So I decided this year to get back to my garden. It needed some work – the side boards had sort of caved under the pressure and weight of the soil (not dirt, it's soil), and bowed out. It was also a bit difficult to reach the back of the bed, because of it's depth and the backside is close to the brick wall.
I began the overhaul earlier this spring, deciding to break the one long box up into smaller boxes. If and when I need, I can add additional boxes in front of these, as I do not plan to fill in the spaces between the boxes with grass. I'd rather put mulch or stones in there, and eventually end up with a backyard oasis rather than a grass field that we don't use.
Not sure what I would use for the box edging, I went to Lowe's to look at my options. I decided that moment on some inexpensive decorative cement blocks. So I bought a bunch and hauled them to the backyard.
I basically lined the beds just outside the boards with the blocks, and knocked off the top two boards. It doesn't look perfect, but seriously, this is a garden = I'm not trying to make it perfect, just functional. I need to buy more blocks to finish the last box, or boxes; not sure yet if I am going to break it up into two or leave it one long and use that to plant viney things, like squash.
Despite the transformation being incomplete, I believe the results are fabulous. I moved the extra soil to some pots on the patio and filled the boxes a bit higher than they were.
My asparagus is thriving, and I've picked it for longer than I could have imagined it would keep producing. I picked the last spears this morning and am now going to let all remaining spears frond out to feed the corms and make them even stronger than this year.
I didn't actually pick al these in one day. I usually get two to eight spears each morning. I wrap the cut end in a wet paper towel and it keeps them fresh. I gather until I have as much as I want to cook and then start again.
(you can see the kale on the left peeking out of the other pot) and radish and carrot seeds in the empty box (see below).
I have a variety of seeds planted in these little pots, almost ready to transplant outside.
I also have this strange plant in the inbetween… I think it's a bean plant. A second one has sprouted up since I took this photo two days ago!
I bought my seeds from Seed Savers Exchange. I chose organic heriloom seeds, to ensure everything I grow for my family has not been tampered with in ANY way.
I love to garden. It does get really hot in the Texas summer, but the fact that I can feed my family from what I grow is a great feeling. Weeding, as long as you keep it under control, can be therapeutic. And it's a fun challenge to try to get these little dried out seeds to grow into delicious edibles, keeping the pests at bay. ALL while keeping it organic. It CAN be done!
I'm an avid listmaker. Always have been. Before I had things I actually needed to make lists to keep track of (like my daily to-do's), I made lists of things, words that rhymed, types of animals, whatever entertained my childish mind. But as an adult, it's no surprise to me that I continue to rely on, and actually enjoy making, my variety of lists.
One of those lists revolves around 2013, and quilting. By default, I decided not to make any resolutions this year. Actually I didn't even think about making any, I just plumb forgot. So I guess it's not that important to me.
What I decided WAS important to me was making some goals, personal and professional. I haven't delved into personal aspirations yet, but have made my list of professional goals for 2013. They're pretty basic, but I think making them will keep them in the forefront of my mind, and help me keep focused every week/month/quarter to ensure I'm doing the best I can to grow my business in the direction that I want it to go.
Some are more specific than others, but all are measurable. For example, I have decided that I need to spend time every week on a charity project. Even if that means working for an hour piecing a top to donate, then I have satisfied my self-imposed requirement. I like this goal, because I know how important that work is to me and how good I feel about doing it, so it isn't a chore, but this goal is a good reminder to do a little bit every week; make time for it.
I (of course) want to generate more income on a monthly and annual basis than in previous years (which would indicate a successful business from the standpoint of most people, I think), but this year I want to ensure I am putting aside funds for taxes on a regular basis, so it doesn't feel so painful when Uncle Sam comes a'knocking.
I have a few goals with respect to my guild involvement and marketing, fabric buying (this might be tough, because I want to cut back), updating the pictures on my website and blogging regularly. All in all, I think this list is functional, rather than a string of pipedreams or unattainable measurements. Just enough to keep me focused for the year.
A new block, you ask? Not really. This is more the type of block that stops progress and less the type that builds a quilt. Kinda like writer's block.
So I put together this top, which is a variation of Jacob's Ladder, and I was SO pleased with how it turned out. Corners came together correctly, color placement was nice and the overall appearance was just how I had envisioned it would turn out. It measures just at 100″ square.
hanging over the balcony from upstairs, I just love the way this quilt looks when you take a step back. I also love the border, which was the inspiration for the quilt in the first place.
I had it hanging over the banister upstairs for a month or so, which really gave view to anyone who could see in our ginormous back window (the spot where it hung can be seen from the main street that runs along our backyard). I finally decided to quilt it, and thought I should make my first try at entering a show.
I chose poly cotton batting because I didn't want it to be too warm or flat, since it will ultimately end up on my bed. I cut the wide back and strung it up on my machine. I tacked down the top edge of the quilt and then paused, for about an hour. This is when my Quilter's Block began.
I knew I wanted to customize the quilting, and my first thought was to make a curly feather in the large border. Before I did so, I stitched in the ditch along the bottom of the border to ensure it stayed straight. Then I sewed the line that would have been the feather backbone, and starting at the upper right corner, began to swirl my feathers out. It got ugly. I stopped for the day.
Next day: back at it. I pulled out the ugly stitches and tried to get back on track. Then my thread kept breaking, like immediately after I began to sew. I changed from variegated thread on top to straight red, but the problem persisted. I had just changed my needle, so that wasn't it. There she sat for 2 more days.
I woke up feeling guilty and realizing I had to make another attempt. I thought maybe my thread was serger and too thick, so I changed it. But by this time I was just not convinced feathers were the way to go. I mean, the border is all FLOWERS! The entire color arrangement for this quilt was based on the border fabric – it was my inspiration. I turned around to get a bobbin or something and saw a book I have in a cubby that showed a whole cloth quilt on the front cover. It was quilted in such a way as to create flowers where there was nothing but solid fabric. BING!!!
Light bulb finally having gone off, I began to pull out all those stitches. Now if you have ever sewed anything, and had to rip out stitches, you will understand how much fun this isn't. And I had a long way to go. Another day and a half wasted. But at least now I felt as if I might be moving in the right direction.
SIDE NOTE: I can tell you with no exception, that this is why I get nervous with every customer quilt and do a lot of prep before beginning. I think on it, draw it out, think some more, and when I am positively sure, THEN I begin. I guess because this quilt is mine, I just figured I'd be happy with my results regardless, so I invested less advance work.
I got through outlining three red flowers when I realized that I wasn't getting the look I wanted. I figured I needed to pull out the stitches and insert another layer of batting. So I pulled out the stitches around one of the flowers and realized, yes, I could take out all those stitches I could barely see (the thread matched the red flowers really well), and try to get batting between the top line and the ditched line at the bottom of the border, but then I would also be adding to the weight of this quilt that I ultimately wanted to use! sigh. I took the rest of the night off.
So the next day I restitched this flower, and did the rest of the red flowers. The next day I stitched the blue flowers. I decided to keep it at that because I favor those colors in this quilt, so I wanted them to stand out more than the browns, yellows or green leaves. Now… what to do in the background of the flowers? I decided to let that marinate for a few days.
When I forced myself back to it, I thought if I stitched something small it would make the flowers stand out more. But I really didn't want to echo or do a stipple. So I flipped through the pages of the aforementioned book and decided on a densely leafed vine. OK, what thread color. I had been thinking about this already, wavering between green, cream maybe brown, maybe variegated green… Walk away for an hour, come back. Repeat. Repeat. Choose creamy white thread, and on we go.
As I started to stitch, I thought I was pretty pleased with it. That's when I stitched OVER one of the red flowers. sigh. Pull out stitches, turn machine off. You can see how this is going so far.
I like it, I just think it looks, fuddled. Is that a real word? I don't know, and I don't care.
Can you see my stitch in the ditch?
But it does look REALLY COOL from the backside!
the flowers really stand out!
So the moral of the story is that prep work makes the job MUCH easier, and yes, even quilters get artistically blocked. So I guess it's not just for writer's anymore.
I hope y'all have better luck than me this month (so far). Happy quilting!


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Military High Schools in America
By Trousdale & William B
Once considered a bastion of learning, leadership, and disciplined lifestyle, today's private military academies are often regarded as expensive holding facilities for unwanted, incorrigible boys who have nowhere else to go. Their depiction in popular media has reinforced the impression that they are boot camps disguised as educational institutions. The reality is far more complex and far more encouraging. Using a decade of participant observation research, including serving as an instructor at some of these schools, anthropologist William Trousdale explores the contemporary experience of military school life. From the admissions office to daily life in barracks, classrooms, playing fields, and social events, he describes how these schools endeavor to realize their mission of creating educated, mature young men from largely at-risk youth and the challenges-both met and unmet-in doing so. This volume will be of interest to those studying secondary and alternative education, at-risk youth, and the role of the military in society.

