TCAP every day this week!
This week we review the data to determine which explorer would have been the best bowler. We also begin to explore samples and populations. We will probably start probability.
50 minutes of ixl practice.Students should make progress on their quest this week at home.
We will be continuing our study of genetics this week! There will be a quiz on Heredity on Friday.
This week in World History we finish our study of the Enlightenment thinkers. We will go back to our comparison of the Meso-American Cultures and create zines..
Five-paragraph essay for the prompt: How did the ideas of the Enlightenment influence the formation of the American Government? This is due Monday, April 29th, and will be counted as a test grade.
You can still register for the 2020 Europe trip to Ireland and Scotland. Contact me at faheytravels@gmail.com if you are interested.
E-mail me at fahey_b@hcde.org with any questions.
This week, in addition to TCAP daily, we are excited to host Jerome Meadows, the artist selected to create the Ed Johnson Memorial in Downtown Chattanooga. He will lead a poetry workshop in class all day Tuesday, and choose selected poems to include in his sculpture!
We will also write about current events in the world today. We are moving forward with our altered books. We hope to start our covers this week, but we need more materials for everyone to have choices in creativity.
Volunteers needed to come on the field trip to supervise students during the performance and explore the park afterwards.
Normal Park Testing Schedule Please click the link to view our TCAP schedule.
Parents and Students: On Monday, April 15, 2019 we will conduct a Chromebook Pre-Check.
Please bring your Chromebook, Stylus, and Charger to school on this day. Your homeroom teacher will pre check your device and accessories in order to ensure that you have all parts and conduct a visual inspection of your device. Parents will be notified if there is an issue with your child's device.
On Friday, May 17, 2019, all Chromebooks, styluses, and chargers will be collected for the summer. Students returning to Normal Park will be reassigned their Chromebook in the Fall when school begins for the 2019-2020 School Year.
As quarter 4 learning expedition permission forms and fee requests arrive in student folders, please note that you can pay these fees online by clicking here. https://tinyurl.com/ybztb9bz This is an easy way to pay those fees and it saves you having to write a check or worry that cash made it safely. Please note that we are unable to give change back from cash payments, so if you send in cash, please be sure it's exact. If you have any questions, please contact the bookkeeper, Angie Nye, at nye_angela@hcde.org. Thank you!
· All Normal Park students should wear their grade level shirt on Learning Expeditions. They can be purchased through the link on the website.
TCAP starts Tuesday! Please be on time daily, and you will need your charged device next Monday!
LE to Spare Time to bowl on Thursday. Please bring socks!
This week we jump into statistics. Students will work with data all week. We find the measures of center and variability with a focus on dot plots and box plots. We also take a data collection trip to the bowling alley.
cc.1 to an 85.. In addition to cc.1,students should always be making progress on the quarter 4 math quest.
This week we will be learning about how traits are passed onto offspring. We will also be making sea-monster babies!
IAN Check due Monday April 15.
Make sure IAN assignments not completed in class are completed for homework.
Students can make corrections on a separate sheet of paper attached to their quiz to earn points back.
This week in World History we go back to our study of the Enlightenment thinkers. We will connect their ideas to our important American Documents such as the Declaration of Independence and Constitution.
None this week! Happy Easter!
This week we will focus on our poetry and preparing for TCAP. Our schedule is shortened daily, so we will work to fill the days with poetry writing and analysis.
Volunteers will be needed at both event. Please contact me if you are interested.
The Spring Musical is this week!
Also, TCAP starts next Tuesday! Please plan to be present and on time daily!
This week we continue to explore measurement and geometry. We get three dimensional with surface area and volume.
Homework: no calculators, show your work and no calculators.
Copy each problem, show all your work, and box your answer.
3 exhibit labels on Google Classroom also due Tuesday.
This week in World History we will begin our study of the Pre-Columbian Natives of the New World. We will look into the Olmecs, Maya, Aztecs, and Inca..
Complete Google classroom homework "TCAP REVIEW: Renaissance, Reformation, & Scientific Revolution" due Friday.
This week we will dive deeper into our study of poetry. We will examine how hearing a poem recited changes its impact, and learn about meter and rhyme scheme. We will also learn the difference between mood and tone and write about it to practice for our upcoming writing assessment.
Please make sure you're reading so you get your homework grade!
· PLEASE subscribe to the 7th grade remind.com. We send out important information, and we want to be able to contact you. The link for remind.com is on the top of the page!
Welcome to 4th quarter! Please sign and return LE forms ASAP! We go to the Hunter Thursday!
This week we explore measurement and geometry. We will have a quiz on Friday over triangles, circles, and area of compound figures.
ixl's to study for the quiz: aa.3, aa.13, w.7, aa.5, aa.6, geometry section- f.2 and m.5.
This week in World History we will begin our study of the Age of Exploration. We will look at the new technologies and the motivations for exploring. We will also study the accomplishments of the explorers.
Complete Google classroom homework "TCAP REVIEW: Middle East & Middle Ages" due Friday.
This week we are diving into poetry. We will look specifically at how interacting with poetry as a text is different from other types of writing. We will also spend time finding and supporting ideas about main idea, metaphors, hyperbole, and personification.
On Thursday, we will look at art in the same way that we look at poetry at the Hunter.
Voc. quiz- legendary words, next week.
Welcome to 4th quarter! Please sign and return LE forms ASAP!
Welcome back and welcome to the study of geometry. Students will investigate the properties of triangles and begin to measure the area and circumference of a circle.
Five problems solved correctly from the following 7th grade ixl skills: H6, H8, and C9. (15 correct problems in all) Copy each problem, show all your work, and box your answer.
Ten problems solved correctly from 8th grade E9. You must copy each problem, show all your work, and box your answer.
We will be studying Heredity this quarter in science! This week we will learn about DNA and how it is passed from parent to offspring.
Email budd_b@hcde.org if you have any questions or comments.
This week in World History we will begin our study of the Enlightenment period, looking at the English Civil War and how it inspired thinkers like Thomas Hobbes and John Locke.
Complete Google classroom homework "TCAP REVIEW: Asia & Africa" due Friday.
We will start 4th quarter with a pre-assessment over some skills for poetry, and then we will complete a quick (2 day) poet research project. We will present about our poets, and then jump right in to the most amazing unit about exploring poetry.
The band is in need of dish towels to cover practice pads.
This will allow our percussionists to practice very quietly while other groups are playing.
· As quarter 4 learning expedition permission forms and fee requests arrive in student folders, please note that you can pay these fees online by clicking here. https://tinyurl.com/ybztb9bz This is an easy way to pay those fees and it saves you having to write a check or worry that cash made it safely. Please note that we are unable to give change back from cash payments, so if you send in cash, please be sure it's exact. If you have any questions, please contact the bookkeeper, Angie Nye, at nye_angela@hcde.org. Thank you!


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July 17 – September 12
This year sees the Proms celebrating its 120th year; its aim still to present the widest range of music, performed to the highest standards, to large audiences.
This year's opening concert on July 17th will be conducted by Sakari Oramo, a programme that includes Walton's choral masterpiece 'Belshazzar's Feast' and Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 with soloist Lars Vogt.
Pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, soprano Danielle de Niese and tenor Jonas Kaufmann are the stars at this year's Last Night on September 12th. The programme includes Richard Strauss, Shostakovich, Grieg amongst others.
The line up of activities includes free events as well as events in which children can participate, giving everyone the opportunity to get involved.
You can find out more, and buy your tickets here (booking opens on16th May).
A stay in any of our London vacation rentals places you within easy reach of the events by public transport.
A visit to London wouldn't be complete without a trip to Covent Garden; a fun and lively area with a great atmosphere, offering a wide selection of shops, theatre, eateries, bars, history and culture.
You will find many of London's top attractions in and around Covent Garden, including The London Transport Museum, The Royal Opera House (home to the Royal Ballet), Somerset House, Covent Garden Market and St. Martin-in-the-Fields Church. Covent Garden is also known for its street theatre in the piazza area.
At the heart of Covent Garden is the market with its quirky craft stalls and emerging designer boutiques, but the wider area of The Opera Quarter, St. Martin's Courtyard, Neal's Yard and Seven Dials has become a destination for premium brands.
The theatres in and around Covent Garden offer musicals, plays and comedies, including The Lion King at The Lyceum, Stomp at The Ambassadors Theatre and War Horse at The New London Theatre. For pre or post theatre refreshments you will be spoilt for choice by the wide array of restaurants and bars to choose from which cater for every conceivable palate and pocket.
