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Fulfilling the Promise of Early Childhood Education: Advancing Early Childhood Education As a Professional Field of Practice
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Stacie G. Goffin, Rhian Evans Allvin, Deb Flis, Albert Wat
Early childhood education (ECE) is in the spotlight as never before. Being in the limelight, however, has highlighted the field's fragmentation and the variability in the quality of children's formal early learning experiences. This reality is unlikely to change, though, unless the ECE field comes to terms with its lack of organization as a unified field of practice with defined accountabilities for a competent and responsible workforce.
A budding movement is emerging in response to this crisis of fragmentation—a drive to organize ECE as a professional field of practice unified by a common overarching purpose, defined body of knowledge and practice, shared professional identity, and internal and external accountability.1 This movement was apparent at a plenary session of the 2015 QRIS National Learning Network's national meeting, which explored questions critical to advancing ECE as a professional field of practice.2
Stacie G. Goffin, Principal of the Goffin Strategy Group, organized the plenary session and provided its introduction. Rhian Evans Allvin, Executive Director of the National Association for the Education for Young Children, and Deb Flis, Program Quality and Accreditation Specialist, Connecticut Office of Early Childhood, were panelists, and Albert Wat, Senior Policy Analyst, Education Division, National Governors Association, was a respondent. Panelists were encouraged to voice their differing viewpoints, and we share some of those views below. We hope you'll join us in thinking about an alternative future for ECE.
Acknowledging ECE as a Professional Field: What Needs to Happen?
Becoming a recognized profession will involve deep systems change. Because of the nature of ECE's work, few would question that it ought to be a profession. Yet, as John Goodlad3 reminds us, "A vocation (occupation) is not a profession just because those in it choose to call it one. It must be recognized as such."
To qualify as a recognized profession, ECE has to include attributes that define professional occupations—criteria such as a prescribed scope of work as a field of practice and formal preparation as a prerequisite to being licensed to practice.
ECE needs to move beyond its fragmented state and its history of willingly accepting people into the "profession" with varying education levels, credentials, and competencies, and restructure itself as cohesive, interlocking systems of preparation, practice, and accountability bound by a unifying purpose.
We should consider tools available to us, such as QRIS. Describing QRIS as an organizing framework, Rhian identified it as a vehicle for moving quality to scale in a consistent and rational way. Deb, however, cautioned against considering QRIS as a singular approach and doubted its ability to remedy all of our field's challenges. Trying to be an all-inclusive framework, with multiple sets of differing standards across the country, she suggested, has had the unintended consequence of undermining the work of unifying ECE as a professional field of practice.
Given the transformative nature of what lies ahead, deep and broad conversations are needed, Deb maintained—conversations that are inclusive of the field's diverse roles, settings, and aspirations.
Exploring Challenging Questions
We wanted to move beyond attempts to solve existing problems, and focus instead on creating the future we want for ECE as a professional field of practice. Toward that end, some of the questions explored during the plenary follow, along with answers provided by panelists.
1. Should the ECE profession, like the nursing and medical professions, include specialty practices? Could this structure unite the field around a unifying knowledge base and practice expectations while also acknowledging that different roles may necessitate additional specialized expertise? If so, would one option be practice specialties based on practitioner competencies required by early learning environments with differing purposes?
Rhian contended that we know too much about the science of early learning and the impact of competent early childhood educators on children's developmental trajectories to parcel professional competencies by workplace. For too long, she continued, we've derailed conversations by focusing on early learning settings rather than on the competencies required by the educator's role. Landing solidly on the side of a shared, core knowledge base in conjunction with specializations, Deb argued that expecting all educators to possess the field's identified core knowledge, skills, and dispositions is not only an ethical responsibility but also essential in dismantling perceptions that anyone can function as an early educator.
2. How should we address existing teaching staff unable to meet required preparation standards?
Deb and Rhian emphasized role-based specializations and linking these with specified competencies. Creating consistent competency expectations across states also was considered essential, as was the availability of different pathways toward fulfilling the profession's requirements. Yet Deb also cautioned that this approach should not be misinterpreted as suggesting that ECE is a suitable career choice for everyone.
3. Albert challenged us by asking, Why do we have the policies we have for preparing and supporting ECE teachers? If we were to develop the ECE profession from scratch, would we have what we have today?
In response to his first question, Albert underscored that ECE policies rarely are rational or based on what children and adults need; instead, they typically reflect what the field thinks is affordable—a questionable way to develop policies for a workforce critical to children's near- and long-term success. Thus, a resounding no was the response to his second question, accompanied by an assertion that the field needs to dismiss the notion that diversity and high standards represent competing values and put a stake in the ground about who gets to "function as an early educator."
Our attention focuses primarily on uplifting the existing workforce, according to Albert. Developing an alternative future for ECE requires also devoting our considerable energies to developing a profession that will be attractive to those we want to be educating and caring for young children.
After decades of attempts by policy makers and civic and business leaders, the time has come to restructure ECE as a field of practice from the inside out. As stressed by Rhian, "early childhood educators need to lead this effort. They need to be the drivers of ECE's destiny."
Do you agree? Please join this conversation by sharing your comments below or by participating with others at ECE Pioneers For A New Era, an informal online community where we share our experiences discussing these issues.
1 Goffin, S. G. (2015). Professionalizing early childhood education as a field of practice: A Guide to the Next Era. Minneapolis: Redleaf Press; Goffin, S. G. (2013). Early childhood education for a new era: Leading for our profession. New York: Teachers College Press; Winton, P. J., Snyder, P., & Goffin, S. G. (2016). Beyond the status everything expressed, we hope you'll join with us in thinking about an alternative future for ECE.quo: Rethinking professional development for early childhood teachers. In L. Couse & S. Recchia (Eds.), Handbook of early childhood teacher education (pp. 54-68). New York, NY: Routledge.
2 Stacie Goffin provided the session introduction and served as the moderator. Her thoughts are represented in the introduction. Rhian Allvin Evans and Deb Flis were panelists, and Albert was a respondent. Differing viewpoints were encouraged. First names are used when sharing their individual views. While not inclusive of everything expressed, we hope you'll join with us in thinking about an alternative future for ECE.
3 Goodlad, J., p. 29. In Goodlad, J. I. (1990). The occupation of teaching in schools. In John I. Goodlad, Roger Soder, & Kenneth A. Sirotnik (Eds.), The moral dimension of teaching (pp. 3-34). San Francisco: CA: Jossey-Bass.
Audience: Administrator (director or principal), Teacher
Topics: Professional Development, Professionalism, Power to the Profession, Quality Standards, Standards, QRIS
Stacie G. Goffin
Stacie G. Goffin is principal of the Goffin Strategy Group based in Washington DC
Deb Flis
Deb Flis is a Program Quality and Accreditation Specialist at Connecticut Office of Early Childhood
Albert Wat
Albert Wat is Senior Policy Analyst, Education Division at National Governors Association
Five Non-Negotiables Needed to Move Early Childhood Education Beyond Its Rhetoric
PLI Opening Plenary Session
A Profession-Led Dialogue


We just returned after a pleasant cruise from Florida to Panama and back, marvelling at the new canal and visiting some Caribbean islands en route. Having never experienced a Caribbean island before, we were curious about what to expect. The first port of call would be a tiny island called Half Moon Cay, privately owned and only serviced by two particular cruise lines.
To start off the New Year, I've written a motivational poem (of sorts).
It's for all those who think they need to be like someone else. You don't!
Just read the poem - right to the very end - and you'll see what I mean.
This is a diversion from my usual blog postings but something which I decided would be very useful.


