Two Grande Prairie businesses have been recognized by the Alberta Chambers of Commerce. Both the Bear Creek Funeral Home and Bear Creek Folk Music Festival were honoured with Alberta Business Awards of Distinction at a ceremony last week.
The funeral home took home the small business award, given out to a small business that shows the spirit and success of Alberta's small business community. Bear Creek Funeral Home opened six years ago, and co-owner Eunice Friesen says she and her husband Doug are honoured by the support they have gotten so far.
The music festival is also fairly new to Grande Prairie, preparing for its fourth annual event in 2019. It received the Community Attraction Award, given to a business that impacts a community by making it a more attractive place to work, live, visit and play.
Also up for an award of distinction this year was OMG! Cupcakes. It was also nominated for the small business award.


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Instagram now lets you swap accounts in-app
Today Instagram announced that they are rolling out complete support for managing multiple accounts at the same time
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Previously, those who wanted to run two Instagram accounts were in a bit of a pickle. If, for instance you had a personal account that you liked to use to showcase your lunch, but you also had a business account for keeping in touch with your customers and expanding your brand, you basically had to log all the way out and log all the way back in every time you wanted to swap between them. Now, however, a feature has finally been added that takes the hassle out of maintaining multiple accounts.
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Today Instagram announced that they are rolling out complete support for managing multiple accounts at the same time, with easy-swapping capabilities provided in-app. The feature looks a lot like Gmail or Inbox's change account function. Multiple accounts will be supported for version 7.15 of the mobile app on both iOS and Android, and making the swap is a cinch. Once you have the update, just go to your profile settings and add an extra account. All you have to do now is top the username that you want to start posting selfies with. Instagram has made sure to prominently display the active user throughout the app's interface so you won't ever forget who you're supposed to be posting as.
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One of the most popular cays in the Bahamas, Peterson Cay has some undisturbed reefs just off its shores, making this a great base for snorkelers.
Peterson Cay National Park is located 3.1 miles east of Garden of the Groves, a neighborhood in the vicinity of Freeport; it is eight miles (12 and a half kilometers) to the east-northeast of Port Lucaya.
Located just south of Grand Bahama, this small island is easy to reach by boat, seaplane, or even by a kayak for those skilled and strong enough.
There are several picks of restaurants to pick from in the region near the wildlife reservation. Garden Cafe, which offers International meals, is also the most convenient dining option from the wildlife reservation. It's only about three miles away from Peterson Cay National Park, so stop by and eat up! Outriggers Native Restaurant and Tony Macaroni's Conch Experience offer additional restaurant options close to this page's attraction. At Tony Macaroni's Conch Experience you and your party might try a bit of Caribbean dishes and experience the Bahamas culture.
Travelers who are a fan of nature preserves, and have the energy to view some others, might check out Patterson Cay and Lacayan National Park; the first of which is 0.0 miles away from this nature preserve. Additional nearby activities include Garden of the Groves, which is three miles away Garden of the Groves. You might also want to consider heading over to Grand Bahama Labyrinth, which is another attraction nearby.
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Partnering with Westinghouse to address new safety measures on behalf of Finnish and Swedish nuclear plant owners.
Following Fukushima, the safety of all EU nuclear power plants was reviewed. Focus was paced on evaluating a plant's response to 'beyond design-basis events', including the consequences of natural disasters. Safety margin evaluations were also reassessed. Partnering with industry experts, Westinghouse, we supported the Nordic Owners Group (NOG) of Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) plant owners in Finland and Sweden to address these developments. Our client needed to understand the potential effects of external flooding and other extreme natural events on their BWR plants.
The first task was a review of existing analyses. The objective was to identify and re-evaluate assumptions and simplifications in previous analyses. These may have hidden important event aspects that now needed to be addressed. Additional analyses were performed with different approaches, providing future benchmarks.
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Here, we also looked at historically observed extreme high sea level events from around the year 1000 until the present day. Several events with sea levels of 3m or more above average had occurred, but these had not formed part of previous analysis. In addition, we improved the description of the development and duration of extreme water levels, and carried out a survey of potential medium-term impacts of climate change.
We proposed a screening methodology to conduct deterministic analyses of how often specified events may occur and the magnitude of their consequences. The focus was on a combination of external events coming together at one time. This solution was informed by our previous experience of performing Probabilistic Safety Assessments (PSAs).


The leadership team of the IITA-led Africa RISING project in East and Southern Africa recently concluded monitoring visits to project sites in Malawi, Zambia, and Tanzania to assess the status and progress of implementation of various project activities by partners. These took place between 15 and 22 February in Malawi and Zambia, and 21 and 31 March in Tanzania.
The monitoring team was lead by the Manager. Africa RISING West Africa and East/Southern Africa Projects, Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon, the Africa RISING ESA Chief Scientist, Mateete Bekunda, and on the Zambia leg of the visits by the USAID Zambia Mission Food Security Specialist Harry Ngoma.
"Overall, I can say that the work being implemented by our partners in all the project countries we visited is impressive. However, we also identified some issues that partners still need to address to ensure that we stay on course to achieve the research-in-development targets that we have committed to with our donor, USAID, and other stakeholders," noted Hoeschle-Zeledon at the conclusion of the monitoring visit to Tanzania.
The monitoring visit was the first made by the management team since Phase II of the program launched in October 2016.
"This visit has given us an opportunity as the management team of the project to go one step beyond receiving reports submitted by partners and get to better understand them by verifying the actual status of activity implementation. We were able to discuss emerging operational challenges and opportunities with the partners and also take a good look at how activities are aligned with the overall Africa RISING vision of success," added Bekunda.
While speaking at the end of the monitoring visit in Zambia, Ngoma lauded the implementation of activities by project partners, encouraging them to "keep their foot on the gas" in implementing project activities. He also noted that USAID was still in the process of revising its Global Food Security strategy. He also pointed out opportunities for filling some existing research gaps on some of the scaling activities being implemented by the project team.


