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Pipa myersi est une espèce d'amphibiens de la famille des Pipidae.

Distribution et habitat
Cette espèce est endémique de la province du Darien au Panama. Elle se rencontre jusqu'à  d'altitude dans les bassins du río Ucurgantí et du río Canclón. Sa présence est incertaine dans le nord de la Colombie.

Elle vit dans des zones marécageuses.

Description
Pipa myersi ressemble à Pipa parva, mais les bouts de ses doigts présentent trois lobes au lieu de quatre. Le lobe médian est le plus développé.

Comportement
Cette espèce est aquatique.

Statut de conservation
Cette espèce n'existe que sur une aire de répartition petite et fragmentée, et l'étendue des zones marécageuses ainsi que leur naturalité est en régression au Panama. L'UICN l'a classé dans la catégorie "EN" (en danger). Elle est principalement menacée par la déforestation des zones entourant les marécages due à l'exploitation forestière et l'expansion agricole, mais aussi par l'accroissement de la pollution des eaux.

Étymologie
Cette espèce est nommée en l'honneur de Charles William Myers.

Publication originale
 Trueb, 1984 : Description of a new species of Pipa (Anura: Pipidae) from Panama. Herpetologica, , , .

Notes et références

Liens externes

Anoure (nom scientifique)
Pipidae
Faune endémique du Panama

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The First Frost rally is the ninth and last rally of the Ontario Road Rally Championship series and is hosted by the Subaru Performance Drivers Association. The rally's start and finish location was the Kelsey's restaurant in Georgetown, ON, where they had agreed to open the restaurant early for us to use for registration, in exchange for each team pre-paying for a $20 meal voucher. It was a win-win situation for the rallyists and the restaurant, which donated $5 gift certificates to each team as well.
Gary came over Friday so we could get a decent night's sleep before our early departure Saturday morning. We arose at 4:30 AM and left Manotick shortly after 5, allowing us to arrive at Kelsey's about 10:15 after an uneventful drive in mostly cloudy but dry conditions. After unloading the Mazda and completing the registration process, we grabbed a quick breakfast next door at the Baker's Dozen and assembled for the drivers' meeting. We were car number 7 and our chief rivals – Tim and Perry – were car number 5, so we wished them well and set out at 11:37.
We immediately encountered a problem. The instructions for the odometer check told us to take "(A1-1)" minutes to reach the end of section 1. What the heck was "A1-1"? We looked and looked and couldn't find a clue! Eventually we decided that "A1-1" must refer to the total distance at the bottom of page A1 – representing the entire section 1, which was 13.56 km. So we subtracted one from 13.56 and converted the result to 12 minutes, thirty-three seconds. This was feasible as a solution, since we had a couple of minutes to spare at the odo check itself, at 10.89 km. So we hustled to the end of the section at a stop-left-turn and prepared to begin section 2. All of the previous six cars were lined up on the shoulder of the road just around the corner and we assumed they were trying to figure out what "A1-1" meant. So we passed them all, thinking that we alone had figured it out.
Of course life is never that simple. When we eventually arrived at the first checkpoint, we were six minutes early! I was really annoyed at this because of the ambiguity of the instruction. Fortunately, Gary kept a level head and I retrieved mine, so we continued on in the hope that we would not encounter any more similar problems and that Tim and Perry would somehow run into other issues. It was only at the end of Leg A – some three hours later – that we learned that "A1-1" was a typographical error that had been missed by the organizers. It referred to a cell on the rallymaster's spreadsheet that should have been converted to something like 19 minutes. The organizers had phoned checkpoint one and told them of the problem, so all of the other teams knew that checkpoint one would only be used for route control, instead of timing and scoring. We had arrived at the checkpoint before this phone call was made and the checkpoint workers were really surprised to see us so early. We had to live with the nuisance of this problem for three hours before we learned the truth.
Fortunately we did really well on the balance of Leg A and finished with a score of 0.8 by our count, ignoring any potential error in the end-of-Leg check-in time that we had calculated (which turned out to be a problem). We had only made one mistake that required us to take a Time Allowance of 1.5 minutes. We were following directions based on the points of the compass, where an instruction like "From West to South" meant "turn right". After several of these, we came to one that said "To WSW from SE", which Gary understandably misread to mean a right turn. Fortunately the right turn took us onto a dead-end lane, so I was able to turn around and resume the correct route fairly quickly. The TA of 1.5 was about 20 seconds too much, so it cost us an early penalty of 0.3. At the break between Legs, Tim and Perry were not very happy with their performance and we learned about the error in section one, so we left for the second Leg feeling much better about our prospects for a good result.
There were five or six sections in Leg A, covering a total of only 130 km. The area where the rally was held – the Halton Hills – is pretty well developed with country estates, hobby farms, horse farms and retirement homes, so many of the roads carried speed limits of 60 km/h. There were some twisty bits and a few unpaved roads, but the entire Leg was pretty easy driving. I'm not saying the navigation was easy, because I know Gary was pretty busy interpreting several of the sections' instructions and calculating arrival times at various mileposts, to keep us on track. There were numerous changes in average speed and some checkpoints in unexpected places, so we only zeroed a couple of them. However, we were pretty pleased with our overall performance.
After the break, when we began Leg B, things got a bit more interesting behind the steering wheel. We got onto some twisty gravel roads with average speeds ranging between 65 and 76 km/h. This was more like it! I have about an hour of video from the Leg, showing some pretty spirited driving and treacherous tight corners in loose sand and gravel. The short clip I've appended to this blog shows a section where 65 km/h was the required speed, but I was only able to achieve it at the very last moment before Gary reset the odometer for the next piece. There was another subsequent stretch where the average speed was 76 km/h which I couldn't maintain safely. Fortunately the section right after that was through a village where the average was 47. It's amazing how much time you can make up by averaging 60 instead of 47! We arrived at a milestone speed change point about 25 seconds early and eventually zeroed the ensuing checkpoint. In fact, we zeroed all but one checkpoint in Leg B, finishing with a score of 0.1 for the Leg.
At the end of the rally, there was an elapsed time section which Gary had carefully calculated in order to give us our check-in time. But when we saw the draft results, they had scored us a minute late for that. Gary had to go through all of his calculations with one of the organizers before they agreed that we had arrived at the correct time. I guess there was some kind of glitch in their spreadsheet. They had also made a couple of other mistakes in the scoring, which we were able to correct, so it took quite a while for the results to be finalized.
While this was going on, we had a pizza with Tim and Perry and retold several stories on both sides about our misadventures, close calls and good luck. It was a very enjoyable interlude and later we learned that many other teams thought it was pretty cool that we could have such a relationship with our rivals. At the end of the day, the final results showed that we had an overall score of 1.9 for the entire rally, while Tim and Perry finished with 3.5. We had 1.9 because Gary had made a mental addition error in the calculation of our check-in time for Leg A. From now on, he will calculate such times in minutes with decimal places, instead of minutes and seconds, to avoid a recurrence of this problem. The final results meant that we were the decisive winners of the rally and it put us into a tie with Tim and Perry for the overall season's championship. Rallysport Ontario does not believe in breaking ties for the season's standings, so we finished as co-champions in Novice class for the year.
Overall it was a great result and really fun day. We hit the road a little after 7 o'clock and reached my driveway a few minutes after 11:30 PM. Needless to say I was pretty tired after about 15 hours of driving and I thoroughly enjoyed sleeping in Sunday morning. The 2011 season will start on January 8 and we have agreed with Tim and Perry that we'll all move up to Intermediate class, to do it all again. What a great year!
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The ULEX Centre: Training for positive social change in Europe
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The last 24 hours was a real knuckle-biter but together we made something really wonderful happen! 256 supporters, 10 countries, €41,054 reached in total. Thank you to EVERYONE who's shared, pledged, hugged, hollered, and sent messages of support over the last 40 days; it's been incredible. We're now SO READY to get this thing going - the builders begin next week and we'll be sending out updates as we go along.
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What difference would it make if there was a training centre for community organisers and activists from across Europe - people working on some of the most pressing issues of these times - to develop new skills and build stronger networks? It would be a place to gather, share strategies and grow more resilient in their work - a place to explore new and creative ways to push for the crucial change we need to see. At the Ulex Project we've got a place and a plan to make that happen.
The Ulex training centre will be a meeting point to strengthen connections across European social movements. It will be a platform to bring about the change we so urgently need to see. Since 2008 we've been delivering high quality trainings to hundreds of people working on the front-lines of positive change. We look for systemic responses that strengthen connections for personal and collective empowerment.
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Europe is facing some deep social and ecological challenges. In many places there's a fragmenting political climate and the far right is gaining ground. At the same time there's an inspiring renewal of participation in progressive social movements, with growing numbers of people stepping up to contest our future. For these movements to be resilient and have real impact, capacity building and training are essential.
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We've been gifted an old farmhouse by a member of our collective which will enable us to run a full training programme enabling hundreds of people to benefit from our courses each year. The building has loads of potential and is in a fantastic location, but needs a significant amount of work before we open the doors. The cost of the renovation is €40,000. We need your support to make it happen and get our new programme running by September! Just select an amount on the right of this page, and follow the steps from there.
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By Redazione on October 30, 2017
Photo: Playwright and actress Michaela Di Cesare
Italian Version >>> Drammaturghi: provato talento in cerca di riconoscimento… per gli altri
TORONTO – Are you a scriptwriter, stage manager, director, researcher, actor, filmmaker, dramatist, stand-up comedian, a creative artist? I am not. Thanks to Professor Anna Migliarisi, from U of T's Department of Italian Studies, I met some darned good ones at a seminar on October 26.
She moderated a Roundtable Discussion on the challenges faced by "non-mainstream" stage and film/video artists in the creative sector to access resources and audiences. It could have been about any "ethnic group" of Canadians, or indeed Canadian artists pre-Canada Council for the Arts, the Canada Media Fund or the plethora of Federal/Provincial/local arts-granting councils. This was about Italian Canadian Playwrights.
There are plenty of them to go around, as they say. Prof. Migliarisi cited at least 90 such individuals who have produced more than 300 works worthy of publication and presentation, but, virtually non-existent in the history books chronicling or anthologizing Canadian theatre or stage presentations.
It is almost as if they – we – didn't exist. Or were not a part of the narrative that defines Canada as a country or a culture. It is almost as if the Cultural Duopoly that oversees the "nutrition of the heart and soul of the "Canadian Condition" were deliberately suffocating or smothering the flames of creativity that contribute to its definition.
And yet they exist, no, thrive – resisting pressures brought upon by lack of resources (benefactors, advocates, risk-taking entrepreneurs) and access to "stages" where production can be delivered with consistency and frequency that rewards merit.
Regrettably, too often reduced to a mere "footnote", to paraphrase Montreal playwright and actress, Michaela Di Cesare, author of the acclaimed play: "Women as a Footnote". Or relegated to "role playing" the "stereotype image people have of you", commented actor Bobby Del Rio, or projecting an "exoticized version of oneself".
But I'm not "ethnic", stage manager, Frank Canino offered as a counterpoint, "I've written over 20 plays, many of them produced, some successfully", but our perspective on the "human condition" is not well represented in the Canadian narrative. There is virtually no money for available for production.
It is expensive to stage, tour and access facilities to build up a track record of "success". Without it, artists come up against a "reluctance" [of] support even from their natural constituency among the Italian-Canadian entrepreneurial or philanthropic class, observed playwright Toni Ellwand.
It is an observation echoed by another Montrealer, documentary filmmaker, scholar, researcher and commentator, Anita Aloisio, author of the acclaimed "Children of Bill 101". Artists are compelled to spend more time begging than creating, informing and entertaining, she noted; moreover, like Toni Ellwand, they still have to feed themselves and their families.
Even the "atypical" performance genre of stand-up comedy has difficulty accessing the necessary funds to prepare, practice, fine tune and deliver audience-ready material.
There are no provisions or criteria in funding formulae that apply to my trade, especially not among the "benefactor" category, said Comedian Sandra Battaglini of Sault Ste Marie.
The critique turned into downright criticism of "the culprits", either by commission or omission, identified by veterans Nick Mancuso and Tony Nardi.
For Mancuso, whose international acting successes afford him a "more independent perspective", governmental funding agencies approach sham lip-service status to the creative arts – they function primarily as government advertising agencies.
Nardi, a successful dramatist and actor in his own right, slightly more diplomatic but no less direct, expressed regret that the "creative sector" is constantly faced with parsimonious responses from those who have more money than they can burn.
Unfortunately, he remarked, rather matter-of-factly, there does not exist a "go to" organization in the community either for funding or to lobby for it on behalf of their sons and daughters. They are orphans, if they immerse themselves in the art of recounting or shaping the narrative that is becoming Canada.
The panel mentioned only two Organizations by name -The National Congress of Italian Canadians and Villa Charities. Their absence, and the devotion of their Executives to erstwhile political-economic projects and personal goals, suggest that they are either moribund or mummified.
Professors Anna Migliarisi and Domenico Pietropaolo were bang-on in their summation: the Roundtable is but an initial thrust into the field. First one needs to admit there is a problem/vacuum. Secondly, assess the challenges and the options for solutions. Thirdly, explore how to promote creativity and seek out allies to deliver its outcomes.
Corriere Canadese will await the next call.


