers, we have introduced the ability for registered users to submit comments to organisers privately.
While making a comment (on a slide or otherwise), the members of room can submit their comment privately so it is only visible to the organisers, and hidden from all the other members in the room.
This option is now available for both publicly and privately accessible rooms.
Our enduring aim is to make our platform as flexible as possible.
Users can already view a public activity and submit a comment anonymously. They don't need to sign in and register, and their comment will be recorded from a 'Public Visitor'.
This new feature builds on these capabilities, by enabling a registered user - someone who has signed in with their details and email address - to submit a comment privately.
So, with this update, we are enabling users to participate in your consultations, forums and other activities in the way they feel most comfortable. If they want to share sensitive comments with you, they can do so privately.


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Q: How to automaticly refresh silverlight pages after deploy server services Firs of all sorry for my bad English.
I have an Silverlight application. And there is too much customer who is using my application.
When i deploy new version i see same problem.
As we know lots of time users opening any silverlight window and do not any request in a long time. İf I deploy my projects to server after user open window and user will request after deploy *httpWebRequest_WebException_RemoteServer* error is occuring.
How can i learn is service version changed before request and refresh client page automaticly.
I add an timer to App.xaml and requesting to server every 5 minutes. İf server deployed *httpWebRequest_WebException_RemoteServer* error is occuring. And i catcing this exception then showing warning message to user.
But i can not trust this way.
What is the best way to solve this problem.
Thans.

A: The best way I know to automatically refresh your Siverlight page is to manage the assembly version of your xap (which is a good practice anyway): ie increase it for each release.
Silverlight will automatically download it if it does not match the server version.
You can change your assembly version in properties->Application->Assembly Information
[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.0.0.1")]

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Alyson Stoner posted a jingle about how to get in touch with her via phone using the Say It Now service in a video clip at her YouTube channel.
Watch the message and the phone number below.
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1 in 8 women in the UK will develop breast cancer at some point in their life.
1 in 5 will be under 50 years old.
These are shocking statistics but what can you and I as individuals do about this?
Breast cancer, reading those words makes many of us uneasy and with the statistics above, we are right to be concerned. We at Forward Ladies have joined forces with Breast Cancer Awareness to ease that worry by providing you with 4 simple tips to help you and your loved ones to prevent cancer.
Science tells us that more than 1 in 4 breast cancer cases are preventable.
What we eat, drink, do and the products we use all impact our health. Making simple changes in diet and lifestyle and avoiding certain chemicals can help reduce many people's risk.
Eating a healthy diet – increasing the amount of vegetables and fruit you eat, reduce the amount of processed foods and sugar.
Reduce the amount of alcohol we drink – have drink free days, limit the amount when you do drink, choose non-alcoholic alternatives.
Increase the amount we exercise – 150 mins a week will improve your health and mood, not everyone is a runner, so find an activity which fits with you.
Exposure to chemicals that have the ability to interfere with our hormones (known as endocrine disrupting chemicals or EDCs) can increase our risk of getting breast cancer. Reducing your use of cleaning products, creams and cosmetics that contain these chemicals can help to reduce levels in the body.
To find out more about how you can reduce your risk, Breast Cancer UK are running their annual Prevention Week from 17 – 23 September 2018.
A week of practical tips and solutions to help you make changes and form healthy habits, along with guest blogs from a range of experts in the fields of lifestyle and the environment.
Get involved, get informed. Together we can prevent the preventable.
Breast Cancer UK is the only UK charity to campaign for the prevention of breast cancer by reducing risk. In addition to providing practical tips to reduce your risk, they campaign for changes in public health policies and fund scientific research into the causes of breast cancer. They do not receive any government funding and their work is supported through the generous donations and fundraising efforts of their supporters.
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Considered as a major commercial and industrial area in Melbourne, Dandenong is a colourful multicultural city that's now booming with commercial establishments and attractions. Because of this, Dandenong makes a great place to start a small business today.
If you are looking for strategic sites to start your claw machine franchise in areas around Dandenong, Springvale, Hallam, Narre Warren, Rowville, Lynbrook, Endeavour Hills, and Mulgrave, read on for some excellent suggestions!
If you're looking for a crowd, the Dandenong Plaza is easily an obvious choice. The shopping hub houses an extensive array of shops—not to mention it is situated right at the heart of Dandenong—so it is basically where people a.k.a. potential players flock! For weary shoppers, finding a claw machine in the corner can be a sure relief, especially if they are tagging their kids along!
The Lunar Drive-In is a favourite among its following because of its true retro ambiance, where customers can watch films with the comfort of their vehicles in a refreshing outdoor setting. Fast food and drinks are also served! Although unconventional, the site is an interesting choice for your business for sale Dandenong.
People always love a good recreation experience, which is why a sports and recreation facility such as AMF Bowling is always packed. Take advantage of this by placing one or two of your claw machines in this site. Your toy crane machine can be a good pastime while players are waiting for their turn to bowl.
There are still loads of potential locations around Dandenong where you can kickstart your small business. If you are interested in getting a claw machine franchise, reach out to us now!
See other franchise locations: surrounding Lake Entrance area, within Traralgon area, around Dandenong area and Moe.


