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10 Minutes with Pamela Teaster
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Pamela B. Teaster, PhD
Pamela B. Teaster, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Department of Health Behavior and Director of Doctoral Studies in the College of Public Health at the University of Kentucky. Dr. Teaster is involved in a myriad of additional organizations related to elder justice, public guardianship and public health, including the Kentucky Justice Center for Elders and Vulnerable Adults, which she directs. Dr. Teaster's contributions to academic elder justice are tremendous; she has published extensively on elder sexual abuse as well as all other forms of elder abuse and exploitation, the role of multidisciplinary teams in elder abuse cases, public guardianship, public policy related to elder abuse and guardianship, the ethics of elder mistreatment and more. Her research, as well as her teaching and mentoring, have inspired numerous awards. Dr. Teaster is often sought as an expert in the field and has presented on elder abuse to groups across the country, including federal officials in Washington DC.
NYCEAC's Sarah Dion recently sat down with Pam to talk about her career and her vision for the future of the elder justice field.
How did you get involved in the fields of elder justice and elder abuse?
I came to elder abuse from public guardianship, which was the topic of research for my Ph.D. While I was working on the Ph.D., I was asked by one of my committee members to be involved in a listening session for the White House Conference on Aging. I helped facilitate a White House Conference on Aging discussion in a little town called, Wytheville, Virginia and was scared to death because I remember talking to one of my mentors, Willliam (Jim) McCauley, and I said, "Jim, I don't know anything about elder abuse." And he remarks, "You're getting a PhD. Why don't you read about it?" So I really did read a lot. That was my first brush with elder abuse. The second brush was when my mother told me about an older woman in our church in my hometown who was sexually assaulted in her home. That happened while I was working on my PhD as well, and I swore I'd do something about it, but I didn't know what that meant at the time I said it.
Had you done any work related to guardianship and elder abuse prior to your PhD?
My undergraduate degree was in English, and my Masters was in Speech and Theatre. I wasn't thinking anything about guardianship or elder abuse; I was thinking about being a high school drama teacher, which is what I was at the time.
I moved into the area of elder abuse in a fairly facile way from having done the guardianship work during my PhD. Guardianship is a very limited area in terms of funding, and it's a very narrow area to have as a research agenda. Elder abuse caught my attention because it really involves a lot of the same actors: physicians, psychologists, lawyers, ethicists, gerontologists, administrators and public policy. They all are intertwined.
It's common to hear that elder abuse is 40 years behind child abuse and 20 behind domestic violence. What do you hope the field of elder abuse accomplishes in the next 5-10 years?
It'd be nice not to say that anymore! Many fine folks are doing even better science now because there's money to do it, and the field is more legitimate. There actually are more people working in elder abuse now than ever before. To catch up, the field needs more rigorous work and evidence-based practice. More specifically, the field needs more research on:
Older adults with dementia: We need to understand what the prevalence of elder abuse is in that population, although we tend to believe it's high. We miss that group because prevalence studies use random digit dialing, and so they're asking people who generally have capacity to answer those questions.
Outcomes and prevention: These are difficult topics to address, but questions include: How do we really prevent elder abuse, and how can we show that we did? What happens to people post-abuse? How do they recover? What makes them able to recover? What costs were incurred at all levels- to the individual, to families, to the agencies and to society as a whole?
Ethical framework: We need more overt writing on ethical issues and elder abuse. Ethics underpins all the work that's being done, but ethics and elder abuse need to be married together more formally.
Elder abuse internationally: We've got to bridge the oceans and continents and embrace this as a worldwide issue.
What's your elevator pitch for young professionals considering a career in elder justice?
If you look at the demographics of mistreatment, adult abuse falls into the big public health problem of adults and older adults, and it's the most unexplored of the issues facing those populations. You have greater latitude for exploration because it hasn't been done yet. Early on when I was a new professor, I hand-picked what I wanted to look at because everything needed attention. I found that very exciting. I think you still could have that range because there's still so much to be done.
What are some of your favorite books about aging?
My top three gerontology-related books are:
Setting limits: medical goals in an aging society by Daniel Callahan
Gerotranscendence: A developmental theory of positive aging by Lars Tornstam
Moral boundaries: A political argument for an ethic of care by Joan Tronto
The first two are books that I love as a gerontologist. The last is about the ethics of care, and while it isn't exactly "gero," it's important to my work and teaching in ethics.
Where do you anticipate elder abuse work taking you in 2014?
There are several things I want to explore:
Global perspectives of elder abuse. Elder abuse is not an American problem, or a Canadian problem; it is a worldwide problem. I am collaborating with some folks to develop an international elder abuse study and plan to further launch that in 2014.
Outcomes of abuse. I'd like to see what happens to people after recognition of abuse. How many times are they in our system? How were they affected? Were they demoralized by it? Were they decimated by it? Did they die early? Or, were there people who have some protective factors and they were able to recover to some degree?
Elder exploitation and drug abuse, particularly in rural areas. In rural areas the drug abuse is mostly oxycodone, methamphetamines and heroin. I'm interested in seeing how the prevalence of drug abuse is affecting elder abuse.
Follow-ups on earlier studies. What has happened to the sexual assault victims we studied 8-10 years ago, particularly as they moved through the system, and what happened to some folks who received involuntary Adult Protective Services?
I hope to write on a few additional topics as well:
Ethics of elder abuse. I hope to add some thoughts on both the abuse dynamic and the interventions.
Elder abuse and public health. I'm editing one book on elder mistreatment with Jeffrey Hall (Centers for Disease Control) that will ground elder abuse in public health. I'm also working on another edited book on LGBT elders (with Debra Harley, University of Kentucky) and there's a part in there- three chapters- on elder mistreatment.
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Can A Simple Pot Be Solution For Farmers In Dry Areas?
The new micro-irrigation system is sustainable and creates farmer-potter bond. It is also economical when compared to alternative methods.
Rows of SSPV pitchers
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Small farmers in the arid and semi-arid regions face difficulties in obtaining adequate water for agriculture. Several parts of Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, among others, are facing water shortage, increased soil salinity, low organic carbon, plastic pollution of soil, etc.
Seeing the farmers struggle, it occurred to a young engineer that perhaps a simple technology for homestead-based gardening is missing in rural villages, especially in the dry areas.
"These farmers are facing problem of low productivity due to dwindling water availability and most of current solution to this problem are both energy intensive as well as costly," said Pankaj Jakhar, a PhD student at the Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur (IITJ).
"Alternatives like drip- or micro-irrigation need considerable investment, and recurring expenses like electricity charges. Moreover, plastic pipes used in such systems are damaged every year," he added.
Pankaj also found that traditional potters ('kumhars') were running out of business due to decreasing demand for earthen pots. Refrigerators and water coolers were more popular and turning affordable.
The innovator in him decided to address both issues.
He found a mentor in IITJ mechanical engineering faculty member, Associate Professor Anand Krishnan Plappally.
The professor's team works with a focus in areas of water-energy nexus, water filtration, wetland hydrodynamics, rural technologies, micro-turbo designs, irrigation and horticulture, materials, and probabilistic modelling in engineering design.
Pankaj has been granted scholarship from the India Agritech Innovation Network (IAIN).
IAIN is an initiative supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Tata Trusts, in partnership with Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and the Collectives for Integrated Livelihood Initiatives (CInI) and powered by Social Alpha.
The fellowship intends to create an enabling ecosystem for innovators and entrepreneurs developing solutions for small farmers to help them become more productive, profitable, and empowered.
Explaining the project, Pankaj says that in order to solve both the famers' and the potters' problems he developed a "frustum-shaped ceramic pitcher" with the help of Rural Technology Action Group (RuTAG) at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD).
Each of these 9-litre pitchers can irrigate about 10 square feet of land, slowly releasing water over 10 hours. Thus, 2,000 pitchers would be enough for an acre of land. If manufactured locally, the cost would come to less than Rs. 4 lakhs. And this will not need replacement for at least four years.
The pitchers covered in shade nets to protect from direct sunlight
"So, we can say it's a new micro-irrigation system which is more sustainable and recreates farmer-potter bond," he said.
