Does your school run compulsory, one-size-fits-all PD? Are you ever bored, disinterested or unmotivated when attending? Have you ever been to a conference where the presenter was dull, the audience passive and the content unengaging?
Fortunately, we have the power to create our own more effective professional learning opportunities. What's yours? Daily connection with other educators via social media? Online workshops and webinars by educators for educators? Teachmeets, where educators meet and share practice informally? One of the many Twitter chats dedicated to different areas of learning?
Keen responses to a tweet from @wholeboxndice a few days ago motivated us to try and establish #pypchat, a Twitter chat for IB PYP educators. While the discussion will be PYP related, it's all about learning and anyone will be welcome to participate.
A preliminary survey to assess the level of interest quickly attracted responses from every continent. It's unlikely we can find a suitable time to accommodate people in all the time zones, but it's encouraging to have so much interest expressed so quickly.
It's interesting to note that nearly half the responders so far indicated that they would like to be part of the team of moderators. It's an opportunity to create our own professional learning.
The DIY professional learning that I've been involved in has always been the most interesting and beneficial. The impact it has on my teaching is usually immediate. Maybe I read about a new tech tool on twitter and then I work it in to my class. Or I am emailed about changes to the maths IBDP curriculum so we set up an informal meeting with peers to discuss initials concerns/questions and next steps. It's relevant.
We've set up a posterous site for our own DIY PD. It's called The Collaborative Learner (http://collaborativelearner.posterous.com/) and it's a no rules blog where we share ideas and experiences.
Thanks for the comment and great ideas, Ange.
Great statement Ed – "…we have the power to create our own more effective professional learning opportunities…" you have summed it up extremely succinctly. We are the masters of our own fate when it comes to knowledge and learning – it always takes courage to change, it always takes guts to branch out and dare with the new but it really is encouraging that worldwide, there are educators seeking to expand their knowledge and make connections with like-minded thinkers. YAY!
I would much rather have DIY PD because I have learned more online than anywhere else. Unfortunately, we have to complete district PD to get credit. Any outside PD doesn't count towards our 57 hours.
Diy proffessional learning has an immmeadiate impact.But i think it always takes guts to branch out and dare with the new but it really is encouraging that worldwide, there are educators seeking to expand their knowledge and make connections with like-minded thinkers.Isn't it great….!!!
Another great post from my favourite educational blogger!!
Twitter has opened up a whole new world for me regarding professional development, reading and interaction over the last 6 months or so. Combined with a lot of the work I'm doing at uni as part of my course work, I'm feeling very good about my own professional development & learning for the first time in many years.
A constant complaint I've had at my current school is that there is no / very little differentiation for professional development / staff training. As an experienced teacher with about 25 years' experience in systemic and international schools, I'm still forced to sit through some sessions with teachers assistants who aren't trained as teachers or beginning teachers, oft times doing things I've done on numerous occasions. While I'm happy to support my younger colleagues, I still want something that is going to benefit me! This is where my uni course work and a range of readings and interactions on Twitters and blogs like yours has got me stimulated.
I'm hoping that school heads and administrators are keeping up with current practice when recruiting and look past the long list of workshops that someone may have attended. I hope they start recognising teachers that have developed Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) and been pro-active about their own learning. I know that when I leave my current school at the end of 4 years ( or we may even stay for a 5th) that I'll have 1 PYP Workshop under my belt and not much else.
We've had responses from 70 PYP educators already and will be starting #pypchat soon- I hope you'll be participating. Meanwhile I hope you don't mind if I share your comment at a local PYP coordinators network meeting, where I have been asked to talk about what it means to be a connected educator.
I am really looking forward to the "pypchat". Thanks @danmagie and Ange for sharing how you use posterous as a strategy for PD. There is so much potential for teachers to learn and share with each other- We do have the power to create meaningful professional learning opportunities. It's such an exciting time!
I was in a really interesting day long PD the other day and even though I was engaged in the topic by fifth period I was struggling to stay focussed and awake. This got me thinking, what must it be like for students who don't like the subject being forced into traditional schooling all day?
There is no one size fits all PD, and there is no one size fits all class.
I did not enjoy our in-service training. We were usually compacted into a classroom at the end of a long day or in the middle of summer. I really enjoy earning my credits through Alabama's Learning Exchange http://elearning.atim.cc/. Of course, it is set up for Alabama's teachers, but it is online learning which allows me the opportunity to work with teachers from across the state and choose courses that are interesting to me.
I have never participated in a Twitter chat with other professionals, and I would be willing to take advantage of another learning opportunity.


Most Americans might not realize that our modern electrical grid includes much more than power plants, transformers, and wires. Today, our electrical grid includes wind and solar power sources, battery storage, and other energy resources. This creates challenges for the reliable delivery of electricity to homes and businesses. The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has created the "GO Competition" to address these challenges. The goal is to create new software management solutions for a more reliable and secure grid. Starting in November 2018, the first component—GO Challenge 1—offers up to $4 million in prizes for researchers and entrepreneurs to develop new software tools that enable faster and more efficient power routing across the grid. So, the next time you see a wind farm or solar panels, remember all the work being done to integrate those renewable energy sources into America's electric grid: it will allow us to keep the lights on for generations to come.


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I am trying to install Ubuntu 32 bit on my PC.
I get to the screen where you can choose to install on its own or along side windows.
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There is a dead palm tree in the city right of way, at the corner of 13th Ave S and 1st St S that appears to be rotten at the base. The tree is in bad condition. It may fall and damage a car or injure a person.
Is there any movement on this issue?
Dead palm tree has been removed.


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Swan Song (Paperback)
By Robert McCammon
"We're about to cross the point of no return. God help us; we're flying in the dark and we don't know where the hell we're going."
Facing down an unprecedented malevolent enemy, the government responds with a nuclear attack. America as it was is gone forever, and now every citizen—from the President of the United States to the homeless on the streets of New York City—will fight for survival.
Swan Song is Robert McCammon's prescient and "shocking" (John Saul) vision of a post- Apocalyptic nation, a grand epic of terror and, ultimately, renewal.
In a wasteland born of rage and fear, populated by monstrous creatures and marauding armies, earth's last survivors have been drawn into the final battle between good and evil, that will decide the fate of humanity: Sister, who discovers a strange and transformative glass artifact in the destroyed Manhattan streets . . . Joshua Hutchins, the pro wrestler who takes refuge from the nuclear fallout at a Nebraska gas station . . . And Swan, a young girl possessing special powers, who travels alongside Josh to a Missouri town where healing and recovery can begin with Swan's gifts. But the ancient force behind earth's devastation is scouring the walking wounded for recruits for its relentless army, beginning with Swan herself. . . .
"Compelling.... A long, satisfying look at hell and salvation." -- Publishers Weekly
"A wild ride into terror.... A grand and disturbing adventure." -- Dean R. Koontz
Fantasy - Epic
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Nursultan Nazarbaev's Obsession With Immortality
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The search for immortality has been a human quest for centuries. It was first chronicled in "The Epic of Gilgamesh," a 7th-century B.C. tale about a mythical king. Later, the ancient Greek gods supposedly consumed ambrosia to maintain immortality.
Now, 70-year-old Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev appears to have taken up the challenge of finding an ambrosia for the 21st century. Nazarbaev has repeatedly used his post as president to call for renewed research into medical immortality, most recently in a speech to students marking the opening of Nazarbaev University in Astana.
Nazarbaev spoke of the need for research on a number of topics: "rejuvenation of the organism…the human genome...production of human tissue...the creation of gene-based medicines."
"As for the medicine of the future, people of my age are really hoping all of this will happen as soon as possible," Nazarbaev quipped.
It was his fourth public comment on the subject of immortality in the last two years.
Earlier this year, Nazarbaev was granted powers that will, in effect, allow him to serve as Kazakhstan's president for life, whether formally in office or not. Two months ago, Roman Kim, a Kazakhstani of Korean descent and a delegate to Kazakhstan's People's Assembly, proposed that Nazarbaev should stay in power until at least 2020.
"Maybe then you'll offer me an elixir of youth and energy," Nazarbaev responded. "Maybe you have such potions in Korea. ...I'm willing to go on until 2020. Just find me an elixir."
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Xiaomi has launched its own Android one smartphone Xiaomi Mi A1. Spec wise, the A1 is a lot more powerful than most Android One phones. It packs a Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 processor, while most of its Android One competition run on slower Snapdragon 400-series chips.
It features 4 GB of RAM, 64 GB of native storage and a microSD card slot. It also features a USB-C port that can be used for fast charging the 3,080mAh battery of the smartphone. Since it runs on pure stock Android, expect to see regular updates.
If you still remember Google Android one initiative to offer pure Android on low-cost phones was meant for developing nations and this latest Xiaomi A1 will be available in 40 more countries.
Display: 5.5-inch (3.9 cm) Full HD, 2.5D corning Gorilla glass.


