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Is your water contaminated with unsafe levels of the chemical C-8? The Environmental Protection Agency just issued new guidelines for what is safe for human consumption.
C-8 exposure is linked to kidney cancer, testicular cancer, thyroid disease, ulcerative colitis, hypercholesterolemia, and pregnancy-induced hypertension and preeclampsia.
The West Virginia Bureau for Public Health has issued a 'Do Not Drink' advisory for drinking water in Vienna and two other public water systems, located in Parkersburg and Martinsburg.
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Several municipalities, including Martinsburg and Vienna, West Virginia, have water that has levels of C-8 above the new EPA standard. The West Virginia DEP has called on Parkersburg to close one of its wells.
What can be done? Immediately, residents of Vienna are eligible to receive free, safe drinking water. Chemours, formerly DuPont, the company that is responsible for the contamination of the water with C-8, has agreed to pay for the filtration of the water in Vienna.
The City of Martinsburg has shut down its Big Springs Water Filtration Plant for further testing and evaluation. In Parkersburg, officials have switched the water supply to one that is below the safety level for C-8.
The Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department recommends the use of other water sources like bottled or packaged water. The Department also notes that boiling the drinking water is not an effective measure for making the water safe. This applies to:
Water used in food preparation
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Washing fruits and vegetables
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1. Where can I get safe drinking water in Vienna?
Vienna Mayor Randy Rapp says water distribution sites will be open Friday beginning at 9 AM for any Vienna residents wanting to get water. Residents need to bring their own containers to fill with water.
The locations are the Grand Central Mall, the Utility Board Building on 60th Street and the old Johns Manville facility on River Road.
People can come get water from 8 AM until 8 PM every day at all three locations.
2. How long will I need to use bottled water?
Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department officials say the Do Not Drink advisory could be in place as long as four weeks or more for the residents of Vienna and Boaz. They say bottled water should be available throughout the duration of this advisory.
3. Has the level of contamination in the water changed?
No, the only thing that has changed is EPA's guideline for the safe level of C-8 in drinking water. The drinking water is as contaminated as it was before, but now the EPA is recognizing the dangers of that contamination.
4. Are home water filters effective to remove C8?
The only filter that is effective is one that uses activated carbon. Check manufacture specification to determine if the filter uses activated carbon.
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Was the city of Galway, Ireland part of the United Kingdom at some point? If so when?
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The whole of Ireland was part of the UK at one time.
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To stay competitive in today's global business economy, it requires a lot more than having the right corporate vision and strategy. It's all about the execution. How do you get from where you are today to where you need to be? For many companies, it boils down to having the right Target Operating Model (TOM). What's the blueprint for how you drive success? How do you transform established processes so that you can serve your clients better? How do you boost efficiencies?
Over the last 5 years, Justin Gress, Director of Strategic Operations, has lived and breathed TOM throughout the North America Construction business unit and across AXA XL. According to Justin, "Our target operating model has helped our team fuel growth, drive innovation and elevate our customer service through targeted initiatives." Here's how he makes it happen.
Let's start with the basics. What's a Target Operating Model? Why is it important?
Gress: A Target Operating Model (TOM) is the desired state of an organization. If you think of your current organization in terms of an "as is" state, TOM is the "to be" state. Target Operating Model can be done at various levels of the organization and at different levels of detail. It is all about people, process, and technology, starting with what is your strategy/value proposition and building a road map to guide you through the process. It's important because it shows every colleague the 'road' for where you need to steer the business, what's the optimized way of working, and most of all — how you're going to get there.
Our North America Construction unit began in 2010 and quickly had explosive year over year growth. While key talent was rapidly added — both in underwriting and operations — we realized that we had to build a more efficient model to handle the sheer amount of business that needed to be billed, processed, and responded to. We assembled a team of underwriting and operations folks and then developed basic process flows for each product. While this painstaking process took some time, understanding the current state was key before thinking about a future state. The thought was to start small, but think about the future. Goals were set to shift tasks done by underwriting or done inconsistently to our operations team. While this sounds simple, this process required significant training, staffing, and patience as the transition occurred. By going through this, Gary Kaplan and our leadership team realized that the target operating model had to be part of the annual strategy process and an investment of time and resources had to be made to make TOM a reality.
How does your Target Operating Model benefit your clients?
Through our TOM, we've embraced a culture of continuous improvement across the entire team. We look for new ways to deliver better customer service, streamline process and free up resources that can be put towards customer-centric projects. One example of this was our recent shift of certain underwriting tasks to our colleagues in India. We test piloted with a small team for our professional and pollution products. We developed detailed process flows and key tasks were identified to shift to our India team. We partnered closely with our Operational leaders and led significant training to make this a reality. TOM is still a building process several years in, but now over 80% of our back office efforts are done in our India office. This delivers a big time savings benefit — we now operate almost 24 hours a day servicing our customers and underwriters. In fact, over 95% of Policies and Endorsements are issued within 30 Days. We set a high goal and look to achieve it with every relationship.
Also, we've taken the key learnings from this pilot and applied them to our risk engineering administrative tasks. We're now on our third year of transition and have increased the complexity of the work which has boosted efficiency and given valuable client-facing time back to our risk engineer team. It's a win-win. Our risk engineers are spending more time with customers and they can be highly responsive for underwriting related inquiries. It all comes down to saving time and improving service.
" Continuous Improvement and TOM are mindsets that require you to keep moving forward and pushing for further efficiency and operating excellence."
It's been 6 years. Are you ever done with TOM? What are some best practices you've learned?
No. You're never really done because you need to keep looking for new ways to improve and refine your business operations. That being said, when you hit key milestones on the TOM, it's important to celebrate your success. It's also critical to continue to link your refined strategy to your TOM. This means identifying where you want to go next with TOM in a variety of ways. We've learned a lot over the years. Here are some best practices that I think can help any business — not just construction insurance!
Hold an annual TOM review process with your team. Our North America Construction Team has built this into its Leadership, Planning, and Execution Model. Each year in Q4, we take time to review our "current state" and chart out where we want to go next.
Listen to customer feedback. We call it "Voice of the Customer." Whether via a survey, asking open ended questions when you speak to them, or by reviewing correspondence/feedback received in day-to-day communications, listen to feedback. Linking these efforts back to your TOM is an effective way to identify and drive change.
Complete a Competitor Analysis: This will help your team determine why you may feel a competitor is ahead of you regarding a certain attribute. Spend time thinking about what you can do to improve and move ahead of the competition.
Develop a Continuous Improvement Mindset: What if you're not getting negative feedback and your team feels you are well-positioned? It is okay to take a pause, but do not stop the asking and thinking for ways to improve. Continuous Improvement and TOM are mindsets that require you to keep moving forward and pushing for further efficiency and operating excellence.
What's next for Construction's Target Operating Model?
We're continuing to hold annual TOM review sessions. With several years of identifying, analyzing, implementing, and driving TOM efforts, we're focused more on experimentation with lifting and shifting significant tasks and finding a more cost effective way of completing them. We've taken the approach to identify three or four big ticket items annually to focus on analyzing and determining what the future state could be.
At the same time, we continue to review operational process flows for small gains. The best ideas come from our front line — those underwriting the accounts, processing the endorsement, or handling the risk engineering needs of our clients. Looking ahead, we're continuing to identify InsurTech partners that help improve our Target Operating Model even further. We're also aligning our Risk Engineering and Claims functions for the next set of TOM initiatives. It's a great feeling to see TOM embraced across our organization and to see how it fuels our customer-focused business.


