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Delhi's air quality index in 'very poor' category; expected to improve from 29 Nov
The air quality in the national capital has remained in the 'very poor' or the 'severe' category on most days in November so far.
Safdarjung Tomb is seen amid heavy smog conditions in New Delhi. AFP
New Delhi: The air quality index (AQI) in Delhi was recorded in the 'very poor' category on Saturday morning, according to data issued by the Central Pollution Control Board.
It is expected to improve from November 29 onwards due to high wind speed.
Local surface winds are likely to increase slightly for the next two days, dispersing pollutants and leading to a slight improvement in the air pollution, but the AQI will be in the "higher end of the very poor" category, officials said.
The share of stubble burning in Delhi's PM2.5 pollution was eight percent.
"Mixing layer height and wind are the dominant factors controlling air quality. From November 29, significant improvement in AQI is expected due to high wind speed," said the Ministry of Earth Sciences' air quality monitor SAFAR on Friday.
On Saturday, the AQI of Delhi was recorded at 407 around 9 am. The corresponding figures for Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gurugram and Noida were 434, 376, 378 and 392 respectively.
Delhi recorded its lowest air pollution levels of the month in terms of the 24-hour average quality index on November 1 (AQI 281) and November 23 (AQI 290).
An AQI between zero and 50 is considered 'good', 51 and 100 'satisfactory', 101 and 200 'moderate', 201 and 300 'poor', 301 and 400 'very poor', and 401 and 500 'severe'.
On Saturday, the minimum temperature in the national capital settled at 10.2 degrees Celsius, normal for this time of the year. Relative humidity recorded at 8.30 am was 95 percent, according to the India Meteorological Department.
The maximum temperature is likely to settle around 27 degrees Celsius, and the weatherman has predicted mainly clear skies throughout the day.
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The Cretaceous Period is being dug up again in Tokyo for the Dinosaur Expo 2016 at the National Museum of Nature and Science, which brings to the city two giant prehistoric exhibits. A skeletal reconstruction of a Tyrannosaurus Rex will be displayed along with the newest reconstruction of the Spinosaurus, the largest known carnivorous dinosaur to have walked the Earth.
The first fossils of the Spinosaurus were uncovered in Germany in 1912, but were later destroyed during World War II. Based on the recent discovery of another fossil in Morocco in 2008 and studies of the original remains, a new skeleton was constructed in 2014.
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July 19, 2019	Latest News, Regional 0
At least eight people were killed and 33 others wounded in an IED blast close to the Kabul University in PD3 of the city, officials confirmed. Fardaws Faramarz, a spokesman for Kabul's police confirmed the incident adding that the security forces have also defused an IED attached to a vehicle …
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Blast in Kabul Kills 2, Injures 16
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Review: MX Vs. ATV Alive
Peter Chapman 26/05/11 16 Comments
MX vs ATV is a brave game. It eschews the industry standard price tag, with its recommended retail price of just £30/$40. The idea is that further content can be purchased later in the form of DLC. Unfortunately, this leaves the out-of-box experience feeling a little less than complete and players might be put off by the scant options available.
The game offers two types of vehicle, as the title suggests. There are two slight variations on the 125CC MX bike and the 250CC ATV quad at the game's beginnings and you should get used to how these vehicles run on the two available tracks, two short tracks and two Free Ride areas, because, for the first few hours, that's all you've got to play with. Further vehicular options are unlocked as you progress but at the beginning you're restricted to these limited offerings, albeit with some degree of customisation.
[drop]The tracks are well designed and offer plenty of replay value, especially with the difficulty setting available before each race and an option to race against opponents on two wheels, four or a mixed field of motorcyclists and ATV riders. Even with those considerations, two full sized tracks for the first few hours becomes very tedious. You're grinding for XP, of course, but in quite a clumsy way that holds no pretence of fun or progression. You must repeat the same tasks over and over until you level up your rider enough to unlock more tracks. Couple this with the unfortunate fact that there are only two game modes, Race and Free Ride, and you might be forgiven for thinking that, cut price or not, this game is shallow in its options.
In addition to the stark offerings at the beginning of the game, there is little in the way of tutorials to help you get to grips with the imaginative handling system. Fans of the previous MX vs ATV offerings will know the drill here but for newcomers, the twin stick control method will feel awkward for a few races and the advanced controls are hinted at but never explained fully.
The left stick controls the steering of your vehicle, as you might expect. The right stick controls your rider's weight distribution which is instrumental in handling well through corners and over jumps. Both sticks can be used independently of each other so the degree of control is very impressive. As for advanced controls, there is the ability to pre-load your jumps by locking your suspension and use of the clutch allows you to keep your speed up through corners as well as get a jump at the start. However, these elements are never explained to the player so you're left to work them out for yourself using trial and error.
The four difficulty settings allow a certain degree of variation to the races with opponent AI ranging from dreadfully slow to scarily fast. At all difficulty levels, the rest of the field is not afraid of a bit of aggression. Riders will crash into you in an effort to displace you and you're encouraged to do the same, if not openly. Often an opponent can be bustled out of line or even out of his seat with little penalty for yourself but this principle works both ways and opponents are just as keen to shunt you out the way as they are to outrace you.
If you collide badly or suffer an unbalanced jump you will often be able to re-seat your rider with a quick flick of the right stick in whatever direction is displayed on screen. It's almost like a quicktime event but it goes by so quickly and is integrated so smoothly that it feels perfectly natural.
At the end of each race, you earn XP points for your rider and for the vehicle you were using. These points are used to unlock tracks later in the game, but in the meantime they're unlocking customisation options for the vehicle and rider including everything from paint jobs to special abilities which can be assigned to the rider. There are an impressive amount of options available and the rate at which things open up is brisk enough that you can tinker with your appearance and abilities a little bit while pushing on to level ten and that first track bundle unlock you will be yearning for. Alternatively, and this is key to the low initial price strategy that THQ are trialling, you can pay for the unlock as DLC.
[drop2]DLC is a big part of this game's strategy and there is sure to be plenty more in the near future as THQ endeavours to make up for the low entry point. There is also the added bonus for the publishers that pre-owned sales will only ever consist of what's on the disc so there's the possibility that the add-on DLC will be purchased several times for each new disc sold. It's an imaginative way to combat the pressures from the pre-owned market while giving your customers a discounted game with the option to add value rather than a full price game with penalties for buying pre-owned.
There are a good selection of well designed tracks (and a download code for a couple more with new discs) out of the box but the laborious task of unlocking them is likely to be unforgivable for some. Forcing your users to replay the same track repeatedly just to grind for XP is simply bad design and feels all the more out of place because of the intelligence that has gone into designing the tracks.
Free Ride mode offers a little more variation, giving you an area to ride around exploring and completing challenges. Ultimately, Free Ride feels more like a reward for putting up with the grinding rather than a complete game mode in itself but it is enjoyable and the addition of new areas should give players plenty to enjoy. Unfortunately, the tricks that are relied upon in this mode are difficult to pull off and involve animations that last a touch too long, meaning that you have to get the trick command out of the way as early as possible in a huge jump or you will wipe out half way through an animation.
Your XP levels are persistent, too. So anything you earn in the split screen (2-player) or online (up to 12 players) multiplayer modes is funnelled back into unlocking content for your single player game and customisation options for all modes. The split screen mode is as fun as ever with higher instances of texture pop-in that are easily forgivable. Online is mostly free of lag and can be enjoyable if you find yourself in a well-matched field of riders. Each lobby votes on the next track so there is potential for some enjoyable meetings with friends or strangers alike.
Low price for entry.
Plays well during races and large Free Ride areas.
Plenty of customisation options.
Not enough content available from the start.
Grinding for XP can become frustrating.
Limited vehicle types and game modes makes the game feel empty at the start.
MX vs ATV Alive is a bold proposition and it hits its targets in many areas. It certainly presents a fun racing experience and the online modes can be hugely enjoyable. Unfortunately, the cut price initial cost still feels expensive for the content that you can play when you put the disc in your machine. The need to grind before you can unlock more, admittedly well designed, tracks and areas is bothersome but the rewards for doing so are ample enough that it is certainly worth sticking it out if you're ready for your next mud-spattered racer.
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Crazy_Del	 26/05/11, 09:19
The review is spot on Peter, bought it on day 1 (When PSN was down) I was up at level 10 after grinding at least 5 races to reach that level to unlock more reaches and the grinded more XP on the same races to reach lvl 25 and 50, but PSN Online was up on Monday evening had a quick go at online it was fun but lacked alot on lcations and everyone is on Rookie even at lvl 50 hardly anyone on expert (whatever that was called)
Huge downside for me was no trick competitions! Reflex is better than Alive in my honest opinion. Traded the game as soon as I completed the races (not even career more like singleplayer races repeats)
Was very dissapointed.
Origami Killer	 26/05/11, 12:07
yep the biggest grinding so far for me has been from level 10 to level 25, has taken ages and meant iv'e had to repeat about 30 races. Im now about level 28 i think, going for level 50 will take some time. I've only played a few games online and manged to come about 3rd but on rookie level you can only race on 4 tracks! And as you have said there are level 50's on there who easily win. I was dissapointed but the lack of freestyle and also the lack of larger vehicles such as the sports buggy on Reflex on Omnicross races :/ Still i am finding it enjoyable and trying to get as many trophies as possible and beating the James Stewart character was harder than i thought, beat him by only 0.29 seconds :P I prefer the national tracks on ALive though
Exactly mate only ATV online was easy wins for me as everyone was on bikes with higher level in Rookie.
my game crashes every time i try and do ATV's online :S
I was the same well guess it's not the PS3 then, it's the online game aspect that causes the crash ><
Well I traded it in for DiRT 3
kjkg	 26/05/11, 09:26
This isn't the first game that has taken the approach of sealing off a lot of content and selling for cheaper, is it? I have a Déjà vu moment just now, just can't place it.
freezebug2	 26/05/11, 09:27
I've always found these games (store demo's) dissapointing and for a much better mud plugging Sunday afternoon you won't go far wrong with Pure which is a far better game in my opinion and probably only costs a quarter of the price these days :)
R1MJAW	 26/05/11, 10:48
Yep, I picked up Pure a few weeks ago for £5. Obviously it's just ATV's, but it is really good.
had the demo for it but it seemed too unrealistic and OTT with too huge of jumps to be able to land, and in real life ATV's are not that easy to handle.
Yeah, it is quite unrealistic, but that's partially why it's so much fun.
twas fun i must admit
Bargain man, I still have my copy of Pure, so if you require any online trophy boosting (pending servers still operational) just PSN message me, as it might be a bit deserted these days and there are only a few trophies.
Some of the tricks in that game are awesomely insane and great fun ;)
I've just been playing through this game, and your review is great. There wasn't enough content available at the start meaning i had to grind many races. However, it does improve your knowledge on the tracks, After level 25 you have unlocked every thing. The gameplay i think has improved from Reflex, felt more realistic and the dual controls felt easier to get used to. I also think they improved greatly the handling of the ATV's as on reflex they were simply uncontrolable but now i use them more than MX's. It is not as good as Reflex due to the lack of content e.g modes and tracks. But it has so much potential.
also with the store down i can't purchase any DLC or have the stewart compund
cam the man	 26/05/11, 11:36
Went off this series a while back and there's nowt there to change my mind.
TURRICAN-808	 26/05/11, 12:07


