During 2017-18, India's unemployment rose to a 6.1%, highest in 45 years, a report by the Business Standard quoting National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) said. The report has come out at a time when two independent members of the National Statistical Commission (NSC) resigned citing a delay by the Modi government in releasing the reviewed job data.
The assessment carried out by the NSSO for the period of July 2017 and June 2018 showed that unemployment was the highest at 6.1% since 1972-73. The report further said that this rate was 7.8% for the urban areas and 5.3% in the rural areas. Additionally, the report also highlights that the unemployment rate among the youth is higher than the previous year, as reported by Business Today.
The report said, "For educated rural females, the unemployment rate ranged between 9.7% to 15.2% between 2004-05 to 2011-12, which rose to 17.3 per cent in 2017-18." For the rural educated males, the unemployment stood at 10.5% in 2017-18. This was about 6-7 per cent higher than what was between 2004-05 and 2011-12 which then stood at 3.5-4.4%. For female youth in rural areas, the unemployment rate for 2017-18 was 13.6% as compared to 4.8% in 2011-12.
The NSSO's data is very significant because, after PM Modi's announcement in November 2016, which rendered the currency note of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 illegal, this is the first comprehensive report on the country's employment situation. While the country's economy is expanding by over 7% every year. However, the uneven growth has not paved any path for India's youth. Notably, as per a report by Centre For Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), labour statistics showed continuous deterioration in the labour markets exception being the September month of 2018. In the month of October 2018, the unemployment rate rose to 6.9%, which was the worst in the last two years.
The number of people employed in October 2018, was 397 million, which was 10 million lesser than the number in October 2017. Labour market showed a slight improvement in the month of September but the effect was negated by the dip in October.
Only 39.5 % of the adult population was employed in October 2018, the lowest in the last two years.
PM Modi promised to generate jobs for youths if brought to power. But the dismal record of Job being generated and people getting unemployed is scary, to say the least. The government needs to focus on creating more jobs for the unemployed youth and media should give more attention to report on unemployment. This country needs a serious debate on unemployment rather than on Sabarimala and Ayodhya issue.


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Spartanburg police investigate shooting at home of mother, two children
Spartanburg City Police responded to a drive-by shooting at the Highland Avenue home of a mother and two children Sunday, according to police reports.
The victim told police that she and her two children, ages 12 and 9, were sitting in their living room when they heard six to eight gunshots. According to the report, once the shooting ceased, she found a bullet inside her home in front of her door.
The shooting occurred around 6 p.m. on the 400 block of Highland Avenue.
Police found a bullet hole at the bottom of the front door of the home and one bullet on the floor of the living room. According to the report, 13 shell casings were found in the road and another bullet was found in a neighbor's car. Police said the bullets and casings appeared to be .45-caliber handgun rounds.
The victim told police that she did not see the car or person who shot at her house and did not know of anyone who would want to shoot her or her children.
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On May 1st the Diocese of Atlanta was proud to celebrate all graduating seniors from around North and Middle Georgia at a ceremony at St. Philip's Cathedral.
Holy Innocents' Episcopal School in Atlanta celebrated graduation for the class of 2016 on May 14th. Graduates are headed to prestigious universities, including Harvard, Princeton and Stanford. Will Epperson was the valedictorian and Greyson Burnett was named salutatorian.
Overall the class of 124 students had big academic success. Members of the Class of 2016 were admitted to more than 130 different colleges, spanning 33 states and the District of Columbia. More than $6.9 million in scholarships were offered to the graduating seniors, which included four National Merit Finalists.
For a full list of all of Holy Innocents' recipients of awards from the community at large, as well as the school, please click here.