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(CNN) — Bay Area Democratic billionaire Tom Steyer on Wednesday urged the newly empowered House Democrats to pursue impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump.
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But his political operation suffered a defeat in Florida, where CNN has projected that Republican Ron DeSantis will become Florida governor. Steyer and his political organizations contributed heavily — nearly $13 million — to help elect the Democrat in that race, Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum.
And while the House has the power to impeach — essentially, formally charge — a sitting official, the power to remove a president resides in the Senate, where Republicans on Tuesday night expanded their hold.
Hasn't decided on White House
On Wednesday, Steyer did not rule out a White House run but said he had not made up his mind.
"We haven't even finished counting the votes," he said. "I'm going to have to sit down and try and figure out what I've always said I was going to have to figure out, which is: How can I and how can we make the most positive impact?"
CNN's national exit polls show that about 40% of midterm voters support Trump's impeachment. But that sentiment soars among Democrats: a whopping 77% of voters who identified as Democrats in Tuesday's exit polls back impeaching Trump, compared with 33% of independents and just 5% of Republicans.
Democratic leaders long have downplayed talk of impeachment, but their ascension to the House majority could unleash a wave of new congressional investigations for Trump and his administration. At the same time, special counsel Robert Mueller existing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign is likely to escalate.
Mueller's report is "likely to put gasoline on the fire" for an energized Democratic base, said Tom Davis, a former Virginia congressman who once led the House Republican campaign arm.
"I don't know how they don't at least open an inquiry," he said of House Democrats. "They've got to go back to their districts."
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Living a College Town Lifestyle in Erie, Pennsylvania
Where to Retire in Erie and Home Prices
Erie is made up of several neighborhoods, and the National Association of Realtors lists the median sale price at $140,200, in the 3rd quarter of 2020. Zillow reports the median home value to be $ 128,479 in early 2021. There are homes costing over $1million and many summer residences along the shoreline.
What is special about Erie
Located along the shores of Lake Erie, the town offers lots of outdoor recreation for all 4 seasons (including ice fishing and ice skating). It is a college town with Gannon University and Mercyhurst University, and Penn State Behrend located here and offer several cultural events and sporting events to attend. There are both professional and local theater productions, museums, galleries. Presque Isle State Park features beaches, boating and trails, with camping nearby. Politically, Erie County is pretty evenly split.
What is not special about Erie
Can't ignore the lake effect snow and wind every winter. Erie received the most snow in the nation during the winter of 2017-2018, just under 200 inches. Erie's unemployment rate is over 5%, which is higher than the national average of 3.9%. Job loss has hurt Erie, and GE who produced locomotives here for 100 years, laid off over 500 workers at the end of 2018.
The average January temperature is 28 degrees, and July's average is 73 degrees. The city averages about 100 inches of snow during the winter months.
There are many restaurants throughout Erie and close to Presque Isle State Park, including popular diners open just for the summer season to seafood restaurants that serve fresh Lake Erie perch. Culturally, Erie is home to the Erie Philharmonic which has been around since 1913, The Lake Erie Ballet, and the Erie Civic Music Association. There are also art museums, a zoo, and the Warner Theatre and the Erie Playhouse both of which host performances. Many sports teams make Erie their home which include a AA baseball team, a hockey team, and a NBA G league team. The Tom Ridge Environmental Center, located at Presque Isle, serves as a center for research and conservation of the peninsula.
The crime rate here is about the same as the national average.
Erie offers many medical facilities including Hamot and St. Vincent hospitals, Erie VA Medical Center, and Shriners Children's Hospital.
Both I-90 and I-79 run through Erie which gives easy access to Cleveland, Buffalo and Pittsburgh; Tom Ridge Field is Erie's international airport; the "E" is Erie's transit bus system; Amtrak Lake Shore Limited has stops in Erie for those headed to NYC, Boston or Chicago.
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Robert women's soccer team snapped a three-game slide with an impressive 2-0 victory over Keystone State rival Saint Francis U this afternoon in Northeast Conference (NEC) action from a chilly North Athletic Complex.
Robert Morris (4-11-0, 2-3-0 NEC) picked up its first win over Saint Francis U (5-7-3, 3-1-1 NEC) since 2015, controlling the contest from start to finish. The Colonials owned an 11-8 edge in shot attempts – 5-1 in the final 45 minutes – and an 8-3 difference on shots on goal.
RMU nearly opened the scoring in the seventh minute, but was denied by the woodwork. Kaele Kloc played a through ball into the box for Jane Schleicher, who then ripped a left-footed shot past Red Flash goalkeeper Julia Hernan. However, there was just a smidge too much bend in the strike, as it glanced off the far right post and settled in front of the goal line.
Kloc almost found the netting in the 24th minute, corralling an errant pass and carrying into the 18 before firing a shot right at Hernan.
John Kowalski made a pair of substitutions with 15 minutes remaining in the half, bringing on freshmen Chelsea Kingston and Courtney Hurey. Less than 40 seconds after Hurey entered the game, she made an impact, setting up Kingston with a pass down the right flank. Kingston made a clean turn to gain space in the box, then rifled an attempt off the fingertips of Hernan and into the back of the net for her first career goal.
The hosts made it 2-0 four minutes later, thanks again to an assist by Hurey. Kloc forced a turnover in their defensive half and quickly played it ahead to the freshman, who then used one touch before passing it to Schleicher near the 18. The senior midfielder beat her defender one-on-one before putting it on her left foot, then slotted it home past Hernan for her NEC-leading 10th goal of the season.
The Colonials defense then took over, limiting all of SFU's attacking opportunities. The visitors managed a single shot attempt in the second half – a save by Sydney Bruckner on Alyssa McGhee – and a corner kick in the 73rd minute.
Nicolette Casarcia nearly made it 3-0 in the 67th minute as her try from distance was curling towards the upper 90, but Hernan leaped up to make a highlight save.
With her goal, Schleicher is now the fifth player in program history to register double-digit goals in a season, joining Kathleen Caggiano (2007), Ayana Davis (2011), Katie Dugan (2001, 2002), and Kelly Haggard (1995). The senior is now tied for fourth in single-season goals – four off tying the record of 14 (Dugan, 2002) – and moved into eighth in single-season points with 20, just ahead of her 2017 performance of 19.
In terms of career positioning, Schleicher sits third in goals (21) and fourth in points (46) at RMU. By per-game averages, those rankings rise to second with 0.45 goals and 0.95 points per contest.
Bruckner made three saves to complete her second clean sheet of the season. The sophomore now has five shutouts in her career, moving into a tie for fifth all-time with Makenzie Shearson (2016).
Robert Morris begins its last road trip of the regular season on Friday, Oct. 19 at 3:00 p.m. when it plays Bryant.