Friday through Monday event. Gray Creek Museum Days, an annual event organized by the Gray Creek Historical Society, with changing displays of photos, artwork, artifacts and stories from Gray Creek's early and recent past.
Location and directions: Gray Creek Hall in Gray Creek. The Hall is a century old log hall on the east shore of Kootenay Lake, on Highway 3A, 15 minutes south of the Kootenay Lake ferry, and 1 hour north of Creston. The Hall driveway is marked with a blue Highway sign just south of the Gray Creek Store.
Visitors are welcome and admission is free. Donations are always welcome to support future displays and projects by the Gray Creek Historical Society, an active volunteer-run organization with numerous projects on the go.


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On the way down from the Sethan Dome.
This is part II of my "2016, What the Year!" series. I'm recapping some of my travel memories from the year that was...2016.
I spent about five weeks in India. It was an incredible country, with never a dull moment. This is a long post, but trust me, it's just a brief summary of my time in India. In fact, this entry will only cover May, so there's more to come. Stay tuned.
On the outskirts of Delhi.
I took a red-eye flight from Beijing to Delhi, arriving at around 2am. Getting through immigration was very easy and customs was literally just walking past a guy who looked like the Great Tiger, wearing a turban and a Western suit, bobbing his head from side to side, welcoming newcomers.
Because it was the middle of the night, I decided to stay in the airport until dawn. I got a paper map of the city, withdrew some money from an ATM, and figured out which part of town I was going to look for a hotel in. With these formalities taken care of, I found a bit of empty floor space in the airport lounge and slept for a few hours. A handful of other people had the same idea as me, sleeping in various corners of a small room. This was already a huge difference from China, where people have an aversion to sitting on the ground. Pleasant Indian music was playing overhead. Earplugs helped.
I got up a little before 5am, when the train into the city started running, and walked to the train station. Along the way, I passed dozens of people sleeping on cement railings, about one foot wide. It wasn't clear to me if they were also travelers, or simply homeless.
The train into the city was clean, modern and cheap ($1). It dropped me off in the middle of Delhi at 6am. I stepped off of the air-conditioned carriage and walked outside. Dawn was breaking, so it was the coldest part of the day, yet I was already sweating from the heat. This place looked just how I imagined India to be. Tons of people, tuk tuks everywhere, honking horns, people sleeping on the walkways. One guy appeared to be having a seizure on the ground; everyone just walked past him without looking. Even the stray dogs ran past him without a second glance.
A guard was standing outside with a long gun slung over his shoulder. I asked him where the subway was and he pointed it out. His directions were accurate, and he even spoke English. This was so different from China.
There were three fruit vendors across the road; all of them sat there, reading newspapers between serving customers. Four men pulled up on bicycles. I think they were collecting cardboard. They all got a cup of chai and chatted. People came and went, many passed by on bicycles, a few in cars and motorcycles. It was already a scorching hot day, but sitting in the shade made it manageable.
Everything seemed so different from China here, yet I couldn't quite pinpoint why. Maybe because India is so much less developed. Many people I saw walking around were emaciated, especially those picking up the trash. Maybe it was because I saw cows in the road. In China, those cows would get eaten in a second. There was also a canal that was completely covered in trash, as far as the eye could see. The roads were dusty. Everything seemed so in-your-face.
One thing that especially separated this place from China was the lack of smart phones. I sat in the same spot for over an hour, and I only saw a couple of people talking on their phones. And nobody was looking down, tapping away like a zombie or taking selfies. A few people read newspapers, which really wasn't that different from browsing the web on a smart phone, but nonetheless the people seemed much more attentive to their surroundings than in China. Sadly, I'm sure it's only a matter of time before smart phones become so cheap, nearly everyone will have one. Today the base models cost less than $100, but that's still too expensive for many people. Once they hit $10, I think India will become entrenched in smart phone culture.
At any rate, I greatly enjoyed just sitting around, chatting with the locals, and taking it all in. I wasn't even tempted to take out my SLR camera or even my phone. I was happy to live in the moment.
I did do a bit of sightseeing later in the day, at Safdarjung's tomb. To my untrained eyes, this place looked like the Taj Mahal, at least a smaller and slightly crumbling version of the Taj. A large park surrounded the tomb. There were about twelve trees on one side of the lawn; underneath eleven of them, a young couple was feeling each other up. I lay under the unoccupied tree, not far from a couple making out, and took a nap. This was another difference from China: you could actually sit on the grass here. Once when I was in Shanghai, a cop actually woke me up from a nap and told me to get off of the grass.
The area around the bus station was crowded.
The main reason I had come to India was to go climbing. On my second day in Delhi, I met with my friend G, originally from Chennai. We planned to head north to Himachal Pradesh, at the base of the Himalayas, where we would work on climbing several of G's projects. That night we boarded a bus bound for the small city of Manali, where we would base our climbing adventures. As we drove, I saw all sorts of interesting stuff on the outskirts of the city: a cricket game in a park next to a slum, many people burning garbage, lots of cows and some pigs too, near (and even in) the road. The sun went down over a hazy horizon and we settled in for a long ride.
We arrived at Manali at around 8:00 am. G left the bus first, while I put on my hiking boots. He was going to negotiate a fair price for a taxi to the neighboring town of Vashisht without me (a white foreigner) in the picture. I gave him a few minutes, then got off the bus. The plan had failed. While stepping off of the bus, G had landed awkwardly on a rock and twisted his ankle. He was hobbling around, trying to assess how bad it was.
G did still manage to negotiate a fair price for the taxi. We went through town, then up a long hill, for around 20 minutes and arrived in Vashisht. This was a small, laid-back town, a perfect place to relax.
G's sprain seemed kind of bad, which would definitely put our climbing ambitions back a few days. Luckily we had some time to spare. We went up to a cafe for breakfast and sat on cushions on the floor, overlooking a whitewater river, with the snowy Himalaya mountains in the background. There were a bunch of rock climbers at the restaurant, and G knew most of them (he had become something of a rock climbing celebrity during his short time here a few months ago).
Least surprising thing in India: a snake charmer at my doorstep.
One person we met was Huzefa, who lived in a little house, up in the hills. If we were going to climb anything big, we would have to get acclimatized, and Huzefa suggested a hike that started from his home. G, with his sprained ankle, wouldn't be able to go, but I was up for it.
G and I rented a scooter, drove up a long series of switchbacks and eventually arrived at Huzefa's. The house was very basic, with an entry room and a bedroom. Water was running constantly outside (it was spring, and the snow in the mountains was melting), and there was an outdoor toilet. There were only a few other houses in the area. The reason Huzefa was living in this remote shack without any ammenities was to harden himself. It seemed to have worked. We hiked up to the dhaba (general store/home) above him, and Huzefa was practically running out of the gate. We were at 2500 meters (8200 feet), so I was quickly out of breath. Now I wasn't sure if I could keep up on our acclimatization hike.
We got up at 4am, ate a quick oatmeal breakfast took off walking uphill in the darkness. I think I was just fast enough for Huzefa not to get frustrated, but it was obvious that he still wanted to set a faster pace. Eventually we fell into a regular rhythm so we could stick together.
We hiked up through the forest, in a narrow strip between a mining project and some private property. After 1.5 hours we reached a clearing at the edge of the tree line. Cows were grazing in the grasses. There were also some sheep and the ruins of a few houses. Huzefa told me that a shepherd lived here, but I didn't see him around.
We went up a grassy hill, which was as far as Huzefa had gone in the past. From here on up was uncharted territory. The rock face in front of us looked steep, so we circled around and scrambled up a ridge. Now we were both thoroughly exhausted. I would no longer have to worry about Huzefa running ahead of me.
The snow line was at the top of the ridge. We walked across a few patches, then up maybe another 200 meters, on our way to the summit of the Sethan Dome. We reached our goal, at 3960 meters, after five hours. There were many higher peaks around us, but this was a good goal for the day and I was glad to have reached it.
We sat on top, napped and enjoyed the scenery for 1.5 hours. Hopefully this would be a great help for acclimatizing. Then we headed back down, basically along the same route. We were back to the dhaba two hours later. We met up with G, ate lunch and headed back down on his scooter.
Once at the bottom of the valley, we made our way back to Vashisht. Traffic was diabolical. Luckily, on the scooter we could maneuver our way around the mile-long line of cars. But then we ran up against the worst part yet. They were actually repaving the only road to Vashisht, in the middle of the day, on a weekend, in the middle of the high tourist season! Three guys were burning tar in a barrel, then women were filling buckets of tar and splashing it on the road, where others were waiting with mops. Finally, a steamroller flattened it. The whole road was blocked, save for a tiny section at the edge, barely wide enough to walk around. We waited for a long time before G was finally able to sneak around it on the bike. What were they thinking? They could have paved this road on a weekday, or a different time of the year (in the fall, it's relatively empty here), or simply done the work at night when there was little traffic. But to block the whole road at this time of day seemed incredibly short-sighted.
I was exhausted and my patience was wearing thin. But finally we reached our hotel and I could get some well-deserved rest.
G's friend Ben from Germany arrived on the overnight bus from Delhi. G's ankle was feeling better, so the three of us planned to take a bus to the remote outpost of Chattru for our first shot at alpine climbing. We had to be back in Manali in a few days to meet two more climbing friends, but this would be a good chance to assess the climbing conditions and our group's strength.
We arrived at the bus station early, but the bus wasn't there. Every five minutes, we asked around for more information, but got nowhere. Then the word came that for some unexplained reason, the bus wasn't coming. Now what would we do? G asked someone about getting a taxi to a tiny outpost called Gramphoo, and that actually seemed possible. But there was still one issue: we still had to get permission to take this ride. G went with an employee to obtain this.
Finally G came back and gave us a thumbs-down. The line to get permission was easily two hours long. This is when you know you're in the developing world. Plan A is cheap, but it fails. You don't want to waste time, so you decide to open your wallet and go for Plan B. But then that fails, too, and you realize that nothing – not even money – will make the inefficient gears move faster.
