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Five insider tips to smarter holiday shopping
Experts offer secrets to help beat the crowds, save money and even make a few bucks while you shop for this year's gifts.
By Parija B. Kavilanz, CNNMoney.com staff writer
October 23 2006: 7:14 AM EDT
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Large crowds. Messy stores. Hard-to-find merchandise.
Welcome to the annual ritual of holiday shopping and all that it entails.
It's no wonder that somewhere in that experience harried shoppers typically forget that the gift-buying tradition should also be about having some fun.
Retail industry experts swear that consumers can enjoy themselves in the weeks ahead provided they work out a method to apply to the shopping madness.
One positive sign for both retailers and consumers is the recent pullback in gas prices, which appears to have upped consumers' enthusiasm to shop. The evidence is last month's strong sales numbers from chains such as J.C. Penney (Charts), Nordstrom (Charts), American Eagle Outfitters (Charts) and other specialty retailers.
This is key for the retail industry as merchants gear up for the crucial fourth-quarter selling period which accounts for as much as 50 percent of retailers' annual profits and sales.
Retailers, no doubt, approach the competitive holiday season very seriously.
Eager to steal each other's sales, some mall operators are even planning to open their doors at midnight on Black Friday, or the day after Thanksgiving which traditionally marks the holiday season.
Mall managers say they expect hundreds of early-bird buyers to take advantage of the midnight opening in hopes of bagging the elusive T.M.X Elmo and other hot products.
Whether you plan to join the midnight throng or hit the stores at a saner hour, experts say having a gameplan goes a long way to help save money and score those hard-to-find must-have items.
CNNMoney.com spoke to a few experts to get their insider tips on how to shop smarter this holiday season.
Shop after 6 p.m. the day BEFORE the big sale. In other words, if the ad says the storewide holiday discounts kick off on a Wednesday, don't wait until Wednesday to rush to the store.
"Usually the special discounts get put into the system after 6 p.m. the day before and you can beat the crowds," said Dan Butler, vice president of retail operations and merchandising with the National Retail Federation.
However, not all large stores follow this practice. Therefore, it's really up to consumers to try their luck at whatever stores they're keen to shop during the sales blitz.
There's nothing wrong about a "me-too" gift. Why make gift-giving all about others? You deserve a gift, too, especially if you're committing yourself to hours of elbow-to-elbow battle for those discounted cashmere sweaters.
Said Butler, "Perfume gift sets that come with bags and other add-ons make an ideal me-too gift. People give away the fragrances and keep the bonus gifts for themselves. You're still getting something without spending extra on yourself."
Pause and investigate before you click "Buy." This applies if you're doing your gift shopping on the Internet, said Edgar Dworsky, consumer advocate and editor of Consumer World.
"This is a little trick to help save money," said Dworsky. Essentially how it works is when you get to the checkout on an etailer's Web site and you're prompted to enter a coupon or promotions code, this signals that there are extra discounts available on that product.
Dworsky said he usually takes phrase used by the merchant, such as "promotional code", and enters that phrase and the name of the merchant in Google to see if there are any discount codes available.
Two places to directly look for discount codes, without searching the Internet, is to use couponcabin.com or fatwallet.com
"You can get the discount coupon code for the product from these sites and now use that at checkout to get additional discounts or even free shipping in some cases," he said.
Make money while you shop. Said Dworsky, "Some Web sites like Ebates give customers two to five percent of their money back on purchases.
Ebates gives customers exclusive offers and free shipping deals from more than 800 retail chains, including Target (Charts) and Gap (Charts). Dworsky said sites such as Ebates get a commission every time a consumer clicks through to a featured retailer.
"But they also share the money they make from the referral by refunding some of the cash back to consumers on their purchases," Dworsky said.
Ask for the "hidden" discounts. All's fair in love and Christmas shopping. So don't be shy about getting friendly - within limits - with the store staff, said Britt Beemer, retail analysts and chairman of America's Research Group.
"Ask an employee about any unadvertised coupons or sales going on that week," said Beemer.
Many retailers now offer special discounts and coupons exclusively as part of their loyalty programs.
"You won't know about these unless you sign up for the program. So make sure to ask at the checkout about these discounts as well," Beemer said.
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RP Peacekeepers in Haiti receive UN Peacekeeping Medals
by Kobakila News January 5, 2010
written by Kobakila News January 5, 2010
Port-Au-Prince Haiti — The 10th Philippine Peacekeeping Contingent in this capital city was honored by the UN in a simple ceremony on Wednesday, Dec. 30.¬† Ambassador Hedi Annabi, Special Representative of the Secretary General and head of the United Nations Stabilization Missiion in Haiti (MINUSTAH) led UN officials in recognizing the important role played by members of the Philippine contingent under Army Lt. Col. Lope Dagoy.
