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This Date in Sports History - Oct. 29
1950 — Detroit's Wally Triplett gains 294 yards in kickoff returns and ends up with 331 total yards as the Lions pound the Los Angeles Rams 65-24 on 41 third-quarter points.
1961 — Oscar Robertson dishes out a franchise-record 22 assists during Cincinnati's 139-132 win over visiting Syracuse. The "Big O" goes on to average a triple-double (30.8 ppg, 12.5 rpg and 11.4 apg) for the Royals during the 1961-62 season, becoming the first NBA player to average double figures in assists.
1977 — Boston's John Havlicek becomes the second player in NBA history to connect on 10,000 career field goals, reaching the milestone in a 103-98 loss at Cleveland.
1977 — Russell Erxleben of Texas kicks a 60-yard field goal in a 26-0 rout of Texas Tech for his third field goal of the season over 60 yards, an NCAA record.
1983 — Gil Fenerty rushes for 337 yards on a 18 carries and scores six touchdowns to lead Holy Cross to a 77-28 rout of Columbia.
1994 — Arnold Mickens rushes for more than 200 yards for the eighth consecutive game, breaking the NCAA Division I-AA single-season rushing record as Butler beats Evansville 49-14. Mickens' 244 yards gives him a total of 2,111, surpassing the record of 2,016 set by Towson State's Tony Vinson.
2006 — With a 34-31 victory over Denver, Indianapolis is the first team to start 7-0 in consecutive seasons since the 1929-31 Green Bay Packers did it three straight times.
2017 — Caroline Wozniacki wins the biggest title of her career when she beat Venus Williams 6-4, 6-4 in the WTA Finals.
2017 — Russell Wilson hits Jimmy Graham for an 18-yard touchdown with 21 seconds left, his second TD catch of the fourth quarter, to lead Seattle over Houston 41-38. Wilson finishes 26 of 41 for a career-high 452 yards and four TDs. Deshaun Watson is nearly the equal of Wilson, throwing for 402 yards and four touchdowns and three interceptions.
2017 — Justin Rose mounts the third-largest final-round comeback in PGA TOUR history to win the WGC-HSBC Champions. Rose starts the final round eight shots behind Dustin Johnson, who ties a record for losing the largest lead in the final round. The historic 5-under 67 round by Rose is keyed by a back-nine 31 that features five birdies. Rose finishes at 14-under 274 and Johnson who finishes with a 77, ties for second with Henrik Stenson (70) and Brooks Koepka (71), two strokes back.
1931 — Lefty Grove, winner of 31 games for the Philadelphia A's, was named the American League MVP.
1979 — Willie Mays severed all tied to major league baseball after signing a contract with the Bally Corporation, which is involved with legalized gambling in Atlantic City, N.J.
2008 — Brad Lidge and the Philadelphia Phillies finished off the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 in a three-inning sprint to win a suspended Game 5 nearly 50 hours after it started, capturing their first World Series title since 1980. Left in limbo by a two-day rainstorm, Pedro Feliz singled home the go-ahead run in the seventh and Lidge closed out his perfect season to deliver the title.
2009 — New York's Mark Teixeira and Hideki Matsui hit solo homers off Pedro Martinez to back a sharp performance by A.J. Burnett and tie give the Yankees a 3-1 victory the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 2 of the World Series. Burnett pitched seven impressive innings, and Mariano Rivera got Game 1 star Chase Utley to ground into a double play with two on to end the eighth.
2014 — Madison Bumgarner and the San Francisco Giants succeeded where no team had in 3 1/2 decades, winning Game 7 on the road for their third World Series title in five years. Bumgarner came out of the bullpen to pitch five scoreless innings on two days' rest as the Giants held off the Kansas City Royals 3-2.
2016 — Corey Kluber earned his second win in this World Series and the Cleveland Indians moved within one victory of their first championship since 1948, routing the Chicago Cubs 7-2 with home runs by Carlos Santana and Jason Kipnis.
2017 — Houston's Alex Bregman hit a game-ending single off Kenley Jansen with two outs in the 10th inning and the Astros outslugged the Los Angeles Dodgers 13-12 to take a 3-2 World Series lead.
Today's birthdays: Shaun Anderson 25; Colten Brewer 27; Tyler White 29.