Covent Garden tube station is on the Piccadilly Line but Charing Cross, Leicester Square and Holborn stations are all just a short walk away and all are easily reached from any of our London vacation rentals.
You can find out more and plan a visit to Covent Garden here.
Tours of the Houses of Parliament
From mid July to early September (dates to be confirmed), and on most Saturdays throughout the year
Guided tours of the Houses of Parliament are available on Saturdays throughout the year and on selected weekdays during Parliamentary recesses (the long recess during August and September).
The tours take in the Chambers of both the House of Commons and the House of Lords and the highlights include: Queen's Robing Room – Royal Gallery – Prince's Chamber – House of Lords Chamber – Peers' Lobby and Corridor – Central Lobby – Commons Corridor and "No" lobby – House of Commons Chamber – St Stephen's Hall – Westminster Hall – New Palace Yard.
Tours take about 75 minutes and offer a unique combination of one thousand years of history, modern day politics and stunning art and architecture.
You can find out more and buy tickets here.
The Houses of Parliament can be reached in around 20 minutes on foot from properties ref: CWN, VAU and SGS and are easily reached by public transport from any of our other London vacation rentals.
The British Museum & Petrie Museum
For many visitors to London, a major highlight of their trip is visiting the British Museum and seeing the Egyptian mummies. The problem with doing this is that every single other tourist is doing the same thing at the same time! So instead of being alone with a mummy, you're standing behind a group of students pressing their faces along the glass panels. Not very educational…
What many visitors (and even locals) don't know is that there's a whole museum dedicated to Egyptian artefacts – and it's only a fifteen minute walk from the British Museum! The Petrie Museum is located on the University College London campus and hosts over 80,000 archaeological objects. What is great about the museum is that it focuses on the smaller objects that many people might gloss over at the British Museum. Everyday objects like pottery, jewels and musical instruments can help give a clearer picture of what typical daily life was like for most Egyptians.
The visiting hours are limited to afternoons, so it makes a perfect companion stop to your British Museum wander. Why not start with a morning visit to see the Rosetta Stone at The British Museum, continue with a leisurely lunch nearby, and finish with an afternoon visit to the Petrie. You'll have an Egypt-tastic day out!
The British Museum is easily reached from any of our London vacation rentals by tube (Central, Piccadilly or Northern lines) or by numerous buses.
You can find out more about visiting The British Museum here, and The Petrie Museum here.
This article was originally published on Spotted by Locals London
The State Rooms at Buckingham Palace
From late July to late September 2015 visitors have the opportunity to see inside Buckingham Palace, the official London residence of the Queen. You can explore the lavishly furnished State Rooms which contain some of the greatest treasures from the Royal Collection. Some of the highlights include paintings by Rembrandt & Rubens, sculpture by Canova & Chantrey, fine examples of Sèvres porcelain, and some of the finest English and French furniture in the world.
Every year Buckingham Palace's summer opening features a special exhibition. This year it is entitled 'A Royal Welcome' and it focuses on the magic and magnificence of an official visit to Buckingham Palace. You'll be able to find out about the preparations for official royal events, state visits, and the Queen's famous garden parties.
This is an incredible opportunity to visit one of the world's few remaining working royal palaces – don't miss the chance to see it.
You can find out more and book tickets here.
Buckingham Palace can be reached by public transport from any of our London vacation rentals is within a 20 minute walk from properties ref: CDP, EBY & VAU.
Traditional Afternoon Tea
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea." Henry James
Why not treat yourselves and partake in the well-loved English tradition of Afternoon Tea during your next trip to London.
Afternoon tea was introduced in England by Anna, the seventh Duchess of Bedford, in the year 1840. At the time it was normal to eat only two meals a day with an early breakfast and the evening meal served around 8pm. The Duchess would become hungry and irritable so she asked for a tray of tea, bread and butter to be brought to her room each afternoon. Over a period of time this became a habit and she began to invite friends to join her and hence the tradition of afternoon tea began.
Nowadays tea rooms and hotels across the UK offer variations on this centuries old tradition. Some of the most popular in London include:
Brown's Hotel in Mayfair
The Ritz in Piccadilly
Fortnum & Mason in Piccadilly
Our London vacation rentals are all well placed for public transport to get to any of these delightful venues.
Harry Potter's London
A little outside London in Leavesden (under an hour from central London by public transport) you can experience the Warner Bros Harry Potter studio tour; an amazing opportunity to explore the magic of the Harry Potter™ films.
But you can also discover some familiar Harry Potter film locations without leaving central London. There are several guided tours which will take you around either by foot and boat, or by bus and if you don't enjoy guided tours it is still possible to see the locations independently.
At Kings Cross Station you can see platforms 4 and 5 which were used in the film and take a photo pushing a trolley through to a magical world at the wall marked Platform 9 ¾. Plus pay a visit to the Harry Potter shop which is built to resemble Ollivander's Wand Shop.
St Pancras International Station was the film location where Harry boarded the Hogwarts Express and where Harry and Ron parked the Weasley's Ford Anglia during The Chamber of Secrets.
There are several other locations in London which were used during the filming, including Leadenhall Market, The Reptile House at ZSL London Zoo, Tower Bridge, Millennium Bridge, Lambeth Bridge, Piccadilly Circus and Westminster Tube station, enough to satisfy the curiosity of the most hardened Harry Potter fans.
You can find out more about the Warner Bros Harry Potter studio tour here.
There are several companies operating Harry Potter tours in London which you can find out more about with a quick google search.
If you are visiting London with the children this summer a stay at one of our London vacation rentals is great value for money and allows you to live like a local with space and freedom that you don't get with a hotel room.
The Barbican
The Barbican, located in the heart of the City of London, is a performing arts centre which exists to encourage people to discover and love the arts. It encompasses theatre, art, dance, film, learning and music.
The Barbican Hall is home to the London Symphony Orchestra and together with the Barbican Theatre, home to the Royal Shakespeare Company, regularly presents fresh new work that marries dance, theatre and music in unexpected ways and in ways that make you smile.
Until 31st December 2015 you can visit the second biggest conservatory in London at The Barbican and explore a hidden tropical oasis. Home to exotic fish and over 2,000 species of tropical plants and trees, it's a perfect way to enjoy a lazy day with friends and family.
The Barbican Art Gallery has an ongoing programme of exhibitions which focus mostly on architecture, design and fashion.
Barbican Film comprises 3 cinema screens offering the best new film releases along with a unique programme of special seasons and events.
The Barbican is also home to a selection of restaurants and bars in which to enjoy a meal before or after your visit.
You can find out more about The Barbican, including their calendar of events here.
The Barbican centre is easily reached by public transport from any of our London vacation rentals.
Ten reasons to come to London this summer
by Harley Nott
1. Exchange rate. At US$/£1.49 the current exchange rate is the most favourable it has been for 5 years; the Pound has not been so cheap since 2010.
2. Why use Coach House Rentals? Because we've been looking after our guests since 2001. Operating in London, New York and Rome (same great service), we have many thousands of satisfied customers – read the testimonials with each property listing. Many have agreed to act as a reference – you just have to ask and we'll put you in touch.
3. Excellent value for money. We haven't increased our prices for 3 years, so our London vacation rentals are great value for money, especially for a party of 3 or more.
4. "Live like a local" in a hand-picked real home. You get much more space and freedom to do what you want than in a single cramped hotel room.
5. Flexible renting. Any day to any day with a minimum stay of 5, not 7, nights.
6. Real people to help you choose. You don't need to rely just on a web listing. If you can't find the answer to your question here we'll respond to your emailed queries or you can talk to us on the phone.
7. Safe and secure booking process. When you enter your card details on our secure https payments page, the information goes directly to our in-house servers before being manually processed. There is no risk of being scammed – as does sometimes happen when using the mass market listing sites.
8. Personal service. We can arrange a car to meet you at the airport. When you arrive at your rental we'll be there to check you in, hand over the keys, show you how everything works and answer any questions you may have.
9. We have a 24/7 help line in case of any further questions or problems.
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Obi Cubana's Billionaire Friends And What They Do
Cubana Chief Priest, Obi Cubana and E-Money
Obinna Iyiegbu, well known as Obi Cubana, is the Chief Executive Officer of Cubana Groups. The Anambra-born businessman got into the spotlight in July when he hosted an ostentatious burial for his late mother in his country home at Oba, where over 200 cows were slaughtered.