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Q: Where do Harry and Ginny live after the events of the books? We know pretty well the teenage years of Harry up until the death of Voldemort. However I am curious at how would his life be in the immediate aftermath?
We know that

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*he joins the ministry under Kingsley as an Auror and will eventually head the department,

*he will occasionnally give some lecture at Hogwarts.

I can imagine that directly after the death of Voldemort, he would stay at the Weasley's for some time. After all, he was only 17 back then. Meanwhile, Ginny will probably go back to Hogwarts for her final year. But apart from helping the Order and the new minister to re-build the wizarding community, he would want to start living on his own.

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*Is there any information on where does he get to live?

*And does he change place after Ginny moved in with him?

He owned Grimmauld Place, but I can't see him moving there, even with Kreacher more conciliant.

A: There is no evidence I can find that has him living anywhere. No evidence of any property that the Potter family had. Harry's grandparents obviously lived somewhere before they died, but there is no mention of where that was.
I would think that he lived wherever his grandparents did, or at Grimmauld Place, which probably would have been remodeled first.
It's also possible that they fixed up Potter's Cottage in Godric's Hollow.
I wish I could have found something for you!

A: There are a number of scenes in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child that take place in the Potter family's home. Although it's not stated where it is, we can at least rule out a few locations.
It's definitely not Godric's Hollow:

HERMIONE: Godric's Hollow. It must be twenty years . . .

Based on the descriptions (and lack of a mention of the location) we can deduce that it's probably not 12 Grimmauld Place or 4 Privet Drive.

A: Two houses have been mentioned, Grimmauld Place and Godric's Hollow. The only one I think Harry would have legal claims to is Godric's Hollow, the home of his mom and dad.
Yes, Harry was Sirius Black's godson, but that is not a legal title and the only way he could have inherited it is if he was given it in a will. The Black line ended with Sirius and his brother. The two living cousins were sisters, Draco Malfoy's mother Narcissa Black Malfoy and Nimphadora Tonks' mother Andromeda Black Tonks, would have equal clams.
So it looks like Godric's Hollow. Or a nice flat in London.

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What Spoilers Really Do for You
By Esther Bergdahl November 11, 2020
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With both the COVID-19 pandemic and winter looming ahead of us for a while, we've never needed good entertainment more. For most of 2020, many of us have been mainlining TV shows and streaming movies at home. Maybe someday we'll pack into theaters again, but for now, we'll do anything to forget the outside world for a while.
Which brings us to one of the great bright lines in entertainment: those who like spoilers and those who do not. For a spoilerphobe, learning plot points or whether your favorite characters finally kiss can totally ruin the experience of the story. For everyone else, however, knowing what's coming makes the whole thing that much more fun.
Marketing researchers recently published a study looking into whether movie reviews that contained spoilers had any effect on a film's box office numbers. If knowing the twist or the ending in advance really does ruin a story, you'd think that would spell doom and failure for a project's returns. Instead, the researchers found that generally, we're still totally happy to pay for a movie if we know what's coming — in fact, spoilers helped audiences decide whether to invest in the showing or not.
People who love spoilers insist that a really good work of art is all about the process of getting through the plot, and knowing what's coming can't ruin what's well-constructed in the first place. Others say the surprise is the whole point. Either way is a valid approach, but the researchers do recommend one thing: We care a lot about whether we have the option to see spoilers or not. Let people know if spoilers are coming. After that, do what you like.
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This morning I managed to download Google's open source Chrome browser to check it out and see how it works.
The installation did not go as smoothly as I would have liked because thrice I got the error The installer encountered error 1. but on the fourth attempt I managed to install the browser.
Firefox is my default browser and so to import my bookmarks and other settings I had to close it down and from there I think I was a bit impressed but also remembering that this is only a beta version and so there are bound to be some quirks here and there.
There are not many settings which is good but in the settings you can enter your home page. Surprisingly I could not find a way to easily to go to that home page by form of a button or some other means and I think its something that needs to be done.
I tested the browser on all of my sites and I was happy to see that all the sites looked alright and it appeared to load fast as well.
I quite liked the location of the search box on the right hand corner and the fact that likes Firefox it incorporates a spell checker. It seems however to have just the default dictionary.
I think I will use Chrome mostly as a test browser and I will stick to Firefox for now because I cannot see how I can do without my favourite extensions.


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Trends in health care expenditures, utilization, and health status among US adults with sp ne problems, 1997-2006
Brook I. Martin, Judith A. Turner, Sohail K. Mirza, Michael J. Lee, Bryan A. Comstock, Richard A. Deyo
Study Design: Analysis of nationally representative survey data for spine-related health care expenditures, utilization and self-reported health status. Objective: To study trends from 1997 to 2006 in per-user expenditures for spine-related inpatient, outpatient, pharmacy, and emergency services; and to compare these trends to changes in health status. Summary of Background Data: Although prior work has shown overall spine-related expenditures accounted for $86 billion in 2005, increasing 65% since 1997, the study did not report per-user expenditures. Understanding population-level per-user expenditure for specific services relative to changes in the health status may help assess the value of these services. Methods: We analyzed data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, a multistage survey sample designed to produce unbiased national estimates of health care utilization and expenditure. Spine-related hospitalizations, outpatient visits, prescription medications and emergency department visits were identified using ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes. Regression analyses controlling for age, sex, comorbidity, and time (years) were used to examine trends from 1997 to 2006 in inflation-adjusted per-user expenditures, and utilization, and self-reported health status. Results: An average of 1774 respondents with spine problems was surveyed per year; the proportion suggested an increase in the number of people who sought treatment for spine problems in the United States from 14.8 million in 1997 to 21.9 million in 2006. From 1997 to 2006, the mean adjusted per-user expenditures were the largest component of increasing total costs for inpatient hospitalizations, prescription medications, andemergency department visits, increasing 37% (from $13,040 in 1997 to $17,909 in 2006), 139% (from $166 to $397), and 84% (from $81 to $149), respectively. A 49% increase in the number of patients seeking spine-related care (from 12.2 million in 1997 to 18.2 million in 2006) was the largest contributing factor to increased outpatient expenditures. Population measures of mental health and work, social, and physical limitations worsened over time among people with spine problems. Conclusion: Expenditure increases for spine-related inpatient, prescription, and emergency services were primarily the result of increasing per-user expenditures, while those related to outpatient visits were primarily due to an increase in the number of users of ambulatory services.
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Spine expenditures
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Martin, B. I., Turner, J. A., Mirza, S. K., Lee, M. J., Comstock, B. A., & Deyo, R. A. (2009). Trends in health care expenditures, utilization, and health status among US adults with sp ne problems, 1997-2006. Spine, 34(19), 2077-2084. https://doi.org/10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181b1fad1
Trends in health care expenditures, utilization, and health status among US adults with sp ne problems, 1997-2006. / Martin, Brook I.; Turner, Judith A.; Mirza, Sohail K.; Lee, Michael J.; Comstock, Bryan A.; Deyo, Richard A.
In: Spine, Vol. 34, No. 19, 01.09.2009, p. 2077-2084.
Martin, BI, Turner, JA, Mirza, SK, Lee, MJ, Comstock, BA & Deyo, RA 2009, 'Trends in health care expenditures, utilization, and health status among US adults with sp ne problems, 1997-2006', Spine, vol. 34, no. 19, pp. 2077-2084. https://doi.org/10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181b1fad1
Martin BI, Turner JA, Mirza SK, Lee MJ, Comstock BA, Deyo RA. Trends in health care expenditures, utilization, and health status among US adults with sp ne problems, 1997-2006. Spine. 2009 Sep 1;34(19):2077-2084. https://doi.org/10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181b1fad1
Martin, Brook I. ; Turner, Judith A. ; Mirza, Sohail K. ; Lee, Michael J. ; Comstock, Bryan A. ; Deyo, Richard A. / Trends in health care expenditures, utilization, and health status among US adults with sp ne problems, 1997-2006. In: Spine. 2009 ; Vol. 34, No. 19. pp. 2077-2084.
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The Standard Oil Red Crown Service Station, at 220 N. Spruce St. in Ogallala, Nebraska, was built in 1922.  It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

