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Local children's museum kicks off milestone birthday with month-long festivities
By StoryStudio March 2, 2020 8:00 am
The award-winning, revolutionary Stepping Stones Museum for Children is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year.
Since its launch in 2000, the Norwalk, Conn.-based nonprofit organization has served a whopping 7 million children and families by creating active, multi-sensory, playful experiences that foster a lifelong love of learning. The museum's multifaceted approach enables children's healthy development, emphasizing the achievement of language and literacy skills while enhancing physical and social-emotional growth and well-being. Its exhibits, from the wacky and whimsical Big Adventures: Dinosaurs time machine to the wet and wild energy lab, also use research and industry best practices to connect knowing and doing for children.
"When we first opened our doors, we were answering a call from our community to create a world class children's museum in the region, where all children could learn and grow, and better understand and appreciate the world. I'm very proud to say that with the help of members, educators and community partners, we've done just that," said Rhonda Kiest, president and chief executive officer of Stepping Stones.
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Luis' first experience with Stepping Stones Museum for Children was 10 years ago as a small child visiting the museum. Now, he is a dedicated YES2 youth volunteer and is making a difference through his leadership.
Over the last 20 years, the 40,000 square-foot, LEED Gold-certified museum has evolved into a highly regarded community asset encompassing five hands-on galleries, a state-of-the-art Multimedia Gallery, a Family and Teacher Resource Center, the Early Language and Literacy Initiative (ELLI) Lab School and community gardens and the outdoor, tented Celebration Courtyard. Along with the engaging exhibits and content-rich programming provided every day, Stepping Stones also offers special events, character guests and live performances regularly throughout the year.
On March 7, for example, Stepping Stones celebrated its twentieth birthday with a "Best Birthday Party Ever" which included live entertainment, learning-inspired games and experiences, cupcakes and special birthday party guests. The birthday campaign involved a #MySteppingStones social media competition, that asked fans to share their favorite Stepping Stones stories, photos, and happy birthday wishes, winners scored a Family Plus memberships worth $210.
The museum's reach also extends well beyond its walls, by providing programming in the community through its model ELLI preschool classrooms both at the museum and in nearby public elementary schools and at a local university, plus school-based workshops, traveling mini-exhibits, and community-based events. This year, for example, Stepping Stones will serve 75,000 children and families through its Open Arms Accessibility Initiative, which ensures children of all backgrounds and abilities can access brain-building, play-based learning opportunities at the museum and their local schools. For the fourth consecutive year, Stepping Stones and Norwalk Public Schools teamed up to create authentic performance task curriculum (APT) for the 2019 Norwalk Summer Academy, transforming more than 1,250 Norwalk students into healthy foodshed advocates.
The APT is part of the museum's Healthy Children, Healthy Communities® initiative, a statewide children's health initiative it created in 2007 as a proactive response to widespread concern about children's physical, mental and emotional health.
"We want to engage students in learning about the importance of a healthy lifestyle and the interconnected people, processes and systems required that make healthy food accessible for everybody in our communities," said Kiest.
Stepping Stones believes children's museums are uniquely suited to assume any number of important roles within their community. With that in mind, it engages in a number of dynamic public-private partnerships. That includes past service as the anchor entity for Norwalk ACTS, a diverse partnership of more than a hundred civic leaders, educators and organizations, who work together to improve and enrich the lives and futures of Norwalk's children.
"We celebrate all the people, partners and passion that make Stepping Stones special to our community," said Kiest. "As we embark on this new decade, we're bubbling over with exciting ideas for the future and are prepared to work hard and take the extra steps needed to generate lasting impact."
To find out more, go to visit www.steppingstonesmuseum.org
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Hang with me here. (Imagine that "da-da-da-da-da-da-da-dum. . .da-da-da-dum" piano phrase from pianist Vince Guaraldi in the background). In 2005, ACBC will be 40 years old, perhaps the longest-running Christmas special ever, and the charm is still there. But like many other TV favorites, it almost didn't get made. According to the Family Education Network's Fact Monster website, without cartoonist Charles Schulz' clout at the time, it would have stayed on the sketchpad. TV executives hated it: they found it too religious, frowned at the jazz music and lack of a laugh track, and were nervous about using real children's voices, except for Snoopy.
Whatever. ACBC was a hit when it first aired in December of 1965, won all the big TV awards, and became an American classic. The best way to watch it is to buy it on tape or DVD and see it without commercials. It's still my favorite. Looking for a bit more joie de vivre in her life, WSOC-TV Suzanne Stevens is calling it quits after 18 years with the station to spend more time with her family and ramp up her own business. The number two female anchor there, Stevens, who was variously called "Su-ZANN" and "Su-ZON" in her career there, will conduct shopping tours in France for her company, Shop France. Stevens is also a mother of two, married to Channel 9 reporter Mark Becker.The news biz around the country is seeing more women cut back or get out of the news game altogether, with "spending more time with family" cited as the reason. Night shifts, on-call status 24/7, and long, stressful hours aren't optimum for any parents, let alone working mothers.
No word on who will replace Stevens at 5 and 10pm, but one bet is on current weekend anchor Laura Palka.
And if Trista and Ryan's wedding on ABC wasn't enough for you, WBTV anchor Jan Jeffcoat's August nuptials are featured on TLC's A Wedding Story on December 30 at 2pm. Hope she skipped all that pink.


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Then it might be some very fundamental steps you haven't try or optimize.
So here are the few methods you can try, some problems can be easy to fix, some are a little bit tricky to achieve.
– How to make your PC load faster and smooth overall (not only in gaming).
– Less loading time while gaming.
– Maximize your PC/laptop performer potential.
Before doing anything, you need to clear out those old programs you no longer use; it can be wasting your computer storage space and affect your computer performance.
Cleaning unuse file or software can leave a lot of space so that you can also install more games in it.
First, you can go to "My computer/This PC" > "Uninstall or change a program" to remove the programs you do not want.
Methods above is for Windows 8, but other versions are almost the same.
