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Posts Tagged 'Pink Floyd Roger Waters'
Pink Floyd frontman and bassist Roger Waters fires back: "Hater of Jews? Mr. Rabbi Abraham Cooper?"
Posted by: adonis49 on: August 6, 2013
In: Essays | Events/Cultural/Educational/Arts | Jews/Jewish/Israel | Lebanon/Middle East/Near East/Levant | political Artical | social articles
Pink Floyd frontman and bassist Roger Waters fires back: "Hater of Jews? Rabbi Abraham Cooper?"
Dave Urbanski published in The Blaz this August 5, 2013 the reply of Pink Floyd Roger Waters to the attack of Rabbi Abraham Cooper
Former Pink Floyd frontman and bassist Roger Waters has been a prominent pro-Palestinian activist, publicly advocating the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) campaign to boycott Israel, and more recently has been called "an open hater of Jews" because of a prop in his The Wall Live Tour.
US-MUSIC-CONCERT FOR SANDY RELIEF. British musician Roger Waters (Credit: AFP/Getty Images)
Video taken at one of his shows depicts a giant pig emblazoned with a Star of David which was destroyed by the audience at the end of the concert.
roger waters fires back. (Credit: YouTube)
Rabbi Abraham Cooper of the human rights group Simon Wiesenthal Center called it a "grotesque display of Jew-hatred," telling the Jewish news site The Algemeiner, "With this disgusting display Roger Waters has made it crystal clear. Forget Israel, never mind 'limited boycotts promoting Middle East Peace.' Waters is an open hater of Jews."
So Waters took to Facebook and posted an open letter spelling things out from his perspective, most notably calling Cooper's claims "wild and bigoted" with an "entirely predictable resulting rant."
Waters notes that the Anti-Defamation League has ruled his work has no anti-Semitic intent. "I also use the Crucifix, the Crescent and Star, the Hammer and Sickle, the Shell Oil Logo and The McDonald's Sign, a Dollar Sign and a Mercedes sign [in the show]," writes Waters.
But Waters doesn't backpedal on his criticism of Israel, either:
…in a functioning theocracy, it is almost inevitable that the symbol of the religion becomes confused with the symbol of the state, in this case the State of Israel, a state that operates Apartheid both within its own borders and also in the territories it has occupied and colonized since 1967.
Like it or not, the Star of David represents Israel and its policies and is legitimately subject to any and all forms of non violent protest. To peacefully protest against Israel's racist domestic and foreign policies is NOT ANTI-SEMITIC.
Your contention that because I criticize the Policies of the Israeli government I should be lumped in with the Muslim Brotherhood is risible, and again a personal affront.
I have spent my whole adult life advocating separation of church and state.
Here's video of the pig prop with the Star of David, as well as other symbols:
Tags: adonis49, Anti-Defamation League, BDS (Boycott, concert roger waters, Dave Urbanski, Divestment, former pink floyd frontman, in a functioning theocracy, pig prop with the Star of David, Pink Floyd Roger Waters, Sanctions) campaign to boycott Israel, Simon Wiesenthal Center, The Wall Live Tour
Hot posts this week (July 7/ 2012)
Posted by: adonis49 on: July 9, 2012
In: list of articles
Hot posts this week (July 7, 2012)
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And Higgs enshrined a modern material God. The tiniest of all particles: The Boson
Very hot summer social heat waves reminding Israel of its inequality system
Part 2. Pink Floyd Roger Waters on: Divesting in Israel
Do you believe in premonitions? Why not? Isn't why we occasionally feel compelled to write?
Pink Floyd Roger Waters: Divest in Israel
Napping Facts, siesta Facts… 25 of them already?
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Tags: adonis49, believe in premonitions, Hot posts this week (July 7/ 2012), levels of seriousness for rape, Mankind yearn for the Absolute and Eternal, Napping Facts, Pink Floyd Roger Waters, social heat waves in Israel, writing
In: economy/finance | Essays | Events/Cultural/Educational/Arts | Jews/Jewish/Israel | political Artical | social articles
Roger Waters of the British band Pink Floyd wrote on July 2 under "Divest in Israel: Presbyterians should support Palestinian aspirations":
"I applaud the Presbyterian initiative assembled in Pittsburgh . In fact, I support the more wide-ranging BDS campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel and have called on my fellow musicians to follow suit, just as we did in opposition to apartheid South Africa.
In 2005, 26 years after I wrote "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2," Palestinian children protesting Israel's apartheid wall sang, "We don't need no occupation! We don't need no racist wall!"
My original song was banned in apartheid South Africa because black South African children sang it to advocate for their right to equal education. In the West Bank, the children who protest the wall and sing my song face tear gas, rubber-coated bullets and even live ammunition.
I made my first trip to Israel and the West Bank in 2006. What I witnessed there shocked me to the core. The Israeli wall (the Wall of Shame) in the occupied West Bank is an appalling edifice, cutting farmers from farmland, family from family and children from schools and hospitals.
The standard Israeli response to criticism of the wall is that it is solely for defense. If that is the case, why was it not built on the Green Line (the internationally agreed demarcation after the Six-Day War of 1967)?
Why does this Wall snake through Palestinian land, as Israel grabs more and more land each year for illegal, segregated, Jews-only settlements?
No, this is not solely a defensive measure, this is a systematic colonization of conquered territory that contravenes the Fourth Geneva Convention and was declared illegal in an advisory but unequivocal judgment by the International Court of Justice at The Hague in 2004.
In light of the above and despite attempts to intimidate and vilify me by Israel lobby groups in the United States and elsewhere, I stand in solidarity not only with the Palestinian people but also with the many thousands of Israelis who, believing their government's racist policies to be wrong, are increasingly making their voices heard.
What courageous and beautiful voices they are.
The waters of this debate will inevitably be muddied, as they always are, by erroneous accusations of anti-Semitism leveled at those who favor selective divestment from companies complicit in Israel's long record of human rights violations.
I urge the Presbyterians assembled in Pittsburgh not to be intimidated, but to stand confident with the support of people of conscience everywhere, including tens of thousands of Jewish Americans who support divestment as an ethical obligation to end complicity in the occupation.
I urge Presbyterians to adopt their selective divestment motion to make the price of collusion in human rights violations higher, and to send a message of hope to the Palestinian people under Israeli occupation and apartheid.
Good faith attempts to peacefully bring pressure on Israel to change its policies are no more anti-Semitic than similar actions against the South African apartheid regime were anti-Christian or anti-white.
In solidarity with Palestinian civil society and the nonviolent resistance movement in Israel itself, those of us involved in the struggle for Palestinian self-determination and freedom, including supporters of the BDS campaign against Israel until it fulfills its obligations under international law, will ignore the increasingly strident slanders of the Israel lobby and continue our nonviolent campaign.
This is what solidarity and compassion look like. This is how we will win against injustice.
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Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/perspectives/divest-in-israel-presbyterians-should-support-palestinian-aspirations-642882/#ixzz1zdZJ30qX
Note: Israel has erected high walls all around its supposed borders in order to prevent the Israeli citizens from seeing their "enemies", the Palestinians, Lebanese, Syrians, and Egyptians… A typical Ashkenazi ghetto mentality inherited from the European colonial period…
Tags: adonis49, Another Brick in the Wall, apartheid South Africa, Ashkenazi guetto mentality, Divesting in Israel, economy, Fourth Geneva Convention, israel, Jews-only settlements, palestine, Pink Floyd Roger Waters, writing