A waterfall on the way up.
We got lucky: there was a bus to Gramphoo later in the day, and it actually left on time. We left Manali and passed many shops hanging full body snow suits out to dry. It turned out that a popular tourism draw for this region was the Roatan pass, which at over 4000 meters still had snow. Most of the Indian tourists who came here had never seen snow, so a popular pastime was to rent a snow suit and go play around at the pass.
The people on the bus were largely Punjabi, both Hindus and turban-wearing Sikhs. They gave the three of us many thumbs-ups and took our pictures, sitting in the back of the bus. We zigzagged around switchbacks up the road leading to the Roatan Pass. The scenery was spectacular, with mountains with melting snow leading to waterfalls and a river far below. A few hours later, we reached the pass. Indeed, there was a long line of vehicles parked along the side of the road, with many Indians playing in the snow, filthy from car exhaust and natural sediment. The bus stopped and I got out with my new Punjabi friends to jump around and dance. They even taught me a phrase: "dei machi saag" meaning "good luck" (I think). We would need it.
Now we could see the other side of the pass, and the scenery was equally amazing. We slowly made our way down; the road was much worse on this side. The pass had just opened after a long winter, so this side probably hadn't gotten any maintenance in the last eight months.
Once we reached Gramphoo, near the bottom of the valley, the bus stopped and dropped us off. We waved goodbye to our Punjabi friends and were on our own. Now we were delivered some bad news. A sign showed us the road to Chattru, 17 KM from here. We were carrying all of our climbing gear, as well as our camping gear and several days' food, so this would be a tough haul.
We only had about two hours of daylight left, so we started walking. We crossed about six different small streams covering the road. Most of the time we could rock-hop, but a couple of them had no easy way across, other than walking over the glacier above. A couple of times we had ten-foot snow banks on either side of us, melting and creating an unbelievable amount of water.
There were still some high snow fields.
When it started to get dark we found a great campsite, on a flat section of green grass, with clear water flowing nearby. We set up camp, made dinner, filtered a bunch of water and went to bed. We would have to finish the rest of the hike in the morning.
It began to rain soon after we started hiking the next day. Conditions were getting worse by the minute. We were now at a high point on the road, a few hundred feet above the river, and there were some switchbacks coming up. We started to cut them off, and almost immediately G twisted his ankle and fell. He was obviously in a lot of pain, and now his injury was probably worse than it had been a few days ago. And we still had at least an hour of hiking, through the rain, before we would reach Chattru.
Just then we saw a pickup truck coming down the road toward us, the first vehicle we had seen on this road. The driver was really nice; he was willing to take us the rest of the way. We drove over a bridge across the river and saw a few small buildings, covered with tarps. This was Chattru, with a population of 120. We thanked our driver and headed to a dhaba in the increasingly strong rain.
The guy who owned the dhaba welcomed us. This place was really just a shelter without any insulation. There were lots of holes where the wind howled through, and a wood stove that didn't seem to heat the place up at all. But it felt luxurious after being outside in the cold rain. Unfortunately the forecast called for 24 hours of rain, so we couldn't do a whole lot outside. We did our best to dry our gear near the stove and wait out the storm. One good thing was that the dhaba had enough room inside for all of us to sleep. The owner's assistant brought us many cups of chai as we waited.
Later in the day there was a break in the rain, and we took a look at the mountains nearby. We were at 3383 meters (11,100 feet), and the rain we were experiencing here would be snow in the mountains, far above us. The peaks of the mountains already appeared to be covered in a fresh coat of powder. G and Ben took a long look at a pillar sticking out of one of these peaks. The dhaba's owner claimed that an Italian team had climbed the mountain about eight years ago, but they hadn't taken the pillar route, so it likely had never been climbed. Maybe, just maybe, we could take a shot at it. If the weather cleared up, Ben and I would hike up a couloir next to the mountain as a scouting expedition. G would stay behind and rest his ankle.
With the rest of our rainy day, we played a few games of cards, recorded a podcast and drank many cups of chai. Early in the evening a bunch of the locals came in for a drink. A few stayed later to chat by the stove. The three of us were in bed by 9:30.
It was cloudy the next morning, but at least it wasn't raining. Ben and I left the dhaba and crossed the river to get started on our scouting trip. We scrambled up a steep grass/dirt section, then over a boulder field. Next we put on our crampons and hiked across the couloir. We ran into trouble right away: we had rented our crampons, and they lacked anti-balling plates. They immediately became filled with snow, so they wouldn't do us much good. We removed them and continued.
We followed the glacier uphill, kicking in steps and creating many switchbacks. At first I felt really uneasy walking uphill on snow without crampons, but soon I got more used to it. I just had a few slips, but no major falls.
The climb stayed at about the same low angle, maybe 25-30 degrees, as we went up. But as we gained elevation, I moved slower and slower. Ben slowed down considerably, too, though he was still faster than me. Our goal was to reach the top of the couloir, where we could probably get a great view of the other side of the mountains, and maybe find an exit point from the pillar.
About 100 vertical meters from the top, the terrain got steeper. I no longer felt comfortable walking without my crampons, so I leaned against a rock and put them on. The sun was coming out periodically, and every time it did, a sheet of snow slid down the face toward us. At that point, Ben made the call to retreat. The slope was only going to get steeper and the snow was getting deeper and softer. He was afraid the whole thing could come crashing down at any minute. I took off my crampons and joined him in the retreat. Our maximum elevation was about 4300 meters (14,100 feet).
From our highest point, looking down.
When we reached the bridge at the bottom of the valley, G met us with some urgency. A truck was about to leave for Manali and the driver was willing to take us for only 500 rupees each (the going rate for a taxi was 7000 rupees). We took this deal immediately. We had planned to stay in Chattru a bit longer, but we simply weren't going to climb any high peaks given the weather conditions and G's ankle. Besides, this deal was too good to pass up.
We packed up all of our stuff at the dhaba, said goodbye to the owner and told him we'd be back with some more friends soon. Then we jumped in the truck and took off. The ride was ridiculously bumpy from the start, but our driver Tenzing was a totally cool Tibetan man with long hair who smoked constantly. He told us stories of living in Leh, in the far north of the country, and his various foreign girlfriends. We drove past waterfalls at the bottom of a canyon with a roaring class IV river below us and 6000 meter snowy peaks towering overhead, while listening to groovy Indian music all the way back to Manali.
The next morning, back in Vashisht, I made coffee on our rooftop and we discussed what to do next. Was it worth going back to Chattru, given the bad weather and the snowy conditions? Could we potentially climb the pillar? Were we physically and mentally prepared for such a challenge, and did we have the gear? In the end we decided to stick with the original plan: G, Ben and I would meet up with Abishek and Schresht, and together we would return to Chattru for an attempt at the pillar. This time, we decided not to deal with the buses, and instead opted to hire a truck to take our group of five.
On our second trip to Chattru.
A few days later, we met Abisheck and Schresht at the bus terminal, looking groggy from their overnight ride. Our driver was also there, ready to take us to Chattru in a large 4WD truck with plenty of space for the five of us and all of our gear. Our driver was a professional looking man, with close-cropped hair and a spiffy uniform, nothing like our Tibetan hippie driver from last time. He drove a little too politely, always being the one to yield when the road became too narrow, so the trip took longer than necessary.
Our old friend the dhaba owner and his faithful assistant were in Chattru to greet us. We had dinner and I took a walk with Abisheck and Schresht to look for a satellite phone next to a pea farm above us. It was broken. I felt a rumbling in my guts and I knew that I would soon be suffering a bout of Delhi Belly. I was low on energy and G was still injured – we made quite the climbing team. The next day, we would stay behind with Schresht, while Abisheck and Ben scouted a route to the pillar. We were finally going to find out if it was indeed climbable.
The scouting expedition didn't go well, and everyone was back in the dhaba at 1:00 pm. Now we had to go over our options. Most of our ragtag group was either sick or injured, and we had to be honest with ourselves and admit that this project just wasn't going to happen. So what else could we do? We decided to split up. G, Ben and I would head up to Leh, and the others would stick around Chattru for a couple more days, bouldering and maybe climbing some shorter routes before heading back to Manali.
I actually didn't mind this situation, not that I had much choice in the matter, given my exploding guts. This was first ascent alpine climbing, a risky endeavor. We were in the middle of nowhere, and even a small injury could have serious consequences. We couldn't attempt a climb of this scale unless we knew that everyone was ready, and we simply weren't. But abandoning our plans did mean that I could travel and see a bit more of India.
We learned that Tenzing was coming this afternoon. When he showed up, G, Ben and I jumped into the truck, along with the dhaba's owner, and we took off. Tenzing was still smoking like a chimney and driving like a maniac. He dropped us off at Gramphoo, where we would attempt to hitch a ride to the town of Keylong. From there we would figure out how to get the rest of the way to Leh.
We quickly found a ride with room for two. Ben and I went in this car at the insistence of G, who would continue to hitch. Our drivers were friendly and somewhat awkward. They had driven here from Delhi the previous night. The road took us along a river, beneath snowy peaks. Again, the scenery was beautiful. The only downside of riding in this car was that, because of the long distance and remoteness of this journey, our drivers had filled a few water bottles with gasoline and stashed them in the hatchback, directly behind us. Fumes were escaping and I was feeling light-headed. We reached Keylong just before dark, happy to breath fresh air. There was no electricity or cellphone signal. Later we searched for G, but didn't find him.
We found G the next morning – he had hitched a ride on a lorrie – and searched for transportation the rest of the way to Leh. We found out that the buses weren't running this route yet and the smaller shared taxis that stopped here were all full. The others were in more of a hurry than me, so they didn't want to hitchhike. In the end, we hired a couple of guys to drive us to Leh in their truck.
That's all for now. I'll talk about the rest of my time in India in the next post.
I just read an article called 2016, What the Year! Part II: India and thought you might be interested. Here is the link: http://1000daysbetween.com/2017/01/2016-part-ii-india/ Enjoy!


