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After a quick summary of early life's competition and resulting hard-shelled armor, he says: Then came the Day of the Squishy Things. — how can you resist that phrase?


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Chaos in Costa Rica's Congress
Tico Times May 1, 2011 May 1, 2011
A Sunday morning vote to elect Costa Rica's Legislative Assembly president turned into a near political meltdown today, as ruling party lawmakers voted to re-elect Luis Gerardo Villanueva, current assembly president, without a quorum.
To meet quorum, 38 of the assembly's 57 legislators must be present, and opposition lawmakers argued that procedural rules require a quorum to elect the assembly president and other leaders. When 30 opposition party lawmakers left the full session to hold discussions, 26 National Liberation Party (PLN) lawmakers voted to re-elect Villanueva, a move that analysts say is highly irregular. A few minutes after 11 a.m., interim president of the assembly's directorate, Annie Saborío, declared Villanueva the winner.
The assembly's directorate determines which bills are discussed and when. Elections to fill directorate posts are held by secret ballot among lawmakers each year on May 1. It is the first time in the history of Costa Rica's legislative body that a quorum was broken during voting to establish the congressional directorate.
The vote set off a firestorm of protests, both from members of opposition political parties and protesters gathered outside under a hot San José sun for traditional May 1 celebrations commemorating International Workers' Day. Lawmakers shouted each other down on the assembly floor, and opposition politicians accused the PLN of committing "an institutional coup d'etat."
"This is a coup d'etat. We will not tolerate what happened today," said Otto Guevara, leader of the Libertarian Movement party. "Today, citizens are fully aware how power-thirsty PLN lawmakers are."
"We won't return [to the assembly] until this illegitimate vote is voided," said Claudio Monge, lawmaker from the Citizen Action Party (PAC). "Today democracy has been dealt a blow."
Hundreds of protesters gathered outside Costa Rica's Legislative Assembly in support of opposition lawmakers, who called for Assembly President Luis Gerardo Villanueva to step down. Villanueva resigned from the post Sunday afternoon.
Alberto Font
On April 18, opposition political party leaders agreed to back Juan Carlos Mendoza, of PAC, for the post of assembly president. Following the vote, Mendoza said that "constitutional order had been disrupted," and that what had happened is "an abuse of power and a clear demonstration of authoritarianism and violence against democracy," newswire service EFE reported.
Opposition party leaders rallied dozens of supporters, encouraging them to protest in front of the assembly.
Ruling party leaders defended the controversial move by citing a rule that voting must continue once it has started. However, the legitimacy of that argument, as well as the timing of the vote, are questionable, analysts say.
"The PLN will not be responsible for a paralyzed Congress," Villanueva said. "We will negotiate another election."
Danilo Cubero, of the opposition Libertarian Movement party, and José María Villalta, of the Broad Front Party, called the vote a "fraud," EFE reported.
At a 1 p.m. press conference, Villanueva announced that after speaking with President Chinchilla, he would "step down" as assembly president and new elections would be held in the afternoon. New elections still have not been announced.
President Chinchilla was scheduled to deliver a mandatory State of the Nation speech at 6 p.m. to lawmakers describing her accomplishments during her first year in office. That speech is now delayed.
At 5:50 p.m., members of the opposition said they would not return to full session until a new vote is called. At 6:10 p.m., members of the opposition block announced they would leave the assembly and boycott Chinchilla's speech.
"All we want is to have the right to vote in the same way it has been done in the past," said PAC's Mendoza.
PLN lawmakers did return to full session, along with Justo Orozco and Carlos Avendaño, of the National Renovation Party.
Sunday's chaos in Costa Rica's top legislative body will likely mean political blowback for Chinchilla, whose poll ratings have dropped in recent months.
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Written on 11/7/2014 as a personal facebook post. I got so much feedback on it I decided to add some photos.
Today I put up the driveway markers for snow plowing, emptied the kitty litter out by the fruit trees to discourage the mousies, spread the ashes lightly around the garden, took out the compost, brought in the last of the pumpkins from the greenhouse and the little fairy from the garden, fed the birds, tucked some bins and posts into the greenhouse, and added more corn stalks on top of the parsnips to hold the straw down. The boys moved the water jugs around the grapes and blueberries for extra protection, and filled the wood racks. Tonight I froze celery and made pumpkin leather.
If this winter is anything like last winter, the neighbor who does our plowing will need these to tell where the driveway is between the drifts. You can see how deep it got in the post, "The Long Winter".
The parsnip patch. First, the parsnips are covered in straw or leaves. Then I put corn stalks over the top of the straw to keep it from blowing away. The water filled jugs are added to catch snow (along with the cornstalks) and protect the plants even more. In spring these will be one of the first crops harvested from the garden.
It's interesting to me how my perspective on the garden has changed over the years. I'm sure my garden looks like a mess to the average passerby, as all the neighbor's gardens are neatly plowed for spring. But when I walk outside, I see flocks of birdies hanging from the seedheads (wild and tame), foraging the abundant harvest. I know that if I wanted to, I could nibble right along with them, for many weed seeds are edible to humans, too. I have a bucket of plantain seeds waiting by the door to be stripped off their stems and stored for cooking. A few stray huckelberries hide here and there in the wildness. There are still fresh herbs that could be harvested for tea.
Lambsquarter, wild relative of the popular quinoa. Seeds can be ground for a cereal grain, or sprouted for use as sprouts or microgreens.
Chocolate mint plant, still green, tasty and ready to harvest. It makes a wonderful herbal tea, and tasty chocolate mint extract.
Hardy greens, wild and tame, are still standing in the cold. Kale, chard, spinach, cabbage (new heads sprouting), mallow, plantain, thistle – all still firm and green. The cold mellows out the flavor. I munched while I was working. Harvest now continues well past hard frost. There's more food than most people realize if you just know what to look for and are willing to try new things.
Cabbage sprouting from plants that have already been harvested. The new heads are tender and delicious.
Volunteer spinach, strawberry spinach and chamomile. These will hold up to some cold, and new plants will likely emerge in the spring.
If I pull back mulch and look under the dead plants, it's so alive! All the little critters don't need to dig super deep into the soil or relocate. Yes, sometimes the troublemakers overwinter along with the good guys, but there are generally enough good guys to keep them in line.
Which brings me to the conclusion of my rambling – today I am grateful for this crazy abundance, and the eyes and knowledge to see what's been in front of me much of my life that many people never notice. The plants, wild and tame, that are like old friends to me now.
What does "Putting the Garden to Bed" mean?
My friend, Amanda, who helps me out with social media for the site and is new-ish to homesteading, asked me what I meant when I talked about "putting the garden to bed".
I don't have a set routine, that's just the term I use to refer to all the odds and ends that get done to wrap up another harvest season. All the trellises and fences are carefully taken down and stored for use again next year. The garlic and parsnips are mulched to protect them from the winter cold. Every young tree and small shrub is fenced or wrapped (or both) to protect them from deer and rodents. Items that will be damaged by the cold and snow are also brought in, like hoses, rain gauges, garden ornaments and the like. Any landscaping fabric that was used to provide extra warmth to heat loving garden plants is pulled up, cleaned and stored for reuse. Sometimes I cut down cornstalks and wild grape vines and use them for seasonal decorations.
We keep harvesting and preserving until the garden is buried under snow. Even then, some things like wild seed heads are still available. Many crops that are brought inside when hard frost threatens are processed further, into things like kraut and fruit leathers, or canned, dried or frozen for even longer storage. Right now I still have ground cherries and tomatillos rustling around my counter, as well as a few large zucchini and a few hot peppers.
There are seed heads from plantain and amaranth waiting in bins. I bring them into dry so they shed their seeds more easily. We're going to try popping the amaranth seeds this year. They're supposed to pop up like miniature popcorn. I'm tincturing wild roots from dandelion, burdock and yellow dock to use for medicine.
Sometime in the next couple of months, I'll go through my seed inventory and decide what I need for next year, and in February I'll start planting things like onion seeds that need a long time to grow. A few herb and flower seeds germinate better after time in the deep freeze, so that needs to be accounted for as well. We're working on adding more trees and shrubs to our permaculture plantings, so I'll need to talk to my husband and boys about what gets planted next, and how much we can reasonably add in one season.
How does your garden grow? I'd love to hear from you!
I love it! Thank you for writing this. I am new to homesteading and gardening. I grew up trying to grow plants indoors and always failed miserably. I can kill ivy like no one's business. After both my son's health issues and husband's well and now mine we have been making small changes over the last year and a half (most thanks to you and your website) and I've been some what successful. Looking forward to more.
Thank you for all you have done for so many of us.
Thanks, Amanda, for always cheering me on, even when I get frustrated and tired.
Thank you for taking the time and keeping people informed! We all Love you!!
Interesting idea to use waterjugs for winter protection. I never thought of that.
It's the most helpful in springtime, when the seedlings are small and get so battered by our winds. This time of year they mainly turn into snow catchers, and the snow does the insulating. Nice of you to stop by.
I enjoyed your webpage. I clean my garden, removing rainbarrel, empty, put my garlic for next year coming to end. My garden is now resting. my chocolate mint is still growing inspite of the weather conditions. We are having snow as I am in kitchener, canada. I cut my two pumpkins, remove seeds and am baking the pumpkin so that I can use for pumpkin bars, soups etc and seeds I will bake after the pumpkin so that we can enjoy during xmas time in basement with my wood fire and enjoy the xmas seasons. I have my homestead last 14 years. I eat from my garden. Do canning,freezing etc.
Best xmas to you all.
I have never even heard of lambs-quarter. This article is just chock full of good information.
It's also known as goosefoot, and is one of the easiest to identify and tastiest wild greens around. It makes a great spinach substitute. You can read more about it in Weekly Weeder #21 and I use it in a recipe called Goosefoot Pie, which is like a mock spanikopita.
Lamb's quarters….hmmmm…we must have this, here in Vermont, and I must have seen it but didn't recognize it for the (obviously valuable) plant that it is! You can bet that I'll be watching it for it in the Spring 🙂 (Along with the ramps and the cress and all the other wonderful things I find in the wild) Thank you so much for this site. I visit regularly and even though we are geographically quite a distance apart, we have a lot of things in common – including gardening, preserving and climate. You're awesome!