"On behalf of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, it is my honor to present you with the United Nations peackeeping medal, in recognition of your good work in the service of international peace and security," Annabi said before presenting the medals to the 155-member Philippine contingent.
"I would like to thank you for having helped us bring more stability to Haiti and would like to congratulate you on your dedication and commitment to your tasks.  I would also like to thank the Government of the Philippines, its armed forces and its population for their support to MINUSTAH and other peackeeping operations around the world."
In his remarks, Annabit cited the critical role being played by Filipino peacekeepers who were first deployed here in 2005 to help prevent the country from plunging into chaos.  More than 1,500 Filipino troops have served in Haiti as members of the Force Headquarters Security Unit of MINUSTAH.
"You have provided valuable assistance to the Mission, by ensuring the security of MINUSTAH headquarters, providing VIP escorts and clerical support services.  In a city where demonstrations are taking place almost every day and can easily turn violent, your security operations are critical to ensure the smooth functioning of Mission Headquarters, and I am deeply grateful for that," Annabi told the Filipino peacekeepers.
Annabi also made special mention of the six humanitarian assistance projects undertaken by the Philippine contingent under Dagoy, who was also responsible for initiating regular dialogues with the local population to explain MINUSTAH's mandate.
"Such gestures of humanity exemplify the values of solidarity and commitment to service that lie at the core of United Nations peacekeeping," Annabi said.  "Your performance reflects well upon MINUSTAH, and upon the Armed Forces of the Philippines."
"We will continue to count on the Philippines to assist us in discharging your mandated tasks, especially in the coming months, when we expect heightened tensions, related to the legislative elections, and to the enduring hardship experienced by the Haitian people in their daily lives," he added.
Also present in the ceremony were Maj.Gen. Ricardo Toro, Acting MINUSTAH Force Commander; Chief Supt. Douglas Coates, Acting MINUSTAH Police Commissioner; and Papal Nuncio Msgr. Bernardito Auza.  The Philippine Government was represented by First Secretary Elmer G. Cato and Attache Jose Jacinto Morales of the Philippine Mission to the United Nations in New York.
The Philippines is in the list of the top 30 member-states of the United Nations that have contributed troops and police officers in support of peacekeeping operations.  In addition to Haiti, Filipino peacekeepers are also serving in Afghanisan, Cote d'Ivoir, Darfur, Golan Heights, Kashmir, Liberia, Sudan, Golan Heights Kashmir, Liberia, Sudan and Timor-Leste.
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What Does Prime Minister's Return Mean For North Korea's Economy?
Now, even with all this saber-rattling from North Korea, the hard-line government there appointed a new prime minister this week. Pak Pong-ju returns to the post he was fired from in 2007. He is seen as an economic reformer, though in a country where workers have few rights and where farmers have long had to hand over whatever they produce to the state, reforms have their own definition.
To learn more, we reached Marcus Noland, director of studies at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. We asked him what the prime minister's return could mean for North Korea's economy.
MARCUS NOLAND: So his rehabilitation is being seen as a modestly positive sign that the North Koreans may be interested in economic reform, though when they talk about reform it's not really reform as you or I might think of it.
GREENE: Not exactly what we'd be used to.
NOLAND: Well, on the agricultural sector, for example, the agriculture is organized by the state and these big state farms. And what they're talking about is pushing the responsibility down to teams that are about eight or 10 members and giving them greater autonomy. Farmers will be able to retain a certain percentage of what they produce.
What can they do with that share they retain? Well, they can eat it themselves or they can sell it. But where can they sell it? Selling grain in the market is illegal. Well, it appears that what they're going to be able to do is sell it back to the state. But at what price? At a price set by the state.
GREENE: That really is a window into how these so-called reforms are not ones we would be familiar with.
NOLAND: Yeah. For example, one of the things the Chinese have done over the last year is greatly expand a program of temporary visas by which the North Koreans ship workers to China and they work generally in things like mining, construction, logging, and most of that money goes directly to the North Korean state. So it's not like you or I deciding that, you know, life would be better in China and we'll go over there and check it out.
It's more like we're part of an organized state to state export of labor.
GREENE: I'm doing the work, but the money that I'm essentially making is going right to my government.
NOLAND: Exactly.
GREENE: Are they expanding that program or what are the plans?
NOLAND: Yeah. The Chinese are issuing as many as 100,000 visas this year for a temporary worker program. They do it with other countries as well. And they're very tightly controlled. They live in dormitories which are guarded. There are party people assigned to those worker details. Some of these individuals actually work side jobs in the evenings.