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The Chancellor's Budget should have been more than the sum of its ports
Impetus	March 9, 2021
With young people most likely to be furloughed or made redundant since the start of the pandemic, the package announced in last week's Budget didn't deliver the opportunities that young people so vitally need.
There was hope – in his pre-Budget video on social media, the Chancellor spoke about the impact on young people being "one of the many tragedies of this whole crisis", and even in his speech he made clear that he understands the need to do more "for those in low paid and less secure work."
The Budget focused on cushioning the blow for businesses in the short and medium term. Alongside many necessary investments in the business support which is needed to restart the economy, we should have seen a corresponding investment in people, starting with the young people who have been unemployed for over six months.
In July, the Prime Minister's promised an 'Opportunity Guarantee' for young people, where every young person would be offered the chance of an apprenticeship or work placement. The Budget brought welcome investment in measures like traineeships and apprenticeships, but the numbers and the investment don't add up to an Opportunity Guarantee for all young people. Even when you factor in the pre-existing investment in the Kickstart Scheme, there just aren't enough opportunities available.
And not only are there not enough places, but the places that are available are running out before they've properly begun. The Kickstart Scheme, with its funding for 250,000 work placements, is scheduled to close to applications in December, just three months after the scheduled end of furlough. The Chancellor has repeatedly spoken of his wish for the next generation to be remembered as the 'Kickstart Generation' – building this generation in three months is a tall order.
No young person should spend more than six months out of education, employment or training – the evidence for the scarring effects of long term unemployment are well established. To prevent this from becoming a reality for thousands of young people, we need further economic announcements in the year that invest in their futures, as the shape of the economic recovery becomes clearer. Failure to act will see a 'Kickstart Generation' remembered as one that was cut short before it reached its potential.
Sam Windett, Director of Policy at Impetus
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Parking is available throughout the day at the Edenvilla play park and at Asda Portadown. So come on down and enjoy a few hours of quality family time, some exciting Easter activities and a little bit of chocolate!
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Enter The 1989 Toy Biz Batcave!
Let's briefly go back to a time when action figures were still on kids Christmas wish lists and playsets were still somewhat a big deal. On top of that, it was 1989, so you know anything Batman related was filling up those wish lists big time. I can attest to this. I wanted everything Batman and while I got a few cool items that I'm very grateful, there was always one item that escaped me. THE TOY BIZ BATCAVE!
The Toy Biz Batman line is often regarded as one of the weakest line due to the cheap plastic used to produce the three figures (Batman, Joker and Bob The Goon) and just reusing Super Powers molds for it's DC Comics Heroes line that would consist of others(Superman, Wonder Woman, Robin, Penguin). Not the best figures but you ask anyone alive in 1989, child or adult, and they'll tell you they had a Batman figure with extending utility belt. Until Kenner took back the license for their Dark Knight Collection in 1990, this was the only Batman figure on the market and Toy Biz sold a LOT. In fact, I'm pretty sure any left over were hand delivered with your morning paper and laundry detergent samples. Have you been to the flea market? Do you know how many loose Batman figures are out there? I've seen less copies of Frampton Comes Alive in thrift stores than I have Batman figures at toy shows and flea markets. The action figures were one thing, but the Batcave was another.
Oh that beautiful copper box. Toy Biz certainly knew how to draw a kid in with it's packaging. Kinda makes you forget about the fragile piece of cardboard and plastic inside. The box itself has some very fun illustrations featuring the Joker (how the heck did he get past that Giant Penny and Ace The BatHound?!?!) taking on the Caped Crusader. I took two things away from that image:
A: The Batcave is incredibly easy to break into.
B: One swoop and kick is gonna send Joker down that giant bottomless pit. Which, can't be a fun fall. We all saw the end of that movie. Splat.
Funny sidenote about the box, the main image on the top flap is actually using repainted Super Powers figures instead of the new molds used Toy Biz created. This image was used in other promotional pamphlets and catalogs as well which lead a lot of fans to believe we were just getting repainted figures but that wasn't the case. Take a closer look:
Enough talk about the box, now let's take a look at the toy itself:
While it's not the most sturdy playset in the world, it's still a pretty cool toy. It's nice and light, so if the mood catches you on a sunny afternoon, a kid could just carry it outside and play in the dirt with it. I don't know a lot of kids who owned this at the time, but I've never seen a dirty, beat up Batcave, so my assumption is kids didn't take it outside. But, I can almost guarantee I would've. In fact, if it had survived past summer of 1994, I would've be amazed. I played with my toys and played with them HARD. Hence why there's only two WWF Hasbro figures that survived from my childhood to this day.
There's some potential here for some serious play. If you have this, I have to assume you already had a Batmobile and obviously the man in black himself, so there wasn't a lot you need to truly enjoy this in it's purest form.What you see is what you get. The Batcave is normally pretty fancy and up to date with the most high tech gadgets and computers, and this represents a more simple 1980s era Batman when all he needed was a giant computer screen and blue platforms with red railings. I'm not making fun of the color scheme, even if Toy Biz had an apparent hard-on for red and blue in their vehicles and playsets in the coming years, mainly because it makes sense. If you're dressed in all black, wandering around a dark cave, you're gonna need something bright to hold onto from falling to your inevitable death. Railing kills were huge in the 80s, so good on Toy Biz for taking steps in preventing that. When he's done preventing serious injury or death, he'll have time to do chin-ups on his chin-up bar...
...that sits above his bottomless pit. I guess that's some darn good motivation to do the reps it takes to get a body like Batman. Maybe if I had means to my demise, I'd probably get more chin-ups done in my life.
The back of the playset is pretty cool as it gives a different look. I can't help but think the back is more of Axis Chemicals than a headquarters, but hey, I'm a little bit of a conspiracy theorist when it comes to old playsets. A door where Bruce suits up, a trick bridge to make a villain fall into a jail cell, and an open hole in the wall right next to the jail. I'm not entirely sure what Alfred was thinking when he helped constructed that cave. Who's gonna walk into that that cell when they can just dash on out? You think Joker's using the honor system? No! He'll just look around, race out and hop on the balloon float and throw out money. Batman may be the best detective in the world, but he's a crappy architect. At least we now have our answer as to how the Joker broke in. I'm assuming the same plans Bruce used for this, are the same used for Arkham.
All this craziness for only 24.99? Sold. That's 1989 price. I actually ended up paying much less, if you included the shipping and the fact that it came with about 20 JLU and bendable figures as well as some loose Hot Wheels vehicles, the box itself and a few filecards, the $39.99 "shipped free" price was a downright steal. If I may brag for a moment, I think I picked it up at the right moment in time.
Ok, it's not the most impressive piece of plastic and cardboard, and even more elaborate Batcave's have been released in the years to follow, including one popular mold featuring Wayne Manor attached, but this is just a good, straight up, pure Batcave. I'm sure, just based off the playability alone, I would've enjoyed this more as a kid than I do as an adult. But for now, it's a great piece to own and finally be able to tinker around with it for this articles sake. It's a cool display piece and even cooler piece of Batman 1989 memorabilia. Definitely worth waiting all these years for!
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I never owned this one (although I certainly owned the Batman and Joker from this series). It is a very cool cave, though. Interesting that Kenner's Batcave (the trifold cave they repainted at least 5 or 6 times) also incorporated an Axis Chemicals like play area into their cave playset.
Big Tone December 23, 2017 at 6:04 AM
The 1989 Batman craze was ridiculous!I had the shirts and the wallet.I was still big on G.I. Joe at that time so I never went after any of the toys Kenner produced.
Stunt Zombie December 25, 2017 at 2:28 PM
Man, Toy Biz really phoned in most of that line, didn't they? Still didn't keep me from loving their Batman and Superman figures though.
I love that they used a picture from the flick on the screen of the Bat-computer.
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I am wishing you a wonderful holiday filled with family, yummy food, and lots of love. Christmas is my favorite holiday and I cannot believe how quickly it has come this year. It's one of the few times a year my whole family is under the same roof for an extended amount of time. It can get hard to be away from home for the majority of the year, but being back in Texas has been exactly the recharge I've needed after this long semester.
Once again, I cannot believe how quickly this year has flown. It has been a long, hard year for me and so many people I know. Today, I was scrolling through Instagram and I saw someone captioned a picture with the lyrics to O Holy Night, "the trill of hope, the weary world rejoices." How perfect of a perspective is that for the holiday season this year? No matter what your year has looked like, I feel like everyone is just worn out and weary by the time December rolls around. But rejoice, there is hope! There is always hope in God, Jesus, and the new year. So rejoice in the hope and happiness of the holidays and enjoy the time with loved ones.
One of the things that helped add some happiness to my Christmas was the Blogger Secret Santa gift exchange hosted by Abigail and Cathleen. These sweet girls (and fellow SC residents) had the fun idea to host a gift exchange between bloggers all across the country. Funnily enough, even though there were girls from all across the country who participated, I sent a gift to and received gifts two other Texas girls! What are the odds?!
Alison is super adorable and crazy talented! Seriously, her photography and hand lettering skills are killer. And her insta theme is perfection. She announced on her blog in November that she will be going through a rebrand in the new year. I wish her the best of luck with it! Here are a couple shots of my gift from her. She did a great job of picking out things for me: I love mugs (too much), the stocking matches my room perfectly, I'm a total sucker for the pretty packaging of the tea box and who doesn't love chocolate? Thank you so much Alison!
Once again, have a wonderful and blessed Christmas!
Yay, I'm so glad you were able to participate this year! And there were a lot of girls from Texas who participated! OH, MERRY CHRISTMAS!