The technology can also be used in kitchen gardens or in institutions which would like to grow part of their own food in the backyard.
"One such pitcher can last up to 6-7 seasons and costs around Rs. 300. It is an excellent product for use in horticulture," added the young engineer.
The pitchers are buried in a line with gaps for access in between. These are like berm – small, raised mounds or bank of earth, like an embankment – rising about 40 cm above ground.
In areas with high temperatures, the berms can be kept in a shade.
"Currently we are working with NGO'S like Rupayan Santhan, Jodhpur, and Arpan Sewa Santhan, Udaipur, to create public awareness about this product – among marginal farmers; and also train local potters in making it," stated Pankaj.
After the satisfactory results, Pankaj now intends to reach the product to farmers struggling with water supply.
"Lately, with the help of IIT Kanpur we have stated our own startup called Unnada Private Limited. We have named the product 'Sub Surface Porous Vessel'. We'll introduce the SSPV in market through our startup," he added.
Alternative methods available for irrigation are energy based and consist of large number of parts. SSPV is considered unique since it does not need energy supply and is biodegradable. Among other advantages are its product life, that it promotes polyculture of vegetables and fruits, improves soils with carbon content enabling good soil character.
(All photographs courtesy Pankaj Jakhar)
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Unit 3 was taken offline Saturday, Nov. 17, for a short unplanned maintenance outage. It is expected to return to service shortly.
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Crew Cuts: Steffen, Trapp in recovery mode after USMNT friendly
Andrew Erickson
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Wil Trapp and Zack Steffen went from a packed soccer stadium in Cary, North Carolina with the United States men's national team Tuesday night to an empty Fortress Obetz on Thursday as they continue their match recovery ahead of Saturday's game against Vancouver.
Both Crew players played a full 90 minutes in the national team's 1-0 win over Paraguay.
"Really it's just about getting the body ready for Saturday and getting in and seeing what the game plan is," Trapp said Thursday. "These guys have been working extremely hard preparing for Vancouver and so formulating ideas and then getting ready for that game."
Trapp played a strenuous 90-plus minutes and Steffen's foot was stomped on during a free kick scramble in the 80th minute, but coach Gregg Berhalter indicated Thursday that both will be available Saturday.
"I think with goalkeepers it's a touch easier, right, with central midfielders it's just about limiting the volume yesterday, today tomorrow and preparing for Saturday and making a decision I'd say tomorrow if it makes sense to play (Trapp)," he said. "But Wil's durable, he's played a lot of games and I'd expect him to be ready."
Trapp was also ready for his Tuesday opportunity, which he called the best of his four appearances with the senior national team.
"I think it's just the chemistry and the familiarity with guys and you feel more comfortable. And for me overall it's different than playing here," Trapp said. "A lot of the nuances that we do, you just don't have time to work on in the national team fold, but I try to bring the same level of facilitation to the group, leading and winning balls I think was big thing in this game."
Berhalter fielded a question Thursday similar to one he's received a few times in the last eight months with respect to Trapp: is the 25-year-old now playing his best soccer, both with his club and at the national team level?
"We're always having conversations like that. I remember last year that's what people were saying and for Wil, he gives us a very consistent product or has given us a very consistent product throughout his time here," Berhalter said. "What I like that although it's consistent what I've seen is his level has been increasing every year. He's been getting better and that's important because as you keep performing or improving, then you're theoretically always going to be playing the best soccer of your career."
Steffen wasn't too busy — he made two saves Tuesday — but said he felt more confident in his second appearance with the national team than he did in his January debut.
"It's just getting to know the guys better and having more time to hang out with them and getting to know coaching staff better and their style that they want to play," he said. "It definitely felt more comfortable out there on the field. Starting also helps, not coming in at halftime."
The game didn't count, but gave several young players the opportunity to experience the national team level.
A positive result, too, was significant. The United States entered Tuesday winless in its last three competitions dating back to last October. A win is a win.
"I think winning was important, not only for us as a group but very important for the United States of America in general in soccer," Trapp said. "So it was very good for us to step on the field, play well and then win."
Crew SC has not beaten the Vancouver Whitecaps under Berhalter but came within 90 seconds of doing so last September.
A Kekuta Manneh strike gave the Crew a 2-1 lead in the 63rd minute before Jakob Nerwinski was given enough space in extra time to send a quick, looping ball across the box to Tony Tchani, who tapped in the tying goal.
"I'm still upset about that game. I still watch that last play and cringe because it was easily avoidable. I consider that a lost opportunity but that's how soccer goes," Berhalter said."Give them a tone of credit because we knew they were dangerous on set pieces and it wasn't the first ball but it was a recycled set piece and they kept battling and got numbers in the box and did a good job and in the end they got a point."
Gaston Sauro are again listed as "out" on the Crew's injury report with knee injuries. A new addition to the report is first-year midfielder Eduardo Sosa, who is dealing with a right ankle injury. Sosa has not yet made an appearance with Crew SC.
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The Eling Park lies on the Eling Mountain of western side of Chongqing City and is near The Fotu Guan.
The Jialing River and the Yangtze River are flowing at the foot of it from south and north. The topography of the Eling Mountain is very high and steep standing toweringly at the gate of the mountain city - Chongqing as if it was guiding for the mountain city.
The Eling Park was built in late Qing Dynasty (1644 ~ 1911A.D.). Originally it was a private garden and called "Yiyuan". Later, a rich businessman purchased the place and converts in to a villa and named it "Liyuan".
During Emperor Guangxu of Ch'ing Dynasty, a friend of the garden's owner - a calligrapher named Zhaoxi felt the topography of this mountain like a goose's head, so he wrote down "Eling Mountain" to the owner. The owner was very happy and immediately he carved and set up a stone tablet. This is the origin of the name of the Eling Park.
The Eling Park displays the layout of Suzhou gardens. There are pavilions, platforms, high buildings, winding paths and corridors, lotus ponds, arc bridges and so on in the whole garden.
Additionally, there are potted landscape gardens and Nanyuan each with characteristic. The man-made landscapes on the mountain look quite elegant.


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Land-into-trust report points to tribe's impact
An environmental impact statement released by the Bureau of Indian Affairs on Friday highlights the wide reach of the Oneida Nation on the economy in New York.
The tribe lost nearly all of its 250,000-acre reservation through illegal land transactions. But in reacquiring more than 17,000 acres over the past 20 years, the tribe has emerged as a major player in two counties, according to the report.
The tribe employs more than 5,000 people through its casino, gas stations and various businesses. These employees paid about $5.6 million in property taxes last year and paid $3.4 million in incomes taxes to the state.
Spending by the employees generated another $8.5 million in revenue and taxes for the local economy. As the tribe's casino grows in the coming years, the impact is expected to reach $19 million by 2011.
Local businesses also benefit, according to the report. "Multiplier spending" by the tribe and employees generates over $30 million in earnings for the region.
But all of this could be wiped away unless the BIA takes land into trust for the tribe. The report outlines several options, ranging from all 17,000-plus acres to no acreage.
The last option presents the worst-case for the tribe. The state and federal government would be able to shut down the Turning Stone Resort and Casino because it doesn't sit on Indian land.
"This would create an extreme financial burden for the Nation," the report states. "There would be a significant total loss of jobs of 5,451 of which 4,714 are residents of Madison and Oneida Counties, causing related unemployment impacts there," it continues.
The report says the tribe would likely lose all of its land due to foreclosure proceedings, some of which have already been initiated by local governments. A federal judge has put them on hold as the case goes before the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals.
On the other end of the disaster spectrum lies the acquisition of all 17,000-plus acres. This covers the casino, the tribe's businesses, tribal housing, important cultural and archaeological sites and agricultural, hunting and fishing grounds.
Under this scenario, local governments would feel an "adverse" effect because the tribe won't have to pay property taxes. But the report notes the tribe has made $38.5 million in payments since 1995.
Another option would result in a total of 35,000 acres taken into trust. This include the 17,000-plus owned by the tribe plus additional lands that have yet to be specified.
But this action could increase the "checkerboarding" of Indian and non-Indian lands. "The New York state and local governments have asserted that this would create an adverse effect on their ability to cohesively plan and to uniformly enforce their zoning, land use, and environmental regulations," the report states.