Every day, small and mid-sized local cable operators like Alpine Communicaitons work on behalf of our customers to ensure our communities have access to the TV shows they want – when and how they want it. We are community members that deliver the technology that connects families, businesses, municipalities, hospitals, schools, law enforcement, and the larger economy to cities and towns across America.
We negotiate with local broadcasters to carry or "retransmit" their signals in northeast Iowa. Our goal in these negotiations is to keep cable bills low and programs on the air.
Local cable operators like us work to reach mutually acceptable agreements with corporate broadcasters that allow access to the network programs TV viewers have come to love and expect to watch – with the goal of reducing the threat of blackouts and unreasonable monthly fees.
As your neighbor and local small business, we have a stake in your viewing experience. We also know that you have many choices when it comes to watching TV content, and we strive to keep costs low to keep your business. Our goal is to keep the connections – with our communities and the programs you love. That's why we fight on your behalf during negotiations with large corporate broadcasters.
But these negotiations are only getting harder and the fees are only getting steeper. Why? Because broadcast TV is increasingly going corporate. That means negotiators on their side don't live and work in our community, even though they benefit greatly from rate hikes. And our customers' fees are a growing source of income for them as they experience shrinking audiences and declining advertising revenue. SNL Kagan has projected that broadcast TV fees will annually cost U.S. consumers and satellite and cable operators $11.6 billion by 2022, a 51 percent increase from 2016.
Unfortunately, smaller cable operators like us, along with our customers, are feeling the brunt of these negotiations. We are being charged higher rates even though it costs corporate broadcasters about the same to deliver their network signals – regardless of the market size.
As members of the community, we are also our own customers. Rising fees and the threat of blackouts affect us just as it does our neighbors, our friends, and our families. And just like our customers, we don't want to miss broadcasts of our favorite sports event, awards show or the local news because of hardball negotiations. That's why we'll continue to negotiate hard with local broadcasters to secure the lowest possible rates and ensure uninterrupted coverage.
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While registering for classes for this fall, Vanya Funez '26 says she told her academic adviser that she didn't consider herself "much of a STEM person." The adviser suggested that she enroll in Oceanography, an introductory course taught by geosciences professor Mea Cook that combines lectures with guest speakers and a field trip to the New England coast. Now, Funez says, she's hooked.
She and her classmates spent the semester studying topics including the archive of Earth's history contained in seafloor sediments, the transfer of energy and matter in ocean food webs, and how ocean basins are created and destroyed. A highlight was exploring the shores of Connecticut and Rhode Island during a day-long trip facilitated by the Williams-Mystic Program.
On a warm day in November, the students sloshed through tide pools, examined sea creatures and took a sediment core as Cook and Williams-Mystic ecologist Tim Pusack brought to life concepts they'd been learning about all semester. At one point, she handed out oranges for students to throw beyond the surf to study longshore transport—how water moves along the beach.
Students in Mea Cook's Oceanography class explore sea life along the New England coast during a field trip coordinated by the Williams-Mystic Program.
The exercise was "a really cool way to test longshore current," says Henry Oullette '26, who also enjoyed getting to hold a blue crab. He says he is now considering spending a semester at Williams-Mystic, an interdisciplinary maritime studies program based at the Mystic Seaport in Connecticut.
A highlight for Felix Diaz '26 was "taking a sediment core [from] past the dunes and seeing periods in time where hurricanes and storms had blown sand across them. We could look at this core and tell when Hurricane Sandy had occurred."
Adds Diaz, who now plans to major in geosciences, "Looking at ocean systems and seeing how the world around me—the world that so many people take for granted—actually works has been amazing."
Oceanography tends to attract students seeking to fill a divisional requirement or who are just curious about the subject matter, Cook says. Some 50 students enroll in the course each year, and about a half-dozen end up majoring in geosciences.
There's a perception that the field is geared toward outdoorsy types. Cook says in the past many cross-country skiers and runners found their way to the major. These days, however, the geosciences are drawing students with a variety of interests, including environmental change and climate science, and leading them to a host of careers.
To give her Oceanography students a sense of some of the possibilities, Cook has invited guest speakers including an Arizona State University professor who discussed his work reconstructing an Indian Ocean El Niño in the geologic past and the director of fisheries sustainability for the World Wildlife Fund.
In October the class video-conferenced with Bryce Mitsunga '13, who was in the North Atlantic aboard the research vessel JOIDES Resolution. He gave the students a tour of the various labs on the ship, and they watched as drilling equipment pulled a fresh sediment core out of the ocean.
Mitsunga planned to major in history or art history at Williams, but a sophomore-year geosciences course set him on a different path. He spent his junior year at the Williams-Exeter Programme at Oxford University, where he took climate policy classes. He returned to Williams and joined a geosciences lab looking at basalt samples extracted from beneath the ocean the summer before his senior year.
After working as an environmental consultant and earning a master's degree at the University of California, Los Angeles, Mitsunga is now a Ph.D. student at Brown University, probing 3- to 5-million-year-old mud in search of answers to what was happening to trees and plants on the Iberian peninsula when what we now call the Mediterranean climate was emerging.
Cook has also conducted research on deep sea sediments drilled by the JOIDES Resolution, which she sailed on in 2009, in the Bering Sea. These days, she has four or five students working in her lab, using fossils in sediments to reconstruct past climates and ocean circulation. She teaches Climate Changes, and Geochemistry: Understanding Earth's Environment, in addition to Oceanography.
During the day-long trip, students in Mea Cook's Oceanography class explore a rocky point, a sandy barrier beach, a salt marsh and an estauary.
The field trip with students to the seacoast in November is a long day, bookended by three-hour rides to and from campus. They pack in a lot, exploring a rocky point, a sandy barrier beach, a salt marsh and an estuary. But, Funez says, it was more than worth it.
"It was really cool to be able to identify the plants and animals of the rocky shore," she says. Funez held a whelk egg case—a series of long, linked pouches that the marine mollusk lays its eggs in that is anchored to the sea floor until the eggs hatch—"something I wouldn't have done before," she says
Funez has already signed up to take another geosciences course in the spring: An Unfinished Planet, exploring plate tectonics. Asked if she still thinks she's not much of a "STEM person," she says, "Definitely not—Oceanography really introduced me to a new side of STEM, and I absolutely love it."
—Amy Mayer is freelance science writer who lives in California and sailed aboard the JOIDES Resolution as the outreach officer on Mitsunaga's expedition.
See photographs of the Oceanography class's trip to the seacoast in this Flickr photo album. Above: Photograph by Bradley Wakoff/Berkshirian Images
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Gaining popularity in the early 20th century, minimalist architecture gained attention for its ability to do more with less. Nowadays, we see the effects of minimalism just about anywhere. From buildings to mobile applications, minimalism has imposed itself into a significant portion of our lives. Incorporating similar minimalist styles into modern interior design is also a popular option for people seeking to revamp their living space with one-stop solutions company. With the focus on simplicity and functionality, minimalist interior design in Malaysia is highly sought after. Here are some tips and tricks for those who are actively seeking for a minimalist design.
The first thing about minimalism is to reduce cluttering. While some of us item-hoggers love to keep everything we ever had, minimalism dictates that we keep items to a minimal. For the lot of us, we tend to leave stray items everywhere. A shirt here and a book there, it all adds up to a very cramped space where every surface is occupied by a random key or cup. For those who want to migrate into minimalism, take an effort to clear up these items. Keep them if necessary and if not, discard them. A minimalist household requires constant effort to ensure that space does not get cluttered up eventually. A good habit to develop is to designate specific storage spaces and places for items. Stick to it and you will never find your living space cluttered up again.
Another useful tip is to streamline your furniture and decorations in your new design. When planning for a minimalist interior design in Malaysia, try to get furniture and decorations that are in sync with one another. If you buy a sleek ultra-modern sofa set, perhaps it is not a good idea to pair it with a rugged antique coffee table. Other than that, placing furniture with clean edges will give the space a streamlined look as well. Straight lines give a polished finish to your already minimalistic space. The design is one thing, size and functionality are another. If there are only two people living in the house, you definitely do not need a giant round 10-seater dinner table. Keep things to a minimum unless you plan on throwing a party every day. While it is easier to design complementing interiors from scratch, you can still try to replace old furniture with matching new ones.
While it is true that colors contribute to the mood, having a disco burst of rainbow colors is nothing but an eyesore. For the minimalist, keep it simple and you can truly do more with less. One of the fundamentals of a minimalist interior design is to have a simple and reduced tone. If we take a look around our current surroundings, how many different colored objects are there? While some may blend just right in, some will pop out for being outright foreign. When we say the simple color scheme, we do not mean just make everything black and white. While still a popular choice, dual-tones like black and white are not the only options for the aspiring minimalist. You can start with choosing a soft base color like cream or beige. Then add in furniture with similarly toned colors. While a uniform color can seem lifeless and boring, you can improve on it by adding accents or highlights. Adding undertones can make the overall space warmer or cold depending on color choice. We recommend going with easy-going natural colors such as greens, blues, and other earthen shades.
When one envisions a minimalist interior design in Malaysia, you can imagine white-washed walls and sleek furnishing. While it does look amazing in photo shoots and professional galleries, some may find it a little bit intimidating. If your minimalist design feels slightly cold or uninviting, spice up your space by adding some textures. Textures are easily obtainable nowadays with a variety of materials to choose from. Go with something simple like a simple beige rug or grey linen that can easily warm up the surrounding. Regardless of what you choose, texture makes your minimalistic interior design a little cozier and inviting.
Another alternative way to bring in some life and freshness to your space is to bring in some decorative elements. Again, simplicity does not necessarily mean emptiness. You can actually liven up your space with organics such as a potted plant or bamboo wallpaper. Drawing inspiration from Japanese-styled Zen architecture, adding organics can infuse a sense of peace and tranquillity while not being overly imposing. However, do make sure to keep it toned down and simple as the last thing that you want is to have your designed space to look like an overgrowth. Besides, aspiring minimalists can even add texture in the form of paintings. Paintings are flexible materials that have limitless customization. Modern or classics, paintings are viable due to the availability of countless options.
One of the most reliable ways of designing your minimalist interior design is to simply talk to experts. Ask a friend, a colleague or simply talk to us at CTN Interiors. We are experienced in designing many different interior spaces. Our experts will be able to give you advice and professional consultation of the best solution for you minimalist interior design ideas.


