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Letter to US Dept of State 3/23/13 – Tricia Keller, Policy Advisor, Business and Economic Development, White House Policy Advisor, Western Hemisphere, Office of Global Women's Issues
Letter to US Dept of State – Tricia Keller, Jen Klein, Justin Sosne, Kristen Tymeson, Rachel Tulchin – Global Women's Issues 3/23/13
Posted on June 5, 2014 June 8, 2014 by QuenbyWilcox
THIS IS THE RHETORIC
Promoting & defending women's rights in Afghanistan, Burma, Colombia, Guatemala, Saudi Arabia… gives the false impression that women's rights in North America, Europe and Australia are protected & defended!
THE REALITY BELIES THE RHETORIC
Dear Ms. Keller ( Policy Advisor, Bus. & Econ. Dev., White House Policy Advisor, Western Hem. Ofc of Global Women's Issues); Jen Klein (Deputy, Ofc Global Women's Issues); Emily Kearney (Program Analyst); Justin Sosne (Senior Policy Advisor); Kristen Tymeson (Advisor, Office of Global Women's Issues); and Rachel Tulchin (Policy Advisor, Gender-Based Violence and Global Health
With the 57th session of the Commission on the Status of Women convening this month, and the elimination and prevention of violence against women at its fore-front, I would like to take the opportunity to bring several issues to the attention of the Office of Global Women's Issues.
Over forty years ago, violence against women and domestic violence in all its forms was not recognized nor talked about; not in political arenas and not in the home or community. In the past decades many awareness campaigns have been launched, laws have been passed, and billions of dollars each year are spent at national and international levels to end violence against women.
Nowadays, end-to-violence campaigns are omni-present, with everyone admitting that domestic violence and abuse know no borders, does not discriminate according to nationality, ethnicity, social class, culture or religion. However, as Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women Michelle Bachelet, said in her closing remarks to the Stakeholders' Forum on Preventing and Eliminating Violence Against Women "there is no shortage of good and innovative practices and programmes being initiated by women in cities and communities around the world to respond to this crisis. The shortcomings are not in the vision, voices and the voluminous efforts undertaken by determined women around the world. No, the shortcomings lie elsewhere—in the lack of political prioritization… Now is the time for governments to translate international promises into concrete national action…." In other words, turn rhetoric into reality; through capacity building and accountability.
As my own case heads towards the international courts against Spain for its human rights violations under the principle of due diligence and a State's obligation to protect,the US government and US State Department have become complicit in the violations of the Spanish courts by their own failure to protect.Details of my case, documenting the lack of due diligence by US State Department officials in the past 6 years are posted on http://worldpulse.com/user/2759/journal.
While the Spanish system is exemplary and utopian in its legal structure and Constitution, and is signatory to international treaty after treaty, the discriminatory traditions and customs of legal counsel, judges and other judicial actors translate into rampant violations of the rights of women in Spain. This discrimination, as well as government agencies failure to assure transparency and accountability of judicial actors, is well-documented in study after study by Amnesty International, and supported by ample statistical data.
Unfortunately, as demonstrated in my case, the refusal of Spanish regulatory agencies, Defensor del Pueblo,[1] Consejo General del Poder Judicial,[2] and Instituto de Mujer,[3] to examine or investigate problems within judicial systems and their origins, perpetuates and sustains the "code of silence" which permeates, and has permeated Spanish society for centuries. The same tactics and manipulations used within the home to silence and oppress victims are being used by members of the community, judicial actors included. These abuses of power must be rigorously and severely challenged and sanctioned, if efforts to eradicate domestic violence are to be effective.[4]
Women's rights and domestic violence organizations in Spain, with who I have been in contact over the years (and solicited assistance,) recognize that the violation of rights within the courts is totally unbridled, in large part due to the extreme difficulty in finding legal counsel who are willing and able to defend the rights of victims. Customs and traditions which support domestic abuse are so prevalent and deeply entrenched in Spanish society that even when legal counsel is provided with detailed instructions on how to utilize this "utopian" system (supported by well-developed legal arguments,) they categorically refuse, or are incapable of doing so; as demonstrated in my case.[5]
Unfortunately, the deeply ingrained "code of silence," and policy of "laissez-faire," by implicated parties is hardly reserved for judicial actors and government regulatory agencies in Spain. It is also reflected in the US Department of States attitude and actions towards American victims of domestic abuse living abroad. In my own case, even though the US Department of State was repeatedly provided with clear and precise instructions as to what was necessary, they consistently refused to even acknowledge my requests, much less comply.
US Department of State guidelines (FAM-7) [6] clearly provide the tools and protocol that American Consulates should be respecting, but they are flagrantly ignoring and disregarding. I quote:
FAM 7 – US Department of State Foreign Affairs Manual, Vol. 7 – Consular Affairs – Victims of Crimes & Domestic Abuse:
7 FAM 1921 AUTHORITIES – (CT:CON-98; 12-13-2004)
a. State and Federal governments have enacted laws that specify the rights of crime victims and many states have amended their State constitutions to accord rights to victims.
b. Foreign governments have also recognized the unique problems experienced by victims of crime. See the non-binding U.N. Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power adopted by General Assembly resolution 40/34 of November 29, 1985[7].
c. " Consular authority to provide assistance to U.S. citizen victims of crime abroad and their families in the United States is derived from:
(1) Article 5 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations;
(2) 22 U.S.C. 1731 Protection of Naturalized Citizens Abroad;
(3) 22 U.S.C. 2715 Procedures Regarding Major Disasters and Incidents Abroad Affecting United States Citizens;
(4) 22 U.S.C. 2715a Provision of Information on Certain Violent Crimes Abroad to Victims and Victims' Families;
(5) 22 U.S.C. 3904(1) Functions of Service;
(6) 22 CFR 71.1 Protection of Americans Abroad; and
(7) 22 CFR 71.6 Services for Distressed Americans.
When Americans living abroad solicit services provided for under the afore mentioned laws, US Department of State'sresponses are that these situations are "private matters," "civil disputes," and that US government officials are prohibited by law from assisting Americans living abroad. A contention that is totally false, as sections 1922-1925, 1930-1932, 1910-1912, 1920-1929, 1721-1723, 1700-1719, 900-913, 450-456 of 7 FAM clearly enumerates the steps that Consulates and Consular Affairs representatives in Washington, DC should be, and by law are obligated to follow.[8]
Of even further cause for alarm, in considering the failure of the US government to fulfill their obligation to protect, is the extensive services and resource they offer in the recuperation and eventual criminal prosecution of women involved in international child abduction under the Hague Convention.
As reported by the Hague Convention Domestic Violence Project (www.haguedv.org/reports,) 70% of women involved in international child abduction cases under the Hague Convention are fleeing domestic abuse and the failure of judicial systems to protect them and their children. Abbott vs. Abbott (2010) (www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/09pdf/08-645.pdf) brought these issues to the attention of the US Supreme Court.
Between 2010-2012 the Office of Child's Issues, Consular Division of the US State Department handled 890 incoming Hague Convention on international child abduction cases, with up to 70%, or 623 cases,[9] potentially involving a protective parent fleeing domestic abuse and a Receiving State's failure to protect. While I have been unable to obtain figures from the US State Department on the annual budget for the Office of Child's Issues, the 2012 budget for "Strengthening Consular and Management Capabilities"was $3.75 billion.[10] Effectively, millions of dollars per year of the Consular Affairs Division's budget are used in supporting the on-going abuse of thousands of Americans,[11] while none of their resources (as provide for by law and under FAM guidelines) are being used to assist the victims.
If the US Department of State would allocate as much of its resources in assisting victims of domestic abuse as they do in recuperating abducted children, they would be able to substantially reduce the number of children that are abducted each year (and thereby reduce their budget.) In mounting my own "defense" over the past 6 years, I have developed a frame-work which includes a comprehensive system of protocol and "good practices" which would significantly decrease violation of rights in, and by, the courts, which in turn would help reduce rates of international child abduction. Crisis Prevention instead of Crisis Management…
Additionally, by bring accountability and transparency into family courts and judicial proceedings, authorities and those dealing with international child abductions, would be able to effectively distinguish between cases where children are unjustly being abducted and deprived contact with caring, loving parents, and those who are being abducted by protective parents, trying to fulfill their own obligation to protect. At present, without an extensive (and extremely expensive) investigation into the facts of each case, it is absolutely impossible to distinguish between the two.
What I am proposing is a win/win situation, rather than the lose/lose situation that exists at present.
I hope that by bringing these issues to your attention, you will encourage the appropriate officials in the US Department of State to review and revise their policy of "non-assistance" to American victims of domestic abuse living abroad, and "non-compliance" with the Convention of Consular Relations in these cases. This policy is contrary to national[12] and international law,[13] as well as implicates the US Department of State in human rights violations committed against expatriated American citizens within foreign judicial systems under international law.
For your convenience, please find enclosed some background information about Global Expats, and how we will be working in the future to assist expat communities around the world.
Thank you in advance for your time and consideration. I remain at your disposition for any clarifications or additional information you may require.
www.global-xpats.com
quenby@global-xpats.com
[1] http://worldpulse.com/files/upload/2759/us_department_of_of_state_foreign_affairs_manual_v.pdf
[1](1) Federal Tort Claims Act
(2) Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(3) Convention on Political and Civil Rights
(4) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
(5) Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power
(6) Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women
(7) International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, inter alia
(8) Gonzales vs. USA, 2011, inter alia
[8] 7 FAM, Sections 1922-1925 (Authority and Responsibility to Victims of Serious Crimes),7 FAM, 1930-1932 (General Guidelines for Assisting Victims of Crimes/Domestic Violence), 7 FAM, 1910-1912 (Crime Victims Assistance) , 1920-1929 (Child Abuse or Neglect), 7 FAM, 1721-1723 (Child Abuse and Neglect Resources), 7 FAM, 1700-1719 (Safety and Protection of Minors/International Parental Child Abduction/Hague Child Abduction Convention ), 7 FAM, 900-913 (International Judicial Assistance), 7 FAM, 450-456 (Trials, Appeals, Sentences, Post Sentencing)
[9] The Office of Child's Issues does not compile or retain gender statistics in its reporting of incoming or outgoing cases. Therefore, I have used the common and repeatedly reported rate of 70% for "State failure to protect" (Amnesty International, American State Bar Associations, inter alia)
[10] Consolidating Schedule of Net Costs, US Department of State Fiscal Year 2012 Agency Financial Report, p. 116
[11] Each year the Office of Child's Issues deals with an average of 300 incoming cases with abused children, which are then condemned to living with the abusive parent for 10-16 years +. (My own children are 19 and 21, but until they are financially self-sufficient, or until I am financially solvent, they cannot defy their father's order to have no contact with me.)
[12] " Consular authority to provide assistance to U.S. citizen victims of crime abroad and their families in the United States is derived from:
(8) Federal Tort Claims Act
[13] (9) Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(10) Convention on Political and Civil Rights
(11) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
(12) Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power
(13) Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women
(14) International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, inter alia


