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I like mine made with a little milk! I also love salt and pepper on them!
I made them that way for years. A little salt and a LOT of pepper.
Lord knows what is wrong with my eyes these days – forgive errors, obviously l mean Apple Cider and not the horrendous word that is there instead of a basic apple!
No problem I did figure you meant ACV.
Hey Ruth, good post … okay dokie here we go …totally agree on free range eggs, they are bigger and tastier .. for eggs for Suze and l, we use 6 eggs if shop bought or 4 eggs if free range.
I don't think I ever realized that eggs had flavor until we started eating eggs from our own hens. They are delicious!
Your recipe sounds like it might have a bit of a kick to it. There is so much you can do with scrambled eggs.
You are right, you never notice the difference till you notice, if that makes sense.
Scrambled eggs a la Ruth Style – l could have said a la Don't Eat It, but that's just wrong, so it is A la Ruth.
So how do you make yours?
Yes, "Don't Eat It" only applies to the soap. Much of the other thing we do involve things that should be eaten. LOL. Thanks for the reblog.
I have scrambled eggs every morning and it's my ideal breakfast! I just add a drop of soy milk (I much prefer soy to regular milk in eggs!) a little bit of butter and a dash of salt. I used to add pepper and coriander to them but it got a bit much.
Oregano? I don't know about that. But I will definitely try the onion powder. I do like adding the cheese at the end, too.
When I started using oregano I was surprised how much I liked it.
I like oregano, but with pizza, meatballs… Italian meals. Scrambled eggs seem to be from a different fairy tale.
That sounds delicious Ruth. My mom always made scrambled eggs for two with Mrs. Dash seasoning and she would put in Velveeta – very creamy tasting. I just thought of you a few minutes ago. I was responding to a comment from a fellow blogger who lives in California, but grew up in Ohio and has family living in Traverse City. She mentioned a place she went to that served cinnamon toast. Many followers said they loved it as a child – I did too. She said the butter was tasty – probably a secret recipe. My mom had a cookbook published by Gloria Pitzer, "The Secret Recipe Detective" and she subscribed (by mail) to her newsletters. This was years ago – Gloria Pitzer named her recipes outrageous titles, and she would figure out the contents for all the tasty treats in franchise restaurants. I discovered she passed away last January – and near you. This was a sample of her recipes – a lot of fun!
Thanks for the link Linda. I never heard of her before and yes being from Marysville she was not far from us at all. I would have never guessed some of the ingredients in those recipes. The "ask your neighbor show sounds interesting as well. Do you listen to it?
It was an interesting show but on years ago – I think Bob Allison was the host on WJR at the time, maybe it was Warren Pierce. My mom listened to WJR throughout the day for years. They had local hosts for programs all day and she enjoyed them, but then they started having syndicated shows like Rush Limbaugh and she switched to WWJ. She really like when Gloria Pitzer made a guest appearance on the show – she subscribed to the newsletter which featured some of her recipes from her book and she decided to order it. It has some fun things in it – even drinks that she devised the concoction for, like Coca-Cola. And always funny names.
Not everyone "gets" me. When I give things names like "Salad Bar" or "Breakfast Bar" Soap some people just think it is weird. LOL.
I think "quaint" and "quirky" are much more creative than just plain names – they are catchy. When I no longer could use Purpose mild cleaning wash on my hands because they changed the formula, I tried to many different soaps, made of different things (vegetables and fruits, mint, etc.) and I went on Amazon to read the reviews about Purpose Soap – sometimes people will mention alternatives to use. Someone suggested "Tone" with cocoa butter. I bought it – the smallest package. No more issues and I was paying a lot for the Purpose and this is very cheap. So I should have thought of that 2-3 years ago. Meanwhile, do you remember I mentioned how one of the reporters on WWJ goes to different Michigan small companies and interviews the owners. Now we were mentioning odd names … this is a woman who does soap and scents and other things – look at the name of her website … vegan and organic.
I think quirky probably describes me. LOL. I went to the Tone soap website to see what the ingredients are in their soap and saw review where some people are saying that they can't find it and they are not making it any more. Are you still able to find it? I think maybe I should try making something with similar ingredients. If I do and sent you are bar would you try it and let me know how it compares to Tone?
I did look up the ingredients for that soap and think I can make something similar. I am glad you stocked up on the one that works for you.
I have one customer that has very sensitive skin and I make her a soap that one has 3 ingredients – lard, water and lye. It is a plain white bar with no scent and very gentle on the skin. It's the only thing she uses and she orders it by the batch.
That is good to know and you initially told me you could make up something if need be. That might be the choice for me if they stop making Tone. I could not believe my good fortune to discover Tone after trying countless types of soap.
I take a drive out to a farm for eggs for my folks these days, much better way to support local farmers, they apparently taste better, and surprisingly they're a tad cheaper too! Onion powder & dried oregano, not thought of either of those. I actually don't like eggs, but my dad quite enjoys scrambled eggs at least once a week or more so I'll share this with him!
We like parmesan and chopped up fresh chives. I always cook mine in butter, I love the flavor.
I agree butter is the best to cook them in. The chives are starting to green up so I may have to pick some for our next batch of scrambled eggs.
i like chives on sunny side.
Oh chives on sunny side sounds good.
I enjoyed reading what you do with eggs. John likes food PLAIN, so I add nothing, and he is happy. I'll bet my son would love your additions, though. I'll have to try them the next time he is here for breakfast.


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COVID-19 tracker: Leon County's cases up 130%; Florida cases surge 42%
Mike Stucka
USA TODAY NETWORK
New coronavirus cases leaped in Florida in the week ending Sunday, rising 42% as 15,684 cases were reported. The previous week had 11,048 new cases of the virus that causes COVID-19.
Florida ranked fifth among the states where coronavirus was spreading the fastest on a per-person basis, a USA TODAY Network analysis of Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the latest week coronavirus cases in the United States increased 10.4% from the week before, with 92,148 cases reported. With 6.45% of the country's population, Florida had 17.02% of the country's cases in the last week. Across the country, 28 states had more cases in the latest week than they did in the week before.
Many places did not report cases and deaths around the Fourth of July, which would shift those cases into the following week and make week-to-week comparisons inaccurate.
Leon County reported 161 cases in the latest week. A week earlier, it had reported 70 cases. Throughout the pandemic it has reported 33,402 cases and 332 deaths.
Pam Saulsby, a spokeswoman for the local Department of Health, acknowledged that local health officials "certainly are" aware of the rise. On Friday, the local health department tweeted that the positivity rate for the week so far was at 6.83%.
"In part the increase is tied to summer camp outbreaks effecting younger children/teens," the department said on Twitter. "We encourage those eligible, to get vaccinated. We're increasing our contact tracing efforts to attempt to contain the virus and prevent its spread further in the population."
In a weekly situation report on Thursday, the department noted that despite the higher positivity rate "COVID-19-related hospitalizations have remained at low levels, and we have not yet confirmed new deaths in Leon County due to the virus within the last 2 weeks."
More:Masks, tests, vaccines — how do you choose a safe summer camp for your kids?
More:State points to first case of Delta variant of COVID-19 in Leon County; only case in Big Bend
Gadsden County, meanwhile, reported 21 cases in the latest week. A week earlier, it had reported seven cases. Throughout the pandemic it has reported 5,854 cases and 99 deaths.
Wakulla County reported 20 cases in the latest week. A week earlier, it had reported 10 cases. Throughout the pandemic it has reported 3,593 cases and 56 deaths.
Jefferson County reported two cases in the latest week. A week earlier, it had reported one case. Throughout the pandemic it has reported 1,532 cases and 28 deaths.
Franklin County reported two cases in the latest week. A week earlier, it had reported nine cases. Throughout the pandemic it has reported 1,375 cases and 20 deaths.
Within Florida, the worst weekly outbreaks on a per-person basis were in Baker, Nassau and Hardee counties. Adding the most new cases overall were Miami-Dade County, with 2,930 cases; Broward County, with 1,470 cases; and Duval County, with 1,403. Weekly case counts rose in 56 counties from the previous week. The worst increases from the prior week's pace were in Miami-Dade, Duval and Orange counties.
>> See how your community has fared with recent coronavirus cases
Florida ranked 21st among states in share of people receiving at least one shot, with 54.2% of its residents at least partially vaccinated. The national rate is 54.9%, a USA TODAY analysis of CDC data shows. The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, which are the most used in the United States, require two doses administered a few weeks apart.
In the week ending Sunday, Florida reported administering another 537,139 vaccine doses, including 225,470 first doses. In the previous week, the state administered 285,031 vaccine doses, including 132,493 first doses. In all, Florida reported it has administered 21,299,517 total doses.
Across Florida, cases fell in nine counties, with the best declines in Suwannee, Okeechobee and Charlotte counties.
In Florida, 213 people were reported dead of COVID-19 in the week ending Sunday. In the week before that, 217 people were were reported dead.
A total of 2,381,148 people in Florida have tested positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic began, and 37,985 people have died from the disease, Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the United States 33,717,567 people have tested positive and 605,526 people have died.
>> Track coronavirus cases across the United States
The USA TODAY Network is publishing localized versions of this story on its news sites across the country, generated with data from Johns Hopkins University and the Centers for Disease Control. If you have questions about the data or the story, contact Mike Stucka at mstucka@gannett.com.