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EXHIBITION GÉRARD LATTIER
Cultural, Painting, Sculpture
From 05/01/2022 to 30/04/2022 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Closed on Mondays, Tuesdays and public holidays.
Don't miss the "GÉRARD LATTIER" exhibition, from January 5 to April 30, 2022 at the Musée d'Art Brut in Montpellier.
►Gérard Lattier was born in Nîmes in 1937, in the Gard, in the south of France. In 1944, her father died in an Allied bombardment and her mother found herself practically destitute.
After graduating from the Technical College, he was employed by the City of Nîmes for cleaning work. At the age of twenty, he refused to participate in the Algerian War and was sentenced to prison.
This is where he begins to paint. His pictorial universe bears witness to this period of hallucinatory cruelty and figures "monstrous monsters", skeletons, emaciated and tortured bodies ... In 1965, he suffered a depression, due to almost complete temporary blindness.
That same year, he met Annie; they get married and have a son the following year. Gérard Lattier recovers his sight and resumes painting. He abandoned oil paints, India ink and etching for gouache. It gradually adopts other themes and introduces a more important narrative dimension. He then inserts texts, often humorous, then increasingly long on the stories he invents or illustrates, in patois and in French. He also makes ex-votos addressed to different saints and for various circumstances, sometimes responding to orders.
Gérard Lattier began to use wooden panels covered with reinforced canvas, to which he added other panels as needed. He became a public storyteller and custodian of popular beliefs, legends and miscellaneous facts from Ardèche and elsewhere. Employed at the town hall of Nîmes as a painter, he received several public commissions during the 1980s and 1990s, such as the one on the history of the beast of Gévaudan.
After numerous exhibitions (United States, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, etc.) which have consecrated him, Gérard Lattier does not stop! He continues to paint with relentlessness and passion. His latest works (2021) pay tribute to the singer Georges Brassens whom he admires. Today, he lives and works in the scrubland in the heights of Nîmes, at Mazet de Poulx.
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Cauliflower. If there's one food on every list, it's cauliflower. Look for this versatile veg to take the place of trendy relatives Brussels sprouts and kale.
No more waste. Globally-minded chefs will continue to be committed to using or donating all they procure. Thanks to social media, this practice is expected to trickle down to home chefs as well.
Sustainability. This is no buzz word, it's a way of cooking for good. Choosing sustainable ingredients is a social responsibility that the food world takes seriously.
New cuts of meat. Innovative cooking methods mean once tough or difficult to cook cuts become delicacies. Look for a surge of cuts like oyster steak and shoulder tender on menus this year.
Back to (better) basics. Simple, but perfected items like bread and butter will edge out frou-frou elements like foam and essence.
Ish. Yep, you read that right. For health-minded eaters who strive for an overall eating lifestyle such as vegan, paleo or macrobiotic, there's good news. Trend predictors see a trend of "ish" (think "healthy-ish") meals created in line with these choices to help eaters delight while adhering to the tenants of their desired eating plan.
A side of story. Any good foodie knows food tastes better when you know the story behind it. Look for menus to be crafted with a story in mind.
Eat the street. Street food delivers big on flavor, local culture and experience, from a roadside vendor, food truck or local establishment. In 2017, street food secures its spot on high-end restaurant menus.
African flavor. The hottest ethnic flavors for 2017 come from Africa. Sweet spices like ginger and cinnamon, combined with the savory flavor of onion and garlic, as well as chilies and coconut are just the tip of the iceberg of tastes this cuisine delivers.
Easy peasy family eats. The sheet pan is proving to be a hot ticket item this year, on which entire meals of chopped veggies (get the kids involved in prep!) and meat are roasted and served. No serving tray required.
Taco takeover. What's new, right? All the world loves a taco and 2017 delivers more of these creative packets of giant flavor.
Home-based food entrepreneurs. Access to culinary instruction, chef secrets and recipes means home chefs know how to cook. Those with a flair for entrepreneurship are combining talents to start and grow successful food-based businesses from home.
Pickled and fermented foods. For health reasons or just for the flavor punch they provide, expect pickles to prevail. And we're not just talking cucumbers; be on the lookout for pickled everything, including cauliflower. And kimchi, or fermented cabbage, hits even more menus than last year.
Experience matters. For restaurateurs, experience never mattered more. Diners don't want pomp and circumstance, they want straight-up hospitality.
Bhudda bowls. Is there anything more comforting than a bowl full of goodness? Sometimes called "glory bowls", these dishes combine wholesome grains, beans, veggies, seeds or nuts and spices.
Video. If you're on social, you've surely seen, saved and maybe even tried a quick video recipe that's landed in your newsfeed. In 2017, expect more of that, with a focus on livestreaming, an inexpensive, uber-accessible means for chefs and chefs-to-be to create connections, hone skills and share talents.
The after-dinner drink. Appearing on menus everywhere: the digestif. These tasty meal enders trigger production of enzymes that aid digestion, helping eaters feel a bit more comfortable after indulging.


Pippin gets upset that Aragorn doesn't want to stop for second breakfast. Can we blame him? This Hobbit Meals shirt lists the seven daily meals that Hobbits eat, including breakfast, second breakfast, elevenses, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner and supper. I'd just be happy with second breakfast.
This Lord of the Rings t-shirt was discovered at SnorgTees.


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The names of the experts who worked on drafting the Performance Descriptors
Tim Taylor made this Freedom of Information request to Department for Education
Tim Taylor
Tim Taylor 11 November 2014
Dear Department for Education,
In the recent Consultation paper: "Performance descriptors for use in key stage 1 and 2 statutory teacher assessment for 2015 / 2016", published in October 2014, there is a reference on Page 5, paragraph 8 to a number of experts who worked on the draft - "The performance descriptors... have been drafted with experts, including teachers, representatives from Local Authorities, curriculum and subject experts."
I request the names of the experts, mentioned in this paragraph, who worked on drafting the Performance Descriptors
Department for Education 12 November 2014
Dear Mr Tim Taylor
Thank you for your recent enquiry. A reply will be sent to you as soon as
possible. For information; the departmental standard for correspondence
received is that responses should be sent within 20 working days as you
are requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Your
correspondence has been allocated reference number 2014/0073661.
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Dear Mr Taylor,
Thank you for your request for information, which was received on the 11
November 2104. You have requested the following information:
In the recent Consultation paper: "Performance descriptors for use in key
stage 1 and 2 statutory teacher assessment for 2015 / 2016", published in
October 2014, there is a reference on Page 5, paragraph 8 to a number of
experts who worked on the draft - "The performance descriptors... have
been drafted with experts, including teachers, representatives from Local
Authorities, curriculum and subject experts."
I request the names of the experts, mentioned in this paragraph, who
worked on drafting the Performance Descriptors.
I have dealt with your request under the Freedom of Information Act
To draft the performance descriptors, the Standards and Testing Agency
drew on independent educational experts, most of whom had also supported
the development of the test framework. These individuals gave support to
the process at different points in the drafting timeline. No one
individual was responsible for the final version and some only supported
the drafting of earlier versions. There was also internal work undertaken
once the external support had concluded to ensure alignment with the
national curriculum and clarity.
The experts involved were Pam Wylie, Caroline Cooke, Alastair West, Mavis
Humphreys, Jo Shackleton, Margaret Fennell, Andy Taylor, Heather Rushton,
Jane Turner and David Shakespeare.
I hope this fulfils your request to your satisfaction.
Your correspondence has been allocated reference number 2014/0073661. If
you need to contact us again about this matter, please visit our website
at [1]www.education.gov.uk/contactus and quote this reference number.
If you are unhappy with the way your request has been handled, you should
make a complaint to the Department by writing to me within two calendar
months of the date of this letter. Your complaint will be considered by
an independent review panel, who were not involved in the original
consideration of your request.
If you are not satisfied with the outcome of your complaint to the
Department, you should then contact the Information Commissioner's Office.
Jennifer Conlon
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The roughly 50 percent drop-off in Japanese visitors to Hawai'i since Sept. 11 may improve, but not likely by more than 20 percent over the next five months, according to one of the first surveys of Japanese sentiment toward future travel to the state.
The survey, conducted Saturday in Japan by Honolulu-based PacRim Marketing Group Inc. and released yesterday, showed that 47 percent of Japanese respondents with Hawai'i travel plans through February are sticking to their itineraries.
Almost a quarter of respondents said they will not visit, and a quarter remain undecided. Another 7 percent said they had postponed travel.
The survey, with 367 respondents, suggests that if all those still undecided opted in favor of traveling as planned, the number of visitors from Japan could approach three-quarters of usual levels in the next several months.
However, the survey also was an indication that local businesses that rely on Japanese visitors, a key market for Hawai'i's tourism industry, will continue to suffer a decline of at least one-fourth the usual level well into the beginning of next year.
"There are a lot of undecided Japanese travelers out there, and if we can just sway them and convince them to come to Hawai'i, there's a lot of potential to be reaped," said Chris Kam, director of market trends for the Hawaii Visitors & Convention Bureau.
Dave Erdman, PacRim president, called the survey results encouraging, but said Japanese tourists want to be reassured that Hawai'i is safe, that businesses are open and that their visits will not be considered disrespectful.
"We believe it is important to educate the Japanese on our situation and encourage them to visit," he said.
Yujiro Kuwabara, planning and contracts general manager for Hawai'i's largest tour wholesaler, JTB Hawaii Inc., also said the message needs to be sent to the Japanese consumer that Hawai'i has not changed and that it's OK to come.
"Some Japanese people have a doubt that they can enjoy (themselves) if they come to Hawai'i now," he said.
Japanese tourism leaders have urged state officials to quickly reassure Japanese tourists that Hawai'i is a safe place to travel. Gov. Ben Cayetano is tentatively scheduled to visit Japan on Oct. 7-12, and former Govs. George Ariyoshi and John Waihe'e III are expected to join him.
According to survey responses, a feeling of guilt is a common deterrent.
"I couldn't go on a vacation when I love America so much and during a time when so many innocent people were sacrificed in the miserable incident," wrote one respondent.
Another respondent, who decided to come despite misgivings, wrote: "I worry about what locals will think of me. I'm going for a wedding, so I worry that the locals will think that this isn't the time to celebrate when so many of our citizens have died."
Kuwabara said he expects that Cayetano's trip to Japan next month will help persuade more Japanese consumers to come.
PacRim enlisted Hawai'i's popular 'ukulele artist Jake Shimabukuro to encourage Japanese travelers to visit, and is also working with the O'ahu Visitors Bureau and Maui Visitors Bureau to get the message into the Japanese media.
JTB, which has seen recent cancellations in the 40 percent range, is preparing a special campaign promoting tour package discounts through travel agents. The campaign should run mid-October through November.
An All Nippon Airways representative said the airline continues to assess passenger loads, which are "light as expected."
Officials with Japan Airlines could not be reached yesterday.