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Hugh Williams
Will Grant
Will Grosz
Wilhelm Grosz
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Austrian composer, pianist, and conductor born in Vienna. In 1921 he was appointed conductor of the Mannheim Opera, but returned to Vienna in 1922, where he worked as a pianist and composer. From 1927 he was the artistic manager of the Ultraphone Gramophone company in Berlin and In 1933 he became conductor of the "Kammerspiele Theater" in Vienna. Forced to flee his native land because of the Nazi takeover Grosz resettled in England in 1934. However, he found little interest there for his avant garde musical style. He was able to apply a considerable melodic gift to setting the lyrics of popular songs, some of which became international successes. Most of his most popular titles were written with lyricist Jimmy Kennedy: "Harbour Lights", "Red Sails in the Sunset", "When Budapest Was Young", and "Isle of Capri".
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Popular Originals
Eine kleine Reise
Released on Ich geh' aus und du bleibst da (1931)
Covered by (6 artists)
Popular Covers by Hugh Williams
Wenn ich mir was wünschen dürfte
Originally by Marlene Dietrich - Am Flügel: Fr. Holländer
Released on Wenn ich mir 'was wünschen dürfte (1931)

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Google announced this Friday that it'll be shutting down ARCore Project Tango on 1st March 2018. Tango Project was an initial effort from Google to bring AR to our smartphones. The ARCore Project was introduced in 2014 and made it into designer kits and even a couple of device users as recently as last year.
In Past, in 2014, they introduced Project "Tango". It was a bit of an innovator in its own right, past Apple's ARKit with a phone and tab-based phone "Augmented Reality" solution that depends upon innovative camera hardware to have 3D meshes of specifications in a manner related to the way Microsoft's HoloLens functions. Getting smartphone makers to build this fairly costly functionality into their smartphone was a fool's task for Google, which only thrived in receiving the Tango platform running on a few gimmicky smartphone over the course of 3 years.
The company looked to have its hand involuntary by Apple's this year, which talked a huge game about its ARKit platform on iOS11, sendoff Google to license the high cost of entry to Android Augmented Reality with the overview of ARCore past August.
There's quite a lot of limitations in these technologies still, so it's not like Tango was all for naught.
The platform makes the things pretty, focusing on plane recognition rather than building a 3- Dimensional mesh of the space.
This will let you allow ARCore functionality to run on latest smartphones like the Galaxy S8 and the Pixel and Pixel 2 that don't have multi-camera IR setups on their device.
This shutdown idea is pretty reasonable; there's no sense having a split improvement process for a platform like Android.