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The Center is sometimes asked by other organizations to share grant opportunities with our members. Recognizing the critical role grants can play in funding and expanding programs and outreach, we are happy to provide this information.
Past grant opportunities
Next Gen Giving Circle
Applications close August 27, 2021. Information sessions will be held on August 11 and August 19. Full guidelines and application form (In English and Spanish) can be found on their website.
NGGC invites applications from organizations with annual budgets up to $1 million that work to ensure individuals and families can build assets and establish financial strength and security. Eligible organizations might include, but are not limited to:
Organizations that provide career/workforce training, assistance with securing living-wage jobs or starting small businesses, or financial literacy/counseling.
Organizations that engage in advocacy or community organizing around issues that directly impact people's ability to secure their financial and economic well-being, such as access to affordable childcare, fair wages, rental assistance, and other resources
Organizations that work anywhere within the Greater Washington region with budgets up to $1M are eligible to apply, and funding will be prioritized for organizations that are BIPOC-led. We expect to make multiple awards between $2,500 – $10,000.
The Barbara McDowell Foundation
Applications close August 1, 2021.
The Barbara McDowell Foundation is now accepting applications for Social Justice Litigation Grants to be awarded for the following fiscal year, starting on October 1, 2021 and ending on September 30, 2022. The Foundation anticipates grants being between $40,000 and $50,000 per each recipient.
For more information, please visit the online application page.
MoC0 Economic Development
The Application Window is July 6-16, 2021.
"Competitively selected grants ranging from $10,000 to $20,000 will be awarded to Montgomery County nonprofits whose work aligns with the state's intent to assist community organizations that create and sustain jobs. Nonprofits that serve the larger community with a mission or program focused on economic development and economic recovery are eligible to apply describing their current or proposed work in support of one of the four identified priorities of: (1) Minority Entrepreneurship, (2) STEM Education, (3) Research and Innovation Development, and (4) Small-Scale Manufacturing."
For more information and a link to the application, visit their website.
Deadline for applications is September 3, 2020 at 6:00pm
The Giving Circle is comprised of members contributing monthly donations that get pooled together for impactful grants to community causes. Funds are held at the Greater Washington Community Foundation, which supports and connects our region's dedicated donors with nonprofits working to improve our communities. The Giving Circle is seeking grant applications to support small nonprofits and community groups addressing housing and food insecurity in the region. Visit their website to view the grant guidelines and complete the application.
Barbara McDowell Foundation
Deadline for applications is August 1, 2020
The Foundation is accepting applications for a 2021 social justice litigation grant June 1 through August 1, 2020. Grants will be awarded for the following fiscal year of the Foundation, which is October 1st, 2020, to September 30th, 2021. The Foundation expects to allocate $150,000 to $250,000 between five organizations for its 2021 grants. A review of successful past grant awards and the Foundation's Mission Statement provides insight as to the matters that interest the Foundation. Generally, the Foundation funds litigation matters that are consistent with our namesake Barbara McDowell's past legal efforts and her beliefs regarding social justice. The application must be for a specific case.
COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund
The Greater Washington Community Foundation, in collaboration with regional partners, has established the COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund to support emergency preparedness and response efforts that will help mitigate the impact on disproportionately affected communities in our region. Through this fund, we are focused on addressing lost wages, relief for small business and gig economy workers, expanding access to medical services, and meeting the unique needs of people experiencing homelessness, among other needs. Learn more about what this fund supports and how you can submit an RFP.
Potomac Health Foundation
Deadline for Letters of Intent is January 24, 2020
Potomac Health Foundation has announced its 2020-2021 Howard L. Greenhouse Large Grant Program call for Letters of Intent. This year, the focus is on Access to Health and Capacity Building. The Foundation will be presenting a webinar on the opportunity on January 7 at 1:00 p.m. Foundation staff will also be holding "office hours" to discuss potential projects January 13 and 14. LOI's are due on Friday, January 24th. Lean more details and how to apply.
Pepco and the Center
Deadline for applications is 4:00pm, November 8, 2019
The Center is proud to be partnering with Pepco in their 2020 Call for Exhibits. Through a transparent and competitive process, a minimum of twelve nonprofit organizations across the Pepco service territory will be selected to participate in a two- to four-week residency that involves an in-kind donation of gallery space at the Pepco Edison Place Gallery. This a unique, innovative way for nonprofits to broaden outreach. Learn more …
Arlington Community Foundation
Deadline for applications is November 8, 2019
Arlington Education Fund Grants provide up to $1,500 to educators in Arlington to support innovative or unique projects that supplement and enrich the learning environment for preschool to adult students in Arlington.
Many Hands
Deadline for applications is November 15, 2019
Committed to making a lasting impact on the lives of Washington, DC area women, children and families in need, Many Hands awards four grants annually, one each in the focus areas of education, health, housing and job readiness. The grants include a $100,000 Impact Grant and three Partner Grants. Questions about the grants can be emailed from October 1-15, and answers to all questions received are posted on their website.