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Lori Loughlin's Daughters Are 'Devastated' She Decided To Plead Guilty
By Emily Lee May 22, 2020
On Thursday (May 21), Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli agreed to a plea deal in the ongoing college admissions scandal court case. The couple was charged with money laundering conspiracy, conspiracy to commit mail, conspiracy to commit federal programs bribery and wire fraud and honest services mail and wire fraud. They both faced up to 50 years in prison.
Though Loughlin and Gianulli initially planned to go to court to try to clear their names and avoid jail time, their plea agreement will see both defendants serve a short jail sentence. Loughlin will be sentenced to two months in prison, while Mossimo will have to serve five months. Due to COVID-19 concerns, however, they may end up serving their sentences on house arrest.
Despite their fairly lenient sentences, the couples daughters—Isabella and Olivia Jade Giannulli—were reportedly quite upset by the news. "Olivia and Bella were devastated when Lori and Mossimo told them they were pleading guilty," a source told Us Weekly. "The girls have been spending a lot of time at their parents' house recently, and they are becoming much more of a tight-knit family."
"The girls have been on so many ups and downs that they were happy it was going to be over, but [they] fear for their mom going to jail," the insider continued.
Loughlin and Giannulli are expected to enter their guilty please via video conference on Friday (May 22). More information on their sentencing will likely be made public following their virtual hearing.


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Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma: Opposite ends of stardom
Renin Wilben Albert Updated: 27 April, 2020, 3:03 PM IST
Indian captain Virat Kohli and his limited-overs deputy Rohit Sharma are undoubtedly the two best batsmen in the country at present. While Kohli has proved himself across formats and in all kinds of challenging conditions, Rohit is a limited-overs legend who is beginning to make his mark in the Test format as well, in his newfound role as an opener. India are lucky to have two such greats playing in the same eleven, and too at the peak of their game. At the same time, it cannot be denied that two superstar players rarely get along as good friends. The same is likely to be the case with Kohli and Rohit.
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One of the key reasons why Kohli and Rohit shouldn't be expected to be the best of buddies is because they are completely opposite in nature and the way they play their game. While Kohli's attitude is brash, and his aggression over the top, Rohit is more calm and composed. It cannot be denied though that both methods have produced results. At the same time, the constant comparisons between the two with relation to their batting feats and captaincy will continue, and this is where their camaraderie could be tested.
While Kohli is likely to remain Test captain for a while, the calls are growing for Rohit to take over as skipper in the shorter formats considering Kohli has failed to deliver the goods in ICC tournaments, both with the bat and as a leader in the knockout games. Following India's exit from the 2019 World Cup, numerous media reports emerged that the Indian team was split into two camps -- one close to Kohli and the other to Rohit. It was also stated that the Rohit camp wasn't happy with unilateral decisions being made by Kohli and coach Ravi Shastri.
Everyone at the centre of the controversy - Kohli, Rohit, and Shastri -- slammed reports of the alleged rift. But, clearly, the Indian team looked like a disjointed outfit in a few games, and the lack of planning came to the fore in the semis. While players might be silent now as they are at the top of their game, expect some skeletons to tumble out when these cricketers retire and come out with their memoirs.
Putting team above self
That players need to get along very well with each other for the sake of the team is an overrated myth. The simple fact is that when there are two superstar players in the team, there are bound to be some trust issues and ego clashes. That is human nature. We can see how former players like Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, and Yuvraj Singh have taken digs at MS Dhoni's captaincy recently. These were the same men who combined to bring India glory and two World Cups, but never spoke anything against the skipper when they were part of the team, and carried on as if everything was hunky-dory.
Indian cricket is in fact replete with examples of star players not being best of friends. Kapil Dev and Sunil Gavaskar presently praise each other on most platforms, but with the captaincy see-saw between them, it was not easy for the two to always be on the same page. Sachin Tendulkar and Mohammad Azharuddin too are said to have had an uneasy time when one played under the other during the fag end of the latter's career.
Not only India, international cricket too has numerous instances of best players not being best buddies. The greatest example is of the Pakistan pace duo -- Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis. In Australia, former captain Steve Waugh and spin wizard Shane Warne often did not see eye to eye. There is one more common factor in all the above instances though. These great players never let their personal equation come in between the team's cause. This is exactly what Rohit and Kohli are doing too. As long as they are putting in their best for the team, it shouldn't matter how good they are as pals. Also, the façade of fake bonhomie doesn't need to be presented to paint a rosy picture. If all is not well, so be it. Why not just admit it and move on, instead of waiting for another Anil Kumble-Kohli type controversy?


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Q: Plotting a function including for loops in R I'm trying to make a price setting algorithm for european options using R. I've created a function that can output the price of the option based on how many steps we split the timeframe of the option into. My problem is that I need to plot the price of the option as the amount of steps goes up and my function only outputs one price. My function is built up like this:
strike=110
startprice = 100
alpha = 0.055
sigma = 0.2
R=1.05
r=0.05
T = 3

CallPrice <- function(n){
  dt = T/n
  u = exp(alpha*dt+sigma*sqrt(dt))
  d = exp(alpha*dt-sigma*sqrt(dt))
  q=(R-d)/(u-d)
  Call = matrix(0,nrow=n+1, ncol = n+1)
  Call[,n+1] <- pmax(startprice*(u^(0:n))*(d^(n:0))-strike,0)
  CallVal <- matrix(0,nrow = n,ncol = 1)

  for (k in n:1){
      for (i in k:1) {
        for (j in 1:i){
          Call[j,i] <- (q*Call[j+1,i+1]+(1-q)*Call[j,i+1])/R
        }
        CallVal[k,1] <- Call[1,1]
      }

  }
  return(CallVal)
}

CallPrice(n)

My expectation was that I could just set n to an interval when plotting and the function would repeat but I get the error I 0:n : numerical expression has 10 elements: only the first used. So I don't see how I should be able to plot this.