Some of the apps cannot be found in the in the "Uninstall or change a program" place; then you need to check it out manually, it could be in your download folder, document folder program file or other areas.
Don't forget to clean your Recycle bin after deleting those files manually.
Some programs are running in your PC background without your notice, and they even start running the moment you turn on your computer.
Turn off that software in the background that you no longer need, and let all your system resources focus on your gaming.
You can download CCleaner to control what program you want to stop.
CCleaner is a software to help you clean potentially unwanted files in your computer.
It also has other function like controlling your startup programs, optimize the system.
CCleaner has 3 different pricing plan, FREE, PROFESSIONAL($19.95), and PROFESSIONAL BUNDLE($39.95), but the free version is more than enough for you.
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You can go to Nvidia or ATI (depends on what graphics card you bought) official website to find your card model driver and download it.
Sometimes the graphics card panel didn't automatically optimize the game you currently playing, so you need to go to their control panel to turn on the setting.
Most modern games required the DirectX software, so you need to make sure you update it to the latest version.
Direct X is a collection of application programming interfaces(APIs) for handling tasks related to multimedia, especially game programming.
Sometimes when you install a game for your PC, It also required you to install DirectX to play the game you just introduced.
But In some cases, your Direct X version in your computer might not be the newest, so you need to make sure you have the latest version.
You can get the Direct X download here.
Don forget to clean the dust inside your computer or laptop.
If the system cover by a lot of dirt it can be slowing down your PC performance.
Make sure you turn off the PC power supply before clear your computer.
Overclocking is a technic of increasing the component's clock rate, meaning it maximize its running speed and power.
But It can be dangerous to process, if you do something wrong, the whole GPU or motherboard will be broke.
This technic a little bit advanced, you need to have a certain level of computer knowledge to handle.
I am not going to teach the detail here, so if you are interested, you can see this guide.
It could be a very costly method to improve the gaming performance, but sometimes it is necessary.
To be honest, you cannot play Witcher 3 with your 10 years old potato computer with an outdated graphics card.
If you have a budget, you can invest it in more decent hardware like a graphics card, RAM, hard disk, CPU and cooling system.
Graphics card is hardware which is responsible for rendering an image to your monitor.
High-end graphics video game required a decent graphics card, if your computer's graphics card didn't fit the game's requirement, then you will experience lagging or jittering during the gameplay, or even cannot run the game at all.
SSD stands for solid-state-drive we using it for storing thing on our computer.
Compare to HDD(Hard Disk Drive), SSD process faster, it reduces loading time while in gaming.
I cover a topic about the SSD for gaming, you can read the detail here.
RAM(Random access memory), is the type of computer memory which temporarily stores the information your PC needs at the moment(right now).
It differs from the SSD or HHD, they are the long-term memory, and RAM handles the short-term memory.
It also can reduce the gameplay loading time and run the game a little bit smoother.
CPU stands for Central Processing Unit; it handles the instructions it receives from software and hardware running on the computer.
The major companies produce consumer CPU are Intel and AMD.
It likes the brain of the entire computer, so if you have a very high-end graphics card but your CPU outdated, then you might not get it full potential power while playing a video game.
Check the game system requirements.
Even though you do all the things that I mentioned above, but if your hardware didn't match the requirement of the video game you want to play, then it will not much help for the gaming performance.
If your computer is an ancient and you already try your best to optimize it, but nothing work, and you don't have the money to upgrade your hardware, then you might be considered lower the graphics setting in your game.
If you follow all the method above, at least one or two ways, then your PC gaming performance will be improved.
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School fires Duxbury gym teacher accused of raping student
By Hanna Krueger and Nick Stoico Globe Staff and Globe Correspondent,Updated April 6, 2021, 7:11 p.m.
A Duxbury middle school physical education teacher accused of raping a student has been fired as police investigate more than a dozen anonymous tips related to the case, school officials said Tuesday.
John Blake, the varsity boys hockey coach at Duxbury High School for nearly two decades, was placed on administrative leave in November after a couple alleged that he sexually assaulted their middle school son in the mid-2000s. The couple, Joseph and Melissa Foley, filed a lawsuit against Blake and the Duxbury school system last week.
At a School Committee meeting Tuesday, John Antonucci, the superintendent of Duxbury's public schools, said Blake's employment terminated April 1.
"The Duxbury Police Department has received over a dozen anonymous tips in relation to this case, and is following up on every one of them," he said. "We have been informed that none of the tips are actionable from a legal standpoint."
Joseph Foley said he did not understand why the district took so long to fire Blake given the seriousness of the allegations.
"If I had a kid right now in the school system, I would wonder why it took a month to terminate a teacher that your own internal third-party report had verified to be in violation of school policy as early as March 2," Foley said, referring to an independent investigation that concluded Blake had "violated the District's sexual harassment policy and code of conduct."
"That's the question. Right? Why did it take nearly a month?" he asked.
Blake has sharply denied the allegations. His lawyer, Kevin Reddington, said Blake took a polygraph test Monday and "passed 100 percent."
"People are making assumptions about John Blake that are way off-base," Reddington said. "This case is absolutely malicious and not based on any factual evidence whatsoever . . . he's a decent guy, he's taught thousands of students over decades. He's being dealt a very dirty hand here."
Reddington said they will file a countersuit against the Foleys claiming malicious prosecution, slander, and libel.
Antonucci said last week that he had received three concerning allegations about Blake and administrators have been on "high alert" regarding the teacher since 2018.
In 2017, the school received a complaint about Blake's treatment of hockey players. In 2019, another student complained that Blake had made her feel uncomfortable in gym class and was "creepy."
The third complaint was made in 2018 by Foley. Last week, he and his wife filed a 14-page civil complaint in Plymouth Superior Court alleging that Blake repeatedly raped their son, Parker Foley, inside the Duxbury Middle School in the mid-2000s.
According to the complaint, Blake, who would decide whether boys were appropriately dressed for gym class, held Parker back from participating in class and took him to an empty room, where he allegedly began touching the boy inappropriately. Blake's touching escalated to rape and forced oral sex in the gym and in empty classrooms, the suit alleges.