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Brewers deal for starting catcher
December 5, 2019 By Bill Scott
After losing free agent Yasmani Grandal to the Chicago White Sox, the Milwaukee Brewers made a deal today to acquire his potential replacement.
The Brewers sent minor league pitching prospect Adam Hill and a Competitive Round B draft pick to the Seattle Mariners for left-handed hitting Omar Narvaez.
Hill was acquired from the Mets last year in the Keon Broxton trade. He went 7-9 with a 3.92 ERA in 26 games at Class A Wisconsin. The Competitive Round B selection comes after the second round in 2020 that the Brewers were assigned this week. That pick is currently the 70th overall selection in the draft.
The 27-year-old Narvaez played in 132 games with Seattle last season, hitting .278 with 22 home runs and 55 RBI. He had a .353 on-base percentage, a .813 OPS and a .516 slugging percentage.
Narvaez is considered to be an offensive catcher and hit .289 against right-handed pitching last season. Against lefties, he his just .227. Narvaez hit 20 of his 22 home runs against right-handers. Those numbers would suggest a potential platoon at catcher with right-handed hitting Manny Pina under contract for next season.
Defensively, Narvaez threw out just 18% of runners attempting to steal.
Narvaez still has three more years of contractual control and is projected to make about $2.9 million in salary arbitration this offseason.
Filed Under: Brewers, Sports Tagged With: Manny Pina, Milwaukee Brewers, Omar Narvaez, Seattle Mariners, Yasmani Grandal
Brewers salvage series finale with Seattle
June 28, 2019 By Bill Scott
Chase Anderson File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI
Chase Anderson tossed shutout ball into the sixth inning and the offense did just enough to give the Milwaukee Brewers a 4-2 win over the Seattle Mariners in the series finale at Miller Park on Thursday.
The Brewers needed a strong outing from a starting pitcher. Brewer starters carried a 6.81 ERA through 22 games in the month of June. Their victory was just the third in the last ten games.
The Brewers scored four runs in the fourth inning, the first coming when Chase Anderson executed a suicide squeeze bunt to drive in Ryan Braun. Orlando Arcia followed with a three-run, opposite field home run to right field to put the Brewers in front 4-0.
The Mariners scored twice in the sixth inning to make it 4-2, but the bullpen went to work from there, capped by a 6-out save from closer Josh Hader, his 19th of the season.
The Brewers play their final home series prior to the all-star break this weekend. They will send Jhoulys Chacin (3-8, 5.88) to the mound against Pittsburgh's Chris Archer (3-6, 5.56).
Filed Under: Brewers, Sports Tagged With: Chase Anderson, Josh Hader, Milwaukee Brewers, Orlando Arcia, Ryan Braun, Seattle Mariners
Starting pitching continues to struggle as Brewers fall to Mariners
Adrian Houser had been spectacular out of the Milwaukee Brewers bullpen, putting together a 1.05 ERA over a total of 14 outings. But things didn't go well for Houser in a starting role as the Brewers fell to the Seattle Mariners 4-2 on Wednesday night at Miller Park.
Houser made it through just two innings, allowing three runs on four hits with three walks in suffering the loss.
Brewers starters have compiled a 6.81 ERA in the month of June and it's led to a 10-12 record for the month. [Read more…]
Filed Under: Brewers, Sports Tagged With: Adrian Houser, Ben Gamel, Freddy Peralta, Mike Moustakas, Milwaukee Brewers, Seattle Mariners
Brewers drop series opener against Seattle
The Seattle Mariners had 12 hits to pull out a 8-3 series opening win over the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park on Tuesday night. Daniel Vogelbach clubbed a 2-run homer and starter Marco Gonzales (9-6) pitched five innings to earn his fourth straight win to lead the Mariners.
Four Seattle relievers shut the Brewers down over the final four innings.
The Brewers jumped out early with a run in the first, but the Mariners rebounded with a four-run third inning off of Brewers starter Zach Davies. Davies fell to 7-2 after allowing 6-runs on 6-hits in four innings of work.
Dee Gordon's run-scoring double in the fifth extended the Mariners lead to 7-1.
Yasmani Grandal hit a solo homer and Jesus Aguilar had a run-scoring single for the Brewers in the fifth. [Read more…]
Filed Under: Brewers, Sports Tagged With: Jimmy Nelson, Lorenzo Cain, Milwaukee Brewers, Ryan Braun, Seattle Mariners, Yasmani Grandal, Zach Davies