The lavish display of wealth by the young billionaire set tongues wagging with many wondering about his source of wealth.
His known to run a night club and owns luxurious hotels.
The businessman graduated from the University of Nsukka, where he studied political science, and got married in 2008 to Ebele Iyiegbu, who is a lawyer. Their union is blessed with four sons.
Obi Cubana had in an interview disclosed that he made his first one million naira during his National Youth Service Corps days at the National Assembly in Abuja.
According to him, he was introduced to the real estate business in Abuja, where he met a client who wanted to furnish a house. After furnishing the house for the client, Obi was given N500,000 as he also made over N600,000 in profit for the job.
"That was the first N1.1m I made before I joined contract work in Abuja," he said.
His sojourn into the business world began in 2006 when he established his first night club, Ibiza, in Abuja. Later on, he built another club, Cubana, in Owerri, Imo State. From there his business empire grew.
However, as his wealth grew, his circle of rich friends also expanded within Nigeria and in abroad. THE WHISTLER found six of his billionaire friends on social media, particularly Instagram.
Below are the six equally wealthy friends of the businessman and what they do.
Emeka Okonkwo
Emeka Okonkwo (E-money)
known as E-money, he's one of Nigeria's youngest billionaires. He's an entrepreneur, investor, businessman, and the chief executive officer (CEO) of Five Star Music.
He is however into Oil and Gas, and he's the head of a shipping company– Emmy Cargoes Nigeria Limited– formerly called Borisa Nigeria Limited. He is also linked to a chain of businesses abroad.
The Anambra-born businessman is the younger brother of the 'Limpopo' singer, Kingsley Chinweike Okonkwo, known by his stage name as Kcee. E-money and wife Juliet are blessed with three sons, and they have been married for about eight years now.
The name, E-money, came to him after he started throwing money and displaying his opulent lifestyle.The young billionaire during his 40th birthday gifted luxury cars to some of his friends.
Kennedy Onyekachi Okonkwo
He's fondly called Nedokonkwo by his friends, and hails from Ojoto, Anambra State. The father of three is happily married to Ichechi Okonkwo.
He studied Psychology at the University of Ibadan, and bagged a Master's degree in Business Administration from Lagos State University.
Okonkwo, who is known for his humility and simple lifestyle, is the chief executive officer of Nedcomoaks Limited, a property development company that specializes in real estate development, provision of architectural and civil designs, project consultancy and management, and a significant proficiency in construction with modern technology.
He is the Chairman of Victoria Crest Homes, a property firm that provides affordable housing options to especially the middle class. He is also the founder of the Kennedy Okonkwo Programme For Tech Entrepreneurs.
Kingsley Ekeoba
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He is well known as Escoba Smith. A popular Nigerian billionaire businessman based in Turkey with his wife and two children.
The young billionaire who hails from Abia State is the Chairman of Mukrons Group of companies: Mukrons Nig, Muccons properties Ltd, and Grosvenor Suites and Apartments.
Pascal Chibuike Okechukwu
uike Okechukwu
Better known as Cubana Chief Priest, he made his breakthrough when he ventured into the business of club management and show promotion.
The Imo State-born businessman used to be the manager of Cubana groups which is into entertainment and nightlife and owned by his associate, Obi Cubana.
While managing the Cubana group, he also ventured into show promotion where he achieved success. He has won endorsements with notable brands like Bullet, VBank, Hennessy and so many others.
In September 2020, Cubana Chief Priest and Obi Cubana parted ways. But paid tribute to his mentor, Obi Cubana.
In one of his Instagram posts, he said he wouldn't have been able to attain the height he reached if it wasn't for Obi Cubana, stating that he would have probably been in Aba making footwear.
The father of two was said to have started The Angels Bar and Grills in Owerri, Imo State.
Uyi Ogbebor
Popularly called Sir Uyi, he is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Abuja's prestigious nightclub 'The Bank'. He graduated from Igbinedion University, where he got a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering.
The Edo State-born first ventured into the cyber cafe business, which he started in Benin City in 2001. But he was forced to shut down the business due to academic engagements.
He later opened a photography studio in Benin, which he handed over to his younger brother to manage. He relocated to Abuja and started selling wallpapers.
However, he met and worked with the owner of Cubana, after he left a night club where he worked as a PR person.
His breakthrough was in 2014 when Ifeanyi Ararume and Louis Valentino each gave him goods worth
over N11m on credit. That was how he set up 'The Bank' nightclub.
King Mohammed Ochacho Adah
He is a Nigerian entrepreneur and real estate mogul and the founder of Ochacho Real Homes Ltd. He is popularly known as Ochacho Money.
The billionaire is one of the most notable socialites in Nigeria, who has built his reputation in real estate and other businesses.
The Benue born is married to Queen Rammatu Odeh Adah, and made headlines in 2021 when he gifted her a brand new 2021 Maybach Mercedes Benz reportedly worth ₦75 million ahead of valentine's day.
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Ducks Nest Pond was a swimming hole located on Sayreville, NJ. From at least 1910 to the 1970s Ducks Nest was a place where people could enjoy the water and a small picnic area. Located just north of Hercules, at the intersection of South Minnisink Road and the Raritan River Railroad.
Ducks Nest Pond was an unofficial stop for many years on the Raritan River Railroad. It showed up as a note at the bottom of some of the time tables starting in 1926, although it was never listed as an official station.
Timetable 101 - 4/26/1926 first mentions Ducks Nest as a stop in the notes in the bottom of the timetable.
"s" is an official stop.
"f" is a flag stop where some one must flag the train or tell the conductor to get it to stop.
By Timetable 109 - 4/28/1930, the stop is now listed as Ducks Nest Siding instead of Ducks Nest Road Crossing.
The last official "s" (full stop) status was Timetable 115 - 5/1/1933.
Starting with Timetable 116, Ducks Nest was only listed as a f (flag stop).
After 1933, all stops to the Pond would have to be flagged, as the train would no longer automatically stop, but would stop if needed.
The end came in Timetable 123 - 4/26/1937 which has no mention of Ducks Nest as a flag stop. This is not surpirsing, as all passenger service would be discontinued next year, in April of 1938.
It can be said that Ducks Nest Pond was a noted stop from April 1926 to April 1937. Almost 11 years!
For the first 7 years it was an official stop, at least for train No.1, and for the next 4 years it was a flag stop.
Simply stated, in the late 1920s, if you left South Amboy on Train No.1 at 5:45 AM, you would get dropped off by the regular 6:01 AM stop at Ducks Nest. You get to spend all day at the pond; swimming, picnicking, enjoying the water and the shade. To get home, you would need to flag the passing train, No.6, at 3:01PM to get back home to South Amboy.
If coming from New Brunswick, you would need to tell the conductor to let you off at 6:59 AM, and if you were lucky, he might remember to pick you up at 3:51 PM to get back to New Brunswick!
Now there is more to the story of Ducks Nest, as we know there was a siding there. This implies that they either delivered freight, or stored cars, possibly passenger cars for patrons at the lake?
Ducks Nest Siding was just east of the pond on the southern side.
According to this official RRRR map, the Ducks Nest siding was 429 feet long. This is quite long, able to hold at least 5 or 7 cars if needed.
South is up. South Amboy would be to the left, the pond would be to the upper right.
We also know that Ducks Nest was in the Black and White Silent movies of the 1910s, so it was already established as a recreational area long before the 1920s.
In 1914 they filmed a crash at Duck's Nest Pond, now part of Bailey Park in Sayreville. The Fort Lee-based Vitagraph company filmed a sequence for the film "The Juggernaut" there in which an engine and three cars filled with dummies plunged down a trestle.
It was reported that over 2000 residents came out to watch the crash.
The dummies were popping up around town for several months afterward, Nonesteid said. The train wasn't retrieved until 1938 when a Perth Amboy company fetched the wreck for scrap.
Ducks Nest Clean Up 1938 – Engine gets removed after 24 years!
Unbelievable that people were swimming in a lake with a train at the bottom of it for 24 years!
Ultimately, Ducks Nest would stay a swimming hole long into the 1970s,when due to safety and security concerns swimming would no longer be allowed. Eventually, Ducks Nest Pond's name would change to be known as Bailey's Park.


To produce the best alpine ski racers in the world at the developmental, sub-national team level by offering complementary cooperative training with Tri-Regional, Rocky/Central Regional, RMD & Central Divisional and club training programs/plans.
