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Why do the opposing sides of a D20 generally add up to 21
Most D20s I own (with the exception of poorly made foam ones or MTG spin-down dice) seem to have all opposing sides add up to 21 (20 + 1, 15 + 6, etc). Why is this? Who started this?
St. John JohnsonSt. John Johnson
You'll notice this on most other dice, too: a d6, a d8 and many others follow the practice of putting the highest number opposite the lowest, the second highest opposite the second lowest, and so on, so that any given side added to its opposite adds up to the same number as any other choice. – doppelgreener Nov 4 '13 at 11:29
D6 always add up to 7 too. You have to arrange the face some way, and having opposite faces add up to N+1 seems to be the traditional way. – Nick Nov 4 '13 at 13:14
D20 sides – freekvd Jan 18 '16 at 12:25
Opposite sides add up to 21 on a d20 for the same reason that opposite sides add up to 7 on a d6: if there's a manufacturing or design defect, and the die ends up slightly flatter than intended, then the average result of the die will not change.
Consider a d6 that ends up a bit flat: two sides opposite each other will both have an increased chance of being landed on. But since these two sides' numbers are "opposite" to each other, they will not affect the average of the die. For example, a d6 might have a 1/3 chance of landing on a 1, a 1/3 chance of landing on a 6, and, and a 1/12 chance of landing on each of the other faces. The average of this seriously-deformed die is: 1 * 1/3 + 2 * 1/12 + 3 * 1/12 + 4 * 1/12 + 5 * 1/12 + 6 * 1/3 = 3.5, the same as a normal die.
Of course, various other deformities (malformed corner, air bubble in the plastic, some enterprising fellow put a little lead in the die, etc.) will still play merry hob with the probabilities in an unfair way, but a flattened die will be somewhat fair in that its biases favor both high and low numbers equally. The layout for d8, d10, d12, and d20 dice were probably created from this same idea to make the dice somewhat fair if they're flattened.
PotatoEngineerPotatoEngineer
I may be misinformed, however my understanding of the situation is that this is a result of trying to normalize the value of each region on the d20.
The best comparison is between an MTG spindown (where the numbers count down from 20-1 in sequence spiraling around the d20) and a regular d20. A spindown has all the high values clustered at one end, and the low values clustered at the other. with practice, you could easily learn to roll a spindown to get 10 or more the vast majority of the time, for a regular d20 this is impossible as the numbers are spread evenly, so high numbers are surrounded by lower numbers.
It is very hard (if not impossible) to roll a d20 for an exact individual side, so spacing them out in this way is the best way to "balance" the values, such that a practiced roll aiming for 20 has a high chance to land on much lower numbers that are adjacent, where a spindown would have other high numbers adjacent.
by laying out the numbers such that all sides add up to 21, you give a memorable way for users to navigate a d20, whilst also giving a reasonable (if not optimal) proportionality in value accross the areas of the d20.
as for who started it, I couldnt answer that, d20 themselves have been around since the Romans (http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2008/06/what-version-of/), but I can find no information on who decided the numbering scheme.
PattersPatters
This explains the scattershot distribution, but it's orthogonal to the specific 'opposites add up to N+1' question; you could easily put 11-20 on one hemisphere and 1-10 on the other and still satisfy the opposites adding constraint (in fact, a lot of older spindowns do this). – Steven Stadnicki Nov 4 '13 at 21:15
I see what you are saying, Paul Marshall's answer seems to cover that aspect quite well, so I wont try and repeat it. – Patters Nov 5 '13 at 9:54
Another reason might be that originally 6-sided dice used little holes to mark the numbers. The material removed to create a 6 is more than that to create a 1. As such, the different sides of a die had different weights. To balance the weight across all three directions of the die, opposing numbers were chosen to balance out the different directions. The material taken out of 6 and 1 would be the same weight as the material taken out of 5 and 2, and 4 and 3. All three directions would lose material equal to 7 holes. This, combined with distributing the numbers as far as possible from one another would lead to the current distribution of the numbers on a 6-sided die. However, on dice with more than 6 sides, the sum rule would not be enough to guarantee that all numbers are as far as possible from each other. Also, on 20-sided dice, numbers are not usually created by holes but using digits. As such, the material argument doesn't hold anymore.
Roel VermeulenRoel Vermeulen
The tradition of numbering a d6 with 1 opposite 6, etc. goes back to the Ancient Greeks, if not before. As far as I know, the original reasoning behind that numbering isn't really known. It is, however, a way to improve fairness for a slightly flattened die, as noted above. Other defects such as voids could cause a particular region of a die to preferentially land facing up. In order to minimize the effect of such defects on fairness, dice would ideally have the faces surrounding a vertex (a point where three or more faces come together) summing to the same number. Bob Bosch, Henry Segerman and I have just produced such a numerically-balanced d20 for the first time. For more details, please visit http://thedicelab.com/BalancedStdPoly.html.
Robert FathauerRobert Fathauer
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Rod Stewart was the only person in Black Friday queue in Plymouth
The 46-year-old got to B&M early to find he was all alone - then went to buy his own Christmas present to find it wasn't in stock
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Luckless Rod Stewart travelled almost 10 miles to queue up with other bargain-hungry shoppers - to buy HIS OWN Christmas present.
But the 46-year-old found himself all alone outside the Plymouth B&M store as consumers across the city failed to be gripped by the Black Friday shopping frenzy.
And when the painter and decorator - full name Rodney - got inside the De'Longhi coffee maker he was after was out of stock.
But the chirpy chappy, from Plymstock, was still chuffed to snap up a Tassimo machine instead - and a bonus paint roller.
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Several retailers opened in the early hours of this morning expecting huge queues of bargain hunters to form outside.
But only a handful of customers turned up at some of the major chains.
Transit Way was no different - and appeared to be like any other Friday - save for Rodney.
He arrived there 15 minutes before the store opened its doors and was surprised that he was the only one there.
Do you think poor Rodney deserves a hug?
Yes, bless him!
"I'm here to pick up a De'Longhi coffee maker for Black Friday and I'm glad I'm the only one here at the moment so I can grab it," he said before heading inside.
The Plymstock resident arrived at the store before starting work at his own painting and decorating business, after he received an email alerting him to a deal on the coffee maker that his partner was buying him for Christmas.
Jenny Flannery, 44, queued for 30 minutes for the Pandora Black Friday event at Drake Circus (Image: Katie Timms)
"I had an email through for black Friday deals for B&M this morning," he said. "I was going to get one for Christmas anyway, it's a bargain at £35 reduced from £79.
"I'm quite surprised actually, I thought it would have been jam-packed here this time in the morning so people can get the bargains but a lot of people are doing it online nowadays."
Sadly the coffee maker he was hoping Santa was bring could not be found on the shelves.
Black Friday brawl breaks out in shopping mall
But Rodney added: "I'm very happy with the gifts I managed to pick up, the bargains. It's very cheap as well, it's not bad for a Black Friday.
"I actually bought it instead of the Mrs, the Mrs is actually going to give me back the money, it's going to be a Christmas present so I've got to wait until Christmas day to open it up and have a coffee."
Diane Turner, floor manager of B&M said: "We were expecting more (people) but usually we pick up about 11am, because it's very quiet at this time of day, every day.
The Black Friday event at Tesco Roborough was clear of shoppers (Image: Katie Timms)
"So we're expecting to be busy from 11am onwards because obviously we the school run people drop their children off.
"We're hoping it will pick up a bit later on today."
Other shoppers in Plymouth branded Black Friday a 'washout', with many stores empty of bargain hunters.
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Ray Soper, 32 said he went on a tour of all the stores in Plymouth - but failed to find anything he considered worth buying, reports Devon Live.
He said: "I got up at 4.30am and went to Tesco. It was rubbish, there was nothing good there at all, so I went to Asda - and they are not even taking part in it.
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Home Trending News Why Modi doesn't want India to watch BBC film on Gujarat carnage...
Why Modi doesn't want India to watch BBC film on Gujarat carnage | Narendra Modi News
India's right-wing authorities has used emergency powers to dam the airing of a BBC documentary which questions Prime Minister Narendra Modi's management throughout the 2002 Gujarat riots.