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ExternalCssVariableProperty

dbm.core.objectparts.ExternalCssVariableProperty

Property > FlowStatusBaseObject > BaseObject

Property that updates a style property of an element.

Subclasses

ExternalPrefixedCssVariableProperty

Dependencies

CssFunctions, ErrorManager, FlowStatusTypes, ReportLevelTypes, ReportTypes, VariableAliases

Import code

var ExternalCssVariableProperty = dbm.importClass("dbm.core.objectparts.ExternalCssVariableProperty");

Full code

dbm.registerClass("dbm.core.objectparts.ExternalCssVariableProperty", "dbm.core.objectparts.Property", function(objectFunctions, staticFunctions, ClassReference) {
	//console.log("dbm.core.objectparts.ExternalCssVariableProperty");
	//"use strict";

	//Self reference
	var ExternalCssVariableProperty = dbm.importClass("dbm.core.objectparts.ExternalCssVariableProperty");

	//Error report
	var ErrorManager = dbm.importClass("dbm.core.globalobjects.errormanager.ErrorManager");
	var ReportTypes = dbm.importClass("dbm.constants.ReportTypes");
	var ReportLevelTypes = dbm.importClass("dbm.constants.ReportLevelTypes");

	//Dependencies

	//Utils
	var CssFunctions = dbm.importClass("dbm.utils.css.CssFunctions");
	var VariableAliases = dbm.importClass("dbm.utils.data.VariableAliases");

	//Constants
	var FlowStatusTypes = dbm.importClass("dbm.constants.FlowStatusTypes");

	/**
	 * Constructor
	 */
	objectFunctions._init = function() {
		//console.log("dbm.core.objectparts.ExternalCssVariableProperty::_init");

		this.superCall();

		this._externalObject = null;
		this._externalVariableName = null;
		this._unit = null;
		this._priority = "";

		return this;
	};

	/**
	 * Sets the value of this property (which updates the style of the external object). Value is stored internally if the external object is not set yet.
	 *
	 * @param	aValue	*	The value of this property.
	 */
	objectFunctions._performSetValue = function(aValue) {
		//console.log("dbm.core.objectparts.ExternalCssVariableProperty::_performSetValue");
		//console.log(aValue);

		if(this._externalObject === null) {
			this._value = aValue;
			return;
		}

		CssFunctions.setStyleProperty(this._externalObject, this._externalVariableName, aValue, this._unit, this._priority);
	};

	/**
	 * Gets the value of this property. Internal value is used if the external object is not set yet.
	 *
	 * @return	*	The value of the property.
	 */
	objectFunctions.getValueWithoutFlow = function() {

		if(this._externalObject === null) {
			return this._value;
		}

		var cssValue;
		cssValue = this._externalObject.style.getPropertyValue(this._externalVariableName);

		if(cssValue === null) {
			return null;
		}
		else if(this._unit !== null) {
			var unitPosition = cssValue.lastIndexOf(this._unit);
			var valueWithoutUnit = cssValue.substring(0, unitPosition);
			return parseFloat(valueWithoutUnit);
		}

		return cssValue;
	};

	/**
	 * Sets up the storage, without knowing the external object.
	 *
	 * @param	aVariableName	String	The name of the variable to store the value in.
	 * @param	aUnit			String	The css unit for the value.
	 * @param	aDefaultValue	*		The default value to set the property to if it doesn't already have a value. (Optional)
	 *
	 * @return	self
	 */
	objectFunctions.setup = function(aVariableName, aUnit, aDefaultValue) {
		//console.log("dbm.core.objectparts.ExternalCssVariableProperty::setup");
		//console.log(aVariableName, aUnit, aDefaultValue);

		this._externalVariableName = aVariableName;
		this._unit = aUnit;

		var startValue = this.getValue();
		if(VariableAliases.isSet(startValue)) {
			this._performSetValue(startValue);
		}
		else {
			if(this.getValue() === null && VariableAliases.isSet(aDefaultValue)) {
				this._performSetValue(aDefaultValue);
			}
		}

		this.setAsDirty();

		return this;
	};

	/**
	 * Sets the external object for this property.
	 *
	 * @param	aObject		HTMLElement		The element to set the style property on.
	 *
	 * @return	self
	 */
	objectFunctions.setExternalObject = function(aObject) {
		//console.log("dbm.core.objectparts.ExternalCssVariableProperty::setExternalObject");
		//console.log(aObject);

		if(this._externalObject !== null) {
			//METODO: warning message
			this.removeExternalObject();
		}

		var startValue = this.getValue();

		this._externalObject = aObject;

		if(startValue !== null) {
			this._performSetValue(startValue);
		}
		else {
			this.setAsDirty();
		}

		return this;
	};