1. To assist management, athletic training, and competition performance programs of the top R/C Regional Athletes.
2. To establish and conduct an athlete talent detection and development system that tracks and measures the performance and performance characteristics of top regional racers at various chronological points in their ski racing development.
3. To contribute as productively, professionally, and fully possible in the achievement of the US Ski & Snowboard Mission of being the best nation in ski competition in the world.
Early season pace and race simulation camp for early years FIS athletes. Looking to build the foundation for athletes and coaches involved in the NPS series. Athletes should have completed a fairly high volume of skiing in the summer months prior to this camp. Lane space training at Copper will limit the amount of freeskiing space, therefore everyone must be ready to train in full-length race simulated environments.
Bringing some of our top Central athletes together to push the culture and dynamic forward. Working on building foundation, balance, and strength in a GS environment, while pushing the workload. Not all athletes will have had enough off-season training, so utilizing what little free ski space is available at Loveland, A-Basin, and Copper to supplement the lane space training doing drill work and adding volume.
2 Sessions each day. One Freeskiing session, one gate training session. Coaches will lead drill progressions in the free ski environment. Training courses will focus on adaptability and tactical components.
Two days of speed elements and SG training on the Copper Speed Venue, followed by one day of course slipping for U16 athletes on the Birds of Prey GS.
The first day of camp will be spent slipping the Birds of Prey DH track in Beaver Creek, Sunday the group is on the Copper Speed Venue training speed elements.
The focus of the camp will be two days of fundamental and freeskiing. There will be one night of lodging at the camp. RMD Team athletes and one wild card athlete per club.
To bring together the U10-U14 R3 athletes for a FUN skiing, skills, and fundamentals afternoon training opportunity.
Followed by two days of Scored GS races, we will spend two days working through GS fundamentals, technical and tactical challenges, as well as gearing up for some high-speed gate training and taking advantage of some of the better GS terrain offered in the Midwest.
Coaches who are planning on attending, please register here.
Working with our R/C Youth Development Coordinator - Anje Worrell - and other club coaches, the goal is to bring together the U10-U14 Region 2 athletes for a group training environment focused on FUN, skiing, skills, and fundamentals.
**Coaches - Please Register HERE so Anje can better prepare.
2 days of practicing and implementing the important aspects of speed training, while incorporating a National Scored Race into the third day of camp utilizing many of the same environments seen in training.
Wrapping up the season by coming back to the basics in our skiing so we can refresh our skills as we depart from one season and look towards the next.
The focus of the camp will be two days of fundamental and freeskiing. There will be one night of lodging at the camp and an afternoon spent at the Woodward Center.
Take advantage of a lot of the open terrain and mix it up with the athletes and coaches from the region to work on free-skiing drills, as well as having a chance to ski all over the mountain. It's a great way to stay fresh, especially for those who may be thinking about Summer skiing at Hood.


Prior to the 5th-annual Connected Health Summit, hosted by Parks Associates, Andy Maloy, VP of Connected Health and VP of Business Development, Integron sat down with the firm's analyst team to discuss new cutting-edge innovations in the connected health market.
We're seeing great health and business outcomes with our customers and in the market. The market is really developing to meet the ever-changing needs and demands of consumers. It's great to see innovation be valued and implemented to create high impact. We're also seeing significant growth in investment in connected health technologies and companies, by VCs, and by healthcare organizations – not only through the operational and clinical departments but also by the venture teams in those organizations.
The most effective strategy to engage consumers and drive behavioral change is through utilizing a combination of data, machine learning and mobile technology that drives tailored, meaningful content and conversations. With Kaiser Permanente, we implemented an interactive text-based medication adherence program that utilized demographic and behavioral data to deliver tailored dialogues to engage and activate their members on adhering to their chronic condition medications. This resulted in a 14 percentage point improvement of medication refills for a partially non-adherent Medicare population.
The most valuable aspect of AI is twofold: first, that it uses a wide variety of data sources to improve it's accuracy and second, that it leads to tailored interventions that improve health outcomes. At mPulse, we use AI to deliver dynamically tailored mobile content to help individuals make healthy behavior change.


Eden Hazard's hat trick ensured Chelsea kept its flawless start to the Premier League season with a 4-1 victory over Cardiff on Saturday.
Chelsea's Eden Hazard scores his side's first goal during their English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Cardiff City at Stamford Bridge stadium in London Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018.
While the Premier League only dates back to 1992-93, it requires a long trek through history to find the last time any English top-flight duo managed it. It's still early, five games, fantastic we won all five and improved.
WORST PLAYER - All the central roles were a disappointment for Chelsea really, with perhaps some hangover in the squad from the worldwide break.
Hazard struck twice in seven first-half minutes to put Chelsea in control at Stamford Bridge after Sol Bamba's volley gave Cardiff the lead, and he converted a penalty 10 minutes from time to make sure of the win before substitute Willian curled in a late fourth. "We need to improve, but we are able to and can improve very quickly".
On paper, this game looks like a straightforward win for Chelsea.
Chelsea FC will kick off their Europa League group stage campaign on Thursday night when they take on PAOK away from home.
Terry made 702 appearances for the Blues, winning five Premier Leagues, four FA Cups, three League Cups and a UEFA Champions League title. I think so. When he gets the ball, he can hold it and we can go with him. However, they shouldn't underestimate Cardiff.
He might not have been on the scoresheet here, but the recalled Giroud justified his selection with two telling assists for Hazard that turned the match around.
Chelsea finally had breathing space when Willian was felled inside the area by Bamba and Hazard sent Etheridge the wrong way from the penalty spot.


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By Daniel Carlson | Film | September 17, 2010 |
It's been thirteen years since Ben Affleck became The Celebrity Known as Ben Affleck, and every day of it shows on his face. His career arc is a familiar one, marked by the struggle to rise above the roles that get nominated for MTV Movie Awards and create legitimate works of art, but the twist is that it's precisely his tabloid past and swaggering early work that's allowed him to draw on the requisite breadth of emotion to become so convincing today. Maturity isn't just age, but the knowing assimilation of youth. He was excellent as a washed-up George Reeves in Hollywoodland, and he knew how to play a figure leery of public scorn in State of Play. He brings that same energy to his role in The Town, as a criminal who's been in the game so long that it's become an unfulfilling, monotonous job. He moves with a hunched shuffle down streets he met with a bounce in Good Will Hunting, and he can convey everything from anger to worry without raising his voice. At 38, he's finally grown up, and grown into his presence.
But if he's at long last figuring out how to marry dualities as an actor, he's only just beginning to do so as a director, and as a result, The Town is only moderately successful. Affleck's love for his hometown of Boston is tangible. He thrives on the color and life of it all and is determined to capture its many fragmented angles on the screen for all to see. Yet Affleck's problem is that his devotion for location can overwhelm his stated goal of telling a story. His film is set in the Boston neighborhood of Charlestown, purported to be a breeding ground of crime, and the film opens with ominous title cards about how the area has more bank robbers than anywhere else and how the career is practically handed down from father to son. Yet he closes with a card proclaiming that most of the residents of Charlestown are the kind of "good people found most anywhere." Did he really think that a two-hour thriller would make viewers think that everyone in that section of Boston is a hardened thug? The disclaimer feels like a mea culpa, as if Affleck was too worried about some hypothetical, virulent strain of extremism that he had to make sure that Boston remained holy in the eyes of the audience. The Town is at its best when it focuses not merely on the city but on the people trying to survive there, yet the ending is just one of many moments when Affleck loses control and cares more about the buildings than the men and women who populate them. With just a bit more restraint, he would have nailed it.
Which is a damn shame, because the story itself is packed with some fantastic moments that show just how good a director Affleck can be. As life-long thief Doug MacRay, Affleck is utterly believable as a gunslinger who's been popping banks so long there's not even a hint of excitement left to it. He and his crew, including the recently paroled James Coughlin (Jeremy Renner), rip off a major bank and wind up taking a hostage, manager Claire Keesey (Rebecca Hall), as an insurance policy before making their getaway. They leave her on the beach and escape, which is where the game really begins: Jim is anxious to scare her off or kill her to prevent her testimony from coming back to haunt them, but Doug is reluctant to do anything rash, so he takes it upon himself to shadow her and see what she knows.