Officials said Nalini Chidambaram had been summoned at the Kolkata office of the Enforcement Directorate on May 7.
In fresh trouble for the family of former finance minister P Chidambaram, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned his wife Nalini in connection with its money laundering probe into the Saradha ponzi scam.
Officials said Nalini has been summoned at the Kolkata office of the central probe agency on May 7.
The agency wants to record her statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) with regard to a specific link of her in this case, they said.
The Madras high court had last week dismissed a petition by Nalini in which she had challenged these ED summons to her to appear as a witness in this case.
Justice SM Subramaniam had rejected Nalini's contention that women cannot be called for investigation out of their place of residence under CrPC Section 160 (police officer' s power to require attendance of witnesses), saying such exemptions are not mandatory and are subject to facts and circumstances of a case.
Holding that such an exemption was not provided under the PMLA, the judge directed the Enforcement Directorate to issue fresh summons fixing a date for the investigation and proceed with it in accordance with law.
The ED had first issued the summons on September 7,2016 asking Nalini, a senior lawyer, to appear at its Kolkata office as a witness in the Saradha chit fund scam.
She was allegedly paid a legal fee of Rs 1.26 crore by the Saradha group for her appearances in court and the Company Law Board over a television channel purchase deal.
She had earlier been questioned by the ED and CBI in this regard but agency sources had claimed that she was being summoned in the "light of new evidence".
During the hearings at the Madras HC, Nalini had contended that the summons was "purely politically motivated to damage her reputation".
Pointing out that receiving fee by a counsel for representing an accused was not an offence, she had said every lawyer who appears for a suspect in criminal cases charges professional fee.
The ED had filed a charge sheet in this case in a special PMLA court in Kolkata in 2016.
Nalini's son Karti is already being investigated by the ED in two separate money laundering cases of the Aircel-Maxis deal and the INX Media case and he has been questioned multiple times by the agency in context of these cases.


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Home » » Increase fuel prices for rich but take care of the poor; IMF turning left?
Increase fuel prices for rich but take care of the poor; IMF turning left?
Defending the government's decision to increase domestic fuel prices as global oil prices mount, IMF's Resident Representative to Sri Lanka Dr. Koshy Mathai says fuel subsidies mostly covered the affluent and urged the government to better target the poor for welfare.
"The direct affect of fuel price increases on prices of other goods in the inflation basket is not large and the indirect affect is not known, but it is an important measure to (raise domestic fuel prices) and we feel inflation expectations are under control. It is expected to increase in the short term, but would subside later this year," Mathai said speaking to journalists in Colombo.
"It is a painful decision (to raise fuel prices) but there is a huge majority of those who do not need subsidies," he said.
Mathai said it made no sense for the government to continue to subsidise fuel for those driving around in Prados, alluding to the absurdity of the affluent having access to petrol and diesel at subsidised rates while global oil prices were on the rise.
According to the US$ 2.6 billion standby facility arrangement with the IMF, the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation and Ceylon Electricity Board are expected to jointly breakeven this year, and the IMF has always said the CPC would have to revise prices upwards when global prices spiked.
"The government has said they whished to run these state enterprises on a sustainable footing, so increasing prices is the right way to go about it. However, while raising prices, the government must ensure that poor people are not badly affected. The government has to take care of the poor who may experience an increase in bus fares or other price increases as a result," Mathai said.
"The government is aware of this and needs no convincing. The key thing is that the government should better target the poor," he said.
The government has allowed petrol prices to increase by Rs. 10 per litre; diesel is up by Rs. 3 while Laugfs Gas announced an increase in the price of a 12.5 kg gas cylinder by Rs. 238 to match the price revision by state-owned Litro Gas. These are in response to rising global oil prices caused by unrest in the Middle East and growing demand from emerging Asian economies and the recovering global economy.
Sri Lanka enjoys extensive welfare coverage but has often been criticised for leaving out many of the poor, while politicians use them as tools to reward their followers.
The Institute of Policy Studies in its flagship report, Sri Lanka: State of the Economy 2010 has this to say about the Samurdhi programme, a social protection scheme in Sri Lanka.
"In Sri Lanka… targeting has been subject to much criticism. The evidence shows a considerable leakage to the non-poor and under-coverage of the deserving poor. In 2002, only 52.6 percent of the households of the poorest decile, 45.2 percent of the 2nd decile and 40.7 percent of the 3rd decile received Samurdhi welfare benefits. However, 2.4 percent of richest households and 7.9 percent of the 9th decile and 13.4 percent of the 8th decile also received Samurdhi benefits. (Household income distribution ranks households into ten categories, with the first decile being the poorest)."


Hosted by Liverpool for Europe with the support of European Movement Merseyside, the North West Forum is part of the national event "12 Regional Rallies - Doesn't it make Sense to Remain?".
The North West event will be a meeting where different groups from the region will present information about EU nationals as well as EU-facilitated and EU-initiated projects. We have invited a wide range of experts to inform us about all kinds of EU-supported regional issues. We have also asked North West MEPs, some local MPs and other local politicians to speak to us. One of our Key Note speakers will be Joe Anderson, the Mayor of Liverpool.