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Staff members that know each other, enjoy working together, and are motivated by a leader (you!) -build a strong bond, powerful and dynamic team spirit. It is more difficult to build this team spirit when the members of the team are constantly changing and you are spending all your time on Recruitment Interviewing.
7). You will give your company a good reputation.
Applicants often ask about a companies staff turnover rate. When you have a low turnover rate, your company will gain the reputation as an employer with a first-class reputation for looking after their people.


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Guardians of The Galaxy's Chris Pratt Separates From Anna Faris After An Eight Year Marriage
Image Credit: YouTube/EntertainmentTonight Guardians of the Galaxy's main man, Chris Pratt, has ...
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Guardians of the Galaxy's main man, Chris Pratt, has just recently announced that legal separation with his wife, Anna Farris.
One of the most popular couples in Hollywood today, fans were shocked to see Pratt and Faris posting about their decision to legally separate from one another after eight years of marriage.
Here's what the two wrote on their various social media accounts:
"Anna and I are sad to announce we are legally separating. We tried hard for a long time, and we're really disappointed. Our son has two parents who love him very much and for his sake we want to keep this situation as private as possible moving forward. We still have love for each other, will always cherish our time together and continue to have the deepest respect for one another."
Faris and Pratt first met on the set of Take Me Home Tonight back in 2007, and after playing each other's love interests, sparks began to fly, snowballing into an engagement in 2008 and then a Bali weeding in 2009. Three years after, their son Jack, was born.
The two had often shared posts about their family on Twitter and news about their split shocked netizens who had loved the couple and their family. However, Hollywood can wear down the best relationships and in an interview with The Associated Press before the premiere of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 this year, Pratt went on to talk about how he and his wife made their careers their top priority.
"For the first part of our relationship, we put our careers at the top. We were like, 'Honey, if you get a job and you have to go to Istanbul for six months, you're going. I'll help you pack. I'll Skype with you every day. You're living your dream, I'm living my dream. That's what we do.'"
Pratt is currently the face of Guardians of the Galaxy and Jurassic Park while Faris is voice acting for The Emoji Movie. Hopefully the couple weathers out this storm together.
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Q: Dynamic values in WPF Gauge I am new at WPF and C# but I am picking up quite swiftly thanks to this community. I have tried to implement an Angular Gauge from live charts into my project. It works great with only one binded value and the rest of the values fixed like in this example: (https://lvcharts.net/App/examples/v1/wpf/Angular%20Gauge).
Can someone please help me adapt my code in order to make it dynamic? Instead of having fixed values in FromValue: ToValue: I would like to bind them to values from my database or calculate them based on my target. All suggestions are more than welcome.
Here's what I have so far and works:
XAML:
<lvc:AngularGauge  Value="{Binding Value}" FromValue="0" Grid.Column="1" ToValue="250"
      LabelsStep="50" TicksStep="25" Wedge="300"
      TicksForeground="White" Foreground="WhiteSmoke"
      FontWeight="Bold" FontSize="16"
      SectionsInnerRadius=".6" Width="310">
    <lvc:AngularGauge.Sections>
        <lvc:AngularSection FromValue="0" ToValue="62.5" Fill="#dd5143"/>
        <lvc:AngularSection FromValue="62.5" ToValue="125" Fill="#e68523"/>
        <lvc:AngularSection FromValue="125" ToValue="187.5" Fill="#edb220"/>
        <lvc:AngularSection FromValue="175" ToValue="250" Fill="#7cb82f"/>
    </lvc:AngularGauge.Sections>
</lvc:AngularGauge>

C#:
namespace Car_App

    public partial class MainWindow : MetroWindow
    {
        private double _value;

        public MainWindow()
        {
            InitializeComponent();

            string connectionString = "datasource=xx.xx.xxx.xxx;port=xxxx;username=xxxx;password=xxx";
            string sMonth = DateTime.Now.ToString("MM");
            string sYear = DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy");

            MySqlConnection connection = new MySqlConnection(connectionString);

            MySqlCommand cmd = new MySqlCommand("Select * from Table.MyTable where MONTH(Date) = @sMonth AND YEAR(Date) = @sYear", connection);
            MySqlCommand sCarCT = new MySqlCommand("Select TotalCarCount from Table.CarTotals where sMonth = @sMonth", connection);
            MySqlCommand target = new MySqlCommand("Select Target from Table.Targets where Location = 'xxxxx'", connection);

            try
            {
            connection.Open();
                cmd.Parameters.Add(new MySqlParameter("sMonth", sMonth));
                cmd.Parameters.Add(new MySqlParameter("sYear", sYear));
                sCarCT.Parameters.Add(new MySqlParameter("sMonth", sMonth));

                DataTable dt = new DataTable();
                dt.Load(cmd.ExecuteReader());
                dtGrid.DataContext = dt;

                Value = double.Parse(sCarCT.ExecuteScalar().ToString());
                DataContext = this;

            }

            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
            }
            connection.Close();
        }

        public double Value
        {
            get { return _value; }
            set
            {
                _value = value;
            }
        }