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Does the GOP really want to reverse Roe V. Wade?
Trump may deliver the Roe reversal Republicans have pledged. But amid broad public support for legal abortion, it's the last thing many privately want.
Does the GOP really want to reverse Roe V. Wade? Trump may deliver the Roe reversal Republicans have pledged. But amid broad public support for legal abortion, it's the last thing many privately want. Check out this story on clarionledger.com: http://www.clarionledger.com/story/opinion/columnists/2018/07/06/does-gop-really-want-reverse-roe-v-wade/763636002/
Guest Columnist Published 12:37 p.m. CT July 6, 2018
Anti-abortion activists gather outside the Supreme Court as the judges weigh their final decisions of the year.(Photo: JIM LO SCALZO, EPA-EFE)
"I'm like a dog chasing cars, I wouldn't know what to do if I caught one." That famous line from the Joker in "The Dark Knight" could well be delivered by dozens of Republican senators this month. For decades, Republican politicians have run on pro-life platforms and promises to reverse Roe v. Wade with a pro-life majority on the Supreme Court. That mantra was picked up most recently by President Donald Trump, who pledged to supporters that overturning Roe v. Wade "will happen, automatically" because he would appoint only pro-life justices to the Supreme Court.
The problem for the Republican Party is that Trump could actually succeed with the nominee he announces Monday to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy.
Many Republicans say privately it is the last thing they want to happen, given the potential for backlash in House and Senate elections that could turn on thin margins. Polls put public support for Roe v. Wade as high as 70 percent, with a majority opposing a nominee who wants to reverse it.
That includes many of those suburban moms critical to the Republican majority. Roe is approaching 50 years, but it is still driving our political debate. It is one thing to chase a court and another thing to catch one.
The biggest concern in Washington is that Trump did not get the memo about sounding pro-life without actually being pro-life. One of the most fascinating aspects of the Trump administration is the remarkably high number of promises that Trump has actually kept.
If Trump were to deliver on reversing Roe, he would have accomplished something that five Republican presidents, including Ronald Reagan, could not achieve for decades. In other words, Trump might just mean it, and that is precisely the problem for many senators.
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Republican senators such as Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski support abortion rights, and Collins has said that a nominee who would overturn Roe v. Wade would "not be acceptable." The question is whether such members are as serious in guaranteeing the continuation of Roe as Trump has been in pursuing its end.
For his part, Trump has announced that he "probably won't" ask any nominee where he or she stand on the case. This would allow all sides to have plausible deniability, though virtually everyone on Trump's list is believed to oppose the reasoning of Roe v. Wade. As a result, the only way for Collins to be sure about Roe v. Wade is to demand an express assurance that the decision will be preserved by the nominee
Since 1973, Roe has been the perpetual motion machine of American politics. It is likely to remain so for the next 50 years — regardless of the nominee. Even if Trump's nominee were to vote to overturn Roe, the new majority may find Chief Justice John Roberts a hard sell for a frontal attack on Roe as opposed to narrowing decisions along its edges.
Roberts is the ultimate institutionalist and might get sticker shock from the political price of directly overturning the decision.
However, even if Roe were overturned, the political controversy would only shift to the states, where each state would vote on the availability of abortions. Most states would likely protect the right.
Indeed, in 2013 Ruth Bader Ginsburg surprised an audience at the University of Chicago by saying that Roe v. Wade may have been a mistake in such a sweeping form. She said the politics of the decision were not good for the pro-choice cause: "That was my concern, that the court had given opponents of access to abortion a target to aim at relentlessly. ... My criticism of Roe is that it seemed to have stopped the momentum that was on the side of change."
That momentum would likely be regained by any reversal of Roe, given the overwhelming majority that supports the right. Indeed, Ginsburg's comment might prove prophetic if Roe is kept barely alive by the court. On a political level, it might be better for pro-choice advocates to see the opinion overturned entirely rather than left effectively dead by a thousand paper cuts.
If Roe lives, even in a greatly reduced form, the right will continue to reside in the Supreme Court. If it is overturned, momentum will likely approach madness as an estimated 70 percent of the country move to recreate the right in their states.
That is the car that Republicans fear to catch.
Jonathan Turley, a member of USA TODAY's Board of Contributors, is the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University, where he teaches constitutional and tort law.
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This is an awesome post! I think it's fantastic that lots of your teachers are sharing their own stories about their individual classrooms. That is a perfect example of your teachers feeling empowered to share and celebrate some of the awesome things they are doing.
I really enjoyed your sentence, "parents have a wide open window into classroom happenings." This cannot be emphasized enough…it is absolutely crucial that we increase transparency and get more members of our communities involved in our schools. Schools are no longer isolated islands that function as individual structures…education is a group effort, and for us to be successful we need to get everyone involved.
Thanks for accepting my challenge and I look forward to hearing more about your school's efforts!
Such amazing work from kids! I love that you're able to share this with us. Some schools don't let their teachers share student work online without a lot of red tape. So glad that you're empowering your kids in this way!
Thanks, Michelle! We're all so excited about what our kids are doing each day!
Great post Lyn! Not only is this a great example of teachers sharing what's going on, it's also a great example of how an administrator can share what's happening with stakeholders in the community and beyond. You're right, sharing is very contagious! It's something we all have to keep doing.
This was the first post I've read on your blog, but I enjoyed it very much.
I came across your site as part of my research for a graduate class while looking for active professional sites/ forums. I have always enjoyed seeing what is working, or even not working, for others so that I can, in turn, better address my own "best practices". Now, with blogs such as The Principal's Post, I'll have the opportunity to view such working ideas well outside of my own little bubble of the world in southern Maryland. As a teacher born, raised and educated in PA, I'm extremely excited to see technology, sharing and the like flourishing. These ideas and approaches were, sadly, never part of the educational mentality when I was attending public school there. Great, great stuff to see if now.
While finding your site was by chance, I'll be sure to check back often to see what you and your school are up to. I'll also be sure to pass word of your site along to my peers in my own school to further the message.
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Violet Cross, Harlots
Show: Harlots
TV: Streaming / Network: Hulu
Character Status: Recurring
Current LI: Female
Current Season: On Show
Endgame: TBD
Show Status: Still Airing
Tropes: Promiscuous
Introduced in: 2016-2017 / Final season: TBD
Appeared in seasons: 2016-2017
Violet Cross (Rosalind Eleazar)
Harlots is a British period drama available on Hulu, set in a brothel in 18th century England. Violet appeared in the background in the first 2 episodes, first giving a man oral in a side street, and blowing a kiss to Amelia as Amelia's mother was preaching about the sins of harlots.
In episode 4 Amelia saw Violet, one of the prostitutes, pick-pocketing a stranger but did not report her. Violet came to ask her why, they agreed to share a drink and a meal together, and suggested Amelia might be the one that needed saving. Violet invited her to a masquerade party in the brothel where she worked. Amelia seemed interested and accepted the invitation, and at the party they drank and talked and Violet kissed her. Amelia seemed surprised and ran away.
In episode 5, Amelia was seen tending to her mother who had fallen ill. Violet came to ask her why she had left the party, and Amelia assumed Violet needed money and gave her a purse of coins to get rid of her. Violet accepted it at first but later showed up at her door and kissed her before admitting she didn't want her money. Instead, she wanted Amelia.
Violet appeared again in episode 7, when Amelia told her they couldn't see each other anymore, because she didn't want to break her mother's heart. Violet replied it was her own heart she was trying to spare.
In the season finale, Violet only appeared in the epilogue, when Amelia saw her on the street, rushed to her and kissed her.
The show has yet to be renewed for a season 2.
6 episodes. Missing from 1x03 and 1x06
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Yeah… Violet shouldn't be in the bisexual section, it's somehow both biphobic and lesbophobic to suggest that because a sex worker has sex with a man for money/literally A JOB that she's bisexual when she experiences no sexual or romantic interest in men on the show.