Pasta is my absolute favorite meal but sometimes it takes a bit longer than I want it to. When I'm busy and starving I would always rather have someone homemade but end up picking something up on the way home because the thought of cooking for us doesn't work for me.
I've used Barilla pasta and their sauces before but this is my first time using their Pronto Penne. I wanted to make something that was super fast without using too many pots/pans so this was perfect. The meal that I made with this was pesto pasta with grilled chicken and I was pleasantly surprised by how quick this was to make. I used the pronto penne, Barilla's Pesto Sauce, grilled chicken that was pre-cooked and frozen and then my favorite staples: parmesan cheese and red pepper flakes. I love that Barilla Pronto Pasta cooks in 10 minutes and lets me cook a one-pan pasta meal without having to boil or drain water. It helps me save time and I'm not wasting any water.
While Barilla has a ton of great sauces to compliment their pastas I went for the Traditional Pesto Sauce. I love basil, parmesan cheese and olive oil so of course this is what I gravitated towards. The size of the bottle is great because it lets me use it for a whole box of pasta with their combination of authentic Italian herbs without saturating it. Check out my recipe below so you can try it yourself!
In a large saucepan pour a box of Barilla Pronto Pesto along with 3 cups of cold water, making sure to completely cover the pasta and cook for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and add the entire jar of pesto, half of the parmesan cheese, the red pepper flakes and serve with the other half of the parmesan cheese. And voila! A perfect meal that cooks in under 15 minutes!
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Pro/Con: Should Sports Resume in the Near Future?
Statesman staffers argue why spring sports should return over the summer or should stay at bay during unprecedented quarantine period
Bradley Locker and Serena Mehta
Red Sox-Yankees. Lakers-Celtics. Duke-UNC. Ravens-Steelers.
Inherently, sports cause us to experience joy as our rivals suffer and foster dislike between two individuals who often have no other reason to hate one another.
But during arduous times, sports—despite the deep-seated, blood-curdling hatred that they can cause—is exactly what Americans and those around the globe need.
In a matter of weeks, nearly the entire planet has shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. An extended stay in one's own home would likely feel monotonous on its own, but a lack of sports has put some civilians over the edge in terms of their boredom.
Rather than witness the pomp and circumstance of Major League Baseball (MLB)'s Opening Day on March 26 or see the victor of the NCAA's March Madness tournament win a national championship on April 6, fans, players, front office personnel and the like have been unable to relish any sporting event, ESPN's "The Last Dance" documentary about Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls notwithstanding.
The coronavirus, though, has afflicted far more than just professional or collegiate sports leagues and teams.
On March 12, the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) canceled its remaining winter sports season, which included the State Series for boys basketball. Additionally, all spring sports at the Illinois high school level have been indefinitely postponed—they may not return until 2021.
I undoubtedly agree that it is illogical and even foolish for athletes to suit up and play in any sporting events as of the current world situation. However, that could (and hopefully will) change in a few weeks or even months.
Whenever the spread of COVID-19 has been relatively contained and society has somewhat returned to normalcy, sports must return in some form.
To start, I believe that only some winter sports that were canceled or postponed should resume.
Before the NBA announced an indefinite suspension of play on March 12, every single team in the league had played at least 64 games of its 82-game regular season schedule.
This percentage is even higher for high school basketball around the country, as some state tournaments had even been completed. In the case of the Patriots' boys basketball team, they were slated to suit up in the Prospect Sectional Final on March 13 against their archrival Mundelein. The Class 4A state championship was expected to occur on March 21—the Patriots had a real shot at making it that far.
At the same time, high school athletes are younger and often more injury-prone than professionals. Suiting up to play a playoff basketball game in, say, June when they had last actively participated in five-on-five drills months prior would put their growing bodies in more peril than that of a more seasoned and conditioned NBA player.
On the other hand, the NBA should resume action since the league has more resources to create an altered playoff scenario that puts both players and fans in as little risk as possible. Commissioner Adam Silver has discussed a tournament-style event taking place in just one city to finish the year; the possibilities abound for how the NBA's owners could elect to resume action.
Fundamentally, the NBA has more capital than high schools in order to facilitate such an unprecedented season's conclusion. If Silver and the owners feel they can create a situation that is as safe for both fans and players alike, it should come to fruition.
Turning to spring sports, likewise, I feel that it would be relatively straightforward to resume play for both high school and professional leagues.
For high school spring sports, I think it is quite sensible to extend their seasons into the summer months, especially since athletes and high school athletic administrators could focus on strictly sports rather than school in the majority of cases.
As the dog days of August reach, for example, spring athletes can hone their crafts via outside training and club or travel team workouts. In this proposed scenario, high school players would lose such integral time but would have it replaced by the camaraderie of actual school play and competition.
Pragmatically, the decision would also hold weight. High schools likely would not lose a substantial amount of funding due to lower attendance; in fact, with parents possibly enjoying less stringent work schedules, the turnout for high school games in the summer could even increase.
Like high school spring seasons, MLB had yet to initiate its regular season before the outbreak of the coronavirus. But it, too, should still strive to resume play.
I alluded to the dreariness of the summer months for many, and such seasons would only become more bleak without the crack of a bat and the pageantry of the MLB All-Star Game.
As a baseball fan, I consider myself a purist—why change the way the game has been played for centuries?
But these times are unquestionably unprecedented. I would be more than willing to sacrifice the sanctity of a traditional MLB season just to see my favorite superstars suit up again—even if that means seven-inning games or a shortened regular season.
Yes, Cubs and White Sox fans may continue to argue whether Javy Baez or Tim Anderson is a better shortstop despite the suspension of the 2020 MLB season. But without statistics from this year, lots of discussion would be somewhat outdated; as we know from athletes like the Cleveland Browns' Baker Mayfield, players' performances can change exponentially in just one season.
It's not all about debate, though. As fans worldwide yearn for swishing three-point shots, stolen bases, the splashes of pool water droplets and even commentary from their favorite announcers, we must bring back one of the few things that has the propensity to unite us: sports.
Sports are a fundamental aspect of American culture; whether it's sitting down with your family and friends to watch the annual Super Bowl, preparing your bracket for March Madness, or watching your favorite countries compete in the Olympics, all sporting events hold a significant impact to sports fans.
These matchups and games around the world have created family traditions and produced memories that sports enthusiasts cherish and couldn't imagine living without.
It's often impossible to think about a world in which sports do not exist, where the touch of a button couldn't bring us to the newest marquee game playing on television.
Yet in the midst of an entire planet shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all sports, including major events such as MLB's Opening Day and 2020 NCAA Tournament have been cancelled.
This is a reality that sports fans never thought they would experience.
As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to increase daily, the future of sports seems to loom further and further into the future, and for a good reason.
Due to such unprecedented times of the coronavirus, governments across the world have implemented "social distancing" practices and are encouraging citizens to quarantine themselves. As the number of deaths and cases increases more and more each day, one of the biggest ways in which we can all "flatten the curve" is to keep our distance—and this means in sports, too.
In a time when extended staycations at home are becoming the new normal, quarantining seems unbearable due to a lack of action in the sports world. Although there has been a void, ESPN and other outlets are replaying classic games in an attempt to bring action to the sports world.
Many, if not most of American professional sport and Stevenson athletics are high contact sports such as basketball, soccer, and countless others. And in a time in which limiting social contact is key, holding off on sports right now is the answer, so that we can have a future with sports.
We were all saddened to hear of our favorite seasons and teams being canceled or postponed for the year, but it wasn't just our high profile athletes who suffer from a COVID-19 shutdown—it affects those at home, more specifically our high school athletes.
In early March, all high school athletes were informed that they would no longer be suiting up due to an IHSA ruling of a cancellation of the remaining winter and all spring sports.
Even with an option to extend the high school sports into the summer months and beyond, I think the most sensible choice would be to hold off. In terms of continuing to keep up with skills and technique, both coaches and staff at Stevenson are offering online workout courses and training.
In order for athletes to keep up with their training, they should continue with these programs to stay in shape in order to prepare for their future seasons. It is vital that students participate in these online classes in order to hone their skills and improve their games, even if their time to play doesn't seem to be soon.
The IHSA's decision to cancel all sports was purely on the notion of protecting its athletes and keeping them healthy, and with Governor J.B. Pritzker's extension of quarantine made at the beginning of April, it's even more of a reason to not consider resuming all sports in the near future.
On the other hand, in a case in which we simply allow collegiate and professional sports games to continue in the near future, we would be putting the health of our athletes and trainers second. Although there are options such as hosting events with no fans or viewers, we would still be putting our athletes at risk.
If we consider continuing major sports events, a key factor would be to test all athletes in order to make sure playing conditions are safe and this can mean testing them. Except the biggest problem is that we don't have enough testing kits or resources to make this possible.
Yes, we do have the kits, but not enough to simply test for the sole purpose to allow our top athletes to continue playing.
Every day, the number of deaths from the coronavirus increases in the United States. On April 20th, Illinois announced 30,357 positive confirmed cases and 1,290 deaths from COVID.
At the same time, it is very possible to look at the fall for a possibility of continuing sports, but it is truly dependent on the actions that we take now.
Although we are seeing events such as the summer Olympics not occurring in 2020, American sports culture is so profound that a small break will not create a large effect. At this time, it's crucial that maintaining social distancing and holding off on sports will allow us to be able to attend these important events in future years.
Bradley Locker, Managing Editors of Production
Bradley is a senior and one of the Managing Editors of Production. He loves that Statesman mimics a professional newspaper and actively strives to inform the Stevenson community. Outside of Statesman, he helps lead clubs like Sports Broadcasting Club, Freshman Mentor Program, Sports Analytics Club and Table Tennis Club, not to mention writes about professional sports for several sites.
Serena Mehta, Copy Editor
Serena Mehta is a senior this year and will be one of the copy editors for the Statesman. She joined Statesman because she has such a strong passion for writing and sharing her opinions and she feels as though the Statesman gives her the outlet to do so. Outside of class, she plays volleyball for the school varsity team as well as a club/travel team and she is an FMP. Outside of school she loves to travel to new places, try new foods, and spend lots of time with her family and friends.
Lake County Health Department Roundtable
First-Hand Fatigue
Testing the Trial
To Be or Not to Be (at Home): That is The Question
A New Normal
Common Vaccine Misconceptions
Answering the Zoom Call of Duty
From Books to Ballots: A New Generation Stepping Up
Final Presidential Debate: The Last Attempt at Turning the Tide