    }

What I would like to achieve but doesn't work (I know it doesn't have a chance of working but I am hoping someone could help me rewrite it correctly):
XAML:
<lvc:AngularGauge  Value="{Binding Value}" FromValue="0" Grid.Column="1" ToValue="{Binding ValueT}"
      LabelsStep="50" TicksStep="25" Wedge="300"
      TicksForeground="White" Foreground="WhiteSmoke"
      FontWeight="Bold" FontSize="16"
      SectionsInnerRadius=".6" Width="310">
    <lvc:AngularGauge.Sections>
        <lvc:AngularSection FromValue="0" ToValue="{Binding Value25}" Fill="#dd5143"/>
        <lvc:AngularSection FromValue="{Binding Value25}" ToValue="{Binding Value50}" Fill="#e68523"/>
        <lvc:AngularSection FromValue="{Binding Value50}" ToValue="{Binding Value75}" Fill="#edb220"/>
        <lvc:AngularSection FromValue="{Binding Value75}" ToValue="{Binding ValueT}" Fill="#7cb82f"/>
    </lvc:AngularGauge.Sections>
</lvc:AngularGauge>

C#:
namespace Car_App

    public partial class MainWindow : MetroWindow
    {
        private double _value;

        public MainWindow()
        {
            InitializeComponent();

            string connectionString = "datasource=xx.xx.xxx.xxx;port=xxxx;username=xxxx;password=xxx";
            string sMonth = DateTime.Now.ToString("MM");
            string sYear = DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy");

            MySqlConnection connection = new MySqlConnection(connectionString);

            MySqlCommand cmd = new MySqlCommand("Select * from Table.Car where MONTH(Date) = @sMonth AND YEAR(Date) = @sYear", connection);
            MySqlCommand sCarCT = new MySqlCommand("Select TotalCarCount from Table.CarTotals where sMonth = @sMonth", connection);
            MySqlCommand target = new MySqlCommand("Select Target from Table.Targets where Location = 'xxxxx'", connection);

            try
            {
            connection.Open();
                cmd.Parameters.Add(new MySqlParameter("sMonth", sMonth));
                cmd.Parameters.Add(new MySqlParameter("sYear", sYear));
                sCR.Parameters.Add(new MySqlParameter("sMonth", sMonth));

                DataTable dt = new DataTable();
                dt.Load(cmd.ExecuteReader());
                dtGrid.DataContext = dt;

                Value = double.Parse(sCarCT.ExecuteScalar().ToString());

                ValueT = double.Parse(target.ExecuteScalar().ToString());

                Value75 = ValueT - ValueT*25%;

                Value50 = ValueT - ValueT*50%;

                Value25 = ValueT - ValueT*75%;

                DataContext = this.Value, this.ValuT, this.Value25, this.Value50, this.Value75;

            }

            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
            }
            connection.Close();
        }

        public double Value
        {
            get { return _value; }
            set
            {
                _value = value;
            }
        }

        public double ValueT
        {
            get { return _value; }
            set
            {
                _value = value;

            }
        }

        public double Value75
        {
            get { return _value; }
            set
            {
                _value = value;
            }
        }

        public double Value50
        {
            get { return _value; }
            set
            {
                _value = value;
            }
        }

        public double Value25
        {
            get { return _value; }
            set
            {
                _value = value;
            }
        }

    }

A: I'm not familiar with this particular library but looking at the source code shows that the FromValue and ToValue properties are dependency properties so binding them to a value is possible. It looks like it may simply be a matter of you not implementing your value properties as DependencyProperty.
Try implementing your properties similar to this:
public static readonly DependencyProperty Value25Property = DependencyProperty.Register(
    "Value25",
    typeof(double),
    typeof(MainWindow));

public double Value25
{
    get { return (double) GetValue(Value25Property); }
    set { SetValue(Value25Property, value); }
}

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N.C. House Passes Anti-Abortion Bill Opposed by Disability Rights Organizations
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For Immediate Release: May 6, 2021 (Updated: May 6, 2021, 8:28 p.m.)
RALEIGH — The North Carolina House today passed House Bill 453, a bill that would prevent a person from obtaining an abortion based on the presumed race of the fetus or a fetal diagnosis of Down syndrome.
Disability Rights North Carolina, leading medical associations, and civil rights organizations are opposed to the bill.
"This bill is not about promoting equality, but about inappropriately inserting politics into personal medical decisions while making doctors a mouthpiece of the state," said Dr. Katherine Farris, Chief Medical Officer of Planned Parenthood South Atlantic. "No matter the decision a person may make about their pregnancy, all patients must be fully informed and supported through their decision-making process — without interference from politicians. I trust my patients to know what they need and to know what is best for their families and their futures."
H.B. 453 would require doctors to provide a statement confirming that the patient did not tell the physician that they were seeking an abortion based on the sex, race, or diagnosis of the fetus. The doctor would be required to provide this information along with the image of the patient's ultrasound to the Department of Health and Human Services.
"This bill is part of a national effort to drive an inflammatory and false narrative about people who obtain abortions and the doctors who provide them," said Susanna Birdsong, North Carolina Director of Public Affairs of Planned Parenthood South Atlantic. "Forcing someone to carry a pregnancy to term against their will does nothing to address discrimination or improve the lives of people living with Down syndrome."
H.B. 453 now heads to the Senate.
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UK Government has caused a 'human catastrophe', says UN committee on disabled rights
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The UK Government's agenda of cuts and austerity has been condemned by a United Nations committee examining the implementation of the UN disability convention
THE UNITED NATIONS Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) has said that the UK Government's austerity agenda is failing to protect the human rights of disabled people.
Following a two-day public examination in Geneva of the UK's lack of progress in implementing the UN Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the committee concluded that representatives of the UK Government had failed to provide satisfactory answers to their inquiries, and that the committee "has a very different perception of how human rights should be understood and implemented," according to Stig Langvad, who led the committee's UK investigation.
While the UK's devolved bodies in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland were also examined, Langvad made clear that final responsibility rested with the Conservative government, saying: "Disability rights are the obligation of the state party. It cannot be decentralised."
Theresia Degener, the committee chair, told the UK delegation that the cuts to welfare and social security first instituted by David Cameron's government and continued by Theresa May had caused "a human catastrophe".
"Social cut policies have led to a human catastrophe in your country, totally neglecting the vulnerable situation people with disabilities find themselves in." Theresia Degener
Degener told the UK delegation: "Evidence before us now and in our inquiry procedure as published in our 2016 report reveals that social cut policies have led to a human catastrophe in your country, totally neglecting the vulnerable situation people with disabilities find themselves in."
Inclusion Scotland, one of the Disabled People's Organisations (DPOs) from across Scotland and the UK who submitted evidence to the committee, told CommonSpace that it was "very satisfied" with the committee's initial conclusions, saying it reflected the criticisms of UK Government policy the organisation had presented, while describing the UK delegation's response as "evasive".
Rosalind Tyler-Greig, Inclusion Scotland's human rights policy and engagement officer, told CommonSpace that a reversal of the problems described before the committee could only come through abandoning the UK Government's "austerity agenda".
Last week, prior to the examination's conclusion, Inclusion Scotland executive officer Sally Witcher said that UK Government cuts had caused an "erosion of Scottish disabled people's human rights".
This most recent condemnation of the UK's human rights record follows another UN report in November of last year, which concluded that the UK had violated the UN disability convention in several areas. The UNCRPD spokesperson said following the report's release: "The committee can confirm that some violations were grave, some others were systematic and some were both: grave and systematic."
"We stand by the reforms to the UK benefit system." Department of Work and Pensions
The November report attributed most of the breaches to the convention were a result of Conservative policies instituted between 2010 and 2015.
A representative of the Department of Work and Pensions told the Committee: "We stand by the reforms to the UK benefit system."
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COMPELLED TO create another movie following the success of The Intent in 2016 writers and directors Nicky 'Slim Ting' Walker and Femi Oyeniran told The Voice if you enjoyed the first instalment of the independent release then this is definitely for you.
Featuring some of the biggest names from the world of music such as Popcaan and Ghetts, The Intent 2 – The Come Up is another gritty, heightened action film which tells the story of Jay (Ghetts) who has big dreams; but his ambitions are crippled by his allegiance to both his crew and Hackney crime boss Beverley (Sharon Duncan-Brewster).
Talking about the work that went it bringing the movie to life, Oyeniran, an award-winning actor and filmmaker who has starred in hit films including Kidulthood and Anuvahood and completed his first feature film, It's A Lot as a writer, director and co-producer in 2013, said: "It took us a while to cast it. I think we were half way through production and I said to everyone, 'Should we get Ghetts?'.
"He was already doing music but everyone was like, 'Ghetts is not an actor'. At this point we've auditioned 50 actors, maybe even 100, some of the biggest names in the UK and I just didn't feel they were right.
Walker, who is one of the pioneers of the grime scene with his work as a DJ and music producer shaping the scenes in its infancy in the early 2000s, added: "We were the writers, directors and producers not because of choice but because nobody knew or understood the vision like us – no one is passionate like us.
The two directors share probably the most entertaining scene in the movie, their per- sonal relationship away from the camera allowed for them to be free on set. "There's a scene in Jamaica that nearly didn't make the nal edit," Walker enthused.
Ensuring they shared the shine Walker said it was important people understood this movie couldn't be made if they didn't hail all of those who had been a part of the journey. Walker said: "Our thing is, The Intent 2 is not just me and Femi – we're the creators, the masterminds but without the other people pulling in stuff it's not possible.
The Intent 2 – The Come Up is in cinemas now.