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Muslim women sound off on 'stupid' niqab debate
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Many prominent Muslim women in Canada say they have had enough of the niqab debate and are ready for federal leaders to shift their sights toward the issues that matter.
Federal parties distracting voters from the real issues facing females, community leaders say
CBC News · Posted: Oct 04, 2015 6:49 PM ET | Last Updated: October 7, 2015
It's time to focus on federal issues that truly affect the Islamic community, Muslim women say. 2:08
Many prominent Muslim women in Canada say they have heard enough of the niqab debate and are ready for federal leaders to shift their sights toward issues, they say, matter.
The Canadian Council of Muslim Women held an event Sunday in Toronto to hand out awards and discuss concerns in their communities. There was also an opportunity for debate between political parties on where they stand on issues affecting Muslim women in Canada.
But the debate continued to focus on wedge issues rather than major themes affecting all Canadians. That did not sit well with some Muslim women, who say the topic is "just a way to gain votes" ahead of the Oct. 19 election.
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So what that most Canadians oppose the niqab
"Right now, the federal government is talking about women and [the] niqab, which is not an issue, even for Muslims," said Zarqa Nawaz, the creator of Little Mosque on the Prairie.
"We're in a recession, what is the plan to go forward? Those are the things I want to talk about. Not about women in [the] niqab and why she can't sing the national anthem with her face covered. That's just stupid."
Shaheen Ashraf says there's a negative stigma associated with Muslim garb, which hinders employment opportunities for Muslim women. (CBC)
Maryam Dadabyoy, community relations officer for the National Council on Canadian Muslims, appeared annoyed with the niqab conversation. She says the federal government should be inclusive of all Canadians.
"It's an issue that won't go away and it's not even that important," Dadabyoy said.
"We need to see a government that just makes us feel more a part of the community and not being ostracized," she continued. "Not very many women do wear [the] niqab, but it's being thrown in everyone's face."
Muslim women say they feel 'demonized'
Shaheen Ashraf sits on the national board of the Canadian Council of Muslim Women, which hosted the event. She lives in Montreal and says the hotly-debated topic is being heard in her province even though it doesn't affect her community.
"The whole niqab issue is not an issue for us," Ashraf said. Instead, she'd like candidates to focus on how Muslim dress affects their ability to move forward in society.
"If you are wearing a scarf, or, for instance, the niqab, you're not going to get a job. Your credentials don't count. [Employers] think that if you have a scarf, you don't have a brain."
Ashraf states firmly that Muslim women have the right to choose how they dress, just as any other Canadian.
"[Muslim women] feel like they're being demonized," Nawaz said.
The upcoming election should be an opportunity for Muslim women to have their real issues heard, the women say.
Charter of Rights and the niqab collide in views on 'Canadian values'
If eyes are windows to the soul, what's the big deal with the niqab?
Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi says niqab debate 'doesn't make any sense'


We all know that having well-organized computer files can save you a lot of time and aggravation. In fact, I'm willing to bet that most bloggers learn early on that not labeling your files, or failing to keep your blog files in one folder, can result in hours of frustration.
I've talked about optimizing your photos for your blog, which involves changing the photo's resolution from 300 dpi to 72 dpi. I also said that if you're planning on printing your photos, be sure to save the original file. I didn't explain why, though.
The reason is that if you try to print a photo that has been saved at 72 dpi, you will get a blurry, low-quality image. The image just doesn't have enough pixels per inch to deliver a crisp, detailed printed picture. You can learn more about image resolution by reading this article.
It's a good practice to save both a web-friendly 72dpi image and a print-friendly 300dpi image. Personally, I like to leave my 300dpi image as a layered Photoshop (.psd) file, so that I can remove my watermark or make changes to the image easily.
You've been backing up your blog using a plugin, and your site suddenly goes down. No problem right? You can just restore your blog from the files created by the plugin. Except, something has gone wrong. The backup files are corrupt, or that plugin is no longer functioning, what are you going to do?
I know that the idea of a backup plugin failing is unlikely, but it's important to remember that not everything on the Internet stays forever. Websites go down, companies close, and your content can disappear permanently.
To protect all that hard work you've been doing, you need to take your file organization to the next level. Think about all of the words, numbers, images and links that you've published on your blog. Now I'm going to tell you to put a copy of all of that on your computer. Here's how!
1. Designate a master folder on your computer for your blog.
If you have more than one blog, you will need a separate master folder for each website.
2. Create subfolders inside of your main folder.
You can organize your website's content by creating folders for posts, graphic designs (you logo, favicon etc.), backup files etc.
3. Create a folder for every single blog post that you have ever written.
If you've been blogging for more than a year, you might want to create subfolders in your main folder that are labeled by year or month and then place your post folders into these subfolders accordingly.
4. Label your post folders in a way that will make sense to you.
I recommend using the name of the blog post as the folder name, because this makes it easier to find your content later on.
For example, instead of writing "chicken burgers" for my Tex-Mex Chicken Burgers post, I would write the whole title out. That way if I ever do another chicken burger post, I can easily differentiate one set of files from the other. It's also a good idea to add the date to your title in a format that makes sense for you.
5. Each post folder should include everything you used to create that post.
*To create a text document version of my post, I just copy and paste the entire post from WordPress into Microsoft Word. This preserves my texts, links and recipes.
Ok, so now you have an organized, well-labeled folder system with all of your content. Excellent!
Now we just have to find somewhere to put it. Let's be real, that master file is probably huge now!
You could leave it on your computer's hard drive. This would give you fast access to your files, but it might slow down your system. Also, if your computer ever dies you could lose all your files.
drive, but my files are protected (unless I accidently reformat the drive… which has happened). The only downside of this option is that large external hard drives can be pricy. I paid $80 for mine.
Another option would be to store your files in a cloud service, like Dropbox. That way the files are completely off your system. Most cloud services are free at first, but you might have to pay to get enough space to host all of your files. Additionally, like I mentioned before, just because this service is available online doesn't mean it will always be there.
I hope this article helps you protect and organize your blog's content. If you've been maintaining a great file system, please share your tips!
Shareba Abdul is a food blogger and freelance writer from the GTA. She holds an Honours Bachelor of Applied Arts in Media Studies, a Diploma in Journalism, and has a passion for writing, photography, and blogging. You can check out her yummy discoveries at InSearchOfYummyness.com or connect with her on Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter and G+.
I like this however the only thing I would add is, I think all images should go into one folder aswell. Every image used, what it was used for,when it was used and credit the author or source.