Here are some snaps of some of the work we have on display. We have been writing our our newspaper articles.
Some jokes never get boring!!
Our Numeracy Targets board ready for action in the new half term!
Some poems we wrote about our Geography Topic of Brazil. The class used images associated with Brazil as a template.


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Q: Putting an aged sites files on Amazon AWS (S3) For the last 6 or years, I've been running an online video hosting site.
Back then, hosting your content on services like S3 wasn't the biggie that  it is today, so everything is currently stored on our very expensive dedicated servers. The overages on data are much more expensive.
My question is this: What is the process of moving TB's of data on to a service like Amazon Aws where the site is all coded to link to files on our current server.
Editing hundreds-of-thousands of video links to point to the new Amazon AWS locations surely wouldn't be the ideal?
In this situation, is there a more "easy" approach to this dilemma.
All files are in a singular folder structure. IE; example.com/files/video.mp4
Would it possibly be more of a, leave the current files were they are and just have all future videos put on AWS?
I feel like I'm missing a piece of how this works as if for example IMGUR (who has trillions of images) wanted to move from AWS to another similar storage, it would be impossible to re-link trillions of links.
Any help is appreciated.

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The city of Kingston had its origin in the aftermath of the 1692 earthquake which destroyed Port Royal, many of whose inhabitants moved to the newly established settlement across the harbour. Over three centuries Kingston itself has suffered many hardships caused by hurricanes, earthquakes, epidemics and fires. This page looks briefly at the major fires which devastated the city, at a time when virtually all its citizens, of all colours and classes, lived closely together below North Street.
1862 'Fisher's Fire' in Kingston; the Fire of 1862 became known as 'Fisher's Fire' having started in Fisher's Bakery on Harbour Street.
. . . when the people in the vicinity were at last aware of their awful danger, the entire Foundry premises was already almost consumed, the shingled roof being one mass of flames, spreading in a few minutes to neighbouring wooden buildings housing a saw mill and steam bakery . . .
- the Fire of 1862 was to become known as 'Fisher's Fire' having started in Fisher's Bakery on Harbour Street.
The fire of 1907 was a direct result of the Earthquake on January 14th.


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John Henry Fortescue: Becoming Guitar Shorty
by the North Carolina Arts Council.
Originally published in African American Music Trails of Eastern North Carolina, copyright 2013.
Republished with permission.
Jan. 1923-1976
In the early 1970s, a one-of-a-kind artist lived near Elm City—the blues guitarist, singer, and musical storyteller John Henry Fortescue. Known as Guitar Shorty, Fortescue—who was originally from Belhaven, also the hometown of Little Eva of "Loco-Motion" fame—was a small man who played a big guitar spangled with flower decals. The performances he recorded in his brief life are inventive—sincere and comic, sacred and bawdy—sometimes all at the same time. His music is so hard to classify that were he living today, he might be identified first as a performance artist, and then a blues musician.
He had an assertive style that was heavy on boogie beats, and often used a bottleneck slide. Some of his recorded performances were on-the-spot improvisations, elaborate stories supported by his guitar backup in much the same way a soundtrack supports the plot of a movie. Shorty's song-stories sometimes incorporate conversations between two and three characters—including himself, his mother, his wife, a determined would-be girlfriend, animals, and FBI agents. He performed all the voices, in addition to singing, whistling, imitating harmonica lines, and producing sound effects.
In the fall of 1972, Guitar Shorty recorded an improvisation loosely built around the gospel song "Near the Cross." In between sung verses he recounted a conversation with his mother, all the while continuing to vamp the tune on guitar:
One thing I was thinking about I was sitting on my mother's knee, and I was small.
"Son," she said, "Son, when you grow up, be a grown man, You're going to learn to play the guitar."
I said, "Mama, I sure would appreciate that."
She said, "The Lord will be with you when you start to learning." She said, "And you know what they're going to call you?"
I said, "What, Mama?"
"They're going to call you Guitar Shorty."
I said, "Mama, thank Jesus."
"Because you ain't going to work nohow. You ain't going to do nothing but play that guitar, Make you a living."
I said, "Thank you, Mama."
"If you ever get with somebody that like your music, Honey, you won't have to work nowhere, On nobody's farm."
I said, "Now you told the truth."
"Because when you're working on somebody's farm, You ain't making a plug nickel."
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Globecast has been chosen as the content delivery service provider for Premier Sports HD, the new HD channel from Setanta Sports' UK operation Premier Sports.
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Globecast has been chosen as the content delivery service provider for Premier Sports HD, the new HD channel from Setanta Sports' UK operation Premier Sports. The channel will launch on the Sky platform on 20 July.
Globecast has a longstanding relationship with the broadcaster and already provides uplink and satellite capacity for existing SD channels, Premier Sports and Setanta Sports Ireland, also available via the Sky platform. The channel will be added to Globecast's extensive HD portfolio, with the company providing the uplink and satellite capacity on Astra 2G for the new Premier Sports HD offering. The contract win follows from the renewal of the capacity contracts for the broadcaster's Sky SD channels
Mickey O'Rourke, CEO, Premier Sports, said, "We've had a longstanding relationship stretching over 20 years with Globecast, and they already handle our two SD channels. Globecast was already familiar with our business and asking them to help us launch our HD channel was just a logical step in our relationship. HD is something that there's a real demand for from sports fans; the expectation is that watching a game on TV is as close to being there as possible. That's what we're trying to deliver with the addition of Premier Sports HD."
Juliet Bayliss (pictured), sales director, Content Distribution at Globecast, added, "We've been working with Premier Sports/Setanta for many years now, so we're delighted that they have chosen us to help launch the new HD channel. There's a real demand for HD channels and we're seeing a growing uptake among our client base and we've provided uplinking and capacity for several HD channels in the recent months."
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Q: Starting a process and killing it from Ruby on Rails app without leaving zombie process I am developing a Ruby on Rails application. Part of the functionality is starting and closing connection with Modbus slave via serial port, getting data and storing it into database. Also I made a script in python that does exactly what I need so I don't want to reinvent the wheel and rewrite it into Ruby.
My idea is to start a process which will execute python script and kill the process whenever it is not needed anymore.
I start the process as follows, so I can access it's pid:
def start
    ...
    @@pids[ object.id ] = IO.popen("python ./python_script_name.py").pid
    ...

@@pids is a hash which stores all started processes' pids with key as object.id (presumption is that each object can start only one process)
When I want to close the connection I kill the process like:
def stop
    ...
    pid = @@pids[ object.id ]
    system("kill #{pid}")

This results in zombie process (visible after ps aux | grep python):
[python] <defunct>

I tried to send SIGCHLD signal to rails application (as it is parent of earlier called python script) but it doesn't work.
I want to add that I might need to call/kill this process quite often so it can result in huge amount of zombie processes.
How can I kill a process without leaving zombie process behind?