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THE THREE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR MEN
Way back in 2001 the Green Bay Packers made their star quarterback, Bret Favre, the charter member of American professional football's 'one hundred million dollar club'. Favre became the first NFL player to sign a deal worth that staggering amount of money.
It seems almost humorous now that Favre's new deal was called a 'lifetime' contract extension by the Packers which stipulated 10 years of playing for a cool $100,000,000. The Packers were happy, and surely Bret Favre was ecstatic, as well as honored.
Now the San Diego Padres of MLB have announced that they just contracted the top free agent available this year in the form of Manny Machado for a cool $300,000,000. That's right folks, eight zeros! Once again the deal is for a 10 year contract with Machado being able to opt out at the end of five.
But why would anyone opt out of a thirty million dollar a year contract to play baseball? Figuring a 40 hour week and a 50 week year we get 2,000 hours. At thirty million per year, that works out to a nice round $15,000 per hour. Not bad wages for playing ball.
Detroit's Miguel Cabrera, the Dodgers Clayton Kershaw, David Price of the Red Sox and Zack Greinke of the Diamondbacks all have contracts in excess of the $30,000,000.
Three time Cy Young winner Max Scherzer of the Washington Nationals also has a $30 million dollar a year contract for which he delivered 300 strike outs last year with only 51 walks.
Left hand pitchers Jon Lester of the Cubs and Justin Verlander of the Astros are currently playing on contracts in excess of $25 million bucks per year as is Met's center fielder Yoenis Cespedes.
The other big time free agent in major league baseball for 2019 was Bryce Harper of the Washington Nationals. At a mere 26 years old, Harper has signed what was at the time the largest contract in USA sports history at a cool $330,000,000 over 13 years with the Philadelphia Phillies.
Ah but let's not forget the guy many are calling the greatest active baseball player today, Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels. Trout is now set up through 2030 in LA with a fat $426,500,000 deal that tops the list of current contracts.
But, while these numbers remain staggering to most mortals, if you figure it in 2019 money, the contract signed by Alex Rodriguez in 2001 would now be worth over $590,000,000!


