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SFLC.in at IGF 2018, Paris: Overview of our Lightning Talk on Internet Shutdowns
The 13th Internet Governance Forum ("IGF") was hosted by the Government of France at the headquarters of UNESCO in Paris from 12 to 14 November 2018. The overarching theme for the event was 'Internet of Trust'.
The IGF is a global multi-stakeholder platform to exchange information and share good policies and practices relating to the Internet and related technologies. The IGF also gives stakeholders from all countries, including developing countries, the opportunity to engage in the debate on Internet governance and it contributes to capacity building, allowing these stakeholders to build knowledge and skills that will facilitate their participation in existing Internet governance institutions and arrangements.
This year, at IGF, SFLC.in was part of a panel organized by Mozilla on - 'Has it become a luxury to disconnect?' and also gave a lightning talk on 'Internet Shutdowns in India'. SFLC.in was represented by Shashank Mohan on both sessions at the IGF.
We wish to bring you summaries of these sessions at the IGF, as two posts.
(For a summary of our panel discussion organized Mozilla on 'Has it become a luxury to disconnect?' at the IGF in Paris, please click here)
Summary of our lightning talk on Internet Shutdowns in India
Speaker: Shashank Mohan
We (SFLC.in) define Internet Shutdowns to be - government imposed suspension of access to the Internet, as a whole, within one or more localities for any duration of time.
Certain regions in India have been disproportionately affected by Internet Shutdowns, such as – Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan and West Bengal.
The current rules on Internet Shutdowns in India – Temporary Suspension of Telecom Services (Public Emergency or Public Safety) Rules, 2017, do not provide a formal mechanism of reporting shutdowns by the executive.
Internet Shutdowns have significant socio-economic costs for the country.
It is unclear whether Internet Shutdowns are effective in achieving the goals they are implemented for.
To illustrate the social effects of shutdown in India, Shashank started the talk by narrating the story of a school girl from Darjeeling (West Bengal), who was unable to apply for her higher education due to an Internet Shutdown of more than 100 days in her home town. He proceeded to then explain the definition of Internet Shutdowns (as adopted by SFLC.in) i.e. a government imposed disablement of access to the Internet, as a whole, within one or more localities for any duration of time. SFLC.in does not consider blocking of certain services or throttling of the network as an Internet Shutdown, he said.
He then moved on to informing the audience that India holds the number one position of all countries in the world to shutdown the Internet in the year of 2018. This year India has also seen the maximum shutdowns (125 at the time of giving the talk) since 2012, when one of the very first instances of an Internet Shutdown was reported in the country, he told the audience. Shutdowns are not uniformly imposed in all regions of India and they are not deployed for the entire country. They have been concentrated in few regions of the country like – Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan and West Bengal, with the most shutdowns being reported from the Jammu and Kashmir region.
For the legal backing of Internet Shutdowns in India, he informed the audience that before last year i.e. 2017, governments across India had been using an archaic law, which was generally used in situations of public unrest to impose Internet Shutdowns (Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973). In 2017, the central government introduced rules under a British era law called the Telegraph Act, 1885 to formalise the procedure for imposing Internet Shutdowns in India. The rules called the – Temporary Suspension of Telecom Services (Public Emergency or Public Safety) Rules, 2017, introduced mechanisms of imposing a shutdown; reasons to be given for imposing a shutdown; and the formation of a review committee for ensuring that shutdowns are imposed by the due process of law. Crucially, these rules do not establish a formal mechanism of reporting the instances of shutdowns being imposed.
Moving on to the economic effects of Internet Shutdowns, Shashank told the audience that as per a study conducted by the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), the internet shutdowns imposed between 2012 and 2017 costed the Indian economy a sum of nearly $3.04 billion. Similarly, according to a study conducted by the Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings, between July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016, economic losses to India due to Internet Shutdowns are - $968 million.
Moving on to the work SFLC.in has been doing in India around Internet Shutdowns, Shashank told the audience that SFLC.in had been actively and comprehensively tracking shutdowns in India from the year 2012. SFLC.in maintains a real-time dynamic tracker at <https://internetshutdowns.in/> and has recently published a detailed report on Internet Shutdowns in India capturing the extent, socio-economic effects and the legal backing of shutdowns in India. SFLC.in has also filed 'Right to Information' applications with state governments under the Right to Information Act, 2005, to inquire about the extent of shutdowns in every state. Recently, SFLC.in has updated its tracker to retrospectively update un-reported shutdowns based on replies received to right to information applications from the state of Rajasthan.
To conclude, Shashank stated that barring the concerns of public safety and national security, India has started seeing instances of Internet Shutdowns for – avoiding cheating in exams and during public festivals. He also said that it is unclear whether Internet Shutdowns are effective in achieving the goals they are implemented for.
For related posts on Internet Shutdowns, you may click here and here.
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The children are very excited to see the seasonal changes the woods and the surrounding area experience before we visit again in the spring!