A list of organ concerts across the UK.
A site dedicated to the Wurlitzer opus 2139 formally installed in the Trocadero Cinema, Elephant and Castle, London. The Cinema Organ Society is currently running an ambitious project to refurbish and install this famous instrument in the Troxy, Stepney, London. The Troxy is a Grade 2 listed former super cinema now operated as a multi-purpose entertainment venue. It was built in 1933 as a sister theatre to the Trocadero and is of similar size, having about 3,500 seats when it opened. The website gives details about the relocation project and the ongoing fundraising appeal, together with the history and specification of the Wurlitzer and information on the two theatres.
We publish a rich variety of sheet music for the organ by such notable players and composers as Joyce Aldred, Ena Baga, George Blackmore, Reginald Porter Brown, Norman Cocker, Louis Mordish, Stanley Wyllie and presenter of The Organist Entertains, Nigel Ogden.
We are a family owned business in Collinsville, IL. We are currently publishing music by James R. Dellamano. James is an accomplished musician with 39 years experience playing music.It is time to share his music with others!
The largest directory relating to the organ and keyboard world...put together by enthusiasts, for enthusiasts.
These guys are certainly experts and this site is definitely worth a look - astonishing amount of content.
BIOS aims to promote research into the organ and its music across the UK. The site contains lots of useful info about the society, newsletter and related links.
From up in the heartland of the UK organ scene - stories and pictures of the instruments in Manchester's Bridgewater Hall, Free Trade Hall, Granada Studios and in Stockport's Town Hall Ballroom plus links and listings for organ recitals.
The Cinema Organ Society was founded in 1952 by Hubert Selby and Tony Moss, for those interested in organ music as entertainment. The aim of the society is to preserve and promote the presentation of these wonderful instruments for the enjoymentt of existing and future generations. The COS offers members a wide range of benefits, including a monthly newsletter and a quarterly illustrated magazine. The website at www.cinema-organs.org.uk gives details about membership, public theatre organ concerts, artist profiles, venue location details and lots of photos and special feature pages.
Full concert details, news and features for the Sussex area, plus pictures, links and a really cute little animated Wurlitzer - you can also join the Organ Web Ring from this site.
Huge site with a discussion area covering musical, technical and historical aspects of organs of all kinds - classical, theatre, electronic, reed, tracker, electropneumatic etc - plus restoration tips, profiles of organs and organ-players, discographies and info on organ societies, conventions and publications.
For more information on the organs featured in the Organ Extravaganza visit the official Allen Digital site.
Nigel's guest is Carol Williams who talks about her work as San Diego's civic organist.


Hemmed in by low wages, pricey rental markets and family instability, more young people are crashing on couches of friends or acquaintances, sleeping in cars or turning to the streets, a new study has found.
Researchers with Chapin Hall, a youth policy center at the University of Chicago, surveyed in 2016 and 2017 more than 26,000 young people and their families across the country to gauge how many of them had been homeless during some period of the previous year. Their results were alarming: One in 10 people ages 18 to 25 had experienced homelessness. For adolescents, the number was 1 in 30. They concluded that nearly 3.5 million young adults and 660,000 adolescents had been homeless within the previous year.
Matthew Morton, a Chapin Hall research fellow, said he aims to dispel the notion that homelessness afflicts mostly older men. His survey identified college students and graduates and employed young people who struggled to find a permanent place to stay. Researchers also found it was no less prevalent in rural areas than in urban ones.
"Our findings probably challenge the images of homelessness. Homelessness is young," Morton said. "It's more common than people expect and it's largely hidden."
That was true in the District, where officials counted more homeless children and parents than homeless single men last year. The number of homeless families soared by more than 30 percent between 2015 and 2016, according to a federal estimate released last spring. City officials and advocates for the poor attributed the growth in homeless families to rising home costs and a city policy of guaranteeing any homeless family shelter.
The researchers relied on a broad definition of homelessness and counted as homeless young people who had run away from home — even for a night — as well as those who were forced to sleep on couches or stay with friends temporarily. Children who run away are more likely to face homelessness as adults, Morton said, and many of the young people who researchers spoke to were forced out of family homes after they came out as gay.
The study marked the first time researchers had used a nationally representative survey to capture the picture of youth homelessness. Previously, researchers relied on "point in time" counts, which tallied only people who were homeless on a particular day. Morton said those counts probably underestimated the prevalence of youth homelessness, because young people are more likely to move in and out of it than older people.
The findings "are staggering. They are alarming, but they're not necessarily surprising," Morton said. "Many young people are getting hammered in this economy . . . and far too many youth have experienced trauma and lack stable family situations. You have a major affordable housing crisis."
Neither Kera Pingree, 21, nor Dee Baillet, 27, fit the stereotype of homelessness. Pingree is pursuing a degree at Southern Maine Community College while working at the University of Southern Maine, and Baillet is a college graduate. They share their experiences as policy advisers for advocacy groups for homeless youth.
When Baillet came out as gay to his mother at 17, she told him he could no longer live at home. So he went to his bedroom and packed a duffel bag, unsure of where he would go.
"I had to turn to the streets," Baillet said. "I stayed around with family and friends, just couch surfing as much as I could."
But it didn't stop him from graduating from high school and ending up in college, where he finished early and took a teaching job in Indianapolis. But his housing situation fell through. Broke and unsure of where to go, he first considered staying in a shelter, but it felt unsafe. So he slept in his car.
Baillet works as a supervisor at an urgent care clinic in Columbus, Ohio, where he grew up. He volunteers at a homeless shelter. He said that many of the short-term solutions for homelessness are geared toward older men and that shelters can be unsafe and uncomfortable places for homeless youth.
Pingree, 21, had a daughter at 15 and was separated from the girl three years later, when family conflict forced a move. Pingree bounced from a friend's house to a partner's house, where Pingree said there were bed bugs and drugs.
Pingree remained separated from the little girl for four months until space at a family shelter opened up.
"When I was 16, I was really itching to get out of the house," said Pingree, who faced abuse and food shortages at home. "Optimally there would have been a program to allow me to live on my own with my daughter."
Pingree is a youth leader with Youth and Community Engagement, a community organizing group attached to the university. Pingree also serves as a policy adviser on homelessness for the National Youth Advisory Council.
Now living in a two-bedroom apartment in Portland, Maine, Pingree said people are surprised to learn of their homeless past.
"There's a lot of times people are shocked to find out someone was homeless," Pingree said.