The assaults ended when Parker threatened Blake with a knife, according to the complaint.
"When Blake attempted to sexually assault Parker that day, Parker drew the knife on Blake and threatened to kill Blake if he ever touched him again. Only then did Blake cease his sexual assaults on Parker," the lawsuit says.
Parker Foley, who died of a drug overdose last fall at the age of 27, told his parents about the assaults while he was home for the holidays, according to the lawsuit, and Joseph Foley made an anonymous complaint to Antonucci in 2018. Foley said his son disclosed this trauma after he became agitated by a television news report.
He had sworn his family to secrecy after telling them what happened, but his parents felt obligated to report the allegations. Blake was subsequently placed on administrative leave in 2018 but was later reinstated after the investigation went cold.
His parents say the alleged abuse created a life of torment for Parker. After their son's death, his parents found a journal entry that included details of the alleged abuse by Blake. They contacted Antonucci, this time identifying themselves, and shared what they had learned from the journal entry and some of the people Parker had confided in.
His parents said the account was part of his sobriety journal, and it was not contemporaneous with the alleged abuse.
Blake was again placed on paid leave on Nov. 25, a day after the Foleys complained, barring him from his roles as a teacher and coach.
The Foleys' lawsuit also names the local school district as a defendant. They claim school officials were "grossly negligent in such a way that amounted to deliberate, reckless and/or callous indifference about the health, welfare, and safety of Parker while Parker was under DPS's supervision, care and control."
Antonucci and Duxbury School Committee chair Kellie Bresnehan issued a statement last week expressing sympathy for the Foley family while defending the district's handling of the case.
School officials were "understandably disturbed by what has been alleged, but need to make clear that this district took the proper actions once we were notified of a complaint. It is absolutely untrue that the district failed to take reasonable steps and/or implement reasonable safeguards to avoid such acts from occurring in our schools, as is alleged in the lawsuit," they said.
Hanna Krueger can be reached at hanna.krueger@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @hannaskrueger. Nick Stoico can be reached at nick.stoico@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @NickStoico.

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Corrib Gas, People, Forums … and Minister Eamon Ryan.
mayo | environment | news report Monday December 08, 2008 22:51 by Niall Harnett - Shell to Sea / Rossport Solidarity Camp rossportsolidaritycamp at gmail dot com 086 8444966
"I am in blood, stepped in so far that should I wade no more, returning were as tedious as go o'er." Macbeth.
On Friday 5th December 2008, Ministers Eamon Ryan and Eamon O'Cuiv hosted a 'Forum' at the Broadhaven Bay Hotel, Belmullet, Erris, Co Mayo.
Set in the context of the Shell Corrib Gas Project, what the forum is about or what it's supposed to address is not clear. "It's not a decision making forum", said the chairman, Joe Brosnan.
Meanwhile, in another room at the same venue, local residents and community activists hosted a parallel forum, the People's Forum, to address what the Ministers' forum will not address … the substantive issues, which are:
Health, Safety & the Environment.
The Great Gas Giveaway.
Community Consent
Shell and the Irish Government are very worried about the delays in realising the Corrib Gas Project, which arise especially, and most recently, out of successful resistance by local residents and their supporters to off-shore pipelaying which Shell attempted, but failed to achieve, at Glengad in August & September 2008, despite the marshalling of all the forces of the State to their side.
So it appears, from the government's perspective, that some 'initiative' is needed.
A number of weeks ago Ministers Ryan & O'Cuiv announced a new forum to address Corrib Gas issues. However the forum 'initiative' and its terms of reference were announced as a fait accomplis in the media with no communication or consultation with community groups and individuals. The terms were fixed to exclude any revisiting of 'permissions and consents' already granted to Shell, even though Government admits that "mistakes have been made" in relation to the development of Corrib and its history.
Eamon Ryan, the man with the most responsibility for Corrib, in his role as Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, must know as an experienced Green Party politician that prior consultation and participation with the stakeholders is what's required before the setting up of any forum for communication, given that any such 'development' cannot be considered to be 'sustainable' until and unless it satisfies the concerns of the receiving community.
It was a bad start.
And as I understand it after things panned out after the first day, that forum is more about the economic development of Erris and the North West than about anything else.
Obviously, attending the forum was discussed by local residents but decisions were made by those with the most concerns not to attend any forum that paid only lip-service to addressing the substantive issues.
However, it was decided to set up a parallel forum on the same day called the People's Forum, that was open to anyone, and recordable by media.
The People's Forum was well attended by local residents and went on throughout the whole day. The substantive issues were reheard and revisited with some profound contributions from those affected by the Shell Corrib Gas Project. Films were shown of the ongoing resistance to the project and an analysis of some impromptu lunchtime discussions with Minister Ryan led into another session to plan ahead.
The point was well made that the State is in so deep at this stage with the developer that it is almost impossible for it to pull back without creating even more difficulties for itself.
"I am in blood, stepped in so far that should I wade no more, returning were as tedious as go o'er.". Macbeth.
Consequently, for the ministers to face a real forum is inconceivable to them and the charade of a forum is the window dressing that must take its place.
The People's Forum recommends that if any serious intention is attached to the Ministers' Forum then Shell must be asked to halt work while the forum goes on. Both the People's Forum and the Government Forum will reconvene on January 19th 2009, and the People's Forum will meet sooner again on Saturday 13th December 2008 at Glenamoy, 6pm.
I heard Minister Ryan say to RTE television that the State are constrained by the permissions and consents already granted to Shell, and they can't go back on that. "If you receive planning permission to build a house in a certain place, the authorities can't decide half way through to withdraw that permission", is an example he used to illustrate his point.
But didn't the minister say just a few weeks ago that "mistakes have been made"?
And didn't he commit, in appealing for votes for his party, that he would not enter government unless a new and independent review of the Corrib Gas Project be established?
But didn't he roll over, when tested, in capitulation to Fianna Fail to agree a programme for government which would mean that he must agree to the development of Corrib in spite of his own reservations, which he must bury along with his integrity, if he had any?