Smart lighting control has revolutionized the effect of your lights on your health. The two technologies that make this possible are "warm-dimming" LEDs and tunable white lighting.
Older LEDs used cool dimming, which gave off a cooler, blue tone when the fixtures were dimmed. This type of dimming made the fixtures more efficient, but the color temperature was off-putting and made many people feel more awake when they were trying to wind down at the end of the day. This response from our bodies reflects our circadian rhythms, or internal biological clocks, which are governed in part by light. Cooler tones energize us, while warmer light mimics the conditions when we're more at rest around sunrise and sunset.
Warm dimming LEDs don't emit light with that cooler temperature when they're dimmed. Tunable white lighting takes this a step further by letting you set your LEDs to emit light at whatever color you want. Together, tunable white lighting and warm dimming let you control the color temperature and brightness separately of one another.
How does all this impact your health? Simply put, lighting control systems with these technologies help the lighting in your home better mimic the pattern of the sun throughout the day, which helps your body better align with your circadian rhythm.
You'll drift off to sleep more easily as your lights gradually fade to a warm, soft glow, then wake up refreshed with your personal sunrise as your lights gradually brighten in the morning. During the middle of the day, cooler color temperatures help stimulate productivity. And it's all due to the lights in your home.
Another key benefit of smart lighting is how it gives you one central control system for all the fixtures in your home. Aside from the added convenience of being able to adjust any fixture anytime you want right from your , tablet, or wall mounted device, there are other perks to enjoy.
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One option is a "Dinner" scene that dims the lights in your kitchen, lowers your motorized shades, turns on your home audio system and fires up your favorite playlist of music to relax to. For a simpler choice, an "Away" setting that shuts off all the lights at once is very handy when you're in a rush to get out the door. And if you forget any lights on your way out, simply pull out your phone and turn them off remotely.
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Exercising Even A Little Bit Makes It Easier For Smokers To Quit
Paul Gilham
A competitor stops for a cigarette after he broke down during the Enduropale race at Le Touquet Beach on February 22, 2009 in Le Touquet, France.
Smoking is bad. Quitting smoking is hard. But exercising can make quitting easier, and make sliding back into smoking less likely.
That's the word from a big new study, which tracked the health and habits of 434,190 people in Taiwan from 1996 to 2008. Smokers who got just 15 minutes of exercise a day were 55 percent more likely to quit than were people who weren't active at all. And those active smokers were 43 percent less likely to relapse when they did quit.
"Our message is to quit and exercise — to do both is the best," says Chi Pang Wen, a professor at the National Health Research Institute and China Medical University Hospital in Taiwan, who presented the data at the World Congress of Cardiology meeting in Dubai.
"Trying to quit is a painful process," Wen told Shots by phone from Dubai. "That painful process creates a vacuum. This substitute, which is exercise, will distract the smokers from thinking every day about the need to smoke."
And smokers who can't quit are still better off if they're active. As little as 15 minutes of walking six days a week improves life expectancy in smokers, according to a an earlier study by Wen, published last year in The Lancet.
Smokers who were active 30 minutes a day increased their life expectancy by 3.7 years. That put them on a par with ex-smokers who got low levels of exercise.The big risks they're looking at here are heart attack, stroke, and cancer.
And ex-smokers were able to counteract the long-term ill effects of smoking with exercise, too x-smokers who exercised 30 minutes a day were able to increase their life expectancy by 5.6 years, on average, and reduce the risk of death by 43 percent. That put them at the same risk level as nonsmokers who were inactive.
Walking 15 minutes a day six days a week is enough to improve health among smokers, Wen says."We want smokers to do as much exercise as possible," he says. But that 15 minutes is way better than nothing.