This leads, perhaps inevitably, to a meet cute in a laundromat when he sees her crying, steps in to cheer her up, and successfully arranges a date for later. It was Jim's idea to take her hostage, but it's still a horrifying set-up to see her seeking comfort in the presence and arms of one of the men who had an assault rifle trained on her days before. Doug gets caught up in an amazingly messy con that's above the level of even a career crook, and Affleck expertly trots the line Doug walks between feigned casualness in her presence and genuine fear of being found out. Affleck smartly doesn't overplay the friction in these scenes, letting Doug's conflicted nature and the awful truth about what he did to Claire provide more than enough juice. He also constructs a magnificently uneasy scene in which Jim interrupts the pair on a lunch date. Jim almost doesn't seem to care if Claire remembers him, while Doug is doing everything he can to get rid of the third wheel and keep his two lives separate. There aren't any clumsy soundtrack stings or predictable "Do I know you?" moments; it's just a fantastically rendered sequence of discomfort working on several levels.
Yet there are major sections that misfire just as badly, most notably the role of Jim's sister, Krista, played with a kind of cartoonish bluster by Blake Lively. Krista's meant to be a rough, worn-down hoodrat of a woman — analogous to the brilliant role Amy Ryan inhabited in Affleck's Gone Baby Gone — but Lively just can't pull it off. Part of it is her age: she's 23 and unable to project even a version of the world-weariness that comes easier to actors like Affleck and Renner, who've got the age and experience to make it believable. Krista's a single mom, junkie, and general flake, but she never really feels like anything other than Blake Lively in a push-up top and extra eye shadow. Affleck adapted the screenplay with Peter Craig and Aaron Stockard from Chuck Hogan's novel Prince of Thieves, and though I don't know how old Krista is in the book, I do know Affleck had free rein to cast her as someone old enough not to look like a child playing dress-up. (Plus let's not even get into the ramifications of potential paternity rumors involving Doug, which would have put Krista almost into jail-bait range when hooking up with a member of Generation X.) Lively's a lovely girl, but the role needed a woman.
Thankfully, the rest of the supporting cast is solid. Chris Cooper shows up briefly as Doug's incarcerated father, doing quite a bit with a scene that could have been lifeless. Renner is equally wonderful: Jim could have been just a sketch of extremes, but Renner plays him with a glee of barely contained recklessness. Jon Hamm's performance as Adam Frawley, the FBI agent working the bank robbery and hunting Doug's crew, also avoids easy characterization. He's a lawman almost more concerned with accomplishing the task than in doing right by people, though the parallel between his life and Doug's remains mostly, sadly, unexplored.
The film starts to meander toward the end, feeling longer than its two hours, mostly because of that willingness to try and get everything in: Affleck wants it to be a crime drama, and a coming-of-late-age story, and a romance, and a thriller, and a few more. But when his focus returns to the core of the story — Doug's turmoil over loving someone he'd horribly wronged and his battle between coming clean and giving into the life he's made — the film improves markedly. Affleck's got a strong eye for chase scenes, and he gives enough screen time to Frawley to keep him from feeling like ornamentation. The doubled game of cat and mouse, with Doug playing Claire just as he finds himself fighting off the feds, is what makes the film work as well as it does, but too often Affleck chokes off the story with overlong digressions and a draining penchant for worshipping his hometown instead of just filming it. With The Town, Affleck's made a great film buried inside a moderately good one. All he needs to do is discover how to let it out.
Daniel Carlson is the managing editor of Pajiba and a member of the Houston Film Critics Society and the Online Film Critics Society. He's also a TV blogger for the Houston Press. You can visit his blog, Slowly Going Bald.
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So it's getting closer and closer to Christmas – a time for giving, with more and more charity adverts on the TV, on the radio, on social media – in fact pretty much everywhere you look. Although Christmas can be a bit tight on the purse strings thousands of people still give to their favourite charities.
Whether you're helping children, refugees, animals or cancer or medical research, these organisations all promote that the money goes to a good cause. Unless this 'good cause' is to pay an ICO fine…?
Two of the major charities we all know and love are the RSPCA and the British Heart Foundation. And both have been under investigation for secretly screening its donors aiming to target those with more money. This process is known as "wealth-screening".
The two organisations hired wealth management companies who pieced together information on its donors from publicly available sources to build data on their income, property value and even friendship circles. This allowed for a massive pool of donor data to be created and sold.
The RSPCA and BHF were part of a scheme called Reciprocate where they could share and swap data with other charities to find prospective donors. Donors to both charities were given an opt-out option.
Information included in the scheme was people's names, addresses, date of birth and the value and date of their last donation. The ICO ruled that the charities didn't provide a clear enough explanation to allow consumers to make an educated decision what it was they were signing up for, and therefore ruled that they had therefore not given their consent.
The RSPCA has admitted that it was not aware of the actual charities with whom they were sharing their data. It also became clear that the charity shared data of those donors who had opted out.
The BHF insists it had all the correct permissions. However the ICO disagrees on the basis that the charities with whom they were sharing the data were not for similar causes.
The ICO has fined the RSPCA £25,000 and the British Heart Foundation £18,000. Ironically the BJF was praised on its data handling by the ICO in June this year, and it is likely to appeal the fine.
In my opinion I feel the whole thing is a mess. I like to give to charity when I can, which if I'm honest, isn't as frequent as I'd like.
However when you hear of debacles like this, it really does put you off. I want my money to go to a good cause. I don't want my data being shared without my knowledge so that other charities can investigate how much I earn, whether I own my property and what social circles I move in, and then decide whether I'm worth targeting. Surely these charities should be thankful for every single donation. The widow's mite springs to mind.
I feel for the poor animals and souls that rely on these charities, who are I'm sure going to take a hit from these fines. It's not their fault, yet no doubt it's them that's going to pay the price.
Written by Charlotte Seymour, 8th December 2016.
This entry was posted in Data Compliance, General Information and tagged data compliance, data protection act, data security, data sharing, fines, ico, ICO fines on December 8, 2016 by Data Compliant.
What's happening in Europe … and beyond?
1. Pseudonymous data now has its own definition – currently "personal data that cannot be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, as long as such additional information is kept separately and subject to technical and organisational measures to ensure non-attribution".
2. Data Protection Officers: a data controller or processor must appoint a Data Protection Officer when processing personal data relation to over 5,000 data subjects in any consecutive 12-month period. Also where the core processing activities relate to processing location data, children's data, sensitive personal data, or employees in large scale filing systems.
3. A new concept has been introduced – a European Data Protection Seal -a certification process which allows international data transfers outside the EEA to recipients that also hold a Seal.
4. Right to erasure: the right of data subjects to have their personal data erased if requested is still in the draft (originally "right to be forgotten"). And it's been strengthened – if the data subject asks a controller to erase his data, the company should also forward the request to others where the data is replicated.
The Compromise text had some other changes, including new data protection rules designed to curb America's spying activities. The intention is to make US secret court orders powerless, and to force companies based outside the EU, like Google and Facebook, to comply with European data protection laws if they operate in Europe. Powers to levy fines running into billions of Euros are being made available to discourage violation of the new rules.
For example, if a third country's court, tribunal or other administrative authority requests a company (such as a social network or cloud provider) to disclose personal data processed in the EU, that company must notify the data protection authority and obtain their authorisation before any such data transfer can be made.
This step is largely due to Edward Snowden's information about the American companies, platforms and social networking sites which have been forced to share substantial volumes of EU citizens' personal online data (from emails and phone calls to video chats and web searches) with the National Security Agency (the US intelligence organisation which collects, monitors, decodes, translates and analyses foreign intelligence and counterintelligence information and data).
The third country issue has been ongoing since January 2012, when the proposed reform to the law was dropped after intense US lobbying. It now seems clear that the EU has had enough, particularly since the revelations that the NSA systems collected – in the single month from February 8th to March 8th – 24.8 billion telephone data and 97.1 billion computer data from across the globe – including UK, Germany and France.
In addition the French are aggrieved that, from December 2012 to January 2013, the NSA were reported to have made 70.3 million recordings of French individuals' telephone data.
While the NSA is known to collect and store all phone records of all American citizens, their profligate global approach to privacy is clearly unacceptable, and Europe has taken steps to limit their – and other agencies and countries' – powers.
So now it's just the simple matter of balancing the need to combat terrorism versus people's protection of the rights to privacy. Which makes it hardly surprising that this legislation is taking so long with a record-breaking 4,000 amendments so far. It is thought that there is a less than 50% chance of the new regulations going through in the time-frame, though final legislation is still anticipated before the European elections in May 2014.
The issue of data protection in India has been generated for a number of reasons – not least, Europe's concerns given the sheer volume of personal data that is transferred to India. Also, within India itself, there is concern among Indian citizens in relation to the combination of the use of personal identifiers (including biometric data) and extensive individual profiles.