A: Problem was not in the python script - signals are handled properly by default (no change after implementing signal module).
The issue is in the ruby script. After killing a process, its parent (rails server in this case) needs to know somehow that it was killed. For this purpose there is a wait function. From ruby documentation:

The parent process should use Process.wait to collect the termination status of its child

So to correctly handle killing a child process one need to follow:
def stop
    ...
    pid = @@pids[ object.id ]
    Process.kill( 15, pid )
    Process.wait( pid )
    ...


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A report by GfK, a German-based market research company, revealed that the average price of smartphones has gone up by 7% in third quarter of this year, which is a new record.
Q3 of this year also sees the demand for smartphones increase by 3%. The latest spike in prices and demand for phones was revealed when GfK in itsquarterly report.
According to GfK reports, last year 355.4 million smartphones were sold, the number should increase to 366.6 million this year.
Comparing all regions we can see the record demand was predominantly steered by Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe.
Among Asian countries, only South Korea saw a decreased demand. Sales of smartphones dropped by 15% there. However, China, where you can find many mid-range phones, saw sales value go up by 20%. Demand also increased by 5% in China.
GfK's results show the total change from last year to 2017. Demand increased by 4% in 2017 while sales value also increased by 10% at the same time.


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In 1904 Longacre Square in Manhattan was renamed Times Square. Reread The Cricket in Times Square by George Seldon, illustrated by Garth Williams.
This week the International Cemetery, Cremation, and Funeral Association holds its annual convention. I once took care of the Houghton Mifflin booth during a convention held in a small hotel complex where funeral directors took up the other half of the hall. I couldn't think of a book that I might bring over to them. Although I displayed Jack Gantos's Rotten Ralph picture books that day, his Newbery winner, Dead End in Norvelt, had not yet been written.
Jack Gantos's career still amazes me. I first met him when he was a young man who had teamed up with Nicole Rubel to create the Rotten Ralph books. Even in the early days Jack quite honestly admitted to having spent time in a maximum security prison before being released to pursue his dream of writing. Later he would tell his story in Hole in My Life. Eventually Jack began to write spirited novels, all with bad boys as their stars. All his protagonists, from Jack Henry to Joey Pigza, resemble Jack Gantos as a young boy, in one way or another. His protagonist in Dead End in Norvelt is simply called Jack Gantos.
A fictionalized account of two months in author Jack Gantos's life in the summer of 1962 when he is living in Norvelt, Pennsylvania, Dead End in Norvelt keeps young readers laughing for over three hundred pages. Although young Jack had thought he was going to have a wonderful summer vacation, he gets "grounded for life" for shooting his father's WWII Japanese rifle. However, Jack is still allowed to help an arthritic neighbor type up her obituaries about the founders of this coal-mining town, who are dropping like flies. As the book launches from one funny episode to another, the reader gradually begins to comprehend that these people may have been helped along to their heavenly reward. Norvelt weds slapstick comedy to historical fiction and a mystery novel, an unsual blend of elements that keeps readers guessing about what is really happening in town until the final pages.
With a paperback being published in May and a free Teacher's Guide available, the book is attractive for classroom use. Teacher extraordinaire Mike Lewis has read this book for the last two years to fifth-graders in Hingham, Massachusetts; it was a favorite of his students both times and even funnier to read aloud the second time around. Jack Gantos's segment on Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me after he won the Newbery is one of the most delightful interviews of any children's author. Had Jack not pursued a career writing children's book, he could have become a stand-up comedian.
But I am grateful that he decided to write for children and teens. For Dead End in Norvelt, Jack won a long-overdue Newbery Award, one that recognizes his singular voice and contribution. In the end Jack has always kept faith with children like himself; boys and girls who want to read something funny, bizarre, and unusual. He understands those readers need to encounter both children and cats who misbehave from time to time.
"Do I need to remind you of your little problem? she asked.
How could I forget. I was a nosebleeder. The minute something startled me or whenever I got over-excited or spooked about any little thing blood would spray out of my nose holes like dragon flames.
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I've just got round to this one. it got more laughs out of me per page than any other book I've read.
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Gotta catch the sequel. Can't wait.
Gordon: Jack Gantos is one of the funniest writers around — everything a bit larger than life. And, as you say, a new Norvelt novel has just become available.
And indeed, I read the next one. From Norvelt to Nowhere.
I actually just finished listening to the audiobook version of this in the car just minutes ago! I came in the house, turned on my computer, and (of course) checked out today's almanac. Perfect timing!
I so enjoyed this book. At first, I wasn't sure if I could make it through the story – I winced through some of the crazy situations mentioned above. But the winning voice, characters, and storytelling won me over. And I laughed out loud a lot – which is my absolute favorite thing to do when reading a book.
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Very funny book. I also just reread Gantos's Newbery acceptance speech for this. He's got a knack for keeping his audience informed and entertained.


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Coaches who returned to Real Madrid
Zinedine Zidane is history at Real Madrid. Photo: as.com
You know what coaches returned to Real Madrid after leaving the white club? In Colgados you count the cases that have occurred so far.
Coaches who returned to coach Real Madrid after leaving
Luis Molowny: Coach canary rose to fame in the late 60 when he got the mash to make a league runner-Las Palmas. But nevertheless, It was not until the mid 70 when he arrived at Real Madrid. It was in 1974 when he replaced the legendary Miguel Munoz. He returned in several stages more and coached Real Madrid from 1977 Y 1986 It is a classic coach "apagafuegos". Even thus an enviable record: 3 Suspenders, 1 League Cup, 2 Cups of Spain 2 UEFA Cups
Vicente del Bosque: everyone knows the coach who managed to win the World Cup 2010 and Euro 2012 with Spain but before, Del Bosque won many successes as Real coach. Entered into 1994 replacing Benito Floro, with curiously assistant Rafa Benitez and ended the season as Madrid coach. He returned in 1999 to replace Toshack and stayed until 2003 where Florentino did not have it after winning that league. His record as Real Madrid is important: 2 Suspenders, 2 Champions, 1 Spain Supercup, 1 European Super Cup and 1 Intercontinental Cup.
Fabio Capello: Italian first arrived at Real Madrid in 1996 to refloat a whole had become so dire that competition had not even qualified for Europe. He won the League 1996/97 And he left. Went back 10 years later, in the 2006/07, and after an epic comeback in League, he managed to win the league again. As 10 before he had done, He she left. He never quite connect with the crowd at the Bernabeu. his record: 2 Suspenders.
John Benjamin Toshack: in its second stage became famous so that always ended up putting the "same fuckers". But nevertheless, almost a decade earlier, He had beaten the record of 100 goals scored in League. It was in two stages, between 89 and the 90 and the 99 where he arrived in the second round of the season 1998/99 and it was stopped before finishing the first of the 1999/00. his record: 1 league and 1 Supercopa.
Leo Beenhakker: The Dutchman was one of those legendary coaches 70-80. He joined Real Madrid in 1986 and he held until 1989 when it was replaced by Toshack. Then he came 1992 to experience first hand the first of the two leagues that Real Madrid would lose in Tenerife and at a dessert, It would take the Barcelona. his record: 3 Suspenders, 2 and Supercopa 1 Copa del Rey.
Zinedine Zidane: French was an institution as a player where he won a Champions and coach where he won 3 followed (2016, 2017 Y 2018) plus a League. After leaving the white club 31 May 2018 by surprise, He returned the same way the 11 March 2019.
Special mention should be made with Alfredo Di Stéfano. The Spanish-Argentine was all Real Madrid, surely the best player in history, honorary president and coach even at this late stage was not the best of the legendary footballer in the white club.
He triumphed as a coach at Valencia but en Real Madrid, She was two steps as coach: half of the 80 where he got no title and 1990 where he won the Supercopa of Spain to Barcelona with this Santi Aragón goal we tell you.
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When falling down, especially a large distance, the scrolling is not very smooth. It is different in original.