Wouldn't a review of the project have highlighted the mistakes he mentioned recently? And breaches possibly, breaches of law? The same mistakes or breaches he's not prepared to revisit at his own forum that he says is supposed to consider all the issues.
It's double speak. "White man speak with forked tongue", is what the native Americans said.
To use his own example, you would not be allowed to continue to build a house if mistakes were made in the early stages of preparation at foundation level. A weak foundation will compromise your house and it's the law that you must correct those mistakes before you go on.
The cornerstone foundation for Corrib is the consent of the receiving community. The consents for the development given by the State authorities were obtained by manipulation, corruption and evading consultation with the local community, who were bullied, ignored and beaten back by force by An Garda Síochána when left with no choice but to physically resist.
Eamon Ryan knows that that is no basis for consent or a building block for 'sustainable development'. But it's he who is constrained, by his government, from saying say the words "The State has no right to give any permissions on that basis". Go on Eamon, say it and be done with it.
Or you must live with the continuing consequences of your actions: Social Division, Environmental Degradation and Pollution, and Economic Treason.
Sustainable?
Who are you kidding?
I suppose it's a question of choices and living with yourself and the consequences of your actions. And whether something is simply the right thing … or not. With so much at stake.
I must say I felt sorry for Eamon Ryan watching him talking with people and the media. I saw a man struggling. Struggling to justify his position in the face of the real questions being put to him by the real people. Knowing that he must continue this dishonesty with himself and the people he serves, just to stay in government. Just to stay in government. With a party that has already done such damage to him and his party.
I'd admire him if he conceded the mistake he made in taking up his position as minister. And so would so many. It would just be the right thing to do. To simply resign and say 'No, this isn't right'. For its own rewards, which would be many, including respect for his integrity, because it's not too late.
And there's always the future.
You can always come again Mr Ryan, if you leave this time with your integrity intact, because you reap what you sow.
If you stay … well, that's your choice.
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Minister Eamon Ryan trying to justify the ongoing State facilitation of Shell.
Chief Superintendent Tony McNamara & the new District Superintendent Michael Larkin.
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The Government is with Shell.
by Niall Mon Dec 08, 2008 22:55
The People's Forum.
Ministers' 'open' Forum? Sorry, no recording allowed.
A Minister under pressure of his own making.
Under pressure ...
... and rightly so.
Quittin' time!.. in more ways than one I suggest.
Peoples Forum calls for a full open forum on Corrib Gas Project
by The People's Forum. Mon Dec 08, 2008 23:56
Press Release: People's Forum, Erris - 5/12/08
The People's Forum held in the Broadhaven Bay Hotel, Erris has shown the deep gulf that exists between the local community and Ministers Ryan, Ó Cuiv and Shell. The Ministers' event was not attended by the local people, many of whom instead thronged the room in which the People's Forum was held. This forum was open to all, including the press and was fully recorded. The Government event took place behind closed doors with Shell and invited guests. The Chairperson, Mr. Brosnan and both Ministers were invited to hear the peoples' concerns but chose not to attend.
The Peoples Forum called for a full and proper forum to be set up which is open to the public, fully recorded and has an independently agreed Chairperson. This proper forum would address the Corrib Controversy only and would not be disingenuous in trying to link Shell's operations with local development which, in the opinions expressed at the Peoples' Forum, are mutually exclusive.
The very clear message coming from the Peoples' Forum was the imperative for Shell and the Government to operate within the law. There have been numerous instances where this did not happen, including Shells' illegal construction of the raw gas pipeline in 2005 and Shell's well documented breaches of Statutory Regulations at Glengad in 2007 & 2008. Minister Ryan stated today that all alleged illegalities must be sorted out.
The concerns of local people as expressed within the Peoples' Forum continued to hinge on the threat to the regional Erris water supply through siting the refinery within the catchment area of Carrowmore lake, something which is banned in Scotland; the raw gas pipeline which has no planning permission and the continued Government giveaway of our oil & gas at a time of great public economic need.
The problems associated with the Corrib Project will, unfortunately, continue while the Government refuses to address the substantive issues.
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Well done all
by Starstruck - s2s Tue Dec 09, 2008 02:28
great report pics and vid
Great to see the parasiric politician squirm.
Lets keep the pressure on!!
Clutching at straws
by Seán Ryan Tue Dec 09, 2008 08:07
If Mr. Ryan is relying on: "If you receive planning permission to build a house in a certain place, the authorities can't decide half way through to withdraw that permission," to suggest that there's nothing that can be done, he's getting desperate indeed. I know of at least one occasion where the High Court revoked planning permission, that had been granted and indeed, the Supreme Court later upheld this decision: http://www.supremecourt.ie/Judgments.nsf/1b0757edc37103...ument
If planning permission was received in a way that was not lawful, the Courts could overturn it. There are many examples that would suffice. Here's one of them:
United Nations Resolution on Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Resources - Resolution 1803 (XVII)
http://www.taiwandocuments.org/un1803-XVII.htm
1. The right of peoples and nations to permanent sovereignty over their natural wealth and resources must be exercised in the interest of their national development and of the well-being of the people of the State concerned.
3. In cases where authorization is granted, the capital imported and the earnings on that capital shall be governed by the terms thereof, by the national legislation in force, and by international law. The profits derived must be shared in the proportions freely agreed upon, in each case, between the investors and the recipient State, due care being taken to ensure that there is no impairment, for any reason, of that State's sovereignty over its natural wealth and resources.
7. Violation of the rights of peoples and nations to sovereignty over their natural wealth and resources is contrary to the spirit and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and hinders the development of international co-operation and the maintenance of peace.
8. Foreign investment agreements freely entered into by or between sovereign States shall be observed in good faith; States and international organizations shall strictly and conscientiously respect the sovereignty of peoples and nations over their natural wealth and resources in accordance with the Charter and the principles set forth in the present resolution.
by Chrissie Tue Dec 09, 2008 16:18
So Ryan has nothing to say on the contamination of the water supply with aluminium & diesel fuel? Does he dare to consider the consequences if heavy metals or other contaminants were found in Irish meat?