Four other options would require the acquisition of some, but not all of the tribe's land base. But two of these would be "insufficient" while the other two would not be as drastic, according to the report.
The tribe submitted its application after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a critical ruling in March 2005. The court said the tribe can't reassert sovereignty within its 250,000-acre reservation without going through the land-into-trust process.
The decision prompted local governments to send tax bills to the tribe, some of which have been paid under agreements. Madison and Oneida counties are trying to foreclose on the tribe's land due to outstanding taxes.
The decision also led the 2nd Circuit to dismiss another land claim. The state and the counties are now saying the Oneida's claim to 250,000 should be thrown out of court.
The environmental impact statement, prepared by Malcolm Pirnie Inc., presents the history of the litigation but doesn't endorse a view held by some state and local officials that the Supreme Court decision outright bars the acquisition of the land.
The report also doesn't state whether the tribe must clear up the tax and foreclosure issues before the land is taken into trust, as one Bush administration official has suggested.
The BIA is taking public comments on the draft and will hold a public hearing on December 14 in Utica.
Draft Environmental Impact Statement:
Oneida Nation of New York Conveyance of Lands Into Trust (November 2006)
Oneida Nation Trust - http://www.oneidanationtrust.com
Indian Nation Fee-to-Trust Land Acquisition Applications in New York State - http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/ogc/lands.html
Oneida Nation, New York - http://www.oneida-nation.net
Sherrill v. Oneida Nation Decision:
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Senator Rubio, like Governor Bush, had several more minutes than most because, rather than being briefly questioned by an ACU member, he was interviewed by Sean Hannity for 15 minutes. Senator Marco Rubio was, at times, less than successful with applause lines but his remarks were filled with profound and compelling lines! I strongly promoted Senator Rubio to win a Senate seat held by a Democrat at the 2010 Liberty List and have great affection for him. At 43, he strongly reminds those of a certain age of John Kennedy. He is not my first choice for the Republican nomination. I sense he needs more "Presidential seasoning." Body language during the Hannity interview is an example.


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Q: A corollary in Kollar's paper I'm reading Kollar's paper: Toward moduli of singular varieties Compositio Mathematica, tome 56, no3 (1985), p. 369-398. http://archive.numdam.org/ARCHIVE/CM/CM_1985__56_3/CM_1985__56_3_369_0/CM_1985__56_3_369_0.pdf
Corollary 3.4.5 is left unproved, which should be standard and  trivial to experts. But I can not figure it out. Can anybody give a sketch how it works?
As a consequence of Theorem 3.4.4 in that paper, the corollary says that minimality is an open
condition. Theorem 3.4.4 says that if $f:X\rightarrow T$ is a flat deformation of a projective variety  $X_{0}$ over the spectrum of a DVR, and if $X_{0}$ has only minimal
singularities, then the general fibre $X_{t}$  has only minimal singularities as well.  If I'm correct, Corollary 3.4.5 asserts that if we replace $T$ above by a  scheme $S$  (maybe higher dimension), we have an open subsheme $S'\subset S$ such that fibers over $S'$ have the same property with $X_{0}$.
I found an old post in the Mathoverflow: https://mathoverflow.net/questions/82183/well-known-facts-on-openness-condition, which asked a similar question, but without any answer. I would also like to know the answerer.
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In an interview, author J. Robert Lennon said he based his latest creation on his own mailman. The man would curse, bang on his mailbox, and implied he knew what was in the contents of Lennon's letters. In search of the true thoughts behind this strange man, Lennon has created an unforgettable character and a haunting novel. Mailman is set in Nestor, a college town near the Finger Lakes of New York. The protagonist, mostly referred to as Mailman but named Albert Lippincott, is not fond of his hometown, as is made immediately clear. "But if the Finger Lakes are the handprint of the Creator (never mind, for now, the implications of a seven-fingered God), then this one, Onteo Lake, the longest and deepest, is the middle finger." Albert hates everything about Nestor, its college, its inhabitants, the Nestorfest, the man who sells him his coffee. The only thing he does not hate is his job. But instead of just delivering the mail, he also reads it. He takes whatever looks interesting, steams it open, and photocopies it before delivering it. He has entire room in his apartment devoted to this process and file cabinets full of private letters. No one suspects a thing until a man on Albert's route kills himself. Albert had not yet delivered one of the man's letters he had intercepted, and sneak in the middle of the night to slip it into his mailbox. A neighbor catches him, and she begins to wonder if he's the reason some of her mail looks particularly roughed up.
Albert panics when the authorities are called not just because of the fear of losing a job. Salary concerns and having to look for another job aren't the first things to come to mind. He's scared of losing his job because his job is who he is. Albert is not just a mailman; he is Mailman. He wraps his identity into his job and his routine. When forced to start taking Saturdays off to fulfill his accumulated vacation time, he panics at the thought of all that unplanned time. He schedules his days to finest detail, including an elaborate morning routine. He wakes every morning with his eyes still closed, a trick he learned from a friend who was in Vietnam. He counts out twenty grains of raw brown rice from a container by the bed and chews them while he considers his previous day's mistakes. If he opens his eyes before the brown rice routine, he chastises himself. But every since the suicide, he's been flubbing his routine. He tries desperately to hold it together, but that only makes it worse. He agonizes over choosing the ideal pastry at the coffee shop. He nearly attacks a woman for using the pay phone he wanted to use to enter a radio contest. In an effort to get his life together again, he begins to reflect on all his perceived mistakes, going as far back as to his childhood.
It seems he never really wanted to be a mailman. He studied physics in college before a nervous breakdown caused Albert to allegedly attack his professor. (He claims he opened his mouth so that his professor's wisdom could flow from his eyes into Albert's mouth; the professor claims Albert tried to bite out his eyes.) Kept on suicide watch at the hospital, Albert lost everything. He had to drop out of school, his mother accused him of embarrassing her, and his roommates rented out his room. After his release, he started living with Lenore, a nurse who worked in the psychiatric ward, probably only to escape moving in with his parents. She cared for him after his breakdown, causing him to confuse gratitude with love, and she was in a bad relationship looking for a way out. After the authorities question Albert about the woman who reported him, he beats himself up for not being able to make the marriage with Lenore work. If only he were still with Lenore, he wouldn't need to steal the mail. If only he could get her back, his life would be okay again.
Even though Albert examines every facet of his life, he still has little self-knowledge. He wonders why his relationships fail, but won't confront the chilly relationship he has with his unfaithful mother, nor the incestuous relationship with his older sister. He blames the professor for accusing him of assault while refusing to admit what he had was a breakdown. The night he went to return the stolen mail, he hallucinated seeing his heart outside of his body. He runs from it. Each tragic event in his life seems to be an opportunity for Albert to self-reflect and get his life back on track. Every time, however, he points the finger elsewhere and looks for the easy way out. What happens to Albert at the conclusion seems to be the only logical ending, even if at first it angered me. Albert lived in terror of his own life.


One of the best things about Milwaukee is its unique blend of big city and small town. If you choose to live in the suburbs or even in a restored farmhouse with many acres, big city amenities are less than an hour's drive away. You can share fine arts and culture in our fantastic museums on Saturday, then go strawberry picking on Sunday. Commuting is easy from just about anywhere in town, so getting to and from work won't take away from precious family time.
Located on Milwaukee's lakefront, this museum will provide hours of interactive fun for the entire family.
Cedarburg is one of the wonderful and unique suburbs in the area. Like many others it has great schools, reasonable home prices and lots to do.
Adjacent to the Milwaukee Art Museum, Discovery World is an engaging, hand's on science museum. You have to experience the walk-through aquarium.
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Great school districts are all around the Milwaukee area, and Continental families can be found in many of them.
Just about 2 hours away, Wisconsin Dells has been a vacation destination for over 100 years. Back then the water parks were totally natural. Now they're totally fun.


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CCUSD Superintendent Leslie Lockhart today announced the appointment of Eva Carpenter as principal of Linwood E. Howe Elementary School, effective immediately.