	/**
	 * Sets up the storage on the external object.
	 *
	 * @param	aObject			*		The object where the variable is stored.
	 * @param	aVariableName	String	The name of the variable to store the value in.
	 * @param	aUnit			String	The css unit for the value.
	 * @param	aDefaultValue	*		The default value to set the property to if it doesn't already have a value. (Optional)
	 */
	objectFunctions.setupExternalObject = function(aObject, aVariableName, aUnit, aDefaultValue) {

		this.setup(aVariableName, aUnit, aDefaultValue);
		this.setExternalObject(aObject);

		return this;
	};

	/**
	 * Removes the external object from this property.
	 */
	objectFunctions.removeExternalObject = function() {

		if(this._externalObject !== null) {
			this._value = this.getValueWithoutFlow();
		}
		else {
			//METODO: error message
		}

		this._externalObject = null;

	};

	/**
	 * Set all properties of the object to null. Part of the destroy function.
	 */
	objectFunctions.setAllReferencesToNull = function() {

		this._externalObject = null;
		this._externalVariableName = null;
		this._unit = null;

		this.superCall();
	};

	/**
	 * Creates a new object of this class.
	 *
	 * @param	aExternalObject		*				The object where the variable is stored.
	 * @param	aVariableName		String			The name of the variable to store the value in.
	 * @param	aUnit				String			The css unit for the value.
	 *
	 * @return	ExternalCssVariableProperty		The newly created object.
	 */
	staticFunctions.create = function(aExternalObject, aVariableName, aUnit) {
		var newExternalCssVariableProperty = (new ExternalCssVariableProperty()).init();
		newExternalCssVariableProperty.setupExternalObject(aExternalObject, aVariableName, aUnit);
		return newExternalCssVariableProperty;
	};

	/**
	 * Creates a new object of this class, without setting the external object.
	 *
	 * @param	aValue	*	The value for the new property. (Optional)
	 *
	 * @return	ExternalCssVariableProperty		The newly created object.
	 */
	staticFunctions.createWithoutExternalObject = function(aValue) {
		var newExternalCssVariableProperty = ClassReference._createWithInputValue(ClassReference, aValue);
		return newExternalCssVariableProperty;
	};

})

Local variables

Local functions

					_init():self

Constructor

Arguments

Function has no arguments

Return value

Self. Function is linkable.

Full code

objectFunctions._init = function() {
		//console.log("dbm.core.objectparts.ExternalCssVariableProperty::_init");

		this.superCall();

		this._externalObject = null;
		this._externalVariableName = null;
		this._unit = null;
		this._priority = "";

		return this;
	}

					_performSetValue(aValue:*):void

Sets the value of this property (which updates the style of the external object). Value is stored internally if the external object is not set yet.

Arguments

aValue:* - The value of this property.

Return value

Function has no return value.

Full code

objectFunctions._performSetValue = function(aValue) {
		//console.log("dbm.core.objectparts.ExternalCssVariableProperty::_performSetValue");
		//console.log(aValue);

		if(this._externalObject === null) {
			this._value = aValue;
			return;
		}

		CssFunctions.setStyleProperty(this._externalObject, this._externalVariableName, aValue, this._unit, this._priority);
	}

					getValueWithoutFlow():*

Gets the value of this property. Internal value is used if the external object is not set yet.

Arguments

Function has no arguments

Return value

* - The value of the property.

Full code

objectFunctions.getValueWithoutFlow = function() {

		if(this._externalObject === null) {
			return this._value;
		}

		var cssValue;
		cssValue = this._externalObject.style.getPropertyValue(this._externalVariableName);

		if(cssValue === null) {
			return null;
		}
		else if(this._unit !== null) {
			var unitPosition = cssValue.lastIndexOf(this._unit);
			var valueWithoutUnit = cssValue.substring(0, unitPosition);
			return parseFloat(valueWithoutUnit);
		}

		return cssValue;
	}

					setup(aVariableName:String, aUnit:String, aDefaultValue:*):self

Sets up the storage, without knowing the external object.

Arguments

aVariableName:String - The name of the variable to store the value in.

aUnit:String - The css unit for the value.

aDefaultValue:* - The default value to set the property to if it doesn't already have a value. (Optional)

Return value

Self. Function is linkable.

Full code

objectFunctions.setup = function(aVariableName, aUnit, aDefaultValue) {
		//console.log("dbm.core.objectparts.ExternalCssVariableProperty::setup");
		//console.log(aVariableName, aUnit, aDefaultValue);

		this._externalVariableName = aVariableName;
		this._unit = aUnit;

		var startValue = this.getValue();
		if(VariableAliases.isSet(startValue)) {
			this._performSetValue(startValue);
		}
		else {
			if(this.getValue() === null && VariableAliases.isSet(aDefaultValue)) {
				this._performSetValue(aDefaultValue);
			}
		}

		this.setAsDirty();

		return this;
	}

					setExternalObject(aObject:HTMLElement):self

Sets the external object for this property.

Arguments

aObject:HTMLElement - The element to set the style property on.

Return value

Self. Function is linkable.

Full code

objectFunctions.setExternalObject = function(aObject) {
		//console.log("dbm.core.objectparts.ExternalCssVariableProperty::setExternalObject");
		//console.log(aObject);

		if(this._externalObject !== null) {
			//METODO: warning message
			this.removeExternalObject();
		}

		var startValue = this.getValue();

		this._externalObject = aObject;

		if(startValue !== null) {
			this._performSetValue(startValue);
		}
		else {
			this.setAsDirty();
		}

		return this;
	}

					setupExternalObject(aObject:*, aVariableName:String, aUnit:String, aDefaultValue:*):self

Sets up the storage on the external object.

Arguments

aObject:* - The object where the variable is stored.

aVariableName:String - The name of the variable to store the value in.

aUnit:String - The css unit for the value.

aDefaultValue:* - The default value to set the property to if it doesn't already have a value. (Optional)

Return value

Self. Function is linkable.

Full code

objectFunctions.setupExternalObject = function(aObject, aVariableName, aUnit, aDefaultValue) {

		this.setup(aVariableName, aUnit, aDefaultValue);
		this.setExternalObject(aObject);

		return this;
	}

					removeExternalObject():void

Removes the external object from this property.