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Children's Learning Center at Wheeler enjoys temporary stay at Campus Recreation
Winter storm damages forced change of scenery
The Children's Learning Center needed space, and Campus Recreation had it.
When Winter Storm Uri blasted Texas with arctic temperatures in late February, it caused widespread property damage from water outages and frozen pipes.
The University of Houston wasn't immune to the winter wreckage: Not only did Housing and Residential Life do emergency repairs, but burst sprinklers and pipes shut down the Children's Learning Center's Wheeler location completely. The storm caused extensive water damage in the lobby and seven of nine classrooms to sheetrock, carpet, ceilings, cabinets and counters that took weeks to repair.
This could have left dozens of parents scrambling to find alternative childcare for their toddlers and preschoolers — that is until Campus Recreation offered a solution: Turn the space in the Rec Center that's been taken off-line with COVID-19 restrictions into temporary classrooms.
Instead of being closed for weeks, the Children's Learning Center simply moved the Wheeler site, reopening on March 9 in the Rec Center by turning racquetball and squash courts and unused multipurpose rooms into eight fully functional classrooms. The Wheeler infant classroom was temporarily housed at CLC's Cameron location.
"What warms my heart is everyone coming together to make it happen," said Jennifer Skopal, director of the Children's Learning Center.
After Campus Recreation Executive Director Kim Clark made the offer, UH's Facilities team did the heavy lifting by moving undamaged heavy furniture to the Recreation Center. Teachers then came in and moved other supplies they would need to teach, while Campus Recreation erected barricades to keep the new children's space separated from other visitors.
The cooperation across UH has been uplifting, Skopal said. "It's been really, really great," she said. "Teachers were excited. They wanted to be open. They wanted to be here for the children."
And the kids seem to have liked the temporary digs, as well. Repairs to the Wheeler location were completed by mid-April, so the children had a few weeks to enjoy having class in "the gym" before returning to their normal classrooms.
What did the kids think? Here are some selected quotes from children in the program:
"I like to watch the basketball players."
"I like naptime at the gym."
"I like that we decorated the room very beautiful."
"I like dancing and playing kickball in the gym."
"I like hearing the basketball players."
Parents were also won over. Dr. Sandra Zalman, associate professor and program director of art history in the Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts, said she was impressed by how well the Children's Learning Center pivoted to the new space. When she heard that the Wheeler location had been damaged, she said she was relieved to find out they'd be reopening in a temporary space.
Her child has attended the Children's Learning Center since 2013, "and I've always been impressed with the level of care provided by the amazing teachers and staff. My kid is happy at the new location because he loves his teachers, but he still asks about his old classroom, which was, after all scaled to children and tailored specifically for their development and learning."
The Children's Learning Center, which has been open on UH's campus for nearly 50 years, has grown over the years and expanded classrooms. Today, it has two locations on campus that can care for a combined 221 children. Teachers in the Center provide developmentally appropriate activities and a learning environment that fosters respect for cultural diversity. Students, staff, faculty and alumni can apply to enroll their children in the Center, which boasts a small teacher to student ratio, and a Spanish language immersion program.
"The University daycare offers the highest quality care to the children of the campus community, and is foundational to the mission of the University, making it possible for UH parents to conduct their research, attend their classes, and achieve excellence," Zalman said. "You may have seen the statistics about how many women have left the workforce as a result of the increased pressures of caring for children during the pandemic. Having a functioning daycare then becomes an equity issue that allows working parents the time and space to do their jobs. Meanwhile, early childhood education and care remains an underpaid field, despite being the most challenging and valuable work of all."
Clark said offering the unused space for such an important part of the University was an easy decision. Because of the pandemic, she said, Campus Recreation has been operating its facilities at a reduced capacity for safety reasons. "It has been a tough year for everyone between the pandemic, families having to teach kids at home, having limited childcare options and working remotely. We were simply happy to be able to offer a possible solution to one of our campus partners," Clark said. "We hope this helped relieve a little stress for those families who count on the Center."
Skopal said their licensing representative from the Department of Texas Health and Human Services officially approved the temporary space. Skopal and UH followed strict licensing rules in setting up the temporary classrooms, which spells out everything from child accessible handwashing stations and toilets to classroom square footage.
Zalman said the damage to the Wheeler location really highlights the importance of the Children's Learning Center to the UH community. "Not only is it important for raising the next generation of Cougars, it is vital to the University's Mission," she said. "Without the Center functioning, faculty, staff, students and alums who are parents simply cannot undertake the work necessary to achieving the University's Research 1 goals."
Parents were not required to bring their children to the temporary space, Skopal said. All families had the option of not returning until the Center was fully operational in its permanent location.
But when the Wheeler Center reopened on March 9, after being closed for three weeks, teachers welcomed 51 children back into the classrooms.
"Seeing the joy on the parent's and children's faces this morning at drop-off made this process all worthwhile," she said. "Everyone settled in nicely. The Campus Recreation Center staff have been so welcoming and accommodating to our needs. I cannot thank them enough!"

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Have you read the help file? The name "Contour By Pick" is a little misleading. Are you trying to pick a contour to machine? Here is a method I use.
If I have a closed polyline I want to cut out with a .500 end mill, I create an offset contour of .25. I then choose Path Milling & click on the offset contour, which is green. & I follow that path.
I have read the help file some time ago and I use to be able to make use of Contour by Pick when defining contours on which to generate G code for my mill. Because of the listed problem, I have been unable to make use of the function and there are times when it would be quite useful.
I was trying to determine if there may be something I must do to get it to function again. I guess I could try to reinstall but, that is a real drag, having to call and get a new product ID code to re- install. It seems that the licensed user could be cut a little slack if he/she has to deal with a precarious software product requireing installs often.
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The need to work together for better climate change adaptation in Nepal
By Binod Parajuli
Climate change is real and it's happening now. The impacts of climate change are becoming more evident by the day; the scenario for Nepal is amongst the most acute. According to a study conducted by Dr. Madhav Karki and his colleagues who study natural resource management and climate change adaptation, glaciers are rapidly retreating (the average rate of retreat is more than 30 metres/year), temperatures are rising (>0.06°C), rainfall is erratic, and extreme weather events such as flood and droughts have increased dramatically.
Nepal's major rivers are glacier-fed and most of the country's hydropower plants depend on these rivers. Considering these facts, Nepal has to prepare to try and mitigate the effects of climate change as far as possible, and adapt to them to minimize their impacts on livelihoods. The nation's poorest people and communities are on the frontline. The changing climate has created such a situation where the most vulnerable have everything to lose, and have very little to help them cope with or combat the associated negative impacts of climate change. These impacts are inevitable, and the most vulnerable countries—Nepal being one of them—are also the most affected as their rural communities have low adaptation capacities. When we speak of institutions, we refer to both policies as well as organizations governing the system. Institutions set the "rules of the game" and these are vital when it comes to shaping climate change adaptation.
Nepal has been successful in formulating three policy documents on climate change adaptation: the National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA), 2010, the Climate Change Policy, 2011, and the National Framework on Local Adaptation Plans for Action (LAPA), 2011.
Speaking at the Fifth Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Laxmi Kumari Basnet, Under Secretary, Ministry of Population and Environment, Nepal, said, "The Government of Nepal has entered the National Adaptation Plan formulation process. This sets a milestone in our efforts towards shaping climate change adaptation in Nepal."
As a focal point, the Ministry of Population and Environment (MoPE) delegation team led by Basnet is attending the flagship event of the Asia-Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN). The major aim of this delegation is to share information on climate change adaptation with local- and national- level initiatives. Another major objective for this delegation team has been to learn from other south Asian countries about their best practices and try and replicate them in Nepal.
Governments are key actors in shaping climate change adaptation in any country. The government has a greater role than any other body in creating an enabling environment where all stakeholders can be brought together for effective decision-making.
There are other intergovernmental organizations, the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) for instance, NGOs, and community-based organizations working at different levels and scales in shaping climate change adaptation in Nepal. In recent years, there have not just been many local-level initiatives working on climate change, but actual policy-level interventions at the national and global levels. Still, there is the need to integrate both the bottom-up and the top-to-bottom approaches to better shape climate change adaptation and steer it in the right direction. In addition to their regular programmes, these institutions needs to raise a collective voice at international forums such as the Adaptation Forum to get their message across to a larger audience and obtain global commitment to collaborate better and improve adaptation in Nepal.


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Etimologia
A partícula mlk, do semita do noroeste, era o título dado aos soberanos das cidades-estado do Levante a partir do fim da Idade do Bronze. A forma usada no hebraico bíblico é מֶלֶךְ, melek. O termo Moloque foi interpretado tradicionalmente como epíteto de um deus, conhecido como "o rei" assim como Baal recebia o epíteto de "o mestre" e Adon de "o senhor"; moloque, no entanto, era pronunciado propositalmente errado, como Molek no lugar de Melek, utilizando-se as vogais da palavra hebraica bosheth, "vergonha".

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Q: Limited float precision and infinitely harmonic signal generation problem Suppose we need to generate a very long harmonic signal, ideally infinitely long. At first glance, the solution seems trivial:
Sample1:
   float t = 0;
   while (runned)
   {
      float v = sinf(w * t);
      t += dt;
   }

Unfortunately, this is a non-working solution. For t  >> dt due to limited float precision incorrect values will be obtained. Fortunately we can call to mind that sin(2*PI* n + x) = sin(x) where n - arbitrary integer value, therefore modifying the example is not difficult to get an "infinite" analog
Sample2:
   float t = 0;
   float tau = 2 * M_PI / w;
   while (runned)
   {
      float v = sinf(w * t);
      t += dt;
      if (t > tau) t -= tau;
   }

For one physical simulation, I needed to get an infinite signal, which is the sum of harmonic signals, like that:
Sample3:
   float getSignal(float x)
   {
      float ret = 0;
      for (int i = 0; i < modNum; i++)
         ret += sin(w[i] * x);
      return ret;
   }

   float t = 0;
   while (runned)
   {
      float v = getSignal(t);
      t += dt;
   }

In this form, the code does not work correctly for large t, for similar reasons for the Sample1. The question is - how to get an "infinite" implementation of the Sample3 algorithm? I assume that the solution should looks like an Sample2. A very important note - generally speaking, w[i] is arbitrary and not harmonics, that is, all frequencies are not multiples of some base frequency, so i can't find common tau.  Using types with greater precission (double, long double) is not allowed.
Thanks for your advice!