The 'study of', 'specialty in' or 'art of' digital strategy, design and technology.
There's no denying that social media marketing is hot, very hot. It's also very easy to see why, just take a look at the above numbers.
In order to engage with your customer you have to go to where they are and, as the above stats show, they are on the social platforms. Great, with this information in mind let's set up a Facebook page and proceed to post the odd bit of news and a few pictures of kittens….erm no. Instead, let's have a talk through getting real value from social media - by developing a social media strategy.
This is an incredibly important step if you wish to run a successful campaign. Many businesses end up doing social media with no real reason, often seeming extremely busy whilst not actually making any progress toward their business goals.
The business objective will form the path for your social media marketing campaign. This is important as there are some very important things to remember when setting your goals; you need to be realistic, you will not have one million likes on Facebook unless you are a multinational company or have the hottest product on the market since records began; you need to make it measurable, use numbers as it's much easier to mark against a goal of six hundred Twitter followers than increase Twitter followers; and you need to make it medium to long term, social media takes time to implement and it is extremely rare for it to become an overnight success for most companies.
Everything you do should be built on what you know and learn about your audience. Start by painting a picture of your audience, creating personas is a great way to do this. You then want to dig into the facts about your target customers to reveal the insights. These facts and insights will give your social media marketing a clear tone of voice and direction, whilst understanding how your clients feel about your services and the way they wish to be treated.
A strong brand and a cohesive story will set you apart from your competitors. Develop a story that provokes your audience into having an emotive reaction. What is the history of your brand? What does your brand aspire to be? What makes your brand unique? - Answering these kind of questions will help to develop your story.
You will learn a lot by simply reviewing the activity of the competition and others in your industry. Discovering and understanding what your competition is already doing will help you identify and leverage ideas that are working and find gaps that you can take advantage of.
Pick three competitors and conduct an audit. Don't just look at their social media accounts, check out their website and their performance in search as well. Look to see if they tell a cohesive story across all of their digital channels. Learning as much as you can about your competitors is an essential step to developing a social media strategy.
Once you have done this take a look at what the main barriers are that you will need to overcome to be successful. For example you may be selling flux capacitors, but due to the complex nature of them your potential clients may be put off. Use your social media platforms to provide information and knowledge to help your clients' understanding. The more they understand the higher the chance of them buying your flux capacitors!
This stage is all about expanding your client base and you have three different options to do so. You don't have to stick to just one option though; you can treat it like a good salad and mix it up!
The first option is bringing in new clients who have previously not had any need or use of your product or service. This will increase your market size without gaining any existing customers from your competition.
Your second choice is to win clients over from your competition. What a better way to make money than by taking it out of the pockets of your competitors? This can have a knock on effect; if potential clients as outlined in option one see you winning more and more market share then they will be more likely to use you as a service provider rather than your competitors.
And behind door number three we have the option to upsell to your clients, which is if they buy bananas from you get them to buy oranges as well. Getting more out of existing clients is a two way street though as they will expect more from you too! Amazon's "Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought" bar is a great example of this.
At this point look back at your key barriers in Stage 4 and decide on your marketing objective(s). This should be in direct relation to those barriers i.e. if your issue is low awareness, then an objective should be increase awareness. What role will social media play in helping you reach your marketing objective?
Now that you have gone through your processes and understand the goals you are aiming to achieve it is time to turn our attention to undoubtedly one of the most important aspects of social media marketing, the three headed giant that is content creation. For ease of reference I'll break it down into its three key components.
Brand Awareness & Trust: "I'm aware of your brand and I trust and respect it." These are great words to hear a customer say and the goal here is to at the very least have them thinking this in their subconscious.
Engagement, Connection & Consideration: "I'm aware of and understand the different services and products you offer." A key driver here towards successful conversions, clients are a lot less likely to part with their hard earned salaries if they do not understand what exactly it is you are trying to sell them.
Conversions & Sales: "I'm going to purchase your product/service." Great news! This is the end goal for the majority of businesses; however note that a conversion does not necessarily need to mean a cash transaction. If I host a website offering free games then I would count it as a conversion each time someone visited the site and played a game of pool etc. Similarly for your business your conversion goal may purely be to enhance your brand reputation through social media rather than have five thousand orders for your new potato powered ceiling fan.
Deciding which of the three you are aiming for at a given time is key to considering what content you are going to create and share with the world. Again, as it normally is, it is most common for there to be a mixture of the three.
To end any Harry Potter jokes now, 9 and ¾ is not an option here, however the vast list of social media platforms now available on the web can be a little bit daunting if you aren't overly experienced in using it. From your goliaths like Facebook and Twitter to hot up-and-coming platforms like Pheed there is a purpose and correct use of each one. That being said, the basis we recommend for every campaign is to include a blog page on your company website. Having your own blog, which you are fully in control of, is an amazing foundation for creating all of your content and also helps you gain links to your home domain! Not wanting to go overboard on details here, the top eight social media platforms circulating at the moment are, in no particular order: Your own blog (we've been a bit flexible here as it's not completely social media); Facebook; Twitter; LinkedIn; YouTube; Google+; Pinterest; and Instagram.
Right, now we have the understanding to be able to produce killer content and host it on the most suitable platform there is still one last point to consider before you swan dive into the world of social media. This is the concept of frequency. For an example straight off the bat let's say you have decided the best way to promote your business is by making a video. Great, videos are a brilliant and effective way to spread messages virally over the Internet, however they take a lot of time to put together correctly and normally cost quite a bit more than most other content. Frequency wise it would be a bit risky to say let's do a video campaign for the next 6 months and post a new video every day. Firstly that's a lot of hours and cost spent putting together one hundred and eighty two videos. Secondly unless you have a product, which is the best thing since oxygen, it may be difficult to post and promote fresh, original and innovative video content every single day. This is a point where the three C's come into play. Create: You produce your own content, maybe an article, a photo or a video. Curate: You share someone else's content, maybe a retweet or a link to someone's blog. Contribute: You reach out and comment on others' post or videos etc. Managing the three C's effectively is a great way to optimise your campaign's efficiency.
And now, the end is here and so I face the final curtain my friend. The last stop on the social media express is metrics. Metrics is the art of measuring and evaluating your campaign. Note here however that metrics is not a one time only thing at the end of your campaign. In order to optimise your social media efforts you need to continuously consult your analytics in order to squeeze out the best results possible from your campaign. I won't go into detail on it here as there is a long list of variables to consider in your metrics so we'll write a blog post on it in the next week or two.
That's all for now folks, thanks for reading and we hoped you enjoyed it.
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We believe in the limitless possibilities of unity and understanding. In that spirit, we announced the first-ever #WorldPerspectiveDay in the middle of Times Square.
We each have unique and powerful perspectives. What if we brought the world together for one day a year to celebrate what unites us as members of the human race?
Join our Photography Education Coordinator, JP Pullos, as he shares his tips for taking photos around the holidays. New York City is already a naturally picturesque place. But add in the winter holidays, the most picturesque time of the year, and you're guaranteed some spectacular photos.
We're announcing today a campaign that makes money feel like it maybe-really-somehow does grow on trees! Thanks to the generosity and enthusiasm of the folks behind Luxi For All and Makers4Good, 100% of every purchase of the Luxi For All device will go towards furthering the mission of 100cameras. But that's not all! Every time a social media post is shared on facebook, instagram, or twitter -- $5.00 will be donated to help us empower more kids. We're quite excited about this.
100cameras is proud to announce our second beta Snapshot project, led by Snapshot leader Beatrice Schachenmayr in Istanbul, Turkey. We sat down with Beatrice to ask her all about her journey. Learn more about the project HERE, and read the story in her own words below.
It was an amazing opportunity for 100cameras and our co-founder, Angela Popplewell, to have been invited to speak at TEDx in Seattle to an audience of 1,000 individuals. Angela's TEDx talk focused on changing perspectives and choosing to be shaped by the bright moments in life. Choosing hope, choosing joy, choosing gratefulness- traits we learn from each and every one of the kids who have become a part of our lives. Our students have taught us and challenged us to see the life-altering power of perspective, and we'll never be the same.
Big announcement! The Leica Galleries, Lenny Kravitz, Reiner Opoku and the Oslicht Gallery donated all profits from the Lenny Kravitz- FLASH exhibit held during Art Basel 2015 to 100cameras.


KERRVILLE — Sitting on a pile of cash and a lead in the polls, Republican Gov. Rick Perry is so confident in the final week of the 2010 election that he's begun urging supporters to spread his pro-conservative message to other states.
At a lively campaign rally inside Buzzie's Bar-B-Q restaurant in Kerrville on Tuesday, Perry told the crowd of about 200 to go vote for him first and foremost. After that, he said, they should call their friends and relatives living outside Texas and urge them to get behind the Republicans running for local, state and federal office.
Democrat Bill White, meanwhile, worked to rally Democratic voters, accusing Perry of using his power as governor to help friends and contributors. At times, White alternated between English and Spanish before a mostly Latino gathering at a park in Austin, where supporters ate barbecue and also listened to musician Ruben Ramos.
White took aim at one of Perry's proudest points — job creation — and said Texas' unemployment rate is high compared to some neighboring states.
Perry, the longest-serving governor in Texas history, is facing a spirited challenge from White, the former mayor of Houston. Democrats call him their best candidate since former Gov. Ann Richards, but polls have shown the GOP incumbent with a consistent lead throughout the race and into the final stretch.
Perry also disclosed fundraising figures on Monday that show he is pulling away from White in the race for campaign cash. Perry reported raising $8.4 million since late September, compared to $3.6 million for White.
White hammered on Perry over the state's huge budget shortfall, which could exceed $20 billion and prompt deep cuts. He said instead of addressing it, Perry has been writing a book called "FED UP," which has a forward by former Republican U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
"I tell you what, as a citizen I'm fed up with a governor that has time to write a book with Newt Gingrich but doesn't have time to even know that the state has a giant $20 billion-plus budget hole. Don't we need a governor who will shoot straight about the budget in Texas?" White asked the crowd of about 300 people.
Perry said the Legislature would deal with the shortfall in January and otherwise was oozing confidence in a swing through central Texas one week before Election Day. With early voting set to end Friday, Perry pumped up the crowd at Buzzie's with an anti-Washington message that he has used to build up his national profile.
Perry said he wanted voters to use some of their time and activism to boost Republicans all over the country, but he told reporters after the event that he was not overconfident about his own victory.
"I've never had anyone who ran against me who I didn't take seriously and I will always continue to," Perry said.
White, pointing out he is the son of schoolteachers, revved up the working-class crowd in the state capital by saying Perry doesn't take state workers seriously. He claimed the governor is negligent in thanking state workers for their service or asking them for ideas on how to make things better.