Calling the two-part BBC movie, India: The Modi Query, a "propaganda piece", the federal government ordered Twitter to take down greater than 50 tweets linking to the documentary whereas YouTube was instructed to dam any video uploads.
A screening of the documentary at one in every of India's premier universities on Tuesday was disrupted by the authorities, who allegedly minimize the ability and web strains to the workplace of the scholars' union which had organised the occasion. India media experiences mentioned stones have been thrown at college students watching the movie.
Comparable screenings have been additionally reported from different elements of the nation, whereas opposition leaders, journalists and activists proceed to share hyperlinks to the BBC documentary on social media to defy the federal government order.
What occurred in Gujarat in 2002?
In late 2001, Modi was appointed chief minister of India's Gujarat state to resolve infighting within the Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP).
Till then, he was a outstanding member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the BJP's far-right ideological mentor based in 1925 alongside the strains of the then European fascist events. The RSS goals to create an ethnic Hindu state in India the place its 200 million Muslims will likely be second-class residents.
In February 2002, a practice – with many Hindu pilgrims returning dwelling from the temple city of Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh state – caught fireplace, killing 59 folks. Whereas the state authorities led by Modi alleged Muslim distributors at Godhra station burned the practice, a 2006 report by a committee appointed by the federal authorities concluded the fireplace was unintentional.
As quickly because the information of the Godhra incident unfold, Hindu mobs started to rampage via Muslim neighbourhoods throughout Gujarat. Greater than 2,000 folks, most of them Muslims, have been killed and dozens of women raped in what turned out to be one of many worst non secular massacres in India's historical past, turning Gujarat into one in every of India's most religiously polarised states.
Many international governments, together with the UK, stopped partaking with Modi at the moment, whereas the US imposed a journey ban on him.
However the carnage additionally earned Modi the epithet of "Hindu Hridaysamrat" (the ruler of Hindu hearts) and catapulted his stature throughout the RSS and the BJP. He continued to manipulate Gujarat until 2014, the 12 months he moved to New Delhi to take over as India's fifteenth prime minister.
What's the BBC movie about?
The 59-minute documentary alleges that Modi, who was chief minister of Gujarat on the time, ordered the police to show a blind eye to the violence that went on for days.
The movie cites a beforehand categorized British international ministry report quoting unnamed sources saying that Modi met senior cops and "ordered them to not intervene" within the assaults on Muslims.
It additionally mentioned the violence was "politically motivated" and the goal "was to purge Muslims from Hindu areas".
The riots have been unattainable "with out the local weather of impunity created by the state authorities … Narendra Modi is immediately accountable", it concluded.
India has banned a BBC documentary about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's position within the 2002 riots in Gujarat state.
The documentary highlighted a report that discovered Modi "immediately accountable" for the "local weather of impunity" enabling the violence. pic.twitter.com/oI8WgHaNuv
— Human Rights Watch (@hrw) January 23, 2023
In a press release that BBC launched following India's orders to ban the movie, it mentioned the documentary was "rigorously researched in response to highest editorial requirements".
"The documentary collection examines the tensions between India's Hindu majority and Muslim minority and explores the politics of India's PM Narendra Modi in relation to these tensions. This has been the supply of appreciable reporting and curiosity each in India and internationally lately," it mentioned.
The British broadcaster mentioned it used a "big selection of voices, witnesses and specialists" for the movie, together with "responses from folks within the BJP".
"We provided the Indian authorities a proper to answer to the issues raised within the collection – it declined to reply," it mentioned.
Why Modi needs the movie will not be seen
Modi has repeatedly denied accusations that he did not cease the rioting in Gujarat.
A particular investigation group appointed by the Supreme Court docket to analyze the position of Modi and others within the violence mentioned in a 541-page report in 2012 that it may discover no proof to prosecute the then-chief minister.
The following 12 months, Modi was named the BJP's candidate for prime minister. He received the 2014 common elections and returned in 2019 with a much bigger majority in parliament.
Since 2014, Modi's BJP – and different right-wing teams affiliated with the RSS – have intensified their Hindu supremacist marketing campaign primarily focusing on the nation's Muslims, its greatest minority.
Subsequently, a ban on a movie on the Gujarat riots by a reputed international media organisation is just in step with the federal government's makes an attempt to reject any criticism of its agenda.
Modi's supporters on social media are calling the BBC documentary a "colonial" and "white" propaganda.
"The bias and lack of objectivity and admittedly persevering with colonial mindset are blatantly seen," Arindam Bagchi, India's international ministry spokesman, mentioned at a information convention final week.
However Mohammad Sajjad, professor of historical past at India's Aligarh Muslim College, informed Al Jazeera he's "shocked as to why shouldn't Modi need Indians to observe" the BBC movie.
"In any case, the federal dwelling minister had issued a press release saying that Muslims have been taught a lesson in Gujarat in 2002," he mentioned.
"But, provided that Modi is actually peeved on the BBC documentary, the one believable cause could possibly be that he desires to make up a sure sort of picture earlier than the world."
What have been the reactions to India's ban?
"Wounds heal and human rights obligations are met when there's a true dedication to justice and reform. As a substitute, BJP supporters have honoured males convicted of gang rape and homicide within the 2002 riots," the Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a statement on Monday.
The rights group mentioned the BJP's ideology has "infiltrated the justice system and the media, empowering get together supporters to threaten, harass, and assault non secular minorities, notably Muslims, with impunity".
HRW mentioned since Modi turned the prime minister in 2014, "Indian officers and BJP supporters have labored exhausting to amend his picture".
"Internationally, Indian diplomats push again aggressively at any criticism of Modi's involvement in critical human rights abuses," it added.
The HRW assertion mentioned Modi has "sought to direct worldwide engagement with India round growth and strategic partnerships".
"However India's picture could be higher served if the authorities made larger effort defending the rights of all Indians – and the rights of these eager to convey these points to public consideration," it added.
Modi's authorities used emergency powers underneath its data expertise legal guidelines to dam the BBC documentary and its clips from being shared on social media.
The order "flagrantly contradicts the nation's said dedication to democratic beliefs", the Committee to Shield Journalists mentioned in a press release on Monday.
However educational Sajjad thinks the documentary imbroglio will assist the BJP "get a reiterated and renewed consolidation of 'Hindu' help to it".
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Craig Anderton's Sound, Studio, and Stage
New Song/Really Old Song
By Jokerelli
March 20, 2004 in Craig Anderton's Sound, Studio, and Stage
Jokerelli
I uploaded a song to soundclick of a song a few friends and I came up with when we were just kids hanging out, jamming and drinking beer. Ok, not exactly kids, old enough to buy beer,back then the drinking age was 18. This was recorded on the fly on a boombox. The full version is a horrifying 13 minutes, but this version is only about 5. It was written about a friend who passed away a few years ago, long after the song was written. What was a joke song became a lasting tribute.
The Barnegat Light Boys
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The best tribute one could give to a fallen member of the gang is to write a song about 'em. A "musical roast" as it were. I'll join ya in hoisting a glass to your Captain Craig.
"Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine"
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A pint o' the grogg fer the Captain.
You probably miss him like we miss our Red Headed Wonder.
Our Joint
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Thanks Guys, like I said I hope he's listening and smiling. This was not a song to show off musical talent or recording techniques. just some guys having a few beers, jamming and staying out of trouble.
It's very funny. I'm getting more positive e-mail on this than on my semi-professional stuff!
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Shadow Force: Razor Unit представляет собой шутер от первого лица. Игроку, выступающему в роли американского спецназовца, предлагается выполнить серию контртеррористических миссий на Ближнем Востоке.