Happy Monday! Happy MLK Jr. Day! Hopefully everyone is finding some 'me time' today. I had the opportunity to have lunch with a great mentor and advisor to me, IEA President, Kathi Griffin. She gave some of our early career teachers some great advice at SPARKS this past weekend, "On Monday, do something that's good for you! Take care of yourself!" Something we all need reminding of every once in a while.
Thank you to the members or SEA and SEEO who volunteered at Feed My Starving Children last week. Our totals for the evening were 157 boxes packed with 33,912 meals which fed 92 children for an entire year. It was nice having Cook County Commissioner Kevin Morrison, as well as School Board President Mary Kay Prusnick, Dr. Knoll, and Superintendent DuRoss join our group that evening.
What an amazing time I had this past weekend at our SPARKS event! I wanted to take a moment to thank the SPARKS planning committee (Kara Zielinski, Vicki Mikos, Michelle Mason, Kelly O'Reilly, Crystal Bush and myself) for all the behind the scenes work and for being willing to present various sessions on special education, classroom management, and all about our association. And to the SPARKIEs in attendance, thank you for not only attending, but for helping both groups escape from the escape rooms on Friday night! It was a pleasure to meet you! A special shout-out to our IEA President, Kathi Griffin, for attending on Saturday and being a part of our Discussion Panel. Also, thanks to our NEA Member Benefits representative Justine Sallee and financial planner Danielle Rovner for braving the snow on Saturday morning to attend.
When you begin to file your taxes for the 2018 year, an 'Instructional Materials and Supplies Credit' is allowed equal to the amount paid during the year for instructional materials and supplies, of $250, whichever is less. This is provided to any educator who was employed at least 900 hours during a school year.
This Saturday, January 26th, from 10 AM – 12 PM, is our first of three SEA volunteer days at Addams' Community Closet. We still have two openings available to join us. If you are free and able to help out, please email me or sign-up on our Volunteer Doc by clicking here. We still have openings for our April 27th & May 14th Community Closet dates as well.
January 21st: Squirrel Appreciation Day….squirrel!