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Jeremy A. Herschaft
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Jeremy Herschaft is a member of our Maritime Emergency Response Team ("MERT").
Chambers USA recognizes Jeremy as a nationally ranked shipping and maritime litigation attorney. His practice covers all phases of international commercial counseling, complex litigation, and arbitration, with particular emphasis on the global marine, trade, and energy industries. Jeremy has more than 18 years of experience in advising clients on a wide range of topics, including:
International and domestic commercial contract negotiations and cross-border disputes
Maritime contract negotiations involving time, voyage, and bareboat charter parties, bills of lading, service contracts, and contracts of affreightment
Maritime insolvencies
Cargo damage and general average disputes
Recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitration awards and judgments in U.S. courts
Marine insurance coverage issues, including protection and indemnity, general commercial liability, and marine liability disputes
Maritime attachment (Rule B) and vessel arrest (Rule C) actions
Disputes involving the U.S. Commercial Instruments and Maritime Lien Act
Maritime emergency response (collisions, allisions, groundings, pollution incidents, shipboard white collar investigations, etc., with over 100 international and domestic vessel boardings to date)
Jeremy spent the first six years of his law practice with a respected corporate law firm in New Orleans, Louisiana, focusing on the Mississippi River maritime industry and the Gulf of Mexico offshore deepwater energy sector. He joined Blank Rome's Manhattan, New York, office in 2011, and went on to manage a variety of international commercial matters and disputes. Jeremy then relocated to Houston, Texas, in 2014 to assist with expanding the firm's maritime capabilities in and around the Gulf of Mexico.
Jeremy has presented at various conferences around the world on a wide range of legal subjects pertaining to the shipping and logistics environment. His articles have appeared in Pratt's Banking Law Journal, the Tulane Maritime Law Journal, The Journal of Robotics, Artificial Intelligence & Law, The Arbitrator, the Tulane Law Review, and Pratt's Energy Law Report. He serves on the Board of Advisory Editors of the Tulane Maritime Law Journal.
Jeremy is an avid outdoorsman, and he enjoys participating in long-distance endurance events. In 2019, he completed President Teddy Roosevelt's challenge to hike 50 miles in under 24 hours. When not practicing law, you can find him spending time with his wife and three children along Buffalo Bayou in Houston Texas. He is a member of F3 Houston.
Maritime - Environmental
Maritime - Litigation
International Litigation, Defense, and Arbitration
Non-Fungible Tokens ("NFTs") & Digital Assets
A large U.S.-based fuel supplier, in the national prosecution of maritime lien claims against 28 vessels arising out of the international O.W. Bunker bankruptcy.
A Danish shipping line in connection with the first Chapter 15 bankruptcy recognition case under the new Danish insolvency act, including adversary proceedings on behalf of the debtor in the United States against 75 international and domestic NVOCC defendants.
A foreign marine P&I insurer, in a forum selection dispute with a personal injury plaintiff, and the successful transfer of litigation from Louisiana to London, England via a motion to dismiss pursuant to the Club's forum selection clause.
Numerous Rule B and Rule C matters, both in obtaining and opposing attachments and arrests. Numerous matters seeking recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitration awards and judgments in U.S. courts.
Extensive experience with shipboard investigations involving vessel collisions, allisions, and marine pollution / environmental incidents, and representation of vessel owners in subsequent state and federal governmental proceedings.
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On Friday 22nd March the whole school took part in a Shakespeare experience. Each class had a 40 minute workshop based around the Shakespeare play of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' where they learnt the story and then performed a small part of a scene. At the end of the day the whole school came together and put their parts together to tell the whole story. Every child was involved and they had a great time doing drama.
On 18th March Y5 set off for their three day residential at Condover Hall in Shrewsbury. They enjoyed some great outdoor activities which included climbing, abseiling, zip wire and even had fun at night with a campfire and run around quiz. They did lots of teambuilding games and had a great time.
On Friday 1st March we held our annual Governor Buddy Day in school. Governors came into the school for the morning, starting with attending celebration assembly and finishing up by having lunch in the hall with the children. In between they were interviewed by the school ambassadors, had a tour of the school and got to spend some time in their link classes.
On Thursday 14th February there was a lot of excitement in year 5 as they held a Mexican day as part of their topic for this term. The children had great fun taking part in a range of Mexican activities including doing Mexican art, and making Mexican food.
On Tuesday 5th February , as part of their topic on China, Year 3 celebrated Chinese New Year with a Chinese Day. They dressed in red and did activities all to do with Chinese New Year. They ended the day with a party in Reception who were also celebrating Chinese New Year as part of their focus for the week.
After February half term the children returned to school to find that their classrooms had been transformed into a scene from a classic book. The children then spent the next few weeks being inspired by the classic texts to write their own. Across the school we looked at Jack and the Beanstalk, Hansel and Gretel, The Gingerbread Man, The Sword in the Stone, The Jungle Book, The Hobbit and The Hounds of the Baskerville.
This year we thought about how we could give during Advent rather than just receive. In assembly, we talked about how the Christmas story is still alive today and not just something that happened 200 years ago. Each phase were asked to bring in different donations for the Erdington foodbank - toiletries, food, treats for Christmas. Your contributions were greatly appreciated and the children have certainly given the gift of hope and joy to many families this Christmas time and you should feel very proud of them.
The week beginning the 3rd December we held our Christmas parent workshops and what a great success they were. Year groups got together and invited families in to work with their children to make and sell Christmas fayre. Many thanks to all of those families that supported this event and help us to raise money for School Fund.
On Friday 9th November, Year 2 visited the Locksmith's house in Willenhall as part of their topic. They learned how to assemble locks, had a look around the old Victorian house and even got to do some Victorian chores. Everyone had a super time and represented the school really well.
The week beginning 22nd October we had a multi-faith week in school. Each class studied a different faith and based their work around it for the week. Children looked at places of worship, holy texts, customs and traditions and celebrations. Year 1 visited St Margaret's Church, Year 2 a Sikh Temple, Year 3 a Hindu Temple, Y4 a Buddhist Temple, Year 5 a Synagogue and 6 visited the Islamic Experience Exhibition.
On Tuesday 17th October a group of Y5/6 took part in the KSSP Hockey competition at Erdington Academy. This was the first time that the children had competed in a hockey tournament and they had great fun. They had a great team ethic and showed great sportsmanship. Well done to everyone who took part.
On Monday 8th October Y1 visited the new Lego Discovery Centre in Birmingham as part of their topic about Toys. They really enjoyed themselves going around looking at the Lego village, building with the lego and going on some lego rides...they even got very wet in the 4D cinema!
On Wednesday 3rd October Year 3 visited Coventry Transport Museum as part of their topic about transport. They had a fantastic day looking at modes of transport through the ages and even got to design their own transport. The children really enjoyed their visit and learnt lots.
Everyone at Court Farm would like to say a massive thank you to TK Max Ecom Team for their generous toy donation! Our 2 year old nursery setting is launching on Monday 24th September 2018 and with the help and generosity of our friends over in TK Max Ecom Team we now have some amazing toys to help the children's learning and development.
On Monday 9th July all of our musicians from across the school took part in our end of term music assembly. Our Y4 class have been learning to play the dhol and djembe drums this year and certainly gave us a great performance that showed off just how much progress they have made this year. Our Y5 elective drummers then played us three pieces which they have been working hard on and we could really see a difference in their performance having had another year of tuition. We were also treated to two pieces from our keyboard players in Y6 who performed brilliantly on their own. Finally our choir delivered two fantastic songs which were lead by Ka'nah and Kisanet from Year 6 and we were all impressed with the talent on show.
We have attended two Simply Gifted and Talented workshops this term. On 23 May Y5 attended a workshop that enabled them to exercise their investigation skills around The "Unsinkable" Titanic. On 20th June a group of children from Y3 explored 'The Curator's Dilemma' as the focus for their work.
All classes in the school have been writing and performing poetry in Literacy for the last two weeks. On Thursday 26th April we held a 'Poetry Slam' where each class performed a poem in front of the rest of the school and some individuals from each class shared their own poems with everybody. We were all amazed at the performances of the classes and the quality of the individual poems. Well done to everyone.
Year 1 - Mayamiko sang For your glory and Salamaiyah showed off her skills of speaking Japanese.
Year 3 - Korey, Charlie, Daisy & Leela sang Seven years and Chrysten'ah, Andre, Maddison & Jessica danced to Havana.
Year 4 - Emily & Joyce sang A million dreams and Sittana & Kiri sang The cure.
Year 5 - Scarlett sang Your reality and Rio, Tiana & Munirat performed Barking.
Year 6 - Kisanet sang How far I'll go and Anastasija, Kan'ah, Angemarie, Hannah, Meleisha & Jathurmitha performed a comedy sketch.
For the first time in Court Farm history we had joint winners whose talents were incredible.
The children in Nursery and Reception were treated again this year to the Living Eggs project. On Monday 19th March some eggs were delivered in an incubator and the children got to watch them hatch and grow into little chicks over the following two weeks. They caused a lot of excitement and a lot of 'ahs' from everyone who saw them.
On Friday 16th February there was more excitement in year 5 than usual as they held a Mexican day as part of their topic for this term. The children had great fun taking part in a range of Mexican activities including doing Mexican art, and making Mexican food.
Continuing with our space theme, the whole school had the chance to visit a planetarium within school on Thursday 18th January. All of the children from Nursery to Year 6 had a unique experience within the planetarium which took over the school hall for the day. They visited space to look at stars, planets and space stations.
When we came back to school after Christmas there was a strange sight awaiting everyone in the playground. What looked like a meteorite had landed in the playground and everyone was very excited. Staff scrapped all of their plans and spent two weeks doing work all around the theme of space.
On Thursday 23rd November we hosted a gifted and talented workshop for local Erdington schools. The workshop was all about using logic and reasoning in mathematics and how to be more independent learners.
On Thursday 16th November Year 6 visited the National Space Centre in Leceister as part of their topic on planets. They watched a film in the planetarium about being an astronaut and spent the rest of the day exploring the centre and finding out all about our solar system.
The week beginning 13th November was Anti-Bullying Week and te theme this year was being unique. The children spent some of their lessons exploring this idea and learnt the anti-bullying song performed by Andy and the Oddsocks. The children then wore odd socks on Children in Need day.
On Tuesday 17th October all of the children who had been 'Green' all half term had a fun session in the hall organised by Mrs Taylor. They played apple bobbing and had lots of activities based around Halloween.
The week beginning 16th October we had a multi-faith week in school. Each class studied a different faith and based their work around it for the week. Children looked at places of worship, holy texts, customs and traditions and celebrations. Year 1 visited a Greek Orthodox Church, Year 2 a Sikh Temple, Year 3 a Hindu Temple and Year 6 visited the mosque in Aston.
Between Monday 2nd October and Wednesday 4th October Year 6 visited Condover Hall in Shrewsbury on their residential trip. They had a fantastic time and were a real credit to the school; all of the instructors said how impressed they were with the children's behaviour and attitude towards all of the activities. The children enjoyed taking part in the following activities: zipwire, survival skills, multivines, climbing, lazer maze and grid of stones and lazer conquest. During the evening the children took part in a runaround quiz and a silent disco.
On Friday 29th September Year 3 visited Birmingham International Airport as part of their topic on about travel. They got to see all aspects of airport life from checking in to security to seeing the planes. They all had an enjoyable day and Miss Evans was really pleased with their wonderful behaviour.
On Thursday 28th September we held a MacMillan coffee morning in school. Many thanks to all of you that donated cakes and to the team that organised and ran the occasion. We had a great turn out in the school hall and then sold the remaining cakes at the end of the day in the playground. Thanks to your support we managed to raise £187.26.
On Wednesday 6th September the children were treated to a most entertaining assembly run by the Standing Ovation Project. They performed a number of songs and got everyone involved. They will be running a choir after school on a Monday and will be performing at events throughout the year.
This year we welcome two new members of staff to our scvhool community: Ms Barker who will be the Year 6 teacher and Miss Orton who will be the Year 5 teacher.
You will have noticed during the last two summers trails of owls and benches throughout Birmingham and this year there will be sunbears all around the city. These events raise money for the Birmingham Children's Hospital. This year we have been busy painting our sunbear and on Wednesday 28th June the trail was launched. Mr Turner, Gypsy and Fabia went along to represent the school where the mayor officially opened the trail by cutting a ribbon in front of some of the bears at Millenium Point. Our bear, Mary Beary and the Great British Bear Off, is in the window of Sportology in Boldmere so make sure you go and have a look.
On Wednesday 14th June Year 5 treated us to their class assembly based around their Science topic, 'Growing Up and Getting Old.' There were some great performances from the children, who told us the stories of their lives past, present and future through drama, song - and lots of humour.
On Wednesday 24th May, all of the children who have been on Green all of this half term had their Good to be Green reward. Each class took it in turns to have balloon fun with Mrs Taylor. They played lots of games and the excitement could be heard throughout the school. Now everyone starts afresh for next term. Let's see if we can have even more children taking part next half term.
On Friday 19th May Year 5 had the chance to visit Edgbaston Cricket Ground as part of their topic on sport. They had a fabulous day and the cricket coach said that they were one of the best groups of children he had ever coached. The children had cricket coaching in the morning and had a tour of the ground in the afternoon even accessing areas that only staff are normally allowed in to. They even bumped into the Pakistani cricket team preparing for the ICC Champions Trophy.