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Rally supports gun background checks
Jun 15th, 2013 · 0 Comment
Six months after the Newtown Square, Conn. massacre, local residents ask for action
By Nicole Brown, Staff Writer, The Times
A supporter of universal background checks for gun purchases holds her sign at a rally, Friday, to commemorate the six-month anniversary of the school shootings in Newtown Square, Connecticut. The event, one of many across the state was organized by Mayors Against Illegal Guns and local community groups.
WEST CHESTER — Six months after the fatal shooting in Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, around 60 people gathered at the old courthouse steps at a "We Stand With Newtown" rally to show their support for universal background checks for gun purchase legislation, Friday.
This rally is one of many that occurred Friday across the country. Pennsylvania is among ten states participating, and within the state, Allentown, Mt. Lebanon, and Wormleysburg also had rallies.
Organized by the Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG) organization and gun law advocacy groups in each community, the rallies were held to encourage people to speak with their state and federal representatives about gun laws.
MAIG spokesperson Kate Downen explained that the organization hopes people will motivate state senators to reconsider their votes against background checks and urge representatives to support the bi-partisan background check legislation in the House of Representatives.
"In Pennsylvania, 88 percent of voters support background checks, so these events are being held to urge elected officials to stand with the people of their state and do what's right for the safety of PA families and communities," Downen said.
Chester County residents supporting expanded gun ownership background checks display signs during Friday's rally to support legislation requiring them in most gun transactions.
The rally in West Chester was largely organized by the Chester County chapter of the Organizing For Action (OFA) campaign, as well as the West Chester Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence (WCCPGV).
OFA volunteer Vicki Damiani welcomed the people at the rally and introduced all the speakers.
The speakers included Cassandra Jones, vice president of West Chester Borough Council and gun violence survivor; Tom Buglio, director of the WCCPGV; Starr Cummin Bright, a Chester County native and gun violence survivor; and Orla Treacy, a representative of CeaseFirePA, a coalition of advocates and survivors against gun violence and illegal gun trafficking.
Jones emphasized her belief that congress needs to recognize the over 90 percent of Americans who support background checks, instead of the minority percentage of people who are concerned with their second amendment rights. She added that background check advocates are not against the right to own firearms. They are simple concerned with the safety of the nation, specifically the children.
"I've realized that America's obsession with guns has really produced a river of blood that washes over the streets of our nation," Jones said. "Sadly, this river flows mainly from the bodies of our own children."
Buglio spoke of what he sees as a trend after tragic events, including the Columbine school shooting, Nickel Mines school shooting, and shooting of congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, which is that people, including many politicians, forget about them and fail to recognize the need for gun violence prevention legislation.
"The prevailing wisdom was that gun safety was a losing issue at the ballot box, despite the fact that 30,000 Americans were losing their lives to gun violence every year," he said. "Sandy Hook, finally, shook up our nation enough to put the problem of gun violence in the national spotlight."
Bright shared her story about being shot in a meeting held at a church by a man she had never directly spoken to and dealing with the physical and mental trauma afterward. She also spoke of the fear that drives people to buy guns, but noted that gun owners have a higher risk of being tragically affected by gun violence.
"My request is instead of taking a fear-based stance to arm ourselves, that we consider the damage a bullet can do," she said.
Treacy reminded everyone that background checks can save lives and the only people who have something to fear from background checks are criminals who should not own firearms in the first place.
She, along with the other speakers, encouraged everyone to write to or call Congressman Jim Gerlach to show support for more federal gun laws.
"Background checks and this movement aren't going away," Treacy said. "We're not going away."
Among the attendees at the rally were five students from the Lincoln University of Pennsylvania.
One of the students Liani Smith said that she and the other students want to bring more awareness to their university and are planning to start a chapter of the OFA at their campus.
"We want to get this action that we see here today back to where we live," Smith said.
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Lionel Messi Ordered To Demolish His Luxury £26 million Hotel
Laura Sanders
Published 11:39, 08 December 2021 GMT
| Last updated 11:39, 08 December 2021 GMT
Lionel Messi has been ordered to demolish his luxury Barcelona hotel.
The footballer owns the £26 million MiM Sitges Hotel, which is a four star boutique hotel located at the heart of Sitges in the Catalonian capital.
Spanish news publication El Confidencial claims that the court has ordered Messi to demolish the property because it doesn't meet the required building regulations in Barcelona.
According to the report, the balconies on Messi's hotel are too big and risk causing the building to collapse if they're not downsized or removed.
The building's fire escape plan also isn't up to standard.
Messi bought the property in 2017 and was apparently unaware that the building had already been ordered for demolition by the time he became the owner. El Confidencial claims that the Ballon d'Or winner was only made aware of the issues when they approached him for comment.
Messi, who's spent the majority of his life in Barcelona after joining the LaLiga club at age 13, also reportedly owns hotels in Ibiza and Majorca.
In August 2021, the Argentine transferred to Paris Saint-Germain on a two-year contract.
Related: Lionel Messi Leaves Behind £6m Mansion In PSG Transfer
The 34-year-old has struggled to give his best game since moving into Parc des Princes, but he pulled it out of the bag last week and won the Ballon d'Or for a record seventh time, ahead of Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski. His son, Thiago, had a rather confused reaction to his father's trophy.
Related: Lionel Messi's Emphatic Response To Director Asking His Wife Antonela To Step Aside At Ballon d'Or Ceremony
During the Ballon d'Or ceremony, a humble Messi used his acceptance speech to say that Robert Lewandowski deserved the trophy and that he was robbed of it last year.
"I'd like to mention Robert, it's been a real honour to compete with him," Messi said on stage. "I think France Football should award you your 2020 Ballon d'Or, you deserved it."
Featured Image Credit: PA/mimhotels.com
Topics: Lionel Messi, Travel
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Dad And Daughter Leave Hotel Quarantine After One Day Due To Loophole


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Derive the missing number and/or write as many related number sentences as you can think of when you explore number bonds using our Number Mountains. The mountain side shows a missing number. Students check their answer on the opposite side. Each number mountain measures 68mm high.


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Q: Visual Studio Code "editor.showUnused": true not working I'm trying to make Visual Studio Code detect unused Python imports. One of the ways is to type "editor.showUnused": true into the setting.json file.
{
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}

But it just doesn't work for me, even if I reloaded VSCode. I also went into VSCode settings and checked the box for "control fading out for unused code", which also did not work.
PyCharm automatically fades out unused imports. Is there a way to do the same in VSCode?

A: {"editor.showUnused": true} is VS Code default setting. The value controls fading out of unused code and decides if the unused modules are displayed solidly:

To fix your question, you can reset the VS Code. Delete everything between the two curly braces in User settings.json, save the file, and VS Code will go back to using the default values.
If the question still exists, it's recommended to uninstall VS Code completely:

Delete all settings: turn to directory \userfolder\AppData\Roaming\Code and delete the whole folder.

Delete all extensions: \userfolder\.vscode\extensions and delete the whole folder.

Then install VS Code again.

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Ле́нинцы () — деревня в составе Глушанского сельсовета Бобруйского района Могилёвской области Республики Беларусь.

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До 20 ноября 2013 года входила в состав Гороховского сельсовета.