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Baseball's first female general manager makes history
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Kim Ng made history when she was named the next general manager of the Miami Marlins baseball team on November 13.
Ng is the first female general manager of any Major League Baseball team in North America, making her the highest-ranking woman and Asian American in baseball history.
"I can't tell you how much it meant to me to see the outpouring of just pure joy for a lot of people," Ng said in her first press conference as general manager. "It made me realize that it really was a glimmer of hope and inspiration for so many, that if you work hard and you persevere and you're driven and you just keep going, that eventually your dream will come true."
Baseball general managers are usually responsible for player recruitment and development, trades, and overall management of the team. They hire the staff to support the team, including all managers and coaches.
Ng said for her entire life she has looked up to women such as Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova who have broken barriers and changed sports.
Ng has worked in Major League Baseball for more than 30 years. She got her first job as an intern with the Chicago White Sox after graduating from college. She has also worked for the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Making history by bringing a lifetime of excellence, Kim Ng steps to the helm as GM. #JuntosMiami pic.twitter.com/UrYESbjTHe
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Recently separated forty-something Toby Fleishman dives into the brave new world of app-based dating with the kind of success he never had dating in his youth. But just at the…
After influencing global events for centuries, a secret society faces a dangerous threat from within. Can a Canadian reporter save them — and the world?
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A self-proclaimed intellectual, forced to move in with her carefree sister and her sister's lovably eccentric friends.
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The rise and fall of Von Dutch, the 2000s fashion brand known for its trucker hats worn by the likes of Britney Spears, Paris Hilton and Justin Timberlake.
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Jay's Takeaways - August 2
AtlantaFalcons.com managing editor Jay Adams gives his three takeaways of the day throughout training camp
## A spoonful of pain
Sean Weatherspoon is really showing up during training camp. With the pads going on for the first time Monday morning, Weatherspoon didn't hold anything back, delivering the first big hit of training camp. Of course, 'Spoon didn't know there was a difference between what head coach Mike Smith calls a "thud" practice and what a "thud" was at Missouri, but when he's finally allowed to go full speed, it's going to be a wonderful, fun, scary thing to watch.
## Too many is a crowd
There are several positions that are extremely crowded on the field right now. Right cornerback, linebacker, wide receiver and defensive end are all full of players looking to simply make the roster. Now that pads are going to be a more common part of practice, players vying for a roster spot are going to be picking up the tempo to get noticed.Things could get very interesting at those positions.
## A new nickname for Lofton
Weatherspoon gave fellow linebacker Curtis Lofton a new nickname during Monday morning's practice. Noticing that Lofton wears No. 50, Weatherspoon started calling him "The Police." Asked about the nickname after Monday afternoon's practice, Weatherspoon said, "You can't run from the police." Something tells me this nickname might stick.


(Tarboro, NC) With an all-new hull design, new materials and a new look topside, World Cat has remade its popular 29-foot dual console model. The new 295DC has a new hull design, a new fiberglass stringer grid system and incorporates lighter, stronger materials to produce a catamaran that jumps to plane at 2500 rpms and maintains a fuel economy around 2 miles-per-gallon from 18 to 30 miles per hour. This gives the cat hull a wide range of cruising speeds to match the wide range of uses these versatile boats provide. When it is time to run home, the big cat tops out over 50 miles per hour with dual 250 horsepower engines.
At 29'1" and with a 9'6" beam, the 295DC dual console has the ride and size to range far offshore with 250 gallons of fuel and a 450 mile range. In the big aft cockpit, anglers will find a 200 quart insulated fish box and a 35 gallon live well beneath aft facing seats set up to watch trolling baits. The aft fold down seats have back rests that disappear when fishing to reveal the cutting boards and knife holders needed to rig baits. Plus, port and starboard gunwale storage compartments hold everything from tackle trays to leader reels and lure bags. Open the transom door and work fish around the engines on the big, extended swim platform between the engines. When the fish are biting, there is more insulated storage under the starboard bow seats. In short, the 295DC is a big open platform designed for fishermen.
Or is it? The 295DC may be the ultimate sport boat too. The big 295DC catamaran shape holds its beam all the way to the bow because a catamaran has twin stems and two hulls. That means the bow area of this dual console seats six adults easily with cushions and bolsters all around. The acrylic wind door nests into a recess in the walkway between the consoles. When the weather turns, just lock the door, close the windshield and you have protection of a full windshield and door.
It's behind the windshield on the port side where the catamaran shape gives this dual console an edge mono hull can't match. Open the big door and a large head area complete with standard electric fresh water head and fresh water sink also sports 5'8" headroom and plenty of space to move around. There is even a door through the forward bulkhead which opens to reveal lockable rod storage of six offshore rods under the portside bow seating.
Big, oversized helm and companion seats front the aft-facing seating. There is plenty of room for flush mounted electronics at the helm and a huge stage area under the starboard console. Moving aft, the self bailing cockpit and transom door with swim platform makes the 295DC a great dive boat. With beefy aluminum rails and fold down ladder between the engines, getting back aboard with dive gear is easy – especially compared to smaller "dive" ladders. Once aboard, the aft deck cockpit shower pulls out for a rinse. Since there is 35 gallons or fresh water aboard, everyone gets their turn.
So is it an offshore angler's dream, a dive boat or just a great family day boat? It's your choice in the new 295DC dual console catamaran from World Cat.