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Lunch with Didier Cuvelier at Château Léoville-Poyferré in Saint-Julien, Bordeaux
Picture: Didier Cuvelier and Christian G.E. Schiller lunching at Château Léoville-Poyferré
I recently had the honor and pleasure to have lunch with Didier Cuvelier at his Château Léoville-Poyferré. The lunch was preceded by a tour of the winery. I have provided a general introduction to Didier Cuvelier at his Château Léoville-Poyferré here: Château Léoville-Poyferré, Chateau Le Crock, Didier Cuvelier in Bordeaux and the Cuvelier Los Andes Wines in Argentina
The Cuvelier Family in the North of France, in Bordeaux and in Argentina
The story begins in 1804 when Henri Cuvelier set out to share his great passion for fine wine with his friends of the grand bourgeoisie residing in the rich and dynamic towns of the North of France, including Lille, Boulogne Sur Mer, Arras, and Valenciennes. To this aim, he created Maison de Négoce de Vins Henri Cuvelier in Haubourdin, a wine merchant company whose success continued to develop throughout the 19th century.
100 years later, at the beginning of the 20th century, Paul Cuvelier and his young brother Albert, decided to purchase top quality estates in the Bordeaux area. They bought Château Le Crock in 1903, then Château Camensac in 1912 and finally the prestigious Château Léoville Poyferré as well as Chateau Moulin Riche in 1920.
Picture: Touring Chateau Leoville Poyferre with Didier Cuvelier
In 1947, Max Cuvelier, under the instructions of his associates, opened a second Wine Merchant company in Bordeaux, moving nearer to the family properties.
Two of Max Cuvelier's children have taken over the family's activities in Bordeaux: Didier Cuvelier has been running Chateau Leoville Poyferre, Chateau Moulin-Riche and Chateau Le Crock since 1979 and Olivier Cuvelier has been managing the Wine Merchant company H. Cuvelier and Fils in Bordeaux since 1985.
The Haubourdin wine merchant company was sold in 2002. The name has remained unchanged and it continues to distribute the Cuvelier estates wines.
Pictures: Didier Cuvelier Explaining
In 1998, the Cuvelier family started to branch out to Argentina. Bertrand Cuvelier accompanied Michel Rolland in his great Argentine project, which was to become the« Clos de Los Siete »group. Three years later, Jean-Guy Cuvelier decided to join his cousin Bertrand in the joint aim of building a Winery and producing fine wines worthy of the family tradition. Since then, the Winery has been built and each year the vines of Cuvelier Los Andes have contributed 50% of their production to « Clos de Los Siete », the wine signed by Michel Rolland. The success of this wine is worldwide due to the exceptional value for money it offers.
Château Léoville - Poyferré, Barton and Las-Cases
The Cuvelier family bought Château Léoville-Poyferré – one of the 3 Léoville estates that currently exist - in 1920.
The 3 Léoville chateaux are the result of vast property broken up a long time ago. But up until the French Revolution, Léoville was the largest Médoc wine-growing property.
The story of the 3 Léoville estates go back to 1638. At the time, the estate was called Mont-Moytié, named after its founder, Jean de Moytié. Domaine Mont-Moytié remained in the family for almost 100 years. It is through the marriage of one of the Moytié women that the estate passed into the hands of Blaise Antoine Alexandre de Gascq, who was the seigneur of Léoville and a president of the Bordeaux parliament.
The groundwork for the split was laid in 1769, when Blaise Antoine Alexandre de Gascq died without an obvious heir. As a consequence the Léoville estate was inherited by four family members. One of them was the Marquis de Las-Cases-Beauvoir. One quarter was sold off by the four heirs. A number of years later, in 1826, this part of Léoville estate was purchased by Hugh Barton and became Château Léoville Barton.
The other three quarters remained in the family. This was the state of affairs when the Marquis was succeeded in 1815 by his son, Pierre-Jean and his daughter, Jeanne. Pierre-Jean inherited what is now Château Léoville Las Cases, whilst the portion that came to Jeanne was passed onto her daughter, who married Baron Jean-Marie de Poyferré; this is the part that is today Château Léoville-Poyferré.
Although the estate bears the name of the Poyferré family to this day, it was not in their ownership for a long time. But it was under the ownership of the Poyferré family when the estate was classified as a deuxième cru in 1855 (as were the Barton and Las-Cases estates).
In 1865 Château Léoville-Poyferré was purchased by Baron d'Erlanger and Armand Lalande, bankers and local courtiers. The Lalande family, and later through marriage also the Lawton family, were in charge of Château Léoville-Poyferré until after World War I had passed. The Cuvelier family bought Château Léoville-Poyferré in 1920.
While the vineyards were separated, the buildings remained connected, just as they are today.
Didier Cuvelier and Château Léoville Poyferré
In the beginning, the Cuveliers did not operate their chateaux themselves. Roger Delon, one of the owners of Chateau Leoville Las Cases was the first to manage Chateau Léoville-Poyferré. This changed in 1979 with the accession of Didier Cuvelier, who at 26 became the first member of his family to take charge of Leoville Poyferre, along with Moulin Riche and Le Crock. Didier Cuvelier put Leoville Poyferre on the map of wine lovers all over the world. Didier Cuvelier trained as a chartered accountant before passing the DUAD (a university diploma in wine tasting) in 1976.
When he arrived in 1979, Didier Cuvelier embarked on an extensive program of renovation in the vineyard. Having previously been strong on Merlot, under the direction of Didier Cuvelier the proportion of Cabernet Sauvignon more than doubled, from 30% to its current figure of 65%, the balance being 25% Merlot, 8% Petit Verdot and 2% Cabernet Franc. The vineyard area now totals 80 hectares, compared with 48 hectares in 1979.
Pictures: Tasting after the Tour
In 2010, the vat rooms were completely renovated. 10 large vats were replaced with 20 new, stainless steel double skin vats with a capacity from 60 hectoliters to 165 hectoliters.
The grand vin is Château Léoville-Poyferré (20000 cases). Typically the oak is 75% new each year. Wines produced from the plots once belonging to Château Moulin Riche (17000 cases) are vinified completely in cuve, before transfer into a mix of new and one-year-old barrels. The second wine is Pavillon de Poyferré.
Château Le Crock
The first purchase made by the Cuvelier family was their property in St. Estephe, Chateau Le Crock in 1903.
Today the vineyards of Château Le Crock cover a total of 32.5 hectares and touch two of the most prestigious châteaus of the appellation, Château Cos d'Estournel and Château Montrose.
The vines are 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot.
In the (annulled) 2003 Classification, it was a Cru Bourgeois Superieur. The 2010 Chateau Le Crock qualified for the Cru Bourgeois Label.
Chateau Moulin Riche
Chateau Moulin Richewas bought in 1920 by the Cuvelier family. In 2003, it was incorporated in the Chateau Léoville-Poyferré vineyards.
Lunch was served in the large, new reception hall of Chateau Léoville-Poyferré.
Pictures: Lunch with Didier Cuvelier in the large, new reception hall of Chateau Léoville-Poyferré
Fricassee of Monkfish, Cockles and Clams in Saffron Butter
Fillet Mignon
Poached Williams Pear in Caramelized Custard
Chateau Léoville-Poyferré 2007
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Deep red garnet color in the glass, nose of cedar and tobacco, easy drinking, soft on the palate, a pleasure, given the relatively low price.
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Deep red garnet color in the glass, tobacco, cedar, earth, wood, chocolate nose, a big wine, with good tannins and a long finish.
Deep red garnet color in the glass, notes of tobacco combined with gravel and sweet blackcurrant fruit on the nose, full bodied on the palate, good acidity and a good length finish.
Chateau Le Crock 2005
Red garnet color in the glass, notes of red fruits and smoke on the nose, good structure, medium long finish with some notes of roasted coffee.
Bordeaux Trip September 2012, France
Bordeaux Wines and their Classifications: The Basics
An Afternoon with Owner Michel Tesseron at Château Lafon-Rochet, 4ème Cru Classé en 1855, in Saint-Estèphe, Bordeaux
The Wine Empire of the von Neipperg Family in France, Bulgaria and Germany
Château Léoville-Poyferré, Chateau Le Crock, Didier Cuvelier in Bordeaux and the Cuvelier Los Andes Wines in Argentina
Château Pape Clément in Pessac-Léognan and the World Wide Wine Empire of Bernard Magrez, France
Tasting with Alfred Tesseron the last 10 Vintages of Château Pontet-Canet in Washington DC, USA/France
Tasting the Wines of Chateau Lafon-Rochet, Saint-Estèphe, 4ème Cru Classé en 1855, with Owner Basil Tesseron at the French Embassy in Washington DC, USA/France
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National Concert Hall Announces 'NCH At Home'
Today, Wednesday 13th May 2020, the National Concert Hall is announcing a new series of music programmes to be streamed online as part of its 'NCH at HOME' series, designed to engage audiences with live performances providing comfort, inspiration and solidarity and enriching cultural content online.
Supported by Davy, as Innovation Partner, Culture Ireland, RTE and The Irish Times 'NCH Live Stream Series' sees four concerts to be streamed live from the NCH stage starting Friday 29th May 8pm with celebrated Irish mezzo-soprano and star of the international opera stage Tara Erraught and pianist Dearbhla Collins performing Songs of Comfort and Hope. This will be followed by Bell X1's front man Paul Noonan (5th June 8pm), acclaimed Irish folk singer/songwriter Lisa O'Neill (12th June 8pm) and renowned Irish pianist Barry Douglas (19th June 8pm).
All concerts will be available to view from NCH YouTube and Facebook channels and from RTE.ie. There will also be a previewed Zoom interview with the artist by broadcaster John Kelly as well as Twitter conversations on @NCH_Music from 7.30pm #NCHLIVE.
Josepha Madigan, T.D. Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht states: "This new series from the National Concert Hall is to be warmly welcomed and will bring joy and hope to many during this very challenging time. It follows the great success of Dear Ireland, Ireland Performs and Courage 2020. Ireland's arts, culture and creative communities are, in the face of the huge challenges that they are currently facing themselves, raising so many or our spirits through their work and are to be commended."
Maura McGrath, Chair of the NCH: "As our live concerts and performances are unfortunately cancelled for the moment due to Covid 19, all of us at the NCH want to reach out to you and to reimagine different ways to provide beautiful music to help us to stay connected at a time of loss and to bring us hope and joy. Until such time as we can all be together again to enjoy the power of live music I am pleased to share with you details of our NCH at Home series of streamed concerts, master classes, learning and discovery. I want to pay a special tribute to the musicians and our partners who have come together to provide these live streams for you at home. I hope you will find them reassuring, inspiring and hopeful."
Simon Taylor , CEO of the NCH said: "Connecting musicians with audiences is what the National Concert Hall is all about. Whilst we cannot do so at the moment face-to-face we are delighted to live-stream performances by four outstanding Irish artists from across the music spectrum, directly from the NCH stage, in high-quality sound and vision. We hope this gives our loyal audiences an engaging and exciting 'live' experience and introduces these wonderful artists to new audiences as well."
Tara Erraught (29th May 8pm): Due to play title role of Angelina in Rossini's La Cenerentola at The Metropolitan Opera in New York in March before it was cancelled on the day prior to opening due to the current Covid-19 crisis, the NCH is delighted welcome Irish mezzo-soprano Tara Erraught to perform on Friday 29th May at 8pm, accompanied by pianist Dearbhla Collins. Having made an impressive 47 role debuts as resident principal soloist at Bayerische Staatsoper Tara brings her rich, radiant voice, expansive range and dynamic stage presence to the NCH when she performs Songs of Comfort and Hope with works by Schubert, Copland, Liszt, Strauss and a selection of Irish folk songs.
Paul Noonan (5th June 8pm): Bell X1 front man Paul Noonan is no stranger to the NCH having performed with Bell X1 many times as well as taking part in Imagining Ireland: 21st Century Song and the award-winning Starboard Home series, supported by Dublin Port (it is currently available to view on RTE Player). For his solo performance at NCH the Dublin based songwriter, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist will perform a selection of BellX1 songs and more from other projects, all chosen specifically for this performance on Friday 5th June 8pm.
Lisa O'Neill (12th June 8pm): Multi award-winning Irish folk singer and songwriter Lisa O'Neill, whose inimitable voice and song-writing capability has catapulted her into the limelight of the Irish and international folk scene, will perform a selection of songs in Reflections: A Solo Concert with Lisa O'Neill on Friday 12th June 8pm. A song-writer like no other, Lisa's roots may be sourced in folk and traditional music but her work opens up a landscape beyond any settled sense of genre.
Barry Douglas (19th June): Celebrated Irish pianist Barry Douglas returns to the NCH stage for a solo piano recital that includes traditional arrangements by Barry of My Lagan Love, Carrickfergus together with works by Rachmaninov, Schubert Tchaikovsky, as well as Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition on 19th June 8pm. Barry has established a major international career since winning the Gold Medal at the 1986 Tchaikovsky International Competition in Moscow. As Artistic Director of Camerata Ireland the Clandeboye Festival, he continues to celebrate his Irish heritage while also maintaining a busy International touring schedule.
Each concert made available to view on playback for up to a month after the concert.
'NCH at Home' also comprises of NCH Learning & Participation activity, with a new weekly online series of content designed to engage people with music. Geared primarily for young people and children, this series includes Music Time – songs and activities for young children; Me and My Instrument – introductions to musicians from the wider NCH family and their instruments; Musical World – resource packs for primary school children exploring different musical styles from around the world; Song Writing – a series of online tutorials for teens, and much more in the weeks to come.
The NCH Learning & Participation programme also delivers much of its flagship programme online, including the Female Conductor Programme, supported by Grant Thornton; and the International Master Class series, bringing the world's top musicians to music students in Ireland.
'NCH at Home' also comprises of a new series 'NCH Where Are We Now', supported by Davy and The Irish Times, which sees video recordings from renowned artists to be shared across the NCH website and social media channels – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Linkedin – throughout May and June beginning with New York based mezzo-soprano and multi-Grammy award winner Joyce DiDonato.
NCH Live Stream is supported by Davy as Innovation Partner, Culture Ireland, RTE.ie and The Irish Times as print media partner.
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Q: Incomplete gamma functions: can this code get any faster in cython, C, or Fortran? As part of a large piece of code, I need to calculate arrays of incomplete gamma functions.  For example, I need a function that returns (the log of) (gamma(z + m, a, inf)/m!) for m in [0, m_max], for various values of m_max (typically around 400), z, and a.  I need to do this quickly.  Currently, this step is the the slowest in my code by around a factor of ~2.  However, the full code takes ~a day to run, so reducing the computation time of this step by 2 would save me a lot of wall time.
I am using the following cython code for the calculation:
import numpy as np
cimport numpy as np
from mpmath import mp