Arguments

Function has no arguments

Return value

Function has no return value.

Full code

objectFunctions.removeExternalObject = function() {

		if(this._externalObject !== null) {
			this._value = this.getValueWithoutFlow();
		}
		else {
			//METODO: error message
		}

		this._externalObject = null;

	}

					setAllReferencesToNull():void

Set all properties of the object to null. Part of the destroy function.

Arguments

Function has no arguments

Return value

Function has no return value.

Full code

objectFunctions.setAllReferencesToNull = function() {

		this._externalObject = null;
		this._externalVariableName = null;
		this._unit = null;

		this.superCall();
	}

Static variables

Static functions

					create(aExternalObject:*, aVariableName:String, aUnit:String):ExternalCssVariableProperty

Creates a new object of this class.

Arguments

aExternalObject:* - The object where the variable is stored.

aVariableName:String - The name of the variable to store the value in.

aUnit:String - The css unit for the value.

Return value

ExternalCssVariableProperty - The newly created object.

Full code

staticFunctions.create = function(aExternalObject, aVariableName, aUnit) {
		var newExternalCssVariableProperty = (new ExternalCssVariableProperty()).init();
		newExternalCssVariableProperty.setupExternalObject(aExternalObject, aVariableName, aUnit);
		return newExternalCssVariableProperty;
	}

					createWithoutExternalObject(aValue:*):ExternalCssVariableProperty

Creates a new object of this class, without setting the external object.

Arguments

aValue:* - The value for the new property. (Optional)

Return value

ExternalCssVariableProperty - The newly created object.

Full code

staticFunctions.createWithoutExternalObject = function(aValue) {
		var newExternalCssVariableProperty = ClassReference._createWithInputValue(ClassReference, aValue);
		return newExternalCssVariableProperty;
	}

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Trump Budget Slashes Funding For Many Global Health And Development Programs But A Few Are Spared : Goats and Soda The fiscal plan "puts America first" by slashing funds from many (but not all) global health and development programs.
A food distribution center in Ethiopia. Under Trump's plan, there would be far fewer dollars for aid efforts abroad.
In the introduction to his proposed federal budget, President Donald Trump states clearly that he plans to spend far less abroad and on international issues than did previous administrations.
One of the five bullet points in the introduction to the document "America First: A Budget Blueprint to Make America Great Again" states that the fiscal plan "puts America first by keeping more of America's hard-earned tax dollars here at home."
To accomplish that goal, the administration proposes slashing the appropriation for the State Department and USAID by $10 billion or roughly 28 percent and cutting Treasury International Programs by nearly a billion dollars, almost a 35 percent drop from last year.
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Here's a rundown of agencies and programs in the global health and development sphere that would lose funding if the budget is passed by Congress — and the ones that won't be affected.
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Banks that finance global development. The World Bank and others would lose $650 million over the next 3 years.
Climate change efforts in developing countries. The document explicitly says that funding will be eliminated for the Global Climate Change Initiative (GCCI). The Congressional Research Service sums up the GCCI this way.
"The United States supports international financial assistance for global climate change initiatives in developing countries .... The GCCI aims to integrate climate change considerations into U.S. foreign assistance through a range of bilateral, multilateral and private sector mechanisms to promote sustainable and climate-resilient societies, foster low-carbon economic growth and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and land degradation."
In addition to slashing direct funding to federal programs related to climate in developing nations, the president's new budget also says it would stop payments to U.N. programs on climate change.
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The second is PEPFAR, the incredibly successful anti-AIDS program that started under President George W. Bush. PEPFAR is credited with getting anti-AIDS drugs and other HIV related assistance to millions of people, particularly in Africa. Through PEPFAR the U.S. channels nearly $7 billion a year in to HIV/AIDS programs around the globe.
While the proposal calls for major cuts to the State Department's base funding, it gives the agency $2.2 billion for new embassy construction and security upgrades, $3.1 billion for security assistance for Israel and $12 billion in Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) funding. The OCO is a joint program between the State Department and the Defense Department that covers training foreign security forces and counter-terrorism operations among other war-related activities.


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Pat the fish dry. Sprinkle the fish with 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper and let stand 10 minutes at room temperature.
Chop half of the capers and mix with the unchopped capers. Arrange half of lemon slices in 1 layer in an 8-inch square glass baking dish and arrange fish fillets in a single layer over the lemon slices. Top with all of capers, remaining lemon slices, and 3 tablespoons parsley, then pour oil over fish. Bake in middle of oven, uncovered, until fish just flakes and is cooked through, about 1 to 1 1/4 hours.
Serve fish with some of lemon slices, capers, and oil spooned over. Sprinkle with remaining tablespoon parsley.