It is a small brick building facing diagonally out on a corner lot, onto the main business street of Ogallala (Spruce Street) and 3rd Street.  It was designed by architects John and Alan McDonald.  It has also been known as the Spruce Street Station and later as the Spruce Street Visitors Center.

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Gas stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Nebraska
National Register of Historic Places in Keith County, Nebraska
Early Commercial architecture in the United States
Buildings and structures completed in 1922

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For many of us, the taste of coffee is good. So we indulge in it. Yet since the 1970s, the scientific community has managed to make us feel guilty about it by presenting us with an unending list of its possible ravages: from heart disease, bladder cancer and birth defects to high blood pressure, insulin level unsteadiness, reduced fertility and bone fragility. Coffee supporters – on the other hand – can conjure up just as impressive a list of its benefits: ranging from alertness, increased mental performance and mild antidepressant qualities to a reduced risk of colorectal as well as liver cancer and a lower incidence in not only Parkinson's disease and type 2 diabetes but also Alzheimer's disease… So who are we to believe?
Sipping a cup of coffee spells sipping down probably about two thousand different chemical entities. And knowing which chemical has an effect on what part of us remains for the most part obscure. However, light is being shed on the ways of caffeine. Caffeine is broken down by an enzyme in our liver – cytochrome P4501A2, or CYP1A2 – and if it is not eliminated from the bloodstream, blood vessels tend to constrict thus favoring myocardial infarction. Vessels are kept dilated by way of adenosine and it may be that caffeine blocks the adenosine receptors.
What is more, it has recently been discovered that the effects of caffeine can be detrimental to some, while they are not to others… How? It all has to do with two common variants of CYP1A2: CYP1A2*1F and CYP1A2*1A. Individuals who carry CYP1A2*1F are slow in metabolizing caffeine. As a result, caffeine lingers in the blood longer and the carriers are more exposed to heart disease. Those who carry CYP1A2*1A, on the other hand, get rid of caffeine fairly fast and are, consequently, less prone to heart conditions. Surprisingly, the two variants'protein sequences are untouched since their polymorphism resides in the non-coding region of the gene. The difference observed in caffeine breakdown could then be due, for instance, to the binding of different regulatory proteins to CYP1A2*1F, which would affect its expression levels and, in turn, its activity.
So? Should we all rush to the doctor's to find out which variant we carry? No. As always, the message is always the same: more often than not, a little of anything is not bad. Just enjoy your cup of coffee.


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«Отражение» — третий сингл российской хеви-метал-группы «Кипелов», вышедший 8 апреля 2013 года на лейбле Navigator Records.

Заглавной композицией сингла стала песня «Сальери и его отражение», посвящённая личности Антонио Сальери и его взаимоотношениям с Моцартом.

История создания
Первые сообщения о том, что группа готовит новый материал, появились ещё летом 2012 года. Вокалист группы Валерий Кипелов заявил, что одна из песен будет посвящена Сальери и что написана она будет на стихи Маргариты Пушкиной. Однако в сентябре 2012 года он перенёс острый ларингит, в связи с чем музыкантам пришлось перенести начало концертного тура, посвящённого десятилетию группы, а также запись вокала к готовящемуся синглу. 19 февраля 2013 года группа объявила об окончании записи вокальных треков к синглу. 25 февраля 2013 года в прямом эфире «Нашего радио» состоялась премьера одной из песен с нового сингла — «Арии Надира из оперы Ж. Бизе "Искатели жемчуга"» — оперной арии, аранжированной в стиле рок-баллады, 2 марта прошла её концертная премьера в клубе Arena Moscow. 28 февраля сингл был официально анонсирован на сайте группы. 20 марта было объявлено, что сингл выйдет в свет 8 апреля и что по этому случаю группа проведёт автограф-сессию. В честь выхода сингла 8 апреля на волнах Радио России в рок-программе «Прицел» Дмитрия Добрынина состоялась радио-премьера новой композиции — «Сальери и его Отражение». Перед песней прозвучало интервью Валерия Кипелова. Песня «Сальери и его отражение» впервые была исполнена в дуэте с Артуром Беркутом, 6 декабря 2014 года в Москве.

Сведение и мастеринг
Над сведением работал Майк Плотникофф из West Valley Studios, также известный по работе с Van Halen, Aerosmith, Motley Crue, Halestorm, а мастерингом — Howie Weinberg, в своё время работавший с Rammstein, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Muse и другими.

Дизайн обложки
Дизайном обложки занимался Константин «Bonez» Викторов, ранее также работавший над альбомом «Жить вопреки».

Список композиций
Сингл состоит из 4 композиций, две из которых («Сальери и его отражение» и «Ария Надира» из оперы Ж. Бизе «Искатели жемчуга»") — абсолютно новые. Оставшиеся два трека («Мёртвая зона» и «Я свободен!») являются старыми песнями, хорошо известными поклонникам групп «Кипелов» и «Ария».