For example, in Russia where they also export labor, these guys will work as busboys or dishwashers in restaurants and they are subject to strip searches when they come back to the dormitories at night to see if they're carrying any money. And there are Russian employers who've developed reputations for great honesty who will actually remit the money back to North Korea to these guys' families for them.
GREENE: Do any of the reforms or so-called reforms we're talking about have any chance of helping regular North Koreans in the country or is it just a matter of helping the government?
NOLAND: There's modest improvements, but the fact of the matter is the North Korean economy is operating in such a way that the lion's shares of the benefits go to a very small elite and much of the population remains chronically food insecure. Recent UNICEF survey concluded that 10 percent of the two-year-olds in the country are severely stunted, and stunting at that age confers lifelong physical and mental challenges.
So it's an economy that's run to the benefit of a very small group of people who ultimately prioritize control over prosperity.
GREENE: And with Kim Jong Un now in power, any sense that there could be fundamental shifts in the economic system and the political system in this country anytime soon?
NOLAND: Well, there's a contradiction at the heart of this. It's hard to hang out the shingle that says open for business if you're waving nuclear weapons at people and threatening first strikes. And until whatever economic changes or reforms that the North Koreans would like to do are brought into synch with a foreign policy that's less bellicose and it doesn't involve ever-tightening sanctions imposed by the United Nations and the United States and others, it's very hard to see how this would work, other than simply deepening involvement with China.
GREENE: Marcus Noland, thanks so much for joining us. It's been a pleasure.
NOLAND: It's been a pleasure. Thank you.
GREENE: He's director of studies at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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5G Will Create USD 27-Bn Opportunity For India: Ericsson
5G mobile services are expected to create an over USD 27 billion business opportunity for India by 2026, says Swedish gear maker Ericsson. Currently, it is noticed that telecom operators have recorded an average top speed of around 22 mbps on their 4G networks and while 5G services tests have recorded download speed of over 1000 mbps or 1 gbps.
"5G will enable a USD 27 billion business opportunity in India. Out of this USD 13 billion is the addressable revenue opportunity for mobile operators in the country," Ericsson India, Managing Director, Nitin Bansal told PTI as was quoted in ET.
An Ericsson study found that manufacturing segment will see the biggest opportunity at $2.4 billion with the arrival of 5G. It will be followed by sectors like energy and utilities with a potential of worth $2.1 billion revenue. Public safety and Healthcare sectors will see a potential of $1.6 billion each.
India is aspiring to launch 5G services at par with other technologically advanced nations after standards for the technology are finalized by United Nation's telecom body ITU in 2019. Despite the enthusiasm, a key challenge for telcos is to provide a smooth transition from 4G to 5G in India. An important factor to govern that would be deciding the required spectrum bands and its pricing. As per global standards, deploying 5G services would require a bandwidth around 3.5 GHz.
India also struggles in fibre penetration in the country which is around 25-30% and to successfully deploy 5G infrastructure, 70-80% fibre penetration is needed, believe experts.
At a recent 5G summit, Krishna Sirohi, President, Technology Innovations and Standardization, i2TB, said, "Infrastructure and services are the major challenges in achieving a 5G enabled India in its entirety. National goals of digital India can only be achieved by establishing sustainable 4G and 5G access networks. Millimetre Wave technology (5G) based terrestrial and satellite backhaul solutions are needed to extend the spread of high data rate network to every village and agricultural land and achieve a digitized agricultural and rural life."
Nonetheless, Ericsson said it has for advance technology with Indian telecom operators which will help them in transition from 4G to 5G using the spectrum in which they are providing mobile services, Bansal was quoted as saying in the report.
Ericsson is currently doing Massive MIMO trials with Indian telecom operators. "These products enable a smooth evolution from 4G to 5G. All radio products within Ericsson Radio System delivered since 2015 support 5G new radio capability through remote software installation. It enables fast and smooth migration to 5G in existing bands," Bansal said.
According to Ericsson Mobility Report, India will have over 10 million 5G subscriptions by 2023. The report said India will have over 10 million 5G subscriptions by 2023. According to Ericsson's 5G Business Potential study, digitalization will enable a USD 27 billion revenue opportunity for the ICT industry in India by 2026.
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Q: Query parameter in a literal to the right of a LIKE operator I am trying to run a query using ODP.NET. The query has a parameter in the literal to the right of a LIKE operator. Here is my code:
string query = @"select col1,col2,col3 from table where name like '%:cus_name%'";
OracleParameter p1 = new OracleParameter();
p1.OracleDbType = OracleDbType.Char;
p1.Value = name;
p1.ParameterName = "cus_name";