On the 9th May Year 1 visited Aston Hall as part of their Literacy. They went to act out the story of Cinderella and had the chance to perform it throughout Aston hall. The children had a lovely time and enjoyed dressing up.
During the run up to Easter, the children have been decorating cups for Easter. These cups are made and filled with Easter magic, chicks and chocolate and are available to buy from school.
For the last two weeks of half term Years 1-6 have been planning, organising and setting up their own businesses. Years 1 & 2 have set up a cafe, Years 3 & 4 have set up their own chocolate store and Years 5 & 6 are running their own fitness programmes.
On Tuesday 14th February Year 3 & 4 invited parents to taste their chocolate creations and give their opinions. There was a great turn out of parents ; thank you so much.
Year 1 are currently studying Poles Apart as their topic and on Thursday 2nd February they visited the Snowdome so that they could experience what it would be like to be in a cold environment. They all had a fun time tobogganing, playing in the snow and even making snow angels!
Each child has been given a reading challenge to complete whereby the more they read, they can earn Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum rewards.
They get a mention in Friday's Celebration Assembly and on our weekly school newsletter aswel as receiving their reward!
Please see your child's class teacher for more information on how your child can complete their challenge.
On Monday 16th January some of our KS1 children went to Edmund Campion for a sports competition.
Maddison, Daisy, Abdul, Mujtabah, Andre, Natalia, Jessica, Jack and Ayden ran their socks off and came 4th out of the 8 schools who took part. They have got through to the final of the local schools so keeping checking our website for the final result.
On Tuesday 10th January years 5 and 6 took part in a local schools Basketball competition at Erdington Academy.
Blessing, Abdulrazak, Muna, Lilly-Mae, Shamaiya, Jacob and Jack A all played brilliantly. Our team reached the final of the competition and finished in second place.
In November we had a competition to design a poppy hat for remembrance day. Many children took part and we had a parade in assembly to decide on the winner.
On Tuesday 19th March, as part of their topic on Vikings, Y6 were treated to a Viking experience during which they constructed a Viking longship and an anglo-saxon house. They had to work together using only bamboo sticks and elastic bands to build them and managed to fit in both. that they could all fit in. They also learnt some fascinating facts about working on a longship.
During the week beginning the 11th March we celebrated National Science Week. The children attended assemblies about Science and took part in a Science day. For this the staff all prepared one fun science activity each and the children were split into mixed age groups and took part in the various activities.
7th March - World Book Day.This year, we set a theme of Bedtime Stories. Pupils came into school in their pyjamas and a competition was set to decorate a potato into their favourite book character. The pupils had a fantastic time. We loved seeing how creative they got with their potatoes -there were some brilliant ones! Thank you to the parents for your cooperation in making this a fun day for the children. We hope they enjoyed the day!
On Thursday 7th February, Year 1 were taken back in time to experience life as a student in the Victorian times. They were fantastic at getting into character and looked brilliant in their outfits. Mrs Evans organised a day where the class experienced the activities of a typical day in a Victorian School.
It was lovely to see so many of you at our 3 Christmas productions in our last week of term. All of the children performed really well and it was a pleasure to watch them all. They all spoke clearly and sang beautifully. Well done to everyone.
On the 10th December we were all treated to a great music assembly from our dohl and djembe drummers. Year 4 performed for the first time to the whole school and parents and the Year 5 and Year 6 elective groups also performed. The children have made great progress and it was a pleasure to listen to their performance.
On the 3rd December Y5 visited the Think Tank to support their topic on space. On the 6th December Y6 also visited the Think Tank to support their topic 'Out of this World.' Both classes attended a workshop and then had the chance to visit the rest of the museum.
On Wednesday 14th November, Year 4 finished off their topic with a visit to Tamworth Castle. They had a tour around the castle and took part in a dance workshop. The children had a great time and were a real credit to the school.
On Tuesday 6th November Y5 and Y6 took part in a workshop to celebrate 100 years since the end of World War 1. They learnt about life in the war as a soldier and about local people who were involved in the war. The presenter said that the children were amazing. Well done, children for showing such respect on such an important issue.
Year 4's topic this half term is 'Reign Over Us' and they have been busy learning all about Kings and Queens of England. They have acted out the Battle of Hastings in the hall and on Thursday 18th October they had a Kings and Queens afternoon.A ll the children and staff dressed up as kings and queens and had a royal time!
On Wednesday 17th October Year 6 performed their class assembly, which they wrote themselves, about people who have inspired them. They delivered a lovely message about how parents can be a real inspiration and there were a few tears in the hall. Well done, Year 6.
On Thursday 4th October, author Peter Bunzl visited school and did a writing workshop for Years 4-6. He talked about his Cogheart books, how he got his ideas and gave the children some tips on how to be good writers. He then sold some of his books and the children got signed copies.
Once again this year the appointment of our Head Boy and Head Girl took place. Year 6 had to apply for the position and then the Year 6 team judged which boys and girls submitted the best applications. Quayuum and Rio were chosen for the boys and Meron and Scarlett were chosen for the girls. All of the candidates had to speak to the whole school in assembly and they all did a fantastic job telling the children why they were the best candidate. All of the children and staff then voted and Quayuum and Meron were elected. Well done to evryone.
On Friday 29th June a group of 28 children from KS2 were taken to Symphony Hall to listen to the school's concert performed by CBSO. They all had a great time and thoroughly enjoyed the experience of listening to a professional orchestra playing in a fabulous setting.
On Wednesday 27th June Y1 performed their class assembly to a huge audience. Their assembly theme was about how we are all special in our own way and their play centered around nature put the message across really well. well done to everyone in Y1!
On Friday 11th May we held our spelling bee finals in front of the school. Congratulations to all of our finalists who had worked so hard to learn their spellings. Every year group final was very close and, in fact, we had to take spellings from the year above to find a winner in most of the finals. A big well done to our champions: Mayamiko, Teodora, Noor, Ashmitha, Zakera and Tasnim.
On Wednesday 18th April, James Bishop, author of Iguana Boy, visited school today and spoke to all of the KS2 children about being a writer and what inspired his book. He won a competition on Lorraine and his book is published tomorrow so we got a sneak preview. All of the children took part in designing a superhero for another book and we even named him and gave him super powers. This will be entered into a competition with other schools that James visits and the winning character will be featured in his third book in the series.
Congratulations to all of our children who have been green all of this half term and who enjoyed an Easter egg hunt in the Reception outdoor area on 26th March.
On 21st March Years 2-5 visited the Prayer Space at St Martin's Church which was organised by Urban Devotion. The children had a great time to reflect on their own lives and every class was commended on their fantastic behaviour.
We celebrated World Book Day on the 1st March with children and staff dressing up as book characters. The classes then moved around the school during the day visiting different teachers who had book related activities planned for the day.
On Wednesday 7th February Year 4 treated us all to a fabulous class assembly based on our school motto of Dream, Believe, Achieve. They looked at people in history who had had a dream and achieved it and then looked at what their dreams for the future are. They really impressed us with their singing of This is me from the Greatest Showman.
The week beginning 11th December Year 5 spent three days in the Outward Bound Centre in Aberdovey taking part in some great outdoor activities. The children had a fantastic time walking in the mountains, doing activities on the beach, cave exploring and even canoeing in the sea. The children were a credit to the school and were all very resilient when facing all of the activities.
As part of their topic Poles Apart Year 1 visited the Snowdome on Friday 24th November. They played in the snow and had great fun tubing and sledging.
On Wednesday 22nd November Year 5's class assembly explained to us all what a hero was and how we all can be heroes if we are in the right place, at the right time and doing a good deed. Thank you to all of the parents who attended the assembly.
On Wednesday 15th November Year 4 visited Selly Manor as part of their topic about the Tudors. They learnt about life during Tudor times and even saw a priests hiding hole. The children had an enjoyable and educational day.
Once again this year the appointment of our Hard Boy and Head Girl took place. Year 6 had to apply for the position and then the Year 6 team judged which 3 boys and 3 girls submitted the best applications. Braeden, Mir and Wajud were chosen for the boys and Anastasija, Angemarie and Ka'nah were chosen for the girls. All of the candidates had to speak to the whole school in assembly and they all did a fantastic job telling the children why they were the best candidate. All of the children and staff then voted and Braeden and Anastaija were elected. Well done to evryone.
As part of their topic about rivers, Year 5 visited the Sea Life Centre on Thursday 19th October. They followed the journey of the River Severn from the hills of Wales to the sea.
On Wednesday 18th October Year 6 performed their class assembly to the school and their families. They entertained us with their memories of Condover Hall and performed some of the many songs that they learnt there.
On Friday 13th October Year 1 had a toy workshop in school to support their topic about toys. The children were toy detectives and had to repair broken toys. They investigated the materials that were used for making toys and then had to make one of their own.
On Friday 6th October 15 Year 6 children visited Royal Haskoning DHV in Birmingham as part of our membership of Enabling Enterprise. They got to visit their offices and have a look around at the people at work there. The childeren then had to do a project and present it to the employees in the afternoon. The children had a great day and all of the staff were very proud of them..
On Friday 29th September Year 2 visited the Locksmith's house in Willenhall as part of their topic on Victorians. They learned how to assemble locks, had a look around the old Victorian house and even got to do some Victorian chores. Everyone had a super time and represented the school really well. Click here to find out more.
We had our spelling bee finals on Friday 29th September for Years 1 - 6 and what an exciting competition it was! This year in the final the children were not allowed to write down any of the words, they had to spell them out loud and we were amazed at how well the children did. It most year groups we had to have a 'bee-off' of extra words because the children had learnt all of their words and got them right. All of the runners-up received a £10 token and the winners a £20 for WH Smiths and a spelling bee winner's cap.
We hope you all had fun in the summer hunting for all of the bears that were on display around the city. 'Mary Beary' has returned and can be seen in the entrance to the main office.
On Wednesday 28th June Year 1 performed their class assembly in front of a packed hall. They shared the work they had done on flight with us and we all learnt so much. We learnt about the Wright brothers, listened to diary extracts about a trip in a hot air balloon and they entertained us with their own version of the wheels on the bus about aeroplanes.
On Monday 19th June Reception visited Tesco as part of their topic on bakeries. Whilst they were there they got to try diffrent types of cheese, hunted for different coloured fruit and veg, identified fish and spent a long time in the bakery seeing how bread is made. Everyone had a super time and learnt a lot.
Well done to Grace Leigh in year 6 who has become our first 'Purple Mash Digital Leader'. Grace has worked extremely hard towards this award both in and out of school and her time and effort has definitely paid off.
We are delighted to announce that our year 3 teacher, Miss Evans, this week became a fully qualified teacher. Miss Evans passed her teaching course with flying colours. We are very lucky that Miss Evans will be continuing as a teacher at Court Farm over the coming years.
On Wednesday 24th May Year 3 entertained us with a most interesting assembly all about the life of Tutankhamun. The school was even tested at the end of the assembly in a quiz to see who had been listening! We now all know that he was only 9 when he became a pharoah and died of a broken leg when he was just 18.
On Friday 12th May Year 4 visited Warwick Castle as part of their toipc on crime and punishment through the ages. They enjoyed exploring the castle, watching a bowman show, seeing the trebuchet at work and taking part in a crime and punishment workshop.
During the week beginning 2nd May our local PCSOs came into school and visited all of the classrooms to deliver a number of workshops. EYFS and KS1 were taught about stranger danger and road safety and KS2 had workshops about intrenet safety. Everyone learnt a lot and we were grateful to our PCSOs for giving up their time to visit us.
On 30th March Year 1 came to school dressed as Victorians and were treated to a Victorian style day by Mrs Evans and Mrs Azim. They sat in rows, had hand inspections and learnt all about Victorian schools.
On Thursday 2nd February Year 5 visited Tamworth Castle to support their topic on Invaders. They had a tour around the castle in the morning and in the afternoon they had two workshops. One looked at Saxon armoury and weaponry and the other was an archaeological workshop where the children learnt about how to dig for historical artefacts. The children had a great time and were a real credit to the school.
Congratulations to our basketball team who took part in the area finals and came away with bronze medals! They played six matches and were only defeated in one - a great achievement and we are all super proud of them.
On Tuesday 17th January our year 5 and 6 swimmers took part in a Swimming Gala between local schools at Erdington swimming baths.
Ella, Tegan, Munirat, Anastasija, Lacey, Jack S, Abdulrazak and Jacob all swam brilliantly.
A massive congratulations to Ella Smith who won a bronze medal.
On Tuesday 11th October our candidates for Head Boy and Head Girl, Daniel, Joshua, Callum, Titilayo, Muna and Courtney, made their speeches to the whole school before the voting began. The children had prepared really well and it took real confidence to stand before everyone and put forward their case. All of the children did really well and at the end of the day it was announced that Callum and Courtney had been elected.
On Monday 10th October George Fouche visited us and gave an inspirational assembly to the whole school and then did workshops with year 5 & 6. He told us his life story, with all its ups and downs, giving the message - dare to aspire. He explained to the children that anything is possible if you work hard. He grew up in a council house in South Africa where the children went to school barefooted! George became a very successful premiership and international rugby player and all this despite breaking his neck and being told that he would never walk again. He now coaches internationally with South Africa, having just returned from the Olympic Games and visits many schools and settings giving his talks and workshops. Everyone was moved by his life story and Year 5 & 6 really enjoyed his workshops on how to be successful.