India has been holding a set of roundtable talks since April 2013, with the goal of generating recommendations for a privacy regulatory framework. The last of those talks was held on October 19th between the Center for Internet and Society, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, and the Data Security Council of India. Christopher Graham, the UK Information Commissioner, was among the speakers.
We'll send more updates as they come through – in the meantime, if you have any concerns over how these or the existing DPA and PECR regulations might affect your business, don't hesitate to contact us.
This entry was posted in EU Data News, Weekly Roundup and tagged data compliance, data protection act, dpa, eu directive, pecr, privacy on October 23, 2013 by Data Compliant.
Earlier this week, Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom issued a joint statement making it clear that they intend to combine their resources to tackle the problem of caller ID spoofing.
Spoofing is a practice conducted by telemarketers who want to conceal their true identity rather than fulfil their legal obligation to identify themselves. Spoofers provide their caller ID with false information which may be a string of digits, or a random or stolen number belonging to a real person or organisation. It is on the increase, and makes it particularly difficult for the authorities to track down those responsible for non-compliant or illegal calls.
The various agencies responsible for enforcing telemarketing and privacy laws announced that they will coordinate their efforts through the international law enforcement network of the London Action Plan and the International Do Not Call Network. If they need the telecoms industry to provide help, they will ask those organisations within their respective countries.
Next steps are exploratory discussions, to be held later this month, to identify options focusing on enforcement, industry compliance and consumer education, technology and regulatory issues with the goal of considering solutions available to stop spoofing and to take action against those responsible.
We heard yesterday that The Ministry of Justice was on the receiving end of the ICO's judgement, when it received a fine of £140,000 – after details of ALL the prisoners serving time at HMP Cardiff were emailed to three of the inmates' families.
The fine goes back to 2011 – when, on 2nd August, the recipients received an email from a prison clerk which included a file containing details of the 1,182 inmates – including names, ethnicity, addresses, length of sentence, release dates, and the offence codes. Worse yet – this wasn't the first time such a breach had occurred. Within the previous four weeks, the same error occurred twice – with details sent to different inmates' families.
Clear lack of management and supervision at the prison, where the clerk concerned was found to have received limited training and experience, though he was left to work unsupervised.
Audit trails were lacking and the only reason the breach was identified was because one of the recipients reported receipt of the information to the prison.
If organisations process personal data, with a very few exceptions, they must register with the ICO and spell out the type of information they process. Not doing so is a criminal offence – as Hamed Shabani, sole director of payday loan company First Financial, discovered.
After failing to register, he and his company were prosecuted by the ICO and convicted in the Magistrate's Court. As Director of the company, he was fined a modest £150 and ordered to pay £1,010.66 towards the costs of prosecution and a £20 victims' surcharge. In addition, the company itself was fined £500, and also made to pay £1,010.66 towards costs plus a £50 victims' surcharge.
The total bill of £2,741.32 compares rather unfavourably against the annual £35 notification fee he should have paid. It is also interesting to note that Hamed Shabani tried to remove his name from the company's registration at Companies House in an attempt to avoid prosecution.
"Pay day loans companies hold important information about some of the most financially vulnerable people in the UK. This makes this company and its director's decision not to face up to their legal responsibilities all the more concerning.
BYOD (Bring your own device) continues to be high on the ICO's priority list – earlier this month, the Royal Veterinary College breached the DPA when a member of staff lost their camera whose memory card held 6 job applicant passport pictures. Unfortunately, the RVC had not briefed staff on how personal information stored for work should be looked after on personal devices.
Nearly half of all UK employees now use their smartphones, tablets, PCs for work purposes, and the number is growing. As a result, organisations must update their data protection policies to take this into account.
If you are unlucky enough to have a portable device containing personal data stolen, it could cost you much more than simply replacing the device. As the owner of loans company Jala Transport discovered to his cost. He stopped his car at a set of traffic lights, only to have his car boot broken into. A hard drive – containing financial details of his 250 customers – was stolen, along with £3,600 cash.
Though the hard drive was password protected, the data within was not encrypted, and it included customers' names, dates of birth, the payments made, and the identity documents provided to support the loan application. Because the hard drive had not been encrypted, all those customers were left wide open to the threat of identity theft.
The penalty could have been £70,000, but was reduced to £5,000 to reflect the limited financial resources of the company and the fact that the breach was reported voluntarily.
Identity fraud is the most significant threat facing the UK, making security a key issue not only for businesses but also for individuals. Not taking steps to protect personal data just gives fraudsters a license to steal. This is clearly illustrated by the stats – identity fraud now accounts for over half of all committed fraud and is still growing. CIFAS confirmed 114,000 frauds in the first half of 201, of which 52% involved impersonation or fake identity details. An additional 14% of frauds involved account takeover.
All the stories above reflect the importance of being and remaining data compliant and illustrate the penalties that can be imposed by the ICO. If you would like any advice on how to become and remain compliant, just call us for a no-obligation chat.
This entry was posted in UK Data News, Weekly Roundup and tagged data compliance, data protection act, dpa, eu directive, pecr, privacy on October 23, 2013 by Data Compliant.
This article has been written to help companies, particularly SMEs, understand the significance and importance of strong data security and excellent staff training, specifically in relation to data protection compliance within their own businesses when dealing with personal and sensitive data.
Anti-spyware Consider installing anti-spyware tools (to prevent hostile individuals from monitoring your computer activity, and from making malicious attacks against you.
Back-ups are an essential part of computer hygiene – regular backups should be taken and kept separately so that if your computers are lost, you still have the information available.
Disposal When you get rid of a computer, it is vital to ensure that all personal information before you move it on. I always remove the hard drive, and smash it into small pieces – which is probably overkill, but it works for me! There are other "technical" solutions, but I prefer to destroy the hard drive and know that it's gone for ever.
Spam filters Ensure that you either have spam filters on your computers or that you use an email provider that offers this service.
If sensitive personal information is stolen or lost, it is highly likely to cause damage or distress. To minimise the risk of disclosure, any such personal information really should be encrypted. The truth is that login usernames and passwords offer only minimal protection – absolutely not enough to protect against illegal – or simply unauthorised – access. It is also worth remembering that enormous volumes of data can now be stored on tiny devices from memory sticks to smartphones.
if the contents of an email are sensitive, the email should be encrypted or password protected.
when you start to type in the name of the recipient, your software may automatically suggest similar addresses which you have used before. For example, I have a few Johns in my address book whom I email regularly. Each time, the auto-complete function offers me several Johns and I have to force myself to remember to check that I have picked up the right address before clicking "send".
Group email addresses are a useful tool, but it is always worth double-checking who is included within the group and be certain that you eliminate anybody who should not receive your message.
If you want to copy someone on an email, but don't want to share their email address, use the bcc function rather than the cc. When you use cc, all recipients will be able to see he email addresses of all other recipients to whom the email was sent.
Interesting (if irrelevant) note –we still use the term cc, which stands for carbon copy – going back to the days of typewriters when a sheet of coated carbon paper was placed between two or more sheets of paper. The pressure of the typewriter keys on the carbon papers would cause the ink to be transferred to the additional sheet(s) of paper, thus providing carbon copies. Bcc, of course, stands for blind carbon copy.
When sending a sensitive email from a secure server to a recipient whose server is insecure, the security of that email will be jeopardised. Always check the security of your recipient's server / provider before sending your message.
Use spam filters on your computers, or use an email provider that offers spam filtering services.
Training your staff to keep data secure is also vital. Staff can be held responsible for data compliance breaches and may sue their company if they have not been given essential training.
Discretion Your staff may receive enquiries from people who are trying to obtain personal details dishonestly – teach them how to handle such enquiries so that they cannot be tricked into providing inappropriate information.
Passwords Ensure your staff use strong passwords. The longer the better, and greater strength can be gained by combining letters, numbers, punctuation and other special characters, while using both upper and lower case letters.
Confidentiality It is, of course, essential that members of staff do not share their passwords or knowledge of sensitive or personal data with colleagues or friends.
Professionalism Staff members should be trained to be professional in their communications, and avoid any offensive communications, emails, or inappropriate dissemination of the details of other people or their private lives. They must be trained to understand that their inappropriate behaviour can bring your business into disrepute.
Spam They should not open spam – not even to unsubscribe or 'request no further mailings'. If you do not have spam filters on your computers, when they receive spam, your staff members should be instructed that, when they receive spam, the email should be deleted.