sp_max = 5000

def log_factorial(k):
    return np.sum(np.log(np.arange(1., k + 1., dtype=np.float)))

log_factorial_ary = np.vectorize(log_factorial)(np.arange(sp_max))

gamma_mem = mp.memoize(mp.gamma)
gammainc_mem = mp.memoize(mp.gammainc)

def gammainc_up_fct_ary_log(np.int m_max, np.float z, np.float a):
    cdef np.ndarray gi_list = np.zeros(m_max + 1, dtype=np.float)
    gi_list[0] = np.float(gammainc_mem(z, a))
    cdef np.ndarray i_array = np.arange(1., m_max + 1., dtype=np.float)
    cdef Py_ssize_t i
    for i in np.arange(1, m_max + 1):
        gi_list[i] = (i_array[i-1] - 1. + z)*gi_list[i-1]/i + np.exp((i_array[i-1] - 1. + z)*np.log(a) - a - log_factorial_ary[i])
    return gi_list

As an example, when I call gammainc_up_fct_ary_log(400,-0.3,10.0) it takes around ~0.015-0.025 seconds.  I would like to speed this up by at least a factor of 2 (or, ideally, as fast as possible).
Is there a clear way to speed up this computation using cython?  If not, would C or Fortran be significantly faster?  If so, what is the fastest way to write this function in that language and then call the code from python (the rest of my code is written in python/cython).
Thanks in advance.

A: There are several big issues in your cython version:

*

*i_array is useless, you can safely replace i_array[i-1] by just i

*You're not getting the most of cython. If you have a look to the output of cython -a on your code, you'll see that cython is just generating calls to the C-API, while you need calls to C code to have it run fast.
Here is an example of what you could achieve (incomplete, but the speedup is already great)
import numpy as np
cimport numpy as np
cimport cython
from mpmath import mp

cdef extern from "math.h":
    double log(double x) nogil
    double exp(double x) nogil

sp_max = 5000

def log_factorial(k):
    return np.sum(np.log(np.arange(1., k + 1., dtype=np.float)))

factorial_ary = np.array([np.float(mp.factorial(m)) for m in np.arange(sp_max)])
log_factorial_ary = np.vectorize(log_factorial)(np.arange(sp_max))

gamma_mem = mp.memoize(mp.gamma)
gammainc_mem = mp.memoize(mp.gammainc)

def gammainc_up_fct_ary_log(m_max, z, a):
    return gammainc_up_fct_ary_log_impl(m_max, z, a)

@cython.boundscheck(False)
@cython.wraparound(False)
@cython.cdivision(True)
cdef gammainc_up_fct_ary_log_impl(int m_max, double z, double a):
    cdef double[::1] gi_list = np.zeros(m_max + 1, dtype=np.float)
    gi_list[0] = gammainc_mem(z, a)
    cdef Py_ssize_t i
    for i in range(1, m_max + 1):
        t0 = (i - 1. + z)
        t1 = (i - 1. + z)*log(a) - a
        gi_list[i] = t0*gi_list[i-1]/i + exp(t1 - log_factorial_ary[i])
    return gi_list

running this code gives me:
python -m timeit -s 'from ff import gammainc_up_fct_ary_log' 'gammainc_up_fct_ary_log(400,-0.3,10.0)'

10000 loops, best of 3: 132 usec per loop
while your version hardly gives:
python -m timeit -s 'from ff import gammainc_up_fct_ary_log' 'gammainc_up_fct_ary_log(400,-0.3,10.0)'