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Обозреватель журнала «Страна игр» Анатолий Норенко выставил игре 3 балла из 10, раскритиковав все аспекты геймплея Shadow Force. В числе прочего рецензент отметил «аляповатые» уровни, «супостатов с неуклюжей анимацией и оружием, напоминающим поделки школьников из дерева» и «чересчур самостоятельное управление, которое так и норовит увести героя из-под контроля». Приглянулась рецензенту лишь «симпатичная менюшка с оригинальным курсором в виде лазерного луча».

Антон Логинов («Игромания») сравнил Shadow Force с предшествующей игрой Fun Labs — Secret Service, заявив, что разработчики выпустили по сути ту же самую игру под новым названием. Он охарактеризовал Shadow Force как «продукт, явно пытающийся выплыть на волне патриотизма в США».

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Dubai is set for a barrage of new residential supply toward the end of the year, extending the supply-demand imbalance in the emirate, Chestertons reported via Khaleej Times.
Around 10,000 additional units are poised to be delivered in Dubai toward the end of 2018, with 70,000 more arriving before Expo 2020, the real estate services firm predicted.
Yet both completed homes and off-plan units suffered considerable drops in transaction volumes and values in the three months to September.
The transaction volume of off-plan homes declined 31 percent in the third quarter, while that of completed units slumped by 11 percent. Values for off-plan units also slid 33 percent, while that of completed units dropped by 13 percent.
With the sizeable incoming supply, market equilibrium may still be a few years away, according to Chestertons analysts.
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She gained nearly 15 lbs over her normal weight, which always hovered around 135/137, always eats healthy, and decided should needed to see a specialist immediately.
Read more about Celeste's experience at CIGC.
Early this year I had a great conversation with DeShuna Spencer, host of WPFW's emPower Hour on 89.3 FM, and CIGC's former patient Celeste Doaks, author and professor at Morgan State University, in a show dedicated to women's health, specifically uterine fibroids. Celeste shared her journey leading to CIGC for her LAAM myomectomy with Natalya Danilyants MD and finding the minimally invasive fibroid treatment that was right for her.
A person can have 1 or 50 fibroids, it depends upon their genetic makeup and their history, it can occur extensively and cause a lot of issues and it does run in the family. It's important for patients to know that the only thing that causes fibroids to grow is estrogen. It's not coffee, chocolate, red meat or anything they eat. It's all about the estrogen that ovaries make.
The conversation covered fibroid symptoms & causes, the best treatment to preserve fertility and finding the right specialist who can give women the options they are looking for. DeShuna talked to Celeste about her symptoms, getting diagnosed and how women often get to a place where they wish they would have come sooner.
Go to the Tumblr post for highlights of the interview and listen to the full radio interview.