Carpenter began her career in the Los Angeles Unified School District 24 years ago. She has worked as an LAUSD classroom teacher, Literacy Coach, Response to Intervention and Instruction Expert, and Categorical Program Advisor. She was an Assistant Principal at LAUSD's Manchester Avenue Elementary and Principal at LAUSD's Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary. Most recently she served as a district Elementary Literacy Coordinator, serving 96 elementary schools in the LAUSD system.
"I am thrilled to be joining CCUSD and the Lin Howe family in particular," said Carpenter. "My philosophy of education is best described as one that advocates for children to learn by doing. I believe that children must be active participants in their own learning process."
"We are very excited to have Ms. Eva Carpenter join our CCUSD team," said Superintendent Lockhart. "Her extensive background in literacy and more than five years of experience as a site administrator will be a great resource for the staff of Linwood E. Howe. Ms. Carpenter has a strong collaborative spirit and brings with her a strong commitment to student success."
Carpenter earned her bachelor of arts degree in English from Loyola Marymount University; her master's degree in Education (Counseling) from California State University, Dominguez Hills; her master's degree in Education, and her master's degree in Educational Administration from Pepperdine University.
In addition to being a busy and highly motivated educator, she is married and mother to 3-year-old Lailah, who will also join the CCUSD family of schools. Carpenter enjoys cooking, entertaining, reading, traveling and spending quality time with family and friends.
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The Best Family Exhibitions This Autumn
Now that museums and galleries have mostly reopened, temporary exhibitions are also back. We've rounded up some of the more family-friendly shows (including those for older children and teens). Note that almost all require you to prebook, even if they're free.
The Havering Hoard at Museum of London Docklands (teens)
It's only two years since London's largest bronze-age hoard was uncovered in Rainham, and here it is already in a Museum of London exhibition. This free show presents the 453 objects -- "axe heads, spearheads, fragments of swords, daggers and knives, alongside some other unusual objects rarely found in the UK" -- from almost 3,000 years ago.
Museum of London Docklands, Canary Wharf, free (but prebook), until 18 April 2021.
Frieze Sculpture Trail in Regent's Park (all ages)
Every autumn, the south-east corner of Regent's Park is filled with thought-provoking sculptures by famous artists (example shown in top image). The sculpture trail ties in with the annual Frieze Art Fair. The fair is mostly an online event this year, but the sculptures will still make an appearance. We've road-tested this with preschoolers, and it always goes down a treat (plus, the playground's adjacent).
Regent's Park, London, free (no booking), 5-18 October 2021.
Arctic: Culture and Climate at the British Museum (7+)
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We might think of the Arctic as a deserted, inhospitable place, yet it has been home to a variety of cultures for some 30,000 years. The British Museum's new exhibition promises to lift the lid on this poorly understood region, as well as revealing how climate change imperils the people and wildlife who currently live in the Arctic. Objects range "from 28,000-year-old mammoth ivory jewellery to modern refitted snow mobiles".
British Museum, London, £18 for adults but children go free, 22 October 2020 to 21 February 2021
Artemisia at The National Gallery (teens)
Artemisia Gentileschi is probably the most famous female artist of the 17th century, yet she's never had a major exhibition in the UK before. The National Gallery's blockbuster will see "her best-known paintings including two versions of her iconic and viscerally violent 'Judith beheading Holofernes'; as well as her self portraits, heroines from history and the Bible, and recently discovered personal letters, seen in the UK for the first time."
National Gallery, London, £20, 3 October 2020 to 24 January 2021.
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition (teens)
Nothing stops the Royal Academy's world-famous Summer exhibition… even if it can't happen over summer ("Summer is a state of mind, not a time of year," reckons the RA). The usually bustling expo will this year be a quieter, tightly controlled event, but the quality of art on show should be just as good as ever. Now in its 252nd consecutive year (you can see why they didn't want to cancel!), the exhibition is a 'joyous fair' of both famous and emerging artists.
Royal Academy, London, £20-22, 6 October 2020 to 3 January 2021.
Bruce Nauman at Tate Modern (teens)
As Tate Modern proved with last year's Olafur Eliasson exhibition, contemporary art can be popular with families. Bruce Nauman's work may not be for younger children, but "a strong emphasis on sound and moving image, as well as poetic sculptures and neon pieces", should appeal to teens and adults alike.
Tate Modern, London, £13, 7 October 2020 to 21 February 2021.
Masterpieces From Buckingham Palace (teens)
The Queen's matchless art collection is having a break from the walls of Buckingham Palace, while the gallery there gets a makeover. A chance, then, to see some of the finest paintings from the collection on display next door at the Queen's Gallery. The exhibition includes works from Titian, Guercino, Guido Reni, Vermeer, Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Rubens, Jan Steen, Claude and Canaletto.
The Queen's Gallery, London, £16/£8, 4 December 2020 to 31 January 2022.
LEGO Brick City at Leicester Museum and Gallery
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Outside London, the pick of the family exhibitions has to go to Leicester Museum, which is home to a show of Lego architecture. Lego artist Warren Elsmore and his team have constructed replicas of famous buildings from around the world, including Rome's Colosseum and St Pancras station.
Leicester Museum and Gallery, free (but prebook), until 22 November 2020.
Mayflower 400 at The Box Gallery, Plymouth
This year marks the 400th anniversary of The Mayflower's voyage across the Atlantic with the Pilgrim Fathers. This exhibition in Plymouth brings together objects related to that world-changing expedition, and also launches Plymouth's brand new cultural venue, The Box.
The Box, Plymouth, free (but prebook), 29 September 2020 to 18 September 2021.
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It has taken awhile, but you finally have the seamless gutters, roof, and windows installed. Last spring's hail storm was quite and event and you are not the only home owner in the neighborhood who had lots of damage to repair, but you feel like you took your time and found the right contractor before staring the work. There were others in the neighborhood who worked with three different companies to get all of the repairs taken care of, but by working with a well known and reputable contractor your jobs were scheduled in such a way that you had minimal disruption to your life.
Whether you are looking to install the latest seamless gutters or you need to get an entire new roof, it is important to make sure you work with the right people so you get the results you want. When you are approaching just one or two projects on your property you might be comfortable taking care of the organization and scheduling on your own, but people who are facing a new construction project often make the decision to hire a GENERAL CONTRACTOR to keep track of the details and follow up to see that all of the work is done properly.
Gates, fences and other outdoor boundaries help you provide a safe play area for your children.
Energy saving kitchen appliances start paying for themselves as soon as they are installed. These installations, however, often go more smoothly with a skilled contractor who knows how to make the switch from the old appliances .
New wall tile can add a splash of color to your kitchen, as well as provide a surface that is easier to keep clean and to maintain.
Estimates indicate that K-style gutters have twice the capacity of their half-round cousins of the same width. Finding the right contractor is the best way to make sure that you understand all of the options that you have.
Research shows that the average roof will collect more than 600 gallons of water with just one inch of rainfall, and even one-eighth of an inch of rain is enough to fill a 54 gallon rain barrel.
All gutters serve the same basic purpose, but the latest models require, including seamless gutters, less maintenance.
Leaves are a major problem for rain gutters in many places. In fact, clogged gutters are the number one cause of basement water problems.
Concrete work, including sidewalks and driveways, are an important part of any property.
Once you make the decision about the contractor who you want to work with many of the other decisions are easier to make.
Nothing is more frustrating than having a group of workers who start, but not finish, a project. Finding a contractor who can help you navigate these frustrations can be a real comfort.
The time that contractors spend getting the material orders taken care of can help you make sure that you are able to go about the rest of your life.
Residential damage restoration often requires multiple projects with a variety of work crews.
All skilled tradesmen specialize in certain kinds of projects, but a contractor can help coordinate all of these different workers.
Construction projects require different kinds of permits, depending on the cities and the states where you live.
The painting crews often bring their own scaffolding, but occasionally this needs to be done by a general contractor.
Online bids can seem like a good idea and are convenient, but it is more important to make sure that you talk to people in person, another task that a contractor can help facilitate.
Research helps home owners know what to look for in a contractor.
Saving money for seamless gutters is a goal of many home owners.