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The portraits of staff were drawn by children in Year 5.
I have been a Teaching Assistant at Ludworth for approximately six years both on a one to one basis and classroom based. Previously I was employed by Granada Television for twenty-seven years working in Accounts, World in Action, Sport and Regional Affairs.
I work with Year 6 in the mornings and most afternoons in Lower KS2. I run Homework Club for Years 5/6. This has grown from six rather reluctant members to over 50 very enthusiastic children today. I love working with the older children; their sense of humour, stories and commitment to being their very best is so inspiring.
Away from Ludworth I have a partner who still works in TV and two children, both of whom are ex-Ludworth pupils. I enjoy documentaries, current affairs, films and enthralling dramas and I am a member of a semi-successful quiz team.
I started working at Ludworth Primary School in September 2016.
I have a wonderful job as a Teaching Assistant working with the youngest members of the school in Reception.
I live locally in Marple with my husband and two children.
I work with the Reception children at Ludworth Primary School and look after children during lunchtimes. I also enjoy leading the very popular gardening club with Mr Templar.
I started helping out at Ludworth in 1998 when my son started in reception, then in 2000 my daughter started and I became a mid day assistant. I loved being part of Ludworth as I came to this school and my mum and gran did too, so we had alot of history. I then became a supply T.A. helping children in different years and working on a one to one basis with children. A few years later I had the chance to become a T.A. in the KS1 department, where I am very happy. I have a family and a dog who all need looking after and I also look after my sisters little boy who is adorable.
I work in Year 3 and 4. I have previously worked in Years 2-6 assisting children with a range of activities from cooking to phonics.
Following a career as a secondary school English teacher, I came to Ludworth as SEN support staff and immediately loved working here. I already knew the school well as my two children were lucky enough to attend Ludworth and, during that time, I had been the PTA secretary and a member of The Leading Parent Partnership Team.
I now work with a child in year 5 as well as teaching advanced reading skills to a group of year 6s. The children at Ludworth are fantastic and a pleasure to work with.
In my free time I enjoy visiting my family home in Southern Italy and travelling to new and interesting places with my two boys. I also love training in fitness and Martial Arts.
I am a Special Needs Teaching Assistant working with the junior children at Ludworth. I joined Ludworth in 2002 having moved to Marple from the Lake District. I have worked in both the KS1 and KS2 departments supporting children with special needs on a one to one basis.
In September 2009 I was lucky enough to be offered a job enabling me to work with individuals and groups of children across years 3 to 6. This has been a challenging but rewarding move and one that I am thoroughly enjoying. I have found the children a delight to work with and my colleagues to be friendly, supportive and good fun!! Earlier this year I gained my HLTA status resulting in opportunities to work right across the school.
When not at Ludworth I occupy my time playing tennis at Brabyns, reading and walking with my Labrador; a girl called Archie!
My job is very varied at Ludworth and I love it. I work supporting a child on a one to one basis during the morning and then in the afternoon I work as the School Learning Mentor, supporting children from all over the school remove barriers to their learning.
My name is Lynne Taylor and I am a HLTA which involves teaching classes all across the years. I am currently based in year 2 in the mornings running intervention groups which is a pleasure and a privilege to do.
I have worked at Ludworth for ten years and love every minute.
I am also a Mid Day Supervisor and work lunchtime with a fabulous team ( I am also very talented at singing 'Happy Birthday').
I love being part of the Ludworth Team and look forward to working here for many more years!
I've been a TA at Ludworth since 2014, working with key stage one children. I started coming into the school as one of Ludworth's dedicated army of parent volunteers, an experience I found so rewarding that I jumped at the opportunity to join the team at the school. It's a pleasure working with such a dedicated and motivated team in supporting Ludworth's wonderful children. No day at school is ever the same! In my spare time I enjoy running, martial arts, reading and, on the very odd occasion, resting.
I work with the Reception children at Ludworth Primary School and look after children during lunchtimes. I am very good at supporting children with additional medical needs.
I work as a specialist SEN teaching assistant and enjoy working in Year 5 and 6.
My name is Laura Wilkinson and I am a teaching assistant in Year 1. I am really excited to be joining Ludworth school and have been made to feel part of the team already! I love my job, the children make me smile every day!
My name is Gillian Hammond and I am a teaching assistant in Reception. I only started here in September but feel very privileged to work with such wonderful and inspiring staff and children. I have worked in Reception class for a number of years and continue to be dedicated and enthusiastic. I am looking forward to sharing the children's amazing and exciting journey in their Reception year at Ludworth.
My name is Jenny Findlow and I am a teaching assistant in Year 2. I am really excited to be joining Ludworth school and have been made to feel part of the team already!
I have been a teaching assistant for over 20 years and have experience of working in lots of different settings with children of all ages.
In my spare time I love spending time with my family, I am Mum to two boys and with our friends I enjoy reading. I have recently become a member of a female A-Capella snow choir and am looking forward to taking part in my first competition later this year.
I work in Year 3/4 in the morning and with Year 1/2 in the afternoon. I used to work with younger children in my previous job but I love the challenge of working with older children, especially when helping them learn to read and write.
I work in Year 3/4 supporting children with Maths and English. I am a qualified swimming teacher, so lots of children know me out of school too. I used to work in an outdoor education centre in Cornwall. I love being active outside.
I have worked in Schools Finance for the last 15 years across both Primary and Secondary Schools in Stockport and Tameside. I'm really lucky as I love my job, as I get to work with amazing staff and children. I also love Maths so can always make the books balance! I have a husband and 2 children, and we all like to go on holidays together to soak up some sunshine and spend some time together.
I first started work at Ludworth, in the office, as "temporary School Secretary" and nine years later I'm still here, now in a permanent role! I enjoy working as part of a team in a friendly and stimulating environment where the staff and children alike are lovely and talented. My work is busy and varied and ranges from recording attendance and collecting payments to answering the telephone and dealing with poorly children. Alongside working at Ludworth, I have watched my own three children grow and become independent allowing me more time to pursue my interests mainly, walking, reading and keeping fit.
I work in the office on a Friday, helping the smooth running of the administration involved in a school. My own children used to attend Ludworth and I now love being part of the team.
I am the caretaker at Ludworth Primary and ensure the whole site is kept safe for all children, staff and families.


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Q: Proper implementation of a FileInput and Upload function in Django using JavaScript I'm working on a functionality which allows a user to preview images before uploading them and I'm using JavaScript in Django.
When the images are selected from the FileInput, I create a Url for them with JavaScript which turns them to blob images and allows their preview.
Whilst previewing, the User can delete images he doesn't want in the preview before deciding to upload.
Now when the user deletes some images, out of the selected FileInput or add. I'm using the values of the previewed images the user has selected to filter out the FileList for the images the user has deleted and to keep the images the user wants uploaded.
After that is complete, I want to send the FileList as JSON to Djangos view and then input them as the images to be saved in the Database.
Is this a right implementation of the functionality?
OR when the user selects the images I should send it to the DB and then get it from the DB for preview by the User who can then choose to delete, how ever I'm looking at the amount of loads and effect the round trip might have on the DB, please advice.