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Cooper tries again to broker a deal to repeal HB2
By Melissa Boughton
- in Featured Articles, Law and the Courts
Photo by Melissa Boughton
Step 1: Repeal House Bill 2, North Carolina's sweeping anti-LGBTQ legislation.
Step 2: Strengthen penalties for individuals who perpetrate crimes that violate the safety, security and privacy of people in public bathrooms or dressing rooms.
Step 3: Require 30 days' notice to the public and the General Assembly before a vote in cities and municipalities that plan to pass an anti-discrimination ordinance.
Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper presented this new "common sense proposal" Tuesday to compromise with state Republicans in an effort to repeal HB2, the sweeping anti-LGBTQ legislation.
But before the bill could even be introduced in the legislature, Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger released a statement condemning Cooper for even trying.
"This proposal does nothing to address the basic privacy concerns of women and young girls who do not feel comfortable using the bathroom, undressing and showering in the presence of men, and as we saw in Charlotte last year, it does not require an assault to make a woman feel violated," Berger said. "Gov. Cooper continues to dodge the question, but North Carolinians deserve to know his position on the key HB2 issue: does he believe men should be able to go into women's bathrooms and shower facilities?"
Senate President Phil Berger
Cooper said at the press conference that he believes local governments should decide the issue of who can use what bathroom and that he supports a full repeal of HB2.
When asked, he did not give his personal opinion about whether he believed allowing transgender individuals into certain bathrooms was a threat to public safety. He instead made clear that his compromise is meant to address constituents' concerns about safety in public restrooms – something HB2 does not address.
"There are some North Carolinians concerned about safety in public bathrooms," he said. "Regardless of whether I believe House Bill 2 addresses that problem in any way, I want to say to them, 'I hear you, and I have a proposal that specifically addresses your concerns.'"
HB2 has cost the hundreds of millions of dollars and tens of thousands of jobs. North Carolina is also on the brink of losing at least another $500 million over the next six years as the NCAA has warned it would disqualify the state from hosting championship events if the law is not repealed soon.
Cooper said the ACC and NBA would likely soon follow suit.
He and the legislature made a compromise in December to repeal HB2 but it fell through after Republican leaders refused to put a clean repeal up to a vote. Republicans instead tried to force through a "cooling-off" period for cities intending to pass anti-discrimination ordinances, despite the fact that the Charlotte City Council fully repealed the ordinance that prompted HB2.
Senate Democratic leader Sen. Dan Blue, who joined Cooper at the press conference, said Republicans have refused to offer a viable solution to HB2 that would bring jobs and sporting events back to North Carolina.
"This proposal requires some compromise by Democrats, but it addresses every single one of legislative Republicans' reported concerns surrounding HB2 and we're willing to come together to get the job done," he said.
Blue said he does not typically support harsher penalties to increase incarceration rates, but he said a compromise was necessary to put HB2 behind them.
"It's imperative that we continue this conversation and then we continue to move forward on this matter rather than retreating to our respective sides, which appears to be happening," he said.
Blue added that legislators should be focusing on teacher pay, fully funding classrooms and expanding Medicaid, not HB2.
"We should be in deep discussion about how to bring quality jobs to North Carolina and especially quality jobs to rural North Carolina," he said. "That's where our energy needs to be over the next six months; instead we're spending all our time and energy on a law that causes so much harm."
House Democratic leader Rep. Darren Jackson joined Blue and Cooper in calling for bipartisan support of the new proposal.
"We have been working and searching every day to find a solution to House Bill 2 that will bring back both sports and businesses, and that actually has the votes to pass," he said. "To this point, we haven't received any offers to do that, but I believe today's compromise could."
HB2 hasn't recruited a single job, recruited a single sporting event or made a single North Carolinian safer, Jackson said.
"If the Republican leadership has the backbone to bring our proposal to the floor, we will bring back sporting events, bring back jobs and arguably make the state safer," he said.
Cooper, Blue and Jackson said the state is running out of time, and encouraged that the proposal be passed as soon as possible.
The Human Rights Campaign and Equality North Carolina held a press conference after Cooper's announcing that they do not support the new proposal.
"Today's proposal is yet another chance to fix this mess, but it adds unnecessary language addressing problems that simply do not exist," said JoDee Winterhof, HRC senior vice president of policy and political affairs. "LGBTQ people are the ones at risk every day HB2 remains on the books, and transgender people especially continue to bear the brunt of this shameful politicking. North Carolinians deserve a full, clean repeal of HB2. When that happens, it will only be the beginning of steps needed to restore the state's deeply tarnished reputation and economy. It's far past time to move North Carolina forward."
Equality NC Executive Director Chris Sgro said Cooper's proposal today was unnecessary.
Equality NC's Chris Sgro
"Charlotte and other cities have in the past carefully considered protecting LGBTQ citizens against discrimination," he said. "We all know that transgender people do not pose a public safety risk and should be protected from discrimination, not made the targets of it as HB2 does. Let us be very clear about what's going on. [House speaker] Tim Moore and Phil Berger are acting against the best interest of our state and the LGBTQ community."
At the press conference, Cooper said he supports statewide non-discrimination protections for the LGBTQ community, but he didn't think the legislature was ready to go there and the priority right now is to repeal HB2.
He said the 30 day notice in his proposal will make sure any ordinances passed will have input from all kinds of people, including legislators, city council members, the public; and it assures whatever is passed is a reflection of that community.
"I believe if the legislature had had to give 30 days before it passed House Bill 2, it never would have passed," Cooper said.
This would be the fourth piece of legislation aimed at repealing HB2. None appear to have Republican leadership support.
Lt. Gov. Dan Forest also responded negatively Tuesday to Cooper's proposal.
"If Governor Cooper's proposed bill for repealing HB2 becomes law, it will create a state-sanctioned 'Look But Don't Touch' policy in our bathrooms," he said. "Heterosexual men will be able to access women's showers and bathrooms by simply posing as a transgender individual. They will be able to watch women and children shower, or shower next to them. As long as the man doesn't touch them, assault them or film them, no legal protection would be afforded the offended woman or child. Nothing.
As a husband and father of four, the concept of 'Look But Don't Touch' as a meaningful response to HB2 is a sad commentary on how far the progressive movement and the elected officials beholden to it, will risk the safety of our people to achieve a radical social policy agenda."
It's been almost a year since HB2 was passed. Cooper said the law has divided the state, stained its reputation and shouldn't survive long enough to see its first birthday.
Before the backlash, Cooper said he was confident his proposal would work in uniting the legislature to finally repeal HB2. He added that he was open to keeping a line of communication open with Republicans to work further on the proposal if necessary.
"I am open to hearing the response of Republicans on this," he said. "I think that this is a good solution – I don't want to negotiate through the media. We're going to continue to talk, I hope. I hope they will continue to talk with us on this."
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Melissa Boughton, Courts and Law Reporter, joined N.C. Policy Watch in September 2016. She covers local, state and federal courts and writes about key decisions that impact the lives of North Carolinians. Before joining the project, Melissa worked the crime and courts beats at The Post and Courier in Charleston, S.C.; The Winchester Star in Winchester, Va.; and The Kerrville Daily Times in Kerrville, TX. While reporting in Charleston, she covered the Emanuel church shootings and the police killing of Walter Scott. She was part of the team that was named a finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in breaking news reporting for coverage of Scott's death.
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50 Of The Best Schools in Anime
Some high school anime can serve as a great introduction to the world of anime for new viewers. This series has students with lots on their plate, whether it's homework or an mentally unwell teacher – you'll be able to relate and enjoy these shows!
The Top 20 Craziest Yandere Characters In Anime
It's no secret that the yandere anime characters have become a staple of the anime industry. The yandere in anime is basically a character that goes to great lengths to win over another character's love. That can include anything from stalking to killing. It doesn't matter if that other character is already in a relationship. To win that person over, they will do everything possible. Yander in anime is so


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Q: How do i include spaces in my RegEx in java? I am trying to make it so the user can enter 07XXXXXXXXX or 07XXX XXXXXX, both should work, but my RegEx seems to not be working correctly
I have tried adding \\d, \\s, \\w and none of that has worked
My code is:
//The space should be between {3} and [0-9]
while (!Scanner.hasNext("07[0-9]{9} | 07[0-9]{3} [0-9]{6}")) {

    System.out.println("\nThe mobile number you have entered is not valid.\nIt should start with 07 and should contain 9 additional digits.");

    Scanner.nextLine();
} //end while

The program should accept both 07XXXXXXXXX and 07XXX XXXXXX, but when i try and include the space, it doesn't accept either option.
"07[0-9]{9}" works for 07XXXXXXXXX on its own, but when I add "| 07[0-9]{3} [0-9]{6}", neither option works.