OracleCommand sql = new OracleCommand(query, conn);
sql.Parameters.Add(p1);
OracleDataReader ora = null;

I receive an "Invalid parameter" error. Kindly advise.

A: Change your
like '%:cus_name%'

to
like  '%' || :cus_name || '%'

The problem is here quotes. In quotes, your rdms will recognize it as a string literal and never sees it as a parameter.

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I'm an interaction designer currently working on the services and information bit for citizens and businesses on GOV.UK.
I joined GDS to make interactions with government easier for users and help change the way that government provides digital services. As a designer I wanted to get away from wire framing and photoshop and design in browser.
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I'm a content designer here at GDS. My job is an unusual mix between an editor, researcher, online producer, project manager, analyst and negotiator. A key part of it is taking complex language and processes and making them simple to understand.
I work on mainstream GOV.UK, which contains services and information for citizens and businesses. I work on a broad range of content including benefits, foreign travel advice, tax, passports, driving and education. It may sound lame, but I love knowing that my work's made an impact on a huge audience – there's really nothing quite like it.
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Initially I was drawn here by the great people and collaborative way of working. In time it was an understanding that the pillars of trust, users and delivery are really well intended and really well practiced here. Most of all trust – I've learnt how powerful a thing it is to place trust in people and how awesome the return is. The result; the best place by a long stretch I've ever worked. I love it here.
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I'm a developer at GDS. Currently I'm working on the Infrastructure and Tools team. Among other things, we support the servers that GOV.UK runs on and develop tools for product teams to use. Before joining this team I worked on the Transition team putting the framework in place to redirect users from Directgov and Business Link to the correct place on the new GOV.UK site when it launched (read about some of the tools here).
My last employer was a company called Corelogic. We provided a case management system for social services. We were doing something really worthwhile, and I feel the same way working for GDS. And it's not just that I feel the work is valuable; I also get to work with some interesting technologies, and some really brilliant people.
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Whether you have been saved 4 days, 4 months, 4 years, or 44 years, the Lord has called you to be a "Growing Christian." We all start at the same place in our relationship to God. When we are "born again," at the moment of our believing in the Gospel, we start a new, spiritual life.
One sad truth in Christianity is that some believers never grow up spiritually. This has been a problem since the start of the church. The letters to the churches that Paul wrote were in many cases to help the young churches to grow up in their faith. From lustful desires to hateful relationships, the early church needed to grow.
Continuing to be Stubborn in Spirit.
Charging into a Talk with Anger.
Brethren, if you are behaving like the points above, you have some areas to grow up in. It could be that you think yourself to have "arrived" but you may not give as much value or as much of a lasting testimony to the work of God in your life. Your behavior is reflecting who you really are. Your "being" is still in childhood. Feeding on the desires of the flesh and the pride of life need to be exchanged for feeding on the Word of God. You can do better than being a "Big Baby." God can help you grow out of spiritual infanthood.
You got to eat. We must consistently read, study, hear, and apply the Bible to our lives. Decide to grow up in Jesus by consuming more of the Word today.
Salvation is the start to a lifetime of growing and becoming more like Jesus. Don't' just start. Start and finish. We do not "arrive" until we get to Heaven. Give grace to others along the way. Decide to be more like Jesus. Then. Be. Like. Him.
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People were being saved. Lives were changed. The church was overcoming intense persecution. More people were saved. Many were added to the church. Church leaders were imprisoned. The Lord led several jail breaks. In Acts chapter 12, Peter is released from jail by the Lord and walks to a church prayer meeting in the upper room at Mark's mothers house. Rhoda answered the door and did not believe it – Peter was supposed to be in jail. The Lord did a miracle in this escape. So many miracles are accounted for in the Book of Acts.
When the Bible says: "The Word of God Grew" it does not mean that their "Bible" was getting bigger. While the entire Bible was not yet committed to parchment, it does not mean new books of the Bible were being written. It means two things: The number of Christians increased and the level of discipleship increased in each believer. Consider how we as Christians are responsible to put ourselves in a place where we see the Word of God growing in our lives.
More People. Many churches and individual Christians settle on the idea that spiritual growth is exclusive of numerical growth, but that is not correct thinking. When the Word grew in the book of Acts, more people were saved and numbers of more people were added to the local church. Avoid spiritualizing the lack of visitors at church, or the lack of people being saved as a "sign of the times" or a lack of spiritual interest on the part of others. It could be we do not see the church grow because we do not care that it grows, do not think that it can grow or in selfishness do not want it to grow. May the Lord grow His word in our hearts so that we in response live it and give in and the yield can be an increase in the numbers of people attending church.