MIAMI – In today's world, where data is growing exponentially, and emerging technologies are transforming the way we work, tax and accounting professionals have an opportunity to leverage intelligent insights to improve client satisfaction and increase business opportunities. During the CCH Connections User Conference, Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting (TAA) showcased CCH Axcess™ iQ the ground-breaking solution that leverages artificial intelligence and predictive analytics to empower firms to turn today's rapid pace of complex regulatory and legislative change into opportunity.
Maintained within the CCH Axcess platform, the innovative CCH Axcess iQ allows users to analyze their CCH Axcess™ Tax data to match potentially impacted clients with tax legislation change triggers. In one easy step, professionals can review their dashboard of intelligent insights and leverage automatically generated communications to engage clients with strategic counsel about recommended next steps. As a result, firms increase their value as a trusted partner to clients, and create the potential for additional revenue streams.
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People will not grow into Christ-likeness if they do not value truth. God uses truth in the sanctification process (Jn. 17:17). Consequently, part of your responsibility as a leader is not only to adhere to God's truth as found in His Word yourself, but also to help others do the same. If they do not view absolute truth as all that important, having allowed the world's relativistic approach to infiltrate their hearts and minds, they will be less likely to line up with it.
If you are going to convince the people you lead of the importance of Truth, you need to constantly keep coming back to its source and its pragmatic value.
In leading people, you need a reliable standard for people to follow. To claim a certain direction is right "because the Bible says so" might be insufficient to convince some people. Take them to the source behind the Bible, God Himself. If people see God as the One of whom there is no greater, then what He says will have more merit.
If you have a God who is absolutely true, then you can depend on everything He says to be consistent with itself.
If you have a God who is always faithful, then you can count on the promises He makes.
If you have a God who is totally holy, then you can know that what He says is right and best.
The church is "the pillar and foundation of the truth" because we are the church of the living God who is Truth (1 Tim. 3:15). As we live in the light of His truth, we provide a firm base upon which to live and a support to keep us standing. If we, as the Church, are not totally convinced of this, how are we going to provide that influence in the world?
If people don't have a firm grasp on who God is, they will struggle to make truth a priority standard. People can argue with the absolute authority of the Bible and get into theological debates about who God is but they will find it hard to dispute the reality of something that works, something that does what it says it will.
In leading people, don't just tell them what to do because it is based on truth. Show them the difference it will make using real life illustrations or examples. Help them take baby steps in testing the truth of God's Word before expecting them to take a running leap into it.
To Do: Read through Psalm 119 noting both the source of truth and its pragmatic value.