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Eater Interviews
Paul Basile, The Man Behind Restaurant Design
An interview with BASILE Studio principal Paul Basile.
by Tierney Plumb Jan 12, 2015, 3:15pm PST
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Welcome to Eater San Diego's new Ask the Restaurant Architect series, kicking off with Paul Basile. His San Diego-based firm BASILE Studio just turned 20, and since teaming up with CH Projects in 2008, the studio has served up a vast menu of fresh and funky restaurant spaces in San Diego (more recently, a deep sea adventure at Little Italy's Ironside). Below, Basile breaks down his design process and explains why he subscribes to zero interior design magazines.
1. To date, which of your local restaurant projects has been most extensive/exhaustive and why?
Polite Provisions. We went though every inch of that place and did not stop until some sort of detail was attributed to every piece. The project was really difficult because we were working with a really old structure. It's one thing to remodel, but it was dilapidating while we were trying to rebuild from the inside. The challenge was there were so many linear design details. I felt like there was never a second to breathe and we were constantly challenged with a dilemma.
2. If you look at each of your projects, there is a fluidity and cohesiveness--similar to a runway collection. How did you attain this aesthetic?
All our projects have a thread going through. I call it a craftsman touch. We have amazing artisans here, not just "wood" guys. We have craftsman who specialize in leather, structural steel, decorative steel, CNC operators, glazing, painters, machinist, upholstery. There are so many people that contribute to all of our projects. We try to utilize simple materials but in interesting ways.
3. What restaurants around the world have inspired you?
Public in NYC is a classic. Great design and it's held the test of time. There is more, just not many that pop into my head. I'm a bit hypercritical. Which I hope [other architects] are with our work as well. You can tell when someone pours their heart and soul into a project. I tend to find inspiration in larger markets like SF, NY and LA.
4. What's another restaurant in San Diego you didn't design but admire the style of?
The Patio on Goldfinch in Mission Hills. They did a good job in the backyard and paid close attention to detail. Sycamore Den and Starlite are other favorites.
5. Anything in the design books you've got cooking?
A 100-room boutique hotel in Phoenix, The Found:RE. We are designing all the interiors of the retail space, patios and rooms. Juice Saves for CH Projects should be open in the next week or two. We are finishing retrofitted shipping containers for Quartyard, which is opening in the coming week.
6. At Fairweather you've got a beachy vibe with turquoise tiling. Are you constantly finding ways to integrate the SoCal lifestyle into your designs?
Because we live in Southern California the connection to the outdoors is crucial. We have the most amazing weather here so we can do big signature doors that flip or pivot open. Ironside is a more recent example of those.
7. How do you and CH Projects' Arsalun Tafazoli collaborate? What's your process when you approach a new project?
We've been collaborating almost eight years. The eclectic aspect of Craft & Commerce launched all our projects. It's a very different type of collaboration, with weekly meetings. We kind of come up with things to introduce in a space and he comes up with an idea of where he wants to go with it. It depends on what food and drink program it will have and how service will operate then we work through each one individually. It's a fun process.
8. How much of the original design concept actually makes it to the finished restaurant?
I can't tell you how many design elements we don't even use. We go off on a tangent and have five times more than we need. We don't re-use those ideas often, or what we call recycling. We try to be creative and new. We don't Google research. It's a purist approach. We know we are being influenced every day but it's more through our memory bank versus a visual montage. He will come in and have an idea of something he wants to do or shows me a magazine picture of something. I'll say, "OK, let's take this to another level, I will take the color or texture from the idea and work it into something original." Arsalun is an Ebay junkie--I am too. He buys really cool stuff and is always redressing his spots a bit. I highly respect and love that he does that. People like to come in and see something new and different and like to keep places fresh.
9. What design elements are trending here in San Diego, and what's next?
I don't pay attention to trends. I couldn't tell you. I keep my nose out of magazines and I don't have any subscriptions.
10. Have you had a design element "fail" or something you wish you designed differently?
I'm kind of perfectionist in the sense that I don't ever think it's right. It's hard to pick one thing and say it really failed; I think we all find certain things we might have done differently. I look forward to the next project and don't have time to go back and say I could have done this better.
11. Sounds like you don't hang out at restaurants you design, much like an actor that doesn't watch their own movies.
I try to go back but I feel weird and I'll pick it apart--especially if I start drinking!
Hear more from Basile and Tafazoli during a sit-down design series kicking off January 22 at Polite Provisions.
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On this day…26 October
Posted byJamesJoyce	 October 26, 2013 October 23, 2019
On 26 October 1932 Joyce asserted his opposition to the idea of filming Ulysses.
Joyce's opposition was voiced in a letter from Paul Léon to Ralph Pinker, Joyce's agent, in which Léon said Joyce's principle objection was that the book could not be realised in film. However, Léon did not exclude the possibility of Joyce revisiting the idea in the right circumstances.
The issue arose following an approach by Warner Bros to Joyce for the film rights to Ulysses. Léon, on Joyce's behalf, had visited Warner Bros' Paris offices and spoken to the manager, but Joyce was not convinced and the matter rested there. Joyce's principle objection was that he felt the book could not be properly realised in film. Then Joyce heard about announcements in the American press of a forthcoming film of Ulysses, and Léon wrote to Pinker on 26 October 1932 to deny these reports, reiterate Joyce's opposition to a film, and also to inquire about Joyce's rights in relation to film.
Joyce had already contacted Bennett Cerf in New York about the matter, fearing that Warner Bros had gone ahead and 'pirated' a film without his permission. Cerf assured him that Warner Bros would not do such a thing, and pointed out to Joyce that any film was likely to have a beneficial impact on sales of the book. At the end of October, Léon wrote again to Pinker to say that though Joyce was opposed to a film in principle, he might be prevailed upon to change his mind if the circumstances were right.
This was not the first or the last time that the possibility of filming Ulysses was mooted. Russian film director Sergei Eisenstein had visited Joyce in Paris in 1929 and discussed the possibility of filming Ulysses. Eisenstein had read and re-read Ulysses, and was impressed by Joyce's use of 'interior monologue.' In his copy of Ulysses, Eisenstein had broken down Bloom's 'interior monologue' into a rough shooting script. In 1934, Eisenstein even lectured on Joyce at the State Institute of Cinematography, two months after Joyce's work and modernist writing in general had been condemned at a Writers' Union Congress.
After meeting Eisenstein, Joyce told Eugene Jolas that the only ones who could possibly film Ulysses were Eisenstein or Walther Ruttmann. Ruttmann was a German documentary filmmaker whose work was influenced by Eisenstein and whose film Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Großstadt (Berlin: A Symphony of a Metropolis, 1927) had attracted a lot of attention. (Edmund Meisel had composed the music for both Eisenstein's Potemkin and Ruttmann's Berlin.) However, Joyce also liked the work of Robert Flaherty, whose documentary Man of Aran (1934) he had seen, and he too was mentioned to Jolas as a possible director.
Even after Joyce had announced his antipathy to a film of Ulysses in 1932, he encouraged the poets Louis Zukofsky and Jerry Reisman in their efforts to develop a scenario for a film through 1936. In addition to Warner Bros there was also an offer from Paramount Studios, and even Joyce's trusted assistant Stuart Gilbert made a few efforts at possible scenarios for a film. Gilbert also recalled a Hungarian director who had expressed an interest in filming Ulysses, though Gilbert couldn't remember his name. Someone suggested Charles Laughton for the role of Bloom, though Joyce apparently favoured the actor George Arliss who he had admired playing Disraeli in a 1921 film.
Sources & Further Reading:
Burkdall, Thomas L: Joycean Frames – Film and the Fiction of James Joyce, London:
Routledge, 2001.
Ellmann, Richard: James Joyce – new and revised edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982.
Fahy, Catherine: The James Joyce – Paul Léon Papers in the National Library of Ireland: A Catalogue, Dublin: National Library of Ireland, 1992.
Hutchins, Patricia: James Joyce's World, London: Methuen, 1957.
Joyce, James: Letters of James Joyce, vol. I edited by Stuart Gilbert, vol. III edited by Richard Ellmann, London: Faber & Faber, 1957, 1966.
Kelly, Joseph: 'Joyce in Hollywood in the 1930s: A Biographical Essay,' in James Joyce Quarterly, vol. 45, no. 3-4, Spring-Summer 2008, pp. 521-536.
McCourt, John (ed.): Roll Away the Reel World – James Joyce and Cinema, Cork: Cork University Press, 2010.
Posted byJamesJoyce October 26, 2013 October 23, 2019 Posted inOctober, Significant Joycean DatesTags: Bennett Cerf, Charles Laughton, Edmund Meisel, George Arliss, Jerry Reisman, Louis Zukofsky, Paul Léon, Ralph Pinker, Robert Flaherty, Sergei Eisenstein, Stuart Gilbert, Walther Ruttmann, Warner Bros


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 Kopilovți, un sat în comuna Kiustendil, regiunea Kiustendil;
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- Dario Kolenko, Digital Business Development & Ventures, Business Technology at EMD Serono, Inc.
"We have had a successful collaboration with Start-Up Nation Central since Fall 2015. This relationship has greatly helped us explore new tech innovation and establish connections with the Israeli startup ecosystem. Working with the Start-Up Nation Central is very easy. Contributions made by the Start-Up Nation Central's team in the startup selection process as well as with the introductions to the Israeli ecosystem partners were especially valuable and made our scouting process efficient.
The first scouting visit to Israel by Merck's Senior IT Leadership has resulted in few PoCs and commercial partnership with local startups.


In the dark season, darkness, rainfall and cold, combined with difficult road conditions, harbor many dangers. All road users are particularly required. Pedestrians and cyclists are often difficult to recognize. Motorists are more difficult to drive through reflections or missing all-around visibility.
It becomes really dangerous in the public traffic area if vehicles are then still with a faulty or not functioning equipment - mostly the lighting on the way. For pedestrians, reflective clothing at this time of year can be life-saving in many situations.
The appeal to pedestrians and cyclists: Make yourself visible! It is best to wear a reflective vest with reflective tapes. For drivers: Make sure at all times whether their vehicle, from the bike to the truck, in the technically perfect condition and the current winter conditions are adjusted. Wearing a bicycle helmet protects against serious head injuries. In a week since Saturday, the police have recorded eight traffic accidents in which cyclists were slightly injured.
In one case it is a peeled. Six of the accidents occurred in Heine, one in Kitchener and one in Infuriate. In addition, seven pedestrians were injured in accidents during this time, a child while heavy. These traffic accidents took place in Heine, Kitchener, Infuriate and two each in Ribbentrop and in Detente.