Участники записи
 Валерий Кипелов — вокал
 Александр Манякин — ударные
 Алексей Харьков — бас-гитара
 Андрей Голованов — гитара, акустическая гитара
 Вячеслав Молчанов — гитара, бэк-вокал
 Симфонический оркестр «Глобалис»

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Washington Nationals: Free Agent Preview Aaron Loup
By Max Rayman
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 17: Aaron Loup #32 of the New York Mets pitches during the sixth inning against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citi Field on September 17, 2021 in the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images) /
From now until the start of MLB free agency, we will be previewing free agents that the Nationals should target. First up is the New York Mets Aaron Loup.
The New York Mets entered 2021 with immense expectations and in true Mets fashion, they fell way short of metting. Steve Cohen became the team's new owner and vowed to open up his wallet, which he did. New York signed catcher James McCann to a four-year deal worth $40 million, but most notably they traded for Franciso Lindor and gave him a 10-year extension worth $341 million.
Marcus Stroman also accepted the qualifying offer and they signed Taijuan Walker to bolster the backend of the rotation. After spending 90+ days in first place, injuries took a toll and the Mets spiraled down the stretch. Lost in all of the Mets splashy signings was the team bringing in veteran reliever Aaron Loup on a one-year deal.
Fresh off of an impressive World Series run with the Tampa Bay Rays, Loup transformed from a reliable option into one of the best lefty relievers in baseball. With Tampa, he posted a 2.52 ERA and 3.83 FIP in 25 innings. However, in 56.2 innings last year with the Mets, Loup went 6-0, with a 0.95 ERA, 57 strikeouts, and a 2.45 FIP. He went 0-4 in save opportunities, but recorded 17 holds.
New York signed Loup to a bargain deal while the Nationals rolled the dice on Brad Hand. This time around, the Nats should sign Loup to help bolster a bullpen that was one of the worst in baseball. Washington finished the 2021 season last in all of baseball in losses (42), tied for last in FIP (4.86) and blown saves (34), 29th in ERA (5.08), and fWAR (-0.2), and 28th in LOB% (67.7%).
A major part of Loup's turnaround was due to fixing his ground ball rate and not allowing opponents to barrel up the ball. In 2018, Loup had a groundball percentage (GB%) of 49.2% At the same time, his barrel percentage was 4.1%. He missed the majority of the 2019 season due to an elbow injury, but in 2020 hitters were seeing the ball much clearer against him.
His Barrel% rose to 9.0%, while his GB% decreased to 39.7%. At the same time, his line drive percentage (LD%) rose from 22.5% in 2018 to 28.6% in 2020. Last year with the Mets, his GB% rose to 50.4% and his barrel rate (2.1%) was a career-best. He only allowed one homer on the season and lowered his LD% to 23.0%.
While Loup is mainly used against lefties, he doesn't suffer from splits. Last year in 84 ABs, lefties hit a measly .167 against him, with one homer, 10 RBIs, and an OPS of .440. Righties hit .211, with seven RBIs, and an OPS of .547 in 109 ABs.
In a division that contains Bryce Harper, Freddie Freeman, and Francisco Lindor (switch hitter), the Nats need a reliable lefty who can get some massive outs. Loup proved he can do that with the Mets and wouldn't come with a massive price tag.


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#1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory teams with two eminent historians to explore the historical characters in the real-life world behind her Wars of the Roses novels.
PHILIPPA GREGORY and her fellow historians describe the extraordinary lives of the heroines of her Cousins' War books: Jacquetta, Duchess of Bedford; Elizabeth Woodville, wife of Edward IV; and Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII.
What a lovely surprise I had delivered to me today at work. A copy of Philippa Gregory's first work of non-fiction, THE WOMEN OF THE COUSINS' WAR. The book is clearly intended to be a companion to her historical novels THE RED QUEEN, THE WHITE QUEEN, and her latest about Jacquetta Woodville THE LADY OF THE RIVERS. The book is co-written with two other historians, David Baldwin and Michael Jones who I am not familiar with.
I can't wait to get home and dig into the book! Given our awful the weather has been, a nice cup of tea and this book will be a nice way to while away the weekend.
I am in love with your blog, a brilliant mix of spicy history. Congrats and kisses.


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Q: Stop angular $timeout timer after hitting back button In my Angular app, I have Page 1, and Page 2.
Page 1 is basically the home page with a button linking to Page 2.
Page 1 has an angular app called Page1App and a controller called Page1Ctrl.
Page 2 has an angular app called Page2App and a controller called Page2Ctrl.
Page1App has Page2App as a dependency.
angular.module('Page1App', ['Page2App']);

In Page 2, there is a timer, that works like the timer in this JSFiddle (code duplicated below)
 $scope.nextPic = function() {
      $timeout.cancel(picTimeout)
      if (++$scope.picIndex >= $scope.pics.length) $scope.picIndex=0
      picTimeout = $timeout($scope.nextPic, 2000)
  }

  $scope.prevPic = function() {
      $timeout.cancel(picTimeout)
      if (--$scope.picIndex < 0 ) $scope.picIndex=$scope.pics.length-1
      picTimeout = $timeout($scope.nextPic, 2000)
  }
  picTimeout = $timeout($scope.nextPic, 2000)

The problem is, when I go back to Page 1 from Page 2, the timer continues running in the background, and occasionally makes an alert pop up - which is OK if you are on Page 2, but not OK if you already left Page 2.
How do I make everything from Page 2 stop when the user leaves it?

A: You can listen for scope destroy event listener and clear the timeout.
for Ex:
$scope.$on('$destroy', function() {
    $timeout.cancel(picTimeout);
});

check the DOC for $destroy event of scopes.


sömma — v. sö̅m (from sömm) 1. sew [sy], sew clothes. 2. to loop [virka] in its own way with a large bone needle. In this way, wool yarn is looped or stitched into mittens, caps, stockings, and socks.
Analytic studies of older textiles began to recognize the difference between knitting and other forms of looping that it resembled toward the end of the 19th century, using a number of different terms to mark the distinction. The descriptive terminology became a focus of study in itself. Egon H. Hansen reviewed one facet of this in a paper read at the NESAT III symposium in York, in 1987. It was titled Nålebinding: Definition and Description and presents his system of structural notation, which is now in widespread use.
That suggestion had the intended effect but is in error on a few important points of fact (nor was Hansen the first to make it). The most glaring in the present discussion is a failure to acknowledge Hald's prior use of the word naalebinding. She included it in a Swedish article about a mitten published in 1945 and again the following year in the Danish journal Acta Archaeologica, in an English language article comparing early Egyptian and Scandinavian textile techniques.
Märta Brodén was Swedish and published her book titled Nålbindning in 1973. A Danish translation appeared three years later with the title Nålbinding. Neither of these is the word Hansen ascribed to her. It is difficult to understand why he didn't directly credit Hald's far earlier use of precisely the term he recommended unless he was unaware of her initial Danish publications (which would be peculiar enough).
Regardless of how it is spelled in the Scandivanian languages — nålbindning in Swedish, nålebinding or nålbinding in Danish and Norwegian — the anglicized form that transforms 'nål' to 'nal' has become firmly entrenched. In fact, 'nalbinding' was on the path toward common use by the time of Hansen's presentation.
Richard Rutt acknowledged and adopted Bennett's approach in his A History of Hand Knitting, published in 1987 (the same year as Hansen's presentation). However, he either failed to note the typographic inconsistency or found the unintentionally simplified form to be convenient. His own discussion of "nalbinding" installed what began as a proofreader's oversight, into the core literature of the history of knitting.