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LAGOMARSINO LAB @ LSU
Lab + Friends Photo, Fall 2019
The Lagomarsino and Harms Labs went botanizing at the longleaf pine savannah at Lake Ramsay near Covington, LA in October 2019. LagoLab members pictured include Diego Paredes, Laura Lagomarsino, Laymon Ball and Ricardo Romero.
Laura P. Lagomarsino
Ph.D., Harvard University, 2015
B.S., University of California- Berkeley, 2008
I'm an Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences and proud Director of the Shirley C. Tucker Herbarium at Louisiana State University. I'm also a botanist and evolutionary biologist— in that order.
Download a full version of my CV here!
Laura A. Frost
Ph.D., University of Washington (2018)
B.S., University of Alabama (2012)
Laura is trained as a Neotropical biogeographer and plant systematist. She is a taxonomic expert of Citharexylum, which includes C. dentatum, which Laura (right) collected during fieldwork in the Peruvian Andes. Coming full circle to research she did as an undergraduate at University of Alabama, Laura will be studying the evolution of pollination syndromes in the Neotropics while being physically located in the US Gulf South. While she enjoyed her time in the Pacific Northwest, Laura is looking forward to being back in the region and hopes to bring evolution education to the Deep South during her career.
Janet K. Mansaray
B.S., Howard University (2017)
Janet was the first PhD student to join the LagoLab! Janet was an undergraduate researcher in Janelle Burke's lab and then spent a year as the Flora of Pennsylvania intern at the Morris Arboretum. Janet is supported by a Bridge to the Doctorate Fellowship from LSU— Congrats, Janet! For her dissertation research, Janet will focus on systematics, evolution, and taxonomy of Centropogon subgenus Centropogon.
Laymon Ball
B.S., California State University- Long Beach (2019)
Laymon decided to pursue a PhD in botany after research experience in Dr. Amanda Fisher's lab at CSULB, where she investigated phylogenetic relationships in a group of chloridoid grasses and also studied the pollination biology of chuparosa (Justiscia californica), a typically "hummingbird" flower in the deserts of southern California. In her dissertation research, Laymon will examine the patterns of morphological evolution involved in pollination shifts in a Hillia and other Hillieae (Rubiaceae), a Neotropical group of epiphytic shrubs.
Diego Paredes-Burneo
B.S., Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (2010)
M.S., Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (2019)
Diego is passionate about the flora of his native Peru, and is especially interested in the Andean members of Melastomataceae. For his Masters research, which resulted in multiple publications, Diego focused on taxonomy and floristic patterns within this group. For his dissertation research, Diego will infer the phylogenetic relationships of the primarily Andean genus Brachyotum (Melastomataceae) and use this phylogeny to understand the impact of Andean uplift on patterns of diversification in this group.
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS
Ayah Ibrahim
LSU Honors Thesis Student
Expected graduation 2020
Ricardo Romero-Gutierrez
Visiting undergraduate student (and morphometrics extraordinaire) from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City
Daisy Singletary, LSU
BS, Grinnell College (2018)
Lauren was a visiting undergraduate from Grinnell College (Iowa) and was being co-mentored by Brant Faircloth. She analyzed phylogenomic data from across the centropogonid clade, including at a phylogeographic scale among three species of Bolivian Centropogon. She was busy making the cluster whirr and winning running races around Baton Rouge during the summer of 2017! She was supported by an internship from Grinnell College. She is currently a Data Analyst with Anahí Espindola at University of Maryland.
Lauren was the recipient of the 2019 Undergraduate Research Prize from the American Society of Plant Taxonomists! Congrats, Lauren!
Henry Crull
expected graduation, 2018
Henry generated images of pollen from herbarium specimens of Centropogon, as well as museum specimens of specialized hummingbird pollinators. He received an LSU Discover research grant to support his research. Congrats, Henry!
Lauren A. Eserman
Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2017
M.S., Southeastern Louisiana University, 2012
B.S., Southeastern Louisiana University, 2009
Lauren was the lab's first postdoc and was with us from August 2017–February 2018. Before moving to her current position as lab manager at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Lauren played a crucial role in setting up the lab and generating our first data— on her favorite plant group, morning glories, nonetheless! We miss her, but her legacy will live on in the lab's organization and protocols.
Learn more about Lauren at her personal website!
A257 Life Sciences Annex (office and herbarium)
A303 Life Sciences Annex (lab)
103 Life Sciences Building
Shirley C. Tucker Herbarium
Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA
email: llagomarsino1@lsu.edu
phone (office): 1-225-578-8555
phone (lab): 1- 225-578-8550


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Il campionato europeo di calcio Under-21 2011 è stata la 18ª edizione del Campionato europeo di calcio Under-21. La  ha vinto il titolo per la terza volta, battendo in finale la . Le due finaliste e la , vincitrice del play-off tra le semifinaliste, si sono qualificate per il torneo di calcio delle Olimpiadi di Londra 2012.

Il 10 dicembre 2008 il Comitato Esecutivo dell'UEFA ha assegnato alla Danimarca l'organizzazione dell'evento.

Qualificazioni

Squadre qualificate

Stadi

Date
 11 - 19 giugno 2011: Fase a gironi.
 22 giugno 2011: Semifinali.
 25 giugno 2011: Eventuale spareggio per le qualificazioni ai Giochi olimpici.
 25 giugno 2011: Finale.

Convocazioni

Giochi olimpici 2012
Le finali saranno utilizzate come qualificazioni europee alle Olimpiadi 2012 di Londra.

Le quattro federazioni britanniche erano state inserite singolarmente nelle qualificazioni, ma senza potersi qualificare per le Olimpiadi, in quanto già iscritte come squadra unica del Regno Unito. Infatti, in quanto Paese ospitante, il Regno Unito era automaticamente qualificato alle Olimpiadi.

Dato che l'Inghilterra non riuscì a passare la fase a gironi, fu necessario giocare un play-off tra le semifinaliste perdenti: ciò in quanto l'UEFA aveva solo altri tre posti a disposizione.