A lot of you have been requesting labels for our Tin Can Treats, and I'm so excited to share them today! Mostly because they're so stinking cute. And that's because I didn't make them! The fabulous Kim, from The TomKat Studio whipped these up for us. Aren't they fabulous? If you've never been to Kim's blog before, you must head over there and poke around. But make sure you have some time because you will get sucked in by all of the eye-candy and spend hours bookmarking things you think one day you will have time to do. Kim makes such beautiful things and I'm glad she shared a bit of her talent with us!
How about that cute message? Thanks to YOU readers for that fun idea! I asked for some ideas on our Facebook page, and thought this was perfect.
Now, if you haven't made our Tin Can Treats before, read this tutorial. These are the perfect, unique little gift for teachers, neighbors, friends, etc. You can fill them up with homemade goodies (like Easy Pretzel Turtles or Peppermint Bark Popcorn) or store bought candy or trinkets. You can even fit gift cards in there- what a fun way to gift that, right?
Kim has made a full wrap around label for us (plus tags!), so there's no need to cut and paste and piece things together, just wrap that label right around and then pop a little tag or two on top! There are two sizes available, a larger tag (seen above), and a smaller one that fits these mini cans.
Be aware that cans come in SO many different sizes, so if you find the label to be too big, obviously just trim it to fit, and if you have a can that's a bit larger than the label, just peel off the original can label and have some extra silver showing (hey, it's festive!) or cover your can in brown or white paper first, or you can always cover the can in wrapping paper first and just cut out the circular message. Be creative!
Thanks again to Kim from The TomKat Studio, make sure you go visit her site and say hello! Annnnd, guess what? I somehow tricked her into doing one more printable for us (or, maybe she's just super nice 🙂 I'll post it Monday and it's for last-minute giving when you need something, but you don't have time to bake! Cheap, quick, and super duper easy. Get ready to stock up.
To download the custom labels, click a link below.
Oh my, that made me laugh out loud! I love a good pun. Is that a pun? Well whatever it is it's hilarious!
Can y'all make printables to fit the mimi M&M canisters? I can't get them to come out correctly.
I just made 9 of these yesterday (thank God my husband like fruit cocktail!). I'm using them for fun gift card holders. Can't wait till my co-workers open them tomorrow. Your blog is the secret to my success!
love using this for a way to give out gift cards! Too bad I didn't buy any cans at the grocery store today. TFS!
I have that kind of can opener on my wishlist for this very purpose!
Yes, I had that on my list too-until my very smart daughter told me to just turn my regular can opener so it would cut the side and not the top – it worked!
DYING from cuteness!!! Love this, such a great idea.
Wow, what a cute idea. I have a cookie exchange party to go to this weekend and these labels will be perfect for the tins I'm giving each person to take their cookies home in!! Thank You!!!
The teachers at my kids' school are going to love this! This is so much cuter than just handing them their Target gift cards. Thank you!
You guys are geniuses!!!! Never thought of that for a gift card! It will be my new go to holder!!! <3 it!!!
Ok, I have the same two can openers that are in your tutorial, but I cannot get the darn bottoms off the cans! Is there a specific can you have to buy? Or what am I doing wrong?
Thanks so much for this! I forgot to buy a card and wondered how to give my daughter's teacher a gift card. This was perfect and so cute!
where do you get the cans?
Love her printable! Thank you.
Thank you for helping me have the cutest presents at the kids youth group gift exchange!!
Why am I just reading this? Already have the teachers gift cards ready in a card. There is always end of the school year, love it.
O M G this has to be one of the cutest ideas ever !! WOW I know what all of my kids' teachers are getting for every holiday !! Thanks so much for sharing !!
There are amazing! I'm going to make some tonight! Quick Question: What are the dimensions of the labels for the standard size tin can label?
I just wanted to say Thank You for this great idea; such a fun way to give gift cards or gift certs! I must have made a dozen of them this year…and I am NOT a crafty person! Thanks again!!
Such a unique idea. I'm always looking for something new. Thanks for sharing. Can't wait to get started.
I've been saving cans in anticipation of doing this. Thanks to Kim for the label! And thanks to you for hooking us up with her! I love the idea of putting a gift card in the can!!
I used the tin can to wrap my son's first cell phone. I had family and friends send him birthday messages before his birthday and he was very surprised when he opened the can and found the phone full of messages.
these are brilliant, thank you so much for sharing your creativity. I am a teacher and I will be making these for my children's teachers. Happy Holidays!
Somehow I missed a big piece: How do you get the stuff in the can? I know..you probably think I'm blond for sure!
Cut the bottom off with a can opener. Then fill the can with goodies and hot glue the bottom back on.
Oh wow! And I thought I was creative! These are absolutely adorable and I have to make these for my kids' teachers this year!! Thank you so much for the ideas and printables. Cannot wait!!
is there a way to get the template with just the writing? not the design? I have some really pretty paper I would love to print this on. Thanks!!
Sorry, the only download is the one linked!
where do you get the cans themselves?