A: You can choose an arbitrary tau and store the phase reminders for each mod when subtracting it from t (as @Damien suggested in the comments).
Also, representing the time as t = dt * it where it is an integer can improve numerical stability (i think).
Maybe something like this:
int ndt = 1000;       // accumulate phase every 1000 steps for example
float tau = dt * ndt;

std::vector<float> phases(modNum, 0.0f);

int it = 0;
float t = 0.0f;
while (runned)
{
   t = dt * it;

   float v = 0.0f;
   for (int i = 0; i < modNum; i++)
   {
       v += sinf(w[i] * t + phases[i]);
   }

   if (++it >= ndt)
   {
       it = 0;
       for (int i = 0; i < modNum; ++i)
       {
           phases[i] = fmod(w[i] * tau + phases[i], 2 * M_PI);
       }
   }
}

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Society and the Internet: How Networks of Information and Communication are Changing Our Lives
Mark Graham and William H. Dutton
Part I Internet Studies of Everyday Life
1 Inventing the Internet: Scapegoat, Sin Eater, and Trickster
2 Next Generation Internet Users
3 The Relational Self-Portrait
4 The Politics of Children's Internet Use
5 Gender and Race Online
Part II Information and Culture on the Line
6 Internet Geographies
7 China and the US in the New Internet World
8 Social Media and the News
9 The Impact of the Internet on Media Industries
10 Big Data
Part III Networked Politics and Governments
11 Transforming Government—by Default?
12 The Wisdom of Which Crowd? On the Pathology of a Digital Democracy Initiative for a Listening Government
13 Online Social Networks and Bottom-up Politics
14 Big Data and Collective Action
15 Empowering Citizens of the Internet Age
Part IV Networked Businesses, Industries, and Economics
16 Scarcity of Attention for a Medium of Abundance
17 The Internet in the Law
18 The Digital Divide and Employment
19 A Critical Perspective on the Potential of the Internet at the Margins of the Global Economy
Part V Technological and Regulatory Histories and Futures
20 Next-Generation Content for Next-Generation Networks
21 Data Privacy in the Clouds
22 The Social Media Challenge to Internet Governance
23 Beyond the Internet and Web
The Social Media Challenge to Internet Governance
(p.348) 22 The Social Media Challenge to Internet Governance
Society and the Internet
Laura DeNardis
Much discussion of Internet governance focuses on global forums and debates over policy and practice. This chapter argues that the study of Internet governance needs to focus more on how governance is being shaped away from the international forums, as it is embedded in technical and business decisions about the Internet and related applications. Focusing the discussion on social media, the chapter argues that the future of civil liberties, such as freedom of expression and privacy, and technical openness are being decided out of the public's gaze. Technical and business decisions are having long-range social implications that the policy community and larger public do not see, and are therefore unable to hold those developing these policies to account. The future of anonymity, for example, will have major implications for freedom of expression, but is being winnowed away through technical decisions about the Internet's underlying infrastructure.
Keywords: governance, Internet governance, civil liberties, freedom of expression, social media