Chess players must balance protecting their own land with expanding their boundaries. He must make sure that the King is protected, while simultaneously closing in on the enemy King. While this is a skill to be developed over time, the player should always be aware that once he fails to protect his home, he becomes open for attack and could lose everything. A man without a home is a homeless man.
Upon being emancipated from slavery my great-great grandfather, James Gill, was given 2,000 acres of land to farm. It was a beautiful plot of land on the rolling hills of Marvel, Arkansas. At that time in America, all you needed was a piece of land, a few field hands, and some equipment. That combination and some hard work just about guaranteed that you family could thrive and ultimately create a better life for each following generation. That's what my family and many other American families were driven to do at that time in history.
However, over four generations of James Gill's family expanded beyond the land in Marvel. His sons and grandsons moved off the land. Some joined the military and others moved North and West for better opportunities. They started new families in Chicago and St. Louis. They left the farm life for better lives in the big cities. Eventually, those 2,000 acres shrank down to 20 acres. With few family members left to protect or cultivate the land, it was sold or lost to land traders. Like thousands of other black farmers, my family lost most of its inheritance to land speculators and partitioning.
We have managed to hold on to those last 20 acres. Until just a few years ago, there was an old house on the land that was built with some of the wood from the previous home, but that home was burned down in a fire. What remains is a plot of land, with a family cemetery uniquely positioned near the road with a stately sign baring the name "Gill Family Cemetery." The hilly land is beautifully lined with old maple trees that know my family's history. In 1994, my family decided to convert the remaining 20 acres of land into a family park. The plans include a pavilion and new house for family reunions and other community gathers.


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Taking on the challenge of sexual assault – A special mission for Hands Up For Haiti
Posted on July 26, 2013 at 10:41 pm.
Written by Erica Bromberg
By Katie Lynn RN. With contributions by Barbara Rome RN, Andrea Feddes, RN, and Kristen Ward RN, editorial assistance by Mary Ann LoFrumento MD.
My name is Katie Lynn and I'm an ICU nurse in Mount Kisco, NY. Working in a resource limited country was something I had wanted to do from the time I was in nursing school. I envisioned myself in a remote village, surrounded by children. In November 2010, I got my chance to do just that with Hands Up for Haiti. Although I have been a part of several missions in the past, this was my first experience leading a team.
After months of intense planning and preparation, and help from two members of the team who had been leaders in the past, I was still anxious that things would fall apart. We were a team of eight nurses and one pediatrician. The focus of the mission was education: childbirth, breastfeeding, infant resuscitation, developmental disabilities, sexual education, and prevention of relationship violence. It was a wide range of topics and every member had to prepare in advance for these sessions.
Right from the beginning I realized the immense responsibility of this role and the stress that goes with it. Having the flights booked was one thing, making sure everyone got on the plane was another story; making plans for our teaching sessions at the various clinics and hospitals seemed straightforward but getting everyone to where they needed to be at the right time was the challenge. Being a team leader meant saying "Ok, it's time to go", instead of being the one saying "When are we leaving?" This was a whole new side of being on a mission and a steep learning curve.
I worried for our safety as well, since we would be tackling sexual assault head on and this could put members of our team in danger. Seventy percent of women in Haiti will experience some type of violence in their lifetime and sexual assault is unfortunately too common and often "accepted" as part of a culture. How would we, a group of women, spread the message in Haiti that rape is wrong and it is a crime.
One of the nurses on this mission was Barbara Rome, teaches at CUNY College and is a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) in New York City. She is a specially trained nurse called in to collect evidence from rape victims and provide support. In this roll she's also done education with teenagers. Barbara shared, "Violence against women is pervasive, takes many forms and is a global issue. My goal during this mission, was to offer my expertise to young girls and women in Haiti. Preparing my presentations on Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence I wanted to let the women of Haiti know that they are not alone, and that there are services and people available to help." Barbara was equally unsure about how this message would be received by the community and also concerned that the language barrier and use of translators would affect the ability to communicate affectively.
Another important part of our team were four young nurses from Ontario, Canada, Krsiten Ward, Katrina Bates, Andrea Feddes, and Hope Anne Bechard. In June of 2012, they traveled to Haiti with us and were struck by the complacency that seemed to surround the issue of sexual assault. Their energy and my realization that more needed to be done were the impetus to return on a solely educational mission. Three of them had graduated from nursing school a few weeks prior and were eager to return to Haiti, working on what they would teach while at the same time finishing up their studies.
Kristen Ward, one of the nurses said, "When coming home last year, I felt as if we barely accomplished anything. I returned this June with such mixed feelings, but very hopeful that we would accomplish more." It was the same for the others, who had been so shocked by the stories they heard a year ago and determined to make a difference.
Before we started we all wondered out loud and to ourselves, "Would they listen to what we had to say?" The answer we found is YES, they will listen. But we needed a little help from our Haitian colleagues.
A contact was made with an amazing Haitian woman, Elvire Eugene, the V-day International representative in Haiti. V-Day is a global activist movement to end violence against women and girls. In Haiti, she runs a powerful organization, Association Femmes Soleil d' Haiti known as AFASDA. Elvire and her colleagues have already begun to address this topic. The mission of AFASDA is: to work with women and help them to make actions for a more equitable society through their active participation. Our team met with Elvire before we began our work and learned how we can be culturally sensitive when teaching this topic. For Barbara Rome, meeting Elvire was the highlight of her week as they compared stories and compared their work in two countries.
The very next day our team began our work. We were headed to Shada, the slum area of Cap Haitien, where Hands Up for Haiti has been working for the past three years to establish a clinic to serve the mothers and children. The community health worker Madame Bwa arranged for two of our young nurses to address a group of teenagers. They spoke in an outdoor area because the group was so large. It was supposed to be all girls but curious boys appeared and sat around the perimeter . Edia, our translator was a powerful voice to help the nurses talk about puberty, sexual health and then try to approach the topic of sexual assault.
From Andrea Feddes, one of our nurses, "Teaching girls with boys surrounding us was somewhat difficult at times, especially when we got to the section on preventing violence in relationships. We found that when talking about puberty and sex education both the girls and boys were very interested and engaged in conversation with lots of questions. One of the boys even explained to the girls what we had just said and he explained perfectly. But when we began speaking about sexual abuse things got pretty heated. "
"By this point in the discussion there were lots of people around, which included a good mix of men, women, girls and boys. I won't forget some of the things this one gentleman was saying to us, and our translator. He kept shouting that we weren't allowed to tell the women that they have rights because they don't. At one point we were being shouted at and called names. Being in Haiti doesn't scare me and I've never once felt unsafe or uneasy, but with teaching these difficult subjects in a country where women don't have rights, and are abused, it was a little scary, especially in Shada where education is so limited."
The nurses got a second chance to teach these topics, this time at Open Door in the more rural area of Bois de Lance. It was market day and the street was filled with young girls. We invited them in for an impromptu class, using older girls to bring younger girls. Suddenly we had a captive audience of girls eager to hear the messages the nurses were teaching. By keeping the group all girls, it was much easier to focus on important topics and give the girls the freedom to ask questions. Everyone breathed easier as the team found a way to educate and empower these young girls.
Meanwhile, Barbara Rome continued her work to educate Haitian nurses on caring for victims of sexual assault. She led the team on a visit to Hospital Fort St-Michel and met with nurses and nursing students about what they might see in a rape victim and how to care for them. Her expertise was evident as she encouraged compassionate care for women that would help them medically and protect them from future violence.
What we found everywhere we went was that women are afraid to report the rape for fear of retribution from the attacker. They also won't seek treatment for fear they'll have to report the rape, increasing the risk the woman will become pregnant or contract an STI. In the U.S. women are offered Plan B (where it is legal) and given antibiotics to prevent disease. We hope to help AFASDA develop a program so that women can at least receive treatment without having to report the rape. We also learned that, while domestic violence is illegal in Haiti, the law stops where a marriage begins. Married women have no protection under the law.
Elvire also invited our team to speak at one of her offices near Cap Haitien. About 30 people, mostly teenage girls came and listened, We emphasized that if a man respects you, he won't put his hands on you and that the girls deserve to be respected. Barbara Rome, "I was amazed at the reception by both the young girls and women. They were attentive, engaged and interested in my presentation".
One of the most emotional moments of our trip was when of our own translators shared her story with the young women. She spoke of how was beaten and abused for 10 years before she could escape. Afterwards, with our encouragement, the translator exchanged contact information with an AFASDA worker so that her story can help to foster change.
By the end of our week, we were all exhausted, but also very encouraged. Barbara commented, "This trip has made me realize what is needed and how I can help to decrease the incidence of violence. My vision for the future is to help educate the nurses in Cap Haitain on the care of the sexual assault victim, hoping to eventual train nurses to become SANE nurses. " The young nurses felt that they had accomplished their goal of returning to Haiti with a well organized approach to educating and empowering the young women they met. Perhaps Andrea, our young nurse from Canada, summed it up best, "Nelson Mandela says 'Education is the most powerful weapon that you can use to change the world.' This quote speaks volumes to what this trip was all about and what we are trying to do in Shada and the rest of Northern Haiti. My theory is if we can get through to just one person and if that person gets through to others than we have made a difference."
For me, being the leader of this trip turned out to be a wonderful experience. Like describing a sunset, I cannot fully express how amazing it was to make these connections, to know that we're doing the right thing, that the women (and some of the men) of Haiti want help to change the culture which is too accepting of relationship violence and sexual assault. It's enough to keep pushing forward, in hopes that one day rape will be treated in Haiti and the rest of the developing world as the unacceptable crime it is.
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Tom Lawrence showed his disappointment as, despite being the better side, Town fell to defeat against QPR at Loftus Road.
The midfielder scored a cracker just after half-time to equalise after Idrissa Sylla had given the R's a lead, but it was to be in vain as Pawel Wszolek scored the winner with just over five minutes to play.
"I felt if any team was going to win the game it was going to be us, but we couldn't find the second goal," Tom told Ipswich Player HD.
"It's tough because we were on top of them throughout the second-half so hopefully we can learn from this and go again on Saturday [against Lincoln].
"It's frustrating because we know we played well but we conceded two sloppy goals so we're disappointed again.
"It's always nice to score but at the end of the day, we've not got any points from it so it doesn't really count for much.