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Home Archive Baltimore Bound: A Museum Celebrates Summer with Seascapes
Baltimore Bound: A Museum Celebrates Summer with Seascapes
Paul Brady
What: Herman Maril: An American Modernist
When: June 28-August 30
Where: The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
Why: Exploring a fiercely air conditioned exhibition may not sound summery, but the Walters Art Museum is indeed honoring the season with a timely show of American painter Herman Maril's seascapes, saturated with warm colors and inspired by the harbors of Baltimore and Cape Cod. To commemorate the centennial of the artist's birth, 26 of his pieces will be on view in Charm City, in concert with shows at the Provincetown Art Association Museum and the Ward Museum in Salisbury, MD.
While many art critics note the influence of Henri Matisse, Mark Rothko, and Milton Avery in Maril's nautically themed canvases, exhibition curator William Johnston says the Baltimore native and part-time P-town resident also drew on his personal experiences for inspiration. That explains the boats, beachfronts, and fish markets in Maril's art, which we'd call a definite celebration of summer.
Cost: Free admission, as always. A 40-page companion book, "Herman Maril: An Artist's Two Worlds," is $15.
How to get there: Both Amtrak and BoltBus stop at Baltimore's Penn Station, at 1515 N. Charles St. Check schedules and fares at amtrak.com and boltbus.com. The Walters is a 15-minute walk south of the station through Mount Vernon, a National Landmark Historic District, one of the city's oldest neighborhoods and home to the nation's first Washington Monument, two blocks north of the Walters on Washington Place. The museum is open Wednesday-Saturday, 10am-5pm.
(Walters Art Museum, 600 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD, 410.547.9000, thewalters.org)
Photos: Courtesy of the Walter Art Museum
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Not unlike the Cherry Blossom trees that bloom every April/May in Washington DC, Belizean Richard Harrison is hoping that the Yellow Cortez tree will draw tourists to Central America.
The Yellow Cortez tree is native to the dry forests native to Central America, and Belize. Like the Cherry blossoms they bloom with the rainy season between Mid April and Mid May.
Harrison is behind the Summer of Gold or Verano de Oro project whose goal is to plant 100,000 Yellow Cortez trees throughout Belize, particularly along highways.
Mr. Harrison believes that this will create a spectacularly unique man-made wonder of very high value to Belize utilizing a natural forest species. In addition to adding a beautiful tourism draw, Harrison feels the project can foster participation by Belizeans, which may improve quality of life and contribute to the wealth of the area. Belize's large tracts of protected forest areas, rich with a wide variety of flowering forest trees, is conducive to honey production, with the sub-tropical climate permitting two flowering seasons in a normal year one at the peak of the dry months April-May and another at the peak of the cold months November-December.
Propagating natural flowering forest species will only enhance Belize's natural advantages for production of high-end honeybee products.
Five hundred seedlings have been planted this year alone, the first steps to turn this idea into reality. As the trees grow, the hope is the project will foster additional participation and ideas.
For the Verano de Oro project to work will require many people, for time to invest in the seedlings, allocate the land for planting, and care of the young trees, so that they grow up to flowering age.
This requires using a little fertilizer (could be natural horse or chicken manure) and watering during the dry season in the early years of the life of the trees. It is a good thing for parents to do with their children, so that children see the tree transform from seedling to towering tree.
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Gotcha! Governor Jindal Avoids Lawyering on TV
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Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal signed the Louisiana Science Education Act (LSEA) into law in 2008. The purpose of the law, stated in the text of the law itself, is to "promote students' critical thinking skills and open discussion of scientific theories." The law achieves this by granting teachers a conditional right to supplement textbook treatment of evolution, climate change, and other science controversy.
Free up teachers to do what they do best? What's not to like about that? Well, not everyone is pleased. State senator Karen Carter Peterson recently filed SB 26 to repeal the LSEA, which has been referred to the Senate Education Committee for potential hearings.
As part of the anti-LSEA public messaging campaign, activist Zack Kopplin has taken to the Bill Moyer and Bill Maher shows, and to Twitter, to argue that despite the plain language of the law, which also disclaims protection for religion, the secret purpose of the LSEA is to put creationist religion into public school science class.
How the LSEA can achieve this bad end using words that call for the polar opposite result is always left mysterious by the LSEA repealers.
Amidst media chatter over secret purposes and threats of repeal, NBC's Hoda Kotb sat down with Governor Jindal before a live studio audience to talk about education reform in Louisiana. As luck would have it, that talk turned to the subject of the LSEA.
Shortly after the interview, Zack's anti-LSEA allies at the National Center for Science Education (NCSE) reported that during the interview "Jindal explicitly stated that the so-called Louisiana Science Education Act permits the teaching of creationism, including 'intelligent design.'" [Emphasis added.]
Another Kopplin ally, James Gill of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, produced a similar reading: "In springing to the defense of the Science Education Act, Jindal does not deny that its purpose is to push creationist dogma."
To complete the chorus, Zack then echoed on Twitter the NCSE's reading of the interview and that of Gill as well:
The non-lawyers of the repeal camp are constantly giving in the media their legal opinion of the LSEA. And for whatever reason the press just can't get enough of that. Now in strange unison the repealers publicly chime in on the legal significance of a post-enactment TV interview.
That's right. This wasn't pre-enactment floor debate, a conference report or a gubernatorial signing statement. The TV interview is not legislative history. It can't be used by courts to construct the legislative intent behind the statute, for good or bad. Nor does it reveal how the law is actually being implemented.
What did the Governor actually say during that interview? What words are the critics of the LSEA trying to interpret, exactly? NBC has not yet provided a transcript, so I've done the other side a solid by transcribing the key parts of the interview below.
At 9:52 into the video, Hoda asks, "You don't think creationism should be taught in public schools?" to which Jindal replied:
In public schools, look, our kids are required in science to learn the same curriculum in terms of the ACT and other standardized, national tests. We have what's called the Science Education Act that says if a teacher wants to supplement those materials, if a local school board is OK with that, if the state school board is OK with that, they can supplement those materials.
Note that Hoda asked Jindal whether creationism should be taught in public schools. "Should" here signifies a question of policy preference, not statutory interpretation. Hoda did not ask whether creationism or any other form of religion is allowed in public schools under the LSEA, or under any law for that matter.
Had she asked such a legal question, first the audience would have audibly groaned and then Jindal would have said, "Let's confer with the attorney general and executive counsel." Of course, any version of "talk to my lawyer" makes for bad TV. So mid answer Jindal catches on, shifts gears, and answers the question Hoda asked, appropriate to the setting:
Bottom line at the end of the day we want our kids to be exposed to the best facts. Let's teach them about big bang theory. Let's teach them about evolution. Let's teach them. I've got no problem if a local school board says we want to teach our kids about creationism, that some people have these beliefs as well. Let's teach them about intelligent design. I think teach them the best science. Give them the tools so they can make up their own minds. Not only in science but as they learn about controversial issues whether its global warming or climate change or these other issues. What are we scared of? Let's teach our kids the best facts and information that's out there. Let's teach them what people believe and let them debate and learn that. We shouldn't be afraid of exposing our kids to more information, more knowledge. Give them critical thinking skills and as adults they'll be able to make their own and best decisions. [Emphasis added.]