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The president of animal rescue charity Phoenix, who founded the association with his wife, is stepping down from his role due to ill health.
Richard Johnson leaves a team which intends to continue the work started by him and wife Sheelagh.
They realised soon after arriving in France in 1990 that many stray dogs and ill-treated animals needed care. The couple (pictured above), have devoted their time ever since to looking after as many as possible.
Phoenix, based in Dordogne, has around 500 members and rehomes about 200 dogs and 80 to 100 cats every year.
It does not have a refuge centre. Foster carers look after the dogs and cats until someone can be found to adopt them.
Phoenix holds several fundraising events every year.
The biggest are the spring and autumn book fairs, with the next one on May 4.
There will be around 20,000 books to choose from, as well as CDs, DVDs, plants, bric-a-brac and cakes.
The last fair raised €17,500.
Acting president Madeleine Bath said that, after expenses, all the money goes on animal care: "The association is run on a shoestring and its success is down to its members.
"We need every penny we can get, because our outgoings are at least €90,000 a year, and nearly all that goes on vet bills."
She says Phoenix is working on the best ways to target its funds: "We think sterilisation programmes for cats are particularly effective, because they are difficult to rehome. We recently paid for the sterilisation of 19 cats belonging to one woman in a local village."
She said there are still as many stray and abandoned dogs needing adoption as ever, but their profile is changing.
"There are more elderly dogs and to assist adopters who take them on we have introduced a Phoenix Pensioners Plan, so the dog goes into a new home with a sum of money to help cover likely bills," she said.
New volunteers are always welcome. "We would love to have some new foster carers, and will give them plenty of support," added Mrs Bath.
You can also join the Phoenix book fair team, which meets every Friday to sort books, help the book fair caterers provide refreshment, join a sponsored dog walk, or be a member for €20 a year.
Read stories from Phoenix dog owners at phoenixasso.com.
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BGFN MAGAZINE >> News >> Fashion collections >> Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga for H&M's Holiday campaign
Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga for H&M's Holiday campaign
by Boyana Ivanova, 29 October, 2014
This winter, H&M is celebrating the holidays with a spectacular campaign and festive collection. Global superstars Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga are the stars of the campaign, singing "It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" from their #1 new album Cheek To Cheek. The extended version of the commercial premieres at hm.com on November 25.
"We were inspired by the glitz, glamour, and opulence of the 1940's Big Band era," says Johan Renck, director of the commercial.
"The mood is one of festive celebration shot through with a strong sense of fashion and an underlying humour. It is intriguing, curious, exuberant, audacious, and filled with wonder."
The campaign is a thrilling fun adventure, where an H&M family of supermodels and superstars celebrate the spirit of giving and togetherness this Christmas. There's a glittering mood, with an effortless glamour in flirty red dresses and skirts and tops that sparkle. Knits are a festive essential, just like the cosy oversized sweater worn by Lady Gaga in the print campaign.
For men, there are plays on plaids for a festive spirit, especially a dapper plaid blazer that looks great layered with fun Christmas sweaters. Kids get to join the Christmas fun too with a whole range of season prints and decorations, while there are plaids and sweaters for looking their smartest.
"I love the feeling of celebration at H&M this holiday season," says Ann-Sofie Johansson, H&M's Head of Design, New Development.
"Women's dresses sparkle or give a new twist to traditional red, while men look festive in different plaids, and kids in all their different fun prints."
Throughout the holiday season, H&M will be raising funds for CARE, a humanitarian organisation working alongside poor women and girls to help fight global poverty. H&M will sell a special set of gift labels at each of its stores. For each pack sold, the H&M Conscious Foundation will donate double the sale price to CARE.
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Startup founded by FireEye alum goes after FireEye
SlashNext's machine learning, artificial intelligence detects malware, exploits, data exfiltration and social engineering attacks.
By Tim Greene
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A former FireEye engineer has kicked off a startup whose machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies will compete against his former employer's threat-prevention platforms.
SlashNext makes Active Cyber Defense System, a service with a cloud-based learning component that can detect data exfiltration, malware, exploits and social engineering attacks, says the company's founder and CEO Atif Mushtaq.
SlashNext
SlashNext CEO Atif Mushtaq: "The system has a low false positive rate."
He says the system analyzes suspicious traffic as a human analyst would. This allows the system to detect social engineering attacks. For instance, in phishing attempts that trick victims into clicking on malicious links, often those links mimic legitimate sign-in pages.
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A security analyst would use a base of knowledge learned over the course of a career to detect that the page differs from the real page. Analysts can then use their experience to detect zero-day attacks.
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Similarly, the SlashNext system would be preloaded with knowledge about attacks and analyze traffic by mimicking human thought processes via algorithms. "Our technology called Progressive Learning is a set of algorithms that uses machine learning to build the core knowledge bases," Mushtaq says. "But the self-learning capability and ability to adapt is achieved through our patent-pending AI algorithms, written on top of this machine learning."
He says that SlashNext's AI is defined as the automation of human cognitive reasoning in order to draw conclusions and make predictions. "It is something that humans have been doing exceptionally well historically," he says.
The system analyzes full internet sessions, from DNS requests to delivery of payloads in order to detect malicious activity. In that way, it can catch attacks that come via social engineering that don't have a payload per se, he says.
Since detection is based on network traffic, the system protects all devices regardless of operating system.
When a threat is identified, the system alerts security teams.
The plan is for the company's defense system to be served entirely from SlashNext's private cloud by the end of the year. Customers' internet traffic would be diverted to the cloud, analyzed and sanitized before being delivered to their computers, he says. Right now, all bi-directional internet traffic is instead filtered by appliances that are attached to switch span ports at customer sites. Suspicious traffic is fed from these appliances into the cloud for analysis, he says. The system requires no software agents.
Because the analysis engine is based in the cloud, the system scales to support large networks. It requires no policy configuration and can be deployed in about 20 minutes, he says.
Mushtaq says the system has a low false positive rate, likely just one or two misidentified threats per year for a typical customer.
The company competes against FireEye, Cyphort and other intelligent detection platforms.
Mushtaq says he started the business on his own, writing the algorithms that underpin the system. Eventually he hired other engineers to help and funded the project himself. Recently the Pleasanton, Calif., company announced $9 million in Series A funding led by Norwest Venture Partners and Wing Venture Capital, bringing total funding to more than $10 million. Promod Haque of Norwest Venture Partners and Gaurav Garg of Wing Venture Capital join the board of directors.
Active Cyber Defense System is available now in North America. Mushtaq wouldn't quote prices, but says subscriptions are based on the number of users or devices.
Tim Greene is executive editor of Network World.


