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Schools, colleges offer services to help students during pandemic
November 22, 2020 03:18PM
By Jessica Simms, Special to the Record-Journal
With the COVID-19 pandemic surging again and in some cases moving students to full-time remote learning, students of all ages are feeling a variety of emotions as they cope with how the virus has impacted education.
"When I talk to parents and they're of course calling very emotionally charged — their child is not coping well and they're distraught about what's going on and what's being taken away from their child's normal routine," said Joanne Etter, co-owner of Apple Valley Behavioral Health in Southington.
Each student grapples differently with the impact of the virus on their schooling. Etter said that parents and caregivers need to take into account "where they are at in their developmental stage and maturation level."
"Caregivers, parents, need to, of course, validate their feelings without judgment or correction," Etter said. "... How you talk to a six-year-old versus a 10-year-old versus a 16-year-old is going to be very different.
"For teenagers...They're grieving the loss of not hanging out with friends, not having the clubs, the sports, the parties, the things that they can't do right now," she added.
College students have also been impacted and may be more anxious about the future.
"For the college population, there has been a lot of unknowns and as a result, a lot of anxiety," said Ariela Reder, director of counseling services at Quinnipiac University. "They had their school interrupted in the beginning of the pandemic, not knowing if they will be returning to campus or not and having to transition to having to take their classes online."
Jennifer D'Andrea, director of counseling and psychological services at Wesleyan University, said the college is offering tips and services.
"We try to find and support students in finding safe ways that they can connect with people and we can do that both within the context of therapy, but we also try to offer lots of different kinds of tips," D'Andrea said. "... We've offered YouTube videos and webinars, and we are using social media pages. We're really trying to stretch ourselves in terms of how we can connect with students and offer them support as they figure out how to navigate this really difficult time."
Ree Le Blanc Gunter, director of counseling services at Western Connecticut State University, feels not enough students at the university are utilizing mental health services, such as a mindfulness group called Creating Calm and a bi-weekly drop in group called Coping Through COVID.
"We really don't know what people are doing with their time," Gunter said. "... It could be a number of things and just trying to manage the technology of online learning … At this point because it is all so new ... If you're not on campus, it may not even enter your mind that these services are available."
Sheehan High School in Wallingford has implemented ways to support students, including a daily advisory class.
"This is a time for students to make a good connection with an adult and with their peers in their advisory to talk informally about what is on their minds and ask for support that they may need," Principal Enzo Zocco said. "Teachers support their advisory students and often point them to the right resource or person for any further support."
Counselors and other support staff are available online and in person, Zocco added.
The Wallingford Public School district is conducting a mental health screening of all students by the end of the calendar year. At the elementary level, it will be administered by a professional and for middle and high school students, the students will perform a screening on themselves.
"It's going to enable us to better reach out to and provide interventions for students that may be struggling," said Anthony Loomis, Wallingford district wellness curriculum coordinator. "It's going to give us a clue as far as the mental health of our students."
Evelyn Robles-Rivas, supervisor of languages and community partnerships for Meriden Public Schools, said the district is working to help all students, especially those who are in need of extra support.
"Our Bilingual department works closely with all schools to reach out to families of students that are not fully engaged," Robles-Rivas said. "In-person teachers as well as distance learning teachers and support staff offer parents tools and strategies to help their children, including strategies to support their emotional well-being."
Teachers and professors can play a huge role in supporting students at this time said Sandra Chafouleas, distinguished professor in the Neag School of Education at UConn. Just checking in can be very impactful.
"Use a few minutes at the beginning of each class to build social connections, talk about what's going on, share thoughts and feelings," Chafouleas said. "Make sure to tell students that you understand things can be tough right now and you care about their success in your class … Follow-up with those students who seem disconnected and send some extra messages, announcements, emails, to all that reaffirm connection."
For college students who are learning remotely, families need to remember that "school is their full-time job," Reder said.
"Being supportive and giving them the space and the time to attend the classes and do the work that they need to do," Reder said. "... Having the opportunity to talk about expectations and what home life could and should be like. That can take away some of the stressors."