What happens when tech giants team up? Surprisingly, not much. How about when a law is made that has nothing to do with something you use everyday? Oh, that could land you with a felony!
Who will win the race for Kodak's patents?
Social media major? Is that a fake major like liberal arts?
Australian police have warned the public not to use Apple Maps. Like, ever. It turns out that the iPhone app can't distinguish between the city of Mildura and a national park with no water, fuel, and filled with dangerous animals. The police have had to rescue multiple people after the motorists hiked back to cell range to phone for help.
Santa has switched allegiances this year, as NORAD has changed their tracking system to use Bing Maps instead. At least he won't get lost in an Austrailian national park . . .
How tall can you make a tower of legos before it destroys the bottom lego? 2.5 miles high that's how tall.
John McAfee has been extradited to the United States following his run from Belize where he faces murder charges. Too bad for him, since the reason he went to Belize in the first place is because he faces charges of negligent death and tax evasion here.
North Korea has finally gotten one of their rockets off the ground and into space. Unfortunately the satellite it put into orbit is tumbling out of control and may possibly mess things up for other equipment currently up there. Way to go North Korea, screwing things up for everyone again.
No space shuttle? No problem for the US Military. They are still launching their secret space plane on a secret space mission . . . suspiciously soon after seeing the North Koreans launch their trash into space.
Star Trek has been stolen. No not the TV series. A fishing boat named Star Trek was stolen in New Zealand. Authorities have yet to confirm, but my money is on the Klingons as the culprits.
What is it with companies firing people by email? DC Comics suddenly fired Batgirl writer Gail Simone by email. Way to stay classy DC Comics.