Data security falls into a number of areas. Based on the ICO's stated data breaches from April to July 2013, it is clear that security and staff training are critical elements in protecting the personal data you hold. The types of breach noted during that period are illustrated in the diagram below. It is notable just how significant security and staff training are in the prevention of protecting personal and sensitive data.
This entry was posted in Data Security, General Information and tagged data compliance, data protection, data protection act, ico on September 10, 2013 by Data Compliant.


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Stars: Scotty Bowers, Lois Bowers, William Mann
The Gospel According to André (2017)
From the segregated American South to the fashion capitals of the world, operatic fashion editor André Leon Talley's life and career are on full display, in a poignant portrait that ... See full summary »
Director: Kate Novack
Stars: André Leon Talley, Bethann Hardison, Marc Jacobs
McQueen (2018)
The life and career of fashion designer Lee Alexander McQueen: from his start as a tailor, to launching and overseeing his eponymous line and his untimely death.
Directors: Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui
Stars: Bernard Arnault, Joseph Bennett, Detmar Blow
The King II (2017)
Forty years after the death of Elvis Presley, a musical road trip across America in his 1963 Rolls Royce explores how a country boy lost his authenticity and became a king while his country lost her democracy and became an empire.
Director: Eugene Jarecki
Stars: Alec Baldwin, Tony Brown, James Carville
Kusama: Infinity (2018)
Artist Yayoi Kusama and experts discuss her life and work, from her modest beginnings in Japan to becoming an internationally renowned artist.
Director: Heather Lenz
Stars: Yayoi Kusama
The Cakemaker (2017)
A German pastry maker travels to Jerusalem in search of the wife and son of his dead lover.
Director: Ofir Raul Graizer
Stars: Tim Kalkhof, Sarah Adler, Roy Miller
Studio 54 (2018)
Documentary | History
The story of the notorious 1970s New York City nightclub.
Stars: Ian Schrager, Steve Rubell, Donald Rubell
Love, Gilda (2018)
In her own words, comedienne Gilda Radner looks back and reflects on her life and career. Weaving together recently discovered audiotapes, interviews with her friends, rare home movies and ... See full summary »
Director: Lisa D'Apolito
Stars: Andrew Alexander, Anne Beatts, Chevy Chase
Hal (2018)
Hal Ashby's obsessive genius led to an unprecedented string of Oscar®-winning classics, including Harold and Maude, Shampoo and Being There. But as contemporaries Coppola, Scorsese and ... See full summary »
Director: Amy Scott
Stars: Allison Anders, Judd Apatow, Rosanna Arquette
Elvis Presley: The Searcher (2018)
Elvis Presley's evolution as a musician and a man.
Director: Thom Zimny
Stars: Steve Allen, Ann-Margret, Chet Atkins
Rupert Everett ... Narrated by (voice)
David Bailey ... Himself - Interviewee
Manolo Blahnik ... Himself - Interviewee
Hamish Bowles ... Himself - Interviewee
Susanna Brown ... Herself - Interviewee
Leslie Caron ... Herself - Interviewee
Peter Eyre ... Himself - Interviewee
Philippe Garner ... Himself - Interviewee
Ray Gurton ... Himself - Interviewee
Nicky Haslam ... Himself - Interviewee
David Hockney ... Himself - Interviewee
Alastair Macaulay ... Himself - Interviewee
Isaac Mizrahi ... Himself - Interviewee
Robin Muir ... Himself - Interviewee
Julie Andrews ... Herself (archive footage)
Respected photographer, artist and set designer, Cecil Beaton. was best known for his Academy Award-winning work, designing for such award-winning films such as Gigi (1958) and My Fair Lady (1964). The film features archive footage and interviews with various models, artists and filmmakers who worked closely with Beaton during his illustrious career. Beaton was not only a dazzling chronicler of his time, but a supreme arbiter of its tastes. From the Bright Young Things, to the front lines of World War II, and from the international belle monde and the pages of Vogue to a role as the Queen's official photographer, Beaton embodied the cultural and political schisms of the twentieth century. In this warm - though critical - portrait, which blends archival footage and photographs with voice over from Beaton's famed diaries to capture his legacy as a complex and unique creative force. Dynamic and lyrical, Love, Cecil (2017) is an examination of Beaton's singular sense of the visual, which ...
The Life of Legendary Photographer Cecil Beaton
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In-depth documentary on the life and career of the immensely talented photographer, costume and set designer, illustrator, author, and painter Cecil Beaton. I thought the film captured well his incredible driving and creative force to illustrate what he regarded as the wondrous beauty in this world, aside from what reality truly was. To note, there were no subtitles on my DVD copy.
Beaton, who died in 1980 at the age of 76, is depicted giving candid interview excerpts here, and there are many other interview clips from those who knew him or were inspired by his work. But the real power of this movie, is in the incredibly striking photographs he took, as well as the dazzling costumes and lush sets he designed for such films as My Fair Lady and Gigi.
Overall, the documentary, most ably narrated by Rupert Everett and directed by the talented Lisa Immordino Vreeland, is a well presented look into the world of a multi-talented genius, as I see it.


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From AU to Second City: Buckman '94 Performs Improv, Produces Comedy Festival
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Dave Buckman, CAS/BA '94, and Rachel Madorsky perform as part of the award-winning improv troupe, the Frank Mills, in Austin, Texas. Photo by C.J. Allen
First, Dave Buckman, CAS/BA '94, trained his flair for funny in Tenleytown, then he moved on to the mecca of improv comedy—Chicago's Second City—and as far away as Amsterdam.
"I left Amsterdam thinking, 'If I can teach 20 Dutch businessmen to improv, I can do anything,'" he laughs. "Not everybody's funny, but anyone can learn to improvise," which he says teaches one how to listen, let go, agree, and add your own contribution to effectively build with a team.
"Good comedy comes from real life," he says. "Our reactions are genuine, experienced along with the audience."
Buckman and his fellow performers take suggestions from the audience and assemble a setting, plot, and characters with surprising results. Currently, he performs as part of the Frank Mills improv troupe and produces a comedy festival in Austin, Texas.
He calls his time at Second City a dream come true. "I got to watch talented comedians like Tina Fey, Rachel Dratch, and Horatio Sanz every night and learn from them before they were stars," he says. He started out at "the Harvard of Comedy" as an usher, then "after six months, they made me night manager and gave me the keys."
Several years of studying, then teaching at Second City opened the door to a career performing, directing, producing, and teaching at improvisational comedy institutions around the world. When he served as artistic director for Boom Chicago in Amsterdam for two years, he directed and performed with Saturday Night Live cast members Seth Myers and Jason Sudeikis, as well as Kay Cannon, a writer for NBC's 30 Rock. "I got there four days before New Year's Eve of 2000, and I knew it was going to be an amazing experience," he says.
The European audience was a challenge because it brought new rules for comedy. References must change, for example - "they won't be familiar with Peter Pan peanut butter," he says. Also, one must find universal humor: "It's best to stick with common themes like boyfriend/girlfriend relationships and work/occupational humor," he notes.
Since 2005, Buckman has been directing and performing with the award-winning improv troupe, the Frank Mills, with his wife, Rachel Madorsky - who also trained at Second City - as well as three friends. "I'm very happy where I am at right now, performing with my best friend," he says, referring to his "amazingly funny" wife.
Buckman also produces an annual weeklong comedy festival called Out of Bounds. This year, it will take place from August 31 to September 6, featuring "sketch comedy from Kevin McDonald of Kids in the Hall, a comedy duo from Israel, FrankenMatt, who are fellow Second City alumni; and much more." He invites AU alumni in the Austin area to attend. He will also direct this year's B. Iden Payne Awards, which is "like Austin's version of the Tony Awards," he says.
As a student at AU, Buckman worked on campus at StarQuest video store (in the tunnel, where McDonald's is now) and took his first improv class at Comedy Sportz in Rosslyn, Va., with Brian Silbert, CAS/BA '91 (now a producer in LA). He promptly taught his fellow AU theatre classmates some improve games and formed a troupe, Mission: IMPROV-able, performing regularly around campus, including during orientation for incoming freshmen.
"After our first year, we were like rock stars," he says. He recalls a particular performance in 1996 when Chris Noll, CAS/BA '98, did an impression of Ronald Reagan dancing the Macarena, which brought the audience to their feet. Buckman notes that Noll's show Midnight with Chris Noll on ATV turned into Midnight with Chris Wylde on Comedy Central from 2000 to 2001.