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TED KENNEDY AND CHAPPAQUIDDICK
Ted Kennedy was likely on track to become president of the United States until the evening of July 18, 1969 when he was involved in a one-car accident on Chappaquiddick Island, Martha's Vineyard. The accident resulted in the tragic death of a young staffer, Mary Jo Kopechne, and derailed any national political aspirations Kennedy may have had. I do not wish to make light of the tragic situation, but Kennedy violated the oft-repeated mantra of politicians – "never to be caught with a dead woman or a live boy." The events leading up to the accident, the accident, itself, and the aftermath were extremely suspicious, and nearly 50 years later we still don't have all the answers.
Briefly, the situation was as follows:
Kennedy had hosted a party for some female staffers who had served on his late brother, Robert's 1968 presidential campaign. The staffers were affectionately called the "Boiler Room Girls," because they had worked in a loud, window-less area.
The women were all young, attractive and single. Also, in attendance were six male friends and business associates of Kennedy's who, like him, were older and married. Kennedy had a reputation of being a hard partier and a womanizer. Regardless of what may have occurred, the optics were all wrong.
Shortly after 11:00 pm Kennedy left with Kopechne, ostensibly, to drive her to the ferry. Curiously, he did not have his chauffeur drive them, and Kopechne did not bring her purse or hotel key with her.
When approaching the Dike Bridge to Chappaquiddick Kennedy claims he took a wrong turn in the dark and drove off the bridge into the channel. He claimed he was able to escape the car, but, despite repeated attempts, he could not rescue Kopechne.
5. Kennedy did not report the accident to the police for some ten hours, although to do so would have been any reasonable person's first reaction. His explanation was he "panicked."
6. Two fishermen found the car and Kopechne's body the next morning.
7. To add to the tragedy, the diver who recovered Kopechne's body later testified that she had not drowned. Rather, she had found an air pocket in the car, had lived for three or four hours, and eventually died from suffocation. He added that "I could have had her out of that car 25 minutes after I got the call. But, [Kennedy] didn't call."
8. Oddly, the medical examiner cited accidental drowning as the cause of death and indicated as such on the death certificate. He did not order an autopsy, which would have seemed to be a logical step. Later, when the District Attorney sought to have the body exhumed to be autopsied his efforts were blocked by a judge and the Kopechne family.
9. Ultimately, Kennedy pleaded guilty to a charge of "leaving the scene of an accident causing bodily injury." He was sentenced to two months', the statutory minimum, which was suspended. Most of the public were astounded that more serious charges, such as manslaughter, were not brought., Their not unreasonable conclusion was that the Kennedy name, money and influence had played a significant role.
So, who was Mary Jo Kopechne? She was born on July 26, 1940 in Wilkes-Barre, PA to a middle class family. Her father was an insurance salesman; her mother was a homemaker. She was an experienced professional. Before working on Kennedy's campaign she had been a teacher and a secretary and had worked on other campaigns as well. Those who knew her described her as possessing a "demure, serious, 'convent school' demeanor, rarely drank much, and had no reputation for sexual activities with men." She had "hero-worshipped" Robert. To be fair, she didn't seem to be the kind of person who would have engaged in an illicit relationship with Kennedy or anyone else.
The resolution of the affair left many unanswered questions, such as the following:
1. Why were six mature, rich, powerful, influential men at a private party with six young, single, unattached, attractive women. Like I said, even if nothing untoward happened, the optics were all wrong.
2. Why did Kennedy, who must of known he was impaired, leave with Kopechne and without his chauffeur.
3. What really happened after the crash. Kennedy's actions as he described them, seem irrational and mendacious, if not criminal.
4. Why did the medical examiner insist the cause of death to be accidental drowning, particularly in view of the positioning of Kopechne's body and the testimony of the diver?
5. Why did the judge block the DA's exhumation request.
6. Why didn't the Kopechne family actively seek the truth?
One obvious answer to all of the above would be the Kennedy name, influence and money, particularly in Massachusetts.
The fallout was far-reaching and permanent. Although Massachusetts voters accepted Kennedy's explanation of events and returned him to the Senate with large majorities, it was a different story on a national level. Tainted forever politically by the specter of Chappaquiddick, Kennedy never did win the presidency, an office that had appeared to be his for the taking. Many people continued to question his honesty, courage, integrity and judgment, and felt he had used his power, money and influence to his advantage. He was even unable to become the Senate minority whip. Politically, he was forced to settle for the role of elder statesman.
On a personal level, he focused on his role as uncle to his dead brothers' children. Tragically, his wife, Joan, who had been pregnant, suffered a miscarriage, which was largely attributable to the stress of the accident.
As for the public, some 50 years later we still do not know the whole truth and, likely, never will. Young people may have little or no awareness or interest in Chappaquiddick, but if you do have an interest I refer you to a series on the Kennedy family currently being shown on cable.
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PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FIRST 100 DAYS


There is an important difference between a complementary therapy and an alternative therapy.
The phrases complementary therapy and alternative therapy are often used as if they mean the same thing. They may also be combined into one phrase – complementary and alternative therapies (CAMs).
A complementary therapy means you can use it alongside your conventional medical treatment. It may help you to feel better and cope better with your cancer and treatment.
An alternative therapy is generally used instead of conventional medical treatment.
All conventional cancer treatments, such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy, have to go through rigorous testing by law in order to prove that they work. Most alternative therapies have not been through such testing and there is no scientific evidence that they work. Some types of alternative therapy may not be completely safe and could cause harmful side effects.
Talk to your cancer doctor, GP, or specialist nurse if you're considering using any complementary or alternative therapies. Some treatments may interact. Also let your complementary or alternative therapist know about your conventional cancer treatment.
Complementary therapies are used alongside conventional medical treatments prescribed by your doctor. They can help people with cancer to feel better and may improve your quality of life. They may also help you to cope better with symptoms caused by the cancer or side effects caused by cancer treatment.
A good complementary therapist won't claim that the therapy will cure your cancer. They will always encourage you to discuss any therapies with your cancer doctor or GP.
Many health professionals are supportive of people with cancer using complementary therapies. There are some health professionals that have been reluctant for their patients to use them. This is usually because many therapies have not been scientifically tested in the same way as conventional treatments.
Research has been carried out to see how well complementary therapies work for people with cancer. And there is some still in progress. But we need more to find out how best to use complementary therapies.
Alternative therapies are used instead of conventional medical treatment. People with cancer have various reasons for wanting to try alternative therapies.
There is no scientific or medical evidence to show that alternative therapies can cure cancer. Some alternative therapies are unsafe and can cause harmful side effects. Or they may interact with your conventional medical treatment. This could increase the risk of harmful side effects or may stop the conventional treatment working so well. Giving up your conventional cancer treatment could reduce your chance of curing or controlling your cancer.
Some alternative therapies sound promising but the claims are not supported by scientific evidence and can give some people false hope.
This generally means treatments that aren't normally used by doctors to treat cancer. In other words, any treatment that is not thought of as part of conventional medicine.
CAM is a term which covers both complementary and alternative medical therapies.
These terms are generally used to describe the use of conventional medicine and complementary therapies together. The terms are commonly used in the USA but are becoming more widely used in the UK.
Health professionals usually use the term traditional medicine to mean a therapy or health practice that has developed over centuries within a particular culture. It's usually formed around a particular belief system.
This term can be confusing because in the western part of the world conventional medicine could be considered to be a traditional medicine. But this term is not usually used in this way. It generally refers to therapies or treatments that developed in the eastern part of the world such as Ayurvedic medicine and traditional Chinese Medicine.