jsimms@record-journal.com
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"Don't Break My Heart" by Romeo's Daughter
Genre: Pop, Rock
Pop Bits: Olga Lange, the second wife of famed songwriter/producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange, happened to be in a pub outside of London and heard a band called Arctic Fox. She was drawn to them and approached them about becoming their manager. The band bit due in part to her connections. Of course changes ensued and eventually the two main contributors to the band, Craig Joiner and Tony Mitman, were singled out and paired with singer Leigh Matty, who won the spot via an audition. The new trio became Romeo's Daughter and to help record some demos, Lange cashed in one of her connections and brought in John Parr to produce. The demos helped get the band signed to Jive Records and by that time, Mutt Lange got interested in the trio and decided to co-write/produce several tracks for their self-titled debut album. This first single was issued out and it started to gain some attention, but then could only make it about a quarter of the way up the Pop chart. The album would then make a brief appearance at #191. A second single failed to chart and with those results, the trio was left off of Jive's roster. They would return with an indie album in 1993, but nothing much came from it and the band would later split.
ReduxReview: With Mutt Lange on board, I knew this song would sound great and indeed it does. It sounds huge and not out of line with the work he did with Def Leppard. The song is good too. It's a hooky, radio-ready track that should have gotten more attention. I wouldn't say it was Top 10 worthy, but it certainly should have cracked the Top 40. Joiner and Mitman had a knack for writing solid rock tunes, but having Lange come in to help shape them into something more immediate and radio friendly was certainly lucky. The fact that other artists ended up covering tracks from this semi-obscure LP (see below) is a tell-tale sign that the trio were on to something. Unfortunately, it just didn't pan out for them on the charts.
Trivia: Although the trio's debut album didn't sell well, several songs from the LP would find their way to other artists. Heart would record "Wild Child" for their 1990 album Brigade. The song would not be an official single, but it picked up enough airplay to reach #3 on the Rock chart. "Heaven in the Back Seat" would be recorded by Eddie Money for his 1991 album Right Here. It would be the lead single from the album and get to #6 Rock/#58 Pop. Bonnie Tyler would record "I Cry Myself to Sleep at Night" for her 1992 album Angel Heart. The track would not be issued out as a single. Popular British dance-pop group Steps would cover "Stay with Me Tonight" for their 1998 debut album Step One. It would not be released as a single. All four tracks were co-written by Mutt Lange, Joiner, and Mitman with Matty helping on one.
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America's Maidan/Tiananmen Square/Perestroika/Plutocracy Conspiracy (delete as appropriate)
The riots, pogroms and protests going on in the US right now are interesting for their political depth, their complexity, and their exposure of numerous details that had not previously been visible behind the curtain of political correctness and mythological constructs. On the one hand, they show the potential for social conflict, the reasons for which are rooted in the US state system itself, and, on the other, they betray the weakness of the government, whose response to such unrest in the past was harsh and merciless.
When George Floyd, a black repeat offender, tried to purchase something in a shop with a suspicious twenty-dollar bill, the cashier called the police, which was followed by the incident that sparked the current protests. In fact, the chain reaction began immediately, moving from protests to pogroms, with few expressing an interest in the events that had led up to it. Under current US law, however, the police have the right to use force against suspects who are putting up a fight. It was a routine incident, in other words, but the press and certain activists have turned it into a new political fetish that is being publicised under the banner of an anti-racism campaign.
Minneapolis, a fairly prosperous city compared with other similar "Rust Belt" metropolitan areas, became a hotbed of violent protest that quickly spread to other states.
This is all happening amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic with a large number of deaths, but it seems that the virus does not affect the rioters. The rioters themselves can be divided into several groups: anti-system elements, including black people, anarchists and other marginal political Antifa-type groups; looters that rob shops; human rights defenders searching for scapegoats; and politicians and government officials who, for a variety of reasons, are supporting the protests.
All of this is threatening to develop into new political and historical labelling. On 1 June, a small section of a street in Washington was renamed Black Lives Matter Plaza. This was done by order of the capital's mayor, Muriel Bowser. In other places, meanwhile, monuments to specific people and collective memorials are being desecrated.