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 1999 год — 9 человек
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Dyson cleans up robotics with Vicon
There are few names that are as synonymous with innovation as Dyson. The company has become a watchword for invention and improvement ever since its founder and chief engineer, James Dyson became frustrated by his vacuum cleaner's performance and took it apart to invent the world's first bagless vacuum cleaner. Today, its vacuum cleaners, hand dryers, bladeless fans, heaters and more are sold in over 70 countries with design quality at the heart of its success.
A key area for future Dyson technology is robotics. The company began working with Imperial College's Prof Andrew Davison in 2005 and in 2014 announced a new £5m robotics lab based at the college. The unveiling of Dyson's 360 Eye robotic vacuum cleaner is just the start of exploring future robot technology development for the home and beyond, in both the Imperial College facility and in Dyson's R&D laboratory at their Malmesbury headquarters.
Enabling robots to work in the real world, through improved vision and computer processing power is no easy feat. It might sound easy to navigate a house.But every home has different furniture, curtains, flooring - all laid out differently and liable to be moved. High-performing domestic robots therefore need to undertake complex tasks while adapting to a constantly changing environment – something many existing products on the market simply can't do.
Dyson has overcome this flaw with traditional robotic vacuum cleaners by recruiting the brightest minds in robotics, working with world class universities and creating best in class research, development and testing facilities at its headquarters in Malmesbury.
Chris Smith, Dyson electronics test systems leader, takes up the story: "At Dyson we encourage our engineers to test ideas rather than spending lots of time thinking hypothetically. That means we do lots of testing and validation particularly around robotic behaviours. We need to be able to test for every user interaction we can think of."
When Dyson began planning for a new advanced robotics laboratory at its Malmesbury headquarters they started looking at new motion capture systems to further increase their understanding of machine behaviours. Much of the motion capture work takes place in the development testing phase to test the implementation of designs and software before products go into home trialling tests.
Vicon technology has given them the opportunity to get real-time and more accurate data as well as gain greater insight into measurements that were not previously obtainable with the original system such as heights, pitches and rolls. The Bonita family of cameras can capture speeds of up to 250 fps, which means Dyson can easily and precisely capture fast moving objects and track multiple items in the laboratory workspace. The robot testing team combines the motion capture technology with optical recording and a daylight simulator (which replaces the role of the sun) to ensure the lab is always at its optimal set up and closely resembles real-world conditions.
The Benefit
The cameras have been vital in helping the team test the robot behaviours. It's used to test overall cleaning patterns such as where the robots go and how they got there. They have also used it for testing and improving navigation systems. Finally it's also used for tracking control, to ensure the robotic cleaners take the most efficient cleaning paths, and object tracking the robot's ability to detect and navigate around obstacles in the home.
Mike Aldred, Dyson Robotics lead, said: "Motion capture has allowed us to split and co-develop testing so we can help the robots to better understand 'where they are' and behaviours 'what they do with where they are'. The Vicon technology allowed us to test extremes - it meant we could work out how much tolerance the robots will take before they break. We've been able to take them to high speeds to test safety, evaluate reaction times for movements and even look at what happens if they fail at speed."
"It helps us gauge how the robots will act in different scenarios such as on different types of carpet" says Aldred. "If you've got a shagpile carpet rather than a traditional household carpet it means we can really understand exactly how the cleaner sensors would react, and how their movement could affect cleaning ability in order to give us a better sense of the error model. Having real-time data allows us to test, see the results and immediately react to them."
The results from the testing haven't thrown up major surprises but when things did go wrong it has helped them confirm that their thinking was on the right lines. For example it helped the team to analyse when slips or traction in carpets were caused by bumps – so the robotic cleaners were able to make a decision on what to do next. It's helped bring together what the robot thinks it's doing closer to what it's actually doing.
Improved accuracy of data has also reduced having to repeat tasks with the number of cameras also allowing Dyson to scale up their test area for more scenarios. Aldred adds "Taking out the need to repeat tests means we have to do a lot less iterations. Previously we conducted about 100,000 tests and now we've rapidly reduced the amount of tests meaning we are between 25-100 times quicker depending on the tests we are doing."


Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee announced on Monday that sighting of moon was not reported in Pakistan and First Muharram 1439 Hijri will be on Tuesday, September 11.
The meeting of Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee for sighting the moon of Muharram-ul-Haram was held at the Ministry of Religious Affairs in Islamabad.
Ruat-e-Hilal Committee Chairman Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman while talking to the media said that the 10th of the Muharram will come on September 21 (Friday).
The committee announced after the meeting that no report of moon sighting was report from any zonal committee, therefore holy month of Muharram will start from September 11 and Ashura will be observed on Friday September 21.


Art Journal Open is pleased to present a three-part, three-author project by Natilee Harren, Karl Haendel, and Nate Harrison. It examines appropriation as an artistic strategy that pressures both the legal and conceptual definitions of authorship. In a case study of the Los Angeles–based artist Haendel's practice of recirculating images, Harren, an assistant professor of art history at the University of Houston, explores three telling "episodes" in Haendel's work over the past dozen years in her series "Knight's Heritage: Karl Haendel and the Legacy of Appropriation." The artist Nate Harrison, a faculty member in the MFA program at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, responds to Harren's texts with a critical reminder of the historical specificity of postmodernism and appropriation. Haendel himself vividly evokes his working methods by assembling some 130 images from his analogue archive of 10,000 found images and photographs into thematic animations, created especially for the project.
This project embodies Art Journal Open's commitment to fostering new formats for critical thinking on the web. The Art Journal Open editorial platform takes full advantage of the unique qualities of web-based media to present artists' projects, scholarly essays, and timely criticism. In this project, all three are presented on equal footing, underscoring the fact that no single format constitutes the historical record. Embracing the evolving nature of multimedia formats and techniques, this site seeks to serve as a provisional, suggestive, and projective archive for contemporary art.
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Get set for the first celestial event of 2019: The "Super Wolf Blood Moon" will rise Sunday evening, January 20. That means a supermoon and a blood moon will occur at the same time.
According to TimeandDate.com, the first full moon of the year is known as the "Wolf Moon" and is named after howling wolves.
A supermoon is a full moon occurring at perigee, the moon's closest point to Earth in its orbit. A supermoon can appear up to 14% bigger and 30% brighter than a "micromoon", or 7% bigger than an average full moon.
As previously mentioned, the difference in size and brightness is due to the moon's proximity to Earth. We often think of the moon orbiting around the Earth in a perfect circle, but the reality is that the orbit is more elliptical in nature. As a result, the moon can be as "close" as 225,310 miles from Earth during perigee — this is known as a "supermoon".
On the other side of the orbit, the moon is 251,904 miles away from Earth — this is apogee, and the moon looks smaller (hence the nickname "micromoon").
What is a "blood moon"?
We're in for a treat: In addition to being a "supermoon", this month's full moon will also experience a lunar eclipse, taking on a reddish/orangish tint during transit.
Did you know that "moonlight" does not originally come from the moon? Instead, sunlight that reflects off the moon's surface and travels to Earth.
During a lunar eclipse, the moon passes through the Earth's shadow (known as the "umbra"); the shadow then blocks the Sun's light from illuminating the moon as it normally does. Enough sunlight is able to reach the moon to keep it visible, but that light undergoes rayleigh scattering as it passes through Earth's atmosphere, turning to a reddish hue (similar to the process that causes reddish skies at sunrise and sunset).
Depending on the amount of water vapor, clouds, water droplets, dirt, dust and ash in the atmosphere at the time of the eclipse, the moon will appear in various shades of red compared to previous lunar eclipse events.
When is the best time to see the Super Wolf Blood Moon lunar eclipse?
The best time to view this Super Wolf Blood Moon undergo the eclipse will be after 9:30 p.m. Sunday, January 20; it is at this time that the moon begins to pass into Earth's shadow.
According to Space.com, the total eclipse will begin at 11:41 p.m. EST and peak at 12:13 a.m.; the total eclipse will end at 12:43 a.m.
While the eclipse will already be happening by the time the moon rises for some residents of Alaska and Hawaii, people in the rest of the country will have a chance to see every stage of the event, depending on local weather conditions.


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TS D.Ed first year 2019 Exams Time Table, Hall Tickets, #Results: TS #DEd #FirstYear Exams 2019 #TimeTable, Telangana D.Ed First Year Public Exams 2019 Time Table, TS D.Ed First Year 2019 Exams Time Table, Hall Tickets, Results,TS D.Ed 1st Year 2019 Annual Exams Schedule, TS D.Ed I year Exam Time Table for Regular and Backlog Batch.
Director of government examinations board, Government of Telangana State has announced the D. Ed first year, 2018 -2020 batch examination fee schedule in this month March, 2019 and these schedule is applicable to failed candidates in earlier D.Ed batches to appear these exams. The Board of Secondary Education officials had already informed to all the principals of D. Ed Colleges that first year exams will be conducted in the month of April 2019 (April 15 to 27).
Now, the BSE Telangana, Director of Government Examinations, Director Surender Reddy has announced the Diploma in Education first year Annual Examinations 2019 will be conducted in the month of June 2019 and the Time Table or schedule to be announced in this month. These D.Ed annual examinations will start from as per the schedule and Failed candidates that means old batch of students also came take part in these examinations. These examinations will be held in April, 2019 by 09 am to 12.00 Noon. The only students of Telangana State may have followed the same methodology.
Candidates are advised to D.Ed first year hall tickets can be obtained from their DIET Colleges or private elementary teacher training institutes. This hall ticket is the entry pass of the examination hall, So candidates must keep their hall ticket while you are going to the examination hall.
Flash news: The D.El.Ed. I Year Examinations for the batch 2018-2020 are scheduled to be conducted in the of April ( 15 to 27-04-2019).
As per schedule TS D.Ed 1st Year exams would be conducted in this month..
sir exams postponed ayinavi Dec. 10 ki ani talk vastundi it's real or not?
But in today Eenadu news paper there is some confusion regarding this??
can you kindly clarify the exams date once again??