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Utah State Vs. Colorado State Final Score: Rams Fall To Aggies, 31-19
By Brandon Worley@brandonworley Sep 22, 2012, 8:11pm MDT
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Colorado State couldn't keep up with the offensive attack of Utah State, losing to the Aggies 31-19 on Saturday night.
The Rams move to 1-3 on the season, having lost both home contests on the year after a tough loss to Utah State. The Aggies jumped out to a 17-0 lead in the first half, thanks to a pair of lengthy touchdown drives and the defense's complete shutdown of the Colorado State offense.
Colorado State would finally get on the board with a pair of field goals in the third quarter, pulling to within 17-6, before a 58-yard rushing touchdown by Kerwynn Williams extended the Utah State lead once more. The Rams and Aggies would trade touchdowns in the fourth quarter, but it was too late, as the Rams would ultimately lose 31-19.
Rams quarterback Garrett Grayson was 22-of-40 for 224 yards and two touchdowns, although most of the troubles for the Colorado State offense came on the ground. As a team, the Rams averaged just 3.1 yards per carry on 34 rushes in the game.
Utah State turned the ball over three times in the game, including two interceptions by quarterback Chuckie Keeton, yet Colorado State was unable to take advantage.
The Rams take on Air Force on Saturday, Sept. 29, with kickoff set for 12 p.m. MT.
For more on Colorado State, head over to Mountain West Connection. More news and analysis on college football can be found over at SB Nation's NCAA Football hub and on SB Nation's YouTube channel.
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Who may attend: Any Civil Air Patrol member may attend. This year, there are many activities designed specifically for cadets on Saturday, April 27.
Agenda: The agenda will remain flexible right up until the conference, but a draft agenda as of April 13, 2019, can be seen here. Click on each breakout session to see who the presenter(s) will be.
Awards Banquet: The annual Arizona Wing Awards Banquet will take place on Saturday, April 27, beginning with a social hour at 6 p.m. There will be live music from The Forever Young Orchestra (featuring Arizona Wing's own Capt. Brian Tucek on trumpet). The guest speaker is Col. Mike Mullane, USAF Retired, a former NASA astronaut who flew on three space shuttle missions. The major "Of the Year" awards for Arizona Wing members will be presented.
Hotel rooms: There may still be rooms available at the discounted rate of $135/night. Call hotel reservations at 520.796.4900 and mention "Civil Air Patrol BOG & AZ Wing Conference." You will need to provide your own credit card number to hold your reservation at the time of booking.
Go to the Eventbrite site for the conference.
In the upper left-hand corner, there's a red button reading "Select Dates." Pick either of the two options from the drop-down menu. Even though both options say Friday, that doesn't matter; both take you to the full range of tickets available.
The red button turns green and now reads "Tickets." Click on that button.
In the pop-up window, all of the available ticket options, from the Friday social mixer to the Sunday commander's call will be listed.
Enter the number of tickets you want for each event you will attend during the conference.
Click "Checkout," enter your payment information and you're done.
sUAS Flying Competition: New at the 2019 SW Region/AZ Wing Conference is the AZ Wing sUAS Flying Competition on Saturday, April 27. The competition is open to all conference attendees (senior members and cadets). Competitors are welcome to use their own drones in the contest. See a video about the competition here. Read the competition guidelines here.
Tickets: Register and purchase tickets to attend any of the conference activities (see "Registration" above). Cadets may attend the Saturday general session and cadet breakout sessions for free, but still need to register. Cadets wishing to stay for the pizza party at 5 p.m. may purchase a ticket for $10.
UOD: The Uniform of the Day options for the various conference activities are spelled out on the Eventbrite conference registration page for both cadets and senior members.


By popular request, Woodchester Mansion will be open, once again, on New Year's day.
We missed a year, you missed us, so our Volunteers will, once again, be welcoming you to the Mansion on New Year's Day.
This is an opportunity to see the work that has been done since the end of the season. We have slimmed-down the scaffolding in the Chapel and the platform has been removed so you can see the lovely tierceron vault.
It's also an opportunity to enjoy a Bank Holiday walk in the beautiful Woodchester Park.
We will be running the minibus from the foot of the steps from the National Trust car park from 11.00am. This is an hourly service which will leave the steps on the hour from 11.00am until 3.00pm. The return journey leaves the Mansion at 45 minutes past the hour until 3.45pm.
There will be guided tours at 11.30am and 2.30pm and we will be serving tea, coffee and flapjack in front of a roaring log fire in the Dining Room, for visitors to the Mansion.
Please note that the Servants' Hall cafe will not be open, because of the shortage of Volunteers. This means that we are unable to serve refreshments to members of the public not paying the admission charge to the Mansion.


According to WWE.com, former Divas champion Kaitlyn has parted ways with the company.
As of Jan. 8, Kaitlyn (Celeste Bonin) will no longer be under contract with WWE. The former Divas Champion has chosen to pursue other endeavors outside the sports-entertainment world.
WWE wishes Kaitlyn the best in all her future endeavors.
The announcement comes as a big surprise.
The NXT Season Three winner was greatly improving as an in-ring competitor. Her matches with Eve Torres over the Divas title in late 2012 and early 2013 gave way to a title reign that saw the Houston, Texas native continue to get better with every passing week.
Kaitlyn blended raw power—the result of her bodybuilding days—with impressive agility and had utilized the high-impact spear to down her opponents.
This past June at WWE Payback, she defended her title against AJ Lee in an outstanding match that showed a glimmer of hope for fans of female wrestling. It was a solidly worked bout that was ultimately won by Lee.
The two would continue feuding over the title for the three months that followed, culminating in a mixed tag match at SummerSlam in August that saw Kaitlyn team with Dolph Ziggler to defeat Lee and Big E Langston.
Since then, she has been absent from programming for the most part, appearing in multi-Diva tag matches as the company focuses its attention on the cast of its hit reality program, Total Divas.
The loss of Kaitlyn from the roster is a disappointment more in terms of her potential to become a really good in-ring worker than anything. She was hardly being used at this point, so that is no big deal, but the company has lost out on the opportunity to have its next breakout female worker—and one who can really deliver between the ropes when called upon.
It remains to be seen what the endeavors outside of sports-entertainment are that the former Divas champion will partake in, but her history as a bodybuilder and the international exposure she gained as a WWE star could open more doors in that world.


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Exclusive: Carson Jones talks Ali v Cotto, Antonio Margarito rematch chances ahead of January return
Phil Jay
Super-welterweight puncher Carson Jones hopes to bounce back from the disappointment of being on the wrong side of a controversial decision loss to Antonio Margarito when the American makes his return to action next month.
As Jones revealed to WBN this week, former sparring partner Abel Perry stands in the way of a successful comeback when the pair trade blows on January 6th.
Speaking about the Perry fight and also on his hopes for the future, Jones gave an update on the current standing of a rematch with Margarito after most who viewed their September meeting had the Oklahoma man winning the fight until the contest unfathomably went the other way.
"Abel Perry is a good boxer and I've known him for a while so it will be a good fight for me," Jones exclusively told World Boxing News.
"We actually brought him in for training camp for my first fight with Kell Brook so we are cool, but this is a business and on January 6th I have a job to do."
On the possibility of a second helping with Margarito, Jones added: "There were talks and things mentioned but as of now nothing is set so I have to assume it won't be happening.
"I can't say the loss is completely out of my system because every time I see someone the first thing I hear is how I got robbed, but I'm not dwelling on it. I'm just hoping for something big in the future.
"But first things first, I have to handle the guy I have in front of me first and obviously I overlook no opponent. After I take care of him, I'm hoping for something big and maybe even a trip back over to the UK.
"Like I said though, first I have to go to handle business against Perry."
Whilst going over his own ambitions on the world stage, Jones was asked about the potential of sealing a world title shot against Sadam Ali following the underdog's victory over retiring legend Miguel Cotto.
He stated: "I honestly couldn't believe Ali beat Cotto. I was pretty shocked, but congrats to him.
"People are now calling him the weakest champion but I won't say that because Ali is actually a good fighter and I believe that there are less talented world champions out there," Jones concluded.
Phil Jay is Editor of World Boxing News. Follow on Twitter @PhilDJay


A group of overachieving prep school students band together and learn to rock out when they meet their new, unconventional substitute teacher in Nickelodeon's highly anticipated live-action comedy series School of Rock, premiering in Asia on Friday, 7 October at 5pm (TH) and 6pm (HK/PH/SG). The series, produced with Paramount Television, will continue to air on weekdays starting Monday, 17 October at 3.30pm (TH), 4.30pm (HK/SG) and 8pm (PH). Nickelodeon Play app users in Singapore can watch the first two episodes for free from Monday, 5 September.