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The University of Nebraska-Lincoln to Honor the Writing and Leadership of Kwame Dawes
Kwame Dawes, Professor of English, winner of the 2019 NU ORCA award. March 15, 2019. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is celebrating the work and unyielding life-service of Professor Kwame Dawes.
An Emmy-award winning poet, Dawes is the founding editor of African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) which publishes new titles annually from emerging and established African poets. A Chancellor's Professor of English at the University of Nebraska, Dawes is a distinguished member of the institution.
In addition to serving as the Glenna Luschei Editor of Prairie Schooner, a prestigious literary journal published by the university, he led the university's successful national search for its first vice chancellor for diversity and inclusion and delivered the 2019 undergraduate commencement address. His most recent publication is titled 'Nebraska' and is published by the University of Nebraska Press.
Last year, Dawes won the $165,000 Windham-Campbell Prize for his decades-spanning body of work.
The celebration, titled "Mapmaking: The Poetic Arts of Kwame Dawes" will run from March 16-20 and will feature three primary events — a collaboration of poetry and music that pays homage to women who lived in the South during the Jim Crow era; a conversation and reading between Dawes and Northwestern University's acclaimed novelist and poet Chris Abani; and a celebration of Dawes' collaborations and published works — coupled with a weeklong art exhibition.
Here are the line up of events:
"Wisteria: Twilight Songs from the Swamp Country" 7 p.m., March 18, Sheldon Museum of Art's Ethel S. Abbott Auditorium, a collaborative narrative and musical developed by Dawes and Kevin Simmonds, an award-winning composer. The performance pays homage to the voices of women who lived during the era of Jim Crow America.
"Punta del Burro" art exhibition, March 16-20, Van Brunt Visitors Center — The exhibition features artworks inspired by Dawes' book "Punta del Burro." The works were created by Jon Gregg.
"The Intersection of Memory, Home and Artistic Invention: Conversation and Readings with Chris Abani, 7 p.m., March 19, Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, Joseph H. Cooper Theater — Dawes and Abani will take the stage for a conversation that celebrates the premiere of the publication of "Nebraska." A reception will follow.
"Exhibition and Celebration of the Collaborations and Works of Kwame Dawes," 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., March 20, Van Brunt Visitors Center — A culmination of the weeklong art exhibition inspired by Dawes' "Punta del Burro." The event will feature the collaborative works of Dawes, including his work as editor of Prairie Schooner; directorship of the African Poetry Book Fund and collaboration with the University of Nebraska Press; and his many projects as an editor and literary activist. Remarks will be at noon.
Go here for more information.
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Absolutely love it when writers who do great work get the recognition they truly deserve. And this is exactly who Kwame Dawes is. Truly is the Hardest Working Man in the Po-Biz. Collected Poems of Gabriel Okara, Edited and with an Introduction by Brenda Marie Osbey (African Poetry Book Series, 2016)


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FC Porto (depuis 2019)
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Next, I turned to look at all the acts of oppression that make people suffer under the sun. Look at the tears of those who suffer! No one can comfort them. Their oppressors have all the power. No one can comfort those who suffer. I congratulate the dead, who have already died, rather than the living, who still have to carry on. But the person who hasn't been born yet is better off than both of them. He hasn't seen the evil that is done under the sun.
Solomon writes of suffering at the hands of oppressors.
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Q: Chrome displaying layout incorrectly after refresh, why? I want to start out by saying that I have read another post or two on here about this problem, but neither of them actually solved my problem. I am having display issues only on a page refresh. Meaning, the page would load fine when you just visited the page, but then when you refreshed the page it would have an incorrect layout.
The solutions offered on the other threads involved an issue with using block level elements inside an anchor. I have no anchors and I have this problem.
Here is the faulty HTML:

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    display:block;
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    margin-right:2px;
    margin-bottom:2px;
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    height:24px;
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As I said, it works fine in IE, FF, and even Chrome, until I refresh the page in chrome. What happens is, the second word, in this case "name" gets pushed to a new line, underneath the entire div. Even inspecting the elements show that the width of the div "job" shrinks from its correct width of 192px, down to 164px. I am completely baffled by this behavior and have no idea how to remedy this.
P.S. there are also several other places on the page where almost the exact same HTML/CSS is used and it all works perfectly, but then those have a set width.
Any help is appreciated.
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I have a global response to several of the answers and comments so I'll edit the post here:
It's a problem on multiple pages, and for other users (I can't link because it is login restricted) but I can't replicate it on other pages, which would lead me to believe it has to do with my other elements. However, if I take out everything except this part I still have the issue. I'll clear everything but these divs, reload the page, and I have the issue with all other content gone. However, if I go to the page directly, it loads with only these divs, and it loads correctly.
Also, I don't know if it is of any consequence, but I am using xhtml 1.0 as my doctype. Another thing worth noting, is that most of the content, including this part is generated with php. I can't imagine that effecting it, but it might?

A: Try JSBIN
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A: Maybe the page is cached. Try the same thing on something like JSFiddle and see if you can replicate the problem. If so, then it has to do with the mark-up, which I don't see why it should as it's perfect.
If you can't replicate the problem, then you know something's up with your cached page.

A: What version are you using? I'm using 27 on Mac OS X and it looks fine to me, no matter how many times I refresh. Maybe you should try clearing the cache?

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Single "Punch" magazine issues from the 1920s are listed at a price between $8.00 and $9.00 on Amazon as of 2014. Later issues from the 1930s are listed at $5.91, and issues from the 1950s are also about $6.
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"Punch, or the London Charivari" was the full title of this magazine when founded in 1841. "Punch" closed its doors in 1992. It was then revived from 1996 to 2002. "Punch" is a humor magazine most famous for its cartoons, and it is credited with developing the humorous cartoons in modern journalism.
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You'll have a million and one questions when buying a house, but an old farmhouse presents its own set of potential challenges. With long-time farm use, farmhouses have seen their fair share of wear-and-tear, and if this is your first time in a rural location, you'll be faced with concerns you never had to think about in the city or suburbs. Make sure the house and land you purchase is what you dreamed of by asking your Realtor these questions before you make the purchase.
1. How is the property zoned?
This is an important question whenever you're buying a home, but it can be of particular importance when buying a farmhouse. The specifics of zoning can limit or prohibit the activities you wish to pursue on your property, including livestock keeping and agritourism endeavors. If you're buying property intending to keep a couple of horses, you don't want to discover that your property isn't zoned for livestock after the fact.
2. How old is the septic system?
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Welcome to the land of rural living, where cell phone service is spotty and "high-speed" Internet is slow. Depending on the location of the farmhouse and its proximity to cell towers and Internet lines, you may have difficulty getting reliable service. If these services are important to you—and for most Americans, they are—ask your Realtor about local availability and alternative services.
4. Does the house have any problems with its [fill in the blank]?
Old houses are filled with charm, character and a sense of history, but they can also have structural issues, outdated plumbing and electricity, and other problems that might not be visible at first glance. Ask your Realtor for as much information as he or she can provide. When was the roof replaced? Is the foundation solid? When were the electrical systems updated? How old is the furnace? Is there any lead paint or asbestos in the home? Has the well been tested recently? Does the house have any seasonal flooding issues? While you'll have the home inspected prior to purchase, it's good to discover any potential red flags sooner rather than later. Cover all your bases to make sure you understand exactly what you're getting into. It's easy to become enchanted with the idea of purchasing an old farmhouse—it's a farmhouse, after all!—but you don't want to overlook potentially hazardous or costly problems.
5. Where are the property lines?
The land you're looking at might sound so delightfully spacious, but has the property been surveyed recently? Do you know exactly where those property lines fall? Is your neighbor's fence actually on your side of the property line? These issues are important to address prior to purchase so you can eliminate issues down the road. You'll also want to ask your Realtor if the property has any easements or encumbrances.
About the Author: Samantha Johnson is the author of several books, including How to Build Chicken Coops (Voyageur Press, 2015). She raises Welsh Mountain Ponies in northern Wisconsin and enjoys gardening, especially heirloom vegetables. Visit her online portfolio.