PhDr. Jana Horvathová is descended from the Holomek family – the original Romany who settled in Moravia at the end of the 17th century. She completed her doctoral studies in history at the Faculty of Philosophy, Masaryk University, where she went on to study museology. She was among the group of experts who found the Museum of Roma Culture in Brno, in 1991. She has been its Director since 2003.
Chad Evans Wyatt is a portrait photographer, active in the Washington, DC area since 1976. He was born into a family of musicians, and grew up in New York and Paris, France. His professional career started, and continues substantially in the portrayal of people in the arts. His works are included in the music collections of the Smithsonian Institution, the Library of Congress, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington. He has photographed five US Presidents and countless other personalities, both for publication and privately.
In 1993, he accompanied his wife to Praha, in her successful search for Czech relatives 40 years silent behind the Iron Curtain. With the encouragement of Arnošt Lustig, Wyatt began work immediately on what would become 101 Artists in the Czech Republic, finished in 2000, and exhibited both in Praha and Washington. The project's book was awarded Best Thematic Photography Book at the 2000 Praha Book Fair. 101 led directly to Roma rising / Romské obrození, portraits of mostly unknown Roma in the Czech Republic who have succeeded in work at the middleclass and professional level. This project has now visited 13 countries, and 30 exhibition sites.
Anna Poláková was a men's custom tailor. Since January of 1998, she has worked for Czech Radio 1 – Radiojournal – where she edits the O Roma vakeren program ("The Roma Speak"). While thus employed, she studied Social Activities in the Environment of Ethnic Minorities at the Evangelical Academy in Praha. She now studies at Masaryk University in Brno. At the same time, she assists people living in one of the socially sequestered localities in the Kladno region.
Mgr. Jana Šustová completed her studies in Social Work at the Faculty of Philosophy at Masaryk University. Her first work was as Editor of Social Policy Magazine, a specialised monthly published by the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs. She has been active at Czech Radio since 2000. She started there in the Internet Editorial Board, Czech Radio broadcasts directed abroad, where she was responsible for the websites of the Russian and German Editorial Board, in addition to her responsiblities for the Roma website. During 2005, she switched to Czech Online Radio, where she continues her work on the Roma websites and where she has founded the www.rozhlas.cz/nabozenstvi website, covering religion. In 2006 she was named panel-member of the Governmental Campaign Against Racism.
MgA. Anna Juránková studied animation and audio-visuals at the Faculty of Multimedia Communications at the Tomáš Bat'a University, she specializes in scenography. She produced several films during and after her studies. Since 2006, she has worked at the Museum of Roma Culture as photographer, video archivist and curator of its video fund. Her work involves finding and arranging photographic and audiovisual materials that serve to document the Museum's work and presentations. The Museum's archive contains pictures and notes made during on the ground research, as well as conversations with Romany elders and other Romany personalities, as well as documents from the numerous events organized by the museum. These video materials are used to create films for exhibitions and to create further documents about the Museum's work. The resulting photographs serve as resource for exhibitions, publications, articles in the media, etc.
Mgr. Khalil Baalbaki was born in Kuwait to Lebanese parents. He has lived in Praha since 1983, where he studied documentary film at FAMU. In 1993, he started working professionally as a portrait, fashion, advertising and news photographer, He has filmed a number of reports on design, fashion and lifestyle for MBC TV. He has worked for Czech Online Radio as cameraman and photographer. For the Czech Radio African Odyssey project, begun in 1995, he monitored and filmed the migration of black storks from Europe to their winter refuge in Africa. Since the creation of the New Odyssey expedition in 2002, he has worked alongside researchers following the migration of black storks to Asia, specifically to Siberia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India and Mongolia. His record of these journeys also documents the lives of inhabitants in the countries through which our tagged black storks travel.


The Corporate Responsibility (CORE) Coalition, a UK civil society coalition, held their annual meeting in London on February 13. The expert presentations at the meeting covered a wide range of aspects of corporate responsibility, particularly pertaining to human rights and the environment. IPSP author Lorraine Talbot participated as a panelist in a debate about the notion of corporate purpose, which is explored at length in Chapter 6 of the IPSP report.
For more information about the report, please visit this page on the CORE website.
To read a draft of the IPSP's Chapter 6, please visit the IPSP website.


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Each one gives you a higher level of control over your keywords, from just "similar keywords" (broad) to requiring the exact isolated phrase (exact match).
Some advertisers find broad match just…too broad, but phrase match too specific! Isn't there something you can use in between? There is!
Modified broad match is a fairly overlooked match type because it's not in the "match types" dropdown when using your Google Adwords interface. It's also not as simple to understand as the other match types, so it makes sense that it doesn't have a wide adoption.
Start by opening the using broad match modifier help article from Google.
Let's go for an example here, using the keyword "Nike shoes".
As you can see, some of these keywords are totally irrelevant. You could eliminate them using negative keywords, but let's not focus on that strategy right now.
While phrase match requires both keywords "Nike shoes" to be in that order, modified broad match allows you to make sure that both words are present, but the order doesn't matter.
what type of Nike shoes should I buy?
These keywords are obviously much more relevant, but still will gain more traffic than if you used phrase match (because they can be unordered).
Beyond just allowing the keywords to be unordered, you can selectively put the + mark beside keywords that absolutely have to be included in the search.
For example, with "+Nike shoes", only the word Nike has a plus sign in front of it. That means that the search MUST contain Nike, and may or may not include the term "shoes".
which sizes of shoes does Nike make?
As you can see, some of the keywords include "shoes", but not all of them. All of them include the term "Nike" though, because Nike had the + sign in front of it.
If you're struggling for traffic from your phrase and exact match keywords, try adding in modified broad match keywords. You may find that your CTR or conversion rate on those keywords goes up, while still driving some serious traffic.
If you put your list of broad keywords into this tool, you can have modified broad match keywords generated automatically for you (since Google's tool doesn't do this natively).


I got one. Theres an invention that lets you see through walls... what is it?
he who makes me sells me to he who does not use me, but he who uses me does not know they're using me ... what am i?
Also to answer my old riddle, To build a house with all sides facing south, the man Must build his house on the exact axis of the south pole.
Taking that into an account the bear must be a polar bear, therefore white.
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Yes, I'm bumping, but this is a fun thread as it challenges people and brings different people together to try to solve riddles. Sorry in advance.
~~ Name an eight letter word that has kst in the middle, in the beginning, and at the end.
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I'll be back in a bit to post a new one.
Right you are, smarty pants!
Window pane...birds fly into them if they're clean.
second's - turtledove are always in a pair, or so Home Alone 2: Lost in New York tells me.
Third I've not a clue.
Whole is known as peace...Turtledove are love and friendship which is peaceful.
Yeah I just had Dove.
You measure my life in hours and I serve you by expiring. I'm quick when I'm thin and slow when I'm fat. What am I?
Yeah I just had candlestick. Good job!
A boy was born in 1955 but just had his 18th birthday today, how did this happen?


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Studio: Network
Certification: PG
Released: 27th April 2020
Alec Guinness stars in this British comedy based on the novel by Arnold Bennett. Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin (Guinness) is a penniless young man who turns fate around to find fame and fortune after inventing some lucrative business strategies, but soon finds himself in a complicated love triangle. The cast also includes Glynis Johns, Valerie Hobson and Petula Clark.
Actors Glynis Johns, Alison Leggatt, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Michael Hordern, Alec Guinness, Gibb McLaughlin, Edward Chapman, Joan Hickson, George Devine, Valerie Hobson, Veronica Turleigh, Petula Clark, Frank Pettingell
Directed by Ronald Neame
Additional info Language(s): English, Interactive Menu, Screen ratio 1:1.37, Mono


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At its September 30, 2014 meeting, the Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) Board approved holding a referendum to seek elector approval for the Hornby Island Fire Hall construction project, which had been identified as an operational priority. Upon further consideration, an alternate approval process (AAP) was preferred.
Elector response forms were received for this AAP between December 4, 2014 and January 15, 2015.
With more than 45 years of service, the Hornby Island Fire Rescue Department had identified a need to replace the aging and unsafe fire hall so as to better serve the citizens of Hornby Island. Inspections and engineers' reports had found the current fire hall to be unsafe, with functional, spatial and seismic deficiencies.
In 2008, the CVRD Board had established a select committee of Hornby Island residents to review the inspections and reports and analyze options to address the need. Based on the recommendations of the select committee, the board endorsed the option of building a new fire hall on Hornby Island.
If approved, the $1.9 million project would be funded by $1.6 million in debt financing, $200,000 in federal gas tax funding (Community Works funding) and $100,000 from reserves. Borrowed funds would be paid back through tax requisition. The net increase to the tax levy over 2014, for the average residential property assessed at approximately $455,000, would be approximately $24 per year.
In order for the CVRD to proceed with the final adoption of Bylaw No. 350, less than 10 per cent of the electors in the Hornby Island Fire Protection Service area would have had to submit an elector response form. In the case of the proposed loan authorization bylaw, the total number of electors within the service was 834; 10 per cent of that number, or 83, would have had to submit an elector response form to prevent the CVRD from adopting Bylaw No. 350 without going to referendum.
At the close of the process on January 15, 2015, 212 elector response forms had been received from the electors in the service area.
Elector approval was not obtained by way of this AAP for the adoption of a bylaw to borrow funds for the construction of a new fire hall on Hornby Island.