Greater Maturity. Spirit growth is a goal in each Christians life. Becoming more like Jesus is what the Christian life is all about. Philippians 2:5 says imperatively: "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus." Developing the mind of Christ happens when we not only read through the Bible, but let the Bible get through us. To think, speak, and act like Jesus is a natural progression for a spiritualy focused person. Each day we are striving to be more like Him. This can only happen as we read the Word, hear the Word preached, and practice living the Word.
Bible reading and Bible study can change your life. There was a man named William McPherson who read through the Bible faithfully. The American Bible Society reports: "He was the superintendent for a stone quarry when a blast severely injured him. He lost his eyesight and both hands in the explosion. He was determined to read the Bible, and learned to read raised letters with the tip of his tongue. It is said that he read through the Bible four times in this manner." The Word grew in his life.
For some of us when God's Word grows in us, we will go to church more often. Others will read the Bible more frequently. Some will step up to a teaching or support role in the church. There are many needs in a local church for Christians who are continuing their spiritual growth. If you have arrived spiritually, please do not apply for a position. Churches need people who are consistently allowing God's Word to grow in their lives.
No matter what may happen to you in the coming days, you can rely on God's Word to help you. Persecution, trouble, health issues, job loss, loved ones hurting – no matter what – the Bible will help you get through it. The miracle for us today is the same as it was back then. We will not see jail doors open or the laying on of hands for healing, but we can see the miracle of people being saved, lives and families being changed, and new people coming to church. We can see the Word of God multiplied in our lives and in the lives of those around us as we decide to be more like Jesus each day.
When God's Word grows, it includes more people developing greater maturity in allowing the Word to shape their mind to be like Christ.
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Guys! This is the best gift guide for my food loving friends. Two gift guides in one today! This is my 2018 cookbook gift guide and it is TOPS. Most of the books are new to this year (some are still preorders!) and they are all just incredible. And yes, I did a little shameless promotion with my own books too. I could go on and on about what I love in these books. They are all chock-full of delicious recipes but many also have fun and endearing stories, and I love that. I read cookbooks like novels! So here we go: a list of my favorite 2018 cookbooks!
I also wanted to share some of my favorite foodie gifts to give during the holiday season. I'm always looking for awesome ideas to send for either holidays or as thank yous. I'd love to hear if you have any favorites below! As for these ones, whether you send them or show up with them at the door, I'm absolutely obsessed and have sent or received every single one of these. I mean, this stuff is GOOD. Some of the smaller ones make for great gifts along with the cookbooks above!
DeLallo Foods Gift Sets. Everything you need for a cheese board (or an actual cheese board!) is right here.
Magnolia Bakery Banana Pudding. I am ridiculously excited that we can order this online now. It would be an amazing family gift.
Jeni's Ice Cream. Having a six pack of Jeni's ice cream show up at my door is basically the best day ever. You can also do a pint club!
American Spoon Gift Sets. I rambled about American Spoon constantly, but with good reason. Their gift sets are to die for.
Fustini's Oils and Vinegars. I adore every oil and vinegar that Fustini's makes. They are so so good.
Saltopia Salt Gift Sets. You don't even want to know how many jars I have. These flavors of salt are incredible.
Tom's Mom's Cookies. Best cookies of your life. I swear!
Williams Sonoma Hot Chocolate. We loooove this hot chocolate. I gift it every single year! It's legit hot chocolate and a huge hit.
DeLallo Foods Pandoro Cake. This is new to me and I'm obsessed. I tried it a few weeks ago. I love the box it comes it. It makes amazing french toast and bread pudding, but it's also delicious served with fresh whipped cream and berries. It's almost like brioche!
Williams Sonoma Marshmallows. I adore these marshmallows for both hostess gifts and stocking stuffers!
See's Peppermints. If you've never had these before, they are like peppermint patties… but a million times better.
Levain Bakery Cookies. I can't even stand that we can order these online. Definitely in my top three favorite cookies ever.
Salt and Straw Ice Cream. I've ordered this a few times and it is just to die for.
Milk Bar Cookies. I love the chewy cornflake cookies, but Eddie loves ALL their cookies. He loves the birthday truffles too!
Williams Sonoma Peppermint Bark. This is a quintessential classic that I can't pass up in the holiday season. Best gift ever.
Harry and David Royal Riviera Pears. By far, the most amazing pears. My dad used to get boxes from work when we were kids. I can never find a pear as delicious!
I second Tom's Mom's Cookies. One time 14 years ago while visiting Harbor Springs, I stopped in their bakery to buy a pack for my dad, whose name is Tom. I have never forgotten their greatness!
Your gift guides have been outstanding this year! I am eating them up- thank you!
Thanks for the lists. Now I can give to my husband to buy me exactly what I want.
Ok this might get some sadclonface reactions, but frozen pizza from Lou Malnatti's in Chicago is one of my favorite gifts. It's dumb expensive for FROZEN PIZZA but it's delicious, comes packed in dry ice, and they do go on sale occasionally! I've received them as baby gifts when I had both of my kids (one three weeks ago!) and we adore them. I've also sent them to bunches of people for holidays or other gifting times, and they're always a hit. I also like having a savory option for mailed food gifts.