Kristina is a stylist at Enrapture Salon in Everett, Washington.
For her, the best feeling in the world is making someone else feel beautiful.
She has a special ability to helping her clients learn just the right tips and tricks to get the results they want everyday.
Kristina specializes in a very detailed and polished style of special occasion styling incorporating braids, twists, as well, as curls in her updos.
Kristina's clients feel a sense of comfort and creates an open, sharing atmosphere throughout your entire visit with her.
Kristina is an avid reader and loves to travel. Her happiest times are when she is making memories with her friends and family.
Kristina extends herself in any way possible when it comes to creating awareness as it relates to cancer.


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Category Archive for Awards
Ideum at Innovation New Mexico
Innovation New Mexico, presented by Albuquerque Business First, recognizes New Mexico companies that have created and commercialized innovative new products, processes and services in the past 24 months.
2014 Flying 40 Award Recipient
Ideum was honored to receive one of the New Mexico Technology Flying 40 awards for 2014. These are awarded to the top 40 fastest-growing technology-related companies in the state of New Mexico.
Ideum Named One of the Fastest Growing Companies in New Mexico
Ideum joined a select group of New Mexico companies when it was named one of the fastest growing companies by Albuquerque Business First. All of the companies had to show growth of at…
Ideum CTO Paul Lacey Nominated for BizTech Award
Ideum's own Paul Lacey was nominated for an Albuquerque Business First BizTech Innovation Award. These new awards are "recognizing innovations, executives and collaborations that are breaking new ground in technology." All of…
Ideum Founder Wins New Mexico Business Weekly 'Titans of I.T.' Award
Last night at Intel in Rio Rancho, Ideum's Founder and CEO, Jim Spadaccini won a 'Titans of I.T.' Award.
Ideum and Adventure Science Center win a 2010 AAM MUSE Award
Last night, at the American Association of Museums Annual Conference MUSE Awards in Los Angeles, our Electromagnetic Spectrum 100″ Multitouch Table Exhibit, developed with Adventure Science Center, won a bronze AAM MUSE award in the Interactive…
American Association of Museums and the Society for Information Design Conferences
Next week will be a busy one as we will be exhibiting at the American Association of Museums (AAM) conference in LA and attending the Society for Information Design (SID) in Seattle. If you're attending…


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Slashing licence fees to help small businesses
COVID-19, NewsBy Jon Armstrong 16 Apr, 2020
Up to 200,000 licence holders operating across the trades and construction sectors will not have to pay up to $50 million worth of licence fees, thanks to the NSW Nationals in Government. NSW Nationals Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh said the licence fee waivers were a crucial part of the state government's first economic…
Nats in Government support communities in tough times
The NSW Nationals in Government have announced plans to fast track vital infrastructure projects in regional NSW to help local industries, councils and communities rebuild and recover from the impacts of drought, bushfire and COVID-19. Many of our regional communities have felt the full devastation of bushfires and drought and we are now faced with…
Coronavirus clinic opens in Wagga Wagga
The first rural GP-led COVID-19 respiratory clinic in New South Wales has officially opened in Wagga Wagga. Deputy Prime Minister Federal Nationals Member for Riverina Michael McCormack said the new respiratory clinic was part of the Government's $2.4 billion health package to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak. "Wagga Wagga is a health hub for the…
Bridge to be replaced thanks to Nats in Government
NewsBy Jon Armstrong 15 Apr, 2020
An older-style timber bridge that crosses the Little River south of Geurie is set to benefit from a share of $86 million being invested into road, bridge and truck wash projects across regional parts of the state. Member for Dubbo Dugald Saunders has announced that $2.716 million will be provided to Dubbo Regional Council to…
More frontline police officers for regional communities
The NSW Nationals in Government have welcomed an increase in police across the regions, with new Probationary Constables joining the ranks. NSW Nationals Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke welcomed the announcement recruits from Class 340 would soon be on local beats, as part of a $583 million investment over four years. "This is a huge…
Coles improves access for remote communities
NSW Nationals Upper House MP Sam Farraway has welcomed changes by Coles to ensure that those living in remote communities have access to the vital supplies, by removing purchasing limits for those who live further than 100km from their nearest supermarket. "Many families have been put under undeserved stress and scrutiny in our more remote…
Tax deductions for those working from home
Many Australians now working from home will find things a little easier at tax time thanks to the Nationals in Government. Federal Nationals Member for Parkes Mark Coulton welcomed temporary arrangements announced by the Australian Tax Office (ATO) that will make it easier for Australians to claim deductions for working from home due to COVID-19.…
Support to keep businesses open now and into future
The NSW Nationals in Government have welcomed measures that provide greater protection from evictions for commercial tennants significantly impacted by COVID-19. NSW Nationals Member for Myall Lakes Stephen Bromhead said the $440 million land tax relief package will apply to commercial leases where the tenant is in financial distress due to COVID-19, including but not…
New emergency measures to protect tenants
Residential tenants and landlords facing financial hardship due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic will receive increased support and greater certainty from the NSW Nationals in Government's new temporary rental measures. The six-month support package includes a moratorium on applications for forced evictions due to rental arrears for those financially disadvantaged by the pandemic, and new…
Rebuilding boundary fences destroyed by bushfires
The NSW Nationals in Government have committed $209 million to support landholders to rebuild essential boundary fences destroyed by recent bushfires. The new 'Supporting Our Neighbours Project' will help cover the cost of rebuilding boundary fences shared by private and public land managers, while supporting local farmers and businesses to recover. Agriculture Minister Adam Marshall…
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From a sketch of your office of style, we realize the first paintings.
The skills of our designers allow us to interpret every types of products (fuzziness - tailor(suit).
We move on your sites to proceed to the fitting of cloths and so bring the last modifications.


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Participatory art project opens conversation on transition in Prospect Heights
Posted: September 24, 2015 - 2:51pm
Intersection | Prospect Heights draws on oral histories and photographs from past and present to explore the impact of rapid change on a community's identity and sense of place
The Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council (PHNDC), Brooklyn Public Library, and urbanist studio Buscada announce the opening of Intersection | Prospect Heights, a multidisciplinary public art project that uses photographs and oral histories to start a dialogue on the social, psychological, and physical impacts of rapid change in this Brooklyn neighborhood.
In recent years, Prospect Heights has seen tremendous physical change, including the clearing of the 22-acre Atlantic Yards site, the construction of the Barclays Center arena, and the development of much of the neighborhood's vacant property. Since 2000, Prospect Heights' population has remained close to 20,000 residents, yet there have been significant shifts in race and income, indicating the displacement of a large number of people. Since 2000, the neighborhood's African American population declined from 55% to 30%, and the percentage of residents earning more than $100,000 jumped from 15% to 41%.
In a convergence of art, research and advocacy, Intersection | Prospect Heights will host a series of participatory events about the changes that have occurred in the neighborhood in the last 15 years. Beginning on October 3, the project will engage current and former residents of Prospect Heights -- and New Yorkers from all neighborhoods -- with a series of neighborhood guides, popup exhibitions, guided tours and public conversations. Building on Buscada founder Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani's work in the neighborhood in the early 2000s, the "guidebooks" use her photographs and oral histories to show neighborhood places through the eyes of residents from over a decade ago.
The project encourages past and present community members to contribute their own reflections on neighborhood places though storytelling cards, the project website www.inter-section.org, participation in two public "Place Conversations" at Brooklyn Public Library's Central Library, and by having their story recorded in an interview at the library. As part of Intersection | Prospect Heights, PHNDC will also conduct a neighborhood development survey, reprising a similar study carried out in 2004.
"Dr. Bendiner-Viani's prior work in Prospect Heights provides a unique vantage point to assess the impact of changes over the last decade to our community," said PHNDC Chair Gib Veconi. "Construction underway today in Prospect Heights is expected to add more than 14,000 new residents over the next decade—a population increase of more than 70%. We hope the dialogue fostered by Intersection| Prospect Heights will help our neighborhood approach the changes yet to come."
"Changes driven by development and rezoning as experienced by Prospect Heights are now faced by other New York City neighborhoods," said Dr. Bendiner-Viani. "Valuing everyday experience and perceptions of place can help us create space for dialogue on the forces shaping our city. We hope the approachable form and personal narratives of this project will let participants laugh, cry and grapple with the experience of what is too often framed as the city's inevitable trajectory."
"Brooklyn Public Library is a resource for the study of Brooklyn's past, as well as a place for a dialogue about its future," said Melissa Morrone, supervising librarian at Central Library's Information Commons. "We're delighted to collaborate with Buscada and PHNDC to present Intersection | Prospect Heights as part of our Brooklyn Transitions series."
This fall's Intersection | Prospect Heights events include the following:
Popup exhibitions and guides around the neighborhood
From October 3 to November 15, 2015. All locations at www.inter-section.org
Place Conversations : Open to all to tell, and hear, stories about personally significant places.
Wednesday, October 7, 6:30-8:30pm : Exhibition Opening and Place Conversation
@Information Commons Lab, Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza
Featuring stories from radio host Bob Law, journalist George Packer and you
Saturday, October 24, 3:30-5pm
@ Information Commons Lab, Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza
Featuring stories from U.S. Representative Hakeem Jeffries, NYC Public Advocate Letitia James and you
Guided Tour : Prospect Heights : A creative walking tour of the Intersection sites, joined by the Intersection tour guides, and led by artist Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani. Walk back in time to see the present in a new way. Participants can share their stories and add their own places to the tour.
Saturday, October 17, 3:00pm, Meet @ Met Food, 632 Vanderbilt Ave, between Park Place and Prospect Place
For a full list of events and activities, visit www.inter-section.org.
This presentation of Intersection | Prospect Heightsis made possible through grants from the New York Council on the Humanities, Citizens Committee for New York City, Council Member Laurie Cumbo, the Park Place/Underhill Avenue Block Association, and the Carlton Avenue Association.