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December 13, 2016 South Africa
Vehement letter-C denier AB de Villiers also renounces (c)
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AB de Villiers has stood down as South Africa Test captain. Faf du Plessis has filled the void, much as he has been doing for quite a while now.
This decision makes sense to us for two reasons. Firstly, de Villiers hardly ever plays cricket for South Africa at the minute, while du Plessis does. Secondly, de Villiers is a bad captain, whereas du Plessis seems quite a good one.
They've emphasised the first reason in the announcement.
De Villiers always seemed to look upon captaincy much as a schoolboy does, for some reason equating hand-eye co-ordination with aptitude for strategic thinking and man management.
Whether he has actually been disabused of the notion that he should captain his country because he is the best batsman is unclear. Like many skilful cricketers, we suspect he'll always believe that his physical ability will directly translate into more cerebral activities connected with the sport. A career as a commentator surely awaits.
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De Villiers always said he wanted to be captain, but never really acted like it when the opportunity finally came. We always got the impression that he'd spent his life being told that he was destined to captain South Africa and never actually stopped to think whether it was his kind of thing.
Why didn't you put that bit in the article?
Just thought it would dilute the piece. Our internal threshold for what's worth including bobs about from day to day and this was on the cusp. A comment seemed like a compromise. Further reading, if you will.
Marck Beckett says:
This is not related to ABD but still I would be grateful to have your opinion on this.
What are your thoughts on England's tour of India so far?
Has it been a success or not?
Clearly 'not' is the obvious answer, they're 3-0 down with one to play, and the margins of victory have been very one sided. The English media vultures are circling around Captain Cook, the team are a disgrace and we're a step away from a full blown cricket crisis.
We've lost. That's the main thing. Always has been, always will be. Under any circumstances England play to win. It's what I expect from every serious sporting nation.
The frustration for me is I think England have performed well. We've had some good test cricket to watch & England have played their part in that.
England have coped with Ashwin very well, he's obviously taken wickets as you'd expect with 80 overs of spin a day but he hasn't hurt England they way he was expected.
Rashid has been the spinner England were looking for. He's not a Shane Warne, not close, but he's bowled well & troubled India, as have our fast bowlers.
Most games have been in the balance through good cricket from both sides come day 3 & India have crushed England brutally at that point in the game, marshalled by Virat's bat who has been beyond superb.
Otherwise, I think England are in a good place. Cook, Root, Bairstow have played well. Stokes has further enhanced his superstar status. Rashid has emerged as a decent, if not brilliant test spinner. Jury is out on Jennings, but Hameed is a find.
England overall look good.
We've been expressing our thoughts about England's tour daily. Where have you been? How many thoughts do you think we have in a given day?
The answer is nine.
Nice to see you rebalancing the letter-C dearth on this occasion, Marck. ABDV could learn something from you.
Yes I like reading your articles and I have read all nine.But don't you think despite 0-4 we have built a strong team for the next Ashes?
Yeah, we'd probably argue that the team is stronger than it was at the start of the winter. There's been the emergence of Jennings and Hameed and the performance of Rashid. Pretty much everything else has been as expected really.
You're pretty sure England will lose the fifth Test though, aren't you? It's 3-0 to India at the minute.
I don't think you regularly have nine thoughts per day KC.
I have detected 10 or perhaps even 11 thoughts on occasions.
Sometimes (rarely) fewer than nine.
I'm not sure you should be aiming for numerical consistency, though. What are your thoughts on numerical consistency?
Ask us tomorrow. We've exceeded our quota for today.
Good morning, KC.
What are your thoughts on numerical consistency?
We're against it.
Kinda figured.
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Without my reading glasses on there's something about the title of this post that compels me to think it's about Vitamin C
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HomeHappiness at WorkHow happiness can empower your success?
ost van Srinivasan R op linkedin.com, september 2016: Remember that happiness is one of the key elements for your success! 9 reasons why.
Success is incredibly important to all of us. While many factors determine success, one factor- happiness, holds the key to sustained endeavors and exponential productivity. It's no wonder that LinkedIn is replete with examples and posts on how to succeed in your endeavors.
Being happy has a very personal connotation. For some people it is connected to material pursuits- success at work, a promotion, a windfall gain, a new car, new house and so on. For others, it is more experiential- travelling to places that they always wanted to visit, spending time with their loved ones and things that they experience. Whatever it is that makes you happy, do remember that happiness is one of the key elements for your success!
So why is happiness so important for your success? Here are some reasons that make happiness fundamental to your success.
Your brain works significantly better in a positive state than in a negative, neutral or stressed state. Every single business and educational outcome improves when we start at positive rather than waiting for future success. Research has established that by being happy, sales improve 37% cross-industry, productivity by 31%, you are 40% more likely to receive a promotion, nearly 10 times more engaged at work, live longer, get better grades, your symptoms are less acute, and much more.
Leadership is a lot about influencing and motivating people. Look at the most charismatic leader in your company and you will find someone who connects very well to people. In all possibilities he or she would be a highly motivated person, a good listener and most likely with an engaging smile. If you want to influence people you cannot afford to put them off.
Just think, how happy would you be to meet a morose salesperson and would you really buy anything from this person?Business is a lot about managing and motivating people. Being happy allows leaders to do this the best.
Creativity can generate breakthrough solutions to problems that you thought had no solution. But, creativity also calls for the right mental state.Have you seen creative people at work? You won't find them stressed and running helter-skelter. It is a proven fact that you are at your best when you are relaxed and positive. If you add happiness to it then you have a surefire recipe for success. When you are positive your brain becomes more engaged, energetic, resilient and creative. You tend to perform better at anything you do. If you observe successful leaders closely, you will find that they come up with very creative solutions to business problems.
Today's business world has moved from brain storming to brain stilling.Studies have shown that happiness lowers the heart rate and keeps the blood pressure under control. When you are happy the body releases endorphins that are natural mood elevators and make you feel good. At the same time, the level of cortisol (the stress hormone) in your body comes down sharply. Incidentally, cortisol is responsible for a number of health problems ranging from weight gain to high blood pressure. Happiness, puts you in a relaxed state where you can deliver maximum efficiency and expend the least effort.