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J'aime les jeudis!, ou Can't Miss Thursdays  en anglais, était un bloc de programmation d'émission jeunesse diffusée sur les chaînes canadiennes Télétoon (Canada) en français et Teletoon (Canada) en anglais.

J'aime les jeudis! montrait des nouveaux épisodes des très populaires classiques telle que Jimmy l'Intrépide et Johnny Test et le bloc diffusait également quatre nouvelles séries originales qui sont la première saison de la très attendue série Ma gardienne est un vampire de l'émission du film du même nom créé par Télétoon, Mudpit, une série qui unit habilement la réalité et l'animation mettant en scène les tribulations de quatre adolescents (en chair et en os) qui tentent de devenir des rock stars dans le monde virtuel de Muzika, La Retenue, l'une des rares séries d'animation dont l'intrigue se poursuit à chaque épisode ainsi que la quatrième saison de la très populaire saga, Défis extrêmes : Le Retour à l'île où que cette saison recueille de nouveaux participants et qu'elle grimpe de défis encore plus dangereux.

Programmation
18H30 : Johnny Test
18H45 : Jimmy l'Intrépide
19H :   La Retenue
19H30 : Défis extrêmes : Le Retour à l'île
20H : Mudpit
20H30 : Ma gardienne est un vampire

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Émission de télévision destinée à la jeunesse au Canada

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Positive effects of Thai-Myanmar exchange on Alternative Development
A study visit on best Alternative Development (AD) practice between Thailand and Myanmar brought positive results, as a follow-up workshop showed. Participants appreciated the valuable exchange and lessons learned for their future contribution to AD in both countries.
In November 2017, government representatives from Myanmar participated in a study visit on best practice on Alternative Development (AD) in Thailand, organised jointly by the Global Partnership on Drug Policies and Development (GPDPD) and the Thai Mae Fah Luang Foundation (MFLF). In order to assess whether participants translated the key learnings into their work, GPDPD and MFLF invited them to a follow-up workshop in Myanmar in February 2018.
The overall feedback showed that the study visit benefited the participants' work on AD, and that some could already transfer that knowledge into action. The Myanmar representatives most frequently mentioned the ongoing baseline survey initiated by the government of Myanmar on an AD project in Naung Tayar, Southern Shan State. The survey methodologies and content were adapted from models presented and discussed during the study visit. At present, the data analysis is underway and will be utilised as a basis for future activity planning.
The Naung Tayar Subtownship comprises 97 villages, grouped into four administrative village tracts, and belongs to the Pa-O self-governing zone. It was selected as a pilot area by the Myanmar AD Committee, which acts under leadership of the Ministry of Border Affairs, and will be running from 2017-2019. The main challenges in the area are poverty, a lack of basic health care and education, and a lack of infrastructure such as road and telecommunication networks. This context made opium poppy cultivation a viable livelihood option.
"We realised after the study visit that forest reservation and land ownership are crucial issues for Alternative Development. At present, the AD Committee has included the department of forestry and the department of land use at the national AD Committee level", one participant said during the follow-up workshop. Up to then, the AD Committee consisted of ten different ministries and Pa-O representatives, the main ethnic group inhabiting the area of Naung Tayar.
Another participant stated that villagers' participation is among the key success factors. "An indirect lesson I have learned is how to improve my communication techniques. Examples of tangible benefits should be presented clearly when we as government staff are trying to get villagers on-board for our AD programme."
All participants agreed that the study visit provided them with a working tool for AD at ground level and encouraged a similar kind of exchange in the future. The follow-up workshop highlighted some current positive changes on the ground.
At the same time the Narcotics Law Amendment was launched on 14 February by the government, and a new national drug policy in Myanmar was introduced on 20 February 2018.
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Qwery - The Tiny Selector Engine
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Qwery is a small *blazing fast* query selector engine allowing you to select elements with CSS1|2|3 queries

##Acceptable selectors

``` css
basic
#foo {} id
.bar {} class
a#foo.bar {} element attribute combinations

attributes
#foo a[href] {} simple
#foo a[href=bar] {} attribute values
#foo a[lang|=en] {} subcodes
#foo a[title~=hello] {} attribute contains
#foo a[href^="http://"] {} attribute starts with
#foo a[href$=com] {} attribute ends with
#foo a[href*=twitter] {} attribute wildcards

descendants
#foo a {} all descendants
ul#list > li {} direct children

siblings
span ~ strong {} all adjacent
p + p {} immediate adjacent

combos
div,p {}

variations
#foo.bar.baz {}
div#baz.thunk a[-data-info*="hello world"] span + strong {}
#thunk[title$='huzza'] {}
```

Contexts
-------
Each query can optionally pass in a context

``` js
qwery('div', node); // existing DOM node or...
qwery('div', '#foo'); // another query
```

pseudo selector API
-------------------

Optionally, Qwery provides a [pseudo selector interface](https://github.com/ded/qwery/blob/master/src/pseudos.js) allowing you to extend into advanced CSS3 matchers. It looks like this:

``` js
qwery.pseudos['first-child'] = function (el, val) {
  var p;
  return el.parentNode && (p = el.parentNode) && (childs = p.getElementsByTagName('*')) && childs[0] == el;
};
```

To create a new pseudo matcher you must set a property on `qwery.psuedos` with a boolean method that is passed back a candidate element, and a value (if any). For example:

``` js
qwery('#content p.surprise:foo(bar)')

qwery.pseudos.foo = function (el, val) {
  // val == 'bar'
  return el.getAttribute(val)
}
```

Browser Support
---------------
Qwery attempts to stay up to date with Yahoo's [Grade A Browser Support](http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/articles/gbs) in addition to future browser candidates.

  - IE6, IE7, IE8, IE9
  - Chrome 1 - 12
  - Safari 3, 4, 5
  - Firefox 2, 3, 4, 5, Aurora
  - Opera

Dev Env & Testing
-----

    $ npm install --dev
    $ make
    $ open tests/index.html

Note
----
Qwery uses querySelectorAll when available. All querySelectorAll default behavior then applies.

Ender support
-------------
Qwery is the recommended selector engine for [Ender](http://ender.no.de). If you don't have Ender, install it, and don't ever look back.

    $ npm install ender -g

To include Query in a custom build of Ender you can include it as such:

    $ ender build qwery[,mod2,mod3,...]