So what!!
by billy idle Tue Dec 09, 2008 17:45
"I heard Minister Ryan say to RTE television that the State are constrained by the permissions and consents already granted to Shell, and they can't go back on that."
This hasn't stopped his collegue Gormley stating that the proposed incinerator at Ringsend is not a "fait accompli" despite it being passed by both bord Pleanala and the EPA.
Shell Subvertisement
by C Wed Dec 10, 2008 22:32
Here's a Subvertisement of the Shell ad "Start from a different place".
The original ad can be seen here: http://realenergy.shell.com/?page=GTLPressAd2⟨=en&...=html
Or a critique of the ad here: http://www.ecoglobe.ch/energy/e/shel8428.htm
Original Shell Ad
Related Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfZXiPRjdMU
Wake up and Smell the BACON
by EDDIE COLLINS - Shell TO SEE Thu Dec 11, 2008 03:31
Last week there were a few Forums in Erris, $hells and the peoples forum. But more important, there was alleged to be a wee bit of toxic oil in the food chain feed for farm animals. Mainly pigs, a few cows ect: The Irish Government banned all bacon and pig affiliated products for a week "stating " that it was harmful to humans as it was 200 to 300 times over the recommended EC limits. It must have been very serious for the Gov. to recall all the wee bit of toxic oil that contaminated the meat. Shell wants to build a massive gas and oil refinery in Erris with spills and leaks as all refineries have. But do they mention this in the news no. WE the people of Erris and visitors to our fine area are told by Ministers that Erris will be the Hub of this gas an oil misery for the people who live here. Our farm animals and our untainted fish do not count according to Government Officials, where there is to be this massive gas an oil refinery. A few drops and they close all the countries Bacon down, But tough shit for the people of Erris, Shell holds a closed door forum and tries to line the streets with silver to get their way in, with the same Ministers that close down the Irish markets for a alleged few drops of toxic oil that is banned from Irish shores.
What about all the toxicants that the people of Erris will have to suffer for generations in their water, farm animals, fish and poultry products. Oh lets not forget the most important vegetables that grow in our clean soil. So when it rains, it will turn into what ( acid rains )with high mercury amounts that cause even more harm( NOT HAM ). When will the Gov. Ministers wake up an smell the bacon before its to late. it's beyond reason that they think, they can put the people of Erris at risk.
This is what it is all about not a few pieces of silver, but the health and safety of an very important area, Well if you live here you will realized that our health is at even a greater risk than what happen last week when the Irish Ministers banned all pig products. Remember just a few drops and they want to build this refinery with billions of gallons and not a drop to be spilled.
Eamon Ryan and Corrib Gas
by C Thu Dec 11, 2008 10:59
Here's a video clip regarding Eamon Ryan and his dealing with the Corrib Gas project.
Recently he has begun lying regarding the merits of the project. These can be read about here: http://www.indymedia.ie/article/89787
Related Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WbYJZm7Xt4
by MacE Thu Dec 11, 2008 13:07
That clip was well put together, C, well done. Terence and PJ spoke well. Ryan looks like a man suffocating under the weight of his own contradictions. "Natural gas and renewables go hand in hand" - what utter tripe, that is truly grasping at straws. I don't understand why Ryan thinks he has any credibility among Shell opponents. Shell have been buying support in Erris for years, but Ryan is both the most glaring and most prominent example. "This is not a decision-making forum" - no, it's a high-publicity form of getting it all off your chest while the same men that are responsible for doing you down tut and make soothing noises as if it was the government of a foreign country that was behind it all. The Neds must be sickened that the bribes/threats used for their joke of a forum didn't work on their intended targets. Now it's just going to be the Buyers talking to the Already Bought.
an bord pleanala statutory obligations
by observer Thu Dec 11, 2008 14:06
Well done for the carefully explained accounts of the Forums.
Submissions to An Bord Pleanala re modified Shell pipeline route were to be dealt with within 6 weeks. A letter came saying it was not possible - why the delay - had it anything to do with the Forum happening first or is that the outcome is very difficult to deal with. Still waiting and trying to manage my calendar!
by George Thu Dec 11, 2008 15:27
Mr Ryan:
Who cares about "United Nations Resolution on Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Resources - Resolution 1803 (XVII)"?
It's just a goddamned piece of paper - same as our constitution.
Related link: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Just+a+goddamned+p...f&oq=
Four legs good
by Piggy wigggy - Animal Farm Thu Dec 11, 2008 22:28
Due to the pork ban, all Garda activity around the Shell site has been suspended.
Shell have responded by offering extra security jobs to a few more of the local sheep. Ends. Ha Ha, Boom Boom, It's da way I tell 'em
we are to be allowed to see "segments"
by IT reader Tue Feb 03, 2009 17:31
today - Lorna Siggins
MINISTER FOR Energy Eamon Ryan plans to use the internet to broadcast segments of the Government's Corrib gas forum.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0203/1....html
Related Link: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0203/1232923384221.html
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Home Sports Softball: Huskies head west for the weekend
Softball: Huskies head west for the weekend
After a nearly two-week break, the UConn softball team will be back in action this weekend for another five-game set. This time, the Huskies will take their talents to the West Coast to play in the Capital Classic, hosted by UC Davis and Sacramento State.
UConn Softball takes home a 2-1 win against Quinnipiac University. This leaves them at 20-27 for the season. Photo by Brandon Barzola/The Daily Campus
UConn (8-2) will be looking for a repeat of its performance at the Spring Games, where the team went 5-0 against Stetson, Central Michigan and Purdue. This time, the Huskies will be taking on Santa Clara, UC Davis, St. Mary's and Sacramento State.
The team begins its weekend series with a doubleheader at La Rue Field in Davis, California on Friday. The Huskies will play Santa Clara at noon EST and UC Davis at 2:30 p.m. Then, they will go to Shea Stadium in Sacramento for a doubleheader on Saturday against Santa Clara and St. Mary's at noon and 2:30 p.m. Finally, on Sunday, UConn will play its fifth and final game against Sacramento State on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at Shea Stadium.