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Changes in the board. Champion Impel has new chairman
Mirosław Greber has just become the new Chairman of the Board of Impel Security Poland, part of the Impel Group taking part in the Polish Champion program. He is a former Chairman of Wałbrzych Special Economic Zone "INVEST-PARK" as well as a member of Polish-Japanese economic committee.
Mirosław Greber has years of experience as a manager. From 1997 – 2011 he was a Chairman of the Board in Wałbrzych Special Economic Zone raising investments worth more than 13 billion zł and bringing in more than 160 investors to the region.
Since October 2012 he has been the Chairman of the Board of ITM Poland, dealing with the full service of modern solutions for technical protection, monitoring and GPS technology. In turn, from 2001 – 2011 Greber was a member of the Polish-Japanese economic committee.
In 2012 the new Chairman of the Board of Impel Security Poland, was awarded The Order of Polonia Restituta for his contribution to the development of Lower Silesia in the local area and business. In 2013 he was honored — by a jury that included the town presidents of Lower Silesia — with "Super Mouflon", a lifetime achievement, prestigious award.
Mirosław Greber is a graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Wrocław. He gained legal counsel status in the Circuit Chamber of Legal Counsel in Wałbrzych.
The Board of Impel Security Poland includes: Adrian Downarowicz – VP of Development, James Boar – VP of the Board for Financial Affairs and Marek Janke – VP of the Board for Sales.
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Instructional Technology has been part of my title for the past ten years. I have spent those years continuously defining it for other people, yet never really knowing the background definitions from historical research. I never would have guessed that the concept of instructional design existed before the mid 20th century. It appears that I have just been uninformed. I found the background information to be a bit confusing until diving further into the more current definitions. If you had presented me the early 20th century definitions and asked my opinion about them, I would have just said they are probably a bit vague in their description.The talk specifically about the media and not so much about the process of learning. When people are posed with the question and have not ever learned about instructional technology and design, even today, they tend to focus more on the presentation style and less on the process itself. I have never defined it in such a way to bring out specifics as presented in the most recent definition, but do strongly believe that instructional technology and design is and should only be used to help expand on and develop learning. If the form of media used is not doing that, it is the wrong tool for the job. We don't use the pencil to complete every job and we can't expect a video or a song to be the right tool for every job either. My experiences in the elementary, middle and high school classrooms have developed my understanding of the growth of knowledge and ability that can develop through the use of informational technology. As the Director of Instructional Technology, it is my responsibility to understand those steps and help teachers to see the potential learning and growth through use of different forms of technology on a daily basis. The definition provided in (Reiser & Dempsey, 2012) allowed me to further understand the true definition in that it not only encompasses the learning and method of delivery, but includes the research and theory that I often don't find myself considering in the development of learning opportunities.
One thing I love to include in my lessons is student-centered learning with end goals in mind. Of Reiser and Dempsey's (2012) 6 characteristics of instructional design, I seem to find those the easiest to incorporate. I did a school wide lesson in research this year. I laid out the process of research, considered the elements, and came up with systemic ways of helping them to problem solve the complex process of research. The students had goals set for their days of research in the library. Each was responsible for choosing a topic and coming up with keywords about that topic that extended beyond the title itself. These words were often difficult, but with a bit of time and allowance to struggle, the students quickly filled their poster paper with many topics relating to their title. Using those terms, they were then tasked with choosing one database and searching their list of terms. Some chose databases wisely based on their names and their content area, and some students had to learn the hard way that databases are not all the same. The best part was stoping every so often and just asking for successes and failures. This would prompt suggestions from other students around the room. It was amazing to see students finally understand the basics of research and to see how they can be self sufficient while allowing meaningful feedback from others. This particular lesson successfully adhered to the six characteristics of instructional design. Not all of my lessons have. After reading this chapter, I can see that meaningful performance is often missing in many lessons I observe. If the students don't relate to or grow interest in the topic, it is often left as a blip in their history of learning... here and gone. This is something I will continue to work with teachers on and help them to develop a plan for continued growth.
In reading about the differences between instructional media and instructional design, I do not necessarily believe Resier ommited teachers, textbooks and chalkboards to say that they are not part of instructional media. According to Disctionary.com (2017), media is defined as the means for communication. That simple definition includes all three of those items as a way for a student to learn and grow. Each of the three elements allows information to be shared and therefore learned by others. A person provides information through voice, action, and lack of action. As a former kindergarten teacher, I know that lack of action sometimes provides more instruction than voice or action. When you stand silent in front of a classroom with your arms crossed, the message is conveyed clearly. I can hear you all giggling at that statement, because as a teacher, we have all used that technique. Textbooks provide pictures of places we can't or will not ever visit, like the human organs or remote parts of the rainforest in South America. The allow self guided learning and are certainly considered a form of communication. Chalkboards, are an extension of the human thought sharing process, like blogs and computers. If a student can gain knowledge and understanding through what is displayed on it, like math, than it to is a form of communication and should be considered part of instructional media. I do believe that part of instructional design's purpose is to incorporate media. When designing a lesson, one has to consider all the ways a student may best learn the topic and then use those tools to allow for learning. If we are not using media, then we can't truly be teaching effectively for all of today's diverse learners.
What you said about research and delivery and how you do not often consider this is exactly how I feel. We are bombarded with new technology on a nearly daily basis now, particularly applications. We spend so much of our time learning what it does and how to use it we often do not consider whether we should use it because it does the best job of helping us reach our goal. I also like what you said about showing a video or playing a song to always be the right tool for the job. I find that often teacher do take this approach. Maybe I am one of those teachers sometimes. We do not always reevaluate what works and what does not, or if something can help us more that what we have been using, even if it took us a long time to learn how to use it!
I love that you allowed your students to struggle! This concept is going the way of the Do-Do bird! No one has the time or wants to make the time to allow true brain-storming and student struggle anymore. We have forgotten that student struggle is a good thing! It is a skill to learn that not everything is given to you, not everything will be easy to do, and not everything has a right or wrong answer! I toyed with this issue very minorly last year, but I want to focus more on this issue this year. I want to allow my students time to brainstorm about topics before we get into the meat of the lesson. Students sometimes know a great deal more than they believe and, if allowed the time, can draw from that prior knowledge. I think this, too, is why I feel the teacher is still an asset in the classroom. These moments of guided learning are essential to getting to the heart of real-world problem solving…they must be able to think through the problem first! I also thought that stopping often and allowing students to voice failures and receive help from others what wonderful. As a science teacher, I see my students struggle with what they consider failure if they do not have the exact same answers. It is hard to get them to understand that investigation does not always lead to the same result each and every time. Perhaps I could extend time during lab investigations to employ a stopping and discussion throughout the process and not just at the end.
Teachers, textbooks and chalkboards do qualify as media as per the definition you provided. We don't often consider these as media, however. I think this is what these chapters have helped me realize more than anything and that is that the definition of 'media' is so much broader than I had imagined before I read these chapters. I do believe that media leads to effective teaching, communication and understanding for both the learner and those of us who teach!
The way you define instructional media makes it so clear that teachers ("through voice, action and lack of action"), textbooks ("glimpses of places we may never visit"), and chalkboards ("extensions of the human thought and sharing processes") are all forms of media (communication), and should be included in instructional design. I can see a place for each of these in the 6 characteristics we examined in the book. Teachers as communicators of information verbally and nonverbally help to make sure goals are defined and feedback is given to drive learning. Textbooks provide the backbone of research and information in a physical and digital sense when the authentic environments for meaningful experiences are unavailable. Finally, chalkboards, probably my favorite metaphor, are the tools by which we process, analyze, share and collaborate to assign meaning to our learning and solve problems as a team. As always, your posts are highly insightful, well-written and spark new connections for me to consider.
My wife of 26 years is also a kindergarten teacher and I can say unequivocally that you're 100% correct. This technique works so well that she even, sometimes, uses it on me… it's very effective. Body language (kinesics), tone and pitch of voice, gestures, etc… are all part of our effectiveness as an educator; it's not only "what" we say but "how" we present information which helps to make a lasting impact on student learning. "Textbooks provide pictures of places we can't or will not ever visit" and chalkboards as an "extension of the human thought sharing process" are both good examples of why these are an integral part of instructional media. Just because something has been around for a long time doesn't mean that it has suddenly become an ineffective tool in need of replacement. Obviously, in this digital age, today's learners need more than this in order to interact in a meaningful manner with course objectives but I agree that they are and should continue to remain an integral part of the educational process.
*The Educational Technology Wikipedia page, Teacher Training section, states that "Technology is not the end goal of education, but rather a means by which it can be accomplished." Although there is no denying the fundamental value of instructional technology, I still maintain that there is no substitution for quality instructors in our educational system. The human element is what binds all of these tools together into a functional collection of materials, ideologies, and programs tasked with the most important undertaking in our society, the successful education of our children.