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The Hopfner HV-6/28 (HV.628), designrd by Theodor Hopfner, was a small airliner built in Austria for Swiss use.
Unrelated to Hopfner's other airliners of the period, the HV-6/28 was a conventional, high-wing, single engine, strut-braced monoplane with a fully enclosed cabin. The main units of the fixed tailskid undercarriage were divided. The single example built, CH-186, was handed over on April 19, 1929 and was flown by Ostschweizer Aero Gesellschaft St. Gallen between 1929 and 1931, and then scrapped.
The aircraft was a high-end engine equipped with a 240 hp Walter Castor engine, with a passenger cabin for 6 people.


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using System;
using System.Linq;

namespace IronFoundry.ServiceBroker.Models
{
    public class MsSqlCloudFoundryService : ICloudFoundryService
    {
        private const string SqlDashboardKey = "sqlDashboardUrl";
        private const string LogUrlKey = "logUrl";

        private readonly IConfiguration configuration;
        private readonly IDatabaseBuilder databaseBuilder;

        public MsSqlCloudFoundryService(IConfiguration configuration, IDatabaseBuilder databaseBuilder)
        {
            this.configuration = configuration;
            this.databaseBuilder = databaseBuilder;
            Service = new MsSqlService();
            Id = Service.Id;
        }

        public string Id { get; private set; }

        public Service Service { get; private set; }

        public ProvisionResponse Provision(ProvisionRequest request)
        {
            string sqlDashboard = configuration.GetAppSetting(SqlDashboardKey);

            Plan plan = GetPlan(request.PlanId);

            databaseBuilder.CreateDatabase(request.InstanceId, plan);

            return new ProvisionResponse {Url = sqlDashboard};
        }

        public CreateBindingResponse CreateBinding(CreateBindingRequest request)
        {
            var logUrl = configuration.GetAppSetting(LogUrlKey);

            Plan plan = GetPlan(request.PlanId);

            Credentials credentials = databaseBuilder.CreateBinding(request.InstanceId, request.BindingId, plan);

            return new CreateBindingResponse {Credentials = credentials, LogUrl = logUrl};
        }

        public void RemoveBinding(RemoveBindingRequest request)
        {
            databaseBuilder.RemoveBinding(request.InstanceId, request.BindingId);
        }

        public void Deprovision(DeprovisionRequest request)
        {
            databaseBuilder.DropDatabase(request.InstanceId);
        }

        private Plan GetPlan(string planId)
        {
            var plan = Service.Plans.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Id.Equals(planId, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase)) as MsSqlPlan;
            if (plan == null)
            {
                throw new ArgumentException(string.Format("The plan id {0} does not exists", planId));
            }

            return plan;
        }
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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package io.eels.component.parquet.avro

import com.sksamuel.exts.Logging
import com.sksamuel.exts.OptionImplicits._
import com.sksamuel.exts.io.Using
import io.eels.component.avro.{AvroSchemaFns, AvroSchemaMerge}
import io.eels.component.parquet._
import io.eels.datastream.Publisher
import io.eels.schema.StructType
import io.eels.{FilePattern, Predicate, _}
import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.{FileSystem, Path}
import org.apache.parquet.format.converter.ParquetMetadataConverter
import org.apache.parquet.hadoop.{Footer, ParquetFileReader}

import scala.collection.JavaConverters._

object AvroParquetSource {

  def apply(uri: java.net.URI)(implicit fs: FileSystem, conf: Configuration): AvroParquetSource =
    apply(FilePattern(new Path(uri.toString)))

  def apply(path: java.nio.file.Path)(implicit fs: FileSystem, conf: Configuration): AvroParquetSource =
    apply(FilePattern(path))

  def apply(path: Path)(implicit fs: FileSystem, conf: Configuration): AvroParquetSource =
    apply(FilePattern(path))
}

case class AvroParquetSource(pattern: FilePattern,
                             predicate: Option[Predicate] = None)
                            (implicit fs: FileSystem, conf: Configuration) extends Source with Logging with Using {

  private lazy val paths = pattern.toPaths()

  def withPredicate(pred: Predicate): AvroParquetSource = copy(predicate = pred.some)

  // the schema returned by the parquet source should be a merged version of the
  // schemas contained in all the files.
  override def schema: StructType = {
    val schemas = paths.map { path =>
      using(AvroParquetReaderFn.apply(path, predicate, None)) { reader =>
        val record = Option(reader.read()).getOrElse {
          sys.error(s"Cannot read $path for schema; file contains no records")
        }
        record.getSchema
      }
    }
    val avroSchema = AvroSchemaMerge("record", "namspace", schemas)
    AvroSchemaFns.fromAvroSchema(avroSchema)
  }

  // returns the count of all records in this source, predicate is ignored
  def countNoPredicate(): Long = statistics().count

  // returns stats, predicate is ignored
  def statistics(): Statistics = {
    if (paths.isEmpty) Statistics.Empty
    else {
      paths.foldLeft(Statistics.Empty) { (stats, path) =>
        val footer = ParquetFileReader.readFooter(conf, path, ParquetMetadataConverter.NO_FILTER)
        footer.getBlocks.asScala.foldLeft(stats) { (stats, block) =>
          stats.copy(
            count = stats.count + block.getRowCount,
            compressedSize = stats.compressedSize + block.getCompressedSize,
            uncompressedSize = stats.uncompressedSize + block.getTotalByteSize
          )
        }
      }
    }
  }

  override def parts(): Seq[Publisher[Seq[Row]]] = {
    logger.debug(s"AvroParquetSource source has ${paths.size} files: $paths")
    paths.map { it => new AvroParquetPublisher(it, predicate) }
  }

  def footers(): List[Footer] = {
    logger.debug(s"AvroParquetSource source will read footers from $paths")
    paths.flatMap { it =>
      val status = fs.getFileStatus(it)
      logger.debug(s"status=$status; path=$it")
      ParquetFileReader.readAllFootersInParallel(fs.getConf, status).asScala
    }
  }
}


Firstly, I think what you guys have done to Trancegate (i:Vibes) is absolutely great. The website is so much easier to navigate and the design is amazing. I for one appreciate all the hard work that has gone into making the new site what it is today, and I think I can safely say most of the people on these forums think the same thing! Why else would we have over 400 members already?!
The ones who have moaned and groaned about the new layout are just pi**ed off that they can't find the list of latest tunes right away as it used to be on Trancegate. All they need to do before they start complaining, however, is open their eyes to the left hand side of the new design and click on the "Music Updates" section. How hard can that be?
It's time you stopped listening to the few that criticise and start concentrating and looking ahead to the future of the website - as I am willing to help with the progress and any promotion of iVibes - along with many more people on these forums who'll back me up on my views.
Lets not worry about the people who don't want to be a part of the fastest growing trance community website on the 'net, and start focusing on US - the members who have helped to make the site what it is today, and are going to make it even bigger.
It's so much easier to focus on creating new features for the site when we get such feedback as yours!
Wo! ... This is great feedback to get on the site!, I hope more people can see things the way you do.
Yup, i for one feel the same as Kev... much more user friendly than the old TG, and looks the f*cking business as well.
The home for Trance music, more than definately.
No problem lads - and yes, I'll be here often. I think the site/forum is a great idea!
Well i dont think i need to say anything i think being here and contributing shows how people are towards the new design.
Its all about change and as we know people dont like it especially when they were so comfortable with the old, however in this day and age things need to be upgraded, gee if u have an old 1980's model car do u keep it or upgrade, offcourse you upgrade so as Kev said to all those that are winging, think about the countless hours the people behind the scenes work there butts of to get the info to us thats right US they do it all for the community not themselves so i think a little appreciation and some lateral thinking is whats necessary here.
Gee not everything can be handed to you on a plate you cant be spoon fed everything life would be boring otherwise.
Good work [i:vibes] team ill be here for a while.
Agreed, people love the quick links to music sites. I have to say, this site is a hell of a lot better than the old one. Good to have articles, votes, and smart to have music updates a little bit harder to find so that people can stop for a second and read what the heck is going on. It's a damn good site! Keep up the good work.
Well said k_mccrindle, i completely agree with u.
I hope this site is gonna be the biggest trance-source-info-site on the web.
And if U moderators get negative reactions about it, let it just fly over you, this site is the best ever! Great job!