Note that Jindal speaks for himself ("I've got no problem …"), as a matter of personal preference, not for the executive branch, the judiciary, the legislature, or any other arm of the state of Louisiana on what the LSEA does as a matter of law.
As chief executives in every field are prone to do, Jindal sets detail aside to cast a vision before his constituents. He is talking about what he'd like to see one day in his state, that he has no problem with local school districts deciding for themselves how best to teach local students.
Like the critics of the LSEA, Governor Jindal is not a lawyer. He delivers no legal memo. However, unlike the critics of the LSEA, Governor Jindal is a Rhodes Scholar with a degree in biology, an experienced politician who knows what his role is and when to stick to it.
(Failing to grasp your role is not just a problem with critics of the LSEA. An astronomer just declared vouchers in Louisiana illegal.)
Jindal's paean to local over central decision-making is consistent with other planks in his education platform. Of course, reasonable people can and probably should disagree with some aspects of that platform. Teaching actual creationism in public schools is not constitutionally acceptable, if that's even what he meant. It seems more likely that Jindal, like a lot of other people, used the term "creationism" imprecisely. If he did speak loosely, Darwinists share responsibility for confusing the public, even including a thoughtful guy like Jindal, and taking advantage of a term rendered strategically ambiguous.
Creationism aside, trying to introduce intelligent design in public school science classes, at this stage in the theory's development, would be unwise, as we've often said in the past.
In brief, Jindal was speaking as a politician with an agenda, not as an interpreter of presently existing law. Still, it's not hard for laymen to read the LSEA right. As far as statutes and regulations go, the LSEA is clear as crystal. (It could be a lot worse.) See for yourself:
A teacher shall teach the material presented in the standard textbook supplied by the school system and thereafter may use supplemental textbooks and other instructional materials to help students understand, analyze, critique, and review scientific theories in an objective manner, as permitted by the city, parish, or other local public school board unless otherwise prohibited by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.
This is a key part of the LSEA. And there is a good reason for it.
Memorization of "science facts" in textbooks for regurgitation on examination — without argumentation and critique prompted by, say, supplemental text — not only bores students and teachers. This old-school form of "learning" also leaves kids with the wrong idea of what science is and how it works, giving them little reason to pursue science into college and career.
With that in mind, the provision above gives teachers a rigid command to teach the textbook followed by a grant of conditional rights to supplement the textbook for the sake of teaching objectively to students the exciting practice of inquiry and critique, of point and counterpoint (i.e., science).
Note that there is no command to supplement the textbook. Within the box of state and local board acquiescence, teachers are trusted to exercise professional judgment on the question of supplementation.
Also notably absent in the text of the LSEA is anything that could reasonably be read to invite creationism or other religious instruction into science class, pace Kopplin et al.
To ensure that only ideologues would misread the LSEA on this point, the text of the law prominently features the following disclaimer of any protection for religion:
This Section shall not be construed to promote any religious doctrine, promote discrimination for or against a particular set of religious beliefs, or promote discrimination for or against religion or nonreligion.
The problem, then, is not the language of the LSEA or with the lawmakers who passed it into law. The problem is with those who, for whatever reason, can't or won't read right. Fortunately there is professional help for those who struggle with sentences.
Let's hope that the critics of the LSEA and other full-time busybodies soon turn their collective attention to self-improvement instead of telling teachers, students, and parents that the law says science class is no place for critical inquiry.
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Middle School Placement and Advisory Program
Middle School Placement Program
Williamsburg Northside School offers an extensive Middle School Placement Program which begins in the spring of the 4th Grade year.
4th Grade families attend a meeting with the Head of Schools, Head of Lower School, and Director of Middle School Placement to discuss the 5th Grade year, and how to begin researching schools that may be a good fit for each family. Each family also receives a complete guide to NYC public and private schools. The Director of Middle School Placement meets with each family on an individual basis and creates a customized list of schools that may suit each family's program interests. Some families may choose to continue with ongoing progressive private or more traditional private schools, while other families may decide to apply for selective public, charter or other public middle schools that receive high ratings. Either way, we support all of our families and help them to navigate the application process for both public and private schools.
For those students interested in continuing in private schools, we offer an after school ISEE (Independent School Entrance Exam) prep class in the Fall. Many independent schools require this test as part of the middle school admissions process.
In the fall of the 5th Grade year, each student is assigned to a member of our faculty who will be his/her advisor for the remainder of the school year. The advisors meet with their advisees monthly. The Advisory Program is designed to support and prepare our 5th Grade students for what may lie ahead as they move on to Middle School. Advisors also assist in planning graduation and occasional 5th grade lunches as a way to enhance and unite the community.
Where have our students been accepted for Middle School?
BHMS – Brooklyn Heights Montessori School
Brooklyn Friends School
ISB – International School of Brooklyn
LREI – Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High School
Packer Collegiate Institute
UNIS – United Nations International School
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CMA Fest Recap: Day 1
July 12, 2019 / Amanda Tempel
Mark Wills
Mark Wills kicked off the morning festivities at the Budweiser Forever Country stage with his debut single, "Jacob's Ladder." During my first trip to CMA Fest, he was the person that I absolutely had to see...some things never change. He also performed "Wish You Were Here," "Don't Laugh At Me," and "Night Ain't Even Over Yet" - the latter, a song that I've been all about since I heard him perform it at the Opry a few years ago. I was happily surprised when he launched into "Loving Every Minute," - a top twenty single from 2001 that had an incredible music video. Vocally, it's one of the greatest things he's ever done. He concluded his set with the mega "19 Somethin'" - 2003's most-played song on radio.
Joe Diffie
Joe Diffie hit the stage next with "Third Rock From the Sun." Remember when labels would release extended remix versions during the 90s? This was the one I was obsessed with as a child and the cassette rarely left my Sony Walkman. It was cool to hear him sing, "Next Thing Smoking" - another throwback from 1992. He's got some real gems in his catalog, the pinnacle being "Ships That Don't Come In," which he performed next. He asked if anyone had requests and all sorts of songs were yelled out. He obliged and entertained the crowd with some country rap on "Girl Ridin' Shotgun." Afterwards he said, "Don't ask me to do that one again," which got a lot of laughs. The staple of every CD I burned in the early 2000s - "John Deere Green" - was the finale and had the entire crowd singing along.
Clutching my "Between Now & Forever" album jacket, I made my way to Bryan White's signing inside Fan Fair Hall. We talked about "That's Another Song" and he mentioned that it was always one of his favorites.