100 loops, best of 3: 2.44 msec per loop

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Is It Unhealthy To Eat Dinner Very Late?
Do you have ever experienced heartburn or bloated feeling after eating too much or too close to your bedtime? It is a common problem of lots of people these days. The main reason of this health issue is to eat dinner very late.
Like many other things, our lifestyle has also evolved in recent decades. Now people have more hectic life because of longer working hours. And that's why most of the people skip their breakfast and also eat dinner very late just before going to sleep. It is a little bit reality that when you eat too much or too close to your sleeping time, it can be dangerous for you.
Eating before going to sleep can pose various health problems, and one of the most common is obesity and acid reflux. In this situation, you can't properly digest the food which not only disturbs your stomach but also becomes a cause of some gastric problems. Therefore, it is recommended that you should eat dinner three hours before your sleeping time and always prefer to consume healthy and light food that can be easily digested. Moreover, it has also been suggested that if you feel cravings late night, then you should eat low-fat and low-sugar snacks before bedtime because they can improve your sleep and keep you fresh the next morning.
Why Is It Bad to Eat too Close Your Bedtime?
In a 2014 article in the New York Times, an expert New York City Physician reported that the number of people with acid reflux has increased significantly in recent decades in the US. It has been affected more than 40% Americans. Acid reflux can trigger several health problems, from heartburn and cough to difficulty swelling, hoarseness, chronic throat clearing, postnasal drip, asthma and esophageal cancer.
One of the most crucial factors that can lead to these symptoms is poor diet, such as a huge consumption of soft drinks, sugar alcoholic drinks, and processed foods. There is another important variable that has been unnoticed, our dinner time.
She said, lots of people don't do breakfast and eat only a sandwich at lunch. Thus, the evening meal becomes the largest meal of the day. But most of them consume their evening meal increasingly later because of long working hours and after-work activities, such as shopping and exercise. Moreover, after consuming heavy meal too late at night, they sit on their sofa or bed to watch TV. It becomes more dangerous for them because sitting and lying down on a full stomach can increase the acid reflux. She also advised that you should not eat after 8 pm or within three hours of bedtime.
The period between dinner and bedtime is the danger zone for humans. It's the time of day you get to relax, and many people like to eat their favorite snacks to enjoy the simple pleasure of doing nothing. But a lot of studies have revealed that eating before going to sleep can be a serious cause of various health problems. The reason is that eating late at night gives our body immediate energy, and we don't need it at this time. Therefore, it can pose the risk of development of following diseases.
If you don't fall asleep soundly or have a difficult time staying asleep, give attention to your eating habits before becoming the addictive of the sleeping pills. A big meal before your bedtime may keep you awake because it can disturb your stomach. In this case, you can consume a modest-size snack, like fiber-rich cereal with milk; it'll help you sleep better.
Going to bed instantly after a heavy meal can interrupt your sleep and also lead to heartburn. You should avoid eating heavy or unhealthy foods before going to sleep. For example, spicy and greasy foods may give you a bloated feeling which disturbs your digestive tract and keep you away from falling asleep in the night. Low-fat yogurt with fruit and whole-grain toast with peanut butter or lean turkey are recommended for late night cravings as they contain protein and carbohydrates which promote relaxation at the time of sleeping.
Eating more calories than you need makes you gain weight, whether you eat them too close or early to bedtime. Many people who eat high-calorie foods such as potato chips or ice cream before going to bed are at the higher risk of weight gain. Moreover, overeating at night not only disrupts your sleep but also increases your appetite the next day. So, to minimize these risks, you should make a habit of healthy and balanced eating throughout each day. If you feel hungry or restless before going to sleep, prefer to eat healthy food, such as a banana with almond butter or oatmeal.
Diabetes is another serious threat for those who eat dinner very late. According to some studies, eating something wrong too close to bedtime can trigger high blood sugar in the morning. Therefore, if you feel hungry late at night, incorporate with a sugar-free, low-calorie snack like baby carrots or gelatin. These options will satisfy your night cravings while having a minor impact on your body. For a more pleasing option, you can eat a protein-rich meal, such as cottage cheese with a fiber-rich carbohydrate source, like whole grain crackers.
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First, it was Thom Tillis, slumming it up in Boone, who spoke of his great personal pain over the Anti-Family Amendment that he nevertheless personally ushered through his Republican-controlled NC House.
Now it's Sen. Jim Davis (R-Franklin) who's suddenly developed buyer's remorse over his vote to urge the rest of us to install anti-gay discrimination into the NC Constitution next May.
At a "sparsely attended" townhall meeting in Macon County, Davis said, "I have a lot of libertarian in me. I believe firmly, passionately that a marriage should be defined as being between one man and one woman. But I also believe with all my heart that in a free America people who choose to live a different lifestyle should have a legal right to do so."
Yet (and you'll forgive me if I'm unimpressed by your sudden pangs of conscience), you voted with the other lemmings in your party to enshrine a constitutional discrimination against a small minority of our citizens into our foundational document...
(You insufferable hypocrite you. With all due respect.)
Posted by J.W. Williamson at 12/02/2011 02:37:00 PM
Labels: gay marriage, Jim Davis, Thom Tillis
Mike D. said...
J.W.,
Your characterization is not only misleading, it is intellectually dishonest, and you and I both know it.
I understand that it is your job, as blog owner, to spin events in a light which favors your political party for the sake of those who did not attend the event, but this is too much.
There is a massive difference between voting in favor of a bill and voting to allow a bill to go to a referendum of the people. You clearly represent this as support for the bill when it is not that at all.
On a fundamental, intellectual level, I believe that my opposition to this proposed amendment is more pure, more honest than yours, as yours is tainted by unwavering partisan politics. Yet I will not condemn a politician for letting it go to a vote of the people. You and I will both vote against this amendment, and you have no clue how the two men whose character you impugn will vote on it. But my vote, and possibly theirs if they vote against it, will likely be more pure than yours. After listening to Tillis, I am not at all sure that he will vote for the Amendment. You seem quite sure. What he does in the voting booth is beyond you and me. It is his personal choice, and the sheer fact that he indicated that he is torn on the issue suggests to me that he will vote against it. But you don't care, do you? You want the voters to be denied the opportunity to vote on it.
That is what separates me from you, J.W., I can accept that my preferences, my ideology may be overruled by a majority who oppose my view, or by a rule of law that contradicts my view. Sadly, you cannot accept such things. You must spin anything which conflicts with your party line as something diabolical, and anyone who allows a public vote on an issue which may not favor your party line political philosophy must be demonized as sinister.
The more you use expletives, the more it tells me the democratic process is working.
J.W. Williamson said...
Mike D.,
I know you to be consistently smug about your own intellect. But are you also that naive?
The so-called "Defense of Marriage" amendment was relentlessly "whipped" by the Republican majority in the Gen'l Assembly, and Party loyalty was both demanded and expected ... because the amendment is a political maneuver to stir the rural/religious vote in 2012. Those who could not in conscience vote for it were invited to be absent that day, and a handful were absent (in the Senate particularly).
So I'm not impressed by any of those yea votes now crying their crocodile tears. They launched the mechanism to set this state back 100 years. If that mechanism now makes them nervous, I don't want to hear it. "Let the people decide"? Please! "Let the prejudices flow!" is more like it, and if they didn't know that would be the result of their legislative mischief, they are dim bulbs indeed.
I agree 100% with what you have said. Allowing the citizens of the state to vote on the issue is certainly not something I would condemn the legislature for.
And, like you, I will vote against the amendment.
Opinionated said...
I don't believe in allowing the majority to decide on abrogating the rights of any minority. Too much probability or returning to Jim Crow years, after all. As Margaret Chase Smith (a good Republican) used to say, "The People will choose repression every time."
opinionated...I'm not really in disagreement with your point....but I am not aware that anyone has the "right" to marry someone of the same sex. If there is such a "right" then it was put in the constitution by a "majority" and could be changed via the amendment process. In which case the majority would still decide.
Tillis is a liar. I was told this weekend that he complained bitterly at another town hall he attended (by someone who was there) that he was attacked in Watauga during the town hall by all the citizens who opposed ETJ. I was at the town hall in Watauga. There was one man who spoke out against ETJ. Again, Tillis is a liar.
As for Mike D and his ilk, I suppose they think it would be also be fine to let the people decide on issues such as slavery. Yeah. That's right. Put up for vote whether or not a certain "class" of citizens should have the same rights as the rest of us. I think we should put up for vote whether Mike D should be allowed to work for the state since he supports GOP efforts to dismantle workers' rights.
Tillis (and Mike D) is just trying to have it both ways: "I don't like it but I was forced to do it."
"Mike D and his ilk" - Anonymous
I wish I knew where to find my "ilk"! I have never met anyone who holds my peculiar set of political views, but maybe if I find them someday, we will form a club or something. Thanks for providing me with hope! :-)
"I think we should put up for vote whether Mike D should be allowed to work for the state"
Years ago, comment moderation was not activated on WataugaWatch. Anyone could say anything. There were a couple of people who tried to employ personal attacks that rose to the level of releasing personal information and targeting the livelihood of fellow contributors. In those days, Stumpy and BikerBard would step forward and defend me in the face of the personal attack, even though we disagreed on many political issues. I miss them both, as friends in real life and contributors to this forum. They were great guys, and I will always keep the memory of them alive.
With comment moderation activated, I am uncertain as to why such a comment would be allowed.
I understand that the current political landscape is highly charged, and the Tea Party and Occupy movements are both working to turn us against each other. I do find it ironic that this Anonymous contributor would, in successive sentences, decry people for daring to deprive individuals of their rights to live free of oppression, then immediately threaten to deprive another contributor of his right to have a job, simply because he dares voice his opposing viewpoint publicly (keep in mind that I openly declare my opposition to the proposed amendment).
So, as much as I have appreciated J.W. for allowing my voice, my participation, in this forum, I feel that my continued participation is unwelcome and unwise.
I have enjoyed the company of all of you, and many of you have made me feel welcome, even feeling like friends I have never had the pleasure to meet in person, and I invite you to come shake my hand if you know who I am and you see me somewhere.
If our society calms down a bit, I will certainly come back, and I will absolutely drop in to enjoy reading what you all write, but I feel I should bow out for a while. These are tough times, and I really can't afford to lose opportunities because someone feels that silencing my voice should include threatening my livelihood.
Salaam, friends.
Classic Mike D: "My vote is more pure than yours."
Moose said...
Wow, Mike D... I thought your skin was thicker than that! Obviously no one is going to vote on whether you can have a job or not... I think the poster said that just to point out how ridiculous it is to let people vote on things that only affect other people. The gay marriage amendment will have a real, lasting effect on me and many others who are not allowed to legally married the person of their choice. It will have absolutely zero effect on these people who are voting for it. So, for you to be so cavalier and dismissive about it would be like me acting the same way toward the "Mike D Amendment" that Anonymous proposed. Why shouldn't the people be allowed to vote on Mike D's job prospects??
"I think the poster said that just to point out how ridiculous it is to let people vote on things that only affect other people."
You mean like letting people vote to raise taxes on someone else who makes more than they do?
I missed that one, Anon. Exactly when is that vote being held??
Anytime you vote for a candidate who promises higher taxes on someone else so you can get something, you're voting for higher taxes on someone else. Vague terminology like, "fair share," or,"we are the 99%" is the code language. I'm not really surprised I had to explain this here, or perhaps you're just trying to be obtuse in a pathetic attempt to undermine my point.
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Hundreds of union supporters march through LAX
Union workers assemble for a march through LAX to call on elected officials to support "unions for all" on Wednesday, October 2, 2019. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
By Emily Rasmussen | erasmussen@scng.com | Long Beach Press-Telegram
PUBLISHED: October 2, 2019 at 2:56 p.m. | UPDATED: October 2, 2019 at 4:07 p.m.
A throng of union supporters took to the streets in and around Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday, Oct. 2, for a pre-planned march.
Hundreds of airport employees, Uber and Lyft drivers and other workers kicked off the march at 10 a.m. to try and get elected officials to back the "Unions for All" movement.
Supporters donning purple union shirts stood along the entrances to the airport, holding signs that read "Unions for All" in English and in Spanish. Some cars that drove by honked in support.
Former State Sen. Kevin De Leon joins airport workers, Uber and Lyft drivers, janitors, Los Angeles city workers, L.A. County workers, fast-food employees, homecare and childcare providers and other for a march through LAX to call on elected officials to support "unions for all" on Wednesday, October 2, 2019. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Mary Kay Henry, president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) joins airport workers, Uber and Lyft drivers, janitors, Los Angeles city workers, L.A. County workers, fast-food employees, homecare and childcare providers and other for a march through LAX to call on elected officials to support "unions for all" on Wednesday, October 2, 2019. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Ca, and the Rev. Jesse Jackson join airport workers, Uber and Lyft drivers, janitors, Los Angeles city workers, L.A. County workers, fast-food employees, homecare and childcare providers and other for a march through LAX to call on elected officials to support "unions for all" on Wednesday, October 2, 2019. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Travelers headed to jets walked in and around the protests, to get inside the terminals. Traffic-enforcement personnel and Airport Police officers were about, looking on.
The march's goal was point out that employees in the airline, ride-hailing, childcare and other professions struggle to afford rent and basic necessities, organizers said. They are calling for a commitment from elected officials and politicians to back a push that allows everyone to have a union.