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Crowdsourcing and Engagement, Ed Tech Philosophy, Ed Tech Tools
Just because it is, doesn't mean it should be.
I am really loving the new Apple campaign. "Designed by Apple" continues with the experience over product theme. For those unfamiliar, take a look:
The video is beautiful. I love the overall feel but a couple of parts really standout. The narrator asks three probing questions, 1) "Who will this help?" 2) "Will it make a difference?" and 3) "Does this deserve to exist?". These are fundamentally human-centred questions. The goal of these questions is to find answers that make life better for the user. At the heart of any human-centred venture lies empathy. An empathetic experience revolves around the users' needs and not around tools of the trade. I have been in education for 14 years now and I have experienced the good, the bad and the ugly of education. The good has been the kid centred, the bad has largely been programs before people experiences and the ugly has been coping with thoughtless process.
Public education naturally and rightfully brings with it a high level of accountability. This accountability also presents constraints. Austerity measures sound good but rarely work. Rather than embracing the austere, we should embrace purposeful program design. It's not about cutting, it's about purposeful usage. Constraints can breed creativity for the hopeful and austerity for the fearful. Canadian baseball writer Jonah Keri wrote a terrific book about the Tampa Rays called "The Extra 2%". The Rays are saddled with the worst home field in MLB, poor attendance and limited revenue. By embracing these constraints and by charting out a holistic organizational design, the Rays win each and every year. They draft, sign and develop players to fit the model. They also leverage every possible angle within their control to move the team forward. In the face of constraints, they win.
As educators in a public system, we have to similarly embrace the constraints of our system. We must DESIGN programs, processes, PD sessions and classroom experiences. There are too many things in the system that "just are" but probably shouldn't be. EVERYTHING in our system should be purposefully designed and be subject to Apple's three core questions: Who will this help? Will it make life better? Does this deserve to exist?
Stop and think for a moment about all of the board or ministry initiatives that you have seen come and go as an educator. What did they have in common? Now think about those that have lasted, endured and evolved. What do they have in common? The ones that have lasted are the ones that empathized with the intended users. They were designed with people in mind. The failures were those that put the product ahead of the people. To get a better idea, try to picture a Sony Store and an Apple Store. The Sony Store places HEAVY emphasis on the product. It is a really static environment that focuses on the specs rather than the usages. The Apple Store is buzzing with life and activity. People are using the products, having fun and becoming devotees. Apple wins on two fronts: they build elegant products AND experiences.
My point is: EDUCATION = SONY STORE.
A strength of our profession is the ability to empathize with kids. This is clear to anyone who might walk into our best classrooms. As a system though, we do a pretty lousy job of empathizing with our larger community. This is not done with mal intent but rather out of a sense of being stuck. Structures, traditions, conventions and the general status quo are powerful institutional forces. We put centrally created products and programs first and people second. This is evident from start to finish in program creation:programs largely lack consultation (even though the connective technology exists to remedy this), they are vetted centrally and DELIVERED in an expert to novice learning model. This simply cannot continue. Older teachers are burnt out from living this cycle year after year and for the younger teachers, this model is simply incongruent with the rest of their life. Growing up in a connected era has created ingrained expectations and habits. Sharing, curation and co-creation are a natural ways of life. We will be wasting ridiculous amounts of tax payer dollars if we continue with our program creation and delivery model because these teachers will ignore it all and do what comes naturally; share and create with peers both in person and via social media.
Change has to come for both reasons of utility and principle. For sheer utilitarian purposes, we must make better use of constrained funding and on the principles side, it is simply the right thing to do. We must empathize and design for our kids and teachers to reach their fullest potential.
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Got Purpose?
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Before this school year, I knew Montessori but not Reggio. As part of an inquiry group, my school team made visits to Bishop Strachan ( a private girls' school), The Dr. Eric Jackman U of T Lab School and St. Anthony C.S (part of the TCDSB). Each of these schools had Reggio Emilio inspired early learning programs. Conversations with the teachers, administrators and early learning educators from these schools revealed a common denominator for success: INTENTIONALITY. Every action, item and routine is done for a specific purpose from the obviously important to the seemingly insignificant. No busy work, no black-line masters, and no dust collectors in any of these learning spaces. The learning from these purposeful environments has been powerful.
This was my first year as an administrator after 13 years in the classroom. No matter what was happening in the school, I made sure that I toured all three floors of our school right after morning announcements and after lunch recess. You LEARN a lot about your space through these informal walkabouts. After doing these tours, visiting classes daily and meeting regularly with staff, some impediments to change really became obvious. People really get caught up in the "flow" of school. Traditions and entrenched cultures can really become an anchor. The established ways of doing things become hard to break for people and we get caught up with maintaining our concepts of "school" rather than on learning. This negative feedback loop is not unique to schools. We see the same dangers in politics, sports and family life. We spend too much time propping up a lot of tired systems and conventions rather than doing what we should be doing. We lose sight of the forest for the trees (pretty sure that's how that idiom is supposed to be used!). I believe that this happens because we lose sight of purpose and our actions become scattershot rather than intentional.
I LOVE this video. The ultimate case for design thinking. Intentions are not shaped by existing circumstances or settings. Instead, everything becomes built around intention and purpose. This philosophy gets us away from "doing school" and streamlines our processes to a razor sharp focus. Identify core values in order to shape clear mission and then relentlessly pursue implementation. Resource expenditures, classroom design, guest speakers, methods of communication et al must be consistent with mission. Look at the best sports franchises. There is a reason why they are consistently great. They have organizational values and they intentionally put them into action. When they deviate, they evaluate and refocus. The means to operationalize the values will most definitely change as time goes on but the values remain the same.
How many classrooms, schools or boards operate that way?
I am neither naive nor stupid. I recognize that the competing interests of the various stakeholders in the education machine make this focus difficult ( notice that I use the word difficult and not impossible), not to mention the sheer size of some boards. This difficulty becomes more daunting when we view the system from a bird's eye view. A slumping batter in baseball will most assuredly become stuck deeper if he tries too hard to get it all back at once. The most likely way back to success is through razor sharp focus on each pitch. We can't reorient a whole system from the top. Impossible in days past and even more so in our ever connected and flattened modern landscape. School and system leaders have a huge role in uncovering values and mission. They also have the responsibility to create the structures that will allow mission and values to take flight. This is done through empowering rather than imposing.
Sandy Lima is a Grade 1 teacher at my school. She is passionate and completely kid focussed. She was a reluctant participant in our collaborative inquiry project. As we continued to meet as a group and visit schools, she began to radically change her practice. She let go of her traditional view of the role of teacher and opened herself up to a more emerging curriculum stance. This was powerful and people noticed. The more she talked, the more people at our school listened. More teachers began to become intrigued by inquiry to the point where three new teachers joined our group and our Grade 8 team began to adopt Project Based Learning. Her actions impacted our school. Because of her passion, she was asked to be a presenter at our board's Ministry of Education Review. The culminating exhibition for the Grade 8 PBL work was a Food Symposium at our school. Our Associate Director of Education, Superintendent of 21C, three AICT teachers and a SWS teacher were kind enough to attend and interact with our team. This event was transformative for the kids, the educators and our school. It all came about from a passionate teacher and a system that decided that it was important for a light to be shone upon her.
Every part of this anecdote was kid centred and mission specific. Our school staked out a mission of "Empowering life-long learning and faith-inspired global outlook." As a school leader, I had a role in shaping this mission but there is NO way that I could put it into action without collaborative support. Belief and buy-in come from successful action. We cut away the nonsense of school and get intensely focussed on the learning. Mistakes were made by all along the way but that's OK. We learned and we grew, not just in capacity but in numbers supporting the mission.
We must be more intentional in our actions. Sport is a wonderful distraction but it is far from paramount importance. If a sports franchise can effectively deploy purposeful action, we must do the same in education where the stakes are infinitely higher. Our kids deserve our best. No more scattershot approaches to learning. It's OK to change course if that's what the learning and evidence tell us but it is not OK to keep changing course based on whim or bureaucratic dictates. It is not OK to let the "that's the way we've always done it" approach fester. Intentional action is not the same as imposed action. As leaders, we must have a sense of mission and find the people who are doing the best job of putting mission into action.
We need to simplify, we need to perfect and we need to start over again when necessary. We just can't lose focus on the why of it all.
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to help sort books at Bernie's Book Bank office this past Saturday, April 28th!
AMS Staff at Bernie's Book Bank on April 28, 2018.
Thank you to all those that donated time and books to this effort! We hope next year to surpass the amount of books raised and people that volunteered their time. We look forward to your help next year! To learn more about Bernie's Book Bank and how to get involved, click here.
Bernie's staff introducing Volunteers to the book sorting station.