A light rain didn't dampen festivities as the nightly concert at Nissan Stadium got underway. The spitfire known as Tanya Tucker got things rolling with "It's A Little Too Late." Only 24 hours earlier she was commanding the stage at the CMT Awards with her performance of the night that left me in tears. And apparently I will never be over it. Once again, she brought onstage Brandi Carlisle, her co-producer on "Wheels of Laredo." The record is set for release in August and I'm waiting to get my hands on the bubble gum pink vinyl edition. "While I'm Still Living" has to be the best country song that I've heard all year. Flawless. One of my favorite moments of my life will forever be from this evening as the rain poured and Tanya belted "Delta Dawn." The quintessential entertainer. She's got it. She owns it.
It's A Little Too Late
Wheels of Laredo
Bring Me Flowers
Delta Dawn
The rain was a bit heavier by the time Kane Brown took the stage, but no one seemed to mind. He breezed through his deep cuts and radio singles. The highlight was his offering of "Homesick," a track off his latest album. His song, "Short Skirt Weather," was tailor made for this crowd - it's reminiscent of 90s country with fiddle sounds.
Baby Come Back To Me
What Ifs
Short Skirt Weather
Kelsea Ballernini
Kelsea Ballerini, co-host of CMA's Night to Rock on ABC, performed next. She brought out a surprise guest, The Chainsmokers, for their "This Feeling" collaboration. Of all artists to debut in the last few years, Kelsea has achieved such an artistic and personal growth. She has this alluring confidence and songs that mirror her life.
Get Over Yourself
Yeah Boy
This Feeling (with The Chainsmokers)
Five years ago, I saw Brothers Obsorne play a 7:00 am (heroes, right?) CMA Fest breakfast event to a small crowd. Seeing them not only play the stadium, but as the reigning CMA Vocal Duo winners, is so beyond words. They are proof that paying your dues and staying true to yourself is the only way to do things. They brought out legends Brooks & Dunn for their rendition of "Hard Workin' Man" from the "Reboot" album released earlier this year. Following that, Ashley McBryde offered her take on "You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone." Class act musicians.
Stay A Little Longer
Shoot Me Straight
I Don't Remember Me (Before You)
Hard Workin' Man (with Brooks & Dunn)
You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone (featuring Ashley McBryde and Brooks & Dunn)
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Preview - THOSE REDHEADS FROM SEATTLE 3-D Blu-ray
Street Date: May 23, 2017; from Kino Lorber
From the box copy:
Newly Restored in HD and 3-D from 2K Scans! A married woman (Agnes Moorehead) takes her four unmarried redheaded daughters (Rhonda Fleming, Teresa Brewer, Cynthia and Kay Bell of The Bell Sisters) to Alaska during the 1898 Gold Rush so they could help their father run his newspaper. All four are members of the singing sister act The Edmonds Sisters, and upon arriving in Yukon they find out their father was murdered. The four heroines get work at the saloon owned by Johnny Kisco (Gene Barry). Kathie Edmonds (Fleming) searches for her father's murderer, who may or may not be Kisco. Hollywood veteran Lewis R. Foster directed this wonderful and colorful musical, which was the first ever 3-D musical and the first widescreen film released by Paramount Pictures.
Special Features: Audio Commentary by Film Historians Hillary Hess, Greg Kintz, Jack Theakston and Bob Furmanek | 2006 Interview with Rhonda Fleming | Before/After Restoration Demo | Original Theatrical Trailer
Bob Furmanek of the 3-D Film Archive was kind enough to share with me a final check disc (a clone of the actual retail product) for the upcoming Blu-ray 3-D release of the 1953 musical THOSE REDHEADS FROM SEATTLE for review. Kino Lorber, in association with the 3-D Film Archive, licensed the film for release from Paramount who supplied new 2K scans of the original left & right elements for final restoration by the 3-D Film Archives team. Note that as with all 3-D Blu-ray releases this is also view-able in 2-D on all systems.
As usual for these reviews, I'm not going to comment extensively on the film itself. While no one would mistake it for an Arthur Freed MGM production, the film is still a winner based on the enthusiasm and energy of the performances. Gene Barry (who doesn't sing), Rhonda Fleming, Agnes Moorehead, Teresa Brewer, The Bell Sisters, and Guy Mitchell are charming and I enjoyed my time with them. Safe to say that if you enjoy musicals, you'll find much to like here even though there are only five or six musical numbers. The western mining town location offers considerable opportunity for outdoor action and interior decoration (a combination bar/music hall stage) for the cast to work in.
What is of significant interest with THOSE REDHEADS FROM SEATTLE is the resulting 3-D Blu-ray experience and it's nothing short of terrific. It features wonderful depth with several fun off-screen moments (yes, including the dancers' legs - for once a movie poster didn't completely lie). As with the majority of the 1950's "Golden Age of 3-D" movies, the original stereoscopic photography (by Lionel Linden) is superb and features a marvelous use of depth-layering compositions to give a genuine "you are there" feel to many scenes. After viewing this disc - the first time I've seen the film in 3-D in about 10 years - I would place its 3-D photography in the top ten of the Golden Age.
Top - before color correction; Bottom - after color correction
The restoration demo on the disc's special features presents the Archives' Greg Kintz detailing many of the problems they encountered while restoring this film. Just this before-and-after image should give you a small idea of the results, but there was much more done including vertical alignment (which reduces eyestrain), dust/debris cleanup (by Thad Komorowski), panel matching, etc. This section is easily my favorite part of the special features since it clearly shows how much work went into the restoration of the originally intended look of the film. There may be naysayers who claim that these Blu-ray 3-D restorations can't be performed at the budget the Archive works with, but the results on display here belie this view.
The Blu-ray also features a newly-created lossless DTS-MA 3.0 reconstruction of the original three channel (left-center-right) stereophonic soundtrack plus, in a move which makes my purist heart happy, it also contains the original mono track in lossless form. Bob tells me that the original three channel sound was lost years ago, so audio engineer Eckhard Büttner took the original music and sound elements and was able to create a convincing stereo sound field from them, including some directional dialogue, The result is terrific, even in critical listening mode I wouldn't have guessed it wasn't the original stereo. There is none of that "electronically reprocessed for stereo" sound effect that we all hated on records from the 50s and 60s, nor did they try to create a modern booming 5.1 sound mix. What's there is natural-sounding to the era of the film's creation. This is an outstanding 1950s film soundtrack.
Interview with Rhonda Fleming from 2006.
Restoration demonstration, hosted by Greg Kintz (noted above), view-able in 3-D or 2-D.
Audio commentary, featuring film historians Bob Furmanek, Hillary Hess, Jack Theakston. This is a very informative track that is the first commentary on a 3-D Blu-ray that concentrates on the 3-D production of the film as well as the history of the 3-D Film Archive. Greg Kintz joins at the intermission and provides additional details about both the film and the Archive's restoration efforts. An interesting item that Hillary picks up on is the extensive use of mirrors and windows in many shots, which really come alive in the 3-D presentation.
Theatrical Trailer (not looking anything like the feature)
Visual/audio demonstration of the three-channel stereo sound reconstruction.
In case it's not clear from all of the above, I heartily recommend the 3-D Blu-ray of THOSE REDHEADS FROM SEATTLE. no lover of vintage 3-D will want to be without it. You'll find more historical information about the film and its release at the 3-D Film Archive's website HERE.
Available for purchase from Amazon, Deep Discount, Best Buy, Barnes and Noble, Bullmoose, ImportCDs and most other online retailers, as well as direct from Kino Lorber. Street date is May 23, 2017; suggested retail price is $34.95.
All images courtesy of the 3-D Film Archive. Reviewed on an Optoma HD50 DLP projector, custom-built 1.0 gain acoustically-transparent screen, Denon processor/amplifier, Polk and Paradigm speakers. 3-D viewed via Estar & True-Depth DLP-Link and Optoma RF glasses.
Labels: 1953, 3-D, 3-D Film Archive, Blu-ray, DLP, kino lorber, Those Redheads from Seattle