Or add it to an existing Ender installation

    $ ender add qwery

Ender bridge additions
---------
Assuming you already know the happs on Ender -- Qwery provides some additional niceties when included with Ender:

``` js
// the context finder - find all p elements descended from a div element
$('div').find('p')

// join one set with another
$('div').and('p')

// test nodes against selectors
$('#foo').is('div.bar'); // => true if any nodes match

// element creation
$('<p>hello world</p>'); // => [HTMLParagraphElement "hello world"]
```
Recommended sibling modules
----------
In most cases, if you're hunting for a selector engine, you probably want to pair Qwery with a DOM module. In that case qwery pairs quite nicely with [Bonzo](https://github.com/ded/bonzo) (a DOM util) and [Bean](https://github.com/fat/bean) (an event util). Add them to your Ender installation as such:

    $ ender -b qwery bonzo bean

Then write code like a boss:

``` js
$('a.boosh')
  .css({
    color: 'red',
    background: 'white'
  })
  .after('√')
  .bind({
    'click.button': function () {
      $(this).hide().unbind('click.button')
    }
  })
```

Qwery Mobile!
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If you're building a Webkit (iPhone / Android / Chrome OS) application, you may be interested in qwery-mobile! Include this (instead of qwery) in your Ender build and get a full qwery interface for just 600 bytes :)

    $ ender add qwery-mobile

Contributors
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  * [Dustin Diaz](https://github.com/ded/qwery/commits/master?author=ded)
  * [Jacob Thornton](https://github.com/ded/qwery/commits/master?author=fat)
  * [Rod Vagg](https://github.com/ded/qwery/commits/master?author=rvagg)
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The Good Negress
A.J. Verdelle
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The year is 1963 and young Denise Palms has rejoined her family in Detroit where she must work to make a place for herself and prepare for the arrival of her mother's new baby. The baby will mean the end of Denise's afterschool lessons with a stern teacher who insists that Denise learn to speak "proper" English to make herself heard. Verdelle's intuition and ear allow her to dramatize precise moments of Denise's self-recognition and, in the process, offer an inside look at a maturing intelligence.
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A.J. Verdelle was born Washington, D.C. in 1960. She is the recipient of Whiting Writers Award and the Bunting Fellowship from Radcliffe College. She has taught creative writing at Princeton University. Her first novel, The Good Negress, won the L.A. Times Book Prize and the Harold D. Vursell Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award and the International Impac Literary Award. She is a graduate of the University of Chicago and has an MFA from Bard College.
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Liberals believe politics can be settled. They're wrong.
Here's why conservative columnists provoke so much liberal outrage
AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite
byDamon Linker
Another week, another battle in the pundit wars.
In the hothouse of polarized partisan combat that is American public life in the Trump era, nothing inspires outrage like a mainstream media outlet publishing a column or hiring a columnist who regularly takes positions contrary to those favored by … progressive journalists.
Bret Stephens regularly inspires this fury, starting nearly a year ago with his very first column for The New York Times, in which he expressed a modicum of skepticism about the proper policy response to the science of climate change. Stephens' colleague at the Times, Bari Weiss, regularly provokes similar convulsions of outrage, and never more than for a tweet during the Olympics in which she referred to figure skater Mirai Nagasu, a Japanese-American who was born in the United States, as an immigrant.
And now it's Kevin Williamson's turn to endure his portion of progressive hate — in his case due to a now-deleted tweet from 2014 in which he suggested that women who have abortions should face capital punishment, preferably by hanging. Had Williamson not been recently hired away from the proudly right-wing National Review by The Atlantic, this shockingly extreme tweet would have remained where it had ended up — down a memory hole, barely recalled even by those (like me) who criticized it at the time. But because Williamson's byline will soon be appearing in a prominent mainstream media outlet, the tweet has resurfaced, and the response has been blistering.
Some of this response has been crude and thoughtless — a caricature of left-wing illiberalism that resembles nothing so much as the 19th-century Catholic Church's view that "error has no rights" (with error of course defined by the person making the claim). Much better have been those that attempt to delineate precisely which lines Williamson crossed with his deleted tweet — and what the consequences will be of The Atlantic giving him a much more prominent platform.
Michelle Goldberg, for example, penned a thoughtful column that reflected on the way the elevation of people who hold marginal views can end up putting what should be untouchable first principles into question among a large audience of readers. Along the way, Goldberg quotes feminist writer Jessica Valenti making the similar point that there's a grave danger in treating "our lives and freedom" as just "abstract concepts" or something "to be debated" rather than as "given."
The sentiment is eminently understandable. No member of a vulnerable population wants to think that civil protections against violence enacted by other individuals and groups, or by the government itself, should be up for discussion, let alone that they could be rescinded by political fiat.
Yet there is also something naïve and self-deceptive about this way of thinking about politics — a naïveté and self-deception that's lamentably widespread among progressives.
This way of thinking about politics informs Valenti's hope and expectation that her reproductive rights will be treated as a "given." It's also at work in Barack Obama's famous (and often repeated) line about how history "bends toward justice" — with justice defined in terms of an ever-lengthening list of groups demanding and receiving political rights and social recognition. The presumption of this view is that once such rights and recognition are granted (as a result of changes in public opinion, favorable court rulings, or both), they become irreversible, settled, a new baseline in the ongoing struggle to bend the arc of history ever-further in the direction of justice.
Far from being limited to first principles, this outlook extends even to policy debates. Recall Al Gore proclaiming confidently more than a decade ago that the debate surrounding climate change is over, with the science and proper policy responses firmly settled. It was this conviction that Bret Stephens dared to question in his Times column about climate science that sparked an uproar.
Whether the issue concerns public policy or the fundamental moral principles undergirding American public life, progressives tend to presume that their own positions deserve to be treated as lying beyond the give-and-take of political disagreement and debate.
What the rise of a less liberal, more radical, intransigent, and populist right is forcing progressives to confront is that this way of conceiving of democratic politics is a fiction. Nothing in democratic politics is given — or rather, the things we consider given at any moment enjoy this status for no more exalted reason than that public opinion (expressed primarily through elections) favors treating it as such. But the settlement or consensus in its favor is always temporary and contingent. The contestation of politics, the struggle over power and ideas, over the Constitution and the law and who we are as a political community, never ends. It's always possible for a settlement or consensus at one moment of history to be rethought, overturned, or reversed. Rights granted can later be rescinded — and there's no way to prevent that from happening beyond continuing the fight, day after day.
History isn't an arc slowly bending toward justice. It's a battlefield on which a skirmish line shifts back and forth in an unending contest between ideological combatants. The agonistic character of politics becomes concealed during eras defined by consensus, when the skirmish line stays in much the same place, shifting only slightly or fairly slowly from year to year and decade to decade. But such eras are the exception in history — or at least never more than a temporary interlude between periods of more rapid or intense struggle.
Since Donald Trump's election to the presidency, we've entered a period of renewed political combat after several decades of comparative placidity — a time when the string of victories enjoyed by progressives on social issues since the middle decades of the last century faces potent, organized opposition. In such a situation, the best response to an outrageous right-wing argument is not to insist that the person defending it should be denied an opportunity to make his case, or to lament that more people don't treat the progressive position as a given, or to follow the lead of Barack Obama in issuing watery proclamations about how "that's not who we are." The best response is to mount the most rhetorically and logically formidable counterargument against the right-wing provocation.
Some on the left will undoubtedly say that this leaves progressives in a politically vulnerable position. That's true — but the alternative in politics isn't between political vulnerability and invincibility. It's between those who deny the vulnerability — the contingency and provisional character of all political "victories" — and those who accept it, and wage the battle accordingly, with their eyes fully open.
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The 2 hard truths Democrats need to share with their voters