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On Netflix: Secrets of Selfridges
Luxury department stores are a treasure trove – not only for tony bags and shoes, but stories. Recent documentary films have focused on the high net worth shoppers and salespeople at Bergdorf's (Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's) and Neiman-Marcus (The Store). Secrets of Selfridges tells the story of the American visionary behind the infamous UK store and his indelible mark on the world of retail.
Harry Gordon Selfridge Sr., was a Wisconsin native who cut his retail teeth at Chicago's Marshall Fields. He gained early success by introducing new promotional and customer service concepts. He's largely credited with the phrases "Only X days until Christmas" and "The customer is always right."
In just eight years Selfridge worked up to general manager, then quickly set his sights on taking the department store model to Britain. The iconic Oxford Street store is an architectural diamond, and his American approach to retail singlehandedly changed London culture.
Never before had different classes of British citizens been welcome in one commercial place as equals. For the first time women were encouraged to shop – without escort! – for pleasure. He embraced the women's suffragette movement early on, gaining him a loyal following. Shoppers could freely peruse and browse merchandise under the guise of "just looking" instead of being expected to buy. No pushy salespeople here, just lots of merchandise.
Excite the mind and the hand will reach for the pocket.
Selfridge believed retail should excite and delight. His promotional tactics were incredibly successful at driving foot traffic. After Louis Blériot completed the first cross-Channel flight, Selfridge arranged to exhibit his monoplane on Selfridges's first floor, drawing huge crowds.
His lasting contributions to retail are seemingly endless. Bi-annual sales? Credit Selfridge. Bargain basement? Selfridge. Cosmetics and perfume counters on the ground floor? Selfridge! H. Gordon Selfridge's rise and (spoiler alert!) fall is a fascinating tale of a retail pioneer and an American outsider who becomes the king of London luxury.
On Netflix Canada now.
Business, Fashion, Marketing, Retail Tagged With: harry gordon selfridge, holt re, london, retail, secrets of selfridges, selfridges, uk, weston family
Ready for Ready-to-Wear
by Leesa Butler, 2011 02 07
photo by Peter Lytwyniuk
The Superbowl may be over, but as far as I'm concerned the real games are just beginning. It's the start of Ready-to-Wear season when designers will be fiercely competing on runways around the world for international attention and investment. Of course, runway shows are a different kind of spectator sport than football or hockey. Let's be honest, they're usually viewed while the boss is out to lunch or late at night, just you and your laptop. But in the vein of "more is better" I encourage you to do your hair, don a great pair of shoes and pour yourself a glass of bubbly while indulging in a live stream (where available) or a photo slideshow.
February 7 – 10, Montreal
Montreal's calendar includes many of the usual suspects – Barila, Bodybag by Jude, Nadya Toto – plus a peak at Rudsak's new label RUD. Denis Gagnon, along with Marie Saint Pierre, tops this list of must-see shows. As well, the young Montreal-raised, London-based Thomas Tait will debut with Christian l'Enfant Roi and Samule Mercure in a group show presented by Trusst. Live streaming available.
Montreal Fashion Week
February 10 – 17, New York
Plenty to heart about New York's calendar. The pro set of Michael Kors, Calvin Klein, Donna Karan and Betsy Johnson ground the week. Mix in the glamour of Badgley Mischka, hipster chic of Charlotte Ronson and celebrity shows like L.A.M.B and you have something uniquely New York. Live streaming available for some shows.
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
February 13 – 15, London
With an eye on emerging talent and international designers (including Mackage) Scoop appears to be modeled after New York's Coterie or Copenhagen's Gallery. This new show is based at London's Saatchi Gallery. Check back for live streaming details.
Scoop International Fashion Show
London jam packs their week with designer shows…too many to count. Some highlights will no doubt include Christopher Kane, Erdem, Matthew Williamson, Vivienne Westwood Red Label and Mark Fast. Check back for live streaming details.
February 23 – March 1, Milan
Gucci, Pucci, Prada and Jil Sander are just the tip of the Milano iceberg. For insider reports from the Milan shows, follow Flare Magazine's @LisaTant on Twitter. Check back for live streaming details.
March 1 – 9, Paris
There is no other city who can compete with Paris on fashion: Dior, Balmain, Lanvin, Balenciaga, Comme des Garcons, YSL, Jean Paul Gaultier, Galliano, McQueen and of course Chanel. (In case you missed it, check out Jeanne Beker's interview with Jean Paul Gaultier in the Globe and Mail here.) Check back for live streaming details.
Paris Fashion Week (Mode à Paris)
And let's not forget our Canadian shows. Check back for designers and live streaming information. More to come!
March 24 – 31, Edmonton
Western Canada Fashion Week
March 28 – April 1, Toronto
LG Fashion Week
April 12 – 15, Vancouver
Vancouver Fashion Week
Events, Fashion Tagged With: Barila, Denis Gagnon, fashion week, LG Fashion Week, london, Marie Saint Pierre, milan, Montreal, Nadya Toto, paris, Rudsak, runway shows, Thomas Tait, Trusst


Do you know about all the moving parts that go into a Work Order? Do you know that there are different types of Work Orders that can be used and applied to Simple, Service, and Jobs? Come see what the benefits of each type of Work Order and know how to switch from one type to another Work Order if needed.