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Joe is a veteran attorney with extensive experience in the areas of complex commercial real estate transactions and land use. He is licensed to practice in both Oregon and Washington.
For more than three decades, Joe has provided guidance and counsel on acquisitions, sales, and project development. His expertise includes deal negotiation, documentation, and project financing. He has assisted numerous clients in securing land use approvals, and has negotiated and drafted architect services agreements and construction contracts for large commercial projects.
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Cross-Dock Terminal Acquisition
Represented the purchasers in their acquisition of a 176 door cross-dock terminal located on 24 acres in North Portland. Purchase price: $13,200,000.
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Represented a national company with its headquarters in Wilsonville, Oregon in consummating a Development Agreement with the City of Wilsonville pursuant to which the City and the company shared the cost of constructing a major street project.
Sale of Pearl District Block
Represented the sellers on the sale of a block in the Pearl District of Portland to Mill Creek Residential Development. Sale price: $9,180,000.
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Represented the lender on a combination acquisition and construction loan to Portland Wetlabs Partners secured by property in inner Southeast Portland. Loan amount: $11,250,000.
Purchase of Vancouver, Washington Office Building
Represented the purchaser in its acquisition of Parkway Plaza III, a 53,000 square foot office building in Vancouver, Washington. The acquisition of the property completed a tax deferred exchange under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code. The representation involved negotiation and closing a loan with M&T Real Estate Trust.
Sale of Former YMCA Facility
Represented the sellers in the $10,000,000 sale of the former YMCA facility located in Southwest Portland.
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Represented the borrower in refinancing loans made by U.S. Bank National Association secured by six industrial properties located in Northwest Portland. Total loan amount: $19,000,000.
Lloyd Center Mall Sale
Represented the seller in the sale of Lloyd Center Mall, a regional shopping mall located in inner northeast Portland. The representation involved separating the mall into two parcels which were then sold to different purchasers. Joe also assisted the seller in obtaining approvals from the City of Portland providing for the separation of the sewer and water utilities as well as the fire and life safety systems. Total sale price: $188,250,000.
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Served as local counsel to the purchaser in its acquisition of the Portland Custom House located in inner Northwest Portland. Joe advised the purchaser on the Oregon Special Assessment Program and the status of the work performed by the seller pursuant to the Preservation Plan approved by the State Historic Preservation Officer. Joe also served as local counsel for the borrower on the loan made by Deutsche Bank AG. Purchase price: $30,000,000.
Mississippi Avenue Lofts
Represented a local development company in its acquisition of Mississippi Avenue Lofts, a partially completed mixed use project in Northeast Portland from two local banks that were in the process of foreclosing their loans on the project. Joe negotiated and drafted amendments to loan participation agreements, assignments to rights under various loan documents, construction contracts, architectural agreements and commercial leases, as well as the agreement which governed the sale and assignment of the ownership interests in the project. Following acquisition of the project and completion of construction, Joe assisted the owner of the project in selling the property. Sale price: $14,000,000.
Peterson Caterpillar Property Acquisition
Represented the purchaser of the Peterson Caterpillar property in Northeast Portland. The property consists of 13 buildings containing approximately 264,000 square feet, constructed on 30.64 acres of land. The acquisition involved extensive environmental due diligence which resulted in a No Further Action Letter from the DEQ, issued shortly before closing. Purchase price: $17,500,000.
Sale of Wilsonville Distribution Center
Represented the seller in the sale of a headquarters/distribution center in Wilsonville, Oregon. The property consists of a 300,000 square foot warehouse with 60,000 additional square feet of office space. Sale price: $17,850,000.
SunTech Corporate Park/Tanasbourne Corporate Park
Represented the purchasers in their acquisition of SunTech Corporate Park I, a 65,000 square foot building, and Tanasbourne Corporate Park I, a 77,965 square foot building, in Hillsboro, Oregon. The properties were acquired by the purchasers as part of each purchaser's reverse tax deferred exchange. Total purchase price: $23,275,000.
Canal Crossing Shopping Center, Kennewick, Washington
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When standing up becomes a fantastic difficulty and also induces unbearable pain, or even a simple taking a seat could make the discomfort unbearably much worse, odds are actually, that's sciatic pain. Probably, an individual is having to deal with sciatica pain when he or she experiences incredible pain also while doing easy body language. Sciatic nerve pain or even sciatic nerves ache is actually an ailment where the sciatic nerves in the body come to be irritated. Sciatic nerves are discovered starting at the lesser spinal column and proceed down the butts area, rear of the legs, and also into the shoes.
Symptoms from sciatica is actually identified by a light tingling sensation or even incinerating experience to a full blown firing ache that travels coming from the reduced back, butts place, rear of legs, and/or feet. Most of the time, sciatic nerve pain influences only one side, although this might also be actually possible to diminish both legs. Sciatic pain might be a frightening experience specifically if you do not discover what is taking place. One could start to believe that ending up being almost weakened. Having said that, a lot of the time, sciatica could be dealt with efficiently.
Sciatica could happen when the nerves in the lesser vertebrae is actually squeezed, or even if there is a slipped disk. Arthritis or even a sprained ligament will certainly tighten the entranceways of the nerves which might cause the nerve endings to come to be tender and also inflamed. Other sources of sciatica, having said that rare, consist of an ulcer, development, or even embolism. Given that sciatic nerves pain is actually triggered by stress as well as irritation on the nerve root, sciatic pain comfort procedure is typically focused on alleviating both of these symptoms via medical or non-surgical procedures.
Non-surgical sciatic pain relief treatment may include one or even a combo from clinical procedures and choice, non-medical therapies. Many of the time, this includes some type of physical exercise and also extending. If you are experiencing sciatica, it recommended to stay off your shoes for the 1st few days. One of the important things you must avoid is in order to get back and forth repeatedly as this will simply create the nerves to come to be much more irritated. Though some fourths position concerns on the advantages of bed rest, this is still recommended at the very least for the initial handful of days.
That could likewise feel soothing to penetrate warm and comfortable baths to alleviate the ache. Nevertheless, carry out not use hot pad while the nerve is inflamed. Continuous heat energy is going to draw the inflammation in and will certainly maintain the inflamationing high. Somewhat, most health care experts would advise the treatment of cold pack straight on the reduced back location for 20 mins at a time, every few hrs. This may feel a little unpleasant, yet the ice bags will substantially aid in decreasing the swelling. Using mineral ice is actually likewise a good substitute in comforting the ache and offers a short-lived sciatic alleviation.
Though some medical professionals may suggest muscle relaxants for momentary alleviation from pain, care is recommended to stop excessive side effects. Some medications may be addictive, or even could give an incorrect sense of feeling much better.
Massage therapy is one more strategy that is actually thought about to become an extremely helpful non-surgical sciatic discomfort comfort treatment. Massage treatments may keep your spinal column in far better alignment for longer amount of times. Once your spine starts to recover, your medical professional could provide you stretching as well as reduced effect workouts so that your muscles won't stabilize way too much. Make sure to engage in workout simply when your medical professionals accept it.
Alternative sciatic discomfort alleviation therapies that you might locate on call and also handy are actually acupressure, traditional chinese medicine, organic therapies, homeopathy, psychophysiological feedback, and also helped visuals to call simply a handful of.
Surgical procedures to take out the part of the disc that is actually aggravating the nerves origin are microdiscectomy or even back laminectomy, as well as discectomy. Surgical treatment helps eliminate both the pressure and also the irritation specifically if the sciatic nerves pain is severe and has certainly not been actually soothed through health care therapies.