From aluminum gutters to roofs to windows, home ownership requires a lot of work. Finding a way to manage the tasks that you need done around your house is often easier if you find a general contractor who has connections with skilled craftsmen and understands the necessary building permits and the rental of large dumpsters, scaffolding and other details. Even a home gutter installation can go more smoothly if you take the time to consult a contractor who works on these kinds of projects more than every few years, like a typical home owner.
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Norwood Financial Corp. ( NWFL ) will begin trading ex-dividend on October 12, 2018. A cash dividend payment of $0.22 per share is scheduled to be paid on November 01, 2018. Shareholders who purchased NWFL prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 5th quarter that NWFL has paid the same dividend. At the current stock price of $39.06, the dividend yield is 2.25%.
The previous trading day's last sale of NWFL was $39.06, representing a -3.75% decrease from the 52 week high of $40.58 and a 41.06% increase over the 52 week low of $27.69.
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They're real sports in the village of Wymeswold
Are you able to name anyone in the picture? And do you have any memories you would like to share?
Wymeswold Cricket Club from 1972, shared with Looking Back by Nick Shaw on behalf of local resident Dick Pitman.
AS THE cricket season begins for another year, Nick Shaw is hoping Looking Back readers might appreciate a blast from Wymeswold's cricket past.
Nick has sent in three pictures, two cricket and one football, supplied by local resident Dick Pitman, dating back to the 1960s and 70s. He said: "The first one is of Wymeswold FC from 1962. Dick Pitman remembers the County Cup semi-final well as he helped to clear snow from the lines before the game.
"The second image is of Wymeswold Cricket Club in, we think, 1963. The third image is of Wymeswold Cricket Club again, this time from 1972, we think. This was taken on the old ground behind the Three Crowns pub in the village, before the team moved to the 'new' playing field in the early 1980s.
"At this time, like the previous image, Wymeswold CC only played friendly cricket and didn't join a league until the mid 1990s."
• Are you able to name anyone in the pictures? And do you have any memories you would like to share?
Please call Amy Watkins on the Looking Back desk on 01509 635811.
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F&V Companies, Inc. Announces Leadership Moves
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John R. DeVol, PE, and principal at Fleis & VandenBrink Engineering (F&V), is the new president of the firm among leadership changes announced by its parent company F&V Companies, Inc. (FVCI).
The announcement was made Monday by the Board of Directors to staff via a Zoom meeting.
DeVol succeeds Paul R. Galdes, PE, as the firm's president. DeVol is also the new senior vice president of F&V Companies, Inc. DeVol previously served as vice president of both companies.
The Board of Directors announced that Galdes will remain with the company as a principal and vice president of FVCI and F&V.
Co-founder Larry J. Fleis, PE, will continue to serve as chairman of the Board and president of FVCI.
Craig L. Shumaker, PE, will continue to serve as senior vice president of F&V.
"It's exciting to see the leadership transition team continuing as planned," said Galdes. "This is a very big step for us, but John is the right person, at the right time, to lead this company towards the future with continued growth and success.
"I've watched him grow from a young engineer, who worked his way up to a project manager and Traverse City group manager. He's been extremely successful. He has the temperament and the people skills to be a leader."
"I'm humbled and very excited to lead F&V and very thankful to Paul and Larry for the leadership they have shown over the years," said DeVol, who joined F&V in 2004. "The previous management teams have grown F&V Companies from two people into a significant organization of more than 225. I know I have big shoes to fill but I am up for the challenge.
"I'm also looking forward to leading our amazing team of professionals, seeing our current staff and company grow to meet the ever-changing business climate that is going on right now."
F&V initiated its leadership and ownership transition plan in 2006 with the creation of the Principal/Associate program. DeVol was named an Associate in 2010, Senior Associate in 2017, and a Principal in 2019.
"This transition has been well thought out and executed by our leadership team," added Fleis, who co-founded the company in 1993. "And it's already been happening for a few years with John joining Craig, Paul and myself on the executive team."
"As a company, we've stressed the importance of coaching and preparing our next generation of leaders. It's going to continue to be a point of focus for us, and something we place a tremendous amount of value on."
Galdes said he has been working closely with DeVol in just about everything that is happening at the company.
"My goal is to give back as much as I can and help John and the management team in a strong and successful transition," Galdes said. "I'll still be providing counsel and advice where I can."
F&V will celebrate its 28th anniversary in January of 2021. It has grown from a two-person civil engineering firm to over 225 employees with nine offices in Michigan and Indiana.
Earlier this year, F&V was recognized again as one of the "Best and Brightest Companies to Work For" in West Michigan, Metro Detroit, as well as in the Nation. It was also recognized in 2020 as the 26th fastest growing firm in the United States and Canada – A Zweig White "Hot Firm".


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Lockheed Martin Begins Critical Test Phase for First Advanced EHF Military Communications Satellite
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12:00 AM, July 1, 2008
SUNNYVALE, Calif. --- Lockheed Martin announced today that the first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite is now undergoing thermal vacuum testing at the company's Sunnyvale, Calif. facilities.>> The U.S. Air Force's AEHF system will provide global, highly secure, protected, survivable communications for all warfighters serving under the U.S. Department of Defense.>> One of the most significant program milestones, thermal vacuum testing will verify AEHF spacecraft functionality and performance in a vacuum environment where the satellite is stressed at the extreme hot and cold temperatures it will experience in space throughout its 14-year design life.>> AEHF thermal vacuum testing is conducted in Lockheed Martin's Dual Entry Large Thermal Altitude (DELTA) chamber and is one of several critical environmental test phases that validate the overall satellite design, quality of workmanship and survivability during space vehicle launching and on-orbit operations.>> "The start of spacecraft thermal vacuum testing represents a significant achievement for the entire government-industry program team," said Leonard F. Kwiatkowski, Lockheed Martin vice president and general manager of Global Communications Systems. "We look forward to executing a successful test and delivering the unprecedented communications capabilities that AEHF will provide to our military.">> Following completion of spacecraft thermal vacuum testing in late July, the team of Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Sunnyvale, Calif., the Advanced EHF prime contractor, and Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, Calif., the payload supplier, will perform environmental test data analysis and remaining integration and test activities necessary to prepare the vehicle for flight. The spacecraft is planned for delivery to the Air Force in early 2009 in preparation for launch aboard an Atlas V launch vehicle.
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Gucci pulls $890 'blackface sweater' from stores after complaints of racism
A screenshot taken on Thursday Feb.7, 2019 from an online fashion outlet showing a Gucci turtleneck black wool balaclava sweater for sale, that they recently pulled from its online and physical stores. Gucci has apologized for the wool sweater that resembled a "blackface" and said the item had been removed from its online and physical stores, the latest case of an Italian fashion house having to apologize for cultural or racial insensitivity. (AP Photo)
Gucci has apologized for a wool sweater after complaints that it resembled blackface makeup and said the item had been pulled from its online and physical stores.
It was the latest case of an Italian fashion house having to apologize for cultural or racial insensitivity.
In a statement posted on Twitter on Wednesday, Gucci said it was committed to diversity and considered it a "fundamental value to be fully upheld, respected and at the forefront of every decision we make."
The turtleneck black wool balaclava sweater covers the nose and includes a red cut-out for the mouth. It was ridiculed on social media as insensitive and racist, at a time when the U.S. is grappling with cases of old photos of politicians with their faces blackened.
In December, Prada said it was no longer selling a line of accessories that featured a character with brown skin and exaggerated red lips after complaints they resembled blackface.
And last year, Dolce & Gabbana canceled a Shanghai runway show and apologized after complaints that an advertising campaign featuring a Chinese model trying to eat pizza, spaghetti and a cannoli with chopsticks was culturally insensitive.


Can we ever keep up?
Keeping up with the pace of change in retail is a daunting task; one day it was word-of-mouth, the next advertising on televisions, then e-commerce, what now? Right now, convergence is the new name of the game as retail business is merging the online and offline; the digital and physical spaces, creating new options for consumers and opportunities for retailers.
'New retail' is a process, rather than a market.