Other former Mission: IMPROV-able members include Alex Albrecht, CAS/BS '98 (host of Diggnation.com), Chris Compton, SOC/BA '98 (performer with Nerdvana in LA), Karen Graci, SIS/BA '95 (improv performer and teacher with Improv Olympic and Second City), Greg Hardigan, CAS/ND '95 (a playwright in Chicago with the Hypocrites), and Dan Schachner, CAS/BA '96 (TV commercials, now in NYC).
Buckman gratefully acknowledges AU performing arts faculty Gail Humphries, Caleen Sinette-Jennings, and Christian Mendenhall who allowed him and his fellow troupe members to practice many late nights on campus. "They were so kind and let us have a run of the place. Without that room to explore and practice together, I may not be where I am today."


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Rejina Pyo is based in London and it's here that she finds inspiration - elegant yet practical bags like this 'Naomi' style are influenced by the women she sees in the city. Made from croc-effect leather, this tote has a structured shape and wood-embellished drawstring. Use the internal slip pocket to stash your phone.
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Our article "Best Linux Desktop Environments: Strong and Stable" surveyed 9 strong and stable Linux desktop environments (DEs). Due to popular demand, this article extends that survey with 3 other desktops: Pantheon, Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE), and LXDE. We examine their features, user experience, resources footprint, extensibility, and documentation, and compare them to the 9 desktops covered in the original article.
Let's start with considering the features of Pantheon, LXDE, and TDE.
The three DEs provide the core functionality we'd expect from this type of software. They are stable environments that have been in development for years.
Pantheon applications are designed and developed by elementary – some of them are forks of Gnome-based apps, others are designed from the ground up. There's a good variety of ready-to-use apps included. We're particularly fond of Wingpanel, a top panel similar to GNOME Shell, and Files, a well-designed file manager. And its email client, Mail (how do they come up with these names?), is fairly capable but it's no Thunderbird. The apps are written in the Vala programming language.
TDE includes a wide selection of applications that allow you to surf the internet, send and receive email messages, chat with friends, family and colleagues, view images, compose text and create/edit documents, as well as other useful desktop utilities. Some of the choices are rather dated. And we haven't recommended using Konqueror to surf the net or manage files for many, many years.


I like the suggestions so far. Even if prerossofs have no specific knowledge of acommodations for specific disabiliites, making a verbal statement in class and/or a written statement on a syllabus or course website that they are aware some students may require acommodations and are approachable for discussion would go a long way.Some of my personal experiences are the converse of what is described in Thing 1. I have approached prerossofs or acommodations coordinators or administrators knowing exactly what sort of acommodations I needed, only to be told those were not permitted or not available. For example, I asked for access to a lecture hall through the accessible door, only to be told it was required to be locked at all times even though the inaccessible door was unlocked at all times. I asked permission to use computers which already existed to type things which were normally handwritten and was told this was not permitted. I asked about using alternate equipment for performing medical procedures during examination situations and was told the only testing acommodations permitted were for learning disabilities, not physical disabilities. They would have gladly (well maybe not gladly) given me extra testing time in a separate exam room, but could not understand my request to have lecture handouts placed in a location where I could reach them without climbing stairs. Advising students as to available acommodations is a useful thing, but it should be the opening of a conversation, not a list of the only possible permitted acommodations.


I arrived very late last night in LA to learn about what happened in Japan and not until later in the day I got to see the shocking images of the strong earthquake. When things like this happen I cannot help but being amazed at what our planet is capable of doing and in this case the devastation it can cause.
This week I have no links but those for donations to the Red Cross so we can help those in need over in Japan. In times like this people and especially children are in most need of food, water and shelter.
Wishing you a great weekend and lots of great things!
my heart hurts when seeing the footage. so much heartbreak.
we must help these people.
It's heartbreaking to see it all unfold on television. I'm so sad for them.
Oh, I know...it is heart wrenching. The magnitude of destruction is unbelievable. In my prayers for sure. WOW.
Absolutely heartbreaking. Thanks for posting these links.
oh i know, it's so heartbreaking!
Thank you for sharing these. I will be donating tomorrow. Every bit helps.
It is so sad what happened; thanks for posting such great links!
Thank you for a list of great organizations that can help.
Thank you for posting this list, it's good to know where we can donate to help!
You are so right, you just never know what you will wake up to, it's crazy. The planet is a mystery. Thanks for the links! Also, thanks for your input on my balance post, it was nice to hear. I am with you on feeling guilty sometimes, for sure!
So sad. My coworker still hasn't heard from some family over there. We're all praying very hard.
I wanted to let you know I referenced your list of links in my Monday post. Thanks again.
I am feeling guilt for my fortunate life.
It is important to reach out.
heart goes out to Japan. Wonderful links!


It is the end of an era in culinary history. But it is also the beginning of a new, even grander one – the crowning moment when high cuisine is formally inducted into the world of high culture.
The world's most famous chef, Spaniard Ferran Adrià, yesterday confirmed to the Observer that the world's most revered eatery, his groundbreaking, three-Michelin-star El Bulli, north of Barcelona, will not reopen as a commercial restaurant after it shuts next year. It is to be transformed into a non-profit foundation, by 2014, similar to those that run museums and art centres throughout Spain.
"It has been the love of the people that made us decide we should become a foundation," Adrià said. "This is really a question of popular demand."
The decision comes three weeks after Adrià shocked the world's gastronomes by announcing that the restaurant would close its doors for two years while he pondered the future. Exhausted by years of maintaining the spirit of experimentation at his 60-seater restaurant, near the town of Roses, he said he needed a rest to think out the next stage of his life.
The 15-hour days running the restaurant were threatening to damage his creative edge, the 47-year-old Catalan said: "With a format like the current one, it is impossible to keep creating."
Last month's announcement led to speculation about the loss of a global cultural jewel in newspapers from New York to Tokyo. The chef said many people had argued that El Bulli had become too important a part of Spanish culture for it to be left to the whims of commercial enterprise. "I didn't think people would give the matter the importance that they have done," he said.
The concept of creating a foundation had flowed from that. "It means the spirit of El Bulli will be even stronger and will live on for ever," he said. It would also, he said, prove less risky in the long term than running it commercially.
Adrià and his partners had been losing €500,000 a year on the 60-seater restaurant. Their business followed a similar model to those of haute couture fashion houses which lose money on their collections but then make a profit by using their brand to sell anything from perfumes to handbags. Adrià's brand is on everything from olive oil to crockery and silverware.
"The restaurant was already effectively being subsidised, so this model makes sense," he said. "We will be providing funds to the foundation but obviously we will also be open to others putting funds in as well."
Adrià has given himself two years to think about what the new foundation will do. "We are open to suggestions," he said. But he is absolutely sure it will involve cooking and serving food on El Bulli's hallowed premises.


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In an era of how quickly you can do anything ("Now! 30 Minutes to Master fill-in-the-blank"), it's helpful to step back and look at the Long View. We may live in an instantaneous culture, but real wisdom comes from experience. And lots of it. The Wisdom Years I spoke recently with Glenna Salsbury, a Grande Dame and [Read More…]
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Councillor Linda Holt
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Linda Holt is the Scottish Conservative & Unionist councillor for East Neuk & Landward.
Living in Arncroach since 2004, where she has brought up her family, Linda was a director at the UK's first outdoor nursery in Fife.
After fighting wind farm proposals at Lingo and Kenly, she co-founded the national campaign group Scotland Against Spin in 2012, becoming its spokesman and lobbyist. The Scottish Field named her among the Scottish countryside's "movers and shakers" and the Courier included her in its Tayside's Impact 100 list.
A graduate of the University of Oxford, Linda now combines tutoring for the St Andrews' Haydays with occasional journalism and PR work on issues close to her heart.
LINDA BELIEVES IN
The Union and will fight against a second referendum. The SNP have had their chance and now need to get on the job of governing Scotland.
Listening to people. Councillors are there to serve and get the best they can for their community.
Making sure that everyone's voice is heard, including those least able to speak for themselves.
LINDA PROMISES THAT SHE WILL
Oppose all efforts by the SNP to drag Scotland through another divisive and unjustifiable referendum.
Do her utmost to ensure development is properly planned to deliver affordable housing, necessary infrastructure and economic prosperity while safeguarding the East Neuk's precious built and natural heritage.
Listen to residents and act on their concerns, being a strong voice for East Neuk communities within Fife Council and beyond
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