A: If you follow the space with a ? question mark it will mean "zero or one of" the space
07[0-9]{3} ?[0-9]{6}

You can also use number pairs in brackets to give a range:
07[0-9]{3} {0,1}[0-9]{6}

If you plan to allow other characters like hyphen you can make a character class for those. This allows space, hyphen or dot:
07[0-9]{3}[-. ]{0,1}[0-9]{6}
07[0-9]{3}[-. ]?[0-9]{6}

I recommend you put hyphen first in a character class as it can be taken to mean "range" like you have with 0-9. By putting it first it doesn't define a range. Also a period  normally means "any character" but inside a character class it loses this special meaning and is literally just a period


The learning intention for this lesson was to solve word problems involving decimals and to justify your thinking. The video shows snippets of the whole teaching process from the introduction of the problem to the children explaining their thinking to the class. Check out the full lesson plan and child generated content here.
An interesting issue that arose was the children didn't read the question properly. The question asked was, 'How much of each drink would Jack need to make punch for 30 people' but the children read it as, 'How many batches of punch does Jack need to make to serve 30 people'. Once the error was highlighted they were able to join the dots and do the maths but the problem was they didn't realise the error themselves. This is a common issue for our kids, they struggle to understand either the vocabulary in the word problem or knowing what it is asking them which then has a detrimental effect on their maths. My next steps involves unpacking the word problems with the children and guiding them to make sure they fully understand the problem before proceeding with solving it.
Life at Pt England has been full on recently. We have all been busy making movies for our film festival and practising for our school production Live Stream. In the middle of this we have been trying to continue on with normal lessons which is easier said than done but we're getting there.
This term in maths we have been focussing on measurement and geometry. I really like measurement as it works with number really well. It is practical and the kids generally get excited about it which is nice to see.
I have also been GLOSS testing my target kids to get a gauge of how successful (or not) my inquiry has been in regards to raising their achievement. I'll let you know the results once I've done.
A common trend I'm seeing in maths but also other learning areas is that my kids are struggling to retain new vocabulary. It is evident form conversations with other teachers from within our school and cluster that this issue is wide spread.
An example of this was when looking at area and perimeter no child could tell me what either were, however, I knew last year I had covered it with half of them. The kids recognised the words but were unable to explain what they meant or were. Once I explained what each word meant many said things like, "Oh yeah that's right we did this last year" etc. Unfortunately this is not an isolated issue. The kids recognise vocabulary but cannot connect to it's meaning/definition. As a teacher seeing children get questions wrong in tests because they don't connect with the language even though you know it has been covered is really frustrating.
So this begs the question: What can I do to help my kids retain new vocabulary? How do I make it real for them? How do I help them make connections between the words and their meaning?


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Days in Disney history
Almost Angels
1929 - El Terrible Toreador
1930 - Monkey Melodies
1936 - Three Blind Mouseketeers
Lady and the Tramp (re-release)
2003 - Under the Tuscan Sun (Touchstone Pictures)
2008 - Miracle at St. Anna (Touchstone Pictures)
1981 - Walt Disney Presents premieres on CBS.
1987 - The Adventures of the Gummi Bears episode "Presto Gummo/A Tree Grows in Dunwyn" premieres on NBC.
1990 - The Adventures of the Gummi Bears episode "Patchwork Gummi", the DuckTales episode "The Duck Who Knew Too Much", the Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers episode "A Fly in the Ointment", and the TaleSpin episode "All's Whale That Ends Whale" premiere in syndication.
1991 - The Darkwing Duck episode "Can't Bayou Love" premieres in syndication.
The Darkwing Duck episode "The Revenge of the Return of the Brainteasers, Too!" and the Goof Troop episode "Puppy Love" premiere on ABC.
The Little Mermaid episode "Urchin" and the Raw Toonage episode "Sheerluck Bonkers/All Potato Network/The Puck Stops Here" premiere on CBS.
1994 - The Aladdin episode "I Never Mechanism I Didn't Like" premieres in syndication.
1996 - The Quack Pack episode "Koi Story" premieres in syndication.
1997 - The 101 Dalmatians: The Series episode "Smoke Detectors/Lobster Tale" and the Bill Nye the Science Guy episode "Space Exploration" premiere in syndication.
1998 - The Disney's Doug episode "Doug Gets Right Back On!", the Recess episode "The Game/The Lost Ball", the Pepper Ann episode "Hazelnut's Finest/Cat Scan", and the Hercules episode "Hercules and the Driving Test" premiere on ABC.
The Recess episode "The Madness of King Bob/Call Me Guy" premieres on UPN and in syndication.
The PB&J Otter premiere on Playhouse Disney with the episode "Lemon-itis"/"Duckbird Alert".
2008 - Camp Rock premieres on Disney Channel in New Zealand.
2009 - My Friends Tigger & Pooh premieres on Playhouse Disney with the episode "Rabbit Gets Squashed/Topsy Turvy Tigger", followed by "Pooh's Badful Day/Sleuthin' in the Wind".
2014 - The Doc McStuffins episodes "Doc's Busy Day" and "Wrong Side of the Law" premiere on Disney Junior.
2017 - The Milo Murphy's Law episodes "A Clockwork Origin" and "Perchance to Sleepwalk" premieres on Disney XD.
2000 - Buzz Lightyear of Star Command is released for PlayStation, Game Boy Color, Microsoft Windows, and Dreamcast.
VHS & DVD releases
2017 - Mickey Mouse: Merry and Scary; Holiday Collection
1948 - Olivia Newton-John (singer, songwriter, and actress)
1956 - Linda Hamilton (actress and voice actress)
1962 - Patrick Bristow (actor and comedian)
1981 - Christina Milian (singer-songwriter, actress, dancer, and model)
1986 - Sarah Freeman (actress, voice actress, and musician)
2008 - Paul Newman (actor, film director, producer, race car driver, IndyCar owner, entrepreneur, and activist)
2017 - Barry Dennen (actor and voice actor)
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I recently attended a women's retreat that specifically requested the participants not wear any makeup.
And as silly as it sounds, I was actually nervous about it. I couldn't remember the last time I went out in public without makeup on. I always wear at least foundation: it's like a shield from the world. Maybe it's because I'm pale, but if I don't wear it, people always ask if I'm sick (or they make fun of my inevitably sunburned cheeks). And here I was going to be meeting a whole group of strangers without it to hide behind.
My inane fear about not wearing makeup made me think of all the other times I've worried about my appearance. And I realized: it's not just too little makeup. I worry about wearing too much makeup as well.
When I'm modeling, I use heavier, more colorful makeup than I would day-to-day. And I get looks for it if I go out in public while I'm wearing it. Not the good kind of looks: the judging kind. When I walk to a shoot, people stare at me on the street. If I order a coffee before I head into work, the barista raises an eyebrow and doesn't smile. Even my boyfriend will comment before I leave or come back from a gig. "I'd kiss you goodbye," he'll say, "but you're wearing too much makeup." Or "haven't you taken that stuff off yet?"
It bothers me enough that I've been trying to develop a more subdued modeling makeup look—one that still photographs well, but that blends in with normal life a little bit better. I haven't been successful yet.
In the meantime, I have to wear bright pink eye shadow in public. And if I can do that, then I figured I was brave enough to go one day without wearing makeup. So I squashed the temptation to sneak on a little foundation, even though I was sure no one would have noticed.
The day of the retreat, I showed up breaking out and with cheeks tinged red with sunburn. But no one seemed to care. I met people with bare faces, and they just looked like people. My friend who was running the retreat had more freckles than I remembered. People had more smiles than I expected.
That experience showed me that there are times for lots of makeup, and times for none whatsoever. But most importantly, I realized it's up to me to decide when those times are.
Before the woman's retreat, I would have never considered myself to be terribly concerned with my appearance. I grew up as a tomboy. I only started wearing makeup for modeling. I knew there were societal expectations about how much makeup women ought to wear, and how they should look. I just assumed that I was ignoring them.
I couldn't have been more wrong: by not thinking about it, I was subconsciously conforming to them. Because I wasn't aware of them, I found myself walking a tightrope with my appearance. Too much makeup one way, too little the other, and I would fall.
I've always said that I believe self-expression should be the primary factor in my appearance. When I'm not in front of the camera, the makeup I wear (or don't) should be to make me happy. I shouldn't let other people's opinions dictate how I think I should look.
But now I'm not so sure that I'm following my own advice. So I've decided to try not wearing makeup again for a few days, just to see what happens.
It's nothing drastic, and I may decide I like my old makeup ways the best. But what I decide doesn't matter. For now, it's a good reminder to make sure I'm deciding for the right reasons.