China has been at the forefront of new retail, transcending boundaries and creating the most convenient and seamless experience for consumers. One thing that China has definitely been way ahead than the rest of the world in is M-Commerce- mobile commerce. This is exemplified by 'WeChat' and the many WeChat applets (apps within the WeChat app). Imagine chatting with friends, transferring money, shopping, using social media and even checking the crowd density in certain areas, all without leaving one app. It is no wonder it has been dubbed a "super app".
This is shifting the consumer and retail psychology. As retail and service environments converge, consumers change their behavior. The idea of "going shopping" ceases to be a stand-alone event, rather, shopping becomes part of a wider consumer activity, it is part of an all-encompassing experience. The borders between retail and other brands dissolve, together they build the customer's experience of "shopping". Business behaviors will have to adapt to these changes of converging a variety of experiences to stay in the game. If they fail to adapt, this process of natural selection will determine which brands survive this environmental shift.
The convergence of interfaces is reshaping consumer behavior as e-commerce integrates with physical spaces and stores, blurring the lines of where and when people shop, work, rest and play. A single place, application or company no longer has a single purpose, it now has a dozen purposes. Places and processes for shopping for instance, is merging with entertainment, travel as well as socializing. (This explains Singapore's soon-to-be newest gem, or Jewel. The idea behind JEWEL Changi Airport as a lifestyle destination combining play, shopping, dining, accommodation and aviation facilities reflects this new retail concept.) Whether it's a physical space or online, this alters the way brands need to engage with new customer behaviors and environments.
A shop has now become a destination that encompasses an array of experiences. For retailers, this poses a new challenge of redefining what a shop actually is and does. The shop has progressed far beyond the point of mere transaction. Its value has now shifted towards providing quality of service and experiences- what sets this store apart, how easy the online interface is to navigate, encouraging people to want to visit.
Contrary to popular notions that online shops will be the death of physical shops, the embodied experience is what matters increasingly more. People crave tangible real world experiences- they crave quality of service, places to interact and places of relaxation. Experience is a key element for retailers to integrate in their future store strategy. Already in China, we are seeing a rising number of retailers and brands transforming stores into places of entertainment and socializing. For example, the Japanese lifestyle brand MUJI recently opened its largest flagship store in Asia in Shanghai, integrating retail for clothes, furniture and travel accessories with a coffee shop and a bookstore. This Muji store in itself becomes a destination that encompasses an array of experiences including shopping, dining and reading alongside areas to socialize.
Definitions of work, shopping and leisure spaces are becoming increasingly blurred by new retail economies. In order to grow sustainably with the experiential concept, retailers need to aim to develop out-of-the-box quality experiences while ensuring that these experiences are relevant to their key brand values.
Brands are more than just its products. Its physical retail store should showcase its identity, it purpose and history. Share with customers what they mean to the community and let the retail space take shape to create such experiences. This will enable the in-store experience become more immersive through these meaningful exhibitions and storytelling. Brands need to go deep beyond products.
As Chris Sanderson from the Future Laboratory explained – it combines the physical and digital worlds for an experience that is full "immediacy, immersion and interaction". Be ready to stay relevant to the consumers through their lens and appropriately communicate to them digitally and through its thoughtful and curated physical space.
Shoppers are driven by their mood to make a purchase. Therefore shouldn't it be more relevant to predict the emotions that drive consumers to shop? The retail space can be a place to learn, explore possibilities, receive explanations of product design and share knowledge.
Women's retailer Finery launched a microsite that matched products with the customer's mood. By using emotions to drive product choices, the site not only gave users a more immersive and intuitive shopping experience, but it also closed the gap between the physical and digital experience.
Expand on differentiating the store's identity. Share the brand's legacy and what the brand truly believes in. E-commerce is important as an extension of the brand's presence but brand owners should capitalise on the physical experience, and the human possibilities of the brick-and-mortar experience that are irreplaceable. The future of retail lies in enhancing the real-life shopping experience.
Adwright has established itself in the marketing and branding industry, working with a range of clients from local SMEs to global corporations for over 20 years. In this rapidly changing environment, Adwright continues to innovate ways to meet the expectations of clients while staying relevant in the industry. Adwright can help brands keep up by continually engaging in the new retail process whilst staying true to who they are and what they are about, portraying a consistent, recognizable and credible brand even as they change with the times.
Adwright has also made great progress in cementing its reputation as a brand localisation agency as we have worked with a Fortune Global 500 company to communicate its brand in the local context.


This one goes out to all the other English-teaching parents with young kids out there.
When my daughter was born, I had savings from my semi-full-time job and all the time in the world...except diapers cost money and savings don't grow by themselves. When my daughter was around a year old, I went back into teaching, tentatively at first, then with increased vigor, but problems abounded. Eventually, school started and I had the chance to pick up a few private daytime lessons here and there, both in person and online. But what happens when school vacation starts?
Kids crave attention. We know this. Getting my in-laws to watch her is my usual go-to plan of action for my regularly occurring evening and weekend classes. For my semi-regular online student as well as a recently begun weekly daytime class, it hardly seems fair to bother them. That said, my kid can be a terror when she wants attention and cannot have it. So this is the plan of attack I have adapted to help keep her occupied for as close to an hour as I can without further intervention.
We've recently started my daughter on writing her upper-case English alphabet in a lined notebook. We bring this along to class so she has a little work of her own to do. Then she will interrupt to have me check her work, during which time I will copy out a few letters she could improve on and encourage her to practice them. She also has a Japanese notebook in which to practice her name and other characters in hiragana as well as a Hiragana learning book from Daiso.
I try to bring a coloring book and/or blank notebook that she can draw in if the mood strikes, which almost never happens. I do not recommend this tactic with any kids who do not yet understand what surfaces are okay to color on.
This only works if you know something your kid desperately wants to do that is also in your means to grant and won't cost you more to do than you'll make during the class. For my kid last week it was making cupcakes. I make a point of telling her before class that if she could stay nice and quiet and calm while listening well for that one hour, we could make cupcakes in the afternoon. Last week, this worked. A few weeks ago, it was fairly wings I had bought online (that were already waiting, hidden in a closet) that she could totally have should she calm down and stay nice and relaxed for the last twenty minutes of a class that she otherwise destroyed.
Cupcakes: A small price to pay for an hour's peace.
Long story short, I've resorted to bribery and activity planning. It's all I've got. How do you handle your mischievous little helpers?


Massive comet strike nearly made humans extinct 13,000 years ago. - Wisdom is the retention of innocence through adversity.
Massive comet strike nearly made humans extinct 13,000 years ago.
I hope you like this subject because it is one of my favourites. I am not going to stop posting about it, even when we get wiped out by the next cataclysm. I am aware that I am aware that I am repeating myself, offering scant new information. But I want to keep this running, and present several angles on it.
Many scientists still don't believe that a comet or host of comets hit the North American Ice Sheet about 10,800 years ago, (12,800 bce). But I have looked at this a lot, and I am convinced that it happened - even if megafauna were dwindling for thousands of years before this punctuating emergency. (Same patterned happened w/ the extinctions around 65 million years ago, etc.) Dust and fire storms followed this event for hundreds of years, and it shows up in the geographical layerings of past organic versus dead/inorganic dust, sand and soil.
There were vast floods emanating from the flash-melting ice. An underwater landslide near Northern Europe was probably related to this impact, and/or to the swell of runoff coming down the wide Saint Lawrence Seaway. An area about 50 miles to the north, and 100 miles to the south, of what we know as that seaway today, was swiftly cleared of ice, soon leaving a greening area which was settled by new people. Such a history comports to (flood) legends, history and languages of Native Americans, as I have studied it.
(That landslide, btw, is probably what created the Tsunami which left all the bodies buried on the shores of the Hebrides, (etc.), which have recently been reported. Not certain on this hypothesis).
After the impact of this cosmic barrage, the famous Clovis culture was wiped out, along with most of the prehistoric megafauna and other animals. Starkly inhospitable dust and firestorms blew across the plains to the East Coast, while the sea levels rose up and swallowed ancient ports, boats and settlements, obscuring our own ability to study prehistory in subsequent millennia. Sillier things have happened.