Wednesday's march came one day before the "Unions for All" summit, scheduled for Thursday through Sunday at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites in Los Angeles. Service Employees International Union members from around the county, and perhaps Democratic presidential candidates, were expected to attend.
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August 7, 2013, 8:00 am
Denver recommends designating 317 acres as city parkland in fall, 121 acres in spring
By Jeremy Meyer
Central Park, Denver, Denver Parks and Recreation, Hentzell Park, Scott Gilmore
Denver is looking to designate acreage that wasn't officially city parkland, including Central Park in Stapleton. (Photo By Kathryn Scott Osler/The Denver Post)
Denver Parks and Recreation is continuing work to designate acreage as official city parkland with a proposal to add 317 acres this fall and another 121.5 acres next spring with a goal of designating 90 percent of its land as parkland by 2015.
Many parcels the city acquired after 1956 never have carried the designation of being an official city park. Parcels were officially recognized as open space, parkways, medians or natural areas. A city survey found 31 percent of the city's nearly 6,000 acres of parks was not official city parkland — land that cannot be sold or leased unless a majority of voters approve.
The plan is to have about 90 percent by the end of 2015, said Deputy Parks Manager Scott Gilmore.
"About 10 percent cannot be designated because of right of way issues or utility corridor issues," Gilmore said. "But we are trying to designate as much as possible."
In the spring, the city began the change, designating 178.5 acres, including nearly 16 acres in southeast Denver that was open space near Hentzell Park. That area has been under dispute because the city has swapped about 11 acres of natural space to Denver Public Schools to build a school. Some neighbors are upset about the swap, saying the city didn't have the right to do so without a vote. A District Court judge disagreed.
On Tuesday Gilmore presented recommendations to a City Council committee to designate another 317 acres throughout the city, including the 79-acre Bear Creek Park in southwest Denver, 78.9-acre Central Park in Stapleton and 40.3-acre Greenway Park also in Stapleton.
Next spring, the plan is to designate 121.5 acres, including the 56-acre Lakewood/Dry Gulch Park, the 32.5-acre Hampden Heights Park and the 16.5-acre Veterans Park near East Iowa Avenue and Interstate 25.
The council must approve all of the changes.
Categories: Colorado Government, Denver City Hall, Environment
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Excellent idea.
Makes the surrounding land more valuable.
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McKeel Academy Central has received an A school grade every year since it opened, and was designated as a high-performing charter school in 2011 by the Florida Department of Education.
In order for us to plan for the upcoming school year, please complete the Intent to Return process by clicking or copying and pasting the link below to access our McKeel Online Office (MOO) and follow the directions to complete your student's Intent to Return. In addition to letting us know your plans for the 19-20 school year you will be asked to verify two things: (1) the primary contact and (2) verify your address.
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McKeel Academy Central has been an A school since it opened in 2003.
McKeel Academy Central's Parent Teacher Organization has created a Facebook page. Check it out by clicking here.
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School Shootings Stun Reservation
By Rhea R. Borja and Sean Cavanagh
March 24, 2005 | Includes updates and/or revisions.
Educators and families on the Red Lake Indian Reservation in Minnesota were picking up the pieces last week after a deeply troubled 16-year-old student shot and killed seven other people and himself at a high school March 21.
The nation's deadliest school attack since the 1999 slayings at Colorado's suburban Columbine High School took place on an isolated reservation that spreads across 564,426 acres of woodland just south of the Canadian border.
Red Lake High School, its windows shattered and walls pocked with bullet holes, likely will not reopen for months, local officials said. Students at the 355-student school were expected to be taught this week in community centers on the reservation. Red Lake's elementary and middle schools were also scheduled to resume classes.
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"Internet Postings Linked to Student Highlight Interest in 'Hate Groups'"
"A Chronology of Multiple School Shootings"
Stuart Desjarlait, the superintendent of the Red Lake school district, said at a March 24 press conference at North County Regional Hospital in Bemidji, Minn., that the high school has a crisis-management plan and had conducted drills. It also has a metal detector and security guards. But no one can guarantee 100 percent safety, 100 percent of the time, he added.
"We did everything we could," the superintendent said. "It goes to show that if something's going to happen, it's going to happen. No matter what you do, no matter who you are, no matter what precautions you take, something like this can happen."
Jeff Weise, brandishing several guns and supplied with multiple rounds of ammunition, burst through the school's front door after shooting and killing one of the school's two unarmed security guards. Within 10 minutes, he had shot and killed five students and a teacher, then turned a gun on himself. At least seven other people were injured, two of whom were in critical condition last week in a Bemidji hospital.
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Before arriving at the school, Mr. Weise shot and killed his grandfather, Daryl Allen Lussier, 58, and Mr. Lussier's companion, Michelle Leigh Sigana, 32.
Red Lake is a "closed" reservation, subject to federal but not state laws. The Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians runs its own police force and court system and sets policy on who can live on or visit the reservation.
The staunchly independent community, wary of outsiders, was deluged after the shootings by the news media and a network of grief counselors, psychologists, and victim-witness assistants from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Stronger Schools
More than 100 law-enforcement officials, from the FBI to the local Red Lake tribal police, were conducting hundreds of interviews in an investigation expected to last for weeks. Authorities said Mr. Weise, who was being taught at home, did not leave a suicide note or other explanation for his attacks.
Paul A. McCabe, a special agent in the FBI's Minneapolis office, described the school after the rampage as "a very traumatic crime scene."
Killed at the school were teacher Neva Rogers, 62; security guard Derrick Brun, 28; and students DeWayne Lewis, 15; Alicia Alberta Spike, 14; Chase Albert Lussier, 15; Thurlene Stillday, 15; and Channelle Rosebear, 15.
Those familiar with the Red Lake reservation emphasized that while life on "the Rez," with its high unemployment and poverty rates, is difficult, it is not without hope.
Bryan Lussier, 42, the director of the tribe's employment-rights organization, said that schools on the reservation have improved significantly since his childhood. Not only are the buildings and facilities in much better condition, he said, but school staff members and administrators also show far more interest in both the academic and personal needs of students.
"Teachers are a lot [closer] to students now," said Mr. Lussier, a distant cousin of two of the shooting victims: student Chase Lussier and Mr. Weise's grandfather Daryl Lussier, who was a tribal police officer.
David Beaulieu, who visited Red Lake several weeks ago, echoed that sentiment. He is the president of the National Indian Education Association, which is based in Alexandria, Va.
Members of various Indian tribes honor the victims of the Red Lake shootings at a March 23 ceremony at the State Capitol.
—Stormi Greener/(Minneapolis) Star Tribune/ZUMA Press
"You could just tell the sense of caring [the educators] had for the young people, and in the way they interacted with them," he said.
And a consultant who has visited Red Lake in recent years said the district had taken an active role in trying promote a safe environment in its schools.
Gregory M. Olson, the founder of Critters and Company, a Champlin, Minn., group that uses animals in teaching lessons designed to curb bullying and violence, said he has made several appearances at the district's elementary and middle schools in the past three years.
It was sometimes a challenge to keep Red Lake's students interested during his presentations, Mr. Olson recalled, especially at the middle school. But he saw noticeable improvement in students' attentiveness over time, and he credited school officials with helping foster that turnaround.
He believed Mr. Weise was too old to have been in the audience during his presentations.
Dean Carlblom, a representative of Education Minnesota, the 70,000-member state teachers' union, was one of the first to talk to Red Lake educators after the shootings.
"Most of them are still in shock, and the staff from the other [schools] are very numb," he said March 24. "All of the educators were pretty much washed out by the end of the day yesterday."
Difficult History
Yvonne C. Novack, the Minnesota Department of Education's manager of Indian education, said a cross-agency team of school psychologists, mental-health counselors, and others has been made available to Red Lake.
Ms. Novack said her office advised state workers on how to operate within the cultural norms and traditions on the reservation, respecting the tribe's religious ceremonies, the leadership role of tribal elders and the tribal council, and the tribe's independence of state government.
Courtesy of The Forum, Fargo-Grand Forks, N.D.
Jeff Weise had an exceptionally difficult personal history. His father committed suicide in a police standoff in 1997, and his mother lives in a nursing home as the result of brain injuries sustained in a car accident, according to press reports. The teenager apparently had a strained relationship with his grandfather, and he was being taught at home due to unspecified medical problems.
He was depressed and taking Prozac, had previously tried to commit suicide, and saw a mental-health professional as recently as Feb. 21, members of his family told the media.
At times, he bore the brunt of classmates' teasing, news accounts said, and he is believed to have posted entries on an Internet site run by a neo-Nazi group.
But some people familiar with Red Lake say the picture being painted of the young man as a threatening loner who wore all-black clothing is not accurate, according to Mr. Carlblom of Education Minnesota.
"There was a different side of Jeff, a couple of people said," Mr. Carlblom noted, adding that some people had found Mr. Weise friendly, if not outgoing. "In the Native American culture, they joke with each other. Everyone teases each other. Sure, he got teased, but how much of that was serious?"
One student, Michelle Kingbird, 13, told television reporters that Mr. Weise was her friend and that he was "funny" and "cool." Ms. Kingbird, whose stepbrother, 15-year-old Ryan Auginash, was wounded in the attack, went on to say that she couldn't believe Mr. Weise was the type of person "to do what he did," and that she forgave him.
Still, Mr. Weise's circumstances underscored some of the problems faced by Native American youths.
American Indian students make up about 1 percent of the U.S. public school population, and more than 90 percent attend traditional public schools. The rest attend schools overseen by the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs.
One in four Native Americans was living in poverty in 2000, twice the rate of the rest of the U.S. population, according to a 2004 study by the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development.
One in six Indian youth has attempted suicide, the study found. And Indian children were 60 percent more likely to report having taken part in a fight at school in the most recent year, the Harvard report said.
But Gordon Adams Jr., a member of the Bois Forte Band of the Chippewas in Nett Lake, Minn., cautioned against drawing links between socioeconomic troubles in Indian communities and the actions of a single troubled student at Red Lake High.
"Our family settings are just the same" as in non-Indian communities, Mr. Adams said. "People are kind of throwing this into the stereotype that we all come from broken homes."
When poverty or dysfunction affects a single Indian student or family, "someone will always step in and make sure that child is brought up," he said.
The Real Educators?
But while Indian education officials elsewhere reacted with shock to the Red Lake slayings, some said they were not surprised that such violence had touched one of their communities.
Pauline M. Begay, the superintendent of the Apache County, Ariz., school system, which oversees 11 districts in the northern part of the state, said the important factor in preventing violence in schools is encouraging families to take an active role.
"When it comes to parental involvement, there's just not enough of that," said Ms. Begay, who is on the board of directors of the National Indian Education Association. Parents, she said, "are most often absent in the education of the student."
Stephen Sroka, a school security consultant and an adjunct assistant professor at the Center for Adolescent Health at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, said rural youths may be more influenced by television, the Internet, and movies than their metropolitan counterparts, primarily because of their isolation.
"The educators today on sex, drugs, and violence are not teachers," he said, "but the media."
Schools need a three-part approach to help prevent crises, he said: prevention education, physical security such as metal detectors and cameras, and access to mental-health care for students.
"We need to move beyond metal detectors," Mr. Sroka said. "We need to put a human face on school security."
Scott Staska, the superintendent of the 2,300-student Rocori school district, 15 miles southwest of St. Cloud, Minn., is one educator who knows from experience what those in Red Lake are going through. On Sept. 24, 2003, Jason McLaughlin, a 16-year-old student at Rocori High School, allegedly shot and killed two classmates at the school. He is now awaiting trial.
Mr. Staska spoke to Chris Dunshee, the principal of Red Lake High School, briefly on March 24 and advised him about the variety of mental-health and other services the school should use.
"Take advantage of all the help you can get," Mr. Staska said he told the Red Lake principal, "because you can't do it alone."
Vol. 24, Issue 29, Pages 1, 10, 12
Published in Print: March 24, 2005, as School Shootings Stun Reservation
"Details of Minn. School Shooting Emerge," March 22, 2005.
"Columbine High: Five Years Later," April 14, 2004.
"Killings in Schools Prompt Cries for Better Security," February 11, 2004.
"Violence Outside School Walls Raises Concern," December 10, 2003.
"Pa. Student Kills Principal, Himself," April 30, 2003.
"Experts Ponder Sept. 11 Effect On School Violence," June 19, 2002.
"Lethal School Shootings Resemble Workplace Rampages, Report Says," May 29, 2002.
"U.S. Agencies Release Details From School Violence Research," May 22, 2002.
"Across the Atlantic, Europeans Take Different Approach to School Safety," May 22, 2002.
"All Threats Aren't Equal, FBI Cautions," September 13, 2000.
"A Colo. Community Looks for Answers After Deadly Attack," April 28, 1999.
For background, previous stories, and Web links, read Violence and Safety.
"Deadly Lessons: Understanding Lethal School Violence," a 2003 report from the National Academies Press.
"The Final Report and Findings of the Safe School Initiative: Implications for the Prevention of School Attacks in the United States," a 2002 publication of the U.S. Secret Service and the U.S. Department of Education, says that future school shootings may be preventable, "if those responsible for safety in schools know what questions to ask. ..."
"The School Shooter: A Threat Assessment Perspective," September 2000, from the FBI, aims to help schools determine when a threat implies actual potential violence. (Requires Adobe's Acrobat Reader.)
Federal Activities Addressing Violence in Schools is an inventory of federal surveillance, research, and programmatic activity related to youth violence, updated semi-annually. From the National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center.
The American School Board Journal's cover story this month focuses on "The New Look of School Safety." The Journal also posts an anthology of "Safe From Harm," links to resources.
Read an overview of the Red Lake Indian Reservation, from Red Lake Net News.
Read Red Lake Tribal Chairman, Floyd Jourdain's statement in response to the implication of his son, Louis, in the Mar. 21 shootings.