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Q: Using ArcMap add x y data, points are in wrong location According to ArcGIS esri when I add a CSV with the "add XY" tool, * "The tool automatically adopts the data frame's coordinate system"*.  Since I'm importing a csv with no defined coordinate system, I would expect that importing a csv with only lat/long values and a name, that it would produce a data set of points in the origional dataframe's coordinate system at the lat and long given in the table.  That is not what's happening.
 I'm trying to add a CSV table or Excel file (tried both) of a list a radio sites around LA.  The project is NAD83, as I believe that's an FCC standard.  I'm trying to add the table using the ADD XY Data tool, placing the Longitude column in the X field and Latitude in the Y field ( Fig 1).  On the map the points end up half way to Hawaii however.  If you look at the identities window (Fig 2),  you'll see that my lat/longs in the identities table don't match the locations.  For example "Avalon" has a lat of 33.34101 in the table, but 27.196035, and the long is about 20 degrees off also (See green and orange circled values in Fig 2).  In my table below, there are only those values, where you can see where the lat and long values are coming from.  I've also tried a table where i removed the hyper link column, but the result is the same.  Also (fig 4), shows my layer properties for my point data feature.
Does anyone have idea what's going on?
Im thinking the CSV file I'm bringing in has no projection defined.  I would think the lat and long should just line up to the project coordinates.
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Unlocking the secrets of Ancient Egypt: Archaeologists uncover dozens of mummified animals in the Tomb of Tutu
The mummified remains of cats, dogs, falcons, and mice haunted a recently discovered tomb in Egypt. Experts believed that the animals were not the coterie of favored animals that got buried with their late owners. Instead, the animals were sacrificed and preserved as consecrated offerings to the dead.
Inscriptions found in the burial site identified its owner as a man named Tutu. He and his wife Ta-Shirit-Iziz got interred in the tomb around 2,000 years ago. The place escaped the notice of the authorities and tomb raiders until recently.
In a recent post on Facebook, the country's Ministry of Antiquities reported that they found the Ancient Egyptian tomb in October 2018. The ministry learned about the burial chamber's existence shortly after arresting a group of looters who were digging a tunnel to a different excavation site.
Once they found the entrance and opened it, the researchers and ministry officials discovered a well-preserved tomb. Various parts of the burial chamber featured vividly colored depictions of the Ancient Egyptian pantheon and the solemn rituals of a traditional funeral. (Related: Archaeologists uncover a dark chapter in Ancient Egyptian history: 60 Mummies found with evidence of GRUESOME deaths.)
Researchers find the tomb of a senior government official of Ancient Egypt
The tomb of Tutu lies near the Nile River and the city of Akhmim in the Sohag Governorate of Upper Egypt. Interested travelers from the Egyptian capital of Cairo must travel 280 miles (450 km) to reach it, but the long trip will arguably prove worthwhile.
The entrance connects to the main burial chamber by way of a long corridor. The walls of the passageway feature paintings that depict Tutu exchanging gifts with Anubis, Osiris, and the other gods who ruled the Ancient Egyptian underworld. Some of the paintings also showed Tutu working the fields.
In addition to the names of its owner and his wife Ta-Shirit-Iziz, the hieroglyphic inscriptions in the passageway also cited the names of the couple's parents. Such declarations of genealogy were important to the Ancient Egyptians.
Two large jars flanked the entryway to the burial chamber. The clay pots held the remains of a middle-aged woman and a teenage boy. Analysis of the preserved corpses revealed that the woman died around the ages of 35 to 50. Meanwhile, the boy appeared to be 12 to 14 years old at the time of his death.
Based on the wealthy furnishings of the tomb, the researchers theorized that Tutu was a senior government official in the Sohag region.
Mummified mice join the humans, cats, dogs, and falcons buried in the tomb of Tutu
Humans were not the only occupants of the tomb of Tutu. Dozens of mummified animals lay in repose in the two-part lobby and the burial chamber. In addition to the expected cats, dogs, and hunting falcons, there were also mummified mice.
Ancient Egyptian burial sites sometimes held the mummified remains of the owner's favorite pets. Cats, in particular, often get buried alongside their masters since they held a special place in the ancient polytheistic religion.
American University in Cairo researcher Salima Ikram opined that the mummified animals did not belong to Tutu, his wife, or the two corpses in the jars. He theorized that the various animals were offerings made to the dead couple by living relatives or descendants.
"The animals were probably put in much later and did not have anything to do with the humans," explained Ikram, who wasn't involved with the excavation and study of the tomb of Tutu.
Experts believed the tomb of Tutu got built during the early years of the Ptolemaic Kingdom (305 B.C. – 30 B.C.). They also found half a dozen additional tombs in the area, which will be charted out in due time.
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A mission church of 1881 predated the church of St Benet and All Saints here, built on a small field by a pond donated by St John's College Cambridge. A larger church was soon needed, which was consecrated in October 1885. It had taken only 4 months to be built, a contributing factor to later structural problems, and had no chancel. The chancel with vestries and south chapel was built in 1908 and, having become a dangerous structure, the original nave pulled down in 1927 and the current church built. St Benet and All Saints Church has a small raised area of garden fronting Ospringe Road with a notice board stating this is church land open for the public.
The church of St Benet and All Saints here was predated by a mission church that opened on 17 July 1881.The mission church had been built on a small field by a pond near Brecknock Road, the land having been donated by St John's College Cambridge. The site is now that of the church hall. The need for a new, larger church soon arose as the congregation grew and the first church on this site was consecrated in October 1885 and dedicated to St Benet, derived from St Benet's Church, Paul's Wharf in the City, now St Benet Welsh Church (q.v.). Bene't was a corruption of St Benedict, founder of the order of Benedictine monks in the early C6th. The church had taken only 4 months to be built, a fact that contributed to structural problems experienced later. By 1901 there was concern about the weight of the nave and insufficient foundations, and there was also no permanent chancel. As a result, in 1906 the decision was taken to build a chancel, and Bodley and Hare were appointed architects, who designed the present chancel with vestries and south chapel in 1908. Further problems were caused by a spring beneath the church, and in 1925 it was decided that the nave should be pulled down. Cecil G Hare was appointed as architect for the new church, which was built in 1928, although in November 1927 the old nave was condemned and closed by the LCC as a dangerous structure, and the mission church used as a temporary church in the intervening year.
St Benet and All Saints Church has a small raised area of garden fronting Ospringe Road with a notice board stating this is church land open for the public. It consists of a paved area with seats surrounded by flowerbeds, with some shrubs and an area of grass. Along Lupton Street is a further area of garden behind fencing and not open to the public, which has a sunken area with brick paving, the sides formed of railway sleepers that also provide seats, some flowers, shrubs and grass.
Bridget Cherry & Nikolaus Pevsner, The Buildings of England: London 4: North (Penguin, 1998); Camden Listed Buildings website; history on church website www.saintbenets.org.uk.