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package com.backend.models;

import java.util.ArrayList;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;

public class PlayoffGroup
{
	public final ArrayList<School> schools;
	public final int groupNo;

	public PlayoffGroup(
			@JsonProperty("schools") 	ArrayList<School> 	_schools,
			@JsonProperty("groupNo") 	int					_groupNo)
	{
		schools = _schools;
		groupNo = _groupNo;
	}

	public ArrayList<School> getSchoolsRanked(ArrayList<SchoolInteger> rankedSchools)
	{
		ArrayList<School> toNextRound = new ArrayList<School>();
		for(School school : rankedSchools)
		{
			if(schools.contains(school))
			{
				toNextRound.add(school);
			}
		}

		return toNextRound;
	}

	public ArrayList<SchoolInteger> getSchoolsScore(ArrayList<SchoolInteger> rankedSchools)
	{
		ArrayList<SchoolInteger> schoolScores = new ArrayList<SchoolInteger>();
		for(School school : rankedSchools)
		{
			if(schools.contains(school))
			{
				int indexOf = rankedSchools.indexOf(school);
				if(indexOf != -1)
				{
					schoolScores.add(rankedSchools.get(indexOf));
				}
			}
		}
		return schoolScores;
	}
}


Medtronic launched the CD HORIZON Fenestrated Screw Spinal System, initially making it available in Europe.
The device features screws through which bone cement can be injected to establish an anchor for the screws within fragile, osteopenic bones.
The CD HORIZON® Fenestrated Screw Spinal System provides surgeons a solution for addressing patients with poor or compromised bone quality as a result of pathologies such as osteoporosis, a condition in which the bone becomes extremely porous, heals slowly and is subject to fracture. This system features a pedicle screw with additional holes in the tip to allow a specially formulated bone cement to be injected into a patient's vertebral body. This cement then cures and provides enhanced fixation in the patient's spine.
The CD HORIZON® Fenestrated Screw Spinal System is intended to help provide immobilization and stabilization of spinal segments as an adjunct to fusion of the thoracic, lumbar and/or sacral spine.


The single was The Police's first number one hit in the United Kingdom, but only reached #74 in the United States. An alternate "Classic Rock" mix is available on Every Breath You Take: The Singles. Stewart Copeland's drum performance in the song was ranked the 59th greatest studio rock drum performance of all time on digitaldreamdoor.com's 100 Greatest Studio Rock Drummer Performances list.
The Police reformed at Live Earth, a 2007 charity concert to raise awareness of environmental hazards and performed "Message in a Bottle" as the US finale, with John Mayer playing guitar with Andy Summers (who described the track as a personal favourite in his book One Train Later) and Kanye West performing a rap verse over the chorus of the song.
Sting performed "Message in a Bottle" with No Doubt during the halftime show at Super Bowl XXXVII.
It is a song about a lonely castaway on an island who sends out a message in a bottle to seek help. A year later, he feels that there is no need for love. Later on, he sees "a hundred billion bottles" on the shore, finding out that there are more people like him out there.
The song may also be read as a lament of isolation and loneliness caused by the loss of a loved one ("love can break your heart"): he seeks help but gets no reply, then realizes that there are many more people out there like him, suggesting that everyone has to deal with loss and loneliness as part of the human experience. The island and the bottle are metaphors; by reaching out, the protagonist discovers he is not alone, and that other people share his feelings of alienation. It reminds me of the movie which shares the same name.
Look for an upcoming entry on this movie on my blog "Babyboomer Flashback"
As a widow attempting to join the real world again, I can definitely relate to this song. In the early days of my coming back to life after grief, I felt like that castaway on a deserted island. My message in a bottle came in the form of expressing my feelings on a daily basis in a personal blog that I started on Yahoo 360. While I thought I was alone in my loneliness and writing about it was a great release for me, I started receiving messages and comments from people all over the world.
Many could relate to the emotions I was experiencing, others had lost someone significant in their life and they could relate to the grief . . . then there were those who experienced loneliness and depression. Little by little it became more of a congregation of those who could relate to different things I was going through . . . and those people made friends with the others.
The time that followed became my moments of discovery and for the first time in my life, I finally learned who I am and what I want out of life . . . at the same time helping others stumbling through life trying to find their way . . . and we support each other through the good times and bad. The internet and blogging has made the world a smaller place where your message in a bottle brings faster results that the year that the castaway encountered.
One of my favorite songs of all time now has new meaning . . .


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I didn't have mirin. Le google says if you don't have mirin, you can stir in about 4 teaspoons of sugar to 1/2 a cup of regular rice wine. I tried this on rice and veggies. DELISH!!!! Definitely will make it again.


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Westboro bus crash update: first weeks of the criminal trial
By Alvin Tsang
It was two years ago that an OC Transpo double-decker bus crashed on approach to Westboro Station, killing three passengers and leaving 23 others injured. The trial against bus driver Aissatou Diallo, 44, began on March 23.
Diallo pleaded not guilty to all counts of dangerous driving in the criminal trial — there are 35 charges of bodily harm and three charges of causing death.
The case heard by the Ontario Court of Justice in Ottawa on April 6, and again on April 14, was the question of whether Diallo was properly trained on the double-decker emergency hand brake.
Lindsay Toll, OC Transpo training and development manager, said on April 6 that "a bus is a bus" and "it's the same driving" when asked if and when Diallo was taught the emergency hand brake on the double-decker bus.
Phillip Latreille, an OC Transpo driver and relief instructor, told the court on April 14 that he was the one who taught Diallo the double-decker emergency brake in 2018 but had forgotten to include his training session with Diallo in the official progress report.
In a cross-examination of video evidence from the Jan. 11, 2019 crash, camera footage from the front and back doors, a forward-facing camera (showing the road ahead), and view from the stairs between upper and lower floors of the bus were all examined in court.
The Crown and Diallo's defence lawyers, Solomon Friedman and Fady Mansour, argued the question of when the bus began to lose control. Their arguments were over what they could see (the bus shaking and passengers bracing themselves) and what they could hear (tires screeching) in the video footage.
The Westboro bus station on Jan. 14, 2019, days after the fatal crash. Photo by Alvin Tsang.
A re-creation exercise was reviewed. The exercise involved another driver on a double-decker driving past Westboro bus station in similar weather conditions. After viewing the exercise footage, the Crown argued that glare from the sun could not have played a role in the 2019 collision.
The Crown also argued that Diallo failed to brake or steer meaningfully as the bus approached Westboro bus station and entered its final collision course. The Crown did, however, acknowledge the thick ice in the ditches and frozen snow banks on the sides of the bus route.
Testimonies from passengers of the crash included witness Brittney Worrall who sat at the lower level and witness Brian Thiessen who almost fell onto a floor full of shattered glass.
The trial is expected to last eight weeks.
Zoom recordings are available under Hearing Access Request at
ontariocourts.ca/ocj/covid-19/public-and-media-access-to-court-proceedings/
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Federal Court Holds Arbitration Not Required Under Oklahoma's Model Compact
On April 26, 2012, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma held that the Oklahoma Model Tribal Gaming Compact (Compact) does not require the State of Oklahoma (State) to pursue arbitration before bringing suit against an Indian tribe in federal court for alleged violations of the Compact, and that sovereign immunity was no defense to the lawsuit. State v. Hobia, Case No. 12-CV-054-GKF-TLW.
The Court held that the arbitration provisions in the Compact are merely optional. Part 12 of the Compact, Dispute Resolution, provides for a three-step process. The first is notice: the aggrieved party must describe in detail the other party's alleged violation of the Compact, after which state officials and tribal officials must meet within thirty (30) days. The second is arbitration, which either party may request. Finally, if an arbitration award is made, either party may invoke the power of the federal district court either to enforce the arbitration award, or to review the award decision. The defendants argued that the State's lawsuit was premature, because the State has not sought arbitration, and the Compact describes a federal lawsuit as a step that comes after arbitration.
The Court rejected that argument for two reasons. First, the Court noted that the Compact describes arbitration using the permissive term "may," instead of the mandatory "shall." Thus, the Court reasoned, the Compact allows parties the option to seek arbitration, but does not require them to do so. Second, the Court pointed to Part 9 of the Compact, which provides: "This Compact shall not alter tribal, federal or state civil adjudicatory or criminal jurisdiction," and to Section 2710(d)(7)(A)(ii) of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA), which authorizes federal district courts to hear "any cause of action initiated by a State or Indian tribe to enjoin a class III gaming activity located on Indian lands and conducted in violation of any Tribal-State compact." Reading the Compact and the IGRA together, the Court concluded that the IGRA allows the State to sue in federal court, and that the Compact merely offers the State the alternative of pursuing arbitration instead.
The Court also rejected the defendants' claims to sovereign immunity. Tiger Hobia, the King or Mekko of the Kialegee Tribal Town (Kialege or Town) and the Kialegee Tribal Town Corporation (Kialegee Corporation or Town Corporation), argued that he was immune from suit as a tribal official. The Court, however, followed last year's Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Crowe & Dunlevy, P.C. v. Stidham, holding that sovereign immunity does not shield a tribal official from a suit alleging an ongoing violation of federal law. Because the State alleged that Hobia is involved in ongoing violation of federal law, the Court held that he is not immune from suit. The Court also held that the Kialegee Corporation lacks sovereign immunity, finding both that the IGRA abrogated tribal sovereign immunity from a state's lawsuit in federal district court to enjoin class III gaming on Indian lands that violates a tribal-state compact, and that the "sue and be sued" language in the Kialegee Corporation's charter serves as a waiver of immunity. The Court acknowledged in a footnote that a "sue and be sued" clause in a corporate charter is insufficient to serve as a waiver of a tribe's sovereign immunity. However, because the State sued the Town Corporation, and not the Town itself, the Court found the "sue and be sued" clause to be a sufficient waiver of sovereign immunity.
We will continue to monitor this case as it develops. In the meantime, please let us know if we may provide more information regarding this important development.
William R. Norman (wnorman@hobbsstraus.com)
Dan Lewerenz (dlewerenz@hobbsstraus.com)
Both at (405) 602-9425
GM_12-061_State_v._Hobia.pdf