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Enhydro Agate EA3 Tumbled Specimen
Enhydro agates are nodules, agates, or geodes with water trapped inside its cavity. Enhydros are closely related to other fluid inclusions, but are composed of chalcedony. The formation of enhydros is still an ongoing process, with specimens dated back to the Eocene Epoch (over 56 Million years ago). They are commonly found in areas with volcanic rock. Enhydro agates are made up of banded microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline quartz. The agate has a hollow center, partially containing water. Enhydro agates can also contain debris or petroleum. Because the cavity is not full, the agate can produce sound from being shaken. Agates vary in size. The largest recorded water agate was found in Fuxin City, China, with a diameter of 63 cm and weighing 310 kg. There, skilled artisans will carve intricate shapes and designs around the water cavity, which often end up in museums, private collections, and high-end auction houses.
Enhydros are formed when water rich in silica percolates through volcanic rock, forming layers of deposited mineral. As layers build up, the mineral forms a cavity in which the water becomes trapped. The cavity is then layered with the silica-rich water, forming its shell. Unlike fluid inclusions, the chalcedony shell is porous, potentially allowing water to enter and exit the cavity very slowly. During the formation of an enhydro agate, debris can get trapped in the cavity. Types of debris varies in every agate.
Metaphysically speaking, Enhydro Agate Crystals assist one in expressing and communicating ones feelings from a heart level. It opens you to deep levels of being and to receiving divine love. This crystal can give one a strong and direct link to the Akashic Records.
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Buddy Thunderstruck – A Stop-Motion Series!
Look out, Netflix! Here comes Buddy Thunderstruck!
From American Greetings Entertainment with Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, Buddy Thunderstruck is an action-comedy, stop-motion extravaganza that follows the adventures of a semi-truck racing dog named Buddy and his albino ferret mechanic. It all goes down in race-obsessed Greasepit, a place chock full of larger-than-life characters and nitro-burning, gear-slamming, tire-squealing, fish-tailing good times. Buddy Thunderstruck will premiere worldwide exclusively on Netflix in 2017 with a 12 episode season.


Monash University as the awarding institution; the Australian higher education system; your award; your academic achievements. ... Weighted Average Mark (WAM); thesis abstract; awarded prizes or special achievements; awarded scholarships; additional course details or special requirements achieved within the course.
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Clemson SC: "Clemson – There's Something in These Hills," a new and visually-stunning coffee table book detailing the history of Clemson University with new and historic photographs, is now on sale in Clemson and other Upstate bookstores.
The beautiful 190-page book is the collaborative effort of lead researcher Trent Allen (Clemson Class of '82) and principal photographer Kevin Bray (Clemson Class of '90). The colorful and informative text guides readers through Clemson's rich history and illuminates important figures who helped guide Clemson College through its formative years. There are over 450 photographs in the book including almost 200 never before-published historical images collected from local families and the Special Collection archives of the Strom Thurmond Institute. These historical images are complemented by over 125 current full-color photographs by Kevin Bray.
Allen and Bray are proud to have contracted with Electric City Press in Anderson, S.C. to print Clemson – There's Something in These Hills. The book retails for $59.95 and is available for purchase online at www.forthillpress.com and at local bookstores in the Upstate and throughout South Carolina.


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Online Training for Fire Companies is Overdue, Says Sankey
HARRISBURG – State Rep. Tommy Sankey (R-Clearfield/Cambria) is glad to see an important segment of emergency responder training enter the 21st century.
Sankey November Outreach to Aid Local Veterans
Cambria County Bridge to Memorialize World War II Veteran
WHAT: The Plank Road/State Route 3047 bridge over the South Branch of Blacklick Creek in Blacklick Township, Cambria County will be renamed the Private First Class Steve L. Klosz Memorial Bridge.
Sankey to Honor Local War Hero in Bridge Renaming
WHAT: The Peg Run Road bridge over the West Branch Susquehanna River in Susquehanna Township, Cambria County, will be officially renamed the United States Army Sergeant Scott O. Henry Memorial Bridge.
Sankey Bridge Dedications to Honor Local Soldiers
HARRISBURG – A pair of Cambria County bridges are about to become official memorials to the life and service of fallen soldiers from Cambria and Indiana counties, according to state Rep. Tommy Sankey (R-Cambria/Clearfield).
Sankey Schedules October Veterans Outreach Events
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CLEARFIELD – Veterans who live in the 73rd Legislative District are encouraged to take advantage of a service being offered by state Rep. Tommy Sankey (R-Clearfield/Cambria) in cooperation with the Pennsylvania American Legion.
Sankey Schedules August Veterans Outreach Events
Sankey Bills to Honor Local Servicemen Become Law
HARRISBURG – Efforts by state Rep. Tommy Sankey (R-Clearfield/Cambria) to honor the contributions of two Cambria County servicemen are officially a success with Gov. Tom Wolf's signature on two pieces of legislation.
Sankey Legislation Addresses Backlog of Untested Rape Kits
HARRISBURG – The recently finalized 2019-20 state budget failed to include funding to specifically address Pennsylvania's backlog of untested rape kits. State Rep. Tommy Sankey (R-Clearfield/Cambria) has a legislative solution.
Sankey Reaches Out to Local Veterans in July
Gabler, Sankey Vote to Advance Key State Budget Bill
HARRISBURG – With support from both sides of the aisle, the state House today approved House Bill 790, the General Appropriations portion of the state budget package. The vote of 140-62 advances the legislation to the state Senate for consideration.
Sankey Schedules April Veterans Outreach Events
CLEARFIELD – Veterans who live in the 73rd Legislative District are encouraged to take advantage of a service being offered by state Rep. Tommy Sankey (R-Clearfield/Cambria)in cooperation with the Pennsylvania American Legion.
State House Passes Sankey Bills to Honor Local Servicemen
HARRISBURG – Legislation that recognizes the contributions of two Cambria County servicemen has advanced to the state Senate, according to the author of the bills, state Rep. Tommy Sankey (R-Clearfield/Cambria).
Sankey Legislation Honors Local Servicemen
HARRISBURG - Two pieces of legislation authored by state Rep. Tommy Sankey (R-Clearfield/Cambria) that would honor local residents were passed unanimously today by the House Transportation Committee.
Clearfield County Legislators Announce Infrastructure Improvement Grants
CLEARFIELD - Brady, Huston and Penn townships are receiving grants through the Department of Community and Economic Development's Multimodal Transportation Fund, according to state Reps. Matt Gabler (R-DuBois) and Tommy Sankey (R-Clearfield).
Gabler, Sankey Team with Local Officials to Answer Veterans' Questions
CLEARFIELD – State Rep. Matt Gabler (R-Clearfield/Elk) is reminding the men and women who serve and have served our country that his monthly veterans outreach event is coming up this Tuesday, Feb. 5, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at his DuBois office in Suite 10 of the DuBois Area Plaza, 1221 East DuBois Ave.
Sankey to Co-Host Neighborhood Safety Event
HASTINGS – State Rep. Tommy Sankey (R-Cambria/Clearfield) is teaming with Sen. Wayne Langerholc Jr. (R-Cambria/Clearfield/Bedford) and officials from Hastings Borough to host a Safe Neighborhood Awareness Event on Saturday, Jan. 19, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Hastings Memorial Building, 280 Beaver St.
Sankey Schedules January Veterans Outreach Events
CLEARFIELD – Veterans who live in the 73rd Legislative District are encouraged to take advantage of a service being offered by state Rep. Tommy Sankey (R-Clearfield/Cambria) in January, in cooperation with the Pennsylvania American Legion.
Legislators Offer Reminder of Property Tax Program Deadline
CLEARFIELD – State Rep. Tommy Sankey (R-Clearfield/Cambria) and the Office of Rep. Matt Gabler (R-Clearfield/Elk) remind residents of the 73rd and 75th districts the deadline for applying to Pennsylvania's Property Tax/Rent Rebate Program is Monday, Dec. 31.
Sankey Appointed Deputy Chairman of House Majority Policy Committee
HARRISBURG – The duties of state Rep. Tommy Sankey (R-Clearfield/Cambria) in the 2019-20 session will include serving as deputy chairman of the House Majority Policy Committee, according to Chairman Donna Oberlander (R-Clarion/Armstrong/Forest).