Dana Joel Nicholson and the fortuitous mishap with the Stanley Cup.
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Ea got cancer when she was three years old – now her greatest wish is to join her friends again
Ea was only three when she was overtaken by an extremely rare type of cancer. Four years later, she is still living in complete isolation from the outside world. But in a few weeks' time, she'll know whether she is well enough to accompany her twin brother to school.
- 1, 2, 3, 4…
Seven-year-old Ea on her knees, counting how many pearls she's got that are laid out in a cloud shape.
- 9, 10, 11, 12…, she continues.
The white cloud pearls are evenly distributed along Ea's 20-feet-long pearl string.
The pearl string is a gift to Ea from the Danish Children's Cancer Foundation and it's a very special pearl string. Ea calls it her "Super String" in which each of the 450 pearls represents one element in the intensive cancer treatment that Ea has been through during the latest 11 months of her short life.
- 19, 20, 21, 22…, she counts on.
Her parents, Daniel and Carina Solvig Hjorth, are sitting in their couch in their Hillerød flat north of Copenhagen, watching their daughter. Ea's twin brother, Liam, is in school and her little sister, Mai of four is in kindergarten with her little brother Levi of three.
Ea herself has entered into her 12th month of complete isolation because her immune defence system has been completely shattered due to the intensive cancer treatment she has been through.
Ea is continuing her chase of the white cloud pearls. She's been given one pearl every time she has been in a general anaesthesia for the last 11 months.
- 25, 26, 27! 27 times I've been put to sleep, Ea tells herself enthusiastically.
Her parents are exchanging looks.
An aggressive disease
Ea was hit by cancer the first time at Christmas in 2016. She was only three at the time.
- It was between Christmas and New Year. She was feeling pain in her hip and had some fever and she would rather not walk about the flat, Carina Solvig Hjorth explains.
Ea had some blood tests taken at Nordsjællands Hospital, which is just across the street from the family flat. According to the test results, there was no cause for alarm initially, and the family was sent home again.
- We celebrated New Year together but in January she fell ill again. And this time, she had developed a lot of black and blue marks on her legs. So that's why we went back to hospital and then things started happening, she continues.
The hospital doctors on the other side of the street had begun suspecting that Ea had contracted leukaemia. She was therefore rushed by ambulance to Rigshospitalet in central Copenhagen where the doctors' suspicion could be confirmed: Ea was seriously ill.
- We moved into ward 5054, which is the children's cancer department at Rigshospitalet. Ea started her treatments but after two weeks without responding properly to the treatment, they told us that Ea wasn't suffering from an ordinary leukaemia. She had contracted the very rare Philadelphia leukaemia, Carina continues.
The disease is extremely aggressive and requires intensive, special treatment.
- Ea did not leave the hospital for the next nine months. It was a very stressful period for all of us, her mother explains.
- Her body has not followed the protocol completely. She has not responded to the treatment as expected. And she has had all the side effects in the book – including the ones she was not expected to have, Carina continues.
When Ea was finally discharged from hospital, an extra year of treatment followed ending in January 2018. Ea, however, still had to be kept in isolation but was allowed into Børnehuset SIV, an institution for children with defective immune systems and their families.
She was still very tired, however, and not at all her true self.
- We had a suspicion that something was very wrong. And suddenly, one day there is a call from someone at Rigshospitalet who tells us they need to check up on something in connection with the blood tests, Carina says, looking at her daughter who has joined her father on the family couch.
In December of 2018, the family's worst fears were confirmed: Ea had suffered a relapse.
- In connection with her first series of chemotherapy sessions after the relapse resulting in a complete shutdown of her immune defence, she was attacked by an RS virus and a nasty pneumonia which made her lungs collapse, Daniel explains.
Ea was put on the respirator and for the next 11 days, the little girl was hovering between life and death, Carina explains looking at Ea.
- We have, in fact, just been studying your pictures from that time, says Carina to Ea.
- Funny that you slept so long, wasn't it? And what about the strange tube you had up your nose that allowed you to breathe.., she continues.
Ea nods her head.
New bone marrow
After 11 days in the respirator, Ea's family could finally breathe a little more easily: Ea was slowly returning to life. But because her type of cancer was so aggressive, she needed an immediate bone marrow transplant.
- Of course, Ea's relapse was a hard blow on everyone. No matter how hard you try, the whole family suffers. In fact, the disease is everywhere. We have four children and the thing is to consider both the sick child and the other children. You become incredibly isolated in your attempt to make sure that all your children are seen and heard, Daniel explains.
Carina adds,
- Your everyday, well, in fact your whole life is turned upside down, and there is no way you could have prepared for it. First you enter into a kind of shock mode and then you proceed to a survival mode. For you have to be able to manage. Both parents and children are enormously affected, says Carina.
Nobody in Ea's closest family was able to match Ea's bone marrow. In the end, it was an anonymous German marrow bone donor who saved Ea's life.
- After a couple of days, Ea told us that she felt she was getting better, Daniel says.
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Opening the window to Team Rynkeby
After the bone marrow transplant, Ea was left completely without an immune defence. This meant that that she had to be isolated in a special room at Rigshospitalet where she spent 50 days in complete isolation.
- During the isolation she had to stay in her bed because she was not allowed to touch the floor. The windows had to remain closed and if we wished to go nearer to her than one metre, we had to wear masks and gloves just as we had to shower and change into hospital clothes before every visit – even her teddy bear had a string attached to it so that it wouldn't fall down on the floor, says Daniel and continues:
- Luckily, Ea has a lively fantasy so she was able to pass the time. She played hide and seek in her bed and both her private teacher and her physiotherapist were good playmates to her in the confined space that was available, he says.
In the end, Ea was able to start her de-isolation process and her family could reopen the windows to the world outside. This took place on the very same day as Team Rynkeby started its 18th cycling trip to Paris to support critically ill children and the little patients of the cancer ward were able to on the riders from the hospital windows.
- It is great that the participants are spending so much time on finding sponsors, taking care of their training and lending others a helping hand! We want them to know that their efforts are making an indescribable difference to the families affected. We have benefitted so much from the help and support of the Children's Cancer Foundation – this has given us a much needed breathing space in our everyday lives, says Daniel who has been unable to manage a regular job like his wife during the last four years while Ea went through her treatment.
- We have basically no economy at all and that's why it means the world to us that we have been able to borrow the Children's Cancer Foundation's summer house in Northern Zealand. This has given us the opportunity to go on holiday with our children and do some of the things that other children are doing, Carina says.
Back to her school friends
Ever since Ea went down with cancer the first time in 2016, she has spent less than half a year among other children. The remaining time has been spent in isolation and that has taken a toll on her relations to school friends.
- Fortunately, there is a growing understanding of the importance of keeping contacts between a sick child and its friends in school. Two of Ea's school friends have been ambassadors for her class and have paid visits to Ea. We have also talked with her class over FaceTime so Ea could show her friends round her ward, says Carina.
The next two weeks will show whether Ea can be de-isolated from her Hillerød home and return to her school friends in the first grade.
- We sincerely hope that Ea can start school after Christmas at her own pace, says Daniel.
- She has been allowed to join a play group and she can also spend time with the other children if they are completely well. But for now, she cannot start school so we have to stay at home, he continues.
But right now, the family is simply happy for the progress they are seeing.
- Not many months ago, Ea was stuck in a wheelchair and now she can suddenly run and play. During her isolation at Rigshospitalet, she trained every day to become stronger. And when she was finally discharged, she got up from her wheelchair, took her twin brother by the hand and ran out of the ward, says Daniel with a smile.
- All the nurses were clapping their hands in the hallway. That was a great moment, he says.
If you want your company logo on Team Rynkeby's yellow cycling jersey and support our collection to the Children's Cancer Foundation, please send us a mail no later than January 17, 2020.


An average working adult spends about 50% of their waking hours at work* and yet over 40% say they have no close friends at work*.
There are thousands of bankers, doctors, electricians, lawyers, plumbers, engineers, teachers and so on, who need Jesus. And who are the best people to reach them? The bankers, doctors, electricians, lawyers, plumbers, engineers, and teachers who work alongside them on a daily basis. Sharing the gospel at work is simply living our lives with faith and integrity, connecting with others, and introducing people to Jesus.
Agapé Work Life helps Christians to live authentic Christian lives and to share their faith in their workplaces.
The Biscuit Trail is a resource designed to help Christians in the workplace see what they could do (and perhaps are already doing) to help their colleagues take steps towards Jesus, and ultimately follow Him. A set of colourful cards provoke discussion about the steps involved in helping someone begin to follow Jesus and what is involved in taking those steps.
The cards cover such things as praying for them, making the gospel relevant to work and life, building a friendship, sharing your story, etc. Discussion revolves around what order people think the steps should be in (if any), which steps they feel comfortable with and which they find harder to consider doing and why, and what they have learnt from seeking to take any of these steps with others.
Find out more about The Biscuit Trail here.
Habits of the Heart is a course to help you rediscover a sense of balance, purpose & spiritual energy in your busy working life.
Habits of the Heart is designed to help you reflect on your strengths and weaknesses and give you the boldness to sync up your day-to-day habits with your deepest values, passions and hopes.
Email philjackman@agape.org.uk for more information.