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Experiment Might Have Caused 2 Living Things to Get Quantum Entangled
Bryan Nelson
Bryan Nelson is a science writer and award-winning documentary filmmaker with over a decade of experience covering technology, astronomy, medicine, and more.
Quantum entanglement is supposed to be for elementary particles, not for living things. marc [CC BY-ND 2.0]/Flickr
Quantum entanglement is a ghostly phenomenon whereby two particles — say, photons — become mysteriously entwined, such that changes in the states of one particle also simultaneously occur in the other, even if the two particles are separated by great distances. Einstein was so disconcerted by the phenomenon that he called it "spooky," and although quantum entanglement has been definitively established as a real phenomenon, scientists still don't really understand how to make sense of it.
One of the reasons that entanglement is probably so difficult to grasp is that the phenomenon is only supposed to happen on the quantum level, with fundamental particles and such. It isn't supposed to happen on the macro-level of our everyday experience. Chairs and tables don't ever randomly become quantum entangled. Neither do living things. Then again ...
Scientists recently looked back at a study from 2016 that was performed on photosynthetic green sulfur bacteria. The experiment wasn't designed to look for quantum interactions; it was designed to study how the photosynthetic organisms interact with and absorb light that bounces between mirrors. But upon second look at the study, scientists noticed something, well, funny. The bacteria appear as if they had become entangled with the light that was bouncing between them, reports Scientific American.
"Our models show that this phenomenon being recorded is a signature of entanglement between light and certain degrees of freedom inside the bacteria," said quantum physicist Chiara Marletto, who oversaw the new analysis.
How the experiment worked
Basically, it appears that certain photons in the experiment were both hitting and missing photosynthetic molecules within the bacteria at the same time. This kind of simultaneous behavior is what you would expect to see if there's entanglement happening.
It's a surprising and mind-bending possibility. If confirmed, this would be the first time a life form was found to operate according to quantum principles, and it would open up a whole can of theoretical worms. Might quantum mechanical properties be at play across the biological world? Might natural selection have come up with ways for living systems to naturally exploit quantum phenomena? And if so, how might this change our understanding of biological processes?
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In 2016, I criss-crossed Wisconsin with Sen. Ron Johnson and other Republican leaders and we made the people of this state a promise: If entrusted with their vote, Congress would pursue policies that would lift up this economy, expand opportunities for more Americans, strengthen our national security, and make people's lives better.
Two years later, I am spending the final days of this campaign talking with Wisconsinites about how we've upheld our end of the bargain. In Washington, our Republican majority in the House has passed over 1,000 bills that are designed to make a meaningful difference. In Wisconsin, Republicans are bringing more jobs and resources back into the state, and we're seeing our economy grow and become a more attractive place to do business.
As we approach another important election, it's critical that our candidates are given the chance to build on the strong foundation we have laid so we can continue to move Wisconsin and the country in the right direction.
Think about how people in our state and across the country are better off because of the ideas we've championed. Nationally, we see unemployment below 4 percent. In Wisconsin, it's under 3 percent.
Good-paying jobs that used to flee our state are now pouring back in and helping boost our overall economy. More people are moving into Wisconsin because they see it as a good place to build successful lives and raise families, and the number of people in our workforce is the highest in our state's history. Young adults are no longer faced with the unenviable choice of having to move away after high school or college in order to find a job.
These positive developments are not an accident. They're happening because the policy agenda we have implemented is helping people succeed.
Just look at how our state benefitting from tax reform. The average Badger State family will save more than $2,500 thanks to this legislation, and we doubled the standard deduction which will allow families to not pay taxes on the first $24,000 of income. We also boosted the child tax credit to put even more money back in people's wallets.
We've also taken steps to overhaul career and technical education so people will have the skills they need to get the jobs they want. We expanded domestic energy production by opening up ANWR, approving the Keystone Pipeline, and repealing restrictive regulations. We rebuilt our military, cleaned up the VA, passed the most significant legislative response to combat opioid addiction, worked to stop human trafficking, and done so much more to improve people's lives.
All of that progress and those accomplishments are on the line this Tuesday, particularly in Wisconsin. We have the choice to continue moving forward, or we can stunt the achievements we've seen and return to the days of higher taxes and more dysfunction.
To keep building our success, we have to re-elect America's best Governor, Scott Walker. Since 2010, he has turned our state's budget around and made job creation his top priority. Scott knows that to unleash our state's full potential, we need to continue developing our workforce which is why he has cut taxes, increased funding for education, and promoted vocational training. He and Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch have earned our vote.
We also need to re-elect Attorney General Brad Schimel, who has been a leading advocate in fighting the opioid epidemic and standing up for law enforcement. Having him as our state's top prosecutor is something we can't afford to lose. And we need to send strong conservatives to Washington, so they can keep fighting for the best interest of Wisconsin. That means electing Leah Vukmir to the U.S. Senate, re-electing powerful voices like Glenn Grothman, Jim Sensenbrenner, Sean Duffy, and Mike Gallagher, and voting for a problem-solver like Bryan Steil so he can continue Southern Wisconsin's tradition of working to expand opportunity for everyone.
My name is not on the ballot this Tuesday, but the causes and issues that I care about are. We need to let Republicans continue keeping our promises and building on what we've done to improve things for people. Our state and our nation will be better for it.
Paul Ryan is the Speaker of the House of Representatives and has represented Wisconsin's First District in Congress since 1998. He announced that he would be retiring at the end of this year.