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John A. Terselic
Libertyville, IL Insurance Defense Lawyer
(847) 949-0025	1860 W Winchester Rd
Libertyville,	IL 60048
Insurance Defense and Medical Malpractice
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Insurance Defense, Business and Medical Malpractice
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Diane M Ainsworth Esq.
Chicago, IL Insurance Defense Lawyer with 34 years of experience
(312) 984-0398	203 N. LA SALLE ST.,
Chicago,	IL 60601
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfInsurance Defense, Insurance Claims, Personal Injury and Probate
Northwestern University School of Law
J.D. Northwestern University School of Law; B. A. - S.U.N.Y. at Purchase, New York ; Emma Willard School, Troy, New York; Alumnus: Operation Crossroads Africa - Ivory Coast ; Exchange Student University of Lorraine, France.
Robert Shipley
Chicago, IL Insurance Defense Attorney with 42 years of experience
(888) 493-8574	120 North LaSalle Street
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfInsurance Defense, Business, Insurance Claims and Personal Injury
Robert A. Shipley is the founding partner of Shipley Law Group, Ltd. For decades he has maintained long-standing client relationships while engaged in an active litigation and trial practice, along with general business counseling.
Mr. Shipley focuses his practice in civil litigation involving complex commercial, construction, construction defect, insurance, professional liability and tort litigation and general business counseling, as well as Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution. An experienced trial attorney, he has in excess of 100 cases to verdict and has successfully argued cases in the Illinois Appellate Court.
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(312) 525-8074	101 N. WACKER DRIVE
Free ConsultationInsurance Defense, Insurance Claims, Maritime and Workers' Comp
South Texas College of Law
JOHN R. WALKER is a Partner in SBSB's Houston office. For the past almost twenty-five years, it has been my privilege to represent insurance and employer interests focusing on the defense of claims brought under the Longshore and Harbor Act, the Defense Base (DBA), the Non-Appropriated Funds (NAF) Instrumentalities Act, the Jones Act, and General Maritime and Admiralty Law. Additionally, John also has extensive experience in First Party Insurance Defense matters, representing employers, insurance carriers, and third parties in State, Federal and Appellate courts. Prior to joining the firm, John handled First Party Insurance Defense,...
Angela M Iaria
Oak Brook, IL Insurance Defense Attorney with 12 years of experience
(630) 571-1900	1900 Spring Road
Oak Brook,	IL 60523
Insurance Defense, Divorce, Family and Probate
Angela M. Iaria is a licensed attorney specializing in the areas of civil litigation, family law, child custody and support, and estate administration in DuPage, Kane, Will, Cook and surrounding collar counties. Ms. Iaria's practice involves uncontested and contested divorce, post-decree conflicts, including child support, child-related expenses and child custody issues, as well as pre and post-nuptial agreements and estate administration. Additionally, Ms. Iaria has conducted multiple bench and jury trials in state and federal court for cases involving breach of contract disputes, breach of fiduciary duties, premises liability and real estate disputes.
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Jordan Reed Byhring
St. Charles, IL Insurance Defense Lawyer with 6 years of experience
(630) 665-7300	250 W. River Drive
St. Charles,	IL 60174
Insurance Defense, Family, Personal Injury and Products Liability
University of St. Thomas, Minnesota School of Law
Since his first days of law school, Jordan R. Byhring has been dedicated to making a difference in his community by counseling individuals and corporations in need of an experienced litigator in their corner. As an attorney who has practiced in state courts, federal courts, and administrative agencies on matters related to civil litigation, he exhibits honesty, thoughtfulness, and tenacity at every stage of a family law matter. Previously, Jordan has provided legal assistance to not only large corporations to defend their interests in complex tort cases, but also to individuals, including on cases related to food poisoning, automobile accident,...
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Chicago, IL Insurance Defense Lawyer
(312) 629-0099	205 W Randolph St
Free ConsultationInsurance Defense, Animal, Asbestos and Civil Rights
John Eggum
(312) 863-5053	222 N. La Salle St.
Ste. 1400
Insurance Defense, Bankruptcy, Business and Insurance Claims
A partner in the firm, John Eggum concentrates his practice on insurance coverage disputes and commercial litigation. With respect to insurance coverage matters, Mr. Eggum is regularly retained in a wide range of property and casualty commercial lines disputes, and has represented insurance companies in property coverage litigation (fire, wind, hail, collapse, etc...), inland marine matters, and liability coverage litigation (including mass tort, products claims, cyber/technology liability, and professional liability claims). He also represents both private and public companies (including financial institutions) in commercial disputes around the country. Mr. Eggum is also frequently retained by insurers, banks,...
Jay S. Judge
Park Ridge, IL Insurance Defense Attorney with 52 years of experience
(847) 292-1200	422 N. Northwest Hwy
Park Ridge,	IL 60068
Insurance Defense, Appeals and Municipal
The John Marshall Law School
Jay S. Judge, the senior partner of Judge, James, Hoban & Fisher, LLC, is a trial, appellate and insurance coverage attorney. He has had more than 85 jury trials and 200 appeals on liability and coverage issues. He is a former claims supervisor who currently represents self insured governmental entities, insurance companies and self insured risk pools. He graduated cum laude from John Marshall Law School where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review. Jay has a Martindale-Hubbell rating of "AV Preeminent for 30 Years." He has written two legal columns for over 30 years: "Federal Courts" in...
Steven R Johnson
Wheaton, IL Insurance Defense Lawyer with 29 years of experience
(630) 653-5775	311 South County Farm Road
Wheaton,	IL 60187
Insurance Defense, Business, Construction and Real Estate
Steve is an active trial attorney and is admitted to practice in Illinois and several Federal Courts. Steve has represented clients in a variety of state and federal courts in Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Kansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin. Steve's practice areas include Catastrophic Loss Litigation involving Subrogation and Defense, Insurance Coverage Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Commercial Real Estate Development and Property Leasing, Defending Complex Class Action Claims under the Truth In Lending Act and Consumer Fraud Statutes, as well as some Appellate Practice in these areas. In addition, Steve is...
Joseph P. Sullivan
(312) 641-1555	333 W. Wacker Dr.
Insurance Defense, Asbestos and Products Liability
Mr. Sullivan is a defense attorney with extensive experience litigating product liability, toxic tort, asbestos, complex litigation, mass tort, transportation, insurance and general liability claims. Representative matters currently include defending a catastrophic injury case involving a double amputation from a recycling baler, a wrongful death case resulting from maintenance on a street cleaning truck and a breach of warranty action involving fires on two tractor trailers. Joe has been involved in the defense of a wide variety of toxic tort cases for 20 years, including, single plaintiff and multi-plaintiff claims arising from alleged exposure to asbestos, mold, benzene, PCBs...
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(312) 580-0100	70 W Madison St
Insurance Defense, Business, Legal Malpractice and Personal Injury
Deanna M. Williams
Chicago, IL Insurance Defense Attorney with 5 years of experience
(312) 612-7619	118 N. Clinton
Free ConsultationInsurance Defense, Business and Employment
Todd Alan Ramlow
(815) 398-9700	1491 S Bell School Rd
Rockford, IL Insurance Defense Lawyer
Insurance Defense, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Paul S Steinhofer
(312) 558-3985	33 North LaSalle Street
Chicago,	IL 60602-2610
Insurance Defense, Asbestos, Construction and Environmental
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Paul S. Steinhofer is an experienced civil and criminal first chair litigator who has tried numerous cases to verdict. His clients represent a broad spectrum of insurance companies and corporations for whom he has provided defense litigation representation in cases involving catastrophic loss, product liability, toxic tort litigation and construction litigation. One of his major clients is Siemens.
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John Scott Hoff
(312) 346-8111	20 South Clark Street
Insurance Defense, Appeals and Business
Joseph Paul Giamanco
Bolingbrook, IL Insurance Defense Attorney
(630) 635-5555	340 Quadrangle Dr
Bolingbrook,	IL 60440
Free ConsultationInsurance Defense, Arbitration & Mediation and Business
Stephen Judge
Park Ridge, IL Insurance Defense Attorney with 7 years of experience
(847) 292-1200	422 Northwest Hwy. suite 200
Insurance Defense, Personal Injury and Real Estate
Marisa Saber
Chicago, Illinois Insurance Defense Attorney
(312) 382-3183	222 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 1500
Chicago,	ILLINOIS 60606
DePaul University College of Law
Stanley Kaminski
(312) 499-0105	3700 W Chicago Ave
Insurance Defense, Antitrust, Appeals and Business
David Greenwald
(312) 923-2774	330 N Wabash Ave
Insurance Defense, Arbitration & Mediation, Bankruptcy and Business
Philip T. Carroll
(312) 382-3147	123 N Upper Wacker Dr
University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
Kathryn Margaret Walker
(312) 750-1819	One North LaSalle Street
Insurance Defense, Business, Civil Rights and Personal Injury
University of Michigan Law School and Michigan State University College of Law
Kathryn M. Walker graduated with honors from the University of Michigan Law School where she received the Craig T. Spangenberg Award for Outstanding Oral Advocacy for her work in the Michigan Clinical Law Program, representing a variety of clients in state and federal court. In the spring of 2010, Ms. Walker wrote a successful petition for rehearing en banc and, subsequently, submitted a supplementary brief to the Sixth Circuit. She also represented a former inmate in a federal suit against the local county jail for abuse, harassment, and deliberate indifference. Ms. Walker spent two summers working at public defender agencies,...