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A: I would say that offset is way more better for basic operations like yours. You should use push/pull only to force a block in a specific position which you can't achieve using offset.
The offset use margin-left while push/pull user left which you should avoid if you can use margin-left.
So for an example it is more better to use like this:

  // col-xs-offset-1

than to use like this:

  // col-xs-pull-1

But a complete example is this:

        Content B

        Content A

On a extra small device (xs) it will look like:
Content B
Content A

and on a small device (sm) it will look like:
Content A      Content B

So if you want to change the order of the blocks, you can't do it using offset, you can do this only with pull/push. So for this particular cases you should use pull/push (when you want to change the order of the blocks) and you should use offset for simple operation like in your example.

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"Свети великомъченик Георги" е православна църква в село Любенова махала, община Нова Загора, България.

Предпоставки за построяване
Основното препитание на хората в с. Любенова махала преди построяването на храма са скотовъдството и земеделието. Поради голямата му отдалеченост от тогавашните търговски центрове Казанлък, Стара Загора, Сливен и Одрин, както и поради трудните съобщения, то не можело да изнася на пазара своите произведения, но затова в селото сами идват търговци и агенти за купувачи на едър и дребен добитък, на кожи, вълна, масло, сирене и др. и по този начин се поддържат оживени търговски връзки със самото население. Селото се превръща в малък търговски възел на пътя Стара Загора – Кавакли – Одрин и обратно и това допринася твърде много, както за неговото икономическо благосъстояние, така и за неговото духовно пробуждане. Постепенно се повдига въпроса за религиозността у населението, която е силно развита, и необходимостта за построяването на молитвен дом. От честите срещи и разговори с тези търговци се заражда идеята за построяването на храма "Свети великомъченик Георги".

Първи стъпки за построяване
За целта е образуван един вид комитет, който да намери нужните средства, място и начин за неговото построяване. Идеята възпламенява цялото население. Само за няколко месеца са събрани волни помощи в храна, добитък, материали и пари. Мястото за храма е подарено от жителя Минко Станчев, които най-много настоявал за неговото по-скорошно построяване.

Трудности
Появява се въпросът, дали турското правителство ще разреши построяването на проектирания храм. Под влиянието на гръцката патриаршия и в строго изпълнение на своята обща строителна политика турското правителство допущало построяването на храмове при ограничени условия.

Образувана е специална делегация, която трябвало да издейства нужното разрешение. Тя се състояла от видни дейци и влиятелни хора на селото. Те отиват в Цариград, където със съдействието на архиепископ Иларион влизат най-напред в контакт със сдружението на българските еснафи. Това сдружение приготвяло и доставяло за нуждите на турската армия необходимите материали като дрехи, обуща, седла, хамути, палдъми, тегличи, юзди, кантарми, юлари и др. То се ползвало с голямо влияние пред султана и неговото правителство. Делегацията използвала това обстоятелство. Заедно с някои от първенците на сдружението те били приети на аудиенция от султана и сполучили да спечелят неговото благоволение. Той дал съгласието си за построяването на храма. Скоро се получило и нужното официално разрешение за случая. Построяването на храма се допущало при следните условия: да бъде вкопан 3 метра в земята, да не се издига високо над нея, да няма кубета и да се нарича "попска къща".

Изграждане
Въпреки ограниченията постройката е започната през 1832 година на подареното място. Населението взема живо участие: мъже, жени и деца изхвърлят изкопаната пръст с торби, с престилки и кой с каквото може. Всички работят с ентусиазъм, въодушевени от възвишена идея – да видят колкото е възможно по-скоро изграждането на своя православен храм. Някои от по-богатите селяни като Минко Станчев, Йорго Карчанов, Таню Пенчев (дядо на покойния Таню Пенчев) и др., подарявали за строежа пълни кесии с жълтици.