Shopster, an online dropship business solution, has sweetened its affiliate offerings - just in time for Valentines Day!
Within an announcement at 5Star Affiliate Marketing Forums, Shopster will be paying out a $5 lead fee for all new customers referred that sign up for a 7-day free trial. Shopster is even increasing the bounty for monthly and annual subscribers to 20% and 22% respectively.


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Q: "Configuring grup-pc" what should I choose? I have a RAID 0 (2x 300GB drives) with Windows 7 and Ubuntu 13.10 (58GB ext4 partition, with 5GB swap partition) on them. I have just managed to get my dual boot working.
However, as I went to update some software in Ubuntu Software centre the "Configuring grub-pc" window popped up and shows the following:

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*/dev/sda (300069MB; WDC_WD3000GLFS-01F8U0)

*/dev/sdb (300069MB; WDC_WD3000GLFS-01F8U0)

*/dev/sdc (2000000MB; xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) (I know this one is just my external SATA drive)

*/dev/mapper/isw_dcgidgaidc_Win7 (536871GB; isw_dcgidgaidc_Win7)

*/dev/mapper/isw_dcgidgaidc_Linux (63257GB; isw_dcgidgaidc_Linux) (looks like my ext4 +swap)

*/dev/mapper/isw_dcgidgaidc_Linux2 (58012GB; isw_dcgidgaidc_Linux) (just my ext4)

Which of these should I tick to update/install Grub on??
EDIT: If I do:
df | grep /$

it says:
/dev/mapper/isw_dcgidgaidc_Linux2

A: Just select the ext4 partition where ubuntu is installed.

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U.S. Senate Passes Unprecedented Vote to Defund Abortion Giant Planned Parenthood
By Heather Clark on December 4, 2015 145 Comments
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WASHINGTON — In an unprecedented move, the U.S. Senate voted Thursday to defund the abortion giant Planned Parenthood, agreeing to a provision that was part of a bill to strip key parts of Obamacare.
The Senate voted 52 to 47 in support of the measure, rejecting two efforts to remove the Planned Parenthood language from the legislation.
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) had presented an amendment to restore the funding, but it was defeated 48-52. Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) sought to create a fund paid for by the taxes of millionaires, but it also was rejected 54-46.
"The defeat of the Murray and Collins amendments is a victory for the American people," said David Christensen of Family Research Council. "Across the country, people are tired of being forced by the federal government to partner with the abortion industry, including those engaged in the selling of baby body parts. This legislation protects women's health by reallocating funds to community health centers that provide a broader array of health services."
Liz Johnson, spokesman for Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) told reporters that reallocating the funds will not be detrimental to women's health as there are plenty of other women's health facilities in New Hampshire, for example.
"There are five Planned Parenthood clinics in New Hampshire," she said. "By contrast, there are about 30 community health center sites in New Hampshire that provide primary care and women's health services like cancer screenings, mammograms, and contraceptives."
The bill must now be approved by the House of Representatives, but the White House has threatened to veto the measure should it make it to Barack Obama's desk.
"It seems implausible that less than a week after a tragic shooting at the Planned Parenthood health center in Colorado Springs some in Washington chose politics over compassion," Dawn Laguens, executive vice president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said in a statement about the passage of the legislation in the Senate.
But pro-life groups were pleased with the development.
"Americans shouldn't be forced to give their money to Planned Parenthood, which has a long track record of abusive and potentially fraudulent billing practices, not to mention that it has also been caught in authenticated undercover videos trafficking aborted babies' body parts and has repeatedly failed to report the sexual abuse of girls," said Kellie Fiedorek of Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF). "That tax money should be redirected to trustworthy health care providers."
Thursday's vote marks the third attempt that the Senate has sought to defund the abortion giant this year.
As previously reported, Planned Parenthood's annual report released in January of this year showed that it performed 327,653 abortions nationwide during the 2013-2014 fiscal year, up from 327,166 the year prior. The figure equates to 174 abortions for every adoption referral. No post-natal care is provided for women who keep their children.
U.S. Senate Passes Unprecedented Vote to Defund Abortion Giant Planned Parenthood added by Heather Clark on December 4, 2015


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Alabama high school graduation rate climbs to 92 percent
Alabama's high school graduation rate seems to be improving. (Source: Pexels)
By WSFA Staff | December 16, 2020 at 2:02 PM CST - Updated December 16 at 2:05 PM
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Alabama's high school graduation rate seems to be improving.
According to a report from the Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama, or PARCA, last year, the state reported 92 percent of high school seniors graduated. That is two points than 2018′s graduation rate of 90 percent. It's also a huge jump from 2011′s graduation rate of 72 percent.
This is the highest rate the state has ever reported.
PARCA says that 80 percent of the those students were "college and career ready." That's up from 2018 rate of 75 percent.
Alabama's reported high school graduation rate from 2019 ranks seventh among states.
Over the past decade, PARCA reports that the state has seen a rise in its high school graduation rate from among the lowest in the country to among one of the highest.
However, the COVID-19 pandemic may have an effect on graduation rates in the state.
"The pandemic will undoubtedly lead to some erosion in immediate measures of educational progress, but it also affords an opportunity to focus measurement and goal setting on valuable ends," PARCA said in its report.
Alabama continues to review possible COVID-19 deaths, 646 added to total this week
New restaurant coming to The Shoppes at EastChase
William Chase Johnson indicted on capital murder charge in death of former Lowndes County sheriff
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from __future__ import unicode_literals
from django.db import models
from django.contrib.auth.models import User

class Submission(models.Model):
    node_id = models.CharField(max_length=10)
    date_created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
    title = models.CharField(max_length=100)
    contributor = models.ForeignKey(
        User,
        on_delete=models.CASCADE,
        related_name='submissions_contributors'
    )
    description = models.TextField()
    conference = models.ForeignKey(
        'conferences.Conference',
        on_delete=models.CASCADE, null=True)
    approval = models.OneToOneField('approvals.Approval', null=True)

    class Meta:
        ordering = ('date_created',)
        permissions = (
            (
                'can_set_contributor',
                'Can set the contributor for a submission'
            ),
            ('view_submission', 'Can view submission'),
        )

    class JSONAPIMeta:
        resource_name = 'submissions'

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These red tulip cufflinks feature my watercolor painting depicting an open flower against a black background. The images have been flipped to provide a left and right cufflink. The settings are silver-tone and measure 18mm across and 27mm in length. The image is 16mm or approximately 5/8 inch across. The image is printed on professional photo paper and protected by an epoxy cabochon.
I wear a pair of these through the button holes in my button-down collared shirts.
The original painting hangs in our breakfast nook.