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Lesson Plan Week 8- Collective Expression (Bullying)
Posted on December 3, 2017 January 29, 2018 by willwhitten
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Class: Mrs. Anderson Gr.6/7 Date: November 27th, 2017
Topic: Collective Expression-Bullying Subject: Arts Education (Collective)
Collective Expression – Bullying
Students will develop a strong understanding of what bullying means to them. They will explore bullying through an art strand of their choice whether that be Dance, Drama, Music, or Visual Art, and will collaborate with other group members. The inquiry question that each group will have to respond to is: Using arts expressions, how can we show values of generosity and belonging while responding to acts of bullying?
Outcomes and Indicators
Outcome: CP6.1: Create dance compositions that express ideas about identity and how it is influenced (e.g., factors such as pop culture, cultural heritage, peer groups, personal and family interests, gender).
Use inquiry in dance to extend understanding of identity (e.g., examine how pop culture trends influence youth identities).
Outcome: CP6.6: Collaborate on a drama that expresses ideas about identity and how it is influenced (e.g., factors such as pop culture, cultural heritage, peer groups, personal and family interests, gender).
Use inquiry in drama to extend understanding about identity and how it is influenced.
Outcome: CP6.9: Create sound compositions that explore relationships between music and identity (e.g., factors such as pop culture, cultural heritage, peer groups, personal and family interests, gender).
Use inquiry in music to extend understanding of relationships between music and identity.
Outcome: CP6.10: Create visual artworks that express ideas about identity and how it is influenced (e.g., factors such as pop culture, cultural heritage, peer groups, personal and family interests, gender).
Use inquiry in visual art to extend understanding of identity.
Students will be informally assessed on their group participation and understanding of the concept of bullying through their artistic expression using Dance, Drama, Music, or Visual Art.
Lesson Preparation
Equipment/Materials:
-Poster board
-Markers/Crayons
-Computer
-Sound System
-Paper (for students to write their lyrics on)
-Pencils
-"To this Day" by Shane Koyczan (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltun92DfnPY)
-"I am stronger" Unkle Stronger (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkaxbaX1WAE)
Bullying Song Examples
Brave-Sara Bareilles
True Colors-Artist Against Bullying
Hopeful-Bars and Melody
Mean-Taylor Swift
Mean Girls-Rachel Crow
Gold – Britt Nicole
Who Says- Selena Gomez
Set: ( 30-35 minutes)
Class will begin with students watching a poetic video called, "To this day" by Shane Koyczan (8 minutes). Before starting the video, remind students to pay close attention as they will be responding to this video afterwards.
Students will then be asked to write a reflection piece regarding what they saw in the video. They will be given a prompted question.
Think of examples in your own life where you have seen or experienced bullying in your personal life, in your classroom, and in your community. What did you do and how did you feel?
Students will be told that this is not for sharing purposes and only to hand it in to the teacher once completed.
Give the students about 10 minutes to write.
Once the papers have been handed in to Mr.Whitten or Ms.Elder, we will begin discussing the roles of bullying.
Ask students if they know the roles of bullying. (Bully, Victim, Active Bystander and Passive Bystander)
There will be a brief discussion on what each role plays in a bullying situation.
Discussion will move on to discussing two areas from the Circle of Courage; Generosity and Belonging.
Students will be asked: How can we use the values of generosity and belonging to address issues of bullying?
Development: ( 35-40 minutes)
Time to create!
Students will be asked the following question: Using Music, Dance, Visual Art, and Drama, how can we show values of generosity and belonging while responding to acts of bullying?
Students will be given an option for which strand they would like to create in.
They will then be told what the task would be in each strand.
Music: Students will rewrite lyrics to any song of their choice that involve bullying.
Dance: Students will create a dance that represents the issue bullying with either a song about bullying or an instrumental track of any song of their choice. (If students are stuck on song choices, use the list that is provided in Materials that they can choose from).
Visual Art: Students will create a poster that answers the inquiry question. (If students are stuck on whay type of poster they would like to create give them examples such as, PSA Posters, Paintings or Drawings of how bullying feels, Positive Responses).
Drama: Students will be asked to create a dramatic performance/skit that represents bullying. Remind students that there must be a beginning, middle, and end, and that there must be established roles.
Students will be asked to divide themselves into what art strand they would like to work in whether that be Music, Dance, Visual Art, or Drama.
Landing-Drama, Hallway-Visual Art, Landing-Music, Classroom-Dance
Students will be giving roughly 35-40 minutes to work on their creation.
Mr.Whitten and Ms.Elder will be checking on each group and observing the process.
Closure: (20 minutes)
Each group will now be asked to share their creation.
The audience members will be reminded of the roles of an audience member which are to be quiet, listen, and clap when they are finished.
We will then ask from each group one thing they liked about the presentation and one suggestion.
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Lesson Plan Week 7- Scranimal Poetry