My day doing radio promotion with Armin van Buuren was a lot of fun! We were out promoting his new hit single "Another You" featuring Mr Probz (who had a big hit with his song, Waves). He is one of the biggest DJ's in the world and last year he was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Dance recording for his single, "This is What it Feels Like" featuring Trevor Gunthrie. We grabbed a few minutes to talk about his healthy secrets and how he makes time to take care of himself while touring the world, and creating hit music.


Hello world. I'm just a just a guy from Wakefield, Massachusetts. I live with my lovely wife my beautiful family. I am a performing musician who runs a small studio where I produce music and video and play with geeky gadgets. I've worked in the music industry for over ten years and have truly enjoyed seeing how music and technology come together.
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Low-abundance biomarker detection platform for early disease diagnosis
Yu Lei, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, has invented a new platform that can perform high-sensitivity readings for a variety of disease biomarkers.
In the 1970s, scientists invented the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Since then, ELISA has been the standard for detecting biomarkers.
Biomarkers are molecules present in the body that indicate the presence or severity of a disease. For example, autoantibodies can help detect autoimmune diseases, or a peptide known as amyloid-β can indicate Alzheimer's disease.
One of the major limitations for ELISA is that if there is a low concentration of the molecule of interest, it cannot detect it. Lei's invention addresses this problem by adding two amplification steps to ELISA's process.
"We wanted to bridge the need for ultra-sensitivity, and also compatibility with the existing plate-based platform," Lei says.
ELISA works using a "sandwich" of two antibodies specifically designed to capture/detect the biomarker of interest between them. One of these antibodies has an enzyme attached to it that will produce a readable signal when it encounters the substrate.
Lei introduced a two-step amplification to the ELISA reaction. Lei first added a tyramide signal amplification (TSA) process to amplify the signal of a low abundance biomarker. In Lei's platform, the TSA step anchors numerous biotins onto the immunocomplexes. Lei then introduced the reporter enzyme alkaline phosphate (ALP) conjugated with streptavidin, which attaches to the biotins through the strong interaction between biotin and streptavidin.
Lei added an ELFA-saturated ELFP substrate that ALP breaks down to produce a fluorescent signal. These molecules that precipitate through the system to form a readable layer consisting of fluorescent needles that a microscope captures as a series of images and counts. This fluorescent microneedle count corresponds to how much of the biomarker is in the sample.
"That's the beauty of the system using ELFA-saturated ELFP substrate and counting-based method, we achieved rapid detection and at the same time no matter your initial number of target molecules their precipitating time is starting from the same point," Lei says.
Lei successfully demonstrated that his process was able to achieve a resolution of 50 to 60 picograms per milliliter. This is about 20 times more sensitive than traditional ELISA using the same commercial ELISA kit.
Lei published his findings in the March issue of Analytica Chimica Acta.
This advancement could be extremely useful for early-stage detection of diseases and treatment.
"A lot of disease detection occurs when symptoms are already onset," Lei says. "That biomarker concentration is already very high. So then, if we can detect at a very low concentration, we can capture the earliest stage and treatment may be more effective."
Lei says the next step for this technology is to smoothly integrate it into conventional plate-based ELISA systems. This would allow the process, which currently takes about four hours for low-abundance biomarker detection, to be much faster by using advanced imaging systems.
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#008 History of Roman Coins - Denarius
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"A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius" states Revelation 6:5, at the appearance of the third horseman of the Apocalypse. But what exactly is a denarius, what did this ancient verse mean and what is the history of the coin?
A denarius is a silver Roman coin and during the first century CE represented a day's wages, so the verse was predicting a tenfold increase in prices, probably the earliest economic prediction of inflation. The earliest coins discovered date from around 269 BC during the days of the Roman Republic and were initially made of bronze, but later also made in silver and gold denoting their value. Coins were minted in over 40 cities and were hand struck. The Republican coins often depicted mythological figures, but on later Imperial coins of the Empire depicted reigning leaders.
The coins struck between the death of Roman dictator Sulla in 78 BC and the rise of Octavian (who became known as Augustus) connected the Republican and Imperial eras and were called transitional coinage. During this time generals raised huge armies, striving for power. Julius Caesar rose to power during this period (60-44 B.C.), bringing stability and replacing the old Republic with his Imperial rule. When Caesar crossed the Rubicon River and marched on Rome he secured the loyalty of his troops by striking silver Denarii. These Denarii have his name on one side and an elephant trampling a snake on the other. The snake represents Salus, the god of safety, and the elephant represents the deposed Roman ruler Pompey.
Although it may not have decreased tenfold, during the third century CE, the silver Denarius was replaced by the "Double Denarius", also known as the Antoninianus.
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There are state and private health care providers in Slovakia. In case of health problems you need to visit a general practitioner (GP) first, who provides basic health care and can then refer you to the appropriate specialist for further medical examination.
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There is a general hospital in Nitra located in Špitálska street 6.
Working hours: 4.00 pm - 7.00 am on weekdays 7.00 pm - 7.00 am at weekends.
In case of accidents, emergencies and other acute serious health problems call First Aid Service 112 or 155 or go to the central reception of a hospital (Centrálny príjem).