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This will be preceded by a parade/march at 10:15 am.
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The poppy day is truly and will always be part of the Canadian hearts.
The Poppy day is a day that we all celebrate in Canada. It's a day where we remember those who fought for our freedom and also to remind us of how lucky we are to live in this beautiful country.


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Ellen L. Pinkerton, 78, of Kimball, died at the Kimball County Manor on Monday, November 25, 2013. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 30, 2013 at the Cantrell Funeral Home in Kimball with Pastor Virgil Johnson officiating. Burial will be held in Titusville, PA at a later date. Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday from 1:00 until 6:00 p.m. Visit http://www.cantrellfh.com to view Ellen's Book of Memories and leave condolences for the family. Memorial may be given in her name to the Dix Bible Church at P.O. Box 8, Dix, Nebraska, 69133. The local services have been entrusted to the Cantrell Funeral Home.
Ellen Louise Pinkerton was born in Titusville, PA on October 13, 1936, the daughter of Frank and Isabelle (Rigby) Christy. She received her education in Titusville and graduated from Coldstock High School in 1955. Ellen then attended God's Bible School College in Cincinnati, Ohio and graduated in 1959 with a bachelor's degree in Theology. She then worked at Brainerd Indian School in Hot Springs, South Dakota. She met fellow employee Harold James Pinkerton, Sr. and they were married on November 19, 1961 in Tryon, Nebraska. To this union six children were born. Ellen was known for her cake decorating and baked breads and donuts. She was also accomplished at crocheting. She crocheted a green and white table cover that she sent to President George Bush. She received a thank you from the White House and was told that it was on display in the White House. She made numerous sinter hats for Boys Town USA and also sent several overseas and also the Indian Reservations for children that needed them. In 1978 her husband became ill and she worked outside of the home at the Presbyterian Home as a cook and then later as a nurse's aid.