Cloud-graphics company Otoy has raised a fourth round of funding from Russian tech investor Yuri Milner, the man who invested in Facebook and Zynga, as well as former Morgan Stanley chief executive John Mack.
The Los Angeles-based company started out in cloud gaming, but it shifted its focus to using the web-connected data centers, or a cloud, to host the tools for making digital entertainment from movies to games. Otoy's technology has become a key ingredient in creating 3D content from movies and games, and it is now a mainstay in Hollywood visual effects pipelines. It enables creators to build ultrarealistic computer-generated characters and environments without having a supercomputer at their desk.
Otoy will use the money to accelerate the commercialization of its suite of tools for cloud-based content creation. The company didn't say how much money it raised.
Otoy, whose CEO is special effects guru Jules Urbach, has been toiling for four years to build the tools, which it says will dramatically improve the quality, speed, and cost of computer-generated content creation. Artists, animators, designers, architects, and engineers can use these to create cool effects. The suite includes LightStage, which makes cool visual effects; Octane, which renders 3D images on workstations and the cloud; and Brigade, a tool for photorealistic game designs.
Other investors include Autodesk, Taylor Frigon, George Gilder, and the Roddenberry Trust. Advisers for the company include William Morris Endeavor's Ari Emanuel; former IBM CEO Sam Palmisano; Mozilla CTO Brendan Eich; former IBM executive Irving Wladawsky-Berger, and Google's Eric Schmidt.


examples of school-wide efforts and early warning systems aimed at keeping all students on track to post-secondary success.
Provides tips on how to implement a Success Mentor model at your school. It was created for districts, schools, team captains and school partners.
Download the Attendance Works and MENTOR presentation on Addressing Chronic Absence by implementing an elementary success mentor strategy.
Download the Center for Supportive Schools' Tapping into the Power of Peers presentation.
Technical assistance (TA) from an experienced mentoring TA provider can help you get started and make your program the best it can be at no cost.
The National Mentoring Resource Center (NMRC) is a program of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and is managed by MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership. The NMRC provides no-cost training and technical assistance to mentoring programs to help them meet quality standards and implement evidence-based and best practices for mentoring. Click here to request no cost technical assistance for your program.
Need help to apply for TA? Watch the video and use this template request.
This toolkit is designed to help school districts establish an elementary success mentor program, leverage ideas and resources available from national partner organizations as well as the pioneering work of a growing number of local efforts. It is filled with tips, scripts, and a variety of relevant and free materials that you can take and tailor to the needs of your community.
The NYC Task Force on Truancy, Chronic Absenteeism & School Engagement has developed a Getting Started Task Force Toolkit with a wide array of informative and helpful documents.
Data sharing toolkit for communities. Developed by the US Dept. of Education.
For Community Based Partners, After-School Providers, etc.
How to customize Success Mentors for Middle and High Schools. Developed by the New York City Mayor's Task Force on Truancy, Chronic Absenteeism & School Engagement.
~ The Golden Ticket: An invitation for parents to introduce the kick-off.
~ Conversation Starters: Provided at each table to engage mentors and families to get to know each other.
~ Information Sheet: For mentors and families to exchange contact information.
~ Tips Sheet: From MENTOR New York for parents.
This guide features fun and thought-provoking games, art projects, theatre skits and role plays, and other one-on-one or group activities. Produced in partnership by the New York City Department of Youth & Community Development and Mentor New York.
Using Text Messaging to Support Success Mentors offered by the Mentor New York initiative, this guide offers a variety of text communications to a variety of mentor/mentee situations. The resource also gives links for connecting students to critical resources.
Developed in collaboration with MENTOR. This toolkit can help mentors understand growth mindset and how to apply growth mindset strategies to many of the challenges that youth and adults face in life.
This resource, provided by Concerned Black Men National's CARES Mentoring Movement, was originally designed for use in their Wellness Mentoring Circles. It offer groups of young people an opportunity to learn about important aspects of their development, reflect on their experiences with the world around them, and receive support from peers and mentors that can promote healthy behaviors, problem-solving, and general well-being.
A webinar developed by the National Mentoring Resource Center supporting immigrant youth as they navigate the challenges of a new culture and what mentoring programs can do to serve immigrant youth and their families effectively.
A PowerPoint developed by the Everyone Graduates Center as a way to analyze, learn, and act upon what mentors are learning about chronic absenteeism.
The tools include modules for assessing chronic absence in elementary, middle and high school grades, as well a tool for combining chronic absence reports for all grade levels. Offered by Attendance Works.
It's not enough to say that relationships matter. To be actionable, teachable, and measurable, we must specify some of the ways young people interact with others that contribute to their learning, growing, and thriving. To that end, Search Institute has embarked on a major initiative to understand and document the day-to-day actions within relationships that contribute to a young person's development.
This report by the Everyone Graduates Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Education, examines the efforts and impacts of the NYC Mayor's Interagency Task Force on Truancy, Chronic Absenteeism & School Engagement. This report details the efforts undertaken by the task force to combat chronic absenteeism in New York City between 2010 and 2013.
Diplomas Now combines evidence-based whole school reform strategies with enhanced student supports guided by an early warning system. It integrates the efforts and insights of teachers and school leaders with supports from Talent Development Secondary, City Year, and Communities In Schools. It is designed to work in high-poverty areas with the nation's most-challenged middle and high schools. Winner of an I3 validation grant, Diplomas Now is in the midst of a seven-year randomized field trial. An early impact report by MDRC was released in June 2016, with significant findings on reducing chronic absenteeism.
Mentors, wake-up calls to students, incentives and weekly "student success" meetings led by principals helped New York City significantly cut chronic absenteeism in schools, according to a new report by the Everyone Graduates Center at The Johns Hopkins University School of Education.
The mission of the center is to disseminate evidence based practices and build and facilitate communities of practice to help students attend every day, be engaged in school, and succeed academically, so that they graduate high school prepared for college, career, and civic life.
The U.S. Department of Education, Office of Safe and Healthy Students' National Student Attendance, Engagement and Success Center, under Contract Number: ED-ESE-15-A-001, developed and administered by Jobs for the Future. The contents of the website do not necessarily represent the policy or views of the U.S. Department of Education nor do they imply endorsement by the U.S. Department of Education.


I finished writing a story. Not just any story, but a full-length novel. 92 thousand words. 25 chapters. It has a beginning, a middle and an end. (In that order and everything).
Of course, at this stage it is just a first draft, which means that there is still a huge amount of work to be done. I'm telling you about it now because it is such a hugely momentous achievement for me. I've started so many novel-length stories, and until this moment I hadn't finished a single one of them.
The difference this time was painfully simple. I sat down, and I wrote. No excuses. I got up in the morning, grabbed a coffee and nearly every day for the last four months, I wrote something – anything. Some of it isn't too bad, some of it needs a serious overhaul. But I wrote it anyway.
No matter what happens with it, I am so very thrilled to finally know for sure that I had the dedication and commitment to get this far. If I've done it once, I know I can do it again.
Now I'm going to go back and fully build the world like I should have done from the beginning. I'm going to take what I know about the world and solidify it into rules, give it shape and direction. I understand now, why this should have been done before I even began, or at least long before the story was beginning to coalesce into a real and concrete thing.
I'm going to edit and tweak, I'm going to look under the hood and make sure all the hoses are connected to where they are supposed to go, and everything is lubricated just right. When I've polished it to as high a sheen as I can, I'll bring it out into the light and take a really good look at it, and we will see where we go from there.
Even if this story ends up as nothing more than a tale that I can share with my family and friends, I'm ok with that. It has been a journey and just being along for the ride has been enough for me.
Congratulations Bethy!!!! There was never any doubt!! Can't wait to get my beeps on it! Yahooooo, Bethany wrote her 1st book!!!!
Thanks Aunty — I'm pretty excited about it!
I knew this day would come! This book is a best seller already! Hugs to you, dear….looking forward to the sequel!
I never had any doubts at all…it was always in you and when time was right, out it came….et voila :) <3 I am sooooo very proud of what you have achieved and will achieve in the future…I love you loads and loads….can't wait to read it!!
Thank you! Once it's as pretty as I can make it, you are more than welcome to read it!
Doing a thing is a good thing! Is this a continuation of one of the stories you started before or did you write all of it over the last months?
I wish to read it right now! Please drop it off immediately!!