The protest campaign has also taken on a new dimension with new demands, and a new slogan has appeared – "Defund the Police". Press outlets that are sympathetic to the protesters, either overtly or covertly, have started publishing all kinds of research on the degree of militarisation of law enforcement agencies in the US, and the amount of money that has been spent on their activities. It has been reported that, in 2019, the New York police spent $187 million on counter-terrorism operations and a further $116 million on police training. There are probably some who think this is too much and, under pressure from taxpayers, or, rather, the illusion of this pressure, some legislators will hurry to turn it into political capital.
However, a number of politicians, mostly Democrats, have already been quick to reap maximum dividends from the ongoing chaos. On Monday 8 June, Democratic US presidential candidate Joe Biden visited the family of the late George Floyd. There are voices saying that Biden should base his campaign platform on demilitarising US police forces.
Some newspapers have actually published guides on how to protest safely, and how to protect yourself from digital surveillance and the potential legal implications.
The funeral of the murdered black man took place in the very best traditions of a Hollywood Mafia movie – a golden casket, ritualistic kneeling, and a lot of pathetic talk about human rights. If you could forget the background story and just look at this one image, you would think that it was a wealthy businessman or some high-ranking official that was being buried rather than a repeat offender.
Organised violence, meanwhile, is spreading through the country. Some are throwing Molotov cocktails at police cars, while others are making homemade explosives. Bombs are being thrown at the police. And, in Richmond, a black teenager shot two police officers. We have also seen the first police fatalities from homemade explosives. At this rate, the spiral of violence in the US will only continue.
However, the police, the National Guard, and private security companies have been deployed to the fullest extent possible – helicopters, armoured vehicles and even tanks have been on the streets of many US cities. In Washington, army helicopters were used to try and disperse the crowd. After that, a number of states and cities introduced restrictions on the police using riot-control weapons when dispersing demonstrators. These incidents are also being politicised.
No less interesting is the role of corporations in these events. Many hurried to support the riots and even offered some support to the looters and those groups who were protesting against the government.
Major companies that have openly spoken out in support of Black Lives Matter and Antifa include The Academy (which hands out the Oscars), Airbnb, Adidas, Amazon (it should be noted that this company owns the New York Times, which is constantly critical of Donald Trump), American Airlines, American Express, Bank of America, Bayer, BMW, BP, Booking.com, Burger King, Cadillac, Citigroup, Coca Cola, DHL Express, Disney, eBay, General Motors, Goldman Sachs, Google, H&M, IBM, Levi's, Lexus, LinkedIn, Mastercard, McAfee, McDonald's, Microsoft, Netflix, Nike, Paramount Pictures, Pepsi Co, Pfizer Inc, Porsche, Procter & Gamble, Society Generale US, Sony, Starbucks, Twitter, Uber, Verizon, Walmart, Warner Bros, YouTube, and Zara. A total of around 300 firms and organisations are known about.
This is a characteristic symptom of advanced globalisation, when transnational corporations feel powerful and wealthy enough to challenge governments, albeit in a relatively indirect way. Many of the heads of these corporations are forgetting the lessons taught to us by history that many capitalists who financed revolutions and coups were removed from the picture later on when they were no longer needed. The residue of today's state protectionism, even in the US, is a bone in the throat for global capital. There were warnings about a "plutocratic insurgency", where private capital in the US widens the economic gap, leading to a surge in criminal activity and social uprisings.
There are also other interesting "coincidences" showing that large-scale protests are somewhat systematic in nature no matter where they are. Well-known pianist Davide Martello, for example, who performed in Istanbul and Kiev during the anti-government campaigns, was recently spotted in Minneapolis during the public protests. Incidentally, the coups in Turkey and Ukraine were also supported by some of the companies listed above, such as eBay founder Pierre Omidyar's foundation.
US analysts have noted that "America is a fragile state, and stabilization is off the table in the near term." There are harsher assessments. "We're a backward, dysfunctional, angry, anti-intellectual mess. Not just Trump, cable news, or Twitter but the whole freakin' culture. […] Future historians will mark the 2020 plague as the beginning of the end for the American 'experiment'", writes Duncan Moench.
Given that all this is happening on the eve of the presidential election, time is running out for Donald Trump to make effective decisions and bring the situation back under his control. His circle of opponents is growing. Even his former defense secretary, James Mattis, has called Trump a "threat to the Constitution". Independence Day on 4 July could either prove a catalyst for a new wave of protests or a starting point for a national reconciliation, but this will be extremely difficult to achieve. American society is more polarised than ever.
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require "test_helper"
require "helpers/mocked_instrumentation_service"