Boston Police report tracking the man wanted for the June double murder of Wilfred Peters and Jeffrey Montaque on Fanueil Street to a Jonesboro, GA trailer home.
Police report they arrested Nicholas Antoine of Roxbury with the help of the US Marshals and Jonesboro police on Friday.
Is it just me or does this mugshot look like a frat boy's idea of blackface?
Why does he look like a frat 'boy'? What, in your mind, do frat 'boys' look like?
Light skinned folk don't look like they had their frat bros apply heavy orange spray tan unless they are in liver failure.
If anyone else said something this racist you'd be all over them. Not your best comment. Adam you really shouldn't allow such offensive comments to be posted.


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Q: Code checking for a global boolean returns an unnasigned variable error heres the error I'm getting. I know I probably shouldn't be using globals. I call th functions in the order init, and then adddata:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "main.py", line 5, in <module>
    adddata("testing", "1, 2, 3")
  File "/home/runner/EasyJSON/func.py", line 38, in adddata
    if(firsttime == True):
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'firsttime' referenced before assignment

heres the code thats returning faulty:
def init(*filename):
    global firsttime
    firsttime = True
    global file
    file = ""
    global undesirablechars
    undesirablechars = ["(", ")", "'", ","]
    for element in filename:
        if element == undesirablechars:
            pass
        else:
            file = element

def adddata(key, value):
    keyinfile = ""
    valueinfile = ""
    for element in key:
        if element == undesirablechars:
            pass
        else:
            keyinfile += element
    for element in value:
        if element == undesirablechars:
            pass
        else:
            valueinfile += element
        with open(file, 'w') as writefile:
            data = {keyinfile: valueinfile}
            if(firsttime == True):
                json.dump(data, writefile)
                firsttime = False
            else:
                adddatatofile = json.load(writefile)
                adddatatofile.update(data)
                writefile.seek(0)
                json.dump(adddatatofile, writefile)

This is on Python 3.8.7. It's something I'm working on to make using json easier.


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Lou Reed's ex-wife accuses late musician of domestic abuse
Luke Morgan Britton Oct 13, 2015 11:35 am BST
NETHERLANDS - MAY 01: ROTTERDAM Photo of Lou REED (Photo by Paul Bergen/Redferns) Credit: Getty
Velvet Underground frontman accused of assaulting women in upcoming biography
A new biography of late Velvet Underground frontman Lou Reed delves into the musician's alleged history of domestic abuse.
The book, titled Notes From The Velvet Underground: The Life of Lou Reed, focus on Reed's "creative process, his mental health problems, his bisexuality, his three marriages, and his addictions to drugs and alcohol".
Author Howard Sounes, who has previously penned books on Bob Dylan and Amy Winehouse, describes Reed as a "monster" based on interviews with 140 of the musician's friends, peers and associates about his life.
"I loved his music, but you have to go where the story goes," Sounes told The Daily Beast. "The obituaries were a bit too kind, he was really a very unpleasant man. A monster really; I think truly the word monster is applicable."
Bettye Kronstad, who married Reed in 1973, alleges in the book: "He would, like, pin you up against a wall. Tussle you. Hit you… shake you… And then one time he actually gave me a black eye."
An old school friend, Allan Hyman also claims to have witnessed Reed striking a former girlfriend. "She would say something. He'd get pissed off at what she said and smash her around the back of the head," Hyman claimed. "[My wife said,] 'Lou, if you continue to hit her, you have to leave.' And then he smacks her in the back of the head. So she said, 'Get out!'"
The book also quotes Reed as saying "I don't like ni**ers like Donna Summer," while also describing Bob Dylan as a "pretentious kike".
NME has approached Lou Reed's estate for a response.
Notes From The Velvet Underground: The Life of Lou Reed will be published on October 22.
Reed passed away from liver disease in October 2013.


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Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming II is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Bundestag. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 61. It is located in western Brandenburg, comprising the city of Potsdam and small parts of the Potsdam-Mittelmark and Teltow-Fläming districts.

Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming II was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2021, it has been represented by the Chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

Geography
Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming II is located in western Brandenburg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Potsdam as well as the municipalities of Kleinmachnow, Michendorf, Nuthetal, Schwielowsee, Stahnsdorf, and Teltow from the Potsdam-Mittelmark district and the Ludwigsfelde municipality from the Teltow-Fläming district.

History
Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming II was created after German reunification in 1990, then known as Potsdam. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1990 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 276 in the numbering system. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 61. In the 2009 election, it was number 62. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 61.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Potsdam and a few surrounding municipalities in the district of Potsdam-Land (abolished in 1993). It acquired its current configuration in the 2002 election, when it took on many more municipalities from the Potsdam-Mittelmark district and a few from the Teltow-Fläming district. Upon the abolition of the Fahrland Amt ahead of the 2005 election, the former municipality of Seeburg was transferred out of the constituency. At the same time, it gained the former municipalities of Derwitz and Groß Schulzendorf. In the 2009 election, it lost the municipalities of Blankenfelde-Mahlow and Rangsdorf. Because of a growing population in Potsdam itself, it lost the municipality of Großbeeren in the 2017 election and the municipality of Werder (Havel) in the 2021 election.

Members
Due to the dominance of Potsdam, Potsdam – Potsdam-Mittelmark II – Teltow-Fläming II has been a stronghold of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), which won the constituency in every election except in the 2013 CDU landslide.

The constituency was first represented by Emil Schnell (SPD) from 1990 to 2002, followed by Andrea Wicklein from 2002 to 2013. The constituency was won by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in the 2013 election, and represented by Katherina Reiche. She resigned in 2015 to become CEO of the Association of Local Utilities (VKU). In the 2017 election, SPD candidate Manja Schüle was elected. She resigned in November 2019 after being appointed to the state government of Brandenburg. Vice-Chancellor and SPD lead candidate Olaf Scholz was elected in 2021.

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References

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