Santa Clara out of the West Coast Conference enters the weekend with a 7-8 record, most recently losing to San Jose State on Wednesday. UConn has played the Broncos once before, losing 3-0 back in 2016, and that is the only opponent out of the four that UConn has any history with.
Santa Clara is led on offense by Sammy Needham, who is batting .455 with 20 hits in the 15 games so far. Their top pitcher is Regan Dias, who is 3-0 with a 1.35 ERA in 20 innings pitched.
UC Davis from the Big West Conference also has a 7-8 record, although they are 4-1 at home, where the Huskies will be playing them. The Aggies have lost three straight games heading into the weekend.
For the Aggies, Alyse Rojas is the player to watch for, as she's had a scorching hot start to her 2020 season. She's batting .545 with 30 hits, four home runs, 13 RBIs and an astounding 1.474 OPS. She leads a fierce lineup that has scored 89 runs and hit 17 home runs, but UC Davis's pitching hasn't been as great. Their top pitcher is Kenedi Brown, who has a 3.43 ERA in 34.1 innings.
For St. Mary's — another WCC team — it's been a tough season so far. The Gaels sit at just 4-12 and lost three out of four last weekend as the host of their own event. But players like Maddie Gallagher and Halle Sullivan have still had good seasons at the plate. Gallagher leads the team with a .317 batting average and 13 hits, while Sullivan leads St. Mary's with a .882 OPS and 10 RBIs. Both players have hit two home runs.
Finally, Sacramento State out of the Big Sky Conference will likely be the toughest task for the Huskies. The Hornets are 10-6 and have won four straight games, including one over UC Davis on Wednesday.
Sacramento State has the best pitching staff that UConn will face this weekend with a team ERA of just 2.45. All the pitchers except one have ERAs of 3.00 and under, but none have lower than Marissa Bertuccio's 2.15 mark. The Hornets aren't all pitching, though. Haley Hanson, Mo Speith and Alondra Mejia are all dangerous hitters in a lineup that bats .311 as a whole with 85 runs scored. The Hornets are the team most likely to give UConn some trouble.
However, UConn matches up well with all these teams and could very well come home with another weekend sweep. Marybeth Olson and Meghan O'Neil have carried the pitching staff with ridiculous ERAs of 0.76 and 0.95, respectively. It's unrealistic to expect them to continue that level of dominance, but as long as they're providing quality innings, the Huskies should be in good shape.
At the plate, Aziah James has been great out of the leadoff spot, leading the team with a .432 batting average and 16 hits, while Kiwi McDaniel and Briana Marcelino have been key contributors in the middle of the lineup, driving in 16 runs combined.
The Huskies have been really good so far, and they're not facing any teams they can't handle this weekend. So UConn could be set for another dominant weekend.
Danny Barletta is a staff writer for The Daily Campus. He can be reached via email at daniel.barletta@uconn.edu. He tweets @dbars_12.
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We took a look at Fuentes Church, the place where I will be preaching tomorrow evening and where our Monday and Tuesday seminars will be held. It's the same place I spoke in 2005, and it's a good venue for the Alpha training we're doing. We had a few questions about getting a compatible power supply to my laptop, but Julie K figured that out, so we're good to go.
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У меня имеется низкополигональная модель ножа, в данный момент я работаю над лезвием. До применения модификатора "subdivision surfaces" модель выглядит следующим образом:
После добавления модификатора начинается полный кошмар и лезвие превращается в какую-то аморфную кучу из полигонов:

Каким образом можно решить эту проблему и заставить модификатор адекватно сглаживать модель?

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6 Major Influences that Stop You from Becoming Your True Self
1 6 Main Influences that Cease You from Turning into Your True Self
2 (1) Prenatal Influences
3 (2) Adverse Household Dynamics
4 (three) The Paradox of Psychological Defenses
5 (four) The Formation of a Fantasy Bond in a Romantic Relationship
6 (5) Dangerous Societal Influences (Destructive Social Strain)
7 (6) The Impression of Dying Consciousness
9 Concerning the Writer
6 Main Influences that Cease You from Turning into Your True Self
To be no one however your self in a world that's doing its greatest, day and night time, to make you everyone else means to struggle the toughest battle which any human being can struggle; and by no means cease preventing.
~ e.e. cummings
Every particular person faces a wrestle towards highly effective odds to retain a singular selfhood and private id. Individuals exist in a restrictive social surroundings that impacts many important human qualities; amongst them are the capability for sustaining private emotions, the drive to seek for which means, and the power to reside in concord with and have compassion towards others. The result's that we're all plagued, to various levels, by an included thought course of which I've recognized because the Important Inside Voice, that's disparaging, hostile and, at its worst, self-destructive. On this weblog, I focus totally on six main influences that impinge upon the evolving self, contribute to psychological misery, and intrude with differentiation and individuation – the challenge of turning into an individual. These embrace (1) unfavorable prenatal influences, (2) aversive household dynamics, (three) the detrimental results of psychological defenses, (four) the formation of a fantasy bond in a romantic relationship, (5) dangerous societal influences, and (6) the impression of demise consciousness.
(1) Prenatal Influences
Genetically decided tendencies, temperamental variations, and different physiological predispositions mix with prenatal environmental stresses to type the embryonic self. The interplay between genes and the surroundings determines the important make-up of the toddler. For instance, sickness, nervousness, melancholy, or substance abuse in the course of the mom's being pregnant may cause misery to the neonate and compromise its future improvement.
(2) Adverse Household Dynamics
Clearly, no mother or father may be completely attuned; the truth is, analysis has indicated that attuned interactions happen in just one out of three father or mother/toddler exchanges (Siegel & Hartzell, 2003). Interactions with mother and father who themselves have suffered a great deal of unresolved private trauma and loss in their very own upbringing are typically detrimental to thei wholesome progress and improvement of the kid's rising self (Cassidy & Mohr, 2001). Parental deficiencies result in insensitive remedy and repeated failures to restore painful exchanges between father or mother and youngster. For instance, bodily and sexual abuse of youngsters is way extra widespread and their impact much more damaging to their sense of self than most individuals acknowledge (Edwards et. al., 2003). Youngsters who've been traumatized, rejected or injured of their vanity really feel anxious, insecure, a way of isolation and worry abandonment. They're diverted from what would have been their pure developmental pathway they usually go on to steer primarily defended lives.