Shooting families and children is part of the reason why I started this journey. Most of my family sessions take place outdoors anytime of year. There are a few indoor locations that I can suggest as well. It is best to schedule your session either close to sunrise or sunset, this ensures that we get the best natural and dreamy light.


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Q: Conditional Access Policy - Block Exchange Active Sync We moved most in our company to outlook for mobile app on there phones, however some have not yet moved. We want to block exchange active sync via CA policies. I'm most positive I set it up correctly however a few users that I placed in the include policy are still able to use it. Please see policy below and if anyone has any ideas that would be great thanks.
Note : We do not have Intune and have no plans on purchasing. Also we have all users under an azure p1 plan.
Policy

    Users and Workloads
-Include
--Users in question

Cloud Apps or actions
-All Cloud Apps (include)

Conditions
-Client Apps
--Exchange Active Sync

Access Controls
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Thanks.

A: To block exchange active sync via CA policies please check this official document make sure before using conditional policy try to Enable security defaults as yes

In Conditional Access Policy follow the below steps;

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*In Users and groups select all users

*Cloud apps or actions click Select Apps and import Office 365 Exchange Online

*In condition at device platform select any device and in client apps select Mobile apps and desktop clients and Exchange

*Grant block access and enable policy

For more information in detail, please refer below links:
Blocking ActiveSync with Conditional Access credits by Adam Fowler


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I noticed at search console that I have two SOFT 404 URL's, so in order to avoid this I redirected these URL's, to relevant real pages on my website, is this a good or bad move because now I just read at support.google that "A soft 404 occurs when your server returns a real page for a URL that doesn't actually exist on your site. This usually happens when your server handles faulty or non-existent URLs as "OK," and redirects the user to a valid page like the home page or a "custom" 404 page.
This is a problem because search engines might spend much of their time crawling and indexing non-existent, often duplicative URLs on your site. This can negatively impact your site's crawl coverage because your real, unique URLs might not be discovered as quickly or visited as frequently due to the time Googlebot spends on non-existent pages.", so I am a little bit confused right now?
What they're talking about is that sometimes webmasters add a custom 404 page that utilises the wrong http header (status) code... (200 instead of 404) which can result in mass listings of non-existent urls and have (massive) impact on your crawl budget.
3. Click "Check Headers"... The URL should return a status code 404.
Thank you, it shows a status code 404.
My domain was example.org but we moved to .com, and now most of these problems are coming from .org, so sometimes pages that are important to us I am redirecting them to relevant pages that I have now.