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Cancer Group Reaches Out to Rockport
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 | In the Press, News
By Arianna MacNeill, Gloucester Daily Times, photos by Mike Springer
ROCKPORT — The program is called Cops for Kids with Cancer, and it's a group that's now reached out to help a young family in Rockport.
Kyan Meldrum, who will turn 5 in April, accepted a check for $5,000 with his parents Amber Smith and Joshua Meldrum Tuesday at Rockport Police Station.
The 4-year-old was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia around Thanksgiving 2012, according to his father. Since then, his parents have been taking him to numerous doctors' appointments in Boston.
But getting there has been a problem. Without a car, the family has been borrowing one to get to Kyan's appointments. The $5,000 will go a long way toward buying a new vehicle that the family needs, Amber Smith said.
Kyan's treatments will finish in January 2015, according to his father.
"He's been doing great," Joshua Meldrum said. "The first couple of months were tough, but he pulled through."
Robert P. Faherty, chairman of the board for the nonprofit Cops for Kids with Cancer foundation, said that since 2008 when it blazed its path, the organization has raised around $1.4 million and has helped 280 families with $5,000 awards each.
"We raise money for what we call the forgotten people," he said, referring to the families of child cancer patients. "We're all volunteers; no one gets paid."
The police-based foundation started with helping families just across Massachusetts but has now branched out to other states, as well.
"We do New England now," Faherty said. "If you have the money, you can't say no."
Rockport Police Chief Tom McCarthy said that he was contacted by Faherty about the Rockport family. He said that now the department might get involved with the organization and make a donation or work with it.
Faherty said that throughout the year, the nonprofit hosts different events to raise funds, including monthly comedy shows or psychic presentations.
"The hard part is raising the money," he said, adding that the foundation doesn't have a famous spokesperson to help with promotion.


After reading about Christopher Columbus, students can complete these activities to learn more about how Columbus's crew packed for the trip, lived in close quarters, and measured time and distance.
No one knows for sure what the Niña, the Pinta, or the Santa Maria looked like. But experts do know that the Santa Maria, Columbus's flagship, was the largest of the three vessels. It was probably about 80 feet long and 23 feet wide, and it carried a crew of 40, including Columbus. The Niña, Columbus's favorite of the three vessels, held 24 sailors, and the Pinta held the remaining 26 men.
To give kids a sense of the size of the Santa Maria, and of how crowded it would have been, work as a class to measure out a distance 80 feet long and 23 feet wide on your school playground. Mark the area with chalk, tape, or rope, and then ask 40 kids to stand in this space. Remind the class that the deck of the ship was also used to carry food, beverages, the crew's personal belongings, and other supplies. Since there was no room on board ship for beds, the men had to sleep anywhere on deck that they could!
Time to Make a Timer!
How did crewmen aboard the Niña, the Pinta, or the Santa Maria know when it was time to do their chores? They depended on a half-hour sand glass, and the ship's boys who called out the time. "One glass is gone and now the second floweth," the boy on duty would shout. After eight glasses, or four hours, a new boy would come on deck to call out the time. Invite students to make their own sand timers using two plastic soda bottles, salt or sand, masking tape, plastic wrap, and a pin or pen. Have students pour some salt into one of their two bottles, seal the mouth of that bottle by covering it with plastic wrap and attaching the wrap with tape. Then use the pin or pen to puncture a small hole into the plastic wrap. Next, students should firmly tape the mouth of the second bottle over the first one. Students can then turn the bottles over and see how much time it takes for all the salt to run from one bottle into the other. If you like, turn this activity into a "timely" contest by awarding a prize to the child whose sand timer comes closest to measuring exactly 30 seconds or another predetermined amount of time.
What Would You Take On Board?
Personal belongings on Columbus's ships were carried in chests that were about five palms long, three palms wide, and three palms high. (A palm was the measure of length from the thumb to the end of the little finger when the fingers are stretched out.) Have students find or make a box that is approximately this size. Then tell the class to imagine that they are packing as members of Columbus's crew. Ask students to list the items that they would have wanted to take on the voyage. Next, have students estimate whether their belongings would fit in one of these boxes. If not, students will have to cut their lists down even more. Finally, have students share — and compare — their lists with a classmate. What types of items did everyone pack?
Emphasize to students that many of the measurement tools that Columbus used — from the sand timer and compass to the quadrant and his method of dead reckoning — were imprecise, yet they still helped him to navigate the ocean. Assign a team of students to find out more about each of these tools and/or others. When they're ready, select a spokesperson from each team to explain to the class the tool's purpose, how Columbus used it, and how accurate it tended to be. The group should also be prepared to share the names of tools that are used today to serve the same, or a similar function, and to talk about whether the accuracy of these tools has improved.
Traditionally, Columbus Day is celebrated on October 12, the day that he and his crew supposedly reached land. But that's the date they reached on the old Julian calendar! If you adjust the date to suit the Gregorian calendar that we use today, Columbus actually landed in the Americas on October 21, 1492.
Teach your students about Christopher Columbus and his historic journey with these articles, quizzes, printables, research ideas, and more.
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Find tips for selecting an online school to study geology. Learn about online courses and careers in the field, including education requirements and employment outlook. Schools offering Environmental Science degrees can also be found in these popular choices.
Geology careers typically require at least a 4-year degree which may be obtained online or on-campus. You may select a school based on the online programs and classes available. Once a degree is obtained, there are many options for careers, though some may require a master's degree or even a Ph.D.
Programs Geoscience or geology programs online or on-campus
Class Formats CDs or DVDs, traditional books for online coursework; lab work or self-paced study
Careers Geochemist, glaciologist, mineralogist, volcanologist
What Types of Online Geology Courses are Available to Me?
Currently, there may be few geology degree programs offered entirely or partially online, but you can find more degree options in the geosciences discipline. Geoscience is the study of dynamics, evolution and structure of the earth, as well as all its energy resources and natural minerals. It includes several aspects of the earth sciences, including geology, geochemistry and geophysics. If you opt for an online bachelor's or master's degree program in geosciences, you may take some geology classes, but the bulk of your studies will cover chemistry, biology, environmental planning and geography.
If you are searching strictly for geology courses, you can locate numerous online schools that offer individual classes that can be incorporated into on-campus bachelor's degree programs often geared toward educators. Coursework can normally be completed entirely online, but some schools do require you to be on campus. Most online programs cover the geology basics, including introductory classes, the origin of specific minerals and how the environment affects the earth. These courses might also be included:
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Applied probability and statistics
Human growth and development across the lifespan
How Should I Select a School?
Some online geology schools provide coursework and reading material on CDs or DVDs, while others use traditional books. You may be able to order these supplements from the school and have them shipped to your residence. In addition to having Internet access, some schools ask that you have specific word processing software, such as Microsoft Word. Instructor-led lab courses might be a suitable format for your learning needs. Self-paced study may also be available for these online programs. These schools might offer online geology classes:
Western Governors University
Chadron State College
What Degrees Are Available?
Many four-year degrees are offered for students interested in studying geology online. A Bachelor of Science in Geosciences might be offered from a variety of schools. Additionally, students might choose to enroll in a Bachelor of Science in Science Education (Secondary Earth Science). This program may lead to teacher licensure. Many master's programs are also available, such as a Master of Science in Geosciences or a Master of Education in Earth Sciences.
What Careers Can I Choose From?
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), in order to land an entry-level career in geology, you should have at least a bachelor's degree in the geosciences (www.bls.gov). Once you have the bachelor's degree, you can choose among many different geology-based careers, including geochemist, glaciologist, mineralogist or volcanologist. For a job as a hydrologist or geoscientist, it is advised that you have a master's degree. If you desire high-level research or teaching-based careers that focus on geology, you must have a Ph.D. The BLS reports that during 2016-2026, employment within the geology field is expected to increase by about 14%, which is higher than the national average.
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Three TV series and a movie were filmed in Turin and the surrounding area in December with the support of the Film Commission Torino Piedmont (FCTP).
The second season of "La Strada di Casa" – a Casanova Multimedia production for Rai Fiction, "Bentornato Presidente", an Indigo Film and Vision Distribution co-production starring Claudio Bisio and "Ognuno è perfetto", directed by Giacomo Campiotti, produced by Viola Film for Rai Fiction, with Edoardo Leo, Cristiana Capotondi, Nicole Grimaudo, Piera degli Esposti and Lele Vannoli, which filmed for a further two weeks in January.
Plus the feature movie by Vincenzo Alfieri, "Gli uomini d'oro", produced by Fulvio and Federica Lucisano for Italian International Film with Rai Cinema, again starring Edoardo Leo with Fabio De Luigi and Giampaolo Morelli.
117 productions received support from the FCTP in the course of 2018: 12 feature movies for cinema, 9 television series, 15 shorts (3 of which through the Short Film Fund), 35 documentaries (18 of which through the June 2018 open call of the Piemonte Doc Film Fund), and 46 productions ranging from adverts (24), to TV broadcasts (10), photo shoots (4), institutional films (4) and music video clips (4).