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Hazardous Material in Schools
Green Cleaning Program
Cleaning chemicals can negatively impact indoor air quality and cause harm to the occupants of a school building. Therefore, the purpose of this policy is to encourage and promote the principles of green cleaning throughout the Newtown Public Schools, in compliance with applicable statutes. The Board of Education encourages and supports efforts to implement green cleaning in all District schools. This shall result in the implementation of a green cleaning program in all District facilities no later than July 1, 2011.
It is the policy of the Newtown Public Schools to achieve the maintenance of clean, safe, and healthy schools through the elimination of contaminants that affect children and adult health, performance and attendance and the implementation of cleaning processes and products that protect health without harming the environment.
The Board of Education will reduce exposure of school building occupants to potentially hazardous chemical cleaning products by adopting this Green Cleaning policy which requires the use of cleaning products in the schools that meet the guidelines or standards set by a national or international certification program approved by the Department of Administrative Services (DAS) in consultation with the Commissioner of Environmental Protection in order to minimize the potential harmful effects on human health and the environment. The Districts' Green Cleaning Program is available on our website at www.newtown.k12.ct.us.
The transition to environmentally and health-friendly cleaning and/or sanitizing products shall be accomplished as soon as possible and in a manner that avoids the waste of existing inventories, accommodates establishment of supply chains for new products, enables the training of personnel in appropriate work practices, and allows the phase-out of products and practices inconsistent with this policy.
"Green Cleaning Program" means the procurement and proper use of environmentally preferable cleaning products in school buildings and facilities.
Alternate Definitions:
(a) Green Cleaning is an approach to facility maintenance that uses cost-effective cleaning products and practices that protect human health and the environment. Cleaning products containing the least toxic compounds are utilized in combination with advanced technology and equipment that provide superior methods for removing dirt, soil, and particulates found in indoor environments.
(b) Green Cleaning is defined as cleaning to protect health without harming the environment. Green cleaning is an accepted movement that uses procedures and products to make cleaning for the health of building occupants, janitors, and the environment a primary concern.
"Environmentally Preferable Cleaning Products" means products or services that have a lesser or reduced effect on human health and the environment when compared with competing products or services that serve the same purpose. Such products must be approved by a Department of Administrative Services (DAS)-approved national or international certification program. This term includes, but is not limited to, general purpose cleaners, bathroom cleaners, glass and carpet cleaners, hand cleaners and soaps, and floor finishes and strippers. Excluded are any disinfectant, disinfecting cleaner, sanitizer or any other antimicrobial products regulated by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act. Also excluded are products for which no guidelines or environmental standard has been established by any national or international certification program approved by the Department of Administrative Services or which is outside the scope of or is otherwise excluded under guidelines or environmental standards established by such a national or international certification program.
Notice Requirements
Annually the District will give to members of the school staff and to parents/guardians who request it, a written copy of this policy. In addition, this written statement shall also include:
the names and types of environmentally preferable cleaning products used in the schools and where in the buildings they are applied;
the schedule for applying the products; and
the name of the school administrator or designee whom the parent/guardian or student may contact for more information.
The notice shall also contain the following statement: "No parent, guardian, teacher, or staff member may bring into the school facility any consumer product which is intended to clean, deodorize, sanitize or disinfect."
In addition, parents/guardians of any child who transfers during the school year, or a new staff member hired during the school year shall be notified of this green cleaning policy.
The Board will also make available on its website a copy of this green cleaning policy.
On or after July 1, 2011, and triennially thereafter, the Board will report to the Commissioner of Education on its green cleaning program, in a manner prescribed by the Commissioner.
(cf. 3524 – Hazardous Materials in Schools)
(cf. 3524.1 – Pesticide Application)
(cf. 7230.2 – Indoor Air Quality)
10-220 Duties of boards of education (as amended by P.A. 09-81 and P.A. 11-136)
10-231a through 10-231d. Pesticide applications at schools
10-231g Green Cleaning Program at schools: Definitions, Implementation, Notice.
22a-46. Short title: Connecticut Pesticide Control Act.
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) 7 U.S. Code 136 et seq.
NEWTOWN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Newtown, Connecticut
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As concerns about chemicals in the environment grow, there is an effort to reduce the amount and type of chemicals people are exposed to every day. In light of this, a law was passed in 2009 by the CT legislature that requires schools to start a Green Cleaning Program in the schools by July, 2011. School Districts need the cooperation of staff and parents to both comply with the law, and protect the health of students and staff.
In accordance with the State of Connecticut Public Act No. 09-81: An Act Concerning Green Cleaning Products in Schools, the Newtown Public School District employs a green cleaning program utilizing environmentally preferable products and equipment throughout its facilities. The Newtown Public School District also employs the Tools for Schools IAQ program to enhance our Green Cleaning Program. No parent, guardian, teacher or staff member may bring into the school facility any consumer product which is intended to clean, deodorize, sanitize or disinfect.
Cleaning standards and practices for the district include:
Utilize cleaning products that comply with criteria in 'Industrial and Institutional Cleaner Specifications' per Green Seal 37.
Utilize cleaning equipment such as: vacuum cleaners with the Carpet and Rug Institutes "Green Label"; auto scrubbers with on-board chemical metering devices; floor buffers equipped with particulate guards and on-board vacuums.
Utilize paper products such as roll towel and toilet tissue which are Green Seal Certified.
Utilize hand soap in restroom dispensers which is Green Seal Certified.
Create a listing of acceptable products utilized for cleaning and maintaining the facility.
Create a listing of prohibited products and chemicals not permitted nor purchased for use in the facility.
Develop requirements for training of custodial personnel appropriate to the building to address green cleaning.
Green Cleaning Administrator:
Robert Gerbert, Director of Operations
gerbertr@newtown.k12.ct.us
Approved Products:
Product Name Product Type Usage Areas Frequency Standard
Tork Universal Bath Tissue Roll(TM1619) Restroom Toilet Tissue Restrooms Daily GS-1
Tork Universal Hand Towel Roll (8031300) Restroom Hand Towel Restrooms Daily GS-1
Product Central PC-102 Glass Cleaner Glass Cleaner Glass, Windows, Mirrors Daily GS-37
Product Central PC-107 Heavy Duty Degreaser Multipurpose Cleaner Restrooms, Kitchens Daily GS-34
Product Central PC-120 Peroxide Multi Surface Cleaner Multipurpose Cleaner Restrooms, Carpets Daily GS-37
Product Central PC-117 Winter clean 365 Floor Cleaner Hard Floor Surfaces Daily GS-37
Product Central PC-121 Prozyme Enzyme Based Cleaner Restrooms As needed UL-2792
Kutol Foaming Luxury Hand Soap (Dye and Fragrance Free) Hand Soap Restrooms Daily GS-41
Product Central 118 EPS Environmentally Preferable Stripper Floor Wax Remover Hard Floor Surfaces Annually GS-40
Product Central 103 Disinfectant Disinfectant Restrooms, Hard Surfaces As needed Exempt from CT-09-81
Diversey Oxivir Disinfectant Restrooms, Hard Surfaces As needed Exempt from CT-09-81
Md Stetson Universal Floor sinish Floor Wax Finish Hard Floor Surfaces Annually GS-40
Prohibited Products:
The following is a list of products that are prohibited for use in Newtown Public Schools:
Aerosols containing ozone depleting products
Non concentrated cleaning products (if concentrate is available)
Products Containing Heavy Metals
Alkylphenol ethoxylates (used as a surfactant in some cleaners)
Phthalatates (used as a surfactant in some cleaners)
Training Requirements:
The following are the requirements for the Green Cleaning Program:
Custodial cleaning techniques will be an integral part of our Green Cleaning Program.
Training will consist of an awareness of the green cleaning as it relates to IAQ.
Training will include specific information regarding our preferred products.
In service training will be provided as needed from our manufacturer(s).
Finally, all green cleaning training will emphasize the goal of a clean, safe and healthy learning and working environment.
Regulation approved:
Revised: May 27, 2021


While Dominica's 2013 Carnival Celebrations have come to a close, the high-flying spirit brought on by nearly two months of celebrating is still in the air.
There are several aspects to Dominica's Carnival including Calypso, Pageantry, and the Carnival *Jump-Up* Parades.
Calypso is a wonderful Caribbean art form and Dominica is well-known for producing many talented Calypsonians – well rounded individuals who can sing, dance, write songs and, above all, PERFORM.
Calypso Songs, often infused with double-entendre, address social ills, make statements about political or social positions, or simply entertain the listeners – sometimes a mixture of all three!
These days, Dominica has two competing 'tents' (groups of Calypsonians) who each have their own weekly competition leading up to the Grand Finale Calypso Monarch Competition where one Monarch is crowned.
Miss Dominica is crowned the Carnival Queen and goes on to represent Dominica in regional and international competitions, as well as being a spokesperson for her cause at home in Dominica.
Also known as 'playing mas', two days of Carnival parades blanket the streets of Roseau from early Monday morning through late Tuesday night. Dominica's Carnival is an up-close & personal experience, where you can easily join a costume band, a t-shirt band or a get a few friends together and join in Jouvert (4 am to 6 am Carnival Monday morning).
Music, dancing, food & drink, vibrant splashes of colour, mixed with cultural heritage and Carnival's own history, all blend together to make Dominica's Carnival a unique and fun experience.
All the contestants, led by the reigning Carnival King and Queen, participate in the costume parades on Carnival Monday & Tuesday.