Yvonne C. Ocrant
Chicago, Illinois Insurance Defense Lawyer with 23 years of experience
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Carlos A. Ortiz
(312) 704-3000	N Lasalle St
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Anthony Goldner
Kent College of Law
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Anjali Das
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Kevin Caraher
Insurance Defense, Appeals, Construction and Personal Injury
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Stefan Dandelles
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Insurance Defense, Appeals, Business and Civil Rights
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Flos presented this stunning collaborative project during the Milan Salone 2009 which involved no less than 5 well known contributors: design by Philippe Starck, text by Jenny Holzer, execution by Flos, crystal by Baccarat and custom electronic design by Moritz Waldemeyer. There are two versions of the lamp, a floor standing tall design and a smaller table top light. Each features a white LED display running along the centre line of the crystal element. The interplay between the geometric LED matrix and hand made Baccarat crystal turns Jenny Holzer's text into a mesmerizing animation.
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Los Angeles. Entertainment capital of the world. Ready for it? It's coming for you.
In 3, 2, 1… Hollywood Boulevard Take in a movie at El Capitan, Hollywood's legendary landmark theater and home of the first spoken drama Kodak Building. It's got the best view of the Hollywood sign. Hollywood Star Walk or the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The walk is over 3 1/2 miles long, with over 2500 stars. Mann's Chinese Theater. It's filled with celebrity names and their hand print and shoe prints too.
At the entrance of the legendary Guitar Center on Sunset Boulevard, are memorial plaques with the hand prints and signatures of your favorite rock-n-roller. Hollywood Forever Cemetery . It is one of the places you would come to celebrities. The catch is that they're all dead.
One of the best views of Hollywood and Los Angeles is from Runyon Canyon. The only way to get there will cost you a 15 minute hike. It's the LA smog, which will get you when you're hiking. I'm huffing and puffing right now. Ever wanted to see the Hollywood Sign up close? Why not hike there.
A famous landmark and people watching spot is Canter's 24 hour Deli. La Brea Tar pits, where a lot of animals met their death. LA County Museum of Arts is one of my favorite stops, contemporary art at it's finest. Free Museum Days Fan of TV and talk shows?
Get ready to see some Free Live Tapings. Duration of the taping could last anywhere from three to five hours. LA has a lot of food options for many diets and being vegetarian I'm glad they have an option for me. Fill 'er up!
Convenient and car-friendly lookout for viewing the city is Griffith Observatory. Offers one of the best night views of Los Angeles city, but did you know by day it's a great park for hiking? The Comedy Store on the Sunset Strip is a legendary venue which showcased some of Hollywood's most famous comedians.
For those who travel and want to maximize their entertainment benefits can I suggest that everyone outside the US switch to the American version of Netflix. It's way better than all the other versions and you can try it out here.
Los Angeles is situated in Southern California, on the West Coast of the USA. Home to 18 million people.
Los Angeles is a collection of distinct cities that rolls out from the dry Santa Monica Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. L.A.'s sunshine, her entertainment industry and her openness to newcomers and new ideas has made the city a magnet to dreamers. Many of those whose dreams become reality, like Walt Disney and John Paul Getty, poured their wealth back into the city, helping make L.A. one of the great culture capitals of the world.
Downtown Los Angeles is a center of global business and home to some of the finest examples of American civic architecture. It's also the birthplace of the city. Wander down Olvera Street, one of the oldest surviving areas in L.A., to experience the colors and tastes of Old Mexico. Just across the road from Olvera Street is Union Station, one of the world's great railway stations. You'll be forgiven if you experience a sense of déjà vu here; Union Station has been featured in almost 30 big-budget movies, including Pearl Harbor and Blade Runner. Stroll south to Little Tokyo, or J-Town as the locals know it, which is home to Buddhist temples, galleries and museums. While you're there, why not try some super-fresh sushi? After all, the California Roll was invented right here!
Half a mile to the west is the Walt Disney Music Hall. Looking like pieces of sheet music thrown to the wind, this stainless steel wonder is home to L.A.'s Philharmonic Orchestra. Hail a taxi for the short ride west to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The one-hundred-thousand-piece collection at LACMA houses works that span the ages, from the classical periods through the edgiest street art. Right next door is a very different kind of gallery.
Welcome to Rodeo Drive, in the heart of Beverly Hills. This is the world's most expensive and exclusive three blocks of shopping. But you don't have to be a star to enjoy Rodeo Drive; most folks are content to window shop. But there's more to Beverly Hills than just bling! Only a street or two away awaits a world of leafy boulevards and incredible homes and gardens. Head north to Hollywood, the epicenter of the world's entertainment industry. Track down your favorite star on the historic Hollywood Walk of Fame, and catch a movie at Grauman's Chinese Theater, the most famous first-run movie theater in the world. Take a walk on the wilder side of L.A., to West Hollywood. WeHo is a haven for artists and designers.
As evening falls, boogie on down to Sunset Strip, home to iconic clubs such as The Viper Room and the Whiskey a Go Go. ♪ Boogie On Down ♪ Griffith Park is the largest and wildest urban park in America. Here, perched high on the slopes of Mount Hollywood, and offering superb views of L.A., you'll find the Griffith Observatory. Built on land donated by mining magnate Griffith J. Griffith, admission to the main building and grounds is still free of charge, according to his wishes.
Universal Studios is the oldest continually running movie studio in America. It features a theme park based around its blockbuster movies and popular TV shows, however the star attraction is the studio tour, which winds its way through acres of sound stages and back lots. And if you have that sense of déjà vu again, it's no wonder – some of the sets have been featured in dozens of movies and are still in use today.
20 miles southeast of downtown is Knott's Berry Farm. Originally a berry farm in the 1930's, this theme park has grown into a family favorite with child-friendly rides, short queues and offers a real taste of America's pioneering heritage. Just down the road, in Anaheim, is Disneyland Park. Since its opening in 1955 over 600 million guests have delighted in seeing Disney's much-loved characters brought to life.
The Port of Los Angeles, the biggest container port in the USA, sits on San Pedro Bay. Climb aboard the USS Iowa, a World War II battleship which saw service in some of the most dramatic episodes in world history. Nearby at the Aquarium of the Pacific, 500 marine species sway, swirl and dive through the various marine systems of the vast Pacific, from the sun-drenched coast of Baja to the frigid waters of the Arctic. Long Beach was once the birthplace of California's surfing scene, but a breakwater has now tamed the wild waves, making the beach an ideal destination for families.
From Long Beach, hop aboard a ferry, and take a one-hour trip to Catalina Island. Once the home of otter hunters, smugglers and gold prospectors, these days day-trippers and weekenders are far more interested in working on their golden tans and escaping the frantic pace of the mainland. Heading west from L.A., Santa Monica is one of the most popular resort towns in the US. Santa Monica epitomizes the California lifestyle of sun, sand and the body beautiful! And right at her heart is her iconic pier. Things get a little funkier just down the coast at Venice Beach. Long the center of L.A.'s counterculture, Venice is more than just a beach, however. The main attraction here is the promenade.
So pull on your in-line skates and join the colorful and sometimes bizarre human parade. After the craziness of Venice Beach, head 5 miles north to the tranquility of the Santa Monica Mountains. The Getty Center houses the extraordinary art collection of billionaire John Paul Getty. Water features prominently throughout the complex, encouraging quiet reflection. Hire a convertible and follow the scenic Pacific Coast Highway to Malibu; 21 miles of prime Californian coastline scented with salt and coastal sage. Many of L.A.'s stars live in homes that cling to these dramatic hillsides by the Pacific, which is the perfect metaphor for L.A.. A city built on an unshakable optimism and a devotion to creation – both human and natural.
Some handy tips for doing your research online before you visit LA. Firstly for booking trips and accessing US only resources – this is a useful tip use US residential proxies like based in this blog post about sneaker proxies.
San Francisco is full of educational and historical museums and galleries. The information provided in the museums will help you discover San Francisco as well as art, culture and history. Interactive exhibits will entertain adults and children alike. Below we have highlighted some of the more popular museums in the San Francisco area. We hope you will find a few to visit while you are here. If you search around online to make your hotel and car rental reservations then you can often find some great discounts. If you're outside the US it's worth using a VPN or something to give you a US IP address as you'll get better deals. There's quite a lot of choice but you can actually use the one I subscribe to to watch British TV in the USA.
For more information on changing, switching and hiding your IP address then check out this useful link where you'll find loads of proxy related information.
The founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, Bill Wilson wrote his famous book over 70 years ago describing his utter powerlessness when it cam to alcohol. His confession about hitting rock bottom and changing his life have of course helped millions over the years gain freedom from alcohol by abstention.