the concept and design the visual identity of the product.
From the reduced version of the client's logo, I identified a visual element that has a lot in common with the project proposal: the section.
From the analog wave references of the MPCs and the curve points, I developed from the movements a matrix.
The section brings the meaning of a break in the rapper's life. Showing the visual concept that after Ghettu Music Camp, they will evolve in their career.


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Direct Primary Care Services Opens in Forest
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Access Healthcare, a local and long-standing primary care and sports medicine practice, is now offering Direct Primary Care (DPC) services in its Forest location. Direct primary care, an alternative to fee-for-service billing, allows patients the ability to pay a monthly "membership" fee that covers all or most primary care services.
Access' DPC monthly fees start at $50 for an individual, with an additional $10 per month for each added child.
"DPC services should not replace your health insurance," says Andrew Pieleck, DO with Access Healthcare. "It does however allow you the financial comfort in purchasing a more affordable high deductible/catastrophic insurance plan, while taking advantage of a more direct relationship between the provider and the patient."
Some notable benefits to Access' DPC services are easy access to your provider for care via phone, email, text, video and in-person.
More Information: Visit www.access-healthcare.net and look for the Direct Primary Care tab.
Centra Announces Request for 2019 Community Health Initiative Grants The Centra Foundation has opened its application process for 2019 Community Health Initiative grants. Applications are due by 4:30 pm on March 1, 2019.
To provide a deeper understanding of our community's primary health needs, and to develop an implementation strategy to address these needs, every three years Centra and the Centra Foundation help sponsor Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNA).
The 2018 assessments were undertaken by the collaborative Partnership for Healthy Communities, supported by Centra, Centra Foundation, Community Access Network, Central Virginia Piedmont and Pittsylvania/Danville Health Districts, Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation, Johnson Health Center and United Way of Central Virginia. Assessment reports are available at CentraHealth.com/CHNA.
Part of Centra's strategy to improve the health of our community includes awarding grants to nonprofit organizations for projects that address the needs prioritized in the CHNA. Applications for grant funding are reviewed and approved by the Centra Foundation Board of Directors.
The Centra Foundation welcomes applications from organizations, which are tax-exempt under IRS Section 501(c)(3) and are not private foundations as described under Section 509(a). Projects that take place outside of Centra's service area will not be considered.
Projects addressing the top needs in Centra's service areas will be given priority. In the recent assessments these included:
Poverty: Interventions to increase the economic mobility of families and improve economic stability through employment, housing security, health care, food security and education.
Access to Affordable Health Care: Interventions that remove barriers to health care access such as lack of health insurance, poor access to transportation and limited health care resources.
Access to Affordable Housing: Interventions that improve access to affordable housing and address housing instability factors.
Access to Healthy Food: Interventions that remove barriers to healthy food access such as food assistance programs and access to transportation to healthy food sources for people living in food deserts.
Access to Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services: Interventions that remove barriers to receiving treatment for mental health conditions.
More Information: Detailed instructions on how to apply may be found by visiting www.centrahealth.com/foundation/grants
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Work Later, Drink Now [S01 – S02]: 2x9
The Third Glass
So-hee gets ready to visit her mother in Gwangju on her day off, and Book-goo accompanies her for the first time. However, strangely, he seems all too familiar with her place. Seon-jung and Sun-guk are arguing about Sun-guk's birthday dinner with their parents, and Ji-yeon pokes her nose into it to solve the problem. Meanwhile, Ji-goo is worried about Ji-yeon as she cannot get in touch with her.
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On Thursday, SJW Group (NYSE: SJW) and Connecticut Water Service (NASDAQ: CTWS) announced plans to merge, which would create the third-largest investor-owned water and wastewater utility in the United States.
Connecticut Water stock soared to a closing gain of 9.7% on Thursday, and has tacked on another approximately 3.5% on Friday, as of 12:30 p.m. EDT, with shares hovering around $59.67. SJW Group stock closed down 4.1% on Thursday, though it has climbed back on Friday, with shares up 3.6% in midday trading.