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Town of Chesterton veterans honored with Quilts of Valor
By KEVIN NEVERS
How does one say Thank You to the men and women who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces?
One way is to sew them a quilt: a symbol of home and hearth, a gift of solace and peace.
Last week, Flo Schneider, Sylvia Rhein, and Claire Williams of the String-A-Long Stars & Stripes Quilts of Valor Group of Northwest Indiana presented a Quilt of Valor to each of the nine veterans employed by the Town of Chesterton.
"Our mission is simple," Schneider said. "To cover service members and veterans who have been touched by war--not necessarily physically or emotionally, just touched--with comfort and healing in the form of patriotically themed Quilts of Valor."
The honorees:
-- Mike Billings (Park Department), U.S. Marine Corps 2000-04. Stationed at Camp Pendleton, Calif.; Okinawa; and Iraq. Duties included maintenance of amphibious assault vehicles.
-- Voluteer firefighter and former assistant fire chief Doug Shearer (Fire Department), U.S. Navy 1972-76. Beachmasters Unit 2, Little Creek Amphibious Base, Norfolk. Va.
-- Volunteer firefighter John Walding (CFD), U.S. Army and Indiana National Guard. Combat medic.
-- Jerry Graves (Utility), U.S. Army 1986-2007. Infantry, with service in Panama, Desert Storm, Afghanistan, and Iraq.
-- Sgt. Chris Swickard (Police Department), U.S. Marine Corps 1994-98. Security Force, Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines. Stationed at Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base, Georgia; Camp Pendleton; and Okinawa.
-- Cpl. Aaron Miersma (CPD), U.S. Army 2008-16. Infantryman, fire team leader, and squad leader.
-- Sgt. Antonio Alfaro (CPD), U.S. Army 2001-03. U.S. Army Security Forces, Fort Derrick, Md.; and Raven Rock Mountain Complex, Pa.
-- Officer Nolan Mancera (CPD), U.S. Army, four years. Executive officer, armorer unit, Fort Knox, Ky.
-- And Town Manager Bernie Doyle, U.S. Air Force 1972-75. Aerospace and structural firefighter, Strategic Air Command, Wyoming; and Tactical Air Command, NATO, England.
Each one of the nine quilts presented to the town's veterans was handmade by one or more quilters and is unique, with the veteran's name on the quilt label. Each one is also a physical embodiment of String-A-Long Stars & Stripes' threefold purpose.
"First, we honor each veteran for their service to our country," Schneider said. "We honor them for leaving all they hold dear and to stand in harm's way in a time of crisis, protecting us from the effects of war. Next, our quilters know that freedom is not free. The cost of our freedom is the dedication of lives of men and women like them, and this quilt is meant to say Thank You for your sacrifice. And finally, this quilt is meant to offer comfort to them, and to remind them that although their family and friends cannot be with them at all times, they are forever in all of our thoughts and our hearts."
"We feel that a Quilt of Valor represents a civilian equivalent of a Purple Heart award," Schneider added. "Our quilts are awarded, not just handed out, and to say Thank You for your service, sacrifice, and valor in serving our nation."
After the presentation, Sgt. Swickard expressed his gratitude. "The amount of work that went into each quilt is amazing, and then the fact that they do it out of the goodness of their hearts means so much," he said. "It really is something special and I am truly grateful for the ladies that took the time to think of me."
"What an extraordinary group of women to take on a task with the singular focus of honoring military veterans through the sewing of quilts," Town Manager Doyle said. "It was an honor to stand with my fellow co-workers from the Town of Chesterton who have worn the nation's uniform. The gesture is emblematic of a time in our nation's past when we were more civil, tolerant, compassionate, and--dare I say it--patriotic. The quilts bind us together symbolically with a common fabric, each with a unique pattern and purpose."
Doyle noted that one of his brothers, a decorated and combat-wounded Marine who served in the Vietnam War, received his own Quilt of Valor some years ago. "It had a profound effect on him, as he was one of those veterans shunned by many in the general public on his return, simply for being in the military in those tumultuous times. For my brother, the presentation of the quilt was a kind of closure. I suspect it is for many of the veterans who receive them."
The Quilts of Valor Foundation was founded in 2003 by a Blue Star mother, Catherine Roberts, who sewed a quilt for her son after he deployed to Iraq. Since then, more than 600 local chapters have been established in the U.S., Canada, and Great Britain, and more than 260,000 Quilts of Valor presented.


Description Exterior, Senator Theatre, Sacramento, California, 1949. Marquee advertises MADAME BOVARY and I LIVED TOO LONG, and the upcoming feature, FATHER WAS A FULLBACK, which is also promoted on a car parked in front of the theatre. Marquee also announces the upcoming promotional giveaway of a 1949 Ford. 8x10 b&w negative.