Now ever since that time, the vast majority of experts and medical advisers have always followed this route when dealing with people with alcohol problems. Anyone with any sort of issue with alcohol is advised to completely give up and never touch a drop again. It's the de-facto advice you'll get from virtually everyone in the medical profession but the sad thing is that often it simply doesn't work.
It is of course a binary solution, you either fail or succeed, there's no middle ground, no room for improvement or partial measures. For every person who comes through the famous seven steps and leads a life of sobriety there's probably many more who just give up completely.
However now addition specialists are beginning to think that this approach may not be correct. In the US and Los Angeles imparticularly many addition experts and physicians are suggesting that another route is not only just popular but perhaps more suitable for dealing with alcohol problems.
The way we treat and handle alcoholism is being changed by a variety of developments but one centers around a process called the Sinclair Method which aims to help drinkers drastically reduce rather than abstain from alcohol. The method works in tandem with a drug called Selincro which you can read about here.
The drug is taken by an individual at least an hour before any drink and the idea is that it reduces the pleasure that each drink provides. It contains the active ingredient Nalmefene which is designed to reduce the endorphins which are released when people drink. The idea is that the brain begins to dis-associate the pleasure/reward with continued drinking. The results and trials have been impressive, the average success rate is somewhere above 80% and the average reduction is about 62% in the fall in alcohol consumption.
The impressive thing is that it changes the focus from a titanic all or nothing battle with alcohol which unfortunately many people lose into one were you can gradually reduce their alcohol consumption.
The drawbacks are that although you can continue to drink using Selincro, you must take a single tablet before you drink in any 12 hour period. That rule is for ever and without exception which obviously can be expensive unless you can get the drug on some sort of prescription.
Well it could be true, and for soccer fans it's pretty exciting – the World Cup might be coming to Los Angeles. Compared to much of North America we soccer fans do pretty well, but shortly we might have a chance to watch the best players in the world in our own stadiums.
Of course, we do get to see these players but usually when they're semi-retired and looking for that last big pay cheque. Or we have to watch on TV, I personally have invested in a VPN such as this to watch Match of the Day online, the Premiership soccer show broadcast by the BBC.
The latest development in LA's bid to become a host for 2026 moved ahead last Tuesday following the city council decision to permit a private group to try and secure the international sporting event on behalf of many Southern California cities. The hope is that LA World Cup 2026 will become a reality and many factions are behind this bid. The Host Committee has set up a Limited liability company to support the bid and the group comprises the LA Football Club. They combined will bid on behalf of Inglewood, Pasadena and LA, a movement that eases the financial responsibility the setting of events, according to town officials.
There is an expectation that this is going to be a rousing success, called City Councilman Paul Koretz, who voted to back the bid. I do not see the threat from any other of the bidding organisations at all.
Previously this month, the L.A. City Council balked at the contract put ahead from the United Bid Committee, the 3 country group is cooperatively seeking to host the World Cup in North America. That proposal would have required the town of L.A. To pay for services such as police, even when games were stored in Pasadena. Los Angeles, that is among 25 U.S. Cities which may be host sites for the World Cup, it is likely to become the main contender for the championship game. Last software to host the World Cup are expected in March, and FIFA, the regulating body of international football, will select the winner in June.
Whether this happens or not we will have to wait and see. From coverage in other nations press and media it seems that the LA bid is being taken seriously, it was recently covered by the British media which I access and stream UK TV abroad using the VPN mentioned above.
The football federations of the U.S., Mexico and Canada combined forces to present a combined bid. Morocco, that has submitted its bid, is the only contest. Separately, the council agreed Tuesday to approve a contract between LA Airports of the world and the U.S. Soccer Federation linked to the marketing of games and enticing visitors to the airport. The contract was accepted despite concerns from some lawmakers within a lack of legal protection for the city and the airport.
How should these two factors combine is basically this – I am always waiting for the latest series of a variety of TV shows – Walking Dead, Game of Thrones and a myriad of others. Unfortunately when you're travelling you can miss out on these releases as they're often scheduled at different times. A show might be released on one date in the US and then a few weeks later in Europe, so if I'm travelling all my friends have seen in way before me – and yes they usually can't resist commenting.
You'd think that it wouldn't matter because of the Internet but no, I am an avid HBO subscriber but am completely unable to access my subscription when outside the USA. It's kind of stupid really that the online facility is blocked from me at the one time I actually wish to use it.
Now I can mess around with IP changers and stuff like that, but am always frustrated that I just can't watch it quickly without problems which is why I am tempted by torrents. This is a way of sharing files between a shared community. Basically someone uploads a file and shares it on their computer then as people download they become part of the swarm and share it too. The result is that you can download movies and music very quickly indeed by using these 'torrents'.
The problem is that you're still breaking copyright and even if you have a legitimate right to access in one country doesn't mean you have in another. It's a crazy situation but unfortunately so it's due to us having a licensing situation which kind of ignores the digital world we live in. Worst still when you download a file like this, it's extremely simple to track down who downloaded it. It's worth reading this article on anonymous torrenting for some background on the technicalities.
Basically you're wide open to DCMA litigation, people get caught and fined all the time. In reality if you use a third party access point i.e. one that is not registered to your home address you should be alright. This is because although your IP address is recorded it won't be associated with you directly if you are downloading from a coffee shop or hotel.
So when travelling it should be safer, although this doesn't help with the very real problems of sharing your hard disk out to a bunch of strangers. All in all I don't think torrents are worth the effort but I wish the media companies would sort out their licensing so people who travel aren't penalized like this.
It is of course, the ultimate problem for the webmaster, traffic is everything and without it your website serves no real purpose. There are ways to bring your website to peoples attention, but it won't happen without work and leveraging other sources. One of the most accessible ways to bring traffic to your site is to use the social networks that millions use everyday.
Social bookmarking has spread far and wide across the Internet these days and has become one of the growing trends. Thanks to Web 2.0, the Internet has completely evolved. The sheer amount of information and how it is exchanged on the web is completely different than it was just 6 years ago. A big part of this is social bookmarking; knowing why this is can help benefit your business, social bookmarking played a big part in changing how information spreads online.
But how does social bookmarking correlate to Internet marketing?
How will this benefit your business and help you move to the next level?
The real truth revolves around the fact that these websites have become trusted sites which update their content literally each minute. Because the search engines adore updated and helpful information, they award good ranking to social bookmarking sites. The fact they rank so highly is reason enough to see the potential contained in these sites. Enabling you to expand your visitor base via word of mouth advertising, their links to your site when correctly put up are able to spread virally to alternate sites. In this article we will be looking into the many benefits of social bookmarking and how it can prove helpful to you.
You can easily command a niche market with social bookmarking. This develops you into a brand, as you keep up a constant theme, true to your content, and share it with the social bookmarking websites. It attaches your name to a particular niche, and people start seeing you as an expert, which in turn makes your marketing efforts easier. Aside from this fact, you will have more credibility as you put up more and more information on the identical theme to the social networking sites. But you need to keep in mind that the information you bookmark has to be of quality and beneficial to the people reading. If you don't have worthwhile content, your plan will fail and your brand will be corrupted.
Something a lot of Internet marketers take advantage of is the high level backlinks created when you use social bookmarking sites. The personal pages or the profile pages that you create on these social bookmarking sites can grow popular and get a page rank of 3 or 4 easily. This high rank means search engines will look at your site regularly and will index your new content while seeing where your links lead. Of course, the links would then lead to your site. Backlinks from high page ranks can cost lots of money; using social bookmarking sites gives you them for free. All that is required of you is to do it correctly, and then you will be waiting for a good ranking of your websites.
All in all, if you're looking out to expand your online business and take it to the next level, then you need to start using social bookmarking. This does not mean you should focus completely on social bookmarking; there are plenty of other methods you should consider alongside using this one. Using other techniques alongside taking advantage of social bookmarking is a recipe for success.
For information on using VPNs to hide your location and IP address, useful for accessing the social bookmarking sites and bypassing Netflix blocks, please read this post.