Great news for Parkdale Community!
The intersection of Queen Street West and Cowan Avenue is home to an important cluster of City facilities and community services that support the local community.
In 2017, I brought forward a motion, approved by my colleagues, to determine the feasibility of a coordinated City plan for city-owned properties at the Queen/Cowan intersection. The goal being to build the City's capacity to think and plan in a more coordinated and effective manner.
A community hub for Parkdale.
There are currently multiple City assets at the Queen Street West/ Cowan Avenue intersection, including Parkdale Public Library, Masaryk-Cowan Recreation Centre, a Toronto Parking Authority lot and a below market rent facility operated by Artscape. All of the facilities require significant state of good repair investments over the next 1 to 10 years. There is also pressure for a range of increased programing and services in the area, designated by City Council as a Neighbourhood Improvement Area.
Communications with inter-divisional agencies and organizations currently occupying space in the City-owned buildings within the study area blocks has started. It is now time for broader community consultation.
At this meeting, City staff will introduce the Parkdale Community Hub project, provide an overview of our work and consultation to-date, present a set of principles to guide any changes to the intersection, and give a brief update on area planning and heritage work. Your comments are important in guiding the next steps in the Parkdale Community Hub project.
This work will only succeed with community participation.
As discussed at the meeting, we have shared the slides from the presentation.
In 2013, Toronto City Council passed the Queen West Restaurant Bylaw that limited the concentration of bars and restaurants on Queen Street between Dufferin Street and Roncesvalles Avenue. It also put some fairly standard restrictions on the size and operation of these venues.
The bylaw came from five years of work in our community to find a balance between different interests in Queen Street West's future.
The purpose was to alleviate some of the issues created by restaurants that morph into late night drinking establishments. Some of the issues experienced by your neighbours include: excessive noise, public drunkenness, crowded sidewalks, garbage, traffic, and parking issues.
Additionally, one of the intentions of the Queen West Restaurant By-law was also to alleviate concerns that restaurants were pushing out other types of commercial uses which support the daily lives of the people living in the surrounding residential neighbourhood (i.e. services, grocery stores, pharmacies etc.).
A three year review was written in to the bylaw.
City staff have completed their review of the Queen West Restaurant Bylaw. It will be deliberated at Toronto and East York Community Council Agenda on May 2nd.
The review has determined that the By-laws generally met their intended objectives of limiting the number of eating establishments and helped mitigate some of the land use conflicts between this use and the surrounding residential neighbourhood.
It recommends amending the bylaw to delete the performance standard restricting the maximum permitted concentration of eating establishments to no more than 25% of the properties along Queen Street West between Dufferin Street and Roncesvalles Avenue.
The other performance standards of the By-laws, including maximum restaurant gross floor area of 200 square metres, restricting the use to the ground floor, limitations on accessory uses and prohibiting restaurant patios from locating in the rear yard or on the rooftop, would remain.
I am satisfied with the recommendations however, I would ask that you review the report and share your comments prior to Toronto East York Community Council on May 2nd. I also welcome you to participate in the TEYCC meeting on May 2nd. The item will be heard on or soon after 11:00 AM in Committee Room #1, 2nd floor, Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St West. Information on participation is available on-line at https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/tmmis/have-your-say.htm .
These meetings will allow residents to learn about the draft amendment to the City's Official Plan to clarify second unit permissions across the City. This is your chance to provide input.
for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, 2017 and reflects provincial direction to further encourage the creation of second units.
If you require any additional information, please contact Jeremy Kloet, Senior Planner, on 416-392 -7863 or Jeremy.Kloet@toronto.ca.
Saturday, May 12, 10 am – 2 pm at the Roncesvalles United Church (214 Wright Ave).
The City's annual Community Environment Day is back! It will be held on Saturday, April 28th, 2018, from 10am – 2pm at Sorauren Park along Wabash Ave, south of Dundas Street West.
As well on April 28th, at 10am, compost will be available to be picked up, free of charge and while supplies last, at 2 locations – Sorauren Park and 285 Indian Rd. Crescent.
For further information please see the flyer below or contact our office at councillor_perks@toronto.ca .
In October 2017, Toronto and East York Community Council directed City staff to solicit feedback from residents on the proposal to provide Overnight Residential On-street Permit Parking on streets that do not have permit parking in Toronto and East York District.
The same information from the online survey will be presented at the meetings.
The Parkdale Village BIA is looking for volunteers to lend a friendly hand during their outdoor Festival on Saturday May 12th, 2018 – in Parkdale!
If you love Parkdale, are friendly and excited to support the community and local businesses, please fill out our Volunteers Application Form and email it to info@parkdalevillagebia.com along with your resume and list any relevant past volunteer experience.


Denver duo In The Whale was among the first bands we met when I started photographing concerts, as evidenced by all these posts about them, included a weird street interview we did on a curb five years ago. What's great about these guys is they are the epitome of hustle and have been touring almost non-stop since. Shows in Denver are rare these days since they are gone so much … I make sure I catch them.
They recently played at Globe Hall with local legends Reno Divorce, which pretty much formed a perfect line-up. It was a crazy night, where I ended up getting knocked around by the crowd a bit, even chipping my teeth.
But trust me, these guys are worth it. Every single time.
In The Whale has a Denver show next at the Oriental on April 26th with The Yawpers, but are all over the south and midwest this spring.


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New AF In The City
Pull to Refresh, Episode 1
Written by: Hardik Nagar
Narrated by: Sneha Suresh, Avinash Kamath, Neha Gargava,
Pull To Refresh is an 8-episode fictional series from Audible Suno. Ananya Mehra is a foul-mouthed, unfiltered twenty-something who runs a podcast that divulges her entire life. Nothing is sacred or off limits. She records intimate, personal conversations with the people in her life and streams them on her show without them knowing. When she hits her lowest low, it is her own life that begins to unravel before listeners.
Narrated by: Sneha Suresh, Avinash Kamath, Neha Gargava, Uplaksh Kochhar, Pracchi Batnagar
Series: Pull to Refresh
Salty Over Bae
Narrated by: Sneha Suresh, Uplaksh Kochhar, Mukesh Pandey,
Narrated by: Sneha Suresh, Uplaksh Kochhar, Mukesh Pandey, Gautam Pandey, Neha Gargava, Toshi Sinha, Tavish Bhattacharyya
Boo Aur Anya Kahaniyan [Bu and Other Stories]
Written by: Saadat Hasan Manto
Narrated by: Uplaksh Kochhar
"If you find my stories obscene or filthy, then the society you are living in is obscene and dirty", once said Manto. While Manto was time and again accused of obscenity, his stories, however, addressed several social issues. With his astute understanding of the complexity of human nature and his ability to write gripping stories, Manto was considered one of the most powerful voices of his time. This collection brings together some of Manto's most popular stories including "Blouse", "Shikari Auratein", and "Janaki."
Kitne Pakistan?
Written by: Kamleshwar
Kitne Pakistan? is a 2000 Hindi novel by Kamleshwar, a noted 20th-century Hindi writer. A pioneer of the Nayi Kahani (New Story) movement of the 1950s, and later a screenwriter for Hindi cinema, Kamleshwar's novel, employing allegory and realism, deals with a vast expanse of human history, as it follows the rise of sectarianism, nationalism, Hindutva and communalism. Kitne Pakistan? casts doubts about the true motives of the people who make decision on behalf of and for common people, who throughout history have been bearing the brunt of their decision.
Reshaping Art
Written by: T. M. Krishna
In Reshaping Art, T. M. Krishna examines what art is and how we can harness its power to make ourselves and our communities open and sensitive. Well known for his attempts to break Karnatik music out of its high-caste confines, the author takes us through a journey of understanding what art means to different groups of people and the ways in which we all create and enjoy it.
Whispering in the Dark
Written by: Ruskin Bond
A great imagination makes for terrific ghost stories - stories that go beyond the tapping on the doors in the middle of a night or a whistling thrush or even a squeaky swing in the wind. This is a collection of some such horror stories selected and compiled by Ruskin Bond that will send shivers down your spine.