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Op-Ed: Israel should support the Palestinian statehood push
Posted September 15, 2011 / Michael J. Weil, JTA
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Israelis and Jews around the world are awaiting the Palestinians' push at the United Nations for statehood with trepidation.
The official response of the government of Israel and American Jewish groups has been to do everything possible to prevent any action at the U.N. and to line up votes against it. Only America and a few other nations have joined Israel's side. Most European countries are likely to either support the Palestinians or abstain. The current Israeli strategy seems certain to fail.
While the Palestinians are unlikely to get the Security Council's approval because of the U.S. veto, they will get the support of the General Assembly. Legally a General Assembly vote means little, but it doesn't matter. As far as the world goes, Palestine will have achieved statehood. The new State of Palestine will be recognized by many countries. And it won't stop there.
Israel will be accused of establishing settlements in a foreign country, and each time Israel acts in response to a rocket from Gaza or an attack from the West Bank, it will be attacked verbally for threatening the sovereignty of a neighboring country. Israel will find itself embroiled in lawsuits at the International Court at The Hague and in other European countries, accused of violating the rights of a sovereign nation. The new "frontline" in the Israel-Palestinian conflict will be about water, airspace, territorial waters, imports and exports, taxation and more.
Israel cannot win in this battle.
There is, however, an alternative to Israel's current approach and our community's wall-to-wall condemnation of the Palestinian plan: Israel should support Palestinian statehood in the strongest manner. This is the right approach on both moral and pragmatic grounds.
As an Israeli and a Zionist, I have a moral duty to support any people that desires national self-determination. This was our dream for 2,000 years, and we began the journey toward realizing that aspiration in Basel 120 years ago. We achieved statehood in 1948, and yet we still struggle to have our right to self-determination accepted.
Today, especially as the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement works to challenge Israel's national legitimacy, we need not only to defend our Jewish state but also to support others seeking self-determination.
Is there any moral reason to deny that right to the Palestinians? True, they have only become a people in recent times, but what right do we have to say that they are not a nation entitled to their own state? Our doomed attempt to prevent recognition of Palestinian statehood at the United Nations will only serve to bolster the cause of those who are trying to delegitimize Israel's national rights.
Israel would do better by endorsing the Palestinian effort to gain recognition, and it should be the first nation to vote in favor of Palestinian statehood. This should be followed by demands that the Palestinians prove they can fulfill the responsibilities of statehood.
The new Palestinian government must develop an economy that can provide for the well-being of its citizens. It must teach its children to respect all peoples and remove anti-Israel rhetoric from its textbooks and media. The Palestinian government's police force needs not only to protect its own citizens but also to ensure that terrorism is rooted out.
The new state must embrace democracy and protect civil rights. These have been the demands of the citizens of Tunisia, Yemen, Egypt, Libya and Syria during the Arab Spring, and the Palestinian people deserve the same. They are entitled to a free press, free speech and freedom of religion. The status of Palestinian women must be advanced and their rights protected.
The new Palestinian government faces an especially difficult challenge in dealing with Jewish settlements. Yet a modern state must learn to live with citizens of other countries and peoples of other faiths in its midst. It will behoove the new Palestinian government to protect the Jewish settlers and guarantee their rights.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should call upon Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to fulfill the responsibilities of enlightened government. Netanyahu should offer to meet with the head of the new Palestinian state to negotiate borders and resolve all outstanding issues between the two countries.
I doubt that Abbas will respond favorably. Nor do I expect that the Palestinians will be eager to return to peace negotiations. But their refusal will put the Palestinians on the defensive and expose their current statehood push as just an empty public relations tactic. Meanwhile, by supporting Palestinian statehood, Israel would underscore its willingness to move forward and achieve the ultimate goal of peace.
This approach is a lot better than the one now being pursued by Israel. It is also the morally correct, Zionist and Jewish thing to do.
Michael J. Weil is the executive director of the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans. He lived in Israel for 30 years and served in the Israeli army. The views expressed in this article are those of the author alone and do not represent the policy of the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans.
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To serve students and public, don't censor BDS, expose it for what it is
By hosting BDS conference, college gave imprimatur to hate speech


I'd never heard of Money Monster before I went and saw it and the trailer told me everything I needed to know about this movie. It was exactly as advertised. I feel bad hating on this movie actually. It was well written and very well acted. Julia Roberts and George Clooney kept making me feel like I was watching a better movie than I was. But all the expertise in the world can't make up for a faulty premise. But as with all bad movies, I watched this so you don't have to so I'm going to spoil this one, a lot.
It's not hard to imagine how Money Monster came about. It's a wish fulfilment scenario that answers the question "What if we could actually get a Wall Street CEO to confess to being a douche? What would that story look like?" Well now I can tell you, it looks unbelievable. Literally unbelievable. From the security guards that fail to even look in the package of a delivery man they don't recognize to the entire production staff that gets complete Stockholm Syndrome almost immediately to the CEO (without a security staff) who leaves all the evidence of his wrongdoing on his cellphone, which he hands over to his assistant without another thought. It makes my head hurt.
Where do I begin? The economy doesn't work this way. TV shows definitely don't work this way. I bet you hostage situations don't work that way either, otherwise we'd be seeing that a lot more. Computerized money trading doesn't work this way. Embezzlement doesn't work this way. There have been large companies accused of wrongdoing (Enron, for example) and it took a team of experts months to even see it, much less be able to prove it. Money Monster strained credulity from beginning to end.
There was one believable thing though and that was the acting. Even as I was doubting the plot, I was believing the characters. My goodness George Clooney has amazing chemistry with Julia Roberts and everyone else. Christopher Denham was funny as the very put upon producer. Jack O'Connell was good too as the desperate man who decides (correctly in this case) that holding up a television show will yield him the results he's looking for.
So is Money Monster worth watching? No. Maybe it's just me, but I find the entire 'Hostage Situation' premise overdone. It was old by the time Money Monster got its hands on it and this film had nothing fresh to add. If you feel you know how this movie is going to look just by watching the trailer – you're right. It's only surprising in its predictability.


Burned Furniture: off to the post office!
You made my day with your comment on my blog and then to find your blog post mentions me as well. About the wrapping, I can only say I had excellent teachers in the purchases I have made through other artists on line too. You did well with your package here, I especially love your little tag, something I need to work on ~ congratulations on your well deserved sale! You are still on my list of must have a piece from this artist someday!


Orlando Penthouse Condo for sale!
The best place to buy a Orlando penthouse condo is of course in downtown Orlando! Located in the heart of urban living, downtown Orlando offers, restaurants, Publix grocery store, movie theater, Public Library, Churches, Lake Eola which offers events, festivals, paddle boating, paved walking/jogging, Farmers Market, and free outdoor Yoga on Sundays. Downtown Orlando, is being revitalized with many entertainment venues in development its really and exciting place to live. In 2014, the brand new Dr. Phillips performing arts center will open, rebuilt Citrus Bowl will be opening, and new soccer stadium will begin construction.
Orlando Penthouse Condo for sale #1: The Vue 150 E. Robinson St. #3505 $2,250,000. This unit is 2,845 square feet with 3 bedrooms and 3.5 baths offering views of toward Northeast Orlando. Since its located on 35th floor you have views of Lake Eola from the balcony. It offers floor to ceiling windows with remote control blinds, with luxury wolf and subzero appliances. There is no other unit with a spiral staircase leads up to its own private roof top terrace, with access to wine refrigerator and half bath on that level. The Vue is the most contemporary decorated building with 24 hour manned security, plus bio-finger print security, valet parking, concierge services, wall art for sale by local artists, tennis courts, one of the largest onsite fitness centers, a wine vault, cyber cafe, media room, community pool, spa treatments available, and dog walk on the first floor.
Orlando Penthouse Condo for sale #2: Sanctuary 100 S. Eola Drive #PH220 $1,980,000. This unit is 4,800 square feet with 4 bedroom and 3.5 with views of Southwest Orlando located on the 19th floor. This is one of the best floor plans in Orlando, it has dark accent colors but rich and exclusive. This place has space to entertain, huge butler pantry, and has wrap around balcony that goes the full length of the unit. The Sanctuary comes with all the amenities pool, concierge, security, pool, and valet parking, but does not have the upscale presence like the Vue. The Sanctuary locat3ion has a residential feel, and benefit of living here, its only 2 blocks from Publix grocery store and Lake Eola. The condo dues are $1,763.30 per month.
Orlando Penthouse Condo for sale #3: Solaire at the Plaza 155 S. Court Avenue #P-2 $1,975,000. This unit is 5,294 with 4 bedroom and 4.5 baths, and most unique floor plan out of the all. The views face Northwest with direct city and sunset views, and partial view of Lake Eola. This was a combined unit, and accommodates many guests as all bedrooms has an ensuite bathroom. It does have a second floor with separate sitting area, bedroom, bath and balcony. Every space has floor to ceiling windows with great views, you feel like you live in the city. This unit also comes with 4 parking spots which are valuable in these condo towers. The Solaire is the best value around with pulse of nightlife, movies, and restaurants right outside its door step. The Solaire offers 24 hour security plus bio-finger print security, pool, and fitness center. The condo fees are $2,221.30 per month.
Orlando Penthouse Condo for Sale #4: Star Tower Condo 260 S. Osceola Avenue $1,177,600 & $1,251,200. There are 2 units available 3,680 square feet offering 3 bedrooms and 3.5 baths. These are priced at $1,177,600 for the Southeast corner, and $1,251,200 for the Northeast corner, and priced well because they come unfinished and you would install all the selections to complete the unit at buyer's expense. So it a blank canvas! The Star Tower is mid-rise condo building elegant, but smaller scale set back off the hustle and bustle of traffic. It offers 24 hour concierge and doorman services, fitness room, and one of the best roof top experiences in downtown. One half of the roof top has nice pool, and the other half is extremely large and available for roof top gatherings.