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Saint Pedro Poveda College, known then as the INSTITUCIÓN TERESIANA School in Manila, opened in 1960 with Kinder and Primary classes run and managed by the first Spanish and Filipino members of the Teresian Association.
Pedro Poveda's philosophy of education is integrated in the school's Personalized Education method, which has been implemented ever since it began. On December 3, 1974, the birth centennial of Pedro Poveda, Institución Teresiana School changed its name to POVEDA LEARNING CENTRE as a tribute to him. That same year, UNESCO honored Pedro Poveda as "Humanist and Educator."
In the late 60s and early 70s, it then offered Preschool, Elementary and High School Education. The first batch in High School graduated in 1971.
Leader in transformative education
Committed to empowering leaders for social transformation
Saint Pedro Poveda College aims to:
provide the basic foundation for the Christian and moral formation of the students;
inculcate the ten Povedan Core Values as embodied in St. Pedro Poveda's teachings;
provide opportunities for the holistic development of students;
develop good and responsible Filipino citizens who manifest:
genuine love for family, fellowmen and country
a healthy sense of nationalism and civic consciousness
awareness of local, national and global issues
respect and concern for the environment
appreciation and promotion of their cultural heritage;
inculcate social consciousness and responsibility through formation in solidarity with others, especially the marginalized;
provide students with basic knowledge and skills of the Spanish culture and language for enrichment; and
create a learning atmosphere conducive to self-directed and life-long learning.


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Downloads & News letters
Performers Dance & Musical School Ltd
P.D.M.S.L
Where to find usComing up
In 2006 Lucy created Performers Dance & Musical School Ltd with an idea to create a Dance company that was accessible to everyone offering tuition in Jazz, Musical Theatre, Contemporary, Hip Hop & Street Dance for ages 4-adult. The idea was to create a dance company with a professional performance background that gives all of its members the opportunity to perform and compete around the UK & Europe in a professional environment. Since opening the company has done just that from taking to the stages at the Colston Hall Bristol, Her Majesty's Theatre London West End to the Videopolis Theatre Disneyland Paris. The company hold a number of awards and titles in Dance and can regularly be seen competing/performing around the Uk. Over the years PDMSL Dancers have an extensive Performance history & continue to grow as a company. Awarded Favourite Performing Arts group 2016 in Raring2go magazine.
below are the Team who make P.D.M.S.L what it is
Ms Lucy Ryan
Owner and Principal/Choreographer
Lucy holds a National Diploma in Performing Arts at the City of Bath College, Lamda grades 3-medals and a two year Musical Theatre/Dance diploma at the Itali Conti.
More about Lucy
Teresa Ryan
centre Manager & safeguarding officer
Teresa is a qualified nurse and is on hand for all performances/events along with all the team Teresa is DBS registered.
More about Teresa
If you want to know us ask our Performers
Evie age 20. I would just like to say a huge thank you to Lucy for everything she has done. I have been at performers for about 10 years and I love it. I have had so many memories from many of our past shows, London west end, Colston hall, Weston street fest, Redgrave Theatre and many more. Thank you Lucy!!!
Lucy age 18 I joined Performers on the first day it started and have loved it since the start, i have participated in all the shows and they were all fantastic, the choreography is fantastic and when we do shows its always a good turn out and the costumes we get are always really cool. I have always loved dance since i was young and i still love it now, what i love the most is being able to choreograph parts of the dance and working in groups too! x
Sophie age 12. I joined performers nearly 2 years ago, since then i have done several shows and many performances including Colston Hall and Street Fest. I love learning new dance routines to great music and it keep me fit whilst having great fun! I've also made lots of new friends too!
I love PDMSL. I started here when I was 8 years old. I have gained so much confidence and have lots of friends here, it's like one big family. Lucy is really friendly & supportive. We do all styles of dance, my favourite is hip hop :-)
Courtney age 11
I have been with performers since it opened 10 years ago and have loved every minute. The opportunities Lucy has given us from dancing on the west end to dancing in Disney have been dreams come true. We are a dance group that work as a team whether that's in our squads or the whole dance company working together. We are always learning something new that is exciting and challenging and pushes our dance ability to the next level. I love that as dancers we are given the opportunity to put our ideas forward and are always listened too.
I have been with performers for 10 years and have enjoyed every single opportunity that I have participated in with the main one being Disneyland. I have recently left to go to university but still feel as though I am part of the family. I have developed as a dancer and person and that is all because of Lucy and the other dancers. I look forward to returning in July to perform a solo in the Gala.
PDMSL School of Rock Workshop
I'm very Pleased and Excited to announce that Craig Gallivan will be hosting a zoom workshop for all PDMSL Dancers on Tuesday 1st December at 6pm-7pm. Craig Played the lead role of Dewey Finn in the West End show "School of Rock "and has recently been cast as Olaf in "Disney's Frozen, The Musical" coming Read more about PDMSL School of Rock Workshop[…]
PDMSL Moving to online classes from 10th November to 2nd December following Government Guidelines
PDMSL IS BACK!!
PDMSL Have returned to our venues and Busily rehearsing for their Summer Dance Showcase. Its lovely to see all our Dancers and Familie back and we look forward to Brighter Times Ahead xx
COVID-19: Following the recent GOV announcement ALL PDMSL centres will be closed. PDMSL will be offering online classes in a closed group setting for all existing members of the company. Log in details will be emailed by the end of the week. These are difficult times and I would like to wish all my dancers and their families good health and to stay Safe. Best Wishes, Ms Lucy. xx
Stages performance:Sunday 15th April 2018- Evening show
Due to the bad weather our performance which was scheduled in March will now take place at the colston Hall in April . X
PDMSL CLOSED 02.03.18 DUE TO BAD WEATHER
Good Morning, i have now received notification that Hanham Woods Academy is closed until Monday 5th March. Rehearsals tomorrow are CANCELLED!
PDMSL wins the award for "Favourite Performing Arts Group 2016 & 2017"
PDMSL have been awarded favourite Performing Arts group for a second year running. PDMSL were awarded the title by Raring to Go Magazine in October 2017. Principal Lucy Ryan Says: I couldn't be happier, I created PDMSL 12 years ago and could only dream we would grow and achieve the success we have. Over the years Dancers Read more about PDMSL wins the award for "Favourite Performing Arts Group 2016 & 2017"[…]
DMYM-Milton Keynes June 2018
PDMSL will be taking to the stage to compete in Dance Make your Move at Stantonbury Theatre Sunday 17th June 2018. after three years away from the competition travelling around UK/Europe performing we are excited to return and hope to continue in our previous success at the regional's.
PDMSL will be performing at the Colston Hall in March 2018
PDMSL are busily preparing for their 10th year performing at Stages.
PDMSL Return to the Magic 2017
Its official PDMSL have been invited back to perform at Disneyland Paris- October 2017. 2015 saw our dancers and families travel across to Paris and perform to the crowds and after the huge success we will return to take to stage one more time & spend 3 days in the magic that is Disney.
PDMSL,
31 Jersey Avenue,
Broomhill,
BS4 4QU
Performersdance
© Performers dance & Musical School Ltd, 2016