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Window into Culture: 5 German Film Classics
One of the best ways to understand any culture is by checking out the art it produces. And one of the most engaging, immersive and instructive forms of art is film. Simply put, you can learn a lot about a country by watching movies!
Germany is no exception. The country has a long tradition when it comes to filmmaking. German inventors were at the forefront of developing projector technology in the late 19th century. German directors such as Fritz Lang and F.W. Murnau were making classic movies in the 1920's – like "Metropolis" and "Nosferatu," respectively – that are still watched and studied today.
But it is really in the past 50 years that German films have begun to shine, at least in terms of quality, dramatic heft and global recognition. Even though the great ones are exceptionally made, German movies are not, for the most part, feel-good movies. Happy endings, at least in the traditional American sense, are rare.
This is more a reflection of the purpose of art in Germany, however. Most good German movies grapple with at least one major social issue. Which is to say, they're not just solely for entertainment.
For Americans looking for insight into German culture, here are five great movies with which to begin.
Aguirre: Wrath of God (1972)
Before he played The Client in Disney's "The Mandalorian," Werner Herzog was (and remains) one of the most famous film directors in the world. "Aguirre: Wrath of God" was one of his early masterpieces.
The film stars Klaus Kinski as Don Lope de Aguirre, the ruthless, insane and younger half-brother of famed conquistador Francisco Pizarro. He leads a motley crew of wealth-seekers deep into South American jungles in search of the lost city of El Dorado and its rumored riches. The film is brilliantly German on many levels: which is to say, it's beautifully filmed, not necessarily fast-paced, and honest about the consequences of such an expedition.
The making of the film was almost as celebrated as the movie itself. Herzog filmed on location in the Amazon rainforest in Peru and and clashed frequently with Klinski – to the point where guns were pulled (and fired). Fortunately, no major harm was done and a German classic was completed.
Wings of Desire (1987)
Starring the wonderful German actor Bruno Ganz, "Wings of Desire" tells the story of two angels who watch over the people of Berlin. By turns philosophical, fantastic and deeply moving, the movie somehow manages to be both literate and accessible.
It's also a lovely movie to watch. When the angels are on display, the color switches to a sepia-toned black and white, which may seem a bit jarring for American viewers raised on Hollywood movies. But the change does a great job of communicating an otherworldy perspective.
Good Bye, Lenin (2003)
This is a comedy (!) that also manages to tackle a difficult German subject: namely, the divide between East and West Germany that lasted for nearly half a century following the second world war. "Good Bye, Lenin" does so in a fun and loveable way. Set in 1989, the movie opens with the mother of two nearly grown children lapsing into a coma just before the Iron Curtain falls.
When she wakes from the coma several months later, her children go to greater and greater lengths to convince her that nothing has changed, so that they can preserve her fragile health. It's a highly entertaining and thought provoking movie.
Downfall (2004)
This movie also stars Bruno Ganz, but in a wildly different role than in "Wings of Desire." "Downfall" is about the last days of Hitler, and is one of the most clear-eyed movies made about the dictator. The story, acting, pacing, and tension are incredibly well done. However, the movie can also be incredibly difficult to watch, mostly because it treats the horror involved – by both the dictator and the people surrounding him – with such honesty.
The Lives of Others (2006)
This award-winning movie manages to be tense, chilling and hopeful all at the same time. Set in the 1980s, it follows the story of an East German secret police operative charged with spying on a playwright at the behest of a corrupt minister who is in love with the playwright's girlfriend.
As the movie progresses, and the tension cranks higher and higher, the movie offers excellent insights into the difficulties, choices, and consequences faced by individuals living in a society where every move was watched.
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Indian Tribes of San Bernardino County, California
The Indian Tribes that inhabited San Bernardino County were not a few, and several of them have representatives at the present day. There are the Yuma, who dwell along the Colorado River, from its entrance into Arizona to its outlet, occupying only the river bottoms; the Yuma are so far removed from the settled districts as to belong practically to Arizona. The Serrano and Cahuilla Indians have intermarried for so long a time that now the separate tribes can hardly be distinguished. They occupy divers fruitful valleys in the vicinity of San Bernardino. The Chimehuera and Pah-ute inhabit the sterile desert country north of the San Bernardino valley, rarely visiting the settlements. Already very few in number, they are rapidly becoming extinct. In the early days of San Bernardino these two tribes were very troublesome to the settlers, miners, and particularly to the stockmen, owing to their predilection for stock stealing. Hence resulted contests in which no little blood was shed on both sides. During the civil war these tribes became thoroughly imbued with the spirit of outlawry, and, reinforced by renegade whites, their menaces caused serious fears of a regular attack upon the town of San Bernardino. The Mission Indians, accustomed to whole-some restraints and guidance under the rule of the padres, found themselves homeless, helpless, and without resources or direction, on the carrying into effect of the laws of secularization. No other influence or provision was substituted for those which they then lost, and they were left in the situation of grown-up and untrained children, so that they have for the most part lapsed into the lives of vagrants and outcasts.
The agency for the Mission Indians in this county was established in 1878, with Colonel S. S. Lawson as agent. In 1879-'80 there was great distress among them because of a failure of crops and scarcity of work. The agent rep-resented to the Government the imminent approach of famine among them, and provision was accordingly made for feeding them until after the crisis. Of the six or eight schools established under the agency one is in this county, at the Potrero near Banning. The teacher reports encouraging progress by the pupils. The first census of the Indians in this county seems to have been taken about 1880, under the superintendence of Indian Agent Lawson, who ascertained as nearly as possible the number in each tribe. Of the Serrano, living chiefly at the Potrero, on the Colorado Desert, he found only 212, all told; of the Cahuilla, living mostly in the valleys, he found 204. This is a very small proportion of the tribes, as they mostly live in San Diego County. About the only possession of value in the hands of the Indians of San Bernardino at present is a limited number of horses. Yet there has been a marked improvement in their condition since the establishment of the agency. The Indians of the various tribes in these counties have mostly embraced Christianity, and they attend religious services at the mission chapel when they have an opportunity. The Mission Indians' Consolidated Agency, a Federal institution, comprising some twelve Government employees, has its headquarters at Colton. The only Indian reservation in the county is the one at Banning, which contains about 200 Indians, being known as the Morongo reservation. The Government school here contains about twenty-two pupils, which is about the usual number belonging to these schools. The whole number of Mission Indians in the county at present is about 300. The training in the Indian schools of this agency reach about that grade corresponding to the intermediate grade of the public schools. The division comprehended in San Diego, San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties contains eight day schools for Indians, averaging a daily attendance of eight pupils. The remnant of the Cahuilla are mainly engaged in stock-raising, the other tribes in agriculture, independently on their own lands, or as farm laborers. These Indians are almost self-sustaining. Once yearly the agency issues farming implements, distributed among the various reservations, seventeen in number, the issue not exceeding a value of $6,000, and about $600 are expended annually in relieving the institution comprises sixty acres of land, set to various kinds of trees, and it is a beautiful and valuable property.
6 thoughts on "Indian Tribes of San Bernardino County, California"
Samuel Roy
Hello, my name is Samuel Roy.
I am an independent filmmaker.
I would like to see if I can get in contact with someone to have an interview with.
I am trying to raise awareness about the lives of current day Native Americans.
Please help me get in contact with someone who would like to meet with me.
Angie DeLaRosa
This is very interesting! we the people
of Mentone would like to do a documentary or video on the Cahuilla Indians who had a great influence on our ZANJ A creek which we call the "Sankey" here in Mentone ,CA it's the 200th anniversary this year of the Zanja
Prachana Unakul
I'm planning to visit "San Manuel Pow-Wow 2019" on October 11 so I watched the previous year's activity Youtube and found it interesting. However, if I may comment, it'd be nicer if the Drummers also wear the tribe costume?
Looking forward to an impressive event ahead.
Hi prachanda,
There are many websites to get educated before attending such an event, not to affend you, but these events are held with GREAT RESPECT FOR our CREATER, proper terms should be used in respect For ALL things,for example COSTUME = REGALIA,.I wish you all that is good and hope you had a wonderful time. POWWOWS.COM
E. Bates
In the seventies a coworker gave me a string of heishi worked shell beads that had been collected individually, by her grandmother in the early nineteen hundreds, "around Riverside." I strung them on a necklace that I cherished for a long time, until it broke, and until now I have been holding on to the beads thinking I would rework them. I now know that these would be best utilized going back to the descendants of their makers.
There are about 65 of them, maybe 7 or 8 inches when strung. How do I get them back to you?
Gary Crethers
Hi, Professor Long at CSUSB specializes in this sort of thing. You might contact him at the university or you can contact me – Gary Crethers