Vicenda analoga, ma per motivi diametralmente opposti (quando erano quattro i posti assegnati all'UEFA), accadde nel 2007 quando  e , terze nei gironi, si scontrarono per ottenere l'ultimo posto a disposizione per i Giochi di Pechino.

Gironi finali

Girone A

Classifica

Risultati

Girone B

Classifica

Risultati

Fase a eliminazione diretta

Tabellone

Semifinali

Finale 3º posto - Play-off Giochi olimpici

Finale

Selezione UEFA

 Portieri
 David de Gea
 Yann Sommer
 Tomáš Vaclík

 Difensori
 Nicolai Boilesen
 Ondřej Čelůstka
 Dídac Vilà
 Timm Klose
 Yaroslav Rakitskiy
 Jonathan Rossini
 Chris Smalling
 Kyle Walker

 Centrocampisti
 Christian Eriksen
 Marcel Gecov
 Ander Herrera
 Javi Martínez
 Mikhail Sivakov
 Thiago Alcántara

 Attaccanti
 Adrián López Álvarez
 Juan Manuel Mata
 Admir Mehmedi
 Xherdan Shaqiri
 Kolbeinn Sigþórsson
 Daniel Sturridge

Classifica marcatori

5 reti
 Adrián López Álvarez

3 reti
 Admir Mehmedi (1 rigore)

2 reti
 Andrėj Varankoŭ (1 rigore)
 Danny Welbeck
 Bořek Dočkal
 Ander Herrera
 Juan Manuel Mata (1 rigore)

1 rete

 Dzmitryj Baha
 Jahor Filipenka
 Maksim Skavyš
 Bashkim Kadrii
 Christian Eriksen
 Nicolai Jørgensen

 Birkir Bjarnason
 Hjörtur Logi Valgarðsson
 Kolbeinn Sigþórsson
 Jan Chramosta
 Tomáš Pekhart
 Jeffrén Suárez

 Thiago Alcántara
 Fabian Frei
 Frank Feltscher
 Innocent Emeghara
 Xherdan Shaqiri
 Maksym Bilyj

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Calcio nel 2011

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So I sat down & searched for a pattern, first I wanted to make skirt for baby Laney but nope, after many attempts I discovered that the cotton had no 'give' or stretch so that plan was aborted. I fiddled around a bit as I wanting to knit something but in the end, fell back into my love of crochet. I picked up one of my pattern books, sat down with a cup of tea & first crocheted this big coaster.
It would fit a teapot, so I'm calling it my teapot coaster. I then had yarn leftover but not enough to make another one of these, so I made two smaller flower coasters.
These can be the teacup coasters!
So there you have it, a set of coasters for a teapot & two teacups. I am thinking this would make a pretty Christmas gift for someone. If you were given this, would it be a nice gift or would you go hmph, thanks & toss them into the back of the cupboard?
Have you started Christmas present making or buying yet? I'm trying to buy as much handcrafted stuff as possible. I would like to make most of my gifts but my family aren't really the type that you give handmade too & they are too far away to make 'food gifts' for so I just tend to buy either books or vouchers for them.
Oh & the yarn is more a soft blue rather than the green it's showing the in photos, I just couldn't capture the colour properly.