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Washburn é uma cidade localizada no estado norte-americano de Wisconsin, no Condado de Bayfield.

Demografia
Segundo o censo norte-americano de 2000, a sua população era de 2280 habitantes.
Em 2006, foi estimada uma população de 2144, um decréscimo de 136 (-6.0%).

Geografia
De acordo com o United States Census Bureau tem uma área de
16,0 km², dos quais 10,2 km² cobertos por terra e 5,8 km² cobertos por água. Washburn localiza-se a aproximadamente 211 m acima do nível do mar.

Localidades na vizinhança
O diagrama seguinte representa as localidades num raio de 36 km ao redor de Washburn.

Ligações externas


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'Fast & Furious' star Tyrese Gibson is preparing for another custody fight with his ex-wife after asking a judge to let him take their daughter to Atlanta, Georgia.
The movie star and his ex battled it out in court last year after she accused him of spanking their child so severely she couldn't sit down. During the legal spat, Tyrese was prevented from seeing 10-year-old Shayla. He was finally awarded 50/50 custody and now wants primary custody, so he can raise her in Atlanta.


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Monsieur Verdoux est un film américain, une tragicomédie, réalisé par Charlie Chaplin, sorti en 1947. C'est le premier film de Chaplin où il n'apparait pas en tant que Charlot ou un personnage similaire.

Monsieur Verdoux fut sévèrement accueilli par la critique et le public américains. Il fut cependant nommé aux Oscars 1947. Il eut un certain succès en Europe et un grand succès en France avec  entrées. L'histoire du film est librement inspirée des crimes de Landru.

Résumé

Un employé de banque parisien, Henri Verdoux, est réduit au chômage par la crise de 1929. Pour subvenir aux besoins de sa femme invalide et de son fils, il épouse de riches veuves qui meurent rapidement après les noces. Mais les proches de la dernière victime ont des soupçons. Une première enquête menée contre lui n'aboutit pas. Verdoux multiplie ses victimes et finit par se rendre à la justice. Au terme de son procès, il est guillotiné.

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 Titre français : Monsieur Verdoux
 Titre original : Monsieur Verdoux
 Titre alternatif américain : A Comedy of Murders
 Réalisation : Charlie Chaplin
 Scénario : Charlie Chaplin, sur une idée d'Orson Welles d'après la biographie d'Henri Désiré Landru
 Directeurs de la photographie : Roland Totheroh, Curt Courant (non crédité)
 Réalisateurs associés : Robert Florey, Wheeler Dryden
 Assistant réalisateur : Rex Bailey
 Directeur artistique : John Beckman
 Montage : Willard Nico
 Musique : Charlie Chaplin
 Direction musicale : Rudolph Schrager
 Conseiller artistique : Curt Courant
 Son : James T. Corrigan
 Costumes : Drew Tetrick
 Maquillage : William Knight
 Coiffure : Hedvig M. Jornd
 Production : Charlie Chaplin
 Société de production : Chaplin - United Artists
 Tournage :  au
 Pays d'origine :
 Format : noir et blanc – 35 mm – 1,37:1 – mono (RCA Sound System)
 Genre : comédie dramatique
 Durée : 124 minutes
 Dates de sortie :
 États-Unis :  (première au Broadway Theatre à New York)
 France :
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Distribution

 Charlie Chaplin (VF : Jacques Dumesnil): Henri Verdoux, Alias Varnay, Alias Bonheur, Alias Floray et le narrateur
 Mady Correll : Mona Verdoux
 Allison Roddan : Peter Verdoux
 Martha Raye (VF : Claude Daltys) : Annabella Bonheur
 Robert Lewis : M. Botello
 Audrey Betz :  Botello
 Marilyn Nash (VF : Claire Guibert) : La jeune femme
 Marjorie Bennett : La bonne de Marie Grosnay
 Isobel Elsom : Marie Grosnay
 Ada May(VF : Lita Recio) : Annette
 Helen High : Yvonne
 Margaret Hoffman <(VF : Germaine Kerjean) : Lydia Floray
 Irving Bacon : Pierre Couvais
 Virginia Brissac : Carlotta Couvais
 Almira Sessions (VF : Mona Dol) : Lena Couvais
 Fritz Leiber : Le prêtre (VF) Marc Valbel
 Charles Evans (VF : Pierre Morin): Détective Morrow
 William Frawley (VF : Paul Bonifas): Georges / Jean La Salle
 Bernard Nedell : le préfet de police

Invraisemblances
 À la fin du film, il est précisé que Monsieur Verdoux sera guillotiné car il refuse de faire appel. Or, en France, à l'époque, il est impossible de faire appel d'un jugement de cour d'assises. Il aurait cependant eu la possibilité de former un pourvoi en cassation.

Notes et références

Liens externes

 Monsieur Verdoux sur le site CharlieChaplin.com archivé sur Wikiwix

Film américain sorti en 1947
Comédie dramatique américaine
Verdoux, Henri
Film réalisé par Charlie Chaplin
Film d'United Artists
Film américain en noir et blanc
Film se déroulant dans les années 1920
Film nommé aux Oscars
Film mettant en scène un tueur en série
Film américain inspiré de faits réels


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