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Q: Text binarization I'd like to binarize this image:

to use it with tesseract-ocr. Currently, I managed to get this:

But I need clear image with only text, without black background parts, like this one:

My current code:
img = cv2.imread(path, 0)
blur = cv2.GaussianBlur(img, (3, 3), 0)
filtered = cv2.adaptiveThreshold(img, 255, cv2.ADAPTIVE_THRESH_GAUSSIAN_C, cv2.THRESH_BINARY, 405, 1)
bitnot = cv2.bitwise_not(filtered)
cv2.imshow('image', bitnot)
cv2.imwrite("h2kcw2/out1.png", bitnot)
cv2.waitKey(0)
cv2.destroyAllWindows()

A: A regular threshold can present a good result:

img = cv2.imread(path, 0)
ret, thresh = cv2.threshold(img, 70, 255, cv2.THRESH_BINARY_INV)
cv2.imshow('image', thresh)
cv2.imwrite("h2kcw2/out1.png", thresh)
cv2.waitKey(0)
cv2.destroyAllWindows()


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As phishing becomes a top cyber threat—with losses growing to nearly $30 million in 2017 from $8 million in 2015, according to the FBI—ABA and the Federal Trade Commission today released a new infographic highlighting this growing problem.
ABA Foundation, FTC Release Infographic on Phishing Threat
on	 March 6, 2019 Cybersecurity, Newsbytes
As phishing becomes a top cyber threat—with losses growing to nearly $30 million in 2017 from $8 million in 2015, according to the FBI—the American Bankers Association and the Federal Trade Commission today released a new infographic highlighting this growing problem.
Phishing scams typically involves emails, texts or calls that come from seemingly trusted sources that attempt to trick victims into clicking a link or handing over personal information. Once a scammer has the information, they can use it to steal the victim's money, identity or gain access to their computer.
The infographic provides tips for consumers on how to spot potential scams, how to protect themselves against phishing attempts and how to notify the proper authorities. "One of the best ways to combat phishing is to implement multi-factor authentication, which is a second step to verify you are you, like sending a text to your phone with a confirmation code," said ABA SVP Paul Benda. "We encourage consumers to use MFA for any of their accounts that support it, especially email and financial accounts."
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This post is a part of our Social Media 101 series. You can view the introductory post here.
Facebook is by far the biggest and most used social media platform. Put simply, Facebook is a platform where you can converse with your friends or customers both privately and publicly using photos, videos and messages.
If you are looking to use Facebook for your business, you will need to sign up for a personal profile. You can do that by following the prompts on the Facebook homepage. It is not possible to set up a business page on Facebook without a personal profile.
What do I need to know before getting started on Facebook?
Your home page is also referred to as your news feed. It is a list of posts from people and pages you follow. When you log in to Facebook, this is the first page you will see.
Your profile page is where everything you post or share with your friends is kept in one convenient place. You can find your profile by clicking your name in the top, blue menu bar.
The tabs under your name are the main navigation buttons for personal profiles and are very similar to the tabs on a business page.
A chronological list of everything you have posted.
A sub-page that stores the personal information you have entered about where you have studied, where you were born, your relationship status, your contact details and pages you have liked, etc.
A list of the people you have accepted as "friends". These are the people who can see your profile and what you post.
A compilation of all of the photos you have posted. These can be sorted into albums.
A list that allows you to access information about the pages you have liked, groups you are a part of and videos you have posted.
This is where you post to Facebook.
This is located at the top of the page on both your Profile Page and Home Page. From here you can update your status (ie. let your friends know about the funny thing your kid did), post a photo or video (of your cat in an awkward situation), or create a Photo Album (of all the photos you took on your holiday to Bali). Even though these posts typically can only be seen by your friends, do not post anything on here you wouldn't want your clients (or grandmother) to see. Anything you post on the internet is there forever and there is a high possibility one of your clients will see it.
This is NOT where you post for your business.
Your privacy settings are probably too high. This means that the people you want to see your posts won't actually see anything, making your posts worthless.
You are probably also sharing personal information about your life which you should not be sharing with your customers or clients.
Provided your privacy settings are correct, people will need to be your "friend" to see the things you post on your profile. This means they need to send you a friend request and you need to accept it.
How do you send a friend request?
To send someone a friend request, search for their profile using the search bar at the top of the page.
Once you are friends with each other, you are able to "like", comment and share each others' posts.
How do you make sure only your friends see your posts?
It's a good idea to regularly check your privacy settings on your personal profile. As Facebook introduces new features, you will need to let them know who you would like to see your content. To update your privacy settings, click on the downward arrow in the top right hand corner of the page and select settings from the bottom of the menu. This is also where you will have the option to log out and choose your business page once you have set it up.
You can see here that Nigel Tailored (our doorman) doesn't have his privacy settings very high which means that anyone can see what he posts! Not great if he's trying to keep his personal life separate from his business. We'd hate for Nigel's gnoming about to affect how people perceive Tailored Media!
What on earth is a "like"?
A "like" is basically you giving someone a virtual thumbs up, or acknowledging that you have seen their post. To "like" something, you just need to click the little thumbs up button on a post you have found in your news feed.
A reaction is similar to a like, however, it allows you to more accurately express your feelings about a post. To choose a reaction, all you need to do is hover over the like button (or press and hold on a mobile device) and choose from the pop up menu.
When you share a post, it will repost it onto your own timeline so that your friends can see it.
This is where you keep up to date with what has happened on your profile since you last logged in.
On the left is friend requests. Here you can approve or decline the requests people have made to be your friend. Do not accept requests from people you don't know personally.
The middle icon is your private messages inbox. From there you can send messages to people privately without the whole world seeing. Planning to meet up for lunch with an old school friend? This is where you talk to them about it, not on their profile.
The right hand icon is the notifications icon. If someone comments, likes or shares one of your posts, you'll find out about it here.
For most businesses, having a Facebook page can be beneficial purely because of the sheer number of users – there are over 1.5 billion users and over 1 billion will log in at least once daily. You also have the option to create extremely targeted advertising campaigns with relatively small budgets.
When you are using Facebook for business, you will need to set up a "Page". You need to have a personal profile in order to set up a page. Your business pages can be set up and accessed from your home page after you log in with your personal profile.
Unlike a Facebook profile, a Facebook page is completely public – anyone can see it. Another key difference is that instead of having "friends", you have "fans". These are people who have "liked" your Facebook Page so that they can see your posts in their personal news feed. A Facebook page is also able to "boost" posts or create ads so that you can get your content in front of more people.
This is your business page.
Where you post to your page, and edit your business information.
Where messages that have been sent privately to your business can be read and replied to.
A list of all of the likes, comments, and other interactions your business page has received. This allows you to keep track of what is happening across your page so that you can respond appropriately.
Using a Facebook business page allows you to get valuable information about how your posts are going. Some of these include data about when is the best time to post, how many views your page has had and which posts have been the most popular. Insights will also give you information about the demographics of your fans which can be extremely useful when creating engaging content.
Allows you to schedule, backdate and draft posts.
Lets you manage information about your business, who manages your page and how you allow visitors to your page interact with your content.
Takes you to the Facebook Help Centre where you can search for your issue, post questions and email Facebook directly.
Another noticeable difference between a Facebook profile and page is the "Reviews" tab under the name of your business. This is a place where customers can leave reviews of their experience with your business and you are able to respond.
This is how you know you are posting to your business page.
When you are on your business page, before you post something, double check which account you are posting as. You can change this using the little drop down arrow in the top right hand corner of the post box. You can then post messages and photos as you would on your personal profile.
Make sure you are acting as your business page when you are responding to comments as well.
What do I post to my Facebook business page?
Remember that posting to Facebook, like all other social media platforms, does not usually generate direct sales – it provides the social proof your potential customers need in order to follow through with a sale. Keeping this in mind, you should share quality information that positions you as an expert in your industry. The most effective way to post to your business page is to develop a strategy and have a think about your brand voice.
What we have covered today is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Facebook, let alone social media.


At a federal level, any crimes involving the smuggling of aliens into the United States can be separated into two main categories: alien smuggling and harboring of aliens. Both of these types of activity typically involve unique and unusual issues. Helping, transporting, and sheltering any person who is in the country without prior authorization is guilty of a federal crime – that is what the law says. A federal criminal defense attorney would understand this and be prepared to defend a client accused of such actions.
The act of alien smuggling can be complicated by several different issues. If the act was for financial profit and/or resulted in the serious injury or death of the alien, the punishment is much greater. Only an experienced federal criminal defense lawyer from Brownsville can work with the accused party to be sure that all evidence is brought forth to render a verdict for that client.
If facing alien smuggling charges, call the law offices of Garza & Elizondo, LLP at (956) 202-0067. You will find experienced Brownsville federal criminal defense attorneys who can help in the defense of your case!