I've outlined emotional baby abuse as injury to the kid's psychological improvement and rising private id, primarily brought on by mother and father' or main caretakers' immaturity, defended way of life, and acutely aware or unconscious aggression towards the kid. Particular examples of emotional mistreatment embrace: parental rejection, verbal abuse, threats of abandonment, intrusiveness, lack of respect, stifling or punishing a toddler's aliveness or spontaneity, inadequate steerage and isolation. The kid's emotional affected by these abuses might typically exceed the misery brought on by bodily beatings. Nevertheless, no youngster enters maturity with out struggling a specific amount of emotional injury in primary areas of character improvement that disturb psychological functioning but might depart no seen scars.
All types of youngster abuse fire up painful primal emotions which are later translated into an individual creating self-critical, self-destructive ideas or "voices" towards him/herself. Later, these unfavorable voices turn out to be a big a part of one's id. They've long-term debilitating results on one's self idea, private relationships, and happiness, and have a tendency to stifle individuals's improvement of profession and vocational pursuits.
(three) The Paradox of Psychological Defenses
When confronted with frustration and emotional ache ensuing from the insensitivity and abuse described above, youngsters try and make one of the best adaptation attainable with a purpose to protect some type of rationality, sanity, and psychological equilibrium. The self-protective mechanisms or defenses that the kid develops early in life are, in truth, applicable to precise conditions that threaten the rising self.
However, the identical defenses that defend a toddler from emotional ache and assist to take care of integration, later predispose a distortion of actuality, resulting in inappropriate reactions, issues in private relationships, and emotions of alienation, anger and unhappiness. As such, they negatively impression numerous elements of an individual's adjustment and impose limitations on their aspirations and pursuit of freedom. In additional critical instances, self-protective defensive attitudes can arouse signs of worry, cynicism, melancholy, hostility, and potential violence and suicide. Lastly, relying closely on sure defenses is a causal think about particular psychiatric issues, phobias, habit, paranoia and psychosis.
(four) The Formation of a Fantasy Bond in a Romantic Relationship
Normally, relationships could be conceptualized when it comes to the differential results they've on an individual's sense of self. In constructive relationships, every individual's vanity and private id is affirmed and nurtured, as contrasted with damaging relationships by which their feeling for themselves and their individuality is broken.
Intimate or romantic relationships pose a possible menace to every associate's individuality and independence. In an try to seek out and keep security and safety in a relationship, companions are sometimes diverted from following their very own future. Consequently, they could suppress lots of their private pursuits, objectives, and goals and even at occasions compromise their beliefs and primary values. As well as, they have a tendency to develop collusive patterns of relating that negatively impression every companion's character. For instance, couples who interact in a mother or father/youngster dynamic or good man/dangerous man fashion of relating lose a way of private id. Moreover, over time these patterns are likely to turn into progressively extra polarized of their functioning.
So as to maintain on to the connection, keep the established order, and "hold the peace," most couples have a tendency to maneuver away from being utterly trustworthy and open of their communication, begin to manipulate their companions and start to lose themselves within the relationship. Regularly they exchange heat and real manifestations of affection and shut relating with a fantasy bond. They keep a perception that they're liked and are appearing loving whereas on the similar time behave in methods that don't match any affordable definition of the phrase.
(5) Dangerous Societal Influences (Destructive Social Strain)
There are a selection of aversive forces working within the bigger society that exert a damaging social strain on people all through their lives.
Conformity: The socialization course of within the household tends to categorize, standardize, and put a stamp of conformity on most youngsters. There's a tendency to outline every member and assign an id to him/her. Thereafter, no matter their validity, youngsters proceed to impose the identical labels and programming on themselves. Later society provides a posh of different social requirements and definitions that, to various levels, have a tendency to limit individuality and private expression.
I conceptualize society as a pooling of particular person psychological defenses that then acts again on the populace as a suppressive affect. Due to this destructive facet, an individual ought to be cautious of the risks of submission and conformity and their damaging impact on the person. There are robust social sanctions supporting an implicit perception that an individual should subordinate him/herself with a view to protect the couple, household, or society's norms; in any other case one is taken into account totally different, irregular or unusual.
Stereotyping: Gender stereotyping creates animosity between women and men and undermines private relationships. The sexist attitudes and stereotypic views of gender roles disseminated by way of the media, instructional establishments, and different types of public discourse critically prohibit individuals's considering and adversely have an effect on their conduct. Equally, stereotypical attitudes that outline age-appropriate conduct (ageism) have a tendency to strengthen self-denying tendencies in older people.
Prejudice: Attitudes held by many households typically encourage prejudice towards different households, teams, and cultures that strategy life in a different way. These distinctions help core beliefs that people who don't look "like we do," who don't act "like we do" are inferior, nugatory, immoral, and even harmful. One other foundation for prejudice and racism is the protection of disowning one's personal damaging or despised traits by projecting them onto others in an try to take care of vanity. This operates on a societal degree the place individuals of 1 ethnic group eliminate their self-hatred by projecting it onto the individuals of one other, perceiving them as subhuman, soiled, impure, or evil.
(6) The Impression of Dying Consciousness
When youngsters attain a sure age, they need to deal with the nervousness surrounding their consciousness that they may die. Even the kid who is supplied with the required emotional sustenance by loving mother and father continues to be tormented when studying about dying. Dying nervousness terrifies individuals, reinforces the fantasy bond and different psychological defenses that they shaped earlier in life and intensifies the division inside the character between the self and anti-self techniques. Moreover, its residual influence continues to have an effect on the person all through his/her lifespan.