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Detmold: A Royal Seat with Winding Streets and Short Distances
Crooked, half-timbered houses, narrow alleyways and lots of water. The historic royal seat of Detmold boasts a radiant city centre. Short distances and the nice atmosphere at the university are sure to please.
by Bastian Rothe
Castle . © Brothe
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Welcome to Detmold
Detmold is located in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia between the cities of Bielefeld and Hannover. For the region of Ostwestfalen-Lippe, Detmold is quite important as it is home to numerous municipal organisations and regional authorities, courts and other public institutions.
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Furthermore, it's the economic centre of the region. A number of noteworthy businesses in the fields of metalworking, mechanical engineering and furniture-making have set up operations here. There are also several corporations which belong to that illustrious circle of "global players" and employ several thousand people.
Detmold's location is one of its main advantages. You can be in Berlin, Hamburg or Cologne in just a few hours by car. And just a little further away, you can visit several neighbouring countries, like the Netherlands, Denmark and Poland.
Detmold was a royal seat for counts and princes for almost 500 years – and the city still possesses something of its former glory. The town grew around a castle, which was built in the 13th century and is situated within a park. Detmold is a town for explorers and adventurers. You can and should lose your way through the winding streets and alleyways of the historic city centre. It's a great way to discover something new all the time.
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There are many historic half-timbered buildings in Detmold. If you've never been in one, you should visit Adolfstrasse. Some of the people who live there are very friendly and occasionally allow tourists to take a quick peek into their rooms. There is also a guest house on Adolfstrasse where you can spend the night in a half-timbered house and see what it feels like to live in such small rooms.
If you need a breather from your studies, we recommend taking a bike ride outside Detmold and exploring the surroundings. The Hermannsdenkmal is a very famous commemorative site. Measuring over 50 metres in height, it's Germany's tallest monument.
Living in Detmold
Everything is nearby in Detmold. In just a few minutes, you can walk from the centre of town to both universities. And even if you live further away from downtown, the best way to travel is by bike. Many streets are lined with specially marked bike paths.
Wallgraben . © Brothe
While strolling down the small streets in town, you'll discover many quaint restaurants and shops. You'll find the "Cosmo Lounge" directly at the Wallgraben. In the summertime, they put out beach chairs where you can relax with your friends. "Café Cup" on Exterstrasse, on the other hand, is a great place to go on rainy days. The warm café feeling will quickly make you forget your university stress and the nasty weather.
Try a "Pickert!" It's a kind of pancake made with grated potatoes. Long ago Pickerts were what poor people used to eat. Nowadays Pickerts are served with butter, jelly, plum jam or liverwurst.
On nice summer days, you'll notice that Detmold is very much a university town. You'll see dozens of students lying on blankets in the parks. Students from the Hochschule für Musik often bring their instruments and play under the open sky. Sometimes they start jamming together spontaneously, and everyone gathers around to listen. Detmold's alternative scene meets at the "Alten Pauline". Although the house looks rather run-down, feel free to enter. They often hold concerts, discussions and other events there.
If you like hiking, you'll find many trails which will take you through the Teutoburg Forest and to the top of the famous "Externsteine". Some people feel a strong spiritual connection to these cliffs which are so massive that they gather and sleep at the base on Walpurgis Night (30 April) and at the summer solstice.
Interview with Tomás from Brazil
Tomás Culleton is 21 years old and comes from Brazil. He is enrolled for two semesters in the Architecture bachelor's degree programme in Detmold.
Tomás from Brazil . © Brothe
Why did you decide to study in Detmold?
A professor at my university started a joint exchange programme with the university in Detmold, and it was through this programme that I came here.
What did you expect studying in Germany would be like?
I didn't have any real concrete expectations. Of course, I had heard that you could get a really good education in Germany – especially in Engineering. That's why I wanted to study in Germany.
In order to participate in the exchange programme, I first had to take an English or a German test. I decided to go for English. I had learned a little German beforehand, but I quickly realised that it wasn't good enough.
What advice can you give other students who are interested in studying in Germany?
They should definitely learn German. You can get by with English in big cities like Berlin or Cologne, but in smaller towns like Detmold, there are many times you need German.
Did you encounter any difficulties at the beginning of your stay in Germany?
I needed some time to understand how the university works – like dealing with the forms, deadlines and so forth. Fortunately there's a person who works here at the university in Detmold who really takes care of foreign students. She always helped me.
How did you find an accommodation in Detmold?
Through my exchange programme at our university, I came in contact with students who had been in Detmold before me. I was able to move into their old room in a flat share.
How do you pay for your expenses in Germany?
I get a scholarship from the Brazilian government. It pays for the cost of rent, additional expenses, tuition fees and so on.
Park at the Hochschule für Musik . © Brothe
What do you especially like about Detmold?
That most everything is close by – a short way to the university, home, the supermarket, to sports. I live in a metropolis in Brazil and have to commute a long time to get to my university. Here it's so much faster. It saves a lot of time and allows me to concentrate more on my studies.
What do you like about Germany?
I like that it's so centrally located in Europe. Travelling is expensive in Brazil and I hardly ever take trips to neighbouring countries. But here in Germany, I've already travelled to the Netherlands, Sweden, Spain and Greece – because it's inexpensive and goes fast.
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The stairs risers violated building code in that they were of varying heights and for the top step excessive height. The hand rail violated the Code in that it was much too wide to grip.
Severely Injured Due to Slope of Floor
Sometimes a picture can be worth more than 1000 words. Sometimes it can make or break your case. If you've been injured in an accident on someone's premises you should always take a picture of the area where you were hurt. Conditions often change and they can change quickly. Without a photograph it is more difficult to prove your case.
By way of example the following picture was used to demonstrate the slope of the floor where a client fell over a railing and was severely injured. By putting some water in a glass we could measure where the water came to on the sides of the glass and determine the slope of the floor. A local police forensic photographer was retained to do the measurements.
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The Massachusetts Accident Data Center website reveals an array of accidents that occur in our State every day: an 8 year old boy was injured while riding his bicycle in Framingham; a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle in Ashland; and a two-car wreck in Sudbury left four people seriously hurt. You can't help but wonder what YOU would do if it was you — or your little boy — who had been injured. It's an upsetting time, and it gets worse when you realize that you now have another challenge: finding a personal injury lawyer who will protect your rights and fight for just compensation. After all, it's the only way that you can be sure that you receive the care you need, whether it is immediate care for a broken bone or longer-term care such as physical therapy or other rehabilitation to help you get back to where you were before the accident.
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Etusivu >> Artikkelit >> No Arctic Railway to Lapland
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No Arctic Railway to Lapland
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Wellcome to Finland, comrades!
I think that we have been able to create something very important when we started to come together to talk about Arctic ideas, problems and co-operation. This northern peace of earth is very special and there are many threats to its nature, indigenous people and peace.
At the moment we have a very heated debate about so called Jäämerenrata, Arctic railway. First our formal minister of transport and communications Anne Berner wanted to start a project in order to make a railway connection through Lapland to the Arctic sea.
This idea was justified with very familiar arguments like economic growth, increasing jobs and opportunities etc. Very soon it came clear that this project would never be a productive. There is not enough demand for this connection to make it profitable.
At this point the Sami people who were against this plan from the beginning. Thought that the project would be silently put aside. They had been strongly protesting environmental threads, damage to their culture and traditional way of life. They were wrong.
A known business person Peter Vesterbacka, former marketing chief of mobile gaming giant Rovio, who earlier had loose an initiative with Chinese-funded train tunnel from Espoo to Tallinn, started to promote for this train connection instead. Now he had found Chinese money also for this Artic railway project.
If the attitude regarding rights of Sami people to their land were hardly considered when planning was made by Finnish government, this case was even worse. Westerbacka had obviously not spend a minute thinking about this aspect and ended immediately to full conflict with Sami community.
The main problem is that proposed railway – which would link Rovaniemi with the northeast coastal city of Kirkenes in Norway – is that it is planned to run across ten different reindeer herding areas. This would risk the reindeer herding in Finnish Lapland.
Now it is still unclear whether Vesterbacka will try to continue with the project or is he going to call it off. But it is sure that there is a great interest towards natural recourses and strategical points of Lapland. In past mainly Soviet Union and USA were looking for these, but now the interests and ambitious of China are raising all the time. Arctic politics are global politics.
Communist party of Finland has long been demanding that Finland should ratify ILO Convention 169 Concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples. It would also help to prevent these attempts to take over the natural resources of Lapland by super powers and multinational companies. Sami people should always be able to take the final word on these issues.
Many international mining companies are heading to Lapland. Gold, nickel and chrome are the main targets of the companies now, but we all here know that there is something even more interesting hiding in the ground of Lapland. Black schist of Lapland is rich in uranium and that will be very important for both nuclear energy industry and weapon industry. Consequences for the local nature would of course be devastating.
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Today is the moment - the right time and place for cooperation and progress
Chairperson Väisänen sees that one of the main tasks for SKP today is to unify radical leftist, ecologically and with feminist ideas conscious forces to create ecologically socialist and democratic community of solidarity for the battle of survival against capitalist hegemony.
Congress of the Finnish Communists
The Communist Party of Finland Party Congress takes place 15.-16 of June in Porvoo at House of Culture "Grand" Piispankatu 28.
Yes for Socialism of the Future
Chairperson of the Communist Party of Finland JP (Juha-Pekka) Väisänen in his "70 Years of Socialism in China" - Wanshou seminar speech in Beijing said that Communist Party of China has leading global initiative involving world progressive, leftist and communist forces to an active part in political dialogue for a better world towards socialism.