The Padres are one of the only teams in baseball with a clear need at shortstop, and they appear to be shopping around the potential market. Per Zach Buchanan of the Cincinnati Enquirer, via Twitter, San Diego has "real interest" in free agent Zack Cozart. He'll surely command a fairly significant contract, though there may also be an opportunity to realize value given the lack of demand at short. The Friars are also looking into Phillies shortstop Freddy Galvis, Jon Heyman of Fan Rag tweets. Galvis is projected to earn a healthy $7.4MM in his final season of arbitration eligibility, so he'd likely be available for a reasonable price — so long as the Phils decide it's time to move on.
Meanwhile, the Phillies are said to be setting a fairly lofty price tag on second baseman Cesar Hernandez, per Heyman (Twitter link). The 27-year-old switch-hitter has established himself as a quality regular with two consecutive seasons of above-average offensive production and quality glovework. He's projected to take home $4.7MM this year and is eligible to be tendered contracts for two more seasons. Hernandez is arguably the most valuable of the second basemen that can reasonably be considered plausible trade candidates.
Athletics second baseman Jed Lowrie is currently penciled into the organization's everyday lineup, but Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle writes that "it's increasingly apparent that Lowrie could be on the move sooner rather than later." The driving force here, it seems, isn't so much salary — Lowrie's reasonable $6MM tab still leaves the A's room to work with — as it is opportunity. Oakland evidently sees a chance to get a strong return on Lowrie while working to improve in the outfield. Since Frankin Barreto could step into Lowrie's shoes, the team may just be seeing a new and better way to allocate resources. The 33-year-old Lowrie had a strong bounceback season in 2017, turning in 645 plate appearances of .277/.360/.448 hitting.
All along, Tigers second bagger Ian Kinsler has seemed the likeliest player at his position to move. And it's possible a deal could come together this week, GM Al Avila tells reporters including MLB.com's Jason Beck (Twitter link). It's a "possibility," but not a certainty, that something will get done, according to Avila.
Angels are going to get JHay before the end of the week.
Pirates fan here, I don't really see the pirates moving Harrison, unless they get a very good offer.
I think they'll move JHay. I predict he will be gone before Friday.
(Pirate fan as well) I highly doubt they'll move him that soon. There has been very little talk about him. The most I've seen is Blue Jays might be interested in him.
The pirates intend to compete at this point, and they aren't exactly strong in the infield, so unless they get an offer they can't pass up, I don't see him going anywhere.
Which player holds the rights to the J-heigh nickname? JHey Or JHay?
Franklin Barreto their top prospect.
He's never been below .330 in any year of his career in the minors.
Semien, Chapman, Joyce, Davis, Powell & Olson all have wOBA of .310+ and walk more than league average. Semien is actually a very good baserunner (BSR 4.6), ahead of Joey Gallo and Cameron Maybin in that stat.
Regardless, I will miss Jed, best walk-up song in baseball!!!
Lowrie was better offensively than Davis? Olson?
I like the idea of signing Cozart. Fills a need, won't be too expensive with a lack of demand at his position and won't cost a draft pick.
Hey, we all agree! Cozart would be the smartest addition Preller could make this offseason. Every reason you mentioned for one, and for two the lineup needs to be lengthened. Myers will immediately become a better player once more is added to complement him.
The same guy we are asking to bat 3rd everyday, hit 30 and 100 every year, is the same guy 3 years ago who was batting leadoff, stealing bases, and was arguably the best player on that 2015 "rockstar GM" team. He does better with a supporting cast and Cozart would be a nice start to the complementary pieces that are needed to support Myers and make this lineup deeper.
Uh oh, well Ryan would disagree about "lineup protection." Truth is, he's not a leader, and he's being asked to be. He's a goofy, streaky, talented KID. It also is hard to be the best player on a crappy team. Everyone talks about his defense, but the year before he was one if the best. So the kid needs to get his mental in order. Hosmer would be a great fit, but I think he is just too expensive to have him in his prime for only a 2-3 years when we're ready to compete. If we could get him for 6/120, I'd be for it. But 7/180, no way.
Even if we got Carlos Santana and Zach Cozart, that immediately makes the team better.
You're dam right I will. Lineup protection has been proven to be a farce. If it were a real thing, Wil Myers' OBP would have gone up after Kemp got traded. It went down.
Giving Myers "some legit thump behind him" isn't going to stop him from swinging at bad pitches or stop pitchers from throwing him bad pitches.
Yeah Cozart would be a good signing to fill shortstop. His offense will probably decline, but if he can keep up his usual good glove work throughout the length of a 2-3 year deal, he'll be a serviceable shortstop to have until Tatis is ready.
And of course, minor league shortstops often have to move off the position; by the time Tatis makes the majors, if he even does, it might be as a third baseman or outfielder or second baseman. Cozart is already a major league shortstop, which has immense value all by itself. Think about how many bad hitters have hung around the majors for years and years because of their ability to play shortstop.
For all the reasons you just mentioned, even with light demand, Cozart may not decide to sign with the Padres. This is his one opportunity to decide where he wants to play. Why would he want to sign with a team that may use him as a trade chip in a year? Would the Padres give a NTC?
When signing w a bad team, there is always a higher chance you'll be flipped. If he's a super competitive guy, he may take less to play w a contender. But he hasn't had his big payday yet, and The Padres typically don't offer the highest offer due to being one of the best cities(if not best) in the country. But no they won't give a no trade clause. Small market teams can't afford to.
We'd offer him the most money is the reason why he would do that.
I dont mind if the Phils keep Cesar for a little bit until the deadline, but please for the love of god move Freddy!
What can the Tigers expect in return for Kinsler from, say the Mets or Angels?
I'm not a fan of either of these teams so feel free to correct me if this seems off base, but I feel like a package of Szapucki and another mid-level prospect could be about right. Kinsler is a solid player for sure, but the one year of control left knocks his value down a little at the same time.
It's early in the rebuild. Their goal should just be to add as much talent as possible.
Its possible that if Gleyber Torres isn't ready, Ian Kinsler could fit into the Yankees plans for one year.
Hard to believe the Yankees aren;t going hard for Cesar Hernandez and his .373 OBP.