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Home>> News>>Create™ TV Audience Reach Broadens in Third Year
Create™ TV Audience Reach Broadens in Third Year:
Create TV carried by 186 stations reaching more than two-thirds of the U.S. TV HH, Web search tools help unite viewers and Channel, New program inventory bolsters the 24/7 lifestyle channel
BOSTON, Jan. 30, 2008 – American Public Television (APT), in collaboration with Thirteen/WNET New York and WGBH Boston, announced today significant third-year growth for the dynamic 24/7 digital lifestyle channel, Create TV.
As of January 30, 2008, 186 public stations representing nearly 71 percent of U.S. television households will be delivering Create TV in the Channel's third year. "Since the Create channel enters U.S. markets via a subscription from each local public television station, the growth in market penetration by nearly 10% is a real affirmation of what these stations are hearing from their viewers regarding program interests," commented APT President and CEO Cynthia Fenneman. "Public television stations across the country have long seen the value of lifestyle and how-to programming – it is programming that started with public television, and it continues to flourish in this realm. The channel's schedule also effectively complements the programming now typically seen only on public analog stations. Essentially, this dynamic channel allows public stations to grow their footprint in the digital television landscape, helping them garner new audiences while still pleasing their biggest fans."
Since January 2007, Create TV has introduced 29 new shows to its unique program line-up, including James Beard award-winning programs starring chef Todd English, food columnist Mark Bittman, and Gourmet magazine editor Ruth Reichl, among others. These new talents join an already impressive lineup of celebrity hosts such as Ming Tsai – whose program Simply Ming was listed among TIME magazine's "5 TV Food Shows to Sink Your Teeth Into" last year.
Create TV received high praise during consumer research sessions in 2007. Focus groups participants enjoyed the quality content and productions, the broad mix of how-to and lifestyle genres, the informative companion Web site, www.CreateTV.com, and the uninterrupted programs. Of particular interest were the themed "marathon" programs running for an entire weekend day and dedicated to a specific theme including cooking, travel, home improvement, gardening or arts & crafts.
Combining the unique mix of lifestyle programming with available Web content , the Channel's Web site -- CreateTV.com has become the No.1 listing in a Google search for "create."
Create TV, the 24-hour lifelong learning channel, first launched on Jan. 9, 2006. The channel's appeal consists of: a rich catalog of public television's how-to programs such as America's Test Kitchen and Ask This Old House; an array of celebrity how-to hosts, including artist Bob Ross, travel experts Rick Steves and Rudy Maxa, and internationally recognized chefs Jacques Pépin, Lidia Bastianich and Daisy Martinez; a comprehensive companion Web site, www.CreateTV.com, which carries locally customized station schedules, tips, and more; creative programming such as talent-hosted themed marathons; and the ability for public television stations across the country to deliver this much sought-after programming to their viewers 24/7.
National Create, in addition to providing viewers with strong programming, is designed to help meet the digital multicast-generated demand for additional content across the public broadcasting system.
About Create™
Create™ is the dynamic TV channel that spotlights many of television's most popular how-to, cooking, arts and crafts and travel series. Create is produced and distributed by APT, Thirteen/WNET and WGBH Boston in association with National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA) and PBS.
About the Entities That Make Create TV Possible:
American Public Television
For 47 years, American Public Television (APT) has been a prime source of programming for the nation's public television stations. APT distributes more than 300 new program titles per year and has 10,000 hours of programming in its library. It is responsible for many public television milestones including the first HD series and the 2006 launch of the Create channel featuring the best of public television's lifestyle programming. APT is known for its leadership in identifying innovative, worthwhile and viewer-friendly programming. It has established a tradition of providing public television stations with program choices that strengthen and customize their schedules such as Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti in Concert, Winged Migration, Battlefield Britain, Globe Trekker, Rick Steves' Europe, Great Museums, Jacques Pépin: Fast Food My Way, America's Test Kitchen From Cook's Illustrated, Broadway: The Golden Age, Lidia's Family Table, California Dreamin' – The Songs of The Mamas & the Papas, Rosemary and Thyme, P. Allen Smith's Garden Home, The Big Comfy Couch, Monarchy, and other prominent documentaries, dramatic series, how-to programs and classic movies. For more information about APT's programs and services, visit APTonline.org.
THIRTEEN/WNET
Thirteen/WNET New York is one of the key program providers for PBS, bringing such acclaimed series as Nature, Great Performances, American Masters, Charlie Rose, Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, Wide Angle, Secrets of the Dead, and Cyberchase — as well as the work of Bill Moyers — to audiences nationwide. As the flagship public broadcaster in the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut metro area, Thirteen reaches millions of viewers, airing the best of public television along with its own local productions. And, through its Web site and educational outreach projects, Thirteen extends the power of its work beyond the television screen. In 2003, Thirteen merged with sister station WLIW21 New York, America's fourth most-watched public television station. WLIW distributes live daily broadcasts of BBC World News and produces PBS programming celebrating the diversity and ethnic character in America. More information about Thirteen and WLIW can be found at www.thirteen.org and www.wliw.org.
WGBH
WGBH Boston is America's preeminent public broadcasting producer, the source of one-third of PBS's prime-time lineup, along with some of public television's best-known lifestyle shows and children's programs and many public radio favorites. WGBH is the number one producer of Web sites on pbs.org, the most-visited dot-org on the Internet. WGBH is a pioneer in educational multimedia and in technologies and services that make media accessible to the 36 million Americans who rely on captioning or video descriptions. WGBH has been recognized with hundreds of honors: Emmys, Peabodys, duPont-Columbia Awards…even two Oscars. In 2002, WGBH was honored with a special institutional Peabody Award for 50 years of excellence. For more information, visit www.wgbh.org.
National Educational Telecommunications Association
The National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA) is a professional association that serves public television licensees and educational entities in all 50 states, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. NETA serves by connecting people and ideas, by providing quality programming, educational resources, professional development, management support and national representation. For more information, visit www.NETAonline.org.
PBS is a media enterprise that serves 355 public noncommercial television stations and reaches nearly 73 million people each week through on-air and online content. Bringing diverse viewpoints to television and the Internet, PBS provides high-quality documentary and dramatic entertainment, and consistently dominates the most prestigious award competitions. More information about PBS is available at www.pbs.org, one of the leading dot-org Web sites on the Internet.