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The Oregon Legislature has passed a bill which creates a compact between the state and school districts holding districts accountable for certain measurements originated by the new OEIB super board.
· Defines key measurements and sets goals for the Governor and legislators' progress.
· Achieves fully-funded educational goals by measuring legislative progress and uniting the legislature around these goals.
· Allows comparisons of outcomes among legislators – spotlighting best practices to share and expand, and allowing diagnosis to overcome obstacles.
· Encourages the Governor and legislators to connect budgets and improvement plans to shared goals of fully-funded, state-wide education.
· Helps the Governor and legislators to determine how much progress they can make with the best use of state and local funds – and how they might invest dollars in ways that deliver fully-funded traditional programs at the school level.
· Provide parents and students with clear information about how their Governor and legislators are performing, allowing comparisons based on the most significant outcomes.
· Allows Oregon to replace provisions of No Child Left Behind, the federal waiver, and the overemphasis on testing and teacher accountability with funding allowing for school program additions instead of program cuts.
You will be evaluated on meeting your benchmark of fully funding a traditional public education in the state of Oregon.
Legislative Session Ready: Is the Governor/Legislator ready with plans for the legislative session to fully fund education?
Progression: Is the Governor/Legislator making sufficient progress on a fully-funded QEM?
Equity: Do the Governor's/Legislator's plans call for full funding for all buildings and populations of students?
Progression: Do the Governor's/Legislators plans free up instructional time by reducing the over-emphasis on state testing?
I hereby enter into this compact with my constituents, the undersigned.
How About an Achievement Compact for our Governor?
Readers, there's a groundswell of people asking our Governor and legislators to sign an achievement compact to take action on school funding.
I encourage every reader to send such a request to the Governor and your state representative and senator.
Here's a draft letter that you might want to adapt from.
I wish to propose an agreement with you.
We have watched a decade of state disinvestment in our public schools. We have seen more than 15% of our local educators terminated just over the past three years. We have seen the agonizing decisions to eliminate a wide range curricular offerings that our children need, but our school board has been forced to cut. We have watched the struggles of growing numbers of children and their families living in poverty, but without necessary additional resources to adequately address their learning needs and remove their learning barriers.
Now is the time for all of us to act!
As your constituent, I respectfully request that you commit to, sign and return the enclosed Governor/Legislators Achievement Compact. Such an agreement will be the first major step in our working together to redress the decade of disinvestment in our treasured public schools. Our future democracy demands it.
We have carefully examined the current version of proposed rule changes for teacher and administrator evaluation. We find four major issues in these changes. These issues are explained below.
1. Since Section(1) says that the "standards shall be customized based on the collaborative efforts of the teachers and administrators of the school district and the exclusive bargaining representative of the employees of the school district, Sections (2) and (4) are unnecessary and abrogate local decision making prerogatives. The state has failed to make clear the compelling reasons for any of the proposed changes---all of which are more prescriptive by the state.
2. By listing "student assessments" in Section (2) and "formative and summative assessments" in Section (4) as possible measures that can be used in personnel evaluation, this draft actually validates using test scores to evaluate teachers and administrators. This practice has been decried by the nation's ten most highly respected testing experts. See http://www.epi.org/publication/bp278/. Given this compelling evidence, shouldn't the state forbid this practice rather than validating it?
3. It is unclear from the annotations in the proposed changes whether the suggested rules changes propose a complete deletion of Section (3) (c). That section states: "Allow teacher or administrator to establish a set of classroom or administrative practices and student learning objectives that are based on the individual circumstances of the teacher or administrator, including the classroom or other assignments of the teacher or administrator. The unique context in which teachers and administrators work greatly impacts their work, and this context must be considered in effective evaluations. If the intent is to entirely eliminate this section, we vigorously oppose that deletion.
4. Our final deep concern is that this draft of rule changes attempts to implement elements of an evaluation bill that failed in the last legislative session. By refusing to pass legislation that would have clearly violated principles of local control, our legislature has spoken. Rule-making such as proposed in this draft clearly violates legislative intent---and core principles of local control.


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Mr Larry Zalcman: Correction
Corrections & ClarificationsIn an article published on 1 July 2016 under the headline "Man smashed up his mother's grave headstone in Long Ditton with hammer", we reported that when Mr Zalcman had "appeared before District Judge Philip Glen at High Wycombe County Court [after damaging his mother's headstone], it was expected that he would challenge the injunction [not to damage the headstone again] so full details of a financial dispute between his mother and himself would have been aired", which was based on information received from a news agency.
Revealed: The finalists of the Toast of Surrey Business Awards 2017
Toast of SurreyAfter months of searching and deliberating, the judges have selected the three finalists in each of their chosen categories, representing the cream of the county's business community
Toast of Surrey Business Awards 2017: Have you booked your table for glittering event?
Toast of SurreyExcitement mounts as this year's entrants wait to hear if they have become finalists. Don't miss the award ceremony itself - book your table now!
Toast of Surrey Business Awards 2017: Global Media Hub hoping for trio of awards
Mercedes-Benz WorldExcitement mounts as entrants in this year's Toast of Surrey Business Awards wait to hear if they have made the shortlist in their chosen categories
Toast of Surrey Business Awards 2017: Anxious wait now as sponsors take a closer look at entries
Toast of SurreyEntries have now closed for this year's Toast of Surrey Business Awards, so make sure you book your table for the awards ceremony at Mercedes-Benz World in June
Toast of Surrey Business Awards 2017: Nominations for this year's awards close next week
Toast of SurreyRoll up, roll up, time to get your nominations in now to be crowned the best business in Surrey
Toast of Surrey Business Awards 2017: County set to recognise the movers and shakers in the business world
Toast of SurreyThe Toast of Surrey Business Awards are just two months away
Toast of Surrey Business Awards 2017: Women's magazine hopes to scoop top accolade
Toast of SurreyThe Toast of Surrey Business Awards highlights some of the first-rate businesses that help put Surrey on the map by delivering innovative services and a boost for the economy.
Toast of Surrey Business Awards 2017: Fantastic opportunity for your business to shine
Toast of SurreyWith the deadline for entries extended for all categories to April 7, there's still time for you to enter
Toast of Surrey Business Awards 2017: Surrey Business School champions new business
Toast of SurreyThe county's business community eagerly awaits the return of this year's Toast of Surrey Business Awards.
Toast of Surrey Business Awards 2017 welcomes inspiring business directors
Toast of SurreyThe Toast of Surrey Business Awards seeks to honour local businesses that have striven for success throughout the years, and reward their efforts with one of the area's most prestigious accolades.
Toast of Surrey Business Awards 2017: Global brokers go for double Gold
Toast of SurreyAs the awards deadline draws closer, we hear from the CEO of a previous winner who is hoping to once again take glory at this year's awards
Toast of Surrey Business Awards 2017: Company with baskets of history registers for retail accolade
Toast of SurreyWith nominations flooding in, we hear from a furniture store hoping for glory in the Retail Business of the Year category
Toast of Surrey Business Awards 2017: Agency hopes for glory in new category
Toast of SurreyMarketing company SUM.AGENCY works with SME businesses around the country
Toast of Surrey Business Awards 2017: Do you have what it takes to be a winner?
Toast of SurreyA number of fantastic businesses have already applied to fight it out for an accolade at this year's ceremony