Each weekend, Mashable handpicks a few startups that we think are building interesting, unique or niche products.
Here we've selected three iPhone applications for your weekend enjoyment and entertainment.
Roamz is a location-based application that will guide you to nearby happening places and activities, based around your interests and the social media activities of your friends. Mynd, meanwhile, will be your personal entertainment curator and point you in the direction of the best gaming, reading and television apps based on your tastes. And DimSong will delight you with music that moves as you do.
Quick Pitch: Roamz is a location-based app that helps you find out what is happening around you.
Genius Idea: Interest-based place and event recommendations surfaced via social media.
Mashable's Take: What's happening around you? It seems like a fairly simple enough question to answer, especially considering the bevy of location-based applications and services on the market. And yet, more often than not, the answer is harder to come by then it should be.
Enter Roamz, an iPhone application that culls information from your Facebook, Foursquare and Twitter accounts, and takes into account your expressed interests, to surface hot tips and pictures on nearby (or afar) local events and attractions you might like. Of course, you're also encouraged to use the app to share local happenings — the startup calls these "Roamz moments" — with other users as you discover them.
Roamz, which launched earlier this week, is not the perfect anecdote for the what-to-do conundrum (yet), but it's a step in the right direction.
Quick Pitch: Mynd wants to be your personal entertainment curator.
Genius Idea: Find, rate and share the best entertainment apps on your iPhone.
Mashable's Take: You've got more than 500,000 iOS applications to choose from on the App Store. Clearly, finding games, books, or television and movie apps best suited to your tastes can be a daunting, if not impossible, task. Mynd to the rescue.
Mynd, from Seattle-based mobile development studio Liquify Digital, is an iPhone application that curates and recommends games, books, music and film applications just for you. The app uses a combination of machine learning techniques to make its picks and gets more sophisticated every time you interact with it.
Quick Pitch: DimSong is a reactive and adaptive app that creates customized remixes of music based on your input, movement and surroundings.
Genius Idea: Music remixed by your movement.
Mashable's Take: If you've ever wished for a dynamic music listening experience that matches your mood or tempo, consider taking DimSong for a musical spin on your iPhone.
The iPhone application, built by VenLabs, provides an always in-flux and funky listening experience that oscillates with movement, touch or light.
In shake mode, tracks automatically pick up intensity as you dance or flail about. Switch to light mode and your iPhone's camera will adjust audio based on the amount of light in the room. Or go in to touch mode to manually mix music with the on-screen slider.
Right now, DimSong is limited in track selection, but the application will eventually work with songs from your favorite artists.