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Without or without Lockdown: Over Millions Homeschooling Families Estimated Worldwide
In 2010, political asylum was granted to a German family in the US because they were not allowed to homeschool their children in their country but only in a registered school as a legally-binding term to all its citizens.
Homeschooling is a popular in countries such as the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and Canada, while it is less popular or prohibited in some regions.
Families in places such as Hong Kong and Singapore tend to think homeschooling is considered socially unacceptable, conceptually non-existent, and undesirable even though it is not illegal in most countries.
While 48,000 children have been homeschooled in 2016/17 and 34,000 in 2014/15, it has been estimated that there has been approximately up to 2 million families choosing homeschooling.
Homeschooling is a lifestyle change that provides a sense of educational flexibility and autonomy in terms of familial, religious, and learning preferences.
Home schooling also requires additional effort in maintaining consistency, and the parents will need to be more perseverant in achieving all the learning goals and various socialization with special arrangements.
The pros of Home-schooling
Taking a direct and proactive role in driving your children's learning aligning with your values and goals. A stronger sense of achievement and satisfaction may be felt and developed by the parents when the child is acquiring and maturing different skills.
Tailor-making vacations and activities as part of the learning goals that a stronger relationship and bond will be enhanced; with bundled learning materials that could reduce cost and budget.
Participating in community and local clubs and sport teams with other homeschoolers creates life-long relationships on a family-to-family basis.
Alleviating social pressure and bullying that discourage learning while connection with other homeschoolers are beyond the constraints such as age and levels of skills and progression due to a class/school setting without other social distractions.
Pursuing the child's interests with more personalized learning that go hand-in-hand with the child's learning style, socio-emotional needs and development
Research have shown that homeschoolers tend to perform better in public standardized tests and often show greater pride, confidence, and self-motivation in their personal growth
The Cons of Homeschooling
Additional pressure might be put on the responsibilities of being a teacher at the same time, which also means that striking a balance between personal space and time could be an issue when other household administrative work could be jeopardized
The reduction in paid working hours will result in less income but more family spending as extra expenses while homeschooling materials can be costly as the demand for learning each of the subjects specifically increases
Homeschoolers may find it hard to participate in national or transnational team sports as most of the time a school team or a team from a borough is preferred for more convenient arrangements
Less daily interaction with a large group of children may not be able to enlarge their circle of friends that are in the same age group, which may pose a potential socialization issue when moving from homeschooling to, say, tertiary education or work.
Structure and routine are proven to be positive to a child's development, and homeschooling may run more flexibly depending on the parents' other responsibilities. The parents do have more freedom and flexibility but also a greater expect of responsibility
Recognition from schools such as sports day, awards, and ceremonies is one of the most essential factor in a child's growing up experience, and homeschoolers may find good work may not always be appreciated unlike in a school where collectiveness is often emphasized
While community projects, social groups, and volunteering opportunities could be the child's weekly activities, the engagement could be more time-consuming
If you want to know how (semi-)homeschooling could be adopted, our Education Consultant can answer your questions. Please email us at: karen@jamesleeconsultancy.com.
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Isaiah 23: The Lord of Hosts Planned It
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Part 1: Judgment
Part 2: Historical Interlude
Part 3: Salvation
Chapters 1-35
Chapters 36-39
When this takes place:
While it's difficult to pinpoint the time of this prophecy, Isaiah likely proclaims this oracle against Tyre during the reign of Hezekiah, a short time before Sennacherib's attack on Jerusalem in 701 B.C.
Isa. 23:11 – He stretched out His hand over the sea; He made kingdoms tremble. The Lord has commanded that the Canaanite fortresses be destroyed.
This oracle completes a series of messages from the Lord stretching from Isa. 13-23. Beginning with Babylon in the east and ending with Tyre in the west, Isaiah exposes the sins of these nations and foretells God's dealings with them. Gary V. Smith comments: "God's destruction of all these nations, including the great sea power Tyre, clearly demonstrates God's sovereign power over every people on land and sea" (The New American Commentary: Isaiah 1-39, p. 394).
Tyre and Sidon are powerful international trading centers. Tyre's merchants are the first to navigate the Mediterranean waters. They establish colonies on nearby coasts and in faraway lands. Tyre consists of two parts: a rocky fortress on the mainland called "Old Tyre," and the city itself, built on a small, rocky island about half a mile from shore. The purple dye of Tyre is famous for its beauty and durability, and both Tyre and Sidon are crowded with glass shops, dyeing and weaving establishments, and engravers of precious stones (see 2 Chron. 2:7, 14). But the wickedness of these cities is well known, too, as several Old Testament prophets attest (Jer. 25:22; Ezek. 26, 28; Amos 1:9-10; Zech. 9:2-4).
Tyre and Sidon are important cities. Both David and Solomon make use of laborers and building materials from Phoenicia (2 Sam. 5:11; 1 Kings 5:8-9). King Ahab marries the Phoenician princess Jezebel, who spreads the worship of Baal throughout Israel (1 Kings 16:29-33).
The Lord makes it clear that He – not any earthly power – is judging Tyre and Sidon (v. 9), and He will continue to use them for His purposes. Their ill-gotten gain ultimately will benefit the righteous (v. 18). A church is established here soon after the death of Stephen. Paul, returning from his third missionary journey, spends a week with the disciples on Tyre (Acts 21:4). Both Tyre and Sidon are located in modern-day Lebanon.
The Lament over Tyre (Isa. 23:1-14)
While Isaiah predicts the stunning destruction of this prosperous port city, he also is speaking to the Hebrews, who watch the Lord sweep His mighty arm of judgment across neighboring states. As the men and women of Judah face the threat of military action against them, it becomes clear that trusting in alliances with these nations is a recipe for disaster. Judah's only hope is to trust in God.
Several dates are suggested for the historical setting of this prophecy, including Alexander the Great's siege of Tyre around 332 B.C. However, it seems best to understand this lament as anticipating the fall of Tyre and Sidon during the time of Isaiah's ministry. Since the Phoenician people will flee to Cyprus, and Babylon recently has been defeated (Isa. 23:13 happens in 703 B.C.), this prophecy may be given a short time before the Assyrian king Sennacherib's attack on Jerusalem in 701 B.C. Only a year earlier, Sennacherib (704 – 682 B.C.) puts down a revolt by the Babylonians, attacks their cities and tears down their fortresses. If the Lord can do this to Babylon, why not to Tyre – or even Judah?
Tyre does not fall because she provokes her neighbors to wrath but because she entices them with her wealth, establishing her own colonies and engaging in massive international commerce. "She had become the mart of the nations, the great emporium of that part of the world. Some of every known nation might be found there, especially at certain times of the year, when there was a general rendezvous of merchants" (Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible: Complete and Unabridged in One Volume, S. Is 23:1). The people of Tyre grow comfortable, then confident, and then arrogant, ignoring the prophet's warnings that their wealth is a gift from God and may be revoked by Him. Steeped in a tradition of self-indulgence, these merchants look back on their long and prosperous history and conclude that it will continue forever. But Isaiah makes it clear that wailing, not revelry, is in their future (vv. 1, 14).
The Restoration of Tyre (Isa. 23:15-18)
After predicting the fall of Tyre, Isaiah speaks about her future restoration after 70 years. This is similar to the end of the Egypt oracle (Isa. 19:18-25). Just as the Egyptians and Assyrians one day will worship God (19:21), the citizens of Tyre one day will offer holy gifts to the Lord (23:18). "The implication of this prophecy for the prophet's audience in Judah is that the
people of Judah need to trust God, for several of these foreign nations will eventually see the error of their ways and come to trust God" (The New American Commentary: Isaiah 1-39, p. 403). After Tyre is destroyed, it will be forgotten for 70 years. It's impossible to say exactly when this 70-year period begins and ends. However, if the Assyrians defeat the Phoenicians around 702 B.C., then Tyre's season of insignificance will last until about 630 B.C., the time when the Assyrian empire collapses.
Isaiah then moves to "the song of the prostitute," probably a song familiar to his audience. The song mocks an aging and forgotten prostitute who must take to the streets, play music and sing suggestive songs in order to attract business. Just like the prostitute, Tyre will long to be remembered once again after a 70-year decline. "The Lord will restore Tyre," the prophet promises (v. 17), and enable her to rise to prominence once again – with one dramatic difference. Rather than hoard tons of gold for her own pleasures, the people of Tyre will give some of the money they earn in international trade to the temple of the Lord, supporting the temple servants who dwell in God's presence (v. 18). History provides no information about the fulfillment of this prophecy. However, the spirit of the prophecy matches that of Isa. 2:1-4 as all nations stream to Zion to worship the Lord. Perhaps this final verse of the chapter is a long-range view of the millennium.
Gary V. Smith comments: "Life, liberty, security, and prosperity are dependent on the gracious plan of a sovereign God, not on any arrogant attempts to manipulate circumstances through human wisdom, military might, or political alliances. God has revealed this truth to his prophets and history proves that it is so; therefore, each generation and each nation must choose how it will respond. The proud and self-reliant will be humbled; the humble people who trust God will walk in the security of his plan" (The New American Commentary: Isaiah 1-39, p. 395).
Copyright 2009 by Rob Phillips
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Ni No Kuni II: REVENANT KINGDOM gets a new released date with a worldwide launch on March 23rd, 2018 on PlayStation 4 and PC. Initially the game is going to be released on November 10, 2017. Then it got delayed to January 19, 2018, then to March 9, 2018, and then to March 23, 2018. The game is delayed in order to ensure that the title meets Level-5 and Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.'s high quality standards.
"As you all know, LEVEL-5 is committed to delivering the highest levels of design and quality in each of our video game titles.
The development of our latest project, Ni no Kuni II: REVENANT KINGDOM™, is coming along very well and we can't wait to share this new adventure with you, our fans. In an effort to constantly innovate and bring new experiences to players, we've also implemented new modes in Ni no Kuni II: REVENANT KINGDOM including the new Skirmish and Kingdom Modes which will surly delight players.
However, with innovation and new ideas come the need to ensure everything works together in a fun and cohesive package; this means we'll need a bit more time to make sure the entire Ni no Kuni II: REVENANT KINGDOM experience meets LEVEL-5 and BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc.'s high quality standards.


Self sustainable life: As you sow so shall you eat.
Sometimes I face the same situation like you do. Knowing what's good but still selecting the bad stuff. I guess its the mind we need to control.
Hey PainChaud -- my first experiment with growing tomatoes left me with way too many slicers -- so I slow roasted about 10 pounds of them. What a revelation!
I've also started making pizza (I'm still tinkering with the baking technique), but now I can throw a few of my dried-out yummy tomatoes on top. It's awesome.
Gardening is actually improving my cooking because now I'm searching for recipes to showcase the things I've grown. So it's actually more thriftiness and vanity that is motivating me, rather than slowing down -- to each his/her own!


To provide better guidance to policy makers in health, policing, and social care, the harms that drugs cause need to be properly assessed. This task is not easy because of the wide range of ways in which drugs can cause harm. This study undertook a review of drug harms with the multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) approach. This technology has been used successfully to lend support to decision makers facing complex issues characterised by many, conflicting objectives.
and initial UK legislation limiting the sale of 'poisons'.
No one is suggesting that drugs are not harmful. The critical question is one of scale and degree. We need a full and open discussion of the evidence and a mature debate about what the drug laws are for - and whether they doing their job? In `Estimating drug harms: a risky business', Professor David Nutt, of Imperial College London argues that the relative harms of legal drugs such as alcohol and tobacco are greater than those of a number of illegal drugs, including cannabis, LSD and ecstasy.
The principal aim of these guidelines is to put in place a sound methodological and procedural basis for carrying out each risk assessment. The risk assessment has regard to the health and social risks of the use of, manufacture of, and traffic in the new psychoactive substance, the involvement of organised crime and the possible consequences of control measures. The guidelines were finalised and adopted by the EMCDDA's Scientific Committee in November 2008.
In its report Ranking of drugs: A comparison of the harmful effects of drugs, the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) has performed a risk assessment on the harmful effects of 17 drugs plus that of tobacco and alcohol. These 19 items were ranked according to their degree of harm.