class HTML::PipelineTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
  Pipeline = HTML::Pipeline
  class TestFilter
    def self.call(input, context, result)
      input.reverse
    end
  end

  def setup
    @context = {}
    @result_class = Hash
    @pipeline = Pipeline.new [TestFilter], @context, @result_class
  end

  def test_filter_instrumentation
    service = MockedInstrumentationService.new
    events = service.subscribe "call_filter.html_pipeline"
    @pipeline.instrumentation_service = service
    filter(body = "hello")
    event, payload, res = events.pop
    assert event, "event expected"
    assert_equal "call_filter.html_pipeline", event
    assert_equal TestFilter.name, payload[:filter]
    assert_equal @pipeline.class.name, payload[:pipeline]
    assert_equal body.reverse, payload[:result][:output]
  end

  def test_pipeline_instrumentation
    service = MockedInstrumentationService.new
    events = service.subscribe "call_pipeline.html_pipeline"
    @pipeline.instrumentation_service = service
    filter(body = "hello")
    event, payload, res = events.pop
    assert event, "event expected"
    assert_equal "call_pipeline.html_pipeline", event
    assert_equal @pipeline.filters.map(&:name), payload[:filters]
    assert_equal @pipeline.class.name, payload[:pipeline]
    assert_equal body.reverse, payload[:result][:output]
  end

  def test_default_instrumentation_service
    service = 'default'
    Pipeline.default_instrumentation_service = service
    pipeline = Pipeline.new [], @context, @result_class
    assert_equal service, pipeline.instrumentation_service
  ensure
    Pipeline.default_instrumentation_service = nil
  end

  def test_setup_instrumentation
    assert_nil @pipeline.instrumentation_service

    service = MockedInstrumentationService.new
    events = service.subscribe "call_pipeline.html_pipeline"
    @pipeline.setup_instrumentation name = 'foo', service

    assert_equal service, @pipeline.instrumentation_service
    assert_equal name, @pipeline.instrumentation_name

    filter(body = 'foo')

    event, payload, res = events.pop
    assert event, "expected event"
    assert_equal name, payload[:pipeline]
    assert_equal body.reverse, payload[:result][:output]
  end

  def filter(input)
    @pipeline.call(input)
  end
end

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The heritage centre also features exhibitions reflecting the history of Clydebank and the surrounding area. These change regularly to explore local history collections, allowing the public access to historical documents, photographs and artefacts from West Dunbartonshire's collections.
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Ashland's United Bicycle Institute secures more diversity in the cycling industry
by Genevieve Grippo
The United Bicycle Institute, one of two of its kind in the country, hosts annual scholarships to encourage women, transgender, and non-binary individuals to advance their careers in the cycling industry. (Genevieve Grippo/KTVL)
Ashland, Ore. —
On Friday, a group of 32 women will graduate from an exclusive scholarship program that is trying to open up what's traditionally been a male-dominated field.
The United Bicycle Institute is one of two schools of its kind in the country. Over the past two weeks, they've been holding their Women's Bike Mechanic Scholarship, a program is open to women, transgender and non-binary individuals.
The purpose of this scholarship is to increase gender diversity within the cycling industry by giving women, trans and femme (WTF) individuals the in-depth knowledge they need to help advance their careers.
"This particular program is really important because it's still a male dominated industry," said B Vivit, a former graduate of the scholarship program who later became an instructor at the school.
"I'm hoping that by making female oriented or femme-oriented mechanics more regular in the industry, you're going to see this kind of culture shift," she said. "It's just going to become normal."
The students involved in the program come from all over the country, and must work in bike shops in some capacity.
Scholarships and lodging are funded by biking company Quality Bicycle Parts (QBP). A similar two-week "pro class" at the institute would cost a traditional student $2,100.
According to Vivit, the scholarship has been offered for the last five years. Over that time, more than 100 WTF students have graduated the program.
But the intensive and in-depth program has only been offered to a select number of applicants.
"There are usually about 300 applicants each year. We've had up to 800 applicants," she said.
Applicants are selected based on a number of factors-- one of which being their willingness to share their biking knowledge with their communities.
"These are mechanics aren't just putting in the hours nine to five," said Vivit. "They are also mechanics that have gone out into their communities and created programs where they're disseminating information."
Sage Saatdjian was one of the 2019 scholarship recipients. Coming from Humboldt County, Calif., she owns her own bike shop and is largely self-taught when it comes to cycling mechanics.
She had applied for the women's scholarship three out of the last for years before being selected for the most recent session.
"I cried," she said. "I want to take this education and spread it so that more women can compete and be comparable to men in the industry."
Kit Melton traveled from New York City to attend the program. She works in a multiple bike-related jobs-- all of which, she said, are dominated by men.
"It's almost stifling, staggering. My goal has always been to push back against that and make a change, and also to maybe inspire other women and non-binary people," she said.
Vivit, Saatdjian and Melton all share a common hope of seeing as many WTF individuals behind the the counters of bike shops and on cycling trails around the country as possible.
The Women's Bike Mechanic Scholarship is helping to make it happen, one graduate at a time.
"There's also just this inculcated thought that women are not at mechanics, that women can't be good mechanics, that women suck at science and math and all that jazz," said Vivit. "Not true. Completely not true."
UBI also has a campus in Portland. A second scholarship session started there this week. You can learn more about the scholarship program and criteria to apply by visiting their website.
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