November 14, 2007 | Truth Evangelistic Ministry, Inc.
I woke up this morning, after a great sleep, to the smell of coffee that Josh was brewing on the stove. We had a great breakfast of eggs, rolls and bananas. It was a day of relaxing and just resting in the Lord as we did odd jobs around George's place. I purchased some avocado planks from one of George's neighbors. He has another neighbor that will sand them for us since they are very rough. We are going to use them for the seats on Gabriel; the old ones have rotted out. The rest of the afternoon Josh, George and I worked on a generator that George bought new but it wouldn't start. We worked all afternoon and it still won't start. Oh well, we had a good time anyway.
The Ungers are doing great. The kids started school today and met some new friends. It won't take them long to be speaking Kreol. Natalie cooked a delicious dinner for us, and we just enjoyed sitting around and talking about our day. No television, praise the Lord. Till tomorrow. Thank you for your prayers.


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It's never too late to help your child succeed in school. Developing success skills takes place at home as well as in the classroom, according to LSU AgCenter 4-H youth expert Dr. Janet Fox.
"Parents should be involved with their children's education," Fox says, adding, "They can do a lot to help them do well in school."
The youth expert advises asking the children questions about what they are learning and doing at school. Encourage them to give detailed answers, which might be difficult for them at first, but it can be done.
Look at books, magazines and newspapers with your children to help keep them up to date on world events or areas of interest. Discuss current events to help them form values and develop problem-solving skills.
"Television and the computer are great places to learn," Fox says, but cautions parents to monitor what the children view and to put a limit on viewing time.
When in comes to studying, children must have a quiet place to do their homework or projects. It's best if this place is out of the way and free from distractions. Make sure paper, pencils, scissors, a stapler and markers are available.
In addition to being involved with your child's education, it's important to form a relationships with key teachers and administrators at school. Make any of your child's special needs known immediately.
Share information with teachers so that both parties know what is happening at home and school. Changes in behavior or routine are the usual types of information that should be shared.
For instance, if your child is taking a new medication or you are going away on a business trip, let the teacher know. What might seem trivial to you could be key to understanding why your child is acting out of character.
"Finally, parents should expect success from their children," Fox says, explaining, "It's a self-fulfilling prophecy. You expect good and good happens."
Praise your child for hard work and a job well done. Working as partners, parents help their children learn, gain self-confidence and success in school.
For information on related youth topics, visit the AgCenter Web site at www.lsuagcenter.com. For local information and educational programs, contact an extension agent in your parish LSU AgCenter office.