След 5-годишни усилия постройката, ръководена от майстора-архитект Димитър Серги от Трявна, е завършена в 1837 година.

На паметната плоча, запазена до западния вход на храма, личи следният надпис:

Трагедията в селото
На 14 юли 1877 г. след лъжливи сведения за наличието на комити и комитет и че селото се готви за бунт е изпратена турска редовна войска (заедно с башибозука – около 2000 души). Селото е обкръжено и атакувано. Изплашените хора се затварят в църквата "Свети великомъченик Георги". След няколко щурма черкезите влизат в двора на църквата и подлагат всичко на сеч и разграбване. Комисията, изпратена от Цариград да установи последствията, констатира, че само в двора на църквата и в самия храм са избити 1013 души.

Други
Кога и как е станало освещаването на храма не се знае. Преданието разказва, че при освещаването му били сложени мощите на свети Харалампий.

Първият кръстен в него е Георги Проданов. Първият свещенослужител в него е поп Димитър от същото село.

Източници
 Иванов, Таньо, "160 години от създаването на храма "Свети великомъченик Георги", с. Любенова махала"

Георги (Любенова махала)
Община Нова Загора


Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination - What makes a friendly garden?
Friends of Rock Road Library invited us to explore this question with them as they continued to redevelop their garden space in 2015.
CCI artists Filipa Pereira-Stubbs and Sally Todd worked with four classes from Morley Primary School to think together on how this space can be a friendly one for both nature and the people of all ages who might want to spend time out there. Their ideas informed a brief for willow artist Debbie Hall as she worked with volunteers to shape new structures to enhance the library steps and fences, working with local groups and residents. In May half-term we invited everyone from the community to spend time in the space and make their own creative contribution. The willow work can be visited at any time in the garden and the other posts below document the process involved in creating it.
The friendly garden project has been a brilliant opportunity for our children to see their ideas and creativity represented in their local community beyond the school gates. By being involved in the creation of the garden not only have they had the chance to work with artists to inspire them but they also feel a sense of ownership of that space and regularly comment to teachers on what they see happening in 'their' garden on their way to school. The library profile has been raised and our children and families are using the facilities in ways which they may not have done previously. As one child said ' I love our very own secret garden'.
If community assets such as libraries are to survive in time of such austerity and cuts they need to become places which are owned and used by local people and I think this project has been a great way of doing that.
The Friends of Rock Road Library were very keen to work with CCI after experiencing their inspiring work with Spinney Primary School in the adjoining woods. CCI offer an evidenced bridge between artists and the community including teachers and schools. Libraries always have been places to spark imagination and encourage curiosity and can do this in ways other than solitary book reading.
The project was made possible by a S106 Public Art Grant from Cambridge City Council.
This was just one of the many comments we gathered from the families and other visitors to our friendly garden workshops in half-term. Over 90 people of all ages joined us on two sunny days and picked up brilliantly on the open invitations we had set out - to draw and make together under our story tent or on a patch of warm grass. Rebecca from the Friends also laid out more willow to shape and by the end of the two sessions we had nests and a globe and other smaller willow additions for the garden.
We have never been in the garden – we've always been in a hurry. It's been lovely. We'll come back.
I hadn't been here since the children's library was moved to the back and so hadn't thought of it in this way. When we have free time as a family we like to try to be outside and now I see how this can be option.
Secret spaces, treasure collecting, portals and tunnels – these were a few of the ideas we had highlighted from the children's creative work gathered in our earlier workshops. Willow artist Debbie Hall has worked these into her extraordinary creations for the library staircase and fence, brilliantly supported by about 15 volunteers at various times in her making days. Offering a dramatic entrance to the garden now, they also encourage other ways to look out on the garden space and provide playful options for displaying new work or treasure collections.
It is wonderful – I wasn't sure about this project before as I've seen willow structures in other public spaces that have been nothing like this. This is so ornate….the warm chestnut colour. I'd love to come back with my camera.
There were also stories told by the children from Morley Primary School to listen to inside as well as displays of their drawings and ideas.
They were very proud of what they did (on Thursday) and wanted to see it displayed and show Daddy. They looked at the rug design with Filipa – the ancient one – they discussed how it tells a story and we looked at the Blossfeldt book and they chose some things to draw and then they decided to work together. Felix's has secret powers and they wanted to hide with it paths. There's a button in the corner. For me it was really good to let them decide and they could tell me their ideas. I heard their story and how into it they were. They come up with all sort of ideas when you listen.
Both Jasime and Felix had been part of our earlier workshops for Morley Primary School.
Nate and Aliana and Beth came on Thursday with their Mum and began an extraordinary magic carpet. Then on Saturday they came back bringing their friends William and Molly and their Dads too and continued their carpet work until eventually they had created this memorable triptych to represent 'calm, wind and storm'. Their total concentration and brilliant teamwork was unforgettable. All the 'carpets' have now gone away to be shared with school.
They'd no interest in coming originally – but now they've been here for two hours.
I've never been out here before. We never do this at school – it's nice to have this freedom. At school we have to do other artists and they tell you what to do. Here you get to do what you want. It's not deadly quiet too – at school there is shouting in every direction or total quiet. It's nice to sit outside and paint….it dries in the sun and you can see it change…and the sun reflects off the paint.
This setting is important…it's got a very different feel – it's not overorganised. That's really important for us all. (it feels) relaxed, chilled, calming and reflective. I've enjoyed doing things jointly with Molly – it wouldn't have happened if it had been more structured. That's the right word – it's not that it's unorganised as I can see how much organisation has happened.
We came in hoping we would find Daniel's picture and we found it. This is the first time we've done a family painting together. We let Daniel decide – he wanted to do the whole garden so we started and just did it. Graham got really into it. He never paints – it's always me who paints with the kids. Lizzie did a pirate ship too.
Daniel had joined us in one of the Morley Primary School workshops earlier this term. Their work has been displayed in the children's library and also in the community room.
Yes like those pictures, you know when you think you're looking at one picture, then suddenly it's two!
(by Sally Todd) The Year 4 children have been creating finely detailed drawings in the library garden and we took a moment to look at the stunning and other-wordly photographs of everyday plants by Victorian sculptor Karl Blossfeldt.
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