The worry of demise not solely causes individuals to strengthen the fantasy bond, however extends the core protection to society within the type of group identification. Primitive emotions that originally characterised the fantasy bond with one's mother and father are transferred onto new figures and ideologies in an try to realize a way of private immortality. Thereafter, individuals's conformity to the assumption methods of their tradition and adherence to its collective symbols is related to their try to guard themselves towards the worry of demise.
On this weblog I've described the highly effective onslaught of circumstances that pose a big menace to our survival as a sense species. Individuals should battle exhausting to take care of their uniqueness, their independence, their individuality, their compassion for self and others and their private freedom. It's a problem to outlive the socialization course of in our households and society and nonetheless stay artistic and unbiased.
To satisfy our private future and to make full use of our lives, we should make each effort to distinguish each internally from our personal defenses and externally from dangerous social influences. In our wrestle to realize and keep autonomy and a robust sense of self, we should resist the tendency towards conformity and keep away from turning into a passive a part of a gaggle course of. Differentiation includes turning into an unbiased one that features primarily from an grownup posture, lives with integrity, and has an inclusive worldview. It includes being human to the fullest extent.
Cassidy, J. & Mohr, J. J. (2001). Unresolvable worry, trauma, and psychopathology: Principle, analysis, and medical issues associated to disorganized attachment throughout the life span. Medical Psychology: Science and Follow, eight, 275-298. doi: 10.1093/clipsy.eight.three.275
Edwards, V. J., Holden, G. W., Felitti, V. J., & Anda, R. F. (2003). Relationship between a number of types of childhood maltreatment and grownup psychological well being in group respondents: Outcomes from the antagonistic childhood experiences research. American Journal of Psychiatry, 160(eight), 1453-1460. doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.160.eight.1453
Siegel, D. J. & Hartzell, M. (2003). Parenting from the within out: How a deeper self-understanding may also help you increase youngsters who thrive. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher.
Concerning the Writer
Robert Firestone, Ph.D Robert W. Firestone, Ph.D. is a medical psychologist, writer, theorist and artist. He's the Consulting Theorist for The Glendon Affiliation. He's writer of quite a few books together with Voice Remedy, The Fantasy Bond, Compassionate Baby-Rearing, Worry of Intimacy, Conquer Your Essential Inside Voice, Past Dying Nervousness The Ethics of Interpersonal Relationships, Self Underneath Siege, and lately his assortment of tales Overcoming the Damaging Internal Voice. His research on damaging thought processes and their related have an effect on have led to the event of Voice Remedy, a complicated therapeutic methodology to uncover and cope with elements of self-destructive and self-limiting behaviors. Firestone has utilized his ideas to empirical analysis and to creating the Firestone Evaluation of Self-destructive Ideas (FAST), a scale that assesses suicide potential. This work led to the publication of Suicide and the Internal Voice: Danger Evaluation, Remedy and Case Administration. He has revealed greater than 30 skilled articles and chapters for edited volumes, and produced 35 video documentaries. His artwork might be seen on www.theartofrwfirestone.com. You'll be able to study extra about Dr. Firestone by visiting www.drrobertwfirestone.com.
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GAINESVILLE - A position that was supposed to be a strength for Florida this season is all of a sudden one of uncertainty with the revelation that left tackles Xavier Nixon and Matt Patchan will miss at least the season opener because of injuries.
Nixon (right knee) and Patchan (right wrist) had been battling for the starting job, but UF coach Urban Meyer said he's not sure who will start in their place against Miami (Ohio) on Sept. 4.
He doesn't want to move center Mike Pouncey, though.
"I don't think we're going to do that," Meyer said. "We had that discussion. I was opposed to that because, first game, I want the ball to hit the quarterback in the hands and not look like the Bad News Bears out there."
Patchan, who had a pin put in his right wrist, has been out for several weeks. When Nixon went down with the knee injury, the Gators shuffled Pouncey to right tackle and moved Marcus Gilbert from right tackle to left tackle. Sam Robey took over for Pouncey at center. The guard spots - Carl Johnson at left guard and Maurice Hurt or James Wilson at right guard - remained the same.
If Pouncey stays at center, the Gators could shift Johnson to left tackle. That would leave the Gators with several options at left guard: Hurt, Wilson, Nick Alajajian, Jon Halapio and Jonotthan Harrison.
Freshmen defensive linemen Dominique Easley and Ronald Powell did miss part of Tuesday's practice, but the two did not threaten to transfer, and they are still part of the team, Meyer said.
Meyer would not reveal why the players were absent Tuesday and would not say whether it was an excused absence.
"They're doing great," Meyer said. "Our freshman class is doing great. I keep hearing this, and I keep hearing that. Everything's in good shape."
An Internet rumor erupted on Wednesday that Easley and Powell - two of the top recruits in the country - skipped Tuesday's practice and threatened to transfer. A UF spokesman confirmed that Easley and Powell practiced Wednesday, and Meyer said the two never mentioned transferring to him.
"The transfer word never came out of their mouths," he said. "They're good."
Powell (6- 4, 250 pounds) was Rivals.com's No. 1 recruit as a defensive end out of Rancho Verde High School in Moreno, Calif. Easley, a 6-3, 270-pound defensive tackle, had 16 sacks his senior season at Curtis High School in Staten Island, N.Y.
Earlier this week, Pouncey spoke about how cocky the freshman class has been and that they should know their place.
"Everybody has to come in with that attitude, but at the end of the day, they're freshmen," Pouncey said. "They need to just shut their mouths and just come play. They haven't done nothing on Saturday. Most of the fans don't even know who they are. Until they prove themselves, they need to sit back and let the older guys play."
Meyer joined Oklahoma's Bob Stoops, Ohio State's Jim Tressel, Texas' Mack Brown and Alabama's Nick Saban for a second conference call regarding unscrupulous agents. " ... It's evaluate the rules, enforce the rules and then try to stop what's going on," Meyer said. "That sounds real easy, and it does to a coach until you get everybody on the phone and you're like, 'Wow, I never thought of that.' You've got legal issues and everything else." ... WR Carl Moore (root canal) and TE Jordan Reed (bruised right knee) didn't practice. Meyer said Reed's status for the season opener is uncertain.