The amazing and perplexing archaeological site in central/SE Turkey, Göbekli Tepe, also offers evidence of this great, Atlantean event. A great flood, associated with the sky. Interestingly, this site lies in the vicinity of where mythical Noah was said to have parked his ark and opened a hamburger stand. When you think about it, it would be perfectly natural that 40 days/nights of rain might hit the Middle East, following such a disruptive explosion of water, dust and storms. Legends of a great flood persist in most civilisations - we just have a hard time conceptualising that the spoken word could have conveyed something that had happened so long ago - but, by now, I am not at ALL surprised that this may be so!
In addition to the vast flood on the NA east coast, (and the N. Atlantic landslide), there was a massive breach unleashing violent floods across what is now the USA Pacific Northwest. However, there is currently a question regarding the dating of this event, and so the word is still out on this (probable) connexion. (On the other hand, I have seen the dust/fire storm evidence with my own eyes).
The following article comes from Natural News - a great site for various topics, but it is unfairly biased against liberals in politics. In this regard, it is generally daft as all heck.
(Natural News) Ancient people left us a diary carved on stone pillars that talked of a cataclysmic asteroid strike 13,000 years ago that caused an ice age, killed the wooly mammoth, and forced us to modernize farming methods. Reading almost like a comic book, the stone carvings found in Göbekli Tepe were translated by scientists to reveal a series of events that changed civilization forever.
Engineers from the University of Edinburgh were studying animal carvings in the Göbekli Tepe in Southern Turkey to see how they related to our constellations. While examining a particular pillar, known as the "Vulture Stone" (also referred to as pillar 43), they found descriptions of what has now been confirmed as a comet impact that occurred around 10,950 B.C. This is around the same time a "mini" ice age started. This mini ice age, called the Younger Dryas, only lasted for a thousand years yet is of particular importance to scientists because of its direct impact on mankind. Evidence suggests that it was during the Younger Dryas that the first Neolithic civilization arose, along with better agricultural methods. An article on Phys.org describes the period's importance: "The cooling period caused groups of people to band together to cultivate crops, leading to the development of agriculture, which in turn led to huge leaps in technological innovations and societal developments, i.e. Neolithic civilization." This period has also been linked to the extinction of the wooly mammoth.
The Daily Mail article HERE. (Other sources are listed in the NN article).
My post: Why won't this debate about an ancient cold snap die?
People fleeing the devastation, clearly disgruntled because they have been turned into elephant-like creatures.
I think Noah had a winery rather than a hamburger stand. Is there any demographic evidence for this near extinction?
But seriously, there is no knowing whether that threatened extinction - I think the writer was just pulling the regular sensationalism that paranormal sites always do.
But, to look for suggestions of a major threat, then consider the loss of the megafauna, the Clovis, the probable mass death in tsunamis - and any possible sudden migrations of people into newly depopulated lands. Something big happened with the beginning of the younger dryas. This is when our species turned to agriculture. Such a major change suggests a major threat occurred somehow.
But I think a tighter bottleneck happened around 74,000 bce w/ the Tuva eruption.


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Pte 32667 Joseph Fallding
From: Liverpool
K.I.A Saturday 14th October 1916
Commemorated at: Thiepval Memorial
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Joseph Fallding was born in 1897 in Liverpool and was baptised on the 10th November, 1897 at St Bridget's Church of England Church, Wavertree. He was the son of Daniel and Mary Margaret Fallding (nee Holliday), of 40 Cecil St, Wavertree, Liverpool who had married at St Mary's Church, Edge-Hill, Liverpool in 1887.
The 1901 Census shows the family living at 40, Cecil Street, Wavertree, Liverpool.
The Father Daniel is aged 49 and is a grain weigher in a corn warehouse. His wife Mary Margaret is aged 34, born 1867 in Liverpool is a Housekeeper. At the taking of the Census they have six children, Frederick aged 12, Reginald aged 10, Hilda aged 8, Elsie aged 6, Joseph aged 3 and George Edward born 1901.
The 1911 Census shows the family still living at 40 Cecil Street, Wavertree, Liverpool.
The Father Daniel is aged 62, born 1849 (The 1901 Census shows his year of birthas 1852) and is a Clerk in a Grain Warehouse and was born in Wentworth, Yorkshire. His wife Mary Margaret is aged 45, born 1866 in Liverpool is a Housekeeper. They have been married for 25 years and have had seven children. At the taking of the Census they have six children all being born in Liverpool living at the address, Frederick who was aged 22, born 1889 and Reginald aged 20, born 1891 have now left the family home. Elsie is aged 16, born 1895 occupation Clerk, Dye Works, Joseph aged 13, born 1898, George Edward, aged 10, born 1901 and John Arthur aged 7, born 1904 are still at school.
He enlisted in Liverpool and was serving in the 18th Battalion, The King's Liverpool Regiment as Private No 32667 when he was killed in action on the 14th October 1916 aged 19 during the Battle of the Transloy Ridges which was part of the ongoing Somme Offensive
He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.
He is also commemorated on St Bridget's C. of E. Church, Wavertree.
We currently have no further information on Joseph Fallding, If you have or know someone who may be able to add to the history of this soldier, please contact us.
Baptismal records show Joseph was born in 1897 and the Census records hold the year 1898.
Soldiers effects to his mother Mary Margaret and pension was for both Daniel to mother Mary Margaret, and Frank to his step-mother Mary Margaret.
His brother Frank was also killed in action on the 29th September, 1916 whilst serving with the York and Lancaster Regiment. He has no known grave and is also commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. Prior to the outbreak of war he had been a Tailor Salesman.
Frank's birth is "out of wedlock", his mother was Mary Hulme on 1881 Census. Frank wasn't named on the GRO just his father.


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All Nippon Airways (ANA) says it will buy 70 new planes worth $US16.4 billion ($A17.83 billion), with almost half from Airbus, in a move that marks a victory for the European aircraft maker as it tries to prise open the lucrative Japanese market.
The airline will buy 40 planes from Boeing, its major supplier that has had a virtual stranglehold in Japan for decades, and 30 from Airbus to increase its fleet ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, a statement on Thursday said.
The order includes 14 of Boeing's troubled Dreamliner as well as 20 units of the 777-9X, and six 777-300ERs.
It will also buy seven Airbus A320neo and 23 Airbus A321neo.
The aircraft will be delivered between 2016 and 2027 and will increase the size of the ANA fleet to 250 aircraft.
The new Boeing aircraft will serve mainly international routes while the Airbus aircraft will operate both overseas and domestic trips, ANA said.
"ANA Group's introduction of these new aircraft will help it respond to the needs of the increasing number of passengers expected to arrive in Japan in the run-up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and will support the Japanese government's plans to boost the annual total of foreign visitors to Japan to 20 million," the firm said.
The orders, collectively the biggest in ANA's history, came as the airline aims to expand its international presence.
"The aircraft we have selected will enable us to modernise and expand our fleet further as we seek to become one of the world's leading airline groups," said Shinichiro Ito, president and chief executive of ANA Holdings.
"These new aircraft will give us maximum flexibility and improved fuel efficiency, and will allow us to meet the growth in demand, both internationally and in our domestic Japanese market," he said in a statement.


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7 Jan 2022 ~ theonealschool
O'Neal's first brick and mortar facility was dedicated on January 5, 1975, only a few years after Wallace O'Neal Day School was established. The School was growing every year and the mobile units that comprised the School, were at their maximum capacity. But it was not a reactive decision to build, it was the plan all along. In fact, in 1972 the wheels started turning on a proposed school building. President Ted Taws Jr and his board seemingly had a plan that was well thought, from the fundraising to the building plan and the dedication. With James Van Camp as the building committee chair, a $828,000 capital campaign was launched.
In May of 1972 a Charette was conducted. French for two-wheeled cart, "Charette" has an interesting story on how an architectural brainstorming session was named as such. Read Here. Five days were dedicated to this brainstorming session where board members, parents, students, teachers and friends of the school discussed educational objectives and architectural design for the first stage of the building program. The Charette was conducted by the architectural firm of Laslett and Laslett of Fayetteville who formed a team of consultants from the Learning Institute of NC, The NC School of Design at NCSU, a child development consultant and a clinical and school psychologist. The founding Board of Trustees did their best to establish a school budget, as well as other processes and procedures with no previous knowledge of running an educational institution. They were fortunate to have the input from the fourteen teachers on staff at this time to understand what was needed in this new facility. The Charette was a way to have no stone left unturned and to involve as many participants as possible in its design and purpose.