Flint, Michigan is not the only area in the United States that has contaminated water supply. According to Jan Murphy, writer for PENN LIVE, Pennsylvania received a failing letter grade in taking action to prevent pipeline lead from reaching faucets in schools. Contamination in drinking water is expanding in schools all over the state and this in turn, affects the health of children. The problem is that there's no law that requires water to be tested for defects, nor is there a law that deciphers the level of drinking water permitted in schools. Pennsylvania is avoiding to find a solution to the dangers of lead pollution in schools' drinking water. Their lack in effort of tackling this situation can potentially result in death among students.
According to CNN, Flint has been dealing with contamination of their water sources since 2007 and issues haven't been resolved to this day. Flint is at least addressing the problem by setting limits on lead consumption and spending the money rebuild pipelines to turn around the crisis on their end of the spectrum.
Lead consumption has the same health effects in Pennsylvania as it does in Flint, Michigan. Developmental problems, behavioral issues, and decreased hearing are just some of the many side effects that can happen to a child when consuming the toxic lead. Unfortunately, there's no diagnosis for lead poisoning, so anyone who consumes it automatically is at risk.
Pennsylvania's government will have to do some serious prioritizing because we're talking about someone's life being on the line. If children continue to consume this poisonous substance, their developmental skills will fall backwards, defeating the initial purpose of school. Reconstructing the pipelines, dictating laws, and spending necessary funds will help take a step in the right direction to a safer, stable school environment for children across the state of Pennsylvania.


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Q: I did not show big drill down button I did not show large content drill down button.
I load json file and the content of the file become drill down button's content.But now only small content drill down buttons are shown.json is like
{'items': {'---': '---',
           'A': 'a',
            'B': 'b',
            'C: 'c',
            'D': 'd'},
 'type1':
      {
        "---":"---",
        "a1":"a1",
        "a2":"a2",
        "a3":"a3",
        "a4":"a4"
     },
  'type2':
      {
        "---":"---",
        "b1":"b1",
        "b2":"b2",
        "b3":"b3",
        "b4":"b4"
     },

   'type3':
      {
        "---":"---",
        "c1":"c1",
        "c2":"c2",
     },

    'type4':
      {
        "---":"---",
        "d1":"d1",
        "d2":"d2",
        "d3":"d3"
     },
}

views.py is
from collections import OrderedDict
from django.shortcuts import render
import json
from django.http import JsonResponse

def index(request):
    with open('./data/company_demand.json', 'r') as f:
        json_data = json.loads(f.read(), object_pairs_hook=OrderedDict)

        preprocessed = []
        counter = 0
        for key in ["type1", "type2", "type3", "type4"]:
            values = [(i + counter, value) for i, value in enumerate(json_data[key].values())]
            preprocessed.append((key, values))
            counter = len(json_data[key])
    return render(request, 'index.html', {'json_data': json_data}, {'preprocessed': preprocessed})

index.html is
    <select id="mainDD" data-placeholder="Choose" class="chzn-select" style="width:600px;">
    {% for i in json_data.items.values %}
            <option>{{ i }}</option>
    {% endfor %}
    </select>
{% for key, values in preprocessed %}
    <select name="type" id="{{ key }}">
    {% for counter, value in values %}
        <option value="{{ counter }}">{{ value }}-{{counter}}</option>
    {% endfor %}
    </select>
{% endfor %}

But now this part
   <select id="mainDD" data-placeholder="Choose" class="chzn-select" style="width:600px;">
    {% for i in json_data.items.values %}
            <option>{{ i }}</option>
    {% endfor %}
    </select>

is not shown.Why does such a error happen?How should I fix this?

A: json_data and preprocessed should be in the same dictionary passed to your template.
Change
return render(request, 'index.html', {'json_data': json_data}, {'preprocessed': preprocessed})

To
return render(request, 'index.html', {'json_data': json_data, 'preprocessed': preprocessed})


Make sure you "keep your balance" when it comes to financial planning - especially in times of crisis.
Rebalancing is an essential process that is designed to decrease risk and earn you money. It is a useful technique that should be practised by all on a regular basis - with or without a global financial crisis.
Simply put, rebalancing is the technique of changing your asset allocation to suit your financial objectives, your age and your attitude to risk. It can also be applied when circumstances change, as is the case with the increased volatility brought on by the global financial crisis.
Most people rebalance their portfolios as they age. It stands to reason that a young person will have an investment portfolio that takes on more risk than that of an older person. After all, if the younger person's portfolio loses money, he or she has more time to recoup the money lost.
However, when a person nears retirement - or is even in retirement - the portfolio normally becomes more cautious. After all, there is little chance to make any losses back.
As a case study, let's take a typical portfolio of a person in his or her mid-20s. He (or she) is gainfully employed and has a fast, aggressive lifestyle. The 20-something's capacity for financial risk is fairly high - and so is his or her tolerance to risk.
The portfolio of a 20-something investor might look something like this: Five percent cash such as a money market fund; 20 percent bonds; 65 percent stocks (perhaps two-thirds from the United States stock market and the remainder in international or emerging markets); and 10 percent in property such as real estate trusts. Such a portfolio would be considered fairly aggressive. However, the 20-something has plenty of time to ride out the peaks and troughs in the market. He or she also has five percent set aside in cash in case of an emergency so that the amount invested in the portfolio can remain untouched.
However, even if the amount in the portfolio does remain untouched, as it grows, there may well be a need to rebalance.
Let's say the 20-something now turns 30. His or her lifestyle is now more cautious. There are kids and college tuition to think of.
The portfolio of the 30-something investor might look something like this: Five percent cash; 25 percent bonds; 60 percent stocks including two-thirds US stocks and one-third international stocks; and ten percent in property including real estate investment trusts.
Such a portfolio is slightly less aggressive than that of the 20-something but still has a certain level of risk - as exemplified by the investment in stocks. There is an increase in the amount invested in bonds and a reduction in the holding in stocks. Bonds are considered safer than stocks.
People in their mid-50s might reduce their investment in stocks to 50 percent while increasing their investment in bonds to 35 percent. And someone in their late-60s - having taken retirement - might hold just 35 percent in stocks and 40 percent in bonds.
And while age is an obvious incentive for rebalancing a portfolio, there are others such as discipline, planning and risk tolerance.
In setting out a portfolio, an investor might want to only ever hold 60 percent of his or her investment in stocks and 40 percent in bonds. However, over the course of a year, the stocks have done well and the holding in the portfolio has increased to 80 percent compared with just 20 percent in bonds.
Such a change goes against the investment practice of the individual and makes for a riskier portfolio. In order to get back on track, the investor might choose to sell off the stocks and buy bonds to bring the portfolio back in line. Similarly, investors should be prepared to rebalance their portfolios when circumstances change. And in today's market, where volatility is the name of the game, investors should keep a careful eye on their portfolios. It might be that it's time to rebalance.
Trevor Keidan is managing director of Infinity Financial Solutions. Contact him at [email protected].