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Patrice Sutton, MPH is a Research Scientist at the UCSF Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment (PRHE). Between 2008 and 2017 she spearheaded PRHE's clinical outreach and translation efforts. Patrice has over 30 years of experience in occupational and environmental health research, industrial hygiene, public health practice, policy development and community-based advocacy. As a contractor to California's state health department from 1987 to 2006, she was responsible for conducting all aspects of research investigations spanning a disparate range of issues, including lead poisoning, tuberculosis, asthma, and pesticide-illness. She has extensive experience collaborating with directly-impacted workplace and community-based populations, labor, and governmental and non-governmental organizations in the development of research strategies and policy recommendations. She also has extensive experience as a volunteer in support of communities and workers impacted by the nuclear weapons production cycle and has published over fifty peer-reviewed scientific articles and government technical reports.
Bero L, Chartres N, Diong J, Fabbri A, Ghersi D, Lam J, Lau A, McDonald S, Mintzes B, Sutton P, Turton JL, Woodruff TJ. The risk of bias in observational studies of exposures (ROBINS-E) tool: concerns arising from application to observational studies of exposures. Syst Rev. 2018 Dec 21; 7(1):242. PMID: 30577874.
Sutton, P, Zlatnik M, Woodruff TJ, Giudice, LC. .In: Yen and Jaffe's Reproductive Endocrinology. Edited by Strauss and Barbieri. Environmental Factors and Reproduction. 2018.
McGartland A, Revesz R, Axelrad DA, Dockins C, Sutton P, Woodruff TJ. Estimating the health benefits of environmental regulations. Science. 2017 08 04; 357(6350):457-458. PMID: 28774918.
Lam J, Lanphear BP, Bellinger D, Axelrad DA, McPartland J, Sutton P, Davidson L, Daniels N, Sen S, Woodruff TJ. Developmental PBDE Exposure and IQ/ADHD in Childhood: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Environ Health Perspect. 2017 08 03; 125(8):086001. PMID: 28799918.
Johnson PI, Sutton P, Koustas E, Vesterinen HM, Woodruff TJ. Response to correspondence by Heather Lynch, Julie Goodman and Nancy Beck Re: "Application of the Navigation Guide systematic review methodology to the evidence for developmental and reproductive toxicity of triclosan". Environ Int. 2017 05; 102:76-78. PMID: 28236502.
Woodruff, T. J. & Sutton, P. .Daily Environment Report, 20 DEN B-1. Practitioner Insights: The Peril and Imperative of TSCA Reform. 2017.
Sutton, P., Giudice, L. C., Conry, J. C., Woodruff, T. J. .Environmental Health: An Emerging New Normal in Healthcare. 2016.
Lam J, Sutton P, Kalkbrenner A, Windham G, Halladay A, Koustas E, Lawler C, Davidson L, Daniels N, Newschaffer C, Woodruff T. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Multiple Airborne Pollutants and Autism Spectrum Disorder. PLoS One. 2016; 11(9):e0161851. PMID: 27653281.
Johnson PI, Koustas E, Vesterinen HM, Sutton P, Atchley DS, Kim AN, Campbell M, Donald JM, Sen S, Bero L, Zeise L, Woodruff TJ. Application of the Navigation Guide systematic review methodology to the evidence for developmental and reproductive toxicity of triclosan. Environ Int. 2016 Jul-Aug; 92-93:716-28. PMID: 27156197.
Sutton PM, Giudice LC, Woodruff TJ. Moving from awareness to action on preventing patient exposure to toxic environmental chemicals. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016 05; 214(5):555-8. PMID: 27126615.
Portier CJ, Armstrong BK, Baguley BC, Baur X, Belyaev I, Bellé R, Belpoggi F, Biggeri A, Bosland MC, Bruzzi P, Budnik LT, Bugge MD, Burns K, Calaf GM, Carpenter DO, Carpenter HM, López-Carrillo L, Clapp R, Cocco P, Consonni D, Comba P, Craft E, Dalvie MA, Davis D, Demers PA, De Roos AJ, DeWitt J, Forastiere F, Freedman JH, Fritschi L, Gaus C, Gohlke JM, Goldberg M, Greiser E, Hansen J, Hardell L, Hauptmann M, Huang W, Huff J, James MO, Jameson CW, Kortenkamp A, Kopp-Schneider A, Kromhout H, Larramendy ML, Landrigan PJ, Lash LH, Leszczynski D, Lynch CF, Magnani C, Mandrioli D, Martin FL, Merler E, Michelozzi P, Miligi L, Miller AB, Mirabelli D, Mirer FE, Naidoo S, Perry MJ, Petronio MG, Pirastu R, Portier RJ, Ramos KS, Robertson LW, Rodriguez T, Röösli M, Ross MK, Roy D, Rusyn I, Saldiva P, Sass J, Savolainen K, Scheepers PT, Sergi C, Silbergeld EK, Smith MT, Stewart BW, Sutton P, Tateo F, Terracini B, Thielmann HW, Thomas DB, Vainio H, Vena JE, Vineis P, Weiderpass E, Weisenburger DD, Woodruff TJ, Yorifuji T, Yu IJ, Zambon P, Zeeb H, Zhou SF. Differences in the carcinogenic evaluation of glyphosate between the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). J Epidemiol Community Health. 2016 08; 70(8):741-5. PMID: 26941213.
Morgan RL, Thayer KA, Bero L, Bruce N, Falck-Ytter Y, Ghersi D, Guyatt G, Hooijmans C, Langendam M, Mandrioli D, Mustafa RA, Rehfuess EA, Rooney AA, Shea B, Silbergeld EK, Sutton P, Wolfe MS, Woodruff TJ, Verbeek JH, Holloway AC, Santesso N, Schünemann HJ. GRADE: Assessing the quality of evidence in environmental and occupational health. Environ Int. 2016 Jul-Aug; 92-93:611-6. PMID: 26827182.
Di Renzo GC, Conry JA, Blake J, DeFrancesco MS, DeNicola N, Martin JN, McCue KA, Richmond D, Shah A, Sutton P, Woodruff TJ, van der Poel SZ, Giudice LC. International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics opinion on reproductive health impacts of exposure to toxic environmental chemicals. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2015 Dec; 131(3):219-25. PMID: 26433469.
Sutton P, Kavanaugh-Lynch MH, Plumb M, Yen IH, Sarantis H, Thomsen CL, Campleman S, Galpern E, Dickenson C, Woodruff TJ. California Breast Cancer Prevention Initiatives: Setting a research agenda for prevention. Reprod Toxicol. 2015 Jul; 54:11-8. PMID: 25277312.
Stotland NE, Sutton P, Trowbridge J, Atchley DS, Conry J, Trasande L, Gerbert B, Charlesworth A, Woodruff TJ. Counseling patients on preventing prenatal environmental exposures--a mixed-methods study of obstetricians. PLoS One. 2014; 9(6):e98771. PMID: 24964083.
Koustas E, Lam J, Sutton P, Johnson PI, Atchley DS, Sen S, Robinson KA, Axelrad DA, Woodruff TJ. The Navigation Guide - evidence-based medicine meets environmental health: systematic review of nonhuman evidence for PFOA effects on fetal growth. Environ Health Perspect. 2014 Oct; 122(10):1015-27. PMID: 24968374; PMCID: PMC4181920.
Woodruff TJ, Sutton P. The Navigation Guide systematic review methodology: a rigorous and transparent method for translating environmental health science into better health outcomes. Environ Health Perspect. 2014 Oct; 122(10):1007-14. PMID: 24968373; PMCID: PMC4181919.
Johnson PI, Sutton P, Atchley DS, Koustas E, Lam J, Sen S, Robinson KA, Axelrad DA, Woodruff TJ. The Navigation Guide - evidence-based medicine meets environmental health: systematic review of human evidence for PFOA effects on fetal growth. Environ Health Perspect. 2014 Oct; 122(10):1028-39. PMID: 24968388; PMCID: PMC4181929.
Lam J, Koustas E, Sutton P, Johnson PI, Atchley DS, Sen S, Robinson KA, Axelrad DA, Woodruff TJ. The Navigation Guide - evidence-based medicine meets environmental health: integration of animal and human evidence for PFOA effects on fetal growth. Environ Health Perspect. 2014 Oct; 122(10):1040-51. PMID: 24968389; PMCID: PMC4181930.
Sutton, P, Woodruff, TJ, Conry, J, Giudice, LC. .Exposure to Toxic Environmental Chemicals During the First 1000 Days: What Do Reproductive Health Professionals Think, Say and Do about It?. Journal of the San Francisco Medical Society. 2014.
Sutton P, Perron J, Giudice LC, Woodruff TJ.Occupational and Environmental Exposures. In: Glass' Office Gynecology, Edited by Michele G. Curtis. 2014.
Trowbridge, J, Sutton, P, Woodruff, TJ, Giudice, LC. .In: Yen and Jaffe's Reproductive Endocrinology Edited by Strauss and Barbieri. Environmental Factors and Reproduction. 2014.
Vesterinen HM, Johnson PI, Koustas E, Lam J, Sutton P, Woodruff TJ. In Support of EHP's Proposal to Adopt the ARRIVE Guidelines. Environ Health Perspect. 2013 Nov-Dec; 121(11-12):A325. PMID: 24284027; PMCID: PMC3855525.
Sutton P, Woodruff TJ. Risk communication and decision tools for children's health protection. Birth Defects Res C Embryo Today. 2013 Mar; 99(1):45-9. PMID: 23723171.
Sutton P, Woodruff TJ, Perron J, Stotland N, Conry JA, Miller MD, Giudice LC. Toxic environmental chemicals: the role of reproductive health professionals in preventing harmful exposures. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Sep; 207(3):164-73. PMID: 22405527.
Sutton P, Cabasso J, Barreau T, Kelley M. A collaborative effort to address the distribution of plutonium-contaminated sludge in Livermore, California. New Solut. 2012; 22(2):191-211. PMID: 22776580.
Sutton P, Perron J, Woodruff TJ. .Praeger Handbook of Environmental Health, Volume 4, Chapter 11, pp.227-261. Edited by Robert Friss. Reproductive Environmental Health. 2012.
Perron J, Sutton P, Woodruff TJ. .The University of California Obstetrics and Gynecology Women's Health Review, Edited by Philip J. Di Saia, Gautam Chaudhuri, Linda C. Giudice , Thomas R. Moore, Manual Porto and Lyoyd H. Smith. Reproductive Environmental Health. 2012.
Sutton P, Woodruff TJ, Vogel S, Bero LA. Conrad and Becker's "10 Criteria" fall short of addressing conflicts of interest in chemical safety studies. Environ Health Perspect. 2011 Dec; 119(12):A506-7; author reply A508-9. PMID: 22134036; PMCID: PMC3261994.
Woodruff TJ, Sutton P. An evidence-based medicine methodology to bridge the gap between clinical and environmental health sciences. Health Aff (Millwood). 2011 May; 30(5):931-7. PMID: 21555477.
Sutton P, Wallinga D, Perron J, Gottlieb M, Sayre L, Woodruff T. Reproductive health and the industrialized food system: a point of intervention for health policy. Health Aff (Millwood). 2011 May; 30(5):888-97. PMID: 21555472.
Sutton, P, Perron, J, Giudice, L, Woodruff, TJ. .Pesticides Matter. A Primer for Reproductive Health Clinicians. 2011.
Sutton P, Giudice LC, Woodruff TJ. Reproductive environmental health. Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Dec; 22(6):517-24. PMID: 20978443.
Woodruff TJ, Sutton P. Pulling back the curtain: improving reviews in environmental health. Environ Health Perspect. 2010 Aug; 118(8):a326-7. PMID: 20675250; PMCID: PMC2920093.
Sutton P, Conry J, Rodriguez, P, Woodruff TJ. .The Navigation Guide. The Science Behind Practice. Journal of the San Francisco Medical Society. 2010; (5)(85).
Sutton P, Wolf K, Quint J. Implementing safer alternatives to lithographic cleanup solvents to protect the health of workers and the environment. J Occup Environ Hyg. 2009 Mar; 6(3):174-87. PMID: 19142792.
Patrice Sutton.Advancing the Precautionary Agenda. 2009.
Quint J, Beckett WS, Campleman SL, Sutton P, Prudhomme J, Flattery J, Harrison R, Cowan B, Kreutzer R. Primary prevention of occupational asthma: identifying and controlling exposures to asthma-causing agents. Am J Ind Med. 2008 Jul; 51(7):477-91. PMID: 18459148.
Sutton PM, Quint J, Prudhomme J, Flattery J, Materna B, Harrison R. Glutaraldehyde exposures among workers making bioprosthetic heart valves. J Occup Environ Hyg. 2007 May; 4(5):311-20. PMID: 17454500.
Patrice Sutton, M.P.H.; Julia Quint, Ph.D.; Janice Prudhomme, D.O., M.P.H.; Elizabeth Katz, M.P.H., C.I.H.; Mary Deems, M.P.H.; Jennifer Flattery, M.P.H.; and Robert Harrison, M.D., M.P.H.Transforming Medical Waste Disposal Practices to Protect Public Health: Worker Health and Safety and the Implementation of Large-Scale, Off-Site Steam Autoclaves. 2006.
Sutton PM, Mossman M, Reinisch F, Harrison RJ. A determination of healthcare worker exposure to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in two Californian hospitals. J Hosp Infect. 2002 Aug; 51(4):281-7. PMID: 12183143.
Bradman A, Eskenazi B, Sutton P, Athanasoulis M, Goldman LR. Iron deficiency associated with higher blood lead in children living in contaminated environments. Environ Health Perspect. 2001 Oct; 109(10):1079-84. PMID: 11675273.
Das R, Cone J, Sutton PM. .Bulletin of the World Health Organization. Why aircraft disinsection?. 2001; (9)(79):900-901.
Sutton PM, Nicas M, Harrison RJ. Tuberculosis isolation: comparison of written procedures and actual practices in three California hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2000 Jan; 21(1):28-32. PMID: 10656351.
Das R, Harrison RJ, Sutton PM, et al. .Farm worker illness following exposure to carbofuran and other pesticides - Fresno, CA, 1998. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 1999; (6)(48):113-116.
Sutton PM, Nicas M, Reinisch F, Harrison RJ. Is a tuberculosis exposure a tuberculosis exposure if no one is infected? Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 1999 Feb; 20(2):92-7. PMID: 10064210.
Sutton PM, Nicas M, Reinisch F, Harrison RJ. Evaluating the control of tuberculosis among healthcare workers: adherence to CDC guidelines of three urban hospitals in California. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 1998 Jul; 19(7):487-93. PMID: 9702570.
Sutton PM, Athanasoulis M, Flessel P, Guirguis G, Haan M, Schlag R, Goldman LR. Lead levels in the household environment of children in three high-risk communities in California. Environ Res. 1995 Jan; 68(1):45-57. PMID: 7729387.
Materna BL, Jones JR, Sutton PM, Rothman N, Harrison RJ. Occupational exposures in California wildland fire fighting. Am Ind Hyg Assoc J. 1992 Jan; 53(1):69-76. PMID: 1317093.
Maizlish N, Rudolph L, Sutton P, Jones JR, Kizer KW. Elevated blood lead in California adults, 1987: results of a statewide surveillance program based on laboratory reports. Am J Public Health. 1990 Aug; 80(8):931-4. PMID: 2368852.
Hatch DL, Flattery J, Sutton PM, Goldman L. .Childhood lead exposure: still a problem in California. California Pediatrician. 1990; 39-40.