Lewis and Clark County declared a state of emergency Thursday due to flooding in the Helena Valley, one day after the state of Montana declared a statewide flood emergency.
County commissioner Susan Good Giese said sand would be distributed at the Lewis and Clark County Fairgrounds Saturday, May 5 starting at 7 a.m.
Those who need sand will have to show their driver's license to prove that they live within county limits and will have to bag it themselves.
The county is hoping to get some volunteers to help with the process.
Lewis and Clark County is currently seeing flooding in the Helena Valley.


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African migrant in a Houthi-controlled detention center, 2021. | Photo: Twitter/ @DaySWTweet
The number of detainees has increased in the Saada's militarized zone, which is one of the main African migration routes to Saudi Arabia.
The Mwatana Organisation For Human Rights Director Radhya Almutawakel denounced that over 6,000 African migrants are inside detention centers in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, where they remain imprisoned until they can pay a bribe in exchange for their release.
Saudis Launches Airstrikes on Rebel Sites in Yemen's Capital
Earlier this month, a fire at a detention center in Sanaa left 44 Ethiopians dead and 200 wounded. This event raised alarm bells about the treatment of African migrants at the hands of the "Houthis," an Islamist armed movement that controls large parts of Yemen.
Over the last year, the number of detainees has increased in the Saada's militarized zone, which is one of the main African migration routes to Saudi Arabia, although it is the scene of violent fighting and bombings.
Migrants who survive the journey are often taken in "cattle trucks" to Sanaa, and placed in detention centers, where they remain for months or years until they can scrape together US$280. This is the current price of their freedom in a bribery business that has become very lucrative.
The Arab Spring led to civil wars that together triggered an average of 2.9 million new internal displacements a year.
�� @IDMC_Geneva looks back at ten years of internal displacement in the Middle East and North Africa https://t.co/6GBUpDf7KC
— UN Humanitarian (@UNOCHA) February 16, 2021
After payment, the migrants are abandoned in desert areas close to zones controlled by the internationally recognized Yemeni government. From there, they embark on a journey without food and water until they reach a location.
After erupting in 2014, the war in Yemen became a regional conflict in March 2015 when a Saudi-led military coalition intervened in support of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and his internationally-backed administration, which had been driven out of Sanaa by the Houthis.
As a result of this conflict, over 80 percent of the Yemeni population currently requires some form of humanitarian aid while thousands of people have been forced to flee the devastation.
The #UnitedStates is the largest exporter of arms and bombs worldwide, dominating over one-third of global sales in the past five years. Over half has gone to the Middle East - mostly to Saudi Arabia, which has brutalized the people of #Yemen. pic.twitter.com/P15UfjRPZA
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For example, Glow Recipe — the masterminds behind the best-selling Watermelon Glow Sleeping Mask and the new Avocado Melt Sleeping Mask — will be rolling out a new line at Target called Sweet Chef in January, which marries nutrients found in vegetables with skin care for an affordable price. Sauce Beauty has done the same — having concocted shampoos, conditioners, and masks that are inspired by meal recipes that include ingredients that have also been proven to nourish your hair. Ahead, you'll find products from the two lines, along with other delectable beauty products. Eat them up.


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Tribeca Video: Artists Discuss Generating Content in the Brave New Online World
Luke Slattery
Tribeca N.O.W. is a new initiative that recognizes creators of new online work (N.O.W.) aiming to discover, highlight, and celebrate the next generation of storytellers who choose to create and share their work in the online space. Tribeca Film Festival Programmer, Cara Cusumano, sat down with several artists/online pioneers as part of a series of talks hosted at the Apple Store in SoHo.
Members of the panel included Rob Michael Hugel, creator and star of "I Hate Being Single," Ben Sinclair & Katja Blichfeld, creators of "High Maintenance," and Natalia Leite & Alexandra Roxo of "Be Here Nowish."
Cusumano asked the creators where they wanted their work to develop. The answers revealed a similar theme. Television is the light at the end of the tunnel. Leite said, "I mean we would love to take our show to television. I think that would be a dream for us. We love being on the web because it's accessible… but we want to make this a more sustainable thing of being able to live off of our work."
Blichfeld said, "The draw of television is the money. There's nothing like it right now. There's not that kind of money happening for just a web series."
Cusumano then asked the panel if they had any advice for aspiring creators of original online content. Hugel said, "be specific… the most compliments I ever get about anything I make is when they're pointing out something that I thought in a little tiny crevice of my head was funny to me."
Both Sinclair and Blichfeld suggested that new artists should strive for patience and quality. Sinclair said, "Don't worry about numbers… You're primary goal is, 'is it good?' and would you watch it… At a certain point people confuse persistence or exposure with 'good' and that's not true."
Blichfeld elaborated on themes that the other artists touched on, saying, "Besides being truthful to what you know, like everyone is saying, wait until your ready to put something out… Waiting until something is complete and ready to release it."
Check out the clips from the interview below, and be sure to check back on iTunes shortly for the full podcast.
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Determine what work should be done and in what priority…. lining up liquorice allsorts in a row? Is this an essential task? Probably Not. But does it look pretty? Of course!
Get through tasks more quickly.
Free up time to spend on the important things in life.
At the start of your working week, determine when you have meetings and assess when you have free time. Protect the free time you need to tackle the tasks on your to-do list. Block it out in your diary, write it down on a piece of paper, make a mental note – whatever works for you.
If you have lots of tasks in your head, get them down onto paper, into list form. Don't prioritise them yet, just jot down any tasks in your head.
Once you have captured everything you need to do. Determine priority tasks by marking them with the number 1.
Then mark other tasks with a 2 or 3 (3 being the least urgent).
The key is to start with any tasks labelled with a 1, then 2, then 3. Ticking off the tasks once complete can help you visually see the progress being made.
If your tasks are of equal priority, on paper map out the time slots you have available across the week. Within these time slots, allocate time for each task. Click on the picture below to see an example of how to prioritise work across a working week.
Not sure where your time goes?
If you're not sure where your time goes during the week or month, think about recording each task using a timer system for a set period of time. Using a system like 'Toggl' helps you set up categories and time each activity you work on. It may take some getting used to but set up correctly, it's just the click of a finger and remembering to click before and after each task.
This can be an invaluable tool in assessing where you time goes. Once you have this information, you can determine how to improve your time management.
Do you spend too much time on a particular activity? How could this be shortened?
Could anything you do be outsourced?
Could you prioritise / organised your time better?
Do to-do lists work for you? If not, could you use a different technique, an organisational system like Trello (free to use) enables you to visualise tasks on different boards. This can work well if you are a visual person.
Putting strategies in place to improve time management and organisation should enable you to work through tasks more quickly. It should free your mind to focus on the task at hand instead of thinking about whether you should be completing another task. You can remain focused because YOU HAVE A PLAN. Getting through work more quickly frees up time to spend on the things that are important to you.
The beauty of all strategies above is that they can be applied to business or personal life.
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