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Shawnee Town Museum » History
Old Shawnee Town was founded, like many museums, as a result of a grassroots effort by individuals dedicated to preserving our past for the benefit of our future.
When, in 1966, the demolition of what was believed to be an area jail or holding cell was scheduled, it spurred the creation of the Shawnee Historical Society. This group of concerned citizens raised funds to save the building and move it to a nearby Johnson County park. The Johnson County Parks District leased the land to the City of Shawnee with the understanding that the Shawnee Historical Society would administer the development of "Old Shawnee Town" on 2 ½ acres of the park site.
Upon the successful reconstruction of the relocated 19th century holding cell, more buildings were added to the grounds and the City of Shawnee assumed responsibility for all utility expenses and the insurance of collections housed in the buildings at Old Shawnee Town. Then, on September 23, 1998, the Shawnee Historical Society transferred ownership of all artifacts "as well as the buildings housing such materials" to the City of Shawnee.
Since 1998, the City of Shawnee has invested significant resources in increasing staff, stabilizing structures, documenting the museum collections, providing developing an exhibit interpreting the City's history and refurbishing the Town Hall for rental operations.
In 2004, a strategic plan was developed with the goal of helping the museum grow and remain a vital part of Shawnee's past and future. A plan to move away from the 19th century prairie years and focus on Shawnee's unique role in early 20th century farming was approved that resulted in this vision for the site:
Shawnee Town 1929 --an active, fun place where visitors of all ages learn what it was like to live in Shawnee, Kansas in 1929. Engaging and thoughtful tours, exhibits and programs will allow visitors to experience a typical day in and around the farm town of Shawnee, Kansas, in 1929.
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An understanding of our past enriches our lives today. Shawnee Town 1929 invites visitors to experience a typical day in and around the farm community of Shawnee, Kansas, in the 1920s through authentic and engaging exhibits, programs, events, and historical collections.
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