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S'well is a design company for good, best known for creating the original, reusable fashion hydration accessory. S'well is committed to the highest verified standards of social and environmental performance as a Certified Corporation, supporting programs that seek to protect our environment, empower communities and encourage advocacy through action.
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Founded by Sarah Kauss in 2010, S'well is a global designer, wholesaler and retailer of reusable, vacuum-insulated products . S'well continues to develop products to help consumers discover more ways to use less, including its S'well Eats, S'ip by S'well and S'nack by S'well product lines. S'well products are beautifully crafted, BPA/BPS-free and composed of food-grade, stainless steel to deliver quality and performance. As a Certified B Corporation, S'well is committed to the highest verified standards of social and environmental impact, supporting programs that seek to protect the environment, empower communities and encourage advocacy through action.
S'well is tagged in 8 stories.
S'well Partners with New Chapter to Launch Its First, Reusable Vitamin Case
4 weeks ago - New Product Developed through Sustainability as a Service Program, GroundS'well™
S'well Announces B Corporation Certification
9 months ago - The design company for good continues its commitment to sustainable living ahead of its 10-year anniversary
S'well Expands Product Range With Launch of New Accessories -- S'well Handles and S'well Cutlery Set
10 months ago - S'well is launching three new accessories today, including the Original S'well Bottle Handle, Traveler Handle and Cutlery Set, to offer consumers more ways to live sustainably on the go.
S'well Unveils 2019 Limited-Edition Earth Day Collection Featuring Design Inspiration from New York City Youth
1 year ago - This Earth Day, S'well commemorates its mission to rid the world of single-use plastic bottles with the launch of a limited-edition collection celebrating the brand's Million Bottle Project and youth sustainability initiatives.
S'well Partners with the NYC Mayor's Office of Sustainability to Equip and Empower Youth to Lead a Movement Toward Positive Change
2 years ago - To kick off a one year partnership with the New York City Mayor's Office of Sustainability (MOS), S'well CEO and Founder Sarah Kauss hopes to lessen New York City's plastic problem with the launch of S'well's latest campaign: BRING IT - a city-led campaign in which 320,000 reusable S'well bottles, one for each High School student in every public and charter school in the city, will be donated and distributed so that students can "bring it" every day. The goal of this initiative is to displace 54 million single-use plastic bottles over a span of 12 months by limiting the consumption of single-use plastic.
Inspiring Consumers – and Companies – to Make Healthier Choices
2 years ago - Last week, over 2,000 representatives from our global community of sustainability practitioners, brand strategists, product and service innovators, thought leaders and other change-makers converged at SB'18 Vancouver to share their latest insights on a multitude of themes pertinent to all of those committed to improving business around the world. Here, we dig into brand and organizational efforts to get consumers to deliver their part of the equation, through responsible consumption. P&G: The road to responsible consumption By Marissa Rosen
Making Meaningful Connections with Stakeholders Through People-Centered Design Thinking
2 years ago - Throughout the week at SB'18 Vancouver, a host of organizations shared a range of strategies for making meaningful and lasting connections with customers and other stakeholders, while improving their contributions to society.
Darren Beck Promoted to VP, Sustainable Brands Corporate Member Network
2 years ago - SAN FRANCISCO, May 30, 2018 - Sustainable Brands® recently announced that Darren Beck has been promoted to Vice President of the SB Corporate Member Network. Beck joined the company's leadership team as Senior Director of Corporate Membership 18 months ago to further develop and enhance the growing SB Corporate Member Network. He brought a wealth of experience in sustainability, CSR and social impact, having spent 15 years with Sprint, including as Director of Environmental Initiatives. Since that time, he and his team have maintained a member retention rate of more than 80 percent and are on track to grow the network nearly 50 percent in 2018.


World-renowned scientist Anlon Cully is unexpectedly swept into the thick of a suspense-riddled adventure when his archaeologist uncle, Devlin Wilson, dies under suspicious circumstances.
Prior to his "accidental" fall off a New Hampshire mountain trail, Devlin made the discovery of a lifetime – unearthing undeniable proof that a technologically advanced society thrived on Earth long before archaeologists thought possible!
The key to this shocking evidence lies in a set of mysterious stones forged by a long forgotten race of ancient mariners. Instilled with formidable powers to build, communicate, fight and heal, the stones draw the ruthless attention of villainous thieves hell bent on their acquisition by any means possible…including murder.
Aided by friend Pebbles McCarver and police detective Jennifer Stevens, Anlon follows traces of bewildering clues left by his uncle in a dangerous chase to unravel the stones' secrets before the killer strikes again and escapes with the priceless artifacts.
Peppered with the thought provoking intrigue of a Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child thriller, Shadows of the Stone Benders leaves readers questioning the technological prowess of modern man and the belief that Neolithic humans were nothing more than unsophisticated cave dwellers.
Click here or type in http://geni.us/sbenders into your web browser to pick up your copy of Shadows of the Stone Benders in the Amazon Kindle store.
K. Patrick Donoghue is the author of two series; The Anlon Cully Chronicles, an archaeology-based mystery-thriller series, and The Rorschach Explorer Missions, a new sci-fi thriller series.
Patrick's inspiration for The Anlon Cully Chronicles is rooted in his long-standing interest in ancient civilizations. In particular, a series of still-unexplained archaeological discoveries that suggest at least one advanced society thrived on Earth long before consensus views.
In similar fashion, Patrick takes a contrarian/alternative view toward deep space exploration, the existence of extraterrestrial life and ancient aliens in The Rorschach Explorer Missions.
He lives in the Washington, D.C. area with his wife and two sons.
You can visit his Amazon author page if you click here or type in http://geni.us/donoghue into your web browser.


Mother's Day is fast approaching. I can't think of a better way to spend it than sleeping in till noon then being whisked off to afternoon tea in a fancy hotel. It's always such a treat to go out for afternoon tea, I do believe one should dress for the occasion. This peplum top paired with the red maxi is just dressy enough for daytime wear. How adorable is this Alexander McQueen skull clutch? Dear husband if you are reading this, I would one in every colour please.
Cute mother's day post! Thank you! Strange, I just checked and I am defenitely following you on as well gfc as bloglovin..?
Love the skirt and peplum jumper! So cute.
Happy Mothers Day from the Uk!


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Upload Lite is based on the extremely popular Upload Gold, first released in September 2001. Tired of uploader utilities that failed, we decided to release our own free version to help out the Perl community. And with over an amazing 96,000 downloads to date, we feel we've done our part. Upload Lite has also helped other programming firms correct and improve their own versions based on our innovative features.
Option to display list of files to user.


Throughout my career, I have been honored to have my work featured in some amazing magazines including The Knot, Southern Weddings, Baltimore Bride, Premier Bride, and Virginia Bride. My work has also been featured on some inspiring blog sites including Wedding Chicks, Washington Bride & Groom, Something Turquoise, Bayside Bride, Coastal Bride, Charm City Wed, My Eastern Shore Wedding and Carats & Cake. Below is a listing of these press features as well as some awards earned!