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Notations On Our World (Special M-End Edition): On The Mueller Report - A PBS NewsHour/FRONTLINE Special
Earlier this week, Special Counsel Mueller broke his silence and made a statement before formally resigning. President Trump on Thursday came out and attacked the report. A retrospective was produced by PBS on the Report which we hereby present for a special Month-End Edition of Notations here in our Education Property as we look forward to our continued commitment to serve.
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Notations On Our World (Special Local Edition): Showcasing Our Schools
Schools are a source of pride for our community and the achievements are to be savored. We are pleased to present a snapshot of what our local school district is up to.
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Capistrano Unified School District:
An Unwavering Commitment to
Congratulations to our 2019
Classified Employees of the Year!
Over 100 Nominees Honored and 6 Classified Employees Announced
Six Capistrano Unified School District classified employees have been named "2019 Classified Employees of the Year" for their outstanding commitment to enrich the lives of all students. District officials, colleagues, friends and family gathered to honor 134 nominees at the district's annual Classified Employee of the Year Awards Ceremony on May 6, 2019.
The annual event announces one exceptional school employee from each of the six categories: Office and Technical Support; Para-Educator and Instructional Assistance; Maintenance and Operations; Transportation; Support Services and Security; and Child Nutrition.
"Our classified employees are extraordinary examples of our dedicated and professional staff who work so hard to support the teaching and learning of our young people each day," said Superintendent Kirsten Vital. "Oftentimes, they are providing support for our students and families out of the spotlight and behind the scenes, but what they do is critical to the social, emotional, and academic success of our students, and we could not operate our district without them."
Below are this year's honorees:
Office and Technical
Fernando Sotelo, Academic Advisor of San Juan Hills High School
Para-Educator and Instructional Assistance
Karen Pedroza, Independence Facilitator of Dana Hills High School
Roman Sangalang, Custodian III of Capistrano Valley High School
Lima Omar, Transportation Dispatcher
Support Services and Security
Heliodoro Ortiz, Storekeeper/Delivery Driver
Dawn Kardos, Lead Food Service Worker II of Marco Forster Middle School
Congratulations to all our nominees and award recipients!
Thank you for all you do to support our students, schools and staff! #CUSDProud
Watch videos of each announcement here!
MTSS Focus
Multi-Tiered
System of Supports
What is MTSS?
CUSD is making a commitment to increase the social emotional, behavior, and academic support for all of our young people. We call this focused approach to organizing and providing support: "Multi-tiered System of Supports" or "MTSS."
Click HERE to access the new Parent Guide to MTSS for more information about our support system in the areas of social emotional, behavior, and academics.
MTSS Focus for May:
Mental Health Awareness Month
For the month of May, we are focusing on mental health awareness. Did you know that half of all mental illness begins by age 14? When children and youth living with mental illness have access to effective services and supports, they can develop close relationships with family and friends, learn to cope with challenging symptoms and gain the educational and social experiences they need to succeed in life.
The following articles and resources are available for your family to learn more about mental health:
Article: Know the Warning Signs
Article: Children's Mental Health Disorders
Article: Suicide Prevention
Article: Learning to Help Your Child and Your Family
Parenting Workshops for May
To support our families and provide parenting strategies to support their children's social emotional and behavioral needs, we offered the following parent workshops during the month of May:
School Safety Community Forum
Future Workshops
Make sure you're following us on social media for upcoming parenting workshops!
Coming Soon...CUSDInsider.org
A news site designed to inform and educate the community about CUSD's outstanding students, teachers, staff and schools is coming!
On June 7, 2019 please check out the comprehensive coverage we have planned for our high school graduations.
Have a student, teacher or staff member we should feature? Please send your ideas to communications@capousd.org!
Aliso Niguel High School Student Recognized
for Vocal Musical Talent
Named OC Register Vocal Artist of the Year AND
Grand Prize Winner in the Music Center Spotlight Awards
Congratulations to Eilyssa Maclean, Aliso Niguel High School Madrigal singer!!
OC Register Vocal Artist of the Year
Eilyssa was named one of the 2019 Artists of the Year by Orange County Register last month. This year, over 500 students were nominated by teachers and private instructors from 88 Orange County high schools and arts organizations in theater, dance, film, vocal music, instrumental music, 2D visual arts and 3D visual arts. Once nominated, the students submitted applications with videos of performances, samples of artwork and answers to questions about their work as artists.
Semifinalists were interviewed and gave presentations to panels of arts professionals and faculty members from Southern California universities and high schools who specialize in each discipline.
Read the OC Register Article here!
Music Center Spotlight Awards
Eilyssa received a cash prize and was named as a 2019 Grand Prize Finalist in the Music Center Spotlight Awards.
Spotlight is a scholarship and arts training program, which empowers students by emphasizing preparation, courage, critical thinking and perseverance while providing an invalueable opportunity for students to hone their skills.
On June 4, 2019, Eilyssa will sing during Music Center's 31st annual Spotlight Grand Finale Performance at Walt Disney Concert Hall! This event culminates a process that began last September, when 1,600 students participated in the Spotlight program.
View the complete list of Grand Prize Finalists here!
Congratulations on your accomplishments Eilyssa!
We are so #CUSDProud!
San Juan Hills High School Goes Green on Earth Day
Solar Panel Ribbon Cutting Celebration
CUSD unveiled the first installment of the district solar project at San Juan Hills High School on April 22, 2019. The solar project began in the 2015-16 school year as a student lead coalition focused on a more sustainable and environmentally friendly CUSD. Their powerful movement led the District Board of Trustees to approve an $18 million contract to convert six high schools and the CUSD Education Center to solar power. The total project is expected to save, on average, $849,000 per year, for a total of $21 million in savings.
The new solar system at SJHHS alone is an estimated total energy cost savings of $8 million over its 25 year lifespan. That's $8 million that will be put directly back into classrooms for our young people!
Thank you to all our students for championing the effort to lead the District to greater sustainability and to our Facilities/M&O team for your work to this possible!
Las Flores Elementary School Recognized by OCDE
for Outstanding PAL Program
One of Two Elementary Schools in Orange County to be Honored
Mrs. Kim Belmont's Peer Assistance Leadership (PAL) students at Las Flores Elementary were honored by the Orange County Department of Education as one of only two elementary schools in Orange County for their outstanding program!
PAL is a school-based, peer-to-peer youth development program for students, built upon a philosophy of students helping students. PAL peer leaders help build a positive school climate through youth leadership, mentoring, conflict resolution, cross-age teaching, peer helping, service learning, and prevention activities. The PAL program supports the development of 21st Century Skills in the areas of leadership, communication, team building, and problem solving.
This year, the Las Flores Elementary PAL class worked to promote inclusion and anti-bullying by supporting students with a buddy program. They also held several community service projects including collecting socks for a local homeless shelter, and collecting blankets and towels for a local animal shelter.
Congratulations Las Flores Elementary!
Two Students Receive National Honors in
PTA Reflections Art Contest
Congratulations to Laili Aissi (Las Flores Middle School) and Brandon Hill (Tesoro High School) for winning national honors in the PTA Reflections Art Contest!
The National Reflections Contest, established in 1969, is an arts recognition and achievement program for students. The program increases community awareness on the importance of art in education, while providing opportunities for students to express themselves creatively, and receive positive recognition for original works of art.
This year's theme was "Heroes Around Me." Both students were inspired by the work of the Los Angeles Fire Department during the recent California wildfires.
Laili Aissi won an Award of Excellence at the national level in the category of music composition for her work entitled "The Calling". Laili describes her piano music composition as being inspired by the California firefighters who risked their lives by relentlessly fighting one of the deadliest wildfires in the history of California. Her composition began by depicting a regular day before the fires struck, and as the music accelerates, the firemen rush to extinguish the flames, leading to the music winding down.
Brandon Hill won an Award of Merit at the national level for his film production entry entitled "Life on the Line". "As an aspiring filmmaker, I always welcome any opportunity to tell important stories," said Brandon. "In light of the fires that we had in Southern California, there was never a better time to honor the heroes around us, by creating my documentary about the brave firefighters of the LAFD. In my film, I explored the lives of these men in an attempt to show what it is truly like to risk your life for others."
Congratulations to Brandon and Laili for their remarkable achievements!
The Reflection theme for next year is: Look Within. Please check with your school site PTA for details on how to enter the contest next fall.
View the complete list of winners here!
2019 AVID Senior Standout Recognition
and Scholarship Presentation Ceremony
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