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Seeing children's suffering: feminist legal methods, sentencing decisions and incarcerating mothers who offend
Ann-Claire Larsen, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
University of Western Australia Centre for Women's Studies
Larsen, A. C. (2015). Seeing children's suffering: feminist legal methods, sentencing decisions and incarcerating mothers who offend. Outskirts, 32. Available here.
In 1992, Helena Kennedy QC criticised British officials' indifference to children's suffering when sentencing a mother to prison:
in our Family Courts the philosophy is that the child comes first in any dispute. Children need their parents, and only in the most extreme circumstances do we break that bond. Yet in the criminal courts officials wash their hands of responsibility by saying that if her children suffer it is the criminal woman who is to blame. (1992, p. 79)
The assumption behind Kennedy's position promoting the child comes first principle is that criminal law courts should consider offenders' parenting responsibilities when deciding to incarcerate a mother who has "bonded" with her dependent child. My immediate response to Kennedy's concern is to query whether her criticism applies twenty years later to officials in Australian criminal courts. Do sentencing judges strive to preserve "that bond" or, to use Abramowicz's (2012, p. 320) phrase, "the bonding process"? My task in this paper, then, is to clarify how that bond is dealt with for a small group of female offenders in Australian criminal law courts. In so doing, I emphasise elements of a feminist legal method."


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Understanding Workplace Burnout as Depression
Burnout is a popular buzzword. But new research by Professor Irvin Schonfeld shows that the condition is much more serious than many people think.
Whether it's the struggle to achieve a living minimum wage, the problem of underemployment, or, conversely, being overworked, the phrase "burnout" has been circulating more and more as labor conditions decline.
Burnout is typically described as feeling emotionally exhausted as a result of poor working conditions, but Professor Irvin Schonfeld (GC/CCNY, Educational Psychology) argues that it actually correlates more strongly with depression and anxiety. And the distinction matters. He's published extensively on the topic, including a recent article in Psychology, Health & Medicine that he co-authored with frequent collaborator Renzo Bianchi, and another forthcoming in Journal of Occupational Health Psychology with Bianchi and Graduate Center Professor Jay Verkuilen (Educational Psychology).
Schonfeld spoke with the GC about viewing burnout as depression, and why that's so important.
Graduate Center: When did you see burnout start to garner greater attention among researchers?
Schonfeld: It's been used before, but the first time that it came out in a social science-type journal, to my knowledge, was about 1974 by a man named Freudenberger. Then, after that, [Christina] Maslach started to conduct research on it; she and her colleagues developed a scale to measure burnout.
GC: It can sometimes seem that this is a matter of language: Someone calls it burnout, another calls it depression. What's the need here to distinguish between these diagnoses?
Schonfeld: Maslach and others think of burnout as something separate from depression. Just being a skeptic by nature, I question that. When we focus on the core of burnout, which is emotional exhaustion, we get super high correlations with depressive symptom scales. When people go for help, sometimes they say they're very tired and they don't mention depression, but a good clinician will figure it out. Fatigue is really what Maslach is talking about when she talks about emotional exhaustion.
GC: And anxiety, too.
Schonfeld: Particularly, in the study that's forthcoming, we use something called confirmatory factor analysis, where we can control for measurement error. When we do that, we get very high correlations in the .80s. The highest it can be is 1. Emotional exhaustion correlates more highly with depressive and anxiety symptoms than it correlates with [burnout symptoms] depersonalization or reduced accomplishment. What they're calling burnout also colors your feelings outside of work, which is why I think it's depression as well.
GC: Could it be said that it's situational depression because it's based on an experience of emotional exhaustion stemming from work?
Schonfeld: I recently published a book on work stress and health, and in the third chapter I look at how working conditions impact depressive symptoms and depressive disorders. It's very clear that adverse working conditions have this impact. They make people feel really badly.
GC: It seems that if we're able to identify that exhaustion as depression, rather than burnout, the treatment becomes clearer.
Schonfeld: Right. The implication is that if you're suffering from burnout what you need is a vacation. I'm not against vacation, but it has a two-week half-life. When you come back, you feel good for about two weeks, and then whatever the working conditions are, they're going to affect you. I want to add that although there are effective treatments for depression, it doesn't relieve us of the responsibility of trying to make working conditions less depressogenic. That's the other part. Bullying at work is a terrible thing, and there's quite a bit of that. It has a baleful effect on the mental health of the victim, just as you see in high schools. It's so important to have good, reliable colleagues.
GC: Given that burnout is such a buzzword now, why do you think more people don't talk about it in light of depression?
Schonfeld: It could be that burnout has less stigma than depression, so people may be more willing to admit to being burned out.
Jay Verkuilen
Associate Professor, Educational Psychology
Associate Professor, Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences


Mini Nashville Hot Chicken & Waffle Bites with Candied Jalapeños.
Pick up your appetizer game.
Ladies and gentlemen, these badass bite-sized nuggets of hot, crisp, sweet and salty will hit your taste buds in all the right places. Not to mention how damn impressive they are if you're entertaining guests. Spicy morsels of Nashville hot fried chicken sitting atop a crisp waffle, topped off with a heat'n'sweet candied jalapeno.
The jalapeno is kind of the perfect finish – a little sweet to calm the burn but then a slight sting of heat to let you know what's up. Besides, it's kind of a great excuse to drink more beer and cool your mouth down. You can make your own candied jalapeños using this recipe – you may just find yourself adding them to all kinds of dishes.
If you buy the waffles already made (and frankly, I'm not even sure where you'd get a mini waffle iron anyway), these mini-snacks really aren't that difficult to make. You'll need to get yourself a thermometer to measure the temperature of the frying oil, which is going to make all the difference between crisp, golden nuggets instead of limp, oily ones.
Though they are best served hot, I'm pretty sure these would even taste great at room temp – picnic style. Plus, they'd suit a tailgate or any other kind of offsite event, because you can always pack each element individually, then just assemble them when you get there. Boom.
It's chicken & waffles, but taken to the next level. Mini snack perfection, y'all.
Mini Nashville Hot Chicken & Waffles with Candied Jalapeños.
These impressive appetizers aren't that complicated to make, and have a big flavor payoff.
Prepare two bowls to coat chicken. In the first bowl, place egg, milk and hot sauce and mix well. Into the second bowl, combine flour, salt & black pepper.
Cut each chicken thigh into 6 pieces (or pieces around the same size as your mini waffles), and pat them dry with a paper towel.
In a dutch oven or deep pan, heat oil on the stove until it reaches 325f.
Take a piece of chicken and coat it in flour, then egg mix, then back into the flour, and place it on some baking paper. Repeat until all pieces are coated.
When oil is up to temp, fry off a few pieces at a time, taking care not to overcrowd the pan, and allowing oil to return to temperature before adding the next batch. Fry each piece until golden brown, with internal temperature measuring 165f. As you remove the pieces, place them on a rack over foil to cool.
In another bowl, combine cayenne, chili powder, garlic, paprika and sugar along with 1/2 cup of the frying oil. Stir well, then brush this oil solution over the fried chicken pieces.
Heat the waffles according to manufacturer directions, then top each one with a piece of chicken and a candied jalapeno.


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This unique cookbook with downloadable PDFs of printable recipes looks beyond intervening in the symptoms of health problems and addresses the ways in which diet can be used to help correct underlying imbalances in the body.
Dealing with a range of different issues, including gastro-intestinal, immune system and hormone imbalances, this book clearly explains the intricacies of each problem and offers useful tips on how to truly make a difference through diet. The recipes provided for each imbalance are easy to follow and are accompanied by detailed nutritional information. The information throughout the book, including the chapter on healthy ageing, is designed for clients who wish to optimise their health, whether or not they are currently facing health problems.
With its focus on a personalised approach to helping people through diet, this book is an invaluable resource for nutritionists, health professionals and their clients.
In the transition from recommendation to action, people need a 'road map' to help them make relevant and meaningful changes. The authors of this book have pulled together fantastic systems-orientated therapeutic meal options that will complement or independently propel individuals towards their goal of nutrition-orientated optimal health.
Practitioners of functional medicine and others will cherish this book, as it solves the question: so what CAN I eat, and how do I make it tasty, healthy and family friendly?


Victor Mallet is a journalist and author who has reported for three decades from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Europe, first for Reuters and then for the Financial Times. From 2012 to 2016 he was based in New Delhi as the FT's South Asia Bureau Chief, and is currently in Hong Kong as Asia News Editor. He twice won the Society of Publishers in Asia award for opinion writing. In India, he was twice awarded the Ramnath Goenka foreign correspondent's award for excellence in journalism – in 2012 for a feature about the rise of Narendra Modi, and in 2015 for a magazine cover story on the Ganges.