After several years of robust performance, including outperformance by the larger players in 2017, most water utility stocks have pulled back sharply since late last year. Given this fact and the considerable benefits of size and geographic diversity in this space, there could be more mergers in the industry ahead.
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Under the terms of the all-stock deal, Connecticut Water shareholders will receive 1.1375 shares of SJW Group common stock for each share of Connecticut Water common stock they own, the equivalent of $61.86 per share, or a total of about $750 million, based on SJW's closing stock price on Wednesday, March 14. Connecticut Water stock closed at $52.57 per share on Wednesday, so the buyout price includes a premium of 17.7%. Following closing of the transaction, SJW shareholders will own about 60% of the combined company, and Connecticut Water shareholders will own approximately 40%.
The combined company brings together San Jose-based SJW's operations in California and Texas with Clinton, Connecticut-based Connecticut Water's operations in its namesake state and Maine, and will serve more than 1.5 million people. (While Connecticut Water is a rather typical water and wastewater utility, SJW has fairly sizable market-based real estate operations.) It would have revenue of about $496 million and recurring net income of $74 million, based on 2017 pro forma results. The press release states that the combined entity will be the third-largest investor-owned water and wastewater utility in the U.S. based on pro forma enterprise value and combined rate base. From a market capitalization standpoint, as of today, it would be roughly tied with California Water Service ($1.9 billion) for No. 3, behind American Water Works (NYSE: AWK) ($14.6 billion) and Aqua America ($6.0 billion).
SJW Group CEO Eric Thornburg will serve as CEO of the combined company, while Connecticut Water CEO David Benoit will become President, New England Region. The merger is expected to close by year-end 2018, and is subject to customary closing conditions and approvals.
The anticipated benefits to profitability are robust. The combined company is expected to be accretive to each company's stand-alone earnings per share (EPS) in the first fiscal year following the closing, and accretion in EPS should increase to mid to high single digits over the next couple of years. Moreover, a beefier balance sheet "will result in a stronger financial foundation and increased capital markets access yielding a lower cost of capital, which will better enable the new organization to compete for attractive growth opportunities on a national level," according to the press release.
Indeed, I've been advising water utility investors for years to more heavily focus on larger companies with broader geographic footprints as they have a huge benefit over other players in this space. Larger size typically brings more financial resources to make acquisitions. Less obviously, greater geographic diversity expands a company's pond for fishing for attractive acquisition candidates, as it's much more cost-efficient for water utilities to expand in areas near where they already operate. This is largely why I've long trumpeted American Water as the best play in the water utility space. The company's market cap is more than twice as large as that of the industry's second-largest player operating in the U.S., Aqua America, and it has regulated operations in 16 states, versus Aqua's eight states.
Along with receiving an attractive premium to the value of their stock, Connecticut Water shareholders will receive another benefit from their East Coast company's marriage to its West Coast suitor: a dividend boost. The new company is expected to set a dividend at least equivalent to SJW Group's announced 2018 annual dividend of $1.12 per share. This represents an immediate dividend hike of about 7% for Connecticut Water shareholders.


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Q: Is it possible to use HTML5 in a ASP.NET MVC project in Visual Studio 2010? For now, I just want to use the <audio> and <video> tags and maybe try out the drag and drop features since these are supported by Firefox 3.6. The project will just be a test project, not necessarily for production.

A: The big idea behind ASP.NET MVC is that you have total control over the generated HTML, so you just need to use the tags as you wish, no additional work required.

A: I wanted a bit more control over the inputs and the ability to use postback on the controls, so I built a suite of HTML 5 Controls.  It's got canvas and just about all of the new input types.  As was said earlier, one big limitation is the browser your user brings to the site.  The inputs will fail gracefully to Input Type="text".

A: Change the DOCTYPE on your master page to
<!DOCTYPE html>

and ignore any validation errors you get.  I think you'll be ok.

A: Absolutely. You can output whatever HTML you'd like.
The HtmlHelpers may not output your desired HTML but its not that hard to change them.

A: Yes just change the doctype. but the question is does your users have a browser that supports HTML5 ?