Since the day of the accident of the driver, December 29, 2013, Sabine Khem, his manager had merely deny any information not formally validated by it. Wednesday it has agreed to publish a concise statement of the family, which wants favorable statement: "There is little encouraging signs. We are and remain confident about the fact that he will get out and he will wake up. We also know that we must remain particularly patient. "


I'm starting to see a change of attitude among my angling friends. There was a time when having a roughfish like a drum, gar, sucker or eel at the end of their line gave them conniption fits. Despite the excitement they might have enjoyed in catching it, the poor fish was likely to be bashed with a boat paddle or cudgel and tossed on the bank to rot with no consideration for its possible culinary qualities.
That seems to have changed with the popularity of such TV shows as Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern and Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown. Seeing their favorite hosts dining on unusual fare like fish-head curry and fried mullet roe has instilled in my friends a measure of gastronomical courage previously absent. Instead of complaining about the roughfish messing up their fishing, they're looking at them with hungry eyes and wondering if they might be turned into something good for dinner.
In nearly all cases, the answer is yes. Despite the fact that most so-called "trash fish" are scorned and thrown back by uninformed fishermen, many of these underwater ruffians are surprisingly delicious. The secret lies in using the right preparation and cooking methods to transform an underwater outcast into a meal fit for royalty.
I therefore suggest you don't play whack-a-mole with the roughfish you catch. Instead, throw them on ice, take them home and try the preparation methods and recipes presented here. You'll be in for a treat.
One of the most widely mistaken notions about drum is that they're "full of bones" or simply "not worth eating." Both contentions are incorrect. Freshwater drum, also known as sheepshead, gaspergous or just 'gous, are just as delicious as their saltwater cousin, the redfish.
Ice down the fish as soon as they're caught, then fillet them and trim all the dark reddish flesh from the outer side of each piece. The thick, bone-free pieces of firm, light-colored meat thus produced can be broiled, baked, fried, smoked, canned or made into chowder.
"Poor Man's Lobster" is one simple drum recipe I often use. Cut the fillets into finger-size pieces, and drop into boiling, salted water. Cook the strips 3 to 4 minutes each, and remove from the water. Sprinkle with salt and lemon juice, and serve with melted butter and cocktail sauce. My dinner guests rave that these are almost as good as crab legs.
Even better is this scrumptious recipe shared by my 'gou-fishing buddy Mark Spitzer. Try it and see.
Dice the fillets into sugar-cube size chunks and soak in cold water for 15-30 minutes. Prepare the crab boil according to package directions, then toss in the fish pieces. Boil for 5 minutes, covered, then remove from the heat and allow to sit, covered, another 5 minutes. Strain, put in a bowl and chill in the fridge for 1 hour.
Mix the onion and lime juice in a small bowl and allow to stand for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, toss the fish, tomatoes, peppers, salt, pepper in one bowl, and whisk together the Clamato juice, ketchup, cocktail sauce and hot sauce in another bowl. Now mix together all the ingredients from the three bowls, gently fold in the avocado pieces, cover and chill thoroughly. Serve with chips or crackers.
Most gar-fishing articles I've read had the same theme: "These fish are fun to catch, but they're not worth a darn on the dinner table." Which indicates the authors omitted one pertinent piece of research: they should have cleaned and eaten one. Had they done so, they would have been hugely surprised, for the gar is not only edible but is, in fact, tastier than many other freshwater species.
Next time you catch one, cut off its head and tail with a hatchet, use some tin snips to split the bony hide along the fish's length, then, wearing gloves to protect your hands, peel the fish from the armored hull and fillet the meat along the length of the backbone as you might cut the loin off a deer. Cut the loins into smaller, eating-size pieces, and give them a try in this classic Louisiana recipe.
Grind the fish in a meat grinder or food processor. (It's easier to grind if it's partially frozen.) Transfer to a large bowl and add the bread crumbs, parsley, green onion, cayenne, black pepper, salt, eggs and half the chopped onion. Mix well and shape into boulettes (balls) a little larger than golf balls. Roll the boulettes in flour while heating the cooking oil in a cast-iron pot or skillet. Brown the boulettes, stirring lightly, then add the remaining chopped onion and 3 cups hot water. Stir and cook slowly for 30-45 minutes. Serve over rice.
These bottom-feeding fish have long been considered delicacies in parts of the South and Midwest. Their flaky white flesh, streaked with dark veins of sweet fat, is flat-out delicious, but the meat is full of tiny Y-bones, and thus requires special preparation before cooking.
To dress one of these fish, first "fleece" the large scales off the skin in a single layer with a sharp knife. Insert the knife just forward of the tail, then working toward the head with short, sawing cuts, remove the scales along the side, leaving the skin intact.
Unless it will be cooked whole, fillet the fish after fleecing it, cutting through the ribs to produce fillets with skin on one side and the ribs attached. Cut the rib section off each piece, and slice between the ribs, creating strips that each contain two or three ribs. Divide the remaining portion of each fillet into two long pieces by cutting lengthwise along the lateral line. Then remove the dark red meat along the lateral line portion of each piece. Score each piece across the grain at 1/8-inch intervals along the entire length, slicing to, but not through, the skin. This virtually eliminates the free-floating Y-bones when the meat is cooked. If you like, cut each scored fillet into smaller, serving size pieces.
Prepare a corn meal fish batter mix in these proportions. For each cup of corn meal, add 1 tablespoon lemon pepper spice, 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper and 1 tablespoon salt. Place the batter mix in a large zip-seal plastic bag, add a few fish pieces at a time and shake to coat. Deep-fry the fish in peanut oil heated to 375 degrees, and cook until the fish flakes easily when tested with a fork.
Eels have a delicate texture and full flavor. They're excellent smoked, grilled, fried, baked and in soups, and are commonly used in sushi.
A slimy body makes eels a pain to prepare unless you do it right. To avoid getting slimed, place each eel in a container of coarse salt before dressing. To remove the skin, nail the head to a board, cut a ring around the head with a knife, then use pliers to skin it like a catfish.
After skinning, eviscerate the fish and remove the head. Cut in 2-inch pieces and make a slit along the backbone of each piece. This cuts the muscles so the eel won't jump in the frying pan. It's also a good idea to parboil eel chunks 2 or 3 minutes before cooking.
One simple way to cook them is to fillet the meat, boil for 30 minutes, drain, season with salt and pepper, then dip in beaten eggs and roll in bread crumbs. Fry for five minutes, then serve with hot spaghetti sauce poured on top. Here's another great recipe.
Heat olive oil with paprika and dill in a skillet. Remove from heat, add eel pieces and turn to coat with hot oil. Skewer eel pieces through the sides, 4 or 5 pieces per skewer. Cook on a grill rack over hot coals about 7 to 8 minutes per side or until flaky when fork-tested. Brush frequently with oil while grilling. Garnish with more chopped dill.