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How Much Money Do US Politicians Make?
Mike Pence once spent over $240,000 to walk out of a football game as a snub to Colin Kaepernick.
It's easy to forget that the presidency of the United States is a government job just like any other–in that it comes with a stipulated salary and benefits.
But regardless of their bombastic rhetoric or self-serious public image, politicians are like all other government employees. The president, vice president, and legislators earn an annual income from the government in exchange for their duties, which include: executing/circumventing the law, upholding/withholding the civil liberties of American citizens, and legislating/sabotaging how societal institutions meet the needs of citizens, from healthcare to education.
If you've ever wondered what American politicians earn for all their hard work arguing across the aisle and starting Twitter feuds, look no further:
President (Donald Trump): $400,000 with non-taxable perks including a $50,000 expense account, a $100,000 travel account, and $19,000 for entertainment (all annually).
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Technically, Donald Trump donates his presidential salary, but as an independently wealthy private citizen, Trump still earns income from his real estate investments. As USA Today points out, this has been challenged by lawsuits arguing that Trump is violating the Constitution's foreign emoluments clause.
Simply put, the emolument clause prohibits the sitting president of the United States from accepting money from foreign states–in any way, since doing so could influence his judgment on foreign or domestic affairs. Trump, of course, holds over $100 million of investments in foreign business interests. That's why he's been fighting emolument lawsuits since 2017.
But yes, technically, Trump writes a check for around $400,000 once a year in order to "donate" his salary. As for his travel expenses, that $100,000 travel "budget" seems to be irrelevant, since the government covers way more than that amount each year.
Vice President (Mike Pence): $235,100 (subject to annual cost of living raises)
Let's remember that Mike Pence once spent over $240,000 to fly to a 49ers game just so he could dramatically walk out of the stadium when the national anthem played as a snub to Colin Kaepernick kneeling in protest of police brutality against Black citizens.
So Pence is payed over $230,000 a year to pull stunts like that as Vice President of the United States. (We won't be too hard on him, though; reportedly, Donald Trump ordered him to do it).
Speaker of the House (Nancy Pelosi): $223,500
On Friday, @SpeakerPelosi said she was opposed to a temporary extension of unemployment benefits because she would… https://t.co/fRyqAT7Dpg
— Movement for a People's Party (@Movement for a People's Party) 1595627579.0
Amidst a global crisis that has put nearly half of all Americans out of work, Nancy Pelosi doesn't believe in extending unemployment benefits because she would "lose leverage" when arguing with Republican representatives.
As a venture capitalist who's in business with her husband, Paul Pelosi, Nancy has a net worth of about $97 million (despite a popular meme that claims she's worth more than twice that). Yet, she's paid over $220,000 a year to do things like dismissing life-saving unemployment benefits as nothing but "leverage."
As for the rest of the house leadership, Steny Hoyer and Kevin McCarthy (the House Majority and Minority leaders respectively) earn $193,400 each year, while the rest of the standard salary for a congressperson is the same as a senator: $174,000.
Senate Majority and Minority Leaders (Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer): $193,400
Mitch McConnell has an estimated net worth of $30 million (including a windfall from an inheritance his wife received after a relative passed away). He earns nearly $200,000 a year protecting his wealthy friends' special interests and blocking bills from the Senate floor that don't have "liability protections" for said rich friends.
Supreme Court Associate Judges: $246,800
Prayers Up for our beloved Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Warm healing wishes #NotoriousRBG! https://t.co/iQczE6SYlu
— Christine Pelosi (@Christine Pelosi) 1594762677.0
As one of eight current Supreme Court Associate Judges, Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a priceless treasure who deserves to be paid in immortality and hugs. She's been an advocate for women's rights and racial justice throughout her career, including her 27 years on the Supreme Court.
It's unfortunate that she only earns about $250,000 a year, but Ginsburg's total net worth is about $4 million plus the hopes and dreams of an entire nation.
5 Times Donald Trump Proved He Was Innocent
Donald Trump is the most innocent president of our time.
Amidst the House's mounting Trump impeachment inquiry, only one thing is 100% certain no matter what the facts end up being: Donald Trump is totally innocent.
We know this because he tells us on Twitter, and if there's one thing we can all agree on, it's that Donald Trump never lies (and even if he was pretty much lying 84% of the time, that's only to troll stupid people, and by that I mean college-educated democrats and people who can read).
So who cares if the Whistleblower's statement has been proven accurate in a line-by-line dissection? And who cares if the White House definitely tried to cover up the details of the Ukraine call. If Donald Trump says he didn't do anything wrong, well, he's the president so I believe him. So in celebration of how truthful and honest our President is, and how much I believe him no matter what he says or does, I've made a lot of 5 times that Donald Trump was completely innocent.
The Ukraine Call
If that perfect phone call with the President of Ukraine Isn't considered appropriate, then no future President can… https://t.co/QfHzQrLk7J
— Donald J. Trump (@Donald J. Trump) 1569597845.0
If Donald Trump says he didn't pressure foreign governments into interfering with the 2020 election even though he admitted to pressuring foreign governments into interfering with the 2020 election, I believe him. He said it was a "perfect phone call" and I'm not 100% sure what that is but it definitely was.
Russia, Russia, Russia! That's all you heard at the beginning of this Witch Hunt Hoax...And now Russia has disappea… https://t.co/fUbv2gPksj
In addition to Florida - South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama, will most likely be hit (much) harde… https://t.co/G9N3uqS9Pd
Those Tweets were NOT Racist. I don't have a Racist bone in my body! The so-called vote to be taken is a Democrat c… https://t.co/jAGPz1saBI