The $828,000 project comprised a gymnasium/pool facility as well as an educational facility. With $414,000 in hand, ground was broken in January of 1974 to begin the build – gym/pool facility was first. Remaining capital campaign dollars was raised quickly and the educational building started shortly after. In fact, the educational building was occupied September 15th of 1974 with the dedication ceremony in January of 1975 for both Tate Gym and pool facility and the Edward Town Taws Educational Building.
A total student enrollment of 150 students and 14 teachers, a substantial increase from the 35 students and 4 teachers of 1971, occupied the campus. Classrooms for grades 3-6 were still in the mobile units, while classrooms for grades 7-10 were in new building. The new building had eight classrooms, a laboratory, a library and an administrative area. This readied the campus for adding grades 1, 2 and 11 in the fall of 1975. The plan was for the building to ultimately be The Upper School, housing grades 9-12. The father of Ted Taws Jr, Ted Town Taws Sr., gave a generous donation to the capital campaign for this building project, with the stipulation that his contribution be solely dedicated to the education building.
Though already named the Edward Town Taws Educational Building, as other brick and mortar buildings were erected on campus, it was formally recognized as Taws Hall in honor of the entire Taws Family and their unwavering dedication to the School on September 4, 2003 at its rededication ceremony after having undergone a major renovation.
Today, the 47-year-old building houses the Middle School with 174 students in grades 5-8.
O'Neal is excited to share its history with readers as it quickly nears its 50th year in educating and cultivating youth in becoming successful, effective contributors to communities large and small. The official celebration starts school year 2021/2022. This weekly blog will focus on different aspects of the School as it grew through the years. With every entry, there is just as much more information to gather than what is already written. Readers who have been a part of the O'Neal community are encouraged to reach out and share their O'Neal memories. It is with great hope that the efforts of many in contributing information and photography can be published into a book for reflection and reference as the School continues to prosper for the next 50 years.
Please send your memoirs and photos to:
c/o Kathy Taylor, Director of Communications
Email: ktaylor@onealschool.org
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Behold, the HTC Ville, seen here with Android 4.0.1 Ice Cream Sandwich and HTC Sense Version 4.0.
The Ville (that's more than likely still a codename, which has been around since early November) appears to be done in the usual HTC fashion -- a rounded-off rectangle with a mix of soft-touch and metal. We can't help but be reminded of the HTC Desire and, of course, the Nexus One, but it's also pretty reminiscent of the newer Sensation as well.
It's a pretty extensive video walkthrough. The first thing that stands out is the 4.3-inch screen at qHD resolution, with a front-facing VGA camera up top. Then there's the fact that it has just three capacitive buttons below the screen -- back, home and menu -- exactly like the LG Spectrum. While the Spectrum's still running Gingerbread, we opined that the removal of the search button was to make way for the search integration in the ICS UI. We're not seeing quite the same search bar in this latest version of HTC Sense, but it still lines up. An interesting note -- what you see here doesn't quite match up with a render that leaked back in November, when it had four capacitive buttons. Figure it's easier to change a render than a device, so we'll expect three buttons when it gets official.
Other specs seen in the walkthrough include a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, an 8-megapixel camera, with Beats audio thrown in for good measure. The Sense dock has given way to a more traditional Android dock -- here we see icons for the phone dialer, e-mail, app drawer, text messaging and camera, and there are app icons for Fruit Ninja and Antivirus, among a slew of other third-party apps in the app drawer.
We're kind of starting to salivate over the Ville (figure we'll get to see it at Mobile World Congress in a few weeks), but, man, it's tough to go back to a qHD display once you've tasted 720p. We'll just have to see.
More in our HTC Ville forums; Thanks, Bruno!


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Martin Brodetsky
League title within United's grasp
Oxford United's under-18s moved a giant step closer to winning the Merit League 2 title with a 3-2 win against MK Dons at Northcourt Road this afternoon. A Shandon Baptiste goal was cancelled out before the break, but two Canice Carroll penalties gave Oxford enough breathing space that they didn't have to worry about an injury-time penalty for the opposition.
The U's are now five points clear of second-placed Dons, who have just one game remaining, and can now only be caught by Cambridge United, who have to win their last three matches and hope that Oxford lose their last two games.
After a nervy opening, Oxford took an early lead after some good build-up play by Graham Bryan, who was clipped as he skipped past the MK Dons right-back. The referee allowed an advantage and Bryan took the ball on before knocking the ball across the area, where Baptiste launched himself full length to head the ball beyond the reach of the goalkeeper.
United held the lead until midway through the first half when some hesitant defending allowed a cross to come in from the Milton Keynes right. The ball was knocked back across goal where the waiting striker calmly stroked the ball past Jack Stevens.
After an even first half the sides went in level at the break but in the second period Oxford took control. It took United just four minutes before they regained the lead. Left-back Charlie Hawtin got to the byline and his cross was handled in the penalty area. Up stepped Canice Carroll to drive home an unstoppable penalty as the U's started to turn the screw.
Four minutes later the visiting keeper did well to keep out a Seth Humphries shot and on the hour Baptiste sent substitute Dejon Noel-Williams away for a one-on-one but his delayed shot was kept out by the goalie. There was no let up for the visitors, and they were fortunate when Baptiste's shot in the 69th minute was straight at a defender on the goalline.
The reprieve was short lived, however, as just a minute later Bryan charged into the penalty area and was upended, allowing Carroll to convert his second penalty of the afternoon to virtually seal the result.
It was still all Oxford as Baptiste's long-range drive flew just over before Miles Welch-Hayes headed Bryan's free kick just wide. With the game in stoppage time MK Dons had their first second-half shot on target after Hawtin felled an MK Dons striker and they scored from the resultant penalty.
Leon Blackmore-Such told us: "We sat off them too much in the first half and allowed them to play out from the back. We upped the intensity in the second period and limited a lot of their chances from open play. In the end though it was a good three points and we know we need just one more to guarantee the title."
United: Stevens, Welch-Hayes, Carroll, McCormack, Hawtin, Hartley (Hastings 66), Humphries (Graham 78), Baptiste, Hayden, Bryan, Jeacock (Noel-Williams 37)


Real-time multi-tasking systems may require an individual stack for each task to fulfill all hard real-time requirements. However, these stacks may consume a huge memory space, even if not all stacks are simultaneously fully utilized. Thus, sharing currently unused stack space may improve memory utilization as possible with Memory Management Units (MMUs). However, an MMU introduces temporal jitter to memory accesses, influencing the real-time behavior. In this work, we propose a new concept to share dynamically the complete available stack space across tasks. Thereby, every stack operation executes in a deterministic time, by giving the Microcontroller Unit (MCU) Operating System (OS)-awareness.
Mauroner, F., & Baunach, M. C. (2017). StackMMU: Dynamic Stack Sharing for Embedded Systems. Paper presented at 22nd IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies And Factory Automation, Limassol, Cyprus.
StackMMU: Dynamic Stack Sharing for Embedded Systems. / Mauroner, Fabian; Baunach, Marcel Carsten.
2017. Paper presented at 22nd IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies And Factory Automation, Limassol, Cyprus.
Mauroner, F & Baunach, MC 2017, 'StackMMU: Dynamic Stack Sharing for Embedded Systems' Paper presented at 22nd IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies And Factory Automation, Limassol, Cyprus, 12/09/17 - 15/09/17, .
Mauroner F, Baunach MC. StackMMU: Dynamic Stack Sharing for Embedded Systems. 2017. Paper presented at 22nd IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies And Factory Automation, Limassol, Cyprus.
Mauroner, Fabian ; Baunach, Marcel Carsten. / StackMMU: Dynamic Stack Sharing for Embedded Systems. Paper presented at 22nd IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies And Factory Automation, Limassol, Cyprus.
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Water passing speed 0.5 m/seg.
Maximum suction velocity 1.5 m/seg.