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Additional variable fees are assessed depending on grade level. Please see breakdown below.
One payment—Full tuition is due in August.
Parents may deduct up to $4,000 of tuition per student in grades Kindergarten through eight, and up to $10,000 of tuition per high school student. Use the identifying number (FEIN) 39-1832986 for the Schedule PS Private School Tuition form.
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 contains a provision that allows use of Section 529 savings to pay for private K-12 education up to $10,000 per year, per child starting in 2018. Establishing and funding a Section 529 plan can provide significant tax benefits. See your investment advisor and CPA for more information.
Commutes need to be further than two miles and other restrictions may apply. Please check with your district.
A generous tuition assistance financial aid program supports our efforts to enroll qualified students regardless of financial status. Our robust need-based program is available to students in Kindergarten through grade 12 and is awarded annually. Since eligibility for tuition assistance is need-based, rather than income-based, we can take into consideration all of the demands on a family budget. These may include multiple children at an independent school, caring for elderly parents, changes in job status, and more. Nearly 40% of MCDS families receive tuition assistance.
MCDS tuition assistance comes in the form of grants based on the financial need of the applying family. These grants are not loans and require no repayment. For each applying candidate, we use an outside company to formulate a grant amount that covers the difference between the cost of tuition and what the family can afford to pay. The goal with our financial aid process is to provide a program that is simple, streamlined, and completely confidential.
Apply for Financial Aid at https://smartaidforparents.com.
Questions? Learn more on our Financial Aid FAQs page.
Please note, tuition assistance is not available for pre-kindergarten and international students.
New students applying for middle school or high school can apply for the Prairie Hawk Merit Scholarship, awarded to students demonstrating academic excellence, personal responsibility, integrity, and citizenship. Learn more about this program here.
Award levels are at the discretion of the Prairie Hawk Scholarship committee.
Renewability: Awards may be renewable each year through graduation from MCDS High School.
Submission deadline: Students who apply for admission by the application deadline of February 15 for the following academic year are eligible.
Uniforms (not required for Pre-K). Our MCDS used uniform sales provide many discounted options.
Uniforms (Our MCDS used uniform sales provide many discounted options).
Technology Fee: MCDS will provide students in grades five through eight with a Chromebook including pre-loaded applications and licenses. MCDS will also take on the burden of performing minor repairs, while students will take the device to and from school and keep the device after the eighth grade year. This Chromebook program necessitates a one-time $250 technology fee per middle school student.
Uniforms (Our MCDS used uniform sales provide some discounted options).
International student fee (International students only): In order to cover the additional resources involved with supporting international students, there is an international student tuition fee of $2,500 for the first year and $1,000 per year for each year after.
For more information regarding tuition, tuition assistance, and the Prairie Hawk Merit Scholarship, please contact Caitlin Wedekind in our enrollment office at enrollment@madisoncountryday.org.
We were concerned about the affordability of educating both of our children at MCDS. The personal interaction and partnership with the school helped alleviate these fears. We are very grateful.
World-proven curriculum and teaching methods that deliver superior results, exceeding local and national test levels.
An independent, non-profit school; a self-governing body free from politics and bureaucracy.
A 8:1 student/teacher ratio and smaller class sizes.
A character education program, embracing values such as respect, honesty, responsibility, and community service.
Semi-private musical instrument lessons, beginning with piano in First Grade.
A comprehensive college advising program, beginning in Ninth Grade. 95% of graduates have been offered college merit awards.
Accessible and dedicated faculty, providing continuous communication of individual progress.
A full day of school, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with convenient after-school activities, athletics, library, and child care options.
A motivated and inclusive peer group which enjoys and values learning.
A mindset of limitless possibilities, where no boundaries are set on what your child can achieve.
A community where each student is truly known and valued for their individuality.
Work ethic, self-confidence, leadership, and teamwork skills that flourish from great expectations.
Important subjects often missing from other programs: Science, Spanish, Music, Art, PE—all with specialized teachers beginning in Lower School.
A well-kept, secure facility with modern science labs, an expansive gymnasium, inspiring classrooms and a prairie-filled 40-acre campus.
Textbooks, workbooks, classroom materials, lab and art supplies, field trips, outings, retreats.


The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Costume Design & Supervision Peer Group honored this year's Primetime Emmy Award Nominees for Outstanding Costumes with a special reception Saturday, July 27th to kick-off the FIDM Museum & Galleries' seventh annual "Outstanding Art of Television Costume Design." The exhibit is now open to the public every Tuesday through Saturday from 10am-5pm through October 19, 2013.
Once again curated by CDG President Mary Rose, the exhibit features costumes from 2013 Emmy nominees "Behind the Candelabra" (Ellen Mirojnick – who was on hand to accept a plaque), "Downton Abbey" (Caroline McCall) and "Game of Thrones" (Michele Clapton). Additional participants in the exhibit include "2 Broke Girls" (Trayce Gigi Field ), "Girls" (Jenn Rogien), "House of Cards" (Tom Broecker), "Mr. Selfridge" (James Keast), "Nashville" (Susie DeSanto), "Parks and Recreation" (Kirston Leigh Mann), "Scandal" (Lyn Paolo), "Smash" (Joseph Aulisi), "Vegas" (Kathleen Detoro) and "The Americans" (Jenny Gering).
Guests enjoyed appetizers and refreshments during the reception and had the opportunity to walk through the exhibit and admire the beautiful display of the year's best television costumes, while hearing from the Costume Designers firsthand about their inspirations and processes. The reception was sponsored by FIDM with Special Thanks to Beaulieu Vineyard® and GREY GOOSE VODKA®. For more information, click here.


When Captain Sir John Franklin's Arctic expedition went awry, clairvoyants claimed to be able to contact the crew members. Why did people believe them?
Captain James Cook had secret orders to to search for a predicted Southern Continent. He ended up claiming New Zealand and part of Australia for the U.K.